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How Low Will Health Care Enrollments Be? Here's What to Watch For
Just a fraction of the 500,000 people expected to enroll in Obamacare via the new health exchanges have done so, according to media reports anticipating the official numbers. But there's more to the story.
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Hierarchy and authority are intertwined. There is a natural hierarchy expressed spontaneously. What is the issue is artificial hierarchy based on coercion. Riane Eisler does the best job of differentiating this in the Chalice and the Blade. Natural authority is secure, invites questioning, is not coercive and redistributes according to circumstance. It is what we all want, except the sociopaths, bless their absent hearts.
Herb wrote, "Dear IBS". LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Love it. Leave it to a doctor, I'll tell you….
Question authority.
—70's mantra
That's the spirit. Down with them. Bad people…who were we talking about? People who refer to themselves as anarchist, which unfortunately does not share much with the word anarchy as one would think. Personally…and massively irritatingly, I reject all ideologies as mental symptoms of various primitive fears such as of abandonment, exclusion and the like. People exhibiting excessive influence in their lives of tightly held ideologies are analogous to persons whose lives are made difficult by substances. Now if you asked me who I choose as friends it would be the self identified Anarchist, or being against kings. The first notable anti-king people in our historical legacy were the Romans who, to a person resisted rule by kings and who's history is set in the overthrow of the original dynastic rulers. For their day the early Romans were very politically advanced, and they, much like USers today, continued to believe in the democratic delusion for centuries. Long centuries after Rome became an Imperial entity with an Emperor, the armies marched under the name of the Senate. Most recently were the Pane influenced American colonial subjects who ran the Kings judges from their New England towns. Being against the institution of monarchy and aristocracy is a broad stroke. On the other hand the opposite of Anarchist, the Monarchist, still exist! I have met a few. Return of the King. All this makes sense to me as a physician familiar with the problems of those with unfortunate mental adaptations. Trauma, often hidden from memory, is the embedded foreign body from which the pus of fidelity to ideology emanates. When the foreign body of infantile existential panic is removed from the mental functioning of the mind, even that sort of deep trauma can heal and the person that emerges can be very strong and without enslavement to ideology I find myself interested not in what the various ideologies have to say but, rather, what reformed ideologues are saying. Sort of like saying, if you want to understand alcoholics without becoming one, ask recovering alcoholics.
Six ideologues in a lifeboat have only one idea.
lolll…I didn't think that you'd like the exclusion of anarchy. As to your
Authoritarians, bless their hearts (where they have one, but that is a different discussion), seem stuck in this phase, always looking for the rule that makes a confusing world make more sense to a small person of limited experience and development.
At this point, it might be wise to define anarchy in order to differentiate anarchy from the artificially one-sided rule construct the right and libertarians seek:
a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority
I find that it is the right and the libertarians who want to destroy any rule which prevents their predation upon the people - yet they still want to continue and even strengthen those rules which are designed to restrain and limit - to control - the people; that is, they desire only rules which prevent the people from defending themselves or even preying upon them.
Further and contradictorily, they themselves provide the justification for the creation and existence of rules through their own misbehavior.
If you really do want anarchy, then you must first eliminate all who think that they are entitled to prey upon others…I would note that those who think that they are entitled to prey upon others usually seek positions from which they can wield power…that is, such usually become authoritarians.
Dear IBS,
I am sorry to hear of your allergy to a perfectly good word. The propagandaverse can do that to you. My condolences.
Authoritarianism is most importantly a point of view. Where I might see a beautifully functioning, highly integrated situation, the authoritarian is likely to see only the bad word. To some degree it is a developmental problem. There is a stage of development that is very rule oriented, regardless of the dominant regime of thought. One of the torments of the liberal parent is to have their small child insist on concrete rules. It lasts for many years, and at one point both our girls were still under its influence. One day they informed me that I could not be a doctor because only girls, like their mother physician, could be doctors. Authoritarians, bless their hearts (where they have one, but that is a different discussion), seem stuck in this phase, always looking for the rule that makes a confusing world make more sense to a small person of limited experience and development. A curiously entertaining way to address this is to consider human history to be a glorified version of the relationships of siblings. The dominant, dominator culture has evolved the trick of arresting the development of the humans it wishes to exploit. Under this view, the great flowering of post WWII US is that folks returned from war with the confidence of actual adults and created an alternative working class culture that felt entitled to upward mobility and advanced education. It was the wonder of the world in its heady days of triumph in the fifties and sixties. The key thing is that people with a capacity of critical judgment, an advanced state of mental development, are relatively immune to mass propaganda because they have become used to thinking things through for themselves. This phenomena was also seen in Europe in the wake of widespread literacy and resulted in the Protestant Reformation. Old Martin Luther may look like a far gone authoritarian from our time perspective, but for his time he was a freethinker. Authoritarians abjure critical judgement out of habit, anti-authoritarian thinkers use it.
Authoritarianism is the condition that causes compelling discomfort in individuals witnessing disobedience to socially identified authorities.
Someone needs to define who the "authoritarians" are…
Are they religious authority figures? Corporate? Political? Authorities by virtue of wealth possessed or power wielded? Medical, because they play with life and death? Military, because they can dispense - or withhold - death? Educational, because they are authorities within their own fields? Libertarians, for they seek to destroy all other authoritarians in order to rule via wealth-applied-as-power?
If some are to be ignored or destroyed, then why only some? What makes some authoritarians acceptable, while others are not?
(P.S. Impress me by avoiding using any variations of "anarchy".)
Dear Betty,
It is not my wisdom that you are responding to, but the wisdom of the ages that is within you. Don't think that you don't know everything important already, hidden perhaps under a great pile of authoritarian bull sh_t that gets crammed into our heads by this sick culture. Sometimes an experience, or reading something, or meeting someone, and suddenly this natural inner wisdom asserts itself and it feels great. I have had, in this life, a wide enough background and experience to have been able to touch this inner wisdom that we share with some apparent ease, but don't be fooled. You don't need anyone to point you in the right direction. You already know. The trick is not to rejoice at someone else's wisdom, but to let one's own wisdom find a voice and rejoice in that.
What we have been schooled to call Civilization is really a vast catastrophe underway that threatens everything on Earth at once. It is failing, and with any luck we may survive its passing. It is an exhilarating time to be alive.
Fear, of all sorts, clouds our vision, as the architects of this reign of terror that we call civilization specifically intended. On the one hand we have the rule of love and the other the rule of fear inside us and projected outward in the chronicle of daily events. To have seen, as I have been privileged to witness, so much raw courage is to be immunized to the cant about flawed human nature. Turns out that we humans are just fine the way we are, no fix needed. It is our birthright to feel positive about our species. It is our tragic burden to be continually afflicted by a death worshiping culture of fear. Culture is a mere invention imposed on fully formed humans that has the capacity to destroy our spirits. We need a new one, fast.
Rebecca Solnit in her book Paradise Built In Hell, describes how this unflawed human nature blossoms and thrives in conditions of disaster. If you read that book in the way I do, you come to realize that when, for whatever reason, the rule of fear is suspended, as it is post disaster, and people are free to cooperate in a loving way, human nature is revealed to be wholly good and effective. This is not being pollyannaish. It really is true. Granted there are always some individuals who are so scared by fear that they do not handle disaster well, but the important point is that a loving community brought together by disaster is quite capable of dealing with such problems compassionately and definitively.
So, as spiritual adepts are continually telling us, the door to abundance and a loving peace stands open in front of us. If we take the door as mere individuals it matters not at all, but if we take the door as community we will be reborn as life loving people, able to deal with all the scary stuff with aplomb. The authoritarians hate this since axiomatic in their thinking is the idea that we are flawed and need to be told by authority how to behave. They are soooo wrong it is silly, but being wrong and coercing us to believe them is how they manage to enslave us, so believing in flawed human nature is essential to their sick thinking. Ignore them if you can. Leave them if you can't ignore them. And as a last resort fight them compassionately. They especially hate that as violence is their lifeblood, their reason for being.
Hence all the confusion. The authoritarians build social structures fit for the flawed and try to shoehorn unflawed people into them as servants and slaves. No wonder the last few thousand years have been so tragic. And no wonder the ACA is such a mess. It was designed by malcontents for people who do not exist.
How wonderfully seasonal: Somebody rejecting reality in favor of living in a snow globe.
herb…. what can i say? reading your wisdom evokes feelings of being safe and secure inside a warm house with a fire blazing and a huge pot of stew on the stove, while the blizzard howls outside…..
i breathe a sigh of contentment.
steve…. may the force be with you.
Insurance does not need to run criminally. It is just that the moral hazard involved when those selling insurance can take advantage of the insured means that unregulated insurance business quickly is dominated by those with the greatest criminal intent. Insurance, as practiced in the US, is both a gambling opportunity, with all the fixing of the results that that offers, with a protection racket. Now for instance, if you don't have auto insurance you are subject to police action, which paying a monthly fee protects you from. It is the same across the board. So called medical insurance, has more to do with the realistic fear that you will suffer maltreatment, refusal of treatment or discriminatory care, if you don't have the card. A protection racket of massive proportions. Universal care, as is practiced around the world, takes the criminal opportunity out of the picture. When we get to the payout end of "insurance" we confront fraud of various sorts. "Oh, you didn't state that you had hay fever on our form, so, in spite of giving us a small fortune in premiums, we have no obligation to pay for your care." This is the confidence crime aspect of the thing. In cooperation with corrupt government and corrupt mass media, every effort is made to convince folks that they can trust that their insurance will be fair with them. With no reasonable expectation of that, unless one has powerful attorneys to ensure your rights (moot since those with that sort of wealth have no need for scams like health insurance) this defines the insurance industry as a massive confidence crime. All of this is made possible by our system of legal bribery masquerading as democracy which ensures that we have an all crime all the time society.
Plutocracy destroys.
That was educational, by the way…I'm always reluctant to drive through Virginia because of the way their police officers enforce speed limits…i.e., out-of-state drivers seem to be more…visible…to them.
Now that I know that they have legally uninsured motorists driving all over the place…lollll…yeah, I think I'll avoid the place.
@betty: still not patronizing, I see.
Carrying insurance would be wise, given that if involved in an accident, the uninsured motorist remains personally liable even if you have paid their $500 fee.
Although I hope that you'll forgive me for my initial and ongoing doubts that you have automobile/driver's insurance given that your earlier
i don't live my life, like herb said, "betting i will get sick."
seems to be equally applicable as
i don't live my life, like herb said, "betting i will get in a wreck."
one more thing, steve. i never said i don't have car insurance. you somehow inferred that all on your own.
when you assume, you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me"
—oscar wilde
steve, first of all, i neither emoted nor was being patronizing. sorry you feel that way.
second, at least in one of the 50 united states of america, you do not have to prove anything to opt out of car insurance. you just pay a yearly fee. i know that because that is the law of my state. i double checked it on my state's DMV website just to be sure.
third, if you go back and read my posts, i clearly stated that i paid off a $6,000 hospital bill in installments, and that i always pay my own medical costs, which are very few and very far between.
fourth, i have stated that i am not receiving any form of government handout—neither food stamps, HUD, medicaid, help with heating bills, etc.
fifth, regarding whether or not to sign up my son for medicaid, i stated that i was debating it. as i mentioned above, i'm not receiving any assistance and i'm not wild about the idea of receiving assistance.
sixth, back to car insurance: if i don't want to pay for car insurance, i simply don't drive. not the case with the ACA.
and that's the way it is.
—walter cronkite
@"betty", who emoted steve, in several states you are not required to have car insurance. this is easily discovered by googling.
lolll…your attempt at conveying a patronizing tone is hilarious in light of reality, "betty". In those states where you can get away with not carrying insurance you still have to be able to prove your financial ability to cover liability costs.
Your statements to date insist that - without driver's insurance - you cannot pay for the death of a pet lizard that you crush as you spin out in someone's yard.
In fact, all of your comments combined suggest that you do not wish to be financially responsible for yourself…rather like those who bought deregulation from the Republicans and neoliberals and, when they consequentially caused the mortgage-backed securities pyramid scam, then expected to be bailed out.
(lollll…and after they were bailed out, turned right around and criticized the bail-out of the auto sector as that industry - and all of America and, indeed, the world - suffered because of their actions.)
steve, in several states you are not required to have car insurance. this is easily discovered by googling.
Just - because I am a vet - an observation: They who apply the principles of battlefront military medicine - triage, and then directly off to the appropriate treatment/specialist - shall win.
By "they", I obviously mean hospitals/groups of doctors/practices…by "win", I obviously mean "haul in the most loot".
Applying "Hurry up and wait." - which the nation's medical system seems to be overly fond of today - is what REMF doctors do and doesn't work when the supply of patients is not/no longer artificially constrained but the supply of physicians is/remains artificially constrained.
Maybe you could ask Speaker Boehner for some tips, by the way…it seems he signed up for the ACA:
@betty, who spake - after having said
unless i develop a major illness or suffer a catastrophe, i don't have a need for a health insurance policy
spake thusly
i don't live my life, like herb said, "betting i will get sick."
lolll….I bet you take a lot of back roads when you drive…given that state troopers who find people driving with your attitude of "I don't need insurance!" tend to react rather…predictably.
another scary consequence of trusting in the Almighty American Health Care System—nothing new, but it's particularly clear in this case:
"Court: Ohio hospital can force chemo on Amish girl"—i cannot provide the link here due to moderation protocol, but it is an online usatoday article dated oct 7, 2013.
so let me get this straight: the supreme court (a.k.a. "professional liars in robes") (thanks, herb) says it's ok for a parent to do whatever it wants with a child while it's still in utero. but once the child comes out into the world, only doctors and courts know what is best for the child. hmm.
and since when is chemotherapy a guaranteed success? i know plenty of people who have had chemo and died anyway. no medical treatment is ever guaranteed. the poor child even BEGGED her parents to stop the treatments because they were so debilitating to her. what if she died from the side effects of chemo? what would the court say then?
this case is a perfect representation of how disgustingly mis-guided and hypocritical our country is. people playing God by taking away life from some and forcing dubious "life saving" therapies on others.
only God decides who lives and who dies. we humans think of death as something to be avoided at all costs because we simply don't understand it. death is not suffering. it is the END of suffering. it is life eternal with the Father.
only those who have no faith fear death. and this little girl, her parents, and the entire community they live in trust in God and have given their lives over to Him.
this is another unconstitutional, anti-religious decision. horrible.
You liked that? I thought it was obscure. I was aiming at the academic and judicial robes. Feel free to pass on anything you like. My family sometimes put things I say on Twitter. Now it is in hiatus, but for the last couple of years we have been in a CSA from a farm we can easily walk to. Shopping has become cloak and dagger sort of thing. I stand there looking at the goods thinking, "Is there any packaged stuff I trust?"
and herb, i just have to say, i absolutely LOVE this line: "Deliberately in error due to the work of professional liars in robes."
yes indeedy!!
herb, you da man!!
thank you, oh thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for writing "The genetic engineering mass experiment underway offers another example of deliberate poisoning of the mass of the population." YES!
my new goal is to only buy my food at the farmer's market and stay out of grocery stores as much as possible. it's so empowering and comforting to speak to farmers who are committed to growing non-GMO crops and raising humanely treated, naturally-fed animals. i hope they all have started their own personal seed banks…
i do believe in spooks, i do believe in spooks, i do, i do, i DO believe in spooks!
-the cowardly lion
steve, steve, steve… sigh.
i don't live my life, like herb said, "betting i will get sick." i do the necessary daily things which keep me healthy, i trust in God, and if something happens i deal with it.
i should not be forced to buy something i feel i don't need; especially at a price which upsets my budget.
if there was an option to buy catastrophic insurance under the ACA, i would seriously consider it, steve. but as the ACA is written, that is only an option for those under 30.
because of the forced participation issue and multiple other issues which offend my sensibilities, i have concluded that i will not partake in the ACA.
thank you very much.
We have become so befuddled by marketing messaging that it is difficult to see things for what they are beyond the superficialities. The whole idea of "health insurance" is just an elaborate con based on rebranding gambling in the name of health. After all what is the transaction? You give a sum of money to a third party that bets that you won't get sick while you are betting that you will. But unlike regulated gambling (where it still exists) the house gets to right the rules of the wager and change them at any time by cancelling your so called insurance. A bookie wouldn't last long who settled losing bets that way. The economists at Missouri would say that the health insurance market is an artificial one that depends on government granted monopolies.
There is another economy richly available. Almost anything said these days by mass media "economist" is total bull and can be safely ignored, though it is hard to get the fallacious assumptions out of ones mind. I have lent out Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber to a few people who report having the scales lifted from their eyes as they view economics from an anthropological point of view. Most of the assumptions we make these days about money and debt, profit and loss, are in error. Deliberately in error due to the work of professional liars in robes.
@ibsteve2u Indeed.
@betty, who made an unintended, I suspect, point with
unless i develop a major illness or suffer a catastrophe, i don't have a need for a health insurance policy
Betty said," many nutritionally-void or toxic foods will be made readily available to the poor"
History is replete with this ploy. My favorite were the ergotamine poisoning during the middle ages. Much more interesting than the effects of trans-fats and hydrolyzed sugars. The genetic engineering mass experiment underway offers another example of deliberate poisoning of the mass of the population. No point in getting upset though. Certainly does not help the digestion. Personally, I have cultivated an appreciation of black humor to get through the day.
steve, healthsherpa.com is not a profit-making venture. as far as i know it's basically just a search engine for insurance policies. i highly doubt the three 20-somethings who created the site are getting kickbacks from the insurance companies. you can't buy a policy from healthsherpa; the site merely links to insurance provider websites, where you peruse plan details.
your rants are very interesting, steve. are you… anti-obama? anti-republican? libertarian? hard to tell.
herb, very interesting also. and thanks for the compliment. my theory is that along with or instead of food prices soaring, many nutritionally-void or toxic foods will be made readily available to the poor of the world, so that they will die of disease even while thanking their sinister benefactors for their daily bread. codex alimentarius, herb. codex alimentarius. it's happening all over the world even now, especially in america.
as always in parting, we wish you peace, love, and soul.
- don cornelius :-)
TK, correct, my state will not expand medicaid.
however, my son is probably eligible for medicaid as it currently stands—(he'll be 18 next summer; will have to investigate how long he's eligible).
if i enrolled him in medicaid, however, my subsidy for ACA would be reduced, thus increasing my deductible. but it's a moot point, because unless i develop a major illness or suffer a catastrophe, i don't have a need for a health insurance policy, and i just don't feel good about the ACA in general.
thanks for your suggestions, TK, and i'm very glad you were able to find something to fit your needs.
My bum[p]er sticker version of this is "Suffering is the only possible cure for stupidity."
From your mouth to God's ears…
Sigh…a most unfortunate error…a consequence of passion, I'm afraid.
Where I said
That means that our government will kill the citizens of other nations - either directly or through denying us access to that which we need to live</i?
<i>That means that our government will kill the citizens of other nations - either directly or through denying them access to that which they need to live
Freudian…I worry that the Republicans will indeed attain their utopia; sometimes that fear leaks into what I write.
Way to bo Betty!!! The only nit I feel compelled to pick is that what we get from the media is a carefully choreographed Corporate hagiography of monsters eating the population alive. The Media is the Message and the message is "Go f__k yoursleves, ass—-es." In virtually every case that I can find in world history where plutocracies rule this is the rule. Screw the weak to fatten their wallets (the exception I know about is Kerala, India). It is an essential feature of plutocracies to rob the poor. Modern scientific propaganda methods (focus groups, etc.) have added mass insanity to the mix by working tirelessly to mislead and confuse the population. Not that this sort of mass abuse is new. For example deliberately causing famine has been a strategy for retaining control by plutocratic elite rule forever. Watch now as basic food prices soar and death from starvation soars along with it.
The Universe is a kind as possible. If we fail to learn from a situation the Universe amps up the stakes and sends us the problem back again.
My bumber sticker version of this is "Suffering is the only possible cure for stupidity."
What too many Americans refuse to recognize - sadly, too often because of their greed - is the difference between our "government", which is charged with
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
and business, with is charged (thanks to Wall Street and Jack Welch) only with increasing "shareholder value".
That means that our government will kill the citizens of other nations - either directly or through denying us access to that which we need to live - in order to achieve the goals of the Preamble to our Constitution.
That means that business - either directly or through denying us access to that which we need to live - will kill the citizens of other countries and any and all Americans if that will increase "profit"...if that will increase "shareholder value".
If you think I exaggerate, consider again the fact that insurance corporations deny medical care to those with preexisting conditions…or look up the environmental records of GE or Koch Industries.
"The right" doesn't really want to eliminate "government"; they want to eliminate things like the SEC, FDA, EPA, OSHA, and the other entities that prevent business from preying on the American people…the entities that inhibit "profit" and reduce "shareholder value".
But do you hear them demanding that the organs which serve to police and control the American people be eliminated? Do you hear them demanding an end of "the war on drugs"? Do you hear them demanding the abolishing of their ability to pursue debts? Do you hear them demanding an end of the laws that prevent Americans from acting against them with guns?
The base of the right…the people who shriek their hatred of anything designed to help those less fortunate than themselves…their worldview is too small…it is confined to the interior of their wallets.
@betty, who said healthsherpa.com actually FUNCTIONS. the government website does NOT.
Did you bother to ask yourself why that is?
healthsherpa.com is attempting to make money for itself…that is, it is motivated to achieve the most functionality at the least cost…to make the most profit by spending the least possible.
CGI Federal - the company that the Bush Administration started outsourcing to and was charged with the health care website - is motivated to make money for itself. That means not achieving the most functionality at the least cost because the government/taxpayer picks up the cost…because building a system that functioned to specification on time would end their ability to milk the government/the taxpayer of yet more money.
In other words, "Business-with-a-capital-B" is screwing America and the American people, but those who don't like the poor…who don't like the idea of the poor inconveniencing them…are taking this opportunity to attack anybody and everybody who defends the poor and the American people (any of whom can become poor literally instantly). To include Obama.
And private insurance companies are likewise motivated to make the most money they can with the least expense…that is why they had the only existing legal "death panels" in America…that is why they denied health care coverage to those with "preexisting conditions"...that is why they cut people off who actually used their health care "too much"...like, at all.
I don't understand why the media gives the business that is screwing America a free pass…although I suppose the fact that the media itself has become a business has something to do with it.
But if you think government is bad, turn government's functions over to business…then you'll see "death panels" in all aspects of American life. "Replace the guide rail on that road? That would cut into profits…and we don't drive that road, anyway."
So I'm guessing you don't live in a state that has expanded Medicaid. The new Medicaid income threshold is 138% of the poverty level.
steve, you pissed me off. so i read the entire policy in question. nothing is covered until the deductible is met, like i said before. only preventive services are free. if you want to know what they are, they are listed on healthcare.gov.
i would never use any of these preventive services. not even mammogram. nope. and that is my choice.
healthcare.gov recommends using the kaiser subsidy calculator to estimate the cost of coverage (which i had already done while doing my earlier research.)
so i entered my info again, only this time using my adjusted gross income instead of gross income. yes, i admit my mistake, steve. you win one point on that one. subsidies are based on AGI. here are my results based on last year's taxes.
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Household income in 2014: 111% of poverty level
Maximum % of income you have to pay for the premium, if eligible for a subsidy: 2%
Health Insurance premium in 2014 (for a silver plan, before tax credit): $3,532 per year
You could receive a government tax credit subsidy of up to: $3,189 per year (which covers 90% of the overall premium)
Amount you pay for the premium: $343 per year (which equals 2% of your household income and covers 10% of the overall premium)
Your out-of-pocket maximum for a Silver plan (not including the premium) can be no more than $4,500. Out-of-pocket costs include deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments for covered services plus all costs for services that aren't covered. You must choose a Silver plan to get the savings.
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so the premium cost went down by half, good. but the out of pocket is still too high to be affordable to me.
reading the complete details of the policy i chose didn't change my perception of it; everything which i previously stated has to be pre-approved actually has to be pre-approved, including being admitted to the hospital after an emergency room visit. and it all has to be considered "medically necessary."
so thanks for the thought, obamacare. but even with subsidies the policy is not do-able for me.
and thanks to you, steve, for pissing me off enough to do some extra research. hope the results meet your criteria for transparency.
p.s. abortions are not covered on this policy, unless necessary to protect the life of the mother or when pregnancy is caused by rape or incest.
well, that's halfway good, at least. don't say a word, steve.
oh no, wait a minute!! can't sign off without correcting you, steve.
healthsherpa.com actually FUNCTIONS. the government website does NOT. the information is the same. you go to healthsherpa, you find out what policies are available, then you go to the particular insurance company's website and you download a PDF of the exact details of the policy. this is the proper way to research things, steve.
do think the policy would somehow be more "real" if i actually purchased it? the numbers would change? the limits of the policy would change? what an odd claim, steve.
do you research anything before buying it? a car? a college education? a house? do you buy it without knowing EXACTLY how much it will cost you and all the terms involved?
no deceit involved here, steve. and i resent the implication.
herb, you're a poet.
very sorry to hear about your health issues, but take comfort in the fact that suffering is redemptive. offer it up for the soul of obama. no, wait… obama doesn't have a soul. ok, offer it up for the state of disgrace our country is in.
and remember, "it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." and you've certainly been a light in this discussion. thank you.
hang in there, herb. i'll say a prayer for you.
peace out.
@betty, who said: the premium of $60 per month and deductible of $7,000 come from the research i've done on healthsherpa.com (wouldn't go to the government exchanges if you paid me….)
lolll…hardly fair to criticize something that you have not and don't intend to verify.
Misleading, if not intentionally dishonest.
Thank you Ted.
And Betty, thank you for your comment. You represent the every person of our time, here in this place. Fingertips clinging to survival, seeking solace in acceptance. I had planned to work as you describe. Free even. Even had a good job lined up with San Francisco Public Health, for which I am well qualified, but the Feds in their maniacal wisdom sent them a letter saying that if they hired me, FOR ANYTHING, they would lose Federal Funding. Talk about crashing and burning at the last interview!
Health issues keep me pretty house bound now so there is little I can do anymore, but during my active career I always sought to serve the underserved.
So here I am now, stuck in a unremunerative occupation, that, by the way disqualifies me for much of anything else too, with an expensive license to maintain and no opportunity to use it. I think some of my angels may have a twisted sense of humor.
excuse me, TK, i meant to address your comment about what type of health insurance i have, and instead i addressed steve. i apologize.
and thank you, too, for explaining deductibles and pre-approvals. totally agree with obama et al being in bed with insurance. they're in bed with a lot of other people, too.
herb, rock on. loved what you said about lies.
steve, richard nixon is probably responsible for the start of the health care crisis. i was only 12 in 1973 —technically, "alive in the 1970s" —therefore i had no interest in health care crises, nor the HMO act, so i am not sure if nixon is to blame or not. :-)
come to think of it, i'm not interested in health care crises now, either, aside from the fact that the ACA is unconstitutional, anti-catholic, and a big lie, like herb says.
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-ted baxter
steve, i have no health insurance. in my example about the kidney stone, i stated that i paid off the hospital bill in installments.
the premium of $60 per month and deductible of $7,000 come from the research i've done on healthsherpa.com (wouldn't go to the government exchanges if you paid me….)
there are other policies available, yes, some even free after subsidies. but those also have a huge family deductible, and most tests, hospital stays—actually most EVERYTHING—requires pre-approval.
thank you for attempting to explain insurance terminology to me. i am definitely not familiar with the lingo, having never had insurance. while i am not sure whether simple doctor visits under my hypothetical policy would be free or not, i can tell you that i have never spent $720 a year on doctor visits.
there are plenty of sliding-scale clinics in my community, where the fee usually falls around $30 per visit. in addition, there are two "good samaritan" clinics where doctors volunteer their time and talent, as well as a few good-hearted doctors in private practice who manage to keep their fees affordable. i am a very healthy, middle-aged woman, and have never really had much use for doctor visits.
i am over the limit for food stamps, medicaid, HUD, etc. i survive on my small income quite nicely by being very adept at keeping a budget. i resent the fact that my budget might be upset by being forced to buy health insurance. i highly doubt i will comply with the ACA mandate, nor will i pay the penalty.
i am self-employed, so i never get a tax refund.
of course it would be nice to have some sort of catastrophic policy in place, but i guess that is out of the question now.
whenever God calls me, i'm ready.
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America is being…raped."
Thanks for the warning. There is no excuse for my cluelessness and gullibility. Somehow I believed that this was not moderated—hello moderators, love you guys and gals, have a lovely set of holidays—, more delusional thinking. Got to watch that wishful sort especially.
OK, bye everyone.
If you want a bigger chart that shows how bad health care costs in America are when compared to even more countries, try this:
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America is being…raped.
You also need to look to see what your "out of pocket maximum (max)" is.
Which is defined as
Total dollar amount an insured will be required to pay for covered medical services during a specified period, such as one year. The out-of-pocket maximum may also be called the stop-loss limit or catastrophic expense limit.
I note some from the medical community being upset…I wonder if they were upset when Reagan trampled on the rights of the air traffic controllers union…or when the neoliberals and the Republicans inflicted inequitable free trade upon America, destroying jobs which included decent health insurance…
Was the medical community upset when Congress changed tax laws to favor investing/"high finance" over building/creating jobs…giving Wall Street control of both the greed and the ethics of hospital and medical supplies corporations and health insurance corporations…and then added deregulation to make separating the American people from their savings easier?
Were doctors upset when Reagan and Bush, Jr. used "voodoo economics" to incentivize those who could - particularly those who provide life-and-death services or inescapable necessities like energy - to permit their greed to run rampant?
Anybody who was alive in the 1970s knows that "the health care crisis" didn't exist then…and they should have already asked themselves "What changed?".
And they should ask themselves other questions, like who convinced Congress and Clinton to reduce the reimbursements for residency slots in hospitals paid by Medicare in the 1990s, thus intentionally and artificially reducing the supply of doctors today? Or rather, what extremely limited pool of Americans benefited from that act - at the cost of the American people and our nation as a whole?
Who was it, exactly, that put their own greed ahead of the American people and the United States of America? Why is this (Mercatus) chart reality???
I don't know what kind of insurance you have now, but pre-approval for hospital stays, MRI, and major procedures is more the rule than the exception and has been for some time.
As far as the 7K deductible is concerned, you need to look carefully at the policy to see what is and what is not subject to the deductible, not everything is.
Which state do you live in? Policies vary in price widely from state to state and some states are better than others and in some cases much better than others.
You also should check out under what circumstances you need pre-approval for something. Unfortunately looking at one's premium and deductible rarely tells the whole story. Blame the insurance industry for that and President Obama and the whole damn Congress for being in bed with them.
Yes. A scam, but one of such magnificent proportions that it qualifies as a "big lie" as well. People have been told what to think, not use critical judgement, and obligingly enough people do so as to allow the continued success of a culture that is basically all scam, all the time. The apocryphal quote about being able to fool some of the people all the time fails to address the issue of what proportion of fools and useful idiots is necessary for Corporate Tyranny to survive in its sea of marks.
Happy hollidays,
Herb Ruhs, MD
steve, i agree. but i think that what makes this worse is the fact that supposedly washington was so "concerned" about those of us who could not afford insurance and so they invented the ACA.
the fact is, we still can't afford insurance. and if we decide to play by the rules and obey the law, some of us will be throwing an extra $720 per year down the toilet for absolutely nothing.
example: 5 years ago i passed a kidney stone. hospital bill: $6000. paid it off in installments. under the ACA the same incident would cost me $6720 and i'd have to get pre-approval for the CT scans and xrays they performed while i was in the emergency room.
a scam, if you ask me.
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At 12:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" also delivered a bigger audience than CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" in total viewers. "Late Night" averaged a 0.6/3 in 18-49 and 1.8 million viewers overall.
Through the first seven weeks of the season, "Tonight" has increased its total-viewer margin over "Late Show" to 10 percent (3.629 million vs. 3.310 million), up from the year-ago season-to-date advantage of 2 percent. Jimmy Fallon has established a total-viewer lead over "Late Late Show" this season of 13 percent (1.743 million vs. 1.548 million), after trailing by 5 percent one year ago.
(According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research for the week of October 31 - November 4. Ratings reflect "live plus same day" data from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise noted. Season-to-date figures are averages of "live plus seven day" data except for the two most recent weeks, which are "live plus same day.")
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SPORTS >>Cabot drives over Devils
Leader sports editor
Cabot was favored to beat Jacksonville at home Friday night to open the 2007 high-school football season, but not the way it did. The Panthers plowed through the Red Devils for 35 first-half points en route to a 42-0 victory.
The Panther offensive line dominated the line of scrimmage, and Cabot coach Mike Malham couldnt find much to complain about.
You didnt see very many mistakes, Malham said. Im sure there were a lot in there, but the offensive line played really good tonight. We finally have some size down there. Weve been playing with miniature linemen for the last few years. Its nice to have some bigger guys up front for a change.
The Panthers enjoyed a good scoring percentage in the first half. The offense got the ball five times, and scored just that many touchdowns Friday night in an easy season opening victory over Jacksonville.
They got a lot of help from the visiting Red Devils. Jacksonville committed three turnovers in the first half, and stalled on another drive inside the Panther 10-yard line.
Jacksonville got the ball first, and got a first down on the opening play of the season when quarterback Cameron Hood hit receiver Terrell LHrisse for a 12-yard gain. After an incomplete pass, a deep pass was overthrown and picked off by Hunter Hess at the Cabot 30-yard line.
The Panthers took over with just 30 seconds gone in the game, and marched the 70 yards needed for the score in 10 plays, consuming four minutes of clock. Sophomore fullback Michael James got the final carry, a nine-yard run up the middle with 7:19 on the clock.
Jacksonvilles next drive started better than the first. This time it was running back Patrick Geans that took the handoff, juked his way into open field and scampered 50 yards to the Cabot 25. Hood saved a third and long by scrambling for a first down, but two incomplete passes and a run for no gain left fourth and 10. Jacksonville tried a quarterback draw, but Hood was hit by sophomore linebacker Spencer Neumann three yards short of the first down at the 8-yard line.
It took the Panthers 14 plays to score from there. They picked up six first downs and only had to convert two third downs. James took the honors of scoring the touchdown again, this time a one-yard plunge to put Cabot up by two scores with 11:56 left in the second quarter.
The Red Devils picked up 23 yards on three plays on their third drive, but the turnover bug bit again.
An out pattern failed to come together, and sophomore safety Joseph Bryant picked off the pass and returned it to the end zone. The touchdown was called back from a block in the back, but Cabot scored two plays later when sophomore quarterback Seth Bloomberg kept on the option for 10 yards and the touchdown.
Steve Lambs third extra point made it 21-0 with exactly 10:00 showing on the clock in the second quarter.
The third and final turnover of the half came three plays into Jacksonvilles next drive.
Sophomore nose guard T.J. Bertrand stripped the ball and junior Cody Myers covered at the Jacksonville 35. The Panthers needed just three plays and a 15-yard face mask penalty on the Devils to get into the end zone again. Halfback Jordan Carlisle took honors this time, taking it the final 10 yards with 7:31 left in the half.
Jacksonville got just one yard on its next drive. Hood entered the game to punt after yielding quarterback duties to Thomas Blade for the drive. Hood booted the ball 49 yards to pin Cabot on its own 19. This time the Panthers committed three penalties, but it was going to take more than that to stop the locomotive-type offense that was running the show.
The final scoring drive of the half took 11 plays, and featured Cabots only pass attempt of the night. On second and seven, Bloomberg rolled right and hit Bayles on a short screen pass. Bayles took it 23 yards to the Jacksonville 15. Earlier in the drive, Bayles had a 26-yard run. James carried it the final yard with 25 seconds left in the half for his third touchdown of the game.
The second half went by quickly. The Panther second string put together the longest drive of the game, but it came up empty. The drive lasted 16 plays and covered 57 yards, but stalled on downs at the Jacksonville 15.
The Red Devils took over, but committed their fourth turnover of the game on just the second play. Jake Todd covered the loose ball at the Jacksonville 21 with five minutes left in the game. It took eight plays to cover the short distance, and the games final score was a six-yard carry by sophomore Matt Bayles with 47 seconds left in the game.
The Panthers racked up 365 total yards with 280 of that coming in the first half. Jacksonville had 165 total yards, with 139 in the first half.
James led all rushers with 93 yards on 18 carries and three touchdowns. Bayles led all players in total yards. He carried 10 times for 88 yards and had the one catch for 23 yards to give him 111 total yards. Carlisle carried 10 times for 66 yards and a score.
Jacksonvilles Geans had 102 total yards.
Cabot will travel to Sylvan Hills, who lost 28-12 to Catholic on Wednesday, while Jacksonville will host its home opener against Lake Hamilton, a 48-6 winner over JA Fair.


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The Irish republican icon and Old Bailey bomber Marian Price has been freed from jail. The convicted IRA prisoner was released after serving more than two years in Northern Ireland jails.
She had been sent back to prison after Owen Paterson, the former Northern Ireland secretary, revoked her licence. Price, now known as McGlinchey, along with her late sister Dolours, were imprisoned in the 1970s for their part in the explosions outside the Old Bailey which marked the start of the Provisional IRA's bombing campaign in Britain.
Price had moved from Hydebank prison to a Belfast hospital on medical advice last June because of ill health.
When she was first sent back to prison in 2011, Paterson said he made the decision to revoke her licence because the threat she posed had "significantly increased".
Price has been a leading member of the political wing of the dissident republican group the Real IRA.
She was arrested two years ago after she held up a speech for a masked man at a dissident republican rally in Derry.
The west-Belfast-born republican was later charged with having supplied a phone used during the murders of the soldiers Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar, who were shot dead outside Massereene army base in County Antrim.
The charges against her – providing a mobile telephone for a terrorist purpose and aiding and abetting a meeting in support of an illegal organisation – still stand.
Her release follows a long campaign by not only dissident republicans but also a number of human rights groups as well as her former comrades in Sinn Féin to have her freed on humanitarian grounds.
The ex-IRA prisoner became a bitter critic of Sinn Féin's peace strategy and openly accused its leaders of selling out basic republican principles.


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Magicka will transport players into a fantasy environment unlike anything ever experienced before. Save the world of Magicka from doom as a co-op effort in a team of four, or single-handedly using a fully dynamic spell system. Prepare to defeat the evil wizard as you wreak havoc and devastation on the minions of darkness in thirteen action packed levels.Accompanying this news is a new developer interview video where producer Mattias Lilja walks through the basics with some new gameplay action on offer.
|fk yea
pumped for this little beauty, will help fill the void until d3
|Looks fun. I recall their videos for why the game was delayed. Fun little series in itself. Might have to pick this one up if its cheap.
|Looks awesome. Getting it on steam. But no price yet :S
|Sweet, also liked the Ali G teaser :P
|Have they put a price tag on this yet?
|I pre-ordered it for ten Euros, not sure if I will be able to transfer the key to Steam later.
|$9.99 USD or 7.99 pound on steam.
Currently no price diff between US or AU!
|F*** yes!!!!
|Game is out gogogo!
|Bloody fun game. I'm only on chapter 2 and keep dying because I f*** up my magic. I go to cast lightning when I'm wet and 1 shot myself, I click the wrong type of cast button (why are there like 3 or 4 types, should be 2 at most) and drop a 5 rank fire/rock boulder on my head, 1 shot.
Awesome thing i've found out though is play around with the shield spell and combine it for some epic results
water + shield = rain, which then lets you annihilate things with lightning
arcane + shield = explosive mines which can have frost/wet/fire added to them for effects
rock + shield = wall of rocks, which you can add arcane and ice too for added effects.
Awesome stuff this game.
|There's a ridiculous amount of spell combining, I'm really enjoying it thus far. Recommended for $10.
|How the s*** do you make Wind? I cant work it out. Theres a few spells that seem to need it but I can't work it out.
EDIT - Also up to chapter 3 now and it's getting really f*****g hard. Monsters showing up that are immune to fire/lightning which are your 2 hardest hitting spells so it forces you to combine other things.
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|might give the demo a try tomorrow
|I lasted 5mins.
Not saying those that enjoyed it are "wrong". Just not at all what I expected, felt like I was back playing police/kings quest.
|Anyone tried a Multiplayer game yet? Its like a game of Russian Roulette with six bullets of bugs at the moment, which sux as the game seems like it could be fun :(
|tried the demo. not really my cup o tea.
|This game has turned pretty hard, not knowing much of the combinations owns you.


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"Bubbles Brewing in Shanghai, Tokyo, and London," writes Gary Dorsch, editor of the Global Money Trends newsletter.
We will hear the evidence in a moment, but first we will render judgment: too much liquidity.
"There is a bubble growing. Investors should be concerned about the risks," said Cheng Siwei, vice-chairman of China's National People's Congress in a February 1st interview with the Financial Times. "But in a bull market, people will invest relatively irrationally. Every investor thinks they can win. But many will end up losing. But that is their risk and their choice," Cheng warned.
The Shanghai Composite "A" share Index has gone up over 200% in the last 16 months. The market is limited to Chinese nationals, which just goes to show that the Chinese can be as silly as Americans.
"On the smaller Shenzhen market," Dorsh continues, "three new IPOs soared into orbit, suggesting that the Chinese stampede into stocks hasn't run its course. Non-ferrous metals maker Yunnan Luoping Zinc soared to 30.94 yuan, triple its IPO price of 10.08 yuan. Zhejiang Sunwave Communications jumped to 19.65 yuan, double its IPO price of 9.15 yuan. And China Haisun Engineering 002116.SZ surged 178% to 19.16 yuan.
"Investors opened 50,000 retail brokerage accounts a day in December and mutual funds raised a record 389 billion yuan (USD $50 billion) last year, quadruple the 2005 amount. January turnover was five times early 2006 levels. Beijing is now ordering banks to prevent retail borrowing for stock investments."
What is the source of this bubbly activity? It is the same 'tide of liquidity' that is washing over the rest of the world. As the Chinese sell more and more goods to U.S. consumers, Chinese firms end up with more and more U.S. dollars. These are turned in to the Chinese central bank, which now has foreign currency reserves of more than USD $1 trillion – the biggest pile ever built up – most of it in U.S. dollars. In return, the bank of China gives out local currency, the yuan. What are the gambling-mad Chinese to do with all that money? Play the stock market!
Meanwhile, in neighbouring Japan, the Topix stock market index is at a 15 year high. The much-despised yen has been driven down to such low levels that it has made Japanese exports cheap. Japanese exporters – notably Toyota Motor Company – are having a great time of it.
Dorsch: "Since the BOJ dropped its overnight loan rate to zero percent in March 2001, the Euro has advanced from around 105 yen to as high as 158.70-yen today. Aided by the euro's strength against the yen, Japanese exports to the European Union nearly doubled to 1.06 trillion yen in December. But on the flip side, European exports to Japan have waffled between stagnation and deterioration.
"Last year, Japan racked up a 18.6 trillion yen (USD $160 billion) current account surplus, while the Euro zone suffered a 16.8 billion Euro (USD $21.5 billion) deficit. Yet the power of the 'yen carry' trade was able to swim against the tide of these trade imbalances, by pushing the Euro 12% higher against the yen last year."
Just last week, Japan began to 'normalise' its interest rates. But it did so in such a weak and waffly way that it merely served to convince speculators that the 'yen carry trade' would last a long time.
Dorsh again: "Japan's interest rates remain abnormally low and far out of alignment with the rest of the world, and the 'yen carry' trade lives on."
Finally, Dorsch looks to another island nation:
"The Bank of England (BOE) delivered a nasty New Year surprise on January 11th, its third quarter-point rise in interest rates in six months…
"But London's FTSE-100 all but shrugged off the rate hike. It suffered a 30-point fall to as low as 6,140 just after the announcement, but then closed the day 70 points higher. After stabilising above the 6,200 level, the Footsie-100 tacked on another 5% gain to 6,450 last week."
While the Bank of England raises rates, it keeps the money flowing. Money supply figures show available liquidity increasing as much as four times faster than the economy last year. As a consequence, house prices in Britain went up more than 10% in 2006 and the stock market reached its highest level in six years.
On Tuesday, the BOE not only read the past, but predicted the future:
"Investors are likely to take advantage of this ample liquidity and the associated easy credit to purchase other assets, driving risk premiums down and asset prices up…In due course, those higher asset prices may be expected to feed through into higher demand for goods and prices, putting upward pressure on the general price level."
Yes…and then what?
We've given up guessing. This liquidity bubble should have blown up a long time ago. That it has not yet doesn't mean it won't. It just means that when it does many more people in many more places will hear the loud crashing noise…and feel the walls shake.
Bill Bonner
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This week's winner, with 54% of the vote, was Milwaukee's Brandon Jennings, on the strength of a 55-point outburst against Golden State.
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What can be done about the scar under my right eyebrow? It's been there since childhood. My brother hit me in the face and head with a metal toy truck. I ended up with stitches on my scalp and this annoying scar. It's mild yet noticable. Would dermabrasion be possible? If not, what do you suggest?
Can Dermabrasion Help with Scar Under the Eyebrow?
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Eyebrow scar and fractional co2 laser
The best hi tech solution for this scar is selective fractional co2 laser, which works well for these scars to resurface the skin.
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Dermabrasion for shallow depressed scar
Dermabrasion does not work too well for depressed scars. What you have is a wide, shallow, depressed scar. I don't think dermarasion would make a great difference. Filling the scar with Retylane is something I have tried on other patients with good success. It is an easy quick solution.
Better options than dermabrasion
Dermabrasion is a very effective technique to resurface the skin and to correct some prominent scars. The scar that you are showing is fortunately very light and not too prominent. Dermabrasion will not change the color of this scar. Your best bet is to work with a board-certified plastic surgeon who has experience in facial resurfacing and scar revision. They can closely examine the scar and review the options that are best for you.
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Dermabrasion under a scar beneath the eyebrow?
The skin surrounding the eye is quite thin and delicate making dermabrasion difficult and should only be attempted by a true expert in the technique. I would recommend an alternative with the Activ Fx laser which works quite well, and safely in that area provided the patient is eye shields in place.
Under Eyebrow scar
From the photo it appears that the scar "patch" is pale and depressed. Dermabrasion may only provide limited improvement for this.
We had good results with percutaneous collagen induction therapy (a.k.a. medical needling). A gentle filling could also improve the depression. I would recommend to see a plastic or facial plastic surgeon for consultation and recommendation.
I expect that you may receive multiple different treatment options.
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Parents plea for son to turn himself into police
"I would rather visit him in jail than not be able to visit him at all."
ANCHORAGE – Two Anchorage parents hope their urgent plea to their son might save his life.
Joshua Keeling's parents said their son is on the run, on drugs and a danger to himself.
"It's just really sad to see him in that condition, knowing his demeanor when he's straight," said Dennis Keeling, Joshua's father. "He's just a great kid."
This past weekend, Joshua, 23, walked away from Cordova House. He was on probation for felony theft. His parents said he led police on a chase but they never caught him.
"My major concern came when he was driving on the wrong side the road, sideways, with no concern over anybody else that was out there," Dennis Keeling said. "I knew that my son had a real issue."
A judge issued a warrant for his arrest and police said they're actively looking for him.
"We want him safe and we want him in jail," said Ashley Nohr, Joshua's mother. "We want him off the streets. We want him picked up."
Joshua's parents hope he'll get the treatment he's asked for in the past while behind bars.
"I would rather visit him in jail than not be able to visit him at all," Dennis Keeling said.
Drugs are a growing epidemic for Alaskans her son's age, Nohr said.
"It's heroin and meth and it's taking them, just taking them and it's ripping them apart," she said.
Nohr has one thing to say to her son.
"Josh, we want you to turn yourself in," she said. "That's what we want. We want you to turn yourself in. You've got a family that loves you."
She said Joshua is not a lost cause and only needs to take the correct next step.
Dennis Keeling said his son drives a gold Chevy 1500 pickup truck with broken back windows. He asked anyone who might see Joshua Keeling to call 911, avoid trying to apprehend him and wait for officers to take him into custody.


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"Perspectives in Child Abuse: A Preliminary Investigative Report of Baltimore City Fire Department Prehospital Care Provider"
Professor Dwight Polk and Dr. Bruce Walz, Advisors
Child abuse and neglect are heinous crimes that are all too common an occurrence within the United States. Child abuse and neglect are encompassed by the following comprehensive definition: "at a minimum, any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm" (Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 1996).
This study investigated the perspectives of Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) Prehospital Care Providers (Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers) with respect to the issue of reporting suspected child abuse and neglect. A non-random sample of 250 prehospital care providers employed by the BCFD Medical Bureau were surveyed regarding their overall tendencies- including attitude, frequency, rationale and patterns- of reporting suspected cases of child abuse and neglect. Variations in the behavior and perspective of providers were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The overall findings of this study indicate that the majority of BCFD prehospital care providers regularly report suspected cases of abuse and neglect to the appropriate authorities. The study also brings attention to the need for additional education in the area of child abuse for EMS providers.


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Wikipedia "Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy" (National University of Singapore)
On 19 September 2012, Dr. Karin Lasthuizen, Associate Professor in Leadership and Governance Studies, VU University Amsterdam (The Netherlands) gave a talk at the Lee Kuan Yew School on research techniques to measure 'sensitive' issues such as corruption.
Dr. Lasthuizen began by identifying the problems associated with measuring corruption, including its causes, visibility, awareness of corrupt practices, and problems regarding the reporting, investigating and sanctioning of it. She then spoke on the types of data sources, and research strategies available. Some data is visible and investigated, while others remain hidden because of confidential internal investigations, or the reporting behaviour of victims and perpetrators.
One way to measure corruption is through reputational data. Surveys, such as those collected by Transparency International, an non-governmental organisation that publishes the widely cited Corruption Perception Index, ask respondents to estimate the amount of corruption in their society. However, reputational data tends to be concerned with opinion, rather than evidence. While it can be reliable and useful, especially in comparative studies, generalised perceptions and preconceived opinions mean it suffers from bias. This may explain why some countries remain at the same level for years. The terms of definitions in the perceptions index also tend to have a Western bias...


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3 things to do for free in Denver this week, January 13-16
Whether or not you have two quarters to rub together, you can still get out and enjoy culture in Denver. This week's lineup of three things to do for free includes a screening of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a concert by the Colorado Symphony, and a free day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Did we miss a fun free event? Let us know in the comments section below, and check out the Westword calendar for a complete guide of things to do -- free or not -- on the Front Range.
See also: The Transit of Venus chronicles four decades of Front Range Women in the Visual Arts
Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (Monday) The Denver Museum of Nature and Science's monthly free day is always a treat. Wander through the dinosaur bones and enjoy special programming, including a build-your-own rocket station, the GeoDome Portable Planetarium and a paleopuppet show from Mr. Bones.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Concert & Humanitarian Awards at Boettcher Concert Hall (Tuesday) It's not often you can catch a free performance by the Colorado Symphony, so this concert will be an exceptional evening. Celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr., the program will include Humanitarian awards to recognize those who follow his example, as well as a tribute concert.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner at the Denver Central Library (Tuesday)
Though they never married, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy had an on-and-off screen romance that's evident in the nine films they made together. As part of a series celebrating the couple, on January 14 Fresh City Life will screen their final film, Stanley Kramer's 1967 groundbreaking classic about interracial marriage.
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Starting the Journey:
Fall Semester
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
9:50 AM, Calvin Fieldhouse
Convocation marks new school year
Even without convenient access to the Calvin Fieldhouse, which is surrounded by a trio of construction projects, members of the Calvin community convened to usher in the new school year with Opening Convocation. Among those gathered were over 1,000 new students poised to begin their Calvin careers.
"I'm excited, but I'm also nervous about the start of classes," said Andrew Mihovich, an incoming freshman who hopes to be a computer science major.
Construction swaths all four sides of the Fieldhouse with dirt and fences, making access to the building difficult. Because of this challenge, incoming students and faculty did not enter the building in a formal processional as usual. Instead, new students found their seats by locating their orientation group's leader enthusiastically waving a sign somewhere on the Fieldhouse floor. Faculty gathered together and entered in full academic regalia just before the service began.
Provost Claudia Beversluis captured the expectant spirit of the occasion in her welcome to the crowd of new students seated at the center of the gathering.
"Imagine yourself four years from now—or however long it takes you—sitting not in this room, but in the arena we're building next door!"
For freshman Jenna De Voogd, it was hard to imagine herself sitting in the Van Noord Arena as a graduate four years from now. Her concern now is making it through the first days of classes.
"I'm nervous because I don't know what the workload is going to be like in my classes. But I'm really excited too," she said.
Laura Smit, Dean of Chapel, assured the new students that they would not be alone as they embarked on their Calvin journey. In her address, "Taught By the Spirit," Smit said that the Holy Spirit would help the students as they explore new things at Calvin.
"It's an amazing promise we have from 1 Corinthians 2:6-16—that the Holy Spirit will be our teacher—that he will teach us to discern not only holy things, but all things."
Smit went on to challenge the entire academic community with words about the role of the third member of the Trinity in the learning process. She acknowledged how easy it is to become pigeonholed into an academic discipline or major, and how easy it is to use only the discipline's accepted methods and categories to obtain knowledge.
But this isn't the way Christians in academia should approach knowledge, Smit said.
"The pressure in academics is to think and know narrowly. But English majors need to know about photosynthesis and biology majors have to know how to talk about the mystery of photosynthesis in poetry."
It is the Holy Spirit, Smit said, who gives learners a new way to think about things.
"The Holy Spirit helps us to make the step to see the world in a bigger context."
Smit's address was followed by earnest prayers for students, faculty, staff and administration and the coming school year.
Student body president Ben Graves prayed for himself and his fellow students, asking for humility as they begin another year of learning.
"In all things, Merciful God, give us the humility to know that we are frail, limited beings who don't have all the answers, and give us hearts which yearn for you that we may return to you day in and day out," he prayed.
With the end of Convocation came the official start of yet another academic year at Calvin, but not without a celebratory picnic shared on the Commons Lawn.
Aspiring nursing major freshman Ross Verwys expressed enthusiasm for the opening exercisie.
"It was pretty sweet to be part of Convocation and thinking about becoming part of the 50,000 or more people who have been a part of this place," he said.
~by Allison Graff, web communications coordinator
The Address
Taught By the Spirit
Dr. Laura Smit, Dean of the Chapel
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 TNIV
God's Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit
6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 No, we declare God's wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 However, as it is written:
"What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived—
these things God has prepared for those who love him" [a]—
10 for God has revealed them to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person's thoughts except that person's own spirit within? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. [b] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 16 for,
"Who has known the mind of the Lord
so as to instruct him?" [c]
But we have the mind of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
- 1 Corinthians 2:16 Isaiah 40:13
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New Anglican Parish Birthed Outside of ECUSA
An interdenominational church in Richmond, Va. has fprmed a new Anglican congregation under the oversight of an offshore bishop. The church plant is one of a number of new congregations that was never a part of the Episcopal Church.
An interdenominational church in Richmond, Virginia, started a new Anglican congregation under the oversight of an offshore bishop. The church plant is one of a number of new congregations external to the Episcopal Church.
Eternity Anglican Church had its first official worship service earlier this month with more than 75 people representing over 25 nations. Its vision is "Many Nations, One Communion" and is now part of the Anglican Communion Network's International Conference under the Anglican Diocese of Luweero in the Province of Uganda.
The daughter church of Eternity Church, the new Anglican parish is one of some 20 to 30 new church plants that the conservative Network has made in the last 18 months.
"We have a lot of church plants that have left ECUSA," said Anglican Communion Network spokesperson Jenny Noyes, who added that the church plants have been reformed as Anglican parishes with oversight from bishops in the worldwide Anglican Communion. "This plant (Eternity Anglican) never was a part of ECUSA."
Although the Anglican Communion Network - now comprised of over 900 parishes apart from the ECUSA - was established early 2004, church plants did not start until the issue of Episcopal oversight was resolved. Once Anglican bishops from overseas such as Uganda began offering oversight, the Network started the work of carrying on their mission and extending God's kingdom.
"A lot of people want to continue to worship ... and carry on the mission of the church faithful to the gospel," said the Rev Tom Herrick, director of the Church Planting Initiative for the Network. "In the Episcopal Church, they feel they can't do that."
"We're just trying to pursue the work of extending God's kingdom," he added.
Eternity Anglican Church is unique in that it shares its lead pastor with the parent church and its facility with two other congregations - one being interdenominational and the other, African-American. And they all consider themselves part of the same family, according to a news release.
The head pastor is the Rev David Singh, an Anglican priest ordained in the Diocese of Madras, Church of South India. Although he started an interdenominational congregation three years ago, Singh wanted to function again within the Anglican Communion, as Herrick said, while bringing different congregations together.
With a desire to plant an Anglican parish under the conservative Anglican Communion Network rather than the Episcopal Church currently wracked over homosexuality, Singh contacted Herrick earlier this year and conversations led to the birth of Eternity Anglican Church months later.
Meanwhile, two parishes are set to vote on splitting from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.


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Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) April 07, 2014
If you are sick of being unable to find your television's remote control, then worry no more, as an inventor from Charlotte, N.C., developed the REMOTE PAL.
The accessory prevents a remote control from being lost or misplaced. The unit aids with keeping track of the remote. The invention saves time and effort, and eliminates hassles and frustrations. It ends the need to search for the remote. Additionally, the accessory keeps the user from missing TV shows.
The inventor's personal experience inspired the idea. "I got tired of losing my remote all the time," he said. "I did not want to have to keep wasting my time and energy looking around for it, so I came up with an idea that makes sure I know exactly where the remote is at all times."
The original design was submitted to the Charlotte office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 12-CLT-952, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.


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Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 7, No. 0603. Thursday, 8 August 1996.
Date: Wednesday, 07 Aug 1996 13:15:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Folio as Acting Script
I wonder if I can revive a subject that has been fairly well trod upon
previously. I find myself still intrigued, if unconvinced, by the suggestion
that the Folio represents an acting script. Are there people out there --
actors, directors, teachers, etc. -- who still hold strongly to this notion,
and if so, could you make your voices heard on Shaksper? Alternatively, can
people suggest recent work that takes up this idea?
Thank you.
Yu Jin Ko
Wellesley College


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The University of New Mexico School of Law's beloved basketball court is in the process of being remodeled and upgraded through the generosity of Will Ferguson (`74). In addition to reviving the court, which has seen much heated action through the years, Ferguson's donation of more than $100,000 will provide support for full-tuition scholarships at the school.
One-half of Ferguson's contribution will be allocated to the restoration and improvement of the newly named Ferguson Court, and will ensure the law school's ability to provide ongoing maintenance and preservation of the playing surface, along with the addition of new courtside seating, signage and amenities.
The law school's basketball court has played a significant role in the lives of countless law graduates. Many still regularly visit the law school court to reminisce about its glory days and the good times they had there during their law school years.
In recent years, due to age and use, the court has deteriorated. In early 2012 the law school, led by former Dean Kevin Washburn, began a search for a generous donor willing to help restore the court's surface and to enhance its overall appearance. Significant additional funds were needed to continue beyond a planned initial restoration of the court that was made possible by capital improvement project funds and the engineers and staff at UNM's Physical Plant Department (PPD) following a significant pipe replacement project that, additionally, allowed for slightly relocating the court, increasing its size, leveling, repaving and restriping the playing surface and installing the new bleachers foundation and new court lights.
Ferguson has earmarked the second half of his generous donation for the law school's Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund, established to provide deserving law students with a three-year full-tuition scholarship.
His leadership gift to this fund is the largest contribution to date to the alumni association's current fundraising campaign designed to build this scholarship endowment to a level that will dramatically change the law school's recruiting abilities, and ultimately, its ability to reduce and eliminate debilitating debt for deserving law students.
"The law school could not be more grateful to Will," said Washburn, assistant secretary for Indian affairs at the Department of Interior. "It was a pleasure for me to have the opportunity to present these needs to Will. I was touched by his immediate responsiveness, and I am still moved by the generosity he has shown his law school alma mater. Thanks to Will, a treasured space is being restored and students' lives are being changed."
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Published: 06 August 2006
The recent extension of the "global war on terror" into Lebanon should serve as a salutary reminder that the lessons of Iraq have not been learnt. To those who believed, in all rational sincerity, that the United States and its allies would no longer rush headlong into "shock and awe", the systematic destruction of Lebanon comes with a depressing sense of déjà vu. Not only do our political masters tell us that a ceasefire can wait, but another reassuringly confirms that all this pain is a necessary precondition to the birth of the new Middle East. The more one looks at this débâcle, the more I am forced to agree with the former American politician Pat Buchanan, that Israel's response has "all the spontaneity of the Schlieffen Plan".
The Schlieffen Plan, you may recall, was the carefully prepared German strategy for the swift defeat of France in 1914. Unfortunately, it failed to allow for the consequences of resistance. The result was a steady descent into stalemate. This seems to be the outcome of the present strategy of shock and awe too, and not only in Lebanon. The Western military behemoth is ill-suited to combat light guerrilla tactics. The best the US commander in Iraq can say of the situation, is that America is "not losing".
A more damning aspect of the analogy is the inability of politicians to think beyond the established framework. Count Alfred von Schlieffen was long dead when his plan was put into operation, yet no one saw fundamentally tampered with his model. Today, we too appear to be stuck in a model created by others for the better fulfilment of their dreams.
In the US, a succession of neo-conservative pundits have re-entered centre stage by playing shamelessly on the politics of fear, by proclaiming the present conflagration to be the start of a third world war. One might have thought this had started with 9/11, but this particular "politics of fear" relies heavily on the mythology of Christian millenarianism and that the next global war (i.e. Armageddon) will involve an attack on Israel, by, wait for it, Persia (i.e. Iran).
It is therefore essential to the present narrative for Iran to be restored to its position as the villain par excellence. This narrative has had to be embroidered to accommodate all those who might not share in the millenarianism of the Christian right, but it has never been politically difficult in the United States to be tough on Iran . Far more awkward has been the attempt to define the narrative in sectarian terms.
Quite where this places al-Qa'ida is one problem; far more embarrassing is where Iraq's new Shia government (some of whose members have an intellectual affinity with Hizbollah) fits within this "arc of extremism". These myriad contradictions should have alerted us a long time ago to the utter incoherence of Western policy towards the Middle East.
The view from Tehran is rosier today than for years. Its leaders do not feel the pressure others assume they are under. The nuclear file is a crisis managed. Afghanistan and Iraq are increasingly falling under their orbit, providing them with regional and international leverage. Now Israel's rash decision to escalate the war in Lebanon is likely to reinforce Hizbollah's, and hence Iran's, position. Iran may be the villain, but Western political stupidity has gone a long way to facilitating this.
Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can only continue to thank divine providence for the incoherence of his foes.
Dr Ali Ansari is the author of 'Confronting Iran'
John Rentoul is away


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Thursday, August 23, 2012
TechStars Dominates Startup Accelerator Ranking
A new ranking of startup accelerators in the U.S., by publication Tech Cocktail, has ranked TechStars' various programs as tops among the dozens of programs now launching nationwide. TechStars dominated the list of the top startup accelerators, ranking number 2 with its Boulder program, 7 with its New York Program, 8 for its Boston Program, and 12th for its Seattle program. Tech Cocktail said the top accelerators were ranked by Aziz Gilani (DFJ Mercury) and MBA-candidate Kristen Kamath at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University under the guidance of Professor Yael Hochberg of Kellogg and the National Bureau of Economic Research.


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2017 Honda CB1100 RS Photo Gallery, Review and Specification
Here's a close look at new Honda CB1100 RS. For year 2017 two versions of the CB1100 will be available. Newly arrived to sit alongside the upgraded CB1100 EX, is the CB1100 RS. The 2017 model got updated with front and back LED lights a new lighter exhaust also a fuel tank curvier made of pressed […]Continue reading →