ColeSLaw
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I should have put the NGOs first. Hospitals will be more interested in getting paid unfortunately. Start with the charities on the link. A few of them are cancer-focused. Good luck.Charities Children's organizations Children's Hospice InternationalSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Shriners Hospitals for Children Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation Ronald McDonald House Charities etc.
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The internet breeds skepticism and harshness. That's its nature. However, I never understand why people don't weigh of the risk/reward of calling someone out. Reward: you spotted a scam/joke/whatever (but one that did not appear to be hurting anyone at this point). Risk: you have just suggested an overwhelmed father trying to help his sick son should die. I, personally, am going to assume he is telling the truth, and not looking for fakecancerstakeaments. Anyway: As some people have mentioned, your focus is off. You are trying to make quick money to pay for treatment. Instead, you should be trying to find subsidized or charitable treatment.I have no experience in this area, but I suggest you contact every stakeholder you can imagine: hospitals, government, non-governmental orgs, media, insurance (not likely). Start with the most likely to point you in the right direction (hospitals and charities), but cast a wide net.You say you are in Oregon, hospitals:Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Medical Center in PortlandOur Financial Counselors are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Legacy Emanuel: 503-413-4075 Legacy Good Samaritan: 503-413-7086 or 503-413-8417 Legacy Meridian Park: 503-692-2683 Legacy Mount Hood: 503-674-1195 Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital: 360-487-1080 What if I do not have insurance?Legacy will provide eligible uninsured hospital patients who receive inpatient or outpatient medically necessary services from a Legacy hospital with a discount from Legacy charges. To determine if you qualify for an uninsured discount, please call Legacy Patient Business Services at the numbers above. Try other hospitals too.----------------NGOsThis is a good link.Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation Children First for OregonEaster Sealsetc.-------------------------------Government- not sure who is best to contact here.Your local, state and fed reps is one idea.----------------Media- pretty straight forward.-----Start doing this instead of posting your rookie card on Ebay. You will find someone with direct and extensive experience on this issue and they will point you in your best direction. Good luck.
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If funds are seized in transit, Neteller's argument is that it is unable to transfer funds to U.S. customers at this time because funds will be seized in transit. I wouldn't focus on the $55 vs $340 million figures. It makes sense for Neteller to clarify its standing with the DoJ before acting.
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Redpill eventually got spooked when someone posted his personal information on his blog. With that gone, he faded away like Puff the Magic Dragon.
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Her egocentric legal op-ed pieces are worse.her human interest peices when she started writing for cardplayer were the worst drivel ive ever read. -
1. DN wants to be judged by his stated intentions in terms of the blackface issue. He says he didn't intend to offend and knows the historical context of blackface.2. Phil Gordon says he didn't intend to insult E-dog or his play. If DN wants others to base their opinion on what he says he intended, he should do the same for PG. I'm not going to guess your intention for coming down so hard on the PG article.Lastly, you don't have to fight everyone's battles DN. The soft-sell opinion works wonder, unlike continuing to alienate section after section of your readers. I guess I now understand what you wrote last month, "I'm more concerned with the person I've become recently, and I don't like that guy one bit. I'm often irritated, jealous, venomous, spiteful, arrogant, mean, insecure, and all around unhappy."
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I wonder if Allyn Shulman over at Cardplayer is eating her hat.published: 123 days agoLegal Landscape of Online Gaming Has Not ChangedAnalysis From CardPlayer's EGO Counsel"The Future First of all, nothing is going to happen for 270 days. The Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System have 270 days (after the bill is signed by the president) to come up with enforcement policies and procedures. Those procedures are directed to the behavior of banks and credit card companies. The procedures will be a nightmare."She obviously forgot that other agencies can freeze assets and scare the crap out of businesses and customers. Even if money laundering charges don't stick (which they won't), the noose is tightening around the industry.
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Spot on. Any direct sanction would only apply to Antigua/U.S. trade for the estimated loss of the trade. I doubt the U.S. will cry if Antigua stops importing Nike shoes.I'm not an expert on this particular ruling, but I believe the WTO's position is that all online gambling is created equal. Therefore, if your country allows any types of online gambling, as the US does with horse racing and lotteries, then it has to also allow online gambling from foreign countries. And transferring money for gambling purposes also falls into these categories.The US will lose this one. The question is what the WTO will do about it. If only Antigua complains, they have no economic clout against the US. The WTO *could* still pressure the US by refusing to handle any cases the US wants dealt with until the US complies. The best bet is that the EU countries make a stink with the WTO. England and Italy both have a lot to lose, and have significant economic clout. -
You're right that it is extremely complicated and I get myself confused often, and you are also correct in that it is all about market access.Check out this case currently in arbritation. The outcome of the arbritation will signal to me whether international trade pressure will change the U.S. legislation or whether it will have to happen domestically (and both at a snail's pace)http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_...s_e/ds285_e.htmThe key parts are:GATS Art. XVI:1 and 2 (market access commitment): The Appellate Body upheld the Panel's finding that theUnited States acted inconsistently with Art. XVI:1 and 2, as the US federal laws at issue, by prohibiting the crossbordersupply of gambling and betting services where specific commitments had been undertaken, amounted toa "zero quota" that fell within the scope of, and was prohibited by, Art. XVI:2(a) and ©. The U.S. defense is based on GATS Art. XIV(a) (public morals defence) basically saying internet gambling bans are done to preserve public morals.BUT, the case concerns the Wire Act and a couple other pieces of legislation NOT the Safe Port Act, so the U.S. could start the process all over again.Hmmm, the more I think about it, the more I think U.S. players are hooped.Are the WTO trade agreements really so clear on the point of discrimination against foreign producers? I was under the impression that a member nation's action that has an effect on foreign producers is only a violation if it is undertaken for purposes of protectionism. -
While many of the posters in this thread have demonstrated some knowledge of U.S. constitutional law (and a few cuckoo cuckoo banana posts), the international trade aspect of this issue appears grossly misunderstood.American attempts to block internet gambling violate WTO trade agreements by discriminating against foreign producers of gambling services (under the principle of national treatment). Ultimately, this discrimination will eventually be addressed either by the U.S. changing its legislation to comply (but not necessarily allowing internet gambling) or face trade sanctions from complaining member states (not a huge concern for the U.S.).The larger concern is that the U.S. has invested a lot of goodwill into the WTO dispute settlement body and used the process for its domestic purposes many times and is therefore unlikely to simply ignore this conflict.Not sure if that makes sense, but my point is that the WTO has some teeth and though flawed in some ways, is currently exerting the greatest pressure on this issue.-------------------
Bank of Jeff should be nervous.To further compound the problem, NETeller has stopped peer-to-peer transfers. US customers were being solicited by those in other countries as a means of getting money out. While friends and family members were helpful in this regard, unscrupulous individuals were most certainly waiting in the wings offering to assist. -
Many of you are way too defensive. That is as close to a truce blog as it comes, when someone is responding to being called a hack. Let it go.Save the hate for all of DN's other beefs: Raymer, Duke, Ferguson, WPT7, the NFL, meat, real estate, final table structures, the WSOP, airlines, teacher's salaries, golf hustlers, pokemon, George Bush, etc.
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Bad move going in without a lawyer. This should not be construed as legal advice, but if I was in that situation, I would see if your local law school has a legal clinic and if you qualify for assistance. Students are supervised by client lawyers and can guide you through the process.If you have no record, you will most likely be pushed out of the system with diversion. You will have no accessable record, but the charge with come up on cop's computer. You may get a few hours of community service.See if you can talk to the Crown assigned to your case. Ask them what they are gunning for and reasonably explain your circumstances (record and commitments, etc). The Crown will help you out as much as they can.Good luck.
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With much and sincere respect, do you ask yourself why you are such an online idiot magnet?Maybe it's just the spots I see, but more than a few times I've seen threads where you and someone go back and forth; you make good points and then start foaming and make many more posts over the line. People start asking for your ban, things cool and the process repeats.You have an extensive network of friends on here and a real history, why does this happen again and again?I can also promise you that I've never flamed anyone who was undeserving of one.I know that I've also taken my flames too far from time to time, but, in a lot of ways it's difficult not to. -
"PokerStarsPokerStars accepts ePassporte, Visa, MasterCard, Western Union and players can actually send checks to the site." The sounds convenient. I'm going to send that out by carrier pigeon immediately.
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My great granpappy had a name for this situation...BANK RUN!!!!!!!
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http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat...e=0#Post8351829 The PPA appears to be either ineffective lobbyists or scammers. They are not a transparent not-for-profit organization and appear to have done little work on the lobbying front according to the law firm that Two plus Two hired to look into them.
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Wow, you are angry, aren't you? Blinded by my youth and ignorance, if I were to guess my troll content, I'd say I'm 10% troll. You should realize that your flip-out comments would truly satisfy the hunger of goat stalking hardcore Troll, right?I meant no disrespect to Actuary, perhaps I'll review my wording to see how I can place odds on a silly prediction without offending. Actuary seems smart and hygienic. He/she can come over to dinner, we're having Stovetop tonight. I see him/her as no better or worse than someone who has passed all the exams and filled out all the forms. My prediction boils down to the fact that if Actuary chooses to jump through the certification hoops and does, and then you were to sit him down to a computer and make him/her register for an adult diaper site, he would be less likely to choose the name Actuary, than someone preparing to write exam #1. Can you see why? There are rare cases where that is not true, but few people choose to identify with a facet of their personality over a long period of time. I enjoy trying to read into details in environments of limited information, like well... poker. People choose their nicknames for a reason. I think it is interesting to think about why. This answer is probably not what you were looking for, so how about this instead:You suck at teh poker. Jeeps are no good, like A-Team 80s old crap. Hhahahaahah. Pwned, owned, pawned, PRAWNED. RED LOBSTERIf you were more than just a troll, you would realize how foolish your statement is in general, and at Actuary specifically.So going with you're 'theory', I don't own a Jeep? Right. So along those lines, if someone had PokerPlayer845215, then unless he has won the main event, or millions in cash play, he doesn't have a right to use that handle? What a stupid, stupid 'theory'. You seem quite young, and quite ignorant, when you try to lump everyone in together like you have. And I don't mean to be an Actuary fanboy, but he's brought a lot to this place.Please go away, or at the least, lurk more and post less.The community thanks you.EDIT: If you are so sure of your 'theory', then why don't you put your money where your mouth is, instead of betting 'napkins'...
Yes, that is exactly correct. My theory works 100% of the time in all cases and is not limit to certain situations. However, in your second example, the correct handle would be MainEventWeinerMillionDollaBalla845215."So going with you're 'theory', I don't own a Jeep? Right. So along those lines, if someone had PokerPlayer845215, then unless he has won the main event, or millions in cash play, he doesn't have a right to use that handle? What a stupid, stupid 'theory'."
Ok, I'll provide those odds on all those bets for any amount of money you want. Deal.I hate it when my comments get completely ignored, so thank you for responding and providing me with an excuse not to work. Apology accepted."EDIT: If you are so sure of your 'theory', then why don't you put your money where your mouth is, instead of betting 'napkins'..." -
Thread jack:I have a theory that people who give themselves specific descriptive nicknames or identifiers almost never fit that description.I think when someone wants to be something, they look to others to reinforce that identity goal through the name. But, if you already in fact meet that description, you have no desire to be pigeon-holed into that identifier or it just isn't a big deal. I guess the exception is where someone is consumed by something and wants to be identified with it like DNA.For example, if someone on this site calls themselves a FootballChamp, I doubt they have had much success in football.More specifically, I would wager 1:100 in napkins that Actuary can not sign actuarial opinion statements. I'll offer 1:80 in napkins that he/she is not a member in one of the recognized actuarial societies, and 1:15 that he/she has passed 4 actuarial examinations.Flame away, my breath stinks like coffee.
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I saw a news segment on how someone had written a paper on the expected value calculation involved in "Deal or No Deal". I can't remember which one I looked at originally, but there are quite a few that review the calculation and how the show offers amounts to induce behavior.Here a few sites/papers on it:http://www.cbs.dk/content/download/51689/7...en_igel_lau.pdfhttp://www.pearsonified.com/2006/03/deal_o...e_real_deal.phphttp://everydayecon.wordpress.com/2005/12/...deal-or-no-deal
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1. I understand you're frustrated, but the kid who tipped the police (indirectly) should not be the target of your frustration. Instead, it should be your state's position on these games.2. Brad, seriously, enough of this nonsense. You have a completely delusional perspective of the law. People have tried again and again to show you that your view is incorrect (like here). Stop spreading that crap.Vont, you are wasting your breath concerning point 2. The man will not listen to reason, though posting serves to let others know his position is incorrect.
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Like the folk etymology of many terms, no one knows exactly how the term developed. It's funny that people are convinced the version he/she heard has to be the real one.Wiki lists a number for 86'd.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(number)Possibly a reference to article 86 of the New York state liquor code which defines the circumstances in which a bar patron should be refused service or "86ed". Another theory has it that this is rhyming slang for "nix." Interestingly, this seems to be an American coinage, unusual for rhyming slang.[1] Others have suggested that this usage originated from the famous Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City, as item number 86 on their menu, their house steak, often ran out during the 19th century. Another explanation is that Chumley's, a famous 1900s New York speakeasy, was located at 86 Bedford St. During Prohibition, an entrance through an interior adjoining courtyard was used, as it provided privacy and discretion for customers. As was a New York tradition, the cops were on the payroll of the bar and would give a ring to the bar that they were coming for a raid. The bartender would then give the command "86 everybody!", which meant that everyone should hightail it out the 86 Bedford entrance because the cops were coming in through the courtyard door. The term came into popular use among soldiers and veterans to describe missing soldiers as 86'd. Rather than describe buddies missing in action, it was slang to describe the MIA as violating UCMJ Sub Chapter X Article 86. Another explanation is the possibility of a simple variation of the slang term deep six, which has identical meaning, and is simply meant to describe the approximate depth of a grave. Another possible origin is the public outdoor observatory on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, the site of more than 30 suicides.
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1. the pay2. the Christmas partyI guess that's as good as it gets in the actuary world. -
BahNevermind.
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Put out some numbers. I want to learn how to size up a chop!If anyone thinks BKice had enough EV to get $22k in a chop, they must be kidding themselves. He was the short stack at the table and had half the stack that the chipleader had. With the blinds at where they were it turns into a card catching contest that does not favor the "best" player. The deal was definitely a great one for him.
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A couple other points-Sure, you are in a terrible situation, but there are some positives to focus on:1. At the income level you have described, you meet every charitable income requirement imaginable. You aren't close to the cut-off.2. You probably wish you had the cancer instead of your son, but in terms of charity and organization, there are a lot more organization to help children and youth than adults.3. Cancer survival rates are ever-increasing and while medical treatment available in the U.S. is expensive, it is world-class.I think you get my point. Also, I think you will be surprised how many people in your community are willing to help. Good luck.