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Rob Ford Didn't Deserve to Be Fired
I felt sad to hear the court's decision to oust Mayor Rob Ford from office. In spite of what is said about him in the media (as if he was a wild beast who eats humans) he is indeed a caring politician who listens to people and tries to do something about their problems.
How many times has a politician replied to you personally -- aside from during an election when they pretend to be Santa Claus -- let alone show initiative to solve your issue?
I will never forget my experience with Mr. Ford. Even though I was not part of his constituency, he nevertheless responded to me and was willing to meet me personally and bring officials with him to study an issue I cared about. It was about an intersection in the Etobicoke neighbourhood where I suggested a traffic light be installed to ease the congestion.
Though I was out of the country, he did not ignore it and took the initiative to study the proposal, consult city engineers and write back to me about the outcome.
While I respect the court's ruling, I think there were other major breaches that warranted similar severe consequences, such as Ontario's $1-billion eHealth consulting scandal; the cancellation of two gas plants in Mississauga and Oakville at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to taxpayers; the Ontario Lottery and Gaming scandal; the Samsung deal scandal; the Eco Tax scandal and so on.
Mr. Ford should not be treated differently than anyone else. I am not implying that he should be above the law. We should be fair when applying the severity of our legal system. Other politicians who have been involved in much more serious offences should have been treated as such, including expelling them from office and holding them accountable for the mishaps they have caused.
With respect, I consider the sentence against Rob Ford to be a little too harsh.
Sorry this #fordcourt verdict is taking so long. The judge was coaching football this morning and will get around to it soon.
Rob Ford got kicked out of mayors office? WOWWWWW!! Hes hopping on that gravy train right back home.
rip rob ford. stung by a hoard of vicious gravy wasps.
Now I await all Rob Ford memes. #topoli #comeatmebro
Oh, my. Rob Ford has been removed from his office as mayor. Toronto politics just got rather interesting. http://t.co/Ltpmkac6
Rob Ford needs new business cards asap!
Terrifying thought: Governor of the Bank of Canada job is open. Rob Ford is looking for a job. ARRGGHHH! #Cdnpoli
BREAKING: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford found guilty of violating conflict of interest act, removed from office http://t.co/o0BBzIgp #topoli
#topoli Imagine if #toronto invested as much time and attention to transit financing as we spend distracted by @TOMayorFord latest antics.
Its a sad day for hard working comedians throughout Toronto. It appears Rob Ford's been booted from office (pending appeal) #RobFord #TOpoli
No more coach/mayor Ford! #topoli
How does it work in TO when a mayor finishes early? Is there a bielection or will the deputy step up as acting mayor? #fordcourt #TOpoli
Very exciting day in Toronto- and it has nothing to do with football. Let's fix this and make sure it never happens again. #TOpoli
Hey #Toronto, #RobFord might be out of office now so get yourselves educated about the issues and make informed choices. #topoli #onpoli
Who's going to drive the gravy train in the parade :(. #TOpoli #RobFord
Watching the Rob Ford circus is more fun, but Carney leaving Canada for England is bigger and more important news #topoli
Oh boy - we're gonna see Jabba the Mayor kick it into serious victim mode now! #RobFord #TOpoli
Also, Rob Ford is trending worldwide. (Let's hope just this once and never again.) #TOpoli
If Rob Ford and Dalton McGuinty just traded positions, Toronto would have subways all over the place. #topoli #onpoli
I wonder if Rob Ford will appeal the decision or leave quietly with his last shred of dignity. #TOpoli
On the otherhand Doug Holyday will make an excellent Interim Mayor for #toronto #topoli #tocouncil
Let's hope Ford can and does run again soon. Then Toronto can turf his partisan, ignorant ass in the most clearly democratic manner. #TOPoli
Have You Driven a Ford (out of office) Lately? #topoli #fordcourt
|@ TorStarEditor : #robford here is an early look at Wednesday's front page of the Toronto Star. http://t.co/eVToRKDI
The Toronto Star tweeted a photo fo their front page with an exclusive story on how the Ford brothers could be planning a way to maintain power if Rob were unable to run in a by-election. More details as they come.
More bad news for Rob Ford on Tuesday. The Don Bosco Eagles, the high school football team he coaches fell to the Huron Heights Warriors 28-14 at the Metro Bowl.
Rob Ford was consistent in one thing though. The mayor left today's council meeting to attend the football game. The mayor has been criticized in the past for missing key votes to coach his team.
A tired-looking Rob Ford appeared before dozens of reporters at City Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Ford made a brief statement to the media and took no questions. A full text of his statement:
Good afternoon everyone. I was elected two years ago by the people of Toronto to do a job. We have accomplished a lot in the past two years. But, that job isn't finished yet. I respect the Court's decision that was released yesterday. My decision to appeal is not a criticism of the Court. But, I feel it is important to work through the appeal system so I can continue to do the work I was elected to do. This entire matter began because I love to help kids play football. When this came to Council for the vote in question, I felt it was important to answer the accusations that had been made against me. I was focused on raising money to help underprivileged youth. I never believed there was a conflict of interest because I had nothing to gain. And, the City had nothing to lose. But, I respect the court's decision. Looking back, maybe I could have expressed myself in a different way. To everyone who believes I should have done this differently – I sincerely apologize. The people elected me to bring respect for taxpayers back to City Hall, and I will keep working to do exactly that for as long as I can – or, until the people elect someone else to do the job. Thank you. Unfortunately, that is all I can say at this time.
Ford at times appeared close to tears while he was delivering the statement. His voice appeared to break a few times and he was quickly escorted out of the room by his press secretary.
|@ LindaNguyenTO : Suffice to say, the media interest in @TOMayorFord's news conference at 3:30pm is huge. Here's a pic of cams #TOpoli http://t.co/5e8Yg5jw
|@ JProskowGlobal : Mayor Rob Ford will read a prepared statement to the media at 3:30PM
|@ SidRyan_OFL : All due respects to Clay Ruby but court case was dumb politics. Ford is many things but hes not a criminal. Now he's a martyr. #TOpoli
Mayor Ford's lawyers will be filing his appeal on December 5, the Globe and Mail is reporting.
The appeal to the Divisional Court will be the only one he's allowed and will determine whether he'll be able to stay on as Mayor. Earlier today the city solicitor said that Ford will likely receive a stay in his sentence, which means he would be allowed to stay on as mayor until the court rules on his appeal.
|@ StrashinCBC : City hall security has been aggressive today protecting @TOMayorFord from media throng. Saw a guard physically stop. Star's Dave Rider.#sl
|@ kellygrant1 : Councillors are running all over the place. So Nunziata forces them back to their seats with a quorum call. #topoli
|@ BenSpurr : Well there we go. Pressed by reporters, Mammoliti says Ford should step down, at least temporarily, pending his appeal #TOpoli
Toronto's City Council got a bit more clarity on the Ford case during Tuesday's meeting. City solicitor Anna Kinastowski outlined the legal road ahead for Mayor Ford and Council.
Mayor Ford will have to file an appeal to the Divisional Court and Ford's lawyers will likely ask for a suspension of the sentence — meaning Ford should be able to stay on as Mayor while the appeal is being decided.
The appeal to Divisional Court will be the mayor's sole appeal and it is binding. In the event the mayor does not receive a suspension of his sentence during his appeal, a scenario that Kinastowski said would be unusual and unlikely, the mayor's job would be vacant as of December 10th.
If the city were to hold a by-election to replace the mayor, the city solicitor says that her reading of Judge Hackland's ruling is that the mayor won't be able to run in a by-election and would have to wait until 2014 to run again.
The solicitor also clarified that Ford's legal fees are not being paid for by the City. "The City is not involved," Kinastowski said.
|@ NPHallMonitor : "The mayor is the mayor, it is business as usual," said Anna Kinastowski, city solicitor, noting judge ruling takes effect in 14 days
With Rob Ford possibly out of a job, speculation swirls around who will replace him. Will it be a city councillor? A former mayoral candidate? What about a warrior-princess?
This Hour Has 22 Minutes' Marg Delahunty makes her pitch why she should run the City of Toronto.
It's going to be a busy and possibly feisty day at Toronto City Council.
CBC looks at the road ahead for Mayor Ford and city council.
But if yesterday is any indication, that two weeks will be filled with intense legal speculation about whether Ford will seek a stay of the Hackland ruling while an appeal is heard, not to mention political intrigue as Ford opponents and supporters jockey to figure out how to replace him.
If he does go, there are currently two options on the table: appoint a caretaker mayor to fill out the remaining two years of the term or call a byelection. And while it is early days yet, some councillors, including some previously loyal Ford supporters, are beginning to make their preferences heard.
As for the mayor, Ford has said he will appeal the decision at a divisional court. But in order to remain as mayor while the appeal is going forward, he would likely also have to apply for a stay of proceedings.
|@ thechrisws : Via @jpags, the Toronto Star's Ford coverage includes a recipe for humble pie: http://t.co/BUWROeBz
|@ KatieSimpson24 : Mayor Ford speaking with his brother in council chambers ahead of today's meeting. #Toronto http://t.co/YrPtuTwb
The Toronto Star profiles the 27-year-old who may have helped bring down the mayor. From the article:
"History will write him up as a hero," left-leaning Councillor Joe Mihevc, who has known Chaleff-Freudenthaler since the latter's childhood, said on Monday.
"He's an obstructionist who's never been happy with Rob Ford getting elected as mayor," said right-leaning Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong.
|@ JProskowGlobal : "You can't put a price on democracy" says Doug ford on cost of by election. "We don't live in Egypt"
A few things we'll be looking out for today:
1) The Argos Grey Cup parade will wind through the downtown core starting at 11:30. Will Mayor Ford show up?
2) City Council meets today. The city's budget is on the agenda and debate around that can get messy during the best of years. Some councillors have been saying they need a special session to deal with rulings around Rob Ford's court case. We'll see if this happens.
3) The Metro Bowl, the city's championship football game is scheduled for tonight at 8 p.m. Rob Ford's Don Bosco Eagles will be playing for the title. Doug Ford, the mayor's brother, has called for a rally before the game for supporters of the mayor.
Questions are being raised about an all-or-nothing provision in a previously little-known "draconian" law that was thrust into the spotlight Monday after it was used to unseat the mayor of Canada's largest city.
As we have come to expect with all things newsworthy, today's ruling that Rob Ford was to be removed from office was the genesis of a bunch of internet stuff.
At Toronto's City Hall, surely the most ambiently lunatic building in Canada, a stage was set up to launch the Mayor's Christmas Toy Drive. Eight small children had been procured to act as "honourary elves," sitting cross-legged on a carpet at the foot of a Christmas tree, flanked by boxes of mini-trikes and construction cranes. A boxed CFL football sat ominously to one side. The mayor was scheduled to launch the drive at 1 p.m. An enormous crowd of reporters buzzed about. Interest in the mayor's event had amplified to unusual levels by news that the mayor had just gotten himself fired.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been ordered out of office after being found guilty of breaking conflict of interest rules, but he's not the only Canadian mayor running into trouble:
Think you know Rob Ford? Buzzfeed lists eight of his more memorable moments.
Lawyer Clayton Ruby, a Toronto citizen, Paul Magder and the mayor himself react to today's court ruling.
|@ TorontoStar : #RobFord timeline: Mayor has had two years of ups and downs http://t.co/Gq23KVYl Story by @paulmoloney4. #TOpoli
A number of HuffPost Canada bloggers have weighed in the Rob Ford case:
Blogger and comedian Josh Bowman lays out 10 things he learned from Rob Ford. From the blog:
People hate nothing more than hypocrisy in politicians. Corrupt politicians who complain about corruption. Lazy politicians who complain about waste. Lying politicians who complain about a lack of accountability. Nobody is perfect, but if you are going to launch an attack, do your best to live by the principles you espouse.
Katie Heindl says that we should say 'thank you' to Mayor Ford for actually making us interested in civic politics. From the blog:
Ford was, in his own fumbling toward ecstasy sort of way, successfully rallying the entire country. CNN, BBC, they all started paying attention to Toronto, playing into our forever-the-hated older sibling stereotype and need for attention. Sure, it was embarrassing to have a Mayor who looked nothing like Kurt Russell but wanted to pull some sort of reverse Escape From New York on us, but wasn't it kind of nice to pretend for a minute we had a real live liege lord?
While writer Abubakar Kasim said that the mayor doesn't deserve to get fired. From his blog:
While I respect the court's ruling, I think there were other major breaches that warranted similar severe consequences, such as Ontario's -billion eHealth consulting scandal; the cancellation of two gas plants in Mississauga and Oakville at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to taxpayers; the Ontario Lottery and Gaming scandal; the Samsung deal scandal; the Eco Tax scandal and so on.
Niki Thomas echoes a familiar refrain, that Rob Ford had no one to blame but himself. Read her blog:
As an embarrassed former Ford supporter (a confession which I made a few months back) it didn't take me long to realize I had supported the wrong candidate. From the very moment he was inaugurated, by Don Cherry of all people, we knew we were in for a rough ride. Cherry was downright insulting during the ceremony, attacking "pinko commies" for their support of bike lanes, and bragging about the major changes Ford was expected to bring. The vitriol and anger being spouted during the inauguration were just a sign of things to come.
Premier McGuinty, at a press conference on the Windsor-Detroit Bridge, isn't answering questions on the Rob Ford court case. He says the matter is still before the courts.
He leaves it up to the appropriate ministry to look over the provincial laws regulating behaviour of municipal politicians.


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14th Century Fightbook is reproduced for the first time - Wednesday, 12 June 2013
A finely-preserved, 14th century manual depicting the finely-honed skills of medieval swordmanship has been reproduced for the first time as a beautifully bound, full-sized facsimile.
Britain's oldest public museum, the Royal Armouries has teamed up with specialist publishers, Extraordinary Editions, to produce a limited edition of the illuminated "fightbook" – the oldest known manual of swordsmanship in the western canon* and one of the earliest examples in the world.
The print run includes just 750 copies, complete with a companion volume, transcribing and translating the original manuscript from the original Latin and German.
To achieve this, Royal Armouries and the publishers worked with Dr Jeffrey L. Forgeng, a curator at the Higgins Armory Museum in Massachusetts, who shared his research and wrote a new introduction to the text.
The remarkable manuscript I.33 dates to 1310 and then survived many centuries, before being bought by Royal Armouries at auction in the 1950s. It is now so famous, it is known purely by its shelf number, I.33.
The manuscript comprises 32 parchment leaves of approximately 30 × 23 cm each and is richly illustrated, depicting a priest instructing a scholar and describing with text and verse a system of combat with the sword and buckler [a small round shield].
The commentaries describe the action, discuss alternative options and offer general pointers to the budding swordsman. They include beautiful illustrations, depicting 38 combat sequences – including pictures of a swordswoman, which is rare.
The original manuscript was in fine condition, given its age and longevity. At some point, a smouldering coal had been allowed to burn a hole in the early pages and the damaged was then repaired. Later on, some of the figures have had their outlines redrawn in a heavier ink – and a child even attempted to colour in some of the shields, and added moustaches to some figures.
Royal Armouries director Peter Armstrong said, "This is a stunning and historic reproduction of one of the most exciting exhibits in the national collection and we're delighted to have worked with experts in their fields, to produce the limited edition.
"The project started in 2012, a year of Olympic swordsmanship and we loaned the manuscript to the Wallace Collection in London for exhibition. In preparation for its display, we had it conserved and rebound, presenting us with an ideal opportunity to photograph it and then commission a top quality, facsimile volume, which is now on sale. Profits will be used to maintain and develop the Royal Armouries' national collections."
For more information about the fightbook and for prices, please visit http://illuminatedfightbook.co.uk/home
*Note: The Western Canon is a term used to denote a body of books, and more widely music and art, which has been the most influential in shaping Western culture. It asserts a compendium of the greatest works of artistic merit.
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- Royal Armouries is the national museum of arms and armour and has sites in Leeds, HM Tower of London, Fort Nelson and Louisville, Kentucky. It is the first British national museum to open a permanent presence in another country
- Admission to the museum is free. However, there may be a small charge for some special events.
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Town Square
Medicare for all
Original post made by Marvin and Alison Lee, Community Center, on Mar 12, 2007
March 9, 2007
California Nurses Association/NNOC Joins AFL-CIO
following Endorsement of Single Payer Healthcare,
Affiliation Unites 325,000 RNs in Federation
The California Nurses Association, and its national
arm, the National Nurses Organizing Committee was
granted a charter Thursday to join the AFL-CIO, uniting
325,000 registered nurses into the leading voice of
America's working people. CNA/NNOC represents 75,000
RNs in all 50 states.
Significantly, the affiliation came two days after the
Federation adopted a sweeping new healthcare policy
statement endorsing a single-payer type system premised
on 'updating and expanding Medicare benefits' to all
a resident of Jordan Middle School
on Mar 12, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Medicare as it now exists is an impending financial disaster, but a great deal for today's seniors.
Creating universal single-payer health care is not the same thing as expanding Medicare coverage. Universal single-payer health care can be much more cost-efficient than the current health care system; however, such coverage cannot be paid for by another Ponzi scheme.
a resident of Barron Park
on Mar 12, 2007 at 7:48 pm
We already have a good example of the quality of care we get when we let the government run a health care system via a single-payer scheme. It's the VA.
You might want to peruse some of the recent articles on the care the soldiers recently back from Iraq are getting from the VA. If the government can't or won't take care of our wounded soldiers, what makes anyone think they'll take better care of the rest of us?!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 12, 2007 at 10:50 pm
The current administration is made up of people who hate government and not surprisingly, don't administer effective government programs. FEMA used to be a great agency. The Bush administration gutted it, hence the disastrous response after Katrina.
When you say we have a good example "of the quality of care we get when we let the government run a health care system via a single-payer scheme. It's the VA." do you mean to say that countries like Australia, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, Korea, (should I get out a map and start listing), where they have government run health care systems that provide quality care for everyone -- and often now, better care than we can get here -- for reasonable amounts of money, do you mean to say that there is something inherently inferior about Americans that we would never be able to do better than that? Because I take issue with that.
Are you saying that our armed forces are doomed to always be a disaster because anything "government run" must by definition be second-rate? Because again, I take issue with that, I think we have the finest soldiers and military in the world.
Government programs can be run poorly and they can be run well. I think it's obvious that they aren't run well by people who inherently believe they can't be.
a resident of Jordan Middle School
on Mar 12, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Walter Reed is not run by the VA.
See the following link for a brief explanation.
Web Link
During the 1990's the VA had been greatly overhauled for the better.
a resident of Barron Park
on Mar 13, 2007 at 11:01 am
citizen, you're much too glib about the success of nationalized health schemes in other countries.
Take Australia, the first country on your list. Actually Australia has a hybrid system with parallel public and private insurance. If you are in the public (government) system, your choice of doctors is severely limited and you face much longer waits for elective service.
Take Canada, perhaps our closest cultural equal. There, the nationalized health service rations treatment severly and waits for simple procedures like MRI's and even cancer treatment can be many weeks or even months. We all have seen stories about Canadians coming over the border for treatment because they can't get it in a timely way in Canada.
In Great Britain, if you're past 55 and need dialysis...tough. They ration it in part by age and if you are too old you're out of luck.
Americans never would accept this kind of treatment. Our expectations and standards are too high.
THe invocation of government run military is inapt. The government runs the military because (obviously), even if it were theoretically possible, we don't want private military forces.
There may be better run and more poorly run government programs, but generally, when something can be provided by both government and the private sector, the private sector does it more efficiently.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 13, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Generally where there is no meaningful avenue for competition and the customer can be held hostage -- such as with utilities, an example close to home since we have for 100 years had better utilities here in PA run by government -- generally under those circumstances, public is cheaper and more efficient than private. There are many studies of how non-profit health care providers have provided lower-cost care of equal or better quality to for-profit here in this country.
I have friends in Australia who consistently get better care than we do here. And I don't mean in small measures, I mean out-of-this-world better care. I have friends who have had care in both countries and hands down say it's better in Australia, for a tiny fraction of the cost we pay here. I have some wealthy friends who tell me that in diplomatic negotiations, the US is always pressuring Australia to dump its socialized medicine, but it's so popular there, politicians would be committing political suicide if they caved.
I have family in Europe, so I'm sorry I cannot agree with your typical scare tactics, I know how consistently better their care is in most countries there, and how they don't have to deal with the hugely hugely burdensome paperwork that we have here. I usually end up spending from 10 to 1000 times as much time on the paperwork as I do on the actual care. I personally would not want a system like they have in Great Britain either, but why shoot for that when there are better-run systems we can look to? ALL provide low-cost care to everyone, without the crushing bureaucracy.
And the waits? I need surgery and can't afford it even though I have health insurance, how does that make me any different? We have a friend who needed strong medicine for an infected limb and had to be put on a waiting list at his HMO's hospital HERE! I think the estimates are that we have 80,000 people in this country who suffer unnecessary death or disability every year because they cannot afford the care they need. (I just heard Ralph Nader give the number of the Commonwealth Club today.)
Generally, monopolies and rackets cost more and don't deliver, and that's what we have in health care here, and why we are getting less yet spending more and more every year. The Public vs. private argument is a red herring, it's just not what we've got.
a resident of Barron Park
on Mar 13, 2007 at 11:58 pm
The issue with respect to health care is not non-profit vs profit. It's government run vs privately run systems. I await (if you have them) some specific examples of government run care that is lower cost and equal or better care. Give cites and numbers please.
Anecdotal care of friends in Australia or family in Europe bear little weight in a discussion of this kind.
Here's what one oft-cited source says about Australia's system:
"Approximately 30% of Australians also retain private health insurance, even though they are already entitled to free treatment in public hospitals. The major reasons for taking up health insurance despite the free public system are:
* Shorter waiting lists in private hospitals (especially for procedures such as joint reconstructions or heart bypass surgery, for which there are often long waiting times in public hospitals).
* Choice of hospital/physician in the private system;
* Improved accommodation facilities such as private rooms (although medical facilities are usually more extensive in the public system);
* The coverage of a broader range of services (e.g. chiropractic, dental, optical, etc)." Web Link)
You don't mention the countries in Europe you say are so much better than ours, so it's impossible to say much about your unsupported assertions.
Similarly, an unsupported assertion of wait differences between other countries and the US, that contradicts almost every reported press story on the topic is difficult to respond to. Web Link
Finally, I actually agree with your assertions about monopolies: monopolies don't deliver as well as competitive industries. There is way too little competition among health care providers in the US. Much of this is due to government intervention. But regardless of its cause, why in the world would you want to turn a less than ideally competitive system into a legal monopoly via single payer government health care?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 14, 2007 at 7:01 am
People seem to have no trouble using an occasional scare anecdote about other systems, but try to rattle off the vast majority who have great experiences, and suddenly the anecdotes don't count.
If you want to get educated about how much better and cheaper many healthcare systems are around the world now than ours, use Google, it's not hard. Anecdotes do have bearing, because statistics are one thing, but if you want to really get a sense of how far we have slipped, try talking to people from other countries about what kind of care they get and for how much, and you'll really wish we'd fix our system. People from other countries can't believe what is going on here.
The World Health Organization rankings in 2000 put the US at number 37, behind Norway, Austria, Japan, Singapore, Italy, France, etc., though not behind Australia interestingly (though I wonder if that would change now, seven years is a long time in the downward spiral we are on; probably their ranking also is affected by their not dealing so well with Aboriginal populations). We are #37 on that list in care, but we spend by far the most on healthcare. Web Link
As far as other people coming to this country for care, an article in Reader's Digest recently pointed out that our country USED to be the leader in "medical tourism" -- which USED to mean people coming from other countries for our better care. The article pointed out that we have all but lost that business to other countries like Singapore and Switzerland, where the care is just as or more advanced and cheaper. Now "medical tourism" means Americans going to other countries where they can afford the care.
There's a far more serious problem looming, and that is when we have lost our reputation as a leader in the rest of the world (and that is coming), we will suffer far more serious economic hits (in various medical product arenas, e.g.) that will be hard to regain. We have all but taken our reputation for granted, but the rest of the world does not see us through the same rose-colored glasses. At what point do we wake up and smell the roses?
Even by your statistics, 70% of Australians don't bother carrying any supplemental insurance, the vast majority. Your point says nothing about how many of the small percentage who do carry insurance actually use it. PLUS (more importantly), private insurance in Oz is not the same thing as private insurance here. They have tight regulation and insurance actually has to live up to its contract. In this country, insurance was deregulated on the federal level, oh, just coincidentally right before our system started going to the birds.
A Public Citizen study in 2003 pegged annual administrative waste in our system at around $300 billion annually, most of it because of private insurance. It's "waste" from the public's perspective, but insurers don't spend a dime they don't benefit from. They get a windfall from delaying and denying care, which they accomplish through the paperwork, so the efficiencies of the private sector are feeding the paperwork nightmare because there is no realistic competition when it comes to DELIVERY of insurance. The incentives are all wrong. It's an insane way to finance and administer healthcare. More frightening still, if they are spending $300 billion annually on administrative shenanigans for that windfall, how much more is that windfall costing us?
Meanwhile, we have half of all personal bankruptcies caused by health costs, the majority of those people had insurance at the start of the bankrupting health condition, yada yada.
That said, I'm not sure I'd like to see a single payer system. However, transitioning to a single-payer system has an advantage I think most people don't realize -- that is, once the racket (mainly private insurance) is gone from the health care system, the system will be far more amenable to change, gradual improvement efforts, and adjustment. Right now, every attempt to improve things for the public threatens the extreme profits of the racket. It's all but impossible to make improvements, because what is in our interests is at odds with those who are making the most money (by not providing care). If we had a single-payer system that needed tweeking to improve it for the benefit of the public, there's nothing stopping the private sector from bringing those improvements. Then the incentives would be to improve the system for the benefit of those is serves.
But, I think the odds of the above happening are about zero. Things will probably have to just continue to get so bad in this country that there finally is a "revolution." Those benefitting most from the conditions that spur a revolution almost never believe it's coming.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Mar 14, 2007 at 7:47 am
I have family in the UK all of whom carry private medical insurance because the National Health system in Britain is underfunded and swamped. If you need treatment, even for cancer, you must wait in line. I know because my Brother received chemo and immediate hospitalization only because he had private insurance. If the U.S. had a similar system of health care, our system would be on overload too. We would sacrifice quality for quantity and those who could afford it would still carry private insurance. It would very quickly become a two tier system.
Much of the National Health in Britain is financed through huge gasoline taxes; that's why gas is so expensive in Europe. Would the U.S. be willing to pay more than double for their gas to finance a national health care system - I don't think so?
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Mar 14, 2007 at 8:33 am
Neighbor is on-track.
Government provided services are almost always underfunded and poorly run. They ration what they provide either explicitly, or through lines and waiting lists.
Think about where you stand in line anymore. The DMV, the Social Security administration, the post office, for passports, food stamps, .... you get the idea.
Sure some banks, for example, have lines. But when my bank has lines too often, I have plenty of alternatives.
WHen the government runs medical care, what do we do for alternatives? Go to Canada?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 14, 2007 at 11:06 am
Um, "A neighbor", do you understand that our system here NOW is hugely more expensive than the one in Britain? That our system is vastly more expensive than any system in the world, yet we are providing lower and lower quality care as time passes to fewer or our citizens, and that millions of our citizens have NO recourse, forget a two-tiered one. Are you saying that if we tried to change, we would never be able to do better than the British?
And if you get beyond the few anecdotes that Frenchie wouldn't allow for, generally even the British system does better than ours by objective measures (according, for example, to the World Health Organization study). As I said, we could look to better examples.
Here's an article from the BBC about France about the World Health Organization study into the best health care systems. Web Link
"The study echoes the findings of opinion polls carried out in France, where people consistently register a high degree of satisfaction with their level of health care.
By and large, hospitals are clean and efficient, waiting lists are short, general and specialist doctors are in plentiful supply and, above all, in a country that prizes its spirit of solidarity, the benefits are universally available."
Everyone pays into a government-run insurance plan. The government doesn't run their health care system, it just takes the graft out of insurance.
Maybe there are medical consumers out there like Donnie who will never wake up to the realities, but this burden is sinking American business. I find it really interesting that the top countries on that WHO list are now producing some of the best medical research in the world.
Think of all the unintended economic and health benefits of intantaneously giving our many thousands of doctors back the considerable fraction of their time now spent dealing with the paperwork in our system. (And to the patients, too.)
a resident of another community
on Mar 17, 2007 at 7:49 am
If you extend medicare for all, you will created a multi-tiered system. There are many doctors today that will not accept medicare patients or even medical insurance; they will only accept their own private patients.
If medicare was extended to all, many more doctors would go independent. There would be Doctors who will only accept private patients, doctors who will accept private patients and those insuranced privately, and a few doctors who may accept universal Medicare patients. The same would go for hospitals and all other health care workers.
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on Mar 17, 2007 at 9:56 am
You can't do everything for everybody. When you give heart lung transplants to death row inmates and sex change operations to Frisco workers and 6K detox sessions the money runs down quick. Triage either has to be built into the system or it will creep in bureaucraticly. In my lifetime we have always had emergency level care in this country. Add incremental until you reach a sustainable level then let those who want more pay for it, and let us all carry catastrofic coverage.


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Congrats Brian Wilson, CISSP!
Although if you ask him or anyone else for that matter, this is no easy exam. So considering the difficulty of the exam and the fact that the CISSP is recognized as the gold standard of security certifications, I'm sure this one will go to the top of the list.
Just don't forget us little people when you're famous.
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WEF: Cyber Attacks are a Top Five Threat, Secure Systems Don't Exist
In case ending the work week on Friday the 13th wasn't enough of an ominous way to head into the weekend, consider this: for the first ever, the World Economic Forum (WEF) identified cyber attacks on governments and businesses as one of the top five global risks in terms of likelihood. In fact, it's the first time any kind of technology risk ranked in the top five.
The likelihood of a cyber attack ranked No. 4 overall, behind severe income disparity (No. 1), chronic fiscal imbalances (No. 2), and rising greenhouse gas emissions (No. 3), and ahead of a water supply crisis (No. 5). What's more, WEF points out there's really no such thing as a secure system, and at best there are just ones which haven't had their vulnerabilities exposed.
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It's popular to frame issues of variation in human health, intelligence and other traits as a question of "nature vs. nurture." But, armed with new research methods and a burgeoning body of knowledge, leading scholars in the social sciences increasingly find that such dichotomous discussions fail to convey the nuance they observe in their research.
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The popular press has reported that genes are partially responsible for individual differences in smoking, voting, sexual behavior, criminal behavior, mental and physical health, life expectancy, sleep and many other human traits.
These reports often tie the relative contribution of specific genes to the likelihood that any individual may engage in a particular behavior, and they rarely discuss the fact that strength of genetic associations typically depend on the social environment in which individuals live, scholars note. To say, for example, that genes are responsible for individual differences in physical size without also considering the different environments in which people live tells only one side of the story.
Social science researchers from fields such as sociology, economics, geography and political science have recently engaged in these discussions to highlight the complexity of the "nature vs. nurture" paradigm. It is the rare case that it is one or the other; for most things that we care about, the effect of nature depends on the level of nurturing that one receives, and the effect of nurturing is contingent upon one's nature.
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Prom 2011: What really happened (Image heavy!) (Updated)[ Edited ]
If anyone has read a previous post of mine in a thread, I explained that for my prom of 2011 I cross dressed as a prank. Now you may be thinking "why prank on prom? What reason is there" Well you see, I am Homeschooled, and our group doesn't have a place to hold our prom that they own, so what they must do is rent somewhere and the only affordable Friday night to rent the building they had their eyes on was April 1st. You'd be thinking there were tons of funny teens planning on a prank, but there wasn't at all. So I asked my friends girlfriend at the time to find me a dress, and I assumed she would, until a few weeks before prom she said her sister who was my general size (I'm pretty short) wouldn't loan a dress, so I wound up asking my closest female friend at the time for one and she replied "yeah sure, no problem" and we were all set, though I didn't take her seriously and then jokingly asked the day of prom which I helped set up if I could have the dress and she surprisingly gave me one, had it brought to the mens room and everything, and so began the best prom prank I've ever heard/ thought of.
Now, I will admit, this was last moment and risky, there were a ton of things that could go wrong that I didn't think of, from wardrobe malfunction to breaking my ankle and even getting kicked out of school, as my legal school is a "Christian academy" and this could be very frowned upon. But I didn't think of any downsides, including my parents getting very angry with me which I'll explain later.
Now down to what happened: After looking at the dress and shoes I had a problem, the dress looked like it would fit snugly as I'm pretty skinny, but the shoes.... No, it wasn't going to work, so I had a buddy ask a girl in our school what her shoe size is, and what it translated into a mens size, so she kinda knew what was going on, but she delivered and they fit just fine. And the stage was set, and only a handful of people, including my BETA sponsor who was over prom knew about the whole thing, and within 30 minutes away from prom, I see my friends girlfriend arriving from their lunch-before-prom date (I was going stag for prom, I don't really see dating at my age a good idea, as I don't like putting friendships on the line) and I knew it was time, so we headed into the mens room and she began to fix me up, I entered the stall and put it on, it was red and strapless, and I stepped out while she began to fix my hair and stuff the dress with Bra padding's and tissue paper... LOL. I refused the make-up no matter how much they suggested it, I just wasn't going to take it that far.
Now, you'd be surprised at the reactions of the many men who entered the mens room that night, the first victim, a boy about 11-13 and he acted as if he wanted to run out of the restroom screaming, no eye contact whatsoever and I said "sorry you had to see this", following that were several prom attendees as they had just arrived, most guys couldn't relive them self with a girl in the restroom and a man in a dress, and said generic comments such as "awesome" "you're my hero" "wow" and "that is nasty" but the best was a father of two VERY Christian boys at our school, who walked in and yelled "SORRY!!!" believing he had walked in on two girls getting ready.
Now finally, I was ready and all that was needed were my shoes, which Lauren neglected to give me and was about 4 feet from the door and I couldn't get her to get them as it was time to start for seniors. I was okay with it, as it was Senior lead out, and I didn't want to take anything away from them. So while waiting for the big reveal, I begin looking at myself in a mirror, thinking to myself "Something is wrong" I actually kinda felt a tiny bit sick from being nervous, but I was mainly shocked that I didn't look completely ugly, I looked really good. Now during the wait, a man walked in, and I knew him, he was the husband of our founder and administrator and got a good laugh, which eased the thought of being kicked out of school, and he even suggested they dedicate a song to me. Our DJ of the night was very cool, it was Brandon Murray of 102.9, a station in Alabama, he was a DJ at the time and is now serving in the Army... Anyway it was very nice to see I wasn't scoffed at and people realized it was a joke. And within minutes it was time, I was looking for someone to escort me, some of my female friends had dates so I picked a graduate who was taking photography, and I walked out into the dance room...
The faces started from a: "Oh my God!" to a smirk to a laugh and I walked to a table with a few friends and took the purse which matched the dress, and put my wallet and cell phone in it. They're actually pretty handy. And so it was dance time, I had girls surrounding me, along with a few guys, all laughing and asking for a dance. It was the funniest kinda proudest moment of my life. Now a side note was I mainly focused on school, and I lived far away from most students and wasn't very well known except in BETA where in my first year I actually became quite popular (yeah, I am bragging a bit) but this stunt, made me known school wide, well past just BETA.
And now I present to you, Photos, some will be captioned and some I'll wish you luck on spotting me out because most can't.
Also this thread could very well be removed (men in dresses can be controversial and I don't know guidelines about posting personal photos but what the heck, a few of you guys seemed interested) but I'm hoping against that. Also I suck at making threads, expect some images to not work.
This is Madison and me, I am on the right (I hoped you could tell). Madison is the girl who owns the dress and let me borrow it. Now, she may look funny, or un-attractive here, but don't be fooled by the spray on tan, she is actually very beautiful. I don't know why she got it. Also, she didn't think I had the guts to wear the dress.
Me and a girl named Rachel whom I don't know very well. Actually at all. She just wanted a picture taken.
Me, with various Homeschoolers in the background.
Here I am dancing with my at the time second closest female friend (future girlfriend then ex-girlfriend, another story for another time)
Timothy picked me up, why I have no clue.
This is shortly after I emerged from the restroom, I am talking to Emily (the girl who fixed my hair and stuffed the dress) and Amber (ex girlfriends older sister) and probably a few others. This is one where I could hardly tell it was me until I took a good look.
The cupid shuffle, with Madison and a few other friends not worth going through the trouble of pointing them out.
Again, cupid shuffle. Some of out students lack dancing skills... Me and Madison are probably the best. At least we didn't look completely dumb.
More cupid shuffle, if you can spot me then you'll see I am not amused, they over played this song badly.
Me and Maddie totally had this, but as you can see, Hannah (Red headed ex Girlfriend) fell lol. Poor girl.
ANOTHER cupid shuffle picture, I am not joking about them over playing it, and I am really getting bored with it now.
Clapping, hoping and praying that it's over... But I still look good. ;-)
Finally, doing something different and I was so excited to not be doing the easiest dance in the world. Just noticed that the two girls on the right are constantly lifting their skirts..... I remember them being the ones who were told to tone down the sensual dancing.
Doubt you can spot me, this picture really is irrelevant to me but I had to save EVERY picture with me in it before it got taken down (I'll explain later about the controversy). But if you can spot me (20 points for doing so) I am dancing with my ex and to the left is her date... She later told me she didn't want to go with him but she didn't have a choice because he asked and a few guys who like her are too afraid to ask her. She was implying I liked her, but I really didn't want any romance at all.
This was taken during "Cotton eyed Joe" a western/pop/dance song? You simply lock arms with someone and run in a circle as fast as possible, and let me tell you something; running in circles as fast as you can trying to keep up with your friends (guys, as in guys in actual shoes) is not easy when you're wearing heels, not at all. This is taken as I jumped out of the chaos.
This was probably taken during my reveal early on, but it could be later. I am pretty easy to spot if you've seen the other pictures, but if you showed this to anyone else who hasn't seen me in the previous pictures, I guarantee they will have trouble picking out which is the guy in the dress, even if you told them it was a red dress. I'm not the least girly looking one here, sadly.
The last cupid shuffle picture which I believe was taken during the beginning of the song. Again, kinda irrelevant to me, but I wanted everyone of them saved before it got removed by force.
Well, that is update number 2. I'll probably add more input since this thread actually gets views every so often.
Clicky clicky dis link to be scarred for life (Updated with more poison for your eyes!)
Re: Prom 2011: What really happened (Image heavy and still in progress!)
Clicky clicky dis link to be scarred for life (Updated with more poison for your eyes!)
Re: Prom 2011: What really happened (Image heavy and still in progress!)
Clicky clicky dis link to be scarred for life (Updated with more poison for your eyes!)
Re: Prom 2011: What really happened (Image heavy and still in progress!)
Clicky clicky dis link to be scarred for life (Updated with more poison for your eyes!)
Re: Prom 2011: What really happened (Image heavy and still in progress!)
Clicky clicky dis link to be scarred for life (Updated with more poison for your eyes!)
Re: Prom 2011: What really happened (Image heavy and still in progress!)
Why did I clicky clicky dis? Don't worry about homeschool groups. Mine is ten times more sheltered, I can guarantee it.
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Hi everyone,
I started making mando costumes about 6 years ago. I started with duct tape, then moved to card board. At that point I started looking for some patterns and spent some time on this forum. I found wizardofflight's templates and set to work. I made the armor and jetpack all out of cardboard and had a great time doing it. During that time, I found a thread about "trash can armor" and thought that would be great. About a year later, I was at target and found the right size trash cans!
I created Core-Hunter, my custom Mandalorian. Almost 3 years later, I'm looking for a way to attach the armor better and I need your help! I attached sticky velcro to the back of the armor pieces, and to the cloth I was wearing. It didn't stick well, especially the leg pieces fell off easily. What should I do?
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I went this afternoon to feed my bees in preparation for the winter. Ive got two hives one appears to be significantly stronger than the other. The stronger one gave me a big surprise. I had put the feeders on top of the hives earlier this summer in anticipation of the end of the nectar flow and of starting to feed the bees for the winter. However, due to a hectic travel schedule at work (Im literally home maybe 25% of the time and I usually try to make that time coincide with the monthly beekeeper meeting) I hadnt looked in on the bees in about 6 weeks. To my shock the stronger hive had filled both sides of the Miller feeder with comb full of honey. My gut feeling is leave it alone and put another Miller feeder on top of it and feed from there. Id rather not clean out the comb at this point especially since its so full of honey. An alternative is to feed using buckets rather than another Miller feeder. Id like to get some feedback to make sure that Im going in the right direction.
The other hive didnt build comb in the Miller feeder trays and so Im starting the feeding cycle with them at the moment.


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Grandparents Proud of New Arrival
Baby Sean Misner Named After His Fallen Firefighter Father
PRESCOTT, AZ - The wife of fallen firefighter Sean Misner gave birth to a healthy baby boy and named him after his father. Sean Jaxson Herbert was born August 22 in Prescott, AZ at 6 pounds, 15 ounces. The baby's mother Amanda Misner considers those numbers significant as 6/15 was her first date with her late husband.
As baby Jaxson begins his life in Prescott, in the Santa Ynez Valley grandmother Tammy says his birth has brought new life into the family. Jaxson's father was killed along with 18 other hotshot firefighters in late June while battling a fast moving wildfire northwest of Phoenix.
Sean grew up in the Santa Ynez Valley. He attended and played football for Santa Ynez High School and married his high school sweetheart last year. She will continue to live in Prescott, where she has support from wives of other firefighters who were also killed.


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The cervical mucus method, also called the ovulation method and the Billings ovulation method, is a type of natural family planning also known as fertility awareness-based methods.
The cervical mucus method is based on careful observation of mucus patterns during the course of your menstrual cycle. Before ovulation, cervical secretions change — creating an environment that helps sperm travel through the cervix, uterus and fallopian tubes to the egg. By recognizing the changing characteristics of your cervical mucus, you can predict when you'll ovulate. In turn, this may help you determine when you're most likely to conceive.
If you're hoping to get pregnant, you can use the cervical mucus method to determine the best days to have sex. Similarly, if you're hoping to avoid pregnancy, you can use the cervical mucus method to determine which days to avoid unprotected sex.
Using the cervical mucus method for birth control requires motivation and diligence. If you don't want to conceive, you and your partner must avoid having sex or use a barrier method of contraception during your fertile days each month.
Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a prenatal test in which a sample of chorionic villi is removed from the placenta for testing.
During pregnancy, the placenta provides oxygen and nutrients to the growing baby and removes waste products from the baby's blood. The chorionic villi are wispy projections that make up most of the placenta and share the baby's genetic makeup.
Chorionic villus sampling can reveal whether a baby has a chromosomal condition, such as Down syndrome. Chorionic villus sampling can also be used to test for other genetic conditions, such as cystic fibrosis.
Although chorionic villus sampling can provide valuable information about your baby's health, the decision to pursue invasive diagnostic testing is serious. It's important to understand the risks of chorionic villus sampling — and be prepared for the results.
Colposcopy (kol-POS-kuh-pee) is a procedure to closely examine your cervix, vagina and vulva for signs of disease. During colposcopy, your doctor uses a special instrument called a colposcope.
Your doctor may recommend colposcopy if your Pap test has shown abnormal results. If your doctor finds an unusual area of cells during colposcopy, a sample of tissue can be collected for laboratory testing (biopsy).
Many women experience anxiety before their colposcopy exams. Knowing what to expect during your colposcopy may help you feel more comfortable.
Combination birth control pills, also known as the pill, are oral contraceptives that contain estrogen and a progestin.
Combination birth control pills suppress ovulation — keeping your ovaries from releasing an egg. Combination birth control pills also cause changes in the cervical mucus and the lining of the uterus (endometrium) to keep sperm from joining the egg.
Different types of combination birth control pills contain different doses of estrogen and progestin. Some combination birth control pills, called continuous or extended-cycle pills, allow you to reduce the number of periods you have each year. If you'd like to use combination birth control pills, your health care provider can help you decide which type is right for you.
Cordocentesis — also known as percutaneous umbilical blood sampling — is a highly specialized prenatal test in which a sample of the baby's blood is removed from the umbilical cord for testing.
Cordocentesis can be used to detect certain blood conditions and infections. Cordocentesis can also be used to deliver blood transfusions and medication to a baby through the umbilical cord.
Use of cordocentesis is decreasing, however, since newer forms of technology can sometimes provide the same information from tests that pose a smaller risk of miscarriage — such as amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling.
Cordocentesis might be offered when:
Depo-Provera is a well-known brand name for medroxyprogesterone, a contraceptive injection for women that contains the hormone progestin. Depo-Provera is given as an injection once every three months. Depo-Provera typically suppresses ovulation, keeping your ovaries from releasing an egg. Depo-Provera also thickens cervical mucus to keep sperm from reaching the egg.
Medroxyprogesterone acetate is also available in a lower dosage. This version is called Depo-SubQ Provera 104. While Depo-Provera is injected deep into the muscle, Depo-SubQ Provera 104 is injected just beneath the skin.
Depo-Provera and Depo-SubQ Provera 104 have similar benefits and risks. To use Depo-Provera or Depo-SubQ Provera 104, you'll need to visit your doctor or other health care provider.
The diaphragm is a birth control (contraceptive) device that helps prevent sperm from entering the uterus. The diaphragm is a small, reusable rubber or silicone cup with a flexible rim that covers the cervix.
Before sex, the diaphragm is inserted deep into the vagina so that part of the rim fits snugly behind the pubic bone. The diaphragm is most effective at preventing pregnancy when used with spermicide.
Dilation and curettage (D&C) is a procedure to remove tissue from inside your uterus. Doctors perform dilation and curettage to diagnose and treat certain uterine conditions — such as heavy bleeding — or to clear the uterine lining after a miscarriage or abortion.
In a dilation and curettage — sometimes spelled "dilatation" and curettage — your doctor uses small instruments or a medication to open (dilate) your cervix — the lower, narrow part of your uterus. Your doctor then uses a surgical instrument called a curette to remove uterine tissue. Curettes used in a D&C can be sharp or use suction.
Egg freezing, also known as mature oocyte cryopreservation, is a method used to preserve a woman's reproductive potential.
Eggs are harvested from your ovaries, frozen unfertilized and stored for later use. A frozen egg can be thawed, combined with sperm in a lab and implanted in your uterus (in vitro fertilization).
However, only a small portion of eggs that are frozen, thawed and implanted result in the birth of a baby. Egg freezing can also be expensive.
Your doctor can help you understand how egg freezing works, the potential risks and whether this method of fertility preservation is right for you.
A procedure called endometrial ablation destroys the endometrium — the lining of your uterus — with the goal of reducing your menstrual flow. In some women, menstrual flow may stop completely. No incisions are needed for endometrial ablation. Your doctor inserts slender tools through your cervix — the passageway between your vagina and your uterus.
The tools vary, depending on the method used to destroy the endometrium. Some types of endometrial ablation use extreme cold, while other varieties depend on heated fluids, microwave energy or high-energy radiofrequencies.
Some types of endometrial ablation can be done in your doctor's office, while others must be performed in an operating room. Factors such as the size and condition of your uterus will help determine which endometrial ablation method is most appropriate.


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A photograph by Mark John, who will be exhibiting his take on popular scenes around Louisiana and around the world. (Special to the American Press)
Last Modified: Thursday, August 15, 2013 1:24 PM
By Cliff Seiber / American Press
SULPHUR — Two cousins from Sulphur, two genres of visual art, that's the "Jack John Exhibit" opening at the Henning Cultural Center today, Aug. 15.
Jack Amuny is a graphic designer and painter. Mark John is a photographer. They have exhibited before at the Henning House and have selected new work for the current show, to run through Sept. 19.
They will greet museum goers at a free public reception 6-8 p.m. today.
John will exhibit his take on popular scenes around Louisiana and around the world.
"I try to see things from a different perspective, but my ultimate goal is to make the viewers feel like they are there," he told the American Press.
His exhibit will have scenes from the French Quarter, plantation homes and "stuff from this area," he said.
For example, one of his larger works is a photo of the Interstate 210 bridge taken from Prien Lake Park at sunset. The time exposure portrays the traffic on the bridge as streaks of light, and nature provides both brilliant and dark colors.
John has a dual career. He is a special-education teacher at LeBlanc Middle School and is owner of Studio Creations, a Sulphur photography studio. He grew up here and graduated in business management and went on to get a master's in business administration from Louisiana State University.
To support himself while getting his photography work off the ground, he obtained a teaching degree and got a position at LeBlanc Middle. "I love photography, and I found that I love teaching," he said.
He began playing around with a camera while in graduate school. He found that his pictures from a trip to Cozumel, Mexico, came out well. Then he photographed a wedding, and he was hooked.
Since then John has traveled in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain, France, England, China and Egypt, with camera in hand, and will have work from those trips in the exhibit.
One of his most momentous experiences was to be in Rome when Pope John Paul II died in 2005.
"There were hundreds of thousands of people crowded into St. Peter's Square and around it," he said. "You couldn't even get on the Metro. I had to walk about two miles to get from my hotel to St. Peter's. I was there when the lights were turned out in the papal residence, signaling the death of the pope.
"I was there for the first viewing of the late pope, and the procession filing by the casket was 24 hours long," he said.
It was a great opportunity for some good shots, which are included in the exhibit.
Amuny's current work is primarily designing corporate logos.
"I will have from 75 to 100 of my designs in the exhibit," he said. They range from hand-drawn images to digital designs.
"I have been doing this that long — before digital designing came along," he said.
In my corporate work, I hope you will know what the company is about immediately when you see the logo," he said. "Sometimes you can't do that, but that's the goal."
He will have six paintings in the show.
"That's what I do to escape the work I usually do," he said. "They are looser, abstract designs, a departure from the graphic work I do."
His paintings start with ink drawings on gessoed Masonite. Then he goes over that with a layer of clear varnish, then more ink and color and more varnish.
"They are transparent, and you can see the multiple layers," he said.
Amuny is a native of Sulphur. He graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He worked in advertising in graphics for a time before moving to Houston to work as a freelance graphic designer. He established his firm, Art City, in 1971.
He has work exhibited the New York Art Directors Show, AIGA Graphic Design USA, Communication Arts, Houston Art Directors Club, Dallas 1 Show, Art Direction's Creativity, Print America Graphic Design Annual and American Corporate Identity.
Amuny retired as director of the Wings Over Houston Airshow but remains a consultant for it.
If you go:
Henning Cultural Center is at 923 Ruth St. in Sulphur.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is free.


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Artisan Hammered Carbon Steel Round Bottom Wok with Ring
Crafted entirely by hand in China, this authentic carbon-steel wok is hammered from fast-heating carbon steel. The traditional shape is designed to expose food to the maximum amount of cooking surface while keeping it safely contained in the pan as you stir-fry, but the wok is also useful for deep-frying, steaming and more.
- Hand-hammered of carbon steel, heats rapidly and disperses it evenly all the way up the wok's sides.
- Rounded sides ensure food stays directly over heat source and facilitates stirring and tossing.
- Two loop handles make it easy to transfer on and off the stovetop.
- Includes a metal base ring for use on conventional stovetops.
Dimensions & More Info
- 14" diam.
- Made in China.
Use & Care
- Ideal for use on gas and electric cooktops.
- Wok will become very hot when cooking. Please use caution.
- Hand-wash with hot water. Stuck on food particles can be removed with a soft sponge or cloth.
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- Oil regularly to maintain seasoning.
- Season the pan before first use: heat wok and apply a thin film of oil over the entire surface using a paper towel or basting brush. Heat for 10 minutes and wipe off the oil with a paper towel. Repeat this process until there is no black residue on the paper towel.
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Publisher: EON Digital Entertainment
Developer: The Bitmap Brothers
Platform: PC-CD ROM
Genre: 3D Action/Strategy
Ship Date: June 15, 2001
Steel Soldiers is a highly unique 3D-action/strategy game in which the
player assumes the role of leader of an army of robots. Players must
lead their units into battle to gain territories and destroy the opposing
forces. The entire game is laced with the humorous and almost cynical
personalities of the individual robot units. Through character voices
and animated, cartoon cut scenes, gamers are constantly reminded that
war is hell -but it can still be funny. The game_s real-time strategy
elements are focused on action, thereby keeping the player_s focus on
the battles at hand rather than on resource management.


text: Unless something changes with the DR, Jeremy is leaving as you never hear Aaryn's name brought up as a possibility of going. I'm sure Grodner is a nervous wreck over Aaryn staying in the house and Howard still being everyone's #1 target. She'll probably rig the HOH comp for him to win and press for her and Kaitlin to be nominees again. Then just give him the MVP vote too! Or just tell Elissa to put up Gina Marie. As for Helen, Judd is already pushing for Jessie to move up the ladder in the bigger alliance over Helen. We could end up with: Spencer/Helen/Elissa/Candice vs Judd/Jessie/Amanda/McCrae with Andy being the floater.


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Mrs. Terry retires
After 40 years in teaching, with 31 years at Pequot Lakes, fourth-grade teacher Darla Terry is retiring.
Darla said that teaching seemed to run in her family. Her father was a teacher, principal and superintendent, and her two older sisters were teachers. At the time she was choosing a career she didn't really look at many other options, but at that time, she said, there weren't many professions for women.
Regardless, Darla's happy with her career choice.
"I've always enjoyed working with kids," she said.
She attended Purdue University, and began her teaching career in Indiana in 1973. While she was in college, her sister dated a man whose father spent the summers on Pelican Lake. Darla and her sister decided to work at resorts during their summers in college, first at Madden's and then at Breezy Point Resort.
It was at Breezy Point, where she was a waitress, that Darla met her husband, Frank, who was a cook at the time.
Darla's first nine years of teaching were in Indiana, before the Terrys came to live in Breezy Point, not far from the resort where they met. Darla and Frank have one son, Mason.
Aside from teaching, Darla and her husband have taken on other endeavors. They ran Beverly's restaurant in Pequot Lakes for two summers and they ran a dairy farm for four years.
Over her 40 years of teaching, Darla's seen a lot of changes. Perhaps the biggest, she said, is technology. She was teaching for 15 years before she ever used a computer.
She's also seen changes in the attention level of children. She believes she's watched it get shorter. She's not sure why, but said maybe technology has a part in that.
Additionally, parent involvement has increased. Darla sees more volunteering, and parents are more often directly involved by coming to the school, she said.
Among the many changes she's seen, one has been very fun for her. She's now teaching alongside her former students. Some of the kids she taught are now teachers at Eagle View or Pequot Lakes High School. She's also seeing the children of former students in her classroom.
Darla's taught first, third, fourth and fifth grades, but said third- and fourth-graders are probably her favorite because they're independent but still love school.
Darla loved teaching first grade because of how much growth she could see in the students throughout the year. They often went from non-readers to readers before the year was over.
"What gets to me the most is when you see the light turn on," she said, adding that it's a true sense of accomplishment.
Darla said some of her favorite memories are of the times she's had with her coworkers — laughs in the lunchroom and the sense of camaraderie, which she'll miss.
One teacher Darla's taught alongside the longest with is Kathie Harman. Kathie said she and Darla began teaching the same year, though Darla had been substitute teaching at the school before being hired full time.
Kathie said she and Darla taught in the same room, with a curtain dividing each teacher's area. The two worked together to organize field trips and did a lot of lesson planning together.
Kathie described Darla as a solid, straightforward teacher who is always thinking about how kids would like things. She said Darla was a mentor.
"Darla's always was the voice of reason and common sense," she said.
Darla feels bittersweet about retiring, but also feels ready. She has no firm plans, but will enjoy gardening, loves to read and hopes to do some traveling. Her husband is also retired.
When asked what advice Darla would give to other teachers after 40 years of teaching, she answered with a laugh, "Work on patience."
To the students, she had this advice: "Work hard, do your best, learn from your mistakes and have fun."


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So from what I can gather, .001 to .002 is the desirable interference.
After careful measuring, my trunnion is .904 and the new barrel (kit build) is .910. Which leaves me with a .006 interference. Way too much.
I am assuming that the barrel is the part to modify. Would fine emery cloth be the right way to take .004 off the barrel? (No lathe available.)


text: two years ago i did my first rebuild of a vintage cruiser. its not a schwinn, its a colorado. ive never heard of them, anyone here? it was a rust bucket that sat in my dads backyard for about a decade. all the bearings were toast, as were the tires and rims. here's what it looks like now. i want to get an older seat and maybe flip the handlebars... we'll see. just recently i grabbed my wife a bike. its a 54 tiger. all original, only missing the shifter. has the 3spd hub and schwinn front rim. goint to have the rims re laced and slap on some new rubber and crank bearings in it and call it done. anyone know where i can find a shifter and maybe some info on how to hook it up inside the hub?


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Apartment "Mimosa"
Size50 m²
Floor No.4(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Elevator in building
- Internet/WiFi
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
- Disabled access
Accommodation summary
|Rue Limnander, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Are you looking for budget apartment in Brussels? Look no more! This is the perfect place for you to stay while on your journey or business trip. The apartment is suitable for up to 3 people, so you can come over with your friends and stay together in the same flat.
In this apartment you have fully equipped kitchen with all the necessary amenities, so you can cook your favorite meals, feeling just like at home. Once you are done you can comfortably sit on the dining table and enjoy the tasty food. In the living area you can find TV, so you can watch your favorite shows or some movies on the satellite television. You have one double bed and one single, all in the same room. The double bed can be turned into two single ones.
A DVD and telephone are also available so you can bring some movies to watch while relaxing in your bed. In the house you can find some other amenities like coffee machine, hair dryer and ironing equipment as well as wireless internet. The kitchen and toilet are separate for your own comfort.
House rulesParking available: 15 € per day
Security deposit: 100 € to be paid upon arrival.
Tourist tax 4.5 € per night, paid on arrival.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
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|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 12 US per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
Great place I would recommend to anyone! Clean, great location (15 minutes walk from the Grand Place, wow !!), well organized and the hosts are so friendly (especially Francesco that we liked;))! The only small problem is that the street is hard to find at night because the area is not well lit, but it's really just a detail, enough to prepare well before going out :)
Super endroit que je recommanderais à n'importe qui! Endroit propre, bien situé (à 15 minutes à pieds de la Grande Place, wow!!), bien organisé et les hôtes sont tellement sympathiques (surtout Francesco que nous avons beaucoup aimé ;) )! Le seul petit hic est que la rue est difficile à trouver le soir parce que le quartier n'est pas très bien éclairé, mais c'est vraiment juste un détail, suffit de bien se préparer avant de sortir :)
On behalf of my husband, I can tell you that the stay was great and the men would recommend her apartment. Thank Bärbel
In Namen von meinem Mann kann ich ihnen sagen, dass der Aufenthalt prima war und die Männer ihr Apartment weiter empfehlen würden. Danke Bärbel
Reviews for this host's other properties
The flat was very big, with lot of beds and comfortable sofas. The kitchen was ok, but the oven was broken or we didn't get how to use it. It is very close to one of the principal station.
The bad side is that you have to pay a deposit of 100 euros, that is too much, in other places we stayed we didn't have to pay it a or was less. If you don't clean the kitchen before go they keep the deposit. It add lot of stress to the trip, I really hate this!!!. In addition if you don't have that amount of money in cash, you have to pay it with the credit card, and then the money take lot of time to be available again.
Perfect host and very nice people ,ready to help .day and at night!
proper room and we were so sorry we had to leave....
15 minutes walking of the center.PERFECT!
Fair priced. Had a comfortable stay.
Our stay at this apartment was great. Clean, tidy and very neat. We really felt ourselves at home. Great experience. Thanks a lot.
We had a very enjoyable visit to Brussels staying at the Medina apartment. It was very clean and comfortable and well situated near the Brussels Midi station and a easy walk into the city centre.
Fantastic place near station and Francesco is very helpful
The apartment is clean, easy to find and is close to the Midi station and several tram lines. Walk to the center is a quarter of an hour. Nearby there are several restaurants that stay open late. The apartment is well equipped, perhaps you need to have certain commodities such as oil and salt to cook, as the kitchen all right.
El apartamento está limpio, es fácil de encontrar y está cerca de la estación de Midi como de varias líneas de tranvía. Al centro a pie hay un cuarto de hora. En la zona hay varios restaurantes que abren hasta tarde. El apartamento está bien equipado, tal vez le falta tener ciertos productos básicos como aceite y sal para poder cocinar, en cuanto al menaje todo correcto.
Nice friendly reception, housing and decent and clean, ideal for spending a few days in Brussels. Well located, you can go downtown on foot in 15 minutes. Note, if you come by car, garage possibility to secure € 15 for 24 hours
Accueil agréable et sympathique, le logement et correct et propre, idéal pour passer quelques jours à Bruxelles. Bien situé, on peut aller au centre ville à pieds en 15 minutes. A noter, si vous venez en voiture, possibilité de garage sécurisé à 15 euros pour 24 h
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