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For centuries, the central challenge in health care was ignorance. There simply wasn’t enough information to know what was making a person sick, or what to do to cure the patient.
Now, health care is being flooded with information. Advances in computing technology mean that gathering, storing and analyzing health information is relatively cheap, and it’s getting cheaper by the day. As computers continue to fall in price, the cost of sequencing a single person’s genome is tumbling, too.
Entrepreneur Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is working on wearable, real-time monitors to give doctors the ability to “interrogate” a person’s individual blood cells “all the way down to the atom level” to see how a given drug works or why it fails.
Information from patients around the globe could then be compared, in theory. Computers could ultimately help doctors match specific treatments at the molecular level to the people for whom they would work best. Software might also detect patterns in data that would suggest new uses for existing drugs.
Collecting biochemical and genomic data on billions of people around the world is just the tip of the data iceberg that a few dozen health information technology experts described recently in New York at a gathering sponsored by Forbes magazine.
“You now have all of health care digitized, which is pretty cool,” said Paul Black, president of the electronic health records company Allscripts.
But it’s still unclear how to make sense of all the digital information on a big-picture scale. “There’s different approaches in the marketplace to how you would make this all be actually valuable to people,” Black said.
Some doctors are finding it valuable to “see the community information, versus just the campus information,” meaning: If they know where their patients are going for health care beyond their hospital or office, and whether they’re actually filling all the prescriptions they’ve been given, doctors make different treatment decisions nearly 70 percent of the time, Black said.
Companies like Castlight Health are betting that they can come up with ways to analyze seemingly unrelated data about how and why people use health care to improve health and save corporations money.
Castlight’s Dr. Dena Bravata said, “We can now actually marry information from [corporate human resources] systems — Are you a high performer in your company? What’s your absenteeism been? — with medical claims to really understand that, among our high performers we’re having a lot of absenteeism because their kids’ asthma is not well controlled.”
There are concerns about privacy and data security. Blackberry CEO John Chen pitched his company’s mobile devices as secure enough to meet federal medical privacy laws. But the Forbes event was more focused on the potential benefits in the new Big Data world.
There’s a lot of optimism that having a more complete picture of peoples’ health and how they use the health care system will save insurance companies money, and drive health care premiums down. Kevin Nazemi, co-CEO of Oscar Insurance, believes that a new generation of wearable wireless sensors will soon help doctors detect health problems early enough to prevent expensive treatments.
But, Nazemi said, it’s still hard for insurance companies to justify investing up front in data systems when “the value is reaped in Year 4 or 5 in a market where [people switch insurance] on average every three years. You know, dollar in, 25 cents back. How do you think of that?”
David Goldhill, who runs a cable TV network and is the author of the book Catastrophic Care, is skeptical that technological breakthroughs, even if they make people healthier, will ever tame health care spending.
“We didn’t go from 4 percent to 17 percent of GDP on health care spending because Americans got a lot less healthy,” he said. “The increase in spending in health care isn’t because, ‘Oh my God, we’re sick and if we can just cure ourselves, it’s going to go away,’ ” he said. “It’s a business model issue, it’s the way we subsidize and manage demand.”
Some see a future when wirelessly enabled skin patches are cheap, common and accumulating personal health data on a massive scale, and all that data leads to better cures and detects health problems before they blossom into expensive diagnoses. Others, an era where every minute abnormality, dangerous or not, is identified and money is spent needlessly treating it.
Yale School of Medicine cardiologist and Shots contributor Harlan Krumholz is optimistic about medicine’s ability to reel in meaningful insights in that vast sea of data. But, he says, it’s going to require a major shift in culture in clinics and hospitals. He says it’s still the norm for doctors to rely on their memories to determine whether a given drug is right for a particular patient, “as if nobody’s walking with a computer on their holster.”
Dozens of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, including firefighters, paramedics and law enforcement officers, gathered this week to say goodbye to one of their heroes, Dan Paulsen of Pocahontas. Paulsen, who was the EMS director at Pocahontas Community Hospital (PCH), died of cancer on December 12.
Paulsen was born in Mason City and studied criminal justice at North Iowa Area Community College, where he also trained as an emergency medical technician (EMT). He served as an EMT volunteer for many years around north Iowa and worked as an EMT-Intermediate for Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames and Story City, Dallas County Ambulance. In addition to being EMS director at PCH, Paulsen was also EMS coordinator for the Pocahontas County Emergency Response System.
Because of his amazing work ethic and boundless commitment to expanding and improving emergency medical services as both a provider and teacher, Paulsen was presented the Iowa Hospital Heroes Award in October. Here is what those who nominated him wrote:
After nearly 30 years in the health care field, Dan continues to bring commitment and enthusiasm to Pocahontas Community Hospital every day as director of emergency medical services.
In addition to coordinating emergency medical response in Pocahontas County, Dan took on a role as a class instructor to ensure everyone who goes on an ambulance call is trained at a level above and beyond what is required. This is what Dan demands, because it is what the people he serves expect. As an instructor, Dan’s supportive personality shines through. It is because of his passion and dedication to the job and the people he works with that Dan is not just a teacher or a boss – he is a mentor, role model and friend.
Even while managing his own critical personal health emergency, Dan has never wavered and has always made serving the people of Pocahontas County a priority. While battling an extremely rare form of cancer that eventually took one of his legs, Dan still brings his enthusiasm, dedication, passion and good-natured humor to all of the people he works with, whether it is fellow staff or the friends and neighbors in the community he encounters daily.
Paulsen told PCH CEO James Roetman that he was extremely proud of the PCH staff and of the care he received at the hospital. Roetman said he found Paulsen’s high expectations and commitment to excellence inspiring.
“Over the last few weeks as I had discussions with Dan, I often found myself looking in the mirror at myself and wondering how I could find coming to work or meeting my daily expectations so difficult when I had a man who cared so deeply about his profession working so hard to maintain his department while he was facing such a horrible disease,” Roetman wrote. “At that time, I recommitted myself to trying to make a difference to the people we serve even more now than ever.”
“Dan’s twinkling eyes, mischievous grin and quick wit were the first things a person would take note of,” said Laura Malone, IHA vice president of nursing and clinical services, who worked with Paulsen when she was an emergency room nurse at Mary Greeley Medical Center. “But it was his passion for his family, friends and emergency medical services that touched our hearts and made us try a little harder and love a little more.”
Paulsen, the father of three young children, was 46 years old when he died.
(From time to time, the blog features recipients of the IHA Iowa Hospital Heroes Award. These outstanding hospital employees come from across the state and work at hospitals of every size. They exemplify the courage, caring and community focus that are at the center of the hospital mission in Iowa.)
Dr. Arnold joined St. Luke’s in 2006. He has held many roles in tenure. His first position was as medical director for St. Luke’s Hospitalist Program. Under his leadership, the program was recognized twice as a leader in the nation.
In 2011 he became chief medical information officer in preparation for the hospital’s transition to Epic, an electronic health record. He gave unselfishly of his time during the planning and implementation. He was a resource to physicians as they developed their order sets. During this transition he also worked as a care provider troubleshooting problems during Epic’s implementation. His work with Epic didn’t end with St. Luke’s; Dr. Arnold also lent his expertise to nearly all of the other UnityPoint Health affiliates as they made the transition.
In 2012, he added the title director of medical affairs to his current list of duties and was ultimately named chief medical officer/chief medical information officer this year. He is also medical director of the wound healing clinic and hyperbaric chamber.
St. Luke’s mission is to provide the health care we’d like our loved ones to receive. Dr. Arnold lives the mission by focusing on exceptional care with uncompromising compassion. Most doctors in today’s society don’t make house calls; Dr. Arnold does. He goes beyond the call of duty to assist patients who struggle to get to their medical appointments. Dr. Arnold started making home visits to several St. Luke’s palliative care patients in order to make their lives easier and improve the overall quality of life.
His desire to become a doctor likely started at an early age. Both of his parents were very ill during much of his childhood and eventually passed away at St. Luke’s. Caring for his parent’s health care needs gave him a unique perspective that carries with him to this day in all of his patient and family encounters.
This time of year holds a special place in my heart. Having been raised on a century farm, I know that getting the crop out becomes the center of discussion not long after school starts in the fall. It’s talk about the moisture content, the lines at the local elevator and, of course, yields and grain prices.
In late October I had the pleasure of seeing the harvest first-hand again. On an absolutely perfect fall day, warm enough that just a light jacket sufficed, I drove my 89-year-old father in his beloved Cadillac out to a field he had farmed for decades. He told me, as he has each time we’ve driven by this field, about what a great piece of ground it was. I pulled the car onto the shoulder of the road so we’d be strategically positioned to watch the combine.
It truly was a perfect day. The sky was bright blue without a cloud providing a great contrast to the natural browns of the standing corn stalks and the grass in the ditch that was still bright green. We rolled the windows down and took it all in – the hum of the combine as it moved in a smooth cadence towards us, the cloud of chaff following it and the stream of yellow as the corn poured into the grain wagon. It was so peaceful, you couldn’t help but feel a sense of balance as well as gratitude and happiness.
Little did I know at the time, but that weekend would be my last with my dad. I’m so grateful for that day and so grateful that as his time with us was about to end, I did not have to guess as to his wishes. We had the conversations so we knew his priorities, what he valued most, and those goals were clearly understood by his doctor, nurses and caregivers.
It’s encouraging to see new efforts are underway to support these conversations. As a nation, we have hopefully moved beyond the reactionary words from previous political posturing that derailed this work five years ago. Bills have been introduced in both the U.S. Senate and House in support of advance care planning: S. 2240, the Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act and HR 1173, the Personalize Your Care Act of 2013.
And Medicare may soon begin following what some private payers and two state Medicaid programs are already doing – reimbursing physicians for having end-of-life discussions with patients. The American Medical Association has created billing codes for advance care planning services and submitted them to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. If Medicare approves the codes, it will further broaden advance care planning as more private payers will likely follow suit and reimburse physicians for engaging their patients in these critical conversations.
Respected physician and talented journalist Dr. Atul Gawande is also entering this space. In his latest book, “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” Dr. Gawande uses research and storytelling to demonstrate how medicine can be compatible with providing meaningful life and not just extending it. Better end-of-life care conversations between clinicians and patients can provide patients with a full and dignified life until the end.
These conversations are still not happening often enough and to that end clinicians, social workers and clergy are seeking training. “Respecting Choices” is a model used across the country and Iowa to assist patients and families in making informed end-of-life decisions. Early next year, Respecting Choices facilitator certification will be offered at IHA thru the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Iowa, enabling a new crop of trainers to help patients and families facing a serious illness to plan the life they want, all the way to the end.
This was my dad’s final harvest and I’m thankful that it was bountiful in meaningful ways. We knew his priorities and his wishes and were able to honor what he valued.
Two years ago, Inova Health System recruited a top executive who was not a physician, had never worked in hospital administration and barely knew the difference between Medicare and Medicaid.
What Paul Westbrook specialized in was customer service. His background is in the hotel business – Marriott and The Ritz-Carlton, to be precise.
He is one of dozens of hospital executives around the country with a new charge. Called chief patient experience officers, their focus is on the service side of hospital care: improving communication with patients and making sure staff are attentive to their needs, whether that’s more face time with nurses or quieter hallways so they can sleep.
It’s a dimension of hospital care that has long been neglected, patient advocates say, and it was put high on hospitals’ agendas only when Medicare started tracking patient satisfaction and, in late 2012, shaving payments to hospitals that fell short.
“There is a new recognition that the patient is important,” said Leah Binder, president and chief executive of the Leapfrog Group, an employer-based coalition that advocates for greater health-care quality and safety.
Hospital routines have traditionally been designed to suit employees, not customers, she said. “The patient used to be maybe 10th on the list of a hospital’s priorities.”
The financial penalties introduced by the Affordable Care Act are part of a broader effort to transform health-care delivery and improve quality while reining in costs, increasing transparency and holding hospitals and providers accountable for their work.
The penalties — which for now make up only a fraction of Medicare reimbursements — are based on a hospital’s ranking relative
to other hospitals. One component is how they do on surveys of recently discharged patients. The hospitals are judged on answers to such questions as how well their doctors and nurses communicated with them, how clean and quiet the hospital was, whether they received help when they needed it and how well providers explained the drugs they were given.
Many hospitals commission additional surveys to use for their own purposes, such as marketing and branding.
Chief patient experience officers treat these survey results like sacred texts.
“The one thing I’m not trying to do is to put a mint on the pillow,” said Westbrook, who reports directly to Inova’s president and chief operating officer. “This is a different customer, with very different needs.”
But as patients’ out-of-pocket costs have risen, he said, they have become savvier, more demanding consumers.
“They are going to look on the Internet and on Medicare’s site comparing hospitals, and they are going to read comments,” he said, and increasingly, they will select hospitals based on the reviews. “It’s no different from TripAdvisor.”
Lofty Goals, Practical Implementation
Unlike Westbrook, most chief patient experience officers rise through the ranks of a health system. Like him, though, they speak in lofty terms about teamwork, leadership and developing a philosophy and culture of compassion, service and respect at their institutions.
Westbrook, for instance, talks constantly about the “Inova promise” to “meet the unique needs of each person we are privileged to serve – every time, every touch.”
That phrase had “always hung on a wall,” Westbook said. “Now, we don’t begin a meeting without an Inova promise story.”
On the ground, the focus is doggedly practical. One common innovation is hourly rounds, a system where nurses are expected to check in on each patient regularly, not wait for the person to use the call button. And the interaction is supposed to be meaningful and thorough.
“This doesn’t mean just pausing at the door, saying, ‘Are you okay? Can I get you anything?’ and off you go,” said Susan Eckert, chief nursing executive at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. “We’re telling our nursing staff that you should actually sit down, look at the patient, talk a little bit, and give them several minutes of time during which they are the only thing that exists in the world . . . It’s a very powerful experience.”
Hospitals that have put hourly rounding in place say the practice does not require extra staffing because it is more efficient to prevent problems before they occur. Taking time to reposition a patient prevents bedsores, for example, and helping patients to the bathroom prevents falls.
Another priority is having nurses call patients at home within 48 hours of their discharge, to keep their recoveries on track. (One Medicare question specifically asks patients whether they got good instructions about what to do when they get home. Hospitals can also be penalized if too many patients bounce back to them.)
Hospitals are increasingly taking their cues from patients, both by listening to the advice from new patient and family advisory councils and by using the surveys to identify weak spots.
At Yale-New Haven Hospital, where an executive director of patient relations and a medical director work together to improve the patient experience, officials have made a concerted effort to lower noise so patients can get optimal rest. Hospital staff are told to use “library voices 24/seven” and not to “vent” where patients might hear them. Overhead page calls have been eliminated, beepers are kept on vibrate, doors are closed when staff discuss cases and efforts are made to reduce alarms, pings and beeps at the bedside.
The Cleveland Clinic requires all 3,000 staff physicians to take a day-long relationship and communication class. In 2010, the hospital showed each doctor what patients had said about him or her in surveys. About half the comments were negative — and most of those had to do with how physicians talk to patients.
Doctors were stunned when they saw the results, said James Merlino, a surgeon who is Cleveland Clinic’s chief experience officer.
“Physicians were shocked, dismissive, disbelieving. They said, ‘This isn’t true, the methodology is bad, the sample size is too small,’ ” he said.
Now, he said, “we put physicians through communication training so they learn how to listen better, let the patient set the agenda and organize the encounter better.”
The result is a big increase in physician communication scores since 2008.
At UCLA Health System, parents of pediatric patients created an educational video about central-line catheters that is shown to physicians and nursing staff “to remind them how scary that catheter is for patients and their family members,” said Tony
Padilla, UCLA’s chief patient experience officer, adding that catheter-related infections can be
dangerous and even fatal.
“It drives home the message that during your very busy day as a nurse or physician, please remember: You’re accessing the child’s lifeline.”
Moving The Needle
Moving the needle on Medicare surveys can be a hard slog. Inova Mount Vernon’s composite score went up from 66.6 percent to 68.4 percent from 2010-11 to 2012-13. That means that on average, 68.4 percent of patients gave top marks to the hospital on survey questions in 2012-13. Scores at Inova Fairfax dropped and scores at Inova’s other three hospitals remained about the same.
Hospitals face a balancing act.
“We want to be attentive to a patient’s needs and wants, yet not do things just to please the patient, like overprescribing pain medication,” said Atul Grover, chief public policy officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges, which represents nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, in addition to U.S. medical schools. “You want to make sure patient satisfaction isn’t driving patient care.”
Some question whether the hospitals that score best on patient surveys are also the ones that provide the best care. Grover, for example, worries that hospitals that don’t offer amenities, such as single rooms, will be dinged in the surveys.
But some research suggests a strong correlation between patient satisfaction and outcomes, said Richard Staelin of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
One of his studies, published in the journal Circulation in 2013, found that the death rate among heart attack patients was lower at hospitals where patient satisfaction scores were high, even when researchers controlled for the quality of care, meaning the care was equivalent.
Another study found higher overall patient satisfaction was associated with lower readmission rates a month after patients were discharged.
Studies have also found that hourly nurse rounds result in more-satisfied patients, with fewer falls and pressure sores.
“Patients co-produce the service,” Staelin said. “What I mean by that is that when someone is sick, the doctors can’t solve the problem without their help. … As a patient, I have to communicate with the doctor or nurse, I have to listen to the
doctor, I have to follow the instructions.”
“There are still lots of doctors who don’t believe it, but gradually the medical profession is coming around,” he added.
Indeed, several patient experience officers said some physicians at their hospitals resisted doing things differently until it was no longer an option.
The financial penalties “are brilliant,” Westbrook said. “That’s what’s driving change.”


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New proposed rules have been announced by the federal Department of Labor that will set standards in a variety of industries for apprenticeship programs.
But without explaining why, the federal agency says those rules will not initially apply to the nation’s construction industry.
As proposed, the rules could significantly expand apprenticeship programs by categorizing different industry and civic groups, as well as educational institutions and state and local government entities, as “standards recognition entities” tasked with establishing apprenticeship program standards.
In its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Labor Department said a process established within the confines of the National Apprenticeship Act would also require that mentorship programs as well as industry-recognized credentialing be governed by federal equal employment opportunity regulations.
In response, the Associated General Contractors is attacking the Labor Department’s decision to exclude the construction industry from its apprenticeship proposal.
“The fact is that it remains too difficult for many firms and their partners to establish apprenticeship programs for construction workers,” said Stephen Sandherr, chief executive officer of the group.
“Barriers for apprenticeship programs often include the excessive costs incurred during the rigid and inflexible registration process,” Sandherr added.
But construction industry labor officials who have long argued that such programs should be handled solely by organized labor groups, like the proposed rules.
“These programs have no place in the construction industry,” said Sean McGarvey, president of the North America’s Building Trades Union, in a statement. “We firmly believe this exemption should be a permanent part of the final rule.”
In announcing the new proposed rules, the Department of Labor also unveiled some $183 million in grants that will go to private-public apprenticeship programs in the healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare industries.
A sixty-day public comment period ending on August 26 has been announced for the proposed apprenticeship rules.
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Beach and a Strange Meeting
I love to walk on the beach any time I get the opportunity. It refreshes my spirit and my gratitude is exemplified. On days I don’t get to take that walk, I make sure that I get a glimpse of it every day. It’s been part of my recovery and continues to be a ritual in my life since my husband Steve died by suicide in 2005.
This is my story for one of those walks on a warm, sunny day. It seemed to be ordinary, but I find more and more that most of my days become extra-ordinary in some way. This day I passed a man and we began to speak. First, we spoke about the beach glass that I was collecting. And after a few minutes of discussing the significance of the color of my pieces our conversation unexpectetedly took a turn. The man began to tell me how his wife died. He said she died by suicide and he was the one to find her. Does that seem strange? It might not have been if he knew I was a grief coach. And I wasn’t wearing my “Be Gentle with Me, I’m Grieving” button on my shirt to announce it! In fact, I don’t think it strange at all that our paths crossed.
Universal Laws at work!
I believe one of the universal laws was in operation. It’s called the “law of attraction”. We were attracted to each other because of the experience of our pain. We both lost someone we loved to suicide. He needed someone to talk to and I was avaliable to listen. His pain was open and raw. He shared that he thought about taking his own life by drowning himself. He had every opportunity to do so since he was on Lake Michigan, but something kept him from it. A voice inside him told him that he needed to be responsible to his children. He had a purpose and a role to play because of them.
What I realized most at that moment is that he needed to talk and express his feelings to someone; and I was the perfect person to be found, in the right place and at the right time. I was there to help!
Men seldom get the opportunity to truly express themselves. Sadly, it’s considered a sign of weakness in our society. Men must roll up their sleeves and pretend that they have everything under control. The truth is that men need support just as much as women and children do. I believe that our society doesn’t encourage this often enough.
Thankfully there are support groups available for men, but I don’t think our society as a whole encourages men to search for them. They don’t utilize them because they are the providers, the ones that are supposed to have it together and never cry! That is a false and damaging idea, especially when it’s related to suicide.
How do men go on and live productive healthy lives if they have never dealt with their grief?
If you are a man reading this, do you find this to be true? Have you had the support you needed? If so, how did you get it? Me and my readers would love to hear your comments.
In conclusion, if you are reading this because you have lost someone you loved, please don’t hesitate to get the help you need. You are not alone, there are men just like you who need help too.
Allow yourself to express your emotions so that you and others can be healed.
P.S. I hope to run into the man once again on the beach and learn that he is doing well. Beach walking I will continue to do so I can be a vessel for someone in need and encourage anyone who crosses my path. I am open and receptive to the laws of the universe.
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Imagine this: You’re at the GMAT testing facility. You just finished taking the test. All of a sudden, a screen pops up. Do you want to see your scores now or cancel your scores without ever seeing them?inFOLIO Research Group
In nearly every case, you should NOT cancel your score. Here are some reasons why:
You have no idea how you did immediately after the test. Test-takers are notoriously terrible at predicting their performance immediately after taking a test. This may seem counter-intuitive, but just because you think you did badly on the GMAT does not necessarily mean you bombed the test. Many students have been (pleasantly) shocked by how well they did, even when they thought they did very poorly. How can this happen? Remember, the verbal and quantitative sections of the test are computer-adaptive, so, generally, the harder the questions, the better you are doing on the section. Just because you thought the last 15 questions were impossible to answer does not necessarily mean you did poorly on the test.
Knowing your score will help you improve! Even if it is not as high as you hoped, your score will help you assess your strengths and weaknesses for when you retake the test. If you cancel, you will never see your scores, and you will still have to take the test again. If you do not cancel, then you will see your scores and either be pleasantly surprised (best-case scenario) or (worst-case scenario) you will know what areas you need to continue to work on to improve your score.
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Deborah Jenkins is the author of Winter Lights, a short story collection publishing in November 2023.
Deborah is a freelance writer and primary teacher who has worked in schools in the UK and abroad. Her novel Braver, published with Fairlight Books in June 2022, was shortlisted for the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Best First Novel Award and the Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize. She has written several educational textbooks, as well as articles for the TES online and Guardian Weekend, among other publications. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies, and she has also published a novella, The Evenness of Things.
Deborah lives in Sussex and enjoys reading, walking, gardening, travel and good coffee. She writes a blog at https://www.stillwonderinghere.net/.
A woman drives through woods in winter. On either side of the car, tall trees stand and sulk, resisting winter’s demise at the year’s turn. The woman is scared. She is the fifth carer for the old man, and no one has told her why. But she’s heard the stories and she is afraid. It’s …


During a CNN interview with Chris Cuomo, brief communications director Anthony Scaramucci explained what characteristics are needed for someone applying to be President Donald Trump's chief of staff.
After discussing Nick Ayers turning down Trump, "The Mooch" explained that bringing in "the general" obviously wasn't something that worked for the White House.
I think general Kelly, I honor his service as a Marine and to the military but yes, I do think so. He said he was humiliated today," Scaramucci said about Gen. John Kelly. "How do you think I felt? You know, on Wall Street you say not working out, you made a gaffe with the recorder, let's let you go by Labor Day, no problem, John, I get it. You don't fire people like that so that was indicative of the way he was going to handle the 17 months he was in the job so -- by the way, I'm not saying it's over importance by me I'm just pointing out that culturally that operating style in a civilian system is not going to work."
He went on to claim that people are not afraid to be honest with Trump and those like Ivanka and Jared Kushner tell the president the truth whether he wants to hear it or not.
"The president needs somebody that is not going to alter their behavior when he enters the room," he continued. "The president needs somebody that does not need the job, doesn't care. Loves the country, loves him and likes him, wants to do a good job. Will have his back, you're going to go into major trench warfare."
Cuomo yucked it up with Scaramucci, asking why they didn't make him chief of staff. Scaramucci laughed, saying if he did it, Cuomo should be his deputy.
"That gives us a good indication of what will happen," Cuomo said laughing.
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As we reported exclusively when Andrew Gumpert left Sony to go to Paramount as COO, Lone Star Capital and the studio have been re-evaluating their deal with each other and the relationship has not been exactly working out. The financier had agreed to co-finance a full slate of films in 2014 (with CitiBank) but had pulled out of its $40M commitment with Ghostbusters previously, and they started re-negotiating deal terms afterwards.
One source with knowledge of the situation said that it’s been a long time coming and that other financiers have been lined up and/or are lining up to take their place. “It really hasn’t worked out for either side,” said the source. LStar had really stopped funding after a number of box office disappointments that included Concussion and Passengers. Of course, on paper, they looked like winners, but it didn’t turn out that way. They did, however, share the success of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
The studio has been very confident in its upcoming slate, which includes The Dark Tower, Flatliners, Granite Mountain Hotshots and its Christmas offering Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and has been anticipating this possibility for some time.
Looks like a decision will come by early next week. Sony had no comment. Stay tuned.
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Hitkidd Net Worth: A Closer Look at the Rising Star’s Financial Success
Hitkidd, an American record producer, rapper, and singer from Memphis, has been making waves in the music industry with his unique sound and undeniable talent. As his popularity continues to soar, many fans and industry insiders are curious about his net worth. In this article, we will delve into Hitkidd’s financial success, exploring various sources to gain insight into his estimated net worth.
Early Beginnings and Rise to Fame
Born Treyshun Gartrell, Hitkidd quickly made a name for himself in the music industry. With his distinct sound and catchy hooks, he gained popularity on the social media platform TikTok, amassing over 1.4 million followers . This online presence helped propel his music career, leading to collaborations with established artists and record deals.
Music Career and Achievements
Hitkidd’s success in the music industry has been a significant contributor to his net worth. As an accomplished rapper, producer, and singer, he has released several hit songs that have garnered millions of streams on various platforms. His unique style and ability to connect with his audience have earned him numerous awards and accolades throughout his career .
Business Ventures and Fashion Industry
In addition to his music career, Hitkidd has ventured into the fashion industry, further contributing to his financial success. He has been credited with a successful business venture in this field, although specific details about his involvement are not widely available . This diversification of income streams showcases Hitkidd’s entrepreneurial spirit and his ability to capitalize on opportunities beyond music.
Estimating Hitkidd’s Net Worth
Determining an accurate net worth for Hitkidd can be challenging, as public disclosure of his financial details is limited. However, various sources provide estimates of his net worth, with figures ranging around half a million dollars . It is important to note that these estimates are based on available information and may not reflect his actual net worth.
Hitkidd’s rise to fame in the music industry has undoubtedly contributed to his financial success. With a unique sound and a growing fan base, he has established himself as a rising star. While the exact details of his net worth remain undisclosed, it is estimated to be around half a million dollars . As Hitkidd continues to make strides in his career and explore new opportunities, his net worth is likely to evolve.

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From his earliest recollections, Gregory Johnson’s view has been representational in nature. The surface details are softly textured, which help express the energy and vitality of contemporary life. Johnson's talent infuses his figures with expressive nuances, human gestures and movement. Very often, a commission will take on a direction quite different from the initial concept after he has photographed, sketched and talked with subjects.
My early career focused on figurative themes in bronze and cast stainless steel. My new work focuses on geometric shapes and segmented circle forms that depict or suggest things that we see and are familiar with but cannot touch or quantify. Inspired by curves depicted in life and nature, I like how they meander, cross over each other, and are more happily found in nature than straight lines. My emphasis on the circle as a thematic symbol portrays presence in everyday life.”
Sculptor Gregory Johnson views “life as a journey that comes full circle.” Born in
Chicago, his interest in art started at the early age of 5; he’s gone from smoothing dirt in a tree well to now smoothing stainless steel in his sculptures. He has always been detail oriented and enjoys building unique things that challenge the mind and boundaries.
Recently released sculptures may be seen in the Sioux Falls Sculpture Walk and Avera McKennen SD, Art Tour Salinas and Hutchinson KS, Castlegar Canada, Columbus and Suwanee GA, Gilette WY, Eau Claire WI, Mankato MN, Kingsport TN, Forsyth County GA and Miami FL.


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A major Texas LNG project is promising to be the “greenest” LNG project in the world. But critics say it rests on ‘speculative’ and unproven carbon capture and sequestration technologies.
A new report finds that two large Louisiana LNG export facilities are flaring constantly and under-reporting their emissions. At the same time, many more projects are on the drawing board.
A new oil export terminal in Texas given the go-ahead by President Biden could significantly expand U.S. oil export capacity.


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A 2013 State Department report on human trafficking says there are 26 million people around the world who are victims of modern day slavery, many of them young girls. The problem is a growing concern, particularly in India. VOA's Kane Farabaugh spoke recently with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter about the problem, which is addressed in his new book, "A Call to Action."
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Bi Fold Doors
Aluminum or PVCu our bi-folding doors can improve the look of your home, the energy efficiency and security.
Bifold doors often connect rooms to an outdoor area, such as an entrance to a garden or conservatory, but they can be used for a variety of purposes.
Typically, a bifold can have anything between two to seven panels that are connected with hinges and attached to rollers at the top or bottom.
Often a bifold will feature a traffic door, this is a door at one end of the bifold that opens like a standard entrance door, allowing continued use of the bifold throughout the colder months without having to push all the panels back.
All our locks are multipoint locking and internally glazed units for security, with rollers and a track to guide the doors and handles where required these doors are easy to use.

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a work that has been the subject of many holiday movies. Some follow the story without adding a whole lot. Others keep the basic story, but use already established characters to fill the roles from the book, for example Mickey’s Christmas Carol or The Muppet’s Christmas Carol would fall into this category. The movie I’ll be looking at today takes things a bit differently.
Scrooged is a more contemporary spin on A Christmas Carol, at least as contemporary as 1988 is to today. The role of Scrooge is played by Bill Murray, and is a TV producer named Frank Cross, who dislikes people and uses and abuses anyone in his path. His overworked assistant, Grace, fills the Bob Cratchit role.
Now the setting for the events of Scrooged take place a bit before Christmas, with most of the action going on during various parts of Christmas Eve. The action centers around a live production of A Christmas Carol in the movie. This deviates from the book, since Scrooge’s visitations all happen late during the night on Christmas Eve. This version has the visitations going on throughout the day having Frank reappear at various places during the day, and making it look like he’s cracking under the stress of making this live production work.
While Scrooged seeks to be a modern retelling of A Christmas Carol it is also a bit of a twisted version as well. If you go into the movie expecting a family friendly version of the tale, you’ll be sorely misled. This is more for the adults. Even then a lot of what makes the original story so enjoyable is somewhat absent here.
Instead of the ghosts being kind or jolly, they are rather harsh, cynical, and in the case of the Ghost of Christmas Present, rather abusive. About the only one that remains roughly the same is the Ghost of Christmas Future, but even then his creepiness is upped as well. While this often adds to the humor of the story, it creates a much different tone.
The resolution of the story is also a bit underwhelming. In the original story, you actually get to see the change of Scrooge’s character by his actions on Christmas Day. In Scrooged, all we get is a monologue and a sing-a-long to “Put a Little Love In Your Heart.” It just lacks the same gravitas.
Does all of this mean that I didn’t like Scrooged? I wouldn’t say that I didn’t like it at all, it’s just not what you might expect for being a modern take on A Christmas Carol. It can be funny if you like physical humor intermingled with a bit more adult humor, but it’s a strange monster. One one hand it seems like it is trying to force you to understand the connection between the movie and A Christmas Carol even going as far to having a live version being part of the story. On the other hand though, the rather cynical tone and adult humor creates some dissonance between forcing that connection so much.
Overall I’d say that Scrooged is a funny modern adult take on A Christmas Carol. Not everyone will appreciate or even get the humor in it, but it can be funny. Just really don’t expect the same kind of tone or mood of the original. The basic message still lies in the midst of the movie, but the surrounding atmosphere reduced the impact of that message, at least for me. If you’re looking for something a little different than your average Christmas movie, then I’d say Scrooged fits the bill. If not, then it’s probably a movie you can skip.
(Also just as an aside, I do realize it is February now, but I did really watch this movie before Christmas. That’s just where I am in getting through writing about what I’ve watched.)

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‘Systemic failures’ in Uvalde response
Report finds ‘egregiously poor’ decision-making after mass shooting
UVALDE, Texas — Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning investigative report released Sunday.
The nearly 80-page report was the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in the South Texas town for the bewildering inaction by heavily armed officers as a gunman fired inside a fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School.
“At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety,”
Wright, who played basketball for Wells and then worked under him for five years
at Madison, initiated the campaign. He filed the paperwork to the city, providing
the background material on Wells’ work in the community. Once approved, plans for the special day began. The ceremony will start at 2 p.m. and continue until 4 p.m. A VIP reception will follow.
“He’s always been a great mentor, a leader, and not for just myself, but hundreds and hundreds of basketball players in the community,” Wright said.
“Wells provided lifestyle skills, showing young people how to go out and have a good quality of life and become well-rounded individuals — spiritually, mentally and physically. Madison Square was always a safe haven for young people, and he was always leading the charge.”
Like many other city recreation centers, Madison Square, which opened in 1962, was renowned for basketball. The games between Madison Square and Lafayette Square Recreation Center were known to draw crowds. In 1972, when construction was complete on “The Dome” — a flat, gray roof over Madison Square’s outdoor
court, complete with concrete bleachers that seated thousands — the interest soon reached a national level.
It was there that players established their games in front of large crowds that brought a festival-like environment. Featured over the decades at Madison were area greats Skip Wise, Larry Gibson, Muggsy Bogues, Sam Cassell, Reggie Williams, Mark Karcher, Duane Ferrell, Keith Booth and many others. Many went on to enjoy successful college careers, some played professionally and others found career paths outside the sport.
Most were under the watchful eye and wise mentorship of Wells, who also founded the St. Frances boys basketball program in 1980 and took it to national prominence in his 28 years at the helm.
Karcher started going to Madison Square when he was 7 years old, with football topping the list of his favorite sports. It soon became basketball, and under the tutelage of Wells, he made history. A prized recruit coming into high school, Karcher decided to follow his mentor at St. Frances. From 1993 to 1997, the Panthers reached the Baltimore Catholic League championship game every year, winning the last three.
“I was raised by my grandparents, so Coach was more like a father figure to me. He embraced me,” said Karcher, who enjoyed a standout career at Temple University and then played professionally overseas.
“With Coach, he supports you off the court more than on the court, in my opinion, and the reason I say that is, we always had a lot of talks before and after practices, and they were about life. He always wanted us to stay on the right path, do the right things, and he was always consistent with that. Basketball kind of spoke for itself, but the stuff he taught me off the court has helped me with my life and moving forward with my kids now.”
The support Wells provided reached further than at Madison and St. Frances, as he regularly brought players into his home. His daughter, Keita, saw the hope he instilled. Now, as director of marketing and community engagement for the city, she’s helping others, just like her father.
“To watch him mentor and be a role model for these young men ... they weren’t just going over basketball, he was giving basketball plays of life,” she said. “That was exciting to see. And as I got older and started getting into my own career and profession working with youth, I learned so much of him inspiring me without even knowing it.”
Sean Mosley, a 2008 St. Frances graduate, knows where he plans to be on July 30. The former Panthers star became a two-year captain at the University of Maryland, College Park, and played professionally overseas.
Now he’s the founder and president of Mosley Basketball Inc., which offers several activities to provide Maryland youth an opportunity to excel in the classroom, on the basketball court and in life.
“Coach Wells always gave kids an opportunity,” Mosley said. “Having a coach that I could connect with on the basketball level and as a person outside of basketball was huge. He used to drop me off at home sometimes after late practices and we would have conversations about life. So, he’s definitely a leader and inspired a lot of guys to do the right things, and the ones that listened to him, took in the conversations, it paid off for them.
“He’s legendary. Having the street named after him is huge and hopefully all the guys that played under him and all his friends and everybody can make it. I’ll be there for sure.”
St. Frances — where he won more than 500 games, six Baltimore Catholic League tournament titles, two Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference crowns and coached the last Baltimore-area team to win the prestigious Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament championship — is where Wells received most of his accolades.
But Madison Square Recreation Center laid the groundwork.
“That’s the beginning of all of it for me, Madison,” he said.


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A History of Lancaster, PA
The area now known as Lancaster was settled in the early 1700s by the Europeans, and declared a "townstead" by the governor of Pennsylvania in 1730. Most of the land at this time was owned by Andrew Hamilton. His son James was deeded 500 acres of this land in 1733, and designed the layout of the city in a plan of straight streets and rectangular property lots, that included what we all know as a "town square," known in those days as a "center square."
Lancaster is the oldest inland city in the United States, and served as the capital city of Pennsylvania from 1799 until 1813, until it was replaced by Harrisburg. In 1709, the town was known as "Hickory Town;" Then after it was re-designed by James Hamilton, a prominent citizen named John Wright gave "Hickory Town" the name "Lancaster" after Lancaster, England where he used to live.
Lancaster is known as the "Red Rose City" because of its link to Lancaster, England. The city became a borough in 1742, a chartered city in 1818, and surrendered its ancient city charter and became a Third Class City under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvanian May 27, in 1924.
During the Revolutionary War, Lancaster was an important munitions center, the National Capital of the American Colonies on September 27, 1777 when the Continental Congress was fleeing British forces after their capture of Philadelphia.
Some famous Lancaster Residents and Natives and Firsts
- James Buchanan- 15th President of the United States, lived in Lancaster, and was the only president from Pennsylvania.
- Thaddeus Stevens- An abolitionist congressman, Lancaster resident, and member of the Pennsylvania Legislature.
- Edward Hand- Physician, Colonial Army Officer, and Congressman.
- Robert Fulton- Painter, engineer, statesman, inventor, and best known for his construction of the first proficient steamboat the "Clermont."
- Pennsylvania Rifle-Developed in Lancaster by Martin Meylin, a swiss gunsmith. The rifle was misnamed "the Kentucky Rifle."
- Conestoga Wagon-Lancaster produced this wagon, and it was the principal inland freight transport in American trade before railroads.
Lancaster is famous for its architectural heritage, and its strong commitment to its community. It is a city nationally recognized by being awarded the All-American City Award. The history of Lancaster is rich and well worth exploring!

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According to the Wall Street Journal, F-16 fighters would be sold to Turkey if it greenlights NATO membership for Finland and Sweden. The Turkish foreign minister will visit Washington next week.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the White House plans to seek Congressional approval to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey for $20 billion — provided Ankara allows Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
Unanimous approval from all 30 allies is required for the accession of the two Nordic countries. Turkey and Hungary are the only holdouts, with Budapest promising to seal its approval in February. Turkey has accused the Nordic countries of harboring Kurdish separatists it considers terrorists.
Finland and Sweden jointly applied to join NATO last May, less than three months after Russia invaded Ukraine.
The deal with Turkey would come with a separate sale of next-generation F-35 fighter jets to Greece, the paper said late Friday, citing unnamed government sources. According to the WSJ, the condition of the sale would be that Turkey “agrees” to the NATO issue.
Turkish foreign minister visits DC
The White House is expected to send the proposal to Congress next week, around the time of a scheduled visit to Washington by Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu.
The US has been pressuring Turkey to participate more vigorously in the sanctions imposed on Russia over the war in Ukraine.
The US Congress has been considering arms sales to Turkey for more than a year. The deal would involve a total of 40 fighter jets as well as a large number of missiles and other supplies. The value of the deal would be about $ 20 billion, or about 18.4 billion euros, making it one of the largest US arms sales in recent years.
By comparison, the price tag for Finland’s purchase of US F-35 fighter jets is estimated to be around €8 billion.
According to the Wall Street Journal, arms sales to Turkey could come under fire in Congress. Democratic Senator Bob Menendezfor example, has opposed the sale of fighter jets to Turkey because of its human rights record. Congress would have a month to decide on the proposal, the paper said.


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Almost all of what is acknowledged concerning the probable advantages of cannabis is straight linked on the health-related positive aspects the fact that lively factors in planting containers (which include THC and CBD) offer you. But in addition to the two factors, cannabis has many other potential rewards for your system, intellect, and spirit. But it’s continue to critical to understand that cannabis, similar to drug, continues to be a dangerous substance with critical possible unwanted side effects. On the other hand, cannabis has numerous much more gains for you than merely the professional medical models.
Two of the most promising parts for healthcare marijuana use now are glaucoma and arthritis, as you will learn about by the end of the short article. When glaucoma is a disorder that evolves in recent times, frequently brought on by congested stress from the eye, arthritis is undoubtedly an disease that really hits at the aging adults. Whilst cannabis doesn’t cause joint inflammation, it can ease some of the pain connected to it, especially regarding glaucoma. There is not any technological researching that will verify these boasts, though numerous anecdotal reports have indicated that others statement anastasiatic or aphrodisiacal encounters immediately after ingesting a tiny bit of weed. Other research indicates that the two CBD and THC are useful in minimizing agony, especially in glaucoma sufferers, but very little is known about the impression of the two elements on cutting down rheumatoid arthritis signs and symptoms generally speaking.
One more possible health care use for weed is inside the therapy for spasticity. Spasticity is frequently associated with various cerebral palsy itself and its occasionally useful to clarify the indicators linked to these problems. Health technology has yet still to describe why it reasons these symptoms, having said that. 1 theory is it could help minimize spasticity-triggering indicators or act as a blocker on excitatory neurotransmitters. The active component in marijuana is believed to be the same substance that causes the “substantial” that others get once they take it. This could clarify why many people knowledge a decrease in spasticity although some don’t.
Aside from the usage of weed for a remedy for particular disorders, also, it is in use to manage many different other signs or symptoms. A paper published by the Institution of Cal, Los Angeles, Classes of Dental care, describing the symptoms and results in of Crohn’s ailment, notices the primary indication is the existence of inflammation from the digestive tract. Other signs and symptoms involve ab a sick stomach, sickness and discomfortthrowing up, pains, looseness of the bowels and bowel obstructions. Whilst even more study is necessary to verify the advantages of marijuana-established medicine named CBD, many believe it could be a valuable accessory for present cure methods because of this syndrome.
In addition to the potential advantages of CBD, there are a variety of other scientifically recorded facts about this marijuana-dependent drugs that appear to really make it more desirable than most pharmaceuticals. As an example, investigators for the College or university of Glasgow discovered that THC, the most important chemical in weed, has the capacity to modulate neurological process without growing the level of dopamine, the chemical which generates thoughts of euphoria. With improving data emphasizing the importance of dopamine in this brains, the low level of its presence in those with Crohn’s means that the troubled with this disease do not have as a great deal of “high,” making using cannabis less high-risk. All at once, when CBD is consumed, seems like to stop the development newest capillaries on the mind, an additional outcome that will have a beneficial affect on individuals that are afflicted by seizures, a standard adverse reaction of Crohn’s disease.
The analysis made by these researchers also suggests that cannabidiol, another part of cannabis, can decrease the swelling linked to Crohn’s disease. In clinical studies with wildlife, CBD has been shown to minimize the inflammation on the intestinal tract and colon. When made available to men and women with stressed out intestinal issue, the lowering of inflammatory reaction was followed within just every week. This obtaining, in addition to the previously mentioned hyperlinks somewhere between weed use and inflammatory reaction, could offer a feasible explanation why patients really feel significantly less agony when you use cannabis.
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Federico Chiesa and Weston McKennie suffered injuries in Juventus’ match against Atalanta yesterday.
That fixture was a game the Bianconeri needed to win, but they succumbed to yet another defeat in this campaign and also lost two key players.
DAZN via Football Italia reports Chiesa will miss Juventus’ next game against Salernitana with a muscular problem he suffered against La Dea.
McKennie sprained his knee, and the American alongside Chiesa would be tested today to determine the extent of their injuries and how long they would be out of action.
However, Chiesa is certain to miss the match against Juve’s next opponent and the club will hope he doesn’t spend a long time on the sidelines.
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Juve needs their best players in shape for every game this season and the injury to Chiesa would come as a serious blow to the club.
The Azzurri star has been one of the club’s most important players in the last two seasons.
He is arguably the most-feared attacker at the club this season and always gives problems to opposition defences.
Losing him for a few matches will be a major blow to Juve, but the club will be hoping it turns out to be just a minor problem.
In Chiesa’s absence, the other attackers in the squad will need to step up and show what they can offer to the club.


Dalam kenyataan, Pengarah Strategi DAP Ong Kian Ming mendakwa SPR menunjukkan sikap hipokrit apabila enggan mengakui bahawa dakwat kekal itu tidak kekal, perpindahan pengundi berlaku sewenang-wenangnya, persempadanan menyebelahi BN dan SPR tidak menguatkuasa peraturan pilihan raya.
Ahli parlimen Serdang itu mengulas kenyataan Timbalan Pengerusi SPR Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar yang menyifatkan pembangkang sebagai hipokrit kerana akan mengangkat sumpah sebagai wakil rakyat di Parlimen meskipun mempertikai keputusan pilihan raya umum lalu.
Berdasarkan fakta, katanya, pelbagai tindakan yang diambil oleh Pakatan Rakyat - menganjurkan perhimpunan bantahan, memfailkan petisyen, menyuarakan parlimen - tindakan konsisten dengan hasrat mereka demi mewujudkan ketelusan, adil dan sistem pilihan raya yang bersih.-malaysiakini
EC the 'real hypocrites', cries DAP...
DAP today lambasted the Election Commission (EC) for being the "real hypocrites" for claiming that the election was free and fair despite evidence to the contrary.
In a press release today, DAP strategist Ong Kian Ming said the EC displayed hypocritical behaviour when they failed to acknowledge that the indelible ink was not permanent, that arbitrary voter transfer happens, that electoral boundaries are skewed towards BN and that the EC does not enforce election laws.
Ong was responding to EC deputy chairperson Wan Ahmad Wan Omar's claim that Pakatan Rakyat were hypocrites for rejecting the election results and yet had no qualms swearing-in as lawmakers.
"They won 89 (parliamentary) seats and more than two-thirds majority in three states but on the streets, they reject the general election results. Really, this is hypocrisy," said Wan Ahmad during a forum on June 20.
Ong said that such actions are "perfectly consistent" because the series of Bersih demonstrations had shown that it was effective in compelling the EC to change.
He said that the rallies had pressured the Najib-administration into establishing a Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Reforms and also pressured the EC into making arrangements for Malaysians residing overseas to vote.
"Let me also remind the deputy chairperson that it was only after three Bersih rallies that the EC finally agreed to the use of indelible ink after cancelling its use at the last minute just before the 2008 General Election," he said.
Ong said that there is still much to be done, such as a "cleaning up" of the electoral roll, amending laws which prevent the integrity of the electoral roll being challenged in court and redemarcation of electoral boundaries in a fair manner.
He said that the rally at Padang Merbok yesterday was designed to show the public's lack of confidence in the EC and flawed conduct of the general election.
"An election commission that fails to enjoy public confidence, as per Article 114 (2) of the Federal Constitution, should resign instead of being in denial and worst yet, accuse others who want to create a more transparent, fairer and cleaner electoral system of being hypocrites," he said.-malaysiakini


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This is an introduction to the thought of the radical French thinker Félix Guattari. It is ideal for undergraduates and anyone studying political and cultural theory.
Guattari's main works were published in the 1970s and 1980s. His background was in psychoanalysis -- he was trained by Lacan and he practised as a psychoanalyst for much of his life. He developed a distinctive psychoanalytic method informed always by his revolutionary politics.
Guattari was actively involved in numerous political movements, from Trotskyism to Autonomism, tackling ecological and sexual politics along the way. A true believer in collectivity, much of his work was written in collaboration, most famously with Gilles Deleuze, with whom he wrote the hugely influential books Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus. He also wrote with Antonio Negri and others.
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