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Missouri Healthcare Freedom, Proposition C (August 2010)
The Missouri Healthcare Freedom Act, also known as Proposition C, was on the August 3, 2010 ballot in Missouri as a legislatively-referred state statute, where it was approved.[1][2][3]
The proposed measure aimed to block the federal government from requiring people to buy health insurance and banned punishment for those without health insurance.[4][5][6]
Backers of such measures were opposed to President Barack Obama's new health care plans. The measure did not advocate a particular plan but measure advocates said the measure would "protect the individual's right to make health care decisions." Opponents of the measures and some constitutional scholars said the proposals were mostly symbolic, intended to send a message of political protest, and had little chance of succeeding in court over the long run.[7]
On May 4, 2010 the Missouri State Senate voted 26-8 in favor of referring the proposed measure to the ballot.[8] On May 11 the House gave final approval to refer the measure to the ballot following a 108-47 vote.[9][10][11]
Although similar measures were scheduled to appear on other 2010 statewide ballots, Missouri's Proposition C marked the first time voters had a say on blocking the federal government's 2010 health care reform.[12]
A "yes" vote was a vote to amend current Missouri law to deny the government authority to "penalize citizens for refusing to purchase private health insurance or infringe upon the right to offer or accept direct payment for lawful healthcare services." A "no" vote was a vote to reject the proposed referendum.
Reports out of Missouri predicted a low turnout of voters on August 3, as there were no television advertisements or debates on the matter in the low-key campaign. The Missouri Secretary of State expected a voter turnout of 24 percent.[13]
Shortly following the August 3 vote, ALEC board member and Missouri Senator Jane Cunningham said, "The people of Missouri sent a clear message to the President and Congress: we don't want government-mandated health care."
The Missouri measure was modeled after the American Legislative Exchange Council's (also known as ALEC) Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, which has been introduced in several states across the country. ALEC Health Task Force Director Christie Herrera said, "Proposition C will give Missourians the ultimate exit strategy at a time when Americans are faced with an unconstitutional federal requirement to purchase health insurance."[14]
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, who supported the measure being placed on the ballot, said, "What we saw in Missouri was an F-5 tornado touch down and move across all 114 counties, leaving very little left of the federal health care law. It was passed by such an overwhelming margin in every part of the state, with tens of thousands of Democrats voting for it."[15]
Months after the vote, a majority of likely voters in Missouri continued to oppose federal health care reform, according to a poll released by Missouri Foundation for Health. The poll found 54 percent do not support the federal health care reform law. The survey for MFH was conducted in late August by polling 800 likely general election voters across Missouri. "[16]
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide if the federal health care mandate is constitutional, said Elizabeth Price Foley, a law professor at Florida International University, who specializes in constitutional and health care law. If the Supreme Court decides in favor of the federal government, the decision will be the law of the land and residents in Missouri will be required to buy health care insurance, even though voters passed Prop C in August, she said. "Prop C is unenforceable as a legal matter, if the federal courts rule that health reform is constitutional, Foley said. "[17]
Finance reports
According to campaign finance reports released in early September 2010 supporters, Missourians for Health Care Freedom, raised about $125,000 and spent an estimated $114,000 promoting Proposition C.[18]
Election results
|Missouri Proposition C (August 2010)
Election results via the Missouri Secretary of State's website.
Text of measure
- See also: Full text of the measure
|Healthcare on the ballot in 2010
Ballot Title
The official ballot title read as:[19]
Fair Ballot Language
A "yes" vote will amend Missouri law to deny the government authority to penalize citizens for refusing to purchase private health insurance or infringe upon the right to offer or accept direct payment for lawful healthcare services. The amendment will also modify laws regarding the liquidation of certain domestic insurance companies.
A "no" vote will not change the current Missouri law regarding private health insurance, lawful healthcare services, and the liquidation of certain domestic insurance companies.
If passed, this measure will have no impact on taxes.
In May 2010 media reports said that local consultant Patrick Tuohey filed paperwork to establish a committee in support of the proposed health care freedom measure.[21] The official group in support of Proposition C is Missourians for Health Care Freedom.[22]
- Sen. Jane Cunningham, a sponsor of the proposed measure, argued that the measure was about protecting personal liberties and allowing Missouri residents to choose whether to accept federal health care without any penalties. "Missourians will lose absolutely nothing if this amendment passes. They can choose the government plan or they can choose anything else they want," said Cunningham. But some lawmakers argued that the health care legislation crosses into states' rights and oversteps its own federal power. Sen. Jim Lembke said,"If the federal government is going to make all the decisions for us, why are we here?"[23]
- In a July 25 blog post, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights of St. Louis said, "We think voting for this is a good idea because the recently passed federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is laden with language and funding for the psycho/pharmaceutical industry, which has a vested interest in seeing every man, woman and child in America labeled with some mental disorder and prescribed harmful psychiatric drugs."[24]
- Carl Bearden, executive director of United for Missouri, said, "Quite simply, United for Missouri believes that the federal health care package pushed by the president and supported by the Democratic Congress treads on states' rights. It's a mandate on individuals and states that goes beyond proscribed federal powers."[25][26]
- A co-sponsor of the proposed measure, Rep. Ed Emery, said, "It's unsustainable anyway, but it's more quickly unsustainable if you can get out of it," of the 2010 federal health care reform. In regard to the proposed measure, Emery said, "This is the most fundamental Constitutional battle. We have, little by little, been losing the principles of federalism. This is our chance to take a stand and make America like America is supposed to be."[27]
Senator Jane Cunningham on Prop C, Part 1, 7-17-10
According to the quarterly finance report filed July 15, Missourians for Health Care Freedom received several donations from June 18 through June 30. According to reports, the group received $22,768.07 in monetary contributions.[28] According to the finance report, the group has had a total of $9,700 in expenditures.[29]
Below is a chart that outlines major cash contributions to Missourians for Health Care Freedom:[29]
|Citizens for Brad Lager
|Missourians for Goodman
|Ray Vinson, Executive for US Auto Protection
|William Canfield, retired[30]
|Fred Sauer, Orion Investment Co.[31]
|Missourians for Mayer
|Ron Richard 2010
Campaign advertising
The Missourians for Health Care Freedom began running radio ads on July 26 in support of the proposed measure. According to reports, the radio ads ran during conservative talk shows and on Christian radio stations.[32]
Tactics and strategies
In the last week prior to the August 3 primary vote, supporters held various rallies and fundraisers. On July 28, 2010 Missourians for Health Care Freedom held a fundraiser/rally at The Columns Banquet Center in St. Charles, Missouri. According to the campaign's website, attendees included Sen. Jane Cunningham, Sen. Jim Lembke, Rep. Tim Jones and Rep. Brian Nieves.[33] Another fundraiser is scheduled for July 29 and a rally is scheduled for July 31 at the corner of Brentwood and Manchester between 12 and 2 pm.[34]
Opponents argued that the approved federal health care legislation was similar to a mandate, requiring lawmakers to cover treatment for autistic children - approved in March 2010 by the Missouri State Senate. In response to supporters' arguments Sen. Victor Callahan said, "Social Security per se is not in the Constitution. I don't see it in the Constitution but it appears to be on my check every two weeks."[23]
- Missouri Jobs with Justice was opposed to Proposition C, maintaining that Proposition C protected insurance companies instead of people.[35] The organization released a flyer in opposition to Proposition C. It can be found here.
- On July 23, 2010 the League of Women Voters of Missouri came out in opposition to Proposition C, arguing that, "The new federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, provides universal coverage with access to affordable, quality care for all Americans . . . Proposition C undermines a key component of the law by allowing Missourians to opt out of buying health insurance without having to pay a penalty. League opposes this proposal."[36]
- On July 24, 2010, the Missouri Hospital Association urged voters to consider that, "Proposition C would only reinforce a broken system." The Association suggested that Missourians should consider that it was, "unfair for Missourians who pay for health insurance to pay higher insurance premiums to cover the cost of care for those who decide not to buy insurance."[37]
- Ruth Ehresman, the director of health and budget policy for the Missouri Budget Project, wrote in an editorial, "A 'no' vote on Proposition C will allow Missouri — and the rest of the nation — to focus on planning how to implement federal reform well and how to improve parts that might need changing. Those wishing to make political statements should be careful to not do it at the expense of the estimated 500,000 Missourians who will gain access to affordable health insurance through federal reform. Voting 'no' on Proposition C is a wise choice."[38]
- Brian B. Zuzenak, the executive director of the Missouri Democratic Party, made the argument that the measure would change nothing and was a waste of the state's time. According to Zuzenak, "The proposition will have no legal standing, so I don't know why there'd be a reason to focus on it. From the beginning, we've said it's meaningless and unconstitutional. At best, it's a ploy by the Republicans to get their base excited."[13]
- Saint Francis Medical Center president and chief executive officer Steven C. Bjelich said, "Eliminating the federal health insurance mandate will significantly reduce the number of Missourians otherwise expected to obtain coverage under the Affordable Care Act. This will have negative consequences for Missouri hospitals, because they will experience Medicare and disproportionate-share hospital payment reductions designed to fund higher levels of coverage."[39]
The Missouri Hospital Association spent more than $400,000 sending out fliers opposing the proposed measure. Eliminating the federal health insurance mandate in Missouri would reduce the number of residents expected to obtain health coverage, according to the MHA. This would negatively hurt hospitals because they would receive lower payments designed to fund higher levels of coverage.[40][41] [42]
Campaign advertising
On July 26 opponents of the proposed measure began running radio ads calling for voters to vote "no" on Proposition C.[32]
Tactics and strategies
Opponents of the proposed measure and supporters of the approved federal health care reform created a group on Facebook called "Vote No on Missouri Prop C." The group, however, did not list an official website. According to the group's logo, the motto read, "Protect Health Care For All Missourians: No! on Prop C."[43]
A blog was created on blogger.com called "Vote No Prop C in Missouri." (dead link) The blog highlighted a rally, scheduled for July 29th at 5 pm. The rally was scheduled to be held in Kansas City, Missouri at the intersection of 47th street and J.C. Nichols Parkway.[44][45]
Media editorial positions
- Main article: Endorsements of Missouri ballot measures, 2010
- Kansas City Star said, "Supporters are calling Proposition C on the Missouri statewide ballot the 'Health Care Freedom Act.' It more accurately could be called the 'Futile Gesture Act.' Or perhaps the 'Full Employment for Lawyers Act.' The ballot measure is an empty protest of federal health care reform, instigated by an advocacy group amply funded by health insurers and drug companies. Besides its expense in printed ballots, the measure could end up costing taxpayers plenty in legal fees. Missouri voters should say 'no' on Aug. 3."[46]
- St. Louis Business Journal said, "This measure pits some of the largest corporations and their leadership against the largest health-care institutions (which, not so ironically, are themselves large employers) and their leadership. The corporate leaders and the political leaders who share their sentiments see requiring health-care insurance as infringing on individual freedom. The health-care leaders point to car insurance as an example of a government mandate requiring individuals to submit to the rule of the sovereign...We hope you'll vote against Prop C."[47]
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch said, "Proposition C is nothing but a taxpayer-funded political exercise designed to raise cash for Republican candidates, consultants and causes. No wonder they call it Prop C...they should reject the August charade and Vote No on Proposition C."[48]
A lawsuit was filed in late June 2010 in the Cole County Circuit Court in an attempt to block Proposition C from appearing on the ballot. According to reports the lawsuit argued that the proposed measure violated the Missouri Constitution because of the way - as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment - in which it was certified for the ballot.[49] Specifically plaintiffs cite a constitutional prohibition against bills containing multiple subjects. Originally the measure addressed procedures for "insurance companies to voluntarily dissolve. It was amended to include a section stating that people cannot be compelled to have health insurance or penalized for paying their health bills with their own money."[50]
In reaction to the lawsuit Sen. Jim Lembke said, "...a few liberals in this state that want to settle things...in the courts, instead of allowing the people of Missouri to vote on this issue." Sen. Jane Cunningham said that the lawsuit is being pursued because opponents "know they can't win at the ballot box." However, Charles Gentry, the attorney who filed the suit argues that the suit is not about preventing voters from having a say on the measure but to protect "the referendum and ballot process."[51]
The case was heard on July 13, 2010.[52]
At the July 13 hearing, attorney Chip Gentry argued that the proposed measure included multiple subjects, violating the single subject rule. "The fact that we have two questions and one box forces Missouri voters into a conundrum' and underscores the fact that lawmakers used 'logrolling' to combine multiple subjects into one bill," said Gentry. State Solicitor Jim Layton, on the other hand, said that both parts of the legislation were focused on the topic of insurance. Additionally Layton noted that voters had in the past voted on measures with several components. Specifically Layton referred to Amendment 2 in 2006 which defined and outlawed human cloning. Additionally, the measure prohibited the Missouri Legislature from denying funding to entities that performed human embryonic stem cell research.[53][54]
The case was heard by Cole County Circuit Judge Paul Wilson. Wilson did not issue a ruling on July 13 but said he planned to issue one as quickly as possible. According to reports Wilson wanted to allow time for appeals and a Missouri Supreme Court decision.[53][55]
Ruling: measure upheld
On Friday, July 16, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Paul Wilson dismissed the lawsuit against Proposition C.[56] In his decision, Judge Wilson wrote that despite arguments that the measure's title was too broad, the Missouri Supreme Court had previously upheld bills that had broader titles. Additionally, Wilson noted that both parts of the proposed measure related to insurance and thus complied with the single subject rule. The changes made to the text, he noted, remained in line with the bill's original purpose.[57][58]
In his decision Judge Wilson criticized the timing of the suit. He noted that the plaintiffs had more than sufficient opportunities to file a complaint prior to the lawsuit filing.[59]
No appeal sought
In reaction to the July 16 court ruling, Jefferson City Attorney Chip Gentry announced that the plaintiffs did not plan to further pursue the case. "We thought about it and have decided not to appeal at this time; in light of the fact that ultimately what this case was about was to avoid voter confusion and the impossible choice of having two questions in one box. Even if we were successful on appeal, which we feel we would be; the ultimate remedy of actually removing that confusing language from the ballot wouldn't happen and that the ballots simply would not be counted and would not be certified," said Gentry. In addition to bad timing, Gentry said the plaintiffs did not want to cost the state more money. Absentee ballots had already been cast and ballots had already been printed.[60][61]
Despite the plaintiffs' decision not to appeal the judge's ruling, a challenge following the August election, should the measure be approved, had not been out of the question.[60]
National lawsuit
On July 7 Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder filed a lawsuit against the federal health care bill. Kinder initially announced his intent to file a lawsuit in May 2010. According to reports, the lawsuit asserted that the federal government cannot compel people to buy a product and cannot require state officials to participate in enforcing a "federal scheme."[62] The lawsuit was filed by Kinder and three other Missouri residents - Samantha Hill, Dale Morris and Julie Keathley. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau. Kinder is reportedly raising private money for the lawsuit.[63][64]
With United States President Barack Obama signing the passed federal health care bill into law, many states began preparing themselves to combat the health care mandates that are on the verge of taking place across the country. Some states have pending initiatives or legislative referrals for the statewide ballots, however, in other states attorney generals were joining in a national lawsuit.[65][66]
- See also: Polls, 2010 ballot measures
- In a July 19-21, 2010 poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research (dead link) and commissioned by Post-Dispatch/KMOV-TV (Channel 4) a total of 300 likely Democratic primary voters and 300 likely Republican primary voters were polled on Proposition C. According to the results, 67% of Republicans said they planned to vote yes, 16% said no and 17% said they remained undecided. Of the 300 Democrats polled, 27% said yes, 48% said no and 25% said they were undecided. The margin of error was reported to be 6 percentage points. Additionally, according to reports, 61% of the total number of registered voters polled said they were opposed to the health care law passed by Congress in March 2010.[67]
|Date of Poll
|In favor (Repub.)
|Opposed (Repub.)
|Undecided (Repub.)
|In favor (Dem.)
|Opposed (Dem.)
|Undecided (Dem.)
|July 19-21, 2010
|Mason-Dixon Polling
Path to the ballot
- In a March 3, 2010 preliminary vote, the House preapproved the measure, 113-40.[68][69][70]
- On May 4, 2010 the Missouri State Senate voted 26-8 in favor of placing the proposed measure on the ballot.[71][72][73]
- On May 11 the House gave final approval to refer the measure to the ballot following a 108-47 vote.[9]
Similar measures in other states
Groups in Indiana, New Mexico, North Dakota and Wyoming are considering a similar proposal. Two of these states (North Dakota and Wyoming) allow ballot initiatives; in the other three states, the state legislature would have to vote it onto the ballot using their state's procedure for constitutional amendments.[74]
The "Health Care Freedom" or "Health Care Choice" legislation introduced in many states since the passage of the Affordable Care Act are based on model legislation and campaigns from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This think tank, promotes "limited government, free markets and federalism." In 2008, prior to the passage of health reform, ALEC adopted the model legislation which is mirrored by several state measures, including Missouri's August 2010 measure.[75]
- Arizona Health Insurance Reform Amendment (2010)
- Oklahoma Health Care Freedom Amendment, State Question 756 (2010)
Indiana Health Care Freedom Act
Minnesota Health Care Freedom Act (2010)
New Mexico Health Care Freedom Act (2010)
North Dakota Health Care Freedom Act (2010)
Wyoming Health Care Freedom Act (2010)
See also
- Missouri 2010 ballot measures
- 2010 ballot measures
- List of Missouri ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Missouri
- Federal judge rules health care reform unconstitutional
- Missouri's voters approve Proposition C (updated)
- Voters head to polls in Missouri to weigh in on Prop C
- Missouri health care measure cleared for August vote, no appeal sought
- Judge to hear challenge to Missouri health care measure
- Lawsuit challenges Missouri health care measure
- Missouri House gives final approval, health care amendment to appear on ballot
- Missouri health care measure one step closer to state ballot
- Healthcare issue being fought by ballot measures
External links
- No on Prop C, Missouri Jobs with Justice (opposition)
Text and content
Additional reading
- San Francisco Chronicle, "States fight Obamacare," September 8, 2010
- FOX news, "Not a Way Around the Health Mandate, but Could Be a Way to a Public Option," September 7, 2010
- The Christian Science Monitor, "Missouri voters could rebel against Obama's health-care reform law," August 2, 2010
- Associated Press, "Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law," July 29, 2010
- KCUR, "Challenge to Federal Health Mandate to Appear on August Ballot," July 27, 2010
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Potential impact of health care measure unclear," July 23, 2010
- TPM, "Missouri Health Care Reform Foes Hope Ballot Initiative Will Start National Trend," July 21, 2010
- Politics Daily, "Missouri's Proposition C Vote: 'Health Care Freedom Act' Set to Test Obamacare," July 12, 2010
- Associated Press, "Backers get ready for vote on health care law," June 28, 2010
- The Hill, "Republicans put health reform on ballot in push to turn out conservatives," June 8, 2010
- Missourian, "A look at some of the bills passed in the Missouri General Assembly," May 14, 2010
- Insurance & Financial Advisor, "Mo. voters to get 'ultimate voice' on federal health reform though bill," May 12, 2010
- FOX 4, "Health Insurance Mandate To Appear On Missouri Ballot in August," May 12, 2010
- Los Angeles Times, "One nation, insured," November 16, 2009
- Missouri Voters to Have Say on Healthcare Law
- Despite Missouri, Nullification Efforts Failing Across the Country
- KRCG 13, "Should Missouri enforce Obama's health care law?," March 22, 2011
- The Atlantic Wire, "What Missouri Ballot Initiative Means for Health Care," August 4, 2010
- CNN Politics, "Republicans tout Missouri vote against health care law," August 4, 2010
- Missourian, "COLUMN: Missouri's Proposition C vote yields wide range of political effect," August 18, 2010
- Columbia Daily Tribune, "Judicial Error: Approving a bogus ballot issue," July 20, 2010
- Columbia Daily Tribune, "Health reform referendum," May 26, 2010
- The Kansas City Star, "Healthcare ballot issue displays Missouri's folly," May 20, 2010
- The Washington Times, "EDITORIAL: One million votes against Obamacare," May 12, 2010
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Prop C passes overwhelmingly," August 4, 2010
- ↑ The Detroit Free Press, "Most Missourians vote down health insurance rule," August 8, 2010
- ↑ Time, "Mixed Results on the Health Reform Referendum," November 2, 2010
- ↑ KOMU, "Missouri Takes Step To Block National Health Care Plan," March 4, 2010
- ↑ Associated Press, "Missouri House seeks to block health insurance mandate," March 3, 2010
- ↑ The Columbia Daily Tribune, "Missouri legislators OK referendum on health care," May 12, 2010
- ↑ New York Times, "Health Care Overhaul and Mandatory Coverage Stir States' Rights Claims," September 28, 2009
- ↑ Missourinet, "Senate approves healthcare mandate referendum," May 4, 2010
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Associated Press, "Mo. to vote in August on health insurance mandate," May 11, 2010
- ↑ The State Column, "Missouri Voters to Decide Fate of Health Care," May 12, 2010
- ↑ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Mo. to vote in August on health insurance mandate," May 11, 2010
- ↑ Kansas City Star, "Missourians to vote on Proposition C, which relates to purchase of health insurance," July 27, 2010
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 New York Times, "Missouri to Vote on Health Law," July 31, 2010
- ↑ ALEC, "ALEC Applauds Missouri Vote to Allow Health Care Act to Proceed," August 4, 2010
- ↑ The Examiner, "Missouri fights health care reform," September 8, 2010
- ↑ "Poll: 54 percent oppose health care reform in Missouri" Missouri Watchdog, October 6, 2010
- ↑ Missouri Watchdog, "Kinder praises ruling on federal health care law," December 13, 2010
- ↑ Associated Press, "Missouri health measure supporters spent $100,000-plus," September 2, 2010
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2010 ballot," accessed June 10, 2010
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.
- ↑ Kansas City Star, "Committee to support health care repeal referendum formed," May 21, 2010
- ↑ Missourians for Health Care Freedom, "Main page," accessed July 14, 2010
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Associated Press, "Mo. Senate Considers Rejecting Health Care Mandate," March 25, 2010
- ↑ Citizens Commission on Human Rights of St. Louis blog, "Vote for Missouri Proposition C," July 25, 2010
- ↑ Southeast Missourian, "PRO: Prop C would send a strong message," July 25, 2010
- ↑ Kansas City Star, "Vote 'yes' on Proposition C," July 27, 2010
- ↑ Bolivar Herald-Free Press, "Prop. C will protect Missourians' health care choices, lawmaker says," July 28, 2010
- ↑ Associated Press, "Backers of Missouri measure defying federal health care law raise $23,000," July 16, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Missouri Ethics Commission, "Missourians for Health Care Freedom finance report," July 15, 2010
- ↑ Missouri Ethics Commission, "Missourians for Health Care Freedom - finance report of contributions of more than $5,000 (1)," July 19, 2010
- ↑ Missouri Ethics Commission, "Missourians for Health Care Freedom - finance report of contributions of more than $5,000 (2)," July 19, 2010
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Associated Press, "Radio ads begin for Missouri measure opposing federal health care reform," July 26, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ Missourians for Health Care Freedom, "July 28 fundraiser," accessed July 28, 2010
- ↑ Missourians for Health Care Freedom, "Main Page - Into the Final Stretch!," accessed July 28, 2010
- ↑ Missouri Jobs with Justice, "August 3 Primary Election, Vote No on Prop C," accessed July 26, 2010
- ↑ Missourian, "League of Women Voters of Missouri Opposes Proposition C," July 24, 2010
- ↑ Southeast Missourian, "Learn More About Prop C Before You Vote," July 26, 2010
- ↑ Columbia Daily Tribune,"'No' vote would let Missourians tackle real issues," July 27, 2010
- ↑ The Daily Dunklin Democrat, "Ballot measure tests federal health care law," August 1, 2010
- ↑ Missouri Ethics Commission, "Non-committee Expenditure Report - Missouri Hospital Association," July 21, 2010
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Missouri Hospital Association joins fight against Prop C," July 27, 2010
- ↑ "Missouri Watchddog,""Hospitals spend more than $400,000 to oppose Prop C," August 3, 2010
- ↑ Facebook, "Vote No on Missouri Prop C," accessed July 21, 2010
- ↑ Vote No Prop C, "Rally in KC Thursday," July 27, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ Associated Press, "Opposition organizing to Mo. health care measure," July 27, 2010
- ↑ Kansas city Star, "Missouri voters should reject pointless Proposition C on health care," July 23, 2010
- ↑ St. Louis Business Journal, "Vote 'No' on Prop C," July 23, 2010
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Prop. C would protect health care freeloaders at our expense.," July 22, 2010
- ↑ Associated Press, "Lawsuit challenges Mo. health care referendum," June 23, 2010
- ↑ Jefferson City News-Tribune, "Lawsuit challenges Missouri referendum on national health care law," June 23, 2010
- ↑ The News Tribune, "Bill's sponsors decry lawsuit," June 30, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ Associated Press, "Mo. judge to hear challenge to health care measure," July 13, 2010
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 Associated Press, "Attorney contests Missouri health insurance ballot," July 14, 2010
- ↑ Missourian, "UPDATE: Lawyer says insurance measure puts Missouri voters in bind," July 13, 2010
- ↑ OzarksFirst.com, "Fate of Missouri's Healthcare Ballot in Judge's Hands," accessed July 21, 2010
- ↑ KTTS 94.7fm, "Missouri Judge Rejects Health Care Block," July 17, 2010
- ↑ Associated Press, "Judge upholds Missouri health-care ballot measure," July 16, 2010
- ↑ OzarksFirst.com, "Health Care Opt-Out Vote Will Stay on Ballot," accessed July 21, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ OzarksFirst.com, "Judge Upholds Missouri Health Care Vote," accessed July 21, 2010
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 MissouriNet, "Attorney: opponents to health care ballot measure will not appeal judge's decision after all (AUDIO)," July 19, 2010
- ↑ Associated Press, "No appeal on suit against Mo. health care measure," July 20, 2010
- ↑ KY3 News, "Mo. lieutenant governor promotes federal health care 'opt out' vote, lawsuit," May 26, 2010
- ↑ Associated Press, "Mo. lt. gov. sues to block federal health care law," July 8, 2010
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Peter Kinder files lawsuit challenging U.S. health-care law," July 8, 2010
- ↑ Fox News, "Obama to Sign Landmark Health Reform Bill," March 23, 2010
- ↑ CNN, "Obama signs health care reform bill, aims to promote it on the road," March 23, 2010
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Poll finds support for Proposition C," July 25, 2010
- ↑ Associated Press, "Mo. House endorses state constitutional amendment seeking to block health insurance mandates," March 3, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ Kansas City Star, "Missouri House sends to Senate plan for voiding federal requirement to buy health insurance," March 16, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ FOX2now.com, "Bill Passed In Mo. Could Complicate Health Care Overhaul," March 18, 2010
- ↑ Associated Press, "Missouri Senate OKs vote on federal health care law," May 4, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ Kansas City Star, "Legislation opposing health insurance requirement advances in Missouri," May 4, 2010
- ↑ Before It's News, "Missouri Joins Health Care Battle," May 7, 2010
- ↑ Fox News, "State Lawmakers Considering Move to Opt Out of Federal Health Care," June 25, 2009
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC's Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act," accessed July 21, 2010 (dead link)
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March 22, 99
Vol. 14 , No. 10
The Perils and Promise of Identity: Transformations of a Muslim Minority
Tazim Kassam, professor of South Asian religions at Colorado College, has studied Islam and Hinduism for nearly twenty years. She holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy and religion and a doctoral degree in the history of religion from McGill University in Montreal. She has also studied Hindustani music at the University of Bombay, India.
Currently, Kassam teaches courses on Islam, Hinduism, Women and Islam as well as on Bhakti poetry, drama and music in South Asian religions. She has authored a book entitled Song of Wisdom and Circles of Dance: Hymns of the Satpanth Ismaili Saint, Pir Shams (1995) and has published articles on various aspects of religion. She is working on her second book, The Liturgical Tradition of the Satpanth Ismaili Muslims.
Kassam's lecture will focus on the Ismaili Muslims, a minority within a minority in Islam. This community of fifteen million scattered around the world is diverse in race, language, and culture. A sect persecuted for centuries, the Ismalis exhibit an interesting history of self- representation and self-invention. Kassam will highlight some of these transformations and discuss the problems of identity with respect to recognition and survival.
Tazim Kassam will deliver the first annual L. J. Kutten Lecture in Philosophy and Religion, made possible through the generosity of L. J. Kutten '74.
Sacred Music of India
0ne of the first Americans to become proficient in North Indian Hindustani music, Guy Beck has been performing sacred Indian vocal music for over twenty years on college campuses and for national music conferences in India. His style combines Seniya (Tansen), Patiala, and Kirana Gharanas.
Beck studied at the Tansen Music College and under Pandit Arun Bhaduri of the Sangeet Research Academy in Calcutta. Beck also received a master's degree in fine arts and a doctoral degree in South Asian religion from Syracuse University. He received a Fulbright grant to study Bhakti Sangit from 1992-1993 and currently teaches at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
His recently released compact disc, Sacred Raga (1999), features selections in which Beck sings, chants, and plays a variety of instruments, including the tanpura, lute, kartals, and harmonium. Beck has published numerous articles on Indian devotional music, as well as a book, Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound (1993).
During his Athenaeum program, Beck will present slides and lecture on the history and development of North Indian music, including its sacred origins in temple worship, its instruments, and lineages of performers. He will also perform devotional songs in a variety of Ragas (melody patterns) and demonstrate several traditional instruments.
The Welfare State and the Idea of America
Eloise Anderson served for six years as Governor Pete Wilson's Director of Social Services. In that capacity, she oversaw a state department with over 4,500 employees and a budget of over $18 billion. She was responsible for implementing federal and state laws, as well as setting administrative policy on welfare grant levels and benefits, community care licensing standards, disability evaluation determination, and child welfare services. Anderson also oversaw a range of services for child and foster care in California, and assistance for aged, blind, and deaf persons.
Anderson has thirty years of experiences in dealing with social services. Prior to joining the Wilson administration, Anderson worked in state and county government in Wisconsin. She was administrator of the Division of Community Services for the Wisconsin Department of Health and Human Services. She also held senior positions at the Wisconsin Department of Employment Relations, the county executive's office in Dade County, and worked as a social work supervisor and community organizer. Currently, she is director of the Project for the American Family at the Claremont Institute in Sacramento.
Anderson's lecture at the Athenaeum will focus on her experiences inside state and local government with public policy, as it relates to social services. This lecture is sponsored by the Salvatori Center.
Chinese Policy Toward the United States
LUNCH 11:45 a.m., LECTURE 12:15 p.m.
The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies invites you to a luncheon address by Ambassador Chaozhu Ji. During his talk, Ji will review the evolution of U.S.-China relations since President Nixon's visit to China in 1972, and discuss a number of salient issues-such as human rights, trade disputes, and Taiwan-between China and the United States.
Ambassador Ji attended Harvard University and Qinghua University in China. After joining the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the early 1950s, he took part in a number of international negotiations during the Korean War, at the Geneva Conference (1954), and at the Banding Conference (1955). He served as an assistant to Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai, playing an important role in President Nixon's China visit and President Carter's decision to normalize diplomatic relations between China and the United States. Ji served as Minister Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in the U.S., Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (1991-1996).
Please join the Keck Center and the Athenaeum in welcoming this distinguished diplomat to CMC. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. and Ambassador Ji will speak at 12:15 p.m.
Poet Reads From Her Work
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1999 4:00 p.m.
The death of nature and the birth of the meditative self are themes of Chase Twichell's two most recent collections of poems, The Ghost of Eden (1995) and The Snow Watcher (1998). Audacious and beautiful, her poems focus on the vanishing wilderness of the Adirondacks in upstate New York. It is a world inhabited by the fox, the bear, and the fishercat. One is rabid, another dead, the third a life-sustaining dream. The "ghost" is our disinherited Eden and the author's self from whom the elegy for this lost world is wrenched. With continued audacity and rawness, Twichell continues her journey into the self, moving from west to east in her process of meditation that often startles as it breaks through the barriers we inhabit.
Chase Twichell's previous books of poetry are Northern Spy, The Odds (1986), and Perdido (1999). Individual poems of hers have appeared in The Georgia Review, The New Yorker, New England Review, The Paris Review, and the Yale Review. A recipient of the Di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, she lives near Keene, New York, and part of the year in Princeton, New Jersey, where she has taught at Princeton University.
Please join us for this reading at 4:00 p.m. in the Childs Lounge of the Athenaeum, followed immediately by a reception. No reservations are needed to attend.
John Brown became the first deliberate white terrorist in American history when he calmly executed five pro-slavery civilians in order to "spread terror." And at Harper's Ferry he sacrificed two of his sons as well. Russell Banks's monumental novel Cloudsplitter (1998) explores the mystery of terror at the heart of John Brown and of America through the gripping narrative of his son, Owen, the only one of three brothers to escape. Banks's stunning novels represent a remarkable odyssey of one writer coming to terms with the ever-present conflicts at the heart of American life: generations, races, and classes. Daring to go into the bleak and sometimes violent worlds of rural, middle-class America, Russell Banks's fiction has explored the heart of American consciousness as it drifts into the new millennium.
Two of his most recent novels, Affliction (1989) and The Sweet Hereafter: A Novel (1991), have been made into major motion pictures. Continental Drift (1988) explores the collision of worlds in American life and Rule of the Bone: A Novel (1995) is an original contribution to that great tradition of American journeys that includes Huckleberry Finn (1885) and Catcher in The Rye (1951).
Banks was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1940 and raised in the small town of Barnstead, New Hampshire. He studied at Colgate and then at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Banks lives most of the year near Keene, New York. He has been the Howard G. B. Clark University Professor at Princeton University. Please join us for a reading from one of our greatest contemporary novelists.
This reading is part of the series The Great American Epic.
Asian Financial Crisis and Korean Security Issues
The Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies is pleased to sponsor a lecture by Ambassador Chong-Ha Yoo, one of the most distinguished senior diplomats of the Republic of Korea. During his Athenaeum lecture, Ambassador Yoo will discuss the recent development of financial difficulties in Asia, its implications to the global economy, and its effects on the security issues of the Korean Peninsula.
Ambassador Yoo is the Freeman Visiting Professor of Asian Affairs at Claremont McKenna College and teaches a class on "The Pacific Rim and the United States." As a career diplomat, he served as South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations and to the European Union, and as Vice Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1996-1998). He also worked as Senior Assistant for National Security and Foreign Policy to the President. As Foreign Minister, he was deeply involved in formulating South Korea's responses to its financial crisis.
Act Now, Apologize Later
At age twenty-three, Adam Werbach became the youngest president of the Sierra Club, one of the oldest and most respected environmental organizations in the United States. Even at this young age, Werbach was already an experienced environmental activist. At age eight in response to a Sierra Club mailing, he circulated a petition among his second grade class to dismiss Ronald Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, James Watt. As a high school student, Werbach founded the Sierra Club's national student program, the Sierra Student Coalition (SSC). Under his leadership the student organization grew to 30,000 members and helped create the largest national park in the lower forty-eight states.
As Sierra Club President, Werbach attempted to capitalize on his youthfulness while continuing the political activism of the organization. The membership has grown to 600,000 and the average member age has fallen from forty-seven to thirty-seven. Werbach has also worked to recruit a new generation of activists by spreading the Sierra Club's message via popular music and the Internet.
Werbach is often considered one of the most influential people of his generation. Vice President Al Gore remarked, "Adam Werbach is proving what many of us have believed all along. Young people do care, they are involved, and they are already making a difference." When Werbach is asked if his age disadvantages him, he replies, "Yes, I'm much too old for this job. I was a far better activist when I was eighteen."
Adam Werbach is the final speaker in the Athenaeum series Global Environmental Issues sponsored by the Roberts Environmental Center.
The Power of Character: Prominent Americans Talk about Life, Family, Work, Values, and More
Before entering the arena of ethics and character development, Michael Josephson had successful careers in business, law, and education. In 1996 he was awarded the America's Award for Integrity by former President Ronald Reagan. In 1985 Josephson founded the Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics where he currently serves as president. Through the Institute, he founded the Character Counts Coalition, a partnership of over 275 leading national and regional educational and youthserving organizations that reach over 40 million young people. The Coalition has been a major force in combating youth violence, irresponsibility, and dishonesty by stressing the development of character.
Josephson is a much sought-after lecturer on ethical issues. A graduate of UCLA and UCLA Law School, he was a law professor with an academic career spanning over 20 years. During that time, he was founder and CEO of a publishing company and a national chain of bar preparation courses. Josephson has been profiled in Time, The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. He has a daily radio commentary in southern California and has appeared on ABC's Primetime Live, Nightline, and PBS's Bill Moyer 's World of Ideas.
In his visit to the Athenaeum, Josephson will also discuss his recent book, The Power of Character: Prominent Americans Talk about Life, Family, Work, Values, and More (1998).
Michael Josephson's lecture is part of the Athenaeum series Integrity, Commitment, and Achievement.
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Fools by Neil Simon
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Thursday-Saturday April 1-3, 1999
DINNER AND PLAY 6:00 p.m.
Under the Lights is proud to present the final dinner theater of the millennium. This year we are pleased to bring to you two plays for the same low price under the direction of Chris Rogers and Bergen Moe-Fishman.
We will begin the evening with Tom Stoppard's (Shakespeare in Love) Fifteen Minute Hamlet (1978). With an introduction by Shakespeare (Chris Rogers) himself, this fast forward view of the tragic tale invites us to investigate along with Hamlet, the marriage of his mother, Queen Gertrud (Drew Bloomingdale), to his uncle, Claudius (Brad Wease) and the avenging of his father's murder. The lovable Laertes (Blake Gottesman) and the fair Ophelia (Camille Griep) join Hamlet's troublesome Ghost of a father (Justin Shiroff), to recreate the tragic play into a comedy like you've never seen before.
To continue the evening, join us for Neil Simon's Fools (1982). Far away in the town of Kulyenchikov, the good Doctor Zubritsky (Tony Pennay) and his wife Lenya (Camille Greip) have sent for help to save their town. The villagers of the small town have been cursed with ignorance and their only hope lies in the education of the Zubritsky's daughter Sophia (Nikki Smythe). Leon Tolchinsky (Karl Kahn), a young schoolteacher, answers the doctor's request and with the unwitting help of Snetsky (Brad Wease), Slovitch (Justin Shiroff), Mishkin (Tom Dawson), Yenchna (Steve Grove), and the Magistrate (Blake Gottesman), vows to save Sophia, himself and the rest of the town from eternal ignorance. But can the evil Count Gregor (Chris Monjoy) ruin Leon and Sophia's plans or will love conquer all? There's only one way to find out. Join Under the Lights for the event of the season.
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Results vs. Brevard(Lutz Inv.) (2007-11-23 17:00:00)
November 23, 2007
|Pfeiffer Defeats Brevard 99-65
|Friday, 23 November 2007
|Misenheimer, NC---Pfeiffer defeated Brevard 99-65 in the opening round of the Bobby Lutz Invitational Friday evening. The Falcons will now take on West Virginia State in the Championship ame Saturdy at 4:00 pm. Pfeiffer hit 17 three-pointers in the victory and all 12 Falcon players scored in the game.
Brevard jumped out to a 9-0 lead after three minutes.
A Thomas Carr three-pointer sparked a 18-0 Falcon run over the next three minutes.
The Falcons used a three-point barrage to build a 37-22 lead at the eight minute mark.
Pfeiffer led 48-31 at halftime. Pfeiffer had 9 3's at the break. They also held a 24-14 rebound advantage.
Pfeiffer came out in the second half and continued their hot shooting.
An Alvin Slaton three-pointer gave Pfeiffer a 72-43 advantage with 12 minutes to go.
With 7 minutes left Craig Thomas drove the lane for a lay-up and a 85-49 Falcon lead.
Pfeiffer won the game 99-65.
Clyde Chapman led Pfeiffer with 18 points. Thomas Carr and Chris Woods each had 17. Woods led with 9 rebounds and Chapman added 8. All 12 Falcons played over ten minutes and each scored in the game.
Pfeiffer ended with 17 three-pointers. The Falcons out-rebounded Brevard 44-25 for the game and forced 28 Tornado turnovers.
Pfeiffer will play West Virginia State at 4:00 pm tomorrow in the Bobby Lutz Invitational Championship Game.


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Okapi Aalstar enjoyed a 100-76 rout of Tsmoki-Minsk but it was not enough to keep their hopes of progression in the EuroChallenge alive thanks to Telekom Baskets Bonn's victory over EWE Baskets.
Okapi needed victory coupled with a Bonn defeat to stand a chance, and although the news from Germany was not good, they certainly did their part in a one-sided affair.
Having gradually pulled clear they began to seize complete control midway through the second period, wiith Hans Van Langenhove sinking a three to make it 35-26.
He hit another to make it 44-31 with 2:19 left in the period and Derek Raivio joined in on the stroke of half-time to make it 49-33.
An 8-0 spurt early in the third period saw them go 57-35 up on Lee Casey Cummard's lay-up and they only continued to pull away, building their largest lead of 31 when Arne Steinbach's free throws made it 96-65 with 2:53 to go.
A string of late threes from Pavel Ulyanko trimmed the deficit but were scant consolation for well-beaten Minsk.
Raivio led Okapi with 20 points while Ryan Thompson had 18, Steinbach 14 and Christopher Young 13. Van Langenhove and Ioana Tofi added 12 apiece with Cummard scoring 11.
Ulyanko scored 24 for Minsk, with Aliaksei Lashkevich had 11 and Aliaksandr Kudrautsau 10.
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Programme Homme by Lancome
Thread: SOTD: Sunday 18th of November
Good morning!
I am stay at home reading some novels and I wear 'Tobacco Perfume Oil by Karmakamet'.
It is not project much, but last forever, but the price per ML is more expensive than some niche.
Foounded on 1971, Karmakamet is a Thai fragrance house producing aromatic producrs such as incense, Room Disfuser, Soap, Tea, Perfume, Aromatic Oil, Aromatic Cusion, etc. By the way, the house is decorating their Japan Fragship store now, located in Aoyama, Shibuya, near Found Muji, Prada, and Paul Smith's.
***My favourite from my collection***
-------- Amouage Tribute Attar
------ Serge Lutens: Ambre Sultan
-------- Les Exclusifs de Chanel: Sycamore
------ Amouage: Fate Man
-------- Amouage: Epic Man
------ Tom Ford Private Blend: Noir de Noir
-------- Terre D'Hermès Pure Parfum
------ EDP FM: Carnal Flower
-------- Neela Vermire Creations: Trayee
------ Dior: Leather Oud
------- Hermèssence: Ambre Narguilé
Programme Homme by Lancome
Epic Man(from a sample)
"You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality." - Ayn Rand
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical...It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." - Thomas Jefferson
Kilian Back to Black
.........Good morning!
..........Pino Silvestre - Soffio Di Talco
Tom Ford for Men Extreme
"We don't fail because we aim too high and miss, but because we aim too low and hit" - Les Brown
"When you're all alone, when no one is watching, and there's no one around to impress, that is who you are" - Greg Laurie
Comptoir Sud Pacifique - Vanille Passion
decant sales:
Crystal Flacon
Acqua di Colonia (Lorenzo Villoresi)
Good morning all !. SotD is Ulrich Lang Lightscape.
...bon dimanche...!
Terre d'Hermes edt
a lovely day spent with .... CALVIN
Ck'S first & until now best .
SALES JANUARY 2013 ..http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=232133
*** SPECIAL - LUI ROCHAS , 3.3oz Sealed ***
FLACON .. Updating Soon flacon.ambaric.net/viewtopic.php?t=43
Montale Aoud Musk
Albi - Laura Tonatto
ointments and perfume delight the heart....
Testing Beyond Paradise for Men by Estée Lauder
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) X for Men (Clive Christian) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
Gucci Pour Homme II
JPG - Le Male
It's an exquisite Sunday in Guerlain L'Heure Bleue EdP
I'm buying a new perfume shortly and I'm seriously torn between Parfum d'Empire Cuir Ottoman and M.Micallef Style. Don't know which one to chose. I think I like both equally but Cuir Ottoman was on my wishlist longer than Style. Help!
Terre d`Hermes edt
Odin 8-Seylon an ALZD sample
It was a calculated risk. Unfortunately, I'm bad at math.
Grey Flannel
....... CdG ~ Avignon
Current Top 5
1. Creed Aventus
2. A*Men Pure Malt
3. L'instant Extreme
4. Nasomatto Duro
5. CDG - Kyoto
SOTD: Creed - Green Irish Tweed
Acqua di Parma Colonia
Style In Play by Lacoste
F. Malle - Bois d'Orage
Creed Selection Verte
....................................... Eau de Campagne - Sisley
Went to church wearing ...
Rochas Man by Rochas as my SotD
Habit Rouge Eau de Parfum
Morning: Cruel Intentions
SOTD: Anne Pliska for a long day of driving
Current Top Five:
1. Bois des Iles--Chanel
2. George Sand--Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier
3. L'Ame Soeur--Divine
4. Violet Blonde--Tom Ford
5. Santal Blush--Tom Ford
SotE - Le Labo Rose 31.
Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes
Hammam Bouquet
Lapidus pour homme edt - a serious contender for powerhouse champ. Almost as good as Van Cleef & Arpels pour homme
tom ford oud wood
Guerlain Eau du Coq.
Jon Rodgers - love the photo accompanying the Rose 31 post - wow!
Started the morning in:
34 Boulevard Saint Germain by Diptyque
Now I'm in:
Hermessence Osmanthe Yunnan by Hermes (from a dwindling decant, thanks to Larimar!)
This stuff rocks on a crisp hot morning like today. Nice florals and tea, swirling all around me...
Later on tonight it will be something with sandalwood...
"All problems are illusions of the mind."
-- Eckhart Tolle
Just hanging out in the house doing some cleaning: Diesel Zero Plus.
SOTD: Caron - Yatagan
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SOTE: Serge Lutens - Chene
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Simplex Sigillum Veri
SOTD/SOTE/SOTM (sample):
Rive Gauche pour Homme by Yves Saint Laurent
Came in from my Sunday on at work, feeling a bit below par, shower, shave then decided to wear this. At once everything was perfect. Some classics will always have a place.
For good, anatomic reasons, scent fosters memory more readily than any other sense.
Lolita Lempicka au Masculin
Are you not entertained??? Is this not why you are here??
Bvlgari Black.....and received a huge compliment. Where did THAT come from??
Vintage Drakkar Noir
I don't have a signature fragrance. My signature changes a little bit every day, why shouldn't my fragrance?
I'm wearing Creed Love In Black today.
I've trademarked the color bleu
Caron Pour Un Homme
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EP Kings director of rugby Alan Solomons talks to GRANT BALL about transformation, keeping players in the province, and getting ready for Super Rugby.
What has the move from Ireland to Port Elizabeth been like?
I've found myself coming full circle. I was born in Uitenhage and went to school at Grey PE. There's a bunch of good people at EP, from the CEO Anele Pamba to president Cheeky Watson. Good people make a huge difference in a move like this. I still do the odd bit of consulting for the IRB, but it's not a big thing.
How difficult was it luring back players who were earning big salaries overseas?
That's the fantastic thing about guys like Darron Nell and Rory Duncan. They appreciate what we're doing here. They want to be here at the start of the journey and they know there's light at the end of the tunnel. For Darron, I think the whole experience of playing in a British & Irish Lions game made a big difference to him. He was here for 10 days for that game, and he could see he was a part of something good. In that regard it wasn't difficult getting back guys who are from the region. In terms of general recruitment, we really need a Super Rugby franchise, because other good players with no previous links to the area want to play at that level. But that will be resolved, and we've been guaranteed Super Rugby entry in 2013 by Saru. As far as I'm concerned, we've been given unequivocal backing from the top. It's got to happen now.
What's your response to people who say the Kings' Super Rugby inclusion won't be a boost for transformation?
Against Boland we had four players of colour in the starting team, but Mpho Mbiyozo was still injured and for the first time this season, less than a third of the side was black. But that's not what this team's about. There's no numbers game and everyone is picked on merit. There's a relaxed atmosphere at training and guys speak English, Afrikaans and Xhosa. The black guys feel at home more than they do anywhere else. I've selected a leadership group of six players, and of those, only De Wet Barry isn't from the Eastern Cape. We've also got Tiger Mangweni, Mzwandile Stick, Darron, Rory, and Mpho. De Wet's committed himself to the region, proof of which is him learning to speak Xhosa. When we played the Valke the following week, we had six players of colour in the starting team and two on the bench. That isn't an issue for us, and it shouldn't be for the pessimists.
Will you be able to get black players to return to the Eastern Cape?
I'd love it if every black player who's been developed in this region came back, because they get lost at some of the other unions. Without a Super Rugby franchise in the Eastern Cape they've had no aspirational pathway. It's going to be tough, but we've started a process. You can see from all the players' body language how happy they are to be back home. My motto is to bring them home and keep them home. They want to be part of something special.
How do you think Mbiyozo will make the transition from sevens back to the 15-a-side game?
I coached Mpho at UCT [University of Cape Town] in 2005 when they were part of a relegation scrap, and he was exceptional. I couldn't understand why he hadn't got any opportunities with WP and the Stormers. We saw when he played for the Kings against the Lions last year – he hadn't played 15s for a while and he was adjudged Man of the Match. I don't think he'll battle with the adjustment. He'll be back by the end of August after keyhole surgery on his shoulder which he injured while playing sevens.
What's been the key to EP's best Currie Cup campaign in years [they are top of the First Division log]?
It's difficult to comment on the past few years as I wasn't here, but hard work has been vital. Everyone here has been prepared to do it – from the administration, to the coaching staff, to the players. We've tried new things with the players, and they've been happy to embrace change. We made things difficult for ourselves against the Griffons but got the result, and the win against Boland away from home was a big victory for us. Winning breeds confidence.
What was the thinking behind bringing backline coach David Maidza from the Border Bulldogs?
David worked with us against the Lions and I was very impressed. When we approached him, he could see a bright future. He's a first-class coach and an outstanding guy. He's looking to develop himself as a coach and we want to give him opportunities to travel. We've made a tentative approach to the Western Force for him to go there for two or three weeks in December to work with Richard Graham, who will be their coach once John Mitchell leaves. Rich is a brilliant skills and backs coach, and all coaches should want to up-skill themselves, which is what David wants to do. He is highly intelligent, articulate and he's got a good manner with the players.
Why did EP change its name to the EP Kings this season?
Cheeky and Anele were behind the thinking and know more about the reasoning, but I think it's great. Everything about the team is new; we're moving into the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on 1 September, and wanted a fresh start. The Mighty Elephants belonged to the Boet Erasmus and things are changing with the Kings. This is a new beginning.
How do you plan to incorporate Border and SWD into the Kings franchise?
I don't see it as a problem. When I coached the Stormers, we easily negotiated bringing in Boland and SWD. You always have an anchor union, which EP are here, and it makes sense as PE is the biggest city [compared to George and East London] and we have the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. With the Stormers, we had camps in George so that SWD felt part of the franchise, and we also played warm-ups against Boland and SWD.
How does your job as director of rugby branch into other areas?
We're doing our best with the professional team, but it's also about under-pinning that with high-performance teams. We've started working with the schools, age-group sides and universities in the region, which never happened in the past as there essentially hasn't been any professional rugby here, and therefore none of the professional structures. We're also taking a road trip to the top 27 schools in the region with guys like [former Bok centre] Danie Gerber and [ex-Bok prop] Robbie Kempson.
How long will it take to stop the excessive loss of players to other unions?
It will take two or three years to arrest the haemorrhaging. We've made inroads already and we'll make academy signings this year. It's all part of a process.
Some argue that even though the Cheetahs have a Super Rugby franchise they still loseplayers. Why will the Kings be any different?
It's very simple. The Cheetahs lose players every year because for some or other reason they don't perform at Super Rugby level. They aren't as wealthy as the other unions and their players get poached, and therefore they're unable to compete. But we'll have the financial wherewithal that the Cheetahs don't have and we'll make a mark in Super Rugby. The consequence is that the players will stay.
How important is it to gain promotion to the Currie Cup Premier Division next season?
That's the ideal scenario. Like everyone in the First Division, we're looking to move up. We want to play a higher level of rugby. If we play in the Currie Cup Premier Division in 2011 it will facilitate our entry into Super Rugby two years later. But we've only played a few games and aren't even halfway through the season, so it's early days. Our ambition is to get to the Premier Division. At times we might go sideways or a little backwards, but ultimately we're moving forward. People in the region have seen what's happening and interest is rising. We must also remember that we had the most representative rugby crowd for the Kings' match against the Lions last year, which shows the interest and hunger for sport across all racial groups. Although not every South African has links with the Eastern Cape, we should all be working together to support the union, not criticise it.
Is EP going to set up a rugby academy?
Our ideal model is to have players coming from high school to the academy while studying at varsity in PE, playing for EP U19, and also NMMU [Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University] in the Varsity Cup and the local league. NMMU will model themselves on our structures, and our academy players will be based at the stadium, along with all the senior players. The university and academy will play a central role in the development of the franchise.
How worrying is NMMU's last-place position in the Varsity Cup?
We've got to tackle the problem of NMMU. We had our first meeting with their staff at the start of the season and have rekindled our involvement with them. We want them to be a success, not like the recent past. We're determined to make them powerful, which they have to be for the sake of the province. NMMU have to be a pathway for players to the senior team; they must have the same approach as the professional side.
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Scarily, our food systems are under threat.
"We have a food system that at some point is going to crash," says Terry Luebbers.
With the world's burgeoning population, land for growing food to feed us all is becoming scarce. Water is becoming an extremely valuable commodity and there is the threat that we may soon reach "peak oil" — the high point of oil production — soon. All of these things are major contributors in the production and distribution of food.
With these things in mind, a local couple — Luebbers and his wife, Sarah Hensley — set out to create a new growing system that makes food production more efficient. Working in their greenhouse and using methods borrowed from hydroponic growing, they created a vertical aeroponic growing system for which they have just received a patent from the U.S. Patent Office last month.
"We did not invent aeroponics," says Luebbers, "we made it into a high density system."
Their system — branded the "MoFlo Vertical Aeroponic System" — is quite simple and very easy to use. "It's idiot-proof," notes Hensley, "I kill cactus, but I can grow these."
To most people, agriculture brings to mind the image of farmers toiling away on crops in the field. This new concept takes the field out of the equation entirely. Soil is not used in growing plants in this system, instead, the plants are placed in plastic net cups and the roots are exposed to air. The plastic cups are inserted into a specially designed box.
A mister within the box provides a nutrient-filled mist for the plants and is set on a timer to provide water and nutrients on a regular basis. Any excess water drips back into a tank at the bottom of the box to be recycled through the mister. This system uses water far more efficiently than regular agriculture.
To maximize space, the boxes rise vertically so that multiple plants can be grown in a small area. The first aeroponic system the couple built in their greenhouse was a horizontal system. "When we realized that we could grow 5,760 plants in the same space and at the same pacing as our current 720 plant system [using] 8 vertical rows, we were hooked."
"There's nothing unnatural about it," Luebbers remarks, "we didn't modify the plants, just the growing environment."
The system can easily be adapted to small scale backyard gardens or far larger, industrial operations and can be used indoors or out. The couple is currently selling small, 12-plant systems through their website and at Adaleigh's Nursery on New Airport Road.
Speaking of Adaleigh's owner Ken Conners, who grows tomatoes using the boxes, Terry Leubbers says, "he grins every time someone talks about the boxes."
As word of the new system spreads, the local couple has received interest from as far away as Japan and Mongolia. "It's an issue of food security," adds Luebbers.
In their greenhouse, the couple has a large, more industrial sized system growing about a hundred basil plants. The fresh, green scent of basil hangs heavily in the air. All around the plants, butterflies happily flit as if to highlight the environmental friendliness of the growing system.
While the impending crisis of a crash of the world's food system still hangs like a Sword of Damocles over our heads, this local couple is helping ease things by raising agriculture up in the air.
For more information, see the MoFlo Vertical Aeroponic Systems website at www.mofloaeroponics.com.