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In many elections in the past, Presidential candidates who did not win a majority of the popular vote, or even a plurality, were elected president because of the electoral college. Take Bush vs. Al Gore for example. Al Gore won more popular vote than Bush, but Bush was elected.
Yes, because this country is a democracy and the popular vote should count not the electoral votes. Also this should not depend on the government, for the president is serving us, not the government. In addition, the leader of the country should not depend on 538 members of the electoral college but the voice and choice of the citizens of this nation.
If we were to be able vote, then we should be able to actually choose who would be president. The electoral college takes that away from us. The electoral college is not really fair to our rights and our freedom. It mainly takes away the power to vote the president. DOWN WITH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE!
The electoral college was created in a time when votes were more difficult to collect and count. With everything done electronically today, a simple popular vote would suffice. I do not believe the electoral college was ever meant as a way to avoid the popular vote results. It is simply an outdated system that should be done away with.
The electoral college is far from perfect, there have been many fairly recent events in u.S election history such as the election of 2000 that should show that the system at the very least needs an overhaul and should be removed from existence. The founding father's originally placed the electoral college in the constitution because they were afraid that the general population wouldn't have enough information to make a wise informed choice on who would be the best candidate for presidency, but now with the increase in social media and the ability to get information on almost anything at a moments notice, this principle has become worthless and outdated. It's time to make a change and make our voice heard to our politicians.
The Electoral College should be abolished because it takes away our freedom. When will we really be able to elect our leader? We all know that the college makes the real choice so when will we be able to? Please comment on my profile if you agree. THE GOVERNMENT TAKES AWAY OUR FREEDOM!!
The electoral college came out during a time when the American people were undereducated and the government people knew what was best. Now, we have universal education and the media to help who we want to vote for. If we switch to popular vote people will have a bigger saying than they ever did before. There will be a voting system with highly reduced manipulation of vote. Everyone will get a better chance to get elected. The electoral college proponents made a claim there will be more voting fraud, but this is just an excuse to maintain the power in the hands of the few and voting fraud is only a small problem in elections which means there are only a few.
How can a system where the loser of the popular vote can win an election (In 1876, 1888 and of course, 2000) even be kept? Many proponents of the Electoral College argue that it protects smaller states in the Union and it forces presidential candidates to pay attention to smaller states. This is plainly wrong, considering that most presidential visits during the 2012 election were to Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania, the smallest of which (Virginia) is ranked 12th in population out of the 50 states and territories in the U.S. Furthermore, the electors for each state are not required to vote according to their citizen's wishes, which means with the Electoral College, a vote really doesn't count. Instead of this, we should use the outrageous idea of having a person's vote count directly to a candidate (a.K.A. The popular vote or "direct democracy"). We need to get rid of the Electoral College soon, because according to history, a mistake is bound to happen again with American elections.
Sorry for my inarticulate English here, as I am not a native speaker(from Taiwan).
Sorry if I am misinformed here, but I do not feel that the electoral college makes anything better. You see, through the past year or so, candidates went and rallied at these so called "battleground" states numerous times. Are you suggesting that any of these areas are low-populated?
Are you indicating that specifically these people in this area's voices are louder than the rest?
It doesn't take a genius to notice that your presidency emphasizes the most on these states-
what difference does it make?
I noticed that many of you argue that your founding fathers had a reason(and I sure believe in that),
but what about the equality of votes?
Surely a vote in California (where Clinton carried by +363580) would mean far, far more insignificant than Michigan(where Trump narrowly won by +17168). And if you divide by electoral votes.....
363580/55=6610 ; 17168/16=1073
Meaning that 1 electoral vote in Michigan would be 6.2 times EASIER to SWING than California?
Doesn't that sound a bit illogical to you? What makes them more important than others?
Another aspect of this is the flaw of the "winner take all" system, which I believe should be replaced by "proportionate awarding delegate" system.
Take Texas for example:
United States presidential election in Texas 2012:
Romney + 1261719
United States presidential election in Texas 2016:
Trump + 813774
The Electoral College does not whatsoever reflect any changing demographics until a breaching point when the two sides are almost equally divided and torn apart - do you believe this is a good cause for your nation?
Thank you for reading this.....I truly believe your system is....A bit flawed, and needs some working to do. Simply embracing it tightly and unwilling to see corrections to it.....Might seem unwise, as an outsider observing all of this.
I understand there must be a better reasoning behind all of this, as I am simply trying to present the statistics and doing the math(hehe....We Asians XD).
P.S. As I am clearly amused that it was the U.S that helped us through OUR FIRST DIRECT presidential election back in 1996....And we elect by popular vote, like so many other nations around the globe.....And have just elected OUR first female president this year! We remain grateful.....(however not so hopeful for America-good luck y'all).
5 times in American history, someone has won the presidency without getting a majority of the popular vote, or a failure rate of just under 9 percent, and this is because of the Electoral College. In fact, it is possible to become president while just representing 22% of the population because of the winner-take-all system, and that is just in a two-candidate race. If there were more people running and the race went to the House of Representatives, the new president could speak for 1% or fewer Americans. Finally, it does not protect small states. All it does is give small states more voting power than large states, and swing states more than all of them. In addition, the Senate should be abolished and all elections should be run under the Alternative Vote system.
If the electoral college was abolished then presidential candidates would simply focus on highly populated areas. Rural areas that are less populated would be simply ignored, because they, as a whole, would have less impact on the election. The process of eliminating the electoral college would be such a complicated and time consuming process that it simply would not be worth it.
Suppose Trump won even though almost half of the United States hated him. That 49% would go away and 49% of US would be abandoned. The virus is invading almost 50% of the cells. To not let that happen, we need the Electoral College to vote. Nothing can stop the repaired cells now.
By the way, a nine year-old wrote this, so look at it carefully!
The current Electoral College leaves much to be desired. When voting in California, it can seem like a futile duty if you are anything but a democrat, as California is traditionally a blue state. If a person is a republican voter, he/she could feel under represented. Additionally, because of the way the Electoral College is set up, it is possible for presidents to be elected into office with the minority of the popular vote. This results in a failure to represent national will. Some argue that the benefits of the Electoral College are that it allows the more rural portions of the United States to be more equally represented. The reasoning being that if the elections were based only based on popular vote, the result would be large amounts of campaigning throughout large metropolises where the majority of the population lives. Although the Electoral College should be abolished, we need to have a better form of electing presidents.
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Many people are under the mistaken impression that the United States is a Democracy. While we may embrace democratic ideals, the United States is, in fact, a Republic. One of the definitions of a Republic is the idea of Representative government. The electoral college was set up to reflect this view. I would pose that eliminating the electoral college could be very devastating to minority groups in America. As things stand as of now, candidates must be concerned about the thoughts and opinions of various states with various political beliefs. Were we to demolish the electoral college, candidates would only need to be primarily concerned with what the largest majority of the country thinks on one particular issue. Candidates would also only need to consider what is best for the most populace areas of the country. As an example, while it might seem absurd to some, a candidate could easily come out in support of changing the tax code so that those living in New York, Texas, and California owe no income tax to the federal government. While you might believe that to be absurd, if someone did something like that, they might be able to carry almost all the votes from those three states while needing very minimal votes from the rest of the country. In effect, by removing the electoral college, we would open ourselves up to the tyranny of the masses. Whatever the largest amount of people in this country thought about one particular issue would become law regardless of whether or not it caused problems for minority groups. That is more difficult in the electoral college system where minority groups can swing the outcome of an election in a particular state and, thereby, possibly swing the outcome of an election in a way that the popular vote cannot.
The Electoral College makes it so that voting is truly democratic. Allow me to explain.
If America did not have an electoral college, the states with small populations would not matter at all in an election. The candidates would merely have to dedicate all funding to the most populated states and the small states would not have much of a say in anything.
The mere task of campaigning with the electoral college is still ridiculously expensive, and most candidates only travel to the swing states. If a candidate had to travel to all over the U.S., it would cost exponentially more than it already does. It also would make it harder for poor candidates to run
The electoral college is working as it is meant to - it is allowing smaller states to have a larger voice in the process. All the states in this country, even though we are similar, have different laws, different cultures (albeit subtle). What is important in California, is not important in South Dakota.
The problem we actually have is apportionment. The amount of representatives in the House in Congress does not reflect the population. Capping it was bound to cause this issue. Case in point, in the election of 2012, even though Republicans retained control in Congress, the popular vote was in favor of the Democrats as a whole for the elections in the House of Representatives. This means that some states have more representatives than they should due to "fuzzy" math in order to spread out the number of Representatives available to be elected to that chamber. I'm not saying go back to the 30k model that we had at the beginning of our nation, but rather try to find a middle ground where these anomalies don't occur.
Since the number of electors each state is allowed, is governed by how many representatives they have, some states end up having a larger vote than they should because of the fuzzy math. This affects the electoral college.
Also, eliminating the electoral college could also discourage people to run later. Case in point, in 1976, when Ford lost re-election to Carter, there was a faithless elector who voted for Ronald Reagan after the November election. That can be construed as a "protest" vote - and also part of democracy in action. That "shot across the bow" if you will caused a stir in the leadership of the Republican party. A sign of things to come. Whereas i obviously don't believe Reagan's decision to run in 1980 was bound by that faithless elector in 1976 -- i do believe it cause the leadership of the party lessen their attacks on Reagan as a potential candidate.
In short, keep the electoral college - just reform the amount of representatives we have.
It gives rural areas a chance to make an impact. The founding fathers put it there for a reason. It has been in use for over 200 years and more than 50 presidential elections. It also keeps the United States stabilized with two major parties. The electoral college is part of the basis on which this country was formed.
We are not a democracy controlled by a large group nor are we a dictatorship control by a migratory. We have a country that helps protests the interests of the majority and individuals, Look our system has flaws, but some of it is useful.
Lets say that 60% of Americans vote for a man that wants to invaded Canada and kill all the Mexicans. Would it be OK since most people vote for him. No!!!!!!!!! This is why we have faithless electrons, to stop this from happening. It is a check on the will of the majority as terms are a check on the President and congressmen. We are a Republic that protects rights of the individual. NOT A DEMOCRACY THAT WORSHIPS THE MAJORITY.


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Desktop shortcuts have been infected.
Last week I clicked on a desktop shortcut to a web site, a Word document came up with what looks like is computer code.
I removed my MS Office 2000 which also removed Word and started using WordPad. I clicked on a shotcut and a WordPad document came up with what looks like is computer code!
I clicked on most of my other shortcuts and selected Properties:
Under type of file I get "DOC File (.doc)"
Under Open With I get "WordPad"
I don"t think I have done anything to create this problem but I am just dumb enough to contribute to the situation.
I received a notification email stating there was a post to my discussion, I clicked the link and WordPad came up, I copied the link and pasted it in IE Address bar and immediately came to this site.
I then proceded to double click all my desktop icons and each one that contained a link brought up WordPad.
I then opened my deleted emails, which only go back to 3/19/12, and each one that contained a link brought up WordPad.
How do I stop the links from opening WordPad?
Another UPDATE:
I created a shortcut for this web page, whenI double click it I get the WordPad program. However, if I create a Favorite and I click on it I get directly to this webpage!
Go to control panel and find set default programs, then find your browser and select it. Then click choose defaults for this program and select all availible.
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It sounds like you tried to open a document that MS Word 2000 could not display properly or the file was not really a Word document.. Uninstalling MS Office 2000 will cause the operating system to associate WordPad with the file extension of ".doc"... so that part is normal.
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BOGART - Despite being in just its sixth year, North Oconee has already grown out of the first round of the playoffs.
The Titans advanced to the second round of the Class AA playoffs for the fourth year in a row, sweeping visiting Lamar County in two games on Friday at Olympus Park. North Oconee beat the Trojans 6-0 in Game 1 and 5-2 in Game 2.
"It is playing at home that is the biggest advantage," North Oconee coach Dwayne Sapp said. "If we were on the road, this may have been a different ballgame."
In their second-round series, which will start on Wednesday with a doubleheader, the Titans will play the winner of the Lovett/Coosa series.
Lovett eliminated North Oconee in the second round last year on its way to a state title and returns eight starters from the 2009 squad.
"Are they as good as they were last year?" Sapp said. "I don't think so. But they are still Lovett. We have our hands full."
The Titans, the No. 2 seed from Region 8-AA, have won nine straight since an 11-10 loss to Union County on April 16.
By taking advantage of the Trojans mistakes in Game 2, North Oconee (25-3) was able to overcome a stifled offense to clinch the series.
After scoring two earned runs off back-to-back RBI singles by Jordan Ellis and Taylor Maxey in the first inning, the Titans added three unearned runs while scattering three hits in the next four innings.
Lamar County committed four errors in the second game. Only Thad Glenn had multiple hits in the clinching game, going 2-for-4 with an RBI.
"Those errors were huge for them, and we took advantage," Sapp said.
North Oconee's hitters struggled against Lamar County's Game 2 starter, Mark English. His sidearm delivery, Sapp said, was new to the Titans and produced problems all night.
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Satyam (N.T. Rama Rao) is a youth leader and Panchayati Board President. He interferes with the ex-President of the board, Rudrayya (Rao Gopala Rao) from executing his corrupt practices. Satyam and Rudrayya's daughter, Savithri (Jayapradha) are in love and plan to get married. So Rudrayya gets Satyam killed with the help of a professional killer (Prabhakar Reddy). Satyam immediately goes to heaven. He angers the King of Heaven, Indra (Kanta Rao) while he enjoys the dance by Rambha, Urvasi and Menaka. He sends him straight to hell headed by Yama (Satyanarayana) and ably assisted by Chitragupta (Allu Ramalingaiah). In hell, he influences the soldiers of death, Yama's army using communist theories and rights of labor, and turns them against their leader-Yama, and Hell shuts down. Yama sends him back to Earth. Yama and Chitragupta visits Earth on a holiday trip and experiences the funny aspects of Humans. Satyam changes his name and teaches Rudrayya a lesson.
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September 26, 2013 at 8:22 pm #166727
I am trying to make some changes to the style/format of my website:
1) On top of the logo there is a purple bar that goes all the way across, I think this is where header text would go, I need to remove this so the logo is at the very top
2)I need to replace the area that has the social icons (currently an envelop) with my own image, where would i do this?
3)I need to change the bg color of the menu to be transparent
4) How would I remove the search bar
5) I need to center my footer menu
Let me know if you need anything, thanks!September 27, 2013 at 12:57 am #166946
Hey optizign13!
1) Please add following code to Quick CSS
#header_meta { display: none; }
2) As Kriesi mentioned here https://kriesi.at/support/topic/enfold-feature-requests/#post-22197 "Method of adding custom icon fonts to the template builder (which allows you to add custom icons like youtube, xing etc)" feature was accepted and will be added in upcoming versions.
3) Can you post a screenshot and show where exactly you want to make transparent?
#top #menu-item-search { display: none; }
#socket .sub_menu_socket { margin-right: 335px; }
Best regards,
YigitSeptember 27, 2013 at 2:41 am #166960
Please see my screen shot for the area I am tying to make transparent, it is basically the background of the menu
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- This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by optizign13.
Try this:
#header_main_alternate, #menu-main-menu{ background: transparent; }
JosueSeptember 27, 2013 at 7:15 pm #167250
thank you!
what is the code to remove the borders from the menu? right now its like a weird black…
http://practiceexcel.com/personaltouchdental.com/September 27, 2013 at 7:17 pm #167253
Please add following code to Quick CSS
#top .main_menu .menu > li > a { border: none; }
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YigitSeptember 27, 2013 at 7:54 pm #167275
Thank you!
There still appears to be a top border on the menu of some kind?
If you see there is a dark line going through the logo all the way to the right side where the phone number is, it is very faint but still there.
I want to make my h1's within the pages the Railway font…right now it looks like it is only applying to the text that is within the purple bar inside of my pages
http://practiceexcel.com/personaltouchdental.com/our-office/September 27, 2013 at 8:05 pm #167278
Never-mind I figured out my first issue!
However I still need help fixing the fonts within the website. Thanks!September 27, 2013 at 8:38 pm #167286
I see Railway being applied to the heading elements, it's just that the letter-spacing is 1px by default, try this:
h1, h2, h3, h4{ letter-spacing: 0 !important; }
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Remembrance Day was marked with ceremonies and church services around the country yesterday. Representatives from all faiths took part in the annual national service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in London. which was attended by the Queen with other members of the royal family and the main political party leaders. Nearby in Westminster Cathedral, a solemn Requiem Mass took place, attended by representatives of the armed forces. The chief celebrant was Fr Tim Dean. In his homily, Fr Michael Pava, Chaplain to the Grenadier Guards expressed gratitude to those who sacrificed their lives for their country. Remembrance Sunday in Stroud George Dickinson reports on the Remembrance Sunday service in the Gloucestershire town of Stroud. Ex-servicemen and women from the Immaculate Conception, together with those from the parish's Mass Centres, processed into the church, wearing the insignia of their service, to a specially built symbolic catafalque, to place wreaths, poppies, photographs and other mementoes of parishioners who are no longer with us. The congregation were also invited to place their own personal poppy or wartime memory of a loved one. The short but poignant ceremony culminated with the sounding of the Last Post, a minutes silence and then the Reveille played by an ex-Army Band Trumpeter. The British Legion Exhortation and Dedication was then recited. Parish Priest and Dean of Stroud Father David Ryan, an ex-Army Chaplain, brought this short ceremony to its close with prayers. The parade of ex-service parishioners included men of other European nationalities. One man escaped from a prisoner of war camp, travelled across Europe on foot to reach safety and eventually joined the British Army to continue his fight to free his country. Others took part in the battle of Monte Cassino. Also on parade were National Service men of all three services, men who have experienced first hand the problems of Northern Ireland and other trouble spots of the world. The nursing profession, past and present, together with members of other wartime services and civilian organizations were represented together with our own Leaders and members of the Girl Guide and Scouting organisations.


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Transition 100 Mile Potluck - March 9, 2012 - Living beneath your means
Transition 100 Mile Potluck - Living beneath your means
Lots of people have discovered creative ways to live during the ongoing economic crisis.
At our next 100 mile potluck, we'll share good food and hear stories about what folks are doing to get the most out of life while living within tight budgets.
Bring a dish to share, if possible, with some local ingredients - that's where the 100 mile comes in!
You can share your story,
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I just wanted to send TasEx a quick note to say thank you for another wonderful trip, this time on the Overland!
As with the Franklin last year, the trip was extremely well organised and the equipment provided was excellent. Both Ash and Dan were fantastic guides - competent and friendly, full of interesting conversation and very good at managing/supporting our group. I am particularly grateful for the way they were willing and able to cater around my many and varied food allergies! I also really enjoyed walking through such a beautiful environment with knowledgable guides who were able to take us off the beaten track to see some really special places, and also to encourage us to challenge ourselves physically. Those side trips elevated the walk to a really amazing experience...of course it helped we had such good weather, which gave us the opportunity to ascend Cradle Mtn and Pelion East, plus enjoy all the swimming opportunities!!
Looking forward to the next adventure.
Browse our Tasmanian adventure holidays
At Tasmanian Expeditions, we take great care to ensure that you select an adventure suited to your interests and physical capabilities.Tasmania is the ideal destination for all outdoor pursuits such as walking, hiking, cycling, kayaking, rock climbing and white water rafting. While making your way from place to place is generally via one discipline, our multi-activity trips combine one or more disciplines to complete the itinerary.
Each of our activities is defined generally below, and you'll find detailed information on the number and types of adventures available as well as a rating that suggests what kind of physical exertion is required. As a motto, Tasmanian Expeditions believes the fitter you are, the more you will enjoy your trip!
Talk to our expert team to discuss which trip is right for you.
|Discover the hidden side of Cradle Mountain National Park on exciting canyoning adventure in the Lost World Canyon.
|Explore Tasmania by bicycle. There are great tracks on & off road by fire trail and single track. Our on road cycling trips come with vehicle support. If you're not up to the challenge or that last hill looks a little too ambitious, you can ride in the support vehicle. It ensures great flexibility and comfortable touring. Regardless, the support team is there to spur you on!
|Day Tours
|Add a little more adventure to your trip to Tasmania with a fantastic short wilderness outing.
|Family Adventures
|Active Tasmanian trips designed especially for families.
|There is little doubt that kayaking is a fine way to explore remote rivers and coastlines. To get the most out of a kayaking adventure previous kayaking experience is preferred.
|Multi Activity
|Active trips comprised of many different activities, such as cycling, walking or paddling.
|Photography Trips
|Join professional photographers on a picturesque expedition to some of Tasmania's most photogenic wilderness landscapes. The tours are designed to provide the perfect blend of travelling and photographic opportunities to ensure you leave with both improved skills and vivid memories.
|Some of Tasmanias greatest wilderness is best enjoyed with a paddle in your hand. We've been rafting the Franklin for over three decades, having pioneered the first commercial rafting trip down the Franklin during the 1978/79 season.
|Rock Climbing
|Safe, guided rock climbing in Tasmania for beginners and experienced climbers alike. The location, climbs and level of instruction are customised to provide the best experience of Tasmania's world class crags.
|Self Guided
|Cycle or walk your own way through some of Tasmania's most exciting landscapes
|Snowshoeing is easy to learn and suitable for anyone who can undertake our treks in summer. Experience the magic of Tasmania during winter on a selected range of our popular treks which also offer snowshoeing departures.
|Trekking with a Full Pack
|Classic bushwalking and trekking holidays through Tasmania's most rugged, remote and pristine locations for the avid bushwalker. Good fitness is required as each person carries a full pack weighing up to 20kgs. These walks are ideal for stronger walkers who relish in true wilderness walking.
|Our Walking & Trekking holidays range from accommodated walking holidays exploring Tasmanias favourite wilderness areas carrying just light day packs, to classic bushwalking trips, carrying full-sized backpacks and camping in remote wilderness areas.
Trekking with a Full Pack
These treks are for fit walkers seeking an original wilderness camping experience. Our Cradle Mountain Trek and South Coast Track trips are just two examples of treks that require you to carry a full pack.
We require you to carry up to 20kgs in your pack, which may include your clothing for the entire trek, some food and camping equipment.
A full pack expedition will allow you to get well away from the main trails to discover true wilderness, in the wildest and most remote regions of Tasmania, in classic Tasmanian Expeditions style.
Find Trekking with a Full Pack Adventures
GRADE 4: A combination of Introductory & Moderate levels
GRADE 4: A combination of Introductory & Moderate levels
GRADE 5: Moderate level
GRADE 5: Moderate level
These adventures involve trekking, cycling, rafting or sea kayaking for up to 6 or 7 hours a day at a steady pace. You will need a good level of fitness and be in good health. Carrying a full bushwalking pack up to 15kg may be required.
* Suggested preparation: 45 minutes of aerobic type exercise, three to five times a week. Hill walking with a pack in variable weather conditions, kayaking or road cycling is also recommended depending upon the activity you plan to undertake.
GRADE 6: A combination of Moderate & Challenging Levels
GRADE 6: A combination of Moderate & Challenging Levels
GRADE 7: Challenging level
GRADE 7: Challenging level
These adventures involve trekking, cycling or rafting in remote areas in variable weather conditions for up to 8 to 10 hours a day, possibly more. You will need an excellent level of fitness, be prepared to carry a full pack weighing up to 20kgs and be completely comfortable in adverse weather conditions.
* Suggested preparation: One hour of aerobic type exercise, four to five times a week. Hill walking with a pack in variable weather conditions is also recommended.


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If you're trying to get a grasp of the physician assistant profession, you should probably know what the typical physician assistant looks like. I just read the American Academy of Physician Assistants' most recent census of the nation's PAs (2009 data), and learned a few things:
The typical physician assistant is female
(About 65% are women). To give you some perspective, about 50% of physicians are female, and more than 95% of nurse practitioners are female.
The typical physician assistant graduated from PA school at around age 30
A wide range of ages represented (about 50 % of PAs are between 25 and 33). If this seems high to you, remember that most PA schools require several years of medical experience, so going to PA school straight out of college is not the norm.
The typical physician assistant has a bachelor's degree or more education.
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: the days of getting into PA school with less than a bachelor's degree are numbered.
The typical physician assistant is white.
I wish I could say that the profession is very diverse, but sadly, I can't. PA schools site low numbers of minority applicants, but it's not clear if this is the problem, or just something they say to help themselves sleep at night. There is, however, a big push to improve this number.
The typical physician assistant has been out of school for 11 years, and is therefore about 41.
What can I say – on the whole, we are a middle aged profession. The is probably a reflection of the time it takes to accrue medically-related experience.
The typical physician assistant practices in a group practice (29.5%)
Practicing in a group is more efficient. Billing, appointment scheduling, filing, and medical assistant duties are shared, which reduces overhead.
The typical physician assistant practices primary care (~25%).
The next closest specialty was emergency medicine, at 10.3%
The typical physician assistant practices in a metropolitan area with a population greater than 1 million.
There is a push to get PAs to work in more rural settings, but it seems this is hard to accomplish. Let's face it – there are many many more jobs in the city, and they tend to pay more.
The typical physician assistant (who works at least 32 hours/wk) sees 70 patients per week, an average of 14 per day if working 5 days per week.
Compare this with physicians, who may see twice this number. It's no wonder PAs say they like having more time with their patients, and physicians usually report feeling continually rushed.
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If you don't fit the above demographic, don't panic – you can still do this. But it helps to know what types of people you are up against. There are many great stats in this report, which should give you a better idea of what practicing as a PA is really like. You can find the complete document at the AAPAs website by clicking here.


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Get your hands on some intense fire power on your Tallinn stag do. This type of action can only be viewed via a TV set back in Blighty – it will pump every bit of blood you have… and then some.
You'll have 35 shots each on a range of powerful weapons – the Glock, Marlin, Winchester, Walther and, of course, the AK-47 - and you'll have full instruction from a pro before taking it all out on the stationary target.
The Glock is the preferred pistol of police forces and special ops the world over, and you'll all recognise the Walther PPK as the favourite of Bond himself. The Marlin is class personified (when it comes to guns…) and has a long history, as well as a smooth bolt action. The Winchester has been used in just about every Wild West movie, and any real cowboy owns one. But, the AK-47 is the Big Daddy. Developed for the Soviet Union, this assault rifle has a cyclic rate of around 600 rounds per minute, and there are over 100,000,000 weapons in the world that belong to the AK-47.
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"Pachakam" means cooking in kerala and Pachakam.Com welcomes you to the magnificent world of easy and healthy Indian cooking with a probe into the fascinating Indian cooking recipes. Cooking is not just about making food but is an art of presenting your culinary skills to those who love food with a different flavor and Indian cooking, by no means is an exception.
A special type of puttu prepared with banana and coconut
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English: Coconut
tamil: Thengai
malayalam: Nalikeram / Thenga
telugu: Kobbari Kaaya
kannada: Thenginakai
hindi: Nariyal
Bengali: Narcole
Gujarati: Naliyer / Nariyal
Konkani: Naarlu
Marathi: Naral
Oriya: Nadia
Punjabi: Gola / Nariyal
Kashmiri: Narjeel
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English: Salt
tamil: Uppu
malayalam: Uppu
telugu: Uppu
kannada: Uppu
hindi: Namak
Bengali: Laban / Noone
Gujarati: Meethu
Konkani: Meet
Marathi: Mith
English: Banana
tamil: Vazha Pazham
malayalam: Pazham / Vazha Pazham
telugu: Arati Pandu
kannada: Bale Hannu
hindi: Keda
Bengali: Kollaa
Gujarati: Keda
Konkani: Kellin
Marathi: Kele / Kel
Oriya: Champa Kadali / Kadali
Punjabi: Kella / Kela
English: Sugar
tamil: Sakarai
malayalam: Panjasara
telugu: Chakara
kannada: Sakkare
hindi: Cheeni / Shakkar
Gujarati: Khand
Konkani: Peyndaar
Marathi: Sakhar
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tamil: Neyi
malayalam: Neyi
telugu: Neyyi
kannada: Tuppa
hindi: Ghee
Bengali: Ghee
Gujarati: Ghee
Konkani: Toop
Marathi: Thup
Punjabi: Ghee
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We went simple again today, just barrel curls and a headband. Little Miss was having a little bit of asthma trouble with all of the blooming and pollen, but still had a blast finding eggs and Grandma and Grandpa's house! I will try to track down some more photos to share later. :)
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L'italiano in viaggio
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Everton forward Victor Anichebe believes he could be fit for the clash with West Ham on Saturday.
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Last Updated: 20/03/08 10:21pm
Everton forward Victor Anichebe believes he could be fit for the Premier League clash with West Ham on Saturday.
Anichebe sat out the 1-0 defeat to Fulham with a jarred hip but has been receiving intensive treatment this week and is hoping to give manager David Moyes a fitness boost.
"It is getting better. I will have to see about the weekend but hopefully I can be fit because we need everybody fit for the last few games," the 19-year-old told Everton's official website.
"It has been a problem for a while now and it has been coming and going."
Andrew Johnson is also doubtful after being forced off in only the 14th minute against Fulham, and Anichebe realises the importance of the game as Everton look to stay in touch with fourth-placed Liverpool.
He said: "As soon as AJ was coming off I was gutted because that would have been my chance to get a game but that is just the way football is. I will get another opportunity and I will take it when it comes.
"Everyone is really pleased this year and we are in a really good position. Hopefully we can push for that fourth place but fifth is not a bad place to be, although obviously we are pushing for the best."
Leighton Baines, meanwhile, has revealed that he is thriving on the pressure of fighting for a place in the top four.
This time last season the left-back was battling relegation with Wigan and he concedes it is much more satisfying to be at the other end of the table.
He said: "It's an easier pressure this because it's fighting to achieve something and to get somewhere.
"When you're down at the bottom and not getting results it's frustrating, whereas here we're just off the back of a couple of defeats but most weekends we're getting the results that we need.
"I think that coming towards the end of the season, every game counts for everybody.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With production of USA, this 2015 film was directed by Alyssa Rallo Bennett. You can watch Rerun online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2015.
Rating: 5 by 10 users./
Runtime: 100 minutes
Brian Delate, Andrew Bridges, Teo Rapp-Olsson, Caleigh Barker, Allison Frasca, Shannon Kronstadt, Amelia Dudley, Tre'von Lyle, Jennifer Jacobs and Sydney Farley.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Alyssa Rallo Bennett.
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It premiered in cinemas or television in 2015.
Screenplay written by Gary O. Bennett.
Fidel Ruiz Healy.
Alyssa Rallo Bennett and Gary O. Bennett.
This film was produced and / or financed by Jamaad Productions and Stonestreet Studios.
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Computers have changed how Americans do almost everything. Soon they may alter national security. There is much more on the information superhighway these days than information. There is a traffic jam of conversation facilitated by e-mail, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social networking tools (often collectively called Web 2.0) that facilitate discussion, debate, and the exchange of ideas on a global scale.[1] This unprecedented capacity to listen and respond is inexorably restructuring the ways in which information is created and used.
Social networking has already profoundly redefined business practices--think eBay and Craigslist. During the 2008 presidential election, the Obama campaign mobilized social networking in revolutionary ways to garner popular support and raise money. The impact of social networking will not end with business and politics. National security is next.
Washington is well behind in its willingness and capacity to adapt to the world of Web 2.0. Even the new Administration, with a well-earned reputation as "web savvy," has its troubles. A panel of experts assembled by The Washington Post gave the new WhiteHouse.gov Web site an averaged grade of C plus.[2] While the White House as well as many federal agencies are experimenting with social networking tools, their efforts are unguided by sound research or clear and coherent policies that encourage innovation while protecting individual liberties and privacy. The hierarchical practices of traditional government are not keeping up; they are inadequate for exploiting the explosion of social networking systems.
Fundamental reforms will be required for conducting national security in a world driven by global listening. Washington cannot fully adopt and exploit social networking systems without profoundly changing the process of governance. Advocating such change, however, is premature. First, the government must understand and develop the means to interact in the new world in which it lives. The Administration should:
- Restructure the government's means for conducting strategic communications;
- Create human capital programs to prepare national security professionals and decision makers with new skills, knowledge, and attributes; and
- Direct national security agencies to establish research and development programs focused on threats and competitive advantages of social networking tools.
These measures are a prerequisite for adapting the practices of national security to future challenges.
The New Net
Social networking involves linking individuals together as part of a voluntary group. People join groups because they share common attributes, interests, activities, or causes. Within the group, they exchange information, goods, services, and opinions. As the group grows, it develops into a network.
A social network is a complex system. When systems become complex, their behavior cannot be easily predicted by traditional methods of analysis--breaking a system down into its component parts and analyzing the elements in detail.[3] As physicist Philip Anderson observed, "aggregations of anything from atoms to people exhibit complex behavior that cannot be predicted by observing the component parts. Chemistry isn't just applied physics--you cannot understand all the properties of water from studying its constituent atoms in isolation."[4] Likewise, social networking is more than simply the sum of the attitudes or activities of its members. The system's complexity creates outcomes that are different than the sum of the group.
Furthermore, outcomes can be dramatically different from those that might emerge from a more rigid system, such as a government bureaucracy. That is because they are usually "nonlinear," often described as "disorganized" systems. Unlike hierarchical organizations, the outputs of a social network are less predictable and controllable. They are subjected to fewer rules and controls.
While social networks are not limited to the Internet, computer technology has greatly expanded the capacity and speed for establishing networks of people. Informal online networks have existed since the inception of the World Wide Web inthe 1990s, but they have proliferated remarkably since 2003. This was in part due to the dramatic expansion of data-storage capacity and the exponential decline in the cost of information storage and retrieval. New software created programs that could store and share user profiles and preferences, allowing individuals to post information in form of blogs, video clips, photographs, and audio files.
The popularity of new Web tools and services is remarkable. MySpace, for example, established in 2003, had 80 million members and hosted more than 6 million Web pages within three years.[5] In less than eight years Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that allows users to post and adjust entries, has grown to four million individual pages, all created, edited, and monitored by users who volunteer their expertise and time. By 2009, the number of messages transmitted on Facebook exceeded those sent by e-mail.
Additionally, digital networking is not tied to a specific platform. More and more social networking applications are being developed for cell phones. Already half the world's population (more three billion people) has access to a cellular phone. Other new and different social networking is likely to emerge in the future as nanotechnology and new materials are developed that could greatly reduce the weight, cost, and power requirements for information-sharing technologies.[6]
Networks and National Security
The growth of Web 2.0, its expanding global reach, and potential new technologies to further its use and adoption argue that today's social networking is a change in the form of human communication that cannot be ignored. Online social networks have impacted every field of human endeavor from education to health care. National security is no exception.
In February 2000, a handful of officers teaching at West Point created CompanyCommand.com, a Web portal that allows junior Army officers to share experiences and lessons learned. By 2005, the site had more than 10,000 members. It was officially adopted by the Army as a professional development tool in2002.[7] GovLoop, an online information-sharing network that facilitates collaboration between government employees and contractors was created by a Department of Homeland Security employee in his spare time. It now has more than 7,000 users across federal, state, and local governments as well as the private sector and academia.
Not only have some government agencies developed or adapted Web 2.0 systems, some have exploited existing public social networking tools. There is no consolidated list of all the on-going government initiatives, though a cursory search of the Internet reveals many examples. During the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, for example, people on the scene sent Twitter updates (limited to 140 characters), including the emergency contact number for the U.S. State Department's consular call center. Colleen Graffy, the State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, used Twitter postings to provide updates on her personal experiences.
The FBI also recently established a Twitter account under FBIpressoffice. The former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Michael Chertoff had his own blog. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence maintains its own e-mail list-serve, which includes updates from the FBI and DHS. Clearly, many agencies are experimenting with social networking initiatives.
Applications for defense-related social networking are not limited to military tactics, intelligence, law enforcement, or other operational activities. National Defense University researchers Mark Drapeau and Linton Wells argue that the "proliferation of social software has ramifications for U.S. national security, spanning future operational challenges of a traditional, irregular, catastrophic, and disruptive nature. Failure to adopt these tools may reduce an organization's relative capabilities over time.... Governments that harness its potential power can interact better with citizens and anticipate emerging issues."[8] Social networking has the potential to affect every aspect of national security:
- Gathering and vetting intelligence and information;
- Gauging and influencing public opinion;
- Distributing "risk communications" (such as how to respond to a pandemic threat);
- Conducting research and analysis;
- Developing policies;
- Planning and implementing programs and field activities; and
- Conducting information operations.
Washington's approach to adapting Web 2.0 to national security has not been coherent, comprehensive, or integrated. While certain government organizations have recognized and adopted some tools, such as CompanyCommand and GovLoop, others have been more cautious. Some agencies ban on-the-job use of Facebook and other social networking tools.
The Federal Web Managers Council details a list of government obstacles to the effective adoption of social networking technologies.[9] These include:
- Institutional barriers, such as cultural issues and lack of a strategy for using new tools;
- Lack of access to online tools;
- Security and privacy concerns;
- Resources and budget limitations; and
- Legal concerns and terms-of-service restrictions.
These impediments make it difficult for traditional government bureaucracies to adopt social networking practices. While the Federal Web Managers Council offers some potential solutions to overcome these obstacles, such initiatives have not been uniformly applied. Nor is it clear that all the major impediments can be overcome even with more significant changes in government programs and policies.
Obstacles and Opportunities
Even if the organizational and institutional government barriers to Web 2.0 could be overcome, there are legitimate concerns over making Government 2.0 a national security instrument. The most widely voiced concern is information assurance-- knowing that the data are precise and reliable. Rumors, perfidy, or inaccurate information can be dispersed at least as fast as facts.
Web 2.0 can also create "information overload," burdening the network with irrelevant data that could complicate, instead of facilitate, analysis and decision making. For example, while the White House allows outside users to post comments on WhiteHouse.gov, and maintains MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook accounts, the amount of information the White House staff receives makes it physically impossible to read, let alone assess, all the data.
In addition, while social networking facilitates conversation, it does not necessarily promote effective knowledge creation. The information age has empowered the scientific as well as the narrative cultures. Information technology allows researchers to conduct more and better analysis, but it also allows opinion makers to spin better, more compelling stories faster and proliferate them more widely.[10]
Others argue that the great strength of social networking is that it creates "open" systems that allow self-correction. Individuals can more readily challenge inaccurate information and offer corrections. Recent research finds, for example, that Wikipedia maintains a high level of accuracy even though editing of its online entries is open to anyone.[11]
Indeed, Wikipedia and other online social tools have developed their own rules and procedures for addressing both innocent and malevolent efforts to distort or manipulate information. There is a continuous debate among social networking leaders about the most efficacious manner for dealing with trolls (people who intentionally post inflammatory or irrelevant information) and other efforts to subvert online content.
Some argue that the benefits that result from the enormous number and diversity of individuals that can engage in global listening far exceeds the risks. Michael Tanji, a proponent of adapting Web 2.0 to national security decision making, argues that "in terms of intellectual capital, a virtual think tank can be at least an order of magnitude larger than any current think tank 1.0 in existence today.... [T]he more minds working on a given problem the better the solution. It is unlikely that a policymaker would care one way or another if a good idea was generated by an individual or a group, but as a friend who was an early adopter of the 2.0 approach explains: 'None of us is as smart as all of us.'"[12]
Research suggests that Tanji's observation is overly simplistic. Who interacts and how they interact can have a significant impact on the character of the ideas created. For example, Ronald Burt, a researcher at the University of Chicago, studied an online social network set up for participants in the supply chain of a major electronics manufacturer. Burt found that managers who had a broader perspective, who worked with and interacted with employees and individuals outside their department, provided better recommendations on how to improve business practices. He called this "bridging structural holes."[13] Thus, in terms of using social networking to improve national security policy and programs, Government 2.0 needs to do more than simply "tweeting" (the action of sending a message using Twitter) in broadcast mode or trying to solicit millions of opinions. Social networking structures need to be designed and implemented to achieve specific measurable outcomes based on knowledge about how networks actually work.
The debate over how great ideas can be created and disseminated through Web 2.0 is far from over. Research in the field of social networking is hard pressed to keep up with the rapid pace of change in how information technologies are fielded and employed. Understanding social networking requires a multi-disciplinary approach to research that combines the techniques of the social sciences with "hard science" disciplines.
This mix of disciplines is often called "network science." Network science examines how networks function.[14] It studies diverse physical, informational, biological, cognitive, and social networks searching for common principles, algorithms and tools that drive network behavior. The gained understanding of networks can be applied to a range of challenges from combating terrorist organizations to organizing disaster responses. This science will be particularly fruitful for understanding how online social networks function as well as how they can exploited, disrupted, manipulated, or improved.
Joining the Brave New World
Given Washington's difficulty in adopting new information technologies and the rapid expansion and evolution of the tools of social networking, it is premature to promote specific programs for establishing Web 2.0 as the basis for National Security 2.0. Congress and the Administration need to first lay the foundation for the broader and effective adaptation of social networking.
Congress should direct the National Academies to conduct a study on national security and social networking and make recommendations to the Administration and Congress in three broad areas: research and development, professional development, and strategic communications. The study should examine lessons learned from ongoing initiatives, such as GovLoop and CompanyCommand; forecast future developments in social networking and national security applications; and propose alternative strategies for exploitation.
The Administration should lay the groundwork for exploitation of social networking by developing the key enablers for facilitating early and rapid adaptation of new technologies. The Administration should:
- Establish requirements for research and development in social networking. While individual initiative, creativity, and experimentation will likely remain the basis for most Web 2.0 applications, Washington requires a sound knowledge in order to adopt responsible policies and programs that facilitate making the best use of innovation. This foundation of research can be built by conducting cutting-edge network science. The government must develop better capacities to undertake multi-disciplinary research of complex networks. Specifically in regard to Web 2.0, government research should ensure the protection of individual privacies and liberties; exploit commercial off-the-shelf technologies; develop metrics to measure the effectiveness of Web 2.0 tools; create information assurance and security procedures, software, and hardware; and develop cutting-edge platforms and software.
- Embed the knowledge, skills, and attributes for exploiting Web 2.0 in national security professional development programs.[15] An educated workforce and capable, competent leaders are the greatest competitive advantage for dealing with the challenges of rapidly changing technology.
- Restructure U.S. strategic communications. Of all the institutions engaged in national security, those engaged in strategic communications face the greatest challenges. Government institutions tasked with strategic communications lack the leadership and resources necessary to do their jobs well in today's ever-changing technology climate and operate with virtually no interagency coordination, let alone the capacity to effectively exploit Web 2.0 capabilities. A new institutional framework and strategy, including the establishment of an Agency for Strategic Communications, are prerequisites for the effective employment of social networking.[16]
A 21st-century government must be able to adapt 21st-century instruments to keep the nation safe, free, and prosperous. Concerning Web 2.0, Washington's best efforts are lagging. Steps are needed now to make government a leader, rather than a follower, in using these new technologies to both strengthen and safeguard American society.
James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., is Assistant Director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies and Senior Research Fellow for National Security and Homeland Security in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.


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This week has been filled with some grim news, some good news, and some old news. The old news might win out in terms of volume – there's still a lot of theorizing about Mars without a lot of action to back anything up, and that goes double for the existence of any aliens – but the good news is pretty spectacular. If there were awards for the most visually exciting space and alien news, it would have to be given to the last article listed, but I'll let you imagine that for yourselves.
All in all, this week wasn't a particularly exciting one, especially compared to the still news-worthy news about Planetary Resources – in fact, the lack of exciting news is an important part of this week's happenings. But science is making pretty steady progress towards connecting our world with outer space, and that's still cool.
Also, how did any of you like that supermoon last night?
Space Helps Heal Cancer: This statement might be an exaggeration because it's not space itself that is particularly curative; space, however, is the environment in which medicine with the potential to halt cancer's growth can be manufactured. With microgravity, Dennis Morrison's Microencapslation Electrostatic Processing System-II experiment was better able to encapsulate anti-cancer drugs and genetically engineered DNA than any system on Earth. If this drug works – which it seems to, since it allows for direct application on the tumor instead of something like chemotherapy – then two things will happen, and both are awesome. One, this opens a new frontier in cancer research and we'll be that much closer to finding a good cure; two, we'll have industries that depend on being in space to operate, and space-based things will slowly (or quickly!) become a major part of our daily lives.
Earth – Atmosphere = Mars?: I know. More 'Mars Kind Of/Maybe/Don't Get Your Hopes Up Has Water' news. But there are so many different angles of study, and NASA hasn't really consistently studied any of them, that pretty much all possible ways of studying our Martian data are viable. This time, scientists (from Georgia Tech, not NASA) are trying to figure out what Mars's past atmosphere might have been like, and if standing water might have been possible millions of years ago. And maybe, just maybe, there was life there then, too.
Damn You, SpaceX: SpaceX has been the poster child for privatized space everything for so long that it's hard to see them mess up. But all of the potential trips to the International Space Station that the news (and I) were crowing about last week are now put on hold due to some technical difficulties. Not only is that first cargo run – a fairly monumental event – off schedule, it has yet to be rescheduled. That sounds pretty ominous for SpaceX.
Abiogenesis, Maybe Not So Much: All of the good news about habitable zone planets in the last few months have created a possibly ridiculous amount of optimism about finding extraterrestrial life. That hope was stymied a bit when an article last week said that we really have nothing to base our expectations on – and, really, we don't. This article, however, says that maybe it's just abiogenesis that's so rare, and maybe all the species on Earth just got ahead start in our little corner of the galaxy. And it, despite balancing between the 'yes' and the 'no' camps, is still rooting for the 'yes' side.
This Isn't Alien News, Just The Best Incentive I've Ever Heard Of: The University of Warwick saw our possible end, and it was crunchy. It has long been postulated that the Earth will one day be consumed by an enlarged Sun; having been scheduled for billions of years in the future (probably long after there's no such thing as humans anymore), however, most people aren't too concerned. But a new study documents four dying stars feasting on their surrounding planets and causing all sorts of debris, shattering, and all-around destruction. So. It's never to early for us to get started on that whole space colony plan.
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