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Hello amazing ladies!!! Here today with my altered frame for Prima. We were challenged to pick a watercolor Pin on Pinterest to draw inspiration from. The birdie instantly drew me in.
I know my colors are much more muted ( because I am a coward LOL) but i used tons of watercolor techniques. The Oil Pastels were AMAZING and the watercolor pencil sets with the Prima Paintables are a match made in heaven. Hope you all like it, hop over to the blog to see more inspiration from Melissa!~ And all week we will have lots of watercolor love going on. Hugs!
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Winston-Salem Journal Names New Publisher
By: Richard Craver | Winston-Salem Journal
The Winston-Salem Journal has changed publishers, replacing Jeffrey Green with Kevin Kampman as part of an overall corporate restructuring announced Wednesday by its parent company.
World Media Enterprises, the Journal's parent company, eliminated 105 jobs throughout its 63-newspaper chain and announced that it will close The News & Messenger in Manassas, Va., in late December, accounting for the loss of 33 of those jobs.
The company said it does not plan to close any other newspapers. The Journal lost other positions, but will not have a number until today.

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June 17, 2012 – Read the Word on Worship
Honor Your Heavenly Father from Sunrise Community Church on Vimeo.
This Sunday we are continuing in our study in the Book of Malachi, and we will rewind a little and go back Malachi 1 to look at our Heavenly Father, and in particular our response to Him. Our Father is God who is worthy of both our honor and our devotion. Devotion is one we are usually more comfortable with, but honor is a tougher nut for us to get our arms around. Join us with your own dads for worship this Sunday morning at 8:45 as we see how Malachi exhorts us "Honor Your Heavenly Father"
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Malachi 1:6-7
"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?' says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, "How have we despised Your name?' "You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, "How have we defiled You?' In that you say, "The table of the LORD is to be despised.'
Who is your Heavenly Father? We can all agree that being a child of God is the result of His calling. Each one of us has heard the call of God on our lives — but what is our response to the call of God? We may feel remorse for sins past or joy for a future with Him. When God reveals Himself to us as Father, when He adopts us as children into His family, what does He intend for us to feel? What is the appropriate response of children to fatherhood of God?
I think the biblical response is twofold. I think God wants a child-like reverence for His power and strength and wisdom coupled with peace and security in His gracious provision for His children. When we put these two together, reverence and trust, we honor our heavenly Father in the same way God said we were to honor our earthly father in Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you." And yet how many of us who say the fatherhood of God should motivate us to honor and hold Him in sacred respect?
I see our passage in Malachi as a proper balancing of our response to God for the honor and worship He deserves for His gracious care. The fatherhood of God is brought before the priests to humble them because they have despised the Lord's altar. The fatherhood of God in our passage is not for the comfort or the security of the priests. The majestic fatherhood of God requires His children to honor and respect Him in reverence and fear.
In our relationship with our Heavenly Father we should always entwine reverence and awe with security and tenderness. When we respond to God properly we see these attitudes dependent on the presence of the other. The psalmist knew this when he wrote Psalm 103:13 "As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him." Who will rest in the mercy of God? The Scriptures teach us it is the person who bows with reverential fear and honors his majestic Father in heaven.


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Toro Rosso launches their new STR8
While the drivers are the same, the new car is the work of a changed and strengthened technical team. STR8 is the first car to be designed by a group led by chief designer Luca Furbatto, who joined the company just over a year ago, while the whole project is overseen by James Key, who has been the team's technical director since last September.
Daniel Ricciardo: "The 2013 version of me is a more confident person and driver, with more self-belief than last year. I've always had the desire and determination to succeed and now I'm ready to reinforce that and let everyone see what I'm all about. I spent most of the winter Down Under and when I came back into the factory in Faenza, I could feel a very positive atmosphere with everyone excited about the new car. The target for us this year is very simple: to improve on last year."
Jean-Eric Vergne: "Going into this season is a completely different experience to this time last year, when I had to deal with a lot of unknowns. I had to learn the majority of tracks, understand so many details about Formula 1 and adapt to working with the team. This year, I will still be learning – you never stop in Formula 1 – but the basics are there and I will be able to focus on more important aspects of the job. In general, I sense a new philosophy within Toro Rosso: I wouldn't say people are working harder, but maybe they are going in a better direction."
The launch of the Toro Rosso means only Caterham and Marussia are yet to launch their new cars at Jerez, with Williams running its 2012 car this week before the launch of the FW35 in Barcelona.
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Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. The site is also available in several languages.
Please use the dropdown buttons to set your preferred options, or use the checkbox to accept the defaults.
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You may or may not know that I have been putting together a mALT (that is a malt alt) for the past few weeks or so. I had a heck of a time trying to get his shape right but I think I did ok! Some of my friends are wondering why on earth I need a mALT, when I have Jake. Well, sometimes Jake just doesn't feel like being "Fashion Ken" to my "Pixel Barbie", and I get that. So now, there is Ian. Be kind to him ladies, he's a little nervous and a whole lot shy!
With the increasingly high quality of male clothing in the Second Life Fashion world, I'm beyond excited to be able to showcase men's clothes as well!
Today Ian and I are both wearing pieces from ATTIC. Specifically, my dress and Ian's oh-so sexy-jeans. You might remember me blogging about ATTIC a few weeks ago during the Silver Lining Hunt. I love discovering shops that are new to me and hunts are the perfect way to do that! Ian's jacket is a goodie from Razorblade Jacket that is available at the Winter Fair. The Winter Fair ends on teh 15th, so hurry over and get your fill! I'll be bringing you some more hunt goodies soon from the Atooly Hunting for Winter Hunt which started today!
Lots more to come this week, stay tuned!
What I'm Wearing
Skin: Glam Affair | Roza Europa | With Love Hunt
Hair: Alice Project | Hyori Christmas Brown | Advent Wreath Gift
Dress: ATTIC | Geometric Long Shirt
Necklace: !SSD ~ Frills | Nebula Merry ~ Necklace | RFL Christmas Expo
Tights: INDI Designs | Knit Tights
Boots: HollyWeird | Snuggies | Winter Fair 2012
What Ian is Wearing
Skin: Belleza | Cooper
Hair: Redgrave | Tyler
Jacket: Razorblade Jacket | Soft Shell Jacket Liner | Winter Fair 2012
Jeans: ATTIC | Men's Mesh Jeans
Boots: R.icielli | Brian Boots
Pose: !Bang | Rare Couple's Pose | The Arcade
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Enter the Scary Door... If You Dare!
Halloween is a time when kids and adults get the opportunity to step outside themselves and dress up in attire that would be deemed strange any other time of the year.
These attractions sure have come a long way from those back in the '80s when I was growing up. Back then, kids used their imaginations as we ventured through the local haunted houses, which were usually erected in a shopping plaza's parking lot. These were the kind that wwere built into several semi-trailers that were usually connected together to form several rooms.
The rooms were then outfitted with terrifying glow-in-the-dark ghosts, rubber serpents and spiders, and a host of teenagers made up to look like goblins that were going to drag us to their chamber of horrors.
The technology that made up those attractions is not in the same league as those found in cities across the U.S. in the 21st century. Most of the technology back then consisted of levers and pulleys that would move objects using fishing line. Sure, that's not so scary, but factor in black lighting and strobe lights, and things seemed pretty frightening, especially being 12 to 14 years of age.
Fast-forward to today's multi-million dollar haunts, and the difference in technology is night and day. The pulleys and fishing line have been replaced with pneumatic actuators that allow finely-detailed monsters to move. Gone are the simple black lights -- they've been replaced with IR (infrared) sensors and precision lasers that are able to detect movement and activate horrific props as patrons walk by.
All the technology these places feature (on a large scale) are controlled by a central hub or computer system, which controls everything from haunting sounds to incredibly realistic animatronic displays. For some of the bigger venues, fans are required to sign waivers as they proceed through the attraction, as well as required to wear an RFID bracelet that not only lets supervisors know your location, but are also used to trigger some of the displays themselves. Technology isn't just centered on large attractions alone -- home-brew haunted houses are taking advantage of it as well.
My Scary Door project is a prime example of how new technology is being implemented in at-home attractions. The door was designed using a 24-inch monitor that displays Halloween-themed videos embedded in a creepy sheet-metal laden door. Outfitted behind the door is a system of pistons and solenoid valves that strike the sheet metal in time with the video being displayed to create the simulation that someone (or something) is beating on the door. Trick-or-treaters engage the door's scariness by triggering a Seco-Larm Enforcer break-beam device situated several yards before getting to the door itself. Controlling the show are two Raspberry Pi SBCs, with one for controlling the video output and the other, combined with a PiFace, for implementing the relays that fire the pistons. C and C++ code bind everything together for a technology-based haunted device that is capable of scaring the most reserved children looking to get their Halloween candy.
It's easy to understand why scaring people is big business, as the revenue generated each year for these haunted attractions can easily be in the billions. This creates healthy competition for those who design such attractions to be the scariest in the nation. It's most assured that as technology advances, so will our fears, which seem to grow as Halloween draws near and we venture through the "Scary Door"!
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Way back in September/October, before the World Series of Romance, I was immersed in a period-specific historical binge and never got around to reviewing any of them. To remedy that appalling lapse in blogging etiquette….
Let the Medieval Mania begin!
We'll embark upon our odyssey through the Middle Ages with the book I'm using as The Gold Standard for medieval romances. No, I haven't read Roberta Gellis yet; I have about 17 of hers in my TBR and once I start one, I'll have to read them all.
ANYWAY. This book was one of my first Kindle impulse purchases, and I'm pretty sure it was my gateway drug to the evil realm of Romancelandia. (The "mania" in the theme wasn't chosen on a whim, trust me.)
- Title: A Bed of Spices
- Author: Barbara Samuel
- Series: N/A
- Genre(s): Historical
- Publisher: Harper Monogram, September 1993; self-published, October 2010
- Source: Amazon, 99¢ promo ($2.99 ebook, free through Kindle Lending)
- Length: 352 pages
- Trope(s): Star-Crossed Lovers, Angst, Reunited
- Quick blurb: Nobleman's daughter and Jewish student fight for love in medieval Germany
- Quick review: Practically perfect in every way.
- Grade: A+
He did not kiss her, but his eyes held hers as if he had cast some spell, and in his face, she saw the fever of his need. "For this, I have been waiting," he said in a low, raw voice. "For this, I would die."
This is one of those books that I feel I could never do justice in a review, other than to say it was BOOK TRANCE from beginning to end. And it was even better the second time when I was reading it more critically with a reviewer's eye.
A Bed of Spices is a perfectly balanced mix of history, humor, passion, romance, angst, atmosphere, characterization and story-telling. I'm sure I left out other good stuff, but it's all in there.
For me, this is the epitome of a Star-Crossed Lovers story — and it's anything but typical. Instead of the usual noble/peasant or bad boy/good girl pairing, we get a couple equally matched in wealth and intelligence, held apart only the yellow star on his tunic.
Samuel brings Frederica and Solomon together unexpectedly:
He was beautiful, as beautiful as a fallen angel or a pagan god. And he stared back at her as if he could not believe she stood there, as if he knew her, as if he were as dazzled as she.
…and lets their relationship grow with some innocent flirting:
"You did not tell me where you came by your ideas," he prompted.
"I came by mine as you did yours—by thinking."
He grinned. "Such a strange pastime for a girl."
…and some not-so-innocent temptation:
In the silent gray fog, they were alone. The knowledge rippled between them as they stood face-to-face, a fearsome and dangerous thing…. For a moment, he held her eyes and she felt the heated pulse of his maleness through the cold mist; sensed once again that she was not alone in her wish to be less polite and more tangled.
Our almost-happy couple fights it as best they can:
He would not stray from within the walls of Strassburg itself. Surely, if he had no glimpse of her, this lunacy would burn itself clean. For, dear God, it must….
…until they both find the courage to admit what they have is more than physical attraction:
Her free hand lit in his hair. For a moment, she said nothing, only stroked his head silently as he knelt before her. At last she said quietly, "The priest brought me the Bible last night, as instruction."
She sank down to her knees, to look at him face-to-face. "I made a confession to him that I had spent many hours thinking of a certain man in ways that were not chaste."
Solomon lifted his fingers, seared by this admission, but she caught his hand before he could touch her. "Father Goddard said there was more to God's word than prayers," she said, "and he brought me the Bible to read, with a place specially marked."
Her eyes softened. "It was," she said with an ironic smile, "the Song of Solomon."
"Ahhh." He closed his eyes and leaned forward to press his forehead against hers, feeling as if he might weep. "And yet, this is impossible, Rica. We cannot love each other."
"I know."
For a long moment, they simply remained as they were, their fingers tangled, foreheads pressed together, all else forgotten.
Ohhhh, that forehead-to-forehead thing gets me EVERY TIME. *~*happysigh*~*
With the help of a mutual friend, they make their own vows:
She felt dizzy, as if she were standing in the center of the world and all else would slip into harmony as long as Solomon held her.
He rocked her silently, holding her almost painfully close. "It does not seem an evil thing," he said with quiet wonder. "It seems as if I have held you thus for all of time, that I should go on doing so forever."
But alas, we know it can't go on forever. The author quietly lets the internal angst and conflict seep in….
"Do not speak it, Rica, I beg you." His eyes were bleak. "There is so little joy in any life, I will take this time with you until I must go." He smoothed a lock of hair from her face. "In our old age, we'll remember and be glad."
…and then it grows:
Two months ago, he'd never seen the woman who now obsessed him. All the years of discipline, all the prudence and resistance he had practiced had come to naught in the face of his longing for Rica. He was ready to storm the castle to carry her away, ready to make a fool of himself to gain a glimpse of her in the bailey. For what? The most he could hope for was a month or two of stolen afternoons, a kiss here and there, and a laugh in a glade. He could never lie with her, sleep next to her, walk in a public square. He could never sit with her over a meal and talk of the day's work, or take her hand in old age.
…and it festers:
From the beginning, Solomon had known there was no future for them. From the beginning, he had fought against loving her. Now he found he could not bear the thought of another man touching her, when he — who loved her — had barely tasted the edges of her desire.
…until the inevitable external conflicts tear them violently apart:
There were no more tears left in her, only a wild, searing grief. Every corner of her was filled with it, an emotion black and sticky as tar. She could taste it against her tongue and smelled it thick in her nostrils. It held her, immobile, slumped against the wall in the darkness.
But then we finally get the HEA, and it's WORTHY EVERY MINUTE of all that glorious angst.
"All is well, my love," he whispered. "All is well."
In summary: I think everyone should read this book because it is a very good book. And if all those excerpts didn't convince you, I have no hope for you. I'll just let you wander back to your pathetic alpha heroes and doormat heroines. Good luck with that.
Next up: One-Quote Reviews for a few more by Barbara Samuel (guess what? I LOVE THEM ALL)


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We are Sav-Mart Beauty Supply, a beauty supply store founded in 1975 in Houston, TX.
Women are our strongest customer base but we also sell Men's lines so nothing TOO feminine (flowers, bunnies, etc.) please.
This contest is for a redesign and coding of http://www.savmartbeautysupply.com.
1. White and red must be used in the color scheme.
2. I no longer have our logo in .ai format so you will have to retrace it in vector from the current logo on the website. We must use the same logo but it does not need to have the fade effects and shading like on the current website. Completely up to you.
The weather is very bad here today but I was able to snap a few picture of the store logo from the car. Hope this helps.
3. Site homepage needs a revolving banner that displays products, store hours, location, email link, phone number, and an area to put a coupon. The store hours, location, and email link, and phone number should appear on every page as it does now. Same nav categories can be used but please include extra one called "Services". You may use something like http://www.flashxml.net/banner-rotator.html for the rotating banner.
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Chris Volstad will take the mound today against Mat Latos and the powerful Reds offense. Anthony Rizzo gets the day off and Luis Valbuena is bumped up to the three spot in the order. Here is a look at the rest of the lineup for Sunday, August 19. The game can be seen at 12:10 on WGN.
DeJesus – RF
Barney – 2B
Valbuena – 3B
Soriano – LF
Castro – SS
LaHair – 1B
Jackson – CF
Clevenger – C
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve need to stop using the benchmark interest rate known as Libor in financial rescue programs, as it might not be reliable and could put taxpayer dollars at risk, a federal watchdog said on Thursday.
The special inspector-general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the bailout vehicle launched during the financial crisis, recommended that the Treasury and the Fed change some initiatives to ensure participating U.S. firms use alternatives to the London inter-bank offered rate in pricing billions of dollars in loans.
Libor is intended to measure the rate at which banks lend to one another and is used as a benchmark to set borrowing costs on financial instruments, including derivatives and mortgages.
It has faced heightened scrutiny since Barclays agreed to pay more than $450 million in fines to U.S. and British authorities to settle charges its employees rigged the rate to increase profits.
The Treasury and the Fed should "cease using Libor in TARP programs," the special inspector general said in the report. "American taxpayers who funded TARP may have been at risk and continue to be at risk from the manipulation of Libor."
Libor was set as the base interest rate in many government bailouts from 2007-2009. More than three years after the launch of TARP, the federal government still has bailout programs in operation, some of which will last as long as 2015 and 2017.
"The scale of what has erupted over Libor is significant," the special inspector general, Christy Romero, said in an interview. She said that in addition to putting taxpayer money at risk, the reliance on Libor could undermine confidence in the TARP program.
The Treasury and the Fed have said they had no choice but to use Libor in designing the lending programs that propped up the financial sector when credit seized up. In letters to Romero, both argued it was not in the taxpayers' interest to pursue changes now.
The watchdog's report focused on two TARP programs. One, known as the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF, was started to jumpstart the securitization market for credit cards, auto loans and small business loans.
The second, the Public-Private Investment Program, or PPIP, was intended to use both taxpayer money and private capital to get bad assets off the books of major banks.
There is $598.6 million in outstanding TALF loans and $5.685 billion in outstanding PPIP debt with interest tied to Libor, the report stated.
"If we sought to renegotiate the rate, it is likely that borrowers either would not agree to a rate change or would agree only to a change that would result in a lower payment to the taxpayers," Treasury Assistant Secretary Timothy Massad said of the TALF loans in a letter to Romero Dated October 9.
Massad also said that changing the benchmark rate for the PPIP program now "may in fact harm, rather than benefit, taxpayers." He said fund managers overseeing those investments have developed investment strategies over the years that could be adversely disrupted.
"It's not as hard as Treasury and the Federal Reserve make it out to be," Romero said. She cited the bailout of insurer American International Group as an example in which a benchmark rate was renegotiated.
As for TALF, the Fed wrote that neither it nor the Treasury had the "authority to unilaterally change the interest rate."
In the Fed's letter to the watchdog dated October 3, William Nelson, the deputy director of the central bank's Division of Monetary Affairs, said that the borrower would either not agree to a rate change or would only agree to an alternative that would result in a lower payment to the U.S. taxpayer.
The report also recommended that AIG be designated as a systemically important firm, which would subject it to greater scrutiny and higher capital liquidity requirements.
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Perhaps the OP changed her question before I read it, but as it stands now there is no mention of passwords at all - the OP just wants to know how this has been happening.
Can I suggest you now remove your reply so other potential helpers are not dissuaded?
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No, gechurch, my reply will stand...the OP is asking how to break the
security at the library's computer system...not "password" specifically,
but system security none the less. If the OP cannot or will not use a
search engine, of which there are several, to find the information then
it is not upon TR members to show them how to crack system security.
The other issue I have, they asked this same basic question twice.
Even ignoring the paranoid delusional aspects of this "question", it
has a smell of the darkside of system cracking. That is something that
the majority of TR members have decided NOT to assist.
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Siding with wizard on this one. I have no idea what this is about but the profile for the OP is suspect both temporally and personally.
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Wizard if you would like to bring down the whip on suggestions to hack, than go after Slayer. He made a post that says word for word "Since it was originally posted on TR, it should be ok. If the Library has open wireless. Download firesheep for firefox and use it to monitor the network. Then steal your stalkers login credentials and mess with them for a bit." and a comment saying word for word "This whole thread is getting funny. Hack that library computer. Just like that girl in school, everyone has already done it at least once".
Ps: Please remember I am not attempting to engage in a flame war with any one.
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LOL, I am not saying anything that couldn't have been figured out through google.
hard to know without seeing the desktop computer in question.
it is possible that there was remote control software on that computer in the library.
Something like vnc could have been used.
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As Moderator's, we still do not have the ability to lock a discussion; that is passed on to higher powers. We have to ability to flag and delete a discussion is need be; some discussions are flagged and passed onto others that make the decision on whether or not to lock it down.
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I did not know that,...thought you guys were "all powerful"!....:-)


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I wanted to know if it was possible to, from an executable jar, create an executable jar.
I am attempting to create a program with several parts.
Part 1 is an Administrator Control Panel of sorts.
Then there will be several preceding parts, all with fairly similar designs.
What will happen is the Administrator will load a text file. Then, the data from the text file will be split up based on specifications. A jar needs to be created for each split where the specific data for each is contained within it (as a text file), as well as the runtime classes and a manifest. These jars will then be distrubted to the appropriate people.
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Faithful reader and devil's advocate Felix writes:
Dear Dr. Shadowfax,
I am confused. You just explained, lucidly and cogently, that idiots like yours truly subsidise the Medicare and Medicaid patients, not to mention the uninsured, so that you can earn enough money in a shift to have a plumber unclog your commode at home.
And then you go on to say, why, Medicaid is so wonderful, let's have more of this?
This is a great point regarding Medicaid and I'd like to riff on it a bit. There's an old adage in Washington DC that "programs for the poor are poor programs," which is to say that they are underfunded with all the negative consequences attendant. Many attribute the success of Social Security and Medicare to the fact that they are endowed across all social classes and that seniors can be relied upon to raise holy hell if any politician tries to touch them, whereas it's well known that poor people don't vote, and there is rarely any electoral consequence for politicians who cut their programs.
But why on earth would you presume that I want Medicaid for all? This seems to be a common misunderstanding among the flat earth crowd who are reflexively opposed to universal health care -- they assume that whatever reformers propose will look like Canada or Britain's NHS or Medicaid or some frankenstein-esque amalgamation of all their worst bits. Either they haven't bothered to read any of the serious proposals or they are deliberately setting up strawmen to bolster their vacuous arguments.
Let me be clear on this point: I favor health care reform which will abolish Medicaid. Medicaid sucks on so very many levels it's hard to explain. The pathetic reimbursements are only its worst feature to me (a doctor) -- the medicaid recipients can tell you in great detail how much it sucks from their side, and state lawmakers and administrators will fill your ears with horror stories from their point of view.
Most damningly, Medicaid fails to fulfill its goal -- to give access to health care to the 'deserving poor' (an arbitrarily defined subset of the actual poor). Sure, beneficiaries have "insurance" but they do not have access. Try finding a PCP who will accept new Medicaid patients. Meaningful access requires coverage which provides meaningful and sustainable reimbursement.
But when you read the health plan advocated by serious individuals, you see that many of them are quite different. Most involve public-private organizations offering community-rated plans funded by premiums collected from insureds, generally with subsidies for low-income persons. Several, including my current favorite, Senator Wyden's Healthy Americans Act, would outright abolish Medicaid. They preserve multiple payors competing against one another, which would prevent a single-payor monopsony depressing provider reimbursements. Plans can even offer different levels of benefits from catastrophic to comprehensive coverage.
You may, should you choose to take the effort to look, note that not a single presidential candidate is advocating a single-payor system. Yet even rational voices like Kevin are obsessed with attacking single payor. Argue against it all you like, guys, but you're wasting your breath. That horse is dead, that dog won't hunt, whatever metaphor you like.
So, Felix, no, I don't want more Medicaid. I want a universal system that covers everybody at the same level (r/t provider reimbursements), so that the shell game of cross-subsidization stops and everybody has access to at least some basic level of real health care coverage.
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- Anonymous7/20/2007 2:23 AM
And tnank you for replying, Dr. Shadowfax!ReplyDelete
Austria, the land where I was born and grew up, has a two-tiered system. Mandatory insurance for everyone (opting out is allowed if your taxable income exceeds a threshold, and you can show your private insurance policy that overs the mandatory stuff), and on top of the mandatory system, you can make whatever arrangements you like, within your financial limits.
It is not a single-payor system: employees generally are covered by a "regional insurance provider" (one per state), the self-employed are insured by their "guild's" (for want of a better term) company, and so on.
However, all these entities are guaranteed by the fisc, at a cost that is already throttling the national budget.
What I do not understand is why, in this multi-payor system, all those insurers would magically have set the very same low reimbursement rates!
An extra twist is that for most services, the provider is not allowed to charge more than that official rate. A hospital, for instance, may charge me for flowers in my room, but even if I am admitted as a private patient, the hospital administration is stuck with the same loss-making rate that they are allowed to charge to the mandatory insurance plans.
Similarly for doctors: It's either only what the mandatory plan covers, or I can go private all the way. Take for instance: My recent repair to the right acetabular labrum. Aside from the fact that nobody in Austria could have done that arthroscopically yet, I could either have had it covered by insurance and accepted an eight month (!) waiting list for the surgeon; or I could have gone private -- in which case I would have had to reimburse the surgeon, the OR staff, the hospital providing the OR, the anaestestiologist, and the porter who pushed me out the door in a wheelchair, all from my pocket.
No, all this does not mean that multi-payor universal insurance systems are doomed -- but in 39 years in Europe I have yet to see one that is not either terminally broken or driving the country bankrupt. I urge you to be careful what you ask for.
Again, thanks -- and the next time I get run over on my bike, I'll make a point of asking to be delivered into your capable care. I work for "a large software company in Redmond", and the benefits (BCBS has compariatively good reimbursement rates, I am told) may allow you to offer your plumber an extra can of soda when he's done. :-)
- Anonymous7/20/2007 2:24 AM
And please allow me to claim that I do actually know how to spell "anaesthesiologist". My apologies to your gas-passing colleagues!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/20/2007 5:55 AM
*Ahem*. Dennis Kucinich supports single-payer.ReplyDelete
That's why I said that no "serious" person supports single payor. Kucinich is, with respect, a joke, and not the funny kind.
Essential to the success of a multi-payor system is something of a free market. Doctors have to be able to negotiate rates with the payors and to refuse to contract with plans that do not offer reasonable rates. This is the leverage that keeps reimbursement from being set at one low level -- the plans will need to compete to make sure their provider networks are adequate.
For example, there is a large "blue" payor which is the designated insurance co for a certain large software company in Redmond which is notorious for paying the LOWEST rates of any commercial payor in the state, rates on a par with medicare's! So I canceled our contract with this company and we went non-participating for two years. It was an audacious step and caused a lot of controversy in ths hospital, the media, and among patients. Eventually, the "Blue" decided that we were serious and they came back to the table in good faith and we came to an amicable agreement at sustainable reimbursement rates.
You say that in Europe all the similar plans are driving the country bankrupt, but I remind you that we are already spending 50% MORE per capita -- and not even covering everybody.
And may I suggest the Sammamish river trail as a safe car-free place to ride your bike?
- Anonymous7/20/2007 2:07 PM
Dear Dr. Shadowfax,ReplyDelete
I am surprised to learn that BCBS is so stingy. A certain large software company in Redmond -- LSCIR -- is self-insured, such that BCBS is only the benefits administrator; given how much money LSCIR throws out the window (or stuffs down the gullet of incompetent drones), I cannot fathom why we cannot pay fair compensation without first being held over a barrel. I really wonder at it.
Oh well, I figure I'll just have to bring the soda for the plumber! :)
The SRT is nice, and I enjoy a leisurely Sunday afternoon noodling along, but since I am not a jerk (or at least try hard not to be), I limit myself to speeds at which the majority of the children near me may survive. For serious biking, I still go out on the roads, and for punishment, there are fortunately any number of interesting hills around.
My email address is felixk@LSCIR -- if you are comfortable divulging where you work (UW? Harborview? I suspect the latter), and when, I'll show up with a nice large pot of paprika csirkes ("chicken paprikash" in English, I think) for the night shift. My late Hungarian grandmother passed down the recipe, and Mom taught me, and I am not a complete failure at it, if I may say so myself.
Sounds like you, me, and Felix need to discuss this over a 30-60km ride.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/21/2007 2:57 AM
discuss what? Healthcare might work as a topic (and if we meet Michael Moore, I'll strangle him with the tubing of the insulin pump that I wouldn't be wearing if it were up to him) -- but I'd rather swap recipes. I make a mean dessert, too. I suspect that even Dr. Shadowfax would sell the Democratic Party down the river for a second helping of my Apfelstrudel!
Anyway, felixk@(large-software-company-in-Redmond).com. Until my hip rehab is done (and my left pes anserinus bursitis has resolved), I am limited to 15-17 mph average, but if you are willing to slow down for me, or just go out for a leisurely afternoon on the BGT/SRT, I am game!
If you are looking for other riding partners: There is an orthopod up in Kirkland, Dr. Rolfe, who I understand goes out to ride with a group of doctors. I considered their invitation to join -- what better company for a diabetic to fall off the bike with hypoglycaemia? -- but the schedule didn't work out. I'd be happy to supply his name.
- Anonymous7/21/2007 3:00 AM
Oops, make that last "their names", although Dr. Rolfe will surely be glad to help, too. He is very accommodating in all things, and only some pesky biological facts prevented me from watching my SLAP repair live (one could wish the shoulder were innervated from a level that makes a spinal block possible). Still, the video was neat.ReplyDelete
The earth is not flat... only nearly flat. I have been at up really high in an airplane and I do think that the earth curves at the edges. I think it is more of the shape of a tarpaulin stretched down a bit at the corners with a small protrusion at the center. Careful around the edges... "thar there be monsters."ReplyDelete
and shadowfax, i am not opposed to reform at all. i favor a two tiered system like Australia's. Baseline coverage for all, those of means may bump it up as they see fit. Abolish medicare/medicaid. Absolutely. I do truly believe, however, that when someone says, "I'm from the government, I'm here to help", that you should run away quickly.ReplyDelete
I just googled it and you are right. The earth is round. My whole world is upside down now (or is it inside out). And 911, a two tiered system might well work. But if you want to see a hydra grow out of control, just put more government stiffs into the mix. The NHS is already the third largest employer in the world (behing the Chinese military and the Indian railroads). To meet quotas and make waiting times seem shorter, proceedures are simply canceled. Just imagine how large, immovable, and unmanageable this national "managed care" would become.ReplyDelete
Sorry, added one to many eeees to procedure.ReplyDelete
well said 'cat. would like the whole system to be privately administered with incentives on the adminsitration side which would keep the admin. side as small as possible and allow for firing and hiring outside the 18,000 rules and regs. required to hire and fire a federal employee.ReplyDelete


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Sky's the limit: Castle Hill could set record
After Monticello, Castle Hill is probably the most famous property in Albemarle County. And like that presidential icon, Castle Hill's history is inextricably entwined with Thomas Jefferson and other revolutionary heroes. Now on the market, it's poised to make another kind of history: If it sells anywhere near the asking price of $24 million, Castle Hill will be the most expensive real estate transaction in Albemarle County.
Every school child in Virginia is familiar with the story of Jack Jouett's famous ride in 1781 to save Jefferson, then Virginia's Governor, and members of the legislature from imminent capture by the British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton.
Perhaps not so well known is the legend that it was the fetching mistress of Castle Hill– Mrs. Thomas Walker– and her delectable breakfast that kept the British general occupied while Jouett whipped his steed over the mountain to warn Jefferson to flee.
More recent history has been just as exciting in a 21st century sort of way. The current owners of the estate, Jane and Gardner Larned, have assembled at the farm "some of the finest Angus genetics in the world," according to Charles Rosson, extension agent for Planning District 10.
After purchasing a cow named "Woodhill Evergreen 120" from a farm in Viroqua, Wisconsin, for $200,000, the Larneds and farm manager George Hibbert had her cloned to maintain the genetic line. Although Woodhill Evergreen 120 has died, her clone is due to have a calf (presumably by traditional methods) this spring, Rosson says.
In between the Revolutionary War and cloned cows, Castle Hill has been the site of other excitement. To the original clapboard house that Thomas Walker built in 1764, Landon Rives, Robert E. Lee's godfather, added a brick wing in 1824. Those two dwellings, joined by a connecting hallway, constitute the current Castle Hill manor house.
Rives' writer daughter, Amilie, published a short story in the Atlantic in 1886, then married "Russian prince" Pierre Troubetzkoy, in 1896. They are buried on the estate.
In 1986, Castle Hill was back in the news when Las Vegas crooner Wayne Newton entered into a contract to purchase the house and 1,182 acres for $2.55 million– and then backed out.
"He was going through a divorce at the time," says local agent Frank Quayle, who was a listing agent for the seller, Mrs. Audrey L. Bird. "Settlement issues became involved, and it was inadvisable for him to own property."
Mrs. Bird was unsuccessful in her attempt to keep Newton's $100,000 good-faith deposit. The singer claimed that the presence of a graveyard on the place– holding the remains of the Walkers and Troubetzkoys, among others– would interfere with his development plans.
Today Castle Hill and its 1,582 acres are available to the first buyer who shows up with $24 million. It's unclear whether Woodhill Evergreen 120's clone and her new baby convey. Maybe they're negotiable.
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|Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on October 12, 2017
Q: Recently, the president of Spain's Catalan autonomous region said in an address at the Catalan parliament that the region had won the right to be independent as a result of the referendum, but would suspend the independence declaration and seek a dialogue with the Spanish government. What is your comment?
A: The Chinese side closely follows the relevant situation in Catalonia, understands and supports the effort of the Spanish government to uphold national unity, ethnic solidarity and territorial integrity and believes the Spanish side is capable of safeguarding the social order and civil rights and interests in accordance with law. China and Spain are friendly countries. We will continue to develop friendly cooperation with Spain by upholding the principle of respecting each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and non-interference in each other's internal affairs.
Q: According to reports, the DPRK foreign minister said they will never agree to any talks in which the nuclear weapons will be the subject of negotiations and urges the United States to stop its hostile policies towards the DPRK as the prerequisite for dialogue, and the initiative proposed by China and Russia to address the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue is unacceptable. Do you have any comment on that?
A: To realize the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and uphold the international nuclear non-proliferation regime is the widespread aspiration of the international community and serves the common interests of the international community.
The fundamental reason why the situation on the Korean Peninsula has currently descended into a vicious circle of escalation is the hostility and lack of trust and sense of security between the directly concerned parties, namely DPRK and the US. The only viable way to settle this problem is to address the legitimate security concern of various parties in a balanced way through dialogue and negotiation.
Based on the "dual-track approach", the "suspension for suspension" initiative and the step-by-step conception, the joint initiative of China and Russia is a reasonable and legitimate proposal that takes into full account and balancedly accommodates the concerns of various parties. It is conducive to getting rid of the current predicament and finding a breakthrough for the resumption of talk, thus deserving serious consideration and positive response from various parties.
At present, the situation of the Korean Peninsula stands at a crossroad. All the relevant parties should bear in mind the fundamental and long-term interests of their own country and nation, stay cool-headed and calm and make wise judgment and choice.
Q: The British human rights activist Benedict Rogers was stopped from entering Hong Kong yesterday. The British government said it has asked China's central government for explanation. Did China's central government tell the Hong Kong government not to let him in? Has the Chinese side already discussed this matter with the British government?
A: Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, and the central government is responsible for Hong Kong-related foreign affairs. The central government of China and the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region handle the relevant issues in accordance with law. It falls within China's sovereignty to decide who is allowed to enter the Chinese territory and who is not.
Hong Kong has returned to China in 1997 and Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs. The Chinese government's firm opposition to interference in China's internal affairs by any foreign government, organization and individual in any form remains steadfast. As to whether the person you mentioned arrived in Hong Kong with the intention to interfere in the internal affairs and judicial independence of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, he knows that well enough himself.
In response to the relevant remarks of the British government, the Chinese side has lodged solemn representations with the UK.


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Joe Jonas has called rumors of his alleged drug addiction "ridiculous," denying his speculated troubles were the reason for the Jonas Brothers' recent split.
The band confirmed their decision to disband on Tuesday, after a scrapped tour and a "deep rift" between the three brothers ultimately led to the demise of the group.
And shortly after the band announced its axed tour, speculation swirled that Joe was headed for rehab – when he was frequently seen with addiction specialist Mike Bayar, who was one of the driving forces behind Demi Lovato's recovery.
However the 24 year old tells People magazine that not only is talk of a drug problem not true, but it was certainly not a reason for the siblings to end their career.
He exclaims, "It's ridiculous! We're not saying anything for two or three weeks and I'm a drug addict!"
Joe found it even more troublesome when his model girlfriend, Blanda Eggenschwiler, was also blamed for his reported addiction.
He adds, "It's obviously not true. I've never touched heroin in my life. Either has my girlfriend. It's hilarious to me, but also frustrating as well. It pissed me off when it's about my girl…
"I was walking down the street and people are asking me if they can give me a hug and how rehab is. I'm like, you tell me because I've never been."


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"The Hills" star Kristin Cavallari and her fiancé, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, are expecting a baby boy, Cutler's teammate says.
Bears wide receiver Earl Bennett shared the news on "The Boers & Bernstein Show" Tuesday in Chicago, saying Cutler has plenty to be happy about these days.
"New toys, a baby on the way — he's having a boy — I'm excited for Jay," Bennett said on the radio show, the Chicago Tribune reported. "It's a great time."
Cutler, 28, and Cavallari, 25, haven't confirmed the news from Bennett.
Cavallari has been debuting her growing belly lately and admitted that for the first time ever, she can't fit into sample size dresses.
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The long-time pair were supposed to have wed last year but called off the wedding and split briefly before reuniting in November.
They announced in January that they were having a baby and soon got engaged.


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Texans should be spared rolling power blackouts this summer because the weather likely won't be as brutally hot as it was a year ago and electricity from mothballed power plants coming out of retirement should be enough to keep the lights on, a spokesman for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said Tuesday.
"We're not expecting as extreme conditions that we had last summer," said Warren Lasher, ERCOT's director of system planning.
Energy experts are projecting a peak demand this summer of 67,492 megawatts, which would be less than the record-breaking 68,379 megawatts needed to power Texas last Aug. 3. A single megawatt can power 1,000 homes for one hour.
Lasher welcomed an additional 2,000 megawatts of power that older generating plants will provide after they come out of retirement for the summer.
"Clearly, the recent actions taken by the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and ERCOT have resulted in positive market signals, encouraging generators to bring their units back online for the hot summer months. While the margins are still tight, I am encouraged to see not only investment in the ERCOT market, but also retired units coming out of mothball," Senate Natural Resources Chairman Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, said following ERCOT's announcement.
Earlier this year, H.B. "Trip" Doggett, president and CEO of ERCOT, warned state lawmakers that inadequate electric power reserves likely would force Texans to cut back on their electric consumption this summer to avoid rolling blackouts.
There will still be days when electric officials call for conservation.
But the temporary generation of power from those mothballed plants should make a difference, Lasher said.
Of the 2,000 megawatts of mothballed units, 430 megawatts of capacity was not available last summer.
Energy officials urge Texans to conserve electricity, especially during hot late afternoons.
"When we are in emergency status, lowering the thermostate does make a difference in helping ERCOT keep the grid stable, agency spokeswoman Robbie Searcy said.


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Australian Pop/Rockers Slightly Left Of Centre release their Spectra Music Group/Tabletop Records debut single "Euphoria" available now!
Hot off the back of selling in excess of 80,000 units, 500,000 streams and generating over 100,000 downloads, Australian talent 'Slightly Left of Centre' return to the world stage with their strongest, most original and diverse material to date.
Taken from the bands upcoming second album and world class writing ability, the single release "Euphoria" is a testament to the bands tongue-in-cheek mentality, with soaring hooks and a vibe reminiscent of Maroon 5 meeting Daft Punk… it will keep you coming back for more.
"Euphoria is a song that promotes being on a natural high, being happy to be alive, and to live life without regrets." – Adam Spicer.
Euphoria, currently in the mixing stages has undergone a lot of work independently having previous successors with 5th Release 'Love the Way You Move' which generated millions of downloads and views for the band over the past few years. One of the bands strengths is their ability to control all aspects of the production, whether recording, mixing, editing, filming or mastering both video and audio, utilizing 20 years of production experience between them. SLC has had their share of local and international success, however they have notched up the level entirely with a brand-new sound ready for the world to hear. With the experience, determination and ability to write the catchiest, danciest, funkiest, poppiest, most commercial tracks you will hear from this side of the globe, the bands driving force is absolutely unconditional, and unstoppable!!
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The London Candidates matches certainly have heated up since the bloodless round one. Round three featured three decisive games with Aronian taking the lead with his second victory in a row.
Pre-tournament favorite Magnus Carlsen won his game with Black against Boris Gelfand while Peter Svidler won against Teimour Radjabov.
Look for the full scoop on the start of the Candidates in an upcoming CLO exclusive by GM Ian Rogers. Today, Monday is a free day.


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U.S. Senate Confirms Seven Presidential Appointees to Advisory Board of the National Endowment for the Humanities
The U.S. Senate recently confirmed seven new members to serve on the National Council on the Humanities. The National Council is a 26-person advisory board for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The seven new members were appointed by President Clinton.
"It is a pleasure to welcome these distinguished individuals to the National Council on the Humanities," said NEH Chairman William R. Ferris, who chairs the National Council. "All of them are leaders in their fields, and I will rely on their insights and judgments to help guide the National Endowment for the Humanities as we look ahead to the new millennium."
The National Council members serve staggered six-year terms. The Council meets three times a year to review applications for the awarding of grants and to make recommendations to the chairman regarding the Endowment's policies, programs and procedures.
The new members of the National Council on the Humanities will begin their terms at the Council's spring 2000 meeting. Following are short biographies.
Linda Lee Aaker (Austin, Texas) is counsel to the Austin law firm of Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, where she had been a partner from 1983 to 1998. Previously, she was assistant attorney general of the State of Texas from 1974 through 1983, serving as assistant chief, Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division from 1977 to 1980, and chief, Antitrust Division from 1980 to 1982. She is a member of the board of directors of Bethphage Great Britain, a nonprofit agency providing services to persons with developmental disabilities. An author, she has published a book, A Woman's Odyssey, as well as written over a dozen articles for the Washington Post on diverse subjects. Ms. Aaker received a B.A. from Luther College and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.
Edward L. Ayers (Charlottesville, Va.), a professor of history at the University of Virginia for nearly 20 years, became the Hugh P. Kelly Professor of History in 1993. He has received a number of writing awards for his works on American studies, Southern history and race relations. His books include All Over the Map: Rethinking American Regions and The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction. Dr. Ayers has also received a number of grants and fellowships, including those from the Fulbright Commission, the Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He received a B.A. from the University of Tennessee, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University.
Ira Berlin (Washington, DC) is a professor of history at the University of Maryland, and this spring will also teach at Yale University. At the University of Maryland, he holds the title of University Professor, and he has served as dean of undergraduates and dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. Dr. Berlin has written several books dealing with slavery and African American life, including Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South and Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America, which won the Bancroft Prize for the best book in American history. Dr. Berlin has been awarded a number of grants and fellowships, including those from the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was a Fulbright Bicentennial Professor at the University of Paris. He has served as a member of the advisory board of the National Archives and as a consultant on the Ken Burns Civil War documentary and to the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Berlin received a B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
Pedro G. Castillo (Watsonsville, Calif.) is associate professor of history and founding codirector of the Chicano/Latino Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has also served as an academic specialist for the United States Information Agency in Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and Argentina. He lectures widely, often on Chicano history and politics and empowerment, and has served as a consultant for a number of organizations, including the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Castillo is author of An Illustrated History of Mexican Los Angeles and The American Nation. He received a B.A. from Arizona State University, an M.A. from Northern Arizona University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Evelyn Edson (Scottsville, Va.) is professor of history and humanities at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Va. She has been a project director of a three-year grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities on "Strengthening General Education Through the Humanities," and has been the recipient of other NEH grants and a Newberry Library Fellowship. Among her recent publications are the book Mapping Time and Space: How Medieval Mapmakers Viewed Their World and an article, "The Historian at the Community College." Dr. Edson received a B.A. from Swarthmore College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
Peggy Whitman Prenshaw (Baton Rouge, La.) holds the Fred C. Frey Chair of Southern Studies in the Department of English at Louisiana State University. She is widely published, and among her books are More Conversations with Eudora Welty and Women Writers of the Contemporary South. She has also edited the journal Southern Quarterly and the book series Literary Conversations. Dr. Prenshaw received the Charles Frankel Prize from the National Endowment of the Humanities in 1994 for her outstanding contributions to the public humanities over the past 20 years. She has served as president of the Eudora Welty Society and the Society for the Study of Southern Literature. Dr. Prenshaw received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Mississippi College and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas.
Theodore W. Striggles (New York, N.Y.) is an arts and intellectual property lawyer who is currently counsel to the New York firm of Johnston & Sellers. He has served as executive director of the New York State Council on the Arts, as Chairman of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and as an adjunct professor of Public Administration at New York University. Mr. Striggles performed for 10 years as a modern dancer with New York based companies. He has served as a pro bono advisor and lawyer to several hundred dance and theater companies, and is the principal author of two guidebooks for artists: Fear of Filing and Poor Dancer's Almanack. He is currently a member of the Purchase College Council of the State University of New York. Mr. Striggles received a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.


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Recently I visited the Higginson/Lewis and the King, two K-8 schools that have added tae kwon do to their curriculum. As I enter the gymnasium, third graders run for their uniform and once dressed form a line. Master Hans then request silence and ask them to take position. The class then begins with segments of jumping jacks and tae kwon do forms. Master Hans has been teaching tae kwon do for more than 3 years as part of a funded program provided by the U.S. Tae Kwon Do Education Foundation (U.S.T.E.F.).
After one of the sessions at the schools, I asked Mr. Hans, how the program started at the school. He responded, "Mr. Tito Jackson referred us to the Higginson/Lewis, which was our first school in Boston area. Then, through principal Ms. Oliver's recommendations, we were able to teach in two other schools, the McKinley and the King." The students take part in a 10 week session and then a graduation ceremony takes places where they are presented their yellow belts.
Master Hans looks forward to expanding the program to other schools and hopes to get more families involved. For those who want to learn more about the program visit:http://www.ustef.org/xe/