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Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, Bang Khen HeadquartersBank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) is a state enterprise under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance. Its objectives are to provide financial assistance in order to promote agriculture as an ... 0 replies more details |
Banking |
Chatuchak, Bangkok |
Siam City Life AssuranceFormerly known as the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., the largest shareholder of Bangkok Metropolitan Bank Public Company Limited () is a company formed under the policy of insurance free of government established by th... 0 replies more details |
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Phaya Thai, Bangkok |
AsiaPay (Thailand) LimitedAsiaPay (Thailand), the company behind SiamPay.com, was incorporated in Thailand in August 2006. Since then, AsiaPay (Thailand ) has rapidly become a leading provider of internet and mobile payment services and technolog... 0 replies more details |
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Din Daeng, Bangkok |
Toto Insurance Brokers Co., Ltd.Toto Insurance Brokers Co., Ltd. offers car insurance, house insurance, health insurance, accident insurance, biz insurance, travel insurance and overseas insurance. 0 replies more details |
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Suan Luang, Bangkok |
MKS Precious Metals (Thailand) Co., Ltd.MKS is a precious metals and financial services group of companies specializing in all aspects of gold and other precious metals processing and trading. It develops and maintains long-term relationships, and offers a wid... 0 replies more details |
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Sathon, Bangkok |
Asianet Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers Ltd.Asianet Insurance And Reinsurance Brokers Ltd. offers many kinds of insurances such as industry insurance, accident insurance, marine insurance, transport insurance and health insurance. 0 replies more details |
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Bang Na, Bangkok |
Friends Brokers And Consultant Co., Ltd.Friends Brokers And Consultant Co., Ltd. offers fire insurance, household insurance, industrial all risk insurance, motor insurance, machinery breakdown insurance, burglary insurance, inland transit insurance and marine ... 0 replies more details |
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Bang Yai, Nonthaburi |
Aioi Bangkok Insurance Co.,Ltd.Aioi Bangkok Insurance Co., Ltd. was inaugurated in 1951 under the name of "Oui Sin Po Hiem" and "Wilson Insurance" respectively until it became Aioi Bangkok Insurance Co., Ltd. in 2005. The main business is non-life ins... 0 replies more details |
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Sathon, Bangkok |
ThaiSri Insurance Co., Ltd.Established in 1953, ThaiSri Insurance Co., Ltd. now has about 570 management and staff, with more than 70 branch offices, agents, and service centers nationwide. The company offers personal insurance, travel accident in... 0 replies more details |
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Klong San , Bangkok |
The Asia Insurance Co., Ltd.The Asia Insurance Co., Ltd. was established in 1950. The company offers life insurance, motor insurance, inland transit insurance, marine insurance, fire insurance and miscellaneous insurance. 0 replies more details |
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Pathumwan, Bangkok |
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With 4 stars, Clarion Collection Etoile Saint-Honoré can guarantee you a comfortable stay. Accommodation is plentiful here, with a large array of rooms to choose from. Faubourg du Roule is a landmark close to this accommodation; Avenue des Champs-Élysées and Jardin des Tuileries are nearby as well. Not far away, Aquaboulevard is good for an afternoon out. Arc de Triomphe is an important asset of the surrounding area. Palais des Congrès, a short distance away, is a useful place to convene.
A bar/lounge is part of the general areas accessible to all guests of Clarion Collection Etoile Saint-Honoré. Services of this hotel include a baby-sitting service, a concierge service and an express check-in/out service. A variety of travellers are welcome here, for example business guests have a conference space at their disposal. Quantity of rooms: 85. Need to get around? A paid airport shuttle bus is provided for your convenience. For car drivers, it's useful to know that indoor parking is also available.
Clarion Collection Etoile Saint-Honoré is fitted with air conditioning. Rooms have additional services for your benefit, for example a wake-up service and a daily housekeeping service. This hotel has internet facilities, such as wireless high-speed Internet access (complimentary). The beds are finished with a Premium bedding set. When the outside is of importance to you as much as the inside, you will be glad to know there are rooms here with a city view.
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Height: | 6-1 |
Year: | Junior |
Hometown: | San Mateo, Calif. |
High School: | Saint Francis |
Position: | Middle Blocker |
Major: | Sociology |
House Affiliation: | Leverett |
Career Highs
Kills: 16 vs. Yale, Nov. 2, 2013
Attacks: 25, twice
Hitting Percentage: .750 vs. Providence, Sept. 8, 2012
Assists: 3 at Dartmouth, Sept. 21, 2012
Aces: 3, twice
Digs: 6 at Brown, Nov. 10, 2012
Blocks: 9 at Northeastern, Sept. 21, 2013
Block solo: 3, twice
Block assist: 8, 3 times
2013 (Junior)
Earned All-Ivy League second team honors for a second straight year ... Named to the Harvard Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 1.78 kps and 1.33 bps ... Scored 11 kills and seven blocks against Holy Cross (Sept. 6) while hitting .280 and adding one service ace ... Contributed five fills, five digs and one ace against Hofstra (Sept. 7) ... Served a career-high three aces against San Deigo State (Sept. 13) ... Notched nine kills, six blocks and two aces while hitting .300 agianst Southern Methodist (Sept. 14) ... Posted seven kills, a .462 hitting percentage and a career-high nine blocks at Northeastern (Sept. 21) ... Tallied 11 kills, a .304 hitting percentage and three blocks at Boston College (Sept. 22) ... Matched her career-high with eight block assists and added nine kills against New Hampshire (Sept. 24) ... Contributed nine kills, a .412 hitting percentage and two blocks at Brown (Oct. 4) ... Recorded seven kills, a .357 hitting percentage and four blocks against Cornell (Oct. 11) ... Matched her season-high with 11 kills and a .500 hitting percentage versus Columbia (Oct. 12) ... Scored nine kills while hitting .350 at Penn (Oct. 18) to go with four blocks ... Tallied 12 kills, a .400 hitting percentage and three aces at Dartmouth (Oct. 25) ... Registered a career-high 16 kills against Yale (Nov. 2) to go with a .652 hitting percentage and five blocks ... Notched six blocks against Penn (Nov. 9) ... Contributed six blocks and six kils at Columbia (Nov. 15) ... Scored eight kills, five blocks and two aces while hitting .375 at Cornell (Nov. 16).
2012 (Sophomore)
Named to the All-Ivy League second team ... Led the Ivy League in hitting percentage (.371) and ranked 40th in the NCAA ... Also ranked fourth in the Ancient Eight in blocks (1.06) ... Her 111 total blocks ranked sixth on Harvard's single-season list while her 82 block assists put her eighth ... Recorded a career-high 13 kills and hit .647 against Middle Tennessee State (Aug. 31) at the Hokie Invitational ... Tallied a career-high five total blocks, including one solo, against Towson (Sept. 1) at the Hokie Invitational ... Named to the Harvard Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.33 kps and 0.67 bps with a .576 hitting percentage ... Recorded six kills on seven attempts to hit .714 against Manhattan (Sept. 7) at the Harvard Invitational ... Registered a career-best .750 hitting percentage with six kills on eight attemps and added two aces against Providence (Sept. 8) at the Harvard Invitational ... Notched nine kills, two digs and four blocks against Northern Kentucky (Sept. 8) at the Harvard Invitational ... Matched her career high with four block assists at UConn (Sept. 14) at the New England Challenge ... Scored five kills with three digs and three block assists at Northeastern (Sept. 15) at the New England Challenge ... Registered seven kills and two block assists against Boston College (Sept. 15) at the New England Challenge ... Registered six kills and four block assists at New Hampshire (Sept. 18) ... Set a new career-high with six total blocks, including three solo, at Dartmouth (Sept. 21) while adding 10 kills and a .444 hitting percentage ... Recorded a career-high eight blocks and five digs against Holy Cross (Sept. 25) with nine kills and a .533 hitting percentage ... Tallied nine kills and a .400 hitting percentage against Princeton (Sept. 28) ... Notched five kills and four blocks against Penn (Sept. 29) ... Scored six digs, hit .500 and notched four blocks against Brown (Oct. 5) ... Registered eight kills, a .467 hitting percentage and three blocks at Cornell (Oct. 12) ... Tallied six kills, a .308 hitting percentage and five blocks at Columbia (Oct. 13) ... Contributed five kills, two aces and four blocks against Dartmouth (Oct. 19) ... Posted six blocks at Penn (Oct. 26) ... Recorded eight kills, a .636 hitting percentage and five blocks at Princeton (Oct. 27) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll Nov. 6 after averaging 2.14 kps, 1.86 bps and hitting .448 against Columbia and Cornell ... Matched her career-high with eight blocks, including three solo, against Columbia (Nov. 2) while also registering nine kills and a .368 hitting percentage ... Scored six kills and five blocks while hitting .600 against Cornell (Nov. 3) ... Had a career night at Brown (Nov. 10), posting 14 kills, six digs, five blocks, two assists and two aces.
2011 (Freshman)
Made 19 appearances and totaled 22 kills, 16 blocks and four digs ... Notched blocks in consecutive games against Bryant (Sept. 9), Maryland-Eastern Shore (Sept. 10) and New Hampshire (Sept. 13) ... Made her first career start at Columbia Nov. 4 and registered six kills and two blocks ... Tallied four kills and two blocks at Cornell Nov. 5.
Before Harvard
Lettered two season on the Saint Francis volleyball team … Named 2011 Saint Francis Female Scholar Athlete of the Year … Named to All-Daily News Prep Girls Volleyball first team and All-West Catholic Athletic League second team as a senior … Helped Saint Francis to an undefeated season and league championship as a senior … Also led team to CCS championship, Norcal Championship and Division II state title as a senior … Member of the National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation … Graduated maxima cum laude and with honors … Father, Gerard Walters '80, played football and rugby at Harvard … Grandmother, Joan Gilbert Walters '46, received her Master's ('48) and PhD ('50) from Harvard and great grandfather, Dr. John Gilbert '25, also attended Harvard.


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Nice, I hope they took their time and made this all that GTA 4 should of been. Loved the new physx in 4 but the story was lacking. Graphics were awesome, the lack of apartments/garages and flyable planes/helicopters was just.. sad... Oh and the butthurt friends all crying about "you never call me, I'm a murderer but I have feeling tooo" BS.. Hated that soooo much...lol..
As long as every game starts with "daddy's back, you bitches!" I'll be happy. I didn't like the friend management in IV.
Being chased by the entire police force while trying to complete a mission.... you get a phone call from Roman "hey, want to hang out?", you say "Roman I'm kinda busy right now" Negative Reputation with Roman...
The bike physic's were horrible. Going like 100 mph go to take a turn and just slide sideways.... real life sliding both tires on a bike sideways at the same time, yeah that doesn't happen, thats just death. I didn't ever ride bikes in GTA IV, because how they drove was a joke.
New screens New screenshots of GTA 5 surfaced on IGN (originally posted on R* Newswire) R* further states at the end of its post
Controllable fighter jets = day one buy....simple I really do hope they release on PC at the same time as consoles, only have a 360 and don't look forward to crummy graphics and about 4 discs to swap about
4 more screens.. --playing with the cops-- If the first two sets of this weeks were named "Transport" & "Leisure", this set of 4 screens are files under "Business"...
^ no concrete info yet.. but it is universally acknowledged(among sources) R* wont launch it this year.. late Q1 2013 most likely
I really hope we won't have to wait this out for PC as a "console exclusive" That and IF it's coming to PC at the same time as the consoles they do a MUCH better job at PC optimization. The screen shots look great and look to be of PC quality?(Am I wrong?) But hey than can make the look as good as they want no matter what the platform with clever "editing" I hope Sleeping Dogs can keep me warm until this arrives(Is thinking May so that's a ways off ) I certainly won't jump on the console version like I did L.A. Noire only to have it come out on PC afterall(was thinking RDR and never coming to PC ) You just need to update your GFX card, the rest of your rig is no slouch.
I am hoping for the same, at least a new graphics card to handle it. GTA4 is all my system wants with eye candy on. I need a game like this for stress relief, hours of enjoyment for cheap.
I hope for PC version they do what they did with Max Payne 3!\ Jesus the screenies look so damn good. They have definitely upgraded the Engine after GTA4
Waiting for the right time Hopefully in about three weeks when I get payed! Will probably be going for 660Ti since I'll be doing just 1080p.


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Prepared by Maria E. Pace, MD, CT/MR Fellow, and Barry Daly, MD, FRCR, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
A 63-year-old female presented with epigastric abdominal pain. Laboratory values demonstrated an amylase of 67, lipase of 2630, and elevated liver function tests. An image from a coronal reformatted single breath-hold magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatogram (MRCP) is shown (figure 1). What is the most likely diagnosis?
The noninvasive radiologic evaluation of biliary tract obstruction has, until recently, been primarily evaluated by CT or ultrasound. While these modalities are useful for determining the presence of obstruction, direct cholangiography or ERCP remains the gold standard, having the highest sensitivity for visualizing biliary tract anatomy and for determining the level of obstruction. However, ERCP is an expensive, invasive procedure which is operator dependent and can be associated with major complications.
MRCP provides a safe, noninvasive alternative to ERCP which can be performed as an out-patient procedure, usually without sedation. MRCP images are rapidly obtained utilizing a heavily T2-weighted sequence which relies on the inherent brightness of fluid to delineate biliary anatomy. Cholangiogram-like images can be obtained by acquiring signal from a single thick slab through the upper abdomen using a prolonged echo time to suppress solid background tissues. Oral contrast agents can also be administered to suppress adjacent bowel signal. In this patient, the slab of data for figure 1 was acquired in a 2-second breath-hold utilizing an EXPRESS fast-spin echo sequence on a 1.5-Tesla MR scanner. This technique virtually eliminates any motion misregistration, as well as increases signal-to-noise ratio and improves spatial resolution. Software that can provide a single-shot acquisition is available on some MR systems. Such techniques include the single-shot fast-spin echo (SSFSE) sequence and its counterpart, half-Fourier single-shot turbo-spin echo (HASTE) acquisition.
The role of MRCP is broad. It can be used as a primary diagnostic cholangiography and pancreatography study. In cases of failed or incomplete ERCP, MRCP can be used to delineate biliary tree anatomy, both proximal and distal to the level of obstruction. Additionally, MRCP can be used in conjunction with T2-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced gradient dynamic, or fat-saturated SE T1-weighted sequences of the liver and pancreas to determine the cause of obstruction, as well as to identify the extent of local and metastatic liver spread in the setting of malignant obstruction. MRCP allows the determination of patients who need biliary drainage and the selection of the most appropriate route--either via ERCP or percutaneous intervention. Fulcher et al demonstrated an accuracy of 98.2% for the diagnosis of malignant obstruction utilizing MRCP. In that study, use of MRCP obviated the need for ERCP by excluding biliary stones in 95 of 300 patients (32%) with undiagnosed abdominal pain or acute pancreatitis.
Recent studies of the MRCP diagnosis of choledocholithiasis are favorable, with sensitivity ranging from 81 to 100% and specificity ranging from 97 to 100% for the detection of biliary stones. Biliary stones appear black on the background of bright/white bile. This is compared to ERCP data, published by Frey et al, which report a sensitivity of 90.4% and a specificity of 98% in the detection of choledocholithiasis.
MRCP also can be used to assess variant and postoperative biliary anatomy, acute or chronic pancreatitis, and cholangitis.
The disadvantages of MRCP compared to ERCP include the inability to biopsy tissues, the inability to perform a therapeutic role (such as stent placement or endoscopic sphincterotomy), and slightly diminished image resolution.
Overall, the role of MRCP is increasing as a reliable and sensitive exam that can perform a rapid acquisition, yielding diagnostic information comparable to that of ERCP.


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Fox & Friends Corrections
On behalf of our buddies over at "Fox & Friends" we want to issue some corrections from the show because, amongst other things, apparently Angela Merkel is NOT the female version of Steve Urkel. Who knew??
Transitions lenses do not reverse the gender of your eyes.
Sandy Duncan did not "sponsor" the hurricane.
There are many black people, not just one who is a master of disguise.
Brian Kilmeade did not invent the term "smoke 'em if you got 'em."
Not all pigs are born with human feet.
Angela Merkel is not the female version of Steve Urkel.
It is permissible to say the word "Mexican" on television.
There is no celebrity named Rape Romano.
Condoms work every day of the week. Not just Tuesdays.
Trees do not have bones.
There are a finite number of people in China.
Burritos are not "male tacos."
The Constitution is a living document, but it cannot walk around.
Chef Boyardee is not the Prime Minister of Italy. He is the Vice President.
Paul Ryan is not faster than a cheetah.
FEMA is not slang for female.
Many Hispanics own their own cars.
The Statue of Liberty was not a gift from Santa.
At no point has Dorf been the number one golfer in the world.
Lance Armstrong did not trade a testicle for steroids.
Michael J. Fox does not have "multiple sandwiches."
Apple Maps is not a map showing where the apples are.
8 is a multiple of 4.
Women's vaginas are below their waists.
"Kris Krostie" is not Chris Christie with his pants backwards.
Afi Komen was never the U.N. Secretary General.
Haitian does not mean "half-Asian."
Last Wednesday was Halloween. Not a "ghost invasion."
Mr. Met has never announced a preference for any religion over the other.
Chef Boyardee is not the Vice President of Italy.


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March 02 - March 10, 2014 |
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8 Breakfasts • 5 Lunches • 6 Dinners
Highlights: Trinidad, Pottery Demonstration, Cienfuegos, Havana, Cuban Fine Arts Museum, Casa Fuster | ||||||||
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Collette Vacations Rediscover Cuba - A Cultural Exploration |
Listed below is important information to assist you in preparing for your upcoming trip. This information provided will help you have a more enjoyable experience while you are on your tour. |
Accommodations |
On some programs, there are a limited number of single and triple rooms. Double Rooms usually consist of 2 beds. Triple rooms are normally a standard double room with 2 beds. A cot or rollaway bed may be added to the double room at some hotels, based on room size and fire codes. When triples are not available, appropriate charges for single and twin accommodations will be assessed. We make every effort to accommodate your specific requests and forward them to the hotels. These requests cannot be guaranteed as hotels may not always be able to honor them. Check in times are set by individual hotel properties and vary by hotel. Depending on your arrival time, there may be a delay in gaining access to your room as most hotels offer afternoon check ins. We ask guests to observe check out times at all properties as designated by the hotel. Some hotels will require your passport information upon check in in order to activate telephones in the rooms and for potential incidental charges. Most hotels charge an access fee for using phones in hotel rooms. Please check with the front desk personnel at each hotel for specific policies. Hotel membership programs are not applicable. Remember that all charges must be paid for in cash upon check out. In certain countries, hotel rooms tend to be smaller than standard U.S. accommodations. Please be assured that we use high quality properties throughout each country. |
Arrival Day Suggestions |
Miami is a great city with lots of exciting sightseeing to do. Here is a list of suggestions on how to spend your free time on arrival day, prior to meeting up with your fellow travelers: Coconut Grove: great outdoor shopping areas with cafes, restaurants, shops and beautiful parks along the bay. While here you can also visit the Barnacle Historic State Park, featuring a late 19th century home and beautiful lush gardens. Coral Gables: head over to Miracle Mile for some shopping at its quaint boutique, great international restaurants and upscale atmosphere. Miami Beach: Here you can enjoy the rich Art Deco architecture along Ocean Drive, walk along the pedestrian only Lincoln Road Mall or spend some time in one of its fabulous beaches. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens: beautiful architectural gem built in 1916 featuring gorgeous views of Biscayne Bay and some of Miami's most beautiful formal gardens. Bayside Marketplace Downtown Miami: great outdoor shopping venue, great for souvenirs, views of Biscayne Bay and nice restaurants. They also offer bay cruises featuring the islands off the coast. |
Clothing & Packing Tips |
Packing Medication: If you are taking prescription medication, please be sure to take an adequate supply for your tour and a few additional days, in original prescription containers. Medication should be packed in your carry on baggage (never in checked luggage). You may want to carry an extra prescription in a separate bag in case medication is lost; filling prescriptions while in Cuba may be challenging. Over-the-counter drugs are also not easily purchased, so please bring additional supplies for your trip. Because of Cuba's semitropical climate, you may wish to pack light clothing, including shorts, short sleeved shirts and mostly casual summer apparel. Walking tours will take place on cobblestone streets or uneven pavement; therefore, comfortable walking shoes are advisable at all times. Bring hats and sun visors to protect yourself from the sun. There will be a few evenings on tour that will require "smart casual" clothing, where shorts are not appropriate, but suits and ties are not necessary. |
Currency |
Your personal bank card, ATM card, and credit cards, if issued by an American bank, will not work while in Cuba; therefore, we suggest bringing an adequate amount of cash to cover all out-of-pocket expenses. You may exchange your money at airports, banks, exchange bureaus, and at most hotels. In most cases, a commission charge will be assessed to exchange your money. At hotels or in the city you will usually get a better currency exchange rate than at airports. For the Miami portion of your trip only, we recommend carrying only a few major credit cards. Credit card purchases often provide an extra guarantee on your purchase (check with your specific credit card company for details and fees). It is advisable to contact any credit card company you intend utilizing while on tour before you depart to notify them where you will be traveling, to avoid any rejection of services. |
Electricity |
Although Cuba also uses 110 voltage with standard American outlets, some hotels only offer 220 voltage. An adaptor (which changes the physical plug) and/or converter (which changes the electric current) may be necessary if you plan to use an appliance with voltage different from the standard within the country you are visiting. Please note, if your appliance has dual voltage you may still need an adaptor for the plug. When packing your electronic items for travel, please review the converter electric current level to make sure it the same or greater than the items you are planning on using. If you plan on utilizing or transporting a sleep apnea machine, please remember to pack an extension cord & adapter plug to ensure proper function. |
Elevation |
Elevation on this tour will not exceed 1,000 feet. |
Helpful Hints |
Bring a copy of your passport/identification and pack it separately from the original and carry it with you while on tour, leaving your original passport securely in your hotel safe. Leave a copy of your tour itinerary at home with your emergency contact and a copy of your passport. Remember when flying you can only take one quart size bag with no more than 3 ounces of any one liquid. Liquids that do not fit in the one quart size bag and are larger than 3 ounces will be discarded by security. Remember to hydrate and get up and stretch while flying. Bring a camera, memory cards, film, and batteries and be sure to bring enough photography supplies for your entire trip. If you have a video camera, bring an extra battery, plus proper recharging equipment. Due to security screening, we recommend storing your equipment in your carry on luggage. Bring a travel alarm clock, travel sewing kit and an alcohol based gel hand sanitizer when soap and water is not accessible. It is also advisable to pack some tissue paper as not all public restrooms are equipped with toilet paper. We also suggest bringing an adequate supply of insect repellent and sunscreen, as it is often difficult to purchase these items at local stores. Pack items that may leak in plastic bags. Do not pack any articles of value in your checked luggage. As a precaution, we suggest that you divide the contents of your suitcase with your traveling companion. Avoid over packing and leave room for souvenirs that you plan to take back home. Have small coins available for rest stop attendants. |
Included Features |
The following are included in your tour package: round trip charter flight from Miami, transportation via motorcoach, accommodations, hotel, luggage handling, meals, sightseeing, admission charges (as outlined in your itinerary), and applicable gratuities for bellmen, doormen and dining room wait staff. Customary gratuities for personnel, hotel housekeeping staff, local sightseeing guides, drivers and tour managers have not been included. |
Local Cuisine |
Cuban food is extremely flavorful, using lots of herbs and spices, though not spicy hot. Local specialties include various seafood dishes featuring anything from lobster to local Caribbean fish often in sauces or served with rice. Pork and chicken are other favorites and can often be served with beans and rice. Local vegetables are somewhat limited to mostly root vegetables, such as varieties of potatoes or yams, though it is common to be served salads with fresh tomatoes, cabbage and cucumbers. Fried plantains (a type of sturdier banana) often accompany main dishes. Tropical fruits are delicious and include mangos, pineapples, small bananas and papayas, though rich desserts such as flan, rice pudding or other creamy desserts should also be sampled while in Cuba. The beverage of choice is either the local rum which come in many varieties, or a non-alcoholic malt-based drink known as malta. Don't forget to try some of the local daiquiris or pina coladas, too. It is best to drink bottled water while in Cuba, and both sparkling and still are available at most restaurants and markets. |
Luggage |
Please consult with your domestic scheduled airline as luggage fees & restrictions vary by carrier and destination. Due to charter airline restrictions on your Cuban roundtrip flight, you are limited to one carry on (less than 15lbs) and one checked luggage. A maximum of 44 pounds in combined weight is allowed. The charter airline fee is 20 USD for the 1st checked bag, which must be paid in cash upon check in at Miami airport. This charge is assessed outbound from Miami only. Anything over 44 pounds will be subject to excess baggage fees of 2 USD per pound. If you check a second bag, the fee is 65 USD. Wheeled carry on is not suitable for coach tours. If you exceed the limit of 2 bags, we cannot guarantee that your additional luggage will be able to fit in the touring vehicle. Storage or shipment of additional luggage will be at your own expense. If we are able to accommodate your additional luggage, we will assess a fee of 4 USD per bag per hotel. Please remember to label your luggage and important items with your name, home address and telephone number. We recommend labeling your luggage on both outside and inside of the bag. Please attach only the plastic luggage tag included in this mailing to your checked luggage before checking in for your flight. Your paper luggage tag is to be attached at the first hotel. We cannot assume liability or accept claims for loss or damage to luggage and personal effects due to breakage, theft or normal wear and tear that results from hotel, airline and group carrier handling. It is in your best interest to have adequate insurance (such as our comprehensive "No Worries Travel Protection") to cover these eventualities. |
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Most meals are included as indicated in your document itinerary. Guests with special dietary requirements must advise their travel counselor at the time of booking and also the tour manager upon joining the tour. When information is provided, every effort will be made to accommodate these requests. Please be advised that the average cost of meals (not inclusive of tax and gratuity) that are not included in your tour are as follows: breakfast 7 to 10 USD, lunch 10 to 15 USD and dinner 20 to 30 USD. While in Cuba, all meals not included in the tour must be paid for in cash. Customary tipping is 10-15% on all services. |
Miscellaneous |
In order to fulfill OFAC's (Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury) licensing requirements on this tour, you will have a full-time schedule of educational exchange activities that will result in a meaningful interaction between the traveler, you, and individuals in Cuba. The itinerary has been designed with these requirements in mind and there will be no leisure time on this program as on other Collette tours. You will receive a letter from Collette Vacations on Collette Vacations letterhead that authorizes you to travel under Collette Vacations' travel license to Cuba (#CT 2012 – 299283 - 1). You must have this letter on you at all times and it is advisable that you also keep a copy in a separate piece of luggage and at home with your emergency contact. You will need this letter to travel to and from the United States and if any authorities request this document while in Cuba. Record Keeping Requirements per OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury): Each passenger is required to keep a general written record of each day's activities in Cuba as to the various sites visited and transactions or activities engaged in. Such records shall be kept and retained by passenger to be made available for examination upon demand (by OFAC) for at least five (5) years from the date of each transaction. |
Itinerary is subject to modifications in order to fulfill the people-to-people requirements while on tour. U.S. cell phones will not work while in Cuba. Vaccines may be required for travel to Cuba. Consult your physician for further information on recommended vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can provide you with the most up-to-date information on current inoculation requirements. This information can be accessed via the international travelers' hotline (404) 332 4559 or via the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/travel/vaccinat.htm. |
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Interested in reading about your destination before you depart? We have pre-selected travel guides, novels and books on history, nature and art to help enhance your total vacation experience. You can access the complete list by typing the following into your web browser. Select the region of the world to find your tour: http://www.longitudebooks.com/find/d/129/r/CV/mcms.html |
Shopping |
According to U.S. government customs regulations, no traveler may import Cuban-made goods into the country, including Cuban cigars and rum. You may, however, bring information and informational materials — books, magazines, films, posters, photographs, microfilms, tapes, CDs, records, works of art, etc. |
Tour Manager |
You will be accompanied from Miami by a Collette employee representative who will remain with you throughout your entire trip to/from Cuba. In order to further enhance your experience of this destination, a local Cuban National guide will be your tour manager for the duration of the trip within Cuba. This local tour manager will organize the educational exchange activities in Cuba, which will involve meaningful interaction between you and people in Cuba. Gratuities should be extended on a voluntary basis and should be in direct proportion to the level of professionalism and personal service extended to you throughout the tour. Past experience has shown that a guideline of 4-6 CUC per person for each traveling day is a customary amount for your Cuban National tour manager. A customary amount of 3-5 CUC per person per day is suggested for the driver. |
Transportation |
Air Inclusive Vacations Your air inclusive vacation to Cuba covers charter air transport to and from Miami. In order to comply with Homeland Security's "Secure Flight" mandate, all passengers must provide full name, date of birth and gender at time of reservation. Your airline ticket must match the name on your valid, non expired, government issued photo ID to be shown at the airport (including middle name, first or middle initial). Whenever possible, we will add charges for air departure taxes to your invoice. Some international arrival and departure fees are not included in your air ticket and must be paid by you on tour in local currency. Air Travel: Due to the limited number of flights to Cuba, early or late flights may be necessary to fulfill all required components of the tour. Please note that a departure tax of 25 Cuban Pesos (CUC), approximately 30 USD, must be paid for in cash prior to boarding your flight back to Miami. On your return to Miami from Cuba, you may need to allow additional time to clear customs and immigration, as further screening may be required. Please keep this in mind if booking your own return flight back to your final destination. |
Transfers We are pleased to provide you with complimentary airport to hotel, and hotel to airport transfers at the beginning and end of an escorted tour when you purchase an air inclusive vacation. Land only clients within the United States who have purchased round trip transfers will be accommodated at the same times as air inclusive clients. Arrival meeting locations and transfer departure times are provided on your document booklets. On some programs there may be a waiting period at the airport due to varying flight schedules of other arriving passengers. If you have secured your own transfer, you may meet your tour manager at the hotel in Miami. Motorcoach Information: We do not own or operate transportation vehicles. We charter quality coaches that are temperature controlled vehicles. Coach size may vary based upon the number of tour patrons. In certain countries, lavatory equipped motorcoaches are not available or the lavatory is for emergency use only. Frequent stops will be made en route for comfort and convenience. Seat Rotation: Seats are rotated for the benefit of our tour guests, fosters communication, and enables our guests to enjoy a variety of vantage points on the motorcoach. Guests will rotate seats at least once a day, as directed by the tour manager. In fairness to all, there will be no exceptions to this policy. |


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Received December 10, 2009; revised January 17, 2010; accepted February 1, 2010. Dr. Polan is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Address correspondence to H. Jonathan Polan, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 E 68th St., New York, NY 10021; firstname.lastname@example.com (e-mail).
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Objective: Using a novel method, residents generated examples and principles of good medical teaching from their experiences of being taught as medical students. This article describes and evaluates this method of teaching preparation, gives the main teaching principles the residents derived, and provides representative examples of their experiences which illustrate each principle. Methods: In this 2-hour session, postgraduate year two (PGY-2) psychiatric residents shared their most notable experiences of being taught as medical students with their cohort and a faculty facilitator and, from these experiences, articulated principles of medical teaching for their immediate use as psychiatric clerkship teachers. The residents responded to a survey questionnaire to gauge the value of the method. Results: In 2009, 11 PGY-2 residents recollected 18 experiences of peak or poor teaching and derived five major principles of teaching from them in an affectively intense and cognitively engaging group exercise. The survey results indicated that the session caused residents to feel better prepared for medical student teaching. Conclusion: This method of peer group processing mobilized residents' memories of being taught and organized them into practical principles of good teaching.
Like a new parent whose behaviors are shaped by how he or she was parented (1), a new teacher establishing his or her role may draw from memories of being taught. In discussing the need to improve our training of residents to be teachers (2, 3), we may be overlooking—and underutilizing—a qualification for the teaching role that all residents have: their experiences as medical students, including hundreds of hours of teaching by medical educators of every description. By considering this, we might reframe an aspect of the discussion as follows: how can we help our residents organize and apply their experiences as medical learners to their new role as medical teachers? A solution that I have used with second postgraduate year (PGY-2) psychiatric residents for more than 12 years is to provide a forum for the residents to process their peak experiences as medical learners and organize these into practical principles of good teaching. The premises of the intervention are that residents already have internalized models of how to teach that were formed by the experiences of being taught, and that remembering, sharing, and analyzing these experiences with their peers and a faculty facilitator can access, clarify, and activate these internalized models for immediate use. This article describes this teaching method and provides examples of the residents' experiences and the teaching principles they derived from them, the results of a survey questionnaire of its effect, and comments on aspects of the group process that may account for that effect.
My department allots 2 hours in the PGY-2 curriculum for teaching to teach. In the first hour, I conventionally presented the psychiatric clerkship structure and content, its goals and objectives, and the residents' specific roles and responsibilities to the medical students as their teachers. The second hour—which I call "experiential anamnesis and group consensus," in which the residents share their experiences ("experiential anamnesis") and articulate from these experiences general principles of medical teaching ("group consensus")—is the innovative method that is the focus of this report.
After I briefly described the purpose and format of the hour and assured the residents that sharing their experiences was voluntary, I gave them a minute or two of silence to reflect on their medical education and to choose an experience as a learner that stood out as a high point or that was educationally ineffective or counterproductive. A note taker jotted a summary of each experience on a dry erase board. The great majority of experiences recounted by the residents occurred during their clerkships. Other residents commented on the experience and proposed educational principles that it illustrated, which were also jotted on the board. After all shared their experiences, the teaching principles generated were reviewed and discussed as a whole.
I wrapped up the session by telling the residents that teaching clerkship students marks their first opportunity to acquire some of the core skills they have identified. I emphasized that learning to teach is a career-long process, which, as the department's director of medical student education, I am available to facilitate throughout their residency. Immediately after class, I sent a memo to the PGY-2 residents summarizing the discussion and restating the principles of teaching that they derived from their experiences.
The academic year 2009–2010 PGY-2 class evaluated the session by filling out a four-item voluntary and anonymous questionnaire, with each item scored on a four-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). This educational research project was determined to meet exemption requirements by the institutional review board.
In the 2009–2010 academic year, 11 of the 12 PGY-2 residents attended this session. They shared a total of 18 experiences—nine as peak positive experiences and nine as particularly ineffective teaching. From these experiences, the residents derived a set of clinical teaching principles which fell into five main areas: giving students defined roles on clinical teams, using interesting and challenging teaching formats and exercises, tailoring teaching to the students' level, role modeling, and giving direct, specific feedback. Table 1 shows representative examples of the 18 experiences, each illustrating a major teaching principle.
All 11 residents filled out the evaluation questionnaire. Table 2 displays the means and standard deviations of the responses.
In this and all past groups of residents, I have observed that in recounting their vignettes, many residents re-experienced some of the emotions that accompanied the original event, evoking empathic responses in the group. This was an unanticipated aspect of the method, but it appeared powerful and may account for a large part of the session's effect. When residents shared vignettes that illustrated a high point of their medical learning, as in the first, second, fourth, and fifth examples in Table 1, their pleasure at the recollection was usually apparent on their faces and in their voices, and the nods and knowing smiles of the other residents made clear that they shared their colleague's appreciation of the experience. When a resident shared an experience of poor teaching, as in the third example in Table 1, he or she often visibly reflected the disappointment of that event, and likewise, the group's empathy was observable. The subsequent cognitive processing that identified a principle of medical teaching for each experience was usually quick and transparent.
The survey results (Table 2) suggest that the residents viewed this seminar as useful preparation for their roles as teachers, despite its brevity. On the basis of my observations of the group process during my use of this method for more than 12 years, I hypothesize that the session owes a large measure of its success to enabling residents to access, socially validate, and cognitively process memories that are highly affectively charged.
I first conceptualized this method as a cognitive exercise that would use the residents' memories of being taught as raw material from which they would derive basic concepts of medical teaching for their use. I was unprepared for the degree to which this exercise has repeatedly shown itself to be an intensely affective and social experience. Specifically, the residents' memories of being well or poorly taught are generally highly affectively charged, these emotions are on the surface and readily re-experienced in the retelling, and the residency peer group has responded first and foremost with a spontaneous display of empathy toward the speaker. I now view these emotional and social aspects of the exercise as the psychological "fuel" and "glue" that make the cognitive task of identifying and agreeing on teaching principles vivid, compelling, and ultimately useful to the residents.
This study's limitations are the lack of independent indicators that the residents are better prepared to teach students as a result of the intervention and the small sample size of the survey data (i.e., one academic year in one institution). However, the informal data are larger: In more than 12 years of using this method, I have the impression that the residents appreciate the exercise from year to year. After I presented it as a workshop at a national meeting of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry in 1998, other program directors adopted it and continue to use it. Personal communications from some of them indicate that it has succeeded at their programs. I hope that this report will encourage wider use of the experiential anamnesis and group consensus method of teaching residents to teach, result in additional testing of its effect at other departments of psychiatry, and lead to its use in other specialties.
At the time of submission, Dr. Polan reported no competing interests.
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Power Play 2/5/2013
Chris Stirewalt discusses immigration and budget deals with Susan Ferrechio, Debbie Dingell, Mark Kennedy and Peter Barnes
Feb 5, 2013
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-- -- And that's what it looked like when Barack Obama was the junior senator from the great state of Illinois.
And this is power play -- Internet you wonder why why we're we're just looking it Barack Obama as senator.
I mean he was only there from -- minute so what.
Do we show him because he went right to become president.
Here's why in 2007.
The and the government was on the costs of a big deal.
On illegal immigration.
-- do you know who was key to exploding that deal yes Barack Obama junior senator from Illinois.
Acting at the test of labor.
Helped blow up the deal with an amendment.
Because big labor was at all on board with the idea of having.
Guest workers inside the United States competing with American workers for jobs so that's the deal.
And I think that this power play -- -- I -- I did because that's true.
Those things are true.
So today the president is meeting with big labor and big business to try to push forward -- deal.
Now that he has the chief executive.
He's trying to bring them together to do a deal we'll talk about that we'll talk about what happens when lawmakers don't follow the laws that they make.
And with the president doesn't follow though the rules as it relates to budgets of apartment complexes there and is this -- commitment that is.
There will be news some terrible news about the size of the debt and all of those things that will do that and we'll talk.
With -- -- later on about what the immigration what stance -- immigration is what Republicans in the -- etc.
that -- But I will not etc.
this you cannot blah blah this season friendship is the chief congressional correspondent for the Washington examiner the mighty acts.
And she is a friend of -- -- welcome back screen TV there so we'll see it now.
Here's the questions it.
We have a lot of moving parts and immigrant.
The president is meeting as it goes through with big labor and big business.
-- to try to make it happen.
The other thing that's gonna -- Happened today we heard from GOP leadership this morning about what they -- to do from the house on immigration and Eric Cantor is gonna -- a big speech today.
To lay out some of his governing principles he's the majority leader of the house -- -- his governing principles as it relates to immigration.
Give us the state of.
Well I still think that immigration ultimately is going to be only partial victory for all the parties involved I don't think you call -- -- little.
I I yes I think that something is gonna move here because Republicans feel committed to try to not look -- so there turning their backs on Hispanic community let's face it micro reviews -- paved the way forward.
By getting out front on this and -- getting out of the kind of winning all over.
On the enthusiasm of people like Rush Limbaugh on -- -- and these guys are important to -- people tune into -- -- you think you can win over them and you're gonna get some.
So I think that he -- shares today even hear Republicans talk.
About moving forward on immigration.
And and I think they're going to embrace the idea.
Who letting folks come into the country and have for a legal status I don't think we're gonna you know probably Republicans as amnesty is not going to -- over for them you know in terms -- pathway to citizenship.
There's a big difference between -- some -- Marco Rubio wants to do and what President Obama want to do with amnesty because Obama wants to just kind of really make that -- easy he says it's tough but it's really not.
It's going to be a cleaner easier pass faster path without sort of these conditions of border security that three.
Call now what a way to make it sound bit that will -- the whole thing and it's not just border security we've talked about this a lot here the big thing for Republicans as.
Wind is the amnesty occur in this -- -- -- different.
It's right -- now of President Obama site.
If you heard the way he speaks about I listen carefully.
It's really not it's like we okay border security yes yes -- have -- -- but that's not conditions for.
The pathways to green car salesman -- racists Republicans like whoa whoa hang on here if there's going to be any kind of -- Discussion of green card in the past there has to be real efforts on border security.
The problem for Republicans.
Is that statistics -- on their site at this moment.
Because immigration has to clients.
Illegal immigration on the border has declined so significantly.
At this point that they -- that border security even.
John McCain has talked to a border security as being far vastly improved over what it was a few years ago when this debate as you remember it was a lot different back in 2007.
So when Barack Obama helped destroy not out of -- out.
Well you'll see Democrats take advantage of that statistic.
They will use that to help -- their momentum to push this along.
And put border security in the background and you watch that is going to happen because the Democrats there -- golden on many issues immigration will be one of them they will push assisting.
As far as fast as they can young women like game 123 red -- and -- elections green all the kids run as -- they can't.
Republican Democrats feeling on the green -- right now pay on a lot of issues immigration is going to be one of the big things they feel they can really take off on because even on it that -- Republican House.
They -- -- and there's sort of a handicap Republican House and they can push -- lot further and you wouldn't ordinarily expect so.
Need to listen carefully when Eric Tanner says today when he dresses.
The ATI on this issue and you and actually seems rubio playing a major role here sort of provide cover for Republicans who want to move for who -- -- to this pathway to citizenship.
And I think border security.
We'll get some acknowledgment but it -- shorter shrift that it would have got a few years.
Yes this we as this evolves more people who come here.
So you think it will pass he thinks something will -- thing is going to move win.
Antonin you hearing people like Chuck Schumer and others talk about the same getting done -- -- the first half of this.
Or later maybe later this -- first half of congress of the year.
It just depends you know right -- immigration hearing happening already you know -- -- -- that this morning you hear people saying well wait a minute here.
We're not just -- -- to a pathway to citizenship amnesty is not gonna go anywhere of course security is not what you should be so already you're hearing a lot of people talk about that.
But in any kind of -- the problem here and the reason I think that this could move is probably the reason you're thinking as well as -- Republicans feel like.
They lost only -- 27%.
Hispanics in the last election.
That this could be their only chance it's kind of sink or swim at this point they need to pick up Hispanic votes because.
Republicans Democrats are running away with it at this point they need to do something now people argue hey -- -- putting more people on the roles are gonna vote for Democrats.
Now there's that argument but I think to Republicans -- they stuck between a rock and a hard place on immigration in arguably they are.
Is that they have decided -- -- go for -- and the -- -- and in acting lately and my sense is that they're going to move.
In terms of looking like they wanna do something you know -- -- -- instructions on this is that for sure is going to eat -- -- more suspend exports.
OK and when we see races though like when it's cooking up in Georgia we get to -- members of the house.
Paul brown and Tom price these issues these votes become very consequent because.
Because immigration as a -- many times -- regional issue.
-- and it's become a big political overarching issue but ultimately it's a regional issue.
It's vastly different from voters in Arizona and it will be for people in Georgia and South Carolina I'll -- you know -- Steve King.
You think these things are going to play into politics.
For sure but I think the big overarching field wouldn't -- a party is that.
We've got to get on -- immigration reform train rather -- get run over bias which is kind of where they are right now and I I think that.
The big message -- looming for land is what's gonna happen the next election beginning at 10% Hispanic vote.
-- how we get pieces as far our own benefit.
And that's certainly Omar Peruvians plus he is now there was a hole it just came out here today that on and it was actually yesterday.
And index showed our rubio getting some support over his immigration stance I think that these things -- gonna play out in the coming weeks.
You're gonna see more Republicans willing to go along with past witnesses that sounds kind -- around we'll see you -- I do think that you've seen.
Susan -- the Internet thank you for your service your -- patriotic service thank you ma'am.
-- -- -- OK now here's a big Vinny says big but he says the only halfway folks in Washington care about.
Is the path folks take -- the voting Booth and as we have learned from the past you can't fix anything that way.
Well yes but it's now I mean yes.
Big -- we acknowledge the truth of what you say.
But at the same time four Republicans.
This is a matter of political survival if they don't get out from under this -- President Obama it will be like.
It will be like the Salem witch trials and just keep putting stones on top of the Republicans with Hispanic voters so they squish them.
Into nonexistent so that's that's the truth okay.
When we come back we're gonna talk about what happens when the government doesn't follow its own laws its own rules like it passes rule for example this -- president had to turn in the budget yesterday.
And he said.
-- and don't worry about it I'm not gonna do it automatically gonna tell you went I'm just not doing so what happens when that happens the -- I can't.
It starts with a T trillions.
In debt so we'll talk about that when we come back so -- around.
All we should do was replace the president sequester what responsible reforms.
-- help balance the budget in ten years.
Our -- to grow the economy.
Expand opportunity and prosperity.
And I assure America maintains -- leading role in the world with a strong national defense.
And to do that.
But we need a budget responsibly.
We need a budget that reflects those priority.
And that if you know well Internet was John Boehner he's -- speaker of the House of Representatives.
In -- game against president Obama's failure yesterday to submit a budget as the law requires him to do.
In this is powered -- welcome back now look here's the deal today this afternoon the Congressional Budget Office.
Wolf follow the law that says that they have to do a ten year estimation.
Of what the federal fiscal balance sheet is going to look like they're going to do it today.
And the news will be here.
We noted that we don't know exactly terrible in what way.
But it will be disheartening to liberals conservatives Republicans Democrats it will be a lot of bad news.
And in part it's because our congress has lost the ability.
To budget it doesn't budget anymore the president doesn't send budgets this and it doesn't pass budget.
The house passes a budget blueprint that they know is never going to be enacted so they put all sorts of silly manipulates stuff in there so.
What is the consequence of this and is it possible to get Washington back to doing -- I don't know its job.
People who know the answer to those questions certainly include everyday we'll choose the president of and so congratulations you're -- for having that we can and we should point out.
But her husband is back the dean of the house Democrats aren't -- from the great state of Michigan.
And welcome for the first time Mark Kennedy.
He is now -- George Washington university graduate school.
Of political management but before that he was one of those people he was one of those house members -- Republican member from the great state of Minnesota welcome welcome.
Good to be okay now.
Did -- let's start with you.
Washington Americans.
We cannot blame Americans report Washington such low esteem can't -- Win big even the basic even the most basic things even the things that are supposed to be first order of business.
Appropriating money making budget stuff like that can even happen right.
Look at a lot of conversation about how people hold Washington steam and -- I think everybody needs to really think about what they want in their elected officials and how they serve them look at that and a different -- I -- Just like -- system is broken.
And we need to get back to more formal system that -- we that we now can I just by continuing appropriations.
We hope people hostage we've got to balance the budget.
Are we doing it in his quest officially -- straight across the board is not the answer -- dis functional in both sides have got to get it figured out come together right.
And so good today.
Congressman the CBO will have bad news for us we will hear about some.
Good that.
Best case scenario it's going to be that we have the national debt that's twenty trillion dollars by the time we get to 2016.
When you work in congress it didn't happen like this -- budgets occurred things like that happened.
Most of the years we did.
Campbell the house and the senate passing a budget in coming to regular order and never has there been a time.
When America needs to budget process to work more than today.
But I would also point out that the reason we're talking about budgets right now instead of the debt ceiling and is because the host chose to basically pushed that discussion off for several months.
So that we could talk about budgets and I think that in and of itself was a masterful move to focused -- attention on.
Let's get a budget passed.
So there -- idea.
There are very few ideas.
The this is the very few ideas that are as popular with mainstream Americans as a balanced budget balanced budget amendment any time we pull it anytime anybody puts it out there.
People are crazy for and -- a matter of fact in the ninety's it was a big deal for Democrats they liked it Clinton -- Democrats were like all into this I don't think.
The budget circuit that deficit that we had we actually when Bill Clinton finished his presidency we -- -- yeah.
And house Republicans and build a democratic president.
Where blogger hasn't fought and fought -- fought but in the end.
It was painful embarrassing and knowing there was an impeachment in there I don't know if you remember that but.
In the end they were able to function Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton.
Were able to function somehow how do we get that back.
I think the best at talking to each other you know that I am one of those people that thinks that people have to nothing it's okay that's happening in Washington and that you do it by building relationships and sitting down.
Now everybody says they went beyond its budget but they don't want that they care about to be cut.
Well everybody's gonna have to get use and that what where we are right now in America.
Everybody -- not happen -- thing is that we've got to have some very tough discussions Bill Clinton did that he had some.
Conversations it and number of areas that made people uncomfortable.
But they all came they all gave -- you reached a compromise they got the budget balance and you eliminate a deficit.
We're not doing -- now if we continue on -- -- it is going to be a nightmare for everybody.
To not do so is to throw your hands in submission to fiscal anarchy.
-- -- mr.
-- here's the thing.
This is a unenforceable and some of the -- retirement this is where this is an unenforceable law yes the law says that the president has until the first Monday February to produce a budget but there's no consequence -- the 1974 congressional budget act.
These are what they're supposed to do and there is no consequence building and we're doing otherwise there's no penalty in these these are not like criminal statutes -- -- say what they're supposed to do if the president doesn't want to do it yes I suppose you could impeach him.
But that would probably not get us a budget much sooner.
And with -- would probably result in Republicans being written out of town on a rail I would imagine.
That don't buy that budget process has become such a job that the president but -- -- in Iraq today Iraq but he's supposed to do I agree -- -- I think Kirk I'm not just I'm -- -- probably think it killed her.
We need to.
The -- practices rockets out if it's broken how you can't at this dance bureaucracy.
It keeps you from fixing things and that's what I think we've got to get it.
I congressman last thing on this subject I wrote today and my -- Which you can have just -- following me on Twitter at -- -- or please do so you really should.
Because I put out there for you every day.
And and I like this -- -- think it's important are really want to read this what I'd say this talking I was and who we -- talking earlier about.
The scheme that Americans hold Washington.
If institutions.
If that is the candidates of these institutions.
Don't follow the rules that they set out for themselves.
They lose these -- and eventually the consent of the governed eventually people say they throw their hands up and say if these guys won't even play by the rules they set for themselves.
Why should I listen to them or or listen what they do.
It's very true and you know -- Certainly we're gonna do -- panel discussion tomorrow and trust in government.
In the recent survey that we're looking at this is the reason people are frustrated with kindness is good it is an ideology it's because -- -- getting things done.
People understand you need to get a budget passed they want regular order that suggest they -- -- for.
And congress to do a lot of good for themselves and for the country in restoring trust in helping the country they just.
Followed regular order got a budget passed that is I think something they could unify.
The country in the congress.
Back in the day when people like John dingle used to be able to make things happen in congress that's when stuff used to actually occur but anyway.
I digress and I will -- no further because we have to take a quick break.
Because when we come back we're gonna talk about.
How it came to pass that big business and big labor would both get together to support.
What it's -- -- comprehensive immigration reform.
How did we get there and what does it portend.
We're getting a deal done we'll have Smart answers from -- -- on that when we come back so stick around.
And that.
It's the White House the executive mansion of these United States and this is power -- -- inside that building that -- -- building today.
Is a meeting.
That is currently ongoing with labor leaders and liberal activist people like Ben jealous of the N double -- Center for American Progress.
The united farmworkers AFL CIO all that stuff they're meeting with president talked about comprehensive immigration reform.
And then later today the really really rich people.
Will arrive I assume dropped out of Lear jets will be you have like Lloyd Blankfein from Goldman Sachs.
You'll have it.
Head of Coca-Cola of Yahoo! Mary out cargo these people have -- if these golden bear this is the golden parachute crap now -- Are gonna meet together but they all really want the same thing now which is for congress to go ahead and do something on immigration.
How did we get there and does this mean that he's been asked a Debbie -- knows because she's Smart and fair minded.
And Mark Kennedy is proving himself quite.
Here's a quick service through this -- -- the US chamber of commerce previously hate hate hated hated.
The idea of a comprehensive immigration reform because it was going to cut off.
Some low paid workers that they cannot you know Mary being on there if you had a big chain of hotels what do you like.
Illegal immigration is kind of helpful because you have these people that you don't have to pay benefits directly -- the rooms.
What changed for.
For big business on this question I think.
They sense that something and actually could happen.
They understand that it's important for -- the Democrats and the Republicans to get something -- they want to be part of the process.
I also think one of the key pivot points would be whether guest workers will be part of this as.
Marry that business would like to have guest workers and and including -- comprehensive reform the labor unions may not so when you look at where the -- -- comes between.
This big group of people that are pushing for immigration reform.
That'll be one -- accuse them -- technology was significant here because we have something now called.
Yes I know it's -- national identification system you already have an actual identification system it happened about 2002.
You missed that -- But we now have.
Employers were concerned previously Debby that if they were going to be turned into the INS.
That they were going to have to look at that the documents and citizenship of everybody was applied for job if they got caught and they were penalized.
Where they got -- or whatever else -- -- just going to be under this plan it's basically computer terminal.
You swipe.
-- the identification of the individual through and pass or fail it's not on your -- It's I think that there are a lot of reasons everybody's coming to the table I think that -- been there has been much reliability on business in the last few years if that you haven't even without America.
Working there many businesses are having a very hard time recruiting some of the top talent that they need which is another issue for us in this country that we need to be doing better job of educating.
I don't because we have a workforce it's got -- got some skills that he that you need but I don't think and I think that's it's cheaper workers I don't think -- immigration.
He's going to be a partisan issue Democrat Republican as much as it's going to be regional issue.
And many of those labor leaders that are going to be in their meeting today have many members that feel threatened by some what do you -- to these immigration -- -- I think that while there's a will and more momentum than I've seen in some time.
To pass immigration reform in this country I still think there a number of challenges head.
-- and the question.
Congressman is this -- house Republicans fashion something here that can get through and that they can live with that everybody catlett.
They have to because if you look at.
The lessons of the last election amongst the most clear was they need to -- immigration behind them and not only.
Edit past but give some credit for doing it because.
The rising population of Hispanics in this country is going to be pivotal in future elections.
They need to take the leadership and and I don't know -- -- fully -- -- amongst house Republicans.
But hopefully it will be brought to bear and they will be able to lead -- this.
We're curious at this again that they wanted to stop talking about this as quickly as possible that is for sure we thank you both for your kind assistance today we all feel.
But good bit smarter and thanks -- -- and they -- congressman.
You OK here's the deal Jonathan Hunt is on the right person for on the -- Jonathan -- is back.
So you've got that put that under your belt and that's one thing that you can be happy about today.
Aside from the fact that the show's over.
But how about some power points before -- -- -- go.
How about power Wednesday auto pilot auto pilot.
Your first PowerPoint days -- cuts.
So what these -- have to do -- anything.
Members Sully Sullenberger.
Who was taking off there at LaGuardia.
For US Airways and he -- -- goose into the -- -- his jet.
And the plane crashed into the Hudson River in the -- got us brought it down it was considered such remarkable fact because Sully Sullenberger was able to do that.
The reason it was so remarkable is pilots now rely on auto pilot.
For like everything for takeoff -- landing basically they function most the time it's like bus drivers in the sky they get on the PA system.
They tell you when the doors open when the door is an open all that kind of stuff when you can go to the party.
But Sully Sullenberger still about flat plane and he was able to -- it down in the Hudson and everybody cheered it was amazing.
But here's the deal.
Congress is on auto pilot now.
This is not good and if the goose got gets sucked into the engine they're not gonna have the ability to land the plane so here's your second PowerPoint.
Bad news bears that's the CDOs job these -- Congressional Budget Office that that was very bad news that would make people very unhappy -- everybody will say -- -- -- -- truly believe this is terrible and Democrats say -- we need to do is increase taxes so that we can invest in infrastructure Republicans will say we need to cut taxes and lower regulation they -- shout at each other nothing will occur nobody will be produced no activity will take place.
So here's the third PowerPoint that our point it's atrophy.
We are -- we are seeing atrophy -- in across our government.
And not able to do stuff the president doesn't submit a budget senate doesn't do -- budget.
House Republicans passed a budget that they know could never passed so the danger is.
That we forget altogether and that there are no Sully Sullenberger to put the plane down when the -- cuts get sucked into the engine.
This is a matter of concern for all Americans Republican and Democrat believe me when I tell you.
-- your power points thanks for spending time with us today and now -- we like to do every day we will leave you with the word from our French are.
It's the only way you're gonna make our differences just to do in Australia didn't you take away the existing guts.
And that's -- -- what Tucker is talking about and that would never happen well it's not gonna happen here it is you've had insurrection.
Australia had 7% of Australians had guns.
Here of the numbers somewhere around 50% of households and we have a tradition enemy we have the Second Amendment you can't do it.
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