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Book Brief: The Art of Preserving
All across America, cooks are rediscovering the pleasures of preserving. Whether your fresh fruits and vegetables come from a backyard garden or the local farmers' market, The Art of Preserving provides everything you need to know to put up your favorite seasonal produce.
Designed for cooks of all levels, this comprehensive volume features more than 130 sweet and savory recipes. Along with recipes for home-canned fruits and vegetables, jams, sauces, relishes and pickles, the book includes dishes that showcase your preserved foods. Step-by-step instructions and professional tips will ensure foolproof results.
This beautifully photographed book features detailed directions for canning, preserving and pickling, including information about equipment, techniques and yields. An essential addition to any kitchen library, The Art of Preserving continues a proud American tradition, connecting cooks and diners to a special sense of time and place. As you explore this classic culinary art, you'll discover the pleasures of preserving nature's bounty for family and friends.


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Solana Beach Library to hold audio downloading workshops
As technology continues to develop at warp speed, the convenience and mobility of listening devices have created an opportunity for readers and listeners to "take it to the streets." One can listen to books in their car, while cooking in the kitchen, exercising at the gym, walking on the beach, or even while shopping. The material is free when you download audiobooks from the library and selected podcasts from the Internet.
The Solana Beach Library is offering two workshops on how to download from the Internet onto your computer or listening device such as an IPOD or MP3 player. The first workshop, which will be held on Saturday, June 4, at 1 p.m., will teach library users how to download free audiobooks from the San Diego County Library.
The second workshop on Saturday, June 18, at 1 p.m., will show users how to download and subscribe to broadcasts of many popular public radio shows, such as NPR's "Fresh Air." These are hands-on workshops, so bring your laptop and audio device.
For more information, contact the Solana Beach Library at 858-755-1404. The library is located at 157 Stevens Ave. on the campus of Earl Warren Middle School in Solana Beach.

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Parkinson's Disease Health Center
New Guidelines to Permit Stem Cell Research
In addition, researchers must specify to the tissue donor whether information that could reveal his or her identify will be retained. It may be necessary to track down a donor if it's determined that he or she has an infectious disease. For their part, donors aren't allowed to say where they want their embryonic tissue to go, or to whom. Additionally, under U.S. rules embryos can't be sold, but they can be donated for research.
The guidelines are similar to an earlier draft version, but with additional stress on informed consent and access to information about the experiments. British authorities have recently taken a more permissive approach, allowing researchers there to clone human embryos for various studies in the early embryonic stages.
Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD, chief scientific officer of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, says stem cell therapy might be able to cure diabetes in a decade. The goal would be to build an islet cell that would produce enough insulin to keep blood sugar under control. "What we'd like to make sure is that sick children are represented in this argument," Goldstein tells WebMD.
At the moment, no stem cell research applications are pending at NIH, but it's anticipated that will change in a dramatic fashion now that guidelines have finally come out. Nobel laureate Paul Berg, PhD, of Stanford University, took on stem cell detractors in a conference call with reporters Wednesday.
"Some have argued that this research is immoral, illegal, and unnecessary," says Berg, a pioneer in DNA studies. "I respectfully disagree on all counts. ... I believe it would be immoral not to pursue [stem] cell research."
Another stem cell pioneer took part in the conference call -- John Gearhart, MD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Animal studies already show these cells could help victims of spinal cord injury, says Gearhart, and that's only the beginning.
"The most significant consequence will be that the work will move forward rapidly," he says.
But many wonder if the answers will come in time for them and their loved ones. Lyn Langbein is an attorney who ultimately quit her federal government job to take care of her 5-year-old daughter Jamie, a diabetic.


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Richard Clark, owner of Supreme Janitorial Services in Jacksonville, Fla., was speaking on a news program Saturday, and described his company as the "proverbial poster child" for the impending disaster that is Obamacare.
A typical small business owner about to be pummeled by the mandates, taxes and fines of the "Affordable" Care Act, he was very candid about not being able to hire full-time workers because of the staggering costs associated with the president's signature law.
He argued that the recent implementation delay was nothing more than a political stunt, fueling the uncertainty that any economist worth his paycheck would tell you is Kryptonite to small business.
Make no mistake, our economy is a shadow of its former being, sputtering on fumes in the tank of ideological foolishness. The notion that it is somehow showing "resilience" is unrealistic and a fool's play, to be sure.
Repeal Obamacare now, and unchain our nation's free market economy so we may have real recovery! This classroom experiment has failed.
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Mississippi lieutenant governor-elect, Phil Bryant, called a group of business leaders, lawmakers and other state officials together Thursday to discuss what issues are most important to Mississippians as a whole.
But the question still remains, can the state fund those areas?
Bryant said change is coming as he prepares for his first legislative session leading the state senate. Not only will there be no more partisan politics, but senators will be accountable to taxpayers.
"The first question is going to be, is there accountability in place and how effective is it going to be for the taxpayers?" said Bryant.
That was the idea behind a policy summit. Democrats and Republicans sat down and discussed how to fund areas that need it the most, like education and health care.
"All the requests we're making are either already in statute or grounded in research and all of the items are meant to improve student outcomes," said state school superintendent, Dr. Hank Bounds.
"We've got to fully fund Medicaid. We've got to do something about childhood and adult obesity in Mississippi and we've got to get more primary care physicians in this state," said Dr. Randy Easterling of the Mississippi Medical Association.
And the list goes on, whether it's in economic development, law enforcement or technology.
But the big question becomes how much will the legislature be able to spend with limited resources. Bryant said they may not fund everything, but they'll definitely do all they can.
Bryant laid out his ideas to the group, hoping to gain a consensus that not everything will get the money it needs or deserves.
"There are a lot of needs that are out there," said Bryant. "We've just got to fund the ones that we can. Education is part of it; it's important, but it's not everything when it comes to budget time."
Bryant said he hopes this summit will create a new way of lawmaking, one without politics and conflict. That remains to be seen. The 2008 legislative session begins Jan. 8.


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Tools & Resources
Various tools and resources are available for people creating and implementing HL7 standards. The tools and resources that we are aware of are organized below by standards and/or function. If you have further additions to this list, please contact email@example.com. For documents and resources related to HL7 Standards, please check the standards page.
The Lantana Trifolia Workbench HL7 Web Edition is a read-only repository of all HL7 CDA templates and implementation guides that have been authored using Trifolia and balloted through HL7. This tool allows users to browse templates, view their constraints, and generate Microsoft Word and HTML documentation from those templates. Additionally, HL7 members can create Implementation Guides, create templates, and control edit access to its templates.
Testing Readiness Checklist (22 KB)
This checklist is intended to help participants prepare for the testing process.
When you are ready to register, please send a registration request, along with your contact information, to firstname.lastname@example.com. Upon receipt of your request, a support analyst will contact you to walk you through the registration process.
The Developers Integration Lab (DIL) allows for automated, internet-based interoperability testing against the HL7, IHE, and NwHIN specifications, compliant gateway implementations, and other gateway implementations as well. The DIL tests interoperability with other gateway implementations, hosting multiple gateway implementations for a user to send test messages using multiple testing scenarios.
DIL Certificate Instructions (314 KB)
The DIL Certificate Installation Instructions contains the information you need to download and install your certificate from the DIL as well as additional instructions if you need to add the DIL certificate with any additional certificates to your keystore. The DIL supports both secured and unsecured transport for HL7 messages. If you wish to test secured transactions, you will need to download a certificate from the DIL. Once a support analyst has registered you in the DIL, you can log in and download the required certificates.
The DIL Training and Demonstration Video will provide a demonstration of the DIL that will help you in addition to the guides listed on this page
DIL User Guide (2.47 MB)
The DIL User Guide contains the information you need to get set up in the DIL, execute test cases and review test case results.
Send Immunization History Conformance Profile v0.4 (Test Case 1 Only) (820 KB)
The Send Immunization History Conformance Profile documentation above outlines the validation rules and test case data against which test messages will be evaluated in the DIL.
Publications schedule
The V3 Publishing Facilitator's Guide (Style Guide) is published as part of the Version 3 Ballot Web Site. The current V3 Ballot Web Site is always available at: http://www.hl7.org/v3ballot/html/welcome/introduction/index.htm. After clicking into the V3 Ballot Web Site content pages from the Introduction page, use the left-hand navigation tree to go to Background Documents/ Publishing Facilitator's Guide.
The V2 Style Guide is used by editors managing and/or preparing V2 Chapters for ballot or publishing. This style guide is regularly updated by the V2 Publishing Work Group. The current version of the V2 Style Guide is available from the V2 SVN repository location at: http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/v2-ballot-pkg/scmsvn/?action=browse&path=%2Ftrunk%2F.
DECOR (Data Elements, Codes, OIDs and Rules) is a methodology to record the information model used by health professionals. DECOR uses this model to generate various artifacts: documentation, XML- and test-tooling, etc. With DECOR it is possible to improve the recorded information model by generating and resolving issues per item. DECOR registers (amongst others) datasets, datatypes, valuesets, codes, identifications, and business rules. The underlying data-format is XML. Generation of HTML-documentation and XML-materials is possible through transformations with stylesheets.
eTransX, a leader in healthcare integration, offers a dramatically simplified approach to internal and external data integration for hospitals, laboratories, clinics, ACOs and much more.
Our configuration driven, no-programming required, tools empower your organization to create HL7 interfaces in days, not weeks or months.
The Medi7 Parser Toolkit is an HL7 parsing toolkit that supports dynamic message composition for a variety of platform including Java, .Net (C#), C++, VC++ (6/7), Borland, Linux and Solaris). In addition to this toolkit, Eversolve also has a set of turn-key adapters intended to enable closed applications for interoperability.
This site contains several tools available from third-party vendors
iNTERFACEWARE™ is the developer of the Iguana™ HL7 Interface Engine and Chameleon™ HL7 Messaging Toolkit and are committed to helping customers find workable, real-world solutions to challenges of HL7 integration. A free copy of the software can be downloaded from their site. http://www.interfaceware.com/
LINK Medical Computing, Inc. Toolkits for Building/Parsing HL7 Messages
LINK Medical Computing, Inc. specializes in providing Health Level Seven (HL7) integration tools and solutions to the healthcare industry. The LINKTools Interface Development Kit (IDK) is a cost-effective HL7 integration toolkit that allows Vendors, Developers, Hospital IT administrators and consultants to rapidly "interface enable" their applications and systems without programming.
The PilotFish HL7 Interface Engine features a breakthrough Assembly Line for configuring interfaces and exclusive HL7 Tools that make working with the HL7 standard easy. Our Lenient HL7 Parser let's you parse non-standards compliant HL7, perform drag & drop HL7 Mapping with no coding or scripting. Use our HL7 Differencing Engine for mediating differences between one HL7 message and another. Rapid learning curve. Try it Free for 90 Days.
Test Level 7 (TL7) is a messaging test sandbox that allows e-Health application developers to validate their HL7 messages in development. TL7 supports HL7 standards for multiple jurisdictions. TL7 is designed for developers, QA testers, and business analysts. Build messages, respond to message requests, and understand how HL7 applications work -- all from one sandbox.
The Lantana Trifolia Workbench HL7 Web Edition is a read-only repository of all HL7 CDA templates and implementation guides that have been authored using Trifolia and balloted through HL7. This tool allows users to browse templates, view their constraints, and generate Microsoft Word and HTML documentation from those templates. Additionally, HL7 members can create Implementation Guides, create templates, and control edit access to its templates.
GForge, the HL7 Project Homebase site is intended to support HL7 Tool Developers (Toolsmiths) and Work Groups in managing their projects. All of the tools available on this Homebase are designed to support the development and publication of HL7 Version 3 Messaging Standards. These tools carry a license that restricts their use to activities that support the development of standards by HL7 and the HL7 International Affiliate Organizations.
Guidance for Steering Division Co-Chairs to Evaluate Work Group Capacity to Undertake New Effort
This document provides guidance for Steering Division Co-Chairs on using PBS (Projects, Ballots and Standards) Metrics and Work Group Health to evaluate WG capacity to undertake new effort.
The HL7 Ballot Guide (formerly titled Electronic Ballot Charts) provides a quick reference to information related to each level of HL7 electronic balloting.
Search active and archived HL7 projects along with 3-Year Plan items. This tool displays information from Project Insight based on Project Scope Statements as well as project status updates.
The Projects, Ballots and Standards Metrics Report (PBS Metrics) provides a dashboard by Work Group as well as details about Projects that are behind 120+ days, missing 3-Year Plans, unpublished ballots, unpublished CMETs, and balloted items with outstanding negatives that require a recirculation ballot to be published.
Peer Review Process at HL7 (1.67 MB)
Describes step process and references various forms to help conduct a peer review.
Describes responsibilities of this role, traits desired of individuals filling these roles and the tasks expected.
HL7 PMO's project management tool.
Project Insight Tip Sheet (781 KB)
This document illustrates how to update project status information in Project Insight, how Project Insight data changes throughout the lifecycle of a project (i.e. as it moves from a 3-Year Plan to an active project and through balloting to closure), and how a Project is closed (archived) in Project Insight. The document includes screen shots, Project Insight field definitions and a State Transition Diagram.
The Project Life Cycle for Product Development (PLCPD) describes the process to product HL7 'products' including standards and specifications and includes project initiative, analysis and requirements documentation, and specification design. The PLCPD depicted as a cyclical process flow, presents the HL7 strategy for protocol specification development, enhancement, and management, however, as described in the Governance and Operations Manual (GOM) allows Work Groups flexibility to plan their strategy to produce their artifacts.
Project Scope Statement Template and Project Approval Process
Describes the steps to take a project through the approval process, which is a requirement to ballot standards. There are different approval paths for different types of projects. This zip file also contains the Project Scope Statement templates, including the HL7 Affiliate Project Description template..
Recorded Webinar: HL7 Project Management Tool Overview for HL7 Project Facilitators (51.91 MB)
38 minute recording of a webinar targeted for co-chairs and those leading HL7 projects (i.e. Project Facilitators). This webinar demonstrates HL7 project tools including Project Insight (HL7's primary project repository), the HL7 Searchable Project Database, GForge, as well as review HL7 project processes and methodologies.
Recorded Webinar: How to Use The PBS Metrics Excel Report (5.94 MB)
A 9 minute recorded webinar targeted for co-chairs and those leading HL7 projects (i.e. Project Facilitators). This webinar demonstrates how best to navigate through the Projects, Ballots and Standards Metrics Excel Report
The TSC was requested to provide structure and format guidelines to the Working Groups on creating Three-Year Plans. The Project Services Work Group identified a mechanism where future planning projects can be added to Project Insight for tracking. This document is intended to provide additional guidance on that process.
This document provides information in determining the correct ballot strategy.
HAPI (HL7 application programming interface) is an open-source, object-oriented HL7 2x parser for JAVA.
The Message Maker Project is a collaboration effort between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Health Level 7 (HL7) Standards Consortium. NIST is directing their efforts towards the development of a conformance-testing tool that automatically generates test messages for HL7 message profile specifications. The messages can be used to test systems for conformance. A prototype of Message Maker is available at this site. All NIST produced source code, documents, and associated products are in the public domain. Message Maker is a work-in-progress, as such, not all planned functionality is implemented; feedback on its design, feature set, and usefulness is welcomed.
Messaging Workbench (66.74 MB)
An OID is a globally unique string representing an identifier in a form that consists only of numbers and dots (e.g., "2.16.840.1.113883.3.1"). According to ISO, OIDs are paths in a tree structure, with the left-most number representing the root and the right-most number representing a leaf. OIDs are the preferred scheme for unique identifiers in HL7. The tool allows you to review, search and report on OIDs as well as request or obtain an OID.
Australian Healthcare Messaging Laboratory (University of Ballarat - Australia)
A database for entering and tracking suggestions and corrections to the V2 messaging standard.
v2.xml Example Messages (142 KB)
These are example (sample) V2 xml messages provided by HL7.
Version 2 Substantivity Guide (29 KB)
Guidelines for HL7 V2.x substantive change.
The Eclipse-based tooling is maintained in the Open Health Tools' (OHT) software repository, also known as the Open Health Forge. The current release of the HL7 V3 Eclipse-based tooling is bundled in a package called the Open Health Workbench. Click here to view instructions on how to download and install the Workbench tool on Windows or Mac OS X.
The HL7 Model Interchange Format (MIF) defines a series of schemas for XML files that will hold the content of HL7 Version 3 specifications.
This is a set of tools used in the comparison of MIFs.
An OID is a globally unique string representing an identifier in a form that consists only of numbers and dots (e.g., "2.16.840.1.113883.3.1"). According to ISO, OIDs are paths in a tree structure, with the left-most number representing the root and the right-most number representing a leaf. OIDs are the preferred scheme for unique identifiers in HL7. The tool allows you to review, search and report on OIDs as well as request or obtain an OID.
The solution selected for the FIRST HL7 TOOLING CHALLENGE: Produce a UML Profile for MIF Static Models - This is a task so that other modeling tools have a chance to be configured to understand MIF
- Document a UML Profile for the semantics in the MIF representation of the RIM and other derived models - identifying those concepts that cannot be expressed in UML Profile language to provide to OMG for possible extension of UML
- Using the resulting UML Profile, adapt Enterprise Architect to express the proper HL7 stereotypes as a proof of concept.
This project contains UML modeling tools that support development of HL7 standards. It includes a UML profile for HDF (additional HL7 metadata added to UML models), importing MIF to UML, and Eclipse UI extensions for HL7 modeling.
Eclipse-based tools for semantic mapping and data transformation, with extensions for HL7 V2 and V3. They can map, translate and test HL7 V2 to other data formats, or V3 to other data formats, or V2 - V3 in either direction.
The repository to use with RoseTree and the RMIM Designer.
The Version 3 Publishing Database is maintained by the V3 Publishing and Tooling Work Groups. It is periodically updated to support publishing changes and to incorporate feature changes and updates. Please note, however, that V3 Editors and Publishing Facilitators wishing to work on established V3 content should download the appropriate domain pub db from the V3 'Source of Truth' ballot archive. The 'Source of Truth' files for past V3 ballots are located here: http://www.hl7.org/v3ballot/html/. Those wishing to download the latest version of an empty V3 pub db can do so from the HL7 G-Forge site at: http://hl7projects.hl7.nscee.edu/frs/?group_id=34.
The HL7 RMIM Designer is a graphic designer that supports the design of HL7 static information models. The Current variant of this tool is built upon customized "templates" in Microsoft Visio; a suite of Visual Basic software that runs in the Visio application space; and modules (DLL's) from the RoseTree program. The tool provides an interactive design capability for HL7 RMIMs, and is programmed to use data from the RIM, Vocabulary, and Data Types specifications to enforce the model design rules expressed in the HL7 V3 Methodology.
RoseTree is a donated Visual Basic (VB) application that functions as an interface to the HL7 repository for several other applications, including the current RMIM Designer, the PubDb and the V3 Generator (for which RoseTree creates source files). In addition, it provides a browser for the HL7 RIM and Vocabulary; builds RMIMs and HMDs from Visio designs; and manages the repository storage of these.
The V3 Generator accepts the XML expressions of an HMD and, through a series of transforms, generates HL7 artifacts including: Static schemas, Interaction schemas, HTML table views, CSV files for Excel views and MIF files for static models, data types, and vocabulary.
The HDF project is intended to define and maintain the methodology applied by all the committees for project initiation, requirements analysis, standard design, implementation, standard approval process, etc.
Provides a general project for developing and managing the software and related tools used to support the development and Publishing of V3 textual content.
HMD for javaSIG and caAdapter API's (611 KB)
Sample HMD files for javaSIG and caAdapter API's.
Java SIG API Demo Release (23.06 MB)
Documentation on Java SIG API.
Java SIG Public License (24 KB)
The PubDb Manager is a widget created to facilitate the alignment of artifact status across PubDbs and Design Repositories, and the merger of PubDbs, both across domains and within a domain.
The Reference Information Model (RIM) is the cornerstone of the HL7 Version 3 development process. An object model created as part of the Version 3 methodology, the RIM is a large, pictorial representation of the HL7 clinical data (domains) and identifies the life cycle that a message or groups of related messages will carry. It is a shared model between all domains and, as such, is the model from which all domains create their messages. The RIM is an ANSI approved standard.
The V3 Glossary is published as part of the Version 3 Ballot Web Site. The current V3 Ballot Web Site is always available at: http://www.hl7.org/v3ballot/html/welcome/introduction/index.htm. After clicking into the V3 Ballot Web Site content pages from the Introduction page, use the left-hand navigation tree to go to Background Documents/Glossary.
The V3 Guide was created for use by members of the HL7 Working Group as a companion to the Version 3 Standard.
The V3 Substantive Change document is published as part of the Version 3 Ballot Web Site. The current V3 Ballot Web Site is always available at: http://www.hl7.org/v3ballot/html/welcome/introduction/index.htm. After clicking into the V3 Ballot Web Site content pages from the Introduction page, use the left-hand navigation tree to go to Background Documents/Substantive Change.
This web widget component enables XML-based authoring of Healthcare standards payloads. It simplifies the buildup of HL7 markup for V3 based rich text, namely <hl7:text> element, and better enables richer web applications based on Ajax and XForms.
Every copy of the HL7 Vocabulary database incorporated into or distributed in conjunction with another database or software program must is subject to the HL7 End User License Agreement (EULA). A copy of the EULA is available at the following location:
Good Vocabulary Practices Guide (30 KB)
Provided by the HL7 Vocabulary Technical Committee, this document provides a brief set of guidelines for specifying vocabulary for a field within HL7 fields.
HL7 Code Set - French Translation (1.21 MB)
Provided by Canada Health Infoway / HL7 Canada
HL7 Vocabulary - French Translation (923 KB)
Provided by Canada Health Infoway / HL7 Canada
The Lexical Grid Vision - a distributed network of terminological resources. Currently, there are many terminologies and ontologies in existence. But just about every terminology has its own format, its own set of tools, and its own update mechanisms. The only thing that most of these pieces have in common with each other is their incompatibility. This makes it very hard to use these resources to their full potential. We have designed the Lexical Grid as a way to bridge terminologies and ontologies with a common set of tools, formats and update mechanisms.
Version 2.x Vocabulary (2.88 MB)
Appendix A of HL7 Version 2.6 contains the V2.6 Data Definition Tables
HL7-defined vocabulary domain tables have been developed for coded class attributes and are stored in the HL7 repository. A number of views have been extracted from these to produce the HL7 Vocabulary Domain Listings for the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM). The most current Access data base for both RIM and Vocabulary is always available as a Design Repository ("rimRepos" download) from the HL7 Project Gforge site under the Design Repository Project.
You can also view the Version 3 Vocabulary on the V3 Ballot Web Site using the following link:
Version 3 Vocabulary page in the V3 Ballot Website.
A graphical user interface to allow users to browse, search, and edit the contents of the HL7 vocabulary by creating machine processable vocabulary change events (i.e. Harmonization Proposals).


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In an editorial partnership with powersports recruiting firm Lonski and Associates, Dealernews presents the Job Opening of the Week for July 22-26, 2013.
INDIALANTIC, Fla. - Recruiters at Lonski and Associates are looking for candidates with strong dealer operations and DMS backgrounds for a Director of Dealer Services opening, based in the Northeast.
"Our client... is looking for a Director of Dealer Services (DDS) to be part of a 'revolutionary' technology solution for powersports dealerships," said Adam Wilke, recruiter.
Base salary ranges from $85,000 to $125,000, plus incentives and benefits, Wilke noted.
The position leads a team responsible for creating, implementing and managing a technology solution for powersports, marine and recreational dealerships, Wilke said. "The DDS will recruit, hire and train a team of highly skilled dealer success managers and marketing relationship representatives who will work to build a strong partnership with new and existing customers," he continued.
Candidates must have a strong understanding of dealership operations, and DMS and CRM functions. Candidates must have a B.A. or equivalent degree, "MBA a plus," Wilke said. They also should have five years of experience in an account management role for a DMS/CRM product plus experience with SaaS (Software as a Service) technologies.
Anyone interested should contact Wilke at email@example.com or call him at 321-220-0124.


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Penguins Report: Game Day vs. New Jersey
Monday, 12.6.2010 / 9:34 AM ET / Penguins Report
By Michelle Crechiolo
Game day final thoughts...
- Evgeni Malkin will not be playing in tonight's game versus the Devils (11:44 AM).
- PittsburghPenguins.com's coverage of Billy Guerin's retirement (2:27 PM).
- Coach Bylsma explains Malkin's situation and discusses Guerin (12:51 PM).
- The Pens lines are the same as Saturday's with Malkin out (10:35 AM).
- Sidney Crosby has been named the NHL's First Star of the Week (12:31 PM).
- Reactions from Pens players on Guerin (including a classic quote from Marc-Andre Fleury involving mustaches) and tonight's game (12:45 PM).
- Devils pics (12:43 PM).
- Penguins pics (10:49 AM).
Here's some more articles from Guerin's retirement coverage:
- Guerin's "Heart" is in Pittsburgh
- Penguins Remember Guerin's Antics
- Guerin: Crosby's Play is an Assault on the Game
- Quick Hits From Guerin's Retirement Announcement
More photos from the Devils practice at CONSOL Energy Center.
After Martin Brodeur watched the Pens morning skate in the tunnel, he took to the ice for the New Jersey's practice. The Devils goaltender took part in his first full practice Sunday after reaggravating his elbow injury on Nov. 18.
Follow PittsburghPenguins.com's ongoing coverage of Bill Guerin's retirement announcement. There's going to be plenty!
Coachspeak with Dan Bylsma...
On the first thing that comes to mind when he thinks of Bill Guerin:
I think of a big gray beard. For some reason, the overtime goal – the five-on-three – against Philly comes to mind. He scored the winning goal in that game and that kind of got us started. And I think of a guy my age.
On how he decided what to do after he was done playing:
First of all, Billy played a lot longer than I did. And I knew probably six years before I was done playing that I wanted to coach. And I also knew probably halfway through my final season that I wasn't going to be playing the next season, it wasn't going to be possible to continue playing. So when I played my last game, I absolutely knew that when I took off the skates, somehow, some way I was going to be a coach. It's a little bit different from Billy. This summer and into the fall, he still had his mind on playing, so he's in a little bit of a different scenario. But I don't think our mindsets are that different. Billy has an idea that he wants to stay with a team in the game. I don't know who that team is. It might be a broadcast team. But I think he wants to stay in the game and he feels that's where it would be best for him to work. He wants to work.
On how Guerin influenced Sidney Crosby:
I think Billy played a pretty big role in (Crosby's development). But Crosby probably looks at a lot of people in that sense – Gary Roberts, Mark Recchi and other players he played with. Billy wasn't here a very long time, but (Ray) Shero said it the best: when you win, there's a sense of connection that you have forever. I think there's a big part of Billy that is a Penguin when you mention his name. But for Sid, I think there's a big part of Billy coming in and being a big leader in our dressing room and being a big voice. But he also wasn't the only guy talking in there. There's a big part of that where we all learned from Billy. I think Sid did take a lot from that in the last year and a half from Billy.
On how involved Guerin was in the turnaround after the Game 5 loss at Detroit in 2009:
I don't believe it was to the whole group, and he didn't stand up and say, 'Hey, we're going to be alright,' we just got thumped 5-0. But he was one of the guys who said to me – and I know he said it to other people – 'We are gonna be alright. We have them right where we want them. We're going to go back and win Game 6, then we're going to come back here and win Game 7.' It wasn't "rah-rah," but definitely there was a matter-of-fact sense of certainty about how we were going to respond and how we were going to get to Game 6 and then go back for Game 7. He was one of those guys. I don't think if Miro Satan would have said it, it would have been as strong or as calming as with Billy and what he said to me. I also think it's more than just talking. There was a sense of calm about how things were going to play out.
On the third line:
There's a consistency with which they play the game, systematically and how we want to play the game that allows them to be effective. Then they bring their own individual attributes as a line, the speed, the tenacity on the puck and the ability to get to the offensive zone and to play there against usually much bigger competition. They are effective both physically and in a grinding sort of way. It happened again (Saturday). They do a good job of playing the body like a boxer would. They tie up the other team, they're tenacious, they're relentless. They do it with speed and they do it with smart play. It's a factor for our team, and it's a factor for the next line over the boards. It's a factor for playing a 60-minute game where you can get to another team. They've gotten real good at it.
On Evgeni Malkin:
Geno will not be playing tonight. He's day-to-day.
On if Malkin is easy to talk to about injuries:
Geno may give off the front publicly that it's difficult to talk to him. But the only difficult part is that he wants to play. He wants to be out there. He'll play through a lot of stuff, and that's the hard one to decipher. It's not a language issue, it's just sometimes there are athletes that are tough to keep off the ice, even when maybe it's not the best thing to be on there, whether it's practice or a game. It's tough because he does want to be out there tonight, but it's not going to happen.
On being patient with Malkin's injury:
It's one of those things where if you keep at it, it's going to stay the same. It just means he needs a brief amount of time to get better so he's not dealing with the same nagging injury.
On how he feels now and how he felt before the winning streak started:
This is probably going to seem odd. But I was confident when things were not going well that we were going to play good hockey just like we are right now. I was confident in Marc-Andre Fleury. I was confident in the team in what we were doing and how we were going to play. Today, I worry more about how we're going to play tonight. We're playing a team that has a very good lineup with good players. And we're playing a team that hasn't had success the way that I think they can. So I'm losing more sleep over how we're going to come out and play the game tonight than I did before.
Assist: Tony Jovenitti
Here are the much-awaited sounds from the locker room...
Sidney Crosby
On the significance of giving Bill Guerin the Stanley Cup first in 2009:
He'd played a long time and had won one before, but it had been a long time since he got another chance to win. He was a big part of our team and our success, but more so the length of time, at his age, I think it was pretty special. I was pretty happy to pass it to him, and it was a lot of fun having the opportunity to play with him. He was a great guy in the room, great leader, and it's great he's able to do this here tonight.
On Guerin's overtime winner in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals vs. Philadelphia:
I think at that point, you don't want to think that far ahead. But I remember that goal, it was a five-on-three and I think it was (through the) five-hole he ended up scoring on (Martin) Biron. That was a huge goal for us. I think Billy scored some big goals throughout his time here, but that was a big one. Like I said, he was a leader but that was a good example of him stepping up at the right time for us.
On what he learned from Guerin in terms of leadership:
I think we're different personalities for sure, but I think we probably made each other better. I think he's a guy who likes to keep things pretty loose, and he did that with me. But at the same time, we were competitive and it was healthy. I think we both helped each other and certainly, I had a ton of fun and was definitely better for having played with him.
On if Guerin got on him right away:
Oh yeah. The first time I met him, within ten seconds. It was good for both of us, I was able to learn a lot as far as keeping things loose, and I think that's a big part of what he brought.
On if those first ten seconds were bearable:
He's got a skill, I don't know what it is. But he's got a talent, he's quick. You can't catch that guy, you don't want to get into a verbal battle with him because he's really quick. I know that's something that we'll always remember about Billy. I really enjoyed playing with him, he was a lot of fun.
On where Guerin ranks in terms of his linemates:
I mean, between him and Kunitz, he's probably the guy I played the most with. I think we played pretty similar, we liked to attack and he was really good at making those little plays off the wall. He's a right-hand shot, which helped, especially with his shot. He knew where to go, he knew those spots to get in, so I think there was definitely a chemistry there with making those little plays. And he's a goal scorer, so he could score from anywhere in the offensive zone.
On his relationship with Guerin and his family:
Yeah, he was great. (Being) an older guy coming in with me being a young captain, he was there to support. That was important for me. But I think if anything, he treated everybody the same. Probably me a little more harsh, but in a good way. It was good, he kept things fun, and we had a good time playing together. I'm really happy he's able to come here tonight and do this here, it's really special.
On where his game is right now compared to past years:
I think that's always hard to judge. I don't think you get caught up really thinking about that, I think if anything, a big part of that is execution and taking the chances you get. We've been able to do that, personally I've been able to do that. When that happens, you keep it going for as long as possible, keep doing those important details and hopefully get the same results. I think everything is a combination of the team playing well, executing—I think that's what it has to do with.
On the Devils style of play:
We've only seen them once, but I think it's pretty similar. A lot of those guys have been there and know that system pretty well, so I would expect to see a lot of the same thing.
On not getting too high in the win streak that the Penguins are on:
You just have to remind yourself of what's important and you can't think about the results too much. You have to think about playing the right way and give yourself a chance and trust in the results. I think it's important that we stay on task here and we'll be tested here (Monday).
Marc-Andre Fleury
On Bill Guerin:
He was a great hockey player. Obviously, he played for so long and that's awesome. I have a lot of good memories, like some big goals he scored. And off the ice, he was a great guy and a great leader but also a guy who makes things fun. He was always in a good mood every morning. I remember I grew a mustache in the playoffs, but my mustache was weak. Every day he would come in and put his finger over my mustache and go, 'Hello my friend' (with a heavy French accent).
On if Guerin fit in right away:
He did, he has a good personality and he's very easy-going. He likes to have fun and hang out with the guys. I think we were pretty relaxed and an easy-going group, so he fit in pretty easy.
On Guerin not being afraid to make fun of everyone:
I think a couple days in he was already making fun of Sid.
On New Jersey:
We always have tough games with them. Their season may not be going very well, but we still gotta be ready for them. They're a dangerous team. They have guys that can score, so we need to be ready.
Chris Kunitz
On Bill Guerin:
Billy's a true professional, a guy that could always make every situation light. He could be a disciplinarian if we needed that in the locker room. His experience was second-to-none. We were playing with a gentleman and a guy with a great family, they brought a lot to our team and to our organization when they were here.
On the significance of Guerin retiring as a Penguin:
I haven't talked to him about that, so I don't know how it works. But I'm sure he had a couple good experiences here, especially winning a Cup and playing with a lot of guys that he had a lot of respect for in this locker room. I don't know, you'll have to speak with him on that. But it was a pleasure on my behalf to play with a guy of that stature.
On Sidney Crosby's play:
You try not to get caught up in it, you want to just play in the situations. But I think you kind of have to sit back and watch and enjoy sometimes when he does those spectacular things out there. He's hot right now, that's the reason for our team having the success that we are. And he's doing it in all areas of the ice, he's winning battles, he's blocking shots, he's winning key faceoffs at the end of games. Right now we're on a good team roll, obviously we want to keep Sid and our team rolling every time we go out there.
Maxime Talbot
On if they can continue the offensive pressure they sustained in Columbus on Saturday while they wait for the return of Evgeni Malkin:
That's the plan. Geno's a big part of our offense, and it's tough when you don't have a big part of your offense like that, but I think we played alright last game in Columbus. We were able to create some stuff that doesn't only come out from our forwards. Our defense was following the rush, and a guy like Paulie Martin had a game. We'll be fine, it's obviously something without Geno and Jordan Staal, they're two of the best centermen in the league so you have to get better and dig deeper a little bit.
On catching a break without Martin Brodeur in net:
You can't just look at his team's record and just think 'Oh, it's going to be an easy one (Monday).' I don't think their record shows where they really are, they're a dangerous team and they have some skill up front. It's definitely going to be a battle, last year we were 0-6 against them so we definitely want to change that this year.
Paul Martin
On if he still keeps in touch with any of his former Devils teammates:
A little bit. I think (with) some of the guys that I was there with for six, seven years.
On if he has any particular insight into their game:
No, I mean I think from practicing with them for so long, you know their tendencies a little bit and what they like to do on the ice. But as far as systems go, it's pretty similar to what they usually do.
On if New Jersey focuses on the counter-attack:
Yeah, I think that's what they've prided their game on over the years, is solid defense and creating chances off of turnovers. That's something you always have to be aware of when you're playing the Devils.
On if they're primed for a run with their talented veterans up top:
On paper, they have a solid team, they have a lot of good guys in there that are capable of winning games for them. Things just aren't clicking for them right now, but with their lineup on paper, they do have a talented group so you can't take them lightly.
Assist: Tony Jovenitti
This just in: Sidney Crosby has been named the NHL's First Star of the Week. He's starting the month of December red-hot after being named the NHL's Star of the Month for November.
The guys had a plethora of good things to say about Billy Guerin in the locker room following their morning skate. We'll post their comments shortly.
Evgeni Malkin will not play in tonight's contest against the Devils, according to head coach Dan Bylsma. The forward's status is still day-to-day.
Injured Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur is in the tunnel watching the Pens practice.
Deryk Engelland having a few words with Guerin before he heads onto the ice.
Evgeni Malkin is absent from the Pens practice. He missed Saturday's game in Columbus with an undisclosed injury. We'll provide an update on his status from coach Bylsma when we get it.
Here are the lines the Pens used:
The Pens have taken the ice for practice at CONSOL Energy Center. They're going to be wearing their blue third jerseys for tonight's game, and are skating this morning in the accompanying practice gear.
Head coach Dan Bylsma is chatting with Guerin over by the Pittsburgh bench.
And we're starting Monday off on a good note: out of the eight NHL teams Bill Guerin has played for, he wants to retire as a Pittsburgh Penguin. He'll be at this morning's skate, so stay tuned for more coverage.
Since it's a Penguins game day and the Steelers topped the Baltimore Ravens 13-10 on Sunday, here's a song dedicated to the two teams. It's all about the title!


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Legal Question in International Law in Philippines
I am being requested to manage an investment fund for an individual. I reside in U.S., the fund holder resides in Philippines.
One of the Articles of contract include this
''The Proxy Holder shall be required to exercise due care and diligence in selecting the investment opportunities and avoid capital losses to the assets, fluctuation returns and negative consequences arising from faulty or inordinate investment assumptions.
The Proxy Holder hereby covenants to indemnify the instructing the Instructing Party against all such losses, cost, charges, damages and expenses incurred by the Proxy Holder by reason or in respect thereof.
Provided the Proxy Holder shall not be held responsible for any consequence out of force majeure namely warfare, riots measures adopted by authorities or changes in legislation in Host Countries or Abroad.''
the very intent of the contract is for investment in business on fund holders behalf. How could I, as manager, be held to indemnify holder in event of business downturn, failure outside of force majeure?
Business investment by it's very nature contains risk, which all parties investing must share.
How could I be expected to guarantee no loss to fund holder?
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Re: indemnify
You clearly need a lawyer to look over the entire proposed contract. From the excerpt, however, it appears that your suspicion is correct and that you would be effectively guaranteeing the principal of the portfolio irrespective of fluctuations in the markets.
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Scientists at NIAID are progressing toward a faster, more practical way to screen people and animals for prion diseases, which have baffled researchers for decades.
Prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are difficult to diagnose, untreatable, and ultimately fatal. Normally, prion protein molecules exist harmlessly in every mammal, but for reasons not fully understood, these protein molecules sometimes develop abnormalities and gather in clusters. Accumulation of these abnormal prion protein clusters is associated with tissue damage that leaves microscopic sponge-like holes in the brain.
Prion diseases include sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) and variant CJD in humans; scrapie in sheep; chronic wasting disease in deer, elk, and moose; and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease, in cattle.
Because animals and people can be infected for years before clinical signs or symptoms appear, scientists have tried to develop a rapid and sensitive screening tool to detect prion diseases in blood. Such a test would help prevent the spread of prion diseases among and between species. Of particular concern is the known transmission of variant CJD via blood transfusions.
At present, the best diagnostic tests for CJD use cerebral spinal fluid or actual brain tissue as test samples; neither is easily obtained. Moreover, the current spinal fluid-based tests are not fully sensitive or specific for CJD infections.
"A blood test would be much better for the patient or animal," says Byron Caughey, Ph.D., a senior investigator of prion diseases at NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories. "And results should be available in hours instead of weeks. That's the ideal situation."
An NIAID research team led by Dr. Caughey has made several advances toward a blood test for prion diseases: one that is fast, accurate, and simple-to-use. His group's latest test, developed by Christina Orrú, Ph.D., is called enhanced quaking-induced protein conversion (eQuIC). This approach uses an antibody to isolate abnormal prion protein from blood plasma and an amplification reaction to enhance detection.
In studies using brain tissue infected with variant CJD and then diluted into human plasma, eQuIC detected abnormal prion protein with a sensitivity that is 10,000 times greater than previously described tests for variant CJD. The blood test also accurately differentiated between 13 hamsters infected with scrapie, four of which were in early pre-clinical phases of infection, and 11 uninfected hamsters.
As a screening tool, eQuIC might have many users, including blood banks, hospitals, livestock operations, and even rendering plants, says Dr. Caughey.
"By detecting infectious prions in tissues, foods, medical devices, and the environment, you could reduce the spread of these diseases. We think there may be many applications in medicine, agriculture, wildlife biology, and research," he explains.
The general approach of the eQuIC assay could extend to the diagnosis of other similar neurodegenerative protein diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases. But much more research needs to be done.
Dr. Caughey hopes to apply eQuIC to additional prion diseases. Through collaborations with prion diagnostic groups around the world, he hopes to establish eQuIC, or its next generation, as a cost-effective diagnostic tool for users such as physicians in the United Kingdom, sheep ranchers in the United States, beef importers in Japan, and elk farmers in Canada.
He mentions that each year sporadic CJD kills on average one of every 1 million people around the world. An assay such as eQuIC could help determine the overall infection rate in the population and the risks of transmissions to others.
eQuIC also could improve prospects for treating prion diseases. "If you have any hope of treatment at all," says Dr. Caughey, "then you would want to know as soon as possible what disease you're dealing with, before irreversible brain damage occurs. With earlier diagnoses and improved therapies, prion disease may not have to be a death sentence."
C Orru et al. Prion disease blood test using immunoprecipitation and improved quaking-induced conversion. mBio. DOI: 10.1128/mBIo.00078-11 (2011).http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2011/Pages/prionBloodTest.aspx
J Wilham et al. Rapid end-point quantitation of prion seeding activity with sensitivity comparable to bioassays. PLoS Pathogens 6(12): e1001217. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001217 (2010).http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2010/Pages/prionCaughey.aspx
R Atarashi et al. Simplified ultrasensitive prion detection by recombinant PrP conversion with shaking. Nat Methods. 3:2011-2012. DOI:10.1038/nmeth0308-211 (2008)
R Atarashi et al. Ultrasensitive detection of scrapie prion protein using seeded conversion of recombinant prion protein. Nat Methods. 4:645-50. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth1066 (2007)
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Skip to comments.Paul Ryan: Id have to consider an invitation to join the Republican ticket (Watch Video)
Posted on 03/26/2012 8:21:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Some Republicans have spent the last week wringing their hands over the new budget proposal from House Budget chair Paul Ryan. Others have suggested that Ryan's solid credentials and straightforward manner on spending make him an obvious choice as running mate for the eventual Republican presidential nominee. Fox's Chris Wallace asked Ryan the question on yesterday's Fox News Sunday, and Ryan didn't exactly rule out the idea:
Well, Im already the point guy for doing it in the House, Ryan said. I just dont know the answer to your question, Chris. It is not a bridge I have even come close to crossing. It is a decision that somebody else makes a long time from now. And, quite honestly, I am focused on doing my job in Congress, which I think is important, which is to give the country and alternative choice of two futures on how we save and strengthen America, how we save the American dream from what I think is this path the president has put us on to debt and decline. So, I cant answer that question. I havent given enough thought to that.
But Ryan didnt close the door completely to the possibility, saying he would consider it.
I would have to consider it, but its not something I am even thinking about right now because I think our job in Congress is pretty important, Ryan said. And what we believe we owe the country is if we dont like the direction the president is taking us, which we dont we owe them a specific sharp contrast and a different path they can select in November and doing this in Congress is really important. Thats why I think I have a real good job right now.
Ryan doesn't count himself out of the Veepstakes with this answer, of course, and he shouldn't be out of the running. (Marco Rubio was more categorical in his demurrals.) Ryan has considerably more experience in Congress than Rubio, having served since 1999, although he has only been chair of the Budget Committee for fourteen months. Both have considerable political skills, and few in the GOP can match Ryan's level of seriousness on budget issues as well as his skill in explaining them. Ryan's patient, non-combative style would mesh well with a presidential nominee without running the risk of overshadowing him.
However, Ryan lacks executive experience, and as a member of the House has a smaller constituency than a Senator or a Governor. Ryan might or might not carry Wisconsin for a national ticket, and it's unlikely that his influence would go much farther than his House district. For a clean-up-Washington ticket and a clear contrast between the two former Senators on the opposing ticket, the eventual Republican nominee will probably want a governor — and considering the two at the front of the GOP race at the moment, it's more likely they'll need a Southern governor at that.
Besides, Ryan does have an important job in this session, and taking the Budget chair out of the House in August just as the budget votes start getting scheduled in Congress will mean sidelining our best talent for that effort.
What I wouldn't give to see Ryan debate VP Plugs
Boob bait for Bubbas.
Gotta get those foolish conservatives in the base to line-up beghind Mr. Etch-a-Sketch.
Maybe Ryan should actually accomplish something positive before we make him out to be the hero.
So far Republicans only have Obama on the ropes on one issue, gas prices, and that fell into their lap. As I recall the 2011 Ryan plan created lots of backtracking by Republicans including Ryan, not a sign of strength.
When I see Obama sweat on this the way Republicans did last year on it I will be impressed.
Maybe I am in the minority, but I do not want Ryan on the ticket. I want him as the chairman of the budget committee in the House, where he is working with a Republican President and Senate to shrink the federal reach.
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Paul Ryan has one other qualification that trumps the highly qualified Marco Rubio: Ryan is a NBC! And yes! I think that Ryan could carry Wisconsin.
And that's a good place too.
Boob bait for the Bubbas is right!!! YOU are right on.
We are watching once again the courtship of the Bubbas by the Establishment with nothing more than new faces on their wretched oatmeal! Wish the Bubbas could see that.
Ryan can be respected for brains, but if we are interested in finding our own brains OUTSIDE of the already entrenched Establishment, that would be far smarter.
It is not as though Ryan is the last man standing with brains on the math. In fact, nothing he has offered solves anything more than "path setting", if you will.
We will fall for anyone or anything at this point and are in danger because of it.
Dump the Establishment. Sorry, but Ryan and Rubio are in their clinches solidly. There is no rebellion in either of these men, but continuation with the go along to get along, business as usual, and for-thee-but-not-for-me crowd.
Who does Ryan think he is to all but invite himself onto the ticket, if not pure Establishment?
One more purchase of the Bubba vote.
Amen. He's already where he can do the best good right now.
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Yes - Ryan's much more effective there.
Veep is not for the movers and the shakers.
You are being cautious....good!
So am I. We will get the usual "jump on the Ryan Bandwagon"
It's amazing to me how certain conservatives are drooling over someone whose plan by his own admission doesn't balance the budget until 2040. I mean is that really waht we want to say to the country/ That the best we can do is 2040?
Things are so bad that those that get the "Means Well" awards are crowned our heroes, kind of like the R primary.
heheheheh...cautious ???...hehehehbwAHAHAHHAHAH...
i sunk that ship looooooong ago when i demanded that MY *representative* MUST do more than pay lip service [hint greengrinch] to balancing the books...
i said take a friggin meataxe to it, let the chips fall where they may, and shrink it back to size...
more lip service in 'saying' theyre going to do it 'on day one' w/o a plan to carry thru post bi-partisan stonewalling doesnt cut it...neither does a 5, 10 or 40 yr plan to fix it later, after the taxes are jacked and collected...
These pols tell us whatever they think we want to HEAR,then go do whatever the hell they please...time & time & time again!!
...and I differ a bit on that opinion too.
It's not that I want them to try to go all the way with a losing game plan, and then just put Pelosi back in the Speakership similar to 2009 and 2010. That won't help at all.
Ryan got the panic attacks when that commercial came out showing Ryan throwing Grannie off the cliff, and he held a Townhall meeting-on it and gangs over 50 screamed at him over medicare, probably the same ones that screamed at Obama for raiding Medicare for Obama-care. So in response they made that deal with Obama to remove the possibility of a shutdown until after the election day, then they still got their butts kicked on FICA once again not knowing what they were doing.
I want them to actually beat Dems, to make Obama scared of the issue not look scared themselves and claim they meant will, much like gas prices are doing now. If they pitch something that is very unpopular there is no way Obama will sign it.
i know, you would rather use a filet knife and win the tactical victories in the political and PR sense...i just want to nuke it all, as its the only way to be sure...
one of us will get satisfaction in the short term, and both will be allies in the long haul...8^}
Well, right now, we have nothing but cowards, save for one or two. We need to clean house!.......and Senate too : )
I've liked Ryan for quite sometime now. What you say doesn't change my mind.
A great example is Obama-care. Pelosi spent her first two years as Speaker (2007 to 2008) destroying Republicans to win again big in 2008. Then in 2009 to 2010 they had no choice but to pass "Health Reform or Bust" as their base would not accept nothing at that point. Then they passed Obama-care in 2010 knowing that it would be held against them in the mid-term elections, so they put the guns to heads and pressured their members to take suicide votes to get it passed.
It remains to be seen which side will benefit from that crappy bill and Dems suicide votes. Libs want single payer and it seems like removing the easy parts of it will move us toward that.
SCOTUS already is treating Obamacare as a joke. Good first day.
I think it's likely that the left will be able to use the new Ryan budget proposal to their advantage.
Wasserman-Schultz: "It is a Republican path to poverty that would pass like a tornado through Americas nursing homes where millions of Americas seniors receive long-term and end-of-life care."
I think there may be stroke victims that would have problems paying for nursing care (unable to find a private plan that paid for it) under the Ryan plan, although it's not in the form of a bill. But I think Wasserman-Schultz seems to be ignoring the fact that last year Sebelius cancelled the long term care feature if Obamacare "CLASS" because even she admitted it was a financial loser.
This is what worries me: If the GOP can never do anything about entitlements because Dems will use it against them, how can we avoid becoming Greece?
" This is what worries me: If the GOP can never do anything about entitlements because Dems will use it against them, how can we avoid becoming Greece? "
Tell Boehner & McConnell.....good luck!!
People have turned down VP offers. Bill Bennett in 1996 turned down Dole. I'm sure there are others.
But most people who say they never think about it or don't want it would in fact take it in a second. Saying "no thanks" is just part of the game with the media.
I know. I like him too. It's the likable one's that are killing us, and Ryan's plan solves what? Nothing.
I know. I like him too. It's the likable one's that are killing us, and Ryan's plan solves what? Nothing.
She is talking about the Ryan block-grand proposal of Medicaid which pays for nursing home bills for those with no $$$. Those places are a pretty grim situation even now.
RE :"I think it's likely that the left will be able to use the new Ryan budget proposal to their advantage. "
That is pretty easy to do.
I still remember Ryan last year getting heat after the vote and he said :" It's not a budget. It's just a proposal. It's just putting an idea on the table for a talking point start ".
I don't see anywhere where Ryan has changed that Dem argument against into his favor against them.
Neither do I.
2 big problems:
1) There are so many govt. moochers that any serious attempt to cut spending will face a severe attack (led by the left) and such an attack might be more successful than we think.
2) The GOP seems to assume that they can seriously reform entitlements, but apparently don't have the skill or energy to convince voters that it needs to be done. Even if they did possess that skill, I am not certain that the voters care whether we go broke, as long as we go broke down the road somewhere.
I hope my fear is misguided.
problem is, they mostly view their political CAREERS as more important than doing the business that they were elected to do...also, there is an ever growing *"R"* electorate that is accustomed to the handouts of all levels of gubmint, and we see it here every day...a willingness to 'cutoff' somebody elses perk as long as it doesnt affect theirs...
I hope my fear is misguided.
i believe you outta get beyond the *what if* mindset, and embrace the *when* ...its refreshing, in a way, to be rid of that and move forward in mental preparation...
And whose plan solves anything more than his?
Got a name?
Now hold on there. Republicans handouts are completely different than Democrat handouts. Ours are earned because we pay taxes so we deserve more and more benefits.
but Dem handouts are based on fairness, example : sjb has more money than some illegals kid in his state. So Dem fairness says he should pay more to 'even the playing field'.
Keep the gubment out of my Social Security!
Where is "even" in the Constitution?
And not to worry....I DO pay more : )
Assuming that is true, they won't have much of a career. Who will vote for them? Those who want favors can get more from the Dems, and tea partiers will have little reason to vote for them. But they will get that congressional pension, if nothing else.
The ones currently in power don't care about future House & Senate members, any more than they care about what happens to America.....or us.
There are probably a few good ones, but too many see their number one job as serving lobbyists, and if they don't get reelected, they got what they wanted. Plus the pension for the rest of life.
" Plus the pension for the rest of life. "
Then they go on speaker tours for 2 or 3 years....make 3-500,000 per year doing that....then they become a lobbyist
at 500,000 to 1,000,000 per year.
Ask the previous King of Whores, Trent Lott, how it is done.
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Monday, 7 January 2013
Maharani, Soho
Indian food isn't exactly synonymous with a light lunch. In Soho, it's the artisan bakeries and Wasabi restaurants that have queues of suits onto the street, not the curry houses.
When I worked in the office, a big indulgent lunch was saved for the hangover days when I needed a surge of calories to keep me going but now that I'm freelance I can happily gorge myself on piles of food any time of the day and no-one can stop me, mores the pity as I've gone up a dress size since working for myself.
There is something that feels a little seedy about going into an Indian restaurant in the middle of the day. A bit like walking past a nightclub in daylight, when the doors are firmly locked and the grotty outside decor can't hide behind the veil of darkness.
My friend and I opted for the Maharani for lunch, still in the over-indulgent mood of Christmas.
Once seated we were passed a very weighty menu.
I like having choices, I really do. Set menus with only three options for each course make me twitchy, stroppy and have a bit of a bottom-lip-out moment but you can give too many options in a restaurant. If there's too much to choose from you end up just doing a bit of a closemyeyesandpokemyfingeratsomething decision.
Maharani's menu is six large pages long. There's every type of curry and then some, sometimes the same kind of thing just slightly different and even an option to tailor make your own, picking the meat, sauce, vegetable etc you want.
This is the difference between giving someone a choice and begging someone to like you. It comes off as needy and desperate. In terms of catering it certainly doesn't give off a confidence in what your best dishes are but suggests you do a lot of things, rather than a few things well.
Drowned with options we chose to put their incredibly affordable lunch time offer to the test. It boasted £6.99 for a chicken, prawn, lamb or vegetable curry, served with nan, poppadoms, a vegetable side and rice.
First out was our poppadoms.
Instead of the usual fermented clumps of dry chutney we were presented with three pungent, fresh sauces. Pumpkin chutney (in place of the usual mango) alongside a beetroot and a coriander chutney.
The beautiful jewel-like colours were matched perfectly with the light and crunchy poppadom. Each chutney perfectly complimented the other, refreshing and packed full of flavour.
Things were going well.......then came our meals.
The curries themselves were both quite bland, a thick gravy that although had murmurings of some spices was completely forgettable.
The curry was served with deep fried potatoes which could be dunked in the extra sauce served in a bowl, a lovely comforting food experience that outweighed the wishy-washy curry itself.
Maharani clearly has some fantastic ideas, their chutneys were possibly the best I've ever had and their unusual presentation made the experience special. At 6.99 it wasn't ever going to be the best curry in a one mile radius, let alone the whole of London. However, if you find yourself drunk in Soho before 5pm and in need of cheap sustenance this is the place to come. Perhaps their main menu is better, if you can be bothered to read through it.....
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Here we see the connection between those ships that Pip used to watch on the marshes at home those many years ago and his current circumstances. When he watched the ships on the horizon, he'd dream about the life he couldn't have. The ships became a metaphor for a life of money and privilege—but once he actually got on board, it promptly sank. What does he have on his horizon now to dream about?
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