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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It was a long winter of uncertainty for Ike Davis. He saw a torrent of stories published about his seemingly tenuous place in the Mets' organization. Family and friends inundated him with questions asking whether he had been traded. It was an acknowledged nuisance.
Yet, one day before pitchers and catchers report to spring training, Davis jovially walked out of the Mets' minor league facility — still with the club and ready to address the past few months.
"The articles would say I wasn't going to be here so a little bit of shock I didn't get traded but I'm happy I didn't," Davis said.
It is clear the Mets spent considerable time shopping Davis. Brewers general manger Doug Melvin spoke about the negotiations he held to try to acquire him. His own father spoke out about the treatment he received.
All the while Davis had to wait to learn his eventual destination — though it was a change that never came. Although it was clear he did not enjoy that it all played out so publicly, Davis downplayed how rocky the offseason was.
"It's all hearsay until something happens anyway," Davis said.
"I never was once off the team so it's still, it's kind of like article every day except there was no trade ever. It's not a big deal. I wanted to be back, I'm back, so I'm happy about it."
Neither general manager Sandy Alderson nor manager Terry Collins addressed the situation with Davis. He was supposed to meet with Collins earlier this week but that meeting evaporated because Davis left the facility after forgetting about the meeting later in the day.
Now, it's all of the past. Davis will begin spring training in a competition with Lucas Duda to be the team's starting first baseman. Alderson has said that it is possible the loser of the competition will not be on the major league roster when the season begins.
Davis missed the last 28 games last season because of an oblique injury. It was fitting coda for an empty year.
He hit just .205, with only nine home runs — 23 fewer than in 2012 — and was demoted to Triple-A Las Vegas for a 21-game stint. His OPS fell to .661, the lowest of his career.
While Davis floundered, Duda made his own play for the first base job last season.
Davis began his own preparations earlier this offseason. Instead of waiting until January to begin hitting, he started in November.
And he also tried to fix a problematic swing. After watching film of himself dating back to three years ago, he spotted an issue. His back leg was coming out, causing his shoulder and hands to drop. Instead, he is focused on keeping the leg from coming out.
"Hopefully that will allow me to be a little farther advanced," he said. "Who knows. Not changing my swing 65 times might help. There's a lot of things that I can do a lot better that I'm going to try to do this year."
So far, Collins has been impressed by what he's seen of Davis — and the battle ahead. For Davis to win the position, Collins wants to see Davis' refurbished stroke work and so far the manager thinks it does.
"I just see a different Ike Davis," Collins said. "Last year he came in as the guy, now he's fighting for his life. And I think that changes the way you go about things. And Lucas, he's got that mentality that every year I gotta compete for a job. It should be fun."


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We all know getting a tattoo of your lover will eventually end up a bad idea but I can't figure out why this guy didn't see this coming. A Kansas man charged with first-degree murder is afraid the tattooed mirror-image of the word "murder" across his neck might prejudice a jury. So he is asking for a professional tattoo artist to remove or cover it up. Prosecutors say they aren't opposed to Jeffrey Chapman covering his tattoo, but Barton County's sheriff says he's against transporting Chapman to a licensed tattoo facility.
A famous New York strip club is suing a New Jersey cardiologist over a hefty tab he refuses to pay. Scores is suing Dr. Shaddy Younan, whom they say owes them $135,000 after four visits to the club. The 41-year-old heart doc says the bill is fake because he's never been there, and if he was it was because he was drugged. The club's owner, Stephen Hyman, says, "He was coherent until he saw the bill." He also says he has video to prove he was there and the credit card number he used to run up the tab.
A 38-year-old woman staying in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Pennsylvania is being accused by the city's police department of selling heroin from her hospital bed! Captain Zucco told WTAE that a confidential informant was, "able to purchase approximately 30 bags of heroin from her. In a subsequent search of her person and her room, they were able to confiscate 380 bags of heroin, approximately $3,800 street value." Drug paraphernalia and more than $1,000 in cash were also found. Both stations indicate that the hospital patient will be officially charged today.

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WEIRTON – The smile on little James Fletcher's face was a giveaway.
Fletcher, 7, his younger brother Joseph, 6, and cousin Abbey Pratt were guests of honor Monday when some two dozen volunteers gathered to release more than 5,000 pounds of trout into streams and lakes in Hancock County.
The annual trout stocking, funded with a $7,500 grant from the county and $7,500 obtained through the efforts of state Sens. Jack Yost, D-Wellsburg, and Rocky Fitzsimmons, D-Wheeling, is dedicated to the memory of an individual who works to further the sport.
This year's honoree was the late Robert Pratt, an avid outdoorsman who had volunteered his time year after year to help stock Hancock County waterways with trout.
"He passed away in September 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer," event organizer Ed Bowman said. "We deeply appreciate all the work he did."
The boys, dressed in T-shirts bearing their grandfather's name as well as the names of fishing holes along Kings Creek, waited for their buckets to be filled with fish, then scampered down the bank to release them, much to the delight of family members who'd gathered for the remembrance.
Also assisting the Kings Creek stocking was Elijah Connell, 11, of Steubenville, who used it as a scouting project. Connell is graduating from Cub Scouts to Webelo and is working on his Arrow of Light award.
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Rockstar Game Tips: Becoming Unpredictable in Liar's Dice (Liars and Cheats/Undead Nightmare Disc)
o KiDxCuDi o, L U F F Y, TheAmbadassad0r, RedDeadDev3, GVRafioso1 and Skatepro123IV bring their skills and strategies to the Liar's Dice table in Thieves' Landing in one of our latest Social Club multiplayer events...
With the release of the Liars and Cheats Pack DLC for Red Dead Redemption (and as part of the Undead Nightmare disc release), came multiplayer Liar's Dice. It's an opportunity not only to play Liars Dice with your friends but also an opportunity to play with reanimated corpses as illustrated above. Kudos to the zombies for keeping their murderous impulses at bay during a friendly game of dice. In the multiplayer iteration, you never know who's bluffing, so improving your skills is key. Today, we present a new entry into the Rockstar Game Tips series that has the most effective strategies for ensuring victory. First up, let's recap how the game actually works:
- You'll start Liar's Dice with a cup and five dice. The game automatically takes care of shaking up the dice and slamming the cup on the table for each player. This happens at the beginning of the game and again whenever a player loses a die during the game.
- Look at your dice. Other players cannot see what you have, so this is where you'll need to begin guessing what other players might have.
- When it's your turn to bid, you're first going to choose a side of die: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Then you are going to guess how many of that side of die are face up on the table, meaning the total number of that one die under all cups. For example, you have two 6's under your cup in a game with six players. It's a pretty good bet early in a game that with so many other dice on the table, there's probably another 6 under someone else's cup. So a very safe bet would be three 6's.
- After you bid three 6's, the player sitting to your left has three options:
- Raise the bid to anything above three 6's (example: four 1's, four 2's, and so on).
- Call the bid spot-on. If it turns out that there are exactly three 6's on the table and the bid is called spot-on, everyone but the current bidder will lose a die.
- Call your bluff. If the bidder doesn't think there are actually three 6's on the table, calling a bluff will result in you losing one die if there aren't three on the table, or the bidder losing one die if there are three or more.
- As the game nears the end and more dice disappear, bids gets lower (example: one 5, two 3's) and players run out of dice, making things even more interesting.
- The last person with one or more dice remaining wins.
When you're out of dice, you're out of the game. You can choose to sit and watch the remaining players or you can dive back into the many multiplayer playlist options.
The best way to learn how to play is... by practicing! Yes, we're talking about practice. Practice in Private mode if you don't want to use your funds. To access Private mode, enter multiplayer from the Red Dead main menu. Once it loads, press Back/Select and choose Private Free Roam. Lastly, choose Liar's Dice. You can also start Liar's Dice by entering the buildings in any of the three areas that offer the game.
You'll start Red Dead Redemption online multiplayer with $200. For a full explanation on how funds work in the game, see this Rockstar Support article on the subject. Here are the buy-in amounts and locations for Liar's Dice:
- Escalera - $10
- Casa Madrugada - $25
- Thieves' Landing - $100
And now for some general tips:
- The best time to lie is early in the game when there are plenty of dice on the table. If you're betting first at a table of six players and it's the beginning of the game, betting three or four sixes without even looking at your own dice is a safe and strategic bet.
- Mix up your bidding strategy to keep other players guessing. If you have two fours under your cup, bid one four. Later during another round you have two fours again, so bid one five even though you don't have a five. Keep your opponents on their toes. Later on in another round, you have two fours, so bid three 4's, more than you have. Being too predictable is the quickest way to get beat.
- Study your opponents. Do your best to keep track of how often and whether or not certain players are lying, and how they react in certain situations.
- It's never a bad idea to use time in your favor. When it's your turn late in the game, take your time before bidding, looking under your cup several times. Try to make other players think that you're not in a good spot, and that you don't have what it takes under your cup to make it to the next round. Of course, bid safely, and hope they call your bluff.
- If you're pretty sure you don't want to bid any higher, and you're faced with the decision to call a bluff or call the bid spot-on, it's a better strategy to call it spot-on. If this happens several times in the same game, you'll eventually get one or two spot-on bids correct.
So what did we miss? What are your strategies for Liar's Dice? Lay it on us in the comments below.
Rockstar Game Tips: Saddling Up in Grand Prix Horse Racing (Liars and Cheats / Undead Nightmare Disc)
Rockstar Game Tips: More Co-Op Mission Pro Tips for Red Dead Redemption (Outlaws to the End / Undead Nightmare Disc)
Rockstar Game Tips: Red Dead Redemption Cooperative Mission Strategies (Outlaws to the End / Undead Nightmare Disc)
- on April 12 2011, 10:30amLoveless liars dice, especiLly in thieves landing, I one made over 5000 bucks in singleplayer by doin dice.... And I love high stakes poker in backwater all you gotta to is all in and everyone will fold and eventually they bet all in, and lots of times they got horrible hands so yea that's an easy thousand bucks :D
- on February 16 2011, 7:10pmHey rockstar I was playing the poker and liars dice i love it i just feel as though the 100$ buy in is too small to be the max wager an update ragarding the max buy ins would be much appreciated as i dont feel as though im gambling much having over 3 grand just dulls the experiance. I dont feel the intesity no more and in some ways gets boring maybe having 1k games or even 10k high stakes poker/liars dice! haha it would be a major improvement for the gambling addicts lol jokes but in all seriousness if it isnt a problem it would be much appreciated. Thank you.
- on February 10 2011, 7:25pmi love playing liars dice. i lost all my progress the other day because my ps3 froze while the game was saving. i was level 36 and had over $2,000. i was mad but now im not because i already have over $1,000. My strategy is to almost always tell the truth if its just u and 1 other guy left. if u both have 1 dice then what i usually do is tell the truth and then look under my cup repeatedly to make them think im bluffing. it actually works out pretty good. The best part about liars dice is when u have 1 dice left and its u and 1 other guy and he has all of his dice left and u still beat him. I love that feeling.
- on January 29 2011, 5:39amU need to bring this game to pc I would gladly shell out 79.99 for this game you would make serous money so why not I need another game to play for pc other then gta 4
- on January 16 2011, 12:09pm@crazycat690 Thanks - great tips on bluffing, definitely important to become truly unpredictable, takes practice and skill.
@vince_42069 Yep - there is a limit on blinds, they'll reach a max, see here for more:
@Darknitepulse and any others asking, as of now there are no current plans to bring Red Dead Redemption to the PC platform, if that should change we will let you know.
- on January 16 2011, 8:20amRockstar can you please tell me if red dead redemption will come to pc or not.i am seriously planning to buy a console just because of this game.please say yes or no.i have waited so much so please tell me yes or no answer.so if it is no i will buy a console.
- on January 15 2011, 12:07pmOnly stupids peoples buy pirating games ! I against & buy only license games.
- on January 15 2011, 7:36amFor Liars Dice, bluffing is a powerful tool, but add variety, be unpredictable, don't bluff all the time, although when you notice the other players has understood your game, do something completly different, than after awhile throw them off by doing the old routine! :D
I still remember one time when I won, it was two of us left and he said there was perhaps one 5, I had one five, I called the bid to be spot on, he was bluffing^^ I love Liars Dice!
And about the PC version... Perhaps it would look better =) But as long as you keep pirating your games this is what you can expect^^
- on January 14 2011, 9:26pm@Red_Dead_Forever Nice, thanks dog appreciate it. Yeah it must take some time to get to the max, I don't think I ever heard him say it.
- on January 14 2011, 2:26amFor all PC gamers, I'd suggest you just go out and buy an Xbox 360 if you've got the money for it. Rockstar clearly isn't planning on bringing RDR to the PC anytime soon. It's disappointing, yes, but in the time it takes to constantly ask and complain, you probably could have bought a console and be playing RDR.
- on January 14 2011, 2:22am@Vince_42069
You know when the announcer guy will say something along the lines of "minimum blinds have been doubled" and eventually "blinds are at maximum". Takes awhile to get to maximum blinds, but you will know easily if you're just paying attention.
- on January 13 2011, 9:17pm@R* I believe that the first picture that you guys have shown on this article is not being played at Theive's Landing.In my opinion its being played in Escalera.
- on January 13 2011, 7:19pmHow do you know when minimum blinds are at their max in poker? Is there a certain number of times the blinds are raised or a specific set amount that is reached for each table/city (Beechers Hope, Macfarlanes Ranch etc.) ?
- on January 13 2011, 5:25pmWhen will we get the Skin-It 2 Win-It Challenge? It says in-game that all challenges are released!
- on January 13 2011, 4:27pmClearly Rockstar. Guys, let's stop bothering them, and better pray that RDR has appeared on the PC.
P.S. Rockstar employees only office workers, how could they know that is thinking about porting the company's management? In the end they are people too! Let us respect each other!
- on January 13 2011, 4:00pmI to wait RED DEAD REDEMPTION on pc, and buy this ! I not like play on consoles...Steam its really good service for pc games, not GFWL !
- on January 13 2011, 3:19pm@grendal123456 @WoozieCJ @Mati647 and others, thanks guys - for those of you asking, as of now there are no current plans to bring Red Dead Redemption to the PC platform, if that should change we will let you know.
- on January 13 2011, 1:50pmYou know yourself that the PC RED DEAD REDEMPTION can create one in many races and beautiful quality. This game can be deployed to maximum on the PC.
- on January 13 2011, 1:45pmRockstar you can see how many people you write here that you would finally RDR ported to the PC. We all hope that you all still think and listen to the pleas of people who do not have XBOX360. We all want to see this amazing game but you have to us recently that possibility. So enough tinut and tell me how to eat. On the PC version of the game, too, will look great.


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When the date of the HoopHall Classic was changed from Saturday, Dec. 16, to Sunday, Dec. 17, it raised the possibility of a venue change as well.
I just spoke with one of the event's organizers from the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., and the high school triple-header will remain at Manley Field House.
In case you need a refresher, the HoopHall Classic is a one-day event involving six high school teams and several players who have committed to Syracuse University.
Towson (Md.) Catholic, which features SU recruit Donte Greene, will play Philadelphia's Neumann-Goretti High, which boasts two SU recruits _ Rick Jackson and Antonio Jardine.
Niagara Falls, the alma mater of current SU freshman Paul Harris, is led by SU recruit Johnny Flynn. Niagara Falls will play Jamesville-DeWitt. Brandon Triche, nephew of former SU player Howard Triche, is a sophomore at J-D and a Syracuse recruiting target.
Finally, Christian Brothers Academy will play Rice High of New York City.
Game times are 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets will go on sale later in the fall.
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Parting Schotts
College Hockey Slap Schotts 2010-11: Week 16
Round 2 of the Union-Yale series takes place Friday night at 7 at Messa Rink, a game that will be seen here on Time Warner Cable Sports.
The last time these two teams met, it was also on TV, and it wasn't Must-See Television. Yale thoroughly dominated Union, rolling to a 5-0 win in a game televised nationally by ESPNU on Dec. 5. The Bulldogs beat the Dutchmen in every phase of the game. They were faster, stronger and had better goaltending. That game propelled the Bulldogs to the No. 1 ranking in the country, and they have been there ever since.
The one thing that struck me about that game, one of Union's worst of the season, was the fact that the Dutchmen, who normally are a very physical team, didn't play like one against the Bulldogs. With speedy forwards like Broc Little and Chris Cahill, the Dutchmen need to lay the body on the Bulldogs and not let them dictate the play. A perfect example of the Dutchmen's lack of physical play came in the second period, when Yale defenseman Nick Jaskowiak was allowed to skate to the Union net untouched and fire a shot past goalie Keith Kinkaid.
The Dutchmen must also get their power play going against Yale. They were 0-for-6, including failing to score on a two-man advantage for two minutes.
Union didn't have senior forward Adam Presizniuk for the first meeting. He was out with a broken right thumb. But the Dutchmen's all-time leading scorer in their Division I era is back, and Presizniuk is getting his game into shape.
If Union beats Yale, it pulls within three points of the first-place Bulldogs. But more importantly, it gives the Dutchmen plenty of confidence should these two teams meet in Atlantic City with an ECAC Hockey title and NCAA tournament berth at stake.
Thanks for understanding
Thanks again for your understanding after my bout with a stomach virus prevented me from writing my College Hockey Slap Schotts blog last week. I would have much rather been up writing my blog than sleeping the day away trying to get rid of the bug. Fortunately, I don't get sick very often.
Marsh hospitalized
St. Lawrence coach Joe Marsh missed the Saints' games at Brown and Yale over the weekend. The Watertown Daily Times reported that Marsh was kept in a Massachusetts hospital after complications from surgery that took place Thursday.
Marsh could be back this weekend, when the Saints host Princeton and Quinnipiac.
Flanagan suspended
The Saints won't have forward Sean Flanagan this weekend.
Already scheduled to serve a one-game suspension because of a game disqualification penalty he received against Yale Saturday, the ECACH handed Flanagan an additional one-game suspension, in accordance with the league's supplemental discipline process.
Flanagan got a five-minute major for hitting Brian O'Neill from behind with 36 seconds left in the Saints' 4-1 loss to Yale, and also was assessed a game DQ. O'Neill had just scored an empty-net goal.
Poll news
RPI moved up, and Union fell slightly in the latest USCHO.com/NCAA hockey top-20 poll Monday.
A week after dropping four spots, the Engineers (7-5 ECAC Hockey, 15-6-3 overall) moved up four spots, from 14th to 10th, after sweeping Harvard, 3-2, and Dartmouth, 5-1.
The Dutchmen (8-3-1, 16-7-3) fell one place, from 12th to 13th. Union lost to 18th-ranked Dartmouth, 4-1, and beat Harvard, 2-1.
ECACH-leader Yale remains the top team in the poll. The Bulldogs play at Union on Friday, and at RPI on Saturday for the Big Red Freakout.
In the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine top-15 poll, the Engineers moved from 13th to 10th, while Union fell from 10th to 12th.
USCHO.com/NCAA Poll
Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 Yale (46) 17-2-0 995 1
2 Boston College ( 4) 17-6-0 915 3
3 Denver 16-5-5 877 4
4 North Dakota 18-7-2 846 2
5 Minnesota-Duluth 17-5-3 841 5
6 Michigan 17-6-4 765 6
7 New Hampshire 13-5-4 663 7
8 Wisconsin 17-8-3 631 9
9 Notre Dame 16-9-3 590 8
11 Miami 14-9-3 448 11
12 Maine 11-6-5 446 10
13 Union 16-7-3 397 12
14 Merrimack 13-5-4 379 13
15 Nebraska-Omaha 13-9-2 340 16
16 Boston University 11-7-6 246 15
17 Western Michigan 12-6-8 234 17
18 Dartmouth 11-6-2 179 18
19 Princeton 11-6-1 88 20
20 Colorado College 14-11-1 53 NR
Others receiving votes: Ohio State 37, Minnesota 23, Niagara 16, Alaska 8, St. Cloud State 6, RIT 4, Robert Morris 3, Clarkson 2, Minnesota State 1, Northern Michigan 1.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week's Ranking 2010-11 Record Weeks in Top 15
1 Yale, 510 (34) 1 17-2-0 16
2 Boston College, 455 3 17-6-0 16
3 Denver, 415 4 16-5-5 16
4 Minnesota Duluth, 413 5 17-5-3 16
5 North Dakota, 404 2 18-7-2 16
6 Michigan, 334 6 17-6-4 16
7 Wisconsin, 276 9 17-8-3 11
8 New Hampshire, 270 7 13-5-4 16
9 Notre Dame, 224 8 16-9-3 13
11 Maine, 134 11 11-6-5 16
12 Union, 122 10 16-7-3 13
13 Miami (Ohio), 117 12 14-9-3 16
14 Merrimack, 87 14 13-5-4 3
15 Nebraska Omaha, 59 15 13-9-2 14
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan, 27; Dartmouth, 18; Boston University, 12; Niagara, 2.
RPI moved from 10th to eighth, and Union from eighth to ninth in the latest Inside College Hockey Power Rankings. Yale is on top.
To view INCH's Power Rankings, click here.
My vote
I have a vote in the USCHO.com poll. Here is how I voted this week.
1) Yale
2) Boston College
3) Denver
4) North Dakota
5) Minnesota-Duluth
6) Michigan
7) Wisconsin
8) New Hampshire
9) Notre Dame
10) Union
12) Maine
13) Miami
14) Merrimack
15) Neb.-Omaha
16) Boston U.
17) Princeton
18) Western Michigan
19) Dartmouth
20) Niagara
Daily Gazette ECACH Awards
Time for my weekly awards. It may have an RPI theme to it.
Player of the Week — Chase Polacek, RPI
The senior forward scored the game-winning goals against Harvard and Dartmouth. He had two goals against the Crimson, and collected a goal and an assist against the Big Green.
Rookie of the Week — Brock Higgs, RPI
The freshman forward came back from a scary skate cut to the neck with a two-assist game against Harvard, and then scored a power-play goal against Dartmouth.
Goalie of the Week — Allen York, RPI
York made 36 saves, including 17 in the third period, against Harvard. He kicked out 18 shots against Dartmouth.
Team of the Week — RPI
The Engineers' sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth puts them back in the top 10 in the polls.
SYHA's Skate with the Dutchmen
Sunday afternoon at Messa Rink, the Schenectady Youth Hockey Association had its annual Skate with the Dutchmen. It was a chance for the kids to hang with the men's and women's teams. My son Steven plays defense for the Squirt B team.
To view video of the day, click here.
If you have any comments, post them below, or e-mail them to me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Also, please become a fan of The Daily Gazette on Facebook. Search for The Daily Gazette of Schenectady, and you can post comments there.
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November 15th, 2013 02:38 PM #21Member
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Its your child! I love Rosabel but I also would spell it Rosabelle. Go with your heart, congratulations
November 15th, 2013 02:55 PM #23
Absolutely go with the name YOU love! Our family has never liked our choices either, but they come to love them when they are on the child. My daughter is Clara, and my mother had a campaign going to try to get me to use Claire instead. Well, that just wasn't going to happen. She has told me since, that I really made the better choice.
Rosabel is so precious! I love Charlotte and Harriet, but Charlotte is very common where I live. Harriet, not as much, but it is on the rise.
November 15th, 2013 03:17 PM #25
Rosabel is one of the most beautiful names I know.
Crushing on
♥ Elysia ♥ Amadea ♥ Fidelia ♥ Elvira ♥ Verity ♥ Amalia ♥
♥ Peregrine ♥ Orion ♥ Aeneas ♥ Inigo ♥ Alastair ♥ Leopold ♥
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Thanks so much for all your comments. It's definitely Rosabel Charlotte or Charlotte Rosabel & I'm starting to sway more back to Rosabel as a first name.
I think it's pretty, feminine & unusual. I do like the spelling Rosa belle but as our surname is Ellison, worried about too many "L's".
But thanks so much for all your comments & yes I'm British & over here chavy, does mean low class, kind of tacky. I think my family didn't like it, as over here we do have names that are associated with low class like Chardonnay & Chantelle, but I still like it & don't care.
January 11th, 2014 08:13 AM #29
You are aware -el- sounds runs a bit in Rosabel Ellison? I don't think it's a problem, but I'm pointing this so you won't be stunned when potential problems arise. Maybe there wouldn't be any problems, just a heads up.


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Interesting. To be honest, besides the "I LIKED THE PART WITH FACEBOOK" and the part with Beast, wasn't much for comedy. But was thought-provoking. I look forward to this series, not so much for its comedy, but rather for its original storyline. 5/5 well earned.
oh dear haha i'll try and be funnier next time ;) thanks for the high score!
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This was going to get 4 stars, but then I saw the "They took our jobs" memorial. Brilliant.
it's the little things that count ;) thanks for the high score!
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It was like Fight Club x 1000. The truth is I honestly believe somebody actually said that. I am now sad :(
haha i'm happy the little details are getting noticed ;) cheers for the high score
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4 Stars for Dead dogs, rock lee Steve Jobs, and Anal discharge..
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P.S. A lil more crude humour would get the illusive 5
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DISTRIKT was easily my favorite sound camp this year (and in years past with The Deep End). Proper sound system, really pro crew of people, consistently solid, bumpin' tunes (with no concern about headliner DJs), blended fresh fruit cocktails all day (seriously?), always a fun vibe and you can pretty much count on finding some of your favorite people there.
So YES- I was really stoked to be asked to play a set at DISTRIKT this year. It had been a while since playing a big sound system so I made sure to get lots of sleep the night before and to have 30 or 40 tunes in mind going into it. As you can tell from the mix or listening to the set live- I generally like to keep my sets pretty eclectic- bumpin house to techno to deep house, a little electro, breaks, funky latin stuff, classics, remixes and so on. Considering I haven't played out very much over the last year (since helping open and run the club Public Works in SF) I feel like the set went pretty well. I hope people enjoy it and pass it on to their friends. Thanks so much to the DISTRIKT crew for having me play, all their hard work, fundraising and for making the best Burning Man sound camp once again. - Peter Blick
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My dear Lorraine,
Is it a year or was it yesterday that I said goodbye to you that morning, not knowing it was our last? I still wait for you to get off the bus, I still wait for you to call me during the day, I miss our arguments, I miss you. Your husband Johnny seems so lost without you, you did everything together. Your sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends also feel the loss. We share the memories of you, how quick witted, kind and thoughtful you were, always remembering someone's special day, writing poems to make someone feel better or to make them laugh.
Kaitlyn and Megan write letters to you and talk of you often. They missed our vacation together this year; nothing seems the same.
We will never forget you, and you will always be in our hearts. Love, Mommy
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A 33-year-old western Nebraska man has been given 30 to 48 months in prison for sexually assaulting a child.
Scottsbluff radio station KNEB says Keith Van Winkle, of Minatare, had made a deal with prosecutors and pleaded no contest to reduced charges in Scotts Bluff County District Court.
Van Winkle was given credit for 254 days already served.
He was arrested after a 7-year-old girl told school officials in May about being molested three years earlier.
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Severne 6.0 Mojo and Kode 103 combo - anybody sailed one?
Has anyone sailed the Mojo and can offer first hand feedback on the 6.0?
I've read this test and interview with Mr Severne:
but I want to get some first hand feedback...
I have a Severne S-2 6.4 and S-1 5.6 and want a 6.0 Mojo for flat water blasting, bump'n'jump and on-shore waves. I'm an advanced sailor @80kg and thinking about getting the Kode 103 and powering it up with a 6.0 Mojo as that sounds like an awesome combination of grunt, maneoverability and speed - on paper...
Unfortunately there are no Mojos coming into New Zealand by the Severne distributor :-( so I'm trying to source a 6.0 from overeas - any suggestions?...
Is the Mojo a limited edition sail? i.e going to be hard to get one?
Is the 6.0 Mojo OK as a lightish wind wavesail for onshore/gusty conditions compared to the S-1 5.9 or Gator 6.0?
Is the 6.0 a quick sail for fast freeriding compared to the NCX and Gator?
How 'back handy' is it? - good to pump onto the plane, throw into forward loops and for old/new school freestyle?
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Dj Scratch Revitalizes New York With New Release
Posted on May 12, 2006 by Jamie Slaughter
Super producer DJ Scratch is revitalizing the streets, clubs and radio with Busta Rhymes' smash hit "New York Sh*t." The track, which also features Swizz Beatz on vocals, is a testament to the classic, passionate lifestyle of New York Hip Hop. After holding down EPMD as their DJ in the Golden Era of Hip Hop, and later taking on the role of Jay-Z's tour DJ, Scratch exudes a creative energy that few can touch.
Bringing the edge back to the Northeast has become a priority for many artists. "I feel New York Hip Hop has been lacking the MC - the word play, song structure and the extended vocabulary," explains Scratch. "I want cats to spit about how nice they are on the mic again. 'New York Sh*t' proves once again that real Hip Hop outshines the gimmick records. Every region has their turn in Hip Hop, but it's always New York's turn."
As "New York Sh*t" is on the rise, DJ Scratch is preparing the release of his EPMD Special Edition Mixtape and his own DVD entitled So Wat Cha Sayin. He has been in the studio relentlessly, producing for the likes of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Maino, Cassidy, Game, Jazzy Jeff, Pete Rock, Mario, Mya, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek and Bone Thugs & Harmony.
In addition to his rigorous day to day business, DJ Scratch will be on the road this summer, touring across the US and Europe. "My schedule is very hard to maintain, but I'm on auto pilot now," he says. "The main thing is my drive. After 23 years, millions of records, awards and accolades, I still have that hunger like I was 15-years-old."


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4/5/2010Before e-mail and the Internet ushered in a new world of distance learning tools and opportunities, Continuing & Innovative Education (CIE) relied on the venerable U.S. Postal Service for distance learning. Correspondence courses have been at the core of our division since its very beginning 100 years ago. Our communication methods may have changed since 1910, but our mission has stayed the same—to extend the rich educational resources of the university to the people of Texas and beyond.
When the division (then called the "UT Extension Department") began, registration for a correspondence course could be for credit or non-credit and there were no admission requirements. The fee for each correspondence course was $7, payable in advance of the class. By 1911, the department was offering 152 correspondence courses in 22 subjects including Agriculture, Business, English, History, Public Speaking, Mathematics and Sociology. In its first fifty years, the "Correspondence Teaching" program expanded from 229 course enrollments in 1910 to 4,830 course enrollments in 1959-1960.
In his history of "Extension Education at The University of Texas 1909-1951," Thomas Hall Shelby, former Dean of the Division of Extension, writes that the correspondence student "must think for himself; he must develop initiative, self-reliance, and, above all, perseverance. If he passes his work, he is strengthened and is on the road to independent study. For him, education is more likely to become a life-long process."
That early characterization of a correspondence student is still applicable to today's distance learning students taking courses with CIE's PETEX, UT Online High School, the Migrant Student Program, and University Extension. All of these programs and divisions are rooted in providing distance learning opportunities that continue CIE's mission into the 21st century.


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FLINT, MI – Luke Stoner never saw himself as being a college graduate.
But after 10 years in the United States Navy, Stoner decided to challenge himself in a new way and start down the path for an associate's degree at Mott Community College.
On Saturday, May 3, Stoner will join more than 500 Mott students in walking across the stage and receiving their degrees.
"It's a big deal because I really never thought I would be a guy with a college education. It feels good to be done and it feels good to be putting those skills to use already," said Stoner, 33, of Flint Township. "I think it will feel really good (receiving my degree). It will be nice. It will good to know that it's done and over with. It's good to know that it's something that can't be taken from you."
Stoner, a 1999 Atherton High School graduate, was in the Navy from January of 2002 until January of 2012. It was then that he made the decision to come back to the Flint area and go back to school.
He was and airframe mechanic while in the Navy, working on helicopters' control structures, landing gear and hydraulic systems. During his time in the military he was stationed in Japan and Guam and roughly two years was spent in the Persian Gulf.
Stoner said he liked working with his hands, taking things apart and seeing how they worked and how they went back together, which lead to him being an airframe mechanic.
He traveled to at least 12 different countries and it was a great experience, Stoner said. But when the 10 years was done it was time to spend more time with family. Getting a college education and coming back to civilian life seemed to be the best solution, he said.
He chose Mott because it was close to family and he was interested in their Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) program.
"I wanted to broaden my horizons with what you can really do with the tools and software that is out there," Stoner said.
Deciding to go to college after the military life was an easy decision, but adjusting to the environment was a little more difficult, Stoner said.
He was a nontraditional student among many students just out of high school. It was 100 percent different than when he was in the Navy, he said.
There were different expectation, different settings and different social groups, something he wasn't used to.
"There were times it was pretty difficult. My background is a bit different. It was a challenge to get back to being a student again," Stoner said, but learning and getting in the educational aspect was something he could jump right into. "I was able to be successful of the bat going back to school."
Before he even graduated Stoner was offered a job at Nexteer Automotive in Saginaw, where he will help manufacture driveline systems and steering columns.
"The product design and tool design is where I wanted to end up," Stoner said.
Stoner is a great success story of someone who created opportunities for himself in only two years, said Dennis Hughes, CADD professor at Mott.
Coming from 10 years in the military and not having any higher education prior, it was great to see Stoner succeed the way he did, Hughes said.
"He's an exceptional student," Hughes said. "He's very dedicated. He's a good leader. (He) understands what it takes."
What makes Stoner a modern day success story is that coming out of the military he had virtually no professional career aspects and now he is graduating with honors, has a career and he and his wife just recently started a family, Hughes said.
"I think others can learn that there's some real opportunities ... at community colleges, that if you're interested in a field where there's demand in a very short period of time you can have a complete resurrection of your opportunity based on your education," Hughes said. "He started two years ago from scratch, never been to college, (started going) full time and now he's turning down job offers. That's a phenomenal growth in two years."
Stoner and the other graduates will be honored at the commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3 at Perani Area and Event Center.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, will deliver the commencement address.
Stabenow was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1996 representing Michigan's Eighth Congressional District. She made history in 2000 when she became the first woman from Michigan elected to the United States Senate. She is chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a member of the Senate Energy, Finance, and Budget Committees.
She is a strong advocate for higher education – working to pass recent increases in college financial aid, making college more affordable and addressing the burdensome student loan debt that so many students face when they graduate from college, according to a press release. She has also secured millions in cutting-edge research dollars for Michigan's colleges and universities.
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The rinse significantly decreased pain from mouth sores, a debilitating side effect caused by radiation, the researchers concluded.
The results of the multi-institutional, phase III trial represent a new standard of care for treating oral mucositis, Dr. Robert C. Miller, the study's principal investigator and a radiation oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, said in a statement.
The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted through the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. The researchers evaluated 155 patients who underwent radiotherapy for head and neck cancer between December 2010 and May 2012.
Patients received a single blinded dose of doxepin (25 mg in 5 mL of water) or placebo on day 1 and crossed over to the opposite study arm on a subsequent day.
They reported pain associated with oral mucositis on a pain questionnaire that was administered at baseline and then at five, 15, 30, 60, 120, and 240 minutes after rinsing.
Patients could continue doxepin treatment after the study, and 64% elected to do so. The doxepin rinse was well tolerated; however, side effects did include stinging, burning, unpleasant taste, and drowsiness.
"Our study validates doxepin rinse as an effective way to alleviate oral pain and sets a new standard of care," Miller concluded.


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Modular and powerful. Ultra Products has unveiled its newest line of power supply units, the X4. The lineup includes a total of seven units ranging from 500W to 1600W.
All units are modular and feature 80Plus certification, a single +12V rail design and a 135mm fan to keep the temps at bay. The full lineup includes 500, 600, 750, 850, 1050, 1200 and the top end 1600W models. All of these models come with included thumb screws, zip ties, velcro straps and silicone chassis bracket that ensure simple installation and reduced noise.
The suggested price tag ranges from US $99.99 for the 500W model to US $399.99 for the top notch 1600W model. Since the X4 is Ultra's high end lineup, it includes a lifetime warranty as well.
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Actually both posters are correct, you're just mistating the regulations and prohibitions a bit. Lineman's belts are considered "positioning devices". Full body harnesses are considered "fall arrest devices". A positioning belt, according to OSHA, can not be used as a fall arrest device. Some harnesses incorporate positioning devices, belts, seat, side mounted D-rings, into their design and are therefore dual purpose. If you've been through the training I've been through, you'd understand the reasons that one wants to use a real live fall arrest harness for that purpose and not a positioning device. Be safe and don't get cheap on your personal safety. Do it the right way. Phil KB9CRY, EHS Manager for major chemical company _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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I really hate to do this to everyone, but it's a matter of survival and staying in business (trucking I mean) This Carbon Tax will put us (truckers) out of business unless we pass it on to the consumer…That would mean you, me and everyone else that buys anything. On the verge of losing everything now, I have no choice but to be a part of passing this on. Don't believe in Trickle Down economics? Wake up America! You're about to get an education on it! Obama promised not to raise taxes on people making less than $250,000 per year. This carbon tax will cost the average American family $3100, not counting markups from the transportation industry. Read more about it here: http://obama-lies.blogspot.com/2009/05/obamawaxman-push-3100-per-family-tax-by.html While you're there, bookmark the new site Obama Lies


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SAGINAW, MI — Two Saginaw County fire departments are celebrating decades of services by inviting the public to visit their facilities.
The open house events in Kochville Township and Thomas are both scheduled for Saturday, Aug 24.
A 40th anniversary at the Kochville Township Fire Department, 5865 Mackinaw, will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The event is slated to include fire prevention information, blood pressure checks, finger printing, fire extinguisher training, and refreshments.
Sparky the fire dog is scheduled to make an appearance at the event, which will also include a bake sale.
Local officials could make a big splash as they take a seat in the dunk tank. Fire Chief Alan Malesky is among those prepared to get dunked.
As the Kochville Township department celebrates four decades since its 1973 inception, the Thomas Township Fire Department has scheduled an open house to mark 50 years.
The public gathering will run from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the department's station two, 9970 Dice.
Firefighters will provide tours of the station and show off equipment.
Saturday's gathering is the first of two events to commemorate the department's history, which began in 1963.
Tours of station one, 355 N. Miller, are scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event also includes the department's annual pancake breakfast.
Jessica Fleischman is a public safety reporter with MLive/The Saginaw News. Contact her at 989-996-0687, email her at email@example.com or follow her on Twitter or Facebook.


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US Supreme Court: Can Government Restrict How a Church Can Use Signs?
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Is this really happening? Another dominating Yankee win piled on top of another terrible loss by the Red Sox (thanks to yet another Eric Gagne collapse), and another loss by the Tigers has the Bombers poised to pounce. The Yanks are sitting just 2.5 games behind the Sox in the AL East (two in the loss column). It seems like if the Yanks can just keep taking care of things on their end, the division title might just fall into their laps. At the very least, their 4.5 game lead in the Wild Card race has to have them feeling fairly comfy today. This is getting more and more interesting by the day. Brian Costello talks about the September surge.
Mike Mussina did what he had to do to make his case for sticking around in the rotation for the postseason, writes Aditi Kinkhabwala. Seven dominating innings (3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K) that saw him top out at 89-90 on the gun -- a sure sign that he's feeling fine, physically. Even when Mussina was a youngster, he would top out at 92-94, so his velocity seems good. And he was mixing pitches and speeds beautifully last night. It's the first time we've enjoyed watching Mussina pitch in quite a while.
Jason Giambi was supposed to start at first base last night, but didn't because of a couple of nagging injuries. It's a good thing he didn't. How about Doug Mientkiewicz lately? He's on fire right now, and is really solidifying the first base job. The problem with that is that if Johnny Damon, Melky Cabrera, and Hideki Matsui are all in the lineup, the $20 million bat of Jason Giambi is relegated to a pinch hitting role. Mientkiewicz's bat has been as valuable as his glove over the past week.
Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano are also busting out at just the right time. Matsui has hit safely in five of his last six games, while Cano has hit safely in ten of his last 11 games. Lisa Kennelly focuses on Matsui's improved hitting of late.
This team is just firing on all cylinders right now -- a Yankee Machine. We'll see how Andy Pettitte (13-8, 3.89 ERA) follows up Mussina's performance tonight. He'll take on lefty Brian Burres (6-5, 5.47 ERA).
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Brussels Journal
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The rise of the political class, a form of technocratic managemental breed of suited emissaries of the god risk avoidance and nudging paternalism wallers so well defined by Peter Oborne in his magisterial Triumph of the Political Class has left western liberal post-democracies with virtually nobody to whom one can support, or at the very least trust.
All decisions are compromisable, all positions changeable. Nothing is quite what it seems.
But there is a speck of light. Like a throwback to the nineteenth century, a politician of conviction and principle. Enter Vaclav Klaus. Second term President of the Czech Republic and a beacon of enlightenment values in an increasingly voodoo world.
President Vaclav Klaus Monday vetoed an amended law according to which, in harmony with the EU regulation REACH, companies in the Czech Republic would have to register the chemicals they use.
Klaus had already criticised the directive. In January last year, for instance, he said it was the most terrible thing that had emerged in the EU. The fate of the legislation will thus be decided by the Chamber of Deputies which can outvote the President's veto.
His reasoning is instructive. As things stand EU legislation, was passed at the European level is hardly if ever discussed effectively in national Parliaments. This means that those politicians closest to the public are reduced to little more than franking machines. Not something that Klaus wishes to see,
"The link with the protection of people's health and safety is at least very doubtful," Klaus said in a letter to Miloslav Vlcek, chairman of the lower house, explaining his decision.
In its current form, the law would place the entire chemical industry including the smallest producers under direct control of European bureaucrats, according to Klaus.
By using the veto, Klaus said he sought to boost missing political discussion during the law's passage in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.


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KALAMAZOO -- Officially, the deadline to take advantage of the federal government's $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers is Nov. 30.
That means a buyer must close on his or her purchase by Nov. 30. But real estate professionals caution that the deadline is much tighter than that.
Because banks have become more careful in their lending, the time it takes from putting in an offer to closing the deal has grown in many cases to about two months.
"While local Realtors are experiencing a great deal of activity in the marketplace, they are not closing on homes at a rate they are accustomed to in past years because of an increase in the time it takes to process the sale of a home," the Greater Kalamazoo Association of Realtors said in a statement last month. "On average, the transaction period to purchase a new home in the greater Kalamazoo area has significantly increased."
That would leave 23 days from today to put in an offer.
Anyone who hasn't owned a home in the past three years qualifies for the $8,000 tax credit. If they hold on to the house for at least three years, they get the credit free and clear.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The problem with averages is that some things, like health insurance premiums, will rise above the norm.
And so Lou Cardinale, Mitch Milovich and Rob Miller, executives or owners at small businesses, are skeptical of a broadly watched survey of premium hikes for companies that provide insurance for their employees. The Kaiser Family Foundation last week said that on average, such premiums rose in 2013 by a modest 5 percent for single coverage and 4 percent for family coverage.
No way, said Cardinale, who has five employees in his employment-staffing business, Express Employment Professionals, based in Parma, Ohio. He says he faced a 9.5 percent hike from Medical Mutual of Ohio this year -- and that hike was better than in many past years.
"I've never seen anything close to 4 or 5 percent," he said. "I've been in business 18 years here."
Steve Millard, president and executive director of the Council of Smaller Enterprises, or COSE, a chamber of commerce affiliate in Cleveland that offers pooled health coverage to hold down companies' costs, answered similarly. COSE has about 12,000 small employers in its insurance program.
"I haven't seen those kinds of rate increases as the averages, that's for sure," Millard said. "That's very, very low."
What's going on? The annual Kaiser Family Foundation premium surveys, which were the subject of a Plain Dealer article last week, have been watched and cited throughout the insurance industry for years. When double-digit hikes were the norm, Kaiser surveys demonstrated it.
But with 2014 approaching, this is not a regular year, and news of modest premium hikes brought cries of outrage from several Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com readers who said: It can't be so.
Milovich, a Cleveland native who now owns a forklift company, Lift Atlanta, in Georgia,, said his company's premiums rose by 10 percent in January. That's double the Kaiser average. Looking ahead to 2014, his insurer, Coventry Health Care, has offered a rate of 33.9 percent for covering Lift Atlanta's 42 employees.
"We were floored," Milovich said. "We don't know what's going on with the insurance, like everyone else."
Interviews with business owners, insurance industry authorities, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggest several explanations for the differences.
The most obvious explanation comes from Kaiser itself.
"Our survey reflects a reliable national average, based on a random sample methodology, but it's an average -- so individual experiences will and do vary," said Kaiser spokesman Craig Palosky.
But the complaints from small businesses can also be attributed to at least two other things. The smallest businesses, with 20 or fewer employees, are subject to wild and big upward swings as workers age or get sick. When they use their insurance, they feel the pain because they have fewer people in their insurance pool.
But many are also concerned because of what's coming in 2014 and how it has affected some with price hikes already.
Next year is important for nearly all companies and most working-age Americans, because it is when many key requirements of the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare," kick in. The law requires everyone who is not on Medicare, a program for seniors, or Medicaid, a program for people with low incomes, to get private health coverage. And it requires employers to provide it, with tax breaks for small companies.
President Barack Obama has delayed until 2015 a fine for employers who have more than 50 workers and fail to provide health coverage. But that does not stall the law's other aspects.
New insurance marketplaces, or so-called exchanges, are gearing up now in every state, enabling individuals who lack employer coverage to buy policies at what may be advantageous rates because of taxpayer subsidies. Enrollment for 2014 begins Oct. 1. This, too, faces critics who say the federal government should not create or tamper with insurance markets or charge taxes and fees to one group of Americans to subsidize insurance for others.
But that is not what the Kaiser employer-insurance survey is about.
Rather, Kaiser surveys employers of all sizes to determine the rate at which employer-provided premiums rise each year. The takeaway finding in the most recent survey -- that employer premiums rose only modestly in 2013, and that premiums for both small and large firms have seen a similar increase in the last five years -- is what has some businessmen shaking their heads.
Rob Miller, president of Abrasive Supply Company, near Canton, said his 11-employee firm had a 14 percent increase in 2011, an 8 percent increase in 2012 and a 10.6 percent increase in 2013. When he asks why, he said he is generally told it's because employees actually used their insurance. That is, they had medical expenses and submitted claims.
"That's typically the explanation you get," he said.
Abrasive Supply's policy year does not follow the calendar year. Rather, its renewal starts in August. So Miller has already begun providing coverage that will go into 2014.
Kaiser does not yet have survey data for 2014 premiums. But its leaders said last week that a primary factor keeping hikes moderate in 2013 will probably continue in 2014: the effect that a poor economy has on health spending. In times of economic struggle or uncertainty, people don't seek care as often.
The insurance industry and its business clients counter that 2014 premiums will be higher, regardless of the economy, because of Obamacare tax hikes. They cite several, including a tax to collect $8 billion in 2014, $11.3 billion in 2015 and $14.3 billion by 2018. The tax will help cover some of the subsidies to help others pay for insurance on the exchanges.
This is a fee charged to insurers, but self-insured companies -- a big share of large companies -- are exempt. It will be apportioned based on market share. Coventry Health Care says for-profit insurers will pay twice as much as non-profit insurers.
Oliver Wyman, a consulting company, estimated in a study for the insurance industry's lobbying arm that this tax alone could make premiums rise by as much as 2.3 percent next year and 3.2 percent in 2015.
Then there is a "transitional reinsurance program" fee, to be collected from 2014 through 2016.
The main purpose of this fee is to start a reinsurance pool for the fledgling individual-insurance exchanges. Reinsurance provides a backup fund that insurers can tap to cover especially high claims. In essence, an insurer gets insurance for itself.
The health care exchanges are starting from scratch, and they need a way to seed their own reinsurance pools so they can cover high-risk individuals without charging them huge premiums. Obamacare provides for this with a temporary annual fee on all health-insurance issuers, including self-funded plans. The estimated cost: $63 in 2014 for every person covered in an insurance plan.
But there's more, according to America's Health Insurance Plans, or AHIP, the insurance lobby. A new tax on pharmaceutical companies for brand-name drugs began in 2011, and a 2.3 percent sales tax on medical devices kicked in this year.
Put these and smaller fees together and you add 3.4 percent to the cost of policies in Ohio, says AHIP, citing data from Oliver Wyman and another health care consulting firm, Milliman.
Robert Klonk, CEO of Cleveland-based Oswald Companies, which advises a variety of business clients on insurance, says he's already seeing taxes and fees accounting for an even bigger share than that.
"I've seen it as high as eight, and as low as six," Klonk said. "That is just the fees for Obamacare. Now you have to add the health care increase to that." Depending on a company's claims in the previous year, the normal health care portion alone can add a hike as low as 6 percent and as high as 12 percent or so, he said.
"So when you are facing those plus trends," or health care-usage, cost and demographic trends that drive a company's insurance prices, "nobody's getting single-digit increases," Klonk said. Companies renewing for the next 12 months "are seeing 15s and 18s and 20s pretty regularly."
The Obama administration counters that the medical and insurance industries will offset these taxes with a higher volume of patients and clients -- millions of new customers bringing revenue -- as more Americans gain coverage. It says Obamacare will require rate reviews to justify policy prices and require that most policy dollars go for care, eliminating inequalities. Small businesses now pay 18 percent more than large businesses for identical coverage, HHS says. Small businesses also can use tax credits to offset their insurance costs, HHS says,
As for the reinsurance fee, HHS says it will benefit insurers, not hurt them, by keeping their costs manageable as they transition to the individual market. That will lower premiums on the exchanges by up to 15 percent, HHS says.
Furthermore, small businesses will have their own exchanges, enabling them to pool together for affordable coverage, the White House says -- although based on a interviews, small employers may not be familiar with exactly how the business exchanges will work.
"The health care law will bring down costs and save money for young people and families," said HHS spokesman Fabien Levy. "It's misleading to look at only certain provisions of the law alone because, taken together, the law will reduce costs."
Gary Claxton, a vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, said that the Affordable Care Act already has started requiring insurers to spend at least 80 percent of their premium dollars on medical care rather than on administration, salaries, bonuses and marketing.
The White House says this resulted in 8.5 million Americans getting insurance refunds this year, and 13 million in 2012.
Since it is not yet 2014, much of this may seem like critics arguing over a headliner's performance when they've only heard a sound check. But some small employers say they don't like what they've heard so far and fear what's ahead.
There may be still another factor at play in the criticism. The Kaiser survey was for 2013 premiums. However, Klonk, the Cleveland insurance executive, says about 40 percent of his clients do not operate on a calendar year. As they have renewed for the next 12-month period, they have seen prorated Obamacare fees with their estimates and bills in 2013. And they don't like them.
"As you get closer" to 2014, "they will not see single-digit renewals," Klonk said. Whereas at this point last year, "sure, some people received single-digit renewals."
Klonk said it is hard to say whether these were the norm in 2013 because premiums vary so much by company size, employee demographics and health care usage. Millard, of COSE, agreed, saying, "There's no such thing as an average increase anymore for an employer, because their circumstances are all so different."
Last year, as he looked ahead to 2013, Millard saw "low double-digit" increases of around 11 percent and 12 percent for companies with fewer than 20 employees. But "you can see increases all the way up to 35 percent and 40 percent," he said, "based on what's going on with the group -- what their ages are, what their experiences are, etc."
This entire dispute presents a question: If a small business fears the costs of premiums, why not look to the price savings available to some, based on their size, as the White House says?
Credits of 35 percent are available to businesses that have fewer than 25 employees, depending on wages.
Cardinale, of Express Employment Professionals in Parma, asked his CPA about this.
But after reviewing the accountant's comments, he said in an email, he concluded that "the 'credit' is effectively worthless to small businesses." Or at least to his.
If would effectively restrict the ability to reward employees with higher wages, he said. And if the business grew, "you lose the credit."
It's a bit like the overarching debate over Obamacare, as viewed by some small businesses.
"Not much of an incentive for companies to grow," Cardinale said.


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Faced with one of the most dismal job markets in decades, college seniors across the nation are contemplating an uncertain future. Indeed, with the unemployment rate hovering around 10 percent and private employers showing a reluctance to hire, prospects for members of the Class of 2011 aren't promising.
Some of the options? Move home with mom and dad, apply to graduate school - and incur more debt - or get a job as a waiter or waitress.
Poor choices, all.
Wouldn't it be grand if there was another path to choose - one that would engage young people in solving some of the nation's most vexing social problems.
Imagine what this nation could achieve, for example, if every graduate was expected to devote some time working in a city school, an after-school program, a park conservation program, a teen pregnancy prevention program or a veterans center.
The American tradition of helping others has been a constant thread in social policy since the 1960s when John F. Kennedy issued his famous challenge: "Ask not what your country can do for you: ask what you can do for your country." From that challenge the Peace Corps and VISTA programs were born. The tradition lives on today with programs like Americorps and Teach for America. But more must be done.
The time is ripe to revive a movement to make national service a requirement in the United States as some other nations already do. In Israel, for example, students graduating from high school must postpone a career until after a stint in the military or civilian service. Switzerland has a similar requirement.
Perhaps a national service movement has gotten nowhere because, as syndicated columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks said during an appearance at the Springfield Public Forum last month, young Americans are just too selfish to think of the greater good. Brooks said the post-World War II era - one in which public service was a given - has been replaced by a "me" generation whose members are less interested in the plight of others.
If that's the case, the nation is in trouble.
There is much to repair in America - from struggling schools to crumbling roads, bridges and rail lines. Harnessing the energy and idealism of young people to volunteer for a year or two to make those repairs would boost the economy; it would also strengthen the American character.
In the wake of 9/11 attacks, Americans demonstrated enormous strength of character. In the hours, weeks, days and months following the horrific attacks, ordinary Americans exhibited extraordinary acts of heroism and sacrifice as they came to the aid of the victims and their families.
As 2011 dawns - and new worldwide challenges remain - it's time to test the American character again. We need to rebuild our communities and, most of all, we need to rebuild a character of caring.
A debate on mandatory national service would be a good starting point.
Editorial: National service a character-builder
on December 19, 2010 at 12:13 AM
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When buying a home, building a new home, or remodeling an existing home, keep in mind design concepts that make your home welcoming for everyone, regardless of age or ability. You may find that such inclusive concepts, dubbed "universal design," make sense both socially and for your budget.
Universal design holds that new environments and products, to the greatest extent possible, should be usable by everyone regardless of age, ability, or circumstance. The concept goes beyond making houses handicapped-accessible and transcends "aging in place," a recently coined phrase that refers to the modifying of homes so older owners can stay in one place longer. Universal design is a more proactive approach to building—incorporating good design that's usable for the greatest number of people.
Universal design emphasizes open space with more maneuverability, no-step entries, and easy-to-use fixtures—all features that can be appreciated by a broad brushstroke of the population, potentially increasing the value of a home.
For example, including a no-step entry in the building of a house means that Aunt Sadie can come to visit with her wheelchair, a mother can push a stroller into the house, or a teen can roll a suitcase from the living room to the car. Instead of an unsightly ramp taking up the front yard, a builder can create a slightly elevated driveway with a gradually sloped, landscaped walkway to the front door—without any entry steps. It's design that's functional as well as stylish.
"Universal design, by definition, is making spaces that are convenient, comfortable, and inviting to people of all ages, regardless of their ability," says Bill Owens, president and owner of Owens Construction in Powell, Ohio. As a certified aging-in-place specialist (CAPS), Owens develops and teaches universal design and aging-in-place curriculum nationwide through the National Association of Home Builders.
"These spaces benefit people of all ages, sizes, and abilities. Done well, it's largely transparent. It's not in your face. It has to be appealing. It has to have a transparent feel to it or mainstream America is not going to invest in it," Owens says. "We try to insert good design in all that we do so it accommodates to the largest extent possible—that's probably the key phrase—so you have an area that is convenient, comfortable, and inviting to the greatest extent of folks who might occupy that space."
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Universal design features make good sense for people of all ages. Varied-height kitchen workspaces, for example, allow great flexibility, says Louis Tenenbaum, CAPS, universal design expert, aging-in-place coach, and independent living strategist.
"Why not have a place where you can sit down and cook and chop things?" he says. "If you have a countertop that is lower, a grandson can use that countertop when visiting, and he can help Grandma cook; you can sit and cut, instead of standing after a long day; a person who can't stand can use it. It opens possibilities."
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It's very encouraging to see Universal Design finally getting as mainstream as a blog like Equifax!
Good article Eve, We must also remember that Universal Design applies to neighborhoods, cities, communities and devices. And there are connections to sustainable communities. If a place is walkabale and rollable, folks who can not drive or do not care to drive can get to the store, the doctor, etc without a car. Kids can get to the store or the movies without a car. Moms, dads, and nannies don;t have to drive them. People are on the street, local business is supported, the community is healthier and the carbon footprint is lower. Everyone wins!
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I'm possibly looking at a new computer and I was looking around but I'm not sure what the best specs are. I found a couple i like the look of. Now I know these are the best ever specs around but I'm on a budget so i can't afford to spend more than a few hundred. All I want is something that can handle games with good graphics. Anyway:
So what one would be better for gaming or something as these specs stand?
What I'm really interested in is Intel vs AMD, RAM and the graphics card. Anything else isn't really a big deal.
Price range is about £300 - £400 and these machines both cost ~£350.
You might want to save a little more cash. Those video cards will not be able to handle games at full potential
You definitely don't want a 5450, just because it has 1GB of ram doesnt mean its good for gaming, it just means it can run at higher resolutions. I had a 5450 before and I could run new games on lowest settings getting 40-50 fps. Onboard graphics are the same, its for watching bluray and stuff for htpcs not for gaming. You should save up a little more cash and get a amd 6000 series or nvidia 400 series.
Upgrade the processor to a Phenom x2 1090T (don't bother with the 1100T, the performance gain is marginal for the cost) and you can get a motherboard with it at superbiiz for about $255. Research around though, there might be better prices depending on who's having rebates.
The Asus M4A89GTD PRO that comes with it there seems like a very solid board, with exceptional overclockability in that price range (Crosshair IV and ROG boards are out of the question for price).
Next, 8gb is probably not necessary for a gaming setup unless you plan on running photoshop while playing a memory intensive game. Personally I would step down to 4 GB (2x2GB) of ram, but don't go looking for mhz for performance in an AMD build, look for C7 timings or C8 timings, as this will improve the system's speed a lot further than jumping from 1333mhz to 2000mhz on a C9 timing. Why? The Memory Controller on AMD chips prefer having 1 stick of ram in each channel, so you could go for 2x4gb sticks, but the denser the memory, the higher the timings will be (traditionally). If you can find G.Skill Flare, they are probably the best for a 1090T and that mobo, as the mobo has an autoclock function for THAT ram specifically in the bios to get it to C7 T1 2000mhz... but performance is marginal over 1333 mhz.
Get a better GFx card, a HD 6850 has some great bang for the buck, and to upgrade your computer 30% or more (in games) would only set you back the cost of another HD 6850 (futureproofing your PC for idk, 3-4 years with acceptable performance?).
A 1TB HD sounds great and all, but it will not increase your performance. Find yourself a nice SSD to install Windows and the games you currently play on, it will make the overall experience much more enjoyable. If your PC is less than 4 years old, you should have a 250-500GB HD that you could format and use for storage. Also, make sure your pagefiles are set on the SSD only.
I won't comment on the Intel build, as any gaming rig should have a graphics card capable of handling Medium to High/Ultra settings in current games.
Est. cost of parts mentioned:
Assuming a SSD with ~60GB
Assuming CL8 2x2GB
Assuming HD6850
Assuming Sale/rebate on CPU/Mobo
i would say (like always) for the 28nm gpu's and go for intel or wait till amds 32 nm because it will lower power consumption and it will lower the cooling noise and cost / year for the electricity. a much better oc will be possible so you can do it to keep your pc fast enough for a short time.
Thanks. I came up with this build before you commented there:
That was addressed to McnP88. As much as i didn't want to double post, I can't edit it because it got triggered by the spam filter or something. fail site is fail.
I would say that the PSU in your latest build post might be insufficient if you plan on overclocking anything. I'm not all too familiar with the HD 6600 series or your specific CPU cooler, but is there an option within your budget for a bit more robust psu? I think earthwatts has a reliable and inexpensive 500 or 550W PSU, probably the same or cheaper than the corsair you listed and might be more efficient. Just a thought. Other than that, the build looks alright for a budget gaming pc, but massau is right, it might be better to wait for new architectures to come out. Next month (supposedly) AM3+ Motherboards will come out, and you should really get a mobo with a uefi (sp?) instead of a bios, as a uefi is more efficient and bios systems are reaching some potentially disappointing caps (like HD size).
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OXFORD – In rebuilding the Ole Miss defense from its disappointing finish in 2010 – 11th in the SEC statistical rankings in total defense, last in scoring defense, pass defense efficiency and turnover margin – Ole Miss defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix hoped he'd get a spark from a Spur.
The "Spur" position gets a fifth defensive back on the field. He plays closer to the line of scrimmage to help against the run but is versatile enough to adjust to pass coverage.
After several players auditioned at the position in August, Nix settled on junior college transfer Aaron Garbutt.
"I thought it helped. It helped our team speed with him flashing in and making some plays," Nix said. "Putting him on the field with Charles Sawyer was a big addition to our defense."
The Rebels gave up 91 rushing yards, 225 passing yards, 316 total yards, down in all categories from last season.
In a 14-13 loss to BYU, the Rebels allowed only one touchdown and scored one on Sawyer's 96-yard interception return.
Garbutt finished with five tackles – three of them solos – and had a quarterback pressure.
hybrid position
At 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, he's considerably lighter than the linebackers he's lining up beside, but he doesn't see that as a drawback in the run game against much larger offensive linemen.
"I think the position fits me very well. It allows me to keep my physical abilities, and keep other abilities like dropping into coverage and making plays on the ball," said Garbutt, who had 98 tackles and five interceptions over two seasons at Fullerton (Calif.) Community College.
"There's a lot of pass coverage involved. There are a lot of things involved in the run game, too, blitzing and whatnot, but the pass coverage is vital for the Spur."
Sophomore Brishen Mathews, Garbutt's backup, also had a couple of tackles.
Damien Jackson, tried at the Spur by Nix in camp, had 13 tackles from his strong safety position. Middle linebacker Mike Marry also had 13 tackles.
"The Spur helped us out a lot. He's a DB, but he's also a linebacker, real physical but also real fast. We can do more things," Marry said.
Nix was pleased with the Rebels' first showing but wants to see the defense create more second-and-longs
Aside from a sack by Ole Miss cornerback Marcus Temple, BYU averaged 4 yards on eight first-down plays and had 11 minutes, 20 seconds of possession time in the first quarter.
"We have to work at eliminating mistakes," Nix said. "A lot of things we gave up to keep drives alive, such as third downs, were a lack of execution, a couple of big runs and passes with guys not putting their eyes in the right places."


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