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Fox News obscured Republicans' role in creating a Medicaid coverage gap in the administration's health care expansion to hype one woman's coverage loss as an example of Obama's broken promises.
Fox host Elisabeth Hasselbeck welcomed guest Tammy Fiechtner onto the November 1 Fox & Friends to discuss a letter she received from her insurer explaining that she's being automatically moved to a new insurance plan. Hasselbeck hyped "what's being called the Obamacare coverage gap," saying, despite the letter, that she "hasn't gotten a new plan. In fact, she doesn't have coverage at all." Fiechtner's comments shed more light on her predicament; the new plan she was being moved to had a similar premium, but a higher deductible. Fiechtner then explained that after exploring her options, she found that she would have qualified for Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s expansion of the program, but her Republican-led home state of Nebraska chose not to accept the Medicaid expansion (emphasis added):
FIECHTNER: When we went on the website, we found out that we didn't qualify for Obamacare because of how our business structure works. So, we were told that we had to go on Medicaid, which I don't understand why I have to be on Medicaid, but that's where they directed us to. Nebraska did not expand Medicaid, so there will be no help for people like ourselves. So we now are forced to buy a new plan all on own and face these expenses by ourselves.
As The New York Times reported, the ACA was "written to require all Americans to have health coverage" and "about 30 million uninsured Americans were to have become eligible for financial help" through subsidies for lower-income earners and the Medicaid expansion. According to the Times, the Supreme Court's 2012 decision to allow states to opt out of the Medicaid expansion left millions of low-income consumers without financial help in acquiring insurance:
But the Supreme Court's ruling on the health care law last year, while upholding it, allowed states to choose whether to expand Medicaid. Those that opted not to leave about eight million uninsured people who live in poverty ($19,530 for a family of three) without any assistance at all.
Hasselbeck's attempt to lay the blame for Fiechtner's situation on President Obama papers over Republicans' role in sabotaging access to affordable health insurance. As Politico reported in a November 1 story headlined "The Obamacare sabotage campaign," there is "a strong factual basis" for the charge that "calculated sabotage by Republicans at every step" has undermined key points of the law -- including the Medicaid expansion -- and has seriously damaged the overall rollout (emphasis added):
In the week following the end of the 16-day government shutdown, major print media outlets shifted their attention to upcoming bipartisan budget negotiations. This coverage of budget priorities was far more likely to mention the need for deficit and debt reduction than economic growth and job creation, despite economists warning that growth is the more pressing concern.
The Wall Street Journal attacked the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Medicaid expansion by claiming that Medicaid beneficiaries would have better health outcomes with no insurance at all. But the Journal's analysis relies on an inaccurate reading of an Oregon health care study and ignores that Medicaid has been shown to lower rates of depression, reduce financial strain, and benefits low-income children, mothers, and veterans.
During her first week as a Fox News host, Elisabeth Hasselbeck ran daily "Eyes On Obamacare" segments that pushed falsehoods and myths about the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
On September 16, Hasselbeck hosted FoxBusiness.com reporter Kate Rogers to spread fear about some insurers dropping out of some states' individual health care markets, alleging that the law would increase the cost of health insurance.
But a report released by the Kaiser Family Foundation early in September found that the cost of obtaining health insurance will be lower than expected:
This report -based on 17 states and the District of Columbia that have made data publicly available -provides a preview of how premiums will vary across the country, and how much consumers in different circumstances will actually pay after taking into account the tax credits available under the ACA.
While premiums will vary significantly across the country, they are generally lower than expected. For example, we estimate that the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office imply that the premium for a 40-year-old in the second lowest cost silver plan would average $320 per month nationally. Fifteen of the eighteen rating areas we examined have premiums below this level, suggesting that the cost of coverage for consumers and the federal budgetary cost for tax credits will be lower than anticipated.
The Department of Health and Human Services also released a report on September 16 that shows 56 percent of uninsured Americans could obtain health insurance for less than $100 per month. From the report's press release:
A new report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that 56 percent, or nearly six in ten of the people who don't have health insurance today may be able to get coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace for less than $100 per month.
Of the 41.3 million individuals who are uninsured and eligible for coverage, 23.2 million (56 percent) may qualify for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, or tax credits to purchase coverage for $100 or less per month. The amount an individual will save on premiums depends on their family income and size. Today's report uses data about family income and size from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey to estimate the number of uninsured individuals who will qualify for lower costs on monthly premiums.
Today's report also shows that if all 50 states took advantage of new options to expand Medicaid coverage, nearly 8 out of every 10 people (78 percent) who currently do not have insurance could be paying less than $100 a month for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. While some states are expanding their Medicaid programs in 2014, other states are not doing so.
Right-wing organization Media Trackers Florida called support for Medicaid expansion "leftist Florida advocacy" by hyping misleading claims about the cost of expansion. However, the cost estimate used by Media Trackers failed to take into account millions of dollars in savings while insuring almost one million Floridians.
WatchdogVA, an affiliate of the Koch Brothers funded Franklin Center, promoted unsubstantiated fears in asking legislators to weigh several considerations when determining how to expand Medicaid in Virginia, including fears over the federal government's role and a doctor shortage. The conservative blog also recommended block granting or privatizing the program, both of which would have disastrous consequences on Medicaid.
Right-wing media have seized on a study of Medicaid recipients to attack the program by focusing on certain parts of the findings while health care experts point out that the program successfully expanded access to care and eased health-related financial problems, the primary focus of Medicaid.
In 2008, the state of Oregon held a lottery to expand Medicaid coverage to 10,000 people. Because the selection was random, researchers began a controlled study on how the coverage affected the participants. After the results were posted in The New England Journal of Medicine, right-wing media seized on the findings to attack both Medicaid and health care reform. On May 2, Fox Nation posted a Washington Examiner article on the study under the headline "Landmark Study Shatters Liberal Health Care Claims." In the article, Examiner senior editorial writer Philip Klein noted that the study's authors found that enrollment in Medicaid led to "lower rates of depression," but Klein wrote that "the study suggests that expanding Medicaid ... does not improve" the health of recipients. On Your World, Fox's senior managing editor for health news, Dr. Manny Alvarez, used the findings to attack the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
On May 3, Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy called the Medicaid study "[b]ad news for Democrats who support Obamacare." On-screen text during the segment stated that the study found that Medicaid is "ineffective":
But while Fox used the study as an opportunity to attack various aspects of health care reform, experts have pointed out that the study's findings, while not entirely positive, show that the program aided the new enrollees in several ways. In a Health Affairs blog post, Dr. John Lumpkin, who served for 12 years as the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, wrote that the study showed that "coverage alone will not necessarily lead to good health," but also pointed to the "big impact on family finances" and the fact that "expanding Medicaid was shown to substantially reduce depression." Dr. Lumpkin concluded:
So far, the Oregon Health Insurance Study shows us that people who obtained Medicaid coverage received more health care services in the first two years--especially needed preventive care--and had less depression and financial worries. Their health outcomes weren't significantly better, but at least they are now participating in the health care system and getting the care they need, without plunging their families deeper into poverty. From this vantage point, the glass seems more than half full.
National Review Online attacked a program that would make released inmates eligible for Medicaid as an "expensive addition" to the program, despite praise from experts who have pointed to the policy's potential to cut health care costs.
An NRO post attacked a provision in the Affordable Care Act which would make recently released prisoners eligible for Medicaid benefits. The blog attacked the program as an "expensive addition" to Medicaid, later complaining that "monumental poor life choices, including the ones felons have made ... will be subsidized by" taxpayers:
Obamacare expands Medicaid enrollment substantially. To deny someone enrollment because he'd served time in prison would surely violate the underlying intent of giving everyone equal health care. And if affordable health care is now a right, to deprive former felons would be to impose a punishment in addition to their original sentence. So to some extent, felons' new Medicaid eligibility makes legal sense.
But there's nevertheless an annoying hypocrisy here.
As Bloomberg's recent soda campaign so aptly demonstrated, once health care becomes a public expense, personal choices become a public concern. Taxpayers can expect to be nagged about small poor life choices like opting for a bigger beverage or a higher-calorie meal choice.
But monumental poor life choices, including the ones felons have made -- which result in lower incomes and worse health -- will be subsidized by those same taxpayers.
It may be equal, but it doesn't seem very fair.
But experts have pointed out that the program could lead to an overall reduction in health care spending. A Pew Stateline article quoted proponents of the program who explained that making released inmates eligible for Medicaid would reduce medical costs by providing access to preventive care and reducing the use of emergency care as a primary health care provider:
Fox News host Neil Cavuto and Fox guest Stephen Moore agreed that President Obama is wrong to suggest that federal spending growth is driven by health care costs, when in fact Obama is right. Health care spending is the only category of federal spending projected to grow substantially over the next two decades, and government health insurance is actually more efficient than private sector insurance. And the president's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains provisions that aims to contain and reduce national health care costs.
Bill O'Reilly seized on the story of a shoeless man who was helped by a New York City police officer to call for cuts to government programs that help the poor.
O'Reilly opened his Thursday show by recounting an incident in November in which Officer Lawrence DePrimo bought a pair of boots for Jeffrey Hillman, a man in Times Square who had bare feet. A tourist took a picture of the DePrimo giving the boots to Hillman, and the image was widely circulated on the Internet.
While Hillman was initially said to be homeless, it has since been reported that he has an apartment. O'Reilly presented this fact as if it were a devastating revelation -- "here's the sad truth," he said before informing his viewers that Hillman has a home. O'Reilly also claimed that Hillman "has enough resources to live his life in a dignified manner."
What O'Reilly did not tell his viewers is that Hillman was homeless prior to last year. Nor did O'Reilly mention that Hillman uses veterans benefits to help keep his apartment.
NBC New York reported, "Hillman used to be homeless, but entered shelter in 2009 before moving into an apartment secured by Veterans Affairs in 2011, city officials said. He pays his rent using a lifetime voucher for homeless veterans and his Social Security income."
O'REILLY: Obviously, Officer DePrimo is a patriot, but here's the sad truth. Mr. Hillman's not homeless. He has an apartment, paid for by you and me. He's on government assistance. He has enough resources to live his life in a dignified manner. Yet Mr. Hillman doesn't do that. He prefers the street. And the boots Officer DePrimo have gave him have disappeared. Now, I'm not judging Hillman. Most cases like his involve substance abuse or mental illness. However, we must be honest. The government cannot provide a decent life for Hillman, no matter how much money it spends. We're already giving the guy tens of thousands of dollars a year, and it is doing nothing. There are millions of Americans like Jeffrey Hillman, and we all need to understand that some people simply will not -- will not -- save themselves.
While O'Reilly claimed not to be "judging" Hillman because most "cases like his involve substance abuse or mental illness," he began the segment by saying that "[a]ll of us need to wise up, and fast," and went on to use his abridged version of Hillman's story to demand cuts to entitlement programs.
Ted Nugent called for the suspension of the right to vote for "any American who is on welfare" as part of his proposal to reduce federal budget deficits outlined in his latest Washington Times column.
The National Rifle Association board member also called for "slaughtering the three sacred entitlement cows" of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and called for tax increases on "the nearly 50 percent of Americans who pay zero federal income taxes." Nugent wrote that these policies should be instituted "before taxes are raised on the producers, which will further choke the economy."
Nugent frequently attacks Americans who receive public assistance, whom he has termed "gluttonous, soulless pigs."
From Nugent's column:
The three sacred entitlement cows in the room that no politician wants to poke are Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. A blinding statement of the obvious is that we are never going to get our financial house in order until these sacred entitlement cows are not only poked, but slaughtered. Until the slaughter is over, everything else is just taxation window dressing.
In addition to slaughtering the three sacred entitlement cows that consume a vast majority of the federal budget (and I use the term budget generously), let's truly spread the pain around and raise taxes on everyone, including the nearly 50 percent of Americans who pay zero federal income taxes. Those Americans need to have some skin in the game, too. I recommend at least a 5 percent federal income tax bracket for them. The insane free ride needs to end. [...]
Let's also stop the insanity by suspending the right to vote of any American who is on welfare. Once they get off welfare and are self-sustaining, they get their right to vote restored. No American on welfare should have the right to vote for tax increases on those Americans who are working and paying taxes to support them. That's insane. [...]
It shouldn't take a Motown guitar slayer to come up with these common-sense bargaining chips before taxes are raised on the producers, which will further choke the economy. How about it, GOP?
Major newspapers in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Nevada have urged their governors to reject expansion of Medicaid -- the shared state-federal program that provides health care coverage to low income Americans -- under the Affordable Care Act, citing high costs that they claim would add to the states' financial burdens. In fact, a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that the Medicaid expansion would substantially reduce the number of uninsured at little cost to their state budgets.
As governors continue to decide whether to implement key aspects of the Affordable Care Act, the editorial boards of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Las Vegas Review-Journal urged the rejection of Medicaid expansion, while the editorial board of The Oklahoman applauded the recent decision by Republican Gov. Mary Fallin to reject the funding.
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
As stipulated under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid eligibility will expand to an additional 800,000 Pennsylvanians -- in effect, placing a quarter of the state's residents on government insurance, according to the Commonwealth Foundation. Never mind that Medicaid currently consumes 30 percent of the state's operating budget.
Once fully realized, ObamaCare will have all the appeal of a perpetual flu.
From the Las Vegas-Review Journal:
The accompanying Medicaid expansion, meanwhile, would throw millions of additional Americans into a system that's already bankrupting state governments and increasing costs in the private market. Geoffrey Lawrence of the Nevada Policy Research Institute, noting last week that Gov. Sandoval is pondering whether to expand Medicaid eligibility in Nevada, said any Medicaid expansion would mean reduced access to care for those currently enrolled.
President Obama won re-election this month, but the states hold the future of ObamaCare in their hands. Knowing the harm the law would do to our citizens, the economy, and the quality of American health care, Gov. Sandoval should join with many of his colleagues and decline to become the enabler of a vastly expensive, European-style medical rationing system that poll after poll has shown most Americans do not want.
From The Oklahoman:
Oklahoma has joined a growing list of states that won't expand Medicaid or implement state-run health exchanges, two key components of Obamacare. Predictably, the political left argues Republicans are being obstructionist. But why would state Republicans rush to implement a bad law to benefit a president who's made clear he would never do the same if the tables were turned?
As of June 2011, Medicaid programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia provided health care coverage to 52.6 million people. However, as the economy has improved, the rate of growth of enrollment in the program has slowed down. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the federal government wants to expand the program in an effort to decrease the number of uninsured by providing coverage to those with an income below 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Previously, qualification for the program varied depending on factors such as age or employment status. Despite the claims from these editorial boards, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion provision will in fact achieve its goal, at only a slightly higher cost than what those states currently pay for Medicaid.
A recent study published by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that if all states expanded Medicaid it could lead to health care coverage for an additional 21.3 million people nationally with a total cost of around $1 trillion. Yet, the combined costs to states would only be approximately $76 billion as the federal government will cover the other $952 billion.
Specifically, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Oklahoma would see significant increases in the number of people insured for only small changes to their current spending.
In Pennsylvania, if all states expanded Medicaid, the state would see a 52 percent reduction in uninsured citizens, while spending 1.4 percent more on Medicaid than current expenditures when accounting for the savings in uncompensated care. While Pennsylvania's expansion costs are higher than some other states, healthcare professionals note that this is because Pennsylvania currently has one of the more draconian Medicaid systems in the country. From WHYY in Pennsylvania:
New Jersey is on the opposite end of the spectrum, with projected costs of $1.2 billion with an expansion. And Pennsylvania? Almost $2 billion over 10 years, even after accounting for savings.
"Pennsylvania has not expanded to adults whereas other states have," said Ann Bacharach with the Pennsylvania Health Law Project.
"If you're a single, childless adult, there is not much that the state can offer in terms of coverage," Bacharach said.
So the new enrollees covered by an expansion would add costs, but the federal contribution would not provide the same savings in Pennsylvania as it will in Delaware.
Meanwhile, Nevada would see a 44.8 percent reduction in uninsured citizens for only 2.6 percent more in Medicaid spending if all states expanded Medicaid coverage. As Media Matters has previously noted, the Review-Journal's editorial board has attacked the Medicaid provision of the Affordable Care Act while neglecting to note any of the benefits expanding Medicaid would have on their state.
Lastly, Oklahoma would see a 54.4 percent reduction in uninsured for only 1.9 percent more in Medicaid spending if all states expanded Medicaid coverage. From Tulsa World:
[David Blatt, director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute] said the governor's calculations also leave out savings to the state in areas such as health, mental health and corrections that are currently outside the Medicaid system but could be included with expansion. Savings to those agencies has been estimated at more than $49.4 million a year.
Also missing from the calculation would be tax revenue increases the state would see as a result of the Affordable Care Act, he said.
For example, the state has a small tax on insurance premiums. If thousands of Oklahomans begin purchasing insurance through a federal health insurance exchange, that tax revenue goes up, he said.
If every state adopted the Medicaid expansion provision they would receive $9 in federal money for every $1 they spend to expand the program. As John Holahan, head of the Urban Institute's Health Policy Research Center and the study's author, said, "It's hard to conclude anything other than this is pretty attractive and should be pretty hard for states to walk away from." Unfortunately, the editorial boards of the Tribune-Review, Review-Journal, and The Oklahoman failed to provide that perspective and explain the overall benefit of Medicaid expansion to their readers.
Fox News and conservative blogs are hyping a dishonest chart that shows employment decreasing while the numbers of people receiving government aid increasing since the end of 2008. However, an honest look at these figures would show that employment is on an upswing and enrollment in government aid programs has been increasing for decades.
The Weekly Standard and Fox Nation both put the chart, which is sourced to Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, on their websites. And Fox News aired the chart as well. The Standard said that the chart "details the alarming fact that enrollment in federal social welfare programs like Food Stamps, Medicaid, and Disability have far outpaced job growth over the last four years."
But this chart is incredibly dishonest. The chart uses December 2008 as its starting point, a date in the middle of a very deep recession. Employment began decreasing at the beginning of 2008 soon after the U.S. economy went into recession and was still decreasing in December 2008. But jobs have been increasing since in early 2010, resulting in the addition of more than 4 million jobs:
Furthermore, the increase in people receiving Social Security Disability benefits is not new. The number has been surging since the 1990s:
A New York Times article on Mitt Romney embracing the health care reform he passed in Massachusetts hid the fact that Romney has promised to repeal President Obama's Affordable Care Act.
The Times reported that Romney recently "talked about the health care law he championed as governor of Massachusetts" and quoted Romney saying: "I got everybody in my state insured. ... One hundred percent of the kids in our state had health insurance."
But the Times left out the most important fact on this controversial campaign issue: If he becomes president, Romney plans to undo the law that will provide insurance to all Americans. He has proposed repealing President Obama's Affordable Care Act, which requires that all Americans have health insurance and has even pledged to gut the Affordable Care Act on his first day in office by granting waivers from the law to all 50 states.
Furthermore, Romney's plans for Medicaid would leave many Americans in worse shape than they were before passage of the Affordable Care Act. Romney plans to change Medicaid from a federal program to a system in which the federal government gives a fixed amount of money to each state. According to Bloomberg News, this plan would cut Medicaid by $1.26 trillion over nine years.
As the American College of Physicians has noted, the Congressional Budget Office analyzed a similar plan issued by Romney's running mate and predicted that it could require states to make "considerable cutbacks" in Medicaid. CBO stated that such cutbacks might involve reduced eligibility, reduced "coverage of fewer services, lower payments to providers, or increased cost-sharing by beneficiaries -- all of which would reduce access to care."
In contrast with the Times, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and The Los Angeles Times all reported that Romney boasted about his health reform in Massachusetts while simultaneously opposing the federal Affordable Care Act.
Right-wing media figures are heaping praise on Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget plan, with one Fox host calling Ryan "Mr. Budget." In fact, Ryan's budget plan would harm many Americans: It increases taxes on the poor while cutting them for the wealthy, drastically cuts Medicaid and other needed safety net programs, and would cost millions of jobs by reducing federal spending during a still-weak economy.


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Present The Red Carpet Premiere of the Girls' Leadership Programs:
Girls aged 10-14 inspired by Princeton-Blairstown Center to create their own programs
Girl Scout Troop 60518 in conjunction with the Princeton-Blairstown Center is presenting a "Red Carpet Premiere" of 4 newly-created PBC Girls' Leadership Programs. These programs have been designed by Girl Scout Troop 60518, a group of 11 girls, aged 10 to 14, from Montgomery, NJ in conjunction with PBC and with the invaluable counsel of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The girls have unveiled their leadership program designs before 75 family, friends, community leaders, Princeton-Blairstown Center Trustees and staff, Robert Wood Johnson staff, supporters and the general public. Their ideas all began with a focus on core leadership attributes that they believe are important – problem solving, communication, conflict resolution, self-reflection, goal setting and more. They used these attributes to build exciting outdoor adventure programs that will build confidence for girls as they uncover their own strengths and break through perceived limits.
Their newly created modules include:
- Dare to Discover Yourself – An introspective view of one's own leadership journey
- Connect to Courage – Creative ways to lead teams and understand other's perspectives
- Scientific Sleuths: Environmental Expedition – Outdoor science exploration for girls
- Spectacular Survival Skills – Preparedness for wilderness survival for girls
What began as an idea to create one program soon blossomed into four as the girls visited PBC's Blairstown Campus and were inspired. During the design process, they did test runs of their programs at the Blairstown Campus, surprising themselves in the process as they did hiking, high-rope challenges, outdoor cooking, gardening, and even rappelling down a 35 foot dam. In addition to creating the programs, the Girls' even made their own movie, which they are excited to share with the public at this special screening event.
Their test runs have been documented via photos and video and were unveiled at the Red Carpet event which took place on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, from 6pm to 8pm at the Arts Council of Princeton.
In September 2014, the girls' leadership work will be featured on the International Day of the Girl (IDG) Summit website as part of the 11 Months of Action campaign. The IDG Summit was co-founded by Sage Girl and iTwixie.com in October 2012 to commemorate the 1st International Day of the Girl on October 11th. Since its founding, the IDG Summit has attracted over 12,000 users from 85 countries with signature initiatives including: 11 Months of Action, 11 Days of Action, Girls Speak Out at the United Nations, and LIVE video webcast of IDG celebrations from around the world.
The Girls Leadership Program will be featured on the IDG Summit site (www.DayoftheGirlSummit.org) from September 1 – September 30th as part of the 11 Months of Action. IDG Summit members will be encouraged to take action, become leaders, and build solidarity across borders. Each week, IDG will highlight one of the lesson plans from the Girls Leadership Program and engage IDG Summit members via social media. The goal is to leverage the Girls Leadership activities in the build up to the 3rd Annual International Day of the Girl on October 11th.
Members of the Girl Scout Troop will be invited to attend the Girls Speak Out at the United Nations on Friday, October 10th. The Girls Speak Out will feature girls' stories of leadership and social change around the world; it attracts over 500 girls from the NYC region and includes prominent members of the UN community.
About PBC
PBC is an independent nonprofit with a mission to transform the lives of vulnerable young people through integrated experiential and adventure-based programming in schools and at our Blairstown Campus near the Delaware Water Gap. We collaborate with schools, university partners, and community-based agencies to develop in youth deepened self-awareness, responsible decision-making, teamwork, and leadership skills. Our wide variety of year-round, multi-service programs serve over 4,000 students from the Mid-Atlantic states.

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The Chicago Neighborhoods project is designer Steve Shanabruch's take on the city he loves. As he says, "a neighborhood with a logo is better than a neighborhood without." Shanabruch will be posting a new black and white design every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until all 77 community areas and some of the more well-known neighborhoods are represented. (Can't wait to see Wicker Park, my haunting grounds for a bit in the early oughts!)
Love this! Cannot wait to see my neighborhood!
03-06-12 » 11:03 am »
These are awesome! I can't wait to see the west loop one.
03-06-12 » 11:18 am »
These are beautiful! I am really drawn to the Chatham logo. I too can't wait to Wicker Park, I spent a lot of good years there!
03-06-12 » 12:12 pm »
rachael adele // for the love of design
i love these! they remind me of the branding 10000 lakes project.
03-06-12 » 3:21 pm »
Oh my god this is so cool – I actually know him and he's being featured on YOUR site!! Worlds colliding. Isn't his work incredible?!
03-06-12 » 3:48 pm »
I love this! I may have to do this in New Orleans. Can't wait to see the rest of the project.
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Last week, I saw the NGADM needed backup judges, so I gave my name to Step,
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I tought I'd probably never judge anything...
"Better to be safe than sorry", like he said.
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I gave the score I deemed appropriate for each given category, and then explained some of the reasons that influenced the score.
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Civil Discovery in Hawaii Federal Court
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
In Hawaii, if your case is in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii ("Hawaii Federal Court'), then the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) and the Local Rules for the Hawaii Federal Court apply. These rules provide that certain steps be taken prior to commencing discovery.
According to FRCP 26(d), "a party may not seek discovery from any source before the parties have conferred as required by Rule 26(f)…" FRCP Rule 26(d). FRCP Rule 26(f)(2) explains the purpose of the conference of the parties as follows:
In conferring, the parties must consider the nature and basis of their claims and defenses and the possibilities for promptly settling or resolving the case; make or arrange for the disclosures required by Rule 26(1); discuss any issues about preserving discoverable information; and develop a proposed discovery plan. The attorneys of record and all unrepresented parties that have appeared in the case are jointly responsible for arranging the conference, for attempting in good faith to agree on the proposed discovery plan, and for submitting to the court within 14 days after the conference a written report outlining the plan. The court may order the parties or attorneys to attend the conference in person.
FRCP Rule 26(f)(2).
The Rule 26(f) conference of the parties must be completed at least 21 days before the scheduling conference. FRCP Rule 26(f)(1). Then, pursuant to Rule 26(c), "a party must make the initial disclosures at or within 14 days after the parties' Rule 26(f) conference…" FRCP Rule 26(c).
Initial Disclosure require the following:
(a) Required Disclosures.
(1) Initial Disclosure.
(A) In General. Except as exempted by Rule 26(a)(1)(B) or as otherwise stipulated or ordered by the court, a party must, without awaiting a discovery request, provide to the other parties:
(i) the name and, if known, the address and telephone number of each individual likely to have discoverable information–along with the subjects of that information–that the disclosing party may use to support its claims or defenses, unless the use would be solely for impeachment;
(ii) a copy–or a description by category and location–of all documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things that the disclosing party has in its possession, custody, or control and may use to support its claims or defenses, unless the use would be solely for impeachment;
(iii) a computation of each category of damages claimed by the disclosing party–who must also make available for inspection and copying as under Rule 34 the documents or other evidentiary material, unless privileged or protected from disclosure, on which each computation is based, including materials bearing on the nature and extent of injuries suffered; and
(iv) for inspection and copying as under Rule 34, any insurance agreement under which an insurance business may be liable to satisfy all or part of a possible judgment in the action or to indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy the judgment.
FRCP Rule 26(a).
As such, pursuant to Rule 26(d), discovery cannot be commenced until the conference of the parties has taken place. Then, initial disclosures are required in addition to any discovery responses. These rules ensure that parties meet to discuss how discovery is going to be conducted and that certain disclosures are made in the beginning of the case to encourage an efficient discovery process.
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Backpackers Nirvana in Nyali, Mombasa. The NEW backpackers to hit the coast, we are the perfect retreat pitstop right on the edge of the Indian Ocean.
We have medium capacity, with a dorm and private room to suit any budget or requirement, or even to camp out in our secure grounds.
In your rate: FREE BREAKFAST, FREE INTERNET, 24HRS ACCESS TO ALL FACILITIES, FREE COFFEE, TEA, COCOA & HERBALS, BOOKS/DVD/WII LIBRARY and on-site Astrologer, Tarot/Palm Readings and Healing Sessions
Spacious, clean & chilled out ambiance, we've taken the budget option to another level; designed with only Swahili wood craftsmanship, you will be comfortable in traditional African furnishings, Masai decor and a friendly home atmosphere- this is 5* comfort!
The rooftop is being re-modelled to offer massage, yoga, meditation (you can book your own personal time here free of charge!)..now with lounge area and BBQ...
And any artists that come to stay.......You are welcome to add some colour to our walls.....We want this place full of our guests personal touches :)
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- 24 hour reception
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The RMUK experience brings you expertise you can trust for hair and beauty. Leeds savvy meets Italian style in an oasis of contemporary calm and impeccable service in this city centre salon.Read More
Good hair and beauty is all about feeling confident in your own skin. The RMUK experience puts you centre stage. How you want to feel and look is our priority and, so you can experience the ultimate in hair and beauty, our Leeds therapists take time to really listen to what you want.
As one of our regulars, you'll get to know 'the family' – Roberto, Laura and their son Massi - together with our extended family of talented stylists and therapists. Roberto and Laura founded the salon in 1981 and are continually updating their knowledge and ideas, travelling abroad and bringing back the best of customer service and treatments to make your RMUK experience one of complete luxury and expertise.
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Columbia City, IN (PRWEB) October 8, 2010
Breyden Products, Inc. is pleased to announce an asset purchase of the Gudebrod Inc. Electronics Division. The purchase was complete on Monday, August 16, 2010. The acquisition includes all manufacturing equipment, trade names, trademarks, inventory, and open purchase orders relating to Gudebrod's Electronics Division.
The asset purchase of Gudebrod Inc. Electronics Division enhances Breyden's position as the largest supplier in the world of lacing tapes, cords and braider yarns used in the Wire Harnessing Industry. The Gudebrod product line will be incorporated into the Breyden facility in Columbia City, Indiana.
About Breyden Products
Breyden Products is a leading manufacturer of braided products for industry. Our product line includes lacing tapes, cords and expandable sleeving used in the electric motor and transformer industries as well as wire harnessing tapes, twines, cords and expandable sleeving used in the aerospace industry. Breyden Products provides products for a wide range of specifications. A partial listing of product specifications Breyden Products supplies products for are military specification numbers A-A-52080 (formerly Mil-T-43435 Type I), A-A-52081 (formerly Mil-T-43435 Type II), A-A-52082 (formerly Mil-T-43435 Type III), A-A-52083 (formerly Mil-T-43435 Type IV), A-A-52084 (formerly Mil-T-43435 Type V) and Mil-C-572 and Mil-T-713 Type P as well as Boeing MMS833 and Lockheed C8846. Breyden Products provides products made from nylon, polyester, Teflon, fiberglass, Nomex, Halar and Kevlar with various coating finishes and colors
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Heritage Oak Winery Description
Heritage Oak owners, Tom and Carmela Hoffman, are proud of their ancestry and their ties to a piece of land that has been in Tom's family for five generations. This pride is seen in the quality of the grapes that are harvested from their vineyards each fall and the rich, smooth textured wines that are made from them.
Tom manages the vineyards and oversees every detail of grape productions, from winter pruning, through summer irrigation and into fall's harvest. When the grapes ripen, he becomes the wine maker, managing the fermentation of the various small lots of fruit as they come in from the fields. He spends time creating the subtle, barrel aged blends that best reflect what each of the vineyards can produce. Tom likes talking about farming practices and wine making with visitors in the tasting room.
The "Heritage Oak" is the lone Oak tree outside the complex of buildings. The new tasting room has a stained concrete floor and granite tasting counter. Local artwork and photography grace the walls of this casual and comfortable tasting room.
Wine produced include Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, and a number of vineyard select Zinfandels.
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VDIworks VDP: A great connection broker and management platform for Desktop Virtualization
The Dawn of Desktop Virtualization
Desktop virtualization is all the rage these days, with all the leading industry publications evangelizing its virtues day and night. We've tried our hand with numerous VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) products and find that the set of tools are now rapidly maturing. One of the products that's particularly impressive is the Virtual Desktop Platform (VDP) by VDIworks. In this post, we'll try to explain why.
One of the core challenges with desktop virtualization has been complexity. The complexity of deploying all the required components, the complexity of managing the environment, the complexity of changing existing desktop support models and workflows to account for the new infrastructure, and so on. One of the sorely missed features in VDI management technology has been integration. In other words, the ability for an administrator to quickly and simply visualize their environment and solve their problems from a single management console. Not everyone has the ability or time to install and monitor six or seven different management solutions just to support their VDI install, but yet, this is what most vendors push you towards. Let us give you some examples.
VMware View
VMware is a leading virtualization provider and has definitely done a great job with their Hypervisor platform. Their desktop virtualization solution, however, has had a slightly rougher start. VMware View is a relatively young product but it has already been reinvented several times. It began life as VMware VDI, and has iterated through several versions under the "View" moniker now. Initially, the solution had lots of performance drawbacks as it only supported the RDP protocol. With the inclusion of PCoIP technology, that problem has been partially addressed. And we say, "partially" because while PCoIP works decently over a LAN, performance over the WAN is still a question mark. In particular, lack of support for WAN optimization appliances is an issue. And the quantum of resources consumed at the server to enable a PCoIP experience is still significant. That said, PCoIP is certainly an improvement over an RDP-only View solution, which, frankly, was a non-starter.
Despite having addressed some of the protocol limitations, the critical issues View is plagued with today have to do with complexity, expense, VMware-centricity and the siloed nature of the feature-set. Let us explain. First off, it takes quite a bit of time to properly configure the underlying infrastructure required by VMware View. To put it simply, the product is far more complex than what a typical Desktop admin has been required to deal with in the past. Additionally, the costs associated with VMware licenses are legendary for causing sticker shock. You could be looking at anything between $150-$300 a seat in most scenarios. When you think about that higher-end number and consider that you can buy a PC for the equivalent of the VMware View software licensing costs alone, the whole solution seems to appear lose lustre. And finally, View cares only about VMware. If you have a non-VMware Hypervisor in your environment, too bad, you can't use it to host VMs. So no getting off inexpensively by using Xen for your task workers. You've got to use VMware ESXi alone, and you've got to pay a significant amount to do so. If you want to use protocols other than RDP or PCoIP, again, you're out of luck. No support for HP's RGS or Microsoft's RemoteFX available here. And then, if you're bold enough to want a single management console to cater to your servers, hypervisors, virtual machines, users and thin clients, once again, it's a bridge-too-far. With VMware's View, you'll stay limited to dealing with users and VMs. If you want to manage your Thin clients, go do that with a dedicated Thin client management console. If you want to perform inventory of your desktops, go do that with Microsoft or Altiris tools. And if you want health or power management for your servers, try your hand with Tivoli. VMware View is not a complete VDI management solution. It manages the brokering and the VMs, and that's it.
Citrix XenDesktop
Citrix is the 800lb gorilla of desktop centric remote computing. With its Presentation Server product and its 20 year old partnership with Microsoft, many analysts believe it has a significant advantage over VMware. However, the shortcomings of VMware's approach are exactly what customers suffer with Citrix too. Now, VMware and Citrix have been battling it out for a long time and if you look on YouTube, you'll find videos posted by both companies tearing into each other's products, or showing how a particular task that takes less time on one solution, takes a lot longer on the other. But zoom out and ignore the minutae for a moment. The underlying limitations of high cost, siloed management, vendor lock-in etc. are all the same.
For example, with XenDesktop, you don't get to play or manage a VMware environment, just as VMware disallows you from managing a Xen instance. With XenDesktop, you don't get support for a broad set of industry-accepted protocols. Yes, you get RDP and Citrix's own ICA and HDX, but if you want PCoIP over the LAN, you're out of luck once again. Just as you have fundamental limitations in what you can manage with VMware View, Citrix' XenDesktop exposes you to similar challenges. Can you manage Thin clients with Citrix XenDesktop? No. Can you look into physical server performance, deal with power management, do out of band environmentals for servers running your VDI environment? No. Can you implement traditional desktop management with inventory, remote control, asset notes for helpdesk etc. with XenDesktop? No. And cost? You're not going to do any better than VMware View. In fact, when all is said and done, you may do worse based on the features/capabilities you purchase.
So the true cost of deploying a solution with either of these solutions ends up being pretty significant. You have to have a helpdesk staffed by clones of Clark Kent himself, who can run six different management consoles to solve lowly desktop issues. You need to invest serious amounts of money into commercial per-seat/per-processor-socket licensed Hypervisor solutions and you need to change your support workflows and your user expectations. So, how is this kind of VDI better than a traditional PC again? If the centralized location of data is the only thing I gain, why wouldn't I just PXE boot my $300 PCs from a centralized image?
And so we come to the reason why we feel there's quite a bit of value in the VDIworks VDP product line…
VDIworks Virtual Desktop Platform
Now that we've walked you through the beef we have with VMware and Citrix, it will be easier to explain why we find VDP to be a good option. First off, it supports all of the infrastructure you need to deploy virtual desktops. That includes the servers, the hypervisors, the VMs themselves all the way through to Active Directory users and the Thin client devices. So, if I'm a helpdesk tech working a large VDI install in a big company, at least I have a single place to go to in order to get a complete picture of what's going on in my environment. In a nutshell, I'm spared the Management Console Merry Go'round!
Second, VDIworks isn't a Hypervisor vendor so they don't particularly care about locking you in to one brand of Hypervisor. VDP supports Xen, Hyper-V and VMware ESX/ESXi. Actually, they support VMware's free Server product as well, as they do Microsoft's Virtual Server product. Now, why is this important? For numerous reasons. If you're a large diversified company that has business units with some independence in their IT decisions, you will likely have more than one Hypervisor in your environment. If you're a company that has grown by acquisition, you'll likely have more than one Hypervisor in your environment. And if you're a smart IT guy who is not blindly wanting to implement a single solution for every user's needs, you might be looking at open source Xen as a free alternative for task workers, while investing in VMware with HA and FT options for your higher end users, perhaps. In this case, too, you will have multiple types of Hypervisors. It's also nice to know that you can opt to change out your infrastructure without changing the implementation (or middleware) on top. For example, if, a year down the road, you decide that Hyper-V/RemoteFX are the perfect fit for you, how easy can you make the transition? If you're on VMware View, the answer is "Incredibly Difficult!". With a tool that works with many Hypervisors, you could save yourself a lot of money and prevent the onset of a monumental migraine.
Third, because you can leverage numerous free components in conjunction with VDIworks VDP, such as MySQL databases back-ending the server, or Open Source Xen Hypervisors, you can cut down the cost of the solution by quite a bit.
Fourth, VDP doesn't seem to lose sight of the fact that it is first and foremost, a management solution for a desktop environment. Yes, Virtual Machines, VDI, Connection Brokering etc. are all handled, but ultimately what's being enabled and managed is a complete end-user desktop environment. So, traditional management functions like inventory, health, remote control, delivery of updates, alerts, SNMP, reporting or power management are still important. It's not good enough to dump this set of responsibilities on yet another management product that needs to be run in parallel. And VDP doesn't do that. It provides all the traditional systems management functions most desktop admins have grown accustomed to using over the years. In this respect, it is not a siloed or a point product, but rather a solution to an overall problem. The problem being the management of a more efficient desktop delivery paradigm; Virtual Desktops. It's fine and well being a point Connection Brokering product, or a siloed VM management product, but what truly differentiates VDP is its integrated approach to management and the consequent simplification of the task at hand for IT.
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THE chances of Uhuru Kenyatta becoming Kenya's forth president were boosted yesterday when the High Court declined to stop him from contesting the March 4 election.
In a unanimous judgment, a bench of five judges said that any matter touching on a presidential candidate can only be handled by the Supreme Court which has the exclusive jurisdiction to hear such disputes.
The judges said that any aggrieved party can also petition the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission or the Senate. Dismissing the case filed by three NGOs, the court faulted the petitioners for failing to try other avenues before rushing to court.
They said that there was no evidence that the NGOs wrote to the IEBC requesting them to bar Uhuru and his running mate William Ruto.On their integrity, the court said that there was no evidence of any inquiry having been conducted by the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission.
The judges said blocking Uhuru would prejudice TNA supporters and violate their democratic rights. "It has neither been alleged that they have been subjected to any court case locally and it cannot be presumed that a conviction will be arrived at the ICC," the judges found.
The judges said Uhuru and Ruto are still presumed innocent despite the charges of crimes against humanity that they are facing at the International Criminal Court.
The judges said it was too late to respond to the NGOs' request that the IEBC stop the nominations of Uhuru and Ruto as their certificates had already been issued.
The International Centre for Policy and Conflict, the Kenya Section of the International Commission of Jurists and Kenya Human Rights Commission had moved to court seeking to determine whether the two are eligible to run for office as they were facing criminal charges at The Hague. They said that Chapter Six of the Constitution will be violated because of integrity issues after their charges were confirmed by the ICC.
"If it was to be argued that the third and fourth respondent (Kenyatta and Ruto) do not meet the integrity bar, then the institution that have the power to deal with the issue is the IEBC," ruled Justices Msagha Mbogholi, Luka Kimaru, Hellen Omondi, Pauline Nyamweya and George Kimondo. The court rejected a request that the Waki envelope be given to the court. "I welcome the high court ruling today.
It has affirmed what we have always held; the people of Kenya--and they alone--have the power and the mandate to determine the leadership of this great country.
Kenya has come of age and the people of Kenya can never go wrong," said Uhuru after the ruling. Prime Minister Raila Odinga said that he welcomed the High Court ruling that the Supreme Court had "exclusive and original jurisdiction" in matters relating to the presidential election.
"I have repeatedly said that my main competitor should have the opportunity to face me in a free and fair election whose outcome is determined by the people of Kenya," Raila said in a statement sent out by his adviser Salim Lone.
After the ruling, hundreds of Jubilee supporters in TNA teeshirts started dancing and chanting pro-Uhuru and Ruto slogans. Of their rivals, they said "we will also floor them".
The supporters started arriving at the Milimani law courts as early as 8am but were barred from entering the court building by police. The decision was commended by lawyers Kibe Mungai and Katwa Kigen but ICPC lawyer Suiyanka Lempaa said that they were considering an appeal to the Supreme Court.
The court also rejected a plea to bar former assistant minister James Gesame from vying for tWest Mugirango parliamentary seat as he had been acquitted of misusing CDF cash of over Sh1 million.


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There is no cause of alarm with regard to possible ill-effects on human health by electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation from cellphone towers and cellphones because the limits adopted in India account for all biological effects of radiation. In fact, the limits set by India are much lower than the internationally adopted recommendations of the International Commission on Non Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), which account for thermal and non-thermal effects, said a report submitted by a 13-member committee constituted by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) based on an Allahabad High Court order dated January 10, 2012.
"So far, no conclusive evidence has been found on adverse health effects by EMF radiation from mobile handset by the World Health Organisation (WHO)…(and) so long as EMF radiation power levels in the vicinity of base stations of cellphone towers are below the prescribed limits, there should not be any cause of concern for adverse thermal health affects on human beings living close them," the committee said in its report.
The panel included IIT Bombay Prof Girish Kumar, who has claimed that people living within 50-300 m radius of cellphone towers are more prone to the ill-effects of EMF radiation.
"The committee has noted that Kumar's claims on health effects of EMF radiation are not supported by any scientific evidence… So far as the non-thermal effects of EMF radiation are concerned, a lot of research is going around globally, but currently there is no conclusive scientific evidence which establishes that EMF has harmful non-thermal effects. However, some countries are taking a precautionary approach by reducing EMF levels below those specified by ICNIRP and India is one of them that has reduced prescribed EMF radiation levels by a factor of 10," says the report.
Rubbishing the report, Kumar said his recommendations have been totally ignored and he has signed each page, stating that he does not agree to the report.
While Kumar said EMF radiation causes biological effects like cancer, brain tumour and dizziness among others, the committee said while WHO concluded that current evidence does not confirm existence of any health consequences, some gaps in knowledge about biological effects exist and need further research.
It says Kumar's observation that ICNIRP guidelines would result in absorption of microwave energy of 583.2 kw-sec in human body and would amount to keeping human body in a microwave oven for 19 minutes daily, is "incorrect, highly misplaced and misleading".
In response to Kumar's assertion that if one stands a metre away from cellphone tower antenna, the body temperature would rise by 2° Fahrenheit in an hour and by 8° F in four hours, the report concludes that "such unfounded and hypothetical analysis is ill-conceived". "This is complete misrepresentation of actual position and shall only …continued »


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Since the beginning of the conflict in Libya that toppled Gaddafi's regime, weapon trafficking has been on the rise in the Sahel region. The consequences of this trafficking threatens peace...
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The Central African Republic is set to hold partial parliamentary elections on September 4, yet tensions have arisen after an opposition party rally was marred with violence. The country is still...
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The crisis in Libya since the uprisings against Colonel Mouammar Gaddafi has not only had dramatic consequences for Libyans, but also for Sub-Saharan African citizens residing in Libya. Thousands of...
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Day 5
Up at dawn as usual to break camp and hit the road while others sleep. Fog was settled in the gullies making for a nice view. Breakfast was the usual standing at the bike
Headed north towards Medora and Teddy Roosevelt National Park. Route was an isolated gravel road up and over the many hills, saw deer and antelope, not one person for many miles-this was my favorite drive on the trip
Started to see the oil wells as I approached Medora, and the first Mancamp barracks housing the rush of labor to fuel the Bakken oil well development boom
There were about 15 wells from this corporation just down the gravel road I was on
Then into TR National Park. Even after breaking camp and riding scenic gravel, it was still only about 7 am so no one really up and about yet. I passed a picnic area along the little Missouri River, and saw restroom facilities that looked good for cleaning up a little. Drove on the little driveway thru the trees, rounded the last corner into the clearing and I was face to face with This Guy!
Didn't expect him so he really caught me off guard. Glad he just wanted to graze the groomed grass.
Since no one was around, I parked the bike right in front of the Mens room and found a nice clean facility with running water and a floor drain right next to the sink. Kinda showered off, shaved a little, washed out all my clothes and hung them to dry on the bike. Then the Ranger pulled up to clean the rooms... Very nice guy probably upper 20's, turns out he was a corporate auditor for about 7 years, then decided it wasn't for him so he signed up for the National Park Service. He's travelling the country at different facilities, and does a litlle of everything, probably going to be a Superintendent some day. I had to admire him for following his heart and not money like so many of us.
Made my way thru the 40-50 miles of park road in the south unit, and saw more beautiful views
Wild horses licking minerals
Then headed out of the Park and east to see some of the oil boom. The Engineering firm I'm at designed a 300-acre oil loading facility in this area where the trucks bring it in from the wells, offload into multi-million gallon storage tanks, then the oil is transferred to rail cars and pulled across country to the rest of us. Couldn't quite find the access road which turns out was just a small gravel drive for this high volume of trucks.
One of the goals on this trip was to see the Bakken Oil Boom and the effects on the landscape and people. I started seeing many, many trucks carrying pipe, equipment and men. Gassed up at the next town, and there were about 5 white pickups full of guys behind me waiting to fill up and make $. I headed south on the first road, and was stopped three times in about 5 miles as a local contractor from MN was out here reconstructing bridges to handle the truck traffic.
I saw enough of this and wanted back on the more lonely road without all of this. Hit the throttle as the road opened up and started cruising south while the white trucks were heading north. One of these white SUV's all of a sudden had red white and blue lights on top... So I got to meet the Slope County Sheriff. Apparently my bke was travelling 80 in a 65. Maybe it thought it was still in Montana... The nice deputy explained that I just needed to send in my $20 and their would be no points on my license. I haven't had a speeding ticket for decades, and it seems he left a 0 off, but I thanked him and went on my way.
Saw a sign for the highest point in ND, so thought I would check it out. My brother and I have done a number of state high points so this would be a chance to quickly add one-even if this one really wasn't too tall.
I saw a set of farmer tracks out into the fields and a sign that said road to White Butte 1 Mile East. At this point, my GPS was out with a pulled wire, and I thought east was down these tracks. Headed down these which had ruts that would get about a foot deep, but if found that I could keep it in 2nd gear and move along pretty well. After about 5 miles these tracks ended, so I gave up my quest and headed back out to pavement. Bike popped up out of the rut, down into a little grassy ditch on the side, got it back up in the rut, then it was out of the rut, then it started to tip to the right. Put my foot down to catch it and next thing I'm laying in the ditch with my foot under the sidecase. Pulled it hard and it didn't move... Pulled it harder and out it came (glad I was in grass and not rocks).
This bike may be small to some, but all loaded it was quite heavy to me (I'm about a Buck Forty with my gear on...). No leverage standing in the ditch, so I pulled the back down into the ditch for a better angle, took off some weight.
Did the stand backwards and lift with your legs thing, and got her back up.
Turns out that the little highway I was on had just turned 90-degrees, and what I thought was east was really south. The little sign was telling me to go 1 mile back down the paved road
Must've been flustered by the ticket thing...
That was enough farmer dual track for me today, so I gladly and a little more cautiously headed the 3 miles back out to the pavement.
I was now kinda tired out and still at the west end of North Dakota, but my goal for today was back to MN. And now I had to watch my speedo too...
Thru many small towns, and saw the sight of the Last Great Buffalo Hunt in 1883. This was shorlty after the cavalry wars and drivng the plains Indians onto reservations. The Indians did this last hunt as they had many many times in the past, herding the buffalo and running them off this rise to be slaughtered. This was about the end of the plains Indian nomad culture.
Kept on westward, thru many more small towns, by a few big Ethanol plants, thru Aberdeen where the road widened and the speed limit went up for a while (yes I was still watching the speedo...). Crossed into MN as it started to get dark. Here's Paul Bunyan's boat anchor in Ortonville
Had about 60 miles yet to go for my destination tonight, and it did get dark at the end. Spent most time watching for for deer in the ditches, and finally made camp on the far corner of a country church lot under some trees. Mosquitos were terrible back in the moister climate.
Woke up just before dawn to small sprinkles and flashing skies. Thought it might pass, but it only grew into a huge lightening/thunder/high wind/heavy rain thing. The radar on my phone showed it would probably last a while, so I decided to pack up in this. Got my gear on quickly without too much drenching, and had to work hard to keep the tent from blowing away as I took it down. Everything was soaked, but I was still somewhat dry in my gear as I headed into the small town of Starbuck for a some nice hot coffee and a real breakfast!
Back on the bike, followed the back side of the storm on the backroads and returned home to the Twin Cities before Noon. It was kind of a shock to be back in civilaization after 5 days on the backroads...
So ends my 5 Days West of MN
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