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Meet Kordale & Kaleb: A Black Gay Couple Raising Three Beautiful Kids (YOUR THOUGHTS)
Kordale and Kaleb are both loving fathers! They are also a young successful gay couple living in Atlanta, who are raising children together. Destroying all stereotypes about gay relationships, the dads are changing the way many people see blended families. A quick peek at their Instagram and Facebook pages, show a normal family with two loving dads who help their kids with homework, see them off to school, and shower them with all the love they need.
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This week, the guys updated their Instagram with a photo of themselves tackling their daughters' hair while getting them prepared for school. They wrote:
Being fathers is getting our daughters up at 5:30 am making breakfast getting them dressed for school and putting them on the bus by 6:30 .This is a typical day in our household . It's not easy but we enjoy every moment and every minute of #fatherhood . #proudfathers#blackfathers#prouddads#gaydads
In an interview with http://www.blogtalkradio.com/themcgirt/2013/11/08/empowerment-4-today" rel="nofollow - BlogTalkRadio last year, the guys discussed what it was like as a gay couple raising kids together, as well as the example they want to set.
Check out a few highlights:
Kaleb: We live in a five-bedroom home. We have three beautiful children. There's a room for Kordale. There's a room for Kaleb and there's a room for each individual child. The oldest child says, "Kaleb, you're my daddy's best, best, best best friend in the whole wide world." I say that meaning the kids do not know that we are in a relationship. We don't portray that image in front of the kids because we don't want to put them in the mindset of being gay and that's what you're going to be because we are gay.
We want them to make their own decisions with whomever it is they choose to be with, no judgment. If our daughters decided that they want to be gay when they get older, my blessings. If they want to be straight, my blessings, and the same thing with our son. We're not pushing them to be just like us. Truthfully, let them tell it they all have boyfriends and girlfriends. It's so cute to hear them talk about it.
Their mother has a way that she's raising them and we have a way that we raise them. We collectively come together as one unit as how we raise our children. The bond that we have with one another as parents is awesome. People are going to talk. It is what it is. We know what we do in this household and how we raise these children. They call me 'Pops' and they call their father [Kordale] 'Dad.'
On day to day challenges in the life
Kaleb: Kordale and I are very much monogamous and we do not partake in anything outside of our relationship. We make an honest living. It's just crazy to hear some of the things that people say. It's crazy to see how hateful people can be in regards to our lifestyle. I read some things about us and it's kind of sad. It doesn't hurt because when you put life to be seen in the open and for people to have an opinion, you can only do one thing and respect that opinion.
As long as they're aren't disrespecting me and my family to our face then I don't have a problem with it because you're entitled to your opinion. To clear the air, coming from the horse's mouth, he and I love one another. We're just like any other couple, well most other couples, we partake in monogamous activities.
Kordale: The stuff that I see is mainly how people react to us in public toward us. We meet people who are scared of us. They wonder. We get a lot of negative comments mainly from females. A man will say something but it's more so on the Internet or we overhear them. It's crazy because even when I was a heterosexual I never looked at any sex, gender or sexes and said anything. I wasn't raised like that. Just because we are gay, we have kids and we take care of our kids. We do a good job taking care of our kids. We love the mothers of our kids too and people say negative things. It's just crazy and I don't understand it.
On their future
Kaleb: Of course, as a couple we would like to progress. We have a love that we would like to share with the world. I wish that the two of us can give hope to people that live the lifestyle that we live, and show them that love is possible. To inspire others to do whatever it is they truly want to do and choose whomever they want to be with despite their sex, race, or gender. I feel like that's something we can convey to anybody that's willing to listen or watch. We would love to do a reality show to show our family, to show how we interact with the mother of the children. To show how my mom and his mom interact with us. It's just all love because my parents look at him like another fourth son. My brothers look at him as another brother. His sister and his brother look at me as another brother.
You should see how it's nothing but love with our families. It just something that I want to show. I don't want to show promiscuity. I don't want to show the negative aspect that people have; the negative cogitation that people have about gay men or gay African American men. That's something I would love to portray to people. WE would love to portray to people.
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Interested in starting an online group dedicated to, say, showing Wichita Heights High School sophomore and Kansas University basketball recruit Perry Ellis how awesome KU is?
Better think twice.
What may seem like an innocuous post on a social media forum may be an NCAA recruiting violation, according to what Kansas Athletics is telling fans.
Even though average KU fans may not think of themselves as boosters in the traditional sense, Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director at KU, said they become boosters when they do things that could be considered an effort to attract high school athletes to KU.
So Kansas Athletics put together a document that it disseminated on its own Facebook page, detailing some rules and regulations on the process.
Marchiony said he isn't aware of any violations at KU to date, but said the department wanted to be proactive after seeing violations elsewhere.
"We just felt like we needed to educate our fans about the rules that we are obligated to follow as a member of the NCAA," Marchiony said.
One violation elsewhere, according to the Associated Press, occurred when Taylor Moseley, a student at North Carolina State, started a group called "John Wall PLEASE come to NC STATE!!!!" That attracted more than 700 members.
The student later got a cease and desist letter from the school's athletic department, and renamed the group "Bring a National Title back to NC STATE!" and featured a photo of Wall.
Some of the rules regarding prospects — students who are at least in the ninth grade, and including those enrolled at junior colleges — according to KU include:
• No fan may e-mail a prospect or post messages on a prospect's MySpace, Facebook or similar Web site.
• No fan may create an online group dedicated to convincing or encouraging a prospect to attend KU, even without directly contacting the prospect.
• Fans may not contact prospects to tell them about "the great things KU has to offer," even if they do not encourage them to come to KU.
Matt Rada, a senior at KU from Lake Quivira, follows the men's basketball team on Facebook, but said he hadn't noticed any recruiting issues of the type banned by the school.
However, if they were to go on, Rada said he anticipated the school would have a difficult time enforcing those rules.
"The fans really aren't going to have that big of an impact" on a potential recruit, Rada said, saying he thought campus visits and other official recruiting activities would have more influence.
Marchiony said that if a fan were to participate in a banned activity, the athletic department would ask the person to stop. If the activity continued, then KU would seek the advice of the NCAA, he said.
"As long as a school takes the steps it needs to take, I don't think you'd be talking about that school having NCAA penalties," he said.
If there was ever an example of the NCAA not keeping up with technology, this is it. What? I can't exercise my freedom of expression? I'm not allowed to follow someone I'm interested in on facebook? I'm not allowed to say in a post on kusports.com "hey, wouldn't it be great if Xavier Henry played at KU? If KU needs to take steps to ensure they comply with NCAA rules, I understand. It's the anal-retentive NCAA that needs to change it's ways.
This settles it in my mind. It is time to dissolve the NCAA for a governing organization that lives in the real world.
It is also time for alums to take back their university athletic programs from the greedy athletic corporations and athletic directors, perhaps by encouraging legitimate professional minor leagues for very gifted young athletes, and encouraging a strict no athletic scholarship rule like the Ivy League. I would still show up, pay to attend, and proudly incant the Rock Chalk Jayhawk cheer at the games even if the very gifted youngsters opted to learn their craft where they would be remunerated for their labor, rather than play for the Jayhawks.
It's time to help actual scholar athletes rather than mercenaries masquerading as students for a few months.
This is impossible to regulate. What stops a Kansas fan from starting a site for a rival school in order to get them in trouble with the NCAA. How can they prove what school I really support?
I think this is a CYA for KU and other schools. There's no way the NCAA can hold a school responsible if they are trying to prevent this type of activity.
There is a difference between posting a comment on a public site like this one, vs starting a private site or posting on the recruit's site. These are pretty easy rules to follow and are no different than the old ones: if you call a recruit and offer to come over or just to give a spiel about how great KU is, you are recruiting. There have always been those rules. This is just recognizing that you don't have to phone them to accomplish the same thing. Keeping up with technology is exactly why they did this. If someone posts from another school, that will get figured out. It is amazing how many people think that what they do on the internet is anonymous.
You may chalk this up to CYA, but in fact an idiot posting or calling can undo what HCBS or HCMM have accomplished, and I for one am glad KU is getting this out there.
...why are you posting the same story that you posted months ago?
tell me if this story sounds familiar???
...is it that slow at the news desk?
I don't think KU is honestly going to try to enforce these rules beyond situations that gain a lot of attention. I think this is more of a way to cover their own ass, in case the NCAA DOES, for some reason, throw a hissy fit, the KU athletics department can point to this and say "Hey, we were proactive, we informed the students, we did the best we could, you can't hold us accountable."
If a recruit is sold on an institution because of some fans posting on Facebook, I'm not sure we'd want one so naive.
mouseclicker, Amen! case closed. That is exactly what they are doing.
It is a cya move. My beef is not with KU athletics. They do what they have to do. It is with the NCAA for being so nitpicky, unable to understand the social evolution of communication, and their archaic practices in general.
Good luck enforcing this NCAA!!!!
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NGOs are warning that Yemen is facing a severe humanitarian crisis with alarming levels of malnutrition. Around 10 million people do not have enough food to eat, they claim. Ahead of Wednesday's Friends of Yemen meeting in Riyadh, the UK's Department for International Development has announced new aid for at least a quarter of a million people in the country. NGOs will be urging other donors to increase their support. Oxfam is helping people to cope with the crisis in al-Hodeidah and Sa'ada governorates


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Hinchinbrook Island is a rugged, outstanding feature of the north Queensland coast. Its high cloud-covered mountains support fragile heath vegetation. Lush rainforest and eucalypt forest descend to a mangrove-fringed channel in the west with sweeping bays and rocky headlands along the east coast. The island is within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
The Thorsborne Trail is not a graded or hardened walking track and, in some areas, is rough and difficult to traverse. You need to be fit, experienced, well-prepared and fully self-sufficient. The trail is managed under the minimal impact bushwalking and no-trace camping ethics.
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Permits are issued for a maximum of 40 people on the trail at any one time (largest group size is six). Obtain a copy of the Thorsborne Trail guide before you set off.
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DanGull posted a tutorial in Ford Fiesta GuidesI have unpinned the Ford Y Cable topic written by JAR as, having read it again today, there are a few key pieces of information which are wrong. So - here is my version of the topic, I hope it's a little clearer. Connecting an iPod or MP3 Player to the MK7 Fiesta There are two different setups which need to be taken into account. One for those of us with the USB port and one for those without it. For Fiestas with no USB port You will have a single Line in/AUX port just in front of the gear stick. This port takes a 3.5mm jack (commonly referred to as a headphone jack) such as this: To connect an MP3 player or iPod to this port, you will need a 3.5mm jack - to 3.5mm jack lead such as this: Connect one end to the Line in/AUX port in the car and the other the headphones output (or you can use Line Out if the player has one) of the MP3 player The MP3 player/iPod will be controlled in the same way as if you were listening to it through headphones - as you've essentially turned your Fiesta into a giant pair of headphones. Importantly - the MP3 player/iPod will not charge and no track information will be displayed on the car's screen. Also, you cannot use the stereo/steering wheel controls to skip tracks. The volume controls will work, but this is only controlling the volume of the stereo itself. I suggest you set the volume of the MP3 player iPod at 50% and then crank up the car's volume - the battery life of the MP3 player/iPod will be better than if you have it set at 100% all the time and distortion is a possibility if you have it so high. For Fiestas with the USB Port There is a myth that only the official Ford Y cable can be used with the MK7 Fiesta. This is not the case. The Y cable looks like this: It can be purchased from (among other places) FOC Partner - Ford Parts Centre or your dealer. Here is the link for Ford Parts Centre: Y Cable on Ford Parts Centre It is for use with Dock Connector iPods (3rd generation onwards) and consists of an Apple dock connector jack at one end with a USB jack and 3.5mm jack at the ends of the 'Y'. There are a few disadvantages of the Y cable: 1) It's very flimsy. If you try and twist it so that the iPod is in the position that it's shown in the Fiesta brochure, it could well break. Mine is less than 6 months old and already showing signs of wear. 2) It's an odd length. The only realistic place you can keep the iPod is in the first cupholder, which interferes with the handbrake. So here is my alternative: After reading JAR's thread, I was intrigued as to how Ford had managed to get only their cable to work - simple fact, they haven't. I have tested official Apple cables, Kensington Cables, Cambridge Audio cables and they all work fine. I currently use an official Apple branded dock connector jack - USB jack cable and an unbranded 3.5mm jack - 3.5mm jack cable (for no other reason than they're both quite long). The dock connector connects to the bottom of the iPod (I use a 5G Video 30gig iPod) and the USB jack at the other end plugs into the car's USB port. The 3.5mm jacks at either end of the other lead plug into the car's Line in/AUX port and the headphone socket of the iPod. You MUST use both leads of you want data to be displayed on the car's screen and to have full control through the stereo and steering wheel. I have run the leads under the driver's seat and then velcro'd the iPod to the underside of the driver's seat. It's very neat, the iPod is always ready (yet out of sight of thieves) and the handbrake is unimpeded. A Note for iPhone Users As of 19/2/10 there is a major flaw with the iPhone which has stopped me from using it as an audio player in the car. The iPhone has the 'option' of Bluetooth audio - but it is flawed. If the iPhone is connected to a Bluetooth device (ie for handsfree calling) it will automatically disable its dock connector and play any audio through the Bluetooth feature. The dock connector can be selected again, but it needs to be done every time you start the car. If you want reliable playback through cabled means, you'll have to turn off the phone's Bluetooth and lose your handsfree calling. My advice for iPhone users, is use the iPhone as your phone but keep an iPod or memory stick in the car for music. Even when you do this - the iPhone will STILL try to play through the Bluetooth audio feature - running down your battery. This has been noted by thousands of users, so hopefully Apple will fix it in a future software update. Connecting 'Non-iPod' MP3 players via USB I only own iPods, therefore I have been unable to test to see whether other brands of MP3 player can be connected by USB - they can certainly be connected by 3.5mm jack. I would be grateful if someone could please let me know if they have any success here. I will happily add to or change this topic if anybody has anything to add or wants anything clarifying - but I hope that clears some things up.
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DanGull replied to Janfromto's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubIt depends entirely what you're using it for. If you want a waterless spray on, wipe of product then it's poor. It's lubricity is nowhere near as good as Optimum No Rinse and so you're just asking for swirl marks and paint damage. If you intend to use it as a drying aid or a quick detailer it's perfectly acceptable. If you're using it as a protection product, again it's poor because it doesn't add any.
Happy Birthday Inath !
DanGull replied to 2011fiesta's topic in General ChatAmen to that. Keep up the good work also.
Need Advice
DanGull replied to Jason 'Tweek' Batty's topic in General ChatJason - contact me by PM with more information including the other member involved and I'll see what I can do to help.
Google Maps Make My Macbook Hang
DanGull posted a topic in Computing, Gaming and GeekyCan anyone give me some reasons as to why this may happen? It's very odd, everything runs fine except for Google Maps or any webpage with a Google map on it. I get the spinning multi-coloured beach ball and usually have to restart Firefox. Mac OS X Lion and Safari running on a MacBook Pro.
I have no outside tap at current house - and for ages was doing ONR washes, which well and truly took the shine (badum tsh) off detailing for me. Now I have one of these... http://www.mobiwasher.co.uk/ Which is great. A thorough wash gets through three tanks of water I find, but I'm yet to run the battery down with a single wash. Mark - if you're going to buy a Swissvax wax, it may as well have been BOS. Quite simply, it's the best product I have ever used in the history of anything. I had that and Autobahn, both now gone to to the giant eBay sale in the sky.
I think Mark MK will be in a cold sweat from the lack of Dodo products. If it weren't dark I'd go and photograph my lot in the man cave, sorry - shed. I'm still gutted I had to sell most of my wax collection (which stood at 24 at the time ) My latest addition is a Mobi cordless pressure washer, fantastic bit of kit. This was a loooong time ago when I still had the Fiesta:
I Work In Motor Insurance, Ask Me (Almost) Anything
DanGull replied to Mathrin's topic in Car Insurance DiscussionsThe way to look at it is that if you have to ask if you should mention it - you should mention it.
I Work In Motor Insurance, Ask Me (Almost) Anything
DanGull replied to Mathrin's topic in Car Insurance DiscussionsThere's an awful lot of moaning about insurance prices. I've said it before - while insurance is a legal requirement for drivers, it's not provided by charities, or the government or some bottomless pit of money that's quite happy to just give it away. Insurance companies are businesses, and are run as such. They are insuring high value items - take a car at £15K brand new replacement value. It's not exactly a premium car, but it's a fact that on many policies if it's written off in year 1 then the insurance company will pay out £15K and only received a fraction of that as the premium. Insurance is a risk-based business, and they are entitled to make money on the back of their risk. And no, having no previous claims doesn't automatically make you a better driver, but it does make you less of a risk. Adding mods to your car firstly increases the cost of repairs etc as has already been said but it also immediately places you in a category of driver who statistically are more likely to have accidents than Miss Daisy who drives her Nissan Micra once every 6 months - so the cost does and should go up. It's simple - if you aren't willing to pay the premium, get a different car or don't mod it. Mozes-cuz - the fact that you asked your insurance company about mods, then didn't declare them but still had them fitted it just asking for trouble. If you wrote your car off, your assessor will probably have that information and will check the car to see if they've been installed. Bingo - no insurance. Lots of insurance companies are good samaritans in that instance and will at least pay the third party part of your claim - but they don't have to be, which means that Jo Bloggs who was also involved in the accident then has to claim on their own insurance even if it was your fault, pushing up their own prices for no reason at all. More generally - I don't see why so may young drivers think they are entitled to drive smart, often modified cars and yet not get stung on the insurance front - it really is simple statistics and economics to me. I'm 30, no fault claims, I drive a reasonably powerful car, am insured for business use at 22,000 miles a year and live in a less-than-ideal urban postcode. I pay £800 a year. I understand that this means I am going to pay more than my 65 year old father who drives almost the same type of car but does 5,000 miles a year and lives in an affluent rural postcode. He pays £280 or thereabouts.
Damn it!
I haven't tried it Mark owing to the fact that Red Mist makes my skin go red, so I'm reluctant to try their similar products.
If you want a liquid wax - definitely AG Aqua Wax. The Megs spray waxes aren't great (with the exception of the xpress waxes). Others to consider: Duragloss Aquawax (smells AMAZING) Dodo Red Mist (technically a sealant)
Well, seeing as you said EVERYONE... Total miles: 1001.3 Miles remaining [computer]: 25 (I think, the fuel computer is a total waste of time...it goes down to zero then back up again, the fuel light is I believe linked to it but sometimes comes on at 60, sometimes at 40) Miles remaining [actual]: Not sure MPG [computer]: 78.3 MPG [actual]: 82.75 (55 litre tank which I make 12.1 UK gallons, so it's based on that) Average speed: Not sure Miles remaining after tank filled: 450 (it always says this if you put in more than half a tank it then gradually goes up over the first half of the tank)
My New Car Has Been Treated With Pureguard, Now Very Confused
DanGull replied to davefc's topic in Detailing your FordPureguard is a sealant - it's very similar to a number of products sold by car dealers such as supaguard and diamondbrite. A sealant is a synthetic often polymer coating that sits on top of the paint and supposedly stops contamination bonding to and soiling the paint. Sealants are used by many detailers with great results as they have excellent protection properties and excellent longevity, especially when compared to a similarly priced wax. HOWEVER - you are reliant on how well the sealant has been applied in the first place. In the hands of a pro a sealant will be applied evenly and comprehensively with no gaps. In the hands of the guy who gets paid 50p a car to wash the dealer's new stock...who knows? If you have paid for the treatment, you may as well try to get the best out of it (I really hope you didn't pay the £300-400 some dealers charge for these treatments, the kits can be had on eBay for a fiver). So - I would say wash with a wax safe shampoo such as Dodo Juice Born to be Mild and then top up your protection with either a soft, hard or liquid wax (depending on the effort you wish to put in). As for polishing, claying or anything else involving an abrasive process or chemicals (such as tar remover) I wouldn't, as you'll probably end up removing the coating. If it was free - I would take it off. A wash with an all purpose cleaner such as Tesco Daisy at a reasonably strong concentration (say 5:1) will probably shift it. After that, you can maintain your car in any way you wish. If you like the concept of a sealant that really works and protects the paint amazingly, have a look at Cermishield by Concours Car Care. I have applied it to my brand new Leon - it's amazing stuff.
PS3 or Xbox?
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The Environmental Services division's primary responsibility is to provide a clean working environment for students, staff, faculty and visitors to the Tarleton State University campus. Students, staff and faculty are encouraged to cooperate in maintaining building cleanliness and strongly urges patrons to participate in the following:
- Dispose of trash, waste, confidential materials, and recycled products in containers provided in offices and common areas.
- Call the Environmental main office to report spills or leaks. (We ask that the reporting individual cover the area with paper towels to absorb the spill and to identify these areas to fellow employees to avoid any subsequent safety issues.)
- Blood spills and human waste incidents should be reported to Environmental Services immediately. Do not attempt to clean these areas, but notify fellow employees to avoid the area.
- Clear desks, shelving, tables, countertops and window areas of all objects to insure thorough cleaning.
- Do not use floor areas for storage for items such as paper products, equipment or personal items.
- Do not use trash cans as a storage area for papers, folders or umbrellas. Identify boxes and papers that are to be discarded.
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While climate change effects our planet in many ways, melting icecaps may be our most serious problem. As global temperatures heat up, ice begins to melt into the ocean, causing rising sea levels and habitat loss for many species. Furthermore, because ice is highly reflective and capable of reducing the effects of incoming solar radiation, melting creates a positive warming feedback loop.


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Dental Braces Price
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|Clinic Tokuda, Bulgaria
|Health General Clinic, Estonia
|Hospital Seven Hills, India
|Skopia Clinic, Poland
|Hospital Xanit, Spain
|Clinic Center Maresme, Spain
|Medcare, Spain
|HOSPITAL Povisa, Spain
|Clinic Cuevas, Spain
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|Clinic CLOE, Spain
|Clinic Crooke, Spain
|Plaza Prosperidad Clinic, Spain
|Azuara Dental Clinic, Spain
|SNS Hospital, Portugal
|Dental Clinic Oral Klass, Portugal
|CLINICA Projetamos Sorrisos, Portugal
|Clínica da Prelada, Portugal
|Hospital Cuf, Portugal
|Humanitas Hospital, Italy
|Saint-Luc Hospital, Belgium
|Homolka Hospital, Czech Republic
|Isar General Klinikum, Germany
|MHH Medical School Hannover, Germany
|Hygeia Hospital, Greece
Dental Braces clinic and hospitals: average price
In average the price for Dental Braces includes 8 services.
What services are included in the various costs of your Dental Braces clinic?
Acibadem City Clinic is a top-notch medical facility established in 2012, by Angel Angelov. Acibadem attracts patients from all over Europe (UK, Spain, Russia, France, Germany, etc.), Asia and USA, with its qualified professional employees and its high-tech equipment. The City Clinic is the top hospital of the CITY HOSPITAL and CLINICS GROUP which possesses two medical facilities in Bulgaria.
Acibadem City Clinic is the leading ultramodern private hospital in Bulgaria, applying and taking advantage of unique information technology solutions by CISCO systems, e-Administration of the entire treatment procedure, specialized medical departments, a modern cardiovascular centre and unique Imaging Diagnostic equipment. Additionally, most of Acibadem doctors and almost all its nurses have gone through specialized training and received qualifications from top hospitals in Europe and the USA as part of its continuous training exercise to ensure that professional and cautious services are rendered to each patient.
Acibadem have solid collaborations with international medical organizations and among its departments leading it to a position of excellence within the local and global medical healthcare sector. The clinic is steadfast to the achievement of scientific results of high level and, in precise, development and integration of scientific research, health care and training, all intended to realize a sole main objective, the finest patient care.
Acibadem City Clinic have the following amenities:
•84 hospital beds
•8 Specialized Medical Divisions
•5 Surgical Theatres
•One-day Surgical treatment Centre
•Modern Cardiac Surgical treatment Centre
•3-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment
•128-Slices Computed Tomography Imaging (CT) equipment
•Hospital room upgrades: standard triple room, double room and private apartments
•Option for relatives/friends to stay with the patient during the treatment in the same or in a separate room
Acibadem City Clinic offers the following services to International patients:
•Executive VIP Medical Services
•Preventative Medical Screening programs
•Medical Tourism, Tourism Packages and Travel Services
oMedical Services including:
oCardiac Surgery
oVascular Surgery
oInvasive Cardiology
oNeurovascular procedures
oOne-Day Surgery
oRadiology and Diagnostic Imaging
oFurther specific endovascular procedures.
Acibadem City Clinic has been accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) and it is the pioneer hospital in Bulgaria to receive such accreditation. Close
The Health Clinic was established in 2009. Health Clinic has gathered a lot of experience and understands what exactly its patients need and expected from the clinic. Health Clinic has assisted more than a thousand patients who have shown interest in Health Clinic towards their health concerns. Health Clinic has determined to continue providing the best possible medical service and patient experience in the future.
The main area of specialization of Health Clinic is in weight-loss surgery (bariatrics) and plastic surgery. Health Clinic has chosen to work in connection with other top medical specialists in Estonia and all the procedures and operations of Health Clinic are done in Estonia's biggest and most advanced private and public hospitals.
The principle of operation of Health Clinic is based on commission which means Health Clinic is able to provide the best prices available to its patients.
•Health Clinic makes sure that patients are brought together with the best specialists in their field to guarantee the best results.
•The prices at Health Clinic include local transportation, the communication that took place between the patient and medical staff and a designated Patient Coordinator to take care of the patients' needs and other issues.
Patient Coordinator is at the service of the patient's right from the beginning of patient's first contact. The patient coordinator is the between the patient and the medical specialist and will try everything within his/her power to manage all the questions and issues before your visit to Estonia– nothing will remain unsolved.
Medical operation carried out at Health Clinic includes:
BARIATRIC SURGERY( Gastric Balloon, Gastric Band, Gastric Plication, Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass, and Revisional Surgery)
PLASTIC SURGERY (Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), Liposuction, Lipofilling (fat transfer), Rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), Facelift, Eyelid Surgery, Breast Enlargement, Breast Reduction, Breast Lift, Gynecomastia, Intimate Surgery, and Upper Arm Lift.
The Patient Coordinator will be the first person to welcome you upon your arrival to Tallinn and make sure that everything works as planned during your stay. All the logistics and transfers will be taken care of so you don't have to worry about any such matters. The Patient Coordinator will be at your service 24/7.
The Health Clinic and our medical staff will also provide support after you return home, so that you will be attended to in case any issues arise. Close
SevenHills Hospital is a hospital based in India. The categories of doctors and specialists working at SevenHills Hospital are regarded as one of the best doctors in India, putting into consideration the level of experience and expertise they bring with them in their respective domains.
At SevenHills there are teams that are dedicated full time and visiting consultants whose aim and objectives is focusing on important healthcare issues and research that affect patients of irrespective of ages. The team of dedicated doctors at SevenHills Hospital is highly qualified and committed to excellence in providing a beautiful pleasing environment to ensure quality in medical care.
SevenHills Hospital is widely known for its 'Exceptional Patient Care'. Taking good care of patients and visitors is part and parcel of SevenHills Hospital. At SevenHills Hospital, the Centre of Excellence Tertiary Healthcare Model is built upon the foundation of offer quality healthcare to patients and a delightful patient care experience.
At SevenHills Hospital, the experienced and efficient patient care services' team works meticulously for 24 hours in seven 7 days to provide 'exceptional patient care'. The patient care services staff is optimally nurtured by way of adequate training, support, and encouragement to reach their potential and give their best, day after day.
Patient Services at SevenHills Hospital include:
Inpatient Services: SevenHills Hospital provides a wide range of treatment options for patients with simple and complex health conditions.
Eeasy Card: Eeasy Card Program at SevenHills Hospital assist you to become a member of a world class medical institution and be able to access a host of medical benefits at SevenHills Hospital.
Diagnostic Services: Diagnostic Services at SevenHills Hospital aid the provision of timely, cost-effective, and high quality diagnostic care to all.
Other services includes: Health Checkup Packages, Outpatient Services, Visitor Information, and Patient Voice among others.
At SevenHills Hospital, the specialties are listed below:
Centre of Excellence which deals with Cardiac Care, Neurosciences, Bone and Joint Care, Cancer Care, Nephrology and Aesthetic Clinic. Close
Skopia Medical Center was established to offer the utmost quality diagnosis and treatment of digestive system diseases, with particular focused on colorectal cancer.
With highly qualified employees and the most modern specialist equipment, Skopia Medical Center collaborates with many self-governing bodies, which transforms into continuous development in the quality of services provided. The effects of our research are used in the EU project, which the purpose to create new, revolutionary methods of diagnosing colon cancer. Skopia Medical Center participate in this project because it significantly leads to increased detection and thus the effectiveness of treatment of colon cancer.
In order to guarantee the highest standards of healthcare services and techniques since July 2015, Skopia Medical Center implements the Integrated Management System in the areas of: ISO 9001: 2008, ISO 14001: 2008, OHSAS 18001.
Skopia Medical Center is in partnership with:
•Skopia Estetic Clinic: Aesthetic medicine and cosmetology
•DIAGNOSTYKA:Laboratory tests.
•ONCompass(Cancer treatment strategies): Specialist research defining the possibilities of oncological therapy for a specific individual case.
•VIAMED: Specialist oncological research. Information leaflet for the client.
•Saltus health: A cooperation agreement under which clients / patients of Saltus Zdrowie can use CM SKOPIA cashless services.
•Medical Center: A cooperation agreement under which CMP clients / patients can use CM SKOPIA cashless services.
•Medica Assistance: Partner site within the Medica Assistanc medical network.
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In Vithas Xanit International Hospital, the primarily aim is taking care of people. The reality is that the hospital consists of people working to improve the lives of others.
From the moment you enter one of Vithas Xanit International Hospital centers, take care of yourself, giving you the best team and always on your side.
At Vithas Xanit International Hospital, there are international staffs that will help you in your language and know what you need at any time.
In addition, Vithas Xanit International Hospital has the best technological effort to offer you the most advanced diagnosis and treatment.
Because, at Vithas Xanit International Hospital, taking care of patient is very much important. And patient health remains something personal, so all the pictures you find on the official website are real people who are part of the Vithas Xanit International Hospital.
At Vithas Xanit International Hospital, there are teams of over 680 experts, including 250 professional physicians headed by regional managers of recognized national and international prestige, which guarantees a health service based and quality-based, with evaluation. Continuous process care, offering patients the latest diagnostic and therapeutic advancements.
The success is possible thanks to the hospital business model, excellent medical teams, collaboration with external practitioners, and the development of areas such as oncology and cardiology. The hospital is characterized as the complexity of a critical patient is resolved through the committee, which provides common insights and proposals the best option for treating a patient.
At Vithas Xanit International Hospital, its work is based on a quality program, with process work and standards that lead to the accreditation of the Joint Commission.
Vithas Xanit International Hospital also the first private hospital in Andalusia to receive an accreditation from the Ethics Committee for Health by the Health Council of the Regional Government of Andalusia; A committee whose special mission is an assessment of ethical dilemmas that can arise in a clinical-health relationship and a proposal for recommendations for their resolution. Close
Center Surgical Maresme is one of leading private Hospital of Mataró, today Center Surgical Maresme reference in surgery without income in the geographical area of Maresme. 90% of the visiting patients are discharged the same day of surgery.
Only 10% of patients require admission to the Short-stay Hospitalization Unit after a surgical intervention, usually for pain control in the initial phase and when it is not possible to control it only with oral medication. In general, discharging of patient takes place between 24 and 48 hours later, on average.
Center Surgical Maresme is a private capital hospital and the hospital launched its activity in 2004. Located in the center of the city of Mataró, and 300 meters away from the Renfe Station, the beach, the Avinguda del Maresme, and the National II. The facilities occupy an area of 3,500 m2 and are equipped with the state-of-the-art technology.
Center Surgical Maresme operates as a viable company, and complies with all the legal regulations that apply to its activity, being authorized and forming part of the Registry of Health Establishments of the Department of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya with the number H-08863279, and the National Catalog of Hospitals of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality.
Hospital Privat de Mataró are an organization oriented to patient satisfaction, and whose main focus is on quality and safety. The multidisciplinary medical team and also operating theaters equipped with the latest technologies allows the clinic to provide extensive medical services and specialties.
The experience and value gained during the trip are available to you and your family with the team of professionals. Hospital Privat de Mataró always want you to be in good hands and to feel at home.
The mission of Hospital Privat de Mataró to achieve the most efficient and fastest recovery of the health status of our patients through the least invasive and painless procedures and treatments possible, thus contributing to the improvement of the quality and safety of medical and surgical assistance.
Being in the year 2020 the Private Reference Hospital and preferably in our geographical area, both for the professional talent and for the patients, for the excellence of the quality and the security of the processes, the efficiency in the results, and ease of access to them. Close
Medcare was started in 2005 when UK registered GP Dr Najma Hussain took over a prevailing medical practice in Alfaz del Pi and set up an inclusive general practice surgery that met with British guidelines and standards.
The need for the service was clear as, although Spain has an outstanding health service, many British residents are uncomfortable dealing with medical matters in a foreign language and prefer a British GP or dentist – and for some this meant their health was neglected.
While there were few medical practices contribution medical care in English, most of these were run by specialist doctors rather than general practitioners, and so were not able to offer the complete primary care services that are so vital to the patient's general health.
Medcare is the principal choice for medical, dental and other cosmetic treatments in Spain. Medcare have been serving the expert community since 2005 and now have over 15,000 patients. Medcare works together with the Spanish state health system in addition to serving private patients. As a Medcare patient you can be guaranteed that the service you will be getting is complete, as Medcare is able to refer you for the best hospital care.
Medcare offer full GP and medical services, minor surgery, matching therapies such as osteopathy and physiotherapy. Also, Medcare offer a wide-ranging choice for cosmetic surgery and non-surgical anti-ageing skin rejuvenation treatments.
Medcare provides a detail Dental service, including traditional dentistry, modern orthodontics, professional teeth whitening, Implantology and cutting edge invisible teeth alignment options.
Medcare is open to everybody, whether Spanish inhabitant, holidaymaker or private health tourist. There are a numerous ways you can use Medcare, and it is easy to choose the option that best suits your needs. Medcare also work with unlike Health Insurance providers. Any patients who would like advice about which provider may be best for them, always feel free to talk to Medcare and you will be guilded on how to find the best provider for your necessities.
Medcare clinicians frequently be present to the conferences and integrate the latest technology and scientific advances in their respective fields. This up to date knowledge and training benefits Medcare patients. Close
Povisa Hospital began its operation at the end of the sixties, this was as a result of some prominent doctors from that city conceived the idea of bringing together their respective clinics. The hospital building on Calle Salamanca de Vigo was inaugurated in March 1973.
The hospital is modernized and develops, and as time goes on, Povisa Hospital reaches an agreement with the Social Institute of the Navy and with the Insalud. In 1983, the latest major expansion of the building began which ended two years later and increase the number of Povisa beds to 700.
Nosa Terra Group took control of the Hospital this happens at end of 1996, whose management was characterized presently, due to the constant technological renovation, the consolidation of the Concert with the Galego de Saúde Service and the endless development in the private market.
Furthermore, Povisa presently belongs to the Association of Hospitals of Galicia (Ahosgal) , and obeys the Ethical and Good Practices Commitment promoted by the association and based on transparent management to ensure quality healthcare.
Today in Spain, having over 40,000 m2, more than 500 beds installed and more than 1,500 workers, among them 273 doctors and 467 technicians and nurses. This makes Povisa the largest private hospital.
Povisa is a general hospital which belongs to the Galician group Nosa Terra XXI, which in turn is part of the Nosa Terra holding, and majority of its activity focuses in providing care to the over 136,000 public health patients assigned to it.
In the public sphere, Povisa Hospital is a reference for the South of Galicia in Complex Surgery of the Upper Limb, Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, Burns, Infant Plastic Surgery and Lithotripsy (the latter only for the Vigo area). There is also an emergency service that works for 24 hours with all specialties, and with the most modern systems of organization and diagnosis.
Povisa is also the only private hospital in Galicia and one among other hospitals in Spain that has MIR training for specialists in Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Anesthesiology, Radiology, Traumatology and Family and Community Medicine. Close


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How to purchase technology that isn't just cutting-edge, but will stay at the top of its game. Here's our guide to investing in products with long shelf lives. In association with Kodak.
Judging by the number of them most of us seem to have, we're pretty keen on gadgets. Our drawers are full of old phones, MP3 players, digital cameras and assorted media cards, while strewn around our desks and in cupboards are printers, laptops and cables. Old TVs are thrown out in favour of larger, lighter, thinner ones, while the latest smartphone is never as good as the one that's promised next month.
Much of this outdated tech is being kept for no better reason than it isn't that easy to dispose of. It's bulky to transport, subject to EU regulations on recycling – and small enough to shove somewhere out of sight. The fact that replacement gadgetry is so inexpensive only compounds the lack of thought that goes into such upgrades.
Desirable items such as smartphones may well see a second life having been passed on to a relative or friend – perhaps even put in a prepaid envelope and sent for recycling in return for a couple of crisp tenners. But larger items aren't so easy to palm off. When a laptop's reached a ripe old age and isn't up to running the latest operating system, it may be donated to a charity such as Computer Aid.
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However, other items such as printers may be less welcome since they come with associated running costs in the form of inks.
In fact, the need to purchase pricy new ink cartridges is not an uncommon reason for a home user or small business to stop using a printer and buy a new one. Depending on the printer brand, it can actually be a cheaper option to buy new than to replenish the ink supplies.
In most cases, this is actually a false economy: a new printer usually comes with a limited amount of ink, whereas the latest 'value' ink cartridges provide high page yields and will quickly work out better value. Nonetheless, the fallacy persists that printer purchase prices are subsidised by the high cost of replacement ink.
Kodak is one brand whose printers buck this trend (there are others, including Kyocera). The company entered the inkjet printing market back in 2007 and did so with a business model that offers good value everyday printing, with a marginally higher initial cost of purchase. Since entering this market, Kodak has not only shown that home users and small businesses can enjoy less expensive printing than other manufacturers were offering; its printers also produce great-looking pages. A benefit of Kodak being in the inkjet printer market is that other printer manufacturers have looked again at how total cost of ownership, and replacement inks in particular, can be achieved. Even colour printing now costs only a few pence per page.
Kodak's latest printers offer cutting-edge features that ensure printing is convenient as well as good value. The best example is Kodak's Hero all-in-one printer range. These models combine scanning, photocopying and, in some cases, fax and duplex-printing features alongside comprehensive colour and black and white printing options.
Not only that, but Kodak Hero printers all support cloud and email printing along with free apps to make mobile printing easy. This means that if you've got a smartphone, you can take a photo and send it straight to print via the Kodak Pic Flick app on your Android, BlackBerry or iPhone smartphone or from an iPod touch. BlackBerry and Android tablets work with the Kodak Pic Flick app too. You can even print stills from your video footage – certainly not something you expect from the average printer.
Cloud printing from tablets is also supported, so if you've got a document you've been working on in an app such as Docs To Go, you can send the latest version to print from that too. Needless to say, it's also straightforward to make use of the web to print documents remotely from your laptop using the cloud. Just log on to the local network, when hotdesking in a hotel room or business lounge, send the item to print and then specify which local or remote printer you'd like the document to appear on. You can even call up items stored in the cloud via Google Docs, edit and print them ready for your presentation or important business meeting. Emails and attachments can, of course, also be printed from any of these gadgets via their unique Kodak email address.
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What's different about Kodak printers than other brands that offer web-based printing options via Google Cloud Print is the support for legacy hardware. It's not just a case of having to have the very latest model of printer in order to be able to enjoy the latest features. Kodak has ensured that owners of its previous generations of a Hero all-in-one printer can use Kodak Email Print and access Google Cloud Printer services, too. Kodak is the first company to offer cloud printing features to pre-existing p owners of its printers.
Existing models in Kodak's home photo printer range can also take advantage of the smartphone and tablet to printer direct-printing option. Software updates allow existing customers to take advantage of new templates for, say, graph paper, while features that were introduced after the printer was launched – 3D photo printing and new on-printer photo editing functions, for example – are offered via updates to the Kodak Home Center software.
All this means that there's no need to throw out a printer just because it isn't in its first flush of youth. Regular updates allow it to remain up to date and the owner to make use of the latest features.
As well as making Kodak printers even better value in terms of what the capabilities they offer, these innovations mean the printer has a longer useful life. Kodak Hero printers buck the disposable gadgetry trend by being able to serve your evolving demands. Along the way, they can also help keep your phone, laptop and tablet in business, so there's no need to be part of the throwaway society.


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FORT COLLINS — Larimer County has mailed 2012 tax statements to property owners.
County Treasurer Myrna Rodenberger said nearly 150,000 tax notices have been mailed, including 138,810 real property; 5,347 personal property; 5,597 mobile home and 227 state assessed tax bills.
Payment of the taxes will produce over $368 million for taxing authorities throughout Larimer County, an increase of $7 million over last year's collection, she said in a press release.
The newly mailed tax statements are for the taxable year 2012, and became due Jan. 1.
Taxpayers can pay the full amount of taxes in a single payment by April 30, or pay in two equal installments, the first by Feb. 28 and the second by June 17.
Payments can be mailed to: Larimer County Treasurer, P.O. Box 2336, Fort Collins, CO 80522.
Rodenberger added a reminder that failure to receive a tax bill does not exempt the taxpayer from his or her obligation to pay taxes and encourages any property owners that have not received a tax notice by the end of January, to call the Larimer County Treasurer's Office at 498-7020.


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Thursday, August 28, 2008
A Cheap Present of Reef Fish for Ronny
By Richard Firsten
Retired ESOL Teacher, Teacher-Trainer, Columnist, Author
Can you figure out by looking carefully at the title of this piece what my topic is this week? (I'll give you a hint: It's something to do with pronunciation.) Go ahead . . . Say the title out loud a few times and see if you can figure out the topic.
Have you got it? Are you still clueless? Okay, I'll let the cat out of the bag. The topic of this piece is a little something that I think is often overlooked when pronunciation lessons are planned, much to my chagrin. It's called juncture, the joining point of two sounds. This is an area of pronunciation that's problematic for people learning English. It happens when the final consonant sound of one word and the initial consonant sound of the following word are identical or closely related. When you have this situation, native speakers basically connect or join the two sounds, creating what sounds like one word instead of two.
Take, for example, the phrase a sad dog. Most English language learners will try to pronounce sad and dog as separate words like this: a sad dog, but native speakers will join the final sound of sad and the initial sound of dog and say a saddog. When native speakers do this, they hold on to the conjoined sound just a fraction longer than they normally would. That's juncture!
To get you into the swing of things, here are more examples to demonstrate juncture at work when we're dealing with either voiced or voiceless sounds in both words. Say each pair out loud and you'll see what I mean:
Bob_Barker / half_full / a big_girl / pick_cotton / clean nails / a ripe_pear /
the bus_stop / sweet_tomatoes / both_thumbs / bathe_the dog / too much_sugar
Did you hear juncture at work in each of these pairs when you said them out loud? And did you notice how you held on to the conjoined sounds just a little bit longer than normal? Now you're cookin'!
Ah, but what about the words first and student? The final sound in one word and initial sound in the other word is the combination [st]. How does this work, you ask? Well, when we combine such sounds, it's the [s] that's held and the [t] in the first word is dropped, so we end up with She's the firs_student to win that award. The same disappearing act happens with words like past and dances: I've enjoyed all the pas_dances at our school.
English has exceptions to lots of its rules, so why should juncture be any exception? Yep, there are a couple of exceptions to the rules that deal with juncture. The first exception is when we have the sound [ch]. If one word ends with [ch] and the next word begins with [ch] or [j], we have no juncture: a rich chowder, a rich janitor. Interestingly enough, this doesn't happen when the first word ends with [ch] and the next word begins with [sh]. We saw that earlier in the phrase too much_sugar.
The other exception to our rules is when we're dealing with the sound [j] in both words, as in orange juice. Once again, there's no juncture.
But we're not quite finished yet! There's one more thing to mention. What happens if the two words have closely related sounds, but one ends in a voiced sound and the other begins in a voiceless sound, or vice versa? For example, what about if we have rob and Peter? Both [b] and [p] are related because they're both bilabials produced by quickly closing and opening the lips. So what happens in this case since the final sound of rob is voiced, while the initial sound of Peter is voiceless? In this case, instead of combining the two sounds into one and holding the sound for a split second longer, the two sounds actually remain independent. The final sound of the first word is held a little longer, and then it glides into the initial sound of the next word. So getting back to rob and Peter, we say They're going to rob_Peter.
Here are a few more examples of this neat little phonological trick:
a bad_temper / big_cats / a great_decision /
pick_grapefruit / a tough_vampire / his_slacks
So there you have it. As you can see, there's quite a bit to say about this neat occurrence called juncture and why it's something that shouldn't be overlooked in teaching English pronunciation. I rest my case. Oh! Just to get back to the title of this piece for a moment, how should we say it out loud? This is how: A cheap_present of reef_fish for_Ronny. That's how!


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Couple accused in hit-for-hire scheme
Case worker under police protection
Des Moines police were protecting an Iowa Department of Corrections case worker Thursday after a bizarre hit-for-hire scheme.
Investigators said a couple in Central Iowa tried to pay an inmate to assault the case worker.
Officials said the scheme was concocted at the Fort Des Moines Community Corrections Center, which is a state facility where convicted felons are often held on work release, probation or federal supervision.
Authorities said one of the residents, William Paulsen, 41, didn't care for the case worker assigned to him.
"He had approached another inmate and asked to have his case worker assaulted. He offered a dollar amount to him and actually made specific requests for the type of injuries he wanted to see," Des Moines Police Department Sgt. Jason Halifax said. "He mentioned broken bones -- things that would take you out of commission for a while so you couldn't do your duties."
Authorities said they believe Paulsen's wife, Gabrielle Paulsen, gave the potential attacker some frightening information.
"She had approached him on her own ... at a convenience store, and when she approached him, she provided him with the vehicle description and the license plate of the targeted employee," Halifax said.
The would-be hit man told Fort Des Moines administrators, who contacted Des Moines police. The couple was arrested.
Gabrielle Paulsen did not answer her door after a visit by KCCI-TV for comment.
Investigators said they're still working to determine why a man so close to release would make such a decision.
"You keep your nose clean. You'll get off your probation or parole and get on with life, but he chose a different route, unfortunately, and the one he approached did the right thing," Halifax said.
Police did not identify the case worker. William and Gabrielle Paulsen face felony charges punishable by up to 10 years in prison.


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If you're in the catering and/or bulk "grill chicken salad" business, here's your chance to get a jump on Bil Wilson's mother's birthday next year.
Here's hoping Bil was able to provide a menu so succulent that the tummies of those in laws and people he invited tingled. And here's knowing one of you will use his contact information (mariofabio72 at gmail) to ensure they do in '12 as well.


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Strasburg shows no rust in first spring start
Desmond homers; Williams experiments with late-game defensive shift
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Phil Gosselin foiled Matt Williams' defensive shift with a three-run triple in the eighth inning that gave the Braves a lead they wouldn't relinquish on their way to recording their first Grapefruit League win of the year with Tuesday's 8-4 victory over the Nationals at Champion Stadium.
With the bases loaded and one out, the Nationals brought in right fielder Steven Souza to serve as an extra infielder. Gosselin promptly drilled his game-winning triple off Luis Ayala to an abandoned right field.
The Nationals gained a two-run lead when Christian Bethancourt was unable to handle Dan Uggla's attempt to prevent Brian Goodwin from scoring on a double steal in the seventh inning. But the Braves erased the deficit when Andrelton Simmons hit a two-run double off Drew Storen in the bottom half of the inning.
Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg completed two scoreless innings in his Grapefruit League season debut. Justin Upton's one-out single in the second inning accounted for the only hit surrendered by Strasburg, who concluded his outing by getting Chris Johnson to ground into a double play.
Like Strasburg, Kris Medlen did not seem to alter his approach despite the fact that he was pitching against an opponent he will likely face many times during the regular season. Ian Desmond's one-out double in the first inning was the only hit Medlen surrendered in three scoreless innings.
Desmond highlighted a three-hit performance with a homer in the fifth inning off Cory Gearrin, who also allowed Washington to gain a brief lead with a two-run fourth inning. Singles by Desmond and Ryan Zimmerman helped the Nationals load the bases in the fourth before Gearrin recorded his first out courtesy of Adam LaRoche's RBI groundout.
The Braves quickly erased the deficit by scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth, which began with Taylor Jordan surrendering four straight hits. After B.J. Upton and Freddie Freeman singled, Evan Gattis laced a double down the left-field line. Freeman scored all the way from first base when Bryce Harper bobbled the ball in the corner.
Up next: Jayson Werth and Gio Gonzalez will make their Grapefruit League debuts when the Nationals host the Mets on Wednesday at 1:05 p.m. ET. Werth missed the first five games with a strained right biceps. As he prepares for his third season with Washington, Gonzalez will be scheduled to complete two innings. The Nationals' hitters will get a look at Mets starter Jenrry Mejia.


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Two and a half years ago, George Soros' former partner Stanley Druckenmiller closed shop when he shut down his iconic Duquesne Management, after generating 30% average annual returns since 1986. Some time later he raised many red flags by being one of the first "establishment" types to expose the Fed's take over of the market when he said in a rare May 2011 interview that "It's not a free market. It's not a clean market.... The market isn't saying anything about the future. It's saying there's a phony buyer of $19 billion of Treasurys a week." This was in the context of the constantly declining interest rates on an ever exploding US debt load. And while back then total debt was a "manageable" $14.3 trillion, as of today it is some $2.3 trillion higher moments ago printing at a fresh record high of $16.6 trillion, not surprisingly the phony buyer is still here only now he is buying not $19 billion by over $20 billion in total debt each week. But just like it was the relentless rise in the US debt that forced him out of his privacy in the public scene back then, so it was also the US debt that was also the topic of his rare CNBC appearance today (where he fiercely poked at all those other TV chatterbox pundits when he said "money managers should manage money and not go on shows like this") in the aftermath of his recent WSJ Op-Ed. There, he once again said what everyone knows but is scared to admit: "we have an entitlement problem."
Druckenmiller's definition of the problem:
The media was more concerned about the fiscal cliff and what might happen to the economy over the three months than the big picture which is the debt which is going to swallow our kids in 15 or 20 years. They totally take a pass on entitlements which is the problem. And the president comes out and says i'm not going to do this on the back of seniors. Those seniors, that we put out in the article, are all taking out more than they put in, and it's guaranteed under the system today that all the kids are going to get less than they are putting in... the reason we're here is I think we have time to deal with this issue. If we don't deal with it in the next four or five years, we'll wake up and interest rates will explode and the next generation will have a very, very tough time and it's so unfair.... In 1994 entitlements were 50% of federal outlays, up from 28% in 1960, but to my horror under the George Bush administration they went from 50% to 63%. Now at 67% of all federal outlays are entitlements. To put that in perspective, if you look at the actuaries out there, entitlements are scheduled to grow $700 billion in the next four years just due to change in entitlements. That's as the demographics kick in.
A quick primer on the unsustainable Bernanke math:
If you normalize interest rates, i'm not talking about a spike, just normalize where they were before QE and took them to 5.7% federal funding costs of the debt, that's $500 billion a year in interest expense that goes out door. We're having a heart attack over an $85 billion sequester when we can lose $500 billion just if you normalize. The way markets work if and when that were to happen, you don't normalize, you keep going because the market figures out that you now have a credit problem which is exactly what's happened in the foreign nations.
A reminder on the irrationality of bond markets:
The bond market is a funny thing. In Greece the bond market was perfectly fine until February of 2010. Not moving, not doing anything, and then in two weeks it was over.
The topic of the free Fed money's diminishing returns is well-known:
The market is fine because you've got all the free money in the federal reserve. But that can only last so long. Eventually the hamster can't move on the wheel anymore and the free money has less and less impact.
His solution: means testing:
Means-test people like me on social security. You realize I've done all right in life, okay? I'm going to start getting social security checks in five years. It's absurd. And i'll get the same social security checks that some people who have not done so well are. And the same thing with medicare. Raise the ages, as I pointed out earlier. When all this stuff was started, life expectancy was way below where it was now, and frankly probably the guesses on life expectancy where they are are too low. It's not that hard.
Finally, on political incentives to act, or rather not:
... Congress is not getting the market signal we talked about in the article so you can scream all you want about congress and the president being clowns, I can't think of any political system anywhere where they acted without interest rates going up. When did greece act? When the bond market blew up. When did Spain act? When the bond market blew up. What was Clinton's response to Rubin, "you mean the f'ing bond market is in control." Doing what they are doing the politicians have no incentive, but the market is a very fickle and violent thing. I don't think it's today, but we've got 3-year-old kids we've promised we'll get them through college and once college is done we'll get them a job. it's going to happen before those kids.
But of course, the merest suggestion of any of the above becoming policy and whoever is in charge screams bloody "austerity" knowing full well their political career is over the moment people's entitlements are cut.
And thus: back to square one.
The full clip follows below:
And for those who missed it, here is the WSJ op-ed from a week ago penned by Stanley Druckenmiller and former Fed governor and current Fed critic, Kevin Warsh:
Generational Theft Needs to Be Arrested
A Democrat, an independent and a Republican agree: Government spending levels are unsustainable
We come from different backgrounds, parties and pursuits but are bound by a common belief in the promise and purpose of America. After all, each of us has been the beneficiary of the choices made—and opportunities created—by previous generations of Americans.
One of us grew up poor in the South Bronx of the 1960s and went on to lead a children's antipoverty program in Harlem. Another grew up in a small town in South Jersey, and went on to be a leading money manager. The third grew up in a small suburb in upstate New York and found his way to serve in the government amid the financial crisis.
One of us is a Democrat; one, an independent; another, a Republican. Yet, together, we recognize several hard truths: Government spending levels are unsustainable. Higher taxes, however advisable or not, fail to come close to solving the problem. Discretionary spending must be reduced but without harming the safety net for our most vulnerable, or sacrificing future growth (e.g., research and education). Defense andhomeland security spending should not be immune to reductions. Most consequentially, the growth in spending on entitlement programs—Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare—must be curbed.
These truths are not born of some zeal for austerity or unkindness, but of arithmetic. The growing debt burden threatens to crush the next generation of Americans.
Coming out of the most recent elections, no consensus emerged either to reform the welfare state or to pay for it. And too many politicians appear unwilling to level with Americans about the challenges and choices confronting the United States. The failure to be forthright on fiscal policy is doing grievous harm to the country's long-term growth prospects. And the greatest casualties will be young Americans of all stripes who want—and need—an opportunity to succeed.
Three main infirmities plague Washington and constitute a clear and present danger to the prospects for the next generation.
First, the country's existing entitlement programs are not just unaffordable, they are also profoundly unfair to those who are taking their first steps in search of opportunity. Social Security is one example. According to Social Security actuaries, the generational theft runs deep. Young people now entering the workforce will actually lose 4.2% of their total lifetime wages because of their participation in Social Security. A typical third-grader will get back (in present value terms) only 75 cents for every dollar he contributes to Social Security over his lifetime. Meanwhile, many seniors with greater means nearing retirement age will pocket a handsome profit. Health-care spending through Medicare represents an even less equitable story.
The government has an obligation, of course, to support needy seniors. But this pension system is ripe for common-sense reforms, including changing eligibility ages and benefit structures for those with greater means, ridding the Social Security disability program of pervasive fraud, and removing disincentives for those who would rather work in their later years.
Powerful, vested interests portray reformers as avowed enemies of seniors. But, the status quo is, in fact, tantamount to saddling school-age children with more debt, weaker economic growth, and fewer opportunities for jobs and advancement.
Second, while many in Washington pay lip service to the long term, few act on it. The nation's debt clock garners far less attention than the "fiscal cliff" clock. Elected officials continue to allow the immediate to trump the important. Washington appears poised to forego fundamental reform at the altar of the expedient, yet again. This could have tragic consequences.
In successive administrations, the country has spent trillions in temporary tax credits and short-term "stimulus" to goose growth by the next election. What do we have to show for this spending surge? Modest growth, declining incomes and a level of national debt that undermine our long-term prospects.
The Federal Reserve's policies reinforce this short-term orientation. To offset weak economic conditions, the Fed's principal policy objectives appear to be twofold: suppress interest rates and raise stock prices. As a result Congress may be missing market signals and failing to see the costs of its spending addiction in time to undertake real reforms. Ultimately, economic fundamentals—not the promises of central banks—will determine the prices of stocks and bonds.
But the deeper failing is one of essential fairness. The benefits of rising stock prices accrue to those who have already amassed wealth at the expense of those who are struggling to save. And failing to deal with runaway spending will burden the country's children with higher interest rates and a debt bomb that will come due in their lifetimes.
Third, too many politicians appear more eager to divide the spoils of electoral victory among their own than to increase the size of the economic pie for all. The grab-bag of special tax favors under the guise of the recent fiscal-cliff deal is only the latest example.
Crony capitalism and corporate welfare aren't just expenses we cannot afford. They are an anathema to economic growth. They deny opportunities to aspiring people and companies who seek to better their lot. They ration opportunity based on things other than merit and hard work. They further ensure that poor children—who already are disadvantaged by failing schools, inadequate health care and little access to necessary resources—will never get the chance to break the cycle of generational poverty through education.
Some individual Americans are surely better off than they were many years ago. The more probing question is whether America is better off. That can only be true if the hopes and aspirations of the next generation are achievable.
The country must find the courage, conviction and compassion to fix what ails it. The opportunity to advance real reform is still possible. But failure to reform the entitlement culture, reaffirm long-run objectives, and re-establish a common purpose will mean a dimming of opportunities for American children today and for future generations. And a great nation will have ceded more than its greatness, but its goodness.


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Brilliant. You had me thinking i was lost or something. Well done.
Brilliant. You had me thinking i was lost or something. Well done.
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Genticorum performing at Earlville Opera House
Earlville >> The Earlville Opera House features the powerhouse French Celtic music of Genticorum on Saturday, June 29 at 8 p.m.
If you are new to the Celtic music of Quebec, its joyous traditional Celtic Acadian reels and dances are characterized by strong, percussive foot-stomping and by "call and response" vocals. Genticorum takes the tradition and weaves precise and intricate fiddle and flute work, vocal harmonies, energetic foot percussion and guitar and bass into a "big and jubilant musical feast."
The band has received accolades for their musicianship at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2011 when they won both "Traditional Album of the Year" and "Ensemble of the Year." They also received the Canadian Folk Music Award for their CD "La Bibournoise" for "Traditional Album of the Year" in 2008.
In their interview with Peggy Latkovich in Roots World, she notes: "They can drive through a reel set like a tornado, swirling on an eddy of fiddle, flute, guitar, and foot percussion. And they have a warm way with waltzes and airs." For English-speaking audiences, they introduce their French songs "in a silly story," says band member Alexandre de Grosbois-Garand.
Genticorum is touring in support of their May release, "Enregistre," which translates in English "to put down" or "to record." The band makes a habit of looking for old tunes in their native Quebec as well as writing new tunes in the Quebecois tradition. "It comes from Irish and Scottish and music from France," says Grobois-Garand, "There is a big so-called Celtic flair to it because there are a lot of Irish and Scottish reels that have become Quebecois reels. Sometimes the reels will change a bit, or the way of playing them. That mixed with the French song tradition and march band music from the United States and German polkas and waltzes. All that mixed together over a few centuries into what we refer to as Quebecois traditional music. Most of the bands, including us, will focus more on the party aspect of it. But we try also to play some laments and some waltzes because it's not just fast reels and call-and-response drinking songs. There's much more than that, so we try to give the diversity of the tradition."
The Earlville Opera House presents the world-class ensemble Genticorum as an EOH member special event. EOH Members are encouraged to bring up to two people who have never attended an EOH performance before to the show for free.
Call the EOH office to reserve tickets.
General admission is $18 and $16 for EOH members and students are discounted to $13.
Premium seating in the first four rows is an added $5.
The EOH Theater, located at 18 E. Main St., is wheelchair-accessible with a ramp and a lift.
For more information, or to reserve your seats, call 315-691-3550 or order online at www.earlvilleoperahouse.com.


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Hamilton-what lawyer does not "need" to go to lawschool?What were you doing for work before lawshool? What would you be expecting to be doing now if you hadn't gone?Are you a lawyer now or useing your JD in a nonlegal profession?
Hello, I am new to this site. I am the single Mom of teenagers and am presently an RN. My goal is to become a Nurse Attorney! I was wondering if there are any single parents on the site who attend school (Full opr Part) that have some words of wisdom to share with me. Thanks in advance LotusRN1972
So if she plans to go become an actual RN/Lawyer (a real job with real demand and better pay) then she SHOULD get the JD.If she wants to continue in a nonlegal field with a JD, not the best choice.Good advice to live by. I support that too.


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First, here's the smart money (or at least my money): 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy joining Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan.
Second, narrow or broad: Most likely, narrow (much easier to get six votes), with at least four justices saying they would go further, but I'm not counting out the broad decision.
Third, why now? Most important factor: political change in America.
We like to think (and many students are taught) that the federal courts, with life tenure for judges, operate outside the political process, especially when protecting the rights of what the court has called "discrete and insular minorities." After all, majorities don't need courts so much. They can win at the ballot box and in the legislature.
But that's not entirely true. Courts can only stray so far from the constraints (and demands) of politics before their very legitimacy is in question. And legitimacy, at the end of the day, is all the courts have as a basis for the enforcement of their decisions.
The miracle of the rule of law is that we abide by decisions we disagree with, and only rarely (integration in the '50s and '60s) do we need to resort to the gun-toting National Guard to enforce judicial decisions. But you can only rely on miracles for so much. Think about FDR's court-packing plan, a reaction to the Supreme Court's repeatedly striking down New Deal legislation, a plan that Roosevelt dropped when (big surprise) the court changed its mind and "saved nine."
It was fewer than 20 years ago (1986) when the court upheld Georgia's criminal sodomy law as applied to consenting gay adults. Seventeen years later (yes, it took 17 years), in an opinion by Justice Kennedy, the court reversed that decision, which puts Justice Kennedy in the odd position (if he votes against gay marriage here) of having decided that gay sex is OK but gay marriage is not, leaving gays as the only group in America who are encouraged - indeed required - to have sex outside of marriage.
While most states continue to limit marriage to a man and a woman, the overwhelming support for this traditional definition has declined precipitously in recent years. The experience of states like Massachusetts, whose Supreme Judicial Court's decision to legalize gay marriage (based on the state's constitution) initially created a political uproar complete with demands for legislative action and the heads of the judges, is instructive. But a funny thing happened in Massachusetts and in similar states: The sky didn't fall. If anything, gay marriage was a boost to the local economy. Today, gay marriage is supported by majorities in Massachusetts and across the nation.
States, the court has said many times, should be "laboratories" of experimentation, and they have been in the area of gay marriage. But the question is always: When do the states' experiences go beyond experimentation and become the basis for a federal mandate?
That really is the broad-versus-narrow question here. In California, the court could decide that the repeal of the rights of gays to marry - taking away rights from a class of people - presents a different (and easier) case than whether states should be required to afford those rights in the first place. The Defense of Marriage Act, at issue in the second case before the court, could be thrown out because it is at odds with a federal tradition of deferring to states on the rules of marriage - rules about the age of majority or waiting periods and required tests that have made certain states (think Nevada) marriage magnets.
Chief Justice Roberts' cousin's attendance at the oral arguments has received enormous attention because she is a lesbian who lives in California and would like to marry her partner. Everyone knows someone who is gay, she told the press, which was only partly true 20 years ago, when so many of our friends and family members were reluctant to be open about their sexual orientation. I used to joke in the old days, when we were fighting for equal rights for women, that our ace in the hole, more often than we publicly admitted, was how many judges (and justices) have daughters.
Or gay children (Sen. Rob Portman). Or cousins.
This much I know for sure: The wind is blowing in one direction. Gay marriage will be the law of the land, if not this term, then soon. The question for the Roberts court is not whether, but when.
• Susan Estrich, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a professor of law and political science at the University of Southern California.