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Health Care Costs and Election 2008
KEY FACTS ON HEALTH CARE COSTS
Health spending in the United States is an estimated $2.4 trillion in 2008, an average of $7,868 per person
The share of the economy (GDP) devoted to national health spending has increased from 7.2% in 1970 to an estimated 16.6% in 2008
Eighteen percent of the nonelderly were in families that spent over 10% of their disposable on out-of-pocket health care premiums and cost sharing in 2004.
Almost one-in-four respondents in a recent Kaiser Poll reported experiencing a serious problem paying for health care and health insurance as a result of the recent economic turndown
The high and rapidly rising cost of health care affects the financial security of families and the economic health of the nation. Thirty percent of respondents in a recent Kaiser Poll reported that they had experienced a serious problem paying for health care and health insurance as a result of recent changes in the economy, and a recent study found that 10% of people with problems paying medical bills were denied care because of medical bills.1 In 2004, 18% of the nonelderly population had out-of-pocket health costs that exceeded 10% of their disposable income.
At a national level, health care accounts for a large and growing slice of the overall U.S. economic pie. The growth in health expenditures routinely outpaces growth in income, making health insurance less affordable for all Americans and making it more costly to extend coverage to the over 45 million Americans who are uninsured. These rising health costs also make public health programs more difficult to sustain, straining federal and state budgets.
Finding a way to address high costs and cost growth without unreasonably reducing access to new and needed services is a significant challenge. How the candidates for the upcoming election propose to address the challenges posed by the increasing costs of health care is a critical component of the current political debates.
Source: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 (conducted July 29-August 6, 2008 & Sep. 8-13, 2008)
Expenditures on health care have outpaced the growth in national income over each of the recent decades. Between 1970 and 2008, the share of the economy going to health care rose from 7.2% to an estimated 16.6%, or from about $356 per person in 1970 to an estimated $7,868 per person in 2008. Total health spending in the United States in 2008 is an estimated $2.4 trillion.
Impact on Health Insurance Costs
Although Americans benefit from this increasing investment in health care, its high cost and persistent cost growth are placing great strains on the systems we use to finance health care, including private employer-sponsored health insurance coverage and public insurance programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Employer-sponsored health coverage premiums for family coverage have increased by 97% since 2000, from $6,438 to $12,680 in 2008. Medicare and Medicaid spending have also been increasing. Medicare per enrollee expenditures for 2008 are estimated to be about $11,093, an increase of 96% over 2000 expenditures.2 Part of the reason for the increase in the Medicare spending was the implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit in 2005. Medicaid per enrollee expenditures increased from $5,763 in 2000 to an estimated $6,610 in 2006 (the latest year available), about a 15% increase.3 The rate of increase for Medicaid is relatively low because a portion of Medicaid drug spending for beneficiaries eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid was transferred to Medicare when the Medicare prescription drug benefit was enacted.
* Estimate is statistically different from estimate for the previous year shown (p<.05).
Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2008.
Impact on Families and Affordability of Coverage
Families have seen significant increases in out-of-pocket costs in recent years. Since 2000, the average worker contribution for a family health insurance policy has increased 107%, from $1,619 to $3,354. In addition to premium contributions, families may face significant out-of-pocket costs when they seek services. Over the last three years (2006 to 2008), the percentage of workers with coverage in plans with a deductible of at least $1,000 for single coverage has risen from 10% to 18%; for covered workers in small firms the percentage has increased from 16% to 35%.
For families purchasing coverage directly from insurers (sometimes referred to as non-group or individual health insurance), a recent survey by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) found that the average costs for family coverage in 2006/2007 were $4,309 for a family headed by a person age 30-34 and $7,881 for a family headed by a person age 55 to 59.4
Deductibles for family policies in the individual health insurance market averaged $2,753 for preferred provider and point-of-service plans and $5,329 for plans that permit purchasers to have a health savings account or medical savings account.5 Premiums and point-of-service cost sharing can result in families paying a considerable share of their resources for health care. In 2004, 18% of the nonelderly population overall and one-half of the nonelderly with non-group health insurance had out-of-pocket health costs that exceeded 10% of their disposable income. In a recent Kaiser Poll, 30% of respondents (including the elderly) reported that they had experienced a serious problem paying for health care or health insurance as a result of recent changes in the economy.6 Another recent study found that people with problems paying medical bill are much more likely to report having unmet health care needs, and 10% reported being denied care due their medical bill problems.7
* Statistically significant change between 2001 and 2004 (p<.01).
Note: All amounts are in 2004 U.S. dollars. Total financial burden includes all out-of-pocket payments for health care, including premiums. Insurance status is based on monthly indicators and reflects coverage for the whole year. People with multiple coverage are assigned the coverage with the longest duration.
Source: Banthin, J., Cunningham, P., and Bernard, D., "Financial Burden of Health Care, 2001-2004," Health Affairs, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2008, pp. 188-195.
Why Health Care is Costly
A variety of factors help explain why health care costs are so high and why they grow so rapidly. One factor is expanding wealth. Studies looking at the United States and other economies have found a strong correlation between wealth and health care spending – as nations become wealthier they choose to spend more of that wealth on health care.8
The availability of new treatment options is another important factor. Nations can spend more because the health care community continues to learn more every day about human health and health care conditions and is able to expand the inventory of health care products, techniques and services. Health experts point to the development and diffusion of medical technology as primary factors in explaining the persistent difference between health spending and overall economic growth, with some arguing that new medical technology may account for about one-half or more of real long-term spending growth.9 Some also suggest that the high prevalence of health insurance encourages technology development because those who develop new technologies know that insurance (and the government through public programs and health insurance tax subsidies) will bear a substantial share of any new costs.10
The prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and heart disease, coupled with growing ability of the health system to treat the chronically ill, also contributes to the high and growing levels of health spending. About 45% of Americans suffer from one or more chronic illnesses, which account for 70% of deaths and about 75% of all health care spending.11 Rising obesity levels have been identified as a factor in growing prevalence of some chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Other population trends however, such as lower levels of smoking and alcohol consumption, may be having a favorable impact on health and costs.12
Tax incentives that encourage workers to demand comprehensive health benefits also have been identified as a factor that increases health costs.13 People use more health care when insurance pays a high percentage of the cost.14 Generally across the whole population, the share of personal health expenditures paid directly out-of-pocket has fallen from about 40% in 1970 to about 15% in 2006.15 Although recently we have seen increases in out-of-pocket liability through higher deductibles and other cost-sharing, over the longer-term the share of total benefits paid by insurance has been increasing.
Inefficiencies in medical care delivery and financing also contribute to the high cost of medical care. Studies by the Dartmouth Atlas Working Group and others have shown wide variation across providers in the treatment and cost of patients with similar health care needs without comparable differences in outcomes. 16 The lack of integrated, efficient systems for electronically storing and transmitting health data results in service duplication, misdiagnosis, and high transaction costs, and also limits the data available to study the effectiveness of treatments.17
Addressing the Cost of Heath Care
A number of strategies have been offered to affect the high and growing cost of health care and its impacts on people and on private and public institutions. Some aim at reducing the need or demand for health care in order to reduce the amount of care that people use. Other strategies focus on making the delivery and financing of the care that people get more efficient and cost effective. All involve important tradeoffs and/or significant changes to the health care system.
Changing How Much Health Care People Use
An important theme in health policy and in the marketplace has been increasing consumer responsibility in health care. New health care plans, often called "consumer-directed" health plans, are a combination of tax-favored savings accounts and catastrophic insurance for expenses beyond a high annual deductible. Proponents of these arrangements argue that providing consumers with more information about their health care choices, coupled with strong financial incentives to be prudent purchasers of services, will result in lower costs. Research shows that increasing consumer cost sharing reduces the amount of health care that people use,18 although higher out-of-pocket burdens also may increase consumer insecurity and place difficult burdens on low- and moderate-income families who may have difficulty meeting high out-of-pocket requirements if they become seriously or chronically ill.19
Another approach to reducing consumer demand for health care is to reduce the government tax subsidy (referred to as a tax exclusion) for employer-sponsored health insurance. Currently, workers do not pay income or payroll taxes on the value of the contributions that their employers make toward the cost of their employer-sponsored coverage. Critics argue that the open-ended nature of the current tax exclusion, which is estimated to cost more than $200 billion annually, encourages workers to demand very comprehensive benefits which lead to high levels of health spending.20 The current approach also has been criticized because it provides greater tax benefits to higher income workers than to lower income workers. Proposals have been offered by President Bush and others to cap or modify the current tax exclusion in ways that encourage workers to purchase less comprehensive coverage, leading to lower health care use. Changing the tax exclusion has potentially far-reaching implications for the large share of families that currently have employer-sponsored coverage, and could lead employers and employees to reassess whether health insurance is best provided through the workplace. Current alternatives to employer-sponsored coverage suffer from high administrative costs and are not necessarily accessible for people with health problems, issues that may need to be addressed if this is to be a viable option.
Finding ways to improve the health and health behaviors of Americans has received growing attention as important ways to reduce future health spending. As discussed above, chronic diseases account for a large share of health spending, and the growth in the prevalence of risk factors such as obesity and of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and asthma raises concerns about the health of Americans and the influence these trends will have on the future cost of health care. Strategies to address these issues include workplace and public health programs that: encourage people to adopt healthy behaviors and modify unhealthy ones; identify people with or at risk to develop chronic diseases and provide resources, incentives, and assistance to help them manage their health; provide case management and other services to people with chronic diseases when they use health care to help achieve better and more cost effective outcomes.
Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness of Delivery and Financing
Reducing practice disparities and encouraging evidence-based medical practice are other potential strategies that proponents believe affect health care costs. As discussed above, research shows significant variation across providers and regions in health care spending for people with similar conditions with no resulting differences in quality. Strategies that give providers better information about appropriate practice and that better align provider payments with the provision of high quality cost-effective health care have the potential to reduce these variations and reduce unnecessary costs.21
Developing programs to comprehensively evaluate the effectiveness and costs of different medical treatments is an approach that proponents believe would reduce health spending by targeting practice and reimbursement to cost-effective interventions. New medical technologies and procedures are often developed and used without good information about whether they are better than existing interventions or, if they are better, whether the additional benefit is worth any additional cost. Comparative effectiveness studies also can be used to identify the types of patients who would most benefit from a procedure or practice. As discussed above, the development and dissemination of new medical technologies is a significant contributor to health care cost growth, and comparative effectiveness offers an opportunity to evaluate their benefits and costs in a systematic way.
Promoting the greater use of health information technology is another strategy that has been proposed to reduce longer-term costs, although a significant up-front investment may be required.22 Widespread adoption of electronic medical records could, among other things, reduce the provision of duplicate services, improve opportunities to coordinate care and disseminate information to providers, and provide information for research on provider quality and the cost effectiveness of clinical interventions.
Another option for affecting health costs is more government involvement in setting reimbursement rates or implementing new payment policies. For example, Medicare could serve as a model for payment reforms such as pay-for-performance or coordinated care. The government also could extend the prices it receives to other payers or take more direct actions to try to regulate costs. Less government regulation also is an option that could affect costs. Reducing requirements for providers or insurers could reduce the cost of supplying health care or health insurance generally, but less regulation also could leave some families exposed to higher out-of-pocket costs.
Reducing the Level of Spending or the Rate of Spending Growth
Many of the policies under discussion in health policy circles to address costs – such as increasing the use of electronic medical records and other information technology, promoting evidence-based medicine, provider pay-for-performance, consumer-directed health care, or disease management – are aimed at improving the efficiency with which care is delivered. Successfully implementing these policies, which are not easy tasks, could reduce the amount that we pay on average for care, but may not slow how quickly the costs grow once lower, more efficient levels of spending have been reached. Over the long run, bringing health spending growth closer to the rate of overall economic growth may require finding ways to slow the development and diffusion of new health care technologies and practices. One approach, comparative effectiveness research, directly addresses one of the fundamental drivers of high cost growth, although its implementation presents serious practical and philosophical challenges. Practically, the sheer volume and pace of medical advance would make it difficult to actually assess many important changes before they were incorporated into medical practice. Philosophically, medical assessment requires people to make difficult decisions about whether a medical benefit for some is worth the cost to the broader system. Other ways of potentially reducing the development and diffusion of new health care technologies, such as much higher cost sharing that could reduce the ability of many to afford expensive treatments (which in turn would dissuade their development), are no less controversial.
There are a number of different strategies for influencing the cost of health care and its growth. Some are more focused on how care is delivered and others are more focused on how care is financed. Each of these involves meaningful change for consumers, providers, and payers. In some cases, the goal of reducing system cost growth may conflict with the goal of increasing family financial security. For example, increasing cost sharing in health insurance policies would likely reduce overall spending because people use less health care when faced with higher out-of-pocket liability. At the same time, this higher out-of-pocket exposure may make families feel less secure and less confident that they will be able to afford the health care that they need. Other approaches to reducing costs, such as implementing comparative effectiveness research to inform treatment and payment decisions, involve very difficult political and ethical decisions about the care that patients are eligible to receive.
Assessing the Candidates' Positions
Senators McCain and Obama have each produced health care proposals that have a number of elements that would affect the cost of health care. Senator McCain's approach emphasizes the role of consumers by eliminating the income tax exclusion for employer-sponsored coverage and introducing new flat tax credits that provide incentives for consumers to select less comprehensive coverage. He also stresses reduced regulation of insurance markets as a way to lower the cost of health insurance by reducing state insurance requirements. Senator Obama largely builds on the current financing system, but suggests new regulations that would change how insurance is offered to people who buy coverage on their own. He also proposes a reinsurance system to lower premiums and a new public program that would compete with and offer an alternative to plans offered by private insurers. Both candidates stress the need for promoting health information technology, preventing and managing chronic disease, and improving the health delivery system.
Included below are a series of questions to help evaluate the candidates' proposals:
How can health care be made more affordable without limiting access to necessary care?
How would each candidate's proposal affect the premiums and other out-of-pocket costs that people face? How would people with different incomes be affected?
What role should government play in controlling increases in the cost of care and the cost of health coverage?
What is the responsibility of individuals in the cost of their care? Are health savings accounts and high deductible insurance policies an approach that should be expanded?
What is the best approach to protect low-income Americans from unaffordable out-of-pocket costs for health care while containing health costs overall?
How would each candidate's proposal change the health care delivery system?
KFF Health Tracking Poll – October 2020: The Future of the ACA and Biden's Advantage On Health Care


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SWM-015: How the Business World Can Benefit from a Human-Centered Approach, with Mark Rodgers
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"[T]he individual has within himself or herself vast resources for self-understanding, for altering his or her self-concept, attitudes and self-directed behavior..." —Carl Rogers
"Carl Rogers believed that the client could become their own engine for positive growth." —Mark Rogers, Rogerian-trained psychotherapist and founder, The Unfinished Sentence…
This episode's guest is human-centered design expert Mark Rodgers, who took part in a panel discussion titled "Carl Rogers and Humanistic-Experiential Theory" held at the end of last year as part of the Clinical & Community Practice Grand Rounds series.
We were interested in talking to Mark not just because of what he has to say about Carl Rogers, the founder of the humanist approach to clinical psychology, but also because he has forged a career path that combines his training in Rogerian psychotherapy with running his own branding and marketing agency—a story that could be of interest to students who can see themselves using their social work degrees in a business context.
While admitting he took a "circuitous route" into the world of business, Mark says that his clients appreciate his "humanistic approach." Unlike more conventional branding agencies, he uses humanistic psychology to create an environment that is conducive for consumers to tell the truth about clients' products. It is a process, he says, that leads clients to "new and promising paths" for brand innovation and renovation," by giving them insights into products and services in tune with what customers really want.
How can today's business world make us of the "person-centered" skills possessed by social workers, psychologists, and psychotherapists?
The unfinished sentence…, Mark Rodgers' agency
New York Person-Centered Resource Center, a humanistic mental health clinic based in New York City and directed by Dr. Sarton Weinraub
The Carl Rogers Website, a gateway to the intellectual work of Dr. Carl R. Rogers
"Is the MSW the New MBA?" by Christine Bader in Fast Company, posted 11 September 2014
SWM-008: Social Work as Social Enterprise, with Alumnus Matt Omelagah, podcast with an SEA alumnus about his career path
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: Social Change Agent Alexis Miesen (MS'04), short film with an SEA alumna
Mark's satisfaction in bringing elements of the person-centered approach into a commercial field [2:37]
How Mark defines a "person-centered approach" [2:56]
A short history of Carl Rogers' rise to prominence and his insistence that clients can become their own engine for positive change [3:36]
The three "core conditions" the therapist can offer to bring out a client's "actualizing tendency": empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard [4:15]
On why Mark doesn't think of himself as an "entrepreneur" [5:34]
On why Mark thinks the business world doesn't understand "consumers," a term he doesn't like [6:12]
Mark's alternative approach to testing "consumer" sentiment [7:18]
How open the traditional business world is to social workers and others who take a "person centered" approach [9:27]
The need to challenge the "whole economic model," which relies on growth and income inequality [10:37]
Why it might make sense to see the MSW as the new MBA, as Fast Company argued in an article last fall [11:31]
The example of Mark's friend who worked in a financial recruiting agency in the city of London and introduced a "person-centered mentorship program," with great success [14:06]
SWM-014: Marking 10 Years of Health Research in Central Asia, with Louisa Gilbert and Angela Aifah
SWM-013: 5 Cool Things in Fall 2014, with Dean Jeanette Takamura
SWM-012: CSSW Alums Are Enlightened and Active Participants, with Dean Jeanette Takamura
SWM-011: The Ebola Crisis as Seen from the Lens of International Social Work
SWM-010: Translating Neuroscience into Policy and Practice for At-Risk Children, with Dr. Jack Shonkoff
SWM-009: The Impact of the Great Recession on American Families and Social Services, with Filmmaker Harry Gantz
SMW-008: Social Work as Social Enterprise, with Alumnus Matt Omelagah
SWM-007: Social Work and the DSM-5, with Michael First and Janet Williams (2/2)
SWM-005: The Tenure Process, with Craig Schwalbe and Elwin Wu
SWM-004: Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Clinical Social Work, with Tony DuBose
SWM-003: The Presumed Incompetence of Faculty Women of Color, with Professor Carmen Gonzalez
SWM-002: Orchid vs Dandelion Parenting in the Wake of the Great Recession, with Professor Irv Garfinkel
SWM-001: The Trials and Tribulations of the Trayvon Martin Case, with Professor Ron Mincy
Racial Justice & Liberatory Practice – Spring 2023 Series
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: Fundamental Components
Foundations of Motivational Interviewing: 7-Week Skills-Building Intensive
Tweets by ColumbiaSSW
Income Inequality in America Hasn't Risen in a Decade. It May Not Feel Like It.
Why we shouldn't tiptoe around who is at highest risk for monkeypox infection
$1M Grant for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training Program for Social Workers & Nurses at Columbia University & University of Pennsylvania
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Experience live music, a costume contest, speakers, vendors, video games and more, all while benefiting a good cause! Mark your calendars now for Geek Mob – Saturday, November 4, 1 to Midnight p.m. at Salem Civic Center!
Guests of Honor will include Local Freelance Artist Jenn DePaola, Author Andrew Hiller and musical groups Polychrome and Butterfly Vendetta. Other special guests will include Flabbergast the Wizard, Nelson "Bonedaddy" Oliver, 501st Garrison Tyranus, Host - Matthew "Correllbow" Correll (State of the Nerd) and DJ/Co-Host Bryan "Harvest Blaque" Hancock.
At-door admission to Geek Mob is $15 for adults 18+ and $10 for minors 6-17. Children 5 and under are free. $1 from each ticket will go to Blue Ridge Autism & Achievement Center (BRAAC). Proceeds also help support operating costs for Geek Mob Roanoke, LLC.
Now in its seventh year, Geek Mob has grown from a small group of about 50 attendees to well over 300 people. Since its inception, Geek Mob has been able to donate over $1,000.00 to BRAAC.
The organization also collects comic books in celebration of International Read Comics in Public Day. To date, they have been able to donate comic books to area organizations, including Hidden Valley Middle School, BRAAC, The Rescue Mission and Catawba Hospital. Comic books can be dropped off at B & D Comics.


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The governing authority of Peachtree City is the Mayor and City Council, consisting of five elected members who serve 4-year terms. While all five members are elected at large (serving the entire city), all must reside within Peachtree City. At their first meeting each calendar year the Mayor Pro-Tem is selected by the City Council.
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Vanessa Fleisch, Mayor
Phil Prebor
Kevin Madden
Terry Ernst
In their policy-making capacity, the City Council is authorized to perform the following functions:
Allocate taxes levied by Fayette County
Establish Millage rate for the City of Peachtree City
Direct and control all property located within Peachtree City
Establish, alter or abolish Peachtree City roads and bridges
Fill vacancies in Peachtree City offices unless others are empowered to do so
Examine, settle and allow claims against the City of Peachtree City
Examine and audit the accounts of all officers having the care, management, keeping, collection or disbursement of money belonging to the City of Peachtree City
Establish the costs of licenses
Make such rules and regulations as necessary for the protection and preservation of health, safety, welfare and morals
Vanessa Fleisch
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Mayor Vanessa Fleisch was reelected to a second term in 2017. Her focus throughout both her term on the Peachtree City Council and as Mayor has been on infrastructure across the city.
The new three-stage piano key weir spillway, a much-needed piece of infrastructure that will protect life and property for decades to come, was completed in October of 2018. The golf cart paths, streets and stormwater pipes across the city have received maintenance to keep Peachtree City beautiful, safe and functional.
Drake Field has received its own renaissance as it is now being used as a much needed centralized meeting place for our community. The Night Market is the type of community event that was intended for this facility.
The Mayor and her family have been residents of Peachtree City since 1991. She originally hails from Vineland, New Jersey. Mayor Fleisch graduated from The American University's School of International Service with a degree in International Relations and a minor in Communications. She went on to become a producer for CNN and CNN International. Upon leaving CNN, she became a Realtor here in Peachtree City. She and her husband Michael, who is a Director for Turner Broadcasting, have two grown sons John and Christian.
Favorite things about Peachtree City:
I love the sense of community that is an intrinsic part of living in Peachtree City.
Council Member - Post 1
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Phil was elected to his first term on City Council in November 2015. He has lived in Peachtree City since 1991 and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Georgia State University.
Phil has volunteered as a coach for the J.C. Booth Middle School Science Olympiad, Peachtree City Youth Soccer and Peachtree City Youth Basketball organizations. He has served on the Brookfield Homeowner's Association, the Peachtree City Needs Assessment Committee, and the Peachtree City Planning Commission. Presently, he volunteers for the Drug Free Fayette coalition and the Oak Grove Elementary Homework House.
Growing up in Lakeland, Florida, Phil began his aviation career with Piper Aircraft. This path continued with various positions at Eastern and Delta Airlines. In 1994, Phil formed Routine Maintenance, a remodeling repair company. Soon he teamed up with his brother, Paul, to expand this business. Several years later the brothers founded Routine Holdings, an investment company based in Peachtree City.
Phil lost his wife Lali to breast cancer in 2019. He is committed to their three grown children who are all happy and healthy. He lives in Braelinn Village and attends Southside Church.
I am thankful to be living where so many families have the same values and appreciation for our planned community. Living in Peachtree City is like being at a resort where the abundant amenities, including recreation, low crime, golf courses and golf cart paths, all contribute to our quality of life and the sense of community found in Peachtree City.
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During the summer of 1987, Mike, a career military officer, and his wife Shirley transferred to the Atlanta area from Wiesbaden, Germany. While still living in Europe, they took a week long house hunting trip to Peachtree City - that was enough to convince the Kings to make Peachtree City their home. Little did we know that some thirty-two years later, it would still be home!
Mike is a native of Hartsville, South Carolina. From there, he was inducted into the US Army in the spring of 1969, commissioned in the spring of 1970, completed rotary wing flight training in the summer of 1971, prior to being deployed to South Viet Nam as a scout pilot for two separate air cavalry units. These two assignments ranged from the lofty mountain ridges along the Demilitarized zone in the north, to the flat expanse of the Mekong Delta in the South.
His career continued in both aviation and ground assignments within the United States and overseas, culminating as the Commander of Troops at Ft. McPherson/Gillem, until his retirement in 1993. Follow-on vocations included commercial fleet sales with Ford Motor Company and as a contracted planner for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Two volunteer programs, Meals on Wheels and mentoring young boys without dads, Mike considers time well spent since his full retirement in 2011. Additionally, he must include his frequent workout sessions at Fitness 54! Last, but not the least of which, serving on the Peachtree City Council for the past five years have proven to be most rewarding.
Mike and Shirley are the parents of three grown children and the proud grandparents of two grandchildren.
Favorite things about Peachtree City: Without question, the golf cart lifestyle, the friendliness of the residents, & the close-knit community.
Email Council Member Madden
Council Member Kevin Madden was elected to City Council Post 3 in 2017, and was sworn into his first term of office on January 4, 2018. He has been married for 35 years to Kim, a Fayette County teacher, and they have three sons. The Maddens have been residents of Peachtree City since 1997, and their boys all attended Fayette County schools.
Madden attended St. John's University School of Education, in New York, where he volunteered in a program to help bring underprivileged children to grade level in reading skills. After leaving college, Madden coached his CYO basketball team of 17-18 year olds, to two consecutive division playoffs. He continuously participated in his community's sports programs with his sons and was a certified baseball, soccer, and hockey coach in Fayette County.
Since joining the air cargo industry in 1972, Madden has been involved in export transportation sales and operations, managing branches in New York City, Rochester, and Miami. He transferred to Georgia in 1995 and in 1998 started his own business, Global Airlift Services, where he continues to serve as its chief executive officer. Madden has served on the board of the "Atlanta Air Cargo Association" as treasurer, vice president, president, and chair.
In Peachtree City, Kevin has served as the vice president and the president of the Kiwanis Golden K Club. He is a lector and Eucharistic minister at Holy Trinity Church. However, his main passions are history and politics.
Our wonderful recreational opportunities and our superior sports venues.
Email Council Member Ernst
Terry Ernst was elected to City Council Post 4 in 2013, and is now serving his second term. He has lived in Peachtree City since 1989 and is retired from both the United States Army and the Peachtree City Police Department.
Terry has a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from St. Leo University in St. Augustine, Florida. He has also completed numerous business and management courses while serving with the Army and the Police Department.
Terry and his wife, Joan, who is also a retired Army officer and retired nurse, have enjoyed living in Peachtree City since 1990. Their son, Tony, and their two grandchildren also reside in Peachtree City. Terry also has a daughter, Ami, who lives in Terry's hometown of Sioux City, Iowa.
Terry is currently the president of the Peachtree City Optimist Club, a member of the American Legion, and a member of the Peachtree City Christian Church.
Being an avid golfer, Terry loves living in a golf community. He also loves the village concept of the City, the friendliness of the citizens here, and all the special events held each year in our great community.
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On the initiative of PEÑA architecture and Alsemgeest Design & Build has done a study on the development of the Scheepmakershaven Tower (Tower SMH). This plan fits in the area improve Scheepmakershaven.
Scheepmakershaven located in Wine Harbor area, which together with the Leuvehaven, Wijnhaven and Old Port part of the Maritime District. Here, in recent years several high-rise towers built.
The Maritime District is an "all the buttons" area: convenient location, nostalgic bridges, shiny flats and prosperous and enterprising residents. It perfectly represents the Rotterdam cityscape.
In Scheepmakershaven chosen for neighborhood renewal based on a kind of acupuncture approach pinpricks in the form of initiatives in streets and neighborhoods. No area development, but improvement area.
The purpose of the SMH Tower proposal is to increase the density in the area and to anchor the public functions at ground level in the area. To enhance the effect is the slenderness of the tower is essential.
Based on the urban planning is a five or so basic principles drawn up further elaboration of the proposal for the SMH Tower.
1- The skirt must be connected to the other buildings.
2- Building in the building line, like other already realized towers.
3- The height of the tower is in relation with the surrounding towers.
4- The shape of tower is in relation to other towers.
5- Shadow area reduction of surrounding buildings.
Accurate analysis has led to a variety of surfaces for housing the target group. The SMH Tower has a total of 60 apartments and two large hospitality areas. The number of square meters of apartments ranges from a minimum of 43 sqm to 170 sqm.
The small apartments (12 units) have a shared garden of 130 sqm. The large (48 pieces) and luxury apartments (8 pieces) have a loggia or terrace / balcony. All apartments on the ground floor and a shared bicycle storage. The plan meets the high-rise regulation that sets stringent requirements on escape routes from each floor through a safe flight staircase.
The tower has a gross floor area of 410 m² and a volume of 18,860 m3. On the ground floor, ground level, two commercial catering establishments are projected with an area of 105 m² and 225 m² respectively. These rooms have a beautiful open façade over the full height. This is done to improve the streetscape. From the windows there is a view over the water and the existing bridges.
The SMH Tower has a parking space with two private car lifting. According to the parking ratio test for the 40 apartments (standard 1 space per apartment) 40 required parking spaces. For starters, the 12 apartments (standard 0.6 parking space per dwelling) are 7,2 required parking spaces. For eight luxury apartments (standard 1.2 parking space per house) are required 9.6 spaces. Professional (standard 1.6 parking space per m2 GFA) 6.4 are required parking spaces. Total required 63.2 parking. In plan includes 62 parking spaces in the building. It is assumed that there are 2 extra parking on the road in front of the catering industry.
As regards the use of materials is thought to be siding made of anodized aluminum, in a playful manner, placed in a pattern of vertical glass planes. We chose this material because it can be implemented as a standard measure in the project and the amount of color possibilities is infinite. The final plating colors are not yet determined. The use of this plating is a novelty in the Wine Docklands. By applying different gradations in color the building a more vibrant appearance. It is a building of character changes with the light of day. This happens because the sunlight on the aluminum panels give colorful nuances, while on cloudy days they get a darker look. The aluminum plates can get blinds on the outside. The whole forms a new, attractive addition to the city of Rotterdam skyline.


Kirstin and Rob both have careers in the city, but their second full-time job is cattle. They were about to travel to Red Deer for a New Year's cattle sale and celebration with friends when Rob proposed in their living room. It was casual and perfect, and they spent the drive filling all of their friends and family in on their news!
So much of this couple is about place and home. Rob's family farm will be their forever home, so was the obvious location for their engagement photos. Their love for the land is evident in Rob's pride and Kirstin's eagerness to show off all their favourite places. Their wedding will be at Kirstin's family farm, which she holds very dear to her heart, and is the perfect place to witness this new page in their family history.
Copperblue Photography and Design is a Saskatoon engagement photographer and wedding photographer. Specializing in rural weddings and farm weddings in central and northern Saskatchewan.
that sunset tho!!! Love this session – beautiful work!
We had such a gorgeous evening! Thank you Allie!
these are gorgeous engagement photos, i love the location!
Thanks Michelle! Most of these were right on their own land, how wonderful is that!?
I love everything about this. The locations seem so secluded. And you get the best sunsets!
There's nothing like a prairie sunset! Thanks Jenn!
Tracy, I am just in love with your photography. Every session you post is breathtaking!
You're so sweet Rose! Thank you so much! I really loved photographing Kirstin and Rob's engagement session around their farm!
I LOVE the ones with the white flowers in the foreground. Amazing!
Thanks Mandi! That's one of my favourites too!


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 Equipo de horno de activación de chispa.
A method for rapid activation SLEP Furnace, characterized in that: (1) increase half-heated air into the furnace volume, the heating temperature was subsequently raised by a half furnace 900 ° C to 950 ° C; air is added through the air duct by the blower SLEP semi heating furnace, the combustible gas activation resulting combustion generates heat to increase the furnace temperature, the furnace body in a safe range, to adjust the frequency of the blower, blower speed control, to control the amount of air into the control furnace temperature; by adjusting the blower the frequency and size of air valve opening, so that the furnace temperature was controlled at SLEP .950 0C; (2), changing the air distribution SLEP furnace waste heat boiler location, to improve the utilization efficiency of the exhaust gas, so that the steam production is increased; the furnace exhaust SLEP position with the wind exhaust duct is provided in the middle thereof, using SLEP furnace exhaust heat of preheated air was added to make the waste heat boiler, and then into the combustion furnace exhaust steam SLEP the waste heat boiler, waste heat boiler to avoid temperature drops, the exhaust gas using improved efficiency and steam production, the steam pressure to 0.45MPa; (3), shortening the discharge interval SLEP furnace, the activated time from 72h to 60h or less; due to water vapor Increased steam supply, combined with the activation temperature is increased, greatly increased rate of activation, then according to indicators product discharge interval is gradually shortened, the activated time to less than 60h. El horno SLEP es adecuado para la producción de varios tipos de carbón granular, las condiciones del proceso son estables, la calidad del producto es uniforme, el rendimiento de adsorción es bueno, la producción de varios carbón activado avanzado, gran capacidad de producción, la automatización mecánica puede realizar, no se necesita el combustible, larga vida del horno y así sucesivamente. Por lo tanto, se utiliza ampliamente en la producción de carbón activado granular internacional.


It's 2 am and the clock is ticking… VERY… Slowly.
You my dear are NOT alone. Insomnia is a [frustrating] reflection of a deep deficiency or in some cases a hormonal pattern that merely needs to be recalibrated. No more band aids, you deserve resolution especially since, we both know a night of good sleep beats the most expensive beauty treatments on the market. Oh and it's free!
Having worked with hundreds of insomniacs, the only place to start is by dissecting the potential sources of the insomnia and then systematically working through each one until the zzzz's return to their rightful owner.
Vitamin D: A number of studies have linked low vitamin D to poor sleep quality and have shown that reaching and maintaining a vitamin D level of 60 to 80 ng/mL can improve sleep.
Vitamin C: Research published in PLOS ONE found those with low vitamin C in their blood reported more trouble sleeping and were more likely to experience interrupted sleep. Foods high in vitamin C include bell peppers, citrus, strawberries, and broccoli. If opting for a supplement, I recommend liposomal vitamin C, since it has better absorption.
Vitamin B12: Low B12, which is extremely common in the general population but even more so among vegans and vegetarians, is known to cause neurological problems, including disturbed sleep. If following a vegan or vegetarian diet consider supplementing with B12 under practitioner supervision.
Magnesium: Magnesium not only promotes muscle relaxation, it also helps your body produce melatonin. By boosting GABA, a nervous system relaxant, it also eases tension associated with stress. Research shows time and time again that a magnesium deficiency is a trigger for insomnia. There are a few types of magnesium and my favorite for supporting sleep is magnesium threonate, malate or glycinate. 2-400 mg 2-3 times per day is sufficient in most cases. If you have kidney failure or slow heart rate, fall back on eating more magnesium-rich foods instead, such as green leafy veggies, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, spirulina and raw nuts.
Both estrogen and progesterone act directly on the sleep centers of the brain. They also influence the levels of important sleep neurotransmitters such as serotonin and GABA.
Progesterone in particular plays a critical role in sleep because it makes a metabolite called allopregnanolone (ALLO) which interacts with GABA receptors, and is very soothing. When progesterone is high [just after ovulation], women's brains have more "sleep spindles" [brain waves that indicate the onset of deep sleep].
Conversely, when there is no progesterone [such as is the case when women are on hormonal birth control or are post-menopausal], women's brains show fewer sleep spindles which equates to fewer restorative sleep cycles.
While there are certainly more root causes of insomnia, the 3rd most common source of insomnia is an abnormal cortisol pattern. Cortisol is a stress hormone that is [while often demonized] very critical to our energy and vibrance. However, when cortisol is secreted at the wrong time, [i.e at night] melatonin production is blunted which means you'll be wide awake and infused with energy. Oftentimes women who are in this category are dragging all day making the evening energy surge that much more frustrating.
I can hear the audible sigh of relief you just experienced in reading that there is a method behind your madness. But it only gets better!
The roadmap to fixing insomnia is something I'm bubbling with excitement to share and even if you've already troubleshot insomnia to the nth degree there might just be a few things you've overlooked.
On March 26 at 6:30 pm MT you are invited to The Table [our new nourished membership] where we are not only going to jump all the way into the 4th and 5th [the peskiest] roots of insomnia but we are going to dance our way through a specific roadmap to nutrient repletion, progesterone/estrogen balance and cortisol regulation.
You will walk away from our time together knowing you are not alone. But you will also have time to ask your most pressing questions about insomnia.


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I went to the Jacksons' house. Glynn might possibly know the answer. "The Wind Rises" is Hayao Miyazaki's last film. This soup is really good. I'm so much older than you are. I broke down the door because I lost the key. He is the foremost authority on heart surgery. Why are people scared of the police? Go risk your head and think a thought which until now no one has had; go risk your step and walk a path which until now no one has trod; so that Man may build himself, and not be made by anyone or anything else. Page has never met me before.
Just let me do the talking. He knows quite well what it is like to be poor. I'm filling in for Yvonne again. Saul wears a hat almost every day. By that time he will have seen much of the world. I am no more intelligent than he. She likes to take her time. I need mascara. My study conditions aren't that great. You'll have to go.
Do you see what this means? He who behaves like a worm can't complain of getting stepped on. Judge forgot to tell me where to meet him. I'd never do that to you. I don't want to go to rehab. Delbert did everything Ravindranath told him to do. I thought I'd say hello to Pratapwant. Piet did what he could for his family. I'm sorry, my boss is sleeping right now. Please come back tomorrow. I would rather die than have such a terrible experience.
Thierry isn't the kind of man who would do that kind of thing. Because of the thick fog, the street was hard to see. How do you know all that? He made three mistakes in as many lines. Nick doesn't want to appear weak. It's great to see you're having so much fun. As to me, I agree to the plan. Yesterday he missed the train to Sapporo. She doesn't have any problems at school. Attendance should be good provided the weather is favorable.
I have known her since she was a little girl. An old proverb says that time is money. Jelske promised not to tell. The truck made a sharp turn to the right. What train is Brendan coming in on? I left out two sentences. Now, I put this card into the hat. See? We can't do this without her. Fire engines have priority over other vehicles. On July 20 1969, Neil Armstrong left the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first human to set foot on the Moon. He was soon followed by his fellow astronaut, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
I'll take you to the hospital. Clayton isn't that much taller than Nelken. The sheriff beat the suspect until he was almost dead. You can't just do this. She got a serious neuropathy disease,and it was so urgent for her to transfer to another hospital. The writer is deep in thought. George drew a tree. My doctor told me to stay at home for a week. C-47 has landed. Why have you visited us today?
Stay away from him. I called her Cathy. I'm going back to look for Kelly. Kyu didn't even try. Dorothy spends a lot of time at Nigel's. Laurence, you look terrible. Do come by all means. I'm always losing things. Leith said that he's sorry. Would you care to join me for dinner?
Only through protest can a free and open society be maintained. The serious job shortage is also affecting those illegal foreign workers. Can't you just leave me alone? It was true that she had got married twice. I've got a date tonight. I'll never understand. Malloy died a long time ago. You're not allowed to camp here. I want him to meet you. Dan's first wife had died of natural causes.


What's up with all the ultra conservative and christian questions, when did that trend start?
I've been off hubpages for a while but decided to get back on now that my semester is over. The questions and answers page use to be extremely diverse, asking about everything from religion to politics, history to technology, animals to autos.
Now the vast majority of it is ultra conservative political viewpoints, Christianity, and in the handful of questions that don't pertain to those to categories you'll find those viewpoints in the comments. What happened to tolerance and diversity? What happened to civil conversation and debate? Why are so many people acting like 4chan a**holes?
At minimum? 2 years ago.
Conservative/Christian and "civil debate" rarely ever pop up in the same sentence here...or almost anywhere for that matter.


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Sonic the Hedgehog 043 (Archie)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comics) #043
Country: North America
Writer: Ken Penders
Pencils: Manny Galan, Patrick Spaziante, Harvo, Jeff Powell, Barry Grossman, Freddy Gabrie and Victor Gorelick
Cover artist: Patrick Spaziante, Harvo
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Sonic the Hedgehog #43 is the forty-third issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic.
This comic features one story: "The Dream Zone".
1 The Dream Zone
2 Background information
The Dream Zone
Continued from issue 42.
In the Knothole Village hospital, Sonic and Tails wait outside the ER, when Doctor Quack bursts through another door. Sonic tries to get some news from the doctor, but as he is in a rush, he tells Sonic to check in with his secretary for info. Wanting information now, Tails and Sonic decide to follow the physician, who rushes into the intensive care unit holding King Acorn. Sally Acorn, who is in the room, is pleased to see Doctor Quack, the doctor who delivered her when she was born. They share some pleasantries, then are lead over to Rotor, who has a new machine set up in the ward. Sonic is curious why he is there, not being a doctor, but Quack responds by saying he asked him to be there. They look over to the King, now fully crystallized except for half of his face, sitting in a chair on an elevated platform. Quack and Rotor want to use a cell regenerator to stop the crystal growth.
With power rings and a Chaos Emerald already used to try and help the King, Sonic is sceptical if the regenerator will actually work. Even Quack is unsure, though he knows the crystallization is likely due to being exposed to something in the Zone of Silence. He already suggested sending the King back to revert him back to normal, but Sally is quite against that idea. While the two discuss the ethics of that idea, Sonic is curious if the King is aware of what is going on around him. Quack is unsure of that as well, instead, wanting to get the regenerator running. The group put on protective eye gear, as Rotor activates the cell regenerator. The chamber around the King lights up brightly, radiating him with energy. During the process, Sonic whispers to Sally, asking if they can trust the doctor. Despite trying to keep quiet, the doctor hears him, saying he'll ignore that statement, then asking Rotor for a progress report. He shuts down the machine, not noticing any change with the King's state. The doctor decides to wait it out and see if the regeneration will work later on. With nothing else to do, Quack prepares to leave, noting he'll have a nurse keep an eye on the King's condition. As he leaves, Sally asks if she can stay, which he believes is not a problem.
In a flashback to the days of Mobotropolis, a young Sally and Sonic have a friendly argument in the castle. King Acorn walks over, wondering if there is a problem, but they ease his concerns by telling him they're just having fun. He lets the two run off to their treehouse, as Warlord Julian arrives in the room. Although Julian has some news for the King, the King turns the conversation around by telling Julian that there is a reception that night to announce his appointment as Minister of Science. He also notes that he has approved of Julian's plans to dismantle the Mobian military at once, secretly pleasing the Warlord, who crosses his fingers behind his back. Before the King leaves, he asks that Julian begin the process immediately. He walks out of the room, telling Julian that he'll see him that night. Julian, meanwhile, turns to his assistant, Snively, telling him to prepare the troops for his command.
Later that day, Julian issues the command to Snively, activating his robotic troops' invasion of Mobotropolis. His SWATbots encounter little resistance, taking over the city easily. Sonic and Sally, elsewhere in the Kingdom, notice the troops, asking Julayla what they want. She can't explain the reason for the invasion, telling them to head to the palace with her to find Rosie. In the palace itself, King Acorn approaches Julian, demanding a reason for the mutiny. Julian declares that he has taken command of the kingdom, renaming it from Mobotropolis to Robotropolis, as well as that his SWATbots have struck the kingdom in many different areas. Four SWATbots surround the King, but he remains confident that Julian will be defeated. Julian then declares that he will no longer be called Julian, but rather Dr. Robotnik. He also tells the King that he will be banished to the Zone of Silence for all eternity...all the while, Julayla, Sonic and Sally watch from above on a catwalk.
In the intensive ward room, Sonic comforts Sally...until Geoffrey St. John arrives. Sally quickly leaves Sonic, getting a hug from Geoffrey. Geoffrey is quite pleased by this, but it sickens Sonic. Geoffrey jokes, asking if it is contagious, as Quack comes in, stating that if Sonic is, indeed, sick, he'll have to leave. Sonic and Geoffrey smarten up as Quack performs another diagnosis on the King, who is now laying down on a medical bed. As he checks the King's pulse, Sally notes that she can sense something really bothering her father. Quack, with his superior training, notes that he can determine what exactly is bothering the King. Sonic slaps his face in sarcasm, angering Sally, but giving Geoffrey another chance to mock Sonic for his lack of empathy. The doctor yells at the two, telling them to stop their bickering so he can diagnose the problem with the King. He looks closely, noticing the King in a deep daze or a stupor...
The flashback continues as King Acorn is brought to his knees by the SWATbots, kneeling before the now caped Robotnik. Although the King asks Robotnik about his lack of loyalty or responsibility, Robotnik mentions that he does have a responsibility; to bring chaos to order. Snively, aside, moves a curtain out of the way as Robotnik reveals his plans to bring chaos to order: the roboticizer. The King can only look on in shock as his citizens are roboticized right in front of him, obeying every order Robotnik gives. He calls Robotnik out as a monster, but Robotnik turns around, saying that, to him, the King is the enemy, and therefore, must be eliminated. The King maintains his stance, telling Robotnik that somebody will stop him, but that doesn't phase him. He orders the portal to the Zone of Silence to be opened, as the SWATbots throw him into it. "Long live the King".
The flashback ends, causing the King to scream in pain. Sally gets scared, but Quack reaffirms her by saying that he's probably having a nightmare in an attempt to regain his memory. The more he struggles to remember his past, the more painful it likely is. This gives Quack an idea to show off his newest creation, the Electroencellographic memory inducer, a helmet like device, or for somebody like Sonic, the Dream Watcher. He explains that the Dream Watcher allows two parties to communicate with each other in a zone he calls the Dream Zone, but with one catch: if something goes wrong, the person who makes the journey could perish. He asks for volunteers, and, despite the risk, everybody does. Geoffrey offers to flip for it, leaving it between him and Sonic. He flips the coin, calling heads, but it lands on tails. Having won, Sonic rushes over a medical bed beside the King and prepares to be strapped in. Before he can, the doctor asks Sonic to fill out a waiver absolving the hospital and its staff from any responsibility. Sally yells at Quack, so he states it was just a joke. He walks over to the bed and straps Sonic to the machine, sending him into a deep sleep.
The doctor's device works, sending Sonic into the King's past memories when he arrived in the Zone of Silence. The King instantly takes notice of him, wondering how he got there and how he found him. It takes Sonic a minute to get used to new environment, which is dreamlike, yet feels real. The King calls out to Sonic, asking if he was trapped by Robotnik as well, and how Sally is doing. He tells him that she is fine, but informs the King that they must leave at once. Before Sonic can explain the circumstances that have led him there, they are interrupted by the King's memories of Warlord Kodos. The large beast takes a swing at the King with his huge axe. Sonic, aside, wonders if, since the scene is simply a recreation of the King's memories, whether he should help or watch. Always being one of action, he rushes in, but is quickly stopped by a laser blast to his backside. He lands on a rock, as everybody looks up to see Feist, a large menacing panda bear with glowing eyes.
Kodos and the King decide to end their disagreement in the meantime to focus on Feist. He orders the King and Kodos to remain silent, telling them to only respond when he asks them to, warning them that it would be best that they listen to him. Kodos doesn't take this lightly, as he jumps at the giant bear. Before he can get anywhere close to him, Feist lets out a powerful blast from his eyes, disintegrating Kodos easily. He focuses his attention next on the King, only giving Sonic a few moments to convince the King that everything he is seeing is a figment of his memory. He convinces the King that everything is from the past, and that, in reality, he has already been rescued. He remains sceptical, as he believes he is still in the Zone of Silence based on his memories. Sonic gives further details, mentioning about his crystallization. The King gets angry that such an event could happen, so Sonic quickly explains why they think he started to crystallize, from his exposure to the zone. He finishes off his explanation by telling about Doctor Quack's machine that brought him there.
The King contemplates Sonic's words, as Feist disappears right in front of him, but he's curious why he can't recall being rescued. Sonic assumes the King lost his memory after his encounter with Feist in the Zone of Silence. Now in the know of what's going on, he asks Sonic for an update on what has happened since he was exiled. He tells the King about how Robotnik roboticized most of the citizens of Mobotropolis, and that some of them escaped into the Great Forest to set up Knothole Village. He then further explains how they have continued to fight Robotnik, but as he keeps coming up with new inventions, they can never deliver that fatal blow that is needed to stop him. He tries to convince the King that it is him that they need to lead their effort, to finally put an end to Robotnik, and to give Sally her father back. Despite being pessimistic before, the King finally believes Sonic, knowing he needs to come back, just as Sonic disappears from his mind.
In the intensive care ward, Sonic wakes up, as does the King, who comes out of his blank gaze and starts muttering coherent phrases. As Sonic gets up from the bed, Rotor notes to Quack that the King's life signs have stabilized and that the crystallization has halted. Sally kisses Sonic for a job well done, while Geoffrey reluctantly congratulates him.
With the King now on the mend, Quack and Rotor quickly roll his bed into the rehabilitation ward so he can fully recover. Tails, meanwhile, ask Sonic if he is alright, which he replies that life is the stuff that dreams are made out of.
Continued in issue 44.
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Doctor Quack is introduced, along with Feist. Kodos, although mentioned prior, is shown for the first time.
Julayla is shown again, last seen in issue 18.
Tails appears on the coin on the tails side, along with the text E. Pluribus Mobius. Roughly translated, it stands for "Out of many, Mobius", and, incorrectly, has a period after the E. This is based on the Latin phrase "E pluribus unum", found on the seal of the United States of America.
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58 Percent of Americans Believe in 'God as Described in the Bible': Pew Poll
Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor | Wednesday, November 24, 2021
#Christian worldview
A majority of Americans say they believe in "God as described in the Bible," according to a new Pew Research Center survey that also showed less than one in 10 U.S. adults reject any belief in God or a "higher power."
The poll, released Tuesday, found that 58 percent of American adults say they believe in "God as described in the Bible," while an additional 32 percent say they don't believe in the God of the Bible but "do believe there is some other higher power or spiritual force in the universe," according to the survey's wording.
All total, 91 percent of Americans say they believe in God or a higher power – slightly above the percentage when Pew asked those same questions in 2020 (89 percent) and 2017 (90 percent).
Nine percent of Americans say they don't believe in God or a higher power, slightly lower than the 11 percent in 2020 and the 10 percent in 2017.
Meanwhile, 73 percent of Americans say they believe in heaven, while 62 percent say they believe in hell. Belief in heaven is strong among self-professed evangelicals (96 percent), members of historically black churches (93 percent) and Catholics (90 percent). Evangelicals (91 percent) and members of historically black churches (89 percent) are more likely than Catholics (74 percent) to say they believe in hell.
Overall, women are more likely than men to believe in heaven and hell: more than three-quarters of women (78 percent) say they believe in heaven, while only 68 percent of men do. On hell, 65 percent of women but 59 percent of men believe in it.
Among other findings in the survey:
68 percent of Americans say they believe "everything in life happens for a reason."
83 percent say they believe "some things happen in life that can't really be explained by science or natural causes."
44 percent say they believe in fate, which the poll defined as "the course of your life is predetermined."
The poll was conducted Sept. 20-26 among 6,485 U.S. adults.
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An appeal court has ordered a South Florida man freed from a 28-year sentence he received in Orange County for cocaine trafficking. Lawyers on both sides say prosecutors fouled up.
"Someone made a goof. There's no doubt about it," said David Henson, who handled Roy Wander's case in the 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach.
The court's ruling last week is the latest leg in Wander's odyssey. He last made news by wandering away from his 1983 trial after Orange Circuit Judge James Byrd freed him from jail.
The red tape still has not cleared in the complicated case. Wander remained in Marion Correctional Institution in Lowell on Thursday while his jailers awaited word from the Department of Corrections that it has received the appeal decision.
At different times, Wander, 31, has given his residence as Plantation in Broward County and Perrine in Dade County. He was arrested in March 1983. An undercover agent said Wander sold him more than 2 ounces of cocaine at a restaurant south of Orlando.
The next July a jury found him guilty in a two-day trial. Wander was not in court for the verdict.
Orange County deputy sheriffs had arrested him the night before on a Broward County warrant for violating probation on drug convictions. Byrd was outraged by the arrest in midtrial. He ordered Wander released from jail without posting bail, though the warrant said he should be held without bail. Wander took off, and Byrd issued another warrant. Wander wasn't found until early 1984. He was arrested in Long Island, N.Y., and extradited to Florida for sentencing.
Statewide guidelines recommended a sentence of 5 1/2 to 7 years in prison. But Byrd, citing reasons including Wander's "utter disrespect for our system," jacked up the sentence to 28 years.
Wander appealed. He ended up winning on the state's handling of an earlier appeal of its own. Shortly after Wander's drug-trafficking arrest in March 1983, Byrd had thrown out the charges. He ruled that the law Wander was charged under was unconstitutional.
Prosecutors appealed Byrd's ruling to the district court. Meanwhile, in April the Florida Supreme Court overturned Byrd's ruling in a similar case and upheld the trafficking law.
In July 1983 Richard Martell, the assistant attorney general handling the state's side in Wander's case, dropped the appeal saying that prosecutors reserved the right to refile the charges under the Supreme Court decision. The Orange-Osceola state attorney's office refiled the same day.
Byrd's order throwing out the charges, despite the Supreme Court's ruling to the contrary. It was as if the prosecutors had never appealed Byrd's ruling, the district court said, and the charges could not properly be refiled and tried.
In hindsight, lawyers in the case said, the attorney general's office could have won the case easily. All it needed to have done was pursue its appeal, and the district court would have been bound to rule in its favor under the Supreme Court precedent.
"We should not have dismissed at that point," said Matt Fenderson, an assistant in the Orange-Osceola state attorney's office and the prosecutor in Wander's trial. "We should have let it go through and gotten a decision."
He said Martell consulted him before dismissing the state's appeal. "They made that decision, and we went along with it."
Martell declined to comment beyond saying he may ask the district court to reconsider its decision. Wander's lawyers, naturally, applauded the outcome.
"I think it's a great decision," Henson said. "It prevents the state attorney's office from judge-shopping" by refiling a case after a judge makes a ruling against prosecutors.
Wander's trial lawyer, Bill Sheaffer, said: "It wasn't a technicality. It was a legal principle which the state attorney's office and the attorney general's office violated."


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Joaquín Miralles Sanz (Vinaroz, 14 de abril de 1996), conocido como Ximo Miralles, es un futbolista español que juega como portero en la U. D. Logroñés de la Primera División RFEF.

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Se incorporó al equipo juvenil del Villarreal C. F. en 2005. En 2015 se proclamó Campeón Nacional de España con el Villarreal CF Juvenil A ganando la Copa de Campeones, capitaneando una generación de jugadores profesionales como Rodrigo Hernández del Manchester City.

El 5 de septiembre de 2015 hizo su debut con el Villarreal C. F. "C" en Tercera División, en un empate a cero en casa contra el Muro C. F.

El 3 de julio de 2016, después de ser un titular regularmente, se marchó al extranjero después de obtener una beca en Clemson University, uniéndose a su equipo de fútbol del Clemson Tigers. En Clemson terminó su primera temporada llegando a la final de ACC y a los cuartos de final del torneo nacional de la NCAA, cayendo contra la Universidad de Denver. El 24 de abril del año siguiente, fichó por la Premier Development League del equipo Fresno Fuego, pero después de dos semanas se marcharía a Lane United donde jugó nueve partidos.

En enero de 2018, después de terminar sus estudios de economía y finalizar su segunda temporada con los Clemson Tigers, regresó al Villarreal C. F. "C".

El 12 de julio de ese año firmó un contrato por un año con la A. D. Alcorcón de la Segunda División, siendo inicialmente jugador de la A. D. Alcorcón "B" de la Tercera División y ser el tercer portero del primer equipo.

El 16 de noviembre de 2019 hizo su debut en Segunda División al estar lesionados Dani Jiménez y Samu Casado, en un encuentro que acabaría en derrota por 1-0 en casa del Málaga C. F.

El 3 de septiembre de 2020 fichó por el C. D. Numancia para las siguientes dos temporadas. Solo estuvo una de ellas, ya que en julio de 2021 se marchó a la U. D. Logroñés.

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The Baldwin County Community Alliance (BCCA) operates under the auspices of AltaPointe Health Systems, formerly known as Baldwin County Mental Health Center, Inc. Prevention Services. The BCCA comprises community agencies that meet regularly to discuss and implement strategies that target underage drinking and prescription drug use among Baldwin County youth. The primary goal of the BCCA is to decrease access and availability of alcohol among youth while changing community norms and attitudes through multiple media campaigns. The BCCA also uses strategies to form partnerships with parents to educate them on the dangers of underage drinking and how underage drinking is often a precursor for further involvement with alcohol and other substance use and abuse. In addition, the BCCA educates adolescents on the dangers of underage drinking through various strategies.


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Nursing home Covid-19 outbreaks 'a national emergency' and 'catastrophe in the making'
The devastating situation involving Covid-19 outbreaks in nursing homes has been described as "a catastrophe in the making" and "a national emergency" as the death toll in institutions continues to mount.
Jack Lambert, Professor of infectious diseases at the Mater and Rotunda Hospitals said that "up to half" of the country's nursing homes could have clusters of Covid-19.
Thu, 16 Apr, 2020 - 18:31
Cianan Brennan & Daniel McConnell
With additional reporting from Vivienne Clarke and Digital Desk
While evidence is beginning to coalesce that the infection has been slowed significantly by the lockdown measures in place across the country since March 27, the situation has continued to snowball in nursing homes and residential institutions, with fully 65% of the 444 deaths noted thus far having originated in those situations.
Eight residents alone, out of nine deaths, died from the virus at the Maryborough Centre for Psychiatry of Old Age in Portlaoise across the recent bank holiday weekend.
Jack Lambert, professor of infectious diseases at the Mater Hospital in Dublin, said nursing homes "need to be a priority" and added that any under-utilised healthcare workers around the country need to be "sent to every single nursing home in Ireland".
"It's a huge disaster that's led to over 200 clusters, so probably 50% of nursing homes have Covid in them - that's a national emergency in my opinion," he told RTE's Today with Sean O'Rourke.
Such changes need to be done "yesterday" and nursing homes need to be a priority, he said.
At present, an agreement is in place between the HSE and trade unions allowing for the voluntary redeployment of healthcare workers from their current station to nursing homes only.
Roughly a third of the country's 440 nursing homes have been affected by the crisis.
Professor Lambert insisted that a "lack of thought" had been put in place by the HSE and Department of Health regarding how the situation might have evolved in nursing homes, the majority of which are private and have no direct administrative input from State authorities.
It was not a question of hindsight, he said - preparations should have been in place. Instead, nursing homes had been told they were responsible for making their own plans.
Such institutions are especially vulnerable to a viral outbreak given the frequency with which residents are subject to hospital stays and the use of agency or casual staff who may move between facilities.
The situation has been exacerbated by staff being forced to isolate once the virus reaches their workplace - which has led to a marked shortage of suitable staff as the crisis moves towards its peak.
On the same programme, the Social Democrats co-leader Roisín Shortall said the issue was not helped by the fact that 80% of nursing homes in the country are private and not connected to the HSE.
HIQA had raised concerns about infection control in nursing homes in the past, she said.
The questions now were what protocols were in place, on what basis were decisions made and who makes those decisions.
The overriding issue is to get a swift test and tracing regime up and running, she said.
Nursing Homes Ireland had been one of the first agencies to move to a lockdown on visitors in early March, a move which was criticised at the time by chief medical officer Tony Holohan, who subsequently rowed back on that advice.
Meanwhile, the director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory Dr Cillian de Gascun, said that the crisis has highlighted issues that people were not aware of within the sector.
"I think the scale of the infection numbers in the nursing home setting was probably not something that was envisaged very early on," he told Newstalk's Pat Kenny show.
"It was not something that we had seen from the early stages of the pandemic in other countries, but it is certainly a priority now for the department and for the HSE."
Meanwhile, responding to the growing crisis Pro Life Campaign spokesperson, Maeve O'Hanlon said, the fact that almost half of all deaths to date from Covid-19 in Ireland have occurred in nursing and residential homes "is a terrible indictment of our society".
"It is a futile exercise to indulge in a blame game now, but it is not a pointless exercise to highlight the shortcomings in order to salvage what can be salvaged in the coming months to protect the most vulnerable.
"The Government and National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) must be held more accountable for their actions. And that accountability needs to happen immediately. With each passing day more and more lives are being lost.
"No stone should be left unturned to assemble the expertise needed to protect the lives of our beautiful and beloved elder and dependent citizens, who deserve nothing but the very best care and protection from this State."
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Why is NYC's arts community still punishing kids by forcing them to mask?
By Teresa Blackmon On Dec 1, 2022
After 30 months of brutally restricting our city's children over inflated fears about their susceptibility to COVID-19, the arts community inexplicably won't stop. Even as city- and state-enforced edicts have slipped into the annals of history, children's mask and vaccine mandates remain alive in many museums, theaters and other cultural venues.
Parents like me often learn about these dictates via a school note about a class trip, when we have little recourse. First, the good news: Your child is being given a beautiful opportunity to see a show at the Alvin Ailey or New Victory Theater — hooray! Oh, but by the way, he or she will be required to "mask up." Often the masking is framed as something children must do "out of respect."
Of course these cultural institutions have parents over a barrel. Because while New York City's public-school kids 5 and up were freed from their masks March 7 (the mayor's toddler mask mandate for ages 2 to 4 didn't end until June 13), these partly publicly funded private fiefdoms can continue to mandate any ineffective mitigation they choose — with neither consequences nor motivation to restore normal for child visitors.
When it comes to perpetuating COVID hysteria, museums are as retrograde as children's theater. MoMath, for instance, still requires masks. The Jewish Museum dropped its mask mandate but requires visiting school groups to mask up. El Museo del Barrio continues to make everyone mask. The Whitney only requires masks in the children's open studio (!).
New York City's public-school kids who are 5 years old and up were freed from their masks on March 7,, 2022.
What will it take for the arts to follow the science? By now states like Florida and many European countries aren't even recommending the vaccine for healthy children. Yet Alvin Ailey Dance requires small children enrolling to have boosters.
Europe never masked children under 6 and only rarely masked kids under 12. Pre-pandemic, Americans often praised European models for child protection. But when it comes to COVID, it's as if Europe doesn't exist.
Nor can the mainstream admit that masking children and the adults around them for extended periods of time is demonstrably harmful. Surely even the most mask-obsessed parents must intuit that covering their children's faces has a real cost.
A British survey released just days ago revealed 75% of teachers reported that masks muffled sound, made communication harder for special-needs kids and discouraged quieter children from class participation. Masks made it especially difficult for hard-of-hearing kids who need to read lips and special-needs kids who struggle to pick up non-verbal cues. Children said masking made them anxious.
The Jewish Museum dropped its mask mandate but requires visiting school groups to mask up.
Who is responsible for these extended anti-child, anti-science predatory policies that take advantage of captive audiences during what should be sublime and elevating experiences?
Just a year ago, despite the pediatric vaccine's emergency-use authorization, Broadway demanded that kids under 12 wear masks and show a negative COVID test to attend. The Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall barred them altogether, relegating children to true viral-vector status. Young musicians and opera aficionados missed out on two priceless years of live performance even as their peers in other states were living their best lives.
When I phoned Alvin Ailey to ask why it's forcing children to cover their faces during a school performance meant to be social, interactive and fun, the terse response was "What's the big deal, it's just a mask!" When I pressed further, explaining that masks do more harm than good, especially to children, I was told to keep my child home and skip the performance altogether if I wouldn't comply. This would also mean a missed day of school, but Ailey remained undeterred.
This hurt me to the core. As a lifelong patron of the arts, I can't understand the logic — and the casual indifference to restoring children's joy, wonder and essential connection to the arts, something they need now more than ever.
Children have been through so much already. When will the abuse stop?
Natalya Murakhver is co-founder of Restore Childhood, a nonprofit dedicated to ending COVID mandates for children and restoring athletics, art and academics across the United States. She is producing "15 Days . . .", a documentary on the lockdowns.
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