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Priests are human.
I think I established my belief in the humanness and fallibility of priests a couple of weeks ago. I managed to outrage a lot of people by not being all that surprised or all that outraged by the fall from grace of one of our local priests. To be honest, I was a lot more surprised by the anger people felt toward him than by his action.
Based on the reaction to that post, I'm buckling my seatbelt in preparation for this one. Before I begin, I want to caution you. This post is about the self-serving ramblings of a gay man named Ben Brenkert who left the Jesuits after 9 years in formation, but before his ordination. He has published essays blaming the Catholic Church for what he views as the moral failing of being Catholic. He plans to go to the Episcopalians, and his essays basically condemn the Catholic Church for not becoming Episcopalian too.
He reveals all sorts of scandal-causing things about his former brother seminarians and priests that he knew. He also reveals himself to have lived a reprobate life. By his own admission, this man didn't believe what the Church taught. He lived a libertine life while in the collar. His every interaction with the laity had to have been based on a web of lies.
It's important as we read his essays and think through their implications to remember that this is the diatribe of an angry, self-serving and very dishonest young man. However, I think what he has to say is based on an actual situation. Most of our priests aren't like this. But some of them are. It's time we dealt with the truth of that.
It seems that Mr Brenkert decided nine years into his "formation" as a Jesuit priest, that he just couldn't take it anymore and had to go be an Episcopalian. The reasons he gives are a bit, shall we say, self-serving.
It seems that he wants us to believe that he was working to reform the Church from the inside on issues such as gay rights. According to him, he "struggled" throughout his time in the "upper middle class lifestyle that religious life gave me" to allow distribution of condoms to prevent AIDS in Africa, end mandatory celibacy, bring about the right of women to ordination, and communion for divorced and remarried couples.
Of course, in the meantime, while he was "working" for his good causes, he was also living the gay high-life-inside-the-collar. By his own admission, he had affairs, including affairs with his superiors, whom he said "groomed" him for sex, and participated in the "fraternity of men" whose priestly life was compromised by gay bars and visits to "the 4th house" where … all sorts of things happened. He tells us he saw straight Jesuits fathering babies and gay Jesuits fondling each other in vans and on the way to retreats. His stories make his years in the Jesuits sound like time spent in a bordello.
While in St. Louis I met a fraternity of men just out of similar novitiates, whose newfound freedom led them to gay or straight bars, but also to "the 4th house" where we would all gather for libations and pizzas. I was shocked by how much drinking went on that first year. I was more shocked by the stories I'd hear of younger Jesuits fathering babies, and gay Jesuits fondling each other in vans on the way to retreats.
These men were gay Jesuits whom the Church and the Society of Jesus embraced, gay men who according to the church's teaching were still objectively disordered, intrinsically deviant from the natural world and social order.
Was the Society of Jesus doing us, or the LGBTQ community, any favors by keeping us?
… There were the gay Jesuits who were so closeted that they hid behind conservatism, leaving the Jesuits for formation programs in dioceses across the United States. There were gay Jesuits who were put in clerical prison for embracing undergrads too long, and others who attended Sexaholics Anonymous, or whose personal collection of pornography was mistakenly played during high school lectures.
I myself was groomed for sex by several older Jesuits. I saw the vehement internalized homophobia of some Jesuits, and knew of certain gay pastors removed from jobs so that less out and more passable gay Jesuits replace them at gay-friendly parishes.
There were gay Jesuits who traveled the world to scuba dive or taste French wine. One gay Jesuit offered to marry me as I departed the Society of Jesus. I lament that these gay Jesuits remain silent while their gay or lesbian lay colleagues are fired from jobs and brought closer to poverty.
FWIW, I'm glad this young man has decided to leave the Jesuits. He shouldn't have been there in the first place. He was ripping it off.
However, his posts raise a couple of questions that I think Catholics need to think about. The first question revolves around the fact that this guy does everything except directly "out" people. He coyly gives the initials of men with whom he had affairs. How tough is it going to be for those who want to do so to figure out who these guys are? He gives enough details about at least one superior that it would be pretty easy to track him down, too.
Once when I told my acting superior Fr. S. about M.B.'s advances he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Why resist? To him you're so exotic." I surmised that I was exotic because of my good looks and charm, but was that an excuse to break my vows and give in to M.B.'s aggressive advances?
Even more to the point is his expressed desire that gay priests "come out."
I spent many years praying and reflecting about the growing orthodoxy in the younger generation of Jesuits. I came away intolerant of religious hypocrites, especially closeted, celibate gay men, gay men who should be the first homosexuals to come out of the closet, yet remain the last.
The threat of being outed hangs over gay priests like the sword of Damocles, and Mr Brenkert is pulling on the cord that keeps it from falling. Notice, he specifically threatens celibate gay priests, not the boys who break their vows.
That leaves us, the pew sitters, with a big, fat question: What are we going to do if somebody outs Father Kind-Heart, our parish priest?
I know I'm going to get a verbal clubbing for saying this, but I won't do much of anything, except call Father Kind-Heart and tell him that I appreciate all he's done for me, and that I will stand by him in this trial.
I've done the same thing many times when one of my political colleagues got their head caught in a vise of some sort. I've gone to courthouses and sat with them while they were on trial; I've stood by them when everyone else was throwing mud; I've told people to stop gossiping to me about them.
If I'm going to jump on somebody, it will be when they're standing upright and can swing back. I just don't care for the old lynch mob mentality of kick him when he's down.
That doesn't mean that I think priests should be free to rip off the priesthood and turn the Church into a gay bar. I also don't think that straight priests should have women on the side. It simply means that I'm not going to let someone with a political agenda use me for a club to beat a man who has never been anything but kind of me in all the time I've known him.
I'm talking about me and what I will or will not do. Because I am not God. I am limited to me and what I am going to do. That's all I really control. And I will stand by the Fathers Kind-Heart when they are maliciously attacked in this way.
Make no mistake about it, if your parish priest gets outed in this fashion, malice is the motive: Malice toward the Church, and malice toward the priest.
The other question I want to raise is, how does this situation affect the Church's ability to take stands in favor of the Gospel in today's post-Christian America?
In my opinion, the effect is devastating. As Mr Brenkert tells us in his blabby coming-out posts:
Some of these very gay men are presidents, principals and campus ministers at any one of the Jesuit colleges, universities or parishes throughout the world.
A number of our most revered Catholic institutions of higher learning have become a scandal to many pew-sitting Catholics. Priests on the beat, which are parish priests, often avoid controversial issues such as gay marriage that might get them attacked by the gay community. Even bishops run and hide from high school students over gay marriage.
How much of this stems from the fact that these priests, like Ben Brenkert, don't believe what the Church teaches? How much of it is due to the fact that they are, like him, enjoying the cushy 'upper-middle-class life,' and their access to what Pope Francis has called "a gay lobby" inside the Church? On the other hand, how much of it is simply that they are afraid of being outed if they take stands that run contrary to the gay rights movement's "teachings?"
This is a serious issue. In this day and age of Christian bashing and Christian persecution, we need shepherds who will inspire and lead us.
I don't much care if a priest is gay or straight. But I do care if he believes in Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I care very much if he is a genuine and sincere son of the Church and if he has the courage and guts for the job he's undertaken.
I am glad that Ben Brenkert decided to give up his life of lies and leave the Jesuits. He should never have been admitted to the seminary in the first place, and he should have been asked to leave as soon as his problems asserted themselves. The Episcopalians pay their priests well, so he should be able to continue living a good life there.
As for my Church, he's done us a favor by leaving. We need priests, but we need holy priests. Men who are ripping it off should make honest guys of themselves and take up another line of work.
I know that the priesthood is cushy. It provides a very good life and all kinds of respect and adoration from the people of God. It's easy to live a double life and keep the good folks in the pews in the dark. However, in the final analysis, these men are not getting away with anything with their phony lives. God is not mocked, Scripture tells us. It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Priests who deliberately live a life of ripping off the priesthood are in fact, ripping off themselves. They spend their lives consecrating the Host and lifting the Body of Christ into the air with hands that are fouled with grave sin. That they become hardened into this and it doesn't bother them does not mean that they are out of peril. It means that God has let them go. He has given them over to their sin.
I wrote a post that inflamed sensitivities a few weeks ago because a priest here in Oklahoma City had gotten married in a civil ceremony a few months back and then got caught. He's now going through the process of dealing with all that. To me, the situation was simple. He did it. He got caught. He's now facing the consequences and will hopefully begin to live an authentic life as a husband and, in the future, a father. Sometimes, the best thing that can happen to you is to get caught in your sins.
Which brings me back to gay priests and other gay men who may decide to out them to those of us in the pews. My feeling about this is the same as it was about the priest who got married. If he was a good priest to me, then that's all I am going to concern myself with. I will support and stand by this poor pilgrim while things move forward. Hopefully, this will never happen, but if it does — and I really think it may be coming — we need to let the Church handle whatever discipline needs to be done and remember that these men are human beings. Don't kick them when they're down.
If you want to argue with or even yell at a priest, go do it when he's full of himself and getting adored by his parish. Don't join the mob that wants to hit people when they're hurt.
We Catholics need to stop pretending that we don't know that a large number of our priests are gay. We need the same standard for all our priests, gay or straight. That standard is authentic Catholic witness in their lives and authentic Catholic teaching in their leadership. We need holy priests. We need Shepherds.


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The ants are one of the most successful groups of insects, and are of interest because they form advanced colonies. They belong to the order Hymenoptera, and are particularly close relatives of the vespid and scoliid wasps. The first known ants appeared sometime during the later Cretaceous period. They are physiologically distinguished mainly by having sharply elbowed antennae, and by having a bead-like pedicel formed from the first few abdominal segments, which in wasps are joined to the thorax. Ants are mostly wingless, which varies between individuals in a colony rather than between species.
Ant colonies are eusocial, and are very much like those found in other such Hymenopterans, though the various groups of these probably developed sociality independently through convergent evolution. Eggs are laid by one or sometimes more queens. Queens are different in structure. They are the largest ones among all ants, especially their abdomens and thorax are bigger than most ants. Their tasks are to lay eggs and produce more offspring. Most of the eggs that are laid by the queens grow up to become wingless, sterile females called workers. Periodically swarms of new queens and males called alates are produced, usually winged, which leave to mate. The males die shortly thereafter, while the surviving queens either found new colonies or occasionally return to their old one. The surviving queens can live up to around 15 years.
Ants develop by complete metamorphosis, passing through larval and pupal stages before they become adults. The larval stage is particularly helpless - for instance it lacks legs entirely - because it does not need to care for itself. The difference between queens and workers, and between different castes of workers when they exist, is determined by feeding in the larval stage. Food is given to the larvae by a process called trophallaxis, where an ant regurgitates food held in a crop for communal storage. This is also how adults distribute food amongst themselves. Larvae and pupae need to be kept at fairly constant temperatures to ensure proper development, and so are often moved around various brood chambers within the colony.
A new worker spends the first few days of its adult life caring for the queen and young. After that it graduates to digging and other nest work, and then again to foraging and defense of the nest. These changes are fairly abrupt and define what are called temporal castes. In a few ants there are also physical castes - workers come in a spectrum of sizes, called minor, media, and major workers, the latter beginning foraging sooner. Often the larger ants will have disproportionately larger heads, and so stronger mandibles. In a few species the media workers have disappeared, so there is a sharp divide and clear physical difference between the minors and majors, sometimes called soldiers.
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Ant communication is primarily through chemicals called pheromones, which, because most ants spend their time in direct contact with the ground, are more developed than in other Hymenopterans. So, for instance, when a forager finds food on her way home (found typically through remembered landmarks and the position of the sun), she will leave a trail along the ground, which in a short time other ants will follow. When they return home they will reinforce the trail, bringing other ants, until the food is exhausted, after which the trail is not reinforced and so slowly dissipates. A crushed ant will emit an alarm pheromone that in high concentration sends other ants nearby into an attack frenzy, and in lower concentration attracts them, while a few ants use what are called propaganda pheromones to confuse their enemies. And so forth.
Like other insects, ants smell with their antennae. These are fairly mobile, having as mentioned above a distinct elbow joint after an elongated first segment, and since they come in pairs provide information about direction as well as intensity. Pheromones are also exchanged as compounds mixed in with the food interchanged in trophallaxis, giving the ants information about one another's health and nutrition. Ants can also detect what task group (e.g. foraging or nest maintenance) each other belongs to. Of special note, the queen produces a special pheromone without which the workers will begin raising new queens.
There is a great diversity among ants and their behaviors. See list of ant genera (alphabetical) for an alphabetical compendium of wordwide ant genera.
Some of the more advanced ants are the army ants and driver ants, from South America and Africa respectively. Unlike most species which have permanent nests, army and driver ants do not form permanent nests, but instead alternate between nomadic stages and stages where the workers form a temporary nest (bivouac) out of their own bodies. Colonies reproduce either through nuptial flights as described above, or by fission, where a group of workers simply dig a new hole and raise new queens. Colony members are distinguished by smell, and other intruders are usually attacked, with notable exceptions.
Some ants will raid the colonies of other ants, taking the pupae with them, which once hatched act as workers in the raider's colonies despite not being genetically related to the queen. A few species, such as the Amazon ants (e.g. Polyergus rufescens), have become utterly dependent on such slaves, to the point of being otherwise unable to feed themselves.
Some ants, called honeypot ants, have special workers called repletes who simply store food for the rest of the colony, generally becoming immobile with greatly enlarged abdomens. In hot , dry places , even deserts , in Africa , North America and Australia where they live they are considered a great delicacy.
Weaver ants (Oecophylla) build nest in trees by attaching leaves together, first pulling them together with bridges of workers and then sewing them together by pressing silk-producing larvae against them in alternation.
Leafcutter ants (Atta and Acromyrmex) feed exclusively on a special fungus that lives only within their colonies. They continually collect leaves which they cut into tiny pieces for the fungus to grow on. These ants have several differently sized castes especially for cutting up the pieces they are supplied with into even smaller pieces.
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Aphids, which secrete a sweet liquid called honeydew. Normally this is allowed to fall to the ground, but around ants it is kept for them to collect. The ants in turn keep predators away and will move the aphids around to better feeding locations. Ants reportedly can be persuaded not to protect aphids by smearing a small amount of jam on the stem. (source, BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time of Sun 18-4-2004) It may be that this displaces the farming of honeydew and allows predators to remove the aphids safely.
Myrmecophilous or ant-loving caterpillars (blues, coppers, or hairstreaks), which are herded by the ants, led to feeding areas in daytime and brought inside the ants nest at night. The caterpillars have a gland which secretes honeydew if the ants massage them.
Some myrmecophagous (ant-eating) caterpillars secrete a pheromone which makes the ants think the larva is one of their own. The caterpillars will then be taken into the ants' nest where they can feed on the ant larvae.
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
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David Allen sets the record straight: Limited Atonement is biblically bankrupt, theologically insipient, and ethically unpreachable by Peter Lumpkins
Founders Ministries put together several theological worthies to write its latest apology for strict Calvinism, Whomever He Wills >>>
Names include seasoned professors–Tom Nettles, Bruce Ware, Thomas Schriner, and Stephen Wellum–professors all at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (the majority of the contributors are affiliated with Southern). The author of the chapter on Limited Atonement, David Schrock, is presently a PhD candidate at the same seminary as well as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Seymour, Indiana. Read the rest of this entry from SBC Tomorrow»


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The hipster girl is more than just an ideal; she is a reality.
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"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." So reads the sign on the door of Harborside School on Kettner Boulevard at A Street. This week, the door opened and let in the demolition team. Very soon, the school building will be no more and another Five Star parking lot will take its place.
The private school for kindergarten through eighth grade ran out of funds in May 2007 after only 11 years of operation. The building has remained empty since then.
The walls and railings on Ash and Kettner will not be demolished.
Ah, how sad, a parking lot instead of a school.
Oh I'm not sure sure it's a bad thing. That site wasn't well suited for a school. It was a retrofit of a 90 year old building, without parking, on a postage stamp sized property on a very busy street. A parking lot is an improvement if you ask me.
There's another alternative school on Cedar Street. It's located near a well known gay bath house. Now that there's a really stupid place for a school, too.


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It's that time of year again!
The stores are filling up with cobwebs, costumes and creepy crawly Halloween decorations and we're breaking out our new line of Halloween greeting cards, Halloween kids cards and Halloween party invitations to get in the spirit.
Are you ready to transform your home into a haunted mansion? To help you get started, we've collected a few of our favorite easy DIY Halloween decor ideas together below. Enjoy!
Idea #1: DIY Halloween Luminaries
This fun craft was inspired by our Scary Bags Halloween party invitation. It's super easy to recreate, and they can be used as luminaries, gift bags or kid-friendly decor.
- Colored bags
- Black markers
- Tea lights, candy, party favors and/or our imagination!
Step One: Prep the Bags
We could only find bags with handles, so we had to cut them off to create the effect we wanted.
Step Two: Draw Scary Faces, Fill the Bags and Enjoy!
See? It's super simple. While drawing the faces, we tried to match the look of the original invitation, but if you let your imagination run wild we're sure you could come up with some creative ideas of your own!
Idea #2: Spooky Silhouettes
This idea was inspired by our Vintage Bats Halloween party invitations, but we think it would look great if you paired the bats with screeching cat silhouettes, jack-o-lanterns, witches and other things that go bump in the night…
- Black construction paper
- Scissors
- Templates featuring spooky shapes
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We printed out bat templates, but you can probably find whatever you're looking for with a simple online search. If all else fails, you can always draw the shapes by hand or use clip art as a guide. Remember—it's easier to cut them out symmetrically if you fold them in half first.
Idea #3: Homemade Gravestones
Quickly transform your front yard into a spooky cemetery with this creative craft inspired by our Ill Will Halloween greeting card. The best part is brainstorming creative names for the headstones!
- Black or gray foam board
- Scissors
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- Tape
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Step One: Sketch and Cut Out the Gravestones
We drew the shapes by hand to add quirky charm to the final look.
Step Two: Write Fun Messages
We're all writers, so this part was definitely the most fun for us!
Step Three: Attach Stakes and Enjoy!
As a final step, tape the wooden rods or stakes to the back and set them up around your yard to create your very own cheeky cemetery.
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Although the ink is barely dry on the proposed lines of Arizona's redrawn legislative districts, the new political landscape is already playing havoc with the races for the state house in the Northwest.
Ora Mae Harn, Marana's former mayor and Repub-lican political matron who was widely expected to make a run for the Senate in what is now District 11, announced last week that the configuration of the district has led her to abandon her plans.
"It's simply too big now," Harn said of the newly designated District 25 that now stretches north into Pinal County, south to the Mexican border and west to Ajo. "I just don't feel that with a district that size I could do it justice. I'm not sure anyone who takes it on will be able to give the constituents the attention they deserve. You would just kill yourself if you are a conscientious person and wanted to visit all your areas. There's just too much ground to cover. I would have run if they hadn't changed it and I think I would have won."
For Rep. Carol Somers, a popular Republican who won her District 13 seat in 2000 and will be up for re-election in the rapidly approaching primaries, the new lines have drawn her into a kind of a weird, political Twilight Zone.
The new lines drew down not far from the home she has lived in for 22 years, forcing her to choose between a new district encompassing much of her old District 13, and the new district 26, which is drawn substantially from the current District 12 and has her running against two equally popular Republican incumbents - Rep. Steve Huffman and Rep. Pete Hershberger, from the old District 12.
Hershberger, who along with Huffman did not return requests seeking comment by the Northwest EXPLOR-ER's press time, moved out of his home in the possibly expiring District 12 to the new, heavily Republican District 26 when the new lines brought in an influx of Democrats to what would have been the district he lived in.
Somers also faced packing up for a more congenial political climate, but ultimately chose to stay in her home and fight it out.
"My husband and I just said 'why move?' I think the people in my new district will like the record I developed in District 13. There' s a lot of popular things that I've fought for, like controlling property taxes and promoting economic development, that I think will translate well in the new District 26," Somers said.
The redistricting plan, which still has to move through a host of court challenges and be approved by the U.S. Justice Department before it becomes a reality, is already raising concern that the new lines will be approved in time for this year's elections.
Democrats and Hispanic groups have sued to halt the approval of the new lines which were drawn by the voter-created Independent Redistricting Committee earlier this year.
Republicans filed motions April 9 with Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Fields to allow the maps to be used in the 2002 elections.
The lines, which were drawn with an eye toward creating more competitive races, racial balance and forming districts with shared "communities of interest," remain in limbo for the time being.
But for many in the Northwest with an interest in the elections, it's not a matter of if the lines are approved, but when.
The only other consensus seems to lie with the unpopularity of the new districts. Distaste for how the new boundaries fell in the Northwest easily crosses party lines.
"I think it's still up in the air for District 12 Democrats," said Sue Tucker, a precinct committee member and chair of the the Democrat's legislative committee in District 12, who now finds herself in the proposed District 26. "It definitely doesn't look good for us with 11,000 more Republicans than Democrats in our district. The hope was that there would be a fair, competitive district created, but I just don't think that it worked out that way. One party got it even more than they had it."
Dan Sullivan, a Republican precinct committee member in Continental Ranch and vice chair of the GOP's District 11's legislative committee, said he was considering a run for the House and like Harn, begged off when he saw the new lines of District 25.
"It's not just that it's geographically impossible to cover, there's also the fact that there's no community of interest as far as I can see. Marana, particularly Continental Ranch, is a middle class community composed of families, professionals and retirees, and I just don't think that they're interests relate to the rest of the redrawn district. There's nothing quite like this new district."
The mayors of Marana and Oro Valley each expressed a degree of dissatisfaction with the new lines running through their towns, but both said they believed their town's have grown past the stage where they're dependent on state representatives for clout in Phoenix.
"It kind of splits us with our population centers of Continental Ranch in one district and Heritage Highlands in another," Marana Mayor Bobby Sutton Jr. said. "Which we would have preferred to have seen lumped together in the redistricting process, but for the most part, it's not too much of a concern for us. Clout is something that comes from just being good partners with the state and we in Marana have that. We're in a position of shaping our own destiny. We have influence and we don't have to rely as much on our local legislators as we used to."
Oro Valley Mayor Paul Loomis said the expected race for the proposed District 26 House seat between Hershberger, Huffman, and Somers, as well as whoever may rise to run against Republican Sen. Toni Hellon, could leave voters in a quandary.
"We have three great legislators in place, and we have a fourth great legislator, Carol Somers, who has been affected by this. She's decided she wants to stay in District 12, so we're going to have four good legislators running and that will be a challenge to sort out," Loomis said.
Loomis, who like Sutton, heads a nonpartisan town council, agreed that the incorporated areas of the Northwest have less riding on who is sitting in their district's legislative seat than they used to.
"I would say that overall, it should not have a huge effect on the Northwest communities," Loomis said. "The legislators we have had have been very supportive of the regional towns and I think it does have some influence on clout up in Phoenix. But my feeling is that Oro Valley has become in its own right more influential on the Legislature over the years, we're much more involved then we were in the past. We have to continue to consider our neighbors as we try and influence the Legislature, and I think we've done that very well when working as a region and hopefully we'll continue to do so."
Harn disagreed on the effect the new lines will have in Marana, which is evenly split near Interstate 10 between the new Districts 25 and 26.
"I think it has huge implications for the town of Marana. Half our representation is in 25, which stretches out far away from the town. There doesn't seem to be anyone around to run in the new district and I'm afraid that someone from Wilcox or some other area will end up winning the seat and that's not the best representation at the state level for us," Harn said.


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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Palm Springs police are searching for a Palm Springs man, suspected in a shooting that happened early Wednesday morning, according to police.
It happened just before 5:45 a.m. outside the Andalucia Apartments on the 300 block of South Sunrise.
Officers found a 44 year-old man inside a white van, who had been shot in the chest, said Sgt. Mike Kovaleff. The shooting stemmed from a possible argument two men were having, according to Kovaleff.
He was taken to a local hospital in serious condition, but is expected to recover.
The suspect, 32-year-old Mario Antonio Abelon, took off after the shooting, and remains on the run. Police say Abelon should be considered armed and dangerous. He was last seen wearing a white tank top and dark shorts.
Anybody with information on this incident is as to call the Palm Springs Police Department at 760-323-8116 or Valley Crime Stoppers at 760-341-STOP (7867).


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Discover Magazine includes a 2-page spread called "After the Shuttle: Astronauts for Hire." Featuring interviews with A4H President Brian Shiro and former NASA astronaut Ken Bowersox (now of SpaceX), the article focuses on how the astronaut profession is changing in the post-Shuttle era. It highlights one of the most important reasons we started Astronauts4Hire in the first place: to recruit and train the next generation of astronauts for the new age of commercial spaceflight. The article is available on newsstands now. We thank Discover for taking an interest in A4H and the future of human spaceflight.
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Industry Veterans Join Window & Door Editorial Staff
February 4, 2014
Window & Door, the official magazine of the Window & Door Dealers Alliance and the National Glass Association, announced the appointment of Jenni Chase as editorial director and Stacey Freed as editor. Together, they have more than 20 years' combined editorial experience in the residential window and door, flat glass and remodeling industries. They are joined by Bethany Stough, who has been named assistant editor.
After joining the Window & Door staff in 1998 as assistant editor, Chase held several editorial positions within the NGA Publications department before becoming editorial director of Glass Magazine, the leading trade publication of the flat glass industry, in 2011. In her new role, she oversees the editorial content of Window & Door, WindowandDoor.com and WDweekly, as well as Glass Magazine and its related publications.
Stacey Freed comes to Window & Door as an award-winning writer and former senior editor of Remodeling Magazine. A familiar face at industry events such as The Remodeling Show, Freed has been writing about and reporting on business and the building and construction industry for a decade. Freed is also former secretary on the board of the National Remodeling Foundation.
Bethany Stough, former editorial assistant, has been promoted to assistant editor for Window & Door, responsible for covering the new product introductions, business news, and personnel developments of the companies Window & Door serves.
"As we continue to remember John Swanson's important contributions to our reputation and success covering the fenestration industry, we move forward well-equipped to articulate the opportunities and challenges facing our members and readers," says Nicole Harris, vice president and publisher.
To discuss Window & Door content―including article ideas, signature lists and award programs―contact Jenni Chase, editorial director, at email@example.com, 703/442-4890 ext. 164. Editor Stacey Freed can be reached at 703/442-4890, ext. 161. Contact Bethany Stough, assistant editor, at 703/442-4890, ext. 169, email@example.com.


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Looking to improve curb appeal
Just bought this house/rental. Got it for a great price--it's easily one of the ugliest houses in the nice, mature neighborhood where it stands. I'd like to improve the curb appeal dramatically--landscaping is a must, but I'm sure there is more I can do to make it not appear so bland and boring. Any ideas?
Landscaping would be the first and biggest improvement.
After that:
- Remove the antenna
- Larger front entrance way (i.e. patio)
- New front door
Those are the most cost effective ones that I can think of.
A steel roof would look awesome on that home in shake or standing seam.
I agree with all of your suggestions. Not too sure what you mean about a larger front entrance though. I'm looking for an affordable way to distract attention from the front door not being centered with the house--not really in the budget to expand to double doors. Any thoughts?
Looks fine as it sits now. Really see no problems with it. If the renters wish to place planters on the porch, they could, but really at this point, the min. amount that is there, makes it look cleaner, and would give less work for the renters or your hired company that you have maintaining the property, would have to worry about.
Any ideas on adding some architectural interest to the middle section? I kind of hate that the roofline is the same as the rest of the house--makes it look short and squatty.
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You used the word "affordable" in an earlier post. What does that mean?
If you were my customer with your same questions one of my first responses would be "what's the budget". Without having an idea of that many of the possible design options are moot.
I guess the definition of affordable is quite conceptual--I'm not looking for a $20,000 facelift, but something in the $1-2k range, excluding landscaping--that's a given. I've thought about a false gable. Would you build one that spanned the entire length of the middle section or smaller?
We bought a brand new wooden door for the front for $25. Contemplating on whether to stain it black to match the shutters or to pull some color from a wood stain to create sort of a cottage/craftsman look. The door is a standard 36", but I failed to realize the previous door is like 35 3/4-36". Hoping to be able to shave a bit off each edge. Any suggestions?
Here's a picture of it leaned up in the entry.
The opening you have should be a standard 36" opening. If the slab you got is actually 36", opening is as you stated, 35 3/4" to 36", you have a standard 36" door framing. Most likely you will not be able to use just the slab on the existing frame. That means you will have to build or purchase a new frame for that slab you got for a deal.
Slowly making improvements along the way. Put better looking lights flanking the doors and started the process of getting landscaping around the foundation. Next step is to pine straw. Don't mind the cabinets on the front porch.
I like the unit on the Left side of the porch, along with the cabinet to the Right of the door. Maybe add a couple of chairs to the Left side, and a Bench to the Right. I would do some kind of edging around the beds. Maybe a poured tinted type, or River rocks to form a border.
As for that Downspout drainage, do you have it going into a popup, or just into a drywell? You could also do a Stained/Stamped walkway, that curves a bit, along with a new step.
As for plants, just keep doing a bit at a time, but keep it not where you are going to end up spending a whole weekend tending to.
Haha the unit on the left is a cabinet torn out of the kitchen, just there temporarily. I'll probably just do a trench edging around the landscaping. You can't see the left side of the house, but the bed is totally rounded, with a large holly planted at the end to round the edge.
The downspouts were already buried and drain into a creek that runs the perimeter of the property. Thanks!
Even though the cabinet is out of the Kitchen, I would still do something similar to it, maybe out of Teak or Cedar. That way it would hold plants, or other items in the niches.
New photos with pine straw.
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Players who missed league matches due to injuries, suspensions, or international callups are downgraded, as only performances in 2009 league matches are evaluated for this listing. For example, Chad Marshall of Columbus repeated as MLS Defender of the Year, but he played only 18 games, and teammate Frankie Hejduk played just 14 games).
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2. Todd Dunivant (Los Angeles)
3. Gino Padula (Columbus)
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5. Jim Brennan (Toronto FC)
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Eleven-year-old Jeremy is heartbroken at leaving his dog and friends behind when the 1802 Scotland drought forces his family to move to London. Too soon, he watches his father die of consumption. A night later, he follows his mother's lonely footprints in the snow where they end at the edge of London Bridge. He is tempted to follow her, but his grief turns to rage and he vows to persevere.
Hope and money gone, left alone to fend for himself, Jeremy drags his parents' belongings and furniture to a corner between two buildings. There, against the landlord, gangs and neighbors' objections, he makes his stand. With his smarts and will for survival, he bravely fights off those who try to steal his parents' possessions and worse, his freedom.
Jeremy ekes out a few pennies a night as a lamp boy, lighting the way for men seeking entertainment on the dangerous night streets. But as the Duke Street Boys muscle in, demanding a sizable cut, Jeremy pits his wits against them and a growing list of foes—the worst are the orphan hunters—who wish to capture and sell him to the textile mills. Everyone soon discovers this is not a boy to be trifled with.
Jeremy almost surrenders, when he returns one evening to find his shelter burning and the hunters awaiting him. Unbeknownst to Jeremy, his neighbors have been watching him and they have developed strong opinions about this brave little orphan. Jeremy's steadfastness and bravery have inspired them, and those who prey on children are about to be taught that this young boy is not alone in the world after all.
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Mike Krzyzewski: Well, I'm not sure you ever recapture that completely. Ryan is one of the best players, and so you can't ask somebody to just try to do what he does. I think your team has to develop a little bit different personality. And when you've had a personality that's developed based really around our three seniors, you have to -- it's new. It's new.
But trying to chase what he had, you're not -- we won't be able to do that. Hopefully he'll be able to come back at some time and that will help us recapture it.
Q. I'm writing a story on Chris Street, the basketball player who was killed 20 years ago this week. His last game that he played for Iowa was against your Duke team back in 1993, and I was just wondering, one, what, if anything, you recall from that afternoon when you guys played Iowa, and two, when you think of him, what comes to mind?
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI: Well, he was one of my favorite players. He pointed their press. He just was all over the place. He played with the type of attitude that you would want to inject in every player that has ever played for you. He just was a warrior and a terrific player and really a terrific kid.
I remember shaking his hand after the game just because coming into the game I admired him so much watching him on tape, just to tell him, it was an honor to play against you. He was a very special basketball player.
Q. Obviously Rasheed (Sulaimon) is still doing a lot of good things for you, but he's been in a little shooting slump. I just wonder what you see. Is he still taking good shots? Is something happening, and is it just a cycle players go through?
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI: Well, I think it can happen more with freshmen. I mean, he has played really well at times this year. Really since coming back from Christmas, he really hasn't played that well in all aspects of the game. He's been okay, but he hasn't come close to playing the way he was, and sometimes, especially a younger player, if the ball is not going in, it can have an adverse effect on other aspects of your game, and that might be what's happening with him.
A lot of the shots he's missing are right by the basket. He's not finishing. And when you finish or you get fouled, he has to be stronger so you can go to the line, then you see the ball go in, and that helps when you're shooting a jump shot.
But a big thing for him is finishing and then not letting -- I mean, he -- I am thinking the last five games, he's something like 9-for-40 and only three assists. So he's not nearly playing at the level that he can play at. So we've got to keep working with him.
Q. As a coach what can you do?
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI: You work with him. I mean, there's no injection or app. I mean, I'm looking for those apps. I went online and tried to find that app to change a 9 for 40 shooter and freshman to playing how he was, but I couldn't find it. I think we'll just continue to work, drill, and then be positive about what we're doing.
Q. As a coach do you have to-- I'm sure you go over his shots and his tapes. Do you reinforce these are good shots and these are not good shots and encourage him to keep taking the good shots?
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI: Well, over the years I think you would see that my guys take shots. We're not conservative about going after it. And so with the team or individual, not just Rasheed, you always evaluate whether you have good shots or not good shots. I mean, that's one of the keys to winning is taking good shots.
Overall his shots have not been bad shots. It's hitting them and finishing. But we always -- it's not just Rasheed. We evaluate our shots all the time. I mean, that's an integral part of the game.
Q. I apologize if you mentioned this in your opening statement. Is there an update on Seth's health status or Ryan's at this point?
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI: Well, Ryan's is more -- a little bit more long-term because we're -- you saw him on crutches on Saturday. Well, he was on crutches on Saturday and has been on crutches to reduce the load on his foot, and we'll see week to week what that does. We're hopeful that he'll be back at some time. We don't want to put a time out there where he's trying to compete against a time rather than just take care of -- make sure we're taking care of the injury.
And with Seth, Seth's injury was a slight sprain to his left ankle, and there wasn't a lot of swelling after the game, and yesterday it looked pretty good. He won't practice today, but unless something else happens, he'll be available for Thursday.
Q. I was going to ask about Seth, too. I just wanted to get your feelings on his -- the mental toughness he's shown. He's always dealing with the right leg. Can you just address what he's going through and how he's handling this so far?
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI: No, he's been remarkable, because you guys don't get -- you're not here every day and you're not -- you don't know what he has to go through or really the limited amount of practice that he has, you know, where you're missing days every week of practice and how our medical staff has managed the injury. They've all done a remarkable job, Seth being the main one, and for him to have played in all of our games except one and really be a significant factor on this team is remarkable.
But it also causes you to adjust and make adjustments in how you practice, and it does have its negative impact on your continuity, your sharpness on offense, because he's not there. You don't practice with him except for limited time on certain days. And so it -- our guys have done a great job because really managing that injury leads to a bunch of different things that we have to adjust to. But overall it's worked great for us to be in the position we're in and that Seth is playing. We're very pleased. But it's a very unusual situation.
And then with Ryan getting hurt, pretty -- that puts another thing with practice and continuity and all those things. That's two of our top three players. So again, Seth has been terrific, though, and I'm very proud of him.


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An extraordinary touchline flashpoint involving Newcastle boss Alan Pardew took the shine off his team's 4-1 Barclays Premier League win at Hull.
The game's main talking point arrived on 72 minutes when Hull midfielder David Meyler barged into Pardew as he looked to retrieve the ball for a throw-in.
The Newcastle manager, no stranger to touchline altercations, squared up to Meyler before appearing to move his head in the direction of the Irishman.
Referee Kevin Friend certainly viewed it as a serious incident and sent Pardew to the stands, with the FA sure to take a close look at the altercation in the coming days.
Moussa Sissoko scored twice for the visitors and Loic Remy and Vurnon Anita also netted, with Curtis Davies replying for the home side.
The mood at the KC had earlier been one of confidence at kick-off, and with good cause given Hull's record against teams from the north-east this season, with their league double over Sunderland having been supplemented by a thrilling 3-2 win over Newcastle in the first meeting in September and victory over Middlesbrough in the FA Cup.
Adding to the feel-good factor were the recalls handed to in-form strike duo Shane Long and Nikica Jelavic, the January signings having been cup-tied for the Tigers' FA Cup win over Brighton on Monday. Tom Huddlestone, Alex Bruce and Liam Rosenior also featured as Steve Bruce reverted to the starting line-up from last weekend's 4-0 win at Cardiff.
Despite their poor record in this fixture it was Newcastle who started the brighter and came close to opening the scoring in the fourth minute when Yoan Gouffran took aim with a strike from 20 yards that drew a dive from McGregor but was always drifting wide.
Hull's first foray into the opponents' half nearly ended in a goal when Huddlestone's free-kick found Bruce at the back post but his header from point-blank range was somehow kept out by Tim Krul, who then denied the Hull defender a second time.
And Hull's frustration was doubled within 30 seconds as Newcastle broke quickly, the ball eventually coming to Mathieu Debuchy down the right whose low pull-back was met with a sweet first-time effort from Sissoko beyond the helpless Alan McGregor.
Hull took time to respond but almost pulled level with 25 minutes gone, Ahmed Elmohamady's cross picking out Jelavic at the near post but the former Everton striker's header went just wide.
Hull very nearly had an equaliser in the 36th minute when Long did well to draw a foul 20 yards from goal, rolling away from his marker before being brought to ground. Jelavic stood over the set-piece but saw his effort come back off the crossbar.
The hosts' first-half frustrations continued as Huddlestone's fine ball down the channel was collected by Long, who twisted his man to create space before delivering a deep cross to the back post where Elmohamady headed wastefully wide.
And Hull's combination of ill-fortune and wastefulness in front of goal bit them again three minutes from the break when Maynor Figueroa inexplicably under-hit a backpass which was seized upon by Remy, who rounded McGregor before slotting into an empty net.
Hull needed a speedy response at the start of the second half and that is exactly what they got as they immediately pulled one back. Huddlestone's free-kick was delivered into a crowd of players on the edge of the six-yard box, with Davies hanging in the air and nodding beyond Krul who got a fist to the ball but could not keep it out.
Yet Hull's hopes of a successful fightback were dashed within moments, a loose touch by Huddlestone in midfield inviting Sissoko to lead the breakaway. His pass picked out Gouffran who drilled a low shot that was only parried by McGregor, and it was Sissoko, smartly continuing his forward run, who lapped up the rebound.
Hull struggled to mount a response in what time remained and Newcastle saw Remy and Gouffran both go close to adding to the scoring before Anita added the gloss with a fourth in injury time.
But the second half, and the match, were overshadowed by Padrew's ugly clash with Meyler inside the final 20 minutes which sadly will stand as the overriding memory of an otherwise thoroughly entertaining contest.
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HomeTeam Hot Shots
A spotlight on the Times' bay area players of the week.
Female Hot Shot: Ashley McWilliams, Holy Names
Sport: Basketball
Skinny: The senior guard had a triple double (18 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists) in the Jaguars' 59-51 overtime playoff win against Lakeland McKeel on Thursday. McKeel sent the game to overtime with a 3-pointer at the buzzer, but McWilliams — who averages a team-high 13 points per game — continued to step up for AHN in the extra minutes, leading the Jaguars' to a region quarterfinal win. Holy Names advances to tonight's Class 4A region semifinal against Tampa Catholic.
Male Hot Shot: Gary Hector, Lennard
Sport: Basketball
Skinny: Hector led the Longhorns in scoring (19 points) and steals (six) while adding seven rebounds in the Class 6A, District 9 semifinals against Chamberlain. The 6-foot-1 senior guard sank all six of his free throws in the fourth quarter and overtime — including the two game-sealing ones in the closing seconds. For good measure, he added 16 points, six rebounds and five steals on Saturday against Jefferson to seal the first district championship in program history. He'll try to get another school first — a playoff victory — Thursday in a home game against Mitchell in the 6A region quarterfinals.


text: The LoCal Project is developing Information Age solutions to the limiting resource of this century: energy. One hundred fifty years ago, humanity was transformed by harnessing energy for machinery and work. Toil by hand became routinely mechanized, inconceivable constructions became reality, and powered transport shrunk the world. A century later, computers brought an equally profound transformation, replacing mundane bookkeeping and obviating libraries, simulating the imperceptible, and placing knowledge at our fingertips. Information processing has sustained a 50-100% annualized growth of capability over the past 30 years. Productivity drives growth in energy consumption, which in turn, impacts the planet and, with rising CO2 production, threatens to alter modern civilization. It is time to rethink this relationship. The fruits of the information revolution must be used for a new foundation for sustainable energy. We apply the lessons of the Internet, for building distributed and robust communications infrastructures, to a radical new architecture for energy generation, distribution and sharing. We introduce packetized energy, stored and forwarded to where it is locally needed, exploiting technology for more efficient energy storage. Like the Internet, quality is achieved end-to-end via protocols over a best-effort, resilient and scalable infrastructure. Distributed management and storage enables dramatic reductions in peak-to-average energy consumption, influencing infrastructure provisioning and investment, and enabling a virtuous cycle of power-limited design. Our architectural building block, intelligent power switching, permits use of diverse, even non-traditional energy storage. Rather than replacing the grid, we overlay it, providing independence from existing generation and transmission systems. Our approach is suited to environments where it is desirable to add incremental generation and distribution, where a centralized infrastructure is prohibitively expensive to deploy as in third world or remote regions (e.g., military or humanitarian operations), or where continued operation in the face of natural disasters is highly desirable (e.g., post-Katrina or post-earthquake disruption of the wide-area energy grid). Management of local demand is also important to dynamically reduce load to remain independent of the grid for as long as possible.


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While its customary for a runway review to start at the begginning, I'm going to first describe the end of We Are Handsome's Australian fashion week (MBFWA) show. As the runway drew to a close the packed theatre broke out into a miniature storm of thunderous applause, punctuated by whoops and cheers from the crowd. For anyone not familiar with the label that fact says everything you need to know about their cult status and following, for a brand that tattooed digital prints onto both swimwear and minds in just a few short years of existence.
Granted, We Are Handsome's aesthetic isn't for everyone. But their spring 2013 collection did do a good job of expanding the appeal. Prints of ghetto blasters or palm trees against tequila sunrise skies were L.A glamour all over, and to be expected; while vintage rose prints on high-waisted cuts offered up a more delicate serving of swimwear trend appeal.
On top of the digital printed bikinis and one-piece swimsuits, We Are Handsome added a floating maxidress printed with a New York cityscape, printed lycra leggins and figure-hugging dresses, and a few showstoppers for good measure. The latter took shape in a full skin-tight jumpsuit in bold multitone prints with sheer mesh panels, and a diamond print dress embellished with sparkling nebulas of gems. These two pieces will be more editorial favourites than pieces that fly off shelves, but they kept things interesting visually. And aren't those out-there pieces what this MBFWA has been missing?
You can see all of the We Are Handsome spring / summer 2012 runway collection by clicking on a thumbnail on the left. From there you can browse through each of the pictures from the fashion show.
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July 16, 2012
Raynoch Thompson
Linebacker (1997-99)
Raynoch Thompson dominated the defensive side during his time at Tennessee and earned All-America honors his senior year, one year following the 1998 national championship. Thompson followed his 10 tackles for loss in 1998 by leading the Vols with 87 tackles in 1999 while also totaling seven tackles for loss and three interceptions. He was one of four finalists for the Butkus Award and played in the Delchamps Senior Bowl. The stout tackler started in every game he played on The Hill, totaling 36 in his career.
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SMYRNA -- Down 6-2 after the opening game, Friendship Christian's bowlers poured on the coal and rallied for a 19-8 victory over Pope John Paul II Saturday afternoon in the finals of the TSSAA Division II State Bowling Tournament at the Smyrna Bowling Center.
"That's sort of been our pattern," said FCS coach Mark Strickland. "They get smacked in the mouth, then come back and answer the call. These guys like the competition and like stepping up to a challenge."
Trailing 6-2 after Game One, the Commanders blanked PJPII in the second game 8-0, then won Game Three 6-2. Total pin falls 2,906 for FCS; 2,796 for JPII.
Friendship sophomore Donny Turner had a 190 for high game and a 564 for high series.
Cole Buttrey rolled games of 137, 153 and 167; Luke Shoulders 154, 168 and 148; Nick Norton 174, 174 and 188; Drew Porth 133, 171 and 135; Jacob Haskins 121, 171 and 148.
The Commanders ended the season 21-1 overall while Pope John Paul II finished 20-7.
The championship marked the first for the school in the sport of bowling and the eighth state title since the start of the 2007 academic year.
ON FRIDAY, Friendship Christian defeated St. Benedict 17-10 in the quarterfinals and McCallie 19-8 in the semifinals.


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Arkansas Insurance Department
What is the Arkansas Long-Term Care Partnership?
The Arkansas Long-Term Care Partnership is a program authorized by Congress
and the Arkansas Legislature to encourage and recognize the efforts of Arkansans
to prepare for the financial impact of the need for long-term care. Qualifying for
Medicaid normally requires a very low-level of personal assets, often forcing
seniors to spend down their hard-earned money to qualify. With a Long-Term Care
Partnership policy, you'll get to keep more of what you've worked to earn and save
over your lifetime, if you meet other Medicaid eligibility requirements including the
income standards. In its calculation of eligibility for Medicaid benefits, Medicaid
will disregard or exclude assets equal to the amount of benefits paid under a
Long-Term Care Partnership policy.
Medicaid Eligibility
Medicaid eligibility is determined on a case-by-case basis by the Arkansas
Department of Human Services. Agents will not determine Medicaid
Medicaid eligibility determinations are completed by the applicant's local
Department of Human Services (DHS) county office.
Medicaid has both financial and non-financial requirements.
Financial requirements include evaluation of both income and resources.
Non-financial requirements include Arkansas residency, proof of citizenship
and identity, and a Social Security number.
Medicaid eligibility has specific rules for married couples when one or both
are receiving long-term care services.
Medicaid eligibility has specific rules that apply to home property in which
the applicant resides, vehicles, and burial arrangements.
Medicaid eligibility rules change periodically.
Individuals who have questions should contact their local DHS county office.
The Long-Term Care Partnership policyholder must inform the Medicaid
eligibility worker that he or she has a Partnership policy.
Medicaid is the payor of last resort.
When should an individual apply for Medicaid?
An individual can apply for Medicaid at anytime.
A Long-Term Care Partnership policyholder can apply for Medicaid before
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Partnership policy.
Example: Mrs. Adams lives In Arkansas, which does not require the
complete exhaustion of Partnership Qualified (PQ) benefits before qualifying
for an asset disregard. Mrs. Adams applies for Medicaid after using
$100,000 in PQ benefits, since she only has $100,000 in countable assets
to protect. She is determined eligible for Medicaid even though she
continues to receive insurance benefits under her PQ policy.
How do people apply for Medicaid?
An application for long-term care services can be completed at the local
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Applications may be obtained online, by telephone, fax, or mail. Applications
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delivered. A face-to-face interview may not be required.
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The policy must be an approved long-term care policy and provide inflation
protection for policyholders through age 75. The policy must also be certified by
the insurer to the Insurance Commissioner as a Partnership Qualified long-term
care insurance policy. You may obtain a list of such policies from the insurer.
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Arkansas Rule 13 requires that all applicants for long-term care insurance be
offered inflation protection. Arkansas Rule 94 requires that all Partnership policies
provide specific inflation protection for policyholders through age 75. Partnership
status will be forfeited if inflation protection requirements are not maintained.
What if I have an existing long-term care insurance policy?
Each insurance company will develop its procedure for exchange of existing
policies with the prior approval of the Arkansas Insurance Department. Contact
your agent or insurer for additional information.
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contact the Arkansas Insurance Department at (800) 224-6330.
Company Information
You are required to be in
compliance with all of the
Arkansas statutes and Rules
regarding long-term care
insurance including, but not
limited to,
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. The producer
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exchange of existing policies
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Ignitor glows brightly and shuts down or glows dim and sometimes works
I have and American Standard Model #AUD1B080A9481AA. Problem #1 unit calls for heat, inducer motor comes on, ignitor glows brightly for 4 to 5 seconds, inducer motor goes off and blower comes on. Diagnostic code said to check flame igniter. I replaced flame igniter. After I replaced igniter another issue came up which I will call Problem #2. Furnace only workes about 80% of the time. 20% of the time there is a call for heat, inducer motor comes on, igniter glows dimly, gas hisses, but burners do not light and gas and igniter both go off. It will do this a few time, sometimes burners come on and sometimes not. Furnace then goes back to Problem #1 for about half a day and then back again to Problem #2 (works well 80% of the time). Unit currently is going back and forth from Problem #1 and Problem #2. During problem #1 I get a 120 volt reading where ignitor is wired, but during problem #2 I only get a 70 volt reading.
Inducer motor sensor is not clogged, I cleaned flame sensor, and safety switches all seem to be working OK. Ignitor, control board, and pressure switch have all been replaced. Help.
Gas valve? :)
Burners maybe dirty or Ignitor is not inline with burner
ignitor sometimes is bright and sometimes not
I think burners wont come on because ignitor is not hot enough, but I don't know why it sometimes gets hot and sometimes not. But when it gets hot unit locks out.
check the furnace grounding. should have O ohms between the ground from the furnace and the board mounting plate to a copper water line, use a cheater wire if necessary. check from C on the board to the neutral wire to the furnace with a volt meter with the power on and door switch pressed in with duct tape, should be 0 or less than .5 volts. if poorly grounded the board will malfunction.
Hes only getting 70 volts. Could be a bad board or a bad supply voltage connection.
seen a lot of that when the neutral wire connection is loose.
How do yoou guys figure a bad gas valve with 70 volts at igniter but no voltage reading posted for the valve ?.
I didnt see the 70 volts part,yeah check neutrals first :)
ignitor sometimes bright sometimes not
As you suggested I checked grounding, everything ok except ohms are very irratic (242 to 1) when contacting copper water line only. Also, end of wire (Green) that is wrapped around copper line is not connected to anything on furnace side (cannot see other side - in the attic). This cord (wrapped around copper tube) has 3 wires (red, green, and white). White goes to thermostat, Red goes to "Y", and Green is not attached to anything. Error code is 9 which says check ignitor and line "N" to 24VAC "Common" voltage [possible grounding problem].
"Green is not attached to anything".Green should be to ground. Green is color coded for ground. Wire it some were to metal. Most the time on one of the screws hold burner cross bar
Been there and done this too many times, you are right that the board uses a logarithm to regulate how much power goes to the ignitor. If the ignitor is not lighing up and the gas is coming on it is for sure a board issue. The gas valve should not energize with no source of ignition. If the ignitor is glowing but not igniting the gas then I would say the gas is not hitting the ignitor either something in the burner blocked or incorrect positioning of the ignitor. Could be a bad ignitor but I doubt it.
My Nordyne brands varies the voltage too, but they don't go to 70 volts as a normal part of the voltage variance.
But thanks for that input it's appreciated.:thumbsup:
American Standard Nitride ignitors are only rated for 80volts and less on some models. Put one of these in a regular 120v and they only work for about 2 cycles. LOL:yes:
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