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Haunted Garage Productions (HGP) is the Creation of Mr. Glen Williams who has been an Elementary School Physical Education Teacher in Grosse Pointe for over 29 years. Haunted Garage Productions is located at 19520 Mack Avenue, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI. Besides his dedication to teaching, Glen also loves Halloween. He has put on Halloween events such as Parties/Fund Raisers and Tours for a number of years. His collection is a Must See! The Production that he and his professional staff put on is amazing. Check out this years Calendar of Events and support a worthwhile cause.
2016 Schedule
Friday Oct.14th / Trombly PTO / 6-9pm
Saturday Oct.15th / Fraternal Order of Police Lodge#102 /
Cops for Kids- GPSouth Student Council / 6-9pm
Sunday Oct.16th / Ferry PTO / 6-9pm
Friday Oct.21st / Richard / Kerby PTO 6-9pm
Saturday Oct.22nd / Star of the Sea / 6-9pm
Sunday Oct.23rd / Maire PTO / 6-9 p.m.
Friday Oct.28th / Monteith/Defer PTO / 6-9pm
Saturday Oct.29th / Regina 6-9pm
Sunday Oct.30th / Mason/St Clare PTO / 6-9pm
Sunday Oct.30th / Rain Date / 6-9pm
Monday Oct.31st / Mason/St Clare rain date
[only if needed] 7-9pm
All PTO fundraisers are $10.00 per person.
Children 13 years of age and under
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Part of the proceeds benefit the school PTO which you are attending.
You may select the event you wish to attend
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NO RUNNING / Walk with your parents or supervisor.
DO NOT touch any monsters, Live or Not Live.
DO NOT disrupt any other groups who are trying to enjoy the show.
PLEASE treat the house and property as if it were your own.
NO SMOKING at any time. Thank you for supporting our PTO.


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Mine Safety and Health Administration
Contact: Amy Louviere
Phone: (703) 235-1452
Released Friday, May 25, 2001
Robin Schell lost her teenage son last summer when he drowned in a nearby abandoned quarry. "It was supposed to be a fun day swimming with friends at the local swimming hole," she says, "but Jeremy never made it out alive."
Jason Peterson was luckier. He spent an afternoon at the same quarry and says, "It was almost the last thing I ever did alive." Jason lost his footing on a cliff, fell 100 feet, and landed face down in six inches of water.
Robin and Jason share their recollections of tragedy and near-tragedy in public service announcements released this week by the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). These PSAs are being distributed to television stations nationwide in conjunction with Memorial Day weekend.
"There are thousands of active and abandoned quarries scattered throughout the country," said Dave Lauriski, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "We hope these public service announcements will help alert young people and their parents to the dangers associated with swimming in such places.
"I've also had personal experience with rescues from abandoned mines and can testify that, parents, you don't want your kids to play in these places," said Lauriski.
Water-filled quarries and pits conceal rock ledges, old mining machinery and other hazards. The water can be deceptively deep and dangerously cold. Steep, slippery walls make exiting these swimming holes extremely difficult.
MSHA produced the public service announcements as part of a public awareness campaign called "Stay Out'stay Alive." The campaign will educate children and adults about the hazards that exist at active and abandoned mine sites. Every year, dozens of people are injured or killed while exploring or playing on mine property.
Participants in the campaign include more than 50 federal and state agencies, private organizations, businesses and individuals who visit schools and communities to discuss the dangers of playing on and exploring mine property.
Attention TV and Radio Public Service Directors: To make sure you receive a copy of the PSA, contact Amy Louviere at (703) 235-1452. The PSAs also are available through the Department of Labor's radio actuality service at 1-800-877-9002.

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This was an important concert in that it allowed us an indication of Vasily Petrenko's progress as a Wagnerian. He and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic gave a complete performance of Parsifal in Spain in 2010, which was much admired at the time. They've now returned to the same work with a set of "symphonic excerpts" arranged by the Austrian-American conductor Erich Leinsdorf, which works reasonably well as a concert piece, though Leinsdorf's avoidance of the second act's erotics seriously cramps its range.
Wagnerian extracts don't necessarily permit full appreciation of a conductor's capabilities, either, and there was not enough evidence, in this instance, to allow us insights into how Petrenko might negotiate the span of Wagner's music when performing it in the theatre. What emerged strongly, however, was his understanding of the score's hypnotic beauty, and of the blurring of the fine line between sensuous and spiritual experience that makes this work so troubling.
Just occasionally there were lapses in tension: those sudden plunges into extreme chromaticism, indicative of spiritual degeneration, weren't as intense as they might have been.
The Wagner was prefaced, rather surprisingly, with music by Shostakovich. This is, of course, familiar Petrenko territory, even though neither of the works in question – three of the Ten Songs on Texts by Revolutionary Poets, and the Ninth Symphony – form part of the mainstream repertory. The songs are fine examples of Shostakovich's ability to adapt Russian traditions of unaccompanied choral music to specifically political ends, and were handsomely sung by the Royal Philharmonic Choir. The Ninth Symphony, deemed flippant at its 1945 premiere, was done with tongue-in-cheek wit, beyond which darker emotions were very much perceptible. It was nicely played, above all by the RLPO's woodwind, who negotiated their treacherous solos with great dexterity.


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Each year I see many great houses/lawns with decorations that I love...Others I can't stand (like blow up decorations). What is YOUR least favorite decoration?
I gotta say the Santa outhouse takes the cake for me. It makes absolutely no sense.
"And thus it was told: children must wear earmuffs when outside the home, lest the devil intercede" Poops 420:69 T-GUM
Nativity Scene.
"It's like everyone started speaking in tongues. And I don't speak tongues. :(" -Margo_Channing
Elf on a self, and anything blown up on the lawn
Wife to an amazing man and mama to the most ridiculously handsome boys in the world!
That little elf is UGLY! Ours is so much cuter.
"It's like everyone started speaking in tongues. And I don't speak tongues. :(" -Margo_Channing
Blow up lawn decorations. I HATE tinsel. It sticks to everything and I don't like how it looks on the tree.
It's like your mouth is falling down the stairs...
Elf on a shelf, nativity scenes, blue Xmas lights
Kat ~ Mom to B-man
I saw this in the store yesterday and just had to take a picture:
This would be a "Steelers" Christmas tree. It's quite possibly the most hideous thing I've ever seen.
What is wrong with Efl on a shelf? That thing is awesome.
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Mark me down for nativity scenes.
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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that Windows 8 will ship to customers via software upgrades or with new PC purchases on October 26, 2012. This report confirms my exclusive report from last week, when I revealed on the Windows Weekly podcast that the Windows 8 software would not ship in full product versions but only in upgrade packaging.
Note the way this event is described on Microsoft's Blogging Windows blog. "Steven Sinofsky announced at Microsoft's annual sales meeting that customers will be able to get Windows 8—whether in upgrade fashion or on a new PC—starting on October 26th," the post reads.
On the July 12 episode of Windows Weekly, I revealed that there will be no retail full versions of Windows 8—only upgrade versions. (I mentioned this again in Short Takes a day later.) Since then, I've received the documentation supporting this claim: "For Windows 8, Microsoft will only offer an upgrade version of Windows 8 through the retail channel," the document reads. "This is the license an end user would purchase who wants to upgrade their current PC from a prior version of Windows to Windows 8."
Previously, Microsoft offered both full and upgrade versions of Windows at retail, with the full version aimed at those who want to install Windows over a non-qualifying previous version of Windows or on a newly built or purchased PC that came with no OS. For Windows 8, all currently supported versions of Windows qualify for the upgrade. So for all intents and purposes, all customers qualify for an upgrade version of Windows 8.
Before then, of course, Microsoft needs to complete Windows 8. The company said previously that it would do so—a process called release to manufacturing (RTM)—by the first week of August.


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Six Redlands area students have been named semifinalists in the 59th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
They are Michael L. Janner, Karan Lala and Michael C. Oshiro of Redlands East Valley High School, Archana S. Sivanandam and Theodore S. Teichman of Redlands High School and Thomas W. Rauser of Loma Linda Academy.
This week National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced the names of 16,000 semifinalists, high school seniors who have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level.
About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and more than half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.
National Merit Scholarship Corp. (NMSC), a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 440 business organizations and higher education institutions.
About 1.5 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, representing less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state.
SOURCE: National Merit Scholarship Corp.


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Episode 407: A Mathematician, The Last Supper And The Birth Of Accounting
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On the show today, the story of an innovation that changed the way the world works, and of the man who made this innovation possible. Luca Pacioli was a monk, a mathematician, a magician and possibly, the boyfriend of Leonardo da Vinci.
Jane Gleeson-White, author of Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance, tells us the story of Pacioli and how his book on mathematics changed business across the planet.
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Anne Hathaway Goes Completely Makeup Free For Stroll Through Brooklyn (PHOTOS)
Anne Hathaway to the gym on Thursday. The Dark Knight Rises actress was seen strolling through her Brooklyn neighborhood looking completely makeup free.The glitz and glamour of Hollywood didn't follow
Her boyfriend Adam Schulman joined her on the walk with their dog. Dressed in a beanie and all black ensemble, Anne braved the rain like a tough New Yorker.
This look is a far cry from Anne's hipster style on Wednesday.
The actress was spotted hailing a cab in the Soho district of NYC too-cool-for-school shades. What do you think of the look? Click the pics and defend your decision in the comments!


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Some journalists at a background briefing by White House officials yesterday got a surprise guest: President Obama himself, who said Iran is hurting from sanctions designed to dissuade it from pursuing nuclear weapons.
"Changing their calculus, is very difficult, even though this is painful for them and we are beginning to see rumblings in Iran that they are surprised by how successful we've been," Obama said. "That doesn't mean that they aren't working actively to get around it. But the costs of the sanctions are going to be higher than Iran would have anticipated six months ago, even three months ago."
Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic also wrote of the session:
"It may be that their ideological commitment to nuclear weapons is such that they're not making a simple cost-benefit analysis on this issue," Obama said. If Iran's "national pride" drives their policy, "then they will bear the costs of that." The president said he would use "all options available to us to prevent a nuclear arms race in the region and to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran" -- the euphemism for military strikes.
A few days ago, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said on state television that he was ready to meet Obama "face to face" in a televised debate: "man-to-man -- free and in the presence of media -- to put the issues of the world on the table." Obama said he'd be willing to consider bilateral meetings so long as allies were on board and nuclear issues were front and center. On Tuesday, Iran's foreign minister called for "transparent" discussions between the two nations.
Obama's theory of the case for preventing Iran's proliferation arises from two central premises. One, by engaging Iran, the United States would no longer be seen as the aggressor. "It wasn't initiated because we were naive about it," Obama said. "It was to send a message to the world community that if they were acting in a reasonable way, we were prepared to work with them."
Secondly, the U.S. would isolate Iran by making the concept of nonproliferation "an international norm and value." That gives the United States "the moral high ground when we argue that Iran, too, has to meet its international obligations." China and Russia, which had developed significant economic and political ties to Iran, had to be convinced that it was in their long-term interests to dissolve those ties given evidence that Iran was proliferating. Obama wanted to give the two countries a better offer: "Leverage," he said.
For economic sanctions, leveraging Russia "was the only way that we could ever get China to go along with the same thing." The resulting sanctions "are as tough as anything that's even been in place," Obama said, noting that the European Union and the U.S. had layered sanctions on top of what the United Nations decided earlier this year to impose. Iran has a way out, he said. There is a "clear path."
(Posted by David Jackson)
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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This article was published 23/2/2012 (1978 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
RED DEER, Alta. -- Ashern's Sasha Carter authored one of the more memorable comebacks in Scotties Tournament of Hearts history on Thursday.
One day after she was lying in a hospital with an intravenous in her arm, Carter returned to the ice as third for B.C.'s Kelly Scott Thursday morning in a critical 8-5 win over P.E.I.
That would be notable all by itself, given the agonies Carter has suffered this week with a vicious stomach bug that has affected a string of players but none worse or longer than Carter, who was the first to get ill Monday night.
But there's more. Carter shot a blistering 94 per cent in her comeback against P.E.I., one of the highest- percentage games by any player this week.
And finally, oh yeah, did we mention that Carter is three months pregnant right now.
And it was that fact -- that Carter's pregnant -- that was the problem delaying her recovery, she said after the win over P.E.I. "(The doctors) said I couldn't kick it because everything I was taking in was having to work for someone else, and that was the difference," said Carter. "I couldn't get hydrated no matter what I drank. I've never been that sick in my life."
After not eating for three days, Carter said she was famished once she started feeling better and went to a favourite comfort food -- a McDonald's cheeseburger.
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Saskatchewan made some unfortunate history Thursday afternoon, becoming just the 10th team in history to give up five consecutive steals at the Canadian women's curling championship.
Leading N.W.T.'s Kerry Galusha 4-2 Thursday afternoon skip Michelle Englot gave up steals of one in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth ends in a row to lose 7-4 and eliminate her team.
To her everlasting credit, Englot emerged from the ice and did not attempt to varnish over what had just occurred. "It's a competitive sport," Englot told reporters, "and it's not fair to any of the other teams to play like we did (this afternoon)."
Englot was bewildered by how things went so badly, so quickly for her team. "I can't explain it," said Englot. "I thought we'd had a really strong week until the end. I wish I knew what went wrong because maybe we could have turned it around."
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They started on a blistering pace -- and finished really strong too.
It was just everything in the middle that resulted in what was yet another disappointing 4-7 finish for the Territories here at the Canadian women's curling championship.
Territories skip Kerry Galusha made no secret of her disappointment on Thursday as she reflected on a week that saw her team take a wild roller-coaster ride through this event.
"I'm not going to lie, we had high hopes," said Galusha.
They had reason to be optimistic. Galusha won a car lease in the pre-event individual skills competition and then her team stormed out of the gate, winning their first two out of three games, including on the opening draw against local favourites Alberta.
And then they finished on a torrid pace on Thursday, defeating Team Canada's Amber Holland on the morning draw and Saskatchewan's Michelle Englot on the afternoon draw.
The problem was those four wins was all they could muster in a week in which several Territories players, including Galusha, fell ill.
"This was the hardest I've ever worked to come here," lamented Galusha, "and then Wendy got the flu, I got the flu -- it was just bad timing. It was just too bad."


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In a daring operation that will have Hollywood fighting for the film rights, United States Special Operations forces have staged a lightning raid into Iraqi-held territory to rescue 19-year-old Jessica Lynch, a private taken prisoner on the third day of the war.
During the raid, US marines in nearby Nasiriyah staged a massive attack on Iraqi positions to divert attention from the hospital where Lynch, with multiple gunshot wounds, was being held.
CIA operatives in Iraq located her in the hospital near Nasiriyah, and a helicopter-borne team of Navy SEALs and Army Rangers went in to rescue her.
"America is a nation that does not leave its heroes behind," Jim Wilkinson, a Central Command spokesman in Qatar, told CNN. "She's safe in coalition hands and happier than where she was."
Lynch, a private first class, had been missing since the ambush of an army maintenance company 11 days ago in southern Iraq.
Officials said she had been separated from the other members of the 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company captured after the ambush. No other POWs were in or near the hospital at the time of her rescue, sources said.
As news of Lynch's rescue spread on Tuesday night, a joyful crowd of friends and neighbours gathered at her parents' home in Palestine, West Virginia.
"I was there when they got the news," said Linda Davies, Lynch's former kindergarten teacher and a family friend. "A neighbour who's been staying with the Lynches a lot came running in screaming, 'Jessica's alive! Jessica's alive!' and we went racing up to the house.
"Jessica's father was standing at the end of the road and waving. A general or some official from the hospital where Jessica's at called the family first, then they saw it live on TV. She's supposed to call them tonight."
The CIA, which has played a big role in finding targets for the military and has liaisons in every major command involved in the war, gave the co-ordinates of Lynch's location to Central Command, a US official said.
That allowed the Special Operations rescue team - on 24-hour standby in a nearby country - "to swoop down quickly".
The CIA declined to comment on the mission but a US officer at Central Command said 11 unidentified bodies had also been found at or near the hospital site and efforts were under way to identify them. A dozen members of Lynch's ambushed unit remain unaccounted for.
In the decoy Nasiriyah attack, an armoured force hit targets in the centre of the city and seized a vital bridge over the Euphrates, military sources said.
Lynch's maintenance company, supporting the 3rd Infantry Division, was part of a convoy threading its way towards Baghdad on March 23.
Her unit took a wrong turn onto a road unsecured by US forces and was ambushed by Iraqi militiamen near Nasiriyah, the site of a strategic crossing on the Euphrates River.
Three days later, the army listed two unit members as dead, five as prisoners and eight - including Lynch - as missing in action.
Iraqi state television had already broadcast a videotape showing interrogators questioning the five - four men and a woman in US uniforms. The tape also showed at least four bodies.
Since the army's announcement, there had been no further information about what happened to Lynch and no indication that she was alive and a prisoner.
Lynch was finishing her second year in the army and had just signed on for another four-year stint. Before arriving in the Middle East three weeks ago, she had never been outside the US.
A cousin who answered the phone at the Lynch home said in a breathless voice: "The family's not giving out any interviews tonight. Please call in the morning."
Asked how they were doing, the cousin said, "Great! Great!"
A cashier at Dick's Market in neighbouring Elizabeth, where Lynch's brother, Gregory, used to work, said the family had heard that Jessica was "dazed and confused, but otherwise all right".
Staff Sergeant James Grady, the army recruiter who enlisted Lynch and her brother, confirmed her rescue. "It's true," he said. "I spoke with her family on the phone, and they received notification. She is rescued. By the Army Rangers and Navy SEALs. She's in the hospital now."
Jean Offutt, public affairs officer at the 507th's headquarters at Fort Bliss, said people there were "jubilant, full of joy and hopeful that we will have news of the others soon".
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Factoids Revealed in Apostrophe Tergiversation
By ANNE DONNELL
What is the story behind the word "factoid"? It sounds odd to me. Also, do you have any explanation for the high instances of misuse of apostrophes around here? I'm, of course, referring to the absurd possessives seen on signs, in newspapers, even embroidered! Thanks, enjoy your efforts to sort out the world. -A Local (Obviously) Reader
Before I wander off I'll cite a quote attributed to John Wayne. I bumped into it (joyfully, I might add) on Facebook. A great guy had slapped it on his profile. "Life is tough, and even tougher if you are stupid."
The concept appealed to John Wayne so much he also said, "Life is hard, but it's harder if you're stupid."
These two quotes form most of my explanation for, as QP of T (Question Person of Today) says, "the high instances of misuse of apostrophes around here."
If the shoe fits, wear it.
REVIEW OF FORMING POSSESSIVES. (1) Singular noun – add 's even if the noun ends in s. EXAMPLE. Chris's. (2) Plural noun – add ' (apostrophe) at the end. (3) Trouble (think about the John Wayne quote some more.) (a) Compound noun – add 's to the last word. EXAMPLE. father-in-law's. (b) More than one noun – joint possession – add 's to the last noun. EXAMPLE. Mary and John's. (c) More than one noun, individual possession – Add 's to each noun. EXAMPLE. Mary's, John's, and Larry's.
Contrary to local usage, thus I assume belief, the only plural requiring an apostrophe is the plural of letters, numbers, abbreviations, and words used empty of meaning (which I'll clear up shortly, unless the John Wayne problem is too advanced.) EXAMPLES. T's, 4's, etc.'s, the's. Here's that last one in a sentence. EXAMPLE. Don't include the's in a paragraph word count.
Before you become too angry at my insulting tone here's ONLINE DEPARTMENT bringing laughter and good cheer (Thanks, M.G.) "Quickies" • I dialed a number and got the following recording: 'I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes.' • Aspire to inspire before you expire. • My wife and I had words, but I didn't get to use mine. • Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses. • Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. • The irony of life is that, by the time you're old enough to know your way around, you're not going anywhere. • God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for her first question. • I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one. • Every morning is the dawn of a new error.
So now let's examine factoid. Evan Morris in his book The Word Detective, aptly named for his column (and website) "The Word Detective," is the helper here. He tells us that factoid is the creation of Norman Mailer in his book Marilyn (1973). Mailer defined his new word as "facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority."
So why aren't they lies?
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition) says factoid means "1: an invented fact believed to be true because of its appearance in print 2: a briefly stated and unusual trivial fact." Notice the second definition. The word is sliding toward something quite different: not invented facts, but trivial facts. This latter usage is the commonly used one now, especially in television coverage when little boxes bearing the label Factoid interrupt to add trivia.
I'd say this slide in meaning parallels our society's (for example, politics) playing around with truth, using "facts." We've let truth, honor, duty, allegiance slide into awkward mixtures of reality and "factoids." Vision colluded with nonsense and greed. Or has it always been thus?
[ATA (According to Anne) -- Norman Mailer (1923- 2007, American writer, "noted for incorporation of factual material within a fictional framework." (Concise Dictionary of World History). Others call this "narrative nonfiction" and cite Mailer among that genre's pioneers along with Truman Capote, Hunter Thompson, Joan Didion, Tom Wolfe, John McPhee). Married 6 times. Mailer won 2 Pulitzer Prizes and 1 National Book Award. Marilyn: A Novel Biography ended with the suggestion that agents of the FBI and CIA murdered her (connection to Robert Kennedy the reason). His longest, Harlot's Ghost, 1300+ pages, 1991, was about the CIA from the end of World War II to 1965. He was famed as a journalist and essayist. Quite a 20th century American voice.]
BW's (Bigtime Words) -- sesquipedalian tergiversation – incomprehensible, evasive large words. (Thanks, C.D.) What would John Wayne say about that?


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Do not go to Reiman. He will make you wait at least 2 hours, without an ounce of remorse. The office is clearly overbooked with patients just to make more profit.
During my new patient visit, I overheard the exam room next to mine turned over with 3 patients before being seen by Dr. Reiman. I literally waited 2hrs and 2 minutes to see Dr. Reiman. Then,prior to coming into examination room he was made aware of my having to wait and did not feel the need to apoligize for the delay. He proceeded to To say the least, he will not earn another buck from my insurance on behalf of myself.
He makes you wait 1-1/2 hours every time. After total knee replacement last year, it came a part 10 months after surgery. I won't go back to him for a revision, that's for sure!!. I'm in so much pain, I wish I would have done without the surgery. I would not recommend him!
Dr. Reiman is extremely helpful with a strong knowledge base on my particular injury (rotator cuff repair). He understands the athletic mindset with respect to restoring functionality regardless of age and, between his surgical capabilities and the subsequent physical therapy, he restored my shoulder to complete and competent functionality.
Excellent caring physician, but office can run late due to him being very busy. That said he gives each patient their time
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STEWIACKE – A number of music festivals are happening on the Stewiacke River Park Road this summer, starting with bluegrass, this June.
The bluegrass festival from June 14 to 16 will feature music by Close to Home, New Ground, Shadow River, Windy Creek, Eight Wheel Drive, Megan Isenor and Connections, and Joe Casey and Westwind.
A Newfie & country jamboree is scheduled for July 12 and 13, complete with open-air dances and talent show. Friday night's dance will feature Lukey's Boat, with Isle Aux Morts Boys with Freeman Walters taking to the dance stage Saturday night.
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Cruising the Highs and Lows: Discovery Cruise Review by Stfanja Gardener
Overall Member Rating
Cruising the Highs and Lows
Destination: Baltic Sea
Embarkation: Harwich
Embarkation was smooth. We were photographed on coming on board and a card given to each of us which was scanned by a crew member via the computer every time we left/returned. The card also had to be presented to an official on entry to the quay. Luggage was in our cabin shortly after we checked in but apparently one lady's was put on the wrong ship and we only found this out later in the cruise. No cash money was used for any purchase on board. A credit card was passed over at reception and anything bought from drinks, and trinkets to Internet use was signed for and put on your bill.
The crew were always cheerful and helpful and hygiene was More excellent. Guest lecturers were good and to be able to listen to lectures through the TV in our cabin was very useful. We had chosen an outside cabin on the Promenade deck and I was extremely thankful to have done so as anything less would have been claustrophobic. We had booked for 7 out of a possible 18 days to leave the ship at Copenhagen. There was an abundance of food but speaking personally I didn't think the quality was that good and there did seem to be a lot of repetition even on the Yacht Club menu. As for "snacks" at 4pm vegetarian sandwiches seemed to consist mostly of somewhat dry bread with lettuce and mayonnaise, though to be fair there was tuna available and brown bread, puds, and scones with jam and cream for those who could eat them. The menu for the Italian Night at the Yacht Club was not inspiring and was repeated later in the week. There were I think 4 or 5 courses, each was really a taster but no plain fish on it. As a booking for 6 of us had been made a few days in advance I asked if it would be possible to have plain grilled fish as I did not eat red meat or chicken. Although they looked surprised they came up trumps and provided some salmon.
However, for me the real downside of the cruise was the pitching and rolling of the ship both on the North Sea and later in the week - the night we ate in the Yacht Club restaurant. A few days prior to leaving home we had received a letter to the effect that one of the four engines was out of commission but we were assured three would be adequate. Obviously cruise liners have to keep to tight schedules and ours was just one cruise of many for Discovery. On Friday we were in the North Sea, My husband was fine but I felt extremely ill and spent 10 hours in bed as a result of the ship's pitching and rolling and but for homeopathic sea sickness tablets and wrist bands would have been extremely ill. I've never had problems before. Later on talking to several people who had been due to go on a cruise to the Northern Hemisphere I gathered their voyage had been canceled at short notice due to "problems". I understand they were offered our cruise as an alternative. I'm no expert when it comes to engines, however, talking to several men on board with an engineering background they reckoned that to keep to schedule and maintain speed the ship's stabilizers may well not have been in use.
Again there were rough seas on another day when the ship pitched and rolled so much several people in the Yacht Club dining room were unable to eat more than a mouthful of food before having to leave. I was one of those. That was the night I had asked for salmon and when it came could not eat it.
Some of the short trips were excellent, and the guides were extremely good. We had booked most trips in advance on the original form, something I would not do again. At Bergen the tall ships were there and we would have preferred a leisurely walk round the harbour and perhaps being able to go on board for a look. However, the Grieg recital was good. In Oslo the statues by Vigeland in the park were well worth seeing, and after listening to the talk on Copenhagen we managed to book to see round the Christiansburg palace. That was a delight. Discovery's on board library is small and I was glad I'd brought a few paperbacks with me.
Disembarkation was stress free. Luggage had to be left outside cabins by midnight on the last night, with a certain coloured luggage label attached. The system worked well as everyone going to say Manchester airport all had labels of the same colour, and were called at a specific time to go to the coach. Flying back a cold meal was included in the price of the cruise. However we received nothing. Although I gather Discovery had a major refit in 2003 she is still an old ship and the pool was tiny. Two or three strokes and you would have crossed it. It appeared far bigger in the photograph in the brochure. It was situated on the Lido deck surrounded by tables and chairs and was not inviting. As for another cruise I might consider something at some stage but it certainly won't be on Discovery. Stefanja Gardener. 22/08/08
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ITIL foundation course is designed to prepare IT professionals with an understanding of the principles of ITIL practices for Service Management. In this educational workshop, students will review ITIL terminology, structure and basic concepts of ITIL good-practice.
ITIL is the only consistent and comprehensive documentation of best practice for IT Service Management. Used by many hundreds of organizations around the world, a whole ITIL philosophy has grown up around the guidance contained within the ITIL books and the supporting professional qualification scheme.The purpose of the ITIL Foundation certificate in IT Service Management is to certify that you have gained knowledge of the ITIL terminology, structure and basic concepts and have comprehended the core principles of ITIL practices for Service Management.
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My name is Jim Burke.Ā I'm a Director-at-Large of Pumping Station:One, a hackerspace in Chicago, Illinois.

We are hosting an inter-hackerspace event called the Power Racing Series (PPPRS) at Maker Faire: Detroit on July 31st and August 1st, 2010. This event consists of hackerspaces from around North America heavily modifying Power Wheels ride-on toys to compete in a series of events that include a race, a soccer match, a tug-of-war, and a special surprise finale. Teams will be asked to make their vehicles capable of achieving all these tasks.

This event is part of a larger event called the Hackathlon. Imagine a pot-luck where hackerspaces submit and organize events for other hackerspaces to compete in. The Hackathlon will be a hackerspace olympiad, in which members of all hackerspaces at Maker Faire: Detroit can meet together in friendly, face-to-face competition to share their creations and skills.Ā

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IRVINE, Calif. — Jeremy Rodriguez extended his hit streak to 17 consecutive games and Mickey Jannis surrendered just five hits, but the No. 29 UC Irvine Anteaters were able to prevail 3-2 over the CSUB baseball team Friday night at Anteater Ballpark.
The Roadrunners (18-21) looked ready to compete against the nationally-ranked Anteaters and All-American pitcher Daniel Bibona. Brandon Boren led off the top of the first with a double to the left field walk and Rodriguez singled through the right side, moving Boren to third. But Bibona got back-to-back strikeouts and a ground out to leave the Roadrunners scoreless.
Designated hitter Jordan Leyland put the Anteaters up 2-0 in the second when he sent a two-out single to right field. Casey Stevenson and Brian Hernandez scored after reaching on a single and hit by pitch, respectively.
Bakersfield cut the lead in half in the top of the third on a lead off home run by designated hitter Mick Gaston. It was Gaston's third long ball of the season.
In the home half of the third, Stevenson led off with a triple to center and scored on a Hernandez ground out to second.
After a scoreless fourth, Brandon Boren led off the fifth with a triple to center and scored two batters later on a passed ball, making it a 3-2 ballgame in favor of UC Irvine.
Neither team would score after that, however, as the teams' pitching staffs and defense locked in for the remainder of the game.
Bibona (8-2) struck out 10 batters and scattered nine hits for one earned run in seven innings. After giving up a leadoff single to Martin Medina in the eighth, he was replaced by Kyle Necke. Jason Kudlock reached on a fielder's choice off the right-handed reliever and Kevin Younger was hit by pitch, but Necke recorded back-to-back strikeouts, leaving two Roadrunners stranded on the basepath.
Anteater closer Eric Pettis finished off the ninth inning, striking out the side to earn his fourth save of the season.
Jannis (4-3) recorded just one strikeout, but kept the Anteater offense in check, allowing just five hits and one walk in an eight-inning complete game. The senior recorded nine consecutive outs in the sixth through eighth innings.
Boren and Joey Mills had two hits each to lead CSUB. Rodriguez, Medina, Younger, Gaston and JJ Henry added one hit each.
The Roadrunners and Anteaters continue their three-game series Saturday at 1 p.m. Play concludes Sunday at 1 p.m. at Anteater Ballpark.
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CSU Bakersfield..... 010 010 000 - 2 9 1
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Win - Bibona (8-2). Loss - Jannis (4-3). Save - Pettis (4).
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UPDATE: On Monday, Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara met with the media to discuss a viral video that showed him getting tossed into a soaking tub by teammate DE Jason Pierre-Paul:
A: I'm doing pretty good. Ready to get back to our game plan…
Q: Did you think that this little incident wouldn't be as much as it is?
A: I definitely didn't think so. It happened during training camp and training camp is full of a lot of fun, a lot of pranks, and it's where we build a lot of team chemistry. That's just how we get along together as a team and it kind of got out of hand and there was a lot of rough housing and a lot of rough play.
Q: Do you think it's over with?
A: I'm not sure. That's just how we get along on this team and we consider ourselves as a family and brothers. That's just how we show our love for each other. We always mess around like that.
Q: How is that showing love? This isn't taping you to a goal post or putting dye on your gloves, this was physically throwing you into a metal tub.
A: If you have a brother, or a family member, it's just fun play. It was just taken a little too far.
Q: Were you angry at JPP?
A: No, not at all. My teammates know that I have a great sense of humor and I'm always funny and always laughing off the field. I just try to put on a serious face to keep them off guard, but definitely no hard feelings.
Q: When you say it got out of hand, which part of it would you consider out of hand?
A: Out of hand just by getting rowdy. Before what happened, that wasn't caught on camera, everyone was pretty rowdy, so just that rowdiness.
Q: What preceded it? Did you do something to him, or did he just pick you up and carry you away?
A: I don't remember. Usually before we go out to our night practice, everyone's playing music and just having fun and just getting loud.
Q: You don't consider that hazing?
A: No, not at all. Last year was pretty fun and memorable. This year, it's just out of love, and like I said, it's how we communicate with each other. I'm not trying to push anything under the rug. I know that we did take it too far and someone could have gotten hurt.
Q: Did Tom address that today?
A: A little bit, but what's said in team meetings is closed.
Q: You could have gotten hurt. You could have hit your head, your foot. Were you worried about that at the time, or in hindsight, when you saw the video were you worried about that?
A: When I saw the video, I probably could have got hurt. I'm thankful that I am not and I know JPP would have felt bad. We definitely try not to hurt each other.
Q: How do you handle being the brunt of somebody's jokes like this?
A: I have very thick skin. I can take a lot. I've never had a brother, so just having older brothers like this, I know it's not personal. If it was personal, or if I felt threatened I definitely would have addressed it earlier, but I know it's not, so I take it with a grain of salt.
Q: Do you feel accepted in this locker room? Do you feel accepted by your teammates?
A: Like I said, I don't feel threatened when I come here. I get along with everybody. We all joke around. We have a good time on the field and off the field.
Q: Is this one of those cases of social media, too much information being shared out there?
A: Yes. The video doesn't do any justice. It definitely doesn't look good. Being on a professional level, we're supposed to be role models, as Giants, and it should have been taken care of.
Q: The kids that look at the video, and you know there's a bunch that have probably seen it and probably think, wow this is cool, my idols are doing this. What's the message to them?
A: I think when you play around like that, it can be taken too far and people can get seriously injured. Just know not to take it too far.
Q: So what's your thought when JPP picks you up, let's get this over with?
A: Definitely not fight it. Just go in the cold tub. It's water. It's harmless.
Q: Will there be any rebellion on your part? Will there be any retribution? Are you going to go after him?
A: That's a great question. I'd rather not comment on that.
Q: Were you concerned with your teammates chiding you? They were heard saying, 'Stand up for yourself! 'Stand up for yourself!' Were you concerned about that being out there and maybe people getting the wrong idea?
A: No, not at all. Whoever knows me knows that I'm a strong-minded individual. Just by that comment, it was all in the play fun aspect.
Q: Do you feel like you did anything wrong in this instance?
A: Like I said, I don't know what happened before. I was probably at the wrong place at the wrong time in the locker room. Like I said, everyone was rowdy and it was nothing personal.
Q: You said this is the way that you show your love, and stuff like that, it doesn't seem like you have a major problem with the kind of incident itself. Is the worst part the fact that it was put out there?
A: Yes. I think it's thrown a lot of distractions to our team. It doesn't give the professional football league, the NFL, a good look. Coming to the NFL, we're taught to protect our shield and I definitely don't think that it's doing that. It's definitely a situation that we're not trying to brush under the rug. We're trying to address it and it was just a lot of horseplay that was taken too far.
Q: This is stuff that typically happens to a rookie. Do you ever wonder to yourself, 'I'm not a rookie anymore, why am I going through this in my second year?'
A: Not really. The guys told me everybody's a rookie until the first three games of this year. I don't ask why.
Q: Has JPP come up to you in the last 24 hours and said anything?
Q: Did he apologize or anything?
A: I don't think there was anything to apologize for. He was just saying that it was unfortunate that this distraction is coming to our team.
Q: Are there any players, non-rookies, who get the same type of treatment?
A: I'm not sure. Everyone's in here joking around I don't look at everybody, but I'm sure of it.
Q: Has anybody else been thrown in the tub?
A: Yeah. I can't think of names, but a couple of guys in training camp, but I'm not sure.
Q: Are they still here?
A: I'm not sure. I'm not the one who throws anyone into the cold tubs.
Q: But other players were thrown in the tub this training camp?
A: Yes, I'm sure.
Q: You don't seem like you'd partake in that tradition. You don't seem like you would pass it along.
A: Yeah, it takes too much work, too much effort.
Q: Too much effort to do it?
A: Yeah.
Q: You say it's horse play, but were you upset at the person who posted it than the people who forced you into it?
A: I'm not upset at anybody. It's unfortunate that it got taken out of hand, but it is a situation that needs to be addressed. It looks like it is bullying and it looks like it is foul playing and just the language. I can see why it's taken out of context.
Q: You say it was not bullying?
A: No, it was not at all.
When video surfaced of Giants second-year cornerback Prince Amukamara getting dunked in an ice bath by Jason Pierre-Paul, the question that had no answer was simple: Why?
No longer a rookie, Amukamara by almost all accounts should be immune from hazing. For his part, Amukamara is confused as well.
"Yeah, um, well, I mean, I just don't get it. I don't understand the rules," Amukamara told Newark's Star-Ledger. "I mean, I'm not a rookie anymore, so I don't know why I'm getting thrown in the tub. I know it's all love. No one ever likes it, especially when it's you vs. eight and no one's helping you. But it doesn't mess up our team morale or anything."
Giants coach Tom Coughlin was irritated the incident was made public, telling reporters as much.
"Anything that occurs within this family or within our group should not be a part of any social media aspect, " Coughlin said. "I'm going to address that strongly, and I've spent a little time on that this preseason."
Amukamara isn't going to fire any blows in the media, though clearly, he's a bit puzzled by his treatment.
"Sometimes I think they take it overboard just because they're vets they get to be mean about it and tell you what to do," Amukamara said. "I just kind of flipped the whole script and kind of had fun with it with being insubordinate a little bit just so it can be more playful and I think that that whole vibe just creates a great locker room atmosphere."
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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6-Day Miami, Everglades, Seaquarium/Jungle Island/Vizcaya, Key West, Free Day/Orlando Tour Package (Deluxe Tour)
Home - Miami
Summary of The Day: Sit back, and enjoy your flight from your hometown to Miami. Feel free to indulge in some city sightseeing upon arrival. Our guide will greet you at the Baggage Claim Area (first floor). Then transfer you to hotel. After that, you will enjoy your free time in Miami.
- Hotel:
- Deauville/Howard Johnson Dezerland/Crystal Beach or similar
Visiting Attractions
City Tour + Boat Tour or Everglades
Summary of The Day: You have following 2 options for your 2nd day itinerary:
City Tour + Boat Tour
See the most popular place in South Florida. Join us for a trip to downtown Miami to visit many sights like Miami's financial district, Little Havana, Coconut Grove and much more.
Schedule your Boat Tour at any time at our Central Station in Bayfront Park, just a short stroll from the marina. Tours sail at 10:30 am and hourly from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. A guided narration is available in English or Spanish.
Enjoy an unforgettable way to see Miami from the tropical waters of Biscayne Bay. During this cruise see the city skyline, Fisher Island, Miami Beach and the port of Miami's cruise ship and cargo districts. You will also see homes of the rich and famous including Gloria Estefan, Shaquille O'Neal, P Diddy, Rosie O and many more.
All vessels have plenty of seating both inside and out. Lower salons are enclosed, air-conditioned and have full facilities. Upper decks are open air with partial awnings. Soft drinks, beer, wine, cocktails and snacks are available for purchase on board.
Discover one of the last remaining natural subtropical sights in North America. Experience the beauty of the Everglades; see the wide variety of wildlife in this amazing ecosystem. This is definitely a tour for adventurers and lovers of the wilderness.
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Check out the seaquarium, one of the must see sight in Miami. Get up close and personal with Dolphins, Killer whale, Manatees, Sea-turtles , and Sea-lions. This is definite a great destination for the whole family.
Jungle Island
This animal park is home to a variety of birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and plant. Visit the park to discover a private beach, connect with kangaroos, feed birds, interact with animals, walk through a everglades replica and even see penguins.
Visit this museum which was originally built by James Deering in 1916. Go back in time and learn about the air, interior design, architecture, landscape design and the environment when you visit the Vizcaya.
- Hotel:
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Summary of The Day: You will be picked up from the hotel early at 6:20 am because usually it takes 4 hours to get the destination. Then you will have more than 4 hours to visit in Key West. Exploring the architecture of Old Town Key West. You may have chance to experience the Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square. Boat excursions provide a great way to view Key West from the water. The Duval Street bar and restaurant district includes many different entertainment options, all within walking distance of each other.
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Visiting Attractions
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Summary of The Day: Today you will have following 2 options: Enjoy your free time in Miami and explore this city by your own step.
You can choose to go to Orlando. Then back to your hotel in Miami.
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Visiting Attractions
Free MIA airport pick-up is between 5:00 am and 11:00 pm. You need to pay additional fee if you need transfers during other time. Please make the option in easy book when making reservation. After that, we will confirm the final price for you.
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The Best, Most Revealing Reporting on Our Healthcare System
Our roundup of standout reporting on health care in the U.S. and the struggle to fix it.
Update (6/25): As you wait for the Supreme Court's healthcare decision, here's our roundup of standout reporting on healthcare in the U.S. and the struggle to fix it.
As we wait for the Supreme Court to issue its verdict on the health-care reform law, we rounded up some of the most revealing reporting on the issues. They're grouped roughly into articles on high costs and those on insurance.
The Cost Conundrum, The New Yorker, June 2009
The article that President Obama made required reading: Atul Gawande's 2009 piece explores why health-care costs in McAllen, Texas, were higher than almost anywhere else in America. Its citizens weren't sicker, nor its facilities much better. He concluded that "across-the-board overuse of medicine" was the best explanation for spiraling costs.
In Medicare 's Data Trove, Clues To Curing The Cost Crisis, The Wall Street Journal, October 2010
One Medicare database, which contains records of every payment the program makes, is "widely considered the single best source of information on the U.S. health-care system." Yet, thanks to successful lawsuit more than three decades ago by the American Medical Association, this "powerful tool" for sniffing out fraud and abuse can't be accessed by average citizens. Doctors' names — and the payments to doctors — are blocked from public view.
A Simple Health-Care Fix Fizzles Out, The Wall Street Journal, February 2010
Studying different medical treatments to see which is most effective may sound like an obvious and promising way to stem America's rising health-care costs. That's why the government is now pushing the idea. But the solution is not so simple.
Phantom Firms Bleed Millions From Medicare, Reuters, December 2011
Shell companies have scammed Medicare out of hundreds of millions of dollars, but exactly how much, and how often, isn't clear. Medicare doesn't have sufficient resources for targeting fraud. Overall in 2010, Medicare lost nearly 10 percent of total payouts, or $48 billion, to "improper payments."
The Hot Spotters, The New Yorker, January 2011
Another Gawande gem: Could we lower medical costs by focusing on better care for the neediest patients? The tactic worked on New York City crime, and several pioneering programs suggest similar tactics could positively affect our health-care system. (Bonus: Follow the "Surgeon, Writer, Researcher, Dilettante" on Twitter for quality updates on health-care reform.)
Health-Care History: How the Patchwork Coverage Came To Be, Los Angeles Times, February 2012
America's health-care system, with its emphasis on employer-provided health insurance, is something of an anomaly. (In most countries, the government collects taxes and offers health coverage to everyone.) This article traces the history of how our system came to be, from WWII-era factories to President Lyndon Johnson's passage of Medicare and Medicaid to Obamacare.
Overlapping Health Plans Are Double Trouble for Taxpayers, The Wall Street Journal, June 2011
Nearly 10 million poor, elderly Americans qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. Treatment for these double-counted patients is often expensive. And as the two programs squabble over which should pay, the patients themselves often end up without proper care.
How Insurers Reject You, Slate, February 2010
This dissection of BlueCross BlueShield of Texas' 2009 coverage guidelines offers a peek at what underwriters consider when deciding who may and may not purchase a policy. In this case, any of 143 diseases triggers an automatic rejection.
Insurer Targeted HIV Patients To Drop Coverage, Reuters, March 2010
Fortis, now known as Assurant Health, was the first insurance company to single out and systematically revoke the policies of people with HIV, often "on erroneous information, the flimsiest of evidence, or for no good reason." Insurers say the fairly common practice of "rescission," or revoking policies shortly after issuance, helps them keep premiums down. But regulators and investigators say most cases lack a good reason for cancellation.
Update: We removed an earlier graphic from GOOD. A line at the bottom of the piece notes that it was made by a healthcare technology company, rather than GOOD.
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Consider costs of a typical health insurance company now:
1) They have underwriting costs – they pay an office of highly paid folks to decide whether a particular applicant is a good health risk, and what premium level to charge.
2) They have on-going underwriting costs – they pay folks to decide whether to keep an insured as a client.
If the no-cancel provision and the accept all applicants provisions are kept, costs #1 and #2 will disappear. The health insurance industry will concentrate on efficiency rather than avoidance of sick people for their corporate profit and/or executive salaries.
If the individual mandate is struck down, but the 'no-cancel' and 'accept all applicants' provisions remain, then health insurance premiums will have to go up because the insurance companies will be covering more sick people. The healthy people will drop* their coverage because it will be much more expensive . The effect on health care in the US will be to make it worse than it is now.
Health care costs in the United States on a per person per year basis are double what the citizens of many other countries pay, countries with better health outcomes than the US as measured by longevity
and infant mortality. Much of this increase in cost is related to the structure of the health insurance business in this country. The current features of the PPACA help to align US policy with health policy in other countries. There is a good chance that overall health care costs will also align and decline.
Keep the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act intact.
Robert Gustafson
* (or move to Massachusetts)
Our healthcare system is broke, for 50 years we have had big government meddling in health care and have fixed nothing!
Our own government is broke and will not be able to meet its obligations without massive and punitive tax increases and like Greece may not be able to sustain its obligations!
When I was a child my parents were poor and I had exceptional healthcare because we negotiated with the doctor directly. Thus private healthcare accounts that are tax-deductible plus some sort of catastrophic health care insurance is the only logical possibility.
Put it simply, government is not the answer! Hopefully the American people are not stupid and the Supreme Court will be kind to our Constitution.
As someone only able to obtain catastrophic health insurance coverage, I have attempted to negotiate with providers for services. Their cash pay charges are still quite high but lower than what they usually bill. But what they won't (or can't) tell you is that insurance companies have often negotiated an even lower rate. That means that the uninsured may be paying more than their fair share for services, thus effectively subsidizing the insurance companies.
The only reasonable approach is to provide a modest level of basic health care services to all, with a single payer that sets or negotiates reasonable fees for services and rewards for favorable outcomes.
Robert, I have the opposite view: Look at the insurer's business model. They take a high, regular fee (the premium) that, over your lifetime, is greater than their overhead and the amount of money to cover your needs. Their entire purpose is, at best, floating you a loan in a crisis, where you make payments before you can borrow. At worst, it's outright fraud.
Any system that looks to insurance, therefore, is more expensive than it needs to be and benefits one of the most blatantl parasitic parts of society. (Not the people, the organization. They take payment and never produce anything, and can't survive without their customers.) What the Act plans to do is sell out all the healthy young people to make it affordable to the parasite to also take money from the old and infirm.
There are two possible real solutions, depending on your economic leanings. I'd be happy with either extreme or some hybrid form I can't envision.
At the ultra-capitalist end of the spectrum, drive a stake through the heart of the insurance industry and the AMA. They're private organizations with zero oversight that manipulate the market so that it costs twelve thousand dollars for a doctor to fix a broken arm, something a Boy Scout will do for, like, a box of cookies and a pat on the head.
What Mark hints at is that you can no longer negotiate with your doctor because he's not allowed to do so. She's unionized, and if the union (the AMA) catches her, she could potentially lose her license.
I'd add killing, or at least wounding, pharmaceutical patents. They're anti-capitalist monopolies over life and death and another cost driver with zero need.
Yeah, yeah, Pfizer might not produce the next wonder drug if they can't be guaranteed they'll recoup their investment. My response is to look how much they made off Lipitor and are still trying to keep their monopoly even now that their patent has expired. Also look at how many unreliable and even dangerous drugs make it to market in hopes of cashing in big. They need protection the same way a king needs protection from his subjects.
The approach is to break the trusts that are making it impossible for an illegal immigrant to afford healthcare. When a broken bone can be set for the price of dinner, we can talk about insuring against the really scary stuff or other solutions.
On the socialist side, Medicaid works for most of the people on it, so just make it bigger. You go to the doctor and she can bill the government. Problem solved, it's Miller Time!
Someone needs to figure out how to pay for it, but if you don't trust the free market to solve the problem, we can always stop blowing up Arab civilians for a few weeks or stop subsidizing oil and I'm sure the money will show up somewhere. Or form a Super PAC, since they're all the rage and apparently poop out hundred-dollar bills.
Any solution that pretends to be socialist in nature, but puts a private corporation (especially one that, as noted, is inherently parasitic) in between you and service (or pretends to be capitalist, but has the government as a competitor), is going to be the absolute worst of both worlds. All the bureaucracy and all the profiteering, without solving the problem that there are middle men everywhere scamming the system for a quick buck.
What I'd like to see is mostly the first solution (free market, no price-fixing or insurance), with a no-questions-asked government-funded "safety net" for any serious disease or injury. I'll happily pay taxes to foot the bill for someone's cancer treatment as long as the money is going for treatment rather than buying some executive a new helicopter.
John, I basically agree with much of what you say. The trick is coming up with a solution – one can look at the health care structure of other countries as a guide. It is not difficult to determine what is different. Check out T.R. Reid's book and the two PBS shows for background.
You mention free market. John Hain earlier in this blog wrote how difficult it is for an individual to negotiate with a big insurance company. The individual can go to any number of different insurance companies – they are free to choose. However, in practice, anti-trust laws not withstanding, the prices obtained from different insurance companies are pretty much the same – high.
What government can do is regulate these insurance companies. This is done now and doesn't really work very well. Perhaps being regulated by 50 different states allows the big companies to exert some pressure here and there. A campaign contribution for a state senator here, a representative there. There are limits to regulation.
However, the government can change the rules of the game. Saying that insurance companies cannot refuse an applicant or cannot pitch them over the side when they cost too much changes the rules. Also saying that all US residents have to sign up with an insurance company or face a fine is a rule changer. In combination, these rules create a free market arena where insurance companies can make money, and clients have a clear view of the product they are buying.
A small group in my state have been working on single payer health care for more than 15 years. There is nothing I read here that even discusses the fix for the problem. PNHP.org, the fastest growing nurses/doctors group in the nation has been supporting a single payer health care SYSTEM. The patchwork of for profit insurance companies put in place by Richard Nixon are robbing the american people. 45cents out of every health care dollar is taken for CEO's, shareholders and advertising. WE are spending double what any industrialized, civilized nation spends and we have the worst coverage. Our health care outcomes are behind Cuba and Costa Rica! The US is 37th in the world in delivery of health care.
When Obama was elected he asked citizens to tell him what we wanted. Single payer was always either first, second or third place. But when the health care debate went forward and the teabaggers (many medicare receivers) were told by ALL the corporate media that there would be less funds, death panels etc…and not one corporate media or press ever discussed the issue of single payer. Single payer is the only system that is cost effective, covers everyone and there is enough money in the system, it would not only cover medical, dental, optical, long term care, prisoners, aids you name it. Imagine not having to pay out of pocket for all those other medical issues?
An independent study was done in Delaware and they looked at every insurance plan. They concluded in the end that if Delaware would go to single payer, they could cover everyone for every medical issue and still save the state conservatively $4 million. Vermont is doing their single payer system right now, and Delaware will have theirs before the legislature this session is over.
Yes spktruth200, a single payer system is used in many countries around the world and it generally works pretty well - again, refer to the PBS documentary http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/ Not all countries use single payer - some use multiple insurance vendors, but in a very structured arena.
A single payer ('public option') was going to be part of the current law, but was quietly dropped. (I wonder why?). Obama was able to pass the current law by a hair. Momentarily, the Democrats had 60 votes in the Senate and were able to overcome a Republican filibuster. At that moment, there wasn't enough political room for the 'public option'.
The American health care is nothing but a joke. Low wage workers are unable to pay for health insurance due to our screwed up system.
Many first world nations cover all of their citizens with health care. No matter how much they earn, everybody receive the same type of care.
Here in the USA if you are rich, working for the government, or a freeloder politician you can get the best health care covereage and care in the world for basically nothing. The rest of the people don't matter. If they can't pay we take away their homes, bank accounts, and bankrupt them to the last penny. We do this so Health Insurance companies can make profit,
so their CEOs can receive their 80 million dollar salaries and bonuses.
Health Insurance for the American people should be NOT FOR PROFIT.
People in Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Sweden, and many other countries agree with their government , that health care is a humane thing a government can do for their people.
Here in the USA we looking at it differently. We put greed before humanity.
There is plenty of solution for all Americans to have a decent health care but your government doesn't want you to know.
After all how could the lobbyist vine and dine our politicians if they would represent the American people and not the corporations?
Yes, Gabor, the American health care system is a joke. But not a funny joke for too many people.
Not for Profit - is not sufficient. Blue Cross is run as a non-profit corporation in many states. Their premium levels are higher than many for-profit health insurers in the same area. Their executives get large salaries. They pay their underwriters for rejecting sick applicants. Same old, same old.
But that is the way the system is, and it won't change until enough people (voters) get excited about meaningful change. The politicians can't do it alone. They are too busy raising money for their next election campaign.
Check out http://www.thisamericanlife.org/. The program that was broadcast earlier tonight and will be broadcast again tomorrow (March 30-31, 2012) talks about the problem:
"Take the Money and Run for Office" - This American Life - podcast of the broadcast available Sunday 7pm (timezone?)
The new health plan - Obamacare = Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - does represent a change to the status quo. Whether it gets a chance to prove itself - is up to the Supreme Court now.
More on the 'money in politics' story has been reported by Planet Money - http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/
Planet Money was also involved in the This American Life story this week. You can see some excerpts at: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/135573355/this-american-life
Bravo! Thanks to Pro Publica and to readers who commented. Keep up the good work. We the people need you.
My 22 year old son is working as an English teacher in Taiwan (few good jobs for liberal arts college grads in the US). He's the paradigm of the young healthy person that Justice Scalia says would be "stupid" to buy health insurance - young, physically active, not major existing conditions. Except that he's had a to visit the doctor a few times. Once, he sprained his ankle. Once, he came down with a nasty bug. And recently, a strange lump in his arm. The last one was scary. He had minor surgery on his arm to remove the lump and have it biopsied - negative, nothing to worry about. The latter procedure involved 4 doctor/hospital visits, a sonogram, a biopsy and pain medication. Out of pocket costs to my son, ~$25. He had complete choice of hospitals and doctors (because the out of pocket cost to him was the same where ever he went) and was quite happy with the care he received. I had a similar procedure 10 years ago in Los Angeles. My out of pocket costs with excellent insurance, hundreds of dollars and if I'd gone to an out of network hospital, potentially thousands.
According to the Reid book, Taiwan adopted a uniform health system 10 years ago. Discussing the difference with his doctor (educated in San Francisco), my son was told that the US system is much better for the doctors because they make much more $, but that the Taiwanese system is much better for the patients. When he expressed his wonderment to his friends about the low cost and ease of care he received, my son said his friends (Taiwanese and Canadian) thought he was weird. To them, no big deal that medical services are readily available to any one at low cost and without delay or restrictions.
If he were home in the US, thanks to the reform act, he would still have been covered under our insurance policy. If the Act is struck down and he comes back to the U.S., now I've got to worry. The catastrophic coverage we purchase for his sister when she got out of college wouldn't have covered his surgery. I agree with Reid that until we understand that medical care is a moral issue, we will not solve this problem.
It's revealing that the articles sited as "The Best, Most Revealing Reporting on Our Healthcare System" do not include such facts as:
1. 20% is the overhead guarantee for private, for-profit insurance companies - the overhead rate guaranteed under ACA and common with private for-profit insurance companies today
2. 4% is the government's overhead rate for Medicare.
3. 16% is the potential savings with a single payer system.
That seems worth including in any reporting on "Our Healthcare System".
But is strangely absent from publications Propublica lists as "The ...Most Revealing Reporting".
As long as the media is complicit in the propaganda, voters will not know the facts, as this evidenced by the articles in this list of "The Best, Most Revealing Reporting on Our Healthcare System".
The 20% available to (or rather guaranteed) under ACA can be used by the private, for-profit insurance industry for "marketing" and "sales" (though they have 'mandated customers'); staff to deny you health care services; representation on Boards to set rates and decide what health care services will and won't be covered; "profits" generated by no actual value-added health care services; CEO bonuses and, of course, donations to sympathetic politicians.
We should be able to rely on groups like Propublica to provide this type of information.
Yes, Gabor, the American health care system is a joke. But not a funny joke for too many people.
Not for Profit - is not sufficient. Blue Cross is run as a non-profit corporation in many states. Their premium levels are higher than many for-profit health insurers in the same area. Their executives get large salaries. They pay their underwriters for rejecting sick applicants. Same old, same old.
But that is the way the system is, and it won't change until enough people (voters) get excited about meaningful change. The politicians can't do it alone. They are too busy raising money for their next election campaign.
Check out this week's broadcast of 'This American Life'. This program (March 30-31, 2012) talks about the problem:
"Take the Money and Run for Office" - This American Life - podcast of the broadcast available Sunday 7pm (timezone?)
The new health plan - Obamacare = Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - does represent a change to the status quo. Whether it gets a chance to prove itself - is up to the Supreme Court now.
I still hear from conservatives about moral hazard and skin in the game type arguments, so may I recommend Malcolm Gladwell's great article, The Moral Hazard Myth.
I think I see the problem here. Our system is based on PROFITS for the insurance companies and the doctors, while most of the rest of the world is NOT based on profit. So, trying to make an American system work like theirs does, while doing nothing about the profit side of it is simply not going to work. Maybe, a law saying that ALL insurance companies must be non-profits might work. Requiring insurance companies to accept ALL applications, regardless of pre-existing conditions, with no life time limits on coverage, would solve the biggest drawbacks. As for the so-called 'death panels', I think you really need to read the law as it was enacted. There are provisions for limiting the amount and kinds of treatments available for the elderly. Maybe it isn't a 'death panel' per se, but it sure isn't free market, either. Once the HC bill is ruled unconstitutional we need to start working on a whole new plan that WILL work and WILL be constitutional. We should have analyzed the best of the foreign plans and built something that corrected the inherent flaws in them. I think the Medicare idea is pretty good, too. IF we can afford to pay for it! By the way, I am a Republican and I firmly believe that we CAN create a working system that will be acceptable and effective for everyone. It will require NON-PARTISAN efforts on both sides of the aisle, something we haven't seen much of lately. Congress is acting like a bunch of grade school kids, fighting over territory, and our President hasn't done anything to discourage them. I am ashamed of all of them, Republicans and Democrats alike. We elected them and pay them for services we are not getting. If they can't do the job we hired them for, we should fire the lot of them and start all over. That's just my opinion, for whatever it's worth.
The Obama administration has said it has 'no back-up plan' should ACA be found unconstitutional.
Before the Tea Party-funded gun-totters stormed the 'town halls' in the summer of 2009:
Seventy-two (72%) percent of us supported "a government administered insurance plan - something like Medicare for those under 65—that would compete for customers with private insurers."
(CBS/New York Times poll June 2009)
Of course, Obama et al sat on their hands during this period allegedly 'letting the system work'. ACA is the product of its 'work'.
So, now, we will see whether Obama wanted universal health care or an nsurance subsidy program for the private for-profits.
If Obama does not have a 'back-up' and sits on his hands again, we will know he wanted an insurance company subsidy and failing that he cares nothing about universal health care.
We will soon see.
there's a dead link for the last WSJ story.
Here's why insurance companies went up when ACA was passed:
Insurance companies will see many of their 'costs' decline (as mentioned by another person on this post)
ACA guarantees overhead to insurance companies at approximately the same rate they enjoy now.
While their work will decline, their overhead will remain guaranteed under ACA.
What can they spend their 'overhead' on?
The government guaranteed 20% "overhead" can be spent by the private sector for-profits on: "marketing" and "sales" (though they have 'mandated customers'); staff to deny you health care services; representation on Boards to set rates and decide what health care services will and won't be covered; "profits" generated by no actual value-added health care services; CEO bonuses and, of course, donations to sympathetic politicians.
How fun is that !
No wonder the insurance companies' stocks went up.
And now that all that's swept under the rug, ...
The Obama administration wants go after the cost of actual health care services - Doctors, nurses, physicians assistants, labs, etc. - and cut those costs ... .
While guaranteeing insurance company overhead.
Really. You want ACA to stand?
ACA is a Republican right wing corporate plan for a reason: it's chockablock with corporate welfare and seeks to reduce cost - not by getting rid of non-value-added insurance company waste , but - actual health care services.
As a pro-national health single payer advocate for some thirty years, I read with relish all the New Yorker articles listed above when they were first published. The general public fearful of government control "of our bodies", however, need convincing from folks like me who have lived in countries with much more effective and humane medicine for all citizens.
Even more compelling than stats and anecdotes of travelers are the personal stories of people caught in the medical insurance trap. President Obama often sighted his own mother's case during the last election. Even sadder is the story told by an Assoc. Prof. at MIT whose op-ed piece DOWN THE INSURANCE RABBIT HOLE in the NYTimes, April 5th. She rebukes Justice Scalia's for saying that the young will buy insurance when they think they will risk high medical bills. Her sad tale of a relative who is a healthy 32 year old pregnant Californian one day and a paraplegic the next as a result of an accident. "Her best hope is the survival of the Obama reform."
How would have guessed that union thugs would solve the cost control issue in American Health Care?
Common sense tactics - prevention, education, and evidence-based quality control decisions on care-providers - have health care costs consistently DROPPING for a midwest local of the Operating Engineers.
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When the Hall County Young Democrats were honored last month as Georgia's Young Democrat chapter of the year, it certainly wasn't for their membership numbers.
A year after being chartered, the fledgling group of 20-something and 30-something liberals (or "progressives," as they prefer to called), averages somewhere between six and 15 people at its twice-a-month meetings.
Saturday, eight people gathered in a meeting room at the Gainesville branch of the Hall County Library System to discuss the influence of corporate special interests in Washington and hear from a local Democratic office-seeker.
But what it lacks in numbers, the group makes up for in tenacity.
Jen Rafanan, the Hall County chapter's president, says she thinks the Young Democrats' annual convention in Athens recognized that in super-conservative Hall, young dems face extraordinary challenges.
"It was just the fact that we stayed active, and despite the challenges we face, we didn't give up," Rafanan said. "In this sea of conservatives, we're still paddling. We're still trying to get our voices heard."
Hall County, and especially the 9th U.S. House District, has in recent years been a conservative stronghold in Georgia. In recent 9th District races, voters have leaned about 75 percent Republican. On the local level, several Hall County races were decided in the Republican primaries because no Democrats ran.
Being a politically active Democrat in this part of the state "is definitely different," said Al Turnell, 29, who moved to Gainesville from left-leaning Decatur a little over a year ago.
Turnell said he wasn't active in politics until he moved to Hall.
"I heard other people talk about what it's like to be progressive up here, and I said, 'We need to say something, we need to speak out, we need to make sure people hear us.' Even if we're not 51 percent of the people, we still deserve to have a voice."
Rafanan, who at 34 is five years from the cutoff age for a young Democrat, was recruited to help start a chapter by members the Hall County Democratic Party after becoming involved in the Barack Obama campaign.
She and another young Democrat enlisted four others to get the minimum numbers for a charter.
"From there, we just try to do whatever we can to be active," she said.
The group's main recruiting tools are word of mouth and Facebook. The members say they feel a bond from being in the distinct political minority.
"The most rewarding part of being involved is knowing that I'm not the only (Democratic) person here," she said.
Turnell believes that ultimately, Democrats and Republicans are both similar in at least one respect: "We both want what's best."
"We want to make a better Gainesville, a better Georgia, a better America, but it's just the path we want to take that is different," he said.
Rafanan acknowledges that it can be difficult being a liberal in Hall County.
"It is a bit challenging and frustrating up here, but all we can do is keep moving forward."


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