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Outlook: 10 Things I Hate About Health-Care Reform
Tuesday, September 8, 2009; 2:00 PM
Arthur Feldman, cardiologist and chair of the Department of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, was online Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 2 p.m. ET to discuss his Outlook article titled "10 Things I Hate About Health-Care Reform."
Feldman is the author of "Pursuing Excellence in Healthcare: Preserving America's Academic Medical Centers."
Arthur Feldman: Good afternoon. This is Arthur Feldman. I appreciate your joining me to talk about health care reform and my recent article in the Washington Post Outlook section.
Frostburg, Md.: Will quality of care decline with universal health care and will individuals have to wait longer to see a physician?
Arthur Feldman: This is a difficult question to answer. I think physicians are concerned that care might decline if hospitals don't have the necessary support for infrastructure.
Washington, D.C.: Dr. Feldman,
What kinds of regulations would you like to see for the insurance industry?
Are the problems with private insurers comparable to those with Medicare? Does Medicare have fewer, more, or different problems with respect to patient care and administrative paperwork?
If you could financially sustain your practice on exclusively Medicare patients or exclusively private insurance patients, which would you choose?
Arthur Feldman: For one thing I would like to see people be able to buy insurance across state lines. I would like to know what the administrative costs are for the insurance industry and not just what the costs for care are. And, I would like to understand why the insurance industry reimburses hospitals in different states and even in the same city at substantially different levels for the same service. Private insurers pay more than Medicare - but are more difficult to deal with because they are more likely to deny a patient coverage.
Athens, Greece: You still don't explain how they can deliver care in Europe, for less, with better results on longevity and with about comparable satisfaction (complaints exist but are just as bad as in the U.S.). One observation I have from having been a consumer of state care in a place as poor as Greece is that for instance hospitals are not the palaces that I found in the U.S. Mind you if you want a palace type hospital you can still find it. The public option in Europe still allows the well off to afford the luxury treatments they want at 10 times the cost. One does not exclude the other.
Arthur Feldman: Europe is very different. For one thing, European governments have certificate of need laws which many states in the US do not. As a result high technology and expensive care is centered at central hospitals. As a result these hospitals do more and are better at doing it. An example is bypass surgery. In the US there are numerous small hospitals that perform bypass surgery at high cost because their level of reimbursement can't meet fixed costs of equipment nurses, etc. In Europe, bypass surgery is done in centralized centers of excellence.
Rockville, Md.: The Post has a terrific article today about "recission," which I think is really the most important issue. How do we keep the incentives of a capitalistic-based system, without denying coverage to the money-losers:
1. Those who can't afford insurance 2. Those with pre-existing or chronic conditions
Is there any foreign model that does this well, without resorting to Canadian/British-style rationing?
washingtonpost.com: When Your Insurer Says You're No Longer Covered (Post, Sept. 8)
Arthur Feldman: Your question raises the really tough issue. I think we need to put the best minds in the country together to figure out the economics of health care - keeping in mind that the patient comes first. There are a thousand moving parts that unfortunately have been studied in the back halls of congress and behind closed doors in the White House without the opportunity for anyone except lobbyists to weigh in
Tucson, Ariz.: Can tort reform help solve the escalating cost of health care? Why haven't the AMA spend the money necessary to put controls or caps on malpractice suits?
Arthur Feldman: We must have tort reform Doctors have become cynical because everyone is asking them to reign in costs - but no one is looking at the costs of an absence of tort reform. In Pennsylvania 93% of graduating trainees leave the state to seek employment in states with tort reform. Today everyone is pointing to Texas where they have tort reform. I agree that Texas needs to decrease its culture of over-utilization - but that doesn't mean that the ridiculous judgments of capricious juries needs to continue everywhere else
Rockville, Md.: Is there a form that I can sign to send to Maryland's senators and representatives showing my concerns (exactly as you have expressed them)?
Arthur Feldman: I wish there was. Why not just send them the link to my Washington Post article!
Gaithersburg, Md.: I agree with many of the points made in your article. Why I agree with health reform, is that health care cannot continue the way it is. Isn't some reform better than health care continuing as is?
Arthur Feldman: I agree - we have to have health care reform. We just have to do it carefully and thoughtfully, with transparency, and with input from the individuals who are in the trenches. We also need more data and less anecdotes.
Washington, D.C.: I find the negative publicity surrounding the Canadian health-care system unproductive at best and patently false at worst. My husband is Canadian. His entire family resides in Alberta to include our son-in-law, a small business man. Without exception, no one would trade their health care (taxes and all) for ours. That's not to say their delivery system is perfect or that it could be transferred without revisions to the U.S. But there is not a wholesale exodus of Canadians to this country to access our health care.
Arthur Feldman: You ought to speak with hospital administrators in Detroit - they see a lot of business from Canada! That having been said there are pieces of the Canadian system that are good - but care is clearly rationed. You can't get an MRI in two days or bypass surgery the following week - and like in Europe - the wealthy can bypass the system by seeing their "private doctors"
washingtonpost.com: 10 Things I Hate About Health-Care Reform (Post, Sept. 6)
Asheville, N.C.: At what speed and in what increments would you revise or enhance health care?
Arthur Feldman: I think its a step by step process. I would begin with tort reform because it is low hanging fruit - and then move on to controlling health insurance companies - making them accountable for their expenses, ensuring true competition by allowing individuals to purchase insurance from other states, insuring that they support research into cost effectiveness, and mandating that they not cancel patients when they become sick.
Baltimore, Md.: As a 2nd year medical student, I am very invested in this debate and this health-care bill. Do you know if the things that you and scores of people are saying are making a difference? It seems there is great, substance input out there about this bill coming from the private sector, but are Congress and President Obama even listening?
Arthur Feldman: Regrettably I'm not sure that anyone in Washington is listening to us physicians - they are certainly listening to the lobbyists from industry and the legal profession.
Washington, D.C.: Reading your Op-Ed piece, one might get the impression physicians are underpaid. However, aren't American physicians the highest paid in the world? Given outcomes are largely no better, or in some cases worse, than outcomes in countries that pay doctors less, how can you demand citizens (via taxes and premiums) fork over more $ to pay doctors?
Arthur Feldman: I don't think that any of us believe that we are overpaid - I certainly don't. However, you must understand that Europe is very different from the U.S. Medical school is free so students don't graduate with six figure debt (average US debt for a medical student is $120,000 excluding any debt for their undergrad education), doctors do not go to undergraduate school - but go right to medical school, and post-graduate trainees are paid higher than American trainees. Thus, in Europe there is not the pressure to pursue high-paying positions at the expense of lower paying positions such as primary care as students do not have to think about how to pay off their debts.
Darnestown, Md.: Dr. Feldman - You say that tort reform needs to be included in the health-care reform process, and I agree. Are you talking about comprehensive reforms, including caps on pain and suffering (non-economic) damages such as passed in CA and TX, or other reforms? If other reforms, what are they?
Arthur Feldman: caps are one piece but I think there are other important reforms. First, cases should be reviewed by panels of judges and physicians to insure that frivolous cases don't move forward. Second, there must be federal laws that protect the ability of physicians to review their mistakes without those reviews coming in to the public domain. And, third, their must be "whistle blower" type protections from physicians who attempt to deal with impaired or unprofessional physicians.
Gaithersburg, Md.: Personally, I have a lot of trouble thinking a bunch of lawyers are going to support tort reform. You forgot to mention the numbers of Ob/Gyns who have left Ob because of the exorbitant cost of malpractice insurance.
Arthur Feldman: Your absolutely right. In our area there are only four or five hospitals that still have maternity wards. Remember that the #1 support for the DNC comes from the trial lawyers.
Dallas, Tex.: Dr. Feldman, In America no one should go broke because they got sick. I am employed full time with health coverage, however if I get sick I hope I die without hospitalization, excessive copays and deductibles -- I'll be bankrupt.
Arthur Feldman: I agree. As I said in the article I believe that every American has the right to health insurance. My concern is that we need more than just universal coverage - many parts of the system are broken and no one is focused on fixing them raising the specter that health care will get worse instead of better with the current economic system.
Uniform Documents: During the Clinton health-care reform initiative more than 20 years ago, he made a comment that I thought was interesting. He indicated that by simply having everyone using the same forms to submit for insurance claims, the system would save an extraordinarily high amount of money (tens of billions of dollars) through increased efficiency (decrease errors, etc.). Is the bureaucracy of sending in for insurance reimbursement a cumbersome process that would allow for significant savings if we were to adopt a uniform claims system?
Arthur Feldman: Your are absolutely correct. The other time consuming process is getting pre-approval for procedures. That requires an army of staff.
Olney, Md.: I am a well-compensated health-care provider with gold-plated medical insurance and the wait time for an appointment with my private sector dermatologist is 3 months. This is not unusual. I wait about 2 months to see my GYN and about a month to get in for a non-emergent appt with primary care. I'm tired of listening to how "awful" it would be if we had a public option (emphasis on the word 'option'). With all due respect Dr. Feldman, you work in academic medicine (as do I). You, of all people, should understand the needs of the disadvantaged who present themselves in the Jefferson ED. And yes, I am willing to pay more taxes than I already pay in my upper income bracket to support health care that does not discriminate and ration based on income.
Arthur Feldman: I don't disagree with you at all. My concern is that our emergency department will be overwhelmed even with the type of reform you espouse. First, the current bill will allow physicians and hospitals to opt out of a government option. That means that community hospitals will send us those patients that are either not insured or underinsured. Second, many of our ER frequent flyers are either drug or alcohol abusers, homeless, or have chronic psychiatric problems. These individuals will not have the government option or private insurance and without the funds we now receive for these types of patients (which is excluded in the bill before congress) we will have trouble making ends meet.
Silver Spring, Md.: Dr. Feldman, Thanks for your article and your chat. Just wanted to point out that you may do well to heed your own recommendation that we need more data and less anecdotes. Instead of suggesting that we gather some anecdotes from hospital administrators in Detroit, it would be good to cite data on the frequency with which Canadians seek care in the U.S. Thanks again!
Arthur Feldman: I agree completely. Data has been sorely lacking in all discussions about health care reform.
Richmond, Va.: There is one historical aspect to the delivery of medical services that I've yet to understand. And that is how did the community hospitals transition (over the past twenty years or so) to for-profit institutions?
Arthur Feldman: It happened in part when states let their certificate of needs laws sundown.
Canadian/British-style rationing? : Since nobody has infinite money, isn't it true that all health care is rationed? But in Canada and England, it is done by physicians and scientists while here it is done by insurance company employees and how much money the patient has.
Arthur Feldman: I agree. That is why many of us are so concerned that physicians have played very little role in the current health care reform debates. No one wants rationing or end-of-life care issues to be determined by anyone but their physician.
Tort reform: You make an interesting point about the inclusion of tort reform in a health-care reform effort. However, as much as I'm certain doctors would also like sensible tort reform, it seems separate, and larger, than the issue of making sure that there's someone to pick up the reasonable medical bills of the sick. After all, I bet that uninsured patients file lawsuits regarding their medical care -or lack thereof- as well.
After all, doctors aren't the only targets of indiscriminate lawsuits -- in the U.S., anyone can sue anyone else over anything. I'd hate to see universal coverage be derailed because we haven't figured out how to efficiently deter plaintiffs from making frivolous, groundless and/or delusional claims, or efficiently dispatch such claims, when filed.
In the meantime, wouldn't developing, adhering to, and possibly publicizing standard treatment protocols help reduce wasteful "defensive medicine?"
Arthur Feldman: To effectively move towards the type of health care system we want in the future - we must ask doctors to make concessions and to change some of their practice culture. It is hard for doctors not to be cynical when they see that our government is unwilling to control the legal profession and to move them into the future as well.
Herndon, Va.: What do you think the drug industry contributes to the high cost of medical care in this country and what should be done about it?
Arthur Feldman: This is an excellent question. Although we hear about the abuses of the pharmaceutical industry, experts have shown that the cost of drugs is a small fraction of the global health care costs. None the less - the cost of drugs is of great importance to patients who don't have an insurance plan that covers drug costs. This is a problem that has to be approached in a number of ways: 1) we have to reign in pharmaceutical company spending on advertisements to the public and payments to physicians; 2) we have to streamline the FDA process so that drugs get to the market quicker; 3) we need to improve the regulatory environment so that drugs can be evaluated in the US and not outside the US keeping research dollars in our own country; 4) we need to review and optimize the patent laws; and 5) we need to insure (through the FDA) that pharma is using pharmacogenomics or personalized medicine to define what patients will actually respond to a drug based on their genotype rather than getting approval for a broad base of patients.
Rice Lake, Wisc.: I am a psychiatrist in a multi-specialty group with access to state of the art technology and all that. Mental health services need even more attention. I can't tell you how heartbreaking it is not to be able to help people out who have lost their jobs, then their insurance and now are going through bankruptcy b/u health care. If fix means more taxes, well I am prepared to pay that to help others out.
Do you really believe that an incremental approach is even possible? Last time health care was attempted was many years ago. If because of well intentioned opposition from advocates like you this attempt fails, would we all be better off or worse off than how things are now?
Arthur Feldman: I think a good historical analogy is the space program. We had a young aggressive president who believed that we needed to win the race to space and made it a national priority. However, he didn't design the program nor did congress - they simply supported it with money. Then, he brought the experts together to make the thousand moving parts work. It took almost 8 years to get a man to the moon - but it was done safely and effectively. Now we have another aggressive young president who has a very well intentioned and important and imperative goal - fixing our broken health care system. What I am asking for is the same type of program- focused, driven by the experts, and free of the influences of lobbyists and private interest groups - with the primary goal of improving health care for every American
"Managed care": I have relatives who deal with health insurance companies professionally, and they cannot utter that phrase without the bile rising in their throats. They explain the insanity of the current system this way -- just because a health insurance carrier has authorized a treatment does NOT mean that the provider has agreed to pay for the treatment. Have you had similar experiences?
Arthur Feldman: My biggest challenge is trying to figure out how to treat a patient when their insurance company has denied my ability to do a test or administer a therapy.
Anonymous: Actually, I don't want my end-of-life care to be determined by my physician; I want it determined by me with the support of my physician. Hence the idea of a covered appointment with my physician to discuss those plans and ensure that he or she is comfortable seeing them through should that contingency arise.
Arthur Feldman: I don't think any physician should make end of life decisions for a patient. The important goal - and something that congress has actually gotten right - is to insure that all patients have these types of conversations with their physicians and with their families.
Washington, D.C.: Sir, I hardly think a few "hospital administrators from Detroit" seeing wealthy Canadians from north of the border constitutes a wholesale exodus of Canadians seeking care in the U.S. Yes, if you have the financial means in Canada you can see a "private physician" or even leave the country -- just like here (Concierge Health Insurance comes to mind) or like foreign dignitaries seeking care in the U.S. But unlike in the U.S., everyone else is still covered in Canada.
Arthur Feldman: you are correct - but not everyone loves the system
Rehoboth Beach, Del.: Would you support a "Peace Corps" or "Americorps"-type program aimed at newly graduated medical students whereby the government could help pay a graduate's college loan debt in exchange for pursuing needed disciplines, setting up practices in required areas, or performing services for lower for lower costs?
Arthur Feldman: I don't think it needs to be a "corp." I believe that any graduating physician who commits to practicing in an underserved area - be it rural or urban - for a period of ten years should have their tuition paid for over that period of time. Hopefully, these individuals will become members of their communities and remain there for the duration of their practice. My concern with the "peace corp" analogy is that students join the peace corp for only a short period of time.
Anonymous: Would it be better if a expert commission was formed to devise the answers and form a new plan?
Arthur Feldman: That's what I believe would be best for the American people.
Rockville, Md.: "...experts have shown that the cost of drugs is a small fraction of the global health care costs."
Yes, it's AMERICANS who pay high drug costs to subsidize the rest of the world and the pharma companies prohibit us from buying them from foreign sources.
How do we lower drug costs IN THE USA?
Arthur Feldman: better effectiveness research. we must understand whether a new drug is better than an old drug - not if it is better than a placebo. Second, most patients probably take too many drugs. We need to learn what drugs work in a particular patient - not in the population as a whole. Finally, we must lower the costs of drug development - and then we can hold pharma accountable for costs. Every part of health care must be "regulated" not just physicians and hospitals.
Olney, Md.: Sir, the question is not whether or not we ration health care in the U.S. -- we do -- based on income and insurance company profit margins. Of course this begs the question that if you are going to reimburse based on performance we have to fund the research that collects the evidence and continuously evaluates the outcomes which underlie clinical practice.
Arthur Feldman: You are absolutely right. Only recently have we begun to develop the appropriate metrics that will allow us to measure performance. I am proud to say that the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have been leaders in those efforts. We need other medical groups to follow suit.
Salt Lake City, Utah: Number 1 and 10 seem to deal with bad outcomes from bad insurance company behavior. Do you think rigorous regulation of health insurance companies would prevent these same companies from constantly lobbying the government to allow them to make more money as with Medicare Advantage (private companies administering Medicare)? On malpractice reform, Texas has it, but the costs have not been reduced and the benefits have not been seen. It seems the victimized patients have suffered more is all.
Arthur Feldman: I believe that competition is important. I actually favor a government-sponsored health plan. However, I think that we need more than just competition - we also need tight regulations. For example, there is no reason that a patient can't cross state lines to purchase their insurance - or to get their care!
Washington, D.C.: The problem with the "panel of experts" is that you then have to decide what counts as an expert. Physicians? Insurers? Government wonks? Patient advocates? And then once the panel decides, you have no guarantee that anyone will adopt the experts plan. Your panel doesn't avoid the political problems of health-care reform - it just makes them less obvious.
Arthur Feldman: There is actually a new and rapidly growing discipline of outcomes researchers that come from many academic institutions and have made outcomes research a true science. In addition, our business schools are filled with economists who focus on health care. We need a panel that is not in any way influenced by lobbyists and thus have no conflicts of interest.
Huntington, W.Va.: "What I am asking for is the same type of program -- focused, driven by the experts, and free of the influences of lobbyists and private interest groups"
One man's expert is another man's lobbyist.
Arthur Feldman: if we make some beginning steps (eg. tort reform, regulation of insurance companies, etc.) people will become less cynical and we can make serious progress
Alerxandria, Va.: I don't know how to say this politely, but you don't seem terribly well-informed about all the research on health services that has gone on at think tanks (e.g., RAND, CAP)and universities, sponsored by the government and private foundations (RWJ, KFF, Commonwealth). When you say "so many parts of the system are broken, and no one is focused on fixing them", I get the impression that you are not aware of the reams of data that have been collected regarding the operation and costs of our health care system. Also, the very well-known Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is dedicated to system reform and has achieved substantial gains.
Also, why bring up NIH? Nobody is saying it's not important, but funding of research is logically and, as far as I know, legislatively independent of funding for health services and policies governing insurance.
Arthur Feldman: Why bring up the NIH - +because the greatest changes in health care over the past three decades have come from NIH sponsored research: vaccines to protect from child-hood diseases; treatments that have made AIDS into a disease you can live with; life-saving medications for patients with an acute MI; new targeted pharmacology that markedly extends the lives of patients with some cancer, and treatments that have extended the life expectancy of a heart failure patient from 6 months to many years. Only continued research - including outcomes and comparative research - will allow us to improve the life expectancy of Americans.
Washington, D.C.: Re: "Medical Corps" option. In Vietnam physicians may apply for and if selected, they may attend a residency in France supported by the French government. In exchange they agree to work for 10 years (I think -- it may be longer) in the Vietnamese public health hospital system. They may moonlight in the private sector but in exchange for a western residency they "pay back" in the public sector. And U.K. physicians do not have their entire educations paid for.
Arthur Feldman: One of our Pennsylvania state senators brought a bill before the senate to create tuition reimbursements for any student who remained in PA and served in an underserved area after completing their training. The state legislature failed to pass the bill
Kensington, Md.: Sir:
I am glad you brought up the issue of the supply of doctors and other health-care workers. For many years, labor economists had been tracking the shortage of nurses and other assistants, and I presume that problem has grown rather than solved itself. Presumably, whatever health-care reform we have would lead to increased utilization of health care, but without a commensurate increase in medical staff, costs will necessarily rise and the entire plan will be self-defeating.
I have long advocated the government fully subsidizing the cost of medical training. But your article makes me realize that the schools themselves might be unprepared to train more MDs, nurses, and medical assistants. That in itself seems like an even bigger looming crisis than the status quo of the uninsured we face now.
Arthur Feldman: It isn't just the schools. There is a governmental cap on the number of post-graduate training spots in the U.S. This was set by the Balanced Budget Act of 1996.
D.C.: Doctors are pathetically inept and unwilling to police themselves when they are made aware of others in the medical community who commit gross malpractice. The state medical licensing boards do not adequately protect the public from these doctors and, until they do, malpractice lawsuits should not be capped. What say you to the inadequate policing doctors do amongst themselves?
Arthur Feldman: I am in total agreement. One problem is that when we try to police unruly or incompetent physicians the very lawyers that sue us for malpractice - sue us for restraint of trade or breach of contract! In addition, in some states, peer-review records are publicly accessible making it very difficult to adequately review issues of care. This is another need for tort reform. In addition, we now train our students both here and at other institutions in professionalism. This will be important in changing the culture of our future medical work force.
Arthur Feldman: I am afraid our time is up. I want to thank everyone for joining me this afternoon and discussing this critically important topic. I have found it very educational - and I hope that each of you feels the same.
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The cool thing about having a blog and making regular entries is that you have a searchable record of what happened previously. For example.. waaaaay back in 2006 when I first got the 360. I also managed to acquire... THE PORN STICK! Here's a picture of it back in 2006.
So... now that I've gotten this the other day.
It's time to dust off the old PornStick that hasn't really seen much use since 2006. Heck.. WZ has been slamming that thing around since he was born, I was worried if it's still work properly.
You might need to click on it to bring up the bigger version to see it properly, but there's definetly traces of dirt and years of neglect on the thing.... maybe even some drool. (from WZ of course) So without even thinking if it's a good idea wiping it down with alcohol I grab a baby wipe off WZ's baby bag and start scrubbing the stick.
I managed to get off the surface dust, but some of the thing has caked into the surface ridges and won't come out. But... it still works thankfully! Very well too!!! Now I just need to make WZ understand he can't torture the thing so much anymore...
So there I was after picking up my Street Fighter IV I foolishly walked into a toy shop and saw this girl, she was carrying a sign.
Asking people to join her club. And with a face like this.
How could I possibly say no as I hurriedly picked her up. This is of course Revoltech's Haruhi figure. Not to be confused with the Figma Haruhi figure.
First thing the wife ask is of course "Don't you already have one?" Well you see..
Of course there are some difference between the 2 figures, most notably of course, this being the bunny suit version. The Revoltech Haruhi is from Revoltech's Fraulein line (I got no time to type an accented a in there) which touts.. and I quote is a figure system capable of producing beautiful body lines and motion as natural as real lives.
The front lower body section (near the tummy) is not plastic but rather PVC so that it can twist and look realistic, heck it MUST be special since it gets it's own bullet point on the box! The legs also are much more normal looking compared to Figma's chicken leg style.
But one thing that I have never been able to stand about Revoltech figures is the damn stand! (Hey.. saw what I did there?)
As I mentioned before in my Ryu and Chun Li posts, the damn Revoltech stands SUCK! And this one isn't any better, it's just a straight pole up, an elbow at the top, followed by some thing that resembles a collar to hold your figure under the arm pits. I guess this is the ideal position to show off this stand.
This is just wrong in SO MANY ways.. first of all it doesn't actually GRIP the figure, you just plop the figure on the thing and hope the hook catches the figure under the elbow. Well since the hook is slightly elastic you could just make it clamp down on the side of her breasts.
Another thing which I hate about Revoltech figures is that the darn Revoltech joints have click notches on them so they aren't really freely posable. Also for this figure specifically, I find it QUITE hard to pose without the stand cause.. she's wearing heels, so the surface contact isn't a lot. And also, the bunny ears makes her head top heavy!
Gheez.. I wonder how hard it would have been for them to just make a longer segmented stand, and maybe come up with a better way of holding the figure up.. well the usual hole in the back works well! Not everyone wants to have a display case of figures standing straight up by being proped up under their elbows!
So let's have a comparison shot of the two figures.
Revoltech Haruhi is taller and the joints look err.. less weird compared to Figma Haruhi. But both are nicely crafted figures. One plus side for Revoltech Haruhi is of course the fact that.
She has some essential props included! And damn....
She's got FRIENDS coming!
And I took a few shots in RAW and then converted them to JPG after tweaking the brightness a bit. I think I forgot my monitor wasn't displaying at full brightness though, that's why everything looked dark. So via Silverlight DeepZoom you can see how's the detail on the figure.
So... now that I know I'll be using the Beliner Media Player in the car more I needed to settle how I was going to put the thing in the middle of the car so that people from both the left and right side can watch it without straining their necks too much.
So the first thing I did was the obvious one, try to hang the player in between the 2 front seats.
If only it was that easy! Because the anchor point was at the top of the player, and the strap itself is not hard, the player's own weight made it droop down. There was no way in hell this setup would be scoring any WAF (wow.. WAF actually has a Wikipedia entry!)points this way!
I realized I needed to find something to push the thing outwards, to give it a spine so it could support itself straight. I rummaged the house trying to find a piece of wood, or plastic, something that was solid yet not to inconvenient to disassemble or move around. And then I found this.
I don't even know what they call this in english, this was what I used when I was in Kemahiran Hidup classes in Form 4. How would I use this to give the player a spine? Like this.
Installation was much easier than I anticipated, just slide the T bar behind the straps! And how well does it work?
It works FANTASTICALLY well! The T bar balances the unit and makes sure it faces straight, and the ruler reaches to the ground of the car and leans against the central column causing it to support the player to look straight forward! FANASTIC!!
This setup scored BOAT LOADS of WAF points, full and whole hearted acceptance of the wife on the usage of the player in car!
I can't wait for this!
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Analysis of the Romanian Capital Market in the Context of Market Globalization
The analysis from stock exchange perspective of the period 2007-2012 emphasizes the apparent correlation of global markets, revealed by the movements in the same directions of the main mature markets. Following the contagion effect, the turbulences experienced by mature markets transferred on the emergent ones too, amongst them being Romania. The crisis on the financial markets has had important consequences on the stock exchange industry of Romania, where the weight of stock exchange capitalization in the Gross Domestic Product reduced by more than 60 percents in 2008. The extreme volatility manifested during the years following the subprime crisis, especially after 2009, favored the achievement of positive efficiency that easily surpassed 100%, but without, at the level of main indexes, the depreciation suffered in 2008 to be recovered. Financial crisis affected the consolidation process of the internal capital market, situation emphasized also by the extreme volatility, leading to efficiency of main stock exchange indexes, which are not statistically correlated in a significant manner to the efficiencz recorded on mature markets. From the analysis of the efficiency of tha BET index, the efficiencies of the indexes DJIA, S&P 500 and EUROSTOXX 50, a relative correlation of the efficiencies of BET and EUROSTOXX is observed, but instead the links to the American market being irrelevant.
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It seems like every few weeks I find myself with an opportunity to be in front of kids telling my story and offering career and even life advice. I truly enjoy having these opportunities as I believe the greatest satisfaction in life comes from helping others reach their fullest potential. Kids are our society's future, so investing time with them is time well spent in my book.
Here's what I find sad and even scary more often than not when I address them. The stuff I tell them, the things I've experienced with life and hold sacred they're often hearing for the very first time. How is it that society still teaches kids their success in life is based on their success in school and accomplishing a degree? I most certainly was not a scholar and wouldn't at all proclaim what I learned earning a college degree was the foundation of my success in my career and life. Now, maybe if I would have met my wife in a class that would be true but we met in a bar, so I digress. Some of the most intelligent and successful people I know weren't great students and some had the audacity to not even bother attending college. Yet society still predominantly preaches you need to have good grades and most certainly earn a college degree with a high GPA nonetheless to be "successful." That's so not the world as I see it and when I say it as I see it; these kids are quite literally often hearing that for the first time. Why is that, mom and dad?
Look, I want my kids to work hard and do their best at everything they do, school included. I think that's what any responsible parent wants for their kids. But everybody's best is different, which in the end is what makes the world go around. Not every kid is wired for traditional learning or testing. I loved everything about school ... except the classes. My education was filled with tutors and frustration for my parents and me. I graduated college (barely) and the only reason I went to college back in the day is it would have been sacrilegious in my family not to. I still think for many parents, not sending their kids to college is sacrilegious today. I've painted outside the lines my whole life. I argued on multiple choice question tests every chance I got with my teachers. And in general you could sum educational success by simply saying my creative right brain was constantly overshadowing my mathematical left brain, getting me into trouble. I'm not alone in any of this but damn it if that didn't then, or would now, put me on an island when it came to what society values. Why should it be this way for students when as an employer, or greater yet a human being, I know the real world doesn't work this way?!
Traditional education isn't for everyone and College is more impractical today than it's ever been, at least for learning a skill and landing a career. Agreed? Yet somehow kids don't know this and are simply told to work hard, get good grades so you can earn a spot at a prestigious school, work again to score a high GPA and ultimately land a career and be "successful." Of course all of that is still possible but I'd argue today it's much more the exception than the rule. But nobody is telling our kids that from my experience.
All I can do is speak from experience when I speak with kids. I tell them I learned more about running a business and succeeding in life from being on sports teams in high school, and joining and actually participating in a fraternity in college. Again, when I say those things, they look back at me mouths agape and proclaim they have never once heard such a thing. I might not be a rocket scientist but I do know I'm certainly not the only one who got more real world education outside the classroom than in it.
I say all of this while saying I'm not anti-education or even traditional education. In fact, I pride myself in being a lifelong learner and devour insane amounts of content to feed my curiosity. My son is an A/B student (must skip a generation). He loves science and was tops in his incoming freshman class at a private college prep high school. Unlike me or his mom for that matter, he's wired for school and most likely will attend college (and yes, we are saving for it now!) But here's at least a partial point of what I'm trying to make. When I asked him what percent of his science knowledge came from what he learned in the classroom and what came from his own studies he guesstimated it was 80/20. That is 80% self-learning and 20% classroom. An hour a day in a classroom can't supplant multiple hours a day watching YouTube clips expertly done by experts in their field. It's a bold new world out there and learning any way you want to is a huge part of that. This leads me to the final point and the main point I try and make with the students I talk with.
Success in life comes down to finding your passion and a career you can develop it in. My son is passionate about science and I'm passionate about turtles, fish, and frogs. (Guess which passion gets rewarded more in our educational system?!) I believe every good parent ultimately wants their kids to find their passion in life. Agreed? Sometimes, kids can even find that through traditional education. Mostly though, finding your passion comes from learning outside the classroom, yet somehow that's not what the majority of kids are taught. That's nuts to me! My energy and indeed my passion is to tell my story to these kids and let them know there most certainly is more than one way to find your passion and purpose in life. It's ok not to kill yourself working to master every educational discipline. You can get a C in a class and still get an A in life. Society never told me that then and it's still not telling kids that now. That's why I do!
So my fellow parents out there, tell me please, do you agree with what I'm telling these kids or not? If not, to each their own, but if so help me not to be the first one to tell these kids, your kids, the way society truly works more often than not. After all, everyone deserves to reach their fullest potential. The A students deserve to know the whole truth ... and the C students most certainly do too!


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A judge has ruled that plaintiffs can seek a deposition from Lord Browne in their case against the firm.
A BP spokesperson said: "We respect the judge's decision and are weighing the options."
The firm recently announced a complete review of its global operations following last year's Texas blast.
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Fifty-two workers instigated the federal case against BP after they were hurt in the blast.
"Primarily it will be questions regarding the budget and why in the years running up to the explosion [Lord Browne] ordered 25% budget cuts," Tony Buzbee, the plaintiff's lawyer, told Reuters news agency.
The firm, which has already settled several cases resulting from the blast, has put $1.2bn (£641m) aside to resolve legal disputes.
The ruling by District Judge Samuel Kent requires that over the next three weeks Lord Browne makes six hours of his time available to lawyers, in his London office.
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The Missouri Cattlemen's Association will host its 45th annual Missouri Cattlemen's Convention and Trade Show in Columbia Dec. 11-13. The convention will feature Cattlemen's College, sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health, and will begin the second day of the convention.
Given extreme drought conditions that Missouri farmers and ranchers have faced, MCA's Cattlemen's College will feature Kevin Good, senior market analyst for CattleFax. Good will discuss market trends and signals that will allow cattlemen to make risk management a focus in 2013. Attendees will also hear from National Cattlemen's Beef Association Executive Director of Communications Daren Williams, who will offer insight on the challenges the industry is facing from groups such as the Humane Society of the United States.
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Animal Care Program inspectors from the Missouri Department of Agriculture worked in conjunction with the Johnson County Sheriff's Department and the Humane Society of Missouri to remove animals from substandard conditions at an unlicensed facility near Garden City. More than 40 small dogs, including some Chihuahuas and Shih Tzus, were removed from the residence of Aaron Bishop in Johnson County this week.
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Almost a Pet Peeve
I blow it off, since they generally don't know what they're talking about.
Still, three people have told me this in the past week--that they love to fix people's grammar spelling, and punctuation, so they would be really good at doing my job.
It's kind of annoying. It's not like this company pulled me off the street and hired me because I can spell "misspell" and know when to use a semicolon.
It's been a long week.
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- Jammie J. said...
That is seriously annoying.
I'll bet it's those same people who would misspell my name and not even realize it. Pfft.
- June 28, 2008 at 1:04 AM
- Miz Delphi Chassis said...
People tell me that they love kids, so they would be really good at doing my job. They forget that my kids have autism and like to scream at sudden noises, bite others for no apparent reason, and play in the toilet water rather than actually go to the bathroom. It's very simple to say you can do something well when you have no freaking idea what the job actually entails.
- July 1, 2008 at 12:13 PM
- Patty said...
I would never every say that to you. I promise. And IF I wrote it to you I'd probably make some sort of punctuation or spelling error so I'll nix that idea too. ;-)
Funny thing is that whenever I've found someone else's humorous blogging typo and decide to blog about it I end up making a mistake on my own blog. Go figure.
I get this in my profession too. I try to ignore it, but it's not easy. The realtor who nearly had a fit -- she really was ticked off! -- when she heard I got paid for playing an instrument and said, "I played clarinet in high school. I should join your symphony," nearly got punched out. But I restrained myself.
- July 4, 2008 at 2:36 PM
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Where are these people coming from? I don't get it.
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While I love the Street Fighter IV series, I have long been of the belief that its single-player modes leave a bit to be desired. Even the Arcade Mode seems to lack the same "cool factor" that some past iterations had. The opening and ending cut-scenes often feel overly random, and the only special feature as you make your way to Seth, SF4's final boss, is the "Fight Your Rival!" match that offers little more than some fun in-match banter from the characters. Beyond Arcade Mode, the single-player experience essentially only extends to the obligatory Training Mode and Trials. You can participate in classic Street Fighter mini-games such as car crushing and barrel smashing as well, but their nostalgic allure only goes so far.
However, I know that most players are much more interested in fighting games given their competitive nature, and as such, developers are putting more and more focus on making sure that the overall character balance and online playability are carefully fine-tuned in effort to make head-to-head play as satisfying as possible. That is absolutely for the best, but there are still those of us who adore fighting games despite not having anyone to regularly go into Versus Mode with, an arcade to play them at, or even the time it takes to train enough to have any conceivable chance against others in online play. This is where some older home ports like that of Street Fighter Alpha 3 got it oh so right.
With a Survival Mode testing your resolve against an endless onslaught of opponents, "World Tour" Mode where you can level up your characters almost RPG-style as you take on the rest of the cast in a series of unique challenges, and the Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie-inspired "Dramatic Battle" Mode, where you battle all of the boss characters Street Fighter II style (only this time in an awesome tag-team with Ryu and Ken), there was plenty to keep you playing Alpha 3 even on your own.
Just check out this video of popular Youtube fighting game hype-master Maximilian having all the fun in the world with the Dramatic Battle Mode to see what I mean:
That kind of sheer joy is a huge part of what playing video games should be all about, right? I understand the importance of focusing mostly on the two-player, competitive side of fighting games, but I'd still really love to see a continued push towards making sure the single-player experience also retains replayability beyond brutal trophy and achievement grinding.
Despite all of this talk, I admit it may be overly Street Fighter-based. There are many other current fighters I have yet to get around to. There are so many games and yet so little time! If there are some newer games with excellent single-player options as strong as those in Street Fighter Alpha 3, be sure to hit me up about them in the comment section!


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A DEVOTED daughter, who lost her beloved dad to cancer, is taking part in a new fundraising obstacle course at Tatton Park in his name.
Susan Hart, from Knutsford, lost her dad Ian Bott to cancer of the oesophagus in 2012 and will be taking part in the North West's first ever Race for Life Pretty Muddy in his memory.
The sold-out Pretty Muddy event, which will be held at Tatton Park in June, is a new women-only, non-competitive 5k course – with mud.
Susan, who runs a small livery yard in Knutsford, said: "Working on a farm means I am well used to being surrounded by mud so it won't bother me at all – it'll be a great challenge and I think I will really enjoy it."
The mum-of-two is no stranger to Race for Life events and first took part, alongside her mum, daughters and sister, just after her dad was diagnosed with the disease.
"Taking part in Race for Life is my way of fighting back against cancer for taking my dad. I miss him every day," added Susan.
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Middle School Football Team Sets Up a Play No One Should Ever Forget [VIDEO]
What did we do before YouTube? Seriously. There must have been this giant hole out there that we couldn't see where YouTube simply wasn't. Thank God we have it now. If not, we wouldn't be able to share a remarkable story about a bunch of awesome kids from Michigan.
The Olivet Middle School football team got together and decided they were going to do something on the football field that actually wouldn't please too many people. But they didn't care. They were doing the right thing. They knew it. And they knew their fans, friends, and family–not to mention the coach–would know it all in good time.
These are some of the most mature 13- and 14-year-olds I have ever heard of in my lifetime.
They just wanted to "make someone's day, make someone happy." Man, in this day and age, when a group of young teenagers "plot" to make someone happy, you feel like there is hope after all.
The "someone" in question is Keith Orr. He's a member of the team and he has learning disabilities and boundary issues–but in a good way. He likes to hug and everyone on the team is his friend. It's such a refreshing change from all the horrible bullying stories we hear.
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I am full time single mother. I also have a full time job. I work hard at everything I do. So I need a man who works just as hard as me. I am very honest, sometimes too honest, and very independent. I have worked hard for everything I have. This means respect my stuff and I will do the same for you. I am a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl. I also dont wear make-up.
I DO NOT judge ppl by the color of thier skin. I date any race, I'm not stuck on one. With this said, my daughter is mixed with black so if this will be a problem for you, please do not waste my time.
Being a great friend.
Love funny movies, nothing scarey. Also romantic movies.
I listen to hip hop, rap, r&b, some country
I like just about any food except chinese
First I would never be able to live without my daughter, she is the reason I work so hard. She is truely my everything.
My car. Need transportation.
A job, I need to work. I can't sit at home.
And the rain. Absolutly love the rain.
Until that happens, we are enjoying life to the fullest.
That being said, I know not every guy I meet will be the one, so new friends is always a plus:)


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Mason Plumlee, Trey Burke and Doug McDermott are the leaders of ESPN's initial straw poll for 2013 Player of the Year.
Plumlee leads the poll of 63 voters with 126 points and 30 first-place votes, followed by Burke with 99 points and 13 first-place votes and McDermott with 97 points and 16 first-place votes.
Cody Zeller is a distant fourth this season.


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It is with much sadness that today we announce our intention to close the European and North American ArchLord game servers operated by Codemasters Online.
Our licence for ArchLord is due to expire shortly and unfortunately, after several weeks of negotiations with NHN, the Korean developers of the title, we have not been able to reach an agreement to renew the contract, therefore the service will be transitioning across to Webzen.
This means that Codemasters will no longer have the right to operate the service in the Western territories it currently provides service in and therefore we are obliged to shut down all associated game services before the licence expires.
The last full day of service will be 1st October, 2009. All ArchLord world servers will shut down on the morning of Friday 2nd October, UK time. Further details of how the transition of the service will be handled, will be provided closer to the time of the transition.
The purchase of credits is now no longer available to ensure all players have the opportunity to spend their remaining Chantra credits in game and use their remaining Chantra items. Likewise, the creation of new ArchLord game accounts/subscriptions is now disabled. For further information, please see our ArchLord Service Transition FAQ in the forums..
ArchLord was Codemasters Online's first free to play MMO service and we have been very proud of its development and success during its three years of existence. Over that time the service has gone from strength to strength and has one of the most passionate communities we've ever seen.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported ArchLord and those players that not only played it, but also raised an army and ruled the world in Chantra.
The Codemasters Online Team.
im sure the mass amount of farming bots are the only ones sad right now. finally this piece of crap gets what it deserves.
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The current Codemasters service will end as of October 2nd, 2009 (GST time) .
For the continuing service to the current Codematers' Archlord players,
Codemasters, NHNGames and Webzen are working very closely for the seamless transition of the Codemasters' Archlord players Database information to Webzen's Archlord service.
With Codemasters and NHNGames, Webzen will do its best to minimize any inconvenience of the Codemasters' Archlord players in continuing and enjoying the Archlord service in Webzen.com, keeping in mind that the transition will be in the best interest of the Codemasters' Archlord players.
For the detailed information about the transition
( i.g the date of service resume, the required steps guide and etc ),
Webzen Archlord support team will do its best to update you as soon as possible and
will post a comprehensive Transition FAQ on Archlord website shortly.
So, please, stay tuned to archlord.webzen.com for the service news/announcements.
Source: http://archlord.webzen.net/News/Notice/Default.aspx?iBS=208
According to the ArchLord transition FAQ posted at Codemasters' website, Webzen will be receiving all of the character data for the game, so players shouldn't have to worry about losing their hard-earned gear or experience. As a precaution, Codemasters has shut down new account generation and the game's cash store to ensure that there are no outstanding issues come October 1st.
Source: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/09/codemasters-says-goodbye-to-archlord/
I cant see the lines I used to think I could read between!!!
Andokool12 7 years ago#4
Actually I was kind of curious as to when this would happen.
Something good does come out of this, which would be the final leaving of confail and natael. Kind of worried as to what will happen with your gentlemen's lives after this, though. D:
I mean you were so addicted to hating that game you even checked it's news frequently. Reserve a bed in a psych hospital or something for safe measures.
Bye bye! :D
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Victor, lrn2read.
Man, I hate them white knights...
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Happy birthday to my brother!
He's my brother-in-law and his sister and I are divorced but he's really my brother. Happy Birthday Mike
I lived a big chunk of my life as a part of the Masiello family and through all of that, this was my best friend. We vacationed, joked, watched Giants games, I was there for the birth of his babies and him for me. Happy Birthday brother! I miss you. I'm sorry you have to have your first birthday without your dad. Now that your in SC, I can't even go to the movies with you. Michael used to pay for my movie ticket when we went to see funny movies cause he knew he would laugh harder because of how hard I laughed. I miss my niece and nephew. Kiss them for me and tell Jackie I have deportation papers for her.


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I don't take myself too seriously and I like to think that I'm enjoyable/fun to be around. I have a strong love for (almost) all things Asian. Music is a huge passion of mine and in the not so distant future I'm hoping to get back to creating some of my own. I absolutely love gaming and probably spend a bit too much time doing that.... Oh well.
I would say that I'm far from your 'average' guy, infact some might even say I'm a bit 'weird' but that's cool, I like weird people.
Movies: Lord of the Rings, Superbad, Harold and Kumar, Beerfest(if you've seen this you should definitely message me), The Hobbit, 21 Jump Street... Anything along those lines I'm sure to enjoy.
Shows: Game of Thrones, Suits, Justified, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Vikings, Rome, The Borgias and Da Vinci's Demons, Defiance plus many more.
Everyone says this but I really do listen to almost everything from metal to hip hop, country, trance, dubstep, country, classical, 90s, pop and everything inbetween.
Chinese food is what I enjoy most but also quite partial to a pizza.
Good food
New experiences
Interacting with people
Usually in the house seeing how many messages I can rack up on Skype, sometimes socialising outside with my friends with some drinks.


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The moment our fish team had been waiting for came to pass this week when Greenpeace's updated seafood sustainability scorecard 'Carting Away the Oceans', was released. We were recognized as one of the most sustainable seafood retailers in the USA!
With a score of 87%, we're the second highest scoring retailer in California (after Sacramento Natural Foods, kudos to them!) and above Safeway (65%), Whole Foods (62%) and Trader Joe's (45%). More than anything, these low scores from national retailers show us that we still have a long way to go to ensure the American public is protecting our fisheries and environment as much as needed.
More importantly, we're proud to have partnered with our guests and suppliers to improve our score by 10 percentage points from last year's score of 77%. We did this by pledging not to sell several kinds of fish that we learned weren't being caught sustainably. Even though many of our guests missed some of their favorites, they were excited to try the sustainable alternatives we found. The greatest mark of success, and the most encouraging for other retailers unsure of the economic impact on sourcing more sustainable fish options, is the fact that our seafood sales increased by 20% this past year. This is a true sign that consumers want to know where there food comes from, how it was sourced and the impact it has on the environment. One thing we know for sure, casting a wider net is not always best.
Here are some of the species we've pledged not to sell:
- Farmed salmon (both from our fresh seafood case and our house smoked salmon)
- Yellowfin tuna (our grocery team took the canned version off of our shelves, too)
- Trawl caught rock cod
Sustainable alternatives that we are excited about:
- Wild Alaskan salmon
- Albacore tuna
- Farm raised California trout
- Sardines and Squid caught locally
Part of our commitment to sustainable seafood involves partnering with FishWise, a non-profit focused on improving the sustainability of seafood retailers. They created this chart depicting how various SF retailers are doing on the spectrum:


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When author Kati Marton started digging into the files that the Hungarian secret police kept on her parents, who worked as journalists in Cold War Budapest, she discovered the extent to which the people around them in the 1940s and '50s kept tabs on her family's everyday life. Continue reading
After Warsaw-based Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus resigned over the weekend, a second Roman Catholic clergyman stepped down Monday after allegations of a collaboration with Polish communist secret police. A professor and a reporter discuss the resignations. Continue reading


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William F. "Bill" Blatt, age 93, of Alliance, died at 12:55 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at St. Joseph Care Center. He was born Dec. 28, 1919, in Moundsville, W.Va., to Aloysius and Cordelia (Shutler) Blatt.
Mr. Blatt was a milkman for 30 years, and later, a monument salesman and owner of Blatt Monument Co. A member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Maximo, Bill was on the cemetery committee.
As a lover of music, Bill was known for the Marlington Minstrels and Gee Haw shows and as a good ol' fiddler. He was a lifetime member of the Washington Ruritans. Among his many sayings, his favorite was "I've been on vacation since the day I was born."
Survivors include his two sons, Robert W. (Sherry) Blatt of Louisville and Nelson (Laurie) Blatt of Alliance; three daughters, Lenna (James) Geiselman of Louisville, Sharon (Ron) Stephen of Louisville and Martha (Rex) Rounds of Alliance; 17 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mary Margaret Walker.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, the love of his life, Margie; one son, Darrell; two brothers; and four sisters.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Maximo, with the Rev. Fr. Donald Feicht and the Rev. Fr. William Bantz co-officiating. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home.
Interment will be at St. Joseph Cemetery in Maximo.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, P.O. Box 219, Maximo, OH 44650.
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, Alliance, OH 44601. Friends may register online at www.ctcfuneral.com. (1-9-13)
My father, John Umbs, worked with Mr. Blatt at Purity Dairy. Later I puchased the gravestone for my parents from him. I remember him as a wonderful man with a great sense of humor. I know he left a positive mark on everyone he touched.
Linda Umbs Ghonim
Our sincere condolences Lenna & Jim and family. I'm remembering alot of the good times I had with you and your family.
Theresa Monter & Lawrence Wells
So sorry about your loss.....Bill was a great man and will be missed. Love to all of you!
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NFL notebook: Seahawks' Harvin ruled out
As was the case for most of the season, the Seattle Seahawks will be without wide receiver Percy Harvin for the NFC championship game.
Seattle coach Pete Carroll said after practice Friday that Harvin had not cleared league-mandated protocols for concussion testing and would not play Sunday against San Francisco. Harvin suffered a concussion in last week's playoff win over New Orleans and did not practice all week.
Harvin suffered the concussion late in the first half while jumping for a pass in the end zone and hitting his head on the turf as he was hit by New Orleans safety Malcolm Jenkins.
He was also hit earlier in that game by Rafael Bush, who was fined $21,000 for the play.
• The Titans hired Chargers assistant coach Jason Michael as their new offensive coordinator. Michael worked this past season with new coach Ken Whisenhunt in San Diego.
• Jim Haslett will remain with the Redskins as defensive coordinator, the latest in a series of expected moves under new coach Jay Gruden. The Redskins also announced Friday that Chris Foerster will stay on as offensive line coach and that Wes Phillips has been hired as tight ends coach.
• After a season of defensive struggles, Packers outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene said he is leaving the team to spend more time with his family. The former standout linebacker played for the Steelers from 1993-95.
• Browns receiver Davone Bess reportedly was arrested at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport for assaulting an officer/firefighter. He also was charged with one count of disorderly conduct and one count of resisting an officer.
• Buccaneers director of player personnel Dennis Hickey is the seventh candidate to interview for the job of general manager with the Dolphins.
• The Lions hired Teryl Austin as their next defensive coordinator. The Lions also hired Tampa Bay defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan as linebackers coach.
• Defense attorneys for Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent have rested their case in his intoxication manslaughter trial for a 2012 wreck. Brent's lawyers completed their case in one day. A defense expert said the blood tests used to argue Brent was drunk were precise but wrong. Brent faces up to 20 years in prison.


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Tom Vaughan May Chart 31 Days Of Larry
A rom-com with death on its mind
The last time director Tom Vaughan stepped behind the camera for a rom-com, it was to make the slapdash, yet successful Ashton Kutcher/Cameron Diaz spat-fest What Happens in Vegas. But if he signs on for a possible new assignment, he'll be making something altogether darker, yet still technically in the genre, with 31 Days of Larry.
Corinne Kingsbury, whose only other credit is appearing in Old School as an actress, penned the script, which finds a man ready and willing to die and the woman he seals a deal with to inherit the insurance money when he croaks.
But to allow her to get her grubby paws on the dosh, the pair has to enter into a 31-day marriage, which – surprise! – leads to them discovering that they're exactly what the other needs to feel loved and cherish life. Pass the sick bag.
This is a project that has been sitting on the shelf at Lionsgate for a couple of years now, briefly coming out of storage when Lymelife writer Derick Martini expressed an interest in making the jump to directing.
If he does agree to make the movie, we're hoping Vaughan will create something more enjoyable than his last job, Brendan Fraser/Harrison Ford true-life medical tale E**xtraordinary Measures**…