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Hometown: Philly
Home country: USA
Current location: NJ
Member since: Thu Apr 21, 2011, 10:48 AM
Number of posts: 11,469
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I like movies. Action and comedy are the best. Mysteries with a twist are great.
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The surveillance quagmire
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) products and services, and enables Computer Network Operations (CNO) in order to gain a decision advantage for the Nation and our allies under all circumstances.
The PRISM program is the latest of many surveillance programs to come to light as problematic. As technology advances (as it has from snail mail to telegraph to radio to telephone...) there will be advances in surveillance and these will be met by probably undue trust by private citizens. Incidents of what have later been determined as unconstitutional breaches of privacy are not hard to find.
The other programs like MAINWAY, Fairview, STELLARWIND and others back to ECHELON have used computers to correlate information gathered by various means. Wullenweber antenna arrays are spread over the globe and information from Snowden has revealed that telecoms provide info directly to the government.
The growing technology that makes easier the task of correlation of metadata such as call records and some details of text/email content with other data possibly including visual surveillance (maybe involving the NRO) begs for oversight with published understandable standards.
Not to go deep into conspiracy land here but there is a history of government surveillance programs by agencies with black budgets that weren't even acknowledged as existing.
Are new laws clarifying the 4th Amendment needed?
If so, what restrictions are reasonable?
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Tue Aug 20, 2013, 12:47 PM (4 replies)
Words in the defense of...
...maintaining a militia is the common thread to all of these quotes:
"Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men." - Augustine of Hippo
"Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." - John Dryden
"Arms are the only true badge of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of a free man from a slave." - Andrew Fletcher
"The people have a right to keep and bear arms." - Patrick Henry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." - Richard Henry Lee
"If you've got to resist, you're chances of being hurt are less the more lethal your weapon. If that were my wife, would I want her to have a .38 Special in her hand? Yeah." - Dr. Arthur Kellerman
"A free people ought to be armed." - George Washington
...or do I have that wrong? Is there something else here I've missed?
Who said this: "Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty."???
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Sun Aug 18, 2013, 05:02 PM (10 replies)
From the inception of this country...
...the basic rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness have little meaning if those pursuits may be lost or destroyed by the selfish, capricious and arbitrary decisions of criminals. Some folks after a lifetime of work may, due to bad luck or low wages, may have not so much worth of possessions but who am I to decide that while it might be okay to shoot someone over a truck and $15,000 in tools that it isn't acceptable to shoot someone over grandma's pearls.
"Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, ones goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's death... In fact, this act is aimed at preserving one's life or one's goods and to make the aggressor powerless. Thus, it is a good act, which is the right of the victim." - Thomas Aquinas
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:33 PM (1 replies)
Raufoss, Lapua, BMG...
This is a repost of a reply I made a while back to a knowledgeable poster who wrote critically about the MSM characterization "High powered assault rifle." For those who've read this before and/or who have this information, my apologies.
These are terms whose significance is lost on most of the public. It has been my experience that any general details of ballistics are held as some mix of boring and complex. Specific details of works authored by experts such as Dr. Roberts for example: < http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2008Intl/Roberts.pdf > among others, are viewed the same way with somewhat gruesome overtones. The idea that scientific means exist to design and evaluate the incapacitating effects of a weapon system is disgusting and contrary to the beliefs of many in the anti-gun camp.
- "High powered assault rifle" has origins similar to "double secret probation". A high powered rifle is a "bad" thing. An assault rifle is a "bad" thing. Form a conjunction of those terms and the object described has to be a "worse" thing.
- Often, the worst inaccuracies are perpetrated when those credentialed, charismatic and popular writers and speakers publicize their emotion based opinions.
It is an odd mixture of my own feelings to view these anti-gun pundits with anger, sympathy and pity; anger for trying to teach others based on their emotional prejudices, sympathy for their ideological goals and pity for the knowledge of their rather certain self-frustration of their cause.
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Sat Oct 27, 2012, 01:57 PM (2 replies)
comprehending a belief system
Religion and politics are two topics that don't mix well in discussion but they do share some common ground. In religion, when a believer dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine, he is called a heretic. The thing about heresy is that whether political or religious, is that it originates from a fundamental defect/misunderstanding of the nature and source of the belief system.
Horwitz, who wrote this article has either deliberately ignored or consciously denied two serious contradictions. The one, mentioned elsewhere in this thread, that 2A is also part of the Constitution can be explained by the common collectivist view. However, the fact is that this country predates the Constitution and was founded by the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution founded the current federal government not the country.
The Declaration gives the reason for our country's existence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.(emphasis is mine)
In their wisdom the Founders recognized the need for the Constitution to change. They provided for that in Article Five. During the Constitutional Convention representatives for many states brought up the need for a Bill of Rights and required that a Bill of Rights be added to Constitution. This was the first use of the Article Five provisions and probably most important change to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights does a number of things but the one relevant to this topic is in the 2A. This amendment provides a second method for changing the government and had the Founders not thought that right so important, it would not have been among those clearly protected.
Adding to this misunderstanding we have this gem from Mr Horwitz:
"...the Framers knew it (liberty) could only be safeguarded if a robust government was in place to arbitrate private disputes and guarantee that each citizen has an equal voice..."
This sums up my thoughts on Huffington's heretic: The Founders knew that the principle danger to liberty was from the government. No other message comes through so loud and clear. British oppression prompted the founding of the US. What the hell could be so wrong with someone that they couldn't see that?
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Wed Sep 19, 2012, 05:07 PM (1 replies)
"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not so costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no chance of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - W. Churchill
Self-preservation and self-defense are requites in a productive life. A commitment to non-violence to the point of death is a black hole in society. While the death of an individual or group may make a social statement, it usually doesn't highlight a best solution to anything but deaths of those killed.
Non-aggression is very reasonable goal. Failing in your own self-defense is functionally equivalent to helping plan your own murder.
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:48 PM (1 replies)
...a fact finder finds facts that help him form an opinion.
A fault finder finds faults that help him defend his prejudices.
just sayin'
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Thu Sep 6, 2012, 11:23 AM (1 replies)
Mental health poll
In the wake of the Dark Knight Rises shootings, one of the topics under scrutiny is the public impact of individual's mental health or lack thereof in firearm crimes.
I note on page 12 of the MAIG report Fatal Gaps that the state of Colorado is among those states close to the national average in terms the cases of mental health records per 100,000 of population submitted to the FBI as part of the information accessible for NICS checks.
Good job Colorado, but it's a shame Holmes did make the prohibited list.
I read in the news today:
Legal experts expect Holmes to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Prosecutors who may pursue the death sentence would have to prove he is sane enough to stand trial. Unlike other states where the defense needs to prove insanity, prosecutors in Colorado have to show that a defendant is sane all without the ability of having their own experts examine Holmes.
Now the topic of the poll: In cases such as this, where should the burden of proof rest, with the defense to prove insanity, with the prosecution to prove sanity or to be determined in a separate proceeding outside of the trial?
Please share some thoughts.
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Fri Aug 31, 2012, 05:35 PM (4 replies)
Just the basics
Arms: could mean anything from pocket knives to nukes. The current status is that we've accepted the compromise for personal arms that they be of size, configuration and function such that they can be operated by one person, carried by one person and efficaciously be used in the defense of one or more people.
Rights: are attributes of humanity. An individual has two eyes and one nose those are also attributes common among humans. An individual also has a right to life. The right to life implies a right to self defense. Rights are not sourced from government or other collectives. Rights are not subject to legislative approval, votes from the citizenry, or the approval of my neighbors. Each and every individual has the RIGHT to due process before any of his rights are compromised. That includes terror suspects, illegal aliens, Gitmo detainees and "gun-nut" neighbors of which you may be afraid.
--Rights, The Bill of Rights: protects and enumerates certain rights of the people and powers of the states from government interference. The Constitution defines the federal government; the Bill of Rights outlines some of the government's borders.
--Rights, SCOTUS: has decided in McDonald v. Chicago that the application of protection of the RKBA as an individual right, as decided in DC v. Heller, is extended to state and local governments. It should be noted that among the many amici curiae briefs filed with the court is one from Congress asking the court to find in favor of the petitioners and against Chicago. That brief filed by 2 Senators and 2 US Representatives, 1 of each Republican and Democrat, was signed by 58% of the Congress, overall, more than any other in history.
Laws: are meant to govern the people and control the government. Our government and laws do not nor should they be intended as controls for individuals. Court records and common sense show that neither a law, a gun to the head nor knife to the throat will for sure determine an individual's behavior. Society uses the rule of law to justify the court's due process. Individual behavior (and any crimes arising therefrom) is principally due to individual decision. Believing otherwise rather leads one to question the validity of a sentence determined by the court.
Militias: as detailed in the Constitution are NOT the National Guard.
With the above in mind, any informed reading of the Constitution will, among other facts, lead to the conclusion that it's purpose is to form and constrain the authority of the federal government and define its relationship with the several states. The goals of the federal and state governments are mostly enumerated in the Constitution's Preamble.
Looking at a law as a means of control is counter to the ideals of liberty and justice. When an individual decides to and carries out the killing of another innocent individual. He is detained, charged, tried and sentenced for the offense. If he is coerced by the threat of death or serious injury in the killing, that fact may be offered in his defense. If he has killed in self-defense, he is not guilty of murder. If he has killed by mistake, through no negligence, he is not guilty of murder. To believe that somehow the law would CONTROL the people, would form the basis for an argument that, in the case of a crime, somehow the law was deficient. How could an individual be sentenced for the crime if the law is faulty and partly to blame?
Any thoughts?
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:37 PM (12 replies)
Words from the wise...
"Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day. Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become. Your integrity determines your destiny." - Heraclitus
Have a great weekend to all.
Posted by discntnt_irny_srcsm | Fri Apr 27, 2012, 09:23 PM (0 replies)


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Bullock's banSandra Bullock is trying to extend a restraining order against an obsessed fan who once pursued her across three states.
The 'Miss Congeniality' actress had the original order granted three years ago after claiming paranoid schizophrenic Thomas Jane Weldon had trailed her across the country.
The actress also revealed her unwanted admirer bombarded her with gifts, faxes and telephone messages.
The restraining order, which requires Weldon to stay 200 yards from the star, runs out next month. Now Bullock is trying to get it extended to 2009.
The 41-year-old claims she has no reason to believe Weldon "recognises that his fixation on me is delusional and that he will not resume stalking and harassing me".
Her lawyer Edwin F McPherson said it was a "preventative measure".
He said: "She's still concerned about it, and we're still concerned about it for her."
A court hearing has been set for May 31.
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Just wondering what the general consensus is.
Football: New season, new coach, new system. Plus, it's Cyclone football. How don't you get excited?
Basketball: We actually have some hope and expectations for our team. With Craig coming back, hopefully Hilton Magic is restored.
Personally, I am more excited for Basketball. I would love for us to have the kind of run that Missouri had last year. And I think we are very capable.
Football, but not because I expect them to be better, I'm just more of a football fan than a basketball fan in general.
Who are you George Costanza? I am the opposite of every man you've ever met.
equally excited for both.
Excessive intake of alcohol, we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.
Originally Posted by TheCaptain
equally excited for both.
had this been an option, thats how I would've voted as well. But I went with football, mainly because its closer. Now come November....I'll be pretty jacked about Bball as well.
We are transforming to a FB school so definitely FB....still love MBB and WBB though.
MBB is great, but football is king, always has been, always will be.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
Originally Posted by isuno1fan
We are transforming to a FB school
We are?
Football + tailgating =#1.
"The Constituiton...is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please."- - -Thomas Jefferson, Sept. 6, 1819.
Hoops in a close one. Simply because it is such a critical year to get some results.
-State title should be a great possibility.
-Some very exciting non-conf opportunities in which we haven't seen for awhile.
-Conference record should be back near .500 which will make us feel somewhat relevant again w/in the B12
-Post-season play (Likely NIT but I will take it) will be great for the program and the fans
It is safe to say that if these attainable goals are not reached in '09-'10 that it is time for a change. I am excited to see how it plays out. My decision to purchase season tickets in the next 2-3 years will depend on the results shown this year.
Basketball. For football, I don't expect much out of this first season under PR. Sure. there are many upsides to a new coaching staff, but many downsides as well. The biggest issue will be players getting adjusted to a totally new system; new passing routes, new offensive schemes, new defensive schemes, etc. "No huddle" could do us well next year, but it will be a big adjustment this year. We were big-time mistake-prone last year, and this year will be even worse, IMO. The worst thing is that our easiest games are at the beginning of the season, when we will commit the most and worst mistakes. By time players are better-adjusted to all the changes later in the season, we are playing experienced teams that are not having to adjust to a new coaching staff themselves.
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So excited for football. I always am, but this year more than ever. We have a coach who WANTS to be here and has surrounded himself with a good assistant coaches.
Originally Posted by BoxsterCy
Dude, you are Gameday Rulzzz and could probably post about anything.
Basketball, not by much. I love football and I am excited to see how the season turns out, but I have expectations for the basketball team that I think can be met. Never thought I'd be more excited for basketball...
Originally Posted by cyrocksmypants
CG. No one knows what you're talking about.
Originally Posted by cowgirl836
Just being this close to FB season I picked that.
I love basketball season but football season is something special. Tailgating, being outdoors, and the roar of 50,000+ is awesome!
Definitely basketball. College basketball is by far my favorite college sport and since we will actually be decent this year I am just that more excited about it. I still love football and I am excited for it but just not as much as basketball.
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Showing kindness to strangers
Faith & Inspiration
I love the human race. It's people I find trying. Like when one of them is pumping gas right beside you with the most appalling words in the English language reverberating out of his open car window, soaking your children in verbal sewage. And he looks about 40. It could be regional.
Riding the bus or subway can also be unhappy. You wouldn't plan your vacation around it. A river cruise, sure. A subway circuit? Unlikely. And yet in these situations when we are wading deep into the flow of urban humanity while neighbor rudeness challenges our patience and prudence, the needs of our neighbor present us with the privilege of selfless service, helping a total stranger manage a burden or avoid a loss.
Someone gets up to exit at her subway stop and you see she has left her cell phone or umbrella in the seat. What do you do? Is it any of your business? Why should you care? But you do, and you see it as very much your business. You alert the woman or grab the item and chase after her. What happens then? She thanks you sincerely. If she doesn't thank you, you see there's something terribly wrong in her, but you know you've done the right thing. You feel deeply satisfied, especially when the stranger completes the moral transaction with thanks. The day has been well spent simply for that small accomplishment. You may even thank God for it.
So perhaps it wasn't such a small thing after all. The value of an umbrella or cell phone cannot be measured in merely economic terms. The exchange was moral and the value it added was personal and civic and profoundly human. It was larger than the moment and it enlarged everyone involved. The Bible records that Tabitha made clothes for old widows, then died. But she left behind glory to God and she deepened the enjoyment and bond of love among the people she served.
We don't celebrate these small helps the way we do saving a child from a burning building or risking one's life serving Ebola patients in Africa. But you are doing more than saving strangers a few dollars and inconvenience. You love as God loves, freely and largely unnoticed. You affirm not only your neighbors' humanity but also the human bond you share with them, regardless of their race, religion, politics, ZIP code, or personal morality. Jesus commended the Good Samaritan in part because he showed no interest in any of these things.
These neighbor helps are not in the corners and margins of life; they're the substance. Common courtesies, kindnesses, and minor heroic gestures are what adorn life with soft texture and peaceful beauty. It's not the abundance, quality, and novelty of consumer goods that makes life good. It is these little unrequested supports—amongst family, between workmates, and from one stranger to another as paths cross.
This is true—we all know it to be true either from our experience of it or from our misery in denying it—because we are made for it, made in the image of the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in whom love is always happening. Then there are those neighbors who make themselves obnoxiously unlovely. Yes. As it did for Jesus, sometimes it requires sacrifice.


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Persuade Congress to stop inhumane slaughter of horses by passing SAFE Act
Each year more than 100,000 American horses are transported to their deaths in inhumane and barbaric foreign slaughterhouses, while our own elected officials are paving the way to slaughter these defenseless animals here at home. In fact, in 2007, the Cavel International slaughterhouse in DeKalb, Ill., closed its doors for good as the last facility in the United States.
Congress, under intense pressure from the wealthy and influential proponents of American horse slaughter, has decided to remove the prohibition on spending our much-needed tax dollars to inspect horse slaughter plants.
This decision will ultimately reverse six years of humane government policy that ended the slaughter of horses in the United States.
To stop this tragedy, and to permanently end the slaughter of American horses, animal welfare advocates are working tirelessly to persuade all of our Congressional Representatives and Senators to pass the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act.
Once they arrive at the slaughter plants, the suffering of our beloved American horses only intensifies as they are viciously beaten, prodded and whipped as they progress through the long line of horses being killed. Horses are skittish by nature, making them difficult to stun. As a result, they often endure repeated blows during attempts to render them unconscious and sometimes remain alive and kicking during dismemberment.
Call your U.S. senators at 202-244-3121 and your U.S. representative at 202-224-3121 and ask them to co-sponsor and pass the Safeguard American Food Exports Act.
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Experiencing art and watching film is such a deeply subjective experience that it seems a fool's errand to rank and list "the best" of anything. How I reacted to the films I saw in 2012 can be completely personal and different than any of my colleagues on this site, but that's what makes it interesting. Where we come together and where we disagree is the fun of it all, really, and has made for many a lively Twitter debate among us. What else would we talk about if we weren't passionately arguing about a film? As for the status of 2012 as a film year, there were so many that inspired such heated talk, taking bold and original paths and made the conversation that much better. And in my mind, that's a success.
If there's one word or phrase that describes my Top 10 of the year, it would be "life-affirming." The through line for what spoke to me this year seems to be films about humanity and the struggles that people go through to be in touch with their environment, themselves, and the people around them. Which may be why I didn't connect with the glorious, messy and very problematic "Django Unchained." Or why I came away cold from the technically perfect yet unsatisfying "The Master." Of course, I haven't been able to see everything, but that's just the nature of the beast. It was actually rather difficult to put this list together (for the first time), because I didn't see many films this year that I loved completely without reservation. But that shouldn't be the barometer of ranking the best films of the year, and after much internal debate, I feel completely satisfied with putting these ten forth as my favorite films that I've seen this year. Two of these films caused me to weep before the title card came up ("Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "How To Survive a Plague"). Two of them feature scenes of cane-related violence ("Beware of Mr. Baker" and "Rust & Bone"). And yeah, one features the naked torsos of Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello. I'm only human, ok?
There's a delightfully analog quality to "Argo," not just that it's warmly shot on film, capturing the grit and grime of 1970s Tehran, and those authentic-to-a-fault mustaches cultivated by the outstanding cast. In the day and age of technological festishism, that the nail-biter climax of "Argo" is built around the obstacles of passed messages on paper, locked doors, and someone keeping a straight face under pressure is refreshingly honest. While some films this year showed Hollywood at its worst, "Argo" is Hollywood at its best: well-crafted, suspenseful storytelling and just plain entertaining. And how suspenseful it was. The theater spontaneously burst into applause in relief from the tension that was expertly built throughout. Director Ben Affleck did give himself the lead role, but it's an understated and restrained performance, allowing the character actors around him to shine in the showier roles. "Argo" proves there's hope for original, authentic, serious filmmaking for Hollywood yet.
9. "Samsara"
Seeing the latest film from "Baraka" filmmaker Ron Fricke during its U.S. premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in the Arlington Theater was more of a meditative experience than a movie-going one. The huge screen, the 4K projection of the 70mm-shot film crisp and clear, like you could fall right into the imagery. But even in a smaller theater, the film was just as compelling and spiritual an experience. The thing about "Samsara" and "Baraka" is that they are such rare, precious artifacts. With the amount of work and time and technology that goes into these films, it makes sense that they only come around once every 20 years. The gorgeously rendered footage is one of a kind, something that does not or could not exist again. The sequence from Mecca might be the most memorable movie moment for me this year, but to pick only one sequence from "Samsara" is impossible. It's a gift of a film, and even just calling it "cinema" seems inadequate at that. A true example of the possibilities of the form.
I was honestly baffled and befuddled by "Holy Motors," and heck, I still am. But in a good way? I don't know. I don't know what to think about "Holy Motors," or if I even liked it or enjoyed myself while I was watching it (that may have been because I was alone in the deserted Chinese 6 theater in Hollywood on a Friday night...). But pure entertainment and "fun" doesn't have to be the only reaction to a film, and, in fact, it shouldn't be. I think that "Holy Motors" is important in this way, and that befuddlement is sometimes a good thing to shoot for. Leos Carax has made a film about film, a theoretical, philosophical exploration into the human condition, performed by one-man-show Denis Lavant. But aside from its reference-heavy, abstract and metaphysical nature, each moment is propelled and inspired from a place of humanity and love. And for whatever reason, I remain utterly tickled by Monsieur Merde. I'm still processing "Holy Motors," but expect to see it on my syllabus if I ever teach Film Theory.
7. "Magic Mike"
There was no reason for this movie to be this good. The male stripper biopic of Channing Tatum didn't need to be anything more than just a few hot dudes and dance numbers and that unique Tatum charm. But then again, most male stripper biopics (there are none) aren't directed by Stephen Soderbergh. It's clear this crew was just having a ball making this movie, Tatum relaxed and funny, Matthew McConaughey out-McConaughey-ing himself, a slowed down equitorial ease to Soderbergh's camera movements. But it's not just man thongs and booty shaking, it's about the dolla dolla bills ya'll. Who would have thought one of our best movies dealing with the recession would have been "Magic Mike"?! But it was an astute commentary on work, identity, and business, and when Tatum and McConaughey turned those smiles down, it was all about the money, honey. Soderbergh captured the blurry sleaze of central Florida, fluorescent lights bleeding red and blue and gold across the frame, all Ecstasy fueled hurricane parties and sand bar blowouts. An entertaining romp, yes, but with something relevant to say.
This reimagined rom com was a shockingly pleasant surprise for me when it screened at the Super Secret Screening of L.A. Film Festival this year. For some reason, I wasn't so sure about this movie that looked like a parody of the manic pixie dream girl stereotype. In fact it was a brilliant deconstruction of that trope from screenwriter Zoe Kazan, and also an extremely honest and authentic exploration into love and relationships. With two outstanding performances from Kazan and real-life boyfriend Paul Dano, shepherded by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, this film hits that bitter sweet spot that "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" did. It's lovely to see a young female screenwriter expressing an alternative perspective on these matters, laying down some of those truths in such a bare and honest way, while also delicately taking those stereotypes to task. What a gem.


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Is it any wonder that students are suspicious? We lead, sometimes drag, them through Algebra I insisting they must follow the order of operations. We make them learn the "hard way" of doing an assignment one day only to show them the "short cut" the next. We give them difficult equations that require what appears to be nothing less than magic to solve. The one reality to which they've managed to cling is what "someone" told them a long time ago. . ."You can't take the square root of a negative number." Just when students are convinced we've been making all of this up all along, we introduce imaginary numbers.
This lesson is designed as a computer lab activity. If you're looking for a more traditional classroom activity, please see this lesson developed by Jerry Weeks: http://alex.state.al.us/lesson_view.php?id=11364
This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
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The students will learn to write word and formula equations. We will watch a web video about chemical equations. We will then complete the science in motion lab "The Color of Chemistry". The students will also be required to write word and formula equations.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project funded by the Malone Family Foundation.
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Bloomberg ran an article April 29 speculating that Rue 21 (NYSE:RUE), Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO) are all possible private equity targets. Analysts believe that given the high number of deals that took place in 2012--38 valued at $5.7 billion--many more will be forthcoming in 2013. Of the three, I'll weigh in about which company is most likely to walk down the aisle into the arms of private equity firms such as Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts (NYSE:KKR).
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Apax Partners originally invested in Rue21 in 1998 through Saunders Karp & Megrue (SKM), a middle-market buyout specialist that it merged with in 2005. Rue21 then hit a rough patch in 2001, was forced into bankruptcy in February 2002, and emerged from bankruptcy in May 2003. Investing approximately $52 million since 1998, its November 2009 IPO (SKM didn't sell any shares) and subsequent secondary offering in March 2010, brought the private equity firm $180 million in net proceeds and a realized profit of $128 million. Since then it has maintained and added to its 29.3% ownership interest, which is now worth approximately $222.2 million. That's an annualized return of 14.6%. While it's good, it's not the kind of return most private equity firms are looking for.
Bloomberg's article makes reference to the fact that Rue21's lack of debt combined with significant free cash flow could persuade private equity firms to offer as much as a 50% premium on its current stock price of $31.30. At $47 per share, Apax Partners would be looking at an annualized return of $16.5%. Better, but still less than what most private equity firms expect when doing a buyout. Ultimately, I don't see anything in its current or future performance that will motivate other private equity firms to make a bid.
The odds of a buyout: 25%
SEE:How An IPO Is Valued
The teen retailer's financial performance over the past couple of years has been anything but stellar. Hitting a high of $32.24 in April 2010, it's been downhill ever since. Back then its operating margin was 38%. Fast-forward two years and they're down below 25%. Like Rue21, it has no debt and almost $3 per share in cash. Its cash return, which is defined as free cash flow plus interest expense divided into enterprise value, is 8.5%.
If a private equity firm offered a 50% premium on Aeropostale's stock it would mean a transaction value of $1.66 billion. With a standard 30% equity downpayment, it would need $1.16 billion in debt in order to complete the acquisition. With interest rates of 7%, its annual interest expense would be $81 million. Its free cash flow in fiscal 2013 was $72.5 million, which means it either needs to pay less for the company, borrow less, or use some of the $232 million in cash on Aeropostale's balance sheet to cover interest expense overages in the short-term until it can improve its margins. This to me seems to be a much better fit for private equity firms.
The odds of a buyout: 50%
SEE: How To Invest In Private Equity
Abercrombie & Fitch
The once-hot specialty retailer has a margin problem much like Aeropostale. As recently as fiscal 2008, its operating margin was almost 20%, more than double the 8.3% margin it achieved in fiscal 2012. Macquarie analyst Liz Dunn believes Abercrombie is ready to start improving its margins and has set a 12-month target price of $63 per share, 28% higher than its current share price of $49.16. Dunn has stated, "The stock is inexpensive relative to its own historic multiple and that of the group … Expectations are low and the company has significant catalysts to drive future sales and earnings."
While doing a deal for Abercrombie would be the most expensive of the three options mentioned in this article, it currently has the highest cash return at 10.7%, meaning any kind of margin improvement over the next couple of years would enable a buyer to pay down the debt relatively quickly. In addition, regardless of Abercrombie's past sexist ways, its brand is clearly the strongest of this particular trio.
The odds of a buyout: 50%-75%
Bottom Line
At least one of these specialty retailers will be taken private in the remaining eight months of the year. My bet is it will be Abercrombie & Fitch.
At the time of writing, Will Ashworth did not own any shares in any company mentioned in this article.


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have activity "TV Music" where components used are DirecTV DVR hdmi to Sony TV, Denon Receiver via TV's optical digital out, Onkyo receiver via TV's L/R Audio out. My Harmony setup activity DOES NOT offer option to change TV's "Speaker setting" from "TV speakers" to "Audio system" and visa-versa NOR "Audio Out" setting from "Variable" to "Fixed" and visa-versa.
I'm currently having to make those changing using Sony's remote after starting "TV Music" with the Harmony 880. Changing activity back to "watch TV" via Harmony 880 again forces me to use Sony remote to set Speaker setting and Audio out to opposite of prior use.
How do I create commands using the Harmony 880 to accomplish without using the Sony remote?
As far as the volume buttons controlling the AVR instead of the TV, when you setup the Listen to Music Activity, one of the questions that would have been asked was what device controls your volume, had you selected the AVR, then those buttons would control your AVR, To fix this in your Listen to Music Activity, select Customize Buttons and change the volume buttons from your TV to your AVR.
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Are you saying that the original Sony remote has some commands that are not included in the Harmony base?
If so then all you have to do is use the "learning" function to get them into your account.
When they are available you can simply Customise them to buttons and send them the same way as you do now.
Alternatively you could include them as Additional Commands When Activity Starts, to be sent automatically.
thanks, I need big help with that! The SONY remote has a "home" key. Depress "Home key", then depress "left key" five times to "Settings", then "down" to Sound, then "enter", then "down" two times to "Speakers", then "right key" to choose "TV Speakers" or "Audio System", then choose, then "down key" to "Audio Out", then right key" to choose "Fixed" or "variable", then "return key" three times to go back to TV picture. How does one add all that to the Harmony so that when I want to listen to TV music, these steps occur?
I've got my "primary" AVR (Denon) as unit to control the volume and that works. that's not my problem. In order for the sound to go also to the Onkyo AVR, I need for the TV sound settings to be changed from "tv speakers" to "audio system" and the TV audio out settings to be changed from "variable" to "fixed". This is due to my use of two AVRs. The Denon drives my Great Room Surround system and the Onkyo drive the speakers thru-out the house. I only use BOTH AVRs when using TV Music and CD. thanks for your suggestion - hope you can add more.
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It is possible to include any number of commands as Additional When Activity Starts though I must admit this is the first time anyone has wanted to add as many as that!
To do it you go to Settings and Review Settings, select "Yes but I want more control", then go through the pages to the one headed Custom Actions, where you add them one at a time.


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Surace made the announcement at a reception held June 29 at the site of the new location. "We are excited about the tremendous opportunity our new Utica Financial Center will provide for us to grow our bank and to be an active part of the Downtown Utica community," Surace said.
The Utica Financial Center will feature full branch-banking capabilities, including drive-up teller service, a 24-hour ATM and night depository. At the event, Surace commented, "We've named our new location the Utica Financial Center because-in addition to branch banking-we'll also house other key business lines here." These business lines include NBT Bank's commercial banking team led by John Buffa, retail banking management under Rich Callahan, and the trust and financial services team led by Rita DeMarko of the NBT Financial Group.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Sometime in the middle of the Egyptian protest, while doing management consultant for potato chip factories in Cairo, Alex Abbott Boyd decided that what he really wanted to do was make cocktail mixers. And with funding from Kickstarter and a sale on Fab.com this week, plenty of people are happy he came to that decision.
Cocktail Crate offers a trio of all-natural, primarily organic mixers: Ginger Bee (fresh ginger, New Jersey wildflower honey, organic cloves), Smoky Hops (smoked tea, Cascade hops), and Holiday Old Fashioned (cassia and Ceylon cinnamons, turbinado sugar, allspice, and fresh orange peels). After a day spent boiling and bottling over 400 bottles at The Organic Food Incubator in Long Island City, Queens, Abott Boyd sat down with us for some happy hour talk.
How did you come up with the plan for Cocktail Crate?
The idea stemmed from noticing a gap in what was available. I love to go out to all the speakeasies in the city, but I also like to have people over. To serve even two drinks to a bunch of friends is super hard if you're going to make syrups and squeeze juices, and at the same time, most of the mixers that were out there were just filled with high-fructose corn syrup. Basically there was nothing that would make serving great drinks really easy for people.
The bottles are really vintage-looking. Where did you find the design?
I had a contest on 99designs; however the winning design was a very last minute entry by one of my friends. In the 50s, the type of crates that food came in had these really great posters, so she took that for inspiration.
What alcohol do you recommend with each mixer?
When I designed them I had one liquor in mind for each one, but I quickly discovered—from doing samplings and sending them out to people—that they're actually super varied. I designed the Ginger Bee for dark rum, with a Dark & Stormy in mind. But people have been telling me that whiskey, Apple Jack, and Pimms are great. Smoky Hops I designed with vodka in mind, which in retrospect is the least good. It's much better with gin or whiskey. And the Holiday Old Fashioned is definitely a bourbon or rye.
Are you working on any new mixers right now?
I'm thinking up something that is very springy: lavender, cardamom, maybe a little honey, and chamomile. All the other ones go really great with whiskey, which I think is an inadvertent consequence of me loving whiskey, so I'm hoping that the new flavor will go with lighter spirits, too.
While we're waiting on your new mixer, any recommendations for a spring cocktail recipe?
Anything with St. Germaine—I've heard it referred to as bartender's ketchup, because you can put a little into most drinks and make them taste great.
A lot like you can put ketchup on things and make them taste great. St. Germaine and mint and lime juice. I also love the Southside as a good spring cocktail.
How to create the Southside at home:
2 oz. gin
3 to 4 oz. soda water
1 oz. simple syrup
3/4 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
Lime rind
2 mint sprigs + 1 for garnish
Muddle the bottom four ingredients before adding the gin. Shake well, and pour over ice. Add soda water, garnish, and serve.
Cocktail Crate's mixers retail for approximately $15 at various locations around the city, including Eli's Manhattan and Gourmet Guild, Williamsburg, cocktailcrate.com.
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Keep it simple. That is the mantra of Swedish graphic and poster artist, Viktor Hertz. He has a bunch of great music and Stanley Kubrick posters, with this Lolita and James Brown pieces being absolutely perfect.
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Ever since J.J. Abrams' 2009 reboot of Star Trek scored $385 million at the box office, Paramount, as well as fans, have been waiting for a sequel script to be delivered.
Initially, screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci revealed that the script could arrive by the summer of 2010, at which point Kurtzman admitted that he, Orci, and co-screenwriter Damon Lindelof were "halfway through the story". Last December, Kurtzman admitted that the writers finally "have broken the story," but offered no timeline for when the script would be finished. Until now.
While responding to a question about the script to Star Trek 2 (working title) on Twitter, Orci again announced when the script would arrive.
aiming to turn in first full draft of Star Trek in six weeks or so.
This has to be good news to Paramount, who have already set the sequel's release date to June 29, 2012, and could schedule a production start soon.
While appearing on The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio (via Trek Web), Simon Pegg revealed that he would start work Star Trek 2 "in August," which, if true, is still a very quick turnaround, with less than a year before the sequel is due in theaters.


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Ruby Bell Bryan, 89, nee Wilkerson, of Vinita, Okla. and formerly of Fredericksburg, died Monday, March 3, 2014, at Heartsworth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Vinita, Okla.
Graveside services and interment were held Saturday, March 8, at 11 a.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery in Muskogee, Okla., with the Rev. Gina Lee Jackson officiating.
Arrangements were under the direction of Luginbuel Funeral Home of Vinita, Okla., where visitation was held Friday evening, March 7.
Mrs. Bryan was born Aug. 21, 1924, in Webbers Falls, Okla., the daughter of Robert E. Wilkerson and Zula Elmira McCullough Wilkerson. She married James Paul Bryan on Jan. 25, 1964. He preceded her in death on Jan. 5, 1994.
She graduated from high school in Webbers Falls.
Prior to moving to Vinita, Okla., she resided in Bartlesville, Okla., Fredericksburg, and Broken Arrow, Okla.
Mrs. Bryan was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, where she served as Grand Matron.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Bryan was preceded in death by five brothers and four sisters.
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November 4, 2013
Schadenfreude: Your Pain, My Pleasure
Think about every joke you have ever truly laughed at. More than likely, it was some form of pain that made you laugh. Not your pain, of course, but someone else's. This is known as Schadenfreude.
Then a Princeton PhD student, Mina Cikara found a deep, personal understanding of this concept when she made the colossal mistake of wearing a Boston Red Sox hat to a New York Yankees game. (I have to ask, what was she thinking?) Cikara was bombarded with nicknames, vulgarities and heckling from the Yankees fans. Her mentor, professor Susan Fiske, helped Cikara work this experience into a thesis, exploring why people fail to empathize with others based on stereotypes. The results of the study were published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
They found that it isn't just a mental aberration that makes us laugh at other people's pain, but a biological imperative. They measured the electrical activity of cheek muscles, finding that people smile more when someone they envy experiences misfortune or discomfort. Did we really need scientists to tell us this? Well, maybe so. The research team says that their results have implications beyond interpersonal relationships, citing associated policy implications, such as how other countries view and stereotype the United States especially given that many countries envy the US.
"Jealousy and envy are highly correlated," said Fiske, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School. "When we ask people on surveys who is envied in American society, they report the same groups: objects of jealousy. This is all very much based on stereotypes. And so, in this study, we sought to better understand who is among these envied groups and whether that envy and jealousy elicits a harmful response."
"We were interested in the conditions under which people fail to empathize with one another and how, for some of those people, they experience happiness at another's expense," said Cikara, now an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University. "We wanted to start in a place where people would be willing to express their opinions and willingness to harm more freely, like we see in sports. We asked ourselves: what is it about rivalries that elicit a harmful response? And can we predict who will have this response?"
They conducted four experiments to collect their data.
First, they examined the physical responses of the participants by monitoring their cheek movements with an electromyogram (EMG), which captures the electrical activity of facial movements when an individual smiles. Study subjects were shown photographs of individuals associated with different stereotypes – the elderly (pity), students or Americans (pride), drug addicts (disgust) and rich professionals (envy). The research team paired these images with everyday events like "Won five dollars" (positive) or "Got soaked by a taxi" (negative) or "Went to the bathroom" (neutral). Participants were asked how this would make them feel, and their facial movements were recorded.
"Because people don't like to report envy of Schadenfreude, this was the best method for gathering such responses. And, in this experiment, we were able to viscerally capture malicious glee," Fiske said. "We found that people did smile more in response to negative than positive events, but only for groups they envied."
Using the same photos and events, the researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) – which measures blood flow changes associated with brain activity – to determine whether participants were willing to harm certain groups. The participants were asked to rate how they felt on a scale of one to nine. The team found that participants felt the worst about positive events and the best about negative events in regards to the rich professionals. The research team followed up with an online scenario-based game two weeks later involving the option to hurt another person, such as through electric shocks in order to spare several others.
"People were willing to hurt an envy target, saying, 'Yes, let's shock her,'" Cikara said. "We found that surprising because we weren't certain participants would self report that. While it's true that people are generally averse to harming others, the bottom line is that people don't feel this way all the time."
So, to recap, we hate rich people, we aren't that averse to hurting other folks… this isn't looking that good for the human race.
The third experiment had a goal of manipulating stereotypes using various scenarios regarding an investment banker as an example, the researchers threw counter-stereotypic information at participants. The articles ranged from the banker being employed with status quo, to advising clients pro-bono (pride), using his work bonuses to buy drugs (disgust), and finally, unemployed but still pretending to go to work (pity). The findings were no surprise. The articles associated with disgust and envy were rated with less warmth than the pride or pity scenarios.
"This experiment shows that the dimensions predicting envy are high status and competition, and, when you move those around, the envy goes away. This is consistent with the story about who gets envied and why. A lot of it is tied into money because that's an easy thing to look at," said Fiske.
Finally, the team repeated Cikara's experience at the ball game. Two groups of fans – one for the Boston Red Sox, one for the New York Yankees – were prescreened for "intense fandom." Using fMRI and self reporting after watching a series of plays in which opponents struck out, scored runs or made fantastic plays, the team monitored participant reactions. They found the subjects reported more pleasure during positive outcomes for their teams.
I have to say it one more time. DUH!
To really understand, the researchers threw in a neutral team – the Baltimore Orioles. The fans showed little to no reaction to positive or negative events and did not wish to harm Oriole's fans. They were happy when their rival team lost to the Orioles, however. Two weeks later, the subjects answered an online survey, which revealed that both groups of fans were more likely to heckle, insult, threaten or hit a rival fan while watching the plays.
"We used a sporting event because it's something you can bottle," said Fiske. "Rabid fans are passionate about it, and we were looking for an intergroup phenomenon that reaches people where they live. This is certainly it. But it's important to remember that this study isn't just about sports teams. It's about intergroup rivals of more consequence."
This study is an example of group envy or harm, according to Fiske. "In our larger model of stereotypes, we find that when things go smoothly, people go along to get along with these envied groups. It's when the chips are down that these groups become real targets of Schadenfreude."
It's pretty easy to see how this could apply to international relations, especially from those countries that envy the resources or culture of another. I'm still not sure, however, why we needed to have a full on study to understand this. Just watch a group of elementary school kids.
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Paying Doctors More Adds Upto More Savings, Employers Say
A new model has proponents excited that improved primary care will lead to cost savings in the future, but upsetting the status quo has its risks.
Tired of filling the gaps in a fragmented health care system with their own piecemeal solutions, employers such as IBM, Boeing, Hannaford Bros. and others say they are willing to pay primary care doctors more if doctors spend more time managing and coordinating the health care of their patients.
"I can buy a damn good amputation for my diabetic," Paul Grundy, IBM's director of health care technology and strategic initiatives, says of the current health care system in which specialists are paid more than primary care doctors. "But what I can't get is a good system in place to prevent the diabetic amputation."
That's beginning to change as large employers and a handful of states and private practices working with employers are piloting programs to demonstrate the effectiveness of what proponents say is a transformative new model for the American health care system.
The model, known generally as the medical home, involves paying primary care doctors extra for doing things to help keep patients healthy but for which doctors have not previously been compensated. These include coordinating care among a patient's team of specialists; providing patients with immediate telephone, e-mail and in-person access to doctors, nurses and other health care advisors; using electronic health care records as a means of avoiding the duplication of services and other errors; following commonly accepted guidelines of care; and having programs that help doctors improve the care they offer patients.
"Medical home" was a term originally developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1967 to refer to a central location for a child's medical records. It has been expanded in recent years to a broader concept to improve the system for providing primary care. While the medical home can refer to a patient's primary care provider, who is paid more to take a greater role in managing a person's health and coordinating medical care, it is also, Grundy says, a concept that "pulls together some very foundational issues that we really have to focus on but haven't as buyers of health care."
If it works, medical homes could not only improve people's health care and reduce costs but could also help resolve the shortage of primary care doctors in the U.S. by making the practice more financially and personally rewarding, doctors say.
In New Orleans, where primary care doctors have been in short supply since 2005's Hurricane Katrina, health care experts believe medical homes are an opportunity to rebuild the health care systems for the city and Louisiana. Frank Opelka, a professor of surgery and vice chancellor for clinical affairs for Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, says the current system, which pays doctors on average $60 a visit, is broken. It creates an incentive for doctors to spend as little time as possible with as many patients as they can. Patients often go months between visits. The chronically ill may have other specialists who care for them, with each doctor or disease management nurse operating separately without the benefit of working together, sharing knowledge of the patient or reviewing whether treatments work.
"Currently the way we are practicing chronic-disease and well-being management is piecemeal, not coordinated, and therefore it has lots of points of failure," Opelka says. "Our system is focused on acute care, and we deal with that quite well. Diagnose, treat and we're done. But when those conditions lead to chronic illnesses like diabetes and hypertension, we haven't had a good system for keeping those people as healthy as we possibly can and doing it in an evidence-based, cost-efficient manner."
Opelka decided to use revenue from his 400-doctor group practice to support six doctors who manage his clinic's medical-home practice. The practice also is staffed by two nurse practitioners, two nurse managers who administer the disease management programs, and a bevy of administrative staff.
"The medical home is comprehensive, continuous chronic care run by a primary care physician," Opelka says. "During points of acute care, they serve as care coordinators."
Opelka hopes that on any given day his doctors see 30 patients—half the national average, he says. The practice gives doctors time to review cases and discuss with other doctors the best way to treat a person's illness. Patients are regularly contacted by phone and e-mail to make sure they are complying with their medical regimen.
Opelka believes the medical home gives patients better care. He estimates the added cost of providing it would be about $30 per member per month for a practice that sees 500 patients. Whether it cuts costs remains a closely watched issue.
"There is hope that the focus on primary care will reduce costs and improve quality, but again I think there is no evidence yet that it actually occurs," says Joseph Fortuna, a former medical director of auto parts maker Delphi and member of the employer-led Automotive Industry Action Group. "But you know how employers are: They want you to show them the money."
Proponents point to a medical-home pilot program launched in 1998 for Medicaid patients in North Carolina as a model that has shown cost savings. An actuarial study by Mercer showed a savings of $124 million in 2004, when compared with projected health care costs if the program had not been in place.
"Many of the medical homes as conceptualized by physician organizations are predominantly focused on quality and customer service and access, and that's the purpose for which they are designed," says Arnold Milstein, medical director of the Pacific Business Group on Health and a senior consultant at Mercer. "The notion of reducing total employer spending is not an explicit part of the design, it's a hoped-for consequence."
Part of the problem is that the success of medical homes may cause hospitals and specialists to see their revenue reduced, leading them to make it up in wasteful ways, Milstein says.
Fifteen states have enacted legislation to create or encourage the creation of medical homes for children with chronic illnesses. The number of states that have established pilot programs for medical homes for the general population is smaller, in part because medical specialists and other interest groups may lose out.
Pilot programs are operating in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Rhode Island, while Minnesota, Colorado, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Washington, Idaho and Oregon are considering them. Ed Fischer, a principal with Mercer, says some states are concerned that the medical-home model's challenge to the status quo makes it a political issue. As a result, at least one state has not yet publicly announced its pilot program, he says.
"It's too political right now to talk about," Fischer says.
Employers also could face a backlash from employees concerned that medical homes would replace their current doctors.
"One approach employers are contemplating would not ask the patient to leave their current doctor but would regard this as … adding a physician coordinator to the mix," Milstein says.
That is the model embraced by Boeing, which has undertaken three small pilot medical-home programs in Seattle. In February 2007, Workforce Management published a cover story showing the backlash that the aerospace company faced when it excluded employees' doctors from a network of so-called high-performance doctors. Boeing did not respond to an interview request for this article.
The company is following a model similar to the medical home, called the ambulatory intensive care unit, which concentrates on much sicker, chronically ill patients. Designed by Mercer and the California HealthCare Foundation, it is designed to reduce health care costs by 30 percent by providing intensive outpatient care by doctors and nurses for low-income, chronically ill patients. If the model is successful, Boeing may expand it for other employees.
In July, an employer-led coalition that includes doctors and health insurers called the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative published a purchaser's guide that it believes will help employers "create market demand" for medical homes. The guide features case studies by states and employers such as IBM, which is developing medical homes in the Hudson Valley region where the company is concentrated, including its Armonk, New York, headquarters.
The hope is that the medical-home model can be duplicated in regions where patients with chronic illnesses have found it difficult to receive the kind of personalized, daily care that may keep them out of hospital emergency rooms.
At Roy O'Martin Lumber Co. in Alexandria, Louisiana, Ray Peters, vice president of human resources, says many of his employees live in rural areas and lack access to primary care physicians because of the state's shortage. He says he is looking at ways his company can pay doctors to create medical homes. He believes employers should worry more about improving the quality of medicine than about how much it costs.
"I don't use terms like 'saving money.' I use terms like 'getting better value for your health care dollar,' " he says. "It may be more prudent to spend more money upfront."
In a medical home, Peters says, "the emphasis is on the care side rather than on the economics, with the caveat that with better care, the economics will take care of themselves."


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Fifteen teams tackle Relay for Life
The Susquehanna County Relay for Life this Friday and Saturday at Montrose Area High School isn't just about walking and it isn't just about raising money for a worthy cause.
It's about people.
Lives touched and forever changed by cancer.
Most of the participants that make up the 15 teams at this year's Relay have been touched by cancer in a personal way – and that is why they walk.
There is a reason, a hope and a face behind every team.
"Remission Possible" team captain Donna Conklin walks for her husband, Dwayne, who was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in 2008.
"Never in a million years would I have imagined that someone that I love so much and so completely could be diagnosed with a deadly disease," Conklin said. "December 12, 2008 changed me forever.
"As I sat in the emergency room at Barnes Kasson Hospital, I wondered what could possibly be going on with Dwayne. Afterwards we passed the blood lab and I saw three doctors looking at his blood work. Then, when Dr Mirza told Dwayne, "We believe you have Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia," my world all but fell apart.
Following a confirmation of his diagnosis by an oncologist, Dwayne was placed on medication for CML.
Conklin said, "I look back at the past year in amazement. Dwayne was fortunate that he did not have to go through the pain and sickness that most chemotherapy drugs cause. He never lost his hair, he never got sick – we were lucky."
Last year, the couple attended their first Relay for Life.
"I didn't know how Dwayne would handle it," said Conklin, "but I have to admit, I was frustrated with him because he didn't look at himself as a survivor. I told him that he was standing there, taking breaths, with a disease in his body. He was, in fact, a survivor."
It was then Conklin made the decision to form a Relay team as her part in the fight against cancer. "I wanted to help with the efforts of making it so this disease doesn't rob anyone of his or her life," she said.
Earlier this year, Dwayne found out his CML was in remission. "At that point, he felt like a survivor," said Conklin.
And she has become a strong supporter of Relay for Life.
Conkin said, "I love going to our meetings and seeing those sitting around me that are willing to dedicate time in their lives to fight this disease. Sometimes, I think people think that it's all fun and games, and while it is fun, it's work as well. It's taking time to think of ways to raise money, other than just the walk."
She continued, "It's thinking of those that have touched our lives in one way or another that have been affected by cancer, but most of all, it's the hope for a cure – the hope for more birthdays!"
Conklin said the Relay has even helped her family and friends come together for a common cause.
"We realize this disease has touched us personally," Conklin said. "Cancer has a face – in fact, cancer has many faces, but my goal and challenge for our team is to keep those faces around as long as we can – because we love them, and because our world is better because of them."
In addition to Remission Possible, other teams and people participating in this year's Relay include:
Relay Chair Peter Bell – Bell started attending Relay in the mid-1990s with his cousin Kim Beardsley who was on a team. In 1999, Bell started the South Auburn Grange Team, sponsored by South Auburn Grange #1188. It was only Bell and his sister that participated that year and the two sold roasted sweet corn. "It's still a Relay favorite," said Bell.
After his years in college, Bell returned to Relay in 2009 as the event co-chair and a member of the South Auburn Community Team and was selected to chair this year's event.
Bell said, "My family has lost several members due to cancer and there are still several battling it every day, so my heart is truly in the fight against cancer. There are very few people today that aren't related or know someone that has cancer or has succumbed to it."
Catherine's Crusaders – Team Captain Jennifer Strickland. This is the fourth year Catherine's Crusaders have fielded a team; but their not newcomers to Relay. It's Strickland's ninth year at the event. The team was once part of the Fairdale Grange team. She walks in memory of her grandmother Catherine Arnold who died of breast cancer. One of the original people who started the Susquehanna County Relay for Life, Arnold passed the legacy on to her family. For Strickland, the event means "finding a cure."
Button-Weller – Team Captain: Jennifer Button has been participating in Relay for Life in Susquehanna County for the past six years. Her father, Don Button, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2003 and is in remission. Button-Weller said she walks for the camaraderie and the team has gotten to know a lot of people through the event. Raising money to further research is also an important part of Relay for the team captain.
South Auburn Community – Team Captain: Tammy Schaeffer. Schaeffer has been involved in Relay for Life for the past 13-14 years. She lost her first husband, Chuck Love, to cancer in 2003. She participated before but the loss of her husband is one of the reasons she continued. For Schaeffer, Relay "means a hope that someday, someone else doesn't have to go through what Chuck, me and our family went through."
United Fire Company – Team Captain: Renee Coy-Daly. Daly is a first-year captain of a first-year team. She said all the team members had been touched by cancer pretty closely. Her grandfather is also on the team. Daly said he has been involved in Relay in some way since the death of his wife – Daly's grandmother – Maria.
Gibson Gaitors – Team Captain: Dawn Meagher. This is Meagher's ninth year at the Susqhanna County Relay. She walks because her father was diagnosed with cancer and succumbed to the disease in 2007. "I want to help find a cure so other people can have their dads and grandpas longer," said Meagher.
Holy Name of Mary – Team Captain: Nick Delaney. This is the first year walking for the HNM team of youths led by Delaney. "I want to help out the community and help out people who have cancer," said the team captain.
Presbydestrians – Team Captain: Elizabeth Ralston. This Relay marks Ralston's ninth year participating in the event. She walks for family members who are gone and "because this is a great cause."
Scouting for a Cure – Team Captain: Ann Rudick. This is Rudick's first year with Relay and she's bringing a team made up of Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts from New Milford. The event gives the girls the opportunity to help out a worthy cause – while having fun in the process.
Fairdale Grange – Team Captains: Kathy Parks and Dave Hibbard.
A Penny for Your Thoughts – Team Captain: Cheyenne Darrenkemp
WestLenoxBaptistChurch – Team Captain: Heather Winn.
EMHS – Team Captain: Catherine Rauch.
Hope Floats (Felix-Hinds) – Team Captain: Gwenn Diaz.


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Boulder Candle HoldersJan Halvarson
I came across these Boulder Candle Holders recently and thought they could be a modern (and more permanent) alternative to a jack-o-lantern this season. Carved from smooth stones, they're perfect for illuminating a doorstep or garden and could be also used indoors.
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