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One thing that can be said about Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith this election season: They've kept it interesting.
In June 2011 (three months before Smith entered the race, when then-candidate Eileen Brady was raising big money) Hales' residency first came into question. Since then, Portland's race for mayor has gradually devolved into a ping-pong match of unsavory revelations and near-scandals, all recorded by Oregonian reporters Beth Slovic and Brad Schmidt.
But there's also been something fascinating about watching who will take the next (mis)step, and guessing whether the succession of hot-button foul-ups will spur voters to the ballots come November, or make them throw down their pens in exasperation.
Let's recap – and while we're at it, let's keep score:
MAY 2011: Hales, Brady announce bids for Portland mayor
JUNE 2011: Hales' tax returns 'problematic'
• Hales lists Washington address on taxes but votes in Oregon
• Column: Hales' campaign for Portland mayor takes a serious self-induced hit
• Hales issues short statement to supporters about residency
Score: Charlie 1, Jefferson 0
SEPTEMBER 2011: Smith joins the race, but used to not vote much
• Smith, third major candidate in Portland mayor's race, adds heat to 2012 election
• Smith acknowledges he wasn't a frequent voter until he became an advocate for voting
Score: Charlie 1, Jefferson 1
MARCH 2012: Hales didn't save the school year as he claimed
• Politifact: Did Hales help
negotiate a one-time deal with Portland teachers that saved the
school year? (False)
Score: Charlie 2, Jefferson 1
APRIL: Hales' tax issue is back
• Hales releases tax forms for Washington and Oregon
• Activist who filed elections complaint against Hales files tax complaint
Score: Charlie 4, Jefferson 1
MAY: It's down to two
• Primary: Hales, Smith in runoff for Portland mayor; Brady out
Score: Charlie 4, Jefferson 1 (unchanged)
JUNE: Double whammy – Hales won't cap overall spending, and a letter he signed is plagiarized
• Hales' campaign contribution limits won't cap total spending
• Editorial piece signed by Hales lifted newspaper article passages
Score: Charlie 6, Jefferson 1
JULY: Smith rallies with his own contribution woes, plus he punched a guy
• Smith accepted big checks while negotiating limits on campaign contributions
• Smith's apology for basketball game punch doesn't satisfy one player
Score: Charlie 6, Jefferson 3
AUGUST: More campaign money questions, overshadowed by The Driving Record That Keeps Getting Worse
• Smith campaign amends financial disclosure report after setting new limits
• Hales and Smith trip over campaign caps
• Smith's four driving suspensions: 'I have a bad driving record, and it's embarrassing'
• Editorial: Smith's troubling pattern (back when it was still at four)
• Smith acknowledges fifth license suspension
• Smith tally grows to seven suspensions
• Editorial: Smith, driving record and all, would get keys to the mayor-mobile
Score: Charlie 6 (campaign caps), Jefferson 6-10 (do we count each suspension?)
SEPTEMBER: Hales takes more contributions and secretly tapes interview
• Hales and Smith enter Portland mayoral race's final stretch after stumbles
• Hales takes maximum contributions from developer, his company, his wife and his family's horse barn
• Conservation group expresses 'extreme disappointment' at secret taping by Charlie Hales' campaign
• Steve Duin: Can either candidate for Portland mayor be trusted?
• Hales campaign reports out-of-state contribution
• Hales mistakenly accepts checks beyond $600 pledge
• The yin and yang of Jefferson Smith
Score: We've lost count
OCTOBER: Jefferson's 1993 assault
• Smith addresses assault report but leaves questions unanswered
• Hales' city experience carries successes and shadows
Score: Tied
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A child was hospitalized Friday evening after being hit by a stolen sport utility vehicle in Pittsburgh.
Authorities said the crash happened in the 1700 block of Brighton Place after the child ran into the street.
Investigators said the driver of the SUV did not face charges for hitting the child because he was obeying traffic laws, but the vehicle was stolen.
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Not even the potential loss of jobs can shake St. John's Mayor Andy Wells' support for the premier when it comes to an ownership stake in future offshore oil and gas projects.
Wells says Premier Danny Williams is taking the long-term view with the best interests of the province at heart.
St. John's Mayor Andy Wells
Not even the potential loss of jobs can shake St. John's Mayor Andy Wells' support for the premier when it comes to an ownership stake in future offshore oil and gas projects.
Wells says Premier Danny Williams is taking the long-term view with the best interests of the province at heart.
He says part of that long-term view includes an equity stake in projects like Hebron.
"You can think short term or you can think long term.
"But if we're really going to change this industry, you've really got to think long term, and that's what the premier's doing ... and there's people in the business community criticizing him. That's too bad, and I understand that," said Wells.
"I consider it fundamental that this issue of equity - the 4.9 per cent - be satisfactorily addressed. I don't understand the companies' reluctance with respect to this issue, particularly considering the premier's not asking for it for free."
Last April, a consortium of oil companies led by Chevron Canada suspended the Hebron project and disbanded the project team.
The Hebron partners said they could not reach a deal on fiscal and local benefits with the provincial government. Among those issues were a 4.9 per cent equity stake in the project and super-royalties for the province.
Wells says a seat at the owners' table of major offshore projects is the only way to get an inside view of the industry.
"It's important that we have a presence at the table when the big decisions are being made."
In last Wednesday's Telegram, Williams said he sympathizes with those in the offshore industry who are feeling the pinch without a major project in the offing.
"If there doesn't happen to be a job for someone in St. John's in an engineering firm, that's unfortunate," Williams said last week. "I'm not happy with that. But there has to be some price paid in the short term."
Wells says he doesn't want to see anyone lose a job, engineering or otherwise.
"That's certainly a possibility, but you just can't sell out the long term for short term. I support Danny 100 per cent on that.
"You've got to fundamentally establish your right to a reasonable measure of control over the industry. I want to see a situation where we do have the information and we do have the presence and we do have the right - that's what this is fundamentally all about."
A longtime advocate of local offshore benefits, Wells took the Terra Nova partners to court in 1998 to force the relocation of engineering jobs from Leatherhead, England, to St. John's.
He also chaired Friends of Gas Onshore (FOGO), a lobby group that wanted a Hibernia-style gravity base structure (GBS) used to develop the White Rose field. FOGO said a GBS would enable offshore natural gas to be developed and provide local construction jobs.


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DARTMOUTH - When families and friends call the Canadian Red Cross to find out if their loved ones in Alberta are alright, theyŌĆÖll hear a Maritime voice on the end of the line.
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A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday.
Sixty volunteers in Dartmouth, Saint John, N.B. and Moncton, N.B. have been taking information from those affected by the flooding in Calgary and other towns, to create a registry for busy Red Cross workers thousands of kilometres away.
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Bedell said since Friday, the Red Cross centre in Burnside alone has received over 500 phone calls from people either updating their whereabouts or making sure friends are accounted for.
He said volunteers have been operating in shifts of about 15 people at once, three times a day.
So far, Atlantic Canada has sent five volunteers to Alberta (four from Newfoundland and Labrador and one from P.E.I.) to help manage things hands-on.
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Greek hospitality will be in full effect to celebrate the close of summer tomorrow and Sunday at the 78th annual Hudson County Greek Festival at Evangelismos Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church at 661 Montgomery St., in Jersey City.
The festival, which begins at noon on both days and ends at midnight and 8 p.m. respectively, touts entertainment from "Pete the Greek" Chatzopoulos, co-owner of Teddy's Place in Bayonne, who will be acting as the event's DJ.
Chatzopoulos will be spinning a mix of Greek and American music.
Festival Chairman Christos M. Genes encourages dancing in the aisles during the celebration.
Saturday night's festivities, referred to as Taverna Night, will provide an indoor bar, DJ, and several food stands.
The Saint Demetrious Greek Orthodox Youth Dancers from Perth Amboy will treat attendees to a display of authentic Greek dancing in native costumes. Additional festivities will begin again on Sunday.
A variety of homemade Greek cuisine will be offered for a "Taste of Greece," including pastries, gyro, souvlaki sandwiches and other Greek platters, as well as ouzo and an assortment of Greek beers and wines. Sweets can also be purchased at the bakery and a gift shop in Elenion Community Center at the church. Food costs between $3 and $10.
Various other foods will also be available for takeout. The church will offer a tent for outside dining.
Admission to the festival is free.
Free parking for attendees will be available behind the church, as well as at a St. Peter's University parking lot at the corner of Montgomery Street and Jordan Avenue, across from Jersey City Armory.
Proceeds will directly benefit the cultural and community programs of the church, which was founded in 1935.
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ROCKAWAY — Police have cancelled a silver alert asking people for help finding 60-year-old Hossein Tay.
Rockaway Borough Police said Tuesday morning Tay had been found and was safe. He had been reported missing on Sunday after last being seen leaving Morristown Medical Center on Thanksgiving, and had been described by police as disoriented.
Police did not provide further information in an email to NJ.com on an alert issued on their Facebook page about how or where Tay was found.
Police also reported Tuesday morning that 21-year-old Anthony M. Sarappa, who had gone missing from the Rockaway Townsquare mall over the weekend, had been found safe.
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ASBURY PARK -- A 25-year-old man was shot and fatally wounded behind an Asbury Park apartment building early today.
Police responding to reports of shots fired on the 1300 block of Washington Avenue found Roland Gavin on the ground behind the apartments, Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Peter Warshaw said.
Gavin, who last known address was in Lakewood, was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, where he was pronounced dead at 7:34 a.m., Warshaw said.
Warshaw said no weapon had been recovered, and no other details were immediately available.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Detective Jose Cruz of the prosecutor's office at (800) 533-7443, or Asbury Park police Detective Javier at (732) 774-1300.


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What do we love most about birds?
I would have to start off with, their simplicity, yet complexity.
Simplistic in a sense that their lives seem to revolve around food, safety and breeding.
The complexity is how they survive in what is a huge world around them, with threats from every direction.
There are those that whirl about the branches and leaves, seemingly oblivious to the world around them.
High up, out of reach of most everything else and in a perpetual motion.
Then there are the ones that are foraging several trees away, and dart away at the first sound of a leaf crackling beneath our feet. Of course, there's always those in between that are well aware of your presence, and maintain a safe distance.
Birds, are such a delight to watch, and although we always have our 'favorites' most of us find pleasure in merely having the opportunity to be in this world with them.
Make a Cute Birdie Gift Box to treat a friend or family member with it on their birthday or Christmas. Such an adorable homemade gift idea!
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See cman(5) for more information on the upgrading configuration option needed to perform a rolling upgrade.
When the upgrading option is enabled, cman adds the following to the online configuration:
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A Kenner couple was sent to prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a fight that left their 5-year-old daughter suffering from deep lacerations to her back and ankles. Maurice Sparkman admitted he used his daughter as a shield in hopes of stopping his live-in girlfriend and his child's mother, Kenisha Caples, from attacking him with a kitchen knife, according to Kenner police.
Caples admitted she kept swinging the knife with no regard for the child's safety. The child received 22 staples to close the cuts in her back, and seven stitches in her left ankle and four stitches in her right ankle, police said.
Caples, 25, and Sparkman, 26, both pleaded guilty Wednesday to cruelty to juveniles. Judge Conn Regan of the 24th Judicial District Court, in accepting the pleas, sentenced each of them to 18 months in prison.
The couple was arguing and fighting Aug. 18, in their apartment at 341 Clemson Place, when Sparkman grabbed Caples by her hair and threw her to the ground, according to a Kenner police arrest affidavit.
She, in turn, began throwing knives at him. Sparkman then went upstairs in the apartment to grab their child, "believing it would cause (Caples) to stop attacking him," police said.
Caples picked up a large kitchen knife and began swinging it at Sparkman, who held his daughter in front of him "to shield himself from her attacks," police said.
Sparkman suffered a cut on one of his hands, police said.
A relative was given custody of the child, court records show.
Assistant District Attorney Thomas Sanderson prosecuted the couple. Attorney Ernest Bauer represented Caples, and public defender Robert Louque defended Sparkman.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A neighborhood already on edge after a renewed rash of break-ins was the scene of yet another last night, as a burglar hit a Todt Hill residence, making off with a locked box, cash and jewelry, a police source said.
A thief entered a home on Wooddale Ave. through a back window, according to the source, exiting through a side door before fleeing.
The home's alarm sounded at 10:40 p.m. and cops responded, but found nothing, the source said. The homeowner returned and called cops at midnight to report the break-in.
It wasn't immediately clear if this was part of a particular pattern.
A crime scene van and marked and unmarked police vehicles were parked outside the home today.
Todt Hill and several other affluent Island neighborhoods, including Emerson Hill and Grymes Hill, have been hit repeatedly by professional burglars over the past four years, starting with the so-called "Ninja Burglar" spree in 2007-2008.
On Dec. 15, an intruder broke into an Emerson Hill home, setting off the alarm and waking a resident.
On Nov. 8, someone stole several items from the columned Benedict Road mansion formerly owned by slain mob boss Paul Castellano. The culprit made his escape as the current owner of the Todt Hill home fired warning shots from his gun.
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New Brunswick officials say it happens every spring: Rutgers students who live off-campus move out of rental apartments, dumping sofas, mattresses, appliances and even refrigerators curbside.
Local law forbids a resident from placing more than three bulk items on the curb at a time, but between May and June, it's a free-for-all. The high volume during the move-out — 800 tons of bulk discards — makes it hard to monitor and fine the violators. And it's not just students. Landlords leave behind the detritus of their spring cleaning, and there's drive-by dumping from out-of-towners.
Add scavengers who rip open boxes and bags, and vermin drawn to the trash pile, and it becomes one big mess. Costly, too. Bill Bray, a spokesman for the city, said New Brunswick had to kick in an additional $42,500 this spring, including overtime fees, to haul away a mountain of bulk trash.
The city council's solution, to suspend curbside bulk collections during May and June, was tabled after a lively public hearing last week. That's good. The ordinance would've unfairly punished law-abiding residents, who pay taxes for exactly this kind of service. Council members are inviting more suggestions before the ordinance is taken up again Sept. 21.
Pete McDonough, Rutgers' vice president for public affairs, said the university will be working closely with the city to come up with a solution that reduces the amount of trash and the cost to the city.
Rutgers has a recycling program for on-campus resident discards, such as lamps and other small items, but the logistics of picking up off-campus trash still invites abuse by others.
One quick fix worth considering: A small fee on each of the city's 10,000 rental units. Imposed citywide, a $5 fee to landlords would cover spring's tsunami of trash.


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fast and delicious recipes targeted toward busy women and their
Among the recipes in this month's issue is one for Chocolate Griddle Cakes, which Dash calls a "breakfast staple" that's great for Valentine's Day:
- ½ cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 whole large eggs
- 1 large egg yolk
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Unsalted butter
1. Sift together cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl, then whisk in eggs, yolk, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla until combined well.
2. Heat a griddle or nonstick skillet over moderately low heat and lightly coat with butter.
3. Working in batches of 2 or 3, pour ¼ cup batter per cake onto hot griddle; cook until bubbles appear on surface, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip cakes with a large spatula; cook until tops spring back when pressed gently, about 1 minute more.
4. Transfer to a plate and loosely cover with foil to keep warm. Add ½ tsp butter to griddle between batches.
Serves 4
For even more chocolaty goodness on Valentine's Day morning, try Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Banana Muffins:
- 3 very ripe bananas
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup light-brown sugar
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa, sifted
- 1 tsp baking soda
1. Preheat oven to 400°F and line a muffin pan with paper cups. Mash bananas by hand or with a mixer.
2. While still mashing, add the oil, then the eggs and sugar.
3. Mix the remaining ingredients together; beat gently into the banana mixture, then spoon into cups.
4. Bake 15–20 mins. Cool slightly in pan before removing to wire rack.
Makes 12.
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MEDFORD-Once again, the first question out of the gate to the two Senate candidates - Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., and Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley - was along the lines of, will you do something about all of this negative TV advertising?
It was essentially a repeat of the first question that was asked at their first debate, last Thursday in Portland.
Afterwards, the candidates' answers to that question was what TV folks were talking about in the newsroom at KOBI, where the debate was held. Associated Press led with Smith apologizing for the infamous "hot dog" ads run by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (you remember those, showing Merkley, in slow motion, chomping on a hot dog while he tried to answer a voter's question that had stumped him).
For The Oregonian's print edition, I wrote about the two saying they'd be willing to see if they could negotiate an end to the negative advertising. I didn't have a lot of time to think about it since I was having a series of hellish computer malfunctions.
Now that I'm calmed down, I'm finding myself pondering all of the focus on the advertising. In a way, it makes a lot of sense. Voters have been bombarded by so many commercials from so many groups - I've heard estimates that TV spending has hit $20 million and maybe more - that it's become the way they view this race.
Still, there's a lot more to these two candidates as tonight's debate made clear. After the jump, I'll talk about some of what else came up.
SMITH TALKS A LOT ABOUT (MORE) SPENDING: Maybe it's because he knows he is in a Democratic year, but Smith sure didn't spend any time on the usual Republican rhetoric of wanting to cut government spending.
In the course of the debate he defended his vote for the $700 billion financial rescue plan, mentioning that one of its big pluses was that it contained some $800 million over the next four years in federal timber payments for Oregon counties.
Smith also bragged about voting for more money for: veterans programs, children's health care, for Medicaid, food stamps, unemployment insurance, low-income heating assistance, methamphetamine enforcement, Pell grants for college tuition, education in general and a Veterans Administration hospital in White City. "I believe in a strong social safety net," he said. If he said anything about cutting federal spending anywhere (with the possible exception of saving money by ending the war in Iraq), I missed it.
THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF RON WYDEN CONTINUES. Just as he did in last week's debate, Smith brought up his work with the state's senior senator, Democrat Ron Wyden, as soon as he could. He called their bipartisan work a "model for the entire country."
Merkley was just as quick to make clear that he's the one in the race who has Wyden's endorsement. As soon as Smith criticized Merkley for opposing the bailout bill that contained money for Oregon counties, Merkley pounced with his no-doubt rehearsed comeback.
"Your attack on Ron Wyden was totally unjustified," said Merkley, noting that Wyden also voted against the financial rescue bill. Merkley went on to say that it was Wyden who got the timber money in the bill while Smith was unable to get the county timber program reauthorized when Republicans ran Congress.
FIGHTING FOR TIMBER JOBS. Smith's political base is in rural Oregon and some of his strongest supporters come from the timber industry. Merkley's base is in Portland, of course, and the race will probably be decided in the suburbs.
But Merkley put on a pretty spirited effort to woo small-town folks. He began answering the first question (remember it had to do with negative advertising?) by talking about spending his early years in Myrtle Creek and Roseburg when his dad worked in a timber mill. At a later point he talked about being the "son of a timber family" and he talked up his hopes to revive timber towns by thinning second-growth forests for lumber, biomass and, eventually, ethanol. The idea, he said is to provide steady jobs that won't disappear.
Of course, Smith has his own touchstones for rural Oregon. He talked about how the Clinton forest plan - devised in the wake of the spotted owl protections - never produced the promised timber harvests. He talked about helping Klamath farmers and aiding coastal fishermen and criticized Merkley for even pondering the possibility of taking out some hydroelectric dams.
THE SPECTER OF KARL ROVE. Remember President Bush's now-departed political advisor? Merkley charged that Smith's "friend" Rove is now involved in this very Senate race running a "smear campaign" against Merkley.
"Karl Rove has nothing to do with my campaign," Smith fired back.
Afterwards, I asked Merkley spokesman Matt Canter about why they brought Rove up. He pointed me to news stories saying that Rove has been involved in advising Freedom's Watch, a group of wealthy Republicans that has been running ads attacking Merkley.
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Expecting to see ghosts and pumpkins this Halloween? Don't hold your breath.
As Halloween nears, more and more trick-or-treaters are swapping their traditional outfits in exchange for outrageous and unique popstar costumes.
From Lady Gaga to Justin Bieber, kids, teens and adults are all looking to transform into their favorite celebrity icon this Halloween season.
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"The one thing everyone is asking for is Lady Gaga, which is difficult to get because it is so popular," said Kristen Cole of Halloween Express in Hoover.
Lady Gaga, one of today's most popular performers, has hit songs that include "Alejandro" and "Bad Romance." She is well known for her outlandish style, which has helped her become a trendsetter in recent years. Trick-or-treaters are drawing from her dramatic look to create their perfect costume.
Laura Whitworth, manager of Party City in Irondale, said that "Lady Gaga costumes are definitely really big ones this year. Our Lady Gaga costumes really vary.¤.¤.from sunglasses to wigs."
Group and couple costumes, such as the "Jersey Shore" and "Glee" casts, have been increasing in popularity this season. Many friends and family gather groups together to imitate some of the latest on-screen styles.
"We have a lot of couples' costumes like Mario and Luigi which have been selling really well this year," Whitworth said. Mario and Luigi are characters from the Mario Bros. video games. She also noted "the 'Jersey Shore' costumes have also been extremely popular."
Eighties-style group costumes have also made a comeback this year, as more and more people are foregoing the stores and digging through their past wardrobes for costume inspirations. Legwarmers, acid-washed jeans, bright neon colors and lace gloves, which have all been revived in everyday fashion, are sure to be roaming the streets, sidewalks and porches in your neighborhood on Halloween night.
Whitworth said "the¤'80s have always been a real big trend we carry. Actually, all of the decades are great sellers."
In past years, movies have greatly influenced the costume trends of the Halloween season; 2010 has proved to be no different. Adults and children alike are looking to the hit blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Alice in Wonderland," "Iron Man 2" and "Toy Story 3" for ideas on how to create their over-the-top costumes. Children are always excited to take on the persona of their favorite character from recent movies, Whitworth said.
"'For Alice in Wonderland,' everyone wants different costumes because no one wants to have the same one as their friends," Cole said.
So don't be suprised to meet mini movie stars and celebrities instead of ghosts and goblins standing on your porch, asking for candy this Halloween.


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The killing of Osama bin Laden represents a pivotal moment in the war on terror. The United States has been engaged in this war since bin Laden masterminded the worst attacks on American soil in our history. Thousands of Americans died, and many citizens of other countries as well, who had come seeking opportunity here. My thoughts are with the families of the September 11th victims. I know nothing can ever bring your loved ones back but I hope you find some small measure of comfort knowing that bin Laden will never again cause the loss of innocent lives. To our men and women in uniform and those in our intelligence community who have sacrificed so much and devoted countless hours to this moment, please know that you have the thanks of our nation.
I am deeply troubled by the fact that Osama bin Laden was able to remain in Pakistan undetected and undisturbed for so long. He wasn't hiding in a remote location, far from populated communities. He was living in a compound surrounded by high walls, not far from a major army base and close to the capital city of Islamabad. He had apparently lived there for years.
In April of 2008 I and other Members of Congress traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan and we met with the Prime Minister. At that time, we asked him specifically about bin Laden and the Prime Minister assured us that he was not in Pakistan.
The United States has a complicated relationship with Pakistan, one that has gotten decidedly murkier. We send billions of dollars to Pakistan to help them combat terror and the discovery of bin Laden's compound raises many questions. One of the most important: how is it possible that the most wanted terrorist in the world could live for years basically within the midst of the Pakistani military? I am not going to presume the answer to that question, but it is one of many questions I have. During those years thousands of Pakistani soldiers, police, and civilians were killed in terror attacks, so I hope Pakistani officials too are seeking answers. I am keeping an open mind, but I am very skeptical at this moment.
In the aftermath of September 11th, I voted to go into Afghanistan because that is where we believed Osama bin Laden was hiding. The Taliban were protecting and supporting the terrorists who murdered so many of our citizens on that terrible day. They made it very clear that they would continue to do so. President Bush rightfully authorized military action in Afghanistan to go after the terrorists. That goal has been largely achieved the terrorists have been driven from Afghanistan, and that is why our military engagement there should come to an end. That doesn't mean we should declare victory in the war on terror and turn our backs. We should seek out the terrorists where we think they are currently hiding, not where they once were.
As you know, I have been advocating for withdrawal from Afghanistan for more than a year, and I hope the death of bin Laden in Pakistan will result in advancing this goal. Yesterday I signed on as a co-sponsor of H.R. 1735, the Afghanistan Exit and Accountability Act. This legislation requires the President to detail the Administration's exit strategy for Afghanistan, provide a firm date for withdrawal and report to Congress every 90 days on the progress of this withdrawal. It is long past time to bring our men and women home.
This week the House considered H.R. 3: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Funny, I thought Republican leadership meant it when they pledged to focus on creating jobs and stabilizing the economy. Instead, the House continues to spend time voting on bills that the Senate won't take up; the President will veto, and don't have much to do with jobs or the economy. H.R. 3 is particularly pointless and exasperating because existing law already prohibits federal taxpayer funding for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. What this bill really does is place restrictions on women who are using private dollars to purchase private insurance. For example, small business owners would not be eligible for certain small business tax credits if the health plans they offer cover abortion. Currently, 87% of employer-provided insurance plans include abortion coverage. If H.R. 3 becomes law, it will be cheaper for small businesses to offer one of the plans that does not cover this procedure. Women would lose the comprehensive coverage they currently have and it might cost them more than they are currently paying. I voted NO. H.R. 3 passed and the entire vote is recorded below:
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By PHYLLIS ST. PIERRE
"I need some new socks."
This unexpected declaration by my grandson Nick struck me; an emotional hand-grenade, difficult to understand, because I had bought him six new pairs a week ago.
Upon checking his sock supply, I reasoned that he did, indeed, need more socks. It mystifies me that socks travel and go missing when they should be either on their owner's feet or in the laundry.
Where do socks go?
I decided to put socks into two or more categories. Socks that match and are folded are considered "married" and go in the drawer. Odd socks are "separated or divorced" and are stored in a bag.
Socks beyond repair are given one last chance to be useful. These are placed over one's hand to apply polish to furniture or wax to cars.
Separated socks have neither patience nor loyalty for their escaped partner. In their haste to mate, they quickly bond with any other sock that bears some slight resemblance, be it size, color, or texture. Often, if compatible, they even marry for a brief time.
Visiting socks are gypsies. They invade the laundry basket during sleepovers or other activities, and have no original ties or roots to anyone living in the household.
Last year, I had an opportunity to focus on a puzzling sock saga firsthand because I made it my personal mission to keep tabs on the family socks. My findings defied a normal, or logical explanation.
Over the next several months, my grandson Nick complained about not having an adequate supply of socks. His mother and I bought socks on a fairly regular basis, so we were forced to replay the 'take better care of your things' verbiage which mothers and grandmothers have embedded in their DNA.
Nick endured our mini-series with his typical teen-age grimace that signals, 'you-guys-just-don't- understand.' I'm sure many of you are familiar with that expression. But he was always missing his socks and declared his innocence about misplacing them. There had to be an answer, a reason, something.
One day last summer, my daughter needed an item from the basement which required moving several boxes. In a remote corner, she discovered a nest of sorts which had been carefully constructed by Cracker, the family cat. The purloining puss had apparently become besotted with Nick's socks.
Unfazed as to their state of cleanliness, she brought them, probably one by one, to her private sanctuary which was littered with stains, bits of bone, and feathers. After she stopped shrieking, my daughter brought the mess outdoors and dumped it on the lawn. Our curiosity demanded some satisfaction; the scene was too bizarre and ridiculous to not assign the socks an honest, verifiable number before banishing them to the trash barrel.
We carefully picked through the mess and counted. The total was 46! Every sock belonged to Nick; not a single one was his younger brother's or anyone else's known to us. Nick graciously accepted our apologies, though later, I observed him shaking his head as he glared at Cracker.
Socks have a will of their own. They sometimes lounge in backpacks, or in the 'Under The Bed Boutique' where I found many of my missing tops, etc., when my own kids were in their teens. But socks are ingenious mavericks. They enjoy travel to other places and are able to render one speechless; make one nearly become unhinged trying to figure out where they could possible be.
My husband offered one solution; launder three socks at a time and you're bound to end up with a pair. If, by chance, two are missing, the one remaining sock, probably, could be the one you've been looking for. If none remain, you can say you didn't wash any and use that as an alibi. I considered writing to Hanes; and suggest they start packaging socks in threes; 'a pair with a spare' if you will, a unique, brand-new concept.
Now, "Have you seen my blue sock?" is a query usually followed by, "Look in the separated/ divorced bag."
Occasionally, joyous reconciliations happen, but I wouldn't bet your sock money on it.
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KALAMAZOO, MI – School has been out for a couple of weeks for many students at Loy Norrix.
For the players on the boys basketball team, school was out until Friday night when they were simply schooled by the University of Detroit Jesuit.
An unbeaten record came crashing to an end on for the Knights. On one hand, Loy Norrix coach Matt Covault hopes his team learns a lot from the 85-55 loss to the Cubs (5-1) in the championship game of the Holiday Hoops Invitational.
"If anything this game wakes us up," he said. "But we have a 24-hour rule so this will be over and done with tomorrow (Saturday) when they come to the gym.
"We'll get some shots up, watch film on this and make the adjustments."
The film won't be a feel-good Christmas chick-flick, either. It will show the Knights scrambling to tie the game at 17 after one quarter. Then it will show Loy Norrix making 14 turnovers in the next two quarters, getting beat on the glass and being outscored, 51-23, in the second and third quarters.
"Obviously the turnovers played a big part; I think we had 24," Covault said. "We didn't handle the pressure.
"We came to the walk-though today and it was sloppy. I talked to them that they would pressure you 94 feet and some of our guys have become comfortable. We had some big wins, we do get complacent and things like tonight happen."
When Loy Norrix senior Jovaughn Carver hit a last-second 3-pointer to tie the game at 17 after one quarter, it looked like the Knights were ready to make a run. Jesuit was the one doing the running, though, as they went up and down the court, making layup after layup.
"This game shows how important transition defense and getting on the glass are and we didn't do either of those two things well," Covault said. "They had guys scoring baskets when we weren't even at half court."
Senior Bishop Robinson had another one of his usual games, scoring 25 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Carver had an unusual game for him, scoring a career-high 12 points off the bench.
"Jovaughn played his best game by far," Covault said. "He's been struggling and he didn't have huge role for us last year, being a defensive specialist.
"He hit some big 3s for us, but then at the start of the second half, he had some turnovers. As high as he was in the first half, he was that low in the second half."
As all the Knights who came out of the locker room after Covault's long, postgame talk, Carver was very subdued.
"I feel like we didn't give a good effort," the senior said. "We gave up a lot defensively.
"We knew they were quick and we just didn't do what we should have done."
Jet-quick Jesuit guards Andrew Horde and Cassius Winston took advantage of Loy Norrix all night. Horde, a senior, had a game-high 29 points while Winston, an unbelievably poised freshman, added 25 points and was named the tournament's most valuable player.
The Cubs had 18 layups or rebound putbacks in the final three quarters. Add in five 3-pointers in seven attempts in the second and third quarters and the Knights never had a chance.
"It's frustrating, especially with the type of athletes we have," Covault said. "This fifth game could be a turning point for us.
"Our league games start after the break, so there is no break for us. In our league, we have an opportunity to do well in the race and we can't allow this to affect us."
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The Texas State Comptroller is the chief tax collector, and the chief accounting officer for the State of Texas. The Comptroller also manages deposits and investments and pays all warrants on state accounts.
The comptrollers most important constitutional duty is to certify the states biennial revenue and certify the financial condition of the state at the close of each fiscal year.
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Since July 1, Saginaw has had the glare of too much attention focusing on the killing of one of its citizens. Few are unaware of the allegations and the rhetoric that has accompanied the horrific killing of this individual.
The right and wrong of it will be debated to no end. Someday aspiring lawyers will study this case and all of its tragic implications. In the interim, I wish to lend another perspective.
Where are the self-help agencies that offer counseling? Was there a church reaching out to him? What good does 35 do him now?
Is there no end to our lamenting the violence that is decimating our city and other cities in which we reside to our detriment as a people? When we begin to invest in our communities, begin to take control of our communities, begin to take a greater interest in our children's education and not just from someone else's perspective, only then will we see the abatement of crime that has us all terrified.
Years ago, Jesse Jackson would say; "If not by us, by whom; if not now, when." Are there other ethnic groups that inhabit this nation who constantly have to bury their babies because of the wanton and senseless violence that has the African-American community in its grip?
Drugs have the allure that they do because we cannot provide the employment opportunities that our young people need to fuel their aspirations and possibly serve as a springboard to employment elsewhere.
We admonish them to "stay out of trouble." Are there enough places they could go to work off bottled-up energy? Now that our children are using weapons as a means to an end, we should realize that we've failed them along the way.
Another means to slow or halt this madness would be to return to tribalism - yours is mine, and mine is yours. Question is, can we? Will we?
With a church on every corner and an overabundance of aspiring ministers and pastors, why are we still going to hell in a handbasket?
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Parking lots at car repair shops are full and as things start to warm you might think you're off the hook when it comes to keeping tabs on your car.
Not so fast says the owner of one local body shop who wants to remind drivers that salt can literally eat your car. So if you get a chance, go get your car washed.
And if you don't want to be stuck at a body shop for a few days waiting on repairs learn a little preventive maintenance.
Owner of Auto Collision Service Dwight Jewett says, "What you really need to do is walk around your car and check your tires. Look at not just what the car says on your dash, but open up your hood. Learn to check your oil. Learn just to do the little bit of preventative maintenance and it goes a long way."
As we get warmer, potholes are springing up.
Jewett says to pay close attention because they can throw off your alignment and steering and damage tires and wheels.
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Thursdays with Amanda: Demystifying Amazon's Sales Ranking System
Amanda Luedeke is a literary agent with MacGregor Literary. Every Thursday, she posts about growing your author platform. You can follow her on Twitter @amandaluedeke or join her Facebook group to stay current with her wheelings and dealings as an agent. Her author marketing book, The Extroverted Writer, is available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
In the spirit of full disclosure (because that's what I feel Thursday's with Amanda are all about), I figured it would be helpful to demystify Amazon's Sales Ranking system. Well, okay…it's AMAZON, so we can't completely demystify it, but I think there are some clues that if every author knew them, it would make the whole thing less confusing and more do-able from a marketing perspective.
We all know that the sales ranking is an indication of how well a book is selling on Amazon in comparison to all of the other books sold on Amazon. Okay, that part is easy enough.
And we also know that the top 100 rankings show up on a special list. Furthermore, we know that there are lists for each category, and a book can rank in THOSE top 100 lists without ranking in the big one. And we know that a book that appears on a top 100 list (ESPECIALLY the main top 100 list), will get more attention and lead to more sales.
Again, this is pretty basic stuff.
What isn't as easy to determine, is HOW MANY BOOKS DOES AN AUTHOR NEED TO SELL TO GET INTO THE TOP 100? Heck, how many do they need to sell to get into the thousands? The ten thousands?
Here's where I get very transparent with you, folks. So brace yourself, because I'm about to throw myself and my book out there to the wolves.
My book, The Extroverted Writer, was e-published on March 15. I did a soft launch, because I knew I'd be super busy, and plus, the conference season doesn't really start until April. So, knowing I'd do a much stronger push come April, but also knowing that book release week is one of the few windows of time in which you can do a hard sell, here's what I did…
1. I announced the book on my Facebook page.
2. I announced the book twice (I think) on Twitter.
3. I appeared on the Spacefreighters Lounge blog on March 18.
4. I announced the book's release on this here blog and enlisted your help on March 21.
5. I asked my authors beforehand to Tweet and review the book as they were able (with zero pressure to do either, of course).
And here's how those couple weeks have gone…
Out of the gate, my sales ranking hovered in the 20- and 30,000s. It dipped during the weekend, but when the blog post hit, it was right back up there. It stayed there for the rest of that first week, as Tweets went out and all of you gave a helping hand (THANK YOU!).
Now are you ready for the truth?
In that first week, I sold less than 100 books.
So what does this tell us?
For a book priced at $4.99, apparently it doesn't take all that much to get a decent ranking.
Now, this past week, in which I haven't done much to promote the book at all, I've been selling about 1-2 books a day. And my rank? I hover in the 60- and 80,000s.
Again, not too shabby for such small sales numbers.
So why am I telling you this? Why am I baring my soul and my "meh" sales numbers?
I think it's a wakeup call. It shows that you don't need to sell millions of books to position well on Amazon.
Next month, I have about 5 blog posts lined up, along with a webinar, a writer's conference, and I'll probably be doing a Facebook promo campaign. So next month, I'll be seeing whether I can break into the 10,000 ranking range…and again, it's not as difficult as you may think.
In my experience helping authors do ebooks (a service we offer our authors), I've noticed three very valuable things that I'm taking to the bank:
1. Once a book sells 300-400 copies, Amazon begins helping your efforts by recommending the book much more. I've seen this double sales by the following month nearly every time.
2. A book with a ranking of 5,000 or so is likely selling 500-800 books per month. That's not impossible to achieve no matter who you are.
3. Most authors, when they sell 1,000 or so books in a month, they start to give up. They figure they've done their part, and now it's time to sit back and enjoy the ride. Or life gets in the way and their marketing plans become optional. And that's when their sales immediately start to fall, meaning Amazon really is a top of mind type of deal. People buy your book depending on how aware they are of it. If you fall off the radar with your marketing, they'll stop buying it.
Because my book is an ebook that I published myself, I have all the time in the world. I can choose my promo months and schedule it out for what works for me. But any author working with a traditional publisher doesn't have that luxury. You need to hit the ground running the moment your book releases, and you shouldn't stop for a breath until 6 months out, when your publisher is beginning to gather and analyze sales info.
A hard truth, but after seeing these numbers…after seeing how it's really not that hard to make a good impression on Amazon…The whole thing seems a bit less daunting and impossible, doesn't it? I know it does for me.
Because I KNOW I can sell 300 books in a month. Three hundred books, being the tip of the iceberg.
Do you KNOW the same thing? Do you believe you can do it?


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Although Justin Bernard paced Ypsilanti's offensive show, the play of freshman Corey Allen was also important to the Phoenix' winning efforts.
Bernard led Ypsilanti with 22 points, four assists and three steals, but Allen posted his first career double-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals.
"The boys were ready to play from the start," Ypsilanti coach Steve Brooks said. "We hadn't played since last Saturday, so the guys were ready to get back on the court."
Ypsilanti (8-2 overall, 4-0 Southeastern Conference White Division) also wanted to avenge a bitter-tasting 75-73 loss in that game to Detroit English Village. It was part of the Dorian Dawkins Show Your Heart Memorial Classic, which took place in Saginaw.
"We've yet to play on Tuesday and Friday in the same week this season, so we've had to adjust to playing a different schedule than most teams," Brooks said."
Brooks also singled out the play of senior Lavonte Davis, who scored 10 points in the victory and displayed what Brooks called "good senior leadership".
Ypsilanti travels to Tecumseh on Tuesday.
Adrian (4-7, 1-3) was led by Jurell Parish's 14 points.


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President Emeritus of Bell Labs
I do not want to make my parents look bad. I'm sure they did what they had to do. Life was tough for them. And, I don't understand it all, but I understand a little bit more now than when I was a little kid. So, the most important thing for me, believe it or not, is not to make money or anything else, but to make sure my children grow up happy and that's all I care about. View Interview with Jeong KimView Biography of Jeong KimView Profile of Jeong KimView Photo Gallery of Jeong Kim
I joined the Navy in 1982, while I was in school, and then became an officer when I graduated from college. A lot of people ask me, "Why did you do that?" I mean, I was making so much money there I would be a millionaire, and there was no doubt in my mind that we would have done well. Well, maybe not. I mean, in the sense of -- at the time, it seemed like there was nothing that was going to stop us from becoming incredibly successful, and we thought we could do it better than Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. But, I felt that this country already has given me so much, and I needed to pay back. I did not want to wait until I was 80 years old, or 60 years old to pay back, and that it was better going into the Navy, and gave part of my time -- my prime time of my life -- serving this country. So, I spent seven years in the nuclear submarine service. View Interview with Jeong KimView Biography of Jeong KimView Profile of Jeong KimView Photo Gallery of Jeong Kim
I could have retired a long time ago, financially. What's really important to me is that I add value to society. And, I think I still have a lot of creative energy in me. I mean, I'm a really practical person. I don't think I can be as creative when I am 50 or 60 years old, and my effort and my energy can be better spent on maybe doing -- I don't know -- social work or going and teaching at the universities. I don't know what that will be, but right now I can best contribute by working on the technologies. View Interview with Jeong KimView Biography of Jeong KimView Profile of Jeong KimView Photo Gallery of Jeong Kim
Founding Chairman,America Online
As leaders you don't have any excuses and you can't sort of point to other people, or external circumstances because as a leader it's your responsibility to understand external circumstances, and there are no excuses. You either take the hill, or you don't take the hill, and if you get all your people killed, then you're wrong. And, there are no excuses. There are lots of companies on the corporate American landscape that are gone because of external circumstances and the CEOs of those companies have always been able to offer excuses, but I think it's very, very important for all leaders to understand that they stand at the end of the responsibility chain and it is as Harry Truman wisely put it, "The buck stops there." It's an important concept for people to understand. View Interview with James V. KimseyView Biography of James V. KimseyView Profile of James V. KimseyView Photo Gallery of James V. Kimsey
One of our very strong initiatives is to make America Online one of the world's most respected companies. It has had maybe a reputation of being somewhat too slick by half. Cleverness might have been a core value because you've got a lot of bright kids that want to show how smart they are. And, we've taken a different tack now in that we started a foundation that I chair. We want to take the highest sort of moral ground on all issues, so that we get the trust and respect of people, and don't find ourselves in a Microsoft position, being favorite targets of legislators and regulators. View Interview with James V. KimseyView Biography of James V. KimseyView Profile of James V. KimseyView Photo Gallery of James V. Kimsey
King of the Blues
I think that I know my job pretty well, but I always think this way -- now it's not false modesty or anything -- I'm never any better than my last job. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? In other words, I don't always think that I've got it made and, "Hey, I'm B.B. King!" So and so. Never that. Never that because the people put you up there and they can cut you down like that. It's just like the great God, this great spirit. We live and we die and I'm talking about if you die naturally you never know when it's going to be. It can happen any time. So, I think in a way that we're here -- I've heard people use the word, "on borrowed time," but I don't know about that. I don't think I borrowed it, but I think that I'm here and just as easy, cannot be here. So, I never think that I've got it made. I've known people that had a little money and overnight something happened -- insurance no good -- and what little money they had - bam - it's gone. View Interview with B.B. KingView Biography of B.B. KingView Profile of B.B. KingView Photo Gallery of B.B. King
I knew Duke Ellington. I knew Benny Goodman. Those are just a few of the people that I tried to pattern my life after, after trying to be a musician. I still have that old code, don't smoke, don't drink on the bandstand, don't swear on the bandstand where I am. Never. The people are the most important things that we have so you must treat them like they are who they are, and that's the way I've been all the time, no drugs, no liquor. Even when I was drinking, don't bring no liquor on the bandstand, never. That's the way I've always been. View Interview with B.B. KingView Biography of B.B. KingView Profile of B.B. KingView Photo Gallery of B.B. King
B.B. King: I think I would go back to what my teacher told me in a way, but quite differently. I would say, "Get high off your music. Don't use drugs of any kind. Please don't smoke because that will mess up your vocal cords for your singing. Be a person. Just as you want to be loved, love them. Always respect the people that come to hear you play. Try your best to please these people, but then you've got to live in the neighborhood. Try to be a good neighbor. Play your music. If you're a student, if you're going to college, major in music, minor in computers so if your music don't work you can still have a job. Lastly, you might become very good at what you do, a lot of people do, but everybody is not going to like it, so if you can't make a living at it go back to your minor." That's what I would tell them. View Interview with B.B. KingView Biography of B.B. KingView Profile of B.B. KingView Photo Gallery of B.B. King
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(Chris Paul's buzzer-beater last night. Gotta love the crowd shots)
The Sporting Blog: "It comes down to the fact that, no matter what fans think, AI has clout in locker rooms, among the community of players. Who knows what he means on the court for the Pistons, but this is a special dude who operates with authority even if his game looks increasingly hard to work around (see: Nuggets, Denver). I hesitate to call anyone the moral center of an entire league, but go ahead, find me someone with as much moral force behind them as Allen Iverson."
Bright Side of the Sun: The Phoenix Suns have signed former Michigan basketball player Courtney Sims to a 10-day contract.
Michigan Sports Center: Arkansas hired former Michigan State coach John L. Smith to coach special teams.
DJ Gallo, Page 2: What your favorite NFL jersey says about your soul. Somehow Dan Orlovsky is the 213th best selling jersey in the NFL. Impressive. My favorite and only jersey I own: Ricky Williams, Miami Dolphins. Booyah!
Truehoop: Introducing the TrueHoop network. Did ESPN buyout all these blogs?
Columbia Journalism Review: American is hating on Detroit.


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Care during hospitalizations is rendered by hospitalists--originally internists or pulmonologists hired by the hospital. Now, many hospitalists have taken a fellowship specifically centered on hospital care only. Similarly, most doctors now working in the larger emergency rooms are board certified ER docs, trained in emergency care--almost exclusively.
There were many reasons that this trend evolved. Some would claim that the quality of hospital care offered by private family practitioners and internists was not up to date. The hospitals wanted to assure that patients cared for inside their halls received only the highest quality care. This level of care required the services of doctors trained to take care of the serious illnesses requiring hospitalizations. Primary care doctors could care for colds and sore throats and handle the chronic problems like high blood pressure and constipation.
I experienced firsthand the changes that created hospitalists. Obviously, my experience was not universal. I will not deny that quality of care had something to do with hospitals making it almost impossible for generalists to care for inpatients.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I'm just kidding. You wouldn't want a free colonoscopy. If you don't need one, you don't want one--period. If you do need one, you don't want someone racing through it like a calf roper trying to beat the clock. If you answered "money" you'll just have to take pride that, you've cultivated an appropriate cynicism about the industry of American medicine.
Before hospitalists existed, patients were charged by the number of days they were in the hospital and what was done to them. This was true both for hospitals and doctors. If my patient was in the hospital for a week with pneumonia, I charged for seven days of care. In this instance, the hospital charged for seven hospitals days as well as the antibiotics, respiratory therapy, x-rays, and assorted materials used during the stay.
In the 1980s, insurance companies and the government looked at hospitalizations and said, "Gag and choke! Hospitalizations are killing us." That complaint was eventually worded a bit less provocatively because the people making it weren't nearly as concerned about folks croaking as they were about the cost of putting them in hospitals to prevent their croaking.
Insurance companies were already pitting one hospital against another in competition for patients. If a patient went to a hospital that had not offered the insurance company a discount, the insurance company made the patient pay more. For example, even if a patient preferred going to Saint Joseph's Hospital, they would go to Presbyterian Hospital because Presbyterian Hospital had signed a discounted contract with their insurance company, and they did not have to make a co-pay. Since St. Joseph's Hospital had not signed such a contract, a co-pay would have been required.
However, the creation of "designated hospitals" barely slowed the rapid increase in health care costs. Insurance companies decided to bring in the hired guns. They hired ... analysts.
The analysts looked at hospitalizations and noticed that the length of stay for a given problem varied enormously. They noticed that other costs varied as well. This appeared to be true even if there was little difference in how sick patients had been. If hospitalizations could be standardized at the lower end of this spectrum, insurance companies would be spending less for any given illness. The analysts had no desire to tell doctors how to take care of patients. That would come later. They decided to throw the problem into the laps of hospitals.
The concept of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) was the net result of this game of hot potato. First Medicare and then for-profit Insurance began paying a set amount for a particular diagnosis, and that amount covered the entire hospitalization. This was true whether the patient was treated in three days or seven; whether the patient was treated with the newest most expensive antibiotic or plain old penicillin. The care for a problem might vary, but the analysts devised a system where its cost would not.
Obviously, the cost of different DRGs varied. Pneumonia in a man who also had incurred a heart attack was paid at a higher rate than pneumonia in an otherwise healthy 25-year-old. The discharge diagnosis noted in the patient's chart determined this difference.
Hospital reimbursement dropped. It seemed that DRGs represented an effective cost-cutter. The insurance companies' analysts polished their glasses on their striped, power ties, held out their hands, and said, "Thank you. Thank you very much. No need to bow or behave slavishly, just pay us please."
But deep within the bowels of the offices of the corporations that were snarfing up America's hospitals, a counter revolution was being planned. The Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Columbia Hospital Corporation (Columbia), and other smaller hospital corporations fought fire with fire. They hired their own analysts.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I helped open Humana Inc.'s first Colorado hospital in 1976. Humana would become Galen, and Galen would merge with Columbia, and Columbia would merge with HCA to create what is now a gigantic hospital corporation--Columbia/HCA. I had a front row seat for health care's evolution into an industry. On occasion, I was also a soldier in its wars. Like most doctors of my generation, I fought on both sides of these wars--both for and opposed to the evolution. In retrospect and after a sabbatical that included years of studying health care policy and economics, I can see that the creation of a health care industry was doomed to fail as an uncontrolled supply side monster.
I can also see that even had doctors been able to organize in an entity more effective and less self-serving than the AMA, we could never have derailed the profit driven freight train that rolled over traditional medicine. The roar of that train was both fearsome and frightening. It continues to roar down the tracks, an uncontrolled runaway on course for disaster.
Next week, Part II of "Fearsome and Frightening"
Dr. Waggoner is a family practice specialist in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado and the Kit Carson Clinic. His column appears on Fridays in The Lamar Ledger.


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Governor Rell has created this Task Force to review the LNG project in Long Island Sound in order to protect Connecticut residents. The Task Force will be holding a series of informational hearings and public meetings to determine the potential impact of the proposed construction of a LNG processing facility in Long Island Sound.
Meeting schedules, agendas and minutes will be made available on this web site throughout the course of the Task Force's work on this issue.
Governor Rell Joins Long Island Sound Task Force to Release Report Condemning Broadwater Project
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GATES MILLS If the past two years were any indicator of how the weather was going to be for the Mayfield Schools' annual Fall Family Festival Oct. 6, the forecast would have been bleak.
Rainy and chilly fall days highlighted the weather pattern the past two years for the event at the Gates Mills Environmental Education Center, but this year was different. It was cool, but the rain stayed away and that helped make the event, sponsored in large part by the Mayfield Alliance, a success.
"In past years, we had to bring all the activities inside and we were limited as to what we could do," said Kim Judson, a teacher at the environmental center and chairwoman of the event.
However, with the center's grounds liberated, visitors got to enjoy outdoor activities, which included hayrides, apple-bobbing, cornhole, inflatable toys, marshmallow roasting, live music from a band made up of Mayfield High School students and walks through the recently developed prairie trails.
A DJ, who is also a former Excel TECC student and did not charge a fee to appear, set up outside as well.
"It makes a world of difference to be able to hold activities outside and the amount of people that show is so much better," Judson said.
The annual event, now 10-years-old, helps showcase the environmental center, where the environmental-education students from the vocational Excel TECC program spend a large part of the school day. With about 75 students in that program, they serve as hosts for the event, by preparing for it and assisting with activities.
They are not the only students helping though. Mayfield's National Honor Society students and Academic Challenge team were also on site to help. There were also many students present from other Excel TECC programs, such as Culinary Arts, Interactive Media and Cosmetology. Many were set up inside, along with a group of merchants who were selling crafts, jewelry and baked-goods.
The culmination of the event was the costume contest for kids 12 and under. This was the third year for the popular event and likely had the largest turnout to date. The kids were judged in separate age groups, with a boy and girl in each, awarded a prize bag with a small trophy, candy and other items.
"Each year, we try to get some stuff that we haven't had in the past. I think everyone had a good time this year," Judson said.
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Two masked robbers walked away from an attempted gas station robbery without any cash, according to Madison police.
Police said the two men approached a female employee of the BP gas station at 4102 Commercial Avenue while she was taking out the trash at about 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The victim said they made her go inside and demanded she open the safe, but she was unable to open it. The robber then tried to steal her purse, but fled when she began to struggle with them, according to police.
Both men are described as black, in their 20s and wearing dark ski masks with a single eye slit and a mouth slit. One was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, jeans, black and white sneakers and a black and red flat billed cap. The other was wearing a light-colored sweatshirt, white boxers or a white T-shirt pulled low and jeans that hung at the knees.


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Talking about portraying Miss Jett, Kristen said, "I'm trying to just make myself aware of the time period and what she was going through. So many people know her as just being like one of the coolest people to ever live. That in itself is one of the most intimidating things that I've ever had to confront but she's so cool too."
(That doesnt Look like a pregnant lady to me!!)
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