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ICD-10 Code H25.13
Age-related nuclear cataract, bilateral
Diagnosis Code H25.13
Short Description: Age-related nuclear cataract, bilateral
Long Description: Age-related nuclear cataract, bilateral
Version 2019 of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code H25.13
Valid for Submission
The code H25.13 is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification Version 2019 Billable Code Adult Diagnoses
Information for Medical Professionals
Code Edits
The following edits are applicable to this code:
Adult diagnoses - Adult. Age range is 15–124 years inclusive (e.g., senile delirium, mature cataract).
Diagnostic Related Groups
The diagnosis code H25.13 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG V35.0)
Convert to ICD-9
- 366.16 - Senile nuclear cataract (Approximate Flag)
- Age-related cataract of left eye
- Age-related cataract of right eye
- Age-related nuclear cataract of left eye
- Age-related nuclear cataract of right eye
- Bilateral age-related cataract
- Bilateral age-related nuclear cataracts
- Nuclear cataract
- Nuclear senile cataract
Information for Patients
A cataract is a clouding of the lens in your eye. It affects your vision. Cataracts are very common in older people. By age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery.
A cataract can occur in either or both eyes. It cannot spread from one eye to the other. Common symptoms are
- Blurry vision
- Colors that seem faded
- Glare - headlights, lamps or sunlight may seem too bright. You may also see a halo around lights.
- Not being able to see well at night
- Double vision
- Frequent prescription changes in your eye wear
Cataracts usually develop slowly. New glasses, brighter lighting, anti-glare sunglasses or magnifying lenses can help at first. Surgery is also an option. It involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with an artificial lens. Wearing sunglasses and a hat with a brim to block ultraviolet sunlight may help to delay cataracts.
NIH: National Eye Institute
- Cataract (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Cataract removal (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Slit-lamp exam (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Standard ophthalmic exam (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.


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Pioneer Hi-Bred's research efforts to increase a corn plant's ability to use nitrogen will get a boost from collaboration with a biotech company. Pioneer's parent company DuPont has signed an agreement with Plant Sensory Systems, a Baltimore, Md., company that develops traits for crops. The agreement allows Pioneer to evaluate Plant Sensory Systems' genes related to a corn plant's nitrogen use efficiency.
Pioneer has ongoing research into nitrogen use efficiency but does not expect to have a product ready for the market until the end of the decade.
Researchers at Pioneer's research center near Davis, Calif., have studied nitrogen use in corn. Last year, the company hosted media at the research center and gave tours of the nitrogen use efficiency corn plots.
Researchers explained that the goal is to maintain yields with less nitrogen. They seek genes to help the corn plant use nitrogen more efficiently so growers can apply less fertilizer. Fertilizer is a significant cost to corn production.
There is also a component related to world hunger. Pioneer researchers said that in poverty-stricken areas of the world, little if any nitrogen is applied to a corn crop. If genes can be found to help a plant grow better with less nitrogen, farmers in Third World countries will be able to grow more corn for food.
Plant Sensory Systems also has developed traits that increase yields, improve water use, offer tolerance to drought and high temperatures, increase seed oil content, and enhance nutritional value. For more information visit www.plantsensorysystems.com.

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"pro-life in the streets, pro-choice in the sheets"
from the ny times op-ed about congressman tim murphy, a staunch anti-abortion politician who resigned yesterday after his mistress (!) revealed he encouraged her to abort their love child.
EDIT: on second thought, i'm not sure these words are the type you meant for this thread, crowley. is this thread for clever turns of a phrase or unusual word couplings? luka's contribution doesn't clarify the matter.
Last edited by Leo; 06-10-2017 at 07:45 PM.
Guess it's meant to be a thread where we communicate in words, instead of the usual combination of emoji, machine code, Mayan glyphs and tramp signs.
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read this morning on axios, a mainstream political news website run by the founders of politico...talk about doing a double take!
of all the one-hit wonders he could have chosen to illustrate his point! it's not like the 90s didn't have a hundred other more popular ones.One of the most in-demand Republican operatives says of Bannon: "One year from now everyone is going to reminisce about this in the same way 90s kids do about Ini Kamoza's 'Here Comes the Hotstepper' — 'Oh, yeah. I remember that song. What the hell happened to him? Just that one song, huh?"
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New biz: Boxwood ladies don't do topiary
"They don't like wet feet, and they like to be protected from the wind," says Ann Majewski. Though Majewski could be referring to just about any person dealing with this winter's brutal weather, she's actually talking about Boxwoods.
Majewski and business partner Debbie McVey started the Charlottesville Boxwood Ladies three years ago to fill a need they saw while both were working for the Charlottesville parks and grounds division.
Boxwoods "tend to be neglected," says Majewski, "until one day someone wakes up and says, 'Oh my gosh, there's a 40-foot boxwood in my front yard.'"
The Boxwood Ladies refuse to turn boxwoods into swans or snowmen. "We don't do topiary," says Majewski, who explains they focus on restoring the health of the plants and helping owners select proper plant placement.
Anne Majewski is one of the Charlottesville Boxwood Ladies.


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The Wabash College Music Department invites the public to the 14th annual Roger H. Ide Organ Recital at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 6, in Pioneer Chapel. Organist, Isabelle Demers, will play this year's recital.
A native of Québec, Isabelle Demers is rapidly becoming recognized as one of North America's most virtuosic organists. She began piano study at age six and at age 11 began piano and organ study at the Montreal Conservatory of Music. She has been hailed as a "musician's musician," a "diminutive dynamo" with vehement virtuosity. Critics and audiences have praised her special feel for registration and her idiosyncratic exploitation of the organ's resources. Her programs, performed entirely from memory, have received rave reviews in leading organ magazines and newspapers such as the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Recent engagements include the cathedrals of Cologne and Regensburg in Germany, St. Paul's Cathedral in London, as well as major universities and concert halls in the United States, among them Davies Hall (San Francisco), Disney Hall (Los Angeles), the Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), Yale University, and the Eastman School of Music. She has also been a featured performer at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Royal Canadian College of Organists.
Dr. Demers holds the BM in piano and organ from Le Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, as well as the MM and DMA from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Paul Jacobs. Her doctoral work on Bach's St. John's Passion received the Richard French Prize for best dissertation.
She is Assistant Professor of Organ at Baylor University in Texas.
The annual Roger H. Ide Organ Recital is funded by a bequest from Dr. Roger Ide, Wabash Class of 1959, who served as the Wabash College organist while he was a student. The memory of that experience was such a pleasant one for Dr. Ide that he chose to perpetuate the music with a gift that makes it possible to enjoy organ recitals for years to come.
The concert is free and open to the public. A reception will be held immediately following the concert in the Rogge Lounge in Baxter Hall.


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Fresh signs of a national housing rebound and growing support in public opinion polls boosted President Barack Obama's bid for a new term.
WASHINGTON — Fresh signs of a national housing rebound and growing support in public opinion polls boosted President Barack Obama's bid for a new term in the White House on Wednesday as Republican rival Mitt Romney struggled to quell his video controversy.
The challenger's attempts to get his campaign back on track ran into new difficulty in the form of criticism from rank-and-file Republicans concerned about their own election prospects in the fall.
"I have a very different view of the world," said appointed Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada, taking issue with Romney's dismissive comments about the 47 percent of all Americans who pay no income taxes. Separately, Senate GOP leaders avoided answering questions about their presidential candidate at a news conference in the Capitol.
After days of virtually non-stop political damage control on issues foreign and domestic, Romney told an audience at an Atlanta fundraiser: "The question of this campaign is not who cares about the poor and the middle class. I do. He (Obama) does. The question is who can help the poor and the middle class. I can. He can't."
The former Massachusetts governor spoke about 48 hours after a video emerged that showed him telling donors last May that as a candidate for the White House, "my job is not to worry about" the millions of Americans who don't earn enough to pay income taxes.
Obama spent the day in the White House, a rarity in a race with less than seven weeks yet to run. He invited democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar to the Oval Office, a chat between two Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Romney raised campaign cash in Georgia in advance of an evening appearance in battleground Florida, his first before a public audience since the emergence of the videotape. Under pressure from fellow Republicans to campaign more extensively, he was considering adding at least one appearance to a light weekend schedule, officials said.
In a campaign dominated all year by the sluggish economy, the government said construction of single-family homes jumped to the highest rate in more than two years. Separately, the National Association of Realtors reported that home sales rose last month to the highest level since May 2010.
Real estate has been among the slowest sectors of the economy to recover from the national downturn of 2008. The administration has struggled to reverse a decline in home values that left millions who managed to avoid foreclosure owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth.
There was downbeat news, as well, in an economy struggling to create jobs. State officials in Michigan reported the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August rose by four-tenths of a percent to 9.4 percent, well above the national average of 8.1 percent. Romney grew up in Michigan, but he has yet to contest it seriously in his quest for the White House.
A new AP-GfK poll — taken before the Romney video was revealed — put Obama's overall approval rating among voting-age adults at 56 percent. That was above 50 percent for the first time since May, and at its highest level since the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden more than a year ago.
Among likely voters, however, the race was a statistical tie, with Obama at 47 percent and Romney at 46 percent.
The two were also tied statistically when it came to handling the economy and the federal deficit, while the president was preferred on issues of protecting the country, handling health care and understanding the problems of "people like you." On a question of personal credibility, 50 percent of likely voters said Obama more often says what he really believes, while 42 percent said that applied to Romney.
At the same time, 61 percent of likely voters described the economy as poor, and only 22 percent described it as good more than 3 � years after Obama took office, another indication of the challenges he faces as he bids for a new term in a time of long-term unemployment over 8 percent nationally.
Other new surveys suggested growing support for Obama in the wake of back-to-back national political conventions and Romney's struggle last week to explain an erroneous statement issued at a time of demonstrations — one of them deadly — at U.S. diplomatic posts in the Middle East.
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll taken Sept. 12-16 put the president's lead among likely voters at 50-44 percent nationwide.
State surveys by Quinnipiac University, The New York Times and CBS News showed Obama at over 50 percent support among likely voters in Virginia, with 13 electoral votes, and Wisconsin, with 10. Obama carried Wisconsin handily four years ago, but Romney recently signaled he was hoping to make it competitive.
The two men were in a statistical tie in Colorado, which has 9 electoral votes, in surveys conducted between Sept. 11 and 17.
A Washington Post poll also showed Obama with a lead in Virginia.
All the surveys were taken before the flap erupted over Romney's "47 percent" remarks.
Taken together, they showed a highly competitive race as Obama and Romney pursue the 270 electoral votes needed for victory, although with the president in a stronger position than before the two political conventions and with the economy still the dominant issue.
"This is our election to lose," maintained Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. "There's a reason no president has ever been elected with economic numbers like this. If Obama wins, he'll be rewriting political history."
For now, Romney is working to reframe the video controversy into a philosophical difference between himself and Obama — to his own advantage.
"Instead of creating a web of dependency, I will pursue policies that grow our economy and lift Americans out of poverty," he wrote in an article in USA Today that omitted any reference to the furor.
At his fundraiser in Atlanta, however, he referred for a second day in a row to a video of Obama, made in 1998. An Illinois state senator at the time, Obama said he believed in income redistribution, "at least to a certain level to make sure everybody's got a shot."
Romney added that the country "does not work by a government saying, become dependent on government, become dependent upon redistribution. That will kill the American entrepreneurship that's lifted our economy over the years."
Responding for the president, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Romney's efforts to push the 14-year-old video were the work of a candidate having "a very bad day or a very bad week."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took up the cause in highly personal terms.
"So who are those Americans Mitt Romney disdains as 'victims' and 'those people?'" the Nevada Democrat said in a speech on the Senate floor. "They're not avoiding their tax bills, using Cayman Island tax shelters or Swiss bank accounts like Mitt Romney."
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SQL::Abstract::Complete - Generate complete SQL from Perl data structures
version 1.06
use SQL::Abstract::Complete;
my $sac = SQL::Abstract::Complete->new;
my ( $sql, @bind ) = $sac->select(
\@tables, # a table or set of tables and optional aliases
\@fields, # fields and optional aliases to fetch
\%where, # where clause
\%other, # order by, group by, having, and pagination
This module was inspired by the excellent SQL::Abstract, from which in inherits. However, in trying to use the module, I found that what I really wanted to do was generate complete SELECT statements including joins and group by clauses. So, I set out to create a more complete abstract SQL generation module. (To be fair, SQL::Abstract kept it's first
$table argument inflexible for backwards compatibility reasons.)
This module only changes the select() method and adds a small new wrinkle to new(). Everything else from SQL::Abstract is inheritted as-is. Consequently, you should read the SQL::Abstract documentation before continuing.
new( 'option' => 'value' )
new() function takes a list of options and values, and returns a new SQL::Abstract::Complete object which can then be used to generate SQL. This function operates in exactly the same way as the same from SQL::Abstract only it offers one additional option to set:
- part_join
This is the value that the SELECT statement components will be concatinated together with. By default, this is set to a single space, meaning the returned SQL will be all on one line. Setting this to something like
"\n"would make for slightly more human-readable SQL, depending on the human.
select( \@tables, \@fields, \%where, \%other )
This returns a SQL SELECT statement and associated list of bind values, as specified by the arguments:
- \@tables
This is a list of tables, optional aliases, and ways to join any multiple tables. The first table will be used as the "FROM" part of the statement. Subsequent tables will be assumed to be joined by use of an inner join unless otherwise specified.
There are several ways to specify tables, joins, and their respective aliases:
# SELECT * FROM alpha my ( $sql, @bind ) = $sac->select('alpha'); my ( $sql, @bind ) = $sac->select( ['alpha'] ); # SELECT * FROM alpha AS a ( $sql, @bind ) = $sac->select( \q(FROM alpha AS a) ); ( $sql, @bind ) = $sac->select( [ \q(FROM alpha AS a) ] ); # SELECT * FROM alpha AS a JOIN beta AS b USING(id) $sac->select( [ [ [ qw( alpha a ) ] ], [ [ qw( beta b ) ], 'id' ], ], ); $sac->select( [ [ [ qw( alpha a ) ] ], [ { 'beta' => 'b' }, 'id' ], ], ); # SELECT * # FROM alpha AS a # JOIN beta AS b USING(id) # LEFT JOIN something AS s USING(whatever) # LEFT JOIN omega AS o USING(last_id) # LEFT JOIN stuff AS t ON t.thing_id = b.thing_id # LEFT JOIN pi AS p USING(number_id) $sac->select( [ [ [ qw( alpha a ) ] ], [ { 'beta' => 'b' }, 'id' ], \q{ LEFT JOIN something AS s USING(whatever) }, [ \q{ LEFT JOIN }, { 'omega', 'o' }, 'last_id' ], [ \q{ LEFT JOIN }, { 'stuff' => 't' }, \q{ ON t.thing_id = b.thing_id }, ], [ [ qw( pi p ) ], { 'join' => 'left', 'using' => 'number_id', }, ], ], );
- \@fields
This is a list of the fields (along with optional aliases) to return. There are several ways to specify fields and their respective aliases:
# SELECT one, two, three FROM table $sac->select( 'table', [ qw( one two three ) ], ); # SELECT one, IF( two > 10, 1, 0 ) AS two_bool, three AS col_three # FROM table $sac->select( 'table', [ 'one', \q{ IF( two > 10, 1, 0 ) AS two_bool }, { 'three' => 'col_three' }, ], );
- \%where
This is an optional argument to specify the WHERE clause of the query. The argument is most often a hashref. This functionality is entirely inheritted from SQL::Abstract, so read that fine module's documentation for WHERE details.
- \%other
This optional argument is where you can specify items like order by, group by, and having clauses. You can also stipulate pagination of results.
# SELECT one # FROM table # GROUP BY two # HAVING ( MAX(three) > ? ) # ORDER BY one, four DESC, five # LIMIT 10, 5 $sac->select( 'table', ['one'], undef, { 'group_by' => 'two', 'having' => [ { 'MAX(three)' => { '>' => 9 } } ], 'order_by' => [ 'one', { '-desc' => 'four' }, 'five' ], 'rows' => 5, 'page' => 3, }, );
The HAVING clause works in the same way as the WHERE clause handling from SQL::Abstract. (In fact, we're actually calling the same method from the parent class.) ORDER BY clause handling is also purely inheritted from SQL::Abstract. The "rows" and "page" pagination functionality is inspired from DBIx::Class and operates the same way. Alternatively, you can explicitly set a "limit" value.
SQL::Abstract, DBIx::Class, DBIx::Abstract.
You can also look for additional information at:
Gryphon Shafer <email@example.com>
This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Gryphon Shafer.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.


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The most recent batch of economic data hasn't looked rosy, and expectations aren't particularly high for what's on tap on Valentine's Day.
The first of the inflation reports for the month, the import price index for January, may show a 0.1% slip when the data's released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Friday.
Probably more attention will be paid to industrial production data for January that's due at 9:15 a.m., where expectations are for 0.2% growth, which would represent a slowing from December's 0.3% advance. Keep in mind the headline will be flattered by utilities usage after the cold weather -- one of the rare examples of economic data that is helped rather than hurt by the Polar Vortex. On the downside, diminished auto production should weigh on manufacturing output.
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Bridge To Volunteering - This DO has finished
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DO Details
This workshop is an introduction to volunteering.
Held on Fridays between 10:30am – 12:30pm, we cover topics including:
- What is volunteering and what is a volunteer?
- The benefits of volunteering
- The rights and responsibilities of volunteers and organisations that engage volunteers
- What a person should consider when looking for a volunteer role
- How to find a suitable volunteer role
- Volunteering opportunities
Bridge to Volunteering is suitable for:
- People who have never volunteered before
- People who have done some volunteering but want a more comprehensive introduction to volunteering in general
- People who are new to Australia and have not volunteered in Australia
We look forward to introducing the world of volunteering!
Attending Bridge to Volunteering is not a prerequisite for using The Centre's Volunteer Referral Service (VRS) to find a volunteer role.
If you have volunteered before and are looking for a new role, please contact the VRS directly on 02 9261 3600 for an interview.
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Welcome to Florida Cocker Spaniel Rescue
Follow us on Facebook, click on the link below
Florida Cocker Spaniel Rescue is a non-profit organization based in the Tampa, Florida area. We are dedicated to reducing homeless and abandoned cocker spaniels from shelters and from desperate owner surrenders that can no longer care for their pet. We do so by working with committed volunteers, foster homes, and local veterinarians. We are able to rescue cockers in need and provide them with loving temporary care, while we find them a well matched and screen "furever home". We are a registered non profit 501 © (3) organization and survive on your donations.
The following Organizations have help support FCSR
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if you are able to help with any amount of money it is greatly appreciated.
We use the funds for food, shelter, shots and medical treatments.
Through generous donations and volunteers we have been able to help thousands of dogs get adopted to loving homes and have given life to dogs that would otherwise be destroyed.
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Florida Cocker Spaniel Rescue, Inc.
23154 Saint George Place
Land O Lakes, Florida 34639
Carol Cansler
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1. Crawford never says that Roberts committed to a decision on severability. At the conference after the oral arguments, she says, Roberts voted with the conservative group that the commerce power did not support the mandate, but Roberts was "less clear" on severability. He assigned himself the opinion, and he followed through on the commerce power.
2. One of the sources describes Roberts as becoming "wobbly" by May and failing to adequately explain what he was doing. Once it emerged that Roberts would rely on the taxing power, there was "fair amount of give-and-take with Kennedy and other justices," that one justice described as "arm-twisting." (At least they weren't neck-wringing! (A Wisconsin joke.))
3. I see vanity as a motivation to talk to Crawford:
The two sources say suggestions that parts of the dissent were originally Roberts' actual majority decision for the court are inaccurate, and that the dissent was a true joint effort.They didn't like Roberts getting credit for their work, and they didn't like getting called sloppy. It was a strange situation: Court observers were airing suspicions that Roberts had turned, which was (apparently, at least partly) true, but they were using evidence that was (apparently) not true, and that wounded the pride of the dissenting Justices who wanted it to be known that they really did write their own opinion and that they hadn't made careless mistakes. They want respect, it seems. And they don't like Roberts getting all the credit... or perhaps any of the credit.
The fact that the joint dissent doesn't mention Roberts' majority was not a sign of sloppiness, the sources said, but instead was a signal the conservatives no longer wished to engage in debate with him.
4. The source(s) want it known that Kennedy, more generally, deserves a great deal of credit for his work over the years on the Court. Here, again, I see vanity, as Crawford — seeming like a mouthpiece — says:
Kennedy has long frustrated conservatives, because he occasionally joins with liberals to provide the key swing vote in cases involving social issues. They openly mock his writing style as grandiose and his jurisprudence as squishy - in other words, changeable and too moderate.Kennedy mocked as squishy? But Roberts went wobbly! I'm seeing a pattern to these protestations. I'm seeing a psychodrama here, with Kennedy feeling rivalry toward the Chief, who structured the decision in a way that would tend to draw admiration from many of the media folk who shower affection on Kennedy when he does the things they like. Kennedy — or somebody — seems to have wanted it to be known that it's Roberts' judicial demeanor and craftsmanship that deserves mockery.
That's not entirely fair to Kennedy....


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"Farewell My Queen," from French director Benoit Jacquot, was the first of 18 films competing for the top Golden Bear award at the festival, which runs until Feb. 19.
Set during the first days of the revolution in 1789, it follows events from inside the queen's quarters _ from blissful ignorance until Marie Antoinette "finally realizes that things are coming to end," Kruger said.
"A lot of people have judged her. Some think she was a poor little party girl that was put in a situation that she was just overwhelmed by," she added. "Others think she was a terrible queen and spoiled and rotten. I was trying to not judge her."
"It was definitely one of the most challenging parts I've had, and then it's (in) 18th-century French, which doesn't help either," Kruger said.
An eight-member jury led by British director Mike Leigh will choose this year's winner of the Golden Bear and other awards.
The jury also includes actor Jake Gyllenhaal and Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian director of last year's Golden Bear-winning film, "A Separation."
The mid-winter Berlin festival can't always compete for glamor and star power with its counterparts in Cannes and Venice, but it is known for its accessibility to the public. Leigh said he enjoys the event for "its spirit, its atmosphere, its informality."
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Topic: Friends of the trade enemys of the jedi-part 2
ok so this is chapter two, enjoy
The figure sat looking at the strange little boy whom she'd met, he sat sleeping contently under a woolen blanket, one that had come from her homeworld it was the softest, warmest one.
She pullled her rough quilt closer around her shoulders and pulled up the hood on her cloak, leaning back against the rock behind her to study the boy. He looked like one of the clones she'd seen on kamino, but no clones should be this far out,not if the city buzz was true and it was an army for the republic. The republic didn't even go as far out as kamino. She sighed, She knew to much, to much about the republic, to much about the outer rim, to much about what was going on. Imediatly cancelling the subject, she turned her thoughts back to the boy.
He was a clone, but not one of the trained ones, or he wouldn't be out here and he wouldn't need her help. He must have been ten or so, but no one who wasn't in a situation of emergency left there ten year old here. Nobody in there right mind anyway and he wasn't a local, they were dead. She put her head in her hand to think and let herself become calm,seeking guidance from the force.
Boba's eyes opened slowly, the stinging gone, his head still hurt, but not as much and he was astounded by the intense warmth around him, he couldd feel the fur across his neck. He sat up, the intense pain in his shoulder makeing the task uneasy, it had been bandaged an some sort of slimy ointment covered his fingers when he touched the bandage. He remembered suddenly he wasn't alone, the person whom he'd encountered before becoming unconcious was still here.
"Pretty nasty little scratch you got there, it'll be ok"He spun round, his hand falling to his blaster, he took aim and fixed it with a stair. The figure paid him no head and turned to stir the bubbleing pot beside it, he had to admit it smelt lovely, with a warm exotic aroma that filled his nose and mouth.
"sleep good?" It asked, not turning away from what boba guessed was stew of some sort.
"depends" he answered"what time is it?" The humaniod form turned his way, hood still up " defensive arent ya? It's almost dawn." It wasn't very light, but Boba could see no trace of a speeder or other mount. He lowered the blaster. "Why are you even up at this hour?" He asked, almost wanting to hear it talk again.
"I move on as soon as it gets light enough to see where I'm walking."
"You don't have a speeder or somthing?" Asked Boba suspiciously. "Nope, I prefer walking" It turned back to the soup, not even asking why he had a blaster or who he was. "What are you? Some kind of hermit or somthing?" The figure turned back to him. "You ask an awful lot of questions" Boba had heard his father say that before and the tone had been quite the same. He put up the blaster once more. "I think your going to tell me who you are"
"Well," It said pullingg down its hood. "I'm Saf, and I'm here tracking somthing called the death watch" Boba put down his blaster. "The death watch?"
"yep, and I, must say I don't have the slightest clue who they are and if not for that i never would have found you" Boba digested what she'd said. "ANd may I ask your name?" Saf inquired. Boba studied her, she was not alot taller than he was and thin, but sturdy built, short fringy hair the colour of grapes, her eyes were dark. He thought they were green, but they were to dark to tell,She looked vaguely human, excet for her pointed ears , and the way she moved. "Why don't you just ask me my name?" He asked making a face, "Why may you?"
"Because I've met a great many different people and I've learned that a great many of them don't like to tell me there names" Boba thought about this. "I'm Boba" He stated, not giving his last name incase she may have heard of jango. "Do you live hear?" He asked, trying to decipher where they were and where she had come from. "Nope,"answered Saf "I landed here yestarday, my ship is about half an hours walk away. "
She laddelled some stew into a bowl and held it in his direction."Hungry?" Boba wasn't sure if he could trust it or not, but his throught was so dry and his instinct was telling him to trust Saf, so he accepted."Thank-you"
"No problem" She sat across from him, cross legged, Boba wasn't sure if she was coreillian or not, she sure did sound like it. "What brings you out here kid?" She asked sipping the broth from her bowl. "I got separated from my dad... we were here looking for something"
"I see, hmmm, how do you spose your going to get back to your father?"
"he'll come back for me, he wouldn't leave me here" Insisted Boba
"good, then we'll wait here" She said sounding so sure of her self.
"What exactly are you?" He asked, his father said he should learn somthing about and from everyone he met, and he wanted to know more about this strange race so he could study it.
"Now, thats a good question" Saf said thoughfully. "I was under the impression that you were from corellia when you first spoke" Admited Boba, "but you don't look it"
"Part corellian" Admited Saf "part kendonesian" Boba frowned in disbelief "they were all killed"
"all but one" smiled saf, "and what, are you?" Boba scrammbled for an answer that wouldn't give him away, but it was only fair he be truthful. "A clone" he sighed.
"thought so" She exclaimed seaming pleased with herself. " then you must be about ten, your not a normall clone"
"how did you know" frowned boba "because if you were a normall clone you would be in kamino doing drills, not here" Boba pondered this, it was true. "and your how old? You know an awful lot!" he said rather defensivly.
"thirteen"Stated saf happily finishing her stew, "I've had it rough, but I been alot o' places" Boba stared in disbelief. "been on the road since i was 8"
"you had no parents?" asked Boba sadly "none" she answered "but i got a tone of friends" Friends, boba had always wanted friends.
Saf began to pack up her camp, "What are you going to do?" asked Boba, he wanted to know more. "I'll leave as soon as this father of yours comes"
Boba watched her, her motions were fluent yet solid and rugged, he'd red fluent motion was very scarce as far as kendonesians went.
His thoughts were interupted by the landing of a star fighter in the distance.
ok I think thats long enough for now- chapter 3 is comin soon


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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
And the pendulum swings back again
The projection has accordingly swung violently back to a tie in the seat count and a near-tie in the vote projection. This is what happens when there are spaces of three days between individual polls being conducted: the weight of the previous poll is automatically reduced by almost three-quarters. That may sound like a lot, but this sort of weighting has proven its worth time and time again.
The PCs continue to hold the lead in voting intentions, however, with 36.5% support (or between 35% and 40%). The Liberals follow closely behind with 35.7% (or between 34% and 39%), while the New Democrats trail in third with 22.4% (or between 21% and 24%).
(As always, you can find the detailed regional breakdowns, riding projections, and tracking charts by clicking on the chart at the top of this page, or clicking here.)
In terms of seats, the PCs and Liberals are back in a tie with 43 apiece, though the Liberal range (36 to 53 seats) is slightly better than the Tories' range (34 to 52 seats). The New Democrats are back to 21 seats, or between 17 and 23.
The Forum poll added to the projection is, again, not without its issues. The sample is just as skewed as it was last week, with 66% of the sample 55 or older and just 6% of it 34 or younger. The appropriate proportions, if this raw sample was representative, would be closer to 36% and 26%, respectively. When Forum increases the weight of the small sample of younger voters (which gave the Liberals a wide lead over the Tories, with the NDP in a distant third), there is the potential that the errors that crept in due to the small sample size become magnified.
There is also the issue with the seat projection that Forum reports: 68 seats for the Liberals, 26 seats for the Tories, and 13 seats for the NDP. In other words, with the results of the election virtually identical to the last one in 2011, the Liberals are able to win 15 more seats, 11 coming from the Tories and four from the NDP. That is simply not plausible.
When I plug Forum's regional numbers into my model - which uses the exact same regional definitions as Forum - I instead get 48 seats for the Liberals, 39 for the Tories, and 20 for the New Democrats. If I was a betting man, I'd most definitely bet that mine would be closer than Forum's. Most observers of Ontario politics would do the same, I'm sure.
May 2-3. Since then, the Liberals picked up five points to move into the lead with 38%, with the PCs dropping three points to 35%. The NDP and Greens each slipped one point to 21% and 5%, respectively.
The jump in support for the Liberals is outside the margin of error, which Forum chalks up largely to Tim Hudak's promise to cut 100,000 jobs in the public service. Their poll reported that just 26% of respondents thought that was a good idea.
The Liberals have picked up support in two consecutive Forum polls now, while the New Democrats have dropped in four. That is a trend worth keeping an eye on, though it should be pointed out that Ipsos Reid, for example, has shown the exact opposite and the Innovative Research Group has shown Liberal stability over the same period.
The Tories do seem to have a turnout advantage, but perhaps not to the extent suggested by other recent polls. The PCs were ahead 47% to 34% among voters aged 65 and older, but the Liberals led among voters between the ages of 55 and 64, by a margin of 39% to 35%.
Kathleen Wynne has seen an uptick in her personal approval ratings, jumping four points to 38%. This came primarily from voters who formed an opinion of the Liberal leader, as the number of 'don't knows' fell from 15% to 12%. She was also up four points on who would make the best premier, to 32%.
Hudak's approval rating slipped to 23%, but his disapproval rating soared by eight points to 59%. This was, again, due to a drop in 'don't knows', from 23% to 17%, while 22% of respondents said Hudak would make the best premier (unchanged).
Andrea Horwath's numbers were stable, with an approval rating of 35% and a disapproval rating of 43% (the lowest of the three, below Wynne's 50%). Just 15% said she'd make the best premier.
At the regional level, the Liberals seem to have made significant gains in the 905 area code and the southwestern part of the province. In the 905, the Liberals jumped nine points to 45%, followed by the Tories at 29% (down nine points) and the NDP at 21%. In southwest Ontario, the PCs still led with 39%, but the Liberals were up eight points to 30%. The NDP was in third at 20%.
The Liberals led in Toronto with 39% to 32% for the Tories and 24% for the NDP, while they were narrowly ahead in northern Ontario with 37% to 36% for the PCs and 22% for the NDP.
The Tories led in eastern Ontario with 45%, followed by the Liberals at 36% and the NDP at 15% (down eight points).
With the polls unable to agree on the province wide tally, we really do need to focus on the trends from one poll to the next from the same pollsters. Innovative and Ipsos are, so far, showing stability in the race. Forum is recording a move to the Liberals, in the short term at the expense of the PCs but over the last few months at the expense of the NDP. We will have to see if the other firms corroborate these trends, whether or not they show the same topline numbers. At this point, though, the best we can say is that the race remains a toss-up - primarily because we just don't know any better.
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Eric I think in fact what we are seeing here is a trend as distinct from a snapshot. I think we will see a slow decrease in Tory support as the pubic realizes just how devastating Hudak's policies are.ReplyDeleteReplies
Nonsense! This is the exact same thing we have seen happen for months where polls have been showing wild swings between the Liberals and the PCs. Only once we see a clear trend showing a distinct lead across multiple polls for either the Liberals or the Tories will anyone be qualified to say that a trend is forming. To claim anything otherwise displays partisanship rather than rationality. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.Delete
... and just as fast as the pendulum swings one way, so it swing stack the other with another poll showing an increase in PC support since their last poll. So much for that trend against Tim Hudak's policies.Delete
If anything, all these polls are doing is making things all the more confusing to follow!
I normally do not comment on these polls but a Star/Forum poll that show the Liberals in such a lead is a bit questionable. Following The Star's election reporting is a bit like following the Liberals themselves. I would like to see the methodology employed and the questions put to the sample. I do know that I was surveyed last week by Forum (I presume) and the poll was clearly skewed in terms of how the questions were put and where the parties were placed in terms of questioning i.e.. Liberals 1, Conservatives 2, NDP 3, "Other (I believe) 4. That said, the statement re: trends is significant. I await Nanos, Ekos and if I could see a Polaris poll (which I suspect the Liberals are using) I would be even more satisfied.ReplyDeleteReplies
Pollsters randomize the order, so while you would have gotten that order of parties, another respondents would have gotten the Conservatives first, while another would have gotten the NDP, etc.Delete
Does Forum's robopolls have the capability of randomizing questions? Most autodial systems that I know of don't.Delete
Curious Eric. Why would pollsters randomize this order, when they could probably balance it over such a large sample size? I suppose, in a sense I'm answering my own question. With large samples, I guess it's likely to balance itself out. But, there's no guarantee.Delete
If they balanced it systematically (as opposed to randomly) they might introduce a bias into the results.Delete
I think these polls emphasize that the electorate is not really focused on the election yet.ReplyDelete
The parties themselves seem somewhat disorganized. Silly gaffes from all three parties. The Liberals and NDP have not even nominated their full slate of candidates yet.
A slow start to a rather long election. We got about 30 days left of this.
The election was regarded by analysts as one that would be hard to predict, and it is living up to its name.
Some reports, such as this one, claim that the poll actually showed the Tories with 33%, not 35%:ReplyDelete
Which number is accurate?
Using the Forum numbers, I get:ReplyDelete
With the aggregated numbers, it gives me:
Very interesting race right now. I'm really wondering how this will end (I don't know why, but I have a feeling we'll have a BC/Alberta major swing on election night and an unpredictable majority will get elected).
Green-Marxist-Libertarian coalition government for sure.ReplyDelete
I really believe that the 100 000 job cut policy plays out badly for Hudak. I live in a rural/conservative neighborhood in a southwestern Ontario riding and in this immediate area people mostly vote conservative or abstain. The riding is currently represented to Liberal Ted McMeekin who won by a few thousand votes in 2011 mainly due to the inclusion of Hamilton west and parts of Dundas in the riding. This southwestern Ontario riding is one of the PC target ridings that Hudak must take if he wants to win. Since this comment was made I've heard die-hard conservatives say they will never vote for Hudak, despite having no love for the other parties. I think going forward this is going to lead to more of a turnout issue which is usually an advantage for the PC's. I cannot prove this with data making it only an opinion probably not worthy of posting on a stats page such as this one, but that is my take. However I do think its helpful to get a feeling of what is happening on the ground in addition to polling. I am really starting to think the PC's have shot their bolt and lost another winnable election as in 2011.ReplyDeleteReplies
The fiscal reality is Ontario is broke! The deficit was $36 billion last year-5.5% of GDP! Debt rose 14%! Since the Liberals came to office the debt has doubled and then some! Unfortunately, the Liberals sat on their haunches for the last decade and instead of saving during the good times they over-spent. Once people realise there is no other choice but, cut civil servants they'll come to their senses. A large share of government expenditure is salaries. You can't cut spending without reducing labour costs-it really is that simple. The alternative of course is to let our children and grandchildren pay for our luxuries, that is just plain selfish.Delete
Nobody where I live thinks the Liberals have the best interest of anyone other than the Liberal party at heart. They long ago used up the good faith people used to bestow them with. It has come to the point that long time Liberals are likely to vote NDP simply to send a message. Most people I know whatever their political stripe are simply embarrassed and saddened that the Liberal-old Boys and Bay St. Club has ruined the career of such a amiable lady as Kathleen Wynne.
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me-I hope Ontarians realise the dire straits they are in. At this rate Ontarians won't need Hudak to implement job cuts the private sector and the recession that still has a firm grip on Ontario will cause economic contraction.
As a BC resident, so not current on Ontario politics, when I look at the Ontario Ministry of Finance's site I see a deficit of just under $12B ( http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/budget/fallstatement/2013/chapter3b.html ). There was a $19B deficit in 2009-10, at the height of the world financial crisis (that's the fault of the Ontario provincial government?), but the Liberals cut that to $9B in 2012-13 before it went up again a bit this year. It's still higher than it should be, but it's nowhere near the insanity that the $36B described by Carbonear Pete would be and it doesn't seem like the Liberals are ignoring it.Delete
I find Mr. Hudak's talk of "hard decisions" distasteful. It's a "hard decision" to lay off public servants, says the guy who's spent his career in the Smaller Government Party. Is he expecting us to take this seriously? This is in no way a "hard decision" for him. He says he has to do this because of the deficit, but he can still afford to reduce corporate taxes, a policy that will increase the deficit, and will be "hard" on exactly *none* of his supporters. Somehow this will increase the size of Ontario's economy by over 10%, but how? It won't make any business that's making a loss profitable. It would increase the (post-interest) RoI of new projects by a fraction of a percent, but are there really so many new projects that are thought profitable but a smidgeon short of being profitable enough to go ahead that they will increase the size of Ontario's economy by over 10%? If I were in charge of cutting Ontario's taxes in such a way as to increase jobs, I'd cut Ontario's employer-paid payroll tax (the Employer Health Tax - for comparison, none of the provinces west of Manitoba have provincial employer-paid payroll taxes), or perhaps give employers a refundable tax credit for money spent on the employer's share of CPP and EI payments, either of which would make labour cheaper for Ontario businesses, but Mr. Hudak's rather pointedly (from my point of view) not proposing that. Instead he's proposing to cut taxes in a way that will benefit stockholders exclusively. And the guy whose party's support is disproportionately from seniors is willing to make the "hard decision" to cut teachers (primary and secondary education are 19% of the Ontario budget), but not the 38% of provincial expenditures that goes on health care that principally benefits... seniors. So, so far, all of Hudak's "hard decisions" have only been hard on people he never expected to support him.
Oh, and school districts are bureaucracies. You might want to check the fine print before you assume that merging two bureaucracies will give you a smaller, cheaper, bureaucracy. I don't know about the Ontario proposal, but I do know that some politicians who have merged school boards before, predicting economies of scale, have wound up with school boards that cost more than the sum of the smaller pre-merge school boards.
They separate the operating deficit 12 B and the capital deficit-that explains why debt rose by 36 billion in 2013-14. The fact remains if debt rises by 36 billion per year that in effect is the deficit since, expenditures both operating and capital were 36 billion more than revenue.
Christy has the same newfangled accounting in BC-it is deceptive and purposefully meant to be so.
Could we get a seat count based on this Forum poll alone? Anyone good with seat projections who could do this?ReplyDelete
Piece on the CBC website on just how bad this 100,000 cut will be for education. Last thing any parent wants is bigger classes but that's Hudak's intent.ReplyDeleteReplies
With the province headed toward complete fiscal ruin it's not a question of if cuts like this will happen, but when and under who. Anyone who thinks otherwise is the very definition of the word naive. Hudak, so far, is the only one who so far has the fortitude to share the hard truth with people no matter how badly they might not like to hear it. The debates are going to be very interesting to watch to see how well each party leader can articulate their position on this very serious issue the province is facing.Delete
Ontario can't afford their education system any more. Of course all parents want small class sizes but, do they also want to leave their children with crippling debt? The way things are going the rating agencies will soon force Ontario to cut services. Rising debt servicing costs will decrease available revenue to fund programs such as education. The debt is headed towards 80% of GDP in the next 6-7 years.
Most Ontarians realize they can ill afford another Liberal government.
Ontario can't afford Junior Kindergarten and full day Kindergarten. Nor can it afford the luxury of two school systems. Amalgamating the Separate and Public systems would save in excess of one billion dollars per year. Going back to half day kindergarten would save close two billion dollars. Those are changes that would benefit everyone.Delete
I love these Malthusian (or Scroogeian, if you prefer) arguments. "Can't afford their education system"? Let's cut to the chase and simply get rid of the surplus population...Delete
What pejorative terms you choose to use. In fact we know Scrooge is capable of change when presented with facts and the outcome of his choices. Thus far, Liberals and Dippers have not shown such enlightenment.
In fact a decrease in population (one wonders what you mean by "surplus population"-scary) would not solve the problem since a population decrease would increase the per capita debt. In short your idea would make the situation worse.
Ontarians need to confront the problem-ignoring the situation will only make matters worse. I find it truly shocking and frankly mean spirited that a large segment of Ontarians wish to make their children's future less prosperous so they may have a better standard of living today, perhaps a new flat screen for every family!
It is plain inter-generational greed. As I wrote before Ontario has a choice; confront their fiscal imbalance today or have the rating agencies or increasing debt servicing costs mandate expenditure cuts in the near future.
Chim you have to love the way the "believers" only see cutting costs whereas most parents want the Best Possible Education and damn the cost for their kids !!Delete
Peter you are not qualified to speak unilaterally on what parent expect from public education any more than I or anyone else are qualified to speak unilaterally on parents not wanting their children to inherit a bankrupt province.Delete
Parents want the best for their children. Get used to it.Delete
Most parents realize education is important but, so are jobs and economic opportunity. We know correlations exist between family income and education attainment and between well fed kids and educational attainment. Impoverishing families will not allow for children to receive a better education. Allowing parents to work meaningful well-paying jobs will allow for better educated kids.
You say parents want the best education and damn the cost but, how many parents want to in-debt their children? Most likely none.
The Ontario economy grew at 1.2% last year-that is anemic growth probably below the growth in population so under the Liberal-NDP unholy alliance Ontarians became less well off. Everyone wants their kids to have a good education but, if there are no jobs to go into once they graduate that education and the cost borne by Ontario tax payers will have been for naught.
Carbonear Pete,Delete
I'm surprised you find my use of the terms Malthusian and Scroogeian "pejorative". They're descriptive. Anyone willing to sacrifice 100,000 people (and their families) is operating with Malthusian logic - or, at least, with Scrooge's logic. It was Scrooge who referred to "the surplus population" (channelling Malthus) :
"2nd Portly Gentleman: Many would rather die than go there. [i.e. the poor houses]
Scrooge: If they'd rather die, then they had better do it and decrease the surplus population."
And that is the logical extension of Hudak's promises. Cut revenue (i.e. corporate and wealth taxes), cut education and health care, while privatising them as much as possible, and you'll end up with an impoverished population. I agree, the Liberals and NDP (under Rae) promulgated this, but none more so than Harris/Eves, and it would be disingenuous to claim otherwise. The Conservatives proclaim these sorts of policies, the Liberals promote them while claiming otherwise, and the NDP attack them in opposition and adopt them as "necessary evils" when in power. Sorry for my use of "scare tactics" - how impolite. But we've had neo-liberal policies in place - regardless of the party in power - for the last 35 years and we're all worse off (just look at the stats on real income and wealth over that time) while a very few have profitted enormously.
Finally the truth emerges: Chirumenga is the re-incarnation of Charles Dickens!Delete
How else could someone proclaim without documented evidence "Scrooge's logic"
I am so happy that after 144 years of death the Good Lord has decided to place you on the Earth once more!
Looks like Ontario desperately needs one of those 6000+ IVR sample polls, with not less than 50 responses in any riding, before we're going to have any sense of what's going on. Standard sample sizes clearly don't have the power to sort this one out.ReplyDelete
Now, if Hudak's next self-inflicted implosion could just hurry up working its way through the electorate, that would help make the polling much clearer ... :-)Replies
You raise a good point. My impression is that sample sizes (generally) haven't risen much in 30 or 40 years (as long as I can remember), yet the population has risen considerably. Éric, are polling samples less representative than they were 20+ years ago?Delete
In terms of population growth? It makes no statistical difference if you're polling 1 million or 100 million people, a sample of 1,000 should do the job (within 3%, etc.).Delete
Now are they less representative than 20 years ago for other reasons? Possibly - it is harder to reach people than it was then. And that is why a sample of 6,000 won't necessarily solve our problems. If the methods used have sampling issues, it won't matter if you sample 1,000 or 10,000 people. Those issues will remain.
@chimurenga, as Eric notes, sample sizes have nothing to do with population sizes. The properties of a random sample are fixed, regardless of the size of the population sampled. And, the problems with a non-random sample cannot be fixed by increasing sample size.Delete
The difficulty that can be fixed by increased sample size is the degree of sampling error - how many percentage points a poll is "accurate to, 19 times out of 20". Recent polls, often with fewer than 1000 respondents, contain sufficient sampling error that we can't say with any confidence which party is leading. We can't make out the signal for the noise. There are only two fixes for that: a stronger signal (greater differences between the parties' support) or less noise (larger samples).
A larger poll would be helpful in terms of the regional breakdowns, however, since those samples would be larger and more usable.Delete
Thanks for the clarifications. But is the difference between of sample of 10,000 and 1000 less meaningful (statistically speaking) than between 1000 and 500?Delete
A sample of 10,000 would have a margin of error of +/- 1%, compared to +/- 3.1% for a sample of 1,000. A sample of 500 has a margin of error of +/- 4.4%.Delete
It is definitely diminishing returns the larger it gets. Sampling 500 more people cut the MOE by 1.3 points. Sampling a further 9,000 more cut it by just two.
New CTV/ Ipsos poll:Delete
The CP24/CTV Ipsos Reid poll of 801 Ontarians has determined that 39 per cent of decided voters support Tim Hudak's PC party compared to 30 per cent for Kathleen Wynne's Liberal party, 24 per cent for Andrea Horwath's New Democrats and seven per cent for the Green Party/Other.
I probably should have paid more attention during the statistics portions of Math 30...Delete
Thanks, Éric. That's much clearer to me.
I should say IVR instead of autodialer.ReplyDelete
New IR poll out. PC's have 9 point lead:ReplyDelete
Only the debates can save the Liberals now. Hudak looked surprisingly polished on TVO's The Agenda tonight.Delete
That gives me:Delete
Really? I watched the same show, and his answers didn't make much sense. He couldn't answer why he thinks heavy corporate tax cuts (which will increase Ontario's deficit) would create more jobs when both the federal Conservatives and the provincial Liberals tried the same thing over the past years, but it didn't lead to more jobs. Even the late Flaherty complained about how companies weren't hiring but were just sitting on their money.Delete
The host asked him about why Hudak thought doing more of the same thing would work this time, and Hudak just said that he believes it will. As far as I can tell, it appears to be a point of faith with him.
Plus the Green Party panelist they had afterwards had a good point about how there are under 600,000 unemployed in Ontario, so where would Hudak's "1 million jobs" come from? Seems to me like Hudak just likes easy-to-remember numbers, which makes me suspect that he's not great at math.
They might've also mentioned that firing 100,000 public servants actually is a bit over 1/6th of those who work for the province (not 10% as is often mentioned), because nearly half of the "public" workers in Ontario actually work for other levels of government. Globe and Mail had a good article about the breakdowns recently:
I did say "polished" but not necessarily persuasive. Like all politicians, he only answered questions he wished he was asked. And I agree, the corporate tax cut is questionable. I think Hudak needs to do more work to make the case that these deep cuts are the best way to go. He hasn't convinced me yet.Delete
In a poll where just 6% of the sample of adults is 34 or younger, I'd presume that that 6% is a biased sample of that population unless there's concrete evidence suggesting it's unbiased. In that case the statistical margin of error of an unbiased sample of that size is irrelevant. Do the pollsters give demographic data of that 6% that we can compare to the known properties of that age group as a whole?ReplyDelete
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Amazing that that Ipsos Reid poll (May 12-14) includes the controversial promise to cut of public sector jobs. I had wondered if the Tories had lost their marbles but their internal polling was probably correct. They needed to take control the agenda. Looks like Premier Hudak now...ReplyDeleteReplies
Notice that the likely voter numbers actually tightened in the new Ipsos poll though.Delete
Looks like Premier Hudak one day. Looks like Premier Wynne the another day.Delete
Still too early to come to conclusions.
I don't think their controversial plan to cut public sector jobs will sink into voters for another week or two.
Usually a long election campaign should favour the opposition parties, but I feel this long campaign will favour the Liberals. I find it difficult that Hudak can sustain momentum when he is bound to be analyzed and attacked by the Liberals, NDP, interest groups and the press.
The analysis will be equally as detailed for the Liberals and the inevitable question posed will be: after their less than stellar governance do they deserve another mandate?Delete
During campaigns the Government is always under scrutiny if for nothing more than a reference point. Unfortunately for the Liberals even this reference point has a negative connotation
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Aaliya twitched her nose and yelled -'Ammi I don't like this color, use pink color'. Her ammi gave her half hearted smile and got back to the pillow cover she was embroidering for the last four hours. The order was too tiring for her and she feared Usman will never give her another order in future. Usman was great help in Rabina's tough times as she struggled with Zohar's job loss when his pottery business declined.
Aaliya was seeing her mother struggle daily and her father getting frustrated with life and yet not doing any thing. Zohar's friend from Palwal suggested him to come there and try his luck in nearby factories. Rabina prayed for her husband's success this time. Aaliya requested her abba to get her a pink salwar suit from Delhi if he managed to go there too. Zohar left the house only to return in five days with bright beam on his face. Rabina saw him at the door and knew her hardships were coming to an end. Zohar told Rabina he has good news for the family. Rabina cut snapped him asking how much he is going to get from the new job. Zohar said he is about to get thirty five thousand rupees in lumpsum and he will start a small shop with the money. Rabina was shocked and asked him how he managed to dig gold in just single visit. He told Rabina to have patience and trust him and tidy the house as he was expecting some people from Palwal in few days.
Rabina tidied the house and even changed the bedsheets with her own embroidered ones. She was excited as her husband's new shop will cure all her sadness and they will prosper again. Aaliya was asked by Zohar to get new clothes. Zohar got a confirmation that the guests will come in two days and he knew it was time for him to tell Rabina about his gold hunt. He went to Rabina when she was busy thinking what shop should they start. He told her that he had fixed Aaliya's marriage to a family in Palwal who is willing to pay thirty five thousand rupees. Rabina was horrified at the thought. She asked him how he could do this. He calmed her down and said the money is good and they should accept it. She asked him about the groom. He snapped and said they should better sleep now as it was very late. She repeatedly asked him knowing something was wrong.
In the morning five men came to their house while Aaliya set their hookahs. The oldest man about fifty years asked her name. She smiled and replied Aaliya. The other men gave an affirmative nod in synchronization as if they were pleased the girl could speak. Rabina was still confused as to who was the prospective groom while she convinced her mind to get her girl married off and fearing what if they knew she is just 13. She concluded the family was well off and probably its for Aaliya's best to escape from the poverty and lead a happy life with a loving husband as Rabina's grandmother always said -'older husbands always pamper their young wives'.
Aaliya heard a voice from the road and went out to see who it was. She told her ammi it was Usman chacha who had come to give final payment for the last order. Rabina's mom introduced Usman to the family when Zohar was quick enough to show off that his guests own five major pieces of land in Palwal and ten cattle. Usman asked him to introduce him to them formally. Rabina mom couldn't hide her happiness and said- Our Aaliya is getting married in the family to……….; she stopped as she herself wasn't aware of the groom. Aaliya went to another room and wondered whatever she heard was right or not?
Before Zohar could satiate any of Rabina's questions the old man was leader enough to declare he is buying Aaliya for him and his four sons as their shared wife and paying good price for her. Rabina was shocked and yelled – 'Haaye Allah'. The old man fully aware of upcoming reactions was quick enough to say – he has calculated the market price in Palwal and nearby areas of Punjab and the price was fair enough for Aaliya when shared with five men.
Rabina was crying and didn't know what led Zohar to take such barbaric decision for his daughter. Zohar took Rabina tightly from her arm and took her to Aaliya whose face was already swollen crying. Aaliya kept crying louder and louder which irritated him a lot and he slapped her hard across the face and poor little girl fell on the floor. He held Rabina closer and said in her ears they both are young and there is no harm now in trying having another child and luckily a boy. He told its not that he doesn't loves Aaliya, he told her to feel proud that Aaliya was getting married to such a well to do family and it doesn't matters if she has four or five or six husbands as long as they are getting good money for her. Rabina was lost in Zohar's kohl rimmed eyes and felt hypnotized at the prospect of ending her sufferings she had endured all her life. Here she saw a chance of being free and lead a life she always wanted to. She saw Aaliya as a medium for her independence and remembered her own share of sacrifices for her parent's sake. The vision of thirty five thousand was intoxicating her and so were Zohar's eyes. She looked at her daughter's tiny frame lying on the frame and for first time she saw her as useful.
They went out and she ate the sweets from Zohar's hand still being intoxicated. Usman had by far heard all the commotion and knew what was happening. He looked sheepishly at Zohar and smirked if any such thing was known to him earlier he would have offered forty thousand for Aaliya. Zohar was about to smile at his sudden pot of luck when the old man and his sons got up and one of the boys took Usman's collar and asked him to leave. Usman kept yelling forty-five forty-five forty-five. Zohar was trying to listen to the new deal being offered. Usman and Zohar kept fighting with the five men and Rabina stood their intoxicated by the sound of thirty five forty five and how they sounded as they were new hymns being sung in her ignorant ears.
Epilogue – This post is written courtesy the disturbing vibes I had after looking at my marriage certificate. It glamorously shows a column for guardian's name if the bride is lower than age of 18 at the time of marriage.
Shocked????? I was too. My immediate question to my hubby was- doesn't Indian constitution says legal age for a girls wedding is 18??? He was as blank as I was. Then somewhere inside I realized its not a big thing remembering the politicians in Rajasthan who openly endorse mass child marriages and proudly donate funds for the feast. I remembered the numerous tiny pieces of reports lost amidst the big news about how a girl was married to the father and the sons courtesy the low skewed ratio of females in the states. Why are we offering young girls for sake of money? Are we going back to early man age or are we such big fans of Mahabharatha that we feel our daughters qualify to be modern Draupadis? I am shocked and feeling disgusted.


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Dr. Gerald Pillay, who is vice chancellor and rector of Liverpool Hope University of Liverpool, England, will present the address "Educating with the World in Mind: New Challenges and Opportunities" on Friday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. in the Fried/Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
"We are fortunate to have Dr. Pillay visit Hope College," said Alfredo Gonzales, who is associate provost and dean for international and multicultural education at Hope. "Dr. Pillay is a superb teacher and a scholar with an international reputation who is now leading one of the only ecumenical universities in the UK."
Pillay was born in the former British colony of Natal in South Africa. He was awarded a B.A., a B.D. (with distinction) and Doctor of Theology from the University of Durban. He also achieved a D.Phil. in Philosophical Theology from Rhodes University.
After lecturing at the University of Durban-Westville, he became professor of ecclesiastical history at the University of South Africa in 1988, a post he held for eight years. During this period he was also variously a guest professor at Northwestern University in Illinois; a research fellow at Princeton University; a visiting professor at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia; a guest professor at Rhodes University and a visiting professor at the graduate school at AMBS, Indiana.
In 1997 he became Foundation Professor and head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Otago University, New Zealand's oldest university, based in Dunedin in the South Island. He was asked to serve as the first head of liberal arts within that university in 1998. He has served in various senior leadership roles at the University of South Africa, the Human Sciences Research Council in Pretoria and the University of Otago.
Pillay has been with Liverpool Hope University since 2003. He was initially appointed head of Liverpool Hope University College, an institution whose first founding college was established in 1844. He became the first vice chancellor when Liverpool Hope was given full university status in July 2005.
He has served on editorial boards of two international journals, "Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae" and "Verbum et Ecclesia"; has presented papers at numerous international conferences; and has served on various public and educational bodies. He has published extensively and is an internationally respected scholar.
He was elected a Life Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA) in October 2005, and he received a commission to become a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Merseyside in January 2009.
Liverpool Hope University, which enrolls more than 7,000 students from more than 60 countries worldwide, is one of Hope College's global academic partners. Hope's first exchange with the university took place in the fall of 1997, when two students from the university spent the semester at Hope to complete their student teaching. Hope students started studying in Liverpool during the spring of 1998.
The relationship began in 1996, when representatives of the university visited Hope while in the process of renaming their institution. They liked the college's name and felt that it suited well their own institution's mission. A new academic exchange agreement was signed when former Provost James N. Boelkins and Gonzales visited Liverpool Hope University in June 2006.
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Solange Knowles 'at peace' over elevator bust-up
Singer SOLANGE KNOWLES is adamant there is no ill feeling over her infamous elevator bust-up with her rapper brother-in-law JAY Z, insisting: "We are all good."
The pair hit headlines in May (14) when surveillance footage emerged showing Knowles lashing out at her sister Beyonce's husband as they left a party at a New York hotel.
Halo hitmaker Beyonce later issued a statement insisting her husband and sister "each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred", and now Solange has spoken out to reveal the famous family has moved on from the scandal.
She tells Lucky magazine, "What's important is that my family and I are all good. What we had to say collectively was in the statement that we put out, and we all feel at peace with that."


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After 80 vials of antivenin and 15 days in the hospital spent recovering from a bite by a full-grown eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Ben Smith is back home and doing well.
After 80 vials of antivenin and 15 days in the hospital spent recovering from a bite by a full-grown eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Ben Smith is back home and doing well.
The 11-year-old was running through the woods at a friend's birthday party in Newberry on May 30 when he was bitten in the leg by a 5-foot-long rattlesnake.
Over the next two weeks, Ben remained in the pediatric intensive-care unit at UF Health Shands Hospital while doctors administered vial after vial of antivenin to combat the rattlesnake's venom.
On Saturday, after clearing the necessary blood tests and observation period, Ben left the Shands PICU victorious.
Ben was able to walk on his own, holding a Gators football helmet signed by his doctors and nurses in the PICU. He made some friends while he was there, said his mother, Heather Smith.
Smith expressed gratitude for the people who took care of her son during those two weeks he spent in the hospital.
"They were amazing and provided a high level of care for us in what was a critical time," she said, adding the family also felt supported by the prayers of the community.
During his recovery, Ben's friends and classmates from Oak View Middle School sent get-well cards and balloons, and well-wishers used the Twitter hashtag #PrayForBenSmith to show support.
Smith said she and Ben are collecting the cards and newspaper articles about him for a scrapbook.
The snake, which Ben's friend and the boy's father found and killed, will be preserved. It was taken to a taxidermist, who will use the skin for a wallet or another keepsake.
Ben was released Saturday evening, just in time to spend Father's Day at home with his dad, Lee, mom and sister, Megan, 16.
The snakebite won't cause any long-term issues -- all Ben needs now is some physical therapy for his leg.
The experience didn't deter him from the great outdoors, either.
"He's good to go," his mother said. "He's ready to resume life. He's been positive through the whole thing."
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There's no denying our affinity for felines; just consider the plethora of cat videos on the Internet.
Susan Michals has tapped into this love affair and will present Cat Art Show Los Angeles at 101/exhibit in Los Angeles over the next two weekends. Seventy artists have created work specifically for the exhibit, all of which will be available for purchase; a portion of the proceeds will benefit Stray Cat Alliance of Los Angeles.
Michals is an art and culture journalist and a cat lover. She lives in Los Angeles with her Maine Coon cat and Chihuahua/terrier mix dog, which are both rescues.
"I adore cats — from their personalities to their wily ways," Michals said. "Felines have been omnipresent in art since the beginning of time."
Michals sees Cat Art Show Los Angeles as a way of sharing her passion for cats and art with the public. The exhibit will include paintings and sculpture by artists including Mercedes Helnwein, Tim Biskup and Faile. Misako Inaoka from the Bay Area will display "Double," a sculpture of a cat with two heads, according to Michals, while Los Angeles artist Mattia Biagi will show a sculpture of a black cat on a Roomba. And Ryan Metke of New York has created a painting that looks like a maze, but is actually a QR code which, when scanned, reveals the image of a cat.
Los Angeles contemporary artist Gary Baseman also will be participating in the show. He is the creator of the Emmy Award-winning ABC-Disney series "Teacher's Pet" and is the artistic designer for the board game Cranium. His work can be seen in fine art galleries, as well as on fashion accessories and as toys. Last year his work was featured in the exhibits "The Door Is Always Open" at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and "Mythical Homeland" at the Shulamit Gallery in Venice.
"I have a reputation with cats. They've always been very inspiring to me in my life, so it's a no-brainer to ask me to create a piece about cats," Baseman said.
Baseman created the painting "Scratch and Bite" for Cat Art Show Los Angeles.
"It is inspired by my own cat, Blackie," Baseman said. "He was my neighbor's outdoor cat and then he decided to adopt me. He's this 22-pound cat full of love, but at the same time, he can turn on you in a second."
Baseman grew up with an assortment of animals and liked them all, but he has a special place in his heart for cats. He likes that, unlike a dog that comes when you call, felines do things on their own terms. As an artist, he sees cats intertwined with femininity, playfulness, sensuality and freedom, and often incorporates them into his work. An example is his character Toby — a cartoonish black-and-white cat wearing a red fez that recurs in Baseman's creations.
"Toby is my alter ego. He is the keeper of your dirty little secrets and he loves you unconditionally," Baseman said.
On Valentine's Day, Baseman will release a new version of his Toby plush on his website, www.garybaseman.com.


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