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It projects to be one of the most hotly-contested games in the NCAA super regional round: North Carolina against East Carolina in a three-game series with a trip to Omaha on the line.
But more than even that, the Chapel Hill super regional solidifies the of the state of North Carolina's status as an emerging baseball hotbed.
Think about it—two schools separated by a mere 110 miles, just a two hour drive—are playing for a berth in the College World Series. It will be the first time that two schools from the Old North State will meet in a super regional.
And nowhere is the growth more apparent than Chapel Hill, N.C. UNC's newly-renovated Boshamer stadium is one of the best in the nation, smelling like $25.5 million and draped with banners reading "College World Series: 2006, 2007, 2008." Should UNC down the Pirates, it would be the fourth straight year the Tar Heels have been to Omaha for the CWS.
But the Tar Heels are just the tip of the iceberg, albeit a highly visible one. East Carolina also sports an $11 million new stadium after two straight trips to the NCAA tournament.
Each year since 2005, six schools from North Carolina have made the NCAA tournament. In 2008, North Carolina State, North Carolina, Elon, UNC Wilmington, Charlotte, and East Carolina all received berths.
Fan support is at an all-time high for baseball. The 2009 ACC tournament, held at Durham Athletic Park—home of the Triple-A Durham Bulls—brought 6,956 fans out. That number broke the state college baseball attendance record. North Carolina is reporting that the Chapel Hill super regional is already sold out.
Even through Division II, North Carolina Schools are making their mark. Last year, Mount Olive College from Cary, N.C. won the D-II national championship, and in the 2009 event,—held in Cary, N.C., at USA Baseball's National Training Complex—Belmont Abbey (from Belmont, N.C.) was one of the last three teams left.
So how did North Carolina get here, with two elite programs playing in a shiny new stadium for a chance to represent the state at collegiate baseball's highest stage?
In 1959, Russ Frazier became the head coach of Louisburg Junior College, in Louisburg, N.C., a small country town smack between Henderson and Raleigh. For the next 40 years, Frazier built Louisburg into a JuCo powerhouse—80 of his players went on to sign with MLB teams, and 12 played in the big leagues.
Frazier made his program by drawing almost completely on the local talent base. Most of his recruiting trips were to places like nearby Raleigh and Rocky Mount.
"Baseball was good then," Frazier said of those days. "It was like you might say pockets of it, there would be good coaches at certain schools."
For the time, Louisberg had one of the nicest facilities in JuCo—a 700-seat stadium that has borne Frazier's name since 1977. (It even got an air-conditioned press box in 2000).
Frazier believes that the growth of baseball in North Carolina is best reflected not in college teams, nor in the number of draft picks the state produces (an all-time high 69 in 2008) but in the state's high school coaches—and that's something that Frazier (and other longtime coaches such as UNC's late Walter Rabb) can claim some credit for. Many of the local players who played under great coaches like Frazier and Rabb returned to N.C. In following years, coaching and teaching the game of baseball.
"[Baseball has] grown tremendously; I think due to a lot better coaching," Frazier said. "It used to be that I didn't think the coaching wasn't all that great in some of the high schools, but now I think it's so much better."
It's a sentiment echoed by coaches around the state, like UNC Wilmington's Mark Scalfe, a Cary native.
"It's just a large number of quality coaches . . . that are teaching the game and working hard to recruit the best players, and tremendously competitive schedules throughout the course of the year," Scalfe said.
So it's fitting that the two head coaches squaring of this weekend both started coaching in N.C. high schools.
In fact, North Carolina's Mikc Fox and ECU's Billy Godwin embody the growth of baseball in the state. Both played in college (Fox at UNC from 1976-78, Godwin at Atlantic Christian from 1982-86). Both came back to UNC to coach and teach (Fox at Millbrook High in Raleigh before moving to Division III N.C. Wesleyan; Godwin coached at Cary Academy before succeeding Frazier at Louisberg). And both now have developed their programs with mostly home-grown talent. Each team roster features more than 20 players from the state.
"You go down the rosters of the two teams, you're going to see a lot of North Carolina kids on there," Fox said. "Me and Billy, neither one, I certainly don't, at the end of the day care what state our kids are from, but when you start talking about North Carolina and the number of players this state has produced, and the quality of them, you can't help but look and see."
And with the success of not only the Pirates and the Tar Heels but all of the 18 Division I schools in the state, North Carolina schools started pumping money into baseball—newer and better facilities, renewed commitment to the diamond.
"I don't know per capita, but we've got a ton of Division I programs in this state, and all the coaches get after it," Fox said. "I think it makes all of us better. I know it does here. We can never relax, because there's always people out there trying to beat you."
And so now, at Boshamer Stadium, the two elite programs in North Carolina will square off in front of ESPN cameras and pro scouts and a sold-out stadium, a world away from 700-seat Frazier field just up the road.
"Looking at it externally, it's huge," Godwin said. "For North Carolina to continue the success they've had, and for us to get to where they've been."


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President Obama plans to issue an executive order (EO) requiring federal contractors to pay employees at least $10.10 per hour, starting in 2015. The announcement came during Obama's Jan. 28 State of the Union address, in which he also called on Congress to pass legislation raising the national minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, a 39% increase above the current federal minimum wage of $7.25.
Obama said the order would require contractors to pay federally funded employees the higher wage "because if you cook our troops' meals or wash their dishes, you shouldn't have to live in poverty."
"This action will cover workers who are performing services or construction," a White House statement said.
Questions that can't be answered until the Obama administration issues the executive order:
- Will the higher minimum wage apply only to prime federal contractors, or will subcontractors have to comply as well?
- Will there be compliance thresholds tied, for example, to the dollar value of a contract or the number of employees working on federal contracts?
"The increase will take effect for new contracts after the effective date of the order, so contractors will have time to prepare and price their bids accordingly," the White House statement said.
It's unclear how many employees will get a pay raise as a result of the EO. One 2013 survey by the National Employment Law Project found that 74% of service employees working for federal contractors earn less than $10 per hour.
The president's announcement came amid a broader call for higher wages for America's lowest paid workers. "Tonight, I ask more of America's business leaders to … do what you can to raise your employees' wages," Obama said. He urged "every mayor, governor and state legislator in America" to enact local legislation raising the minimum wage.

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Mergers and the Value of Antitrust Deterrence
- Abstract
- Full Text PDF
- Author(s): B. ESPEN ECKBO
- Published: Apr 30, 2012
- Pages: 1005-1029
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1992.tb04003.x
While the U.S. has pursued a vigorous antitrust policy towards horizontal mergers over the past four decades, mergers in Canada have until recently been permitted to take place in a virtually unrestricted antitrust environment. The absence of an antitrust overhang in Canada presents an interesting opportunity to test the conjecture that the rigid market share and concentration criteria of the U.S. policy effectively deters a significant number of potentially collusive mergers. The effective deterrence hypothesis implies that the probability of a horizontal merger being anticompetitive is higher in Canada than in the U.S. However, parameters in cross‐sectional regressions reject the market power hypothesis on samples of both U.S. and Canadian mergers. Judging from the Canadian evidence, there simply isn't much to deter.


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Mopar and Ford fans alike are really going to get a kick out of this one. For reasons beyond our understanding, the owner of this Darwinian creation decided to stick the face of a new Dodge Charger onto his previous generation Ford Mustang Convertible. We only have one question for you; should this beasty creation be called the Fodge Chustang or Dord Mustarger? -More pics after the jump
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Diverging Steel Sector Performance In Europe And The Americas
Business Monitor International (BMI) has just published its latest analysis of the global steel industry, and subscribers can read two key articles in our online service.
Europe: We continue to see a massive divergence between the outlooks for Western and Eastern Europe's steel sector over the coming years. Germany, France and Italy will see subdued growth in steel demand due to negligible or weak GDP growth rates and a lack of construction activity, while production will remain muted on the back of low steel prices. The situation is almost diametrically opposite in Russia and Turkey, as the two countries embark on significant infrastructure and construction projects. Regarding production, both countries have major projects on the horizon, and despite the availability of cheap imports of Chinese steel, domestic producers are best placed to benefit.
Americas: In the Western hemisphere, major Latin American steel producers in Brazil and Mexico should see strong steel demand growth as infrastructure and construction growth rates exceed those of North America. Both countries will also see strong automotive production growth rates, particularly Mexico. The US and Canada will meanwhile see tepid demand, although we still expect positive real growth this year and the next. Performances among US steelmakers have diverged in recent years, with some firms hurt more by higher input costs and cheap Chinese imports than others. We expect this gap to continue during our five-year forecast period.
Next week, we will be publishing our outlook for the Asian steel industry.


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"Reversibility of Cardiovascular Injury With CPAP Use: Mechanisms Involved"
This study has been completed.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: March 17, 2011
Last Update Posted: October 1, 2015
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to determine the factors that are associated with improved cardiovascular function with the use of CPAP therapy on subjects diagnosed with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.
|Sleep Apnea, Obstructive Hypoxia Hypercapnia Sleep Disorders Obesity Hypertension Coronary Artery Vasospasm Right Ventricular Overload Left Ventricular Function Systolic Dysfunction Ventricular Hypertrophy
|Other: Clinically prescribed CPAP therapy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|"Reversibility of Cardiovascular Injury With Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Use: Mechanisms Involved"
Further study details as provided by University of Wisconsin, Madison:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in endothelium mediated response to brachial artery reactivity test between baseline and 4 and 12 weeks after CPAP therapy [ Time Frame: 14 weeks ]Ultrasound based brachial artery reactivity tests will be performed at entry before CPAP therapy and at 4, 12 weeks post CPAP use and 5-7 days after CPAP withdrawal
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in arterial stiffness between baseline and after CPAP treatment [ Time Frame: 14 weeks ]Subjects will undergo pulse wave velocity testing with applanation tonometry. tonometry recordings will be at entry and after 4 and 12 weeks of CPAP use and 5-7- days after withdrawal.
- Changes in coronary artery flow under a cold pressor test [ Time Frame: 13 weeks ]A subset of subjects with abnormal endothelial function determined during the baseline scan and good echocardiographic images will be invited to participate on this portion of the test. We will record the response to a cold pressor test (submerging their hand in ice water for 1.5 minutes) on left anterior descending coronary artery velocities with transthoracic echocardiography at baseline and after 12 weeks of CPAP therapy.
|Study Start Date:
|March 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Clinically prescribed CPAP therapy
Clinically prescribed CPAP therapy
Other: Clinically prescribed CPAP therapy
CPAP as prescribed by attending physician
Detailed Description:
We will monitor non-invasively changes in arterial stiffness, cardiac mass, pulmonary pressures, endothelial function, etc. We will also assess the reversibility of these changes after only 5-7 days of not using the CPAP mask. In a subgroup of subjects we will explore changes in coronary flow response after 12 weeks of CPAP use compared with baseline.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- subjects naïve of CPAP therapy just recently diagnosed with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The degree of OSA is defined by results of a comprehensive polysomnogram requiring an apnea hypopnea index (AHI) >15 events/hour and Epworth score >10, or an AHI >20 events/hour
- either sex
- any race
- between 21-50 years old.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg
- Changes in antihypertensive medications in the last 6 weeks
- Restless leg syndrome
- Average overnight oxygen saturation below 80%
- Current use of beta-blockers
- History of coronary artery disease
- History of Stroke
- Atrial fibrillation
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Suspected cardiac valve abnormality
- Ejection fraction <50%
- Type I and type II Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
- Asthma or confirmed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Cigarette smoking in the last 6 months
- Raynaud's disease
- Pregnancy (the normal hormonal changes that occur in pregnancy affect greatly arterial stiffness parameters) If a subject becomes pregnant we will discontinue data collection.
- Physically incapable of resting on left lateral decubitus for 40 minutes.
- Mastectomy with lymph node removal that might preclude us to monitor blood pressures on both arms
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01317329
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01317329
|United States, Wisconsin
|Wisconsin Sleep
|Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53719-1176
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Wisconsin, Madison
|Principal Investigator:
|Claudia E Korcarz, DVM
|University of Wisconsin, Madison
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Korcarz CE, Benca R, Barnet JH, Stein JH. Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Young and Middle-Aged Adults: Effects of Positive Airway Pressure and Compliance on Arterial Stiffness, Endothelial Function, and Cardiac Hemodynamics. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Apr 3;5(4):e002930. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002930.
|Responsible Party:
|University of Wisconsin, Madison
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01317329 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
K23HL094760 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Submitted:
|March 14, 2011
|First Posted:
|March 17, 2011
|Last Update Posted:
|October 1, 2015
|Last Verified:
|September 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sleep Wake Disorders
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
Coronary Vasospasm
Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
Signs and Symptoms
Nervous System Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Mental Disorders
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Respiration Disorders
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic
Coronary Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases


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It seems like our lives are full of "pressing matters." That goes without saying. So the question is should I press and sew, sew and press, or all the above?
Press and sew go together like peanut butter and jelly. If you complete the garment and then press the seams for the first time, you are in big trouble. The garment will never lie quite right, even if you take it to the cleaners.
Next to your sewing machine you need a top-notch iron. They finally solved a big problem of mine by inventing an iron that automatically shuts itself off if you forget and leave the room.
Never cross a seam, even darts or tucks with another until it has been pressed. A good rule of thumb: Pressing is not the same as ironing. Ironing is when you move the iron back and forth, and pressing is holding it and bringing the iron straight down and lifting it up.
If the seam is being stubborn, use a pressing cloth. Press on the wrong side whenever possible, but if you use the pressing cloth, it won't get shiny. Never press over pins (but you knew that) or, for that matter, basting threads. They leave permanent holes on your garment. Press the seam open first with your fingers; that gives you a starting place. Always check the temperature setting on an extra piece of cloth so you don't burn the real thing. At times, an imprint of the seam edge comes through to the right side. You can avoid this by placing tissue paper or plain brown paper between the garment and the seam allowance before pressing. Presto, no imprint!
Press in the same direction that you stitch, never press sharp creases until the fit has been double-checked, and remember, there is no need to over press. A little can go a long way.
In other words: "Don't press your luck!"
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If you follow the 43Folders websites (Site, Google Group, Wiki) you're no doubt familiar with Getting Things Done (GTD). I've not read the book myself (but Josh is!) but know that a system of tagging to-do items with a @ prefix is one of the cornerstones. Take that tagging system (for instance, give your resume.doc a Spotlight Comment of @resume) to your Spotlight Comments and use this handy Dashboard widget to keep track of those tags!
It will only return Spotlight Comments that have a @ prefix, so it won't work on all your Comments. But it does give a nice little list of all @tags on your system, and the count for each one. Now I'd be interested in finding a way to grab ANY Spotlight Comments that I've added, regardless of their prefix. Any ideas?


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Flagler shortstop Chase Bubley throws to first after fielding a play during their 6-2 game 2 win against Florida Memorial on Saturday.
By MADELYN TROYANEK, Staff Flagler College was already assured of a spot in the Region XIV baseball tournament long before a weekend series with Florida Memorial.
But the Saints wanted to go in to this week's tournament in Savannah strong, with a sound No. 2 seed and no questions.
After sweeping Florida Memorial between three games Friday and Saturday, Flagler is right where it wants to be, which is winning when it matters.
The Saints finished regular season play in the Florida Sun Conference with a 15-6 mark, just two games behind No. 1 seed Embry-Riddle, which finished 17-4.
Sweeping Florida Memorial (Miami) was a boost because it came with some pressure attached to it. The Saints had to win all three games to avoid dropping down into the conference standings, and likely into an earlier match with top-seeded Riddle, which finished 43-7 and is ranked No. 3 in the country.
Had Flagler dropped all three games to Florida Memorial, its No. 2 seed would've dissolved into a 4. But the Saints used strong pitching in all three games to set the tone.
Flagler won 7-2 Friday, then 3-0 and 6-2 Saturday.
That means Flagler will face tournament-host Savannah College of Art and Design, the fifth seed, in the opener on Tuesday. The Saints have only missed playing in the regional tournament once since it began in 2000. That was last year, when Flagler stumbled to a 5-13 conference mark.
As has been the case throughout most of the Saints' 32-22 season, pitching has been the strength. Led by Liam McClay, Wes Burgess and Mike Krebs, Flagler has stayed in games because of its arms.
The Saints' top three pitchers are a combined 21-11. McClay matched Krebs and Burgess' seven wins with a seven-strikeout shutout in Saturday's opener.
"I like the way our pitching lines up, especially depth wise," said Flagler coach Dave Barnett.
"If we get deep into the tournament, we have enough arms. We've ridden Krebs, McClay and Burgess hard."
If Barnett has concerns, it doesn't include his pitching staff. Even away from Flagler's top three starters, Barnett has a bevy of choices out of the bullpen.
He even split up the mound duties in the finale against Memorial between six pitchers -- Nick Phelps, Tommy DeSaulniers, Bobby Kane, Tim Jacobs, Barry Cressley and Ryan Enger.
Offense is what Barnett hopes livens up this week. With players like Randy Miller, Glenn Kiture, Todd Lietz and Josh Holt, the potential for an outburst is there and the entire lineup is capable. But the bats have been too Jekyll and Hyde this season for any type of comfort. In their last two games, the Saints had just 13 hits. And in a tough region with no giveaway games, that's not going to take the Saints very far, especially not into Friday's championship, likely against Riddle.
"One thing that we need to do well is score runs," Barnett said.
"We've got some meat there in the top five or six guys, but we've maybe only exploded how I thought we could only a half a dozen times this year."
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Bob Utterback has more than 26 years of experience and offers producers a disciplined approach to marketing.
I agree, Bob does not have a clue. His opinions are designed to bring customers to his business and increase his bottom line, not the bottom line of his customers.
I agree with 9:18 theres no reason to give this one away. I think we all would be alright with a little lower prices had our inputs not been sky high.....
Last year, at this time, we weren't in the worst recession since the Great Depression - so he didn't miss it by a mile - no one predicted this downturn as bad as it is.


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No Nexcare tape here All sorts of Nexcare products but no tape........maybe I can find those clear dots QNS is using.
I've been practicing the BSR foot for the past two days. I was not too happy with it untill yesterday night. I didn't manage to speed up when I wanted but last night I finally got it. I have to move the fabric faster in order to sew faster!! It's a whole different way of sewing but I think I've got it now
Jeanie, great idea. I never made a Bow Tuck Purse. Just might make one when I finished some UFO's!


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Married Work Colleague just called me.
He doesn't know that they had sex but that something happened. Its driving him mad. I have protected my WBF by not telling him but I told him lots of details that lead to the fact that they had sex; like me having an STD test, email sex talk. And now I'm thinking, he's going to absorb those details and work it out. Should I just tell him and forget loyalty to my WBF?
We are in R and I feel now this could be a step backwards.
"Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive" - CS Lewis
He is a POS.
I would instead call his wife.
"I will not lie for you, I do not owe you that."
He also believes that you care so little about fidelity that you'll involve yourself in this episode of "A very Special Jerry Springer."
How do you feel about that?
WBF has just walked out on discovering that I have betrayed him and spoken to the other man abut WBF's personal business.
Is he right?
I said sorry but he's gone. He doesn't know if he can forgive me.
Feeling numb and like I've messed everything up.
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Do you see what he is doing? He is turning this around so you have to beg HIM for forgiveness.
YOU did nothing wrong. He is the one that drove this truck into the ditch. Do not beg and plead your case to him.
He is being an asshole. period.
After my husband's A I talked to everyone. His mother, his siblings, my parents, our friends. Hell if I had had a milkman I would have told him.
You know what my husband did? He looked sad, you could tell he was hurting, but he said. IT'S OK...I DID THIS TO YOU. Whatever you need to do to make yourself feel better, do it.
He didn't try to make me feel like shit, he didn't turn things around so I was the bad guy.
He knew it was all on him.
Now my dear, is time for the 180.
Read it, do it. He does not deserve you right now.
I would not be talking to the WBF whoever he is, he is a piece of crap too...let him sort out the mess he got himself into.
Get into some IC and start seeing your WS for who he is right now. Not who he was or who you want him to be. See him for his actions in this moment.
I am sorry
Hi, Katie
I wouldn't beat yourself up over this. You did the best you could in the circumstances. It's a complex situation if I understand what you posted.
Whenever I see a ws get mad at their bs for something like this, my instinct tells me it's really a ploy of ws to deflect their own blame and exaggerate the fault of the bs over something much smaller. This-your giving information- was absolutely NOTHING in comparison to what wbf did to you.
He doesn't know if he can stay with you over this?? Oh, well. And can you stay with him over what he did to you? What he did is the true "unforgiveable" item here.
You didn't mess up. He did.
I got a couple of hours sleep and am still relatively calm. 180 here I come.
I'm going to read it again and again.
I tried to do what I could under the circumstances. His reaction has shocked me actually.
I am sorry he is being such an asshat!!
I have read 180 and I am ready to do it.
Wow, never saw this one coming!
It will be one of the craziest times in your life. You will have days where you just walk around the house shaking your head like WTF...
Thats why SI is so great, most of the shit they pull has been pulled before. Hang around long enough and you see the cycles. It's kinda creepy how similar cheaters are.
Different names, cities and lives....same old bullshit.
Its my grandmothers funeral today so have that to deal with. I guess he won't be around!
180 and time I guess.
IMO he doesn't deserve to be with you at such an important time.
Do you have family you can lean on today?
Be good to yourself Katie.
Just bad timing that this has all happened.
Thank you so much for your support. I needed your words. x
Just post when you need strength.
You will be ok.
Just wanted to let you know you're not alone.
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you do ask a friend to be there for you.
I continued the 180.
So we'll see. What happens next?


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Legal Question in Tax Law in New Jersey
My husband receives nontaxable income from VA and social security and I receive taxable income from my place of employment. This is the first year we are filing together. My question is two part.
1) Should we file jointly since separately, he doesn't necessarily have to file because he doesn't pay taxes?
2) He's previously divorced and has not been allowed to file for his children because he doesn't pay taxes. If we file together, will he be able to claim them on his taxes because our income is recognized as "joint income"?
WE are looking for a lawyer to help us with this, so the response that we receive would most likely be someone we are willing to work with!
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The answer is that this is not a question for a lawyer but rather for a CPA. I can refer you to a great CPA. The answer depends on whether filing separately so as to preserve your husband's non taxpaying status or filing jointly would be better for you. A CPA would prepare two different returns for you so that you can compare and choose correctly.
One of your presumptions is incorrect. His social security might be taxable, depending upon his total income from all sources - taxable and non-taxable. In theory, it might be better to file jointly, but combining your taxable income with his VA and SS income, may make some of his SS income taxable. A full analysis of all income should be made both ways - jointly and married filing separately, to see which is better over all. Deductions and exemptions might come into play also. Not having seen his property settlement agreement, if there is one, is necessary to answer your second question about claiming his children as dependents. Does he pay child support, and if he does, is it more than 50% of what his children need for their support? Not paying taxes is usually not a reason for not being allowed to claim a child as a dependent, if he is paying child support. More information is necessary to give you a complete answer.
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'The Mill and the Cross' review: 1564 painting
Published 4:00 am, Friday, September 30, 2011
The Mill and the Cross
Drama. Directed by Lech Majewski. Starring Rutger Hauer, Michael York and Charlotte Rampling. (Not rated. 97 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.)
With "The Mill and the Cross," director Lech Majewski deconstructs and reconstructs Peter Bruegel's 1564 painting "The Way to Calvary," created during a turbulent time of Dutch history.
Beautiful scenes depict a deceptively tranquil period that evolves into religious and personal persecution under the rule of the Spanish Inquisition. Creative camera work shows different settings of the farm-like community in which Rutger Hauer as the tragic Bruegel finds his inspiration as ordinary, everyday scenes turn into allegorical tabloids.
Despite a too slow pace for my own tastes, Hauer helps move the film along by being captivating even in just a few scenes. He, Michael York as a businessman and Charlotte Rampling as the Virgin Mary provide what little dialogue exists in a screenplay that could have used a little more backstory.
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Unabashed lover of large breasts, pornography, foul mouths, and loud music. Childhood diagnosis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder is possibly related to current position as Associate Editor and only female employee at GuySpeed.
Summer wedding season is upon us, and some of us are not excited.
Hello? Anyone home? Can someone please declare Marshall Law?
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I learned a valuable lesson today. DO NOT WORK FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS. OK, now I feel better!
O.K. what happened?
Just the fact that there neigbors says enough!!!
Or friends or family..........
you're right. I just wanted the details. I once got the shaft from my neighbors, but I think it was more of a mis-communication thing. I didnt pursue it in order to keep things peaceful. Our kids play together etc. I wont mow for them anymore though.
I let 'em know right off, I'm good, but I ain't cheap! Hey, this works pretty good for relatives, too.
Before I moved in, my neighbor mowed his grass once every two months or so whether it needed it or not. I have done tons of work, very cheap helping him get his back in order. He doesn't work. He sits in his garage smoking cigarettes all day and watches his grass grow, and is even kind enough to let me know if I miss a blade of grass while mowing. His yard has become his obsession now that it looks nice. He is the micro manager from hell. I aerated, and overseeded about 3 weeks ago and it has yet to come up in full force. He looks at other established lawns and compares his to theres, and once to know why his hasn't come up. I tell him to be patient, and water. I came in today to see another LCO areating and overseeding. I was disappointed, even though I was doing his for peanuts, I felt as though I failed. Then he didn't want to pay me, because the grass hasn't come up. He paid the other guy $100 to aerate, overseed and fertilize, which made me look very bad, because I charge much more than that as a standard price. Anywho, I decided it would be best if I did not do anything anymore. Just frustrated to live next to your own persanal PITA.
I know exactly what you mean. My next door neighbor is the most pathetic waste of skin known to man. He has the same problem as your neighbor. Never thinks his lawn needs mowing. This mensa applicant managed to blow up three new mowers in six months. One was two minutes old when it blew because he decided the quart of oil that came with it didnt need to go in it. The other two blew up because they were 3.5 hp pos's that weren't meant to cut foot and a half tall grass. Finally some other neighbors and myself put the screws to our h.o.a. to do something about this turd. The people that have the contract to mow our common area's are comming out this week to mow for him and the association is going to put a lein on his house. I hope this awakens the few neurons he has left floating around in his vacuous skull. There I feel better now.
Neighbors, friends and family....always a touchy situation. Always tried to avoid that, but it's hard....seems I always give in.
Sounds like you need to add a night time application of weak roundup to ensure the success of his new grass.


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Dolly the Kosher Camel
Who is the mother of a child born through in vitro fertilization? Could non-kosher animals be made kosher through genetic engineering? And what does Jewish religious law have to say about cloning?
In recent years, Rabbi Dr. Yigal Shafran has been forced to cope with an immense workload. Hardly a day passes without a report from this or that group of scientists specializing in biotechnology about yet another breakthrough in the field. As a rabbi with a PhD in socioethics, he must tackle an ever-increasing number of tough questions that pose a challenge for the laws of halakha (Jewish religious law).
In their laboratories, scientists today are developing genetically engineered goats some of whose genes are human, are perfecting the technology of cloning (genetic replication), and are hoping to eventually discover what ailments a child will have while he or she is still in the womb.
All these developments have created a new reality, are changing the way people think and are raising possibilities that, up until a few years ago, no one would ever have imagined existed, especially in the eras when the Talmud and the Shulkhan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law) were written. Halakha, which provides detailed instructions on how we should act at every moment of our lives - even to the extent of telling us which shoe, right or left, we should lace up first - now faces serious questions to which there are no unequivocal answers.
Rabbi Dr. Yigal Shafran is unique: Not only is he an expert in halakhic matters, but he is also very familiar with the ethical arguments utilized in humanistic-universal discussions. He heads the Department of Jewish Medical Ethics in the Chief Rabbinate of Jerusalem; is a senior teaching associate in bioethics in the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa; and is also a lecturer in medical ethics at the Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. Although he believes that science is dedicated to improving the lot of humanity, there are certain religious axioms that he will never change (for example, "There is no greater emotional distress than that of a woman who is unable to give birth"). Thus, it is not all that surprising that he supports the blood-chilling possibility of human cloning.
A major challenge to halakha is being presented by genetic research, which was accelerated in the late 1980s with the launching of the project to decipher the human genome. In the context of the stepped-up genetic research, various groups of researchers began to claim that they had found genes that influence not only physical characteristics such as the color of one's eyes, but also personality traits and behavior.
The secular gene
On the same week that the scheduled interview with Shafran was supposed to take place, researchers reported for the umpteenth time the discovery of yet another gene that might be related to personality traits. The "gene of the week" this time was the violence gene. If violence could be attributable to a gene, said Shafran, that could create a giant problem, because Maimonides tells us that all human beings have a certain degree of free choice and that they are therefore responsible for their actions.
Such research work on personality and behavioral genes is on a collision course "with the principle that the individual has free choice. A basic condition of the system of reward and punishment is the element of free choice," Shafran points out. "When the human genome project was launched and we began to hear about ideas that genes determine not only physical tendencies but also spiritual ones, I recall that I wrote a letter to a friend, who is a very, very centrally-placed rabbi. I wrote him that the French are now claiming that they have discovered a gene that is responsible for rebellion against religious concepts and that anti-religious positions can now be attributable to genes.
"In my letter, I asked, `How can this fit in with our approach that we can punish people for turning their back on the Torah and on Judaism's commandments?' Suddenly, people were beginning to argue that those who rebel against religious concepts do so because of some problem in their biopsychological mechanism. He wrote me back: `Look, this simply does not hold water, it makes no sense.' He did not believe that there were such genes.
"Undeniably, these developments create problems in the religious sphere. Answers can be found for these problems; however, it would be wrong to simply dismiss these questions as sheer nonsense. Here is a classic example. We punish two violent individuals and mete out to each of them the same punishment, although it is possible that one of them has a stronger tendency toward violence than the other. Yet we put both individuals in the same boat, hand them down the same punishment, place them in the same category of penalty. Thus, it must be admitted that the new developments in genetic research will force the rabbinical courts to place even greater emphasis on its tendency to avoid adherence to the dry letter of the law but to instead investigate and examine each matter on its own merits."
Some researchers are claiming that a gene is responsible for homosexuality. If that is the case, will you still regard homosexuality as an abomination?
"The Talmud tells us that some people have a tendency toward homosexuality but emphasizes the point that human beings have the capacity for controlling that tendency. This position is diametrically opposed to the modern view that homosexuality is an uncontrollable urge. The homosexual urge is different from the heterosexual drive, which must be satisfied at a specific stage, because it is part of human nature. The homosexual urge can be controlled. According to the religious perspective, every evil impulse can be overcome.
"Free will must be perceived as existing within a framework of limitations because everything is God's will. Free will exists up to a certain point. Let me illustrate with the example of a dog on a chain. The dog can move about, subject to the restrictions of the chain, but when the dog reaches the end of the chain, no further movement in an outward direction is possible. The same holds true for free will. All human beings have freedom of choice - within the limitations imposed by the chain."
But reading the human genome is enticing scientists to move on to the second stage, the stage of genetic engineering. Today, for example, there is a goat into whose genome a spider's genes have been inserted. The question is how many genetic changes can be made in an organism until you have actually changed its essence and transformed it into something altogether different. If a cud-chewing pig were to be created through genetic engineering, would such an animal be kosher?
Although the very idea turned Shafran's stomach, he recruited a counter-argument from the area of emotions and Jewish folklore, rather than from halakha. According to Shafran, the non-kosher nature of the pig is different from that of the camel or the rabbit: "The pig became the symbol of the denial of liberty to the Jews in their own land. The emblem of the Roman legion that captured the Holy Land was a wild boar, and this is how the ethos of the pig's negation developed."
If we were to turn a less problematic animal - say, the camel, for instance - into a hooved creature, would it then be kosher?
"If that were to happen, it is quite possible that such an animal would be kosher."
Clone and multiply
Approximately since the second century C.E., Judaism has adopted the view that a child's ethnic identity is determined by the mother's. Thus, if the mother is Jewish, so is the child. This halakhic principle has held its ground for centuries and has remained relevant even after the emergence in the 1970s of a new technology that substantially changed the options available for bringing children into the world: in vitro fertilization.
In recent years, however, matters have become increasingly complicated. Women whose ova could not be fertilized began to use a donor's ova. Reality became even more complicated when, two years ago, Israeli physicians began to import fertilized ova from women living in Romania.
Who is the mother? The woman who gave birth to the child? Or perhaps the woman from whom the ova were taken?
The answer, notes Shafran, "depends on which of four different and irreconciliable halakhic approaches is chosen." According to one of these approaches, the mother is the one from whom the ovum was taken. The result: The infant to be born will not be Jewish. Shafran points out that senior rabbinical authorities such as Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and the late Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach once issued a rabbinic ruling according to which, in a case where the ova were provided by a donor, the child belongs to the donor-mother.
However, according to Shafran, the second approach is the more widely accepted. According to this approach, the child belongs to the mother who delivered it and is therefore Jewish. According to the third approach, the child has two mothers and each of them has status with regard to certain laws. According to the fourth approach, the child has no mother, because each of them has offset the function of the other.
"In line with this approach," says Shafran, "there is no problem involved in taking an ovum from a non-Jewish woman. However, we do not like the idea of a child who has no mother." He himself is totally opposed to the importation of ova from Romania - on humanitarian grounds. This is exploitation of women in distress, he argues: "The essential fact here is that the ova are being imported from Romania." (That is, from a country that is in economic distress, and not from, say, a Western European country.)
The disagreement over donation of ova is a concrete example of the difficulties halakha faces in trying to keep abreast of the pace of changes being generated by the research of scientists and physicians. In the final analysis, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman interested in receiving an ovum donation will consult her rabbi and will act in accordance with his ruling in her case. However, strictly religious people are accustomed to receiving unequivocal answers on every detail in daily life. Thus, questions concerning ovum donation and related matters could create a serious dilemma in a religious community.
Bringing children into the world is so important from the halakhic perspective (infertility creates "supreme emotional distress in a woman's life," Shafran emphasizes) that, in his opinion, cloning is a completely legitimate method of bringing a child into the world. So far, cloning has been carried out only on animals. In the cloning process, a cell is taken from the animal to be cloned and the cell's nucleus - which contains nearly all the necessary genetic information - is inserted into an ovum whose nucleus has been removed. Generally speaking, a small electric charge is applied to the ovum in order to "glue together" the ovum and the nucleus. The ovum begins to multiply as if it had been fertilized by semen. The offspring resulting from this process will be a genetic carbon-copy of the animal that donated the cell.
The first mammal to be cloned in this manner was a sheep - Dolly. In Dolly's case, the goal of the cloning process was to replicate farm animals with selected characteristics oriented toward agricultural needs. The same is true for all the other animals that were cloned after Dolly, including goats, cows and pigs. They were cloned to create an entire series of animals with a unique genetic message (goats were cloned and genetically engineered for the purpose of producing milk containing medications, while pigs were cloned so that their organs would be suitable for human transplants).
However, approaches like that of Shafran push the cloning process into an entirely different direction. Instead of regarding the process as a means of replication, he sees it as a means of reproduction. The transformation of the cloning process into a method for reproduction creates many problems. For example, cloned children will grow up in the shadow of their "original" in whose "biological image" they were created and in the shadow of the inevitable expectations that their surroundings will burden them with. Furthermore, there will be great confusion within the family: The father will also be a "twin brother" and the grandfather will, in fact, be the "father."
Many countries are today trying to pass laws that would absolutely forbid human cloning. Yet Shafran's position in effect is not at all opposed to the law currently existing in Israel. The Israeli law has imposed a five-year moratorium on cloning; the moratorium is scheduled to end in 2004.
"We must have faith in science and we must know that science and scientists want to benefit humanity. In my opinion, cloning is part of science's desire to benefit the human race. Granted, cloning is not the best solution. The halakhic perspective is that God wanted children to be born to parents who love one another. This is what we read in Sefer Hahinukh, a halakhic text that was written 800 years ago. However, that kind of arrangement is not a solution for people who are `stuck.' What happens if ordinary methods just do not work for them? In such cases, we can make use of genetic replication. If genetic replication emerges at some stage in the future as a means of helping people for whom no other alternative can work, I would welcome that development."
But not now, because, at present, there are many dangers, correct?
"As I see things today, cloning involves so many problems that I would not want to be the one to stand up and advocate it. But I do want to be the one to stand up and call upon science to try to reach the stage where genetic cloning will be "on the shelf" for couples for whom every other alternative has failed. Cloning is more a problem of human pride - and we must curb that tendency because we do not want people to think that they are God - and less of a concrete problem that clashes with the laws of the Torah. There is no aspect of cloning that is incongruent with any explicit halakhic rule."
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Bloomberg says 'it would be a sin' to block health care reform now
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning scolded Washington for holding "the country hostage" to the politics surrounding health care reform, something he said the country desperately needs.
"In terms of the health care thing, you had your chance to vote against it," said Bloomberg this morning in Brooklyn. "The public wanted it. Now I think we've gone so far down the road, it would be a sin not to try it and see whether it works. And if it works, great. And if it doesn't, you can always fix it."
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Bloomberg has historically expressed some equivocation about President Obama's signature health care law.
When the Supreme Court upheld it last summer, he responded with non-celebratory statements about "democracy in action" and a promise to uphold the law.
He's also expressed reservations about the law's ability to hold health care costs in check.
Today, he said, affirmatively, that Obamacare is definitely better than nothing.
"Look we for a long time have had an enormous problem with health care," he said. "It's gonna bankrupt us unless we figure out a ways to do something about it. I don't know that this is the perfect bill. It was written by committees. I would have done some things differently. But at this point, it was passed by a majority and we should put it in and see if it works."
And he's confident at least part of the bill makes sense.
"The idea of these exchanges really is a good idea," he said. "All it is it gives you a choice. It pulls all the information together so you can make a decision. ... When people say Obamacare is government, well, when they show up at an emergency room without insurance, that is the ultimate government health care provided, and we need to have people get their own private health care and pay for it. And that's really what exchanges do."
The Republican-controlled House has threatened to defund the government unless the Democratic-controlled Senate agrees to delay the implementation of Obamacare for a year. The Senate is not so inclined, and is likely to pass a spending bill that does not include a delay provision when it convenes this afternoon. The deadline for some sort of compromise is midnight.
I asked Bloomberg if he thinks the Senate should hold the line against House demands.
"The Senate and the House have to come together and stop this," he said. "This is going to be devastating to all of Washington. It's devastating to this country, in terms of we look like a third world country. It's going to hurt our economy. It leaves businesses up in the air in terms of making investments. If you tried to write a book or a novel or make a movie about this, nobody would believe it."
About 13 percent of New York City's budget is funded by the federal government, but Bloomberg said "the world isn't gonna come to an end" just yet.
"At the beginning it really doesn't hurt us," he said. "It is as you go into the process and people stop getting checks and services slowly get wound down, yes, if it lasted a long time. And we've talked to every one of our agencies to make sure, to the extent possible, we can either substitute for what the federal government was gonna do on a short-term basis or learn to cope and figure out how to keep the people of this city safe."


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Kai Ryssdal: A 1995 Caterpillar bulldozer is missing in Georgia. A 2006 Caterpillar backhoe gone from South Carolina. A 2010 Hitatchi excavator in Quebec. Forget cars -- construction and farming equipment is being stolen at an alarming rate. Naturally, the places with the most machines are reporting the most thefts. Texas tops the list in the U.S. Up north the hottest province is Ontario, from where Marketplace's Sean Cole reports.
Tony DiPede: How are ya?
Sean Cole: Hello sir!
DiPede: I'm gonna guess that you're the man.
Cole: That's me.
Cole: I meet up with Tony DiPede in Bradford, Ontario, about an hour north of Toronto. He co-owns a road construction company called North Rock Group.
DiPede: And this is our project!
Right now, the company's widening a two-lane road into five lanes. There are guys in hard hats everywhere, lots of big yellow construction vehicles. And while nothing's been stolen yet from this job...
Cole: In general, have you had stuff stolen?
DiPede: Oh we have. We've had... Here's the loader right here, 624 John Deere loader. We were working in Barrie a few years ago, they stole that machine.
Cole: That very one?
DiPede: That very one.
Luckily, someone found it parked just a few miles away. But last year, DiPede lost a 310 John Deere backhoe. The police report says men wearing orange construction vests drove away with it -- and it's still missing.
DiPede: And it was there Saturday. Came back Monday morning, it was gone. So they had hot-wired, did whatever they had to do, started it and just took off. No one sees them going, because it's not unusual to see a machine driving down the road on a weekend.
That's the thing: Stealing a loader or a backhoe seems impossible if not insane, which is exactly why it's neither. No one's expecting it. Statistics Canada says more than 1,100 of these machines were stolen nationwide last year and less than a third were recovered.
George Kleinsteiber puts the theft count at 3,300 with an even smaller recovery rate. Who is George Kleinsteiber?
George Kleinsteiber: This is the size of the ones that they're mainly stealing right now.
He's like a walking detective novel about heavy equipment theft -- a retired cop who now consults with the Ontario Sewer and Water Main Association. Right now, he's showing me a Volvo L11E0 wheel loader parked in an auction lot in Bolton, Ontario.
Kleinsteiber: You're looking here at just over $140,000.
Cole: Really?
Kleinsteiber: Yup. And you can see how easy it is. I could hop in this now and be out the gate and gone.
Cole: Well particularly as it's running.
Kleinsteiber: Yeah. Well, but I mean if I had the Volvo key.
That's right. He said the Volvo key. With a lot of manufacturers one key fits everything. Volvo does this, Caterpillar does this.
Kleinsteiber: And you can walk into a Caterpillar dealer with no questions asked and buy a key for $9.95, and it would start any Caterpillar machine.
Cole: That seems extremely wrong-headed to me.
Kleinsteiber: The owners of the equipment want it that way, because, if a company has 400 machines, they don't want to have to be looking for 400 different keys.
Kleinsteiber says organized crime is behind a lot of the thefts. Sometimes they replace the VIN number with one from a different machine. Often the machines are fenced overseas in Eastern Europe or the Middle East. Last year, Kleinsteiber personally tracked down a stolen motor grader in Dubai after its owner saw it listed for auction there. The thieves probably shipped it there in a big metal container from the port of Montreal.
Dominique McNeely: So we're entering the port area.
Where I meet Dominique McNeely with the Canada Border Services Agency. He shows me this big white truck with an L-shaped arm hanging off of it, a scanner.
It's worth $2.3 million and it allows us to see what's inside a container without having to open it.
But McNeely says a million containers pass through this port every year. The agency only targets 3 or 4 percent of them for thorough inspection.
McNeely: It does seem like a small number. But our mandate is to facilitate the free flow of goods and people across our borders. And one thing that is certain is that we cannot open every container that comes in or that leaves.
Kleinsteiber: These containers, it's just like a cloak of nothingness.
Again, George Kleinsteiber.
Kleinsteiber: The deep hole out in the galaxy that once it goes in there it's gone. And for the owners, it's part of their family. Everyone of these machines is like a family member, and they really get upset when they're stolen.
I asked Tony DiPede of North Rock if this was true.
DiPede: I wouldn't know if I'd go to the family part, but yeah, they're your bread and butter. They're a necessity. I need it.
DiPede says he's put special markings on some of his machines, installed a secondary ignition on some. Still, he's pretty sure he'll get robbed again. It shouldn't happen in this open well-trafficked area, he says. And so that's where it will happen.
In Toronto, I'm Sean Cole for Marketplace.


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Look Of The Day: Part of the Wang Gang
Doesn't charley here look cute as a button and a bit like designer Alexander Wang? If I didn't know better, he's a part of the Wang Gang. From the nautical striped long sleeve tee to the cropped slim jeans - this look is very laid-back cool boy.
Here's what he's wearing:
- Sweater: Esprit
- Jeans: Zara
- Flip Flops: Havianas
- Bag: Penshoppe
Congrats to charley!
Everyone else, submit your looks and I might feature you on FabSugar! If you live overseas and have a Fab outfit to share, join the Overseas Fashionistas Group, to submit a Look in this group learn how to post a blog.


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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Bipartisan legislation recently introduced to the Senate has received endorsement from a group representing the retail pharmacy industry.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores said that the Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011, introduced by Sens. Scott Brown, R-Mass.; Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; and John McCain, R-Ariz., "will provide incentives that will encourage state programs to efficiently use their healthcare dollars through increased use of more cost-efficient generic drugs while at the same time generating savings for not only the state but for the patient as well," NACDS wrote in a letter.
NACDS did, however, caution against "evaluating spending on prescription drugs in a vacuum."
The bill seeks to offer states incentives to use generic drugs by allowing states to temporarily keep a portion of the savings, the senators said.
"With our nation in a financial crisis and as federal and state healthcare expenditures continue to rise, we must ensure that our healthcare programs are efficiently managed," McCain said. "A recent study found that the federal/state Medicaid program potentially overspends by more than $300 million per year on brand-name drugs when a cheaper generic drug equivalent is available. This bipartisan proposal incentivizes state Medicaid programs to substitute generics for more expensive brand-name drugs, introducing real competition for reimbursement dollars and saving taxpayers' hard-earned money."


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Saying What You See, Knowing What You See: An Interview with Marianne Paul-Boncour
Paris, Oct. 2013: On the eve of FIAC I managed to catch Marianne Paul-Boncour for a chat in what was probably the loudest workers cafe in eastern Paris. We struggled to be heard over the radio, the rattling of cups and glasses and the shrillest of barmaids, while simultaneously squinting into a setting sun. Despite these challenges we managed to talk about painting, New York City, France and FIAC.
James Loks: Can you describe your work in brief?
Marianne Paul-Boncour: I always come at things from two directions, but I'm working on a series of little paintings, square canvases, aligned in lozenge. It's a work that comes with a question of perception, and maybe it's painting to see light, and the wall and this object, and the three are given equal importance.
JL: Why the shift in your work to the present series?
MPB: It wasn't really a direct motivation, it's not like I finished or ended something, like I've explained something. It's more continuous than this, maybe it's the same if I ask myself why I like to see the light on one day or another, it's just... I don't know, it's like I was making the question more precise. I was working with strong colour and contrast, and one kind of optic, and I realised, perhaps after I made one strong, that if I use very little or light contrast, then it's more about seeing the object, it makes you really look at the object.
JL: How does your creative process work? Can you comment on this? Is it a mystery, or do you understand it?
MPB: No it's not a mystery: I understand some things, and some things I don't; some questions I understand but I don't have answers. I know why they [the questions] come but I don't have answers, and why I use painting I don't know. The process is a long discussion; it's like you have worlds and your work and some question [orbit] around and return, and they're different. The situation changes; at one point you're twenty and at another you're thirty, so the question moves, and finally you become more precise, but you move with that as well. This series is about the variation of perception, and the variation of variation and the perception of perception, how you see something. It's a long process, it's not like one day I understand.
JL: How do you assess the situation in France for artists at the moment?
MPB: It's a big question. And difficult to speak about it because I'm inside it. The thing is that everything changes very quickly. One thing I think is that at present it's a little stagnant, a little homogenous; the passage from school to gallery to institution is a little linear. I don't know. It's kind of closed. What I want to say is that there isn't enough variation; no one has a strong individual vision, and things are still a little stuck in the past. Another thing is that perhaps the artist is a little hermetic, you know; there isn't a discussion between different fields and people working in different areas, and there isn't a space for people to touch each other. It lacks bridges.
JL: What can you say about the FIAC?
MPB: It's what I can say about any art fair? I don't know, in a sense I don't know who goes to the FIAC, but sure it's a commercial moment you know? For the public I think it's impossible to see something, and I think that if they go they just wander around and it doesn't surprise me that they'd come out of it confused you know, not understanding anything; it's just too much and too many people and galleries are very busy. It doesn't surprise me that people don't understand contemporary art. For me I just go to see works that interest me; it's like flicking through a book and I just take what I see, you know. I don't go to learn something; its a bit like looking at the internet.
JL: Having worked in both cities, how would you describe the difference between New York and Paris?
MPB: When I was a student I studied at Hunter College for seven months and then I thought the big difference was that people spoke a lot about what they see. Just that, they explain and describe what they see, while in France people want to know what they see. They need the language to see what is in front of them, like they don't trust what they see and don't want to say what they see; it's perhaps too subjective for them. But I feel now the big difference is that when you're in New York and you walk everybody kind of feels everybody else; they are aware that you're there and walk in a straight line, and when you're in Paris people are conscious of the other but it's not a big thing to walk into people. Like in New York there is a true limit between the interior and the exterior, between the people on the street; it's kind of politeness, and they respect that. Here in Paris at certain point the interior kind of escapes into the exterior; people will shout at you on the street – they'll let you know how they feel. The first day I come back I'm often shocked.
JL: If you were to interview yourself, what question would you ask?
MPB: Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
JL: Whose work do you admire, among French artists? (Kind of a dumb question, but easier than the previous one.)
MPB: Hmm, it's maybe that I take something from everyone, in contrast, to say yes or no, to like one part or the other, but maybe... I really like Martin Barré.
ArtSlant would like to thank Marianne Paul-Boncour for her assistance in making this interview possible.
(All images: Marianne Paul-Boncour, untitled, 2013, acrylic, canvas; courtesy of the artist.)
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Photographer's Note
I liked the 'war & peace', juxtapositioning here, between the fg war memorial, (20 million Russians died, during WWII), & the background Church. Taken along the Vladivostok waterfront, near the green submarine, on a cloudy day.
This city is poorly represented on TE.
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snunney (113572) 2007-12-29 1:00
Hello Chris,
Good choice of the vertical format to capture both the memorial and the whole of the church. I like the perspective and the contrast between the burnt orange tiles either end and the greys of the sculpture. Thanks for sharing your pictures of this interesting city.
chinchini (31529) 2007-12-29 1:43
Salut Chris,
Je vois que tu es monté cet été jusqu'à Vladivostok. Il ne doit y faire chaud actuellement !
Le mémorial est intéressant, tout comme l'église orthodoxe à l'arrière-plan que tu aurais pu poster demain en guise de Papagolfade ;o)
Excellent week-end mon Cher.
Gustaw (21670) 2007-12-29 1:47
Hi, my friend!
Very interesting churche architecture. I like russian ortodox churche architecture. Good composition and good colours. Well done.
dip (23892) 2007-12-29 1:58
Hello Chris,
Interesting image with the monument and the Russian church,I like the architecture,
good sharpness and framing too,
well captured and composed!
Philippe (11836) 2007-12-29 2:03
Hi, Chris. A good framing with the church nicely stuck between the trees and the memorial in front. The contrast with the trees works well. A pity the sky looks so grey.
jhm (167678) 2007-12-29 2:10
Hello Chris,
Indeed I see almost no pictures about Vladivostok, maybe insufficient known TE in Russia.
Russia have most victims during WAR II about the world
Very well picture with a very good quality and subject.
Thanks for sharing.
I wish you a Happy New Year and healthy 2008.
azaf1 (15929) 2007-12-29 2:33
Chris good moning!
A very special vertical frame with great perspective. The colors are great and that red left corner is eye catching
My best wishes for New Year
carper (96) 2007-12-29 4:39
a good photo Chris
it is a nice monument and you took the shot from a good corner to capture the church also, nice datails and good photojob here, have a good years end.
gr. jaap
feather (51130) 2007-12-29 7:16
I had no idea that Russia suffered so many casualties! Shame on me; that information had somehow escaped me!
Interesting memorial sculpture. Well composed image with the memorial in perspective and the beautiful archiitecture of the church in stark contrast.
UnTrained (0) 2007-12-29 11:24
Hi Chris,
a bit strange to have warriors and a church, but looking at the history of Christian church there are a lot of wars. Yes, the Russians had the most dead in WWII, and not most in soldiers, more in not fighting people. Good POV to combine it and excellent sharpness. I think your tour puts some new places into TE.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf
ysabaner (1069) 2007-12-29 11:54
Excellent church. Especially roof of church like golden. Well done, happy new years.
cunejo200 (7281) 2007-12-29 13:21
Hello Chris,
Atractive perspective of this image showing us the war statues and the church facade. Thanks for showing us this city. Happy new year! Danilo
batalay (41257) 2007-12-30 4:59
Hello Chris,
It is a powerful statement in contrasts, and with the vertical format, it works very well. Vladivostok is very poorly represented, and I am glad to see your contribution to rectify that shortcoming.
Warm regards and best wishes for a very good year.
Cricri (133158) 2007-12-30 8:12
Hi Chris,
Belle composition de cette trés belle église et du mémorial en façade, une image intéressante et bien présenter, compliment
Happy new year for you and your family
danos (105238) 2007-12-30 8:38
Hello Chris,
nice composition with good perspective and POV of the monument in memory of the die of 20 million Russians during the WWII.The impressive church in the background ties perfect with the whole scene.Well done Chris.
I wish you a Happy New Year with peace and happiness,Danos
Cormac (26565) 2007-12-30 9:06
Good shot combining the two different elements. The orthodox churches are always interesting, and the sculpture it surprisingly good too. When you put the two together then you get something that shows two sides of human nature. Nice work!
Graal (103038) 2007-12-30 23:56
Bonjour Chris,
an interesting place, good composition with the orthodox church in BG. Fine vertical format. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander
Angshu (56760) 2008-01-06 19:49
Namaste Chris
Thanks for sharing with us pictures from the famous city, which as you said is poorly represented photographically here. 'Strange' architecture of the church, with golden roofs. Combining the two elements - the church & the sculpture, makes this quite special. Good work!
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- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-07-30
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Sunil Kumar Appointed Dean of Chicago Booth
Image by Matthew GilsonSunil Kumar, Fred H. Merrill Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology and an expert in operations research at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, has been appointed dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. University president Robert Zimmer and provost Thomas Rosenbaum announced the appointment July 28.
Kumar served as the Stanford business school's senior associate dean for academic affairs. In this role, he oversaw the school's MBA program and led the faculty groups in marketing and organizational behavior. His five-year term as dean at Chicago Booth will begin on January 1, 2011.
"Chicago Booth has been consistently recognized among the top business schools in the world, and its faculty, students, and alumni are global intellectual leaders who continue to shape the world of business and its disciplinary underpinnings," Zimmer and Rosenbaum wrote in a joint email to the Chicago Booth community. "We are delighted that Sunil Kumar has agreed to serve as dean. He brings the right blend of vision, entrepreneurial energy, and academic leadership that will build on the contributions of Chicago Booth at a time of tremendous momentum and achievement."
Kumar succeeds Edward A. Snyder, who completed nine years as Chicago Booth's dean on June 30. Harry Davis, Roger L. and Rachel M. Goetz Distinguished Service Professor of Creative Management, is serving as interim dean until January 1.
"I am excited to become dean of Chicago Booth," Kumar said. "I share the school's passion for the pursuit of ideas that hold up under careful scrutiny. I look forward to helping strengthen and enhance Booth's outstanding research environment and its rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education. I am eager to get to know the faculty, students, alumni, and staff of the school and to engage with the business community in the city of Chicago."
Kumar joined the Stanford faculty in 1996 after receiving a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At Stanford he taught courses in operations management, technology, critical analytical thinking, and revenue management. His research interests include performance evaluation and control of manufacturing systems, service operations, and communications networks. Kumar co-developed a widely used factory simulator for teaching operations management. The simulator, "Littlefield Technologies," has been used in classes at more than 50 business and engineering schools. He has published dozens of scholarly research articles and has served as the editor of the stochastic models area of the journal Operations Research.
At Stanford, Kumar was awarded the Finmeccanica Faculty Scholarship, named a Spence Faculty Scholar, and received multiple teaching commendations. He also was named professor of the year at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.
Born in India, Kumar received a master of engineering degree in computer science and automation from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and a bachelor of engineering degree from Mangalore University in Surathkal.
"The entire search committee is thrilled that professor Sunil Kumar will be our next dean," said John Huizinga, chairman of the dean search committee and Walter David "Bud" Fackler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics. "We are confident that his vision, integrity, intelligence, energy, and commitment will ensure that Chicago Booth continues its positive momentum. We expect that under his guidance Booth will reach an even higher level of achievement and recognition."—A.F.
How Faculty Found Booth's New Dean
Tasked with recommending a new dean for Chicago Booth, a committee of seven tenured faculty members decided the best tactic was to cast the widest net possible, said John Huizinga, Walter David "Bud" Fackler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, who chaired the committee.
"We were looking for expertise, for someone with a solid understanding of how top business schools operate and an ambitious vision for what our school can accomplish. We were looking for someone who relates well to and effectively communicates with all the constituencies, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, the business community, the university community, and others," Huizinga said. "The new dean has all of this. He's truly impressive."
The committee unanimously recommended Sunil Kumar, Fred H. Merrill Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology, at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, to university president Robert Zimmer, who announced Kumar's appointment in July.
Huizinga told the Wall Street Journal, "If you have the right outsider, it can be a great benefit. Sunil has the key decision-making skills, acquires the necessary amount of information before he acts, and is inclusive. He's the whole package."
Search committee member Canice Prendergast, W. Allen Wallis Professor of Economics, said it was quickly apparent that Kumar grasped the unique challenges of running a business school. "One reason we were so impressed with Sunil is that he's able to think strategically in a world of conflicting objectives where what you do for one constituency affects other constituencies. And he's really good at thinking about how those levers all move at the same time. We were super-impressed by him on that dimension," he said.
Committee members also connected easily with Kumar on a fundamental level. "We spoke with many different people, but with Sunil, very quickly it became as if we were speaking to one of us, even though he was from outside," Prendergast said. "It was as if we were speaking to someone who had been at the school for 20 years."
In addition to Prendergast and Huizinga, committee members included Douglas Diamond, Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow; Reid Hastie, Robert S. Hamada Professor of Behavioral Science; Steven Kaplan, Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance; Raghuram Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance; and Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and David G. Booth Faculty Fellow.—P.H.
Technology Firm Takes Top Prize
With a record of early success, education technology start-up Watermelon Express won first place and $30,000 in the 14th annual Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge, sponsored by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship.
The firm delivers interactive test preparation applications across multiple platforms, such as smart phones, tablet PCs, laptops, and desktops. The company is run by Ashish Rangnekar, now a second-year student in the Full-Time MBA Program.
Watermelon Express stood out because of its innovation and the fact that it is already succeeding as a start-up, said Prashant Shah, '93, one of the judges for the final competition. "They're tapping into a real shift in what's happening with technology," Shah said. "The trend toward college prep is huge. That industry has been established. Now they are taking advantage of how that industry is implementing technology - things like the iPad, iPhone, Android, etc."
Watermelon Express has received funding from Lightbank, a fund launched Groupon founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell to seed Chicago start-ups. Lefkofsky and Keywell have agreed to teach an entrepreneurship course at Chicago Booth during winter quarter.
Steven Kaplan, Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and faculty director of the Polsky Center, said this year's finalist pool was the strongest ever. Judges raised the prize pool by 50 percent, from $50,000 to $75,000, in order to give some funding to all nine teams who reached the finals.
To date, the NVC has awarded $675,000 and has helped launch more than 60 companies, which have gone on to raise more than $100 million in equity capital.—P.F.
Gift Supports Planned Fama-Miller Center
Longtime friends of the University of Chicago Leslie and John "Mac" McQuown made a $25 million gift to Chicago Booth in June in appreciation of Eugene Fama, Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, and Nobel laureate Merton Miller, who held the chair until he retired in 1993. "The work done by Gene Fama and Merton Miller represents the underpinnings both theoretical and empirical - of modern finance," McQuown said.
McQuown is cofounder and director of Diversified Credit Investments, a San Francisco, California–based investment firm. He led the team at Wells Fargo that in 1971 created the first index fund, based on Fama's efficient markets hypothesis and McQuown's own belief that computers and quantitative analysis could measure risk and return for virtually the entire equity market.
This gift will serve as the initial building block for Chicago Booth's planned Fama-Miller Center, which will support and promote the research of what is widely regarded as the world's best finance faculty.
"With this gift, the planned Fama-Miller Center will have a terrific source of support upon its launch, enabling it to more quickly realize its goals," said then-dean Edward Snyder when the gift was announced. "In vividly acknowledging the depth and importance of their relationship to Gene, Merton, and the finance faculty at Chicago Booth, Mac and Leslie McQuown are truly endorsing the power of ideas at the University of Chicago."—A.F.


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Good morning everyone!
Breakfast was delicious- porridge, slice rolls, cereal and toast... We are all getting ready for our first activities of the day- after room inspections and tuck shop!
Unfortunately the wifi signal here is very weak. We are taking lots and lots of photos, but may have to wait til we are home before we can share them with you. We will keep you updated with our activities and programme, and will keep trying to get some photos up!
We all slept well last night- the moorland walk meant the children were ready to sleep after supper time...
We woke up to a winter wonderland! The ground is covered in snow, and more is falling! The gorge walk has been cancelled- and replaced with sledging and a snow walk! Don't worry if you think your child did not bring enough layers- the centre have plenty of spare warm jackets and trousers, hats gloves and scarves.
Today, the five clans are each undertaking a variety of activities- we will keep you updated!


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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A Southland man is behind bars on Tuesday for uploading videos of an elaborate marijuana growing operation that ultimately led investigators to an even bigger moneymaking scheme.
Prosecutors said Kenneth Lucas II, 27, used the pot as a secondary stream of revenue to fund an international "phishing" scam that reportedly netted up to $1 million in cash.
KNX 1070's Kim Marriner reports Lucas ran the U.S. arm of an global cybercrime ring that emailed millions of phony requests for money to people on the Internet.
"Operation Phish Phry" targeted hackers in Egypt that worked with U.S. accomplices to illegally access the accounts of those who responded to the requests. The funds were then transferred to a fraudulent account.
Lucas pleaded guilty to 49 counts of bank & wire fraud and was sentenced to 13 years in prison.


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Dallas Police are investigating a tragedy after a young woman was struck and killed on a Dallas freeway Sunday night.
Margaret G. Wilson, 22, was hit by a car while she was putting gas in her vehicle that had stalled along North Central Expressway Sunday evening.
The incident took place at about 8:40 p.m. near the Knox-Henderson exit. Police said the victim was hit by a driver who said she didn't see the woman "due to traffic."
There have been no arrests in this case and it's unclear if there will be any charges forthcoming against the driver.
Another woman was rushed to the hospital after the crash. Her condition is not known.
Published at 10:36 AM CDT on Sep 3, 2012 | Updated at 7:15 PM CDT on Sep 3, 2012