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It's 2013 and Digital Citizen moves on to:
- Give the majority a platform for mass media policy dialogue
- Provide a way to connect a worried public to facilitators in times of crisis
- Create a process to help TV stations or programs promote themselves online
- Let viewers choose the topic/person/talent they want to see on TV
From Guttenburg to Zuckerberg, new technologies have always been used by citizens to disrupt the political discourse. As we wrapped up our Digital Citizen effort to give citizens leverage over today's election issues, I began to wonder how the citizens' voice fared. Will 2012's rich buffet of engagement tools make a dent in this year of anonymous funders and endless attack ads?
So I jumped at the chance to write an article on the topic for Qualcomm's SPARK online magazine.
Now that our reporters are lined up, press passes secured and we are gearing up to go to Tampa and Charlotte for the 2012 Conventions, I wrote this first of two articles for PBS MediaShift, on how we got here. The second will come out after the conventions, describing how it went. Hurricane or no, here we go! See article at PBS.org's Mediashift
by Evelyn Messinger, August 23, 2012
For two weeks every four years, the media and the politicos gather for the insider's ritual of selecting a presidential candidate. Really, it's an opportunity for them to party, schmooze and show the special interests, who support their cause, a good time. The role of the citizen in these pageants is, at best, as passive consumer.
So, what happens when you toss in a pair of citizen reporters, and put them on national television asking the one question that conventioneers don't want to answer: What are you doing to get money out of politics?
We launched the Digital Citizen experiment in July 2012 to find out. The big idea is to find citizen journalists to cover the 2012 elections from a citizen's point of view, with a focus on an issue we know Americans care about: the corrupting influence of money in politics. A Reuters/Ipsos poll from May found that "most Americans [75%], no matter what their political party, believe there is too much money in politics …" The poll showed that 76 percent "feel that the amount of money in elections has given rich people more influence than other Americans."
The first experiment will be a series of reports from the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., August 27-30 and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., September 3-6. The past months have been spent locating partners and finding potential reporters. We are creating a process that will reveal whether the citizens' voice can make a difference in the national dialogue, even — especially — when the political and media powers want to ignore what the people have to say.
But first, we had to find and train the reporters.
We realized early on that only by combining outreach to a significant number of people with the leveraging power of national television broadcasting could we hope to find our citizen reporters. First, Link TV, the national non-commercial television channel committed to informing Americans about the world, was willing to take the chance of putting real citizens on TV. In many ways this is the boldest move of all, and it had to be a small, independent and feisty channel like Link that would be willing to run with it. Next, United Republic, whose mission is to address the corrupting political influence of money and has more than 250,000 subscribers, jumped on board. We used an app adapted from the Personal Democracy Forum's 10questions.com that allows people to post, rate and share videos. The app was embedded on a United Republic page, and scores of aspiring citizen reporters posted and promoted videos of themselves, telling us why we should send them to the 2012 Conventions.
But trying to find citizen TV reporters posed serious unknowns. We don't know of any previous attempt to use social networking to surface potential citizen journalists for a national broadcasting outfit. Would anybody show up to post videos? Would those who did post videos "work" on TV? And, could citizen journalism go big time?
Answers: Yes, yes, and stay tuned …
71,000 page views, 2200 votes, plus thousands of Tweets and Facebook "likes" later, we have found our reporters: Solomon Kleinsmith from Omaha, Neb., blogs at riseofthecenter.com, and WNYC's It's A Free Country. He tells us, "I am an avowed Centrist, because both parties have sold out to special interests, rather than listening to the will of the American people." Jessica Eise, a globe-trotting videographer and sometimes travel reporter, hails from Kansas City, Mo. She says, "Like many Americans, I'm struggling to find employment. We need to battle against corruption and fight for what is right for our country."
A key part of the deal is that they will be trained by our staff, led by radio and TV producer Shia Levitt. Her goal is to help them walk the razor's edge between legitimate citizen outrage and productive reporting.
They are studying up on the issues for the 3-hour training, which will range from practicing stand-ups to the art of asking civil questions to the secrets of follow-ups. Levitt will only know if her tutelage worked when we get to the convention floor.
In fact, for all the ballyhoo about "citizen journalism" and "engagement" over the last few years, there's precious little to show for it, on the page or on the screen. Some bloggers have risen to prominence as journalists, and all bloggers are in one sense crowd-sourced, becoming representative voices for a point of view shared by many. People do vote with their clicks, alerting journalists to what the crowd finds of interest at any given moment. But the very nature of this process ensures that fleeting interest is made much of, while enduring interest — the many clicks scattered among cat video likes and satirical tweet shares — is lost even to the most attentive observers. No wonder media coverage has degenerated into flashes of scandal and outrage at the expense of the larger issues people insist they care most about.
The 'Elephant' in the Election Booth
Nonetheless, we are very clear that the mission of Digital Citizen — to expand the voice of the citizen in policy dialogue for the digital age — is more than fulfilled by the issue of the corrupting influence of money in politics. As Steven Dikowitz, one of our competitors and a member of our Citizens' Editorial Board put it, money is "the elephant in the room" where media and politics intersect. A July 2012 Gallup Poll revealed that reducing corruption in the federal government was second only to focusing on jobs among Americans' concerns.
So we are focusing on a subject that is owned by the people. After all, politicians who live by donations are not likely to meaningfully confront the issue without public pressure, and the public has a shrinking number of avenues through which to address their elected representatives, despite the growing list of complaints. Nor can most journalists, who must be careful what they ask lest they get blackballed by politicians or, worse, censored by the huge media corporations they work for (which reap tremendous benefits from the campaign finance system), be relied upon to push the issue.
Thanks to the Supreme Court's Citizens United and related decisions, combined with the politicians' reluctance to reveal the fonts from which their campaign financing flows, there is no good way to source money in politics. But if you "follow the money" as to where most of it flows, you find yourself at the door of the media. A May 2012 investigation by the Columbia Journalism Review took a hard look at the recipients of this largess. By law, "the campaigns get the lowest rates in a given ad class, [but] they do tend not to buy the cheapest class, which is subject to 'immediate pre-emption,'" while Super PACs and issue groups, "are not entitled to the same low rates." It all adds up to a bonanza — the article quotes industry estimates that "$2.5-$3.3 billion will be directed to local spot advertising" — a new record. This is quite an incentive to forget to question the campaign finance system.
With only four days until the Republican Convention begins, our reporters are tanned, rested and ready to march into the maw of the prime-time Conventions extravaganza. We, the production team, are exhausted, hurried and worried, up to our eyeballs in logistics, stretching our dollars until they squeak. We hear there's a hurricane heading for Tampa and are packing our camera raincoats. But it's worth every bead of sweat and storm-surge: We are using the lure of appearing on TV to find new journalists who have no stake in the system as it is. Because they represent the many people who have nothing to lose but the integrity of their leaders, we hope to leverage this issue into national prominence.
So, while other TV journalists at the conventions will be on the lookout for scandal and bombast, the Link TV Citizen Reporters will be more interested in the special treatment of special interests, the workings of Citizens United and Super PACs, the costs and tolls of attack ads. Will 2012 prove to be the year that citizens gain a stronger voice in the policy dialogue that shapes our nation? Stay tuned.
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In 2012, two tidal waves will reconfigure the American electoral system and the news media that cover it. A tsunami made of money will buoy up the structure of entrenched political power, while a huge wave of personal technology will disrupt it.
I can predict both of these events with certainty because they've happened every election year over the last couple of decades. Still, the changes in 2012 may be dramatic. Angry citizens around the world have been using a potent combination of mobile phones, social networking and broadcast television to upend established political orders. Now it's Americans who are angry, and this election could spark a new level of activism leveraged by these same tools. At the same time, this will be the first general election since the so-called "Citizens United" Supreme Court decision, which tossed out the last vestiges of regulations limiting campaign financing. Among other effects, this will translate into a record numbers of attack ads next fall. Taken together, these two changes may profoundly affect our democracy, and they deserve a closer look.
In June of this year, Hollywoodreporter.com headlined, "Moody's Predicts Record Political Ad Spending for TV Station Groups in 2012." In one breathless run-on sentence, the article explained: "Broadcasters benefited from a Jan. 2010 Supreme Court decision [known as Citizens United] that effectively ended spending caps for political ads, so, unlike in 2004 and 2008, the presidential election next year will happen without limits on campaign spending by corporations or unions."
There has not been much in the way of analysis of how the astronomical levels of campaign cash will affect the news ecosystem. Because the new funds will enrich local TV stations, one could argue that this has nothing to do with news reporting. Perhaps all local TV boats will rise with the tide, including the news dinghy.
But the relationship may be more complex than that, and there have been intriguing signs and portents in recent years: Sarah Palin is famous for advising a beleaguered Tea Party candidate to speak only to Fox News, and other candidates are increasingly avoiding interviews. Both reporters and citizens have relied on Town Hall meetings as moments where unscripted hints can surface, but ever since the disastrous Town Hall meetings in the summer of 2009, Democrats are increasingly replacing Town Hall meetings with conference calls. Now, candidates of both parties have retreated behind a "conference-call wall," diminishing democracy in the process.
It's not surprising that candidates would rather not speak to troublesome reporters or a querulous public, who are in one sense their natural enemies. But now, with their new wealth, will candidates reject news appearances, as they have Town Hall meetings, using ads as a kind of counter-programming? Will attack ads begin to look like faux news reports in attempts to offset reporting with well-financed propaganda?
"It may take a cycle of awful attack ads to realize that something more needs to be legislated," said Seth Korman, a lawyer and legal writer, who nonetheless cautioned that it's unclear whether "courts will look favorably on new prohibitions on political speech." Korman noted in the Rutgers Law Record that the Citizens United decision "expands the legal definition of the press" by granting rights once reserved for the news media to all corporations. The Supreme Court's thinking, said Korman, is that "everyone should be able to editorialize." But, as he pointed out in a related article in the Huffington Post, non-profits, including non-profit news organizations, remain restricted in their "ability to 'influence legislation' or 'participate' in a political campaign." He asked, "If the bar on free-speech restrictions has been so lowered for some corporations, why must it remain for others?"
One troubling aspect of the coming expansion of attack ads is that, because their content is protected by the First Amendment, they are less regulated than other forms of commercial speech. In 2004, a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth launched a series of attack ads against presidential candidate John Kerry and other Democrats. The Federal Election Commission later fined the group, and its liberal counterpart MoveOn.org, because they "crossed the line with overtly partisan 2004 campaign activities," as the L.A. Times reported in 2006. These groups were not censured for what we might call lying, but for "failing to register as political committees." With the passage of Citizens United, the rules on which that judgment was based no longer apply.
There are regulations that prohibit lying in political ads, but the laws are overseen by an alphabetic welter of federal agencies — the FEC, the FCC, the FTC — and by state regulatory agencies. Not surprisingly, regulations often diverge or lag; most agencies are only just beginning to grapple with the Citizens United Decision (see this on the FEC, and bookmark the site Election Law Blog, the best place to track the evolving situation).
The FEC, for one, is staffed by political appointees with conflicting political agendas. Typically, the punishment for lying in political ads is a fine, levied months or years after the election, providing small comfort to the candidate victimized by false statements. For example, in 2009 the creator of an untrue attack ad on the city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, aired in 2007 paid the city $2,500 to settle a lawsuit. In June of this year, the North Carolina Republican Party issued a formal apology to a representative who was narrowly defeated for an untrue campaign mailer sent in November 2010.
Following the passage of Citizens United, Radio Broadcasting Report, the online media industry site, ran a long article titled "Broadcaster's Liability After Citizens United." It strived to soothe worried media execs by laying out exactly how the process works when "faced with allegations of libel, slander, fraud or misrepresentation regarding a public figure."
The article explained that the FCC's "standard for broadcaster responsibility for truth or falsity in the context of political matter [is that] each licensee may exercise its own judgment as how best to serve the public interest by presenting contrasting views…" The article advised its readers to "ask the sponsor of the ad for justification. If the response appears reasonable, the Commission and the courts do not require that the broadcaster be the guarantor of its truth."
Back in 2007, Factcheck.org wrote a thorough piece on the legal ramifications for attack ads that stretch the truth, citing a number of examples from the "handful of states" that have laws on the books prohibiting lies in political ads. In two of three cases, the perpetrators were acquitted; in one case, the guilty party "paid no real penalty for the false ad, except for some unfavorable publicity." The article concluded, somewhat ruefully, "All this should tell voters that — legally — it's pretty much up to them to sort out who's lying and who's not in a political campaign."
If it's up to the voter to figure out who is lying, then both the electorate and the news reporters they rely on may be spending an awful lot of time in 2012 sorting through the mess. For those hoping that substantive issues will get a fair hearing, this is more bad news. Attack ads are already much covered by news; now they threaten to swallow up increasing portions of the news hole. Reporting on attack ad controversies is cheaper and easier than producing original stories, or attempting to interview recalcitrant candidates. With many mainstream news outlets already weakened by a failing old revenue model and an invasion of partisan reporting masquerading as news, can we expect coverage of attack ads to crowd out issue reporting?
"I advocate class warfare as journalism," said Bob Calo, senior lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, with his tongue only partly in his cheek. "Journalists are no longer trusted by the public, who think we are just part of the propaganda game. We should be helping the public differentiate between propaganda and facts." Calo, who produced magazine shows at ABC and NBC before joining the Berkeley faculty, said, "A reasonable risk would be to declare your loyalty to the underserved middle class. That means the politicians are your adversary."
He takes the threat of attack ads seriously, if no less acerbically. "Journalists are smart, but the problem is, you are going up against even smarter people who work in public relations. Truth is the underdog in American political speech."
This is where public media, and the tsunami of public engagement, might come to the rescue. A second article in this series will look at these forces in the 2012 election. Watch this space for more.


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Look out Real Housewives! The men of the Jersey Shore are jumping on the reality show recording artist band wagon. Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino came out with a rap song a while ago, but his fellow cast mate Vinny Guadagnino also just released some rhymes.
The track is titled "Vinny Rack City Mix," while Sitch's song was self-titled "The Situation." Give both tracks a listen and cast your vote in the poll to let us know who has the better skills when it comes to the rap game. Also, play music critic in the comments!
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The Bluebirds weren't the only ones enjoying the beautyberries during the recent snows. This Phoebe moved in whenever the Bluebirds wanted to rest or had eaten their fill.
This beautiful Hermit Thrush picked up the berries that the Bluebirds dropped.
The Hermit Thrush has a very distinctive liquid chirp that they make, which has the same rich quality as their song.


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Last season, something rare happened to the Chicago Bears. Instead of having the defense carry the team throughout the season, it was the OFFENSE that carried the team. In fact, it seemed at times that the defense was working against the offense. The offense broke franchise records for offensive output, and ranked second in the league in scoring, behind only the Peyton Manning-led historic Denver Broncos offense.
Running back Matt Forte feels what happened last season with the offense was just the beginning. He expects even more this season. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, he said the second season should produce more than the first.
"If we keep working hard we're going to take this offense, hopefully, to the top of the league," Forte said. "There's no ceiling. There's no limit that you can put on it."
The Bears boast the best wide receiver duo in Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery. Jeffery emerged as a star last season under coach Marc Trestman's offense. This season, the eyes are fixed on second-year receiver Marquess Wilson. Should he win the third receiver position, the Bears would have a formidable and tall receiving corps. Marshall is 6'4″, Jeffery and Wilson are 6'3″ and tight end Martellus Bennett is 6'6″.
Matt Forte himself is no slouch. He is one of the most underrated runners in the NFL. He doesn't get a lot of attention, but last year he was second in the league in rushing and third in total yards from scrimmage. He is also third in total yards since he came into the league in 2008.
Under Trestman's first year, Marshall did not get a chance to participate in off-season activities because of hip surgery. This season he has been completely healthy and expects to improve on the 1,295 yards and 12 touchdowns he had.
Of course, when you talk about a ceiling for the offense, you have to look at quarterback. Jay Cutler will be the key. He has suffered through some injuries in the last three seasons, so keeping him healthy is important. Before his injuries last season, Cutler was on his way to having one of his best seasons. If he can stay healthy, it will be interesting to see his numbers jump.
In order to overtake the Green Bay Packers in the North, the defense must do its part. The offense will probably be high octane once again, so if the defense can make some stops, the Bears could find themselves in the playoffs again. With no defense last year, the Chicago Bears were one play away from winning the division, so let's see if an improved defense can put them over the top this season.
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text: this is a re-style of my first queen victoria, which i decided i'd punch it up a bit. enjoy.when i think of queen victoria the word that comes to mind is dignified. perhaps it's just because of the imagery i've seen of her, who could forget that statue where she's enthroned and looking out into the distance? it's a pretty powerful image and you can tell that she means business. my favorite of her accomplishments (along with her husband albert) was the crystal palace exhibition where the world showcased technology and culture. to me it seemed one of those pivotal moments in history where everybody realized the future is going to come barreling towards us and we'll be charging right at it. of course she today would walk that fine line between dowdy and dignified (a feat not accomplished by some of her contemporaries).1: i mean business: coat (so klimt looking, eh?) by oscar de la renta, socks and shoes by karen walker2: kick ass queen: fur by marc jacobs, dress by vivienne westwood red label, shoes and tights by donna karan3: opening the crystal palace: coat by oscar de la renta, dress by 3.1 phillip lim, shoes by dvf


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for one of my birthdays we rented their adventure house in Dibba Oman, only about 2 hours from Dubai. Great house with 2 bedrooms, one of the rooms had a bunch of bunk beds in it which slept like 14 people, it was a big room and pretty nice. the other room had a queen bed in it. Great house with an outside fire pit, arabic style sitting area outside with pillows and everything. you can pay extra and have a cook or cook your own. we went mountain biking which was great. definitely do it again.
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After beating up on Oakland Monday and Tuesday night, the Angels dropped Wednesday's series finale before Atlanta's 4-3 win last night. Aside from tying Washington for the NL East lead, the Braves collected their first win over an American League team this season.
C.J. Wilson didn't help matters, allowing four first-inning runs; all on home runs. Evan Gattis's three run homer was followed by Chris Johnson's solo shot, giving Aaron Harang more than enough run support. It was Harang's first career victory over the Angels after losing all four of outings last year.
Wilson and the Halo bullpen shut out the Braves from that point forward but their offense managed to leave six runners on base while going 1-for-6 with RISP. Albert Pujols's eight inning two-run single cut the lead to one, but the tying run remained at second base.
The Angels' interleague record stands at 6-3 and trail division-leading Oakland by 3 ½ games.
Pitching Matchup: Garrett Richards (6-2, 3.09 ERA) vs. Gavin Floyd (1-2, 2.57 ERA)
In many ways, Garrett Richards has kept the Angels' five-man rotation in sync. He's on a roll over his last two starts, yielding one run on eight hits over the last 15 innings. Before he overpowered Oakland's potent lineup last Monday, Richards notched a career-high nine punch outs against Houston on June 4.
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Harvey admits he has been experiencing stress and pain in his forearm for a couple of weeks, but he never thought it could turn out to be something serious. The 24-year-old, who is the National League leader with 191 strikeouts, claims he believed the discomfort to be a common form of soreness, something all pitchers experience.
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While I am not trying to diminish other parents' experience with Nike, I have a hard time understanding the dissention directed towards the school. When my son had started kindergarten here last year, he was not only new to school but to KS. Thanks to his peers and the Nike staff, he adjusted well and is thriving academically and socially. The principal can be seen every morning walking the halls and greeting her students by name. The office staff has gone above and beyond to ensure that parents and students have what they need in a quick and efficient manner. They are always happy to help, no matter how many times you call on them. I've never felt unwelcome visiting my child here, whether it's attending movie night or dropping by for the holiday parties. There hasn't been any pressure to perform academically, and the teachers give you everything you need to supplement your students learning at home to retain what they've learned at school. My son did not attend preschool, and he does very well here. Often we can lose sight of the fact that it's a parent/teacher collaboration that helps our student learn, not one or the other. Great school with a wonderful staff!
So far it is only the second day of Kindergarten. My vaccination info was lost before school even started. Meet the teacher night, had to go up to my sons teacher 3 separate times before she even acknowledged us to say hi. Then had to go back the 4th time to get his name tag. I found this very frustrating, and it hurt my sons feelings because he felt like she didn't like us and didn't want to go to school. First day of school my son did fine, walked him to class and advised the teacher that I would be picking him up that day and after that he would be riding the bus to and from school. Next day bus tried to pick him up at the wrong address, and the teacher forgot that he was riding the bus (all my paper work was filled out in his enrollment that he was a bus rider) I was not happy to get a call to hear that my son had not made it on the bus. I feel like this school lacks professionalism, communication, and overall just doesn't care.
We have not not been impressed with the overall professionalism of the office staff or leadership of the school. We usually feel unwelcomed by the office staff whenever we try visit our student. Our overall impression is that the leadership of the school views parents as a nuisance rather than partners in educating our children. We have been blessed with a good teacher for our child. Unfortunately, I believe she has beeb told to focus on bringing up test scores for the entire class rather than educating.
My son attended Nike from August - January; we were in the process of moving to Olathe and did everything possible to work with the school's staff to create a good experience for our son and to transition him well. Our impression was that they only cared about getting him out of the school once they heard we were considering moving. We did not feel any sense of concern or empathy for the transition impact to our 6 year old; they provided us with inappropriate expectations about being able to complete the school year and then we ended up having to start him at a new school partway through his last semester of Kindergarten. Not one of the staff members said anything to us about his departure (sorry to see him go, we hope it goes well, anything we can do to help, etc.). We left with a VERY bad impression. We received inconsistent communication from his teacher, we weren't aware of what he was working on in class so that we could help reinforce at home. The only communication we received was a weekly "newsletter" with overall highlights.
I had all three of my kids going there. The faculty is second to none! Always great communication from principal on down. The only complaints we have ever had were with some district policies never with the school itself. When kids got out of hand they handled it immediatly and with great judgement. Moving out of state this year and regreat that my kids will not be attending Nike any longer. Alicia
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me again this dress again is from my recent collection and is a teal long sleeve straight cut jersey gown with a slit (for movement hehe)
and indian embroidery on the back to mix in the east and west which is what i love to do :)
hope you like xx
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Aug 11, 2013, 04.05 AMby neveenkarnes
very elegant. love it.
Aug 10, 2013, 08.07 AMby Mary Athey
this is gorgeous, i love the back detail. i love jersey and anything with a little bit of stretch. i do line when i use it as well x
Aug 9, 2013, 09.40 PMby Tiffany Phares
This is so pretty!!! I would love a dress like this!
Aug 9, 2013, 08.03 PMby martinK
lovely dress! Love the colour, Did you put linning in it??? Even it is jersey an undershirt from taille to knie would be better. I think you would get a better silouette by moving/walking.
Aug 9, 2013, 08.11 PMby Gurtlamorous
yeah i was thinking of putting a lining into it as the back detail shifts as the model walks….thanks for the advice x
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I have been into diapers my whole life which, I know sounds outlandish, but is the complete truth. I don't remember most of my childhood due to a major head injury I had when I was ten. My mother said she used to catch me hiding and wearing diapers as early as five. My mom ran a day care out of our house so diapers were always easily accessible at home. The earliest I can remember was taping on a baby diaper to myself and hiding in my room and enjoying peeing and pooping. I never knew why I liked them so much or what compelled me to put one but none the less I couldn't go a day without one. My diaper obsession grew to where I was wearing almost every night and most of the time during the day and the older I got the more I wore. In my younger years I would get caught almost on a weekly basis and my parents made me feel taboo for it.
I graduated from high school and left right away for the army. I made it through basic training, medic training, and airborne school without a diaper but as soon as I got to my duty station I began buying depends on a regular basis. I could wear on my off time but being in a force com unit wearing during the working day was next to impossible. I deployed to Iraq and the whole year longed for the next chance I would get to put on a diaper. This is when I found out there were more like me through the internet. I was amazed at how many there were. I also came across the Deeker guide to incontinence and this got me very interested. I started planning for the day when I could go through this training. I would fantasize about the day when I could be diaper dependent and have a legit excuse for wearing that which has been a big part of my life.
I moved duty stations to where I am currently at in Missouri. As soon as I got here I was moved to a job where wearing 24/7 was much more possible. I wore about every day to work and all of the time in my off time. A few months later I had knee reconstruction surgery from and injury in Iraq and had a month off work which began my first 24/7 adventure. I wore for two months straight then stopped because I got a really bad diaper rash that I couldn't get rid of with a diaper on. I stopped wearing for a couple days and then lost the motivation to put one on and keep it on. That was until about a couple months ago when I started getting emails from a guy back in NC who said that my blogs on another site convinced him to go 24/7. I began chatting with him on a regular basis and got back to wearing 24/7 myself. After a month of that I found Ally and she went 24/7 after a day of talking to me.
So yeah I thought I would try to explain more about what what wearing diapers means to me. Diapers for me are not sexual. Now I am not saying I don't get turned on by them or seeing people in them but over all it is not a sexual experience for me. Its a straight comfort, passion, way of life for me. Its been a part of my life just as much as a brother or a certain comfort item that you could never let go of. My parents made me feel wrong for liking them as well as my brothers but strangely enough that never stopped me from experiencing the ecstasy that came from taping one on to me. Nothing would keep me from putting them on. If I had to I would use duct tape. I would steal them. Then it came to buying them. Now I order a case almost every month. Diapers have become more important to me than finding a girl friend. Ever since me and my ex broke up I have been wearing more and more longing for the day when I wouldn't have a choice. Diapers will never grow old for me. When I was a young teen ager every year I thought that would be my last year wearing. Thinking that this phase would go away with the next coming age. Every year I would say when I turn whatever age at the time, I will quit wearing. Yet every time I would get a year older the longing for a diaper would follow me. The desire would become stronger in me and I would become bolder with my wearing. Eventually I got to the point where I told my younger brother closest to me and he expressed how he didnt care. This made me so excited. Someone I could be free to wear around without ridicule. I would wear all the time around him. Sometimes I would just wear a diaper and he would never say anything. Sometimes I would poop myself while we were playing video games and my dad would come in and realize where the smell was coming from and make me go take it off.
I just got through my first day of wearing all day at work in a long time. The morning went uneventful then in the afternoon I knew I was going to be challenged. I recently volunteered to coach youth soccer 6-8 year olds. We had a game and it was 90 degrees out in April. I left from work still wearing my uniform and went to coach my team. That morning I had drank about 16 cups of coffee and alot of water. The heat was bearing down and slowly throughout the game I felt my diaper swell as well as the rest of me soaked with sweat. By the end of the game I was feeling very dizzy but made it without passing out. Got back to work and changed my diaper. It was very heavy but only half of it was urine. This diaper dependency is really going to suck when the weather is super hot. Oh well. As anyone who has gone through the unpotty training will say " Its not all cotton candy and rainbows. Sometimes it sucks but in the end the need for diapers outweighs the cons.
I have read just about every post on the forums about people wanting to become incontinent, people not wanting to be incontinent, incontinent people telling horror stories, and incontinent people telling the pros of wearing diapers. I have noticed that anyone who posted about wanting it and looking for advice and getting negative feedback makes them change their mind. I am a big believer in the saying " Perception is reality." Meaning that how you look at a situation and how you analyze it makes it true in your mind. If you let other peoples experiences and thoughts scare you or change you beliefs on a situation you will never live how you want to live. Your life is not lived by others. It is lived by you. I also live by this saying " The only experiences and opportunities you live to regret are the ones you didn't take." You must make your own choices in life. You must make your own destiny. Someone can get a cone of chocolate ice cream and think it is the worst thing ever and they will preach to you not to get it because it is horrible. If you listen to them and avoid that ice cream, how will you ever know if that ice cream truly is horrible. You could go your whole life thinking that ice cream is horrible without ever trying it, or you could taste the ice cream yourself and come up with your own opinion on how it tastes. You may be ridiculed by the person who didn't like it, but as long as you like it what does it matter what they say.
If you go through life complaining about things you have seen, heard, or experienced, are you really living? Diapers will be a part of my life forever. If someone cant accept me for wearing them whether out of need or out of want then they can choose to not be near you. It isn't that hard to find understanding individuals. Life is too short to not experience it all but at the same time Life is long enough to move on an start again. Diapers are not a restrictor. They do not stop you from functioning. I have played tennis in them, partied in them, bowled in them, worked in them, pretty much anything i have done without them i have done with them. When I am not wearing them I am constantly thinking about them. When I am wearing them I feel complete. Are diapers really such a socialogical taboo? Honestly what is normal? Is there a set standard on normal living? A set list of likes, dislikes, loves and hates? The answer is no. Everyone is different making this world a great place. Its like this……. I am not gay. I have no attraction to guys. Does that restrict me from befriending a homosexual just because we don't have the same preferences?
Hope yall have gotten a bit from my ramblings. I will become diaper dependent.


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Why making your own bread is AWESOME:
1. Eating it while its still warm from the oven.
2. Taking it to a friends house on the bus and having everyone stare it it longingly.
3. On that note, taking it on the bus and making the bus smell AMAZING.
4. Using the last pieces underneath cowboy eggs. Yum.
I used Michel Roux's Sandwich Loaf recipe (the one with a couple of spoonfuls of Golden Syrup.) http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/sandwich_bread_loaf_93879
Oh! And Cowboy Eggs:
Eggs (duh) at least 3, mixed with Fresh Basil, Paprika, Chilli Flakes, Cheese, Salt + Pepper, SCRAMBLED!
We baked a tart with great success.
First Bake: Apricot Tart
pate sucree + creme patissiere + half tinned/half fresh apricots from Pastry by Michel Roux
The edges were slightly burnt but the pastry was good and crumbly.
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I was very kindly given an amazing book, The Roux Brothers on Patisserie, and I decided to make the brioche as my first challenge. There were a few steps to follow, stretched out over 8 hours, but the finished product was very much worth it. This recipe gives an extremely light, yet buttery bread which literally melts on your tongue. I decided to be a little experimental and made a few with chocolate- also delicious, success!
Homemade Pumpkin Tart !
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Herb Crust:
½ cup fresh white bread crumbs
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
½ cup grated Gruyere cheese
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil (or 1 teaspoon dried)
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme (or ¼ teaspoon dried)
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More than 200 guests and VIPs turned out for the "Heart and Soul" themed summer gala held under a tent overlooking the beautiful greens at Willowbend. The event raised more than $220,000 to support the new Cape Cod Healthcare Heart and Vascular Institute and the cardiac and vascular services provided to more than 4,500 patients annually at Falmouth Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital. With heartfelt gratitude, Cape Cod Healthcare wishes to recognize the commitment of time, talent and generosity to all or our sponsors, donors and members of the 2014 Gala Committee.
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Friday, June 13th and Saturday, June 14th, 2014
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Eastward Ho! has proudly made a difference in the community by bringing friends and neighbors together to support Cape Cod Hospital and Cape Cod Healthcare. Special thanks to the Tournament Committee as well as all of their sponsors for hosting a spectacular, yet rainy, golf benefit.
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Terry Martignetti and her family graciously hosted a reception at the Oyster Harbors Clubhouse for their friends and supporters of Cape Cod Healthcare. Cape Cod Healthcare President & CEO Mike Lauf and Dr. Craig Cornwall, Medical Director of Emergency Services at Cape Cod Hospital, spoke to those gathered on the emergency center expansions at both Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital.
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Eastward Ho! Country Club held their 26th Annual Hospital Benefit Dinner and Auction on a beautiful evening at Wequassett Resort and Golf Club. All proceeds from the event were donated to help support the expansion and renovation of Cape Cod Hospital's Emergency Center which treats more than 92,000 patients annually.
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A distasteful budget
Facing a $4 billion budget gap, the General Assembly went about its distasteful task expeditiously, adopting a $70 billion-plus, two-year spending plan Sunday, only a day late.
The budget, which returns to the spending levels of 2006, slashes millions from education, health care and public safety, areas largely sheltered from previous cuts. While specifics are in flux, schools take a $646 million hit, meaning layoffs and larger class sizes, and health programs are cut by more than $1 billion, reducing Medicaid payments and limiting the number of children and mentally disabled adults receiving state care. Law enforcement was spared deeper cuts and arts funding, which the House of Delegates had considered eliminating, will be cut 15 percent over the biennium.
With tax hikes off the table -- both Gov. Bob McDonnell and assembly Republicans were adamantly opposed -- the legislature avoided even more draconian cuts by imposing $95 million in new fees and by diverting $620 million from the Virginia Retirement System. The latter gambit will also spare local governments from having to make pension contributions although the payments will have to be made up.
Although the budget dominated the session, Republicans also sought to limit gun control and expand the death penalty, initiatives largely blocked by the Democratic-controlled Senate. Five Democrats, though, broke ranks to support Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel's bill making it illegal for the federal government to require people to buy health insurance, a mischievous measure giving the willfully uninsured the "freedom" to mooch on the insured.
McDonnell kept a relatively low profile, mostly working behind the scenes on the budget, but he won money for his job creation initiatives and a limited expansion of charter schools. His focus was distracted by the flare-up over Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's opinion limiting state colleges' efforts to ban discrimination against gays.
While Republicans in Richmond sustained their antipathy to tax hikes, localities may not be so fortunate if they want to preserve government jobs and services.
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Let's start with "willfully uninsured" and make one thing clear. Without government involvement in healthcare you'd create more "UN-willfully uninsured"...
See the problem with attempting to be magnanimous while still wishing to end government entitlements is that you are essentially throwing out the baby with the bath water.
If I'm reading you right, you are for ending government involvement in healthcare because of the "willfully uninsured" mooching the system. That's a noble thing for sure and I would tend to agree, but the problem is that you are ALSO taking insurance away from those who simply cannot afford it.
I'm sure you know that under current law, a hospital cannot turn away a patient due to lack of ability to pay, so unless laws change, government involvement or not, these people are going to mooch the system and you and I will end up paying for it....
If we CHANGE the law, then you end up with the unsightly horrors of people simply dying on the steps of the hospital because doctors and hospitals can refuse treatment to them because they cannot pay... Are we going to start running people's credit before we treat them now?
The government is a necessary evil in healthcare. Like it or not, they are more trustworthy in being an advocate for our health than an insurance company with a profit motive.
If there's another way that you have in mind, I'm all ears....
Hi Irishman,
In all my studies of American history, even during the great depression I don't remember bodies littering the streets...maybe I'm wrong, can you point me to a time in our history where people were dying in droves in the streets? (Besideds perhaps war time).
I don't see why people need insurance to get medical care. Yes, I agree that people should buy emergency insurance, kind of like home insurance or car insurance, something to help if there is a catastrophy...but that should be their choice, and if they have it before they get sick the insurance company should HAVE to pay, that's the whole purpose of insurance. Why can't people simply go to the doctors office, say, "I'd like this or that," and pay for it. A simple check up should be able to be managed. We did that for many years in this country and people lived. The problem with government funded healthcare is what we have now, people going to the doctors for everything...even splinters. If people had to shop around for health care the costs would come down. Doctors already charge people who pay cash less, and honestly most will allow for payment plans. The real choice comes down to what's more important, TV, cell phone, designer clothes, etc. or a doctor visit.
Whatever happened to saving for a rainy day? The poorest of the poor in our country live like kings as opposed to those in other countries. Americans think they are owed everything and should get whatever they want. I disagree. I know this is an unpopular thing to say, but I do believe that Churches and charities do more to help the poor than the government, I believe that people would receive the care they needed from these organizations. I have seen the kindness of strangers, and it is a whole lot better than anything that the government does.
BTW which insurance company denies more patients claims for health care? It's the government...medicare and medicaid. I trust the American people and even insurance companies over the government (any party) every day of the year!
Love ya, Irishman!
If I've paid into it my whole life, yes I will, but I would gladly give it up if it would be changed now, so that only the people 55 and older who really need it get it and then anyone born after the age cut off would not. That way, while we would be stuck paying for the promises our grandparents made we would not be sticking our children/grandchildren/and all future generations with the monstrous debt and slavery it will bring.
Social security and medicare are unsustainable AND even if I wanted it, I am only 40, I will not see a penny of it, because it will be bankrupt...like the rest of the country. During the depression people didn't know the consequences to this kind of program. Now we do and if we're not willing to give up the socialist programs that we now have there will be no America left. I have a friend in England who tells me that since she's old (60's) the hospitals do not treat her the same as younger people. She thinks they just don't care if older folks die. Yes, folks that will be coming to America in the health care bill. Do you really want the government telling you how to live?...do this or don't get covered? Once the government takes over health care in 10 years or less there will be no option, because there will be no private insurers, and the common man/woman will not have any extra disposable income to spend on their own health because it will be going out to pay for government health care...NOTHING IS FREE!!
Are you willing to raid your children's and grandchildren's piggy banks so you can retire to "The Villages" or other living facility? It may be a hardship for adults to take care of their parents in the final years of their lives, but remember your parents took care of you for the first 18 years of our lives, so maybe we can stop being the generation of selfishness and take care of our families and also our neighbors through charitable giving and yes, through the Christian Churches.
Remember it may be the Democrats setting up the system, but Republicans (like the scary George Bush) will be back in power again someday. Do you want him in charge of your health care? Just asking.
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Herb-Cheese Yeast Bread
"for a variation, try other cheeses such as shredded cheddar or a blend of cheddar, Swiss and Co-Jack," suggests Linda Lundmark of Martinton, Illinois.
16 Servings
Prep: 10 min. Bake: 3 hours + cooling
1-1/3 cups water (70° to 80°)
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
3 cups bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
3 teaspoons active dry yeast
2/3 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
In bread machine pan, place the first nine ingredients in order
suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust
color and loaf size if available.
Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5
minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if
Just before the final kneading (your bread machine may audibly signal
this), add the cheeses. Yield: 1 loaf (2 pounds).
Nutritional Facts:
1 slice equals 141 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 9 mg cholesterol, 115 mg sodium,
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