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The Mediterranean region has been rocked this year by an economic crisis resulting from over-extension of financial resources. But Greece, Italy and other countries of the Mediterranean face another yawning deficit – an ecological deficit – that poses deep-seeded risks to the region's long-term success. On the opening day of Footprint Forum, Global Footprint Network announced the launch of its Mediterranean Initiative to address and potentially reverse this trend.
Developed in partnership with WWF's Mediterranean Programme Office, UNESCO and Plan Bleu, the Initiative is an effort to bring leaders together to develop a regional approach to managing resource-dependence and biocapacity.
The Mediterranean region, rich in history, art, and architecture, is home to many diverse cultures and continues to be an attractive destination for tourists (with more than 25 percent
of global tourism visiting this region). However, it is becoming more and more ecologically fragile as demand for resources continues to increase the pressure on its ecological assets. Currently, all but one country (Montenegro) is using more ecological services than nature can provide within their borders, a situation which is likely to cause local ecological deterioration. But it is not too late to reverse these trends.
The Mediterranean Initiative, funded by the MAVA Foundation, aims to bring the reality of resource constrains to the center of the Mediterranean policy debate, and to support decision-makers with specific tools that help them weigh policy trade-offs. These tools will enable policy analysts and decision-makers to more fully identify the risks that resource limitations pose to their countries' economic stability. It should also help them pinpoint the opportunities that lie in aggressive, timely efforts to reduce their overall resource dependence.
In order to manage and govern the Mediterranean region, as well as each of its countries, policymakers must have the ability to monitor ecological limits at both levels. This is a core requirement of the measurement of sustainability, and will help ensure that development efforts succeed by working with, rather than against, nature's budget.
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Conditions continue anglers guessing
By ED WALKER
Published January 27, 2007
Abnormal and unpredictable conditions have kept anglers guessing about where to look and which species to target. A week ago, it seemed as if spring was here. Kingfish were being caught in solid numbers on the reefs and wrecks as shallow as 32 feet, Spanish mackerel were showing up and pods of threadfin herring and Spanish sardines could be seen.
What happens next depends entirely on the temperature. With the gulf teetering on the threshold of 67 degrees, the migratory fish will move in or out depending on how the thermometer moves. The forecast is calling for cooler but steadily increasing temperatures through the weekend. This should be enough to hold the pelagic fish in the area.
What does this mean for the trip you have planned? One suggestion is to have a rod or two rigged and ready to go for kingfish. Scattered reports of kings had been coming in for the past month, but last week things really broke loose. At the 3 mile artificial reef off Clearwater Beach, the charter boat fleet found a giant school of kings. Not only did all of the boats limit out, they reported seeing fish in the air and crashing pods of threadfins throughout the area. If the water gets a little warmer, those fish should continue to move our way. Closer to home, there have been some kingfish holding near the deeper wrecks such as the Misener Crane and the Tug and Barge.
Even if you are not targeting the kings, you may score a bonus fish for the cooler by keeping a freelined or floated bait out behind the boat while bottom fishing.
In deeper water you do not even need livebait on your flat line. By rigging a dead sardine on a wire leader and letting it hang back behind the boat in the current, you can catch kings and even grouper. A few years ago, while fishing in the Florida Middlegrounds, we employed this flat line with a dead bait technique in 135 feet of water. When our bottom rigs began producing nice gags, the flat line reel screamed and the rod doubled over. Eventually, we landed a 15-pound gag grouper which had risen at least 80 feet from the bottom to find the bait as it twirled in the heavy current.
Cobia are another possibility. They, too, are generally not seen in quantity until spring. But, with the unseasonably warm water, there are surely a few moving around out in deeper water.
Inshore fishing has been good for speckled trout and redfish. We have been fishing for trout out on the deeper flats during the lower parts of the tide, then working the mangrove edges and oyster bars when the water rises. There is a possibility of running into a school of giant redfish on the flats as well. A week ago, several schools of the breeder-sized reds more common in the open waters of the gulf were spotted close to the barrier islands. Sometimes, these monsters will work their way up onto the flats where they mingle with the smaller, more normal-sized inshore reds.
If you are lucky enough to find them, the action can be memorable. They will eat just about anything, put up a great fight, and usually stay in the same areas for several days.

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One thing that's frustrating about food blogging is that the greatest recipe in the world won't get much attention if the photo is bad, so I was happy to finally take new photos for this favorite slow cooker chili with lime and cilantro. The ultra flavorful chili includes a can of refried pinto beans as part of the base, which makes it extra thick, and I've been enjoying this the last few days with a dollop of low-fat sour cream on top.
Lime and cilantro are two of my favorite ingredients, but if you're not a cilantro fan I'd replace it with thinly sliced green onions, and if you don't have a crockpot, just skip the step of reducing the beef stock, and you can make this in a regular pot on top of the stove. I hope lots of you will try this; it just might become your favorite easy chili recipe!
Crockpot Black Bean Chili with Lime and Cilantro
(Makes about 6 generous servings, recipe created by Kalyn)
2 large onions, finely chopped
2 tsp. olive oil + 2 tsp. more for browning meat if needed
1 lb. extra lean ground beef
1 quart beef stock, simmer to reduce to 2 cups (I used my homemade beef stock, but you can use two cans beef broth. Don't reduce for stovetop cooking.)
3 cans (15 oz.) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (15 oz.) refried pinto beans
2 cans (14.5 oz.) petite dice tomatoes
2 T dried cilantro
2 T chile powder (preferably New Mexico chile powder)
2 T Ancho chile powder (or 2 T more regular chile powder)
1 T ground cumin
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice, plus sliced limes to squeeze into chili if desired
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro, plus more for garnish if desired
low-fat sour cream for serving if desired (optional)
While onions and beef are being cooked, put beef stock into saucepan and simmer until reduced to 2 cups. (Skip this step if cooking the chili on stovetop.) When stock is reduced, add refried beans and whisk to blend into stock, then add to crockpot.
While stock is reducing, place a colander in the sink and add canned black beans. Rinse beans well with cold water until no more foam appears. (This removes some of the salt from canned beans and makes them much more digestible.) Then add beans, stock-refried beans mixture, tomatoes, dried cilantro, chile powder, ancho chile powder, and ground cumin to crockpot. Cook on low 6-8 hours or on high 3-4 hours, or until beans are soft and flavors are well blended. When chili is done, stir in lime juice and chopped fresh cilantro and let cook 15 minutes. Serve hot, with slices of lime and additional chopped cilantro to add as garnish if desired. I like this with a dollop of low-fat sour cream.
Cooking on the Stove:
For stove-top cooking, skip the step of reducing the beef broth, but follow all other directions, adding ingredients to large soup pot and simmering at low heat about an hour.
South Beach Diet Suggestions:
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Nutritional Information?
I chose the South Beach Diet to manage my weight partly so I wouldn't have to count calories, carbs, points, or fat grams, but if you want nutritional information for a recipe, I recommend entering the recipe into Calorie Count, which will calculate it for you.
More Delicious Chili with Black Beans:
(Recipe from other blogs may not be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Black Bean Chili with Chocolate ~ Healthy Green Kitchen
Black Bean and Beef Chili with Cilantro, Lime, and Avocado Salsa ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Smoky Turkey Chili with Chipotle Peppers and Black and White Beans ~ Cookin' Canuck
Not Just For the Superbowl Chili ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Beef Chili with Black Beans ~ The Lemon Bowl
(I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.)


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Much of the time special effects teams spend working on a film is on the task of creating the environment the viewer expects to see – but that environment either wasn't available where the filming took place or for some other reason was just not practical to capture with a camera. Enter the deft hand of the special effects artists.
This fascinating article by Ian Failes in fxguide.com offers a tantalizing peek behind the scenes of several films from 2011. The first behind the scenes look is from the film, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." Fredrik Nord, Visual Effects Supervisor at The Chimney Pot in Stockholm, and his team created the MI:6 'Circus' archive set in Softimage, complete with textured bookshelves, stairs, beams and pipes. Check out the videos and before and after photos of some of the scenes the artists created.
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Summary: There are a few certainties in Jareds life these days. One, Jensen comes across as slightly paranoid but, two, his intuition is always sound. Three, when Jared listens to it, they both stay alive.
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unsuccessfully and badly, with six Branch Davidians and four agents
killed. What will turn out to be a 51-day stand-off begins at the
Mount Carmel compound.
|March 1993
incensed by reports of the siege at Mount Carmel, travels to Texas to
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Ortloff plaque had to come down
Pat Barrett, chairman of the state Olympic Regional Development Authority, acted alone in late February when he ordered that Chris Ortloff's plaque be removed from the Lake Placid Hall of Fame, inside Lake Placid's Olympic and conference center.
"That's a state facility, and I'm the chairman of ORDA, and I just decided we're taking it off, and that's it," Mr. Barrett told the Enterprise at the time. "I didn't consult with anybody or anything. Pretty straightforward, isn't it? That's because I'm from St. Regis Falls."
One could easily look at this kind of thing as autocratic, but it was, absolutely, the right thing to do. Thank goodness someone with authority did it, because others, closer to the matter, had let it slide for too long.
Mr. Ortloff is in federal prison because he was a child sexual predator. That doesn't erase all the good things he was, too – 1980 Winter Olympic master of ceremonies, 20-year state assemblyman, state Parole Board member, author, journalist, village trustee and board member for worthy organizations – but it overshadows them.
Penn State University dealt with a similar matter by removing a statue of Joe Paterno after it came out that the great football coach had heard an eyewitness tell of a colleague's sex acts with minors and hadn't reported it to police. That's a much bolder scrubbing than removing one plaque from among dozens, and yet Mr. Ortloff's crime was worse than Mr. Paterno's.
It's hard to say why the Ortloff plaque stayed up so long after his 2010 conviction. It could have something to do with the fact that the chair of the Hall of Fame committee is his sister, but we really don't know. We figure few people noticed or thought about it much. Some did, but they apparently felt it was none of their business.
That's understandable, but Adirondack Life editor Annie Stoltie saw it and decided, rightly, that it was everyone's business. Her column in the magazine's latest issue, titled "Local conviction: Why is a jailed felon still celebrated on Lake Placid's Hall of Fame?" set things in motion for the plaque to be pulled.
Ms. Stoltie told us the responses she's heard have been many and varied.
"Some people aren't pleased that I drew attention to it, and I understand people are sensitive to this issue," she said. "I hope people will respect that the magazine can ask a question like that."
Someone had to, and we support her and the magazine fully in this.
There's still a strain of quiet sympathy for Mr. Ortloff among some prominent members of the Lake Placid community. Confidentially, some have expressed frustration with Adirondack Life for reopening old wounds.
We respect that Mr. Ortloff's family members are innocent victims here, but what about the wounds that might be reopened by letting Mr. Ortloff stay in the hall?
It's important to note that Mr. Ortloff was not convicted of abusing any real children; in the police sting that caught him, he had arranged a kinky tryst with what turned out to be fictional 11- and 12-year-old sisters. But he may well have had actual victims, too. While planning the rendezvous, he told an undercover agent (posing as the girls' mother) that he'd had sex with prepubescent girls in the past, according to police and prosecutors.
What if one of those girls walked through the halls of the Olympic Center – maybe as a tourist, figure skater, hockey player or conference guest – and saw that plaque, saw the Lake Placid community still celebrating this guy? That would reopen old wounds, too – more grievous than the pain of having a family member deservedly lose a community honor.
The Hall of Fame is for people Lake Placid is proud of. The community shouldn't be proud of Mr. Ortloff.
"It's just common sense," Mr. Barrett said. "The day he was convicted, it should have come off that wall."
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Hot Pink Nails
After reading so many posts on all the hot new nail colors of the season, it really motivated me to do something I haven't done in a really long time...paint my finger nails! I didn't have the motivation or cash to really go out and hunt the new Essie summer nail colors, but I decided to pull out one of my favorites. This is a hot pink nail polish by Finger Paints that I bought from Sallys. You might be able to tell that Hot Pink is one of my favorite colors...notice how the nail polish matches my watch perfectly!
I used a base coat from Sallys, put on two layers of the hot pink polish, and one layer of top coat.
Finger Paints in Studio Ruby-O
It came out like this. Pretty good right? I probably should have taken the extra step to push back my cuticles, but I'm too lazy for all that. Luckily my mama blessed me with her good nails...they're strong and can grow super long without breaking. I try to avoid them getting too long because they end up looking fake.
So I was all proud of myself...but why after a few hours did I find myself touching up already? I hadn't smudged it or anything, but it was chipping as if I had worn it for days! I touched it up and went on. The next day, more chips! Again I touched it up a few times during the day. You can tell that I was really committed to keeping my nails up. By day three, they were a hot mess. I ended up taking off the nail polish.
Why does this happen? Do I need more coats? A better nail polish? Help a sista out!
Post your recommendations to keeping nail polish staying fresh...
17 comments:
- alien man?! said...
gorgeous color!
- July 17, 2008 at 4:47 AM
- xoxo Jaimie said...
SUCH a nice color. I know it seems redundant, but make sure you do a base coat plus two top coats. It really helps! that way when u start to chip, it gets the clear coats first.
- July 17, 2008 at 7:58 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
alien man: thanks!
jaimie: girl i think by the end i had like 3 or 4 top coats :(
- July 17, 2008 at 9:26 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
alien man: thanks!
jaimie: girl i think by the end i had like 3 or 4 top coats :(
- July 17, 2008 at 9:26 AM
- Swizzlepop said...
Its possible that the polish was old or that your base and top coat were either old or just not up to par. You could also have naturally oily nails which would cause the polish to come off quickly.
Next time try to buff them out first then base coat (Seche Vite has a ridge filing that works well on natural nails), 2 coats of polish, and try Seche Vite top coat (their products are great!). There is another brand that I can't remember but the base is called Sticky and the top coat is called Wet.
Great color though!
(rdstoner from YI)
- July 17, 2008 at 12:24 PM
- Joyce said...
A good base and top coat is the key. I use MAC's underlacquer and overlacquer for half a year already and it was worth the money! :)
- July 17, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- missxxmai said...
one thing we always tell customers at work is that nail polish RARELY ever lasts on your own natual nails. some last better than others, depending on how you are with your nails. & another thing, the more coats, the better chance of chipping. it becomes thicker, but you got the steps down with the base, polish, and then top coat. a good tip is to buff your nails. not too much, but enough. you should also put some cuticle oil from your cuticle down to the nails after you buff and then wash your hands. then apply the polish. when you buff it, it gives it a clean smooth surface. it's just like reapplying makeup after you've already had it on there for a few hours, it just doesn't look right. but i love the color! hope that helps =)
- July 17, 2008 at 1:57 PM
- Ethereal Prey said...
hot color! it may be your nail polish, or are you grooming horses or something thats hard on your nails? yes a good base coat, 2 coats of polish, then a good top coat, try seche, that stuff is crazy, drys fast, makes it shiny and keeps ur polish on, it's a b@tch to take polish off when its still on, hence why the salon ppl take it off for me :P you're inspiring me to paint my nails again!
- July 17, 2008 at 2:07 PM
- Dominican Enigma said...
beautiful sweetie
- July 17, 2008 at 5:14 PM
- nai nai said...
love the bold color! i used to work as a home health aide, and i used my hands and fingers a WHOLE heck of a lot. one thing i found that helps is letting each coat COMPLETELY dry before going on to the next. cause if you just layer a new coat onto a semi wet coat, the first one will still be moist and won't provide a good base for the second coat. it's time consuming, but well worth it! also, if you use your fingers a lot, i suggest a high end polish. i really noticed the difference when i started using OPI polishes.
- July 17, 2008 at 6:41 PM
- yummy411 said...
hey ren! beautiful color! there are great top coats and bases, but then there are polishes like opi that can last on natural nails for like 2 weeks without touchups. now that i have acrylic i wear anything, but when i was simply getting manis, opi was a top choice because it lasted very well.
- July 17, 2008 at 10:19 PM
- xppinkx said...
this is what you do to help those fabby nails looking wet n'last...
I suggest you use just plain good ol wet n' wild 'nail glossies 203"...that shit is the bomb diggety...then i always use either OPI, ZOYA , and Essie...a beautiful color on you would be this candy hot matte cream pink called 'pansy 74'...after 2 full coats of your base color top again while still wet your went n wild nail glossie...
trust me lady my nails stayed strong and fabulous for 6 days...looked like i just got my naiiiilsssssssss did..
xo u and your matching fierce fabulous watch...u go girl
- July 17, 2008 at 10:33 PM
- (g)ezebel said...
very pretty! me thinks that maybe you're just heavy handed and that's why they chip so fast?
i, unfortunately, was not blessed with strong nails. my nails break all the time. thank god for acrylics. altho' when i got into a fight once, the acrylic lifted up my entire thumbnail from the nail bed. oy. it was painful, and i had to get a tetanus shot.
- July 18, 2008 at 12:09 AM
- mayaari said...
gorgeous shade! I think everyone else has covered the bases - really let each coat dry (it's a pain in the butt, but definitely helps) and using a good topcoat helps as well. I'm really hard on my nails (I keep them short now, and hardly wear nail polish) because I hit the keyboard hard, but a decent manicure lasts about 4-5 days, sometimes more for me.
- July 18, 2008 at 2:52 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
wow! you guys gave some amazing tips! that's why i love you guys...i'm definitely going to try it this weekend...
-more coats
-buff nails
-oil down the cuticles
-look into better nail polish, base and top coat, lol
- July 18, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- Nic said...
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Skip to comments.Catch-22 for Catholic Hospitals under Obamacare
Posted on 08/11/2013 5:42:26 AM PDT by NYer
You are a homeless person. You are sick and you know it is bad. You stagger into the ER of St. Ipsidipsy Catholic Hospital in Tall Tree Circle. You have no insurance, health coverage, or money. You are seen by a doctor and treated.
The Obama Administration then punishes the hospital for treating you, a person without government-approved obligatory Obamacare.
From the Daily Caller:
Obamacare installs new scrutiny, fines for charitable hospitals that treat uninsured people
Charitable hospitals that treat uninsured Americans will be subjected to new levels of scrutiny of their nonprofit status and could face sizable new fines under Obamacare.
A new provision in Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, which takes effect under Obamacare, sets new standards of review and installs new financial penalties for tax-exempt charitable hospitals, which devote a minimum amount of their expenses to treat uninsured poor people. Approximately 60 percent of American hospitals are currently nonprofit.
Charity for the uninsured is one of the factors that could discourage enrollment in Obamacare, which requires all Americans to purchase health insurance or else face new taxes themselves from the IRS. [You all get that, right?]
It requires tax-exempt hospitals to do a community needs survey and file additional paperwork with the IRS every three years. This is to prove that the charitable hospital is still needed in their geographical area needed as defined by Obamacare and overseen by IRS bureaucrats, said John Kartch, spokesman for Americans for Tax Reform.
Failure to comply, or to prove this continuing need, could result in the loss of the hospitals tax-exempt status. The hospital would then become a for-profit venture, paying income tax hence the positive revenue score for the federal government, Kartch said. Obamacare advocates turned over every rock to find as much tax money as possible. [Sly, no?]
Additionally, the rise in the number of insured Americans under Obamacare will make it more difficult for tax-exempt hospitals to continue meeting required thresholds for treating the uninsured, driving more hospitals into the for-profit category and yielding more taxable money for the federal government.
The requirements generally apply to any section 501(c)(3) organization that operates at least one hospital facility, according to a Technical Explanation report of new Obamacare provisions prepared by the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) on March 21, 2010, the day Obamacare passed.
Obamacares new requirements could slam hospitals with massive $50,000 fines if they fail to meet bureaucrats standards.
Read the rest there.
So, the Obama Administration forces everyone to get health coverage, but for a non-profit hospital to maintain its non-profit status, it has to treat a minimum number of those without coverage. But that pool of people will shrink dramatically, thus driving hospitals into the taxable category.
Good grief.
"Good morning, ma'am! We're from the government and we're here to help!"
Last winter, my daughter who was unemployed at the time, needed an outpatient surgical procedure. I took her to a Catholic hospital. After completing a series of forms and providing supporting documentation, her medical bills were slashed by 90%, under a special catholic charitable fund established for just this type of situation. God help us all!
But but but ... the USCCB SUPPORTED OBAMA in this....Yup they did!! Even though this law embodies much of what Catholics consider pure evil.
The evil here seems to be beyond normal human limits.
And it's growing!
Why should I be surprised when the current administration and democrat legislation punishes religious charities for helping the poor, according to our Christian beliefs, when it replaces government 'charity.' (and I use the word 'charity' here in sarcasm.)
This article needs to be shared on facebook.
The Government wants control of every facet of your life. There will be Government health care or no health care at all.
No, they did not. The Catholic Hospital Association, did. Big difference!
Catholic Hospital Association Continues to Provide Cover for ObamaCare's Abortion Funding
That post is clueless and uninformed. They opposed it and it was preached in church under the direction of the Bishops.
Is this part of what Congress and Obortion O did NOT read?
**So, the Obama Administration forces everyone to get health coverage, but for a non-profit hospital to maintain its non-profit status, it has to treat a minimum number of those without coverage. But that pool of people will shrink dramatically, thus driving hospitals into the taxable category.**
Thanks for the ping!
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Southern Baptist leader: If Obama mandate isnt changed, Christians will go to jail
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href="http://www.sundayscripturestudy.com/this_week.html">An Affront Catholics Agree On [Liberal and Conservative Catholics Against Obama Mandate]
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Lincoln bishop: prepare for 'suffering' under HHS mandate
Bishop David Zubik confronts Obama
Obamas war on the church
Pope hits out at 'radical secularism'
We Will Not Comply: Catholic Leaders Distribute Letter Slamming Obama Admin Contraceptive Mandate
We Will Not Comply: Catholic Leaders Distribute Letter Slamming Obama Admin Contraceptive Mandate
Bruskewitz: Fight Insurance Ruling [Sebelius a "bitter, fallen away Catholic"]
Letter from Archbishop John G. Vlazny on the matter of freedom of conscience and decisions by HHS
Bishop Olmsted's Letter to Catholics [Catholic Caucus]
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Contraception mandate prompts Peoria bishop to instate St. Michael Prayer (Catholic Caucus)
Phoenix bishop (Olmstead): defy feds on birth control
A letter from Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr concerning HHS edict
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(Pittsburgh Bishop Zubik comments:) HHS delays rule on contraceptive coverage
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Mandated Contraception, Sterilization: Caesar Demands Church Violate Conscience
OBAMAS CONTEMPT FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (mandates coverage of sterilization & contraception)
Implications of Obama Admin move to force Cath hospitals to provide contraception and sterilizations
Catholic doctors group launches petition against contraception mandate
Contraception mandate tramples religious freedom, US bishops say
Under existing law no hospital can turn away anyone who shows up in their ER needing care based on their ability to pay. This includes illegal immigrants. So illegal Maria shows up at the ER in labor and delivers a 4# baby who then spends 6 months in the NICU racking up $300,000 in medical costs. The hospital currently has to write this off as charitable care. It wouldn't take very many cases like this to push the hospital over the edge of this Obamacare rule. Yet these illegals do not have insurance and presumably are not eligible for Obamacare.
"But but but ... the USCCB SUPPORTED OBAMA in this....Yup they did!! Even though this law embodies much of what Catholics consider pure evil".
Care to give me a link to that assertion? You can't because it's a lie.
The important thing is that we amnestize 30 million more Mexicans so they can vote for the party of free stuff and "getting over", which just happens to be the party that persecutes Catholic hospitals.
As a donor to these funds, this upsets me. I don't send a lot, however, to me, this is the best way to support health care for the poor: Allow the hospitals to give the care, then work out the bill as needed.
No, they didn't. It's always interesting to see people on a conservative site who are addicted to sucking on the sweet government propaganda teat so much that they believe whatever the minions of King Barry tell them.
Thats a fact! The things that have been happening in the last several years are beyond anything I could have imagined before.
What to do, what to do?
This is diabolical.
"Convoluted, treacherous evil of this level is either carefully planned or supernaturally inspired. The evil here seems to be beyond normal human limits."
The word is sinister.
No. When Obama was elected, some of his FIRST appearances as President were at Notre Dame and Georgetown. I was absolutely shocked. Georgetown even covered up "IHS" in the hall in which he spoke, at Obama's request. Universal health care coverage has ALWAYS been supported by the USCCB. I have only seen the bishops stand up — and not TOGETHER — against the birth control mandate.
For the USCCB official stance, see,
For decades they have advocated universal health care and their hospital systems have become more and more dependent on federal funds. As long as they believed they could "control" federal policy with a seat at the table, they were happy to accept those funds. Under Obama, they have learned what it truly means to be under the thumb of totalitarianism, and I admit, they are BEGINNING to wake up. But it is too little, too late. Sorry to be so cynical, but I don't see the Church changing government policy at this point.
Admitted — CHA is different from the USCCB. But the Bishops have agreed to accept federal funds for its educational and medical institutions, always believing that they could INFLUENCE federal policy. It is a battle that sadly, they are losing.
Reallyl? Was that before or after Obama's nearly first appearances as President took place at Notre Dame and Georgetown? Yes, he's diabolically clever. And they fell for it!
The immigration bill puts illegals into Obamacare!! You have to keep up!
Notre Dame and Georgetown do not speak for the Catholic Church just as Dr. Tiller didn't speak for the Lutheran church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church speaks for the Catholic Church. Not even the Pope speaks magisterially for the Catholic Church unless he says he is speaking magisterially.
I know that and you know that — but it was symbolic for Obama and those institutions got used by him. Shame on them!
And, let's see, what do the Bishops say about the immigration bill — which registers illegals who show up at their hospitals for health care directly into Obamacare exchanges!!! Yup, they support the Gang of 8 bill too!
Yes. Shame on them. I hope that the two Bishops overseeing their diocese take steps to get them back on track.
It will never happen!! Georgetown let him speak again this past spring on its campus. Georgetown takes so much money in federal funds; it can't risk losing that funding by ticking off Dear Leader. It's a shame. I can't believe in my lifetime I am watching the Church become completely co-opted by government and fall victim to widespread persecution. I see the Blue Ribbon Catholic schools proudly sporting the federal eagle, and local Bishops totally clueless as to what that really means!! They think it means a federal seal of approval and some funding....so very very sad!! This is the same government that is forcing church members to fund abortion, contraception, and to violate their beliefs!!!
If you feel so strongly about immigrants pretend they're Irish and post, "Irish Need Not Apply" and "No Irish" signs everywhere or be really brave and start a campaign to declare them "nonpersons" and murder them just like infants are routinely murdered.
Bostons Roman Catholic Cardinal Says He Confronted Obama about Abortion in Health Care Plan at Ted Kennedys Funeral
...President Obama and three former presidents attended Senator Kennedys funeral, wrote OMalley. I had the opportunity to speak briefly with President Obama, to welcome him to the Basilica and to share with him that the bishops of the Catholic Church are anxious to support a plan for universal health care, but we will not support a plan that will include a provision for abortion or could open the way to abortions in the future.
Also dioceses around the country are now adopting Common Core (national curriculum).
They are when our economy and our social welfare systems are already collapsing and when the unemployment rate for Americans with comparable education levels to the illegals in question is 30.8% among all U.S. born citizens, 26.4% among U.S. born Hispanics, and 53.9% among U.S. born Blacks.
The principal of subsidiarity requires that we take care of our own first, before moving beyond our direct duties. No country can afford to provide welfare to the world. As another FReeper posted elsewhere, charity does not require self-destruction as part of the process.
People signed onto a suicide pact when they never demanded the funding assumptions built into SS, Medicaid, and Medicaid, change to reflect their desire to murder the children who were supposed to be paying for those things. Those are the welfare programs that out of control. The welfare programs that keep the slaves on the welfare plantations are destined to eliminate themselves since welfare plantations are part of an old, old, democrat eugenics plan. With roughly sixty percent of assisted abortions being abortions of black infants you can see the end of welfare plantations coming no matter how many flukes with twelve kids someone can dig up.
But I see your perspective, the ongoing mass murder of infants isn't important even if it is the primary cause of our problems with immigrants and with the economy. The real problem is how expensive it is for you to help pay the taxes all those aborted infants should be paying.
The welfare programs that keep the slaves on the welfare plantations are destined to eliminate themselves since welfare plantations are part of an old, old, democrat eugenics plan. With roughly sixty percent of assisted abortions being abortions of black infants you can see the end of welfare plantations
Not if you're simply replacing a homegrown underclass with an imported one or by destructive economic policies converting increasing numbers of native-born Americans into the growing underclass, thus forcing them onto the plantation as well.
Aside from that, you seem to be making the assumption that economic contributions of illegal immigrants fill the gap left by American abortion victims. This is simply not the case. Illegal immigrants cost the nation approximately $113 billion per year (an average of $1,117 for every native-headed household in America). Since they are such an enormous strain on our economy, a larger influx of these immigrants through the type of chain immigration provided for in the reform bill would likely encourage more abortions by U.S. citizens reduced to poverty by the oppressive taxation necessary to subsidize 30 million more people. It is fallacious to make the claim that we are importing foreign replacements to fill the revenue void left by abortion.
While immigrants seem to benefit from employment gains, the data paints a dismal picture for adult natives (18 and over).
Unemployment rates by education attainment for adult natives for the third quarter of 2012:
30.8% for high school dropouts
18.1% for those with a high school education
13.8% for those with some college
8% for all college graduates and 13% for college graduates under age 30.
Seems like we could start filling the void with unemployed natives before resorting to rewarding foreign law breakers for violating our borders.
Illegal immigration and amnesty are tossed into the topic of this thread as if they are equal to or worse than the anti-Christ, anti-Christian, intrinsic evil of mass murder. That's the fact.
The issue was whether Catholic Bishops support the mass murder intrinsic to BarryCare and somehow that's not important if they don't have a suitable view on illegal immigration, a claim that the two things are equal pure and simple. There's no comparison at all but the immigration garbage is brought up as if it's equally evil when the claim that Catholic Bishops in this country supported the passage of BarryCare is refuted.
No matter what someone thinks about immigration, pretending it is as immoral in every way as mass murder is nothing but a typical Alynsky style diversionary tactic everyone tries these days to avoid looking at the real problem.
The immoral rot in this country manifests itself first and foremost in the acceptance of massive infanticide.
Immoral people ignore the law and once a people is so immoral that even the right to life itself is null and void immigration laws, drug laws, and even trivia like bankruptcy laws are all a joke anyway. Unless and until mass people can see the evil of mass infanticide what's done about the rest is all wasted effort anyway.
Until the basic morality of the majority of the population is addressed anything done about immigration will be totally ignored anyway just like drug laws are ignored.
Amnesty will will accelerate the evil of abortion. The only major political party that opposes abortion (tenuously) will become extinct with amnesty. Immigrants from Mexico and Central/South America vote for the party that promises them other people's money, which happens to be the party that promotes abortion. That is the connection.
An ancillary, or perhaps more intrinsic problem is the bishops' approval and promotion of statism, in this case government control of medical care. What they are in effect saying is, "Yes, I believe that the government should control every individual, (except us), and every organization, (except ours), and that the government should force every American citizen to comply with the demands of the Enlightened Government Elite, except for us.
A jackboot on the throats of everybody else, but give us an exemption. Now we hear whining because the jackboot makes no exceptions. Boo hoo.
That'll stop it cold because good, moral, people won't break the law and hire illegals, rent living space to illegals, or help them in any way.
Yeah, let's stick to anything but the real problem which is that the majority of the population is so hedonistic and immoral that they shrug off infanticide the same way Carthaginians sacrificed their children to Moloch, the god who they believed would grant them prosperity in return for their firstborn child.
I always forget to ping everyone I should and in this case I haven't been including you even though you posted the article.
Sorry -— PING
I would agree with that:
LifeSiteNews recently reported the unsurprising findings of a poll commissioned by The Washington Post and ABC stating that a majority of American Catholics are in favor of abortion in all or most cases.
-- from the thread Why you shouldnt blame the clergy that a majority of Catholics support abortion
The disagreement over Notre Dame and Obama is essentially the same as the disagreement among clashing American Catholic camps over the issue of the moral and legal status of abortion itself. In fact, 61 percent of the attend less often Catholics believe that abortion rights should be protected in all or most cases, as opposed to 30 percent (still an interesting number) among the attend weekly Catholics.
from the thread Those consistently complex Catholic voters
They may call themselves Catholics, and they may even go to Mass, but when it comes to life choices they are virtually indistinguishable from everyone else in America. They dont live radical Christianity out in any real sort of way. Their lives look just like the lives of their worldly neighbors. They dont give any more than the average joe. They seem just as likely to divorce their spouses, have only 2.5 children as their non Catholic neighbors and they seem just as materialistic as everyone else. They attend church if they feel like it, but if theres a weekend football game or the call of the beach house theyre just as likely to respond to that demand. When it comes to voting, theyll vote as they wish according to wherever they get their opinions fromTV, the newspaper, the mass mediajust like their neighbors. The one source they wont consider when informing their vote is their priests and bishops.
from the thread Catholic Vote?
Are Catholics now so successfully assimilated into American political life that they are without political impactthat there really is no such thing as a Catholic vote? Unfortunately enough, Catholics are largely indistinguishable from non-Catholics and, despite a few pundits, no, there really is no Catholic vote. This obvious conclusionclear enough from the fact that the vote for the winning candidates in the last national election was approximately the same for Catholics and non-Catholicshas serious current implications....
....Compare two lists: According to the USCCB, the five most Catholic states, in population, are: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. According to the American Life League, the states with the most pro-life legislation (i.e., inhibiting abortion in various ways) are: Oklahoma, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Texas. This is a shocker. In short, there is no Catholic political impact in support of life in those states reportedly having the most Catholics. As Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia put it, after the 2008 election, [w]e need to stop overcounting our numbers, our influence, our institutions, and our resources, because they are not real.
from the thread The Mythical Catholic Vote: The Harmful Consequences of Political Assimilation
Well golly gee whiz, why make laws against murder, theft, or anything because people will just break those laws. Right?
Yeah, let's stick to anything but the real problem which is that the majority of the population is so hedonistic and immoral that they shrug off infanticide the same way Carthaginians sacrificed their children to Moloch, the god who they believed would grant them prosperity in return for their firstborn child.
We sure could have used some catechesis and leadership from the bishops over the past century. I'm not sure it would have made a difference but it couldn't have hurt. Maybe they'll come around some day.
In the meantime the battle must be fought by us non-statists on MANY fronts.
There is a bigger picture here. The bishops were ready to support Obamacare as long as their line in the sand (abortion) was not crossed (see Cardinal O'Malley's remarks, post #34). If abortion was taken off the table tomorrow, they would be in full support of socialized medicine once again.
Here is an apt description of those whom they have been willing to collaborate with politically in their pursuit of "universal healthcare":
..."You understand, venerable brethren, that We speak of that sect of men who, under various and almost barbarous names, are called socialists, communists, or nihilists, and who, spread over all the world, and bound together by the closest ties in a wicked confederacy, no longer seek the shelter of secret meetings, but, openly and boldly marching forth in the light of day, strive to bring to a head what they have long been planningthe overthrow of all civil society whatsoever". (QUOD APOSTOLICI MUNERIS (On Socialism) - Pope Leo XIII
Abortion is no greater evil than euthanasia, or than the deliberate medical neglect of the elderly in hospitals in order to speed their demise, or the rationing and death panels which also comprise Obama's socialized deathcare program. Life must be protected at all stages. Pope John Paul II was a powerful witness to this teaching in his final years.
Under socialism, the value of individual lives is cheapened for the perceived good of the collective. Those considered useless (whether they be pre-born, sick, or elderly) are disposable.
Estimated number of victims (of communism, a socialist philosophy): 65 million in the People's Republic of China 20 million in the Soviet Union 2 million in Cambodia 2 million in North Korea 1.7 million in Africa 1.5 million in Afghanistan 1 million in the Communist states of Eastern Europe 1 million in Vietnam 150,000 in Latin America (mainly Cuba) 10,000 deaths "resulting from actions of the international Communist movement and Communist parties not in power."
Many bishops in this country support socialist programs, along with amnesty for illegals (whose voting patterns and dependence on government will shift the political balance in our country in favor of more extreme socialism). This results in the further empowerment of those whose goal is to cheapen the right to life. There is a huge political disconnect among those Catholics (including bishops) who seem to ignore Church teaching and the lessons of history in pursuit of "social justice" fueled by socialism, since socialism (empowered by swarms of immigrants who will by and large vote for socialist programs) promotes abortion, euthanasia, and elimination of those deemed "inconvenient" by the collective.
Sad, but true.
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ã Address: St. Michaelôs Road / Bilsborrow / Near Garstang / Preston / Lancashire PR3 0RS / England ã
Half term is always a nightmare with the kids, so when I saw that Guys Court were doing ice skating, I decided to give it ago. We had been here before and weren't that impressed but decided to give it another go.
You can find Guys Court just off the A6 at Bilsborrow near Garstang, easily signposted so you can't miss the turning.
They have a pizzeria next to the Owd Nell's Tavern, Guy's Lodge and School House Square with its clutch of craft shops.
It is family owned and been running for nearly three decades. It has its own cricket pitch with all weather wicket and thatched cricket pavilion. and is situated next to the canel.
Open every day.
Some examples of the food on the Lunch menu:
A BOWL OF MARINATED OLIVES ôÈ2.50
CHOICE OF TWO HOMEMADE SOUPS. ôÈ3.20
CURRIED MEDITERRANEAN PRAWNS. A medium curry of succulent prawns on rice. ôÈ5.75
FRESH IRISH MUSSELS. Cooked in white wine and herbs. ôÈ6.50 / ôÈ10.50
GRILLED GOATS CHEESE SALAD. Dressed leaves & bacon bits. ôÈ5.95
CAESAR SALAD. Parmesan, croutons and Caesar dressing. ôÈ5.95
DUCK TERRINE Coarse terrine of duck and green peppercorns. ôÈ4.95
FEGATINI. Sautûˋed chicken livers with white wine and a touch of chilli. ôÈ5.95
CHARGRILLED CHICKEN SALAD. Plump breast of chicken seasoned with Cajun spices seared & sliced over mixed leaves with Monterey Jack cheese and hot wholegrain mustard dressing. ôÈ9.50
FILLET OF SCOTTISH SALMON. Blackened with Cajun spices or poached with lemon butter sauce ôÈ9.75
SALMON & DILL TORTELLONI WITH LEMON. ôÈ5.25 / 8.50
TAGLIATELLE OF GINGER & VEGETABLES. ôÈ5.25 / 8.50
HOMEMADE LASAGNE. -Al forno or vegetarian ôÈ5.25 / 8.50
GUY'S PIZZE. Freshly prepared & baked before your eyes. From ôÈ7.50
Some examples from the A la Carte Menu:
MUSHROOMS ôÈ5.20
We stuff'em with butter, parsley, breadcrumbs, sherry & garlic.
CROCK OF MINESTRONE SOUP ôÈ3.20
Homemade, served with Parmesan.
STILTON AIGRETTES ôÈ5.20
Tasty cheese fritters - homemade.
SALADE NICOISE ôÈ5.25
Tuna fish, peppers & tomatoes.
Served with Swiss Toast. ôÈ4.90
SCOTTISH SALMON STEAK ôÈ12.95
Grilled or poached with parsley butter.
HALIBUT & PRAWNS ôÈ14.95
White wine, cream & prawns.
ABERDEEN ANGUS RUMP STEAK. Succulent & sweet, chargrilled to perfection, Prime Aberdeen Angus Scotch Beef ôÈ14.95
ABERDEEN ANGUS RIB EYE STEAK. Certified Scotch Beef ôÈ13.25
PENNE PAESANNA ôÈ6.95
Tomato, ham, mushrooms, peas & cream.
PENNE CON ZUCCHINI ôÈ6.95
Courgette, tomato and cream.
LASAGNE AL FORNO ôÈ7.95
They also provide a late night menu with some meals from the menus above and a selection o alcoholic and sofft drinks.
The room rates are as follows:
Standard rooms with shower en-suite are:- ôÈ55.00 Sunday to Thursday and ôÈ59.50 Friday and Saturday night and Bank Holidays.
Executve rooms with spa bath en-suite are ôÈ68.50 Sunday to Thursday and ôÈ75.00 Friday and Saturday night and Bank Holidays.
Deluxe Executive rooms with double spa bath & Aqua TV en-suite are ôÈ79.00 Sunday to Thursday and ôÈ85.00 Friday and Saturday night and Bank Holidays.
All rates are per room per night with Breakfast an additional charge of: ôÈ6.35 Full English or ôÈ4.75 Continental.
They also have offers on such as Friday Feeling and Champagne Weekend.
The rooms have also just had a ôÈ200,000 make over on them to bring them up to date.
This is a lovely place in a gorgeous location, but I am afraid that the location is the only plus for me.
I will give you my opnion of the accommodation when we stayed on a weeked.
They say they have been given a make over, well I must have missed them rooms. I thought it was all gruby, dated and didn't even have more than 2 small towels in the very small bathroom.
I have stayed in many hotels and payed less for my rooms and got alot more. Breakfast wasn't included and when we got it, well, my son could have done better.
The actual village is cute looking and the shops are really nice to walk around. The eating astablishments are standard. I ordered a buger and it was cold and tasteless. The pub is cramped and old fashioned. It all seems so messy and the staff are running around like headless chickens.
My experience of the ice skating isn't that much better. We went on a Saturday at the start of half term and when we got there it was really quiet. We paid ôÈ20 for 4 of us (including skate hire) for 45 minutes. The rink was really small and was really rough to skate on so we were falling about all over the place.
The guys that were running it were really nice. They let us go back on when my son needed the toilet (probably because it was so quiet.)
When we paid we got 2 tickets for the pub so the kids could eat free with a paying adult. But when we had ate and went to pay, the lady said we could only use these on a week day, so we had gone in there for nothing.
Overall, this is a lovely place to sit in Summer with a pint or glass of wine, but I wouldn't bother any other time. The food is quite expensive, the layout of the pub is cramped and the service is messy. The accommodation is basic and charged at Hilton prices and there aren't many facilities worth doing.
Guys Thatched Hamlet is situated 5 miles north of Preston, off the A6 Preston to Lancaster Road, its very easy to find if your driving along the A6 road, you will see signs for it all along, and its a sharp left or right (depending which way your going obviously!) into the hamlet.
Guys thatched Hamlet is a collection of small buildings which house a "tavern" i.e. a lovely little pub, a restaurant, ice cream parlour, and a collection of holiday apartments. All situated in a little hamlet, where the Lancaster Canal runs through allowing you to moore up and go and grab a drink and a bite to eat. But also allows the children to feed the ducks, with the "ducky bag" available when you have eaten in either the pub or restaurant, or of course with your own duck food!!!
The place itself is gorgeous, you feel like you ahve stepped back 100 years into a real little hamlet, as its so away from the hustle and bustle of the two close by cities Preston and Lancaster, its in a nice and relaxing place, which makes it a great place to go on a nice day with the family.
I have been to Guys a lot as I used to live very close by with my family, and still visit regularly now- we go for meals normally- the tavern side for pub lunches and random meals, and the restaurant side for special occasions.
The menu's on the two sides are different, but are both delicious, and reasonably priced, and amazing!! :)
Something I love about Guys is that they do alot of special deals, a lunch time menu of 2 or 3 courses for a set price, which is as far as I remember something like ôÈ6.50 for 2 courses and ôÈ8 for 3...don't quote me on this, but its not far wrong.
You can also stay at Guys Thatched hamlet in a variety of rooms, but as I have never stayed I cannot really comment, but the prices vary from around ôÈ55 per night to ôÈ80 per night depending on the kind of room you require (they do an exec room with jacuzzi and aqua TV), there are also special offers like the "champagne weekend" which is two nights from ôÈ169, with a bottle of champagne and box of chocolates in the room on arrival, ôÈ30 to spend in the restaurant or tavern on a meal, and breakfast for the two mornings your there. Which I am considering for my first anniversary in Septmeber, so will re-write on here when I have been!!!
Guys is a great place to eat and drink, and is wonderful for all the family!!!


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The state Cabinet approves a noncancellation rule and a rate freeze.
By TOM ZUCCO
Published January 31, 2007
The tweaking has begun.
After sometimes-heated debate Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet closed two loopholes in the recently passed property insurance reform bill by barring insurance companies from canceling policies for much of this year and temporarily freezing rates for about 20 companies that have not made a new rate filing.
After filing an emergency order late Monday, Crist said he was acting on fears that insurance companies would respond to last week's legislation by simply canceling policies.
The new cancellation rule is in effect only until May. But coupled with a law that makes it difficult for insurers to cancel policies through most of the hurricane season, Tuesday's action effectively covers nearly all of 2007. The hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30
The freeze is intended to stop insurance companies from filing for rate increases that do not take into account recent legislative changes.
Most companies, including State Farm and Allstate, have already won approval for their rates and would not be affected by the freeze.
And rates for state-run Citizens Property Insurance have already been frozen by the Legislature at their Dec. 31 level.
But Nationwide, which has about 250,000 policyholders in the state, still has its filing under review. The third-largest insurer in the state is currently in arbitration over a 71 percent rate hike requested last summer, although a company spokesman said Tuesday it would accept half that amount.
Both the rate freeze and cancellation policy were passed unanimously by the Cabinet, but not without drama.
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the only Democrat on the four-member Cabinet, said she was not made aware of the emergency order until early Monday evening. Sink's department oversees the Office of Insurance Regulation.
"With all due respect," Sink said, "I have a number of questions about this order. Had I known last Friday, my staff could have spent all weekend analyzing it.
"My preference is to approve the rate freeze, but defer the noncancellation of policies to the next Cabinet meeting."
But Crist said he wanted to ensure policies were not canceled and rate increases weren't "slipped under the door."
Sink countered that she wants to encourage private insurers to come back to Florida, and the order "sets a dangerous precedent."
"Sometimes companies need to nonrenew because of their capitalization situation," Sink said.
Guy Marvin, president of the Florida Insurance Council, the state's largest insurance trade group, went further, saying the rule "will have a drastically negative impact on the financial statement of some of our members."
And Nationwide lobbyist Mark Delegal said his company was being unfairly punished.
"It's not that Nationwide came in the dark of night," Delegal said. "They made a filing July 6 to include the increased costs. They were denied Oct. 18 and filed for an arbitration hearing in November. The hearing was postponed, and will take place in mid March with a decision in April.
"This rule ensnares Nationwide."
Crist shot back, "What were the profits for Nationwide last year?"
Delegal said he didn't know, but that Nationwide's Florida subsidiary has lost money in the state.
"We have a serious problem with aggressive profits," Crist said. "What we're talking about is this Cabinet having the backbone to do what's right.
"If there's no emergency order, companies can stick their nose under the door and cancel policies, like Allstate just did to 106,000 of its customers."
That's of little consolation to Rose DeRosa, 61, a retired Spring Hill banker who got a notice Jan. 17 that Allstate would not renew her policy. That was three days before lawmakers passed the new legislation.
"It's kind of like somebody tipped them off," she said.
Tom Zucco can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (727)893-8247.
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Keep transparency in political money
To the editor:
Whether you like our governor or not, I believe that anyone who believes in true democracy will agree with him on the following matter.
An ever-growing problem, in our elections, is the matter of political money being sent into a city, a state or our country from sources unknown to the public. The only reason they do this is to buy favors from the politician they support. In other words, to secretly buy political action for people who do not live within our political boundary.
The residents within our political borders should rule our territory and not secret donors from the outside for their own secret purposes. Political action should be as clear as glass. Our governor is trying to keep politics open to our people.
Please support him on this matter.
Malcolm Brandt


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Two Womens Red Blue Scrimmages on Tap
Bill Kauffman
USA Volleyball Communications
Phone: 719-228-6800
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 17, 2012) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, ranked No. 1 in the world by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), will hold the first of two intrasquad Red-Blue scrimmages on May 19 at 7 p.m. on the campus of Irvine Valley College in Irvine, Calif.
On May 26, UC Irvine will host the second Red-Blue intrasquad scrimmage at 5 p.m. The match, which will be free to the public, will be played at Crawford Hall on the UC Irvine campus. The two scrimmages will allow the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team coaching staff to make final preparations for the busy summer that includes the FIVB World Grand Prix, the Pan American Cup, international exhibition matches against Bulgaria and the Olympic Games.
The U.S. Women, who train at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Calif., will seek to win their third consecutive FIVB World Grand Prix title this summer. Team USA travels to Dominican Republic to play Germany (June 8), Chinese Taipei (June 9) and Dominican Republic (June 10) in the first preliminary weekend. The U.S. travels south to Sao Paulo Brazil for the second weekend of matches against Italy (June 15), Germany (June 16) and Brazil (June 17). The Americans close the preliminary round in Thailand against Serbia (June 22), Argentina (June 23) and Thailand (June 24).
The top five teams in the 16-team preliminary round plus China advance to the FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round set June 27 to July 1 at Ningbo, China.
The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team will host Bulgaria in a three-match pre-Olympic Games exhibition series. The City of Anaheim, the official host city for both the U.S. Women's and Men's National Volleyball Teams, will serve as host for the first of three exhibition matches with Bulgaria. The initial match will be held on July 14 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time inside the American Sports Centers, the team's training headquarters located in Anaheim.
The University of Southern California will host USA-Bulgaria matches on July 16 and July 18 at Galen Center. Both matches are scheduled for 7 p.m. Pacific Time. Admission for the two matches played at USC is $10 for adults per match, while tickets for children 12-and-under and groups of 10 or more are $5 per match. Tickets can be purchased by visiting usctrojans.com/usa.
The Olympic Games begin on July 28 for the women's volleyball competition with alternating days of competition with the men's volleyball competition.
U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Roster for Red-Blue Scrimmages
# - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 - Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, Leland, Mich., Penn State)
2 – Danielle Scott-Arruda (MB, 6-2, Baton Rouge, La., Long Beach State)
3 - Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Opp, 6-7, Laguna Hills, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 – Lindsey Berg (S, 5-8, Honolulu, Hawaii, Minnesota)
5 – Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-4, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
7 - Heather Bown (MB, 6-3, Yorba Linda, Calif., Hawaii)
8 – Cynthia Barboza (OH, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford)
9 - Jennifer Tamas (MB, 6-4, Milpitas, Calif., Pacific)
10 - Kim Glass (OH, 6-2, Lancaster, Pa., Arizona)
11 - Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
12 - Nancy Metcalf (Opp, 6-1, Hull, Iowa, Nebraska)
13 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Hopewell Township, Pa., Penn State)
14 - Nicole Fawcett (Opp, 6-4, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State)
15 - Logan Tom (OH, 6-1, Salt Lake City, Utah, Stanford)
16 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
17 – Carli Lloyd (S, 5-11, Bonsall, Calif., California-Berkeley)
18 - Megan Hodge (OH, 6-3, Durham, N.C., Penn State)
19 - Destinee Hooker (Opp, 6-4, San Antonio, Texas, Texas)
20 – Alix Klineman (OH, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Stanford)
21 - Tamari Miyashiro (L, 5-7, Kaneohe, Hawaii, Washington)
22 – Courtney Thompson (S, 5-8, Kent, Wash., Washington)
23 - Mary 'Nellie' Spicer (S, 5-9, Barrington, Ill., UCLA)
24 – Kristin Richards (OH, 6-1, Orem, Utah, Stanford)
25 – Lauren Gibbemeyer (MB, 6-2, St. Paul, Minn., Minnesota)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach/Technical Coordinator: Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer/Medical Support: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Team Manager: Ken Sullivan