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Thomas Kinkade's death has been ruled an accident after he overdosed on a cocktail of alcohol and Valium, a new report says.
NBC Bay Area posted to its website Monday evening a portion of the autopsy from the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office. Officials at the coroner's office said they could not provide the report until Tuesday morning.
Kinkade, the "Painter of Light," was 54 when he died at his Monte Sereno home on April 6. He was proclaimed as one of the most popular artists of all time, but relatives said the criticism he drew for producing works described by some as tacky took its toll in his final years. He eventually separated from his longtime wife, was arrested for DUI and battled an alcohol addiction.
Dr. Joseph O'Hara, the county's lead medical examiner, said in a report dated Wednesday that the cause of Kinkade's death was accidental "acute ethanol and Diazepam intoxication."
Ethanol is the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. Diazepam is a muscle relaxant, usually sold under the brand name Valium, that is sometimes used to treat agitation caused by alcohol withdrawal. It is also prescribed to treat anxiety, muscle spasms and seizures.
Also contributing to Kinkade's death, the report said, were "hypertensive and atherosclerotic heart disease."
Hypertension refers to heart problems caused by high blood pressure while atherosclerosis is plaque buildup in arteries.
Early Tuesday morning, Kinkade's family released a statement on the autopsy: "The family is sorting through a number of different issues and has not had an opportunity to fully review these results."
Kinkade's brother, Patrick, previously told this newspaper that the painter had battled alcoholism for four or five years and had been clean in recent months before relapsing before his death.
His girlfriend had told police the morning of his death that he had been drinking all night, according to dispatcher recordings posted online.
A representative for Kinkade's family said Monday that the family had no immediate comment.


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Ireland women unchanged for Scotland encounter
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Ireland women's team head coach Philip Doyle has named an unchanged team to play Scotland in Lasswade RFC on Saturday, 23 February.
Doyle has kept faith with the starting XV and replacements that overcame England in their last outing of the championship a fortnight ago.
Speaking ahead of the game, Doyle said: "We are really looking forward to this weekend, it's all about meeting the standards we set out against England. We have named the same XV as we are looking for consistency now to our game."
"Our focus for this 6 Nation's campaign hasn't changed which is to qualify for the Rugby World Cup and win this weekend will bring us closer to that.
"Undoubtedly Scotland are a formidable opponent. While results may not be going their way, they have strength that no other team has and we are certainly not underestimating them."
Ireland women's team: Niamh Briggs, Ashleigh Baxter, Lynne Cantwell, Jenny Murphy, Alison Miller, Nora Stapleton , Larissa Muldoon , Fiona Coghlan , Gillian Bourke, Ailis Egan, Sophie Spence, Marie Louise Reilly, Siobhan Fleming, Claire Molloy, Joy Neville
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GCI Radio Roadshow on KDNKFebruary 11, 2014
KDNK News presents the Glen Canyon Institute's Radio Roadshow on Monday, February 24 from 6-7pm.
Glen Canyon Institute Executive Director Christi Wedig will discuss the current state of the Colorado River and the controversial "Fill Mead First" proposal. The Radio Roadshow will be presented live at the new KDNK Broadcast Learning Center at 76 S. Second Street in Carbondale. Listeners are invited to be part of the live studio audience or tune in to the live broadcast. Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments. If you plan to attend, please arrive at 5:45 as the broadcast will begin promptly at 6 pm. This is a KDNK News Membership Drive event.
You can listen to the archived program and view the visual element of Wedig's presentation by clicking through to our news archives.
Glen Canyon Institute Roadshow presentation for KDNK
Fill Mead First?
The Colorado River is the lifeblood of the American West. Seven states, two countries, and over 30 million people rely on the mighty Colorado. Climate change and the recent 14 year drought have pushed the River to its limit. Current demands for Colorado River water have already outstripped supply. Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the Colorado River's largest reservoirs are currently less than half full and likely to never fill again. Hydropower production at both Glen Canyon Dam and Hoover Dam is down, putting a pinch on the Western Area Power Administration's ability to honor its long term power contracts.
This year, for the first time in history, in order to preserve Glen Canyon Dam power production Lake Powell releases to the lower basin were cut back exacerbating Nevada, California, and Arizona's water woes. Currently, proposals to move water from upper basin reservoirs including Blue Mesa and Flaming Gorge into Lake Powell for the sole purpose of maintaining power production are being considered. Colorado River managers are scrambling to find solution to the multifaceted crisis that is only expected to get worse. Reservoir re-operations have become a real possibility to alleviate stresses along the River. However, upper basin reservoir re-operations do not provide any benefit to Colorado River water supplies and may actually increase the amount of water lost to the system. In contrast, Glen Canyon Institute's Fill Mead First proposal would stabilize Lake Mead water levels and recover up to 300,000 acre feet of water to the Colorado River system each year- as much as Nevada's entire Colorado River allocation.
Prioritizing storage in Lake Mead would eliminate the massive inefficiencies and waste resulting from storage in Lake Powell's leaky sandstone basin. In addition, this protocol would allow for the restoration of Glen Canyon - America's lost National Park. This common sense solution would require no new infrastructure, would provide and immediate answer to the lower basin's water crisis, and could be easily reversed if desired results were not met. Join Glen Canyon Institute for a discussion about the Colorado River and Fill Mead First.


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2013 Special Issue
Communication Studies
Call for Papers
"Consistency and Change in Campaign Communication: Analyzing the 2012 Elections"
Mitchell S. McKinney, Guest Editor
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2013
The 2012 U.S. elections provide communication scholars a prime opportunity to examine both changes and consistencies in political campaign communication. Certainly, much has been written about the influence of new technologies in campaign communication. From social media to all types of digital technologies, candidates, media, and citizens are engaging the electoral process in new ways. Yet, more traditional modes and forms of communication remain prevalent in political campaigns, including candidates' use of conventional mass media to reach voters, or citizen protests and activism. In many instances, however, the intersection of consistency and change stimulates current campaign communication practices. From candidates' and interest groups' micro-targeting of political ads via digital media, to citizens' live tweeting televised debates, the convergence of so-called "old" and "new" communication practices in the 2012 elections provide interesting possibilities for investigation.
Submissions are invited for this special issue of Communication Studies that focus on any relevant aspect of campaign communication in the context of the 2012 elections. Studies that employ any appropriate methodology are welcome. Studies may examine communication content and/or effects, including rhetorical-critical analysis. Possible topics and areas of investigation may include (but are not limited to):
Manuscripts should be prepared for blind review in accordance with the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association and should contain no more than 7500 words total (including tables, references, endnotes, and appendices). All manuscripts must be submitted no later than March 1, 2013 and should be submitted electronically via the ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rcst (identify manuscript type as 2012 Elections). Questions regarding the special issue may be directed to guest editor Mitchell S. McKinney (email@example.com).


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Meridian, Miss A packed house watched tonight as Meridian Community College celebrated its Summer Graduation. Diplomas were handed out to 138 students as they walked across the stage at MCC's McCain Theater. Some of these students will further their education, while others will go straight into the workforce. A father and daughter graduated at the same time tonight, and they talked about how they supported each other in the effort. "She was my motivation," said Duane Emerson, of his daughter, Duanika. "So I said I might as well complete the requirements because it's not often that you see a father and daughter graduate, so I took this opportunity to make it happen." "It's exciting," added Duanika. "I never graduated with a parent before, so it's refreshing, I like it."
Students from MCC"s first-ever Paramedic Program also graduated tonight.


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The local food movement has a long way to go, and no where is that apparently more true than in Santa Barbara County, where food writers spent the weekend learning how broaden the appeal of locally proudced foods.
The county ranks 24th nationally in the value of its agricultural production – $951 million in the 2007 ag census. The county, which has 11 farmers markets, ranks No. 2 in broccoli and cauliflower, 6th for lettuce and 24th overall in the category of vegetables, melons, potatoes and sweet potatoes. If local veggies aren't enough for you, try the pistachios, grown in the Sierra Madre Range that rises above the Pacific. Lemons, oranges and grapefruit grow in the heart of city of Santa Barbara, including on the grounds of the city's famed 18th century mission that overlooks the ocean. Restaurants offer local swordfish.
But more than 95 percent of the fruits and vegetables consumed in the county are brought in from elsewhere, said David Cleveland, a professor of environmental studies at the University of California-Santa Barbara. Meanwhile, 99 percent of what the county does produce goes elsewhere, according to his ressarch.
And oh yes, here in this land of plenty of fruits and vegetables,four in 10 adults are households classified as food insecure. More than half of adults are overweight or obese.
But eating local won't necessarily fix the obesity problem, said Cleveland. "Simply making local what we already eat isn't the problem. The problem is getting local food to the people who need it, and Santa Barbara County is typically of California and typically of the U.S. is dominated by non-nutritious food outlets," he said.
Cleveland wouldn't get much argument with that observation from conventional, large-scale farmers. But there the agreement would end. What Cleveland is really after is a broader definition of what's local food, too. Much of what is being sold as local is offered in chain stores where the produce managers don't know where it coems from, and the food is picked by labor brought up from Mexico.
"We have to take the definition of local into our own hands. We have to make sure we're defining it in terms of the real goals we want for our food system," he said.


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An eastern Kentucky mayor says some city council members are trying to take power away from him.
Council members in Prestonsburg called a special meeting Monday night.
Members of the Prestonsburg City Council say they want more input and say they want to be the one's who appoint committees that make recommendations for the city, but that's normally a job the mayor does.
Ordinance three-2007 caused quite a stir.
The mayor of Prestonsburg, Jerry Fannin, says through ordinance Three-2007 city council members want to appoint committees which make recommendations for the council, but for years, that's been the mayor's job.
"Every time we have an election and new people come in, the mayor will appoint them to some kind of committee and he will ask them if they want to be changed and if they say yeah, he will try to accommodate them," Kelly Moore said.
But since the election, the mayor says many council members aren't happy and they're trying to take power from him.
"This demanding stuff don't work on my side or their side either one," Mayor Jerry Fannin said.
Monday night five of the eight city council members called a special meeting for a vote on the issue.
"The council has more input than it did before and I think it's a good move," Gorman Collins Junior said.
The ordinance was passed, so now council members will appoint committees, but the mayor says he believes this will be a setback for the city.
"I think it's going to put Prestonsburg in the next two years, if things don't change, we're not going to accomplish a whole lot because we're not working together," Mayor Fannin said.
Mayor Fannin says he has ten days to veto the vote.
The next city council meeting is scheduled for next Monday.


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by Keith Sutton
It was a hunt I'll never forget.
Two friends, Lake Lewis and Charles Proctor, met me in east Arkansas' Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area, a picturesque bottomland that often has been called "the epicenter of green-timber duck hunting in America." We launched Lewis's big flatbottom boat amid a massive gathering of other hunters, and headed west on the woodland boat trails, following the spotlights of other hunters until we reached Brushy Creek in the heart of WMA.
From here, we waded more than a mile through the flooded timber, negotiating stump holes and ankle-grabbing brush in three feet of water. The location seemed remote, but there were plenty of other hunters around, even on this Monday morning.
We spent a couple of hours moving from one spot to another, trying to find an opening in the timber situated a decent distance from other waterfowlers. It wasn't easy. These bottoms are covered in dense stands of hardwoods with a thick understory, and there are always plenty of hunters. After several maneuvers, however, we managed to find a spot with just the right set of conditions.
Lake and Charles are excellent callers, and it didn't take them long to garner the attention of some mallards trading over the timber. The birds were wary; finesse was required to convince them to visit our hole. They circled over and around our little opening a dozen times before finally cupping their wings and dropping from the sky like big metal-flake hailstones. It was almost an anti-climax when the three of us each dropped a mallard.
Another short walk took us to another hole, where there were more ducks trading through the timber. These mallards were high but close enough to respond to the hails of the veteran callers. The birds disappeared in the trees, then reappeared, only to vanish again in the low ceiling of clouds. But the calls were convincing.
The ducks turned and and circled the hole—once, twice, three times. We followed their movements through the mosaic of timber, heads down so the ducks wouldn't spot us. The ambush was set.
The mallards cupped their wings. The woods fell silent. We could see the orange legs of the ducks outstretched to meet the blackwater bayou. Emerald heads luminesced against a gray-and-brown background. Wings whistling, the birds gave to the pull of gravity and fell through the trees. A dozen. Two dozen. Fifty. A hundred mallards dropped from the leaden sky and lit on the icy water. No one even breathed. It was too precious a moment to shatter with gunfire.
But somewhere within the flock, a wary hen flushed. Keen senses told her something was out of place. The entire flock followed in an explosion of swamp water and feathers. Hunter instincts took hold, and a volley of gunfire rang out. Lake and Charles rounded out their limits, and I dropped a drake as it circled behind me.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
Prairie drought peaks.


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SOHO Business Telecom Spending by Type and Vertical Market (Dynamic Data File)
- December 2005
- 10 pages
- In-Stat/MDR
This Microsoft Excel data file includes detailed forecasts of SOHO Business (firms with 1 to 4 employees) Telecom Services and Equipment spending for the 2004-2009 period across the six broad categories: wireline voice services, wireless voice services, wireline data services, wireless data services, wireline equipment, and wireless equipment. These forecasts are segmented across nine vertical industry segments: mining, construction, manufacturing, retail trade, wholesale trade, services, government, FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) and TCU (Transportation, Communications, Utilities).
Definitions and trend discussions are embedded in the file.


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San Francisco, CA -- September 12, 2001 -- Silicon Valley Bank (the "Bank"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bancshares, announced it provided KnowNow, Inc. with $1.5 million in equipment financing.
Mountain View, California-based KnowNow enables applications to continually exchange information over the Internet, and will use the financing to support capital expenditures.
"KnowNow is proud to be a member of the Silicon Valley Bank family," said Carmen Tuerke, vice president of Finance and Administration for KnowNow. "We are pleased to have such a strong partner help guide our financial future."
"We are delighted to have this opportunity to provide financing for KnowNow," said Chris Wagner, senior vice president in Silicon Valley Bank's San Francisco region. "We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with the company as it grows into a world class enterprise."
About KnowNow, Inc. KnowNow's event notification software enables client/server-like interactivity within any Web application - both inside and outside the firewall - without the need to install any software on the client. With KnowNow, Web browsers, desktop applications, enterprise servers, and Web services can communicate with each other instantly - enabling the real-time enterprise to fully leverage the Internet to drive revenue, reduce costs and enhance business relationships. KnowNow is a privately held company with backing from premier venture capital firms, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers and Palomar Ventures. Developers can download products and documentation at the KnowNow Developer Center at developer.knownow.com, further information about KnowNow is available at www.knownow.com.
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Bsharni, Lebanon - Kahlil Gibran's hometown
Category: Places
Photo and caption by Billie Martin
This small town in the Mount Lebanon region is scattered with the sound of church bells and the view of the snow capped mountains. Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese - American poet, writer (The Prophet), and artist. After arriving in this majestic quant town and visiting the Gibran Musem, I can understand in his writings how and why he loved this place so much. The Lebanese people are so warm and welcoming with their love for their country, food and hospitality.
Location: Bsharni, Lebanon
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But this is how my day progressed. In the morning I was learning about genetic engineering. Using virus to alter genes in DNA in order to produce various effects. I ended day by listening to a classmate in this stupid Chem class educate everyone how on plants take in oxygen and give off water and that's how they help global warming.
I'm also really getting tired of getting bitched at for other people's mistakes. It was not me who did not mail out your prescription. It was not me who didn't fill your refills when you called them in. It was not me who put the wrong bottle in the back.
Stop fucking bitching at me and be grateful I fix your problems with a smile on my face. It could be a lot fucking worse.
No we don't have the shots that give you the swine flu. First, ask a correct question. Second, stop calling.
If you come in for Plan B, don't try and justify it. I don't need to hear about how you've already had four kids or how you're just not ready for children. You were drunk, someone played hide the pickle with you and you lost. It happens, life goes on.
Wellpoint, why do you keep rejecting a Hydroxyzine script by saying; "Mental Health/Substance Abuse drugs not covered." It's an antihistamine for a rash on a guy's foot. It falls under neither mental health nor substance abuse. Am I missing something here?
Finally I've spent about $1,200 getting ready for these interviews already. That's a lot of freakin' money. At least I got a suit out of it, but geez I'm gonna go broke by the end of this. Maybe I should wear some kind of hobo getup to squeeze a little sympathy out of them.
That being said, I'm interviewing on Halloween Eve. Would it be inappropriate to wear a costume? Precisely, I want to be a bottle of Viagra this year. I would think that would show my passion for the profession would it not??
I mean c'mon, it's not like I'd be a bottle of Valtrex.


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by Michael Sarko
– The Capitol Hill Times –
Conventional wisdom about the entertainment preferences of Americans is that opera doesn't make the cut. In many places, Seattle included, this theory doesn't really hold water. Not only does the Seattle Opera regularly sell out its entire season, there is also an interest in bringing that high singing art to more humble digs. Opera on Tap, a non-profit organization originating in New York, does just that. What's more, the Seattle chapter of Opera on Tap tends to find its best audiences here in Capitol Hill.
"We love playing up here. We have a lot of fans [in Capitol Hill]," said Opera on Tap Seattle diva Ksenia Popova. "We love playing The Comet. The divey-er the dive, the better." She and her local collaborators, Megan Chenovick and Erica Row, have hosted live opera performances at The Comet and other bars for two years. Today, they're gearing up for a new season and are on the search for a fresh crop of singers.
Opera on Tap's concept is simple: singers devoted to the operatic arts take spots at thoroughly unpretentious bars usually reserved for rowdy bands and open mic readers. They do so unadorned with the elaborate costumes and makeup of the traditional opera stage, injecting humor into the experience and generally breaking down the conception that opera is a stuffy, elitist affair. So, one show a month since 2011, Opera on Tap Seattle has been making that unusual dream of beer-soaked arias a reality.
Though Ksenia Popova uses the model and resources of the national Opera on Tap name, her interest in bringing libretti to street-level blossomed independently.
"I was up all night Googling 'opera in bars' when I came across the Opera on Tap website," Popova said. She's an accomplished opera singer and educator herself, performing throughout the Pacific Northwest, working with the Portland Opera, the Vashon Opera and in competition circuits in the region. When Popova found Opera on Tap, she was already close to the bar music scene.
"I was dating a sound guy, so I spent lots of time in bars. Some nights I would think, 'How great would it be to just go up on stage and sing an aria?'"
Many of the program's singers come from backgrounds similar to Ksenia Popova. The Seattle chapter maintains a database of established and emerging singers, refining the audition process for new performers as the years pass.
"It's not exactly like opera karaoke," Popova said. Rather, singing with Opera on Tap comes with a unique set of tones and distractions that differ greatly from the big stage at McCaw Hall. There's very little space between the singers and the audience. They have to contend with the less-than-ideal acoustics of bars and the pressure of mostly unaccompanied performances, not to mention the social nuances of singing for patrons who are under the influence.
Because of these differences, this year's auditions will take the format of a live performance rather than a closed showcase. The audition show, which will happen at The Blue Moon Tavern in the University District on July 30, will feature several Opera on Tap hopefuls performing five arias to the kind of crowd they can expect at every show.
Popova expressed a desire to put on more Opera on Tap shows in Capitol Hill this season. The group's experiences at The Comet have been roundly positive and tend to capture the program's most sought-after demographic: middle-income people between the ages of 21 and 40.
"We end up bringing in a wider range, but the 21 to 40 range is when people start to forget about opera," Popova explained.
Opera America, an association of 122 opera companies nationwide, compiles regular reports with the National Endowment for the Arts about opera attendance in the United States. Their most recent survey says that the average opera-goer in America is 48 years old, and that the average opera-going population is aging. The outreach of Opera on Tap aims to do for younger adult crowds what similar school outreach programs do to introduce kids to the art.
"We get a mixture of people who are there to see the show and a good handful of people who have no idea what they're walking in to," Popova said. She described unexpected moments of humor that democratized the opera experience for their audiences, and the more traditional instances of high emotion that elevated their shows beyond a simple dressing-down.
The Opera on Tap Seattle website and Facebook page regularly update with info on upcoming shows and auditions. Look for Ksenia Popova, her fellow divas and their guest singers at venues throughout Capitol Hill and Seattle at-large.


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1. Realize that you can't please everyone ' even Jesus had trouble with that. 'And there was a grumbling among the multitudes concerning Him; some were saying, 'He is a good man'; others were saying, 'No, on the contrary, He leads the multitude astray'" (John 7:12).
2. Difficult people thrive in the center of controversy. 'Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,' says Proverbs 26:21, 'so is a contentious man to kindle strife.' Don't be drawn into unnecessary situations. Misery really does love company!
3. Set clear personal boundaries for appropriate behavior with difficult people. Communicate with them in a gentle, but clear manner.
4. Never retaliate. In the mind of the difficult person, it justifies their behavior.
5. If you have a moment of rational communication with a difficult person, try to help them see how destructive their behavior is to themselves, their family and their career.
6. When a difficult person goes into attack mode or excessive defensiveness, recognize that it is useless to argue with them. 'Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him' (Proverbs 26:4).
7. Learn to recognize when your defense mechanisms come up. Realize that getting defensive will only exacerbate the process of dealing with difficult people.
8. A difficult person's behavior is really out of your control. Pray for them and let God deal with them. 'Love your enemies,' said Jesus, 'and pray for those who persecute you' (Matthew 5:44).
9. When you're facing on-going communication problems with a difficult person, it's often helpful to invite the help of a neutral third party to facilitate the process of better communication.
10. Take advantage of the many books, tapes and helpful guides that deal with this common issue.


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Lactic acid is bitter-tasting acid that forms when certain bacteria combine with lactose (milk or sugar). It is used to impart a tart flavor, as well as in the preservation of some foods. It occurs naturally in the souring of milk and can be found in foods such as cheese (used in coagulation) and yogurt. It's also used in the production of acid-fermented foods such as pickles and sauerkraut. young children with lactose intolerance may show adverse reactions


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I specifically remember my very first visit to an optometrist when I was only 7-years old. I picked out a pair of glasses that were terribly thick and RED. What was I thinking? I am so happy that I now realize glasses are a fashion statement and choosing the most unattractive pair of lenses will hurt you on a daily basis!
Those glasses were initially meant for the chalkboard and distance reading purposes in school. However, bad eyesight does run in our family. I am now wearing contacts constantly and can barely read a piece of paper set 2" inches away from my eyes.
Having such poor eyesight means regular visits to my optometrist are very important. Eye care is something I take very seriously and I hope all of my readers pay as much attention to their vision as I do!
I recently discovered that I have an astigmatism in my right eye. I knew something was going on, but I didn't have enough knowledge or information to diagnose myself. Luckily, my astigmatism is nothing serious, but I do require special contacts that are special for astigmatic vision in my right eye.
I have always known that I have bad eye vision, but I am now getting older and need to begin educating myself on proper eye health, questions to ask at my next eye vision appointment, and ensure that I am receiving the best lenses available to regain sharp vision.
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Recalling the events of the depression era, I have remembered most of all the courage of my parents. As a child, I accepted everything. As an adult, I realize not only how difficult the years must have been, but how resourceful people became in their struggle to provide for a family.
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We are excited about the Hayden Discount Cinema reopening and the ticket prices are only $2 all the time! Below are the movie times for 6/7-6/13! Click HERE for more information and you can also check out their Facebook Page.
Croods (pg) 12:45, 2:45, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45
Disney's Oz (pg) 12:15, 3:00, 7:00, 9:25
Jack Giant Slayer (pg-13) 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45
GI Joe (pg-13) 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 8:45
Escape from Planet Earth (pg) 11:45, 1:45
The Host(pg-13) 1:15, 6:45
Identity Thief (r) 3:45, 9:00
Olympus Has Fallen (r) 4:30, 7:15, 9:35
Concessions will be $2 for regular size and $3 for large. Nothing more than $3. We are really trying to make it affordable for everyone to come to the movies and enjoy the experience. You can help us out by spreading the word to friends and family. The only way to keep these prices low is to have a lot of customers.
Just a few notes before coming down to watch a movie on Friday:
HDC Movies does NOT accept credit cards, we do have an ATM in the lobby for your convience. We do this to KEEP the PRICES LOW.
HDC Movies is being opened under new ownership. The current owners have moved to CDA for the summer from Boise where they own another Discount theater, OPC Movies.
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A private Graveside was held on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery for Wayne Williams, 72 of Sacramento, California. He passed away April 11, 2013 in Sacramento, California. He was born November 23, 1940 in California. Wayne was a long time resident of Gridley before moving to Sacramento. He served in the US Navy. He is survived by his three children: David, Johnnie and Robin; two sisters: Cora Evans and Mary Lockhart, and one grandson. Arrangements are entrusted to Gridley-Block Funeral Chapel.
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Edward Albee is without doubt one of the giants of American theater, in the same pantheon with Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill, and Tennessee Williams. His prolific career includes three Pulitzer Prizes and the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Tony Award.
At the age of eighty, Albee is still producing major works for the theater—most recently a prequel to The Zoo Story, which shocked the country when it first appeared in 1958—and his plays have seen major revivals on and off Broadway in recent years. Yet even with this resurgence of popularity, no up-to-date treatment of his plays is currently in print.
With engaging discussions of his most famous plays, such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Three Tall Women, as well as his lesser known works, this essential guide reveals the heart of Albee's drama, highlighting the themes of sex, death, loneliness, and time that have occupied the playwright during his almost fifty years in the theater.
Cover photo: Edward Albee, 2002, by Gen Hasagawa
"Zinman's most important contribution is her sustained effort to remain as true as possible to the playwright's concerns and voice by weaving parallels between scripts and published interviews and talks. Her respect for Albee's achievements as a dramatist is beautifully complemented by her fascination with the persona that Albee has chosen to reveal publicly. ... Recommended."
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Our bricklayers are as at home laying antique London stocks as they are with modern concrete blocks.
We build boundary walls, retaining walls, raised beds and brick steps.
Abbey Fencing
All metal is recycled and other waste is separated, when feasible, into different waste streams (concrete, wood, green waste).
All posts are four inches square and set two feet deep in concrete. Holes for timber posts have gravel beds to stop waterlogging and prevent rot.


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Idiopathic infantile nystagmus
Idiopathic infantile nystagmus (IIN) is an oculomotor disorder characterized by bilateral and involuntary oscillations of the eye.
IIN is the most common type of nystagmus, and its prevalence is estimated to be 1/3,000 in United Kingdom.
IIN is usually present at birth, or develops within the first 3 months of life. IIN is characterized by bilateral involuntary, periodic, and predominantly horizontal ocular oscillations and mild visual impairment (usually better than 0.3 LogMar (0.5 Snellen) acuity. Abnormal head postures are common. Affected individuals maintain normal color vision. Nystagmus often changes throughout life, the nystagmus being initially pendular changing later in life to jerk nystagmus. The movements are mainly in horizontal plane, although there may be vertical or torsional components. Nystagmus may increase with fixation or reading small print. Astigmatism and strabismus may be observed. Periodic alternating nystagmus (PAN) is observed on eye movement recordings in approximately 25% of patients. IIN is independent of any other ocular or neurological pathology and is characterized by the absence of oscillopsia. The null region corresponds to the region of fixation for optimal vision and the head position maintains vision in this region. In approximately one third of IIN patients, an anomalous head posture (AHP) may be observed if the null region is not in the primary position of gaze.
The molecular mechanism for IIN is unknown but mutations in FRMD7 (Four-point-one ezrin, radixin, moesin (FERM) domain-containing-7) (Xq26-q27) have been identified as disease-causing in 85% of IIN families and in 7% of IIN single cases. An additional locus has been mapped to chromosomes Xp11.3-p11.4. FRMD7 patients have more frequently the null zone in primary position, thus exhibit less head turn, moderate visual acuity loss of 0.5 Snellen VA or better and more commonly pendular waveforms than nystagmus associated with retinal diseases.
Diagnosis of IIN is based on clinical features. 50% of female carriers are affected. They show slightly better visual acuity than affected males and asymptomatic women show a loss of the optokinetic nystagmus. The eyes are structurally normal and electrophysiologic studies (visual evoked potential (VEPs) and electroretinograms (ERG)) are normal. Median visual acuity, ocular alignment and binocular vision are good. The diagnosis is confirmed by the genetic screening of FRMD7.
Differential diagnosis includes oculocutaneous albinism, X-linked recessive ocular albinism, Chédiak-Higashi syndrome, congenital retinal dystrophies such as achromatopsia, blue cone monochromatism, congenital stationary night blindness, Leber congenital amaurosis, congenital low vision such as optic nerve hypoplasia, retinopathy of prematurity (see these terms), congenital cataracts, infantile esotropia syndrome (manifest latent nystagmus), nystagmus associated with PAX6 mutations and isolated foveal hypoplasia. Nystagmus is also associated with neurological disease for example Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Joubert syndrome, Down syndrome, multiple sclerosis (see these terms), microcephaly in childhood and stroke and cerebellar degeneration are more common in adult patients.
Carrier testing for at-risk female relatives and prenatal testing for pregnancies at increased risk are possible once the disease-causing mutation has been identified in the family.
IIN may be inherited as autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive or X-linked manner. However, the most common mode of inheritance is X-linked with variable expressivity and approximately 50% penetrance in females.
There is no cure for IIN but therapeutic options include magnifying visual aids or eye muscle surgery to correct abnormal head positions (the Anderson-Kestenbaum procedures). Drugs for adult patients with nystagmus include memantine, gabapentin and baclofen.
Nystagmus usually persists but its amplitude recedes over the first 2 years of life.
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Tim Blair
–, Friday, February, 15, 2013, (4:06pm)
Tony Abbott presents some detail:
''We will trim back the Commonwealth public sector, not because we fail to respect the work of public servants … but there's 20,000 more in the Commonwealth public sector than there were five years ago and there hasn't been a commensurate increase in service delivery or efficiency.''
Mr Abbott called the school kids' bonus ''a cash splash with borrowed money that has nothing necessarily to do with education'' and said increasing the refugee intake ''would send the wrong signal to the people smugglers''.
''And in any event,'' Mr Abbott said, ''at the moment the people smugglers are determining that intake''.
So far, so good.
UPDATE. On the other hand:
TONY JONES: The Government gave the ABC a $10 million funding boost for its news and current affairs division last week. Do you support that?
MALCOLM TURNBULL: Well I don't need to support it, but I welcome it.
TONY JONES: Do you endorse it? Do you think it's a good idea?
MALCOLM TURNBULL: I am a great supporter of the ABC.
Have Your Say
I think they are doing it well at the moment, but I don't think they need to rush. At least 3 or 4 days per week the ALP is publicly machine-gunning itself in the foot - so might as well let that hit the front pages first.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (04:15pm)
Fri 15 Feb 13 (05:21pm)
Don't interrupt your opponent while he is busy making a mistake.
Don't want to take all of the attention away from Liebor's lies, back-stabbing, waste, corruption, incompetence.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (06:39pm)
The Coalition need to start looking like an alternative govt. now - the foil of Labor's ineptitude puts them in exceptionally favourable light at the moment. But they do need to proceed cautiously and explain their policies, especially when they have a hard edge. Present as compassionate conservatives who are proposing reforms for the good of the country and all citizens and not just Liberal voters - capture the middle ground.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (03:47pm)
Agreed, Puzzled [and Nik and Anthony above].
Abbott just needs to keep his powder dry [and no, Nicola, that wasn't an incitement to violence; it was just an expression of speech, which I think I'll probably still be entitled to after you lot get the boot].
But the problem with the poor bugger is that he seems almost cowed by the Handbag Hit Squad, and as a result seems on the defensive all the time.
It is definitely time for the few remaining males amongst us [who haven't as yet been co-opted into the leftoid collective] to tell Abbott to 'man up' and to stop being so bloody scared of his own masculinity.
Every point diametrically opposed to the Greens position ... so you know it's a vote winner.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (04:46pm)
As long as he continues to release policies that the ALP can't possibly steal, it'll work.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (04:50pm)
Sat 16 Feb 13 (06:08am)
Well Nark, one policy that Labor will not steal is the necessary decimation of the ABC and SBS. Tony Abbott must put Malcolm in his place because the wastage of taxpayers money is bordering on criminal!
Forget the ten million and think of the three hundred and forty million Julia Gillard gave them to create extra TV stations, entities that probably would not garner 8% of viewers between the lot of them.
Mr. Turnbull, in this day and age the ABC is superfulous, the internet gives capabilty to all to be informed 24 hours a day, if non-english speaking australians need the news from their country of birth let them use the internet.
Three SBS stations showing the greek or italian or whatever news at the same time strikes me as ridiculous wastage.
Let us not forget the commercial TV stations either, Rudd and Gillard have given them, in particular channel 7, attractive tax breaks, for what, news coverage that varies little from the ABC in its bias.
I hope freedom of speech enables me to have my viewpoint aired?
For the first time in years I think there was a small shift towards optimism last week for many Australians as the LNP "leaked" a couple of draft policies..
Fri 15 Feb 13 (04:59pm)
Fri 15 Feb 13 (08:32pm)
Agree Bluey. There is a shift in optimism that has people feeling a serious sense of 'we can do it '. Short term pain for long term gain. We do not want our children to inherit debt.
Tony! M'man! Go, you good thing! Talk about putting a burr under the LaGreen saddle! Way to go!
Fri 15 Feb 13 (05:21pm)
Sat 16 Feb 13 (07:55pm)
From your manner of speech you are American?
I don't think the Libs win any votes with their comments about cutting public servants. They should just do it when they get in, and do it slowly and carefully, unlike Newman.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (05:24pm)
Fri 15 Feb 13 (09:51pm)
Why? The only ones complaining are public servants who never had it so good under Labor.
Labor added 20,000 Federal public servants in just 5 years. During the height of the mining boom, the lowest unemployment rate in the country wasn't WA, NT or QLD - it was in Canberra!
If Abbott cuts half that many in the next 5 years I think he's done his job, allowing for population growth. Remember Qld is a resource rich state so the fact the Qld government has ANY budget problems at all in the midst of an all time record mining boom is an absolute disgrace. Unchecked bureaucracy is where the waste is occuring. If Newman had acted slowly that just adds years to Qlds recovery from Labor's ineptitude.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (03:16am)
Good point skeptic, but people will appreciate the honesty in politics. They are doing the opposite of Gillards rabble so its got merit.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (10:26am)
I doubt there are many public service votes to lose, but a lot of non-public service votes to gain.
20,000 more? But services have not improved. When Abbott translates that into dollars in salaries and office facilities every year that will not taken from the productive sector it will be come more cogent still.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (12:00pm)
The only votes that they will lose are those who would vote labor anyway.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (04:39pm)
Not true, Paleocon. Howard has stated so publicly. From memory he put it at 60:40 ALP:Libs in the public service. Many votes to lose and many sympathisers out there.
A political party that speaks with commonsense will always get my vote. As long as they carry through these ideas and implement them, then we're all in front. Especially if we get "detailed programmatic specificity". The first Labor prime minister this century informed us of where you won't find "detailed programmatic specificity" "Rudd-speak"
Fri 15 Feb 13 (05:31pm)
Sat 16 Feb 13 (07:36am)
It's not 'Rudd-speak'.
The official term is 'Ruddish'.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (04:04pm)
The way they're going he could also end up the last Labor PM this century if Mr Rabbit does a half good job.
Cutting public service numbers is a great idea, but if he merely cuts numbers without getting rid of red tape and cutting out useless functions, then the same thing will happen as happened after John Howard slashed the service, ie. it got bigger within a short time, and many of the employees who left came back as contractors on double the pay.
Many public servants work very hard at achieving nothing. They're in the process and red tape business, and often the same job could be done by 1/10th of the people if they just concentrated on achieving something important.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (05:32pm)
Fri 15 Feb 13 (09:40pm)
Adding red tape and useless functions is what public servants do when left to their own devices - it keeps them in jobs. Reduce the number of public servants and those remaining will have no choice but to eliminate red tape and inefficiency if they want to maintain their work/life balance.
The obvious waste of this government such as BER, NBN, Pink Batts and failed immigration policies are what people immediately think of when they hear about the deficits and growing government debt levels. But at least as big a problem is unchecked growth in the bureaucracy under union controlled Labor.
Abbott is sounding impressive - in fact even better than Howard. Howard didn't do a lot to reform the public service so if Abbott is true to his word it won't be before time.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (10:52pm)
Quite elementary for Cyril Northcote Parkinson who in his book describes the growth in the British Civil Service at a time when the empire was declining.
He explains this growth by two forces: (1) "An official wants to multiply subordinates, not rivals" and (2) "Officials make work for each other." He notes in particular that the total of those employed inside a bureaucracy rose by 5-7% per year "irrespective of any variation in the amount of work (if any) to be done."
He explains this growth by two forces: (1) "An official wants to multiply subordinates, not rivals" and (2) "Officials make work for each other." He notes in particular that the total of those employed inside a bureaucracy rose by 5-7% per year "irrespective of any variation in the amount of work (if any) to be done."
Links to two good summaries of the forces at play (I almost said work) in a bureaucracy:
Parkinson's Law - Heretical
Parkinson's Law - NationMaster
And don't forget - it is the productive people in the world who are paying for all this.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (12:04am)
I witnessed Howard's "reforms" and I can tell you that's when the red tape really started to roll. A few thousand public service jobs were cut, only to be replaced with double the number of contractors and consultants earning double the money.
I worked in IT and during the Howard years we went from delivering systems that helped people do their jobs, to delivering documentation under incredibly convoluted governance processes that needed two project managers to run what should have been a small project with only one or two people actually cutting code. The people calling the shots were usually unqualified and clueless. Think about this - a large number of people in the APS have no relevant useful qualifications - they're completely generic. So why is it that jobs that don't require qualified people to do them pay upwards of $100,000 per year? Or worse, a contract 'project manager' with no tertiary qualifications in IT, who has attended a 1 week project management course can earn upwards of a quarter of a mil. Can you imagine some bloke whose only 'skill' is self confidence, project managing a skyscraper? Get this - most of these people say they're underpaid! But if you really want to talk about waste, let's talk about outsourcing! Or not .. because I digress.
I don't say that the above was all Howard's fault. The goal of government is to replicate like a virus and it doesn't really matter which party is in charge. I hope Abbott takes a razor to the service, but he absolutely must cut programs and functions if the cuts are going to stick, otherwise the virus will become resistant and come back bigger and more virulent than ever.
Also, replacing public servants with contractors and consultants just makes things worse because these peoples number one aim is to create more work for themselves.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (05:34am)
Doug, I'm not sure it's the role of government to "replicate like a virus". I think this is a symptom rather than a cause. When government gets too far removed from the real world it develops a culture that sees itself as the solution to all of the country's problems. When in fact, it is instrusion of government that becomes a bigger problem seen with things like falling national productivity and rising public debt levels.
This is why every time I hear a politician say government needs to more or a new law or regulation gets passed I wince. In private business 'fat' is usually cut. In government 'fat' is not cut, they just find more laws and regulations to keep the 'fat' busy.
Looking at the CVs of our current elected Federal government you can see why the bureaucracy has balooned. All of them are either ex-unionists or ex-union lawyers. None have ever been employed by or run a successful business. It is business that generates the lion's share of jobs and economic wealth that contributes taxes for the betterment of society. Government just consumes taxes.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (08:29am)
Q: How many people work in the public service?
A: About half!
Sat 16 Feb 13 (05:10pm)
Cut the Department of Climate Change for a start.
We all save money, and the public servants can get a real job.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (09:02pm)
Jason, I said 'goal' not 'role' and whether it is the primary objective or a symptom is kind of academic really.
These days, everyone expects the government to 'do something'. I think this is unavoidable. Someone said a long time ago that democracy is doomed when people learn that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury. It becomes a competition to 'give' people something. If you think Tony Abbott doesn't play this game then you haven't been listening. Tony is basically a socialist with conservative values. Don't get me wrong tho', I quite like the guy compared to other politicians.
So you've got politicians who always want to 'do something' and you've got committees and bureaucrats who are never going to say that the answer is less government. For example, education. I would argue that government education is the problem, but Gonski recommended more of it - billions more. For what? More bad teachers to teach kids who don't want to be in school in the first place, and disrupt those who do.
What we need is a politician to stand up and say 'we can't do anything as well as you can do it yourselves', and actually mean it! Let people keep more of their own money and decide how they want to spend it.
… there hasn't been a commensurate increase in service delivery or efficiency
That's the key, and Abbott needs to ram this home at every opportunity.
Government spending is not necessarily bad in and of itself - providing it leads greater efficiency and effectiveness.
The problem is that the spending by the current government has achieved neither.
In fact, the opposite is true.
What is needed therefore, is not a cut in government spending, but a cut in government waste.
Really liking the role Tony Abbott is playing…
Fri 15 Feb 13 (05:33pm)
Fri 15 Feb 13 (08:26pm)
Government spending is not necessarily bad in and of itself - providing it leads greater efficiency and effectiveness.
In other words, government spending is not necessarily bad if it is spent on things that the private sector would do better and cheaper.
All government spending is wasteful, it's just that some is more wasteful. What is needed therefore, is a cut in government spending.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (10:22am)
No, that's not what I'm saying, doug z.
If the private sector could do it better and cheaper, then by definition, the government shouldn't be doing it.
The kind of things I'm talking about are spending on genuine reforms and infrastructure.
The private sector doesn't necessarily provide such things, let alone provide them better and cheaper, as they require a commercial rate of return to make it viable.
Private businesses are every bit as capable of waste, overcharging and inefficiency, if not subject to sufficient scrutiny by stakeholders, and competitive pressure from rivals.
There are still some things that governments need to provide that the private sector won't (listen to me - I sound like a raving lefty!)
But I completely agree: if any government spending is wasteful, then it should be cut.
Sun 17 Feb 13 (09:29pm)
If the private sector could do it better and cheaper, then by definition, the government shouldn't be doing it.
I agree - the government shouldn't be doing it, but there's really no need for the "if".
The kind of things I'm talking about are spending on genuine reforms and infrastructure.
The private sector doesn't necessarily provide such things, let alone provide them better and cheaper, as they require a commercial rate of return to make it viable.
So can you explain how one decides the proper allocation of scarce capital without "the profit motive" (a commercial rate of return)? That is, how does the government know that $50bn of taxpayers money is better spent on Broadband than on a number of other things, such as improved transportation systems?
That was a rhetorical question, because it can't. If a national broadband network was commercially viable, then the private sector would build, therefore it isn't, and it's a waste of money.
Its funny, you can tell Tims a man of routine, come Friday, out comes a string of blogs
Fri 15 Feb 13 (05:42pm)
Cor, that's 20,000 fewer readers to buy Fairfax papers.
Does no-one care?
Fri 15 Feb 13 (06:01pm)
Fri 15 Feb 13 (09:55pm)
The papers are bought by the department, and made available to the staff, they will continue to be purchased until the department is abolished.
Reading that made me feel more hopeful than I have in the last five years: so far so good!
Fri 15 Feb 13 (06:02pm)
I'm currently putting in a couple of days a week in an environment that's about one third uniform military, almost two thirds public service and the rest a smattering of civilian contractors. The open disgust and derision of this poor excuse for an administration is unprecedented.
From mid-rank techs to very senior management who answer direct to the minister, the loathing and mockery at their ineptitude, incompetence, profligacy and duplicity is replicated in its ferocity.
The very few welded-ons that remain keep their thoughts to themselves, and sulk in their cubicles.
If this is reflective of the broader CPS, their fate is far more charred than toast that's been put in the exhaust nozzle of a Saturn 5. And well earned.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (06:52pm)
Fri 15 Feb 13 (08:32pm)
sadly, Habib, most public servants that I talk to have the attitude "this government is terrible but Tony Abbott will be worse". So there is one thing they know beyond not just reasonable doubt, but all doubt, unless they've slept through the last few years, and another that is simply a feeling based on prejudice fed by propaganda, but rather than vote to get rid of this incompetent pathetic excuse for a government that they know to be the worst government in anyone's memory, they'll vote for the status quo.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (09:12am)
I am a public servant in Defence, and its true (in my experience anyway) that public servants within Defence dislike the current government and some are becoming quite strident in their analysis. Even the rusted on within my workplace dislike the current Minister especially, but also the government.
But two things: 1.) Defence sits to the right of most public service departments, always has and most likely always will. 2.) Despite thinking this is the worst government in my lifetime, despite sorely wanting to return Australia to grown-up government; I have a wife and kids to support. Even for me, a dyed in the wool conservative, voting for LNP for me is now the equivalent of a turkey voting for Christmas.
It pains me to say so, but I cannot vote myself out of a job however much I dislike the current government. Sad, but I have bills to pay and children that need security. What I nearly every other public servant heard Tony just say was "if he wins his job I lose mine".
Sat 16 Feb 13 (11:05am)
Doug Z, it seems like we inhabit similar worlds. Abbott should NOT start some fear campaign about slashing public servants. Does he really want 40 percent of the population not voting for him based on that alone? Howard said that it is a mistake to think that all public servants automatically vote Labor. Abbott should stick to positive, nation-building type statements. BTW I found your comments above about IT under Howard very interesting. Hopefully lots of people read that.
Sun 17 Feb 13 (10:28pm)
, there's one major flaw in your logic; these current mongs are strangling defence, many in the office I work in don't know if they'll have a job in twelve months, an entire section already has been shivved, with another to follow shortly.
Public Servant
The coalition will increase defence spending, it will hopefully be the only part of the public sector to benefit from a change of government (while job cuts should make other departments leaner and hungrier).
That said, Russell Offices is in dire need of an emetic, there's a lot of pillocks there who've made life difficult if not often impossible for those they supposedly support. The cretins responsible for MRH, ARH, the F88, the Maroora, the Kenimbla and the Largs Bay, the G Wagon debacle , and they myriad other #%&*-ups that've plagued defence should not only be turfed, but be subjected to severe contact counseling.
Of course Turnbull supports the ABC--he's a 'progressive' in all but name.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (07:02pm)
Fri 15 Feb 13 (07:36pm)
He is a progressive, full-stop. That's not entirely a bad thing, though, it demonstrates one of the ways that the Liberals are more tolerating of dissenting views than the ALP. Turnbull has demonstrated an unprecedented ability to perform as a team player in the last few months, with perhaps a few slip-ups.
I had to smirk to myself, though, essentially hearing Tony Jones sounding out his boss's soon-to-be boss.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (08:28pm)
I've often wondered how the heck do the far left (now Labor and the Greens) ever get to refer to themselves as "progressive".
Fri 15 Feb 13 (08:35pm)
just when I'm starting to almost not loatheTurnbull, he says something like that.
There is no place for the ABC in a modern democracy.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (03:34am)
Maybe Mal is being a good team player and because of his popularity with the inner city trendies, he is leading them on.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (10:42am)
Was wondering a similar thing, myself, Verandah.
Maybe that's why Tony keeps Turnbull around; to let Mal tell the ABC-types what they want to hear… while Abbott secretly sharpens the razor!
Sat 16 Feb 13 (03:49pm)
Why wouldn't Turnbull support the ABC? Shows like Q & A unfailingly stroke his ego and provide him with free kicks.
Malcolm supports the ABC?
Then Tony should privatise the hell out of that place, the moment he takes office!
Fri 15 Feb 13 (07:09pm)
Fri 15 Feb 13 (10:43pm)
Take a cold shower John. F and fellow critics.
The same rules apply when the opposition gains power. Turnbull is saying. "Cop your 10 mill, we'll be spending it soon."
Sat 16 Feb 13 (10:35am)
The problem Stuart.W, is that I'm not sure that's the case.
The ABC did the Libs no favours when Howard was in office, yet they swoon at the feet of every Labor MP who graces them with their presence, promoting the ALP party line at every chance they get.
Why should democratic governments - whatever their persuasion - be in a position to control a media organisation, anyway?
Hi Tim, yes I agree with all the above, but maybe to get our point across we need to take a leaf out of the French book on protest:
These girls are really dedicated. They have just had a pretty savage winter!
Fri 15 Feb 13 (08:01pm)
Sat 16 Feb 13 (10:37am)
At my age Mel one can't be too fussy, but honestly not one of those scrawny frogs could ring my bell.
Fair dinkum spoiled my breakfast.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (02:49pm)
According to the text, they're not protesting but "celebrating".
And that's why I will never vote for Turnbull, or a Turnbull-lead party.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (08:12pm)
If the Gillard government was doing an efficient job of governing in the interests of all Australians it wouldn't need 1600 spin doctors telling us how good they are. It goes for all forms of Gov whether it be federal, state or local, the more spin the worse the administration.
Fri 15 Feb 13 (10:24pm)
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Joooo-lian Assange to run for Aussie Senate?
Geeze, would he be able to do the job from a broom closet in the Ecuadorian embassy in London?
Sat 16 Feb 13 (06:43am)
Sat 16 Feb 13 (03:57pm)
It isn't a cheap broom closet!
Hard to know what Mr Turnbull stands for.
Sat 16 Feb 13 (07:01am)
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Chase20460 wrote:So? Where is he going?
Clue wrote:Chase20460 wrote:So? Where is he going?
So little of this actually has to do with basketball. There's two huge factors that will keep him from NY, taxes and his house. There are ridiculous taxes in NYC and that city is going to be in big big trouble in the years to come. Certainly he can live in New Jersey where a lot of the celebs live to avoid NY taxes, but it's not going to happen. The 2nd thing is his house in Ohio. It's too big to sell. Nobody in Akron is gonna drop tens of millions on a home so he's stuck with it.
Yes sir, you are correct. Thats something nobody has brought up, his gigantic palace in the middle of Ohio. Doesnt matter how much your going to make, you still cant find anybody to take that thing. Not to mention the Knicks suck, and he would rather be in Brooklyn with Jay-Z. Taxes are the main interest in Florida, or at least a big one. Also, I dont see him playing with someone of Wades caliber, thats just someone else to take from his greatness. I am of the belief that he wants championships, but not at the expense of becoming a world wide icon, similar to Jordan. It really ( winning multiple championships ) hasnt done THAT much for Kobe Bryant. Not that it doesnt help cement his legacy, but LeBrons legacy was cemented in high school. Its now about building a brand name bigger than Jordans. In other words, the money matters alot more than winning.
I don't think there's significant marketing possibilities outside of NY that would justify him leaving. Chicago is the only other place to consider, but D-Wade was growing up in Chicago when Krause unravelled the Bulls and he's commented on the lack of loyalty there, and LeBron doesn't want to live in MJ's shadow.
I agree, but dont think hes all that concerned about the past. I would love to see him in Chicago, and think if he can go there and win he could go down as the best ever, even without 6 championships. And, also, I think the LeBron/ MJ product possiblilties are endless for about the next million years, and if I can believe it , I find it impossible someone from Nike hasnt already thought of it. Chicago can also sign Carlos Boozer, or maybe even Amare Stoudamire, I think without dumping Luol Dang, Chris Bosh is out of the question. That, along with Rose and Noah is a pretty good set-up, and none of them could ever steal LeBrons thunder. And I would love it.
Did I hear the Cav's hired Byron Scott? That would help.
Chase20460 wrote:So? Where is he going?
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20$ says he's goin nowhere. any takers?
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