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The board president IS the property manager (unpaid). We do not have enough time to vote him out without all the cash being dispersed.
The repairs are barely started and have been barely started for almost a year.
We need to know what to do to halt an.y spending by the current board, how to replace the entire board due to misuse of position.
Additionally, the president and accountant ( who work as a team against the rest of the owners) hold 28 out of 300 votes and we have very poor voter turn out
Hi again.In order to replace the board, there must be a vote with the majority agreeing to remove the board. In order to have the vote, you can call a special meeting if you have 5% or more of the owners agreeing. So, you should first get 5% or more demanding a meeting for the purpose of voting on whether to remove the board. Once you have 5% or more, then the meeting must take place for the purpose of voting. If the board refuses to allow a special meeting because they do not want to get removed, then you can file a complaint with the Attorney General of California, who can enforce the law.
You can review the majority of the laws here: http://oag.ca.gov/consumers/general/homeowner_assnI hope that helps.
Surely there is an emergency way to halt activities of a board who is shirking its fiduciary responsibilities.
I know about the vote process, I've read my HOA CCRs and Rules and Regs. I need advice that I can't get on Yahoo or the other public boards about stopping them tomorrow, not in two months.
There we go! Do all 4 items need to be met or will a minimum of one condition let us get to an injunction?
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Dr. Krugman's diagnosis: "excessive care"
If this is how leading "liberals" conceptualize America's healthcare-denial system, we are so fucked. And we are, we are.
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Indeed. And some choose to suppress discussion of single payer and shill for the Ds and Obamacare, and some choose to advocate for a policy that saves lives and money. Krugman's lead:
Arguably the most important thing we can do to limit the growth in health care costs is learning to say no [pesky old people!]; we cannot afford a system in which Medicare in particular will pay for anything, especially when that's combined with an industry structure that gives providers a strong financial incentive to engage in excessive care
"Pay for anything" is, of course, and very shamefully for a Nobelist let alone a self-professed liberal of conscience, a straw man. The real question should be this: Is there an "industry structure" that can be proved to save hundreds of billions of dollars a year, and which provides better health care outcomes? Why yes, there is, although again most shamefully, Krugman suppresses it. What could that "industry structure" be?
Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal chose to travel to a country that's about 300 miles north of Manhattan* and investigate personally. She writes as follows:
Although some of us thought we were coming to the "promised land" of single-payer health care, where everyone has access to high-quality care regardless of ability to pay, our Canadian counterparts were much more blasé about their egalitarian, publicly financed system. They took it for granted. They don't know anything else and are mainly focused on what is needed to improve it.
One thing that became clear to us is that figuring out what works and what doesn't work, and how to make a change, is much easier to do in a unified system like Canada's. We also saw that the single-payer system in practice is not as simple as we thought and that there are still political realities to deal with that control the funding and who gets what part of the pot.
There are still inequities in the system. There is a shortage of physicians and there can be long waits for elective procedures and non-urgent doctor visits. For most Canadians the cost of drugs, dental care and some psychiatric services is not included in the basic package provided by the government. The benefits vary somewhat by province.
But Canada's medical outcomes are excellent; urgent needs get urgent care; and Canadians live two years longer on average than we do. Problems like medical bankruptcy are virtually unknown. The overwhelming majority of Canadians, when polled, say they'd prefer their system over ours any day.
We learned that doctors in Canada earn a good income not much different from most of those in the United States. Although most have a good quality of life with adequate free time, some are overworked and a few can't find positions due to lack of facilities in some specialties. But few Canadian physicians emigrate, and in fact each year since 2004 more physicians have returned to Canada than have moved abroad.
Canadians were totally perplexed as to why Americans have put up with our faulty and expensive system for so long. It was hard for me to explain this as I cannot understand it myself. Although polling shows that two-thirds of American are in favor of Medicare for all, their voices are not heard in the media nor in the halls of Congress. On the contrary, our legislators are now debating whether to end Medicare are we know it.
I can give one explanation, at least: A liberal with one of the biggest bully pulpits in the country -- indeed, in the world -- has chosen to suppress a health care policy that would save $350 billion dollars a year and improve health outcomes. Yes, we all have choices to make...
Rosenthal's the one who should be on the Op-Ed page, and not Krugman. Why not give the country a make-good and turn the column over to her for a week, Professor?
NOTE * To be fair, this country about 330 miles north of Princeton, NJ.
If this is how leading "liberals" conceptualize America's healthcare-denial system, we are so fucked. And we are, we are.
Years ago I started paying into Medicare thinking that when I got "old", I would have help with my medical needs and be able to live to my full potential at the time I got "old" as a result of that help.
Now I understand that those of us "old" people - who have supported the system all these years (potentially to benefit our future generations...kids) - have no right to expect the level of care that currently exists.
Instead, all we "bought into" was the level of care that was available when we started to "invest" in this system. So think of all of those life-saving discoveries that exist but that we have no right to now.
There is, indeed, an ice-flow with my name on it out there somewhere. I want to think that my SO's name is there, too. Otherwise, it's going to be a very lonely death.
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Again this is all about distraction, and distraction is the principal weapon in class warfare. So instead of focusing on the fact that we have seriously dysfunctional and cruelly unfair healthcare system or, as lambert points out, that there are good alternatives out there, Krugman blames "excessive" care, the sick, and the old. That is he redirects attention away from the real problems and the real solutions and encourages us to fight among ourselves. This is the very essence of class warfare and Krugman is not on our side in it.
Kleptocracy is a system and the simple fact of the matter is that most public figures belong to the elites that are looting us. Drum, Yglesias, Klein, Alterman, Krugman, all these have shown in the last couple of weeks that when push comes to shove they stand with the kleptocrats, not us.
Krugman talks about excessive care, so where is the data behind that claim?
Most of the data I've seen that would support that claim is part of fraud trials, like the one that resulted in my current governor's corporation receiving the largest fine ever imposed on a Medicare - Medicaid fraud case.
Since the administrative costs for Medicare are so low, maybe they could be increased slightly to include more fraud investigators, who might support themselves with a significant increase in fines being leveled.
Why don't we try punishing the people and corporations who violate current laws, before we make any rash decisions about what must be done?
Send a few CEOs and boards of corporate criminals to prison, and then we have a reasoned discussion based on actual hard facts and real-world data, about what is excessive care.
I have a news flash for Dr. Krugman - I have been involved in my Mother's health care for more than a decade, and Medicare does not cover everything, no matter what the White House may have told him.
or just a sloppy blogger?
Because this post is sloppy to the point of absurdity. Does he really think that denial of care is the only option for controlling the growth of Medicare expenses?
He must. Because he doesn't even pretend to present other options (like real-bargaining & opening the system to people-of-all-ages)
and we cannot come down on him hard enough for this. Our problem is health insurance parasites siphoning off trillions from our health care system, not sick people who require expensive care.
Krugman doesn't explain why Medicare costs so much. The high cost of health care did not spring, full-blown, from the head of Zeus. Health care costs so much because of the unrestrained greed of insurance companies, who can literally charge anything they want for any procedure or deny preventive care at will.
Yet instead of blaming the real culprits, Krugman tries to blame the citizens who have paid into Medicare all their lives and rightly expect quality care in return. Disgusting beyond words!
I can't believe this is the same man who wrote "The Great Unraveling."
Shame on you, Paul Krugman. SHAME.
This is not an excuse (he has got that bully pulpit, after all, so he'd damned well better be up to it) but, as Krugman has noted more than once in the past, the economics of health care is not in his domain of expertise. In this matter he has alluded to relying on the expertise of others. And yet, he and his wife and collaborator wrote this once upon a time.
Telling final paragraphs:
The insertion of private intermediaries into the [Medicare] program has several unfortunate consequences. First, as millions of seniors have discovered, it makes the system extremely complex and obscure. It's virtually impossible for most people to figure out which of the many drug plans now on offer is best. This complexity, coupled with the Katrina-like obliviousness of administration officials to a widely predicted disaster, also led to the program's catastrophic initial failure to manage the problem of "dual eligibles," i.e., older Medicaid recipients whose drug coverage was supposed to be transferred to Medicare. When the program started up in January, hundreds of thousands of these dual eligibles found that they had fallen through the cracks, that their old coverage had been canceled but their new coverage had not been put into effect.
Second, the private intermediaries add substantial administrative costs to the program. It's reasonably certain that if seniors had been offered the choice of receiving a straightforward drug benefit directly from Medicare, the vast majority would have chosen to pass up the private drug plans, which wouldn't have been able to offer comparable benefits because of their administrative expenses. But the drug bill avoided that embarrassing outcome by denying seniors that choice.
Finally, by fragmenting the purchase of drugs among many private plans, the administration denied Medicare the ability to bargain for lower prices from the drug companies. And the legislation, reflecting pressures from those companies, included a provision specifically prohibiting Medicare from intervening to help the private plans get lower prices.
In short, ideology and interest groups led the Bush administration to set up a new, costly Medicare benefit in such a way as to systematically forfeit all the advantages of public health insurance.
Beyond reform: How much health care should we have?
Imagine, for a moment, that some future US administration were to push through a fundamental reform of health care that covered all the uninsured, replaced private insurance with a single-payer system, and took heed of the VA's lessons about the advantages of integrated health care. Would our health care problems be solved?
No. Although real reform would bring great improvement in our situation, continuing technological progress in health care still poses a deep dilemma: How much of what we can do should we do?
The medical profession, understandably, has a bias toward doing whatever will bring medical benefit. If that means performing an expensive surgical procedure on an elderly patient who probably has only a few years to live, so be it. But as medical technology advances, it becomes possible to spend ever larger sums on medically useful care. Indeed, at some point it will become possible to spend the entire GDP on health care. Obviously, we won't do this. But how will we make choices about what not to do?
In a classic 1984 book, Painful Prescription: Rationing Hospital Care, Henry Aaron and William Schwartz studied the medical choices made by the British system, which has long operated under tight budget limits that force it to make hard choices in a way that US medical care does not. Can We Say No? is an update of that work. It's a valuable survey of the real medical issues involved in British rationing, and gives a taste of the dilemmas the US system will eventually face.
The operative word, however, is "eventually." Reading Can We Say No?, one might come away with the impression that the problem of how to ration care is the central issue in current health care policy. This impression is reinforced by Aaron and his co-authors' decision to compare the US system only with that of Britain, which spends far less on health care than other advanced countries, and correspondingly is forced to do a lot of rationing. A comparison with, say, France, which spends far less than the United States but considerably more than Britain, would give a very different impression: in many respects France consumes more, not less, health care than the United States, but it can do so at lower cost because our system is so inefficient.
The result of Aaron et al.'s single-minded focus on the problem of rationing is a somewhat skewed perspective on current policy issues. Most notably, they argue that the reason we need universal health coverage is that a universal system can ration care in a way that private insurance can't. This seems to miss the two main immediate arguments for universal care—that it would cover those now uninsured, and that it would be cheaper than our current system. A national health care system will also be better at rationing when the time comes, but that hardly seems like the prime argument for adopting such a system today.
Our Princeton colleague Uwe Reinhardt, a leading economic expert on health care, put it this way: our focus right now should be on eliminating the gross inefficiencies we know exist in the US health care system. If we do that, we will be able to cover the uninsured while spending less than we do now. Only then should we address the issue of what not to do; that's tomorrow's issue, not today's.
Can we fix health care?
Health policy experts know a lot more about the economics of health care now than they did when Bill Clinton tried to remake the US health care system. And there's overwhelming evidence that the United States could get better health care at lower cost if we were willing to put that knowledge into practice. But the political obstacles remain daunting.
A mere shift of power from Republicans to Democrats would not, in itself, be enough to give us sensible health care reform. While Democrats would have written a less perverse drug bill, it's not clear that they are ready to embrace a single-payer system. Even liberal economists and scholars at progressive think tanks tend to shy away from proposing a straightforward system of national health insurance. Instead, they propose fairly complex compromise plans. Typically, such plans try to achieve universal coverage by requiring everyone to buy health insurance, the way everyone is forced to buy car insurance, and deal with those who can't afford to purchase insurance through a system of subsidies. Proponents of such plans make a few arguments for their superiority to a single-payer system, mainly the (dubious) claim that single-payer would reduce medical innovation. But the main reason for not proposing single-payer is political fear: reformers believe that private insurers are too powerful to cut out of the loop, and that a single-payer plan would be too easily demonized by business and political propagandists as "big government."
These are the same political calculations that led Bill Clinton to reject a single-payer system in 1993, even though his advisers believed that a single-payer system would be the least expensive way to provide universal coverage. Instead, he proposed a complex plan designed to preserve a role for private health insurers. But the plan backfired. The insurers opposed it anyway, most famously with their "Harry and Louise" ads. And the plan's complexity left the public baffled.
We believe that the compromise plans being proposed by the cautious reformers would run into the same political problems, and that it would be politically smarter as well as economically superior to go for broke: to propose a straightforward single-payer system, and try to sell voters on the huge advantages such a system would bring. But this would mean taking on the drug and insurance companies rather than trying to co-opt them, and even progressive policy wonks, let alone Democratic politicians, still seem too timid to do that.
So what will really happen to American health care? Many people in this field believe that in the end America will end up with national health insurance, and perhaps with a lot of direct government provision of health care, simply because nothing else works. But things may have to get much worse before reality can break through the combination of powerful interest groups and free-market ideology.
Medicare costs are indeed being driven up by the insane overhead of our patchwork system as well as by some measure of overusage of unproven treatments, and it is very important to tease apart the contributions of those two parts. But given the experience of other countries like our neighbor to the north, I have my suspicions. Pretending that these are even possibly comparable is indefensible crap as far as I can tell.
I feel I should also link my post Mom's experience with Medicare Part C.
with Obama again? Has he been to some private fundraisers for Obma and been given a refresher "treatment" so that he will fudge and spin for his president? I can hear it now: You know, Professor, your ideas are correct, but how can Obama get a second term if you keep pointing out his flaws? Just tone it down a bit; don't be quite so, well, shrill."
Hope people are commenting at his site/column.
This coming from Krugman is very,very disappointing.
How much more disappointment must we endure?
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I really hate snow now, I will post pictures of how much we got this weekend, it's around 20-40cm (about 1 foot). On Friday the temperature was around 12c and then the snow came, Saturday/Sunday -2c. And tomorrow its going to be 11c! Wacky weather!
I really hate snow now, I will post pictures of how much we got this weekend, it's around 20-40cm (about 1 foot). On Friday the temperature was around 12c and then the snow came, Saturday/Sunday -2c. And tomorrow its going to be 11c! Wacky weather!
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You can't really tell....but it's snowing pretty heavy in the pictures.
can't see the pics.
Not again! Stupid computer is acting up.
Nah, to quote raiyn, it's just the tripod "don't steal my bandwidth picture".Originally Posted by madbiker555
Does it work now?
O...that's no good.Originally Posted by BostonFixed
Here are my bikes in the snow, after a 30" (75cm) snowstorm in late jan.
We have had around 3 ft of snow in the past week. I was riding in jan/feb and can't ride in the spring haha
Originally Posted by Maelstrom
Yeah, but B.C. Looks beautiful...ya need to get into cross country skiing or snowmobiling and just enjoy it, or you're bound to be miserable.
Yeah thats my own downfall. I really gotta find a winter sport I enjoy. We have enough terrain to make any season fun
If you've never been its a worthwhile trip for any kind of bike. Roadies have 100's of km's of stunning roads to ride. The sites would be awesome for sure.
Higher ground for the apocalypse!
We want more snow, ski season isn't over yet! (never really got started)
Those voices in your head aren't real, but they have some great ideas
It started a week ago
I WISH I could get snow. God I love it! Gotta travel 5 hours to get to it, and then there is only about 1month of good stuff. I dont get how some people cant love snow, its just so...snowy!
I hate snow with a passion, no riding and it's usually -20c when there is snow. I can sometimes build snow jumps but they always get destroyed. When we get snow in December it seems nice but after a month and a half , you start to hate it...a lot.
Well Like I said, about 1month when it is cold enough to snow, so that 1month a year of snow, and its sort of exiting in Autumn waiting for it. I probalby would get a bit sik of it, but I ski a lot and I dont like hot temps that much so its just right for me . God our lowest in the resorts would have to be like -9 at the max for min temps in a year. Anyway winter is fast approaching . Going up to a resort in 2 days so you never know, we might be lucky.
Wow thats awful. Probably a foot of snow has melted in the past week, its great . THe ground is like a swamp out there but hey im getting new tires to cope with that
"So Austrailia is backwards land? The hamburgers eat people and the birds swim."-Homer Simpson You just finished Summer? Man it must have been warm.Originally Posted by blue_neon
that looks horrible. i guess i have no right to complain...since it's only chilly\windy here.
Ya summers gone...i'm glad. Winter is near...Originally Posted by madbiker555
Summer wasn't all that hot this time in Melbourne. I think it reached 39 degrees one day, then was just in the low 30's and mid 20's. I can't wait till Winter, i really want to ski.
What's the lowest winter temp in Northern Austrailia? Itsn't still warmish there? I hate really hot summers, too much pollution=me choking to breath, which= no biking . Low 30's and mid 20's sounds good to me!Originally Posted by sS-bEn


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It is hard to fathom but, despite an almost 30% increase in overall weight (from 414,100 lbs to 530,100 lbs), the new Mikado delivered the same tractive effort (53,355 lbs) as the original Consolidation and, like #1318, this coal burner has a 50.3 sq ft grate, 26" x 30" cylinders and 63" drivers. It also operated at a boiler pressure of 195 psi.
The original 1300s were assigned to freight runs on Frisco's Eastern Division, from Springfield to Monett, MO, as well as the Southern Division, Springfield to Thayer, MO. The rebuilt 1300s worked on the River Division between St. Louis, MO, and Memphis, TN, as well as the Southern Division from Amory, MS, to Pensacola. The Frisco donated #1355 to the City of Pensacola in 1957.
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#1355 hauled heavy freight on Frisco's River Division until June 1948, when it transferred to the Southern Division. Four years later, after a forty years in service as both a Consolidation and Mikado, having clocked up over 1,000,000 operating miles, the locomotive was retired and placed in storage in Memphis, TN.
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After taking a few rides over the past week I believe my back or leg,
which ever was injured, has finally healed. (well mostly anyway)
So now Im back to commuting back and forth by bike. Working
12.5 hr. shifts at this time of the year Im riding in the dark both directions
on the day shift and on the ride home during the night shift.
Yesterday I was informed at work that I really shouldnt ride my bike
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Life, Art and the Word
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What is Art ? It is the mirror to life.
Primitive art thus has certain characteristics that mirror the culture of the artist. In May or June 1907, Picasso experienced a "revelation" while viewing African art at the ethnographic museum at Palais du Trocadéro. Picasso's discovery of African art influenced the style of his painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (begun in May 1907 and reworked in July of that year.) In the early 20th century African artifacts were being brought back to Paris museums in consequence of the expansion of the French empire into Africa. The press was abuzz with exaggerated stories of cannibalism and exotic tales about the African kingdom of Dahomey. It was in this climate of African interest that Picasso would look towards African artifacts as inspiration for some of his work and it makes no difference that he was an outsider reinventing artistic impulses of his life and the times into art. It is recognizable and and the life of a nameless primitive artist is interpreted according to canons of art. Whereas in the hands of Joseph Conrad the African interest would focus altogether on the mistreatment of Africans in the Belgian Congo. Heart of Darkness is a literary work of exceptional quality that can transcend the narrow boundaries of time and place to be equally at home in another time and place. Francis Coppola set it in Vietnam with equal success and called it Apocalypse now.
Art as the mirror of life. This is what Art can achieve. It gives life thousand faces and the mirror is telling the truth each time. Only that the beholder need to remember the emphasis is laid in each case differently. Truth is absolute and only God can define what it is. So let us not assume to know what it is.
When Patriarch Jacob wrestled with angel or saw a ladder reaching heavewards we need to accept Truth is set in a certain form that does not vitiate the narrative or the underlying veracity. Does it touch some familiar chord in you? If you have in your life wrestled with good impulses with all the might and sought a blessing from the Highest the story of Jacob cannot remain alien to you. It does not mean if you succeeded or not. The Scriptures holds up the mirror to your life so as to elicit certain feelings in you. When you respond to it in a positive manner the Word has achieved its purpose.
According to Moslem tradition Prophet Mohammad was carried at night by a fabled beast Al-Buraq to the presence of Angel Gabriel. We need to remember that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction simply because we have no way of knowing Truth in its perfection. Art as I said earlier gives Truth a human tongue. It is thus we get the best out of the Word. For that matter how is that we have the Hand of Fatima in many versions ranging from Egyptian, Hebrew and Christian traditions? It is life given a certain symbol naming it as good omen or charm and so on. It is to be treated as such and not make undue fuss over it. Instead some silly fellows want to impose their own nonsense as truth. They pose as the Watch and Ward staff for God. Among Jews and Moslems alike there are those who want to make worshippers think in the way they think. What makes them think they know the truth? Wahhabism would try hard to make Islam 'pure' but would require plenty of money to stuff down the throats to make it digestable! In sacred and secular art also you find such misguided fellows. Shakespeare had been bowdlerized by some and yet Shakespeare lives on preeminent above such ignoble souls.
For me art must serve life. When we see Truth in its perfection words of human artifice shall fail since we ourselves shall be part of that Absolute quality.
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Posted in religion,, tagged heretical, Salafism, Sayyed Qutb, the Muslim Brotherhood, wahhabism on November 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Wahhabism is a religious movement developed by an 18th century Muslim theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792) from Najd, Saudi Arabia. He advocated purging Islam of what he considered to be impurities and innovations. Wahhabism is the dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia. Abd-al-Wahhab was influenced by the writings of Ibn Taymiyya and questioned classical interpretations of Islam, claiming to rely on the Qur'an and the Hadith. He attacked a "perceived moral decline and political weakness" in the Arabian Peninsula and condemned what he perceived as idolatry, the popular cult of saints, and shrine and tomb visitation. Wahhabism is often used interchangeably with Salafism. They are considered ultra conservative and heretical by their detractors.
The Wahhabi teachings disapprove of veneration of the historical sites associated with early Islam, on the grounds that only God should be worshipped and that veneration of sites associated with mortals leads to idolatry. Many buildings associated with early Islam, including mazaar, mausoleums and other artifacts have been destroyed in Saudi Arabia by Wahhabis from early 19th century through the present day.
According to Riadh Sidaoui it is an Islamic doctrine which is based on the historical alliance between the political and financial power represented by Ibn Saud and the religious authority represented by Abdul Al-Wahhab, the doctrine continues to exist to this day thanks to this alliance, the financing of several religious channels and the formation of several sheikhs. Perhaps in not so distant future it will be seen how this purportedly charitable institutions bankrolled the recruits who were sent from third world,- from Malappuram District in Kerala to Malaysia, to support the Jihadist elements in the Afghanistan. Their covert mission was nothing less than bringing down the financial might of the USA.
International influence and propagation
According to observers such as Gilles Kepel, Wahhabism gained considerable influence in the Islamic world following a tripling in the price of oil in the mid-1970s and the progressive takeover of Saudi Aramco in the 1974-1980 period. The Saudi government began to spend tens of billions of dollars throughout the Islamic world to promote Wahhabism, which was sometimes referred to as "petro-Islam." According to the documentary called The Qur'an aired in the UK, presenter Antony Thomas suggested the figure may be "upward of $100 billion".
Does money corrupt? The Saudis have spent at least $87 billion propagating Wahhabism abroad which goes under the guise of charity. Some of the hundreds of thousands of non-Saudis who live in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf are recipients of its largesse and the fervent converts to Petro-Islam and are intended as carriers of their message.
What connection, if any, there is between Wahhabism and Jihadi Salafis is disputed. Natana De Long-Bas, senior research assistant at the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, argues: the militant Islam of Osama bin Laden did not have its origins in the teachings of Ibn Abd-al-Wahhab and was not representative of Wahhabi Islam as it is practiced in contemporary Saudi Arabia, yet for the media it came to define Wahhabi Islam..' (note: . Karen Armstrong, former US "emissary" to Islam, states that Osama bin Laden, like most extremists, followed the ideology of Sayyid Qutb, not "Wahhabism")
Noah Feldman distinguishes between what he calls the "deeply conservative" Wahhabis and what he calls the "followers of political Islam in the 1980s and 1990s," such as Egyptian Islamic Jihad and later Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. While Saudi Wahhabis were "the largest funders of local Muslim Brotherhood chapters and other hard-line Islamists" during this time, they opposed jihadi resistance to Muslim governments and assassination of Muslim leaders.' By the same token it could be argued that wahhabism of Ibn Saud family did not forbid if global Jihad were set in motion against the Christian west.


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The Mariners went down 1-2-3 in the top of the first inning as fielding extraordinaire Kadin Matotek handled a Jeremy Cohen pop-out and tossed a Colin Curran grounder to First Baseman Michael Costello. The Angels bats came calling in the bottom of the first as all eight of their first batters got hits, including doubles by Kadin and Alex Pak. Five runs came across the plate to start the game at 5-0 Angels.
In the top of the second, the Mariners reached base twice on singles by sluggers Caden Paukstis and Shane Hall, but would fall prey to more Angels defense as Kadin M and Alex P would toss two more outs to Michael C. at 1st. In the bottom of the second, the Angels would add another four runs off of six hits, including a single by Sam Kleinman scoring Alex Maillie and a key double by Rowan Degnan that drove in three runs in Jake Maillie, Isabella Mingioni and Sam K.. However, the Mariners showed their own skill as Third Baseman Jeremy Cohen nabbed an Alex Pak line drive for an out, tagging his base for a force of Rowan D., ending the inning with a major-league-worthy double play. Score at the end of two was 9-0 Angels.
The Mariners collected two more hits in the top of the third, led by Andrew Lyon and Emma Curran. Following two strikeouts, Jeremy Cohen hit a speedy grounder towards the first baseline that was nabbed by Michael Costello to retire the side, halting the Mariners from capitalizing with two runners on base. In the bottom of the third, the Angels managed to score one run as Dylan Colvin crossed the plate courtesy of a Damian Carr single. The Mariners' defense took over, with Pitcher Ethan Smith catching a Michael Costello pop-up for the first out and Smith connecting with 1B Jerry Wilson to get Alex Maillie out to end the inning. After three, it was 10-0 Angels.
In the top of the fourth inning, the Mariners came out smashing as they collected three runs on four hits in the inning. Jerry Wilson scored the team's first run off a Caden Paukstis RBI single. After Noah Griffith advanced the runners with a nice double, Andrew Lyon would bring two home with a key single. First Baseman Alex Pak would, however, contain the damage with two force-out grounders at 1B en route to closing out the inning. In the bottom of the fourth, the Mariners kept the Angels in check with a 1-2-3 inning including another combination from P Ethan Smith to 1B Jerry Wilson, this time collecting off a Jake Maillie grounder down the middle. Score after four was 10-3 Angels.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Mariners continued to build to their score, adding three more runs off of five hits. Colin Bramley started the inning with a single and would advance to third on a Jeremy Cohen double. Jerry Wilson hit a single that scored Bramley while Cohen would cross home plate off a Shane Hall single. After Ethan Smith hit a groundout to 1B Alex Pak, Caden Paukstis struck gold again, hitting another single and scoring teammate Jerry Wilson to cut the score to 10-6. While Noah Griffin would fly-out to Pitcher Dylan Colvin, the Mariners made it clear they came out to play serious baseball.
The Angels responded in the bottom of the fifth with a rally of their own. After a Rowan Degnan flyout to Pitcher Ethan Smith, Kadin Matotek and Alex Pak singled to get on base. Kadin scored on a Michael Costello single. With two on base and one out, Dylan Colvin launched a ball to the outfield as Alex and Michael rushed around the bases. Colvin's hit proved to be big one as it turned into a three run homerun, upping the score to 14-6. After a few singles by Sam Pietrzak and Damien Carr, the Mariners would end the inning as 3B Jeremy Cohen snagged an Alex Maillie grounder, securing a 3B force out of Sam P. to end the inning.
With the score now 14-6 Angels, the game entered the sixth and final inning of play, one known to all for the opportunity of scoring unlimited runs per CL rules. With fans, families, coaches and players feeling the pressure, the electricity at Continental Field could have lit the parking lot of Springton Lake Middle School for a month. Andrew Lyon led off for the Mariners, hitting a speedy grounder towards third base, however, the Angels' Michael Costello grabbed it and launched a bullet of a throw to Alex Pak to nab the first out while gaining some wild cheers of the fans in the stands along the first baseline. After a strikeout for out #2, Colin Bramley hit a ball in the same location as Andrew, this time, beating out Michael C's toss by a hair. Colin Curran was up next; with two hits, he collected a single to advance Bramley to second. With two outs, big bat Jeremy Cohen was the man at the plate charged with a crucial rally. While Jeremy made a connection that headed in the direction of second base, Pitcher Dylan Colvin positioned himself in the right location. In an ironic connection three years in the making, Dylan C. snagged the ball, tossing it to his fellow third-year teammate Michael Costello at 3B, ending the game and starting the party. The Angels players, coaches and fans erupted as hats and gloves went flying into the air to celebrate the victory of the newly crowned champions.
Calling the game was Jim Cawley of the Rays at the pitching machine, Jim Rogers of the Dodgers along the first base line and Brad Zilch of the Brewers along the third base line. The Angels and Mariners thank Jim, Brad and Jim for calling such a crucial game straight down the middle.
Following a game ending handshake and team victory lap around the field, Coach Bob Colvin made good on an early season promise to Kadin Matotek by dancing to Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping," joined by several Angels showing off their breakdancing skills. The game had special meaning to one Sam Kleinman, as his teammates were able to deliver a special gift of a Championship on his seventh birthday. The Kleinman family reciprocated by breaking out special Red & White "baseball cupcakes" to Celebrate Super Sam's 7th as well as the team's title.
That evening, many of the Angels made the trip to Wilmington DE to watch the Blue Rocks in action, where they were recognized on the field prior to the game for their accomplishments this season. In addition, the Angels earned a round of applause and respect from the eventual National League Champion Ahletics led by Manager Tom Scanlon, who made a point to openly congratulate the Angels prior to the game for their Title. The Angels congratulate their fellow MLL champions for a much accomplished season.
With the season complete and the Angels winning it all, this writer (Dan Costello) felt that the last write-up of the year wouldn't be complete without giving a nod to each member of the team. Therefore, we congratulate our Rose Tree Fire Company ANGELS one by one:
#1 Alex Pak – "A-Pak", as the team affectionately calls him, was a speedster on the field and along the basepaths. Alex was a co-leader on the team in extra base hits and proved to be ever-dependable on the field with his glove. Alex is moving on to represent the Angels and MLL as a member of the 7-year-old All-Star team this summer.
#2 "Super" Sam Kleinman – A passionate student of the game, Sam withstood several practice-relate injuries to become the blossoming fielder and hitter many expected to see this season. His attention to detail and instruction complemented his instinctual play. Few will forget Sam's impressive RBI double on April 28, 2012 versus the Rays
#3 "Amazin' " Alex Maillie – A second-year Angel, Alex exuded confidence each time he came to bat, running off an impressive streak of hits towards the second half of the season. His skills behind the plate as catcher and along the left side of the infield will continue to improve as he becomes a force in future little league play.
#4 "Jammin'" Jake Maillie – Another second-year Angel, Jake grew to become a wizard with the glove, catching everything from flyballs to line drives and grounders and making outs a regular part of his daily play. His bat started catching on towards the end as he was consistently rounding the basepaths, cashing in on RBI's and scoring runs for the Banana Warriors.
#5 Michael "Byrdman" Byrd – With a consistent bat and the speed to boot, Michael was a regular around the basepath circuit. His rifle of an arm will have many throughout MLL taking notice in upcoming seasons.
#6 "Monster" Michael Costello – A power hitter in 2012 humbled by an ankle injury, Michael became the team's defensive center with his steady glove at First Base. Few, however, will forget his lighting putouts from 3rd base in the regular season as well as the championship game. Michael leaves after a two-year stint with the mighty Angels a better player for his experience and appreciative of his coaches and teammates. Michael will move on to a second year of post-season play, Representing Media Little League as a part of its 8-year-old All Star Team.
#7 "Captain Doubles" Joshua Emery – a second year CL veteran, Joshua goes down as one of the best free agent pickups in CL history. His skills around the diamond, including his work at first base were always key to making steady out of opponents hitting. And while he had some minor troubles with his bat early on, he found his way through them in the second half of the season, reminding everyone of why we call him 'Captain Doubles' throughout the playoffs!
#8 "Izzy-B' Isabella Mingioni – a Mingioni/Angels legacy, Isabella was one of our consistent players in the field for her quick field and throw action to end plays quickly. Most exciting was her batting, where, after finding her swing, Isabella went on a tear, going through several games at the end of the season without a strikeout!
#9 Sam "The Punisher" Pietrzak – Despite missing a two-week period with the team, allegedly saving the world from utter doom, Sam came along this season, developing a good glove, sharp instincts and a consistent bat from the left side of the plate. An engaging player with a love for the game, Sam will undoubtedly be in demand as the 2013 season approaches.
#10 "DC" Dylan Colvin – A second-year vet of the Angels Franchise and third year member of "Team Colvin", Dylan's glove and fielding instincts shined again in 2012 as they did in 2011. It was his bat that came alive in 2012 as he led the team with RBI's and shared the lead in multiple base hits. Dylan is moving on to proudly represent Media Little League this Summer as a part of its 7 year-old all-Star team.
#11 Rowan "The Ram" Degnan – One of the team's youngest players, Rowan showed early that he could keep up with his older teammates by way of his glove, bat, and 'can-do' attitude. A consistent hitter with a penchant for not knowing the meaning of the word "Strikeout", Rowan was elevated to the leadoff spot midway through the season, rewarding the team with leadoff hits and runs in every game since. Rowan will undoubtedly become a leader on whatever team he plays for in 2013.
#12 'The Great Dane" Damian Carr – A second-year Angel and third year member of the "Coach Colvin" dynasty, Damian and his legendary wooden bat would garner the attention and affection of coaches and fans throughout the Continental League who would anticipate to hear that glorious sound of wood hitting leather everytime Damian crushed a ball to left or centerfield.
#13 "Kid Dynamite" Kadin Matotek – Arguably the heart & soul of the team, Kadin was a consistent star both on the field and in the batter's box. His glovework, whether at pitcher, short or third, regularly resulted in quick throws to the first baseman's glove in time for critical outs. His Bat was feared as he was among the team leaders in average, RBI's and extra base hits, striking out once the entire season. Before moving on to the National league in 2013, Kadin will proudly represent the Angels and Media Little League as a member of its 8-year-old All-Star team.
Caden Paukstis 3 for 3, 2RBI, 1R
Jerry Wilson 2 for 3, 1RBI, 2R
Shane Hall 2 for 3, 1RBI
Andrew Lyon 2 for 3, 2RBI
Colin Bramley 2 for 4, 1R
Noah Griffin 1 for 3, 1-2B, 1R
Jeremy Cohen 1 for 4, 1-2B, 1R
Dylan Colvin 3 for 3, 1-HR, 4RBI, 3R
Joshua Emery 3 for 3
Sam Pietrzak 3 for 3, 1RBI
Damian Carr 3 for 3, 2RBI
Kadin Matotek 3 for 3, 1-2B, 2R
Rowan Degnan 2 for 3, 1-2B, 3RBI, 1R
Alex Pak 2 for 3, 1-2B, 2RBI, 2R
Michael Costello 2 for 3, 1RBI, 2R
Sam Kleinman 1 for 2, 1RBI, 1R
Jake Maillie 1 for 2, 1R
Isabella Mingioni 1 for 2, 1R
Alex Maillie 1 for 3, 1R
Fourth Inning – 3 Runs
#1 Jerry Wilson (Caden Paukstis 1B)
#2 Caden Paukstis (Andrew Lyon 1B)
#3 Noah Griffin (Andrew Lyon 1B)
Fifth Inning – 3 Runs
#4 Colin Bramley (Jerry Wilson 1B)
#5 Jeremy Cohen (Shane Hall 1B)
#6 Jerry Wilson (Caden Paukstis 1B)
First Inning – 5 Runs
#1 Rowan Degnan (Alex Pak 2B)
#2 Kadin Matotek (Alex Pak 2B)
#3 Alex Pak (Dylan Colvin 1B)
#4 Michael Costello (Sam Pietrzak 1B)
#5 Dylan Colvin (Damian Carr 1B)
Second Inning – 4 Runs
#6 Alex Maillie (Sam Kleinman 1B)
#7 Jake Maillie (Rowan Degnan 2B)
#8 Isabella Mingioni (Rowan Degnan 2B)
#9 Sam Kleinman (Rowan Degnan 2B)
Third Inning – 1 Run
#10 Dylan Colvin (Damian Carr 1B)
Fifth Inning – 4 runs
#11 Kadin Matotek (Michael Costello 1B)
#12 Alex Pak (Dylan Colvin HR)
#13 Michael Costello (Dylan Colvin HR)
#14 Dylan Colvin (Dylan Colvin HR)


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It's Easy To Blame The Canadians For HealthCare.gov Problems
President Obama is putting former CEO Jeff Zients in charge of the "tech surge" — the administration's emergency effort to fix the Web portal at the heart of the federal government's new health care market. But what about the contractors that built the system? What's their responsibility?
You may have never heard of CGI, but it's the Canadian information technology company that had the biggest piece of the project. In its hometown of Montreal, it's a big deal.
The company "got started a number of years ago with a couple of guys from Quebec City who didn't even speak English," says Karl Moore, a business professor at Montreal's McGill University who knows the company well.
"They've gone from those humble roots, moved to Montreal, and then started to grow. And they grew a lot through acquisition," he says.
CGI is now Canada's biggest tech company, and it sells IT services around the world. Moore says the company has a good reputation. But there have been some problems. Just last year, the province of Ontario fired CGI for failing to deliver a health care-related IT project on time.
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Some in Washington now wonder whether CGI's U.S. subsidiary, CGI Federal, deserves blame for fumbling on the Obamacare project.
"I think that's grossly unfair. I think they're a victim of their circumstances," says Sanjiv Augustine, president of LitheSpeed LLC, a training and software development company in Washington.
He says federal rules require projects to be divvied up among too many contractors — in this case, 54 other companies besides CGI. The idea is to spread the wealth and avoid overcharging. But, he says, it's no way to build software.
"What folks attempt to do is to use the same model ... to build a cruise missile and to develop a smaller software system," Augustine says. "And it just doesn't work."
He says software is best designed by small teams, and unlike a cruise missile, the whole project doesn't need to be ready at the same time. It's easier to put up a Web portal in stages — that's what happened in Colorado.
Cammie Blais is the chief financial officer for that state's health insurance market, which went online at the same time that the federal one did, on Oct. 1.
"We knew that there would be some things that would be delayed in rolling out," Blais says. "There would be some enhancements — some customer decision tools — that we would actually not be able to do until after 'go-live.' "
Blais says there were only about eight contractors working on Colorado's system, and one company was clearly in charge. That company was another subsidiary of CGI.
"We trusted them to manage the other technology vendors that they were integrating, and we worked in a close partnership with them," Blais says.
That's in contrast with the development of the federal website, where no single contractor was in charge.
CGI Federal wouldn't give NPR an interview, but in an email, a spokesperson said the company was not the "lead" contractor. In fact, he said, none of the companies was the lead, and none was capable of testing the system end-to-end. That responsibility was left to the government.
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40% of Scots believe they're good without god. That's the official number of people who are non-religious in Scotland.
But the HSS believes that number is wrong.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Faith and Belief estimates the true figure as 66%.
That's two-thirds of the Scottish population.
This is important, because Government policy in many areas is based on what the Census tells them about religious belief.
We want the government to know what you really believe.
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Parmesan Onion Wedges Recipe
"I like to substitute these soft, oniony wedges for Italian bread when I serve spaghetti," writes Diane. "They're also the perfect accompaniment to soup or salad."
- 2 cups biscuit/baking mix
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1. In a small bowl, stir biscuit mix and milk just until moistened. Turn onto a floured surface; gently knead 6-8 times. Roll out to an 11-in. circle; transfer to a greased 12-in. pizza pan. Build up edges slightly.
- 2. Combine the cheese, onion and mayonnaise; spread over dough. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning.
- 3. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cut into wedges; serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 slice equals 259 calories, 17 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 11 mg cholesterol, 532 mg sodium, 22 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.
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Gaspard has requested a Kiva loan via Vision Finance Company in order to expand his agriculture business by cultivating more rice to sell. If there are profits, he will be able to save for his future, and he will be able to renovate his house.
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This loan helps support farmers in rural communities in Rwanda. The loan, which is available to both individuals and groups, is repaid in full at the end of the loan term, allowing borrowers to repay only after crops are harvested or livestock are sold. About 85% of Rwandans are employed in agriculture, but many formal financial institutions consider the sector to be too risky. VFC is one of very few financial institutions serving farmers and offering agricultural products that work with local harvest cycles. VFC also offers training on increasing crop yield and helps farming cooperatives access better agricultural inputs. By supporting this loan, you are helping rural Rwandan farmers improve their crop yield and ability to support their families.
About VisionFund RwandaVisionFund Rwanda (VFR), is the microfinance subsidiary of World Vision and is one of the largest microfinance institutions serving rural underprivileged communities in Rwanda, many of which do not have access to formal financial services.
VFR serves people and communities that are economically productive but low-income, especially in very rural areas. This includes small business owners and salary earners who are looking for opportunities to provide better lives for their families and a promising future for their children.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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- Repayment Term
- 6 months (Additional Information)
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- Nov 16, 2012
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