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Chairperson: Dr. Gregory Baldi
Office: Morgan Hall 422
Email: p-science@wiu.edu
Website: wiu.edu/politicalscience
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science: Macomb, Online (General and Public Administration/Public Policy options)
Minor in Global Politics: Macomb
Minor in International Studies: Macomb
Minor in Political Science: Macomb, Online
Minor in Public Administration and Public Service: Macomb
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GradTrac is available to Political Science majors. See more information about GradTrac.
Academically qualified students in this department are encouraged to complete an honors curriculum in University Honors, Honors in the Major, or General Honors. All Honors students must complete the one-hour honors colloquium (G H 299). General Honors includes General Honors coursework. Honors in the Major includes honors work in the major. University Honors combines Honors in the Major and General Honors. View more information about honors curricula or visit the Centennial Honors College website at wiu.edu/honors.
Integrated Baccalaureate and Master's Degree Program
An integrated baccalaureate and master's degree program is available for the Bachelor of Arts in Political Science: Master of Arts in Political Science. An integrated degree program provides the opportunity for outstanding undergraduates to earn both degrees in five years. Please refer to the Graduate Studies catalog for details about the integrated program.
Political Science is both an ancient discipline and one of the most recent social sciences. Political scientists study political institutions, the political behavior of individuals and groups, the formulation and execution of public policy, the relations among states, and also enduring moral issues, such as what is justice and how leaders should be chosen.
The Political Science major prepares the student for a wide range of careers, including: administration of national, state, and local government agencies; preparation for admission to law school; urban and regional planning; political journalism, the conduct and analysis of foreign policy; and preparation for graduate study in Political Science. The departmental advisor has career guides for students interested in law school, graduate study in Political Science, graduate study in public policy, public administration, foreign affairs, and politics.
Bachelor of Arts—Political Science
All students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Political Science must complete I, II, and III.A, III.B, III.C, III.D, or III.E below, and the foreign language/global issues requirement for the major#. The minimum semester hour requirement for the baccalaureate degree is 120 s.h. A maximum of 6 s.h. of POLS 402 may be counted towards the Political Science major.
University General Education and College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Requirements: 60 s.h.
Core Courses: 18 s.h.
POLS 122*, 228*, 267*, 284, 300 or 302, 492†
Options of Study (Select A, B, C, D, or E)
Political Science—General
Directed Electives
At least one course from POLS 381, 382, 383, 389: 3 s.h.
If more than one course is taken, it counts as a Department Elective.
At least one course chosen from POLS 317, 318, 319: 3 s.h.
Department Electives: 12 s.h.
Any Minor: minimum 16 s.h.
Open Electives: 14 s.h.
At least one course chosen from POLS 381, 382, 383, 389: 3 s.h.
At least two courses chosen from POLS 317, 318, 319: 6 s.h.
If more than two courses are taken, they count as Open Electives.
Three courses chosen from POLS 223, 308, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319, 328, 335, 350, 395, 402, 410, 411, 448, 470: 9 s.h.
International Relations/Comparative Politics
If more than one course is taken, it counts as an Open Elective.
Students must take at least one course from the International Relations courses listed below and at least one course from the Comparative Politics courses listed below. Students should then select 3 additional courses from the lists below: 15 s.h.
International Relations: POLS 331, 334, 338, 340, 353, 440, 446
Comparative Politics: POLS 322, 324, 327, 329, 400, 465
At least four courses chosen from: POLS 226, 304, 319, 410, 411, 435, 447, 448: 12 s.h.
At least one course chosen from: POLS 223, 315, 317: 3 s.h.
Public Administration/Public Policy
Select POLS 300 or 302 (whichever was not taken as a Core course): 3 s.h.
Three courses chosen from POLS 223, 393, 400, 402, 410, 447, 490, 493, 494: 9 s.h.
Department Electives: 3 s.h.
# The foreign language/global issues graduation requirement may be fulfilled by successfully completing one of the following: 1) a General Education global issues course or 2) a Political Science (POLS) global issues course.
* Two of POLS 122, 228, 267 may count toward the University General Education requirement.
† POLS 492 fulfills the Writing Instruction in the Disciplines (WID) graduation requirement.
Minor in Political Science: 18 s.h.
Core: 9 s.h.
POLS 122
One course chosen among POLS 381, 382, 383, 388, 389
One course chosen among POLS 228, 267, 284, 300
Political Science Electives: 9 s.h.
At least 6 s.h. of POLS electives must be chosen from courses numbered 300 or above.
Minor in Global Politics: 18 s.h.
POLS 228 and 267: 6 s.h.
Political Science Electives: 12 s.h.
Select at least two courses from the following: POLS 331, 334, 338, 340, 353, 440, 446
In addition, two courses may be chosen from the following: POLS 322, 324, 327, 329, 400, 465
Minor in Public Administration and Public Service: 18 s.h.
POLS 122, 300: 6 s.h.
Political Science Electives selected among the following courses: 12 s.h.
POLS 302, 393, 402 (maximum of 3 s.h.), 447, 490, 493, 494
One course may be selected from the following: POLS 223, 401 (maximum of 3 s.h.), 470
A dual program in Arts and Sciences and Law is available for Political Science majors. Please see the Dual Programs section of this catalog for a detailed description of the program.
POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLS)
(American Government and Politics)
122 American Government and Politics. (3) (General Education/Social Sciences) Development, organization, powers, limitation, and practical problems of the governmental and political system of the United States. IAI: S5 900.
223 State Government and Politics. (3) The role of state and local governments within the American federal system. IAI: S5 902.
311 (Cross-listed with AAS 311) Race and Ethnicity in American Politics. (3) This course examines how racial and ethnic minority groups shape, and are shaped by, American politics and society. It focuses primarily on the politics of specific racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. Not open to students with credit in AAS 311. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
315 Illinois Government and Politics. (3) A comprehensive study of Illinois government. Special attention to constitutional developments and the organization and functioning of the government. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or 223, or permission of instructor.
317 The Congress. (3) The role of the national legislature in its relationship to the structure of American government and the legislative process. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
318 The Presidency. (3) Analysis of the powers of the President and the relationship of the office to the legislative and judicial branches. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
319 The Judiciary. (3) Functions and role of the federal court system and the judicial process. Emphasis on decision-making, judges, the legal profession, and administration of the courts. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
328 Politics and the Media. (3) This course will explore the power and limits of the media in American politics as well as the ways in which the media defines the "news." Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
350 Political Campaigns and Elections. (3) Development of a practical understanding and skill in politics and campaigns through classroom instruction and participation in campaigning. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
395 Politics and Religion in America. (3) The impact of religion in contemporary American political life, focusing on constitutional issues, electoral politics, and more generally, the interaction between politics and religion. Prerequisite: POLS 101 or 122 or permission of instructor.
410 Constitutional Law: Government Organization and Powers. (3) An examination of constitutional law in the United States with special emphasis on cases dealing with the framework, powers, and functions of the federal system. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
411 Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. (3) An examination of U.S. Constitutional law, with special emphasis upon civil liberties and civil rights cases. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
448 The Supreme Court. (3) An examination of the process and politics of the U.S. Supreme Court with emphasis on decision making and on a simulation of the Supreme Court process. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
470 (Formerly 370) Urban Government and Politics. (3) Organization and functions of the government of cities: urban politics, problems, and policies. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or 300 or permission of instructor.
(Comparative Government and Politics)
267 Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics. (3) (General Education/Social Sciences) (Global Issues) An introduction to important analytical concepts in comparative politics, the major types of political systems, and major components of the political process. IAI: S5 905.
322 European Politics. (3) (Global Issues) This course examines the origins and bodies of the European Union, major issues in contemporary European politics and society, and the political institutions of European countries, including Britain, France, Germany, and Poland. Prerequisite: POLS 267 or permission of instructor.
324 Politics of Immigration. (3) Course will examine issues related to immigration politics and policy, including how select nations decide how many immigrants should be admitted and who should be admitted. Prerequisites: POLS 101 or 122 or permission of instructor.
327 (Cross-listed with AAS 327) African Politics. (3) This course examines the nature of institutions and political rule in Africa before and after independence. Key topics include the colonial inheritance, ethnicity and social characteristics of African societies, and the nature and role of political institutions. Not open to student with credit in AAS 327. Prerequisite: POLS 267 or permission of instructor.
329 Latin American Politics. (3) (General Education/Multicultural Studies) (Global Issues) An examination of the colonial legacy, role of the United States in the region, current economic and social conditions, and political institutions of different countries including Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. Prerequisite: POLS 267 or permission of instructor.
400 Comparative Public Policy. (3) (Global Issues) Examines the public policy process and public policy outcomes using a comparative perspective. It analyzes different policy areas (immigration, crime, drugs, etc.) in diverse contexts—industrial and developing countries— and in selected cases in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Prerequisite: POLS 300 or 302 or permission of instructor.
(International Relations)
228 Fundamentals of International Relations. (3) (General Education/Social Sciences) (Global Issues) An introduction to both the major concepts and approaches in the study of international relations, and to the contemporary international system, its components, and its problems. IAI: S5 904.
305 International Relations Theories and Approaches. (3) A systematic analysis of theories and approaches in the study of international relations intended as a follow-up course to POLS 228 and a theoretical preparation for other international relations courses. Prerequisites: POLS 228 or permission of instructor.
331 United States Foreign Policy. (3) (Global Issues) The role of the United States in the family of nations. The apparatus, materials, and methods of foreign policy. The significance of foreign policy as part of the political system of the United States. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or 228, or permission of instructor.
334 Politics of the Global Economy. (3) (Global Issues) Political analysis of theories and operation of the modern international economy, including international institutions and transnational corporations, the globalization of finance and production, and issues of dominance and dependence. Prerequisite: POLS 228 or permission of instructor.
338 The United Nations and International Organization. (3) (Global Issues) A study of world and regional organization as reflections of world politics, as instruments of foreign policies, and as forces for change and order. Prerequisite: POLS 228 or permission of instructor.
340 US-China Relations. (3) Study of contemporary relations between the United States and China, examining shifting patterns of cooperation and competition on a wide range of issues. Prerequisite: POLS 228 or permission of instructor.
435 Introduction to International Law. (3) A study of theories, origins, sources, development, and trends of international law as a factor in various aspects of international politics. Prerequisite: POLS 228 or permission of instructor.
440 National Security and Arms Control. (3) (Global Issues) Systematic analysis of the disarmament efforts of nations; problems of U.S. national security and arms control; economic and political implications. Prerequisite: POLS 228 or permission of instructor.
446 Conflict Resolution and International Peacekeeping. (3) (Global Issues) Study of the history and practice of international peacekeeping operations. Emphasis on international organizations and the feasibility of conflict resolution and collective security. Prerequisites: POLS 122 and 228.
(Political Theory)
200 Introduction to Political Thought. (3) (General Education/Social Sciences) Survey of political theorists from Socrates to present with special emphasis on the themes of justice, community, equity, liberty, and freedom. IAI: PLS 913.
381 Classical Political Theory. (3) The development of Western political philosophy from Plato to Machiavelli with particular emphasis on justice and the good society. Prerequisite: POLS 101 or 122, or permission of instructor.
382 Modern Political Theory. (3) A study of modern and contemporary political theories from Machiavelli to the present with particular emphasis on such concepts as justice, liberty, freedom, and equality. Prerequisite: POLS 101 or 122, or permission of instructor.
383 American Political Thought. (3) Introduction to political theory in the United States designed to present a balanced picture of the origins and development of American political ideas from colonial times to the present. Prerequisite: POLS 101 or 122, or permission of instructor.
389 Politics and Ethics. (3) The course will focus on the ethics of the process of decision making by public officials in a representative democracy. The course also will examine the ethical issues raised by public policies on abortion, affirmative action, and the environment. Prerequisite: POLS 122.
(Public Administration)
300 Introduction to Public Administration. (3) Policy development and the implementation by governmental agencies; the exercise of discretion by administrative bodies, their responsibility to elected public officials, and their responsiveness to societal demands. Prerequisite: POLS 101 or 122, or permission of instructor.
302 Introduction to Public Policy. (3) A comprehensive study of public policymaking and systematic description, explanation, and evaluation of the processes in which public policies are developed, legitimized, funded, implemented, and evaluated in terms of their social impact. Prerequisite: POLS 101 or 122 or permission of instructor.
393 Environmental Politics. (3) A study of the political, legal, administrative, and regulatory aspects of controlling pollution, protecting environmental quality, and managing natural resources. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
447 Administrative Law and Politics. (3) A course about the cases and legal system surrounding public administration and public employees. Topics include the delegation of power to agencies, Separation of Powers, due process rights when dealing with the bureaucracy, and contemporary issues in administrative law. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or 300, or permission of instructor.
490 Public Policy Analysis and Bureaucracy. (3) The role of the public bureaucracy in the policy-making and policy-formation process. Legislative and judicial policy-making are contrasted with administrative policy-making. Prerequisite: POLS 300 or 302 or permission of instructor.
493 Seminar in Organization Theory and Behavior. (3) Review of classical and modern theories of administration. Goals and expectations of high echelon administrators. Treatment of authority relationships in formal organizations. Prerequisite: POLS 300 or 302 or permission of instructor.
494 Public Budgeting. (3) Financial and budgetary processes and problems of public agencies at various governmental levels. Includes types and functions of budgets. Systematic program evaluation and budgetary allocation questions are emphasized. Prerequisite: POLS 300 or 302 or permission of instructor.
(General and Special Courses)
101 Introduction to Political Science. (3) (General Education/Social Sciences) Designed to acquaint the beginning student with the scope and methods of Political Science and with basic elements of democratic theory. IAI: S5 903.
201 Current Events and Politics. (3) Close examination of current political events with consideration of methodologies and tools available to help citizens understand these events. Evaluation of how contested issues and problems are portrayed and debated by political elites, the media, and grassroots organizations.
224 Latinx Politics. (3) This course introduces students to the historical and current role of Latinx population in the US democracy, including the struggles during the civil rights movement, increased registration and voting in recent times, and the importance of Latinx in recent elections. Prerequisite: POLS 101 or 122, or permission of instructor.
226 Introduction to Law and Society. (3) An introduction to a variety of perspectives of law and society including the origins and functions of law, law as an agent of social control and social change, tort reform, the role of lawyers, and modern legal controversies.
284 Political Research and Analysis. (3) Designed to acquaint the student with the relationship between political theory and data. Relevant data bases in Political Science (e.g., political socialization, voting behavior) are used to explore and test hypotheses in Political Science. Prerequisite: POLS 101 or 122, or permission of instructor.
298 Individual Studies. (1–3) Special projects in Political Science carried out under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisites: at least one other course in Political Science and permission of instructor.
304 Judicial Simulation. (3) A course guiding students through basic trial procedure including opening and closing statements, examination of witnesses, rules of evidence, and case themes and strategies. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
306 Politics and Game Theory. (3) Game theory is a method to understand the strategic interaction between people in different situations using games. This course introduces game theory and applies it to Political Science topics such as voting, war, bargaining, campaigns, and jury decisions. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or permission of instructor.
308 (Cross-listed with PSY 308) Political Psychology. (3) A study of the psychological underpinnings of political behavior to better understand how individuals make sense of and react to the political world. Not open to students with credit in PSY 308. Prerequisite: POLS 122 or PSY 100, or permission of instructor.
335 (Cross-listed with WS 335) Women and Politics. (3) (General Education/Multicultural Studies) An examination of the changing role of women in American politics. Focus on women as participants in politics, public policies of concern to women, and feminist theories of political change. Not open to students with credit in WS 335. Prerequisite: POLS 101 or 122 or permission of instructor.
353 Terrorism and Political Conflict. (3) (Global Issues) An examination of the political and ideological sources of modern terrorism and the evolving implications for international and domestic politics. Prerequisite: POLS 228 or permission of instructor.
401 Independent Study. (1–6, repeatable to 6) Individual study and research in any subfield of Political Science. Prerequisite: at least sophomore standing and permission of instructor and advisor.
402 Internship in Public Affairs. (1-12, repeatable to 12) Actual work assignments in public or private agencies related to government, politics, or public affairs. A maximum of 6 s.h. may be counted towards the Political Science major. Prerequisite: Political Science major or permission of the department chair and internship coordinator.
415 (Cross-listed with WS 415) Politics of Reproduction. (3) This course examines reproduction as an issue of public interest and considers how public and private interests can conflict regarding women's ability to control their reproduction. Not open to students with credit in WS 415. Prerequisite: WS 190 or permission of instructor.
465 Genocide in Our Time. (3) (Global Issues) Case studies of recent genocides with examples form Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Examination of the perspectives of social scientists, victims, perpetrators, and witnesses. Prerequisite: POLS 228 or 267, or permission of instructor.
479 Practicum in Survey Research Methods. (3) Students will work one-on-one with a faculty member on a research project in survey research. This course brings together the theory and practice of survey research methods. Prerequisites: Successful completion of POLS 284.
484 Advanced Political Research and Analysis. (3) A hands-on class about the use of statistics to analyze and present quantitative data and account for a variety of political phenomena. Prerequisite: POLS 284 or STAT 171, or permission of instructor.
492 Senior Seminar in Political Science. (3) Survey of major concepts and theories of Political Science. Students will read important works from the discipline and will write a research paper. Writing Instruction in the Disciplines (WID) course. Prerequisites: senior Political Science major, ENG 280, and permission of Political Science advisor.


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From Mayor Pete, Here Comes 'Medicare For All Who Want It'
kevinbishop — September 19, 2019 comments off
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg introduced a health care plan Thursday designed to cover nearly everybody and make insurance less expensive for people who have it already, through a combination of expanded government subsidies, limits on medical prices and a new "public option."
Health care has emerged as a top issue in the 2020 presidential campaign, with progressives, in particular, excited about the possibility of creating a government-run, "Medicare for All" insurance program that would cover everybody. One of the 2020 front-runners, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is the idea's most famous champion. Another front-runner, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), has endorsed it.
Buttigieg, who is the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is among the candidates wary of going that far.
Although Buttigieg has said he would like to see Medicare for All in the U.S. someday, he has warned that trying to establish a version of it right away would be difficult given public skittishness about such a sweeping change and the practical complications of transforming one-sixth of the U.S. economy.
Instead, Buttigieg has said, he would prefer to create a government insurance program that would be open to everybody but also optional for everybody. He calls this approach "Medicare for all who want it," and the new campaign proposal, which his advisers distributed to reporters prior to its release, explains the basic logic.
"If private insurers are not able to offer something dramatically better, this public plan will create a natural glide-path to Medicare for All," the document says. "It gives the American people a choice and trusts them to set the pace at which our country moves in a better direction on health care."
Notwithstanding the policy differences between the program Buttigieg has in mind and the one Sanders and Warren envision, on Thursday he described his plan in the same way that they do, by emphasizing his desire to confront and overcome special interests that have historically resisted aggressive reforms designed to make health care more affordable.
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Pete Buttigieg's health care proposal is termed "Medicare for all who want it."
"For years, Washington politicians have allowed the pharmaceutical industry, giant insurance companies, and powerful hospital systems to profit off of people when they are at their sickest and most vulnerable," Buttigieg said in a prepared statement. "My 'Medicare for All Who Want It' plan will create a health care system that puts power in the hands of each American."
And, although Buttigieg's plan is less ambitious than the approach Sanders and Warren endorse, it would make health care more affordable for millions of Americans and make sure almost everybody has comprehensive insurance.
At the same time, it would entail its own set of trade-offs, such as new federal spending that would require new revenue and the retention of a large, wasteful private insurance bureaucracy.
Coverage For More People, And More Affordable Coverage
Although Buttigieg's thinking on the public option and Medicare for All is likely to attract the most attention from the most politically engaged observers, the feature of his plan likely to make the most immediate, widespread impact is its proposal to bolster the insurance now available through HealthCare.gov and state marketplaces like Covered California that the Affordable Care Act created.
In particular, Buttigieg would guarantee that anybody buying insurance through one of those marketplaces could enroll in the new public option or buy a "gold" private plan, in which premiums would be no more than 8.5% of a household's adjusted gross annual income. And that is just the maximum amount a consumer would owe. For millions, insurance would cost less, thanks to federal subsidies that already exist but that Buttigieg would make more generous.
This is one way the Buttigieg would build and improve upon the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Today, people buying coverage through one of the marketplaces are generally eligible for subsidies. But the subsidies are smaller than the ones Buttigieg now proposes, they are designed to pay for the less generous "silver" plans, and they are not available to people whose income is higher than four times the poverty line, which is about $50,000 annually for an individual and $103,000 for a family of four.
The result is that a significant number of people buying coverage on the marketplaces are still struggling with health care expenses.
To illustrate the difference, the Buttigieg campaign documents cited a hypothetical example: A 60-year-old in Iowa with an annual income of $50,000. Today, that Iowan has the option to buy a silver plan for $12,000 in premiums over the course of a year, according to the campaign. Under the Buttigieg plan, that 60-year-old could get a more generous gold plan while paying just $4,250 in premiums.
Another way the Buttigieg plan would improve upon the Affordable Care Act would be by making those marketplace plans, including the new public option, available to anybody. This could make a big difference to workers, especially low-income workers, whose company plans have high premiums, high out-of-pocket costs or both.
Buttigieg has said that health care should be a right, not a privilege, and for that reason his plan focuses on bringing the uninsured into the system. The program would automatically enroll anybody eligible for free coverage through either Medicaid or the public option, and it would provide a streamlined "one-click enrollment option" for people whose incomes made them eligible for subsidies.
It gives the American people a choice and trusts them to set the pace at which our country moves in a better direction on health care.
Pete Buttigieg campaign document
That doesn't mean enrollment would be compulsory. Even those people subject to automatic enrollment into Medicaid or the public option could choose a different plan or opt out of coverage altogether.
But Buttigieg also wants "retroactive" enrollment for people with no insurance who end up using medical care, so that they don't get stuck with crippling bills and so that the providers of that care can get paid for services. "For every month they did not have insurance, they will pay the plan's premium through their income tax return," according to the campaign plan.
The campaign documents do not specify exactly how that part of the new system, or the other automatic enrollment features, would actually work.
Less Disruption, For Better And For Worse
If an advantage of these public option plans is their relative lack of disruption, a disadvantage is their relative complexity.
Because they do not envision the kinds of sweeping changes that Medicare for All would bring, they leave in place a patchwork system of private and public insurance programs that beneficiaries find confusing and that end up increasing costs systemwide because they make billing and management of benefits so much more complicated.
Because so many people would remain in private insurance plans, some of those with serious medical problems would have trouble getting treatment because they would have to overcome private insurance refusals to cover certain therapies.
And unlike the leading Medicare for All proposals, including not just the Sanders bill but also a House version from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the Buttigieg plan would leave many policyholders on the hook for premiums and out-of-pocket costs, sometimes hefty ones.
The Buttigieg plan lacks one other key element of Medicare for All. It does not envision the government dictating uniform prices to doctors, hospitals and other providers of care, nor does it envision setting an overall budget for total U.S. spending on medical care.
These sorts of price controls and global budgets are what allow systems abroad to control health care costs so much more effectively than the U.S. does, and they are why, on paper, Medicare for All could save so much money. But critics have warned that setting prices and then setting them too low could force doctors and hospitals to reduce capacity, causing shortages of care.
And like so many other elements of health reform, any serious effort at capping payments to providers faces serious opposition from those providers' lobbying groups.
Although Buttigieg has said he supports regulation, his plan calls for a much milder form. It would simply set a ceiling on what doctors, hospitals and other providers can charge when they haven't successfully negotiated with insurers to be part of their networks.
That level would be twice what the traditional Medicare program currently pays, according to the plan. At that level, Buttigieg advisers said, doctors and hospitals couldn't charge as much to privately insured patients as they do today. They also wouldn't be able to hit patients with "surprise bills" for out-of-network medical care, an issue making headlines lately.
Speaking of Medicare, Buttigieg would also bolster traditional Medicare by limiting out-of-pocket expenses for people now on the program. The lack of such a limit, which private policies now have, causes hardship for some seniors on the program.
The Buttigieg plan has a lot in common with a proposal from the Urban Institute, a well-respected, left-leaning think tank in Washington, that its researchers said would require about $1.2 trillion in new federal spending over 10 years (though some of that would be offset by lower state government spending).
The Buttigieg campaign did not provide a detailed cost estimate for its own plan, but an adviser told HuffPost that Buttigieg would finance the program through a combination of corporate tax reform and, as time wore on, savings from a more efficient health care system.
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The Late Show's Jon Batiste sings us a Happy Valentine's Day Black History Month
Dennis Perkins
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Are you alone today, thus rendering the ubiquitous February "Happy Valentine's Day!" mating call a shrill and unwelcome irritant to your very soul? (Even worse, are you with someone and the same thing happens?) Or, are you midway through Black History Month and increasingly infuriated by the country's increasingly hoods-off racism under the rule of a documented, artificially pumpkin-faced old bigot? Well, Stay Human and Stephen Colbert bandleader and New Orleans' favorite son Jon Batiste was on the case on the Valentine's Eve Late Show to combine love of that one special someone and love of that whole history of special someones in his ever-smooth and sexy musical odes to your favorite Black History Month Valentines.
Kicking off the cold open of Thursday's Late Show by hawking his supposed new album, the perhaps wordy but undeniably descriptive Jon Batiste Sings Classic Valentine's Day Black History Month Love Songs, Batiste went on to prove that wasn't just a clever title by refocusing the country's attention onto some remarkable black Americans whose contributions to our national identity and progress could use a little love. Especially now, when the Trump-led GOP has emboldened your most hateful little twerp of a relative to start sending you "Why can't there be a white history month, huh? Debate me!" Facebook posts.
In Batiste's inimitable, honey-sweet croon, "When A Man Loves A Woman" becomes a swooningly romantic query as to why, under Trump, a certain heroic, slave-liberating black woman isn't taking a noted white slave-owning guy's place on the $20 bill as planned. The Jackson Five's ever-bouncy "ABC" turns out to be just right for a legendary civil rights leader (and the president who sort-of worked with him) popularly known by three initials—and the rabidly racist hate group Batiste gleefully tells to "suck it" in song. Same goes for another legendary civil rights leader and NAACP founder, whose last name turns out to work as an equally brilliant/groan-worthy fit to the chorus of Deniece Williams' ebullient "Let's Hear It For The Boy." Finally, famous author James Baldwin gets his musical due, even if Batiste has to search out the Barry Manilow catalogue to find something that will scan. Regardless—sing along now—"suck it, KKK!"
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"Beauty Shoppe" (1940) with Gran' Pop Monkey
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"Wilbur Right and Wilbur Wrong" (1944)
Today, a World War II training film produced by the Army Air Force animation division, The First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU): Elementary and Pylon Eights (1944) – one of a "Lazy 8″ series – featuring the characters "Wilbur Right" and "Wilbur Wrong".
This complete 16mm print recently came up for auction on Ebay, and the characters turn out to be the creation of Gus Arriola (1917-2008), creator of the comic strip "Gordo" (1941-1985). In Arriola's biography, Accidental Ambassador Gordo by Robert C. Harvey and Gus Arriola, published in 2000 by the University Press of Mississippi, Harvey explains the creation of the characters Wilbur Right and Wilbur Wrong:
"Among the animation projects Arriola worked on (for the First Motion Picture Unit) were films teaching cadets in flying schools the correct procedures. For these, he created a couple of cartoon characters, Wilbur Right and Wilbur Wrong. The animated figures were superimposed on live-action footage, demonstrating the right way to do something as well as the wrong way and its consequences."
There is also a production story that seems to touch on the making of this particular entry in the Wilbur Right and Wrong series, "Lazy 8's":
"Arriola spent most of his three year tour of duty in California, but once he went with his director (perhaps Frank Thomas?) to Randolph Field in Texas. The director wanted to interview the head of pilot training on the AT aircraft. 'They took us up for a demonstration,' Arriola remembered with a rueful grin. 'And they did all kinds of acrobatics–lazy eights and different dives and loops and all that. Luckily the trainer had a greenhouse cockpit cover, and I slipped it back so I could get my head out. They had to wash the side of the plane after we landed.' He chuckled."
Arriola's comic strip "Gordo" was launched in November of 1941; In December, the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred, and Gus found himself drafted by 1942 and "Gordo" was put on hold for awhile, until Gus settled at the FMPU and could go home nights. That's where he found time to continue the Sunday page for the duration.
Gus Arriola had quite a background in animation, starting in 1936 at the Charles Mintz studio, then working at the newly-formed MGM cartoons studio, working at first with Milt Gross. When Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising came on the lot as producers, Gus did assistant animation at first, then joined the story department and did boards and character models on shorts like The Lonesome Stranger, where the nascent Gordo was developed as a barrel chested Mexican bandit. To make the bandido into Gordo, Arriola just slid his chest down into his stomach, and gave him a big sombrero. Gus also designed the little weed character in Dance of the Weed, which Mike Lah animated, and Ivan Scavinsky Scavar, from Abdul the Bulbul Ameer, which Irv Spence and George Gordon animated. After a stint as an assistant, Gus never became an animator and thought animation too precise a profession. He preferred to design characters and draw storyboards.
It's unclear who were the animators on "Lazy 8's", but Frank Thomas may have contributed, perhaps Amby Paliwoda, and other draftees who served at Fort Roach. The animation is a funny combination of full and limited, when Wilbur Wrong looks all around himself in the cockpit as a safety check, the blurry multiple heads are handled in a cycle, when Wilbur Wrong's plane crashes, it falls apart in a burst of parts with full animation.
Also handled in full animation are some gags in "Lazy 8's "which are expanded barnyard humor, as an alarmed cow with a big trailing udder tries to escape the low-flying propellor of Wilbur Wrong's plane. The subtext of this business is the old washerwoman cliche; "Don't get your tits in the wringer".
It's clear that the Snafu cartoons were an influence on Arriola's character design of the two Wiburs, and that the vulgarity and sexy suggestiveness were appropriated from the Snafu series as well. Wait until you see what the animators did with Arriola's ideas for the cows udder! It's unique. There's also a beautiful scene that's a pan set-up over photostats as Wilbur Right's plane flies from one wall chart to another.
The film also features a live-action on-camera narrator – character actor James Seay as the flight instructor – shot on sound stages at Fort Roach (Hal Roach Studios) in Culver City.
We have no idea of how many films were in the Wilbur Right and Wrong series, as the preservation record of the FMPU's cartoon training films is very scant. The print we are using here is a 16mm original from 1944, in remarkably good condition for it's age, we can only guess at what happened to the original negative for this subject. One of the only films from the FMPU era that has wide circulation is Camouflage, a two-reel color subject directed by Frank Thomas, some of the cels have survived from Camouflage as well. It's fortunate that 16mm film was diacetate and triacetate safety base, as these training films were shipped all over the world, and a few prints have survived to this day.
Camouflage is on Thunderbean's Cartoons For Victory dvd; A slightly edited print of Elementary and Pylon Eights is also contained on More Cartoons For Victory.
I love the early Gordo strips that resemble Arriola's early character designs for MGM cartoons, here's the first few dailies from 1941 (click to enlarge):
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"Blame It On Wilbur!" was a catchphrase around the early '40s popularized by cartoonist Rube Goldberg in his newspaper comic strips. I wonder if this had anything to do with Arriola's naming his characters Wilbur Right and Wilbur Wrong in these training films.
I can't find any examples of Goldberg's newspaper strip, but here is a comic-book reprint from "Crack Comics".
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=1544&page=62
Wilbur Right could be a play on Wilbur Wright, of course, but then I would expect the other character to be named Orville Wrong.
Still that's a name pun besides. I guess if they had called the other guy Orville that would've brought it home.
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I'm just baffled that there can *be* any doubt where the name "Wilbur Wrong" came from. I realize the conscientious columnist has to allow for any and all possibilities when there isn't a nailed-down source, but this is pretty obvious.
Another point is that Wilbur Wright was a public figure and had been dead since 1912. His name had long since entered popular folklore. But Orville Wright was very much alive during World War II and lived until 1948. Lampooning his name, if they had thought of it, might have been touchier.
Something that's kind of funny is a strip in AIR-FIGHTERS COMICS #2 (effectively the title's first issue in a restart) in 1942, that has a scene in aviators' heaven, with all the great flyers and air pioneers of the past who have gone on. Wilbur and Orville are *both* depicted in the heavenly setting. Apparently someone hadn't realized Orville was still with us then.
Heck there was a cartoon in the mid 60's that joked on Orville and Wilbur trying to get their idea patent at a patent office only to be turned down while showing them as really old men in aviator's outfits. Of course they were already long-gun by that point but they needed something to spoof for that moment.
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much thanks for posting this. i'm a huge fan of arriola's work, and I think it's horrible that gordo hasn't been collected. not too long ago fantagraphics put out some reprint collection, and they were hyping it by saying something like, "this is the last important work that hasn't been collected.", and I thought to myself, "what the heck? what about gordo?"
'sfunny, just yesterday I was thinking to myself that gordo would be a great property for an animated feature, as it's storylines and its characters were so rich.
There was a 128-page hardcover "Gordo" collection published by Doubleday & Co. in 1950, which I don't think was complete even to 1950. Judging by the photos of it on a "Gordo" website, it looks like it was an arty collection of highlights of the strip.
http://gordocomics.com/GORDO-Books-by-Gus-Arriola.php
It's a collection of one specific story line from the comic. What made the book special was that the art was repostioned and given beautiful highlights and flourishes by Gus Arriola's assistant Lee Hooper.
While on the subject of Lee Hooper, I suspect from what i've read that Mr. Hooper contributed to Gordo far more and for a far than longer period than Gus Arriola gave credit.
Mr. Arriola claimed that Lee Hooper contributed very little to Gordo (not much more than lettering and ruling pencil borders), and for a very short time. but when asked who did the beautiful additions to Gordo book, Mr. Arriola said that Lee Hooper did the work. when asked how the very popular leprachaun character was conceived, Gus Arriola said it was based on folk tales that Lee Hooper shared with him. also, i once saw an original Gordo daily that had inking instructions writtin on it for "hoop". All these things happened after Lee Hooper supposedly left Gus Arriola's employ.
I suspect that Lee Hooper left gordo after "the great style change".
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An excellent post, Mark! It's nice to see Gus Arriola receive some attention on a major site like this: he remains one of the most underrated and intellectual cartoonists of the past century. There's some unparalleled writing and story-telling in "Gordo" post-WWII.
Count me in as another who'd be glad to contribute/kickstart to a full reprint run of Arriola's "Gordo"—the strip gracefully morphed through the decades, not only adjusting to the times and sliding away from Hollywood Latino stereotypes, but Arriola's drawing and drafting style as well. The early strips posted above certainly reflect the early MGM style, then take a turn to sharper, adventure-style comic art à la Milt Caniff, then effortlessly adjusts into a post-modern look not unlike Gene Hazelton's line work and moves forward from there. This evolution is expertly shown through the decades in Gus Arriola and R.C. Harvey's "Accidental Ambassador Gordo" which is an absolute treasure of a book.
P.S. Gus and his wife Mary-Frances took part in a DVD extra for the "Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection Vol. 2" if anyone is interested in hearing his take on MGM and the cat and mouse.
"P.S. Gus and his wife Mary-Frances took part in a DVD extra for the "Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection Vol. 2″ if anyone is interested in hearing his take on MGM and the cat and mouse."
At least he managed to leave his mark there. Maybe not enough to get people curious into knowing more about him, but it's a start.
By the way, I assume that you are the same Dan Cunningham who has just done the fine cover for my book of my "Funny Animals and More" columns, from Theme Park Press, and with a Foreword by Jerry? Thank you very much! This is keeping it in the Cartoon Research family.
http://themeparkpress.com/walt-adolf-disney-meet-hitler/
I am indeed the same Dan who illustrated the cover of your upcoming book, Fred! It was a fun job—looking forward to reading what you have to say on the inside, as well as Jerry's Introduction/Foreword. Wishing you the best of success for the book release!
"Wait until you see what the animators did with Arriola's ideas for the cows udder! It's unique."
Lord knows we'll probably never see that again! That was definately unique!
And this is why we need a COMPLETE HAPPY HARMONIES collection, so we can hear Gus talk about his work on the films you mentioned, Mark. But I wonder–you said that he also worked with Milt Gross. Did he work on the cartoon, "WANTED, NO MASTER"? It happens to be my favorite of the two Gross shorts around his own characters, and I know I'm saying this, having no recollections of seeing either film, literally, but I like the premise. It just seems like a Warner Brothers cartoon idea brought to MGM. Maybe this is partially due to the fact that Mel Blanc's voice work is all over these films!
In the first photo, the guy in front is obviously Jules Engel.I think the psreon front and center in the second photo is Joe Smith, who later became a well known movie poster artist (he illustrated the poster for Ben-Hur).Standing in front of Frank Thomas in the last photo is Rudy Larriva.There's a photo of most of the crew in Cartoon Modern. I don't have it handy but maybe somebody could get a few more idents out of that.
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Maybe only one Wilbur cartoon was made, it has happened before that only one cartoon was ever produced in proposed series. But based on the reading above I get the feeling that they were more than one in the Wilbur series.
Perhaps it could be good idea to dig through old copyright catalogs and similar material to uncover the truth how many the Wilbur cartoons were there.
But far as im concerned, its shame that there is no official filmography for FMPU makes this an unessery guessing game on how many films where there, but thats what historian have to live with when it comes to such a secretive topic as FMPU is
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A fluid of hemoglobin-vesicles, Hb-V, is being developed as a transfusion alternative that comprises concentrated particle dispersion ([Hb] = 10 g/dL, occupied particle volume = 40%, particle size = 250 nm) with physicochemical characteristics comparable to those of blood. Encapsulation of a concentrated Hb solution with phospholipid vesicles can shield the toxic side effects of cell-free Hb. For facilitating translational research, we study efficient production methods, analytical methods, in vivo safety and efficacy of Hb-V. Recent results include (i) A new Hb encapsulation procedure has been established that enables a high yield and efficiency of Hb encapsulation for scale-up. (ii) Ferric metHb in Hb-V can be effectively reduced to the ferrous form in blood circulation by using the electron energies produced by RBC glycolysis via transmembrane electron mediators, phenothiazines, including methylene blue [1,2]. (iii) ADME of Hb-V and its minor effects on immunological system and hyperlipidemic condition are clarified [3,4]. (iv) Hb-V showed efficacies as a resuscitative fluid for uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock [5] and as a perfusion fluid for storing an amputated rat hind limb for replantation [6]. (v) Injection of CO-bound Hb-V is effective not only for resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock [7] but also for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [8], presumably by the released CO that reduces generation of ROS. We also clarified that Hb-V can rescue placental hypoxia and improve fetal development in the rat pre-eclampsia model [9]. Through establishing the production method and confirmation of HbV safety and efficacy step-by-step, we prepare for the next stages of translational research. From the fiscal year 2015 this research has been supported by Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). Our efforts continue aiming at eventual realization of Hb-V. References: [1] Sakai et al., Bioconjugate Chem. 25, 1301-10, 2014. [2] Kettisen et al., Bioconjugate Chem. 26, 746-54, 2015. [3] Fujihara et al., Artif. Organs 38, 234-8, 2014. [4] Taguchi et al., submitted. [5] Seishi et al., Shock 38, 153-8, 2012. [6] Araki et al., Transplantation 99, 687-92, 2015. [7] Sakai et al., Shock 31, 507-14, 2009. [8] Nagao et al., Biomaterials 35, 6553-62, 2014. [9] Li et al., Sci. Rep. 5, 15271, 2015.
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Salute to Martyr Tanzil Ahmad – NIA Official who broke Indian IS & Busted the Fake Currency Racket
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Early on Sunday, India lost one of its National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials known for taking up high profile cases. A hard-worker and dedicated professional, Tanzil Ahmad was revered among his NIA colleagues and loved by his neighbours and family.
The 45-year-old Deputy Superintendent of NIA was shot dead by two unidentified masked men near his ancestral house in Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh. He was with his wife and two children; his wife was injured and taken to the hospital, while the 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son were left unharmed.
He was driving his car towards his house after a wedding, and had slowed down due to potholes, according to Daljeet Singh Chaudhary, ADG, Law and Order, Uttar Pradesh. He said in a quote to The Hindu, "The two assailants pulled up near his car and shot at him 24 times. It was a planned attack. Two bullets hit his wife. There was no attempt to harm the children." He also said that six police teams were formed to investigate the attack. "It appears a 9-mm bore prohibited weapon was used; we have sent the empty cartridges for forensic examination," he added. His wife is still in critical condition at the hospital.
He was given the status of a martyr by NIA Inspector General Sanjiv Kumar Singh.
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At a press conference held to commemorate Ahmad's death, Singh said that his family would be compensated. He said, "The family would be getting the extraordinary pension and all possible compensation has already been confirmed to his family. In addition, the Border Security Force (BSF) has granted Rs 20 lakh to Ahmad's family."
In 1991, Ahmad joined the Border Security Force (BSF), and had served his post at places along the Western and Eastern coasts. In 2009, he was deputed from the BSF and joined the team at NIA when it was formed following the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks.
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Ahmad has been involved in many investigations with his team, including cases related to the investigation of the Indian Mujahideen, which led to leader Yasin Bhatkal's arrest in 2013, the Vardhaman blasts, and the infamous fake currency racket. His investigations helped bust the ISIS network within India, which led to many arrests.
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What heals? The world is crying out for healing of troubles of every kind.
If you are troubled, physically or mentally, where do you turn? There are certainly plenty of approaches to solving problems.
Look in the Bible at how Christ Jesus healed all sorts of difficulties, physical and mental, liberating multitudes from disease and discord, even raising the dead. He claimed no special ability in this regard, but said, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also" (John 14:12) and "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32).
Liberated by truth - could it really be that simple? Where can we find the truth? How can we know the truth?
Again, Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). Here Jesus was referring to himself as the Son of God, divine Truth itself. And Jesus showed we are each the child of God. In order to know the truth, we need to understand our God and our nature as God's image. This is spiritual understanding, which lifts thought to a higher sense of existence, liberates, and heals.
Spiritual understanding runs through the Bible like a thread of light, but it can often seem obscured to one who sees physical matter as the primary substance of existence. Matter is opposed to God, who is Spirit. The Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures," was written by Mary Baker Eddy, who saw in Jesus' teaching and healing an infinite power that is spiritual, of God. Since this book was first published, its message has healed any reader who has seen something of the truth of God and of our relation to Him. Often people have seen existence in an entirely new light as they studied this book together with the Bible. That truth has freed them, as Jesus promised. They have ever after looked at the Bible in a new way. While some readers have been directed to ask someone to pray for them, many have found the healing they were looking for just by reading Science and Health. The last hundred pages tell of many such healings, including ones of tuberculosis, heart disease, cancer, rheumatism, cataract, and deafness.
I was healed simply by reading Science and Health and learning of our spiritual identity in God. After several miscarriages, I was desperate, feeling locked into a pattern, unable to have a baby. Science and Health had been on our bookshelf - though it had never interested me. Now I picked it out, wondering if it could help me. I read it for four days, just about nonstop. The terrible pains I had been having after the most recent miscarriage ceased almost immediately.
That gave me hope. I decided to study the Bible and Science and Health regularly. Some months later, after I had experienced other healings (of a sprained ankle, a bee sting, a severe burn, and migraine headaches), the answer to my desperate need to heal the miscarriages became apparent, in a sentence that stood out to me: "We must realize the ability of mental might to offset human misconceptions and to replace them with the life which is spiritual, not material" (Science and Health, Pg. 428).
Pondering this, and realizing that "mental might" meant the power of God that comes through spiritual understanding, I suddenly saw something: no child of God is ever lost to his or her creator. All are always known to God as His spiritual ideas, and all life is actually spiritual, not material. God is Life, and we are Life's reflection. A misconception as to the very nature of life was offset in my thinking. This healed my grief. It healed my fear. And it healed me of having miscarriages. I now have three grown sons. I've also had many other healings since that time, and have been able to bring healing to others.
You can be healed by practicing Christian Science, as taught in Science and Health. Since it is Truth, God, that heals, it is only some misconception of Him that is at the root of any human problem. Knowing the truth - knowing God - makes free. It heals.


As many as 19 people were today airlifted by the Air Force from a flooded Arunachal Pradesh island, while over 200 others were rescued by disaster response teams from Assam's Dhemaji district as the Siang river, originating from China, continued to swell due to heavy rains. Siang river, known as Tsangpo in China, flows downstream upon entering India to join the Brahmaputra.
The 19 rescued people - cattle-herders from Assam - were stranded for over 24 hours in East Siang district of Arunachal. The IAF operation followed a request by the district administration, East Siang DC Tamiyo Tatak said.
Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu personally monitored the evacuation operation from Itanagar, the DC said, adding Lok Sabha MP Ninong Ering and Pasighat West MLA Tatung Jamoh along with police and locals helped in rescuing the cattle.
The other 200, who were rescued by personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), had gone to Dhemaji, near East Siang, for farming activities.
All of them, including children, have been brought to safety, sources in the Dhemaji administration said.
According to a Chinese government report, Tsangpo was in spate because of heavy rains. The various GD (gauge and discharge) stations on the Tsangpo had observed a discharge of 9,020 cumec water on Wednesday, officials there said.
The administrations of East Siang and bordering Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Dibrugarh in Assam had sounded alerts yesterday following rise in water level in Siang.
Over 1,000 families living along the river have been affected at Mebo area in East Siang, Arunachal MLA Lombo Tayeng said.
Informing that 15 families of Seram-Ramku village lost their homes as the flood water came gushing in, he said most of the inhabitants on the left bank had been rescued to safe places.
Tayeng said Rs 1 lakh each will be provided for their rehabilitation.
He also sent a report to Union Minister Kiren Rijiju for needful action, besides requesting him to facilitate visit of an inter-ministerial central team to assess the situation.
In a circular, the East Siang DC cautioned people against venturing into Siang River for fishing and swimming.
According to sources in the Central Water Commission (CWC), the Siang river has become turbid.
In Lakhimpur and Dibrugarh districts of Assam, the administrations have taken precautionary measures in view of a CWC warning, which predicted an "unprecedented" rise in the water level of Brahmaputra, official sources said.
The Inland Waterways department has been asked to keep boats ready for rescuing people from riverine and other vulnerable areas, if need be, they said.
The administration has also instructed its officials to keep the army, paramilitary forces ready to reach out to the marooned people and stock food and medicine supplies for emergency situations.


One of the things many people find difficult when they visit New Zealand is understanding the accent and pronunciation of the locals.
Even though English is the primary spoken language and one of the three official languages of New Zealand (the other two are Maori and sign language), New Zealanders certainly have a unique way of pronouncing words. This can make it challenging for tourists to understand them.
Fortunately, "kiwi" English doesn't have any regional dialects. Except for the elongated "r" sounds used by the residents of the South Island, the accent is pretty much consistent throughout the country. While accents can also be a little broader in rural areas, sounding a bit more like Australian English, the kiwi accent is generally uniform and recognizable as being from New Zealand.
If you're planning on visiting New Zealand, you'll most likely need (and want) to interact with locals so you can discover more fun, learn interesting things, and go new places during your trip. Knowing some basics about kiwi pronunciation will help you understand anyone you meet on the island.
The letter "o" can sometimes have the same sound as in "boy," even when it appears at the end of a word. For instance, "hello" can sound more like "helloi" and "I know" can sound like "I noi."
Meanwhile, the letter "e" is usually elongated when pronounced or can be pronounced like the letter "i" in American English; "yes" can sound like "yeees," and "again" can sound like "ageen."
Additionally, the letter "i" can be pronounced like the "u" in "cup," as is the case with the kiwi pronunciation of "fish and chips" as "fush and chups," like the "a" in "loofa," or the "e" in "Texas."
If you want to get some practice on the New Zealand accent before you arrive, you can watch the comedy show "Flight of the Conchords." This quirky show tells the story of kiwis in New York who make their mark on the Big Apple with their charming accents.
Along with knowing how to interpret a New Zealand accent, being able to recognize some common kiwi phrases will help you keep up with conversations during your trip to the islands.
You'll often run into odd words used in the place of common English ones. For instance, New Zealanders call apartments "flats" and roommates "flatties" or "flatmates," and they also call clothes pins "pigs" and the middle of nowhere the "wop wops."
The "chilly bin" is used to mean a portable cooler or sometimes even a refrigerator. If you're looking to rent a holiday home, a New Zealander might ask if you want to "book a bach," and they'll be sure to remind you to bring your jandles (flip-flops) and togs (swimsuit) if you're going to the beach or your hiking boots if you're going tramping through the forest.
Kiwis cheers with "chur bro" and say "yeah nah" when they mean both yes and no at the same time. If you're ordering out at a restaurant, you might try some purple kumara (sweet potatoes), capsicum (bell peppers), feijoa (a tangy New Zealand fruit often mixed into smoothies), or a classic L&P (a lemonade-like soft drink that means Lemon and Paeroa).


At Hay Hampers, even though mother always told us not to, we like to play with our food! Not like that...we like to have fun with some puns! We often create gifts with special labels for the wine, or beer or chocolates that add another dimension to the gift and a bit of added value and sense of fun! Here is a page where we compile them all together - there are ones for birthdays, Christmas, Mothers or Fathers day and Valentines day. As well as ideas that work for any occasion.


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Associate Professor Hikaru Yabuta, Graduate School of Science of Hiroshima University, and a member of the science team of JAXA's Hayabusa2 Project, appears on the project's trailer movie.
Hayabusa2 spacecraft has arrived at the near-Earth C-type asteroid "Ryugu" on 27th June 2018. Return of the collected asteroid sample will be scheduled in the end of 2020. The mission aims to explore the origin and evolution of Solar System and life. On October 3rd, "MASCOT", a lander on board HAYABUSA-2, has successfully landed on Ryugu to carry out the observation.
This summer, Dr. Yabuta contributed to the landing site selection. She also leads the organic macromolecule analysis team of the initial analyses of returned samples in the mission.
This trailer video was made by German Aero Space Center (Deutshces Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt; DLR), which is one of the international partners of Hayabusa2. The movie is available from You Tube.
We interviewed Dr. Yabuta about her career paths in cosmochemistry and her thoughts on Hayabusa2.


Florida Coastal Faculty of Law is a completely accredited law faculty whose culturally diverse students graduate apply-ready by exhausting work and award-profitable, ongoing practical coaching that is taught by supportive and skilled full-time school. All folks have had laws. Any law that takes maintain of a man's every day life cannot prevail in a community, except the vast majority of the group are actively in favor of it. The laws that are probably the most operative are the laws which defend life.
It appears to me that this is theoretically right, for whatever the query under dialogue — whether or not religious, philosophical, political, or economic; whether or not it considerations prosperity, morality, equality, right, justice, progress, accountability, cooperation, property, labor, trade, capital, wages, taxes, inhabitants, finance, or government — at whatever level on the scientific horizon I start my researches, I invariably reach this one conclusion: The answer to the issues of human relationships is to be present in liberty.
Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the revenue of those who make the law, all of the plundered courses strive somehow to enter — by peaceful or revolutionary means — into the making of laws. They take pleasure in unparalleled access to externships and scientific experiences in state and federal courts, main law companies, companies, nonprofits, and government businesses.
In this matter of training, the law has only two options: It could possibly allow this transaction of educating-and-studying to operate freely and without using pressure, or it will possibly drive human wills on this matter by taking from a few of them enough to pay the lecturers who're appointed by authorities to instruct others, with out cost.
This should be mentioned: There are too many "nice" men in the world — legislators, organizers, do-gooders, leaders of the individuals, fathers of countries, and so on, and so forth. Too many persons place themselves above mankind; they make a profession of organizing it, patronizing it, and ruling it.


Do you remember what Sunday services were like before the advent of "series preaching"? I still remember listening to a tape sometime in the early 90s from Bill Hybels called "Preaching to Seekers" in which he explained the concepts of teaching in a series of messages with a common theme to encourage people to come the following week and also helped them people retain and apply the information better.
Brilliant. What a great idea!
It was a simple and elegant way to attempt to "break the cycle of non attendance" and present the content in a way that made it easier for people to digest it.
But what if Sunday morning content for churches was based on the paradigm of "seasons" and not "series". Similar to the way that television shows are on for a "season" and then off for a time period developing new episodes.
Instead of meeting on Sunday mornings for 52 weeks a year . . . what if we just met for three 10-12 week long seasons? Some quick thoughts on why we'd do this . . .
We tell our people that the life of Christian is about impacting the community and culture but then persist at filling up every moment of our people's time so they can't. This would give them 20 weekends a year to be out in the world being the church rather than attending church. I think we'd still have small groups and mission related activities happening when our weekends weren't up and running.
Lots of churches consider a "regular attender" someone who comes twice a month . . .
It would provide natural "on ramps" to service and community . . . "join the team for the next season to help with children's ministry" . . . "during our break we are going to meeting in small groups across the region" . . .
The good people at North Point have done a similar thing as they've launched their Strategic Partners across North America. They have encouraged their new starts to not start meeting weekly right away in order to focus the resources on providing fewer experiences of higher quality. I love the heart behind this approach to do our best for our friends and family who don't normally attend church! I'm wondering if they are onto something here . . . but we need to make it more of a systemic approach?
A number of churches already work in a manner similar to this but attempt to mask it. Bill Hybels has been taking the summer off for years to rest and recharge. Many churches have secondary teaching strategies that "fill in" when the lead teaching dude isn't around.
Of course this is a crazy idea . . . but I'd love your thoughts on it. It would change our approach to finances, discipleship, leadership development and deployment . . . it would disrupt so much about the way tradition church works. I guess that's why the ideal appeals to me . . . because if I read the stats right the church is shrinking in relevance and influence but we have the greatest message in the world and need to find new ways to get the message out!
Come back on Wednesday . . . if you don't think I'm a total nut case after today's post . . . and we'll ask a question about what we can learn from farmers, the mafia and mouse traps when it comes to the way we help people grow in their faith.
Continuing in the context of TV – they actually have 'Seasons' of a 'Series'… implying that a Series would actually become even longer; technically spanning years of Seasonal message bursts.
Perhaps, in this model, the future is much like the current expansion of OnDemand TV.
Why not have multiple Series running at once within a Church?
Right now I can pick what show to watch out of its relevancy to me and where I am emotionally, physically etc. Maybe we should be providing Church series in a similar way – to maximise the impact on my person, and meet me where I am at right now… where I need it most.
Logistically, it would still require time off since Churches are then developing multiple Sunday's! But it's achievable.
Or perhaps that is all too self-indulgent for the Church. Too much – 'what's in it for me', not 'what can I contribute'… it would be treading a fine line.
Jesus was crazy too, Rich…I think we follow him & these kinds of ideas might become a normal pattern of craziness! Good post.
Is it possible there's a third way to respond to this dilemma? What if we were so intentional on teaching people that the Church exists in two senses—gathered and scattered—that they would begin to understand what it looks like to be the Church outside of Sundays?
Instead of asking attendees to "invite friends to church," what if we asked them to invade their respective places of work, rest, and play, and live the gospel out in those environments?
What if Sunday weren't the primary focus of the Church? What if Sunday were merely an opportunity to gather and celebrate what God has done through the Church Monday through Saturday rather than the primary avenue through which the Church presents the gospel?
Liquid presents a unique opportunity to act this concept out. While churches with buildings have a physical representation of their existences outside Sunday services, Liquid doesn't and can then be represented by people Monday through Saturday rather than just a building.
Liquid is blessed to have a distinct opportunity to teach people that the Church isn't something you go to; rather, it's something you become a part of.
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Bill Lowers Threshold for Felony Theft in Wisconsin
January 12, 2023 January 12, 2023 M.D. Kittle
Losses from retail theft have soared over the past several years, a problem exacerbated by soft-on-crime prosecutors and judges. Wisconsin has a Supreme Court justice candidate who, has suggested that shoplifters who steal from "big box" retailers shouldn't be aggressively prosecuted.
State Sen. Andre Jacque says his bill lowering Wisconsin's threshold for felony theft is in response to the increasing brazenness of criminals and the kid glove treatment they've gotten from some prosecutors and judges like Dane County's Everett Mitchell.
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Rock stars are always somewhat associated with a life of wealth and glamour. We all know most of them are rich – but we have no idea how rich exactly. Well, at least for the biggest whales in the ocean, that's about to change. Let's take a look at some of the richest rock stars of all time. Note: we might be off a penny or two, but I doubt that matters with numbers this high.
That's a decent amount of dollars, isn't it? Johnny Cash made music successfully for pretty much his entire life, so it's only natural he saved himself a nice paycheck.
Dave isn't the most known person outside of the US, but he's won two Grammys already. He's still relatively young – only slightly over 50 – so he could go on for a few more years, maybe even adding some money to his net worth.
Considering how much Keith has probably spent on drugs, that's a healthy financial situation he's in.
He wrote Yellow Submarine and lots of other Beatles songs and made plenty of money from his part in the most successful band in history.
Well, Mick Jagger is awesome. What else can I say?
He should probably repave that yellow brick road with golden bricks at this point.
While Jimmy might not have earned most of this money on his music – since it's hard to argue he's "bigger" than Elton John or the Rolling Stones – his business ventures don't take away the fact that he is in fact a rock star. He's made loads of music and has had a hand in record labels, beer, real estate, a casino and football team the Miami Dolphins.
One of the best singers of the 80s, U2's Bono has turned into a PR man for charity (especially – ironically – ones dealing with poverty) in recent years.
Imagine all the people living life in peace? More like imagine $800 million on your bank account!
Paul is still making music until this day (he actually recently released a new album) and holds most of the copyrights for the Beatles music, so him being on top of this list only makes sense. But damn, that's a lot of money.


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Q: Index a list of GroovyRowResult into a Map Suppose I have a list of GroovyRowResult entries, as a result of an SQL query against a database:
def myQueryResults = [
    {COLUMN0 = 'VALUE0', COLUMN1 = 'COMMONVALUE0'},
    {COLUMN0 = 'VALUE1', COLUMN1 = 'COMMONVALUE0'},
    {COLUMN0 = 'VALUE2', COLUMN1 = 'COMMONVALUE0'},
    {COLUMN0 = 'VALUE3', COLUMN1 = 'COMMONVALUE1'},
    {COLUMN0 = 'VALUE4', COLUMN1 = 'COMMONVALUE1'},
    {COLUMN0 = 'VALUE5', COLUMN1 = 'COMMONVALUE1'}
]

I'd like to transform this list of entries into this map structure:
def result = {
    COMMONVALUE0 : ['VALUE0', 'VALUE1', 'VALUE2'],
    COMMONVALUE1 : ['VALUE3', 'VALUE4', 'VALUE5']
}

I know that in Java, this can be done with Guava, using Maps::uniqueIndex.
What is the Groovy way to accomplish this? Thanks!
UPDATE: OK I came up with this:
def rows = db.rows(myQuery)
def result = [:]
rows.each {
    if (!result[it.COLUMN1]) {
        result[it.COLUMN1] = []
    }
    result[it.COLUMN1] << it.COLUMN0
}

I'm sure there must be a Groovier way to do it right?

A: groupBy does what you want.  then some collecting
myQueryResults.groupBy{ it.COLUMN1 }.collectEntries{[it.key, it.value.COLUMN0]}

A: You can collectEntries:
def myQueryResults = [
    [COLUMN0 : 'VALUE0', COLUMN1 : 'COMMONVALUE0'],
    [COLUMN0 : 'VALUE1', COLUMN1 : 'COMMONVALUE0'],
    [COLUMN0 : 'VALUE2', COLUMN1 : 'COMMONVALUE0'],
    [COLUMN0 : 'VALUE3', COLUMN1 : 'COMMONVALUE1'],
    [COLUMN0 : 'VALUE4', COLUMN1 : 'COMMONVALUE1'],
    [COLUMN0 : 'VALUE5', COLUMN1 : 'COMMONVALUE1']
]

groups = { maps ->
  maps.collectEntries { e ->
    [ (e.COLUMN1) : maps.findAll { it.COLUMN1 == e.COLUMN1 }*.COLUMN0 ]
  }
}

assert groups(myQueryResults) == [
    COMMONVALUE0 : ['VALUE0', 'VALUE1', 'VALUE2'],
    COMMONVALUE1 : ['VALUE3', 'VALUE4', 'VALUE5']
]

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