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Fifth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington:
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Wall Street Comes to Washington: Market Watchers Evaluate the Health Care System
Wall Street Analysts Bullish on Managed Care, Bearish on Revolution Health Care Information Technology
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SHINGTON, DC – Insurance premiums are rising faster than provider payments and other costs, putting health plans in their strongest position in years, according to a panel of Wall Street analysts convened by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). At HSC's fifth annual Wall Street roundtable, health industry observers predicted that premium growth would peak at about 10 percent in the next two years, and that purchasers will largely tolerate the higher rates, because their employees fear restrictions on their health care choices even more than higher costs. "People want more freedom and corporations have been willing to go along with that because it has been an unusual period of prosperity in the economy," said Alliance Capital Management Senior Vice President Norman Fidel, one of five health industry panelists.
Other panelists at the HSC conference were Dennis Farrell, managing director of public finance with Moody's Investors Service, Roberta Walter Goodman, managing director with Merrill Lynch, Geoffrey Harris, a managing director with Warburg Dillon & Read, Samuel Murphy, III, vice president and senior equity analyst with American Express Financial Advisors, and Joy Grossman, associate director with HSC.
Plans are passing less than half of their premium growth on to hospitals, Farrell said. That, combined with Medicare budget cuts in the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, has caused many hospitals to suffer. Those faring the best are rethinking their internal operations, refocusing on their core business, and divesting themselves of money-losing physician practices. "Hospitals are going back to calling themselves hospitals," said Farrell.
Physicians, perhaps even in weaker shape than hospitals with respect to bargaining power with health plans, are looking for new power on Capitol Hill. But opposition by a wide array of stakeholders, including consumer advocates, is likely to kill a bill by Rep. Tom Campbell (R-CA) that would give doctors collective bargaining power. Finally, capitation, which was seen by many as a way to restore provider autonomy and profits, will not reverse its decline. "It's another failed experiment in American health care," according to Murphy.
The most recent strike against managed care is a series of class action suits charging plans with a wide variety of wrongs, from malpractice to racketeering. Panelists do not expect such suits to succeed or to lead to important changes in health plans, except greater disclosure about plan policies. Some health plans have taken steps to respond to consumer and physician concerns about restrictions on care, clinical micro-management and administrative hassles. United Healthcare, for example, recently replaced its utilization management programs with less intrusive, retrospective reviews, in hopes of demonstrating that it "can have a positive impact without being in the face of the provider," Goodman said. It remains unclear whether such strategic moves will make care more efficient or mollify doctors and hospitals.
Some plans will take advantage of their strong economic position to pursue mergers and acquisitions, which are easier to effect in times of positive cash flow. The pace of such expansions will vary market-by-market, panelists said. The difficulty of merging data systems can make such expansions risky, but mergers can enhance leverage in negotiations with providers when the plans involved share overlapping territory. "My guess is that the newer mergers and acquisitions will do well, because the [economic] wind is at their back," said Harris, adding that mergers without overlapping territory have little upside potential.
Pharmaceutical spending grew substantially in 1999, but the rate of growth is likely to top out at about 15 percent and may even decline, as the flow of blockbuster drugs slows and some key drugs go off patent, said Fidel. Among methods of cost control, three-tiered copayment schemes are proving far more popular than closed formularies, as consumers continue to demand choice, he added. The debate over a new drug benefit under Medicare remains a wild-card in determining the future strength of the drug sector, panelists agreed. A Medicare drug benefit would expand drug makers' market enormously they say, but price controls or other schemes to keep the costs of the program from spiraling out of control may offset the effect of more prescriptions.
Contrary to widespread hopes, the internet will aid and accelerate evolutionary trends in health care, filling important niches but not revolutionizing the industry, the panel concluded. Existing companies that use the internet to improve their operations will have a greater impact on health quality and costs than pure-play internet health companies. Administrative costs won't be squeezed out until standards are set for transactions, and those are slow in arriving. The other side of information technology, which tends to bolster consumer awareness of and demand for therapies is probably increasing health spending, Goodman said.


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THROUGH THE FIRE: Why Hideo Kojima Matters
Posted On March 20, 2013 English, Columnists
By BRETT FUJIOKA
People all over the world flocked around the stage for the video game company Konami when director Hideo Kojima arrived to discuss the upcoming installment of the "Metal Gear Solid" franchise at the 2012 Tokyo Game Show.
This came at a time when journalists observed that the convention's scope seemed to shrink with the absence of industry giants like Nintendo, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, and Activision despite a record turnout of 223,753 attendees. You wouldn't think the former was the case given that the number of people in the audience swelled to the point where security had to cordon spectators off to prevent them from obstructing the pathway to other exhibits.
There aren't many remaining Japanese developers within the industry besides producer Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo who could garner such attention in Japan and from across the pond. This makes Kojima's stature all the more relevant, amidst the recurring narrative of Japan's decline in the past few decades.
Kojima started working for Konami during the 1980s, but carved his name across the face of entertainment history by meshing an American-influenced cinematic narrative into the story and game play of the "Metal Gear Solid" video game. Since then, Kojima's remained a household name in a short list of "star-studded" developers amongst gaming enthusiasts.
The influence of American cinema is undeniable. "Metal Gear Solid" featured a stream of cut scenes and dialogue to narrate the game's story of a soldier codenamed Solid Snake to infiltrate military base hijacked by terrorists in possession of a bipedal tank armed with a nuclear warhead.
Indeed, he's quicker to cite Western directors such Luc Besson and James Cameron, among others, under his list of influences. What isn't emphasized as often is that Japanese tropes are just as frequently used within the frame of his work.
He subtly references anime fans throughout most installments for "Metal Gear Solid" and the presence of cyborg ninjas and colossal bipedal robots is undoubtedly influenced by the medium.
"Metal Gear Solid" by Hideo Kojima.
What anime fans from both America and Japan who insist on the medium's exceptionalism will never admit is that it's a marriage between Western animation techniques and Japanese sensibilities. It's no mistake that anime exploded into an international phenomenon given that it's a byproduct of globalization. The same readily applies just as much to Kojima, who successfully reels in both Japanese and Western audiences.
It's true that video games oftentimes attract a puerile consumer base. The same equally applies to anime. Yet, there's no denying that the both mediums accrue a heightened degree of "soft power" to Japan's cross-cultural armament. There's no doubt that interest in Japanese studies at universities is connected to Westerners' exposure to Japanese pop culture; anime notwithstanding. The decline in interest in anime and Japanese video games in the West places such academic programs in jeopardy. The continued interest in Kojima's video games, in part, staves off such trends.
What's more, Kojima infuses a direly needed intellectualism into video games with his ideas. It's recurrently mentioned by fans that "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty" is a post-modern video game. That isn't too far-fetched given that the video game shares themes with philosopher Jean Baudrillard's book "Simulation and Simulacrum" and mentions the author in the dialogue for "Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker."
For that matter, he also cited Kobo Abe and his novel "The Kangaroo Notebook" as one of the other inspirations to the game. A further explanation of both authors and their presence within the game is worthy of an article or doctoral thesis alone. This merely supports the habit of gaming enthusiasts who recurrently erect the game as an example for the debate on whether video games can be art.
Even if the Japanese video game industry is in a decline as journalists describe, Kojima's presence contests such notions. As Japan's economic and pop cultural stance edges south, figures like Kojima offer assurance that its international stature is still a force to be reckoned with. For that matter, it's difficult for me to think of anyone aside from novelist Haruki Murakami who can communicate and facilitate ideas between East and West.
Brett Fujioka writes from Japan and can be reached at [email protected] Opinons expressed are not necessarily those of The Rafu Shimpo.
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Speaking to the Conservative Party conference on 8 October 2012 Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed that, if re-elected, the Conservative Party will make further cuts to the welfare budget of £10bn by the first full year of the next parliament.
A new report published on 17 October 2012 from Children's Society, Citizens Advice and Disability Rights UK called 'Holes in the safety net: The impact of Universal Credit on disabled people and their families' has highlighted the loss of the disability premiums under the new regime for Universal Credit. It states that up to half a million disabled people and their families stand to lose out financially.
The report concludes that, whilst many people may be better off under Universal Credit, several key groups would lose financially under the new system –
100,000 disabled children stand to lose up to £28 a week due to the replacement of the disability element of child tax credit, currently worth £57 per week, with a disability addition of £28 per week;
up to 116,000 disabled people who work could be at risk of losing around £40 per week due to the abolition of the disability element of working tax credit ...
Holes in the safety net: The impact of Universal Credit on disabled people and their families is available from childrenssociety.org.uk (click here for link).
Housing Benefit Cap
In a new ad hoc analysis published by the DWP on 17 October 2012 entitled: 'GB households and individuals in receipt of a letter notifying them they may be affected by benefit cap in April 2013', there are figures on the number of households who have been contacted by letter and the characteristics of those households. Key findings of the analysis include –
46 per cent of households contacted are estimated to lose up to £50 per week as a result of the benefit cap, whilst 18 per cent of households are estimated to lose over £150 per week;
when the households contacted are split by local authority, nine of the top ten local authorities are in London.
The GB households and individuals in receipt of a letter notifying them they may be affected by benefit cap in April 2013 is available from the DWP website (click here for link).
Amendment to habitual residence test and Zambrano
New regulations have been issued in relation to income-related benefits and non-European Economic Area (EEA) citizens with a right to reside following the Court of Justice of the European Union decision in the 'Zambrano' case. In force from 8 November 2012, the Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2587) (click here for link) amends the legislation for income-related benefits so as to exclude people who require a right to reside in order that a British citizen is not deprived of the rights attaching to the status of European Union citizen (i.e. Zambrano carers). In short, the statutory instrument purports exclude Zambrano carers from claiming welfare benefits.
The benefits excluded under (SI 2012/2587) are Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance, State Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, and income-based Employment and Support Allowance.
The Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2612) (click here for link) issued at the same time purport to exclude Zambrano carers from claiming Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit on behalf of their child.
The Explanatory Memorandum to SI 2012/2587) states that:
"7.2. Since the CJEU ruling 692 people (in 619 separate families) have applied for a Zambrano right to reside which contain a non-EEA national primary carer of a British child and appear to meet the criteria which would give them this right. The Home Office estimate that around 700 people a year could claim a Zambrano right to reside but this may increase given the historically high levels of migration in recent years and increased knowledge of the Zambrano ruling over time.
7.3. Therefore unless the income-related benefit regulations are changed, benefit costs could increase significantly: just on the basis of an estimated 700 cases per year.
if 40% claim income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit this would lead to an additional estimated Annually Managed Expenditure spend of £3.8 million;
if 100% claim income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit this would lead to an additional estimated Annually Managed Expenditure spend of £9.4 million."
The Explanatory Memorandum to (SI 2012/2587) states that:
"... the government also takes the view that this ruling does not explicitly carry with it a right to social security benefits, only a right to reside and a right to work in the United Kingdom."
In Jessy Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2012] UKSC 49 the Supreme Court (Lord Neuberger, President, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr and Lord Reed) considered the issue of whether under Article 7(3) of EC Directive 2004/38, an EU citizen who is no longer working retains the status of a worker in certain specified circumstances, including illness or accident and whether these circumstances can be said to include ceasing to work by reason of late pregnancy or the immediate aftermath of childbirth.
The claimant, a French national, came to the UK in July 2006 and worked in various jobs between September 2006 and August 2007. She then started a teaching course, but gave it up when she became pregnant and realised that the baby would be born before the course could be completed. The claimant worked again between January and March 2008, but had to give up work when six months pregnant because she found the demands of her work, caring for nursery school children, too much. She claimed Income Support on 18 March 2008, but the claim was refused on the basis that she did not have the right to reside in the UK.
The claimant's argument was that, under EU law a broad interpretation was to be given to the term 'worker', and that it would be a substantial deterrent to the free movement of female workers, and amount to direct discrimination on grounds of sex, if they lost the right to reside around the time of giving birth.
The Secretary of State said that Article 7 was intended to be a codification of the existing EU law on 'workers' and women in the claimant's position fell outside it. In addition, any discrimination was on grounds of nationality, which was indirect and was justified.
The Supreme Court was not persuaded that either case was clearly right:
"The Supreme Court is not persuaded that the case of either side is acte clair. We believe it likely that the Council and Parliament did think, when enacting the Citizenship Directive, that the Directive was codifying the law as it then stood. But we are not persuaded that in doing so it was precluding further elaboration of the concept of 'worker' to fit situations as yet not envisaged. The Court has developed the concept of EU citizenship in a number of ways: see, for example, Collins v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2004] ECR I-2703. We are further conscious that pregnancy and the immediate aftermath of childbirth are a special case. Equal treatment of men and women is one of the foundational principles of EU law. Only women can become pregnant and bear children. Thus in this respect they cannot be compared to men. Pregnancy is not to be equated with illness or disability. But unless special account is taken of pregnancy and childbirth, women will suffer comparative disadvantage in the workplace. There are also good reasons in health and social policy for allowing women to take a reasonable period of maternity leave without losing the advantages attached to their status as workers. This is different from leaving the workforce in order to look after children. Both men and women may do this and there is no sex discrimination involved in denying them both the status of worker for the time being. We do not see the sex discrimination argument as invalidating Article 7, but as indicating that it would be consistent with the fundamental general principles of EU law for the Court to develop the concept of 'worker' to meet this particular situation." (At para [20]).
The Court therefore referred the following question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU):
"1. Is the right of residence conferred upon a 'worker' in Article 7 of the Citizenship Directive to be interpreted as applying only to those (i) in an existing employment relationship, (ii) (at least in some circumstances) seeking work, or (iii) covered by the extensions in Article 7(3), or is the Article to be interpreted as not precluding the recognition of further persons who remain 'workers' for this purpose?
2. (i) If the latter, does it extend to a woman who reasonably gives up work, or seeking work, because of the physical constraints of the late stages of pregnancy (and the aftermath of childbirth)?
(ii) If so, is she entitled to the benefit of the national law's definition of when it is reasonable for her to do so?"
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Cental London drivers behave brilliantly towards pedestrians, driving as if they expect you to step out in front of them at zebra crossings. They even routinely wave thanks to you if don't just walk onto the road when they have priority, and wait for them to pass before ambling across the road.
Thank you for the thoughts. I am unlikely to have been your boss as I try and avoid that responsibility. I've assessed myself against your list, when should I start therapy?
I've done this test a few times, and get a consistent 35.
At 40 I am being assessed for Asperger's, because someone at work "just can't stand me" and has decided I am bullying him. I may or may not be Asperger's, but I have been reading up about it. I recently watched the programme about Chris Packham, and it was like my words and thoughts in someone else's voice. I am having real problems at work at the moment, I think this is because when I have been successful (and I have been very successful), I have been able to change my environment to suit me. My current work environment is very unchanging. With loving parents, I am sure your son will be happy and successful.
I used to work for water companies, and I have found dowsing works for me. If you have no idea where a pipe is (or cable, duct, drain) , the worst it can do is remove indecision about where to try digging. The first time I came across it being used was by an excavator operator, and he seemed to have a good success rate with it. I looked at the scientific papers on it. They seem to propose a hypothesis about how it works, test that hypothesis, and when the test fails, rather than reject the hypothesis, they reject the whole concept. It just doesn't seem very scientific to me.
Heretics, naming a beer after Saltaire? I hope it is 0% just as the village's founder would have wanted.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/parties_and_issues/8645379.stm See the above link regards my earlier post regarding police numbers correlating with crime, and the fact that, with the exception of a recent blip, police numbers have a relentlessly upwards trend.
I've a had a few interfaces with the police, all as the victim of a crime. There was one positive experience when my car got broken into in Cardiff, and they took it seriously, dusted for finger prints etc My first experience of the police was when I spent my first and only evening out in Nottingham. I came back to my car to find the window had been broken and a bag containing Cadbury chocolate fingers had been stolen along with the radio. I rang up the police, to be given the helpful advice that I shouldn't have parked on that street as it was notorious for cars being broken into. Call me daft, but I thought the police were responsible for stopping crime. If they know the bad spots, that should make it easy for them to do something about it. Next incident was in Chester. I was outside my house talking to neighbours when a youth walked up to a car and broke off the wing mirrors. He then set off down a canal path with no exits for about half a mile. We rung the police who couldn't be less interested. Anyway, later that week we had a police sergeant come knocking on our doors because it turns out a WPCs car was vandalised, and they wanted to put a CCTV camera on our houses to monitor this WPCs car, to catch the perpetrator next time. It was astonishing the difference in approach they take when one of theirs is the victim compared with if they think it is a member of the public. Most recently, Mrs Imp witnessed some road rage outside a school. She went to the local police station which is the main one in the county to report the incident. She goes to the desk, and the person behind the desk can't help her. There is a phone in the corner of the reception, which she had to use to report the incident. The police station is 5 minutes walk from where the incident took place, but she is trying to describe the incident to someone who has no idea about the local geography. She is then invited make an appointment to make a statement. At a police station 20 miles away, while stood in the main county police station, when she needs to be picking up or dropping off children at school. Eventually they agree to come and visit her at home to take a statement. She waits in and they never turn up.
Just imagine a Labour/SNP coalition negotiating British!
The Worthington Simpson factory still exists in Newark. It was built to build massive beam engine pumps, which became obsolete when centrifugal pumps were invented. The old boys who work there talk of the days when pig iron came in and pumps went out. They made everything down to the nuts and bolts, and had a massive apprentice college on site. Now there are a few hundred people working there and they assemble parts which are generally cast overseas. I personally think the most damage done to our industrial base was the environmental legislation which made it too expensive to operate a foundry in this country.


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Midmorning today, we left to cast our votes. The excitement and tension in Columbus is palpable (Bush was here yet again even today.) But the mood at the polling place was light and friendly. Chairs were brought out to sit on. Places were held for those who needed to duck out for a bite to eat. Kids were holding a bakesale. It still took us 2 hours to get through the line. It was worth it.
Check out my quick photo-essay of our swingstate election experience on Flickr.
Evidence of mapmaking suggests that the map evolved independently in many separate parts of earth. Marshall Islanders made stick charts for navigation. Pre-Columbian maps in Mexico used footprints to represent roads. Early Eskimos carved ivory coastal maps. Incas built relief maps of stone and clay. Chinese literature contains references to maps as early as 7th century B.C.
It's a little late for the season this year, but the Stranger has a nice roundup of the year's scariest Halloween Costumes! Including such topical hits as: Arrest Protestor, Nancy Reagan, and Lyndie England. Like I say, these won't do you much good this year, but don't you kinda get the sense that "Jenna Bush's Liver" will still be in vogue in '05? I do.
The $1000 prize winner in Macfadden's 1921 contest for "The Most Perfectly Developed Man in America" was Angelo Siciliano, an Italian immigrant who achieved fame as "Charles Atlas." Mythologizing an experience he'd had as a teenager on a Coney Island beach--when a bully had kicked sand in his face--Atlas sold "Dynamic Tension" mail-order courses to generations of boys who wished to face down their own bullies.
Cockolada. The first drink out of a cocktube.
Can I just say that I love the fact that these cool Raiders of the Lost Ark icons (from the always-impressive Iconfactory) feature the keyword hovitos.
Wow -- here's a French-language page cataloging thematic and visual similarities between Dark City and Matrix. Amazing. I need to go back and watch Dark City again.
Jerome Searing, a private soldier of General Sherman's army, then confronting the enemy at and about Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, turned his back upon a small group of officers with whom he had been talking in low tones, stepped across a light line of earthworks, and disappeared in a forest.
This bears investigation. Hot Door makes plugins and symbols for Adobe Illustrator.
Here's a fantastic collection of photos of an angry, scowling Condoleeza Rice. Grrr!
So here, ultimately, is how it all plays out: when the Iraqi man in the mosque posed a threat, he was your enemy; when he was subdued he was your responsibility; when he was killed in front of my eyes and my camera -- the story of his death became my responsibility.
His narrative is long and well-measured. Balanced, sad, sorry even. It's well worth the read. For what it's worth, I'm personally saddened by the events in that mosque, but I don't quite know where to point the finger of blame, if 'blame' is what's necessary.
Arsenic embalming began as a sanitary practice and a practical means to preserve the body until burial or for transport. Considering that the alternative was ice, arsenic embalming seemed like a significant improvement. What the embalming practitioners, or undertakers, did not consider were the long-term effects of placing significant amounts of arsenic in concentrated burial areas—cemeteries.
Do you suppose that this was the inspiration for 24s Season 2 episode with Kim and the Mountain Lion?
In the weeks leading up to my departure from AOL, I had the intense displeasure of sitting in on some planning meetings for the next version of the Netscape browser. Which went into limited beta this week.
We're talking about a design committee that must have obtained a dozen Congresses worth of stupidity, distilled it over the flames of historical ignorance, condensed it on flask walls of monumental technological apathy, and beer-bong-chugged the elixir obtained therefrom.
Now I'm wondering if 'Tackhead' is one of my ex-coworkers.
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Yes, it's New Years Day in our church calendar, and time for our New Year's resolution. For Christians, there really is just one ultimate resolution, and that is to live more authentically the life of Christ.
Today's gospel records Jesus referring to terrifying earthen and cosmic destruction. But what of our interior cataclysms? The terror of sacrificing our ignoring Jesus and Bible, of overcoming drinking, overpowering others, or our own hostilities! Imagine substituting my worst fault with a resolution to explore Christ in depth and live his response. Surely, that would be the best news for 2019. We could enliven that amazing exclamation of Jesus; "Heaven and earth will pass away, but not my words". We wish you the happiest of new years.
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Wilson to Denver
Does this make you happy @mcarley ?
Report: Seahawks trade QB Russell Wilson to Broncos
Russell Wilson is reportedly on the move to Denver.
You beat me to it.
Edit: According to the article Wilson has to approve the trade. He also wants Patrick Mahomes money. I wonder if he makes getting a new contract a condition for agreeing to the trade.
mcarley March 8, 2022, 7:25pm #3
I just saw it. I like Wilson, but it looks like they're giving up a lot. Multiple 1sts, Lock, and at least Shelby Harris, who is one of my favorite players (blocks a lot of kicks).
wmj:
He also wants Patrick Mahomes money. I wonder if he makes getting a new contract a condition for agreeing to the trade.
He ain't getting Mahomes money.
I like Wilson, but he isn't Mahomes and he doesn't have as many years left as Mahomes.
crparrothead:
Paton would be stupid to give him Mahomes $. And I don't get the sense that Paton is stupid. He had a great draft last year.
So, do the Seahawks plan on playing Geno Smith, Drew Lock, or drafting a QB?
Just a guess, but I imagine they'll draft someone, but let Lock and Smith battle it out this year.
Just saw the compensation. Yikes! Two 1s, two 2s, Lock, Fant, and Harris, for Wilson and a 4. That's a lot to give up.
mcarley:
Yikes! Two 1s, two 2s, Lock, Fant, and Harris, for Wilson and a 4.
Gonna be some lean years in the future.
I'm not sure where they're spread. They had an extra 2 and an extra 3 this year from the Von Miller deal. But, they do still have needs beyond QB.
wmj March 9, 2022, 9:09pm #10
And the team formerly known as the Deadskins getd the scraps after Wilson made it clear he wouldn't play there. (Would anybody blame him?)
Sources: Colts trading QB Wentz to Commanders
The Colts are trading quarterback Carson Wentz to the Commanders for a package of picks, sources told ESPN.
mcarley March 9, 2022, 9:12pm #11
Washington Commanders trading for Indianapolis Colts QB Carson Wentz, sources say
Why would anyone want to play for such a dysfunctional organization? If they get free agents, it's not likely to be ones with lots of suitors. It's likely to be desperate ones or people just in it for the cash.
crparrothead March 9, 2022, 9:15pm #12
Why would anyone want to play for such a dysfunctional organization?
No lie, in the days of salary cap, and the weak division they are in, the futility of this organization is baffling.
Not when you consider the owner. From botching possibly good QBs to sexual harassment throughout the organization, the whole team is a mess. I know sports leagues will rarely oust an owner, but Snyder probably warrants it.
I know sports leagues will rarely oust an owner, but Snyder probably warrants it.
At this point, the NFL has been covering for him for so long, there is no way they will oust him. Hell, Kraft got caught in prostitute/possible human trafficking sting and nothing happened to him.
Kraft got caught getting a handy and beat it in court with the resources the wealthy use. Snyder has been both inept and corrupt on a long-term and repeated basis. The league covers for him, going so far as to make all reports verbal instead of written so no one can get hold of the details.
going so far as to make all reports verbal instead of written so no one can get hold of the details.
It is smart, the Government does it to foil FOIA requests.
I know people who won't put things in email for similar reasons. Hell, I think I'll just live my life, try to have some integrity, and if I get a subpoena, deal with it.
Hell, I think I'll just live my life, try to have some integrity, and if I get a subpoena, deal with it.
Amen brother.
Personal mantra:
Kraft got caught getting a handy and beat it in court with the resources the wealthy use. Snyder has been both inept and corrupt on a long-term and repeated basis.
Bingo! There is no comparison whatsoever to what Kraft did and what Snyder did.
I would bet that most owners would not be heart-broken at all if Snyder were to somehow lose the franchise. However, they also know that any precedent set with him could boomerang on them too.
It is similar to when Donald Sterling owned the Los Angeles Clippers. Everybody knew the type of person he was and how he ran his franchise, but there was no appetite among the NBA owners to force him out until he finally made it untenable for him to still be an owner.
With the NFL and Snyder it is worse because he has taken one of the prominent franchises with a lot of history and driven it into the ground. That is worse for the NFL than it was for the NBA to have Sterling running the Clippers.


Logo + Flyer for a Fingerboard contest. The contest took place in Vittorio Veneto (Italy) on 7th April 2013. Because of this date i choose to mix the words "Fingerboard" and "Spring", and I created a logo that could be attributed to the climate of this season.
Logo + Flyer for a Fingerboard contest.
The contest took place in Vittorio Veneto (Italy) on 7th April 2013.
Because of this date i choose to mix the words "Fingerboard" and "Spring", and I created a logo that could be attributed to the climate of this season.


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After almost 20 years at Santa Lucia, it became high time for the Aruban Donkey Sanctuary to move to a new, and larger area to house its 130 donkeys. The move is scheduled to take place on April 2 and 3; these two days the sanctuary will be closed, but on April 4 the new Donkey Sanctuary's doors at Bringamosa will open wide. The new opening hours are from 9 am to 4 pm, every day of the week.


Manufacturer of model kits. After a merger with Revell, many products were co-branded Revell-Monogram.
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Monogram (company) page on 24 September 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Monogram has been a premier maker of scale plastic models of aircraft, spacecraft, ships, cars, and military vehicles since the early 1950s. The company was formed by two former employees of Comet Kits, Jack Besser and Bob Reder. After thirteen years as a fully owned subsidiary of Hallmark Cards' Binney and Smith unit, Hobbico announced it was acquiring Revell-Monogram in 2007 (Funding Universe webpage). Along with Revell, AMT, and MPC, Monogram is sometimes called one of the traditional "Big 4" in plastic modeling.
Monogram was founded in Chicago in 1945, making balsa wood model kits of ships and airplanes. Seaships such as the USS Missouri battleship, the USS Shangri-La carrier and the USS Hobby destroyer were among the very first products. Meanwhile, a company called Revell started making plastic kits in 1953, and Monogram responded with "All Plastic" "Plastikits" the first of which were a red plastic midget racer and a "Hot Rod" Model A - and the modeling race was on (Funding Universe webpage). These two cars, and later an Indianapolis-style racer and hydroplane racing boat, were also offered with C02 "Jet Power". Early kits advertised that the models were made from "acetate parts molded to shape". The wording showed the newness of the plastics industry and how plastics were not yet being taken for granted.
Early airplane models were mainly balsa wood, but more plastic parts were added over the next couple of years. By 1954 the airplane lineup consisted of the 'Speedee Built' series which flew under rubber band power. A few of these planes were all-plastic. Also seen were the Superkits with a prefabricated balsa fuselage, but more plastic parts.
Auto kit makers AMT and Jo-Han started early but focused on manufacturers' promotional models and did not enter the kit fray until the late 1950s. As the 1950s progressed, Monogram increasingly included more automobile models and custom wheeled creations in competition with the other makers. Through the 1970s, competition required increased production of a variety of fantastical vehicles.


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Christianity and the Great Deception
Rav Sha'ul
The English name "Jesus"
As I stated earlier in this chapter we are going to "reverse engineer" this name "Jesus" and when we do it traces directly back to Babylon no matter how we look at it. But what would happen if we look at the name "Jesus" as a compound English name composes (as English words are) of the Latin prefix and suffix? The prefixes "Je" and "sus".
We must look at it that way because the true name of the Messiah was a compound name YAH (Yahuah)(ye)SHUA (salvation) in Hebrew. Supposedly "Jesus" comes from the name of the Messiah so if we break it into it component parts what does it say about "Jesus" in English. Does it identify The Passover Lamb sacrifice of YHVH or an abominable sacrifice of a pig? Does it begin to bring into focus the exact same sacrifice of The Ishtar Pig (Easter) which is the unquestioned "sacrifice" of the false religion of Christianity as well as Babylon? Let's look at the prefix "Je" and suffix "sus" in the English dictionary.
When considering the prefix we find that "Je" is another form of "Ge" derived from the Latin/Greek word for "earth". GE/JE is a short form of Gaia or Jee which is the "mother earth" or Roman goddess Tellus! The suffix "sus" comes from the Latin word for "pig" sous. "Sous" in Latin means pig this is where we get the pig call "soooouuuuiiii". So in English if we examine the name Jesus as a compound name it means literally "earthly pig" or "pig of Tellus/Goddess Mother Earth". It in no way implies or means Yahuah is Salvation. Shocking… I know.
"Jesus" literally means the Ishtar Pig
We now are coming closer to the false messiah's sacrifice on Easter to the goddess Ishtar (a pig) in replace of The Passover Lamb. That is why we eat ham on Easter because a pig killed Ishtar's son Tammuz later called Apollo/Hesus/Horus/Krishna then Jesus. We are taught that anyone obedient to the dietary laws of YHVH are not true Christians. So to PROVE our total lawlessness in the eyes of YHVH… we actually eat the most unclean abominable animal that is not even "food" on Ishtar day! The most abominable animal to YHVH in His Word (a pig), we eat it in defiance to a pagan god and then disobey Passover. Those who commit such an abominable sacrifice in their heart on Easter and are disobedient to The Passover are not true sons of YHVH. I will prove this next when we look at "how" and "why" Passover was changed to "Ishtar/Easter" and a pig sacrificed (eaten) instead of a lamb on Passover as YHVH instructed and Yahusha confirmed. Passover is an EVERLASTING ordinance of the Living God, YHVH.
19 And when he had taken some bread and given thanks (on Passover), he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This (Passover Dinner) is my body (Passover Lamb) which is given (sacrificed) for you; do this (keep Passover) in remembrance of Me."
14 'So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.
Etymology of the name Je-sus
I want to break down the complete Etymology of the name "Jesus"... you have all come to know me over time, and if you have come to know anything about me, you will know... I intend to leave no stone unturned in my search for the Truth. I fully intend that when my King returns... that I have overthrown every stronghold, every high place, that elevates itself above Yahusha my King. Anything that stands in the way of my salvation and inheritance, with the full intention to run this race to win it! No matter the cost, no matter the consequences personally. And I desire His Truth and to receive every crown and every reward promised to me in His Word. I want the highest placement in His Kingdom to come. The Apostle Paul took the Truth of YHVH and His Messiah Yahusha to a pagan Rome 2000 years ago... and I intend to do that exact same thing today to the best of my ability, the end of time as we know it.
GE or GEO [ME "geo", from.MF& L,from.Gk - "Ge"-"Geo",from "Ge"] EARTH GROUND SOIL (as in) GEO/GRAPHICAL GEO/GRAPHY and GEO/POLITICS (WEBSTER'S SEVENTH NEW COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY)
GE (je,ge) GAEA;GAIA GAEA (Jee),Noun. [Gr.Gaia derived from "Ge", earth] in Greek mythology the earth personified as a goddess ,mother of Uranus the Titans,etc, MOTHER EARTH: identified by the Romans with Tellus: also Gala,Ge. GEO (jeo,jee) [Gr. "geo" derived from gaia,ge, the earth] a combining form meaning earth,as in geo/centric, geo/phyte. (WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY) {PROPER NAME} GEORGE Gr. georgos means "EARTH WORKER" (DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES)
sus, sus N 3 1 NOM S C T, sus N 3 1 VOC S C T sus, suis swine; hog, pig, sow; (Latin-English-Latin Java Dictionary with Whitaker's Wordlist) sus : swine, pig, hog. (Lynn Nelson's Latin=English Dictionary (Hong Kong) sus, -is g.c. nomen animalis (A Latin Dictionary of Saxo Grammaticus (medireview Latin) SWINE [ME fr.OE swin; akin to OHG swin swine LATIN -SUS--more at SOW] 1: any of various stout-bodied short legged omnivorous mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and long mobile snout; esp: a domesticated member of the species (Sus Scrofa) that includes the European wild boar-usu.used collectively 2: a contemptible person (Webster's Seventh New Collegate Dictionary)
Je-SUS = earth pig or earthly swine or BEAST of the Earth... the image of corruptible man, the abominable sacrifice of a pig (Easter Sacrifice of the Earthly Swine named Jesus) that pollutes the alter and renders the Temple of YHVH (man) unfit for service or worship to YHVH, causing the oblation (daily sacrifice) to cease, that sacrifice of the Lamb that was slaughtered before YHVH whose name is Yahusha (Yahuah's Salvation NOT Jesus the son pig sacrifice of Zeus). I.E. the Abominable Sacrifice that Causes the Desolation of the Temple of YHVH, the human body.
That is "my" opinion. And the doctrine of Christianity demonstrates this is true by worshipping a man above YHVH on EASTER!
Why does your translation of Scripture mention the Name "YHWH" in the preface, but substitute the English word "LORD" for it in the text? If the letter "J" is less than 500 years old, why use it in the Name "Jesus"? Isn't His real Name more like Y'shua, Yahusha, or Yahushua? To call Him "Yeh-soos" or "Yeh-zeus" may not be very good, considering "soos" is Hebrew for "horse", and of course you know who "Zeus" is . . . . It is the God worshipped when the pig was slaughtered on the alter on Easter.
Names are extremely important. After all, there is only ONE name under Heaven whereby you may be saved. And that name Yahusha glorifies YHVH. The Pagan name Zeus too was used in many name-endings like Tarsus, Pegasus, Dionysus, Parnassus, etc., to honor Zeus phonetically. Yes, even the son of Zeus (the pig) Jesus.
The Latin name endings like sus, sous, and seus were employed to give honor to "Zeus". "Sus" in Latin means "pig".
Excluding the Greek word/name, this Latin word for SWINE i.e. pig---"SUS" is identical in writing to the suffix of the Latin and the English transliteration "Ie-SUS" and "Je-SUS". "SUS" pronounced "SOOCE" or "ZUS" in English! In Latin it means "SWINE" i.e. PIG, and has the same sound as the Greek suffix in the word/name "Ie-SOUS" , pronounced "SOOCE" Here are some more interesting parallels In the Spanish translations of the scriptures such as in Mexico for example the name is written "Je-sus" but it is pronounced He or HEY - SOOCE. Both the suffix spelling and sound of the suffix is the same for the Latin word "SUS",which means SWINE. (According to the dictionary this word SWINE can also mean a CONTEMPTIBLE Person) THE LITERAL WRITTEN PARALLELS ARE THERE! THE LITERAL PHONETIC PARALLELS ARE THERE!
Let's check it out...
http://www.answers.com/topic/pig
pig (pĭg)
Any of several mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, cloven hooves, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, especially the domesticated hog, Sus scrofa domesticus (Latin), when young or of comparatively small size.
The edible parts of one of these mammals.
Informal. A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or gross.
[ME fr.OE swin; akin to OHG swin swine LATIN -SUS--more at SOW]
1: any of various stout-bodied short legged omnivorous mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and long mobile snout; esp: a domesticated member of the species (Sus Scrofa) that includes the European wild boar-usu.used collectively
2: a contemptible person (Webster's Seventh New Collegate Dictionary)
Wikipedia has an article on:
Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa)
pig Plural
pigs or swine
pig (plural pigs or swine)
Any of several mammals of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa.
The farmer kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from table scraps and field waste.
(uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig.
A greedy person; someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
You gluttonous pig! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!
A nasty or disgusting person.
She considered him a pig as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.
A dirty or slovenly person.
He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.
Satan in the Image of Jesus Christ
It was Satan that desired to ascend above the clouds and be worship like (in the image of) YHVH:
14 I (Satan) will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like (an image) the Most High."
It was Satan who received the mortal head wound:
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
And yet, it was Satan that lived again and setup as an IMAGE...
The Beast out of the Earth
11Then I saw another beast (Christianity), coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb ("like" or in the "image" of the True body), but he spoke like a dragon (Satan was behind it). 12 He (the second beast/Christianity) exercised all the authority of the first beast (Jesus Christ) on his behalf (Authority of the Church), and (Christianity) made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast (Jesus Christ), whose fatal wound (false crucifixion) had been healed (false resurrection). 13 And he (second Beast/Christianity) performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. 14 Because of the (false) signs he (Christianity) was given power to do on behalf of the first beast (Jesus Christ), he (Christianity) deceived the inhabitants of the earth (the largest religion on Earth is Christianity). He (Christianity) ordered them (humanity) to set up an image (in their hearts/Temples of YHVH) in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived (Jesus Christ). 15He (second Beast/Christianity) was given power to give breath (Spirit of the False Messiah) to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak (to the hearts of man) and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed (Christianity has been waging a war on the True Sabbath Keeping Saints for 2000 years).
It is Satan in the IMAGE of "Jesus Christ" masquerading as a Angel of Light:
13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of The Messiah. 14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
It was Satan who is the Lawless One... who exalts himself above God and is worshipped in the "image" of Jesus Christ.
3 Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for (the Second Coming will not occur) until the rebellion (Transgression of Desolation) occurs and the man of lawlessness (the Image of the man who abolished the Torah) is revealed, the (image of the) man doomed to destruction (destroyed by the Truth of Yahusha's testimony and return). 4 He (Satan in the image of Jesus) will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up (as an image) in YHVH's temple (Abomination of Desolation), proclaiming himself to be God.
What I am saying is simple. "Jesus Christ" is a fable, and IMAGE behind which is... Satan himself... It is SATAN (in the image of Jesus Christ) destroyed by Yahusha upon the second coming and bound for a 1,000 years for lying and deceiving the people of Earth into elevating an "Image" of himself as god in the Image of the False Messiah Jesus Christ. People will be shocked, saying "It is Jesus who deceived the nations?" behind this image of a man is Satan himself.
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*'''Bad straight marriages don't excuse gay marriage.''' [http://www.marriageinstitute.ca/images/somerville.pdf Margarette Somerville. "The case against gay marriage." McGill Center for Medicine, Ethics and Law. April 29, 2003]: "One common response to the position I outline above, by those advocating same-sex marriage and families, is to point out the deficiencies of marriage. The issue is not, however, whether all or most opposite-sex couples attain the ideals of marriage in relation to fulfilling the needs of the children they produce. Neither is the issue whether marriage is a perfect institution — it is not. It is, rather, whether we should work from a basic presumption that children need a mother and a father, preferably their own biological parents. I believe they do. The issue is, also, whether society would be worse off without the aspirational ideals established by traditional marriage. I believe it would be." *'''Bad straight marriages don't excuse gay marriage.''' [http://www.marriageinstitute.ca/images/somerville.pdf Margarette Somerville. "The case against gay marriage." McGill Center for Medicine, Ethics and Law. April 29, 2003]: "One common response to the position I outline above, by those advocating same-sex marriage and families, is to point out the deficiencies of marriage. The issue is not, however, whether all or most opposite-sex couples attain the ideals of marriage in relation to fulfilling the needs of the children they produce. Neither is the issue whether marriage is a perfect institution — it is not. It is, rather, whether we should work from a basic presumption that children need a mother and a father, preferably their own biological parents. I believe they do. The issue is, also, whether society would be worse off without the aspirational ideals established by traditional marriage. I believe it would be."
- *'''Bi-racial and gay parenting are not comparable.''' A man and a woman from different racial backgrounds can unquestionably procreate children and provide father and mother models in nurturing, educating, and developing them. Two people of the same sex simply cannot do this basic marital function. For a judge to compare racial differences to sexual differences (or orientation) shows plain ignorance of biological and historical facts, as well as judicial incompetence. +
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9. Parenting: Can homosexuals do a good job of parenting? | | | |
Non-procreation b/w gays is good for overpopulated world. The inability of gays to procreate should not be seen as a problem and prohibitive factor in their getting married. Rather, this is a good thing in an over-populated world.
Marriage is reserved for procreation despite infertility exception A gay couple categorically cannot reproduce together. There are certainly ways in which one gay man can reproduce with a surrogate mother, or in which a lesbian couple can implant one of the woman's fertilized egg into the others' fetus. Yet, the couples cannot reproduce together, categorically. This is different than an infertile straight couple, as the category of straight couples still is able to reproduce. It is acceptable, therefore, to maintain a categorical definition for marriage that includes only straights on the basis that only they can, categorically, reproduce as couples.
Gay marriage discrimination lacks compelling state interest "Let them wed." Economist. January 4th, 1996: "To this principle of social policy, add a principle of government. Barring a compelling reason, governments should not discriminate between classes of citizens. [...] One objection is simply that both would-be spouses are of the same sex. That is no answer; it merely repeats the question. Perhaps, then, once homosexuals can marry, marital anarchy will follow? That might be true if homosexual unions were arbitrary configurations, mere parodies of "real" marriage. But the truth is that countless homosexual couples, especially lesbian ones, have shown that they are as capable of fidelity, responsibility and devotion as are heterosexual couples—and this despite having to keep their unions secret, at least until recently. Would gay marriage weaken the standard variety? There is little reason to think so. Indeed, the opposite seems at least as likely: permitting gay marriage could reaffirm society's hope that people of all kinds settle down into stable unions." Overall, any state interest in banning gay marriage is far too shady and debatable to justify discriminating against gays through a ban on their marrying.
Church/state sep. precludes rel. arguments on gay marriage. "The case for gay marriage" The Economist. February 26th, 2007: "It is no business of the state to impose a religious choice. Indeed, in America the constitution expressly bans the involvement of the state in religious matters, so it would be especially outrageous if the constitution were now to be used for religious ends [that aim to ban gay marriage]."
Susan Shell. "The liberal case against gay marriage." Public Interest. Summer, 2004:
Tod Lindberg. "The case against gay marriage." Washington Times Op-ed. 2003


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March 6, 2010 · 12:23 am
A letter to Dick Vitale, clown prince of college basketball
Dick Vitale, in all his Dukie glory
Let me just say that at one time I was a big fan. I loved your excitement. I loved the exuberance you brought to broadcasting. I loved the "Better get a TO, baby." I loved it when you shouted "Slam bam jam!" But somewhere along the way, you went from being a broadcaster into a character. I'm not sure when it happened, but you went from being a sincerely excited fan of college basketball that just happened to have a mic, and turned into a caricature of yourself. You and John Madden actually have a lot in common in this regard. Maybe it was the fame. Maybe it was when ESPN and CBS turned March Madness into a billion dollar extravaganza. I can't pinpoint the moment you jumped the shark, but in my mind it coincides with the moment you became Duke's press agent.
Everyone knows it. You are a Duke shill. Your devotion to all things ACC, and Duke in particular is nauseating. I used to love Duke too. I became a college basketball fan watching Johnny Dawkins against Pervis Ellison in the Final Four. I remember watching Laettner's shot in my basement. I loved watching Bobby Hurley upset UNLV (though looking back now I believe a lot of the Duke love at the time was as much about race and culture as it was about basketball). Duke is a great program. There are a lot of Duke haters out there, and much of it is jealousy. They have won a lot of games, been to a lot of Final Fours, and they seem to do it with class. But your devotion to all things Coach K has reached its limit, and it became so clear in the last couple of weeks.
A few weeks ago Illinois upset Michigan State on their home floor. The Spartans are the class of the Big Ten. At the time they were ranked No. 5 in the nation. Illinois was unranked, facing a difficult stretch of their schedule, and in desperate need of a signature win to help their NCAA tournament resume. In addition to this, it was College Game Day's game of the week. The Game Day crew had been there all day. It was the first time that Game Day had been to Champaign. So you and Digger and two other ACC guys had worked the students and fans into a lather since 9 a.m. When the Illini won, the student section stormed the court to celebrate.
Was it necesarry? Who cares? It was fun. It was exciting. It was a big win for the Illini, and storming the court is something unique to college basketball. It is a part of what makes college basketball special. Yet you, the clown prince of college basketball, got on your high horse and admonished the Illini fans for celebrating too much. Aren't you the guy that has become a millionaire for over-the-top celebrations? Your point was that the Illini were too good to celebrate beating Michigan State. They should act like it was no big deal – even though your network was saying all day and all week that it was a huge deal. The Illini fans should have shown more restraint. OK, fine. Illinois should expect to win at home. I'll give you that, Dickie V.
But then a couple of nights ago Maryland beat Duke. Duke was ranked No. 4. Maryland was ranked No. 23. After the win, the student section stormed the court (they then went outside and rioted, literally). Where was your admonishment? Where was your righteous indignation? Why shouldn't Maryland show some restraint? I didn't watch the game, but I'm pretty sure you weren't ripping the Terrapin fans – for doing the same thing as the Illini fans just a couple of weeks before. What was the difference? It was because in your eyes, beating Duke is something special.
Apparantly, rushing the court is always justified when beating the great and mighty Blue Devils. They have, after all, been to one Final Four and won one national championship since 2000. But wait, that is the exact same resume Maryland has, and Maryland did it more recently then Duke. And Michigan State has won one national championship and been to four Final Fours since 2000. Yet somehow Maryland, a ranked team and probably a lock for the NCAA tournament, beating No. 4 Duke is cause for riotous celebration. But when Illinois, an unranked bubble team, rushes the court after beating No. 5 Michigan State, they should show restraint.
Come on, Dick. We all know you are on Duke's payroll. We know that ESPN coddles the Big East and ACC, but this is ridiculous. Next time you are about to start screaming about how great the Dukies are, maybe you should get a T.O., baby.
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Henna body art is a form of temporary tattoos that fade over time.
Temporary tattoos are often used for special occasions.
Temporary tattoos may be used to balance the skin tone of a person suffering with vitiligo.
Temporary tattoos are made by applying paint or other mediums over a stencil.
There is a long tradition of temporary tattoos in many cultures.
Temporary tattoos are removable designs which are intended to be applied to the body. Unlike real tattoos, when someone gets tired of a temporary version, he or she can simply wash it off. A temporary tattoo will also naturally wear away with time. There are a number of different types and styles of temporary tattoos, just as is the case with real ones.
Many people are familiar with the type of temporary design which comes in the form of an ink transfer. To apply the tattoo, the ink transfer is held against the skin while a moistened sponge is applied to the back to loosen the ink and encourage it to adhere to the skin. Often, the ink is mixed with a glue solution to encourage it to stay on the skin for up to one month. Some companies also make temporary designs which are designed someone like stickers or decals, operating on a similar principle with glue to adhere to the skin.
There is also a long tradition of temporary tattoos in many cultures, especially in the Middle East and India, where many women receive henna tattoos on special occasions such as weddings. In other parts of the world, vegetable dyes have been used to temporarily color the skin or make tattoos. In Western culture, face and body painting are also familiar forms of a temporary tattoo, designed to adorn the body for a brief period of time.
Other temporary designs are made with a stencil and an airbrush or paintbrush with specially designed inks. These tattoos can often look extremely realistic, as long as the designs are simple and blocky. Depending on the type of dye used, the tattoo may have considerable staying power. This temporary art is often used in film making to create tattoos for one of the characters.
There are all sorts of reasons to wear temporary tattoos. Commonly, many people get them for fun or celebrations. People who are considering real tattoos may get a temporary version of the desired design while they think about it, since living with the temporary version allows them to think about placement and whether or not they truly love the design.
Booklets of temporary tattoos can be found in some stores. People can also design their own at home, using materials around the house such as markers or by using a make-your-own kit. Professional applications of henna and vegetable dye are available at some tattoo parlors and specialty shops, and airbrushing is available through these sources as well.
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My best friend was considering getting a butterfly tattoo across her back, but she wanted to be certain that she would love it first. She found a place that offered airbrush temporary tattoos, and she chose the butterfly design that she loved most.
They told her that if she decided to make it permanent, she could come back and get them to ink the exact same design into her skin. During her temporary tattoo days, she wore cropped shirts to show off her tattoo.
She said several people looked at her as though she were trashy. Her boyfriend also came for a surprise visit from out of state, and he hated the tattoo. So, she decided not to make it permanent.
Children's temporary tattoos are my favorite kind. They are so easy to use that children can often apply them on their own, and they wash off with soap and water.
I remember giving myself a unicorn tattoo as a kid. It was purple, and I pressed it onto my forearm. For a couple of days, I washed around it but wouldn't let water touch it directly, because I loved it so much.
Three days after I had pressed it on, I spilled something on my arm and had to wash it. I was really sad to see it go, but it had already begun to fade a little, and it probably wouldn't have lasted much longer, anyway.
@orangey03 – It's weird that locations near the beach even offer henna tattoos. Exposure to sunscreen, chlorine, and salt water will all work against the tattoo, and generally everyone who vacations at the beach will be exposed to these.
My friend got a temporary henna tribal tattoo when we were in Florida, and it lasted no time at all. She had washed her sunscreen off before she went to get the tattoo, but some of the residue remained, so the henna probably didn't adhere as much as it should have.
We went into the ocean a few hours later, and her tattoo started fading when it got wet with salt water. Regular shower water probably wouldn't have affected it as much, but salt water is pretty intense.
How long do henna temporary tattoos generally last? I remember seeing them promoted at a place where I vacationed last year, and I'm thinking about getting one during my beach vacation this year. I think it would be cool to walk around in a place where no one knows me with a big tattoo.
Do they wash off when you shower? If so, I'm out of luck. I will have to be showering every day, because I will be covered in sunscreen and salt water.


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Spontaneous emission from reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria has been recorded with a time resolution of 50 fs. Excitation was made directly into both the special-pair band (850 nm) and the Q_x band of bacteriochlorophylls (608 nm). Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26, Rhodobacter capsulatus wild type, and four mutants of Rb. capsulatus were studied. In all cases the fluorescence decay was not single exponential and was well fit as a sum of two exponential decay components. The short components are in excellent agreement with the single component detected by measurements of stimulated emission. The origin of the nonexponential decay is discussed in terms of heterogeneity, the kinetic scheme, and the possibility of slow vibrational relaxation.
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© 1992 National Academy of Sciences. Communicated by R. Stephen Berry, May 29, 1992. We thank M. Armas, C. Seaton, and A. Swygard of Coherent for the loan of the Mira laser. We thank Dr. C.-K. Chan for many helpful discussions, and G. Small for providing us with low-temperature absorption spectra. We thank N. Scherer for development of the dye laser used in this experiment. This work was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (G.R.F.), by the Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (J.R.N.) and Office of Health and Environmental Research (D.K.H. and M.S.) under Contract W-31-109-Eng-38. M.S. is also supported by U.S. Public Health Service Grant GM36598. This work is a publication of the Center for Photochemistry and Photobiology.
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Maury Shenk is managing director of Lily Innovation. He is an experienced lawyer, investor and director, with particular expertise in information and communications technology, artificial intelligence, education, green business and China.
Maury is also:
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Director of PeopleCert, a global examination and certification provider
Advisor to global law firm Steptoe (where he has practiced since 1993 and was London managing partner from 2002-2006).
Maury and his family are investors in UK start-ups that use artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data to solve business problems:
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Maury is a graduate of Harvard College and Stanford Law School. He is a native speaker of English, speaks fluent French and Russian, and has working knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, German, Italian and Norwegian. He is a competitive and recreational sailor, plays guitar and piano, is a regular author and speaker on technology and innovation, and writes novels under the pen name David Zen (represented by Tin-Can Telephone Literary Agency; second novel Enlightenment Inc. published by Endeavour Media).
Katharine Scarfe Beckett is a director and chief creative at Lily Innovation. Katharine is an experienced English writer and editor, and has assisted leading companies and institutions in many sectors, including technology, culture, government, education, luxury goods and consulting. She also works as a consultant with Forbes Associates in Qatar and a reporter of consultations at St George's House, Windsor Castle, and previously worked as a staff writer and researcher at the Hashemite Court in Jordan. Based in London, Katharine supplies excellent, clear, nuanced English to international clients. She is a graduate of Royal Holloway, King's College (masters) and the University of Cambridge (Ph.D), and has working knowledge of French and Arabic.
Ian Jones is a senior consultant to Lily Innovation. A highly experienced in-house lawyer, Ian has worked globally with organisations in multiple sectors and of various sizes for over 20 years, including BP and BT. His experience includes international work, cross border M&A, real estate, public service projects and ground-breaking legal transactions. In 2001, he led the legal team that negotiated the sale and leaseback of BT's UK property portfolio. Ian is the author of the widely read Butterworths In-House Lawyers Handbook and a contributor to Butterworths Guide to the Legal Services Act 2007. He writes articles for various journals and blogs on issues specific to in-house lawyers.
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Key Take Aways From Britney Spears Conservatorship Trial And What Comes Next
In a highly anticipated court hearing, Britney Spears has made several claims about the controversial conservatorship that for years has largely seen information kept out of the public domain.
Spears' finances and personal affairs have been controlled by the legal agreement since 2008, when she suffered a series of mental breakdowns. Her father Jamie has overseen her life and finances for most of that period, but the 39-year-old has been fighting for him to be removed in recent years.
While the star has spoken in court at least once before, the hearings have been held in private - until now.
In a speech lasting more than 20 minutes, given remotely by phone, she asked judge Brenda Penny to end the conservatorship, saying the arrangement is "doing me way more harm than good".
Here are some of the details Spears revealed and claims she made to the court after 13 years of near silence on the controversial ruling.
Spears, who is in a relationship with Iranian actor and model Sam Asghari, told the court she wants to be able to get married and have a baby, but that the conservatorship won't allow it.
She claimed she has to use birth control to prevent her getting pregnant.
"All I want is to own my money and for this to end and for my boyfriend to be able to drive me in his (expletive) car," Spears told the court.
On the morning of the hearing, Asghari, 27, posted a photograph of himself wearing a "Free Britney" top on Instagram.
Spears has two teenage sons, Sean, 15, and Jayden, 14, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline, who was granted custody in October 2007. It was shortly after this, in February 2008, that the conservatorship was granted.
Making the hearing public
Spears had requested to speak at the hearing. When an attorney representing a co-conservator said it should be kept sealed if private medical information was to be revealed - as several previous hearings have been - Spears shouted to say she wanted her words to be made public.
"They've done a good job at exploiting my life," Spears said, "so I feel like it should be an open court hearing and they should listen and hear what I have to say."
She told the court that remaining silent in public for years has falsely created the impression that she approved of her circumstances.
"I've lied and told the whole world, 'I'm okay, I'm happy'," she said. "I've been in denial, I've been in shock. I am traumatised."
Forced medication claim
At one point, Spears claimed she was forced to take lithium against her will after rehearsals broke down for her planned second Las Vegas residency in 2019, which was subsequently cancelled.
She told the court that all she had done was disagree with one part of the show's choreography.
"I'm not here to be anyone's slave," she said. "I can say no to a dance move."
Spears said she felt forced to do the Las Vegas residency and felt like a great weight had been lifted when it was cancelled. She has not performed or recorded since.
She also claimed several nurses often watch her every move, not even letting her change her clothes in private.
'Abusive' treatment
The star told the court she is always told "no" by her handlers, and that she feels "ganged up on" and "bullied". She said: "I feel left out and alone. And I'm tired of feeling alone."
The conservatorship is "abusive", she claimed, and compared her treatment to those who have been sex-trafficked.
"This conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good," she said. "I deserve to have a life, I've worked my whole life. I deserve to have a two to three-year break."
Spears criticised those who have controlled the conservatorship - including her father, Jamie.
How can someone who can work be incapable of making their own decisions?
Spears told the court that the law should be changed and she should not be under a conservatorship while she is able to work and provide for herself.
This is something the #FreeBritney movement has long been arguing.
While under the control of the conservatorship, Spears has released four albums and held a multimillion-dollar residency in Las Vegas.
What did Spears say about her father?
Before this hearing, Spears had previously said she did not contest the conservatorship but specifically her father's control.
In her speech, she accused her father of relishing his power over her. She claimed he showed this when she failed a series of psychological tests in 2019 and he forced her to go into a mental hospital.
"I cried on the phone for an hour and he loved every minute of it," the singer said. "The control he had over someone as powerful as me, as he loved the control to hurt his own daughter 100,000%."
Following Spears's testimony, the judge praised the star for speaking out and said: "I certainly am sensitive to everything you said and how you're feeling and I know it took a lot of courage for you to say what you had to say."
However, she said a decision on ending the conservatorship cannot be taken until a request is formally lodged with the court.
Samuel Ingham, the pop star's court-appointed lawyer, said he will discuss with the singer the issues of formally filing for termination of the conservatorship and the introduction of a private counsel to represent her.
Now the star has made her feelings clear on the record she is in favour of keeping any future hearings private, he said.
Under California law, if the conservatorship is to be removed the burden is on Spears to prove she is capable of managing her own affairs.


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As we have entered a new year, there high hopes for a better and a brighter future, or anything relatively better than 2020. At the start of the pandemic, thousands of companies had to adapt and accumulate to their company transitioning from an office setting to working at home. For some companies, working from home has been one of the best things to happen. While others experience communication problems. The question stands, what is the future of working remotely, and will companies continue to work from home in 2021?
Productivity when WFH
In the world of advertising and marketing, agencies almost always require in-person with at an office. Large agencies throughout the globe have moved to remote work and are seeing the rates of success. The initial fear with any company when transitioning from working is a decreased level of productivity.
This year tested our ability to work through distractions as we worked from home with our family members and our loved ones. Distractions could stem from other people talking on the phone, working with others in a confined space, taking care of children, etc. Along with distractions comes more downtime to get chores and errands done. When people are not working physically in an office where they cannot monitor employees, it creates uncertainty surrounding productivity.
Before the rise of the coronavirus pandemic, Stanford conducted a study on 16,000 workers to test their productivity while working from home compared to an in-office setting. From this study, we learned that "over 9 months found that working from home increase productivity by 13%,".
During the coronavirus pandemic, Prodoscore found evidence that compared to March 2020 from April 2019, there was an increase in productivity by 47%, despite the effects of the pandemic. However, not everyone at home had the same resources, including poor internet connection and phone service/reception.
There are many reasons why working from home increases productivity, and one of the reasons is the lack of a commute into the office. With more time in the day, people have been using that time to sleep more, exercise more, and fewer distractions with people during "water-cooler talk".
The new year is promising, with millions of Americans already receiving a vaccine. Unfortunately, the vaccine isn't being distributed as fast as initially thought, which raises the question about remote working for 2021, and if companies will start a transition.
Currently, most agencies and in-house offices are working remotely, and there has been an increase in hiring remote employees larger than ever. The increase in remote employees from across the country also raises the question of the necessity of commuting to an office.
From what it looks like, most agencies will transition to a hybrid work week. Some days will be working remotely/at home, and some days in the office. Now that companies see the benefits of working from home, most companies will continue to offer that as an option, differentiating from business to business.
Remote employees will likely continue to be fully remote, and companies will continue to consider and hire remote employees that are out of a commutable range.
Overall, it seems that the future of remote work is here to stay. Ultimately, remote work in the future is dependent on the type of company you work for and whether it's an agency or in-house, the size of your company, and where your company is located.
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