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June 11, 2008
Statement of Maureen Kurtek
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Senate Judiciary Hearing entitled:
"Short-change for Consumers and Short-shrift for Congress? The Supreme Court's Treatment of Laws that Protect Americans' Health, Safety, Jobs and Retirement"
June 11, 2008
Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Specter and Members of the Committee:
A health insurance company should never be allowed to jeopardize a person's health while they look for ways to save money. But when they do they should be held accountable.
My name is Maureen Kurtek. I am 44 years old and live in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
I am a registered nurse by training and last worked in an ICU.
I have lupus. I was diagnosed in 1989 when I was 25 years old. I suffer from complications of thrombocytopenia, which is a low platelet count and antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS) which means I produce blood clots.
For the low platelet count I began treatment with large doses of steroids. Because of the negative effects of chronic steroid use, I was evaluated at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. My doctors agreed that a therapy called IVIG would be beneficial to me and enable me to taper the use of steroids.
IVIG (Intravenous Immunoglobulin IG) is the IGG portion of the blood which helps to fight infection by building up a patient's resistance. People with autoimmune diseases such as myself do not have a normal resistance to germs, which is comparable to a person undergoing chemotherapy.
My doctors were right. Periodic IVIG therapy enabled me to avoid high dose steroids. IVIG therapy raised my platelet count and boosted my immunities.
IVIG therapy is expensive. My first series of treatments in 1998 cost about $14,000.00 and was paid for by Pennsylvania Blue Cross and Blue Shield through my husband's employer.
I had two more treatments, one in 1999 and one in 2001, paid for by Pennsylvania Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
In January 2003, my platelet count was very low and my doctor recommended another IVIG treatment. At the time, my husband had just changed jobs and our health insurance company was now Capital Blue Cross.
I immediately called Capital Blue Cross to preauthorize the treatment, which according to the Plan; they would pay for as long as it was medically necessary.
It was indeed medically necessary for me.
I first called Capital Blue Cross on January 17, 2003. The first representative wanted to look into whether the treatment could be provided by home health instead of in a hospital.
The next Capital representative on the same day told me she thought the treatment was "experimental."
I repeatedly asked to speak with a supervisor and was told that Capital was continuing to look into this and would report back to me once a decision was made.
Every time I called, I was told that "someone was working on it." I was also told that the supervisor had a note on her desk with my name and number.
Capital knew I had received this treatment three times in the past, and Pennsylvania Blue Cross paid for it.
Capital did not call any of my doctors.
Due to the fact I could not receive the IVIG, my doctor increased my dose of prednisone, which suppresses the immune system and keeps my platelet count up, so that I would not bleed to death while I was waiting to hear from the insurance company.
It took the insurer 53 days to determine that IVIG therapy was necessary for my medical condition.
By then I had nearly died. Due to not receiving my treatment, I became septic with a white blood count of 24,000 and a low blood pressure of 69/34. I developed an infection my body could not fight since my platelet count was so low.
On March 1, 2003, I was taken by ambulance to Pottsville Hospital and thereafter transferred on an emergency basis to Reading Hospital for what proved to be an acute flare up of my lupus and catastrophic APLS. According to my doctor, this condition could have been prevented or dramatically diminished had I received the medically necessary IV IG therapy during the time period when I requested pre-approval.
It was not until March 11, 2003 while I was an inpatient at the Reading Hospital that I received a voice mail message at home from Capital that the IV IG therapy would be covered under Capital's comprehensive health coverage under the Blue Cross portion of the contract and would be covered at 100% as long as the services are medically necessary.
The very first treatment I received after being admitted to the hospital was emergent IV IG therapy. While at Reading Medical Center, I was in critical condition in septic shock with multi system organ failure. The doctors told my husband I had a five percent chance of survival. My platelet count was 20,000.
After going into septic shock, I went into kidney failure and due to having Systematic Lupus Erythemous with A/B syndrome, my body also started to throw clots at the same time as it bled out. I had blood clots in my hands and feet while I also suffered uncontrollable hemorrhaging of the sinuses causing blood to enter my lungs. I was bleeding from every orifice in the body including the eyes and mouth at the same time as I suffered from blood clots. All of this could have been prevented had I received the IVIG treatment I had received many times before.
During my hospitalization, I was in respiratory failure and required ventilation on a respirator and within 24 hours had an emergency tracheotomy due to bleeding into my sinuses. My extremities were clamped down and clotted, and I experienced excruciating pain in my fingers and feet. I was so weak it took four nurses to roll over in bed. I couldn't do anything. I could not even hold a toothbrush I almost died because of this injustice and parts of me actually did die.
As a result of the extraordinary delay in approval of IV IG therapy, I had half of my right foot amputated, have developed osteomyelitis of my right foot, have lost the tips of five fingers, I have discoloration and redness in my face, including scarring of my nose, have difficulty breathing through my nose, have undergone surgeries, am required to take Lovenox, 2 injections daily, have developed peripheral neuropathy, and am required to wear special shoes.
There is no doubt the insurance company unnecessarily delayed approval of IVIG therapy while trying to find a way to deny coverage, and my family and I paid a heavy price.
I filed a lawsuit against the insurance company not only because of the harm they caused me but also to prevent them from doing this to someone else. The judge dismissed my case because the ERISA law does not allow people like me to sue for the harm the insurance company caused me. Because the law insulates them from any liability for their conduct, they have every incentive to delay or deny treatment in an effort to try to save money. Instead the ERISA law as the late Judge Becker stated "has evolved into a shield that insulates HMOs from liability for even the most egregious acts of dereliction committed against plan beneficiaries"
Because of ERISA, there is a monetary incentive for insurance companies to mistreat people like me who have health problems and are unaware of our rights. According to the law, the only remedy in court for me would have been to file an injunction to force the insurance company to pay for the treatment. I did not know I could do that and even if I did, I did not have the time or money to hire a lawyer. I relied on the insurance company who kept telling me someone would get back to me soon.
I am privileged to be here today to tell you about how the ERISA law has hurt me and my family. I'm wearing a tear shaped necklace given to me by family members who had to watch me cry tears of blood. Instead of protecting the American people, this law favors the insurance industry.
At the time I was sick, I had a 13 year old son who did not know whether his mom would even make it through the night. I had a husband who didn't know whether in a few days he would be a single parent and have to raise a child while trying to support a family on a modest income. And, all of this pain and suffering was caused by an insurance company that failed to provide me with a treatment that I had received six times prior at the same hospital under the same insurance provider with good effective results. Previously, this treatment had helped my body increase its ability to fight infection and keep my platelet count at a normal level. This treatment was prescribed for me by at least seven doctors and two specialists and was never considered to be experimental by them. This treatment, although expensive, was necessary for me. And, my insurance company delayed my treatment.
I stand before you today with a tracheotomy scar on my neck, five amputated finger tips and an amputated right foot where I still experience phantom pains. Life ceased as I had known it. I can no longer jog or dance. I can not wear stylish shoes on special occasions such as my son's graduation, and I have to wear an orthopedic shoe which I can assure you is not the dream of any woman. During my time in the hospital, I missed my son's spelling bee, piano recital, his confirmation at church and baseball games. These are events I can never get back.
Due to this law, insurance companies can get away with denying care and delaying treatment without any consequences. This is wrong. We need to change this law so no families will have to suffer the way mine has.
Thank you for your time. I would be happy to answer any questions.


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Lupita's Beauty
Lupita Nyong'o forthe March issue of ESSENCE Magazine. In the 4-page spread entitled, "Lupita Shines", the actress shared her feelings about her major award nominations and how she's dealing with the brightness of the spotlight.
Want to know her beauty regimen? The stunner keeps things as simple and natural as possible.
"She moisturizes with argan oil, pomegranate oil and kukui oil from Hawaii interchangeably[,] and removes her makeup with avocado oil. Should she ever break out – which is rare – she spot-treats with a fresh garlic clove. "My mother instilled in me that nature knows best," she says."


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The unique design of this Billiards Chrome Finished Neon Clock places the eight ball in the middle of the timepiece, with remaining pool balls as the clock numbers. Great for the game room or garage.
Fans of pool won't find a cooler clock than this Billiards Chrome Finished Neon timekeeper. Featuring a green billiards face (1-12 small billiard balls with a big 8 ball in the middle), chrome finished blue neon, quartz movement clock, and all-American style. Great 3 tiered art deco rim. Neon lasts upwards of 10 years. mixed media neon plastic and glass. Clock portion runs on two AA batteries (not included). Neon portion runs on included AC adapter.


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Who stole Netflix's mojo?
Even if you believe that splitting Netflix into two services and raising prices is the right plan for the company in the long term, the moves in the near term have many subscribers asking whether managers value them.
Many Netflix users are outraged for the second time in the past three months. CEO Reed Hastings offered an apology last night in a letter to customers as well as in a video message for the way the company announced a price increase in July. He didn't say he was sorry for the actual price hike, and more importantly, he also said Netflix was splitting itself into two separate services. The new Netflix will be involved in streaming video over the Web exclusively, while the other service, called Qwikster, will oversee DVD by mail.
Some analysts and customers argue that Netflix has made plenty of other missteps in the past several months. The company couldn't close a licensing agreement with Starz, the pay-TV service that owns Web distribution rights to content from Sony Pictures and Disney. That means Netflix's streaming library will offer even fewer films from the top Hollywood studios. Much of Hollywood is lukewarm about Netflix's business model and the company has struggled to acquire streaming rights for popular films. … Read more


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After launch mess, EA pledges free game for SimCity players
SimCity's launch may be long remembered as a complete disaster, but in a new update, Lucy Bradshaw, General Manager of Sims creator and EA subsidiary Maxis, aimed to alleviate the sour mood by promising to fix the connectivity calamity and deliver a free game as a peace offering.
"To get us back in your good graces, we're going to offer you a free PC download game from the EA portfolio," said Bradshaw. "On March 18, SimCity players who have activated their game will receive an e-mail telling them how to redeem their free game."… Read more


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About 28 customers in Thousand Oaks were without power Sunday night after a vehicle hit a utility pole, officials said.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office responded to the crash at Pederson and Radcliffe Roads about 4:20 p.m., officials said.
The power pole with cable lines down was reported to Southern California Edison about 4:30 p.m., said Patricia Bartoli-Wible, public affairs region manager.
When a car hits a pole, it will generally cause wires to come down, and crews must replace the whole structure, Bartoli-Wible said.
She said the outage was affecting customers who live on Pederson between Olsen and Radcliffe Roads.
Initial reports said 2,607 customers were affected and about six transformers were malfunctioning, Bartoli-Wible said.
Crews gave an estimated restoration time of 6 a.m. Monday, Bartoli-Wible said.
No injuries were reported from the crash, but deputies were on scene assisting with traffic control, and parts of Pederson were closed, officials said.
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Part 1 of a staged reading of letters written by students who participated in the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project.
On June 15, 2010, Antioch College's Morgan Fellows organized a staged reading of letters written by students who participated in the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project.
Local high school and college-age youths read from the personal accounts of some of the 1,000 students, mostly under the direction of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, who faced beatings, harassment, jail and assassination as they organized voter registration drives and Freedom Schools in segregated Mississippi.
Letters Home From Freedom Summer was presented in conjunction with Oh Freedom Over Me, a multimedia traveling exhibition from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University which records scenes from Freedom Summer of 1964 when activists inspired the nation through their bold challenge of the entrenched racism of the state of Mississippi.
The exhibit, which runs through September 30 at Antioch College's Herndon Gallery, features dramatic photographs by members of the Southern Documentary Project, video news footage, documentary audio and music from the civil rights movement.
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[JURIST] Bangladesh [JURIST news archive] has approved the creation of a so-called Truth and Accountability Commission which would allow corrupt officials and businessmen guilty of corruption to avoid jail by confessing and returning money taken, officials said Monday. The commission would operate under the country's new Voluntary Disclosure of Information Ordinance for five months, and those officials who come forward would still be prohibited from running for political office or holding board positions at any public company, bank, or financial institution for five years. The commission is designed to ease the burden on the country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) [governing statute; JURIST news archive] which faces a huge backlog and which government officials say could take decades to prosecute all of the offenders. Plans for the establishment of a "truth commission" were first announced [JURIST report] last October as a way to instill more investor confidence in the country which has experienced a significant decrease in economic growth. AFP has more.Bangladesh's current anti-corruption crackdown began after President Iajuddin Ahmed declared a state of emergency [JURIST report] in the country and canceled a scheduled national election in January 2007. Eight former Bangladeshi ministers were subsequently accused of corruption and 13 other former ministers and senior politicians were arrested during raids on their homes [JURIST reports]. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [party profile; JURIST news archive] faces corruption charges for receiving illegal kick-backs from both a power-plant construction deal and oil and gas contracts [JURIST reports]. Former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia [UN profile] also faces charges related to oil and gas contracts [JURIST report].
[JURIST] Pakistan officials who ignored a Supreme Court [official website] order and went along with President Pervez Musharaff's declaration of emergency rule [PDF text; JURIST report] in November 2007 will be punished regardless of their position, ousted Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry [JURIST news archive] told a rally of lawyers and supporters in Faisalabad Sunday. Chaudhry told the group supporting his reinstatement that the same day Musharraf made his declaration of emergency rule, the Supreme Court had issued an order [JURIST report] intended to counteract the declaration, and that those who disobeyed the Court's ruling were in violation of the country's constitution [text]. Chaudhry did not say what kind of punishment those officials would face, but Pakistan People's Party (PPP) [party website] chief Asif Ali Zardari has said that, at least with regard to the President, his group wants to work with Musharraf rather than impeach him. AP has more. From Pakistan, the Daily Times has local coverage.Chaudhry's comments come as the PPP is preparing to introduce in parliament a wide-ranging constitutional amendment package [JURIST report] which would forbid the country's President from taking many of the actions Musharraf did last November and would explicitly hold accountable judges who go along with such actions. The new coalition government formed by the PPP and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) [party website] vowed in February to work together to reinstate Chaudhry and the other ousted judges and establish a fully independent judiciary [JURIST reports]. The government has nonetheless failed to meet several supposed "deadlines" to reinstate the judges, prompting leaders of the country's lawyers' movement to call for mass protests [JURIST report] in mid-June.
[JURIST] Myanmar's draft constitution [JURIST news archive] has been overwhelmingly approved in a national referendum after two rounds of voting with 92 percent of votes cast favoring the proposed charter and 98 percent of the country's 27 million eligible voters turning out, state television reported Monday. Voting concluded [JURIST report] Saturday in the 47 townships hit hardest earlier this month by Cyclone Nargis, a storm which left an estimated 130,000 people dead or missing. The referendum was held in the rest of the country May 10, much to the dismay [JURIST reports] of many members of the international community as well as local opposition and rights activists. Xinhua has more.Myanmar's military government announced on May 15 that the constitution had been approved [JURIST report] by roughly 90 percent of voters in the referendum's initial round. National League for Democracy and other opposition groups labeled the referendum a "sham" to legalize military rule. The draft constitution reportedly reserves 25 percent of parliamentary seats for the military and would also block pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi [JURIST news archive] from seeking office. Myanmar [JURIST news archive] has been governed without a constitution since the military regime took power in 1988 and talks on a new national charter have been underway for 14 years. The last general elections in Myanmar were held in 1990. The NLD, led by Suu Kyi, won that election easily, but the ruling military government did not recognize the result and placed Suu Kyi under house arrest.
[JURIST] Egyptian parliamentarians voted 305-103 Monday to extend the country's emergency laws [EOHR backgrounder] for two more years at the behest of the government. The laws, which were first implemented after the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, permit the government and security services to arrest and detain anyone deemed a threat to state security, with detentions renewable every 45 days. The laws also ban demonstrations and allow military courts to try civilians [JURIST report]. In practice, the laws have been used to combat unrest and political opposition to the Mubarak regime. The latest renewal of the emergency laws comes notwithstanding a December 2006 promise from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak [official website; BBC profile] to repeal the laws after passage of a new terrorism bill [JURIST report]. In August 2007, Egyptian Judicial Affairs Minister Mufid Shehab said the laws would be lifted by June 2008 [JURIST report]. BBC News has more.
[JURIST] Security officials in Nepal [JURIST news archive] banned protests and rallies near the royal palace and the residence of King Gyanendra [JURIST news archive] on Monday, in anticipation of Wednesday's expected abolition of the Nepalese monarchy. Nepal's interim parliament voted in December 2007 to abolish the monarchy [JURIST report] of as a part of a plan to bring members of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists (CPN-M) [party website] back into the country's government. On Wednesday, a 601-member Constituent Assembly, elected in April [JURIST report], will meet to work on drafting a new constitution [JURIST news archive] and is expected to dethrone the King. The move to ban protests at the royal palace and king's residence will affect plans by the CPN-M and other smaller political parties to hold victory rallies at those locations on Wednesday. AP has more.The establishment of the CPN-M-dominated Constituent Assembly and the abolition of the monarchy were the main parts of a 2006 peace agreement [text; JURIST report] between the CPN-M and the Nepalese government, which marked the end of a 10-year Maoist insurgency [JURIST report].
[JURIST] Mengistu Haile Mariam [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the former Marxist president of Ethiopia [JURIST news archive], was sentenced to death Monday after the Ethiopian Supreme Court allowed Ethiopian prosecutors' appeal of his January 2007 life sentence [JURIST reports] on charges of genocide, homicide, illegal imprisonment, and illegal property seizure. Mengistu and 11 associates convicted [JURIST report] in absentia in 2006 after a twelve-year trial. Eighteen Mengistu aides were also sentenced to death Monday. Prosecutors had argued that the life sentence for Mengistu was not equal to the crimes he committed. No execution date has yet been set because the sentences have to be confirmed by Ethiopia's president. AFP has more.Mengistu ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991 at the head of a Marxist military junta called the Derg [LOC backgrounder] which had overthrown the monarchy of Haile Selassie. Under the Mengistu regime, the Ethipoian government committed numerous human rights violations, including the 1977-1978 "Red Terror" [LOC backgrounder], during which thousands of Mengistu's political opponents were executed. Some 150,000 university students, intellectuals, and politicians are believed to have been killed during Mengistu's rule. Overthrown by rebels in 1991, Mengistu went into exile in Zimbabwe. In December 2006, a Zimbabwean government spokesman said it had no plans to extradite Mengistu [JURIST report], although his future in that country may depend on the outcome of this year's presidential elections [JURIST news archive].
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EDIT: Thanks for the Front Page, I really didn't expect it! And regarding the length of the movie... the reason it's short is so that it stays true to the Toy Machine animations, which are always short and to the point - The point being that there is no point ;)
This is a short animation based on an animated segment from the latest Toy Machine video. Any skateboarders out there might be aware of a company called Toy Machine - Each Toy machine video includes a little segment featuring some of the Toy Machine characters (usually the orange Transmissionator) getting up to all kinds of crazy antics, and featured in the latest video was a short animation. Being the big Toy Machine fan that I am, I decided to make my own short animation featuring the famous Transmissionator.
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This is beyond stupid.The whole point of reading classic literature is that it was written by masters of the language, not political hacks who may or may not even have studied the language in college.If they want kids to be formally indoctrinated just mandate political indoctrination classes. And then have a special SAT test for it. Click Here if you Like this Comment
So many Must Reads, so little time. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Please don´t give them any ideas Country Boy. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
When my son was younger, I remember buying two books to read to him. I started with the Indian in the Cupboard, a fun book, read a few pages and put it down. Then I picked up Rudyard Kipling. The difference in reading those two books, out loud or even to myself, was huge.I did not realize the gift given to me in my public school when they required us to read and discuss some classic literature, until my son, many years later, went through that same town school system and got no where near the education I was given. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
The government has everything against the classics because it causes kids and adults to think for themselves and be open to new ideas. Another scary thing I read here at Lucianne last week was when books disappear, and all we have left are the downloadables, how can we trust that they have not been edited to suit the originator for propaganda purposes? A lot of scary things right now. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
They don´t dare teach kids financial literacy out of fear they might learn to be financially independent. It´s amazing the number of kids that go through school and can´t balance their checkbooks. They´ll get mad at the banks for the fees instead of blaming their own carelessness.I´ve only bounced one check inmy entire life and I don´t even keep a ledger or whatever.The stupid fee made an impression on me I´ll never forget.They also will never teach all the rags to riches stories in this country which could inspire kids to do better.All they want is voting zombies. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
#5´s point about downloadables is why I´m buying great books that I think will be important reads in the future just in case they get edited or just disappear. Click Here if you Like this Comment
This started years ago when they turned reading literature into just reading. They got rid of the classic poetry and literature; in its place, they wrote dumb stories that they thought taught students how to "skim and scan". How dumb and boring is that! It is no wonder "Johnny can´t read" and if he can, he hates it. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Another reason to get rid of the Department of re-education ! Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Seriously friends, get your kids or grandkids out of government schools. It´s worth the sacrifice to homeschool or send to private school. We are conservative in belief, yet how many of us are sending our kids to be taught by teachers trained in Bill Ayers propaganda? Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
This has been going on for years! When my daughter was a sophomore, I met with the head of the English department to complain about a required reading book: The Drowning of Stephen Jones. I argued that the book was garbage and used garbage language. I questioned him about literature and universal truths . he tried defending the book but eventually admitted to me that the book was garbage! He said that the reason they assign the book is because its impossible to get kids to read the classics.( Dumbing down,perhaps???)At any rate, a few years later, my son (a Rush Baby)had this person as his AP English teacher. Turns out the guy is an admitted socialist . The upside is that my son , even as a teen,could identify socialism and communism. The downside is that this leftist propaganda virus has been around long enough to infect several generations. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
More socialist Democrat brainwashing of our kids. Educated people, who have their heads screwed on right, are a threat and very intimidating to Democrats. It is easier to manipulate the gullible and illiterate. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
This is the face of Communism. You´re in it at the beginning. It goes downhill from here. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
Well -- I wouldn´t worry to much....If you tell a teenager they can´t read something -- that´s the FIRST thing they´ll read....Stop with the "sky is falling" all day long. WE are not stupid out here.....LZK Click Here if you Like this Comment
FTA:Proponents of downgrading the teaching of literature claim that their goal is to make sure U.S. students can read and understand complicated texts.Good. There are plenty of complicated science texts that are already there in school. Let them read and understand them. Then maybe we will be able to compete with the rest of the world in science.They get enough propaganda watching TV. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Have you all heard the news?The New York City Public Library (the main branch) is going to move its books to New Jersey.The building is not stylish, they claim.So all the stacks must be removed.To get a book, you will have to request it and wait.It will be a library without books.Only in America!Save the 42nd Street Library! Click Here if you Like this Comment
FTA:Proponents of downgrading the teaching of literature claim that their goal is to make sure U.S. students can read and understand complicated texts. But there are plenty of complicated texts that don't amount to political propaganda, much less propaganda relating to current hot-button policy issues in which the Obama administration is heavily invested. If teaching students how to read such texts were the only goal here, the list of exemplar tests wouldn't include one-sided political tracts about health care and the environment.Good point. If reading skills could be sharpened by the use of government text, why not assign high schoolers excerpts from the United States tax codes? Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Low Information Voters 101. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
The Left has been indoctrinating the kids for years! It starts with C.Columbus in elementary school.Now it is firmly institutionalized -The answer is MONEY, what´s the question. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
One advantage classic literature has over "information text" is that it can examine its protagonists´ motives in great detail, something that mere reporting can only guess at. The best literature reveals the human condition, laying out not only the foundations for our more noble characteristics, but the reasons why some people choose to lie, cheat, steal and kill. In real life, it´s hardly ever easy to completely answer the "why" question (the reason criminal prosecutors are not required to prove motive), but the fiction reader will understand that, even if the answer to the question "why" is often obscure, it still exists and needs to be explored. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
I wonder what they´re using to teach the definition of propaganda? When I was in school many years ago, the concept was limited to commercial advertising strategies. Now the examples are in literature assignments? Glad we home school our kids! Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Radicals think most of the great writing here occurred before the Civil War and between the two World Wars. In the 20th century most of the great writers already were socialists or "Americans in exile". This thinking has progressed to the idea that everyone is an artist and a star. Fairness at work. Artists used to believe that their great calling was to stand alone if necessary, and protect society from becoming too much like its worst members. But society has been to college and has been educated towards incompetent leftism. Today writing merit has everything to do with politics. Art has devolved into provocation for the hell of it. Which is not to say that that is not art. It is to say it is art called out of a decadent instrument, and applauded by a decadent patron, and a stoned and spiritually bankrupt culture that has been told it is unacceptable to be judgmental. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
That cute little monkey, Curious George, is my example of the dumbing down of literature. In the 1960s each page of the story had several paragraphs about George´s adventures, by the 1990s there were only a couple of sentences on a page. Did children get dumber from 1960 to 1990, or did the wizards of smart dumb down the text so that non-readers could succeed?The Left at work every day, destroying intellectual curiosity, dumbing down children so they are easier to mold into little Leftists. Past time to halt and reverse this trend. Click Here if you Like this Comment
I don´t think there is a political agenda in the Common Core standards. There is a problem with political correctness in assignment of literature to read. It sort of boils down to the problem that most classic literature was written by White Anglo-Saxon men and the only way to make the readings from all groups equal is to eliminate huge amounts of the classics. AP Language stresses the ability to write argumentative essays and there is nothing wrong with reading any type of political essay as long as you can write an essay about why you disagree with it. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
The Founders, when separating church and state, should have also separated government and education. It is for us now to do so. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
I blame it all on Cliff´s Notes. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
No one under 45 has been taught to recognize propaganda. We were shown movies of Pravda and the TASS News Agency, and told how lucky we were! Now, our country is being propagandized and they can´t even see it! Click Here if you Like this Comment
Fear not parents! Your Young Pioneers will receive the best indoctrination that union-thug, indifferently educated, listless paper-shufflers can provide. Sure there are still marvelous teachers in the public schools; but they are becoming the exception, not the rule. Most care as much about your child´s ultimate future, as the Oakland docks clerical union workers cared if goods made it through to consumers; it´s all about more pay for less work, under better conditions and---oh yeah!---no accountability. The union way. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
If you are a parent or grandparent pick two or three books a year to read with the children in your family. May I recommend that you pick from the "banned book list" of literary classics? I did it for my own children and now my grandchildren. It´s a wonderful experience.Oh, and then they can go to school and take those stupid AR tests for the book and get oodles of points for the reading. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Dreams of My Father has replaced Shaekespeare, It Takes A Village has replaced The Great Gatsby Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
I doubt any of the complex, challenging text they give kids to read will be Hayak or Friedman. Just a guess. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
When my kids were still at home, I used to require them to make a summer reading list. The list had to include at least one classic (Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid), one by Dickens, one play by Shakespeare, one history, etc. Then I´d pay them a dollar for each book when they finished all the books on their list.Now I´ve learned that my oldest daughter requires her kids to make summer reading lists... Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Frighteningly nauseating. Yet another few generations of liberally-indoctrinated kids who grow up to be Obama & Co.Will no one put a stop to this? Or must we ALL secede? Secession becomes more and more attractive as time passes. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
Since the early 20thc the left has been doing its best to destroy education. It´s the one thing at which they have actually succeeded. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
We´ve come a long way since The New England Primer. The founders would be shocked at today´s education system. Click Here if you Like this Comment
I graduated from the same high school my mom did; that was 10 years ago. I was in Honors English, but my mom was always amazed that the stuff I was doing was the stuff she did in regular English during the 70´s. They really are dumbing down the education system. If/when my hubby and I have kids, they will be home schooled, I will not trust liberal socialists with any child of mine. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Little Red Book of Chairman Obama Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
It´s the parents fault. Kid´s a lazy and don´t want to learn. Sarcasm Click Here if you Like this Comment
This is the sort of thing that happens when you put the "ignoranti" in office.I was an English major in college (classical studies minor). There´s a great book that everyone should read:The Educated Imagination by Northrop Frye.It´s described at Amazon as: Addressed to educators and general readers—the "consumers of literature" from all walks of life—this important new book explores the value and uses of literature in our time. Dr. Frye offers, in addition, challenging and stimulating ideas for the teaching of literature at lower school levels, designed both to promote an early interest and to lead the student to the knowledge and kaleidoscopic experience found in the study of literature. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.-George Orwell Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
#34 Arby--it seems to me they are succeeding at nearly everything these days......... Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Educational political indoctrination has been going on for decades. I am 61 and I can remember several teachers in junior high school who were radical leftists. But, we were still taught to read and think independently, unlike today. Moreover, we were still taught our country´s history the good and the bad. Today if our history is taught, I suspect it is only the bad.Also, our parents continued our education at home. My parents provided the balance to those radical teachers.The leftist agenda is pushed as we know in the news, in movies, TV sitcoms, commercials, you name it. So, people are inundated with the leftist message. And the November 6 elections showed that.Until we can take back the educational system and provide some balance in the various media forums, I am not sure how we bring our country back. This election was our chance. Our resolve will be truly tested over the next few years. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Are the common core subjects dictated by the regime going to be written in Ebonics? Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Poster #25: The Founders...should have also separated government and education.The Founders taught their children at home until they reached the level of university, the Founders could not imagine the government being involved in schooling any more than they could conceive an income tax. Remember there is no authorization for a Department of Education in the Constitution.Children were taught to read the Bible, then McGuffy´s readers. For many, many decades teachers were young, unmarried women who were given "room and board" by moving from one parents´ home to another through the school year, with a very small stipend.I volunteer with the local Friends of the Library, we hold an annual booksale, ours has grown to one of the largest in the country, with over a quarter million books for sale. We have tons of books on every subject...classics, best seller fiction, home school educational, history, science, math, biographies, etc. Check with your library, go to their sale, volunteer and purchase the printed books that are available for a pittance compared to your bookstore or Amazon. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
this has been going on for more than two generations. Pat Buchanan warned of it over 40 years ago in the speeches he wrote for Vice-President Agnew. He was ignored. Then 20 years ago, it started being put into place (see Kimball Tenured Radicals among other books) and it was still ignored. And now sedition is the official line. Sorry to say, the Republicans (particularly both Bushes) promoted the idea that the federal government should be involved in local school issues and that gave a huge boost to this anti-American philosophy. It´s over folks. We were warned many many years ago and we fiddled while rome burned. It´s burned down now. One day, generations hence, people will record what a great country this was for about 190 years. I am grateful that at least I saw a little of her greatness when I was a boy. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
1. Leftist advocates went heavily into journalism, education, gov´t [especially unaccountable bureaucratic sinecures], and "charitable" foundations [doing "good" -- pushing the Leftist agenda -- with other people´s money is s-o-o-o much easier than earning it yourself]. Each institution has declined horribly.2. Without dumbing-down, major dumbing-down, professional educationists would be instantly exposed. And we could never have the Utopia where "all the children are above-average."3. So, I guess Guy Montag is the next "recess" appointment?"Well, Montag, take my word for it, I´ve had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe. they´re about nonexistent people, figments of imagination, if they´re fiction. And if they´re nonfiction, it´s worse, one professor caling another an idiot, one philosopher screaming down another´s gullet. All of them running about, putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun. You come away lost."~~Fire Chief Beatty4. The guerrilla´s weapons -- The Gutenberg Project; Amazon [esp. free downloads]; and local used book stores. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Great books, the kind that those dead white Euro guys wrote, had great ideas.Can´t have that. Click Here if you Like this Comment
I used to think that "Fahrenheit 451" was fiction. I´m starting to think it was a prophecy. Remember, Heinrich Heine (in 1821) "Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings." Click Here if you Like this Comment
The Closing of the American Mind by Bloom is excellent on this subject. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Valuable lessons learned from experiences throughout history have always been communicated and passed down through generations verbally, the written word, movies & etc., ...´´the media.´´ Those beneficial lessons, thus already tested & tried, always have served to prepare humanity for a better future, as America´s own Constitutional course clearly reveals. Those principles securing individual Liberty, (-Wisdom summerized in The Golden Rule, IMO), has been this country´s courageous goal and have proved their validity. We don´t need to, ´reinvent the wheel,´ regarding securing our freedom!But, statist pols don´t want anyone to remember anything positive about American history before they became tenured! In fact, today we are beginning to hear just forget Western civilization´s place in history!?! Is this increasingly ruthless attack upon our entire way of life to become as was the burning of the books at Alexandria?!! That seems to be the case with those who demand that children only look, ´´FORWARD!´´ ...What folly is that?!!Who will champion the equality, the Life and Liberty of each human being and pass that basic principle of respect for others on to future generations if those who busy themselves with erasing American history, indeed world history, and the lessons learned along the way?Today´s politicized statist media fabricates, lies and spins every word in their relentlous effort to, ´´CHANGE,´´ & remake life in America and, apparently, the world, ...into WHAT? The choice is the same that it has always been, as Mark Levin´s best seller exposes: ´´Liberty or Tyranny.´´ America MUST continue to stand for Liberty, and pass it on to the children! Click Here if you Like this Comment
My kids get to read "Time for Kids" magazine. I spend a lot of time rebutting every other page. The latest is a spread on how polar bears are in endangered and how they can help them by turning off lights and using less energy. This is how they are incrementally creating Obamabots. My kids have me to tell them the truth, but how many others have no one in between defending the truth? Click Here if you Like this Comment
Do future parents think our federal govn will allow you to home school your kids? No chance. Every day a new outrage. The govn has infected every aspect of society. You can`t even chop down a tree in your own backyard without some bureaucrat signing off on it. Indoctrination has become a full contact sport in our public schools and colleges. Since Obamacare seized the college loan program it won`t be long before you are mandated to take prescribed govn approved classes to obtain a degree. Every aspect of your life will be controlled by govn fiat.Succumb or fight. Time is running out. Click Here if you Like this Comment
People--it´s over. OVER. And anyone who cannot see (yes, LZK-the sky IS falling) that we have begun the Marxist state -- are participants. It´s not "stupid", or whatever, it is MARXISM. And, read Habakkuk. Or any of the old testament. God DOES discipline His people. Interestingly, most of the time He has done so, it is with people from the area of Babylon (current day Iraq/Iran. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Did you know slavery in the US was almost abolished before we gained our independence? The question was put before the First Continental Congress, and it lost by ONE vote. King George III forced slavery on us, we had no choice. (He made far too much money from African kings who willingly supplied him). See, we cannot let the "people" know true history. We must fabricate history to fit our goal of destroying the USA. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
First Continental Congress was in 1761. The question of slavery was one of the causes of the Revolution. Have we no cause for Revolution today? Yes, we do, abundantly. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
I hate to generalize, but I deal with young 20 year olds daily and encounter others in restaurants, etc. I find a majority of them suffer from what Mo Howard once diagnosed Curly with in a Stooges short: Vacancy of the Cranium. They have no clue about societal issues, economic or historical matters. I blame the schools for this and the government for taking the parent/family out of the education process. They have indoctrinated not educated these kids. Click Here if you Like this Comment 2 persons like this.
Any parents or grandparents here, go back and read #44...Our children are our heritage... It´s up to We the People! We are responsible for what they are taught and learn... Don´t get me started! Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
The left is totally against water boarding but see no problem at all with brainwashing. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Going to assign Munzer? Click Here if you Like this Comment
Race to the Top = 30 pieces of silver. The red state of Tennessee sold out its sovereignty for a budget boosting $400 million. Guess what? Now that $ is gone and everyone is scrambling to get more. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.


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The Air Force believes that it's solved the years-long mystery of why F-22 pilots have suffered potentially dangerous, hypoxia-like symptoms aboard the world's most advanced jet fighter.
And the answer is so insanely simple, some Congressmen don't believe it.
It's primarily clothing!
According to Congressional Testimony by NASA and Air Force experts earlier this month, the problem lies with an inflatable combat vest that was worn -- in combination with rubberized cold-weather survival gear needed for ejection by pilots over cold water. This combination of flight gear was worn by crews flying out of only two bases in the world:
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson here in Alaska, and Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. It just so happens that these are the only two groups of pilots who suffered hypoxia anomolies aboard the F-22.
The vest, when combined with the bulky cold weather exposure clothing worn by pilots at those two bases (to help them survive immersion in cold water in a ditching or ejection), constricted the chest. Constricted lungs are very bad news for pilots during high-g maneuvers, such as sharp turns. That's when pilots most need an adequate supply of oxygenated blood to remain in their heads. During those high-g maneuvers blood tends to rush out of your brain and pool in your stomach and legs.
The clincher to solving the mystery was this:
Air Force testing in ground centrifuges -- using the cold weather gear with the inflatable vests -- showed that pilots could not inhale the same volume of oxygen into their lungs, whenever they wore rubberized cold weather suits. And being able to breathe fully is vastly important when you're under high g-loading at high altitude.
The ground-based tests showed that the Air Force could actually induce hypoxia-like system in pilots at sea level under high g-forces. Graphs of oxygen-volume also showed those pilots could not fill their lungs with air their chests were constricted by the combination of cold weather clothing and the inflatable vests.
The Air Force plans to change a valve in the Upper Body Pressure Garment so that it inflates to a suitable pressure when worn over cold-weather emergency gear.
The agency also plans to install a 15.4 pound back-up oxygen generating system in the cockpit to help pilot -- with a sustained burst of pure oxygen -- when they are becoming hypoxic.
Another aspect of the fix is attaching a biomedical sensor to the F-22 pilots' ear. Itwill continuously measure the oxygen-saturation of his blood so that he knows when to manually increase O2 flow in his mask.
But how could something like this have happened in the first place?
How is it that the Air Force could have failed to take into account that ruberized coldwater survival suits would have constricted a pilot's chest in the F-22. And why hasn't this problem cropped up before in previous American fighter jets?
Experts told a Congressional Committee on September 14th that the F-22 is different from all previous fighters. Itroutinely flies at altitudes above 50,000 feet. The plane's maximum ceiling is classified, but iexperts say the F-22 flies much higher than either the F-15 or the F-16. It also flies much higher than the F-18.
General Gregory Martin (USAF-Ret) testified before Congress on September 14th that, in fact, the F-22's high-altitude capabilities are more comparable with a U-2 Spy plane, or the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft than they are to a conventional fighter.
Both spy planes fly so high that pilots are required to wear full pressure-suits. Those suits look just like the orange spacesuits -- which used to be worn by astronauts for launch aboard the space shuttle.
But a fighter pilot cannot where a bulky space suit. For one thing, the helmet of a spacesuit is attached to a neck ring, and that means the helmet is immobile. In a dog-fight, the pilot would only be able to see in front of him -- posing a significant risk that he could be shot-down by an enemy coming in from behind or from the side -- an enemy he might never see.
In addition, even though the F-22 flies at extremely high altitude for a jet-fighter, it's platic canopy cannot be fully pressurized. It must be lightly pressurized in case a bullet -- fired at the pilot from another aircraft -- comes crashing through the plexiglas. If the canopy suffered a bullet strike -- while the cabin was fully pressurized, with the plane was flying above 50,000 feet -- there would be a sudden, explosive decompression, which would be very dangerous for a pilot.
That compromise -- of having to lightly pressurize the cockpit at high altitude -- leaves the pilot utterly dependent on the proper flow of oxygen through his relatively flimsy face mask. (At least that mask is flimsy compared to an astronaut's fully-sealed space helmet).
So in summary what we have with this, an jet fighter that flies at extremely high altitude, a cabin which -- for safety reasons -- cannot be fully pressurized, and a fighter pilot not permitted to wear a full space suit at those extreme altitudes.
When pilots are only wearing a sealed facemask to protect them from hypoxia, there had better be nothing to constrict their chest when they try to take a full breath of air under the strain of high-g maneuvers. In this case, the combination of an improperly inflated upper pressure garment, worn over a bulky, rubberized exposure suit, did constrict the breathing. That led to hypoxic symptoms.
The problem is compounded by the fact that hypoxia symptoms can be so subtle -- and accompanied by a euphoric sense of well-being -- that a pilot may not recognize he's in trouble until it's too late.
In fact, that may have been what happened in the fatal crash of an F-22, flying out of J-BER, back in November 2010.
Captain Jeff Haney apparently suffered hypoxic symptoms while flying 100 miles north of Anchorage. He impacted the ground, unable to activate his emergency oxygen system. Pilots do train for this contingency -- to recognize hypoxia and then act to take emergency actions to counteract it. But carrying out the emergency procedures can still be difficult in an hypoxic state. In fact, one F-22 pilot, speaking to the news broadcast "60 Minutes" earlier this year said that he had suffered an hypoxic incident aboard the F-22. He went on to say that it took all of his concentration to activate the emergency system.
Another problem may have contributed to hypoxic symptoms aboard the F-22. The Air Force believes that a computer algorithm, which controls the flow of oxygen to a pilot's mask, may have had a flaw in it in earlier versions of the F-22. Under certain flying conditions, the computer system might have failed deliver enough oxygen to a pilot.
The algorithm has since been corrected. In addition, the Air Force has now decided to install a back-up oxygen system in the plane. In earlier models of the F-22, this back-up oxygen system was not installed. The Air Force was fearful that at a weight of 15.4 pounds, the back-up O2 system might diminish the performance of the aircraft. High performance, in the form of tight turns and maximum climbing speed, is essential if a jet if it is to survive aerial combat with other jets.
But, with hindsight, the Air Force has now determined that the weight penalty of the back-up O2 system is insignificant. In testimony before Congress, Air Force officials testified that the F-22 has such high performance capability, the agency is now opting for increased safety.
In its brief history as an operational aircraft, a history extending back to 2005, F-22 pilots have suffered one hypoxia-like incident per thousand sorties. That doesn't sound that much, but it's a rate twice as high as the F-16 (whjch flies at much lower altitude and which has a back-up oxygen system).
With the alteration of the upper body pressure garment -- to compensate for the bulkiness of the cold water survival gear, the Air Force now believes it has a handle on the problem of hypoxia-like symptoms on the F-22.
The plane returned to service on September 21, 2011(after a 5-month-grounding in the summer of 2011). In that year, there has been some good news. There have been no hypoxic incidents aboard the aircraft in the past 5 months -- since March 2012.
The Air Force says the F-22 costs $143 million dollars apiece -- making it, by far -- the most expensive fighter aircraft in the world.
But if you take the F-22's production costs ($79 billion) and divide it by the 195 fighters that have been built, you arrive at a much higher cost -- $405 million dollars per plane.
Whichever figure is right, the Air Force now believes it has a handle on the F-22 oxygen problem.
Time will tell if military officials are right.


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Orbitz was the product name of a noncarbonated fruit-flavored beverage, made by the company Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation (makers of Clearly Canadian), that had small edible balls floating in it. It was introduced around 1997 and quickly disappeared due to poor sales. The drink was marketed as a "texturally enhanced alternative beverage" but some consumers compared it to a portable lava lamp.[1]
The small balls floated due to their nearly equal density to the surrounding liquid, and remained suspended with assistance from an ingredient known as gellan gum. The gellan gum provided a support matrix—something like a microscopic spider web--and had a visual clarity approaching that of water, which increased with the addition of sugar.
The website for Orbitz existed for a while, but was taken over by the Internet travel agency of the same name (see Orbitz).
Unopened bottles of the beverage have become a collector's item, appearing on online auction websites.[1]
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Professor Behru Zewde will give a talk for AFIES-West.
Please join members of American Friends of Institute of Ethiopian Studies (AFIESWest) in welcoming the distinguished scholar Professor Bahru Zewde one of the leading and most prolific historians working in Africa today.
The American Friends of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies (AFIES-West) is the West Coast chapter of the society formed to support the Institute of Ethiopian Studies (IES) in its mission to collect and protect Ethiopian cultural heritage. It provides a means for Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia living in North America to contribute to the preservation of Ethiopia's cultural, intellectual and material heritage.
Professor Bahru Zewde Bio:
Professor Bahru Zewde is a distinguished historian of Ethiopia and Africa. He received his B.A. with distinction from the Haile Selassie I University (1970) and his PhD from the University of London (1976). He has taught at the Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (USA), Hamburg University (Germany), and has served as director of the Institute of Ethiopia Studies at Addis Ababa University, editor of the Journal of Ethiopian Studies, the Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, and Africa Review of Books and as member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal of African History, president of the Association of Ethiopian Historians, resident vice-president of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), and first vice-president of the Association of African Historians. Currently, he serves as the executive director of the Forum for Social Studies (Ethiopia) and a board member of Trust Africa.
He authored widely acclaimed books (including A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855-1991 (2001) and Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The Reforming Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth Century (2002), edited a book entitled Between the Jaws of Hyenas: A Diplomatic History of Ethiopia 1876-1896 (2002), co-edited a book (Ethiopia: The Challenge of Democracy from Below (2002), and compiled A Short History of Ethiopia and the Horn (1998). He is also the author of more than 30 articles and book chapters.
Professor Bahru has received numerous awards and fellowships including the British Council Scholarship, British Academy Fellowship, a French Government research grant, and Japan Foundation fellowship. He was USIA/NEH visiting scholar at Boston University and visiting fellow at St. Cross College and St. Anthony's College, Oxford University. He is also the recipient of the Golden Jubilee Award for "diligence, exemplary conduct and outstanding contribution" from Addis Ababa University.
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How To Fit Blog Writing Around Your Daily Routine
There are many factors that make a successful blog, and you should never underestimate the value of luck in making anything a hit. However while some aspects are out of your control, there are many different elements that all contribute and none are quite as important as simply writing on a regular basis and making an effort to continually update your blog. Doing so will ensure that Google sees your site as one that is contemporary and up-to-date, and it will give your visitors a good reason to check back regularly.
Of course in order to write regularly though you need to find time and this is where many bloggers fall short. Many of us run a website or a blog as a 'side project' and don't yet make a living from it which means we have lots of other commitments taking up our time. Thus, in order to be successful and to get to the point where our blog is our main commitment and the main source of revenue, we need to find ways to fit the writing in around the rest of our lifestyle. Here we'll look at some ways you can do that.
Find the Extra Time
Most of us have time that we waste every day. Of course waste is a strong word, but what I mean by this is that we have time that could be better spent doing other things. For instance you might find that you spend most evenings watching TV for a couple of hours with the partner, or you might find that you have a long commute where you sit on a train or a bus for forty minutes at a time. Of course then you can make more use of this time, either by opting to take fifteen minutes out (in the case of things like TV watching) or opting to multi-task (in the case of commuting). If you commute to work every day then this is a perfect time to upload a new article.
Increase Your Writing Speed
Of course you'll still only have a relatively small window of opportunity during this commute which is why you need to make sure that you maximize this time and learn to work quickly. The best way to increase your writing speed is to practice, but in the more immediate term try thinking about your article structures and topics during the day and even taking notes. If you do this, then when you sit down to write you'll find that your topics just come pouring out. On top of this, make sure that you have a passion or at the very least an interest in whatever subject you choose to write about – if you find it interesting you'll find you have lots to say which will mean it comes out more easily.
Use a Tablet or Phone
Sometimes we have moments where we're wasting time that we couldn't predict – a train breaks down for instance or we get stuck in a long queue at the bank. This is actually the perfect time to write, if only you have a tablet or a large phone that you can write on easily and the right apps. Get the WordPress app and a decent keyboard on an Android tablet for instance and you can upload new articles in minutes meaning that there's no longer any such thing as 'wasted time'. Of course you can improve on this ability further by making sure you've invested in the best technology for quickly writing on the go – I use a Nexus 7 tablet with some great apps installed and a foldable Bluetooth keyboard.
Carry a Notepad
Carrying a notepad can help many different aspects of your day to day life and I don't just mean for bloggers and webmasters. If you are a webmaster though then you're going to find this particularly useful as you can take notes whenever you have an idea or jot down the outline of an article without having to load anything up. This way, when you do then sit down to write, you'll be able to reel huge amounts off in moments because you'll have the structure and the inspiration ready.
Thinking Time
Sometimes it's not suitable to even use a notepad and pen – during the trailers at the cinema or when you're lying in bed for instance. This can however make very suitable thinking time and this is a great opportunity to plan out what your next blog post or two will be – which again will help you to finally sit down to write.
Know What to Stop Doing
Most of us have habits and activities that we could live without. For many of us this will mean coming home and watching TV for two hours before bed, while for others it might just mean being the member of a club that we don't particularly enjoy any more. By removing some of these things that take up time on a regular basis, we can then free up time for writing. Just make sure you do use it for blog writing, and not just to crash on the sofa a bit longer…
Get Up Forty Minutes Earlier
Still struggling to find time to write on a daily basis? Then just get up forty minutes earlier (few people take longer than that to write a blog post) and you'll have ample opportunity before everyone else gets up and starts making demands…
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4 Responses to "How To Fit Blog Writing Around Your Daily Routine"
A good post on a valid problem. I blog in my spare time so finding time to write can be tricky. I find planning is almost as important as finding the time to write, so that when I have the time, I don't sit there procrastinating.
I am going to be upgrading to an android device soon so I am hoping to add some flexibility by using mobile publishing apps.
Also it would be a good idea to use talk type software?
I am planing on using this once I have more blogs up and running.
wea, your tips was right….
sometimes in my daily, I need to do brainstorming to generate the ideas…:D -
There are lots of blog that was left behind by bloggers which I felt sorry since they really good and sensible blogs but are not updated. I don't know what their reasons are but once you've got a blog it should be nurtured by follow up contents and a very strong keywords.


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There are two major hardware advancements in the new Samsung Nexus S Google Phone. One is the Near Field Communication chip inside, which, at the moment, allows you to scan tags that are around town to get more information about the venue. My local UPS store has one and I scanned the tag there. I was told the same information that I would have got had I used GPS and picked out my location from Maps.
NFC will be a big deal when people can use phones as credit cards and EZ Passes. At the moment, it is nearly useless except as a neat trick.
Speaking of neat, the other improvement to the Nexus S over Galaxy S phones is the slightly curved glass front panel, called the "Contour Display." It feels a bit better when making calls and it is quite nice to show off (and might prevent breakage from some falls) but, overall, it doesn't affect much. But really, these two things aren't why you would purchase a Nexus S.
So why not just get a very similar T-Mobile Vibrant that was released this summer?
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Video: Panthers win!! .... Buccaneers win!!
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Chris Myers certainly isn't the first nor the last announcer that this will happen to, but the game winning score is the worst possible time to confuse the two teams playing a game in front of you. As Dallas Clark catches the game winning TD in overtime from Josh Freeman for the Buccaneers against the Panthers, Myers shouts:
"Panthers win!"
*Awkward Pause*
"Bucaaneers win!"
The awkward pause between the wrong call and the right call is always the best part.
(Video via returner8685)
@awfulannouncing I saw it live and once I heard it I said, "Enjoy being on Awful Announcing dude."
NFL Redzone signs off with a package of all of the touchdowns. They edited out the part where the 'Panthers win".
Is FOX low on play-by-play talent? I like Myers, but he's a better sideline guy than play-by-play. This byte is funny though. This makes me wish he still hosted his drivetime FOX Sports Radio show. The crew would definitely be giving him a hard time about this, no doubt playing his infamous "Goodnight everybody, goodnight career" soundbyte a time or two!
As a Bucs fan I cringe because Meyers far too often is calling the Bucs game. He has no enthusiasm for the game, and when he tries to feign it (like in this video) he either overdoes it or screws it up.
GofastMazda2008 he may be doing PBP for a lot of Bucs games this year, but this weekend he wil be doing PBP for his 4th Seahawks game this year,when the Seahawks play at the Miami Dolphins, which means tha the Bucs aren't the only team that he has called a lot of their games for this year!!!


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In L.A. we have schools called both Community colleges and City colleges. I went to Pasadena City College before transferring to a Cal State. it was a great school
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Ghostland Observatory is playing there on New Year's Eve!!!
They played in Seattle last New Year's and it was the most fun NYE ever. Hands down.
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yes, exactly. My fourth chance to see Ghostland and likely fourth time missing them. If it's not meant to be...
Ron Paul 2012!
Upcoming Shows:
Four Tet
Coachella 4/20-4/22
Death Cab for Cutie/Magik Magik Orchestra
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Muffins are a delicious way to start the day. The cooler weather is bringing them back into my kitchen. This version isn't excessively sweet (in an effort to keep sugar cravings in check), but is full of flavor and filling with protein and fiber-rich ingredients.
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AFTER THREE days of touring mountaintop removal mines, we were in the bus driving down Cannelton Hollow back toward Charleston. The bus was full of environmental activists, interested citizens, industry representatives and the Division of Environmental Protection officials who hosted the tour.
Ahead of us, a loaded coal truck lumbered, gears grinding and engine sputtering.
As I thought about what I had seen over those three days, I was suddenly able to put words to a vague feeling that had gnawed at me for the five years I've lived here:
The coal industry offends the hell out of me.
Before anybody storms The Charleston Gazette, let me explain more fully. I am offended in part on behalf of miners and thousands of others who make their living from coal.
I am offended by an industry that had to be forced by federal law to provide a workplace that is even remotely safe. Even now, the industry sabotages efforts to control coal dust. Coal dust causes black lung. In sufficient concentrations, it causes mine explosions.
Before the Mine Safety and Health Act passed in 1969, hundreds of miners lost their lives every year. The industry accepted that as a cost of business. Actually it was a savings. Safety measures cost money - more money than industry bean counters thought the lives of miners were worth. Since 1969, miners have died at one-fifth the rate they did before the mandated reforms and inspections.
This is an industry that had to be forced by federal law to limit ravages to the environment. Before the Clean Water Act passed, acid mine drainage killed creeks all over the state. Such drainage still causes problems. Before the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act passed, strip miners left scarred and pitted mountains in their wake, without even a nod toward reclamation.
The state is still trying to clean up many of these sites. Yet the industry has the gall to complain about being over-regulated.
This is an industry that used its undue influence on state politicians to get $80 million a year in "super tax credits" for supposedly creating jobs - while the number of miners drops ever lower. Industry associations defend huge companies that used fly-by-night contractors to escape hundreds of millions of dollars in Workers' Compensation debts and union pension obligations.
This is an industry that forces coal truck drivers who want to make a decent living to illegally overload their trucks, making mincemeat out of state roads and endangering other travelers.
This is an industry that hauls $100 million of coal a year through Cabin Creek, while poor children play in raw sewage.
Finally, this is an industry that rips the top off mountains and dumps the "spoil" in valleys, burying miles of streams and headwaters, then has the nerve to claim that the newly flattened "fish and wildlife habitat" is an improvement over mountains, forests and streams that used to provide genuine fish and wildlife habitat.


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Congressional Summary:Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act): Amends the Securities Exchange Act and the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit purchase or sale of either securities or commodities by a person in possession of material nonpublic information regarding pending or prospective legislative action.
Bill explanation (ProCon.org, "Insider Trading by Congress", Feb. 3, 2012):
Congressional Summary:
The result of Citizens United was that "Super PACs" spent millions on TV ads in the 2012 election, advocating both issues and candidates. The DISCLOSE Act attempts to reduce the negative effect of Citizens United by requiring disclosure of independent expenditures made by advocacy groups.
Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2013 or DISCLOSE 2013 Act:


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Box Office: 'Apes' reigns again, but 'The Help' has solid debut [Updated]
Story | Aug 14, 2011 | 4:33 PMFour new, diverse films debuted in theaters this weekend, but none were able to stop the ascent of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," which dominated the box office for the second consecutive weekend. After getting off to a...... -
Box Office: 'Apes' swings to top spot while 'Change-Up' hangs low [Updated]
Story | Aug 7, 2011 | 4:33 PM"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" took the No. 1 spot at the box office this weekend, while the R-rated comedy "The Change-Up" had a weak opening.... -
Smurfs tie Cowboys (and Aliens) at the box office
Story | Jul 30, 2011 | 4:37 AM"Cowboys & Aliens" did not hit the predicted $40 million mark at the box office this weekend. It tied the Smurfs with just over $36 million in ticket sales. "The Smurfs" were helped by 3D ticket prices, "Cowboys" was... -
Box Office: In a surprise, 'Smurfs' rivals 'Cowboys & Aliens' [Updated]
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Imax, RealD earnings disappoint, stocks plummet
Story | Jul 28, 2011 | 9:33 PMWall Street has gotten just as unhappy with pricey 3-D movies as most Americans. Shares in digital and big screen movie company Imax and 3-D cinema firm RealD plummeted on Thursday following earnings reports that disappointed investors. Imax stock... -
Movie Projector: 'Cowboys & Aliens' will trample 'Smurfs'
Story | Jul 28, 2011 | 4:33 PMThe costly "Cowboys & Aliens" is heading into a crowded gunfight at the box office this weekend. The science-fiction western, which had a budget of about $163 million, probably will lasso in $40 million to $50 million in ticket sales...... -
Warner Brothers — the conveyor belt of crap goes punative
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'Harry Potter' selling out thousands of showings one week before opening
Story | Jul 7, 2011 | 4:37 PMFAndango's Harry Medved says that the final Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2," has sold out over 2,000 showings nationwide. And that's a week in advance of opening. From Mr. Medved — "The final ... -
Your Morning Fashion and Beauty Report: Elle Fanning meets Paris Haute Couture. Emma Watson dazzles on eve of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.'
Story | Jul 7, 2011 | 4:32 PM"Super 8's" Elle Fanning attended her first-ever fashion show Tuesday and it was a doozy: Chanel's Haute Couture show in Paris. The 13-year-old younger sister of Dakota Fanning joined Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson in the front row at the...... -
This weekend: 'Torchwood,' 'True Blood,' 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' Harry Potter special, Jaycee Dugard intervew
Story | Jul 8, 2011 | 4:38 PMHBO's "True Blood" offers its third and best episode so far this season at 9 p.m. Sunday. The episode confirms that Anna Paquin's Sookie Stackhouse has found a first-rate foil in vampire Eric (Alexander Skarsgard). Eric finds himself in unusual territory,... -
Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Story | Jul 13, 2011 | 4:37 AMThe finale to the Harry Potter saga is, like most of the films in the series, a bit of a slog. But it's a generally satisfying slog — two hours of wrapping up loose ends, saying fond, if not exactly tearful farewells and Harry facing his destiny...


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