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Eh....having thought about this, I must say the fanboy's position is untenable. (No surprises there). Sure, Mass Effect 3's ending was terrible. Poorly executed, poorly explained and terribly placed as if to inflict the maximum pain on the fanbase, but sometimes shit happens. Bioware, at the end of the day, have a right to put out this terrible, terrible ending if they want and keep it. They will certainly regret it in the long run, but they can do it. I mean, can you imagine if someone complained like this about the ending of another game? They'd be told to deal with it and move on. What gives mass effect 3 fans the right to change this status quo and declare their right to control the product that someone else made/
General theme of this thread: Nobody understands me!!
It's kind of sad how anyone who has an opinion on the ME3 ending that isn't, "Fuck Bioware!" is accused of "not getting it." Though when it comes to explaining what exactly "it" is, none of the whiners have come up with a single lucid point that would refute any of the opinions they so staunchly object to, if they even try at all.
Great, I've been driven into seeing the spoilers. I never played any of the Mass Effect games though.
I hear that great tragedies bring viewer's hopes up, only for hope to be crushed in the most devastating way during the conclusion. But as a person looking into making games, this whole fiasco is going to make me rethink about giving a multi-game series a bad ending.
While there are many people who one-sidedly complain in the foulest language possible (and those people are certainly the loudest), I think there's been a very reasonable and appropriate debate going on for some time now. One point that's been made repeatedly is that up until the final ten minutes the game was thoroughly enjoyable.
OT: I'm a bit disappointed here - I didn't expect Yahtzee to line up behind the artistic intregrity argument so easily. Didn't he himself propose once that in video game development, the beginning and the end should be completed upfront since these are the most important parts?
There's one point I can get behind though: If the ending wouldn't have been presented in that utterly loveless way, I still wouldn't have liked it, but I wouldn't have gone so far as to demand an overhaul. If they had at least make an effort to show your choices mattered. Such as:
Also, I think he's still missing one other point. The fact that some overeager people set the fanbase up for disappointment with promises they couldn't live up to. Didn't think that was ok in Yahtzee's book, especially the three-buttons-three-endings-machine he didn't like so much in Deus Ex. But then again, I haven't heard of a critic who addressed that point before.
Well you certainly haven't been looking very hard for explainations, there's one at the top of this page and probably about a hundred others on this site alone.
Also, the majority of the "retake" crowd don't hate Bioware or even the game itself, just the ending. So yes, I'm pretty confidant this can be considered you "not getting it".
I disagree on your idea that there is no explanation of what "it" is.
Also, many of the arguments about this subject usually have explanations as to why.
People you do realise why there isnt any "closure" in mass effect 3s ending.Because its isnt the end of mass effect bioware have left them a story to be told.So they will add to the story in mass effect 4 they even said it before the game came out that this isnt the end of mass effects story only shepards.Even so that might not be true now but i guess some people only want to listen to certain things that devs say.
Yeah...suffice to say I don't think the 'artistic vision' argument truly applies here. When the devs repeatedly say throughout the development cycle (even during the final stages of development) that there will be many "wildly different" endings, I think it's fairly safe to say that the "1 ending, now in 3 fun new colors!" doesn't match the vision they had for the finale - especially when they note that they had to drop a good portion of it in the eleventh hour due to gameplay issues with it - and that the presented ending itself violates their artistic vision.
As presented, the ending seems rushed and inconsistent, as if they literally ran out of time to make it. If their vision had truly planned to give the same bleak outcome regardless, then the very act of differentiating the endings (despite their overwhelming similarity) becomes counterintuitive. Ironically, I think that if they had just presented one outcome (no final choice involved) the reaction probably wouldn't have gotten as much steam as it has, as it would be very clear that what we were given was intended. However, they gave three options, which quickly became a slap in the face when their near identical nature and aftermath became apparent, and that itself points to hasty design choice: filling three possibilities with the same cinematic, which they then gave slight alterations to so as to justify the existence of the three different paths.
Were I to make an educated guess on the subject, I'd say that what we were given was originally intended to be the ending for the "Destroy" options (hence why we see more variants for that choice than any other), which were then hastily edited to make the other possibilities work when they realized they'd run out of time (the general conclusion, at least, seems to be supported by the behind the scenes commentary that has since been released) So yeah, all things considered, I don't really feel it's out of line to call them out for not holding to their own vision as it was presented to the audience.
Oh, and as to the Krogans and the Genophage: No. That was not presented as an inevitable outcome. It was feared that history would repeat itself, though much with the Rachni, the initial decision (genophage and extinction, respectively) was consistently treated as a tragic decision which many objected to (Heck, the lore itself states that the Salarians only ever intended to use the genophage as a threat and didn't expect the Turians to actually use it), and indeed one of the most significant themes underlying their respective missions was the fact that they deserved a second chance in some capacity. Despite the council berating you if you saved the Rachni in ME1 (though then again, they're angry either way), the decision proves justified in ME2, when news reports and an Asari on Ilium both make it overwhelmingly opinion that the Rachni have little interest in the hostilities the council was afraid of, and were actually quite willing to be allies.
With regards genophage, dialogue with Mordin points out that one of the main problems with the Krogan in the first place was the fact that they were introduced to the galactic community before they were ready to be a part of it, and indeed an important part of Mordin's character arc is his doubts about the genophage's ethicality and its effect in practice[1]. In fact, if Wrex survives Virmire, you see by Mass Effect 2 that he's actually taking steps that would ultimately lead to the Krogan becoming a viable and valuable part of galactic civilization. Could it go sour? Sure, but all the same, the series does not imply the inevitability Croshaw attributes to it.
Oh and on a final note: "Audience: Fill In Your Preferred Ending Here"? Quippy strawman, but a strawman nonetheless. That would only really hold up if the upset fans were submitting preferred endings rather than the generally expressed sentiment of "Bioware, take a mulligan on that ending"
Edit: Broke up the paragraphs a bit so it's less 'wall of text'-y.
[1] While the genophage itself was designed to drop krogan population growth to pre-industrial levels, the sociological impact led the krogan to become fatalistic and self-destructive and thereby was leading them down a slow path to extinction
I'm going to interject with a different perspective which has been constantly getting on my nerves since those final 10 minutes.
I know Bioware doesn't owe anything to it's gamers and it's ultimately their choice and right if they want to change the ending or not, just like it's our choice and right to point out every damn thing they did wrong.
Honestly it does seem like changing the ending is a bit pointless now it's out there, sure it'd make people happier, I know I'd be happier, but the lingering disappointment is still there, I honestly think Bioware owed it to themselves to create a better ending.
How long has Mass Effect been help up as a series that shows amazing story, difficult choices and actual repercussions for those choices?
Then they piss it all away in the last 10 minutes, I think I'm just as annoyed that they did this to the franchise as I am that they did it to the fans.
Mass Effect could've been something really special, but now at it's best, it's a great series will a pretty disappointing ending, at it's worst it's a series killer.
But maybe I'm rambling...
Oh thank God, someone finally mentioned it.
I though I was the only person who saw the ending and thought (besides What?): "Wait, if the relays are destroyed, aren't all the species trapped in Earth's solar system? That's kind of a glaring plot hole"
I am so happy someone else noticed that.
So that excuses him to be ignorant of their existence?
He probably didn't because he admitted he pretty much sped through the game. I know apathy is kind of his schtick, but his ignorance combined with his apathy makes him in no way qualified to discuss this topic.
There was a script leak at some point. I'm not entirely sure when, but the script and information from it has been floating around for quite a while.
It's still not certain if the ending was changed due to the leak, or simply because someone didn't think the majority of the gamers would be smart enough to understand all the dark energy stuff.
It's false advertising. People are, generally, exercising their rights as consumers.
The complaints, in great part delivered through constructive criticism, are a testament to how dearly BioWare's fanbase holds the Mass Effect franchise and its characters. ME3 ending on such a terrible note can be compared to a bad breakup, and it will take time for people to get over it and move on.
Personally, I still want BioWare to change the ending into something that makes more sense. Something without a last minute Deus Ex Machina that seems to exist for the sole purpose of making the ending bad. But I'm a realist, and know enough about how the industry, EA and Mass Effect development work to have given up hope on that by now.
Once BioWare rolls out the "update" to Mass Effect 3's ending, we'll probably have some extra dialogue between Shepard and Anderson, and Shepard and the Catalyst, but the ending still won't make any sense, and it will still be bad. That's just the reality of the situation.
I'm going to have to disagree with you here. While Dragon Age II's final act was definitely shoddy and inconsistent with the rest of the game, the plot still made sense and the game had a proper climax.
When I finished Dragon Age II I thought "I'd like to play this game again, but I'll save it for later so that I won't get burnt out on it."
When I finished Mass Effect 3, after a short period of nihilism, I thought "I can never play through a Mass Effect game again."
(And, in contrast to both of them, finishing Mass Effect 2 lead to me immediately starting up a second playthrough. Same with Dragon Age: Origins, although I never finished the second playthrough there...)
Not gonna lie, guys, saying "Blah, you don't understand" and then ending your comment isn't making me think that they didn't just put a Geneforge ending in their Lord of the Rings (which I would see as a ballsy and admirable move, but misguided).
"Waaah! None of my choices mattered!" - Mass Effect 4
That's not a plot hole, that's just plain old unfortunate.
Or maybe I don't find the explanations to be all that good. It is possible to read an argument and still not buy into it.
Maybe I'm just sick of hearing it. I have no problem with people who just plain didn't like the ending. What I have a problem with is the people who won't shut the fuck up about it and move on with their lives. The people who insist that the ending must be completely redone to appease them (though thankfully those are becoming fewer in number). The people who react to anyone with an opinion other than their own with, "You don't get it. Also you're an asshole."
And at what point did, say for example, Yahtzee say that the ending was well-written? I don't remember him saying any such thing. So then what is the "it" to which he is not privy?
And most of them suck. Or come across as whining. Or are poorly supported. Or are just infuriatingly arrogant. The thing is, people who don't like the ending have been so damn vocal about it for so many damn days that it's impossible to not hear their reasons for being upset. That doesn't mean I have to agree with them 100%.
Besides, look at the number of people who just post, "Point? Missing it," or something similarly snarky and then fucking off to do whatever it is they do. Am I supposed to take them seriously? Am I supposed to believe that they really have some kind of lucid, intelligent argument if I just opened my mind up to their brattiness and saw the tormented soul within?
Its not like fans-myself included- want a series of perspectives of closure of wth happened to the rest of the crew. But a real logical ending. Yahtzee...you mention a complete wipe out in the case the cycle is unscapeable and i would be fine with it, hell i was thinking that was going to be the ending: everyone is dead no one can escape the reapers, thak you very much for participating, best of luck for the next advanced idiot who try it. But i think your missing the point of the whole: reapers killing advanced races cuz...well they would kill themselves, cuz of their creations!! :D. Its solving a problem with a bigger one and running it in parallel. Like shamus young said in his blog: because you burn dinner, ill torch the entire city to avoid kitchen fire. Which makes no damn sense. On the side the theme of a real gallaxy being united no matter species or machines all together for a goal its killed by the affirmation that -its impossible- even if the point of the story is that it really isnt. Again its like saying, white ppl will always slave black ppl, so today even if its been proved wrong for a many years, some neohitler comes and just kills all white women and men sparing the kids, so they dont enslave black ppl or other races.......does that make sense to you?
I think other people have already responded but yes the point has been missed. This isn't the first time this has happened either. Sherlock Holmes was resurrected due to fan pressure as well, so not the first time nor the last time that an author changed a story based on fan reactions. If anything this is actually a good thing for video games.
Video games have long been regarded as an inferior medium. ME3 has brought the medium up to a level where we actually do care about the story and plot (not just shooting bad guys), so much so that we call it out when it's well... stupid. I would further say that for most if BW doesn't fix the ending, we just won't be buying any more BW products... Just like if you saw a bad end on a trilogy, say Matrix Revolutions... How do you think Matrix 4 would be received today given it's ending (and it was still far better than the ME ending).
Artistic integrity has become a scapegoat to hide behind because the ending was inferior. It was poorly written and executed in an otherwise great title. It's disappointing but don't try to hide behind the artistic integrity to excuse the ending... It sucks and if you want to continue cranking out ME titles (or BW titles for that mater), it needs to be fixed. I think they've already gone on record and said that it will likely not change the current ending, but give closure to it. While it's still a little disappointing it's better than what we have right now... at least bring some closure to the game.
The big thing here I thing for yatzee & movie bob, and gaming journalists in general is this isn't about being entitled, or wanting a happy ending. It's about a poorly crafted ending on top of an excellent game. It's horrible and it sucks and yeah people want it changed. I would say some fans are going overboard (FTC... really), but let's not use artistic integrity to hide over the fact it was a poor ending. Should they fix it... yes if they want to continue writing adventures in the ME universe sure. I know between this and DA2 I no longer have BW games on my auto-preorder list.
All that said is it really a surprise that Yahtzee doesn't think they should change anything. He's whole stick is merciously slaughtering game reviews in general.. re-watch his video and come back here... crap game, crap ending... no surprise and in fact if I felt that way, he would be correct. If ME3 wasn't so good up til the ending, no one would be near this upset. The fact that it's great until the last 5 minutes... yeah thats a huge deal because we expect more...
I see no mention of the ridiculous reason for the reapers existence. Or how about how many games/movies have changed their ending (see Fallout 3, Dodgeball etc). Honestly I don't care anymore. Bioware is dead to me, I will never buy another one of their games.
It's not false advertising. Misleading almost certainly, but Marketers have been misleading their customers for years. This is nothing new.
Complaining is one thing, no problem with that. Acting like EA "owes" them a better ending just because they were expecting more (From misleading advertising but, again, not entirely false advertising) is the problem.
That was more to lighten the mood then an actual statement, but I know I'll never play DA2 again. About a week after I finished ME3, I picked up one of my half-finished ME2 runs so I can see how the main game changes with different choices. So yeah, the last 1-5% of Mass Effect 3 was bad for me, but at least it wasn't the 100% badness of Dragon Age 2.
Horseshit. Glowy fuckwit's logic is inherently paradoxical. The ONLY way GF could have arose given HIS OWN LOGIC is if he was a product of the first iteration of intelligent life in the Milky way. However, the fact that he had to be a product of that first society means that he has NO basis for the line that synthetic life will exterminate organic life.
Moreover, unless you are going to take the line that life only arises in the Milky way, an utterly stupid position to take given that multiple intelligences achieve interstellar travel every 50,000 years in the Milky Way alone, the logic espoused by GF means that sooner or later a galaxy without Reapers(which is every other galaxy but the Milky Way) will launch extragalactic seed ships built by synthetics to acquire more resources and spread themselves throughout the universe(Since once the seed ships make it to another galaxy they can make a giant Mass Relay to the previous galaxy) and would wipe out all rival intelligences from the Milky Way for resources. All of which means that no matter what you picked, the Milky way is fucked since the Reapers have been doing their thing for millions of years.
Welcome to the internet where the vocal minority get heard.
I will still buy from Bioware. I enjoyed Mass Effect 3 (except for that last bit).
There are some good blog posts out there that explains from a technical point of view why the ending was bad. No fanboy crying. Hard, academic philosophy.
I wish both sides would just shut the fuck up. Yes the ending was shit. Yes the fanboys are making a lot of fuss and think it's the right thing to do to emotionally blackmail Bioware by donating money to charity to change it. Is a mature discussion hard?
And we have a winner. I'm fowarding this to The Escapist as post of the month.
So, according to Yahtzee, EA and Bioware, despite the Day one DLC, rather pathetic marketing, managing to piss people off every step of the way, and may have created an ending without the approval of the Bioware writing team which is full of potholes, WE'RE the ones with cocks for heads and THEY all know better than us...yeah, not buying it. Apparently Yahtzee thinks that EA knows better than the general public. So tell me Yahtzee does that mean that the ending for Human Revolution was actually good because no matter what you do the first Dues Ex happens? Also has he ever heard of Broken Steel?
Ah well, I get the vibe that Yahtzee only played reach game once and never bothered with much of the side quests, I think I can live without his seal of approval.
Thank you, Yahtzee, for actually taking the time to think about the game's ending and what it could mean.
For an ending that is so clearly BEGGING to be analyzed, I'm shocked people like Shamus and co. are so quick to just call it dumb without even taking five minutes to ponder the philosophical ramifications.
Numerous Ending spoilers, FYI:
In conclusion, I maintain the ongoing theory that the endings are BRILLIANT, and this is a case of nobody wanting to actually give them the proper amount of consideration/contemplation/observation.
But the evidence is all there, people. Ya just gotta look for it! XD
So you call people out for not having reasons, then say most reasons are dumb, then say that through the massive number of posts, you've seen everyone's reasons and just plain disagree with them ._.
Could'a finished that a lot quicker without backtracking on your reasoning.
Maybe if they were taken seriously when they first posted their three paragraph long reasons and the writers of these kind of articles had realised that we'd rather they address our counter arguments rather than collectively agreeing with each other, reiterating the same points that don't directly address people's problems with the ending and then pretty much telling everyone to 'Suck it up', then they wouldn't have become bored of it and resorted to simply pointing out when yet another writer falls into the category of 'Games are art, your arguments are invalid'.
I'd like to say that I don't object to the ending itself so much as the incredibly stupid way in which it was presented; the sudden appearance of a ghost child who argues in a very badly explained manner for the existence of the Reapers (lots of people are saying his reasoning is cyclical and dumb but i would disagree. It makes sense it just is really badly explained).
And I would argue that the theme of the mass effect series is not hopelessness but hope. If you do everything right you'll have Wrex in charge of the Krogan and he'll stop them from getting out of hand again. The Krogan Wars are not inevitable and the reptition of the cycle of the Reapers is not inevitable.
The kids logic while not inherantly stupid is shown to be faulty by the cooperation you can forge with the geth, and so it just doesn't make sense to force you into making a dumb decision based on this illogic.
There is a certain element of people moaning just because they wanted to see their Shepard and Liara living happily ever after or whatever, but I think there are some legitimate concerns with the ending.
But not so much that the game should be changed for them.
If Bioware adopts the 'Indoctrination Theory' then I will lose all respect for them, no matter how plausible the theory itself might be.
I'd say it's both. A possible consequence that's not addressed is a plot hole, which is quite unfortunate.
I get the disappointment and how the ending not being so good affects the overall quality of the experience, but I still think Mass Effect is something special as a series, and ME3 in particular. So what I'm saying is that I don't think the ending ruins the whole series. Actually, ME3 has the most difficult choices to make, with more far-reaching consequences than anything on the series before.
It's also the first time a game trilogy tells a single story sticking to a continuity based on the player's character, instead of a general canon continuity that is fixed. I still think that's pretty good.
He's right you know. This is the ending they wanted, it's the ending we got. Deal with it.
I expected Shepherd to die and lo and behold, he did. The relays were destroyed. Alright. What's the problem? I don't see one. It's the inevitable ending that was going to happen. It concluded. I'm actually pretty okay with it. It isn't perfect but it's at least finished. Done. Concluded. Is that the big problem?
Eh, Levine's just afraid cause he can't write a good ending to save his life
Funny, I don't recall ever asking for Shepard to die at the end.
Oooo snap! I like you :D
And yeah, I agree. The themes of cycles are present in the game but they are in no way implied that everything will be repeated over and over again. The fact that the story is telling you on multiple occasions "Things can change if they're given a chance" tells that brilliantly. The species that everyone fears is given a second chance because they won't learn from their mistakes otherwise. A race of Synthetic beings finally gets to express its reasons for rebelling against its creators and possibly work towards a better future for the two of them. The species that have for so long been separated from one another, in a time that could possibly tear them apart like it has in the other cycles, has grouped together to protect one another.
None of those bits ever said to me "The fate of the Galaxy is inevitable" but more "We're all responsible for our actions and all choices have consequences, good or bad". That's what Mass Effect has always been about, how our actions shape the worlds around us. Being forced to sit through those last five minutes or so where I was completely taken out of my Shepard and put into somebody else who didn't act them same... it felt wrong. Without any explanation or even the option to say "No", that ending did not feel like the game I had just been playing before.
Here, have a look at this. If it's true, it explains a lot and even breaks the argument of "artistic integrity".
I agree with Yahtzee's point about the bigger picture, I just don't want to buy anything from BioWare again.
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Espíndola, 27, signed with Real Salt Lake on Aug. 17, 2007, briefly leaving the club following the 2008 season before re-signing with RSL on May, 4, 2009. The Argentine striker appeared in 125 regular season games – including 104 starts – in six years with the Utah side, scoring 35 goals, registering 17 assists and getting named to the 2012 MLS All-Star team.
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How departed: Traded to New York Red Bulls along with DF Jamison Olave in exchange for allocation money on Dec. 3, 2012.
Player: Jamison Olave
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 210 lbs.
Date of Birth: April 21, 1981
Birthplace: Medellin, Colombia
Citizenship: Colombia
How acquired: Signed to senior contract on loan from Colombian side Deportivo Cali on Feb. 20, 2008.
How departed: Traded to New York Red Bulls along with FW Fabian Espindola in exchange for allocation money on Dec. 3, 2012.


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Far Cry 3 video shows the dynamic world and inhabitants of the Rook Islands
Far Cry 3 has a new features video available in which producer Dan Hay discusses some of the creatures and enemies players will encounter in the game. Each behave in their own particular way, and choices made by players when interacting with these living beings will impact the environment. Check out the video below. Far Cry 3 is out November 29 in Europe, November 30 in the UK and December 4 in the US for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.


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Maine firm in Quebec tragedy files for bankruptcy
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A rail company whose runaway oil train caused a fire and explosion that killed 47 people in a small town in Canada filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, and an attorney said he expects company executives to explore putting it up for sale within weeks.
In its filings, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. and its Canadian counterpart, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Canada Co., cited debts to more than 200 creditors following the disaster in Lac-Megantic, Quebec.
Attorney Peter Flowers, who represents 30 of the victims' families, accused company Chairman Ed Burkhardt of trying to use the legal system to shield his companies from legal responsibility.
"It's totally outrageous. It's sickening. It's a guy that has refused to take responsibility for the natural disaster that he caused," Flowers said from Chicago.
Burkhardt said previously that a company bankruptcy filing was likely following rail service disruptions because its rail line remains closed in Lac-Megantic. The Hermon-based company, which continues to operate, faces lawsuits and enormous cleanup costs following the July 6 disaster.
The parked train, with 72 tankers full of crude oil, was unattended when it began rolling toward town, eventually derailing downtown. Several tankers exploded, destroying 40 buildings in the lakeside town of 6,000 residents.
The company blamed the train's operator for failing to set enough hand brakes.
The Canadian government, which already has announced $60 million to help in the response and recovery, insisted it'll be seeking damages from the rail company.
"This announcement does not mean that MM&A is off the hook for their responsibilities to the people of Lac-Megantic," Transport Canada spokeswoman Ashley Kelahear said.
A spokeswoman for Lac-Megantic Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche said the municipality wouldn't comment on Wednesday's announcement because of ongoing legal proceedings.
The town and the Quebec government have sent legal notices to the railway, demanding it reimburse Lac-Megantic nearly $8 million in environmental mop-up costs.
Burkhardt responded that the rail company intends to work with the Canadian government "in the continuing environmental remediation and cleanup as long as is necessary."
For now, however, the bankruptcy process stops payments to all creditors while setting up a process overseen by a judge in which payments will eventually be made.
Company attorney Roger Clement said he anticipates there will be serious consideration to putting the railroads up for sale to repay creditors.
In Maine, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In Quebec, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Canada Co. sought relief under Canada's Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. MM&A Canada also announced that Richter Advisory Group agreed to act as the court-appointed monitor in Canada.
The Maine Department of Transportation has looked into how rail service would continue through a court-appointed trustee in bankruptcy court or through an alternative operator appointed by the Surface Transportation Board if rail service is discontinued.
The companies employ 85 people in Maine and Canada after the temporary layoffs of dozens of workers because of service disruptions. They previously employed 179 workers.
Associated Press writer Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report.
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Speeches & Statement
Hearing: The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook
Ranking Member Ryan Opening Statement
Thank Chairman Spratt, welcome back Director Orszag.
Short-Term Forecast
Over the past few years, I think we've almost come to expect good news when it comes to our near-term deficit projections.
We've seen dramatic declines in the federal deficit – well below projections – for each of the past three years.
In fact, last year at this time, we even found ourselves on what many described as a "glide path" to near-term balance as a result of our economy's performance.
So it's no surprise that many began taking this trend for granted. We simply expected that our economy would keep cranking along – creating jobs, boosting revenues, and driving down deficits.
But today, I understand that Director Orszag is here to tell us otherwise. CBO is projecting the federal deficit will increase this year– largely as a result of the economic slowdown, and the drag it's placed on revenue growth.
Economic Growth Package
For the past few weeks, there have been broad discussions on how to best address the recent economic downturn. And there is bi-partisan consensus that the federal government can – and should – respond.
But even while the President announced that we should act quickly to move a economic growth package – the exact contents of that package is not yet resolved.
As I noted last week, I believe there are several key principles we need to keep in mind:
First, do no harm. I am concerned that, in our rush to "help," we talk ourselves into a quick, feel-good hit today that will leave us with a bigger budgetary hangover tomorrow.
Second, get the fundamentals right. That means keeping tax rates low, and spending under control in both the short- and longer-term. That is the best, proven recipe for real, longterm growth.
Third, understand that we simply cannot spend our way to prosperity. I am particularly concerned that Congress will be tempted to use the excuse of "fiscal stimulus" to push through a wish list of new spending – further worsening our budget outlook, and our nation's economic future.
In short, I believe that in addressing current economic concerns, we've got to keep our focus on good economic policy that lasts beyond the next few quarters.
Problems With Baseline
On a final note – and to be clear, this is in no way a criticism of CBO – while the information we've received today is critical for crafting our budgets, we've got to recognize the limitations of something called the "baseline."
The "baseline" concept – under which CBO formulates its projections – includes a built-in double-standard favoring higher spending and higher taxes.
In general, the baseline assumes that spending – even if scheduled to expire – goes on forever, while tax relief is temporary. As a result, extending spending programs has no impact on the baseline deficit, while extending tax relief is shown as causing a deficit increase.
Assuming revenues from the AMT, or the expiration of current tax relief in 2010, simply because they're baked into something called the "baseline" should not serve as an excuse to impose job-killing tax increases on our nation's economy.
To conclude, as we look at current economic conditions, as well as CBO's longer-term forecast, we should pursue policies that maintain low tax rates, keep spending under control, and work to address the long-term unsustainable growth in our major entitlement programs.


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Charlee Bear Protein Crunch Bars voluntarily recalled for potential Salmonella contamination
Charlee Bear Products in St. Francis, Wis., is voluntarily recalling two varieties of its Protein Crunch Bar products due to possible Salmonella contamination. The recalled Charlee Bear Protein Crunch Bars were distributed nationally in September and October 2012.
A finished product sample of Protein Crunch Bars--Chicken Recipe with Carrots--tested positive for the presence of Salmonella, prompting the recall. The recall includes 5.5-oz packages of Lot No. 19812 with UPC Code 8710890000 wand ith "best by" dates of July 16, 17, 18 and 20, 2015. In addition, 5.5-oz packages of Charlee Bear Protein Crunch BarsChicken Recipe with Sweet Potatoes, Lot No. 20112, UPC Code 8710890001, with a "best by" date of July 19, 2015--has also been recalled.
Consumers who have purchased the recalled products are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions can go to www.charleebear.com, e-mail [email protected] or call 1-800-396-8893 for more information.


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posted by Eugenia Loli on Fri 7th Dec 2007 06:34 UTC
"Many people are looking to Ubuntu to be something that it is not: A mass market ready operating system designed to work with the same level of compatibility as Microsoft Windows. Where people get confused is in believing that if Ubuntu, king of the Linux distros, is not able to take the marketplace by storm, then something must be broken with desktop Linux. In this article, I'll explain what it will take to dethrone the mighty Ubuntu and gain a market share so large that it will eclipse anything seen by Ubuntu to date." More here.


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March 22. 2013 12:57AM
City board benefits: Giving goes the other way
Manchester aldermen and school board members are not city employees, not even part-time. They are volunteer public servants. As such, they should not get taxpayer-funded health insurance. Yet they do. Amazingly, a charter commission proposal to end that might be even worse.
The taxpayers pay roughly $200,000 a year in premium payments for board-member insurance coverage. That does not include payments for covered medical services. The Union Leader has tried to learn what the total costs are, but our right-to-know request was denied on medical privacy grounds.
This week city charter commission member Rich Girard proposed eliminating the insurance coverage for aldermen and school board members. His proposal was rejected on a 5-4 vote. Instead, commission members voted for a plan that would remove the insurance but compensate board members by raising their stipends from $4,000 a year to $15,000.
Under that plan, the taxpayers would increase their board-member stipend payments by $308,000 a year (from $112,000 to $420,000). We are paying roughly $100,000 a year per board for the insurance coverage now. That plan would raise the taxpayers' minimum yearly costs by about $100,000 a year.
Of course the total costs vary from year to year depending on how many medical bills aldermen and school board members rack up. The total might exceed $308,000 a year. But there is no way of knowing.
The idea that the people should compensate elected public servants for losing a benefit they never should have been given in the first place is ridiculous. Elected board members serve the taxpayers. An elementary part of that service is to refrain from being a financial burden on the people one is elected to serve.
Stipends are not meant to profit board members. They are meant to provide a small, partial compensation for services rendered. The giving still is supposed to go primarily from the board members to the public. Health benefits and big stipends reverse that equation. They should be rejected out of hand.


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This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to Nicole Newman! Thanks to all for entering.
Knives are one of those things you don't really appreciate how bad the ones you have are until you have a set of really awesome ones. You don't know that slicing an apple shouldn't count as your upper arm workout for the day. It's possible you may not understand cutting into a fresh loaf of bread doesn't mean completely demolishing each piece as you try to carve each slice. A really GREAT set of knives can make all the difference in the kitchen, which is what I discovered when I received a set of Chicago Cutlery DesignPro Knives. A sharp, well designed knife can easily be your most important utensil and can save you so much time as you work.
This summer I struggled with simply slicing tomatoes with ease… my old knives were even recently professionally sharpened, they just weren't built for the job. Now that I have a set of Chicago Cutlery DesignPro knives, I understand that slicing into a tomato isn't supposed to be a struggle. A good knife will slide right through with ease.
Chicago Cutlery DesignPro Knives feature a well designed grip that guides your hand to the right position on the knife for superior control and cutting. I've noticed a huge difference when chopping, slicing, carving, etc. The design of the handle gives me the confidence and control I want.
My friends at Chicago Cutlery have offered to give one lucky Dine & Dish reader a pair of knives. Up for the giveaway is one (1) DesignPro Bread Knife and one (1) DesignPro Partoku knife (my new favorite)!
Giveaway Details:
To enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment on this post telling me how a pair of good knives could help you in your kitchen.
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All comments must be received by midnight, CST on Wednesday, September 12th 2012. Winner will be chosen via Random.org and notified via valid email address. Thanks for entering and good luck!
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Chris Brown confirmed that his on-again off-again relationship with Rihanna is currently off-again during an interview with Australian radio station 2Day's.
E! Online reports Brown broke the news while talking about his 24th birthday plans citing he did't "have time to be wife-ing someone that young."
"I've actually got three birthday parties scheduled, I got one in L.A., one in Vegas and one in New York so we can gon' have fun, and I'm just trying to have, you know, the best time with my fans and all the people in the club," Brown said in the The Kyle and Jackie Show, but when asked if he was celebrating solo, he said, "Imma do it solo. I mean, at the end of the day, shawty doing her own thang, she on the road. It's always gonna be love. I'm a grown man, just gotta fast forward."
Later in the interview Brown explained that his love for Rihanna is still there, but right now it's just not good timing for the couple.
"I'm always gonna love that person. I can't really be focused on wife-ing someone that young. I need to be the best Chris Brown I can be."
2Day's is the same Australian radio station that infamously prank-called Kate Middleton when she was hospitalized in London with an acute bout of Hyperemesis Gravidarum in December, 2012.


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Saturday, July 10, 2010
PPN - Pinoy Style Spaghetti
sauce is replaced with Banana catchup, which makes the sauce
sweeter. You may see someone pouring catchup on his spaghetti,
don't be surprised. He is just trying to "sweeten" it. I do this
sometimes :). Our neighbor like it so sweet that they add
condensed milk in the sauce (no kidding!).
Besides being sweet, what makes Pinoy Spaghetti special is the
presence of hotdog, along with ground pork or corned beef.
In kiddie parties, your dish is not "special" if hotdog is missing in it.
Pinoy Spaghetti is also commonly served with the pasta and sauce
already mixed.
There are many variations in cooking Pinoy Spaghetti but my
favorite is my Dad's. I requested him to cook for us last
Father's Day. He agreed as long as I provide his favorite
San Mig Lite Beer.
Dad's Pinoy Style Spaghetti
250 gms spaghetti
2 bot 300 gms UFC or Papa Banana Catsup
1 can 150 gms corned beef
3 pcs hotdog sliced
1 medium onion, sliced
5 cloves garlic, crushed
2 Tbsp soy sauce
Cook pasta according to package direction. In high heat,
saute garlic until light brown. Add onions and cook until
onions are limped. Add corned beef, hot dog, soy sauce
and pepper. Stir for 1 minute. Add banana catsup.
Simmer for 3 minutes. Add pasta and mix well.
Remove from heat and serve with grated cheese on top.
My first time to link to Foodie Friday: http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/
I am also sharing this to all pasta lovers thru
Pam of Sidewalk Shoes who is hosting
this week's Presto Pasta Night(PPN)
You might want to try some of my PPN entries:
Sauteed Flat Noodles
(Stir fried noodles)
Batchoy Tagalog
(Have you tried pig's blood in your dish?)
Ginisang Kalabasa
(Sauteed Squash)
7 comments:
- Stella said...
Hey Ela, I can see where someone would like a sweet spaghetti like this. You know, here in the states, a lot of Italian people won't eat pasta with tomato sauce unless the tomatoes have enough sweetness to lend the sauce! I won't either (smile). This looks delish and I hope your Dad liked it with his beer...
- July 10, 2010 at 11:16 PM
- Ruth Daniels said...
Wow - I never thought of ketchup on my pasta, but I'm willing to try anything at least once. Thanks for sharing with Presto Pasta Nights.
- July 12, 2010 at 7:11 PM
- Joy said...
I love filipino spaghetti. My daddy is the only person willing to make it for me :D
- July 13, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Pam said...
Thank you for entering! I love this!
- July 14, 2010 at 2:24 AM
- surviving suburbia said...
thanks for foodbuzz-ing me, ela! i'm filipino but living in california. your blog reminds me of home. :) i've always loved food and have recently put more effort into finding time to cook. i'll visit often for some great filipino recipes!
- July 14, 2010 at 10:20 AM
I love spgahetti--I'll have to try it!
- July 17, 2010 at 2:09 AM
- Stella said...
Hey Ela, if you were in this neck of the woods, you could be my Cauldron Girl any day, any time (smile)!
- July 18, 2010 at 10:05 AM


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Turkey Gumbo
|Seafood, Poultry, Vegetables
|Day Part
|Lunch, Dinner
|Menu Part
|Cuisine Type
Spicy and full of great flavor, this is a soul satisfying gumbo. Chock full of sausage and okra the traditional gumbo is served with rice.
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 lb. turkey sausage links
1/4 cup flour
1 large onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
2 cups cut okra, rinsed and drained
8 cups chicken or turkey stock
2 cups diced tomatoes
1 tsp. thyme leaves
1 tsp. Creole seasoning
1/2 lb. shrimp
1 lb. smoked turkey, cubed
Hot pepper sauce
Rice for garnish
1. In stockpot, brown sausage in hot oil. Remove and slice.
2. Into drippings, stir flour to make roux. Cook, stirring, for 15 min., until nutty brown. Stir in onions, pepper, and celery; cook until tender-crisp. Stir in okra.
3. Increase heat to medium-high and stir in stock and tomatoes; bring to a boil. Add thyme and Creole seasoning. Add sausage; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 20 min.
4. Stir in shrimp and smoked turkey; simmer 5 min., until shrimp turn pink. Add hot pepper sauce to taste.
5. Serve topped with rice.


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Obama, SKorea leader discuss NKorea talks offer
- June 17, 2013 - 3:25 AM
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama and South Korea's President Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) have discussed North Korea's proposal for high-level talks with the U.S.
The two leaders spoke by phone Sunday evening ahead of Obama's trip to Northern Ireland for G-8 meetings. The White House says they discussed security issues and agreed to coordinate closely on efforts to achieve a nuclear-free North Korea.
The call comes after North Korea issued a surprise proposal Sunday to hold nuclear and security talks without preconditions, reversing course after months of rising tensions and anti-American rhetoric by Pyongyang. The U.S. says it's receptive but wants credible negotiations that include the North's nuclear program.
The White House says Obama and Park also discussed Obama's recent summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng).
© 2018 Star Tribune


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See the GNU General Public License for more details. 18 * 19 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along 20 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 21 * 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. 22 * 23 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24 */ 25 26 27 Processor Clocking Control Driver 28 --------------------------------- 29 30Contents: 31--------- 321. Introduction 331.1 PCC interface 341.1.1 Get Average Frequency 351.1.2 Set Desired Frequency 361.2 Platforms affected 372. Driver and /sys details 382.1 scaling_available_frequencies 392.2 cpuinfo_transition_latency 402.3 cpuinfo_cur_freq 412.4 related_cpus 423. Caveats 43 441. Introduction: 45---------------- 46Processor Clocking Control (PCC) is an interface between the platform 47firmware and OSPM. It is a mechanism for coordinating processor 48performance (ie: frequency) between the platform firmware and the OS. 49 50The PCC driver (pcc-cpufreq) allows OSPM to take advantage of the PCC 51interface. 52 53OS utilizes the PCC interface to inform platform firmware what frequency the 54OS wants for a logical processor. The platform firmware attempts to achieve 55the requested frequency. If the request for the target frequency could not be 56satisfied by platform firmware, then it usually means that power budget 57conditions are in place, and "power capping" is taking place. 58 591.1 PCC interface: 60------------------ 61The complete PCC specification is available here: 62http://www.acpica.org/download/Processor-Clocking-Control-v1p0.pdf 63 64PCC relies on a shared memory region that provides a channel for communication 65between the OS and platform firmware. PCC also implements a "doorbell" that 66is used by the OS to inform the platform firmware that a command has been 67sent. 68 69The ACPI PCCH() method is used to discover the location of the PCC shared 70memory region. The shared memory region header contains the "command" and 71"status" interface. PCCH() also contains details on how to access the platform 72doorbell. 73 74The following commands are supported by the PCC interface: 75* Get Average Frequency 76* Set Desired Frequency 77 78The ACPI PCCP() method is implemented for each logical processor and is 79used to discover the offsets for the input and output buffers in the shared 80memory region. 81 82When PCC mode is enabled, the platform will not expose processor performance 83or throttle states (_PSS, _TSS and related ACPI objects) to OSPM. Therefore, 84the native P-state driver (such as acpi-cpufreq for Intel, powernow-k8 for 85AMD) will not load. 86 87However, OSPM remains in control of policy. The governor (eg: "ondemand") 88computes the required performance for each processor based on server workload. 89The PCC driver fills in the command interface, and the input buffer and 90communicates the request to the platform firmware. The platform firmware is 91responsible for delivering the requested performance. 92 93Each PCC command is "global" in scope and can affect all the logical CPUs in 94the system. Therefore, PCC is capable of performing "group" updates. With PCC 95the OS is capable of getting/setting the frequency of all the logical CPUs in 96the system with a single call to the BIOS. 97 981.1.1 Get Average Frequency: 99---------------------------- 100This command is used by the OSPM to query the running frequency of the 101processor since the last time this command was completed. The output buffer 102indicates the average unhalted frequency of the logical processor expressed as 103a percentage of the nominal (ie: maximum) CPU frequency. The output buffer 104also signifies if the CPU frequency is limited by a power budget condition. 105 1061.1.2 Set Desired Frequency: 107---------------------------- 108This command is used by the OSPM to communicate to the platform firmware the 109desired frequency for a logical processor. The output buffer is currently 110ignored by OSPM. The next invocation of "Get Average Frequency" will inform 111OSPM if the desired frequency was achieved or not. 112 1131.2 Platforms affected: 114----------------------- 115The PCC driver will load on any system where the platform firmware: 116* supports the PCC interface, and the associated PCCH() and PCCP() methods 117* assumes responsibility for managing the hardware clocking controls in order 118to deliver the requested processor performance 119 120Currently, certain HP ProLiant platforms implement the PCC interface. On those 121platforms PCC is the "default" choice. 122 123However, it is possible to disable this interface via a BIOS setting. In 124such an instance, as is also the case on platforms where the PCC interface 125is not implemented, the PCC driver will fail to load silently. 126 1272. Driver and /sys details: 128--------------------------- 129When the driver loads, it merely prints the lowest and the highest CPU 130frequencies supported by the platform firmware. 131 132The PCC driver loads with a message such as: 133pcc-cpufreq: (v1.00.00) driver loaded with frequency limits: 1600 MHz, 2933 134MHz 135 136This means that the OPSM can request the CPU to run at any frequency in 137between the limits (1600 MHz, and 2933 MHz) specified in the message. 138 139Internally, there is no need for the driver to convert the "target" frequency 140to a corresponding P-state. 141 142The VERSION number for the driver will be of the format v.xy.ab. 143eg: 1.00.02 144 ----- -- 145 | | 146 | -- this will increase with bug fixes/enhancements to the driver 147 |-- this is the version of the PCC specification the driver adheres to 148 149 150The following is a brief discussion on some of the fields exported via the 151/sys filesystem and how their values are affected by the PCC driver: 152 1532.1 scaling_available_frequencies: 154---------------------------------- 155scaling_available_frequencies is not created in /sys. No intermediate 156frequencies need to be listed because the BIOS will try to achieve any 157frequency, within limits, requested by the governor. A frequency does not have 158to be strictly associated with a P-state. 159 1602.2 cpuinfo_transition_latency: 161------------------------------- 162The cpuinfo_transition_latency field is 0. The PCC specification does 163not include a field to expose this value currently. 164 1652.3 cpuinfo_cur_freq: 166--------------------- 167A) Often cpuinfo_cur_freq will show a value different than what is declared 168in the scaling_available_frequencies or scaling_cur_freq, or scaling_max_freq. 169This is due to "turbo boost" available on recent Intel processors. If certain 170conditions are met the BIOS can achieve a slightly higher speed than requested 171by OSPM. An example: 172 173scaling_cur_freq : 2933000 174cpuinfo_cur_freq : 3196000 175 176B) There is a round-off error associated with the cpuinfo_cur_freq value. 177Since the driver obtains the current frequency as a "percentage" (%) of the 178nominal frequency from the BIOS, sometimes, the values displayed by 179scaling_cur_freq and cpuinfo_cur_freq may not match. An example: 180 181scaling_cur_freq : 1600000 182cpuinfo_cur_freq : 1583000 183 184In this example, the nominal frequency is 2933 MHz. The driver obtains the 185current frequency, cpuinfo_cur_freq, as 54% of the nominal frequency: 186 187 54% of 2933 MHz = 1583 MHz 188 189Nominal frequency is the maximum frequency of the processor, and it usually 190corresponds to the frequency of the P0 P-state. 191 1922.4 related_cpus: 193----------------- 194The related_cpus field is identical to affected_cpus. 195 196affected_cpus : 4 197related_cpus : 4 198 199Currently, the PCC driver does not evaluate _PSD. 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Almost everyone knows by now that the Supreme Court has decided to hear a religious freedom-based challenge to the ObamaCare contraception mandate. I'm not sure, though, that everyone understands the stakes.
Seth Mandel explains them, quoting the language that Sandra Fluke and others are using to frame the debate. Fluke warns of "an attack on allowing employers to be required to provide this insurance coverage. . ."
Plainly, as Mandel puts it, leftists perceive "no freedom without government coercion: they want you to be forced to provide the funding for even their most private activities; only then will you be truly free."
Accordingly, Mandel concludes that this is much more than a fight over birth control, or even Obamacare:
It's about two fundamentally different views on American constitutional freedoms. Conservatives want those freedoms to be expansive and protected, as the Founders did. Liberals want those freedoms to be curtailed lest the citizenry get greedy or the democratic process imperil the state's coercive powers.
It should be no surprise that freedom of religion lies at the heart of this clash:
The Founders saw religious freedom as elemental to personal liberty in America. But they were not alone in thinking that unimpeded religious worship was a guard against an overly ambitious or arrogant national government. As Michael Burleigh writes about the role of religion in post-French Revolution European politics, with a supporting quote from Edmund Burke:
The political function of religion was not simply to keep the lower orders quiescent, as has been tiresomely argued by generations of Marxists, but also to impress upon those who had power that they were here today and gone tomorrow, and responsible to those below and Him above: 'All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.'
In sum:
A battle over the constitutional protection of religious liberty is not an abstraction nor, as in cases like the birth-control mandate, a minor social-issue front in the culture war. Such battles go to the heart of how we seek to govern ourselves and how we understand the fundamental documents that serve as the explication of our national political identity.
My guess is that a majority of the Supreme Court, schooled by President Obama's systematic overreach, understands this. I suspect that the challenge to the contraception mandate will succeed.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Already pilloried for long wait times for medical appointments, the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs has fallen short of another commitment: to attend to the needs of the rising ranks of female veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them of child-bearing age.
Even the head of the VA's office of women's health acknowledges that persistent shortcomings remain in caring for the 390,000 female vets seen last year at its hospitals and clinics — despite an investment of more than $1.3 billion since 2008, including the training of hundreds of medical professionals in the fundamentals of treating the female body.
According to an Associated Press review of VA internal documents, inspector general reports and interviews:
◼Nationwide, nearly one in four VA hospitals does not have a full-time gynecologist on staff. And about 140 of the 920 community-based clinics serving veterans in rural areas do not have a designated women's health provider, despite the goal that every clinic would have one.
◼When community-based clinics refer veterans to a nearby university or other private medical facility to be screened for breast cancer, more than half the time their mammogram results are not provided to patients within two weeks, as required under VA policy.
◼Female veterans have been placed on the VA's Electronic Wait List at a higher rate than male veterans. All new patients who cannot be schedule for an appointment in 90 days or less are placed on that wait list.
◼And according to a VA presentation last year, female veterans of child-bearing age were far more likely to be given medications that can cause birth defects than were women being treated through a private HMO.
''Are there problems? Yes,'' said Dr. Patricia Hayes, the VA's chief consultant for women's health in an AP interview. ''The good news for our health care system is that as the number of women increases dramatically, we are going to continue to be able to adjust to these circumstances quickly.''
The 5.3 million male veterans who used the VA system in fiscal year 2013 far outnumbered female patients, but the number of women receiving care at VA has more than doubled since 2000. The tens of thousands of predominantly young, female veterans returning home has dramatically changed the VA's patient load, and the system has yet to fully catch up. Also, as the total veteran population continues to decrease, the female veteran population has been increasing year after year, according to a 2013 VA report.
All enrolled veterans can use what the VA describes as its ''comprehensive medical benefits package,'' though certain benefits may vary by individual and ailment, just like for medical care outside the VA system. The VA typically covers all female-specific medical needs, aside from abortions and in-vitro fertilization.
The strategic initiatives, which sprang from recommendations issued six years ago to enhance women's health system-wide, have kick started research about women veterans' experience of sexual harassment, assault or rape in a military setting; established working groups about how to build prosthetics for female soldiers; and even led to installation of women's restrooms at the more than 1,000 VA facilities.
Yet enduring problems with the delivery of care for women veterans are surfacing now amid the growing criticism of the VA's handling of patient care nationwide and allegations of misconduct, lengthy wait times and potential unnecessary deaths.
Used to treating the men who served in Vietnam, Korea or World War II, many of the VA's practitioners until a few years ago were unaccustomed to treating menopause or giving advice about birth control.
The study on distribution of prescription medication that could cause birth defects is illustrative of the lagging awareness; one of every two women veterans has received medication from a VA pharmacy that could cause birth defects, compared to one in every six women who received drugs care through a private health care system, said the study's author, Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, a senior medical expert on reproductive health with VA.
Schwarz, who also directs women's health research at the University of Pittsburgh, pointed out that while she does not believe any of the veterans surveyed were pregnant at the time, it is critical to keep in mind that many new female veterans are of child-bearing age, a higher percentage are on medication than in the general population and the majority of these women are not on contraception.
Hayes said the VA seeks to place a trained, designated women's provider in every facility and expects to install a ''one-stop'' health care model that allows women to go to one provider for a range of services, including annual physicals, mental health services, gynecological care and mammograms. Until that happens, however, some VA clinics have limited gender-specific health treatments available for women.
Female veterans are more likely than their male counterparts to be referred outside the VA system for specialty care, Hayes acknowledged. Nearly one-third of all female patients received at least one day of treatment at a non-VA facility in fiscal year 2012, as compared to 15 percent of their male counterparts, according to the most recent data Hayes supplied.
Many female veterans report having to drive hours to get to a facility that offers specialized gender-specific care, while some of them tell of struggling to get the VA to pick up the tab for them to see a nearby private doctor.
''We want to make it right for our veterans to have the best kind of care, and women are included in that goal,'' Hayes said.


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The premium copper buyers are asked to pay in Europe fell for a second consecutive month, a sign that demand is weakening, according to estimates from six traders with direct knowledge of the market published on March 12. The premium is added to the price of cathode, a finished form of the metal, for immediate delivery on the LME at Rotterdam and includes insurance and shipping costs.
Europe accounts for more than 17% of world copper demand and the 17-nation euro region is already back in a recession. The International Monetary Fund has cut its estimate for this year's global economic growth three times since July. The Washington-based group is predicting a gain of 3.5% this year, from 3.2% in 2012.
Goldman recommended investors buy copper on March 1 after prices slumped and the bank is predicting that the metal will reach $9,000 in six months. Chinese growth will improve and current prices already reflect concerns about Europe and the impact of automatic spending cuts in the U.S. budget, analysts Max Layton, Roger Yuan and Jeffrey Currie said in the report.
Economic Growth
Chinese economic growth will accelerate to 8.3% in the second quarter, from 8.1% in the first three months of the year, according to the median of as many as 27 economist estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The U.S., the second-biggest copper consumer, will expand 2% this quarter, from 0.1% in the final three months of 2012, the forecasts show.
While Barclays expects surplus supply for 2013 as a whole, it is also anticipating shortages in the second and third quarters. It is also predicting demand growth of 3.4% this year, from 0.9% in 2012.
In other commodities, six of 10 people surveyed expect raw sugar to rise next week and two predicted a drop. The commodity slid 3.6% to 18.81 cents a pound on ICE Futures U.S. in New York this year.
Fifteen of 27 people surveyed forecast higher corn prices and eight said the grain will drop, while 12 of 27 said soybeans will decline and eight expected higher prices. Fifteen of 24 traders predicted gains in wheat and eight were bearish. Corn gained 2.7% to $7.17 a bushel in Chicago this year as soybeans rose 2% to $14.3775 a bushel. Wheat slipped 7.2% to $7.2175 a bushel.


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Creating Compost
At Mayberry last week, the fist graders came out on a crisp and sunny day to push up their sleeves and make compost. We discussed the importance of balancing greens, browns, decomposers, air and water and listed which materials are good food for our plants. I showed the kids a large bin of decomposed compost and then we layered a fresh batch of new greens and browns to go into the bin. The kids loved comparing the differences in the two. After we got out into the garden and filled some holes that our overnight guest had created, other classes pulled brown leaves out of the garden and my last class weeded the stubborn Bermuda grass out of the cosmos and nasturtium bed and the ground surrounding it. They did a great job and we enjoyed an apple, mint and honey snack once we finished. Always a pleasure when we get tasks completed!
Water Cycle At Primary Academy
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At Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter the Thursdays are Green
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Vine Students' Metamorphosis
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Gardner Scientists and Curators
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Talking Dirt at El Sereno Elementary
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The Water Cycle at Atwater Elementary
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At Rio Vista the Seed is awake
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Exploration at St.Patrick's School
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Red Onions and Befriending the Lunch Ladies at San Pedro Elementary
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Self watering research
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At Sherman Oaks Elementary Charter the Thursdays are Green
At Sherman Oaks the new green generations started to sprout. We are very excited to start this scholar year with the hands in the ground. The first generation of Organic Gardeners began to plant the first seeds and seedlings on the raised beds. We learn about some specific rules that we must follow in the…
At Rio Vista the Seed is awake
Rio vista welcomed the fall. On today's lesson we discovered the power that the compost has and also how a seed grows. We started reviewing the process of composting, how is made of and what kind of organisms helps it to break down into a little pieces the compost's "ingredients". We discovered that besides earthworms,…
Talking Dirt at El Sereno Elementary
The kindergartners loved getting their hands dirty! We talked about the ingredients in soil — minerals, air, water, and organic matter. We did some investigating in the soil using magnifying glasses. We gathered around the garden beds and dug our hands in the soil. The kids described what it felt like using words like fluffy…
The Water Cycle at Atwater Elementary
The students at Atwater Elementary enjoyed learning about the water cycle! We learned that a cycle repeats over and over again. Their minds were blown when I told them that the same water they use to take a shower in is the same water the dinosaurs swam in. Woah! We worked on the vocabulary words…
Red Onions and Befriending the Lunch Ladies at San Pedro Elementary
This was my first week as a Garden Ranger at San Pedro Elementary School. I'm learning that being a Garden Ranger means doing your best at negotiating many different moving parts. These include principals, faculty, community members, students, and the overall health of herbs, fruit trees, compost bins, and vegetables. Fortunately, I am in…
Vine Students' Metamorphosis
Students transformed into plants and insects!? Is this Vine St Elementary or Hogwarts!? This month students learned that aphids move around by hoping and ladybugs move slowly and methodically. They also learned that ladybugs help the garden by eating aphids that hinder a garden from thriving. They also learned the different parts of a plants…
Gardner Scientists and Curators
This month, Gardner Elementary students had a busy month as scientists and curators! The fourth grade students at examined the health of the soil in the garden. They first felt the soil with their hands, wrote about what the soil felt like and made hypotheses on how much sand, silt, and clay was in the soil.…
Bruschetta at Kingsley
Bruschetta is an antipasto (starter dish) from Italy consisting of grilled bread rubbed with garlic and topped with olive oil and salt. The wonderful kids and I at Kingsley Elementary made this classic dish today. Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil Recipe Prep time: 15 minutesCook time: 20 minutesYield: Makes 24 small slices, serves 6-10 as an…
A plant is what?!
When teaching about gardening, it is impossible to engage students if they don't know what part of a plant I am talking about! For this lesson, I covered the parts of a plant. I discussed the roots, stem, leaves, fruit and flowers. I brought in a dug up mallow plant (to show roots, stem, leaves),…


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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Congressional leaders, after taking the United States to the edge of the "fiscal cliff," reached a deal Monday night to veer away.
CBS News said it confirmed negotiators had reached an agreement 3 hours before the mandated package of hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts and tax hikes were to go into effect.
CBS reported its White House and congressional sources said both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had signed off on the deal.
The network said it was unclear when the Senate would vote, but if it passes the House will vote Tuesday at the earliest. That means technically the nation will go over the cliff but without any impact since it would likely be effective retroactively.
CBS said the agreement calls for current tax rates to be extended for all wage earners making less than $400,000 and couples making less than $450,000.
Automatic spending cuts called for under the sequester will be delayed two months to give Congress and the White House time to come up with a wider-ranging deal on spending cuts.
The estate tax will be set at 40 percent with the first $5 million worth of property, indexed to inflation, exempt. Capital gains and dividend tax rates will rise from 15 percent to 20 percent.
There also will be a permanent fix to the alternative minimum tax, and doctors will be shielded from a reimbursement gap for treating Medicare patients.
Unemployment benefits will stay in place.
The tax credit for renewable energy companies also will be extended for another year.
Roll Call reported Vice President Joe Biden was meeting with Senate Democrats to recommend the package.
Roll Call's sources said the tentative agreement is subject to change.
Earlier Monday President Obama said Democratic and Republican congressional leaders were near a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" but were not there yet.
"Today, it appears an agreement to prevent a New Year's tax hike is within sight, but it's not done," Obama said during a televised statement. "There are issues left to be resolved, but I am hopeful Congress can get it done."
Obama told the audience it was his preference to solve all the issues as part of a "bigger deal" in a responsible and balanced way.
With this Congress, he said, it was "too much to hope for at this time. Maybe we can do this in stages."
He stressed the threat of tax increases was only one part of the budget package Congress passed last year that became known as the "fiscal cliff," and automatic, across-the-board spending cuts also must be dealt with in a "balanced" manner "as part of the equation."
He said he would be willing to reduce the government's Medicare bills, but that kind of reform "has to go hand in hand" with tax-code reform that closes loopholes for the wealthy and corporations.
"If the Republicans think I will finish the job of deficit reduction through spending cuts alone," Obama said, "they've got another [think] coming."
There will be "shared sacrifice" from all taxpayers "as long as I'm going to be president," Obama said.
On the Senate floor, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chided Obama for "antagonizing" House Republicans as he urged Congress to strike a deal. McCain ran against Obama for president in 2008.
If a last-minute deal had not been struck, Reid was expected to move to bring a vote on a stopgap measure pushed by Obama that would retain lower tax rates for incomes $250,000 or less and extend jobless benefits, The New York Times reported.
If deal hadn't been reached by midnight, tax rates would have gone up for virtually all Americans, 2 million people receiving extended unemployment benefits would have lost their stipends, and severe federal spending cuts would have kicked in, potentially sending the U.S. economy back into recession.
In addition, nearly 30 million taxpayers would have been required to pay the costly alternative minimum tax for the first time.
Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., conducted talks ahead of the midnight deadline.
Biden, an experienced dealmaker who was a senator for 36 years, entered the talks Sunday at McConnell's request.


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The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Monday night into Tuesday afternoon for Central Massachusetts.
As of 4 p.m. today, the forecast for southern Worcester County is for 5 to 9 inches of snow and a trace of ice, starting late Monday evening and ending late Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to be in the lower 30s.
The forecast for northern Worcester County is similar but with 10 to 14 inches of snow and temperatures around 30.


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No. 4: Will there be changes on the offensive line?
The reshuffled offensive line, which was solid the first three games of the season, has recently shown cracks as the Ravens have allowed four sacks in three of the past four games. Left guard Bobbie Williams, who replaced Ramon Harewood in Week 6, was beat for two sacks Sunday. With quarterback Joe Flacco taking too many hits, Harbaugh is receptive to making changes. "We'd like to have five guys who are rock solid and who are in there and working with everybody all the time," he said. "It's really just not where we're at right now. So, let's make the best of it and let's work some guys in there. If we get hot with a group, then we'll stick with it." The Ravens may consider going back to Harewood or plugging second-year lineman Jah Reid in at left guard. Another option is inserting Bryant McKinnie at left tackle and moving Michael Oher to right tackle and Kelechi Osemele to guard, but McKinnie's ability to stay healthy is a concern and his play in practice recently hasn't been good enough to warrant a switch -- yet.
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Ambulance, car crash closes Bedford road
January 29. 2014 11:23PM
BEDFORD — A collision between a Bedford ambulance and a passenger car closed part of New Boston Road for about four hours Wednesday.
The occupants of both vehicles were taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
New Boston Road was closed starting around 2:30 p.m. near the intersection with Tirrell Hill Road.
Anyone with information regarding the accident is asked to call the Bedford Police Department at (603) 472-5113.