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After Fox News officials confirmed that they were not renewing his contract, Dick Morris appeared on Piers Morgan's CNN show. Despite being faced by his numerous failed political predictions, Morris went on to discuss the future of the Republican Party and was invited back by Morgan to provide further analysis.
Morris appeared on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight to discuss, among other things, his split from Fox after nearly 15 years, which Morris described by saying that "the divorce isn't final, but I am seeing other people." Morgan began the interview by playing several clips of Morris predicting a landslide victory for Mitt Romney during the 2012 general election, asking if there was "any rational explanation for why you got it so wrong?" Morris began by attributing President Obama's victory to Hurricane Sandy before finally admitting that "I was wrong and I was wrong at the top of my lungs":
But Morris has been wrong about more than just Romney not winning the presidential election in a landslide. He predicted Republicans would win "10 seats in the Senate" in 2012, thought it was "very possible" that Obama would drop out of the race, and that Donald Trump would run and defeat Obama. In the 2008 election, Morris predicted the race would be between Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton, that the GOP would never nominate Sen. John McCain, and labeled Arkansas, a state McCain won by 20 points, "leaning Obama."
Fox News recently confirmed that it has decided to part ways with longtime analyst Dick Morris. His departure follows numerous on-air ethical lapses and a long record of wildly inaccurate predictions.
New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman reported, "Inside Fox News, Morris's Romney boosterism and reality-denying predictions became a punch line." In recent years, his now former colleagues at Fox News have called him "often wrong," a self-promoter, and "creepy," and a Fox News vice president publicly rebuked Morris for attempting to auction off a Fox News studio tour to benefit a local Republican party.
Here are ten Fox Newsers who have mocked or rebuked Morris:
Following nearly fifteen years of countless ethical violations, inaccurate electoral predictions, and offensive, false, and dishonest comments, Fox News political analyst Dick Morris is done at the network.
His exit is long overdue.
After Morris announced on his website that he would be appearing on the February 6 edition of CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, Fox News officials confirmed that the network had declined to renew his contract.
Though Morris had made dozens of appearances on Fox News in the months before the 2012 election, he has been absent from the network's airwaves since a November 12 appearance on Hannity. Prior to the election, Morris repeatedly told Fox's audience that Mitt Romney was headed to a "landslide" election victory over President Barack Obama.
New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman reported in December that Fox News had benched Morris, requiring producers to get permission from high-ranking network executives before booking him on their shows. According to Sherman, "Morris's Romney boosterism and reality-denying predictions became a punch line" inside the network. In recent years the network's executives had also repeatedly been subjected to inquiries from reporters concerning Morris' pattern of ethical misdeeds.
During a May 2012 appearance on the O'Reilly Factor -- a program that featured Morris hundreds of times during his tenure at the network -- host Bill O'Reilly told Morris that he was so far "out on the limb" predicting a Romney win, that if Obama were to be re-elected, Morris would be "through."
At least as far as Morris' Fox employment is concerned, O'Reilly was right.
In this report:
From the February 5 edition of MSNBC's The Last Word:
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Fox News political analyst Dick Morris, who has been absent from the network for nearly three months following a directive that any segments with him would have to be cleared by a top network executive -- will appear on CNN February 6.
Morris announced the appearance -- his first on CNN since 2002, according to a search of the Nexis database -- on his website, writing, "You read it right! I will be a guest on The Piers Morgan Show on CNN, yes CNN, this Wednesday night at 9 PM EST."
After appearing dozens of times to provide political analysis in the weeks leading up to the 2012 election, Morris has not appeared on Fox News since a November 12 interview on Hannity, according to a Media Matters review of the Nexis and TVEyes.com databases. By contrast, following the 2008 presidential election, he appeared 19 times on Fox's primetime alone from November 13, 2008, through February 5, 2009, making regular appearances to discuss the political news of the day on The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes/Hannity, and On the Record.
Morris' shoddy prognostication and unethical behavior has been a perpetual source of humiliation for Fox News. He has been a paid contributor to the network since 1998.
In December, New York magazine's Gabe Sherman reported that both Morris and fellow Fox political analyst Karl Rove had been benched by the network, with producers requiring approval in order to book either pundit. According to Sherman, Morris was considered a "punch line" by his colleagues due to his "Romney boosterism and reality-denying predictions." While Rove has returned to the network in recent days and even had his contract renewed, Morris has been absent.
According to TVEyes, the last time Morris was even mentioned on Fox News was in mid-December and it was a mocking reference made by a puppet. On the December 12 edition of Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, "Pinch" -- a puppet that's comprised of a stack of New York Times papers and voiced by Bill Schultz -- said that Nate Silver is "sort of like Dick Morris but, you know, accurate."
UPDATE: A CNN spokesperson confirmed to Media Matters that Morris will appear as a guest on the February 6 edition of Piers Morgan Tonight.
UPDATE 2: CNN's Howard Kurtz and Politico's Mike Allen are reporting that Fox News has allowed Morris' contract to expire and will not renew it.
Dick Morris' lawyers have reportedly confirmed that the conservative commentator's website received money in a fundraising scheme involving his mailing list, the conservative outlet Newsmax, and his organization Super PAC for America. Morris is also reportedly distancing himself from the super PAC despite previously stating that he "formed" the group and it's "my organization."
Media Matters wrote on December 7 that Morris aggressively fundraised for the super PAC, which then apparently funneled money back to Morris through rentals of his DickMorris.com email list.
According to Federal Election Commission data, Morris' Super PAC for America paid Newsmax Media roughly $1.7 million for "fundraising" in October and November. Dick Morris' email list is operated by Newsmax. In the month before the 2012 election, Morris sent at least 21 emails to his mailing list featuring fundraising pitches that were "paid for by Super PAC for America," meaning that a significant portion of the super PAC's money likely went to renting Morris' own email list. Super PAC for America also "paid for" at least 25 emails to Newsmax.com's main email list during the same period.
On her January 4 program, Rachel Maddow reported that she received a letter from Morris' lawyers confirming that "some of" the money paid to Newsmax "was to broker the DickMorris.com mailing list, but they dispute that it was a substantial portion."
In May, O'Reilly Factor host Bill O'Reilly told Fox News political analyst Dick Morris that because he was "so far out on the limb" predicting a Romney win in the presidential election, if Obama were to be re-elected Morris would be "through" and "selling refrigerators in Topeka." Seven months later, following Obama's comfortable re-election, Morris isn't selling appliances in Kansas (that we know of), but he's the laughingstock of the political pundit class and has temporarily been benched at Fox News.
Like most other years of Morris' media career, 2012 was marked by terribly inaccurate election predictions, habitual dishonesty, and questionable ethical conflicts. Unlike most other years, however, Morris appears to actually be facing consequences and backlash for his role as America's Worst Political Pundit.
After Morris made more than fifteen appearances on Fox News' O'Reilly Factor, Hannity, and On the Record in October and early November, he's been absent from the network's primetime lineup since November 12 following reports that producers now have to get special permission to book him (or Karl Rove) on their shows. He has also been publicly criticized by numerous media ethicists from prominent newspapers and universities, countless political writers and reporters in the U.S. (and abroad), donors to his shady super PAC, and his colleagues at The Hill newspaper.
Appearing on Fox & Friends the day before the election to discuss his prediction of a "landslide" Romney victory, Morris said of the various people predicting an Obama win, "either I'm gonna have to go through a big reckoning, or they are. And you know what? They are."
It was another prediction that wouldn't shake out.
Retired donors to a super PAC supported by Dick Morris say they are dissatisfied with how their money was spent. It's not hard to see why.
As Media Matters reported last week, Federal Election Commission documents show that Morris' Super PAC for America paid nearly $1.7 million, or nearly half of all money the Fox News political analyst and columnist for The Hill helped raise, to Newsmax Media, which manages Morris' for-rent email list.
The circular scam apparently worked like this: Morris, acting as chief strategist for the group, sent at least 21 emails to his private for-rent email list, urging readers to give generously to the PAC to fund television ads Morris claimed were essential to a Mitt Romney victory. Newsmax.com sent an additional 25 emails to their own list, featuring a similar pitch and often the signature of either Morris or Michael Reagan, a Newsmax columnist and the PAC's chairman. Then a large percentage of the take was directed back to the coffers of Newsmax, which derives significant profits from its ability to rent out its mailing list to various groups.
Super PACs are unregulated and free to spend their funds however they see fit. But they generally contribute most of their money to candidates or partisan advertising. It is unusual for them to spend half of their revenue on fundraising, and more so for that fundraising to directly profit the PAC's primary spokesperson and strategist. Said Viveca Novak of the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political spending: "Spending 50 percent for fundraising and other expenses would be high."
Morris' own supporters agree. Media Matters contacted more than 100 of his donors using publicly available information from the FEC. A disproportionate number of those listed in the FEC filings are retired, and at least a dozen of those contacted seemed extremely confused in their responses. Many more were openly hostile when asked for comment, especially in response to this reporter's stated association with Media Matters.
Others were polite and curious to know how Dick Morris spent their money. Richard Clark, a retired farmer in Jefferson, New Hampshire, made two donations totaling $350 to Morris' group. He was taken aback to learn where roughly $160 of it went. "Half of the budget going to fundraising is probably too high, a quarter of the total is probably closer to the maximum," said Clark, who is also disturbed by Morris' wide margin of error in predicting the election's outcome. "Dick Morris' emails convinced me to contribute, but he was way off. I'm less likely to send him money in the future."
Don Hall, a disabled and retired insurance man in Amarillo, Texas, made five donations to Super PAC for America totaling $1,000. As a longtime fan of Morris' "lunchtime videos," the numbers and implications of the FEC filing disturbed him. "If it is true [that nearly 50 percent of funds went to fundraise through Newsmax and Morris' website] then it would definitely affect my trust in Morris," said Hall. "It would stop all contributions to him in the future."
As Republicans continue to try to make sense of their recent election losses, the finger pointing is becoming more intense.
In recent days, prominent conservatives Bill Kristol and Joe Scarborough have leveled a new allegation: Major players have allowed their pursuit of personal wealth (and ego) to take precedence over larger political goals; that elements of the conservative movement resemble a me-first, moneymaking "racket," where lining ones pockets stands out as the key objective.
The nasty "racket" accusation highlights what's happened as Republicans have handed over more and more of their branding and marketing to media personalities whose ultimate barometers of success (ratings and personal income) differ from those who run political parties (getting candidates elected to office).
In the business of media self-promotion, and particularly the carnival barker variety that powers so much of the conservative movement via Fox News and AM talk radio, it's inevitable that the goals of the "conservative entertainment complex," as writer David Frum dubbed it, would collide with the retail politics of the Republican Party. (Frum has charged the complex with having "fleeced and "exploited" its followers.)
Remember when Glenn Beck charged fans $125 to sit through the taping of his radio show? Or when he charged $500 if they wanted to attend a meet-and-greet before the show? And that was after Beck banked $32 million the previous year. More recently, conservative pundits and outlets have rushed to cash in on election spending by renting their emails lists, while Fox News' Karl Rove lightened wealthy donors' bankrolls by $300 million via his failed political groups.
It's conservatism as an ATM.
The "racket" implication also extends beyond the media world and into the Tea Party, which Fox has faithfully touted as a "grassroot" movement. That feel-good characterization was hard to square with the recent revelation that former GOP House Majority Leader Dick Armey stepped down as chairman of FreedomWorks, an influential Tea Party non-profit group, with a staggering $8 million golden parachute. (He will reportedly be paid in $400,000 installments, annually, in "consulting fees.")
Republicans rarely begrudge millionaires for big paydays. (It's the free marketplace!) But if they think cashing in has trumped winning elections, GOP pushback is inevitable.
From the December 10 edition of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show:
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While the 2012 election may have severely damaged Dick Morris' credibility as a pundit, leading to his temporary benching at Fox News, it appears to have been good for his wallet. The Fox News contributor and columnist at The Hill aggressively fundraised for a super PAC he advised, which then apparently funneled money back to Morris through rentals of his email list.
According to FEC data released December 6, Morris' Super PAC for America paid conservative news outlet Newsmax Media roughly $1.7 million for "fundraising" in October and November. A significant portion of the super PAC's money likely went to renting Morris' own email list, which is operated by Newsmax Media.
A Media Matters review found that in the month before the election, Morris sent at least 21 emails to his mailing list featuring fundraising pitches that were "paid for by Super PAC for America." Super PAC also "paid for" at least 25 emails to Newsmax.com's main email list during the same period.
This is the second consecutive election cycle that Super PAC for America has paid significant money to Newsmax. The group, which was formed prior to the 2010 midterm elections, paid Newsmax Media nearly $2 million in 2010 for advertising, fundraising, and "email list rental." At the time, Morris also sent numerous fundraising solicitations to his email list that were "paid for by Super PAC for America." Morris also regularly used his Fox News platform in 2010 to promote the group.
In October and November of 2012, Super PAC for America paid more money to Newsmax Media than it spent on all independent expenditures combined. The Newsmax payments represent 46 percent of the net contributions made to the super PAC during the 2012 election cycle. And Morris, who serves as the group's chief strategist, isn't the only Super PAC for America official tied to the media outlet. Michael Reagan, who serves as Super PAC for America's chairman, is a Newsmax columnist.
In 2011, the New York Times reported that Newsmax's soaring profits were tied to their ability to leverage their "politically plugged-in" readership, with the outlet regularly renting out their mailing list to various groups for thousands of dollars.
Reporters at The Hill newspaper are levying tough criticism at the publication's columnist Dick Morris following recent outlandish predictions that caused Fox News to restrict his time on the air.
"I think everyone at The Hill views him the way that people outside The Hill do," said one staffer. "He is a laughingstock, especially the way he acted in this last election."
"I don't think people take his column seriously," added another. "What did he predict, 300 electoral votes for Romney?"
New York magazine's Gabe Sherman reported December 4 that segments involving Morris and fellow Fox News political analyst Karl Rove would now require approval from a top network executive. He explained of Morris:
Inside Fox News, Morris's Romney boosterism and reality-denying predictions became a punch line. At a rehearsal on the Saturday before the election, according to a source, anchor Megyn Kelly chuckled when she relayed to colleagues what someone had told her: "I really like Dick Morris. He's always wrong but he makes me feel good."
Morris had used his Fox perch to offer an array of outlandish predictions, including repeated claims that Mitt Romney would win the presidency by a "landslide," Republicans would pick up 10 Senate seats, and stating it was "very possible" President Obama would drop out of the race altogether.
The commentator's record at The Hill was not much better, using his widely-mocked final columns before Election Day to predict a Romney "landslide" of more than 5 points in the popular vote and several GOP Senate victories.
But while Fox News - famously lacking accountability - has decided to reduce Morris' appearances in response to his embarrassing commentary, The Hill appears to be taking no such steps. And that concerns some of the paper's reporters who worry that his work adversely affects their brand.
"If it was up to me, I would not have him as a columnist, but it's not up to me," said a third reporter. "His columns are wildly outlandish. I think that he, as evidenced by this [interview], he probably brings more negative attention than positive to the paper."
New York magazine contributing editor Gabriel Sherman reported on Tuesday that Fox News producers are under orders to limit the appearances of contributors Karl Rove and Dick Morris. Fox relied heavily upon Rove and Morris to interpret polling and project the winner of the 2012 presidential election, which they invariably projected being Mitt Romney.
Morris not only failed to call the race accurately, he repeatedly made outrageous predictions of how the race would turn out, all in the GOP's favor. In the wake of Morris and Rove's role as Fox election experts ending, Media Matters looks back at some of their best moments:
So it seems that Karl Rove and Dick Morris are on the outs at Fox News. New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman reports that Roger Ailes wants the two pundits off the air, for the time being, and that Fox News producers "must get permission before booking Rove or Morris." The reasons for their benching? "Morris's Romney boosterism and reality-denying predictions became a punch line" within the network, and "Ailes was angry at Rove's election-night tantrum when he disputed the network's call for Obama."
At last we're getting a clearer picture of what it takes to face a reckoning at Fox News. Glaring conflicts of interest, grossly unethical behavior, and naked GOP boosterism adorned with a journalistic fig leaf are just fine. To reap the Ailes whirlwind, you have to become such a transcendent embarrassment that the network has no choice but to treat you as a liability.
It's not a hard-and-fast rule, but there exists some precedent. The most prominent example is, of course, Glenn Beck, whose short-lived Fox News tenure was an ongoing exercise in damage control. Beck managed to stay in Ailes good graces owing to high ratings and ad revenue, but as he grew increasingly unhinged (caliphate, anyone?) and big-name advertisers fled en masse, they had a falling out and Beck was shown the door. "Half of the headlines say he's been canceled. The other half say he quit. We're pretty happy with both of them," Ailes told the Associated Press.
And then there's E.D. Hill, the Fox News anchor who in 2008 memorably characterized a fist bump between Barack and Michelle Obama as "a terrorist fist jab," generating howls of outrage from all corners. Her program was canceled within two weeks, and later that year the network declined to renew her contract.
On the other hand, there are plenty of Fox News personalities who have very publicly disgraced themselves and the network and who remain secure in their jobs. Look no further than the cast of Fox & Friends. Their 2008 stunt in which they smeared two New York Times reporters by Photoshopping yellow teeth, big noses, and receding hairlines into their publicity photos should have sent heads rolling. And yet, Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade are still on the air. Eric Bolling declared himself a birther on his Fox Business Network show: "There is a legitimate question as to whether or not the president of the United States is allowed to be president of the United States." He's since moved up to the big leagues and now co-hosts The Five on Fox News.
All this to say that, despite Morris' and Rove's benching -- which has every appearance of being temporary -- there is still no real culture of accountability at Fox News. The only way to get in trouble is to make such a spectacle of yourself that the network brass are forced to act (sagging ratings seem to be a precondition as well). And even then, there's a good chance you won't face any consequences whatsoever.
You might even get promoted.
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Cream Of Mushroom Soup is an amazingly delicious recipe version. An easy to make recipe, you will simply find this Cream Of Mushroom Soup both mouth-watering and amazingly tempting.
|2 Clove (10 gm), minced
|1 Cup (16 tbs), divided
|2 Medium, diced
|Celery ribs
|3 , diced
|Green pepper
|1 Small, diced
|Fresh mushrooms
|1⁄2 Pound, sliced
|Chicken broth
|6 Cup (96 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|9 Cup (144 tbs)
|2 Teaspoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Ground nutmeg
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
In a large kettle, saute garlic in 2 tablespoons butter.
Add onions, celery and green pepper; saute until tender.
Add mushrooms; saute for 5 minutes.
Stir in broth and simmer for 20 minutes.
In a saucepan, melt remaining butter; stir in flour until smooth.
Gradually stir in milk.
Cook and stir over low heat until mixture comes to a boil; boil for 2 minutes.
Add to mushroom mixture; stir in seasonings.
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Heat a wok or a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat until hot, then add 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil and swirl around wok. Add half of egg mixture and swirl wok to coat bottom with a thin layer about 5 inches in diameter. When egg crêpe is set, about 45 seconds, transfer with a wide metal spatula to a plate to cool. Make another egg crêpe with another 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil and remaining egg mixture in same manner. Stack crêpes, roll into a cylinder, and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-wide strips, then unroll.
Heat remaining 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in wok over high heat until it begins to smoke. Add ginger, white part of scallions, and salt and stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add shiitakes and stir-fry until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Crumble rice into wok and stir-fry until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add scallion greens, egg strips, and sesame oil, tossing to combine.


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In 1975, when Viet Luong was nine years old, he, along with his parents and seven sisters, escaped Vietnam for the safety of an American aircraft carrier, just a day before the fall of Saigon. Almost 40 years later, Luong has become the first Vietnamese-born general in the United States military.
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NASCAR joined a long list of companies cutting ties with billionaire and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump following his controversial remarks last month about Mexican people. The auto racing governing body will not hold its Xfinity and Camping World Truck series banquets at the Trump National Doral Miami as originally planned, USA Today reports.
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JetBlue ran its first official direct flight from New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport to Havana's José Martí International Airport on Friday, the first in a planned series of weekly charter flights.
It's the first major airline to do so, though smaller outfit Sun Country was the first to start servicing the two cities, Time reports.
JetBlue also runs flights to Cuba from Florida cities following the easing of travel restrictions earlier this year as the two nations work to restore diplomatic ties after half a century without relations. Julie Kliegman
Reddit users shut down hundreds of the site's sub-sections Friday following the alleged removal of Victoria Taylor, the online discussion board's director of talent and supervisor of the popular Ask Me Anything function connecting Redditors with famous people, Mashable reports. Moderators, often Reddit community members as opposed to employees, set subreddits to private in protest.
"I want to apologize to our community for yesterday," interim CEO Ellen Pao told Time on Friday. "We handled the transition in a way that caused some disruption, and we should have done a better job."
The site appointed staff member Kristen Fasnacht to communicate with subreddit moderators. Julie Kliegman
Iran has reached a tentative agreement with the U.S. and five other world powers, anonymous diplomats told The Associated Press on Saturday. The deal, which hasn't yet been officially signed, is expected to relieve some international economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for curbing their nuclear program over the next decade
Negotiators face a July 7 deadline, extended from June 30 after more than a year of talks. Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a YouTube video Friday negotiations had "never been closer to a lasting outcome." Julie Kliegman
Governors and law enforcement officials are increasing security Saturday in light of State Department warnings of a heightened risk for a July Fourth terrorist attack, CNN reports. Authorities didn't have one specific threat to highlight, but are especially mindful of any attacks from suspected ISIS supporters in the country.
In particular, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday he is upping security statewide for various holiday-related events.
"We are keenly aware that New York State remains a top target for terrorists," he said. Julie Kliegman
Only in America: Man complains about NBC changing logo to 'colors of gays,' doesn't realize it hadn't changed
A Little Rock, Arkansas, man lodged a complaint with the local NBC affiliate over its peacock logo, charging it included "colors of gays" to show support for the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling. Don Stair said the logo was "a disgrace" and vowed to switch to ABC. The station responded that its multicolored NBC peacock — which dates from 1956 — is the "same logo as always."


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Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Mike Tice expressed frustration with the performance of team's offensive line days after a brutal outing against the 49ers. According to Sean Jenson of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Bears may be considering benching RT Gabe Carimi in favor of Jonathan Scott. Tice would confirm anything, but he was disappointed with Carimi's all around game at this point in time and added that Scott has "played good football in his career." Tice has been forced to make numerous changes to the team's offensive line in recent years, so it really wouldn't be surprising to see someone get benched. Carimi is rates as one of the worst offensive tackles in league this season according to Pro Football Focus.
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Re: Malpensa to Cadenabbia
Well, there may be multiple paths, but the first one that jumps to mind is taking the LeNord train from Malpensa to Como (change at Saronno), then taking a bus up the west side of the lake to Cadenabbia. There's no rail service in Cadenabbia itself (or even close to it).
I suppose you could try taking a ferry from Como up to Cadenabbia; I don't know if there are any ferries that would make this without changes.
I haven't made this trip, let's see if others have...
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from Como there's C10 Bus here the timetable asfautolinee.it/LinkClick.as...">asfautolinee.it/LinkClick.as...
an alternative is to take traina to Varenna and then boat
or the best is private transfer and more you are, less each of you would pay
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Here's the ferry timetables/info if you fancy taking that option:
A private transfer will definitely be easiest, though also most expensive. Best to book in advance online rather than just get a taxi on arrival, imo.
Thanks, everyone. Our flight arrives in the evening, so I think a pre-booked taxi transfer looks like the way to go...
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Re: Malpensa to Cadenabbia
I'd agree with you on that. Shop around a bit (google 'malpensa airport transfers'), but I expect you'll find the prices are much the same.
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The Chicago Bears will turn to Josh McCown to pave the way until Jay Cutler returns from a groin injury suffered in Sunday's loss to Washington, but the Bears might be able to convince one former quarterback to come out of retirement.
Sort of.
(Settle down, I'm not talking about Brett Favre.)
[MORE: Trestman taught Jim Harbaugh 'everything']
Current 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh joked Wednesday morning that he's a phone call away if his former team are in need of his services.
Harbaugh was drafted by the Bears in 1987 and remained in blue and orange until 1993, leading them to two playoff appearances.
#49ers Jim Harbaugh on what it would take to get him to return as #Bears QB: "What would it take? Just take a call."— Eric Branch (@Eric_Branch) October 23, 2013
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Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line said Tuesday it is spending more than $250 million through 2015 to enhance dining, drinking, entertainment and other aspects of its cruise product.
The cruise operator said the "Norwegian NEXT" program, which includes some elements that have previously been announced, is meant to build on the success of the most recent additions to the fleet, Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway.
As part of the upgrade, free dining rooms and buffets will have new menus. Goodies from Carlo's Bake Shop by Buddy Valastro will be available on all ships. New wine menus have also been added in partnership with the Michael Mondavi Family, and mixologist Gabriel Orta of Miami's Bar Lab created destination-specific seasonal cocktails.
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The cruise line is also investing in technology: Interactive displays being added on all ships will let passengers make dining and shore excursion reservations as well as organize other parts of their trip using a touch screen sign.
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After breakfast (and completely forgetting to take any pictures), I thought I'd better check the oil level on my Maggie. Sure enough, it was low. Hard to tell how low from the picture of course, since it's completely dry!
This was not unexpected and I knew it was only ½ quart low.
I topped it off with the finest Maggie specific oil!!
Only the finest for me.
We got out on the road without any further controversy and headed east & west.
We had stopped in at the
Ocklawaha Visitors Center
at the corner of 40 and 315 to see about maps. They had quite a bit of stuff for sale and a very friendly guy working the counter. Since it was mid-morning on a Tuesday, it wasn't real crowded! We already had our DeLorme map and didn't see anything there that would be better. Finally picked up a National Parks Passport though. I wonder if we'll keep up with it...
replacement tag
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Cross Florida Barge Canel
Since that didn't happen, there has been talk about removing the dam and letting things get back to the way they were before. Everything has it's pro's and con's.
From reading a bit on the web, it seems the fishing is pretty good around here. I would have loved to have brought some tackle. Traveling light on the bikes was worth the trade off though.
Somebody lost a bobber while fishing here.
I liked this area. Sort of made me wish for a little boat again. Florida has a beauty you just can't always appreciate from the shore.
Here is a picture you could paint with only two colors green and blue. They were enough too... it was a beautiful place and I could have spent more time just sitting right there.
Each time we tried to stop and get a picture of the bikes with horses, the horses would bolt away from the fence. I don't think they were afraid of the bikes, they never moved when we rode by, just spooked when someone would stop. But the wife wanted a picture of her, the bike and the horses. I got two out of three!
We also stopped in at our regular spot to pick up some water and an avocado.
Wednesday's plan - breakfast at
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Slavish dedication to salvage a bike that would normally be considered parts.
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As UN negotiators roll up their sleeves for the last push towards a universal climate deal, many fear their end-goal of halting global warming at two degrees Celsius is moving out of reach.
As UN negotiators roll up their sleeves for the last push towards a universal climate deal, many fear their end-goal of halting global warming at two degrees Celsius is moving out of reach.
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A blogathon in honour of actress Madeleine Carroll is currently running, to mark what would have been her 99th birthday. I've posted a review of her little-known British film Fascination from 1931, which has just been released on DVD in the UK, over at my other blog, British Film Classics, as my contribution. Please do take a look, and also visit the other websites taking part!
A John Mills musical
I've just reviewed an early musical starring John Mills, Car of Dreams , released in 1935, over at my British movies blog. Anyone interested is very welcome to take a look! This is the first in a planned series about films starring this great actor.
Dallas (Stuart Heisler, 1950)
I've been watching a few 1950s Westerns lately, and enjoyed this gorgeously-filmed Technicolor offering from the start of the decade, starring Gary Cooper. It's one of his lesser films, and rather uneven, with some unbelievable plot twists, but still a good role for him. Cooper plays a haunted man – a former Confederate officer, Blayde "Reb" Hollister, who has lost everything in the war. For Reb, the conflict is still going on, as he turns outlaw and has a price on his head. Ruth Roman stars opposite Cooper, with Leif Erickson, Raymond Massey and Steve Cochran also featuring in a fine cast.
Cooper was pushing 50 when he made this, and his leading-man looks are noticeably fading. But his weary, melancholy features make his role as a lonely outsider all the more poignant. His character is someone who has been left behind, and is trying to make his way in a world which has moved on without him. This reminded me of Bogart's character in a film director Stuart Heisler made the previous year, Tokyo Joe, who is also emotionally stranded after a war, though in his case it is the Second World War. (Both films also have a strong focus on love triangles, as does Blue Skies, the only other Heisler film I've seen, which, as a Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire musical, is otherwise worlds away from this one, )
Becky Sharp (Rouben Mamoulian, 1935)
This is my contribution to the Miriam Hopkins Blogathon, which is running from January 22 to 25. Please do visit and read the other postings!
I'll admit I expected a lot from Becky Sharp. It has a great star, Miriam Hopkins, in a powerful role giving her plenty of scope, and a great director – Mamoulian, who made such classic pre-Codes as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Love Me Tonight. It's adapted from one of the best-known Victorian novels, Thackeray's glittering satire Vanity Fair, set around the Battle of Waterloo. And, what's more, it was the first full-length feature ever made in glorious three-strip Technicolor. What's not to love?
The movie didn't quite live up to my expectations, though it certainly has its moments and I'm very glad to have seen it. One problem is that it seems to be hard to get hold of a decent print. This film has fallen into the public domain, so many versions around on the net and on DVD are almost unwatchable – very sad, since early Technicolor can look fantastic if properly restored. There is a version restored by UCLA, but this isn't available on DVD, although it is sometimes shown on TCM in the US.
British Musicals of the 1930s, Volume 3 – My Song Goes Round the World and Heart's Desire
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I've just put up a review of a couple of early 1930s British musical comedies which are just coming out on DVD over at my other site, Britishfilmclassics.wordpress.com. Please do take a look if you are a fan of British comedies or musicals – or of operas, since the second film features several operatic excerpts!
Take Five: Happy New Year!
A Happy New Year to all readers of my blog, and thanks very much for your support, visits, comments and 'likes' during 2014. I'm hoping to post a bit more regularly here over the coming 12 months, so watch this space.
A while back, I launched a series of mini-reviews mentioning 5 films on a particular theme – I'm now resurrecting the idea for a quick look at some movies about New Year, in no particular order.
1. Cavalcade (Frank Lloyd, 1933): I've just got round to watching this pre-Code, an adaptation of a stage play by Noel Coward which revolves around a series of tableaux centred on momentous events in British life. It begins with New Year's Eve at the dawn of the 20th century, and runs through to New Year's Eve 1933. The way it blends together the story of two families above and below stairs clearly shows the way forward to TV series such as Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs, while the intensely-felt central performance of Diana Wynyard as an aristocratic mother at times reminded me of Celia Johnson in Coward's later classic, Brief Encounter. I really enjoyed it, despite the fact that many people don't. Anyway, yes, it is episodic, but what great episodes. Also, the music is excellent, especially Ursula Jeans' performance of Coward's song Twentieth Century Blues – even if you don't want to see the whole film, just treat yourself to this clip!


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Creating the world's first solar-sail cargo ship tailored to fit the needs of marginalized coastal communities is an idea that has propelled a small international team of naval architects, engineers, and laypersons closer to winning a major engineering prize in the Netherlands next month - and your vote could make a difference.
Greenheart ship sailing
International NGO Greenheart Project is but one of 10 nominees for the Vernufteling Prize, to be awarded by the Koninklijk Instituut Van Ingenieurs (the Royal Dutch Society of Engineers), De Ingenieur and Technisch Weeblad magazines, and a Dutch association of consulting engineers, NLingenieurs. The finalists were chosen from a field of more than forty submissions based on four criteria: innovation, economic worth, technological advancement, and social value.
The Vernufteling Prize is awarded annually to the initiative that is developing an imaginative project that promises to have a significant social and economic impact. Competitors were asked to respond to the challenge of creating ideas that embody the social importance of innovative technology. The competition also seeks to make the important work of engineers more visible and widely recognized.
In line with the Dutch word Vernufteling, a portmanteau of inventor, engineer and a lot of creativity, entrants are encouraged to utilize a combination of new and existing technologies to solve real world problems. The winning project also must show potential to attract young people to technical studies and inspire them.
Over the past eight years, 83 engineering firms have submitted a total of 376 ideas, projects and innovative solutions to the Vernufteling Prize. In 2013 Arcadis took home the award for their innovative Winterhard Wissel which keeps railways free from snow and ice in the winter.
As Gert Schouwstra, a Dutch consultant at AA-Planadvies, who nominated Greenheart Project explained, 'This project can really work. This year, we shall see how Greenheart will prove itself around the world.'
Greenheart ships are customizable to meet the needs of the end user, whether they be used for fishing, fisheries monitoring, ecotourism, cargo or passenger transport. A unique feature is an open source platform, which ensures that the end-users can have a say in how future ships are built without the financial and technical burdens of paying for patent rights.
The Greenheart Dream
Intentionally designed to be small scale at 32 meters in length and 220 tons, the vessels are designed to be easy to repair and service while maintaining the elegance of a yacht.
Through its foldable mast/crane the ship can be manoeuvreed under bridges allowing greater upstream access, and lift items large and small on and off of shore, whether cargo, a haul of fish or even floating debris such as nets during an environmental cleanup mission.
For more information go to www.greenheartproject.org. Contact the organisation at email@example.com
Greenheart class ships promise to play a hefty role in restoring economic and ecological balance to transport in vulnerable and remote coastal communities, while setting an example that vessels powered by renewable energies are a practical alternative to fossil-fuel based fleets.
Voting by the general public is open from February 25th to March 15th through the Van Dag de Ingenieur (Day of the Engineer) website. After tallying up the votes, the Vernufteling prize winner will be announced on March19, 2014 at High Tech Campus Eindhoven.
To vote for Greenheart, choose AA Planadvies-Groen vrachtschip voor eilandengroep from the pull down menu (instructions on the page are in Dutch and English):


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Rock & Rule is a 1983 Canadian animated film from the animation studio Nelvana. It was produced and directed by the company's founders, Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith. The film features the voices of Greg Salata, Susan Roman, and Don Francks, with Catherine O'Hara, Chris Wiggins, and Maurice LaMarche as guests. It was the studio's first feature movie and the first one produced entirely within Canada.
Centering on rock and roll music, the film includes songs by Cheap Trick, Chris Stein and Debbie Harry of the pop group Blondie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Earth, Wind & Fire. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States populated by mutant humanoids. Protagonists and antagonists alike are rock musicians.
With John Halfpenny, Patrick Loubert, and Peter Sauder at the helm of its screenplay, Rock & Rule was a heavily-derived spinoff of Nelvana's earlier TV special from 1978, The Devil and Daniel Mouse. Its distributor, MGM, acquired United Artists at the time and the new management team had no interest in it so it was never released in North America. It received a screening at a film festival in Germany and because it was funded in part by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, ...


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You can spend the day with a real loser
NBC winner Aguilar lost 110 pounds
Women from across North Texas have a chance to hear from Michelle Aguilar, winner of season six of NBC's "The Biggest Loser" and organizers of the upcoming Conference for Women believe there will be a lot for all women to gain from the entire event.
Aguilar, a Texan who lost 110 pounds to become "The Biggest Loser: Families" champion, will be the keynote speaker during this year's Conference for Women, which is April 28 at the MPEC.
From 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. that Wednesday, conference attendees will have a chance to network and learn about a wide variety of topics.
This year, health takes center stage, with topics touching on many facets of fitness.
"Childhood obesity to me is an important one," said Dee Decker, executive director of the Nonprofit Center, which puts on the annual conference. "Parents can do so much."
Marla Malone, director of administration and development, said this year's conference will focus on making better choices, including tips for busy families when it comes to meals on the go. There will also be many other educational and leadership improvement offerings.
Fitness is at the heart of the event, but the subjects reach far beyond physical fitness. The conference will offer opportunities to learn about a wide variety of issues, from financial fitness to social media marketing to childhood obesity to exercise, with each topic presented by members of the community who are leaders in their fields.
The speakers include Justice of the Peace Janice Sons; Certified Life Purpose Coach Diane Cunningham; exercise physiologist Aketa Thomas; Cancer Nurse Specialist Kimberly George; Registered Dietitian Andrea Hicks; Debi Walters with Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, and many others.
Participants will choose one of three break-out sessions three different times during the day.
Aguilar, who is from Fort Worth, will talk about her experiences that led her to seek a spot on "The Biggest Loser," and her ultimate triumph that led to losing 45.45 percent of her original body weight. She started the show at 242 pounds. She also rebuilt her relationship with her mother, with whom she had lost communication for six years.
Aguilar was 18 when her mother called her at work, telling her she and her father were divorcing. Aguilar turned to food for comfort and a coping device, smiling to hide her pain from the rest of the world, until a friend finally suggested auditioning for the show. Aguilar and her father auditioned for season five, and were among the last to be cut, and Aguilar was soon called back to try out for season six. That time, her father suggested she go with her mother, and the mother and daughter ultimately became contestants on the show.
Aguilar now tours nationally with Women of Faith, and is working on her first book.
The Nonprofit Center looks forward to bringing her story to Wichita Falls.
Conference for Women is a program of the Nonprofit Center, and is its largest fund-raiser, which sustains its operations.
Breakfast and lunch, provided by Kathy's Deli and Bakery, will be included. Tables of eight are available for $400. Individual tickets usually cost $60, but through Wednesday, those tickets are available for a special price of $50. Tickets at the door cost $65.
Plenty of seats remain, and Decker hopes to have a full house.
Women from Sheppard Air Force Base often make up a large part of the audience, but this year, the conference was not included in Sheppard's training budget, so it does not have the tables reserved that it has in the past, although members are welcome to attend on their own.
The event also includes a chance at the end of the day to win a complete makeover.
In addition, more than 60 vendors will be at the conference, with everything from massages to eyebrow waxing to sales of jewelry, clothing and much more.
Malone hopes the women who attend this year's conference take home a message that will last long after the event. Reports come out all the time about how unhealthy we are as a nation, she said. This gives people tools they can use to improve their own life expectancy as well as that of their children.
Overall health can also add to the quality of those years.
"We're going to live to be 80, 90, 100," Decker said. "Why not do it fit?"
Tickets are available by visiting the Nonprofit Center's website at www.nonprofitcenterwf.org. For more information you can call 940-322-4961.
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The travel time by bus is around 4-5 hours depending on traffic.
This site has the actual bus schedule:
I am using the bus to Cebu from here once a week or so, and it is a pretty easy trip.
Make sure you are at the bus terminal 30 minutes before departue to make sure you get decent seats, seats in the middle of the bus are preffered as the ones in the back get a bit bumby.
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Yacht debris, bodies found off US-Mexico coast
A Coast Guard helicopter circling overhead directed him and a partner to two floating bodies. Both had severe cuts and bruises, and one of them had major head trauma.
Two race participants who were in the area at the time the Aegean disappeared said they saw or heard a freighter.
Cindy Arosteguy of Oxnard, Calif., remembers hearing on her radio someone say, "Do you see us?" as she saw a tanker about a half-mile away.
"I got back on the radio and said, `Yes, I see you,'" she said. "It was definitely a freighter."
In Ensenada, several hundred people held a minute of silence for the victims at an awards ceremony that spilled out in a courtyard from a large white canopy at a hotel that served as race headquarters.
Chuck Iverson, commodore of the sailing association, said in an interview that the collision was a "fluke," noting how common night races are along Mexico's Baja California coast.
"We're all shocked by this whole event," he said.
The deaths are the first fatalities in the race's 65 years, the sponsor said.
Racing boats are required to use lights at night, Iverson said, although the boats are not inspected unless a competitor suspects a problem and tells race officials.
The race attracts sailors of all skills, including some who are new to long distances.
"You get world-class sailors and you get first-timers. That's the good thing about it. ... It's kind of a safety-in-numbers thing," said Lamb, who has worked safety patrol for eight years.
The Newport Beach Patch website posted a photo of the Aegean's crew at the start of the race Friday. Four men in royal blue T-shirts are on the deck as the boat cuts through calm waters.
A total of 213 boats were registered, and the winner, Robert Lane of Long Beach Yacht Club, finished Saturday in 23 hours, 26 minutes, 40 seconds.
A small crowd gathered in the morning fog at an Ensenada marina to watch the remaining boats finish Sunday morning.
A notice tacked to a bulletin board alongside the racing times informed spectators of the tragedy.
The deaths come two weeks after five sailors died in the waters off Northern California when their 38-foot yacht was hit by powerful waves, smashed into rocks and capsized during a race. Three sailors survived the wreck and the body of another was quickly recovered. Four remained missing until one body was recovered Thursday.
The accident near the Farallon Islands, about 27 miles west of San Francisco, prompted the Coast Guard to temporarily stop races in ocean waters outside San Francisco Bay. The Coast Guard said the suspension will allow it and the offshore racing community to study the accident and race procedures to determine whether changes are needed to improve safety. U.S. Sailing, the governing body of yacht racing, is leading the safety review, which is expected to be completed within the next month.
In 1979, a freak storm in the Irish Sea led to the deaths of 15 sailors in the Fastnet Race. In the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race off Australia, a storm with hurricane-force winds struck the fleet in the Bass Strait, sinking several boats and killing six sailors.


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New Hortonworks Hadoop Release Offers Bulked-Up Security, Enhanced Data Governance Capabilities
Hortonworks Data Platform 2.3 leverages a number of Apache open-source projects to expand its functionality.
Hortonworks Data Platform 2.3 leverages a number of Apache open-source projects to expand its functionality.
Internet management company Keynote will now be part of Dynatrace, the digital performance company that spun off of Compuware in 2014.
David Bankemper, senior director of worldwide channel programs at Juniper, is departing the company, which partners say is a loss for the networking vendor.
The updated BizSpark program heats up the race to win business from emerging developers with the potential to rapidly scale cloud usage.
Raritan reveals plans to split the company, selling the hardware part of the business to Legrand and forming a stand-alone software unit.
Google is the No. 3 player in the public cloud market, but at an event in San Francisco, its executives highlighted some of the unique features and options it offers versus the competition.
While news of corporate megabreaches has been driving security investments, solution providers said they hope reports of a breach of the Houston Astros by the rival St. Louis Cardinals shines light on another challenge: corporate spying.
Wireless specialist AirTight Networks hires former Aruba Networks sales leader Kester Kyrie as vice president of worldwide sales and channels, who plans to make AirTight a 100 percent channel company.
Advanced Micro Devices gifted high-end gamers with its newest line of PC gaming graphics cards at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
The stock image service offering follows Adobe's January acquisition of Fotolia.
The federal solution provider's second acquisition in less than two months is part of a plan to turn its business around by buying other companies.
With its latest Venue 10 7000 series tablet, Dell is making its most compelling pitch yet to bring the Android operating system to the enterprise with this extremely well-designed tablet and 2-in-1 laptop.
More than 600 million Samsung devices are at risk of a new security flaw, cybersecurity firm NowSecure stated in a report released Tuesday.
Password management company LastPass is the latest security vendor victim of a cyberattack. While the company said it has taken steps to make sure its clients and enterprise partners are protected, solution providers said the breach points to a trend of sophisticated attackers targeting security vendors.
More cloud adoption and more customer education have led to less apprehension about breaches, say security experts.
Ready For Everything: 12 New IoT Products Launched By Cisco
Cisco continues to make inroads in the booming Internet-of-Things market after launching more than a dozen new IoT-focused products on Monday.
3 Reasons Why Oracle's Cloud Business Will Boom (And 3 Reasons It Might Not)
From beefing up commissions to building on its own tech, Oracle is taking a variety of approaches to the cloud business that may -- or may not -- keep growing its cloud business.
20-Plus Security Vendors On The NSA Target List (And Those Who Weren't)
The latest documents from Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had targeted major security vendors, including Kaspersky Lab. Here are the global vendors potentially targeted by the NSA.
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Neighbor stops business burglary, Corpus Christi police report
Man captures one of three suspects
CORPUS CHRISTI - A brave neighbor saved a Corpus Christi business from a burglary early Friday.
Corpus Christi police were called to the 5700 block of Leopard Street at 1:04 a.m. to find two men in a struggle. Police were able to break up the men ages 36 and 23.
The 23-year-old man told police he was awakened by the sound of three men stealing metal beams from a nearby business. The man told police that two men ran when he came outside, but he was able to catch the third.
Officers said they found a camouflaged flat bed trailer with I-beams and other metal in a vacant lot located by the fence of the business.
Police arrested Bobby Davis on suspicion of felony theft. He was at the Nueces County Jail on $2,500 bail.
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Reporting Abuse, Neglect and Misappropriation is required by Chapter DHS 13.
All entities regulated by the Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) must:
Immediately protect clients from subsequent incidents of misconduct (abuse, neglect, misappropriation and injury of unknown source).
Investigate all allegations of misconduct
Document the results of their investigation
Report allegations/incidents to DQA as appropriate
For allegations involving all staff (noncredentialed and credentialed) or other perpetrators (family member, friend, visitor, resident, etc.) submit the Incident Report to DQA at:
Department of Health Services
Division of Quality Assurance
Office of Caregiver Quality
PO Box 2969
Madison, WI 53701-2969
Fax: 608-264-6340
Email: email@example.com
All incident reports, regardless of perpetrator, must be submitted to the DQA Office of Caregiver Quality. OCQ will review reports involving noncredentialed staff (nurse aides, caregivers, housekeepers, etc.) for possible investigation and refer reports involving credentialed staff (doctors, RNs, LPNs, social workers, etc.) to the Department of Safety & Professional Services (DSPS) for review. OCQ will also refer reports to other agencies including the Department of Justice, county departments, adult-at-risk agencies, local law enforcement agencies, and others, as appropriate. One or more of these agencies may also respond to an allegation investigated by DQA.
All DQA Regulated Entities:
All Entities Except Nursing Homes:
Use the Worksheet or Flow Chart to assist in making the reporting determination.
Use the F-62447 Incident Report form to report misconduct allegations.
Nursing Homes Only:
DQA Memo 11-032, Guidance for Investigating & Reporting Alleged Violations in Nursing Homes
DQA Memo 10-008, Update: Nursing Home Reporting Requirements for Alleged Incidents of Abuse, Neglect and Misappropriation
Effective immediately, all nursing homes must immediately report all alleged violations involving mistreatment, neglect, or abuse, including injuries of unknown source, and misappropriation of resident property to the Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) via the online reporting system. Refer to the misconduct definitions to determine if an alleged incident constitutes a violation. CMS defines "immediately" to be as soon as possible but not to exceed 24 hours after discovery of the incident. To print a copy of the report, click on the browser's print button before clicking the "Done" button.
Use the F-62447 Incident Report form to report misconduct allegations investigations.
Nursing Homes, Hospices and FDDs
DQA Memo 11-021, CMS S&C Memo 11-30 Reporting Reasonable Suspicion of a Crime


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The accident unfolded in a sweet spot of emergency-response jurisdictions, straddling the border of Denver, unincorporated Jefferson County and Lakewood, hard by U.S. 285.
Crews from the Denver Fire Department and West Metro Fire Rescue responded, with Denver arriving first from a station about a mile away.
When engineer Mike DeLano pulled up in the pumper truck, nose to nose with the school bus, firefighter Mike Vazquez, sitting in the front seat next to him, remembers feeling sick at what he saw through the windshield: a kid lying beneath the bus.
Vazquez jumped out of the rig and ran to where Diego lay, on his stomach, his lower body still beneath the bus. He held the boy's face in his hands and talked to him to assess his mental state and determine whether he had suffered a head injury.
Video 1: The Accident
Late for the bus on April 30, 2010, Diego Lemos tried to catch the driver's attention.
Video 2: The Amputation
With Diego in emergency surgery, his parents are faced with news of his injuries.
Video 3: The Recovery
After weeks of hospitalization and physical therapy, Diego returns home to a new normal.
Photo Gallery
Photographs of Diego's journey from accident to amputation to recovery.
Firefighter Brett Marine crawled beneath the bus, where he got a clearer sense of the injuries to Diego's lower body. Things didn't look too bad at first glance. Not a lot of blood. But once Marine moved Diego's left foot, he noticed how much of it was no longer there.
Diego's clothes had been torn and twisted by the rotation of the rear dual axles — the Incredible Hulk effect, in Diego's parlance. It appeared one interior tire had ground away his foot "like a potato peeler," Marine recalls, while the outside tire had pinched his hip and buttock against the ground, shoving the front of his pelvis into the pavement.
Marine could see Diego's exposed right femur. In fact, he could see right through his leg. And yet there was little blood. The harsh abrasion had seemingly cauterized everything, fusing skin and clothing.
Diego tried to touch his injured hip, but Marine kept his hands away from the exposed area and called for something to cover the boy. DeLano brought a blanket.
Through it all, Diego seemed calm and communicative — and that worried the first responders. Marine caught Vazquez's gaze, and they thought the same thing: He shouldn't be this way. Sometimes, unnatural calm hints at a head or spinal injury.
But a head-to-toe assessment gave no such indication. Only that they were dealing with one tough kid.
"He held his composure better than ," Marine says, pausing to think for a moment. "Actually, I don't know anybody who could hold their composure like that."
Others at the scene weren't so composed. When the incident commander, Lt. Sarah Stewart, noticed the bus driver didn't seem to be doing well, she assigned him small tasks to keep him occupied.
"One of the things that stands out about that run is seeing the looks on some of the veteran guys' faces," Vazquez says. "I'd never seen those looks, like they'd seen something they'd never seen before."
He and Marine tried to keep Diego's torso as straight as possible. Stewart approached with a backboard, and they gently rolled him onto it, exposing the worst of his injuries.
"Like hamburger and bone in the middle," Vazquez recalls. "We didn't know it was that bad. It kind of surprised everybody."
It looked so bad to Vazquez that the next day, when he headed to the hospital to check on the boy's condition, he could only circle Swedish Medical Center in his car, too fearful to venture inside.
Diego already had been "packaged" on the backboard when West Metro firefighter/paramedic Dan Wenger approached the spot where the boy lay.
On the ride to Swedish, which lasted no more than 10 minutes, Wenger started an IV for fluids and cut off the rest of Diego's clothes to do a more thorough assessment.
"I kept discovering injuries, and I was like, 'How is Diego so calm through all of this?' " Wenger recalls. "In retrospect, that's been the thing that I always go back to, how controlled he was over his emotions, the pain — everything."
Diego's vital signs remained relatively stable. He didn't need immediate medication and didn't complain of pain until they had nearly reached the hospital — and then, it was only that his hips hurt a little.
The wounds were dirty, so Wenger looked to perform basic decontamination. He administered oxygen and applied a pressure dressing to stop some bleeding from the left foot. But largely, on the quick ride down West Hampden Avenue, he monitored Diego's mental state and tried to assess him for head injuries.
He told Diego his name and then, a minute later, asked the boy if he remembered it. Diego didn't. But when Wenger told him it was a test, Diego committed the paramedic's name to memory and responded correctly when asked a second time moments later.
They cruised along with lights flashing and siren blaring. Diego didn't express fear to Wenger, but the paramedic got the sense that the emergency protocol worried the boy.
"Am I going to be OK?" Diego asked.
Wenger gave the stock response: They were going to do everything for him they could; right now, he was doing fantastic. Then Diego asked another question.
"Will I ever be able to play football again?"
"If you can get through what you're going through right now," the paramedic said, "you can do just about anything you ever want to do.' "


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The website I've been working on for my new Rivers & Robots album is live! It's going to be a miniblog of updates on how the album is progressing with videos, images and audio snippets too. Tumblr seemed like the best solution for this, plus it's ability to let people follow the blog should hopefully build some momentum! Check it out here http://riversrobots.tumblr.com/
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