The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a proposed incentive program to implement provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) that provide incentive payments to health professionals and hospitals for the "Meaningful Use" of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. The Medicaid EHR incentive program will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals and hospitals for efforts to adopt, implement, or upgrade certified EHR technology. The core focus is to encourage health providers to not only purchase an EHR, but to also use it in a 'meaningful manner' such as exchanging patient information with other medical professionals in order to improve patient care.
Most patients receive care from numerous medical providers and the primary means of establishing a patient's medical history is often through discussion with the patient. By having a patient's medical details available on line, you can provide this information to other health workers across settings. Card Scanning Solutions (CSSN) offers the perfect solution as a starting point of "Meaningful Use" for medical professionals and hospitals to capture accurate and detailed patient information from their medical insurance cards. Our software also provides extensive database capabilities for processing, sorting and archiving, as well as extensive and automatic data export capabilities for the data that is captured from the medical cards.
The MedicScan product line from CSSN offers advanced scanning technology that automates and speeds up the process of transferring data from medical cards into electronic forms. The captured image and textual data can then easily be attached to the patient's electronic chart, saved to a file, or exported to various 3rd party applications such as, Excel, Word or a database. In order to make this vital information available to other health professionals for implementing "Meaningful Use" rules, the captured medical card data can also be emailed sent to an FTP site or a web address.
With the MedicScan Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, this solution has the unique ability to recognize text which appears on the insurance cards and translates it into useable digital data. The image of a scanned insurance card also becomes interactive which allows the user the ability to select specific fields, parts of a field, or even multiple fields together for additional data extraction. The scanned image and data from the patient's medical cards are stored locally or exported automatically. By having this information on hand, accurate and detailed patient data is available in real time which results in improved health care quality, efficiency, and patient safety as per the "Meaningful Use" standards.
MedicScan is available with a variety of state of the art scanners but the software is TWAIN compatible which means it can easily be installed and utilized on an existing scanner. The scanning process is fully automated which enables users to focus on chain-feeding media into the scanner, while image extraction and processing takes place automatically in the background. As soon as a card is inserted into the scanner, the automatic page-feed detection launches the scan job immediately. With this easy to use system, the time and efforts of manually typing the information are reduced which results in increased productivity and more time to focus on the patients.
The "Meaningful Use" requirements that hospitals and physicians must meet to qualify for federal subsidy payments starts with the purchase and use of electronic health-record systems. The MedicScan solution from CSSN opens the door for health professionals and hospitals to easily collect detailed information from patients medical cards which not only aids them in their quest for eligibility for subsidies but also streamlines the patient registration process to ensure efficiency and accuracy.
We have a new video about our insurance card scanner: MedicScan OCR True Parse.
Watch the video and see how quickly the insurance card is scanned and the data is extracted, including an image of the card.
The New Revolutionary Snapshell Medical Card Scanner!
If you ever used a medical card scanner to scan insurance cards then you are fully aware to the great value a tailored card scanner solution can provide. Scanning medical cards saves the hassle of manually typing necessary information which appears on the card into a medical application, prevent human errors, provide you with a tool to upgrade your customer service and most of all – save you priceless time!
Now imagine your self combining the capabilities of a high quality 3M pixel camera with a professional medical card scanner which is equipped with OCR capability - Optical character recognition, which is an electronic translation of images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-editable text. This is how you get the new Snapshell medical card scanner.
Working with a card reader camera is easy as using a simple scanner. The installation process of the hardware and the software is easy and don't require any special training. The fact that it's small and lightweight makes it a portable device which can be carried out anywhere you go. On top of that the scanner has no mechanical moving parts and don't require any calibration.
Once connecting the medical card scanner to a PC or a laptop, you can immediate start scanning medical cards. All you need to do is place the card face down on the window and allow the system run. The Snapshell medical card scanner will instantly snap and provide superb image quality with an excellent picture resolution 600 dpi true color.
(1)	Smart data collection and maintenance – with SnapShell® IDR software you will be able to easily collect and manage all the scanned data from the cards and by that enables you to fully control it.
(2)	Authenticate hidden electronic cards watermark - The Snapshell® WMD camera scanner has the ability verify digital watermarking information which provide important data on the owner of the card. Moreover, The SnapShell® FDA medical card scanner has the power to scan and recognize the hidden electronic watermark printed on the card and compare it to the data that is extracted by OCR.
These truly remarkable card scanning solutions will dramatically change the way people handle insurance cards information. In the world we live in today, time management is critical. A sophisticated and innovative medical card scanner is a great tool to improve and upgrade time management control and by change the way we manage our daily working routine.
CSSN is Proud to Present: The New MedicScan Exhibit!
Card Scanning Solutions, CSSN, is a world leader in image processing technologies. Portable and compact scanning solutions are widely used in various industries. The medical industry among others has embraced technology as a powerful tool for efficiency, compliance, cost savings, and green initiatives.
Medicscan by CSSN was developed to address the medical industry's growing technological needs. CSSN has been a pioneer in ID reading capabilities. With a proprietary Optical Character Recognition engine or OCR, CSSN has developed a revolutionary logic based medical insurance card reading capability.
Formerly distributed by third party resellers, CSSN is strategically distributing Medicscan directly to its customers. Customers now have direct access to premier customer service, highly trained technical support, and the latest in product development. Customer relationship is highly cultivated and giving customers' accessibility to CSSN is prevalent.
The Medicscan by CSSN exhibit will be appearing in various expositions, conferences, and seminars across the country. The exhibit is designed to see CSSN first hand. It is an opportunity to engage with CSSN's team, see the powerful technology in action, and an opportunity to learn about the features and benefits.
Keeping with CSSN's "green" theme, the exhibit design focuses on efficiency, "less is more". The display showcases a full and professional scanning workflow: scanning a medical insurance card and transform the data into digital information. The audience will be able to experience the value that that thousands of MedicScan users already benefit from.
Insurance Card Scanner – The Most Powerful Card Scanning Solution!
If you are looking for an efficient and effective solution for scanning insurance cards then you might consider using a professional insurance card scanner system. Scanning the information which appears on a medical insurance card by using an automatic insurance card scanner can help you in several ways – improve customer service, support the paperless office concept and organize the way to back up and archive vital information. Want to learn more of the advantages of using a fast and compact insurance card scanner? Read on.
The most relevant information which appears on any insurance card is the card image and text. There are two techniques to scan insurance cards by using an insurance card scanner system: (1) scan only the card image (2) scan the image and the text.
By using the MedicScan software and the ScanShell 800DXN insurance card scanner, you will be able in a matter of seconds to easily scan both sides of the card. Since the scanning process is automatic, all you need to do is insert the card into the insurance card scanner and the image processing will start immediately. The result will be a digital file which can be archived on a personal computer, be easily exported to different types of applications, or can be simply send over the Web.
The ScanShell 800DXN insurance card scanner device is an A6 duplex scanner which has no need for external power as it connects the computer by a USB cable; it's small and compact device and can be used anytime, anywhere.
By using the MedicScan software and the Scanshell 800R insurance card scanner, you will have the luxury of enjoying the OCR technology - Optical Character Recognition. This advanced and unique technology provides you with the capability to identity the text on the card, scan it and use it for your needs. Imagine your self how much time you can save by using this automatic process – no need to type the text manually to MS word to Excel sheet – it' all automatic and easy.
The Scanshell 800R insurance card scanner device is a neat gadget everybody likes. It's an A6 color scanner with scanning resolution of up to 600 dpi. Similar to other potable scanners this insurance card scanner has no need for external power to operate, only a simple USB cable.
There are different types of insurance card scanners available on the market; one should always look for a product that offers superb scanning quality, warranty, and most importantly – an easy-to-use device. The MedicScan's insurance card scanner solution offer users the perfect hardware and software combination that enables fast productivity, high quality images and the amazing flexibility of scanning and editing printable text.
Only after using an advanced card scanning solution one can truly appreciate the advantages this technology can offer. The ability to easily scan a variety of card images - especially the printed text on the card, and transform it into a digital data makes it a very strong and powerful tool. MedicScan is a world leader in providing high quality card scanning products which are based on sophisticated card scanners and smart scanning software's. The product line of MedicScan offers a perfect solution of scanning medical and insurance cards into a file or database.
(1) The MedicScan – a simple-to-use medical card scanner and software which enables you to easily scan both sides of the card (one or two scans depending on the scanner) and transform the card's image into a file, export it to different types of applications and even email and send it to an FTP address.
(2) The MedicScan OCR – an advanced software and scanner package that has the ability to scan both the image and the text on the card. The most powerful feature of this software is the capability to automatically recognize the text on the card and save it into a file, popular text editing applications, send it over the mail or send it to an FTP address.
(3) The MedicScan Pro – a powerful insurance card scanner and software which can scan high resolution images into a database. This scanner provides an efficient way to archive insurance cards information. Since this process is fully automated, it eliminates the need to manually back up image on the card and by that prevents human errors and priceless typing time.
(4) The MedicScan Pro OCR – by using our innovative OCR technology - Optical Character Recognition - this software can identify any printed text on the insurance card and transform it into digital data. This data can be instantly used, saved or send over the Web.
(5) MedicScan Pro Viewer – simple and friendly software that can access the database created by the MedicScan PRO and MedicScan PRO OCR scanners. Any one who needs to view this database can use it to search for and find relevant scanned information.
The MedicScan products are bundled with our Scanshell scanners which are automatic, lightweight and portable, with an amazing resolution of up to 600 dpi. They do not require any external power and by using a simple USB cable you can connect them to any personal computer.
The MedicScan's product line is based on innovative and advanced scanning technology that offers true value to anyone who needs to scan medical and insurance cards. By using MedicScan OCR technology users can enjoy not only superb color scanning results but also the unique ability to recognize text which appears anywhere on the card, translate it into digital data and by that provide the user an amazing tool to save considerable amount of priceless time. The scanning process is automatically and can fit the needs of many companies, institutes and individuals who need to scan cards – fast!
For years Card Scanning Solutions (CSSN) has opted to use third party partners in order to distribute our MedicScan® and ScanShell® line of products to the medical industry. Our distribution agreement with Ambir Technologies has expired on Jan 3, 2009. Ambir has elected to terminate the agreement. Thus, Ambir is no longer an approved distributor of CSSN's MedicScan® and ScanShell® products.
Effective immediately, all sales inquiries, purchasing requirements, technical support, customer service, and warranty issues will be serviced directly by Card Scanning Solutions. We want to assure you that the impact of this transition will be seamless. When purchasing directly with us, product identification (SKU) and pricing will remain the same. All products will ship from our distribution center. Moreover, the standard product warranty and previously purchased extended warranties will be completely honored through the services provided by Card Scanning Solutions.
Card Scanning Solutions has dedicated an Inside Sales Team for all of our customer's needs. We can be reached at: 213-867-2625. We strive to provide the most cutting edge ID scanning, document scanning, imaging enhancement, and OCR technology. Should you have any questions or concerns please contact us immediately.
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If you've been searching for the perfect duplex medical card scanner and scanning software, then search no more! Our amazing high-tech, yet user-friendly scanning devices provide the ultimate duplex medical card scanner solution for all of your business and non-business needs. Gone are the days where you had to constantly flip over medical cards to scan all the information. With our revolutionary duplex scanning solutions, such as our Medicscan software bundled with Scanshell 3000DN or Medicscan OCR bundled with Scanshell 3000D (OCR version of the 3000DN), your life will never be the same.
The duplex medical card scanner is a simple to use, yet highly effective piece of equipment. Simply place the medical card in the scanner and it will automatically scan and read both sides of the card simultaneously. The image or data and image (depending on the software you buy) can then be extracted to at text file or database and imported to just about any medical application.
Our Scanshell 3000DN duplex medical card scanner not only scans medical cards, but it also scans and reads just about any other A4 document. That means that you can scan that double-paged document with one simple scan and have it exported to a PDF file via the bundled Docshell software in a matter of seconds. Imagine the time you'll save if you have 20 to 30 double-sided documents to scan and upload to your computer. Now you'll be able to spend more time on more pressing issues at work!
These high-tech scanning devices are extremely portable; their small, ergonomic and lightweight (less than 18 ounces) design allows you to take it from one desk to another. The devices don't even require their own power source. Simply use the USB cable that comes with the device and plug it into your desktop computer or laptop, much like you would with a printer or digital camera.
If you purchase one of our duplex medical card scanner solutions, Medicscan or Medicscan OCR – bundled with either the Scanshell 3000DN (medical card and A4 document scanning capabilities) or the Scanshell 3000D (the OCR version) – you'll receive our Docshell software absolutely free! This bundled software will make your life easier in the office as it organizes images, data, and documents in a simple-to-use, yet highly efficient manner.
In our last post, we described the amazing MedicScan device; an insurance card scanner that uploads scanned data from an insurance card in mere seconds. We mentioned that it could be utilized in a variety of settings and that the scanned data can be uploaded to various applications. The new version of MedicScan OCR, the MedicScan OCR True Parse, takes this 21st century technology one step further! Here's what this truly remarkable insurance card scanner device can offer you.
With the new version MedicScan OCR True Parse, the insurance card scanner acts as an intelligent device that's able to convert the digital card image into interactive usage. In other words, you can actually choose which data or information you want pulled into another application or medical form of your choice.
(1)	Right panel – Click on one the fields of your choice on the right panel and then move your mouse to any one of the highlighted fields on the left side of the window. Then, simply left click on that field (or even multiple fields) and the data will automatically be copied to the right panel field. That data can then be exported to any other application or form with a click of the mouse.
(2)	Left side with image – Press the shift button and click on one of the highlighted fields on the insurance card image. Then, drag and drop that particular data into the application or form that you choose. If you want to drag and drop multiple fields at the same time (i.e. address), just left click and drag on those fields that you want to export at one time. You can even export part of a field by left clicking a specific section, which then appears on the bottom panel (making it ready for easy export).
Stay tuned for further insurance card scanner discussions in our future blogs.
Welcome to our new MedicScan Blog!
As part of our company's ongoing quest to create an online environment of news and support, we've decided to establish our very own MedicScan blog! Our blog will be a place where you can find the latest updates on new products, medical card scanner news, or just a word from our business development team. It will also highlight features and uses of existing and any future medical card scanner products. In other words, our blog will provide an opportunity for you to stay connected and updated with the ever-changing scanning technology.
Our first blog entry will discuss some of the amazing applications of the medical card scanner device. It will give you a real taste for what these simple-to-use, yet high-tech devices can do for you!
It's more than just a doctor's office's best friend!
If you're like most people, you probably think that a medical card scanner is primarily used in a doctor's office. You imagine the receptionist swiping your medical card through the device and miraculously, the information is downloaded to the computer's database in a mere two or three seconds. This little scanning device wonder, however, can be used for so much more! Take a look at the list below which includes just some of the places that can benefit from a medical card scanner.
And just about anywhere else that requires insurance card information.
To show you how valuable a medical card scanner can be, let's take a look at the hospital emergency room environment. Suppose that someone enters the emergency room with an intense shooting pain in the chest area. This person is short of breath and doesn't have enough strength to fill out the forms. Unfortunately, this person came to the ER alone, so there's no one to assist him with the form's endless questions (i.e. medical record number, address, etc.). With the medical card scanner, the receptionist simply swipes the patient's card through the device and within seconds the necessary data is uploaded to the computer's database. He can now be seen with no further delays.
Read about our newest product in our upcoming blog.


The Chi-Athlete: First #MIMM of 2016, some DIY beauty, and CHECK IT.
First #MIMM of 2016, some DIY beauty, and CHECK IT.
Is it just me, or are Mondays my biggest photo dumps of all? I have the whole weekend to take pictures, and since I'm in love with everything, I have to post it here. So sit back, enjoy the snaps and minimal text!
I'll use any excuse to get my parents to come visit us, or in this instance, to come back. My Mom is either the same way, or she really falls for it.
We have leftovers for dayyyyyyyyyzzzzzzz. New Year's Eve was dinner with mine parents and Harry's parents, so we had a ton of pasta in the fridge. We each split two different dishes for lunch Saturday. It seemed like the right thing to do. I added a handful of spinach to my plate, because green is pretty.
Because I go back to work on Monday, I decided to take my Saturday as easy as can be. Bubble bath? Yes. And from he DIY department, Sole Mate Steph made something special for me for Christmas!
It polished my skin like nothing I've ever used in my life. Also, I may considered eating it at one point -- it smelled reaaaaaaaaaally yummy. I refrained.
Harry and I were inspired, so we made our own bubble bath, that was so soothing and calming. It didn't really bubble all that much, which was disappointing to me because I'm all about building bubble castles and whatnot, but it was nice all the same. This Mason jar was the only container in which we figured DIY bubble bath should be.
Another DIY: A mask for myself. Why I posted this picture: I sat down next to my husband for ten minutes before he figured out that I had it all over my face.
Saturday nights require pizza, so we ordered our fave.
And we finished off the last of these.
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, it was a little slick in some places.
And I'm here to remind you, you...HAPPY WINTER THINGS ARE NOT OVER because Christmas is done!
The rest of our day was...well...football.
So check this out. I have my new race schedule up, and believe it or not, I nearly have a race (in some cases, two) every single month. I am missing one month, and that's December. Several steps will need to be taken for me to figure out what race that may be...;) I feel great having a clear path in front of me, and while I'm not tri'ing this year, I have my sights set on some PRs.
Back to work after the holidays! Are you ready?
I love your DIY spa day! Very jealous. I was blessed with a cranky, sick toddler this weekend, so the 'pampering' was in the form of drool, and karate chops to the head. Thanks kid.
IT WAS DELICIOUS, I WILL GET YOU SOME.
Oh man. I'm gonna have to use that one sometime.
Those DIY bath products look amazing! I always wanted to do that, but I never find the time!
That's what I thought, too, but these are really easy to make and take no time at all!
Good looking race schedule!! I am doing the North Shore 1/2 Marathon in June as well-- its my favorite race!!
Awesome, girl! Maybe we can meet up!
How was your first week back? Now starts the countdown for spring break right?
You have some fun races on your schedule. For sure I'll see you at Shamrock Shuffle and in Seattle. Let's coordinate so maybe we can stay in same hotel. The Humboldt Park 5K caught my attention. Oh, and I've only done the North Shore Half Marathon but never the 5K. It is a cool course but there is one KILLER hill.


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Economics is often described as the study of scarcity or the study of decision making, which is a result of scarcity. If we have scarce time, money, or resources, we must choose how to allocate and use them by making some decision on what we do. Decision making is assumed to be done by rational agents who wish to maximize what economists call "utility", which is really just a fancy word for satisfaction, happiness, or well-being.
Understanding that economics is simply the study of how we maximize our happiness by making better decisions lets us see how several important concepts interact.
The term consumption is often tied to expenditure in economics, i.e. spending money on goods or services. However, consumption can actually be thought of as using resources to gain utility. This fundamentally results in consumption being just another proxy, albeit an incomplete one, for happiness. By using resources, humans attempt to gain utility and therefore increase their well-being. Use of resources in consumption isn't the only way we gain well-being, but is a large piece and the piece economics has traditionally focused on.
Because the bulk of economics studies resource accumulation and allocation, economists sometimes confuse consumption of these resources with the main, or even only, source of well-being. That is clearly not true from any half-hearted skimming of the research from fields like positive psychology, philosophy, and history (see links at the end of this article for further reading).
and other people (i.e. gifts).
If consumption is undertaken to provide well-being, the above five uses will get you the most bang for your buck.
The best way to frame investment within the perspective we are taking here is to think of it as future consumption. You delay the act of using up resources in today's consumption by instead saving and then allocating those savings to channels which are likely to be worth more in the future. This delaying of today's consumption allows one to consume more in the future.
We should therefore allocate our savings to investment channels which we believe will be worth more in the future and thereby enhance our future well-being by expanding our consumption options. Typical examples and channels for investment include business, securities, property, infrastructure, and education. Figuring out just what channel will maximize returns into the future is obviously dependent on preferences, risk tolerance, and a lot of luck, but the goal is the same - future consumption as a proxy for well-being.
These two concepts are closely related, but serve the same purpose. Credit, properly used, allows people to smooth consumption over their lifetimes. When we are young, we typically have very little income and wealth and cannot consume much as a result, even if we have high needs. When we are old, we typically have lots of income and wealth (relative to our youth), but less need to consume. By utilizing credit, a person can take on debt to pay for today's consumption while postponing payment until later. Essentially, credit is equivalent to consuming today and paying tomorrow.
Understood in this way, credit and debt are two of humanity's best inventions. Rather than be forced to go on a "low consumption diet" when young and live with a large surplus of unneeded consumption in old age, we can simply smooth our consumption curves by consuming on the basis of credit and debt while young and knowing that we will be able to use our old age surplus to pay for it.
This does have a natural consequence that should be clearly noted. If we take on debt by using credit to consume without ever increasing our earnings potential, we will not actually be richer in our old age. This means that the debt we take on as young people ought to be focused mainly on the investment channels described above: business, property, and education.
By focusing on these channels when taking on debt, we make it much more likely that we will in fact be richer in the future and more able to pay back the debt we've taken on today. Ideally, one would invest in education while young, using debt if necessary, and then move on to start new businesses or gain employment in established businesses, before investing savings into channels like property and securities, which themselves act as vehicles for long-term savings.
If consumption, investment, credit, and debt are really just concepts that act as proxies for the management of well-being, then sustainability can properly be thought of as "future happiness", not too unlike investment.
This takes a little bit of explaining.
Sustainability is often discussed in terms of stocks and flows, which are most easily illustrated with the image of a sink containing a given water level that is affected by a drain with water exiting the bottom and a tap with water entering the basin from the top.
The water that already exists in the sink is the stock, while the water flowing out and in via the drain and tap are the flows. To maintain the same stock in the sink, the rate of outflows and inflows need to match each other. If the outflow is greater than the inflow, the stock will deplete over time. If the inflow is greater than the outflow, the stock with increase over time.
Sustainability is therefore the management of the stock level for given needs over a given time.
In the case of a single person planning for their own life and retirement, sustainability is managing one's savings so that they run out when the person's life runs out. If we begin retirement with one million dollars in savings (stock) and plan to live for 20 years without new income (inflow), we can't simply spend $100,000 each year (outflow) or we will run out in ten years. The outflow is not sustainable. The stock (savings) will be depleted through the outflow (spending) with no new inflows (income) before the person dies.
In the case of humanity as whole, we aren't worried about the savings and spending of a single retiree, but the world savings (all natural resources) and world consumption (total GDP). We can choose to deplete our stock of natural resources today, by consuming at a rapid pace, but this will have effects on what stock is left to posterity. If the stock goes to zero, because of poor management, it will be very difficult to enjoy the future. That's because for all the limitations of using consumption as a proxy for happiness, one thing is clear, Kanye West was correct when he rapped, "Havin' money's not everything, not havin' it is".
Said differently, having infinite resources may not make us infinitely happy, but having no resources will make us infinitely unhappy. So as stated above, sustainability is really just future happiness that results from proper management of our resources today so that they are available for use in the future.
This all points to a model for living based on individuals maximizing well-being while simultaneously being mindful of others' well-being. As individuals we want to consider maximization of well-being as an intra-relational, inter-relational, and temporal problem, meaning that how to maximize well-being for an individual will be a result of internal desire and goal states (intra-relational), our external relationships with others (inter-relational), and the balance of today's and tomorrow's (temporal) well-being in relation to both ourselves and others.
I've written extensively on the first two problems already. See The Well-being Algorithm for a description of the intra-relational problem. See Be Happy or Be Good?, Having Children, Deciding Who Loses, The Communication Market: Speaking Honestly, Lies, or Not at All, Acceptance and Tolerable versus Intolerable Harm, The Future of Work, Why I Don't "Like" Adoption, Prioritizing World Problems, and A Trump Presidency Will Kill Thousands, Possibly Millions for discussions of the inter-relational problem.
I've also written a bit about the temporal problem. See Why You Need Stress, The Exercise Algorithm, The Feudalism of America Today, The Education Algorithm, and F*ckin' Baby Boomers: Some Good Paragraphs about Them. All of these previous writings have in one way or another highlighted areas where tradeoffs and conflicts exist, either between our own desires and goals, our own well-being and that of others, or between today and tomorrow's level of well-being.
This article is attempt to add to these previous discussions and elaborate on how the often abstract, everyday economics we see in the news relates to well-being in reality. How we choose to consume, invest, use credit and debt, and manage issues of sustainability matter. They matter to us, both today and tomorrow. They matter to others, both those alive today and those alive tomorrow.
Ultimately economics is the field of study that attempts to figure out all of these trade-offs and the consequences we face for whatever decision we eventually make. Seeing, knowing, and recognizing that these decisions aren't really about money or profit and loss, but real people's lives and real people's well-being helps us decide what really matters and allows us to act accordingly.
Economically speaking, are we better off than we were ten years ago? Twenty years ago? When asked such questions, Americans seem undecided, almost schizophrenic, with large majorities saying the country is heading "in the wrong direction," even as they tell pollsters that they are optimistic about their personal financial situations and the medium-term economic outlook.
The bottom line: According to this metric, Americans enjoy a high level of economic welfare relative to most other countries, and the level of Americans' well-being has continued to improve over the past few decades despite the severe disruptions of the last one.
Methodologically, the lesson from Jones and Klenow's research is that economic welfare is multi-dimensional. Their approach is flexible enough that in principle other important quality-of-life changes could be incorporated—for example, the 63% decrease in total emissions of six of the most common pollutants from 1980 to 2014 and the decline in crime rates. We need better measures of how well Americans are being served by the economy, and frameworks such as this one are a promising direction.
Do read the whole article for more insight and numbers.
He continues to describe the "myth of barter" as one of the largest fallacies in economics.
He then points out all kinds of interesting connections between the concept of debt and how we treat others and view human nature. More particularly, he examines how debt is closely tied to guilt and has often been used throughout history to control and punish people, often very cruelly, with the moral justification that debtors owe their creditors and society more broadly.
If one were looking for the ethos for an individualistic society such as our own, one way to do it might well be to say: we all owe an infinite debt to humanity, society, nature, or the cosmos (however one prefers to frame it), but no one else could possibly tell us how we are to pay it. This at least would be intellectually consistent. If so, it would actually be possible to see almost all systems of established authority— religion, morality, politics, economics, and the criminal-justice system— as so many different fraudulent ways to presume to calculate what cannot be calculated, to claim the authority to tell us how some aspect of that unlimited debt ought to be repaid. Human freedom would then be our ability to decide for ourselves how we want to do so.
No one, to my knowledge, has ever taken this approach. Instead, theories of existential debt always end up becoming ways of justifying— or laying claim to— structures of authority. The case of the Hindu intellectual tradition is telling here. The debt to humanity appears only in a few early texts and is quickly forgotten. Almost all later Hindu commentators ignore it and instead put their emphasis on a man's debt to his father. (Kindle Locations 1453-1462).
I have to admit that I have always found the language of debts owed to be rather ugly and disgusting, so this language appeals to me. I generally don't think of it in terms of money, but moreso the existential debt he describes. This often bleeds into every interaction and relationship we have with others, particularly those who claim to be closest and most caring to us.
How often do we owe our parents, family, and friends for past "gifts"? How often do we owe our partner, girlfriend, boyfriend, fiance, or spouse? How often do we feel we owe our employer, city, state, or nation?
We do not owe them for the past or present. We were not asked about whether we wished to come into existence and we often do not ask for the gifts "freely" given to us. To expect an IOU in return for receiving these "gifts" is, as I said above, ugly and disgusting. Give freely or don't give at all, but don't expect a debt in return either way.
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My school recently hosted its parent-teacher conferences for two days and because my classes are grade 11 and 12 students, many parents had questions about planning for university and what I would recommend.
I recommend not worrying or thinking about university at all. Do not do anything in high school because you believe it matters for university. I can't be more clear than that.
Let me clarify and stipulate the caveats.
I tell all the parents I speak with that I only know anything about American universities and, really, only California universities in particular. If their goals or desires are to go elsewhere, then it is up to them to inform themselves about what is needed and what stress levels they are willing to take on for the sake of entrance to those other universities.
7: 50 A.M. to 3: 00 P.M.: School day that includes AP Calculus, AP U.S. History, AP English, Honors Spanish, Biology, Art History, and Physical Education. Also includes student council meeting during lunch.
That is nonsense. There is no reason to grind through a day of drudgery like the example above.
This is because California has a three tiered public higher education system that includes the California community colleges, the California State University (CSU) system made up of 23 campuses, and the University of California (UC) system comprised of 10 campuses.
California community colleges are required to admit any California resident possessing a high school diploma or equivalent. Additionally, California community colleges may admit any nonresident possessing a high school diploma or equivalent or anyone (resident or nonresident) over the age of 18 without a high school diploma or equivalent who, in the judgment of the board, is capable of profiting from the instruction offered (my emphasis added).
Community colleges may admit minors who do not hold high school diplomas, or equivalent, to its credit courses as special part-time or special full-time students.
Most community colleges have established requirements for K-12th grade concurrently enrolled students.
Interested students should contact the college's admission office.
All of the above means you have a choice as both a student or a parent. You can kill yourselves trying to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA or even higher to get into schools like UC Irvine as a freshman or you can attempt to enjoy the high school experience. Choose classes you have interests in and study what excites you. Don't take the tests seriously other than as personal insight into how you are doing relative to some external benchmark that may or may not be important to you. Pursue learning for its own sake and develop an innate desire to gain new knowledge and discover new paths to meaning and purpose in your life.
The decision to treat high school as an opportunity for relaxed exploration and discovery will go much further than the choice to participate in a rat race of "high achievement" measured by grades in areas that may matter nothing at all to you as an individual.
students, who were accepted into elite schools, but went to less selective institutions, earned salaries just as high as Ivy League grads. For instance, if a teenager gained entry to Harvard, but ended up attending Penn State, his or her salary prospects would be the same.
In the pair's newest study, the findings are even more amazing. Applicants, who shared similarly high SAT scores with Ivy League applicants could have been rejected from the elite schools that they applied to and yet they still enjoyed similar average salaries as the graduates from elite schools. In the study, the better predictor of earnings was the average SAT scores of the most selective school a teenager applied to and not the typical scores of the institution the student attended.
All of this points to the idea that much is determined by the individual student herself and not the institution she eventually attends. However, if the name on the institution does matter to you, it is typically only the last institution you received a degree from that will matter.
Beginning at community college before transferring to a CSU to complete your undergraduate degree with a decent GPA and good professor rapport gives one a great opportunity to then apply for a master's degree at an even more prestigious school. Leveraging that undergraduate experience and degree to get into a master's program at a UC or elite private school like USC or Stanford will still allow one to claim they went to one of the top universities in the nation.
The only difference between taking the path outlined above and leaping straight into an Ivy League or UC is that you won't have forfeited many happy life years grinding through classes with the sole intent of a better future. You will also have saved thousands of dollars in the process. And when people ask you where you went, you will still be able to answer the name of your dream school because it doesn't matter where you start, it only matters where you finish and, more importantly, what you do with the education you received along the way.
P.S. On a personal note, I went straight into CSU Channel Islands upon graduating high school and attended two different community colleges during summer school in order to complete my BA in economics in three years. I then decided to stay a fourth year to complete a BS in mathematics. After two years working abroad and teaching overseas, I returned to California and applied to master's programs at the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of San Diego (USD). I was accepted to both and chose to attend USD in order to save money on tuition and rent.
It seems even more perspective is needed after the second debate on the magnitude of differences between Clinton and Trump. I've already published a curation of the differences in their economic plans and the consequences most likely to occur based on expert analysis.
All of the extreme risks from number one apply to the United States and Trump is categorically more dangerous on all accounts. While neither candidate appears to be too worried about threats from superintelligent AI as of now, Trump does not believe climate change is man-made and has repeatedly referred to it as a hoax. In fact, according to Time, "A group of 375 leading scientists, including 30 Nobel laureates, penned a letter criticizing Trump's stance on climate change earlier this month." On the other hand, Clinton has publicly stated that climate change is a serious problem and has extensive plans to address it. This is an issue that will greatly affect anyone alive 50 years from now and anyone with kids should be very concerned for the future we are leaving them.
To give just one example, if sea levels do rise as a result of global warming there would need to be mass migration from the coasts where 50% of the world lives. The world is currently unable to cope with four million Syrian migrants. What will happen when hundreds of millions of people need to move as climate refugees? That type of movement could result in what Naomi Klein has termed "genocide due to apathy" as potentially millions of climate refugees become stranded in transition.
Consider again the case of terror attacks. The September 11 attacks alone killed more people— 2,977, not counting the terrorists— than all other attacks in NATO countries over the thirty-year period between 1979 and 2009 combined (figure 13-7). A single nuclear or biological attack, meanwhile, might dwarf the fatality total of September 11.
These are very serious threats and the priority they should be given are much higher than what most members of the public care to think about day to day.
I'll ignore number two above for now because it doesn't fit with the message of this article, but needless to say, the elected president ought to spend more time and money dedicated to proactively figuring out which problems should be addressed in regards to allocation of our limited resources.
Number three is an issue that I've already addressed and Trump comes out much, much worse. You can see the evidence, analysis, and data by looking at my previous post on the subject of their economic plans. To add to the discussion and data in my other article, the idea of millions of Americans potentially losing work and increasing the unemployment rate is a life and death situation. According to a meta-analysis of 42 studies on the topic, "Our findings show that unemployment was associated with an increased relative risk of all-cause mortality. We show that the risk of death was 63% higher among those who experienced unemployment than among those who did not, after adjustment for age and other covariates." This translates into literally thousands of deaths as a result of Trump's proposed economic plans.
Numbers four through six are mainly aimed at the developing world in regards to how pressing and absent they often are. However, even here we find that Trump wants to make it more difficult for women to make choices about their own bodies and thereby take the opposite approach to what is deemed most effective for health and development. He also wants to do away with the Affordable Care Act and in the process strip 20 million Americans of their health insurance, access they've only gained because of its creation. Clinton, again, has plans that would benefit family planning for women and help insure more people for lower costs.
On top of this, his education plan endorses school choice, an option that many believe fosters the breakdown of public education as a prized institution by siphoning off dollars and diluting the pool of funds needed within already underfunded schools. It is the exact opposite strategy used by the Finnish school system, which in many respects is regarded as the best system in the world.
Whether it is extreme risks, trade and migration reform, family planning, health care, or education, Trump is objectively offering worse plans than Clinton in almost every way. The economy, health care, and education are the issues that most people deal with on a personal level. Many of the other issues are abstract and can't be directly experienced except in the instance of some terrible tragedy. So even if one is only worried about himself and his family, the three issues of economic prosperity, health care, and education are all better achieved according to expert analysis via the plans proposed by Clinton. There is simply no contest.
Electing Trump will directly or indirectly result in literally thousands of deaths, both within and outside of the United States and anyone that votes for him should feel partially responsible those lives.
The above diagram shows the interaction of migration rates, diaspora sizes in host countries, and absorption rates of the diaspora into the host country population (i.e. assimilation or integration). The absorption rate can be seen as the changing slope of the diaspora size curve. If the DS curve does not intersect with the migration rate curve, M, then no equilibrium can occur. This means that the diaspora will continue to increase in size as the migration rate accelerates beyond what the absorption rate can handle. All of the above implies we can reach an equilibrium point of intersection by either lowering the M curve or raising the DS curve, i.e. lowering the rate of migration or increasing the rate of absorption from the diaspora into the host population.
The book is full of other examples on how migration affects various stakeholders and is possibly the best read of the year so far in terms of critical thinking based on the best evidence available about an issue of global importance. He finishes with a recommended policy package for ensuring the integration mentioned above does in fact take place and that the social models that create prosperity are not eroded in the process. They include policies aimed at ceilings on the number of migrants, selectivity of said migrants, integration specific policies, and legalizing illegal immigrants under specific conditions.
for any ceiling on diversity, the lower the rate of absorption (i.e. integration) the lower must be migration, so multiculturalism has a clear cost. It is premature to give up on integration. A fit-for-purpose migration policy therefore adopts a range of strategies designed to increase the absorption of diasporas. The government cracks down hard on racism and discrimination on the part of the indigenous population. It adopts Canadian-style policies of requiring geographic dispersion of migrants. It adopts America-in-the-1970s-style policies of integrating schools, imposing a ceiling on the percentage of pupils from diasporas. It requires migrants to learn the indigenous language and provides the resources that make this feasible. It also promotes the symbols and ceremonies of common citizenship.
The above makes the point that if we wish to maintain social models in high-income nations, there is a limit to the amount of multiculturalism that is sustainable. Beyond a certain point, the multitude of heterogeneous cultures becomes damaging of social capital and mutual regard. That is somewhat ironic as the whole point of coming to the host country was to take advantage of its social model. Still, limiting people's movements for the sake of others seems overly restrictive and therefore integration needs to be helped as much as possible to allow greater mobility with less erosion of successful social models.
The diagram at the top makes it clear that an equilibrium of a migrant population in a host country can be reached by either lowering the migration rate or raising the absorption rate through policy enactment. As one of the progressives Collier mentions above, I'd prefer to see that equilibrium reached by raising the absorption rate instead of restricting the migration rate, but a choice has to be made in either case if we do truly value the social models that have been created within high-income countries.


Human rights activist Nabeel Rajab (2nd R) poses with his wife Sumaiya (R), his daughter Malak (2nd L) and his son Adam as they arrive at court for his appeal hearing in Manama, February 11, 2015. He is now imprisoned on different charges.
This statement was originally published on bahrainrights.org on 10 March 2017.
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is gravely concerned about recent attempts by the Bahraini authorities to intimidate human rights defenders in exile in order to prevent them from pursuing their human rights work. Bahraini human rights defenders are receiving threats on social media networks or via messenger networks targeting family members in Bahrain, and relatives are summoned by police for interrogation at the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) without an explanation.
Recently, the family of human rights defender Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, director of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Human Rights (BIRD), was directly targeted after earlier threats. His brother-in-law and mother-in-law were detained by the authorities. On 2 March at 3:40AM, 18-year-old Nazar Sayed Namaa Al-Wadaei, his brother-in-law, was arrested in Jid Ali, calling his family two hours later from the CID. According to his mother's testimony to a family relative, her son claimed the authorities tortured him during interrogation. On the same day, police dressed in civilian clothes arrived at the house of Al-Wadaei's mother-in-law's, Hajar Mansoor Hasan, around 1PM and summoned her for interrogation at CID. The authorities refused to reveal the grounds for the summons. On 8 March 2017, Mansoor was presented to the public prosecution which has order to keep her in detention for another 30 days pending investigation. The charges against her are not clear yet.
Sayed Ahmed Al-Wedaei is a victim of reprisals by the Bahraini authorities, as his citizenship was revoked in February 2015 due to his human rights work and he continues to live in exile.
In October 2016, his wife Duaa Al-Wadaei, was prevented from travelling, then briefly detained along with their 18-month-old baby, while being questioned about her husband's activity, and mistreated at the Bahrain airport.
These renewed reprisals actions come as part of an ongoing reprisal and threats campaign targeting human rights defenders both directly, and indirectly, through their family members to stop their activism.
On 14 February 2017, Said Yousif Al-Muhafdha, Vice President of BCHR, received threatening messages through the photo social network Instagram, from the user account "yousif_ssfc," who is believed to be Yousif Al-Manaai, a member of the National Security Agency in Bahrain. In the message, Al-Manaai threatens Al-Muhafdha by saying that he should not "cross his borders" or else his brothers will be targeted. He adds that "there is no accountability" and call Al-Muhafdha to stop tweeting, as "whatever you do, your family will bear the cost." Al-Muhafdha has been forced to live in exile since October 2013, after being a target of arbitrary arrests and prosecution for his human rights work in Bahrain.
Three days ago, on 7 March 2017, Al-Muhafdha received an anonymous message via Whatsapp from a person claiming to belong to a Bahraini government body which threatened his family in Bahrain.
The implementation of such threats of reprisals against relatives of activists is not a recent practice in Bahrain.
Sumaya Rajab, wife of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, BCHR's President, was fired from her workplace due to her husband's human rights work, and their son and daughter suffered harassment in school during the past years because their father is a well-known human rights defender who has peacefully criticized human rights abuses by the Bahraini authorities.
Rajab has been kept in pre-trial detention since 13 June 2016, when he was arrested for "spreading false news and rumours about the internal situation in a bid to discredit Bahrain" during televised interviews with international news agencies and for tweets criticizing the war in Yemen and torture practices in Bahraini Jau Prison. Rajab was subsequently charged for articles published in the New York Times and Le Monde. He was released on bail in one case on 28 December but was immediately arrested in another. He is detained for over 260 days now, awaiting trial on 22 March in relation to his tweets, and again on 16 April, in relation to his televised statements.
duly investigate and punish Bahraini government agents issuing threats against family members due to human rights activism.
call on Bahrain to uphold its international human rights obligations and put an end to any means of intimidation targeting human rights activists and their families.
"We're going to get the animal – your husband – and he is going to pay. We're going to start with your family and with his family. We're going to get you one by one…" said a Bahrain security officer to the wife of human rights activist Sayed Ahmed al-Wadaei.
While attention is focused on Bahrain's human rights record at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this month, Bahraini human rights defenders continue to suffer from imprisonment and threats. Well-known human rights defenders in exile have received threats on social media against them and their families, and two family members of one of the defenders have been taken into custody this month.
The government issued new regulations banning news outlets from live streaming events.
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Right & Democracy (BIRD) analyze all the statements and resolutions of the member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), the European Parliament (EP), the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR), and the UN Secretary-General since 2011 in order to track the international reaction to the deterioration of Bahrain's human rights situation.
In February, authorities closed the Al-Arab television station just hours after it began operating because the outlet aired an interview with an official from the opposition group Al-Wefaq.
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Alexander the Great had during his successful reign seventeen cities named after him. Most of them are no longer around except for Alexandria, Egypt. It was not completely built by Alexander. The completion of the construction of this city was achieved by his commander Ptolemy I Soter. (305 BC-282 BC). This city is where the Lighthouse of Alexandria stood. During this time the city of Alexandria was founded which became rich and famous for the Great Library and the great Lighthouse of Alexandria and a one of the world's centers of civilization.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria was built by the Ancient Egyptians and is famous as being one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It was the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World to be built,the last of the seven wonders to survive, was the first lighthouse of the world and It was also the tallest manmade structures on Earth.
Lighthouse of Alexandria located on the ancient island of Pharos, now a promontory on the harbor of the city of Alexandria in Egypt. The Lighthouse took about 12 years to build ,it was one of the useful wonders among all the seven wonders of the world (Its purpose was to guide sailors into the harbour at night time). The mirror which was mounted on this lighthouse could reflect the light more than 35 miles off-shore. Of the 6 ancient destroyed wonders, this was the last to be destroyed around 1480 AD. Unconfirmed legends claim the light from Pharos could burn enemy ships before they reached shore. Three Earthquakes eventually brought down the building (around AD 956, AD 1303 and AD 1323 ), however. The first one, in 1303, shook up the entire area; the second one, 20 years later, did significant structural damage. The during AD 1480 ,the site of the Pharos Lighthouse is covered by the Islamic Fort of Kait Bey which was built on, and from, some the ruins of the collapsed lighthouse.
The lighthouse was apparently a tourist attraction from the very beginning. Still The Lighthouse remains a civic symbol of the city of Alexandria.
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Light snow possible for Denver Thursday night as storm brings up to ten inches of snow in the mountains
Colorado's latest snowstorm is already impacting the mountains and the cold front is on its way to the Denver area, where we could see our first measurable snow of the season by Friday morning.
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Posted at 11:51 AM, Nov 03, 2022
DENVER – Denver could see its first measurable snow of the season by early Friday morning as rain showers switch to snow by Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
Between one-to-two inches of snow are likely for the Denver area as rain-to-snow mix develops in the afternoon, changing to snow by early evening. Temperatures are expected to be steady in the upper 30s to mid-40s across much of the area Thursday, with drops in temperature occurring late in the afternoon.
The valleys and Foothills can expect to see between three-to-six inches of snow, while the plains will get between one-to-three inches, the NWS said in a tweet early Thursday morning.
The biggest impact from this cold front will happen in the mountains, where light snow has already begun before it switches over to heavier snowfall by the afternoon and evening.
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the northern Sangre de Cristo mountains above 11,000 feet until midnight with ten to 20 inches of snow likely for those areas. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Friday for Rabbit Ears Pass, Rocky Mountain National Park and the Medicine Bow Range, as well as Summit County, the Mosquito Range and the Indian Peaks, according to the NWS. Six-to-ten inches of snow is possible for the mountains of central and northern Colorado, Denver7 meteorologist Lisa Hidalgo said.
NWS officials warn drivers that roads will be slick and hazardous on the passes Thursday morning, with conditions worsening for valley roads by midday and for the Foothills once the afternoon hours roll around. Travel could be difficult at times through Thursday evening, they said.
In their forecast discussion Thursday morning, NWS officials said they're monitoring three potential scenarios that could bring periods of moderate to briefly heavy snowfall, which could affect areas from Boulder and Greeley northward, west and southwest of Denver, and south and southeast of Denver.
"Bottom line--little change to the forecast for the I-25 corridor, but there remains a wider spread in the snow forecast due to the above uncertainties plus the exact rain/snow changeover time," forecasters wrote. "Everyone should get a little accumulation, and it should be warm enough for little impact during Denver`s rush hour. But some could get 2-4 inches instead of the 1-2 that we`re advertising for most."
Snow will move south and diminish after midnight, though some very light snow may continue until around sunrise, they said. Skies will clear by Friday afternoon.
Although the most recent snowstorm dumped a lot of snow in the mountains and an inch or two over parts of the I-25 Corridor, it did not bring any measurable snow to DIA, where the official snowfall reading is taken for Denver.
The average date for the first official snow (at least one tenth of an inch) is Oct. 18. Last year, the first official snowfall was not until Dec. 10 — the latest on record since 1882. In 2020, the first snowfall was on Sept. 8. The earliest snowfall was Sept. 3, 1961.
The weekend will be dry and milder again, with highs back into the low 60s Saturday in Denver and the upper 50s on Sunday.
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The editor's grandfather Allen Hosticka Sr. hands out Christmas gifts to all of his grandkids in his light-up Santa hat.
My whole childhood, I remember my grandpa wearing a Santa hat that lit up around the bottom with flashing lights hidden in the white faux fur. Once he put the hat on, we grandkids knew it was present time.
We'd all rush down to the basement where the stacks of gifts stood almost as tall as the little tree and wait for our names to be called. We weren't allowed to open our gifts until every last one had been handed out, but then we all tore into them at once and the happiest kind of chaos ensued.
If I could ask him now, I doubt he'd say he intended for that blinking hat to become a symbol of Christmas in the Hosticka house. But to me, it was a happy little holiday tradition, just like the countless loaves of authentic potica bread that my grandma made each year.
As I think back on these little holiday habits, it makes me wonder what Christmas traditions I'll create with my own kids some day. While it's wonderful for traditions to form organically, there's also fun in picking an activity and making it an annual event.
Traditions don't have a size requirement; if the family can enjoy together, that's all that matters. Not sure where to start? Here are a few of my favorite Christmas activities in central Arkansas that I think are worth turning into a family tradition.
I started taking piano lessons when I was only 3 and then played in band during my high school years, so going to see a concert brings back childhood memories. While some of the ASO's concerts may be filled with unfamiliar music, their Christmas show is guaranteed to be packed with songs that everyone enjoys.
Depending where in central Arkansas you live, there are several wonderful spots to wander or drive through glorious displays of lights. Head to Garvan Gardens in Hot Springs and walk a couple miles through the displays or drive over to Sherwood's Enchanted Forest Trail of Lights for a free, drive-through Christmas wonderland.
Most churches in the area have special Christmas services, some meeting on Christmas Eve and others the weekend before Christmas. If you're looking for something more interactive for the kids, check out the drive-through Nativity in Searcy at First Assembly of God.


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One of Neil Young's right-hand men, Poncho Sampedo, on how his band couldn't adopt a new sound if they tried.
Poncho Sampedro is a humble man. Throughout a half-hour discussion, the rhythm guitarist for Crazy Horse proudly acknowledges limitations with his instrument, limitations with his band's sound and limitations with his own ability to recite the lyrics of any of the Neil Young songs that he's been playing for more than 30 years.
"I try to pick up on the words, but unfortunately I'm not that good at it. And so there's a lot of his songs I have my own words for," he says. "I can't sing one whole song all the way through, I don't think."
Even if he went to a karaoke bar and somebody signed him up for a rock radio staple like "Powderfinger"? "I can make it through the first and second verse, I think," he says.
But to say that Sampedro is humble doesn't mean he is lacking in confidence. In fact, he says that confidence is the key to his success and the reason that some of the elementary rhythms he has committed to tape are such classics.
"If you're confident that you're going to go up there and make it from the beginning of the set until the end, I think good things will happen," he says. "If you are worried, you're going to have a hard time."
A lot of it has to do with just feeling the music, he says.
"If we approach it with an open mind, somehow on a soul level, we connect," he says.
That confidence and dedication to following a feeling is all over the new albums that Neil Young and Crazy Horse released this year. Though tracks like "Oh Susannah" and "This Land is Your Land" on this spring's "Americana" album are standards, there is nothing standard about them in the hands of these four guys.
"We just have one sound and we can't get away from even if we try," says Sampedro with a laugh.
And with this fall's double-album they're even more themselves, as they get far out on the 27-minute jam haze of "Driftin' Back." All of the material benefits from the assured approach of a band that just knows how to play off each other. But don't confuse confidence or feel with perfection.
"There is a place where I play and I kind of walk through the clam fields for a while, and then Neil does the same thing," recounts Sampedro. "I even mentioned it to him. I said, 'Neil, if you listen to it, there are two spots where both of us are lost and we could clip that out easily, it's just a few seconds.' And he said, 'Well, then they wouldn't know how we got to the next place.'"
What does Neil Young say about Jimmy Fallon's impersonation of him? Sampedro says the singer is a fan.
Sometimes Poncho Sampedro is credited on Crazy Horse albums with the name he was born with, Frank.


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L'infermiera pugnalatrice (Patient Abuse) è uno sketch tratto dal Monty Python's Flying Circus trasmesso nell'ultimo episodio della quarta serie.

È stato scritto da Douglas Adams ed è una probabile satira verso la burocrazia.

Lo sketch
Lo sketch inizia in uno studio di un dottore. Un uomo (Terry Jones) entra con lo stomaco grondante di sangue. Il dottore (Graham Chapman), vedendo l'uomo insanguinato, gli chiede cosa è successo e l'uomo gli risponde che l'infermiera lo ha pugnalato. Il dottore gli dice che se vuole che faccia qualcosa deve prima compilare dei moduli. Con il sangue che fuoriesce ancora dallo stomaco, l'uomo cerca di riempire i moduli, mentre il dottore si lamenta dei problemi della burocrazia. Barcollando nel pavimento, l'uomo consegna i moduli al dottore e quest'ultimo comincia a indignarsi ("Certamente dovrebbe sapere la numero quattro! È sul Il mercante di Venezia, la sapevo anch'io!"). Lo sketch finisce con l'infermiera (Carol Cleveland) che arriva con una sciabola insanguinata, di sicuro ha accoltellato degli altri pazienti. Il dottore e l'infermiera decidono alla fine di andare a pranzo, lasciando l'uomo grondante di sangue e con una seconda possibilità di rifare i moduli e  se ci riesce darà a lui un po' di morfina.

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Everything you need to know about 2021's second 'eclipse season'
November 17, 2021 November 17, 2021 Jamie Carter Antarctica, Antarctica eclipse, Lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, Total Solar Eclipse
Are you ready for the second 'eclipse season' of 2021?
While the last one comprised an annular eclipse of the Sun and a total lunar eclipse, this new one brings a partial lunar eclipse and that thing we're all really concerned about – a total solar eclipse!
An eclipse season is a 35-day period every six months when, from our perspective on Earth, the Sun is close enough to one of the Moon's nodes—the two points where the Moon's tilted orbital path intersects with the Sun's path through our sky (the ecliptic).
Here's everything you need to know about the two eclipses about to grace our lucky planet:
November 18/19, 2021: Partial lunar eclipse
Here comes a partial lunar eclipse—and a potentially very impressive one. During the event, the Earth's shadow will cover 97% of the Moon. Visible to all in the U.S. in the small hours before sunrise, as well as to South America, Australia, and east Asia, you'll need the exact timings for your location.
As well as being close to the Leonids meteor shower peak, the event will take place while the Moon is between the Hyades and the Pleiades' the closest and most impressive open star clusters to our Solar System. Have a look just above the Moon as it turns red.
Here are some detailed articles we've written to help you get as much as you can from this event:
Blood Moon Eclipse 2021 YouTube Live Stream Links: Five Places To Watch The Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse This Century
7 Things You Need To Know About The Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse For 580 Years Now Just Days Away
Blood Moon Eclipse 2021: Exactly When, Where And How You Can See Next Week's Longest Near-Total Lunar Eclipse Of The Century
December 4, 2021: Total solar eclipse
Those lucky few on a cruise to Antarctica or with a seat in one of the two planes flying over the 'White Continent' to intercept the path of totality will see about 90 seconds of totality in the very early hours of December 4, 2021. Observers will need to be within a 300 miles-wide path that bends from Antarctica's newest ocean to the ice shelf itself.
Those in the path of totality get covered by the Moon's shadow, which brings a few minutes of darkness, cooler temperatures, and the chance to see the Sun's outer atmosphere—its mesmerizing corona. Observers also see a "diamond rings" around the Moon just before and after totality—a single ray of sunlight streaming through the mountains on the Moon.
Here are some articles we've written about the total solar eclipse over on Forbes:
It's 100 Days Until Nature's Greatest Event In The World's Most Precious Place. Will Anyone See It?
How To Experience A Once-In-A-Lifetime 'Greatest Solar Eclipse Ever' As Countdown Begins
'Eclipse Season' Is Over. The Next One Will Bring A 97% 'Blood Moon' And A Total Solar Eclipse
When is the next total solar eclipse?
The next total solar eclipse after this year is on April 20, 2023. It will be visible for 1 minute 2 seconds from a remote corner of Western Australia called Exmouth Peninsula. Expect to see that from a cruise ship off the fabulous Ningaloo Reef, since on-land spots will be hard to come by.
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A Creek Runs Through It: A photographic exploration of Whatcom Creek by Sam Bottman
We hope you'll come spend some time enjoying the gallery at Mindport this winter. We have the pleasure of showing the photographic work of Sam Bottman, one of our long-time docents.
During the pandemic, Sam spent many hours at Whatcom Creek with his camera, and captured the creatures in and around the creek. He visited the creek during the flooding that happened in November 2021 and captured scenes from the flooded Maritime Heritage Park as well.
If you want a chance to see the photos and also see Sam at the front desk, you can visit during his Mindport shifts on Thursday and Friday afternoons and all day Saturday. On a quiet day at Mindport, you'll have a chance to learn more about his work.
Sam Bottman started taking pictures of Whatcom Creek about a year into the pandemic. When he was a kid, he liked to read National Geographic, so this was kind of his way of writing his own photo essay about a place he found interesting and unexpected. He also learned how to play the guitar over the pandemic, and wrote a good number of songs about the emotions he went through over the past few years. Because he's become so curious about observing nature and what living things mean to him, references to things like narwhals and trees started to show up in the songs he was writing.
Sam has always been fascinated by both music and the natural world—one of his first memories is of listening to the clips of traditional music from around the world on Encarta Online Encyclopedia, and another is of drawing in a clay riverbank with a sharp stick. He finds a sense of profound truth in both. Both nature and music have saved his life in a sense, because there's something untouchable and timeless about sound waves and life that transcends his everyday troubles. Music and nature can both be funny, exciting, bizarre, soothing, and everything in between. He hopes that in his photographs and songs, he's managed to reflect some of the light from that kaleidoscope back to you, the listener and viewer.
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Consequences of the Hague Inquisition
by Nebojsa Malic Posted on March 03, 2005 August 7, 2009
"Beatings will continue until morale improves."
– Modern American joke
This week, the heat under the bubbling Balkans cauldron has been stoked by the Hague Inquisition, and more so than usual. In addition to the obligatory quota of Serb generals, among the 10 new indictments it just issued were the commander of Bosnian Muslim forces in the 1992-95 war, and maybe the current "prime minister" of Kosovo. Additionally, the EU has threatened Croatia with postponing accession talks unless fugitive general Ante Gotovina is arrested and extradited. Frustrated by the near-impossible demand of the kind formerly imposed only on Belgrade and the Bosnian Serbs, Croatian support for the EU has reached a historic low.
Already the Bosnian Muslim leaders have protested that indicting Army General Rasim Delic means "equalizing the aggressor and the victim." Response to the purported indictment of Ramush Haradinaj has been tempered in the Albanian press by tall tales of U.S. support for Kosovo's independence. Though a target of most venomous diatribes by Head Inquisitor Carla Del Ponte for "non-cooperation," Serbia is actually extraditing many of the accused; it is only a matter of time, however, before someone in Belgrade notices they aren't getting any credit for it, and Imperial policies of extortion continue unabated.
According to the Financial Times, a general who surrendered earlier in the week is "the third Serb war crimes suspect delivered to The Hague in February, in turn the fifth in a series of extraditions starting last October. […] The three extraditions last month come just weeks after the U.S. ratcheted up its long-standing 'soft sanctions' against Serbia…."
By this interpretation, the only reason Serbia began extraditing the accused was U.S. pressure. This is a very popular perception in the Imperial establishment, echoed frequently by the media, not the least because it is useful. If Serbia submits fully and unconditionally, that will be seen as a product of pressure, and will result in its increase. If Serbia does not surrender, it will be charged with "obstructionism" and subjected to, again, more pressure. The game is called "I win, you lose." Washington and Brussels love it.
Ramush for Independence?
Earlier this week, Serbian media reported that Ramush Haradinaj, the "prime minister" of occupied Kosovo, has also been indicted by the ICTY. Though allegedly confirmed by UNMIK sources, and even admitted in the Albanian-language press, the information so far remains unconfirmed by the ICTY, so there remains a possibility it might not be accurate.
There are reports that Albanian paper Gazeta Shqiptare actually claimed that while Haradinaj may have been indicted, the U.S. is pledging $20 million to aid the cause of Kosovo independence. If Haradinaj goes to The Hague voluntarily and gladly, as he said he would, it could mean that he is confident of his innocence; or that he is willing to sacrifice himself for independence, and the deal's been made to that extent; or both.
The Price of EU
After the most recent attack by Head Inquisitor Carla Del Ponte and the announcement by the EU that failure to capture the top Croatian fugitive from the Inquisition might delay entry talks, there seems to have been a backlash against Brussels in Croatia. Support for EU entry is down to 50 percent, and official Zagreb is frustrated at what they see as moving the goalposts.
Croatia's rulers have been all too eager to feed the Hague Moloch their wartime officers, aware that the "history" the ICTY was writing wouldn't endanger their Official Truth. President Tudjman conveniently passed away before any charges could be filed. His top general, Janko Bobetko, died shortly after his indictment. The brunt of the Inquisition's efforts then landed on a field commander, General Ante Gotovina. He was one of the first generals purged by the post-Tudjman government, some of whom were later sent to the ICTY. Unlike his colleagues, Gotovina went underground. A former Legionnaire, he apparently has several convictions in France but claims he was framed for being a secret operative of the losing side in a nasty political war; perhaps, taught by this experience, he decided it was better to run than trust political patrons?
Either way, by being a fugitive, Gotovina irritated the Inquisition; and by pursuing him maniacally, the Inquisition has irritated many Croatians. Croatian public opinion has always been oversensitive when it came to the "Homeland war," as demonstrated by its hysterical reactions to anything challenging its outcome. They see Gotovina as the personification of their resentment over the perceived "threat to the Homeland."
Long favorably compared to Belgrade as an example of cooperation, Zagreb is now in a similar position. Whatever they do is not enough for the ICTY and the EU. And if they actually capture Gotovina in the next two weeks, no doubt some in the West will say they could have done so at any time, they just chose not to do it until appropriate pressure was applied.
However much Prime Minister Sanader declared that the EU is "[Croatia's] future and it has no alternative," (Reuters) it looks like many of his people find the price of becoming a satrapy of Brussels is one they are no longer willing to pay.
Challenging the Victim Myth
However, perhaps the most far-reaching consequences may come from the ICTY's indictment of Army General Rasim Delic, former top commander of the Muslim-dominated "Army of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina," and a close associate of the late Muslim leader Alija Izetbegovic. Compared to other players on the Balkan stage, Delic's charges are paltry – four counts of "violations of laws and customs of war" for allowing the atrocities of foreign mujahedin against Serb POWs and civilians to go unpunished.
By now, every inhabitant of the former Yugoslavia with a functioning brain knows that there were atrocities in the Succession Wars, and that at least some were committed by their own side. As a basic self-defense mechanism, they've adopted various justifications, whether "they did it to us first!" or "we were just acting in self-defense" or "our cause was just, theirs wasn't."
While Serbs and Croats have both had to deal with charges of "aggression" and war crimes, Bosnian Muslims have continued to regard themselves as pure, innocent victims. This perception was created by Alija Izetbegovic and his followers in the earliest stage of the Bosnian War and nurtured ever since. Izetbegovic's SDA party has been accused of corruption and wartime profiteering, but its basic ideology – of a united, Muslim-dominated Bosnia in which the Muslims ("Bosniaks") are constantly threatened by evil Serb and Croat nationalists – dominates political discourse in Sarajevo and is accepted even by the opposition.
By himself, Rasim Delic is nobody. A frighteningly incompetent officer, whose ineptitude cost the Muslims thousands of entirely avoidable battlefield casualties, he got the job as an Izetbegovic loyalist. The same reason kept him in various sinecures since 1995. Among the citizens of Sarajevo, starving since 1992, his obscenely obese figure elicited contempt and disdain. But his indictment could spark a debate on Official Truth as believed by Bosnian Muslims, whether that was the intent of the Inquisition or not.
No Angels?
Already some supporters of Imperial intervention are arguing that the Muslims "must stop insisting on the purity of their cause." Even as one of their reporters avers it's unfair that Delic goes to The Hague before Radovan Karadzic or Ratko Mladic, editors of the Czech-based Transitions Online argue that even though the official view of the Bosnian War – that Muslims were victims of Serb and Croat aggression and systematic atrocities – was essentially correct, the view that "Bosniaks" were angels is not only false, but harmful. Muslims, they continue, are "served poorly by leaders and international supporters who continue to feed them a diet as questionable and unhealthy as this."
This, unfortunately, isn't the radical departure so badly needed in Bosnia. Some Muslims – notably the magazine BH Dani – have long blamed Izetbegovic and the SDA for wartime misdeeds while continuing to believe the Izetbegovic-crafted myth of Serbo-Croat aggression. TOL and Dani criticize the manifestation but not the essence. The feigned multiculturalism, the real ethnic cleansing, the "soft" imposition of Islam on the state, the mujahedin, the local warlords – these weren't unintended consequences of Izetbegovic's decision to wage war for Bosnia's independence, but premeditated, deliberate, and essential parts of his plan. It's in his book; you can look it up (.pdf).
An Imperial Cudgel
The fate of Rasim Delic, Ramush Haradinaj, or any other person indicted by the ICTY, is of course completely lost in the swirling maelstrom of politics that surrounds the Inquisition. Whatever they have done, allegedly or demonstrably, the place to judge them is not The Hague. Supposedly set up to prosecute individual responsibility for war crimes, the ICTY has from the very beginning aimed to render general verdicts, culminating in the ridiculous "joint criminal enterprise" charges against Milosevic, later expanded to include just about every indicted Serb.
Though it seems to have a particular animosity for Serbs, the Inquisition – much like its patron, the Empire – is in truth aimed against everyone in the Balkans. Croats, Muslims, Albanians: everyone's turn comes eventually. This may masquerade as justice, but it is in fact simply brute force.
Indictments against Muslim and Albanian leaders could change the public perception of ICTY somewhat (as was, no doubt, partially its intent), but they won't in any way alter its legality or legitimacy – there simply isn't any. If anything, the bludgeoning of Balkans capitals with indictments and the political extortion that follows them illustrates that the Inquisition isn't a tool of justice, but of politics: a cudgel used to beat the Successor States of Yugoslavia into submission.
Author: Nebojsa Malic
Nebojsa Malic left his home in Bosnia after the Dayton Accords and currently resides in the United States. During the Bosnian War he had exposure to diplomatic and media affairs in Sarajevo. As a historian who specializes in international relations and the Balkans, Malic has written numerous essays on the Kosovo War, Bosnia, and Serbian politics. His exclusive column for Antiwar.com debuted in November 2000.
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Forbes named Kylie Jenner, 21, the youngest self-made billionaire ever on Tuesday.
Forbes estimated Jenner's makeup company Kylie Cosmetics is worth $900 million, and if you add in the cash that Jenner has already pulled from her business, the total worth is $1 billion. This makes her the youngest billionaire ever passing Mark Zuckerberg, who hit $1 billion at age 23 after founding Facebook in 2004.


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