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Rowan Jacobsen
Fellowship title:
Northeast India and Northern Myanmar: Creatures and Cultures in Collision.
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Rowan Jacobsen is the author of five books, including Fruitless Fall, American Terroir, and Shadows on the Gulf. His Outside Magazine story "Heart of Dark Chocolate" received the 2011 Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers for Best Adventure Travel Story of the Year, and his Outside piece "Spill Seekers" appears in the 2011 Best American Science and Nature Writing collection. He lives in Vermont. www.rowanjacobsen.com.

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Spector Connects Physics and the Arts
Posted on Tuesday, November 19, 2013
At two recent conferences in the Netherlands, Professor of Physics Donald Spector took his interdisciplinary interests into a new arena as he not only presented two papers on physics and the arts but also took to the stage in a performance of John Mighton's play "Half Life."
At the broadly interdisciplinary 2013 Symmetry conference in Delft, Spector presented his paper "Missed Symmetry: Godot and the Multiverse," which invokes ideas from quantum mechanics to identify symmetries in the structure of Samuel Beckett's play, "Waiting for Godot," and then examines how to embody these symmetries performatively. This paper has also been accepted for publication in the journal Symmetry: Culture and Science.
At the international annual conference "Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science," which brings together scholars and practitioners to explore the intersection of these disciplines, Spector presented on avant-garde composer John Cage's famous piece 4' 33" (in which no notes are played). In "John Cage Adores a Vacuum," which is published in the refereed conference proceedings, Spector identifies common structures within 4' 33" and the mathematical formulation of the vacuum in quantum physics.
Each year at the Bridges meeting, a small group of conference participants produces a play with connections to the themes of the conference. This year, under the direction of Professor Steven Abbott of Middlebury College, Spector performed in "Half Life," by Canadian playwright and mathematician John Mighton, which engages ideas from the Turing test to tesseracts and explores questions of memory and identity. In the performance, which was the culminating event of the conference, Spector played the role of Patrick, a mathematician who had been a codebreaker in World War II.
Spector has been a member of the HWS faculty since 1989. His work in theoretical particle physics has been recognized with awards from the National Science Foundation, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Foundational Questions Institute and the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Currently the coordinator of the HWS engineering program, Spector received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.


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In sickness and in health
So the good news is I won't die today. Probably. I have been sick for three weeks. Nothing too serious, just a run of...
Think About It: Appreciation
Are we forgetting to express our appreciation to each other in this new day of self service and automation?
Changes to minor labor laws proposed
A proposal has been made to make revisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act as it relates to the employment of minors on farms....
Urban farmers, welcome to our world
The future of food production will include a "mosaic of different farming systems," as one agronomist recently put it. But the systems still have to be sustainable -- and that means economically sustainable, too.
Grain markets: The good, the bad, and the ugly
December corn futures have now dropped exactly $2 from the 7.77 Aug. 30 high. The good news is that we may have finally put a bottom in.
Bringing in the cows — best job ever
Each day we wander the Vermont woods for an hour or two. I love the leave-taking, the sound of the goats' bells. Herding is...
Follow the road to the red cow on the left
I was in my house on a quiet Friday night when a dead-ringer for Larry the Cable Guy of stand-up comedy fame came roaring...
All About Grazing: Now is a great time to manage fescue
Infected fescue is insect, disease and drought resistant. It is also a nitrogen scavenger. This gives it an advantage over other forages, especially on poor soils.
The Dirt on Conservation: Cover crops importance being touted
Carroll County Soil and Water Conservation District is offering their no-till drills for only $8 per acre to plant cover crops.
Siren song of home is hard to resist
The usual six-mile drive home from Sunday church took a pleasant turn some weeks ago. As I headed back to the farmette for more...


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The effort by some suburban leaders to
And now Detroit leaders are fighting back. Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh and Gary Brown have been making the rounds in an effort to tell anyone who'll listen that the department belongs to Detroit and that's the way it should stay.
In an interview on WJR-AM 760 this morning, Pugh said he's open to discussing improvements to the department but reiterated that Detroit shouldn't have to give up control simply because a few bureaucrats in Oakland or Macomb demand it.
Jan. 19, WJR: "We're not saying we're unwilling to participate in any dialogue that could help improve the system that we have. But taking control of it is not the answer. We own it. "Regional cooperation is fine. Trying to rip off the water system isn't. Detroit owns the system because Detroit paid for it. If suburban leaders feel they've been overcharged, they can demand refunds. They can negotiate a better rate. They can look for other systems. They can build their own.
They don't, however, get to simply take what belongs to another city. (Further, there are legal roadblocks, such as the Detroit Charter, that clearly forbid Detroit giving up its water system.)
Just as tacky is the phony pretext for all this. Some of these guys have been scheming on the Detroit water department for years now. Trying to use Kilpatrick's recent alleged felonies as justification is as insincere and it is wrongheaded. And the efforts to try and hide these covetous intentions is just as appalling.
Jan 18, Detroit News: "I've worked with the city many years and this is not a city versus suburbs thing," Heise said. "We are all customers of the DWSD system and this bill puts the customer in charge (to) jointly and collaboratively run the system. What we need to do is prevent the kind of abuse we saw in these indictments. It's been a betrayal (and) this will help restore that trust."
Oh please. Let's stop with the lies and fake pleasantries. This is absolutely is a city versus suburbs thing. It doesn't involve us all, of course, but it is certainly a battle between camps drawn along lines as much geographic as ideological. And while I don't think that's a good confrontation for anyone, it is still very much the case.
I'm quick to scoff openly at the paranoid parochialism that drives some Detroiters to think that everyone who lives outside the city either hates Detroit or wants to come here and "take over." That's simply ridiculous and counterproductive, not to mention false.
But this bill does prove that, just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean that there aren't those who really would like to steal your "precious jewels."
This isn't about "trust." I don't believe for one second that a regional authority will lower water rates or improve service. Why would they? For years, our suburbs have gotten over by adding surcharges to the water they buy from Detroit and passing it along to residents. When residents complain, these leaders then blame the city.
I mean, hey, I don't necessarily "trust" that McDonald's is using high-grade chicken meat in the McNuggets either. I fail to see how that automatically entitles me to a franchise.
This is about power and money, about who gets to hand out those hefty contracts and to whom and about who controls one of the most critical resources in this or any region. The last thing the department needs are more mini-Kilpatricks and wanna-be Fergusons all trying to jam their fat little fingers further into the cookie jar.
Clearly, the Kilpatrick indictments suggest the need for closer scrutiny of the department. But I'd argue that this is more about process issues in matters such as bid oversight, not about the actual make-up of the water board (where Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties each have a sitting representative).
But this new move on the water department isn't about real reform anymore than it is about Kwame Kilpatrick. This isn't about "trust." This isn't about "regional cooperation." This is about attempting to forcibly take what rightfully belongs to someone else just because you want it.


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Muskegon Mona Shores was led by Magann Dykema, who scored 194 points during game one. Ashley Cory scored 192, and Jill Klein scored 178.
Riley Rouse led Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern with scores of 131 and 134 for a series total of 265, and Tori Schmidt, who scored 135 and 99 for a total of 234.
"The Baker games were 144 and 212," Mona Shores coach Greg Schmeling said. "The girls have been doing very well."
"In the first Baker game, it was the first time that we've had four strikes in a row," Forest Hills Eastern coach Andy Evans said. "It was pretty cool. Riley is a four-year bowler, and she is my most consistent bowler."


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Edwards' annual directory to the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., etc., in the city of St. Louis for ... /
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Levy, David, r.residence es.east side 17th. bet.between Market and Clark av.avenue
Levy, Jacob, clerk Wm.WilliamKeiler, , r.residence c. Morgan and
Levy, John, coaldriver , r.residence 280 s.south 2d.
Levy, Louis, tailor J.Newmann, , r.residence Franklin av.avenue ,
b. 9th and 10th.
b. 9th and 10th.
Levy, Marks, cigarmaker Gardis & Fischer .
Levy, Michael, cattledealer , ws.west side 11th, b. Marion
and Carroll.
and Carroll.
Levy, Morris, (Lyons & Levy,) bds.boards Lindell Ho-
Levy, Samuel, fancy goods , 212 Broadway, r.
138 n.north 7th.
138 n.north 7th.
Levy, Solomon, clothing , 65 n.north 4th, r.residence same.
Levy, Sylvain, clothing , r.residence 84 Wash.
Levy, William, clothing , se.south east c. Plum and Main.
Levy, Williams, pilot , Walnut, bet.between Summit and
Pratte avs.
Pratte avs.
Levy, Zacharisas, jeweler , bds.boards 140 n.north 7th.
Lew, James s.south , (James S. Lew & Co.,) bds.boards 76
n.north 5th.
n.north 5th.
Lew J. S. & Co. , (James s.south Lew, and Nathaniel
Wentworth, ,) boots, shoes and trunks , 178 n.north 4th.
Wentworth, ,) boots, shoes and trunks , 178 n.north 4th.
Lewandorska & Friese Misses , (SelniaLewan-, and MinnieFriese, ,) dressmakers , 110
n.north 4th, r.residence same.
n.north 4th, r.residence same.
Lewellin, Eliabeth, wid.widow , r.residence 500 Morgan.
Lewellin, Elizabeth A.,. wid.widow Green, b.between, r.residence 3345 n.
Lewellin, Richard, city scales , Broadway, b.
Carr and Biddle, r.residence 227 n.north 11th.
Carr and Biddle, r.residence 227 n.north 11th.
Lewellyn, J. Richard, clerk JamesMcBride, , r.residence
296 n.north 6th.
296 n.north 6th.
Lewis, Albert, student Jones' Commercial
College , 3d, c. Washington av.avenue
College , 3d, c. Washington av.avenue
Lewis, Alexander, auctioneer , r.residence 105 Collins.
Lewis, Ambroise, (col'd), lab.laborer , 163 s.south 5th.
Lewis, Ambris, (col'd), r.residence 129 n.north 8th.
Lewis, Benjamin w.west , (Lewis & Brothers,) r.residence Glas-
gow, Mo.
gow, Mo.
Lewis, Benjamin w.west , jr., (Lewis & Brothers,) r.residence
Liverpool, Europe.
Liverpool, Europe.
Lewis, David, presfeeder Republican .
Lewis, Delia, wid.widow , r.residence 268 Franklin av.avenue
Lewis, e.east, messenger Parker Express Co.
Lewis, Evan, heater in Rollilng Mill , 9th, nr.near Pen-
Lewis, Francis M., messenger headquarters dep't
Mo. , bds.boards Randle House.
Mo. , bds.boards Randle House.
Lewis, George, (col'd), porter , r.residence 227 n.north 12th.
Lewis, George F., Venetian blind manfr. , 34 St.
Charles, r.residence same.
Charles, r.residence same.
Lewis, George T., realestate agent , r.residence ws.west side 10th,
b. Benton and Warren.
b. Benton and Warren.
Lewis, Herman, barkeeper , r.residence 9th, b. Clar av.avenue
and Walnut.
and Walnut.
Lewis, Henry, (col'd), porter , r.residence 281 Pine.
Lewis, Henry, (col'd), riverman , bds.boards 2oth, ne.north east c.
Clark av.avenue
Clark av.avenue
Lewis, James A. W., tobacconist , r.residence ns.north side Cham-
bers, b. 14th and 15th.
bers, b. 14th and 15th.
Lewis, James H., engineer , r.residence 88 Orange.
Lewis, Jane w.west , wid.widow , r.residence Locust cor.corner Garrison
Lewis, J. A. W., foreman Liggett & Dausman .
Lewis, John, dep. clerk court common pleas , r.residence
13 13th, b. Chouteay av.avenue and Hickory.
13 13th, b. Chouteay av.avenue and Hickory.
Lewis, John L., (col'd), riverman , r.residence Randolph,
b. 12th and 14th.
b. 12th and 14th.
Lewis, Jonas, (col'd), woodsawer , al.alley b. Wash
and Carr, 8th and 9th.
and Carr, 8th and 9th.
Lewis, Joseph. (col'd.) r.residence 31 Poplar.
Lewis, Owen J., (Lewis, Merrill & Thorne,) bds.
175 n.north 5th.
175 n.north 5th.
Lewis, Warner, (col'd), riverman, r.residence 20th, ne.north east c.
Clark av.avenue
Clark av.avenue
Lewis, William, sec'y City Tobacco Co. , r.residence 2d, b.
Vine and Washington av.avenue
Vine and Washington av.avenue
Lewis, William C., carpenter , Pacific, b. Summit
and Pratte avs.
and Pratte avs.
Lewis, William J., (Lewis & Bros.,) r.residence 687 Mor-
gan, nr.near Garrison av.avenue
gan, nr.near Garrison av.avenue
Lewis, William O., clerk P. R. R., office Olive , c.
6th. r.residence 9 Grattan.
6th. r.residence 9 Grattan.
Lewis & Brothers , (Benjamin w.west Lewis, , William J.Lewis,
and Benjamin w.west Lewis, jr., and William A.
Ober, ,) tobacco manfrs. , 119 n.north 2d, and 22d,
b. Franklin av.avenue and Morgan.
and Benjamin w.west Lewis, jr., and William A.
Ober, ,) tobacco manfrs. , 119 n.north 2d, and 22d,
b. Franklin av.avenue and Morgan.
Lewis & Groshon , (WilliamGroshon, and
—, ,) hatstore , 58 n.north 4th. (See adv.)
—, ,) hatstore , 58 n.north 4th. (See adv.)
Lewis, Merrill & Thorne , (Owen J.Lew-, , Charles L.Merrill, and EdwinThorne, ,)
boots and shoes, whol.wholesale and ret. , 303 and 305
boots and shoes, whol.wholesale and ret. , 303 and 305
Lewis, , r.residence 32 s.south 7th.
Lewzey, William, tinner , r.residence 7 Hicks.
Leyh, George, shoeshop , 280 Franklin av.avenue , r.
Leyseht, Fritz, clerk , r.residence Autumn, bet.between 9th and
Leyser, August, lumber mer. , r.residence 282 s.south 7th.
Leyser, Henry, brassfinisher , 221 Broadway, r.
338 Broadway.
338 Broadway.
Leytz, Charles, brewer , es.east side Menard, b. Victor
and Sidney.
and Sidney.
Lhopitalier, Julius, bootfitter , r.residence 123 n.north 3d.
Libby, Alphonso, clerk H. , b.between Graham, r.residence 82 n.north 2d.
Libby, John, r.residence 320 n.north 7th.
Libby, Joseph, U. S. Commissary , r.residence Collins, b.
Florida and Columbia.
Florida and Columbia.
Libby, Melville C., salesman J. , r.residence Williams, r.residence 28
Libey, Leopold, mer. , 22 Vine, bds.boards Frederick Ho-
Litkey, Adolph, tailor , r.residence c. 7th and Washington
Libonton, , huckster , r.residence 85 Spruce.
Librour, John, boxmaker , r.residence ss.south side Madison, b. 15th
and 16th.
and 16th.
Licher, Gerhold, porter , r. al. bet. High and 14th,
nr.near O'Fallon.
nr.near O'Fallon.
Licht, George, blacksmith , r.residence 287 Franklin av.avenue
Licht, Minnie, wid.widow John, , r.residence rear 264 n.north 12th.
Lichtenstein, Joseph, lithographer J. McKittrick
Co. , r.residence 51 Mound.
Co. , r.residence 51 Mound.
Lichtenstein, Joseph V., shoemaker , r.residence 51 Mound.
Lichtenstein, L. F., student Jones' Commer-
cial College , 3d, c. Washington av.avenue
cial College , 3d, c. Washington av.avenue
Lichtenstein, Louis, clerk , r.residence 51 Mound.
Lichter, Jacob, (Lichter & Mossmeyer,) r.residence 165 s.
Lichter & Mossmeyer , (JacobLichter, and
LouisMossmeyer, ,) malthouse, 165 s.south 3d.
LouisMossmeyer, ,) malthouse, 165 s.south 3d.
Lick, Timothy, lab.laborer , r.residence ns.north side Division, nr.near 12th.
Liddy, Michael, lab.laborer , 2d, nr.near Penrose av.avenue
Lidwith, John, weigher , r.residence 88 Market.
Lidwell, Robert, saloon , Market, r.residence same.
Lidwell, Thomas, lab.laborer , r.residence Clark av.avenue , bet.between 7th and
Lieb, Francis J., cooper , r. al. bet. Broadway and
2d, nr.near Angelrodt.
2d, nr.near Angelrodt.
Lieb, Philip A., tradesman . 138 Geyer av.avenue
Lietecher, Lonis, r.residence 158 n.north 12th.
Liebe, Charles e.east , fancy goods , 114 O'Fallon, r.
Liebel, George, machinist , 2d, c. Carondelet av.avenue
Liebel, george, stonecutter , r.residence 489 Carondelet.
Lieber, Charles, barkeeper , bds.boards Main, se.south east c. 2d.
Lieber, Maria, student Rohrer's Commer-
cial College , 55 and 57 n.north 4th.
cial College , 55 and 57 n.north 4th.
Lieberman, Sevirin, brewer 1147 Broadway.
Lieber, Henry, saloon , 42 Washington av.avenue , r.residence 50
Wash, b. 8th and 9th.
Wash, b. 8th and 9th.
Who is your Hatter? The best and most varies Stock is at Keevils.


text: Recently was invited out to tour the Empire and Tilden Mines. I went out to Palmer on Thursday and found myself amazed by what I saw. As the Ishpeming Bureau reporter for The Mining Journal I will be covering the mine here and there as part of my job. So Dale Hemmila, Cliffs' director of public affairs for North America, and Jennifer Huetter, Cliffs' district manager of public affairs for Michigan, invited me out to the mines to learn a little more about what it looks like and how things work.


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AVON, Ohio — Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a 54-year-old man who was found face down in a pond Wednesday night.
Police declined to release the name of the victim pending notification of relatives.
Police said the man had taken the family dog for a walk Wednesday night and did not return. He was walking his dog around a pond on his property. Later in the evening, the dog returned without his owner.
Police searched the area and found the man submerged in the pond.
The police and the Lorain County Coroner's Office said there was no indication of foul play.


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Syracuse went cold down the stretch and fell to Florida 75-70 in the championship game of the 2K Sports Hoops Classic here at Madison Square Garden on Friday night.
The Orange led 62-60 with just under seven minutes remaining, but Florida took advantage of SU's 5-minute, 20-second scoreless drought and pulled away for the victory. The Gators used a 12-0 run during Syracuse's offensive futility to cinch the win.
Demetris Nichols scored a career-high 24 points for Syracuse. But the Gators made 10 of their 23 3-point shots. Taurean Green, a sophomore guard, scored a career-high 23 points for the second consecutive game. Green and backcourtmate Lee Humphrey were a combined 10-for-18 from 3-point range.
Syracuse is now 3-1 for the season. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim called the four games his team played in the early season tournament a learning experience.
Syracuse's next game is on Tuesday at the Carrier Dome against Bucknell. It's a classic trap game and the Orange can't afford a letdown. This Bucknell team is essentially the exact same group that knocked off Kansas in last year's NCAA Tournament.
Mike Waters


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Easter in HD
Easter holidays are a celebration of joy and great great night Come SSP to market
Girls at the cottage Bear Rock in HD
Week at Bear Rock, the same girls and a great time. sauna, whirlpool, partying, sunbathing games, tv, and many other activities. just a girl at the cottage.
Young cheerful time in HD
Young Naturists merry time at the cottage, hot tub, sauna and shower.
Eagle's Nest in HD
Being at the cottage and enjoy the time is amazing. Spend time with us.
Boys and whirlpool in HD
Boys and whirlpool so it is something guys together and compete. Time together only intensifies their friendship. Such a nice natur afternoon.
Girls Heliosnatura No # 1 in HD
Girls Heliosnatura No#1
just us see how they spend their time girls from the Czech Republic on the heart of Europe. Look into their homes, how they live, how to rejoice in what their interests and what they do in their free time ..
Family anniversary in HD
Family anniversary as we celebrate a wedding anniversary? - only with the whole family in a whirlpool. This is a great idea. Just look at how we should celebrate it and that we should.


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Nike, Adidas Update Hazardous Chemicals Ban Roadmap
Adidas, Nike, Levi Strauss & Co., Puma and other members of the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group say they will publish a list of chemical substances targeted for phase out or research by 2015 as part of a plan to eliminate hazardous chemicals from their supply chains by 2020.
Version two of the group's Joint Roadmap outlines interim 2015 milestones and 2020 goals for a safer global apparel and footwear industry. ZDHC Group members include C&A, Esprit, G-Star Raw, H&M, Inditex, Jack Wolfskin, Li Ning, New Balance and other companies.
According to the Joint Roadmap's action plan, the companies will start with existing sources — such as the REACH Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), the Bluesign System Substances List (BSSL) and the SIN List (Substitute It Now list from ChemSec) used in textiles — and create a list with information about each identified substance. This will allow the group to prioritize the chemicals, ranking them for phase-out or research.
The group will address the top chemicals of concern by August and will continue to update its progress, the plan says.
The new Joint Roadmap also highlights the ZDHC Group's achievements over the past year including:
- Completing chemical use and management surveys, and wastewater testing for approximately 150 substances at 20 facilities in Bangladesh, China, India, Taiwan and Vietnam.
- Completing a chemical inventory that the ZDHC Group says is the most complete, publicly available compilation of information on chemicals used in the textile industry.
- Developing training materials in English and Chinese.
- Developing and delivering training to suppliers.
- Engaging with more than 350 potential stakeholders.
- Completing system mapping, critical to the understanding of the interconnected issues, leverage points and stakeholders involved.
- Working to identify safer chemistries and mechanisms to incentivize chemical suppliers to invest in these alternatives.
- Working with suppliers to address the most pressing chemicals of concern, which the group will continue to do in 2013.
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Tim Kendrick is staying put.
Members of the Island basketball community were concerned Wednesday when Acadia announced men's basketball coach Stephen Baur resigned to take a position with Canada women's hoops team. Kendrick is from Wolfville, N.S., and has been inducted as a player and coach to the Horton High School hall of fame.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
The ADA and Olmstead Enforcement: Ensuring Community Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
United States Senate
Tuesday June 22, 2010
Chairman Harkin, Ranking Member Enzi, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to discuss the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) role in encouraging and supporting community-based services and supports for individuals in need of long-term care. The Medicaid program plays a critical role in assuring that these services and supports are available and in promoting State efforts to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C. Working with the disability and aging communities, as well as States, CMS is currently building upon several current initiatives and looks forward to expanding State options that will ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries living with disabilities have the opportunity to receive the care they need in the community.
I would like to begin by commending the work of Chairman Harkin and this Committee on the improvements in this area that are part of the recently enacted Affordable Care Act (ACA). Your tireless commitment to improving the lives of Americans with disabilities, as demonstrated by your instrumental contributions to passage of the ADA, manifested itself again in the inclusion of the Community First Choice Option program and other notable improvements to the Medicaid program within this important legislation.
Since the passage of the ADA and the Olmstead decision, the nation has made great progress toward improving and expanding community living opportunities for people living with disabilities. Over the past 10 years, funding for long-term care services has grown at an average annual rate of 6.3 percent, while spending on community-based long-term services and supports has increased by an average of 11.8 percent per year from $17 billion in 1999 to $52 billion in 2009.1 Annual Medicaid expenditures for community-based services have increased from a national average of only 27 percent of total Medicaid long-term care expenditures to almost 45 percent of long term care expenditures over the period.2 More than half of all Medicaid LTC beneficiaries now receive services in community settings.3 However, the demand for community services continues to grow, and many individuals in need of these services struggle without them. And while the number of people served in community settings has grown, there are still over 1.6 million Americans receiving services in institutions, many of whom would prefer to receive services at home; and many more individuals are at risk of institutionalization, waiting for access to community based services. In addition, on-going State budget constraints threaten the progress that has been achieved, raising concerns about compliance with the ADA and Olmstead. In response to State budget constraints, however, the Administration has requested $25.5 billion in its FY 2011 budget submission to Congress for a six month extension of the Recovery Act's temporary FMAP increase.
In this context, we are very committed to moving forward with existing and new initiatives. Our commitment at CMS is, of course, shared Administration-wide. In June 2009, President Obama announced the "Year of Community Living" to mark the 10th anniversary of the Olmstead v. L.C. decision. In that decision, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that States are obligated to serve individuals in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs, and held that the unjustified institutional isolation of people with disabilities is a form of unlawful discrimination under the ADA.
Following the President's announcement, Secretary Sebelius established the Community Living Initiative, led by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), but designed to coordinate the efforts of several Federal agencies, including CMS, to implement comprehensive solutions that address barriers to community living for individuals with disabilities and older Americans. Under this initiative, HHS is partnering with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to improve access and affordability of housing for people with disabilities and older Americans with long-term care needs. In addition to the work of the Community Living Initiative to remove barriers and provide better options for community integration, the HHS Office for Civil Rights is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to advance enforcement of the ADA under the directive of the Olmstead decision.
As you also know, Congress included several mechanisms in the Affordable Care Act to address gaps in the availability of community services for individuals with disabilities. The passage of the ACA provides new and expanded opportunities to serve more individuals in home and community-based settings and adds to the tools already available so States can implement the integration mandate of the ADA as required by the Olmstead decision.
As we work within the broad scope of the Community Living initiative and the new authorities provided under the ACA, CMS is also deepening its efforts in this area. On May 20, 2010, CMS issued a letter to all State Medicaid Directors (SMD) to underscore the importance of continuing
to make progress consistent with the Olmstead decision and to provide States with information on both new and existing tools for community integration and to reiterate our support for community living options for Medicaid beneficiaries living with disabilities. I would like to take this opportunity to discuss several of these existing approaches in more detail and also to touch on exciting new opportunities under the ACA.
Waiver and State Plan Options
The core mechanism that States have used to promote access to community-based services and supports for Medicaid beneficiaries is through the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver. We are continuously reviewing and assessing our policies and practices to identify ways in which the Medicaid program can assist States in achieving the requirements of the ADA, including assisting States in efforts to serve more individuals in community settings. Forty-eight States are operating over 300 HCBS waivers that serve over a million individuals with disabilities. In 2009, HCBS services under both State plans and waiver programs comprised 45 percent of Medicaid spending on long-term care. This demonstrates impressive growth in community-based options of approximately 13 percent since 2008 alone, while overall spending on community options has tripled since 1999.4
We must acknowledge, however, that there are significant disparities across States in the level of investment in community services. The percent of Medicaid long-term care funding directed toward HCBS varies among States from 14 to 75 percent. In addition, the HCBS investment varies significantly among different target populations. The opportunities afforded under the ACA hold great promise for all States to move forward in expanding HCBS options for all individuals with long-term care needs.
The State plan options under Sections 1915(i) and 1915(j) of the Social Security Act (the Act) provide States with opportunities to serve individuals in the most integrated setting without the requirement of a waiver. Section 1915(i), which permits States to provide HCBS as a State plan option, allows States to serve individuals in the community without linking the benefit to either a current or future need for institutional care. As of today, five States have taken up the 1915(i) State plan option: Iowa, Wisconsin, Washington, Nevada, and Colorado. States have found the section 1915(i) option to have particular promise for improving access to community-based services for individuals with mental and substance use disorders, a group which has been an underrepresented element of previous waiver populations. With the reforms enacted by the ACA, the State plan option offers even greater promise as a tool to prevent institutionalization and to meet mental health service needs in additional States. The ACA has also provided for broader financial eligibility rules and a more expansive array of services.
Section 1915(j) allows States to design self-directed personal assistance or other HCBS for individuals who would otherwise receive State plan personal care or HCBS waiver services. While not changing the services available to individuals, 1915(j) gives States flexibility in offering individuals the opportunity to exercise maximum choice and control over their services. States offering services under 1915(j) authority include Arkansas, Florida, New Jersey, California, Oregon, Alabama and Texas.
Money Follows the Person (MFP) Grants
CMS also operates the Medicaid Money Follows the Person (MFP) grant program, which was authorized in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. MFP assists States in their efforts to reduce reliance on institutional care, develop community-based long-term care opportunities, and transition individuals living in institutions to community living. MFP provides enhanced federal matching funds to serve individuals who move from institutional care to community integrated LTC settings. Originally set to expire next year, the MFP program was extended through September 30, 2016 under Section 2403 of the ACA, with an additional appropriation of more than $2 billion. The ACA also modified the time Medicaid beneficiaries must reside in institutions so those individuals who do not reside in a facility for a long-term stay will qualify for MFP at three months rather than six months. Now in its third year, the MFP program has made it possible for almost 6,000 people to live more independent lives by providing necessary supports and services in the community. Currently, twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have MFP programs. The extension and expansion of MFP under the ACA will allow current MFP states to assist more individuals to move to community settings and allow additional states to initiate MFP programs.
We recognize that much more can be done through this demonstration authority to expand its reach to more beneficiaries who could benefit from this approach. The extension and expansion of MFP under the ACA will allow current MFP states to assist more individuals to move to community settings and allow additional states to initiate MFP programs. CMS is finalizing a letter to State Medicaid Directors providing guidance on the MFP extension and expects to announce a new MFP grant solicitation this summer.
Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC)
The Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) program, a collaborative effort of the Administration on Aging (AoA) and CMS, is designed to streamline access to long-term care services and supports. ADRCs play a critical role in supporting health and long-term care reform by improving the ability of State and local governments to effectively manage the system, monitor program quality, and measure the responsiveness of State and local systems of care. ADRCs now operate in at least one community in each of the 50 States and in four Territories. There are currently more than 200 ADRC sites across the nation. A growing number of ADRCs have Medicaid applications available on the Internet with seven of these allowing consumers to complete and submit the application online. The ACA provides the opportunity for CMS, in collaboration with its HHS partners, to expand the ADRC program and similar models to ensure streamlined access to information and service supports.
The Person-Centered Hospital Discharge Planning Model Grants, created under the ADRC program, provides another avenue to strengthen person-centered planning and community-based long-term care. CMS awarded 10 of these grants between 2008 and 2009, totaling approximately $12 million. These grants are designed to assist States in developing hospital discharge planning structures and processes that will place greater emphasis on involving consumers and their families in after-care plans, including community-based alternatives to institutional care. Grantee efforts to date include: development of discharge planning checklists; patient and caregiver information kits and hospital staff training webinars; enhancing online resource directories; developing electronic referral, application, and tracking systems; and employing transition coaches to follow-up with individuals once they are discharged from the hospital back into the community.
CMS looks forward to continuing to work closely with the AoA on the expansion of the ADRC program under the provisions of the ACA. Improving the hospital discharge planning process and enhancing community-based long-term care options are essential elements of an effective community based long-term care system.
New Infrastructure Reforms
In addition to the initiatives described above, the ACA created new grant funds and enhanced Medicaid financing to support State efforts to create more balanced long-term care services and support systems. The new authorities provided by Congress under the ACA will allow CMS to sustain and expand Federal support for States to provide long-term care services in a community setting.
One provision in the ACA, known as the Community First Choice Option, establishes a new Medicaid State Plan option, effective October 1, 2011, to allow States to cover home and community-based attendant services and supports for individuals with incomes not exceeding 150 percent of the Federal poverty level (FPL) or, if greater, the income level for an individual who has been determined to require an institutional level of care. It also requires States to make such services and supports available to individuals under a person-centered plan of care for purposes of assisting them in accomplishing activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and health-related tasks through hands-on assistance, supervision, or cueing. States are provided an additional six percentage point increase in Federal Medicaid matching funds for services and supports provided to such individuals. This increased match rate is a strong incentive for States to reorient spending to sustain these programs. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership on the Community First Choice Option.
Moreover, we hope that in this time of State budgetary constraints, there will be great interest in the provisions that offer States additional resources to effectuate widespread changes to their long-term care support systems to better serve people with disabilities and chronic conditions. The increased Federal match offered under the Balancing Incentive Program and the Health Home Initiative will not only expand access to key home and community-based services, but also provide incentives for States to build lasting infrastructure to integrate behavioral and physical health, improve care coordination, and offer health promotion services for people with chronic conditions.
Availability of Technical Assistance
CMS also currently offers a variety of resources for technical assistance to States regarding the design and operation of their Medicaid programs. While we understand that States face unprecedented budget shortfalls, we also recognize that the Medicaid program provides strong partnership opportunities between CMS and States to support community integration for people with disabilities. As part of this partnership, CMS is committed to providing targeted technical assistance to States to help them meet their obligations under the ADA. Specifically, CMS will, at the request of a State, work with the State to identify the Medicaid coverage, reimbursement and service delivery options available to increase a State's system capacity to serve individuals in the community. Technical assistance also can help identify and support development of the strategies States can employ to ensure that services meet the needs and preferences of each individual.
CMS offers technical assistance through a number of vehicles. The National Quality Enterprise (NQE) is designed to assist States in developing and improving the structures to ensure the health and welfare of individuals served through HCBS waivers and State plan options. The NQE, which provides assistance at no cost to States, is a valuable resource that States can use to design and improve their quality improvement systems.
Another source of technical assistance is provided through the MFP Rebalancing Demonstration. This aspect of the MFP demo provides direct technical assistance to participating States to reduce reliance on institutional care while developing community-based long-term care opportunities, enabling the elderly and people with disabilities to fully participate in their communities. In addition, CMS supports the ongoing operation of the National Direct Service Workforce (DSW) Resource Center. The DSW Resource Center supports efforts to improve recruitment and retention of direct service workers who help people with disabilities and older adults to live independently and with dignity. This Resource Center brings together the nation's premier resources on the topic of Direct Support Workforce and provides State Medicaid agencies, researchers, policymakers, employers, consumers, direct service professionals, and other state-level government agencies and organizations easy access to information and resources they may need about the direct service workforce. These resources, which include web-based clearinghouses, technical experts, training tools and more, are designed to address the full range of DSW consumer populations.
Additionally, CMS has published a technical assistance guide, entitled Long Term Services and Supports in a Managed Care Delivery System, which describes the various Medicaid authorities and structures that States can use to enhance the availability of HCBS within managed care delivery systems. These managed care delivery systems allow for the use of capitation payments with both institutional and HCBS services in a global budget, where the resources available to support an individual can follow the individual wherever they choose to receive their services. CMS is working to ensure that managed care arrangements encompassing long-term services and support include all necessary safeguards and protections to ensure the health and welfare of individuals served.
Implementation of Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR)
Another mechanism currently available to States is the Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) process. Congress developed the PASRR program to prevent inappropriate admission and retention of people with mental disabilities in nursing facilities. Under Federal requirements, States must assure that individuals with mental disabilities or developmental disabilities being considered for admission to a nursing facility are evaluated through the PASRR process to determine the most integrated setting that can meet their needs. CMS has established the new National PASRR Technical Assistance Center, which provides technical assistance to States, at no cost, to facilitate this reform activity. PASRR is a powerful tool for diversion from institutions, and the resident review elements of PASRR are important tools to help encourage transitions to the community.
Access to Affordable Housing as a Means to Maximize Opportunities for Community Living
The lack of accessible and affordable housing continues to be an obstacle to serving individuals in the most integrated setting. As part of the Community Living Initiative, HHS has partnered with HUD to improve access to affordable housing for people with disabilities. HHS and HUD collaborated to provide housing support for non-elderly persons living with disabilities to live productive, independent lives in their communities rather than in institutional settings. HUD is offering approximately $40 million to public housing authorities across the U.S. to fund approximately 5,300 Housing Choice Vouchers for non-elderly persons with disabilities, allowing them to live independently. HHS will use its network of State Medicaid agencies and local human service organizations to link eligible families to local housing agencies who will administer voucher distribution.
Of the 5,300 vouchers set aside as part of this program, up to 1,000 will be specifically targeted for non-elderly individuals with disabilities currently living in institutions but who could move into the community with assistance. The remaining 4,300 may be used for this purpose also, but are targeted for use by non-elderly disabled families in the community to allow them to access affordable housing that adequately meets their needs. HUD expects to have funding awards ready before the end of 2010.
Looking Forward
July 26 will mark the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the ADA. Much progress has been made over the past 20 years to improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities in the United States, but the work remains unfinished. CMS recognizes the significant progress made since the passage of the ADA and the Olmstead decision, but we strongly believe that more can be done with the tools provided to us, despite the challenges that Medicaid beneficiaries who live with disabilities, as well as States, face in the current uncertain economic and fiscal climate. I assure you that CMS will be taking on a leadership role both in implementing the new opportunities provided by the Affordable Care Act, and also in assisting all States in meeting their obligations under the ADA and the Olmstead decision. We intend to capitalize on this opportunity by maximizing existing resources and we look forward to working with States and the Congress in the future to continue the vital work of improving the quality of life for individuals living with disabilities in this country.
1 Thomson Reuters analysis of CMS Form 64 Reports, 2010
2 Thomson Reuters analysis of CMS Form 64 Reports, 2010
3 Thomson Medstat, Medicaid Long Term Care Data Chartbook, CMS, 2003
4 Thomson Reuters analysis of CMS Form 64 Reports, 2010
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Sac "Lady Di" en tissu jean. 32 cm.
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APALACHICOLA, Florida -- Finally, there's some good news for Florida's favorite bivalve, as record rainfall totals in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia over the past 18 months should benefit the volatile oyster crop in Apalachicola Bay, which at its peak provided around 90 percent of Florida's oyster harvest and 10 percent of the nation's supply.
"We've had an unusual amount of rainfall in the drainage basin," Florida's state climatologist David Zierden told the Tallahassee Democrat. "So it certainly will be beneficial to the recovery of the estuaries and the oyster fishery."
Oysters need brackish waters to thrive, and a flow of fresh water helps keep salt-water predators at bay. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared a commercial fishery disaster for Apalachicola Bay oysters last year, saying yields had declined by almost 60 percent from the previous year.
Still, it's not time to break out the celebratory Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce just yet. Oysters take three years to reach legal harvesting size, and according to a recent report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, illegal harvesting is still a problem and many of the oysters being harvested are under the 3-inch minimum.
It's also unlikely that the legal dispute over Apalachicola River water flows will go away.
Florida has long been at odds with Georgia over use of water in Lake Lanier, a reservoir on the Chattahoochee River that provides fresh water for the Atlanta metro area, but also feeds the Apalachicola River. Florida filed suit against Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court last October, seeking intervention to limit Georgia's water use.
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Paris, NY – The search has resumed for a hunter missing since Wednesday in the town of Paris south of Utica, Oneida County sheriff's officials said.
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IN A FEW days, a US president with more blood of innocents on his hands than any president since Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson will step down.
George W. Bush, son of a former, one-term incompetent, will leave the White House unrepentant that he set in train events that have taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of non-Americans (as well as more than 4000 American military personnel).
They were lives he saw as expendable "in defence of Americans and the American way of life".
Bush has failed in Iraq. He has failed in Afghanistan. He has failed on Israel/Palestine. He has failed on Iran. He has failed on North Korea. He has failed in Africa, even on AIDS (by allowing his fundamentalist born again-Christian prejudices to prevent more effective use of the money he committed).
And, at home, he was asleep at the helm while the world's biggest economy lurched towards catastrophe; and he will never be forgiven by the people of New Orleans for his Katrina ineptitude.
As his calamitous presidency wore on, Bush revealed to the world that he is even dumber than he was thought to be when in late 2000 — through sibling trickery in Florida — he stole the top US job from Al Gore.
George W. Bush is destined to be remembered as the greatest presidential disaster since US independence.
The tragedy for the US (and the world), is that, in September 2001 — a time when the West most needed strong, courageous, considered leadership — it had as its commander-in-chief a malevolent simpleton manipulated by a dangerous pack of neocon pals of his ex-CIA chief father.
And across the Atlantic, panting to lick his backside, was a narcissistic British leader just waiting to do something big, something dramatic, something he would be remembered for.
Tony Blair, a Christian (but dithering over his denominational preference), was ready to jump just as high as Dubya asked him. And he did, in the process getting his hands covered in the blood that still sullies those of his American master.
And now (try not to laugh), Blair is a Middle East "peace envoy".
Here in Australia, we had a pocket-sized, belligerent sycophant just dying to tie tighter the knot that has bound us to Uncle Sam's apron strings ever since, in the mid-1960s, PM, Harold Holt raved on about going "All the way with LBJ", and his Liberal-Country (now National) Party coalition proceeded to put at risk the lives of luck-of-the-draw Digger conscripts (in the killing fields of Indochina) just to keep the east and southeast Asian anti-communist dominoes upright.
What a tragedy it has been for the West!
What a tragedy it has been for the world!
When we most needed a wise response to a spectacular and embarrassing but far from mortal wound to American pride — September 11, 2001 — we had at the helm of the most influential Anglo nations two of the most irresponsible leaders in Western history.
And Howard?
And, in Australia, we had a PM who was already condoning inhuman policies — with the diligent assistance of an Amnesty-member immigration minister — that would result in children, some from infancy, being deprived of their childhoods by having to spend them in razor-wire enclosures, some for more than a decade.
The fear of anything not-quite-white was palpable in much of our community. What an opportunity it was for John W. Howard and his cabinet to leap in and massage those fears to gain support for immoral, cowardly, murderous 40,000-feet onslaughts on innocents in lands that to this day trigger unwarranted uneasiness in our Judaeo-Christian psyches.
And, with parliamentary support (extracted by deceit in the case of Iraq), Howard sent our troops off to start wars.
A man of his political experience — stretching back over the better part of three decades in which he had become probably our most slick politician — should have known better than to have relied on the intelligence of spook bodies notorious for their incompetence.
You name any national intelligence gatherer — ASIO, JIO, CIA, KGB, MI5 . . . — they are all synonyms for words that mean "getting it wrong".
Afganistan and the Middle East
Afghanistan? A reasonable case could have been argued for a brief intervention in retaliation to September 11, 2001. The evidence still indicates that Al Qaeda operatives were/are in its mountains, and, in 2001, they were there with the blessing of the then ruling fundamentalist Taliban.
But Iraq supporting Al Qaeda? What a joke! Saddam Hussein was a scourge of the likes of fundamentalist Osama bin Laden; and the chances of finding WMDs in Iraq, despite the dictator's braggadocio, were remote.
As we now know, Iraq was all about oil and Israel and its US Jewish lobby — and remains so.
What an opportunity, on September 11, 2001, Osama presented to the US: now it had the perfect excuse to "do something" about the Middle East.
So "Saint George", safe from Islamist threat in the by now (by law) even more impregnable White House fortress, was ready to send others to do his fighting.
As payback for the 3000 or so twin-tower American fatalities, he would spread death, destruction, starvation and misery abroad — but, of course, only in countries that weren't quite white.
If September 11 had been perpetrated by German Turks, British Islamists or rebellious Basques, there is no way the governments of those people would have been held responsible for the actions of a disgruntled few.
But Afghanistan (a place few Americans to this day can pick out on a map)? And Iraq (ditto)?
(I'm told that a recent survey of young Americans discovered that something nearing 20 per cent of them were unable to pick out even the USA on a globe; and a survey a few years ago in Britain found a substantial number of students thought Adolf Hitler was a British wartime prime minister. So much for Western public awareness of affairs foreign.)
When I think back over my life, a most vivid memory of the late 1940s is of my mother, a devout Christian, rejoicing in the news that a Jewish nation, known as Israel, had at last been sanctioned by the West. It would, she believed, mean an end to the wanderings in the wilderness of the Jewish people that they had been condemned to since being banished from their homelands 2000 years ago. It seemed to me, in my juvenile ignorance, a good idea, too.
With hindsight, I still feel it could have been a good thing — if only the Palestinian people (then colonial subjects) had been more closely consulted; and a formula for two nations (each contiguous) had been the basis for negotiations.
But that's not the way it has worked out. Israel, although it has been subjected to intense if disorganised Arab pressure over the past half century, has failed miserably in promoting its cause for long-term survival. Instead, it has pursued a course reliant on violence or the threat of it, a policy that can only ever give it short-term security.
Whichever way it is viewed from, at the heart of Middle East instability is Israel and the lack of a sovereign Palestinian nation that is not constantly subject to Israeli control.
The greatest tragedy and crime of the twentieth century was the Holocaust.
Another great tragedy was the establishment of Israel.
What now?
On January 20, the last of three tragically disastrous Western incompetents will depart public office. Yet still there is not much to inspire hope.
The US is economically near-mortally injured and politically riven; capitalism is on the nose (but we all know that will bounce back after, god forbid, socialistic measures have brought us back from the brink); Iraq has only a fragile stability that is still too frequently shaken by people foolishly talked into sacrificing their lives (and taking those of others) in return for loins-stirring promises of rewards in Islamist heaven; Afghanistan, daily, is being reclaimed by the Taliban; Iran is still not being afforded the respect it deserves if the West is to achieve compromise with it; and, yet again, the Koreas are barely speaking to each other.
Well done, George W. Bush.
Considering the appalling global damage Bush and his Anglo-Western lackeys Blair and Howard have inflicted, a solution to the West's dilemma might be to put each of them on trial (fair trials of course, and no capital punishment).
The charges could be along these lines:
• For Bush and Blair, war crimes, mainly for their actions over Iraq; and for Bush alone, a charge of human rights violations (for condoning torture and humiliation at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and probably all sorts of places we'll never know of).
• For Howard, being an accessory to war crimes in Iraq; child abuse (of children detained for years in Australian high-security holding centres for "illegals"); and human rights violations (for keeping incarcerated for years thousands of people who eventually would be found to be genuine refugees).
They might all be found innocent. They might all be found guilty. At least the trials, if properly run, would help clear the air for our still confused and divided populaces.
As Westerners, we are supposed to be defenders of a judicial system that espouses an "innocent until proven guilty" mantra.
So we would have to ensure that these three men continued to be viewed as innocents. Just as we must remember those hundreds of thousands of innocents (who Bush, Blair and Howard never knew) who are now dead or maimed simply because a vengeful US president, after September 11, 2001, lapsed into "Kill, kill, kill" mode in retaliation for 3000 or so American dead in a tragedy perpetrated by a small band of fanatics.
Those same fanatics, in the years since, have gleefully watched the West panic itself into contortions as George W. Bush has tried to persuade the rest of the world that a "war on terror" is not a nonsense concept.
Bob Hawkins
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Bush has failed in Iraq. He has failed in Afghanistan. He has failed on Israel/Palestine. He has failed on Iran. He has failed on North Korea. He has failed in Africa, even on AIDS (by allowing his fundamentalist born again-Christian prejudices to prevent more effective use of the money he committed).
And, at home, he was asleep at the helm while the world's biggest economy lurched towards catastrophe; and he will never be forgiven by the people of New Orleans for his Katrina ineptitude.
As his calamitous presidency wore on, Bush revealed to the world that he is even dumber than he was thought to be when in late 2000 — through sibling trickery in Florida — he stole the top US job from Al Gore.
George W. Bush is destined to be remembered as the greatest presidential disaster since US independence.
Bob Hawkins


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Advice and tips for photographers interested in capturing this colorful festival — with information on how to protect yourself and your camera
You can photograph Holi Festival at many places in India but I stayed in the region around Mathura, three hours south of Delhi and just north of Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
Mathura is the birth place of Krishna and the celebrations in the area are particularly important. They also last over a week, so you'll have plenty of opportunities to capture both the religious and social aspects of the festival. Holi is often limited to just a couple of days elsewhere.
Holi isn't just celebrated in India — you'll also find it in many other countries with Hindu populations. I was only in the area for a few days, but wish I'd had longer, to get a more representative set of images. I didn't get a chance to visit Nandagaon, or Barsana – both of which are, from what I've seen, really good places for photography.
There are some really great images from Holi out there, including the following:
- Jitendra Singh was kind enough to take the time to advise me on shooting Holi. His images of the festival are amongst the best I've seen
- Boston Big Picture (2009, 2010 and 2011)
- Steve McCurry
Dates and timings for Holi Festival
Holi is celebrated on the Phalgun Purnima or Pooranmashi (full moon) in the month of Phalgun according to the Hindu calendar.
- 2012: March 8th
- 2013: March 27th
- 2014: March 17th
- 2015: March 6th
- Holika Dahan (the eve of Holi) before Holi sees bonfires built everywhere, then later lit around 8–10pm. Colourful effigies of Holika (who the festival is named after) holding the infant Prahlad are placed on top
- The main celebrations in Mathura happen around Holi Gate, on Holi itself. There's a long procession up from the temples lining the river to the gate, with plenty of colour and music. People tried to prevent us entering the street that joins the temples and the gate, telling us it was too dangerous to be there and we ran the risk of being blinded. I'm sure this was well-intentioned, but we chose to ignore the warnings
- Shri Banke Bihari Mandir (Banke Bihari temple) in Vrindavan is busy throughout the festival. You have to be careful not to photograph the religiously deity itself though — this might cause offense
Protecting your equipment
Unless you can pass for a local, you'll be a key target for powder and paint throwing, so you'll need to protect your equipment carefully. I used OP/TECH rain sleeves, which, despite looking thin, worked well. Once inside the cover, I sealed all the gaps with Gorilla Tape. OP/TECH covers have a small hole that allows you to see through your viewfinder. You put the cover on minus your eye-piece, which you slide on afterwards to hold the hole in place.
I changed the cover and tape at least twice a day which also gave me a chance to remove any liquid or powder that had got inside. When putting a cover on your camera, remember to turn off any air conditioning, to help prevent condensation forming inside.
It probably isn't a good idea to change lenses, batteries or memory cards within throwing distance of anyone, so having two cameras really helps if you have access to them. I used two Canon 5D MKIs, one with a 24-70mm f2.8 lens, the other with a 70-200mm f4.
Protecting yourself
I covered my face and arms with thick sunblock, which did seem to ease washing the dye off. That said, some of the pigments are pretty much industrial strength, so will remain on your skin for a few days afterwards.
Many Indians wear headscarves and sunglasses to add an extra layer of cover. I wore Caspian safety googles to protect my eyes — not only did they make me look a little OCD, but also made me even more of a target (they were torn off and powder rubbed in my eyes a couple of times). I'd still wear them if I went again!
The celebrations do get pretty boisterous, but most of what I experienced was fairly good natured. When things did get out of hand, I was kindly assisted by older Indians, who led me away so I could get all the powder out of my eyes. We often had powder or ink thrown right in our faces, mouths and ears, and saw quite a few people drawing water from the gutter to throw, so keep your mouth shut and eyes protected as much as possible.


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BELLEROSE TERRACE, N.Y. -- Officers in a suburban New York police department who had just buried a colleague killed last week now have to brace for the funeral of another officer shot on the job.
Nassau County Officer Arthur Lopez was killed Tuesday after getting shot in what had started out as a traffic stop near the Belmont Park racetrack. Ex-convict Darrell Fuller, 33, was arrested on charges of shooting him as well as another driver, 52-year-old Queens resident Raymond Facey, in a subsequent carjacking.
Lopez's death came the day after officers attended the funeral of Nassau County highway patrolman Joseph Olivieri, who was killed Thursday when he was hit by a car that came upon a crash scene to which he had responded.
Lopez, 29, was on patrol Tuesday in Bellerose Terrace, a community at the border of New York City's Queens borough and Nassau County. The officer and his partner spotted a damaged silver Honda that was "running on rims," suspecting it was wanted for leaving the scene of a hit-and-run accident, authorities said.
The officers gave chase, and the car pulled over. There was "a brief exchange of words" between Lopez and the driver before the driver left the vehicle and fired one round into Lopez's chest, police Chief Steven Skrynecki said, adding that the officer wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest.
The second officer administered first aid to Lopez, officials said. He was later hospitalized for trauma.
Lopez "lost his life to a cold-blooded killer," County Executive Edward Mangano said at a news conference.
The shooter got back into his car and drove away, and then accosted Facey, authorities said. He shot the Queens man in the head, dragged him out of his car and left him dead on the roadway as he drove away, they said. The car later was found abandoned in a residential neighborhood in Queens.
The slayings touched off a search for Fuller that included heavily armed New York Police Department officers going door-to-door in Queens. Authorities also closed the Cross Island Parkway for several hours, causing traffic delays.
A 911 caller reported hearing gunfire in Queens amid the massive manhunt for Fuller. Responding officers found him in a vehicle -- not the one carjacked -- with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Fuller was hospitalized in police custody for treatment of an undisclosed wound. It was unclear if he had a lawyer.
Fuller had served four years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder in 2005, authorities said. He was jailed again in 2010 after violating his parole, but was released in May 2011.
"We're endeavoring to find out what triggered this entire series of events," Skrynecki said while announcing the arrest late Tuesday.
Before the shootings, Fuller left a hospital and had gotten in a car accident, the chief added, but wouldn't elaborate.
A man who witnessed the officer's shooting as he was stopped at a gas station along the highway said it looked like a routine traffic stop.
"The officer's walking up to the car. They just pulled out (a gun) and shot," said Paul Walcott, a music producer from the Queens neighborhood of Bayside. "He went right down. He got hit point blank. He went straight down."
The car then sped off, heading south on the Cross Island Parkway, a north-south highway along the border of Queens and Nassau County.
"In broad daylight, this time of day, it was incredible to see something like that," Walcott said.
The shooting unfolded within blocks of Belmont Park, the racetrack where the Belmont Stakes is held.
Lopez lived on Long Island and was single. He joined the police force in 2004.