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Jaramillo enjoys successful debut
Jaramillo enjoys successful debut
The quick turnaround from Wednesday's night game to Thursday's afternoon affair gave manager John Russell incentive to rest starting backstop Ryan Doumit, who had played every inning in each of the team's first eight games. Consequently, Jaramillo finally got that long-awaited start.
Jaramillo had mixed results at the plate. He recorded his first Major League hit in his fourth-inning at-bat, but thwarted a run-scoring opportunity for the Pirates when he grounded into an rally-ending double play two frames later. And he certainly would have liked to have led starter Jeff Karstens to a win.
But even that couldn't dampen the thrill of making his first big league appearance.
"It felt good," Jaramillo said after the game, still wondering who had the ball from his first hit. "There's little butterflies at the beginning. I kind of settled down after the first inning, after it went well."
Though Jaramillo beat out Robinzon Diaz to win the job as the team's backup catcher, he will continue to see only minimal playing time because of Doumit's status on the team. After making 104 starts in 2008, Doumit has his eyes on making at least 140 this season.
Russell, a former backstop who knows a bit about catching himself, sees that goal as realistic and attainable.
"It's a taxing position, but I think he's more equipped this year, more prepared," Russell said. "He's in great shape. He's really worked on his flexibility, which really helps him. He's really dedicated this year, moreso than last year. He really wants to be out there every day."
Not only is Doumit, barring any injury, going to make the majority of the starts, but with no third catcher on the team, Jaramillo won't be used in pinch-hit situations unless the Pirates have exhausted every other option.
That leaves Jaramillo still learning how to adapt to staying sharp, both at the plate and in his work with the pitching staff, without the benefit of an everyday role. Jaramillo has been the primary catcher on every Minor League team he played on coming up through the Phillies' Minor League system.
"It's a different role for me," Jaramillo said. "[It's] just [doing] a lot of communicating with different players and catching bullpens and trying to stay loose. It's just one of those things I've got to learn."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mother of American Captive Issues Plea to ISIS for His Release
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Minnesota bankruptcies
Chapter 7 is a petition to liquidate assets and discharge debts.
Chapter 11 is a petition for protection from creditors and to reorganize.
Chapter 12 is a petition for family farmers to reorganize.
Chapter 13 is a petition for wage earners to readjust debts.
Filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Bankruptcy filings from the following counties: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin.
Paulette Ulschmid, Perham, Chapter 7, debts of $155,630, assets of $156,730.
Peter W. and Lisa Pederson, Twin Valley, Chapter 7, occupations, debts and assets not listed.
Jeffrey L. Lorber, doing business as Jeff Lorber Construction, Staples, Chapter 13, debts of $873,526, assets of $304,400.
Tracie K. and Matthew R. Coopet, doing business as Drafting Ink, Alexandria, Chapter 7, debts of $302,201, assets of $271,960.
Thomas A. Deutschman, Fergus Falls, heavy equipment mechanic, Chapter 7, debts of $20,660, assets of $39,318.
Janet L. Gawrylow, Crookston, unemployed, Chapter 7, debts of $56,550, assets of $102,680.
Tiffany Ann Filippello, also known as Tiffany Grindstaff, Fergus Falls, unemployed, Chapter 7, debts of $60,343, assets of $5,745.
Daniel G. Buchwitz, 308 2nd St. N.W., Dilworth, Chapter 7, occupation, debts and assets not listed.
Chad M. and Lisa Carol Simpson, Kensington, Chapter 13, debts of $69,443, assets of $60,135.
Patrick Mikesh, Park Rapids, service technician, Chapter 7, debts of $106,580, assets of $82,201.
Michael Julian and Cheryl Ann Oleson, Perham, Chapter 7, debts of $197,900, assets of $154,987. Oleson is self-employed. Mrs. Oleson is a nurse.


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Driver Sweeper is a fast tool to remove driver leftovers from your system (NVIDIA Forceware, ATI Catalyst, etc.). It's very important to remove your drivers on a proper way, because driver leftovers can cause problems like stability and startup problems. You can use it if you want to update/remove drivers from your system.
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Wendell Norman has been named as chief of the Contracting Office at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg. Norman began his contracting career at the Memphis District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1992 as an intern. While there, he worked his way up to deputy district chief of contracting and team leader for the Construction/A-E Contracts Branch.
He joined the ERDC Contracting Office in 2009, where he served as lead contracting specialist, as a team leader supporting multiple labs within the ERDC and as a contracting officer. He also served as acting chief prior to officially being named to the position.
Norman has a DAWIA Level III certification in contracting and a Level I certification in program management. He has experience with emergency deployment, having served in a variety of areas including Puerto Rico, Guam and, following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, in Louisiana; he was honored with three Achievement Medals for Civilian Service for his efforts. He is also a past recipient of the Memphis District Commander's Award for Civilian Service.
Norman has a bachelor's and a master's of business administration from the University of Memphis. He and his wife, Tina, have two daughters: Jessica and Kaitlyn.


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It's no secret that the holidays can be a stressful time, from endless commitments, to trying to fit everyone in, to holiday entertaining, shopping- the list goes on! Lifestyle and parenting expert Colleen Burns joined me recently to discuss simple ways you can destress this holiday season, save money, time and possibly travel?!
Candace Rose: Every year we look forward to the holidays, but at times they can be very stressful. Why is this, and what can we do to change it?
Colleen Burns: "Well, I think we do it to ourselves. We add so much to our to do list that we didn't have before, and then on top of that we have this expectation we're going to spend more quality time with our loved ones. There's just not enough time in the day, so something has to give, and I think it's important to compartmentalize what you are doing this time of the year. The biggest consumers of time we'll say are the shopping and the meal prep. So if you can save time in those areas and money, those can really reduce your stress.
When it comes to meal prep, I really love those catered meals in the grocery store, they're really convenient, but they're so expensive. But you can do this yourself, and it doesn't have to take as much time- at least not all at once. You can budget some time either this day or the next- make these side dishes, make these items, throw them in the freezer or the refrigerator so the day of you have a lot less time that you're spending on prep. And you haven't spent any more money, you can even in fact look for deals on those food items in the days ahead of time."
Candace Rose: Do you have any advice on finding deals?
Colleen Burns: "Another way to find a deal, because we do spend so much money this time of year on gifts, shopping more often at the grocery store, traveling more often, going out to eat more often. Look for a way to make your money work harder for you, and that would be those rewards programs.
Fuel Rewards program is a brand new one. They have an online mall called FuelRewards.com which has partnered with stores and restaurants and all kinds of places where you can visit, make those purchases that you plan to make anyway. But this way you're earning rewards that can be applied toward fuel purchases at Shell stations. So when you go traveling over the holidays and into next year, you can use those rewards at the pump and pay far less than someone who didn't use this rewards program. So it's a great way to get something back on the purchases that you planned to make anyway on the Online Mall at the FuelRewards.com, and also at participating restaurants and grocery stores."
Candace Rose: And speaking of online, do you have any advice for those who tend to go overboard when shopping online?
Colleen Burns: "You can go overboard online, but I think it's easy to stick to a budget online, too because you search for a very specific item online at a store, you can put it into your virtual shopping cart, and if it adds up when you've got all those items in there to more money than what you were wanting to spend, you can always edit. And you can edit a lot more easily and a lot less embarrassingly than if you were at the actual cashier and you've decided you have too many things in your cart, and you don't want to buy all of them. You can get sucked into that whole buying because it's a deal mentality when everybody else is doing that at a shopping mall, you can end up with things you don't want to buy."
Candace Rose: Are the holidays a good time of the year just to get away?
Colleen Burns: "Oh yes. If your family commitments will allow it, yes. It's a wonderful way to reduce stress because you don't have to cook, you don't have to clean and it doesn't have to cost more money. You book ahead of time- if you look for those online travel deals at FuelRewards.com, they have a lot of online travel partners so you can search for the best deals, you can use rewards for traveling in your car. But also, you can tell your children we're not going to buy you as many gifts this year because instead we're going to have this fabulous vacation. We're going to go drive somewhere; fly somewhere, and I think your kids will be more than willing to make that bargain. But it's a great way to sort of cleanse your palate from all those family gatherings, which are wonderful, but can be stressful. This way someone else is doing all the work and you're just enjoying time with those people you want to enjoy time with."
Candace Rose: Do you have any additional tips or information you'd like to share?
Colleen Burns: "You can get more information on all those purchases you plan to make anyway, and are going to save you at the pump at FuelRewards.com. You can also get more information on these tips and others at my website, TheMomOnTheRun.tv."


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A former co-worker of a young Canadian believed to be fighting with the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria says John Maguire was clearly heading down a path to terror.
The ex-friend, who didn't want his named used, once worked with Maguire at an Independent grocery store in the Ottawa area.
He said Macguire's Facebook posts were increasing alarming, to the point where he no longer wanted anything to do with the man.
"(His posts) were usually about having to enforce Sharia using violence and how both Muslims and non-Mulsims who don't fight for their cause will be punished in the after-life," the friend told QMI Agency. "He was clearly brainwashed."
Maguire, 23, disappeared last year and his family was told by law enforcement he purchased a one-way ticket to Syria.
He is one of dozens of Canadians who've apparently joined Islamist groups to fight after converting to Islam, and is a "classic example" of a successful overseas recruiting campaign, one expert says


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Nexon America unveils BlockParty
October 5, 2009
Nexon America unveils BlockParty, an online games and social networking service designed for gamers
Nexon America has begun its rollout of a new, free service initiative called BlockParty that will centralize all of Nexon's games into one online portal and combine it with a social network designed to expand players' gaming experience.
BlockParty, which will be online at BlockParty.com in the coming months, is currently being previewed at all of Nexon America's game Web sites as well as at www.Nexon.net. The preview is set off by clicking on the animated "Blockheads" that launch into a short preview at the top of each Web page.
At its launch, players will be able to go to BlockParty.com and access their game accounts, launch games from their browser, and interact with other players from any of Nexon's games. BlockParty will also provide players with customizable profile pages and a real-time news update that announces player accomplishments via BlockParty's "Play Feed."
BlockParty will also bring gamers together with simple and easy buddy lists and player search tools. Through their BlockParty profiles, players will also be able keep track of their friends' gaming exploits.
"BlockParty will be one part games, one part portal with a twist of social networking. Nexon America's goal for BlockParty is to create the biggest online party with great games and awesome gamers," said Min Kim, Nexon America's vice president of marketing. "BlockParty will allow Nexon to better serve our players by extending the community experience to a central web-based communication hub. BlockParty will also make it easier for players to access Nexon's growing list of games, and at the same time, allow them to share their online gaming adventures with their friends."
The BlockParty initiative has been underway at Nexon America for several years, and with its inception, will be the only complete service delivering high-quality free-to-play games through a portal with a robust social gaming network. New and current players will be able to access all the features of BlockParty by using a Nexon Passport, which can be signed up for in just minutes.
"Joining BlockParty and having a blast will be extremely easy," added Kim. "Nothing is going to change about our games -- still fun, still free. The addition of the social network elements at BlockParty will be familiar to most Internet users and we expect current players to forge even stronger relationships with their in-game friends and new players to quickly make friends and dive into the community. BlockParty is really about fun and friends."
No date has been set for the opening of BlockParty.com, though Nexon America will conduct beta tests throughout the remainder of 2009.


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Jean-Pascal Tricoire, President & CEO of Schneider Electric, announces the appointment of Emmanuel Babeau as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Committee. Emmanuel Babeau will be in charge of Corporate Financial Control, Internal Audit, Legal Affairs, Investors Relations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Real Estate, Tax & Customs, Financing & Treasury. Since 2006, Emmanuel Babeau has been Chief Financial Officer of Pernod Ricard, in charge of Finances, IT Systems and Industry. He began his career at Arthur Andersen in 1990, and joined Pernod Ricard in 1993.
Henri Lachmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, will propose to appoint Emmanuel Babeau as Management Board Member, replacing Pierre Bouchut who will take on a new position with the Carrefour group.
Jean-Pascal Tricoire says: "Emmanuel Babeau will bring a lot to Schneider Electric: his experience of the remarkable development of Pernod Ricard, his international exposure, as well as his expertise in company integration and rationalization
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Issue: As the work force ages, more employees are suffering age-related injuries that appear to be work related.
Risk: You may wind up paying, in insurance and workers' comp costs, for injuries that aren't associated with the job.
Action: Work with physicians to distinguish between injuries that are work-related and those that are age-related.
You recognize the benefits of employing older people, but you may be overlooking an inevitable byproduct: the risk of higher insurance and workers' comp costs due to injuries brought on by the effects of natural aging.
Your goal: Determine which of those injuries are truly caused by work, and thus covered by workers' comp, and which are the result of normal aging. It's important to work with a knowledgeable physician who is trained at drawing such lines.
Fact: The length and cost of work disability is much higher among employees age 60 to 74, compared with people a...(register to read more)
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In the majority of norovirus infections, medical treatment is not required because most infections are self-limiting and resolve with no lingering problems. Oral intake of fluids is recommended for all people with norovirus infection to avoid dehydration. People with severe nausea and vomiting are often given medicines (for example, promethazine [Phenergan], prochlorperazine [Compazine], or ondansetron [Zofran]) to reduce or stop vomiting. Individuals who become dehydrated may require intravenous fluids with electrolytes to avoid complications of dehydration. A few severely dehydrated patients may require hospitalization.
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brewed this strong in 3/4 cup water and used to make my instant whole grain cream of wheat (based on Samantha's suggestion of making oatmeal with tea). This gave the otherwise tasteless gruel a nice hint of cinnamon & spice that complemented the whole grain nuttiness. With some milk, sugar, and raisins I had an edible and healthy breakfast. Also got a burst of energy after – maybe from the caffeine? Will def experiment more w/ cooking with this and other teas (ex. cooking rice in green or jasmine tea, etc.)
I've also made banana chai cake with this tea using this recipe: http://www.teachef.com/view_recipe.html?recipe=457
[[Note: I'm cooking with this tea instead of drinking it b/c my bag is very old, and I don't like heavily spiced chai or heavily caffeinated black teas anyway. If you like chai that is heavy on the cinnamon you may like this one.]]


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Written on: 22/05/2014 by MartyMcMarty (1 review written)
I spent a lot of time researching and selecting the bike I wanted and then looking for a good deal on it, including local bike shops aswell as internet retailers.
Ashcycles seemed too good to be true, not only did they have stock of a bike which is very hard to get hold of due to low availabiliy, but they also had an accessory offer of 15% of the bike value - what a great deal, which couldn't be beaten.
I have purchased from the big online bike retailers previously but it was very refreshing to shop with Ashcycles, a family run business where nothing seemed too much trouble - dealing with them was like the local bike shop. Everything ran smoothely, the bike arrived promptly - what is there not to like.
We should all value small businesses who are trying to compete with the big players especially when it's possible to get the same and better deals. This review site also helped put my trust in Ashcycles, aswell as speaking directly to the staff on the phone, and I wouldn't hesitate in recommending anyone to give them a go !


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Northwest Olympic Athletes
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Search Over For Missing Cruise Ship Passengers
SYDNEY (AP) — The search is over off the coast of eastern Australia with no sign of two cruise ship passengers lost overboard two days earlier. Aircraft and ships covered 1,360 square nautical miles of ocean during the search north of Sydney. Surveillance cameras show paramedic Paul Rossington and his girlfriend Kristen Schroder were outside their cabin when they fell more than 65 feet.


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Legal Question in Family Law in Michigan
Medical question on joint legal custody
If non-custodial parent was never contacted of a major elective surgery, is he liable since he was never given the opportunity to get a second opinion or other options and the use of an in-network hospital including continuing elective doctor visits?
Asked on 4/11/07, 3:04 pm
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Lisa K. Prowse Prowse Law PLC
Re: Medical question on joint legal custody
It depends on what your divorce judgment says. The divorce judgment should say who makes medical decisions (one of the parents or both) and how much the non-custodial parent is required to pay for uncovered medical expenses.
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Employee tasting and training session focused exclusively on New Hampshire wine, ciders, meads and spirits
LEE – New Hampshire made wine, spirits, meads and ciders were on full display at Flag Hill Winery & Distillery as the New Hampshire Liquor Commission held its first ever employee tasting and training session exclusively for New Hampshire wine and spirits.
The growing demand for local products coupled with NHLC's commitment to support New Hampshire's bourgeoning wine and spirit industry prompted two days of training. Over 200 full and select part-time staff sampled wine, spirits, meads and ciders from New Hampshire's top six selling manufactures - Flag Hill Winery & Distillery of Lee, Candia Vineyards of Candia, LaBelle Winery of Amherst, Farnum Hill Ciders of Lebanon, Jewell Towne Vineyards of South Hampton, and Moonlight Meadery of Londonderry.
A list of New Hampshire wineries is available at http://www.liquorandwineoutlets.com/wine/new_hampshire_wineries.
"When you think of New Hampshire, a number of spectacular images come to mind. Our goal is to encourage consumers and visitors to think of our homegrown wine and spirits as well," said NHLC Chairman Joseph Mollica. "There are 11 New Hampshire producers of wines, ciders, and meads as well as four distillers of spirits in the Granite State. We are committed to promoting these products to the millions of consumers who make purchases in our stores annually. The best method of encouraging purchases is to provide our employees with hands-on experience through tastings and training sessions so they can get a better understanding of these products and inform customers."
NHLC carries 62 varieties of wine, ciders, meads and spirits in its 77 state-operated NH Liquor & Wine Outlet stores. In FY 2013 sales of New Hampshire bottled wine and spirits approached $800,000 – 18% higher than the previous fiscal year.
The two-day event provides each manufacturer the opportunity to speak directly with NHLC leadership and staff, share intimate knowledge about their products, including the growing and production process, flavor profiles and history of the brands.
"While we boast the state's largest vineyard and produce 4,000 cases of wine and 4,000 cases of spirits each year, delivering our message and getting our product in the hands of consumers can be a challenge," said Heather Houle, General Manager of Flag Hill Winery & Distillery. "Events like this are critical to sustaining and growing our industry and demonstrate the New Hampshire Liquor Commission's commitment and the men and women who work so passionately to share their craft with the world."
To learn more about the New Hampshire wineries, meaderies, cider houses and distilleries participating in the first-ever tasting and training event visit:
Flag Hill Winery & Distillery – Lee, NH – http://www.flaghill.com/
Jewell Towne Vineyards – South Hampton, NH – http://jewelltownevineyards.com/
Farnum Hill Ciders – Lebanon, NH – http://www.povertylaneorchards.com/
LaBelle Winery – Amherst, NH – http://www.labellewinerynh.com/
Moonlight Meadery – Londonderry, NH – http://www.moonlightmeadery.com/
Candia Vineyards – Candia, NH – http://candiavineyards.com/
The NHLC operates retail locations throughout the Granite State and serves more than 9 million customers each year. Visit www.LiquorandWineOutlets.com to locate a store, search for product availability, learn about monthly sales, review wine tasting schedules, and sign up to receive significant savings with monthly Email Extras. More than $2 billion in net profits has been raised since the first store opened in 1934. NHLC is expecting to net an additional $1 billion for the state in the next eight years.


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The Resistance For Writers: Part Two
February 6, 2017
I'm one of the luckier Feds, I guess. I retired from government service in 2014, well before the country elected a president who seems bent on establishing a dictatorship. An essential part of his plan is ravaging as many Federal agencies as he can and subverting their intended missions. All in all, I'm grateful not to be back in my old cubicle at the Department of Labor (OSHA), watching the effects of this first-hand, but it still makes my blood boil.
I wasn't one of those aging employees who clung to my job once I sensed I was being pushed toward retirement. It was aggravating to see my substantive work start to disappear as my hair went gray. I saw younger employees awarded higher grades to do essentially the same work I used to do. They were pampered far too much with all-expenses-paid junkets, lunches, and "retreats," and the more benefits they got, the more they complained. I honestly don't mind seeing some of these high-priced whiners squirm a little in the Trump administration. But the essential, front-line work of agencies like OSHA, which relies on many truly dedicated and hard-working employees, is too important to minimize or discard just because managers have been known to make short-sighted decisions.
Trump is going after the most visible Feds first. These include Inspector Generals, who are supposed to be independent critics of agency practices. He'll get rid of anyone brave enough to tell him what he doesn't want to hear. Hopefully, before mass firings at the IRS can be accomplished, someone will be brazen enough to leak Trump's tax returns, which will probably tell us all we need to know about his ties to foreign governments, his corruption, and his phony charity. That bureaucrat will be both lauded and vilified, and may even go to prison, if Trump gets his way.
I was pretty much relegated to mundane tasks in my final years, but now that I look back, it wasn't all that bad. It means I'm qualified to star in my own proposed non-action-packed movie, "Barricades of the Bureaucracy." Grunt work is where the true resistance lies. By grunt work I mean everyday chores like running employment reports, taking head counts of various job classifications, gathering and analyzing performance data, and writing the budget narratives and reports that explain this data. Those are the facts upon which the agency's work is based and its effectiveness is measured. It is the best possible resistance to "alternative facts." By any objective measures, there is no doubt that OSHA has been a success since it was launched in 1971. Workplace injuries have gone down, even as employment in dangerous occupations has risen. Onsite inspections have been proven to make hazardous workplaces safer. If Trump decides he wants to abolish the agency, he will no doubt demand falsified statistics to prove his case. How long can the heroic budget analyst hold out, insisting on the truth?
It's a shame that true courage is not usually cinematic. We can't all be Victor Laszlo, or even Rick Blaine, the freedom fighters of "Casablanca" who happened to love the same woman. For them, the fight meant taking up arms. The necessity of that finally superseded everything else, even their love for the beautiful Ilsa. How can a mere bureaucrat equal that? It's not likely many of them will be forced to choose between love and war. Refusing to lie to please a tyrant is a quiet pursuit–until it isn't.
Can you envision a courageous budget analyst waterboarded until he or she gives in? Even Trump is probably not crazy enough to institute torture for pencil pushers, although the way things are going, you never know. Admittedly, there are not enough dramatic scenes in my theoretical movie to attract big crowds to the theater. However, one image persists in my mind. Even if Trump's minions succeed in shutting down all the websites that contain data they don't like, I doubt if they can track down and destroy every offensive document that remains on personal drives, and every hard copy report on which the data is based. I can just see a buxom bureaucrat sneaking out of her office with documents stuffed in her bra and panties, a latter-day Fawn Hall.
The most effective resistance has never been about throwing tomatoes or grenades. The best antidotes to Trump are truth, verifiable facts, and reason. Civil disobedience, in this day and age, means refusing to succumb to lies and doing everything possible to promote the truth. If the guardians of information do this in great enough numbers, victory will be ours.
Writers Of The Resistance
January 20, 2017
It's not exactly the Civil War all over again, with opposing homegrown armies battling one another to the death on battlegrounds like Antietam and Gettysburg. Still, with the political climate boiling and differences between factions looking intractable, a hot war isn't as implausible as it once seemed. These days there seem to be fewer and fewer unthinkable possibilities. We don't yet know how far President Trump will go in challenging the normal rules of society to enforce his authority. One thing is certain: he didn't hesitate during the campaign to set his thugs on peaceful demonstrators.
Those of us with progressive beliefs are feeling beleaguered. We're clinging to common sense in the face of a government in which facts and reason have no place. I believe there are few problems in our society that couldn't be solved, or at least alleviated, if billionaires like Trump and his closest buddies were paying their fair share of taxes. Yet that is absolutely out of the question. To even argue the point is a waste of breath. A President who has been propelled into office on a movement depending on lies, conspiracy theories, and delusion can't be reasoned with, and neither can his followers. He will never read reputable newspapers or listen to experts who say things he doesn't want to hear. His only real belief is in his own greatness and his ability to do whatever he wants. The word for that is dictatorship.
With reason flying out the window, so has politics as usual. We once had two major political parties with a core of responsible leaders who saw the necessity of compromising on occasion to get things done. Now one of the parties has mastered every dirty trick in the book to keep itself in power. Thanks to innovations like Citizens United, gerrymandering, and voter suppression, and the tried-but-true Electoral College, the system is so rigged that dislodging the clowns will probably be impossible for years to come. A majority of citizens already opposes them, yet here they are in all their glory, claiming a "mandate." Most people favor sensible gun control, Planned Parenthood, affordable health care, and clean energy, but those are looking like pipe dreams. We might as well call this system by its rightful name: Fascism.
Artists have a long history of standing up to Fascists. Art is only one weapon, but a necessary one. Political fiction has always pushed the boundaries of what seemed possible, but lately even the most innovative stories have been overtaken by events. I've been looking forward to the fifth season of the Netflix series "House of Cards," but now the incredibly sleazy Underwood administration seems so tame compared to reality. Sleazy doesn't necessarily equate to Fascist. True, Frank Underwood has murdered people who stood in his way, but he has some sensible ideas for running the country and has implemented a few policies that actually help ordinary people. He's evil, but he's smart enough to cover his tracks. His calculating nature and self-control tend to prove he's not crazy. By contrast, many of Trump's statements are utterly irrational, and he can't seem to stop himself from uttering or tweeting them.
If the brutal election and its aftermath produce a Resistance movement, that could turn out to be a silver lining for writers. Many great stories came out of resistance to Nazism before and during World War Two. A truly creative writer could perhaps find a way to adapt one of my favorites, "Casablanca," to the US landscape. It would involve a love triangle centered on a heroine who thinks her husband, a renowned freedom fighter, has perished in prison. She falls in love with another man, also a freedom fighter in his own more understated way, only to find out that her husband is still alive and is coming back. She must decide: which rebel does she love most?
Admittedly, it wouldn't have quite the same punch unless there was a real war going on, with troops occupying Washington the way they did Paris. Maybe if Hillary Clinton had won the election, and Trump had instigated the violent insurrection he hinted at numerous times, that would have been the case. Or if he should lose a reelection bid four years from now, he might be unwilling to accept those results peaceably. Even in the absence of a hot war, I can envision one of my favorite scenes replicated: the singing of the Marseillaise at Rick's café, which joyfully drowned out the German national anthem. To get the flavor of that scene, all we'd have to do is find the nearest gathering of Trumpsters, and blast it with Pete Seeger and other peace songs.
A Resistance story doesn't necessarily involve actual combat. There are many World War Two-era stories that celebrate non-violent resistance to Nazism. A few examples include "The Book Thief" (which celebrates the reading and preservation of forbidden books during Nazi book-burning campaigns); "Rosenstrasse" (which portrays the silent protests by Christian women that resulted in getting their Jewish husbands released from prison); and "Sophie Scholl" (which depicts the White Rose student resistance movement that encouraged kids to spread leaflets and graffiti throughout Germany).
I was a bureaucrat for forty years in Federal government and quasi-government programs, and was never on the front lines of anything. So what kind of Resistance movie could I produce based on my own experiences? Many budget analysts like me are charged with producing head counts of employees in various job classifications. One of my responsibilities at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was maintaining lists of compliance safety and health officers, known as CSHOs. They were the front-line employees who performed safety and health inspections at worksites.
Now the Trump team has announced its intention to change civil service rules so that career Federal employees can be fired without cause. It can't be a coincidence that they've demanded the names of Energy Department employees who have been involved in designing and implementing clean energy policies. So far, the department has denied the request. Will they be able to continue standing up to the science deniers? I envision a drama with a working title like "Barricades of the Bureaucracy." Not exactly an action-packed thriller, it would instead be a tale of organized civil disobedience among pencil pushers.
A wide-scale resistance movement in the Federal bureaucracy could take the form of refusing to divulge the names of employees who are doing the regulatory and scientific jobs they were hired to do, such as establishing environmental protection laws and enforcing safety and health rules in hazardous workplaces. Presumably, if they can't be identified, they can't be fired. If their identities eventually come to light, human resources offices could refuse to do the paperwork required to terminate their employment. The prospect of firing whole departments might stump even the great and magnificent Donald Trump.
Nazi Germany was reputed to be a bureaucratic society, with the complicated administrative structure of the Third Reich existing parallel to and competitive with the Nazi Party. It seemed that everything, even genocide, had to be done by the book. Maybe it would be a good thing if the Trumpsters turned out to resemble the Nazis in that regard. We could build barricades with paperwork, and hopefully they'd smother in it.
Writing For The Feds
November 10, 2015
Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be a fiction writer. I've always preferred making things up to dealing in realities. However, once I grew up I had bills to pay, so I needed to find practical uses for my writing skills in various workplaces. My efforts weren't always welcome, especially when I was starting out. Back in the dark ages, most employers just wanted you to type, and not worry your "pretty little head" about what you were typing. I tried to dramatize that phenomenon in my 2003 novel, Secretarial Wars
Eventually, I wound up as a budget analyst for the Department of Labor. Federal agencies usually submit at least three versions of their annual budgets during the course of each fiscal year. These documents must present an effective mixture of numbers and narratives to justify the agency's continuing existence as well as to request funding for new projects. Some budget analysts specialize in numbers-crunching, and some are better at explaining what the numbers mean. In my experience, the numbers specialists are more respected, but they can't get along without the writers, even if they think they can.
I enjoyed budget-creating most when I was still young and idealistic. When I arrived at Labor in the early 1980s, I wholeheartedly believed in the department's mission to uplift and protect the workers of America. Some administrations were resistant to those goals, but the challenge of finding ways to carry out the mission while enduring hostile cuts was satisfying in its own way. One of the highlights of my career took place at a hearing on Capitol Hill when an opening statement I had written was read, word-for-word, by the agency head. The supervisor I had then was proud of me and had my back. I only realized later what a rare gem he was.
There's a reason why workplace comedies like "The Office" resonate. Supervisors and managers are an easy target for satire, since few can resist abusing what power they have. With a few well-publicized exceptions, most higher-ups in the Federal government never get disciplined because they generally refrain from blatantly illegal acts. But borderline unethical behavior, as well as plain bad judgment, are pretty rampant. I've seen managers form cliques with their favorite employees (who may nevertheless badmouth them behind their backs), take dubious junkets at taxpayer expense, and hire the people they want while skirting proper hiring procedures. Sometimes the office is junior high all over again, and other times it's like society at large, where the one percent who already have everything get all the promotions and perks. Yet jobs that involve writing seem to be coveted. I was always fighting off newcomers and interns who were brought in to try their hand at doing my job, as a test of their basic analytical skills. Until late in my career, I was able to defend my turf.
One quirk of managers is that they tend to believe in their own perfection when it comes to writing, so editing them can be tricky. More than once, we budget drones would depart the office on a Friday, leaving behind what we thought was a completed budget ready for final approval, only to return on Monday to find that a manager had screwed around with it over the weekend and turned it in with serious omissions and errors that weren't there before. A backup edit could have prevented that, but those are not always appreciated. One time I was able to delay, by about thirty minutes, sending through a piece that would have gone to Capitol Hill full of silly typos if I hadn't caught them. My supervisor at that time was annoyed by the delay, and incredulous that there could have been any mistakes. I finally learned to edit on the sly if possible. I once rewrote a budget narrative that had come from one of our brilliant IT specialists in pure, incomprehensible geek-speak. With the help of Google, I was able to translate it into plain English. In order to get it through without a lot of review, I passed it off as the higher-up's original work.
Later on, a newfangled electronic budgeting system was introduced, designed to make everything work faster and more efficiently. Like all new innovations, it did help in some ways when it was working properly (a fifty-fifty proposition), but at times it made matters worse, since some managers didn't understand its limitations. They thought it gave them license to send in program narratives right on deadline, or make further changes at the last second, which could then be loaded into the system. They expected a fully realized budget to pop out just by clicking a button. But even the fanciest machines don't necessarily understand formatting or recognize human errors. Naturally, we analysts were blamed for any mistakes we couldn't catch on the fly.
In spite of frustrations like these, I took pride in my job until I apparently got too old for meaningful work. Hitting a certain age is the kiss of death for many Feds. Age discrimination is rampant in the Federal government, regardless of the rules against it. I've heard many stories similar to mine, so I have to conclude that agencies routinely drive out good employees who might have had several more years of productivity left. I can understand, up to a point, the need to plan for the future by bringing in younger blood. But the discarding process can be unnecessarily humiliating, and uneconomical as well. Sometimes I felt like shouting out that graying hair isn't necessarily a sign of senility. I still remembered how to do things I had done as a youngster, and I usually noticed what was going on under my nose. I also questioned the wisdom of bringing in younger people and overpaying them to do the same work we used to do at much lower grade levels. I saw the most experienced employees relegated to the kinds of routine housekeeping tasks that are unappreciated and unrecognized until they don't get done.
Since I retired, about a year and a half ago, I've heard informally that it is indeed a problem getting enough of these new hot-shots to pay attention to certain thankless but necessary tasks. I expressed the opinion before I left that it might be advisable to familiarize more people with the grunt work. But now that I'm gone, that's so not my problem. My job now is to polish the skills I once used to earn a living, and have fun doing it.


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Devoted Filipinos nailed to crosses
SAN FERNANDO, Philippines — Filipino faithful had themselves nailed to crosses yesterday to remember Jesus Christ's suffering and death — an annual rite rejected by church leaders in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.
At least 23 people were nailed to crosses in three villages in northern Pampanga Province's San Fernando city to mark Good Friday, with foreigners banned from taking part this year except as spectators, said Ching Pangilinan, a city tourism officer and one of the organizers.
She said the ban was imposed after some foreigners took part in previous years to make a film or make fun of the rites.
The event yesterday drew more than 10,000 Philippine and foreign spectators, she said.
Many gathered at San Pedro Cutud, a farming village where devotees dressed in robes and tin crowns walked to a dusty mound carrying wooden crosses on their backs. At the mound, men nailed their hands and feet to the crosses.
Among the devotees was Ruben Enaje, a 49-year-old sign painter who was nailed to a cross for the 24th time as his way of thanking God for his survival after falling from a building.
Mary Jane Mamangon, a 34-year-old rice cake vendor, was the lone female devotee to be nailed to a cross this year in San Juan village. It was her 14th time. She said she started when she was 18 and has taken part in the annual rites on and off to seek God's help in saving her ill grandmother and now her younger sister, who is suffering from cancer. "I do it because I have seen that it works,'' she said. "I saw how my grandmother recovered from her illness.''
Similar rites took place in nearby Bulacan Province, while in other parts of the country, half-dressed, barefooted flagellants walked the streets, whipping their bloody backs with pieces of wood dangling from ropes as a way to atone for sins.
Church leaders reject such practices. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said the real expression of Christian faith during Lent is through repentance and self-renewal, not flagellation or crucifixion.


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RAHT, CARLYSLE GRAHAM (1880–1972). Carlysle Graham Raht, author and publisher, son of Adolphus Washington and Ell May (Smartt) Raht, was born on September 13, 1880, probably in Gainesville, Texas, and grew up on the old Block Bar Ranch near Henrietta. He attended the Henrietta school, Fort Worth University, Polytechnic College, and the University of Texas, where he majored in Southwest history. Raht spent much of his youth wandering the Southwest, taking whatever work was available. In 1900 he headed west with a pistol on his hip and took his first job working with the El Prod Ranch in Arizona. Later he drifted into Mexico and worked in mines. His checkered career included working as a court reporter, a cowboy, a newspaperman, a mining engineer, a rancher, a piano player, a melon harvester, a prospector, a gambler's shill, and a railroad man. Raht enlisted as an underage soldier during the Spanish-American War in 1898, but his parents promptly had him discharged. He was a scout for the Eighth Cavalry under Gen. John J. Pershing and saw limited action against Francisco (Pancho) Villa. At the age of sixty he again volunteered his services in World War II and served with the Atomic Energy Commission throughout the war; he received a citation for work in scientific research and development of the atomic bomb.
Raht was the author of six books, mostly about Texas and his life as a youth, and numerous short stories. In 1919 he wrote his first book, The Romance of the Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country, which was privately published by his Rahtbooks Company in El Paso. It contained the history and lore of the Trans-Pecos area and soon became a collector's item. He felt for many years that the book was a failure until 1963, when history buffs convinced him it should be reprinted. To do so, he reestablished his Rahtbooks Company. Encouraged by the success of this reprint, he again began putting his tales on paper. His other books, largely autobiographical, also deal with early days in the Southwest; they include Old Buck and I (1964), Confessions of a Fiddlefoot (1967), which carried illustrations by Curtis Wingate, Reveries of a Fiddlefoot (1970), and High Dawn (1971).
Raht was one of the founders of the Texas Permian Historical Society (now the Permian Historical Societyqv), which made him an honorary life member. His wife, Euarda (Talbot), whom he married on December 24, 1915, in Matagorda, was also a writer. They had two children. After the death of his wife, Raht married a widow with two children. He fell and broke his hip at his home on June 22, 1972, and died on July 26 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. He was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Afterward, a resolution honoring him for his many outstanding achievements and contributions was introduced by state senator W. E. "Pete" Snelson and passed by the Texas Senate on October 10, 1972. Collections of Raht's writings are maintained at the Texas State Archives, the Tennessee State Archives, the Arizona State Archives, and the University of California at Los Angeles.
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What are we, wusses?
Ontario's ban on mixed martial arts (MMA) looks wimpier and wimpier every day.
Only Vancouver is in it with us.
Just us and the lotus eaters. Pass the milk and honey.
So Montreal got to host the big Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) shindig last weekend.
The Bell Centre sold out in a flash, no one died and Georges St. Pierre reclaimed his title.
I bet owners of the Rogers Centre took note of the sellout.
If they tried the same at their oft-empty 50,000-seater, they might go to jail.
As it should be, you say? Human cockfighting should be illegal.
They may be savages in Montreal and Calgary and Vegas and Japan, but we do not lust for blood sports in Ontario.
What next? Drawing and quartering at the ACC?
The Leafs are brutal enough.
But wait. Is UFC (the biggest MMA tour outside Japan) really that vile?
Well, yes, if this was 1998.
Early UFC battles were no-holds-barred bloodbaths to make a pitbull blush.
Even U.S. Sen. John McCain, who saw the worst of humanity in Vietnam, said it turned his stomach.
No more, though that pitbull might still cover its eyes.
Check a bout on YouTube, that viewfinder on modern life.
You will wonder: We ban that?
Violent? Well, yeah. So is boxing, football and hockey.
Will someone die if we lift the ban on pro MMA? Sooner or later. Just as people have died in boxing, football and hockey.
Want a perfect safety record? Watch tiddlywinks, if finger injuries don't make you squeamish.
Listen to St. Pierre, or other UFC stars. Articulate as hell.
None of what you often see in boxers. "Day nebba shudda stop dat fight. I haddim ware I wanned him. Hey, where am I?" MMA even claims to be easier on the brain than boxing. Attacks are head-to-toe, so the head doesn't take the full brunt. And the refs move in quick when you're down.
Still doubtful? Pick up The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ultimate Fighting.
It explains the evolution from niche slaughter to mainstream phenom, plus the nuts and bolts of the sport. (A "single plum clinch" is not as painful as it sounds.)
The kinder, gentler UFC now uses light gloves and has more rules than the royal family.
No eye gouging, biting, hair pulling, fish hooking, throat strikes, clawing, pinching, grabbing the clavicle (don't worry, I looked it up, it's the collar bone), stomping a downed opponent, spitting, or holding the other guy's shorts.
You cannot use your fingers "to poke cuts or lacerations or otherwise insert their fingers into any orifice on the opposing fighter."
Man, what's left?
Well, there's boxing, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, Taekwondo, kickboxing ... and one whale of a fight.
And an army of young men, and a few women, itching for it to be legal in Ontario.
"It's like being an NFL team and never playing at home," says Danny Beauclerc, 28, a fighter/actor. "You're always in hostile territory, the crowd is always with the Quebec or Calgary or American fighter."
We're at Ultimate Martial Arts on Progress Ave. in Scarborough.
That's Danny in the photo sparring with gym owner and trainer Kru Paul Minhas, 37.
Of 1,000 members, half train in MMA, the other half in Muay Thai, and I don't mean pineapple cocktails.
Beauclerc has had four fights, in Australia, one broken orbital bone and a busted nose.
So, what's with all the blood in UFC?
"Visually, it is a violent sport," concedes Beauclerc.
"We get a lot of cuts on the head, which gush blood but are gone in three days with no scar.
"I think that's why people panic."
Owner Minhas is the mildest man you'll meet, though if he wished he could have you picking your teeth off the floor.
Muay Thai, his specialty, was banned in Ontario until 2003.
The province, he says, "just needs to understand MMA better."
"It's a more technical, intelligent sport than people realize.
"These are not thugs."
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Devil is in the lack of details on Obamacare tech woes — Obama pleads for patience with HealthCare.gov fixes — The case of the missing Obamacare tech team — What Sebelius won't say next week
By Kyle Cheney
With help from Brett Norman
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DEVIL IS IN THE LACK OF DETAILS ON OBAMACARE TECH WOES — The Obama administration nodded Monday toward more public disclosure of the problems plaguing HealthCare.gov. But for an administration that talks a lot about transparency, huge details have been omitted — like who's actually working on rebuilding the Obamacare enrollment system, when it might be done and how deeply rooted the problems are. Pro's David Nather reports: "Many of the concerns … keep coming back to the Obama team's inability to give more precise answers — an odd and ironic predicament for an administration that prides itself on openness. And some health care consultants who are working on the law say the administration's secrecy during the website's development may have contributed to the problems." http://politi.co/H7FmsN
OBAMA PLEADS FOR PATIENCE WITH HEALTHCARE.GOV FIXES — President Barack Obama took to the Rose Garden on Monday for what amounted to a 3,500-word stall tactic on Obamacare. The president made the case for patience with technical glitches that have blocked thousands from enrolling in new health insurance options through HealthCare.gov. POLITICO's Carrie Budoff Brown highlights the stakes: "As congressional oversight committees circle, he has to hope that improvements to the website ramp up more quickly than do the calls for suspending or delaying enrollment … 'There's no sugarcoating it. The website has been too slow,' Obama said in the White House Rose Garden. "People have getting stuck during the application process. And I think it's fair to say that nobody's more frustrated by that than I am." http://politi.co/1aAnnSP
— For the second time in as many health care press conferences, the president was flanked by supporters of the health care law who, for now, have been stymied by the problematic enrollment system from accessing care. A couple had made it through the process, and another, Karmel Allison, had her own brush with a health emergency standing just feet away from the president. Allison nearly passed out standing behind Obama, who interrupted his speech to tend to her. http://politico.pro/1fRbijt
Happy Tuesday and welcome to PULSE. We'd like to step away from the Obamacare dogfight to issue a hearty, bipartisan welcome to the newest member of the POLITICO Pro Health Care team: Natalie Villacorta. Natalie comes to Pro after a health reporting internship at the Cleveland Plain Dealer sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation. She's also a double threat, holding degrees in biology and English from Brown University. Follow her at @ nvillaco.
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THE CASE OF THE MISSING OBAMACARE TECH TEAM — Pro Tech's Jessica Meyers and Tony Romm take a look at the secretive "surge" the administration is orchestrating to repair the Obamacare enrollment system. Although the White House says it's called on the "best and brightest" to lead repairs to the health law's website, the line's been dead ever since. There's been no public indication of who's part of the new team, and it's unclear to many what they can do with the current system to fix it. "The system is already built, it's already a disaster, so you're going to bring in Silicon Valley to do what?" said Marc Andreessen, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist. "You could get Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Jeff Bezos on a plane, but what are they going to do at this point?" http://politico.pro/1dcJDsq
WHAT SEBELIUS WON'T SAY NEXT WEEK — HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is "expected" to testify before Congress next week, a decision that ends a mini skirmish on Capitol Hill. But what she'll say is another matter. Pro's Brett Norman and Jason Millman take a look at the questions Sebelius probably can't or won't answer, from the timetable for fixing the broken enrollment system to decisions about delaying the individual mandate to the total number of people who have successful enrolled. http://politico.pro/16ooObg
OHIO BOARD BACKS MEDICAID EXPANSION, LEGAL CHALLENGES LOOM – More than 300,000 poor Ohioans could have health coverage on Jan. 1 if an obscure state board's vote for Obamacare's Medicaid expansion survives legal challenges. Ohio's so-called state Controlling Board voted 5-2 in support of expansion, handing a victory to Republican Gov. John Kasich, who called for the vote after failing to win traction within his state's Republican-led Legislature. Furious conservatives have already signaled that they intend to file suit, arguing that the board flouted the will of Legislature and overstepped its authority.
GAO WANTS FASTER FDA ACTION ON TOBACCO REVIEWS – The Government Accountability Office found that the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products had made final decisions of just 17 products out of almost 3,800 applications submitted by companies seeking approval under the 2009 tobacco control law — nearly all through the substantial equivalence pathway. The oversight office recommended that FDA develop timeframes for making decision on tobacco product submissions. The GAO report: http://1.usa.gov/1aAmaLh
JUDGE PLANNING TO RULE ON FEDERAL EXCHANGE SUBSIDIES — A D.C. judge is planning to decide today whether the 36 Obamacare exchanges run by the federal government may dole out tax credits to enrollees. Pro's Paige Winfield Cunningham reports: "The case is one of two prominent attempts to stop premium subsidies from being awarded in states where the federal government is running the new health exchange. The seven businesses and self-employed individuals bringing the case say the Affordable Care Act allows insurance subsidies in the state-run exchanges, but not the federal ones." http://politico.pro/15YmHsi
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ADMINISTRATIONS SEEKS MORE MANDATE EXEMPTION INPUT — The Obama administration opened another public comment period about exemptions from Obamacare's individual mandate Monday, seeking input on the exemption for health care sharing ministries. In a filing on the Federal Register, the administration said it's aware of four entities that have self-identified as health care sharing ministries. The administration is also taking comments on a slew of other draft applications for mandate exemptions — for hardships, inability to get affordable coverage and membership in Native American tribes, among others. The filing: http://1.usa.gov/17bVky6
LEPAGE SIGNALS OPENNESS TO MEDICAID EXPANSION COMPROMISE — Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage has his eyes on private-sector based options, the Portland Press Herald Reports. According to the report, LePage signaled he's open to plans similar to those in Iowa, Arkansas and Pennsylvania, and he even credited the Obama administration for being open to creative solutions from the states.
— WALKER: NO COVERAGE GAP IN WISCONSIN — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's administration took a victory lap Monday for a Kaiser Family Foundation report that showed Wisconsin is the only state opting against Medicaid expansion that won't have a coverage gap for its poorest citizens. Walker, a Republican, chose to skip Medicaid expansion in favor of a plan that actually reduced Medicaid eligibility for people above the poverty line and pushed them into an Obamacare exchange instead. The plan took the savings from that transfer and expanded access to Medicaid for anyone earning below the poverty line. "These reforms ensure long-term sustainability and predictability for a program that serves those who are most in need in our state as well as protect Wisconsin taxpayers from the unpredictability of federal funding," said Walker's Health Secretary Kitty Rhoades in a statement.
— MCCRORY: I MIGHT HAVE TO EXPAND MEDICAID — North Carolina's Republican Gov. Pat McCrory said today a little-known Obamacare regulation could force him to expand Medicaid or risk fiscal consequences. The regulation, he said, permits hospitals to bill Medicaid for two months of services provided to uninsured people who say they can't afford their care. Even if those people are later found ineligible for Medicaid, he said, the state is still required to pay for those two months of coverage. "That is two months of test services that we did not have budgeted," McCrory said at a Heritage Foundation event, calling the regulation an "end-run" around the Supreme Court's decision that made expansion optional for states. McCrory was referring to a component of a 600-page rule issued in July that permits hospitals to declare patients "presumptively eligible" for Medicaid. A CMS spokeswoman said the rule doesn't permit hospitals to enroll anyone who wouldn't be eligible under the state's current Medicaid program and that hospitals are required to make determinations within those guidelines.
FINAL MENTAL HEALTH PARITY RULE UNDER REVIEW — The Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a long-awaited rule on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, which finalizes regulations released nearly four years ago. Overall, the law requires insurers to cover mental health services the same way they cover physical health services, but mental health advocates have been looking for some additional details in the final regs, including requirements that plans use objective standards for covering mental health services and provide a full continuum of care. The rule: http://1.usa.gov/H7hJQX
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WHAT WE'RE READING, By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Verizon is helping the federal government improve the HealthCare.gov website, USA Today reports. http://usat.ly/1b8Kt4L
Insurers are cancelling hundreds of thousands of health plans because they fall short of new coverage requirements that go into effect on January 1, according to Kaiser Health News. http://bit.ly/173zoTs
President Obama did well to address the health exchanges' glitches yesterday, but his administration needs to pay more attention to credibility and transparency, the Washington Post editorial board writes. http://wapo.st/15YnfOV
Government officials and contractors tested a key part of Healthcare.gov to see whether it could handle tens of thousands of customers at the same time — and it crashed almost right away, the Washington Post reports. http://wapo.st/1fRIjMy
The New York Times reports on a new Pew Research Center survey, which found that 3 in 10 people think the exchanges are working well. http://nyti.ms/176mKmR
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In honor of You God, I give You my time. This gift is precious and I am reminded that each moment of my life can bring purpose and meaning. I want to inhale Your Discernment and exhale Your Truth. As I go forward through each day, may I ask in every moment…
Is this worthy of my time?
Do I spend my time wisely? Each choice I make matters. Would You approve with my plan or could I do better.
Do the days fly by without a moment spent with You?
Do the weeks blur together in a hurried state of clutter?
Am I taking each turn that shapes my life, in a thoughtful manner?
Am I giving of myself the way You want me to?
Am I living each day immersed in You?
Or am I selfishly sliding inward and slacking on Your gift.
Do I care for each person that You place in my life?
Do I reach those who need You, during times of suffering?
Will I make the time to still my heart and listen to what You say?
Or do I just ramble on to You in those hurried fleeting ways…
Oh I long for time. It's withered through the years. I want so much to stop it and to pause to see if those moments mattered. I want to look to You and find Your Plan and Power. I need to thread my day in Your Wisdom and learn of Your Wishes. It is my desire, Oh Lord… to make my time worthy…
Of You.
Each day I will start with this question. And I will walk through each moment and find significance in the gift of time You give to me.
I will pray that this treasure is not wasted, on things that don't last. I will hope that my investments are deep and full of purpose in Your Plan. I will not stray from my mission. I will find peace in each new choice. The time You give to me, Lord… I will in Thanksgiving, give back to You. I will listen to Your Whispers and feel Your Nudges that lead me within and help define each moment of every day.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 | 1:36 p.m.
That was the message of an email missive some state employees received today with the subject line: "Pay reduction, other compensation changes, and retirement rate changes"
And then they learned just what the Legislature and Gov. Brian Sandoval had done to them:
Legislatively Mandated Pay Reduction (LMPR)
Senate Bill 505 in the 2011 Legislature implemented a 2.5% pay reduction for classified, unclassified and non-classified state employees effective July 1, 2011. The compensation schedules are currently being revised by the Department of Personnel and will be distributed upon completion.
Longevity Pay and Merit Pay Increases Suspended
Longevity pay – Per AB 560 of the 2011 Legislature, longevity pay for the period of July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013 has been suspended and will not be paid.
Merit Salary Increases (MSI) – Per AB 560 of the 2011 Legislature, state employees (if normally eligible) will not be receiving MSIs from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013.
Holiday and Other Compensation Changes
AB 560 of the 2011 Legislature reduces the holiday premium pay (PHPRM) entitlement from time and one-half to simply straight time. This change will be effective July 1, 2011. Employees will be paid at this revised rate for time recorded to PHPRM after this date.
The Personnel Commission has also approved the elimination of certain comp-time accrual events. This includes call back (ACALL, ACALX), holiday premium (AHPRM), and standby (ASNTD). Therefore, for time recorded on June 27, 2011 and after, employees can only receive pay for call back, standby, and holiday premium events.
July 11, 2011 Retirement Rate Changes
PERS has implemented increased contribution rates effective the first retirement reporting period of July 2011. These new rates will be effective July 11, 2011.
Employee/Employer Contribution Plan: Regular Members– Increase contribution rate to 12.25% (from 11.25%)
Employer-Pay Contribution (EPC) Plan: Regular Members– Increase contribution rate to 23.75% (from 21.5%)
All full-time state employees will be required to take 48 furlough hours per fiscal year during the upcoming biennium, and part-time employees will take the equivalent proportionally to the requirement for a full-time employee. DETR's revised Furlough Policy & Procedures is currently under revision and will be distributed later this week.
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1. always look down the line the direction you're going never forward, it will give you an idea of how hard you need to paddle. If you have time look both directions...
2. I use a technique that envoles a board wiggle that's done with hips, butt and arms...feel like you're fanning your fins. This will help you disengage them.
3. A little kick with your feet helps with out looking to spas.
Lol I thought the subject read paddington getting slower.
Aug 29, 2013, 02:06 AM #27
Don't know about pulling that pud . . . er I mean paddle, all the way to your hip. Nick Carroll and other coaches I've read say it's wasted effort past your lower ribs, unlike swimming the biggest bang for your surf paddling buck is in the first half of the motion. And you can swing your arms a little wider on the lift as your rear delts tire out on the lift out. True that it's wasted motion when you're fresh.


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LG's first Android in South Korea will be called either Andro-1 or LG-KH5200. The company has yet to make it's way stateside but they have several Android phones in different markets around the world. It has a 3-inch touchscreen, slide out QWERTY keyboard, GPS, HSDPA, EDGE, GRPS, Social Networking, 2MP Camera, Radio Tuner and MicroSD input and Android 1.5.
KT will offer this phone for $530 outright or free on a contract paying $40/month or more. There has been rumors that LG will have 20 Android Phones available by the end of the year. This phone has some tough competition with the iPhone and Motola's MOTOROI already being offered in Korea.
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An epic Medieval romance written in the same old-world vein as 'Ivanhoe', this is a tremendously powerful story of Sir Bose de Moray and the Lady Summer du Bonne.
Bose was the Captain of the Guard for King Henry III until Bose's wife's untimely death in childbirth. Blaming himself and wanting to be free of the memories, he resigns his post and joins the tournament circuit to compete for money and fame.
But dark rumors follow Bose; his mother-in-law is a vicious woman who blames Bose for her daughter's death. She starts nasty rumors that Bose murdered his wife, and everyone on the tournament circuit is fearful of this dark, frightening knight.
Enter the Lady Summer du Bonne. A beautiful woman with a stammering problem, she has been kept hidden away from the world by her embarrassed father and protective brothers. Summer meets Bose at a tournament hosted by her brothers and for Bose, it is love at first sight. But the terrible rumors plague his attempts to get to know the lady, who is attracted to him as well. Summer's drunken father eventually pledges his daughter to Bose, but Bose's mother-in-law interferes and Summer's father decides to pledge Summer to an unscrupulous knight who has shown interest in her, and who would like nothing better than to see de Moray come to ruin.
With so many forces working against them, Bose and Summer elope but they are captured and Bose is brought up on charges of thievery. A massive trial ensues and with a death sentence hanging over his head, only a miracle can save Bose and restore his honor.
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An absolute must listen
So very different. Unexpected twists, couldn't stop listening.
As a recent fan of Kathryn le Veque, I was getting used to male voices with some difficulty as I am normally someone who prefers a female reader.Then along comes Tristan Hunt! An amazing narrator who does justice to the Author.A silly comment maybe......but this is the first time I have heard a narrator 'read' a stutter and make it so 'natural'.Excellent...........I would love to hear Tristan read more of Kathryn's Books.
I think there was a moving moment in evert chapter........can't really choose.
Thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyable
I would recommend this audiobook without hesitation! I am a huge fan of Ms. Le Veque's books and I haven't had the chance yet to read it, so listening to it, was perfect for me!
Bose is my favorite hero because, he is the perfect knight, passionate and courageous!
This narrator has the perfect voice for Ms. Le Veque's medieval story, a beautiful voice with intonations, fun to listen to, he gets you pulled into the story.
Still listening to it, and will edit my review, once, it's all finished! Let's say, I'm always pleased to listen to her audiobooks!
Kathryn's books never disappoint me, I'm always surprised to discover new characters in captivating stories that keep me interested until the end!
"Such a perfect, sweet love story!"
I love the story of the kind knight, Sir Bose de Moray, and his love Lady Summer du Bonne. Bose has had such a difficult past and that all changes when he sees Summer for the first time at a tournament. The story is lovely, the characters are rich, and the plot is filled with intrigue and passion. I loved the voice of Tristan Hunt, he did each character wonderfully with his subtle accent. He also did the voice of Summer well, which surprised me as she has a speech impediment which he handled so nicely that it was not distracting to the audience, but a small part of the story.
In a way the story reminds me of "Lord of the Shadows" in that the female character is warned off of her knight as she is told by others of the knight's "bad reputation", but instead she disregards rumors and decides for herself. Despite the interference of others, Summer knows that Bose is a good man, just as Sheridan St. James did with her knight, Sir Sean de Lara. In both stories, although they are vastly different, it is the theme of a young woman making her own decision about the direction she wants to take with her life in an age where that was not all that common or expected.
No I have not, but I will be looking for more- he was terrific!
I felt the disgust and anger that Summer and her siblings felt with her father and his actions!
I really loved this story and enjoyed the narrator immensely. I plan to listen to it again.
where do I start with this? this book has it all, the knights we love, the ladies we want to be and the crazy family members who we cant wait to get rid of.
the book starts off with Summer's father hosting a tournament for her older brother that just became a knight. this is the first one she has ever been too, and is beyond excited. only problem is that she has a stutter, and her family is wasy over protective of her. this is where she meets our Hero, Bose. he trys to ask for her favor, and she is smitten at once. but her sister in law shoos him away. the rest of the story is set on the same lines. them fighting to be together, someone always trying to keep them apart.
i would recomend this for anyone looking for an instant love that is sweet and stands the test of time
"A Tender Love Story - Bose and Summer"
I read the book first, but the audio was superb. In this story Summer had a stammering issue and I thought Tristan Hunt brought this story to life because he did so well with her character.
This book was different than most of KLV's books because of this so called "defect". Summer's stammering made her "unmarriageable" material in the eyes of her father and society in that time period. Although she was very much loved by her brothers & sister-in-law, their protectiveness kept her from living her life.
This is the first audio I had purchased with Tristan Hunt as the narrator and I thought he was EXCEPTIONAL!
Bose de Moray's reaction and belief in Summer was extraordinary. Swoon worthy! Summer's brothers were so funny!
"Amazing voice that I can't wait to hear more of"
Yes, I would! The story is wonderful despite it's title and the play on the greek female monster Summer du Bonne the heroine first spies Bose de Moray the hero at her brother's tournament and it is love at first sight; but their love is filled with uncertainty Summer maybe beautiful but also hides a defect and Bose hides secrets that could threaten their love for sure. There is humor, a strong family bond, a beautiful imperfect maiden, a playful ferret, a horrible mother-in-law, villains, a great story, fascinating minor characters and a menacing mysterious handsome hero which you can't help but love all rolled into this beautiful romance.
For me yes there are several but the one that really sticks out in my mind the most and is one of my most favorite parts is when King Henry comes to save the day bringing his army, old friends of Bose, Summer's brothers and even the villian's brother all come to Bose defense for his trial to speak up for him and all in the name of love!
I loved Mr. Tristan Hunt's voice even though this is the first audio book of his that I have listened to that he has narrated. He does a wonderful job portraying other characters giving them their own distinct voice. He makes the hero sound dark, menacing with a touch of dry wit to it but there is also an entrancing quality to it as well. I have also never listened to someone pull off a stutter so believably and effectively for the heroine that I am amazed he can do it so well! I would definitely get more audiobooks if he decides to do more narrations. He really does bring the book to life!
I really enjoyed all the emotions this book brought about while reading it. It seemed I spent a lot of time smiling and laughing not at the character's expense but at certain situations. I myself had a speech impediment when I was younger so I can totally associate with Summer even Margot had some traits of my own mom. I don't think I really cried over anyone I do think one part that made me mad that I think I cried in outrage was when Margot attempted to stab and kill Bose at this point she seemed harmless but now I actually got to see her for what she truly was a vile horrible person who was bent on revenge and hatred.
I really do hope that Mr. Tristan Hunt does more narrations for other audiobooks and I would definitely get more audiobooks too because I really did enjoy listening to his deep throaty beautiful mesmerizing voice!
"Brilliant Writing!"
Brilliant! Captivating! Thrilling! A story with characters strong yet vulnerable who take you to sublime moments, so poignant your heart is wrenched from its very place! All of Kathyrn Le Veque's work grips the very essence of the reader, whether in agony, sorrow or glory – her use of words and rich characters will have you take flight into medieval worlds so real you never want to leave!
This is a story where love brings great happiness, yet the journey to attain what it encompasses is painful—forces of greed work its best to succumb and overturn what good man desires to attain. Will the honor of a knight remain steadfast?
Beautifully rendered, and a must for those who love medieval history, romance and who thrive on stories which seem impossibly able to end well. Yet….in Ms. Le Veque's world, you are left smiling and fulfilled.
Narrator Tristan Hunt only enhances the story, never gets in the way of events doing an excellent job fleshing out characters and emotions. I wouldn't hesitate to listen to other narrations from him.
"Might be my favorite Le Veque"
I enjoyed the setting of the tournament circuit and the characters were all very interesting in their own right.
Well it definitely had the Le Veque style and flair, so that leaves it comparable to any number of her other works
The trial
When Summer didn't stutter
"another winner for le veque"
I very much enjoyed the narration of this book. The narrator reminded me of Alan Rickmana little. None of the characters were over played particularly impressive was the portrayal of Summers stutter soft and subtle. I will enjoy listening to more from him.
"A Gentler LeVeque"
This was an earlier LeVeque novel. Despite the male heroe's name, it was not as heavy and dark as most of her novels. Thus, I considered this selection a "light" read.
The characters were relatable and well developed. I was not familiar with the narrator, but he did an excellent job with the voices. I invariably return to LeVeque, and am
always entertained by her engaging stories. I highly recommend this author to lovers of medieval romance.
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Some new faces and some administrative changes were the focus at Thursday's Upshur County Commission.
Sheriff Dave Coffman is already busy and getting his department in order by putting some of his staff in key positions and who have a lot of experience.
Coffman said he needs to hire another deputy, a prevention resource officer for Buckhannon Upshur High School, and a process server. But some familiar names are staying.
Former sheriff Virgil Miller will serve as a chief deputy of administration. Mike Kelley has been reappointed as chief deputy of law enforcement and Sheila Adams is also returning as a chief tax deputy.
Coffman said it's good to have good people during a transition period like this.
"To bring Virgil on board, I want Virgil in the administrative side of it to help me, but Mike is a very good law enforcement officer and I wanted him in that position to help lead the deputies," Coffman said.
Also at Thursday's county commission meeting, the commission welcomed its newest commissioner.
Troy Brady recently retired from law enforcement as a deputy sheriff, and won the November election as county commissioner.
Brady said he's excited and it will be a learning experience.
He knows he doesn't have all the answers but he says over time he wants to do what's best for Upshur County.
"I think it will be a learning experience and I look forward to doing and look forward to doing it the best way I can, and to work for all the citizens of Upshur County to see if we can make it a better place," Brady said.
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A man shot Tuesday night near Concordia University St. Paul has died, according to St. Paul police.
Police responded about 11 p.m. to shots fired near Hamline and Marshall Avenues. Police said they found a man on the sidewalk who had been shot. He was taken to Regions Hospital, where he underwent surgery. Police learned Wednesday morning that the man, who hasn't been identified yet, died.
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4 Fantastic Bartenders in Bozeman
Bartenders are the celebrities of the bar. Whether us bar patrons are hankering for a drink or because we know they are the ultimate untouchables, we all hope to catch his/her attention as soon as we approach the bar. But do they realize the interactions we share with them make a huge impact on our night? Being friendly, attentive, fast, rude, flirty, coy or distracted can be just as important to our enjoyment as the drink itself. So how do they do it day in and day out? We set out to mingle, chat and share a drink with a few of these illusive creatures around town to find out directly.


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An intensive, technical workshop with Lynn Crees-Glendinning who will teach you the intricate modelling skills needed to create this fun, freestanding, fully dressed scarecrow character using sugarpaste. From Jackets & boots to the minutest details ...buttons, hair, hands, fingers & feet. You wil learn much about what you need to know to make your characters come alive.
This workshop is part of our Beginners Certificate range which you have the option to complete.
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Indian lands, "Squatterism," and slavery: Economic interests and the passage of the indian removal act of 1830
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