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Using social media tools
Whilst many of you may be regular users of a range of social media tools, there may also be some of you who would like to know more about using social media tools.
The UK's Open University has produced a comprehensive free online social media toolkit which you may find useful. It is a collection of tips, recommendations, tools and pieces of social media best practice aimed in particular at those who use social media in a professional capacity.
Try out a new social media tool
Whilst you may be very familiar with some social media tools, how about trying out something new?
Facebook Groups and Google + communities
These are great if you want to share images and other media with smaller numbers of fellow learners or for forming groups with other people about a very specific subject.
You could start a Facebook group, or join one that someone else has started. Details of Facebook groups can be shared in the comments on the discussion pages within the course. Facebook also supports the course hashtags. Find out more about how to create a Facebook group. Google + allows you to use a nickname if you'd prefer to keep your real name private. Find out more about how to create a Google+ community.
If you'd like to try Twitter out, try viewing what's been shared using the #FLsocialmedia hashtag so far. You might find it motivating to follow other learners there too and help encourage others through the course.
For those of you that use LinkedIn, you might like to create or join a LinkedIn group to discuss your experiences and network with other professionals – people within your field and beyond. To join a group, search for its title from the search bar, or create your own by selecting 'Interests' and then 'Groups' from the top navigation.
Enterprise social networks
Your employer may have an internal social network that is used for collaboration and discussion, such as Yammer or Slack. This is a great way for you to discuss course topics with other learners within your organisation – particularly if you're in a large company across multiple sites.
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1/6/2016 à 11h00: Séminaire de Jakob RUNGE (LMD/ENS)
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What can we learn about interactions between subprocesses of the Earth system from studying time series measurements? The focus of this talk will be statistical methods of causal inference to (1) reconstruct causal associations, (2) quantify causal strength, and (3) identify causal pathways in the reconstructed interaction network. These approaches build on the causal discovery methods put forward by Peter Spirtes, Judea Pearl's causal effect framework, and also information-theoretic ideas. Applications of this framework to tropical teleconnections of ENSO and its interaction with the Indian Monsoon will be discussed.

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text: About us Our team Our staff Theresa Jordan Theresa joined Above & Beyond in August 2017 as Grants Administrator working closely with the Grants Manager to oversee incoming grant applications. She supports the whole finance team wherever possible and is a demon with the letter opener. Previously Theresa worked for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in the Learning and Development department. When not working for Above & Beyond Theresa runs her own events and wedding planning business called Hummingbird Events which keeps her very busy! Theresa works two days a week and can be contacted on [email protected].


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Gas prices in Connecticut continue steady decline
Gas prices in the New Haven area and around the state continued their slow and steady decline over the past week, extending a trend that began in early June.
Weekly data from the online fuel tracking site GasBuddy.com and AAA Northeast show the average price of a gallon of gas going down by 4.1 cents in the New Haven area and 3 cents statewide.
GasBuddy's survey of 229 New Haven-area gas stations had the average price of gas at $2.33 per gallon Sunday, while AAA Northeast's data put the statewide average at $2.36 per gallon. The statewide average is at its lowest point since mid-May, according to Fran Mayko, a Hamden-based spokeswoman for AAA.
The New Haven area has the cheapest gas among the three regions tracked by GasBuddy. Gregg Laskoski, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com., said the reason for the decline in gas prices this summer is because of the glut of crude oil on world markets.
"Summer travel is up, and yet, gas prices continue to decline," Laskoski said. "We know that seems perplexing for many, but that's exactly what's happening and it all comes down to those most basic fundamentals; supply & demand. Despite fuel consumption near record levels, U.S. gasoline inventory recently reached the highest July level ever recorded."
Consumer demand for gasoline is up 4 percent to 5 percent over last year at this time, he said.
Mayko said AAA Northeast's data has the average national gasoline price at $2.21 per gallon, which is 55 cents lower than it was last year.
Laskoski said the expectation is that, barring any unexpected occurrences, gas prices will continue a slow and steady descent throughout the remainder of summer. In fact, he said, unless one of the world's major oil producing nations decides to reduce its current production levels, gas prices could continue to drop over the remainder of the calendar year.
"That's good news for the consumer and not-so-good news for oil producing states," Laskoski said. "It's a constant tug of war between oil producing nations and what's going on now is not going to change unless one of these countries blinks and becomes the first one to lower its prices."
Mayko said California has the nation's highest average gas prices at $2.85 per gallon. South Carolina's $1.88 per gallon average price is the lowest in the U.S., she said.
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Courchevel and the Three Valleys speak for themselves. There is so much more to this area than the world's largest ski resort with guaranteed snow! Spring, summer & autumn are also amazing times to spend here in these mountains. If you love the great outdoors and fresh air then come explore this area hiking, mountain biking or flying over the valleys while paragliding. The ever changing colours and scenery, the fragrance of the forest & mountain meadows leave you intoxicated!
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Courchevel Le Praz €425,000
Bozel - Courchevel €353,600For sale: Fantastic renovation project in the heart of Bozel village - Old 3 bedroom house with two vaulted cellars, a large barn attached, and a flat sunny garden, approximately 120 m² !
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Bozel - Courchevel €280,000For sale: Restaurant/pizzeria business with long-term clientele and potential to expand in a year-round village at the foot of Courchevel ski resort. This is the business itself that is for sale & not the actual walls.
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Lengthy before physicists stumbled onto invisible 'darkish matter and vitality', metaphysicists had been experimenting and observing them utilizing the sensory techniques of their increased power bodies. The listing is ongoing and we cannot be grateful enough to the medical science for immense ease it has introduced in our lives by saving us from numerous maladies unfold round us. Laboratory research on mice revealed the actual fact human prostate most cancers cell development was inhibited from growing in the affected mice. As we speak in science class, students will be studying about mobile respiration by reading and finishing pages 72-77 of their textbooks There is no such thing as a homework.
He did this again however as a substitute of saying dangerous things on the jar of water, he stated positive affirmations then he froze the water. Science is commonly categorised under two major classes: Social sciences (study of societies and human habits), and pure sciences (study of pure phenomena similar to biological life). In our daily lives folks hardly discover time to talk with their loved ones in individual.
When patterns are discovered, often in widely different areas of science and expertise, the arithmetic of these patterns can be used to elucidate and management pure happenings and conditions. He later published papers on the final concept of relativity, quantum idea, and the thermal properties of light that laid the foundation of the photon principle of sunshine.
To download and subscribe to Christian Science Day by day Lift by Each day Raise, get iTunes now. The explanation we do not acknowledge the things I just described in our daily lives is as a result of they're both working at such a large scale or a small scale that they aren't apparent. Overall, the presence of B lymphocytes was related to elevated tissue proliferation, diminished cell death and a more supportive surroundings for wound therapeutic.
Leisure by means of cinema is without doubt one of the most outstanding invention of science in our day by day life. Truly, Science has given ears to the deaf, eyes to the blind and limbs to the crippled. Unfortunately the continual assault of those day by day trendy stressors can have extreme consequences on our well being and nicely-being. If then, light was 1010 TIMES quicker than now, take into account the so referred to as billions of years of time calculated for the age of the earth and certainly the universe.


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Well we finally after a few years of stuffing about purchased a wood heater (get it in a week or two) . We were looking at the Nectre bakers over but for yours they only made the one model for smaller homes up to 140m2. I was looking about on the net and noticed they had updated there webpage. I also noticed they now have a BIG bakers oven that will pump out about 22kw and is large enough for our main open plan living area. Not to mention the actual oven section on the bottom is much more generous. More like the size of a typical modern oven.You can also cook on the top of it but I don't see myself doing much of that (well no stir frys in the lounge anyhow ) Just nice to have something cooking over winter on special occasions.
Though I like that in a SHTF situation I'm not reliant on gas or even our offgrid electric system for cooking.
Its over 200kg and I need to get a base made up for it and install it. Should have a good 5m or so of flue so should draw well. The flue will be exposed for the first 3m to the ceiling and vents will be installed above it to duct/transfer heat to two other rooms when needed.


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JOHANNESBURG - Three months after the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls, the Islamic militant leader behind the abduction surfaced in a video Sunday with a defiant and dismissive message.
For 90 days the families of the more than 200 girls had hoped for good news. Instead, their hopes were met with scorn in a new video from Boko Haram leader Abubaker Shekau, who mocks the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign.
"'Bring Back Our Girls.' Ooooh! Bring back our army," he says on the video, jeering at the Nigerian military.
The social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls quickly drew worldwide attention to the plight of the Chibok schoolgirls. But just as quickly, it faded from the global spotlight. And in that time Boko Haram has stepped up its terror campaign. In the new video, Shekau claims responsibility for a June bomb blast in the capital, Abuja, which left 21 dead.
While attempts to rescue the girls appear to have stalled over past weeks, sources close to the negotiations tell CBS News that back-door channels remain open. They even believe there could be action within days. But they warn against raising expectation as they say they've been close to a breakthrough on three separate occasions - only to have the rescue efforts aborted at the 11th hour.
There was a measure of comfort for the Chibok parents on Sunday when they were visited by Malala Yousefzai, the young Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for also having the audacity to seek an education.
"You are really brave parents, really brave parents who have taken the step to speak up for their daughters and to speak up for the right of education and I'm hopeful that the government would listen to your voice," she said.
So far the Nigerian government has appeared impotent in the face of the increasingly brazen Boko Haram attacks. Sources tell CBS News they have all but ruled out a military rescue as it could further endanger the lives of the girls.
This means there are few options left for a government facing strong criticism from its own people over their failure to bring the Chibok girls safely home.


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CANCELLED - The Leader is ill and must CANCEL this hike
I will reschedule for another time. Sorry It looks like it will be a very nice day
Thank you Peter Kelly
SAT Jan 13 – 10 miles, wooded flat terrain Meet 10:45 AM at the trailhead, located at the Atlantic County Parks - Estell Manor Nature Center. The entrance is on NJ Route 50 (3.85 mi. from intersection of Rtes 50 and Rt.40 / May's landing). We'll explore this historic 1700-acre park bordered on the east by the South and Great Egg Harbor Rivers and on the west by Route 50. Estell was the site of a WWI munitions plant. This Atlantic County Park has an extensive trail network with a couple miles of boardwalk through the real swampy areas. Additionally, the nature center has a lot of information on the area. See Estell Manor Trail Map at http://www.atlantic-county.org/parks/estell-manor-parks-trails.asp. Anyone needing transportation MUST contact the leader by Thursday evening to make arrangements to meet at the Woodcrest PATCO station at approx. 9:25 AM (35 miles to trailhead.) See http://www.ridepatco.org for current Saturday schedule. Cost: $1.00. Leaders: Peter Kelly and Heidi Setz-Kelly Cell: 609-442-5830, firstname.lastname@example.com


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(Cross-posted from PlayingWithMedia.com)
From time to time, a useful media sharing website closes its doors to users. That was the case with Gabcast.com, a free phonecasting service used by the instructor whose classes I studied for my dissertation. Cinch.fm has been one of my favorite "no-edit podcasting" as well as phonecasting services, and this past week I was saddened to learn they are discontinuing their service.
Dear Cinch.FM users,
It is with great sadness that I announce that we are shutting down the Cinch.FM service. While we continue to believe that easily creating audio content has an important place in the digital world, we just do not have the engineering and product resources to maintain the service while continuing to invest in our main property, BlogTalkRadio. We'd like to make the transition off of Cinch.FM as smooth as possible for you by providing the steps necessary for preserving your content.
Effective August 20th, 2012, no new accounts can be created on Cinch.FM and for those of you with an existing Cinch.FM account, you will no longer be able to create new audio recordings.
Your existing content will remain online and available until October 20, 2012 – two months from the shut down date. Cinch.FM players that have been published on your blog or any other website will continue to function until that date. In addition, the RSS feed for your account will remain available for the same period.
If you would like to save any of your recordings, please log in to the Cinch.FM web site immediately and download your audio content. To download your content, you may login here. If you have a large volume of content that you would like to download, we recommend that you use the RSS feeds available in your account and a podcast client.
After October 20, 2012, your content will be permanently deleted, and we will not be able to retrieve it.
I know that many of you actively use the Cinch.FM service, but please know that this turn of events saddens us as well and we are truly sorry. We're incredibly thankful for our Cinch.FM community of users.
Again thank you for being a Cinch.FM user.
Bob Charish, COO Cinch.FM
In this post, I'll describe the steps I used today to cross-post audio content I'd shared online for my school district with Cinch.fm last spring. I cross-posted these audio files (for free) to a new channel I created on iPadio.com. iPadio not only supports phonecasting and app-based audio podcasting, but also uploading of audio files up to 100 MB in size.
Step 1 is to click the RSS / feed icon on the Cinch.fm channel which you want to download and cross-post.
After clicking the RSS / feed icon, click on the iTunes link. If you have iTunes installed on your computer, this will create a new subscription to that Cinch.fm channel's RSS feed.
Step 3 is to click GET ALL for the podcast episodes in your Cinch channel. This will download all the mp3 audio files locally to your computer in iTunes.
Next, adjust and move the windows on your computer so you can drag the downloaded audio files from iTunes into a new folder.
Step 5 is to create a new post (called a "phlog" for phone blog post) on your free iPadio channel. (Create an iPadio account first if you have not already.) Enter desired information for the episode first.
At the bottom of the post, click to select and upload the audio file for that episode. Uploading begins after you click SUBMIT at the bottom of the page.
When you setup your iPadio channel, consider turning OFF comments. You can embed episodes on your classroom blog or other website where you can moderate comments, but comment moderation on iPadio isn't possible. It's better to turn OFF comments on iPadio and moderate comments on another website where you embed episodes, IMHO, rather than permit unmoderated comments directly on the iPadio website. Thankfully (unlike YouTube uploads) you can turn off comments for ALL episodes on your iPadio channel and don't have to make this selection with each individual "phlog."
After your episodes are cross-posted, you can embed them directly on your website posts.
This is the January 2012 "learning showcase" blog post for our distort which included Cinch recordings, which I updated today with cross-posted audio from iPadio.
Do you have other websites and platforms you prefer over iPadio for cross-posting audio from Cinch?
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- ACLU Sues Missouri School District for Overblocking Internet Websites - 2011
- Magical iPhone Photo Apps - 2010
- Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship Presentations for Students, Parents and Teachers - 2010
- Podcast327: Using Digital Technologies and Personal Learning Networks to Enhance Learning by Clif Mims (Podstock09 Keynote) - 2009
- Railroads and virtual connections - 2008
- Searching for the ideal StoryChaser camera - 2008
- 30 Days with Twitter by Bob Sprankle - 2007
- Podcast78: Reflections on Video Gaming and Lego Star Wars 2 Demo - 2006


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It's a Show. It's a Swap. It's Both.
Clotheswap invites members of the audience to bring bags of used clothing to serve as fodder for improv within the performance. After the performance, these garments will be donated to
Sistering and Dress for Success.
Examining the seams of empathy among women, the high cost of fast fashion and the stories our bodies tell; Clotheswap is a show, a Clothing Swap, and free admission to one of Toronto's greatest and most unique museums. The world premiere of Clotheswap will take place at the Toronto Fringe July 3-14 at the
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The OFloinn's random thoughts on science fiction, philosophy, statistical analysis, sundry miscellany, and the Untergang des Abendlandes
Great writing, vivid scenarios, and thoughtful commentary ... the stories will linger after the last page is turned. -- Publisher's Weekly, on Captive Dreams
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Lovely book, one of my favorites of yours.ReplyDelete
Wow. That was a really great story.
A group of Harri Seldons working in the 19th century is good enough; the insights into the engineering character and mindset were even better, but the characters themselves were amazing.
And, of course, the fact that you got the details of a double acting cylinder exactly right made me smile (I'm in the middle of rebuilding a Bosch framing nailgun right now before I can continue building shelves in the barn, and the technology hasn't changed a bit in a century).
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That was fun, too.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJuly 17, 2014 at 12:32 AM
Next to the dog and the tapeworm, no other pet becomes so attached to its master.ReplyDelete
Just wanted to say that this is a great line!
I got my first story (and a poem!) published at 13, so I have you beat there.
You have me beat in that I've never published anything since, though...
- Xena CatolicaJuly 19, 2014 at 10:00 AM
The ah, distinctive sense of humor certainly manifested early! Fly-traps, hmmmm.....ReplyDelete
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Nyuk. Good story. Nice surprise ending. And nice hard science/fantasy blend.ReplyDelete
Yes, nice. Did I miss something in the story about why dragons are presumed to hunt predators and not something more thermodynamically efficient like, say, sheep? Or is that part of legend that I'm unfamiliar with?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hmm. No, I guess I never did explain.Delete
- Xena CatolicaAugust 1, 2014 at 10:01 AM
oh, I like it! 'Though in my experience profs who have a thing about shape-shifters are a more subtle, long term danger.... I was halfway expecting it would be Mrs. Robins who was the predator, ambushing him with her son (and maybe employer, too) on the way home--but that would be a pack attack & probably the isolated confrontation is a more dramatic ending. Was Krishnamurthi a predator, too? I couldn't decide. (or deliberately ambiguous? sneaky sneaky)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2014 at 3:51 AM
That was an awesome ending! Not sure how I didn't see it coming though...ReplyDeleteReplies
The reviewer in Locus dismissed it as 'standard ending #' something or other. OTOH, the secretary in the office where I worked had no knowledge of SF or F but wanted to read something I wrote. "Dragons" had just come out, so I gave it to her.Delete
Our desks faced away from each other and silence descended on the office for a time.
Then she shrieked. I mean she cried out loud.
I smiled.
- AnonymousAugust 8, 2014 at 11:14 PM
Ha! Seems about right. My reaction went something like this:Delete
"Wow! Didn't see that coming!"
(A few seconds later)
"Seriously though, how did I not see that coming?"
So I can't really fault the story, since it did surprise me. The mild irritation is purely directed on my end.
- AnonymousAugust 24, 2014 at 12:45 AM
i can't seem to find any way to access older stories, such as "The Steel Driver" - are they still accessible or is only one [older] story at a time made available, before being replaced by another selection? any chance there will be return engagements? I'm a big fan of "In the Country of the Blind" and was really sorry to miss a chance to read one of the Babbage stories.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, it's one page, so each story overwrites the previous one. Usually at about 2 week intervals when I remember. Sometimes there are previews of new stories.Delete
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- Xena CatolicaAugust 25, 2014 at 10:52 AM
um, I mean, that was cool & particularly appropriate for the feast of St. Louis
Twisted. I liked it.ReplyDelete
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Radical, man. Trippy, even.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to part 2.
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OK, that was sneaky-funny. Since I had a front-row seat on the 60s as a young teenager, can't get enough 60s bashing: has there ever been as clueless, stupid and destructive set of people as the run of the mill 60s hippy? Probably - coming up with them would be a fun way to while away the time.ReplyDelete
On the story itself, yea, I can see editors having concerns that you could damage the transmission shifting like that. I thought it worked: the manifest humor and silliness of part 1 gets temporarily eclipsed by the bitter 'love' story of the second half, until it dawns on the reader that they - the craziness of Pt 1 and the cultural insanity made personal in Pt 2 - really are very much related. Then there's always the temptation - I am particularly prone to this, it seems - to wish we could go back and fix things. This manages to show how that might work and throw cold water on the idea at the same time.
Laughing a bitter laugh at hippies? Count me in.
And, hey - in this one case, maybe you can put up both parts? Kinda hard to recommend people read it when all we get is part 2.ReplyDelete
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- Xena CatolicaNovember 12, 2014 at 1:10 PM
well, you certainly demonstrated what a crappy bit of non-thinking "shit happens" is. A tough narrator to pull off, I think, just slightly less a monster than his companions. It put me somewhat in mind of "Fear & Loathing in L.A."ReplyDeleteReplies
- Xena CatolicaNovember 13, 2014 at 7:34 AM
that's "Las Vegas" when I'm not sick. Sorry.Delete
- Xena CatolicaNovember 24, 2014 at 12:30 PM
The last 2 books I've read just threw the theme of betrayal & trustworthiness into sharp relief, and suddenly this looks like volume 1. Funny and/or Providential how sometimes 'random' reading turns into a moment of the uncanny at just the right moment.Delete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2014 at 6:51 AM
I found this an enjoyable read! I'm sorry Wag died the way he did; I think he's interesting at least. But then I rather like wolves in general.ReplyDelete
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Begin "The Engineer Discourses Upon His Love"
Perhaps an Optics engineer could take up the theme:
I can't get no satisfaction
At this obtuse angle of refraction
I reflect upon her opaque gaze
and the polarizing way she waves
(and so on)
optics, too, lens itself to punning.
- AnonymousDecember 6, 2014 at 7:16 PM
Joseph, I saw what you did there . . .ReplyDelete
As a once-engineering student, I'm charmed.ReplyDelete
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I am glad this had a happy ending.ReplyDelete
You've put this up before? Perhaps on John Wright's site. I thought I remember her losing.ReplyDelete
For some reason Hozier's "Take Me to Church" seems like the soundtrack for this story. But I agree with Wombat above - I'm glad it ended not-horribly.ReplyDelete
The original ending was at the point where Plumaje says, "Just once more."ReplyDelete
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- Xena CatolicaJanuary 1, 2015 at 1:53 PM
Like it very much; laughed at the last line. (maybe wasn't supposed to?) The last 10 days I discovered my heart is genre and has actually no interest in cross-over to literary fic. at all.ReplyDelete
And Happy New Year!
In a moment of synchronicity, this got posted on the Sci Phi Facebook page:ReplyDelete
Good story.
I loved the nod to Card's M.I.C.E. quotient.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJanuary 6, 2015 at 9:36 PM
Oh, thou Arch-Tantalizer!ReplyDelete
Arch-Tantalizer? It that something that tickled the sole of the foot?ReplyDelete
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Ouch. But if you fail to communicate that badly... silence isn't exactly a virtue.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 23, 2015 at 6:12 AM
Perhaps this poor biologist had himself a bit more drink than he let on, or else he would have told me why diving gear didn't seem to be an option for him and his beloved; or why they couldn't have arranged a tank with seawater for her to wait in while he developed his own gills; or why it seemed to have taken him a while to replicate the process which he described as an accidental prick. Neither did he answer my inquiries as to her promises to wait for him (because surely she made him her vows, yes?), and to meet with him out in the sea whenever he could.ReplyDelete
I had so many questions. I daresay ditch water is brighter than I am. I didn't even know what I was supposed to be dying with curiosity about when he first addressed me. What is so odd about a man sitting on the beach with food and books? It's quite a lovely thing to do. I like walking along the beach, night or day; night, of course, affords me the cover of darkness. And yes, there were many places in that cove for me to hide in. Not for nothing have I been called a disgrace to the 'fairer sex'--and a blight upon worlds in general! I doubt he would have remained where he was, or called me his friend, if he had been able to see me clearly.
And this brings me back to the drinks. I would have liked to talk about the mer-folk he mentioned; I'm not sure if there are creatures like that in the netherworld, where I came from. And the waves! Oh, the waves. But he seemed less sober than I would have liked. And he was quite focused on being with his Sandy. I can only hope she treats him well. I have little experience in such things.
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- Xena CatolicaApril 25, 2015 at 9:13 PM
That was great. I have to ask- how much time between "Dragons" and this one? Those two together are wonderfully complementary.ReplyDeleteReplies
Dragons was finished in 1987; Corner in December 1992.Delete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2015 at 10:55 AM
I never would have thought humans would find dryads tasty. Hmmm.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 13, 2015 at 11:32 AM
That would explain why there are so few around today . . .ReplyDelete
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- Kevin Stuart LeeAugust 26, 2015 at 9:31 PM
That was an unflinching story. You began with a dark premise and developed it to a believable, melancholy outcome. Nealy's cravings as an older man strike me as logical results of both soul-loss due to magic use, and the psychological push-pull methods the vestal uses to keep him under control. These broken behaviors of a being broken in an abusive environment remind me in some ways of the pathologies developed by the survivors of the Spartan agoge.ReplyDelete
The setting piques my curiosity. Given mentions of Leif Erikson, the Pine Barrens and Oneida, did you set the story in the Mid-Atlantic states (with a significantly different history) with Nealy's family farm in New Jersey, and the cabin shared with his rixler up in the Taconics or Adirondacks? I was also pleased with the suggestion of not just a drastically different history, but entire metaphysical reality, sans info-dump, with your weaving of the mezuzah, prayers to gods, hermetic texts and other details into natural places within the narrative. It's quite a different world where priests carry ankhs, Gnostic ramblings appear valid as real scripture, and Mohammed is a saint. Was that last detail a reference to "Agent of Byzantium"?
You've also expanded my vocabulary and linguistic knowledge, which I thank you for. I had not known that "man" originally meant "person" and that "wereman" and "wifman" meant the respective male half and female half. That's a beautiful case of language expressing the metaphysical truth illuminated in Matthew 19:5. I'm tucking that one into my back pocket should I need to employ it in my future defense (and I imagine I will - I'm at university).Replies
I don't recall now if I had read Agent of Byzantium or not at the time.Delete
I'm glad you enjoyed the story, if "enjoy" is quite the right word.
- Kevin Stuart LeeAugust 27, 2015 at 3:19 PM
It's the correct word to describe my feelings towards your craftsmanship, language, hints at the setting and courage in developing the premise to its end. My overall experience of the story is accurately captured by the term "appreciation." Thank you for sharing it with us.Delete
I enjoyed it in both the conventional and Lewisitcal senses. Now I must contemplate it. The language is a delight, and although the very pagan societal vision is dark all get-out, it is entirely self consistent. I didn't see the end coming until a few lines out, but in retrospect, said "Of course. How else could such a tale end?" Brilliant darkness indeed.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2015 at 12:49 AM
Perhaps I know you too well, Michael, as an honest craftsman.ReplyDelete
I had the necessary ending here:
"Yes, four or five possibilities, some of them quite amusing. And it made Agnes's request so much more interesting."
It may be better sans the ultimate line.
The nod to the Jersey Devil was also appreciated.
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2015 at 7:05 AM
I have sworn not to be (a) Greta, and I pray to Our Lord I stay true. (I have not exactly been their favorite, and no man has asked me to be his wif, so there's not much difficulty.) Why Gretas are found to be so desirable, I surrender to God as well.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousFebruary 15, 2016 at 6:27 AM
No! Hennesey!ReplyDelete
People who would revise the continuum do tend to have this propensity for wishful thinking. The physicist is aware of the multitude of possibilities that could occur. Why should he insist that Lisa FitzHugh is better off? It's more than likely that she's somewhere sulking and blaming other people for her miseries, as is clearly her established behavior. She may even have had another child to whom she also has passed on her sullen disposition and bad temper. (I'm not sure, either, why no one has addressed her role and responsibility in regards their marital troubles.) And if she is indeed better off, why should that absolve the physicist from what he did? Poor Lenny, and poor Hennesey!
That is a terribly sad story! And scary. Worse than any Lovecraft. Brrr. Glad I went to Confession last night.ReplyDelete
Of course, even if a father can forget his child, we are promised that God will not forget us; so there's that.
- AnonymousSeptember 6, 2017 at 3:28 PM
I saw "Watch this Space" and thought that was the title of the new story preview :-(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2017 at 7:04 PM
Watching, watching, watching.ReplyDelete
My eyes are getting dry!
-- Occasional Correspondent
- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2019 at 2:03 AM
Still watching...still waiting :(ReplyDelete


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Today's story is from a collection of stories that are close to my heart. The stories are about and for at risk kids. I have tried to portray some of their challenges based on my years of working with urban kids.
The collection of children's fiction will hopefully grow into a book proposal. In the meantime, your feedback is very important to me.
Marissa longed to set the hateful thing on fire, throw it in the dumpster, run over it with her bike, anything to destroy the latest broadcast of her shortcomings. But, she didn't dare. One thing you could say was her mom was vigilant. Marissa was sure her mom was always the first to read Ms. Morgan's online newsletter, and knew when Marissa had a test.
Sometimes Marissa thought mom started getting fired up as soon as she knew a test was coming up. She supposed mom had good reason to be mad or disappointed. Once in awhile, a "D" seemed to miraculously appear on a test, but that didn't seem to make any difference to mom.
Marissa carefully put the test into her backpack. The racket of her classmates on the bus would distract her until just before her bus stop. Why did she even try?
"Hey, Marissa, are you going to Julie's sleepover tomorrow night?" Carla asked from the seat in front of her.
"Oh no, I totally forgot! I'm not sure," Marissa answered.
"You've got to come! Julie's folks finished off their basement, and Julie says we get the whole downstairs to ourselves. It's going to be terrific!"
"I think my mom made plans for us tomorrow night, sorry," Marissa self-consciously lied to her friend.
Maybe mom hadn't made plans, but Marissa was sure as soon as she saw the math test she'd be grounded. She hated lying to Carla, and Julie, but there was a limit to how much embarrassment a person could take.
Grieving over another failed test and now the lost of time with her friends, Marissa crept off the school bus as slowly and quietly as she could.
Marissa was glad to see mom hadn't gotten home from work by the time she had haltingly made her way home from the bus stop.
Just as she was finishing her snack, mom walked in the door. Marissa could tell mom was more than tired, something was definitely wrong.
"Hi, Mom. Are you okay?"
"Oh, hi, honey. I've got a headache. Would you mind starting supper in about a half hour? I'm going to lay down for a little while."
"Sure, Mom, is there anything I can do for you?"
Mom looked at Marissa like she'd never seen her before.
"No, thanks. I'll just take a couple of tylenol and help you finish supper later."
Mom went to the bathroom for tylenol, then to her room. Marissa was convinced something else was wrong besides mom having a headache, but what?
And did mom actually call her "honey"? Mom never called her anything but her name, not like some of her friends whose parents called them things like "princess" or "angel face". Marissa had often wondered what it would be like to be called by a pet name that dripped with affection.
While mom was lying down, Marissa got started on her homework, laying the math test on the corner of the table. After she finished her spelling, she went to see what she could start for supper.
Mom didn't let Marissa help with the cooking very often, so there weren't many choices for what she could fix. Macaroni and cheese seemed like a good idea. Boil some water, add some macaroni, . . . shouldn't be too hard. Getting into the frige, Marissa found hot dogs and grapes. That should be a pretty good supper, grain, dairy, make believe meat, and fruit.
As the water heated, Marissa got out the plates, cups and silverware. Setting the table, Marissa remembered a picture she'd seen in a magazine of a fancy dinner table and how pretty the napkins were folded.
Art was Marissa's favorite class. Ms. Holden said Marissa had a special way with color and texture. When they did a unit on origami, Ms. Holden put Marissa's bird in the display case. Marissa had been so excited to tell mom, who asked her what the big deal was about folding some colored paper.
Marissa tried not to think about that now. Instead, she went to her room to get her origami bird.
"I'll bet I could fold the napkins to look like birds," she told herself, as she grabbed a small stack of paper napkins to practice on.
It only took a couple of tries to get the napkins to look just right. By then, the water was boiling, so in went the pasta. Marissa washed the grapes and set them in the colander. She put the hot dogs on a plate and jabbed them a few times, like mom had showed her, to make sure they didn't explode in the microwave.
Standing at the kitchen window, washing and jabbing, Marissa noticed the scraggly old rose bush in the backyard. Despite their perennial neglect, it still managed to squeak out a few flowers each spring. Marissa thought they would look pretty in a small glass on the table. Marissa was putting the neatly arranged flowers on the table when mom walked into the kitchen.
************************************************************************************************************* "Marissa, what are you doing?" mom's voice had it's normally sharp tone.
"You told me to start supper, so . . ." Marissa's voice trailed away. Couldn't she ever get it right?
Mom took a closer look around the room, then looked at Marissa again, like she'd never seen her before.
"Mom, does your head feel better? I thought something pretty on the table would help."
"Marissa, did you do all this?"
Marissa looked down at the flowers, and prepared herself for yet another scolding. She silently nodded her head yes.
Mom seemed to almost fall into the her chair at the kitchen table.
"How did you learn to do this?" Mom asked, her voice noticeably gentler.
"You taught me how to make the macaroni and cheese, and how to cook the hot dogs in the microwave. We've been learning about nutrition in health, and the food groups, so I tried to make sure we had a variety."
"But what about these pretty napkins, and the flowers?"
"It took me a couple of tries with the napkins, but I thought they would look nice on the table. The flowers were just staring at me from the yard while I was washing the grapes."
Mom dropped her head into her hands and began softly crying.
"Mom, Mom, I didn't mean to upset you. I was wanting to help you feel better, not worse," Marissa said quietly, walking over by her mom.
Feeling really weird, Marissa tentatively touched mom's shoulder. Since mom didn't flinch, Marissa relaxed a little. Feeling a bit braver, Marissa began to carefully stroke mom's back, and something ever weirder happened. As she rubbed mom's back, Marissa could feel mom relax, too.
Slowly, mom looked up at Marissa and smiled.
How and when do you most effectively communicate with the children in your world? Does your style of communicating with children differ from the way your parents did with you?
This week, I hope to link up on Mary's website, Giving Up on Perfect, and Holley's Coffee for Your Heart.


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(Bloomberg) — People who buy insurance on the public health exchanges run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are eligible for tax credits to reduce their premiums, a U.S. judge ruled, dismissing claims that only state-run exchanges can offer the subsidies.
"The plain text of the statute, the statutory structure and the statutory purpose make clear that Congress intended to make premium credits available on both state-run and federally facilitated exchanges," U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington said in a ruling today dismissing a lawsuit.
The ruling undercuts what one supporter of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) called an "existential" threat to the law. PPACA opponents say the law forces consumers and businesses in a state to participate in a program their state governments opted out of.
Drafters created the PPACA tax credit program to help consumers pay for private "qualified health plan" (QHP) coverage through the PPACA exchanges.
HHS is running 36 exchanges. The District of Columbia and states are running the other exchanges.
PPACA opponents have argued that PPACA drafters gave the state-run exchanges the authority to offer the tax credit but did not include language giving the HHS-run exchanges the authority to offer the tax credit.
Friedman's ruling is "a major blow to the states that chose not to participate in the Obamacare insurance exchange program" Sam Kazman, general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a group that advocates for limited government, said in an e-mailed statement. "This decision guts the choice made by a majority of the states to stay out of the exchange program."
'Real cost'
The subsidies "hide the real cost of Obamacare" by enabling some insurance customers to pay artificially low rates, Kazman said in a phone interview. The subsidies also indirectly burden businesses because they could be subject to financial penalties when their employees receive the tax credits, according to Kazman.
They also create an incentive to cut full-time employees to reduce potential penalties, he said.
The institute is helping to pay for the lawsuit. The plaintiffs today filed a notice that they will appeal the ruling.
The ruling blunts an attack on the foundation of PPACA, according to Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a consumer health-care organization that filed a brief in support of the Obama administration.
"This, in our view, has been the greatest existential litigation threat to the Affordable Care Act," Pollack said in a conference call with reporters following release of Friedman's decision.
The case is Halbig v. Sebelius, 13-cv-00623, U.S District Court, District of Columbia.
A similar PPACA subsidy case, Pruitt v. Sebelius et al., 6:11-cv-00030-RAW, is still under way in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
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See also:
- DOMA ruling puts PPACA tax credits at risk
- The potential to sink PPACA?
- Court lets Oklahoma proceed with PPACA suit


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This digital article, crafted for WRTC 338: Genre Theory, explores several online memorials dedicated to individuals who have passed away due to drug overdose. By compassionately relaying the heartbreak of those left behind, and by sharing in a celebration of lives so tragically cut short, Gardner seeks to end the stigma associated with drug addiction and to return dignity to the individuals and families touched by addiction.
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Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation (Rita Antoinette Rizzo; April 20, 1923 – March 27, 2016) was an American Catholic nun. She created the Eternal Word Television Network (ETWN). it is a very popular television channel for Catholics. At four in the afternoon, there is a special time for children on EWTN. EWTN is also useful for non-Christians who want to learn about the Catholic faith.
EWTN has a website called EWTN.com. At this web site, people can learn about being Catholic and see when the programs come on. EWTN.com has a special blog for kids.
Mother Angelica died on March 27, 2016, Easter Sunday, from complications of a stroke at her home in Hanceville, Alabama. aged 92.[1]


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Monthly Meeting: An Evening with Larry Rich, City of Long Beach Sustainability Coordinator
Please join the WCHA for a fascinating lecture by Larry Rich, City of Long Beach, Sustainability Coordinator. Ever wondered why Spring is named Spring? What's un-derneath Signal Hill? Do you know where Willow Gulch is and what is has to do with our history? Larry can an-swer all these questions and more. Working for the City since 1991, Larry has a BA in Geography with an emphasis in Urban and Regional Studies.
We will also give an update on current neighborhood projects and those in attendance can participate in an opportunity drawing. This month's prizes include 1-dozen eggs from the Happy Chickens of Daisy Avenue (Fear, Daisy, Wilma, Virginia, and Magi) and a $50 gift card to Domenico's Italian Restaurant in Belmont Shore. Must be present to be awarded the prize.
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I think EFC have a fair chance so long as DM does not repeat the Cityerrors.- Never play Neville in midfield.- Ask the players to play in their normal positions.- Play with a recognized centre forward.- Now that Arteta has gone, take a chance with a gifted player i.e Barkleyto provide something differentAnd my favourite recommendation - never again put out a team that includes Hibbert, Neville and Osman
Suarez to be sent off for a crafty hair pull on Fellinininini.Tough one to call though, but I just see us edging it by the one goal. Sorry guys.If you hound us down I reckon that's where we'll enter panic mode and flunk our lines.
I agree about the hounding. Your defence isn't particularly adept with the ball and with Cahill chasing them around all game they will probably resort to hoofing it, and with Fellaini in front of the defence we shouldn't have too much trouble.
If we go at them from the whistle with a packed goodison in full voice then I reckon we'll win and look reasonably comfortable.If we approach it the way we usually approach games and even stick Cahill up front, they'll destroy us.
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|The Separation of the Plates of Fidelity and Marriage by the Magma of Modernist Clergy
I've written often on this blog (and prior to this tectonic shift in annulments) that were the liberals granted their push for communion for the divorced and remarried that there would be no need for a Catholic marriage any longer. They will have succeeded in finally neutering the last of the three marriage bona left standing - Fidelity. Having this last bonum already weakened by No Fault Divorce's onslaught, it now appears that Marriage's death knell has come not at the hands of the un-catholic Synod's Minions, but at the ever-merciful hands of Gru himself.
So, can it now effectively be marriage ala carte at whatever religious conviction suits you? Maybe, as it appears the "it's all good because we must be happy in our wedded life" is the new norm. Gone is the requirement pray for each other. Gone is the privelege to sanctify each other through the patient acceptance of the respective marital crosses. Besides which, aren't we all good little minions anyway and will reach Heaven despite ourselves? (After all, we're not really sure there is a more than a smidgen of a populated Hell anyway, according to this article. Or is there?)
So now, imagine this scenario: "Fr. Mike" speaking to "Mr. and Mrs. Marriage-in-Trouble": "SO...you're unhappy in your catholic marriage? Well then... try our new fast-track annulment process and move on! Once your free of this most un-catholic of burdens, I recommend you go ahead and try the Lutheran wedding service and see how that one wears on you. You needn't worry, though...if that one doesn't work out, just wait it out 'til we canonize Martin Luther in 2017 and then petition the Lutheran's for an annulment...I'm pretty sure that once St. Martin Luther's elevated to Sainthood, our respective laws will be merged and you'll be eligible for another fast-track annulment. I would then recommend the Southern Baptist sect...they seem to all be happy in their marriages."
Far-fetched? Irreverent? Naive? Mockery? Well, if you believe the above imagining of Fr. Mike's conversation is all those, then you must apply the same to what is currently going on with the unrelenting assault upon Catholic Marriage.
There is no one left to compare Pope Francis to except Barrack Hussein Obama, in so far as "never has so much damage, been done to so many, in so short of time, by one man". The trouble is, the masses of supporters for each man keep smiling and supporting their bulls**t, all the while refusing the reality of the damage strewn behind their (i.e. the mass populace's) puckered butts, or more importantly, their (i.e. the mass populace's) weakened Souls. [ Ed. note: my harsh critique of this Pontiff is mild compared to that of other bloggers, so don't squirm as you read it. It doesn't detract from his position as Head of the Church on Earth nor of my allegiance and prayers for him as such, any more than does my former wife's divorce and annulment for her.] [UPDATE: The underlined parentheses above clarifies who I meant by the pronoun "their"...lest anyone think I was referring to the POTUS or the Pontiff, which I wasn't. Even I was confused after reading it a few hours later, hence, the needed clarification.]
Vatican II - while not entirely full of error - is full of enough critical errors as to make it entirely culpable for what has just occurred. The streamlining of annulments is just the continuation of the streamlining of Catholicism started in 1962. And it may not be over with yet...
As the sayings go: "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" and its corollary: "the floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of Bishops."
God help us...
[Ed. note: the foundation for this article is rooted in a comment I made to this post: Who Is The Pharisee Now? I am indebted to its author for stimulating my ever-aging thought processes...I think.]
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Nikon Updates D3 and D300 Firmware
Hot on the heels of the D700 announcement, Nikon pays homage to it's installed userbase of DSLR owners by releasing new firmware updates for the popular D3 and D300.
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An issue that, in some rare circumstances, caused the battery indicator to blink, regardless of actual battery charge, has been resolved.
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
MercyMe fatal traffic accident
Earlier this morning, MercyMe was involved in a fatal car accident. As their tour bus was headed through a green light, a car abruptly turned east and collided with the bus. None of the band members were injured, but two of the three in the car were killed. The third person, the driver, was a young pregnant female, who later gave birth to a stillborn child. She is in critical condition. Shortly after the accident, before many details were known, lead singer Bart Millard wrote on Twitter, "Car just hit our tour bus. We are ok, but 2 of the 3 in the car did not make it. The one that did is pregnant. Please start praying"...and later... "Can't sleep. Officers left to notify families of their loss. My heart aches. Girl driving is 35 wks pregnant. Both are stable." To read more about this, click here to read this article.
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The National Alliance of Buy Here Pay Here Dealers (NABD) and Cherokee Automotive Group (CAG), the publishers of Auto Remarketing and SubPrime Auto Finance News will combine forces to launch the BHPH Report for the industry later this month.
This effort will capitalize on the joint strength of NABD and CAG to provide a powerful digital publication and supporting media assets that will serve to benefit operators (franchise and independent), vendors, owners, and executives involved in the BHPH industry.
"NABD believes that the BHPH industry wants and needs a publication devoted exclusively to this important segment of the auto industry," said Ken Shilson, NABD founder. "We look forward to working with Cherokee Automotive Group on this joint Report. We ask BHPH operators and industry product and service providers to help provide quality content and timely information. Working together the industry can make a difference!"
"We've always worked very closely with Ken, Ingram and the entire NABD team", said Bill Zadeits, president and publisher of CAG. "We think this is a great fit, and we're excited about teaming up to help dealers and others invested in the success of the BHPH industry. We want to provide them with the best information and insight possible. We want to help them succeed."
The BHPH Report will be a monthly digital magazine which will be made available to 30,000+ franchise and independent operators. NABD and CAG are working together to develop a strong readership that will create a targeted, valuable audience for advertisers and sponsors. Additional distribution will include vendors, suppliers, analysts, executives, and automotive industry owners involved with the BHPH industry.
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Coming in 2014 is an exciting, new design and improved functionality for www.autoremarketing.com and www.subprimenews.com . BHPH will have an exclusive channel and site www.bhphreport.com as part of these popular websites and, along with bhphinfo.com, will offer robust content with exclusive, targeted information and data developed through e-news, digital magazine sources and content creators.
This fresh and focused content on BHPH topics will drive increasing audience share to these websites and provide additional value to advertisers.
For both the spring and fall NABD Conferences, a bonus-circulation print edition of BHPH Report will be distributed to all attendees. Bonus print distribution will be 1500-2000 copies onsite for each event. Ron Smith, CEO and publisher/editor emeritus for CAG, "In today's media marketplace, you have to be on the leading edge of technology and innovation. Our company is committed to taking the lead in this area and we applaud NABD for its efforts to do the same."
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Today's Supreme Court oral arguments centered on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) "individual mandate" (also known as the "minimal coverage provision"), the requirement, beginning in 2014, for all Americans to either obtain health insurance or pay a penalty. The question is whether Congress can use its authority under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution to regulate interstate commerce in order to enact such a requirement.
Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli began by describing a U.S. health care system in which 40 million people are uninsured and the costs of their uncompensated care drive up health insurance costs for those who are insured. He explained that Congress used its authority under the Commerce Clause to enact two key reforms to the insurance market, "guaranteed issue" and "community rating" (a position that none of the parties disputes), but that these reforms could not exist without Congress also creating a minimal coverage provision, thereby assuring that individuals would have insurance in advance of any actual need for health care services. He argued that there is no temporal limit to the Commerce Clause, that everyone subject to the regulation is or will eventually be in the health care market and they are just being regulated in advance.
Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia and Breyer at once began to question whether Congress could create commerce where previously none existed in order to regulate it. General Verrilli responded that, rather than creating commerce, Congress actually was regulating existing economic activity – people's participation in the health care market, where health insurance is a means of paying for health care. Justice Scalia insisted that the provision regulates health insurance, not health care. Chief Justice Roberts expressed his concerns that if the Court accepted the principle that everyone was in the insurance market, he didn't see why Congress' power would be limited to only the method of payment
Justice Kennedy stated that this issue goes beyond what the Court's cases have allowed and, because of that, the government has a heavy burden to show that the individual mandate is authorized under the Constitution. He posed the question whether Congress could have chosen alternative means, for example, using its taxing authority to create a national health service. General Verrilli responded that Congress had chosen a tool that was reasonably adapted to the problem it confronted. Justice Scalia and General Verrilli then engaged in a lengthy exchange in which Justice Scalia noted that while the provision might have been reasonable, it was not proper because the federal government's powers are not unlimited.
While Justices Kagan, Ginsburg and Sotomayor repeatedly noted that requiring individuals to purchase insurance made sense because it diversifies the risk and eventually everyone will need health care, Justice Alito pointed out that healthy young adults would be forced to purchase health insurance that would result in them subsidizing services that would be received by everyone else. Justice Scalia said that young adults would purchase health insurance when they think they have a risk of incurring high medical costs, just as others do. Chief Justice Roberts noted that the minimum coverage provisions would require people to purchase insurance for services that they might never need, like pediatric or maternity services.
General Verrilli was asked to explain how the penalty for failure to obtain insurance was a "tax" and stated that because it is to be administered by the Internal Revenue Service, it is characterized as a tax. When Justice Ginsburg pointed out that the previous day General Verrilli had argued that the penalty was not a tax, he replied that Congress clearly used its taxing authority to create the penalty provision. Justice Ginsburg held firm to her previously stated position that because the penalty would not generate revenue, but rather was designed to affect the purchase of health insurance, it is not a tax.
Paul D. Clement, the appellate attorney arguing for the respondents, stated that while the Commerce Clause gives Congress the power to regulate commerce, it does not give Congress the greater power to compel people to enter into commerce, to actually create commerce. He explained that it is consistent with 220 years of the Court's jurisprudence that regulating the point of sale (the purchase of health care services) is regulating commerce, but that Congress cannot force individuals to enter into commerce in the first place by requiring them to purchase health insurance. He noted that Congress could have chosen an alternative mechanism, for example, tax credits for those who purchased insurance. He also argued that the penalty is not a tax because it was neither labeled a tax in the ACA nor was it structured as a tax.
Michael A. Carvin, the appellate attorney arguing on behalf of an additional set of respondents, stated that Congress does not have the authority to promote commerce, only to regulate it once it exists. In response to Justice Ginsburg's comment that the only way to assure that people could afford health care once they became sick was to have health insurance prior to the onset of an illness, he noted that the Commerce Clause does not give Congress the power "to regulate things that are statistically connected to things that negatively affect commerce." He also commented that Congress not only had compelled people to enter the insurance market, it also had prohibited anyone over age thirty from purchasing only catastrophic health insurance because the "subsidies" they provided were needed by others in the insurance pool.


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I noticed at a La Leche League meeting this morning that Talitha was particularly taken with looking inside the baskets on the floor and taking things out of them. So, I thought it was about time we made a treasure basket.
The idea came from Margaret Atieh's article in Juno's Winter 2011 edition. The idea is to fill the basket with safe objects from around your house and allow the baby to explore it. It's both fun and a learning tool.
First, I emptied all the rubbish out of a basket. This included endless "New Baby" cards, the odd bank statement and some leaflets I was given about what her newborn poo should be doing. Better to put new toys in here than end up cleaning bits of card and paper out of her nappies, I thought.
Then I asked Talitha what we should put in it. She seemed to think bananas and my laptop would do the trick. I felt she was not taking the exercise altogether seriously.
So, instead, I put in a leather belt, a sponge, a furry moccasin, a wooden spoon, a metal whisk, a ball of wool, a tablespoon, a lemon, a tape measure and wedding garter. I may add a few more things along the way. Our basket looks a little sad.
Talitha loves it though. She's been playing with it the whole time I've been here writing.