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On NBC's Meet the Press, moderator Tim Russert repeated the crisis rhetoric of proponents of the administration's plan to privatize Social Security. In a December 12 interview, Russert asked former Democratic presidential candidate and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean the following: "Social Security faces a crisis. Should Democrats work with the president in trying to set up some private accounts as a way of cutting the cost of Social Security long-term?"
But the view that the Social Security program needs an immediate, drastic fix is not universally held, as Media Matters for America has noted [1]. The 2004 Report of the Board of Trustees of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds [2] (OASDI), which was prepared by several Bush appointees (including three cabinet secretaries), noted that while "the financial difficulties facing Social Security" should be addressed "in a timely manner," the program is "considered financially adequate throughout the short range ... through the year 2013." The report estimated that Social Security "assets are projected to be exhausted in 2042," at which point, if left unchanged, "tax income would cover 73 percent of costs," and that the system could still pay out 68 percent by 2078. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected [3] in June 2004 that Social Security "outlays are projected to begin exceeding revenues in 2019" but that "[t]he expected trust fund exhaustion date -- the year in which the trust fund balance (and thus the trust fund ratio) falls to zero -- is 2052 in CBO's projection." And CNN host Lou Dobbs noted on the December 9 edition of CNN's Inside Politics: "Most of the experts with whom I have talked, most of the analysis that I've gone through shows a problem that is 30 years to 40 years distant."
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MSC Armonia - Western Mediterranean: MSC Armonia Cruise Review by dmwnole
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MSC Armonia - Western Mediterranean
Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean
Embarkation: Venice
I should start with a statement that I am not new to cruising and have been on many, many other cruises with various cruise lines. I normally cruise RCCL or one of the other major lines and I took a chance and tried the MSC Armonia (in March 2007) to attempt to expand my horizons. Unfortunately, I was not at all impressed. In fact, this was the first and last cruise that I will ever take on MSC's cruise lines. Details are provided in the requested categories below:
Ship Info
The ship layout is extremely poorly organized. Normally things like the infirmary or "crew only" areas are located in the bowels of the ship and the restaurants are located either in the front or back of the ship to avoid disruptions... This was not the case on the Armonia. I had a supposedly "upgraded" room on the 7th deck, which also housed the infirmary and other "Crew only" areas, which were blocked to passengers. This meant that in order to cross from one More side of the deck to the other (where a lounge was), I had to go up or down a floor, across the middle of the ship, and up the stairs to the lounge. This is very inconvenient - especially for those folks who are unable to use stairs easily. Our restaurant was also located in the middle of the ship on the 5th deck, so the same issue above applied, where one was required to go and up down to go straight across. This is very annoying.
Furthermore, the room numbers are not consistently used amongst decks. When we boarded the boat, it took us several up and down tries before we got to the right room because room 7107 was in a different position on the ship than was 5107, 6107, or 8107.
I also found that while the ship was mostly kept in a cleanly fashion, the public ladies rooms were a major exception. During the multiple trips made, I found that they were often dirty or messy, often with undesirable "surprises" on the floor and toilet equipment.
As an English speaker, I was extremely surprised that English was not widely spoken amongst the ship's staff. Although the cruise line is supposedly an Italian one, not everyone speaks Italian. Those that don't often speak at minimum English; therefore, the staff (especially in key areas - cabin service, restaurants/bars, reception, excursions, and accounting) should have a good grasp of the English language. I did not find this the case and found myself often relying on another language to communicate.
I was also surprised at the lack of customer service skills by the staff at the reception, accounting, excursions, and bar staff... On most cruises, the staff bend over backwards to provide superb service because they know that their tips will increase when better service is provided. Because the ship has a one-tip-for-everyone policy, the service levels significantly suffer (tips are automatically shared to the credit bill and the ship divvies the monies amongst all of the staff). Even the usually very attentive wait staff and cabin attendants were forgetful and not so prompt because they had no extra incentive to do so.
Another particular sore point is that the "reception" staff collected all of the passports for non-EU citizens for immigration authorizations and did not return them until the boat returned to the dock in Venice. This is extremely uncomfortable and unusual. Other cruise lines arrange for immigration authorities to be present as you enter/exit a particular location and inspections/authorizations are done on an individual level and passports returned immediately. I think the confiscation of the passports was in fact dangerous because if a person were to require identification at any of the port locations, he/she would not be able to provide sufficient documentation to the local authorities (and could potential get into a great deal of trouble or be subject to stiff fines and penalties). This is also evidence of very insecure operations - if authorities are only stamping passports and viewing the person at the same time, there is a high risk of fraudulent behavior occurring.
Travel to Port of Embarkation, Embarkation, and Disembarkation
Two words - absolutely AWFUL!
At the airport, the shuttle service was rather disorganized and not timely. After collecting all appropriate passengers at the terminal exit, we were directed to a side area and asked to wait a few moments for the bus. A few moments turned into more than an hour because the bus had not yet arrived (or even left from the port).
Assuming that a noon arrival would leave us at least 3 hours to explore the beautiful city of Venice, we were very sorely disappointed and upset because the check process took more than 3 1/2 hours (other guests that arrived later complained of even longer wait times)! We arrived at the terminal, were assigned bag tags, and our luggage was hauled away for a security check and loading/delivery. We were then cattle-herded to the check-in area only to discover a mass of people crowded in what was supposed to be a line. As we progressed through the line, we were told that we first needed a number (which would be used for the security procedure) before we could proceed to the check-in counter. After waiting and finally passing through the checkout, we found out that the number that was supposed to help smooth out the security process was abandoned (because people were still in the check-in line when their number was called for the security one). Needless to say, by the time we actually boarded the ship, it was 3:30 PM, and we were starving. After having a quick lunch in the buffet restaurant, we no longer had enough time for visiting the Venice city center.
The disembarkation process was equally slow. Since we missed out on a pre-cruise visit, we wanted to go after the cruise. The cruise line would absolutely not let us leave the boat with the early departures, so we were forced to wait in a public lounge for 4 hours (until noontime) before being permitted to disembark. By the time I got my luggage situated, I only had 1 1/2 hours to explore the city before leaving for the airport.
The rooms were typical of that on a cruise. Always small with a miniscule bathroom unless in a suite. The same applies here.
As mentioned above, the service was a little slow, but I think that this is a reflection of the tipping policy. The cruise personnel have no incentive to provide extraordinary service.
The service was just OK. Nothing extraordinary (see notes on tipping policy). On other cruise lines, the wait staff usually figures out your personal quirks and caters toward them. This did not occur on this boat.
The food quality was "edible." Nothing spectacular. The same for the menu selection. I wasn't too impressed.
This cruise line differed from others in that not all food and non-alcoholic drinks (tea, juice, water, etc.) were free. At breakfast, tea, coffee, and watery juice were provided free of charge, but not at other times during the day. If you wanted a tea/coffee after 10AM, you had to order one from a bar and pay for it. At dinner, if you wanted water to drink, you had to buy a bottle of mineral water. Tap water was not available/offered or provided.
In addition, most cruise ships have food available 24/7 (either via public areas or room service). This was not the case for the Armonia. If you didn't visit a public restaurant/buffet during the published hours or order breakfast in your room the evening before, food was only available at the bars for a fee. There was also an ice cream station, which was a charge-able item (these are usually service-service and free on other cruise lines). Room service was not available at the spur of the moment and was not available for meals other than breakfast (ordered before 10PM the previous evening).
I was also a little shocked to see the previous day's leftovers blatantly served in the buffet for lunch and dinner. Sometimes, the dining room staff would create melees, which were often disgusting. One particular experience was regarding green beans cooked in mint herbs (which tasted like toothpaste coated beans-yuck!), which were combined with mixed vegetables flavored with garlic and a cream/mayo sauce - really disgusting!
Children's Clubs
I was surprised to see a great deal of children (all ages) on the boat; however, we don't have children and cannot comment on the facilities.
Activities & Entertainment
This was another very disappointing area. There were very few activities planned and never more than one at the same time. The activity listing and time schedule was never more than 5-7 lines long for the entire day. Oftentimes, an activity would be listed as "Games - 2:00-5:00 - Deck xyz."
The evening entertainment was even more disappointing - the shows lasted only 30 mins and were all nearly the same. On the first evening, we ordered a beer at the show and the beer lasted longer than the show! Furthermore, the entertainers were really lacking. Specifically, one of the female singers was like listening to an out-of-tune/off-pitch karaoke singer.
Very strange - ships generally make a great deal of money from the shops. The shops on board the Armonia were completely empty (nothing on the shelves) until the third day of the cruise. Even afterwards, the shop staff was stocking the shelves, so there was little to browse/buy. When they were open (during sea voyages), they weren't open very long, which is also odd.
For starters, there was not a very big selection of tours offered at the ports - 2-3 per port max. Moreover, because the selection was so small, people opted to go at the cities alone and then the tours were cancelled.
On another topic, with the exception of the Venice tours (which were cancelled due to not enough participants), a tour isn't really needed. In both Bari and Kotor, the boat docked within short walking distance to the "old city" or touristy areas, so a tour was not necessary. In Dubrovnik, the cruise offered an over-priced shuttle bus to the city-center, and casual browsing was then simple. Unless you are one of those people who need an explanation for every statue and wall sconce, tours in these cities would be a waste of money. A ship-provided map or good tour book and a comfortable pair of walking shoes are all that were needed to enjoy each of these cities. Less
Published 04/04/07
Cabin review: I7107
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The financially struggling Postal Service is proposing a three-cent increase for first-class stamps amid precarious financial woes.
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has said the agency expects to lose $6 billion this year and that a special rate hike may be needed. It currently costs 46 cents to mail a letter.
Under federal law, the post office cannot raise prices more than inflation unless it cites exceptional circumstances and gets approval from the independent Postal Regulatory Commission.
Media and marketing businesses warn that a big increase in postal rates could hurt their business and drive down postal volume and revenues.
The Postal Service has said it is running out of cash. Congress is considering cost-saving measures that include ending most Saturday and door-to-door deliveries.
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Published Friday October 5, 2012 at 6:00 am
A Yale University study has shown that a great many misinformed Americans are unlikely to change their minds, even when presented with facts contrary to their understanding.
And when misinformation supports people's pre-existing political views, it is almost impossible to change their minds with the pertinent facts.
According to the study conducted by political scientist John Bullock, the harder one tries to rebut the misinformation, the more recalcitrant Americans, and particularly conservatives, are to changing their position.
This perhaps explains the reluctance of President Barack Obama to counter the tsunami of misinformation his Republican challenger Mitt Romney threw out in Wednesday night's presidential debate, a debate in which even Mr. Obama's most ardent supporters would acknowledge that he was bullied, bloodied and bamboozled by Mr. Romney, who treated facts with the disdain with which his former company, Bain Capital, treats American workers.
And it wasn't that the president lacked the facts to counter Mr. Romney's many untrue claims, as he so eloquently reminded us during a campaign rally in Colorado less than 15 hours after the debate.
"When I got on to the stage I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney," the president told the crowd. "But he couldn't be the real Mitt Romney…The real Mitt Romney said we don't need any more teachers in our classrooms. But the fellow onstage last night, he loves teachers, can't get enough of them.
"The Mitt Romney we all know invested in companies that were called pioneers of outsourcing jobs to other countries. But the guy onstage last night, he said that he doesn't even know that there are such laws that encourage outsourcing. He said that if it's true, he must need a new accountant.
"Now we know for sure it was not the real Mitt Romney, because he seems to be doing just fine with his current accountant."
OK, a few hours of sleep might have sharpened the president's wit for quick and decisive retorts, but it wasn't like he didn't have some ready-made retorts locked and loaded in his holster on debate night.
After having said little or nothing about his past as governor of Massachusetts, Mr. Romney on Wednesday night, for example, spoke lovingly and glowingly about his accomplishments in the state, singling out education and health care as among his many successes.
Mr. Obama, stunningly said nothing to counter that claim, even though current Gov. Deval Patrick, during the president's nomination ceremony, had provided just the ammunition to blast away Mr. Romney's Massachusetts claims.
"In Massachusetts, we know Mitt Romney," Mr. Patrick had said then.
"By the time he left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation — during better economic times — and household income in our state was declining. He cut education deeper than anywhere else in America.
"Roads and bridges were crumbling. Business taxes were up and business confidence was down. Our clean energy potential was stalled. And we had a structural budget deficit."
There were many other occasions for Mr. Obama to effectively counterpunch some of Mr. Romney's claims, such as when Mr. Romney disputed that a $5.3 trillion tax cut was embedded into his economic plan for the country, as the president claimed.
Mr. Romney said he didn't know where the president came up with the $5 trillion, because his economic proposal is revenue neutral.
The fact, however, is that Mr. Romney has proposed cutting all marginal tax rates by 20 percent, which most experts have said would in and of itself cut tax revenue by $5 trillion. Such a dramatic cut in federal revenue would have to be made up elsewhere, and Mr. Obama knows this.
"So here's the truth: Gov. Romney cannot pay for his $5 trillion tax plan without blowing up the deficit or sticking it to the middle class," the president said.
"That's the math."
Unfortunately for his supporters Mr. Obama didn't make this point during the debate.
He made it the day after.
Of course the president might just be using the rope-a-dope strategy against Mr. Romney, allowing his opponent to make mistakes and to punch himself out with untruths in the first debate, thus setting him up for an effective counterattack in the next two.
I hope this is indeed the case, because the facts matter, even when people don't want to hear them.


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Battle of Bronchialalysis
The germs are fighting for dominance of the Bronchials after landing in the Olfactories of our Heroine, Digitalis
:: Scene: 1602 AD - Digitalis' BedChamber::
Digitalis: "Coughing and sneezing in the Land of Sore Throat deters not this malevolent microbe! So I rest. And imbibe in the nectar of those who've survived before me on the magical properties of H20. And I vitamin, oh yes! Oh yes, I vitamin and I herb. Bless you Echinacea... "
"But alas the piteous remnant of compassion upon my plight certainly shant escape the noticement of my Departing Beloved, for whom the sea hath called to partake upon her properties of his always beckoning lover, Coryphaena! (Oh curses to the Sea for embellishing not my piteous state!)"
(Forsooth, do I hear my Beloved approacheth?)
Beloved: "Woe be unto you, Digitalis. I pity your infernal battle with the Bronchials but alas, the Sea... She beckons unto me."
Digitalis: "Take your leave, Beloved. Be assured I would bargain with Hecate, than suffer unto the wish of death during this wretched cruelty. Wish me Adieu and take your pleasant leave!"
:: Scene 2: Present Day - Living Room ::
Beloved: "Just remember, the hospital is right across the street."
Digits: "Okay. Have a good fishing trip."
Beloved: "I love you. Bye."
Digits: "I love you, too. Bye."
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"Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform."
"They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and when the necessity is survival she can be one mean mother, but it's her child invention that's the real dangerous one."
"Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way."
"Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it."


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One of my favorite songs and what I want.
Eric Church like a wrecking ball google it and tell me its not good.
I've, I've been gone, I've been gone too long
Singin' my songs on the road, another town
One more show then I'm coming home
Don't give a damn what these keys are for
I'm gonna knock down that front door and
I'm gonna find out what that house is made of
Been too many nights since it's felt us make love
I wanna rock some sheet rock
Knock some pictures off the wall
Love you baby like a wrecking ball
You, look at you, send me one more shot
Sittin' on a bathroom sink
Damn, you really turn me on
Painting your toenails pink
Easy baby for you to say
But if I can make it just one more day
That whole house is gonna be shakin'
I hope those bricks and boards can take it
But I won't be surprised
If the whole damn place just falls
Wanna rock you baby like a wrecking ball
And that old house is gonna be shakin'
Rafter rockin', foundation quakin'
Crash right through the front door
Back you up against the wall
Love you baby
Take it right there baby
Rock you baby like a wrecking ball
I am easy going laid back guy that likes:
Hockey- Chicago Blackhawks
Baseball- Chicago White Sox
Soccer- Chicago Fire and US national team
Football- Bears, Michigan, Wisconsin and NIU
Basketball- Bulls
Hike- Great Trails all over.
Camping- Minnesota Wisconsin mostly but will go anywhere.
Fish-Minnesota and Wisconsin mostly
Travel- Would love to go all over the country continent and world someday.
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By Rachel Shuster, USA TODAY
Conjure up an image of the Los Angeles Lakers' Phil Jackson, the NBA coach with the most championship titles, as, well, a "boy toy."
Having trouble?
What if Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said it was so?
Having any trouble believing that?
Cuban, annoyed that Jackson said the season-ending knee injury to forward Caron Butler would doom the Mavericks, went for the jugular Tuesday about the longtime relationship Jackson has with Lakers executive vice president Jeanie Buss.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Cuban told news reporters, "I love that Jeanie Buss' boy toy had something to say about us. I don't know if it was his thought or Jeanie's thought, but it's nice to know that she lets him speak in public about other teams."
That didn't take long to get back to Jackson and Buss.
"I consider myself an old man. I'm a boy toy? That's terrific," Jackson, 65, said with a smile.
Buss said, "It's like saying, 'Let's make fun of Phil,' like, 'You're old' or 'You're tall.' It's like, 'That's all you can come up with?'
"I got a kick out of it, but maybe Mark just did it to make me giggle. I am Madonna now and Phil is my boy toy."
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Date: Thu Sep 15 18:40:56 EDT 2011
I guess that you're returning something to DrRacket that it is interpreting as success and then (perhaps evaluating and) asking the reader again and again. It is hard to say, tho, without seeing what honu-read-syntax does. Of course, it could also be a bug somewhere. Can you make a little program that stands alone that I can try out? Probably just take the below and change it so that honu-read-syntax is replaced with whatever it would return in the test case you're trying? Robby On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Jon Rafkind <rafkind at cs.utah.edu> wrote: > For Honu I set up the `current-read-interaction' procedure to read a string of characters ended by a newline and to parse that with `honu-read-syntax'. This > leads to two issues > > 1. this works on the command line but in drracket after typing '1' and pressing enter the prompt never comes back and drracket chews up some cpu. > 2. I wanted to make ctrl-d quit the repl immediately so I look for an eof-object in the stream and if found I try to return #'(exit). The Honu parser gets > involved at that point so it doesn't quite work, but anyway is that the right strategy? > > Here is my repl reader: > > (define (read-one-line name input) > (define quit? #f) > (define one-line > (with-output-to-string > (lambda () > (let loop () > (define next (read-char input)) > (when (eof-object? next) > (set! quit? #t)) > (when (not (or (eof-object? next) > (char=? next #\newline))) > (display next) > (loop)))))) > (if quit? > ;; this isn't right, somehow communicate to the system that the repl should close > #'(exit) > (honu-read-syntax name (open-input-string one-line)))) > > (provide configure) > (define (configure . args) > (current-read-interaction read-one-line)) > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev >
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As expected by many economists, the newly released figures for the Eurozone show a GDP growth in the second quarter of 2013. The 0.3% growth rate was in fact higher than anticipated, as the consensus estimate was for a 0.2% increase. This marks the end of an 18-months long recession in the Eurozone area and is a further sign that the worst might be behind us.
Eurozone fragmentation
The overall picture looks good. France's economy has also grown 0.5%, more than the 0.2% estimate. In the rest of the Eurozone, the figures are also getting a little better.
Germany has also done well, expanding a higher than expected 0.7% (estimates were for 0.6% increase). According to the German Federal Statistics Office, the second-quarter growth was primarily driven by domestic demand, and exports rose faster than imports. Detailed data will be available on August 23.
There is, however, a huge fragmentation of the Eurozone. Indeed, while figures are better in many countries, GDP still decreased in a few other economies, albeit at a lower rate than in the first quarter. In the periphery, GDP grew 1.1 % in Portugal (vs. -0.4% in Q1) and declined in Italy (-0.2% vs. -0.6% in Q1), in Greece (-4.6% vs. -5.6% in Q1) and in Spain (-0.1% vs. -0.5% in Q1).
The unemployment situation is one other area where there continues to be a huge difference between the stronger and the weaker economies. And even within individual countries, there is a big difference between the younger than 25 and the rest of the population. In Spain, the unemployment is 26.3%, but 56.1% for people under 25. In Greece, those figures are 27.6% and 58.7%, respectively. In Italy, 12% and 39.10%, and in Portugal, 17.4% and 41%.
So yes, on average, it is getting better, but we are far from seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in this crisis. What we are witnessing (once again, it is nothing new) is a Eurozone that is split in a few strong economies, a few really bad ones, and the rest in between.
Germany is the main driving force behind the Eurozone GDP growth, there's no doubt about that. The economies of the so-called "Club Med countries" really have to improve for the Eurozone to stay in one piece. And on all fronts: not just GDP, but also unemployment, banking sector, etc… It remains to be seen if they will be able to do it at all, how long it would take (probably many years), and how much it will cost the stronger economies to bail them out of the crisis.
And then there are the other Eurozone countries, many not doing too good either, such as the Netherlands, still in recession, or Belgium, barely growing.
Is it too late, anyway?
Since some fundamental indicators are improving, is it safe to assume that the Eurozone economies are on the right track and will find their way out of the crisis? I would like to say yes, but it is definitely too soon to tell.
In their very interesting paper Cross of Euros, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor analyze economic history and try to draw lessons from it in order to answer a few questions regarding the current state of the Eurozone and whether it is likely to survive in the long run. I highly recommend you to read the complete paper, but I'll do my best to resume some of their main points in a few lines.
First, they explain why likening various "monetary unions" (for instance, the Eurozone and the United States) doesn't help much because, despite their apparent similarities, they are in fact quite different on several key points. When comparing past and present systems, such as the gold standard and today's situation in the Eurozone, we should remember that global economic and political conditions have evolved a lot. To cite a few examples, back in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, wages and prices were more flexible, it was easier to ignore the interests of the working class because of limited voting rights, and there was great international mass migration, which helped relieve labor market pressures during hard times. The changing times, though, don't mean that there is nothing to learn from other monetary systems.
The United States created and then refined their banking union over a long period of time, and usually important crises spurred change. Those crises range from the Civil War to frequent financial crises, recessions and depressions in the late 1800s and early 1900s, to the Great Depression. Also discussed is the creation of the fiscal union, essentially starting in 1913 with the federal income tax and then slowly evolving into what we know today.
The main point here is that "the United Stated took perhaps 140 years to fully develop an appropriate institutional structure". More importantly, they did so based on a secure political union, developing monetary and, after major crises, banking and fiscal unions.
On the other hand, neither the Eurozone nor the European Union have real political unions. They also lack common debt and central fiscal authority. Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor argue that the short-term problems are so great in the Eurozone periphery that it might already be too late to solve the long-term issues because the Eurozone may well have collapsed in the meantime. They then assert that even extremely fanciful scenarios might be the last thing Europe may ultimately find itself clutching to, "if the Eurozone doesn't move rapidly towards a different macroeconomic policy mix and at the very least a meaningful banking union".
It couldn't get much more pessimistic than that…
Eurozone banking union
Greece's finance minister Yannis Stournaras recently reiterated that a banking union and common debt market is needed in the Eurozone, echoing similar statements from Eurozone leaders in recent years. However, Germany is understandably opposed to debt mutualisation.
So what has been done so far? Well, a lot of talking, that's for sure, but not many actions have been taken yet. A vote on the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) has been scheduled for its plenary session on September 9-12. It is considered a key step towards a banking union and would place 130 European banking groups (covering 85% of the Eurozone assets) under the supervision of the ECB. If passed, the text would then have to be cleared by the European Council and could then take effect in the fall of 2014; it was originally planned that it would begin to operate in March 2014.
Heightened risk in the fall
As I argued in my previous article (Eurozone: Be Ready For The Fall), there is substantial risk for the stock markets in the fall, due to a variety of factors. In it, I mentioned the expectation of a growing GDP for 2013Q2; this is thus not a surprise and doesn't negatively affect my opinion. In fact, it might even reinforce it, given that, should the stock markets keep rising to new highs in the very short-term, it will be even more likely that a correction will take place. The market performance this last couple of days, though, seems to indicate that the nervousness regarding a possible tapering of QE3 by the Fed overweighs the better-than-expected GDP from Europe.
The inevitable, continued strains between Eurozone countries will also most certainly move markets in the next few months. Indeed, when we simply compare Germany to the PIIGS, it is clear that there is a large gap between the best performers of the Eurozone and the periphery.
Finally, whatever happens in the short term, the grim analysis from Kevin H. O'Rourke and Alan M. Taylor is a reminder that, at the very best, the road to recovery in the Eurozone will be very long and bumpy. Despite my bearishness in the short-term, I actually think that further down the road, there is a possibility for improvements in the Eurozone and inevitably, more opportunities for the savvy investor. I also really hope than we won't have to endure such apocalyptic a scenario as a messy break-up of the Eurozone, but I will certainly continue to be very cautious and reassess the situation on a regular basis. More than ever, it remains important to closely follow the political and economic environment in the Eurozone.
If nothing else, remember the words written on Wednesday by Olli Rehn, the EU's top monetary official, in his blog: "I hope there will be no premature, self-congratulatory statements suggesting 'the crisis is over'."
How to position yourself?
In light of the coming volatility, my first recommendation is to carefully reevaluate your current investments and take some profits, in order to raise some cash and reenter the market at cheaper prices after the expected correction. If you are risk averse, it might be preferable to mostly stay on the sidelines for the moment, unless you are in for the long-term and can accept a drop without losing your sleep over it.
If you are not against taking some risk, there are many European ETFs available to short the European markets (including these) whether as a whole or for individual countries. As always, be careful especially with leveraged ETFs, as the market may be resilient for longer than you would expect before a correction occurs. My favorites are ETFX-DAX 2X SH (DE:DES2) to double short the DAX30 in Frankfurt (I currently have a small position in it) and CAC 40 X2 SHORT GR (FR:CAC2S) to double short the CAC40 in Paris. Outside of Europe, a possible tapering of QE3 by the Fed, which is one of the causes for concern this fall, would cause volatility. You might thus also want to consider iPath S&P 500 VIX ST Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VXX) or ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Fut ETF (NYSEARCA:UVXY) to take advantage of it.
The European banking sector will likely continue to be highly volatile and thus will offer many opportunities, albeit with a relatively high risk in the short-term. For most of the past year and a half, I've been long Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN), but Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) would also be a good choice. Both banks do very substantial business in Latin America, thus reducing somewhat their exposure to the crisis in Spain and the Eurozone. However, as most European banks, they are still risky investments and their charts over the past 12 months alone look like rollercoaster tracks, so don't bet your house on any of them. Because of that volatility, though, they regularly offer opportunities to buy in. Good entry points are around $6.70-$7.00 for Santander and $8.10-$8.60 for BBVA; at those levels, they present significantly lower downside risk and substantial upside potential. My preference for Banco Santander is in part due to the dividend rate of 8.24% at the time of writing (BBVA currently offers 4.17%), which makes it a good long-term investment; anytime it comes close to the aforementioned entry point, I buy some more and take some profits when it goes back to $7.75 or $8.00. As always, it is impossible to time the market exactly, so I did miss a couple of tops and bottoms, but overall it has been a very good investment strategy. I expect there will be new bottoms in both banks within the next couple of months.
Disclosure: I am long SAN. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
Additional disclosure: I am double short DAX 30 in Frankfurt (DE:DES2)


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Urban Dictionary is a website which is a dictionary of slang words. The website was created in 1999 by California Polytechnic State University freshman, Aaron Peckham. The website was listed as #29 in Time's list of 50 best websites of 2008.[1] The website has been featured on Tosh.0's "words of the week". As of January 2011, Urban Dictionary has a alexa rating of 688.[2]


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2:58 | Lawrence Snowden points out that the lasting effects of WWII go far beyond the fighting. The makeup of America's labor force was forever changed, as women stepped up, and provincial attitudes were swept away.
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Lawrence Snowden's family dentist would regale him with tales of his Marine Corps service and invariably finish by telling him that it would be too tough for him. The young Snowden took this as a challenge.
After a stop at Camp Lejeune, newly commissioned Lieutenant Lawrence Snowden was sent to Camp Pendleton to help put together the new 4th Marine Division. His was the first unit to train at Pendleton.
The first operation for the 4th Division was the landing on Roi-Namur. Lawrence Snowden remembers that, though it was an easy victory, valuable combat experience and important lessons were imparted on the Marines.
On Saipan and Tinian, Lawrence Snowden discovered huge green flies and poor use of artillery. He also had a profoundly moving experience when he heard soft crying coming from a pile of bodies.
Marine Captain Lawrence Snowden learned two things made Iwo Jima a valuable prize for the Allies: its position halfway between B-29 bases in Saipan and Tokyo, and the fact that it was, legally, a part of the Japanese mainland.
During the difficult landing at Iwo Jima, company commander Lawrence Snowden dove into a bomb crater for shelter and found Sgt. Leonard Ash there with a gruesome wound.
Lawrence Snowden was told that the campaign for Iwo Jima would take maybe 5 days. Instead it was 36 long, bloody days and when the flag was raised, no one in his unit stood up and cheered. That Marine would have been a dead Marine.
Iwo Jima was a unique battle in that the victors suffered more casualties than the defeated. Marine Captain Lawrence Snowden says that you came to feel that like it wouldn't happen to you, and that spirit enabled the men to reach their objective.
Lawrence Snowden knew that the machine guns on the wings of the Zero could not be aimed at him, so he stood up in the bomb crater he was using for cover and waved to the pilot of the low flying plane.
Lawrence Snowden was wounded on Iwo Jima and discovered that the policy was to not return any wounded troops to the battle. He wanted to return to his men and persevered because he knew there was always someone around who could change policy.
Aboard a troop ship, Lawrence Snowden found out what it means to be a union chef when he had to finish cooking his own eggs. Then he reveals the reason he loves sardines.
Captain Lawrence Snowden was transferred to the 3rd Marine Division on Guam, where he readied for the expected invasion of Japan. The commander was Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine, who had a reputation as a "tough cookie."
Lawrence Snowden was one of only 95,000 active Marines when war broke out in Korea, drawn down from a force of over 500,000. His superiors wanted him to stay in his planning role, but he pushed for a transfer to the action.
During the Korean War, Lawrence Snowden visited postwar Japan for the first time. During a train ride from Kyoto to Tokyo, he became aware of an essential truth regarding wartime enemies.
In Vietnam, Regimental Commander Lawrence Snowden saw the dirty part of the war operating down in the Delta. Later, working at HQ making bombing assessments, he began to realize the aerial assault on the North was not working.
Lawrence Snowden had a long and varied career as a Marine officer, but the most important lesson on leadership, he learned as a newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant at Camp Lejeune. His men were not there to serve him. He was there to serve them.
It took a long time to get to England. The ship Guy Whidden had boarded was damaged, so he took a detour to Newfoundland. Finally, a new ship was brought, a British ship, complete with British food, of course. No one wanted to be in the bottom hold, which was knee deep with water.
The pilot was ready to die. Louie Clark saw him after he crashed his kamikaze into the deck of the destroyer USS Haynsworth. There were many casualties, including a big pot of beans that caught a machine gun from the kamikaze after it crashed through the deck. Clark describes the bravery of men that day and the solemn ceremonies of the burials at sea.
Trained as a Beachmaster, Mortimer Caplin shipped out for England on the Queen Mary. His unit had a lot of specialized gear and he had to form a guard detachment to keep other units from walking away with it. After they got it all to the Southern English coast, they participated in the ill-fated Exercise Tiger out of Slapton Sands.
When his buddy George Farris was hit by a sniper, Bob Royce and two others started back to battalion headquarters to get help. They had to hit the ground when the same sniper targeted them. Royce decided to get up and run for it. After he secured aid and was returning to the front, the sniper struck again.
They were trying to take a ridge on Okinawa where the Japanese had dug trenches and the persistent Americans tried repeatedly to take the position. Herman Buffington got close enough to vault over into a trench where he used the old helmet-on-a-bayonet trick to judge the enemy fire. He received the Bronze Star for his actions in this firefight.
Navy Corpsman Frank Walden went ashore at Omaha Beach with the Beach Battalion, a unit charged with managing the beach during the assault. After the shock of seeing the first bodies, and after a frightening rush to find safety in the chaos, he began to treat the wounded.
When he arrived in Burma to join Merrill's Marauders, Stanley Sasine had to jump from a moving plane, run for cover and dig a foxhole. He did not have to face the daunting challenges of the original Marauders, but the perils were plenty. When the General found out that Sasine was color blind, he was made 1st Scout because he could spot the hidden enemy so well. His first kill came suddenly, though, when he came face to face with a Japanese scout.
Herman Buffington was hunkered down in his foxhole on Okinawa when a mortar round hit close by and a piece of red hot shrapnel tore through his leg. It sounded like bacon frying, but a medic got the bleeding stopped and he was going to be OK. He refused the morphine because he was already exhausted and didn't want anyone else to tend to his tourniquet.
It was their third mission over Berlin and they were heading home. Four German fighters pounced on the B-24 and it was engulfed in flame and going down. Clyde Burnette fought for consciousness as the other crew in the back of the plane bailed out. He woke in free fall with no idea how he had made it out, and soon he was in German custody. Everyone made it out of the plane except George "Danny" Daneau, the nose turret gunner, who went down with the aircraft.
Two engines were out, a third smoking, and they were were losing airspeed and altitude, but they were flying level and pointed home. Then time ran out for the B-17 and Don Scott had to slip down the hatch into the slipstream. Part 2 of 3.
Herman Buffington was taking some potshots at Japanese troops on the other side of a large ravine where they were foolishly cooking their rice out in the open. When an officer came by and asked how he was doing, he remarked that he was trying to mix a little lead with the rice. The man asked for the rifle so he could give it a try and he proved to be an excellent shot. Buffington could smell the brass and he was right. It was General Simon Buckner.
After a nerve-wracking mission to bomb Tokyo and a typhoon, B.E. Vaughan and the destroyer O'Brien suffered a second kamikaze attack which killed all three of his hometown pals who served with him on board. Then, began the grim task of collecting the personal belongings of the dead and preparing them for burial at sea.
The first operation for the 4th Division was the landing on Roi-Namur. Lawrence Snowden remembers that, though it was an easy victory, valuable combat experience and important lessons were imparted on the Marines.
The man had been shot up pretty bad, remembers Herman Buffington, who carried him back to the camp. All the way the wounded soldier had pleaded with him to leave him there, but once safe in a foxhole, he wouldn't let go of Buffington's hand, even when the medics prepared to evacuate him.
It was late night guard duty and Herman Buffington heard something. Then he saw a figure crouched in the brush. When the next flare went up, he sighted and fired. The figure didn't move so he shot him again. When he found out why there was no reaction, all he could do was laugh. He did get a souvenir out of the encounter, a silk Japanese flag.
George Mason remembers the Japanese fighters they faced in battle and the distinct smell that you could sense once they came near the division. Because of the difficult island conditions, disease was always a problem for Mason and his fellow soldiers.
While training for the 101st Airborne Division, Suerth and his company took many test jumps, with varying levels of success. He describes what drew soldiers to Airborne and the trials they all went through to have such a designation.
Before he went overseas, Paratrooper Guy Whidden went on maneuvers in Tennessee. One day, he was assigned to guard four prisoners, chronically AWOL soldiers awaiting court martial. It was a long night and they were hungry, which led to a sad situation for the reluctant guard.
Units were shuffled around continuously and he sometimes found himself back in a position he had previously occupied. That's how Bob Uhl remembers his time on the outskirts of the Battle of the Bulge. When that fight was over, it was just holding the line until March. At that time, a big push began, but his unit, after 155 days of continuous combat, was kept in reserve.
Pushing on after Normandy, Guy Whidden was in the Netherlands and surrounded by Germans. His unit took a pounding from mortars and shrapnel from a round hit his leg. As he treated himself, the barrage continued to take lives around him. Crawling from the field to a ditch, he was noticed and picked up by an officer who carried him to safety.


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Fox Anchor On Romney Tax Returns: "I Don't Think It's Anybody's Business"
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Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum suggested that requests for Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns are somehow an invasion of his privacy, even as polling shows most Americans think Romney should do so.
Romney continues to deny requests from both sides of the aisle to release more tax returns, asserting that the 2010 return and 2011 estimate he released are sufficient. Today, the Obama campaign offered to stop criticizing Romney for a lack of transparency if he releases five years of tax returns. The Romney camp declined, alleging that the Obama team was trying to distract from "issues that matter to voters."
MacCallum's declaration that Romney's tax returns aren't "anybody's business" echoes a comment Romney made earlier this week on the campaign trail. Romney said, "Given the challenges that America faces -- 23 million people out of work, Iran about to become nuclear, one out of six Americans in poverty -- the fascination with taxes I've paid I find to be very small-minded."
The majority of the country disagrees with MacCallum. Sixty-three percent of Americans believe Romney should release more of his tax returns, according to an August 9 CNN poll. Among independents, that number is even higher, at 67 percent. Similarly, a Gallup poll in July found that 54 percent of adults thought that Romney should release additional returns.
Despite the public's interest, Fox News has repeatedly defended Romney's secrecy over his taxes.
From the August 17 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:
MacCALLUM: You know, if there's no illegality, if the IRS isn't after them, I don't think it's anybody's business.
JUAN WILLIAMS (Fox News contributor): Oh, stop. If they only paid 13 percent, Martha?
MARY KATHARINE HAM (Fox News contributor): It's a smear if Harry Reid is just making stuff up.
WILLIAMS: What percentage do you pay in taxes?
MacCALLUM: Go ahead, Juan.
WILLIAMS: What percentage do you pay in taxes? I bet you pay a lot more than 13 percent.
MacCALLUM: You know, yeah, I do. But you know what I would say to anybody wanting to know about -- it's none of your business, OK?
WILLIAMS: Yeah, well, you're not running for president.
HAM: It's the McCain standard. He's met it.
MacCALLUM: I think that unless there's a charge there's something illegal, I can't -- two years, you know, that's exactly what John McCain did. I don't -- I think they're barking up the wrong tree.
WILLIAMS: Two years? He's done one year and an estimate.
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12:00pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2223, the Minimum Wage Fairness Act;
Not Invoked: 54-42
For procedural reasons, Senator Reid changed his vote to no and then he entered a motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote at a later time. The motion to proceed to S.2223 remains pending. At 4pm, we will turn to Executive Session and proceed to a series of 6 votes on confirmation of district judge nominations.


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Does anyone have addresses for Claire Danes and Damian Lewis of Homeland, the best show on television imo!
The address for Damian Lewis on Fanmail.biz is a UK address and it has had some successes. If no one has a different address could anyone shed some light on how to send requests to the UK?
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The above graph displays service status activity for Tviexpress.com over the last 10 automatic checks. The blue bar displays the response time, which is better when smaller. If no bar is displayed for a specific time it means that the service was down and the site was offline.
Service Status History
|Ping Time
|Ping Time
|62.06 ms.
|71.43 ms.
|61 ms.
|59.95 ms.
|59.62 ms.
|70.21 ms.
|59.95 ms.
|61.2 ms.
|64.28 ms.
|59.84 ms.
* Times displayed are PT, Pacific Time (UTC/GMT 0) | Current server time is 12:48
We have tried pinging TVI Express website using our server and the website returned the above results. If tviexpress.com is down for us too there is nothing you can do except waiting. Probably the server is overloaded, down or unreachable because of a network problem, outage or a website maintenance is in progress...
If the site is UP but you cant access the page, try one of the below solutions:
Browser Related Problems
Force a full refresh for the site. This can be achieved by pressing CTRL + F5 keys at the same time on your favourite browser (Firefox, Chrome, Explorer, etc.)
Clear the temporary cache and cookies on your browser to make sure that you have the most recent version of the web page. For instructions choose your browser :
Fix DNS Problems
A Domain Name System (DNS) allows a site IP address (192.168.x.x) to be identified with words (*.com) in order to be remembered more easily, like a phonebook for websites. This service is usually provided by your ISP.
Clear your local DNS cache to make sure that you grab the most recent cache that your ISP has. For Windows - (Start > Command Prompt > type "ipconfig /flushdns" and hit enter). For details choose your operating system :
If you can access a website at office or from a 3G network yet it's not working on your computer, it is a good idea to use an alternative DNS service other than your ISPs. OpenDNS or Google Public DNS are both excellent and free public DNS services.
Check our help page for step-by-step instructions on how to change your DNS.
i cant open my TVI portal... same with my member in Japan.
I also put some money in tvi and i believe in the compagny at the beginning, but now i am glad that i learn that a good and honest compagny is where you can ear and learn directely from the ceo of the compagny with live call each week and with training that will give you a life changing... if you choose it!!!
www.dailymail.co.uk this where you can find the lastest information about tvi express and the legacy turmoil... and the scam compagny... sorry but it true.
i cannot open the tvi express member login to my computer, i'm here now in Kuwait working, please help me to open my tvi website.
i can't connect to tvi express right now need to encode new member
After an undisclosed number of Americans sent their money overseas in the Travel Ventures International {TVI Express} pyramid scam, the company websites have now been down for over a week.
It looks like TVI Express and their pyramid scam based in India have been closed down for good.
I am not in TVI but one of my business partner is and she can help you bounce back, her name is Sylvie Marsan, you can send her an email at, firstname.lastname@example.com,, , get in touch with her now and take your business to another level.
Allo i'am in tvi also and i can help so please contact me via my personnel e mail email@example.com i will get in touch with you after my work day.
The site is down
I was trying to register from Nigeria, it was not going. It states... This transaction cannot be allowed. Contact our Customer Support Team for further information. pls put me through.
site is down for almost 1 week now what is going on
since the founder of TVI has been arrested whats going to happen now? i invested a lot of money into TVI
I do not reach tvi express website right now
website cannot be found.. Please help
It is universal update
site holds the updates do not worry
the website is down and i cant reach :S
the site is down
we will be back soon
Page Mesh Ayza open Leh is the company locked
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text: We've been over all this ground before, but here it is again FWIW On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:16:15AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > It will not wait, the tools will just fail to open the device, and > udev will only create the basic device node, but not possible > metadata-based symlinks or anything like that. That is expected > behavior, udev will handle just fine. The needed information will only > be readable with the next "change" event, and be fully updated with > every "change" event after that. But while userspace code responding to the uevents is fiddling with the new node deciding what to do, the userspace code (e.g. lvm2) that is creating the device tree is continuing to manipulate it as these are multi-step processes. If code triggered by the uevents runs alongside the lvm2 code, stuff fails. (E.g. lvm2 wants exclusive access which it can't get because something reacting to the uevent opened the device temporarily - even though we could have told it not to bother as it would find nothing of interest on it yet - a concept of 'ignored' or 'private' devices). So we require a synchronisation mechanism so that the lvm2 code can wait for *everything* triggered by the uevents to finish before proceeding. (Or alternatively a mechanism to flag that other code reacting to uevents should ignore these devices at this stage.) We attempted to add the synchronisation ourselves (95-dm-notify.rules) but I think you pointed out there are still things outside our control that can be triggered without a mechanism to wait for them to finish. Alasdair


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Estrada Focuses on Love, Care in a Personal Way
Sylvia Estrada's 30 years of nursing experience, dedication and passion for learning and helping the underserved, led her to pursue a Doctorate of Nursing Practice at Western University of Health Sciences.
"Upon first entering nursing school, I realized that I had an exceptional opportunity to change people's lives on a daily basis through this profession by consistently showing love and care in a personal way," says Estrada. "Not only would I touch the lives of my patients, but also their families and friends who, in turn, might spread that love and care to others."
During her time in the healthcare industry, Estrada has worked in diverse areas such as hospitals and clinics in the United States and in Latin American countries.
Her work in Latin America includes teaching and interacting with women who have little to no access to health care.
"Utilizing my primary language of Spanish has helped me tremendously in pursuing my passion for bringing the knowledge and care for these women," she says. "I plan to continue my work in these countries to serve this vulnerable population to make life altering changes and help educate the local health care workers as well as the local women."
Estrada has served as volunteer with local chapter professional nursing associations such as the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, Oncology Nursing Society, and California Association for Nurse Practitioners and has received numerous recognitions during her career for her commitment to clinical excellence and leadership.
Obtaining the Go Red Multicultural Scholarship Fund, supported by Macy's, will help Estrada to develop research projects and influence health outcomes for underserved populations, and will help her show to her fellow Hispanic nursing colleagues that there are still opportunities for advancing their education.


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Hi, and welcome to Just Answer. Thank you for entrusting me with your legal issue. I will do my best to assist you. During the course of our interaction , I may need some additional information. Also, please keep in mind that when any of us at JA legal answers a question, we don't know what you, the customer, already knows about the issue unless we are told.
Have you been served with a summons AND complaint?
I read the rule to verify that you did not have to answer the complaint. Here's what you do:
Use the caption a the top of the summons and complaint...the court; the names of the parties...X v Y, etc. In the spot where they have "summons" and "complaint"...you type in NOTICE OF APPEARANCE ON YOURS.
Then type:
The defendant __________hereby appears in this action pursuant to Court rule_________"
Follow the format at the end of theirs.
Send a copy to the other attorney/plaintiff. Prepare an affidavit of service indicating that you have done so. File the original notice of appearance and affidavit of service with the court. It is usually required that a person other than yourself mail the copy to the other side and fill out the affidavit of service.


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The Health Council of Canada reports on the progress of health care renewal in Canada. We provide a pan-Canadian, system-wide perspective on health care reform, with an emphasis on identifying the best practices and innovation that make health care renewal possible.
In the 2003 First Ministers' Accord on Health Care Renewal and the 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care , Canada's First Ministers* committed to making improvements to the health care system in several priority areas.
The Health Council monitors and reports on progress made towards fulfilling the accord commitments in these key areas:
- Aboriginal Health
- Access to Care in the North
- Access and Wait Times
- Electronic Health Records
- Health Human Resources
- Health Promotion
- Health Status and Health Outcomes
- Home and Community Care
- Pharmaceuticals Management
- Primary Health Care
* "First Ministers" are the provincial and territorial premiers, and the Prime Minister.


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Mrs. Julia J. Tingle, widow of the late Nathan Tingle, and a
resident of Gladstone for 20 years, died at her home in
Gladstone, Tuesday, December 12.
Mrs. Tingle was born April 11, 1841, at Hartford, Conn. Her marriage
to Nathan Tingle took place in Michigan in October,
1858. In 1870 she and her family came west, settling in Oregon.
Funeral services will be held from the Methodist church in this
city Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. A. H. Lathrop,
pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Mountain View cemetery.


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From a column of news from Lone Pine and vicinity authored by "Guzzinflip" in the Washington Review and Examiner, 16 Sep. 1874, p. 3:
1) "Wednesday evening last, as Jimmie Hughes, Jr., of Amity, in company with his uncle, Rev. R. C. Gessford, of Gettysburg, was passing Lone Pine in a buggy, the horse took fright at the blowing of the whistle of Chamberlin's mill and ran over an embankment, throwing out the occupants and severely cutting Rev. Gessford. Strange to say, Jimmy [sic] escaped injury. The horse ran about half a mile, but did no material damage to the vehicle."
2) "Recent building improvements are as follows: Cephas Chamberlin has repaired and attached some new work to his steam mill in Lone Pine, and is doing good work in the way of cracking grain. . ."