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Chances are you are as tired reading the same old articles about long term care insurance as I am writing them. So, I have decided to reveal some little-known facts about long term care insurance planning that I have discovered over the past 20 years. Hope you find them new, refreshing and of value.
What They Never Tell Single Women
Women know they generally outlive men and as a result are far more likely to need long-term care. And, indeed each year women receive two thirds of all LTC insurance claim benefits paid by insurers.
But, here's the fact rarely shared with women who are single, or as I prefer to call it, living alone: a single woman pays the same for long term care insurance as a single man.
Here's a way of explaining the importance of this fact. If we were talking about car insurance, it would be equivalent to someone with four accidents and a DUI paying the same as the driver who only takes the car out on Sunday. For single women, the unisex pricing for long term care insurance makes this one of the few real planning bargains for women.
Why You Need To Start Planning Before Turning 65
There is no perfect age to start looking into long-term care insurance. But there's a really good reason to start the process prior to age 65.
Every year, millions of Americans celebrate their 65th birthday. And, what's the best present they get? Medicare qualification. That's important because for the year (or so) leading up to that important milestone, these adults put off non-emergency doctor visits knowing they can wait until after getting that magic card.
But, long-term care insurance is only issued to those who can "medically qualify". The diagnosis and prescription written by your doctor could make you ineligible for insurance coverage, no matter how much you'd be willing to pay. So, apply before the end of your 64th year, earlier if you can.
This Is Nursing Home Avoidance Insurance
The first long term care insurance policies were issued in the 1980s and originally all they paid for was skilled nursing home care. And it really is unfortunate that for so many years insurance companies have effectively associated this product with nursing home costs and nursing home stays.
Because the truth of the matter is that a primary benefit of long-term care insurance is that it pays for care at home or in an assisted living community. I refer to it as nursing home avoidance protection because having the available funds to remain in your own home is a primary reason people buy this protection.
And, just half (49%) of newly opened long term care insurance claims beginning in 2010 were for home care. A fourth (24%) were for assisted living and 27 percent were for skilled nursing home care.
Why Pay Double For The Same Benefit
I'm not as cute as Flo the television spokeswoman for Progressive insurance. But just as the pricing for car insurance varies from one insurer to another, so too does the pricing for long-term care insurance.
Every year the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance compares prices from leading insurers for virtually identical coverage. According to our 2011 study, a couple age 55 could pay as little as $2,085 or as much as $3,970 annually for the same coverage. That's almost double. The average cost was $2,350 for coverage worth $338,000 immediately and as much as $821,500 at age 85.
The difference is due to different actuarial assumptions and available discounts as well as different profit targets. But because once you buy long term care insurance, it almost never pays to switch companies and start over at your new attained age, this is one time when it really does pay to shop around and make sure the insurance professional you work with has done some comparing for you.
About the Author
Jesse Slome is executive director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. Click here to read two online guides with tips for reducing long term care insurance costs. No sign-in information is required. For more long term care insurance information visit the Association's website.


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The center has launched its RAPIDS -- Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System -- self-service portal to allow service members and reservists with the Defense Department's common access card, or CAC, to apply for family IDs or retirement cards or update dependents' statuses online.
"The idea is to try to make life easier for our military members, their families and for veterans," Mary Dixon, the center's director, said during a conference call with reporters today. About 3.7 million service members are eligible, Defense Department officials said.
Dixon said the data center "has been working for some time now to try to improve and transform our whole ID card application process so people can do things online and not spend long hours going to a site and waiting to be seen." The change may seem procedural, but its impact will be big for those who, without it, have had to spend countless hours waiting in line with their families to get ID cards. Before RAPIDS, service members, retirees and families had to go together to a Defense Manpower Data Center to submit an application form and wait while the ID card is being made, Dixon said.
"This is big project," she said. "It takes away time from your work, and if you are separated -- maybe the spouse is out on a ship or on deployment or your child is away at college -- it makes it a huge problem.
"This is not an acceptable situation for us or for our military people," she added.
Now, CAC holders can go to the RAPIDS website, call up the listing of their dependents, and fill out and digitally sign Form No. 1172-2 for their family members to receive an ID card. That family member then can go alone to the closest DMDC office -- they are listed on the website and linked to Google Maps for driving directions -- to pick up the card, Dixon said. About 300 of the service centers now accept appointments, she said.
RAPIDS is a win for both the department and families, the director said. "You can do this from your desk," she said. "As long as your computer is CAC-enabled, it could be from your home or office. You can do it without going to a physical site, which is huge." The site also allows establishing a DOD self-service username and password, known as a DS Logon, to access several DOD and Veterans Affairs Department websites without using a CAC. DS Logon, which is available only to CAC holders, also has a "premium account," which gives the highest level of access, allowing users to view personal data about themselves in the DOD and VA systems, apply for benefits online, check the status of claims and update address records. Users must apply in person for the premium account.
DMDC will continue to expand its self-service options to include changing email certificates and information about family members, Dixon said. The upgrades also include an effort to put new recruits' fingerprints into the system so lost paperwork can easily be replaced, she said.
Dixon said she hopes the site also will one day include alerts for when an ID card is about to expire, and will be integrated with DMDC's MilConnect website to access all DOD and Veterans Affairs benefits.
"We still have to have the face-to-face, which is important for legitimate ID proofing," she said. "But we're saying, 'What are the ways to reduce the time you spend at the sites '" The data center will continue to make self-service improvements as the Defense Department budget allows, Dixon said.
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A friend of mine hipped me to an insightful article on how families are migrating out of cities–including Chicago–at unusually high rates: "Since the 1990s virtually all the gains made in the New York economy have accrued to the highest income earners. Overall, New York has the smallest share of middle-income families in the nation, [Read More…]
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But ESPNs Tania Ganguli reported that outside linebacker Terrell Suggshttp://www.baltimoreravens.com/asset...ticle-link.gif suggested to Reed that he tried to ruin Lewis' return to M&T Bank Stadium Sunday.
The former Ravens safety was in town for a matchup with his new team, the Houston Texans. He was showered with the beloved Reeeeeeeeeeeed! chants throughout the day, and came out on the field one last time to say goodbye to fans after the game.
I know the guy's a weirdo," Reed said of Suggs, per Ganguli. "He made a comment about me coming back trying to play this game and make interceptions, rain on Ray's parade. After the game he said that. He's a he's a just a guy."


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framing two windows very close together
First a little background: We're fixing up our attached double garage to make it a usable workshop all year around (so far have upgraded electrical and installed insulation, sheet-rock and heat). We were planning to nail one garage door shut and seal around but just learned that's a no-go with the code unless we're willing to put up a big honking "This door is blocked" sign on the exterior side. We're not keen on that and so decided we will remove the door and infill the opening instead. We figured if we have to frame out a real wall anyway why not install a window while we're at it.
My SO and I have played around with velum overlays on photos of the garage and have figured out that two 24" x 36" double hung windows, side -by-side would look the best.
The question that then came up is how best to do this. I know we can order a custom job with the two windows joined together at the factory. (btw, what is it called when two windows are joined together as a unit? So far in my google search for window enlightenment, I've seen them called combination, composite, double wide, double wide vent, and twin windows.)
I suspect a factory made two window combo would probably work the best but I like to be educated on my other options.
So if we decided to install two individual windows right beside each other, as close as possible, how would that be done in terms of framing? Well, unless I'm mistaken the basic framing is the same as for any other sort of window or door (right?) but the part I'm not sure about is in between the windows. Would each window get its own stud or can they share one? If each window has to have it's own stud, can the studs be right against each other or do they have to be spaced apart? What are the downfalls to doing it this way? Would it look stupid?
Disclaimer: Yes, we have a building permit and will be taking our infill plans to the local building department to get the code officer's blessing. I'm running this past you guys so I'm not totally clueless when presenting our plans.
I would order the windows joined with a mullion, I say this to make it first easier to frame, one big opening as opposed to 2 seperate.
Putting 2 studs directly together would allow for some interesting finishing on the outside, something I don't believe you mentioned, how are you finishing the outside, that might be key to answering the question.
Studs spread apart would allow for better insulation, but really you will still be seeing the same area for telegraphing, by the studs themselves.
I guess my second choice would be to put them together with a single stud between, that way you could easily install a single cap flashing.
As the existing structure is already designed to carry the load of the span to openning is pretty much sized to the window without to much other considerations for structural integrity.
I refer to a multi unit window as a, "mulled window".
The simplest way to get this done is to either have it mulled at the manufacturer or mull it on site.
Agree with replies. Order the two windows mulled together form the factory. It is a very common setup and should not be called "custom" or incurr a big upcharge for such. It makes for the simpliest framing, a better visual than two individual windows side by side, and eliminates added exterior trim that could be prone to leaks.
Just for your question; if you opt for two individual windows, you will need at least a double stud between them to have enough room for both nailing flanges, and a bit of width to trim out between them.
Depends on the windows you choose. If you are planning to use vinyl windows that have a nailing flange all the way around you are going to need at least 2, maybe 3 studs between them. If you go with a clad wood window, many of those have the ability to be joined on site with a few screws and some optional trim pieces.
Personally I would just install a one piece unit and be done with it. I have 4'x4' vinyl sliders in my shop and they are great. The glass space is fairly large offering a good view out of them, they are double pane and the glass is Low E, one entire pane opens so you have a large opening for fresh air, they don't leak like the cheap wood windows originally installed, and best of all for a shop they were dirt cheap! I think I paid about $140 each. As long as you don't need something exotic most building centers keep several standard sizes and styles of vinyl or clad windows in stock, You can probably go to Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, or whatever and pick up a window to suit your needs without custom ordering.
If there is a "man" door out for egress from the new living space, the windows could be any combo you desire. If no man door, the windows would be the required egress, which you probably already know, just pointing out to other readers...... Keep the character of the house in mind when choosing, may look odd if the only double glazed unit is on the garage...
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I can think of 2 possibilities. One is to use -glm-, with the options
-family(binomial) link(identity)-, to get estimation results for a
proportion for Group 1 and a Group 2 - Group 1 difference between
proportions. As in:
glm event group2, family(binomial) link(identity)
where event is the binary outcome variable (with values 0 and 1), and
group2 is an indicator (with values 0 an 1) indicating membership of
group 2 rather than group 1. The parameter named _cons will be the
proportion of individuals for which the event happened in group 1, and
the parameter labelled group2 will be the difference between the
proportion of individuals for which the event happened in group 2 and
the proportion of individuals for which the event happened in group 1.
Both of these parameters have estimates and standard errors, which can
be extracted for further processing, using -parmby-, -statsby-,
-estout-, -outreg- etc.
A better alternative is probably to use the -somersd- package,
downloadable from SSC. This can calculate differences between
proportions, and confidence intervals for these, because a difference
between proportions is a special case of Somers' D when both the
Y-variable and the X-variable are binary. The -somersd- package has the
advantage of offering Normalizing and variance-stabilizing
transformations for differences between proportions, allowing confidence
intervals in which we can probably be more confident. In our case, we
might type
somersd group2 event, transf(z) tdist
and 2 confidence intervals will be displayed, one for the hyperbolic
arctangent (or z-transform) of the difference between proportions, and
one for the difference between the proportions itself. Again, the
estimates and standard errors of the z-transformed difference can be
extracted using -statsby-, -parmby-, -parmest-, -estout- etc. and then
back-transformed using the -tanh()- function.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes
Roger B Newson
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Dear _all,
This might be a silly question, but I currently have no access to
Stata's user manuals or stats textbook.
I have data on two independant samples (of different sizes), each
observed over 20 periods. I wish to draw a graph representing, for each
period, the difference in the proportion of some event between the two
groups, together with the 95% CI for this difference.
I first wanted to use -prtest- for each period, store/compute the
differences and CI bonds in new variables, and graph them against
However, I am a bit confused over which standard error to use (and how
to get them) when computing the CI bounds.
-prtest- gives two standard errors, the one under H0 can be easily
computed from stored results r(P_1), r(P_2) and r(z). The standard
errors for each proportion (se1 and se2) are not stored, and I do not
know if the fact that my calculation of sqrt(se1^2 + se2^2) differs from
the reported standard error for the difference (not under H0) is caused
by rounding errors or if my formula is incorrect...
I thought of using -proportion- to get the standard errors as stored
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Utah vs BYU Pick Against the Spread
The 'Holy War' continues tonight as Utah takes on in-state rival BYU at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo. This evening's showdown between the Utes and Cougars is scheduled to get underway at 10:15pm ET on ESPN2. The latest College Football Odds from offshore bookmaker Sportsbook.ag like Bronco Mendenhall's Cougars as a -7 pick against the spread and -260 moneyline selection (risk $260 to win $100). The Over/Under in tonight's rivalry scrap is presently set at 61 points.
Utah Utes vs BYU Cougars (-7, Over/Under 61): When these two teams met in Salt Lake City last year the Utes pulled off a small upset (lined as a three point home dog), defeating BYU 24-21. The Cougars did more to hurt themselves in the setback, though, as they were -2 in turnover margin and committed 12 penalties for 75 yards. The game's biggest play came late in the third quarter when Mo Lee returned a botched BYU snap 47 yards for a touchdown to give Utah a 17-7 lead. Both teams enter tonight's game with one loss, but they each have an impressive victory as well. The Utes knocked off a tough Utah State team, led by quarterback Chuckie Keeton, 30-26 to open their season while the Cougars bounced back from a week one loss to Virginia with a resounding 40-21 thrashing of then No. 15 Texas in Provo. BYU produced 679 total yards in the win as sophomore quarterback Taysom Hill rushed for an astonishing 259 yards and three touchdowns in just 17 carries.
Utah has won the last three in this series and it is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings between the two schools; however, despite that run, the Cougars are the chalk in tonight's contest. Location plays no small part in the current line with BYU posting a 38-5 record at home since 2006. The Cougars have been a solid play as a home favorite as well in recent seasons, tallying a 10-7 against the spread mark in their last 17 games laying points at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
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Pilot season is brutal for actors as networks rush to cast some 100 pilots at the same time and then are as quick to recast roles. The latest case is former Hung star Jane Adams, a Golden Globe nominee for her role on the HBO comedy series, who signed on only a couple of days ago for NBC's single-camera comedy pilot starring Craig Robinson. She has now left after the table read. The untitled project centers on a talented musician Craig (Robinson) with rough edges who adjusts to his new life as a music teacher in a big-city middle school, where he encounters teacher politics and the temptations of single moms. Adams was to play Jeannette, an erratic, stressed-out junior high principal who's constantly in damage-control mode.
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That was fast. Maybe she realized Joan Cusack had already played the role and it's unlikely that anyone wrote it as well as Mike White. Speaking of which, RIP Enlightened, the best show to ever be on TV.
I posted this last night on another item you ran re an actor being released, and feels it needs repeating here:We are hearing about too many actors of every level being released from their series regular roles on pilots AFTER table reads this season. Does this not signal perhaps yet again, a dire need for re-evaluating and restructuring how network pilot season is done? Pilot mania is inherent in the process-but the mad dash insanity and its effect on actors is absurd. The time is at hand for casting directors, reps, studios and networks to come together and re-think the casting process for pilot season. The "creative" process has for the most part become a frenetic, disconnected drill. Time to shake it up.
Jane Adams is outstanding, and not adding her to any cast is a mistake. I assume if we see a photo of who replaces her, the motivations of TPTB will be very clear.
Didn't Steve Harvey do this show 15 years ago?
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Sleep Apnea Symptoms And 16 Other Things To Know
Many of us write off poor sleep as a consequence of our busy lives, but we could be missing something more serious happening below the surface.
If you find yourself waking up at odd hours or regularly tired throughout the day, you could be dealing with sleep apnea. And if you haven't looked into this condition, treating it could be more important than you might realize.
More than a quarter of Canadians are at risk for obstructive sleep apnea, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. This puts them at risk for many serious conditions, including some that can be life threatening.
It's important to learn about sleep apnea so you can recognize the signs of it in yourself or a loved one, before it leads to serious health complications. And the good news is, sleep apnea is treatable in a variety of ways.
Here are 17 things you need to know about sleep apnea, from what it is and what causes it to how to treat and prevent it.
Sleep apnea is a condition in which your breathing repeatedly stops and starts, the Mayo Clinic notes. There are three main types of the condition: obstructive sleep apnea occurs when your throat muscles relax, central sleep apnea occurs when your brain doesn't send the right signals to the muscles that control breathing, and complex sleep apnea syndrome occurs when someone has both central and obstructive sleep apnea.
The muscles in the back of your throat support your soft palate and when these muscles relax, this can lead to obstructive sleep apnea. The relaxation of those muscles leads to a narrowing or closure of your airways as you breathe in, which can lower the level of oxygen in your blood. Your brain wakes you when it sense this breathing trouble, which is why people with obstructive sleep apnea can wake briefly dozens of times a night.
This type of sleep apnea is less common and occurs when your brain doesn't send the right signals to the muscles that control breathing. Because of this, you may just stop breathing for short periods of time while sleeping — and your body wakes you when it senses this, interrupting your sleep.
More than a quarter of Canadians are at risk for obstructive sleep apnea, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. And because of the increasing rate of obesity, both snoring and obstructive sleep apnea are on the rise.
Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea include excess weight, large neck circumference, a narrowed airway because of genetics or enlarged tonsils or adenoids, age, family history, the use of alcohol or sedatives, smoking, and nasal congestion. Risk factors for central sleep apnea include age, heart disorders, the use of narcotic pain medications, and a history of stroke.
The symptoms of sleep apnea include loud snoring, episodes of breathing cessation during sleep as witnessed by another person, abrupt awakenings accompanied by shortness of breath, waking up with a dry mouth or sore throat, headaches in the morning, trouble staying asleep, and excessive daytime sleepiness.
Sleep deprivation with sleep apnea happens because those with the condition wake up multiple times a night. The symptoms of sleep deprivation include depression, fatigue, irritability, reduced attention, concentration issues, memory issues, lost productivity, frequent illness, and auto accidents, according to Dr. Susan Maples, a dentist based in Michigan.
If you lose just 90 minutes of rapid eye movement sleep in a night, your cognitive ability drops 35 per cent the next day, Maples says. Sleep deprivation is related to effects like impaired brain ability, depression, weakened immune response, and high blood pressure.
Along with the harm to your day-to-day well-being, sleep apnea can have serious health consequences over time. Left untreated, the condition is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, stroke, and heart disease, Maples says.
You can be obese or overweight and not have sleep apnea, or you can have it without being obese or overweight, Maples says. But the connection between the condition and weight can't be ignored she ads. Obesity — particularly abdominal obesity — is a risk factor for sleep apnea.
It's not just that being overweight makes it more likely you'll have sleep apnea, some research shows sleep apnea can negatively affect the hunger hormones leptin and gherkin, Maples says, making it harder for you to lose weight.
If you find yourself getting up in the night to go to the bathroom (known as nocturia), sleep apnea could be the surprising cause. "Patients with sleep apnea develop negative chest wall pressure as they try to breathe through an obstructed airway," says physician and surgeon Dr. Antonio Pizarro. "The heart responds to this negative pressure by releasing a substance called ANP, which triggers the kidneys to create urine. This fills the bladder more quickly and leads to nocturia." Talk to your doctor about sleep apnea if are constantly waking up to pee, particularly if you've already ruled out a bladder condition.
Dentists are often the first to notice signs of sleep apnea because they focus on your teeth, mouth, and head. Signs that can point to the condition include upper teeth that hide the lower teeth when biting down, a small cricomental space or "turkey waddle" in the neck, and a narrow airway opening to the back of the throat, Maples says.
It's hard to know if you're snoring when you're asleep, and many people with sleep apnea don't realize they're waking multiple times in a night. Ask your partner or a roommate if you snore regularly.
If you experience loud snoring, shortness of breath or gasping or choking that wakens you, pauses in your breathing during sleep or excessive daytime drowsiness, talk to your physician. You may be recommended for a sleep study in a home or clinic, or you could be examined for other conditions (like enlarged tonsils) that could be causing the apnea.
Some sleep apnea can be treated with lifestyle changes alone, including weight loss, exercise, or quitting smoking. In other cases, treating conditions like allergies can improve the condition. For some patients, the use of a CPAP machine or oral appliances can lead to big improvements in sleep. In some cases, surgery is necessary.
If your sleep apnea is related to your weight, exercise and improved nutrition can play a role in your treatment. Research has shown exercising four times a week for 12 weeks improved obstructive sleep apnea and improved overall sleep quality, says health coach and personal trainer Joshua Duvauchelle. Three other studies found brisk walking reduced sleep apnea by 25 per cent. "To experience the many health benefits that come with aerobic exercise, Canadian health authorities recommend that we engage in 30 minutes of vigorous exercise a day. Not only will this help with sleep apnea, but you'll also see improvements in every other health metric," Duvauchelle adds.


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May 7, 2013 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – In honor of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition (PCFSN) today paid tribute to the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award winners at their annual meeting. Pioneer of women's intercollegiate sports Ruth Alexander, Executive Director of Disabled Sports USA Kirk Bauer, 9th degree black belt Grandmaster Moo Yong Lee, physical activity activist and educator for special populations Emilio "Dee" DaBramo, and professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Antronette Yancey are this year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
"The efforts of these pioneers have been momentous in expanding our nation's accessibility and passion for health and physical activity," said Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director of the President's Council. "These five individuals have been leaders in their respective fields and have selflessly dedicated their careers to promoting healthy, active lifestyles."
Presented annually since 2007, the Lifetime Achievement Award is given to individuals whose careers have greatly contributed to the advancement or promotion of physical activity, fitness, sports, and nutrition-related programs nationwide. Recipients are selected by members of PCFSN based on the span and scope of an individual's career, the estimated number of lives they have touched, and the impact of their legacy.
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Ruth Alexander, EdD – Dr. Ruth Alexander is Emeritus professor in the University of Florida. She is known for establishing the "Lady Gator Athletic" program, which allowed women to participate in intercollegiate athletics. Dr. Alexander was the first woman who served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports as a Council Member, Special Advisor, and Clinician. She is a founding member of the Florida Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. In 1987, she was inducted into the National Association of Sport and Physical Education's Hall of Fame.
Kirk M. Bauer, JD- Mr. Bauer is the executive director of Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA) and is widely recognized as a pioneer of adaptive sports in the U.S. As a disabled Vietnam veteran, Mr. Bauer helps provide sports programs that enable individuals with disabilities, including youth and wounded warriors, to lead active lifestyles. In recognition of his involvement in fitness exercise programs, inclusion initiatives, and adaptive instruction for individuals with disabilities, Mr. Bauer served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports from 2006 to 2009 and is the recipient of numerous awards for his work and dedication in his field.
Grandmaster Moo Yong Lee- Mr. Lee is a 9th Degree Black Belt who helped spread the martial art of Taekwondo into the United States. He played a formative role in the establishment of the United States Taekwondo Union—later renamed USA Taekwondo—the U.S. National Governing Body of Olympic Taekwondo, and served as president of the organization from 1985 to 1986. He has been a member of the U.S. Olympic Team Services Committee, and also served on the Executive Council of the World Taekwondo Federation. In 1983, he received the David G. Rivenes Award for outstanding leadership and service.
Emilio ("Dee") DaBramo- Mr. DaBramo has dedicated his life's work as a teacher, administrator, and international authority figure promoting physical activity among youth and special populations. He served as a member of the Joseph P. Kennedy Special Olympics Advisory Board, and as a clinician for the Special Olympics and the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. As President of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AHPERD), Mr. DaBramo is also well-recognized for establishing the program called A Place where People Learn Excellence (APPLE), which guided underprivileged students toward a higher education.
Antronette (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH- Dr. Yancey was a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, as well as the Co-Director of the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity. She served on numerous committees and boards, including the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention, the National Physical Activity Plan Steering Committee, and the Board of Directors of the California Public Health Institute. Dr. Yancey authored over 100 scientific publications, including Instant Recess: How to Build a Fit Nation 10 Minutes at a Time, which encourages all Americans to get active during the day.


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Prime Minister John Key says he is open to reviewing New Zealand's sanctions on Zimbabwe during the visit of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai this week.
New Zealand imposed financial and travel sanctions on Zimbabwe in 2002 to protest serious human rights abuses under the reign of President Robert Mugabe.
However, Mr Key has indicated New Zealand could be ready to consider easing those sanctions, saying he would discuss it with Mr Tsvangirai when the pair meet on Wednesday.
"We will have some discussions with him to find out whether he believes the sanctions are still applicable."
He said it was unlikely there would be an announcement after his meeting but New Zealand would then consider its position.
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He said in his view, sanctions were often "spectacularly unsuccessful."
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He said Mr Tsvangirai had been pushing for reform in Zimbabwe and New Zealand's Government wanted to know what the best way forward was and how to eliminate human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.
Mr Tsvangirai was a key democracy advocate in Zimbabwean politics and his MDC-T Party entered a coalition government with the Robert Mugabe-led Zanu-PF following a controversial election in 2008.
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Dennis HiornsMember
@hansonLocale: Michigan
I have seen many videos of this technique and it looks like a great way to get to the inner part of the wood. But everytime I see someone doing it, they are using clean, chainsaw cut pieces from a woodpile.
How many of you actually find wood in the forest (long branches) and baton it open with a knife? I would imagine that if you start with a branch small enough to break down to length, it would not be worth "batoning" at that point. I'm trying to decide if this is a practical, viable technique, and if so, I'll trade in my small pocket knife for one that can baton wood.
Thanks for any input!Apr 3, 2010 at 8:38 am #1593817
Stephen BarberBPL Member
@grampaLocale: SoCal
I'd been doing it for decades before I been knew it had a name; I just thought of it as splitting or cutting wood with my knife.
No, you do not need a saw-cut stick to baton, either as the baton or the stick. But it does look better if you're doing a video, I guess. But you can split via batoning any old stick, etc, you need to. Also by using your knife to carve some wedges, you can split quite large logs, etc. Batoning is just a forced wedge technique.
Note that you can also baton cross-grain, as if you were slowly chopping through the stick with an axe or hatchet. V-angles and all. that's how you make a long stick into a short stick!
Finally, only use a piece of wood to baton your knife; NEVER use a metal baton. You'll destroy your knife if you do!Apr 4, 2010 at 12:24 am #1594042
Andy FSpectator
@andyfLocale: Midwest/Midatlantic
It depends on why you're splitting the wood. I split wood with my knife when I need dry, smaller pieces for building a fire, and these aren't already available in the environment. I also split it for a small woodburning stove. Neither of these uses require me to baton wood which I can't break into 1-2 foot sections.Apr 4, 2010 at 8:26 am #1594074
Brett RasmussenBPL Member
@ascientistLocale: Grants Pass, Oregon
Ah, the batoning wood survival videos. After watching a few of them I went out and practiced batoning wood to make a fire several times during the the snow covered winter. It can be fun, but whenever I was in a hurry I found it much faster to just use what was on hand rather than getting to the supposed magical center of a 5 inch log. Maybe there are situations where the center of a log is the only place you could find good tender, but even in the wettest time of winter I have not found that to be the case. Some of those videos would almost lead you to believe that all the wood you burn in a fire must be split first. It's much easier to just find the right size wood than it is to cut and split large logs.Apr 4, 2010 at 2:45 pm #1594144
Stephen BarberBPL Member
@grampaLocale: SoCal
In the Midwest, the Sierras and the Rockies, I think there are seldom situations where you would need to baton to get dry wood.
However, when I lived in Oregon, during the winter, I had to pull every trick in the book sometimes to get a fire going in soggy-land! :-)
Never lived/hiked on the East Coast, so no clue there as the the need for batoning!Apr 4, 2010 at 2:59 pm #1594146
Acronym EsqBPL Member
@acronym-esqLocale: TX
I too received great enjoyment from youtube baton videos. I picked up a 5-6" fixed blade at Academy for $20, and took it on several trips. I learned 3 things:
1) Chopping wood is a lot of work – I need a really good reason to want to do it.
2) I couldn't find a really good reason to chop wood.
3) 270 g (10 oz) of knife is a horrible weight to carry if I don't use it.
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Beau BeveridgeMember
I've done it a handful of times. Most of the time I use it as an activity to warm my body up if I start getting cold around camp. In some of the areas I camp the land has been pretty well picked through for wood. My large knife is more multi-function than a trail saw and can help me get to wood others cant. One can quite easily baton their way through a fist size branch. Dont get the picture in your mind that your wood pile will be a bunch of branches cut to equal length. Batoning is to much work for that. I usually cut through a long branch that I slowly feed into the fire.Apr 4, 2010 at 7:18 pm #1594210
Brian ULMember
@maynard76Locale: New England
1. in some environments you may or may not have trouble finding dry wood.
2. splitting wood creates more surface area. more surface area = more fire, more heat.
3. Even if you don't need to split wood to find dry wood, a knife can carve thin wood chips to use as kindling: saving you the trouble of finding it or saving the ones your carrying for tougher times.
4.A knife is just a tool that makes an important skill easier, you don't need it, it just makes life much easier for 2-3 oz. An ax is the proper woodsmans tool. As backpackers we are using light weight knives as a compromise or a "better than nothing" alternative. As backpackers we are using small cook fires with or without stoves and so we can predict that we will only need it for small bits of wood for which a basic fixed bladed is usually adequate. Thats not counting that it can still do all the tasks that one usually uses a knife for.
5. the more one knows about fire building and how to use a knife the more they will tend to see it as a useful tool. Those kinds of skills are rare today and there is a mountain of bad info you have to dig through if you don't have a trustworthy source to explain it. obviously some one who doesn't know these skills will see a knife or any tool as pointless. Thats not to say that everyone who has solid fire building skills will carry one, but like I said it makes life easier and for a few ounces and 10-20 bucks.Apr 4, 2010 at 7:30 pm #1594216
Dennis HiornsMember
@hansonLocale: Michigan
I agree – I always take a knife with me, but it has usually been a multitool with pliers. But that's not something I would use to baton wood. If I decided to do that, I would buy an appropriate fixed blade knife. Right now I'm trying to determine if it is necessary and practical to baton wood, or if it is simply a "neat trick". At this point, it seems that there may be a couple people who do it out of necessity (lack of dry wood), but most people, including those who know how to do it, don't actually use the technique.
I appreciate everyone's input – thanks! (and keep it coming if you have other points)Apr 4, 2010 at 7:38 pm #1594221
Brett RasmussenBPL Member
@ascientistLocale: Grants Pass, Oregon
I think this topic demonstrates the difference between lighweight backpacking and bushcraft. They certainly overlap and can reinforce each other. Both are great activities, but there are some aspects that differ most of the time.May 3, 2010 at 5:00 pm #1605482
Ankar ShengBPL Member
@whiskyjackLocale: The Canadian Shield
I think bushcraft and UL backpacking go hand in hand in a lot of ways, as bushcraft encompasses the skills and techniques to use your surroundings, but improvements in gear and low impact hiking really reduce what you can or need to do.
As for batoning, in the woods I frequent (Canadian Shield) I've found it to be unnecessary, even in wet conditions, there's so much resin impregnated fuel that just bursts into flames (birch bark, fat wood, pine needles) in such abundance that my time is better spent gathering more twigs and branches, even if they are a bit damp, than dividing up the larger firewood I've gathered.May 5, 2010 at 12:22 am #1606257
Jack H.Member
@foundLocale: Sacramento, CA
I baton wood nearly every week. It's always to create spoon blanks or other blanks for wood carvings in the field however. I don't find the technique very useful for making fires. And I definitely don't carry a knife big enough to baton wood when i'm traveling UL.May 5, 2010 at 12:30 am #1606260
Rog TallblokeBPL Member
@tallblokeLocale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!
I carry an 'Imperial Ireland' knife which has a great 3" saw and a blade/pivot strong enough to baton with. It doesn't weigh much, and I find it a very useful took for all sort of tasks from cutting food to repairing gear and making emergency shelter poles.
Well worth it's weight.Jun 25, 2010 at 8:50 am #1623306
Donald KevilusMember
@fourdogstoveLocale: Woodlands
I'm with Brain, with a small 3-4oz fixed blade knife and
good skills I can do more after clothing to injoy the woods then any other item.
Basic outdoor skills or "bushcraft" was the orginal
backbacking light.
I live in the northern forset and go out all year round.
With out good fire skills I in danger myself as well as other if the have to come get me. So I owe that to my loves ones as well as others.I'm responsiple for my own safty.
Once you have the basic skills and can do more with less then I think a person can decide if he needs the high tech gear and can make a better choice in what he buys.
But as all tools or skills it takes doing, doing and more doing and think alot a folks look for short cuts
for developing good basic skills.Aug 27, 2013 at 9:04 pm #2019303
F. R.BPL Member
@fugitiverideLocale: Syldavia
Very good point. In Southern California I have never had to baton anything. What's more, I have never had to split the wood either. I can usually find dead wood on the ground ready to use in all sizes for fire prep (pencil lead width, pencil width, and thumb width). I can usually break it just fine without using any kind of tool.
I enjoy learning skills like wood splitting and batoning, but have yet to need them.Aug 27, 2013 at 9:34 pm #2019315
Justin BakerBPL Member
@justin_bakerLocale: Santa Rosa, CA
These techniques are only useful when dealing with wet/frozen wood. The best way is to find a very small vertical tree that you can rip out of the ground. Find two tree trunks right next to each other and break the wood to size between them. Branches only work if there is sufficient tree cover to keep them dry. Vertical wood is the best because rain sheds off of it. Always use wood that isn't touching the ground.
Sometimes while winter camping I will use a 28 inch axe to cross cut and split quarters from large logs.Aug 29, 2013 at 5:28 pm #2019947
Don MorrisMember
Never had to baton anything, and I have lit fires in some fairly trying circumstances. I think the technique is primarily justification for wearing a big a$$ knife on your hip, just like all real men. If a fire is really critical, I will carry a stove.Aug 29, 2013 at 5:34 pm #2019950
Jerry AdamsBPL Member
@retiredjerryLocale: Oregon and Washington
" If a fire is really critical, I will carry a stove."
If a fire is really critical, I will carry a tent and sleeping bag : )Aug 29, 2013 at 5:42 pm #2019956
Luke SchmidtSpectator
@cameronLocale: Idaho Falls
First I'm with Jerry, I try to pack so that I can survive without a fire even if conditions are bad. I know there are special situations but I try to avoid those.
Batoning is a nice option but even that doesn't always work. I've been places where all the wood had a twisted gnarly grain and splitting it just wasn't going to happen. Soaking some extra toilet paper in alcohol hand sanitizer worked once. I've also made a nest of wood shavings I carved off wood that was too twisted to split.Sep 4, 2013 at 10:39 am #2021729
MarkBPL Member
If i know i'm going to be working with wood then i take my folding saw
I just don't see the point wacking on the spine of a knife, takes too much time and energy.
With a saw you find the branch you want.
Start to saw through it about 1/4 of the way down it's length
Saw around 1/2 way through it
Find a sturdy tree or rock and hit the branch over it aiming for the point of impact to be around half way down the log.
Result is a split log using a LOT less time and effort.
Obviously it takes a few times to know where to saw and how deep depending on the wood, but it's fast, efficient, safe and effective.Sep 4, 2013 at 1:57 pm #2021789
peter vaccoMember
@fluffinreach-comLocale: no. california
so : i got me two very sweet machete type blades. one is about 1/4" thick and sharpened to stupidity. it is almost useless for clearing trails. the other a more the hooked blade "brush cutter" sort of an affair. it's razor sharp as well, and in anything, slightly uselesser for trailwork.
i am going back to my loppers and 1/2 size bowsaw.Sep 4, 2013 at 2:14 pm #2021797
Justin BakerBPL Member
@justin_bakerLocale: Santa Rosa, CA
A 1/4 inch thick machete sounds like a kukri. Good for cutting down small trees (less work than a saw if you use it right) and limbing fallen trees. Useless for light vegetation, the thick profile will only push and not cut. For cutting through bushes and vines a thin machete like the tramontina works.Sep 4, 2013 at 2:36 pm #2021803
David ThomasBPL Member
@davidinkenaiLocale: North Woods. Far North.
I too, like lopers for trail clearing which, in my area, is mostly alders.
Machettes are popular with dog mushers who want to widen a trail or remove an offending branch. But they do their trail clearing at 10 mph (plus the speed of their swinging arm).
With sufficient speed, it really doesn't matter which edge of the machete you use (check the edge on a lawn mower or tree chipper sometime.)
I way over-sharpened splitting mauls a few times. Just because I thought it cool to shave with a maul. It didn't help the splitting and it would get "stuck" in wood when I didn't mean it to.Sep 5, 2013 at 9:29 pm #2022322
Ryan WallerMember
Many good comments already, but one of the best lessons I've learned is to make a couple of wedges before you attempt to baton anything close the length of the blade your using. You can hit an unseen knot that will stop a knife dead in it's tacks. By wedge I mean a stick that you have sharpened one side to a wedge. Using these you can split wood much larger than your knife blade.
Here in the Southeast if you want or need a fire sometimes you have to get to that inner dry wood. It does not need to be wood that was first cut with a saw however. Using only my Esee Izula I have split many a pieces of wood on my hiking trips. Just get out there and practice, It's a lot of fun. Just be sure to stay safe.Oct 10, 2013 at 8:33 pm #2032980
Benjamin BrutonMember
@bruttyLocale: Work
If you're going to baton wood I'd suggest a full tang knife. A Mora will work but I'd imagine would eventually fail ("stick tang" design, buy several anyway). This is stressful for most knives, I did it most recently to make guy-out stakes on a sandy beach from pallet boards. Lightweight backpacking is something I'm just now getting into, but I've always been outdoors & just can't imagine not carrying a sturdy knife. Mine weighs under 3 oz & I'll tote the weight penalty over a razor blade till my experience suggests otherwise.
A khukuri is a versatile tool in the woods but most here would find it ridiculous to hike with, unless it's winter & you're gathering a lot of firewood (or you really just get your kicks from chopping wood). Heavy choppers that can clear a trail almost like a machete but you'd need to generate a lot of velocity with that thick blade. Wrist/forearm technique comes into play for clearing, speeding up the blade & slicing your target across it as you make contact.
As someone mentioned earlier, to break up longer logs find a double-trunked tree or two trees very close together, stick log between and lever till it snaps. If you can't snap it then it's too big/green to be messing with for fire. And yes, most of this pertains to "bushcraft" & not "backpacking"
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I had written previously about Joe McGinniss' latest book, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, and I clearly stated that I didn't believe any of these claims he made concerning Palin and her family. These accusations were beyond outrageous, so much so that even Janet Maslin of the New York Times said they were "caustic, unsubstantiated gossip." It wasn't simply the New York Times, however, that thoughts this. As Andrew Breitbart himself, posting at BigJournalism.com, discovered, Random House, the publisher of McGinniss' book, had issues with a number of the accusations. In fact, Random House's lawyers told McGinniss that he provided nothing more than "tawdry gossip" to substantiate "any of the salacious stories about the Palin family."
This story first broke when Breitbart posted an e-mail from Joe McGinniss to Jesse Griffin, the owner and operator of a now defunked anti-Palin blog, asking for any evidence he has concerning these unsupported allegations.
From: Joe McGinniss
To: Jesse Griffin
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:15 PM
Subject: I have to ask you for help
Legal review of my manuscript is underway and here's my problem: no one has ever offered documentation of any of the lurid stories about the Palins. Shailey Tripp is the latest example.
APD and Sarah have denied that Todd had any involvement with her. To my knowledge, no one has provided any evidence that he did. TheEnquirer cites AlaskaWTF, which in turn cites the Enquirer: what good is that? I'm also told that the Enquirer is preparing to back off this story and save face by denouncing Ms. Tripp as an unreliable source who promised documentation she couldn't provide.
She may be mentally unstable and prone to fabrication, delusion, or both. Her joint may be called Blue Hands Massage (brrrrr!), but she's no Monica Lewinsky with a blue dress with a semen stain, that's for sure.
Do you believe that Todd paid her for sex? If so, why do you believe that, other than that you wish it were true?
A lurid, sensational, defamatory story about Todd, based only on the account of a woman charged with prostitution, who is no doubt desperate for money, and who sold her story to the Enquirer, is a gift from heaven for Sarah.
Jesse, you can ridicule Sarah for calling in to the execrable Bob & Mark, but the fact is that as far as this story goes, there's no there there. And rumors about what might come in weeks ahead are not facts. In fact, they're garbage.
I've neither seen nor heard anything that indicates that Ms. Tripp's story has any basis in fact. None of the endless crap Patrick posted about her before getting the boot from palingates.com offers any substantiation.
And even you write frequently that you know things you can't yet post, but that soon "all will be revealed." This has been going on since I first became aware of your blog, but as far as I know you haven't substantiated a single claim or provided verification for a single rumor that you've posted about Sarah's personal life, or the personal lives of any Palin family members. Thus, she gets to denounce what she calls "lies."
Neither from you, the Enquirer, AlaskaWTF, palingates.com or anyone else, have I seen a credible, identified source backing any of the salacious stories about the Palin family.
Thus–as Random House lawyers are already pointing out to me–nothing I can cite other than my own reporting rises above the level of tawdry gossip. The proof is always just around the corner, but that's a corner nobody has been able to turn. Maybe Jeff Dunn has, in which case I'll be the first to congratulate him. But frankly, at this point, I'm tired of it, and I've run out of time.
No one has ever provided factual evidence that:
a) Todd had sex with a hooker, or with anyone else outside his marriage.
b) Sarah had an affair with Brad Hanson, or anyone else.
c) Track was a druggie who enlisted in the army to avoid a jail term. Or that he vandalized Wasilla school buses.
d) Willow was involved in the vandalism of the empty house in Meadow Lakes. Or that Sarah rushed back from Hawaii to put the lid on that.
e) Trig is not Sarah's natural born child.
f) Bristol was promiscuous as a high schooler and drank and used drugs, or became pregnant again after Tripp's birth.
Jesse, you were going on and on about Bristol being pregnant while doing Dancing With The Stars. And, if I recall correctly, at the time of her brief glossy-magazine-payday "reunion" with Levi, you surmised that she was pregnant by Ben Barber, or at least by someone who wasn't Levi. You've recently suggested she's had an abortion, publishing photographs that show her chubby then and thin now. But doesn't that seem a little "thin" to you, based on nothing besides magazine pictures?
So much has bubbled at the salacious rumor stage for more than two years, but no one has been able to take even one story further.
Jesse, if you can put me in touch with people who are willing and able to substantiate any of the above, now is the time to do so. Otherwise, I hope you won't complain that there are no startling new revelations in my book. My publisher and I think it's damning enough without airing the family's dirty laundry, but because Sarah's hypocrisy about her family is one of the things that galls me most, I'd like to be able to publish facts in regard to a) through f) above, but I emphasize facts.
Not malicious speculation or third-hand rumors relayed by those who hold a grudge.
For any or all of those who've told you they'll speak out, but not yet, now is the time. My book represents the last best chance to put the truth about Sarah in front of the American people in a documented, verifiable way. But I need facts that I can rely on. I didn't live this long and work this hard over so many decades to wind up as AlaskaWTF between hard covers.
as always, and looking forward to seeing you in spring or summer,
Breitbart's has a second post up on this subject, which I recommend that my modest readership give it a look as it examines the unsupported allegations themselves.
Given this, it's clear that McGinniss' book is nothing but a collection of conspiracy theories and baseless smears that he knew he couldn't support with evidence. The question Breitbart and others are now raising is whether or not Random House itself knew that much of this book, by the author's own admission, lacks even the slightest bit of factual evidence. Seeing that the publisher's lawyers raised these complaints with McGinniss during their legal review of it, as stated in the e-mail, it seems they did.
Suffice to say, this is not only bad news for Joe McGinniss, but for Random House itself. Despite warnings from their own legal staff, the publisher has damaged its credibility by publishing McGinniss' The Rogue, as well as setting itself up for a very public and very costly lawsuit. McGinniss himself has destroyed whatever credibility he has left, and I doubt any publisher will want to print anything he's written from this point on. I would imagine that he would have trouble finding work with the tabloids after this debacle. That would be a fitting punishment for a such a deranged and dishonest individual.