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We're back with another week of NFL football and there are many developing storylines we'll be tracking today, including the injury to Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas. Continue to check back throughout the day as I will be with you through all the NFL excitement today, recapping player performances and critical fantasy news.
(7:38PM) The late games are now coming to a close. Atlanta hung on to defeat Oakland and Denver completed a victory over the Colts. The Chargers and Jags game was never close, nor was the Arizona beat down of Tampa Bay. Thanks for reading the Week 2 Live Blog and I'll be back next week to cover Week 3, hopefully with fewer injuries to key contributors.
(7:34PM) As the Falcons try to wrap up their win against Oakland, star WR Julio Jones is on the sidelines after likely reinjuring his ankle on the prior possession. This could continue to be an injury that periodically forces Jones from games.
(7:29PM) QB Andrew Luck was attempting to lead the Colts down for a go-ahead score, but Denver's Von Miller had other plans and he ripped the ball away and took it in for a score. The Broncos then completed a two-point conversion to WR Demaryius Thomas to put them up 34-20 with under two minutes remaining. This one is all but over!
(7:25PM) They might not be dead yet. The Oakland Raiders quickly marched down the field and QB Derek Carr his WR Andre Holmes for a touchdown, drawing within seven points of Atlanta. Carr now has 283 passing yards and three scores.
(7:17PM) After a back and forth battle all day, it seems that the Falcons may have put away the Raiders after a Tevin Coleman touchdown put Atlanta up 35-21. Coleman now has 66 total yards, as compared to Devonta Freeman's 92, which have all come on the ground.
(7:13PM) Colts QB Andrew Luck has his first touchdown pass of that day thanks to an acrobatic sideline play by RB Frank Gore. The Colts are still down by three points with four minutes remaining.
(7:08PM) The Seahawks were moving down the field in hopes of taking the lead with under a minute left when RB Christine Michael fumbled the ball, which was recovered by the Rams. Los Angeles is going to get the win despite HC Jeff Fisher.
(7:01PM) The game of the day continues to be the Atlanta/Oakland matchup. After QB Derek Carr found WR Michael Crabtree for a game-tying score, the Falcons marched down and second-year WR Justin Hardy caught a deflected pass from Matt Ryan to regain the lead.
(6:51PM) There is reportedly some optimism from the Chargers that the knee injury suffered by Danny Woodhead is not season-ending, but rather just a sprained MCL. We'll know more later tonight or early next week, but don't count on using Woodhead in your lineup for the next few weeks.
(6:49PM) Jaguars WR Allen Robinson finally has a catch, but only gained ten yards. This has been a disaster of a day for the Jacksonville offense and defense alike.
(6:43PM) They've done it again! The Chargers scored another touchdown, this one a 35 yard pass from Philip Rivers to his new top option, Travis Benjamin. That pushes the former Brown up to six receptions, 115 yards and a pair of scores on the day. He's now the WR2 this week, behind only Kelvin Benjamin.
(6:38PM) The Cardinals continue to dominate the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following the latest score, a three-yard touchdown run from veteran RB Chris Johnson. Don't expect to see much more from QB Carson Palmer and his wide receivers. Larry Fitzgerald has six grabs for 81 yards and a touchdown, while Michael Floyd has posted a 2/8/1 line. John Brown has just one catch for 14 yards.
(6:27PM) There were doubts if Denver WR Demaryius Thomas would even play this week. Not only is he playing, but he's leading the team with four catches for 79 yards.
(6:19PM) The Colts have tied up their game with Denver, thanks to a Robert Turbin touchdown run. Indy is doing well to stay in a game in which QB Andrew Luck has just 86 passing yards through nearly three quarters.
(6:17PM) The Oakland Raiders look like a different team this year and they just took the lead on a touchdown pass from QB Derek Carr to TE Clive Walford. Walford now has 4 catches for 40 yards, along with that touchdown.
(6:13PM) The Chargers continue to route the Jags despite multiple injuries. QB Philip Rivers just hit WR Tyrell Williams, who was expected to pick up some of the slack for the injured Keenan Allen, for a 44 yard touchdown. San Diego is now up 28-0.
(6:09PM) Many of the top players in the league had disappointing games today and the biggest offender at this point might be Jaguars WR Allen Robinson, who has yet to catch a pass and has only had one ball thrown his way. He's being shut down completely by the Chargers defense.
(6:07PM) We haven't heard much from the Seattle/LA matchup, mostly because there has been a total of nine points through a full half, plus. QB Russell Wilson has only 146 passing yards and no touchdowns. RB Thomas Rawls remains out and Christine Michael is carrying the load. Michael is up to 92 yards on six carries.
(6:01PM) After a terrible first half, the Buccaneers are trying to get back into the game against Arizona and it starts with a Jameis Winston to WR Mike Evans touchdown. Evans now has 4 receptions for 49 yards and the touchdown.
(5:50PM) The Seattle/LA game is back for the second half, but Seahawks RB Thomas Rawls is not back. RB Christine Michael gets the second half start while Rawls i not even on the sidelines. Rawls totaled just -7 yards on seven carries.
(5:35PM) After an early touchdown strike to Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals QB Carson Palmer just threw two more in short order. The first was a one-yard pass to WR Michael Floyd, while the next one went to speedster WR Jaron Brown as he took it 51 yards. Palmer is up to 213 passing yards and three scores at halftime.
(5:33PM) Here's more injury news, this time from Los Angeles. Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett had to leave the game against Rams late in the second quarter with a knee injury.
(5:28PM) Colts WR Donte Moncrief was forced to leave the game against Denver and is being evaluated for a possible concussion. This should mean plenty of looks for T.Y. Hilton and Phillip Dorsett.
(5:37PM) No surprise here unfortunately, but Chargers RB Danny Woodhead has been ruled out for the remainder of the game.
(5:24PM) Local beat writers are reporting Patriots QB Jimmy Garoppolo does not have any broken bones as part of his shoulder injury, but he is expected to miss the Thursday night game in Week Three. Garoppolo could miss up to six weeks, according to early reports. Expect the Pats to be shopping hard for a veteran as they are left with rookie Jacoby Brissett.
(5:22PM) The Falcons have their first touchdown of the day thanks to a familiar pair, QB Matt Ryan to WR Julio Jones for a score. Jones caught a 21 yard score to give Atlanta the lead. He has just 2/20/1 so far today.
(5:21PM) Top fantasy QBs of Week Two:
QB1: Cam Newton
QB2: Tyrod Taylor
QB3: Ryan Tannehill
QB4: Jimmy Garoppolo
QB5: Ryan Fitzpatrick
(5:17PM) So much for the improved Jaguars defense. The Chargers, without WR Keenan Allen and RB Danny Woodhead, just scored their third touchdown of the day, this one a Rivers to TE Antonio Gates hookup. San Diego leads 21-0 and QB Blake Bortles is likely to throw the ball a lot to make up the difference.
(5:15PM) The top scoring RBs of Week Two:
RB1: Matt Forte
RB2: Giovani Bernard
RB3: DeAngelo Williams
RB4: Isaiah Crowell
RB5: DeMarco Murray
(5:12PM) The top fantasy WRs at this point:
WR1: Kelvin Benjamin
WR2: Corey Coleman
WR3: Eric Decker
WR4: DeAndre Hopkins
WR5: Jarvis Landry
(5:10PM) With the news slowing in the afternoon slate of games, let's take a look at the top fantasy scorers of the week up to this point:
TE1: Greg Olsen
TE2: Martellus Bennett
TE3: Delanie Walker
TE4: Dennis Pitta
TE5: Jordan Cameron
(4:59PM) Tampa Bay RB Doug Martin had to leave the game with a hamstring injury and has been ruled out for the remainder of the day. He tallied 23 rushing yards before hitting the sidelines. Expect Charles Sims to see plenty of work going forward.
With arguably their top two offensive weapons out with injuries, the Chargers continue to put up points as QB Philip Rivers found WR Travis Benjamin for a score to put San Diego up 14-0 over the Jaguars.
(4:54PM) Woodhead did indeed have to leave the game with an apparent knee injury. In fact, he was carted back to the locker room after he was unable to put any weight on his leg. It's very early, but don't expect to see anymore of Woodhead today and this could sadly be another serious injury to the San Diego playmakers.
(4:50PM) Another interception from a young QB as Blake Bortles gives it back to the Chargers. The Jaguars defense then rocked RB Danny Woodhead, who looks like he'll need to leave the game with an injury.
(4:49PM) It has not been a good start to QB Jameis Winston's day. The Bucs signal caller already has two interceptions and just 41 passing yards through the first quarter.
(4:40PM) Touchdowns have been hard to come by today, but QB Carson Palmer and WR Larry Fitzgerald are getting things going in the late game. The pair connected for a score to put the Cardinals up 7-0 over Tampa Bay.
(4:37PM) The Panthers have scored again! Newton threw a dart that WR Devin Funchess was able to hold onto in the end zone. That was soon followed by a Gabbert interception, which essentially brings an end to this game. Newton has 353 yards, four touchdown passes and an additional 37 rushing yards. He's your QB1 on the week so far.
(4:31PM) Oh, what a difference a season makes. After failing to score a touchdown in his rookie year, Chargers RB Melvin Gordon already has three scores this year and he just found the end zone for the first time today. The Chargers are up 7-0 after the three-yard romp.
(4:26PM) With the Miami Dolphins attempting a major comeback, both WRs Jarvis Landry and DeVante Parker saw 13 targets on the day. Through the early games, that puts them behind only Kansas City WR Jeremy Maclin, who had 15 targets.
(4:23) As expected, QB Russell Wilson started the game for the Seahawks. The Seattle offense began with two runs from RB Thomas Rawls, both going for negative yardage. Pre-game reports expected Wilson to stay in the pocket more today than would be typical of him.
(4:17PM) The Panthers/49ers game is just mid-way through the fourth quarter and Carolina only leads by one touchdown following a long Blaine Gabbert to TE Vance McDonald score. McDonald caught Gabbert's only passing touchdown in Week One as has another. The 75 yarder is McDonald's only catch on the day.
(4:15PM) The Steelers just wrapped up a win over the Bengals and the Titans surprised the Lions in Detroit, winning 16-15 thanks to that late Andre Johnson score.
(4:12PM) More games wrapping up as the Giants defeat New Orleans 16-13 and the Cowboys get a much needed win over division rival Washington. The Ravens also came out victorious over Cleveland in an ugly battle.
(4:10PM) The first game of the day is now final as the Patriots hang on to defeat division rival Miami. QB Jimmy Garoppolo had a huge day, despite leaving early with an injury. RB LeGarrette Blount, WR Danny Amendola, TE Martellus Bennett and WR Julian Edelman all posted big numbers today for New England.
(4:06PM) The Titans have just taken the lead over Detroit on a Marcus Mariota to Andre Johnson touchdown connection. The Lions will have just over one minute to attempt to steal a victory.
(3:55PM) It looks like it may be too little, too late, but RB Giovani Bernard just caught an Andy Dalton pass and took it for a 25 yard touchdown. The Bengals are still down eight points with under four minutes. We might be looking at an onside kick for Cincy. Bernard has 100 total yards and the score.
(3:54PM) A botched Ted Ginn kickoff return gave the 49ers the ball near the goal line and QB Blaine Gabbert took it in for the score. Carolina now leads 31-20.
(3:52PM) With the afternoon games nearly upon us, the Broncos have officially made WR Demaryius Thomas active for the team's game with the Colts. Other inactives of note have RB Chris Ivory out, as expected.
(3:50PM) It's no surprise at this point, but the Lions officially ruled out RB Ameer Abdullah for the remainder of the game. He left earlier with a foot issue and Theo Riddick has seen most of the action in the second half.
(3:48PM) The Dolphins are officially back in this game. A Kenyan Drake touchdown run brings Miami within one touchdown of a New England team that has done nothing in the second half. It's Drake's first career touchdown.
(3:45PM) The Steelers are pouring it on as the rain pours down. Roethlisberger just dumped off a pass to RB DeAngelo Williams, who is quietly having another big day. Williams has that score, along with 126 total yards on the day. He's currently the RB1 on the day, a spot he held in Week One also.
(3:38PM) The Titans finally have a touchdown on the day as QB Marcus Mariota found TE Delanie Walker for a score. Mariota has just 161 passing yards on the day and their top WR, rookie Tajae Sharpe has been quiet with a 2/23 day.
(3:35PM) At least the Dolphins are making the game look respectable. Tannehill just threw his second touchdown pass of the day, this time to TE Jordan Cameron, who has posted a solid 4/42/1 line in the game. Tannehill is now over 300 yards, along with his two touchdowns.
(3:30PM) After being down early, the Panthers are now fully in control of their matchup with the 49ers and QB Cam Newton just found WR Kelvin Benjamin for his second score of the day. The big bodied WR is up to 6/83/2 on the day.
(3:27PM) With many games nearing or entering the final quarter of action in the early games, we are seeing another slow day for rushing attacks. There have been just five rushing scores on the day and no player other than RB Isaiah Crowell has more than 90 rushing yards.
(3:23PM) Deep in their own territory, Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott committed his first career fumble and the Redskins recovered, putting them in position to take the lead late in the third quarter. Elliott sits at 17 carries for 83 yards on the day.
(3:21PM) It took until the fourth quarter, but there is finally an offensive touchdown from the Saints/Giants game with QB Drew Brees hitting WR Willie Snead for a game-tying score. Snead leads the team with 5/54/1 on the day.
(3:18PM) Browns rookie QB Cody Kessler is once again warming up with the veteran McCown banged up and continuing to get blasted on every series.
(3:17PM) The first two players to hit the double digit target mark are Julian Edelman of the Patriots and Detroit WR Marvin Jones.
(3:15PM) Yet another injury as Lions TE Eric Ebron hit the turf hard on an end zone target. He immediately clutched at his head and we all know the implications of that type of scene. Ebron will surely be checked for a concussion and may miss a couple of series, at least.
(3:12PM) The Miami Dolphins are finally showing a little fight as QB Ryan Tannehill hits streaky WR Kenny Stills for a 24-yard touchdown. They are still down three TDs. Miami WRs DeVante Parker (5/69) and Jarvis Landry (5/65) are having decent days considering the lack of offense for the team as a whole.
(3:09PM) Panthers RB Jonathan Stewart, who entered today's game with a hamstring injury, was forced from the game in the first half and has now been ruled out for the day. Backup Fozzy Whitaker has been getting much of the work and has siven carries for 72 yards.
(3:06PM) Steelers WR Sammie Coates just made his second long grab of the day from QB Ben Roethlisberger as they connect for 55 yards. The play led to a touchdown pass to TE Jesse James, who now has 3/29/1 on the day.
(3:04PM) Rookie QB Dak Prescott was unable to find the end zone as a passer through the season's first six quarters, but he just rushed for a score to put the Cowboys back in the lead. He's also targeted WR Dez Bryant nine times already today.
(3:01PM) With the Pats up big in the second half and third string rookie QB Jacoby Brissett at the helm, expect to see plenty of bruising RB LeGarrette Blount, who just rushed for a touchdown to put the Patriots up four touchdowns. Blount has 41 rushing yards and the score on the day.
(2:57PM) In the same game, a pair of AFC East foes have been ruled out. QB Jimmy Garoppolo (shoulder) and RB Arian Foster (groin) will not return. Miami's backup RB jay Ajayi has already lost a fumble early in the second half.
(2:53PM) The Washington Redskins have taken the lead over division foe Dallas as QB Kirk Cousins fires a bullet pass over the middle to WR Jamison Crowder who crashed into a wall behind the end zone, but held on. The Redskins lead 17-13 on Cousins' first touchdown of the day.
(2:48PM) The Baltimore Ravens wasted little time, driving early in the second half and scoring on a Joe Flacco to WR Mike Wallace pass. It brings the Ravens within one point of the Browns and gives Flacco his second score of the day, both going to Wallace.
(2:43PM) Some key players are having quiet games through one half. QB Eli Manning has just 139 passing yards and no touchdowns, RB Carlos Hyde has 28 rushing yards, WR Golden Tate has one grab for five yards and rookie WR Tajae Sharpe has been held to a 1/11 line.
(2:41PM) The Miami Dolphins announced RB Arian Foster is questionable to return with a groin injury. This doesn't give us much to go on, but knowing Foster's history, it would be a surprise if we see him anymore today. RB Jay Ajayi will get much of the work in the second half, though the Dolphins will be forced to throw since they trail by three touchdowns at halftime.
(2:36PM) With most games now at halftime, your top fantasy scorers by position are:
QB- Jimmy Garoppolo
RB- Isaiah Crowell
WR- Corey Coleman
TE- Greg Olsen
(2:29PM) As the early games near halftime, we've seen a rash of field goals from the Ravens, Patriots, Saints and Chiefs.
(2:25PM) We've seen several recent injuries of note, though little is known about them yet. RB Jonathan Stewart, RB Arian Foster, WR Corey Coleman and RB Ameer Abdullah are all on the sidelines, or even locker room, with varying health issues.
(2:17PM) The Ravens are surprisingly getting handled by the Browns, but have their first touchdown of the day, a Joe Flacco to Mike Wallace connection. Wallace has a 3/24/1 stat line on the day.
(2:16PM) There is finally a score in the Giants/Saints game, and of course it comes from the defense as the Giants blocked a field goal attempt and returned it for the first touchdown of the day.
(2:13PM) We've just seen another quarterback suffer a shoulder injury. After Cleveland's McCown was able to come back into the game, we'll have to wait and see if the same can be said for New England's Garoppolo, who was forced from the game. Rookie Jacoby Brissett will take over for now. As you know, Tom Brady is due back in Week Five.
(2:06PM) The game matching the New Orleans Saints and New York Giants was viewed as a fantasy football bonanza with the highest Vegas over/under of the weekend. Now, with just a few minutes left until halftime, the game is in a scoreless tie. The Giants have turned the ball over in three consecutive possessions, including lost fumbles by QB Eli Manning, QB Shane Vereen and WR Victor Cruz.
(2:02PM) That didn't take long. Newton and the Panthers just regained the lead on a 78-yard bomb to TE Greg Olsen. Carolina is back in the lead 14-10.
(1:58PM) In a surprise game, the 49ers are hanging with and even leading the Panthers in Charlotte. QB Blaine Gabbert just threw a score to WR Torrey Smith, his first of the season. The Niners are leading 10-7.
(1:54PM) The Bengals are doing a good job on Steelers WR Antonio Brown early on as he has just one grab for 16 yards in the second quarter.
(1:48PM) Redskins RB Matt Jones struggled in Week One, but he just got Washington on the board with a touchdown run. He's totaled 30 yards on five rushes on the day, along with the touchdown.
(1:47PM) We've had a pair of two point plays early in the day. The Lions defense stopped Titans RB DeMarco Murray in his own end zone for a safety, while the Ravens recovered a blocked extra point for a rare two points.
(1:44PM) The route is on in New England as Garoppolo finds Amendola for his second score of the day. He's caught all three of his targets for 35 yards total. Garoppolo is 14 of 17 for 195 and three scores early in the second quarter.
(1:42PM) Most games are now in the second quarter and your top two fantasy scorers are both Browns, the aforementioned Crowell and Coleman.
(1:38PM) Catching up on some earlier scoring plays...RB Isaiah Crowell went 85 yards for a long scoring run and QB Matthew Stafford hit veteran WR Anquan Boldin for his first score with the Lions.
(1:37PM) There's been an update on McCown, who is getting x-rays on his shoulder. His return is questionable. Kessler is warming up.
(1:36PM) Just as he did last week, Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott has scored a touchdown. This one gives the Cowboys a 10-0 lead. Zeke is sitting at 8/28/1 early in the day.
(1:33PM) After throwing his second touchdown pass to the rookie Coleman, the Browns may have lost another QB as McCown was spotted heading back to the locker room. McCown's backup is rookie Cody Kessler, who coaches said earlier this week was nowhere near ready to play.
(1:31PM) March down the Steelers did as Roethlisberger just found little known TE Xavier Grimble for a touchdown, giving them a 7-0 lead over the rival Bengals.
(1:26PM) We thought Sammie Coates could benefit from the absence of Markus Wheaton and that's proving true. Coates just hauled in a 44-yard pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger as the Steelers march down the field in a scoreless game.
(1:23) After taking an early lead on a Danny Amendola score, the Patriots are at it again. Tom Brady's replacement, Jimmy Garoppolo just tossed his second touchdown of the day, finding another replacement, TE Martellus Bennett, for a 20 yard strike. The Pats lead 14-0.
(1:18PM) After being nearly shut out last week, Cowboys WR Dez Bryant is off to a hot start today against the Redskins. He has four targets already, catching a pair of those for 35 yards. He's nearly tripled his fantasy production from Week One.
(1:16PM) Fuller is not the only player off to a hot start for Houston. Osweiler just found superstar WR DeAndre Hopkins for a 27 yard score, his second of the season. Houston leads the Chiefs by a score of 7-0 and it looks like the pair of receivers could be in for a big day.
(1:13PM) We wondered which players in the Browns offense would benefit from the presence of new starting QB Josh McCown. The early returns show us rookie WR Corey Coleman may be the player to focus on as he caught a 31 yarder for a score, giving the Browns an early lead over Baltimore.
(1:08PM) In Week One, Texans rookie WR Will Fuller came out firing with 100 yards and a score and he's on track for a repeat after a pair of early receptions, including one going for 53 yards. Unfortunately, the Texans squandered their red zone possession after a Brock Osweiler interception.
(1:05PM) Many viewed today as a chance for Panthers QB Cam Newton to explode against San Francisco's defense, but the game began with a 49er interception of Newton, putting SF into scoring range.
(1:03PM) Although it is one of today's later games, we have already seen reports that WR Demaryius Thomas will be active today. I'd use him with caution after he was limited much of the week with a hip injury.
(12:50PM) The inactive lists have been released and the only real surprise is Steelers WR Markus Wheaton will once again miss the game. This is good news for Sammie Coates, who should be a near full time player again this week.
Other players sitting out Week Two action includes: RB Jamaal Charles, RB Buck Allen and TE Rob Gronkowski. Dolphins WR DeVante Parker is active and ready to go, making his season debut after missing Week One.


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After the lord mayor’s show at the weekend, it was a comedy show at Larges Lane on Tuesday evening as Bracknell Town’s awful defending allowed Ascot United to ease to victory with three second-half goals.
Bracknell Town produced a stunning second-half revival to defeat fourth place Kidlington 3-2 for the second time this season in the Hellenic Premier Division.
Despite matching their hosts for the most part when the sides met last time in the Hellenic Premier Division, Bracknell Town found Abingdon Town too hot to handle.
Bracknell Town and fellow strugglers Wootton Bassett Town had to settle for a point apiece in a battling and often scrappy Hellenic Premier Division affair.
A tremendous first-half showing saw Bracknell Town lead hosts Reading Town 2-0 before a second-half slump ensured the teams left Scours Lane with a point apiece in the Hellenic Premier Division.
Missing three players on a stag weekend, two players through suspension and others through injury, a somewhat weakened Bracknell Town side battled bravely against high-flying Flackwell Heath, but were denied what could have been at least a point though some poor officiating.

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After a couple weeks here a training camp, we've updated the #ChiefsCamp playlist.
If you've ever been to training camp in St. Joseph, you've undoubtedly heard the music blaring at practice.
This year, we're keeping track of all the music played. Whether it's Bon Jovi or Gucci Mane, there's been a little something for everyone.
Check out what the team has been listening to by following #ChiefsCamp 2017 on Spotify.


NEW YORK (AP) — MTV is rebranding VH1 Classic as MTV Classic and says the channel plans to serve up heaps of nostalgia for fans of Beavis and Butt-head, Daria, Total Request Live, and other MTV staples.
MTV says the channel will have "a special focus on the 1990s and early 2000s." In addition to full-season marathons of The Real World, Road Rules and Laguna Beach, MTV says the channel will feature prime-time programming blocks that include episodes of Cribs, Jackass, Punk'd and others. MTV Unplugge...
17:47 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' returns with new episodes in April16
19:58 Oscars Primer: What You Need to Know Before Tonight's Ceremony18
18:13 Warren Buffett's Shareholder Letter: 5 Lessons for All Investors19
13:09 JCPenney shuttering up to 140 stores as sales weaken, more sluggish growth seen ahead18


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I draw (drew) quite a lot at work – facade details and wotnot. My office continually strives for a paperless state so working with pen-and-paper has now been more or less eradicated, unfortunately. During the COVID19 lockdown I quite enjoyed drawing at home, so I bought an old drafting desk off New Zealand’s odd version of eBay.
Here’s what I ended up with:
- A Dargue Brothers Simplon drafting desk.
- A Pentax TN Drafting Machine
- A slightly water-damaged cedar drawing surface. Not original to the base – it has the imprint of another base on its underside. Definitely cedar – smells of pencil sharpenings.
1930s maybe? Who knows. The internet does not give many clues – two similar examples. Its made of steel and cast iron. No plastic components except some little rubber grommets near the foot lever.
The Drawing Machine
Pentax (Japan) was a big name in film cameras and precision engineering. It went the same way as all those other great Japanese brands at the beginning of the 21 century. Defunct.
Now owned by Ricoh, another (ebbing?) Japanese brand.
I think ‘the machine’ is from the 80s, based on similar equipment I came across on the internet.
The table is unbelievably heavy due the to cast iron side bits and the mechanism counterweight. Consequently, my wife and I could simply not get it into our mountainside fortress of a house, so I dismantled it…and then decided to clean it up
…and paint it.
I am kind of regretting this decision – the painting. 90years and patina out of the window. It was covered in a crust of office crud and fibreglass dust through so perhaps for the best?
I do wonder if fashions today are to have a crusty-old bit of ‘vintage’, but tomorrow restored-as-new will be en vogue?
Anyway, I painted it with 3 coats of Rustguard Hammered-Finish blue paint and that’s that.
Mending the drawing machine
Calling it a drawing machine kind of implies it does the drawing – it doesn’t – its effectively just an elaborate Helix geometry set.
The locking mechanisms on both axes of the drawing machine were not working – they use plastic shoes which clamp into the aluminium running rails when the locking levers are engaged. The 30+ year old plastic had long perished. I replaced with leather pads.
Gave this good sand which took off most of the water staining and oiled with Orange Oil, which I had never heard of Looks great, though a fair bit darker than the original untreated cedar.

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Well, i know totally nuts about controllers and stuffs. And in fact i have no basic knowledge of such and MATLAB to start with. But anyway, i'm currently doin a final yr project for my degree. Using MATLAB and it's toolboxes, I'm required to replace the PID controller for invertetd pendulum with a Fuzzy Logic Controller. The problem is in linking the fuzzy logic controller i've designed with the simulink model linking to the hardware. Is there sources where i can look for reference?
Right now i'm creating the animation for it using SimMechanics, MATLAB. But i do have the problem linking it to the Simulimk model also.
So i really hope anyone with such knowledge/expertise can help. Any form of aid and information forwarded is greatly appreciated. Thanks!


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Silvery Saltbush - Atriplex argentea
Monoecious annuals with farinose foliage. Stems erect, branched, 5–50 cm. Leaves often opposite below; the blades lanceolate to triangular, sometimes hastate, 1–4 cm long; margins entire Inflorescence axillary glomerules and short terminal spikes, female below male. Male flowers 4 to 5-parted. Female flowers lacking a calyx; pistillate bracts united to the middle. Mature pistillate bracts hardened in the center, 3–6 mm long with lobed margins and often tuberculate faces. Our plants are variety argentea (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX
Amaranthus alba may be confused with A. blitoides, but they are easily distinguished by the size and luster of the seeds (Welsh 2003 in Fl. N. Amer. Vol. 4)
In MT scattered irregularly across about a third of our counties, but excluding most along the western tier apart from Beaverhead County; BC to MB south to CA, TX, and Mexico, also widely introduced across S. Am., Eurasia, Africa and Australia (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX; Welsh 2003 in Fl. N. Amer. Vol. 4).
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Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultants Inc. physicians are spending more time on the phone these days.
The Dayton-based specialist group for pulmonary disease, sleep disorders and critical care medicine, says insurers have begun to turn down laboratory tests for sleep apnea, opting instead for home health providers to administer those exams.
“We have to fight to get them certified,” said Joyce Stapleton, practice manager.
As a result, employees and even physicians have spent more time talking to insurers, which takes time away from patients.
“They want to talk directly to a physician who stops caring for a patient to go through the chart and explain it. And sometimes, they’re still denied,” Stapleton said.
Other specialists groups in the Dayton region have made similar complaints about insurers who either denied certain tests or procedures, or required more time to give their OK. That has resulted in fewer minutes spent with patients and greater frustration on the part of physicians.
But insurers say they have not changed their operations notably in the past several months, and any requests for procedures or medications have been handled per their company regulations.
“The short answer is that it is not anything unusual,” said Dr. Haydee Muse, Aetna regional medical director for the Midwest.
Aetna has more than 38,000 members in Montgomery, Greene, Miami and Preble counties.
In the coming years, as health care providers contend with new Affordable Care Act regulations, such as required electronic medical records systems, the relationship between insurers and physicians stands to become more strained, Muse said.
“Because of so many new business models that are probably going to be implemented, things will perhaps get a little more complicated for a while,” she said.
Already, complications have led Southwest Ohio ENT Specialists Inc. to hire an employee to its staff of 30 who exclusively works with insurance providers to gain pre-approval for procedures. The Dayton-based physicians group specializes in ear, nose and throat surgery.
“It’s different for every insurance company and also very time consuming,” said Dan Young, business manager. “They put very strict, tight controls on everything, and they realize all they’re doing is creating friction and it’s taking more staff to get (procedures) approved.”
Kettering Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons Inc. similarly said their employees have been tied up longer with insurers.
“It used to be that, if you had a patient who needs a test, you’d call and get approval and you’re done,” said Kristine Wilson, practice manager. “Now you have to hang onto it and follow up in a few days.”
At the same time, Dayton Physicians, a hematology, oncology and urology specialist physician group, said new medications and CT scans have been hit with slowdowns by insurance providers.
Physicians sometimes spend 10 to 15 minutes on the phone with insurers between patient appointments. And approval delays — sometimes a week or more — only hurt patients who need prescriptions or procedures quickly, said Dr. Satheesh Kathula, a medical oncologist for Dayton Physicians.
“It’s becoming more difficult every day,” Kathula said. “I know insurance companies are trying to save on costs, but it’s at the expense of patient care.”
Insurance providers, on the other hand, said they are following the same company guidelines they have for some time. Any long delays or denials are the result of miscommunication between the two parties.
Not only that, but the pre-approval process helps prevent unnecessary or repeat services, and they kick in other quality programs for clients.
“Pre-authorization helps patients obtain quality care while minimizing unnecessary costs and, likewise, unnecessary or redundant services,” said Kim Ashley, spokeswoman for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio, which has more than 300,000 Dayton-area members.
For Anthem, the process also signals when to provide certain client services, such as its radiation safety education program and its imaging cost and quality program, which helps patients select the most appropriate imaging provider, Ashley said.
Additionally, she said, Anthem has not received any increase in complaints from physicians.
And nothing has shown up on the radar for Aetna, Muse said, adding that the company, like all others, has a list of procedures that require pre-approval.
“Doctors know which ones require them to call in advance of a procedure,” Muse said. “There are some who must provide certain clinical information. The only time there would be a delay in approval is if the doctor did not provide that information.”
In other instances, requests fall outside the standard of care.
For example, Muse said, if a physician requests a CT scan for a patient whose symptoms are tied to his foot, and fail to disclose other conditions or patient history that would merit the scan, insurers likely would deny the request.
“Sometimes the office doesn’t communicate patient history,” Muse said. “They’ll just let the doctor get denied, so the doctor gets mad.”
In the future, insurers expect the health care overhaul, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, to further complicate the process with electronic medical records systems in place and other requirements of health care and insurance providers.
“Everyone is really learning as to what are the things that have to be done,” Muse said. “There are so many things going on … Hopefully everything will go smoothly, but I think that will take some time.”

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For gardeners who appreciate great gardens, courtyards, terraces, patios and outdoor rooms we’re offering the chance to win a copy of leading Australian landscaper’s William Dangar’s debut book, ‘GARDEN – William Dangar’, (Murdoch Books) to 10 lucky MP readers, (valued at $59.99).
The new book represents just how Dangar expresses the truth of a garden, reconciles a house with its landscape, and harmonises the forces of soil, wind and water.
For 25 years – trees, hedges, grasses and flowers – have bent to the will of Dangar who has created more than 1000 gardens (big and small) including some of our most famous Sydney ones.
His focus is always on the importance of style versus principle. How a garden and house must be interconnected, work together, have no distracting flourishes, and be in proportion to one another.
“I enjoy navigating the way landscape and architecture intersect,” says Dangar.
The book is a chance to tour 21 beautiful Dangar designs – with photographs by Prue Roscoe – that are a study of balance, symmetry and proportion. From sprawling harbourside gardens to contemporary city courtyards, Spanish mission styles, raw beachside landcapes, Byron Bay 10-hectare farms, timber riverhouse retreats, and much more.
Reading it, you learn that signature Dangar style calls for the naturalistic and lyrical, drifts of lawn, perfectly appropriate trees, and garden beds that look beautiful even in the depths of winter. Full and lush, his gardens settle buildings on their sites. You will learn about plants, mixing them in new ways and how different shapes and materials can be combined. Water with fire; prickly pears with bougainvillea; palms with yuccas and ivy.
No matter how small your backyard is Dangar will show you how to create mystery and a sense of depth with a path whose end you cannot see. Planting perennials alongside the walkway to obscure the destination.
They are gardens that look good from every angle and have no obvious beginning or end. Dangar designs curved paths to convey you from one area to the next and edges them with garden beds of layered plantings to create mystery and depth.
He pares down the palette with simple planting schemes and a limited number of varieties to make maintenance easier. It all starts with a strong garden design, as Dangar believes you can always go back later and add more plants if you want.
The idea is not to copy nature, but to give a feeling of nature. While most gardeners obsess over colour, we learn that form is actually much more important for a longer season of interest and texture. For Dangar it’s fundamental that a plant performs over a long period of time, not just during its flowering season. Texture and form are always important to him.
A large garden should lead you, ideally, from the foreground toward the infinite. Also in a large garden, vistas are key. Don’t hide them with tall hedges.
He is a master at creating layers. Large trees appear as a layer, grasses another. Low-growing plants that spill over the edge of a path form other layers. When designing a garden, Dangar keeps it simple: two or three layers are enough. The idea of layers is to help the eye read the confusion of leaves and stems in front of you to make sense of the garden.
Evergreen shrubs in the background and perennials in the foreground, for instance, are enough to create distinct visual focal points.
He frames his views and borrows landscape features. The harbour, the beach, a neighbors’ trees, or a distant hill – and make them part of his gardens by keeping plantings low and uniform. With that approach, the foreground can become a backdrop. Put as few obstacles and diverting lines between you and your view if you want it to retain all its drama. “Restraint is an important skill to have when it comes to gardens. You don’t need to overwork the landscaping,” says Dangar.
His gardens, big or small, create spaces to lounge, cook, eat, or entertain outdoors. His idea is to blur boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces so that home and garden are connected seamlessly.
To enter, visit firstname.lastname@example.org, mark your email submission GARDEN WILLIAM DANGAR GIVEAWAY and leave your email address. The competition is open until March 27, 2018. GOOD LUCK!
Winners will be contacted by email by March 29, 2018. Books will be delivered to the winners within a fortnight of being contacted.


Department of Health figures have also recorded another 510 new cases of the virus.
The hospital occupancy rate is 102%.
Northern Ireland’s spiralling Covid cases are due to the “failure of society as a whole”, the First Minister has said.
Feile organisers asked if they have warned Wolfe Tones about leading young people in pro-IRA chants
Apprentice Boys of Derry: new era of respect makes for enjoyable ‘Relief’ parade
DUP MP calls for probe into Sinn Fein MP’s Twitter post
Man in his 20s dies in road crash near Magherafelt
UK Met Office issues yellow weather warning for thunder storms across Northern Ireland
Arlene Foster also singled out Sinn Fein for criticism, claiming the attendance of senior figures at IRA veteran Bobby Storey’s funeral in June, at a time when strict limits on numbers were in place, had damaged the public health messaging.
Her remarks came after Sinn Fein deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill accused the DUP of ignoring public health advice around lockdown decisions last month.


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Even though they can’t express it, dogs and cats experience stressors just like we do. Maybe they’re losing sleep over noisy neighborhood cats and raccoons, or perhaps they tend to get restless on road trips! For many cats and dogs, a simple check-up at the vet is a high-pressure situation. And that’s where Green Roads CBD for pets can help!
Green Roads makes award-winning, lab-tested CBD products available in Springfield. Additionally, you can shop Green Roads products while supporting local CBD businesses in Springfield, MO! Buy CBD oil for your pet at a variety of locations in Springfield, MO from health food stores to fitness centers to doctor's offices.
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All types of people turn to CBD to help maintain their physical and emotional wellness, and those same benefits can actually extend to dogs and cats. Many pet owners use CBD oils to promote calmness in their animals, particularly during "trigger" situations like fireworks, storms, and vet trips. As part of their daily diet and wellness regimen, CBD drops can help your cat or dog maintain optimal health and a normal emotional balance. Given how much they love and support us, pampering them with premium CBD drops is only fair!
Green Roads CBD drops for pets combine premium hemp-derived cannabidiol with MCT oil, a combination that helps your pet's body use the CBD quickly and digest it easily. CBD engages with your pet’s endocannabinoid system, or ECS, for short — working as it does in the human body – to promote a sense of relaxation within your animal and help them cope with everyday triggers. CBD oil contains essentially no THC, so don't worry about Fido getting intoxicated on Green Roads products.
Plus, CBD drops come with a precise measuring tool so you can measure out your pet’s dose to your liking. Our pet CBD oils come in a range of different strengths for cats and dogs of all shapes and sizes. Additionally, every batch of Green Roads CBD oil is tested by a third-party lab, so you can be assured you're giving your furry pal a safe, high-quality product. It’s always best to contact your vet before starting a CBD routine with your pet. [content-text-6-6] Reach out to your vet to learn how to best implement CBD into your pet’s routine.
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2. MacDonald S, Specht M, Isakoff S, et al. Prospective pilot study of proton radiation therapy for invasive carcinoma of the breast following mastectomy in patients with unfavorable anatomy – first reported clinical experience. Int J Radiat Oncol. 2012;84(Suppl 3):S113-S114. Abstract 281
3. Moon SH, Shin KH, Kim TH, et al. Dosimetric comparison of four different external beam partial breast irradiation techniques: three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, helical tomotherapy, and proton beam therapy. Radiother Oncol. 2009;90:66-73
4. Steneker M, Lomax A, Schneider U. Intensity modulated photon and proton therapy for the treatment of head and neck tumors. Radiother Oncol. 2006;80(2):263-267
5. Taheri-Kadkhoda Z, Björk-Eriksson T, Nill S, et al. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a comparative treatment planning study of photons and protons. Radiat Oncol. 2008;3:4
6. Yeung D, Malyapa RS, Mendenhall WM, et al. Dosimetric comparison of IMRT and proton therapy for head and neck tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006;66(3):S412
7. Brian C. Baumann, MD1,2,3; Nandita Mitra, PhD3,4; Joanna G. Harton, MS4; et al. Comparative Effectiveness of Proton vs Photon Therapy as Part of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Cancer. JAMA Oncol. Published online December 26, 2019
8. Gastrostomy Tubes Decrease by Over 50% With Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) During the Treatment of Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients.
9. Sio, Terence & Lin, Huei-Kai & Shi, Qiuling & Gunn, Gary & Cleeland, Charles & Lee, J. & Hernandez, Mike & Blanchard, Pierre & Thaker, Nikhil & Phan, Jack & Rosenthal, David & Garden, Adam & Morrison, William & Fuller, C. & Mendoza, Tito & Mohan, Radhe & Wang, Xin & Frank, Steven. (2016). Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) versus Intensity-Modulated Photon Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Oropharyngeal Cancer: First Comparative Results of Patient-Reported Outcomes. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 95. 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.02.044.
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Hearing is a complex process whereby sound waves move the ear drum which, via a system of 3 small bones acting as levers, move fluid in the inner ear (cochlea) which bend microscopic hairs creating a nerve impulse.
Hearing loss can be divided into problems affecting the:
-External ear such as ear wax or debris blocking the ear canal.
-Middle ear problems such as fluid behind the ear drum (glue ear), perforations in the ear drum, reduced mobility or scarring of the bones of the middle ear (tympanosclerosis and otosclerosis).
– Inner ear problems affecting the hair cells of the cochlea or blood supply to the cochlea such as occurs with age or Meniere’s disease.
As part of your clinic appointment it is possible to have a hearing test which not only measures the level of hearing but also determines if any hearing loss is due to a conductive (external and middle ear) or inner ear problem.
Various types of hearing aids including invisible ones which lie next to the ear drum (Lyric) with nothing visible outside can be provided by the Nuffiled audiologist Katie Cross.


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Celebrating a beautiful spring day isn’t quite complete unless you’ve enjoyed a nice relaxing picnic. Pack up all the essentials, grab your loved one by the hand and find a nice romantic spot surrounded by nature to enjoy a blue sky, some great food and each other’s company.
When planning your picnic, the biggest obstacle you need to work out is what food will you enjoy. You want to pack foods that are easy to eat but not boring. Ideally, your menu should consist of foods you can eat with your hands or just a fork like sandwiches and salads.
Before you slap a slice of ham and individually wrapped slice of cheese on two pieces of white bread, consider some of these great wraps and sandwiches from Taste of Home. They make the perfect picnic food without sacrificing flavor.
In the same vein, your salads should be more than lettuce topped with ranch dressing. You can make a variety of pasta salads, potato salads, fruit salads as well as some more traditional green salads. Here are some more recipes from Taste of Home to fill your salad needs.


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Seeing the polls tighten, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has gone on the attack against Sen. Bernie Sanders over his support for Medicare for all, accusing him of seeking to destroy Obamacare (though he voted for it). It’s a deceptive assault, say Bill Moyers and Michael Winship.
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
The Clinton campaign just made a serious mistake. They sent Hillary and Bill Clinton’s daughter Chelsea out on behalf of her mother to bash Sen. Bernie Sanders on the issue of health care.
What’s so wrong with that? Don’t all candidates use family surrogates when and where they can? The Kennedys, for example, deployed a horde of kinfolk for Jack’s campaign for president, then Bobby’s, then Teddy’s.
But when it’s the first time (as this was for Clinton the younger), the surrogate should be sure whereof she speaks, and had better stick to talking about her candidate, not the opponent. Unfortunately, Chelsea Clinton misrepresented Sen. Sanders’s position, and her premiere performance on the stump backfired, producing a flood of political donations to Sanders.
Here’s what she said: “Senator Sanders wants to dismantle Obamacare, dismantle the [Children’s Health Insurance Program], dismantle Medicare, and dismantle private insurance.” Whew! She would have us believe that the Vermont senator is a one-man wrecking crew, an enraged King Kong or, to be modern about it, a mendacious Darth Vader proposing “to go back to an era before we had the Affordable Care Act that would strip millions and millions and millions of people off their health insurance.”
Uh, not exactly. In fact, not even close. As Karen Tumulty noted in The Washington Post, Bernie Sanders has long been a champion of a single-payer health care system as the only way to assure that all Americans receive medical coverage. Rather than “strip” millions and millions of people of their health insurance, he wants to be sure millions and millions of people actually get health insurance.
This was Sanders’s position as far back as 1993 when newly-elected President Bill Clinton put First Lady Hillary Clinton in charge of reforming our disheveled and unjust health care system. Her task force huffed and puffed in secret for months, calling in legions of experts and academics, ultimately producing a plan so complicated and impenetrable not to mention unexplainable that it would have collapsed of its own ponderous weight even if the Republicans had not propagandized it into a laughingstock of pretensions and inefficiencies that could only make matters worse.
And here’s an ironic note: During that 1993 quest for a health care plan, Secretary Clinton sent Sanders an autographed picture of the two of them, wishing him the best and thanking the senator “for your commitment to real health care access for all Americans.”
All these years later, Sanders is still fighting the battle for single-payer, Medicare-like coverage for all, even as fellow Democrats capitulated to the siren songs of the health and insurance industries. President Obama, himself a one-time advocate of single-payer coverage, buckled to the insurance companies and its lobbyists and minions in Congress and agreed to health care legislation (the Affordable Care Act) that would continue to treat healing the sick as a profit center instead of a basic human right.
And look at former presidential candidate and single-payer advocate Howard Dean, Bernie’s fellow Vermonter, who went on MSNBC this week and said that the Sanders plan “would in fact undo people’s health care That is something people should be concerned about.”
Why the change of heart? Maybe because Dean “now serves as senior advisor to the law firm Dentons, where he works with the firm’s Public Policy and Regulation practice, a euphemism for Dentons’ lobbying team,” Lee Fang reports at The Intercept. “The Dentons Public Policy and Regulation practice lobbies on behalf of a variety of corporate health care interests, including the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America [PhRMA], a powerful trade group for drugmakers like Pfizer and Merck.”
Fang notes that, “Incumbent health care interests, particularly drug companies and insurers, have long viewed single-payer as a threat to their business model,” and points to documents that we uncovered in 2009 on Bill Moyers Journal with the help of former health insurance executive, now whistleblower Wendell Potter. They showed a systematic plan by health insurers to discredit single-payer.
As president of the Clinton Foundation, the richly endowed philanthropy that has become the family’s private station for public causes, Chelsea Clinton must know this. The cynic might think the more than $2.6 million given so far by the health industry to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and outside groups supporting her (three times that of any other candidate, Democrat or Republican) might be leading Chelsea Clinton to use the same kind of false accusations so long used against her parents.
But why would any of the family, their campaign team, advisors and supporters assume that the public would accept such a wild and irresponsible distortion?
Bill Moyers is the managing editor of Moyers & Company and BillMoyers.com. Michael Winship is the senior writer of Moyers & Company and BillMoyers.com, Follow him on Twitter at @MichaelWinship. [This story originally appeared at http://billmoyers.com/story/tell-the-truth-about-bernies-health-care-stand/]
I am opposed to the slaughter and displacement of citizens of any country, regardless of who is pulling the trigger!
Poor Africans and the Middle Eastern citizens who are dying or running for their lives, or drowning in the Mediterranean Sea have little or no knowledge why they are targeted for slaughter.
Greed, and desire to control the masses and resources of the world by a small minority of elites on planet earth ganging together are responsible for the onslaught.
Hillary Clinton and the forces behind her would like us to think that she is for average guy/girl. She is not, particularly, on health care. During the last debate two days ago in South Carolina, she wrapped herself around OBAMACARE which is financially squeezing the an average working American family like a python!. She is 100% in favor of the insurance company who wrote the OBAMACARE.
While I do not know much about Sanders foreign ventures, he is not all over the map about his vision on healthcare! This does not mean ENDORSEMENT to Sanders!
In any case, the DNC seems to be under the total control of Bill Clinton and his foundation. I do not see how this control benefits those uninformed voters who are grossly being misled by the Clinton machine!
Brilliant article by two of our best independent journalist who are NOT beholding to any media corporation!!!
Yes, I, too, was outraged when I listened to Chelsea Clinton lie, lie, lie!
Like Mother, like daughter!
Chelsea’s lies was my catalyst for donating $100 to Bernie’s campaign!
Thanks Chelsea, your lies is precisely what Americans need to know about you three Clintons!
Liars, liars, liars all of you!
“Mouseland” by Tommy Douglas:
Greetings from Canada. Our Single Payer, National ( but administered at Provincial level) Universal Health Insurance works beautifully, excellent in all respects, at half the price per capita of U.S. system. Our American friends are really missing out. Do not believe the negative things in U.S. media about the Canadian system, it is all lies. Even Canadian conservatives use and support without reservation our single payer system.
I neglected to add, we pay zero premiums, our national health insurance is entirely funded through the tax system. This is a refinement, as 25 years ago we paid small premiums. If Canada can do it, so can the USA, and at half the price per capita of our system, due to economies of scale.
What tripe, what blabber! from this creature, Clinton. When I put Hilary, side-by side with a “for real” political leader such as The Canadian Action Party representative, Connie Fogal, Well Clinton’s enough to make me nauseated and disgusted. Instead of outlining her opposition to a tri-national political entity (USA-Canada-Mexico), opposing the Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement, opposing the North American Union, we get this sort of political tripe! Why isn’t she talking about real issues like opposing the NAFTA superhighway? and in so doing, preserving unionized jobs all along Coastal California’s deep water ports? Why hasn’t she aligned herself with those sixteen states that created resolutions within their house(s) and senate(s) with resolutions opposing any North American Union? Will the real, electable,first female, presidential hopeful PLEASE stand forward!
oops! my error, last sentence should say, PLEASE come forward…not please stand forward
Hi Elmer. I think the key to why Ms. Clinton is acting the way she does, can be traced back to her horrifying epiphany she had, when in the W.House as First Lady. She SAW the workings of “A vast Right-Wing conspiracy” (Synarchy Internationale, getting started since the end of the Napoleonic era at around the Paris Commune time, 1840’s). They got their game together by the turn of the century (19th-to-20th), hosting SME (Synarchy Movement Empire) meetings in the 1920’s giving birth to the Fascist/NAZI Movement (it is international, just like the Communist Movement was). It has carried on through Tavistock/Chatham House/CFR/Trilateralists/Bilderberger/Mt. Peleren/Davos activities to make a global, neo-feudal/proto-fascist Empire. Ms. Clinton caught intimations of that in the nineties, eventually deciding to go WITH this “prevailing wind” rather than fight it. She sees what happens to all the “Pro-FDR” pols and candidates. Benedict Arnold probably came to the same decision; can’t beat Empire, might as well make the best deal with it as possible. Anyway that would be my guess as to why Ms. Clinton is the way she is. North America is just a regional “Administrative Unit” in the Synarchist Empire of Feudal Estates entrusted to the governance of loyal “Feudal Lords and Ladies”and their Trustees. No room for USA/Canada/Mexico as Nation-States with Congresses and Parliaments and such. Nobody’s that interested in voting and citizenship anyway.
Brad Owen, I still hold Hilary Clinton personally responsible for the mysterious death of Vince Foster, one of her many subordinate employees and attorney aids. She can’t wait to fill her husbands shoes, in particular where CFR, CIA promises and commitments are concerned. I’m afraid to admit it; Bernie is a poor second choice, he too is joined at the hip to the US war machine economy, committed to Saudi money and it’s influences but there you have it-this is all our citizenry at large have to work with, AT THE MOMENT- that is.
The insurance companies make such huge profits and the result is nothing to be proud of (USA health). It is interesting that here in France, often regarded as having an excellent system, 92% of the population also have “complementary” insurance (private or “mutuelle”) and the insurance companies seem to make a profit from this extra payment. Perhaps they are less greedy.
It sounds like the Clinton’s daughter is taking after her mother. Talking about stuff she knows nothing about, or finds lying easier than the truth. The Clintons havve had their day, I say, go away, retire please.
Dear Mr Moyers,
Nothing could be more fitting than the old expression “the road to hell is paved with good intentions, when describing what our President ended up compromising to get Obamacare passed into law.
Every American, under the new law is not forced to pay for their own medical care, they are “forced” to pay by law, a “private company to insure them”.
Is the private company that insures us turning a profit ? if so, how much profit ? Is there any part of the law under Obamacare that restricts the amount of profit a private insurer can make ?
We are forced by the law to pay for it, but have “no” say in how much the private insurers can gouge us ?
The failure of Obamacare is its a form of “taxation without representation”. We are mandated to pay a middleman for the service of insuring us,without knowing how much that middleman is making ?
If Obamacare is a tax, which it is, how much are the insurers profiting from it ?
and how much profit is fair…..and how much profit is too much?
Every American, if there are forced to insure, should have a right to know that.
In my opinion you give Obama way too much credit for “good intentions”. I believe he was lying from the outset.
I could only shake my head when I first read that in the news. Either First Daughter Chelsea is dumber than a post, or she’s as dishonest as her parents.
Sanders has a lot of problems as a candidate, but the Clintons attacking him on his strongest point is a genuine Karl Rove maneuver. Paraphrasing Judge Roy Bean, Sanders is as high above Clinton on this issue as heaven is of hell.
Some young people earning minimum wages and unable to buy private health insurance are now being severely fined by the IRS for not buying the private insurance coverage. These youths pay IRS fines despite the fact they have no health coverage.
Hillary, Bill and Chelsea Clinton are hell-bent on going back to the White House by hook or crook! There must be reasons why they have a burning desire to go back there. But, it is not to help the unformed voters they are trying to deceive!
Barack Obama, with a very wide smile, turned against many emotionally charged voters who thought he would halt the mass killing of innocent citizens in the Middle East. Instead, the war has been expanded to Africa where innocent and very poor Africans are now being killed under the watchful eyes of the US AFRICOM!
I remember when First Lady Clinton spoke of “a vast, Right-Wing conspiracy” ( the various national Deep State instrumentalities of the Synarchy Internationale); seems like she finally joined ’em. I remember when Prez. Clinton spoke of the need for a “new financial architecture”, thus prefiguring BRICS; then the impeachment lunacy/character assassination project began, and Prez. Clinton folded on welfare and Glass-Steagal, abandoning FDR and the New Deal for The People’s General Welfare. The People have lost more battles than won, against the Synarchy Internationale.
U’re so right, Brad Owen.
” Financiers of the World unite! You have nothing to lose but your serfs’ republican pretensions of fraternity, liberty, equality!”. What I imagine the battle-cry of the Synarchist Movement Empire (SME) would be. Might look good on a T-shirt.
The photo of Ms Clinton speaks loudly of a defiant/arrogant individual like a Queen Victoria or Margret Thatcher.
Hillary vs. Donald — “there’s not a dimes worth of difference”


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Florida business interests are starting to raise red flags over a bill that would discourage companies from requiring their employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
Three days before lawmakers are slated to meet in a Special Session, a statewide nursing home association said the Legislature should consider altering the proposal (HB 1 and SB 2) to carve long-term care providers out of the vaccine mandate ban.
In a statement Friday, Leading Age Florida CEO Steve Bahmer said nursing homes must comply with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid rules that require staff at health care facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid to be vaccinated as a condition of receiving federal health care dollars.
Those rules require staff get their first vaccine by Dec. 5 and be fully vaccinated by Jan. 2. While Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he would challenge the CMS rules, the state has not done so to date. Ten other states did file a lawsuit against the rule on Thursday.
“Nursing homes must comply with the federal rule because the federal law trumps state law. The loss of Medicaid and Medicare funding would be devastating to providers and could ultimately displace Florida’s most frail elders,” Bahmer said. “We cannot penalize long-term care providers who serve the state’s most vulnerable population and that have borne the greatest impact from this pandemic.”
The bills would prohibit employers from having a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees without providing staff five options to opt-out, including exceptions for pregnancies or expected pregnancies; religious reasons; or immunity based on prior COVID-19 infection as determined by a lab test. The bills would also allow staff who are willing to undergo periodic testing (at the employer’s cost) and staff who are willing to wear personal protective equipment to opt-out of vaccines.
Employers that fire staff for refusing to get vaccinated could face fines of up to $50,000, or they could avoid the fines by reinstating the fired employees. The Florida Department of Health, meanwhile, would be empowered to levy upward of $5,000 in fines against public employers who violate the law.
Bahmer said providers cannot be in compliance with both the state and federal guidelines unless lawmakers exempt health care providers.
Leading Age Florida, which represents continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities, isn’t alone in its concerns.
The National Federation of Independent Business Florida issued a statement Friday saying it wanted the Legislature to include in the bills a “clear-cut definition” of what constitutes a business vaccine mandate.
NFIB Florida Executive Director Bill Herrle told Florida Politics his group believes vaccine mandates should include “deliberate actions on the part of a business owner.” Herrle said his organization currently is talking to legislators about what NFIB Florida would like to see added to the bill to assuage the association’s concerns.
“I don’t want to comment without saying that we appreciate Gov. Ron DeSantis pushing back on the vaccine mandate,” he said, adding that NFIB policy center has challenged the federal mandate in court.
November 12, 2021 at 6:27 pm
Businesses WANT THE COVER of Biden’s vaccine and mask mandates. The mandates PROTECT BUSINESSES from lawsuits from vaccinated workers becoming infected by unvaccinated workers.
Covid vaccines are 90% effective ….. this means hundreds of thousands of fully vaccinated Americans (the 10%) could potentially be hospitalized and die from Covid!
Let Americans get back to work. Support vaccine mandates. It’s common sense.
Some individuals can’t get vaccinated. Employers might be able to accommodate their working at home or isolated from other office workers.
November 14, 2021 at 2:07 pm
“. . . we appreciate Gov. Ron DeSantis pushing back on the vaccine mandate,” he said, adding that NFIB policy center has challenged the federal mandate in court.” — From the story
Businesses WANT THE COVER of Biden’s vaccine and mask mandates. The mandates PROTECT BUSINESSES from lawsuits from vaccinated workers becoming infected by unvaccinated workers. — From Lincoln Project flunky Peterh
Somebody doesn’t know what he is talking about, and I bet it is Peterh or anyone else associated with that cabal of GOP rejects and aging hippies that runs under the name “Lincoln Project.”
November 14, 2021 at 2:57 pm
Not ALL businesses support this massive overreach on the part of the Biden administration which has been shot down in federal court already.
November 15, 2021 at 7:17 am
Well, speaking factually and technically, , it has been put on hold, continuing the metaphor, not shot down. Go back and read the decision. Activist judges’ decisions are soon reversed from above.
November 15, 2021 at 4:05 pm
Most health care entities have no choice but to follow the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule related to vaccinating staff, because CMS controls the purse strings. For most health care entities (i.e., businesses), having those funding streams cut off will put them out of business relatively quickly. It’s not a matter of ‘bravery,’ rather, ‘survival.’
Another consideration is that health care accrediting bodies like CHAP and The Joint Commission have vaccine requirements in their standards. You have to wonder if the Florida Legislature ever contemplates these sorts of facts. This entire exercise will be a manifestation of the adage, “Anything done in a hurry is rarely done well.”
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Eight firefighters were injured battling a blaze in a Yonkers apartment building Monday night, officials said.
Six people were left homeless after a fire broke out in a second-floor bedroom at 264 Palisade Ave. around 10:45 p.m., Yonkers Fire Chief Dave Dronzek said. Flames were contained to that apartment, which was heavily damaged, he said.
Eight firefighters were treated at St. Joseph's Medical Center for minor injuries and heat exhaustion, Dronzek said. It was unclear what started the fire, which was under control in about an hour, he said.
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CDT Snowmobile Trail Grooming Report Dec. 21, 2018
by Jeremy Kunzman, Pinedale Ranger District, Bridger-Teton National Forest
December 21, 2018
Friday, December 21, 2018 report:
The GRL and S snowmobile trails were groomed again. Trail riding is very smooth right now. The Strawberry warming shelter is now in place with some firewood. We are still waiting on more snow to groom the Moose-Gyp, Pinyon (CD trail), Kendall Valley Lodge and The Place Connector trails. Green River Lake is frozen with a little snow on top. I do not know how thick the ice is, I choose not to venture out on the lake.
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