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When at the same time this country has an unquestioned love for profit motive in the rule of law? I'd wager that "healthcare" would be much more affordable for all in a system where the privileged weren't seeking to maximize profits in the name of obfuscating justice in the fields of law (be it civil service or any of the 'jobs' that derive income as lawyer types)
Why the hate for profit motive in "healthcare"
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Done! 1 8:21am Mon 29 Nov 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike (1) It's not hate, it's just unconstitutional when the Government tells you to BUY anything from Iwog's favorite STOCK Pick.
errc 2 8:46am Mon 29 Nov 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike (2) It's not hate, it's just unconstitutional when the Government tells you to BUY anything from Iwog's favorite STOCK Pick.
I'm no fan of being forced to buy into the drug industry, that i'd prefer to avoid if left to my own devices. After reading Patricks thread about the Realtor (TM) gestapo harassing him, and saw the letter signed by some broad that profits by harrassing folks with less resources, in the name of the law, I wondered why Obama didn't help out all the little guys, like all democrats do, by affording equal rights for all under the law. 'Socialize' the lawyer industry
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elliemae's website3 1:01am Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike We "hate" the profit motive in healthcare because healthcare decisions become profit driven - in the favor of the entity denying benefits. I don't mind people being paid handsomely for their efforts - physicians go to school and dedicate years of their lives to helping people and they should be paid more than a guy who sells houses (for instance). I don't have a problem with nursing homes making profits - but they shouldn't be allowed to dump people on the street if they don't pay. And hospitals shouldn't be for profit, because they attempt to hold down costs by denying benefits. Insurance companies rake in premiums but deny benefits to the sickest of their patients.
kentm 4 1:20am Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike Its simple logic. When a company is run for profit, profit is THE goal. What they do to get there is secondary. There is an inherent conflict in providing healthcare and making a profit because the profit goal encourages shortcuts in the service, or as ellie says, denying benefits. Its this drive for continuously greater profits that requires the need for regulation from the outside.
But I'm not sure what you're trying to say, to me its kind of muddled. Are you saying that if only lawyers were unable to sue healthcare companies things would get cheaper?
Done! 5 7:41am Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Lawyers are easy to blame, and the underlying distrust for Lawyers makes them a likely story when the fat Pharm Pigs and Health care industry claims their services are high because of LAWYERS.
For the rest of us, it's a GODDAMN insult to my intelligence, NO! to a Third grader's intelligence.
A pill here in the states can be as much as $125 for one little pill. While that same pill goes for under a dollar in countries like New Zealand and Canada. It would seem to me, that if litigation made the cost of products and services one price in the country where they originate, then that price would follow it across borders.Name one damn thing that comes from the UK, yet it is cheaper to buy in America...
OH that's right there isn't anything, because that isn't the way buying and selling "Widgets" work.
EightBall 6 8:28am Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike I don't have a problem with nursing homes making profits - but they shouldn't be allowed to dump people on the street if they don't pay.
How do you expect them to make profits if people don't pay? Overcharge the ones that pay to pay for the ones that don't? Oh wait, that's what the hospitals are doing...
I don't want granny to be dumped on the street - but how is someone supposed to run a for-profit business if they have no recourse when someone doesn't pay? No easy answer here. Of course, in the past, families actually took care of their elderly relatives. Now they just drop them off at the home and visit them on holidays. I saw a bumper sticker once - it said "Be nice to your kids - they'll choose your nursing home someday".
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elliemae's website7 12:37pm Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike No, there's no easy answer. But once a nursing home accepts a patient, they're obligated to provide care for that patient. Administrators, Directors of Nursing, Corporate officers make quite a bit, including bonuses.
The lowest paid workers are those that do the most work - the nursing aides, housekeeping and dietary workers. They rarely get bonuses to help with their minimum wages and they are often treated like they're dispensable. Administrators receive bonuses for holding down costs, when they could actually provide better care and have more staff on the floor - which would result in a better reputation...
A quick google check of nursing home lawsuits brought up this company:
They settled in 1999 with the feds by paying $4 million dollars in penalties for, among other things, billing Medicare for liquor at company parties, cigarettes, lotto tickets, and other crap. (Paragraph 5). And yet, this 2006 suit details more crap they're up to. But wait, there's more:http://auburnjournal.com/detail/149984.html
Jury awards $28 million in elder abuse lawsuit (2010)...and then there's:
They settled this one, undisclosed amount.
I did a quick check of the facilities mentioned in the first article; nearly every one of them has a "below average" rating or worse, either overall or for the inspection results. There was only one of their facilities anywhere that I found to have an excellent rating. And when considering the five star rating system for Medicare, it's good to know that they're generous with their ratings. Only the worst of the worst will receive a low over-all rating because of the way they're computed, meaning it takes work to be bad.Yet the company brags on its website that it strives for excellence. It doesn't say that, according to the state & federal governments, they don't provide it. But they do strive for it.
HousingWatcher 8 1:23pm Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike "When at the same time this country has an unquestioned love for profit motive in the rule of law?"
I don't see how you can compare healthcare and the law. Healthcare companies are for profit. Are courts for profit?
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elliemae's website9 1:30pm Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike So, I wrote this book (soon to be published, whoppee!) that describes how nursing homes operate. It's not a negative thing, it explains in detail the different payment sources, etc which makes it easier to understand the process.
There are laws that mandate that nursing homes can't force family members to pay, can't dump patients out on the street, and must act above-board when dealing with patients & families.
artistsoul 10 1:52pm Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike (1) Also, if you are bringing up nursing home abuse and neglect (which unfortunately is wider spread than I'd like), you need to acknowledge it occurs in non profit nursing home settings as well.
I'm guessing that EllieMae was trying to link the substandard care with the low pay (thus higher profits) of certain nursing homes. And, yes, you would certainly get a higher quality, more compassionate care if you had highly skilled, highly educated, highly motivated caregivers around you. But who can afford to run a nursing home with RN's doing the toilet transfers? CNA's do hard work, no doubt. But consider this: It would be difficult enough to for you to help your cranky father, who may be in pain and virtually immobile, to the toilet and wipe then wipe his feces for him - and you presumably love your father. What do people expect occurs to the dignity of their parents when they leave them with someone making $10-$15/hr who has no memory of the wonderful support and love that your formerly handsome father once offered you? Abuse occurs because we as a society leave our vulnerable elderly, totally dependent and helpless, at the mercy of strangers. It is, unfortunately, human nature that a certain percentage of people take advantage of that vulnerability. It's disgusting but true. Eightball is correct: be nice to your children, they pick your nursing home.
Or...maybe....let's deal with the REAL issues behind the expense of healthcare instead of making the assumption that excessive profits are the primary problem, because I don't think that is the MAIN issue. The main issue is that we have made so many advances in science and technology that we are a victim of our own success. We can keep people alive longer, sometime to linger for YEARS (although the quality of life is highly questionable). In the past, you got a fatal illness .... you got pain meds and faded away. Now, you are vented, stented, J-tubed, G-tubed and left in ICU's for weeks and weeks until you are transferred, tubes and all to a nursing home. End of life care is where most of our healthcare dollars are spent. Do you think that hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, nurses, CNA's, etc should do this for free? Do you work for free? Or do you profit from your labor?
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elliemae's website11 4:11pm Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike I'm guessing that EllieMae was trying to link the substandard care with the low pay (thus higher profits) of certain nursing homes.
No, but a CNA's case load is 10-15 patients, while the administrator is getting bonuses for keeping costs down. Care would be better if there were more cna's per patient, even one more makes a huge difference. RN's don't do all the work, nor do LPN's. The CNA's are changing, bathing and spending time with patients - but don't have enough time to provide personal service because they're busy with a high caseload.
Now, you are vented, stented, J-tubed, G-tubed and left in ICU's for weeks and weeks until you are transferred, tubes and all to a nursing home. End of life care is where most of our healthcare dollars are spent. Do you think that hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, nurses, CNA's, etc should do this for free? Do you work for free? Or do you profit from your labor?
Nope, they shouldn't work for free. These aren't the patients who are usually free - they deplete their assets and go on Medicaid after Medicare pays the full 100 days. And hospices are hanging out at hospitals grabbing every patient possible. Hospice is unbelieveably aggressive (some of them are) and make shitloads of money serving patients in nursing homes. Medicaid could be paying $200 a day to the nursing home while Medicare pays $6,000 a month to the hospice for "end of life care" which the nursing home provides. They shouldn't allow hospice to serve nursing home patients at full cost, should reduce the reimbursement to 30% because the hospice doesn't do much in nearly every case. These are the most desireable patients to hospices because the nursing home does all the work - thereby reducing costs. Unless there is pain or symptom management needed, hospices shouldn't serve patients in nursing homes.
Every hospice will tell you how beneficial they are. But not in nursing homes - they're just another drain on the healthcare dollar there. There are many patients who, if the treatment stopped, would die sooner than later. They don't need hospice to do that, even tho the hospice will say that they do. I worked for a huge national hospice that paid a $20 million dollar fine about 5 years ago because of their high pressure marketing tactics and not allowing patients to sign off service. I've seen some amazing fraud, but the patients don't usually realize it because of the song & dance from hospice.
End of life care is expensive, but not where out $$$ are spent the most IMHO. $ are spent on profits and high salaries, while those workers who do the most are paid the least. And insurance profits are huge, as are the hospital corporations. End of life care is usually the last few months of someone's life and most people opt to go off life support.
We pay nursing homes a shitload of money to provide care, and they should have to provide it. Not for free in all cases, but they should have to provide some free care. There should be a cap on the profits based on their care - if all of the facilities are providing below average care, they should be paid less. That would force them to be better.
The "free" patients usually can't provide income proof or something stupid because they don't have bank accounts - so Medicaid denies them and the nursing home dumps them on the streets. If they admit the patients, they're responsible for them and should be held accountable. There are many nursing homes that have benefits specialists who help patients apply - but if they don't, the patients are sent home or the family is charged for their care. Families aren't liable but don't know it - and when and administrator is threatening to ruin your credit for your mom's bills, you feel intimidated.
artistsoul 12 5:39pm Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike (1) It sounds as though, from your account, that (at best) some hospices are using aggressive marketing to lure business their way or (at worse) it is more than opportunism but fraud. I'm curious about the profit margins of the average hospice.
The thread was, in fact, about profit margins. Again, I do assert medical care providers are entitled to a profit margin. The question is how excessive is it. Sometime ago I read an article in Forbes that discussed the fact that most hospitals in America aren't breaking even. The article went on to survey the top 25 hospitals nationwide which were making a profit. The profit for these "top" institutions was on the order of 25%. So for every dollar of patient revenue they are getting $.25. However, the Forbes study was done to question WHY these few hospitals were making a profit when others were just barely breaking even. The implication was that it had more to do with those facilities having a monopoly in their area & thereby were able to charge more....not that they ran a tighter ship.
Anyway, I'm certainly no expert on the healthcare system. Perhaps you are. My point is not to inflame you but to understand why our healthcare system is so dysfunctional. I still have to insist that profit margins are not the root of the high costs. For one, other than pharma, I'm not sure high profit margins exist across the board (correct me if I'm wrong). Further, no profit of any amount can be made if a bunch of unnecessary procedures which extend life are done. End of life care is insanely $$$$$. The bill for a month in the ICU?? Sounds like you know. We do things in America (IMHO) for a variety of reasons, many of which are not in the best interest of society as a whole. We have the expertise to do some pretty amazing interventions which extend life. On the individual level, it can be wonderful. It can be life saving. Even if the patient is only a shell of him/herself, it can give family time to say goodbye or grieve. Health care rationing is only good for "the other guy", not my family. This is why it is going to be a huge problem to deal with. If we want to continue to give EVERYONE the latest and newest "standard of care" we are gonna go broke IMO.
We treat things very aggressively in America. That is not necessarily a bad thing. But who will foot the bill? You know how many on the site refer to the superior care in countries such as Germany? Well, in some cases, yes & in other cases no - it depends on your definition of good care.
Germans have some fantastic care that they provide their healthy population (for goodness sake you have a week's hospital stay after delivering a child in this country). But, they view death a little differently I think. I'll preface this by clearing stating this is anecdotal evidence; however, I am thinking of a particular situation involving an ex-pat married to a German citizen. He received his dx from his normal German provider that he had lung cancer. This German doc essentially knew that this type of lung cancer was aggressive and offered a very poor chance of recovery. He was given meds and that's about it. Distraught, his wife took him to the docs at the American ARMY base b/c he was a veteran. We Americans go for it. If we can try to resect it, we do. If we can offer chemo or radiation, we do. If the chemo or whatever is successful and he lives until month 4 but the cancer has now spread to his bones & he has compression fx in his spine than we offer a vertebroplasty. And on and on. Ringing up the tab to what end.
NOW: do not misunderstand. It is a very serious ethical question about when to ration medical care. Like I said, what is good for the whole is not always good for the individual. But, just keep in mind, the better we get at curing and extending life, the more the costs will rise. When the boomers start requiring end of life care, the country might hear one giant collective gulp when the bills come in. End of life care is, IMHO, the root of the escalation of costs - across the board, to include insurance premiums. If you have information that specific HMO's, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies are enjoying profit margins which are beyond the norm and sinking us, please correct me. Seriously, because I am not here to offend you or "prove" I'm right (unlike many other folks on some of these threads). I'm here to learn from others. I may not agree with you but I will always listen to you.
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elliemae's website13 5:55pm Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike It sounds as though, from your account, that (at best) some hospices are using aggressive marketing to lure business their way or (at worse) it is more than opportunism but fraud.
Doctors refer to the hospice or home health agencies they work for or own. People die every day without hospice; I'd venture to guess that at least half of the people on hospice would do just fine without it. We pay (Medicare that is) $150 or more every day for these patients, even if they don't need anything. That's on top of the $6000 Medicaid is paying a nursing home to care for a patient.
The company I discussed above makes the exact same amount as one with an above average score card. The CEO gets huge ass bonuses whether or not the patients are well cared for - and it shouldn't be that way.
I'll get specific info on profits sooner or later - but healthcare should never be an option. A little profit is okay, but rewarding companies because they hold down costs by denying benefits is wrong.
artistsoul 14 9:22pm Wed 1 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike Okay - I'm seeing a littler clearer picture of what you were exposed to which has shaped your views. Naturally, I don't think anyone would argue that a CEO that gets a "huge ass" bonus regardless of whether their patients were well cared for is appropriate. Any more than a CEO of a Fortune 500 company should receive the ridiculous compensation they often do even when their company fails on every measure of success from stock performance to profits to customer satisfaction. The structure of CEO's pay is an entirely different subject from the question of profit motive for the healthcare provider.
But you bring up some interesting points which make me question how we can possibly unravel the medical care issue in our country. First, you mention that it is absurd that the company you were previously employed by made the exact same amount as other companies with an "above average score card". Watch out: because, unfortunately, that is what socialized medical care can produce. Medicare is awful on so many levels. It's tough to begin.
Secondly, in theory, I 100% agree that it sounds atrocious that HMO's are rewarding providers for holding down costs by denying benefits. I need to understand the basis of these denials. On some level we do need to ration healthcare (i.e. deny benefits). To "reward" a doctor is, I would agree, repulsive. If the literature shows that the px is very poor, there are times when it is appropriate to deny a procedure. It is tough to make a hard and fast rule. Each patient is different. What are the physician's findings? What is the age of the patient? Is this the only failing organ system? Etc. So many variables go into deciding when to move ahead with a procedure.
I guess I'm really saying that you are correct to be upset and outraged over some of the things you have witnessed. But, please do step back to consider the larger picture. It might be too simplistic to assume that profits of insurance companies and hospitals are responsible for the spiraling healthcare costs. I'd bet you are incorrect. You might be able to google the topic and find examples of a host of differing medical care providers that were operating with high profits. But, again, that is ONE piece of the picture.
Paralithodes 15 3:54am Thu 2 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike "When at the same time this country has an unquestioned love for profit motive in the rule of law?"
I don't see how you can compare healthcare and the law. Healthcare companies are for profit. Are courts for profit?Generally speaking, are law firms for profit? What is the typical law firm profit margin vs. other industries? Since many law firms are set up as partnerships, what is the typical income of a partner of a law firm that makes the majority of its revenue by suing components of the health care industry? Was the wealth of John Edwards somehow more justified than the wealth of the CEO of a health care industry company?
Paralithodes 16 4:03am Thu 2 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike If you have information that specific HMO's, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies are enjoying profit margins which are beyond the norm and sinking us, please correct me.
You have been "corrected" on the issue of insurance company profit margins numerous times, but have no interest in the facts of the matter. That is, unless you believe that profit margins of 3-4% are "beyond the norm and sinking us" despite your own partial recognition above of some of the significant drivers of costs ...
Is it the fault of hospice CEOs that half of the people they serve don't really need it? Is it the fault of insurance or pharma CEOs that the costs of such things as CAT scans, MRIs, artificial heart valves, etc., have risen substantially since the middle of the 20th century?
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elliemae's website17 5:13am Thu 2 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike To "reward" a doctor is, I would agree, repulsive.
If doctors ran the system, things would be different. It's businessmen that run the system. We should be rewarded on the number of people we treat and their satisfaction, not the amount of money we save by "managing" their healthcare.
artistsoul 18 7:55am Thu 2 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like Dislike (1) If Paralithodes feels a 3-4% profit margin is justified, then I would agree. However, his post is not entirely clear. My argument is, in fact, that it is NOT the profit margins that are driving costs. Read the thread.
I did seek information (facts) regarding profit margins of the average healthcare provider. At no time did anyone "correct" me with facts on profit margins? Facts, not feelings.
Paralithodes, despite his condescension, does raise some provocative questions. (1)" Is it the fault of hospice CEO's that 1/2 the people they serve don't really need it?" Morally, yes. I have to side with doing the right thing. This is a cost driver then. I believe in profit for fairly made gains. Making profit from people who don't require your service is wrong. (2)" Is it the fault of insurance or pharma CEO's that costs of such things as CAT scans, MRI's, artificial heart valves, etc., have risen substantially since the middle of the 20th century?" I think he means to say that these innovations/inventions have driven up costs. CT and MRI have been around like 25 yrs. They are standard of care now. The physical exam is going extinct. No doc makes a final dx without them. Why would they? It is much safer to SEE what is wrong. This is EXACTLY my argument: we are the victims of our own success in healthcare.
artistsoul 19 6:21pm Thu 2 Dec 2010 Share Quote Permalink Like (1) Dislike I am not referring to *insurance* companies but rather the profits of the healthcare provider. Insurers use premiums to invest and part of their "profits" is investment of revenue over required reserves. It was another poster who suggested the 3-4% profit margin. The question I have is what is the primary cause of spiraling healthcare costs? Certainly, you can't believe that profit margins just started escalating in the last decade because business owners got greedier. There is more involved. I still believe it is the level of care we offer (doing more than other socialized systems do for their population). We do so much to intervene in America. It's a learning process. We keep perfecting it. But, if you combine the level of care we provide with the poor state of the American population's health (see thread on Obesity), and you have the perfect storm.
Japan is not a true socialized care system in that the government revenue covers only 70% of care costs. But, most folks would label them socialized care. Most of their service is given through large hospitals, etc. They do, I understand, have the same issues as Canada in terms of being turned away and longer waits. As far as their MRI's, yeah....much cheaper. The government dictates what they will pay the medical equipment suppliers...so look to THEM for the mark-up. The med equipment supplier, for their part, indicate that poorer quality, lower density scans go to Japan at those bargain basement prices. Whatever. We could still learn from this country, as we can from other socialized systems.
Let me clear up a couple things: (1) I agree there is some collusion between providers. However, I do believe it is much less than say in the 1980's when the orthopedic surgeon had a stake in the MRI company he referred patients to. When he wasn't referring patients there, he was being treated to a cruise in the Caribbean by a pharma co whose drug he often prescribed. Greed has always been in medicine but if you are old enough to remember the 1980's, you would know collusion isn't as easy now as then. (2) The massive bureaucracy is a huge ball and chain around our current system. I didn't mention it only because I was focusing on what I believe is the MAIN issue. However, the bureaucracy issue is a close second. It is maddening how many resources are devoted to working the system (esp with respect to Medicare). There are days long seminars on how to bill, which CPT codes to use, etc to maximize return. I have been in a place where I know that the same procedure in a hospital is one price for someone covered by Workers' Compensation Insurance, one price for Auto and Liability carriers, one price for the pay for service, one price for Medicare, a huge set of complicated prices for Health Insurers (dependent on the agreements), etc. It is, unquestionably, ridiculous. It is done to shift costs - which is unfair. I hate this about the current system. Cost shifts occur because EVERYONE does ultimately get coverage whether you have insurance or not. Those that have insurance have to pay already for those uninsured. So, whether the insured continue to pay through higher premiums or pay through higher taxes, what is really the net difference??
I am only pointing out that we do a lot here in America. That we will have some tough choices in America with respect to Medicare (which covers end of life care). Costs are up, I still contend, not so much from profits but from the extent of the care we provide. And, from the fact that our elderly die outside of our homes. You need to examine how death and dying is treated in other countries where medicine is socialized.
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Like her late mother Linda, Stella is an advocate of animal rights and will not use any leather or fur in her designs. Her signature style is sleek and tailored with a feminine edge.
Stella has also designed for different fashion brands such as Puma, Adidas and H&M.
Vivienne Isabel Swire was born on April 8th 1941 in Glossop, Derbyshire. After attending Harrow Art School for one term, she married Derek Westwood at 21 and turned her hand to primary teaching.
In 1965 Vivienne met Malcolm McLaren who was to become the future manager of the Sex Pistols. She began designing youthful and rebellious clothes to reflect the image of the band, pioneering a new generation of style: 'The Punk Era', which revolutionised British style.
Vivienne is considered to be an icon and fashion veteran. She has received the highest accolades through her career including an OBE, twice named 'British Fashion Designer of the Year,' and in 2007 she was awarded an 'Outstanding Achievement Award,' at the British Fashion Awards.
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'Variety is the spice of life and in the All Walks campaign there is an opportunity for everyone to be represented.'
12 Plus UK Model Management
'All walks is an amazing project that is encouraging the celebration of women beyond the stereotypical notions of beauty. All women should be helped to feel confident in their own unique skin. There are no limitations to beauty and All Walks is leading the way in creating positive change in the fashion industry.'
12 Plus UK Models
'It's great to be finally accepted by the mainstream fashion world and model at London Fashion Week. A typical day for me would really just be catalogue and lingerie; I've never worked with a top name designer before. I feel very special.'
12 Plus UK Models
'All Walks tries to give an honest reflection of society by showcasing the beauty of all women – tall, short, old, curvy and from different ethnic backgrounds. It's about making diversity a common ground instead of something special. It is more than just a pioneer project in the fashion world; it's what we owe women out there. I hope that in a few years, All Walks won't be necessary anymore.'
12 Plus UK Models
'Fashion is screaming out for something like this. I was a straight model once but just didn't want to play the game any more. I saw what it was doing to other models. Women pick up those images and think they are real. Now I've crossed over into 'plus size,' and I'm part of something much more real and interesting. All Walks is such a great idea because we need to celebrate a much more diverse range of beauty.'
Close Model Agency
'We are individuals and we should all be proud of that.'
Tess Model Management
'All Walks has gone from strength to strength. Working with more established designers is a brilliant incentive to show and reflect diversity.'
Mark Fast is a 28-year-old Canadian-born knitwear designer. He studied at Central Saint Martins and has collaborated on knitwear designs with Bora Aksu over three seasons. Mark knits everything by hand on a domestic knitting machine. His work is formed onto the body as he knits and he has devised innovative stitching techniques, blending Lycra with viscose, angora or wool. He is inspired by the endless possibilities of Lycra yarns, sculpting areas of tension and areas of volume over the body.
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'All Walks is important because it demonstrates how the fashion world is taking the appreciation of all women seriously.'
Georgia Hardinge believes that the highest approach of art awareness is through fashion. Her graduate collection, inspired by ancient reptiles, fossils and archaeological stencils, used sculptured fabrics which accentuate the body, combining positive and negative space to bring together the delicate and the structural as one. A student of
Parsons Paris, Georgia was awarded the Golden Thimble Award for best designer of 2008.
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'It's been wonderful to make a connection with the woman who will wear my design. A model isn't just there as a walking coat hanger. All Walks encourages this new way of designing."'
26-year-old Hannah Marshall has reinvented the little black dress. Her 'trapeze-dress' was exhibited in Zandra Rhodes' Fashion and Textile Museum, and she has achieved New Generation sponsorship for three seasons. Hannah's designs encapsulate design experience through exquisite clothing. Sharp, refined pieces are delivered with meticulous cut and architectural lines in indulgent and often contrasting fabrics. Braille coding is incorporated into the designs, providing hidden messages and exploring the concept of fusing clothing with communication. The clothes become an intimate language of silhouette and a message to be deciphered only by the wearer.
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"All Walks Beyond the Catwalk is steering the way for diversity in the fashion industry, and is exactly what we need. It challenges the ideals of what beauty is and makes us think, really think. I am proud to be a part of such a project."
Georgian-born David Koma was awarded the Harrods Design Award for his MA collection, which focused on a skin-tight silhouette in flesh tone and black, embellished with metallic chain details.
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'Without individuality or identity, we have nothing that makes us special or important.'
Before launching his eponymous collection, William worked under Giles Deacon, Jean Charles de Castelbajac and Diesel while studying for his first-class degree at the London College of Fashion. He has designed clothes and accessories for Madonna, Lily Allen, Emma Watson and the Sugababes. His work is skilfully tailored and offers a twist on classic design; rigid shaped dresses combine a little Alexander McQueen with some Roland Mouret references to give his designs star power.
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'Individuality gives people style and charisma and is what keeps life fresh and interesting. It's really refreshing to be making and seeing fashion on a variety of different shapes and sizes.'
A Central Saint Martins graduate, Avsh Alom Gur launched his own collection in 2006. His designs challenge glamour and our definition of beauty, combining Eastern and Western elements with urban street graffiti and underground grunge. Delicate silk is paired with rough
tattered cotton, evening gowns with ponchos, in a blend of poverty and luxury, courage and desire.
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'Individuality makes you shine.'
Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann met in 2007 whilst specialising in knitwear at Central Saint Martins. Upon graduation they joined forces to create Cooperative Designs, a quirky, modern knitwear label which juxtaposes traditional techniques with new materials and technologies. Cooperative Designs have been awarded New Generation sponsorship by the BFC and have presented collections as part of Vauxhall Fashion Scout for two seasons. For Spring/Summer 2009 they were commissioned to create a capsule collection exclusively for legendary New York department store Henri Bendel. The pair were also featured in Italian Vogue's 'New Talents in Knitwear' in May 2009. This season sees the label present on the official London Fashion Week schedule for the first time.
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'When you work with a model so closely and fit the outfit exactly to her body, it just makes you think about the relationship of the garment to the body even more. It becomes more 'alive' in a sense.'
Californian Alexandra Groover's starkly rendered, emphatically sculptural designs have captured the gaze of the fashion-forward. After a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design, Groover took a placement at Zandra Rhodes's studio and a term abroad programme at Central Saint Martins in 2002 before establishing her own label. Her work is monotone, using silhouette and textural manipulation rather than colour to create fascinating detail and treating fabric as a sculptural material. Soft shell hooded dresses made from felted wool, together with the flattering, body-skimming properties of bias cut silk, create pieces which are both classic and avant-garde.
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'I have always believed that some of the most unique, beautiful, interesting, photogenic, catwalk-worthy models do not fit the current and very limiting modelling industry standard.'
I was spotted by Sarah Watkinson in a bar café in Surrey in the spring of 2008 where I worked in between studying at University. I was then immediately taken on by 12+ UK and went to my very first casting for designer Anna Scholz with just a few Polaroids, and actually ended up booking the job! Since then I have worked in between studying, for catalogues, magazines and shows in Milan. Recently, I have focused more on modelling on a break from University and things have really taken off. I'm loving every minute of it!
'I am very proud of my body, my size and my modelling career and hope that the All Walks project will initiate more designers, show producers and stylists etc to use a more diverse range of models in the future – I think this project highlights perfectly how beautiful 'different' can look. This has been a fantastic opportunity to work with some talented people and to celebrate my curves! I hope to see many more curvy models on the catwalk next season!'
I modelled briefly for an agency in Manchester who I felt didn't know what to do with my curves. I then approached 12+ UK with my pictures who I knew would be perfect to represent me as a curvy model for their clients. My career immediately took off and I started working steadily for numerous catalogues and magazines all over Europe. My first main break was being booked for the Elena Miro show in Milan fashion week. The next big break was the lingerie shoot that I did for the Sunday Times STYLE magazine. I am now working continuously and enjoying travelling and seeing the world through a job that I love!
'At London Fashion Week there haven't been many plus-size girls, so I am proud to be part of something that represents healthy beauty and size. I feel passionate about this project. Hopefully, people in the industry who conform (to the generic view of beauty) will see that other sizes can be embraced and represented, too.
I started my career as a child, I modelled for magazines, Gap and starred in a BBC T.V series, "The Feather Boy". I was scouted on the my 17th birthday in a club by Fiona Ellis from Independent Models, she signed me with the agency and a couple weeks later, my first test shots were done. My first job was for Mac Make up. I got to fly to Florida for an Abercrombie &Fitch Autumn campaign shot by Bruce Weber. When not modelling, I am studying Spatial Design at the London College of Communication, socializing with friends or going clubbing for the night, which I do best.
'The fact that the organisers thought my look would fit the theme of diversity made me very proud to be part of the project. It was so different to any other shoot that I have done. This one was all about me and the outfit… how it made me feel. I loved it and felt very sexy and comfortable. I hope designers will change and start using a more diverse range of models and give other people, not just models, more confidence in their daily lives. I hope All Walks will be a turning point.'
I was scouted in November 2007, as I was on my way to a gig at the Astoria and coming out of Tottenham Court Road station – it took my scout Jody Furlong about 5 minutes to hunt me down as I was lost in my own world listening to music on my iPod and I thought he was joking when he asked me if I had ever thought about modelling! He was scouting for a TV show on BBC3 called 'Find Me The Face' (Plus Size Model episode) which aired in March 2008. I made the final four girls and was then approached by a few agencies before joining 12+ UK around April 2008. Since then I have appeared in campaigns for Anna Scholz, Evans (including modelling the Beth Ditto range in The Sun), the cover of Stella magazine (The Telegraph), Simply Be, and This Morning.
'I love what All Walks stands for: creating a positive image and embracing all varieties of body shape – I never thought I could be a model, as I'm much curvier than the standard model figure, but through my experiences I feel I have as much to offer (and a little curvalicious extra!) as any other model. I genuinely think, with the great people involved, it can make a breakthrough, so that more designers will consider using a broader spectrum of models.'
I began modelling at 17 years old after being scouted at the Underage Festival in Victoria Park 2008. Everything started with a shoot with Rafael Stahelin, and I moved on to work with Erika Kurihara and Kacper Kasprzyk for the i-D 'Best of British" issue. I also took part in various student shows and charity shows for Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion. My favourite jobs have been a fun-filled shoot with Judy Blame and Tyrone Lebon for the 300th i-D issue featuring an all pink theme and, of course, the exciting All Walks project with Georgia Hardinge. Alongside the science subjects I studied at college, I have always had a passion for Music, Drama and Sports, namely tennis and athletics.
'I think that All Walks is a brilliant idea. I believe that diversity needs to be encouraged. The industry is bogged down with one look, one idea of beauty, and we need something a bit different. People are starting to realise that the industry is not representative, and I believe that through All Walks we will restore faith that fashion is for everyone. I'd like designers in the future to take a lot more notice of who they are designing for, and remember at the end of the day that they are designing for a person. I'd like the industry to help the public feel that fashion is for everyone.'
I was 13 years old when I won a modelling competition on "This Morning", and my contract with Models1. I then began working with i.D Magazine, Craig McDean, David Sims and The Face. I had my first runway show just before my A-Levels for Prada (aged 15) before moving to New York. I then worked for Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon and Steven Klein among others. I have been featured in magazines such as Italian, UK and French Vogue, as well as W Magazine, Visionaire, and Harpers Bazaar. I also did several high profile shows including Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior, John Galliano, Christian Lacroix, Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Hermes, Ann Demeulemeester Versace, Vivienne Westwood, and many more. I have a charity with my friend Jasmine Guinness called; "Clothesline" (for HIV/AIDS relief) and I live in London with my 2-year-old son Jackson.
'Already the designers on the project have enjoyed working with models of a variety of shapes and sizes, so much so that one of the designers has said that they will use their model in their show! If we can get a fairer representation for women through larger women in magazines, then that would be fantastic. I know I have made my career out of being a stick-thin model, but I believe there is plenty of room for other shapes in the industry. All Walks is a small, positive project that will hit home. I have been in this industry long enough to know that one shoot won't change everything, but if it can change one girl sitting at home who has a magazine's view of shape and size, then that is truly amazing.'
I started my career in Jamaica, where I lived for six years and I simultaneously managed a boutique hotel in the Blue Mountains. When I returned to London in 1971, I continued working in the Fashion, then in 1979, I took a break from fashion to raise a family. I joined Close Models in 2007 to restart my career and have featured in many TV Commercials abroad, Live TV, and numerous editorial shoots including the September issue of, "The Quarterly"
'All Walks is a good idea because it is a wonderful opportunity to think carefully about a woman's body. I hope the industry will see it as a challenge to find ways to produce beautiful clothes for a wider audience. I'm so delighted to be asked to take part in this exciting new venture. So many people have given their time and talent for a brand-new initiative, and I sincerely hope it is ongoing.'
My modelling career began when I attended St Paul's School in London where Lord Snowdon photographed me. Following the shoot, Lord Snowdon named me as the "Face of 1987." At age 17, I moved over to New York to pursue a modelling career and quickly caught the attention of photographers: Stephen Meisel, Peter Lindberg and Paolo Roversi. Whilst in New York I modelled for numerous designers including Marc Jacobs in his infamous "grunge" collection. Since then I have appeared in numerous fashion magazines both national and international and appeared in worldwide campaigns. I am the mother to six-year-old Lucas, and continue to model.
'I think it makes a lot of sense to celebrate beautiful clothes on beautiful women who are all very different from each other. It's also a great idea to have these beautiful women be involved in the creation of their image through collaboration with the designers. I loved collaborating with Avsh over the design of my outfit. This initiative is a sign that the fashion business is starting to appreciate that beauty comes in many forms, not restricted by age, race, size and height. Hopefully this openness to beauty in all its different forms will start to be reflected more and more in fashion magazines and ad campaigns.'


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WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has cast his 11,000 Senate vote. Only 23 senators in history have cast more votes than Grassley.
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ONONDAGA LAKE PARK -- Many turned out Saturday morning for the Sixth Annual Bill Leaf Memorial Kickball Tournament at Onondaga Lake Park.
The tournament is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk driving. It was in honor of former WSYR radio reporter and CBS 5 sports anchor Bill Leaf, killed by a drunk driver heading the wrong way down I-81. The event was also in honor of Samantha Reynolds, a young girl killed in a drunk driving accident on her way to Disney World.
Their families said the event is important for raising awareness about the dangers of drunk driving, and want everyone to have a safe plan for getting home before going out to drink.
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Idle thoughts and media day leftovers
Well, it ain't Rome.
Nice enough, though, and I can highly recommend Ottawa's The Honest Lawyer (no cheap shots about the name, I have friends who are lawyers) as a neighbourhood place to hang your hat, gobble a wing and gulp a cold drink while getting the lay of the land from the ever-helpful staff. Am sure we'll strike out to other necks of the woods during the journey on our never-ending quest to spread good cheer to the people. All recommendations gladly accepted.
Anyway, on to, you know, basketball.
Sucks about Jawai, no?
No one saw it coming (we got word of it about Kingston on the train ride up) and no one really knows what's going on except he won't practice this week as he undergoes more cardiac tests.
The trouble with things like this is very little information will be made available because of privacy laws and that's going to leave a few of us in the dark. We'll try to get more information, maybe he'll let us know what's going on after practice today, but for now, all we know is something showed up in the tests that gave cause for concern to the doctors.
Now, I'm no doctor, and I don't even play one on TV, but it strikes me that any time anything's remotely wrong in the cardiac area, you take extreme caution.
But isn't it funny, or coincidental, that not only are the Raptors holding Jawai out for more tests, they wouldn't let Nicolas Batum work out in the weeks leading up the draft?
Cautious, indeed.
What's Jawai's absence mean?
Nothing, really, until we know how long he's going to be out. As Bryan Colangelo has made it abundantly clear, he's loath to add anyone to the roster for tax concerns and I don't imagine anyone gets anything close to a guaranteed deal to replace the big Aussie for the time being.
So, it's a Dirty Dozen that'll take the court at Carleton this week to work out the kinks.
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Sam's eyes.
Dreamy, aren't they? (I keed, SERIOUSLY, I keed!)
Actually, the deal has to do with some Lasik surgery he had a few weeks ago that he's still getting used to. Bright lights bug him still, yesterday was a particularly bad day so he had those cool shades on.
Good look, though, wasn't it?
Oh, right, the intro music.
We don't know yet. The dastardly game ops people didn't do it yesterday at media day; a guy sidled up to me and said it's not going to be taped until the middle or end of last week. Sorry. So I guess that means it'll be the old one, or none at all, or something generic, next Wednesday for the Knicks game.
It's almost getting tiring hearing these guys sing the praises of Toronto. The latest? Will Solomon.
"Toronto really gives me the atmosphere of a European city, so living here, there's not too much of an adjustment. It's a great city."
I've got Solomon as the big surprise of camp. Listening to players and coaches talk, I'm getting the sense he goes into camp as the favourite to cop that No. 2 point guard spot and it'll take a big effort from Roko Ukic to beat him out. It's not cast in stone, that's for sure, but there's a healthy competition going on there.
Speaking of Solomon, a couple of websites – including the team's own – have him as Willie Solomon. Asked him about that and he prefers Will. So Will it shall be, here at least.
Mail time:
Q: I just finished watching the clips from Media Day and must say you looked extremely enthused during the interviews! However, Bargnani takes the cake - talk about abrupt answers to questions - it was hilarious as it appeared that beat grunts were scrambling to keep the questions coming! Which left me wondering...
As you attend media day, year-in and year-out is there any preparation on the part of reporters with respect to the questions directed towards the players, coaches, etc? Do certain media types come prepared with specific questions or themed questions, or is it more likely to be on the fly, 'go with the flow'?
A X, Scarborough
A: Enthused? Not grumpy and cranky and tired? Why, thank you!
I think almost everyone who shows up has some idea of what he or she is going to write or talk about and they go and gather specific information for that story.
In fact, that's what you have to do because of the sheer volume of stuff that's available on a day like yesterday. Between coaches and GMs and players, there are more scrums than you can shake a stick at and if you don't have an idea of what you want to do, you can get bogged down in a surplus of information and angles.
In fact, even knowing the two things I wanted to write, I had about 3,000 extra words of transcribed quotes to wade through and it really put a crimp in the relaxation time on the train ride up here.
Now, sometimes during the season, when you're at like the third practice between games and there's no news and nothing really to write, you might show up and just "go with the flow:" and piggyback on someone else's idea and questions but, generally, you arrive at a workout with an idea and pursue it.
This is by no means a definitive statement on the style of play we'll see this year but here's Sam yesterday on offence:
"We're going to a run a lot of the same stuff we've been doing. Yeah, we're going to add some stuff because of Jermaine, to make sure he gets the ball.
"The thing I'm telling our guys is, your first look is going to be inside, your second look is going to be inside and if they throw it back out, your third look is going to be inside.
"Then if they throw it out, then you shoot the basketball.
"We obviously have to make teams pay."
Action: Minnesota signs Rafael Araujo to a training camp contract.
Reaction: Rob Babcock does not give up easily.
Hope you all saw Bryan's contention that this is the best Raptor team "on paper" since he got here. I don't think you can really dispute that, even the team that won the Atlantic Division was a surprise and probably not as overall talented as this one.
That team over-achieved, no question about it; it was a nice ride but there were no expectations. There are expectations this year and it's going to be very interesting to see how this group holds together.
But best team in history? Even on paper? I don't think that's the case. The 2001 team, the one that actually won a playoff series, was probably more talented 1-12 than this one and had just as good chemistry.
Suitably chastised, I offer this with the comment that the writer is correct:
Love the blog and read it daily. I'm also fond of the occasional lessons you dish out beyond basketball. Guess that's why I was a little disappointed by this:
"and then we all pile into trains, planes and automobiles and head off to Ottawa. Where, I must tell you, I'm pretty sure we will all be able to avoid the debates that are going on this week."
There's enough voter apathy out there, especially among young people, and the fact is, the right to decide who runs a democratic nation is a little more important than hoops. Hope you'll not be so dismissive in the future of real problem in what are supposed to be democracies both here and stateside.
Hope to see a little less jaded an attitude as events unfold in the Canadian and US federal elections. While perhaps not as awe inspiring sometimes, like sports, at least they're competitive, and you don't know the final outcome till the last whistle blows.
Look forward to seeing you and the Raps back in full swing.
JP M, Dubai (via Toronto)


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WAYNE WIELER March 3, 1953 - June 14, 2009 TENA WIELER (nee Giesbrecht) September 7, 1931 - June 18, 2011 No Happy time that passes, Is ever really gone, If it leaves a special memory, For looking back upon. Their Memories are our keepsakes, From which we will never part: God has them in His keeping, But we have them in our hearts. We miss them very much now, but we have faith we will see them again, one day in Heaven. The Wieler family.
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Rigg lay-off is setback for Oxford United (From The Oxford Times)
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Rigg lay-off is setback for Oxford United
9:20am Friday 23rd August 2013 in Sport By David Pritchard, Chief Sports Reporter covering Oxford United. Follow us on twitter: @oxfordmailoufc. Call me on 01865 425458
SEAN Rigg is expected to be out until October after scans confirmed the Oxford United winger tore a hamstring last weekend.
The 24-year-old pulled up clutching the back of his leg after sprinting for a ball during the first half of United's 3-1 win at Torquay United.
He was immediately substituted and treated, but results of a more detailed diagnosis received yesterday revealed the extent of the damage.
A lay-off of six to eight weeks will be required, slightly longer than initially predicted, meaning tomorrow's game against Wycombe Wanderers will be the first of up to nine matches that Rigg is expected to miss.
U's boss Chris Wilder said: "Sean has been part of how we've started the season on the front foot, so to lose a player that gives us something a bit different is disappointing.
"He'll do his rehab and we'll welcome him back when he's right, but you can't rush those sorts of injuries at all."
It will force a change in the starting line-up against Wycombe, but the hosts do have a variety of alternatives.
Callum O'Dowda is the closest like-for-like replacement, but the teenager may not be ready for a run in the side.
Asa Hall replaced Rigg at Torquay and sealed victory with a goal, which boosted his chances, although that may require a change of formation.
Wilder said: "We could change the shape, we have done in the past.
"Alfie (Potter) can play out there, Ryan Williams might be an option, as could Danny (Rose). "There are a few options, so it's not bare bones time."
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Makes 4 servings. This salad keeps up to 3 days when refrigerated.
Approximate preparation time: 15 minutes
- 1/2 head red cabbage, shredded
- 1/2 small pineapple, diced
- 1 cup hazelnuts, chopped
- 2 Tbs olive oil (optional)
- Combine cabbage and pineapple. Drizzle with olive oil (optional).
- Store salad up to three days. Top with hazelnuts right before serving.
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Pretty good. Definitely different. I used walnuts instead of hazlenuts. I don't think they sell hazlenuts at wal-mart. I'm a wal-mart junkie! Even my husband who doesn't like cabbage liked this. This was a great salad to go with the coconut chicken recipe on this website.
This turned out really good. Made it one night as a side dish, then put grilled chicken on the leftovers for lunch the next day. I subbed almonds for hazelnuts, couldn't find hazelnuts at our local grocery store.
Good to know I'm not the only one that can't find hazelnuts! I used cashews :)
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I recently purchased the Asus G74SX-A1. In fact, I'm typing on it right now. I love the machine as it has amazing specs, a very well designed cooling system, fantastic screen, and all the important stuff (not keyboard backlighting) worked with Linux either out of the box or with single steps to install proprietary drivers. I love it with two exceptions.
The first is the keyboard in general. I'm pretty sure this is not a bug, but I am used to keys that I can hit at the edge and get a result, but these keys seem pickier about my finger placement. I'm slowly getting used to it, though the space bar in particular is very picky and seems to be the key I'm most likely to fail to press successfully. (I was worried about missed key strokes but that doesn't seem to be what's going on here.) I'm also having trouble adjusting to the huge touchpad, but that's neither here nor there.
The second is the numerical keypad. The problem is that, well, it's not a numerical keypad. The keys are simply duplicates of the top row number keys, rather than mapping to the normal separate keypad bindings. This is problematic in multiple ways. In some games, these keys can be used for shortcuts. In my case, I use them in Linux for certain global shortcuts that I use a lot, like volume control. With them bound to the top row keys, the keypad keys cannot be reassigned without eliminating the use of the top row keys as well. The other major problem I am aware of is that in Windows, it is impossible to use the Alt+xxx shortcut to insert non-standard symbols. While I'm sure the menu-based functionality can also insert those symbols, it is significantly less convenient. I can imagine gamer college students buying this computer and finding themselves having a very hard time typing for foreign language classes.
I sent in a support e-mail more than 48 hours ago but have heard nothing, so I'm posting here. Is there any chance that a BIOS update might be released to fix this issue? I am fearful that this was implemented in hardware and is thus not fixable without a hardware replacement that I doubt Asus would do. I don't care about the availability of Num Lock, I just need them to be mapped separately so I can use them for shortcuts that I am used to using. I've got another week to decide whether to keep the unit or send it back, and I'm very much on the fence primarily because of the two keyboard issues, of all things.
Thank you for any thoughts. They are much appreciated.
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Diablo 3's global release didn't include mainland China and millions of Chinese Diablo fans had to migrate to other servers to play the game. Sources indicate that the game isn't too far away from getting approved in mainland China. Recently, a suspected Diablo 3 (CN) screenshot was uploaded to NGA (the biggest WoW forum in China) and caught a lot of attention.
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Jonathan's Vaughters Darker Side Exposed Submitted by Kris Thompson on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 07:25 News Item: Road RacingWorld Cycling NewsCyclists InterviewsIs this Jonathan's first time to expose that he was once a doper? Either way, great article in the NYTimes on doping in cycling and sports and the journey a Denver kid took that killed his dream to race. The choice to kiss your childhood dream goodbye or live with a dishonest heart is horrid and tearing. I've been there, and I know. I chose to lie over killing my dream. I chose to dope. I am sorry for that decision, and I deeply regret it. The guilt I felt led me to retire from racing Read more about Jonathan's Vaughters Darker Side Exposed14 commentsAdd new comment
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-- democratic strategist and former Howard Dean campaign manager Joseph tripping and Joseph amenable last you the same question that -- that we asked to have mr.
What is what do the Democrats have to -- -- -- right now is so close.
By the I think both for the conventions.
Have to her about essentially the same things helping fill in the -- -- on Mitt Romney.
It all the polls show that people are basically made their decision about President Obama they still.
30% of the American people are saying they don't have enough information about Mitt Romney I think the Republican Convention had been about.
You know putting his his vision out there try to fill those points and I think the -- -- Campaign in the DNC.
Is going to be about doing the same thing it's going to be about.
Defining this campaign in a way that pushes off Romney -- I think you'll see a lot more.
Focus on Romney did we saw on Obama -- Republican Convention.
Well yes in the we've we've had.
Four years plus to get to know Barack Obama right but at the same time one of the one of -- things that these people that are undecided which I'd.
Find interest in at this point but we live and our little bubble so.
They they talk about the fact that they don't know Mitt Romney.
But they yelled -- with the minutes that somebody says something they say well -- blind and the other side says he's line in the go back and forth about growth all this information that you're supposed to try to figure out -- you wanna vote for.
Is all a lot.
That and that that's true in the end the with starts getting back to other factors like like ability and right now.
More people like -- the president likable than they find Mitt Romney so -- if you stay.
This is why -- why we're in such a negative fix.
Right now from both sides.
And where that may benefit Obama.
Because he he he he wins on some of these things like like -- -- ability where he may not have great job approval.
Numbers but.
But Mitt Romney has horrible thing.
Favorable unfavorable numbers so I think you're gonna see the Obama campaign in the -- yes look they're gonna put forth.
A positive message about Barack Obama but I think they're gonna try to keep the pressure on.
On Mitt Romney at the convention keep making the case.
That he's not -- -- that he's gonna get tax breaks for the wealthy -- the case of they've been making the continue to make that case.
In a very strong tough way as they did throughout the summer.
And I think -- -- you know the the the -- will be when we look at all the polls after both the conventions are over.
Did Mitt Romney gave his positive message out because he he was able do that in the primaries because of the fight.
He wasn't able do it over the summer because of the tough this I think that the Obama campaign their ability to keep him answering in reacting to -- -- -- Did he do it in his convention.
Or did the Democrats sort of keep the pressure on through the conventions and if so I think.
If Romney doesn't get his -- definition out there -- the Democrats are -- wanted it there could mention.
Then I think this the -- you have to give the edge of President Obama look at that point is if it's not and I think that's different what you've -- you've also got.
And it appears to be you tell me doesn't the last word have an advantage and doesn't an incumbent have an advantage.
Well you know.
There's been the -- has done a study on convention bounces in what really affects things it turns out the campaign that was ahead.
At the end of both conventions actually.
Has won every election of the last forty years.
What's fascinating is the out party -- party that's out of the presidency.
Tend to have a much bigger bounce within the incumbent party out of their convention so that we're gonna see.
-- it's not necessarily know bombing has them that gets the best shot because -- last word.
It's it's gonna be how big a bounce did Romney did from from their convention.
Expecting -- to have a bigger bounce -- Obama.
Does Obama's convention bounce enough to keep -- still close and in the fight it out all the way to November.
But it there you I I suspect Romney's gonna have a bigger bounce and Obama does because of the -- -- history of how how conventions.
Work for the insurgent party vs the incumbents but -- -- but there's always exceptions I'll go back to bush forty wonder who.
And what's Indian company was the vice president under Reagan.
But he.
That do caucus -- I believe that race was extremely close at that convention or maybe even.
Bush was behind new caucus at the convention time and we know that George Bush 41 went on to -- Well no that's -- -- actually that that proves a point.
Was the insurgent party.
And it was it was bush at that point who was the incumbent party was in the incumbent he was you know the vice president but he was.
Was the incumbent party -- I remember right to caucus surged to a huge -- coming out of his convention and we all five.
And then in any was just the he just didn't they never really recovered -- mean in -- The bush -- bush got a big bounce and they went on the attack and but also backdating conventions were much earlier than they are today it'd -- that that that these two conventions are.
Are pretty late in the process compared to where they used to be back -- children's.
Will be debates.
Finally settled.
Uncertainty for those few people that don't know what they wanna do yet.
Yeah I mean I look I think the debates are going to be very big factor this crime and admit that.
The same thing happens I mean I remember I work for vice president Mondale in his race against Ronald Reagan and there was something about those early to to to -- early I think one or two debates where.
When Mondale just being on stage with the president raised his.
His Robert -- factor if you will.
It and we we moved a little bit so I I suspect Romney will benefit from the debates as well for the same reason -- -- If he's able to hold its own would this -- the sitting president of the United States it.
The -- makes him.
More presidential.
All right so he he if he can do that he he he is he'll survive the debates in the -- may actually get a lift from them as well.
Did and Romney seal the deal or close the gap on the gender gap that's been out there.
I think she I think look I think she was a best weapon the Romney campaign has to do that I think she gave an excellent speech at the convention and and and it and I and I mean I've got nothing.
But praise for that speech in which she was able accomplish -- again.
If there is a big bounce out of this convention -- a good measure of that should go to the credits to go in Romney and in which she was able view on it.
In her speech.
Interest and Joseph -- thanks always -- -- to get your ideas thanks for joining thanks for having me.
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