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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/52315
- Title
- Fabricating atom chips with femtosecond laser ablation
- Author(s)
- Wolff, C. H.; Whitlock, S.; Lowe, R. M.; Sidorov, A. I.; Hall, B. V.
- Abstract
- We report on the microfabrication of atom chips using a femtosecond laser ablation technique to arbitrarily sculpture both thin conductive metal films and permanent magnetic materials. We have measured the threshold fluences for a variety of materials relevant to atom chip development (Au, Ag, Cu, Cr, Ni, TbGdFeCo, SmCo, CoCr). The quality of the ablation process is investigated by extracting the power spectral density of the edge roughness from composite scanning electron microscope images and through the use of a magnetoresistance microscope to measure the associated magnetic field noise. Finally, we present results from a sculptured wire which produces an array of tunable double wells designed for near-surface force sensing with Bose-Einstein condensates.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy
- Source
- Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol. 42, no. 8 (Apr 2009)
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
- Keyword(s)
- Atom chips; Bose-Einstein condensation; Femtosecond laser ablation; Metals; Microfabrication; Optics
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- 0953-4075
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.
- Peer reviewed


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#192 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/20/2012) [-]
making my social rounds again, just checking in on everyone. hows it been?
#213 to #192 - mllerayael
Reply(11/23/2012) [-]
see i onl heard about black friday this year what the heck is that? i swear black friday is the last friday before easter when jesus died??
#214 to #213 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/23/2012) [-]
I don't know the origins, but what I do know is people go crazy for deals Thayer maybe a couple dollars different from the regular price.
#215 to #214 - mllerayael
Reply(11/23/2012) [-]
I suppose kind of like the january sales here that`s just one month of epicness lol
#216 to #215 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/23/2012) [-]
Haha its not even a month. It's just one day. And people are literally trampled to death. No lie, like 5 people died last year because they got trampled, 2 were employees.
#217 to #216 - mllerayael
Reply(11/23/2012) [-]
holy **** that is messed up no offense but some crazy **** happens in america D:
#218 to #217 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/23/2012) [-]
trust me, i know. hahaha
#219 to #218 - mllerayael
Reply(11/24/2012) [-]
you may have already told me this but i have a remarkably **** memory where abouts in america are you from again ? for some reason i want to say masachausettes ( no idea how to spell it lol)?
#220 to #219 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/24/2012) [-]
Yep, Massachusetts.
#221 to #220 - mllerayael
Reply(11/24/2012) [-]
woohoo i got it XD well nearly :)
#222 to #221 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/24/2012) [-]
Haha close enough.
#193 to #192 - mllerayael
Reply(11/20/2012) [-]
hey :) not bad yourself?
#194 to #193 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/20/2012) [-]
eh ive been ok. ive had some ups and downs but overall im pretty happy.
#195 to #194 - mllerayael
Reply(11/20/2012) [-]
well thats what matters :)
#196 to #195 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/21/2012) [-]
yep :) so tell me about yourself. we barely know eachother.
#197 to #196 - mllerayael
Reply(11/21/2012) [-]
lemme see...I live in scotland, i`m a 2nd year psychology student and i`m 20 :) and i have the most ****** up sleeping pattern ever which allows me to spend a ridiculous amount of time on funnyjunk lol I never know what to put when someone says "tell me about yourself" its as though, immediately my brain sorts my entie life into three categories "safe" "to much info" and "will come off as a complete tit" lol how about you?
#198 to #197 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/21/2012) [-]
live in massachusetts, sophomore(10th grade in case you have a different system. which you probably do, we like to be different) in high school, and i sleep like the dead unless im playing xbox. i dont do **** so its pretty easy to sum up my life hahaha.
#199 to #198 - mllerayael
Reply(11/21/2012) [-]
i have no idea what tenth grade is lol i think your high school is our secondary school (i'm pretty sure) but after that i have no clue cause we go from 1st year to 6th year instead of whatever grade to whichever grade. although when i say second year its at uni not secondary, i would have to be some kind of special to still be in a 12 year old class when i`m 20 lol
#200 to #199 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/21/2012) [-]
well im 16. so i guess you can guess from there.
#201 to #200 - mllerayael
Reply(11/21/2012) [-]
wait yous start school at six?
#202 to #201 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/21/2012) [-]
we start 1st grade at then. before that we have kindergarten and sometimes before that preschool. kindergarten is at age 5 and preschool is from age 2-4.
#203 to #202 - mllerayael
Reply(11/21/2012) [-]
thats so strange (to me) before secondary here you have primary (4/5 to 10 years old) and before that nursery 6months/3 to aged 4
#204 to #203 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/21/2012) [-]
Haha like I said, we like to be different. Since were still a pretty new country(we've been around for only about 250ish years, mind you) I guess we have a mentality we need to be better and revolutionary than everywhere. Sometimes we succeed, other times we fail. A lot. But hey, I can't do much now hahaha. I still have no idea how to pronounce your fj name lol.
#205 to #204 - mllerayael
Reply(11/22/2012) [-]
mlle is to madamoiselle, what mrs is to mistress and rayael is just ray-a-l tada lol God knows if either system is better i dont really understand how they came up with either lol i mean at what point did they think we desperately needed to know how to dissect a ducks heart??
#206 to #205 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/22/2012) [-]
Haha true. I haven't dissected anything yet, probably gonna within the next few months.
#207 to #206 - mllerayael
Reply(11/22/2012) [-]
as long as its not right before or after lunch its be fine if it is theres always that one person lol
#208 to #207 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/22/2012) [-]
Hahaha I have a good stomach, I'd probs be able to eat
#209 to #208 - mllerayael
Reply(11/22/2012) [-]
lucky git lol
#210 to #209 - samxdaxman
Reply(11/22/2012) [-]
hahaha. speaking of eating, today is the day we americans celebrate coming into someone elses home, eating their stuff, killing most of them and kicking the rest out. thats right, ITS THANKSGIVING! hahaha
#211 to #210 - mllerayael
Reply(11/22/2012) [-]
really? happy thanksgiving then :) i always wondered when it was i mean thanx to tv i had a rough idea but nothing concrete :)
#212 to #211 - samxdaxman(11/22/2012) [-]
basically we eat, take a ****, sleep and then watch american football :P. oh, and then trample people for deals the next day on black friday. hahaha

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So I have been doing all the right things including pumping every two hours etc. But the lo still will not latch unless its with a sheild. So I'm wondering if this ok can I still get stimulation from this because he is still geting milk and skin to ski? As for pumping I have had no increase in a week.
The other day I started hand expressing just for about five minutes on each side and I am squirting out milk (should be getting an ounce or so)!
So basically can I hand express to get to the point where I can start getting results from pumping? Is it still good stimulation? What about putting heat on my breasts for extra stimulation? And is using the sheild going to make me produce more milk?
I got a sling and I'm just going topless with my lo attched to me all day and taking baths with him because he just screams at the breast. The reglan just had horrible side effects and I just want him back to the boob!
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Written by Dane Train on 04.07.2008 at 19:15
Great pictures man. Looking at them this whole concert should be subtitled "We hate Jesus...except for Helloween...go figure...but then again Kai isn't with them anymore so maybe they do hate Jesus."
Written by FreakyMarge on 04.07.2008 at 23:42
Hi Baz! You took some veryyyy good pics! And it's nice to read your feeling about taking those, I completely agree with you. I consider myself to be so lucky to have had this perfect occasion to begin to take concert pics. See you there next year, right into the pit of HELL
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Written by Berfones on 27.11.2008 at 10:17
So many B.C.Rich guitars...
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Training in Burkina Faso
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|Pre-service training will probably be the most intense period of your Peace Corps service, as you will need to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to successfully serve as a Volunteer in just 10 weeks. While the training period will be extremely busy, it should also be a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. The effort and challenges of adapting to a new culture will draw on your reserves of patience and humor but will be handsomely rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends.
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Training is an essential part of Peace Corps service. The goal of the training program is to give you the skills and information you need to live and work effectively in Burkina Faso. In doing that, we build upon the experiences and expertise you bring to the Peace Corps. We anticipate that you will approach training with an open mind, a desire to learn, and a willingness to become involved. Trainees officially become Volunteers only after successful completion of training.
You will receive training and orientation in components of language, cross-culture, development issues, health, safety and safety, and technical skills pertinent to your specific assignment. Training combines some structured classroom study, independent study, and hands-on experiences. The skills you learn will serve as the foundation upon which you build your experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
During the first several days of training, you will stay at a training center or hotel in the capital. After this orientation period, you will move to Ouahigouya, a regional capital north of Ouagadougou. Trainees will be placed in clusters of four to five people along with a language and cross-culture facilitator. Health and girls' education clusters will be located in villages a short distance from Ouahigouya. Clusters of small enterprise development and secondary education trainees will most likely be based in Ouahigouya.
Trainees will be assigned to a host family where they will live for the duration of pre-service training. The host family experience, which Volunteers in Burkina Faso consider one of the most critical elements of training, allows you to gain hands-on experience in some of the new skills you are expected to acquire. Most Volunteers remain in close contact with their host families throughout their service.
At the beginning of training, the training staff will outline the goals that each trainee has to achieve before becoming a Volunteer and the criteria that will be used to assess progress toward those goals. The training director, along with the language, technical, and cross-cultural trainers, will work with you toward the highest possible achievement of training goals by providing you with feedback throughout training. After successful completion of pre-service training, you will be sworn-in as a Volunteer and make final preparations to depart for your site.
Depending on your sector, your initial period of training will be either 9 or 11 weeks. Those with the shorter period of pre-service training will have specific assignments to do during their first few months at site and then will attend a longer in-service training.
Technical Training
Technical training will prepare you to work in Burkina Faso by building on the skills you already have and by helping you develop new skills in a manner appropriate to the needs of the country. Peace Corps staff, Burkinabé experts, and current Volunteers will conduct the training program. Training places great emphasis on learning how to transfer the skills you have to the community in which you will serve as a Volunteer.
Technical training will include sessions on the general economic, social, and political environment in Burkina Faso and strategies for working within such a framework. You will review your technical sector's goals and will meet with the Burkinabé agencies and organizations that invited the Peace Corps to assist them. You will be supported and evaluated throughout the training to build the confidence and skills you need to undertake your project activities and be a productive member of your community.
Training will involve a number of practical, "hands-on" experiences. For education Volunteers this includes experience teaching in a model school.
Language Training
As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will find that language skills are the key to personal and professional satisfaction during your service. These skills are critical to your job performance, they help you integrate into your host community, and they can ease your personal adaptation to the new surroundings. Therefore, language training is the heart of the training program, and you must successfully meet minimum language requirements to complete training and become a Volunteer. Experienced Burkinabé language instructors teach formal language classes five to six days a week in small groups of four to five people. Secondary education and SED trainees initially focus on French, studying a local language after they have achieved the required level of French. Health and girls' education trainees may start local language study even earlier in pre-service training.
Your language training will incorporate a community-based approach. In addition to classroom time, you will be given assignments to work on outside of the classroom and with your host family. The goal is to get you to a point of basic social communication skills so that you can practice and develop language skills further on your own. Prior to being sworn in as a Volunteer, you will work on strategies to continue language studies during your service.
Cross-Cultural Training
As part of your pre-service training, you will live with a Burkinabé host family. This experience is designed to ease your transition to life at your site. Families go through an orientation conducted by Peace Corps staff to explain the purpose of pre-service training and to assist them in helping you adapt to living in Burkina Faso. Many Volunteers form strong and lasting friendships with their host families.
Cross-cultural and community development training will help you improve your communication skills and understand your role as a facilitator of development. You will be exposed to topics such as community mobilization, conflict resolution, gender and development, nonformal and adult education strategies, and political structures.
Health Training
During pre-service training, you will be given basic medical training and information. You will be expected to practice preventive healthcare and to take responsibility for your own health by adhering to all medical policies. Trainees are required to attend all medical sessions. The topics include preventive health measures and minor and major medical issues that you might encounter while in Burkina Faso. Nutrition, mental health, safety and security, setting up a safe living compound, and how to avoid HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are also covered.
Safety and Security Training
During the safety training sessions, you will learn how to adopt a lifestyle that reduces your risks at home, at work, and during your travels. You will also learn appropriate, effective strategies for coping with unwanted attention and about your individual responsibility for promoting safety throughout your service.
Additional Trainings During Volunteer Service
In its commitment to institutionalize quality training, the Peace Corps has implemented a training system that provides Volunteers with continual opportunities to reinforce their commitment to Peace Corps service while increasing their technical and cross-cultural skills. The titles and objectives for those trainings are as follows:
- In-service training: Provides opportunities for Volunteers to upgrade their technical, language, and project development skills while sharing their experiences and reaffirming their commitment after having served for three to six months.
- Close-of-service conference: Prepares Volunteers for the future after Peace Corps service and reviews their respective projects and personal experiences.
The number, length, and design of these trainings are adapted to country-specific needs and conditions. The key to the training system is that training events are integrated and interrelated, from the pre-departure orientation through the end of your service, and are planned, implemented, and evaluated cooperatively by the training staff, Peace Corps staff, and Volunteers.


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Rockies Take Game One, I Miss The Fun
Here was my view of the first pitch of the first home game at Coors Field in 2010.
In order to to be able to purchase opening day Rockies tickets you had to enter your email address into a drawing. My email was actually chosen but midway through the purchase I wanted to change the amount of tickets I was going to purchase and when I re-entered my "Special Code" it said the code was no good.
It upset me so I said "F'ck it"
Mistake, I should have been there. I felt it all day. Everyone at work was like "What are you doing here, shouldn't you be downtown?"
All I can say is it won't happen again, althought it seems the Rockies did just fine without me.
Excellent game one of this series. I loved the fact that Clint Barmes hits a three run homer in the first home game of 2010.
Clint has a knack for things like that.
I believe that's just a small sampling of what we'll see from Barmes this season.
Jorge De La Rosa was amazing. As long as he stays healthy he's gonna own the National League.
I'm getting my stuff together now, I'll be there tomorrow with Hunter,… Second row pavilion.
Smack dab in home run territory…Go Rockies
D..The Rockpile Ranter
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Missed you today, friend. It just didn't seem right that the RPR wasn't at Opening Day! It was a lot of fun and a great win. I wish we were going to be there the rest of the weekend!
Hey Don, if it makes you feel any better, the weather was horrible, the pitching was atrocious, and the hitting was absolutely pathetic.
Joy and Dan…Thanks :)…D
Hey D,
That's a drag that you couldn't make the Home Opener. I wish they would fine tune the ticket lottery. I came close to having the same thing happen to me when I got selected for post-season tickets. Tal about sweating bullets.
Got to chat with Greg Smith at Sunday's game. Really nice guy. Looking forward to good things from him.
Hopefully you and I will manage to go to the same game sometime this season.


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Praise for officials' support of casino development
Now that the Upstate New York Gaming Economic Development Act has been enacted, Senator John Bonacic, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Committee on Racing, Wagering and Gaming, deserves special recognition and praise. As a direct result of his leadership, the Catskills are in position to benefit from the positive economic impact and thousands of new jobs that we anticipate will result from the development and operation of our project.
We applaud Governor Cuomo's leadership and commitment to help revive the upstate economy through this legislation. We are appreciative that he and the state legislature have seized the opportunity to bring thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in investment to the region. We must also recognize the support of Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, who has tirelessly championed this effort, as well as Town of Thompson Supervisor Tony Cellini and the County of Sullivan IDA, all of whom have been supportive of our proposed project.
Empire Resorts and EPR Properties will continue with the efforts to bring a first-class destination resort casino to the site of the former Concord Resort in Sullivan County, New York. This legislation provides clarity and guidance that will enable us, EPR Properties and the Town of Thompson, to finalize our development plans, which have already been underway for two full years. In July, we expect to begin the process of preparing and filing with the Town of Thompson the paperwork necessary to begin site work.
Charlie Degliomini,
Executive Vice President, Empire Resorts
Monticello, NY


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Dehnert went 5-0 in the tournament, defeating Breedlove (Corpus Christi Carroll) in the finals, 6-3, 6-2.
"Dehnert played exceptionally well throughout the tournament, winning over 60 games and losing only 16," said coach John Kidd.
"Nobody took more than three games in any set from Eric."
Dehnert, seeded No. 8 in the tournament, easily defeated DeLaCruz (C.C. Ray), the number 1 seed in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 6-2. In the semifinals, played on Saturday, Dehnert defeated Ortiz (Flour Bluff ) 6-2, 6-2. In the championship match, Dehnert defeated the No. 2 seed, Breedlove from Carroll, 6-3, 6-2.
Other Trojan notables were Cori Moore, Graham Traylor and Tyler Stewart. Moore placed sixth in girls' singles, while Traylor and Stewart placed sixth in boys' doubles. Both parties went 3-2 in the tournament.
Also participating were Roberto Reyna and Colton Wren (doubles) and Cori Sparks and Samantha Ramon (doubles). Both doubles teams went 1-1 in the tournament.
The Trojans will travel to Kingsville on Friday to play in the Brahma Invitational.


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Data gaps hamper elderly-abuse review in Vt.By DAVE GRAM
The Associated Press | January 26,2013MONTPELIER Vermont has made big progress in clearing up a backlog of investigations into reports of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of the elderly and other vulnerable adults, according to both critics and defenders of the states Adult Protective Services system.
But theres concern among some lawmakers and advocates that the division of the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living may be clearing the backlog, in part, by being too selective in taking new cases.
And the departments commissioner acknowledged in an interview and in testimony to the House Human Services Committee that there are big gaps in the data used by lawmakers trying to measure the divisions performance.
The House Human Services Committee heard testimony Thursday that APS failed to intervene in a Bennington County case of an 89-year-old woman whose daughter was threatening to kill her.
Sandy Conrad, executive director of the Southwestern Vermont Area Agency on Aging, said repeated calls from her office to APS beginning at 1:13 p.m. on a Friday in November drew no response until the following Monday. After a cursory review, APS sent a letter to Conrads agency saying, The available evidence indicated that abuse, neglect or exploitation did not occur, she told the committee.
Despite appeals to more senior APS staff, theres been nothing to date that changes this decision, Conrad said. And that perpetrator still lives in that household and is still a threat to that situation.
The daughter wanted her mother to go to a nursing home, to get her out of the way because she wanted her partners mother to be able to come down and live with them, Conrad added.
Conrads organization is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the state 13 months ago alleging that cases of abuse, neglect and exploitation of elderly and disabled Vermonters were being allowed to languish for months before being investigated by APS.
She and Vermont Legal Aid lawyer Barbara Prine said the state had hired more investigators, created a financial fraud unit in the division and taken other steps to clear up the backlog.
But they said the division rejects far too many cases that should be investigated.
We feel like more and more calls are being screened out, even though weve got the investigators, Conrad said.
One result, she added, is that theres not a backlog and its all looking way better.
Prine said Vermont has one of the lowest rates in the country of cases being substantiated found credible by state investigators. Depending on how the rate is counted, Its either 7 percent or 14 percent, when the national average is 44 percent, Prine said. Theres no reason to believe that in Vermont we are abusing people at one-quarter the national average.
Susan Wehry, commissioner of the department that includes APS, told the committee that the division had made great strides in 2012.
Many in the community will agree that our investigators are not only doing a bang-up job of investigation but also in building the kinds of networks and communication, participation and local coalitions around elder justice to really improve the whole network of adult protective services, she said.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
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Melo droppin 42 and Amare wrecking in that game with 28...
Where the f*ck are those two at...
Hit Play Now
Broadway Bullies
Its time for STAT and Melo to step their games up, Tyson has been an animal this entire year, Melo has shown flashes but has yet to put it all together and STAT has been a mere shadow on the court. If we want the hardware we gotta leave it on the hardwood
Mobb Deep
"Mobb Deep" needs to keep up everything they have built, play hard and play smart. If our 2nd Unit can maintain their recent success there is not a team that can match our depth and versatility. D'Antoni has said he will lean on them so they better respond
Jeremy Lin vs Rajon Rondo
I think the winner of this battle will lead his team to the victory. If Lin can keep Rondo out of the paint and beat him off the dribble on O then the Knicks should be fine.If Rondo can disrupt Lin's game and penetrate at will then that spells trouble for the Knicks
Never Forget
BUT We Had Our Moments Too
And Remember This Is Where "It" Started
Stand Up #KnicksNation
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Melo droppin 42 and Amare wrecking in that game with 28...
Where the f*ck are those two at...
nice thread & a$$shaker
we need to mop the floor with the celtics, Melo brings his A game every time vs the celtics.
i dont want to see stat settling for jumpers, he needs to be agressive and attack the basket and try and get to the foul line.
We need this Win celtics are 18-17 we are 18-18 a win over them puts us back in the 7th spot
Get 'em, Amar'e. You can do it.
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This is a meaningful game and I look forward to it. We have had an opportunity to practice and should be well rested. I believe we can dominate Boston now. If we do not, I will be both disappointed and surprised.
Nice thread but you forgot about Jeffries in Mobb Deep
Now tttttttthat's an ASS. Dam chief you got me stuttering. LOL...
Would be real nice to win this one. I'm just waiting for that game when Amare shows us he's still there and can still do all the things he used to...not getting my hopes up, but maybe that's tomorrow.
Nice Thread with real Knicks music.....
This will be Lin's biggest challenge (bigger than Miami)....I hate mentioning the truth, but Rondo/Ray/and point-foward Peirce has been the best trio backcourt in the NBA since winning their championship. So dont anyone clam on Lin's game b/c the Celtics game-plan will be focus on Lin-Sanity....not Stat or Melo
Great GT OP!!!!
But plese add Jeffries to Mobb Deep.


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At a recent meeting of the National Health IT Policy Committee, the CEO of a large electronic health records (EHR) corporation said technology for "data segmentation"—which ensures patients control who sees and uses sensitive data—is something "vendors don't know how to do." But that simply isn't true. Vendors do know how to build that kind of technology, in fact it already exists.
At the same meeting, the National Coordinator for Health IT recognized the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for their "demonstration of technology developed for data segmentation and tagging for patient consent management", but he seemed to forget that millions of people receiving mental health and addiction treatment have been using EHRS with consent and data segmentation technologies for over 12 years. Again, the technology already exists.
- -Technology is NOT the problem—it's not too hard or too expensive to build or use consent and data segmentation technologies.
- -Data segmentation and consent technologies exist: the oldest example is EHRs used for millions of mental health and addiction treatment records for the past 12 years.
- -All EHRs must be able to "segment" erroneous data to keep it from being disclosed and harming patients—that same technology can be used to "segment" sensitive health data.
- -Data segmentation and consent technologies were demonstrated 'live' at the Consumer Choices Technology Hearing in 2010. See a video: http://nmr.rampard.com/hit/20100629/default.html
- -Starting in 2001, HIPAA required data segmentation and consent technology for EHRs that keep "psychotherapy notes" separated from other health data. "Psychotherapy notes" can ONLY be disclosed with patient permission.
- -The 2013 amendments to HIPAA require EHRs to enable other situations where data must be segmented and consent is required. For example:
- -If you pay out-of-pocket for treatment or for a prescription in order to keep your sensitive information private, technology systems must prevent your data from being disclosed to other parties.
- -After the first time you are contacted by hospital fundraisers who saw your health data, you can opt-out and block the fundraisers from future access to your EHR.
The real problem is current technology systems and data exchanges are not built to work the way the public expects them to—they violate Americans' ethical and legal rights to health information privacy.
The public will discover that today's health technologies and systems have fatal privacy flaws. The unintended consequence of using flawed technology is millions of people will avoid or delay treatment and hide information to keep their health information private and suffer from bad health outcomes.
US health technology should improve health and outcomes, not cause the health of millions to worsen.
How can the US fix the privacy flaws in health technology systems so EHRs and other health technologies can be trusted?
- -Technology that processes health data should be built to comply with the principles and criteria in PPR's Trust Framework:http://patientprivacyrights.org/trust-framework/ . Or see the scientific paper on this subject at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2231667.


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Congress is more polarized than ever
Not since the last Congress before the Civil War has Washington appeared so dangerously polarized. From the Affordable Care Act to the debt ceiling, everything is at issue.
As with Southerners in 1859-1861, the urge to block legislation has become near obsessive. Obamacare resembles the Homestead Act and the attempt to fund land-grant colleges in the 19th century. If it's new we're against it has become a watchword for Republicans.
Sometimes one is tempted to compare the House of Representatives with the Confederate Congress which focused on personality and symbolism. "Pardon me" ran a letter from a constituent in 1863, "is the majority always drunk?" It's a good bet they are not, but to worried citizens it has the appearance of being out of control.
For all the talk about the Constitution, it is a fight over turf. Republicans frustrated with nearly five years of President Barack Obama have yet again raised the temperature. There is a scary mood in Washington which have seen incendiaries rise to the fore; they vow to drag down the edifice of government and destroy the credit of the United States to prove a point. This is referred to commonly as fanaticism.
And this kind of talking may lead to rash action which responsible Republicans may want to avoid. John Boehner cravenly bends to every whim of his ultra-caucus, making compromise impossible. Even the Wall Street Journal has commented on its rigidity. Groups such as the Chamber of Commerce have warned about the perils of going too far.
If by chance the stock market goes into free fall, if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling, what will the country say? Will Boehner try to explain it away, as if a hostage taken who blames everything on his captives? "Obama made me do it" will not be a satisfactory answer.
To prove a point at the expense of the nation places the Republican Party in a very difficult situation. To be seen as wild-eyed as bomb throwers or insurrectionists is to expose the GOP in a position of hating Obama more than they love the nation.
But it does not appear that Boehner will relent. Moral courage is not the strong suit of the Speaker. However, it has been his misfortune to deal with by-products of corporate money unleashed by Citizens United. They're loyal to re-election in gerrymandered districts and to those valued friends who fund their campaigns and future ambitions. Like Rome they resemble private armies who respect only their pay masters. It has come to a pretty pass and it threatens the peace of the United States.
Certainly Republicans – from the impeachment of Clinton in 1998 to the almost bullying of the 2000 election, to the scurrilous accusations of the Obama years – are worried less about legislation than legacy. Fearing national trends do not favor them, they raise holy hell to see if they can change the tide of history.


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Altogether now, "gutsy", Obama was gutsy to say OK to the bin Laden raid. Gutsy. Say it again …
One thing about the Dems when they want to try to sell something they are very good at syncing the talking points.
In an attempt to make the Jr. Chipmunk sitting in the small chair in the so-called "iconic" photo seem more than he is, we have our word of the day as spread by the usual suspects. Toby Harnden caught the attempt. First John Brennan (wow, should that guy be somewhere else saying "would you like fries with that", or what?) in the White House briefing room:
When President Obama was faced with the opportunity to act upon this, the president had to evaluate the strength of that information and then made what I believe was one of the most gutsiest calls of any president in recent memory.
Yup. Definitely more gutsy than ordering the surge in Iraq in the face of a political firestorm. Gutsy.
Then the French looking guy who I believe claims to have served in Viet Nam, John Kerry, was next up:
This was a gutsy decision by the president. A lot of things could have gone wrong.
No kidding – that chair could have turned over and dumped him in the floor. Gutsy.
DiFi takes a run at it:
It was a very gutsy decision made by the president. I mean, he could have sent some Hellfire missiles in there and destroyed everybody and everything.
Well, there you go – Much gutsier to risk the lives of our troops than to risk the lives of others, no? Gutsy.
Leon Panetta:
All of those risks were debated. All of them were thoroughly explored. And in the end, I think that's why the president made a very gutsy decision by deciding that for all of those risks, we had to do this.
Because, you know, he only ran on getting Osama, promised he'd go anywhere he had to to do so and, well, somehow doing that was "gutsy" on his part – especially since he really didn't have to do any of that but could send the SEALs in instead. Then he took the small chair to the side and let it roll. Gutsy.
Denis McDonagh on CNN:
You know, the president had an opportunity, on a very granular basis, to work with those guys every day, particularly the leaders of the bin Laden team, two very impressive guys. And the president came away very impressed. And it was their information that allowed him to make this gutsy call.
Or, said another way, they presented so much hard evidence that Obama had no choice but to make the call. Gutsy.
Finally, the last to be passed the knee pads, and apparently one who wanted to ensure her bit of praise was the best was former Ambassador to Pakistan and Middle East Institute president Wendy Chamberlain:
But he made that decision to go without telling Pakistan and that took some real courage, as much courage as our Navy SEALs did in pulling off a near flawless operation.
Yessiree Bob – not telling Pakistan was just as gutsy as flying into a foreign land, at night, nap of the earth, hoping no one sees your helicopter and blows it out of the sky. Then fast roping into a compound of hostiles, number unknown, engaging in a firefight and clearing it. Then exfiltrating. Yup, not telling Pakistan is just like that.
You're right, Chamberlain forgot to use the buzz word of the day but let's be honest she was going for a 3-point shot from half-court here and "gutsy" just wasn't enough. Tying Obama's decision to the courage of the SEALs?
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The answer to this question is yes and no. Your purest intuitions are always right but those tinged by your own thoughts and emotions may only be partially correct or even completely wrong. With practice, you can learn to assess your intuitive experiences and identify when they are more likely to be right.
For some reason we expect more from intuition than we do from logic. Ask yourself if your logic has ever been wrong about anything? Most people would agree that their logic doesn't always prove accurate. But we expect intuition to be perfect, even though we are not skilled in its use. This is magical thinking and intuition is not magic.
While intuition is not always perfect, we can develop our intuitive skills to increase their usefulness. Practice with intuition teaches you how to identify, integrate, apply, and assess your intuitive experiences.
On an interesting note, we don't yet fully understand the mechanism by which true intuition allows us to obtain information. But in the last five years, researchers have discovered chemical reactions that occur in your body during commonly-reported intuitive experiences. Some day scientists may even discover biological distinctions between pure intuition and other phenomena, such as wishful thinking, projection, and imagination.
Intuition takes many forms and can include visual imagery [2], as well as any intuitive sensing in your body--with your ear, or nose, gut, heart or any other way that information arises without the use of logical processes. Most of us have little training in identifying any of these, because Western education methodologies focus primarily on left brain skills. We need to begin by paying attention so we can recognize our intuitive sensing. Then we need to determine if it is true.
One of the most challenging things for us to do is to separate true intuition from wishful thinking (what we hope will happen) or projections (interpreting images through the lens of our own history or ideas.)
All of us are full of wishes and fears. When you open to intuitive images, it is important to be aware of how these wishes and fears can confuse your ability to identify true intuition.
Three methods for identifying true intuition are:
Your body is amazing. Tune into its response when you have an intuition.
People describe feeling the following with true intuition: openness; relaxation; joy; a sense of connection or belonging; lack of doubt; clarity; surprise; awe; excitement; fulfillment; inspiration; or brightness. Naturally, their curiosity is heightened.
The dancer, Agnes de Mille, once said, "Bodies never lie." Like an exquisite tuning fork, your intuitive body will tell you the truth. You can learn its language and know to trust it.
Willis Harman, Stanford researcher and President of the Institute for Noetic Sciences, stated, "Most of us are living on the periphery of our lives; intuition invites us into the center."
Have you ever heard people refer to themselves or others as 'centered' or 'not centered?' Being centered refers to a state where you are relaxed and calm, yet quite alert. This state is less likely to produce intuition clouded by projections or wishful thinking and thus facilitates pure intuition.
Many people have experienced this state without striving to achieve it. For example, some people find that nature calms them. Other people listen to music or talk with a good friend in order to restore their sense of inner peace and balance. There are many ways for people to separate themselves from their emotional responses [5], projections, or wishful thinking.
Another way to induce a centered state is to focus or meditate [3]. This allows you to develop an observing self-a self that acknowledges your thoughts and emotions without believing that they are you. There two ways to do this, as shown in the examples below.
Both examples concern Sarah, who is worried about doing well at work.
Both ways establish the observing self and its capacity to remain calm. Inner calm fosters true intuition and allows it to be easily identified. It is instantaneously relevant to you and beyond you. Pure intuition is non-emotional, although it may fill you with a sense of joy and connection.
[4]Of course, achieving a calm, detached state is challenging for all of us. You might have to explore different techniques to see what works-for some it may be sitting meditation, for others it may be listening to music or walking in nature. You may find it takes quite a bit of practice and even then may be easier at some times than others. But even at the beginning, simply recognizing your emotional state can help you assess if your intuition might be tinged or pure.
Since wishful thinking and projection are so filled with your history, your hopes, your ideas, and your wounds, it is important to analyze your images. Ask yourself these types of questions:
It is some times useful to write your answers down to this question. Of course, your intuition can use your history to bring legitimate intuitive information to you. Therefore, you can not dismiss all the intuitions that you have which are related to your past. But, it is important to be objective and unemotional when assessing them.
You have nothing to lose by asking yourself questions, keeping a record of the answers, and waiting to assess the results. Remember this: your intuition is not going to go away.
If intuition seems to be giving you conflicting input, the best thing to do is to do nothing. No matter what the issue is, your intuition will stay with you. You can afford to wait for clarity.
In addition, most of the time conflicting input suggests that you are not dealing with pure intuition. Projections and wishful thinking are probably involved. Reflect a little to see if you can identify them.
This is an ideal time for you to analyze the conflicting input deeply. Ask yourself if the different intuitive inputs are related more deeply than it appears on the surface or if the conflict is related to timing rather than other factors.
People sometimes wonder if intuition is always right because intuition appears to be so unpredictable. Why does intuition seem so unpredictable?
Patajali, an Indian physician turned sage, suggested one possible answer when he wrote the Yoga [6] Sutras in approximately 200 B.C. Among other things, the book, which was designed to help people develop their mental, physical, and spiritual health and wellbeing [7], addressed the question: How do people know anything?
Patanjali described four ways you know something: by (a) its physical appearance, (b) the associations you have with it, (c) the meaning it has for you and (d) its spirit or essence. The way you know also determines how you experience intuition.
When your primary modes of knowing are based on (a) the physical or material world and (b) your associations with it, intuition is an occasional guest in your life. Intuition does function at this level, but it is more like a tool that you pick up, or something that is suddenly there or not. If you are working with intuition on these levels, it will seem unpredictable.
When you are leading a fulfilling life, one with meaning for you (level c), intuition can be fully integrated in your life and an equal partner with your logic, if you commit to it. Remember: intuition thrives in meaning and travels on love. When you love your life and its purpose, intuition becomes a way of life. You understand how it functions and know that you can count on intuition's wise and elegant input.
The fourth way-spiritual or essence level knowing-allows you to be one with or resonant with that which you want to know. At this level there is no separation between yourself and the other, so direct knowledge is available.
Intuition in its purest form is always right. Therefore, it is worth cultivating.
There are many things can help you identify your true intuition from other imagery that you may experience. To begin, listen to your body and the signals it is giving. Try also to develop a focusing practice that allows you to achieve a calm, detached state where you can better identify what is going on. And always examine your intuitive images to see if you recognize wishful thinking or projections in them.
© 2006 Charlson Meadows, used with permission.
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/enhance-your-wellbeing/health/thoughts-emotions/what-are-thoughts-emotions
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term21
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/meditation
[4] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/refining-your-intuitive-skills
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/create-healthy-lifestyle/emotions-and-attitudes
[6] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term41
[7] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term45
[8] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/sharon-franquemont
[9] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/-their-words
[10] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/exercises-developing-your-intuition
[11] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/using-intuition-improve-health-and-wellbeing
[12] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/reconnecting-your-intuition


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I've written a lot of columns and made a lot of videos about things I hate, but the truth is, I really like liking stuff. I'm a tremendous fanboy of so many artists. In fact, it's the knowledge that greatness in art is possible that makes me so impatient with mediocrity. But here's the thing: Sometimes even the great ones really screw up, and when that happens, I get really confused and uncomfortable. I stare at the screen or speakers in disbelief. (If it's a bad song, then I guess staring at the speakers is a little stupid, but I don't know how to stare with my ears.)
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This guy gets it.
In any event, even though it pains me, I think you're a better fanboy if you don't praise everything. You have to own up to your heroes' failures, and when you do, you can be that much happier for their second coming. Everyone on this list is a hero of mine. Everyone on this list has done great work before and after these four moments I'm about to share, but, hey, let's be honest: Here are four horrible moments from great artists.
4 Doctor Who: A 900-Year-Old Time Lord Makes an Awful Joke That Only Would Have Worked in 1984 (And Not Even Then)
If you've followed my columns over the years, then you know I have very strong feelings about Doctor Who. It is my favorite show on television, it often reduces me to tears, there are moments of great comedy, and, quite simply, the show redefined my notions about the existence of a higher power in the universe.
Now, as fans know, the show's protagonist, The Doctor, has the ability to regenerate and has been played by several actors during its 50-year run. Although numerous talented thespians have handled the role admirably, my favorite Doctor will always be David Tennant.
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I'd tell you all the reasons that Tennant is my favorite, but I'm busy taking an online quiz to verify my heterosexuality right now.
So now we have one of my favorite actors in my favorite show. But wait, there's more. My favorite Doctor Who writer of all time is Russell T. Davies, who wrote a very good episode titled "Army of Ghosts." So what could go wrong? A good episode of a great show written by the best Doctor Who writer and starring the best Doctor Who actor. Seriously, how bad could this moment be? I mean just because The Doctor is about to confront some ghosts, what could he possibly do that's so unforgivable?
Then This Awful Thing Happened:
A Ghostbusters joke? In the 21st century? An alien 900 years old decides to make a hammy reference to a movie 30 years earlier than the time he's visiting. This scene reminds me of old sitcoms from the '80s where dads would put on a baseball hat backward and do an impromptu rap. In writing this article, I watched the clip about 10 times, and it physically hurt each time. Is that Ghostbusters-esque music going on in the background? What in the name of all that is holy is going on?
3 David Bowie: Having Established His Pop Bankability and Heterosexuality, Destroys Both With One Song
It's no secret that David Bowie is my universe. I'm such a huge fan that, when Bowie released his first album in 12 years (and his best in 33 years) this year, my first thought was "Oh, my God, this is so good, what if I had died? What if I had died before this day? Then I'd never be able to hear this album. Thank God I'm alive." Yes, I'm aware that is in no way a sane thought, but there it is. Anyway, the point is, I'm a huge Bowie fan and have been since I was 10.
Here is me at 16 before a night of getting no sex at a Halloween party.
Bowie spent the '70s amassing a cult following, experimenting with new and exciting musical forms from glam rock, to soul, to early electronica -- all while challenging social mores about sexuality. But then came the '80s, and Bowie had his biggest success making big, bold pop music. Also, the new Bowie was pretty damn hetero. Even Rolling Stone said so.
It was the '80s. Straight guys had hair like that.
So anyway, the '70s were about making rock history by breaking artistic and social boundaries, and the '80s were seemingly all about proving that Bowie could also be a middle-of-the-road, honest-to-goodness pop star.
Then This Awful Thing Happened:
So many things wrong here. First of all, it's just a terrible cover. It's everything that's wrong with the '80s. It's just soulless and synthetic. Then there's another problem -- specifically the gayness. Now don't get me wrong. This is not homophobia. In the '70s, Bowie used to play his guitarist's guitar on his knees, simulating oral sex. That was great. It was bold and brave and risque.
The cool gay.
But unlike the Ziggy Stardust days, this video was gay in a distinctly uncool way. For the first time, Bowie and Jagger seemed like guys you wouldn't want to hang with -- not because they might start having sex while you're trying to watch the game, but because they'd probably bitch about what Leon said about Victor at the club. It's not the gayness; it's the boring, married, decidedly unhip gayness.
The uncool gay.
For Bowie, this was the start of a period of increasing lameness that lasted another two years, until Reeves Gabrels and Tin Machine saved his musical soul. Then Iman staked a claim that stuck on his heterosexuality.


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Taylor Street public event Tuesday
MONTPELIER The third in a series of four community participation events in the planning process for the 1 Taylor Street public-private development on the former Carr Lot will be held tomorrow evening from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and it has been moved from its original location to the Montpelier Senior Activity Center, at 58 Barre St.
The session is open to all, and will see the design team and developer discussing potential uses. There will also be a report from the developer on a commissioned hotel study, and a report from the city on an economic analysis of the three possible uses for the upper levels. Aside from a hotel, other suggested uses include housing and offices.
Montpelier has bought the site and some property surrounding it for the long-awaited multi-modal transit and welcome center.
Also noted in Fridays report by City Manager William Fraser is the change of date for the fourth and final public participation event on the 1 Taylor Street project. Originally set for July 16, that fourth and final public forum has been rescheduled to July 30, also to take place at the Montpelier Senior Activity Center.
The date was pushed back two weeks to allow for preliminary design work to be unveiled at that session. The city council will make the ultimate decision on the choice for what the developer will be permitted to house in the upper floors of the building, and will hold a public hearing on the issue at its June 25 council meeting, city staff said last week.
Fraser noted that the public will have a chance to attend the public hearing later this month to offer direct comments to the council about their preferences, for the use of the upper floors of the 1 Taylor Street development.
Fraser said, The council will make their decision (on the use of the upper floors) at their regular July 9th meeting. At that point, they will have the benefit of the three public work sessions, the economic data, the direct testimony and any other information they request, he said.
Following their decision, the fourth public work session will be held July 30th at the senior center, said Fraser. The purpose of the July 30th meeting will be to present initial designs and receive comment about them, he said.
Also noted by Fraser in his weekly report, the city took part in a daylong emergency management training exercise designed to see whether the city could effectively move operations to other sites. Of the so-called Continuity of Operations Plan, Fraser said, Today was the chance to learn how to improve it, should there be a crisis requiring operations to be moved.
Friday marked the end of Barre Street being closed for the culvert replacement project at the east end of the street. Fraser noted in his weekly memo that additional work will continue, but the road is open again for through traffic.
Fraser also offered an update on the district heating project, noting, Kingsbury is wrapping up final work related to the district heat construction efforts this month. Starting (today, Monday, June 9th), they will be working on Langdon Street, he noted in his weekly memo. During this period, it is not anticipated that the road will be closed; however, several parking spaces may be occupied and construction vehicles will be present. He said that letters will go out to customers on the new district heat system this week about rates, which will be announced in July, and about connection costs and building work that will need to be accomplished this summer prior to its startup in October.
In other matters, Fraser noted in his Friday memo that The Montpelier Community Justice Center and Washington County Mental Health Services are hosting a training opportunity for the City of Montpelier staff and relevant community partners to share ideas, explore partnerships and create coordinated solutions to the thorny question of what our community can do to be helpful, sensitive and welcoming to those who struggle to maintain mental health. The training will take place June 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Montpelier Senior Activity Center
Other meetings in the city this week include: The Planning Commission, tonight, 5 p.m., in council chambers at City Hall; Montpelier Alive promotions committee, Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the city managers conference room; Citizens to Protect Berlin Pond, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Memorial Room at city hall. Also, on Wednesday the capital improvements committee of the city council will meet at 5:15 p.m., prior to the regularly scheduled city council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
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The Northwest Herald's Editorial Board decided not to weigh in on whether to vote for or against the pension constitutional amendment. But if you read the non-endorsement in today's paper, you'll see that the paper's editors are hardly enamored with it.
The amendment, proposed by Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, is supposed to make it harder for lawmakers to fatten pensions. In a nutshell, it requires a three-fifths supermajority vote for any Illinois governing body, from Springfield to school boards, to enact any bill that enhances public pensions.
But the newspaper's editors are not sold on the idea that it will do so. The editorial concludes that the proposed amendment "does nothing" to solve the $83 billion unfunded liability of the five state-run pension systems. It also concludes that the amendment "allows Madigan ... and his cohorts to pat themselves on the back and take credit for doing something about the pension crisis when that something really is nothing."
Fixing the pension system is of course vital to the state's economic survival – to put the cost in perspective, the $83 billion owed to the system wouldpay for the construction of more that 13 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. But as I explained in a front-page story last month on the amendment, this reform initiative is likely the equivalent of slapping a My Little Pony Band-Aid on a sucking chest wound..
Consider the following:
• It's been 10 years since the General Assembly approved a pension sweetener.
• The last two sweeteners passed by state lawmakers passed with only two "no" votes among the 177 lawmakers in both houses. That's well past the 71 votes needed in the House and 36 needed in the Senate under this proposed amendment.
• The new rules would require only one more vote on a seven-member school board – that would be easy to get in any year, and probably even more so in what is shaping up to be the YearoftheIllinoisTeacherStrike. As for four- or five-member boards – like most local government pension boards – the amendment would have no impact, because a three-fifths majority and a simple majority are mathematically identical.
In short, this amendment could be a help many years down the line to rein in Pensions Gone Wild, but it will do almost nothing to address the present crisis. It has the appearance of a feel-good measure – voters sick of hearing about unscrupulous public officials exploiting loopholes to pad their pensions can vent their anger, and state lawmakers can try to avoid any further credit rating downgrades by showing that they are "doing something" about the problem.
But there's an even deeper factor to explore here, which I mentioned in passing in my story, namely that the 1970 Illinois Constitution is, sorry to say, a worthless document.
I wrote, " ... given that the General Assembly regularly takes liberties with interpreting the state Constitution - the balanced budget requirement is just one example - the possibility exists that future General Assemblies can find ways around this new limitation if enacted."
That's a polite way of saying that the state Constitution isn't worth the paper on which it's written.
And trust me, our craft state lawmakers will be able to find plenty of loopholes in this monstrosity. As one author pointed out, the amendment is more than 700 words long – that's longer than the entire Bill of Rights.
We're all used to not being able to take Springfield at its word. But state lawmakers have extra special contempt for what is supposed to be the ultimate, inviolable check on the powers of state government.
Some examples:
• BALANCED BUDGET: Expenses shall not exceed revenues in the state budget, according to Article 8, Section 2(b). In fact, the preceding section, 2(a), prohibits a governor from even submitting a deficit budget for review. So how did Illinois rack up such a huge budget deficit?
In the name of fairness, a lot of states are running deficits, and every state but one – Vermont – has a balanced budget mandate, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
• SCHOOL FUNDING: The state shall be the primary funder of education, or so says Article 10, Section 1. It's not – local property taxes are, and state lawmakers are seriously contemplating adding teacher pensions to the mix.
• VETO POWER: Gov. Pat Quinn, in an obvious effort to capitalize politically from the Aurora, Colo. shootings, abused his amendatory veto powers (Article 4, Section 9) to completely rewrite a pro-Second Amendment bill which passed both houses into an assault weapons ban that has been on hold because it doesn't have the votes to pass.
While Quinn said he acted legally, Rich Miller at Capitol Fax points out that Illinois Supreme Court case law forbids governors from using an amendatory veto to change the fundamental purpose of a bill.
A commenter on the Miller article I linked to made a great point: If what Quinn did was legal, as he maintains, why can't he just rewrite a bill to lessen pension benefits by fiat? One of the answers, as I blogged here, is that the clause protecting pension benefits (Article 13, Section 5) is the only part of the Constitution that our lawmakers consider sacred.
• SUBMITTING BILLS: Bills passed by both houses must be presented to the governor within 60 days of passage (Article 4, Section 9). But when lawmakers in May 2011 passed a massive expansion of gambling, the Senate did not give the bill to Quinn out of fear that he would veto it.
Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, got around the requirement by filing a motion to reconsider after the bill passed, which in effect froze it in place.
• SHELL BILLS: The state Constitution requires in Article 4, Section 8(d), that bills be read by title in both chambers of the General Assembly on three separate days. But despite this measure, which is aimed at transparency, a lot of important bills get hashed out in back rooms.
Legislators accomplish this through "shell bills" that essentially are placeholder bills consisting of a spelling correction, replacing "the" with, well, "the." Click here to see what a shell bill looks like, and this will make more sense. Legislators read the blank shell bill to meet the constitutional mandate, only to come out of their back rooms and ram through bills as an amendment, allowing a same-day vote without the otherwise mandated due diligence, and with the added bonus of avoiding public scrutiny.
The hopeless situation I just enumerated is one of the reasons I voted in 2008 against holding a constitutional convention. Why waste millions ($14 million to $100 million, depending on which side you believed) creating another worthless state constitution? If I want to buy toilet paper, I can get a much better deal at Costco.
As for the amendment on the Nov. 6 ballot, if I want to read 700 meaningless and confusing words, I'll go to McDonald's next time it plays Monopoly and read the contest rules.
From my conversations with voters, they seem to be divided on this issue into four schools of thought:
1) This was Mike Madigan's idea, so I'm voting against it on general principle.
2) I'm a public-sector employee, so I'm voting against it.
3) The unions oppose this, so I'm voting for it on general principle.
4) I'm tired of reading about people retiring at 60 with six-figure pensions, and people padding their pensions with one day of work, so I'm voting for it.
So whatever school of thought you belong to, good luck when you go into the ballot box to weigh in on this one.
As for me? I belong to a fifth school of thought – the highest law in the Land of Lincoln is not what the Constitution says, but how Madigan, and to a lesser extent Quinn and Cullerton, feel like interpreting it.
Senior Writer Kevin Craver can be reached at email@example.com.