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You Have Chosen…Poorly: A Ranking Of Alternate Horror Film Endings
Mark Strauss
Watching a movie is like playing roulette: we have no idea which ending we'll be seeing. Will it be the original, or another version inspired by a failed test screening, or "creative differences"? Sometimes the change is for the better; sometimes not. Here, we rank 13 alternate horror film endings from worst to best.
I Am Legend (2007): It's a Wonderful Apocalypse
This alternate ending is not only dreadful, but a betrayal of the source material, Richard Matheson's classic horror novel.
In the original ending, Neville realizes that the infected humans (the Hemocytes) are actually sentient, feeling beings. Glancing at the photos of the Hemocytes that he has killed over the years in his effort to "cure them," Neville realizes that he is the real monster.
That was the point of Matheson's book, where a virus transforms humanity into vampires. Neville came to realize that they had inherited the Earth, making him—the last of the Homo sapiens—the creature of legend who preys upon the innocent.
Instead, the ending shown in theaters has Neville detonating a grenade, which kills both himself and the Hemocytes who have broken into his lab. By doing so, he makes it possible for his two human friends, Anna and Ethan, to escape with a cure—the final scene shows them walking into a bucolic "survivors' camp" in Vermont that looks more like Stars Hollow than a post-apocalyptic refuge.
Freddy vs. Jason (2003): Unprotected Sex
The epic showdown between the two slasher-film legends ends as one might expect—in a draw. Jason survives and Freddy's decapitated head winks at the camera and laughs.
A couple of different endings were considered for the movie—one, unfilmed version, included Pinhead from the Hellraiser franchise, but failed because New Line didn't want to buy the rights to the character.
The alternate ending that was actually filmed is pointless and confusing. Lori and Will are having sex for the first time when he attacks her, holding her down by her throat while he sprouts Freddy claws. The credits roll just as he brings his hand down towards her. Was this going to be a setup for Son of Freddy?
Carrie (2013): Talk to the Hand
The 2013 remake of Carrie ends with Carrie's gravestone cracking (did she survive?), but things get a lot more graphic in the WTF? alternate ending released on Blu-Ray. That ending shows Sue Snell in the hospital delivering her baby—when suddenly, a bloody hand emerges from Sue's vagina and grabs her. It turns out that it's all a nightmare, but there's still a horrifying subliminal image of a blood-soaked Carrie holding Sue's infant daughter.
Final Destination (2000): Death Takes a Holiday
The ending shown in theaters has Alex, Carter and Clear visiting Paris, talking about how they cheated death. Clear theorizes that maybe, if they had been on Flight 180, they would have been the sole survivors of the plane crash. They were meant to live because "that was the design all along." But then, the Grim Reaper sets in motion one of his Rube Goldberg accidents that is about to kill Carter when the screen goes black.
In an eventful—and inferior—alternate ending, Clear and Alex have sex on a beach, which results in Clear getting pregnant. Alex saves her from a car—which in this ending results in his death. She gives birth and names the kid after him, and then he seems to manifest briefly as a comforting gust of wind. The film concludes with Clear and Carter at the Flight 180 memorial, where Clear tells Carter that the only thing they've won is a chance at a full life.
No thanks, I prefer a grimmer Grim Reaper.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986): Lady Liberty
The end that appears in the film is better than the alternate one—but that's a backhanded compliment. The movie itself had stripped away much of the dark tone of the off-Broadway musical. So, it's appropriate that the film has a happily-ever-after ending where Seymour and Audrey destroy Audrey II and survive.
Had the film been darker, then the original ending would have been perfect, and more faithful to the final scenes of the play: Audrey II eats Audrey and Seymour, conquers the U.S. and triumphantly ascends the Statue of Liberty.
The Descent (2005): Sarah Doesn't Escape
In the original ending, shown in UK theaters, Sarah escapes the cave and makes it to her car. As she's driving, she pulls over to vomit. After leaning back into the car, she screams at the vision of her dead friend Juno, sitting beside her. Suddenly, she wakes up—the entire escape sequence revealed as a dream. As Sarah lies on the cave floor, she watches her torch burn out.
OK, it's a mashup of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and Carrie—but, it's still better than the U.S. version, which ends with her screaming at the sight of Juno. Yes, Sarah is covered in blood and so traumatized that she's seeing dead people, but she'll live to descend another day.
Orphan (2009): Esther Lives
Murderous "orphan" Esther/Leena dies in the official ending, her neck broken from a kick to the face.
In the alternate ending, which is far more eerie, Leena survives. After Kate rescues her daughter Max, Leena heads back to the house and calmly reapplies her childlike makeup—tunelessly humming the whole time. As the police search the house, "Esther" walks to the stairs, introduces herself, curtseys and then daintily makes her way down the staircase. Who will be her next parents?
Army of Darkness (1992): Hail to the King
In the original ending—preferred by Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi—Ash drinks too much of the magic potion that will return him to the future. He wakes up, with a long beard, confronted by a bleak, post-apocalyptic landscape, with Big Ben in the foreground. Ash screams at the sky, "I've slept too long!"
I can see why this ending appealed to Campbell and Raimi, since Ash seems fated to lurch from one awful scenario to the next. (Also, bonus points for the Planet of the Apes homage.) Still, this ending just didn't fit the whimsical B-movie vibe.
So, instead, we find Ash back home, working his mundane job at S-Mart. But, evil has followed him, and he blows away an attacking witch. (Never screw with the guy in housewares.)
In a final display of Capmbell's trademark doofus-machismo, Ash concludes the movie saying, "Sure I could have stayed in the past. Could have even been king. But, in my own way, I am king. [Kisses co-worker] Hail to the king, baby." Groovy.
Hostel (2005): Train Ride
The actual ending of Hostel is absolutely brutal, with Paxton cutting off two of the Dutch Businessman's fingers, drowning him in a toilet and then cutting his throat.
The alternate ending is less brutal, and less viscerally satisfying, but arguably much creepier: Paxton kidnaps the Businessman's daughter and rides away with her in a train.
In an interview with MTV, filmmaker Eli Roth explained his decision to go with a different ending:
Roth: Yeah, I had shot an ending for "Hostel" that I was like, "This is going to be a perfect ending." Then we showed it to audiences, and out of 300 people, 10 people were like, "Yeah, that was sick!," and the other 290 people were like, "What?"
MTV: I thought you originally wanted Paxton to get revenge by killing his captor's daughter. But the "alternate ending" shows him simply riding away with her in the train. So does he kill her or what?
Roth: The implication is that he was saving her. In the original script that I wrote, Jay [Hernandez] slit the little girl's throat … I ultimately didn't buy that, that the character would do it … instead, by taking the little girl, he knew that would torture that guy. … But [test audiences] got caught up in the logic of what happens to the girl [after the train leaves], and that's what I didn't want to have happen."
Hannibal (2001): Brain Food
In this alternate ending, Hannibal doesn't have to lose a hand to escape. There's a gross (and sloppy) "kiss" between Hannibal and Clarice, and then, when he's on a plane and a boy asks him for some of his food (spoiler: it's totally brain), Hannibal asks if the boy's mother had ever warned him about taking food from strangers. When the kid replies that she has, Hannibal says that it doesn't matter because she's asleep, and then feeds him a few bites.
1408 (2007): We See Dead People
In the ending released for theaters, Mike survives after setting fire to the evil hotel room, where he had recorded an encounter with the spirit of his dead daughter, Katie. Afterwards, Mike moves back in with Lily, who finds a box filled with belongings that survived the fire. Mike repairs the tape recorder, and Lily hears her daughter's voice.
As is often the case, the original ending was better. Mike dies in the fire. At the funeral, the hotel manager, Olin, attempts to comfort Lily by telling her that Mike gave his life to prevent anyone else from being murdered by the room. He offers her the box of his belongings, and she refuses. Olin returns to his car, where he plays the tape, hearing the conversation between Katie and Mike—whom he then catches a glimpse of in his rearview mirror. The film ends back in room 1408, with ghost Mike looking out a window, smoking a cigarette. (Yes, ghosts smoke cigarettes.) He vanishes as he walks toward the door, making a truly final exit.
Paranormal Activity (2009): Smile for the Camera
I'm glad that they replaced the original ending, with Katie sitting catatonic in her bedroom until the police arrived and shot her. It dragged on way too long—diminishing the tension rather than increasing it.
But, I wasn't a fan of the alternate ending shown in theaters, where a demon-possessed Katie knocks over the camera and rushes toward it shrieking….The End. It was an over-the-top conclusion to a film that was so frightening precisely because the story unfolded in such a low-key manner.
The best ending—the one that should have been shown in theaters—still had Katie walking upstairs after killing Micah. But in this version, she grins at the video camera and slits her own throat. It still gives me shivers.
28 Days Later (2002): Jim Dies
The conclusion released in theaters showed Selena and Hannah desperately trying to save Jim's life in an empty hospital after he's been shot. Jim survives, and the three are later rescued after hiding out in the mountains, as the Infected die off.
But, there's also an ending where Jim dies. Distraught and grieving, Hannah asks Selena, "What do we do now?" Choking back tears, Selena answers, "We move," and the two walk off together.
The filmmakers preferred this version, since it brought Jim's saga full circle: the film begins and ends with him in a hospital bed.
I'm with the filmmakers on this one, especially since the ending is evocative of one of the movie's most memorable moments—when Jim finds a letter from his deceased mother: "With endless love, we left you sleeping. Now we're sleeping with you. Don't wake up." To me, it felt like Jim had been living on borrowed time, just long enough to rescue Hannah and Selena, so they could survive the catastrophe. The true measure of anyone's life is the ability to make a difference for others.


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Stink About Link
By Josh Board, June 9, 2005
Blurt Music News
On Saturday, May 28, I went to see Link Wray at the Casbah. He's known mostly by older folks for his 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble." Younger people know him for the same song, included on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.
I probably shouldn't complain -- he is "a legend," in his mid-70s, missing one lung -- but it was a bad concert. He didn't go onstage until almost midnight (luckily, a German band called the Satelliters opened the show with an amazing set). As Wray tried to play "Rumble," feedback rang through our ears for five minutes. When the song got going, his wife (onstage playing a tambourine) stepped on his guitar cord, which became unplugged. After minutes of trying to get the guitar working, his wife began yelling at the crowd for taking pictures. (I had been told by the bouncer at the door to put my camera back in my car.) She said her husband should make money from us buying pictures, that we shouldn't make money selling them. My friend wondered, "If she wants to make money, why are they not selling any merchandise?" I wondered how much money somebody could get for a cell-phone photo of Link Wray.
The feedback started again, and lots of people in the crowd had to cover their ears. We got an extended version of the song, which took up half an hour of the show. He got cooking when he did the Batman theme and "Run Chicken Run."
After an hour onstage, Wray left. Because the guitars were still humming, the audience waited for the expected encore. After 20 minutes, someone at the venue asked the young guy working for Wray if he would be coming back. The kid said, "Link is really tired, but I'll go see if he wants to come back." The kid came back a few minutes later and said, "He was paid $7500 to perform for an hour, which is what he did. You'll have to pay more if you want him to play more." Soon after, the house lights came on and the crowd booed.
As Wray's white van sped away, I thought back to an interview I read years ago in which he talked about record companies screwing him over. I then thought about the money he made for one hour of performing, figuring he got $3750 for his performance of "Rumble."
More stories by Josh Board
Blues School — May 25, 2011
Life in the Crash Lane — May 17, 2007
Rockabilly Dreams — Feb. 1, 2007
Belly Up to the Band — May 11, 2006
Banana Thief — May 26, 2005

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Hushovd unhappy at Tour stage two neutralisation
Nigel Wynn July 6, 2010 11:40 am
Thor Hushovd, Tour de France 2010 stage 1
Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) has aired his frustration at the Tour de France commissaire's decision to neutralise Monday's points allocations after crashes affected the stage, thwarting his chances of taking the green jersey.
Tour commissaires decided to award points only to stage winner Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), but no further points awarded any other riders after several crashes hampered the progress of many of the overall contenders – and sprinters.
"I feel frustrated by what happened today. Our team was working hard and we would have had a good chance for victory," said Hushovd after the stage.
"I feel like they have taken something away from us today. There were a few sprinters who did not make it to the front group, but there was no reason to not contest the sprint today.
"Everyone made a gentleman's agreement not to sprint, but I lost an important opportunity to try to win the stage and gain points."
After solo escapee Chavanel crossed the line, netting himself 25 points, the main bunch rolled into the finish town of Spa in a line. Race leader Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) led the rolling protest, asking other riders not to sprint for the line.
Cancellara subsequently lost the race lead to Chavanel, who also took over the lead in the points classification from stage one winner Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre).
Hushovd, who won the points classification last year, was one of the few sprinters to make the front group. Green jersey rivals Petacchi, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), Gerald Ciolek (Milram) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) were not in the main bunch with Hushovd. They had either been dropped on one of the climbs or caught in a crash.
Earlier in the stage, Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto) had put in a bid for the green jersey by accruing 18 points by winning the three intermediate sprints – all of which were allowed to stand.
British sprint hope Cavendish has yet to score a point in the competition.
Although Thor Hushovd felt cheated out of points on Monday, he may recall a commissaire's decision that was firmly in his favour in last year's Tour.
On stage 14 to Besançon, Hushovd was leading the points classification by just five points over Mark Cavendish. A breakaway group had already crossed the line and the sprinters were scrapping for 13th place. The Manxman swerved to avoid an uneven section of the barriers and deviated into the path of Hushovd.
Cavendish crossed the line first, but was subsequently relegated to 154th place after the race commissaires decided his manoeuvre was dangerous. Hushovd got 13 points, and Cavendish none, giving the Norwegian an 18-point advantage in the competition.
A war of words between the two ensued, which culminated with Hushovd going on a remarkable solo effort on mountainous stage 17 where he picked up the two intermediate sprints. When the TV camera pulled up alongside him, he looked at the lens and tugged the green jersey in defiance.
Although Cavendish went on to win a further two stages, his bid for the green jersey effectively ended with the commissaire's decision on stage 14. Hushovd went on to win the points competition by just 10 points over Cavendish, despite the Briton's tally of six stage wins.
Points classification after stage two
1. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 44 points
2. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 35
3. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 34
4. Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Columbia 30
5. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo 26
6. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 24
7. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 22
8. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 20
9. Jose Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19
10. Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 19
Points classification before stage two
1. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 35 points
8. Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 18
9. Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky 17
10. Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17
Tour de France 2010: Latest news
The Feed Zone: News and views (July 5)
Sky banks on Thomas ahead of cobbled stage
Cavendish's sprint train weakened with Hansen out
Armstrong under fire as Landis allegations reach mainstream
Team Sky's decision to put Wiggins off early back fires
Millar and Thomas hold their nerve in Rotterdam rain
Armstrong defiant in wake of latest revelations
Thomas looks to prologue and sporting new stripes|
Florencio kicked out of Cervelo team on eve of Tour
Tour teams presented in Rotterdam: What the riders said
Andy Schleck faces rough ride over Tour cobbles
Riis: Tour is the goal for Schlecks despite sponsor problems
Armstrong on Arenberg: There will be carnage
Cavendish set for green jersey battle at the Tour
Hunt and Lloyd look forward to making their Tour debuts
Tour de France 2010: Stage reports
Stage two: Comeback man Chavanel takes victory in Spa
Stage one: Petacchi wins in Brussels as bunch left in tatters
Prologue: Cancellara pips Martin to win
Tour de France 2010: Photos
Stage two photo gallery
Stage one gallery
Prologue photo gallery
Tour de France 2010: Videos
Stage one video highlights
Prologue video highlights
Tour de France 2010: Race guide
Official start list, with race numbers
Brits at the Tour 2010
Tout team guide
Tour jerseys: What they are and what they mean
Brits in the Tours: From Robinson to Wiggins
Tour de France 2010: Pictures
Tour team presentation, Rotterdam
Tour teams take to the cobbles: Photo special
Tweets of the Week: Winter training camp edition, featuring Tao Geoghegan Hart, Abby Mae Parkinson and Egan Bernal


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class Circleci < Formula
  desc "Enables you to reproduce the CircleCI environment locally"
  homepage "https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/local-cli/"
  # Updates should be pushed no more frequently than once per week.
  url "https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli.git",
      tag:      "v0.1.21412",
      revision: "7587e2d6fd65a9063e717d24d129e7be1d81c2a7"
  license "MIT"
  head "https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli.git", branch: "master"

  bottle do
    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, arm64_monterey: "c39f78d19da55d71d85ab6c1138e5c84ab99a2b803362689c2429168173a1e62"
    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, arm64_big_sur:  "a1c90cb0fb7c362271c92556b4b08d57fec6fa47d7515f670b9499c8c57e6d59"
    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, monterey:       "0cba8d3d3d2a06e68369da1e87595500600721769b521a47e990ffbc8a4dfbbf"
    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, big_sur:        "67e13cf0dd41c018add3e8a8b869c24a7f5069aa66eb9f14d995d047d82b3278"
    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, catalina:       "1a50ac8376e5967dac03cbd30bd361ffde48c8ba73d6370539e70ff5e61249a0"
    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, x86_64_linux:   "66406c942214c7fdd19d2b8c690096716f0f02f5f74d3c539f122013bc664c38"
  end

  depends_on "go" => :build
  depends_on "packr" => :build

  def install
    system "packr2", "--ignore-imports", "-v"

    ldflags = %W[
      -s -w
      -X github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli/version.packageManager=homebrew
      -X github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli/version.Version=#{version}
      -X github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli/version.Commit=#{Utils.git_short_head}
    ]
    system "go", "build", *std_go_args(ldflags: ldflags)

    generate_completions_from_executable(bin/"circleci", "--skip-update-check", "completion",
                                        shells: [:bash, :zsh])
  end

  test do
    # assert basic script execution
    assert_match(/#{version}\+.{7}/, shell_output("#{bin}/circleci version").strip)
    (testpath/".circleci.yml").write("{version: 2.1}")
    output = shell_output("#{bin}/circleci config pack #{testpath}/.circleci.yml")
    assert_match "version: 2.1", output
    # assert update is not included in output of help meaning it was not included in the build
    assert_match(/update.+This command is unavailable on your platform/, shell_output("#{bin}/circleci help 2>&1"))
    assert_match "`update` is not available because this tool was installed using `homebrew`.",
      shell_output("#{bin}/circleci update")
  end
end

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The Kievan Rus Park is a unique amusement park. Only in 45 minutes ride from Kiev in Kopachiv village, a brilliant idea of replicating ancient town of Kiev of the 5th-13th centuries is in the process of realization. There will be recreated Detinets-Kremlin of Kiev in the true extent on 10 hectares of land, with all known nowadays architectural details of the capital in the Kievan Rus times. While fortifications of earth walls and moat, palisade, gates with 3-storeyed wooden towers, tournament field, grandstand, watchtowers and timbered manors of Kievans are already available for sightseeing, the park has something else special to offer. These are a theatre with professional actors, equestrian theatre and workshops of various traditional Slavic crafts, such as pottery, thread-doll making, pysanka painting, weaving, carving, blacksmithing, etc. Thus, the park is not just a monumental reconstruction of the core of the Kievan Rus capital but a living image with fairs and streets inhabited by colourfully dressed townsfolk, knights, riders and tradesmen. Interactive theatrical performance, equestrian show, horse riding and pottery or thread-doll making workshop is just a short list of activities offered here. Visiting on Slavic holidays be prepared to witness vivid Slavic festivals, ceremonies, games and rites, or even take part in activity of your choice.


We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure is required for all posts.
Completed applications for all posts can be emailed to recruitment@smcc.devon.sch.uk, or posted to the Business Manager at the school.
South Molton Community College has an excellent team of dedicated and talented staff. It has been graded good in all areas under the current Ofsted framework. In April 2017 we moved into a new school building. The school is growing in popularity and is nearing capacity. We believe passionately in providing a well-rounded education to our students both in and out of the classroom, and are committed to supporting our staff.
The school is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teacher of English, with a confident teaching ability. The post commences September 2019. The standard of English teaching at the College is very high and we are looking to appoint someone who can maintain and enhance this. The person appointed would thus be working within a successful supportive culture with plenty of opportunity to support the wider school community. Applicants must be highly professional and committed team members.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 9.30am on Monday 29th April 2019. We are currently expecting to hold interviews for those applicants shortlisted on Wednesday 1st May.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff to share this commitment. You will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
Rate of pay: £8.82 per hour (Grade B).
We are seeking to appoint and train a number of additional Exam Invigilators to work alongside our existing team who will be required to support the schools Examination Staff during the busy mock and summer GCSE exam periods which take place throughout the academic year and particularly during the summer term.
You will be required to have a DBS safeguarding check.
Exam Invigilators ensure proper conduct of exams in accordance with the guidelines of each exam board, in addition to School policies and procedures. This role is vital in helping organise students at the start and end of each exam and to ensure all incidents/disturbances during the exam are dealt with immediately. The Invigilator will also be responsible for checking that the exam room is adequately set up and has the relevant stationery available for the exam, preparing and clearing the room and completion of any relevant paperwork. This could take up to an hour before and/or after completion of each examination. Exam Invigilators must remain vigilant at all times and routinely patrol the exam room to minimise the risk of exam malpractice.
If you would like to help make a difference to the life chances of young people and you are reliable, punctual, flexible, accurate, a confident communicator able to work under pressure we would welcome an application from you.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about this vacancy please contact Mrs Shelley Kiff on 01769 572129 or e-mail her at skiff@smcc.devon.sch.uk.


Felt is a greeting card app that lets you send custom cards to anyone you want. The templates are modern and cool - which is more than can be said for most online card sending services these days. You can literally hand write a message that will appear on your card and you can even include a gift card if you want. The cards are sent in a crafty looking envelope that you can handwrite the address on or choose a great font for clarity.
The app is a great idea and people want to use it, but there are some flaws. First of all, the app gets really confusing if you want to try and send more than one card at a time. Second of all, the shipping is really slow and kind of expensive, so if you're in a rush it might be better to just run to the drug store and send them the old fashioned way.


Jan. 19 marks 100 days until the David E. Kampe Tower will officially open at the Penticton Regional Hospital.
Dignitaries, media and members of the public gathered in the tower's main entrance to witness the unveiling of the tower's countdown clock. The long-awaited expansion features 5 operating rooms, rooftop helipad, 84 medical/surgical inpatient beds and much more.
"It's very exciting to be at this milestone in the David E. Kampe Tower project today marks 100 days until the doors open," said Carl Meadows with Interior Health. "This I can say is one of B.C.'s, if not Canada's, most stunning new towers.
David E. Kampe, whom the tower is named after, was in attendance as an honoured guest at the countdown event. Penticton Mayor John Vassilaki personally thanked Kampe for his continued generosity throughout his lifetime and went as far as to give him a hug to express his gratitude.
Penticton Indian Band (PIB) Chief Chad Eneas said that he was honoured to be in attendance on behalf of the band and noted that while "Canada has a lot of work to do in terms of providing fair and equitable access to health services" for Indigenous, he is pleased with the connection the PIB has with Interior Health.
"We really appreciate the relationship we have with the hospital. Carl, you bring a really clear outlook in terms of what our community needs to do to address discrimination and racism," said Eneas.
Vassilaki said this expansion is critical in "building a livable community" as the hospital will be better equipped to service Penticton's growing population.
According to SOS Medical Foundation executive director Carey Bornn, the next portion of this project involves updating the hospital's existing emergency room. He noted that construction for that project will commence in the next couple months.


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5:00 a.m.—David Breashears, Jangbu Sherpa, Pete Athans, Ed Viesturs, and David Carter left Base Camp this morning for what will be their summit attempt on Mt. Everest. They slipped out of camp silently in the darkness and entered the Khumbu Icefall for the last time this year. They will move directly up to Camp II today and assess the weather from their well-stocked "Advance Base Camp." All will be climbing together, along with New Zealand expedition leader, Guy Cotter, Tashi Tenzing, Tenzing Norgay's grandson, and Finnish climber Veikka Gustafsson who is climbing Everest this year without the aid of supplemental oxygen.
This is thought to be the strongest team of climbers on Everest this year, with 15 successful summits of Everest between them: (Ed Viesturs four times, Pete Athans four times, David Breashears three times, Guy Cotter two times, Jangbu Sherpa one time, and Veikka Gustafsson one time). As they moved off into the blue ice pinnacles of the Icefall, crossing a frozen pond in the early morning light, all were in good spirits and ready to get up on the mountain. Most of the other Everest expeditions are resting at Base Camp and waiting for the high winds on the summit to dissipate. "We're fairly certain that there are no teams ahead of us on the mountain," said David Breashears before leaving.
For David Carter, this is his second attempt on Mt Everest; he made an unsuccessful attempt in 1991. His anticipation for what lies ahead confirmed our own trepidations for what may happen this week. Carter couldn't have put it any better: "I'm psyched, I'm edgy, and I feel the need to get going. Mentally I'm ready, physically if I stand around too much longer I'll lose that edge. I even admit I'm scared. I don't know what to expect. I feel I'm in a good mental state because I don't have 'summit fever' and I'm in control of my feelings."
Within three-quarters of an hour the climbers appeared as no more than tiny dots on the jumbled glacial horizon that stretches up toward the top of the Icefall. Watching them climb higher toward Camp I was difficult for us, as we know this will be the last we see of them before they head into the thin air above Camp IV. There, at 26,000 feet, we will be conducting psychometric tests on them with and without oxygen. Regular pulse oximeter readings will be taken and reported to us at Base Camp and the expedition doctor, Howard Donner, will be keeping close communication with them as they move toward the summit.


Posts: 1 I have two Scott rods and have noticed scuffing on the outside of the guide bands. Has anyone had problems with scuffing using a Rod Vault? I use the vault on top of my truck when I'm fishing. I don't store my rods there. I do go off road with my truck so I'm wondering if the rods bouncing inside the vault is causing damage. I fish in Colorado. Has anyone had a similar experience?
Posts: 2468 Nope, I can't afford a rod vault. I have a Subaru Outback and can easily store 3 or 4 9' fly rods in the vehicle with, or without, a passenger in the front seat. If I use my 10' rods I can still store them, assembled, in the Outback by laying them diagonally from the left side of the luggage area to the right side of the front passenger area.
Posts: 2345 I keep mine in their tubes and socks until I'm ready to fish with them. I've gone to all 4-piece (even in my spinning rods for the most part), except for the 3-weight which is actually a 3-piece, but still pretty short. They do stay in my vehicle during open water season, along with my sling pack & some extra boxes of flies - and then all I have to decide is, waders or kayak? Or neither, just wading boots and socks during the hot summer months or my wetland boots for fishing at Clark's Marsh.
Posts: 2871 I'm generally with Jonathon. However, like Matt, I sometimes keep my rods (9' dry, 10' nymph) assembled in my Civic (trunk to dash with the back seat down) especially for a couple of days if I'm staying with my buddy John on the Little J, and fishing every morning and evening--or at a lodge on the Delaware. But for most of my fishing I avoid travelling much with the rods assembled. If the rods seem to be rubbing or the tips are banging on the windshield, I'll put a sock (boot-sock) over the tips, or lay a t-shirt between them.
Posts: 2458 I got a rod vault this year and have been greatly enjoying it. I'm often traveling with my wife and dog, or using the back of my SUV for sleeping when I'm by myself. Either way it's inconvenient to have rods fully set up in the back, and I have damaged a rod that way before. I don't like wasting fishing time setting up a rod from its case, and I do a lot of driving between several streams/spots in a day, so the rod vault has been a huge convenience for me. I haven't had any scuffing issues yet.
If I was going to be sleeping in my Outback then I guess I would have to break them down or spring for a rod vault. Fortunately when I travel for several days away from home to fish I can always find economical lodging. Then I bring the assembled rods in the room with me. Leaving $500 - $800 rods, reels, and lines assembled in a car overnight in a popular fishing area is pretty much asking for trouble. Low life's troll motel parking lots late at night and can easily get in a vehicle and boost your stuff.
Posts: 137 Hello fellow Coloradan, and welcome. I don't have a rod vault, but this isn't the first time I have heard of this issue happening to rods. And some of our dirt roads are pretty bumpy, so I can see your rods being bounced around inside the vault.
I have though a possible solution. If there's enough room in the vault, try using some pipe insulation around the rod. That styrofoam stuff. If there's no slit in the insulation, and it usually comes with a slit cut into it, just cut a slit from one end to another and place it over your rod to protect it from being more damaged. You won't need to cover the cork, but definitely the top half and areas where the rod is being scuffed.
We definitely don't want to ruin those Scott rods.


Court rules Kansas school funding insufficient (The New York Times): A state court panel has ruled that Kansas schools are unconstitutionally underfunded, but it failed to provide a specific dollar amount lawmakers should be spending. The state is expected to appeal the decision to the Kansas Supreme Court.
'Sesame Street' focuses on digital e-learning offerings (NPR): "Anytime, anywhere learning" is the mantra for a new line of digital products developed by Sesame Workshop, an offshoot of "Sesame Street." Vocabulary development is one key focus of the new educational tools.
Private college outlines financial-aid offers (The Washington Post): Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., gives an inside look at the financial aid offers of nine students of various economic backgrounds and academic standings.


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Posted on November 8, 2021 (Updated: December 4, 2021)
High Sheriff Award
In February 2021 Winchester Youth Counselling team was informed that they were the recipient of a High Sheriff of Hampshire Community Award from the Revd. Sue Colman, High Sheriff of Hampshire 2020-2021, for their commitment and dedication to supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable people, particularly during the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The High Sheriff of Hampshire Awards Ceremony took place on the lawn at Upham House, Southampton on the afternoon of 10th September 2021, to honour local volunteers, organisations and public servants going beyond the call of duty in their everyday activities.
Sarah Le May and Revd Sue Colman, the High Sheriffs of Hampshire for 2019 and 2020 respectively, presented the awards to recognise the inspirational work of 57 Hampshire based individuals and organisations. Recipients were presented with a certificate thanking them for their significant contribution to society and for their role in enhancing safety and cohesion across local communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The High Sheriff Awards Ceremony was attended by Sian Searles, Trustee and Caroline Hobbs, Operations Manager, who accepted the award of behalf of Winchester Youth Counselling.
Clarendon Marathon 2021 Clarendon Marathon 2021
From left to right – Erin McMurtry, Lucy Tollefsen-Hill, Caragh McMurtry and Ros Harpur
The Clarendon Marathon is an off road, picturesque and challenging marathon. The route is from Salisbury to Winchester along the ancient Clarendon Way with a few extra turns here and there to make up a full 26.2 miles. More than 90% is off road, with the trail following country tracks and paths – many of which have not changed since being travelled by the ancient Kings and Queens of England.
This year, Winchester Youth Counselling entered a relay team to run the Clarendon Marathon. The team was made up of Winchester Youth Counselling's CEO, Erin McMurty, Olympian GB Rower, Caragh McMurtry, Lucy Tollefsen-Hill, who is one of our much-valued NHS Nurses and Ros Harpur, who is a Music Therapist. The WYC team completed the course with a time of 4:56:36. The Team raised over £600 in sponsorship, which they have donated to Winchester Youth Counselling. All of us at WYC are very grateful to the team for their efforts and hope they enjoyed taking part in the event.
From left to right – Sian Searles, Marion Carr, Ronni Davis and Sonia Carver
Also at the event, were Winchester Youth Counselling Ambassadors, Ronni Davies, Marion Carr and Sonia Carver, who manned water stations to raise money for WYC. Our Chair of Trustees, Nick Bell following lots of baking, set up a cake stand in King's Somborne, which is 3/4 of the way along the course, whilst Trustee Sian Searles and her husband Mark were Marshalls for the run. We would like to say a huge thank you to Ronni, Sonia, Marion, Nick, Sian and Mark, for raising over £900 for WYC.
This means that thanks to all involved in this event, Winchester Youth Counselling will receive over £1500 in total.
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Hello Shambhala Farmily, we have some very exciting ticket news!!
As you know, 2012 has already gone down in Shambhala ticket history!
This is the first time we've sold tickets this blazing fast and it's all thanks to you, our ever-growing community!! With 2 out of 6 ticket retail locations currently sold out, we have decided to move around some of the golden tickets that are left so you can get your hands on one!
Beatstreet will have additional tickets next week! Keep your eye on our Facebook page and website for the exact date of that release. Beatstreet opens at noon daily and is located at 439 W. Hastings.
In Kelowna, we will be releasing tickets through Hemp City on December 30th!! Sorry we missed you on the first round, but we really do love you!! Hemp City is open at 11 am until 7 pm on Dec 30th, and is located at 526A Bernard Ave. Dress warm, we have had line-ups at our other ticket vendors!
Also, Shambhalodging will be released in January. If you are travelling from afar or just don't want to have to fuss about getting your camping gear together, this service is for you! The forested Shambhalodging campground comes complete with a tent, mattress and extras available to make it oh so easy. Shambhalodging is an option for those with or without a ticket.
For those wanting a more integrated and personal festival experience, our worker applications (volunteers and staff) will be available in January. This is truly a great way to contribute and learn all about Shambhala! Stay tuned for more info.
From the Shambhala Studio in Nelson, we send a huge bunch of festive Shambhalove to you all. Know how much you inspire us! We look forward to seeing you all on the dance floor in August 2012!
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Although each of these factors is important, three factors (texture, organic content and pH) are more important than the others. Regardless, we will provide a brief overview of all nine factors below.
Soil color can provide information about organic matter in the soil, drainage, biotic activity, and fertility. The chart below can give you some insight into the condition of your soil just from its appearance. To identify the color of your soil, you should take a garden spade or shovel, and dig a shallow hole, at least 3" - 4" deep, and gauge the color (you should do this quickly before the sun can dry it out).
To be healthy, a soil needs to be able to breath and water needs to be able to move through it reasonably easily. Compacted soils don't allow much air to circulate to the root zone and water (rainfall or irrigation) tends to just run-off. This increases erosion and strips away vegetation and topsoil. A normal, loosely compacted soil helps to absorb and retain water, releasing it slowly, and allows the root zone of plants to "breath". These soils are generally more productive, since plants can grow much more readily. Dense, highly compacted soils typically have less plant growth, which increases runoff.
First, get a large, empty coffee can and cut off the bottom.
Second, beginning about 3" up from the bottom, mark the inside of the can every ½" with a permanent marker, being careful not to cut your hand on the edges of the can.
Fill the can with water clear to the top and begin timing the rate of infiltration. Measure the amount of water that has drained into the soil at the end of each minute for the first ten minutes. Determine the rate of infiltration in inches per minute by dividing the total number of inches of water that drained away in the can by 10 minutes. Knowing the actual water infiltration rate for your yard is critical if you want minimize the amount of water you use.
Repeat the experiment at several areas around your yard, being careful to record each location and its infiltration rate. If the infiltration rates at each location vary considerably, then draw a quick sketch of your yard, and plot the infiltration rate for that area. If you install an automated sprinkler system, you can adjust the emitters in each area to only deliver the amount of water that can infiltrate in a given amount of time. This will eliminate irrigation run-off from your yard or garden, while ensuring adequate soil moisture for plants.
Sand is the largest particle in the soil. When you rub it, it feels rough. This is because it has sharp edges. Sand doesn't hold many nutrients or water. Silt is a soil particle whose size is between sand and clay. Silt feels smooth and powdery. When wet it feels smooth but not sticky. Clay is the smallest soil particle. Clay is smooth when dry and sticky, or plastic when wet. Soils high in clay content are called heavy soils. Clay can hold a lot of nutrients, and some kinds can hold quite a bit of water, but the structure of clay doesn't let air and water move through it well. Most of the water in a clay soil is so tightly bound to the clay particles that plants can't get it loose.
The amount if moisture found in soil varies greatly with the type of soil, climate and the amount of humus (organic material) in that soil. The types of organisms that can survive in your soil is largely determined by the amount of water available to them, since water acts as a means of nutrient transport and is necessary for cell survival. Soil moisture can be estimated visually, although this is quite imprecise. Soil moisture can also be determined by a soils laboratory. Soils labs typically dry a sample in an oven or on a hot plate (approximately 225° F for 24 hours) and compare the weight of the soil before drying to the weight after drying. The moisture content is reported as percent moisture on a weight basis. Several irrigation system manufacturers have developed soil moisture indicators that can be used to control irrigation more precisely, turning the system on only in areas where more water is needed and then only for the minimum time necessary to get the soil moisture back up to the desired level.
The organic content of soil greatly influences the plant, animal and microorganism populations in that soil. Decomposing organic material provides many necessary nutrients to soil inhabitants. Without fresh additions of organic matter from time to time, the soil becomes deficient in some nutrients and soil populations decrease. The amount of organic material can be determined by ignition. Organic material is made of carbon compounds, which when heated to high temperatures are converted to carbon dioxide and water. In the ignition process, a dry solid sample is heated to a high temperature. The organic matter in the soil is given off as gases. This results in a change in weight which allows for calculation of the organic content of the sample.
Oven-dry the sample to remove water (see soil moisture). Weigh a crucible and lid, evaporating dish and cover, or other covered container. Place approximately 10 grams of soil sample in the container, cover it and weigh the sample, container and cover. Place the container on a metal stand and heat it with a propane torch. Allow the fumes to escape, but not the soil particles. Heat the sample strongly after most of the gases have escaped; continue heating until there are no visible fumes. Cool the container, lid, and sample. Reweigh and calculate the percent of organic material.
Most people think that rainwater has a pH of 7, so it comes as something of a shock when they learn that rainwater (if its not polluted) has a normal pH of about 6 - 6.5, which is slightly acidic. This is due to dissolved carbon dioxide from the air, which reacts with water to form a dilute acid (carbonic acid), much like the carbon dioxide in soda. It should then come as no surprise that most plants grow their best at around the same pH*. You can determine the pH of your soil very easily using a universal indicator solution or pH paper, available at most hardware stores in the pool supplies section. To determine the pH, just put a small amount of the soil to be tested in a clear or white container, being careful not to touch the sample. Pour a small amount of universal indicator over the soil, then match the color of the indicator solution (not the soil) with the pH color chart. If you decide to use pH paper, pour a small amount of water on the soil sample. Touch the pH paper to the sample and match to color of the paper to the pH color chart.
If you really want to know about your soil, the best way to start is to obtain a cross-section of the various layers. This can be done fairly easily if you use a soil core tool. A soil core tool is little more than a hollow tube 2 to 4 feet in length with a handle and cross piece like a shovel to help push it in. Once the tool has been inserted into the soil, it should be turned to loosen the soil and then pulled out. The resulting soil core can be easily examined to identify the various layers (each layer is also called a horizon) in the soil, the aggregate of which is called a soil profile. To determine a soil horizon, you simply mark where the soil changes color and/or general appearance.
Many soils have three major layers or horizons, top soil, subsoil and parent material. Depending on where you sample, the top zone may be comprised of actively growing plants and dead plant materials (for example, if you sample in your lawn.) The top soil is typically darker colored and usually has more organic matter, higher biotic activity, abundant roots, and commonly lower in nutrients than underlying layers. The first inch of top soil may be lighter in color because many of the nutrients may have been leached out by water, and organic material may have been partially oxidized by sunlight and heat. The soil immediately below the first inch is usually somewhat darker, has many roots, moderate organic matter, and provides most of the nutrients for the plants. The next major layer is the subsoil. This layer is typically 1 to 2 feet below the surface and is characterized by a lighter color with much fewer, larger roots. The subsurface layer generally has less clay than the topsoil. The third layer, which may not be observable, is the parent material. This consists of unconsolidated, slightly weathered rocky materials from which soil develops. It is characterized by limited biotic activity and very few roots.
Soil structure tells how the soil affects the movement of water, air and root penetration into the soil. The geometric shapes of the soil determine how it is put together. Words such as blocky (the blocks of soil are large, with the same number of cracks going horizontal as vertical), granular (the blocks of soil are small, with the same number of cracks going horizontal as vertical), columns (the blocks of soil and related cracks are generally longer in the vertical direction than in the horizontal), and plate-like (the blocks of soil and related cracks are generally longer in the horizontal direction than in the vertical), describe soil structures. To determine the structure of your soil, carefully break apart each layer and match its characteristics with the appropriate structural type shown below.
Soil temperature has a significant role in helping to determine the rate of plant growth, and whether a plant will even survive. The temperature in your soil changes greatly with depth. To measure soil temperature, find an area that is not in direct sunlight. Using a thermometer, measure the air temperature at shoulder height. Hold the thermometer still for about one minute (make sure your fingers are not on the thermometer bulb), read and record the air temperature. Next, measure the temperature at the surface of the ground. Put the thermometer flat on the ground and record the temperature after one minute. To determine the temperature below the ground surface, use a dowel that you have marked at 1 inch, 2 inches, 6 inches and 12 inches. Start by pushing the dowel into the ground till you reach the 1 inch mark. Remove the dowel and insert the thermometer for one minute, then remove the thermometer and quickly record the temperature. Repeat this procedure to obtain temperature readings at 2 inches, 6 inches and 12 inches. Take temperature readings at different times throughout the day at the same location. To compare with soil temperatures for areas in direct sun, just repeat using the same procedure but select an area that gets full sun. You will note that the soil temperatures in these areas are typically much higher than in the shaded areas.
Sandy soil absorbs more than two inches of water per hour. It is very porous, with large spaces between soil particles. Little water is retained and the sandy soil dries out quickly. Loam soil absorbs from .25 inches to 2 inches per hour. The soil is loose and porous and holds water quite well. Clay soil absorbs less than .25 inches of water per hour. Clay soil is dense with few air spaces between particles and holds water so tightly that little water is available for plants.
To figure out what type of soil you have, there are several easy methods. The first, called the rope test, requires that you squeeze a moist, but not muddy, one inch ball of soil in your hand. Then rub the soil between your fingers. Sandy soil feels gritty and loose. It won't form a ball and falls apart when rubbed between your fingers. Loam soil is smooth, slick, partially gritty and sticky and forms a ball that crumbles easily. It is a combination of sand and clay particles. Clay soil is smooth, sticky and somewhat plastic feeling. It forms ribbons when pressed between fingers. Clay soil requires more pressure to form a ball than loam soil, but does not crumble apart as easily.
First, find an empty, clean quart jar (an old mayonnaise jar works very well for this test.) Fill the jar about 2/3 full with clean water.
Next, take a sample of soil (break the large clods apart so it will fit through the jar opening) and fill the jar and water until the jar is nearly full, leaving about ½" of air space at the top. Screw on the lid and shake it vigorously for a minute or two, until all the soil particles are broken down into suspension in the water.
Now, allow the suspended soil to settle for about a minute, and place a mark on the side of the jar at the top of the layer that has settled out. This is the sand layer is comprised primarily of sand and larger particles. Set the jar aside, being careful not to mix the sand layer that has already settled and wait approximately an hour. Now, place a mark on the side of the jar at the top of the next layer to settle out. This is the silt layer. Again, place the jar aside for a full day, being careful not to shake or mix the layers that have settled out. After 24 hours, or when the water is once again clear (more or less), place a mark on the side of the jar at the top of the final layer. This is the clay layer. The percentage of each layer tells you what kind of soil you have.
Sandy soils are found throughout Southern California, but are very common near the mountain foothills, along rivers and streams and certain coastal areas. Sandy soils are typically comprised of approximately 80 - 100% sand, 0 - 10% silt and 0 - 10% clay by volume. Sandy soils are light and typically very free draining, usually holding water very poorly due to very low organic content.
Loam soils are also common in Southern California, particularly in the valleys and flat areas (flood plains) surrounding rivers and streams. Loam soils are typically comprised of approximately 25 - 50% sand, 30 - 50% silt and 10 - 30% clay by volume. Loam soils are somewhat heavier than sandy soils, but also tend to be fairly free draining, again, due to typically low organic content.
Clay soils are very common in certain areas, particularly around urban areas where fill soils have been used to establish grade in subdivisions and developments. Clay soils are typically comprised of approximately 0 - 45% sand, 0 - 45% silt and 50 - 100% clay by volume. Clay soils are not typically free draining, and water tends to take a long time to infiltrate. When wet, such soils tend to allow virtually all water to run-off. Clay soils tend to be heavy and difficult to work when dry.


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In 2011, at the newly formed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Judith Tumusiime, an impassioned technocrat who prided herself on operating outside of politics, was charged with transforming a "filthy city" to a clean, habitable, and healthy one. Early in her tenure, she was able to vastly improve Kampala's solid waste management (SWM) system by creating efficiencies, increasing accountability, and bringing her technical know-how to a team that held little expertise. But by 2015, after several years of strong momentum, Tumusiime felt that her progress was stalling, and she faced political challenges around creating a sustainable SWM system. More specifically, her team was grossly overextended and needed to assign some of its SWM responsibilities to private contractors through an innovative public-private partnership (PPP). To ensure that the PPP was viable, Tumusiime believed that all residents, no matter their income, needed to pay garbage collection fees.
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Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – Enrollment is down sharply on the federal health insurance marketplace this fall, and the consumer assistance groups that help with sign-ups think they know why.
They don't have the staff to help as many customers as before because the Trump administration slashed funding. The federal government is spending $10 million this year on navigators who help individuals enroll in coverage. The government spent $36 million in 2017 and $63 million in 2016.
"We don't have the people to provide the enrollment assistance nor to do the outreach and marketing to let people know what's happening," said Jodi Ray at the University of South Florida, who has overseen Florida's largest navigator program since 2014.
Ray's program received $1.2 million in federal funding this year, down from $5 million a year ago. Florida leads the nation in enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace plans.
With less money, Ray can afford to pay only 59 navigators across the state this year, down from 152 a year ago. With fewer navigators, much of the group's counseling is done by phone instead of in person. That complicates their job, she said, because it is much easier to talk with and show marketplace customers in person when looking at dozens of health plans with different costs and benefits.
Open enrollment in the Obamacare plans began Nov. 1 and will run until Dec. 15 for the 39 states covered by the federal exchange, healthcare.gov. The other exchanges – run by states – typically extend until the end of December or into January.
Obamacare plans are for people without workplace or government coverage.
Nationwide, navigator groups are scrambling to make up for the loss of federal funding to ensure they can help people make sense of their health insurance options.
In South Carolina, the Palmetto Project has transformed into the state's first nonprofit insurance agency. Several of its former federally funded navigators are now licensed insurance agents. In their new role, they get paid a commission on their sales and don't have to follow Trump administration rules that encourage navigators to talk to customers about short-term plans with limited benefits. The agents can also help customers enroll in Medicaid, Medicare and off-exchange plans.
The Community Council of Greater Dallas, which was funded last year to help with enrollment in 56 counties, has raised money from private donors to continue serving seven counties around Dallas. But it has 25 fewer navigators, so consumers seeking help must wait three days on average, compared with less than a day last year. Across Texas, 211 of 254 counties have no federally paid navigators.
In Wisconsin, the organization Covering Wisconsin has raised millions of dollars from cities, counties and local United Way chapters, as well as the state Medicaid agency, to make up for the federal cuts. Even still, it will be able to provide in-person assistance in only eight counties around Milwaukee and Madison. Twenty other counties are served by telephone.
The Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved is relying totally on volunteers to help consumers with in-person and telephone assistance. In the past year, the association was able to use government funding to pay about 20 navigators.
Federal officials said they were not providing funds for navigators in Iowa, Montana or New Hampshire because no organizations applied in those states.
Nearly 12 million people across the country – including nearly 9 million on the federal exchange – enrolled in Obamacare plans for 2018.
At the halfway point in the six-week enrollment period, 2.4 million people chose a plan for the 2019 coverage year on healthcare.gov, the federal health insurance exchange, according to data released Wednesday by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. That compares with nearly 2.8 million consumers who selected their coverage through the exchange during the first 25 days last year.
Among states with the largest enrollment drops: Pennsylvania (down 25 percent from last year), Missouri (down 25 percent) and Ohio (down 20 percent).
The annual enrollment tally is being closely followed in part because 2019 marks the first year since the marketplace plans began in 2014 that Americans won't be fined for failing to have coverage.
But consumer experts think the lack of navigator funding could end up having a bigger impact on enrollment. Caroline Gómez-Tom, navigator program manager of Covering Wisconsin, said the end of the so-called individual mandate penalty has been a "non-issue" among people seeking coverage.
Consumers generally have a greater choice of plans for 2019 as more companies enter the individual market and existing plans expand service areas. Plus, premiums are dropping in some areas, and where they are rising the rate of increase is among the lowest in several years.
Katrina McGivern, director of policy and public affairs for the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, said people in rural areas of the state will have the most difficulty getting help as a result of funding cuts.


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[Work: Othello, William Shakespeare, 1603]
Antagonism in Othello:
Subversive and Progressive Racial Attitudes in the Characters of Shakepeare's Othello
By Daniel Podgorski April 12, 2016 April 12, 2016 Art Reviews and Articles, Your Tuesday Tome
Paul Robeson as Othello by Carl Van Vechten
The development of interpreting William Shakespeare's plays for their progressive capabilities has been increasingly common in the modern era; Shylock, the Jewish character in The Merchant of Venice, portrayed on-stage for hundreds of years as a remorseless villain, is today played as a sympathetic and often ironic character whose persecuting is often shown to be more-or-less on-par with his persecution.
Similarly, the Othello seen in modern productions of Othello is a sympathetic tragic hero, rather than a dangerous, violent, and easily manipulated caricature. Yet, while some ambiguity about the nature of the character of Othello is inherent to the text, and even in keeping with the academic sentiment that the interpretation of art is more reflective of the morality of the reader than of any 'opinions' one may find in the work, Othello seems to contain a far more progressive element than The Merchant of Venice—in its antagonist, who in Othello is (of course) not the racialized character, but Iago.
The character of Iago is unambiguously the antagonist of the play, and, beyond this, serves as both the catalyst to the events of the play and as the detractor or destroyer, either directly or by extension, of every character who falls in the play. Indeed, in Othello, the character of Iago does more to challenge racial stereotypes contemporary with Shakespeare's writing thereof than does the character of Othello to affirm them.
Character Depictions in Othello's Opening Scene:
The presentation of Othello, even in its sometimes racist sentiments, belies as contrived any relationship between his race and his conflicts. In the opening scene of the play, Roderigo and Iago profess their distaste for Othello and his success in bitter, racialized terms, as though to establish a societal context wherein that were sufficient reason for dislike (I.i.54-55,63-64).
In most of Shakespeare's plays, there can be seen a deliberate setting of tone in the opening scene, whether that be the interrogative and mysterious first scene of Hamlet or the quarreling first scene of Romeo and Juliet; this scene is no different.
The characters step onto the stage and immediately begin spewing bile at this other unseen character, as though to establish a tone of hostility and vengeful intent. Yet this negativity, and all the negative talk of Othello, still comes to present the man as having been promoted to a high office and having secured a beautiful wife.
The extremity of the baseless—or else, at this point, seemingly race-based—hatred provides insight about the two characters having the conversation at least as much as the one discussed. And these sentiments of the viciousness of Iago versus the respect of Othello are underscored as the act continues.
The line which introduced Othello into the company of noblemen and senators reads, "Here comes Brabantio and the valiant Moor" (I.iii.47). The senators present go on to depict Othello as "brave," "capable," and again "valiant;" between this praise and the speech by Othello and Desdemona removing any legitimate complaint against the man, one leaves the third scene with a very positive image of the character.
By coming from a scene of utter hostility towards him, and then at length proving this hostility unfounded, Shakespeare subverts what may have even been a negative predisposition toward a black character (or certainly towards a 'hot-headed' Moorish character), and places the work's treachery in the hands of the manipulative Iago, the very man who holds that popular stereotyping in his heart.
The Manipulation of Othello in Othello's latter half:
As the nature of Othello is then not called into question until the seeds of doubt are planted in his mind, one may now look forward to his conversations with Iago in acts three and four. It is not until after Iago's first lengthy manipulative placing of suspicion in Othello's mind that he utters the key line, "And yet, how nature erring from itself—" (III.iii.227).
This insecurity is easily understood by the reader, who has already seen in the opening scene of the play the state of society, wherein blackness may itself seem a justification for dislike. And it is this upon which Iago seizes, speaking at once at length in the same racist terms to which Othello has alluded.
The reader or viewer, however, knows that Desdemona is faithful. Therefore, this instance of dramatic irony groups the racist speech together with the rest of Iago's prattle, as being purely artificial. And it is not until after Othello faces set pieces and demands and receives "ocular proof" (III.iii.357), that he comes to believe Iago's lies.
One can hardly say that a character requiring five pieces of verbal and physical evidence over an act and a half to convince of something is 'easily manipulated.' This is then highlighted as being unnatural to Othello when the Venetian noblemen arrive to relieve him of his duty; they are appalled at the change in him, and Lodovico expresses so in the following passage:
Is this the noble Moor whom our full Senate
Call all in all sufficient? Is this the nature
Whom passion could not shake? whose solid virtue
The shot of accident nor dart of chance
Could neither graze nor pierce? (IV.i.264-268)
Othello clearly remains an esteemed man, operating here entirely outside the bounds of what is to be expected from him. After all, it is Iago himself who claims that a change has come over him within line 268 of that scene. Therefore, the evil in the play lies not in Othello, but in what Othello has become, which is, effectively, an agent of Iago. So, if Iago initially reflects popular racist sentiments, and then unfounded, conniving villainy, what his purpose in the play might be is worthy of consideration.
The Character and Motivation of Iago:
The character billed as "Iago, a villain," is key to understanding the work's conception of the place of race in discourse on personal character and interaction, as well as being key to the social commentary of the work. There are two reasons that Iago is a scathing reflection of English society, despite being a Venetian character.
The first reason comes at the end of the first act, when Iago reveals in monologue another possible reason for his despising Othello: "I hate the Moor, / And it is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheets / H'as done my office" (I.iii.377-379). Here it is shown that, even for Iago, who puts up a front of race as his reason and tool against Othello, race is a red herring; jealousy drives Iago.
Otelo e Desdémona by Antonio Muñoz Degraín
Iago's gripe is not, at base, with the color of Othello, but with the man's illustrious career, beautiful wife, and the sort of rumors which Iago then personally goes on to prove may be entirely unfounded. Planting such suspicions in Othello's mind is an apt demonstration of the possibility that such suspicions were similarly (i.e. fraudulently) planted in Iago's. A viewership who sympathized with him in his racist thinking in scene one may now find themselves faced with that potential paradox, and with what the true reason might be for Iago's bias.
The second reason that Iago may be thought of as associated with English society comes in the second act, in the scene wherein Iago endeavors to get Cassio drunk. Herein, he goes on a seemingly innocuous break consisting in two drinking songs and a discussion of their origin, namely England, which he holds in esteem (II.iii.66-94).
This passage is above referred to as 'seemingly innocuous' because the work it does is actually remarkably subtle. This portion of the text is disarming to its consumer, the English audience, as it is a comedic scene of drunkenness, and beyond that, one wherein England is praised and referred to in glorifying (if comical) terms ("O sweet England!" (II.iii.85)).
In effect, however, this passage serves ulterior motives: it associates the villainous Iago directly with England and it provides the backhanded compliment that what they are best at among nations is drinking. Once this connection is made, the narrative moves on to the darker plot of getting Cassio into a fight, and from there the rest of the sinister plot.
Elements such as these show clearly that the character of Iago is, on one hand, a dastardly villain whose use of racism is both unfounded and belied by his true motives, and on the other hand, relatable and appealing to its English audience. The implication here is that Iago, that villain, could very well be the reader or viewer, or number among his kin, whether or not Iago is Venetian.
Ira Aldridge as Othello by William Mulready
The text of Othello lends itself well to progressive interpretation for the obvious element of the plot that is casting the cunning Iago as a terrible antagonist, while subverting an acknowledged opinion of Othello and his race. The Venetian setting acts as a safe space for the work's critical commentary. That is, it is not in the removal of the events from society, but in the way that the otherwise removed events are made immediate and relevant that the piece works toward a reflection of a society full of Iagos and Roderigos while exposing the fatal sincerity of the Othellos and Desdemonas.
Ultimately, it is a hallmark of an enduring work of literature that its historical context can be transcended by its ideas. Othello, though often thought to be restricted to its insight on wrath and tragedy for such survival, also possesses such longevity with respect to race.
Shakespeare, William. Othello. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. Folger, 2004. Print.
was last modified: April 12th, 2016 by Daniel Podgorski
Tagged book review, Iago, Othello, racism, Roderigo, theatre, tragedy, William Shakespeare.


The latest salvo in theTruth.com's ongoing anti-smoking campaign is "Fair Enough", a mock-sitcom supposedly based on actual Big Tobacco brainstorming sessions. Here's the transcript of one episode (available on the website) about an idea to market cigarettes to black people. I've omitted the laugh tracks.
SUPER: This episode of Fair Enough is based on a 1990 Big Tobacco proposal.
EXECUTIVE: We've talked about targeting young adults and women. What about a cigarette targeting inner-city blacks. Any ideas?
MAN 1: Blacks have less money. Let's offer a 10-pack.
MAN 2: Perhaps we could utilize the popularity of "rap" music.
EXECUTIVE: (using air quotes) "Rap" music, yes.
MAN 3: How about this: (reading from his notepad) "You know you're cool, you know you're the man, when you've got a Fat Boy in your hand."
SUPER: It would be funny if it weren't true.
Okay, I'll concede that the conversation is funny in a white-men-can't-rap kind of way. But is there anything especially damning about the content of this meeting? Is something unethical about the tobacco companies thinking of marketing their product to (gasp!) minorities? Keep in mind that with other products, company executives get chastised for failing to target minorities. For example, the NAACP issues a report each year on the insufficient number of minority characters on television shows. Marketing to minorities is a sign of minorities' inclusion in the larger economy. And if marketing campaigns try to account for their differing economic conditions, so much the better.
But when it comes to cigarettes, marketing to blacks is suddenly a bad thing. Now, I'm sure the folks at theTruth.com would love to ban cigarette marketing entirely. But is it somehow worse to market to blacks? The implication is that blacks are less capable than whites of evaluating the risks of smoking and making a wise personal decision. Need I even mention how incredibly patronizing this attitude is? Other "Fair Enough" episodes lampoon the tobacco companies' plans for targeting young people. Implicitly, then, theTruth.com equates blacks with children. Given the Executive's first line in the transcript, I wonder if they feel the same way about women.
I think the issue involved targeting "inner-city" blacks. Don't you think that they have enough problems with crime, gang violence, drug & alcohol addiction, poor schools, chronic unemployment, poverty, malnutrition, lack of adequate health care, etc. without being singled out by Madison Ave. to become addicted to toxic cigarettes? It seems to me that young people are always the prime target of tobacco ads. I suppose at the periphery, you might get a smoker to change brands, but mostly you'll convince kids to see smoking as desirable and the cool thing to do. Smoking isn't cool and it isn't desirable. So besides lying and peddling poison to a vulnerable group, I guess the ad men & women aren't doing anything wrong. Cough.
If you're really good, you could even attract young people by running uncool establishment-style anti-smoking ads on MTV to get teens to rebel and pick up smoking.
OAB -- what makes this group especially "vulnerable"? Is it the color of their skin? Or it it that they have other problems? If the latter, why should that matter? They still have the ability to decide whether to assume an additional risk.


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Iran General NewsIran suggests formation of new Middle Eastern Parliament
Iran suggests formation of new Middle Eastern Parliament
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 12 – Iran suggested on Tuesday that a new Parliament be formed to group much of the Middle East and Southern Asia, operating much like the 27-nation European Parliament does today. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Feb. 12 – Iran suggested on Tuesday that a new Parliament be formed to group much of the Middle East and Southern Asia, operating much like the 27-nation European Parliament does today.
The announcement, the first of its kind by a senior Iranian official, was made by the country's Prosecutor-General Qorban-Ali Dorri Najafabadi. His remarks were carried by the official news agency IRNA and other state media.
Speaking at a conference dubbed 'Building a Confident Future for Southwest Asia', Dorri Najafabadi also urged states situated next to the Persian Gulf to draw up a joint defence plan.
"If a powerful bloc was formed in the region, the foreigners would never dare to interfere in the region's affairs, and we would not witness problems such as those currently existing in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine", he said.
He called for more judicial cooperation among states in the region – a controversial call given the Islamic Republic's strict interpretation of Sharia Law.
The radical Shiite cleric proposed that a "unified regional parliament" be formed to meet the interests of all countries in the region.
Southwest Asia is generally considered to include Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. It stretches from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt to Afghanistan.
Dori Najaf-Abadi was for several years the chief of the theocratic state's dreaded secret police, known as the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). He resigned when an MOIS top deputy was implicated in the murder of dozens of dissident Iranian intellectuals and writers.
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