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Five tales of how the Lafayette delegation adapted to a loss of seniority, brought home the pork and navigated the most contentious regular session of recent memory.
By Jeremy Alford • Photos by Robin May
I. Living In A Cadillac State
The 34-story State Capitol has a sub-basement. Aside from being brightly lit, well-opulated and only smelling of unadulterated ambition, it's everything you would expect from a sub-basement. The Senate uses it for office space, taking the place of what was once roots and clay and dirt, mineral deposits and whatnot. Today, it's a vast and winding catacomb. Hallways, sharp turns and an endless series of doors that are aesthetically unvarying.
The deeper you get into it, the more it feels like a labyrinth, and that's where you'll find the offices of Senate Retirement Chairman Elbert Guillory, D-Opelousas. Of all the lawmakers who represent Lafayette Parish, he had the highest profile this session. Guillory sent more than a dozen retirement bills to the desk of Gov. Bobby Jindal and sponsored some of his pension reform measures. In fact, the governor became such a regularity in private gatherings that Guillory says, "Bobby knows every wart on this committee's faces."
While not all of Jindal's proposed reforms passed, and while Guillory will likely remain in the crosshairs of public workers for quite some time for pushing an increase in the retirement age and for contributions, the senator says something important and significant happened. "Feel our muscles," he says. "We did some heavy lifting this year."
With the state's unfunded accrued liability, or UAL, nearing $19 billion, Guillory says the state needed to find a compromise on true pension reform, and the parts of Jindal's package that passed offer up that salvo. The UAL refers to the gap between what the systems have on hand to pay future benefits versus what they've promised. "We've got do something about it now, not later," Guillory says. "We need to make this work. Louisiana is not a Cadillac state. It's a Volkswagen state."
As for what it took to make this metaphorical Volkswagen run during the 2012 regular session, there were 1,983 bills filed for consideration, of which 203 were sponsored by members of the Lafayette Parish delegation. Guillory, who filed 43 bills, and Sen. Fred Mills, R-Parks, who introduced 44, almost account for half of that local count by themselves.
At least in part, it's a sign that the recent loss of seniority in the delegation is already being absorbed and refilled by some lawmakers who aren't from Lafayette Parish proper for a change. If Guillory and Mills had not been as successful with their own bills this session, the interpretation wouldn't hold.
The loss of experience is still somewhat palatable. Former Sen. Mike Michot, a Lafayette Republican who played point on Acadiana politics during his tenure, stopped by the Senate chamber last week with his family. His successor, Sen. Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, spoke to Michot's "dedication" and "service." But now it's Cortez carrying the local waters in the upper chamber, like Senate Bill 312, which strips civil service protections from the assistant chiefs of police in Broussard, Carencro, Scott and Youngsville. In this case, Cortez is working on behalf of a group of elected police chiefs, who, in their own right, are good friends to have come re-election time. The bill, pending Jindal's approval, basically allows the chiefs to hire and fire their No. 2s at will, rather than routing them through a civil service hearing.
But more so than any other, House Ways and Means Chairman Joel Robideaux, R-Lafayette, shared the statewide spotlight alongside Guillory this session. Robideaux handled House Bill 2, the state's capital outlay bill, and he's responsible for securing a great share of the local spending items in the plan. It contains billions of dollars worth of construction projects from around the state.
While he certainly brought home the pork for Lafayette, Robideaux, a CPA by trade, also continued to write far-reaching tax laws. Among his crown jewels this session was House Bill 729, which creates the Corporate Tax Apportionment Program. The new law backed by Jindal expands the single-sales factor apportionment, which bases corporate income and franchise taxes on the portion of sales that occur within the state.
Only manufacturers and merchandisers were allowed to qualify, but Robideaux's new law draws in corporate headquarters, logistics, warehousing, data centers, clean technology, destination health care, renewable energy, digital media software development and research and development operations. Upon passage, Jindal touted the bill as a means to improving "Louisiana's economic competitiveness."
In other cases, local lawmakers pushed bills with themes that were much bigger than themselves. These concepts and initiatives are the region's Big Stories. They'll impact not only current residents of Lafayette, but also generations to come.
II. For The Well Being of Acadiana
That Mills should impact health care policy shouldn't come as a surprise. He's a pharmacist by trade and a master salesman (anyone who has seen his commercials and marketing campaigns can attest to that). In the end, his proposed pilot program in Senate Bill 758 for University Medical Center could send shock waves through the LSU hospital system.
His bill, which has been advanced to Jindal's desk, would allow all of the parishes in the Department of Health and Hospitals' Region IV, anchored by Lafayette, to create their own health care services district. It would be guided by a governing board composed of representatives from DHH, each parish president, the Louisiana Hospital Association, Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and UMC.
The board would serve in an official advisory capacity and would be able to execute contracts and cooperative endeavor agreements. But this is what's most important: The board would be authorized to seek out new sources of funding and the state wouldn't be allowed to tinker with the its resulting budget. "We want to see if there are funding sources available that we could work with DHH and leverage them and draw down additional federal dollars," says Mills, vice chairman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
From a practical standpoint, the pilot program could potentially allow UMC, which has already suffered midyear cuts and could face more sooner than later, to slowly get out (just slightly) from under the thumb of the LSU hospital system — even if it's not the central goal right now. Plus, Mills' timing couldn't be better, especially with President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law waiting in the wings. Health care locally and statewide could take a serious turn in 2014 should the courts uphold the Affordable Care Act.
Health care actually emerged as a major issue for the Lafayette delegation this session. In fact, freshman Rep. Stephen J. Ortego, D-Carencro, is behind House Bill 867, a pilot program that partners UMC and the Lafayette Parish School System. Together, these partners would develop coordinated school health and wellness centers.
Ortego says the goal is to combine all aspects that can potentially impact a student's education, from mental and medical to social and philosophical. In theory, the pilot program, if approved by Jindal, would add more nurses and therapists at schools and create neighborhood medical centers. It's an approach that has been embraced by other states, and now Ortego is bringing it to Louisiana. "Children won't be able learn if they aren't healthy," he says.
As with Mills' legislation, the pilot program could potentially draw down federal funds — and become a model for other school districts around Louisiana.
Local lawmakers also got tied up with the issue of midwives, individuals — usually women — trained to help mothers through the birthing process. There are reportedly only eight in Louisiana, and Rep. Nancy Landry, R-Lafayette, filed legislation to strengthen credentialing requirements, an effort that was defeated by the Senate. Landry says women should be able to give birth at home and believes this would give them more peace of mind about the decision.
Landry started a bit of a ruckus late in the session when she attached the stronger requirements, including certification by the North American Registry of Midwives, to a senator's bill. Sen. Danny Martiny, R-Metairie, accused her of "hijacking" his bill, and Mills even went as far as to describe it as "turf war." Some physician groups opposed her push at every turn, protecting their turf by arguing that hospitals are better venues for delivery.
III. Pay-Raise-O-Rama
Despite the midyear budgets and the deficit that was identified for next fiscal year, a handful of public officials are in line for pay raises as a result of the regular session — and no one from the Lafayette Parish delegation voted against the salary hikes.
Rep. Jack Montoucet, D-Crowley, was the author House Bill 319, which increases the salary of Lafayette Parish Assessor Conrad T. Comeaux from $98,290 to $108,290. Montoucet says he's only looking for "equity" because clerks of court are able to make more money. "They basically provide the same services," he says. Jindal has signed off on the bill.
Not to be outdone, Sen. Jonathan W. Perry, R-Kaplan, also passed a bill creating a new automobile expense allowance for the Vermilion Parish clerk of court. Lawmakers, though, got wise to his plans, and by the end of the session, clerks of court from Franklin, St. Charles and West Baton Rouge parishes were added to the bill. If Jindal abides, these clerks would be able to receive a stipend of 15 percent of their annual salaries, as long as they carry the insurance. Perry, vice chairman of the Senate Judiciary C Committee, is quick to point out that the money doesn't come from the state's general fund. It must come from clerks' surplus funds. Jindal now has the final say on the bill.
As for sheriffs, Rep. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, advanced legislation linking greater accountability with more money. That bill creates the Louisiana Sheriffs' Executive Management Institute within the Office of the Governor. Senate Bill 97 stipulates that sheriffs who complete the required training would be eligible for a salary increase. In an interesting twist, the sheriffs' pay hikes would be contingent upon district court judges also getting a salary boost this session. Jindal has not yet endorsed the legislation.
It's not a question of whether these public officials deserve the money. No doubt they work hard. It's more a question of priorities and reality. Moreover, eventually lawmakers may consider a salary boost for themselves. But it didn't happen this year. Thanks to a constitutional amendment adopted in 2010, raises for lawmakers and statewide elected officials cannot take effect until the following term of office — which at least lets voters decide who gets the higher pay.
IV. Holding Up The Gold Standard
Rep. Stuart J. Bishop, R-Lafayette, wasn't around when Jindal passed his ethics reform package through the Legislature in 2008. But the freshman was in a position this session to leave a few fingerprints on the code of the law.
He authored House Bill 365, which creates a new requirement for anyone running for a seat in the Legislature or statewide office. All candidates will be required to submit to one hour of ethics training. A member of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, Bishop says it's simple enough: the training and certification can be accessed online. The bill was sent to Jindal's desk following late-hour negotiations Sunday.
Bishop's House Bill 660 has already been signed into law by Jindal. He says he introduced it to better regulate the way some private businesses and nonprofits send solicitations to consumers under the guise of being affiliated with the state. Oftentimes, the mail piece looks like an invoice or bill. "There's this scam going on and people do it. They pay," he says.
The law requires disclosure in a 14-point font that the solicitation is not in any way affiliated with state government. Bishop says he developed the legislation in cooperation with the Secretary of State's Office.
Rep. Landry came out swinging in her own way with legislation requiring that the governor's travel log include flights in any state police aircraft. The bill never moved an inch, but Landry did push House Bill 1143 to Jindal's desk. As already approved by the governor, it will prohibit public bodies from changing their agendas within 24 hours of their meeting. Councilwomen, school board members, aldermen and others could still be able to add an item with a two-thirds vote during a public meeting, but only after the item is read aloud. She says a "clarification" is needed because there's nothing currently in state law that permits agenda additions, although many public bodies update theirs after posting.
She has also requested that House and Senate governmental affairs committees study laws regarding open meetings of public bodies. Her House Concurrent Resolution 145 has a few different angles, from the best way to involve public comments (some bodies call for them before agenda items are even discussed) to creating committees with non-elected members and the right to abstain from voting.
Keeping with the local ethics theme, Mills had Senate Bill 754 to create a new loophole in the ethics code. It was pending final passage over the weekend, but has been introduced to allow grain farmers or their immediate family member to serve on the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission and to sell grain to the elevator it operates. The main argument behind the bill is that there's a pre-existing exception like this already on the books for the New Orleans port.
V. We Don't Need No Stinkin' Bills
Education reform backed by the governor probably presented the biggest show of the session. Thousands of teachers stormed the Capitol to oppose new accountability standards, increased vouchers and changes in tenure. Jindal won out in the tug-of-war and, at least in the House, it allowed local lawmakers to show their stripes.
Landry was probably the loudest proponent on Lafayette's bench and proved that Facebook can become an effective means to presenting an argument. (She arguably has the best social media in the delegation, posting everything from personal opinion and photos from the floor to research papers and links to articles.) On the other side of the fence, Ortego stood with Democrats in questioning every aspect of Jindal's package and made himself known, even as a freshman, early on in the debates. He even sparked a mini-drama with the conservative writers over at the TheHayride.com for a while.
In terms of changes to the local education landscape, Cortez led the way with Senate Bill 284, which has been sent to the governor. It would allow the South Louisiana Community College to merge with several campuses under Louisiana Technical College, including Acadian, Coreil, Evangeline, Gulf Area, T.H. Harris and Teche Area. Cortez says it will save the systems money upon taking effect July 1.
With the legacy litigation issue hogging all of the attention of oil and gas lobbyists, there were very few earth-shattering energy bills debated. When coupled with the education and retirement reforms and the dismal state of the budget, it can partly be credited with the amount of freedom local lawmakers had to pursue their own interests.
Landry created an entirely new crime for "female genital mutilation." Rep. Taylor F. Barras, R-New Iberia, unsuccessfully pushed a constitutional amendment to allow his hometown to enter into contracts for property tax breaks. Ortego passed a resolution designating Scott the "Boudin Capital of the World" and failed to codify a new set of rights for bicyclists. Perry passed a handful of DWI-related laws.
Meanwhile, Freshman Rep. Vincent J. Pierre, D-Lafayette, managed to squeak out one bill, a technical matter that merely changed phrases in existing law from "criminal search" to "criminal background checks." Pierre also added Lafayette Parish to legislation allowing a 3 percent excise tax on car rentals to continue.
Fellow rookie Democratic Rep. Terry Landry of Lafayette didn't even make it that far. He only has a single resolution to his name that "Commends the Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary." But Landry, retired from State Police, did emerge as a new force on the House Transportation Committee this session. He sort of became one of the resident skeptics, questioning the merit of one bill after another and schooling lawmakers on the reality of police work. He was also outspoken on a proposed constitutional amendment that would give Louisiana some of the strongest gun ownership protections in the nation, warning lawmakers that they were being used as pawns by the National Rifle Association in its efforts to pass similar laws in other states. He also helped steer the debate over the possible use of tolls to wrap-up I-49 between Lafayette and New Orleans.
While the freshmen reps' lack of legislation might speak to their dearth of ideas, Dr. Pearson Cross, a political science professor at UL, says it may be something else. "It's their first session. Once they're around longer, there will be more," Cross says. "But they're also Democrats from minority-majority districts. Most of this session was led by the Republican majority, so it's natural to expect less from the Democrats, especially the new ones. That will change in future sessions."
For the sake of Lafayette Parish, let's hope so. Then again, once you declare a boudin capital, what else is there to do?
Bringing Home the Pork
One of the last items of business lawmakers tended to before adjourning their regular session earlier this week was to pass onto the administration House Bill 2, also known as the capital outlay bill. Simply put, it's the construction spending plan for projects around the state.
It was also among the top priorities for House Ways and Means Chairman Joel Robideaux, R-Lafayette. He's the sponsor of the bill and all of its headaches. He readily admits the bill is "over-appropriated," but he fought hard during the session to fend off several requests from lawmakers. "The bill is still geographically spread across the state," he assured lawmakers during a debate last week.
What may be more telling, especially locally, is how much money is dedicated to projects in Lafayette Parish. But first, one should understand the process.
Slightly less than half of the money won't be available until future years, and the projects outlined in HB 2 still have a long legislative journey before victory can be declared. Inclusion in the capital outlay bill does not guarantee a project's funding.
The bill must be approved by both chambers of the Legislature, and then Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration will choose which projects to include on a special agenda. That agenda will be reviewed and individual projects approved for funding during a fall meeting of the state Bond Commission. If the commission agrees with the merits of a project, then financing, which often means lines of ready cash, borrowing or bonding, can commence.
As per legislative tradition, there are more projects in the bill than there is cash available. So lawmakers prioritize the line items; a "Priority 1" line of funding means the money will be made available during the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
For the approaching fiscal year, there are 25 Lafayette-related projects in Priority 1 totaling $52.93 million. The 2011 bill, by comparison, had 29 local projects weighing in at $64.85 million. That's four fewer projects under the current delegation's guidance and $11.92 million less in funding.
While many areas are having to do more with less due to the economy, it can also be argued that the loss of seniority — most notably the terming out of former Sen. Mike Michot last year — can be credited for the dip.
Just consider the following: of the eight members in the Lafayette Parish House delegation, half are serving in their first term and three are in their second. That leaves Robideaux as the dean of the lower chamber delegation. Moreover, all four members of the local Senate delegation, while carry-overs from the House, have only been seated within the past three years.
Still, $52.93 million in Priority 1 ain't too shabby. Here's a look at those projects, the proverbial pork, from this year's House Bill 2.
? Equipment for Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise: $500,000
? I-49 from I-220 in the City of Shreveport to Arkansas Line, Lafayette to the Westbank Expressway, Construction, Right of Way and Utilities (Lafayette shares with eight other parishes): $7.3 million
? Verot School Road Construction: $500,000
? Roof Replacement at Tyler Mental Health Center, Planning and Construction: $1.18 million
? Replace Existing Air Conditioning/Heating System and Cleaning of Vents at Dr. Joseph Henry Tyler Mental: $2.5 million
? New Emergency Generator and Chillers, University Medical Center, Planning and Construction: $3.2 million
? University Medical Center Mechanical Equipment Repairs: $1.3 million
? University Medical Center Air Handler Replacement, Planning and Construction: $200,000
? University Medical Center New Maintenance Building and Hospital Repairs: $150,000
? Emergency Room Expansion, University Medical Center, Planning and Construction: $2.04 million
? Refurbish Elevators, University Medical Center, Planning and Construction: $1.49 million
? Major Repairs and Reroofing, ADA Compliance and Life Safety Code Corrections to Campus Building, Planning and Construction (UL shares this with seven other campuses): $85,000
? Burke Hawhorne Hall Renovation and Expansion at UL, Planning and Construction: $5.35 million
? Fletcher Hall Exterior Repairs at UL, Planning and Construction: $650,000
? Louisiana Technical College, Lafayette Campus, HVAC Replacement, Planning and Construction: $2.61 million
? Kaliste Saloom Widening: $3.95 million
? U.S. Hwy. 90 Intersection Improvements at Bercegeay Road in Broussard, Planning and Construction: $720,000
? I-10 North Frontage Road in Scott, Planning and Construction: $990,000
? I-10 North Frontage Road Sewer and Water in Scott, Planning and Construction: $900,000
? Frontage Road Along Interstate 10 in Scott, Planning and Construction: $720,000
? Highway 92 Realignment Near Youngsville, Construction, Right of Way and Utilities: $700,000
? Youngsville Parkway Road Project, including Waterline Improvement and Roadway Lighting, Planning and Construction: $7.15 million
? Beltway Road Project in Youngsville, Planning and Construction: $5.785 million
? Lafayette Airport Commission, Construction of Cargo Facilities, Planning and Construction: $500,000
? Cajundome Improvements, Planning and Construction: $750,000
NOV 25 Here's a link to the petition that has been created to save Zeus, a family dog who is targeted for death by the learned fathers of the Avoyelles Parish village of Moreauville. They passed an ordinance based on nothing that outlaws pit bulls and Rotweillers. As of Tuesday morning, the petition had more than 230,000 signatures - a number that's a wee bit higher than the village population of 929.
NOV 25 Blogger Tom Aswell is writing about the latest in a federal lawsuit against Du Pont that claims the chemical company's Ascension Parish plant has been leaking toxic fumes on a regular basis for years without reporting it. The company is asking the court to prevent the plaintiff from talking about a fatal toxic leak that happened in Texas, Tom writes.
NOV 25 Louisiana Democrats are limping, but don't count them out, Jeremy Alford writes in this post on LaPolitics. They've come back before; but the one thing the D's can't do is just twiddle their thumbs while waiting for the pendulum to swing left, Alford opines. They need to rebuild and rebrand, he says.
NOV 25 Blogger Mike Deshotels offers this primer on predatory charter schools and how they operate, specifically in Louisiana. They're not just profiting from our tax dollars, they're using children and shortchanging them to do so, Deshotels says.
NOV 25 Blogger Rod Dreher is writing about the increasing number of retail establishments who are open on Thanksgiving in this post. He's got a list of stores that will be open and a list of stores that won't.
NOV 25 Edwin Edwards took off the gloves on Monday, this post on WAFB tells us. At a Press Club appearance, he wondered how his 6th Congressional District opponent, Garret Graves, could be an expert in all the areas in which he claims to be - when he has no college degree in anything. (Five years - FIVE YEARS - in college, but no degree. Huh?)
NOV 25 This story in the LSU Reveille assures students that the Jindal administration's removal of millions from the TOPS fund won't affect students. Oh, ah. K. Is that like the raid on the OGB wasn't going to affect state employees? Who is the adviser for this paper?
NOV 25 Apparently the Jindal administration can't handle old folks, either. This post on The Advocate outlines a legislative auditor's report critical of the administration's handling (or not handling) of the state agency that oversees services for the elderly.
NOV 24 Blogger Bob Mann is blogging about race and the Senate campaign in this post. Sure, everybody knows that Mary Landrieu doesn't do too well with white folks, but how come the GOP can't get arrested in the black community? Bob is asking.
NOV 24 The GOP has a boogie-man for anybody thinking about voting for Mary Landrieu: President Obama. But the Dems have one for Bill Cassidy, too, Melinda Deslatte writes in this AP post on The Reading Eagle -- and his name is Governor Jindal.
NOV 24 Columnist Stephanie Grace is writing about Bobby Jindal's continuing refusal to accept federal funding for the expansion of Medicaid. It's purely an attempt to benefit him politically, meaning the decision is "cruel, short-sighted and remarkably self-centered." Well, yeah. Have you met him?
NOV 24 Because of a town ordinance, the police will come to a disabled girl's home this week to take away her service dog and kill him. Sound like a bad Lifetime movie? Nope - it's real life in Moreauville, blogger Lamar White Jr. tells us in this post. The dog's crime? Being born a pit bull. What's the reason for this ordinance? Well, the town fathers are a little vague on that one. Maybe Obama?


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A CONMAN who stole £200 from a Redditch pensioner's home while posing as a roof repairer has been jailed.
Billy Scarrott was sentenced to two and a half years after admitting carrying out the distraction burglary at the victim's home in Hollyberry Close in Winyates.
The 24-year-old of Evesham Road in Cleeve Prior near Evesham also pleaded guilty along with his father-in-law Cornelius Smith, 48 and of the same address, to fraud by false representation after appearing at Worcester Crown Court last Thursday (March 28).
The pair had turned up at the elderly man's home on March 29 last year and persuaded him to hand over £950 for roof repair work they never intended to carry out. While there Scarrott asked to use the toilet and sneaked into the pensioner's bedroom to steal the cash.
Smith was given a six month sentence, suspended for 12 months, for the fraud and ordered to carry out 250 hours of unpaid community work.
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I think about her every day. I creep her FB. I know more about her and her life than my WH ever did. I feel like I actually need to break up with her... how messed up is that? I know, I know, stop creeping her. Stop feeding it. I know. But HOW???
I feel like I have turned OCD over this. I need help. How do I let her go? How do I stop letting her be in my head and my marriage? How do I stop giving power to a ghost? The A wasn't even about her, she wasn't anything at all, so why the fixation?
I honestly feel like if it weren't for the baby factor, I could file her away. But I feel like I have to keep myself prepared so I am not blind-sided again.
I really need help. :(
I can relate in a way, as the OM is the biological father of my son.
I did end up blocking him, his family, and his friends from facebook. He has another couple of web sites he is on because of the band he is in, so I've just mentally made a pact with myself not to look at those sites. Between the blocking and that self-pact, that has helped a bit with the online obsession.
As far as stopping giving her power... one thing I've found helpful is to allow myself to feel the feelings of rage and anger that I feel towards OM. Eventually, just facing those feelings head on, those feelings do start to lose their power. I start to lose interest in those feelings.
I also have made a conscious decision to never forgive him (he was a supposed friend of mine, so this is where that comes in to play). Making that decision has allowed me to let go a bit more.
All of that, and just trying to concentrate on things that are worth my time and mentally energy way more than OM.
Given all of that, I still have my days, and can most definitely relate.
Sending you ((hugs)), peace, and strength.
I honestly feel like if it weren't for the baby factor,
I'm five years out, the ow for me; a total stranger he met at a bar had a long distance 12 month EA and was able to sneak away for 3 days of PA. No baby involved in my case, but I obsess like crazy too, yes even after all this time. I think it's about us looking for the "why", why her. What did she have that made him almost throw away everything...why her...why was she worth causing me the greatest hurt in my life and making me carry this burden for the rest of my life. I think I look sometimes searching for the one moment when I will get it...I will see what he saw or get what he got that allowed him to do such a terrible thing. But, five years later and it's still the same..it was never about her--she could have been anyone that night at the vacant bar stool. In your case, you have a something I can't imagine dealing with on top of the carnage. A baby. I can't fathom the pain that goes with that in addition to the already horrific pain of the affair itself. Don't beat yourself up for obsessing...you have so much on your plate. Do either of you have to have any contact at all because of the baby..or is total NC? If you are total NC maybe it's just natural curiosity about that baby and what her life is like now--maybe looking for proof of the misery or mess of a person that she has to be? That's what I think I look for when I'm obsessing--validation--I want and need validation that she truly is as horrible as I think she is--or at least what my mind tells me she is. Just throwing ideas out. Hugs and I'm sorry I know it hurts.
[This message edited by LoveActually at 9:49 PM, May 13th (Tuesday)]
I am being selfish. I am giving brain space to her, at the cost of transparency with my WH. I hear myself saying, "Well, I would have told you but I knew you would be mad." Wayward thinking.
Justifying. Blame shifting. Secrecy.
I hate her, I don't want to think about her... but I don't know how to stop. I feel like she must be a witch of some kind.
I hate that I am looking at OW to find validation. That is too ironic for words.
I want to see that she is miserable
You all know how much I HATE "it". I came to realize that my obsessive stalking through cyber space was a defense mechanism. It was my way of trying to control the situation. New pictures pictures on social media would let me know if the A was on again. If it had a new man, a terminal illness or was dead, then I was safe. I just wanted to be safe in my M. My recovery began by closing my social network accounts.
But I also want to see that the baby is safe, that it is loved, that she has support, that my childrens' sibling is not in a desperate life
Has paternity been established? Are you hoping to see something in the pictures that will establish that this is NOT an OC? Let's hope so.
It's so mixed and muddled
Yes it is. In other words "A hot mess".
I hate that I am looking at OW to find validation. That is too ironic for words
You seem to be trying to make sense of it all.
BTW, my H, my family and some of my close friends, would have had me committed if they knew all that I had done in order to get intel on "it". It is not necessary for me to share that with my H. I did share it in therapies.
No, I take that back. It knew everything about me and wagged war against me. It launched a nasty campaign against me. I was under attack in a war that I was unaware of.
I honestly feel like if it weren't for the baby factor, I could file her away. But I feel like I have to keep myself prepared so I am not blind-sided again
Healing is a process. When you are strong enough, you will put her in her proper place.
Both feet pointed forward; positive
The one thing you do have control over is looking her up online. It's addictive for sure.
I think about her every day. I creep her FB.
Here's how the cycle goes: Creep FB. Think about her more. Creep FB more. Think about her EVEN more. Creep FB EVEN more. Think about her ALL the damn time.
The FB has to go. It sounds scary in theory, but once you unplug I promise you will feel some relief right away. Come up with a contingency plan. When you feel like looking her up on FB, go to your room and read a chapter out of your favorite book. Or take a walk. Or a bath. Or go shopping. Do something where that brainspace is dedicated to you and you alone.
It's a long process, but if you force yourself out of it you will find that letting her go will become more and more natural.
I used to spend hours creeping OW's children's Facebook pages, drive and park by her house. It affected my moods, my mental space and my time with my kids. You have taken the first step in recognizing that it is a problem and have the desire to address it.
Jrazz has great suggestions (as always). Take it one hour, one morning, one afternoon at a time. It takes time to break a habit and this is what it has become. Find other things to fill your mind, something enjoyable and meaningful to you. Read books, start a home renovation project such as painting or gardening~anything that keeps your mind and your hands occupied.
Finally, do you think it is the uncertainty as to whether OC is actually your husband's offspring? Do you have an outlet for these feelings? Would writing letters to the OC help you express your thoughts? Express how you are concerned about his life, your hope that he is cared for. Don't send the letters, but keep them in a box. If you are in IC, this might be worth bringing up.
Sending you grace, dignity and strength.
I have been guilty of the same thing. In my case, OW was an OEA, a long ago flame that sought out my H via sociall media under the guise of renewing 'friendshiip' but escalated behaviors until my H finally got it through his thick head something was off and stopped responding. He was too polite to block her though, so she continued to fish until I got involved and ran her off with threats and the means to blow up her comfortable life.
He essentiallly forgot about her when he decided to stop responding, but I obsessed about her and cyber~stalked her for quite awhile. And, like you and others have said, I now know WAY more about her than my H ever did. Part of my reasoning was to give me additional ammunition/contacts should she ever break NC. Part of it was trying to understand her motivations, I think. And part of it may have been because she asked nosy questions about me that were none of her business. (Fortunately, I could tell from the correspondence my H dodged the NOYB questions, much to her frustration.)
But I know/knew it wasn't healthy. My IC knew it wasn't healthy. OW is blocked now, but I've been through block/unblock cycles in the past. Good new is the blocked cycles are lasting longer. I really hope for your sake that OW stays in the past and doesn't contact. But I DO understand your obsession, especially with an OC in the mix.
I think a big part of your issue is there is so much unkown. You assume this baby is your spouses, but still have no real closure on it. She has made it obvious that she wants nothing to do with him. I would accept that as he probably isn't the father, after all why wouldn't she want CS? That makes no sense.
I too healed and 5 years out occasionally wonder what has happened to this homewrecking monster that flipped my world upside down. In fact I googled her the other day. Yup. Sure did. I allowed myself to waller in it for a full 15 minutes. Then I put it away.
It's a struggle for me because I never met her, or saw her in real life. Just pictures on my H's computer, and what I find on the internet. She lives in a different city, and she is like the mystical creature to me. Just like a rainbow farting unicorn, I tend to make her more than what she is.
I assume that she has had no major wake up calls, and her life has not changed, and she has probably continued to prey on men that are contemplating divorce as only a divorce attorney could. But I also know that My H chose me, he chose to accept the pain he caused, and he worked his ass off to figure out his why's and to heal himself. 99% of the time that is more than enough for me.
I would suggest that you really start to limit your exposure and head space with her.
Give yourself a reward system, and stick to it. Block her on social media. Don't peak for a day. When you can do that without struggling then build up to two days, then three. And each time you succeed you do something nice for you, and you alone. This is your war to fight. This is your ill to cure. Your rewards should be just for you.
Lastly, there are AD's that help with OCD behaviors, and it may just be part of the chemical changes you have undergone from the stress of your life in the past year that have made you compulsive about this. If so, consider talking to your Dr, or seeing a Psych and discussing trying some meds. It may just be that you need something to reset the chemical clock so to speak.
So forever I'm left wondering. Wondering what my wife saw in him. Wondering why he went for it despite. Wondering what the hell they were thinking in their heads because BOTH are married.
I actually find myself jealous that you have a FB to creep over. I have nothing on the OM that my WW had an LTA with - I don't even know what he looks like. But yet I still find myself obsessed.
I think this is somewhat normal for a BS but I don't know what to say to stop it or lesson it.
I went to see OM one day (even though I've known him for years). In my mind I had re-created him after the A as the most threatening person in the world. When I saw him, I was amazed of how regular and non-threatening he was. How he was just joe-shmow. Almost stupid that my FWW had an A with him.
I have blocked her on fb, and have had strong urges to check lately, as it is affair season, and knowing her, she is not capable of not posting something maudlin or sappy about "love." I have stayed strong -- trying to keep it that way. It is hard though.
I think the thing is, that we think there is some meaning in who they chose, when there really isn't. If you are an alcoholic, it is like the difference between whiskey and scotch -- there are subtle shades of difference, but all the waywards are after is the high. The APs were available, and willing. They were nothing special, except the fact they were broken enough to do it.
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Today I told WH I'm not even sure the hate I feel is for her but really for what she represents. I could see in two seconds that if they were to be together irl they would be miserable. Why couldn't he see that?? Why did he think it was love?? I also can't help wondering if she and the things they did are what he really wants. She could not be more different than me personality wise. I truly feel like I don't know the man who did this. He was definitely not the man I thought he was and I'm having a hard time accepting that.
Like another poster said maybe I'm hoping one day I'll just understand.
Sorry for the rambling, I wish I had some advice, but I can relate.
I am not convinced she won't want CS at some point. She is a drug dealer on welfare. She has a thing for sugar daddy's. She has an income of sorts, I suppose. I think what she's concerned about is the possibility of sharing custody. We made it clear we weren't walking away - if the child is his, we want to have access. But at this point, we don't really see reason to fight her for a paternity test. If it comes to that, we'll deal with it. But it is a big unknown still hanging out there.
I am so sorry for all the pain here. One thing I am so glad of through all of this - I have become so much wiser and empathetic IRL. Here, I'm still on the needy side if things. :) Thank you for all the truth, compassion and encouragement.
She is a drug dealer on welfare.
It's different from state to state, but in my state, in order to be eligible for ANY government assistance, you have to name a potential father for your child so that the state can sue for child support.
If paternity has not been established and the father fights the suit, the state will order testing to be done.
My cousin had a "surprise baby" (she somehow did not know on a conscious level that she was pregnant until she was admitted to the emergency room with cramps that turned out to be labor pains, but this story isn't about that). She genuinely did not know who the child's father was. The state denied her benefits (food assistance and medical benefits) until she supplied a name. She did, the guy was tested, and it was not his. Only then did the state accept that she truly does not know who the father of this child is, considering the circumstances.
Other women I have known had to supply the name of the "potential father" for any assistance, whether they had anything to do with the man or not.
As far as Facebook goes, I wish I had some words of advice. I had gotten pretty good at not looking, but now that OC is being adopted I maintain a separate Facebook just for correspondence with OW. I still creep. Almost daily. I am also struggling to quit.
I am sorry for the pain and struggle you are experiencing. I experienced obsessive tendencies too.
Adultery to a BS's is traumatic. PTSD and PTSD-like symptoms are a very real thing. I was tested for PTSD but only had PTSD-like symptoms....obsessive thoughts are one of them.
You keep replaying the event in an attempt to process through it...but you can get stuck there for a bit. Are you in IC? If not, I would strongly recommend this.
Do you have RL female friends? It also helps me to fellowship with male friends about what I am feeling. None of my friends, thankfully, have experienced adultery in their M...but just expressing my feelings helps take some of the power away from them.
Feelings are indicators....not dictators. Don't treat them as such. WS's did....and you know the results of that decision.
I have tried to talk to him about it, but I feel like it disgusts him, and I actually feel a great deal of shame over it. He does not want her in our life, our marriage, our future. I say to myself, "Well, you put her there".
Couple things here....
first, I did this. I felt like I was putting my wife in "undo" pain by bringing up her affair. Codependency sucks...and that is why I initially refrained from talking with my wife about her A. VERY UNHEALTHY. Codependent No More....was a book that helped me understand myself. Once I did I used the techniques in the book to break myself of that cycle.
Second, shame is someone elses sin pushed over/thrust onto you. I get it....as a "man" I felt shame my wife sought out another bull to satisify her. Shame of that plus my codependent tendencies very easily allowed me to accept more pain after each of my DD's. Shame will fade....but it fades faster when you expose the sin that has occurred. Not talking about facebooking "My husband is an ass and f'ed so and so".....am talking about leaning on a select group of people who are relationship friendly. Shame LOVES the dark....put some light on it and watch it shrivel and die.
Third, I pray your husband will find a copy and read How To Help Your Spouse Heal From Your Affair. I pray he finds the courage to finish his statement with "don't want her in our M.....I am sorry I chose adultery and invited her in in the first place. I will spend the rest of my life making this up to you."
Tips to do;
--focus on the present. A is no longer being chosen by your husband.
--realize your husbands affair did not kill you. Abandonment fears have been a part of me since age 12. Adultery is among the strongest abandonment a person can chose....and I SURVIVED it!!! This is "worst case scenario"....and I made it through it!!!
--appreciate your growth...such as the empathy you mentioned you now have for others. There are parts of you that are being awakened that you never knew you had.
--reach out.....in prayer, reading, RL fellowship, posting on SI. This is too big for any one person to handle. You may have, like I have, spent a lifetime of doing it alone. Take a chance and reach out!
--make it a goal to become better not bitter.
--Healing is a Choice. Steve Arterburn. Get it and read it. It will empower you by bringing truth to the choices you have. Your pain will temporarily blind you to the many choices you have.
I will say a specific prayer for you now and will add you to my SI specific prayer list.
22 months out....past the obsessive thinking phase. But I still remember how aggressively I engaged the fAP. Like another poster mentioned....my mind built him up to "something special". The night I met him on his front porch I found a very different creature. I found a double-chinned, pudgy, terrified man.
Once I saw him in the true light he belonged in, my pain level stayed the same but morphed. I NOW had the thought "THIS is what my wife chose over me?!?! What she endangered my health (unprotected sex) over?
That lead me to the next phase.....turning my attention away from the AP and back to where it belonged....on my wife. She chose to adultery....she was not raped. She sought and harvested that which she desired. Through this process I took "me" out of her affair equation. Her affair, like all affairs, are singularly selfish actions. AP matter not, spouses, children, health rish....nothing deters a person set on adultery. It really is just about them.
Then that led me to the next phase.....
.....not all linear actually......edges of each phase blurr into the next.
This is a process.
You are normal.
This is serious trauma.
Keep posting.
We have your back.
God is with us all.
Sometimes they would consist only of methods that I wish she would die, others would be exacting how Karma had told me she was gonna Fuck her over, and telling her to hang on tight, cause the storm was coming. Others were really sadness, and pity for her F'd up life, actions, and beliefs. Begging her to never breed, because she could NEVER love a child the way you have to as a parent.
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I found this very cathartic. Destroying the negativity allowed me to heal.
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IMF Approves Loan (To Pay Ukraine's Gazprom Bill): Putin 1 - 0 IMFSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 04/30/2014 16:13 -0500
After 'billing' Ukraine this morning, Gazprom must be jubilant this evening as news exudes from Washington that...
So that won't even cover the $3.49bn they already owe to Gazprom? (In fact, $2.2bn is approved for dissemination to Gazprom)
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Tit For Tat: Ukraine Blocks Crimea Water Supply With Russia Set To Halt Ukraine GasSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2014 11:29 -0500
Moments ago, Russia casually hinted that Ukraine should use part of the IMF aid (which has been promised in virtually all increments between $1 billion up to $18 billion, but at last check not one penny has been wired) to repay Gazprom's debt, which is anywhere between the $2.2 billion Gazprom has said Ukraine is delinquent on for 2014 gas supplies, and an additional $11.4 billion which is what Gazprom said Ukraine's state-owned energy firm Naftogaz owes for unused take-or-pay arrangements in 2013. This happened just hours after Ukraine reportedly used the 'nuclear option' and halted the bulk of water supply to Russia's newest territory: Crimea. Tit for tat?
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It's Time To Retire Gross Domestic Product As A Measure of ProsperitySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 04/19/2014 17:34 -0500
Distilling an economy's success in delivering "prosperity" to a single number has outlived its purpose. Political authorities knew exactly what was happening: they realized that their own credibility could be boosted by a rigged GDP number. Thus we have the central government of China issuing blatantly bogus claims of 7+% annual GDP, as anything less will severely erode their claim of managerial brilliance. In our own propaganda-dependent state, GDP is almost always positive, much like corporate earnings always beat expectations by a penny. But we should be paying attention to an even deeper critique of GDP: that prosperity no longer depends of the "growth" of consumption, financialization, etc. but on the Degrowth of narcissistic consumerism and more efficient use of resources and capital.
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Growth Rate China Slowest in 18 MonthsSubmitted by Pivotfarm on 04/17/2014 16:08 -0500
You know when you want to read that last page of the book just before you fall off into the Land of Nod and the Sandman comes and sandbags you to fall asleep?
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Testy Tuesday – Tax Day EditionSubmitted by ilene on 04/15/2014 17:05 -0500
Tax time, but not pay-up time.
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And The "Fake" Headline Of The Day Award Goes To...Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/11/2014 08:13 -0500
Ahhh, the smell of "fake" headlines in the morning. It smells like victory, especially as there goes another conspiracy "theory"
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Fed Admits Policies Benefit Rich, Fears For "Nation's Democratic Heritage"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2014 19:12 -0500
Having warned just 6 weeks ago that high-yield credit and small high-tech firms may be in a bubble, Fed Governor Tarullo, ironically speaking at the Hyman Minsky Financial Instability Conference, suggested that the recuction in share of national income for "workers" (i.e. income inequality) is troubling. Furthermore, he added, "changes reflect serious challenges not only to the functioning of the American economy over the coming decades, but also to some of the ideals that undergird the nation's democratic heritage." His speech, below, adds that since there has been only slow growth so far, expectations for a growth spurt are misplaced and that the Fed-policy-driven recovery has "benefited high-earners disproportionately."
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UK Turned Into "Nation Of Savers" … "Instantly" After "Radical" Accounting OverhaulSubmitted by GoldCore on 04/08/2014 12:39 -0500
Accounting tricks and manipulation of economic data is taking place globally and will contribute to people being misled regarding the true state of national economies and the global economy. The false sense of security seen before the global financial crisis has returned ... it can only end in tears ...
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Fed To The Sharks, Part 1: Robbing Purchasing Power As A Matter Of PolicySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 04/08/2014 08:38 -0500
If the Fed is so powerful, why is it so cowardly and fearful that it has to cloak its theft of our money and its transfer of the wealth to the banks? What's it so afraid of? That we might wake up to the fact that we're being Fed to the sharks, every day, one morsel at a time?
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Have We Reached Peak Wall Street?Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2014 13:44 -0500
Though the mainstream financial media and the blogosphere differ radically on their forecasts - the MFM sees near-zero systemic risk while the alternative media sees a critical confluence of it - they agree on one thing: the Federal Reserve and the "too big to fail" (TBTF) Wall Street banks have their hands on the political and financial tiller of the nation, and nothing will dislodge their dominance. In addition, the U.S. dollar's status as a reserve currency is a key component of U.S. global dominance. Were the dollar to be devalued by Fed/Wall Street policies to the point that it lost its reserve status, the damage to American influence and wealth would be irreversible. What if there is another possibility to the consensus view that the Fed/Wall Street will continue to issue credit and currency with abandon until the inevitable consequence occurs, i.e. the dollar is devalued and loses its reserve status. What if Wall Street's power has peaked and is about to be challenged by forces that it has never faced before. Put another way, the power of Wall Street has reached a systemic extreme where a decline or reversal is inevitable.
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What Happens After The Low-Hanging Fruit Has Been Picked?Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2014 09:30 -0500
One way to understand why the global financial meltdown occurred in 2008 and not in 2012 is all the oxygen in the room had been consumed. In the U.S. housing market, there was nobody left to buy an overpriced house with a no-document liar loan because everyone who was qualified to buy a McMansion in the middle of nowhere had already bought three and everyone who wasn't qualified had purchased a McMansion to flip with a liar loan. Once the pool of credulous buyers evaporated, the dominoes fell, eventually circling the globe. Right now China is at the top of the S-Curve, and the problems of stagnation are still ahead.
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Bring Out Your "Toxic Sludge" - European Loan Creation Remains At Record Low LevelsSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/27/2014 11:19 -0500
Yesterday we reported that in an attempt to unclog Europe's broken credit and monetary piping, European regulators are preparing to get their hands dirty by easing rules on, and unleashing, an asset class once labelled toxic sludge, i.e., all the worst of the worst debt that was the reason why Europe is in a 6 year-old depression, and hope and pray it somehow fixes itself. Today, the ECB reported the latest data on European credit creation in the private sector. Or rather lack thereof. Because at -2.2%, this was essentially an all time low private sector loan "growth" (rather, credit destruction). Which means Europe will have to throw all the toxic sludge it can find in its desperation to reignite yet another credit bubble, something Bernanke's cronies appear to have done far more admirably.
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And Now The Real Economic Pain Begins As IMF Unleashes $27BN Bailout In "Near Bankrupt" UkraineSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/27/2014 07:08 -0500
Gazprom must really be demanding payment on overdue Ukraine invoices which is the only way we can explain the unprecedented speed with which the IMF has managed to cobble together a makeshift bailout package of up to $27 billion - the bulk of which will naturally go to Russia - which has just made Ukraine its latest vassal state. There are of course, conditions: "Approval is "expected in April, following the authorities' adoption of a strong and comprehensive package of prior actions aiming to stabilize the economy and create conditions for sustained growth," IMF mission chief Nikolay Gueorguiev said in the statement. Disbursement may start next month, he said at a news conference in Kiev." And then comes the hyperinflation: "Monetary policy will target domestic price stability while maintaining a flexible exchange rate. This will help eliminate external imbalances, improve competitiveness, support exports and growth, and facilitate the gradual rebuilding of international reserves. The NBU plans to introduce an inflation targeting framework over the next twelve months to firmly anchor inflation expectations"... Very high inflation targeting.
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The Fourteen Year RecessionSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 03/24/2014 18:47 -0500
When you ponder the implications of allowing a small group of powerful wealthy unaccountable men to control the currency of a nation over the last one hundred years, you understand why our public education system sucks. The average American has experienced a fourteen year recession caused by the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve. Our leaders could have learned the lesson of two Fed induced collapses in the space of eight years and voluntarily abandoned the policies of reckless credit expansion, instead embracing policies encouraging saving, capital investment and balanced budgets. They have chosen the same cure as the disease, which will lead to crisis, catastrophe and collapse.
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Sometimes the need arises to manage iCloud Photo Streams from a computer. Kelly explains how to enable or disable Photo Streams and how to delete specific photos on both a Mac and a Windows machine.
How To Disable Your iOS Photo Stream
Syncing your entire Photo Stream to iCloud may not be what you want to do, but you may not even know you're doing it. Kelly explains how to find and enable or disable the setting as needed.
How to Check Your AT&T iPhone Upgrade Eligibility
With Apple's formally announced Media Event on September 9, the expectation is that Apple will be announcing an iPhone 6, perhaps in two sizes. Here's a handy guide to help you determine if your current iPhone is eligible for an upgrade with AT&T.
How to Delete Photos From Your iOS Photo Stream
While iCloud photo sharing can be useful, not everything needs to be synced. Kelly explains how to delete photos from Photo Stream.
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How To Free Up iPhone Storage by Deleting Photos From Messages
If you send and receive a lot of photos in Messages, you might find it taking up a lot of space on your device. Kelly explains how to save the images you want to keep and how to delete the ones you don't.
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Dropbox is a great app. However, if you've installed or updated Dropbox lately, you'll notice something that may annoy you: Dropbox has placed its contextual menu item "Move to Dropbox" right next to "Move to Trash." It annoyed John, so he figured out how to get rid of it and tells us how he did it.
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There are times when it's necessary to restart the Mac's Finder. (It is, after all, just an app.) Perhaps it's locked up. Or perhaps you've made a configuration change that requires a Finder restart. John shows four different ways to handle the Finder with a view to a kill.
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A. Banfield and N. McCluskey: Common Core is not what its supporters claim it is
Let's start with Finn and Petrilli's argument that Granite Staters should embrace Common Core in part because the state "has already invested time and money to implement the new standards." Basically, Washington successfully coerced New Hampshire into sinking money into Common Core, so we had better stick with it.
The standards may or may not be high (subject-matter experts disagree) but Common Core offers no accountability or testing. Those come through federal laws to which the program is connected. Those laws also call for augmented data collection and other troubling things you've probably heard about, but not from Common Core itself.
Ann Marie Banfield is the education liaison at Cornerstone, a free-market think tank in Manchester. Neal McCluskey is associate director of the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom and author of Behind the Curtain: Assessing the Case for National Curriculum Standards.
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Halliburton posts 1Q loss on litigation charges
Halliburton Co. said Monday that it lost money in the first quarter after adding $637 million to the reserve it has to cover litigation over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It's also in talks to settle most claims related to the spill.
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Halliburton Co. said Monday that it lost money in the first quarter after adding $637 million to the reserve it has to cover litigation over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It's also in talks to settle most claims related to the spill.
The Houston company lost $18 million in the first quarter, or 2 cents per share. Excluding the money set aside, Halliburton would have posted a profit of 67 cents, beating Wall Street expectations. Shares rose $2.08, or 5.6 percent, to close at $39.29 Monday.
Quarterly revenue rose slightly to $6.97 billion from $6.87 billion.
Halliburton's revenue in North America, its biggest region, slipped compared to the last three months of 2012, but profit margins increased because of the lower cost of guar, a plant used in hydraulic fracturing fluids, and a pickup in customer activity. The company said margins should continue to grow during 2013 and pricing might also rise.
Meanwhile, Halliburton executives said that they are in advanced stages of negotiations to settle most claims arising from the Gulf oil spill. The company has offered cash payments "over an extended period of time" and stock to settle many of the claims.
Halliburton was BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in April 2010.
Chief financial officer Mark McCollum said during a conference call with analysts that settlement talks have been going on for about a month and that "an early and reasonably valued resolution" would be best for Halliburton shareholders.
"However, a settlement of this magnitude is complex and requires the other settling parties to be reasonable on their part too," McCollum said. He said that the company still believes that well operator BP PLC is required to reimburse Halliburton for costs, and that Halliburton can defend itself against liability in court if the settlement talks fail.
McCollum said the potential settlement wouldn't resolve all claims, and that there could be additional costs that the company can't yet estimate.
Halliburton was hired to provide the cement to seal the undersea well that BP was drilling off the coast of Louisiana in April 2010. The Macondo well exploded, killing 11 workers and triggering a massive oil spill that blackened shoreline and killed wildlife.
The two companies have sparred over responsibility. BP has acknowledged mistakes that led to the blowout but denied it was grossly negligent and argued that Halliburton and rig owner Transocean Ltd. must share blame for the disaster.
Testimony in the first phase of a civil trial over the oil spill ended last week in federal court in New Orleans. The testimony was designed to determine the cause of the blowout and assign fault among BP and its contractors. A second phase, scheduled to begin in September, will focus on the amount of oil spilled and BP's efforts to contain the spill.
The judge, who is hearing the case without a jury, could decide how much more BP and its contractors must pay for the disaster.
BP has pleaded guilty to criminal charges including manslaughter and agreed to pay $4 billion in penalties.
Halliburton provides a variety of services to oil and gas companies and it is benefiting from a boom in U.S. oil production, which is at the highest level in more than two decades.
However, Halliburton's natural gas business has weakened as drillers slowed production due to falling gas prices. Halliburton is the biggest provider of oil-field services in North America, including hydraulic fracturing, a technology that has helped unlock large supplies of oil and natural gas from shale rock formations.
In the first quarter, Halliburton's international revenue rose 21 percent on strength in Australia, China, and Saudi Arabia.
Rival Schlumberger Ltd., which has a larger international business than Halliburton, said Friday that its quarterly revenue rose in the Middle East, Europe and Africa but declined in North America. Its forecast for North America is still uncertain because of low prices.
Halliburton's results topped the expectations of analysts surveyed by FactSet, who forecast adjusted earnings of 57 cents per share on revenue of $6.88 billion.
Fowler reported from New York.
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Animal Control Dramatically Breaks Window to Rescue Dog Locked in Hot Car [VIDEO]
A video gone viral shows Animal Control dramatically breaking a window to rescue a dog that was locked in a hot car for at least 35 minutes.
A video gone viral shows Animal Control dramatically breaking a window to rescue a dog that was locked in a hot car for at least 35 minutes.
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WTF? Seriously, WTF?
We've seen some pretty epic music fails, but this one ranks among the best.
Blondes have to deal with certain negative stereotypes. What this singer does is not going to reverse that.
The latest viral video sensation is one for the books. Watch three guys kill it dancing to a Beyonce mashup — in stilettos!
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