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This is a outrage! We can not sue drug companies and medical device companies in michigan already. The whole world thinks we are the stupidest state in the country for that law. Now we want to protect those drug dealers that can kill us with impunity? Are these people crazy! The best idiot heart doctor in the new hospital down the road told me he did not even know there was a test for vitamin D! The wonder drug of the 21st century which is FREE from the sun. How stupid of him. We should protect him as he needlessly kills dozens of our citizens each year!!!! He almost killed me with a needless stent used OFF LABEL for my problem because I trusted my doctors advice. It cost my insurance $25,000 for that stent! After they stole this money from my insurance i did some research and found that the 1st action should have been change my diet and exercize. If this failed than they say use the drugs. Only as a last resort should surgery even be talked about. They went straight for the money. That was 8 years ago and I have not taken one drug nor been back to the drug dealer since. How did I do that? Diet and exercise!! Believe me,this is one of the best doctors around! They are the pushers for the most deadly drugs in the country created by the other guys that are already protected by our state laws,big pharma. Insane government. I do however realize that they serve at the will of the people and the people have spoken. So let's all go down the tubes with the enlightened majority. Nice job sheeple.
we have a republican house ,senate,and governor.where were these people at election time? You people elected them now live with them. Let them do their dirty work and if the people want we will undo it next time....or not.
sounds like a temporary lay-off from the old days in the auto factories. When demand was weak they layed people off by product line for a short time and than brought them back to their previous job when demand picked up.. the other option was to lay them off indefinitly and have a plant leveling that let the high senority workers flow to the vacant jobs plant wide. This flow moved untrained employees into new jobs. Nice to see they are learning from the union.
you took the words out of mouth. they are the best.
mitt is a lamb led to slaughter. People will vote the lesser of 2 evils once again. Obama wins again because the gop is saving their best for the next election. than again we will have the lesser of 2 evils again....and so on.
take the poison Floride out of the water system. Floride ON the teeth may help a little but eating it is just poison. Stop the madness!
deep in the story is found "they found pills". But in the headlines it would seem that the pot is the story. this writer better keep his day job.
Good job. It has been going on for 40 years or more. This will not stop it. We are to far gone.
No matter how this turns out it is my hope that the outcome is reported here. I believe the lower court made a great decision,regardless of the outcome, to support the parents. I also think the parents are right. When they prove everyone wrong just give them their due credit. It seems that many are quick to curse them for their decisions and these same people won't ever acknowledge the facts if they are right in the end. I have read that chemo kills 50% of those that rely on it...sooner or later. Tumors always seem to go down in size at first with radiation or chemo but than start growing again. This time however it is said that the person does not have the advantage of a healthy immune system to help in the fight. Radiation destroys that as well and that is taking away the best weapon of all.
If these parents are going to Texas than I would suggest they watch the story on netflix about a cancer doctor named Stanislaw Brezensky. He was attacked by the medical board of texas 7 times as they wanted to take his license away. he prevailed every time. The FDA than filed charges against him on the national level for useing unapproved medical procedures to cure cancer. They stated in legal court documents that his patented work with antineoplastens did indeed cure cancer! BUT! they had not been validated with a double blind placebo study and therefore were not LEGAL! As they tried to put him in prison for up to 144 years for his crimes,the FDA went behind his back to STEAL his patent 6 times! They thought that with the mental burden of his trial and the $2million dollars he paid for his defense that they could get away with this crime. But you know what? The people he cured and the parents of the infants he cured from cancer would have none of that. All of this is documented in the Brezensky movie if you care to watch it. If you do watch it give it a 5 star rating so that it will be recommended to more people that watch health type movies on net flixs. Dr Gonzales in New York is also curing cancer naturally every day. Charlotte Gerson also cures cancer with her father Max Gersons protocol of simple juicing raw organic fruits and vegatables. Sounds simple, maybe it just is? My point here is that from what I read is that doctors are given very little time to study nutrition as their studies are focused on drugs,and their whole study program is sponsored by hugh drug companies? I,like millions of others spend years studying alternative methods that have been proven to work in the fight on cancer yet we seldom or never read about these things in the main stream media.Why is that? Could it be that drug companies spent way more money on adverisment that they do on research? Do they control the news media with their dollars? I know that I am very smart by the same scores that the doctors got in their colleges. So If I study something for 7 years or so and the good doctor studies it for a semester or so will he have more knowledge than me? No he will not. I cured my heart disease and fired one of the best cardiologest in our area because he didn't even know there is a test to determine your vitamin D levels! The canadians did a study on vitamin D that showed 77% of most cancers would not even happen if people maximized their vitamin D levels. It is called the miracle drug of the 21st century by people a lot smarter then most of us and it is free from the sun. I support these parents 100% and it is my hope that they are FREE enough in this country to find their own way. They sound like very fine people that can be trusted to care for their wonderful little boy.
If this bill had any chance of passing it would have been done by election time ,not initiated just before the election. What a joke. In this country you don't even have a right to put the food of your choice into your mouth, like raw milk, unless the government says you can. The whole world is laughing at us. No party can overcome the money of the rich for the betterment of the many. Live with it and quit pretending you have a choice.
I like to read what both parties write here . I think it is so funny how both parties fight. You act like there is a difference between the 2. Ha,Ha,Ha. I think your all owned like slaves to your silly beliefs. The federal government has just bought,for use in america,thousands of road side booths to set up road side check points,450 million rounds of hollow point 40 cal. bullets,(enough to kill everyone in america plus the family dog)and if you look around the expressways you will see wire cable lining the roads so you can not turn around in the median to avoid the cheak points. Something big is about to happen in this country to all of us and you nut jobs are talking all this jibberish. What fun when we stand devided like that,ha.ha,ha,ha.....
why is it that you run down the beloved leader of another country? Oh,he doesn't share your view on things? To each their own.
I like that they are writing all these laws for the few that are out of line. It keeps them from hurting the majority of the people until we can get them out of office in the next election. Keep it up we will get rid of them all along with their stupid laws.
murder capital of the world needs to pay MORE for more police,not cut their pay. Stupid people.
what a bunch of dunces. I raised my kids that if you got a problem with your neighbor,or anyone else,than go see that person. That's how people are supposed to deal with their neighbors. You republicans need to man up and quit relying on the nanny state for all your lifes little problems. Cops better be to busy to ever answer a call like that in my area near flint!
Golly I bet he eats a lot of candy too! What a joke,this guy does what a majority of people think is fine in his off time and this is news? Stop it!!!! The curse put on people that smoke pot is way out of line and it should end yesterday.
Junk science wasted in this case. I know hundreds of good people that were corrupted AFTER they went to work for some of these people! A great work invironment makes all the people better for the experience if the work place is run properly.
this is out of control. I have lived in and around flint my whole life. Sometimes in the very worst parts of the city.I never had fear because I was not a part of "the life". people that kill each other used to keep it between those that they had dealings with and left the citizens alone. The fact that innocent people are getting killed should be met with a hugh effort of this states leadership to fix our city of this problem. The motto your looking for is "whatever it takes!".This should never be tolerated in our society. Get with it Mister MAN and do your dame job! Quit working for the applause of the Mackinaw group and do your dame job for the citizens of Michigan. I personally blame the elected(appointed) leaders in this community and state for this mans death. I won't pray for the dead man, I'm going to pray for the governor. A super christian friend of mine once told me that when your preys work for someone they go through all kinds of torments as the demons leave their body. This seems to appeal to me. Let's all prey for the dictator!
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Palestinians in Lebanon
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Palestinians in Lebanon have been 'protracted' refugees for over 60 years. They are often deprived of their socio-economic and civil rights, such as the right to work or practice professions, run businesses and own property. The majority are confined to camps or segregated settlements where they are partially dependent on humanitarian assistance and often live in poverty.
Palestinians have been discriminated against by the Lebanese state for decades, and there are few signs that this will improve. To take one example, a new law approved by the Lebanese parliament in 2010 to facilitate the employment of Palestinian refugees, in fact further institutionalised discrimination by prohibiting Palestinians from more than 30 'liberal' professions – including medicine, law and engineering.
Governance of the camps has also provided sources of tension – between Lebanese and Palestinians, but also among Palestinians themselves. The 1969 Cairo Agreement between Lebanon and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) facilitated the PLO presence in Lebanon. This provided the framework for the establishment of Palestinian popular committees to promote governance within the Palestinian camps. This was to take place under the umbrella of the PLO, which was at that time the federative structure of all Palestinian political parties, armed groups and social institutions in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Before this, camps in Lebanon had been managed according to the state of emergency policy.
Post-2005, what impact might the divergent attitudes of the 8 and 14 March coalitions have on the future of the Palestinians, such as their right to work or own property? While 14 March parties from all denominations oppose granting Palestinians the right to work and own property, resentment against Palestinians is also felt among Christian and Shia constituencies of 8 March parties who are likely to keep using the Palestinian issue for populist ends.

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Below is the poem entitled "my brother" which was written by poet
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Renu Lama
He is sweet, he is cute
Though he sometimes looks like rude.
He is my little bro(brother), a reason to smile
Inspires me always to go thousand miles.
He calls me always and makes fool of me
Then I get mad and scold him with the reason I see
I sometimes wish, he wouldn't have called
Then I realize-without him I'm nothing, not at all
He is my little kid and my best pal
He is the brother which I could never had.
He always makes us happy, makes us proud
I feel free being with him, also in crowd.
He has lots of girlfriends with hit lists
Annu and Pragya – also in list.
For him BINA is the best of all
Hey!!!!!!!!!! don't get confuse he has more.
Yesterday, I asked about poem to write
He then laughed and suddenly became quite.
He would solve equation rather, he said
If he writes one, he'll mess-that I can bet.
He is tall and is black
When I reach home, he hides behind rack
Making me search him everywhere
See, can you find such an stupid anywhere??????????
Throwing pranks and jokes on me
Always makes him excitedly happy.
No matter how much he teases me
He has always been very special to me.
Operating computer makes him dumb
Gets stick with it all the time, like the gum.
Neither he listens me nor of mom
To make him wake up, I know-always need a nuclear bomb.
Go on my brother, you go on………
Life is waiting-saying come on
Still a long way waiting for you
But, remember always,
There's a sister praying for you.
-I have written and dedicated this poem for my sweet little brother, NITESH. He is my best
friend too and this donkey(my brother) means everything to me. he always makes me cry
coz of his love and care. No one can ever be like him. Thanks for being my sweet little
brother,dear. Your sister loves you so much………….
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Think you know how to use Google+? You Don't. Take our word for it. As a social media consulting agency, we see more than our fair share of people that "think" they know Google+….they don't. Even industry experts seem to get it wrong more often than get it right. Why? Well in part it's due to the newness; not of Google+ itself although obviously it is still a relatively new site, but rather due to the unique and novel way of thinking that is inherent to Google+. You see, Google+ isn't just a new social media site…it's literally a new way of doing business, finding information, communicating and just plain existing. Don't believe us? Keep reading to find out what you are doing wrong – what others are doing right and how to get on the fast track of social media success.
Mistake #1 -
Believing that people love and adore your brand…or business. Okay, listen up because we are going to lay it on the line. People Don't Give a Damn About Your Brand. We hate to be the bearer of bad news but even the ultimate brand advocate honestly and truly doesn't care about your business. Yes, that probably sounds nothing short of heretical coming from a social media marketing agency but it's the truth and nothing but the truth. However, like most inconvenient truth's, there is more to the story. You see, despite the fact that using social media marketing is able to build strong, long lasting relationships with clients, that isn't the main driver…at least in the minds of clients. Even the most dedicated brand advocate doesn't truly care about your brand or even your business. No, what they truly care about are their friends and family! Research has repeatedly demonstrated this fact. Clients and consumers share information not to benefit your brand but because they believe it will benefit others or their own interests.
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Are you positioning your brand to build user awareness for your own sake or do your make it easy for brand advocates to benefit their friends and family? Remember, they don't care about your brand or business…they care about their friends and family! Speak to the desire to give to others while making it easy to share good information and meaningful incentives.
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Believing that a Rose by Any Other Name Still Smells the Same. Maybe we are taking this metaphor a bit too far but suffice to say, Names Matter. Admit it. You have Googled your own name. Not just your business name but your actual name. So has everyone else. So do your clients. They not only Google your business name and your name but your CEO, your employees, your prior connections…they Google everything. Why does this matter? Well, if they are going to Google it (and they are!) then it behooves every small business to make sure they get the right information. What does that mean in real life terms? Well, to begin with, it's a good idea to link important people within the company with your business Google+ page. That way it becomes easy to distinguish the right from the wrong profile.
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What do people see when they Google your brand? Your Business? YOU? Find out! First, log out of Google then perform a standard search on Google for each of the above. Remember, the first page receives 90 percent of all results so focus your attention on the first page. Do your show up at all? how about your business? Make sure the right profile's are associated with the search and pay very special attention to any negatives or misleading results that may appear. Find something questionable or concerning? Speak to your social media manager about reputation management solutions!
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Not "Owning" Your Own Name! As a social media management firm, this one still surprises us on a fairly regular basis. We see things like X Solutions followed by social media sites that say Solution X. Let's set the record straight once and for all…names matter. It is important to pick a single name and use it consistently across all forms of social media marketing as well as the Internet at large. Make it distinctive enough to be easily recognized yet simple enough to be found via a regular search. This holds true for your business and brand identify as well as personal and/or professional profile. It is important to "own" the entire first page of search results as well as the Google+ and other social media profiles associated with each. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ should all use the same name, logo and so forth.
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Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to extraordinary adoptable pets every week. Meet Petey, a 7-year-old Jack Russell terrier mix who's been without a permanent home for far too long.
In 2008, a good Samaritan made Petey his project. He spotted the small, scared pooch living under a bus in a New York City lot and gradually tried to gain his trust. It took weeks, but finally he was able to scoop up the homeless dog and bring him to the caring crew at Bobbi and the Strays rescue.
In the five years that he's been with the group, Petey's really come into his own.
"He was scared at first," says adoption assistant Rose Camacho. "It took some time but finally I made friends with him. Somebody just needs to take a little time to get to know him, and he'll be your best friend."
Best described as a "good boy" with a "tough exterior," Petey definitely has a warm, playful side – especially when he's around other dogs.
"My best friend at the shelter is a 70-lb. pit bull named Bentley," reads his bio. "I love car rides and don't mind getting a bath, which the staff has to give me more than they like because I roll around in the grass and dirt yard a lot."
Because he has a tendency to be "fresh" with new people, Petey would be best in a home without children, and with an owner who's active and likes to take long walks. If this sounds like you, contact the rescue at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sophomore Jeanne Fairchild led the Lobo volleyball team (4-5) to their third straight win, setting New Mexico up to win the Comcast Lobo Invitational. With the 3-0 shutout over Dartmouth (0-2), UNM and Cal State Fullerton will play for the tournament title tonight at 7 p.m.
Fairchild put down seven kills in game one en route to the Lobos' 30-21 win. Dartmouth trailed by just two at 14-12 when Fairchild connected on a pass from sophomore Sarah Kwasigroch, sparking a 10-5 UNM run.
In game two, Fairchild started the team with a 3-0 run. Five straight Big Green errors led to an 8-2 Lobo lead. Dartmouth evened the match at 10 and traded points with New Mexico to 15-15. Junior Jennifer Heasty served up three points, giving UNM the lead it needed to go on to the 30-24 win.
Game three began with both teams battling for more than a two point advantage. At 7-7, Fairchild recorded a kill and a block to start the Lobos' 6-1 run. Dartmouth rallied to within two at 17-15 when New Mexico strung together a 13-2 run, going on to the 30-17 win.
For the match, the Lobos hit .356 (40K-8E-90TA) while holding the Big Green to an .048 (40K-34E-124TA) percentage. Fairchild hit .458 on 14 kills and three errors on 24 attacks. She also recorded six digs and three blocks. Kwasigroch handed out 33 assists and eight digs.


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If there is one universal truth in sports it is this: to be the best you have to beat the best.
At some point, whether in the regular season or the postseason, you will have to face the best, especially in hockey where you play every team at least twice.
Enter the St. Louis Blues, the team that has weathered a rebuild and is now the class of the NHL or at the very least one of the teams that is the class. They are big, fast, skilled, tough and incredibly well coached.
In two games against them, the Colorado Avalanche has lost both by a combined score of 11-4 and were thoroughly exposed in each match. In two matches the Avalanche (17-6 on the season) have learned just how far they have yet to come.
As a team, the Avs are still young, still learning while the St. Louis Blues have their eyes set on playing well past Memorial Day. They have a focus to match their talent, making them one of the more lethal teams in the NHL.
The Avs have the talent to play with the Blues for stretches and the speed to counter their size. What they lack is consistency, focus and a few players to put them on an even level with the Blues.
Another top four defenseman will be necessary at some point, as will a working powerplay but what the Avalanche need is the mentality of the Blues. For most of the season, the intensity of the Avs has matched their opponent. They fought the Kings to a 1-0 shootout win. They beat Chicago easily, dispatched Pittsburgh and Boston.
However, against the Blues, their focus slipped and their intensity waned. Too often did the Avalanche stand and watch the Blues work instead of getting in deep on the forecheck, getting in the Blues face and taking the play to them.
It is a day and night comparison between the Avs of the last four years and this team but the Blues have shown them just how far they have to come.


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I have a gtx260 and a 24 inch wide screen monitor. For some reason I cannot get 1600x1200. When I try to run any game at that resolution it reverts to like 640 or something like that. I have the latest drivers and everything. I even unchecked the box in options that reads display only resolutions the monitor can display. there is still no 1600x1200 listed? Also, my old x800 worked great at 1600x1200 on this monitor. My geforce does not. I really want that resolution so i can play some older games. Anyone know what would cause a problem such as this? Is there anyway to force 1600x1200? Thanks!
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Anybody know how to add screen resolutions to "nvidia-settings"? Editing xorg.conf gets me nowhere. I have a number of GeForce cards in a variety of machines, all with the same problem.
The display adapters (video cards) range from an MX4000 up to a 9800GTX+.
New nVidia drivers have no effect. System-config-display just undoes everything (as does nvidia-settings and xrandr). The displays in question range from a Viewsonic VA1912w on VGA all the way up to a SONY VLP15AW on HDMI. I have had some luck with dual SOYO Topaz S displays (1920x1200) on a FX5200 adapter. But other than that one exception, I always get a default of 1024x768 which is less than the 1440x900 of the VA1912w.
The displays in question have aspect ratios of either 16:9 or 16:10. They are also LCD devices - which means to me "run at native resolution" without exception - well maybe an exception for BIOS, but a full OS with real drivers and configuration tables should do better.
/usr/share/hwdata/MonitorDB only lists the H & V timing limits. Where are the resolutions enumerated?
M$ always seems to get it right and the first time at that. Why can't Linux?
The most irksome combination, at the moment, is an FC9 system for running VLC with a GeForce 7600GS (AGP-8x) dual head that is supposed to drive a SONY VLP-15AW (720/60P) over HDMI and a VA1912w (1440x900) rotate left over VGA.
Is there a general way to add the various native resolutions to the nvidia-settings program?
Is there a way to remove all the other resolutions from the selection list?
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figured out part of the problem using a dual head vga (FX5200) and three monitors with identical hwdata timing. They differ only in aspect ratio. How goes the driver know the aspect ration of a vga monitor? FYI the resolution list for the monitors was the same - and wrong for two of them. Is there a monitor configuration table that encapsulates aspect ratio?
So I guess the question becomes - how do I disallow 4:3 display resolutions?
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Some game you have to set at 16:9 or 16:10 because if it is set a 4:3 it will limmit your resolution.But the only game I have ran into that problem was HL2 E2, all other games that I have ran lets me use my highest resolution.
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BEAUMONT, Texas – Season tickets for the 2013 Lamar University softball campaign are now on sale.
Season tickets for adults are $50, while the cost for children and senior citizens is $30. The Lady Cardinals are scheduled to have 14 home dates at Ford Park in 2013, including seven doubleheaders and seven single games. Individual ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3 for children and senior citizens. Lamar students receive free admission with valid identification.
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Spc. Robert T. Benson, 20, of Spokane, Wash., died on Nov. 4, in Baghdad, Iraq. Benson died from a non-hostile gunshot wound. Benson was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, based in Smith Barracks, Germany.
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See if Carl Oosterhouse can come up with the cash from his pilfered funds stash.
I don't like the thought of feeding and sheltering this horrible woman at the taxpayers' expense for the next 15 years. Can't we just send her to live in Alabama?
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That ought to get the fans flocking back into the stands!
This is indeed a tragic accident, but these posts reek of self-righteous hypocrisy.
Did Bay City intentionally set out to kill this man? No.
What was the purpose of these limiters? To help keep the power on for customers who don't pay their bills.
What is the moral obligation the power company has to its customers? Would all of you posting here suggest that the city hire a division of social workers, who would be responsible for the care of Bay City elders? And would all of you be willing to pay more taxes for that?
If the power company isn't set up to serve as social workers in each tough case, should they just eat all of the overdue power bills, and pass the losses on to the paying customers?
What is the culpability of the social service entities that do exist in Bay City? Are they not to blame?
And yes, what about the man's family and neighbors? Do we really suggest that the power company had a GREATER moral obligation to this man than is family and neighbors?
So there's plenty of blame to spread around, if blame is what makes everyone feel better. I'm not saying what happened to this man is OK, I'm saying maybe we ought to temper our opinions a bit, considering that things are NEVER as cut and dried as they seem.
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Look, unions already win about 50 percent of their organizing elections. Is it wrong to assume that maybe, just maybe some people don't want to be in a union?
The Press editorial is spot on. Card-check is just the unions' attempt to rig the game. The last thing in the world they want is a democratic process. Their interest is in dues and control.
If people want a union they should have one. Then, when their jobs shut down and move offshore they should demand full restitution from the union. Good luck with that.
Except those that can't be moved offshore. How about unionizing McDonald's and making sure every employee earns $14 an hour? Of course, a hamburger and fries will set you back about $10, but we'll all be willing to pay that, right?
EFCA is a disaster waiting to happen. What's sad is that if it actually happens, the union supporters will then look for someone else to blame. Some things never do change.
Oh, and by the way, how many "acts of intimidation and harrassment" do you suppose will take place once union organizers get a federal green light to lean on employees to sign cards?
None, I suppose, because history has shown unions to be shiny clean beacons of honesty, right?
How ironic. The unions want card check. They say when a majority of employees sign up, that should be it.
But when a majority of employees at JCIM's Talon Court plant in Kentwood sign a petition saying they want the union out, the UAW hauls them before the Labor Board, and the Labor Board, in its infinite wisdom, upholds the union!! So, even though a clear majority of those people want the union out, they're stuck with it for life (or until the company shuts the place down and moves the work to Mexico).
This card-check idea has stink all over it.
You are so right, tandy. Some 60 million people voted for the man, and every one of them must be too dumb to pour water from a boot. Glad you have that figured out. At least we have smart people like you to speak out.
Tell you what. Let's kill the stimulus bill and do nothing. The we can get everyone one armed and ready to fight it out to the last can of Spam! That way we don't need to follow anyone into the cave--we get to lead!
You go, Mark! Treadmills are hateful and boring, and they do nothing for your upper body. A better alternative would be for you to come over and shovel my snow!
Nice hatchet job by Shellenbarger, who's now apparently doing PR for GVHP.
How many procedures actually cost less at the other facilities? We don't know because it doesn't look like he bothered to ask. How much was the "lowball" offer that was made for the center? Don't know because Shellenbarger just took whatever GVHP said at face value. What are these facilities alleged in the suit to have higher incidents of infection? Guess Pat didn't have time to ferret out that tough one either.
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I don't buy that this year is revenue neutral at best. More than 90 percent of Americans are still working, hundreds of thousands of companies are still producing products and services, and trillions of dollars are still being spent on products and services.
I'm neither naive or stupid, but I am determined to go take market share away from competitors who are willing to settle for the assumption that this year is revenue neutral. It's working. My first quarter is the best in the five year history of my small business.
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This is exactly the kind of bone-headed, know-nothing reactionism that is at the root of so many of our country's problems. As I've read it, the proposed project in Holland would result in a huge net improvement in air quality over the existing plant.
The "health professionals" sit light years removed from what's actually happening and what's actually been proposed, and urge the governor to act on an industry they know nothing about.
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Why in the world would anyone want to keep a older, dirtier, less fuel efficient power plant running once a new one was built to replace it? What incentive would there be to do that? If there is one, I can't see it.
You have got to be kidding me! Electrolux--gone. Chrysler--bankrupt. American Axle--shut down. GM--on its last legs. What's a common thread here? How can this crook possibly claim that more members in corrupt unions can prevent financial meltdowns?
Gaffney and his co-conspirators are after one thing: the billions of dollars in union dues they can generate by strong-arming millions of people into their failing unions. And doing it with the backing of the U.S. government.
Union shills are now spouting how it's a myth that EFCA will kill democratic elections. But not one of them can explain how employees who want an election could actually get one once the union muscles in.
The blather from people like Gaffney is sickening. If he's what the future of America looks like I'm heading for Mexico, swine flu or not.
Mr. Travis is delusional. Michigan is in a state of economic collapse. How can he possibly sneer at a growing state like Alabama when there hasn't been a new auto plant built here in more than 20 years and we lead the nation in unemployment?
Workers at Toyota and Honda have repeatedly been invited to join the UAW and each time have given an emphatic "NO THANKS!" to the union. As hard as it is to say, the past 36 years mean nothing because that world is gone, never to return. We can embrace Mr. Travis' thinking, and continue to die, or we can look at the ways to make our state competitive again, including right to work, and begin rebuilding from the rubble that surrounds us.


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Viviana and Manuel weren't always a couple, of course. Viviana Hinojosa was born in Mexico City and went to UNAM (National University of Mexico) there as well. She was studying literature when the student strikes of 1999 closed the campus for ten months. Not wanting to leave her apartment or her studies, she continued living there, and when boredom inevitably set in, she started painting for fun. By the time the University reopened, she had decided that painting was all she ever wanted to do. She graduated and immediately set off for Barcelona, following an inclination to learn about Spain and to learn to draw. She enrolled in night school, studied for six months and finally came up against the rather solid walls of poverty and immigration. She lost her job in a boutique because she didn't have the proper visa to work, and she had no money to fly home until a stand-by seat opened up. She decided that her best hope was to sell her paintings on the street, which she proceeded to do.
This simple and desperate act turned out to be an act of liberation for her, giving her the understanding that people liked and would buy her art and the experience of total freedom… you know how the song goes: "nothing left to lose".
With this act and these revelations, she felt freed from the Mexican middle class in which she had grown up. She was ready to approach her life in a more creative way. When the airline finally put her back on a flight home, months later, she had a plan. She moved in with her family, who now lived in Puebla, and picked up any job she could find (teaching, as it turned out…) while she tried to get her work shown in galleries. Finally, after a year and a half, she realized that the only thing she wanted to do was paint, and that if she wanted to do it, she had to do it completely.
She proposed to her father to let her live rent-free for a year and a half while she painted and built up a body of work. He agreed, and she spent the next eighteen months painting, morning, noon and night. One night, when taking a break, she walked into a local jazz bar, and saw a young man sitting and drawing. She liked his drawings and decided to sit down and talk to him.
Manuel's Story
He was Manuel Taure, born and raised in Barcelona, where Viviana had just returned from. He came from a family of artists, and had gone to University in Spain, eventually acquiring a degree in graphic arts. After a few years in a traditional graphic arts job, including his favorite job painting sets for television and film, he decided that his creativity should not just be applied to his work, but to his life as well. He reasoned that he should design his life the way he wanted it.
In service to a more interesting life, the next few years found Manuel (Manu to his friends) traveling to and from Pipa, Brazil… a beautiful seaside haven, a preferred surfing destination and a place filled with his father's fond memories… "like Ibiza in the 70′s". Manu was bitten by the surfing bug, and at one point decided to surf the entire coast of South America, starting on Mexico's West Coast. He started at Sayulita in Nayarit, eventually making his way down to Puerto Escondido, where he surfed and painted until one day, a wealthy patron from Puebla bought all his paintings.
This gentleman promised him a show in a gallery, if he would only come to Puebla. He promised him support, advertising and assistance. Worried about his visa status and hoping for a patron whose largesse might allow him to get a more permanent visa, Manu followed him to Puebla… only to be disappointed. The patron was wealthy and gave him a place to stay, but he had no connections and no motivation to help Manu, who found himself wandering the streets in a strange town with no surfboard, no waves, no money and dwindling hope.
One night, he decided to go listen to music in a jazz club, and as he always did, he brought his paper and pencils to draw while he was listening.
And So It Begins…
Two weeks later, Manu was living with Viviana in her parents home. Viviana's father was not happy with this situation. Viviana's mother found out Manu was from Spain and bought him olive oil. No one had a clue what came next.
But Viviana was determined at least to help Manu get his papers, and was eventually able to help him become a legal Mexican resident. Eventually, they moved to their own place, barely getting by selling their paintings. But Manu missed the sea, and remembered his intended journey along the coast to Brazil. They considered Todos Santos in Baja California, but on a whim instead followed a friend's cajoling to go visit Merida… "You'll like it!"
Wherein the Artists Discover Merida
And like it they did, the minute they got here. The next minute, they were selling their work on the street at the Sunday Art Market to make money enough to live, and that's where we met them so many years ago.
Since then, slowly but oh so surely, Viviana and Manu have become integrated into the fledgling Merida art community. First they sold their work on the street. They gradually became friends with the more established artists at Artists in Mexico, where their work is shown alongside the work of Melva Medina and Abel Vázquez. They met the organizers of AANY and because they did some of their most interesting work painting on objects, they have been invited to the last few AANY shows where many of their smaller works of art and objets d'art are very reasonably priced.
Wherein Habla Discovers the Artists
They also met Kurt and Marimar at Habla, who fell in love with them and their work. They both were invited to work as art teachers at Habla. And often they volunteered their artistic ideas. At one point, Kurt and Marimar were given a hand-carver butter churner by a supporter of theirs in the USA. Not quite knowing what to do with it, Kurt gave it to Manu and asked if he had any ideas. The mini-mural and art installation below on the left was Manu's solution… a butter churner fastened to the wall painted with the quote about churning the mind and the spirit. Over time, as a result of hours spent collaborating on this and many other small projects, the idea of the mural was born.
As dedicated supporters of the arts and believers to their core in the power of art, Kurt and Marimar gave Viviana and Manu complete creative freedom. Though they had worked on a few projects together before, this one was not only the largest but comes at a time when their art has become the most integrated. As such, it is a delightful combination of Viviana's whimsy and Manu's construction, with the colors and creativity that both of them share.
The artists wanted the wall to be full of life, and to have a cast of characters who were communicating, but without words. Habla, the organization, is all about teaching languages through the medium of different arts… painting, drawing, theatre, crafts, dance. Communication is the goal and there are many paths that lead there.
From Humble Beginnings
Manu and Viviana collected characters and other images that they liked and began creating drafts on paper. Eventually, they had a composition that they liked, and they showed it and got approval from Kurt and Marimar.
The next task was Manu's: translating the small 8×10 drawing to the large medium of the blank wall. His graphic art background, of course, had adequately prepared him for this, and using a grid method, he transferred their ideas to the wall. They rented scaffolding at two different heights, allowing them both to paint at the same time in different sections, and they set about painting the mural.
The entire project, from start to finish, was very much a collaboration between the two artists. If you know them and you know their work, you can perhaps recognize Viviana's little boy or Manu's cat. But no, as it turns out, when you talk to them, you find out that that is Manu's women and Viviana's sailboat. Over the years they have been sharing techniques and talent, and in this collaboration, their styles have melded in a way that has produced something greater than the two parts. Something recognizably done by the two of them combined.
As they painted, the characters evolved, the messages morphed and new, interesting figures appeared. Because painting, like any other art, is the act of communicating, and in this case, the communication was definitely two-way, between them and everyone else at Habla.
Serendipitous Additions
One of the most obvious pieces of the painting that was added through serendipity is the zumbayllu, a spinning top from the Spanish/Quechua tradition. The zumbayllu is not a well-known object in English and not very well known in this part of the Spanish-speaking world either. It is a magical spinning top… not just any top but one with a name that hints at it's powers. On the internet, we found this quote from a Peruvian novel written in 1951 by José Maria Arguedas: "Illu represents one form of music produced by small wings in flight… inexplicable music that arises from the slight movement of objects." The magical communication of the zumbayllu was being studied in one of the multi-dimensional classes being taught at Habla when the mural was being painted. The class was reading the book quoted above, called Deep Rivers. It is a book that talks about the rivers of Inca culture that run deep in Peruvian culture. The zumbayllu is a top, a toy that is traditional in Latino American cultures. The name of this top is composed from two words that mean the same thing: to buzz. The word is zumbar in Spanish and ayllu in Quechua. The class was discussing the meanings of this toy, and when they got out of class, Donald Niedermayer suggested that the zumbayllu should be represented in the mural. Of course, everyone loved the idea of including this symbol of communication, delight, joy and playfulness. There is it now, practically spinning off the wall and hovering in the space above you as you look at it. Zuuuumbahyoo… the sound inside your head accompanies the view.
Another time, Kurt asked a classroom of small children to paint pictures of characters they would put on the mural if they were painting it. Viviana got wind of the exercise and when the children were done, she copied their results into a conversation balloon of one of the characters in the painting. Kurt related to us the pleasure of seeing the wonder and amazement of those children when they saw their own creations so high above them on the wall. And the pride with which they pointed them out to their parents later.
Why We Love It
So now there is a mural on the wall inside Habla. Viviana says that for her, the greatest pleasure she derives from her effort is seeing people walk in, turn around, look at the painting and smile. That smile is her reward. Marimar looks and sees stories, dreams, journeys and the joy of imagination. We see fantasy and magic, possibilities and promises. We also see planning and technique and dedication and love.
We also hope we see the beginning of a culture of murals in Merida. Murals are, of course, a Mexican tradition. As every grafitti artist knows, Mexico, and Yucatan is no exception, has a wealth of walls, a panoply of panels, a cornucopia of canvases! These blank occasions for opportunity are waiting everywhere for artists like Viviana and Manu to bring them to life. In fact, Viviana and Manu themselves are hoping that there are more murals in their future. Kurt would like to see this mural, and others like it, contribute to the patrimony of Merida. And why not?
The monumental task of this particular mural is done. The last characters have been created and the last manos (coats) of varnish have been added to preserve the work of art. The scaffolding has been brought down and the artists have retired to their studio in Santiago to begin dreaming of future projects. There will be an official opening reception for the mural on Friday, May 27 and then it will become a part of the daily life of the students, teachers and visitors to Habla's building.
There is one word on the mural. That word is "amazing". It is a word that Kurt uses a lot in his communication and it is a tribute to his vision and commitment to art, to the school and to the role of art in learning. As the artists tell it, when they painted the bird from whom the word is escaping, he sort of looked like Kurt. So the Kurt Bird says "amazing" and the mural makes it so.
And New Beginnings…
Viviana and Manu are already thinking about future projects. In their home, which is their studio, everything from shoes to cutting boards are painted and transformed into something playful, provocative or both. On their drawing boards are spoons and cigar boxes painted with bright colors and shadowed whimsy. There are sketches for a children's book, blocks carved to create prints on the pages of old books, antique furniture waiting to be sanded and painted into a new life. On every wall and in every corner is another creative project, a composite of thought, intuition, intention, desire and mystery.
We imagine they will continue to do that to the world around them…sanding, painting, designing, carving, transforming. Alchemists of the every day object, Viviana Hinojosa and Manuel Taure are artists in the true sense of the word… creating one thing from another thing, teasing delight out of other peoples' discards and coaxing beauty from the light of blank canvasses.
Lucky us… They are doing it, for now, in Merida.
Habla's website and the Opening Event for the Mural
Like this art? Take Manuel's Word As Image workshop or Viviana's workshop on Drawing Characters From Your Imagination, both at Habla of course.
Email Viviana and Manuel at perroazul [at] live [dot] com [dot] mx
The excerpt of the unpublished book that mentions the zumbayllu (Google translated into English)


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Ralph Edward Dellinger
In Memoriam
Ralph Edward Dellinger
Ralph Edward Dellinger, age 58 of Sevierville, passed away Friday, April 18, 2014 at LeConte Medical Center. He was an employee of the city of Pigeon Forge, and member of Gum Stand Baptist Church and the NRA.
He was preceded in death by his parents Clyde and Janie Dellinger, Father and Mother-in-law John and Lucille Abbott, and brother-in-law John W. Abbott.
Survivors include wife Kathy Abbott Dellinger; sons Adam E. Dellinger and wife Bobbi J., Ralph Daniel Dellinger; grandchildren Tiffany Hitchcox and husband Dylan, Crystal Sauber, Johnathan McKinley Dellinger, and Summer "Squirrel" Rains; brothers Clyde Dellinger, Jr. and wife Shirley, George Dellinger, John Dellinger and wife Sadie, James Dellinger and wife Linda; sisters Anne Morris and husband Darryl, Mary Ramsey and husband Wade, Marlee Ramsey and husband Gene; sisters-in-law Ramona Lowe and husband Carroll, Anita Myers and husband Dale, Tammy Abbott (Sniks); several nieces, nephews and special friends and caregiver Amber Ogle.
Funeral service is 11 a.m. Tuesday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Reagan and Rev. Danny Sutton officiating. Interment will follow in Hurst Chapel Cemetery with Lonnie McCarter officiating. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Monday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.


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Going off the grid seems romantic at first, but unfortunately, women are often the first to encounter the worst realities of homesteading.
New York City and the rest of the tri-state area are getting their first wave of "passive houses," a type of construction in which a building is so well-insulated that it doesn't require heating in the winter.
"Katrina cottages," alternatives to FEMA trailers used after Hurricane Katrina, find new life around the country as housing and educational facilities.
Thomas Edison's great-grandson, David Edison Sloane, is not mincing words when it comes to the GOP wanting to repeal energy-efficiency standards for light bulbs: As an inventor, Edison would have no interest in turning back the legislative clock. The wizard of Menlo Park dedicated himself to advancing human comfort, not freeze life as we knew it in 1879. Oh snap! Edison's great-grandson just called you retrogressive.
The economy sucks, housing prices have yet to hit bottom, and your biggest fixed expense is almost certainly rent, unless it's summertime, in which case it's your electricity bill. Sounds like it's time to lead a richer life by reducing your dependence on worldly goods and wasted energy, no?
The green movement doesn't have much use for lawns. Yeah, they make suburban enclaves look tidy and uniform, but really, would it be so effing bad if your house had something useful -- say, a vegetable garden -- instead of a high-maintenance water-hog outdoor carpet? What's the worst that could happen? Well, as Michigan woman Julie Bass discovered, if your city planner is certifiably power-crazy, you could be looking at 93 days in jail.
There's been a small vogue for houses and buildings made of shipping containers, which are cheap, plentiful, and often end up tossed in the sea (either on purpose or otherwise). This airy two-container dwelling is one of the prettiest we've seen, and it only cost $40,000 to build.


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Legends return home to take on Tourists
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Asheville Tourists
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What: Three-game series
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Where: Whitaker Bank Ballpark
Tickets: Call (859) 422-7867
Major League affiliates: Kansas City Royals (Legends), Colorado Rockies (Tourists)
Probable pitchers (Legends listed first): Monday, RH Miguel Almonte (2-4, 3.11) vs. RH Matt Carasiti (0-0, 9.00); Tuesday, RH Christian Binford (3-2, 3.18) vs. RH T.J. Oakes (4-3, 5.54); Wednesday, LH Colin Rodgers (3-1, 2.25) vs. RH Ben Hughes (3-4, 7.34).
Tourist to watch: C Tom Murphy (6-foot-1, 220 pounds, age 22, bats and throws right, from West Monroe, N.Y.) began this season as the No. 14 prospect in the Rockies system, according to Baseball America. Signed for $454,000 as a third-round pick in 2012, out of Buffalo, he broke into pro ball last season with the Tri-City Dust Devils of the Northwest League. There, he hit .288 with six homers, 38 RBI and 26 runs over 55 games. This season, he's batting .348 with eight homers, 31 RBI and 24 runs over 26 games. After batting .408 in May, he has dropped to .275 thus far in May. He has 12 RBI in his last 10 games.
Legend to watch: Utility IF/OF Nick Cuckovich (6-1, 199, 21, bats and throws right, from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) has played first, second and third base this season. His last seven games, though, have found him in right field. Although struggling with a .180 average, his bat has come around the last five games (5-for-15, .333, 3 RBI, 3 R). Selected in the 17th round of the 2011 draft, he earned an associate degree from Riverside (Calif.) Community College and had signed a letter of intent with Hawaii before opting to turn pro. He batted .288 over two seasons and 103 pro games with the Arizona League Royals and Idaho Falls Chukars. He led the Arizona League in stolen bases in 2011 with 24, while finishing ninth in on-base percentage (.418) and tied for ninth in walks. Last year, he was fourth in the Pioneer League with eight triples. Cuckovich is a 2009 graduate of Lambrick Park Secondary School in Saanich, British Columbia.
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In a special faculty and staff meeting Oct. 19, President G. Blair Dowden, Ed.D., announced that he will be retiring at the end of this academic year.
Dowden has served as president for 21 years. He was inaugurated in 1991 at age 39, the 12th president of then Huntington College.
"I've always said I will leave Huntington University when I felt God was moving me in that direction. We now feel this time is right for us and Huntington University," Dowden said.
Dowden first informed the personnel committee of his intentions to step down in April, a decision he said was set in motion when he signed his last contract.
"I started this process three years ago," Dowden said. "I thought this would be a good time."
Kelly Savage, the chair of the Board of Trustees, said the trustees were saddened by his decision, but they are ready to start the search process.
"With regret the board did accept the fact that President Dowden is going to be retiring," Savage said.
The search for Dowden's successor has already begun. The first step was for the board to hire an was for the board to hire an Executive Search Firm (ESF), an outside organization to assist with finding a top caliber person to fill the position.
"We thought that would be the best way to really get out there in the marketplace and identify the top candidates," Savage said.
Their search for an ESF started with 14 firms, before being narrowed to three firms, which they interviewed, before choosing Carter-Baldwin.
"We came away very quickly with the selection of one executive search firm we felt fully understood this marketplace, understood the challenges facing in higher education, having a mission mind for Jesus Christ and our mission," Savage said.
The board will meet with Carter-Baldwin to set up an expected timeline for events.
Additionally, there will be an ad hoc presidential advisory council set up to aid in the hiring process. This council will get input from a wide variety of people, including students, faculty, community leaders and donors.
Ideally, the position will be filled by the end of the year, but only if they find the right candidate, Savage said.
"The plan is to have someone hired before President Dowden leaves," she said. "We are after the right candidate, so we aren't just after a timing issue, we are after the right candidate."
Dowden plans on being available to the new president to help transition smoothly.
"My intentions will be to work with all of you to prepare the institution for a new president, and then to take my leave and be available to assist the new president as requested," Dowden said.
The search means there are three senior administrator vacancies, including a vice president of academic affairs and senior vice president of business and finance.
Dowden said the impact of his retirement on other searches will be addressed when determined.
"My initial reaction was surprise," Del Doughty, Ph.D., interim senior vice president of academic affairs, said. "He's been here a long time. It's hard to image him not being here."
Doughty said he has enjoyed working closely with Dowden in recent months.
"He has impressed me with his organization and focus, but most of all I find him to be a gentleman," he said.
Vince Haupert, vice president for advancement, said that in his time here, he has seen Dowden help students grow.
"His leadership has attributed to a much stronger spiritual vitality in the student body," Haupert said. "There are more students who are here and really want to grow academically, spiritually, socially, as a whole person."
Dowden said he isn't quite sure exactly what he will be doing in his time after moving out of the president's office, but he imagines he will somehow stay involved in higher Christian education, along with spending more time with his family.
"I know I will be involved in Christ-centered higher education in the future, serving on some other non-for profit boards, and for-profit boards as well," Dowden said. "Personally, Chris and I will enjoy some time traveling, spending time together and being with five wonderful grandchildren."


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I'm gearing up to cover the SAG Awards red carpet this Sunday, and couldn't help but oogle over a couple of the nominees. Hunky, handsome with a little bit of grey in their hair, both Kyle Chandler and George Clooney are masters at playing sensitive, sexy dads on their respective screens. Chandler is nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Coach Eric Taylor on Friday Night Lights, aka everyone's favorite show to tweet about. The Cloonster (Can I call you that, George?) is up for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role for his work in the ukelele-heavy tearjerker The Descendants.
My dream of being sandwiched in Cloonster-Coach Taylor group hug may become a reality this Sunday night (Secreting it now), but only one of these fine, fictional fathers can be this week's Hotness. Check out our gallery to help you make your decision, and then vote in our poll. We'll be keeping it open until Sunday night, so you can check them out in all their tuxedoed glory and then cast your vote (And vote again. And again. And again). The SAG Awards air on TBS and TNT at 8PM EST – we'll be watching, blogging and tweeting the show live. Hang with us, won't ya?
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