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(For previous posts on the issue of health care, see here.)
The indisputable fact is that per capita costs for health care in the US is almost twice that of other developed countries, while producing worse outcomes. So where does the money go?
This study in the journal Health Affairs compares the US with those of OECD countries to identify what other factors are leading to the inflated costs in the US, while at the same time providing lower quality care.
In 2000 the United States spent considerably more on health care than any other country, whether measured per capita or as a percentage of GDP. At the same time, most measures of aggregate utilization such as physician visits per capita and hospital days per capita were below the OECD median. Since spending is a product of both the goods and services used and their prices, this implies that much higher prices are paid in the United States than in other countries. But U.S. policymakers need to reflect on what Americans are getting for their greater health spending. They could conclude: It's the prices, stupid.
U.S. per capita health spending was $4,631 in 2000, an increase of 6.3 percent over 1999… The U.S. level was 44 percent higher than Switzerland's, the country with the next-highest expenditure per capita; 83 percent higher than neighboring Canada; and 134 percent higher than the OECD median of $1,983… Measured in terms of share of GDP, the United States spent 13.0 percent on health care in 2000, Switzerland 10.7 percent, and Canada 9.1 percent. The OECD median was 8.0 percent.
People in the OECD countries can also purchase private insurance if they wish to supplement the single payer systems that most of them have.
The median country finances 26 percent of its health care from private sources. The range is as high as 56 percent in the United States and Korea to as low as 7 percent in Luxembourg and 9 percent in the Czech Republic. As a percentage of GDP, the OECD countries spent 0.4–7.2 percent of GDP on privately financed health care in 2000, with an OECD median of 2.0 percent. The United States was the highest at 7.2 percent. U.S. private spending per capita on health care was $2,580, more than five times the OECD median of $451.
What about the fear that people die in those other countries because of waiting for care for acute treatment (leaving aside the fact that people here also die because they do not have access to health care at all)?
The German and Swiss health systems appear particularly well endowed with physicians and acute care hospital beds compared with the United States. The two countries rank much higher than the United States does on hospital admissions per capita, average length-of-stay, and acute care beds per capita. The average cost per hospital admission and per patient day in these countries must be considerably lower than the comparable U.S. number, however, because both countries spend considerably less per capita and as a percentage of GDP on hospital care than the United States does. The average U.S. expenditure per hospital day was $1,850 in 1999—three times the OECD median.
The fact is that because of the profit-making emphasis in the US, health care services simply cost a lot more here.
First, the inputs used for providing hospital care in the United States—health care workers' salaries, medical equipment, and pharmaceutical and other supplies—are more expensive than in other countries. Available OECD data show that health care workers' salaries are higher in the United States than in other countries. Second, the average U.S. hospital stay could be more service-intensive than it is elsewhere. While this may be true, it should be noted that the average length-of-stay and number of admissions per capita in the United States are only slightly below the OECD median. Third, the U.S. health system could be less efficient in some ways than are those of other countries. The highly fragmented and complex U.S. payment system, for example, requires more administrative personnel in hospitals than would be needed in countries with simpler payment systems. Several comparisons of hospital care in the United States with care in other countries, most commonly Canada, have shown that all of these possibilities may be true: U.S. hospital services are more expensive, patients are treated more intensively, and hospitals may be less efficient.
The final argument that apologists give for the US system is that the US is unique in its ability to provide easy access to high-tech treatments. This is also not true.
Quite remarkable, and inviting further research, is the extraordinarily high endowment of Japan's health system with CT and MRI scanners and its relatively high use of dialysis. These numbers are all the more remarkable because Japan's health system is among the least expensive in the OECD.
On his show, Bill Moyers spoke about some of the other wasteful costs that occur in the form of bloated health insurance CEOs salaries:
Now meet H. Edward Hanway, the Chairman and CEO of Cigna, the country's fourth largest insurance company. At the beginning of the year, Cigna blamed hard economic times when it announced the layoff of 1,100 employees. But it reported first quarter profits of $208 million on revenues of $4 billion. Mr. Hanway has announced his retirement at the end of the year, and the living will be easy, financially at least. He made $11.4 million dollars in 2008, according to the Associated Press, and some years more than that.
That's a lot of oysters, although he lags behind Ron Williams, the CEO of Aetna Insurance, who made more than $17 million dollars last year, or John Hammergren, the head of McKesson, the biggest health care company in the world. His compensation was nearly $30 million.
As a CNN report says:
So, if Americans are paying so much and they're not getting as good or as much care, where is all the money going? "Overhead for most private health insurance plans range between 10 percent to 30 percent," says Deloitte health-care analyst Paul Keckley. Overhead includes profit and administrative costs.
"Compare that to Medicare, which only has an overhead rate of 1 percent. Medicare is an extremely efficient health-care delivery system," says Mark Meaney, a health-care ethicist for the National Institute for Patient Rights.
The entire health system in Canada has fewer workers to serve its population of 27 million than Blue Cross requires to service less than one-tenth that population in New England alone! This is the much-vaunted efficiency of the private sector.
Let's face the facts. The US has the most expensive and yet the worst health care system in the developed world. And it is largely due to the presence of profit-making drug and insurance companies and extortionist pricing that is squeezing money out of the system at the cost of people's health.
This is why we need to eliminate the profit-seeking private health insurance companies and institute a single-payer system.
POST SCRIPT: Bill Moyers, Sidney Wolfe, and David Himmelstein discuss single payer
In this must-see discussion, Wolfe and Himmelstein brutally expose the dirty truth about the current US health system and why the health industry here is violently opposed to the single payer system being even discussed, because they will come out far worse in comparison. They point out that we cannot create a health system that works if the private profit-seeking health insurance industry continues to play the main role.


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James Norwood Pratt has been called America's Tea Guru. As author of The Tea Lover's Treasury, the seminal tome on the subject published in 1982, it could be said he started a trend, one that's taken a bit of time to catch on, but a trend nonetheless. The world has evolved considerably since the days of Lipton in a bag and Pratt, an inveterate wine drinker turned teetotaler after what he describes as his "champion wine consumption," is most likely the man to thank. For him it was a natural progression, since tea is to wine as beer might be to coffee. "Tea is an agricultural product like wine that varies from one crop to the next, one type to the next," Pratt explains. "At its best it's one of those few points where agriculture can be art."
A proponent of black tea early in his tea-drinking career owing to the lack of anything else on the market, Pratt now extols the virtues of green tea. In fact he's on an American tour conducting interactive seminars at health clubs about the merits of the miracle drink, which is said to aid weight loss, strengthen bones, and prevent heart attacks, arthritis, sun damage, and cancer. It's taken Americans twenty years to move away from the common Lipton and embrace loose leaf and herbal concoctions -- will they ever go green? Granted green tea tends to taste like wet grass. It just needs to be prepared properly, says Pratt: Water (the filtered kind) must be at 30 degrees below boiling and steeping time should not exceed one minute. The best thing: Green tea leaves can be reused about three times and Americans love a deal! "Even the priciest ones [green teas] are cheaper to drink than Coca-Cola," Pratt notes.
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Sure, tea can be cheap, tasty, and infinitely interesting, but will we ever see Starbucks-style tea franchises? "As a nation, we were born with a prenatal disinclination for tea!" Pratt exclaims. "But people are in need of a coffee recovery movement. Tea is a chance to have a vacation in the middle of the morning and again in the middle of the afternoon. There's nothing better for your body, but I've always believed it's the mind it benefits most."


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Yet Another Awesome Spitblood Giveaway
In order to help promote the upcoming events at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13th and 14th, Spitblood has been invited by Samsung to take place in a pretty bad ass giveaway. We will be giving away 2 Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch phones, along with sets of tickets to Friday and Saturday's events at Texas Motor Speedway. This post is only to get you excited about the giveaway, details will be coming soon.
Frogs' last trip to Albuquerque
The connection between the city and Breaking Bad is fairly obvious- the drama depicts Bryan Cranston as a cancer-stricken high school chemistry teacher who ventures into the world of cooking crystal meth and slowly but surely becoming a leading figure in the Albuquerque drug scene. Anytime the Frogs enjoyed a decisive road victory over New Mexico- such as the three game baseball sweep of the Lobos last year in which TCU scored 46 total runs or the 66-17 football thumping of UNM in 2010- I delighted in comparing the ferocity of those wins with the savageness of Uncle Hank's beating of Jesse in Season 3:
Unless you are an avid fan, though, the connection to The Simpsons may not be quite so straight forward. It all dates back to the March 2001 episode entitled "Hungry, Hungry Homer" in which Homer goes on a hunger strike to keep Springfield's minor-league baseball team, the Isotopes, from moving to Albuquerque. For a series that was already in its decline, this seemed like the kind of ridiculous plot device that would be quickly forgotten.
But then in 2002 the Florida Marlins' AAA affiliate, the Calgary Cannons, announced that they were moving south of the border and were, like the Springfield Isotopes, planning on relocating to Albuquerque. The city had previously had a minor-league team- the Dukes- from 1915 until 2000, so many just assumed the new team would carry that name. Those people underestimated the dedicated nerdiness of Simpsons fans, though. A whopping 67% of the voters in an online contest run by the Albuquerque Tribune picked "Isotopes" as the desired name for the new team, and after a bit of push back the team's front office signed off on the idea, creating a "life imitating art" legacy for the long-running animated series.
If any Frog fans are headed to Isotopes Park (also the home field of the New Mexico baseball team) this weekend, you can get your picture taken with the life-size statues of Homer and Marge at the stadium:
Defending the Horned Frog
Clearly, we disagree- but what makes it almost laughable is that this blog is based out of Kentucky. You know, the state whose major college teams are the Wildcats and the Cardinals. Those are both pretty awesome and unique names. This is kind of like having someone with the last name Smith tell you that your surname is stupid. I'd make fun of Kentucky's pro team names, but that state is too backwater to have one. And even OKLAHOMA has an NBA team now. The other funny part of this "honor" bestowed upon TCU is the reasoning behind the choice by straight pinkie's Cory Collins:
They've been the creatures inside the jar in your 8th grade science classroom, fighting for air as you wait to dissect their innocent, slimy bodies. Many of them didn't have Elliott from E.T. to rescue them.
They've been the flat disks of green that color the highways, failing to make the other side because of large trucks and children who suck at video games.
They've been the puppets forced to marry grotesquely obese and annoying pigs, forever doomed to have private parts that smell like bacon bits and old ham.
They've been the princes awaiting a kiss from a beautiful woman. They've been the creatures accused of creating warts with their pee. They've been the bloated ball of sickly green that shows up in the swimming pool skimmer. They've even been tie-dyed and sold as emblems of peace.You get the sense that Mr. Collins doesn't understand that Horned Frogs are actually lizards. But then again, maybe we should cut him some slack. Identifying creatures based on scientific classification is probably a tough thing to do in a state that still denies evolution. Maybe they should stick to horse racing, bourbon and cheating at college basketball and leave the science to the grown-ups.


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I just removed the lower jaw from a deer head,getting it ready to feed to my beetles.All the teeth on one side have been split top and bottoms.Sorta like they were sliced with something and layed right open.Anyone ever seen anythig like this before?Thanks Rancid.
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This site is lagging big time for me - all other places on the web are clipping along as normal - but taxidermy.net is bogging down again. I DID have a big long winded explanation detailing the many things that can go wrong with teeth - but after I hit submit it timed out and the post didnt get posted =P So now you get the readers digest version - LOL!
All the problems in teeth cracking come from the fact that teeth are not blobs of bone stuck in the skull. They are systems uniquely their own. Inside they are filled with dentine, cementum, nerves, blood vessels etc. With all that wet gooey goodness inside trying to shrink and expand and the enamel being unable to move with it - you are going to get cracking. This happens with all cleaning techniques - even beetles and maceration. The problem gets compounded with freezing or heating. So when someone tosses a skull in the freezer - the damage begins. Water crystalizes and expands at 4 degrees centigrade. Ever see a pop can placed in a freezer? It explodes. Your teeth will do the same a lot of the time to a certain degree. The humidity inside the teeth is water, which expands during freezing and puts pressure on the inside of the enamel. Liquids also expand with heat (basic property of physics). So high heat can also lead to cracking.
Standard practices that most people adopt are to simply fill those cracks with epoxy putty and move on.
I thought about the freezing also.But why just the one side?These teeth are'nt cracked they are layed wide open.Thanks for you idea.I guess I'll use teeth from another deer to replace with.
Off the top of my head I dont know why it would happen to only one side. ONly thing I can think of is that when the skull was frozen - with tongue and everything else in it that blood or water pooled nup aroudn the head if it was laying on its side..and that the freezing acted on it from outside the teeth. Kinda like if you leave a barrel in the water when a pond freezes.. lots of pressure. Of course thats just one of dozens of guesses people could make. Dunno - it's an interesting situation tho =)
That could be it.The guy just brought it to me last week,so it probably was layin in a freezer.It's not rotten at all and it's been awhile since deer season.Rancid


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So I was wondering, since I plan on trying the gyms soon, if there has been any major changes to the gym rules since there are now more moves, natures and pokemon. For example a few times now I have seen people get DQ'ed for using greninja in a gym battle. Thats new to me since I was led to believe only legendaries were prohibited. I don't know if someone has already been answered already on this but since I couldn't find a post anywhere on the forums answering this and when I ask in chat I get ignored I figured I'd ask here.
Any updated gym rules?`
For gym rules, see here. Otherwise, I do not believe there will be any massive changes to the rules, as in the 5.1.1 update, there has not been a sufficient increase in pokemon to warrant a gym update.
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With the launch of BlackBerry 10 two weeks away Research In Motion is hard at work signing businesses up for a training program on BlackBerry 10. Over 1,600 North American businesses have signed up to receive training on RIM's new BlackBerry 10 software and hardware. Over 1,000 have already begun using the BlackBerry 10 Ready program since its introduction in early December, said Bryan Lee, RIM's senior director of enterprise accounts. The companies included in this program range from Fortune 500 companies, law firms, schools, universities, retailers and government agencies, he stated.
"We're very encouraged by the participation of the types of customers," Lee said in a phone interview with Bloomberg. Lee went on to say, The companies are expected to be the first adopters once the phones are commercially available. One of the goals of the training is to integrate the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software that RIM offers to corporate clients with their own information-technology systems, Lee said. RIM is targeting its "whole base" to sign up for BB10 training, he said. "Obviously we want get to our existing customers and make sure we shout this from the rooftops."
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Thousands of pages of secret Palestinian records spanning a decade of peace negotiations have been obtained by The Guardian. The documents show a surprising history of concessions by Palestinian negotiators in trying to resolve the long-simmering conflict. –JCL
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The biggest leak of confidential documents in the history of the Middle East conflict has revealed that Palestinian negotiators secretly agreed to accept Israel's annexation of all but one of the settlements built illegally in occupied East Jerusalem. This unprecedented proposal was one of a string of concessions that will cause shockwaves among Palestinians and in the wider Arab world.
A cache of thousands of pages of confidential Palestinian records covering more than a decade of negotiations with Israel and the US has been obtained by al-Jazeera TV and shared exclusively with the Guardian. The papers provide an extraordinary and vivid insight into the disintegration of the 20-year peace process, which is now regarded as all but dead.


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Clubstiletto – Shaming Hubby With My Boots Lady Bellatrix
Lady Bellatrix can suffer fools gladly if they have some practical use. Such is the case with her hubby, whom she married for his wallet and who will take any kind of abuse to keep that ring on her finger. Bellatrix informs him of her sexual escapades with real men as she teases him with her new knee high boots; bought, of course, on hubby's dime. Hubby is forced to service the new footwear with his tongue as the Lady verbally castrates him. She even lets him smell her pussy, moist with the residue of another man's gizz. Finally, she orders him to fetch her phone so she can rendezvous with her latest boy toy.
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Roommate arrested in murder of Laurel man whose dismembered body was found in trash bags
LAUREL, Md. (WJLA) - Prince George's County Police on Thursday arrested the roommates of a man whose body was found dismembered in two trash bags in Laurel and charged him with his slaying.
Santos Leonel Mejia-Yanes, 32, was charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Jacinto Perez.
He was being held without bond; police said he had confessed to the killing and provided details.
Officers also obtained an arrest warrant for another of Perez's roommates, 34-year-old Bayron Cruz-Vargar, charging him with first-degree murder. He was not in custody and police believe he may have fled the country.
Police said Perez was killed after the three men, all Guatemalan immigrants, got into a heated argument.
The two roommates then conspired to cover up Perez's murder by dismembering him, authorities said.
The body parts were discovered last weekend in two trash bags outside the Arden Pointe apartments, located in the 8800 block of Enfield Court near Contee Road and Edinburgh Lane.


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Ninja Sword Lamp Color Changing LED's w/ Wireless Remote
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Health Net Federal Services honors those lost on 9/11Article - Monday, September 11, 2006
The impact of 9/11 blanketed our country in pain and taught us that the price of freedom can come at a cruel and unbearable price. Many of us felt helpless in the aftermath as we watched families deal with the tragedy and move forward and we, as a nation, struggled to regain our pride and strength in our country.
This month, as our great nation remembers and reflects on the events and aftermath of the attacks, Health Net Federal Services president, Steve Tough, offers his associates a unique opportunity to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11. "To commemorate the five-year anniversary of 9/11, I am proud to announce Health Net Federal Services' Pentagon Memorial Fund Donation Program," said Tough.
Throughout the month of September, all monetary donations made to the fund by Health Net Federal Services associates will be matched dollar for dollar by the Company, to help build the Pentagon Memorial.
"Several of us lost friends and family that day, and as a leading Department of Defense contractor that 'serves those who serve,' we personally felt the loss of the one hundred and twenty-five service members who died in the Pentagon attack," said Tough.
Health Net Federal Services associates are raising all they can, above and beyond the Company's charitable gift of $250,000 to The Pentagon Memorial Fund, made earlier this year. Their contributions support the effort to raise the millions of dollars still needed to complete and maintain what will become a tribute of American history.
"This memorial would not be possible without the incredible generosity of companies like Health Net," said President of the Pentagon Memorial Fund, James J. Laychak. "Health Net is a tremendous partner in the fundraising and ultimate completion of the Pentagon Memorial and I know I speak for the family members of those who lost loved ones on 9/11 when I say, 'Thank you.'"


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"See No Evil" doesn't shy away from gore. In fact, the film seems to delight in scenes in which the main menace plucks the eyes out of his unfortunate victims. (Some of these sequences are shown in graphic close-ups.)
If only he could do the same to audiences and thus spare them from having to watch this sickeningly violent nonsense.
Of course, what else would you expect from a film that was co-produced by Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment group?
And yes, that does explain the presence of Glen Jacobs, better known as professional wrestler Kane. He stars as Jacob Goodnight, an apparently unkillable maniac who blinds his victims.
After nearly getting captured by the police during a killing spree four years earlier, Jacob is now making an abandoned hotel his home. That same hotel is where some unlucky teen criminals have been sent to perform community service.Comment on this story
These delinquents are supposed to help convert the burnt-out building into a homeless shelter. Instead, the massive killer begins picking them off one by one.
Director Gregory Dark, a veteran of the adult-film industry, certainly takes his sweet time dispatching the annoying youngsters, none of whom is remotely likable. That's an obvious problem, since that means there's no one to root for.
As for Jacobs, his amateurish performance recalls the big-screen work of another former wrestler, B-movie actor Tor Johnson ("Plan 9 From Outer Space"), to whom he bears at least a passing resemblance."See No Evil" is rated R for strong scenes of horror violence (shootings, stabbings, dismemberment and violence against women), graphic blood and gore, strong sexual profanity and crude sexual talk, drug content (marijuana use), brief sex and brief female nudity. Running time: 84 minutes.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Human defecation remains a taboo subject, despite the fact that 2.5 billion people lack toilets, causing a global health crisis that kills more than a million children each year.
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) hopes a new exhibition opening on Thursday will make sanitation easier to discuss. The show is part of its efforts to help fight diseases causing diarrhea, which kill more children than malaria, HIV/AIDS and measles combined.


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Funnel Cakes!
How about funnel cakes for a fun weekend breakfast?
The ingredients are a variation on pancake batter and it can liven up a cold, snowy morning!
I found a recipe for Funnel Cakes at Taste of Home online and tried it out a while ago and thought I'd share:
Country Fair Funnel Cake Recipe
(Taste of Home Magazine)
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Oil for deep-fat frying
- Confectioners' sugar
In a large bowl, combine the eggs, milk and brown
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt; beat into egg mixture
until smooth.
- In a skillet, heat
oil to 375°(I don't have a thermometer, so I just heated until a drop of batter bubbled when dropped into the oil)
- Cover the bottom of a funnel spout with your finger; ladle
1/2 cup batter into funnel. Holding the funnel several inches above the
skillet, release finger and move the funnel in a spiral motion until all
of the batter is released (scraping funnel with a rubber spatula if
- Fry for 2 minutes on each side or until golden
brown. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining batter.Yield:6 servings.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy. Ahhh...feels like summer!
Posted by Jennifer Juniper at 8:10 AM
Labels: fun breakfast idea , funnel cake recipe , Hope Studios , jennifer juniper blog , taste of home magazine
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I am totally in trouble now. I love funnel cakes but can only get them once a year at the fair. Watch waistline, I can make them at home now!ReplyDeleteReplies
I think the trickiest part is knowing when to flip them - sorry waistline!Delete
My kids would be all over this :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Kids were pretty happy around here!Delete
You do know everyone just vowed to lose weight this January and this is the recipe you post! haha! Looks delicious! I love funnel cakes. yum!ReplyDeleteReplies
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They look fantastic. Thanks for the recipe will be trying them soon.ReplyDelete
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Samples are always useful and we can never have enough samples. So in this regard, we now have a new site that is dedicated to code samples, snippets, and other bits of code. As Soma announced on his blog, MSDN Code Gallery - snippets, samples and resources.
You can find these things at The MSDN Code Gallery.
This is simply a site to look up code samples, or upload code samples to. It doesn't have any project management included. For that, take a look at CodePlex.
So what can you expect to find on the site? Anything and everything code related. WPF samples, LINQ samples. But one of the most powerful things about the site is that you are allowed to post your own samples. So you can now help people out with how to do that complicated socket communication through a firewall, or whatever great code you have created.
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Based on market analysis in the late 1980's, it was apparent that quality horse transportation from Texas to major horse markets throughout the United States was limited. Service that was available, only catered to large-quantity horse shipments on an "as need" basis. Horse haulings on scheduled routes were basically nonexistent. It was at that time, due to the lack of available service for horse owners and shippers, which Joe and Joan McGee, along with their son Greg, made the decision to provide quality horse transportation service, "door-to-door", for single or multi-head horse shipments, to major markets throughout the United States on a scheduled route basis. As the business grew and Equine Express NA Inc. became one of the largest horse transportation companies in the central United States.
Mike Alexander, Joe and Joan's son-in-law, joined the team in 2001. Mike, his wife Jackie, Joe and Joan's daughter, and their children live here on the Equine Express property, across the driveway from Joe and Joan. Mike and Jackie's children Caleb, Colton, Cody, and Catherine have grown up with Equine Express in the back
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Son of killed Springfield man wanted for murder
Authorities in Pennsylvania have arrested Richard Hanson, the son of the 75-year-old man who was shot and killed at his Springfield home on Tuesday.
Hanson was apprehended in Scranton, Pa. by Fairfax County Police and U.S. Marshals.
Police issued a murder warrant for RIchard, the son of 75-year-old Gary Hanson, who was found shot Tuesday. Fairfax County Police said Wednesday that Richard Hanson was a suspect in his father's death.
A spokesperson says enough probable cause was developed to issue a murder warrant Wednesday.
Police described Richard Hanson as a 53-year-old white man who weighs 250lbs and stands 6'1". He was believed to be driving a 4-door green Saturn sedan with Virginia tags KLG 2406. Police say anyone who sees Richard Hanson should be cautious and call police.
Police had previously said they consider the son "endangered" because he does not have his medication. They would not disclose his illness.
Neighbors say Richard and his brother live with their parents. Though the father, Gary, who had a stroke several years ago, could still drive and was enjoying his retirement.
Gary Hanson was found dead inside his longtime Springfield home around 6 p.m. Tuesday night, a victim of a gunshot wound. The autopsy was scheduled to take place Wednesday.
Police were guarding the Hanson home Wednesday as the suspect was on the loose. Neighbor Irene Harlow saw heavily armed police outside her house.
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Cosplayer Constants > Costume of Saitou Hajime (Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan)
- Most Recent Photo
- 06-26-2013
- Series
- Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan
- Character
- Saitou Hajime
- Special Variation:
- Shinsengumi
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Very Easy
- Costume worn at:
- Anime Expo 2013
- Japan Expo USA 2013
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Made in a rush for Cherry blossoms! Glad we made it in time!
Was easy enough to make, but my fabric choices are very inaccurate, to say the least. My gut instincts failed me this time.
- Personal Thoughts:
- I love Saito, the ever-loyal 3rd captain of the Shinsengumi and right-hand man to Hijikata! I can't wait to cosplay more of him! :)
How do I not have any photos of this costume
Wig Details
- Wig Brand
- Ayanamisatoru / greatarchy09
- Wig Name
- Hakuouki: Saito Hajime
- Wig Quality Rating
- 3 / 5.00
- Styling Notes
- Lots of cutting! Needs more cutting. :(
- Wig Review
- The quality of the wig is excellent, as with all AyanamiSatoru wigs, but I was disappointed with the color, as it was much MUCH brighter in person. Strangely, it photographs darkly.
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Titanic Festival 2012
in Watkins Glen, NY
|April 10 - 15, 1912 … the voyage of Titanic!
April 14&15, 2012 … a two-day event to respect, remember
and reflect upon those who sailed on the iconic liner and to honor
Elizabeth Barrett Rothschild, a Watkins Glen native and Titanic
survivor, as well as other local families whose lives were impacted
on that fateful day in 1912.
A steadfast group of area aficionados, dedicated to memorializing
and remembering Titanic, has planned a two-day slate of activities
that will reflect upon the most famous of ocean voyages.
Current plans call for a self-guided Tour of the Rothschild property
and mausoleum, maps will be available at the Harbor Hotel.
Atwater Estate Vineyards will hold a Friday evening Titanic themed
reception. There will be a Saturday afternoon Meet & Greet with
the attending descendents of 3 of the ship's passengers. A special
Titanic Wine Collectors Series will be created with souvenir bottles
available at the appropriate wineries A Gala Dinner at Watkins
Glen's Harbor Hotel will be presented on Saturday evening.
Sunday will offer an All Faith Church Service, a final and
appropriate conclusion to a weekend filled with remembrances and
historical reflections.
The highlight of the weekend will be held at the 4-Diamond Rated
Watkins Glen Habor Hotel. The Titanic Dinner presented by
Glenora Wine Cellars will be held on Saturday evening, April 14,
2012 - 100 years to the day that the last meals were served on
Titanic. More information on the dinner can be seen here.
Appropriately, the Schuyler County Historical Society will be the
beneficiary of all proceeds of the Festival.
|Our Corporate
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|Schedule of Events
VISIT Seneca Lake Wineries
to collect commemorative
(Glenora, Lakewood, JR Dill,
Atwater, Wagner, Zugibe)
4 to 7 PM
Titanic Reception
at Atwater Estate Vineyards
5055 St. Rt 414
Burdett, NY
(about 7 minutes out of Watkins)
including period clothing
at the
Schuyler County
Historical Society
108 N. Catherine St (Rt.14)
Montour Falls, NY
(5 minutes from Watkins)
Self-guided tours of the
Barrett-Rothschild property
and Mausoleum
(Maps available at
Harbor Hotel)
"Meet & Greet"
Descendant's Families.
Watkins Glen Elementary
end of 15th Street
Gala Titanic
Reception & Dinner
Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel
1st Street
Watkins Glen, NY
Memorial Service
St. Mary's of the Lake Church
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Where Do We Go From Here?
The last several years have seen drastic changes, as well as dramatic advances, in the world of scientific publishing. Technology and demand from users have methodically moved the journal publication program of the American Physiological Society (APS) toward a "digital pathway" from on-line submission and peer review to publication.
As the APS Publications Department continues to implement more steps in this digital pathway, changes and improvements will continue to emerge. The latest step in this pathway is the APS movement to an RGB (red, green, blue) workflow for the processing of color figures.
Out with the Old
With the continuing shift from traditional print journals to online journals, APS will no longer require color images be submitted in CMYK (cyan, yellow, magenta, black) format. Under the previous CMYK workflow, we required authors to convert their RGB images to CMYK for print publication, only to have these images converted back to RGB for online proofing and publication. These conversions, back and forth, resulted in a considerable loss in image color quality and intensity. Vibrant blues, greens, and reds were most affected, because these are not fully represented in the CMYK color space (Fig. 1).
In With the New
Our digital pathway and on-line publication processes not only make it possible to implement an RGB workflow, they demand it. Online journal publication allows for the use of original RGB color images as captured by digital cameras and scanners and as seen in authors' laboratories and presentations. RGB images will be preserved throughout the online publication process and displayed as the author intended. The RGB workflow allows for the preservation of fluorescent blues, greens, and reds (Fig. 2).
What About Print?
The printed journals must still follow the CMYK workflow. This will require that the last step in the process will be a conversion to CMYK for printing. This conversion will result in the same color shift in the printed journal from the original digital file that was experienced under the old workflow. The print quality should not suffer with this workflow change, and in many cases it will look much better, because the conversion will be done by the printer with much more sophisticated software than was being used by APS Art Editors.
How to Submit
Starting in July 2005, authors should submit all color images in RGB color space. The preferred formats are still EPS and TIFF. All images should be created at print quality and size. The minimum resolution for a raster image (TIFF format) is 300 pixels per inch (118 pixels per cm). For more information on the submission of accepted figures, please visit the Instructions for Preparing Your Manuscript page at http://www.the-aps.org/publications/i4a/prep_manuscript.htm.
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Cosplayer Fire Lily > Costume of Miaka Yuuki (Fushigi Yuugi)
- Most Recent Photo
- 09-14-2013
- Series
- Fushigi Yuugi
- Character
- Miaka Yuuki
- Special Variation:
- Artbook Priestess
- Year Completed:
- 2013
- Construction Difficulty:
- Normal
- Costume worn at:
- Otakon 2013
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Made of black jersey knit, purple satin and cotton, gold spandex, organdy, and pink dyed voile. Everything was flat patterned by hand. Wig was originally a straight bangless 25 inch wig. I cut it at the shoulders, re-wefted the cut hair, curled it all, cut in bangs, and pulled the half ponytail up into wired loops.
Crown is Sintra, acrylic jewels, and beads. The earrings and necklace were handmade. Leg cuff is 9g wire coated in PlastiDip and painted gold, then adorned with acrylic jewels.
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Kertzer brings to light an untold drama played out among fascinating characters: Pope Pius IX, the most important pontiff in modern history; King Victor Emmanuel, working behind the backs of his own ministers; the dashing national hero Garibaldi; France's ill-starred Napoleon III, and many more. During this time, Italy was besieged from within and without, and Church history changed forever when the pope was declared infallible for the first time.
Prisoner of the Vatican looks deep into the workings of the Church in its final bid to regain the pope's temporal power. Kertzer sweeps readers along with riveting, revelatory panache. No one who reads his new book will ever think of Italy, or the Vatican, in quite the same way again.
©2004 David I. Kertzer; (P)2005 Tantor Media, Inc.
"Populated with a colorful cast of authentic historical figures, this fascinating slice of papal and Italian history will intrigue and enlighten both scholars and the merely curious." (Booklist)
"Kertzer, given access to newly opened Vatican archives, tells a first-rate tale of the political intrigues and corrupt characters of a newly emerging nation, offers history writing at its best, and provides insight into a little-known chapter in religious and political history." (Publishers Weekly)
"A Slice of Italian History"
I enjoyed this book because it was not like reading a text book, it was interesting! Non-fiction can be tedious to read (dry) at times, so generally I take what I can from them and don't worry about the parts my brain doesn't want to absorb – no matter how interesting it may be. In this case, I feel like I absorbed much more than I discarded.
I've been to Italy quite a few times, so I really enjoyed putting "Umberto" "Emmanuelle" "Cavour" "Garibaldi" "XX September" into context. I've seen the names and dates in a zillion piazzas and monuments and street names and metro stops, so it's nice to learn a little more about them. We'll see how much I retained next time I am in Italy! Will I think: "I know that name! but why?" or will I turn my husband and bore him with all the details I leaned?
I was dissapointed that the Lateran Treaty was just a blip in the epilogue, I think that ties in rather significantly with this slice of Italian history so I'm surprised the author didn't elaborate a bit more.
"Excellent book, odd publisher's summary"
The book describes the history of Rome in the 19th century when the independent papal state of Rome was seized during the formation of the new Italian national state. The story is not about "The Popes' Secret Plot to Capture Rome from the New Italian State" as the publisher (or probably a semi-literate summer intern at the publishing house, who never read the book) thought to summarize this book, but more about the difficulties of the papal state and its souvereign, the pope, after Italian, national forces had seized it. The history is very well researched and explained, and the author holds a healthy distance towards its main characters and uses only original sources. I do recommend this book for people that are interested in catholic, papal, Italian or European history. Very well read.
"History at its Worst"
This is easily one of the most poorly researched "popular" works of history and certainly is a scholarly joke. We have Pius IX being ridiculed as "in his second childhood" and senile by others, none of them Catholics. The influence of the Pope during the second half of the 19th Century was modest at best. To assume that it played a major role is absurd for anyone knowledgeable about the Franco-Prussian War or the one fought between the new German state and the Austia-Hungarian Empire where Italy played a minor role at best. That Pius IX tried to meddle in various affairs is not doubted. But that he had any serious effect is absurd. And after a variety of negative comments about a hapless Pius IX, the author goes on to assert he was the most important Pope in modern history (a curious thought in an age which has seen the recent death of a far more important Pope.) The writer struggles to put Lombardy in the correct geographical position, one of several foolish errors, and discards all the accessible Italian and Papal histories of the period in the introduction. Even conflicting histories, if they be so, must be considered. Instead he views history through the eyes of French, German, Austrian and other historians. And no I'm not a Catholic but a philosphy student of Austine, Aquinas, Aristotle and many others. In fact at one point Aquinas is said to be more important as Peter's "descendant," as the foundation of the Catholic Church. Read the History of the Middle Ages or Charlemagne and you'll understand more about Italian history than this pathetic book. This would NOT be an acceptable thesis for a history student. The title is chosen to help it sell. "The Minor Role of the Papacy in the 19th Century" would be a better choice. And it is clearly not a history of modern Italy but someone's idea of making a buck or simply thinks that something anti-Catholic might sell well.
"well research re d"
It was v eryinteresrting with all the historical facts and dates that are presented. I think I'll read it or listen again.
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One of my favorite videos on youtube. Watch the entire Monta documentary if you get a chance.
And 1 commercial - Monta Scores 72 points.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Brazil's presidential election in October seems increasingly unlikely to be an automatic gain for ruling party contender Dilma Rousseff, handpicked by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, amid a continued opposition lead over Lula's choice.
Rousseff, 62, currently the Cabinet chief, is being pushed forward by the ruling Workers Party as Brazil's first woman president-in-waiting. However, opposition candidate and Sao Paulo state Gov. Jose Serra continues to hold a lead, though opinion polls suggest he has lost ground.
Amid continued popularity, Lula is barred by law from seeking a third term but is widely seen poised to remain as the power behind the throne if, as expected by the ruling party, Rousseff wins election in October.
This week's opinion polls showed that Serra's lead could be narrowing as the ruling Workers' Party campaign for the Oct. 3 gains momentum. In the meantime, the polls showed that support for Rousseff jumped to 25 percent from 17 percent.
The Workers' Party is expected to endorse Rousseff as its candidate at a convention this weekend. Analysts attributed Rousseff's gains to Brazil's buoyant economy and Lula's enormous popularity. The Workers' Party is hoping to transform Lula's prosperity into votes for Rousseff.
Adding to Rousseff's strength is an unspoken national consensus, encompassing the opposition, that Lula's economic policy is working well for Brazil and a move away from its key features will only reverse Brazil's economic gains.
Brazil bounced back from recession in 2009 and current indicators suggest its economy is likely to grow by more than 5 percent this year. Economists cite Lula's economic policy, including a free-floating currency and a budget surplus, as the reasons behind the cross-party approval of his economic program.
The ruling Workers' Party has exploited support for Lula to advance the argument that the policies will be better looked after by a Lula protege than by an opposition candidate.
The October election is set to be a huge operation. In addition to electing a president and vice president, 135 million Brazilians will elect 27 state governors; a new Chamber of Deputies, two-thirds of the Senate; and 1,059 representatives to state assemblies.
Once the candidacies of Serra and Rousseff are confirmed they will step down from their current posts in April in order to run for the presidency.
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Frustrated football fans are suspected of a vandalism attack in one of Preston's showpiece parks.
Flowers were ripped from borders and ornamental urns and scattered around Miller Park following England's World Cup defeat by Italy in the early hours of Sunday.
The damage was said to be "very upsetting" for park users and, in particular, council grounds staff who cultivate the colourful displays in the Victorian gardens along the banks of the River Ribble.
"This is very disappointing after all the hard work our parks people put into these glorious flower beds and borders," said a spokesman for Preston City Council.
"I don't think the people who do this sort of thing realise how much work goes into getting the gardens looking so majestic."
The destruction was discovered early on Sunday and parks staff have since been replacing the damaged flowers, mainly begonias, and returning the floral displays to their original splendour.
"Unfortunately these things happen, some people do not have any respect for anything," said the council spokesman. "We've reported the incident to the police and if anyone knows who might be responsible for this please get in touch with either us or the police.
"Our staff have managed to replant some of the flowers, but others have had to be thrown away. We will have to replace some of them and this costs the authority.
"For the parks staff to see the fruits of their labour damaged and discarded like this is very upsetting. They're proud of their work and they want these displays to be enjoyed and treasured by the people of Preston. Unfortunately one or two just want to spoil it for the vast majority."


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Mal Pais Surf Camp is the bomb and just down the road a little bit. Da Monkey is a little bar in town that we had a great time at. Also, there is a restraunt right on the beach across from Frankie's Place that was fantastic.
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We own a hotel in the area, and we post this blog about the area and the local restaurants.
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A great place to eat is Las Pierdas..look for guys wearing shirts that say, "its the sh!t" its an Argentinian grill. Just down the road is an Israeli place and as always the bakery is awesome....lots of great food in the area. This time of year it does get big and close out at the beach breaks as previously mentioned, you can get an idea by checking out www.malpaisurfcam.com I think the camera is at a break called La Lara near Hermosa but it is a good indicator. Have fun and if you rent boards go to Jobbies.
I was down in Santa Theresa in November. One thing to note is that it can get pretty dusty if you're staying around the main dirt road thoroughfare through town (if you're planning to rent an ATV, bring some ski goggles), though late summer is the wet season so there should be fewer people, less dust and better deals to be had. When it gets overhead and the beach breaks start to close out, there's a great left point break called Sunset Reef down at the end of the road in Mal Pais where the fishermen launch from. You can enjoy a session there and then pickup some fresh fish for peanuts direct from the fisherman to grill up later. +1 on Las Piedras for their whole grilled chicken with Chimichurri.
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So I stand with pleasure, on the one sunny day this season of downpours and dreariness has offered, at the foot of the sand-hill on Rockford Common, looking up at the silver birch at the top of the slope beautifully set off against the clear blue sky. With the sun reflecting from its bark, my eye is drawn ever upwards following the silver threads as they divide and narrow until they disappear into bark not yet mature enough to be this tree's hallmark coating.
Birches are the most prolific of the trees around the common. They are among the earliest of colonisers and will rapidly turn open ground into woodland. There are signs of this expansionist tendency all through the areas of heathland. Not all the full-grown trees have had an easy infancy. Some have a split stem that divides at ground level, a sign perhaps that their early growth was nibbled back. One leans acutely, suggesting that it has been constantly windswept, except that its foliage is perfectly balanced.
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I'd like to say we just pop in and give him a try and if he acts in a way that makes us uncomfortable we just go. However then we've wasted a day of school, work, and all that gas money and are still waiting til August for help. WWYD? The past patient reviews are truly the worst I've ever seen and it's not just one or two.
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The space shuttle Atlantis shot into orbit Friday, closing a chapter in manned space exploration that was written, in part, by astronauts who once called San Diego County home. They include the first American woman in space, the explorer who set the Hubble Space Telescope free after its final servicing, and an Eagle Scout who lost his life when Columbia blew to pieces during re-entry. The "shuttlenauts" helped shape a program that's coming to an end after 135 launches that span three decades.
Here are snapshots of the astronauts, including Megan McArthur, whose future might include service on the International Space Station.
The first American woman to fly in space became NASA's best-known shuttle astronaut and later developed a respected San Diego company that promotes science education, especially among young girls. Ride flew two shuttle missions, traveling aboard Challenger in 1983 and 1985. She eventually left NASA, joining the physics department at the University of California San Diego in 1989. Ride, now 60, also became director of the UCSD California Space Institute. She retired from the university in 2007 but still runs Sally Ride Science, the San Diego education company.
A graduate of Grossmont High in La Mesa and San Diego State University, Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to travel into space during a flight aboard Discovery in 1993. It was the first of four shuttle flights for Ochoa, whose missions were devoted to such tasks as building the International Space Station and studying variations in the solar cycle. Ochoa, 53, also helped run NASA's Astronaut Office. She currently serves as deputy director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
WILLIAM McCOOL
"Willie," as people called him, was born in San Diego, the son of a Naval aviator. So it surprised no one that he later joined the Navy and became a pilot, flying from such well-known carriers as Enterprise and Coral Sea. His flying skills and leadership impressed NASA, which accepted him for astronaut training. McCool went aloft in the shuttle Columbia in early 2003 and said from space, "From our orbital vantage point, we observe an Earth without borders, full of peace, beauty and magnificence." A few days later, Columbia disintegrated while re-entering the atmosphere. McCool and his six crewmates died almost instantly — 16 minutes before their scheduled landing in Florida.
The La Jolla High School graduate became a gifted physicist who specialized in navigation, making him of great value to NASA. Newman was needed to help train astronauts on guidance and control systems. He was so good at it that NASA accepted him for astronaut training. Newman, now 54, eventually flew four shuttle missions and performed six spacewalks. His "trips outside" included three historic spacewalks in 1998 during which he and fellow astronaut Jerry Ross connected the power systems on two of the earliest pieces of the space station. He also performed ambitious and challenging spacewalks in 2002 to help service the Hubble Space Telescope during a mission aboard Columbia. He is currently on the faculty at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.
MEGAN McARTHUR
The self-described military brat saw many astronauts fly in and out of Moffett Field Naval Air Station while she was attending high school in Northern California. But McArthur figured there was little chance she'd ever become one. She focused on another love — the sea — earning her doctorate in ocean engineering at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, where she specialized in acoustics. Those engineering skills came in handy. She was later accepted into the astronaut corps, and in May 2009 McArthur deftly used the 50-foot long robotic arm aboard the shuttle Atlantis to grab the Hubble Space Telescope and pull it into the orbiter's bay for a final servicing. The upgrades are expected to keep Hubble operational through 2014. McArthur, 39, is still an astronaut.
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The San Diego native joined the Navy, where he became an aviator who learned to fly more than 50 types of aircraft, including the carrier-based A-6 Intruder attack plane. He also became a test pilot, which has long been the domain of future astronauts. McCulley joined the astronaut corps in 1984 and went on to pilot the shuttle Atlantis in October 1989. It was a notable scientific mission; the crew released Galileo, which would become the first spacecraft to go into orbit around Jupiter. Galileo was extraordinarily productive, enabling scientists to closely observe the planet's ammonia clouds and explore the likelihood that major oceans exist beneath Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. McCulley, now 67, left NASA in 1990 to enter industry, where he eventually became president and chief executive of the United Space Alliance. He retired from that position in late 2007.
Call him Mr. Space Station. Sturckhow, who grew up near Lakeside and graduated from Grossmont High School in La Mesa, made trips to the outpost during four shuttle missions between 1998 and 2009. He served as pilot on two of those missions, and as commander on the two others. He also served as backup commander to Mark Kelly this year when doubts arose about whether Kelly would be able to command Endeavour after his wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was shot near Tucson. Kelly ended up leading the mission. Sturckhow, who will turn 50 in August, is accustomed to being in a leadership role. The veteran Marine Corps fighter pilot led 30 airstrike missions during Operation Desert Storm. He also served as a test pilot before being named to the astronaut corps in late 1994. His maiden flight into space came in 1998 aboard Endeavour, the first shuttle to deliver major parts used in the construction of the space station. Sturckhow told a NASA interviewer that growing up on a farm in San Diego County prepared him for the future. "I believe," said Sturckhow, "you are a product of your roots, and I like to think I learned a work ethic growing up on a ranch and hopefully a little bit of common sense."
The San Diego native is an astronomer and astrophysicist who served as a mission specialist on a 2008 trip aboard Atlantis that was among the most ambitious efforts of the shuttle program. When it lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Atlantis' cargo bay was virtually filled by the Columbus Laboratory, the 23-foot-long cylinder that represents the largest contribution to the space station by the European Space Agency. Love performed two spacewalks to help prepare the science laboratory for installation aboard the station as the two spacecraft raced around Earth. Love, who is now 46, also helped attach a solar observatory to the exterior of Columbus. He is still an active member of the astronaut corps. He struck an optimistic tone during a NASA preflight interview, saying, "There will come a day when space stations are commonplace, and people won't believe how hard we had to work to do these small early steps in space."
The veteran shuttle astronaut went on to lead Camp Pendleton's 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, showing leadership that contributed to his selection as NASA's chief administrator, a position he currently holds. Bolden, who is now 64, became a Marine combat pilot in the 1960s and flew more than 100 missions in Vietnam. He joined the astronaut corps in 1980 and flew four shuttle missions, serving as pilot on two flights and commander on the two others. Bolden helped deploy the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990. He left NASA in 1994 and resumed full-time active duty in the Marines, becoming commanding general of 1st MEF, and then commanding general of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, based at Miramar. Bolden retired from the Marines in 2004. Five years later, President Barack Obama nominated him for the position of NASA administrator. He is the first African American to hold the job on a permanent basis.
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Father Gus Krumm officiated over Mass at St. Simon and Jude from 1988 to 1998. He arrived at the Huntington Beach parish thanks to a previous association with then-Bishop Norman McFarland, who oversaw Krumm at the Diocese of Reno when McFarland was bishop there during the early 1980s. McFarland accepted Krumm into the Reno diocese shortly after Krumm sexually molested a boy in California.
If this scenario sounds familiar, it's because it is. A recent Weeklyinvestigation has identified Krumm as the second pedo-priest whom McFarland allowed to serve in county parishes despite knowing of the molester's crimes while both served in Reno in the early 1980s.
In 1982, McFarland—then the bishop of the Diocese of Reno—accepted Krumm from St. Anthony's Seminary in Santa Barbara shortly after Krumm was accused of molesting a boy there. McFarland had Krumm placed at St. James the Apostle Church in Las Vegas, where he stayed until 1985. Krumm wasn't associated with a parish again until 1988, when McFarland—by now bishop at the Orange Diocese—shuffled Krumm over to St. Simon and Jude.
Krumm's journey to Orange County via the Diocese of Reno eerily coincides with that of Father Jerome Henson. As the Weekly previously reported ["Must-See TV Producer," Dec. 12, 2003], McFarland, as Reno's bishop, accepted Henson from the Diocese of Sacramento in 1981 after police there caught Henson in flagrante delicto with a 13-year-old boy in a graveyard. This boneyard tryst did not stop McFarland from receiving Henson just five days after the incident, nor did it dissuade McFarland in 1984 from shipping Henson down to Orange County, where McFarland would join him two years later. Krumm joined the two in 1988.
No one has ever accused either Henson—whom diocesan officials removed in 2002 from duty after his victim filed a lawsuit—or Krumm of molesting children when each served at the Orange diocese. But the Henson and Krumm matters represent another dent to the legacy of McFarland, who retired in 1998 amid goodwill from parishioners and the press alike. And it seemingly perjures testimony that McFarland gave under oath in 2001 for DiMaria vs. Harris, the landmark case that forced the Diocese of Orange to pay $5.2 million to a student sexually molested by Michael Harris, the former principal at Mater Dei and Santa Margarita Catholic high schools.
In the deposition, Costa Mesa-based attorney John Manly asked McFarland if he ever knew of child molesters roaming the Orange diocese. McFarland could only name one: Andrew Christian Andersen, who pleaded guilty in 1986 to 26 counts of molesting four boys.
"So, as I understand," Manly continued, "with the exception of Father Andersen . . . no other priest in the Diocese of Orange as long as you were a [bishop] there was—no request was made to . . . remove the priest from the clerical state [for sexual-molestation allegations] except for Father Andersen, correct?"
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"Other than Andersen, no other," McFarland responded quite confidently.
McFarland couldn't be reached for comment, and the Orange diocese's current spokesman, Father Joe Fenton, no longer returns the Weekly'scalls. But Fenton defended McFarland's inaction on Henson in a December interview, claiming McFarland never knew of any allegations and putting the onus of discovery on an offending priest's former parish. "If [an] allegation originated in one diocese, that diocese is responsible for clearing up the allegation," Fenton said at the time. "They must disclose from one diocese to another any allegation."
Fenton's analysis implicates McFarland triply, then. Not only did McFarland previously host Krumm in Reno, but Krumm was also one of 11 friars implicated in 1993 by an independent review board of sexually abusing 34 boys at St. Anthony's seminary during the 1970s and 1980s, a case that received national attention. Yet McFarland kept Krumm. In 1996, Krumm's former superior at St. Anthony's Seminary met with McFarland and alerted him about Krumm's child-molesting past. Yet McFarland kept Krumm. And McFarland kept Krumm even after one of his victims, Ignacio Aceves, wrote an Oct. 21, 1996, letter to McFarland alerting the diocese that he had recently settled a sex-abuse settlement against Krumm. "I am writing to you," Aceves shared with McFarland, "because I am afraid that [Krumm] will do the same to other boys."
McFarland finally responded—two years later. In one of his last actions before retiring as Orange bishop, McFarland shipped Krumm off to Portland, Oregon. But it was Krumm, not McFarland, who eventually admitted his pederast inclination to Portland diocesan officials. To their credit, the Portland archdiocese—which announced its bankruptcy three weeks ago—removed him from Ascension Catholic Church in 2002 and sent him to Sacramento, Henson's former haunt. And thus, this pedo-train's particular route is complete.


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Website at http://www.knightsoftherose.net/home
KoR owns a fully upgraded Guilded Hallow guild hall.
Knights of the Rose [KoR], is one of the largest (if not the largest) guilds on the Isle of Janthir server, with many members from other servers. We are an International PvX guild and we are now recruiting active players with an interest in PvE, WvW, and PvP. We accept and welcome both new, returning and experienced players. All are welcome!
Knights of the Rose has its roots in Guild Wars 1 and has been a part of the Guild Wars 1 and 2 communities for almost eight years. We are a 400+ member, family-friendly, PvX guild, with a more mature player base.
KoR's focus is to have and support a positive and respectful environment and to make sure that our players excel in any part of the game that they choose. Our players have expertise in all sectors of the game, WvW, PvE, PvP, Dungeons and fractals. Don't like WvW? Run with us and you'll have fun! ;-) We host trainings, guild events and missions on a weekly basis.
By in large, we are patient, friendly and happy to teach players how to make the most of their time in game, in any game mode. New players always welcome.
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Great Scott! More like great speeding ticket!
Sure, driving above the speed limit is against the law. But one man recently received what is perhaps the coolest speeding ticket ever.
In the 1985 hit movie "Back to the Future", Marty McFly had to get his DeLorean up to 88 mph to engage the flux capacitor and make time travel possible. And that's exactly how fast 36-year-old Spencer White was going in his 1982 DeLorean DMC-12.
He's wanted a DeLorean ever since seeing the movie, and he finally purchased his dream vehicle back in April. His mother hadn't been in the car yet, so he took her for a spin on the freeway. He was traveling a lot faster than he thought, when he saw the speedometer was at 85 mph.
Instead of slowing down, he asked his mom if he should take it up to 88. His giggling mother replied, "Yeah, let's do it."
Within seconds of reaching 88 miles per hour, a California Highway Patrol officer flashed his lights behind him.
Because the windows of a DeLorean are so small, White was forced to open the famous gull-wing door in order to talk to the officer.
The officer couldn't resist smiling when he showed him the radar gun -- 88 mph exactly.
"All of us started busting up laughing," White told the Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
Apparently the officer is a fan of the movie too, because he asked White if he had a flux capacitor in the car. Regardless, the officer still did his duty and issued him a ticket with a heavy fine -- approximately $400.
"If you are going to get a ticket, it's the dream ticket," White told The Los Angeles Times.
Watch the video to see this most radically retro speeding ticket.