McDuck
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Re: Greg's Account Talk
Union outlines legislative agenda
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Union outlines legislative agenda
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McDuck's Account Talk
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McDuck
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Re: Greg's Account Talk
2/6/2009
Obama Calls Recession a Disaster
- BBC
2/6/2009
GE Chief Warns on US Depression Threat
- Financial Times
2/6/2009
Jobless Rate Jumps to 7.6%, 598K Jobs Lost
- Associated Press
2/6/2009
Furlough Fridays Begin for CA State Workers
- Seattle Times
2/6/2009
Bailout Overpaid $78B For Stocks
- CBS News
2/6/2009
Ford May Need to Put $4B Into Pension, Spurring Aid
- Bloomberg
2/6/2009
As Layoffs Surge, Women May Pass Men in Job Force
- New York Times
2/6/2009
Retailers Fighting for Survival
- Denver Post
2/6/2009
Crimes of Desperation
- Indianapolis Star
2/6/2009
Factory Orders Drop 3.9% in December
- Los Angeles Times
2/6/2009
Auto Suppliers’ Ind. Aid Request May Reach $25B
- Bloomberg
2/6/2009
Boeing Suffers Drop in Orders for Commercial Jets
- Chicago Tribune
2/6/2009
Obama Calls Recession a Disaster
- BBC
2/6/2009
GE Chief Warns on US Depression Threat
- Financial Times
2/6/2009
Jobless Rate Jumps to 7.6%, 598K Jobs Lost
- Associated Press
2/6/2009
Furlough Fridays Begin for CA State Workers
- Seattle Times
2/6/2009
Bailout Overpaid $78B For Stocks
- CBS News
2/6/2009
Ford May Need to Put $4B Into Pension, Spurring Aid
- Bloomberg
2/6/2009
As Layoffs Surge, Women May Pass Men in Job Force
- New York Times
2/6/2009
Retailers Fighting for Survival
- Denver Post
2/6/2009
Crimes of Desperation
- Indianapolis Star
2/6/2009
Factory Orders Drop 3.9% in December
- Los Angeles Times
2/6/2009
Auto Suppliers’ Ind. Aid Request May Reach $25B
- Bloomberg
2/6/2009
Boeing Suffers Drop in Orders for Commercial Jets
- Chicago Tribune
Corepuncher
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
Greg, thank you for the comprehensive list of news headlines. However, are you SURE you are not weeding out the bullish ones? Oh wait, there is no such thing.
Corepuncher
Greg, thank you for the comprehensive list of news headlines. However, are you SURE you are not weeding out the bullish ones? Oh wait, there is no such thing.
Corepuncher
McDuck
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
A US Government limousine drives past the US State Department building loaded with furniture from the Swedish furniture store IKEA, in Washington, DC. Incoming Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner apologized over past tax transgressions while vowing to act with "strength, speed and care" to revive the stricken US economy.
(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)
A US Government limousine drives past the US State Department building loaded with furniture from the Swedish furniture store IKEA, in Washington, DC. Incoming Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner apologized over past tax transgressions while vowing to act with "strength, speed and care" to revive the stricken US economy.
(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)
McDuck
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McDuck
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Re: Greg's Account Talk
U.S. servicemen guard the entrance to the Manas air base near Bishkek February 4, 2009. Kyrgyzstan said on Friday its decision to shut a U.S. air base was final, dealing a blow to Washington's efforts to retain what has been a major staging post for U.S. forces fighting in Afghanistan. Picture taken February 4, 2009.
(Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters)
U.S. servicemen guard the entrance to the Manas air base near Bishkek February 4, 2009. Kyrgyzstan said on Friday its decision to shut a U.S. air base was final, dealing a blow to Washington's efforts to retain what has been a major staging post for U.S. forces fighting in Afghanistan. Picture taken February 4, 2009.
(Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters)
McDuck
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
Understanding the one-year waiver for RMD in IRAs, 401(k)s
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090208/BUSINESS/902080341/1003/BUSINESS
Understanding the one-year waiver for RMD in IRAs, 401(k)s
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090208/BUSINESS/902080341/1003/BUSINESS
McDuck
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Re: Greg's Account Talk
Republicans must not be blamed for nation’s woes, bailout misguided
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Republicans must not be blamed for nation’s woes, bailout misguided
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McDuck
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
2/10/2009
Gun Dealers Experiencing Shortages of Bullets
- Orlando Sentinel
2/10/2009
New Bailout May Top $1.5 Trillion
- Washington Post
2/10/2009
Bailout Expected to Rely on Private Investors
- Los Angeles Times
2/10/2009
Roubini: Anglo-Saxon Model Has Failed
- Financial Times 2/10/2009
Up Next for Bankers: A Flogging
- New York Times
2/10/2009
Life Insurers Dragged Down by Soured Inv.
- Reuters
2/10/2009
Fannie, Freddie Funding Needs May Pass $200B
- Bloomberg
2/10/2009
General Motors to Slash 10,000 Salaried Jobs
- Detroit Free Press
2/10/2009
Losses Mount on Credit Cards for Retailers
- New York Times
2/10/2009
Counties Brace for Missed Payments From State
- San Francisco Chronicle
2/10/2009
CA Debt Downgrade Puts Credit Below Louisiana
- Bloomberg
2/10/2009
Pay TV Providers Fret Over Penny-Pinching Viewers
- Denver Post
2/10/2009
Gun Dealers Experiencing Shortages of Bullets
- Orlando Sentinel
2/10/2009
New Bailout May Top $1.5 Trillion
- Washington Post
2/10/2009
Bailout Expected to Rely on Private Investors
- Los Angeles Times
2/10/2009
Roubini: Anglo-Saxon Model Has Failed
- Financial Times 2/10/2009
Up Next for Bankers: A Flogging
- New York Times
2/10/2009
Life Insurers Dragged Down by Soured Inv.
- Reuters
2/10/2009
Fannie, Freddie Funding Needs May Pass $200B
- Bloomberg
2/10/2009
General Motors to Slash 10,000 Salaried Jobs
- Detroit Free Press
2/10/2009
Losses Mount on Credit Cards for Retailers
- New York Times
2/10/2009
Counties Brace for Missed Payments From State
- San Francisco Chronicle
2/10/2009
CA Debt Downgrade Puts Credit Below Louisiana
- Bloomberg
2/10/2009
Pay TV Providers Fret Over Penny-Pinching Viewers
- Denver Post
McDuck
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
Obesity and the addiction to food
By Michael Prager
January 20, 2009
The Boston Globe
NO ONE needs another government study to know that America is drowning in an ocean of adipose, so the state's anti-obesity initiative announced Jan. 8 is a welcome step. But it ignores the most basic fact about why so many Americans are fat and getting fatter.
That fact is food addiction.
To many, this omission won't seem odd, for it is true that the medical establishment has not yet officially acknowledged the links between foods and addiction, and popular culture still thinks fat people are just weak and lazy and ought to just straighten themselves out.
Until the mid-'30s, folks said the same thing about drunks, but then, as now, it was just ignorance talking. It is well accepted today that alcohol, drugs, and many other substances affect some people far more severely than others, and that sufferers are sick, not bad.
That change in attitude did not originate in science, but has come to be proven by research, and it will undoubtedly surprise many that science has already begun to catch up on the matter of food addiction, in the form of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
Among the most impressive studies is the brain-imaging work conducted in 2004 at the McKnight Brain Center at University of Florida, which suggests "there are important similarities between overeating highly palatable and hedonic foods and the classic addictions."
A study published in 1994 found that the brain's D2 dopamine receptor, already implicated in alcoholism, is also involved with obesity and with cocaine and tobacco dependence. And just last month, Princeton psychology professor Bart Hoebel presented research to the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology that suggests sugar is an addictive substance.
Beyond pure research, a growing cadre of nutritionists, counselors, and clinicians are facilitating and witnessing patients' long-term success by applying the methods that have helped other addicts. Some of their leaders will gather this week in Houston for the first International Conference of Food Addiction Professionals.
Though I believe in science, I became convinced about food addiction in the most personal way possible: I was severely obese for most of my first 33 years, and weighed 365 pounds on Oct. 21, 1991, the day I was admitted to the eating disorders unit of South Oaks Hospital, an accredited psychiatric hospital on Long Island.
During a nine-week stay, my counselors deployed the same methods their counterparts were using in the alcohol wards across the green, at the gambling ward around the corner, and elsewhere in the hospital. The treatment cost $54,000, but what insurance didn't cover, the hospital waived, and my life was saved: I've been living in sanity, serenity, and a normal-sized body for better than 15 years.
The insurance angle is a key part of the story. For several reasons, including the advent of managed care, coverage essentially is no longer available, even while insurers helped pay the estimated $4.4 billion in bariatric-surgery costs last year. Changing that inequity should be a priority of lawmakers if they want to make a dent in the obesity epidemic. Certainly, not everyone who is overweight is an addict, but the more overweight people are, the more likely that they have crossed the line from big eater to habitual user. And it is the most obese people who need the most disproportionate share of medical resources.
If there isn't enough money to support both treatments, obviously the surgical option should go. Most people didn't get fat because their stomachs could hold too much food, and surgically shrinking stomachs isn't going to address the emotional and spiritual deficits that drive most overeaters.
Instead of seeing a fat person and thinking, "How could he let himself go like that?" it might be better to ask, "Did he have any choice?" Would anyone in his right mind endure so much discomfort, not to mention public shame?
That's what addicts do, engage in activities they know are killing them. In short, not acting in their right minds. There's help for that.
Michael Prager is a writer and author living in Arlington.
© Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company.
Obesity and the addiction to food
By Michael Prager
January 20, 2009
The Boston Globe
NO ONE needs another government study to know that America is drowning in an ocean of adipose, so the state's anti-obesity initiative announced Jan. 8 is a welcome step. But it ignores the most basic fact about why so many Americans are fat and getting fatter.
That fact is food addiction.
To many, this omission won't seem odd, for it is true that the medical establishment has not yet officially acknowledged the links between foods and addiction, and popular culture still thinks fat people are just weak and lazy and ought to just straighten themselves out.
Until the mid-'30s, folks said the same thing about drunks, but then, as now, it was just ignorance talking. It is well accepted today that alcohol, drugs, and many other substances affect some people far more severely than others, and that sufferers are sick, not bad.
That change in attitude did not originate in science, but has come to be proven by research, and it will undoubtedly surprise many that science has already begun to catch up on the matter of food addiction, in the form of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
Among the most impressive studies is the brain-imaging work conducted in 2004 at the McKnight Brain Center at University of Florida, which suggests "there are important similarities between overeating highly palatable and hedonic foods and the classic addictions."
A study published in 1994 found that the brain's D2 dopamine receptor, already implicated in alcoholism, is also involved with obesity and with cocaine and tobacco dependence. And just last month, Princeton psychology professor Bart Hoebel presented research to the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology that suggests sugar is an addictive substance.
Beyond pure research, a growing cadre of nutritionists, counselors, and clinicians are facilitating and witnessing patients' long-term success by applying the methods that have helped other addicts. Some of their leaders will gather this week in Houston for the first International Conference of Food Addiction Professionals.
Though I believe in science, I became convinced about food addiction in the most personal way possible: I was severely obese for most of my first 33 years, and weighed 365 pounds on Oct. 21, 1991, the day I was admitted to the eating disorders unit of South Oaks Hospital, an accredited psychiatric hospital on Long Island.
During a nine-week stay, my counselors deployed the same methods their counterparts were using in the alcohol wards across the green, at the gambling ward around the corner, and elsewhere in the hospital. The treatment cost $54,000, but what insurance didn't cover, the hospital waived, and my life was saved: I've been living in sanity, serenity, and a normal-sized body for better than 15 years.
The insurance angle is a key part of the story. For several reasons, including the advent of managed care, coverage essentially is no longer available, even while insurers helped pay the estimated $4.4 billion in bariatric-surgery costs last year. Changing that inequity should be a priority of lawmakers if they want to make a dent in the obesity epidemic. Certainly, not everyone who is overweight is an addict, but the more overweight people are, the more likely that they have crossed the line from big eater to habitual user. And it is the most obese people who need the most disproportionate share of medical resources.
If there isn't enough money to support both treatments, obviously the surgical option should go. Most people didn't get fat because their stomachs could hold too much food, and surgically shrinking stomachs isn't going to address the emotional and spiritual deficits that drive most overeaters.
Instead of seeing a fat person and thinking, "How could he let himself go like that?" it might be better to ask, "Did he have any choice?" Would anyone in his right mind endure so much discomfort, not to mention public shame?
That's what addicts do, engage in activities they know are killing them. In short, not acting in their right minds. There's help for that.
Michael Prager is a writer and author living in Arlington.
© Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company.
McDuck
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
Local CFA firefighter David Tree shares his water with an injured Australian Koala at Mirboo North after wildfires swept through the region on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. Suspicions that the worst wildfires ever to strike Australia were deliberately set led police to declare crime scenes Monday in towns incinerated by blazes, while investigators moving into the charred landscape discovered more bodies. The death toll stood at 181.
(AP Photo/Mark Pardew)
Kelly Schur naps as Sterling, a 4 year old English springer spaniel, is groomed backstage during the 133rd annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
A pointer is held in position by a handler during competition at the 2009 Westminster Dog Show in New York February 10, 2009.
REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES)
FWD102 Chet, a weimaraner, backstage at the 133rd annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009.
(Fashion Wire Daily/Grant Lamos IV)
Local CFA firefighter David Tree shares his water with an injured Australian Koala at Mirboo North after wildfires swept through the region on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. Suspicions that the worst wildfires ever to strike Australia were deliberately set led police to declare crime scenes Monday in towns incinerated by blazes, while investigators moving into the charred landscape discovered more bodies. The death toll stood at 181.
(AP Photo/Mark Pardew)
Kelly Schur naps as Sterling, a 4 year old English springer spaniel, is groomed backstage during the 133rd annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
A pointer is held in position by a handler during competition at the 2009 Westminster Dog Show in New York February 10, 2009.
REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES)
FWD102 Chet, a weimaraner, backstage at the 133rd annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009.
(Fashion Wire Daily/Grant Lamos IV)
McDuck
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
Last year's Best in Show winner Uno, a Beagle, sits before the start of the Hound Group judging during the 2009 Westminster Dog Show in New York February 9, 2009.
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES)
A Sussex spaniel named Twiglet begs for a treat during a press conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. The 133rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be at Madison Square Garden for two days, starting on Monday, Feb. 9.
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Last year's Best in Show winner Uno, a Beagle, sits before the start of the Hound Group judging during the 2009 Westminster Dog Show in New York February 9, 2009.
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES)
A Sussex spaniel named Twiglet begs for a treat during a press conference in New York, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. The 133rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be at Madison Square Garden for two days, starting on Monday, Feb. 9.
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
McDuck
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
2/11/2009
Our Inv. Plan Is Right, if Slightly Ahead of the Times
- Wall Street Journal
2/11/2009
Geithner: Bank-Rescue Plans May Reach $2T
- Bloomberg
2/11/2009
Washington Hopes ‘Vultures’ Will Buy Bad Assets
- New York Times
2/11/2009
Trade Deficit Falls 4%; Recession Cuts Imports
- USA Today
2/11/2009
U.S. Mortgage Apps Slump to 8-Year Low
- Reuters
2/11/2009
Toll's Building Revenue Cut In Half on Housing Slump
- MarketWatch
2/11/2009
Many Put Retirement Plans on Hold
- Denver Post
2/11/2009
Nike Looks to Cut 4% of Work Force
- Oregonian
2/11/2009
Toy Makers Cut Back on High-Priced Products
- Washington Times
2/11/2009
Sirius XM Prepares for Possible Bankruptcy
- New York Times
2/11/2009
'Elevator Music' Provider Files Bankruptcy
- Los Angeles Times
2/11/2009
Our Inv. Plan Is Right, if Slightly Ahead of the Times
- Wall Street Journal
2/11/2009
Geithner: Bank-Rescue Plans May Reach $2T
- Bloomberg
2/11/2009
Washington Hopes ‘Vultures’ Will Buy Bad Assets
- New York Times
2/11/2009
Trade Deficit Falls 4%; Recession Cuts Imports
- USA Today
2/11/2009
U.S. Mortgage Apps Slump to 8-Year Low
- Reuters
2/11/2009
Toll's Building Revenue Cut In Half on Housing Slump
- MarketWatch
2/11/2009
Many Put Retirement Plans on Hold
- Denver Post
2/11/2009
Nike Looks to Cut 4% of Work Force
- Oregonian
2/11/2009
Toy Makers Cut Back on High-Priced Products
- Washington Times
2/11/2009
Sirius XM Prepares for Possible Bankruptcy
- New York Times
2/11/2009
'Elevator Music' Provider Files Bankruptcy
- Los Angeles Times
McDuck
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
60 popular medicines in short supply
http://www.abcactionnews.com/conten...s-in-short-supply/hqSCqLnkxk27oQKZ-kVrfw.cspx
Also
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/health/policy/20drug.html?_r=1
60 popular medicines in short supply
http://www.abcactionnews.com/conten...s-in-short-supply/hqSCqLnkxk27oQKZ-kVrfw.cspx
Also
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/health/policy/20drug.html?_r=1
McDuck
Well-known member
Re: Greg's Account Talk
2/12/2009
Stimulus Not Enough to Avert Biggest GDP Drop Since 46'
- Bloomberg
2/12/2009
FBI Expects Rise in Bailout Fraud Cases
- Newsday
2/12/2009
Stimulus Prompts Talk of Health Care Rationing
- San Francisco Chronicle
2/12/2009
Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling
- New York Times
2/12/2009
Condo Developers Turn to Auctions in Bid to Sell
- Chicago Tribune
2/12/2009
Personal B'ruptcies Ballooned Last Year
- Boston Globe
2/12/2009
Out of Work and Challenged on Benefits, Too
- Washington Post
2/12/2009
Federal Job Fair Gets Huge Turnout
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2/12/2009
Vegas Magician Sees Income Disappear
- CNN Money
2/12/2009
Lovebirds Get Creative With Valentine's On The Cheap
- Miami Herald
2/12/2009
Aetna 4Q Profit Falls 57% on Capital Losses
- Chicago Tribune
2/12/2009
Stimulus Not Enough to Avert Biggest GDP Drop Since 46'
- Bloomberg
2/12/2009
FBI Expects Rise in Bailout Fraud Cases
- Newsday
2/12/2009
Stimulus Prompts Talk of Health Care Rationing
- San Francisco Chronicle
2/12/2009
Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling
- New York Times
2/12/2009
Condo Developers Turn to Auctions in Bid to Sell
- Chicago Tribune
2/12/2009
Personal B'ruptcies Ballooned Last Year
- Boston Globe
2/12/2009
Out of Work and Challenged on Benefits, Too
- Washington Post
2/12/2009
Federal Job Fair Gets Huge Turnout
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2/12/2009
Vegas Magician Sees Income Disappear
- CNN Money
2/12/2009
Lovebirds Get Creative With Valentine's On The Cheap
- Miami Herald
2/12/2009
Aetna 4Q Profit Falls 57% on Capital Losses
- Chicago Tribune
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