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During the thousand years of artistic activity at Mogao, the style of the wall paintings and sculptures changed, in part a reflection of the influences that reached it along the Silk Road. The early caves show greater Indian and Western influence, while during the Tang dynasty (AD 618-906) the influence of the latest Chinese painting styles of the imperial court is evident. During the tenth century, Dunhuang became more isolated and the organisation of a local painting academy led to mass production of paintings with a unique style.
The art also reflects the changes in religious belief and ritual at the pilgrim site. In the early caves,
jataka stories were commonly depicted. During the Tang dynasty, Pure Land Buddhism became very popular. This promoted the Buddha Amitabha, who helped the believer achieve rebirth in his Western Paradise, where even sinners are permitted, sitting within closed lotus buds listening to the heavenly sounds and the sermon of the Buddha, thereby purifying themselves.
Various Paradise paintings decorate the walls of the cave temples of this period, each representing the realm of a different Buddha. Their Paradises were shown in sumptuous Chinese palace settings. Simplified versions of these buildings appear on banners depicting bodhisattvas showing donors on their way to Paradise.
Height: 80.500 cm
Width: 53.800 cm
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The first Western expedition to reach Dunhuang, led by a Hungarian count, arrived in 1879. More than twenty years later one of its members, Lajos Lóczy, drew the attention of the Hungarian-born Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), by then a well-known British archaeologist and explorer, to the importance of the caves. Stein reached Dunhuang and Mogao in 1907 during his second expedition to Central Asia. By this time, he had heard rumours of the walled-in cave and its contents.
After delicate negotiations with Wang Yuanlu, Stein negotiated access to the cave. 'Heaped up in layers,' Stein wrote, 'but without any order, there appeared in the dim light of the priest's little lamp a solid mass of manuscript bundles rising to a height of nearly ten feet.... Not in the driest soil could relics of a ruined site have so completely escaped injury as they had here in a carefully selected rock chamber, where, hidden behind a brick wall, .... these masses of manuscripts had lain undisturbed for centuries.'
(M. Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay (1912; reprint, New York, Dover, 1987).
(M. Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay (1912; reprint, New York, Dover, 1987).
The abbot eventually sold Stein seven thousand complete manuscripts and six thousand fragments, as well as several cases loaded with paintings, embroideries and other artefacts; the money was used to fund restoration work at the caves.
The manuscripts are now in the British Library and the paintings have been divided between the National Museum in New Delhi and the British Museum, where over three hundred paintings on silk, hemp and paper are kept.
- The 'Caves of the Thousand Buddhas'
- Marc Aurel Stein
- The Buddhist Paintings
- Paradise of Amitabha, ink and colours on silk
- Paradise of Bhaishajyaguru, ink and colours on silk
- Paradise of Shakyamuni, with illustrations of episodes from the Baoen Sutra, ink and colours on silk
- Paradise of Maitreya, ink and colours on silk
- Bodhisattva as Guide of Souls, ink and colours on a silk banner
- Sutras
- Illustrations to the Sutra of the Ten Kings, a painting on paper roll
- Illustration to the Vimalakirtinirdesha Sutra, ink and colours on silk
- Illustration to the Fumu enzhong jing, ink and colours on silk
- Paradise of Shakyamuni, with illustrations of episodes from the Baoen Sutra, ink and colours on silk
- Travelling monk, ink and colours on paper
- Monk seated in meditation, ink and colours on paper
- Kshitigarbha, ink and colours on a silk banner
- Patrons
- Kshitigarbha as Lord of the Six Ways, ink and colours on silk
- Avalokiteshvara as Guide of Souls, ink and colours on silk
北京:中華 1935/36/台北:中華 1988 台四版
第一章 亞洲腹部的鳥瞰
第二章 中國之經營中亞以及各種文明的接觸
第三章 越興都庫什以至帕米爾同昆侖山
第四章 在沙漠廢址中的第一次發掘
第六章 尼雅廢址之再訪和安得悅的遺物
第七章 磨朗的遺址
第八章 古樓蘭的探險
第九章 循古道橫渡干涸了的羅布泊
第十章 古代邊境線的發現
第十一章 沿著古代中國長城發現的東西
第十二章 千佛洞石窟寺
第十三章 密室中的發現
第十四章 千佛洞所得之佛教畫
第十五章 南山山脈中的探險
第十六章 從額濟納河到天山
第十七章 吐魯番遺跡的考察
第十八章 從庫魯克塔格山到疏勒
第十九章 從疏勒到阿爾楚爾帕米爾
第二十章 沿媯水上游紀行
第二十一章 從洛山到撒馬爾罕
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Ulster won't slip up on Glasgow plastic pitch: Iain Henderson and Rory Best
As if going to Scotstoun wasn't difficult enough, Ulster must now also contend with new conditions underfoot at Glasgow's ground courtesy of their recently laid artificial pitch.
The old turf - though, in fairness, the surface usually resembled a sandpit - was removed at the end of last season for something that will at least remain green and also, of course, further aid the Warriors' renowned attacking and off-loading game.
So now, with three games and wins behind them, Les Kiss' men rack up at one of their least favourite venues in recent years while also having to take on board the different environment and the speed it will bring to the game, as well as the bounce of the ball and altered situation for footwork in the scrums.
No matter how you look at this one, there is no escaping that niggling issue of playing on plastic again and the added advantage it can bring to the home team though, in fairness, this pitch is fairly new to Glasgow as well.
Ulster played on artificial surfaces three times last season, winning their game in Oyonnax but losing at Saracens and Cardiff Blues. Interesting, but they have also won twice before on the Blues' artificial pitch so, overall, it hasn't been a particularly huge impediment.
Ulster's stock answer to the issue is to cite their training facilities at neighbouring Aquinas school which allows them to regularly use an artificial surface to prepare for games.
"The pitch (at Scotstoun) is definitely going to be a difference for us," Iain Henderson admitted. "However, we do at least one or two sessions out the back (at Aquinas) anyway, so we're well versed on that sort of surface."
And scrummaging? "We scrummage quite a bit out the back there and we're well prepared for that as well," added Henderson.
Rory Best actually sees the change at Scotstoun as a positive development compared to what was there before.
"Whenever they didn't have the artificial surface you weren't playing on grass anyway, it was just sand. I think it's an improvement," said Best.
"When they are well laid, I don't see too big a difference between them and grass."
Ulster performance analyst and skills coach Niall Malone added: "I thought they (artificial pitches) actually wouldn't catch on but it looks like every year there's another one as another team goes for one.
"It (playing on the surface) changes things quite dramatically, but we're comfortable that we can play on it.
"But I think if you labour the point about the artificial surface you almost put demons in people's heads."
Even so, for all the drills they perform on the Aquinas surface, playing a live game situation on a full-length plastic pitch is not something Ulster are well acquainted with.
They struggled in the dire first half of last season's visit to Oyonnax when Ulster badly trailed 23-0 at half-time before readjusting and roaring back to win.
Former Leicester Tigers and Ireland player Malone said: "I put that (the first half at Oyonnax) down a bit to the surface and our tackling.
"We do a lot of very controlled stuff on the surface so we don't often tackle a guy and crash him into the ground as on grass.
"Then when we played Saracens (six days later) I felt that we played more like ourselves on their (also artificial) surface.
"I'm hoping as time passes, and we play on it more, that people will just get more used to it."
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Born and raised in France, Jean-Marc Denis fell in love with computers when he was a little kid. Even with an atypical career path, he is now one of the most famous French designers in the Silicon Valley.
He continues his career at Google and always aspires to new challenges.
I actually knew Jean-Marc before I met him in real life. I was following him on Twitter for a long time when I figured than I lived in the same building as him. What a small world!
Not only is he very talented, but he is also humble and generous. He's one of the best at playing Uno®
but drinks a lot of weird/awful tea. He inspires me by his thirst of knowledge and his positivism.
A lot of people already know you as a great designer but how did you get into design?
I guess you could say that I have an atypical carrer. I dropped out of school when I was 19 to create a company with my best friend. We learned a lot during the 4 years of existence.
After that I had to find a day-to-day job and which, with no diploma and people not valuing my entrepreneur experience, was not an easy task. I found a job as an operator and doing shifts. The good thing about that is that I had a lot of time where I was pursuing my dream of becoming a full-time designer.
After a few years I started my freelance activity and found amazing people who trusted me enough with their product. They became regular clients and one day a software was released as beta for Mac. The application was called Sparrow. I immediately loved it but the UI and UX had a lot of room for improvement. I knew I was going to use this application and "mod" it so I contacted the CEO, Dom, to whom I proposed to design the app for them - for free.
After a lot of work, tears and fun, we eventually got acquired by Google where I worked on Inbox by Gmail, from scratch.
I also contributed to Google new visual language Material Design and Gmail.
"After a lot of work, tears
and fun, we eventually got acquired by Google where
I worked on Inbox by Gmail, from scratch."
So you are Product Designer at Google.
Is that your dream job?
Work is going to fill a large part of your life, I think that the dream job is to do what you love and have as much fun as possible doing it. I also believe that these are the keys to do great work. As a human being and even more as a designer, you want to be challenged and rebooting yourself by leaving your comfort zone. It's never easy but, because the learning curve is new, you'll learn a lot of new things and most importantly, re-learn some of the things you might have lost along your journey.
I think that there is no such thing as a dream job but many dream jobs, because you aspire of different things during your life. I recently switched to a new position in Google VR and I am lucky to have such opportunity. This job check all the boxes for what I think is a dream job.
Do you have another super secret passion?
Not per say, I do have occasional whims which quickly become passions.
I recently got into the photography world and there is so much to learn that my brain kind of exploded. I'm not very good at photography but it's like everything, it's all about practicing.
I smiled when I realized that a lot of the things I learned in photography where actually extremely useful when I started
to learn 3D.
How/when did you realize that this was your destiny?
I am not sure I'll call that a destiny but I think I fell in love with the computer world when I was a teenager. It was like discovering a new world, opening a new book. All you want is finishing the page to start the next one. Once you start creating things there is no turning back. There is no such thing as the feeling of discovering and learning things that you are passionate about.
Who was your favorite superhero/villain growing up? Why?
To be honest, I don't recall being fascinated or wanted to be a super hero while growing up. When I was a teenager, I read the Watchmen and really liked the Doctor Manhattan character. Not actually because I wanted to be him or identify myself to him but I really liked how Alan Moore uses him to bring philosophical questions about side effects of super-intelligence.
Dr Manhattan reaches a point in self consciousness where he has no more apathy nor ethics because how he perceives mankind.
Also he is blue and glows which is kinda rad.
You know that Batman has his Batcave and Superman his Fortress of Solitude. What's your favorite place/environment to do what you love?
I train myself to perform great work while on the go. That's what I really like about the job is that you dont necessarily need to be somewhere to do it or require very expensive equipment.
What superpower do you wish you had and why?
*Laughing* The superpower to have all the superpowers I want.
Ok seriously... that's going to sound cheesy but the power of making people happy would be really cool. Imagine you can walk the streets, putting smiles on peoples face by solving all their problems in a heartbeat.
If I can't have this one I'll be selfish and go for flying. I'm usually getting cold easily though, so I'll have to work on a good suit.
What is your personal Kryptonite?
Crowds! I am afraid of crowds and confined rooms.
People moving in every directions or stacked in a small place at the same time is scary. It makes me super nervous.
Do you have a favorite object, like a lucky charm or something that really matters to you?
As far as I know, I do not have a favorite object or lucky charm.
I like to be prepared so you might almost always find me with some kind of first aid kit!
Who would you choose as a sidekick to fulfill your passion? Why?
Sidekick is always, you know... Not as cool as the main hero. I'll start a trend to redefine sidekicks where we would be equally cool in different ways!
I'll definitely choose the person I enjoyed to work the most during my career. He is actually not a designer, even though he has a strong sense for it. I'll ask JB Bégué to be my sidekick in a heartbeat (I actually kinda did). He is a smart engineer with whom I share a lot interests and opinions. We work seamlessly and the product city we defend will be the safest and the coolest!
What is your definition of a modern hero?
I'll keep my train of thoughts going, so my answer is a logical follow up. To me, a modern hero is anyone who is doing good for others, in any ways. It might sounds vague but it's not.
It sure can be a lot of people and that what is great about it.
Who inspires you everyday? Your very own heroes
This is very strange but whenever I got doubts, I listen to Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement Speech and things become more simple. I might have heard his speech a hundreds of times but it still give me goose bumps. I am always able to find any answers to any questions.
There is nothing more inspiring than a person who is passionated. I am lucky enough to be surrounded by these people, it's a warm feeling.
One more thing… Mask or Cape?
I'll go for the Mask. I feel more shy than egocentric. Also, it requires less energy to clean.


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Discussion in 'Gamers' Pulse' started by Rivers, May 29, 2009.
fuck creepy as hell. I guess his new project is a horror game.
Kojima = overrated
Tired of hearing about him/his games
yes he just made the best game of all time
im sick of this dude
does that webpage do anything or is it just a mask lol
Could you be a little more subjective?
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I've not experienced a more informative wine tasting...both on wine and history! Looking forward to next time! Rob's ability to answer any question was incredible.
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This Sunday night at Darling's Waterfront Pavilion, Brad Paisley brings his '2014 Country Nation' World Tour to the River Bank in Bangor! Joining Brad on this leg of his tour will be Randy Houser, Charlie Worsham, Leah Turner & my friend Dee Jay Silver!
Dee Jay Silver is probably one of very few DJ's to have a record contract, and now his own syndicated radio show 'The Country Club with Dee Jay Silver' is sweeping the nation with his own twist on mixing country, classic rock and dance for a sweet jam that all agree is a great addition to any concert tour he happens to be on.


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When you stay at Hampton Inn Athens in Athens, you'll be in the business district and convenient to 40 Watt Club and Georgia Museum of Art. This hotel is within close proximity of University of Georgia-Athens and Sanford Stadium.
Stay in one of 112 guestrooms featuring LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Book Review #968
The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola
Rating: two stars (out of four)
I thought this was a fun book. I enjoyed looking at the cheerful illustrations and how studious the knight and dragon were. The ending wasn't predictable and yet I liked the conclusion. I would recommend, especially for fans of different knights/dragon stories.
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|Shoji Yoko talks about support of the Deaf in case of an earthquake disaster.
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September 2, 2013
The lecture meeting about the Deaf support in case of an earthquake disaster was held in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo on September 1.
Over 80 people participated including Deaf residents and members of the sign language circle which sponsored event.
The lecturer was Shoji Yoko (庄子陽子), 37, who is a certified sign language interpreter and works as the director of the Information Support Center for Deaf Disaster Victims in Miyagi Prefecture.
She spoke on her experience with the disaster support activity at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, with some instances of what issues the Deaf victims faced: The audio disaster alert system was not accessible at all, few opportunity to get information or communicate in sign language in a shelter or a makeshift house which would accumulate stress on the Deaf.
Shoji appealed by saying: "You cannot do anything in emergency when you cannot do it at time of peace, either. it is important for every one to be able to do what or to think always."
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Omi (Steps), 2015Glazed ceramicDimensions variableOmi (Grid), 2015Glazed ceramicDimensions variableOmi (Zig-Zag), 2015Glazed ceramicDimensions variableOn view: June 2015 - presentPamela Fraser's artistic practice involves experimentation with concepts of color, shape and space, and she has lately taken her practice out into the landscape. Fraser's piece for Omi consists of over 200 vividly glazed ceramic sticks which "roam" the grounds of The Fields Sculpture Park guided by Fraser. The last two incarnations of this work: Omi (Grid), and Omi (Steps) outlined a hedgerow, traced the line of Robert Grosvenor's Untitled, 1984, cut across a hillside, and hugged the shadow of Alison Saar's Summer, 2011. In early October, Fraser's work traveled indoors to the glass walls of Omi's Visitors Center. This time Fraser relinquished her authorship to some degree, allowing others to arrange and install her sticks. This new iteration is simultaneously part of the architecture and the landscape beyond.Fraser has made and exhibited work for 20 years. Past solo exhibitions include at Galerie Schmidt Maczolleck in Cologne, Germany; Galleria Il Capricorno in Venice, Italy; asprey jacques in London, England; Casey Kaplan in New York, NY; and The Blaffer Museum in Houston, TX. Select group exhibitions include galleries and institutions such as GAD in Oslo, Norway; The Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY; Wurttembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart, Germany; Dundee Center of Contemporary Art in Scotland; and The Crayon Miscellany, here at Art Omi in Ghent, NY. Fraser lives in Barnard, Vermont, and is a professor at The University of Vermont. In addition to her studio practice, she writes about art and organizes exhibitions. Her book How Color Works: Color Theory in the 21st Century will be published by Oxford University Press in 2017.These works by Pamela Fraser were originally included in the 2015 summer exhibition, The Crayon Miscellany.www.pamelafraserstudio.com
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Dipak and Saraswati live a simple life in Kathmandu. A devoted father and an adoring husband, Dipak works as a security guard, while Saraswati happily tends to traditional housework. Their home is modest, and their two girls are happy. Life would be perfect for the pregnant mother if only she could give her husband a son. Desperate in her desire, on the advice of a stranger, Saraswati prays to a new spirit with miraculous results. When the blessing turns to tragedy, the distraught couple appeals to Gita, a jhangrini or healer, revered as a powerful spirit medium. Gita's own crisis of faith and, perhaps, her stunning beauty, forces all three to a dizzying climax, leaving the lines between secular and spiritual desires eerily blurred.
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Asus has silently introduced the new OC edition of the Nvidia GTX 950 the mid range graphics card. Nvidia GTX 950 was launched back on 21-August-2015. The graphics card will go to sale in US and other markets and may land in Indian market later.
Nvidia GTX 950 is the lower variant to the Nvidia GTX 960 which was launched in February 2015.
The Nvidia GTX 950 is priced close to Rs. 15,000 in the Indian market and competes with the AMD R9 270x or the AMD R9 370X graphics cards.
The Asus GTX 950 comes with a unique white colored design with blue colored strikes which makes it look distinguished from other Asus cards.
The graphics card has a decent cooling solution with twin cooler fans to ensure seamless heat dissipation.
Asus claims that the new fan design improves the air flow to the graphics card makes it near silent in operation. The Graphics card utilizes Auto Extreme technology and Super Alloy Power 2.
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The Graphics card comes with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory with a memory clock speed of 6100 Mhz.
The bus width for the memory is 128 bits for the GPU and is based on the Maxwell Architecture which is highly energy efficient.
The graphics card has a core clock of 1076 Mhz on the default base level and has a turbo boost of 1253 Mhz.
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The graphics card comes with option to connect with DVI , HDMI display ports. Asus Nvidia GTX 950 is a good mid range graphics card ideally suited if you are planning to build a PC in the price range of Rs. 45,000 to Rs. 60,000. It will go well with both the Intel Core i3 or the Intel Core i5 processors.
Most modern games like GTA 5, Assassin's Creed Unity or even the Syndicate are playable using 720P display or even 1080P settings. For 1080 P however we would recommend to go for the GTX 960 or even Nvidia GTX 970 if you wish to max out the latest gaming titles.
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Richard Perry is a young man trying to hold on to his dreams amidst his troubled neighborhood, Harlem, New York City. Though highly intellectual, Perry cannot afford to attend college and thus enlists in the United States Army when his basketball career is ended early by an injury. Little does he know that the Vietnam conflict is about to escalate to gruesome levels. Amid philosophical reflections and a dire struggle to maintain their humanity, a bleak but realistic depiction of combat gradually unfolds for the young soldiers far from home. Careless military leadership, brutal guerrilla resistance, and American war crimes are just a few of the horrors young Perry witnesses firsthand. With no end in sight to the war, the men wonder if any will return home at all.
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So, my quad/fish is pretty much the most active board in my quiver around these parts, aside from the LB of course. I will just cut the sh** and say it. I want to convert it to a 5 fin option, most commonly for thruster use. I love the board, I have it dialed in, I am just not a huge fan of the quad....
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Gwen, Pete, and the others have escaped from Everland. But the safe haven they hoped to find at Alnwick Castle doesn't exist. With the Queen of England on her deathbed, Duchess Alyssa has stepped in to lead, but things have gotten worse as the cure Doc created for the Horologia virus has mutated, accelerating the disease. The only possible solution he can think of is to go back to the virus's origin: an extinct poisonous apple.
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The annual meeting of the Executive board of the Central Council for the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America10. December 2008 - 22:57
The annual meeting of the Executive board of the Central Council for the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America began today at Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois.
Clergy Hospitalization Plan of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America10. December 2008 - 11:05
The Clergy Administrator for the Clergy Hospitalization Plan of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, Fr. Milovan Katanic, would like to inform all clergy that the Orthodox Health Plan is now accepting clergy during their open enrollment.
"The Orthodox Health Plan (OHP) is a PPO Plan which offers our clergy and lay employees the broadest and most flexible coverage and includes a prescription, drug, dental benefits. Our health insurance carrier is Aetna which is one of the single largest healthcare providers in the nation.
Slava celebration at St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church in Akron10. December 2008 - 11:00
For some years now the annual Slava celebration at St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church in Akron, Ohio has been known to be a joyous weekend for parishioners and their guests. It was the parish priest, Protonamesnik Dragomir Tuba, who had decided eleven years ago to bring new life to this parish celebration, changing it from a simple one-day celebration into a two-day event which now begins on Saturday evening and brings visiting guests to the annual Folklore Festival. It has become a much anticipated tradition among Akron Serbs, one that continued this year with one of the largest festivals to date, including a total of nine folklore groups.
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Mission Team Chicago, an organization promoting Orthodox missions, announced today that His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Chairman of SCOBA (Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas) and Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, will speak at its benefit dinner at 6:30pm on Thursday, February 26, 2009.
The 12th annual dinner, benefiting the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC), will take place at The Carlisle in Lombard, Ill. The cost of admission is $75 per person. Reservations are now being accepted for tables of 10 ($600 per table). Table reservations after December 1, 2008, will be $750.
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"Among the spirits of the righteous perfected in faith, give rest, O Saviour, to the soul of Your servant Patriarch Alexy. Bestow upon it the blessed life which is from You, O loving Lord"
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Meeting in Geneva for our regular encounter, we received the sad news of the passing away of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Alexy II.
On behalf of the fellowship of the WCC, in deep sadness we join our voices to those of the Russian and worldwide Orthodox faithful and pray, together with them, for Patriarch Alexy II of blessed memory.
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Khloe Kardashian has joked that Nicole Richie is "one of her favourite partners in crime".
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star posted photographs of herself and Richie at Friday's LA Lakers game on her official website.
"I brought Nicole as my date to the Lakers game!! She's definitely one of my favourite partners in crime - we always have a blast together, (sic)" she wrote.
"Nicole and I have actually known each other for years, we literally used to be attached at the hip when we were younger. She's one of the funniest people on the planet! Our Lakers date was such a fun girls' night out!!!"
Kardashian is a frequent fixture at Lakers games, supporting husband Lamar Odom. It was previously confirmed that the couple have begun work on their own reality spinoff show, which will document their life together.
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Property Location
With a stay at Condominium Hotel Grandview Atami, you'll be centrally located in Atami, steps from Omiya's Pinetree / Statue of Kanichi and Omiya and Atami Sun Beach. This hotel is within close proximity of Yuzen Shrine and Kinomiya Shrine.
Make yourself at home in one of the 24 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and stovetops. Rooms have private lanais. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while 21-inch LED televisions with cable programming provide entertainment. Conveniences include safes and microwaves.
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Enjoy recreation amenities such as hot springs or take in the view from a rooftop terrace.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Condominium Hotel Grandview Atami.
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Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and an elevator (lift). Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Total number of rooms - 24
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A body found last weekend on national forest land near Gasquet has been identified as Sacramento-area resident Robert Essex, 52.
Autopsy results indicate Essex died of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, according to officials with the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office.
Hikers came across his body Saturday near Craig's Creek, about a mile from its confluence with South Fork Smith River.
Two days later, Essex' truck was discovered in Crescent City in the parking lot for Fred Endert Municipal Pool, according to police dispatch logs.
"There is an investigation. There are no obvious signs of foul play, though we do continue to search for that possibility," said sheriff's commander Bill Steven.
Essex appeared to have been dead for less than a week and basic camping gear was found nearby, Steven said.
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Recall that what is said to be an edited video showed T-boss telling Efe that she will use up 25 Million within a week and that she has private jet toasters.
Uti Nwachukwu believes that T-boss never made such comment.
In a post on his Intagram page, Nwachukwu lamented that some people wanted to bring the Nigerian-Romanian housemate down.
Nwachukwu wrote, "You see I've been very quiet about Big Brother Naija 2017 Because I honestly have been very busy with Litle time to watch except the clips I see online. So, no, I do not have a favourite housemate!
"This is wickedness at its peak! You can't do that to someone! How low!
"I keep telling people that Big brother is real life in a box! It shows you exactly what happens in the world we live in!
"You see for someone like me, I always pray that let whatever my enemies plan to make me fall end up being what God uses to promote and elevate me! It has consistently worked for me till now!
"Whoever did this to this girl, there is no way that persons candidate will win this game unless they confess and apologise!
"All you guys have succeeded in doing is making more people feel sorry for her and they will vote endlessly for her!
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More staff than patients during the day with no complaints, but at night a very different story! Noise level was totally unacceptable. Banging, crashing and loud speaking between nurses. Sleep is an important part of the healing process which staff should not need to be told about, someone please remind them. Food, however low the budget , needs to be wholesome and nourishing. Another part of the healing process. Get the latter two points correct and there will be a marked improvement in the care of the patients. Please take note management/director of nursing who are paid vast salaries for not getting the very basics right.
Response from Chorley & South Ribble Hospital 3 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear of your husband's experience with regard to being unable to sleep because of noise. The Trust has undertaken a significant amount of work over the past 18 months to try to address this issue; consequently, we are extremely disappointed to read your comments. Please be assured that they have been fed back to senior nursing staff in the department, who will remind staff of the need to be mindful of causing patients as little disruption as possible at night.
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When two co-workers who can't see eye to eye in the office are unexpectedly forced to share a living space, their initial distain soon transforms into attraction in this lighthearted look at the romantic games people play from filmmaker Michael Whaley. Michael (Whaley) and Stacey (Torres) can barely get along at the office, much less tolerate each other as roommates - but when Michael and Stacey are forced to move in together, the snooping landlords and gossiping co-workers soon take a backseat to the undeniable affection that they begin feeling for one and other.
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A bunch of young movie maker from Jakarta arrived in Bantul, Yogyakarta to prepare for the shoot. Things were normal until the second day when they started to experience unexplained phenomenon. It is as if someone or something doesn't want them to be there.
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After losing World Series, now comes hard part for Mets: Try to make it back
Moments after collapsing Wednesday in the middle of reporters, Sandy Alderson didn't skip a beat once he stirred from the brief fainting spell.
"So, where were we?" Alderson said, smiling.
Truth be told, it was a question about Juan Lagares' balky elbow that coincided with the GM feeling woozy. And honestly, we can't blame Alderson for still being exhausted three days after losing the World Series.
Fortunately, Alderson walked away with no lingering symptoms, and the Mets said he was fine after getting checked out by the team's training staff. The GM chalked it up to no breakfast and a stuffy conference room.
So the start of what should be an interesting offseason for the Mets began with Terry Collins getting a well-deserved two-year extension and Alderson, the architect of this World Series trip, closing the morning's festivities with that frightening episode.
Suffice to say, the Mets have been working overtime since Wilmer Flores took the called third strike that ended Game 5. And after losing the World Series, now comes the really hard part: trying to get back.
We're entering a whole new phase for the Mets, one where the team's decision-makers and the rejuvenated fan base will set the bar higher than it's been in nine years. Remember when finishing over .500 was the goal? Then 90 wins? No longer.
As the defending NL champs, with a young starting rotation that Alderson described Wednesday as "second to none," it's World Series or bust for the Mets in 2016. Alderson kept some continuity by immediately rewarding Collins. But he's staring at a lineup that likely will be without Daniel Murphy and Yoenis Cespedes, his No. 3 and 4 hitters in the playoffs, should they choose to sign elsewhere, as expected.
For as much as we've trumpeted the Mets' Big Four, and rightfully so, relying solely on the rotation, regardless of how great it is, is not going to finish what the '15 team could not. Alderson's every other sentence Wednesday highlighted the need for more consistent offensive production, the GM undoubtedly scarred by how the Mets failed to create a more workable cushion in three of the four losses to the Royals.
"Our starting pitching was good," Alderson said. "But it wasn't good enough to separate ourselves in the later innings. As we look at next season, 2015 is instructive. The first half of the season, we didn't have any offense either. We've got to figure out ways to score more runs and at the same time, be a little better defensively as well."
But that's not going to happen without a piece or three from elsewhere. While Alderson doesn't anticipate dealing any of his top four starting pitchers for a big bat, the GM didn't address Zack Wheeler specifically. And Wheeler -- who isn't expected back from Tommy John rehab until July -- already has been traded once by the Mets, in the collapsed Carlos Gomez swap that more famously included a crying Flores.
By the same token, Alderson said the Mets never make it to the World Series without Cespedes, who cost them Michael Fulmer, another top pitching prospect. That trade "absolutely" was worth it in the GM's mind, so we wonder if he'll be persuaded to part with an additional arm, either Wheeler or Rafael Montero, to make up for the bats he'll be missing.
Of course, the payroll is going to be a factor again, too. Alderson expects to start above the roughly $100 million he opened with this season, but existing raises and arbitration bumps already will account for some of that. The roster that produced this World Series run hardly resembled the one that Collins had at his disposal during the first half, so Alderson has proved himself capable of adjusting on the fly. But the Mets face huge expectations after what they accomplished, and that in itself makes their job much tougher as they prepare for 2016.
"We will now be the hunted," Collins said. "There will be targets on their backs. No longer are we going to sneak up on anybody. And I love that. We'll walk out there with a swagger."
More importantly, the Mets will have to back it up. To show that getting to the World Series was not a lucky punch, or a once-in-a-decade thing. Collins, with Alderson's help, now has to make everyone believe all over again.


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This week, social media was a buzz with memes about Columbus day. I repeatedly saw memes about how the United States was built on genocide and how certain Native Americans were the original Founding Fathers. Both of these statements are absolutely unfounded and utterly false. It's similar to the idea that the Founders were responsible for slavery; it's just wrong. So I reluctantly provide the following for clarification because this topic needs a serious dose of truth.
It seems like every topic you can think of has a group of people behind it pushing some false narrative to further divide the people. Every year, it's the same thing, and every year it gets just a little worse. Teachers, you need to do a better job. And while I do not anticipate that those who need to read this actually will, I figured that I would write a little bit for those who were curious while also providing me the opportunity to vent some truth.
I am going to talk about this in a few parts. First I will address Natives "being here first" and then I will address the "genocide" debate. It must be known that both of these positions are inaccurate to say the least. However, I should probably start with the idea of these folks being "a unified people".
Before I do, let's get an important term out of the way. "Native American" refers to a member of ANY of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. For clarity, the Americas encompass the totality of the continents of North America and South America. "Indigenous" means originating or occurring naturally in a particular place – which of course, no one truly holds that claim because everyone had to walk here. Regardless, the last term we need to cover is "Clovis". The Clovis culture is a prehistoric Native American culture that first appears in the archaeological record of North America around 13,500 years ago, at the end of the last ice age. The culture is named for artifacts found near Clovis, New Mexico in 1932. These artifacts are the original reasoning for many to believe that the Native Clovis Americans were actually here first – somehow giving them claim to the land.
There is just one problem with all of that. Native Clovis were not the first ones here, so they are not really "native" after all. As I mentioned on a recent podcast, it really doesn't take much of an effort to find that the Clovis were NOT in America first. There is overwhelming archeological, stratigraphic, DNA and radiocarbon evidence to conclusively show that humans – totally unrelated to the Clovis, were in North America over a millennium before the Clovis. This is pretty old news actually; even National Geographic has published similar stories covering it. So why does this myth continue? And if you really want to "classify" an origin of the people who were really here first, it should be known that they would look more like Europeans. Oddly enough, they were more than likely killed off by the Clovis when the Clovis eventually arrived on the scene. Define irony. Regardless, and for the sake of this article, I will continue to call them "Native".
Let us continue with the idea that the Natives were some unified people occupying the landscape of the America's. The truth is that in North America alone, there were hundreds (if not thousands) of different languages spoken by natives and there were hundreds of different tribes that waged brutal wars against one another. I heard it best said that "a Mohawk, a Sioux, an Apache, and a Chinook would have been as different from each other as an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Spaniard, and Dutchman, and with the same difficulties in communicating with each other." These tribes not only spoke a different language, but they had different customs, different religious practices and different ways to go about living their daily lives; much like the nations that comprise Europe. So even the Natives of that time would not recognize one another as some "cohesive group". The idea is actually quite asinine when you really think about it.
Furthermore, just like almost any society in human history, Native Americans as a whole were war-hawks. In fact, they were every bit as tough as any other warrior society the planet has ever seen. As Native-net.org states: "The art of war was a common part of life for ancient Native Americans." As a general rule, their societies were tough, competitive, and violent – sometimes brutally so. From their coming of age rituals, to their subjugation of conquered tribes, Natives were not exactly some peace loving – one with the earth people that some would have you believe.
Yes, they lived off the land, but that doesn't mean they didn't do any damage. In fact, they may have completely altered global climate. Consider this; a team of Stanford environmental scientists believe that Natives were responsible for the mini ice age that killed millions of Europeans. Natives were clearing trees at an amazing rate. They cleared so many that when the Natives that were clearing the trees died in the plague, so many trees grew back that it had a reverse global warming effect. This resulted in the mini-ice age.
This is usually where people start saying things like "see… the founders brought over diseases and killed the natives", and this would be false as well. You see, as humans, we like to explore. We have been doing it for thousands of years. Natives did it too. In fact it might surprise you to know that Native Americans discovered Europe at about the same time that the Europeans discovered the new world. As mentioned before, exploration is how everyone got to the America's in the first place. It's in our nature. Timelines are important though.
Depending on how you would like to define this, we could say that the United States officially become a nation on July 4, 1776. Some would argue that it was the day before and some would even argue that it was September of 1787. If you really wanted to split hairs, you could even go far as to say it was June 21, 1788. The point is that over a hundred years BEFORE all that, the Pilgrims landed near the site of modern Provincetown in November of 1620, eventually moving to Plymouth. What I need you to understand is that the Spaniard, Christopher Columbus, came around over a hundred years before that, in 1492. Now consider that we have found Viking encampments in Newfoundland dating to the year 1000. Notice how Pilgrims, Columbus and the Vikings were (in some cases hundreds of) years before the American Founders were even born. So why are the Founders being blamed for anything?
Additionally, the entire planet was having a bit of a 'bug problem" for hundreds of years – not just in North America. Consider this; the world experienced the Black Death from 1347 – 1351, the Great Plague of London from 1665 – 1666, the Great Plague of Milan from 1629–1631, the Moscow Plague in 1771 and the Great Plague of Marseille from 1720 – 1722. And guess what? Lots and lots of people died. From the Black Death alone, the total number of deaths worldwide is estimated at 75 million people. It wasn't intentional; it was just something that happened due to ignorance. The question that you need to ask yourself is "what are the chances that some of these sick people accidentally came into contact with others?" The answer is simply "probable" considering that you cannot spread disease without such interactions. To suggest that the spreading of these diseases was intentional is naive to say the least.
Regardless, what we now know is that somewhere between 1500 and 1600, a devastating plague also raced across the East Coast of America. Of course, it wasn't just in North America. Smallpox and other diseases invaded and crippled the Aztec and Inca civilizations in Central and South America in the 16th century as well. Looking back at the timeline, this could potentially be blamed on the Spaniards if you were going to blame anyone. However, you could potentially blame the Natives that discovered Europe as well if you were being objective. Regardless, this was all well over a hundred years before the United States was even a thought in anyone's mind.
Still, we need to address the "genocide" part of the debate because it is known that between 75 to 90 percent of all Indians died during this time. Temper this with the idea that we covered earlier in that this die-off more than likely caused the mini-ice age which killed millions of Europeans right along with them. Unfortunately, many today would have you believe that the death of the Natives were at the hands of some white guy trying to steal land. The TRUTH is that these deaths resulted from disease – not murder. AND, these deaths occurred long before the Founders tried their little experiment. To be clear, these diseases included smallpox, measles, influenza, whooping cough, diphtheria, typhus, bubonic plague, cholera, scarlet fever and syphilis. And again, these diseases began showing up around 1520. See what I mean? The Founders had nothing to do with it. Let's get some definitions out of the way.
Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Clearly this definition does not match the popular narrative because most Europeans didn't realize they even had such diseases. On the other hand, an epidemic is a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. Furthering that idea, a pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that has spread through human populations across a large region; for instance, multiple continents, or even worldwide. The point is that what the Native Americans were experiencing (along with the rest of the world) was either an epidemic or a pandemic; not genocide – and yes, that distinction is very necessary because the deaths were not deliberate and people didn't understand how to stop the spread of disease like they do today. Even then, you might notice that disease still spreads and kills to this very day. Again, and at least as far as our Founding Fathers were concerned, NATIVE AMERICAN'S WERE NOT VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE! If you are interested, you might research something called the "Colombian Exchange".
This is usually when someone says something about whites conquering the land and killing Natives. Sure, it happened. The Spaniards did it to Natives, the whites did it to Natives, the Natives did it to Natives. Oh, you didn't know? It was actually common among Natives that the stronger of two tribes or people (nations) to have the right to conquer and subdue the weaker; it was Native law. This happened a lot; especially with powerful tribes like the Sioux. I could probably talk about this one for hours, but the point is that this has been common place throughout human history and NO ONE is immune. A history book will point out lots of conquered people and nations throughout the world.
This is usually where people concede but suggest that whites killed more Natives than Natives killed Natives (like that would make it better). I would probably disagree with this too, especially considering how long Natives occupied the land before "whites" arrived. In fact, I would argue that Native Americans were vastly more brutal to Natives than whites ever were. Just for example, human sacrifice was performed by many South American cultures at that time, including the Mayans. Come to think of it, the Aztecs are particularly famous for the large number of victims that were subjected to horrible deaths. They would actually go out of their way to NOT kill warriors on the battlefield (of which they fought a lot – which demonstrates their war appeal), because they wanted to take prisoners that would be sacrificed as payment to Gods like Huehueteotl.
This is actually a great story. Huehueteotl was their fire god. So when they would make sacrifices to him, they would set their victims on fire; burning them alive. But in a twist, they would remove their burnt bodies from the fire before they died… only to rip their still-beating hearts from their chests to throw back in the fire. But yeah, I'm sure the "white's" were really mean. Think about this; the practice was so brutal that neighboring tribes felt it necessary to form alliances with the Spaniards when they arrived. So clearly the Aztecs were worse than the "evil" Spaniards because these tribes figured out that teaming up with them was the only way to defeat the Aztecs who were murdering all of their people. Sadly, this is just one example of many. Brutality was not just a South American practice. Let me provide an example from the North just for the sake of argument. Let's talk about scalping – the tearing apart of the human scalp, with the hair still attached, from the head of a live enemy, as a trophy. To put this into context, for the American military, war trophies are illegal because it can lead to barbarism (extreme cruelty or brutality).
How about some more context on that? Historian Mark van de Logt wrote that "Although military historians tend to reserve the concept of 'total war' for conflicts between modern industrial nations, the term nevertheless most closely approaches the state of affairs between the Pawnees and the Sioux and Cheyennes. Noncombatants were legitimate targets. Indeed, the taking of a scalp of a woman or child was considered honorable because it signified that the scalp taker had dared to enter the very heart of the enemy's territory." I want to emphasize the fact that Natives were waging total war on each other and killing women and children – something most "white" cultures frown upon. I would also like to point out massacres carried out by Natives on other Natives. The book "A Population History of North America" by Michael R. Haines and Richard H. Steckel makes it clear that many tribes of Native Americans practiced scalping and that (for example) of the roughly 500 bodies found at the Crow Creek massacre site, 90 percent of the skulls show evidence of scalping. And just so you know, that event took place around 1325 – over a hundred years before Columbus ever showed up.
Now if one were to start reaching for straws at this point, the argument usually turns to Andrew Jackson and the trail of tears. Yeah, it was a bad deal but it was a legal deal all the same and a deal that the Cherokee leaders willfully engaged in for the sake of money. They turned their back on their own people. Let this be yet another reason (in a very long list) to never make a deal with a Democrat. Now, I concede to the idea that roughly 840 Cherokee died on the Trail of Tears and that was a horrible and unnecessary loss. But I try to temper this sadness with the idea that 20 years later, some Cherokee owned over 4600 slaves and fought for the Confederacy. It doesn't make them bad, it's just something that happened; kind of like white slavery. Understand that context is important.
As for the "original Founding Fathers" statement, I provide the following. "Founding" by definition is to establish or originate (an institution or organization) or to construct or base (a principle or other abstract thing) according to a particular principle or grounds. What "Founding Fathers" represents are those who Founded the United States based on the Constitution (the idea). It is not referring to those who "found" North America. And even if it did, the idea that Natives found it (as shown herein) would still be inaccurate. If the argument was "who owned it longer", then sure, Natives win that, hands down. The thing we have to remember is that the first English colony was founded in 1607. By the time the "Founding Fathers" would start thinking about a "New Nation" in 1763 (over a hundred and fifty years later), lots of people in America were getting tired of English tyranny, including some Natives. In fact, while some Natives sided with the English, some sided with Colonists during the Revolution.
It's a sad truth but nations are conquered all the time. If anyone knows this, it's the Native Americans, as their people were doing it to each other for thousands of years. In fact, some Natives (like Powhattan) used Europeans to gain even more power. Yes, bad things eventually happened between the Europeans and the Natives (from BOTH sides), but some good happened as well and it is a shame that it has all seemingly been forgotten. For example and as addressed before, some fought during the Revolution. What many do not realize is that Natives have served in the United States armed services in greater numbers per-capita than any other ethnic group and in every major conflict since the Revolution. If you think about it, almost everything iconic about the Native Americans in the United States today, came about because of the Europeans. These include things like horses, beads, rifles, and so on. Just a couple of examples of how we are all intertwined.
Understand that ultimately, we have all had horrible things happen to our peoples in the past. Slavery, murder, war, disease, and so on. Welcome to life, people. Life is hard and bad things happen, but our ancestors were strong; that's why we are here. Do you think our ancestors would approve of all this crying?
So now we have calls for "Indigenous People Day" instead of Columbus Day. You know what? I'm all for it actually. I don't particularly understand why we celebrate a Spaniard who had nothing to do with the Founding of the United States – especially considering that if we are going to celebrate pale skinned people discovering the Americas, we should probably be celebrating the Vikings or the Celts instead. Ironically enough, I'm not aware of a holiday about Natives discovering Europe. Regardless, "Indigenous People Day" sounds awesome – especially if we set the record straight on the history first. Natives deserve their own day. They deserve the awareness and inclusion. They had a big part in the creation of the United States and they are every bit a part of this country as you or I; they should be addressed as such. They are a beautiful people and I am honored to have lived my life so close to so many of them.
For those of you who have not had too many interactions or perhaps have a hard time with what I just said, then think about why the U.S. military has named at least 20 aircraft, helicopters and missiles after Native American tribes or weapons. It's because of the influence the Natives had on both military culture and tactics throughout our history. Let that one sink in for a moment. The truth is that we all have a long, rich and entangled history together in this nation. We need to start acting like it. Speaking of entanglements, let me throw another interesting idea at you. If you decide to research anything I've provided you here today, be sure to look up tribes like the Tallegwi and the Skidi Pawnee. These were said to be Indian tribes with Celtic blood. Algonquin was said to have contained Celtic or Gaelic words and several tribes dating back to the 1100's are said to have been found with some who had reddish hair and light skin. Just something to think about.
And while we are talking about American unity… are you aware that there are still massive land-grabs going on or that Natives are currently protesting a pipeline? Maybe the media just forgot to mention it or maybe this is more evidence that we are too wrapped up in things we shouldn't be. Look, we need to stop arguing and separating ourselves about things that happened hundreds of years ago and start coming together and trying to stop horrible things from happening today. I have said it before and I will say it again, whether you are red, white, black, brown or yellow, we all seem to have a common foe. Can you imagine our strength if we could just figure it out and come together?
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In the aftermath of last night's AARP forum in Davenport, the Biden for President campaign today accused Governor Bill Richardson of distorting his record on health care for seniors. At the event, Richardson made much of his experience as governor. He argued: "I think I'm the only one here that has actually dealt with health care directly as a governor. In my state, we had to face the Bush cuts on Medicaid, but what we did is we made up for that shortfall."
The truth is, however, that in order to make up for "that shortfall" Governor Richardson imposed an $8.82 per day tax on nursing home beds in a scheme to raise revenue from the Federal Government for New Mexico's Medicaid program.
Richardson's scheme to reimburse nursing homes for the tax to neutralize the effect on consumers backfired when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services declared the reimbursement plan illegal, leaving over 1,000 New Mexico seniors to foot the bill. Richardson was forced to repeal the "bed tax credit" in 2005 in order to qualify for federal funds, and the tax itself was repealed in 2006.
In fact, though, the effect of the scheme was far worse for New Mexico seniors, driving some from their nursing homes into financial dependency. As the Santa Fe New Mexican reported, "Grown children of nursing-home residents told legislators Tuesday there must be a better way to raise money for Medicaid without taxing nursing homes an extra $3,500 a year My mom worked hard and managed her resources so she wouldn't have to be dependent on her children,' said Pat Farnsworth, a daughter of a nursing-home resident in Albuquerque. This (tax) depletes her resources that much more quickly.' Some families haven't been able to wait for an end-of-the-year credit, said Barbara Cormier, executive director of Montebello, a retirement community in Albuquerque. I listen to family members every day about their concern of how they're going to fund their parents' care,' she said. Several residents have left because the tax put them over the edge.'" [Santa Fe New Mexican, 2/5/05]
"Of all the constituents of the Democratic Party, the group that deserves the straightest answers and most straightforward solutions is our senior population," said Biden for President Campaign Manager Luis Navarro. "Governor Richardson likes to tout his gubernatorial experience as his principal qualification for president, but, as we have seen from President Bush, gubernatorial sleight-of-hand is not going to solve the problems of our nation. Especially when it comes to health care and retirement security, we need real solutions to the crisis at hand."
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