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Have we all been enslaved yet by government overlords and forced to (gasp!) buy mandatory health insurance, as was feared by the 34 states whose lawmakers last February introduced some sort of law or Constitutional amendment to recognize people's God-given rights to not buy into the system we've chosen to use for our health care needs, and as is required by such leading universities as Penn State, which requires international students to carry health insurance because (as they say on their website)
- Health care can be very costly in the US.
- The US does not have a national health care plan.
- Health services may be restricted if you do not have health insurance.
A large group of people (both sick and healthy) pays an established amount of money for some protection against future health costs. Their money is put together in one fund, called an "insurance pool." When members of the fund get sick or injured and incur medical costs, money is taken from this insurance pool to pay for part or all of their costs. People in the US are financially responsible for their own medical or health care needs.
But are "[p]eople in the US ... financially responsible for their own medical or health care needs?" A study a while back noted that as of 2005, about 23% of people in America had trouble paying their medical bills in the previous year, and concluded that about 27% of all bankruptcy filings had medical bills as their primary form of debt. So 27% of the people in America were not financially responsible for their own debt; those debts would (mostly ) be discharged and would be paid for in the form of lower wages for medical workers, higher insurance premiums for us, or both. (But, keep in mind, if the rate of discharge of medical debts is 27% or so, that in no way prevents the insurance industry from racking up $9,300,000,000 in profits in 2010.)
I digress: this was a look at what's going on with ObamaCare in our fine courts around the country, a look brought up because Illusory/Tenant posted a bit on Obama being a gambling man and being willing to take his fight on ObamaCare to the U.S. Supreme Court. So I thought I'd do a roundup of some rulings on ObamaCare challenges I could find, to let you know whether the law is:
(a) unconstitutional,
(b) seriously unconstitutional,
(c) what, are you kidding me? This law took the Constitution out back and pistol whipped it for a while before killing it. or
(d) possibly maybe an okay law?
Here is what I found courts saying about the law, and what their sayings about the law say about us:
Judge Gladys Kessler, District Judge, D.C.: February 24, 2011 dismissed a case brought challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare on grounds that the Commerce Clause allows Congress to regulate purely intrastate activity provided that the activity is (a) economic and (b) rationally related to interstate economy. This case relied heavily on precedent upholding the federal ban on intrastate possession of medical marijuana, and though it's been criticized by many, I think people criticizing it did not read the entire opinion carefully.
Of particular note: Judge Kessler's judicial recognition that health care is not a free market:
Here, Congress enacted § 1501 based on its understanding that (1) all individuals inevitably consume medical services and (2) when they do consume those services, the way in which they pay for them substantially affects market prices.
If you inevitably must use a good, you do not freely choose to use that good and you do not have a free market. Replace "medical services" with peanut butter and you'll see what I mean:
Here, Congress enacted § 1501 based on its understanding that (1) all individuals inevitably consume peanut butter and (2) when they do consume that delicious, delicious peanut butter, the way in which they pay for them substantially affects market prices.
Any doubt that Congress could regulate peanut butter if everyone in the U.S. eventually was going to have to eat some?
Judge Kessler goes on to note that:
such a choice is not simply a decision whether to consume a particular good or service, but ultimately a decision as to how health care services are to be paid and who pays for them.
That is, if you have to use peanut butter, and there are laws that require us to supply you peanut butter, then you may ultimately choose not to pay for that peanut butter and might pass the cost on to us, by, say, discharging the cost of that peanut butter in bankruptcy court. Or simply not paying for it and giving a fake name at the E.R. when you go in to get your emergency peanut butter.
Over in Pennsylvania, meanwhile, District Judge Christopher C. Conner suggested in a footnote that maybe Congress could have taxed its way to health care reform, but they didn't, they commerced their way to it, and then reviewed the same cases that Judge Kessler did -- and also a couple of the better-known opinions that have circulated. Judge Conner's opinion is notable for being one of the only judges I can recall, ever, who rejected the (inanely stupid) slippery-slope argument, noting that allowing this Commerce Clause power doesn't mean we have to allow every Commerce Clause power:
In this respect, I part company with the Florida district court...and the majority in the Florida circuit court...that, if affirmed, an expanded commerce power would open a Pandora's box of nefarious mandates limited only by the confines of a legislative majority. The consequences of an expanded commerce power are not so dire.
We'll get to Florida's fear of broccoli in a moment. Judge Conner's opinion suggested that the ... ahem.. unique jurisprudence of Bush v. Gore continues apace in the conservative justices in our country, making rulings that are either expressly or implicitly limited to just this case:
Third, the truly unique factual circumstances of this case would necessarily render any holding limited.
The undermining of precedent -- stare decisis -- by "conservative" judges is a little-known, little-discussed side effect of the Worst President Ever era, as judges feel more and more free to just decide cases and declare them nonprecedential, and consequently to ignore precedent entirely, is something that will have longer-term effects on our country than I like to think about when I'm already depressed about the fact that a majority of Americans have been persuaded to be against allowing themselves to get affordable health care. So let's leave that for another day.
Judge Conner also believes in good ol' American people and their power to do what's right:
Finally, an informed electorate would not countenance frivolous mandates.That will be great, when we have an informed electorate. We have an electorate that voted for "Senator" Ron Johnson, who believes that sunspots were behind global climate change.
Despite his insistence that this is a unique case that has never been heard before, Judge Conner then goes on to elevate the Third Branch over the First:
As set forth below, this Court's ratio decidendi is straightforward: Heretofore, the Supreme Court has never sanctioned, under the auspices of the Commerce Clause, the enactment of a broad scale economic mandate in anticipation of a probable but uncertain future transaction. The Supreme Court's Commerce Clause jurisprudence does not lend itself to such an expansive interpretation. Until the Supreme Court interprets the commerce power to permit these anticipatory mandates, I am bound by stare decisis to conclude that Section 5000A is unconstitutional.
That is, if I may paraphrase,
"This is an issue of first impression, from which it follows that the U.S. Supreme Court has never said anything about this issue, which, being of first impression, has never come up before. Precedent shows that the Supreme Court has for 200 years expanded the Commerce Clause power wildly and has only restricted it twice in the past century. But I'm not willing to assume that will continue."
Which is actually a pretty fair judicial ruling, all things considered.
Judge Conner then takes issue with what Judge Kessler decided -- that we'll all someday need health care:
Similarly, Congress may lawfully regulate the interstate market for health insurance and health services, but Congress cannot require individuals who choose not to purchase health insurance or individuals who are not currently seeking or receiving services in the health care market to purchase health insurance in order to stabilize the health insurance market. Congress cannot mandate or regulate in anticipation of conduct that may or may not occur in the future.The "conduct that may or may not occur in the future" is using health care services.
And, sure, the plaintiffs in Judge Conner's case might never use health care services in the future. They may be lucky enough to get hit by a bolt of lightning and disintegrated, making emergency response, ambulance transport, and ER activity unnecessary.
Which is not to say that the health care market is like any other market:
It is clear to the court that the health care services market is unique. In other markets, including other insurance markets, when an individual suffers a loss or is in need of a commodity or service (such as food, transportation, or housing) there is no obligation that society compensate for that loss or provide the commodity or service without advance payment. In the health care services market, however, against the backdrop of state and federal laws ...individuals can and do receive medical treatment regardless of their ability to pay.
That's Judge Conner again. But remember, there's no guarantee that anyone will actually need health care. I'm sure we can all think of many people in our lives who've never been to the doctor. And, for those people who have never been to a doctor, ever, who are as healthy as a horse, I'm sure you won't ever accidentally get stung by a bunch of bees and nearly die twice in a week.
Judge Conner goes on again to say that Courts must interpret, not create law, and that the precedent he's looked at suggest that the U.S. Supreme Court will never sanction this use of power, and so he can't. But, again, he suggests that Congress can just tax its way out of this problem:
nothing prohibits Congress from redoubling its efforts and invoking another enumerated power, such as the Tax and Spending Clause, ...to address the uninsured free rider issue. If...the problem lies in Congress's inability to secure majority support for such action ... then perhaps the crisis is not sufficiently acute for appropriate congressional resolution or, alternatively, there are less burdensome options yet to be pursued. This is a conundrum that is Congress's to resolveYes, if there's no congressional solution everyone agrees on, then the crisis doesn't actually exist. That's what happened with the increase in the debt ceiling, and the extension of unemployment benefits, and the reauthorization of autism funding, right? There was no crisis at all and that's why Congress delayed acting, because Congress always moves with alacrity to respect the views of an informed electorate.
The kind of informed electorate that pays more attention to Netflix price hikes than scientific funding bills. Six of one...
Which brings us to the 420 pages of federal appellate opinions issued by the Fourth, Sixth, and Eleventh Judicial Circuits -- but to be fair, appellate courts use really wide margins; middle school students couldn't pad out their page count any more effectively.
It's the Eleventh Circuit that allayed a national fear that we would all have to eat broccoli:
It's in Spanish, but you get the gist. Responding to the conservatives' arguments that ObamaCare is really a secret way to get rid of all that produce from First Lady Michelle's White House Garden, the Eleventh Circuit said:
Thus, for example, in arguing that Congress could force us to purchase broccoli, the plaintiffs necessarily reason as follows:That, unfortunately, is from the dissent. The majority, in 207 pages, found the "individual mandate" unconstitutional, but didn't strike down the whole law. I didn't have time to read the whole thing today, so I don't know yet whether the majority found that Michelle Obama can sneak into your house and night and stuff broccoli into your pants. (see also: Newt Gingrich's Presidential Slash Fic).
everyone is a participant in the food market;
if people buy more broccoli, they will eat more broccoli;
eating more broccoli will, in the long run, improve people's health;
this, in turn, will improve overall worker productivity, thus affecting our national economy.
Such reasoning violates the cautionary note that [was issued in prior cases.]
Over in the Fourth Circuit, meanwhile, the Court took 40 pages just to list all the parties to the case, before getting around to deciding that Virginia, as a state, didn't have standing to challenge the law at all. That opinion actually dealt with states rights, a concept near-and-dear to conservative's hearts, except when it conflicts with other concepts near-and-dear to their hearts, like shooting immigrants, and the Fourth Circuit concluded that Virginia's attempt to protect its citizens didn't involve anything like valid state legislation, but was merely a state law expressing disapproval of a federal law:
By contrast, the VHCFA regulates nothing and provides for the administration of no state program. Instead, it simply purports to immunize Virginia citizens from federal law. In doing so, the VHCFA reflects no exercise of "sovereign power," for Virginia lacks the sovereign authority to nullify federal law.Nice to see that 179 years later, we're still fighting the Nullification battle. Again.
And the Sixth Circuit then chimed in by redefining, yet again, what market we're talking about:
Through the practice of self-insuring, individuals make an assessment of their own risk and to what extent they must set aside funds or arrange their affairs to compensate for probable future health care needs. Thus, set against the Act's broader statutory scheme, the minimum coverage provision reveals itself as a regulation on the activity of participating in the national market for health care delivery, and specifically the activity of self-insuring for the cost of these services.In a footnote, the Court said "self-insuring" is actually risk-retention. Which, the Court noted, created incentives for people like the plaintiffs in Judge Conner's case to hold off buying insurance until the absolute last minute:
Furthermore, Congress had a rational basis for concluding that leaving those individuals who self-insure for the cost of health care outside federal control would undercut its overlying economic regulatory scheme. Congress found that without the minimum coverage provision, the guaranteed issue and community rating provisions would increase existing incentives for individuals to delay purchasing health insurance until they need care.
Which is to say, sure, you'll never need health insurance coverage, probably, but in the extremely unlikely case that you develop some sort of medical need, you could (under ObamaCare) just buy yourself some insurance right then and there, pay one premium, and get covered.
Sort of a deathbed conversion -- which makes great economic sense. When I had my heart attack last year, I could have used my cell phone on the way to the hospital to purchase health insurance, and then been billed for the first premium after my discharge from heart surgery -- and under ObamaCare's lawfully-enacted regulations (regulations conservatives concede Congress had the power to enact) the insurance company could not have denied me coverage for, or charged me more to cover the heart attack I was having as I applied for coverage.
I'm kind of a sucker for having insurance, the way I see it.
The Sixth Circuit, too, rejected the Rush-ian (that's Rush, the rock group, not Rush, the overweight drug addict) idea that not buying something isn't activity: it's true that if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice, and it's also true, as the Sixth Circuit noted, that if you choose not to take part in a market, that's market activity.
(Also, remember: You don't actually get to not take part in the health care market, unless you are the superhealthy plaintiffs in Judge Conner's case. They are from Krypton and will never need health care.)
So there you have it: the law is constitutional, unless it's not, unless it's the case that the states challenging the law are simply resurrecting old Andrew Jackson populism
and it really all boils down to this:
If you believe that someday, all human beings will need medical care, then ObamaCare is constitutional because ultimately all human beings will take part in the medical care market, and some of them will, if not insured, become free riders, and Congress is allowed to eliminate that problem.
But, if you believe -- as one court has apparently found -- that there is a superclass of people who will never ever need health care as long as they live and therefore should not be subjected to the burden of having to pay for health care they will never need, a class of people for whom health insurance is as unnecessary as that extended warranty protecting their toaster that Best Buy tried to foist off on them, then ObamaCare is completely unjust and treated the Constitution like something you'd find on the bottom of your shoe.
Surprisingly, or not, the latter group is winning this debate. Which means that on the whole, Americans, who largely appear in public like this:
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- Bay of Islands - Matakohe Kauri Museum
- Bay of Islands - Waipoua Kauri Forest Reserve
- Bay of Islands - Waitangi Treaty House and grounds
- Bay of Islands - Cruise to the Hole in the Rock
- Christchurch
- Dunedin - Freedom of Choice Touring
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Haast Pass
- Hokitika - Greenstone (Jade) Factory
- Huka Falls
- Interislander Ferry Cruise
- Kaikoura
- Kiwifruit Country
- Lake Tekapo - Church of the Good Shepherd
- Mt Cook - Freedom of Choice Touring
- Milford Sound - Mitre Peak and Bowen Falls
- Milford Sound Red Boat Cruise
- Moeraki Boulders
- Napier
- Nelson
- Punakaiki Pancake Rocks
- Queenstown - Freedom of Choice Touring
- Rotorua - Freedom of Choice - including Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland
- Rotorua - Mitai Maori Village
- Te Anau
- Waitomo Caves - Glowworm caves tour
- Wairakei Steam Valley
- Westland National Park
- Option to take the TranzAlpine Train
Accommodation Highlights
- Option to do a Bay of Islands Overnight Cruise
- Option to do a Rotorua Country Homestay
- Option to upgrade to the luxury Huka Lodge
- Stay at Two nights at the luxurious Sofitel Queenstown
- Stay at the at The Hermitage, Mt Cook, with views of Mt Cook
- Stay at the Te Waonui Rainforest Retreat, Franz Josef
- Stay at the Edgewater Resort, Wanaka, a tranquil lakeside haven
- 20 hot breakfasts (B)
- 19 dinners (D) including 3 Feature Dinners (FD)
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- Admissions outlined in the Itinerary
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Arrive Auckland On arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of today is at leisure to explore this wonderful city. |
ACCOMMODATION: Crowne Plaza (2 nights) |
Auckland, Freedom of Choice Touring This morning is at leisure in Auckland. This afternoon, you choose the activity and we will include it. Perhaps take an Auckland sightseeing tour, visit Auckland's museum or embark on a Waitakere Rainforest adventure. |
Auckland, Bay of Islands Cross the Auckland Harbour Bridge and visit Matakohe Kauri Museum. Continue to Waipoua Kauri Forest Reserve and view the giant kauri tree Tane Mahuta, 'Lord of the Forest'. Travel to the Bay of Islands, home to 144 islands and known as a favourite playground for lovers of anything aquatic. Visit the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, the Maori Meeting House and see the War Canoe. |
ACCOMMODATION: Copthorne Waitangi Resort (2 nights) |
Bay of Islands, Freedom of Choice Touring Today, choose the activity that interests you and we will include it. Among the options available is a day trip to Cape Reinga at the top of New Zealand, sailing on a unique tall ship or a dolphin watching adventure. Overnight Cruise option available tonight |
Bay of Islands, Auckland This morning, take a catamaran cruise to Cape Brett and the famous Hole in the Rock. In these deep-sea fishing grounds, dolphins and schools of fish are frequently seen. Meander through the inner islands, viewing sandy beaches and rocky outcrops, then relax on a secluded bay. Following your cruise, journey south back to Auckland. |
ACCOMMODATION: Crowne Plaza |
Waitomo, Rotorua, Hangi Feast Travel south to Waitomo for a guided tour of the limestone caves and glow-worm grotto. Then continue to the geothermal region of Rotorua, known as the centre of Maori culture. Enjoy an authentic Maori hangi feast and cultural performance of song and dance at Mitai Maori Village tonight. |
ACCOMMODATION: Millennium Rotorua (2 nights) |
Rotorua, Freedom of Choice Touring Today, choose the activity that interests you from our Freedom of Choice options in Rotorua including the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland. Upgrade to the luxurious Huka Lodge for an overnight stay in truly special accommodation. Add pp from: $790 Twin Share; $1240 Single. |
Rotorua, Taupo, Wellington Today visit Wairakei Steam Valley, a unique and fascinating geothermal power project. See spectacular Huka Falls and Lake Taupo. Cross the vast volcanic plateau of World Heritage-listed Tongariro National Park on the way to Wellington. |
ACCOMMODATION: Hotel InterContinental |
Wellington, Nelson, Dine Around Dinner Our Interislander Cruise takes us through Wellington Harbour, across Cook Strait and into the Marlborough Sounds before arriving in Picton on the South island. Then travel through the pretty Marlborough region to Nelson. Tonight, choose from two fine restaurants. |
ACCOMMODATION: The Rutherford Hotel |
Nelson, Franz Josef, West Coast Theme Dinner Follow the Heritage Highway through the impressive Buller Gorge to the wild and rugged West Coast. View the fascinating Pancake rock formations at Punakaiki. Stop at Hokitika which has stunning views to the Southern Alps. Here, see beautiful Pounamu (jade) being carved into jewellery. Enter World Heritage-listed Westland National Park, where you can view the magnificent glaciers. There may be the opportunity to enjoy a scenic flight over this region (own expense, weather permitting). Enjoy a West Coast Regional Specialities dinner tonight. |
ACCOMMODATION: Te Waonui Rainforest Retreat |
Franz Josef, Wanaka View incredible scenery today as you travel through Haast Pass, over the Southern Alps and along the shores of Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea, to Wanaka township. |
ACCOMMODATION: Edgewater Resort |
Wanaka, Arrowtown, Queenstown Dining Depart Wanaka and journey to Arrowtown, an old goldrush settlement. Continue to Queenstown, a popular holiday destination on Lake Wakatipu. Tonight choose to dine at one of 14 different restaurants. |
ACCOMMODATION: Sofitel Queenstown (2 nights) |
Queenstown, Freedom of Choice Touring Today, personalise your sightseeing by choosing from our range of activities. You might like to visit a selection of beautiful local gardens or take a relaxing winery tour. Perhaps take an exciting jetboat ride or a fun double-decker bus tour. |
Milford Sound, Te Anau This morning travel through Fiordland National Park where lush rainforest meets snow-capped mountains. Drive along Milford Road, renowned as one of the world's most spectacular alpine drives. On arrival at Milford Sound, take the Red Boat cruise the full length of this beautiful fiord, travelling below famous mile-high Mitre Peak. This afternoon, return through the Eglinton Valley and Homer Tunnel to the lakeside settlement of Te Anau. |
ACCOMMODATION: Distinction Te Anau Hotel and Villas |
Te Anau, Dunedin, Freedom of Choice Touring Today, journey via beautiful Lake Manapouri to Dunedin, settled by the Scottish in 1848 and renowned as the Edinburgh of the South. This afternoon select an activity from our Freedom of Choice Touring options. Perhaps visit Larnach Castle, tour the Otago Peninsula, visit Speight's Brewery, or enjoy a Taieri Gorge Railway excursion. |
ACCOMMODATION: Southern Cross Hotel |
Dunedin, Mt Cook, Freedom of Choice Touring Today travel north along the coast to view the fascinating Moeraki Boulders on Koekohe Beach. Stop at Oamaru, known for its distinctive limestone architecture. Then pass massive hydro-electric dams and glacier-fed lakes on the journey to Mt Cook National Park, home to Australasia's highest mountain. On arrival, join your selected Freedom of Choice Touring activity. Choose from a guided nature walk through the national park, an afternoon of discovery at the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre, or stargazing with an astronomy guide. Tonight choose to dine at either The Panorama Room or Alpine Restaurant within The Hermitage. |
ACCOMMODATION: The Hermitage with views of Mt Cook from your room |
Mt Cook, Christchurch, Dine Around Dinner This morning you'll travel to Lake Tekapo and visit the tiny Church of the Good Shepherd. On the way to Christchurch, you might like to ride the scenic TranzAlpine Train from Arthurs Pass or continue by coach through the Rakaia Gorge to Christchurch. Tonight enjoy a Dine Around Dinner, choosing from three superb restaurants at your hotel. |
ACCOMMODATION: Crowne Plaza Hotel |
Christchurch, Wellington, Dine Around Dinner Choose your activity this morning before travelling to Kaikoura, a whale watching town. Continue to Picton and cruise back across Cook Strait to Wellington. |
ACCOMMODATION: InterContinental Hotel |
Wellington, Taupo Cross the Rimutaka Ranges into the farming district of Wairarapa. Continue to the coastal town of Napier, an area dominated by orchards and vineyards. Explore this Art Deco city before you continue to Taupo. |
ACCOMMODATION: Wairakei Resort |
Taupo, Auckland Near Taupo, stop and visit Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, a geothermal area well-known for its beautiful colours and mystical quality. Then visit Kiwifruit Country before travelling to the beach resort of Mt Maunganui and on to Tauranga. Later, return to Auckland. |
ACCOMMODATION: Crowne Plaza Hotel |
Depart Auckland Today is at leisure for you to explore this beautiful city, before your included departure transfer to the airport. |
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EB Games lists Gears of War 2 Limited Edition goodies |
Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Cliff Bleszinski, EB Games, Epic Games, xbox 360 titles
Here's the list of bonus goodies that come with the game:
- Collectible SteelBook DVD case
- "Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2," a 48-page hardbound book including character profiles, exclusive concept art, and foreword by Design Director Cliff Bleszinski
- Bonus DVD including exclusive making-of-the-game video footage, design galleries with audio commentary by Epic Games, and promotional videos including the E3 2008 trailer,"Rendezvous."
- An exclusive gold-plated Lancer Assault Rifle available during online play
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gold lancer
dey shuld also include a Gold shotty (drooling)
oh well
cant wait
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Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:00 PM UTCI thought a gym class with elderly women would ease my aging anxiety, but it made me miserable in new ways
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Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 12:00 AM UTC 59I've always been the person who talks too much. What I didn't realize was how much I was drowning out
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Beautifying Aurora StadiumAurora Stadium has received a new mural to help brighten up part of the stadium.   Able Australia partnered with Hydro Tasmania, Launceston University and the Hawthorn Football Club to beautify part of Aurora Stadium with a new murual. The group has commissioned local artist Aaden Howlett to create the mural, near the Able Australia day support site at Aurora Stadium. The day support site supports clients who have a range of physical, intellectual and sensory disabilities. Aaden will also help the group create a sensory garden in the area for clients and families to continue enjoying.     |


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The 475-seat Rialto Theater was listed in 1941 as (Closed). It had re-opened by 1943 as the Alto Theater, again with the same seating capacity. The Alto Theater continued until at least 1950 when it was listed with 600 seats.
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Gilberts has the best egg rolls of any chinese restaurant around! I've never had a bad meal here in 25 years!
Gilberts has the best egg rolls of any chinese restaurant around! I've never had a bad meal here in 25 years!
We have been going to Gilbert's for over 10 years now. It was by far the best Chinese take out in the area. While it was not very close to our house for take-out, it was well worth it. We even bought catering trays of food for parties from them it was that good. We used to go to them... More
I've been a loyal customer of Gilberts for years and they have either changed cooks, changed food vendors or a combination of both. The sesame chicken is soggy and has no crunch at all anymore and it seems like you're getting more dark meat than anything else. I'm sorry but I had to move on. They still have the biggest... More
Great Chinese take out! Portions are very large and the price is very fair.
Don't miss the egg rolls, they are wonderful. Nice people, great food, decent prices. Can't go wrong.
People in the area seem to know good Chinese and it is Gilberts. Not much from the outside, but once inside there is a long line for pick-up and the phone keeps ringing off the wall. Gilberts is on the expensive side for carry out, but the portions are very large and quality is very good. Mongolian beef is one... More
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Announced along with iOS 5 and new details about OS X Lion, Apple's long-awaited iCloud service offers new functionality for iTunes, as well as cloud-based photo, document, and app storage. It's like MobileMe--but reasonably priced and relevant.
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Biographical SketchKingsmill Marrs (d. 1912) was the son of Dana Francis Marrs (b. 1826) and Jane Van Poelien (b. 1832) of Saxonville, Mass. Late in his life, Kingsmill Marrs married Laura Norcross (see below). From 1896-1905, the pair lived at "South Park," the Marrs family home in Wayland, Mass. They also spent time at their other home, "Maitland Cottage," in Maitland, Fla., where they were active in the Florida Audubon Society, established in 1900. Laura Norcross Marrs served as an executive committee member for the Society during the early 1900s and was instrumental in creating a National Association of Audubon Societies. For many years, Kingsmill Marrs also wrote the Florida Audubon Society's annual reports for Bird-Lore, the first official magazine of the National Audubon Society. He was also an amateur photographer. After 1905, the Marrses went abroad to Europe and Egypt, where they devoted their time to travel and the collection of books and European prints and artwork. They were often accompanied in the United States and on their travels by members of the Marrs family, as well as their friend, photographer William Wilson Barker. The Marrses eventually settled in Florence, Italy, where Kingsmill Marrs died in 1912 after a prolonged illness. Kingsmill Marrs had a sister, Evangeline Marrs (1857-1930). She was married first to Michael Simpson of Saxonville, Mass. and second in 1896 to Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901), Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota. Among Evangeline's close friends was Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister of President Grover Cleveland, with whom she lived in Bagni di Lucca, Italy after the death of Bishop Whipple and until her own death in 1930. Laura Norcross Marrs (1845-1926) was the daughter of Otis Norcross (1811-1882), mayor of Boston in 1867, and Lucy Ann Lane (1816-1916). She had two siblings: Otis Norcross (b. 1848) and Grenville H. Norcross (1854-1937). Collection DescriptionThis collection mostly contains 547 photographs in 1 box, 1 oversize box, and 8 volumes. These photographs were collected by Kingsmill Marrs and his wife, Laura Norcross Marrs, and date from ca. 1850-1915. 1 box and 1 oversize box contain loose photographs. Most of these photos consist of portraits of various European royalty from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These photographs were collected by Kingsmill and Laura Norcross Marrs. Other portraits include photographs of Kingsmill and Laura Norcross Marrs, various other Marrs family members, and of their friends William Wilson Barker, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, and the novelist Julia C. R. Dorr. The loose photographs also contain various views of the Marrs family homes in Wayland, Mass. and Maitland, Fla., as well as a trip to Colorado and California taken and photographed by Kingsmill Marrs and William Wilson Barker, among other subjects. The oversize photograph also contain several photographs of European artwork, collected by Laura Norcross Marrs during her travels abroad. There are also 8 volumes of photographs in the collection. Three volumes contain photographs collected by the Marrses of portraits of European royalty and Roman artwork and architecture. Two additional volumes contain photographs that were possibly taken by Kingsmill Marrs or William Wilson Barker, ca. 1896-1910; these depict "South Park," the Marrs family home in Wayland, Mass.; various Marrs family members at home; and Jan Van Poelien Marrs's travels in Europe and Egypt. A fifth volume contains snapshot landscape and portrait photographs taken by Kingsmill Marrs, ca. 1896-1910. This collection also includes two volumes of photographs of Native Americans of the American Southwest and their pueblos that were taken by Adam Clark (A. C.) Vroman between 1895-1904. Vroman was a Pasadena, Calif. photographer and bookseller who made many trips to the Southwest, especially to New Mexico, to photograph American Indian pueblos. These photographs were collected by Kingsmill Marrs, probably during his travels to California during 1901-1902. They also include landscape photographs by Vroman of New Mexico and Arizona. This collection contains cartes de visite, cabinet cards, one tintype, photochromes, platinotypes, and other paper-based photographs. Photographers represented in this collection include Kingsmill Marrs, William Wilson Barker, Schemboche (Florence, Italy), and Montabone (Rome and Torino, Italy), among many others. Two daguerreotypes are stored apart from this collection by format in the Daguerreotype collection (Photos. 1.322-323) . Related MaterialThe Massachusetts Historical Society holds the following monograph and manuscript and art collections relating to Kingsmill and Laura Norcross Marrs: T. G. H. James. "Howard Carter and Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs." Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson 1(1996): 415-428. Kingsmill Marrs papers (Ms. N-158). Miniature portrait of Kingsmill Marrs, painted by Carlota St. Gaudens. NOTE: Appointments must be made in advance to view museum collections. Please contact the Curator of Art. Acquisition InformationThis collection was removed from the Kingsmill Marrs book collection, which was given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Laura Norcross Marrs in May 1919, with additions to the photographs in 1920, 1921, 1923, and 1924. Organization of the CollectionThe collection is organized into the following series. The series and subseries title links lead to the corresponding series or subseries in the Detailed Description of the Collection.
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Tyler — Citizens can hold police accountable in the palms of their hands with "Police Tape," a smartphone application from the ACLU of New Jersey that allows people to securely and discreetly record and store interactions with police, as well as provide legal information about citizens' rights when interacting with the police.
It's just one of two new apps out allowing users to "watch the watchers." East Texans talk-back on the apps with our news partner: KTBB and host Garth Maier.
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OH YES! How does one get these Apps?
In a place where thuggery is synonomous with the police - we need these tools.
You should DEFINITELY record ALL interactions with the police!
The behavior of police in this area is such that you would be a fool not to record interactions with them if able. I was in a car that was stopped and when I asked why I was told the lie that "the car doesn't show up in the computer." The real reason was clearly that they didn't like seeing a white person with a non-white person especially when they were apparently a couple. They eventually had to admit that this wasn't true but made no apology for their racism which is apparently the norm.


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We are SO grateful for the outpouring of support we've seen in the last few days. Thanks to our followers here and on Twitter and Facebook, we've gotten some extra love and attention from some great blogs, not to mention some support from a number of our favorite comic pros. Donations have been coming in, and I imagine that other comic-related non-profits like Hero Initiative are also riding this wave. This is really great, and we want to say thanks!
Can you help us keep it up? For one thing, I'd like to get this here tumblr up to 100 followers. If you help me out with some reblogs of this post or this one, I'll see if I can find some cool, Jack-related image in the archives that hasn't already been passed around the internet a million times already.
Once again, here's the link to our fundraising page. If our Brick & Mortar Fund reaches the nice, fat, round number I've got in my head right now, I'd really like to make an announcement/progress report on Monday.
By the way, those of you who have visited our table at various cons may recognize this as the design that adorns the exterior of our "Mother Box" donation box! It's called "Dream Machine" and Jack painted it circa 1979. Maybe some of our more enterprising followers could find a way to animate this…
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To beat soundly; thrash.
- transitive v. To strike with a hard blow.
- transitive v. To defeat thoroughly.
- intransitive v. To move in a rolling, clumsy manner; waddle.
- intransitive v. To boil noisily. Used of a liquid.
- n. A hard or severe blow.
- n. The ability to strike a powerful blow: has a punch that delivers a wallop.
- n. The capacity to create a forceful effect: "Therein lies the novel's emotional wallop and moral message" ( George F. Will).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A heavy blow, punch.
- n. A person's ability to throw such punches.
- n. An emotional impact, psychological force.
- n. A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
- n. anything produced by a process that involves boiling; Beer, tea, whitewash.
- n. A thick piece of fat.
- v. To rush hastily
- v. To flounder, wallow
- v. To boil noisily
- v. To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- v. To trounce, beat by wide.
- v. To write a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- intransitive v. To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.
- n. A quick, rolling movement; a gallop.
- intransitive v. To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- intransitive v. To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- intransitive v. To be slatternly.
- transitive v. To beat soundly; to flog; to whip.
- transitive v. To wrap up temporarily.
- transitive v. To throw or tumble over.
- n. A thick piece of fat.
- n. A blow.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling of the liquor, accompanied with noise.
- To move quickly with great but somewhat clumsy effort; gallop. See gallop.
- n. A quick motion with much agitation or effort; a gallop.
- To castigate; beat soundly; drub; thrash.
- To tumble over; dash down.
- n. A severe blow.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. hit hard
- n. a severe blow
- n. a forceful consequence; a strong effect
- v. defeat soundly and utterly
Middle English walopen, to gallop, from Old North French *waloper; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.
(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)From Middle English wallopen ("gallop"), from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French walop ("gallop (noun)") and waloper ("to gallop (verb)") (compare Old French galoper, whence modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan ("to run well") from *wala ("well") + *hlaupan ("to run"), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupanan ("to run, leap, spring"), from Proto-Indo-European *klaup-, *klaub- ("to spring, stumble"). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish walhlaup ("battle run") from *wal ("battlefield") from a Proto-Germanic word meaning "dead, victim, slain" from Proto-Indo-European *wel- ("death in battle, killed in battle") + *hlaup ("course, track") from *hlaupan ("to run"). Compare the doublet gallop. (Wiktionary)
From the acronym: write [to] all operators (Wiktionary)


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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State's Wendell Lewis is expected to miss at least the next eight weeks because of a broken right kneecap. The school says the 6-foot-9 senior from Selma, Ala., was hurt in a non-contact drill Wednesday and will have surgery on Monday. The injury is another blow to the already undermanned Bulldogs (3-5), who will have just six scholarship players when they travel to face Loyola of Chicago (6-3) on Saturday. Lewis is averaging 8.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He was coming off the best two-game stretch of his career, scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in a loss to Providence before scoring a career-high 20 points in a win over Texas-San Antonio.


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I always wondered about this...when firefighters aren't actually fighting fires, what do they do? They're certainly not "risking their lives on a daily basis". One can only shine that firetruck so many times, roll those fire hoses so many times, work on that car or boat in the back so many hours, work out so many hours, because the alarm goes off and they actually have to "risk their life" by responding to a fire. Must be nice work if you can get it...
Most of the time, it's true, they're not responding to actual fires. What they more frequently are responding to are calls for paramedics, as they frequently can arrive on scene more quickly than the ambulance can. They get there, provide first aid, and get things slightly more organized so that when the paramedics arrive, there's been some of the work done already. And while it's not as frequent in Ventura County, first responders to the scene of an accident or other event are often attacked, to the point where in some areas paramedics are required to wear bulletproof vests.
So, before you assume that firefighters are simply sitting around the firehouse all day, how about finding out what actually happens?
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I'd like to say a special thanks to Karen, Zoe, Winnie and Kerry for helping me to spread the word; AND to the "Anonymous" commenter (I'm presuming male??) who was emphatic that "stitchcrafts should not be sexist" towards including men; PLEASE would you get in touch? I'd love to talk to you in more detail!
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and this "tax" is expected to hit all workers who rely on employer healthcare, regardless of income? what happened to the promise of not raising taxes on people making under $250K. whether you agree with the "tax" or not, it's still effecting workers of all incomes.. can't you barry supporters see the truth gap? Surprise!!!
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LJUBLJANA, Sept 27 (Hina) - Slovenian police on Thursday interrogated Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic, suspected of economic crimes, after searching his house in Ljubljana and his office in the city council and taking potential evidence.
His attorney, Rok Ceferin, who was present at the questioning, told reporters that Jankovic was not arrested and was puzzled why the court had approved the house search.
Jankovic, who is also the president of the opposition Positive Slovenia party, told reporters the police had acted correctly while searching his house and office.
He would not speculate on the background of the investigation, saying he trusted the judiciary and other bodies.
Jankovic said the investigation focused on alleged siphoning of money during the building of the Stozice sports centre and mall in Ljubljana, adding that the police took from his office documents on the construction.
The media said Jankovic's son Jure was also interrogated.
Speaking to the press earlier today, assistant police director for economic crimes Robert Crepinko said the investigation was related to financial wrongdoing worth dozens of millions of euros and that police had detained six people.
Citing sources close to the investigators, Slovenian media said that aside from Jankovic, the other suspects were his sons Jure and Damijan, to whom he transferred the ownership of the construction company Electa; Jadranka Dakic, former financial director of the Mercator retailer; Uros Ugrin, director of Grep, the company which built Stozice in a private-public partnership with the Municipality of Ljubljana; and Zlatko Sraka, owner of the company Energoplan.
Only Jankovic and his son Jure have been released in the meantime. The other are being interrogated.
The investigation was launched 18 months ago by the tax office, which suspects Jankovic of money laundering and fraud as well, Slovenian media said.
President Danilo Tuerk's office said he expected the police and other relevant bodies to do their job in accordance with their legal powers and that all citizens were equal before the law.