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Infrastructure in the News: February 15, 2011
Esquire Magazine does a profile on Co-Chair Michael Bloomberg, and Reuters reports on Obama's budget allocation of $556 billion for a six-year transportation plan. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.
BAF in the News
Esquire Magazine: Mike Bloomberg Will Save Us From Ourselves If Only We Let Him
Bloomberg — a man who made his very name a part of the English language — is thinking big again. He's got a coalition with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell on building American infrastructure.
National News
Wall Street Journal: More Transportation Funds Are Sought
The plan, which needs congressional approval, requests boosting the Transportation Department's budget to $122 billion from the $69 billion it got in fiscal 2010. Congress never approved Mr. Obama's fiscal-2011 budget request.
USA TODAY: Obama budget plan could create millions of jobs
The blueprint is certain to set off political battles. Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, says infrastructure improvements not only create construction jobs but improve transportation systems to increase U.S. economic competitiveness. A study co-authored by Zandi concluded the economic stimulus, which included $135 billion in infrastructure spending, generated 8 million additional jobs in 2009 and 2010.
Reuters: Obama budget has $556 bln, six-year transport plan
President Barack Obama on Monday proposed an ambitious long-term transport spending plan in his 2012 budget as a way to boost U.S. economic competitiveness and spur job growth.
The Hill: Budget provides boost for transportation, offer long-term improvement plan
President Obama's fiscal year 2012 budget includes an aggressive six-year $556 billion plan for the nation's aging infrastructure and will provide the Transportation Department with more money to spend.
National Journal: White House Proposes $556 Billion Highway Bill
The White House is proposing a whopping $556 billion for a new, six-year surface transportation funding bill that is almost three years overdue. It's entirely possible that Republicans' total for transportation will be half that amount or less.
Washington Post: Budget 2012: Transportation
Proposing to spend $128 billion on transportation in fiscal 2012, the heart of the White House spending plan is a push for a six-year renewal of the nation's transportation blueprint.
Bloomberg: Transport Outlay to Grow 16% in U.S. Budget with High-Speed Rail Priority
President Barack Obama's budget calls on Congress to pass a $556 billion, multiyear surface transportation funding plan that would include spending for Amtrak and highway repairs as well as an infrastructure bank, without offering a funding source.
Bloomberg: Amtrak May Lose Money in Obama Transportation Plan
The proposal for funding a new six-year surface transportation law would end direct operating subsidies to Amtrak and for the first time include rail programs in what has been called the "highway bill." Amtrak received $1.57 billion in capital and debt service grants, and operating subsidies, in fiscal 2010.
Washington Post: Under Obama proposal, $128 billion would fund transportation
The heart of the president's proposal to spend $128 billion on transportation in fiscal 2012 is a push for a six-year renewal of the nation's transportation blueprint.
DOT Blog: Tightening our belts, strengthening our future
President Obama's proposal includes a $50 billion "up front boost" that will jump-start job creation while laying the foundation for future competitiveness and prosperity. It also includes a $30 billion national infrastructure bank that will finance major projects of national or regional significance over the long run. And, where it doesn't compromise safety or jobs, the proposal recommends tightening our fiscal belt.
Infrastructurist: Obama's $556 Billion Transportation Budget Plan Emphasizes Rail Spending
On the surface, the plan does much to satisfy supporters of a balanced transportation system. It provides $8 billion in passenger rail funding, a first step toward the administration's desired $53 billion high-speed rail investment. It calls (yet again) for a National Infrastructure Bank — or I-Bank, in the parlance of the budget — jump-started with $30 billion. It favors fix-it-first highway spending, a wise policy considering new reports that road maintenance gives a better employment bank for your buck than new construction. And it dishes out $4.1 billion in funding for livable communities.
USA Today: High-speed train system has a long way to go
The Obama administration is proceeding at full speed with plans to create a national high-speed rail system, proposing billions in next year's budget to help lay the groundwork. But political opposition and hefty costs could mean the ambitious program goes nowhere fast.
AltTransport: Obama's Transportation Budget
While several other agencies saw deep cuts in Obama's 2011 budget proposal, the President saved some love for transportation. The budget calls on Congress to spend $556 billion for six years for a surface transportation funding plan that includes spending for Amtrak, high-speed rail, an infrastructure bank, and highway repairs.
FavStock: Americans want Congress to 'fix it first', invest in and improve our transportation systems
In the midst of the fervor about the House's budget resolution for 2011 released Friday, and the President's budget proposal for 2012 dominating the news today, a new bipartisan poll from the Rockefeller Foundation contains compelling arguments from a majority of Americans in favor of increased and accountable investment for infrastructure.
Register-Herald: Beckley hosts U.S. House transportation hearing
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is conducting hearings across the nation to hear testimony related to federal programs that fall under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The act was set to expire Sept.. 30, 2009 but was extended through March 4, 2011. Monday's hearing in Beckley was the first in a series organized at the "urging" of Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., the ranking Democrat on the committee. Rahall has an office in Beckley and represents West Virginia's third congressional district.
Central Valley Business Times: Feds' transportation dollars will be tight
If states had any doubt about how much transportation money they might be getting from Washington this year, recent events offer a good clue. First came positive news for states that want federal money. On Tuesday (Feb. 8), Vice President Joe Biden announced that the Obama administration would seek another $53 billion over the next six years to build high-speed rail projects.
The Infrastructurist: Obama's $556 Billion Transportation Budget Plan Emphasizes Rail Spending
Yesterday President Obama announced his 2012 budget proposal, and transportation received a major piece of the federal pie. Obama requested $128 billion for 2012 — a big bump from the 2010 figure of $77 billion — and set his sights on a six-year, $556 billion transportation plan
Streetsblog Capitol Hill: Obama Proposes Infra Bank, Livability Grants, Doubling Transit Funds
The budget includes a new FHWA livability grant program totaling $4.1 billion next year and $28 billion over six years. It specifically targets multi-modal transportation hubs and bike/ped/transit access, and formally embraces a "fix-it-first" approach for highways and transit.
Streetsblog Capitol Hill: 55 FHWA Programs You Won't Have to Kick Around Anymore
Here's the list, from DOT, of the 55 programs they intend to consolidate. There are a few popular programs among livability advocates in here, like Safe Routes to School, bicycle and pedestrian grants, and the TIFIA loan program. If this consolidation plan is enacted, it will be up to advocates to continue to push for important projects once they no longer have a dedicated funding source.
Transportation Nation: Obama's Budget 2012
President Obama released his proposed budget for 2012 this morning. We are collecting responses and parsing through everything transportation and infrastructure related in the $3.7 trillion dollars of spending.
Transportation Nation: Transportation Budget Responses 6: House Republicans
"The president's budget will destroy jobs by spending too much, taxing too much, and borrowing too much. By continuing the spending binge and imposing massive tax hikes on families and small businesses, it will fuel more economic uncertainty and make it harder to create new jobs.
Transportation Nation: Transportation Budget Responses 2: US DOT, Sec. Ray LaHood
"President Obama's budget for the Department of Transportation is a targeted investment in America's economic success," said Secretary LaHood. "If we're going to win the future, we have to out-compete the rest of the world by moving people, goods, and information more quickly and reliably than ever before. President Obama's investments in rebuilding our crumbling roadways and runways, and modernizing our railways and bus systems will help us do just that."
The Transport Politic: President Obama Proposes Major Funding Increases, Reorganization for Nation's Transport
The President, if his wishes are endorsed by the Congress, would increase federal support for transportation to $128 billion in 2012, compared to $77 billion in 2010. The Administration will begin pushing for a $556 billion six-year transportation bill, almost d0ubling what was approved in SAFETEA-LU, the last — and now expired — piece of transportation legislation. Though the White House has yet to demonstrate where it would find the funding to support these measures, the President has argued that any increased spending be compensated through reduced spending elsewhere or revenue increases.
The Transport Politic: Breaking Down the Department of Transportation's Proposed 2012 Budget
Almost a year ago, Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff took a controversial stand when he argued that the public sector was not enough to ensure the good repair of the nation's oldest inner-city rail systems. He pointed out that cities from New York to Chicago needed to spend tens of millions of dollars to upgrade their transportation networks — rather than spend most of their funds on expansion.
Transportation For America: Transportation for America applauds the President's six-year investment plan for transportation
President Obama today unveiled a fiscal 2012 budget proposal that calls for investing $128 billion in transportation infrastructure as a first installment on a long-awaited six-year investment plan totaling $556 billion. James Corless, director of Transportation for America, issued this statement in response:
Construction Pros: AGC: President's Transportation Proposal Has Potential to Boost Economic Activity, Help Businesses and Protect Taxpayers
"We are, however, concerned by the Administration's proposal to transform the Highway Trust Fund into a Transportation Trust Fund that would fund high speed rail, Amtrak, "livability" grants and other Administration priorities. The Administration promises to use existing gas tax and other revenue sources only to continue funding highway and transit projects. However, it is hard to take this proposal seriously when the Administration has yet to identify how it will pay for the other programs it wants to add to the Trust Fund. This portion of the proposal appears more like an effort to obscure overall spending levels than to actually create a viable new role for the Trust Fund.
Trucking Info: Obama Administration Proposed Budget Aims to Streamline Transportation Spending
President Barack Obama's proposed budget calls for a $556 billion, six-year transportation funding plan that would lump the Highway Trust Fund in with other funds into a single Transportation Trust Fund and streamline the number of transportation-related programs -- but it's not clear where the funding will come from.
The New Republic: Budget 2012: Increased Transportation Spending for Increased Reform
The Obama administration's FY2012 transportation budget request shows their continued strong support for a range of programs designed squarely to change the way Washington does business. Through the budget, they are trying incrementally to move transportation away from a roundly criticized federal block grant program that is as both broke and broken to one that uses competitive grants, rigorous analyses of benefits and costs, and leverages a range of both public and private funding sources.
Environmental Expert: EPA's, congress clean water budget proposals ignore local regulatory/financial realities
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) strongly believes that budget cuts of any kind at this time to the Clean Water Act (CWA) program ignore the very real financial constraints of states and municipalities to implement a growing array of increasingly costly CWA requirements. While NACWA recognizes the austere budgetary times under which the federal government must operate these same circumstances are being experienced in municipalities and rate-paying households across the country.
Fender Bender: House committee to host forums on transportation legislation
The U.S. House of Representatives' Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is planning to host a series of public meetings on pending major transportation legislation, according to an advisory from the Automotive Service Association (ASA)
Fox and Hounds Daily: 'Patchwork' High Speed Rail System Unraveling?
The widely dispersed opposition to proposals for high speed rail (genuine and faux) led Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to say that the Administration would press forward in a patchwork fashion if necessary.
Commercial Carrier Journal: Obama's budget would provide $129B for DOT
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday, Feb. 14, praised President Obama's $129 billion budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation, saying that it would lay a new foundation for economic growth and competitiveness by rebuilding the nation's transportation systems, enabling innovative solutions to transportation challenges and ensuring transportation safety for all Americans.
One News Now: Funding high-speed rail projects 'shameful'
The Obama White House recently proposed putting another $53 billion toward high-speed rail projects, a handful of which have received a substantial amount of the $10.5 billion already allotted.
World Magazine: Obama's off the rails proposal
And I think President Obama's high-speed rail proposal is nuts. Not just because of the money, although that's a big objection (about five-times-the-proposed-$53-billion big). It's the proposal of someone who knows nothing of how American railroads are built, are run, or make a profit.
The News Leader: Rail proposal highlights divide between Obama, GOP
House conservatives want to scrap all federal passenger rail subsidies. Mainstream Republicans wouldn't go that far, but are skeptical of the president's proposal.
Constructech Magazine: President Obama Eyes Infrastructure Improvement
It's not exactly a stimulus plan, but a proposed $3.7 trillion budget plan could add some momentum to various capital construction programs in the years ahead. The plan, presented by President Barack Obama this week, aims to trim more than a trillion dollars from the deficit throughout the next 10 years.
State News
Fox News: It's the Bullet Train...to Nowhere
"They don't know where they're going to build it, they don't have a mile of right of way under possession, it is not shovel ready, it is not even engineer ready," said Richard Tolmach, with the California High-Speed Rail Authority. "It is still a work in progress where the line might go. Right now it is not somewhere the feds should be putting their money."
San Francisco Business Times: High-speed rail alternatives stir debate in East Bay
Some East Bay cities are joining cities on the Peninsula in concerns over what California's planned high-speed rail line could do to their downtown districts.
The Salinas Californian: Central Valley's leg of state's high speed rail
From the moment in 2008 that voters passed Proposition 1A and authorized $9.9 billion in state bonds for a high-speed rail system spanning much of the state, opposition became loud and determined.
San Jose Mercury News: Routes for high-speed rail segment from Stockton to San Jose stirs debate
The debate over routes for high-speed rail is shifting to the East Bay as the California High-Speed Rail Authority on Feb. 3 released a pared-down list of alternative routes for a proposed 87-mile segment from Stockton to San Jose along the Altamont Corridor.
Xinhaunet: Will first U.S. high-speed rail be built in California?
Californians would most probably be the first in the United States to have the opportunity to ride on high-speed trains as 12 U.S. states are now competing for their own high-speed rails.
Tampa Bay Online: Tom Scott prays for governor to proceed with high-speed rail
Gov. Rick Scott got hit with a pitch for a Tampa-Orlando High-speed rail system from an unexpected direction at the State Fair Governor's Lunch Monday: City Council member Tom Scott, a pastor, included it in his invocation.
The Palm Beach Post: Backtrack on SunRail
It began as the Central Florida Commuter Rail. Last year, the proposed Orlando-area line went to a snappier name: SunRail. Now, it is seeking federal stimulus money under the name Central Florida Rail Passenger Corridor.
PR Newswire: Battle for Port Infrastructure Funding Intensifies Between Georgia, South Carolina
Competition for federal infrastructure funding is heating up among East Coast ports anxious to attract increased container shipping volumes predicted to enter supply chains in 2014, via an expanded Panama Canal. Resentment over the growth of Georgia's ports is fueling opposition from neighboring South Carolina, which could derail expansion efforts for both states and push funding and traffic to other ports, reports The Journal of Commerce.
Courier-Journal: Officials hope contractors will have money-saving ideas for bridges project
Dozens of firms angling to design, build, operate and finance the Ohio River Bridges Project will be in Louisville for two days this week for a closer look at the still-evolving plan for two new bridges and a redesigned Spaghetti Junction interchange.
Bloomberg: Md. panel: Transportation needs $800M more a year
Maryland should raise $800 million more in annual transportation funding to shore up the state's depleted Transportation Trust Fund, a commission recommended Monday.
WBFO: Obama budget calls for Peace Bridge funding
President Obama's proposed 2012 federal budget contains money that could help fund the $300 million dollar Peace Bridge Inspection Plaza.
Wall Street Journal: Finding a Fix for the Tappan Zee
Today, the state doesn't have anywhere near enough money to replace the antiquated bridge, which carries 140,000 vehicles across the Hudson River every day. That has officials considering striking a deal with the private sector to pay for the construction of a new bridge.
Dayton Daily News: Ohio to see 74% increase in federal transportation spending
Ohio stands to see a one-year 74 percent increase in federal highway planning and construction dollars under President Obama's proposed 2012 budget.
WSAV: Big Blow to Savannah Port Deepening Plan
President Barack Obama agreed to provide some funding to the deepening project, but not nearly the amount requested. The President's proposal includes $600,000 for preconstruction engineering and design for the project, but includes no funding for construction.
The Salt Lake Tribune: High-speed rail a 'boondoggle,' Hatch says
The executives at the Utah Transit Authority envision a future where high-speed trains zip from Denver to Salt Lake and from Salt Lake to Las Vegas.
Forbes: House transportation panel tour stops in W. Va.
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., brought a U.S. House transportation hearing to his home turf Monday for the first of several fact-gathering sessions nationwide on crafting a long-term federal strategy for highway, transit and commuter rail programs.
Member Spotlight
Mesa, Arizona Mayor John Giles explains why infrastructure investment is important in his community.
According to UPS, if congestion causes each UPS delivery driver to incur 5 minutes of delay it would cost the company $100 million.


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In a bid to minimise the effects of climate change, the Lagos State Government has said it has planted 4.6 million trees across the state.
The Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, made the disclosure at the 2013 edition of the tree planting campaign held in Lagos on Sunday.
Bello, who was represented by the General Manager, Administration and Special Duties, Lagos Waste Management Authority, Mrs. Abimbola Jijoho-Ogun, said more trees were being planted daily.
"So far, Governor Babatunde Fashola's government in six years has successfully planted not less than 4.6 million trees and more are still, as a matter of routine, being planted daily," he said.
The tree planting exercise was initiated in 2008 with a goal of planting one million trees in 10 years. The 2013 tree planting exercise with the theme, 'Green is peace', took place simultaneously at several locations in the state.
According to Bello, tree planting has helped in furthering the administration's green revolution campaign geared towards mitigating the challenges of global warming and climate change.
He said the state governor, in continuity of the campaign, had approved the establishment of Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency to advance the cause of sustainable environment and further see to the improvement in the state's environmental aesthetics through numerous landmark beautification and landscaping projects.
He added that school children in the state had also become veritable tools in the ongoing revolution on environmental engineering.
In a keynote address delivered on his behalf by the Managing Director, LAWMA, Mr. Ola Oresanya, Fashola said this year's campaign was in recognition of the fact that the absence of enough green, especially trees, was a threat to the survival of all creatures that depended on oxygen.
Oresanya, in his own address, implored residents of the state to devise means of reducing carbon emission, adding that LAWMA was constructing its third transfer loading station to reduce refuse turn-around time.
At another ceremony commemorating the tree planting day, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency and the Nigerian Breweries Plc called on residents to be more committed to the campaign.
The General Manager, LASEPA, Mr. Adebola Shabi, who represented the governor, explained that the State House of Assembly had passed a law establishing the Parks and Gardens Commission, which he said was up and running, and that the agency would ensure that the gains of the past experiences were not reversed and that more mileage would be covered.
The Managing Director, Nigerian Breweries, Mr. Nicolaas Vervelde, in his key note address, said the organisation was delighted to partner the state government on the industrial tree planting day, adding that the campaign effectively aligned with the company's 'Brewing a Better Future', a long term sustainability agenda of the conglomerate.
Vervelde explained that trees were vital for climate control, adding that under the sustainability agenda of the company, Nigerian Breweries had made commitment to continuously improve the environmental impact of its operations, empower the people and communities as well as positively impact the society.

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TLC Antiques is proud to be the 2nd largest Fenton Gold Showcase Dealer in the country! We're working our way to #1 THANKS to all of you!
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Fenton began the Connoisseur Collection in 1983. This collection fulfills Fenton's commitment to creating rare and unusual glass treatments.
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Fenton Autumn Morn Burmese Bell Lamp
Memories of a perfect fall morning inspired Designer Frances Burton to create the serenity of an autumn day. A scenic country church with its stately spire and a nearby shaded woodland stream enhance the blushing beauty of Burmese Glass. Pure gold in the formula causes a pink glow to emerge from the creamy yellow background, creating a blushing palette for the golden tones of fall. Sparkling glass highlights that seem to dance in the sunlight enhance the scene on the graceful bell-shaped shade. This Limited Edition piece was produced as part of Fenton's 2006 Connoisseur Collection. Standing 22 1/2" tall it is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks has the trusted Fenton logo, is signed by the talented artist who painted it, is numbered out of the 950 produced and is still in the original box! With Fenton not producing these magnificent lamps any longer these creations just continue to increase in value!
Circa: 2006
Condition: Excellent
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Fenton Glass New
Connoisseur Collection 2000
This Botanical Cadence Sheffield Bowl 6600 NH was part of the Connoisseur Collection in 2000. Produced on Plum Opalescent Glass it features decorative floral vines, enhanced with gold stamens and pods, are scrolled along the bowl's rolled edge. Designed by Robin Spindler the bowl measures approximately 10 1/2" wide and sits on a solid black base. It is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks and the pattern is intact. The trusted Fenton logo can be found on the bottom of the bowl along with the original Fenton sticker, the limited edition #557/1950, the artist signature is within the painting on the rolled edge and it's D. Johnson. Plum is rare to Fenton as it is and this piece is magnificent and hard to find as well so don't miss the opportunity to add such a great piece of Fenton's history to your collection!
Circa: 2000
Condition: Excellent
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Fenton
Connoisseur Collection 2011
Since its debut more than two decades ago, the Fenton Connoisseur Collection has been the "best of the best," showcasing the skills of Fenton's glass artisans and decorators. This numbered and limited edition collection is a very special offering for those who love glass and desire the unique. Included in the 2011 Connoisseur Collection is this beautiful 8 1/2'' Vase rightfully named "Charleton Fantasy". Designed by Kim Barley it's Handcrafted in Milk Glass with a Rose ring around the top and iridized. This beautiful piece certainly lives up to the Connoisseur Collection name and pays tribute to the Charleton decoration of early Fenton. The Charleston Fantasy Vase is limited to 750 pieces each with the Fenton logo and signed by the Artist who painted it.
Circa: 2011
Condition: New
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Fenton
Fenton Felicity on Favrene 2001 CONNOISSEUR
Fenton's 2001 Connoisseur Collection included this beautiful Favrene Vases known as "Felicity". Glistening tones of pure silver in the batch formula allow Fenton's Favrene Glass to project a multitude of vibrant colors. Add happy polka dot leaves and a delightful lady bug to reflect the sunny personality of designer Kim Plauche. Plus Kim has outlined her feathered edge tulips with 22k gold to further enhance this magnificent vase which stands 9" tall with a ground edge. It is in excellent condition with no signs of ware. It's always hard to see the Fenton logo on these so they have it handpainted on in the scripted F and designed by Kim Plauche on the bottom as well as signed by the talented artist who painted it and numbered 957/1850. It also has the original ware/price sticker attached! It also is in the original box with the Connoisseur paperwork included! What a great piece for every Fenton collector!
Circa: 2001
Condition: Excellent
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Fenton
Wild Rose Overlay
This beautiful Wild Rose Overlay Alhambra Vase 4604 DZ was produced by Fenton in the Spring of 1998 for their Connoisseur Collection! This limited edition is #316/1500 designed by Martha Reynolds and is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks and looks as if it was made just yesterday! The trusted Fenton scripted F can be found on the bottom signifying it is another companies mould they used; along with the original Fenton sticker, and price sticker. It also has the signature of the artist who painted it and is numbered. Dont miss this beautiful addition to your collection!
Circa: 1998
Condition: Excellent
Country of Origin: US
Manufacturer: Fenton
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(NBC NEWS) -- The Obama administration's surprise delay
in requiring bigger employers to provide health insurance to workers
won't affect too many Americans, experts say -- and many of those
workers may find better insurance on the new health exchanges anyway.
2010 health reform law requires anyone employing 50 people or more
fulltime to provide a certain level of health insurance, or pay an
annual penalty of $2,000 per worker. Critics of the law said it would
hurt job creation by discouraging smaller businesses from expanding.
Some also said employers would push more workers into part-time status
to avoid having to pay.
The Treasury Department put the
requirement on ice Tuesday afternoon, saying it would delay the
paperwork requirements for a year.
"I think it came as a bit of a
shock to everybody," says Timothy Jost, an expert in health law at
Washington and Lee University School of Law in Virginia. But Jost and
other experts agreed that the delay wouldn't change expectations for
very many people. One survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation suggests
that only about 13 million people are employed fulltime and yet lack
health insurance.
"It's not going to affect much," says Caroline
Pearson, vice president for health reform at consultant Avalere Health.
"I think the administration is really trying to show flexibility to help
employers who were very concerned about the reporting requirements."
health insurance exchanges are still on schedule to start enrolling
people who want to buy personal health insurance on October 1, offering
benefits on January 1. And the individual mandate - the requirement that
most people get health insurance somehow or pay a small fine -- still
goes into effect Jan. 1.
Most large employers - 98 percent of them
- already provide health insurance to workers. More than half of
Americans, or 160 million people, get their health insurance through an
"The vast majority offer insurance that is both affordable and adequate," Jost says.
law's changes targeted mostly small and medium-sized employers,
including restaurants and some retail outlets, that didn't provide
"A lot of the big employers that don't want to provide
health insurance to their workers are the big national chains that have
young, healthy workers," Jay Angoff, former director of Consumer
Information and Insurance Oversight at the Health and Human Services
Department, told NBC News.
The good news for these workers, Angoff
says, is that they are low-paid and likely eligible to get federal
subsidies to buy health insurance on the state exchanges. "As long as
they have that alternative, I don't think it is so terrible," he said.
had been expected all along that some employers that employ very
low-wage employees would find their employees better off on the
exchanges," Jost said in a telephone interview.
The law would make
employers demonstrate how many workers they had, whether they have
health insurance and, if so, where they get it. It was really
complicated, says Pearson. "Employers do need a bit of time to adjust
their system to keep track of this," Pearson says.
The fines
would apply only if workers had no insurance or had to go to the new
state exchanges to get it, and not if the employees instead got coverage
through Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor,
says Jost.
"It is to be hoped, moreover, that employers who have
been claiming that they have to reduce their employee's hours of work to
below 30 to avoid the penalties will restore the lost hours, and small
employers fearful of growing over the 50 fulltime employee threshold
will focus on growing their businesses rather than worrying about the
ACA (Affordable Care Act)," Jost added in a blog post.
the extra year is what is needed to reduce anxiety and build confidence
in the business community in the workability of the law."
Not everyone agrees. Republicans took the opportunity to say the delay shows the administration cannot implement the law smoothly, and renewed their calls for repeal.
the Obama administration is putting off this job-killing requirement on
employers, but not individuals and families, shows how deeply flawed
the president's signature domestic policy achievement is," said Utah
Sen. Orrin Hatch.
"This further confirms that even the proponents
of ObamaCare know it will hurt jobs, decrease economic growth and make
it harder for families to have access to quality and affordable health
care," added House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, health policy expert at the right-leaning
American Action Forum, said it would cost money in the end. "At a
minimum, the federal revenue from fines is gone," he said in a
statement. "More realistically, the costs of already-bloated insurance
subsidies will escalate and the red ink will rise."
And Michael Tanner of the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute says the decision benefits employers at the expense of workers.
the individual mandate remains in place, workers may now face a
situation where they must purchase their own insurance or pay a penalty
because their employers don't provide coverage. In effect, the
administration's decision shifts the cost from employers to workers," he
said in a statement.
Maggie Fox, Senior Writer, NBC News


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Hi, Good Morning all!
Im getting married in 9 weeks and have toned up considerably (but not actually lost much weight) through exercise and healthy eating, id love to get down to 12 stone mainly for my honeymoon in 12 weeks (im 13 stone now) my mum has been doing the dukan and swears by it she has lost an amazing 45lbs and is going for 50 by the wedding which she will defo do - mrs motivated and all that!!
I am 29, size 14, 5'10 and fairly active (sedentary job but 3/4 exercise sessions per week) If this helps paint a picture!!
I have the book, and my mum for support but its great to have a place (here) to come and read others questions, tips, motivations and successes!!
My food today consists of a boiled egg for breaky and one as a mid-morning snack, 3 chicken breasts and a good handful of prawns for lunch and I have some yogurt for a spoonful should I need something extra!! my next fitting of my wedding dress is at the end of july so I have 4 weeks really- a stone would be a real achievement!
I would love for some hellos back and an update of progresses of your own?!!
Looking forward to finding some dukan buddies!!!
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Sophabella's Wine Bar and Bistro — passionate Italian food
In 1994, the only thing Bill Brazil knew about Italian roast-beef sandwiches was that they could be found at a take-out spot in an old Taco Bell called Custino's on N May Ave.
Fifteen years later, Brazil is nearing a decade of success with Sophabella's Wine Bar and Bistro, 7628 N May, just a few blocks from the old Custino's. And he's also serving our Sandwich of the Month: the Italian Beef Combo. Brazil was managing a Kettle restaurant on N Meridian on Dec. 5, 1994, building on his restaurant career. In a blink of an eye, it all changed. "I was shot," Brazil said. A masked gunman burst into the store a little after 2 p.m. and began demanding customers get under their tables and turn over their valuables. Brazil said a bullet grazed his head. "I left the business after that," Brazil said. "Got a degree in business finance and moved to Chicago." But managing an office machinery outfit didn't fulfill him. He came back from Chicago with a newfound passion for the restaurant business and an equal passion for Italian food. "Believe it or not, everything at the Kettle was made in-house — pancake batters, waffle batters, biscuits, you name it," Brazil said. "I wanted to open an Italian restaurant that did that. ... We make our own pasta and do most of our own baking." Brazil gives credit to longtime friend Mark Amme, who owned Caffe Pranzo and helped get Pepperoni Grill off the ground. Amme agreed to make Brazil his kitchen apprentice for two years. "Mark is amazing. He really put us on a strong foundation." Brazil also got a boost when a cook he met in Chicago made a surprise visit to Oklahoma shortly after Sophabella's opened. "Jose (Romo) showed up on the doorstep, and he'd worked in a huge kitchen back in Chicago, but he wanted a little quieter lifestyle," Brazil said.
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Australian Open The Australian Open is the first Grand Slam event of the year and is held during two weeks in January. It was held for the first time in 1905. Since then it has undergone some substantial changes, including moving from grass courts to hard courts in 1988. The Australian Open has also given tennis fans some of the most memorable matches in tennis history.
The 2012 Men's Singles final, which pitted Novak Djokovic against Rafael Nadal, is one of the most famous finals in recent memory. The match lasted five sets, with nearly every one going down to the wire. It took nearly six hours to complete. In the end Djokovic was able to defend his 2011 title. (He also captured the 2013 Australian Open title to make it three in a row.)
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RENO, Nev. You can find Deb Devine running or riding her mountain bike on trails from Lake Tahoe to Galena just about every day, weather permitting.
Its what the Incline Village woman loves to do, and she regularly encounters many others young and old alike who share her outdoor passion.
Thats why Devine was surprised to learn about a new government report suggesting fewer people are using national forest land these days.
I talk to people who are hiking and using the trails all the time, said Devine, 46. That does surprise me.
The visitor use national summary report, recently released by the U.S. Forest Service, shows that visits to the nations national forests declined from 204.8 million in 2004 to 178.6 million in 2007, a drop of about 13 percent and a continuation of a trend first noticed several years ago.
In the Forest Services Region 4, which includes Nevada, Utah and southern Idaho, the report shows a 9 percent decline.
35 percent drop reported
Visitors to Nevadas Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, at 6.3 million acres the largest national forest in the lower 48 states, also apparently dropped, said Forest Supervisor Ed Monnig
In 2004, an estimated 2.9 million people visited the forest, but the number dropped to 1.9 million in 2007, a decrease of nearly 35 percent.
The governments methods of gauging visitation have varied since efforts began in 2000 and the task is a difficult one, Monnig said.
We dont have turnstiles; we dont take tickets, he said. Its a challenge to determine how many people really use the national forest.
Other officials also have doubts. Counts at Californias Tahoe National Forest suggested a drop of about 2 million visitors from 2001 to 2005. Forest Service officials said much of that perceived drop was associated with how visits to ski resorts on Forest Service-leased land were tallied.
The number of mountain bikers in Tahoe National Forest appears on the rise, and officials suspect overall use may be, too.
Our gut feeling is were not seeing a downward trend, said Fran Herbst, acting recreation officer at the forest. When we talk to the people on the ground, they are not experiencing an overall decline in use. Their gut feeling is theyre not seeing a decrease but perhaps a slight increase.
Less use could hurt funding
Jim Wessman of Washoe Valley hiked on a recent Friday morning up Mount Rose, as he does a hundred times a year. He sees a lot of people on the trail, often the same ones. Wessman, 58, said in recent years he seems to have noticed more women using the backcountry.
Aaron Freed-Thall and friend Lexi Pillat, both of Truckee, also recently hiked up a portion of the Mount Rose trail.
Freed-Thall, 25, likes the trails to himself so in that respect, he said, diminishing use could have some benefits.
But Freed-Thall also worries that decreased use of forests could result in reduced funding by the government, which could harm efforts to preserve forests.
Pillat, 23, said she would be surprised at any reduced use of national forests, particularly because its free.
But not everything is free, and thats one issue critics of the Forest Service are quick to pounce upon. Increasingly common fees charged to forest visitors are cited as a reason visits may be declining, said Kitty Benzar, president of the Western Slope No-Fee Coalition.
Since 2004, permanent fee programs were put in place across many public lands managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Since then, existing fees were raised at more than 700 recreation sites and imposed at 200 new ones, the groups said.
Benzar said the practice could come with serious consequences.
Fees were already driving many families away from public lands, even while times were good, Benzar said. The economic crisis were facing now will exacerbate a very worrisome trend. As household budgets are cut to the bare bones, visiting a National Forest will be just another luxury item that can be done without.
Monnig isnt convinced fees have had a serious effect, at least at Humboldt-Toiyabe. Money collected at campgrounds in the forest increased from $714,200 in 2004 to $885,900 in 2008, but there were relatively little increases in camping fees charged over the period, he said.
We have seen, we think, an increase in campground use, Monnig said. Thats probably not surprising given the increase of the population of Nevada.
Speculation about reasons
However difficult visitation numbers may be to pin down, some decrease in use nationally does seem to be occurring, and thats caught the attention not only of public land managers, but also of the outdoor industry that sells products to campers, hikers and backpackers, Monnig said.
Thats resulted in a scrutiny of trends. Studies conducted by the National Park Service suggest a declining use of campgrounds since the early 1990s while use of lodges in national parks is on the rise, according to the National Park Service Public Use Statistics office.
Fewer people also seem to be backpacking in the most remote areas, Monnig said. Fewer backpackers and more folks preferring to sleep under a roof than in a tent could simply reflect an aging population, Monnig said.
Another concern: More of Americas young people could be more interested in playing computer games than experiencing the outdoors, a disconnect from nature Forest Service officials say could have long-term implications for not only the well-being of children but also the future stewardship of public land.
That concern helped prompt Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell to pursue a new Kids in the Woods initiative to better connect youths to nature, Monnig said.
The issue is fostering plenty of debate, he said.
There are some shifts in use patterns. There does seem to be a changing set of interests by the American people, Monnig said.
Obviously were in service to the American people, and if the American people dont like what we offer, its going to affect what we do.
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though he left the Eagles after the Hotel California
tour in 1977 Randy Meisner will always be remembered
as the voice of 'Take it to the Limit' and 'Midnight
Flyer.' He still sings those Eagles hits live
in his latest band the World Class Rockers but
mostly he lives the simple life in his house
in the hills of Studio City Los Angeles. We
talked to Randy by phone.
Beaudin - Hi Randy, it's nice to talk to
you. We're doing a pop section on our web site
where every month we profile someone that's
not necessarily part of the Smooth Jazz world.
Actually, it's just a section where I get to
talk to whoever I want to!
Meisner - Well, then I'm glad you chose me, thank you.
John - Where are you by the way?
Randy - Studio City Los Angeles. It's right across
from Universal City.
John - What are you up to these days?
Randy - I'm working with a group called W.C.R. which
stands for World Classic Rockers.
John - You guys changed the line-up of the band,
right? I noticed you sometimes play with Fergie
Frederiksen , former lead singer of Toto.
Randy - Yeah, it changes sometimes. There was Spencer
Davis, Nick St Nicholas who was with Steppenwolf,
Ron Wikso from Foreigner on Drums and Denny
Laine from Wings. We've been together for a
while now maybe four to five years. We do mostly
corporate dates.
John - When you say corporate dates, do you mean
for major companies?
Randy - Yes, like Nortel and different corporations.
The great thing is with this band every song
is a hit. With corporate people they might hire
a band and they may have three hits and maybe
their other songs might not be as good as their
hits but this thing just keeps growing and it
is so good. We have had a great response from
everyone we have played for.
John - I listened to a clip of the album you released
with the live versions of things you released
with the band and "Take It to the Limit'
is on there. What else do you do with the band
besides singing lead?
Randy - Well, it depends on the dates. Sometimes Spencer
has other work that he does and that is what
is great about the group because we can come
in and go as we please. As far as songs I do
with the Eagles I normally sing "Take it
Easy,' "Already Gone,' 'Hearts on Fire,'
from my solo album. We also do "Hotel California'
and we have Fergie come up and sing that lead.
John - That is on the album isn't it?
Randy - Yes and the album was done when we had different
drummers and stuff because we worked with Bruce
Gary for a while which is from 'The Knack,'
My Sharona. He is a great drummer but things
changed and now we have Ron Wikso playing drums
from Foreigner. It is like going back in time,
it really is and it is so much fun!
John - It must be kind of fun to know that you
are playing with these guys but if you want
to take some time off you really can, like you
said players come and go.
Randy - Yes, just with Spencer and I since Spencer
has other dates on his own. Basically just as
far as traveling, I told him in the beginning
that I wanted to be with the group. There is
a certain time that I need at home because with
the Eagles and stuff I was on the road so much.
Now if my wife can't come along, I am not happy.
(Laughing) She has her own business and there
are certain weekdays that she can't come along
and its like I want to do it but I have the
option. The thing is the band is for everybody
and everybody loves each other and there is
no jealously or anything.
John - I was looking at the pictures on the net and
it sounds like you guys are having a hoot!\
Randy - It has been just wonderful and just like going
back in time and I feel like I am seventeen
years old sometimes. But maybe the next morning
I don't. (Laughing)
John - Oh, still some of that happening, huh?
Randy - Do you know what I am watching right now?
John - What?
Randy - I live in the hills in Studio City and my
wife and I feed deer every night. There are
two little fawns up here and they are spotted
and they are twins. We have been feeding them
for 14 years, since we moved up here. It is
just so neat I just had to say that. We feed
them and they come up every night and they trust
us. You have to build trust in animals.
John - You know it is interesting that you should
say that because if you look at a stereotypical
view I think of anybody that is looking at some
one who was with Poco and The Eagles they probably
think he is sitting on his porch feeding deer
and now you are doing it!
John - Do you have a lot of privacy where you
Randy - Very much so. I am on a little street
that has a drive-way that comes to my house
and there is a dead end and below my house
is a lot of land and it is like in the mountains
towards Universal city where you really
can't build on the hills. So, I leave my
gates open for the deer and the animals
and we feed them every night. It is like
six feet from us and I think animals are
the most wonderful things in the world.
John - Wow, talk about getting close to nature
which is kind of important! Do you ever
have something coming up to your door that
maybe you don't want coming to your door
that could eat you or something? (Laughing)
Randy - (Laughing) Well, we have had a bobcat
come up here but I just consider them beautiful
animals. The thing is we take pictures because
people do not believe us like in Hollywood
Hills that there could be that many animals.
Believe me over the last fourteen years
we have built so much trust with them. We
can watch them or put food out while they
are eating and they don't even move.
John - Do you still collect cars?
Randy - Oh God! I had a whole bunch of real ones
around eight years ago. I had about twenty
three cars antiques, mostly Fords. They
were in Nebraska and I had a storage place
for them there.
John - You are from Nebraska, right?
Randy -Yes I am and I grew up on a farm so that
is why I like my privacy. I sold all of
my cars and kept a little 44 pick-up and
it is all restored. It has a little V-8,
85 in it with duel and fifteen inch tires
and that is all I have done. It is just
like perfection!
John - Who restores them, is it you or someone
you know?
Randy - I didn't restore this one, my cousin did
and he went to Cal. State and a friend of
his took this thing down to the frame and
did it as an art project. So every bolt
in the car he saved in a bag and put it
back in the same spot. So, rather than sand
the parts down he brought them to a place
in Pasadena, California. He put the body
and the fenders of the pick-up in a solution
that takes the paint off without taking
the metal away. There was a guy that worked
at an old Ford dealership who painted it
in this old enamel before they stocked the
paint. It is just my little pride and joy!
John - I know you owned Porsche's and were they
vintage or new?
Randy - I had an old one and I wrecked it like
a dummy. It was like a 914 from Germany
and I think it was a 73. I just had all
kinds of money in it and I was just getting
ready to get it painted. I had the engine
all rebuilt and everything and what a fast
little car and it just ended up in a wreck.
When it was totaled I was so sad. I worked
on that car for three years.
John - Well, just like the Buddhists would say
it is all about impermanence you just have
to let it go, I guess! (Laughing)
Randy - (Laughing) Yeah, it is only material.
John - When you were with The Eagles were you
into cars then?
Randy - Oh yeah, I have always been. I actually
have a model collection that is over fifteen
hundred cars. When I was in high school
I use to build cars like modifying little
44's with the guys that I knew. What I use
to do is I'd buy model kits like AMT's and
build them by memory and it has always been
a lot of fun for me and now I have all these
models in my house.
John - Where do you find the room in your
house to put them?
Randy - (laughing) Well, the house is full plus
my wife and I collect antiques. We go to
auctions all the time and get all this stuff
and now it is like we kinda have to build
another room in the house.
John - Do you get recognized when you go to auctions?
Randy - Not too much anymore but there used to
be a time when that always happened.
John - Did that drive you crazy?
Randy - No, it is like part of your gig. They
are the fans and they are the ones that
make you. When I was with the Eagles like
in Japan I remember these people would come
up and they would want autographs and so
they would have an album sitting out. (Laughing)
I would go to sign it and they would have
about twelve of them layered so it looked
like one. It was like 'kachunk' like a little
shutter thing and could I sign this too.
(Laughing) I would just stand there signing
all night and I would sign every one of
them. You know there were all these people
who came and wanted my autograph and I really
appreciated that because they are fans and
that is what makes us!
John - Well, that is a good attitude but I have
to say I only hear that half the time. What
I hear a lot of is, "Why won't these
people leave me alone!" Some of the
people I have talked to are almost bitter
and angry at their own fame. When you and
I were growing up, especially in the era
we grew up in, we all wanted to be rock
stars. Of course that came to fruition for
Randy - Yeah, it is like a dream. I can tell you
this every week I get about two or three
letters from young kids all over the U.S.
and all they want is an autographed picture.
It is amazing and I don't know if their
parents tell them to do it but The Eagles
played so many gigs that we have seen kids
fifteen and sixteen years old singing all
the lyrics. It just really makes you feel
good and that they are appreciating what
I did and the work we do.
John - Look at The Eagles greatest
hits, it is the biggest selling album of
all time in North America and that says
a lot.
Randy - I know and I finally received that award.
When they originally presented it Bernie
Leadon and I weren't even notified so we
had to call and we finally received it.
When I quit it was like Timothy Schmit joined
the group and it was like Timothy was the
guy now and I can't blame them for that.
All that stuff and all the arguing amongst
The Eagles is over now. Well at least for
Do you still hang out with Don Henley and
Glen Frey?
Randy - Well, not really.
John - But you played with them when you were
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
John - When you were starting out was Poco your
first big gig?
Randy - I did that first album with them 'Picking
Up the Pieces' and then there was a thing
where Richie Furay and I we made the album
and then I called in and said, "I want
to come down and listen to the mixes."
Richie for some reason thought he and Jimmy
Messina should just do it alone. I said,
"If that is the way it is going to
be then I don't feel like a member of the
band," and Richie said, "Okay,
and you quit kind of thing." So then
I left. (Laughing) It was just as simple
as that. Then I went back to Nebraska and
worked with a friend of mine who owned a
John Deer dealership. I was like a parts
man for eight months and then Ricky Nelson
called me and I played with him for a while.
They were doing Rudy the Fifth and I was
playing from nine to one in the morning
and then getting to work at John Deer later
and later every day. Pretty soon Ricky called
and asked if I could come out and do a few
songs and he said, "We want to hear
your bass playing." So I came out and
then it started all over again. Then I started
playing with Linda
Ronstadt and Glen Fry and Don Henley
that was after Poco.
John - So at that point you were finished
with Ricky Nelson?
Randy - Well, I didn't want to let Ricky down
so I got a friend of mine Steve Love who
was also in my band. I told Rick that he
was a great singer, he could sing the high
parts and he is a great guitarist and he
can play bass anytime he wants. Steve got
that job so I didn't let Rick down. Then
I went on with Don (Henley) and Glen (Frey).
John - Bernie came from the Burrito Brother's
- Yeah, he did and it was around that time
John - Do you remember the first gig you played
with the other guys in the Eagle's?
Randy - Yeah, it was the first time I played with Linda
Ronstadt in San Jose, California and
it was so much fun playing with Don and
Glen. (Laughing) That was when it all started.
Don and Glen knew me from Poco and Glen
came from a group called Longbranch Pennywhistle
with J.D. Souther. Henley came from a group
out of Texas called Shiloh. So, that is
how we all met and for me it all started
with them noticing me in Poco. Then David
Geffen got involved once we were already
John - Had you talked to Rick (Nelson) anytime
before his death?
Randy - Yes, it was about eight months before
that happened. At the time I wasn't married
and his girlfriend and my girlfriend were
friends. We got to see Rick and we went
out a couple of times and just hung out.
All I can say is Rick was a great guy, he
was extremely funny and a lot of people
don't know that about him.
John - You know what I kept hearing about him
is in spite of the fact that he had been
in show business from the time he was a
little boy he was still an unpretentious
Randy - Exactly that is what I was trying to say.
(Laughing) Yeah, he was always a regular
guy and always a lot of fun.
John - He could have easily been a child actor
Randy - That certainly didn't happen to him and
I never saw that in him. I loved that man.
John - Were you involved in the reunion album
with Poco?
Randy - Yes, I was and that was like seven or
eight years ago.
John - Was that fun for you?
Randy - It wasn't very good. (Laughing) I had
done some recording with Richard Marx and
he wrote a song for me. Then we all got
back together and it was really fun actually.
Let me tell you what really happened. This
was going down around the time of the Persian
Gulf War and our management had arranged
all these things on military bases. We had
all this merchandising to sell and when
we got to all these army bases we were playing
to empty crowds because all the troops were
in the Persian Gulf. After that we played
a few more things but I ended up paying
all this money for merchandising rather
than making money on it. We did make a record
and I thought it was good. Richie Furay
is a minister in Boulder, Colorado. So,
when we went out we had to change our lyrics
like on the song "Hearts on Fire"
we had to change the line "I had myself
a tall one waiting in the bar I didn't want
to leave here until I had her in the car"
it got to Richie. I had to respect Richie
but one night we were playing in Toronto
and the crowd was really good and I sang
the original lyric and Richie got kind of
upset about that. Also, Jimmy Messina couldn't
sing "I had her in the backseat"
on his song. I really got frustrated with
that because we weren't singing the original
lyrics of these songs so I left. We did
finish the tour but I didn't make a penny.
We did travel all over and we went to Europe
for a month to promote this whole album.
Out of a month we played twenty four days
and we would get up at five in the morning,
go to every radio station in Europe and
plug this album. It didn't do a darn bit
of good. So, I have had my road work, you
know? (Laughing)
John - I remember the day when I found out that
you left the Eagles I was seventeen and
I was talking to one of my best friends.
I was really pissed off at you for leaving
and then my buddy looked at me and said,
"Hey, this guy can probably live off
the residuals of being in this band forever
and he is going off to do his own thing
and you are pissed off at him?"
Randy - I can't blame a lot of people for being
mad at that. After Hotel California I had
been on the road so much and I was married
and going then going through a divorce.
I thought this whole thing has taken its
toll. When you are on the road your whole
life you really don't have a normal life.
There were so many books written about the
Eagles that said we always bitched at each
other but the bottom line is that is in
the past now. I don't want to end up hating
every body for the rest of my life and I
won't. I look at the Eagles as just good
compadres that I've worked with in the past.
I have no ill will towards any of them.
John - It sounds like you are a peace with these
Randy - There is a time when you got to stop bitching
I am getting too old for that. (laughing)
John - Brings to mind the old saying about hate
being hard on the heart.
Randy - Exactly, you got it right on the money.
You will grow old fast and die quicker.
John - Do you remember exactly how you felt when
you left the Eagles?
John - I remember a few years ago watching a
live Don Henley special on A&E and he
mentioned something interesting that he
just couldn't believe how long it took to
get from the beginning to the end of an
album. There were so many different components
to making an album.
Randy - Especially for Henley, he is such a stickler.
You just have to listen to his music. (laughing)
John - So, you listen to Don's stuff?
Randy - Don he is a perfectionist and so am I.
So, I guess we are both the same. I have
heard Don's last album and he is always
good. He has got the golden throat. I think
David Geffen said that of him so many years
ago. Looking back I had the real high voice
in the Eagles. The purpose of the whole
Eagles thing to me was that combination
and the chemistry that made all the harmonies
just sound perfect. The funny thing is after
we made those albums I never listened to
them and it is only when some one comes
over or I am at some body's house and it
gets played in the background that is when
I'll tell myself, "Damn, these records
are good." (Laughing)
John - (laughing) Paul McCartney has said
that about the Beatles and he is always
saying that he hears the band in the background
and before his brain reminds him that he
was in that band there is another part of
him that just says, "Man, that band
was good." To him these songs were
recorded so long ago that he is far removed
enough to listen to the songs with fresh
Randy - Yeah that is the same thing with me. Once
you are in the studio you've heard that
album so many times you have heard it to
death. When you are done with it its like
you are really done.
John - The Eagles especially on "The Long
Run" were kind of accused of doing
the Steely Dan thing over producing. I really
think it worked with Steely Dan but sometimes
an album can be over produced.
Randy - There is something to be said for that.
You can be too much of a perfectionist and
then you lose the real feel for the album.
Henley always does a pretty damn good job
John - It sounds like Henley is a lot more comfortable
in his skin these days with the Eagles reunion
and especially with his family life.
Randy - I hope so and good for him.
John - Do you listen to radio?
Randy - A little bit. I use to listen to talk
radio a lot but it makes me too damn mad.
I love radio but I don't listen to a lot
of music on FM. Talk radio can be very political
and it makes people mad especially the political
side of it. I have said some things about
politics that have made people really mad
so I don't really go there anymore. You
just vote for who you thinks right and you
hope for the best. (Laughing) I am just
a down home old guy. (laughing)
John - Did you know the guys in the World Class
Rockers in the seventies?
Randy - Not really. I knew Spencer (Davis) but
not Denny (Laine). I was familiar with his
work but I didn't know him.
John - Would you trade war stories after each
Randy - Oh, you can't help but do that. We're
really doing the same thing that we were
doing when we were young except it is a
little harder to get up in the morning now.
John - You know Randy we used to
say that Poco was the farm team for The
Eagles. It's interesting how Timothy (Schmit)
replaced you in both Poco and the Eagles.
Randy - (laughing) Yeah, I guess they were. Poco
kinda started the whole thing along with
the Byrds and Bernie Leadon in the Burrito
Brothers and stuff. We were all kind of
the front runners in the country rock thing.
John - Well, when people go back to the history
of the music these bands are always mentioned
and hopefully they always will be. I look
at singer songwriters now and Country artist
and it's hard to deny that they were all
influenced by those styles.
Randy - Years and Years later, yeah, the Nashville
thing especially is what the Eagles did.
Just look at what the Nashville players
are doing. They're good but God I don't
know how they write so many songs so fast.
They have an idea one night and the next
day the records out. They do an album in
like a day.
John - I tracked down John Jarvis a few years
ago. I don't know if you know him but he
played and won Grammy's with Vince Gill
and the Judds and he said the same thing,
it's a fast machine.
Randy - Oh God, they call Nashville the cookie
cutter, just bam, bam, bam. Here they are.
Some of them are such great musicians. There's
a guy in Nashville named John Hobbs, he's
a keyboard player and he played on my first
album. He's one of the top guys down there.
I call that album my scatter-gun album because
I wanted to do every kind of song thinking
that one of them would hit but I didn't
have any continuity. So every song on that
one was different. I did "If You Want
to Be Happy For the Rest of Your Life."
Do you remember that?
John - Oh yeah, I had that one.
Randy - (Starts singing the song) If You Want
to Be Happy For the Rest of Your Life. That
was a song from high school that I always
loved and John Hobbs played on that and
Ernie Watts who played with the Johnny Carson
band. He's just the best sax man in the
world. So the players were great on the
album at least I can say that (laughing).
Sometimes you gotta take a deep breath and
say well this is just kind of fun.
John - Tell me about your second solo album "One
More Song?"
Randy - Yeah, that was the one with Eric Kaz and
Wendy Waldman. Val Garay produced that one
and I felt that one was my best. The one
after that was with Michael Flicker, who
did Heart and I had Nancy Wilson on it on
a song called "Strangers" that
Elton John wrote and there's some good music
on there as well.
John - Did you enjoy working with Mike Flicker?
Randy - Well,
he wanted to make me more of a hard rocker.
It was okay and it was fun. It was at that
point that I realized that I didn't want
to be a solo artist.
John - Well, there really is comfort in a group
setting isn't there?
Randy - Oh yeah! After that I worked with Rick
Roberts of Firefall.
John - Firefall was one of my favorite bands
in the seventies.
Randy - Yeah he's a great guy. We played together
for maybe three or four years doing mostly
small clubs.
John - Was that before or after you worked with
Billy Swan?
Randy - That was before. The project with Billy
Swan was called Meisner Swan and Rich with
Alan Rich whose dad Charlie Rich sang "Behind
Closed Doors." I sang and wrote a great
one on that album called "My How Things
Have Changed."
John - Was that one autobiographical?
Randy - Oh Yeah. It's about how many changes I've
had in my life. It's an attempt at writing.
John - I remember listening to your debut album
and that first song "Bad Man"
written by J.D. Souther and Glen Frey.
Randy - You
know that song got on the movies "FM."
I was still with Irving Azoff as a manager
who of course is with The Eagles and he
was the one that got that tune on the soundtrack.
(Randy starts singing the song)
John - If I remember correctly other than
"Take It to the Limit" you didn't
write any of the tunes on that first album
Randy - That's right like I said it was a scatter-gun
album with everything on it. Alan Brackett
the producer helped me a lot on that album.
He had a few writers that he knew that did
some songs on it.
John - Well, I enjoyed that album.
Randy - Thanks John. That's good to hear. I just
wanted to make a record on my own at that
stage in my life.
John - Rick Roberts is officially out of Firefall
Randy - Yeah,
he's out and living in Boulder Colorado.
I talk to him every once in a while. He's
a great writer and he's been working on
some new stuff.
John - You and him together as a duo again
would be great! Your voices would work together
really well.
Randy - Oh
yeah, (laughing) it works. As for getting
together it's a matter of my life now is
me and my wife and this house and my little
dog and my tomatoes.
John - Who am I to get between you and your tomatoes.
Randy - (laughing) I know it sounds stupid but
it really means a lot. I really love fresh
John - Hey, you're preaching to the choir.
I eat tomatoes like apples.
John - How long have you been with your wife?
Randy - We've been together sixteen or seventeen
years. We got married in November 1996
and I was really scared to get married.
John - Hey, man we all are. (Laughing)
Randy - (laughing) Yeah with all the divorces
but we were getting along so good. My
wife's best girlfriend got married and
I watched her face at the wedding and
that spoke to me. Then her younger brother
got married and I watched her at that
wedding and then I knew it was time. I
was worried though because everything
was going so good I thought if I got married
it would change everything. It was kind
of stupid since once I got married I thought
hey this is no problem.
John - Was this your third marriage?
Randy -
Second but it seemed like three. (Laughing)
I first got married when I was really
young in Nebraska and you know my grand
daughter graduated from high school a
few years ago so that gives you a little
inch on my age. I have to use a walker
to get on stage. (laughing)
John - (laughing) Okay, that part we will not
believe. Tell me what do you think of
this whole piracy thing. I know napster
is long dead but what are your thoughts
on it.
Randy - Well, I've always thought of it as everyone
just making a cassette. It's just the
same but the problem is it's not a cassette
its digital and it sounds just like the
original. When you make a cassette for
someone there's white noise on it. I just
don't want it to screw up my royalties.
What do you think about it?
John - First hand I don't buy albums. I get
everything free from the record companies
anyway. I get at least one hundred CD's
in the mail every month so I get music
in a different way than most people. I
think the record companies cannot really
beat this thing without joining in this
and beating the piracy at their own game
and many are doing that now.
Randy -
Sure there are many ways to look at it.
If the music gets out there more than
maybe someone who downloads one song will
want to buy the whole album. Maybe they'll
want the whole original thing with jewel
box and liner notes. For me personally,
I just don't want to be cheated out of
my royalties and I'm okay.
John - One of my producers Neil Thompson says
it's great for him as an artist since
it gets his music out there.
Randy - Yeah, he's right. It's great for new
artists. You know I've got three live
albums from the Eagles and they sound
like crap.
John - Live albums recorded with hand held
tape recorders?
Randy - Oh Yeah. The sound is awful. They'd
have guys with poles with mic's on them
on each side of the stage to try to get
the stereo effect but they sound terrible.
If you want the real thing buy the record.
Some body sent me an outtake CD of the
Eagles in the studio talking back and
forth to each other. I have no idea where
it came from.
John - Do you have your own outtake stuff
that you recorded with the Eagles?
Randy -
Well I lost a tape of the second album
we made "Desperado." Everyday
I would go in the studio when the Eagles
would rehearse and I had one of those
early first Sony stereo's that came in
a little bag and it had two little speakers
with it. I went to Radio Shack and bought
this little cheap mic and before we would
rehearse I'd have this little mixer and
I would set up all the mics on all the
amps and the drums and everything and
when they came in I recorded it. I ended
up with a pretty good recording as cheap
as it was. I had "Doolin' Dalton"
and "Desperado" and all that
stuff. So we went to Hawaii to play and
I must have been dreaming or something
and I left that thing laying in the airport
and so someone got that cassette player
and the tape. Someday that thing is going
to show up and I can't wait.
John - What a collector's item. If someone
has it out there please contact us and
we'll get you a copy of it Randy.
Randy - Yeah, that would be great. I was so
mad that I lost it. I'll bet that it'll
show up some day unless somebody didn't
know what it was and threw it out.
John - Yeah the Eagles only had one actual
album out at that point. You weren't really
that well known yet and the stuff on the
tape hadn't been released so to an unfamiliar
person it sounded like a demo from just
a band.
Randy - Yeah that true. I think a lot of these
specialty in-studio CD's that get circulated
are put together obviously by people who
work in the studio. They have their private
little cassette recording on the side.
In some ways I think its fun. It's all
kind of fun unless it's detrimental to
you. (Laughing)
John - I'll just ask a few more here. I
know you have to go but at what point
with the Eagles did you know that this
band was going to be a great financial
Randy - I'd say that happened when "One
of These Nights" came out. We were
doing a lot of gigs before that opening
up for Jethro Tull and Joe Cocker but
then everything changed. I looked at Irving
Azoff one day and said, "Boy, this
is big time now." I could tell it
was really working and all of a sudden
we got hit with all this stuff. It became
John - And that was before "Hotel California."
It must have gone really nuts after that?
Randy - Oh, Yeah really nuts and that's when
I left. I did the tour for "Hotel
John - Did the other guys know you were going
to leave?
Randy - No, not really. Glen (Frey) and I got
into a little fight but it's something
that just happened and we kind of got
mad at each other and took a swing at
each other in Knoxville Tennessee. (Laughing)
At the time to me it was just like two
guys fighting but it got really bad so
at that point I just decided to leave
because I just didn't like what I was
doing anymore.
John - Any regrets about leaving the Eagles?
Randy - Not really but I wish I could of left
in a different way though. I mean how
are you going to be nice when you leave.
John - It's interesting that you should say
that because most of us leave our love
relationships like that. Most of the time
the ending is not pretty. Later in years
hopefully it gets resolved where one person
calls the other and says, "Listen,
I don't like the way it ended" but
that doesn't always happen.
Randy - Exactly. That's the deal. You do it
and then you have to stand with what you
did. Probably the worst part of this whole
deal is all the books that were put out.
John - I read a bit of "Take it to the
Randy - Yeah, there were a couple of them. It's
like catching someone at a wrong time
when everyone was kind of angry at everyone
else. You say things that you really don't
mean. These people want the dirt and they
forget that most of the time there was
not any dirt. Most of the time we got
along really well. Years later you read
it and its dirt and you think why in the
hell did I say that about him whether
it's Glen or Henley. For God sakes were
just people. It was a time where there
was a little resentment.
John - It changes doesn't it?
Randy - Yeah, when you get older you think why
think about that stuff, it's not worth
John - It's easy for folks out there to judge
these days. There you guys were bigger
than world but what you went through was
appropriate for the circumstances.
Randy - Exactly and there's a time when you
say enough is enough. I don't hold any
grudges or hatred. Let's get on with life
and have some fun. You know with the Eagles
I was on my own all the time. All I saw
were airports, the hotel room and the
hall. Now when I do shows and my wife
comes along we go to antique shows and
we go shopping and we actually get the
feel for the city that makes it great.
John - Okay, our bodies ache more now but don't
you overall like being older and just
knowing more?
Randy - Oh, they ache. (Laughing) Sure, that's
true. With the Eagles there just was never
any time. We did the shows, we traveled,
and we did interviews. It was always bam,
bam, bam.
John - In those days you guys did hang out
together, right?
Randy - Oh God, we did a lot of that but by
"Hotel California" it was like
separate limo's and everybody had their
own thing going and it was just getting
kind of tiring.
John - Do you have any plans of quitting music?
Randy - Totally quitting? No, I don't think
I'll ever do that.
John - We got sidetracked a while ago talking
about the Poco/Eagles farm team thing.
Well, it's kind of wacky that you were
replaced in Poco by Timothy B. Schmit
and when you left the Eagles in 1977 he
was the guy who replaced you there.
Randy - Yeah, he's following me around. (Laughing)
He's a really nice guy. When we were inducted
in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame he made
such a nice remark giving me all the best
and saying, "Remember that Randy
did most of this work with the Eagles
not me." It was so honest and so
John - I hear you are a big Honeymooners fan?
Randy - Yeah, I watch that and Andy Griffith.
I am a down home guy.
John - Randy, it's been very special for me
to talk with you. It means a lot. Thank
you so much for your time.
Randy - John, you're very welcome. It was fun.
You take care and keep eating tomatoes.
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Paclitaxel Eluting Balloon for SFA In-stent Restenosis
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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy on the use of drug eluting balloon (DEB) with paclitaxel to treat in-stent restenosis in femoropopliteal arteries.
In-stent Arterial Restenosis
Device: PTA with drug eluting balloon with paclitaxel
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Rug Eluting Balloon With Paclitaxel for Treatment of In-stent Restenosis in Femoropopliteal Arteries
- Target lesion patency at 6-month follow-up. [ Time Frame: 6-month post index procedure ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Patency of target lesion at 6-month follow-up based on duplex ultrasound.
- Clinical success up to 12 months post index procedure [ Time Frame: 12 months post index procedure ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Improvement on clinical evaluations including staging of PAD according to the Rutherford category, ABI at 1, 6, 12 months post procedure compared to baseline assessment.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|June 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|August 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Treatment arm
SFA angioplasty with In.Pact Admiral drug eluting balloon
Device: PTA with drug eluting balloon with paclitaxel
Angioplasty with drug eluting balloon with paclitaxel on femoropopliteal arteries
Other Name: In.Pact Admiral by Medtronic
Detailed Description:
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the lower extremities can cause claudication, pain in the legs or feet and slowly wounds that can affect patients' quality of life and increase the risk of leg amputation and death. Both conventional balloon angioplasty (CBA) alone and CBA plus bare metal stents are the current primary endovascular therapy to treat PAD. However, exaggerated neointimal hyperplasia leading to in-stent restenosis is associated with CBA. Paclitaxel coated balloons have been recognized to be safe and effective for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis, which the investigators hypothesize to be applicable in femoropopliteal cases.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years or older
- chronic symptomatic lower limb ischemia defined as Rutherford categories 2, 3, 4 or 5
- in-stent restenosis or occlusion in SFA or PPA 20mm - 200mm
Exclusion Criteria:
- participation in another investigational drug or device trial
- life expectancy less than 12 months
- acute ischemia and/or acute thrombosis of the SFA/PPA
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01616888
|Canada, Ontario
|University Health Network
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4
|Principal Investigator:
|Kong Teng Tan, MD
|University Health Network, Toronto
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|Responsible Party:
|University Health Network, Toronto
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01616888 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 7, 2012
|Last Updated:
|December 5, 2014
|Health Authority:
|Canada: Health Canada
Keywords provided by University Health Network, Toronto:
drug eluting balloon with paclitaxel
in stent restenosis
femoropopliteal arteries
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Antimitotic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Therapeutic Uses
Tubulin Modulators
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Kristof Slagmulder is pictured during the installation of the new... News PhotoBelgium,Government,Horizontal,Installing,New,PoliticsPhotographer AFPCollection: AFP 2013 AFPKristof Slagmulder (Vlaams Belang) is pictured during the installation of the new municipal council in Denderleeuw late on January 9, 2013. THE CD&V and N-VA parties agreed to form a minority coalition but will receive support from Flemish far-right party Vlaams Belang. By making this agreement the coalition is breaking the 'cordon sanitaire' agreement to not work with the Vlaams Belang party. AFP PHOTO / BELGA -KRISTOF VAN ACCOM (Photo credit should read KRISTOF VAN ACCOM/AFP/Getty Images)


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Will Smith lost his cool at the Russian premiere of his "Men in Black" sequel in Moscow on Friday when a male reporter attempted to kiss the actor on the lips during a red carpet encounter.
The star was caught offguard when the unnamed Ukrainian journalist grabbed him and tried to land a smooch on the stunned actor before a pre-screening interview.
In video footage of the incident, Smith appears to shove the guy away, saying, "Hey man, yo man, what the hell is your problem, buddy?"
The angered actor then gave the man a light backhanded slap on the face before moving on down the red carpet.
Apologizing to his next interviewer, Smith said, "Hey sorry, he tried to kiss me on the mouth. Joker. He's lucky I didn't sucker punch him!"
The star then brushed off his concerned publicist and continued on with the press line, telling his rep, "It's all good."
According to TMZ.com, the Ukrainian reporter has made a name for himself trying to kiss celebrities he interviews.