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Are "budget cuts" to blame for the CDC's inept handling of Ebola?
10/15/2014 Wintery Knight	1 Comment
Investors Business Daily tells the truth.
There haven't been any real cuts to those budgets at all. At least not in the sense that any American household would recognize.
The CDC's budget today is 25% bigger than it was in 2008 and 188% bigger than in 2000. The NIH budget has been flat for the past few years, but at a level that's more than double what it was 14 years ago.
Plus, spending at both of these agencies has actually been higher than President Obama himself proposed (see chart). The 2014 NIH budget, in fact, is almost $1 billion bigger than Obama sought in his budget plan, released in early 2010.
True, the heads of these agencies are decrying cuts. But that's what government officials always do, even as their budgets continue to grow. Besides, the CDC and NIH are desperate to point the finger of blame somewhere other than their own incompetence.
Even if there has been some cutting here and there at these agencies, it's not as if there isn't plenty of fat to trim.
If the NIH was really so concerned about developing an Ebola vaccine, for example, it could have directed more grant money to that effort, rather than wasting it researching such things as diseases among male sex workers in Peru ($400,000), why chimps throw feces ($600,000) and sexual attraction among fruit flies (nearly $1 million).
The CDC isn't much better at husbanding its resources. A few years ago, it dumped $106 million into a swanky visitors' center in Atlanta, even though it already had one. It bought $10 million worth of furniture for its lavish new headquarters and spent $1.7 million to advise Hollywood on medical plots.
Yes, the federal government has blown it on Ebola. But that's not because the relevant agencies have too little money to spend. It's the result of unfocused missions, bureaucratic bloat and a shameful lack of accountability.
I think that this Ebola crisis is an excellent reminder to us why we should not trust government to be accountable to people. We were told that the government was going to handle this, and there was nothing to worry about. But now we know that there has been mistake after mistake. We were told that Ebola could not spread, but now two nurses have it. It's another case of the government saying one thing, but the opposite is actually true. If we're going to have government, we should at least have competent government, and that certainly is not a Democrat government.
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Obamacare causing local governments to eliminate jobs and cut back on worker hours
This is the top article on Investors Business Daily at the time of writing.
[W]hile private companies are getting all this unwelcome and hostile attention, local governments across the country have been quietly doing exactly the same thing — cutting part-time hours specifically so they can skirt ObamaCare's costly employer mandate, while complaining about the law in some of the harshest terms anyone has uttered in public.
The result is that part-time government workers — many of them low-income — face pay cuts that can top $3,000 a year, and yet will still be left without employer-provided benefits.
Here is just a small sampling of local news reports about what local government officials are saying about ObamaCare, and the steps they're taking to avoid or minimize its costs.
[…]Dearborn, Mich.: "If we had to provide health care and other benefits to all of our employees, the burden on the city would be tremendous," said Mayor John O'Reilly, explaining why the city is cutting its more than 700 part-time and seasonal workers down to 28 hours a week. "The city is like any private or public employer having to adjust to changes in the law."
Indiana: "What I'm seeing across the state is school districts, unfortunately, having to reduce the hours that they are having some of their folks work, primarily so they don't have to worry about the (ObamaCare) penalties, or they don't have to provide them health insurance, which would be very, very costly," said Dennis Costerison, executive director of the Indiana Association of School Business Officials. Ft. Wayne Community Schools, for example, are cutting yours for nearly three-quarters of its part-time aides.
Omaha, Neb.: "The biggest problem is everyone said that ObamaCare is only going to help cut costs. Nothing could be further from the truth," said Mike Kennedy , who serves on the board of Millard Public Schools, just outside the city, and figures ObamaCare will raise its costs by $400,000. A neighboring school district is reducing hours for up to 281 part-time employees to avoid $2.5 million in new costs, which will result in pay cuts of up to $3,300.
Long Beach, Calif.: "We are in the same boat as many employers," said Tom Modica, Long Beach's director of government affairs. "We need to maintain the programs and service levels we have now." So the city is going to cut hours for 200 part-time workers so it doesn't have to pay $2 million to provide health benefits.
Salt Lake City, Utah: "With new provisions in the Affordable Care Act, there was going to be a significant burden upon Granite School District and our taxpayers to offset the cost of benefits," said spokesman Ben Horsley. He says covering the district's part-time workers would cost about $14 million, and so about 1,000 will have their hours cut to 29 a week.
[…]Virginia: "The Commonwealth of Virginia is grappling with the same issues that many businesses in the private sector are as they struggle to deal with the costs imposed by the Affordable Care Act," Paul Logan, a spokesman for Gov. McDonnell, said. The state is requiring that about 7,000 part-time government workers put in no more than 29 hours a week.
Texas: "The Affordable Care Act has added so much complexity and administrative burden that there is nothing affordable about it," said Jared Pope, who is consulting with Texas municipal governments on ObamaCare. Dallas expects its health costs to climb $2.1 million next year. Plano is cutting hours to avoid $1 million in new costs.
Kern County, Calif.: "It will affect multiple departments, a majority of departments," said the county's deputy administrative officer Eric Nisbett, explaining that unless the county cut worker hours for 800 employees, ObamaCare would cost it up to $8 million a year.
Allegheny County, Pa.: "There's frustration and anger and sadness and resentment, you know, but you don't have a voice," said adjunct English professor Clint Benjamin in the wake of the Community College of Allegheny County's decision to cut hours for about 400 adjunct faculty and other employees so it wouldn't have to pay $6 million in ObamaCare-related fees next year.
Medina, Ohio: "We feel bad as a city administration and as a council in having to cut hours from 35 to 29," Medina Mayor Dennis Hanwell said. "We have the budget to pay the people, but we do not have the budget to pay for the health care." If they hadn't made that cut, the city faced up to $1 million in new health costs courtesy of ObamaCare.
It's not just private companies who are cutting back on hours in order to escape being forced to pay for health insurance. I think I can pretty much guarantee that no one on the left thinks about where money comes from when they are giving these speeches about how much they care about everyone and how they will give everyone free money. The truth is that if you have a job, you are paying for people who don't have jobs so that they can have the same life that you have without having to work. That's what progressivism means. Equality regardless of wisdom and prudence.
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Obama administration tells 60,000 Border and Customs agents to take furloughs
If you needed any proof that Obama does not have the temperament to be President, here it is in this Newsmax article.
Sixty-thousand federal employees responsible for securing the nation's borders and facilitating trade will be furloughed for as many as 14 days starting next month because of $85 billion in cross-government spending cuts.
The federal government notified the workers on Thursday, CNN reports.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the furloughs and other austerity measures would cause delays at ports of entry, including international arrivals at airports, and would reduce the number of border patrol officers on duty at any one time, CNN reports.
[…]Customs collects more money for the federal government than any agency other than the Internal Revenue Service, the National Treasury Employees Union said in a statement.
"There is no escaping the reality that sequestration is having serious effects on the traveling public and on vital commerce," the union's president, Colleen M. Kelley, said in the statement.
Late last month, Napolitano and other Obama administration officials came under fire — particularly from officials in Arizona — for the release of hundreds of illegal immigrants held in local jails to save money as the sequester neared.
Napolitano has since promised to release more illegals, primarily on supervised release, saying the sequester had left her no choice.
"We're going to continue to do that for the foreseeable future," Napolitano said at a March 4 breakfast meeting hosted by Politico. "We are going to manage our way through this by identifying the lowest-risk detainees, and putting them into some kind of alternative to release."
The border is a national security issue, because anyone coming through with a weapon of mass destruction could cost the lives of many Americans. The Border and Customs programs are not what is driving our debt. The biggest driver of our debt is entitlement spending, especially spending on Medicare. But that's not what Obama is choosing to focus on. He wants to hurt the American people rather than doing the hard work of cutting back big government. There are lots of places where we could cut billions without impacting effectiveness. Why not look at cutting fat (Solyndra) rather than muscle (border security)?
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Paul Ryan questions Chief Actuaries of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
I found all of this stuff on the House Budget Committee web site.
Paul Ryan interviews Richard Foster, Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Excerpt of transcript:
HBC CHAIRMAN RYAN: As you may know, I've been working across the aisle with a member of the Oregon delegation from the Senate on a premium support plan that uses competitive bidding to help determine the contribution. Competitive bidding we've seen has worked well in Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage. I'd like to get your thoughts on choice and competition as it relates to these previous successful reform plans. Given what we've seen in these aspects of Medicare, do you believe that competitive bidding is a process that can be successfully applied Medicare-wide?
CMS CHIEF ACTUARY FOSTER: Yes, I think it can. Obviously, it would represent a large change from the status quo, but I think it could work. We've seen the signs of this – you mentioned the Part D prescription drug program, for example, where the different drug plans compete against each other on the quality of their benefit package and the premium level. And we've seen – every year since Part D started – a migration of beneficiaries to more efficient plans with lower premiums. So that can help. We've also seen for durable medical equipment that competitive bidding, in this particular area of Fee-For-Service Medicare, reduced prices that we had to pay by 40 percent.
RYAN: By forty percent?
FOSTER: Forty percent, that's right.
RYAN: Those are the kinds of cost savings we're going to have to achieve if want to make good on the promise of the Medicare guarantee. This should not be a partisan issue. Competitive bidding is something Alice Rivlin has been a champion of, Ron Wyden has been talking about, the Bipartisan Policy Center, and more. There is a lot of data out there that competitive bidding when applied Medicare-wide can achieve the benefit of keeping these benefits going while attacking the root cause of cost growth.
It sounds to me like there is a real crisis, that Ryan has a plan to solve it, and that the person who is the most aware of the finances of these two entitlements agrees with Ryan.
Paul Ryan interviews Stephen Goss, Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration.
HBC CHAIRMAN RYAN: If we do [nothing], then we have an across-the-board cut of about 23 percent that occurs in benefits. Is that correct?
SSA CHIEF ACTUARY GOSS: Exactly… The Commissioner standing at that time would simply have 77 cents available for every dollar of scheduled benefits, and would not be permitted to spend more than that. We do not have borrowing authority. So a decision would have to be made about who would get the money. We could have an across-the-board 23% cut immediately, or a Commissioner could say, 'Well we're not going to pay the March benefits in March. We'll wait until April – wait until more revenues come in to allow full payment a month late.' After a few months we would perhaps then have to start paying benefits twomonths late. So this would be a way that it could be handled. Of course, if people have to pay rent on time, that would be a difficulty. There's no easy way out on this… We hope and pray that Congress would indeed act well before we ever hit the Trust Fund reserve exhaustion.
RYAN: Given that we have this abrupt 23% cut that occurs in law – current law – is it not wise so start reforming now, sooner, so that the distribution of the change is spread more broadly and evenly across income cohorts? Let me ask it this way: does that abrupt 23% cut hit current senior cohorts? A person who is turning 62, or 65 today – that affects them as well, correct?
GOSS: It certainly would. They would be at an older age at that time but clearly it would affect them. That is assuming that we wait and do absolutely nothing until that point.
RYAN: So if one provides reforms soon, could you not prevent these kinds of effects from hitting those current cohorts? Could you not phase reforms in gradually that prevent that 23% cut from happening so it doesn't affect people who are currently in or near retirement? Could you structure reforms that prevent that from happening if you act sooner?
GOSS: Absolutely. We have a number of proposals – including yours Chairman Ryan – and many other proposals that would take exactly that approach. Our trustees and everybody who speaks on this has opined extensively about the value of acting sooner rather than later, so that we can have gradual changes phased in and we have more options if we act relatively soon.
In 2006, Nancy Pelosi was asked when she would be willing to fix these entitlement programs. Her reply? "Never. Is never good enough for you?". Democrats hate children – they want to pile debt upon debt onto future generations, who will not even have mothers and fathers to take care of them. First they smash the family with no-fault divorce and same-sex marriage. Then they run up trillions and trillions of dollars in debt handing out bailouts and green energy grants to their election fundraisers. It's sick.
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How Michele Bachmann's miscarriage shaped her pro-life views
Michele and Marcus Bachmann
From Life News.
Campaigning in South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said a "devastating" miscarriage helped shape her pro-life views on abortion. The compelling personal story ties in to her rationale for becoming a foster care mom.
While on the campaign trail in Rock Hill, South Carolina, the Minnesota congresswoman revealed she had a miscarriage decades ago and that the event led her to solidify her pro-life views and prompted her and her husband to become a foster home to 23 children over the years.
"After our second child was born, we became pregnant with a third baby," Bachmann said, according to a Politico report. "And it was an unexpected baby, but of course we were delighted to have this child. And the child was coming along, and we ended up losing that child. And it was devastating for both of us, as you can imagine if any of you have lost a child."
She said the miscarriage also prompted Bachmann and her husband Marcus to re-evaluate their personal and professional life goals.
"At that moment we didn't think of ourselves as overly career minded or overly materialistic," she said, according to Politico. "When we lost that child, it changed us. And it changed us forever."
"We made a commitment that no matter how many children were brought into our life, we would receive them because we are committed to life," she added.
Reporters at the event say Bachmann shared it about halfway through her town hall at Winthrop University on Wednesday night. The miscarriage story is not one that Bachmann has shared much and Peter Hamby from CNN reports that "Even some of Bachmann's staffers were caught by surprise when she talked about the miscarriage and had not heard [the] story before."
You can see pictures and videos of the event at Right Wing News, courtesy of John Hawkins. I really appreciate that John has been broadly supportive of Michele, because he is a major figure in the conservative blogosphere.
You can also find out more about Michele Bachmann from interviews, campaign speeches and speeches in the legislature.
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Bolt action is a type of firearm action where the handling of cartridges into and out of the weapon's barrel chamber is operated by manually manipulating the bolt directly via a handle, which is most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon (as most users are right-handed). When the handle is operated, the bolt is unlocked from the receiver and pulled back to open the breech, allowing the spent cartridge case to be extracted and ejected, the firing pin within the bolt is cocked (either on opening or closing of the bolt depending on the gun design) and engages the sear, then upon the bolt being pushed back a new cartridge (if available) is loaded into the chamber, and finally the breech is closed tight by the bolt locking against the receiver.
Bolt-action firearms are most often repeating rifles, but there are some bolt-action variants of shotguns and a few handguns as well. Examples of this system date as far back as the early 19th century, notably in the Dreyse needle gun. From the late 19th century, all the way through both World Wars, the bolt-action rifle was the standard infantry firearm for most of the world's military forces. In modern military and law enforcement use, the bolt action has been mostly replaced by semi-automatic and selective-fire firearms.
The first bolt-action rifle was produced in 1824 by Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse, following work on breechloading rifles that dated to the 18th century. Von Dreyse would perfect his Nadelgewehr (Needle Rifle) by 1836, and it was adopted by the Prussian Army in 1841. However, it was not the first bolt-action weapon to see combat, for it was not fielded until 1864.[1] The United States purchased 900 Greene rifles (an under-hammer, percussion-capped, single-shot bolt action that utilized paper cartridges and an ogivial-bore rifling system) in 1857, which saw service at the Battle of Antietam in 1862, during the American Civil War;[2] however, this weapon was ultimately considered too complicated for issue to soldiers, and was supplanted by the Springfield Model 1861, a conventional muzzle-loading rifle. During the American Civil War, the bolt-action Palmer carbine was patented in 1863, and by 1865, 1000 were purchased for use as cavalry weapons. The French Army adopted its first bolt-action rifle, the Chassepot rifle, in 1866 and followed with the metallic-cartridge bolt-action Gras rifle in 1874.
European armies continued to develop bolt-action rifles through the latter half of the nineteenth century, first adopting tubular magazines as on the Kropatschek rifle and the Lebel rifle, a magazine system pioneered by the Winchester rifle of 1866. The first bolt-action repeating rifle was patented in Britain in 1855 by an unidentified inventor through the patent agent Auguste Edouard Loradoux Bellford using a gravity-operated tubular magazine in the stock.[3] Another more well-known bolt action repeating rifle was the Vetterli rifle of 1867 and the first bolt-action repeating rifle to use centerfire cartridges was the weapon designed by the Viennese gunsmith Ferdinand Fruwirth in 1871.[4] Ultimately, the military turned to bolt-action rifles using a box magazine; the first of its kind was the M1885 Remington–Lee, but the first to be generally adopted was the British 1888 Lee–Metford. World War I marked the height of the bolt-action rifle's use, with all of the nations in that war fielding troops armed with various bolt-action designs.
During the buildup prior to World War II, the military bolt-action rifle began to be superseded by semi-automatic rifles and later fully-automatic rifles, though bolt-action rifles remained the primary weapon of most of the combatants for the duration of the war; and many American units, especially USMC, used bolt-action '03 Springfields until sufficient M1 Garands were available. The bolt action is still common today among sniper rifles, as the design has potential for superior accuracy, reliability, lesser weight, and the ability to control loading over the faster rate of fire that alternatives allow. There are, however, many semi-automatic sniper rifle designs, especially in the designated marksman role.
Today, bolt-action rifles are chiefly used as hunting rifles. These rifles can be used to hunt anything from vermin to deer and to large game, especially big game caught on a safari, as they are adequate to deliver a single lethal shot from a safe distance.
Bolt-action shotguns are considered a rarity among modern firearms but were formerly a commonly used action for .410 entry-level shotguns, as well as for low-cost 12 gauge shotguns. The M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS) is the most advanced and recent example of a bolt-action shotgun, albeit one designed to be attached to an M16 rifle or M4 carbine using an underbarrel mount (although with the standalone kit, the MASS can become a standalone weapon). Mossberg 12 gauge bolt-action shotguns were briefly popular in Australia after the 1997 changes to firearms laws, but the shotguns themselves were awkward to operate and only had a three-round magazine, thus offering no practical and real advantages over a conventional double-barrel shotgun.
Some pistols utilize a bolt action, although this is uncommon, and such examples are typically specialized target handguns.
Major bolt-action systems
Turn-bolt
Most of the bolt-action designs use turn-bolt (or "turn-pull") design, which involves the shooter doing an upward "turn" movement of the handle to unlock the bolt from the breech and cock the firing pin, followed by a rearward "pull" to open the breech, extract the spent cartridge case, then reverse the whole process to chamber the next cartridge and relock the breech. There are three major turn-bolt action designs: the Mauser system, the Lee–Enfield system, and the Mosin–Nagant system. All three differ in the way the bolt fits into the receiver, how the bolt rotates as it is being operated, the number of locking lugs holding the bolt in place as the gun is fired, and whether the action is cocked on the opening of the bolt (as in the Mauser system) or the closing of the bolt (as in the Lee–Enfield system). The vast majority of bolt-action rifles utilize one of these three systems, with other designs seeing only limited use.
Main article: Mauser
The Mauser bolt action system is based on 19th century Mauser bolt action rifle designs and was finalized in the Gewehr 98 designed by Paul Mauser. It is the most common bolt action system in the world, being in use in nearly all modern hunting rifles and the majority of military bolt action rifles until the middle of the 20th century. The Mauser system is stronger than that of the Lee–Enfield due to two locking lugs just behind the bolt head which make it better able to handle higher pressure cartridges (i.e. magnum cartridges). The 8×68mm S and 9.3×64mm Brenneke magnum rifle cartridge "families" were designed for the Mauser M 98 bolt action. A novel safety feature was the introduction of a third locking lug present at the rear of the bolt that normally did not lock the bolt, since it would introduce asymmetrical locking forces. The Mauser system features "cock on opening", meaning the upward rotation of the bolt when the rifle is opened cocks the action. A drawback of the Mauser M 98 system is that it cannot be cheaply mass-produced very easily. Many Mauser M 98-inspired derivatives feature technical alterations, such as omitting the third safety locking lug, to simplify production.
The controlled-feed Mauser M 98 bolt-action system's simple, strong, safe, and well-thought-out design inspired other military and hunting/sporting rifle designs that became available during the 20th century, including the:
Gewehr 98/Karabiner 98k
vz. 24/vz. 33
Type 24 rifle
M1903 Springfield
Pattern 1914 Enfield
M1917 Enfield
Arisaka Type 38/Type 99
M48 Mauser
Kb wz. 98a/Karabinek wz. 1929
modern hunting/sporting rifles like the CZ 550, Heym Express Magnum, Winchester Model 70 and the Mauser M 98
modern sniper rifles like the GOL Sniper Magnum and Zastava M07
Versions of the Mauser action designed prior to the Gewehr 98's introduction, such as that of the Swedish Mauser rifles and carbines, lack the third locking lug and feature a "cock on closing" operation.
Lee–Enfield
Main article: Lee–Enfield
The Lee–Enfield bolt-action system was introduced in 1889 with the Lee–Metford and later Lee–Enfield rifles (the bolt system is named after the designer James Paris Lee and the barrel rifling after the Royal Small Arms Factory at the London Borough of Enfield), and is a "cock on closing" action in which the forward thrust of the bolt cocks the action. This enables a shooter to keep eyes on sights and target uninterrupted by cycling the bolt. The ability of the bolt between lugs and chamber to flex also keeps the shooter safer in case of catastrophic chamber over-pressure. The disadvantage of the rearward located bolt lugs is that a larger part of the receiver, between chamber and lugs, must be made stronger and heavier to resist stretching forces. Also, the bolt ahead of the lugs may flex on firing which, although a safety advantage, may eventually lead to increased head space. Repeated firing over time can lead to receiver "stretch" and excessive headspace, which if perceived as a problem can be remedied by changing the removable bolt head to a larger sized one (the Lee–Enfield bolt manufacture involved a mass production method where at final assembly the bolt body was fitted with one of three standard size bolt heads for correct headspace). In the years leading up to WWII, the Lee–Enfield bolt system was used in numerous commercial sporting and hunting rifles manufactured by such firms in the UK as BSA, LSA, and Parker–Hale, as well as by SAF Lithgow in Australia. Vast numbers of ex-military SMLE Mk III rifles were sporterised post-WWII to create cheap, effective hunting rifles, and the Lee–Enfield bolt system is used in the M10 and No 4 Mk IV rifles manufactured by Australian International Arms. Rifle Factory Ishapore of India manufactures a hunting and sporting rifle chambered in .315 which also employs the Lee-Enfield action[5].
Lee–Enfield (all marks and models)
Ishapore 2A1
Various hunting/sporting rifles manufactured by BSA, LSA, SAF Lithgow, and Parker-Hale
Australian International Arms M10 and No 4 Mk IV hunting/sporting rifles
Rifle Factory Ishapore's hunting Lee-Enfield rifle in .315
Mosin–Nagant
Main article: Mosin–Nagant
The Mosin–Nagant action, created in 1891 and named after the designers Sergei Mosin and Léon Nagant, differs significantly from the Mauser and Lee–Enfield bolt action designs. The Mosin–Nagant design has a separate bolthead which rotates with the bolt and the bearing lugs, in contrast to the Mauser system where the bolthead is a non-removable part of the bolt. The Mosin–Nagant is also unlike the Lee–Enfield system where the bolthead remains stationary and the bolt body itself rotates. The Mosin–Nagant bolt is a somewhat complicated affair, but is extremely rugged and durable; like the Mauser, it uses a "cock on open" system. Although this bolt system has been rarely used in commercial sporting rifles (the Vostok brand target rifles being the most recognized) and never outside of Russia, large numbers of military surplus Mosin–Nagant rifles have been sporterized for use as hunting rifles in the years since WWII.
The Vetterli rifle was the first bolt action repeating rifle introduced by an army. It was used by the Swiss army from 1869 to circa 1890. Modified Vetterlis were also used by the Italian Army. Another notable design is the Norwegian Krag–Jørgensen, which was used by Norway, Denmark, and briefly the United States. It is unusual among bolt-action rifles in that is loaded through a gate on right side of the receiver, and thus can be reloaded without opening the bolt. The Norwegian and Danish versions of the Krag have two locking lugs, while the American version has only one. In all versions, the bolt handle itself serves as an emergency locking lug. The Krag's major disadvantage compared to other bolt-action designs is that it is usually loaded by hand, one round at a time, although a box-like device was made that could drop five rounds into the magazine, all at once via a stripper or en-bloc clip. This made it slower to reload than other designs which used stripper or en-bloc clips. Another historically important bolt-action system was the Gras system, used on the French Mle 1874 Gras rifle, Mle 1886 Lebel rifle (which was first to introduce ammunition loaded with nitrocellulose-based smokeless powder), and the Berthier series of rifles.
Straight-pull
See also: List of straight pull rifles
Straight pull actions differ from a conventional bolt action mechanisms in that the manipulation required from the user in order to chamber and extract a cartridge predominantly consists of a linear motion only, as opposed to a traditional turn-bolt action where the user has to manually rotate the bolt for chambering and primary extraction. Therefore, in a straight-pull action, the bolt can be cycled back and forward without rotating the handle, hence producing a reduced range of motion by the shooter from four movements to two, with the goal of increasing the rifle's rate of fire. In contrast, operation of the Mauser-style turn-bolt action[6][7] requires the bolt handle to be rotated upward, drawn rearward, pushed forward, and finally rotated downward back into lock to complete the loading cycle. The straight pull bolt movements are also all inline with the gun's barrelled action, unlike the turn-bolt designs whose bolt rotations can exert unwanted torques that might throw the gun off aim.
In 1993 the German Blaser company introduced the Blaser R93, a new straight-pull action where locking is achieved by a series of concentric "claws" that protrude/retract from the bolthead, a design that is referred to as Radialbundverschluss ("radial connection"). As of 2017 the Rifle Shooter magazine[8] listed its successor Blaser R8 as one of the three most popular straight pull rifles together with Merkel Helix[9] and Browning Maral.[10] Some other notable modern straight pull rifles are made by Chapuis,[11] Heym,[12] Lynx,[13] Rößler,[14] Strasser,[15] and Steel Action.[16]
Most straight pull rifles have a firing mechanism without a hammer, but there are some hammer fired models, such as the Merkel Helix. Firearms using a hammer usually have a comparably longer lock time than hammer-less mechanisms.
In the sport of biathlon, because shooting speed is an important performance factor and semi-automatic guns are illegal for race use, straight-pull actions are quite common, and are used almost exclusively on the Biathlon World Cup. The first company to make the straight-pull action for .22 caliber was J. G. Anschütz; the action is specifically the straight pull ball bearing lock action, which features spring-loaded ball bearings on the side of the bolt which lock into a groove inside the bolt's housing. With the new design came a new dry-fire method; instead of the bolt being turned up slightly, the action is locked back to catch the firing pin.
Operating the bolt
Typically, the bolt consists of a tube of metal inside of which the firing mechanism is housed, and which has at the front or rear of the tube several metal knobs, or "lugs", which serve to lock the bolt in place. The operation can be done via a rotating bolt, a lever, cam-action, locking piece, or a number of systems. Straight-pull designs have seen a great deal of use, though manual turn-bolt designs are what is most commonly thought of in reference to a bolt-action design due to the type ubiquity. As a result, the bolt-action term is often reserved for more modern types of rotating bolt-designs when talking about a specific weapon's type of action. However, both straight-pull and rotating bolt rifles are types of bolt-action rifles. Lever-action and pump-action weapons must still operate the bolt, but they are usually grouped separately from bolt-actions that are operated by a handle directly attached to a rotating bolt. Early bolt-action designs, such as the Dreyse needle gun and the Mauser Model 1871, locked by dropping the bolt handle or bolt guide rib into a notch in the receiver, this method is still used in .22 rimfire rifles. The most common locking method is a rotating bolt with two lugs on the bolt head, which was used by the Lebel Model 1886 rifle, Model 1888 Commission Rifle, Mauser M 98, Mosin–Nagant and most bolt-action rifles. The Lee–Enfield has a lug and guide rib, which lock on the rear end of the bolt into the receiver.
Bolt knob
The bolt knob is the part of the bolt handle which the user grips when loading and reloading the firearm, and thereby acts as a cocking handle. On many older firearms, the bolt knob is welded to the bolt handle, and as such becoming an integral part of the bolt handle itself. On many newer firearms, the bolt knob is instead threaded onto the handle, allowing the user to change the original bolt knob for an aftermarket one, either for aesthetical reasons, achieveing better grip or similar.[17][18] The type of threads used vary between firearms. European firearms often use either M6-1 or M8-1.25 threads, for example M6 is used on the SIG Sauer 200 STR, Blaser R93, Blaser R8, CZ 457[19] and Bergara rifles,[19] while M8 is used on the Sako TRG and SIG Sauer 404. Many American firearms instead use 1/4"-28 TPI (6.35-0.907 mm) or 5/16"-24 TPI (7.9375-1.058 mm) threads. Some other thread types are also used, for example #10-32 TPI (4.826-0.794 mm) as used by Mausingfield.[19] There also exists aftermarket slip-on bolt handle covers which are mounted without having to remove the existing bolt handle.[20] These are often made of either rubber or plastic.
Most bolt-action firearms are fed by an internal magazine loaded by hand, by en bloc, or stripper clips, though a number of designs have had a detachable magazine or independent magazine, or even no magazine at all, thus requiring that each round be independently loaded. Generally, the magazine capacity is limited to between two and ten rounds, as it can permit the magazine to be flush with the bottom of the rifle, reduce the weight, or prevent mud and dirt from entering. A number of bolt-actions have a tube magazine, such as along the length of the barrel. In weapons other than large rifles, such as pistols and cannons, there were some manually operated breech loading weapons. However, the Dreyse Needle fire rifle was the first breech-loader to use a rotating bolt design. Johann Nicholas von Dreyse's rifle of 1838 was accepted into service by Prussia in 1841, which was in turn developed into the Prussian Model 1849. The design was a single-shot breech loader, and had the now familiar arm sticking out from the side of the bolt, to turn and open the chamber. The entire reloading sequence was a more complex procedure than later designs, however, as the firing pin had to be independently primed and activated, and the lever was only used to move the bolt.
Antique guns
British military rifles
Service rifle
Some notable bolt action rifles
Berthier rifle
Browning A-Bolt
Carcano
Krag–Jørgensen
Lebel rifle
M1903 Springfield rifle
M1917 Enfield rifle
Mannlicher–Schönauer
MAS-36
Ruger M77
Other firearm actions
Falling-block action
Rolling block
Rotating bolt
Blowback (arms)
Gas-operated
Recoil operation
Dupuy, Trevor N., Colonel, U.S. Army (rtd). Evolution of Weapons and Warfare (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1980), p. 293.
http://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-galleries/a-nation-asunder-1861-to-1865/case-15-union-muskets-and-rifles/greene-breechloading-underhammer-percussion-rifle.aspx
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Firearms Past and Present: Jaroslav Lugs, p. 147.
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Lombok Island is one of the two main islands of province of West Nusa Tenggara(NTB). Located neighboring to Bali to the east, Lombok island has almost the same size as Bali Island. Lombok touted as "the next Bali", Lombok offers its own unique version of Indonesian culture and society at a much slower pace than its more popular neighbor to the west.
Lombok makes an ideal destination for travelers who have seen Bali, or are not ready to explore hinterlands of Borneo or Papua. Have certainly similarities to Indonesia's other islands, Lombok offer volcanoes, beautiful beaches, clear warm waters, jungle terrain and plenty of traditional villages. Start by trekking at Mountain Rinjani (3,726m) with the magnificent volcano peak, that offers hot springs and panoramic crater lake to the pristine white sandy beaches for sun bathing and the sublime Gili Islands just offshore provide even more tropical splendor without the hustle and bustle. Balancing the natural beauty, Lombok has an interesting cultural scene by the traditional Sasak animists.
The Gili islands off the north west coast of Lombok are truly an ideal destination for a tropical getaway. spectacular reefs and ominous dive sites like Shark reef of Gili islands are the perfect escape for anyone wanting to get away to beautiful, natural and relaxing surrounds.
Known as The Island of Gods, Bali famous with its natural beauty from the looming volcanoes, lush rice terraces, till the rugged coastlines or sandy beaches that exude peace and serenity. This beauty blend with the International standard of tourist facilities and especially with the local wisdom in preserving their ancestral culture make a perfect combination to attract tourists all over the world to come.
By visiting this beautiful island, you will be pampered by the wide selection of world class tourist attractions that can be unforgettable moment of your lifetime. Stretch of white sandy beach with the rich biological diversity of undersea life, lush rice terraces till the looming volcanoes, the uniqueness of Balinese art and culture with its dramatic dances and colorful ceremonies, luxurious beach resorts and exciting night life, and so much more.
Make sure you choose an accommodation at the right location that corresponds to the type of vacation you're looking for. Bali offers a wide range of lifestyle and experiences depending on where you stay. If you want to party, the Kuta area of southern Bali is for you.


Welcome to Arts Collide, my own little slice of the internet. My goal here is to bring together all different types of art to show how they inspire one another and create one big artistic circle. Here you will find my personal verbal vomit, interviews, reviews, and anything else that promotes the creation and intersections of all forms of art.
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Weavers of Worlds — A Century of Flux in Japanese Modern / Contemporary Art
March 29 at 10:00 am - June 16 at 6:00 pm
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) has just undergone its first renovation since its opening in 1995, and to celebrate, the museum is holding a special exhibition featuring the most striking Japanese works from its own collection of over 5,400 pieces. The exhibit highlights how artists from the past century have created — or woven — their own style and techniques through the critical discernment of existing techniques. The exhibit offers a fresh commentary on the fruits born of the uncomplacent.
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When a worker's earnings are stopped or reduced for a year or more because of a severe impairment, the worker and eligible family members can receive monthly cash benefits from SSDI. Benefits continue until the individual dies or is able to work again.
10.52 percent is directed to OASI.
Of all disabled workers, more than 27 percent are diagnosed with mental disorders other than retardation. Just under one-quarter of beneficiaries are diagnosed with musculoskeletal disabilities.
165 thousand are wives and husbands.
Included in the 1.47 million children are adult children who became disabled before age 22 and are dependent on the disabled worker. About 57 thousand disabled adult children receive these benefits.
Disabled widow(er)s also may receive Social Security benefits based on their spouse's work record, but these are not SSDI benefits; they are survivor benefits. Widow(er)s who are severely disabled, are age 50 or older, and became disabled no more than 7 years after either the death of their spouse or the last month they were previously entitled to benefits based on the worker's record may be eligible. Widows are the majority in this category. Out of the 200,130 total disabled spouses, more than 195,000 are women.
Do SSDI Beneficiaries Return to Work?
While provisions that encourage beneficiaries to return to work have been enacted over the years, fewer than one in 500 beneficiaries is able to leave the program and return to work.
What Is the Amount of an SSDI Benefit?
An SSDI benefit is calculated using a formula similar to that used for Social Security retirement benefits. The exact amount of an SSDI benefit is based on the disabled worker's age, level of earnings, and time in the work force.
$230 for a disabled worker's child.
What Part Does Social Security Play in the Income Security of Disabled Workers and Their Families?
For families with a disabled worker, Social Security benefits and earnings represent the largest shares of income-38 percent from earnings, and 38 percent from Social Security. In contrast, others aged 18-64 receive 88 percent of their family income from earnings and 2 percent from Social Security.
How Many Families with a Disabled Worker Would Be Poor without SSDI?
The poverty rate for families with a disabled worker is more than double that for families without a disabled worker: 18.5 percent compared with 9 percent. Without Social Security benefits, the poverty rate for families with a disabled worker would increase from 18.5 percent to 55 percent.
In addition, more families of disabled workers have income between poverty and 125 percent of poverty than others who are aged 18-64 -- 14 percent and 4 percent respectively.
What Happens to SSDI Benefits When the Worker Reaches Age 65?
Benefits for disabled workers are converted from disability to retirement benefits at age 65 and are no longer counted in the category of disabled worker benefits.
Unless otherwise noted, all data were taken from the Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, 2001.
This Social Security classification includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of disabled workers among these groups is not known.
They receive survivor benefits as the disabled spouses of deceased workers.
United States General Accounting Office, 2001. SSA Disability: Other Programs May Provide Lessons for Improving Return-to-Work Efforts. GAO 01-053.
Families are defined as persons (including the worker) who live together and are related by birth, marriage or adoption.
Social Security Administration, 2002. Income of Disabled Workers. Table B5 (using 1994 data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation).


I purchased my Maggie Sottero Milana in Diamond White with Pewter accents after falling in love with the style. I loved that the cap sleeves were removable, giving me one look for the ceremony (sleeves on) and a second look for the reception (sleeves off). As a taller bride (5'11"), finding a dress that I could order without paying more for extra length was great. And I was even able to wear 2″ heels!
Dress has been professionally cleaned and preserved in a box since the wedding in 2010.
I had an additional layer of tulle/crinoline sewn directly into the bottom of the dress to add more "pouf" without having to wear additional items under the dress. The dress was also taken in slightly on the sides to fit a street size 8. Standard bustle.
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Kartarpur corridor: India suggests July 11-14 to Pak for talks
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New Delhi: India has proposed July 11-14 to Pakistan to hold a fresh round of talks on the Kartarpur corridor, sources said on Saturday.
India had earlier conveyed its strong concerns to Pakistan over the presence of a leading Khalistani separatist in a committee appointed by Islamabad on the Kartarpur project.
New Delhi had also sought clarifications from Islamabad over certain other issues related to the project.
When asked whether India had proposed new dates for talks on the issue and if it meant that the earlier issues holding up the process of dialogue had been resolved, a source in the know of the developments said, "Yes. Shows our commitment to the corridor."
The proposed dates for the talks were July 11-14, sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a letter written in response to a congratulatory message from his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, had called for "early operationalisation of the Kartarpur corridor, which is functional all the year round", according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
Modi's letter was sent to Khan on June 12.
The current status of the project is that there have been three technical-level discussions.
In November 2018, Pakistan agreed to set up the border-crossing linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, the final resting place of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak, to Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.
Kartarpur is located in Pakistan's Narowal district across the Ravi river, about four km from Dera Baba Nanak.
The first meeting to finalise the modalities for the corridor took place on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border on March 14.
Technical experts of the two countries met on March 19 during which alignment, coordinates and several other engineering aspects of the proposed corridor were discussed.
However, on March 29, India conveyed its strong concerns to Pakistan over the presence of a leading Khalistani separatist in a committee appointed by Islamabad on the Kartarpur project.
India had also postponed a previously-agreed meeting on the project, which was to be held on April 2 in Wagah, on the Pakistani side.
On May 27, Indian officials held a meeting to discuss the modalities for the project.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had, on November 26 last year, laid the foundation stone of the Kartarpur corridor in Gurdaspur district. Two days later, the Pakistani prime minister laid the foundation stone of the corridor in Narowal, around 125 km from Lahore. PTI
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Home/Health & Living/Hancock County Health System's Quality Director, Michele Garman Receives Staatewide Recognition
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Hancock County Health System's Quality Director, Michele Garman Receives Staatewide Recognition
AJ TaylorApril 17, 2021Last Updated: April 17, 2021
Garman, who resides in Corwith with her husband, was award with a Compass Rural Hospital Advisory Panel Certificate for serving on its 2020-2021 Rural Hospital Advisory Panel. As a member, Garman worked with others to find applicable and sustainable solutions to today's healthcare challenges.
IHC is dedicated to sustainable health care transformation and has been working with 277 hospitals, 8,000 clinicians and 24 communities across 18 states to help them thrive in today's environment. It is nationally recognized for achieving demonstrable health outcomes for millions of patients and families in Iowa and across the country.
"I have enjoyed serving in this capacity. It truly was an honor to be able to learn more about the conditions facing health systems and then be a small part in finding solutions," Garman said.
"Michele is very much an advocate for patient care in our county and in our state," said Laura Zwiefel, CEO/CNO of HCHS. "She understands the landscape and is passionate about doing what is best for patients. We at HCHS are very fortunate to have here on our team."
Garman has a wealth of healthcare experience that first started as a nurse working with patients at the bedside. In her current role as Quality Director at HCHS, she ensures programs and services are implemented at the highest standards and patients receive the highest level of care.
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7 Different types of mergers with examples
Types of mergers
The following are the types of mergers
1. Horizontal mergers: It refers to two firms operating in same industry or producing ideal products combining together. For e.g., in the banking industry in India, acquisition of Times Bank by HDFC Bank, Bank of Madura by ICICI Bank, Nedungadi Bank by Punjab National Bank etc. in consumer electronics, acquisition of Electrolux's Indian operations by Videocon International Ltd., in BPO sector, acquisition of Daksh by IBM, Spectramind by Wipro etc. The main objectives of horizontal mergers are to benefit from economies of scale, reduce competition, achieve monopoly status and control the market.
2. Vertical merger: A vertical merger can happen in two ways. One is when a firm acquires another firm which produces raw materials used by it. For e.g., a tyre manufacturer acquires a rubber manufacturer, a car manufacturer acquires a steel company, a textile company acquires a cotton yarn manufacturer etc.
Another form of vertical merger happens when a firm acquires another firm which would help it get closer to the customer. For e.g., a consumer durable manufacturer acquiring a consumer durable dealer, an FMCG company acquiring m advertising company or a retailing outlet etc.
3. Conglomerate merger: It refers to the combination of two firms operating in industries unrelated to each other. In this case, the business of the target company is entirely different from those of the acquiring company. For e.g., a watch manufacturer acquiring a cement manufacturer, a steel manufacturer acquiring a software company etc. The main objective of a conglomerate merger is to achieve i big size.
4. Concentric merger: It refers to combination of two or more firms which are related to each other in terms of customer groups, functions or technology. For eg., combination of a computer system manufacturer with a UPS manufacturer.
5. Forward merger: In a forward merger, the target merges into the buyer. For e.g., when ICICI Bank acquired Bank of Madura, Bank of Madura which was the target, merged with the acquirer, ICICI Bank.
6. Reverse merger: In this case, the buyer merges into the target and the shareholders of the buyer get stock in the target. This is treated as a stock acquisition by the buyer.
7. Subsidiary merger: A subsidiary merger is said to occur when the buyer sets up an acquisition subsidiary which merges into the target.
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With Make, you can transform a normal WordPress gallery grid into a gorgeous slider, which can be used anywhere that you can insert a [gallery] shortcode.
In the content editor, place the cursor where you would like to have a gallery slider.
In the right column of the Gallery window, find Slider Settings and check the box next to Show gallery as slider. More slider options will now appear.
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ttfmake_slider: Set this to true to enable the slider.
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ttfmake_delay: The number of milliseconds the slider will wait before advancing.
ttfmake_effect: The transition effect between slides: scrollHorz, fade, and none.
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Focus on Front of House: meet Colin Parker
Posted on September 4, 2019 by Emily Smith
Colin at Bridgewood and Neitzert
In the latest article focusing on life behind the scenes at Bridgewood and Neitzert, we visit the front of house to meet Colin Parker, who looks after our customers and is responsible for the smooth running of the shop.
Like his colleagues in the workshop, Colin is passionate about his job, and his love of the violin goes back a long time. Colin played violin from the age of five, and although he chose history to study as a degree, he worked in his local violin shop as a tea boy at weekends. 'Even after graduating when, I came back from Uni and had done my degree I was still interested in violins. I love being around instruments' Colin enthuses. Following his passion, once he had graduated, Colin began to work at his local violin shop where he became familiar with the day to day running of a specialist violin shop.
Inside the shop at Bridgewood and Neitzert (c) Julian Love
Colin then moved on to a larger London violin shop where he began to work with a wider range of instruments, from student instruments through to fine historical instruments. He also became responsible for stock buying and stock control. When the owner decided to sell the shop, Colin decided that he wanted to find a new position. He had met the Bridgewood and Neitzert owners Gary and Tom and was keen to work with them, 'I really liked their attitude towards customers and their general ethos. They are hugely knowledgeable but at the same time completely approachable'.
The appreciation was mutual, and Colin soon joined Bridgewood and Neitzert with the skills and experience from his previous jobs and an appetite to learn more. 'Bridgewood and Neitzert is very strong in terms of early music so I've now learned a lot about baroque instruments. I can now give sound advice on string gauges and conversions', explains Colin. As he talks further about his role, it's clear that he is a very important bridge between the customer and the workshop team. Because of his years working in the violin trade he is able, under Gary's watchful eye, to support assessments on instruments coming in and has a good knowledge on the provenance of instruments. Like his colleagues in the workshop, Colin is appreciative of the mentorship given by Gary, 'He's very generous with his knowledge and I'm learning a lot about how to identify instruments from him.' Colin also supports Tom with the bow re-hairs, a skill that he learnt from luthier Yan Besson.
Colin helps a customer choose a violin case
Colin is clearly a 'people person'. When I ask what his favourite thing about the job is, he says 'the customers and the relationships I have built over the years which in many cases have become friendships'. Colin has built up a great deal of trust with London violin teaching community and many customers will come in and ask for him by name as a teacher will have recommended him, knowing that their pupil will receive sound advice.
Colin also gets to use his skills as a violinist in his role, in order to demonstrate to a player how an instrument sounds. 'This is very important, even for a professional player choosing a high-end instrument, as it sounds very different under the ear' Colin explains, laughing 'I usually choose something simple if I'm playing for a great violinist!'. In the course of his demonstrations, Colin's experiences really do range from the sublime to the ridiculous, from playing Amati and Vuillaume violins, Tubbs and Sartory bows, through to attempting to get a sound out of a tiny eighth size violin for a child.
Drawers of violin strings (C) Julian Love
Colin's passions for music and people are mirrored in his life outside his work at Bridgewood and Neitzert. He plays violin in the Whitehall Orchestra and is still heavily involved in the Bromley Youth Music Trust, one of the largest youth music organisations in the country which runs the youth orchestra he went to as a child. He also runs The Amici Orchestra, an orchestra devoted to charity fundraising. Alongside his work at Bridgewood and Neitzert Colin has also driven for the NHS out of hours service taking GPs on home visits out of hours for the last fifteen years. He describes the responsibility of his role. 'The car has controlled drugs and I provide a useful support function for doctors, for example in an emergency I can call an ambulance while the doctor resuscitates the patient'.
It is clear that Colin enjoys roles that have a strong human connection, and he speaks fondly of the team at Bridgewood and Neitzert, 'Camaraderie and shared interest in music is a big thing. The team we have here is very well balanced and complementary'. Like his colleagues in the workshop, Colin also clearly gets enormous satisfaction from a job that brings him into contact with fine historical instruments and the gifted people that play them. Should you need a bit of advice on anything ranging from which violin to choose to ideal strings or humidifiers for your instrument, he'll be on hand to help!
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Open Road has decided to move Oliver Stone's Snowden from its Christmas Day release date to a later 2016 date.
The date change bumps the film out of this year's Oscar race.
The film follows Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who leaked classified information and has since left the United States. It will star Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the titular character and alongside Shailene Woodley.
According to sources, Snowden hasn't been finished, and the new release date will give them ample time to do so. Open Road hasn't determined the 2016 release date yet.
Christmas Day will be stacked nonetheless, including Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, Will Smith-led Concussion, the Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy's Home, the Jennifer Lawrence and David O. Russell collaboration Joy and Point Break. Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight and Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu's The Revenant will also enter the Oscar race on Christmas Day.
Snowden has generated buzz for portraying the controversial whistleblower, who some regard as a hero and others as a traitor. Citizenfour, the Snowden-focused documentary, won this year's best documentary Oscar.


2 Zinus Ironline Metal and Wood Platform Bed with Headboard Footboard/Box..
Anyone who has shopped for a bed before will surely agree with me when I say that it is an overwhelming process. From the type of mattress to the design of the frame, the possibilities will be almost endless.
Among others, one option worth taking into account is the queen storage bed, which will be the topic of the rest of this short guide. Below, we will tackle what exactly a queen bed with storage is, including some of its pros and cons. We will also let you know some of the best online sites to check out and the important things to consider when buying.
What is Queen Storage Bed?
Basically, it is exactly what the name implies. It is a queen bed that comes with storage space. It is essentially the same as a regular queen-sized bed, but the main difference is that there is a provision for storage, which is built-in at the bottom of the bed frame. There are several drawers positioned to keep your stuff under the bed.
When you refer to a bed as a queen-sized, regardless if there is storage or none, the standard width is 60 inches, and the length is 80 inches. This bed obviously uses a queen mattress. Some bed frames, however, can be quite larger, although, the space for the mattress remains at a dimension of 60x80.
No doubt, this is one of the best places to go online if you want to buy queen storage beds. They have the most diverse selection, and the results will be easy to filter based on certain parameters, such as price and ratings. You can see even direct brand sellers from Amazon, so you can be confident of the quality. There are also some resellers, which can be a great way to save money, especially if you are looking for used beds.
The retailer does not come far from Amazon in terms of its selection. You will also have the chance to narrow down the models based on certain criteria easily. Whether you are after premium or low-end models, chances are, you will be able to find them on the website of eBay.
When you search for a queen bed frame with storage from the website of Walmart, you will be spoiled with choices. There are even more options to narrow them down, such as with regards to the finish and the height. If you are in a hurry and if you want to save money from shipping costs, we recommend that you take advantage of their free pick-up offer.
This is the least popular from the four options that we have listed in this guide. On most products, they offer free shipping, so you might easily be tempted by the deals available on their website. Regardless of the design and color that you want, chances are, you will find one that suits your taste at Wayfair.
What are the Benefits of Queen Storage Beds?
Among others, the best thing about a queen storage bed is that it is just the right size. It is big enough for two adults, making it a great choice for couples. This is bigger than a full-sized bed but smaller than a king, allowing it to offer the best of both worlds.
Another big benefit of storage bed queen is the provision for storage. There can be drawers, or you can also lift the mattress for storage underneath. This makes it great in terms of maximizing the available storage space in the drawer.
It will also be a great choice for the guest room. Your guests will surely have a good sleep at its size, and you can use it for storage, as mentioned above.
And What About Queen Platform Bed with Storage?
When you go shop online, you will also most probably encounter products that are categorized as a queen platform bed with storage. The operative word here is "platform," which refers to the design of the frame.
Basically, this design eliminates the need for a box spring, which makes it sit low on the ground. It already comes with a solid foundation, eliminating the need for spacers. However, because it is quite low-profile, the storage space can be minimal for some people. It is a great way to make the bedroom look sleek.
So, basically, the main difference of a regular queen storage bed from a platform queen bed with built-in storage is the amount of the storage space available. The latter usually has smaller storage space because it is low. More so, regular queen beds with storage may still require for a box spring.
What Should You Consider When Buying a Queen Storage Bed?
The size of a standard queen bed is 60x80. You need to consider the size of the room where it will be placed. If the room is too small, this bed may not work because it will make it look too cramped without enough space to move around.
Especially if you are choosing storage queen bed that is made of wood, the finishing is an important consideration. Choose a finish that will complement the overall look of the bedroom.
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Here's one that demonstrates of the epic cattiness between two of old time Hollywood's most famous leading ladies. Years after their prime Joan Crawford and Bette Davis were teamed in what would turn out to be a 1962 horror classic, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
At the time, Joan was the widow of Alfred Steele, the former head of the Pepsi Corporation. Bette didn't like it that Joan, ever the star, consistently arrived late to the set. So, to get back at fellow Oscar winner Crawford, Davis took advantage of the waiting time and had the prop man replace all of the Pepsi machines on the set with Coke machines.
Crawford hated that, so she extracted her revenge in her own classic way. She retaliated by lining her costume dress pockets with weights so when shooting the climactic scene where Bette Davis had to drag Crawford's nearly dead character across the floor, Davis almost broke her back.
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Juan Mata wins Chelsea awards double after impressive season
Juan Mata is named as Chelsea's player of the year for the second season running after another stellar campaign
Thursday 16 May 2013, 23:42 UK
Juan Mata shows off his awards double Photo: Juan Mata/Instagram
Juan Mata has been named as Chelsea's player of the year for the second season running after another stellar campaign for the Spaniard.
The 25-year-old, who also scooped the players' player prize, has enjoyed a stunning second season at Stamford Bridge, scoring 19 goals and making 35 assists in all competitions for the Blues.
The main award was voted for by supporters on the official Chelsea website, with Mata joined by fellow nominees Frank Lampard, David Luiz and Eden Hazard.
"I feel so happy," Mata told Chelsea's website.
"It's my second season here and winning the trophy two years in a row is amazing for me. I just want to say thank you to all the supporters and all my team-mates."
Mata was presented with the player of the year award by captain John Terry, who said: "He's been phenomenal. It's not just his goal-scoring, it's his assists as well.
"He's fantastic, he brings so much to the team. He's a magician, he has a great first touch and fantastic vision."
Frank Lampard, who signed a new one-year extension to his Chelsea contract on Thursday to keep him at the club until next summer, received a special recognition award after becoming the Blues' all-time record goal-scorer.
The 34-year-old scored his 202nd and 203rd strikes against Aston Villa last weekend to surpass the tally previously set by Bobby Tambling.
"Getting the equalising goal on the day and drawing level with the great man himself was a big deal for me," said Lampard.
"It was such a huge game for us, and I kind of felt it would be the day after scoring the first one.
"I can't really explain it. I thought it would be good when I done it, but I didn't realise quite how good it would feel. To have the fans at Aston Villa and my team-mates celebrating with me at the end was quite emotional for me, so thanks to all the lads."
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres: It's been a good season for me
Tottenham transfers: Barça's David Villa one of the best strikers – AVB


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Albanian TV Anchors Appear Topless to Boost Audience
Rabat - In the midst of difficult competition to gain more viewers, a private Albanian TV channel asked its news anchors to appear topless with an open-bust jacket in order to boost viewership numbers.
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Youssef Igrouane is a Morocco World News correspondent in Rabat.
Rabat – In the midst of difficult competition to gain more viewers, a private Albanian TV channel asked its news anchors to appear topless with an open-bust jacket in order to boost viewership numbers.
The presenters proceeded to read the news in this fashion, with nothing underneath their jackets, in order to seduce the channel's viewers, according to AFP.
Faced with fierce competition in Albania, Zjarr TV owner Ismet Drishti came up with an unprecedented concept to attract a large number of viewers.
"Albania's TV channels are manipulated by political power," Drishti told AFP. "The audience is in major need of a medium that will broadcast the information like it is- naked."
Drishti believes that the idea is a win-win situation: present the news and publicize the TV channel. "We do not sell sex; we reproduce the news as it is. It is symbolic and good publicity," Drishti added.
Drishti also mentioned that his TV channel's audience is constantly growing, adding that the TV's bulletin is broadcast by cable. "Actually, these bare bulletins broadcast by cable and the internet resulted in a listening audience that continues to increase," he said.
Greta Hoxhaj, a news anchor that presents the news every day at 7:30pm, appeared with Zjarr TV's staff half-topless.
Hoxhaj describes the shortcut she took on her rise to fame: "I worked hard for five years in local television where I remained unnoticed," she told AFP. "However, within three months doing Zjarr TV I became a star."


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Board index ‹ Moya's forum ‹ Two Horizons
How do you still feel about "Two Horizons"?
Heard it? Like it? Want to hear it?
Moderators: wonky_eggs, nessieq, gregoing, All Moderators
How do you still feel about "Two Horizons"?
I absolutely love the album, my favourite Moya album.
The album is amazing, and i listen to it a lot.
The album is amazing, don't listen to it as much now though.
I don't like it as much as i first did.
I hardly listen to lately, but i still love the album.
I don't really like TH.
by Nigel » Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:57 am
One thing that will always set a truly amazing album apart from an average album. Is if you can listen to it years after release and think, this is an amazing album.
I find that with TH, i can listen to it anytime. And still get those emotions i first got when i brought the album
So for me personally, this album still is one of Moya's best. Which i still listen to a lot
Location: Portsmouth UK
by cantilena91 » Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:54 am
Have been receiving and buying so many new CDs lately that sadly Moya's music has not been playing in my CD player for some months!! But still I think that TH isn't Moya's best album to date...
"Your golden breath took darkness away, if I ask, You won't let me go..."
cantilena91
Location: city of Oulu, Finland
by Fjalladís » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:51 am
All of Moyas music I hear a lot and for me it is: the nore I hear an album the more I like it, because you can always find some new harmonies, you didn't hear before. That is espacially with the first two albums, but also with the others.
When I first heard TH I thought, this is really close to Enya, not only because of the style, but because of the homogenic sound of it. But if you listen to it more often, you find special harmonies in every piece.
Für jetzt bleiben Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe, diese drei; doch am größten unter ihnen ist die Liebe.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Fjalladís
Location: Brixham/ UK
by the whistleplayer » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:35 pm
Sorry, but to me TH just isn't in the same league as Whisper to the Wild Water...
I have no hobbies, only obsessions...
the whistleplayer
Location: Sunny Spain!
by Grania » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:24 pm
I don't listen to TH as much as I used to - but it's still excellent!
by Angoid » Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:24 pm
Same here ... I've acquired such a lot of music recently that I don't have enough hours in the evenings to listen to it all! I wish I was like Data in Star Trek TNG who can listen to .... how many?!?!?! Well, at least dozens of tracks simultaneously and enjoy them all as much!
Seriously, although I don't listen to TH as much nowadays it doesn't mean I've gone off it .... like G I still think it's as good now as the day I first got it.
...the nore I hear an album the more I like it, because you can always find some new harmonies, you didn't hear before...
Exactly. To me, this is what makes music. If there's always something fresh about the music (including in Moya's case as well something in the lyrics just reaches the parts other songs cannot reach ) then I'll listen to it time and time again.
If you don't know what eschatology is then don't worry; it's not the end of the world.
Purveyor of fine sarcasm since 1966.
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by Fjalladís » Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:23 am
Angoid wrote:
well that should music be, I absolutly agree with you. But not every music really IS that way. When I think at this main-stream-music... I remeber in the sommer, there was a hit in the radio (don't remember name or artist) and in the song was one harmonyI always thought: oh this one is really witty and authentic. You know: ONE harmony in the whole song and that was such a speciallty in these main-stream-radio, that I recognised it everytime I heard it
That's why Moya's music is something special.
by Angoid » Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:06 pm
Another thing is that Moya's music has a lot of "staying power". How many groups, particularly mainstream groups, can you think of that have come and gone? Not just their songs, but the entire group!
Moya may not be producing albums as quickly as many of these, but she's stood the test of time and passed it with flying colours! She's still there, along with Enya and Clannad, producing good quality music on a "slowly but surely" basis.
My first Moya album was Perfect Time; I still listen to it even today in addition to the others.
by Fjalladís » Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:24 pm
Some days ago I read about Enyas albums, that they are: still selling, like classical albums.
I think that is the same with the Moya and Clannad albums, they are not depending on a special time.
by Lady Ryu » Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:56 pm
yeah, they're just timeless. i can't think of a time or day where it wouldn't be right in anyway to listen to them. i have a friend, and he is firefighter. (here it is just called feuerwehrmann, but i love the word Firefighter). he was one of the first entering the building where a maniac run amok and killed 14 people of the government of zug. i don't even want to know what he saw. he told me that enya's music helped him really a lot to go on with his life. it's just the peace of her music and her voice.
Matteo - always in my heart
Never ever I wished so much that heaven truly exists, and that you are waiting there for me.
Lady Ryu
Location: Zug, Switzerland
by Macha » Fri Nov 25, 2005 9:01 pm
I love TH; it's just a great album. But nevertheless I'm looking forward to Moya's Christmas album.
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Location: Kempten (twin town of Sligo :) ), Germany
by Eternal_Silence » Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:37 pm
I really love Two Horizons, though I don't listen so often to it lately. I should do that soon again.
The turn of the day, when all music fools come out to play until the drunk turn of night.
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Eternal_Silence
by AndyPandy » Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:16 pm
I still love the album, especially "falling" but i've not listened to it for a while. Irish Christmas and Enya's new one have taken over
Music is food for the soul.
AndyPandy
by Annika » Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:28 am
I think it's a great album, but haven't been listening to it for a while since Enya's new album gets all my attention nowadays. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find Moya's Christmas album yet, which annoys me a bit. Hopefully I can get it before Christmas...
Climbing high just to feel free
Dreaming of love everywhere
Location: An Fhionlainn
by lizzy1e » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:44 pm
I remember at first that I wasn't mad about Two Horizons and feel a bit embarrassed that I even said that now. Now I really love it... I think I was just expecting the wrong thing when I listened to it at first. It's a great album and "Falling" is the absolute best!
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TiVo Lights Up Out-of-Home Streaming
Access To Live and Recorded Video Via Roamio DVRs Initially Limited to Wi-Fi
TiVo has launched out-of-home streaming of live and recorded video via the recently launched TiVo Roamio Pro (pictured above) and TiVo Roamio Plus DVRs.
The addition "combines the functionality of a DVR, Apple TV, Roku and Slingbox," TiVo said, noting that the new feature will come via an automatic software and mobile app update starting today.
But, unlike a Slingbox, out-of-home access via the Roamio Pro ($599.99) and Roamio Plus ($399.99) is limited to Wi-Fi for now. Sling, by comparison, can also shuttle video out-of-home via cellular signals. TiVo said out-of-home streaming over 4G/LTE is coming next year.
The initial out-of-streaming piece is currently available only to iPhones, iPads and iTouch devices that run iOS 5.1 or higher, with Android to join the mix in 2014, TiVo said.
TiVo's mobile app also supports other elements, such as remote scheduling, and mobile search and discovery.
"Now with a TiVo Roamio DVR, whether it's a hotel in Denmark, the waiting room at the dentist office, when you're stuck at the airport, or at the gym, out-of-home streaming gives you the level of choice, control and freedom that consumers have come to expect from TiVo," said Jim Denney, VP of product marketing at TiVo, in a statement.
The lower-end $199.99 Roamio does not inherently support out-of-home streaming, but can add that feature when the device is linked to the TiVo Stream, a separate transcoding device. Out-of-home support for the TiVo Stream is scheduled for release next month, TiVo said.
Atlantic Broadband, an MSO owned by Canada-based Cogeco Cable that serves more than 250,000 customers western Pennsylvania; Miami Beach; Aiken, S.C., and parts of Maryland and Delaware, is the first distributor to confirm that it will use an MSO-leased version of the Roamio Plus model. However, the operator has not announced whether it will support the out-of-home component.
Out-Of-Home Home Upgrades Reach The TiVo Stream
MSOs To Receive New Out-Of-Home Option In The 'Coming Weeks'
TW Cable Brings Out-Of-Home, Live TV Streaming to Apple Devices
Refresh of TWC TV App to Provide Subs with On-The-Go Access to as Many as 11 Live Video Feeds
TWC Lights Up App for Samsung Smart TVs
Initial Version of Provides Access to More than 5,000 VOD Titles Without a Set-Top
Atlantic Broadband Launches TiVo
Customers In Cumberland, Md., Get First Crack At Leased Version of TiVo's New 'Roamio' DVR
Comcast Set To Stream 35 TV Channels Out-of-the-Home
MSO Preps Launch Of Updated, Renamed Xfinity TV Go App for iOS and Android Devices
Xfinity TV App Starts to Support NBC, ABC Live Feeds Out of Home
On-the-go access initially limited to broadcasters' owned-and-operated markets
TiVo Catches WaveDivision Deal
Deployments Of Multi-Device, Multiscreen Offering To Start In Mid-2014 (UPDATED)


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Microarchitecture: the furniture that architect Ivonne Sthandier designs forms part of a transformation project: the movement is from architecture to design via miniaturization of building construction concepts. Microarchitecture is different from architecture proper. The sheer amount and complexity of ideas required by each function of a building rarely leaves room for the luxury of concentrating on just one design theme. By contrast, the aim of microarchitecture is to take advantage of that luxury and capture the essence of an object and its theme. The items of furniture shown on this and the following pages were designed for the Velux Atika project and go into the topic of duality and complementarity. A stand-alone feature may be effective, but the aesthetic tension of two juxtaposed items challenges the user to let them interact spontaneously.
Private home in Verona: this home lies in the old centre of Verona and occupies the top floor of a building dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. It has been converted into a two-tier attic with a raised gallery running the full length of the apartment, served by an impressive original tufa staircase.
The house is light with its four Velux skylights serving also to illuminate the lower floor. Other windows look onto the adjacent Via XX Settembre affording fine views of the Torricelle hills and the elegant Venetian palazzo opposite.
The technical challenge of the gallery was the lack of suitable points of support. To avoid thick beams running throughout, a steel mechanism was preferred: this fits into the edge of the floor, becomes part of the steel railing and connects up with the existing IPE profile girder that supports the roof. The kitchen is slightly raised above the lower floor-level to make room for new tubes and conduits. The step also serves to demarcate the new room in the downstairs area paved (kitchen and living-room alike) in a warm reddish Africa doussié parquet. Special care was lavished on the kitchen colour scheme: deep maroon, steel, grey-black and straw-colour.
Besides the kitchen and living-room, the lower floor has the main bathroom and master bedroom. The gallery floor contains two more bedrooms, a study and a plant area created out of the cavity on top of the lift shaft.
Each space has its own character, colour scheme and often its own ceiling-height. The whole feels roomier than it really is, since the spatial layout lets the eye travel here and there until it ranges out into the landscape.
Yvonne Sthandier
Corso Cavour, 21
E-mail: info@sthandierdesign.com
www.sthandierdesign.com
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This tiny, yet perfectly formed, hideaway offers peace, quiet and tranquility 'away from it all', yet lies within a few minutes drive of the motorway and the coast.
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