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It is clear to everyone by now that the ObamaCare website is a technical nightmare. It is also an insurance disaster forcing the cancellation of plans people would prefer to keep. It is a financial disaster raising premiums for millions of Americans. It will become an economic disaster because of its hope that individuals will irrationally choose to pay far more for insurance that they don't need, or buy expensive insurance versus pay a small 'tax'. It won't work.
The unintended consequences are emerging as well, but like all massive federal programs, the worst is surely yet to come. There are growing concerns about a shortage of physicians in the coming years, which could mean that despite expanded insurance coverage, access to good doctors will be limited. No government mandate can produce tens of thousands of new doctors, but government mandates surely can drive good doctors to other professions or early retirement.
Expanded Medicaid is the next ObamaCare Pandora's box that Senate Republicans should be very wary of. Federal rules on existing Medicaid make it virtually impossible for any state to opt out of the current program. That is why the Democrats, when they wrote the ObamaCare legislation, tried to use the threat of terminating traditional Medicaid as the "stick" to force every state to expand Medicaid. The Supreme Court, in one its few sensible rulings on ObamaCare, threw out that overreaching penalty and threw the expansion debates to the individual states.
However, nobody seems to be talking about how Expanded Medicaid will be viewed by the federal government once it is in place. If New Hampshire opts in, will the expanded pool just be added to the existing pool and be considered the same, or will each of the two pools (traditional and expanded) be looked at separately? The problem is that no one knows the answer to this question, nor how the courts will rule on the matter. While Senate Republicans want to hope that by enacting language to sunset our participation we can exit the program at a later date, they have no idea whether they will be allowed to leave. History should provide them with warning signs that attempts to exit the program will be opposed via regulatory fights, financial threats, and in the courts. Like Pandora, they may not be able to put all the evils back in the box.
What should they do? Senate Republicans should defer. There is nothing in the legislation that has a deadline to decide whether to expand Medicaid. This provides New Hampshire the opportunity to observe and learn as other states take the plunge and attempt to make this part of ObamaCare work. If the current mess is any indication, Expanded Medicaid will further erode the private insurance market, cost far more than expected and not live up to the expectations. And should it go poorly, New Hampshire can see if other states try to sunset or opt out of future participation. It is at that point we can better understand whether the federal bureaucrats will acknowledge the problems and willingly allow states to leave the program, or whether they are going to fight the states tooth and nail and make Expanded Medicaid the "Roach Motel" of health programs — you can check in, but you will never check out. My money is on Door Number Two.
There seems to be a sense among the Senate GOP caucus that "we have to do something" because voters expect it. That is not true. It is far likelier that supporting any Expanded Medicaid program will be penalized at the ballot box, for both Republicans and Democrats alike — in primaries and in general elections. This program is that bad, and right now no plan is better than a bad plan
Given the last two months, Republicans should embrace the opportunity to talk about the ObamaCare fiasco. Obamacare is ruining families' lives through its mandates. Obamacare is limiting access to health care in New Hampshire through the imposition of narrow networks. Obamacare is driving physicians out of business. Obamacare is driving up insurance premiums because of its failed economic model. Obamacare is destroying our health care industry. These are the issues Republicans will run on when the topic turns to health care.
Offering a bad plan is a bad option politically. This is not a question of "making the perfect the enemy of the good". This is really a case of Republicans offering an awful plan as an alternative to a disaster.
There is a third option. A smarter option. An option that reflects thoughtful, good governing. Half the states are not moving forward with Expanded Medicaid at this time. New Hampshire should move to the sidelines instead of lashing its future to the Titanic that is ObamaCare.
Michael Sununu is a managing director of Sununu Enterprises LLC and is a resident of Newfields.


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indymolt necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 102 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
Pump & Meter Solutions, Inc., http://www.pumpandmeter.com
Pump & Meter Solutions, Inc. has been specializing in agricultural chemical min-bulk transfer equipment since 1999. Our business originated by performing warranty evaluation and repair for manufacturers of transfer system equipment. Industry demand for an alternative option to new equipment has led us to perform reconditioning and reconfiguring of all major manufacturers equipment. In addition to repairs, we are an authorized distributor of new equipment allowing us to be the single source provider for agriculture transfer systems.
The pumps and meters we sell and repair are for mini-bulk tanks of concentrated chemical. For example, Monsanto sells a retailer several thousand gallons of the chemical Roundup. The retailer repackages it in containers of 275 gallons. Our pumps and meters are used to transfer the chemical from the 275 gallon container to another tank that is then diluted with water and sprayed on the field.
My target audience: Fertilizer and chemical retailers, and farmers. Most of our customers come from word of mouth or through our advertisements in industry journals. Additionally chemical company representatives refer us to their customers.
The logo will be used on my website, stationary, literature, and business cards. My current colors are Burgundy and Gray. I would like to stay with the Burgundy but would be interested in using Forest Green, Blue or other colors. I would like the Pump & Meter to be strong and clean. The Solutions may not need to be as predominant. I would also like a crest. I have thought of using a drop of fluid and having the P/M in it with the / forming a subtle S. I have also considered using this same format in a shape of a kernel of corn or soybean. However I am open to other ideas.
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Career Specialties: Marcus Arvan specializes in Ethics, Political Philosophy, Human Rights, and Free Will. His doctorate dissertation, A Nonideal Theory of Justice, constructed a comprehensive theory of how to respond to political and economic injustices. His recently published article, "A New Theory of Free Will," showed that a wide variety of philosophical problems and laws of quantum physics can be explained if the universe is understood as a peer-to-peer networked computer simulation. Arvan is also in the process of writing his first book, "Reconstructing the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals," a book which will explain in simple and easy-to-understand terms why morality is objective, and why people should behave morally even when immoral behavior appears to them to be in their self-interest.
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Arvan has published peer-reviewed articles in The Philosophical Forum, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Journal of Global Ethics, Neuroethics, Klesis, Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics, and Southwest Philosophical Review. His research on personality traits and moral judgments received national media coverage on foxnews.com and The Michael Medved Show. Arvan also coaches two debate teams at UT, which compete annually in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl. His 2012-2013 Ethics Bowl team qualified for and competed in the National Finals in San Antonio, TX. Arvan has also co-organized two annual Human Rights Day student-faculty conferences at UT, and is the creator and moderator of The Philosophers' Cocoon, a safe-and-supportive online forum for early career philosophers which currently has more than 40 national and international contributors.
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Kindler & Thorpe can help you owning a piece unique, even when the watch itself is - almost - common. The founders, Herman Kindler (Munich) and Paul Thorpe (London) are considered to be the world's leading specialists in engraved horological artistry and only work with Audemars Piguet, Hublot, IWC, Patek Philippe and Rolex.
Working with the leading engravers from the UK, who are sometimes spending up to 100 hours per watch, Kindler & Thorpe are able to give you a 5-year guarantee on an engraved watch. Each 'donor' watch is factory sealed and never used - or owned - before. This also means that you cannot deliver your own (worn/pre-owned) watch to Kindler & Thorpe for engraving. Because of legal issues, they need to be the first owner of the watch. However, via their website and via private appointments, you can select from a wide range of watches of the aforementioned brands.
The horological art from Kindler & Thorpe is inspired and influenced by Georgian, Victorian and Bavarian architecture as well as the British Heraldry from the 5th century. Only the best engravers are able to pay homage to the masters of the past that executed similar hand finished art. Every watch will be delivered with a certificate card that proofs authenticity and will give you the 5-year guarantee. Of course, the watch also includes all original paperwork from the factory.
Their latest introduction is a Rolex Milgauss (ref.116400) which has been subject to the skills of one of the masters of engraving over at Kindler & Thorpe. The white dial version with the orange lightning-bolt hand has been turned into something very unique and will definitely be subject of conversation with watch aficionados and other individuals.
Marcus Hunt from the UK did all the engraving on this Milgauss and was inspired by the Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. This piece unique is number 1/51 (1 refers to the piece unique and 51 to the total number of watches that Kindler & Thorpe finishes). With a price of 6,000 GBP, we think that this is priced very fair for a Milgauss including 30 hours of labor by Marcus Hunt. Oh yeah, we feel it is important to note that Kindler & Thorpe does not give any discount on their watches. So don't even bother.
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Guest Post: This is a sponsored guest post written by James Taylor and provided by GFI FaxMaker.
HIPAA requirements are becoming a part of every technology discussion, especially within the healthcare industry. One of the biggest pain points for both doctors and dentists is faxing. The HIPAA requirements for faxing EMR/EHR records are fairly straightforward, and also fairly onerous and time consuming, and healthcare organizations are looking for better ways to do faxing. This is where GFI's fax server software, GFI FaxMaker, steps into the scene.
Installation is easy, though it does require a domain admin account (more on that below). It can use a fax modem, FoIP SaaS service from Brooktrout, or ISDN lines, and can be installed right on your Exchange server or integrate with Exchange (or other email systems) using an SMTP connector. Install gets a 9/10.
GFI FaxMaker almost sells itself just in how easily it can be integrated into practically any client's existing infrastructure, whether they are a private practice, or part of a huge hospital network. The email to fax and print to fax capabilities make it easy for end-users to send faxes, and helps to ensure HIPAA compliance in several ways; these include:
- Fax numbers can be pulled from the email client address book (GAL),
- Delivery confirmation reports can be automatically generated and stored with the sent faxes,
- Incoming faxes are delivered directly to the recipient; no paper left lying around, and no need for the user to go stand by the fax machine waiting for an incoming fax,
- Faxes can be stored as PDF or TIFF, and routed to network shares. Practically any client's medical records program for EMH/EHR can consume these with no need for extra work making this another way to plug directly in to programs without needing to write any code.
- The ability to 'print to fax' makes every Windows program my clients use 'fax capable'
Share the printer and clients can just double-click it to start faxing from any application.
making it so easy to plug into existing infrastructure earns this a 9/10.
Fax routing flexibility
GFI FaxMaker's routing capabilities are its best feature. You can automatically deliver faxes to users, network folders, or printers, based on several different attributes including:
If your senders' fax machines identify themselves by CSID, you can route using that, or you can set up extensions for each user without having to get dedicated lines. Of course, it can use dedicated lines too. OCR rocks, since it can scan for the recipient's name and deliver the fax by 'reading' the To: line on a cover page or finding a keyword in the body of the fax. Just don't expect it to decipher a doctor's handwriting.
It can also automatically archive inbound and outbound faxes as PDF or TIFF format, making it easy to import faxes into other programs or to keep a secured archive.
Most organizations are very big on electronic archiving, and they don't have the budget to get every single doctor and PA in the practice their own fax number, so I give this a 9/10.
What I like
GFI FaxMaker installs very easily, integrates with every email environment without having to install anything on the mail server, and sets up a shared printer so users can simply print to fax. It is easy to setup, easy to understand, and just works. Getting rid of the fax machines, the stocks of ink, and all the paper left lying around that goes along with a traditional fax is great, and with no more incoming faxes hitting the output tray, there's no chance of confidential patient information (EMR/EHR) being at risk. Considering how big a concern that is for HIPAA compliance, and how little space most offices have to 'secure' a traditional fax machine, this is a huge benefit and earns GFI FaxMaker a 10/10 for convenience and compliance.
What I don't like
The one thing I don't care for is that GFI FaxMaker wants to run under the account of a domain admin. Small offices running SBS don't seem to care, but hospitals with Information Security departments take exception to this. Two things; no software should want to run as a domain admin, and any software that isn't going to run as system ought to run under a service account. If you let it run under your user account, it will break in a couple of months when you change your password. In terms of how I rate this product, that counts off more than anything else.
I would also prefer the print drivers to be signed by Microsoft; I know that takes time, but it is a jarring warning in bold red when you go to install it on a Windows server.
The bottom line
GFI FaxMaker is an excellent faxing solution for health care organizations, whether they are private practice or attached to major medical centers. It's easy to use, is able to integrate into existing systems, and contributes to HIPAA compliance – making itself a great solution on its own merits; the amount of time, money, and administrative support it saves your IT support helps it pay for itself in no time. I rate it a very strong 9/10, and bet you will too.
With all that it has to offer, GFI FaxMaker may be the best new application your healthcare practice has ever seen. But don't just base it on my great experience, see for yourself.


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RiNo newcomers adding to food, drink options in hip neighborhood
Check out this RiNo food and drink update from our colleague Matthew Rodriguez over at YourHub:
With several new businesses opening and other projects under way in the River North neighborhood, some business owners there say the area is becoming a natural offshoot of LoDo while retaining its artistic, entrepreneurial and gritty character.
In recent weeks, River North Brewery opened at 2401 Blake St. near the gateway to the art district, and a distillery, Mile High Spirits, opened at 2920 Larimer St.
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Fifty years have passed since Israel's stunning military victory over the countries surrounding it in 1967. War transforms countries, regions, the entire planet as no other event can. And perhaps no war ever transformed a country and the entire region surrounding it as suddenly and as dramatically as the 1967 war did to Israel, the Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the entire Middle East.
Consider where the region was on June 4, 1967. The Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union was in full swing in the region, with the US enjoying an advantage, but still concerned with Soviet influence. Egypt, under Gamal Abdel Nasser, was a leader in both the global Non-Aligned Movement—which purported to resist the influence of either of the superpowers—and the rapidly declining Pan-Arab movement. Syria was already fighting with Israel. Its government in a state of flux that would not resolve itself until several years later, Syria was already the Soviet Union's strongest ally in the region. Disunity among Arab governments in general was rampant, with uneasy relationships thwarting several attempts at alliances among different sets of countries. Read more at LobeLog


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But if silver interacts with sulfur then the protein cannot fold correctly, and thus it cannot do its job. Next silver interferes with how bacteria use iron. Iron is often held in the places it is needed by binding to sulfur. And since silver also interacts with sulfur it stops the iron doing so.
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recently i found myself planning yet another vegetarian menu for a small gathering of friends. in an effort not to be predictably boring (falling back on the usual options), i decided against the mushroom ragout, quinoa lentil salad, orzo with roasted vegetables and pesto, couscous with grilled vegetables, or the very delicious vegetarian lasagna and instead opted for a very spicy curried vegetable
steamed rice (much like my spicy shrimp rice sans shrimp), a delicious grilled eggplant and tomato salad (russian style according to my dad who's recipe it is), small marinated yellow peppers stuffed with mozzarella, and a huge bib & blue salad with lots of fresh dill. dessert was chewy crunchy meringue topped with whipped crème fraîche & lots of pomegranate seeds. as usual, by the time dessert rolled around (and i'd consumed a glass of vino or two), i forgot to take pictures of the dessert. yet again. next time. as i write this i'm sitting by my window looking out at the liquid amber tree (only tree in this area that actually loses its leaves, i think)-it is quite a sight to see! a few old brownish leaves desperately clinging on to dear life among the oh-so beautiful fresh bright green leaves just coming in-and all i can think of is yipeeeee!!! spring is coming! a fresh start. a new beginning. admittedly, we're very lucky weather-wise in California-so no complaining on that front! having said that, the coming of spring still means that longer days are just around the corner. we are happily springing forward, and for that, i am grateful on this beautiful day.
for spicy persian style spiced vegetable steamed rice (4-6 good portions)
- 2-3 cups basmati rice, rinsed in water several times until the water runs clear
- 2 large ripe tomatoes (or 3-4 roma tomatoes), finely cubed
- 1 medium onion, finely cubed (or 2-3 leeks)
- 1 cup peas (frozen or fresh)
- 1 cup mushrooms cut in small cubes
- 1 cup red bell pepper cut in small cubes
- 1 cup eggplant (or zucchini) cut in small cubes
- 1/4 -1/2 cup vegetable oil (avocado)
- 3-4 tsp of my grandma's spice mixture: equal parts cinnamon, toasted cumin seeds, rose petals (gol-e-sorkh)
- 1-2 tsp finely ground saffron
- cayenne pepper (to taste for spiciness) or a jalapeño pepper, very finely chopped (remember the curry powder is typically spicy)
- 3-4 tsp good curry powder
- 1 tsp turmeric
- in a deep (non-stick) pot, bring salted water to a boil, then add the cleaned rice and boil (rolling boil) for about 7-9 minutes until the rice looks just tender. drain the rice in a mesh colander, then run cold water over it and allow it to drain.
- heat 2 tbs of vegetable oil in a skillet, then add onions and fry for 2-3 minutes on high heat. add the other vegetables (except tomatoes), curry powder, turmeric, cayenne, sea salt & freshly ground pepper to taste and stir fry on high heat until vegetable are browned and softened (about 5-8 minutes or so). taste and adjust seasoning. set aside.
- add 2 tbs vegetable oil, 1/2 tsp ground saffron, and 2 tbs water to bottom of the pot and heat them together briefly (1-2 minutes on high). remove from heat. start with a few large spoonfuls of rice at the bottom, followed by a thin layering of the vegetables (carefully mix it up a little with a spatula), a layering of freshly cubed tomatoes, and a sprinkle of spice mixture. keep building a pyramid with your ingredient in the same order (wider at the bottom and rounder at the top) until you have used up all the ingredients.
- poke 2-3 holes into the rice pyramid you have created with the handle of the spatula. sprinkle the remaining saffron over the very top of the rice dome evenly. pour 2-3 tbs of vegetable oil (or melted butter) over the rice evenly (using a squirt bottle or slotted spoon helps). pour about 3-4 tbs of water into the holes you've created. close the lid tightly over a clean kitchen towel or paper towel. put the pot on the stove on high heat for about 5-7 minutes (this will help with the tah-deeg or crispy rice at the bottom). do not move away from the stove! after about 7 minutes, reduce the heat to med/low and allow the rice to steam for about 45 minutes to an hour. The rice and crispy delightful tag-deeg bottom are ready to be served!
fire roasted eggplant & tomato salad for 4-6:
- 6-7 medium to large talian eggplants
- 3 large rip tomatoes (or 4-5 roma tomatoes)
- 1 small shallot, very finely minced (or 4-5 scallions, thinly sliced)
- 1-2 tbs sherry vinegar (or red wine)
- sea salt & freshly ground pepper to taste
- red pepper flakes (optional to taste)
- 3-4 tbs good quality extra virgin olive oil
- put the eggplants and tomatoes directly on the grill (can be done inside on a gas burner) and allow them to roast while occasionally turning when necessary until the skins are almost burned and flaky but the insides are soft and cooked through. set aside and allow them to cool off.
- carefully remove the roasted eggplant and tomatoes from the outer skins and add to a bowl (mush the eggplants and tomatoes up with a fork creating a smooth consistency) with very finely minced shallots (1-2 tsp), olive oil, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and vinegar. taste and adjust seasoning. (add a touch of fresh lemon juice if you'd like it to taste more citrusy).
- refrigerate for at least 30 minutes prior to serving. drizzle with olive oil. serve with oven roasted homemade rosemary crostini : thinly sliced baguette, olive oil, sea salt, chopped fresh rosemary, good parmesan cheese-in the oven at 350 degrees for about 15-20 minutes (keep an eye on them).
mozzarella stuffed small yellow peppers:
- about 12 marinated yellow (or red) small peppers (buy them at the store usually near the olives)
- 12 small fresh mozzarella balls (or cut a larger one to small bites)
- a small bunch of fresh parsley, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, finely minced
- good quality extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt & red pepper flakes to taste
- 1 tsp fresh lemon zest
combine parsley, garlic, sea salt & pepper, lemon zest, and olive oil in a bowl. add mozzarella cheese, allow it to marinate for at least 1 hour, and up to 24 hours in the refrigerator. stuff the drained peppers carefully with the marinated cheese balls just before serving.


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It's great that these cycletracks are being built, but it's decidedly not great getting from First Street to M Street.
Here are a few of the problems:
- Crossing North Capitol. North Capitol Street is a terrible street. It is, in parts, a grade-separated highway and it's pretty hostile for bicyclists and pedestrians. Even worse, it's function as a grade-separated highway (and traffic sewer) means that streets near it tend to be, inconveniently for us, one-way and for the sake or argument, let's say that we're law-abiding and don't want to ride the wrong way down these streets. A cyclist can safely cross North Capitol at K Street or R Street. That's pretty much it. I suppose you could ride on New York Avenue or Florida Avenue, but that is not something I would recommend to someone. In fact, I specifically recommend staying away from both of those streets. Furthermore, if your goal is to ride on M Street, it would seem silly to ride up to R Street to ride back down to M Street. So, that means, K Street is pretty much your best and only option.
- K Street doesn't really have bike facilities. There's a right lane on K Street that's sometimes for car parking and you could ride in and for the most part, it's fine, but K Street from First NE to at least 3rd Street NW (and maybe it's 4th Street) has no bike dedicated bike infrastructure. Then it has some blocks of sharrows and a pittance of a half-block bike lane and then sharrows or maybe just nothing. That's your best cross-town option. After New Jersey Avenue, there is a wide sidewalk on the bridge and then a wide sidewalk for the next few blocks. It's really not an ideal situation for anyone, though. You could, I guess, ride up New Jersey (no bike facilities now- but someday?) and cross New York Avenue (not a great intersection since you're near a highway entrance and exist) and ride up to N Street (M is another befuddling one-way then another opposite one-way a block later) and then ride N across town, but this still kind of puts you out of your way. I stuck on K to 7th, which brought me to my next problem.
- Mount Vernon Square and 7th Street. Neither of these sections have bike lanes. Additionally, Mount Vernon Square has like 5 lanes, intersects the 6 lane New York Avenue, and is near the Convention Center and the hubbub around there. 7th Street is comparatively fine, but the bike lanes don't start until after N Street. So, you'll ride in the right lane next to the parked cars and try not to get passed too closely or doored.
- L Street It's fine, I guess. Part of it runs under the Convention Center and part of it runs behind the new hotel. There are no bike lanes. You can't ride on M Street because (AGAIN!) there's a part that's one-way, eastbound only.
- 11th Street. There are bike lanes there. You can ride in them for a block. Or not, since you have to make a left turn onto M anyway and you shouldn't do that from a right-lane bike lane.
- M Street from 11th to Thomas Circle. No bike lanes, but a quiet, two-way street for the most part. Sharrows could be added as a token gesture towards bikey-ness.
- Thomas Circle. In it defense, there are some bike lane parts on Thomas Circle. But they don't really help you get from the M Street on the east side to the M Street on the west side. For that, you'll need to ride across 2 lanes of traffic, into a kind of striped no-man's-land, and then cross 2 more lanes of traffic to get back into the bike lane on the other side. You can ride in that bike lane past 2 streets where drivers might want to turn right directly in front of your path before, finally, you can make a hard right and enter the eventual M Street cycletrack.
In conclusion, if you're the kind of DC bicyclist who feels the most comfortable riding in the kinds of bike facilities that are like the First Street cycletrack and the M Street cycletrack (which is most everyone), but not the kind of bicyclist who feels as comfortable riding on streets without any kind of bike facilities (which is a lot of people), it will be not be very comfortable for you to ride from one new protected cycletrack to the other new protected cycletrack. While it is heartening that DC continues to build protected cycletracks (and continues to expanded other bike facilities), connectivity between these facilities remains extraordinarily limited.


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Lenny B. Robinson is the "Maryland Batman" who made headlines earlier this year when he was pulled over — while in costume — by state troopers in his Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. Robinson, who dons the batsuit when he visits childrens' hospitals, has ditched the Lambo and picked up a custom-made, down-to-the-last-detail Batmobile.
The superhero exists because we, as a society, need to believe that whatever evil there may be in the world will be met a stronger force for good. We met evil last week, also dressed as a Batman character.
Lamborghini Batman serves as a reminder that in a world where unpredictable terror occurs, unprovoked goodness is much less anomalous.
Robinson took delivery of the car in British Columbia in late June, and is spending the summer on a cross-continent trip back to Maryland, supporting his charity, Superheroes For Kids. He spent most of July in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, appearing with the car in a parade, getting some repairs done and making appearances at local pediatric centers. On Thursday night, Robinson told us, he bat-attended the local opening of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Rises.
Robinson's new Batmobile had been on special order from BC firm Unique Movie Cars and Props, which built it to 1960s bat-spec. The original, based on the 1959 Lincoln Futura concept, was a George Barris-designed custom created for the ABC-TV show. It was first dubbed "Futura Show Car" before being rechristened for the show's title character when Batman debuted on January 12, 1966.
Robinson's new Batreplica — aka "Anti Crime Roadster," in copyright-free parlance — was built from the ground up, with no donor car. It has a urethane bodyshell, worked Ford V8 and a Ford C6 transmission. It's also got period-correct on-board props like a Bat-radarscope, bat-wing steering wheel and lots of other such paraphernalia, just like the original. Pro-touring hardware wizards Craig and Art Morrison created the chassis.
Unique Movie Cars and Props appears to have the replica Batmobile market sewn up — the company builds the cars primarily on early-1970s Lincoln Continental, GM station wagon or Chrysler chassis. Robinson's car, he says, was fabricated from the ground up, with a tubular steel frame, polished control arms, Aldan adjustable coilovers and urethane-bushed mounts, and sculpted shock towers.
Along the way back east, Robinson plans to visit kids at the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent in Indianapolis, and at similar hospitals in South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia. Robinson has been visiting Maryland-area childrens' hospitals in Bat-drag since 2001 — midway between George Clooney and Christian Bale.
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It feels like I have a responsibility that's beyond a normal person. And that responsibility is to be there for the kids, to be strong for them, and to make them smile as much as I can.
Robinson's star-turn happened this past March, when he was stopped by cops in Montgomery County, Maryland for driving without tags on his black-on-black-with-yellow-trim Lambo Spyder (borrowed from Spyderman?). Having made the stop, Chief O'Hara (or whoever) tweeted the incident, making Lenny a star overnight.


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Monarch hockey coach Jimmy Dexter presided over a memorable season for the Coyotes program last year. Yet he recalls two distinct instances when his team's youth clearly hurt the Coyotes.
Those two moments occurred at the bookends of the season.
The first occurred during the first week of the season, when the youthful Coyotes went up against a Resurrection Christian squad that eventually reached the Final Four of the state tournament. Monarch limped out of that 2011-12 debut having lost 9-1. Eight days later, the Coyotes suffered an 8-2 loss against eventual state champion Regis Jesuit.
Nevertheless, those lopsided setbacks failed to slow Monarch, which eventually put together a strong enough season to reach the state tournament for the third consecutive year. But that's when Dexter feels his team's youth was exposed again, as the Coyotes fell behind by two goals to the second-seeded defending state champs from Lewis-Palmer before an impressive rally fell short.
This year, just about everyone is back for Monarch. The bright eyes of youth and the inherent nerves of inexperience hardly will be an issue when the Coyotes open the 2012-13 campaign with a rematch against Resurrection Christian on Friday night, Nov. 30, at the Boulder Ice Arena.
"We really only lost one kid from our contributors last year and we've also added a few kids," Dexter said. "The boys are really, really pumped and can't wait to get going. A lot of the guys have been busy with (club teams) so we haven't had a lot of togetherness yet. But once that's over we should be pretty strong across the board.
"Against LP we fell down (3-1) but we came back. We just couldn't score in the third period. With another year under our belt, I think that will help in those situations."
Monarch clearly has plenty of reasons to be excited. The Coyotes return their top eight point-producers from a year ago, including leading scorer Jake Christofferson. A senior this season, Christofferson recorded 20 goals, which was good for a tie for seventh-best in the state, while also adding 16 assists. Monarch's attack also welcomes back Dima Kyle (14 goals, 15 assists) and Walker Harris (seven goals, 14 assists), and this year the Coyotes expect to boast firepower on all four offensive lines.
"Walker Harris, he's been tearing it up in (club hockey)," Christofferson said. "We might play on a line together and I think I play really well with him. I think I'm going to struggle to keep up with him in points. It could help make us a totally different team this year."
In addition to returning most of its offense, Monarch also returns its top goaltender in Ian Oden, in addition to backup Akira Kyle. With the addition of several new defensemen, Dexter believes the Coyotes will be even stronger along the blue line.
On paper, it appears Monarch is well-stocked to break its string of three consecutive first-round losses in the state tournament.
"We'll be really deep this year," Dexter said. "Christofferson will get his points, but I think we'll have more depth on the second, third, and fourth lines. They can all be really productive for us."


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The Latrobe Road exit of Highway 50 will take you right into the shopping area of the Town Center, where there is plenty of safe parking behind the main street. Riders can then set off parallel to Latrobe Road for a few hundred yards before emerging at White Rock Road. Turn right onto White Rock, then left at Latrobe, and carefully follow Latrobe out of the commercial area. You'll pass several large industrial parks before the developments drop away and you suddenly emerge into classic rural El Dorado Hills: rolling fields, cattle, creeks, oaks and winding roads. Latrobe is still quite busy on this stretch, and the shoulder is tiny, so be aware that drivers will pass very close, and often too fast.
About eight miles in, turn off Latrobe onto South Shingle Road. This is a pleasant, quiet little road which begins to climb immediately at a gentle rate. The tarmac is pretty rough, but you'll be glad you're off the busy Latrobe Road. This is where the best part of this loop starts.
A couple of miles further on, turn left onto Brandon Road and follow the narrow ribbon up through the fields and over the hill. On the other side, you'll turn left onto French Creek, which is probably the prettiest road for miles around. It is so peaceful, so silent, all you will hear is the buzzing of bees, the occasional cow, and your own breathing as you head up the next climb. The hills are truly rolling at this point, and you'll have a few chances to stand up in the pedals, as well as some long, fast descents.
At the small intersection, veer right onto Old French Town Road for the last three miles or so of this lovely road. Just after the little trailer park, you'll emerge right onto the busy Motherlode Drive before turning left immediately onto Greenstone. Follow this moderately busy road under the highway bridge and out to Green Valley Road, which forms the bulk of the last part of this ride.
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On a number of occasions I had written that
Champ Car was setting up a firm foundation in its first two
or three years out of bankruptcy and that 2007 would be its breakout
year. However, instead of a breakout year, in recent days
much doubt had been cast in the media about Champ Car's future.
Because of the lack of off-season sponsor and driver announcements, and
reports that team owners
like Gerald Forsythe saying he was cutting back to one car, at
least on the surface, it looked very much like a series in
serious trouble.
To make matters worse, Kevin Kalkhoven disappeared
for two months over the winter in Antarctica on a science
and research project and his lack of visibility made many
think he had lost interest in Champ Car.
In reality, what was really going on was that
Kevin Kalkhoven, Gerald Forsythe and Paul Gentilozzi were still
laying blocks in the foundation.
"You will see a good number of announcements
in Laguna Seca at Spring Training this coming week that the
plan is working," Kalkhoven told AutoRacing1.com.
"We will have 17 or 18 cars on the grid in
Las Vegas. We have six new events, another strong
Atlantic grid, drivers moving up from Atlantics to Champ
Car, a better TV deal, new teams, and all the teams have
bought the new car [Panoz DP01]. Despite the negative
press we received recently, the facts will be the proof of
the pudding," said Kalkhoven.
"Our team [PKV Racing] for example will have
3 or 4 new sponsors this year. Whereas last year one
of the Newman/Haas cars had no sponsorship, this year they
will both be fully sponsored. As it stands right now, all
the teams except one will have sponsorship for 2007, and
that one is still hopeful a sponsor will be in
place by the time Las Vegas rolls around. We
decided to deliberately hold back announcements until Spring
"In addition I expect we will have a couple
of more races added to the schedule in 2008. By '08 we hope to
have even more teams and better TV will improve when we move
over to ABC/ESPN for all the races. It all just takes time"
Sebastien Bourdais aboard the new Panoz DP01 at
MSR Houston
"I want to recognize Paul Gentilozzi for the
significant contribution he made in the new Panoz Champ Car
as well as the great event he helped orchestrate in
Mont-Tremblant to replace Montreal. He did a lot of behind
the scenes work for us."
Regarding the rumors that the China race
would be moved to October from its May date, "yes that's
true," said Kalkhoven. "It makes sense to pair it up
with the Australia race and a potential major race sponsor
for China needs more time to get their plans in place. It
in no way indicates that the China race is in trouble.
We have some big plans for China.
"That of course creates a gap in May for us,
but nothing should be read into that about our teams running
at Indy. I have not even spoken to Tony [George] in a
long time. There are no plans for a merger. It's
not ideal [the gap in May], so this year we will probably
run some official test sessions in May.
"I'm not sure yet what we will do to plug
the September-October gap in the schedule, but we are
working on it.
"When we do the schedule for 2008 our goal
will be to avoid those long gaps. When you add as many
new races this year (6) and possibly two more in 2008, it
takes time to juggle contracts and the like.
"We recognize that we must work toward a
stable race schedule and driver lineup, we just need a bit
more time."
For years many of the teams were receiving
financial support from engine manufacturers (in the CART
days), by CART itself in the Chris Pook era, and later by
Champ Car when it was first formed after CART's bankruptcy.
So last August in Montreal Kalkhoven, Forsythe
and Gentilozzi put the teams on notice - it was time to stop being
complacent, and for them to get out there and find their own
sponsorship and become self-sustaining. The days of the
welfare check were over. And that included Forsythe's team
as well. He told his management team that they had to find
sponsorship for the second car or there would not be one.
The pressure was on so-to-speak.
Unfortunately, because of years of welfare
checks, some of the teams did not have the marketing and
sales staff in place to enable them to make a compelling
sales pitch to potential sponsors that would enable them to
close the deal.
"We decided it was time to force the teams
to make it on their own," Kalkhoven told AutoRacing1.com.
Part of it was Champ Car's fault. They
did not have a very good TV package in place in previous
years, and with low ratings it makes it harder to pitch
sponsors. So in the off-season Champ Car shocked
NASCAR and the IRL by announcing a deal with ABC and ESPN.
It caught everyone off-guard.
"We made an agreement with our teams late
last year that we would spend more money to improve our TV,
but that they had to go out and find sponsorship and become
self-sustaining, and although it has taken a bit longer than
we would have liked, and it was painful, generally the
results have been good.
"Sure we could have continued supporting the
teams and have had 20 or more cars on the grid, but it was
time to bite the bullet, stop the welfare, and run the
series with a model that would ensure its long-term health.
And this notion that teams survive on the money drivers
bring to the teams simply isn't true," Kalkhoven added.
"In reality they bring a very small percentage
to the overall cost it takes for a team to compete.
In fact, most of the drivers are paid to drive, contrary to
what has been reported."
The sky isn't falling for Champ Car and we
expect things will be a lot clearer later this week when
Spring Training begins at Laguna Seca.
As they say, patience is a virtue.
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CART's 2003 race venues #1 in the world
Meet the Gonzalez brothers
ISC is making enemies in Miami
And the 2002 CART Champion will be….
A wakeup call for CART and the IRL
Chris Pook - making all the right moves
Promoting a race - Adelaide topped them all
AUTOCOURSE is THE CART Yearbook to have
Has anyone noticed?
Should CART race in Adelaide?
Remembering Bob Estes
2002 will be a critical year for CART and for Pook
Tongue-In-Cheek, we take out the crystal ball again
CART & IRL - it's becoming clearer where we're going
What's the holdup on Pook?
Will CART get Shanghaied?
2002 CART season shaping up just fine
CART Franchise Board fails to ratify new engines
Is Ginger just what the doctored ordered for Alex Zanardi?
Vannini plays hardball with Forsythe
Spotlight on Mexico City
Is Premier1 positioned where CART should be?
Has the Gonzalo Rodriguez lawsuit turned in CART's favor?
Jim Russell Advanced Racing Course - Learning to race
CART - a stranger in a strange land
German 500 - measuring the media impact
An in-depth interview with Jonathan Vannini
CART N/A Engine/Car Update
Comparing CART and F1
Vannini advocates major overhaul to rescue CART series
Engines - There, that was easy, now let's race
Americans don't realize what they have in CART
A proposed solution to CART's engine dilemma
Ford Cosworth opens its doors
Bullish on CART
A German's first-time CART experience
My thoughts on a variety of CART issues - by Jon Vannini
AutoRacing1 Exclusive - Is Shanghai in CART's future?
As CART goes global, what about its sponsors?
If Mexico City will get 350,000, would India get 400,000?
The inevitable globalization of CART
New CART TV deal - don't put the CART before the horse
CART in China - Why Shanghai is the best venue
Rockingham is ready for CART. Is CART ready for Rockingham?
Beating a dead horse.; Where's my fork?
Successful CART Venues - It takes two to tango
Setting the record straight on CART's German 500
Rebuilding CART from the grassroots up!
Could this be the break Gidley has been waiting for?
CART, ALMS or NASCAR extravaganza weekends
A true global vision will serve CART well
A proposal for CART and IRL to coexist peacefully
The Triple Crown - a proposal for CART's success
650HP, 750HP, 850HP, it doesn't seem to matter
Movie Review: DRIVEN
Ryan Arciero hopes to continue family dynasty
CART & IRL, a missed opportunity
Things are happening at CART
CART' Data Acquisition Systems - there's a new kid on the block.
CART's next moves will be crucial.
The greatest Long Beach GP of all-time.
CART & IRL - close, and yet so far.
Andretti set to return to Indy
Sam Hornish wins Phoenix, de Ferran punted
Greg Ray wins Phoenix pole, deFerran 5th
CART Engines, If it ain't broke, don't fix it
And the 2001 CART Champion will be....
The HANS Device saved my fathers life
Soft walls or soft cars?
Safety- It's going to take more than just magic to fix
Safety - It's going to take more than just magic to fix
CART vs. IRL, Hatfields vs. McCoys
DRIVEN is CART's best chance to become mainstream
Is CART's problem really a lack of American's?
CART vs. NASCAR - TV Coverage
Bubbas' rule auto racing
Book review - Autocourse 2000/2001
Do heroes make a sport, or does a sport make heroes
To-Do-List, for CART's new President
Lawsuits, Will Greg Moore's final legacy to racing be more than one of…….
Tire Warmers, an idea whose time has come
BrandingCART and their race cars
Will CART's next leader be a corporate visionary?
AddressingCART's TV issues
CART, do you know who you are?
Will CART miss this boat too, - Destined to shadow NASCAR?
Why the new Indy Lights cars should meet IRLspecs
SoftWalls - drivers take a stand while you still can
CART Fan Forum - Highlights from CART's very first Fan Forum
Warren Hughes - A name to remember
CART restarts - NASCAR Style
Mario Andretti Tribute - America's Driver of the Century
Shift w/o Lift- How it works
Aerodynamics- CART's chance to make progressive changes
CART's HP dilemma
Soft Walls - Finally, a safer wall system
BuddyRice deserves a shot at Champ Cars
Choices, Choices, we rate possible new CART venues
CART must avoid Detroit's politics
10ways for CART to invest $100million
Montoya and Ganassi do CART proud at Indy
Welcome to AutoRacing1.com
A year of progress shapes Rockingham
A solution for CART's franchise dilemma
Lausitzring nears completion, fighting hard to win CART date
Paul Tracy keeps his Kool, wins LBGP for2nd time
What is an American driver?
Warming-up at Nazareth
172mph in a Champ Car is the ultimate adrenaline rush
Standing Start Rules proposed standing start rules for CART
Standing Starts are they right for CART?
Champ Car's Minardi 2-seater is the ultimate ride
For Alex Figge and PCM it's baptism by fire
A tribute to Alfred J. Cipolloni
Champ Car owners move to silence critics
Establishing a firm foundation for Champ Car
One-on-one with Champ Car President Steve Johnson
J.R. Hildebrand is one American going places in a hurry
What's new for Champ Car for 2007 - Part 1
Champ Car positions itself for international expansion
Paul Stoddart confirms interest in Champ Car
An inside look at Champ Car TV production
Ho-Pin Tung wants to be Champ Car's first Chinese driver
Stephen King explains Justin Wilson's novel Investor's Club
One-on-one with American sensation AJ Allmendinger
Champ Car moving forward without the IRL
One-on-one with Paul Tracy
Bruce Delahorne explains CDW's sponsorship in Champ Car
One-on-one with Justin Wilson
Champ Car bosses won't be bullied
Part 2: NASCAR/ISC get dirty in Phoenix, out to destroy Open Wheel
Part 1: NASCAR/ISC get dirty in Phoenix, out to destroy Open Wheel
The Rahals: Like father, like son
Why and IRL/Champ Car merger will be a big boost for the sport
Headless Open Wheel Racing appears doomed
Richard Lyons looking at Champ Car for his next challenge
We salute the champions of 2005
Is Jay Howard the next Ayrton Senna?
Interview with Grand-Am President Roger Edmondson
Otaru, Japan Champ Car race moving closer to reality
Champ Car's global appeal may ride on mimicking the Team
Australia concept
Champ Car's Surfers Paradise race promoter "gets it"
Champ Car cements another brick in its foundation
Custom built Champ Cars and Indy Cars
Interview with RuSPORT Team President Jeremy Dale
Conspiracy Theory: What Indy was really all about
Why the Champ Car/IRL war must end
How a
Champ Car and IRL merger might work
Will the battle for Long Beach destroy its Grand Prix?
Katherine Legge has her eyes set on Champ Car
Traveling Light Media - Just what the doctor ordered
Car lays out bold 3-year plan
Champ Car's 2005 driver lineup vastly improved
Hunter-Reay anxious to get racing again
with new team
That sucking sound you hear is NASCAR
Feud - The story of the murder of Mickey Thompson
Yes, Blame Tony and the CART defectors too
Interview with ALMS President Scott Atherton
2005 a foundation laying year for Champ
Kalkhoven talks Champ Car with AutoRacing1
Kalkhoven and Forsythe buy Cosworth from Ford
Carl Russo is bullish on Champ Car
Can this be Champ Car's next-generation car
Champ Car poised for major comeback
Champ Car Race Control - the 'Hot Seat Zone'
Open Wheel Racing is in serious need of consolidation
Champ Car South of the Border, An
interview with Joe Heitzler
There is an easy way for Champ Car and the IRL to unify
From airport to race track, a race within a race
The 2-seater Car is one of Champ Car's biggest assets
Why Bernie Ecclestone could, and should, buy Champ Car now
Champ Car rocks the streets of Times Square in Manhattan
Why did Fernández leave Champ Car? Follow the money....
Next Generation Champ Car: A call for F1 tires
Coming to America? Interview with Ralph Firman Jr.
Open Wheel Racing defeats IRL - Champ Car
Series to continue
Open Wheel Racing needs a win by OWRS - Part
The next generation Champ Cars - Part 2
CART next for Villeneuve?
New deal for CART may be better than first thought
The genius of one Bernard Ecclestone
CART Champ Cars, the next generation - Part 1
Details emerging on CART race in Seoul, South Korea
CART hits a Grand Slam in Mexico City. Now What?
Top-10 Challenges facing new CART owners
CART can still race in Europe, but will they?
For CART, time is of the essence
Making sense of CART's situation
Push-to-Pass means no more parades for CART
An interview with CART's David Clare
What did Roger Penske really mean?
CART must differentiate itself - clearly
turbos make for superior street and race engines
For CART, it's now or never
Chicken or the Egg?
War of the worlds
What Bernie brings to CART
CART, Driven to where?
Is it really about CART vs. IRL?
If I were
The Champ Cars and St. Pete
informal survey of the St. Pete race attendees
Artificial Dissemination
CART, F1 coming to grips with doing business in China
Cancel the Funeral
CART and F1 must, and will, share a common V-10 engine
Book Review: Autocourse 2002-2003 F1 yearbook
Does CART need Michael Andretti?
2002 CART TV ratings by the numbers
Now is the time for CART to redefine its ladder system
CART gets a taste of tifosi passion in Mexico
affair in Mexico
Making sense out of Bernie/CART rumors
Changing of the guard?
Mom, apple pie, CART and....Formula1?
Why CART and Bernie make perfect dance partners
Miami should be a CART and ALMS kickoff party
David slays Goliath in Miami
What to make of Gurney's F1 team
Taking it to the streets, why Miami is a war
CART, like the Phoenix, about to rise up from the ashes
There's more
than handwriting on the wall.....and here's the concrete facts
Day weekend 1952...A weekend I'll never forget
owners show support for CART
CART still
may be in cards for Villeneuve
Bryan Herta, USA's next best chance for F1
Is Paul
Ricard in CART's future?
CART's real attendance numbers
Is Brands
Hatch suitable for Champ Cars?
An Unappealing Appeal, George reigns in GEORGE-town
A candid
conversation with Chris Pook
More than meets the eye with CART's turbo move
It's time for CART to define its own future
upgrades at Road America
Back-Breaking work
rebirth of CART
hidden costs of Indy Car racing
CART's road and street circuits are clicking with the fans
Is it sport, or a P.T. Barnum show?
IRL at Fontana - a victim of friendly fire
CART's 2003 race venues #1 in the world
Meet the Gonzalez brothers
ISC is making enemies in Miami
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Japanese children may be used to having everything explained to them in cutesy language (remember the Street View video?), but inventing a character called "Nuclear Boy" who really needs to do a poo, and keeps stinking the neighbourhood up with his farts might be going too far.
Either way, the video is right when it says we have to thank the doctors who are cooling Nuclear Boy down with water. Some people, like John Graham-Cumming (who's re-building Babbage's Analytical Engine computer), are calling for the Fukushima 50 to be awarded a special Nobel prize.
I do think children should be made aware of what's happening in Japan - after all, it's educational, and hearing flashes of it on the news must be distressing for them - but perhaps this isn't in the best taste when so many people's lives have been lost, or changed forever, over there. [YouTube - Thanks, Fay!]


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Przybyłowicz Jacek
Contemporary dance / Choreographer
A graduate of the Roman Turczynowicz State Ballet School and the Frederic Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, the department of ballet pedagogics. Between 1987 and 1991 he danced in the Grand Theatre in Warsaw. He made his debut as a choreographer already then, preparing Negocjacje (Negotiations) to the music of Alessandro Marcello. The composition was awarded first prize for its choreography and a prize for interpretation during the II Polish Choreography Competition in Łódź. Negocjacje was also shown on the big stage of the Warsaw Grand Theatre during the 6th Warsaw Ballet Days.
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Anti-Semitism in Latvia
Documents obtained and donated by Paul Berkay and transcribed by Sherri Goldberg
I have the honor to report that anti-Semitism appears to have been adopted as the policy of the Latvian Government. No official pronouncement on the subject has been made and officially the existence of such a policy is denied. In private conversation, high officials of the Government do not, however, deny that such a policy is being pursued. In Latvia as elsewhere there has probably always been some anti-Semitism. Before 1914 there appears to have been good and mutually beneficial relations between the dominant German Baltic class and the Jewish commercial and professional community. The Latvians and the Jewish minority seem on the whole to have lived together in relative harmony. The full vigor of the present anti-Semitic drive seems to date only, curiously enough, from the recent "repatriation" of the Baltic German minority.
According to reliable information, the Government decided upon an anti-Semitic policy last September and the resignation on October 24, 1939 of Alfred Valdmanis, the Minister of Finance, was made by him as a gesture of protest.
The application of anti-Semitism in Latvia is made very easy by the administrative technique of the country. Nearly everything is permitted but only on the basis of a special permit. If a Jew wishes to establish a business, dismiss or engage employees, move his residence, transfer his business premises, or perform any of the other innumerable functions of life or business, such a permit is usually withheld without explanation. In addition, under the pretext of recruiting additional labor for the land, Jewish households are being deprived of their servants under 50 years of age. There is, moreover, discrimination against Jewish lawyers, doctors and dentists. I am informed in this connection that no Jewish lawyers have been admitted to practice since the coup detat on May 15, 1934.
The imposition of taxes on Jewish business is described as confiscatory and many Jewish industries are prevented from obtaining sufficient raw materials, while Latvian and state own competitors receive ample stocks.
A leading member of the Jewish community, who belongs to an industrial family which has been established in Latvia for 200 years, is the only one who, in private conversation, has struck an optimistic note. He does not believe that anti-Semitism in Latvia will ever achieve the proportions which it has reached in Germany. As for the measures applied to the lives and property of the Jewish community, he insisted there was a saving grace in Latvia, namely, corruption; that by greasing the proper palms there was almost nothing that could not be arranged. This refuge from oppression may indeed exist but I doubt very much whether it is readily available to the Jewish community as a whole.
The leading anti-Semites are said to be President Ulmanis, the Minister For Foreign Affairs, M. Vilhelms Munters, and M. Alfreds Berzins, the Minister of Public Relations. The President, however, has close personal relations with M. Morduch Dubins, President of the Riga Hebrew Council and a former member of the defunct Latvian parliament. Through his intervention a certain alleviation has been obtained in respect of a few special cases. His influence, however, is not described as effective in respect of the Presidents attitude towards the situation in general.
In a subsequent dispatch I shall endeavor to assemble statistical data with regard to the extent to which Jewish property interests have been affected by Latvias "cold pogrom", as well as to give the Department an estimate of the extent to which the Jewish community has participated in the commercial, industrial and professional life of Latvia.
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| December 15, 2011, 11:46 am
Joey O'Connor is back in the thick of things.
One month after the Windsor offensive tackle reopened his recruitment following the scandal at Penn State, he's the state's most sought-after recruit.
Not that it's a surprise. A four-star prospect according to rivals.com, the the 6-foot-4, 295-pounder is rated as the No. 87 recruit in the nation — he'd previously been No. 238 until a recent update — and No. 15 at his position. So it's clear that O'Connor is a wanted kid around the country.


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Iran intelligence report: 3 letters
Re: "Bush defends his Iran policy, says nation still 'dangerous,' " Dec. 5 news story.
President Bush must be very disappointed with the National Intelligence Estimate published this week. The report that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program and hasn't had one since 2003 put a severe damper on the prospects for the war that he so desperately wants to start.
And now that the information is in the public domain, he can't ignore it like he did the warnings in the first eight months of his administration or lie in a plausible way as he did building up to the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. Read more…


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This is part of an ongoing series centered on becoming a better software developer. For other posts in the series, see the Becoming a Better Developer heading in the right navigation.
Last Valentine's Day my wife gave me a gift certificate for a massage. Nearly a year later (obviously a busy one) I finally redeemed it, and had the most productive day I've had in a while.
I'm a pretty healthy guy with no medical conditions or injuries, and I only occasionally eat my weight in carne asada. But I have aches and pains just like anyone else who sites in front of a computer all day.
My massage therapist (whom I mistakenly called a masseuse…oops!) gave me quite an education while I was there. She began by asking about my breathing; most people with desk jobs tend to have very shallow breathing while seated. She drew my attention to my breathing as she worked on my neck, chest, rib cage and, oh yes, the back! Anyone out there with neck aches? Rounded shoulders? Pain in wrists & forearms? Yeah, I thought so. You can have the best ergonomic workstation in the world, but our bodies need care to compensate for endless hours in a chair. Massage with an eye towards specific work in these problems areas can go a long way towards longevity in this field.
She also told me that massage lowers blood pressure, enhances alertness, increases speed and accuracy on math computations, and lowers anxiety (source).
So not only are you improving your work output, you're also improving your health and, in the long run, working towards longevity in your career. Given this information how hard would it be to convince your boss that getting a massage is a fabulous way to celebrate a project milestone?
If you're interested, the best places to find a massage therapist in your area are www.amtamassage.org and www.ncbtmb.com. A therapist trained in deep tissue or even sports massage might provide you with valuable expertise since we use a lot of repetitive motions. There are also therapists trained in Structural Integration who have an eye towards improving optimal structure and alignment.
One other thing she added is that massage alone won't keep you in this business for the long haul. Other related lifesytle choices that contribute to longevity, physically speaking, include: balancing sedentary work with active exercise, eating healthy foods, taking breaks during work to look up and give your eyes a rest, and honoring your body when it complains about being in the chair too long. But you probably already knew that.
Bottom line: the massage was amazing and I highly recommend it. If you take the plunge, post a comment and let me know how it goes.
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At a time when empathy is considered a dirty word in some circles, the only safe place left for drunks, petty criminals, and other undesirables might be in the songs of a man who once described himself as a "tree-huggin', peace-lovin', pot-smokin', porn-watchin', lazy-ass hippie." Todd Snider embraces losers with a bear hug and a generously mixed beverage on The Excitement Plan, but don't dismiss this perpetually barefoot singer-songwriter as just another laid-back dude toting an acoustic guitar and a feel-good ditty. Beneath the disheveled exterior is an ace storyteller with a Raymond Carver-esque gift for mapping out the troubled contours of a character's life with a few well-chosen details.
Whether he's describing a killer who gets out of a scrape by using a "dirty fist-fighting trick that works half the time" in "Unorganized Crime," or a girl who looks "like how Booker T. And The MGs sound" in "Good Fortune," Snider brings a sense of humor to his portraits of hapless people. Superstar producer Don Was brings in ringers like Loretta Lynn and session drummer Jim Keltner, but he wisely drags them down to Snider's loveably scuzzy level, crafting music that's as loose and under-rehearsed as the words are carefully crafted. The Excitement Plan is far from refined, but so is Snider—and so are the people he sings about.


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Movie News
Fantastic Fest 2010 Announces Let Me In For Opening Night
Fantastic Fest is pleased to announce the opening night film will be the U.S. premiere of the highly anticipated Let Me In, directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) and starring Chloe Moretz (Kick Ass), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road), Elias Koteas (Shutter Island) and Richard Jenkins (The Visitor). The red carpet event will take place on Thursday, September 23 at The Paramount Theatre with director Matt Reeves and cast members in attendance.
Let Me In is a terrifying tale about an alienated 12-year old (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby (Chloe Moretz), an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father (Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins).
"We are truly honored that Fantastic Fest has chosen to open their festival with the U.S. premiere of Let Me In. It is incredibly exciting to be able to present the film to an audience who I know are just as passionate about John Ajvide Linqvist's story as I am,"
said director Matt Reeves.
"Fantastic Fest has been following the development of this movie with rabid interest and we couldn't be more excited to share what Matt Reeves has up his sleeve in adapting this incredible story. We anticipate that this will solidify his place as a visionary genre artist,"
said Fantastic Fest co-founder Tim League. And more than anything Fantastic Fest is ecstatic to see vampires doing what they do best – horrifying us with their bloodlust. Fantastic Fest is also cooking up a gorgeous Mondo poster for Let Me In from artist Olly Moss.
Fantastic Fest is scouring the globe for the very best in action, horror, science fiction, fantasy to the truly bizarre in contemporary cinema for your viewing pleasure. Look for more announcements in the weeks to come, including information on our gala events, parties and AMD Next Wave filmmakers in attendance.
Fantastic Fest is the film festival with the boring parts cut out. Miss this one and your regrets will agonize you for years to come. You have been warned.
If you haven't seen Let Me In trailer, check it out now!