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Following an hour and 48 minute rain delay, the Phillies took the field and got to doing what they do best–losing baseball games. This time, it was 6-3, but the score hardly matters. Another notch in the loss column, making it 19 losses in their last 24 games.
In a game that also featured a stoppage for bats and an injury delay within the first two innings, the only unremarkable thing on the field was the Phillies effort. They've been flat-lining for weeks, and a revival doesn't seem to be coming. Hapless and uninspired, your 2013 Philadelphia Phillies delivered once again tonight.
– John Lannan has seen better starts to a month. In his first two starts since the calendar flipped to August, he's surrendered 10 earned runs in 9.1 innings pitched. Perhaps it was pitching on three day's rest, which he did last week, that has thrown Lannan off, but he has quickly lost it after having a very productive July (3.38 ERA over 32 IP). Though he did struggle in his two starts before that as well.– Still, pitching on three day's rest can be asking a lot. Perhaps that contributed to Lannan's apparent knee injury, which forced him out of tonight's game after an ugly 1.1 innings. Wild and ineffective would be the two best adjectives for describing the 28-year old lefthander's performance, and his inability to get batters out put the Phils in a hole too deep. He'd leave the game with the bases loaded, having already allowed two runs. His final line is a train wreck: 1.1, 4 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K. No word as of yet on what Lannan's condition is, but the injury is to the same knee (his left) that landed him on the DL earlier in the season.
– The bullpen didn't waste any time in picking up where Lannan left off. Long man Zach Miner came on in Lannan's wake, allowing all three of the inherited runners to come around to score. He'd actually pitch pretty well after that, holding the Braves scoreless for two more innings. After that rocky second, the bullpen limited the scoring to one for the Braves, but the damage had been done.
– Last week, in the recap of another Phillies defeat, this one at the hands of the Nats, I wrote that fans should focus on Domonic Brown for the rest of this season. Brown appears to be a budding star, and it'll be interested to see how he handles these final two months with this being his first full season in the bigs. I'm sticking with that theme tonight. After a brief slump following a stint on the DL, he continues to produce. He went 3-for-4 with a double and a home run. He was one of two highlights in the Phillies offense tonight. The rest of the lineup went 5-for-30. He also made a nifty diving catch, as seen in the photo above.
– The other plus for the bats tonight came from Darin Ruf, who hit a solo home run in the ninth. The homer is the fifth for Ruf in the month of August, and his OPS is approaching .900. The young corner outfielders were the only pulse in this game.
-The Phillies take on the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday at 7:05 p.m. Cliff Lee (10-5, 3.18) goes against Zach Greinke (10-3, 3.21) in what will surely be billed as an "Ace Off."
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Watching the Mets.
I think it is important for Phillies fans to understand what level their team is.
I am going to lose a better record bet with a Mets fan.
The Mets are without Wright.
Harvey is on a pitch limit.
They are purposely not trying to win games.
The Phillies start an older player at the lead off spot who has a .307 on base.
The Phillies continually sign 35 something players with injury histories to long term products.
The mets traded away last years Cy Young winner. Throwing up a flag of not trying to win this year. Building for the future.
The Mets and Phillies should not be close this year.
Understand how much Brighter the Mets future is than the Phillies?
How many more years of .307 on base percentage of a lead off man must we endure?
Just going to think of a player good or bad and put his CAREER on base up here.
That means for players like babe Ruth its including playing till they could no longer play.
Bob boone .315
Darren Daulten .357
Ted Williams .482
Rick Schu .310
Ozzie Smith .337
Mike Schmidt .380
Von Hayes .354
Babe Ruth .474
Any team that would bat a guy first with a lower OBP than catcher Bob Boones career OBP cannot seriously be considered as trying to win or contend.
Guess how many times Boone ever hit lead off or anywhere near the top of a line up?
There is a disconnect that needs to be addressed.
Its not 2008 anymore guys.
I wish this team and organization would realize that.
Rollins' OBP is immaterial, because there aren't any other leadoff options tight now. Revere, who WAS leading off most games is on the DL.
Also, that OBP has been generated to some degree when Rollins was NOT batting leadoff.
I've read nothing but complaints from you about things that can't be controlled right now, and NO suggestions as to just who you'd prefer in the leadoff spot. Quit bitching if you can't offer any possible solutions.
Yo, Andrew. Didn't Jimmy's wife already have a kid? Yeah, bout a year ago, in fact. So Junior should be attempting English by now. Probably calls Jimmy pop. Shall we call the little thing "up"?
I can't get over how close he came to popping up twice in 1 at bat last night. That would have been totally classic.
Starters with an ERA north of 5 is what you get when you don't have any money left after signing a closer for 50 million.
By the way AFW, among the countless bad decision of RAJ, I don't think extending Chase Utley is one of them. He'll probably give your more value than he will cost and you can't rebuild a team in Philly the way the Astros are doing it. So you need at least some good players in the upcoming years.
Regarding the Chase Utley deal, what everyone that likes the deal seems to forget is that Utley right now is playing at his current best, and would have brought at least a couple of decent, not great, prospects in return had he been traded at the deadline.
In other words, Utley's current trade value is at its likely peak, and Phillies aren't gonna contend next year or the year after that anyways.
So keeping Utley just prolongs the rebuilding process.
Right now, Mets, Nationals and the Braves should have better teams than Phillies next year.
Even Miami may be better, depending on the progress of all their current prospects.
What people also forget is that there are no suitable replacements available at second base, and that two "decent prospects" usually don't develop into much more than platoon players or middle relief pitchers. I can't see how trading a contributor for two second stringers who probably aren't even ready to contribute would ever shorten the rebuild.
I agree with George on this, unless you get 3 top ten organization prospects there is no way you can even justify moving him. He is still one of the major offensive threats on this team and while I like Cesar Hernandez and think he would be a good 2B, he and Utley are two completely different players. Also the outside factor that no one looks at is the fact that Utley is the face of this franchise and he draws a lot of fans. To the fans that are not diehard and watching all the time they have to have something they tune into see, that is Chase Utley. Especially female fans, I know my girlfriends sister almost started crying when I mentioned that Utley was possibly going to be moved. With the new TV contract coming up this franchise cannot afford to have a major drop in viewership. By committing a reasonable contract to Utley they are going to keep some fans watching and going to the games.
If this team is going to try and compete every season then trading Utley was never an option. As much as we all would like to see RAJ boost the farm system and do at least a small rebuild, it is not going to happen.
Boy, Benny, you done did a whole lot of suppositional thinking in there.
First, truth be told, if my back's to the wall, I would agree that the Phils aren't contending next year. But I learned a long time ago that absolute's don't get you far in baseball, or life. At the start of this year, to me, the most legitimate view of the Phils was they could contend, but they needed an awful lot to go right. It wasn't a real odds on favored development that the season would blow up. It's pretty much looking (well in advance, mind you) like next year will be quite similar as we project it. . Some similar holes get filled better than they were this year, and there's a chance to be more competitive, and maybe catch a few breaks. One thing for sure. THEIR thining is that contention the approach (as evidenced by a silent deadline, and of course extending Utley). So they're PROBABY wrong, but you have to let it develop before you get conclusively critical..
Secondly, gimme a break. You're telling us who's gonna finish where (I know you did say the way it looks right now), again, before the off season develops. And falling into one of the biggest pitfalls in sports. So many knuckleheads might SEEM like they evaluate, process, and really think about their predictions, and wind up going off last year's results, or at least offer small respect to what's by then, the prior year's trends. And within that is the total disregard for history that loud as day teaches us that ONE TIME, since divvy play in '69, has the NL East repeated the prior year's standing. Is Chris Johnson gonna lead The League in hitting again? Is Kimbrel gonna cruise through to retirement with no off year? Who's taking Hudson's place, or what is he in '14. Can Gattis repeats good year and bear up if he replaces McCann? Can Frank Wren duplicate the TREMENDOUS off season he had even with BJ's off year? By February, they might look even STRONGER than this year, but this ain't February. But it's especially your point about projecting the Phils ahead of the Marlins. Thinking the Marlins will be down for an extended period is really dangerous. It's also presumptuous to think the Mets finish ahead of the Phils. Like the Phils, they need roughly 3-4 categories drastically improved, and until we see how they act in the winter, it's presumptuous. Their starting pitching looks better, but that's only a start.
That said, I don't disagree about your point about Utley. But at least the idea of keeping him is consistent with what they are TRYING to do. That it's gonna be tough to do it is really besides the point. They've let some guys go, none of whom have done great elsewhere, and not that short term is not to be overlooked, but just because Shane and Pence probably make the 2013 Phils a good amount better doesn't mean the 2015 Phils would have been. . Maybe in that regard, for a year or two, keeping Chase was smart. If Rube can make some productive acquisitions and pace young talent with exposure that nets productivity. But there's a decent chance we look back and wish he had gotten talent while he could.
Yes, the fact that Rollins will be the Phillies all time hits leader next year makes me sick. People who never saw him play will say, "Wow he must have been the greatest Philly ever!" Unfortunately, we are stuck with him. Personally, I would bring up Galvis next year and tell them both, whoever is hot with the bat gets to start. If Jimmy doesn't like it he can request a trade. There's alot more changes to be made too. Besides the bench/role players and almost the entire bullpen, I'd get rid of Kendrick, Lannan Ruiz and Mayberry for starters.
While he has his faults (who doesn't), few in the game have gotten as much from a 5'8″ frame.
No argument there. I've really tried to like Rollins, but his lack of hustle and refusal to improve his game and move down in the batting order, has irked me big time. He could potentially have been one of the most beloved Phillies of all time (especially in the fans eyes) if he just hustled and worked a little harder, because he really has a much more likeable personality than say an Utley or Carlton. As a result, I don't think the fans will ever like him as much as those other guys. A .269 career average for a leadoff hitter is not good.
Galvis couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat… Rollins is the best option at short stop right now… he is not a leadoff hitter… he's at best a 2 or a 6-8 hitter, he's not the 2007 Jimmy Rollins anymore
Dave, you say you don't disagree that he got a lot out of his small frame, but then you say you wish he got even more out of of it. It sounds like you just wish he played differently to match your conception of what a leadoff hitter should be. And while it's not up to him where he bats, the Phils haven't had hitters who fit better at leadoff than wherever they actually batted. Also, how do you know how hard he works? I don't think it's that easy to stay healthy for three years considering where he plays and how he runs the bases.
@Schmenkman While I respect and admire your knowledge of the game and the fact my friend. It is absolutely time for Rollins to go. He's had one of the most insignificant seasons of any premium position player I've ever seen in my life.
I've never been a big Rollins fan for the same reason I wasn't a Werth fan. They both pad ther season stats with a couple of outlandish streaks during the season. But the rest of the time they would flounder as if they didn't have a clue. Jimmie's problem this year is that he hasn't had one or two of those streaks and he has basically been invisible on offense this year.
I've also noticed he doesn't get to some balls he used to gobble up just a short year or two ago and has been thrown out attempting steals this year more than other years, so his speed and range are diminishing. I do hear you about how he compares to others at his position .
Also I've noticed with him a laid back attitude with how things are going with not only him, but the team. He should be a spark to the team. If his physical tools are diminishing he should at least be a leader. Something he's never been. Now I don't know why, but I'm assuming that he's so sulky selfish about himself that he's too busy worrying about his legacy instead of trying to boost the morale of his team mates.
And all this I say is a shame cause with the tools he possessed he could have been so much better, a true hall of fame SS above and beyond all the others. He has never made adjustments to his game, I've watched him since he was a raw rookie and had the highest of hopes for him. But he still does the same dumb things at the plate he did as a rookie. The only difference now is with his skillset starting to go he has now become invisible It's a crying shame. But don't get me wrong he has had a good productive career, but by being dumb and selfish he could have been great.
Ryne, I agree he's lost a step and has had a down year at the plate. I disagree strongly wih everything else, and I'll highlight two things:
– there is nothing wrong with being streaky. So he helps the team less than a similar but consistent player sometimes, and he helps the team more other times. In the end, it doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is the total overall contribution.
– this idea that some people know better how Rollins could have helped team, and that he didn't get the most out of his talent is the height of presumption. We are talking about one of the most successful players of his size in the history of baseball
@Schmenkman. On your two points Schmenk. Ok I stand corrected on the streak part. Maybe the word I should have used is consistent. No there isn't anything wrong with being streaky, but I would rather have had him be more consistent. I think overall that would be way more productive over the season.
As far as some people being presumptive? I'm way guilty of that my friend. And I don't get offended for that being pointed out. That's one of my two faults I have! (Just kidding.) And you're right on the size thing. I don't know why but as I read your reply I busted up cause I have a goofy sense of humor. Before I replied to you I was thinking wow are we talking about a ball player or a HOF porn star. anyway that's just my goofiness showing. If you can't laugh at stuff the way this team has played you'd go nuts. Sometimes I feel like I've seen this crappy play before. Oh wait ….I have almost my entire tenure as a Phillie fan dating back to when I first got hooked on them. guess when? Game one of the 23 game losing steak. It figures right? Have a good one Schmenk.
It's easy to say "get rid of people," but I bet you have no inkling of where to get replacements that are any better.
Most of those players are not hard to replace George. Pettibone can take Lannan's spot and save us 3 million a year to go towards relief help. Ruiz would be hardest to replace. If we don't make a run at McCann then I'd like to see us make a trade. Someone mentioned Saltalamacchia. He would definitely be a power upgrade, but I'm not sure about the rest. Bullpen guys are not hard to find. Every other team in baseball has solid bullpens…just not us. I wonder alot about the pitching coaches in this organization – including Dubee. Outside of Madson and Bastardo, we haven't developed squat over the years…that's very troubling.
George the way I see it you are right! But if J-Roll keeps going it won't be long that it won't matter if Galvis replaces him, cause Galvis defense will be superior and their offense wil be almost the same. so then who do you go with? just saying ya know.
You have to give to get, that part is obvious. It seems the Phils aren't willing to do that in the current environment. Maybe it's the upcoming TV deal? Maybe they have other reasons, I don't know, none of us know. We speculate that the GM is incapable of taking proper care of his team. That might be true, and/or there might be outside (or more likely inside, IMO) forces at work here. I have opinions too, I think his organization's lack of willingness to embrace analytics is a huge problem, but I also think there are pressures RA Jr. faces coming from places we don't know about.
I side with the fans that want to see them make REASONABLE moves that may mean giving away a fan favorite or two in order to rebuild. BUT- They are no longer in a strong position to do that. An Utley trade three years ago could have been smart. The same goes with Hamels and Lee and many other fan favorites. I believe that this year, RA Jr. was offered crap for these guys and made the conscious decision that it was indeed too late. (Although he probably should have traded Michael Young, he's not a home grown favorite.) Many are older players, or players with contracts that other organizations can't pay. Their relative worth is simply not going to bring back any superstars.
I've already weighed in on the Utley signing, it was the absolute right thing to do. But I never endorsed the Hamels or Lee signings. I thought at the time of those signings (you can look it up) that the moves made no sense in more of a hitters ballpark than the models they were following (Giants) concerning spending on pitching. I know what the ESPN park factors say, I don't need them to know that when I stand looking from the right field corner out to center that the fence does not bow like most parks, it goes straight. It's a left handed power hitters park. Left field isn't much better. I just have no idea why they thought the Giants example would work here.
As painful as this sounds, sometimes you just have to be bad for a while before you can get better. Sure the Mets are doing many of the right things, it took a disaster for that to happen, but they are doing it. They haven't been relevant since 07. That's six years, and thy are two years away from contending. I understand why some would want to be more in the Mets position right now than the Phils are, but not me. I believe the Marlins will win the division before the Mets ever do. They have a young core of pitchers in a pitchers park.
It will take a while to straighten things out, but I think the are learning from their mistakes. I think it will not take as long as the Mets, because they have the resources to keep it going if they spend wisely, the Mets clearly didn't. In the meantime I'm enjoying watching the development of the three promising young guys in the batting order right now, Brown, Ruf, and Asche, and I look forward to seeing more over the next couple years. It took a while for them to jettison D Young, Nix etc, but now having 3 out of 8 promising young guys mixed with the vets is a decent combination.
I have to go back to work, I can't respond to this if anyone wants me to until around 6pm.
Nice response here. I agree with you on a lot of these points, I am with you originally I was not for resigning Cole and trading him for a ton of prospects. But with the amounts that some pitchers are getting I am not upset about the deals that Hamels and Lee have. I mean Hamels will be getting around $23.5M over the next couple of seasons but in comparison to Grenike at $25M a season I would much rather have Hamels.
I would agree that Ruben needs to start making some moves if you look at the standings we are only a game ahead of the Cubs and Brewers and half a game in front of the Giants. If we continue at this current pace it is not difficult to believe that we may have the 4th overall pick in next years draft. Honestly I think we should try to shoot for that, we need more prospects like that. In that knowledge I think that RAJ needs to look at moving Young, Ruiz, Kendrick, Pap and either Galvis or Hernandez. The key for the Phillies is that unless they can get a draft pick out of any of these players (only Michael Young might be able to get them that) they need to move them. Young has little to no value for the Phillies and getting a prospect out of him would be good. Everyone talks about that we should not move Ruiz, well look at it this way he is a FA no team is going to give up a draft pick to sign him and if you tender him a contract and he takes it your looking at a minimum of $7.5M (could be higher). He may actually have the most value to a contender, the Cards could use him as well as the Yankees and Tigers. Trade him RAJ. Kendrick is looking at a massive raise and is not worth it, move him for a prospect or two. And I think RAJ should look at moving Galvis, honestly IMO he has no value to this team. He has a ceiling of a utility infielder with some pop. A team like the Cards would love to have him as a depth piece. It is time to make some moves.
Finally I think that the notion that we will be rebuilding at any point needs to be thrown out the window because we wont be. We are one of the top 5 baseball markets in the country and we might have a slight down year but rebuilding is not going to happen.
Alex M.,
Agreed, it is not the least bit difficult to believe we could have a top 5 pick the way things are going. I hope our scouting dept. has the right guys in mind. And yes you are right that the going rate for pitchers is what we paid. My thoughts were not that we paid too much, but that we should have spent the money more wisely on offense in a ballpark that allows so many balls to fly out. When you look for instance at the difference between pitchers with extremely low HR per nine averages (under .5 per game) compared to Lee and Hamels (around .8-.9) it's remarkable how many of them pitch in parks that don't typically give up a lot of long balls whereas Lee and Hamels do. Unfortunately Chacin is number one in that stat and he pitches in Coors, which blows my theory to hell, but the rest of them pitch in parks that aren't typically known for Home Runs. And the fact remains that I always thought they should spend more on hitting, than pitching. Offense and a decent pitching staff with one ace won us a WS, not the four aces. We don't play in a park next to the pacific marine layer like the Giants do.
I have to pay to watch this.
Beating the Mets pays for it.
When Dummy Amaro loses to the mets I have to pay off a bet then pay to watch Rollins hit first.
Rollins could hypothetically have a .100 or .200 OBP and nothing would stop Charlie and Ruben from hitting him first.
Quality of play is moot. He is a fan favorite.
He is setting records.
Many want him to hit first.
For me it means I have to sit and watch him hit first.
I don't know if you are responding to me Andrew, but I didn't mention anything about Rollins or the batting order.
But since you mentioned it for the thousandth time, – Who on this roster would you bat first? Last year I proposed that Chooch bat first despite the lack of speed. It looks like without the central nervous system stimulants to treat ADHD, that is no longer an option. How about you?, Show me what your lineup would be. Michael Young? Utley? Who would you bat lead off?
I'm a little less wired up about Doc's comeback than his last couple efforts, so I'm inclined not to overanalyze his start today.
But it sounds like there's enough positives to build off, and maybe guess at some conclusions after a couple starts up here.
I would assume he'll feel good tomorrow, and he should be pitching for the club by month's end.
I'd love to go nuts again over the guy, but we'll cross that bridge if the road leads us to it.
89 MPH peak seems pretty good for the first start of spring. But, we'll see where it goes. Velo's not everything, but with it, you can diversify a little more.
Go Doc.
My worry is Doc pitches 4 no hitters in September in meaningless games then Dummy throws 250 million at him.
I don't want him.
No matter what he does or how cheap he is.
Ryno's first lineup…
1. Jimmy Rollins (S) SS
2. Michael Young (R) 1B
3. Chase Utley (L) 2B
4. Domonic Brown (L) LF
5. Darin Ruf (R) RF
6. Cody Asche (L) 3B
7. John Mayberry (R) CF
8. Carlos Ruiz (R) C
9. Cliff Lee (L) P
as the tome of this series sure changes. Laughter seems the best remedy to have directed the club in the miserable second half that is, and let's call a spade a spade, that's not terribly likely to change. It's unfair to expect drastic change from the semi stagnant lineup that is, so Ryno follows Charlie's path for tonight.
Suffice to say that it's a little out of place to laughat these guys this weekend, it's gonna be a tough series to make a statement.
Tonight, we'll watch 2 extremely athletic pitchers. Just from that standpoint, it's gonna be a treat. Two really good pitchers, too. So we'll get our monies worth no matter what.
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Five years later, Sophie continues to practice Reiki self-care every day. She and two Reiki friends meet weekly to share treatment-they call it their "Reiki bee"-and she's delighted when her daughter occasionally requests a Reiki session.
Sophie and her physician have stopped some medications and reduced others. She thinks Reiki may be why she is no longer troubled by side effects from the ones she still needs. "I always knew it made sense to be a good neighbor," she laughs, "but I never thought it would change my life!"
Susan had been a pediatric nurse for twenty years. She deeply loved caring for children but lately had to admit that fatigue was creeping into her days and keeping her from enjoying her time away from the hospital. Two of her nurse colleagues had recently learned to practice Reiki and kept offering her a session. She didn't know why she felt shy about it, but when nothing else relieved this relentless tiredness, she decided to accept their invitation.
Her colleagues came to her home to give her Reiki one Friday night. They made her promise to let herself sleep until she awakened on her own the next morning. There wasn't much morning left when she woke up after 12 hours of the deepest sleep she could remember. Caroline called her friends to thank them, saying, "It's as if my body had forgotten how to sleep well and the Reiki reminded it."
The next week, Susan witnessed something that made her think more seriously about learning to practice Reiki herself. A young boy with sickle cell anemia was writhing and screaming, racked with the intense pain that accompanies this condition and often doesn't respond to medication. Her colleagues placed their hands on the boy and within five minutes, he was sleeping peacefully, his body completely relaxed.
There is no convenient time to be diagnosed with breast cancer [2], but the timing of Caroline's diagnosis was particularly difficult. Her husband was being sent to Madrid on a special assignment and she'd been looking forward to the time abroad and the opportunity to polish her Spanish. Now the timing of their trip coincided directly with the timing of her cancer treatment. Since her treatment could not be done in Spain, Caroline decided to commute. And look for extra help.
Caroline was practical enough to know she needed support on many levels. She needed emotional support to heal from the impact of the diagnosis and the anxiety [7] that stalked her day and night. Her doctor warned that many people found the treatment itself to be exhausting, and Caroline would be adding to that with the fatigue of frequent flying. She was concerned about pain and, given her history of sensitivity to pharmaceuticals, she was sure she'd experience other treatment side effects.
Fortunately, her treatment center had a Reiki program. Caroline paired Reiki with each chemotherapy session and doctor visit. Because she was prone to anxiety even on a good day, she made a point to receive Reiki before her chemo. She found receiving Reiki first greatly reduced not only her anxiety, but also her pain.
Caroline weathered her treatment well and finished on time. Once they were resettled at home, Caroline continued receiving monthly Reiki privately. She eventually learned to practice Reiki self-care as a way to protect her health and manage her tendency toward anxiety.
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/enhance-wellbeing
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/conditions/cancer
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/anxiety-0
[4] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/massage-therapy
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term34
[6] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term45
[7] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/conditions/anxiety
[8] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/chiropractic
[9] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/safety-and-prevention
[10] http://www.advancesjournal.com/adv/web_pdfs/miles.pdf
[11] http://www.reikiinmedicine.org/pdf/alt_therapies_reiki.pdf
[12] http://www.reikihealingarts.com/
[13] http://www.reikiinmedicine.org/pdf/schiller.pdf
[14] http://www.reikiinmedicine.org/pdf/schmehr.pdf
[15] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/pamela-miles
[16] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/deborah-ringdahl-dnp-rn-cnm
[17] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/-visit-reiki-practitioner


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State exchange is saving moneyJuly 20,2014Vermont had two choices when it came to implementing the federal Affordable Care Act: Go with the one-size-fits-all federal exchange or set up its own exchange using federal money.
Vermont chose the latter, and over the past few weeks there have been a number of voices saying that was the wrong decision. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but there is one very important reason Vermont went with its own exchange: Not doing so would have cost hard-working Vermonters hundreds if not thousands of dollars in additional insurance expenses each year.
For decades, Vermont has been a leader in health care reform. Thats a good thing. Its why were one of the healthiest states and have one of the lowest uninsured rates. State programs like Catamount and VHAP were making insurance more affordable for Vermonters years before anyone had even heard of Obamacare.
When the smoke cleared after years of fighting over the Affordable Care Act, it became clear that in some cases subsidies offered through state programs like Catamount and VHAP were more generous than what was to be available under the new federal law. That was a problem for Vermonters. All of a sudden we were faced with the very real prospect that the federal Affordable Care Act would actually make care less affordable for many middle-class Vermonters.
Vermont had a choice: Accept the subsidies available through the federal exchange and let insurance costs for many Vermonters increase, or set up our own state-based exchange and offer additional state subsidies to keep insurance costs from rising. There being no way to offer additional state subsidies through the federal exchange, the only option was to set up a state-based exchange.
That wasnt a small decision for Vermonters. Had Vermont gone with the federal exchange, Vermonters would have seen an added $1.85 million in insurance costs in 2014 alone.
On the individual level thats real money. A Vermonter making $34,000 per year would have seen additional insurance costs of more than $500 in 2014. A Vermont family with a combined income of $70,000 per year would have seen an additional expense of over $1,000 per year. Its up to the critics of our decision to go with a state-based exchange to explain why imposing those additional insurance expenses on Vermonters would have been a prudent course of action.
The rollout of Obamacare was rocky throughout the country, and Vermont was not immune. It may be good politics for individuals to argue that Vermont should have gone with the federal exchange, but it would have been extremely bad policy that would have cost hard-working Vermonters lots of money.
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On March 24, 2011, Senate Bill 78 was enacted creating a new Part 2.5 of the Public Contract Code (PCC) designated the California Judicial Branch Contract Law (JBCL). With certain exceptions, the JBCL requires that superior and appellate courts, the Judicial Council, the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), and the Habeas Corpus Resource Center comply with provisions of the PCC that are applicable to state agencies and departments related to the procurement of goods and services.
PCC 19206 of the JBCL requires the Judicial Council to adopt and publish a Judicial Branch Contracting Manual incorporating procurement and contracting policies and procedures that these judicial branch entities must follow. On August 26, 2011, the Judicial Council adopted the Judicial Branch Contracting Manual (Manual) to comply with PCC 19206. The effective date of this Manual is October 1, 2011.
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Under PCC 19204(a), any JBE contract with a total cost estimated at more than $1 million is subject to the review and recommendations of the Bureau of State Audits (BSA) to ensure compliance with the California Judicial Branch Contract Law. Each JBE must notify the State Auditor, in writing, of the existence of any such contract within 10 court days of entering into the contract. The date of "entering into the contract" is the date on which the contract is fully executed by all parties. BSA has set up the following electronic mailbox for JBEs to provide notice to the State Auditor of contracts with a total cost estimated at more than $1 million: email@example.com. (Exempted from this requirement are administrative or infrastructure IT projects with total costs estimated at more than $5 million which are subject to reviews and recommendations as specified in GC 68511.9 and do not need to be reported to BSA under PCC 19204(a)).
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- In this paper continuity theorems are established for the number of losses during a busy period of the M/M/1/n queue. We consider an M/GI/1/n queueing system where the service time probability distribution, slightly different in a certain sense from the exponential distribution, is approximated by that exponential distribution. Continuity theorems are obtained in the form of one or two-sided stochastic inequalities. The paper shows how the bounds of these inequalities are changed if further assumptions, associated with specific properties of the service time distribution (precisely described in the paper), are made. Specifically, some parametric families of service time distributions are discussed, and the paper establishes uniform estimates (given for all possible values of the parameter) and local estimates (where the parameter is fixed and takes only the given value). The analysis of the paper is based on the level crossing approach and some characterization properties of the exponential distribution.
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Dr. Anderson's recent book, Canadian Liberalism and the Politics of Border Control, 1867-1967, was recently reviewed in the scholarly journal, B.C. Studies, by one of Canada's preeminent Canadian politics scholars, Reg Whitaker.
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"Anderson is at his best in depicting the interactive dynamics of this contest, and how the apparent ascendancy of one discourse spawns contradictions that reconfigure the policy field. For instance, Liberal Nationalist controls breed more controls until Liberal Internationalism inevitably reasserts itself through judicial intervention or aroused public opinion. Conversely, heavier emphasis on the rights of non-citizens breeds Liberal Nationalist counterattacks to reassert national sovereignty. Anderson offers a guide that stands outside the day-to-day ideological fray, which is a very useful contribution .... [B]y reaching for and largely achieving big picture analytical clarity, the author has made a major contribution to Canadian immigration studies."
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Caper in the CaribbeanMarch 27,2013Cabbages and Kings is a book thats about as close as the short story writer O. Henry came to producing a full-length novel. There are a series of episodes, but they hang together around a central theme. It was first published in 1904 and was very popular.
The scene is the city of Coralio, on the Caribbean coast of a Central American country called The Republic of Anchuria. Theres a resemblance to Honduras, a country which O. Henry visited as William Sidney Porter, when he was temporarily avoiding indictment for bank embezzlement in Texas.
A central character is Frank Goodwin, an entrepreneur member of the Outs, a party that is trying to replace the Ins. He gets a message from the nations capital, coded in slang, that the president of the republic has decamped with his mistress and a valise containing money from the nations treasury. Goodwin is warned to keep an eye out for him and confiscate the money.
Also as part of the plot is the fact that the president of the Republic Insurance Co. in New York has embezzled a large sum from the company and has left with his daughter for Anchuria, which has no extradition treaty with the United States. The company sends a detective aboard the company yacht to try to bring him back.
Goodwin learns that a man and woman have checked into Coralios main hotel. He confronts them. saying to the man: You are the president of the republic, and the money in that valise belongs to the republic. The man sighs, steps into the next room, and blows his brains out. Goodwin soon learns that the man is from the insurance company, realizes that the money in the valise is not from the national treasury, and throws the valise out the window into a neighboring orange grove, so it wont be seized by the authorities.
Meanwhile the detective has arrived on the spot by yacht, and sees a man and woman enter a house on the beach. He says to the man: Are you the president of the Republic? The man admits it, in a rather Hispanic accent, whereupon the detective arrests them and takes them triumphantly back to New York. When the insurance company directors declare that hes President Miraflores of the Republic of Anchuria, they give him back his money, apologize for the inconvenience and fire the detective for incompetence.
The suicide victim, meanwhile, is so disfigured that Goodwin is able to claim its Miraflores and buries him with a headstone proclaiming that name. He also, incidentally, marries the daughter.
In the book the two incidents are widely separated. The incidents that intervene contain some typical O. Henry verve. There is a derelict beachcomber who has seen Goodwin throw the valise out the hotel window. But when Goodwin buys him a drink, the beachcomber cant continue his plot, saying: A gentleman doesnt blackmail a man he drinks with.
But later he succeeds in blackmailing Goodwin, who not only gives him money, but also a shave, a new set of clothes and passage on a freighter taking a cargo of fruit to New York, plus a farewell glass of rum. The man eyes the glass hungrily, but turns away, muttering: A gentleman doesnt drink with the man he blackmails.
The scene shifts to Alabama, where a young man named John DeG. Atwood, son of a prominent judge, is turned down by his girlfriend. O. Henry continues typically: Among other accidents that year was a Democratic president. Judge Atwood was a warhorse of Democracy. Johnny persuaded him to set the wheels moving for some foreign appointment. As a result, Johnny is named U.S. consul in Coralio. One of the first things he does is establish himself in a hammock in the consulate office. Two former consuls come to acquaint him with his duties.
Its all right, said Johnny from the hammock. If anything turns up that has to be done Ill let you fellows do it. You cant expect a Democrat to work during his first term of holding office.
Whereupon one of the others says admiringly: This man was born to hold office. He penetrates to the root of the art. The true genius of government in every word of his speech.
The story includes a coup engineered by the Vesuvius Fruit Co., which wants to eliminate a special tax on bananas. The author approaches the Latino inhabitants with a generally sympathetic condescension, but spends most of the time describing the few white inhabitants. Johnny Atwood gets his girlfriend back, but only after a series of madcap adventures that take up several chapters.
The books title comes from the Lewis Carroll poem The Walrus and the Carpenter, in Through the Looking Glass.
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(Bluefield)—Bluefield State College students Erin Jones, Jennifer Johnson, Stanley Morin, Sasha Morin, and Christina Sargent and faculty members Dr. David Haus and Dr. Tesfaye Belay represented the College at the 10th annual IDeA Network Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) of West Virginia at Marshall University, July 27-28.
The biomedical research of the five Bluefield State College students was featured during the poster sessions at the symposium. At the meeting, the students exchanged information with other microbiologists and gained insight across a variety of scientific disciplines. "The symposium gave our students an opportunity to interact with other outstanding undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate students who share their interest in the sciences," Dr. Belay observed.
During the symposium, Dr. Haus, Dean of the BSC School of Arts and Sciences, joined the WV-INBRE Steering Committee as a senior administrative official from the College. The WV-INBRE Steering Committee is composed, in part, of the major primary undergraduate institutions' (PUI) research award project investigators. Dr. Belay, BSC's project investigator of the WV-INBRE grant and the students' mentor, presented a seminar on his research progress, student involvement, and milestone achievements of research at the College.
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You may know Pete Rosos as 2812 Photography; you will almost certainly have seen many of his photographs on Berkeleyside, including his wonderful Snapshot series, in which he takes the pulse of some of the most interesting, not necessarily high-profile, people of Berkeley, accompanied by gorgeous photographic portraits. Last weekend, Rosos embarked on an interesting Berkeley scavenger hunt orchestrated by Looking Glass Photo. He picks up the story:
It didn't come as much surprise to me when my daughter of 10 started jumping for joy after I asked her whether or not she'd like to join me on a little scavenger hunt. What did raise my eyebrows was her reaction when I told her that it was a photo scavenger hunt. She has never really expressed much of an interest in photography before but, after explaining the details of the hunt, she was bounding across the house to ask her mother if she could borrow her digital camera. I had found out just a couple of days before that Looking Glass Photo was putting together the hunt to help drum up attention for Small Business Saturday. … Continue reading »


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Skip to comments.Sales of Guns Soar in U.S. as Nation Weighs Tougher Limits
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As Washington focuses on what Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will propose next week to curb gun violence, gun and ammunition sales are spiking in the rest of the country as people rush to expand their arsenals in advance of any restrictions that might be imposed.
People were crowded five deep at the tiny counter of a gun shop near Atlanta, where a pastor from Knoxville, Tenn., was among the customers who showed up in person after the stores Web site halted sales because of low inventory. Emptying gun cases and bare shelves gave a picked-over feel to gun stores in many states. High-capacity magazines, which some state and federal officials want to ban or restrict, were selling briskly across the country: one Iowa dealer said that 30-round magazines were fetching five times what they sold for just weeks ago.
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At a gun store in Casper, Wyo., late last month, a wall that typically displays about 25 military-style rifles was almost bare.
Can't believe no one has snapped up that M1A1.
The price on those is through the roof.
I'd love one but not for $2000+.
Here in Texas, the week before Christmas it was so bad that the EBR wall was empty and they took to putting out old Mosin Nagants,Enfields and really rough Chinese SKS's just so the walls would not be bare.
I just got off the phone with a friend who's at a gun show in Ventura, CA. He says it's packed and the ammo vendors are getting mobbed.
Good goin' DiFi! Good goin' 0bama! Now that's some economic stimulus I can get behind!
Looks like a Mini-14 or Mini-30, of course they use the same action.
I was lucky this morning and able to pick up 2,000 primers this morning along with .223 and .22LR.
Try as the socialists will, they will never take our hunting, self-defense, anti-tyrannical weapons from us. There are just too many and they can't muster the forces to confiscate them all.
They can try their incremental approach as they do and have succeeded for many of their socialist anti-liberty causes over the years. Sen. Feinstein and others can forward their most radical legislation, but they have already loss with so many guns, mags, and ammo flying off the shelves since Obambi soiled our White House. Sales have increased some 3 fold since he was re-elected and just after the horrific Newtown massacre. People learn.
I read every day about those who have never had a firearm going out to buy them. I also read about the numerous people applying for CCW permits. I also see the various States relaxing their laws for the above. The FBI had to shut down their system some days back because of all the legit buyers requesting background checks.
There is no going back. Pass any law they want, other than some wimps, few are going to give up their weapons. And just what is the DOJ going to about that? Without the assistance of the Military or National Guard, there is NO way they can enforce it.
We are secure in right to self-defense. It's not going to change. We are the original freedom-loving people and we got there with our guns.
Last thought for the socialist controllers: If ALL guns were outlawed tomorrow and even All confiscated, do they not understand there would be an under-ground market for guns...much like drugs which continue to flood our nations? Yes, DU dummies, that would happen. They would flow in from Mexico and other countries. The bad guys would still have access to guns.
I don't think it could be done with that.
A simple question must be asked: Would people be buying all of these weapons if they truly trusted their government?
And a corollary to that is are they buying all of these weapons only to hand them over?
For the first time, I am hearing people talking about the REAL meaning of the 2A, and that is a good thing. The 2A was NEVER about hunting or sporting purposes; it was and is about preventing tyranny Judge Andrew Napolitano (one of my favorites) recently had a column entitled "The right to shoot tyrants, not deer".
The right to shoot tyrants, not deer
I was at my small local shop this morning. I was there about 30 minutes after opening and there where already 6 guys there. Pistol ammo of the 9mm, 40cal and 45 ACP were gone except for one box of 45ACP for $46. His modern rifle selections where 2/3rds gone. There where some magazines left.
While there one of the guys behind the counter was worried that the government after failing to control guns and ammo would go after primer manufacturers. Looks like you are ahead of the game.
If liberals think they can confiscate 300 million guns, they should think rounding up 12 million illegals is a piece of cake.
But that logic will not stop Liberals or Obama from trying Amnesty next.
It is shocking that the American masses are clamoring for the Gov to take away their rights and in the next breath they will demand rights for non citizens.
It is madness.
Interesting to watch from a psychological point of view, but quite frightening.
While we cherish our freedom, I have long held the view that most men are pack animals.
While checking out this morning, the guy in front of me had just come from the gun show in Lebanon, PA. He said that before the doors opened, there were 1,000 people waiting to get in!
Get a CHL.
No more NICS checks.
Just fill out the 4473 and pay.
Look at the flasn hider and the gas system and one can till ins not a ruger product.
What do they mean by this?
The "nation" is not doing anything. The law abiding are still the law abiding. They didn't do anything wrong.
It's the corrupt government ruling class who desire to use criminal activity as an excuse to disarm the American people and repeal the 2nd Amendment.
My friend was at the gun show at the IX center in Cleveland, Ohio this morning. He got there early and said the place was absolutely packed, wall to wall people. He said that deals were taking place like crazy, inside the show and out in the lot (personal sales, friend to friend). I'm guessing that it's like that all over.
If all current to date firearms, ammo and mags are "grandfathtered" with no new sales, I think we'd have an uneasy peace for a while.
We have enough stocks on hand to last for decades. Mags don't wear out quick. Ammo lasts.
But if they criminalize any legal 2012 guns, ammo or mags, all bets are off. Many will not register, and will not turn them in, period.
Looks more like a Springfield Armory M1A with the NM stainless barrel. Saw one this morning for $2,000 +.
Sheer madness! And I don't mean the buyers. I mean Dear Leader & Il Duce Cuomo among others.
I just checked some sites - sks's are going for 800+
Other than the "accountability" part, this is a stupid remark from a gun owner about mental patients and facilities. I dare any psychiatrist or therapist to predict any of their patients will go ballistic. They can't do it. Psychiatry is not an exact science. People will go over the edge when not expected, while seeing their therapist because his parents are not the Cleavers or because he got picked on at school.
Yes, there are some indicators for some, but how to tell the difference between anti-social behavior and potential psychotics is a judgement call, which again means in-exact science. The potential crazies will ALWAYS be out there, not to mention Jihadists and other religous/political motivated crazies.
That's why everyone should be armed around mass gatherings like schools, malls, arenas, etc. I really don't have a problem with armed guards in schools, malls, arenas, et al, as the liberals cry about.
The world is going nuts. I say, let's arm ourselves against those nuts and minimize their damage when we get the chance. 2 to body mass; 1 to the head.
This sounds dumb, it may be on here somewhere, but what is a CHL?
I don't think that covers it. More like wtf for sure.
I saw an M1 Gerand for sale in my local store for $1,500.00 brand new, but that was a week ago.
It was a beautiful rifle.
Concealed handgun license.
You will be fingerprinted and photographed, but there are no more background checks after that.
They know who you are.
No need to hassle you every time you buy a gun.
I hesitated to do it but they already knew who I was from the military so what the hell?
I'm using my oldest ammo first. I've been shooting re-loads from 1980. They are accurate, consistent and no failures.
I can't wait to go to Cabela's this summer, I already have my first pistol picked out....A lavender beauty (:
Ya think, Pinch? Back orders for 30rd MagPul AR mags is over one million now. Just picturing a million brand new magazines filled with 30 million brand new cartridges makes me feels safer. :-)
There is not a semi-auto in any of the gun stores in town, except for a consignment AR, vastly over priced! Ammo, forget it.
Yup, makes me feel more secure. Oh noes, did I say "feel" like a liberal would say? Now I know I've lost my old mind. Har!
I was in a local gun store/pawn shop (Seattle suburb) several weeks ago. The only high capacity AR style weapons they had were in .22. A few days ago I was there and they had most of the wall filled up again with .223 and .308. A Bushmaster in .223 with no frills was about $2100 iirc. A S&W .223 no frills was ~ $1700. (I was looking for a .22 cheap plinker).
Agreed. Of course it was never about hunting. I just included that in my rant. The 2A has always been about self-defense against tyranny in the plainest terms. I could quote numerous statements, publications, personal diaries, correspondence between our Founding Fathers, but it be one of those long lists of URL's we all get tired of seeing.
A Magpul rep told my local store that three years of production already in the supply stream has been sold. He said if the government allows new production, expect prices to double.
Of course, at a street price of about $15-20, Magpul has always been a steal, and will remain so, even if prices double. Meanwhile, the government will destroy a few million Magpuls bought by our troops with their own money, because they value that magazine over the GI stuff.
While everybody else was buying up the few remaining guns (mostly "defensive shotguns") and ammo, I decided to stock up on brand-name handgun mags at current prices. While I usually buy extra good magazines for my handguns when I see them on sale, I figured this was a golden opportunity to buy them at current sane prices. Even if I have plenty already, at least I won't be kicking myself for missing the chance of buying more at the normal price.
Magpul's warning that they will double their prices if the government allows them to stay in business will be the SOP for other companies, too.
It was the best of times...
... vastly over priced! Ammo, forget it.
... it was the worst of times. ;^)
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"If all current to date firearms,ammo and mags are grandfathtered with no new sales,I think wed have an uneasy peace for a while.
We have enough stocks on hand to last for decades. Mags dont wear out quick. Ammo lasts.
But if they criminalize any legal 2012 guns,ammo or mags,all bets are off. Many will not register, and will not turn them in,period."
What about something which was purchased/took possession of during the first 11 days of 2013?
As an herbalist and purveyor of old home remedies I know just what to do. Get out to the range, crack a vial of gunsmoke under your nose and inhale deeply. Your head will clear right up.
People are just ignoring these senseless laws. They want protection from either the zombies (riots), the crazies (mass shootings) or their own government. I never thought I'd see so many anti-gun folks actually purchasing arms.
So agree. Few are going to adhere to a "grandfather" clause. The weapons are out there and few are going to relinquish. Makes me laugh every time I read about "buyback" programs and they get some 500 crappy POS's, like that is going to make a difference in the inner cities. Sure all the gang members were in line to turn in their Glocks.
Los Angeles was recently bragging about getting a rocket launcher (RPG), their words, in their "buyback". Turned out to be an old rusty mortar launcher that you couldn't pour enough water through to choke a lizard. Idiots, all.
I am encouraged that the populace is waking up. Unfortunately, it took too many massacres to get them off their American Idol rears. However, I say, "Welcome to the party, pal".
I don't really need much but I was thinking about getting some mags and other things that aren't the focus of this buying spree too. As far as what I want a Saiga 12 ga would really hit the spot but I don't think any are available right now and the prices are outrageous. These cur dog pols have accomplished raising prices through the roof without enacting a single law. Temporarily anyway.
Them too, but for clarity, it's easy to use the turn of the year to our advantage. 2012 legal....always legal. The early days of Jan also, but it gets more ambiguous, exp. if Obama does an EO next week to ban transfer of semi-autos. (That's the rumor.)
But for sure, legal in 2012, legal forever. Hang onto that dichotomy. Lots of crazy EOs and "laws" will come out in 2013, and "who struck John" will get confusing, depending on when, where and how something was purchased.
But for sure, legal in 2012, legal forever.
Me: "When did you buy it?"
Seller: "In '02."
Me: "And you sold it to me in '04!?!"
Seller: "Right."
I highly doubt he's going to try for an EO to do anything.
He may be a totalitarian, but he's not stupid. That's why he appointed dipshit Biden to oversee some worthless committee. Bambi is covering his ass while trying to look authoritative. He's a Chicago thug and knows there is nothing he can do about our American gun culture, especially after the recent USSC ruling. Ironic that part of his legacy will be as the greatest gun salesman of all time.
I could be wrong and he can try, but I think that is one EO that will be over-ruled by Congress. If not, we'll all just ignore it, like he/they ignore the Constitution.
It's just a rumor tossed over my transom. But we sure do live in "interesting times," eh?
Which means a HUGE load is on our shoulders.
We must NOT be the generation that dropped Liberty's torch!
I don't know about the "destroying" part, but you can bet the goobermint won't sell them on the surplus market. They will probably be stored in big fenced-in piles for 20-30 years first. Same thing as the "Korean" Garands the congress ordered brought back to the US for sale to civilians. Seen any action on that yet? :(
DoD tried about a year ago for a voluntary turn-in of Pmags by the troops, which was mocked. Now they say slight dimensional problems with a new experimental USMC machine gun means all Pmags must be surrendered. Never mind that Magpul has already been shipping the Pmag V3 to fix that very problem.
Magpul wants to keep millions of troops and civilians happy. DoD just needs to keep a couple of big contractors of aluminum magazines happy.
New aluminum mags seem okay, but after a few years of heavy use, are no longer seen as trustworthy. Pmags seem to go on forever, and if one goes bad, it's pretty obvious, because it's broken into pieces. No guessing about the feed lips remaining in the proper shape, or if there are subtle dents in the aluminum body.
Really? Guess you're forgetting about Clinton's retro-active tax back to the beginning of the year. That set a precedence back when and I would surmise that Bambi's lawyers are looking at that. However, like I said above, I really don't think he would use an EO. He doesn't have the balls. Even the Chicago Mafia knew when not to push too far.
Biden is running point for Bambi and he is a joke. Have you seen any of his meetings with various pro and con gun people the last days? He's shucking and jiving and laughing while enjoying the center of attention.
I sincerely believe nothing will come of all this talk. However, more reasoned discourse is happening regarding school guards. I agree with that, but believe they should be clandestine (non-uniform) like Air Marshalls. I also think the "Gun Free Zone" sign policies should be replaced with, "Armed Victim Free Zone - Attack At Your Peril" or something to that effect.
After earning my BSEE without recognition from anybody, excluding the wages in my new job, I went on to finish my Master's, which isn't likely to be advanced for various and sundry reasons.
Still, I felt that I deserved something for all of the work, and so blew $1000 on my M1A NM. Younger eyes are better, but that weapon put 10 rounds under a quarter at 100 yards over iron sights.
I still have it, as I do almost all of my weapons, although I did scope it.
And it'll be the weapon in my hands if I have to "go out".
1980 dollars, I grant you, but worth every dime.
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