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McNerney supports bipartisan effort to reduce spending
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on Jan 6, 2011 at 5:54 pm
It is a sad day when it is a news story that a politician actually supported bi-partisan efforts to reduce spending...Wow, Jerry, what can we expect next from you, a story that you support the Constitution, puppies, and spring? Way to go out on a limb...If you want to impress me, vote against Nancy Pelosi sometime.
on Jan 6, 2011 at 7:45 pm
There are a number of examples for you "American", most recently the tax break for those earning in excess of $250,000 per annum...where have you been? In the heated Harmer election there were a number of instances cited of his being a centrist as well and I'm sure you read them....get over it...Jerry won, your man lost.
on Jan 6, 2011 at 10:08 pm
This is another example of how McNerney just doesn't "get it". Cutting 5% or 35 Million is symbolic at best. At worst it illustrates his complete ignorance of the scale of the federal budget problem.
Dramatic cuts in spending are urgently needed just to balance the budget. More cuts are needed to provide funding to pay down the national debt balance. To see the full extent of the problem, separate Social Security and Medicare from the federal budget. These are independently funded, self-supporting, stand-alone programs that should never be combined with the general government budget.
Once this is done we find that the government is spending $2.5 Trillion vs. an income of $1.2 Trillion. They are only collecting less than half of the money they need to fund the government.
In order to balance the federal budget (excluding Social Security and Medicare), government spending must be cut by 52% .. or taxes must be raised dramatically on everyone (not just the so called "rich").


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The gym is the largest I have ever been in with some equipment that I have never seen shore side.
Embarkation in Southampton was delayed firstly by an ABP computer crash but more worryingly because of a deep clean that was required because a number of passengers (understood to be in the 100s) suffered Novovirus on previous cruises. Embarkation was the first time that RCI had mentioned this (to us)so feel we should have been given the option to cancel. During the cruise, it is unacceptable to breath in fumes in gangways from cabins being disinfected under pressure.
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15th Anniversary Belgian Style Tripel - Alley Kat Brewing Company
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British Columbia (Canada)
3.9/5 rDev -2.5%
Appearance: Poured very Tripel-like. Bubbly, light yellow colour and the head retained.
Smell: Much like La Fin Du Monde but with a touch of sourness.
Taste: Yeasty, Belgian flavours with a punch of tropical fruit.
Mouthfeel: Spicy and sweet. Carbonation was spot-on for a Belgian Tripel. Easy drinking, with some nice hoppy bitterness.
Overall: Great Tripel! I would put this close to Unibroue's Tripel, La Fin Du Monde. Sweet and bitter where it matters. Lots of flower aromas and flavours. Great beer.
03-22-2012 20:32:15 | More by Hornet2003
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Alberta (Canada)
4.1/5 rDev +2.5%
15 years - keep 'em comin' Alley Kat, especially in the bomber format!
This beer pours a hazy medium golden colour, with two fingers of soapy white head, which leaves some cirrus lace around the glass in its wake. It smells of soft wheat grain, mild yeast, banana bread, and spice - coriander and white pepper. The taste is barley and wheat malt, banana, clove, pepper, and yeast. The carbonation is quite light, the body full, smooth, and creamy, and it finishes off-dry, the fruity malt predominating.
Wow. A laid-back, fruity, tripel, with a very sedate yeastiness, made in my own 'exotic' beer scaredy-cat burg (pun sort of intended). Right up my alley...geez, I better stop while I'm ahead...kudos on a very tasty and drinkable (8.2%, seriously?) Belgian homage...
05-15-2010 00:03:39 | More by biboergosum
Alberta (Canada)
3.85/5 rDev -3.8%
Had this back when it was released but not on a night when reviews were possible, stoked to find a bottle at Sherbrooke Liquor last weekend
A - clear straw golden with a tall soapy white head, nice retention with random sticky lacing all around
S - strong levels of fresh tropical fruits, cloves, peppery, and grainy
T - bready, quickly moving to sweet pineapple and banana, mild clove spiciness, a tinge of alcohol
M - surprisingly creamy smooth given he carbonation, bready fullness that drys with the alcohol kick
D - the first of the 15th anniversary series, this is a serious beer for serious beer drinkers, a nice strong Belgian, even if it does seem a little contrived in the middle of Alberta, well done!
04-02-2011 06:51:31 | More by joemcgrath27
Alberta (Canada)
4.33/5 rDev +8.3%
A eminently drinkable and enjoyable Belgian Tripel, and certainly the best effort from Alley Kat I've experienced.
Appearance: Hazy golden. Delicate mousse-like head that dissipates quickly.
Smell: Classic Belgian Tripel ferment. Sweet and yeasty with plenty of fruit including peach, pineapple and just a hint of lychee. Clove and cinnamon spice on the nose as well.
Taste: There is a very nice balance amidst the complexity here. Sweetness, malt, yeast, fruit and spice are all present, but none dominates.
Mouthfeel: Effervescent and refreshing. Medium body.
This is a very enjoyable beer. I had it with a chicken taco salad with a sweet homemade salsa. I wasn't sure how if it was going to pair well, but the sweetness in the beer stood up to the moderate spice in the food. I could see this being a great summer beer, but with the sweetness and spice, also a good choice for a festive holiday beer.
10-24-2010 01:43:47 | More by JamesSchutz
Alberta (Canada)
3.68/5 rDev -8%
From a 650 ml brown bottle, the 2nd of special releases this summer for Alley Kat's 15th anniversary.
Pours out a hazed yet still translucent apricot hue, quick splash of white head.
Mild bready malt, some clean spicy phenols, light esters on the nose.
Warming spicy phenols right from the start in the flavour, apricot/marmalade esters, mild wheat sweetness.
Medium-full mouthfeel, smooth with a slight zip of carbonation on the finish, alcohol warmth throughout.
Worth cellaring for at least half a year to see how it'll age and mature, and for the mean time great to have such an enjoyable locally made Belgian style to imbibe while it lasts, snap it up while you can.
05-07-2010 19:54:12 | More by IronDjinn
Alberta (Canada)
4.43/5 rDev +10.8%
An excellent drink. Pours with tall, creamy white head that lasts well. A most excellent flavor that lasts throughout the entire bottle. Will certainly buy again. My only issue with this brew (which most people will have no problem with) is that I got pretty light headed by the end of the bottle due to the high alcohol content. I prefer the high alcohol content for what it adds to the taste. Kudos, Alley Kat!
09-03-2010 08:07:15 | More by UncleCrust
Alberta (Canada)
4/5 rDev 0%
12-05-2011 03:09:51 | More by benbou17
Ontario (Canada)
3.9/5 rDev -2.5%
A - Pours a hazy golden orange with a finger of light bubbly head which dissipates quickly leaving no real lacing.
S - Sweet banana, cloves and a slight pineapple scent. The wheat and yeast also come through quite strong.
T - Very fruity with banana, cloves and slightly bitter pepper finish. A little disappointed given the strong scent, but the ABV came through quite strong on the finish which was a bit of a turn off.
M - Quite light even though the pour seemed a bit syropy.
D - Pretty tasty, but the alcohol came off a little strong. The flavours were quite nice, and made for a tantilizing experience, but don't think I'd indulge again. Worth a try, and if you're a Tripel fan this might be right up your alley!
06-27-2010 06:50:25 | More by andrenaline
Alberta (Canada)
4/5 rDev 0%
650m l bottle poured into chalice may14 2010
A slightly hazy pale golden in color with a good amount of all sizes of bubbles floating up at different speeds, a thumbs width of head has average retention but leaves decent lace
S fairly fruity with some apricot and banana with some other tropical fruits some yeast and spice
T not far from what I smell but with some hops that help balance out the malt, the booze is noticeable but not unreasonable for 8.2%
M a little less carbonation then I would have guessed but enough to fluff it up a bit, a mild bite works well for it
D I could see myself drinking this again but if the booze was well concealed it may have scored higher
drink this if you get the chance I doubt it will be around for long. I'm curious about what else is coming out for the big one five some bombers of Olde Deuteronomy would make me a happier person
05-15-2010 01:52:06 | More by wordemupg
Alberta (Canada)
3.98/5 rDev -0.5%
Hazy aprocot colour, little finger worth of bright white head. so-so retention & lacing.
Yeasty fruit, pear, banana, hint of booze, slight peppery spiciness.
mmmm I like. Fruity malts balanced very, very well by just the right amount of peppery spice. Finish is just dry enough to make another sip an almost urgent thing, Balance baby, that is key for this Kat.
Nice full mouthfeel, carbonation is fine, but doesn't overpower.
Thanks to Trackside in the Hat for getting this very nice take on a Tripel in.
05-19-2010 04:14:56 | More by Shadman
Ontario (Canada)
4.05/5 rDev +1.3%
The beer is certainly dressed in the Belgian style: a light haze that diminishes none of the beer's deep golden radiance, a military-like procession of bubbles and, most importantly, a creamy, rocky head built like a professional linebacker all fit the bill fashionably.
The Edmonton police should be alarmed; the brewer at Alley Kat is obviously a conman. This thing smells like it just got off the boat from Flanders or Wallonia. It has the must of rank fruits, intense spices, bakery fresh bread and an energetic and effervescent yeast. I can tell it's not authentic but I'll grant it that it's one hell of a forgery!
I'm glad I have this flavour for another 630 milliliters or so. This combination of spicy and savory is delicious, showcasing lemon zest, peppercorns, bready malts, bruised banana and various herbs. A few more bubbles might help animate it a little more but as it is it's a delightful drinking tipple that warrants serious consideration for year-round production.
A beer with too much alcohol - or, more precisely, too much unchecked alcohol - can be like a microphone giving out excess feedback: it's just plain irritable and unpleasant. Fortunately that's not a concern here as the good brewing technicians have engineered a beer that pumps flavour out the loud speaker but not the alcohol.
Letting North American brewers attempt a Belgian Tripel is often like letting children play with fireworks - they're unfitted and the result is usually a hot, fiery mess. Alley Kat, however, have done what not many others this side of the Atlantic have and crafted something flavourful, quaffable and fabulously true to style. Belgium be dammed.
09-02-2010 20:20:50 | More by biegaman
Ontario (Canada)
3.58/5 rDev -10.5%
Bottle from biboergosum. Thanks! Bottled 19/04/2010.
A - Pours into my Chimay goblet with a nice darkish blonde colour. Cloudy as all hell with good carbonation coming up and some yeasty chunks. Marshellow fluffy white head on top of one finger. Insane retention with the head staying the same throughout and some great chunky rings of lacing.
S - Lot's of sweet spice. Orange and banana. A little mild.
T - Fairly spice forward with some yeast, alcohol, and orange mixed in. As the sipping goes on the yeast and spice meld together to smooth it out some more. At first the spice was a little strong, but it's mellowing and blending more now.
M - Proper carbonation and a very creamy, smooth medium body.
O/D - An alright Tripel. A little too spicaaaay for me but it seems to work. The booze, yeast, spice mix is a little rough, but workable. Still not one of the better ones I've had.
09-10-2011 23:46:02 | More by tbeckett
4/5 rDev 0%
22 oz. bottle (courtesy of a trade with korguy123) into a snifter.
Poured a lemon-gold with a two-inch head that settled into a coating. Lacing was light but present throughout. Nose was lemon, pineapple, banana and some alcohol. Yeast was well back but present. Taste was banana, pineapple, yeast, some spice (probably pepper) in the finish. As this can be sweet, especially to start, I was worried I was not going to be a fan, but the nice dryer, spicier finish saves it. Actually, though I am not a huge fan of the style, this was quite nice. Mouthfeel is smooth and not overly carbonated and the finish and nice warming makes this beer one I will absolutely want to try again.
08-21-2010 19:38:36 | More by regspeir
Alberta (Canada)
3.78/5 rDev -5.5%
Bought this beer because I think it is the only Belgian Style Tripel from an Alberta Brewery, I am not positive about this fact.
Beer pours a dull copper color with a small tan head, head recedes quickly to some light lacing.
Smell is of powdery yeast, apples and esters. It does smell like the Belgian tripels I have had in the past, maybe a tad lighter to the nose.
Taste is not bad, it's has all the typical traits of the style, bananas, powdery yeast, the alcohol definitely has a presence. A light mouth feel with medium carbonation.
Not a bad tripel, a little light on the nose and some of the flavors are a tad tame but for the most part this is a good example of the style and it's straight out of Alberta.
06-08-2010 01:20:20 | More by alpineclimber
Ontario (Canada)
3.98/5 rDev -0.5%
A - Poured from the 650ml bottle into two chalices. Yeast stuck well to the bottom but perhaps I let a little into the glass. Thin bubbly head which soon disappears. A clear, slightly brownish amber colour. Lots of carbonation at first. No lacing.
S - Lots of esters. Nice blend of fruits and malts.
T - Nicely balanced. Mild fruity malt flavours up front with a slightly hoppy peppery finish. Swish it around and the alcohol becomes apparent.
M - Nice and round.
D - Nice. No flaws apparent. Could follow this up with another easily but for the alcohol and size.
05-07-2010 01:04:49 | More by scott451
Alberta (Canada)
4.4/5 rDev +10%
Mighty fine, mighty fine.
I had mine in an Affligem chalice, which did it justice.
Nice head, not too much, and not over carbonated.
The color is a light amber/ orangey yellow.
Lots of malt up front. A delicate yeast that adds flavor without extreme yeastiness.
The label says it has "peppery notes", and I agree but only on the aftertaste. There was more bitterness than I was expecting (but welcome) yet the finish was fast and clean. Nothing cloying.
They've had some practice making this style, for the "Hop-In Brew" public house in Calgary, where their proprietary brew there, called Goldspur (made over the years by different brewers including Wild Rose and Alley Kat), is clearly the inspiration for this brew.
07-18-2010 20:24:44 | More by MAB
Alberta (Canada)
4.1/5 rDev +2.5%
From bottle poured into a Westmallle collectors chalice (narrow base + wide top). No indication of bottling date (known to be hot off the presses as this month's special 15th anniversary beer).
A - light cooper in color. Small head that disappears quickly without any lacing. Slight carbonation.
S - great nose with strong elements of malt and banana.
T - absolutely nails the belgian style malt resolving into a warm, toasted caramel aftertaste.
M - smooth and lightly carbonated.
D - killer drinkability considering the 8%+ alcohol level. Smooth and light, yet very concentrated. Massive session possibilities.
An outstanding beer from Alley Kat - tasted blind this would be indistinguishable from a quality Belgian. Impressive.
05-29-2010 00:37:49 | More by DoktorZee
15th Anniversary Belgian Style Tripel from Alley Kat Brewing Company
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Never was there a more enigmatic piece of pastry. To start with, as almost everyone knows, it isn't pie — it's cake. Plain old American butter cake of the purest ray serene — not a trace of crust in sight. There's a bow to trifle in the custard filling — but only Puritans would content themselves with such a small amount of custard. For another thing, no one seems to have invented a story for how this strangely named cake came to be. Boston's Parker House has long taken credit for just calling the thing "Boston cream pie," but whatever possessed them to do it they have never seen fit to tell. Even Evan Jones's respected American Food reports that although Boston cream pie has been on the menu at the Parker House since the day it opened, "the fact that it is really a cake disguised by this misnomer remains unexplained."
It's a safe bet, however, that all the ancestors of Boston cream pie were made with sponge cake or pound cake. "My father used sponge cake. The old-timers used rich sponge cakes even for birthday cakes," said Donald Favorat of Nelson's Bakery in Malden, Massachusetts, who's Boston cream pie recently got a rave review from the Boston Globe. The moist, buttery cakes that form our layer cakes today are a relatively new phenomenon in the world of pastry. They became possible only after baking powders were developed in the 1870s and 1880s, and were not part of widespread commercial baking until highly emulsified shortenings were available in the 1930s. Mr. Favorat told us that he routinely makes his Boston cream pie from a "high-ratio" cake with lots of sugar and shortening in proportion to flour and eggs. He then ventured his opinion that the real secret of the pastry is in the custard filling. Sensing we were finally on to a critical piece of inside information about Boston cream pie, we pressed him for his recipe. Alas. Because fresh cream and eggs, although delicious, are among the most unstable and easily spoiled substances known to man, Nelson's bakery uses an imported Danish filling base called Creamyvit, available only to the trade and in lots of 50 pounds or more. (We forebore asking what's in Creamyvit.)
So what is Boston cream pie? We were as far away as ever. It is usually remembered as a special treat, something you got when you were out at a restaurant — fancy dessert that always came from a store, not a home kitchen. As a Maine fisherman friend of ours put it, "Regular pie — apple, blueberry, stuff like that — we had every day, but Boston cream pie ..," His eyes took on a faraway look, as did the eyes of most of the men asked about the subject. Women, on the other hand, mostly said they could live happily without it. Thus Boston cream pie leaves us with one more mystery: how did this particular pastry become a gender-specific pleasure? Answer that one and you win the cream pie.
If you want to attempt to duplicate that store-bought or restaurant-created Boston cream pie of your childhood dreams, the following recipe will at least take you in the right direction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good movie
I loved it. My kids loved it.
It is funny. There is some violence, if you don't mind your kids watching it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars 'Open Season' was not so memorable but acceptably funny
The family and I went out to see 'Open Season' in the theaters and thought it was okay. The film was very entertaining for the kids because of the two lead characters but as for my husband and I it was bearable. I have to admit I did doze off a couple of times but only for a few minutes. I have noticed that this is the first completely computer-generated motion picture to...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good movie,
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I loved it. My kids loved it.
It is funny. There is some violence, if you don't mind your kids watching it.
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome,
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Funny movie for all the family & friends!
Highly recommended. Thumbs up!
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Fun movie the 3D effects are great, overall a great movie for the whole family to watch on a weekend
3.0 out of 5 stars 'Open Season' was not so memorable but acceptably funny,
Jenny J.J.I. "A New Yorker" (That Lives in Carolinas) - See all my reviews
The family and I went out to see 'Open Season' in the theaters and thought it was okay. The film was very entertaining for the kids because of the two lead characters but as for my husband and I it was bearable. I have to admit I did doze off a couple of times but only for a few minutes. I have noticed that this is the first completely computer-generated motion picture to be created by Sony Pictures Animation (SPA).
Boorg (voiced by Martin Lawrence), is the lovable bear who was rescued by a ranger and raised basically like a pet dog, has gotten too big and is now released into the wild during Open Season, which is the time when the humans come into the forest to hunt the animals. Boorg must now typically adapt to his surroundings, including using the bathroom outside (which is hilarious), finding food, among other things. His side-kick Elliot (voiced by Ashton Kutcher), a down-on-his-luck deer who has been kicked out of his herd and is being hunted by The Big Bad Hunter. Elliot just wants some friends, and wants Boorg to be his friend. The whole time I couldn't help thinking that the character of Elliot was a direct rip-off of the Donkey from Shrek. However, Donkey and Shrek are themselves a rip-off of every buddy-film of all time.
The supporting characters are hilarious, but perhaps a tad underdeveloped. Honestly, the movies' best lines and jokes were in the previews that I've seen many times. I hate when that happens! My main complaint about the film was the pacing of the story. The story itself left something to be desired, because it was very predictable and filled with clichés. However, something was off in the end. For all the build-up, it was a disappointing end, almost like it was too easy. The end needed some tweaking, that's for sure.
The animation was pretty impressive. Boorg the bear was done very well, especially with his fur, which looked completely realistic. When you don't notice the fur and it becomes part of the character that is when you know that you've done a good job.
'Open Season' is not even close to the Pixars of the animated world due to its predictable script. Nevertheless, it's entertaining enough, the animation is of course stellar, and it will definitely entertain the kiddies. I just wish the story would have been more thought out.
4.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of fun and laughs for the entire family,
Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
Plenty of laughs and some really impressive animation make Open Season a film that just about anyone, young or old, will enjoy watching. The only problem is the fact that it really has nothing to make it stand out from the crowd. Boog and Elliot are great characters, but they just remind me a little too much of Shrek and Donkey, and Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher are pale imitations of Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy. I actually had a little trouble with the voices. Sometimes Boog sounded like Martin Lawrence, and sometimes he didn't; on the other hand, Elliot never sounded very much like Ashton Kutcher to me (which is actually a good thing). The two make for a good team, but the chemistry between them doesn't always seem to come naturally. The supporting cast of voice actors is pretty impressive, though. It's always a kick to hear Georgia Engel's unique voice, but Billy Connolly absolutely steals the whole show time and time again as the voice of McSquizzy, the leader of the squirrels (who is always itching for a fight).
Boog is a grizzly bear living the life of an ursine Riley, having been raised by Park Ranger Beth (Debra Messing). Then a deer named Elliot, desperate to escape the clutches of an evil hunter (Gary Sinise) shows up, and he has a rather destabilizing effect on Boog's life. Suddenly, Boog finds himself rooted out of his idyllic, pampered existence and left in the forest to survive on his own. It doesn't go well, as he and Elliot find themselves chastised and laughed at by all manner of woodland creatures (especially McSquizzy and the squirrels). Then things take an even more dramatic turn for the worst, as hunting season officially opens. Eventually, Boog faces the most obvious of moral choices: return home on his own to try and reclaim his old life of leisure or turn around and help the other animals band together and fight the hunters at their own game.
Don't expect any real surprises with the story, as it plays out pretty much according to formula. That's okay; after all, the old formula still works pretty effectively. You won't bust a gut laughing, but you will laugh. The film also imparts good lessons on friendship and teamwork, which is another mark in its favor. I just hope the film helps to inspire at least a few young people not to become hunters when they grow up.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Movie For Everyone,
Nicola Meyers "NicolaM" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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Loved this movie, it was hilarious!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars solid,very funny animated comedy (3.5/5),
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"Open Season" is a very entertaining animated film.i like the eclectic
mix of characters.i really liked the dynamic between the 2 main
characters,A domesticated bear named "Boog"(voiced by Martin
Lawrence)and Elliot(Ashton Kutcher)a displaced mule deer with no
family.i also though the dialogue was very good in this movie.there are
some great one liners.there is also an abundance of action,(some of it
very funny) and there are also some dramatic moments.dare i say it,this
movie treads very close to being hysterical in some scenes.also,the
choice of actors for the voices is brilliant in this movie,especially
Lawrence and Kutcher.for me,"Open Season" gets a solid 3.5/5
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5.0 out of 5 stars #1 movie and Totally Satisfied!,
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I found it was a comical, hilarious movie!
We liked it so much, we would watch it again!
I definitely, would rate this movie an A+!
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To find the best fertility clinic for you, take time to research any clinic you consider. Don't just choose the first place that returns your call; pursuing fertility testing and treatment is a big step and can also involve big money and lots of time. You want to choose only the best.
Speaking of the best, part of choosing a fertility clinic is personal and subjective. The best clinic for your friend may or may not be the best for you. So ask your friends, doctor, insurance company, and local support group for recommendations, but be sure to investigate any clinic you consider yourself.When researching clinics, you can find information:
- on their websites
- on the CDC's fertility clinic statistics report page (more on that below)
- by speaking to a clinic representative over the phone or in person
- by speaking with current or former patients (found through local infertility support groups)
- by meeting and interviewing your potential doctor at a consultation
Considering the Fertility Specialists
A fertility clinic is only as good as its doctors. Depending on how the clinic operates, you may be assigned one particular doctor, or you may see a few different doctors on a rotating basis. There are advantages and disadvantages to both set ups, but usually you want one doctor as your main contact and case manager.
Questions to consider when choosing a doctor are:
- Do they take time to answer your questions? Can you ask questions via email during testing and treatment? If they aren't willing to meet with you before you choose them, then they may not have time for you when you're a patient. Not being willing to answer your questions up front isn't a good sign.
- When and where were they trained? Are they board certified reproductive endocrinologists? Are they members of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)? How long have they been working with infertility patients?
- Does your clinic have an andrologist on staff? Reproductive surgeons? If you're dealing with male infertility issues, having an andrologist is important. If you're dealing with endometriosis or any structural issues, a reproductive surgeon is a plus and possibly a must.
- Which hospitals are they affiliated with? Does that hospital take your insurance? Even if your insurance doesn't cover fertility treatment, if you need to be hospitalized due to complications of treatment, you'll want to be covered.
- How long has the director been with the clinic? What about the other staff members? The longer people stay with the clinic, the more likely the working environment runs smoothly.
- How many reproductive endocrinologists work at the clinic? Will your case be handled by one doctor or a team, and who will you see on your visits? If your case is complicated, having a team can be beneficial. On the other hand, needing to deal with a different doctor at every appointment can feel impersonal.
Questions to Ask About Financing Testing and Treatment
Most clinics have staff who will handle the financial aspects of testing and treatment. They should be able to answer your questions about fees and payment plans, and you should sit down to discuss your options and ask questions on your first visit to the clinic.
It may feel odd to be considering price when looking at clinics, but considering the fee is practically important. Some treatments cost thousands of dollars, and a less expensive clinic that offers everything you need may be better than the fancy-shmancy clinic around the block that offers more than you need, especially if you won't be able to afford as many cycles at the expensive clinic.
Questions to consider regarding financing include:
- What insurance is accepted, if at all? And will staff handle insurance claims? If not, will they provide you with the necessary paperwork to pursue insurance coverage for yourself?
- What pricing are various tests and treatments? Are any tests or treatments covered by your insurance? And what do the quoted prices include? For example, when quoting the price for IVF, does that include medications and monitoring? Embryo storage? If not, what can you expect as the total fee?
- Do they have a payment program? Will you have to pay anything in advance? How much? If you're doing IVF, what do you pay if your cycle is canceled before egg retrieval? What if it's canceled before embryo transfer?
- Do you recommend or offer any finance programs? Does the clinic work with any national infertility financing programs, like the Attain Fertility Centers network or the ARC Fertility Program? Do any doctors or staff members receive kickbacks or financial incentives if you sign on with a certain fertility financing programs? (If yes, be extra careful that the finance program is truly the best option.)
- Do you offer an IVF refund program? These are programs that require a large upfront fee but promise some of your money back if you don't get pregnant after a set number of cycles. One thing to be cautious about these kinds of programs is the clinic may treat you more aggressively, by pushing for more ovarian stimulation or transferring too many embryos, in order to raise the possibility of success. Make sure the refund program allows you a say in how many embryos are transferred, and allows you time to take a break between cycles (more than just one month) to recover physically and emotionally.
- How much does embryo freezing and storage cost? What about a frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycle?
- If the clinic is far from home, does the clinic offer any discounted options for lodging? Maybe deals with local hotels.
Questions to Ask About Procedures and the Fertility Clinic's Lab
Questions to discuss with the doctor include:
- Is there an age cutoff for treatment? What about a cutoff for FSH levels?
- Where are procedures and tests done? Does the clinic have an on-site lab, or will you need to go elsewhere? If elsewhere, how far away is it from the clinic?
- What procedures are possible at this clinic? Do they do IVF? ICSI? Blastocyst transfer or other assisted reproductive technology options? Are the procedures performed at the clinic or elsewhere? If at a hospital, which hospital? If you live far from the clinic, can certain tests and procedures be done closer to your home?
- What donor or surrogacy options are available? Does the clinic run a donor program or must you use an agency? If they have a donor program, are you limited to donors from their program, or can you use an agency if you want? Do they offer embryo donation services? What if you decide to donate any of your leftover embryos, either to another infertile couple or to science? Can they help you with that?
- What procedures are they recommending for your particular case? Will they consider ovarian stimulating drugs alone, or IUI before moving on to IVF? How many cycles of IUI will they agree to try? Different clinics may recommend different treatment plans, and one may be more favorable to you.
- How many embryos are transferred in one cycle? And who decides how many embryos are transferred: the doctor or the patient? For women under 35 years of age with a good prognosis, the ASRM strongly recommends transferring just one embryo per cycle, and no more than two. For women aged 35 to 37 with good prognosis, they recommend transferring two embryos, and no more than three. For ages 38 to 40, they recommend transferring three, and no more than four; and for ages 41 and 42, they recommend transferring no more than five. If transferring embryos at the blastocyst stage, then they recommend even fewer embryos transferred per cycle, no more than three even at age 42. Every individual case should be considered, of course.
- Who decides whether or not the cycle is canceled if the response is less than optimal? Can you request that the cycle be continued anyway, even if the possibility for success is low?
- Is the clinic a member of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART)? Do they adhere to ASRM guidelines?
- Do they report their IVF success statistics to SART/CDC? If yes, you should be able to find their success statistics with this SART fertility clinic finder. You can also look up statistics on the CDC's website.
- Is the lab accredited by the College of American Pathologists or by the Joint Commission? You can confirm accreditation on the College of American Pathologist's website, searching by the zip code of the clinic you're investigating.
- Does the lab perform cryopreservation of embryos? What about eggs and sperm? Where are the embryos, eggs, or sperm stored? What emergency procedures do they have in the case of a power outage or earthquake?
Things to Consider in General About the Fertility Clinic
Other factors to consider before choosing a clinic include the following:
- Where is the clinic? Not everyone is lucky enough to live next to the clinic they need. Travel time is an important factor to consider, especially if you're doing IVF, as you may need to be at the clinic almost every day for part of your cycle. If you need to travel, remember you'll need lodging and time off from work.
- Is the staff pleasant? You'll likely be working with the clinic for months, and possibly years. Do they answer your questions? Are they courteous and helpful on the phone? Or do you feel like they are rushing you along?
- What days and hours is the clinic open? Are there extra early hours or evening hours, so you can have monitoring appointments before or after work? Are they open on the weekend? If not, how do they handle IVF or IUI transfers that need to occur on a Saturday or Sunday?
- Are there particular hours you can call to ask questions or get updates from your doctor or a nurse? How are calls handled that are outside of office hours?
- Do they offer any special services beyond basic fertility treatment? Do they have an on-staff counselor to help you work through your options? Do they have support groups? Mind-body workshops? Acupuncture on-site, available right after embryo transfer?
Considering Success Rates
Another important factor to consider is the clinic's success rate. As mentioned above, you can see a clinic's IVF success rates at the SART or CDC's websites. Having the highest success rate doesn't necessarily mean the clinic is the best. Some clinics avoid taking on hard cases, or refuse treatment to women above age 40 with their own eggs. This can obviously skew the statistics.
What you should be looking for is: are the clinic's success rates greater than the national average? (Check out the national IVF success rates here.) You should look at the live birth statistics for your age, and not just the pregnancy statistics (which will include miscarriages). You should also compare their multiple pregnancy statistics to the national average.
If you're not doing IVF, ask about the live birth success rates particular to your situation and particular to the treatments being suggested. (Remember that only IVF success rates are reported to SART and the CDC, so for other treatment success rates, you'll need to ask your doctor.) Your doctor should have the experience to help you decide if the treatments are worth the financial and emotional investment.
If a clinic promises you success, especially success in just one cycle, walk away. There's no such thing as a 100% guarantee with IVF, no matter what reason for your infertility.
More on getting help for infertility:
- Fertility Specialists: Who They Are and How They Can Help You
- Talking to Your Doctor About Getting Pregnant
- Quiz: Do I Have Infertility Symptoms?
- I Can't Get Pregnant. Now What?
- When Should You Seek Help for Getting Pregnant?
- How to Have a Baby When You've Been Trying for Awhile
- Fertility Treatments
- Causes of Infertility
- Take a Fertility Quiz
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Mr. Paul began his professional career at Chemical Bank's Trust & Estate Department, where he was a Vice President and Senior Trust Officer. He was then a Senior Vice President and Chief Trust Officer for Merrill Lynch Trust Company of Florida where he established the prototype offices for local trust administration. After leaving Merrill Lynch, Mr. Paul was Director of the High Net Worth Group at Citigroup Trust where he was responsible for the administration of the firm's largest fiduciary accounts. His duties included responsibility for the Fiduciary Tax Group and the Special Investments Unit responsible for unique assets such as real estate, oil & gas interests, partnership interests, and life insurance trusts. Before being asked to build out the High Net Worth Group at Citigroup he had served as President of both the Smith Barney Private Trust Company and its successor, Citi Fiduciary Trust Company, where he was responsible for all aspects of sales and administration.
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The impact of IC on relationships and psychological well-being is great. In fact, impaired sexual function has been shown to be one of the strongest predictors of poorer quality of life in IC patients. Despite the magnitude of the problem for IC patients, it often is not addressed.
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It's also helpful to "test out" activities or products before you try them out with a partner. For example, you can test out a lubricant to see if it's comfortable for you, or women can use a dilator or vibrator to see if penetration will be comfortable. This can help you avoid unsuccessful encounters that prompt guilt or tension and can build your confidence.
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Writing in the Guardian, Peter Singer, a leading figure in the animal rights movement, describes the confrontation between animal rights activists and researchers experimenting on animals:
"This situation has arisen, in part, because the animal research community holds an ethical view that the animal movement rejects. That view is, in essence, that animals are things for us to use, as long as we spare them unnecessary pain.
"The animal activists, on the other hand, reject the assumption that animals are inferior beings, and that their interests should always be subordinate to our own. They see this as 'speciesism' – a prejudice against beings that are not members of our own species, and similar in many respects to racist or sexist prejudices against beings who are not members of a dominant race or sex." (Singer, 'Humans are sentient too', The Guardian, July 30, 2004)
Singer notes the irony of scientists acting on the basis of an essentially Biblical version of the world. Genesis 1:28, after all, declares:
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." (Genesis 1:28, www.bibletools.org)
Darwin, by contrast, Singer notes, revealed an unplanned process of evolution – a process which provides no basis for assuming humanity should always take precedence over other animals. Singer roots his case for animal rights in a combination of objective fairness and compassion:
"As Jeremy Bentham wrote almost 200 years ago: 'The question is not 'Can they reason?', nor, 'Can they talk?', but 'Can they suffer?'"
The problem for Singer is that while science has helped challenge man's 'God-given right' to exploit animals, it has also challenged the idea that animal suffering necessarily matters. In his book, The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins writes:
"The argument of this book is that we, and all other animals, are machines created by our genes. We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment." (http://www.world-of-dawkins.com/Catalano/quotes.shtml)
If we are merely "robot vehicles" produced by a random, godless universe, then restraint and compassion might be considered a freak of nature – a kind of ironic moral folly thrown up by selfish genes. In reality, the universe is supremely indifferent – the suffering of animal "robot vehicles" matters only if we choose to believe it does. If we choose to believe otherwise, who is to say we are wrong? By comparison, issues of human self-interest – health, longevity, pleasure, pain – are viewed as far more substantial and real, beyond mere subjective opinion.
Converting Pain Into Profit
A crude form of social Darwinism is certainly used to justify the ruthless operation of the greed-driven market economy. Unhindered economic 'natural selection' is said to emulate the natural world by 'evolving' more sophisticated technologies and societies, so generating wealth for all. It is understood that here, too, there is no place for 'sentiment' – efficiency is everything. Thus, the Farmer and Stockbreeder magazine in 1982:
"The modern layer is, after all, only a very efficient converting machine, changing the raw material – feeding stuffs – into the finished product – the egg." (Quoted, Danny Penman, The Price Of Meat, Gollancz, 1996, p.82)
And Hog Farm Management magazine:
"Forget the pig is an animal. Treat him just like a machine in a factory. Schedule treatments like you would lubrication. Breeding season like the first step in an assembly line. And marketing like the delivery of finished goods." (Hog Farm Management, September 1976. Quoted, Peter Goering, Helena Norberg-Hodge and John Page, From the Ground Up, Zed Books, 1993, p.25)
The suffering that results from this reduction of feeling sentient beings to the status of unfeeling objects is beyond belief.
As noted above, people who feel compassion for the suffering of these and other animals are forever confronted by the 'pragmatic' challenge: compassion is all very well, but it is rooted only in the human mind, not in God-given morality, and so does not offer a serious challenge to the common sense priorities of profit, economic growth and national wealth. Typically, animal rights activists are met with a version of this response from the owner of a Dorset coarse fishing centre:
"If these people have a problem with what we do they should have the decency to come and speak to us and not threaten my family and our livelihood." (Quoted, Sandra Laville, 'Lobster liberators boiling mad', The Guardian, July 30, 2004)
From this point of view, compassion for animal suffering is seen as deluded and even immoral, involving the subordination of genuine self-interest to indulgent fantasy.
It is possible, however, to argue that the value of compassion and concern for others is rooted, not in divine authority, nor even in moral duty, but in enlightened self-interest.
Neuroplasticity And Pragmatic Compassion
The evidence is now overwhelming that the human brain continually changes as a result of experience. In his book, Destructive Emotions, psychologist Daniel Goleman notes that this 'neuroplasticity' has been observed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), for example, in musicians:
"MRI studies find that in a violinist… the areas of the brain that control finger movement in the hand that does the fingering grow in size. Those who start their training earlier in life and practice longer show bigger changes in the brain." (Goleman, Disturbing Emotions, Bloomsbury, 2003, p.21)
Studies of top performers in a wide range of skills – from chess masters to Olympic athletes – have shown pronounced changes in the relevant muscle fibres and cognitive abilities. But there is much more.
Research conducted by Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin recently studied brain activity in a European-born Buddhist monk, Oser, who had spent three decades meditating on compassion in the Himalayas.
Davidson's research had previously found that people who have high levels of brain activity in the left prefrontal cortex of the brain simultaneously report positive, happy states of mind, such as zeal, enthusiasm, joy, vigour and mental buoyancy. Oser was asked to meditate intensively on compassion and then to relax after sixty seconds while being monitored by an fMRI magnetic imaging machine. Goleman describes the results:
"While Oser was generating a state of compassion during meditation, he showed a remarkable leftward shift in this parameter of prefrontal function… In short, Oser's brain shift during compassion seemed to reflect an +extremely+ pleasant mood. The very act of concern for others' well-being, it seems, creates a greater sense of well-being within oneself." (Goleman, ibid, p.12)
In another experiment, Davidson monitored the base-line state of left prefrontal cortex activity indicating normal everyday mood in 175 American individuals. Subsequently, he also monitored the base-line state of a 'geshe', an abbot, from one of the leading Buddhist monasteries in India. Davidson reports:
"Something very interesting and exciting emerged from this. We recorded the brain activity of the geshe and were able to compare his brain activity to the other individuals who participated in experiments in my laboratory over the last couple of years… The geshe had the most extreme positive value out of the entire hundred and seventy-five that we had ever tested at that point." (Goleman, ibid, p.339)
Davidson describes the geshe as "an outlier" on the graph – his reading was "three standard deviations to the left", far beyond the rest of the bell curve for positive emotion.
These findings support claims made by meditators over hundreds of years that compassion and concern for others are in fact the basis of human happiness. They also support the claim that human emotions such as compassion, love, anger and jealousy arise more intensively and more often, the more often we generate them.
It is important to understand the fundamental nature of the meditation in which Oser had been engaging. In Buddhist psychology, the word meditation has a very specific meaning. Here, the Dalai Lama explains:
"Meditation means creating a continual familiarity with a virtuous object [idea] in order to transform your mind. Merely understanding some point does not transform your mind. You may intellectually see the advantages of an altruistic awakening mind, but that does not actually affect your self-centred attitude. Your self-centredness will be dispelled only through constantly familiarising yourself with that understanding. That is what is meant by meditation." (The Dalai Lama, Awakening The Mind, Lightening The Heart, Thorsons, 1997, p.51)
In other words, repeatedly familiarising the mind with the suffering of others, and acting to remedy that suffering, has the effect of increasing the intensity and frequency of compassionate thoughts. The implications, as Buddhists have long claimed, and as science is beginning to confirm, are remarkable:
"If everything you do with your body, speech, and mind is done for the benefit of others, there is no need to do anything more for your own benefit because the one is included in the other." (Gampopa)
If it is true that concern for others is a source of personal happiness, then the implications for our relationships are also remarkable.
Every time we give time, energy, money, friendliness; every time we campaign, march, protest, send emails to journalists out of compassion for human and animal suffering; every time we do +anything+ out of a kindly motivation, we are strengthening these positive traits. And we do not need to be, indeed surely cannot be, faultless in our efforts – it is impossible to live without harming someone or something through our actions. The issue is not whether we are hypocrites, but that we should sincerely aspire to become less self-centred and destructive.
The ultimate rationale for defending animal and human rights, for working to reduce suffering and increase happiness, is that this motivation benefits us even as it benefits those we are seeking to help.
Compassionate individuals are happier, and a society of compassionate individuals is a happier, more peaceful, more sane society.


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Mayor Michael Nutter refuted an earlier release from the city stating an explosion on the 400 block of Daly Street was caused by a natural gas leak.
Eyewitnesses describe South Philadelphia building collapse
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