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Orange Is the New Black Season 2 Recap: Second Verse, Even Better Than the First
Orange Is the New Black Season 2 delivers on everything the cast and crew had promised. It's bigger, crazier, and more emotional than the already stellar first season, and embraces its ensemble nature even further.
The Netflix hit's sophomore season covers a lot of ground in 13 episodes, deftly mixing twisting plots with small character moments, creating a compelling tapestry that is part comedy, part drama, part social commentary, part beautiful character piece.
We can't possibly recap every moment of the season here, but for those of you who need help processing everything that happened, we've got the rundown on all the biggest plots in one place. Enjoy!
The Life and Times of Piper Chapman
Let's start with Piper (Taylor Schilling), who is, after all, still ostensibly the protagonist of this thing, and does get more focus than any of the other characters, though by a much narrower margin than last season.
The season premiere is actually entirely Piper focused, as she's hauled off to Chicago to testify against Kubra, Alex's (Laura Prepon) old drug kingpin. The Chicago prison is a whole new kettle of fish, full of seasoned murderers, and Piper is vastly out of her depths. Fortunately, she doesn't have to stick around for long, and there is one friendly(ish) face there: Alex. Alex, who convinces Piper to lie and claim she never met Kubra at the trial — only to turn around and testify against him, screwing Piper over while allowing herself to go free. Lovely.
The good news is that Piper didn't kill Pennsatucky (Taryn Manning) in their fight at the end of last season. Plus, as we find out in a quick flashback, Crazy Eyes (Uzo Aduba) actually showed up and punched Piper during a moment of dissociated anger after her failed attempt to sing at the Christmas pageant, so it looked like the fight was even. Conclusion: after she's returned to Litchfield, Pipes is allowed back into general pop.
After that, her story actually takes a turn for the undramatic. She spends most of the season reacting to other characters' drama and working on a newsletter written for the prisoners, by the prisoners — a project that mostly serves to create some comedic relief. Her biggest move, plot wise, comes near the end of the season, and we'll get to that later.
Unfortunately for Piper, Larry's (Jason Biggs) life on the outside wasn't so routine. In fact, he hooks up with Polly (Maria Dizzia). Yes, as in Piper's married best friend. When Piper gets a surprise 48-hour release — furlough, as they call it — to attend her grandmother's funeral, Larry fesses up to sleeping with someone else as they are having the world's worst attempt at sex in the bathroom at granny's wake. They declare their relationship officially over, which works out for Larry, who decides to be with Polly (sorry, Polly's hot Australian husband). They awkwardly break the news to Piper in prison. Surprise, surprise: she's not pleased.
In fact, she's so upset that she decides to call Alex, who has been writing her letters. Despite being totally pissed about the whole screwing her over in Chicago thing, Piper freaks when she learns that Kubra didn't get convicted, and Alex is now top of his hit list for testifying against him. Alex is planning to skip town, but Piper has other ideas: she sucks it up and calls Larry and Polly and asks for a favor. She wants them to tip Alex's parole officer off to her escape plans. It works; Alex is caught with a gun, which means she's going back to jail.
Did Piper do it because she wanted revenge? Was it to keep Alex safe? Did she want Alex's company in prison again? At this point, it's hard to know.
Corruption Gets Caught
Near the end of last season we learned that assistant warden Fig (Alysia Reiner) had been embezzling from the prison and, thanks to Larry's radio piece about the prison, a reporter is on her tail. That plot remains a throughline this season; the reporter even contacts Piper, through Larry, and asks her to help him find the evidence he needs to prove that Fig has been siphoning money into her own hands using shell corporations and vendors.
We also learn more about Fig's life outside the prison. It turns out she isn't just taking money for her fancy cars and nice shoes — she was using her ill-gotten gains to help fund her husband's senate campaign. They both justify this corruption by agreeing that once he gets into office, he'll make real changes to help fix the broken criminal justice system on a more fundamental level.
In an ironic twist of fate, Fig's corruption is the very thing that eventually gets her caught. When a storm hits the prison late in the season, the electricity goes out, because that's what happens when you put about zero dollars into maintaining a building. In the ensuing chaos, Piper is able to sneak into Fig's office and find files proving the corruption, which she passes over to Caputo (Nick Sandow) after he catches her with them.
The end result? Justice is... kinda served. Fig is ousted from her job, but she's allowed to say she resigned to focus on politics, instead of being hit with criminal charges like she deserves. On the other hand, she also catches her husband cheating on her with a man, so she's not exactly in a happy place. Karma.
This leaves Caputo in charge... for now. He has to prove he's up to the job, and given the chaos of the last two episodes, we're not sure the warden is going to be impressed.
Red Reborn
Rather than continue to fight to regain the kitchens, which we expected, Red (Kate Mulgrew) takes another path this season. She befriends the Golden Oldies, who turn out to be pretty awesome. At first she only hangs with them out of desperation, because her family won't take her back. But this is Red we're talking about; she's too clever to be kept down for long.
She realizes that there's an abandoned greenhouse that can be used to sneak in contraband, so she appeals to Caputo's love of plants to get a "gardening club" created. She and her new friends turn the greenhouse around, her sons dig a tunnel to it, and Red is back in business!
She attempts to win her old family back with free treats, but what really does the trick is a family dinner in the greenhouse where she finally apologizes for getting Gina (Abigail Savage) hurt and the generally poor way she sometimes used to behave. All is forgiven...
Except not by Boo (Lea DeLaria), who apparently thinks she's never been given the respect she deserves. And that comes back to bite Red in the butt, big time, as we'll talk about in the next section.
The Vee Wars
If there is one defining character of the season, it's Vee (Lorraine Toussaint), a new villain whose entry onto the scene takes everything to a new level.
Vee has been to Litchfield before, and when she was last there, the black women ran the show. She's determined to turn back time — and she doesn't care who gets hurt in the process. She also has a history with Red, and they aren't exactly on friendly terms.
It doesn't take long for her to start accruing power. On the outside, Vee was a drug dealer and mother figure to Taystee (Danielle Brooks) (convenient), so she targets Taystee's group, determined to make them her minions. At first they're resistant, but they start to warm up to her after she shows them the kind of perks hanging with her can bring, such as delicious, delicious cake, which she gets Gloria (Selenis Leyva) to make her by trading some cigarettes she had stashed in the prison from during last stay. The woman is resourceful. She also quickly brings Crazy Eyes under her wing by, well, being nice to her. Sadly, it's that easy.
Things quickly escalate from there. When the Latinas' bathroom has plumbing issues, Vee craftily connives to get what she wants, trading bathrooms in exchange for Gloria helping her get some spaces opened up on the janitorial staff. Why would she want that? So she can set up a drug operation in the warehouse, duh.
She starts by bringing in tobacco, and Crazy Eyes, Taystee, Black Cindy (Adrienne C. Moore), and Watson (Vicky Jeudy) are all happy to jump aboard the express train to more perks town. Poussey (Samira Wiley), on the other hand, is hesitant to join in; she doesn't trust Vee, which drives a wedge between her and Taystee — a wedge Vee is more than happy to exploit, especially after Poussey, who does briefly work as a seller for her, drops out of the ring altogether.
Things kick up a notch in the back half of the season, when Vee moves from selling cigs to hawking heroin. We get our first taste of exactly how sociopathic this woman is when Poussey, who has taken to drinking away her feelings of isolation, makes the mistake of speaking out against Vee's new merchandise and Vee literally sics Crazy Eyes on her. It's a heartbreaking scene. It hurts to see Poussey sobbing and bloody on the bathroom floor, and it's devastating to realize exactly how far Vee has warped Suzanne's mind; she'll do an believe anything her new ruler tells her.
After that incident, Vee tells Taystee that Poussey is now her responsiblity; when Poussey drunkenly destroys Vee's tobacco stash, Vee kicks Taystee out of the group.
Even down two people, she's still large and in charge. Oh, and remember how we said Boo is pissed at Red? Yeah, well, she betrays her old friend, telling Vee exactly how Red is getting her contraband into the prison. That's bad news bears, because of course Vee wants to use Red's tunnel to bring in her drugs, and obviously Red isn't having that. First of all, she's not the type to share. More importantly, as we learned last season, she hates drugs and would never help bring them into the prison.
Surprisingly, the next act of violence isn't from Vee's camp, but Red's Golden Oldie friends. Just because these women are getting on in age doesn't mean they aren't in jail for a reason, and one of them decides the best move is to just plain kill Vee, which would be great — except thanks to her bad eyesight she shivs the wrong person. Whoops.
Vee and Red meet for a parley, and Red tries to claim the mistaken kill was a warning shot, but Vee isn't having it. She declares Red will tell her where the entrance to the tunnel is, or she'll have Red's sons killed. This woman does not mess around. Red — who was already betrayed, violently, by Vee in the past — knows this and decides not to wait around to see what Vee will do next. Instead, she takes matters into her own hands and tries to strangle her foe to death with plastic wrap. Vee throws her off, and somehow manages to convince her that they should kiss and make up. Red agrees to the truce, and Vee beats her almost to death with a lock for her trouble.
We said almost to death, not actually to death. So Red just needs to tell the authorities and Vee gets taken care of, right? Right... except Red is old school and refuses to point fingers, which means there's an investigation instead. And Vee has a plan for that: pin it on Crazy Eyes, with the help of Janae and Black Cindy.
Yep, you read the right. She's willing to let the mentally ill woman who is wholeheartedly devoted to her take the fall. In fact, she takes it a step further, actively convincing the confused and distressed Suzanne that she did it.
The plan almost works, until Red has a change of heart and tells Healy (Michael Harney) what really happened. Healy, doing the right thing for once, has paperwork forged that proves Crazy Eyes was otherwise occupied at the time of the attack; conveniently, Watson and Black Cindy also realize how toxic Vee is and recant, which totally clears Crazy Eyes.
That's all well and good, but Janae, Black Cindy, Poussey, and Taystee made the mistake of making their intentions known to Vee before turning on her, which gives her time to escape out of Red's tunnel.
But never fear! We've reached the end of the season here, and in an unrelated plot, Morello has allowed Rosa (Barbara Rosenblat), who has only a few weeks left to live, to steal the van. Vee stumbles out onto the road just as Rose is driving by, and Rosa runs her down for having committed the ultimate crime: rudeness.
Daya's Love Triangle
Daya's (Dascha Polanco) baby daddy drama doesn't let up this season. It all boils down to this basic problem: Daya doesn't feel like Bennett (Matt McGorry) is proving his love enough, which leads to him lashing out, which leads to her thinking he's not proving his love enough, rinse and repeat. He tries doing little things to show he cares, like smuggling prenatal vitamins into the prison in his prosthetic leg. Even that doesn't really resolve things, especially once he gets fed up with Daya's friends asking him to bring them contraband, too.
The ish really hits the fan when Pornstache (Pablo Schreiber) makes a brief but triumphant appearance thanks to Fig deciding that his particular brand of d-baggery is exactly what the prison needs to shape up. Daya wants to ignore the return, and is completely against the idea of pinning the pregnancy on him — he may deserve to have his life ruined, but not for that — but in a fit of anger Bennett turns him in. Pornstache is hauled off to jail, but not before screaming that he loves Daya and will support her once he's out.
That kicks her worry into overdrive. She doesn't want to confuse her child by having to pretend one guy is the father, while also having the real father in the picture. She comes up with an ultimatum: either Bennett claims the child as his own, does his time, and then they both raise the kid together after they're out of prison, or he just pretends like it never happened and leaves her alone.
While initially reluctant to do either, Bennett eventually does fess up — but it just so happens he picks Caputo's second day as assistant warden to do the deed, and Caputo isn't having it. He threatens to send Daya to max if Bennett tells anyone else. So much for that, then.
We Gotta Fight for Our Right to Have Basic Human Rights!
This season we meet new inmate Brook Soso (Kimiko Glenn), a chipper activist determined to keep up her world-changing, rah-rah feminist ways even in prison, much to the annoyance of almost everyone else.
Disheartened by, well, all the things one might be disheartened by in the rundown mess that is Litchfield, Soso starts a hunger strike. She eventually gains a few allies. First Leanne Taylor (Emma Myles) and one of her lackeys join her movement, more as a way to piss off Pennsatucky than anything else. Then Yoga Jones (Constance Shulman) gets in on the action after seeing Janae Watson hauled off to solitary as punishment once again.
Although initially dismissing Soso as ridiculous, Sister Ingalls (Beth Fowler) is moved to join the strike after an old, senile woman is given "compassionate release," which really translates to being left out on the street to die. She may have been reluctant to start, but once she does she refuses to stop, even after everyone else has given up. Sister is carried off to medical where she's force fed through tubes — but not before she manages to get some nuns to come help protest for her cause, causing more headaches for Caputo.
In the end, she does give in and eat, but only in exchange for Red agreeing to turn Vee in.
Backstory Bonanza
As always, nearly every episode featured the backstory of a different character. Here's a quick rundown.
Episode 1: Piper was once a rule-following little girl, and she comes from a family that would rather repress and lie than admit that things are wrong, as she learns when she tries to tell her mom she saw her dad cheating.
Episode 2: We learn about Taystee's life growing up in group homes. Despite trying to stay on the straight and narrow, she eventually fell in with Vee's drug dealing crowd, and Vee became a mother figure to her.
Episode 3: We get a look at Suzanne's past, where we see that, despite her supportive and loving family, she's always struggled with mental health issues.
Episode 4: You know how Morello (Yael Stone) has that fiancé she's obsessed with? Yeah, turns out she was actually a straight up crazed stalker; she literally only went on one date with the guy, and made the rest up.
Episode 5: We learn that Gloria was once stuck in an abusive relationship. Also, she went to jail for a low-level food stamp scam at the convenience store she owned.
Episode 6: We learn about Poussey's romance with a German girl she met while on an army base with her dad. Turns out the girl's dad was an army bigwig and, after he catches them hooking up, Poussey's family is transferred away.
Episode 7: We get a glimpse into Black Cindy's past as a carefree, rule-breaking TSA agent whose daughter is being raised by her mother as her own, because Cindy is clearly not up to the task of caring for her child herself.
Episode 8: Rosa is a badass bank robber whose husbands have an unfortunate tendency to drop dead. She winds up behind bars after her thrill-seeking personality pushes her to try to take down a bank solo without properly casing the joint.
Episode 9: Instead of flashing back to the outside world, this episode gave us a taste of Vee and Red's history in jail, revealing that Vee is both very smart and very brutal, willing to turn on anyone as long as it increases her bottom line.
Episode 10: Piper and Alex; namely, Alex had a girlfriend when she first started seeing Piper. And we're surprised she didn't turn out to be the best significant other?
Episode 11: We learn about Sister Ingalls's past as an activist; it turns out she's been excommunicated from the church, where the higher-ups seem to think she cares more about promoting herself than doing good.
Episode 12: Vee is even more sociopathic than we thought — she even slept with a young man she's basically raised as a son and then had him killed, because he was starting to deal on his own.
Episode 13: No flashbacks.
Other Plotlines Worth Noting
- We didn't really talk about Gloria much in the Vee vs. Red wars after the first round, and there's a good reason for that: she's smart enough to keep her head down and stay out of it, as much as possible. We like her attitude. No contraband; she just wants to be in charge of the kitchen without breaking the rules, and keep the power the job affords her.
- The best subplot of the season revolves around Rosa bonding with a young cancer patient whose chemo appointments coincide with hers. They eventually pull off a mini-heist, swiping a nurse's wallet. The best part? Though Rosa herself is dying, her young friend's cancer goes into remission, making him the one man whose health actually improved after getting involved with her.
- Another big thread is Healy and Pennsatucky forming a bond when Healy attempts to start a therapy group, which doesn't quite pan out.
- In the leadup to the Vee plotline, we learned that Poussey does have romantic feelings for Taystee, but they aren't returned. That's pretty heartbreaking, but at this point Poussey seems content just to have her friend back.
- Sophia didn't have much to do this season, but she did see her son, and he warmed to her enough to play a card game with her.
- Morello learned that Christopher, her not really fiancé, is getting married. In response, she literally ran off with the van, broke into his house, and was a general creeper. He later visited and confronted her. While she doesn't seem to be in legal trouble over it, she was forced to finally admit that there's something very wrong with her. But it's OK, because Nicky still loves her!
- Maria Ruiz (Jessica Pimentel) had a nice throughline with her boyfriend/baby daddy, who remained mostly silent, but seemed to visit her every week with the baby. She was briefly devastated because she thought she was going to be transferred down south where she would no longer be able to see her child, but then Caputo cancelled all the transfers; we saw her meeting with the boyfriend once more after that, and for once he just talked and talked and talked about how happy he was that she was staying. It was pretty adorable.
- We have a feeling Nicky's heroin addiction is going to come back to haunt her. This season she was briefly tempted when given a "free sample" of Vee's stuff. She eventually handed the drugs over to Red, but then she stole Vee's whole stash. It was meant to mess with Vee, but we're worried about what she'll do with it now.
What did you think of the season? Let us know in the comments below!


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03/29/2012, Brisbane, AU
Today was a travel day as we spent the day flying across the continent of Australia. We left Perth at 0900 AM and arrived in Brisbane a bit after 1600. It was only a 4 hour flight but with the time zones we lost a few hours in transit.
Tomorrow we hop on the Tilt Train at 1100 and arrive back in Bundaberg around 1530 (with luck given how the trains tend to run a bit late). We look forward to being back on Leu Cat and are anxious to see how well she has weathered all of the rain storms that she has been racked by since we have been gone.
Another shot of the Indian Ocean and one of the cargo ships going in to dock.
This is the office of the Fremantle Shipping Company
Here is the Fremantle Post Office
One of the charming streets of the city center.
Here is the old City Government Building. It is closed now but still dominates the city center.
03/28/2012, Perth, AU
We decided to watch a couple of BBC made for TV movies this morning. One had just started when we woke up and turned the TV on. We became hooked so we just lounged the morning away, enjoying ourselves. Around noon we hoped in the car and headed off toward the coast and Fremantle.
While Perth is located a bit up the Swan River, Fremantle is situation on the coast and it is where the ocean going vessels dock and load or unload their cargo. Unlike Perth with it skyscrapers, Fremantle has none and most of the buildings we saw were built years ago and reflected their age by the type of architecture used. Victorian, Edwardian, Art Deco styles dominated, making for a very charming scene as we drove to and then walked around the center of the city. I will post a number of photos that I took but it may be a day or two before I am done since we leave early tomorrow morning for Brisbane.
We had lunch in an old, dark Irish Pub and I complemented my meal with a pint of Guinness Stout. I love Guinness Stout and get it whenever I can.
After taking in the center of the city, we drove over to one of the many beautiful white sand beaches that Fremantle is famous for. Here we faced the Indian Ocean for just the second time in our lives. The first time was over 12 years ago when we spent some time in Bali. The water, while slightly cool, was most enjoyable and certainly much, much warmer than the Tasmania Sea or the South Ocean that we enjoyed while in Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmania. The ocean colors were rich and most inviting. I hope the photo I took captures it well for you.
Today is our last day in the Perth area since we start our return journey to Leu Cat tomorrow. We first fly to Brisbane and then on Friday, take the train back to Bundaberg. Our good friend John, of Sea Mist, will be picking us up at the rail station and returning us to the marina.


text: I am extremely new to the road scene. By new, I mean I have never been on a road bike. I want to get into riding and will most likely only ride 1-2 times a week at most. I am really into mtn biking and bought an entry level Mtb - Ibex Ignition 2 ($400) and loved riding so much I soon upgraded to a Specialized Stumpy FSR Expert ($2500+) and love it. I ride the stumpy alot since I live 1/2 mile for a great mtb course here in the ATL. I do not mind spending anywhere up to $1500-$1800 on a good road bike but wonder if at my skill level if I will see the difference between a base Specialized Sequoia ($750), Sequoia Elite ($1200), Roubaix ($1300) or possibly even the Cannondale Synapse Carbon 3 ($1899). The main thing for me to enjoy riding and be comfortable riding so I will continue to do it. Some friends and I are doing the MS 150 (100 miler) in about a month so I want to be somewhat comfortable during that ride, but in all reality I will most likely be doing 30-40 miles each time out and just riding, not trying to break land speed records...more for fitness than anything else. Like I said, I don't mind spending $1500+, but it would be nice if I could tell a discernable difference between the base Sequoia and the Roubiax....if not I will jusy go with something less expensive. I realize many are going to say I need to get out and ride them but my LBS don't do that so I will most likely go on reviews and recommendations. Want to pull the trigger this week.....any suggestions?


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After singing in "Country Strong" and on "Glee," Gwyneth Paltrow isn't going to stop until everyone on the planet has heard her sing a song from the former or her version of Cee-Lo's "Fuck You" which she sang on the latter.
The actress is set to exercise her vocal chords on two upcoming awards show. First up, on February 13th, Paltrow will team with Cee-Lo and The Muppets to sing
"Fuck You" "Forget You" at the Grammy Awards. That should at the very least be....interesting. Meanwhile, on February 25th Paltrow will perform "Coming Home" at the Oscar awards where its up for a Best Song trophy. Fellow nominees Mandy Moore, Randy Newman, Zachary Levi and Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine will also be on hand to perform their respective nominated songs at the show. But wait, what song is Florence + The Machine nominated for? Looks like she will be stepping in for Dido and teaming with A.R. Rahman on "If I Rise" from "127 Hours." As for as substitutions go, that's not too shabby.
This isn't Paltrow's first time doing her musician thing at an awards ceremony -- she also sang the title song from "Country Strong" at the CMA Awards. Is Chris Martin's newest competition coming from inside his own house? Check out some of Paltrow's performances below.


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Not sure if she was a tax payer. Never found any correspondence relating to tax. However, just checked tax allowance for 2012/13 for person over 75 (she was 87), appears to have been £10,660.
Checking her last few bank statements she appears to have income totalling £1,572.13 per month. (pension from DWP and a works pension).
total £18865.56. I assume any income tax has been paid at source.
I've done some more internet searching and believe there is a C1 and C5 form to fill out at the Sheriff court.
Figures I have so far
Gross value £11,480.33
less funeral and other expenses £3772.87
net value £7,700.43
which would mean no inheritance tax.
I take I will have to attend Sheriff court to have figures checked and submit forms. Or have I missed something?
That is brilliant news!
Any possible comeback due to not completing C1 and C5 forms?
Will doesn't need to be lodged or registered with court or anywhere else?
Not worried re- further claiments turning up. She was definitely childless and relationship with mother-in-law is excellent.
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I should also mention that the British Army still had officers on loan or attached to our Army during e the pre war years.
Some returned on the first Convpy while others took another transport home.
Names mentiuoned include MajGen GM Kirkpatrick CB to Lt SG Gibbs RASC.
Other officers where from the Indian and NZ Army.
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This poll is COMPLETELY unscientific, but people were asked what names they associate with "being a good spouse". Here's the names that topped the poll. Do you agree?
Best wife names
1. Katie
2. Sophie
3. Louise
4. Sarah
5. Emily
6. Charlotte
7. Elizabeth
8. Amy
9. Jessica
10. Lucy
Best husband names
1. David
2. Andrew
3. Daniel
4. Paul
5. John
6. William
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Wow. Maybe if he had paid more attention to the ROAD and not harrassing this woman, he wouldn't have crashed. Just sayin'.... ;-)
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*spoiler alert* PUPPIES.....LOTS of puppies! If you are having a rough day, well, here's your cure. Enjoy!
Wow. This mom used her own body as a "human speed bump" to save her daugters, who were trapped, alone, in a moving car. She's recovering from a crushed knee and various other injuries, but says she would do it again. Amazing story.
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This 9 year old boy LOVES My Little Pony. Lots of guys do.....that's why they have their own nickname, "Bronies". The other boys were bullying him when he brought his My Little Pony backpack to school, so the school has BANNED him from bringing it to school. It's for his own protection, but do you think the school made the right decision?
I hate reading stuff like this, but it's still important to know this stuff. Not that this is any excuse to grab the potato chips instead.....BUT, your "healthy" snacks may not be doing your diet any favors. :-(
Yogurt with Granola
So tasty together, BUT a half-cup of granola to your yogurt can easily add up to 300 calories and 15 grams of fat.
A Smoothie
Once you blend in milk or yogurt, plus bananas, strawberries, or other calorie-dense fruits and fruit juices, you're talking 300-400 calories—and that's before you add in protein powder, peanut butter, or seeds and nuts.
Each grape has about 5 calories, but because they are small, it's very easy to just keep eating and eating. So you can consume more than 200 calories' worth before you know it—without any of the protein you ideally want to have in a snack.
Tuna Salad and Crackers
These handy snack kits look so weight loss-friendly, but a can of mayo-infused tuna and three to four crackers offers around 300 calories. Leaving out the mayo and eating the tuna WITHOUT the crackers is a much lower calorie option.
Hummus Dip and Pita Chips
Pita chips may be low in fat, but are just as calorie-packed as any kind of fried chip—and if you don't limit yourself to a reasonable amount of hummus, this snack can suddenly put you up around 300-calories or so.
A brand new vending machine debuted this week in Austin, Texas at the South By Southwest Festival. It makes CUSTOM Oreos for you. I just may fly to Austin to try it out! Yum!!!
Oh Portlandia.....even your pets are weird. Ha! Actually, this sounds like it was a pretty scary situation for BOTH the family AND their 22 pound cat. Check out the story below:
A new survey just came out, listing the top 7 ways women lie on Facebook. The thing is......I don't really consider any of these things "lies". I consider it more "editing".....you know, keeping things interesting for your friends/audience! See what you think.
Top 7 Ways Women Lie on Facebook:
1. Photoshopping photos before uploading them.
2. Exaggerating their career success.
3. Only posting about exciting nights so it looks like their social life is nonstop fun . . . and conveniently neglecting to post about the nights they're home on the couch.
4. Only posting photos of their place when it's clean.
5. Only posting about the adorable things their kid does.
6. Using old photos from when they looked better.
7. Untagging themselves in photos where they don't look perfect.


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|FSA Scoop...Signups and deadlines ahead
By Mary Karash
County Executive Director, Farm Service Agency, Grant, NE
Farm Program Sign-Up
Sign-up for the 2011 Direct and Counter Cyclical (DCP)/Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program began Oct. 1 and ends June 1, 2011. For those producers wanting to sign up now and receive advance payments, please call the FSA office at (308)352-4747 extension 2, for an appointment.
Crop Assistance Program Sign-Up
Sign-up for the 2009 Crop Assistance Program (CAP) began Oct. 25 and ends Dec. 9, 2010. Producers with eligible soybean acreage must certify to FSA that they suffered a five percent or greater loss in quantity or quality of the 2009 crop. This loss must be due to excessive moisture or related conditions..
Eligible producers may receive as much $15.62/acre. Payments will initially be disbursed at 75 percent of this rate. Additional final payments will be determined and issued once signup is complete to ensure the available funding of $550 million nationwide is not exceeded. A $100,000 payment limitation applies.
Producers with questions regarding the 2009 Crop Assistance Program should contact the FSA office prior to the Dec. 9, 2010 deadline.
Counter-Cyclical Payments
The 2009 final CC payment rates for corn, dry peas, grain sorghum, lentils, peanuts, soybeans, and upland cotton were announced in mid October.
Corn, dry peas, grain sorghum, lentils, and soybeans are not due a final payment because their effective price exceeds their respective target price.
CRP Signup 39 participants –NRCS has completed 90 percent of the field visits. They will be contacting you soon to develop the final conservation plans for the new CRP contracts.
MCM (Mid contract Management)–letters were mailed in October regarding MCM practices that need to be completed in 2011. Please check your mail and contact NRCS for coordinating the work that needs completed.
Acreage Reporting
We now have software to take wheat acreage reports. The software is a little slow, so we ask that you please schedule an appointment so we can better accommodate all producers. The deadline to report fall planted crops is June 30, 2011.
Livestock Disaster Program
With the winter months quickly approaching, our office would like to remind area livestock producers about the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP).
LIP provides monetary assistance to eligible livestock owners and livestock contract growers, for eligible livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality that occurred in the calendar year for which benefits are being requested as a direct result of an eligible adverse weather event, including losses because of hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease, wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold.
For 2010 and subsequent years losses, livestock owners and contract growers that suffer a loss of livestock shall file: a notice of loss the earlier of the following dates: 30 calendar days of when the loss of livestock is apparent to the participant or 30 calendar days after the end of the calendar year in which the loss of livestock occurred.
Owners must also file an application for payment no later than 30 calendar days after the end of the calendar year in which the loss of livestock occurred.
When an application for payment is submitted, participants must provide documentation of livestock deaths, including verifiable documentation for proof of death, and also verifiable evidence of livestock inventory.
Ownership and Operator Changes
Please notify the office as soon as possible when ownership or operator changes occur. We will need a copy of the deed to change ownership. A copy of a cash lease or owner's signature is required on DCP/ACRE contracts.
Designation by Landowner Method-The designation by landowner method is the division of bases in the manner agreed to by the parent farm owner and purchaser or transferee.
The designation by landowner method may be used when any of the following apply: part of a farm is sold or ownership is transferred, an entire farm is sold to two or more persons, farm ownership is transferred to two or more persons, part of a tract is sold or ownership is transferred a tract is sold to two or more persons, tract ownership is transferred to two or more persons.


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It's a little funny and ironic that the show called "Modern Family" has the actress with the scandal surrounding her real life family. Coincidence? Could be. Hmmm.
Ariel Winter, the 14 year old actress with a world of opportunity in front of her, because of her starring role on Modern Family, has been in the news lately for an…unfavorable reason, to say the least. Recently, reports have surfaced regarding Winter and her real mother, Crystal Workman, who has been accused of abusing Winter both physically and emotionally. Workman's denial of the accusations is in addition to the claim that her daughter is only retaliating against her attempts to break up the actress and her boyfriend, Cameron Palatas. Since the allegations have arisen, Winter has been in temporary custody of her sister, Shanelle Workman.
With such shocking news about this family, it seems to be all anyone can talk about, in conversations surrounding "Modern Family" and any of it's stars. Winter's on-screen mother, Julie Bowen gave her account on the scandal just recently, and it's just as unknowing as all of ours. "Never have I seen what's being reported," the actress stated. She continued, "That was never my experience with Ariel and her mom. I watch the news and that's all new to me."
You'd think that if all of this abuse was happening, it'd be a little more obvious to the people on set, right? Maybe all of this is a retaliation from Winter that was taken too far. But, who knows, maybe all of this was done behind closed doors and the actress is finally speaking out to save her life. We're just the humble public, after all. Only time will show how these unfortunate events will continue to unfold!
Does the story sound legit to you? Or do you think Ariel Winter is pulling some family drama a la Carter family, circa 2000. Discuss!
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LONDON, August 8. ALEX Tarics, aged 98, is the oldest Olympic champion in the world. Nearing the century mark didn't stop him from watching his Hungarian countrymen battle for their fourth consecutive Olympic water polo title this week in London.
Tarics, who turns 99 in September, won gold in the 1936 Olympic Games as a member of the Hungarian water polo team.
Although Tarics watched the Hungarians win gold in Beijing 2008, the team failed to proceed past the quarterfinals this week in London, losing 11-9 against Italy.
"Even the greatest series have to end sometimes," he said. "Still, these guys are the best players in the world, and Hungary have quite a few talented players, so in Rio (2016) we will come back."
Taric plans to attend Rio, supporting (and possibly sporting) the red, white and green, Hungary's national colors.
"Why not?" he said. "It's not a matter of being more than 100 years old. It's a matter of being fit and I'm fit enough."
Age doesn't seem to be slowing this Olympian down, as he managed the flight to London from San Francisco, where he has been living since 1948. And although he uses a walking stick, he was well into his nineties before retiring his tennis racket, and still swims "a couple of times a week."


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Hi all,
I'm about to sell my old bikes, and first I would like some people's advice concerning should I buy hardtail or full suspension for URBAN/Freeride/ City freestyling... but I still don't want to spend more then 2200-2300 canadian dollars, that are about 1700$ USD.
Now because I don't want to spend alot, I thought my best choise would be a very good hardtail (with 130mm or more).
these are the bikes I thought about:
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-Norco 2004 Torrent http://www.norco.com/bikes/2004bikes/torrent.htm
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Lester LeViness
May 29th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Dear Mr. Davies, often you hit it right on the head; today 5/29 is one of those days. I have wanted to write to you before and tried to e-mail without success. I hope this gets to you. Keep it up!
What a barrage he is facing! People don't know, or don't remember, that Center for Public Integrity detected 935 lies.
Now there is something that has become an oxymoron PUBLIC INTEGRITY!!
May 30th, 2008 at 9:35 am
How do you know when this President's Press secretary is lying?
His/her lips are moving!!
Excellent cartton Matt.
May 31st, 2008 at 5:12 am
It took 2 years for Scott to find "integrity" and a little book money for "expenses". I say he has a motivation ($) to make the stories up.
May 31st, 2008 at 11:45 pm
purfection! Scott could have written a positive book about Bush administration and get the money. "He did it for money" argument does not fly at all. Burning those bridges he did takes something else; Maybe he wanted to be on side of the good guys? True Texan moral fiber coming thru after all!
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June 3rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Say he makes a few million off this book. At 40 years of age….he still has a long way to go before retirement. To completely turn his back on the Republican party for $2 mil bucks just does not hold much water. I think he has "seen the light" and realizes he was used to propagate the biggest lie the American people have been fed in 30 years. So he makes a few dollars telling the truth….the TRUTH needed to be told. I new this would happen once the power structure started to crumble….the Republicans will begin to eat their own young in order to save themselves. This is what happens when you have a power structure based on FEAR… F__ck the right and all their traitorous ways. The sooner we lock up Rove and Cheney the better…


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Say I have a class with some const reference member variable and I would like to forbid a certain type of construction. So I would declare the according constructor private. Of course, a constructor must initialise all const reference member variables of the class. Doing so, however, results in odd looking code:
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"Rules of war" sounds like an oxymoron.
But the International Humanitarian Law Action Campaign is giving college students some things to think about. It's an American Red Cross program which is recognizing a Bradley University group among five winning teams from the nationwide competition.
"The team actually put together a campaign to do some outreach and show their peers what the life of a child soldier would be like," says Peoria-based chapter youth program director Monica Grugett, "as kind of a simulation where a tour group would come in and experience
why a child might be recruited."
Of the other teams, some did theatrical interpretations, and one even invented a board game to illustrate "the rules of war." Ultimately, Grugett says, once enough people in the world are
educated, perhaps there will be no need for wars.
Grugett says 30 teams in all participated in the International Humanitarian Law action campaign.


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Dr. Michael Weiss is a 1988 graduate of the University of Missouri's College of Veterinary Medicine. He received his Bachelor's degree in Animal Science from Rutgers University and a Master's degree in Animal Nutrition from Pennsylvania State University.
After earning his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Weiss practiced emergency medicine and surgery for seven years in addition to operating a mobile veterinary service prior to opening All Creatures Veterinary Care Center in January of 1997. He has extensive experience in the areas or orthopedic surgery, soft tissue surgery, ultrasound and endoscopy. Dr. Weiss also has extensive skills and experience in the area of exotic pet medicine and surgery. He receives exotic pet referrals from many veterinary hospitals in the tri-state region. Dr. Weiss has also been a speaker at several major veterinary continuing education conferences, both nationally and internationally, in the area of exotic pets.
Dr. Weiss consults for numerous pet retail outlets, breeders, and online "Ask the Vet" sections. He has been featured in People Magazine and Woman's Day, and was selected as one of the Delaware Valley's "23 Great Vets" in Philadelphia Magazine's February 2000 issue. He has also been featured on Animal Planet, Extra and American Journal TV shows, as well as Good Day Philadelphia
His memberships include the American Veterinary Medical Association, New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association, Association of Avian Veterinarians, Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians, Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians.
Dr. Weiss is currently a resident of Mullica Hill, New Jersey. He has two daughters, Lauren, a veterinary medical student at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitts and Morgan a student at Salisbury University. He was also the assistant varsity lacrosse coach at Moorestown High School from 1989-1999 and head varsity lacrosse coach at Washington Township High School from 2003-2005. He also developed an off season lacrosse program for boys and girls for All State Lacrosse, which operated from 2004-2008. This program was responsible for the recruitment of many high school players into high level college lacrosse programs. Dr. Weiss' interests include fishing, cooking, travel and trying to control his two Australian Shepherds Tucker and Toby.
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He did his veterinary studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia. During his time in vet school, Dr. Aller was the co-president of the International Veterinary Student Association, where he helped to setup free veterinary clinics in Costa Rica, Panama, and Thailand. He was also a social coordinator for his class as well as a member of the Alpha Psi veterinary fraternity.
Dr. Aller is interested in surgery, exotic, and international medicine. His favorite part of being a veterinarian is that each patient is unique and exciting and he never knows what will walk through the door next. He currently resides in Philadelphia with his fiancé Mariana and his cat King Arthur. When he's not working, he enjoys scuba diving, snowboarding, hiking, traveling, cooking, and working on his saltwater aquarium.


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Description: Giant antique Tibetan ritual conch shell trumpet, covered with a heavy layer of hammered silver (probably more than 60% of the weight) and inlaid with coral and turquoise. This is a master silversmith work of art with chiseled details in relief and with additional inlays of carved turquoise and coral. The center of the shell features 4 crossed dorje (vajra) with inlays of coral and turquoise, a dragon and circular form ornaments as endless knot, etc. The wide opening of the shell is decorated with chiseled silver featuring a gargoyle and 4 animals resembling sheep, or goats. The entire surface of the chiseled silver is decorated with animals, flowers, Buddhist symbols, etc., inlaid with coral and turquoise. This is an extremely rare Tibetan antique art work of monumental proportions and very heavy. It has numerous areas of depressions in the silver cover, missing some small inlays and the end was re-attached. Length: 34.5" (88 cm.). Maximum width: 13" (33 cm.).
Year: Circa 1800
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Vehicle runs off North Scranton Expressway and on tracks in front on train
Driving inbound on the North Scranton McDade Expressway early Wednesday with her two small children, Carline Dowdy-Datilus saw some kind of animal dart into the road.
Swerving, she missed the animal but went off the road, hit an embankment, and the 2003 Lincoln Aviator she was driving rolled over, acting Scranton Police Capt. Glen Thomas said.
That would have been the end of it if she had not landed on railroad tracks. A train was closing in, beginning a race against time to get the three to safety.
A witness saw the car crash and called 911. Authorities responded quickly and were able to assist the three out of the overturned car.
Canadian Pacific spokesman Andy Cummings said the train was operating on Canadian Pacific rails but was a Norfolk Southern engine.
Ms. Dowdy-Datilus and her son and daughter, both under 10 years old, all suffered minor injuries and were taken to Geisinger Community Medical Center.
Ms. Dowdy-Datilus was treated and released, according to a hospital spokeswoman. The children's conditions were not available, but police said their injuries were not serious.
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Nokia extends Navteq map data to BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen vehicles
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) announced new partnerships with BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen and Hyundai to extend its Navteq mapping platform to the automakers' in-vehicle navigation systems.
Nokia will supply Navteq services including maps, routing information, driver alerts and speed limit guidance, tailoring packages for each partner. For example, BMW 7-series models will include Eco Pro Route, which leverages Navteq data to suggest routes that reduce fuel consumption by avoiding congestion and steep hills, while Nokia will provide Hyundai with technical support and customized marketing programs to increase navigation usage.
Nokia also trumpeted new agreements with consumer electronics manufacturer Pioneer, which will integrate Navteq location and commerce data into its navigation systems, as well as satellite navigation firm Garmin, which will tap Navteq transit and pedestrian content for its new Urban Guidance feature, introduced last week in Garmin's Navigon turn-by-turn apps for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone.
Nokia acquired Navteq for $8.1 billion in 2007. The device maker believes location data will play an increasingly critical role in all mobile communications moving forward and contends that its core Navteq assets--including turn-by-turn guidance information spanning 110 countries--put the company in a position to pose a legitimate challenge to Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), the top dog in location-enabled mobile services.
"For location to be meaningful, you need a map and a map platform--either you go in and spend multiple years creating that asset or you acquire that asset," said Nokia's Executive Vice President of Location and Commerce Michael Halbherr during a recent Nokia media event in Chicago. "Over the years we've built this asset, and that brings us into a very strong position. It's not something you can catch up to very quickly."
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ESPN 2. Sounders went down 2-0 early but pulled back to 2-2!
Wow deflections for Chelsea goals this game, 3-2.
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Simply amazing this team is in the playoffs. Looked to be left for dead and they've been surprising teams all year long. Definitely the surprise story of the league (as far as winning goes).
As long as Matt Ryan continues to have a running game, he'll have a very good career.
Really surprising and impressive. That NFC South last to first trend is gonna probably end, but not for lack of effort.
And, the fact that it might be contributing to another Viking collapse makes me more than ecstatic.
What do you mean, "Flash Gordon approaching"?
My Policy: No stone throwing regardless of housing situation.*
Ryan's days at QB are short. Vick will soon be ready take over the team.
Who needs Vick when you have Ryan.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
At the beginning of the year I would have told you I would have been more than satisfied with 6 wins. I would have laughed in your face if you told me they were going to go 8-8. I have no words for this team sitting at 10-5, already clinching a playoff spot, and, with a little help from the G-men, still have a shot at the Southeast title and first round bye. Never thought that could happen this season.
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March 4, 2009
Indianapolis, Ind. - Karen Weatherington, who recently finished up her fourth season as associate head coach of the Butler volleyball team and sixth with the program, has been named the new head coach at Kennesaw State. The university made the announcement earlier this week.
"We have enjoyed much success throughout Karen's tenure here at Butler and wish her the very best in her first head coaching position," Butler head coach Sharon Clark said. "She will be missed by the team, but we are all excited for her and her family on their new adventure at Kennesaw State University".
Weatherington concluded her sixth season with the Bulldogs in 2008, beginning as an assistant coach in 2003 before being promoted to associate head coach for the 2005 campaign. She coached and trained some of the Horizon League's top middle blockers during her tenure while serving as Clark's top aide and recruiting coordinator.
During Weatherington's six seasons overseeing the middle blockers, the Bulldogs finished in the top three in the conference in blocks per game each season, including as the league-leader in 2006.
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So guys, I feel like we're close enough for me to be honest with you, right? Good. So let me confess right now that I'm not that into Fifty Shades of Grey. At least I wasn't that into it until they cast Jamie Dornan as the main character.
And while I'll probably still never read the books, you can bet that I'll be watching the movie. I mean, look at this man. Jamie was spotted on the Vancouver set today, filming scenes at a hardware store.
Wait, why isn't he in a suit?
Isn't that Christian Grey's thing? He always wears a suit? I could be making this up. Also, if photos of Jamie aren't enough to make you happy, how about a video of him chatting with Vogue? The video might be old, but I just discovered it and I need to share.
So here's the order of events: 1) watch the video, 2) launch the gallery to look at photos of the hottie and 3) let's have a serious discussion about his hotness in the gallery. And go.


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It has been some time since the last violence as he has not been living with her for some time. The Garda have said that they would not give her a protection order because the violence was so long ago? That said there is repeated agression and the latest threat to move back into the house and move her out of her bedroom. Is the info she has recieved from the Garda correct and can he decide to move back in at any stage he wishes? How does she go about getting a protection order? Does she need to involve a solicitor or Garda at this stage?
Thank you... One last clarification. is he entitled to move back into the house??
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new to Oracle AQ, but it seems like it should really make things easy for the project I am working on.
I want to create a queue with multiple durable subscribers, but I have found in testing that everything slows down once there are 2 subscribers listening.
When I have one subscriber listening, everything is fast. I create new messages in the queue and almost instantly they are consumed by the listener.
Then I add another listener from another server. Instantly Oracle slows down. It takes 60+ seconds to create a message in the queue. The message isn't consumed until a few minutes later.
I am wondering, is there a lot more overhead when the queue is multi-consumer? Is that overhead only when the server starts up? Or will it always be there?
I ran a second test using a single-consumer queue and did not have these problems.
Perhaps I have done something wrong in my listener configuration?
This is how I set up my queue table:
EXEC dbms_aqadm.create_queue_table(queue_table=>'MY_QUEUE_TABLE',
And this is my configuration:
<jms:listener destination="MYA_INFO_QUEUE" ref="personUpdateListener" subscription="MYADAPTERJ"/>
<jms:listener destination="MYB_INFO_QUEUE" ref="courseUpdateListener" subscription="MYADAPTERJ"/>


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Pensioners are driving broadband take-up
Safer than actual driving
PENSIONERS ARE DRIVING broadband take-up in the UK, according to figures from Ofcom.
The telecoms watchdog has published a comprehensive overview of the telecoms industry in which it found that the older generation is going online in their droves. In fact, so many elders are joining the information super-escalator that they are skewing take-up rates.
Ofcom said that while broadband take-up in the UK grew by three percentage points from 2009, it grew by nine percentage points among 65-74 year olds and by eight per cent among the over 75s.
It did not tell us what they are doing, but it did explain that this year saw a fall in the number of complaints about broadband providers, which suggests that things are going well.
However, and confusingly, while the number of complaints has gone down by 20 per cent to about 100,000, Ofcom said that there has been increased dissatisfaction about true broadband speeds and the way that received complaints are handled.
"There has been a increase in consumer dissatisfaction with broadband speeds (from 14 per cent 2009 in to 19 per cent in 2010)," it said in its introduction. Much of this might be down to the efforts that the providers take to thrust their speed claims down our Internet pipes, said Ofcom, which has already suggested alternate ways for them to advertise their wares.
Providers are not handling complaints very well, according to Ofcom, and apparently they dish out incorrect information when faced with an inquiry. They are also likely to avoid answering complaints completely and are reluctant to elevate any calls to a manager level. That must make for some very frustrating phone calls.
Ofcom has a solution for this, which it presumably thinks will alleviate frustrations. It said that where users have not had a response to a complaint within eight weeks, they would be allowed to take that complaint to a higher power that could resolve it.
Let's all hope then that none of those complaints relate to any critical services, like your Internet connection, we are apparently encouraged to quietly pray. Well, the hell with that.
Bloody Ofcom! Eight weeks to resolve an Internet connection issue? How about eight hours, you useless sods! Fire the lot of them, we must say, and hire some people who can do the actual job. µ
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The nation's health-care overhaul took another step forward Tuesday when the Obama administration proposed new rules that clarify insurers'...
ASHINGTON — The nation's health-care overhaul took another step forward Tuesday when the Obama administration proposed new rules that clarify insurers' duties and legal responsibilities under key provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
The new rules, once made final, will govern the operation of new health-insurance marketplaces, called exchanges, that will debut in 2014.
Having the federal government set minimum standards for what health insurance must cover is a departure from normal practice. Usually, insurance companies, their state regulators and employers play that role. But the Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare, requires that Washington establish a baseline for minimum coverage in areas that include inpatient and outpatient care, emergency services, prescription drugs and lab work.
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Insurance companies are rushing to devise plans that comply with the federal standards. Starting in October, people can enroll in the new plans, for coverage that begins Jan. 1, 2014.
Under the new rules, insurers cannot deny coverage or charge higher premiums to people because they are sick or have been ill. They also cannot charge women more than men, as many now do.
"Thanks to the health-care law, no one will be discriminated against because of a pre-existing condition," said Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The first proposed rule is a series of five market revisions that will help implement that part of the law.
The proposal first requires private insurers to sell policies to all consumers regardless of their health status or history, while also banning these insurers from charging more for coverage based on a person's health, gender or where he or she works. The proposal allows insurers to adjust premiums based only on a person's age, history of tobacco use, family size and geographic location.
The new rule also reinforces federal guidelines that now forbid insurance companies from canceling or refusing to renew coverage just because a person becomes sick.
To avoid charging different premiums for different groups of people, the proposed rule requires insurers to maintain separate statewide customer pools for the individual and small group markets. These pools will be used to determine risk and premium costs.
"This insures that the cost of coverage will be spread among all the insurers' customers in the market," said Gary Cohen, the director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at HHS.
The rule's final provision ensures that young adults and people who can't afford insurance will have access to catastrophic health coverage in the individual insurance market.
Many of Tuesday's proposed rules will help "ensure that consumers are protected from some of the worst insurance-industry practices," Cohen said.
The rules lay out 10 broad categories of essential health benefits but allow each state to specify the benefits within those categories, at least for 2014 and 2015. Thus, the required benefits will vary from state to state, contrary to what many members of Congress had assumed when the law was adopted.
The law requires that these essential benefits include: ambulatory patient services; emergency services; hospitalization; maternity and newborn care; mental-health and substance-abuse services, including behavioral-health treatment; prescription drugs; rehabilitative services and devices; laboratory services; preventive and wellness services; and pediatric services, including oral and vision care.
The proposed rules go beyond informal guidance issued by the administration in December, most notably by requiring more comprehensive coverage of prescription drugs.
Administration officials originally suggested that insurers would have to cover at least one drug in each therapeutic class. The new rules will, in many states, require insurers to cover two or more drugs in each class.
Stephen Finan, a health economist at the lobbying arm of the American Cancer Society, said, "The proposed rule is an improvement over the bulletin issued last year but still does not guarantee that cancer patients will have access to all the major cancer drugs they need."
The rules limit insurers' ability to charge higher premiums based on age. Under the rules, the rate for a 63-year-old could not be more than three times the rate for a 21-year-old. Many states now allow ratios of five to one or more, the administration said.
The White House said it wanted to "minimize disruption of rates in the current market." But the administration decided not to allow a transition to the new age-rating standards, and insurers said that premiums could increase substantially for young adults.
Karen Ignagni, the president of America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group, said the White House needed to focus on the affordability of coverage for consumers and employers.
In the 2008 campaign, Obama said he would lower annual premiums by $2,500 per family by the end of his first term. But after a quick look at the proposed rules Tuesday, Ignagni said she was concerned that "many families and small businesses will be required to purchase coverage that is more costly than they have today."
The rules also give employers new freedom to reward employees who participate in workplace wellness programs intended to help them lower blood pressure, lose weight or reduce cholesterol levels. The maximum permissible reward would be increased to 30 percent of the cost of coverage, from the current 20 percent.
The rules would further increase the maximum reward to 50 percent for wellness programs intended to prevent or reduce tobacco use.
Rewards could amount to several thousand dollars a year, officials said, because total premiums in employer-sponsored health plans now average more than $5,600 a year for individual coverage and nearly $16,000 for family coverage.
All the proposed rules will be published in the Federal Register next Monday. There will be a 30- or 60-day public-comment period. HHS officials will weigh the public comments before issuing their final rules.
Compiled from McClatchy Newspapers, The New York Times and The Associated Press reports


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Jill over at Feministe has an excellent commentary on a new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow doctors to refuse therapeutic abortions even in life-saving cases. Thomas over at Blog for Choice also posts some commentary and links to further information. Whether you are pro-choice or pro-life, you should oppose this bill. After all, if the prgnant woman dies from lack of proper care, her fetus dies, too. I encourage all my U.S. readers to call their representatives to prevent the passage of the Ending Lives Act, as I call it.
Saving Lives Act: Ending Lives
February 4, 2011 by Astrid
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on February 4, 2011 at 10:12 pm | Kas
The bill doesn't say they won't try to save the fetus. They just don't care if the woman dies in the process. We will once again become the chattel of a man! I wish this were a typo in the bill, but I know that this is the work of fanatics with nothing better to do but devalue the lives of women even further, using the legislative process to do so. I am truly ashamed of our elected representatives.
on February 5, 2011 at 1:40 am | Kas
I think the agreement described is an excellent way for both the woman and physician to "come together" on how that situation is handled.
I do not believe in abortions as a means of birth control. I believe that there needs to be serious sex education in school, starting in middle (junior high) schools. This is one way to decrease STDs and prevent unwanted pregnancies.
I also believe that abortion for rape victims should be an option.
This is becoming a religiously determined issue by these interests, without respect for the circumstances surrounding each individual case.
on February 6, 2011 at 7:37 am | alyssa
and if there is no other doctor on call who will agree to do the termination?
where are we drawing the line on mother's life vs the life of a fetus who may not be able to live either through this process, or afterward? who makes these decisions, OB/GYN's? the hospital ethics board? and why? who, exactly, has deemed the life of the fetus more important than the life of the child? is it the reigious right? if so, where the hell is my religious freedom? why won't it be maintained instead of a law created upon a christian premise?
(sidenote: most hospitals/doctors will, in the case of an eptopic, perform a termination. clearly, this is the ONE case where the religious right thinks termination is god-sanctioned.)
this is yet again another way to chip at abortion rights, making finding a safe one–or needing an emergency one–depends on a woman's location and financial situation. a clear burden for lower income women in states where abortion care if offered, esp late term care to save the mother's life and, along with it, sometimes the life of the fetus.
if i tried to put this many restriction on gun control–another legal right–i'd be shot dead on the way to my car one morning. shame on the people who are promoting this bill, i cannot believe any of them have been in the position of making this decision. saving one viable life over another is the mother's choice to make; i'd be surprised by any woman in this emergency allowing this to happen to them, and horrified by those who are put in this untenable position.
if you are a physician, you take an oath to "first do no harm." what gives you the right to play god, did he swoop in to tell you how he feels about it? what about my right to a saved life because of my religion? why are you trumping that? shame on you, your moral and religious decisions fly in the face of the laws in this country. in the end, you cannot speak for god (your god, the one you're following) or jesus, you can only speak for the murder you've allowed to happen. when your life ends and you're up for judgment, may your god have mercy on your soul.


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The bad news: housing prices as a whole in 2011 declined in 25 of the 29 communities in Maricopa County, and in the Southeast Valley, Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert are among those 25.
The good news: new-house prices in that time were up in seven of the 15 communities that added new homes, and Gilbert and Mesa are among those seven while Chandler and Tempe are starting to see bidding wars for some properties.
The better news: there has been a general increase in median resale prices in the past six months, with much of the increase coming in the past weeks.
"The buzz in the real-estate business now is how difficult it is to get an offer accepted," said RL Brown, an Arizona homebuilding analyst and publisher of the Phoenix Housing Market Letter. "The trend is definitely up."
The reason, according to housing-market analyst Mike Orr, is that housing supply has dropped dramatically across the Valley in recent months.
Orr, the director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice of ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business, said fewer homes are coming to the market from bank foreclosures. Currently, fewer than 1,000 foreclosed homes are coming to market each month. At the foreclosure peak, it was four to five times that many, Orr said.
Orr thinks the housing shortage will last several months at least. "If it gets much worse," he said, "we could see prices react sharply, good news for homeowners who are currently underwater. That can move people out of a short-sale situation."
He said prices could move as much as 30 percent in a year. "One thing about the Arizona market is that it tends to be quite volatile," Orr said. "When prices move, they tend to move quite quickly."
In many ways, Orr said, the Southeast Valley reflects the overall market in Maricopa County. The main thing that sets it apart, he said, is the number of new homes being built, the result of ongoing availability of land, especially in Gilbert.
Brown noted that overall the Southeast Valley remains an attractive area for homebuyers for a combination of reasons -- good roads, a solid jobs base, consistent political climate and good neighborhoods.
According to an Arizona Republic analysis of data from theinformationmarket.com, the median price of a single family detached home declined 8.8 percent, from $190,770 to $174,059, in Gilbert from 2010 to 2011.
The median price of a resold home declined 7.5 percent, from $181,034 to $167,500, and the median price of a new home declined 6.5 percent, from $222,730 to $208,154.
Overall prices within ZIP code 85295 (bordered by Ray, Power, Gilbert and Pecos roads) declined the least -- 6.5 percent, from $168,950 to $157,900.
Prices in ZIP code 85297 (bordered by Pecos, Power, Queen Creek and Gilbert roads) declined the most -- 12.4 percent, from $210,000 to $183,896.
But Gilbert is outperforming Mesa and Chandler in terms of new-home sales, Orr said. That, in turn, helps boost the median price of houses in town, as prices for new homes are higher than those of resales.
Gilbert still has many unfinished subdivisions, as well as undeveloped land. However, many in the construction business lost jobs when the market collapsed, which means it may take a while for the supply to catch up to demand, Orr said.
Brown said he thinks Gilbert will become the focal point of the Southeast Valley's housing market because of the availability of land.
With the completion of Loop 202, "Gilbert's time has come," he said. "This is where new housing will be for some time to come. Tempe is built out, Chandler is approaching build-out. It's Gilbert's turn in the sun."
"It will be a shining star for new housing as long as there is affordable land," Brown said.
A total 6,053 homes sold in Gilbert in 2011.
According to an Arizona Republic analysis of data from theinformationmarket.com, the median price of a single family detached home in Mesa declined 11.1 percent, from $135,000 to $120,000 from 2010 to 2011.
The median price of a resold home declined 10.7 percent, from $131,000 to $117,000.
However, the median price of a new home rose 13.7 percent, from $236,917 to $269,416.
Prices in ZIP code 85210 (south of Main Street, between Alma School Road and Mesa Drive) held steady at $92,000 from 2010 to 2011, but those in ZIP code 85204 (bordered by Main Street, Baseline Road, and Mesa and Val Vista drives) declined 19.1 percent, dropping from $97,000 to $78,500.
A total of 7,424 homes sold in Mesa in 2011.
Mesa is fairly typical of the Valley as a whole, Orr said. The thing that sets it apart is the Mountain Bridge Community in far northeast Mesa.
Brown described Mesa as a mature market, but sees the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport serving as a catalyst for future growth. The airport "is going to be monstrous for the development of that part of the world," Brown said, and will affect all aspects of the region's economy.
"That (development) will help keep Mesa in the forefront," he said. "It will continue to perform well as long as land is available. As it gets used up, the land east of (the airport) has a really bright future."
Bidding wars are breaking out for houses in Tempe, fueled by high demand and a paltry inventory.
"It feels like 2005 all over again," said Nick Bastian, a real-estate agent with Realty Executives.
This week, he put a four-bedroom house near Arizona State University on the market for $150,000 and expects it to sell for cash. Many investors, he said, especially students' parents, are interested in properties near the campus.
"I cannot find single-family homes within a half-mile radius of a light-rail station; I've literally got waiting lists," he said.
He sends mailings to people who haven't listed their homes, asking if they would like to sell, and keeps an eye on trustee sales because some homeowners facing foreclosure may not realize they can do a short sale. "Anything we can do to get more inventory, we're trying it," he said.
In February 2012, 317 homes closed in Tempe, but currently only 187 dwellings are available for purchase. Of those, 128 are single-family homes, according to The Arizona Republic analysis of data from theinformationmarket.com.
"Over 300 homes have sales pending on them, and there are only 187 available; that shows the real demand in the market," Bastian said.
He has sold homes for cash where appraisals weren't done.
"Unfortunately, some of the first-time homebuyers get bid out because of that," he said. "It's really difficult for some of these first-time buyers to compete."
He noted that although building has picked up all over the Valley, Tempe is landlocked and doesn't have a lot of land available. "I'd like to see some infill development, and I think we'll start seeing it now that demand is back. People are back in droves."
He predicted that 2012 will see price increases over 2011.
In Tempe, the median price in 2011 was $144,900, down 14.8 percent from 2010, when the median sales price was $170,000. Total number of sales in Tempe in 2011 was 1,433 compared with 1,200 the previous year.
Chandler is suffering from a shortage of homes for sale, so those that are on the market are drawing multiple offers from buyers and are often selling above the appraisals, said Bill Ryan, who owns Chandler-based Re/Max Infinity.
"We have very low inventory levels and extremely high demand," he said.
When homeowners get several offers, they often counteroffer or ask buyers for their highest and best price.
A home listed at $200,000 could be bid up to $250,000.
And often the appraisal won't agree with the higher offer, but that doesn't deter some buyers. They often make an offer not contingent on an appraisal and to get the house, they will increase their down payment or pay all cash.
"A lot of properties will sell over appraisals," Ryan said.
For example, if a house appraises at $200,000 and the buyer wants it for $225,000, the buyer pays the difference.
This heated activity has increased since the beginning of the year.
One home in Ocotillo was listed at $500,000, appraised at $475,000 and sold for $550,000. There had been four offers, and the winning bidder put down $250,000.
Even on short sales, potential buyers end up bidding greater than the appraisal.
The hottest properties are those listed at less than $250,000.
Buyers are about equally divided between investors and those who will occupy the house.
Investors know the homes will provide a positive cash flow from renters. Interest rates are still low, as are property values, although they've increased in the past six months, and the inventory has declined since December, Ryan said.
Still, homes selling at $500,000 might easily have sold in 2005 and 2006 for close to a million dollars, Ryan said, but anything under $800,000 is actively moving.
Median sales prices for Chandler this year are expected to top those of last year.
In 2011, a Republic analysis of data from theinformationmarket.com shows, overall median price of a single-family home sold in Chandler was $180,000, down 10 percent from $200,000 in 2010.
Number of sales in 2011 totaled 5,481, an increase over 4,798 in 2010.
In the Sun Lakes ZIP code of 85248, median sale price in a resale home in 2011 was $240,000. The resale median for foreclosures was $205,000 and the resale median for non-foreclosures was $245,000.
There was diversity in home value in Chandler. In ZIP code 85224, the resale median price in 2011 was $129,999; in 85225, it was $122,815 and in 85226, it was $149,000.
Foreclosure median sales price in those three ZIP codes were $102,000; $106,900 and $130,000, respectively. Of those ZIP codes, the most sales occurred in 85225, with 1,134. That included 398 foreclosures.
Although most of Queen Creek is in Maricopa County, the vast majority of homes sold were in the Pinal County portion of the ZIP code 85142 that bears its name.
Data from theinformationmarket.com analyzed by The Republic shows:
3,589 homes were sold in Pinal County; 958 in Maricopa County. Median prices declined in both sections, however, by 9.9 percent (from $107,500 to $96,900) in the Pinal sections, and by 7.9 percent (from $191,608 to $176,500) in the Maricopa section.
3,289 homes in Pinal County were resales, as were 867 homes in Maricopa County. Prices declined in both counties, from $100,500 to $94,000 in Pinal County and from $200,000 to $174,900 in Maricopa County.
The new-home market in 85142 improved in 2011: 300 new homes were sold in the Pinal section for a median price of $145,717, representing a 3.3 percent increase from 2010. In the Maricopa County section, 91 new homes were sold in 2011. The median price was up 42.3 percent, from $169,449 in 2010 to $241,192 in 2011.
Home prices in Phoenix in 2011 continued to drift lower, but sales recovered to levels last seen in 2006 and 2007.
In most of the Phoenix area, the standard of prices down and sales up appears to apply.
In northeast Phoenix, median prices were down from 2010 from 5 to 13 percent, with the highest number in ZIP code 85028, which borders the Phoenix Mountain Preserve at the northern end of the Dreamy Draw mountain pass.
Since 2006, median prices dropped in the area about 50 percent on average.
Sales, however, rebounded throughout the area to the best levels since 2006-2007. The recession began in earnest in 2008.
Throughout the city, the highest number of sales was in ZIP code 85041, in the Laveen area. The highest median price was in 85054, in the Desert Ridge area.
Two ZIP codes -- 85054 and 85021 in north central Phoenix -- showed price increases since 2010. The largest median price decline was 22.7 percent year to year, in ZIP code 85051, the Metrocenter area.
Overall median home prices declined in all three ZIP codes of Ahwatukee in 2011:
ZIP code 85044: 575 homes sold. $160,000 median price, down 15.8 percent from 2010.
ZIP code 85048: 618 homes sold. $221,000 median price, down 12.1 percent from 2010.
ZIP code 85045: 188 homes sold. $248,750 median price, down 6.1 percent from 2010.
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