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Re: Gelcoat sealants & silicone
If you really want it to be silicone free, look for the words "body shop safe" normally means no silicone. But I am not aware of any synthetics that don not contain at least some.
Re: Gelcoat sealants & silicone
I have had success with the Island Girl line of gelcoat sealants. It's not cheap but it does work well. I did the two step process of applying the product called Elixir first and then a second stage called Mirror Hard. This was after buffing out the hull with a polisher and compound (which they say is not necessary; but was faster than rubbing out by hand with the Elixir product).
I applied this last spring. I hauled the boat in February and expected to need to polish out the hull again with the buffer. To my surprise, the hull was not in need of a major re-do. It had a chalky film of salt deposits and chalking gelcoat from my deck which has not been sealed or re-painted. Use of the Island Girl Pink cleaner diluted in water removed the chalking and did not remove any gelcoat. Once cleaned I re-applied the Elixir and it looks like new again. I should have just re-applied the Mirror Hard and been done. I'm waiting for warmer weather to do that job now that the boat is back in the water. All of their products wipe on and off easily. This product does not build up or yellow like Poli-Glow. Here is a link to their website:
Island Girl System - Cleaning and Restoration Products for your car, RV, Boat, Aircraft, shoes & more
I forgot to mention... The gelcoat on my boat is ~33 years old; and the IGP makes the boat look like it is newly painted.
Re: Gelcoat sealants & silicone
I use Finish First Polish Marine Formula
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I met Paul at the boat show a couple of years ago and he runs this e-bay store with better pricing.
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Great results with this product. I use it on my truck too.
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Re: Gelcoat sealants & silicone
I've been using Fleetwax for a couple of years now and have never experienced what you said about it getting soft and picking up dirt. Maybe it doesn't get hot enough here but I've been very happy with it.
Re: Gelcoat sealants & silicone
Some 3M and most Presta products are water based, and contain no oils, or Silocone.
Re: Gelcoat sealants & silicone
My boat never stays clean a full season with good gelcoat or good Awlgrip
As i finish my spring prep i am amazed how much black dirt the tan Awlgrip picked up in my driveway over the winter sitting there in the rain minding its own business BUT it does wash right off with ease
Gelcoat sealants & silicone
Hi everyone,
I've finally had the time to focus on the 60 feet of 1965 era gelcoat hull on my 30 foot Alberg. Thanks to Bar Keepers Friend, all the stains are gone and is starting to look pretty good. Plenty of nicks and scratches after all these year, but I'll ignore those for now. I'm just looking to get it white and shiny.
I still need to polish a bit more to bring up the shine, but afterwards I need something to seal the gelcoat. It seems that others are happy with wax but I'd like to try a polymer sealant. I've been using Fleetwax paste the last couple years and I don't like it. When it gets warm, even in Maine, it gets soft and picks up dirt. By August it looks like a dirty floor and is difficult to clean.
Anyway, when looking into the polymer sealants (Nu-Finish) and others, it appears that they all contain silicone, which I'd like to avoid since I may eventually give up the battle and paint the topsides. However, now that I'm looking into it, it appears that silicone is used in many, if not most compounding, polishing, wax and sealing products.
Anyone know of a gelcoat sealant that does not contain silicone? I'm also wondering if these silicone emulsion products are simply easier to clean from the surface than silicone sealant.
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No ventilation in bathroom, suggestions?
Hi all, embarking on my second bathroom renovation, project details are available here (http://www.diychatroom.com/f49/condo...looring-98814/).
I'm in a garden-style (4 story) condo complex built in 1980. A serious design flaw is that the bathrooms (and wash/dryer utility rooms) were all built interior, with no windows. Further problem is that there is no exterior ventilation for bathroom fans.. they simply "circulate." FURTHER problem is that the HOA/Condo association will not allow me to puncture the exterior structure on the side or roof, meaning no building of ductwork.
I've spoken with management about what others have done in remodeling (we've been here 3 years), as I'm sure people are running into the problems we are having.. and they say "well, leave the door open and open windows in adjoining rooms."
Sorry... if you checked out the link to my post on the project, you'll see the mold issue we are having.
SO... other than venting up into space between floors (this does nothing but complicate things for me later on or my neighbors, and is probably not to code)... the only thing I've thought of is a dehumidifier.
Problem is, this is directly off of our master bedroom, and those things are loud SOBs...
I found this on Amazon.com, with some pretty good reviews, wondering if you all have had experience:
Also wondering if there are any "built in" models you've seen, as I'd like this to look finished, not "temporary," as it certainly will require to be on and connected most of the time. I was googling a bit to see if there are integrated models with bathroom fans/lights, but couldn't find anything.
Or, any other suggestions, besides mounting a revolt on the HOA?
Via GBR in WA on another thread(http://www.diychatroom.com/f2/bathro...an-code-89843/):
M1507.2 Recirculation of air. Exhaust air from bathrooms and toilet rooms shall not be recirculated within a residence or to another dwelling unit and shall be exhausted directly to the outdoors. Exhaust air from bathrooms and toilet rooms shall not discharge into an attic, crawl space or other areas inside the building. http://publicecodes.citation.com/ico...007_par001.htm
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........................... ............:censored:
How do you vent the dryer?
Ron - short answer: we don't/can't.
Longer answer: the only thing we can do is take the dryer vent duct and put it into an indoor dryer vent thing
(http://www.improvementscatalog.com/h...ryer-vent.html) which also adds to a mold problem in the utility closet... which, guess what, also houses the heat pump blower, which we've had to clean a few times already from mold).
Other owners in the complex have purchased a type of dryer that doesn't need to vent, but those are very very pricey.
What about one of those portable A/C units witha 4" vent hose and window adapter? If you can set that up somehow so it will draw the air out of your bathroom and out a window that might work. What sort of a building has no exterior ventillation for the units? How do the other owners feel about this? And, what do they do to prevent mold? How many other owners are there? Maybe the owners can petition the HOA to have ventillation put in through the roof or an outer wall.
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@Jim F - thanks for the suggestion.
As you can see below, the bathrooms are interior and not even near a window to run that tubing, let alone the asthetical concerns.
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Your HOA suggestion is a good one... quite frankly I have no idea what other people have done (there are 300+ units/owners). They have all had to have this problem.. and that leads me to some scary probable outcomes of venting into cavities between floors, lotta mold issues, etc. :furious:
I imagine a lot of people would be weary of special assessments, and quite frankly, I don't know if I have the time/energy/committment to fighting all that.
For now, a portable, somewhat quiet dehumidifier (like the one linked above) seems to be my own option, unless there are any more suggestions out there?
That sounds like your best bet. Better the noise than mold. It can probably be shut off when you are sleeping anyway.
As an update, posted this new but related thread: http://www.diychatroom.com/f15/mold-...needed-101090/
Is there a unit above yours? If not is there attic space? I would apeal to the HOA to allow you to vent the bathrooms and dryer out the roof. Mold can be a health hazard. Have you checked with your insurance they may cover mold damage and when they hire a contractor to mitigate the contractor may be able to update it to code. Does your furnace have a fresh air intake from the outside? I know in Wyoming if you do anything with the furnace requiring a permit you have to add a fresh air supply from the outside if there isn't one. Just some thought to force the HOA to allow you to vent.
The HOA's standard response is: "you are not allowed to puncture the outside walls of the structure" - meaning no ventilation.
I've certainly seen contractors in the complex, and I know many have renovated bathrooms, etc before, so I'm assuming NO ONE is building to code. I simply do not understand this.
I'm documenting everything, taking pictures, and when I have the time, plan on compiling everything, going to the HOA first to try to get something passed, and if not, might have to goto the county inspector?
Talk to an inspector. Maybe as a hypothetical situation if you don't want to jump in with both feet. I suspect yours is not the first time restrictive HOA rules have clashed with building codes.
Get a county inspector behind you saying the place was not built to code and you may find a lot more leverage with your HOA. I can't imagine HOA requirements could trump building codes.
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BTW, does your project require a permit/inspection? If so, they may fight your battle for you.
bathroom ventilation
I have a small bathroom with no window and it had no heater. I had a small cadet heater installed in the bathroom and keep it on a timer so that it drys out the moisture and helps prevent mold and mildew.
A dehumidifier is also helpful for those who try to make their bath room a sauna! Most bathrooms are not made for long hot steamy showers so get your heat on, leave the door open if you have to and enjoy the reduction of moisture on your walls and floors. Hopefully the mold and mildew will be greatly reduced if not elimnated altogether.
The cadent heaters should be installed by a certified electrician.
Hope this helps you.
Find an answer?
We recently bought a home that has many add ons here and there. The bsement is a walk out on one side, on another side of the 3 rooms only one has an egress and the other two sides have no outside access or exposure. That is where they chose to put the half bathroom. We don't have to worry about moisture from a shower but it sure stinks! I was wondering what you came up with for your problem in hopes it may help us.
In our old house we needed to replace the vent hose for the dryer that ran under the house. It was going to be a while before hubby was going to be able to get under there to do it so I found an "indoor" vent system. It is a box that you have in your house and hook your dryer hose to it. Add some water to the bottom and it catches the lint, the moisture comes back into the house. It was rotten. We had to have the dehumidifier on all the time! Cost loads, our power bill was hidious! I saw the dehumidifier mentioned a couple of times but from experience, that is not a long term solution.
Any more from your HOA?
mary hennessy - bathroom ventilation and clean air.
Hi, we have a basement bathroom and have the same problem. Our walls are three foot thick and the only pathway we have found means that condensation will run back down into the electrics and therefore too dangerous. But!! I have been looking at air sterile purifiers which extinguish the source of the smell and clean the air and some of them are silent. They are used in care homes and hospitals as well as food places. In the absence of anything else I am going to try out one of these. They cost from around £150.00
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Anybody seen this yet? Love the idea. Esp. for me being a strictly on handed shooter.
This is a discussion on The Liberator within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; We bought several for testing... they are a little to cumbersome for practical use IMO....
We bought several for testing... they are a little to cumbersome for practical use IMO.
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I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
Anybody seen this yet? Love the idea. Esp. for me being a strictly on handed shooter.
I carry to protect myself and my loved ones from the BG's. Not to solve societies problems. That said: if more carried the deterrent would only have a positive overall effect on those problems.
Just more stuff to carry. I think the weapon mounted light is alot more practical...easier to carry too...
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I'll stick with my Surefire, which is easier to carry AND a lot less expensive, than $219 !!
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I won a few months ago from Tom Gresham's Gun Talk radio show and website. I would never have bought one due to the expense. But I must say using one is pretty cool. It allows you to take normal 2 hand grip on the gun and hold a flashlight at the same time. I done some training with it and it works very well. It definitely has its place for people who do room clearing in dark places. It resides on my night stand with my Kahr K40. I don't carry it as I prefer my Surefire G2Z for its slimness. PM me if you have any questions.
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I don't see it as being practical. Rail mounted light seems much easier to use and to make sure the light is pointed in the right direction, if that is what your looking for.
The web site shows it being used on either a pistol, rifle, whatever. The angle surely has to be adjusted between the two. I wouldn't want to have to fiddle with trying to make sure the light was pointing were it needed to be if I was in a situation of actually having to use it.
I don't, or wouldn't use either. Give me a flashlight.
Just remember that shot placement is much more important with what you carry than how big a bang you get with each trigger pull.
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So far I have limited use of the flashlight and think its a good tool. First you can keep your normal grip on the gun, secondly reloads if needed do not change from normal reloading. Choice of momentary or constant on. I will admit to being blucky to carry versus a normal flashlight such as the 6P and similar flashlights but as stated above it has merits over conventional tactical flashlights. I dont see it replacing your current flashlight but another tool in ones toolbox. No different then sometimes carrying a Glock vs. a 1911 or Spyderco Endura vs. a Emerson Commander.
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Happiness Project: Craig Harper the Motivational Speaker
Craig Harper (B.Ex.Sci.) is the #1 ranked Australian Motivational Speaker (according to Google). He is a qualified exercise scientist, author, columnist, radio presenter, television host, blogger and owner of one of the largest personal training centres in the world.
Craig provides hundreds of life lessons on his blog at Motivational Speaker blog. It should also be noted that Craig has a very unique writing and speaking style. Craig subscribes to the no BS form of expression, in which he holds nothing back, but tells it how it is. In his book Fattitude, Craig does not focus on the food, rather he teaches that creating a life-long change is more about the dieter, than the actual diet.
1. How do you define happiness?
For me happiness can be one of many emotional states (excitement, joy, euphoria) and can be stimulated by a range of varied stimuli (funny situations, helping someone, cheesecake, a great result, a good workout, a motorbike ride, being with loved ones, nature, music). But genuine, lasting happiness on a deeper level is (for me) more about inner contentment, peace and calm than it is about any of those short-lived 'rock star' emotions. Nothing can replace the feeling of complete peace and contentment.
2. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your happiness now, versus when you were a child?
Then 8. Now 8.
3. What do you do on a daily basis that brings you happiness? (and how consistent is the feeling of happiness throughout your day)
Invest time into others. Read. Write. Learn. Express myself creatively. Have lunch with two funny idiots every day. Laugh a lot. Generally my emotional state is somewhere between mildly content, falling down laughing and very excited.
4. What things take away from your happiness? What can be done to lessen their impact or remove them from your life?
Over the years I have learned to manage the negatives (stress, problems, challenges) much more effectively. Knowing that stress is an internal response to an external stimulus and learning that I can control the impact that situations, events, circumstances have on me was a breakthrough. Situations don't create stress, we do.
5. What do you plan on doing in the future that will bring you even more happiness?
Learn from people who are smarter than me. Listen. Be less selfish.
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Validation of the WHOQOL-BREF among women following childbirth
Webster, Joan, Nicholas, Catherine, Velacott, Catherine, Cridland, Noelle, & Fawcett, Lisa (2010) Validation of the WHOQOL-BREF among women following childbirth. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 50(2), pp. 132-137.
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Background: There is an increasing interest in measuring quality of life (QOL) in clinical settings and in clinical trials. None of the commonly used QOL instrument have been validated for use postnatally. Aim: To assess the psychometric properties of the 26-item WHOQOL-BREF among women following childbirth. Methods: Using a prospective cohort design we recruited 320 women within the first few days of childbirth. At six weeks postpartum, participants were asked to complete the WHOQOL-BREF, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Index and the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index. Validation of the WHOQOL-BREF included an analysis of internal consistency, discriminate validity, convergent validity and an examination of the domain structure. Results: 221 (69.1%) women returned their six-week questionnaire. All domains of the WHOQOL-BREF met reliability standards (alpha coefficient exceeding 0.70). The questionnaire discriminated well between known groups (depressed and non-depressed women. P = <0.000) and demonstrated satisfactory correlations with the Australian Unity Wellbeing index (r = >0.45). The domain structure of the WHOQOL-BREF was also valid in this population of new mothers, with moderate to high correlation between individual items and the domain structure to which the items were originally assigned. Conclusion: The WHOQOL-BRF is well-accepted and valid instrument in this population and may be used in postnatal clinical settings or for assessing intervention effects in research studies.
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I was with my family at the beach and had no notebook. Writing on scraps of paper seemed so pointless I didn't do it. For about a week I didn't write.
There was a pond, an ocean, some smallish trees, bushes, an otter in the pond, that sun. My brother and his family, my parents, my own family. Lydia Davis's collected stories. Swans and gulls, washed up bits of bags and balloons. But in a particular way, none of this seemed to exist. Or I did not seem to exist. Not writing anything down, it all began to float. I'm not prone to depression, but maybe now I know why. Because after a few days of not writing, I experienced a precise and painful sense of disappearing—like Rumpelstiltskin once the queen guesses his name. In some versions, he floats out the window. In others he falls into a chasm. Or:
"In his rage he drove his right foot so far into the ground that it sank in up to his waist; then in a passion he seized the left foot with both hands and tore himself in two."
Perhaps his rage has less to do with losing the baby than with losing control of the language he thought his own. Or perhaps losing the language we lose the baby. Or so it seemed.
To make up for this absence of writing, my mind began to attempt to write/right into itself. Anything I saw, heard, or experienced, it would repeat in language—a kind of interior chanting. "Shoreline, shoreline, shoreline" "crust of bread, crust of bread, ripped crust of bread," "bee, bee," "looking for Ben, where's Ben, where's Ben." This would be the most boring poem ever, the one that names and doesn't stop, with no movement between thinking and world but only world. For even the greatest of list poems, Inger Christensen's Alphabet for example, includes an affective and guiding presence:
early fall exists; aftertaste, afterthought;
seclusion and angels exist;
widows and elk exist; every
detail exists; memory, memory's light.
Last week at Naropa, Joan Retallack gave a talk about Leslie Scalapino's work, in which she discussed Scalapino's concept of "writing on the rim." Eleni Sikelianos stood to ask a question: Can you, she said, save description?
Description is in need of saving because to describe the world, we in our post-mimetic aesthetic believe, is to kill it.
But, says Eleni, I have this dancing character, and she wants to be described. Joan quotes someone: "Wherever Flaubert's sentence goes, the grass stops growing."
The intimacy with the world outside of ourselves, with alterity, said Joan (and I paraphrase and maybe I get it wrong), emerges through writing that is dedicated to contemporaneity. By this she doesn't mean writing that is concerned with the "new" (as in the cool or hip). Rather, she means writing which engages whatever is just now on the edge of becoming, on the "rim." This reminds me of Benjaminian now-time, rooted in Jewish messianism, which, as Stephane Moses puts it, "gives a new chance for hope by locating utopia in the heart of the present."
To write into contemporaneity is not to retrospectively and dully (or duly) describe. Rather, it is to write into now-ness even though, or because, such now-ness remains incomprehensible. When Matthew Arnold wrote "the wind-borne, mirroring soul, / A thousand glimpses wins, / And never sees a whole," it was a complaint. Though now we prefer the glimpses, without writing, I couldn't even win those.
Whatever I considered "the world" seemed to be fading off such that, "it may…be more truly said that it has ceased to be than that it is" (Pater). And with that fading off of the outer came a corresponding fading of whatever I considered to be "myself." Of course it's an illusion– the notion that by writing time is slowed, distilled, things made to exist, myself made to exist. And it's a weakness to believe it, even a shameful one. But there was never not that illusion.
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Fraying Nerves In Tokyoby
In the game of capitalism, Japan's powerful Ministry of Finance has always played by its own rules. While other industrial powers largely opened their economies to the realities of global finance and trade, Japan's markets have remained in the MOF's iron grip. And in the name of protecting the financial sector, the MOF has artificially pumped up stock prices, giving banks and companies alike a free ride instead of forcing them into badly needed restructuring.
Now, the super yen is increasing pressure on the MOF to change its ways (table, page 50). While Japan has much experience in managing yen shock, the currency these days is looking a lot stronger than the ministry. Asian central banks keep dumping their export-earned dollars and buying more yen--partly to pay back billions' worth of yen-denominated debt and partly to strengthen their own currencies by bulking up yen reserves. Speculators, too, continue to sell dollars, betting that the yen's rise is inexorable.
So the MOF is hearing more and louder complaints at home. Small domestic businesses are getting beaten up by cheaper imports. Even savvy exporters have seen their price competitiveness erode. Meanwhile, banks and insurers are getting battered by a 17% stock-market drop this year, which aggravates their bad debt woes. And Washington may use the currency crisis to step up its demands for freer trade.
The pressure is beginning to tell on Tokyo, where the once close-knit bureaucracy is starting to splinter and backbite. Fed up with the foot-dragging, International Trade & Industry Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, a former Finance Minister, lashed out in early April and urged the MOF to "urgently get down to work on comprehensive measures" to halt the yen and revitalize the stock market. Only then did Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura agree publicly with MITI's call for a cut in the discount rate, now at 1.75%. But so far, Bank of Japan Governor Yasuo Matsushita has balked. Although the MOF and Bank of Japan have traditionally worked hand in glove, a senior MOF official confirms that the central bank's glacial response is creating divisions among the two corps of powerful bureaucrats.
The only action expected soon is the Apr. 14 unveiling of a boilerplate stimulus package to crank up domestic demand: speeding up public-works spending, adding $12 billion to the budget, extending planned tax cuts, and eliminating stock-transaction taxes to lift share prices. And the central bank will probably lower the discount rate by 50 or more basis points soon afterwards.
PRICE CUTS. These measures hardly spell relief for Corporate Japan. With the yen around 83 to the buck, 200 major companies will see their expected 20% rise in pretax earnings in 1995 get hammered down to 5.1%, according to a survey by the newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Besides earning less abroad, they're losing market share at home to U.S. companies making the most of the weak dollar. Chrysler Corp. has announced plans to cut the Japanese price of its Jeep Cherokee by 10%, to $39,630. Improved price competitiveness has already helped computer makers such as Compaq, IBM, and Apple double their collective market share in 1994, to around 30% of Japan's $9 billion-plus PC market.
Wholesale distributors and small retailers, which collectively represent about 30% of total employment, are getting hit even harder. As prices fall for imported goods such as beef, vegetables, and luxury items, companies that stock only domestic items can't compete. "This could mean a wave of employment restructuring," warns J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. economist Jesper Koll.
No wonder the MOF is under the gun. Some observers even say the ministry worsened the present crisis by inflating financial wealth in 1992, instead of forcing banks and companies into greater efficiency. When the bubble economy burst in the early 1990s, the ministry pumped some $200 billion of postal and pension savings funds into the stock market. It worked for a while: The Nikkei stock average climbed 50% even while Japan was in its worst postwar recession.
But beginning this year, foreign investors pulled out of the market, taking profits on the huge stock and yen appreciation. More investors fled after the Kobe quake on Jan. 17. Now, the Nikkei has fallen back to levels that batter the equity portfolios of Japanese banks and life insurers. And analysts believe the market could fall far below its current 16,000 level. The upshot is that the MOF "has lost a lot of prestige," says an executive with Yamaichi Securities Co., one of Japan's Big Four brokerages.
For Japanese business, the MOF's botched rescue just postponed the inevitable. If the market had been allowed to tank two years ago, argues David Asher, an MOF critic and consultant to U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Japan matters, companies would have faced restructuring and bankruptcies. But the yen was around 120 then. Now, with yen pressure even stronger than in 1992, companies and financial institutions face a more painful adjustment. "By freezing the market at higher levels, MOF allowed companies to maintain their irrational behavior," says Asher.
Without radical moves to attack the trade gap, currency relief seems nowhere in sight. Japan's stubborn surplus has barely budged, even though its goods have lost competitiveness. If anything, exporters are redoubling efforts to hang on to market share overseas. Furthermore, Japanese banks and companies continue to unload dollar-denominated assets, from U.S. Treasury bills to MCA Inc., to shore up their finances. Since nonperforming loans and real estate won't evaporate, financial institutions are likely to keep bringing capital back home. That will boost the yen further still.
The strong yen has cut Japan's economic growth outlook to around 1% for 1995--and some think Japan may even fall back into recession. Another quick fix like the stock market bailout could just weaken the MOF's credibility further. With Washington talking tough again, whispers of a more open Japanese economy are becoming shouts in Tokyo. Since its latest intervention scheme uas such a flop, the MOF may now have no choice but to listen.
As Japan's key regulator and policy heavyweight, the Ministry of Finance is at the center of the yen crisis. The heat is on Masayoshi Takemura's Ministry from many sources--some with conflicting demands.
-- Small domestic businesses want to keep trade barriers intact. Their size and inefficiency prevent them from operating in an open market.
-- Big international businesses and exporters want a weaker yen. They lose pricing power and market share with every additional uptick in the currency.
-- Banks and insurers want stock prices to rise. They need portfolio gains to offset the bad loans and troubled real estate investments on their books.
-- Washington wants Japan to open markets and stimulate its economy to reduce the trade surplus. Negotiators say this is the root cause of Japan's currency problems.


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Savoir Flair is a Middle East Online Fashion Magazine and they have a brand-new interview with Marion Cotillard about 'Rust & Bone'.
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Savoir Flair is a Middle East Online Fashion Magazine and they have a brand-new interview with Marion Cotillard about 'Rust & Bone'.
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Telluride Film Festival added a brief video from the tribute to Marion Cotillard last Saturday, hosted by The Hollywood Reporter's film critic Todd McCarthy.
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There's an awesome new UK trailer for 'Rust and Bone' (De rouille et d'os). In my opinion it captures perfectly the essence of the movie and gives you a taste of how visceral & powerful it really is.
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And Dior released a teaser for the forthcoming Lady Dior Documentary – which we now know will have 7 (!) episodes. Can't wait for the first one to be online on Wednesday. New episodes will be published every two weeks through December (source).
Our Lady Mystery is none other than the incomparable Marion Cotillard. In seven exclusive reports, she gives us a sneak peek into the whirlwind that is her artist's life, from photo shoots to fittings.Our Lady in Dior will await you here, in two days' time, for the first episode in the series.
Marion Cotillard arrived in Telluride, Colorado (US) yesterday after reportedly taking four flights to get from Paris to Telluride (via Los Angeles). Despite being exhausted from the travel she charmed everyone. She attended an intimate filmmakers Dinner hosted by Sony Picture Classics (US distributor for 'Rust & Bone') and was awarded the Silver Medallion for her performance.
TELLURIDE: Just left intimate SPC dinner w/ Marion Cotillard, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Dennis Quaid. Off to outdoor screening of Bernal's NO.
PS: Marion Cotillard, even on no sleep and after taking five flights to get from Paris to Telluride, is still drop dead gorgeous. My God.
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At SPC's annual filmmakers dinner Saturday night, Rust & Bone star Marion Cotillard attended. Besides Best Actress Oscar talk, she received a special festival tribute today which she told me was quite an honor.
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At one table, journalists switched seats throughout the dinner in order to converse with Bernal and Cotillard, who were seated at opposite ends. Upon arriving, the two European stars hugged and proudly showed each other iPhone pics of their young children. Both had to leave a little early — Cotillard to receive her career tribute, which was moderated by THR film critic Todd McCarthy, and Bernal, with Larrain, to introduce the second screening of No, which was held at a nearby outdoor venue. … Cotillard, meanwhile, talked about how difficult she has found it to learn other languages — especially Italian — for films that she has made outside of France.
• The Hollywood Reporter
This morning, Marion Cotillard atttended the tribute to herself and the screening of 'Rust & Bone'. A few pictures via Twitter:
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And 2 articles:
• Telluride 2012: Marion Cotillard Comes to Town for Career Tribute and 'Rust and Bone' Premiere, The Hollywood Reporter, September 2
• 'Dark Knight Rises' and 'Rust & Bone' star Marion Cotillard honored in Telluride, HitFix, September 1
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Marion Cotillard's upcoming movie by James Gray is no longer untitled: According to The Playlist James Gray made a suprise appearance during the Marion Cotillard tribute at Telluride (more on that later) and presented a clip as well as the new title "Nightingale". Why the confusion?
"It used to be called 'Lowlife,'" Gray said, "But the author of the novel threatened to sue me. So now we're calling it 'Nightingale.'" Gray joked that a few others were vying for the title, but added, "We'll win in the end…coming sometime in 2017," he joked.
And here's a description of the clip that was shown:
In the scene, Marion Cotillard's prostitute character Sonya is in church praying, and then takes a confessional. "I'm ashamed," she said through weepy tears and a tattered black shawl, before launching into all her crimes and misdemeanors: lying, theft of food, her rape, and ultimately the revelation that she's been whoring herself out to help pay and take care of her sick sister.
Having just come off the boat from Poland a few months previously coming to the American promised land, it appears that Sonya's dream of a better life is actually worse than she can imagine. "We were caged like animals," Cotilard said about the voyage on a ship to North America. Her rape was public knowledge on the boat and she says she's damaged goods, hence having to prostitute herself.
Seemingly waiting to exploit her when she got off the boat is her pimp, Joaquin Phoenix, who in this scene, surreptitiously follows her into the church and ease-drops on her confession. Renner's character didn't feature in what felt like it was probably a scene from early on in the movie.


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A rumble in the jungle! At first a soft pounding of drums that soon gained momentum, resonating and throbbing through the leafy foliage. Cheering crowds swayed to the foot tapping music as bands belted out songs in their native tongues. Powerful lights bounced off the gigantic main stage and visitors in their thousands packed the grounds. This was the amazing sight that welcomed me at the Rainforest World Music Festival in Sarawak, Malaysia, the setting for three fun-filled, rain drenched nights that I will never forget!
City of Cats: Two days earlier I was on a flight, making my way to the stunning city of Kuching on the Malaysian archipelago. Kuching, the City of Cats, sits on the west coast of the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo Island. Kuching is the main drop off destination for the much awaited annual Rainforest World Music Festival
As the aircraft emerged from the clouds and prepared to touchdown in Kuching, I looked out of my window and saw silvery waterways etched into deep green landscapes. To me, these rivers and streams seemed like giant curving smiles, curling and slicing their way through a maze of thick forests and mangroves. Somewhere down there, families of proboscis monkeys played and jumped through the trees as crocodiles lay sunbathing on muddy riverbanks. I wished in that moment that I could be down there, cruising along the river amongst the exotic wildlife.
Island Chronicles: Borneo is the third largest island in the world and this emerald green island is shared by three countries, Malaysia, Kalimantan or Indonesia and Brunei. Sarawak forms one of the two Malaysian states in the north of Borneo Island, and has a very enchanting past. A tour of the Sarawak Museum revealed the enthralling account of the three White Rajahs of Sarawak and their 100 year reign in this land
From the early 19th century, Sarawak was under the rule of the Sultanate of Brunei. When Sarawak tribes rebelled against the Sultanate, a dashing hero arrived, quite by accident, in the form of the handsome James Brooke. He was a young British seaman and explorer who arrived on his ship, the Royalist and saved the day, restoring order to the region. A struggle for power ensued with the Sultan of Brunei who finally gave in and crowned James the First White Rajah of Sarawak. James set up his new administration, seeking to end the evil practice of headhunting among warring tribes.
Local Orientation: 'Yes, we actually have a museum dedicated only to Cats' laughed my tour guide, Nina on my first day in Kuching. The Cat Museum proved that the people of Kuching do take their cats rather seriously. The museum was packed with all things furry and feline. Pictures of famous cat owners adorned two walls while statues of cats in all shapes, sizes and colours filled each nook of the museum floor and wall space. As we continued our city tour, I noticed a signboard with the words 'Snow Wash' painted on the sidewalk of a busy street. 'Oh, that means a foam car wash' Nina chuckled when she saw my perplexed expression
For a dose of local orientation that evening, I chose to walk through the markets, a treat for all senses. Delightful aromas filled the air as traditional Malay and Chinese food was being cooked and served at restaurants, big and small. Souvenir shops and grocery stores shared the same busy streets. 'India Street' a wide lane through the market, was crammed with fabric shops and stores selling heaps of flavourful spices. A well-known Chinese delicacy and health food, 'Bird's Nest' packets were available in most shops. Made from swallow nests and harvested from caves, these nests are an acquired taste, usually served in soups. As I made my way down the market square I noticed several tables covered in cakes with intricate designs. 'Kek Lapis' is a Sarawak speciality. Traditionally homemade, this layer cake takes at least five hours to prepare and literally five minutes to devour as it is so delicious.
I crossed the street to stroll down the Kuching Waterfront. That is when I caught a glimpse of the beautiful 'Astana' across the river. It was a glistening white building with lovely, well-kept gardens. In 1870, the second White Rajah, Charles Brooke (nephew of First Rajah, James Brooke) built this beautiful house and gifted it to his bride, Ranee Margaret
After a hearty breakfast on my second morning in Kuching, Nina decided that I needed some excitement and so we set off for some orangutan action. The orangutan or 'Man of the Forest' is an endangered species in the wild. Located approximately 25kms from Kuching city, the Orangutan Wildlife Rehab Centre aims to rescue injured orangutans and release them back into the wild when they can fend for themselves. We were there at 9am, usual feeding time for the orangutans and probably the best time of the day to see them. As visitors gathered near the small feeding station, the park ranger spoke about the centre for a few minutes. He warned us not to make eye contact with any of the orangutans as it considered a sign of aggression among the species. While the ranger spoke, bunches of bananas and coconuts were placed on the feeding platform drawing several orangutans out from the trees and into the open space in full view.
We walked a few metres into the forest to another large feeding platform. The park rangers asked us to move onto some specially designed viewing benches. A few trees swayed and leaves crackled as Richie came into view. Massively built at 28 years old, he was the dominant male in the group. The ranger asked us all to keep very quiet mentioning that Richie seemed angry this morning. He moved towards the large feeding platform as if he owned the forest, fully aware of the power he wielded here.
Jungle Melodies: That evening I made my way to the opening night of the 11th Rainforest World Music Festival
For three days each year, this festival brings together music lovers from all over the world and music from the furthest corners of the globe. Special buses are available to pick visitors from their hotels and drop them off to the festival. Bus tickets and schedules can be purchased from the Tourist Information help desks that are set up at various hotels during the festival.
While the afternoons were crammed with workshop sessions and mini-concerts, main concerts were scheduled for the evenings. Rain that began as light droplets began pouring down in sheets, dripping down leaves of trees and creating chocolate brown puddles on the open ground. Wooden planks formed the walkway to and from the grounds. 'This is our third year at this festival and we love it' exclaimed an excited family of four, having travelled all the way from the UK. World music enthusiasts could be seen carting babies and toddlers in special baby backpacks with windcheaters to protect them from rain
Food and drinks were available at stalls along the main path. While some chose to dance in the rain and muddy themselves, others settled into comfortable seats for body and foot massages provided under large tents. Music in the rain on a dark cloudy sky with a full moon was a heady mix and the crowds revelled for hours on end.
Final wish: My wish was granted on the final leg of the tour. I got on a boat and set out for a three hour wildlife cruise as a special treat. The boat sliced through water and I peered through the thick mangroves to spot anything that moved. As evening fell and the sky turned bright orange, the buzz of insects filled the air. Long nosed proboscis monkeys dangled long white tails and nimbly jumped in the trees, rustling leaves. Darkness fell and fire flies in their hundreds lit up the trees like a natural Christmas tree of sorts. A crocodile slid into the water as our river guide switched on a torch. We passed tiny fishing villages with houses built on stilts and fishing nets drying on wooden poles. It was too soon that my journey across this watery paradise came to an end. Packed with wildlife and river cruises, art and pottery centres, the Orangutan Centre, several museums, great shopping at the markets and beautiful botanical gardens, Kuching has a lot to offer
Emirates, Malaysian Airlines and Etihad Airlines have direct flights to Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian Airlines and AirAsia have flights connecting Kuala Lumpur to Kuching
The Rainforest World Music Festival will be held from 10-12 July, 2009. Please check www.rainforestmusic-borneo.com for more details.
The Tourist Information Office is located near the Kuching Waterfront. Brochures on all tourist activities and events are available here. The office also stocks tickets for the Rainforest World Music Festival.
Luxury Hotels: Hilton Kuching and Crowne Plaza Hotel are situated at the Waterfront.
Merdeka Palace Hotel is conveniently situated a few minutes away from the Waterfront
Budget hotels are also available all over the city
Eco-resort: Permai Rainforest Eco-resort in Santubong sits next door to the Damai Resort and yet it is like being in a different world. A back-to roots place, rustic living is the order of the day here. For a nominal fee, one can use the camping facilities on the premises.
It is advisable to dress modestly while keeping local sensibilities in mind. Locals are friendly and very hospitable.
Kuching has been voted Malaysia's cleanest city and it helps to keep it that way by not littering.
�Andrea Bailey 2008


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Friday, January 13, 2012
Friday's Top Ten
10. Fear of Friday the Thirteenth is friggatriskaidekaphobia
9. And parakavedekatriaphobia
8. Any month that begins on a Sunday will have a Friday the Thirteenth
7. Every year has at least one Friday the Thirteenth and no more than three
6. In 2012 January, April, and July have Friday the Thirteenths
5. On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid called 99942 Apophis will pass closer to Earth than the orbits of communication satellites.
4. Only four Friday the 13th movies were released on a Friday the Thirteenth
3. Butch Cassidy was a Friday the Thirteenth baby
2. So was Fidel Castro
And the #1 thing about Friday the Thirteenth:
1. It's today!
45 comments:
- LR said...
Yes, I just realized it was after reading the paper. How about "Friday the 13th is a good day to go to the Tiki Club for a pina colada"? :)
Have a nice weekend.
- January 13, 2012 at 7:35 AM
- Colette Martin said...
Yeah, I noticed that we had a lot of Friday the 13ths this year. But we have had them before, and we survived.
- January 13, 2012 at 7:42 AM
- Linda Kage said...
Happy Friday the thirteenth!!!
The day before my wedding was a Friday the Thirteenth, but thankfully all that went well. :-)
- January 13, 2012 at 7:45 AM
- Jennifer Shirk said...
That's interesting--no more than three in a year.
Happy Friday the 13th! :-)
- January 13, 2012 at 7:50 AM
- Slamdunk said...
Good stuff Carol. I had forgotten today was the 13th.
- January 13, 2012 at 7:54 AM
- mybabyjohn/Delores said...
I've only ever had one disastrous Friday 13th and on that day, everything that COULD go wrong, did.
- January 13, 2012 at 8:01 AM
- welcome to my world of poetry said...
To me it's just another day.
Some interesting points made in your post.
- January 13, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- Joanne said...
Raising my coffee cup in a toast to a great Friday the 13th ... Cheers :)
- January 13, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Linda G. said...
Happy Friday the 13th!
I don't really mind them -- I've never had anything awful happen on one. (Oops. Hope I didn't just jinx it! *knocks wood*)
- January 13, 2012 at 8:28 AM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
We get three this year? We've been warned...
- January 13, 2012 at 8:44 AM
- Mason Canyon said...
I hadn't even thought about it being Friday the 13th. WOW, great facts especially #8. Have a great Friday the 13th.
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- January 13, 2012 at 9:11 AM
- L.G.Smith said...
Duh. I didn't even realize it was Friday the 13th until this post. I think I need more coffee.
Have a great weekend!! That is, if you survive today. Duh, duh, DUH. :))
- January 13, 2012 at 9:14 AM
- Huntress said...
funny how people focus on the thirteenth.
*knock on wood*
- January 13, 2012 at 9:27 AM
- Laura Eno said...
I didn't know any of that. As far as 2029 goes, that's only a worry if we get past Dec 21, 2012, right? ;)
Who comes up with those phobia names? #9 looks like a fear of parakeets.
- January 13, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- Madeleine Maddocks said...
I heard most people won't get married on Fri 13th, but this year they've had more bookings!
- January 13, 2012 at 10:39 AM
- Journaling Woman said...
I didn't' know about #8. I like 13 and Fridays. Whaaaaaaaaaa
- January 13, 2012 at 12:36 PM
- Julie said...
I didn't know there were no more than 3 in a year, that's interesting. Although I guess that is kind of a lot considering there are only 12 months!
Fun list as always. Happy weekend, Carol! :)
- January 13, 2012 at 1:57 PM
- creativewritingintheblackberrypatch said...
Very interesting. I had forgotten about today being the 13th - oh well - it is a good day to stay home. Look out at the snow and write.
- January 13, 2012 at 1:58 PM
- Tracy Jo said...
Happy, happy Friday the 13th! I love Butch Cassidy. :-)
- January 13, 2012 at 3:02 PM
- RaShelle Workman said...
Wow, cool info about Friday the 13th. I've never seen the entire Friday the 13th movies. I've never seen any of them.
- January 13, 2012 at 3:41 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
LR - Oh, I like that Friday the 13th idea!
Colette - Seems like just a few years ago was another bumper crop.
Linda K - It was a good omen!
Jennifer - Same to you :)
Slamdunk - Maybe that's a good thing, LOL!
- January 13, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Delores - Every once in a while I have days like that that aren't Friday the 13th.
Yvonne - Most times I don't pay attention, but then there are times like today.
Joanne - Cheers back!
Linda G - Here's to no jinx.
Alex - Yes, you have :)
- January 13, 2012 at 5:06 PM
- The Golden Eagle said...
#8--so that's how you can tell without having to count each day. I'd always wondered.
Hope you have a great weekend!
- January 13, 2012 at 5:53 PM
- Southpaw said...
Cool information. Thanks.
- January 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- irishoma said...
Fascinating post. Who knew Friday the thirteenth had so much going for it?
- January 13, 2012 at 6:09 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Mason - It was a duh moment for me, too, LOL.
Luanne - It's after 6pm and I'm still here - knock on wood!
Huntress - Yeah, like that :)
Madeleine - Wonder why that is? The more bookings, I mean.
Teresa - I pretty much do, too.
- January 13, 2012 at 6:17 PM
- Laura Eno said...
I don't put any stock in Friday the 13th...at least not until today. Blogger terminated my blog for an hour this morning and erased all of the comments I'd left on other blogspot blogs, including yours!
I had said that #9 sounds like a phobia of parrots. :)
Here's to no more blogger issues!
- January 13, 2012 at 6:18 PM
- KarenG said...
I've never been superstitious about it either because my birthday is June 13, so I've had some fine birthdays on Friday the 13th!
- January 13, 2012 at 7:34 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Julie - Mostly I never thought about any of this until I decided to write about it.
Janet - Snow...ahh! Enjoy.
Tracy Jo - Hope yours was great!
RaShelle - I've only seen one of them - don't recall which one - LOL.
Golden Eagle - Now you'll be the smartest one around next time talk rolls around to Friday the 13th :)
- January 13, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Southpaw - You're welcome.
Donna - If we could only figure out how to call them holidays....
Laura - I'm glad you're back in business. After my own run-ins with Blogger, I know it's no fun. I didn't attempt to pronounce either of them.
Karen - I'll bet those were the most fun ones!
- January 13, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- Ann Best said...
Before the accident, my disabled daughter had a "thing" about Friday the 13th. She would say one-three, never thirteen! She claims it's because she almost got hit by a car one day walking to the junior high school. She would love your entire list. I will have to print it out for her!
Ann Best, Author of In the Mirror & Other Memoirs
- January 13, 2012 at 9:25 PM
- Mary Gray said...
Great tidbits! I had no idea. I've always loved Friday the 13th. It always feels like something should happen.
- January 13, 2012 at 9:35 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Ann - Maybe Jen is the reason I wrote the list.
Mary - It does seem as if magic is in the air.
- January 13, 2012 at 9:58 PM
- Manzanita said...
I never know the date or even what day it is. Guess I better get a life, huh? Well, that way, I never know when it's the 13th either. :)
- January 14, 2012 at 12:53 AM
- Talli Roland said...
Fidel Castro? Seriously?
That explains a lot. :)
Happy weekend, Carol!
- January 14, 2012 at 3:33 AM
- DeniseCovey_L'Aussie said...
Hi Carol. Well it's no longer today and I got through unscathed. How about you?
- January 14, 2012 at 5:01 AM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Manzanita - I know the day, date, and year. But with time, I'm a very -ish person. I'm somewhere in the ballpark, but that's about it.
Talli - Of course.
Denise - Except for a little bump, unscathed here, as well :)
- January 14, 2012 at 8:21 AM
- Stephen Tremp said...
I'm not superstitious, although that might help explain why I had such a difficult time formatting my book for Kindle. After a long day of frustration though I finally got it right!
- January 14, 2012 at 10:44 AM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Yea, Stephen! You get an A for persistence and a job well done :)
- January 14, 2012 at 1:43 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Laura - You comment got hung up in Blogger's spam filter, and I just found it. I think the same people that come up with those names come up with the words for Word Verification.
- January 15, 2012 at 8:59 AM
- Empty Nest Insider said...
I didn't realize that there were so many Friday the 13ths this year! I'll try not to walk under any ladders then. Julie
- January 15, 2012 at 4:06 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Julie - There ya go!
- January 15, 2012 at 5:48 PM
- Medeia Sharif said...
I never figured that months beginning on a Sunday would have a Friday the 13th.
Interesting facts, Carol.
Have a great week.
- January 16, 2012 at 1:17 AM
- Theresa Milstein said...
Ha! Love this. Ooo, two more this year. I enjoy any day with a hint of spooky magic.
Why weren't all the movies released on Friday the 13th?!
- January 17, 2012 at 1:12 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Medeia - Neither did I until I read it, then I was like 'oh yeah'.
Theresa - Don't know. Only 4 of however many there are - a lot.
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Advances in medicine allow doctors to keep patients alive longer, tackle fertility problems and extend the viability of premature babies. They also lead to a growing number of moral questions for both the medical provider and patient.
"Across the country, so-called conscience legislation allows doctors and nurses to refuse to provide abortions, contraception, sterilizations, and end-of-life care," says Elizabeth Sepper, JD, health law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. "But legislators have totally overlooked the consciences of providers who have made the conscientious judgment to deliver care and of the patients who seek these treatments."
Current laws only protect refusing providers from employment discrimination, civil actions such as malpractice, and regulatory or criminal sanctions. They also allow refusing healthcare facilities, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics, to prohibit nurses and doctors from providing particular treatments due to the institution's moral or religious policies.
"Conscience is not one-sided," Sepper says. "Because existing legislation overlooks the diversity of medical providers' moral beliefs, it creates a new conflict between providers who seek to deliver care and institutions that limit care.
"For instance, Catholic healthcare facilities prohibit dispensing condoms. But a religious nurse who determines life is inviolable could find that his conscience leads him to give condoms to HIV-positive patients to save lives -- setting him up for a conflict with his employer and risking his job."
Sepper, author of "Taking Conscience Seriously," to be published in the forthcoming issue of the Virginia Law Review, notes that restrictions at refusing institutions affect a large percentage of medical providers.
Among refusing institutions, Catholic healthcare is distinguished by its size and the extent of its restrictions on reproductive healthcare, including tubal ligations, vasectomies, and fertility treatments, and end-of-life care. Yet, many healthcare institutions that assert an objection to legal, medically necessary care are not affiliated with any religion.
"Frequent mergers, changes in ownership, and consolidations mean that healthcare providers can find moral restrictions imposed at workplaces that previously allowed them to deliver care their patients need," she says. "The healthcare worker must then choose between complying with moral limits that she does not share and looking for a position elsewhere."
Alternative legal framework needed
Sepper says that conscience in the medical setting needs to be protected more consistently.
"The one-sided protection of refusal cannot stand," she says. "Just as we wouldn't say that giving students vouchers only for Christian schools furthers religious freedom, we can't say that current conscience legislation successfully lives up to its goal of protecting conscience.
"Legislators who are genuinely committed to conscience should be concerned. They should seek a better balance between doctors' consciences, institutional interests, and patients' access to care."
Sepper also strongly believes that immunizing refusing providers for harm to patients in the name of conscience protection cannot be justified.
"Conscience legislation should no longer license harming patients," she says. "If a patient is injured because of a hospital's refusal to provide care, he should be able to seek justice. Some statutes go so far as to allow providers to keep vital information from patients about their diagnosis and options. This means that, in some states, a hospital could simply not tell a woman who had been raped about emergency contraception, yet face no tort liability or sanction. This sort of deception completely undermines patients' trust in the medical profession."
Invocations of conscience are spreading to a broader array of employees and to entities removed from medical decisions, like insurance companies and employers. This past term, the U.S. Congress spent time proposing legislation entitled "Respect for Rights of Conscience Act," that would have permitted any person or entity to refuse to provide any care even if the refusal results in a patient's death. Private employers have sought exemptions from the Affordable Care Act's requirement that all insurance plans cover contraception on the grounds of conscience.
"Commentators often state that no one should have to violate his conscience. But 'conscience' often stands in for refusal to deliver abortions or contraception or to remove or withhold life support," Sepper says.
"Debates over the contraception mandate show that individuals, even within the same faith, come to different conscientious judgments about their reproductive lives. Protecting conscience means acknowledging and respecting these differences. Organizations opposed to contraception cloak their resistance in the language of conscience, but seek to prevent their employees from making their own conscientious decisions."
On Friday, Oct. 26, Sepper will address the potential for conflicts between patients, providers and healthcare facilities over the morality of medical decisions and the approach legislators might take in the future as part of the Faulkner Law Review 2012 Symposium: "Overlapping Jurisdictions: What Role for Conscience and Religion?"
A live webcast of the symposium at Faulkner University will begin at 8 a.m. Oct. 26 at http://www.faulkner.edu/jsl/flr.aspx.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado Springs police said they arrested a man after he strangled his girlfriend and hurt her 9-month-old baby.
Officers said they got a call about a domestic disturbance Saturday night from the area of Oro Blanco Dr. and N. Carefree Cir.
Police said when they got there, they found a woman and her baby who had been seriously injured. The woman's 9-year-old sister was also there, but was not hurt.
According to the victim, she was in a car arguing with her boyfriend when she asked him to be let out.
Police said Mark Burch, 29, eventually pulled his car over and forced the victim out of the car and pushed her to the ground.
The victim told police she was able to get her baby out of the car and she told her sister to run for help.
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Oracle Corp. (ORCL) directors, including Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison, were sued by an investor for failing to mitigate damages when the company agreed to a $200 million whistle-blower settlement with the U.S. government.
Directors violated their fiduciary duties by forcing the government into extensive litigation even though they knew the allegations were "grounded in fact," shareholder Jordan R. Weinrib said in a complaint filed today in Delaware Chancery Court (1400L) in Wilmington.
"Rather than attempt to settle all claims at that time by the institution of appropriate corporate therapeutics and the paying of what would have been a small fine, the board insisted on digging in and litigating the matter extensively," Weinrib said in the complaint.
The settlement, announced in October, resolved a lawsuit claiming Oracle induced the General Services Administration to buy $1.08 billion in software from 1998 to 2006 by falsely promising the same discounts offered to favored commercial customers. The payout was the largest ever obtained by the GSA under the False Claims Act, which lets citizens sue on behalf of the government and share in any recovery.
Former Oracle employee Paul Frascella filed the case in 2007. The Justice Department pursued the case after joining the whistle-blower lawsuit.
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Despite its presumed association with the documentary impulses found in Europe and the Americas, Soviet factography, which flourished between 1924 and 1931, in fact bears little resemblance to these other movements. Its fleeting sketches, or ocherki, were a far more elusive genre than conventional documentary, closer to modes of avant-garde experimentation than to socialist realist didacticism. This talk pursues two inquiries, one formal-literary and one media-theoretical: first, that of defining the fugitive and enigmatic inscriptions of the factographers stylistically; and second, that of understanding how, through a process that Sergei Tret'iakov called vzaimoinformatsiia ("reciprocal information"), these ocherki were supposed to serve as the basic cells of "the collective brain of the revolution." Drawing upon the writings of the early systems theorist Aleksandr Bogdanov, contemporaneous philosophies of emergence, and theorizations of distributive intelligence, this talk will raise the question of what kind of "social machine" (Latour), or revolutionary metaorganism, the factographers hoped to produce.
DEVIN FORE is an Associate Professor of German and an Associate Faculty member of the Slavic Department at Princeton University. His first book, Realism After Modernism: The Rehumanization of Art and Literature (MIT/October Books, 2012) examines the returns of mimetic realism in German cultural production from the late 1920s into the Popular Front era with chapters on Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Carl Einstein, Bertolt Brecht, John Heartfield, Ernst Jünger and the industrial novel (Erik Reger, Franz Jung, and Brecht). His forthcoming book All the Graphs: Soviet Factography and the Emergence of Avant-Garde Documentary, situates the work of the operative writer Sergei Tret'iakov within the material culture of early the Soviet period. He is also writing the introduction for the English translation of Oskar Negt and Alexander Kluge's History and Obstinacy (forthcoming from Zone Books in 2013). Fore has published articles in the journals New German Critique, October, Configurations, and Grey Room, and has also translated a number of texts from both German and Russian. He has been awarded grants from the Social Science Research Council, the Fulbright, Humboldt, Mellon, and Whiting Foundations, and he was the Anna Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin in 2008-2009.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sure, the paramedics weren't customers. But their ambulance was on an emergency run.
Employees at a New Orleans convenience story put a restrictive parking boot on an ambulance Friday while paramedics were inside the store tending to a man with chest pain, WWL-TV reported.
New Orleans Emergency Medical Services spokesman Jeb Tate says paramedics tried to drive away, but couldn't. Even after the boot was removed, the tire was flat, forcing paramedics to call another ambulance to pick up the patient.
Signs in the parking lot at Quicky's convenience store warn that parking is for customers only and that the store will boot vehicles.
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Title: what next??
what a bunch of dummies
Posted By: Jing On: 12/2/2012
Title: Ambulance gets booted
The store should be shut down.