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There are a few natural treasures to be found at 34 Pole Bridge Road.
Citing a "nice main trail, some recently cleared meadows" and "old charcoal pits," Conservation Commission member Joe Hovious recently ticked off some of the property's features. While some trails have "been there a while," Mr Hovious said, "some are under construction by Newtown Trails Committee."
"Recent volunteer efforts have aimed at making the preserve more attractive," said Trails Committee member Paula Burton. She described a vernal pool that is as much as 75 feet wide when full. Visible from existing trails are meadows and paths that "loop through forests and fields."
She mentioned a hemlock forest specifically, "a healthy one, which is rare in this area." She also described the charcoal pits that Mr Hovious had mentioned as raised areas where wood had long ago smoldered and turned to charcoal for fuel. A field there is also "returning to its natural state," she said, since a recent invasive species removal took place.
Considering the property's preservation and conservation as open space, Mr Hovious noted that the "large, connected open space is nice for hikes," and that the Trails Committee anticipates "good mountain bike trails." Ms Burton said it is a nice location to walk the dog.
Mr Hovious said, "I'd like to snowshoe there."
Such pockets of protected habitat are important for Newtown, Ms Burton agreed.
The Conservation Commission recently finished a brochure for the Pole Bridge Preserve, offering background on the property, and a trails map.
In addition to providing habitat for wildlife, plants, and birds, the preserve provides recreational opportunities for residents, as stated in the brochure. "With an additional 70-plus acres of open space nearby, the property has the potential to be part of a larger greenway/trail system with future links to Connecticut's Upper and Lower Paugussett State Forests," the brochure states.
Copies of the brochure are available in the Land Use Office at Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.
Mr Hovious had said that his commission has been working on "property consolidation, meadow clearing, trails," and more.
According to the brochure, some of the geologic features at Pole Bridge include glacial till soils, rock outcroppings, wetlands, streams, vernal pools, charcoal mounds, forests and meadows. It sits within the Housatonic River Watershed and is less than one mile from Lake Zoar. More than 80 percent of the property drains directly into Pole Bridge Brook, a Class A-rated watercourse.
The trees and vegetation offer a variety of hardwood and softwood forests. Among them are hemlock, black, red and white oak, black birch, white ash, hickory, sugar maple, red maple, bigtooth aspen, and black cherry. The diverse understory includes tree seedlings, hay-scented ferns, arrowwood, green briar, and several invasive species.
Wildlife includes fox, coyote, white tail deer, skunks and rabbits, red-shouldered hawks and other raptors, short-eared owls, savannah sparrow, chickadee, cardinal, tufted titmouse, northern flicker and junco as well as Eastern box turtle, salamanders, and native brook trout.
Purchased in 2002, Pole Bridge was a prioritized parcel obtained under Newtown's Open Space Acquisition Program. This land has a history of multiple uses such as agriculture, poultry and cattle farming, mineral and fossil prospecting, charcoal production, and firewood harvesting.
The full preserve, dedicated on May 31, 2003, includes 34 Pole Bridge Road (20.9 acres), purchased from the Aragones family by the town with help of a 50 percent matching grant from the state; 52 Pole Bridge Road (22 acres), obtained by the town as part of the Fox Hollow Lane development in 1979; 15 Bristle Lane (4.8 acres); and a 3.8-acre parcel off Jeremiah Road obtained by the town as part of the Feather Meadow subdivision in 1987-89.
The best way to access the preserve is to walk up the old woods road off Pole Bridge Road. There is also access from three neighborhoods: a marked narrow right-of-way easement off Fox Hollow and Bristle Lane cul-de-sacs, and a pedestrian easement off Brandywine Lane.
Conservation Commission members reminds visitors to respect homeowners' property lines.


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Welcome back studs and amazing girls to the latest installment from the guys of Dirty Laundry Pictures called "Too young To Know Better # 4" from what I recall from the previous two, there's too much of the guys trying to be dicks with the girls, which I'm still trying to understand, is there a fan base for that? apparently is there. Hopefully this one is a bit better.....
Scene 1- Sindee Lake
Cute girl Sindee lake is the first to showcase here and she is join by the male talent who waste no time and slide his dick up her ass after very few strokes in her pussy, she does ATM, and receives a pop in her mouth in a kind of short scene, barely in the 19 minute mark.
Thin frame Skye is next and she showcase and fingers her asshole and gets a banana there, she BJ's, then get it straight in her asshole, she farts out her brains out, the guys start being dicks, she gets some more in pile driver vaginal and anal, she gets the peeled banana in her butt, guy try to pushed with his dick, which hurts her,(asshole!), she farts it out, she gets a pop in her mouth, without the assholes and I mean the guys behavior this can be the best scene in the whole movie.
This girl is real pretty but almost flat chested and thin, you're almost afraid of breaking her out, pussy love missionary then doggy, back there and then ride CG, pop in her stomach.
Good body but medium face, Renae, gets the antics of the guy being a dick again, she gets a full pussy ride and finally gets a dick up her asshole after too much tease, she kiss too much HMA and his toes, gets a pop to finish this one.
Very scorching scene from the first one of the series, with a beautiful Melissa Mane who I haven't seen lately.
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Video and audio quality are good. Menu with chapters and subchapters, no BTS, popshot, photogallery, trailers, web info and so on...
"Too young To Know Better # 4" from Dirty Laundry Pictures follows and sits in the success of the first two of the series but barely delivers. In a four scene movie you should get, IMHO, a longer than 19 minute scene, unless is so scorching that fans are quite satisfied in the first ten minutes, which never happens, then you have to deduct the joking and dick around from the guys, (which sometimes make me mad instead of horny), this from a regular fan POV, and you got the idea, very edgy on the eye candy which most of the time makes it up for the lack of heat. Another one you have to decide.
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Is Melissa Mane, from the bonus scene, one of them? ( yes )
Is Deena Davee, another one? ( yes )
Do they take it up the butt? ( 3 out of 4 )
Cum swallowing? ( no? )
Another fetish? ( KHMA? )
Rental list for this one? ( not sure? )
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I tend to think about coaches in groups. You've probably read something from me about rookie coaches making their first trip to the dance. And in the last two years, I've discovered the surprising weakness of what I call "snakebit" coaches who have more than five tourneys under their belts but have yet to reach the Elite Eight.
Last year I developed a full taxonomy of coaching types using two variables: 1) how many years a coach had been to the dance, and 2) how successful they had been with their trips. I measured "success" as reaching the Elite Eight. That seems like a reasonable yardstick because to get there a coach would have to win at least one game in the second weekend of the dance, thereby demonstrating the value of his preparation. Besides, the Elite Eight represents the closest round to the top 10% of tourney performers.
Using tourney appearances and Elite Eight trips, I've come up with the following taxonomy of coaching types in the tourney:
- Rookies – making their first trip to the tourney
- Novices – 2-5 tourney trips with no Elite Eight runs
- Prodigies – 2-5 tourney trips with at least one Elite Eight run
- Snake-bit – more than five trips with no Elite Eight runs
- Flashes – more than five trips with one Elite Eight run
- Destined – 6-10 trips with more than one Elite Eight run
- Veterans – more than 10 trips with 2-4 Elite Eight runs
- Legends – more than 10 trips with more than four Elite Eight runs
I'm focusing this analysis on one through six seeds, the seeds most likely to advance in the dance. A standard PASE analysis on the eight classes of coaches turned up these results:
Not surprisingly, Legends performed the best and Rookies are really bad. But they aren't the worst. Here's a breakdown of each coaching class.
Rookies (First trip)
41 trips | 49-40, .551 | 2F4, 1CH (Fisher, Michigan 1989) | -.403 PASE
It's somewhat of a surprise that Rookies haven't performed the worst of the eight classes. But they are solid underachievers. Only two rookie coaches have reached the Final Four. One was Bill Guthridge, who took over a strong top-seeded North Carolina team in 1998. And the other was Steve Fisher, who got thrust into the Michigan coaching role when Bill Frieder jumped ship to Arizona State just before the tourney, prompting Bo Schembechler to famously snap, "A Michigan man will coach Michigan." Fisher went on to lead the 1989 Wolverines to the championship. This year, there will be three relatively high-seeded Rookies: Kevin Ollie of UConn, Cuonzo Martin of Tennessee and Craig Neal of New Mexico
Novices (2-5 trips, 0 E8s)
164 trips | 283-163, .635 | 18F4, 1CH (Smith, Kentucky 1998 | +.068 PASE
Novices are the biggest coaching class. They're the coaches who've had a taste of tourney experience, but have yet to achieve success in the dance. Surprisingly, these coaches perform above seed expectations at a +.068 PASE rate—better than veteran coaches, flashes in the pan and even destined coaches. That said, only one Novice has cut down the nets. That would be Tubby Smith in 1998. Smith inherited a Kentucky powerhouse from Rick Pitino that had won the 1996 tourney and lost in the finals in 1997. This year, you'll see at least three Novices in the dance: Fred Hoiberg of Iowa State, Josh Pastner of Memphis, Tommy Amaker of Harvard and Travis Ford of Oklahoma State.
Prodigies (2-5 trips, >0 E8s)
72 trips | 136-71, .657 | 11F4, 1CH (Izzo, MSU, 2000) | +.97 PASE
Prodigies are the second best performers of the eight coaching classes. They beat expectations at a +.097 PASE clip. These are the coaches whose names always come up when there are job openings at major programs. Think Shaka Smart. Only one Prodigy has brought home a championship. Tom Izzo led his 2000 Spartans to the promised land in his third tourney appearance, one year after losing the championship game. Keep your eye out for these Prodigies in the 2014 tourney: Shaka Smart of VCU, Scott Drew of Baylor and (ahem) Larry Brown of SMU. Yeah…Larry Brown (five appearances, two Elite Eights).
Snakebit (>5 trips, 0 E8s)
72 trips | 101-72, .584 | 6F4, 0CH | -.405 PASE
The most notorious coaching class is the Snakebit coaches. If you've spent any time on Bracketscience.com, you've probably read something from me advising you to steer clear of them. Amazingly, coaches with more than five tourney trips and no Elite Eight runs perform nearly the same as Rookies, with an underachieving -.405 PASE that's .002 worse than the results of wide-eyed newbies. Not a single Snake-bit coach has cut down the nets. There are a host of unsuccessful tourney coaches that will likely go dancing this year: Mark Few of Gonzaga, Dana Altman of Oregon, Steve Alford of UCLA, Herb Sendek of Arizona State, Doug McDermott of Creighton, Jim Crews of St. Louis, Mick Cronin of Cincinnati and Fran McCaffery of Iowa.
Flashes (>5 trips, 1 E8)
74 trips | 136-71, .657 | 13CH, 3CH (Donovan, Florida 2006 | -.155 PASE
Flashes are the group of coaches that have had one good run to the Elite Eight, but haven't been able as yet to repeat the feat, despite more than five chances. Three champions have been led by coaching Flashes. Billy Donovan took Florida to the title in 2006, Gary Williams did it with Maryland in 2002 and Jim Harrick led UCLA to the championship in 1995. Despite these successes, Flashes are significant underachievers. Their -.155 PASE ranks second worst of the eight coaching classes. Four Flashes will probably make the tourney: Bo Ryan of Wisconsin, Gregg Marshall of Wichita State, Bruce Weber of Kansas State and Jamie Dixon of Pittsburgh.
Destined (6-10 trips, >1 E8s)
78 trips | 167-71, .702 | 15F4, 7CH (Self, Kansas 2008) | +.062 PASE
Destined coaches have tasted tourney success more than once in six to ten tourney trips. Several champions have been led by Destined coaches. The three most recent are Bill Self of Kansas in 2008, Billy Donovan of Florida in 2007 and Rick Pitino with Kentucky in 1997. Surprisingly, Destined coaches have just the fourth best performance against expectations of the eight classes with a +.062 PASE that's lower than Legends, Prodigies and even Novices. Major programs often turn to the Destined when they make coaching changes. The two Destined coaches that will be in the dance this year are John Beilein and Sean Miller.
Veterans (>10 trips, 2-4 E8s)
92 trips | 168-89, .654 | 11F4, 3CH (Boeheim, Syracuse 2003) | -.114 PASE
Veterans have logged a high number of appearances in the tourney with just modest success. Their fate is either to become a Legend or to retire. Only three champions have been led by Veteran coaches: Jim Boeheim with Syracuse in 2003, Jim Calhoun with UConn in 1999 and Lute Olson with Arizona in 1997. Overall, Veterans are surprising underachievers in the tourney, with a -.114 PASE that compares to the performance of Flashes. This year, the crop of Veterans heading to the tourney include: Jay Wright, Steve Fisher, Rick Barnes, Lon Kruger and Thad Matta.
Legends (>10 trips, >4 E8s)
103 trips | 287-91, .759 | 32F4, 12CH (Pitino, Louisville 2013) | +.434 PASE
Legends are the coaches with both extensive tourney experience and consistent success. More Final Four entrants (32) and champions (12) come from the ranks of Legends than any other coaching class. Moreover, Legends are far and away the best performers against seed expectations, with a +.434 PASE that dwarfs the seven other groups. The four most recent tourneys were won by Legends: Rick Pitino of Louisville in 2013, John Calipari in 2012, Jim Calhoun in 2011 and Mike Krzyzewski in 2010. This year's tourney Legends are: Billy Donovan, Rick Pitino, Coach K, Bill Self, Tom Izzo, Roy Williams, John Calipari and Jim Boeheim.
When you fill out your bracket this year, make sure you know where the coaches fall in these classes. While it's good to know what their individual PASE values are, it's also helpful to understand how coaches like them have performed historically.


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The Constitutional responsibilities and duties associated with the President's office have shackled Pranab Mukherjee from freely expressing himself on government's policies -- which he has mastered during his active political life spanning over five decades.
Mukherjee could not help but share these thoughts at the Annual General Meeting of the Indian Chambers of Commerce here, as he said in a light hearted manner, "It is expected that others will speak and I shall listen."
Explaining the dilemma in accepting invitations to address gatherings like annual general meetings of business chambers, the President said these meetings are generally addressed by persons who are policy makers and those who are in the position to influence the policies of the government.
Mukherjee said these persons are in a much better position to explain the policies of the government.
"My difficulty is just two years ago I was an instrument, an important player in formulating the policy which is still being debated, which is still being commented upon. But the Constitutional responsibilities and duties and the office which I am holding hardly can I speak on any of these issues," the President said with a smile.
The President during his political career has headed the major ministries -- Finance, Defence and External Affairs -- besides heading the Planning Commission and being an active member of the Congress whose advice was much sought after on every important issue.
Why isn't BJP Govt sacking Congress crony Pranab?


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The ACP Advocate Blog
by Bob Doherty
Friday, April 10, 2009
Is a "public plan" option worth all of the fuss?
Steve Pearlstein writes in today's Washington Post about the political brouhaha over proposals to give Americans a choice of a Medicare-type public plan, which he correctly observes has become a "litmus test" for the Republican right and the Democratic left. He argues, though, that "this is hardly the most important issue in health-care reform" because:
"It is possible to design a system that could control costs, improve quality and increase access to care without giving everyone the chance to sign up for a government-run health-insurance plan modeled after Medicare. It's also possible to design a system that includes a public option."
I know many will take issue with Pearlstein's view. For instance, see Maggie Mahar's two-part Health Beat blog (Part 1 and Part 2) and on why Obama should stand firm on a public plan and Conn Carroll's post on the Heritage Foundation blog on why a public plan "must be avoided at all cost."
In my view, though, Pearlstein hits the nail on the head as he asks whether the public plan would simply replicate the existing flaws in Medicare physician payment:
"If by 'public option' you mean the current Medicare fee-for-service plan - a plan that makes no attempt to manage and coordinate care and pay for that care on the basis of the quality of the outcome - then a public option would be an awful idea and move the system in exactly the wrong direction."
The design of the public plan has largely been overlooked by the "are you for it or against it" crowd.
If the proposal is to offer the American people a public plan that undervalues primary care, rewards fragmentation and volume of services, and has a built-in self-destruct formula (SGR) that triggers physician payment cuts every year, which Congress then has to step in and stop with stop-gap measures which only make the problem worse the next year - well, then, it is hard to see why this is a model that should be offered to everyone. But, as Pearlstein also notes, it is possible to create a well-designed public plan that private competitors would be forced to emulate.
The American College of Physicians, for its part, has not taken sides (yet) on the public plan option, despite enormous political pressures from the left and the right. We want to see the details. What would the benefits be - considering that Medicare fee-for-service doesn't cover most preventive services? How will physicians be paid - would the public plan increase payments for primary care and support models to coordinate care, like the Patient-Centered Medical Home? How would the selection process and federal subsidies for the public and private insurance plans work? What would competing private insurers be required to do in order to be qualified to participate in the program?
Raising these questions isn't ducking the issues, it is asking those on the left who favor a public plan to explain what it would look like and how it would work, rather than just saying it is essential. And asking those on the right to better explain their opposition - what is it about a public plan that they would find to be unacceptable (since I don't think most of them are in favor of repealing Medicare for the elderly) other than they don't like big government?
Today's questions: Do you think a public plan option is essential or absolutely unacceptable, and why? Or do feel that it might or might not be acceptable - depending on the details?
3 Comments :
- Christopher M. Hughes, MD said...
"And asking those on the right to better explain their opposition - what is it about a public plan that they would find to be unacceptable (since I don't think most of them are in favor of repealing Medicare for the elderly) other than they don't like big government? "
They are afraid that, like Medicare, it will be very popular. Some Republicans explicitly recognize that if health care reform is successful, they will lose even more of the electorate than they already have, and possibly for quite a long time.
- Mark Mayer said...
A reformed public plan, with care coordination coverage, higher valuing of preventive and chronic care, and reduction of disparities between cognitive and procedural services, would be great as the base layer in a reformed health system. Supplemental insurance to augment the public plan would be acceptable to me, as long as physicians are not disrupted with prior approvals and hundreds of formularies. There should be a limited number of supplemental options available. The public plan should be the basis of the system.
- Sharon said...
The public plan option is vital. But it absolutely must NOT be Medicare for all. We need to design a system that provides appropriate care that is cost-effective. Medicare was designed in a time when the primary place people spent health care money was in the hospital. Times have changed, and we have an amazing opportunity to create a system that works.
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English weed, weod, from Old English wēod ("weed"), Proto-Germanic *weudą ("weed"). Cognate with Dutch wied ("unwanted plant, weed").
weed (plural weeds)
- (countable) Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.
- If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.
1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, The Three Corpse Trick:
- The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
- Short for duckweed.
- (uncountable, archaic or obsolete) Underbrush; low shrubs.
- Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)
- one rushing forth out of the thickest weed
- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
- A wild and wanton pard […] / Crouched fawning in the weed.
- Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)
- A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (with "the", uncountable, slang) Tobacco.
- (obsolete, countable) A cigar.
- (countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
- (countable, Britain, informal) A puny person; one who has with little physical strength.
- (countable, Scotland) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.
- (countable, figuratively) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
- See also Wikisaurus:marijuana
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Terms derived from weed (noun)
unwanted plant
duckweed — see duckweed
slang: marijuana
the weed — see tobacco
cigar — see cigar
weak horse
informal: puny person
sudden illness or relapse
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English wēodian.
weed (third-person singular simple present weeds, present participle weeding, simple past and past participle weeded)
- To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
- I weeded my flower bed.
to remove weeds from
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Etymology 3[edit]
From Old English wǣd, from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz, from which also wad, wadmal. Cognate to Dutch lijnwaad, gewaad, German Wat.
weed (plural weeds)
- (archaic) A garment or piece of clothing.
- (archaic) Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 3
- DON PEDRO. Come, let us hence, and put on other weeds;
- And then to Leonato's we will go.
- CLAUDIO. And Hymen now with luckier issue speed's,
- Than this for whom we rend'red up this woe!
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
- These two dignified persons were followed by their respective attendants, and at a more humble distance by their guide, whose figure had nothing more remarkable than it derived from the usual weeds of a pilgrim.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 3
- (archaic) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.
- He wore a weed on his hat.
- (archaic) widow's weeds: female mourning apparel
- Milton
- In a mourning weed, with ashes upon her head, and tears abundantly flowing.
- Milton
(archaic) apparel
Etymology 4[edit]
From the verb wee.
- simple past tense and past participle of wee
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- "weed" in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
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Anti-abortion activist and attorney Rebecca Kiessling, center, and others who say they were born as a result of rape, urged lawmakers to pass the citizen-initiated proposed law targeting insurance coverage of abortion in Michigan. The law takes effect Thursday, March 13, 2014. / Associated Press
Michigan residents who buy health coverage in the private marketplace after Thursday will not have access to abortion coverage, even if a pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
On that day, a new state law goes into effect that prohibits insurance companies from covering abortion services unless customers purchase separate add-ons called riders to their insurance plans ahead of time.
No insurance companies will be offering those riders to new customers in the private marketplace after Thursday, according to the states Department of Insurance and Financial Services.
Insurers had to tell the state in February if they planned to offer and sell the abortion riders. Seven companies indicated they plan to do so but only as part of employer-based plans, department spokesman Caleb Buhs said.
That means anyone who purchases insurance as an individual either inside or outside the new federal health-care exchange will not be able to obtain coverage for abortion services.
People who buy coverage for themselves and their families will not find this coverage, said Marianne Udow-Phillips of the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation. It will not be available to them.
Its unclear how much the riders in the employer-sponsored plans will cost. Buhs said one company has listed the rider at 32 cents per month.
The Abortion Insurance Opt-Out Act was passed in December by the Republican-controlled Legislature after an emotional and heated debate that garnered national attention.
Proponents say the law protects those who object to abortion from having any of their premiums used to cover the procedure for other customers in their group plans or within the health-care exchange.
Do we anticipate this will lower abortion rates? No, said Right to Life Michigan spokeswoman Genevieve Marnon. But ... its one thing for you to pay for your abortion and another thing for me to have to pay for it.
Opponents say the bill threatens womens health by limiting access to a procedure that is legal and constitutionally protected.
Democrats labeled it the rape insurance bill because it would, in effect, require women to buy abortion coverage in advance even if they never expect to need it such as if a woman becomes pregnant from a rape.
Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, said women who arent aware the riders are required or who dont receive insurance through one of the seven companies will suffer financially and emotionally.
A woman in need of a medically necessary D&C procedure will not even have insurance as an option, meaning she would be required to pay for the procedure entirely on her own with a cost often totaling in the tens of thousands of dollars, Whitmer said.
This isnt talking about someone looking for an elective abortion. This is a woman with a wanted pregnancy who is forced to terminate it because of health concerns and may now may face financial ruin for doing nothing more than trying to start a family. If thats not a direct attack on women and our health to say insurance cant cover this type of critically important reproductive care, I dont know what is.
Although the law is intended to remove abortion from the list of procedures automatically covered by insurance, the majority of elective abortions in Michigan and nationwide are already paid out-of-pocket.
Only 3 percent of the 22,700 abortions in Michigan in 2012 were paid for with insurance, according to the most recent numbers from the Department of Community Health.
The total number of abortions in Michigan has also plummeted. The 22,700 abortions in 2012 reflects 52 percent drop since 1987.
Marnon said the numbers were not the point of the opt-out bill. It was the fact that someone could unknowingly be helping to pay for even one procedure they oppose on moral grounds.


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Losing more than 275 pounds… That's the goal of one Colorado Springs man, David Olson. We've been following his weight loss journey over the past year. 45-year-old Olson started his diet when the doctor told him last year that he wouldn't make it to see his 50th birthday if he didn't start losing weight.
Now, he's lost 131 pounds and is down to about 440. "I can sit like this (crosses his legs), which I haven't done in 20 years," Olson said.
Olson is essentially walking his way to a new life. A year ago, even the simplest things were difficult. "It took him 2 minutes to get out of chair. He would take deep breaths when he walked. Now, I just saw him on the treadmill like he was a wild cat. It brought tears to my eyes," Dianne Reid, Olson's counselor at the Metabolic Research Center said.
Olson says shedding the pounds has been hard, but knows it's all worth it. "I've lost 10-11 inches off of my waist, and gone down 2 shirt sizes." He faces food temptations, but knows he can't give in because it's for his own health. "I've been off the blood pressure meds for 2 weeks, and I'm in the 100/70 range."
His goal is to lose 150 pounds by March. And when that happens, "I want to go on a balloon ride. In the past, I was always afraid of falling through the basket."
The Metabolic Research Center, where Olson goes, has been sponsoring his weight loss journey. Now, they're looking for someone else out there they can sponsor for 2007. If you're interested, contact the Metabolic Research Center at 719-637-9767.
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UK mortgage debt: remain Calm! All is Well!
That's the message given by Moody's today on the resilience of UK mortgage-backed securities to the current downturn. The survey is based on so-called master trusts, a kind of securitization vehicle first applied to U.K. mortgages about a decade ago which quickly became the most efficient way for a large bank to securitize home loans. The master trusts grew so big that they now finance about a fifth of all UK home loans (although a large chunk of this must have been from deals issued by banks after the credit crisis to use as collateral for borrowing with the central banks).
Master trust bonds haven't been immune to the credit crisis. Forced selling by SIVs and funds caused yields on AAA master trust securities to gap out sharply from their low of around a tenth of a percentage point over Libor. Spreads have rallied in recent months, but they are still around 2 percentage points over Libor, largely because many asset managers simply won't touch illiquid asset-backed debt, even if the returns are much higher than equivalent corporate bonds.
UK credit card charge-offs hit record
A new record has been broken in Moody's index for UK credit card charge-offs. The index, based on data from credit card debt included in asset-backed securities it rates, saw write-offs rise to 10.12 percent in June, up by nearly half from a year ago and the highest on record.
Moody's outlook is bleaker still: charge-offs could reach 12.5 percent by June 2010 as unemployment rises. The inevitable result will be more losses for banks and pain on the high street.
Losses slow on UBS' dodgy assets
Losses seem to be slowing on the 26 billion swiss francs of leveraged loans, asset-backed debt and other exotica UBS shifted last year from its trading to its loan book to avoid having to mark them to market.
UBS, Deutsche and other European banks made good use of this accounting trick introduced in October to avoid taking losses on volatile assets. The justification was that market dislocation exaggerated the assets' true risk. Of course, it was only a temporary dodge as assets still have to be written down over time as borrowers default or forecast cashflows decline.
Running with the ABS bulls can be dangerous
European asset-backed bond prices have gained strongly in recent weeks, but the rally could end in tears.
Prices have rallied as bond investors have increased their allocations to asset-backed debt and some have set up specialist funds to take advantage of distressed prices. They have also been helped by the general increase in demand for all kinds of credit. Accordingly, the spread on top-rated mortgage-backed bonds sold by benchmark UK issuer Lloyds TSB has narrowed to 1.9 percentage points over the 0.886 percent Euribor rate, down from about 3.2 percentage points over the last six weeks, according to broker Brains Inc.
And in many cases, good returns are still on offer.
But there are signs that investors are becoming indiscriminate in their search for yield. One warning sign are optional call dates. In the good years many bonds were structured with optional calls that enable an issuer to repay debt before all the mortgage loans have paid down. In pre-crisis times it would have been easy for a bank to call the debt and refinance the remaining mortgage loans. That's not the case anymore — any bank that choosing to redeem bonds would be giving investors a windfall, arguably to the detriment of its own shareholders.
Many Dutch mortgage-backed securities are now trading at levels that imply investors believe issuers will redeem them at their planned call dates, although some Dutch issuers have already chosen not to do that and more will likely follow. After all, it is logical from their perspective. It's far cheaper for them to leave the bonds outstanding rather than have to finance them at today's rates.
Perhaps buyers know something about the originator's financial prospects or intention that the rest of the market doesn't, but this looks like exuberance. And it could be painful if punctured. A bank choosing not to redeem bonds at their call date will cause debt maturities to extend and prices to fall.
There are further signs of bubbliness. Some of the riskier mortgage-bonds from bombed out housing markets, such as Ireland and Spain, have rallied sharply too, according to traders. Yet there is little reason to expect good news in those markets for the foreseeable future. The yield on some Santander mortgage-backed debt has compressed inexplicably by some 2.6 percent over the last six weeks.
The market may be getting ahead of itself partly for structural reasons. Many mortgage backed securities — especially those backed by commercial real estate — are too complex and unpredictable for most investors to touch, so instead they will chase up the simpler-looking residential mortgage or consumer loan-backed debt.
There are also broader issues of supply and demand. An accounting wheeze introduced last year allows European banks to shift securities from their trading desks their loan books. This allows them to avoid the earnings volatility involved in marking these assets to market (or to avoid revealing their true losses, depending on your view). But the effect of this has been to take a large chunk of traded securities out of the market, making price movements more volatile and, arguably, prone to overshoot.
Investors and banks may be united in wishing to see prices move higher. Prices rises help trading desks book profits from legacy positions, as well as banks stuck with unsold bonds. But investors should be wary of reading too much into price movements. They should also remember that it's hard to cash out of illiquid markets when they turn down.
And conditions could swiftly turn. Rising unemployment levels across Europe as companies rein in costs will likely push up defaults and losses, hurting deals' credit quality.
Investors who delved into riskier credits in the search for yield may rue the day.
Finance's 80s experiment shows cracks
We may never see mullet hairstyles or other weird fashions again, but in finance, there is a 1980s revival.
The International Accounting Standards Board has gone back to the future, allowing banks to reclassify assets they previously had to mark to market as loans and receivables, valued at amortized cost. That effectively allowed them to avoid the embarrassment of mark-to-market and return to the historic cost accounting of a quarter-century ago.
The reasons are plausible enough: many asset classes were quoted at nominal, distressed sale prices only. But you ignore market prices at your peril: problems loans are left to fester, exposing investors to the cost of loan managers (understandably) taking a rosy view of advances they may have approved.
Many European banks took advantage of the IASB's lenience to whip doubtful assets off their trading books — not just plain debt, but collateralized loan obligations, leveraged loans and other doubtful exotica. Now Deutsche Bank <DBKGn.DE> has indicated how this stuff is doing, and the answer is: badly.
Deutsche's pretty figures would have been quite spoiled had it taken a further 1.4 billion euros of unrealized losses on the 37 billion euros of assets it reclassified since last October.
The discrepancy between the carrying value and fair value shouldn't be a surprise — that was the whole point of the changes. Unfortunately, the market is proving to have been right in pricing some of these assets as junk, because the losses in the reclassified book are starting to show.
More than half of Deutsche's 1 billion euro provisions for credit losses in the second quarter derived from these reclassified assets. Some 2 billion euros of the 3.2 billion euro rise in problem loans had previously been reclassified.
Deutsche is not alone. RBS' <RBS.L> impairment losses on reclassified assets rose to 747 million pounds in the first three months of the year, up from 466 million at the end of last year. UBS is carrying assets reclassified last year at 24.7 billion Swiss francs, versus the fair value of 20.6 billion.
The accounting changes are not designed to bamboozle investors, even though that is frequently the result. Losses may have been deferred, but they will happen. The question for banks is whether they can generate profits quickly enough to offset them. Market prices that seemed ridiculous in the depths of the panic may turn out not to have been the equivalent of the mullet after all.
Pain in Italy
Ouch! Moody's has just downgraded some Italian asset-backed debt parcelling leases made by UniCredit to its clients, called F-E Gold. One of the downgraded bonds took a rather nasty dive from A3 to Ba1, but aside from that the rating cuts aren't too brutal. Moody's report does give a quick snapshot of how corporate Italy is faring in the economic downturn. (Leasing is a core source of funding for the small and medium-sized companies that make up the economy's backbone.)
So far about four percent of the companies that borrowed by leasing real estate or equipment have defaulted since the deal was sold three years ago – the same amount Moody's was expecting over the life of the deal. The agency has now doubled its default assumption to 8.6 percent — let's hope it's just being conservative.


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Big Business, Sadie and Rose Ratliff/Sadie and Rose Shelton
Two sets of identical twins are born on the same night at the same hospital. One set is delivered to a poor family and the other to a family that just so happen to be passing through town. The twins end up getting mismatched and a whole lotta chaos breaks out.


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|Voluntary exercise induces adult hippocampal neurogenesis and BDNF expression in a rodent model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
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|Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can result in a myriad of health problems in the affected offspring ranging from growth deficiencies to central nervous system impairments that result in cognitive deficits. Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is thought to play a role in cognition (i.e. learning and memory) and can be modulated by extrinsic factors such as alcohol consumption and physical exercise. We examined the impact of voluntary physical exercise on adult hippocampal neurogenesis in a rat model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Intragastric intubation was used to deliver ethanol to rats in a highly controlled fashion through all three trimester equivalents (i.e. throughout gestation and during the first 10 days of postnatal life). Ethanol-exposed animals and their pair-fed and ad libitum controls were left undisturbed until they reached a young adult stage at which point they had free access to a running wheel for 12 days. Prenatal and early postnatal ethanol exposure altered cell proliferation in young adult female rats and increased early neuronal maturation without affecting cell survival in the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus. Voluntary wheel running increased cell proliferation, neuronal maturation and cell survival as well as levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the DG of both ethanol-exposed female rats and their pair-fed and ad libitum controls. These results indicate that the capacity of the brain to respond to exercise is not impaired in this model of FASD, highlighting the potential therapeutic value of physical exercise for this developmental disorder.
|Fanny Boehme; Joana Gil-Mohapel; Adrian Cox; Anna Patten; Erica Giles; Patricia S Brocardo; Brian R Christie
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Nick was one of my first friends in Florida. I met him on a slow day at the Magic Kingdom when the two of us were working at Dumbo the Flying Elephant. :) I made us become fast friends- You see, after my Disney College Program internship ended, all of the other Fantasyland interns went back home when their program was done. Basically, all of my best friends, the people who I'd lived and worked with for the past 8 months, left Florida. Because my family moved to Celebration right when my College Program was over, I was put on as part time and kept my job at the Magic Kingdom. I was feeling so depressed and lonely one day in August, when I bumped into Nick backstage, gave him my number, and said something along the lines of, "Look. I know this is completely lame, but I really, really need a friend."
After that, Nick became one of the best friends I've ever had. This is us from a Fantasyland party back in '04.
I really do believe meeting Nick was completely and totally meant to be. How do I know this? Because the next year on Nick's birthday, I was introduced to his other best friend- A past roommate from UCF, Nathanial Root (*cue angels singing Hallelujah*). I wasn't looking for love the night we met, but seriously, I experienced my first and last "love at first sight" moment when I met this kid. :)
Nick took this photo of us in his room the night we met. :) Who woulda ever thought?!
Through the years, Nate and I watched Nick meet the wrong girl, after wrong girl…
… Until he finally met the right one- Jessie! :) Nate and I started seeing less of Nick when we started dating, and then that dropped even more after he started seeing Jessie, but these two truly are family to us, and being able to give them the gift of wedding photography meant the world to me. :)
Jessie has always been one of the most gorgeous girls I've ever met, but she was just glowing on her wedding day. :)
Why don't all wedding gowns have pockets?!
Most beautiful siblings EVER.
Nick and Jessie's reception was held in this amazing venue- The Poinsett Club of Greenville, South Carolina. It was gorgeous!
Most handsome groomsman EVER!
Poor Nate doubled as groomsman and my assistant. It was quite the day!
Here's the kicker- Our best friend gets married in the one church we've ever shot in that didn't allow photography during the ceremony. None. I was allowed to shoot Jessie going down the aisle, the kiss, and the recessional. How horrible is that?! I wasn't even allowed to go sit in a pew to watch the ceremony! :(
33 Responses to "Jessie + Nicholas : Wedding Part 1"
These are so great guys! Hope Huck is doing well…
Dennis Bullock on September 6th, 2010 at 12:50 pm |
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:28 am |
Wonderful background story and BEE-U-TI-FUL photos! Your friends are blessed to know you (and I bet they know that, too)!
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:29 am |
This is sooooooo sweet!!! I love the vintage Jensey shots and seeing Nate's old fro again ;)
Jessie- You look absolutely GORGEOUS! Congrats to you and Nick!!!
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:29 am |
These are awesome! I especially love the last one and the b&w of the bride in the loungeroom.
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:29 am |
The picture of you and Nathan is priceless! Jessie was such a beautiful bride, can't wait for Part 2!!!
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:36 am |
I cannot say thank you enough. You two gave us the best wedding present we could have ever imagined. Thank you for capturing our day! Jensey- your comments made me tear up a bit. We love The Roots!!!
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:37 am |
P.S. Thanks, Lorie! You were a beautiful bride, as well! I also have to credit Nate and Jensey for making magic behind the camera! haha Hope all is well in TN. :)
Beautiful as usual! I cannot believe they would not allow any photography!! So they have not one photo of them actually getting married? The worst I've ever experienced is nor being able to move from the very back of a very long aisle but no pictures. Craziness.
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:37 am |
Such a wonderful story. It's always great when you know the history behind the couple and get the see the wonderful photos transpire from their wedding day. And LOVE the vintage photo of you and Nate! Great job you too!!!
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:38 am |
I feel that it is a crime to not allow photographs during the ceremony. What about video?
What was their reasoning?
I am baffled!
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:39 am |
How cool is that…a photo from the nite you met?!!!
Beautiful wedding photos once again! Great job Jensey! Can't wait for Part 2. I love Greenville and the Poinsette Club….let's hope there was no photography ban there that nite!
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:39 am |
I love the the story it seems to make the pictures even more beautiful!!
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:39 am |
A. What a CUTE couple! Nate and Jensey, I could see you were made for each other as a pair back then (from the photo at the first night you met)!!
B. Congratulations to Jessie and Nick! Jessie, you are BEAUTIFUL! You must feel very lucky to have Jensey and Nate captured your wonderful moment, wish you all the best!!
Jensey on September 14th, 2010 at 2:40 am |
Thanks so much! We are so very lucky to have Jensey and Nate in our lives. Aren't they the greatest?!? :)
Jessie on September 14th, 2010 at 10:53 pm |


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Our state legislators never fail to amaze me.
I strongly support the second amendment, but see little need for an assault rifle other than to just make lots of noise and shoot targets.
Vice-President Biden isn't the sharpest tack in the box, but his point of using a shotgun to protect your home and family was a good point. The bill that was passed to allow permit holders to keep their weapons in their car is a waste of time in my opinion.
Do you say, "Excuse me, could you wait while I go to my car and get my gun?" If you leave your gun in your car and someone breaks in to steal what is inside this now means they are now armed. Not a good idea!
To think, we pay these people to spend their time to come up with ideas to turn Tennessee into the wild west. I don't care what type of permit you have if your not trained to kill a person you are part of the problem not the solution.
I am retired from the Army and a combat veteran who would not be 100 percent sure that I could kill without hesitation for fear of hitting a innocent person.
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Elm Grove's Public Works/Utilities Committee drafted an ordinance that would allow residents and businesses to connect to a new water main being installed in the village.
The committee reviewed the proposed ordinance, which included a fee structure for those who wish to connect, Monday.
The water main is being installed to serve a new senior-living center at 800 Wall St., but would also be able to serve residents or businesses in the eastern pressure zone.
According to the ordinance draft, water service and meters would be provided by the city of Brookfield, with a water connection fee imposed by the village to ensure a fair allocation of costs to properties that use the service.
The annual charge for residences that connect will be based on a formula that considers the number of bedrooms a property houses and the previous year's water use on the sewer bill. Commercial properties will be charged at a higher rate.
It is unknown how many people the new system would service and Water Service Subarea maps are being drawn to define the area the system would immediately serve.
The committee discussed future extensions and the immediate inclusion of The Park, Dunleth Circle and Emerald Woods.
An earlier proposal showed higher fees, but the committee decided it wouldn't be fair to pin the $130,000 connection cost to Brookfield on those connecting now rather than on all eventual users.
"We shouldn't stick the first people on this system with the whole cost," committee member Patrick Kressin said.
The panel will consider the final draft next month.
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