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On Friday, September 14, I went to my hospital for a check-up as my little girl hadn't moved much. I was overdue, by my ovulation date and early ultrasound she was due on the 9th, by last menstrual period due the 11th. At a scan at 34 weeks I was told she was measuring big, over two weeks ahead, so I was pretty scared about going over.
I kept trying to tell the midwives this but not many of them seemed concerned. Also, bub was posterior. A visit to the chiropractor saw her turn into a better position but four days later she was posterior again.
At this hospital check-up the cardiotocography (CTG) showed all was fine. A quick ultrasound showed plenty of fluids. I tried again to articulate my fear of having a huge baby and an induction – meaning monitoring, reduced mobility and being confined to a bed, which is not good for posterior labour and also not great for the symphysis pubic dysfunction (SPD) I'd been battling. In trying to tell the midwife, I burst into tears, mainly of frustration and sheer tiredness – sleep had become a thing of the past! She was lovely, sat me down in a private room for a chat, got a doctor in to see me and prescribe some painkillers for the SPD and organised the same doctor to do a membrane sweep to hopefully start things off.
The doctor said my cervix was still posterior and not thinned out, only maybe 1 cm dilated. I was a wee bit devastated. My husband and I left the hospital to get some lunch, and while out, I had a few short, hard pains.
We went home and I continued to get these pains with no regular pattern throughout the night. Three or four times during the night, the pain woke me up, but I was able to drift off again (thank you Panadeine Forte!)
The next morning at around 7, the pains were coming about every 20 minutes or so. I figured I was in for a long day so around 9 we packed the kids off to the neighbour's house (lucky my best friend lives next door!). We spent the day pacing the street and kneeling leaned over the fit-ball. There were a couple of times the pains seemed to stop for an hour, then they'd be back, but I was able to rest a bit. I called the hospital around 3, they seemed to think I was okay to stay home, so I did. What was bugging me was I wasn't sure if this was it or not! With my first I'd been induced so had no idea what natural labour started like! By about 7 pm we decided to go in and get checked out as things were getting more uncomfortable. Contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart. By the time we made the short trip to hospital, the crushing pains in my back had started.
An internal showed I was about 3 cm. While we were there, the contractions slowed down, coming every 6-7 minutes! We opted to go home. The midwife told me to eat some dinner and hop into the bath, while reassuring me that yes, it WAS happening, but I might not have baby till the following morning sometime.
We came home and I spent half an hour or so in the bath, which frustrated me as I couldn't have it anywhere near as hot as I wanted it! My husband defrosted some leftover risotto in the meantime and then helped me out of the tub. The water birth I had thought I wanted didn't seem like such a good idea any more for some reason!
I managed to eat a bit, then tried to lie on my side and doze between contractions. Suddenly they seemed to be coming on top of each other and the crushing pain in my back was getting too hard to bear. I kept needing to wee, and walking to the toilet was getting terribly hard. Sitting on the toilet felt like I was being punched in the back it was agonizing, and I was starting to remember the posterior labour I went through ten years before this one – but this one seemed a lot worse! My whole pelvis was sore but my lower back felt like it was being punched with each contraction. I told my husband he had to take me to the hospital. I told him I wanted an epidural or whatever else they could give me; I was really feeling panicked. He phoned the hospital and we left. It was 10:10 pm. The short drive was awful on my poor back! We staggered up towards the main entry and a kind security guard unlocked it for us, even offering me a wheelchair, but I couldn't face the idea of sitting down!
At the birth suite we were met by our midwife, Vanessa. She did a CTG and as with every other one we had had, baby was very active! I was so uncomfortable and desperate to get off my back! Then came the internal. It was very uncomfortable. Vanessa thought I was about 5-6 cm but needed a second opinion as my cervix was still not quite anterior. A senior midwife called Pam came and introduced herself. She examined me and said I was 7 cm and baby was still very posterior. She advised me to get into the shower and rock my hips to try to turn baby and to take the pressure off my back. At 11 pm I did just that. Within 5 minutes I was telling my husband to ring the bell for the midwives – I wanted to push!
I came out, dried off, and hopped on the bed, kneeling and leaning over the back for a few pushes before lying down for yet another internal to make sure I was fully dilated. It's common to feel pushy before 10 cm with a posterior bub apparently.
Well, I was indeed 10 cm, and bub was still posterior. I wasn't comfortable kneeling, and told my husband I couldn't do it anymore. He said of course I could – I remember saying "I know I can, I just don't want to!"
While on my knees my waters had broken, and after the internal another pocket broke. I was sort of semi-reclined, balanced on my left hip and the water shot out with a pop. I remember asking my husband if I might have popped the baby somehow – I was pretty delirious by then!
I had asked about an epidural, but the midwife sort of said "hmmm we'll see…" knowing there wasn't any time for that. I'd been pushing for about 40 minutes when Vanessa and Pam convinced me to lie on my left side. Pam explained that this might turn the baby, and she was right. She also made me drink her "magic potion" which I complained about – gross! I later found out it was apple juice and sugar to give me a boost as I was tiring. After bub turned, Vanessa noticed the waters were meconium stained and tried to get a CTG on bub but she was too low. They decided to put a trace on her scalp. They did explain it to me but I was too out of it.
Minutes later I heard the words "tachycardia" and "doctor". To my delirious mind I deduced that bub was distressed and a doctor was coming armed with forceps and scissors! They tried to assure me bub was okay, but I had decided I was NOT going to have her dragged out of me! (little did I know the doctor was just being called as a precaution to check on bub once born!)
It had been 20 minutes since bub turned and I decided then and there it was time! Until then I'd tried to be conscious of pushing with my core only, not my arms or face, but I wanted my daughter born ASAP before any intervention was used. I put my chin down to my chest, my husband and Pam grabbed a leg each, and two contractions later, my husband told me he could see her eyes and nose! The pain was pretty awful but this helped me push into it rather than hold back. I pushed so hard I actually burst blood vessels all along my jawline and around my eyes, so was left with little purple spots all over my face for a few days! I could hear the midwives talking and Pam giving instructions but I didn't register what was said. I was later told they were helping her negotiate her way out as she was born with one hand up in front of her face – ouch! On the third contraction she was out, up on my chest. She was covered in the usual goop and meconium too – we were a mess!
The doctor arrived in time to see her minutes old. Little Bennie Grace had arrived! We waited for her cord to stop pulsing before my proud husband cut it. Her APGAR scores were 9 and 9 and she weighed in at 4.44 kg (9 pounds 12oz) and was 58 cm long with a head circumference of 37 cm. I had grazing but no tearing. My husband and I are so happy to have completed our blended family and the kids are totally smitten by their new baby sister!
Thanks to Bub Hub member Atropos for sharing her incredible birth story with us.
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The sudden spy scandal that erupted between Russia and the United States may not permanently hurt relations but its strange timing suggests elements are at work seeking to harm ties, analysts said Tuesday.
The announcement came just five days after President Barack Obama chomped on cheeseburgers with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as he made a state visit to the US and boasted the two leaders could "speak candidly."
"The most notable thing is the time when the scandal happened. The timing is not by chance," Fyodor Lukyanov, editor of "Russia in Global Politics" magazine, told AFP.
"I think that in the United States there is quite strong opposition to the policies of Obama and his course towards rapprochement with Russia. This scandal is a sign to his administration that it needs to be more careful."
The timing of the announcement straight after Medvedev's US visit seemed intended to undo the positive impressions from his much-photographed encounters with Obama and Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, experts said.
While visiting the US earlier this month, Medvedev toured Silicon Valley, lectured Stanford students and drank champagne with Schwarzenegger in a visit where he appeared unusually relaxed.
On Thursday, he lunched with Obama at a burger restaurant called Ray's Hell in a meal instantly termed by journalists as "burger diplomacy".
"It cannot be a coincidence that the group of 'exposed Russian spies' was arrested immediately after President Medvedev's visit to the US," Nikolai Kovalyov, a former director of the FSB state security service, told the Interfax news agency.
The scandal would harm Obama's reputation, Russian experts said, by implying that he lacked judgement in calling for a rapprochement with Russia under his "reset" policy.
The allegations came as "a serious blow primarily to the position of president Obama himself," Kovalyov told Interfax.
Obama "is shown in a bad light, as a politician who does not understand who he is being friends with," Viktor Kremenyuk, deputy director of the Institute of USA and Canada in Moscow, told AFP.
"The good aftertaste from Medvedev's visit has gone, all that's left is bitterness," he added.
While it was unclear what impact scandal would have on negotiations between the two countries, the spy scandal could hinder the ratification of a historic deal between the US and Russia to cut their nuclear stocks, experts said.
The two countries' leaders signed a new START arms control treaty in April, setting new limits on the number of nuclear-capable missiles, but it has yet to be ratified by the US Senate, and faces deep scepticism from Republicans.
"There will not be ratification of START before the November (mid-term) elections and after the elections it is even more doubtful," Kremenyuk predicted. The most weighty achievement of the reset will be thwarted."
But Obama would pursue his goals regardless, argued Alexander Golts, the deputy editor of Ezhednevny Zhurnal web site and a respected defence commentator.
The US president "needs to develop the reset for political reasons," he said. "After all this is the only successful avenue in his foreign policy."
The details of the spy scandal also sparked scepticism among Russian experts, who poured scorn on the alleged operation.
"The accusations sound funny," said Golts.
"They found out rumours circulating in the White House and also Obama's administration's plans on non-proliferation. All this could have been found out in the American newspapers."
The idea that a group of 10-11 people worked together in a spy ring "would provoke laughter from any professional," former FSB chief Kovalyov told Interfax.
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Iran-Persia: Part One
Iran-Persia Part One
"History is a testimony, that the names we read today never existed till few centuries back. Some countries were only created in 20th century. This anomaly of facts causes great confusion in the minds of a layman who is not well versed with history." Raja Mujtaba
By Naveed Tajammal
Persia is the old official name of current state of Iran, The term- Iran was put forth by Reza Khan Pahlavi, in 1935 for all official worldwide and National usage, Persia derived its old geographic name from 'Persis', that being the south-western part of the state, representing the old entity of, 'Pars/Fars'. The interesting part is that, this is the name by which the Ionians [Greek] referred to this state, in their records. So this Greek term over the Time had become dominant in the Western Literature, as well in usage by its old enemy for itself that being the irony, hence was its old capital called by them as 'Persepolis'. The Sassani dynasty[3rd century AD] emerged from this region as well, and had made "Istakhar' on the Pulwar River, about 9 miles ahead of old Persepolis their first Capital, which later, was shifted to the old Ashkani [Arsacid] capital i.e. Ctesiphon, or the 'Madian of the Arabs. After the fall of the Sassani Empire the entity of Persia ceases, as the Caliphate takes over, followed by other Entities, last being the Turkish Ak Qoyun'lu and the Kara Qoyun'lu, the Sunni Oghuzz Turks.
The revival of Persia started with inception of the Safavid state under Shah Ismail l in the 16th Century, and with it comes the first Shia State[ isolated odd small entities like Zaydis on the Caspian sea coast or the Buyids, never did achieve any political power as such], based on the Ja'fari version of Shia'ism, as the official state religion, and it was through forced conversions that it became one, as the earlier states had been always been of the Sunni Sect within Islam, in the regions which later became Safavid Shia State.
In the Rise and survival of this state a lot of factors were involved, The Western and North Western Christian states and the ever manipulative Vatican had its role, and so they played the Sunni-Shia Schismatic Card to the hilt, After the fall of Christian Fortress of Constantinople in 1453,and failure of earlier 9 Crusades, this was a Golden Chance for the Christians to engage the Turk on its Eastern Frontiers, Though the Ottoman Turks had their own reasons to have earlier, left, a buffer region between themselves and the rising Uzbegs forces across the Oxus [Ammu darya], the earlier invasion of Amir Timur had delayed their Conquest of Constantinople, which Bayazid defeated by Timur was about to start. The Christians had succeeded in ending the Muslim rule in Spain after the Fall of Granada in 1492.The intensive Intrigues of European courts under threat from Ottomans, ensured that hostility between the new Shia state and the Sunni Ottomans continue, which is seen reflected, in the report given to The Christian Holy Roman Emperor 'Ferdinand'[1503-1564] by his ambassador i.e. Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, at the Sublime Porte [Ottoman Court],in the following words ," It is only the Persian who stands between us and ruin' and "The Turk would fain [gladly/willingly] be upon us, but, he [Tamasp] keeps him back'.
The change of state religion in Persia changed the whole state approach to the common man, Earlier when the Turkish rulers when awarding the 'Iqta' [land assignment] or appointing officials to various offices in their state directed the awardee to treat the subjects well, because they were a charge given onto him by the will of Allah ; In the new Safavid state the subjects were directed to pray for the well being of the ruler, Not because he, being by nature sinful, was in need of their prayers, but, because their function as citizens was no longer primarily to worship God, but, to glorify the ruler-The whole emphasis on the outlook changed with the rise of Safavids-The ruler thus became the central figure to the exclusion of all else".[Ref : Landlord and Peasant in Persia-page 105 note 2,by Ann K.S. Lambton, edition of 1991].So emerged the theory of Divine right in Persia, under Safavids. This change is one of causes why province after province, of Safavid- Persia, would fall to the new invasion from the north or west.
The British not to be left back during the rule of Shah Abbass [1571-1628] knowing the weak state of affairs in Persia, due to discords within its state caused by internal Tribal wars being fought by the Qizilibashi Turks who were the main fighting arm of the Safavids, and the ever looming threat of the Ottomans, and Uzbeks of the north, beside the tug of war over Qandahar between Mughals and Safavids, took a Royal grant from the king of Persia, who also made all possible efforts to establish alliances with Christian Monarchs for eventual destruction of the Turks [Ottomans].The Grant extracts, as given by king Abbass to British ,shows his mindset to please the British and the other Christian rulers to take a cue from it;
"'……Our absolute commandment, will, and pleasure is that our countries and dominions shall from this day be open to all Christian people and to their religion;….I do give this Patent for all Christian merchants to repair and traffic in and through our dominions without disturbances or molestations……That none of any dignitary [state officials of Persia] shall have power to look unto neither Shall our Religious men, or whatsoever sort they be, dare disturb them [Christians] or speak in matters of their faith.."[Ref : Treaties- British Government .C.U.Atichison,Vol-vii,1865,pages -87/88].
With this Grant to British came the long winded whine of Shah Abbass, for a request to the British to maintain, Two Men of War [Battle ships] to defend the Persian ports on the Gulf coast,subsequent to this the English,French and the Dutch established their factories at Gombroon [Bandar Abbass],though the Portuguese much earlier under Al Buquerque [1453-1515] in 1507 conquered had occupied the island of Hormuz.
The death of Shah Abbass in 1628 was followed by a rapid fall of the Safavid dynasty ,four weak rulers followed each other,during this period the Turks had taken over all of its western provinces, The Arab ruler of Muscat took over the gulf islands,under tact British approval, Abdali's took over Herat and the Ghilijies of Qandhar [later Ghilzia's] took over Ispahan the capital of Persia, though it was a short lived affair as it lasted till 1730 AD. Shah Hussain' Safavid had handed over his Crown to the Ghilijies, however his son Tammasp made feeble efforts to recover the crown by seeking aid from the Czar of Russia, and further ceded all Persian possessions on the Caspian Sea Coast.
It was Nadir Shah who can be credited for reviving the Old Name of Persia- only, it is pertinent to note that he also revived the Sunni Faith, in Persia. His conquests in East and elsewhere speak of his Iron fisted control though again short-lived as he was assassinated in 1747 AD, Persia once again fell in decay, Ahmad Khan Abdali, The Captain of the Royal Guard sacked the royal treasury and bought himself kingship in Qandahar and took over the Eastern Empire of Nadir Shah, while the South and west went to Karim Khan Zand, the Zand rule ended in 1795,and Agha Muhammad Qajar took the Crown of Persia, with the start of 19th Century-Persia, what was left of it, came under the threat of Russia, in 1805 we see them marching onto Tehran, The Persian threw themselves for support to Napoleon of France, The Wise British played Wait and Watch game, and used the diplomatic tactics by sending Sir John Malcolm to Tehran, and by the 25th treaty which was signed in march 1809-The British annulled the previous all treaties with Persia, however a somewhat final agreement over the next course of actions between both States is seen in Treaty number 27 concluded in 1814.Persia meanwhile continued to suffer losses in territory to the Russians on the North, and the British looked the other way, Knowing full well that the Conquest of Khurassan [later Afghanistan] was the ultimate dream of a strong Persia under the Qajars, Keeping all this in view, the British on 25th Jan 1853 entered in their 35th Treaty with Persia-however soon after the fear of British emerged as Persian troops entered Herat, and badly treated the British Mission at Shiraz, as the Quarrel remained unsettled the British Declared war on Persia on 1st November 1856,and occupied the Kharrack Island in the Gulf…
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Spent Monday in the hospital due to intense back pain. I've never had kidney stones before and the pain was scary. Almost like back labor but only on my left side. I was given a liter of IV fluids and they told me there's no much that can be done. I have to wait it out to pass. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this. What should I expect? The pain comes and goes in waves. 8/10 at the worst points. Is it going to get worse?
I have not had them while pregnant but have had them and they are horrible. You might think labor is easy now that you've had kidney stones ha! When they move is when it's painful so when you are actually passing it it's going to hurt, sorry. Mine got stuck and was stuck for a couple weeks. I had to have mine surgically removed but they normally pass just fine. Feel better and keep the fluids going! Real lemonade helps.
I have had them!!! They are terrible!!!! Worst pain I have ever felt! And I have had 2 kids! Ha ha I drink lemonade every day if I can to help prevent. My doctor told me to add 1/4 cup lemon juice to my lemonade. (I hate lemon water) to make it so I drink more lemon but the lemonade being more sugary helps me drink it! I'm sorry you have to deal with kidney stones on top of being pregnant! It's awful!!! Good luck and drink drink drink!!!!!
I had them when I was pregnant with my first from 18 weeks on and I'm terrified of it happening again.. mine were 5 mm (I think) and too big to pass on their own and they won't do the treatment while you are pregnant so I was stuck with them until the end. Luckily mine passed when I delivered I think from all the pressure but it was by far more painful for the 24 weeks than the labour... did I mention I went over due by 2 weeks so by the end I was begging the doctor to induce so I could be treated for the stones!! Fingers crossed yours aren't that big and will pass because I don't wish that pain on anyone.. all I can say is lots of water and I used heat packs to ease some of the pain when it floated up excessively. Good luck!!
I'm so sorry you're dealing with this! I had them during my last pregnancy and it was the absolute worst and scary! The pain would have me sobbing on the floor in fetal position and sent me to the ER - they ended up having to give me morphine Bc both my baby and my heart-rates were unhealthily high. It took two weeks, lots of water to pass, but I passed it on my own (the passing was actually easy and painless!)
Keep your head up and if you have any questions feel free to ask! Good luck strong momma!
I was admitted for 10 nights with stones and that's actually how I found out I was Preggo with my last child. I was only 3 weeks Preggo and the treatment options were limited but I was admitted and given an iv drip of fluids and morphine. When the stone moved down my urethra I was discharged with oral morphine to use as needed and told to drink atleast 3 liters of water a day. It not only prevents new stones from forming but it helps to flush the stones you have. I did pass the stone. It sucks! Morphine is an option of the pain in unmanageable, I can't imagine what I would of done without it.
Omg I had this Sunday night! Went to pee and then the next thing you know I am on the floor with intense radiating, nauseating back pain. The pain was seriously worse than labor and labor is pretty bad. I should've gone to the er but thankfully the whole ordeal didn't last too long. Coincidentally I had a huge glass of lemonade during lunch earlier that day. I'm terrified it'll happen again!


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In recent years, the U.S. labor force participation rate has risen -- from 63.8 percent in 1980 to 67.1 percent currently. While women have been working at ever-increasing rates, a closer look shows that a lot of middle-aged and older men have dropped out of the labor force.
If older men kept working at the same rates as they did in 1980, the U.S. could add 3.6 million experienced workers to the labor pool, says financial writer Scott Burns.
According to Burns,
- If the labor force participation rate of men 45 to 54 years of age rose from the 88.4 percent rate projected for this year to the 91.2 percent rate of 1980, we would add about 2.5 million men to the labor pool.
- If the rate for men 55 to 64 rose from the projected 66 percent to the 72.1 percent rate of 1980, we would add almost 700,000 workers.
- And if the participation rate for men in the 65 to 75 age group returned to 1980 levels, we could add about 400,000 workers.
With December 1999 Labor Department figures showing that the U.S. now has only 5.7 million people unemployed and a meager 4.1 percent national unemployment rate, brining back these workers could prevent labor shortages and restrain wage inflation.
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Diplomatic privileges and immunities help promote an efficient performance of Member State diplomatic missions around the world. This norm of international law serves as a tool to facilitate relations between nations by codifying how state representatives fit into the legal system of a given post. In this spirit, this half-day briefing will allow Geneva-based diplomats to more efficiently perform the functions of their respective diplomatic missions by examining the basic tenets of privileges and immunities in the multilateral context.
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I LOVE French Dip Sandwiches. I have loved them since my best friend in elementary school introduced them to me on a trip to Colorado. This past summer we grew tons of onions in our garden. Now I have tons to use. So I thought, why not combine French Onion Soup with a French Dip Sandwich. And deliciousness ensued.
You'll need roast beef. I used some that was leftover from our sunday dinner. You could do this or purchase some at your local deli. Whatever works.
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French Dip Soup
3 cups sliced onions
2 cloves garlic, minced
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On Tuesday, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) filed an ethics complaint with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board against Brent Rastetter, who was appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad in May to the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission (EPC). The rabid environmental advocacy group claims that Rastetter has an impermissible conflict of interest in serving on the Commission while at the same time managing Quality Ag, his confinement construction company.
The ethics complaint claims that "Rastetter's presence on the board damages the integrity and credibility of the EPC—and by extension all of state government—and the Iowa CCI members demand Rastetter either resign from the EPC immediately or 'cease outside employment or activity', pursuant to Section 68B.2A(2)(c) of the Iowa Code.
The complaint points out that Section 68B.2A(2)(c) states that: "Any person who serves or is employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state shall not engage in…outside employment or activity that is subject to the official control, inspection, review, audit, or enforcement authority of the person, during the performance of the person's duties of office or employment."
Looks like they got him dead to rights. It's a wonder that such a conflict of interest slipped pass the governor's staff, confirmation hearings in the senate, and the media. Thank goodness CCI was there to save the "integrity and credibility" of the entire state government.
Just imagine how much more "integrity and credibility" they could preserve if they only filed more ethical complaints. Oh wait…it turns out they have quite the history of being serial complainers, the vast majority of which have been groundless. In fact, they filed a nearly identical complaint against EPC member Heidi Vittetoe on September 4, 2003.
They had alleged that Vittetoe had a conflict of interest because: (1) she "co-owns and/or operates several large-scale hog facilities that will most likely be subject to regulation," and (2) "Iowa's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has recently given [her company a] notice of violation of four state environmental rules."
Surely, given such an open and shut case, the Ethics Board must have immediately kicked Vittetoe off the EPC for clearly violating Iowa law. Not exactly. At its December 3, 2003, meeting, the Board unanimously voted to dismiss the CCI complaint. But how could this be? How could the Board's three Republican members and three Democrat members turn such a blind eye to the law?
Turns out that Iowa Code Section 455A.6 requires that "three [EPC] members [be] actively engaged in livestock and grain farming." As the Ethics Board noted, "Heidi Vittetoe [was] one of the three and as such was specifically put on the commission as a voting farmer member."
Wait a minute…state law mandates that three farmers with potential conflicts of interests serve on the EPC? A quick check of the EPC's website reveals that there are in fact two other farmers on the Commission—Nancy Couser and former state representative Delores Mertz (D). Then why is it that CCI isn't filing ethics charges against these farmers as well, especially since they had already (unsuccessfully) done so against Mertz when she was chair of the House Agriculture Committee?
And how is it possible that any farmer could serve on a regulatory body such as the EPC given Iowa Code Section 68B.2A's prohibition against conflicts of interests? In fact, doesn't that section, as CCI noted in its complaint, require that a person with such a conflict "immediately cease the employment or activity"?
Actually, Iowa law doesn't require a person to choose between serving on the EPC or farming. Section 68B.2A specifically allows individuals with actual conflicts of interest to remain in office provided they "publicly disclose the existence of the conflict and refrain from taking any official action or performing any official duty that would detrimentally affect or create a benefit for the outside employment or activity."
But didn't Rastetter fail to do this when, as CCI claims, he "and the new EPC board voted to scrap an important rulemaking package to implement the federal Clean Water Act in Iowa after nearly 30 years of noncompliance"? Funny, press reports at the time had a different take on the June 21st meeting:
At issue was a permitting requirement that mandated operators of confined animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs, obtain a Department of Natural Resources permit before they could discharge animal waste.
The state was expected to adopt the federal regulations – which were approved in 2008 – but those federal regulations were overturned in a federal appellate court in March. So the commission decided it would wait until the new federal rules came out before they voted, which is what the vote accomplished. […]
DNR Attorney Randy Clark said state law requires that the department's rules cannot be stricter than federal regulations. He said when the Environmental Protection Agency comes up with new permitting rules, the committee will consider adopting them then.
In the meantime, he said, current state rules don't allow for confinement operations to have any discharge. "The operators have to have filters in place to prevent that," he said. "So that's how it remains."
So, in the end, it turns out the only "integrity and credibility" that was damaged was CCI's when they filed groundless ethics charges in an act of political thuggery. Though it comes as no great surprise, the mainstream media sadly failed to do any kind of fact checking in repeating CCI's slander, and doubtless they will fail to report on the Ethics Board's eventual dismissal of the charges.
In contrast, the environmentally-friendly blog Bleeding Heartland put aside ideological camaraderie with CCI and found its ethics complaint largely wanting. In fact, they even promised to report on the Ethic Board's ultimate decision. Too bad the mainstream media doesn't have similar "integrity and credibility"…
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Normalisation – normal forms. VCE IT Theory Slideshows. By Mark Kelly [email protected] Vceit.com. Identifying different normal forms. 1 st normal form (1NF), 2 nd normal form (2NF) and 3 rd normal form (3NF) are the stages of normalising a database. 1NF is the most basic and inefficient
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The repeating fields containing subjects' tasks wastes space and limits the number of tasks that can be entered.
Now you can have as many or as few tasks as you like for each subject.
The problem is that a transaction can't be accessed without unpacking the embedded list.
This unpacking is either slow and computationally difficult, or just impossible.
Where a non-key field in a table is related to one key field, but not the entire key.
It usually looks like the field should be stored in one of the related tables…
CustomerID and ProductID are key fields, and both are necessary to describe a sale.
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So that's fine.
The ItemColour is also not a key field, and it is dependent on the ProductID, but it has nothing to do with the customer. It should instead live in the product table with the product it describes.
Solution: put the course name into another table, where CourseID is the ENTIRE key. No redundancy!
Why is this a problem?
It relates to the Winner field instead, and belongs in the Winner table
If there is no winner table, it needs to be created
A non-key field must provide a fact about the key, the whole key, and nothing but the key, so help me Codd.
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Lawmakers cite progress in replacing Hudson River tunnels
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials say that progress is being made on the plans to build new rail tunnels under the Hudson River.
Lawmakers from New York and New Jersey say that the project is now part of a process that will allow for quicker environmental review and that the project is eligible for federal grants and financing.
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|11 Apr 2012
It's funny how some games are like that
(I put in well over 200hrs into FO:NV then 'just quit and never went back' before finishing the main story quest.)
There was a time once where I finished every game I played (and quickly too) even if it didn't grab me. Nowadays, even if the game does grab me I'm lucky to finish it, let alone a second or third run through.
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|12 Apr 2012
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What Games are you playing
Games they are addictive, I was playing for hrs yesterday, I promise myself i won't play tomorrow, I lied, tempted to play now, NO
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|12 Apr 2012
Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit sp1
I enjoyed the Prince of persia's those were really fun
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|12 Apr 2012
I think with Borderlands that 4 people playing all the way through is a must. I tried playing by myself and just didn't feel it. When I played with 3 other friends and everyone played as a different character (hunter, soldier, siren and berserker) it was a blast!
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I played the whole game by myself as mordecai, and i had a freaking blast. I became a jack of all trades when it came to weapons and situations. I cant wait for Borderlands 2.
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|12 Apr 2012
Last one that grabbed me was Skyrim and that was, oh maybe just a few mins (fast forward a couple of hours) Glance at clock "Oops, oh well I'll just do this little thing before I quit", *sidetrack sidetrack*; (a few more more hours). Glance at clock, "Shit. Where'd the time go? - that clock lies". Quit. Do it all again the next day
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|13 Apr 2012
Jus Finished black ops. gonna start nfs mw pt 2..
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|13 Apr 2012
Windows 10 64bit
is the new batman game any good? I been thinking about buying it since the first one was great. Any problems running the game? Saw that it runs in dx11 in some reviews and youtube videos.
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|13 Apr 2012
64bit Windows 7 Ultimate
I have, and played it a few hours, runs great,no in game errors or problems( there was 2 when it was released, but after you install the game it auto updates so its then fixed) but it didn't give the same addictive feel that the first on egave. The graphics are amazing! The characters are super nice (Harley Quinn and Cat-woman ) And the story line is worth it...but again, I think imho the first one was better.
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|13 Apr 2012
ultimate 64 sp1
what games are you playing?
well, it looks like we won't be playing bulletstorm 2.
a real pity, as the first game was an absolute blast.
anyway, just downloading wargame: european escalation currently on offer at steam (well at least it is in the uk, don't know about elsewhere).
i've been hearing good things about this game. looks like the sort of thing i could get it into.
only four and a half hours to download...
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Gillingham winger Matt Jarvis has rejected a £650,000 move to Nottingham Forest.
Gillingham winger Matt Jarvis has rejected a £650,000 move to Nottingham Forest.
Jarvis is out of contract at Priestfield Stadium in the summer and appears unlikely to sign an extension.
League One rivals Forest expressed an interest last week and firmed that up with a cash offer for the youngster.
But, according to Gillingham, Jarvis' agent has turned down a proposed move to The City Ground at the end of the season.
"I can confirm that we have received an offer for Matt Jarvis for £650,000," chairman Paul Scally told the club's official website.
"However, the player's agent has informed me that he will not be joining Nottingham Forest - the power of agents."
Forest boss Colin Calderwood (pictured) was originally hoping to sign Jarvis on loan, but will now look elsewhere as he aims to lead the club to promotion.
Meanwhile, Gills boss Ronnie Jepson has confirmed he was hoping to sign Leon Clarke on loan, only for Oldham Athletic to land the Sheffield Wednesday striker.
Jepson said: "We tried to get a player in from Sheffield Wednesday - the lad Leon Clarke - who cost them £300,000 from Wolves, but he has gone to Oldham.
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9 things you can do to bring comfort to the Wetterling family
ST. JOSEPH, Minn. (KMSP) - Patty Wetterling released a statement Monday afternoon, two days after the person of interest in the disappearance of her son, Jacob, reportedly revealed the location of his remains.
"The Wetterlings are deeply grieving and are pulling our family together. We will be eager to talk to media as soon as we are able," Patty said in a statement.
In the statement, Patty shared a few things that will bring her and her family comfort as they grieve:
Say a prayer
Light a candle
Be with friends
Play with your children
Hold Hands
Eat ice cream
Create joy
Help your neighbor
"That is what will bring me comfort today," Patty said.
Others paid their respects to Jacob, by placing flowers at his tree outside his middle school as well as at the Paynesville farm, where it's believed investigators found his remains.
Flowers at Jacob's tree. Classmates planted nearly 20 yrs ago to remember Jacob Wetterling outside their middle sch. pic.twitter.com/4vINJkbhz1— Paul Blume (@PaulBlume_FOX9) September 5, 2016
The Stearns County sheriff's office confirmed Saturday the remains of Jacob Wetterling had been found, nearly 27 years after he was abducted by a masked man while riding his bike near his home in St. Joseph, Minn. DETAILS


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By Karl Vick
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Friday, January 15, 2010; A03
BOSTON -- The seeds of the drama that could see the Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy slip to Republican control began to sprout during what is traditionally the quietest week on the political calendar.
"Things began to change the week between Christmas and New Year's," said Eric Fehrnstrom, a strategist for insurgent Republican Scott Brown. "That's the week we put our JFK ad up."
The commercial, which aired for only five days, depicted John F. Kennedy, the Democratic congressman who 58 years ago ran an insurgent campaign to capture the Republican-held "Cabot seat," morphing into Brown, the obscure state senator who surveys suggest might do the same with what's become known as the "Kennedy seat" when grumpy Massachusetts voters go to the polls on Tuesday.
But although the audacious spot was ripe for challenge -- the tax breaks JFK trumpeted were the calibrated adjustments of a committed Keynesian, hardly a philosophy embraced by Brown -- not a peep was heard from the campaign of Martha Coakley. Having won the Democratic primary by remaining the aloof front-runner, the state attorney general was not about to engage with a Republican whom the latest poll showed trailing her by 30 points.
"Not a bad strategy, by the way," Fehrnstrom acknowledged. "But when the shift in voter mood and opinion takes place, and you fail to catch it, then it becomes a disaster. And I think that's what happened with her. I think she did not sense the movement in what they should have known was a very volatile electorate."
Coakley knows it now. With polls showing the race a dead heat -- a Suffolk University survey released Thursday night had Brown up by 4 points, at the edge of the margin of error -- national Democratic organizations are scrambling to hold on to the 60th Senate vote crucial to the health-care overhaul being negotiated in Washington and to every other initiative of President Obama. The airwaves of the commonwealth fairly hum with ads attacking the upstart, and Coakley has begun to campaign with the zest of a front-runner knocked from her perch.
"She damn well better get more energetic," said Richard Parker, a longtime Democratic operative who is now a lecturer at Harvard.
The Brown campaign appears to have genuine momentum. The Republican, a former model, performed well Monday in the campaign's only debate. The defining moment came when moderator David Gergen asked whether Brown was prepared, if he won "Teddy Kennedy's seat," to cast the vote that killed the health-care reform bill.
"With all due respect," Brown shot back, "it's not the Kennedys' seat. It's not the Democrats' seat. It's the people's seat."
"Perfect quote," said a man who had driven up from Rhode Island to volunteer on the phone banks at Brown's Needham headquarters Thursday and would give only his first name, Jeff. The lobby was crowded. A dozen arrivals from the Michigan Republican Party milled among locals waiting their turn to dial independents, who make up 51 percent of the state's registered voters.
"The word I hear most is 'disgusted,' " said Fred DeFinis, 58, who has worked the phones for the past two weeks. Seven to eight of every 10 independents tell him that they will vote for Brown, he said, proportions similar to those seen in some public opinion surveys.
"It's very hard for them to say what's on their minds," said DeFinis, a registered Democrat. He reads from a form asking whether they are most concerned about: (1) jobs and the economy; (2) the health-care bill; (3) illegal immigrants; or (4) national security. " 'All of the above' is what we hear the most," he said.
Coakley is aiming to channel the obvious discontent as well.
"I know that voters are angry; they are upset, they are worried about losing their jobs, they are worried about losing their homes, and they're worried about where the economy's going. I am, too," Coakley said at a senior center in Dorchester, her remarks translated into Vietnamese and Portuguese.
"But I think it's wrong for the people who caused the problem in the first place to pretend they're the ones who will clean it up," she said.
The Democrats' attack ads attempt to associate Brown with George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh and Wall Street. But in an effort to mobilize the female vote that was crucial to Coakley's primary victory, there is also frequent mention of abortion rights.
"Give your base a reason to turn out to vote," said Thomas Whalen, a professor at Boston University.
The attacks have been deflected somewhat by Brown's professed support for Roe v. Wade, and by the shrewd deployment of his daughters, Arianna and Ayla, the latter of whom -- as a basketball star and "American Idol" semifinalist -- was far more famous than her father at the start of the campaign.
Another variable is the third- party candidacy of Joseph L. Kennedy, a Libertarian who is no relation to the late senator but who acquitted himself well in the debate. "If this race continues to close, his 3 percent or 2 percent, is going to be huge," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University poll.
The Libertarian would probably draw support from Brown, a natural campaigner who got in touch with voter anger driving around the state in a pickup truck later featured in a TV spot.
"All people want is aboveboard dealings," Brown said in an interview. "They want people to look them in the eye and tell them if it's right or wrong, black or white, yes or no. They don't want the backroom, lack of transparent type of dealings. That's the biggest thing that people are telling me. They might not agree with me on all the issues. But they at least want the ability to have a conversation, and not learn about these Nebraska-type, Louisiana-type deals" that Democratic leaders cut to win votes on the health-care legislation.
Obama released an online video to supporters Thursday urging an all-out effort for Coakley. Brown acknowledged the stakes but sought to play down what the race could represent beyond his state's borders.
"I don't know if there's a national referendum," he said. "I know they're kind of fed up with the way things are going here in Massachusetts, in terms of the one-party rule."


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The Georgia Board of Regents released information today detailing the findings of a student residency verification process that most state-funded colleges recently completed.
The report shows that out of a projected 50,000 new students for the fall, just 242, or 0.48 percent, were undocumented and that all are being charged out-of-state tuition.
Preliminary numbers also show that of those students returning to Georgia colleges this fall, 230 are undocumented and also being charged out-of-state tuition.
A breakdown of the numbers by college shows Augusta State University had two new undocumented students for this fall. Medical College of Georgia has two new undocumented students this fall and two returning undocumented students.
As of today, 26 institutions have completed the residency check that was a directive given earlier this year from the Board of Regents and Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. Institutions were charged with ensuring that "no undocumented students are receiving or about to receive any prohibited benefits or tuition assistance," a release states.
"While we are still awaiting reports on returning students from a few institutions, if the trends continue, we do not expect to see any significant change in the final percentage of undocumented students enrolled in the University System," Committee Chair Regent Jim Jolly stated in today's release.
Jolly stated that undocumented students could include those who are in the country legally but who have incomplete documentation.


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Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho has won the 2016 Samba Gold award for the best Brazilian player in Europe, beating Neymar and Casemiro to the trophy.
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Vermont seniors are targets of lottery scam originating from area code 876
May 17, 2012
FairPoint Communications, Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell, AARP Vermont and Rutland City Police Department held a press conference today to raise awareness about a telephone scam originating from the Jamaican 876 area code that targets seniors in Vermont and across northern New England. FairPoint also unveiled a Public Service Announcement and expanded website,
, with resources to identify and prevent phone scams.
Today's press conference was prompted by information about a Rutland-area senior who received nearly 30 phone calls from the 876 area code in less than a month's time. This is just the latest in an alarming number of cases of telephone scams originating from the 876 area code that have been reported in Vermont, according to the Vermont Attorney General's office and FairPoint Communications.
"Vermonters receiving an unexpected call from area code 876 should be on high alert. These calls are almost certainly from scam artists," said Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell. "We are pleased to join forces with FairPoint Communications, law enforcement officials, local authorities, seniors' organizations, and others to warn the public about so-called 'Jamaican scams.' Money sent to these thieves is gone for good. Joint efforts, like this, are key to preventing devastating losses."
The Attorney General reports that his office receives more than 1,000 calls per year on phone scams, of which approximately 20 percent involve calls from Jamaica.
Over the last two years, some Vermonters who notified his office about scams originating in Jamaica reported losses between several hundred dollars and $18,000, with many in the range of $2,000 to $6,000.
While this is the first case reported to the Rutland Police of a telephone scam originating from area code 876 in Rutland, police believe there are more victims who are afraid or ashamed to come forward, said interim Rutland Police Chief Jim Baker.
"If you have received suspicious calls from unfamiliar numbers please contact local authorities or your telephone provider. Together we can stop this scam and protect our seniors."
FairPoint launched the "Beware: Scams from Area Code 876" campaign in late March in response to these scams and created a website,
for tips on preventing phone scams.
The announcement gained national and international attention, prompting additional media coverage that forced the Jamaican government to establish a task force to address the 30,000 calls made from Jamaica into the U.S. attempting to defraud American citizens every day.
An Associated Press report noted conservative estimates that put the yearly take from Jamaican scams at $300 million, up from about $30 million in 2009.
"We know that Vermont seniors are regular targets of scams originating from area code 876. Our goal is to help shed light on the abusive treatment of seniors and provide resources to family members, law enforcement and senior organizations to identify and prevent these scams," said Mike Smith, Vermont state president of FairPoint Communications. "We recently expanded
to provide additional tools and resources and have developed a compelling Public Service Announcement that will be available to download."
The scam works as follows:
Seniors receive a call from an 876 area code, which is often mistaken for a toll-free number and are congratulated for winning the Jamaican lottery, new car or new home. They are then are directed to send a fee, typically $150-$250, according to Sorrell, purportedly to process the lottery winnings. They are told that once the fee is received, money will be wired to their bank account and the car will be delivered to their home.
Many times the caller will tell the victim that a representative of the lottery is in the area and as soon as the process fee is received, someone will deliver a check to their home. Scammers often use Google Earth to identify local landmarks and make the scam more believable.
A key to the scammer's success is convincing victims to promise not to tell their family members and to make it a big surprise. If the scammers feel they have a potential victim, the calls will increase in frequency, resulting in hundreds of calls.
The money is requested through a wire from Western Union, Green Dot Card or in a creative way such as putting $100 bills in each page of a magazine.
"We very concerned about the proliferation of new scams targeting older residents in Vermont," said Greg Marchildon, AARP Vermont state director. "Sadly, seniors are more vulnerable than others in this regard as they are more often home to answer the phone, are generally trusting of others and many times have assets they can easily access. We're pleased to help alert Vermonters as to how to avoid being a victim, and we support the Beware: Scams from Area Code 876 campaign and any law enforcement efforts to address this problem."
For more information about scams originating from area code 876, visit:
To report a scam, file a complaint with the Attorney General's Consumer Assistance Program at:
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