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Can any of you experts weight in? Is there any level of small cracks that is acceptable when it comes to concrete sanitary sewer line? We are looking to buy a home and the sewer scope revealed an area with a couple of small cracks. The line otherwise looks clean with no root invasion at all. It is just this one 6" to 8" area where there are visual cracks. Of course the sellers say it's totally normal in a 50+ year old home. We are having the engineering company that oversees the upkeep of the municipality's sewers take a look at the video and images. The engineer I initially spoke with said that if there is no root invasion and no holes or major shifting cracks, that this would not raise a red flag with her. Sorry for the lengthy post, but I would not have guessed that anything less than perfection would be ok for a sewer line. We don't want to replace it anytime soon or have any contamination issues so are being ultra cautious. |
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It isn't uncommon to see cracks in this type tiles that still serve well for years. You can wait without risk of contamination to replace until if roots invade causing slow drain or you see wet areas in yard. The tile can and do last indefinatly. |
What is the pipe made of? If it's terra cotta pipes sometimes the cracks are just superficial, they don't go all the through. The joints on this clay piping will normally be where root intrusion becomes an issue. PVC shouldn't crack unless it's thin wall that has been exposed to impacts or excessive weight. Either way, if the cracks go all they way through then you should consider replacing it. |
The pipe is made of concrete apparently. It's hard to tell whether the cracks go all the way through. They don't look that deep, maybe more on the surface, but that's pretty much the gist of the problem -- by the time you dig it up to diagnose it, you may as well replace it. If they are minor surface cracks, and there is no root invasion, then it seems like we should just keep an eye on it (annual scoping) to see if it gets worse. Does that seem like a common sense plan? |
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NEW LONDON, N.C. – As an established leader in innovative alternative decking products, Fiberon continuously identifies key trends in the industry and marketplace. Currently, the manufacturer is tracking a budding trend stemming from strong pre-season demand for two new bold colors of its popular Horizon® composite decking. This trend denotes a shift in consumer demand towards composites with rich, multi-chromatic colors that genuinely look like real wood. Castle Gray and Tudor Brown, introduced in January of this year, exude exotic, hardwood tones and grain patterns, providing homeowners the best of the best of natural visuals and the durability of composite decking warranted against staining and fading.
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HELENA — The Obama administration's attempt Thursday to allow people to keep old health-insurance plans slated for cancellation is creating more confusion in an already tumultuous market, Montana's insurance commissioner said.
"This really does kind of turn everything on its head, in terms of how we've been operating for the past three-and-a-half years," said Monica Lindeen, a Democrat. "This is causing a lot of confusion for all of the (health insurance) markets across Montana."
Montana's major health insurers — who sent cancellation notices to as many as 20,000 individual policyholders a few weeks ago — also said Thursday they're not sure how or whether they can take those back.
"How do you implement it this late in the game?" said Todd Lovshin, Montana vice president for PacificSource. "There are a lot of determinations that we need to know before we as a company know what to do."
The policies are scheduled for cancellation because they don't meet new, 2014 requirements under the Affordable Care Act, known popularly as "Obamacare."
President Barack Obama, facing mounting criticism over cancellation of individual and small-business policies that won't comply with the ACA, announced Thursday a "transitional policy" allowing insurers to continue to sell those plans through September of next year.
Consumers are supposed to be able to buy new, compliant policies through the online marketplace, but the federally run marketplace in Montana and 35 others states has barely been working.
Lindeen's office estimated that cancellation notices went to policyholders affecting about 26,000 people in Montana — a small piece of the overall health insurance marketplace in the state.
While the president's announcement intends to allow health insurers to keep selling old plans, instead of canceling them, Lindeen said it raises multiple questions about how companies or her office should proceed.
For example, insurers, knowing they had to have ACA-compliant policies for 2014, did not price their old plans for next year.
If they're going to continue to offer those plans starting in January, they must calculate the cost and submit the price to Lindeen's office for review — a process that can take several months.
Lindeen said she's asking Montana's insurers what they plan to do, before she decides what her authority may be.
Lovshin said his company is assessing what's possible and what the regulations allow, before deciding what to do. It has been sending notices to about 5,000 affected policyholders, telling them they must get a new, ACA-compliant policy when their policy expires within the next year.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, the state's largest private health insurer, also said it's reviewing the president's announcement.
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Lindeen also said she's been telling consumers who received cancellation notices they don't have to take the replacement offered by the company, but can shop around for a better deal, and see if they qualify for a federal subsidy to help pay for the new policy.
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To the people who are saying 'sorry Emilie but Rob only cares about Kristen' (paraphrasing)... Emilie is married and I doubt she cares if Rob is into Kristen. The rumors that they were ever involved were manufactured by Summit to get press. Kristen always looks miserable and dirty.
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Rob looks as handsome as ever. Emilie looks beautiful, I love her dress. Kristen is rocking an amazing outfit that only she could pull off. She's there but not over-powering the stars of the movie.
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yay! GO ROBSTEN! I agree no chemistry between rob and emelie.
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Rob never looked at Emile in any of these pictures. He was too busy looking at Kristen. That is so sweet. I love it!!! Go Rob.
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A fishing pole or a new tie may be traditional Father's Day gifts, but experts say another important gift could be a conversation with the men in your life about taking control of their own health.
Time spent caring for and providing for their families can lead many men to neglect their own health-care needs, said Brandon Leonard, director of strategic initiatives for the Men's Health Network.
"Men need to take responsibility for their own health," he said, "so that they can be there for birthdays and graduations and weddings, and so that they can enjoy life with their family and with their friends as well."
Leonard said prevention is the best medicine, and habits developed now will have a huge impact on what happens later in life. As part of Men's Health Week, he encouraged men to get regular doctor check-ups and think about their risk factors for problems such as heart disease, different types of cancer and diabetes.
What do people do? Father's Day is an occasion to mark and celebrate the contribution that your own father has made to your life. Many people send or give cards or gifts to their fathers. Common Father's Day gifts include sports items or clothing, electronic gadgets, outdoor cooking supplies and tools for household maintenance. Father's Day is a relatively modern holiday so different families have a range of traditions. These can range from a simple phone call or greetings card to large parties honoring all of the 'father' figures in a particular extended family. Father figures can include fathers, step-fathers, fathers-in-law, grandfathers and great-grandfathers and even other male relatives. In the days and weeks before Father's Day, many schools and Sunday schools help their pupils to prepare a handmade card or small gift for their fathers.
Father's Day is not a federal holiday. Organizations, businesses and stores are open or closed, just as they are on any other Sunday in the year. Public transit systems run to their normal Sunday schedules. Restaurants may be busier than usual, as some people take their fathers out for a treat.
Background and symbols There are a range of events, which may have inspired the idea of Father's Day. One of these was the start of the Mother's Day tradition in the first decade of the 20th century. Another was a memorial service held in 1908 for a large group of men, many of them fathers, who were killed in a mining accident in Monongah, West Virginia in December 1907. A woman called Sonora Smart Dodd was an influential figure in the establishment of Father's Day. Her father raised six children by himself after the death of their mother. This was uncommon at that time, as many widowers placed their children in the care of others or quickly married again.
Sonora was inspired by the work of Anna Jarvis, who had pushed for Mother's Day celebrations. Sonora felt that her father deserved recognition for what he had done. The first time Father's Day was held in June was in 1910. Father's Day was officially recognized as a holiday in 1972 by President Nixon.


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I was at the gym a few days ago when this commercial came on. Maybe it was the hormones, maybe it was the stress of moving, maybe it is me being all "woman-like" but I started to tear up right there at minute 11 on the elliptical.
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Hey, remember that time I was all, "OMG WE GOT A HOUSE AND WE GET TO MOVE!"
Fuck that. Moving is hard, yo!
It's not just the new-ness of the place, or the old-ness of someone else's dirt, it's the alone-ness, the "what are we doing-ness" of our lives.
Disrupting the routine is no good, people. NO GOOD AT ALL.
But not having internet? That's death.
Monday was our scheduled day. "Your rep will be there between 8AM and 5PM Monday, March 22."
Awesome. I can totally unpack and not have internet for two days in our new house right?
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I waited.
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I find myself walking around our new house looking at things I want to fix. I walk around the empty house in circles. Living Room - Dining Room - Kitchen - Family Room - Den - Living Room - Dining Room and so on… I wander and pretend that I'm calculating the next step, the next priority, but really, I'm sleep walking in an effort to shut out the ToDo list.
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Funny thing: Buying a house. It's not like buying a new shirt or a new car. It's more like going to the dentist, having a tooth pulled, and being told all you need is "the gas" and you'll remember nothing.
(Incidentally, I did that last week, too.)
Or maybe it's more like courting a lady; A lady who plays hard to get and toys with your emotion. She gets you all hot and bothered and then backs away and it requires three cold showers to get back to thinking of anything except her, only to have her email you with some great news and get the process started all over again.
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Is that right?
If you're not following me on twitter (which, why not?*) you may have missed the part where my daughter's teacher congratulated me on being pregnant yesterday. I replied, as I have before, "Oh, no, not pregnant" and she stumbled and said, "Oh, I probably look pregnant, too, uh…" and it was awkward, as it always is, and then I went home and cried, like I always do.
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I picture you taunting me as I write this post. "Leslie and Yoga sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage…" Or else you're just poking your eyes out, "STOP WITH THE YOGA DEAR GOD STOP"
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When I turned 25 and had my first "real job" with my first "real insurance" and "real boyfriend", I decided to stop putting up with it and have someone fix me. Mr. Flinger (pre-Flinger days) urged me to find someone to help because sitting on the floor crying in the bathroom for 5 days during your period just didn't seem right. Either that or suck-it-up and eat a Hersheys.
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Hi, Teri,
I think the microwave is the problem... It just cooks stufftoo darn fast for you to control it well, especially somethingthin and relatively delicate like collards. Beside, it justtakes a few minutes in a pan with a little bit of water or broth.I even eat the big ribs in the center! Adding garlic is great, and with a bit of olive oil and lemon juice for dressing, you'll be all set!
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Lest Senate Democrats choose to insert the language of S. 1346 into another bill, sitting en queue is The Bill Dick Cheney and the Sundry Bad Guys who prosecuted The Engagement Formerly Known as WOT TM should be worried about.
So should anyone else who defends America on foreign soil. So should our allies.
Introduced by Democratic Senators Durbin, Cardin, Feingold, Feinstein, and Leahy in June '09 and considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee May 6th, the Crimes Against Humanity Act would more than just "[open] the door to demands of reciprocity from other nations that seek to prosecute US military personnel and government officials for alleged criminal acts committed anywhere in the world" by establishing "universal jurisdiction," as Heritage argues.
This piece of legislation would also:
Not only would we not retaliate, we could not. Our nuclear posture would be eliminated by institutionalizing international law.
This would be the domino effect for nuclear disarmament, absent a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, through the pretense of protecting human rights.
Under Obama, the nuclear option is off the table for America, as would be expected for our allies. Under this scenario, a swift end to World War II would not have been possible, without subsequent prosecution for war crimes. We would have been standing right next to Hitler's men at The Hague.
And just as we've moved KSM to federal court, mirandized Abdulmutallab, and unnecessarily publicized the federal complaint against Faisal Shahzad -- calculated moves to show compliance with international norms -- the most Americans could expect if rogue nations like Iran or North Korea were to strike America might be prosecution in absentia.
S. 1346 establishes "universal jurisdiction" in America without Senate treaty ratification of ICC, effectively completing a parallel track, achieving the UN's goal of international jurisdiction to prosecute crimes against humanity.
This is worse than Obama's Treaty for Utopia, and his supposed naivete' is fast disappearing.
Obama would guarantee every terrorist the constitutional rights afforded citizens of the United States, completely neutralize our defensive arsenal by preventing America from utilizing every available resource, and would subject all US citizens to potential prosecution in other countries through reciprocity.
The highest court of appeal would no longer be the Supreme Court.
The ICC would be the supreme law of the land.
And in setting this precedence, our allies will soon be pressured by the international community to follow suit in implementing similar "Crimes Against Humanity" laws, limiting their own ability to defend themselves using any and all means necessary.
-- with Hugo Estrada
Crossposted at NewsReal Blog,
Silently letting our enemies free while the nation is riveted by a socialist takeover.
This is worse than just underhanded politics, folks.
This is evil mainifested by the power of the Executive Office.
From the Wall Street Journal's Jess Bravin:
"A suspected al Qaeda organizer once called "the highest value detainee" at Guantánamo Bay was ordered released by a federal judge in an order issued Monday. Mohamedou Ould Slahi was accused in the 9/11 Commission report of helping recruit Mohammed Atta and other members of the al Qaeda cell in Hamburg, Germany, that took part in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Military prosecutors suspected Mr. Slahi of links to other al Qaeda operations, and considered seeking the death penalty against him while preparing possible charges in 2003 and 2004."
"A suspected al Qaeda organizer once called "the highest value detainee" at Guantánamo Bay was ordered released by a federal judge in an order issued Monday. Mohamedou Ould Slahi was accused in the 9/11 Commission report of helping recruit Mohammed Atta and other members of the al Qaeda cell in Hamburg, Germany, that took part in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Military prosecutors suspected Mr. Slahi of links to other al Qaeda operations, and considered seeking the death penalty against him while preparing possible charges in 2003 and 2004."
The Weekley Standard's Thomas Joscelyn adds:
The 9/11 Commission reported that at the time he was recruiting the Hamburg cell, Slahi was "a significant al Qaeda operative," who was "well known to U.S. and German intelligence, though neither government apparently knew he was operating in Germany in late 1999." ... Slahi's detention at Guantanamo has been controversial because of the interrogation techniques used on him. Slahi is one of the few detainees held at Guantanamo who had a special, and harsh, interrogation plan approved for his questioning. Lt. Col. Stuart Crouch, the prosecutor who was charged with seeking Slahi's conviction by a military commission, decided he could not move forward with Slahi's prosecution because the evidence was tainted by these techniques. But this does not mean that Slahi is an innocent. Crouch himself told the Wall Street Journal in 2007: "Of the cases I had seen, [Slahi] was the one with the most blood on his hands."
The 9/11 Commission reported that at the time he was recruiting the Hamburg cell, Slahi was "a significant al Qaeda operative," who was "well known to U.S. and German intelligence, though neither government apparently knew he was operating in Germany in late 1999."
Slahi's detention at Guantanamo has been controversial because of the interrogation techniques used on him. Slahi is one of the few detainees held at Guantanamo who had a special, and harsh, interrogation plan approved for his questioning.
Lt. Col. Stuart Crouch, the prosecutor who was charged with seeking Slahi's conviction by a military commission, decided he could not move forward with Slahi's prosecution because the evidence was tainted by these techniques. But this does not mean that Slahi is an innocent. Crouch himself told the Wall Street Journal in 2007: "Of the cases I had seen, [Slahi] was the one with the most blood on his hands."
That blood on Slahi's hands did nothing to keep Lt. Col Stuart Couch from adding himself to the roster of prosecutors who resigned in protest of the treatment of enemy combatants at Gitmo.
Couch may very well be one of the 7 anonymous DOJ attorneys Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to identify.
This would not be the first time Obama has employed his enemies and former cohorts, to keep them within arms distance .. compliant and silent.
There's Hillary, Gates, and I include Former Campaign David Plouffe, who Obama rehired after Plouffe came out with his campaign-tell-all Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory (no, I'm not linking to that jerk's book, although I will link to Karl Rove publicly chewing Plouffe's logic for breakfast this past Sunday.)
Continues Joscelyn:
During his hearings at Guantanamo, Slahi denied many of the allegations levied against him. But in the context of those denials he also made some important admissions. Slahi admitted that he swore bayat (an oath of allegiance) to Osama bin Laden, and was trained in al Qaeda's notorious al Farouq camp.
The Obama Administration has just released an avowed enemy of the United States back into the al Qaeda fold.
Does this mean Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be expected to walk, especially given that our current President has already described waterboarding as torture and it is common knowledge KSM underwent 183 sessions. And does Obama's, Holder's and Gibb's "cart before the donkey"/ "judge and sentence now, convict later" statements guarantee enough of a tainted jury pool that the entire 9/11 group will be released?
Whatever happens from here, should American troops end up in harm's way or American civilians be killed here in the States, Obama will be the one with blood on his hands.
The article below is a timely piece in light of the Israel-Hezbollah prisoner exchange where the bodies of Eldad Regev(H'Y'D) and Ehud Goldwasser (H'Y'D) were traded for living and dead terrorists. World media reports of the celebrations around arabia in honor of the release of the murderous barbarian Samir Kuntar from an Israeli prison, abound. Kuntar, by all rights should have been executed. Begging the question, the absence of a death sentence in Israeli law is a matter which will have to wait for some other time.
It would be hoped, but for only a lack of good sense, that the festivities revolving around Kuntar's release would shock good western sensitivities. But western sensitivities no longer exist, the victims of de-sensitization a by-product of liberal politically correct revisionism. This de-sensitizing toward the spilling of Jewish blood is part programed antiJewism and part the seemingly successful foisting of the "palestinian myth", a fairy tale brought to life in the same way a toddler acts out an episode of his favorite cartoon character, but changes the ending.
The myth stimulates the basic antiJewism which has been handed down through the centuries, calling to someone with normally good reasoning to question basic logic. The Jews are certainly stronger than the arabians, this person might reason, after all, it is the Jews who man the check points and who would want to have to go through a check point every day? Who flies the top fighter planes? Who has the strongest lobby? Who has the greatest intelligence agency? Who owes their country to the UN? The lack of basic knowledge of the challenge faced by Israel, influenced by the MSM, is easily manipulated by the well-crafted myth proponents.
Israel's failed diplomacy has bolstered the authenticity argument of the myth to the point that previously what was a question is now matter of fact "truth". Such acceptance of the corpses for terrorists trade as we recently observed on a world wide basis is the best evidence. The writer below takes a stab at why the myth is "believable".
for a good discussion on the pali myth listen to http://www.middleeastradioforum.org/playshowaudio.php?EditRequest=playaudio&OldName=2008-07-13 Jihad in the Holy Land: The Real Arab-Israeli Conflict on Middle East Radio Forum with guest Shai ben Tekoa
(see the youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS6NyrexKlk (Samir Kuntar - A new Hero!!) ______________________________________________________________________http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.632/pub_detail.asp Exclusive: The World's Most Successful Con Game - Family Security Matters - July 17, 2008 - Leslie Sacks
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. That selective claim now underpins world politics. It seems that since the war of 1967, with its stunning victory against all odds, Israel finally lost its "underdog" identity. The guilt-ridden post-Holocaust populations in Europe were now not any more coerced into feeling sorry for their decimated Jews. Anti-Semitism could once again afford to be fashionable. Thereafter Israel's follow up victory in the Yom Kippur war of 1973, when attacked by overwhelming numbers on all sides, was a remarkable rerun of "David" effectively overcoming "Goliath." Yet politically, the war finally buried the remnants of the underdog scenario as far as Israel and the Jews were concerned. The burgeoning wealth and unsurpassed success of America's Jews, from then until now, gave further ammunition to those United Nations, NGOs, co-mingled human rights groups, incestuous leftists and Third World radicals to finally reverse common perception of Israel.
The magical sleight of hand, that perversion of truth, is now complete. Israel has become the fascist, the Nazi, the apartheid oppressing country and conversely Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia and their compatriots have transmogrified into the underdogs. The transformation of Mephistopheles is finished - Goliath is now Israel whilst the symbol of David is assumed by all the poor, undernourished, undereducated, disenfranchised Arab refugees and citizens across North Africa, the Middle East and on into South East Asia. Five million Jews are now incontestably victimizing one billion Muslims and Arabs. There are no limits to the nefarious machinations of the conspiratorial Jewish puppeteers of Tel Aviv and Washington. All the world's injustices and problems, inequalities and inequities are laid out at the foot of this latter day Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
And it will only get worse, as Israelis and Jews everywhere continue to fight adversity and do better, become more successful and refuse to be downtrodden, refuse to apologize for their normality. Their success is breeding their political ostracization, their success proves to the world that they are on the wrong side; it proves they are the oppressor - how else could it be? The logic is indisputable. And the oil rich Arab states understand this only too well - they keep their riches in Dubai and in banks, investing in Citibank, UBS and in Western stock exchanges, whilst keeping their populations and their women disenfranchised - ensuring their underdog image remains in perpetuity.
Their biggest export seems to be endless numbers of madrassas and terrorists. They continue their century-old con by ensuring the continued existence and expansion of the refugee camps, home to millions of Palestinians, a unique phenomenon in the last 100 years. The partition of India and Pakistan created millions of refugees - all resettled. The creation of Bangladesh, millions more - all resettled. Mao Tse-tung, tens of millions - all resettled. The great east-west exodus after WWII, across the iron curtain - all resettled. Only in the Middle East, with trillions of excess oil dollars to invest in anti-Israel, anti-West, pro-jihadist education and mosques, and in the NASDAQ, in hedge funds - everywhere but into the refugee camps. And these Arab potentates know only too well the propaganda game of choice: exacerbate the indignity and tragedy of the refugee camps and it will keep the world infatuated with the Arab David conflicted with the Israeli Goliath.
Everything becomes upside-down in this Alice of Wonderland. Five million Israelis on 1% of the land in the Middle East with no oil and natural minerals are holding hostage to 300 million Arabs with 75% of the world's oil reserves and an unbreakable majority in the UN councils.
These Jews must be very powerful, very sinister. But wait - is there not a major Arab investor in Fox News? Is not Arab money a partner in Citibank, the London Stock Exchange and a myriad of other western financial icons? Are not the riches of the West exchanged for Arab oil, going not for the improvement of Arab hospitals, schools and legal institutions, but to purchase the West's leading companies and properties and to buy influence in Washington, Harvard and even at the Louvre. So from whence cometh this secret power of the Jews? Perhaps it's merely their seemingly magical survival over thousands of years, in spite of Torquemada, Hitler, Stalin and al Qaeda. This has become most irritating, most annoying to those who would like to see the back of the Jews. They defy the numbers, the logic and the will of majority. They insist on success, on not being the underdog. Most perturbing, most bothersome. They were, in times past, "untermenchen," Dhiminis, second-rate non-citizens squeezed into European ghettos, powerless and dependent serfs limited to professions such as money lending. Now Israel has an unrivaled army - outrageous. Its desert is blooming amidst a sea of Middle Eastern deserts - provocative. Its women have equal rights, naked thighs, and become prime ministers - outlandish and obnoxious. Israel is the tiny pin pricking the bloated 18th Century Middle East that is still mired in its Dark Ages, desperate to retain its unchanging ways. And Israel is still only the Little Satan. Everyone knows the Jews also run the Big Satan. Why, Jews must own the New York Times and Washington Post, CBS and CNN, the State Department and the CIA, in spite of all the continual anti-Israel bias - more subterfuge.
And moreover, Bush is clearly controlled by Israel, in spite of his intimate handholding photo-ops with Saudi Arabian princes, and now more with Condi's overtures to Iran and Syria - further devious camouflage, I imagine.
All in all, these Jews must be very clever, very shrewd: to cause 9/11 and the many suicide bombings and intifadas, to pretend to be under the whip of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas - most ingenious, to play at being the underdog when in fact, to all enlightened Jihadists and liberal Westerners, they are in fact the secret Goliath, the masters of deceit, even to the extent of six-million Holocaust deceits. Clever Jews, those people, clever magicians these Israelis.
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It seems Liam Payne isn't the only talented one in the family.
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It may be his fourth time as a coach on BBC1's The Voice (Saturdays), but will.i.am says it doesn't get any easier.
Jessie J has joined The Voice Australia, taking up the seat of her old replacement on the UK show, Kylie Minogue.
Rita Ora and Mark Ronson have been given an official seal of approval after they were picked out by the Government as being among chart acts expected to boost the economy.
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TV Times talks to The Voice coaches
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Rita Ora has signed up to replace Kylie Minogue as a coach on BBC singing show The Voice, according to reports.
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Commonsense Accountability
Priorities for Changing NCLB:
Where does the NEA stand on accountability, testing, and standards?
NEA welcomes public accountability. NEA opposes invalid, inappropriate, and unreliable accountability that destroys morale and sucks the energy and joy out of teaching and learning.
Accountability that makes sense keeps its eye on the goal -- supporting student learning. It uses test results to identify student needs and guide instruction. It includes multiple measures of student learning and school effectiveness. It values the role of teachers and other classroom educators. It provides resources for improvement and technical assistance to schools that need help.
Standards that fail to recognize that students learn at different rates and fail to acknowledge progress set students up for failure. Tests alone cannot raise student achievement. Tests should be not be used to stigmatize students or schools or educators.
Where does NEA stand on NCLB's accountability, testing, and standards provisions?
Accountability under NCLB is an exercise in misleading measures. Students and schools are labeled based upon a single snapshot, two fill-in-the bubble test scores. They alone determine whether a school has met the required proficiency in reading and math. They do not provide a realistic picture of student achievement or what is happening in a school.
The Adequate Yearly Progress measure (AYP), in fact, does not measure progress. AYP does not recognize student growth. It particularly fails to reflect accurately the needs and academic growth of special education students and English language learners.
In the real world, teachers must take students from where they are and help them grow. Students who may have started far behind are not given credit for marked gains in achievement, and the school's efforts are not recognized.
More and more schools are being labeled "in need of improvement." Why?
AYP sets 37 benchmarks against which schools are ranked. A school must achieve each of the 37 benchmarks to meet AYP. Schools that fail to meet even one benchmark are labeled "in need of improvement."
The student body as a whole, as well as each sub-group of students, is held to the same standard. A subgroup is made up of students who share certain characteristics (students who are economically disadvantaged, students of color, students with disabilities, and students with limited English proficiency). This rigid formula does not recognize that students learn at different rates and in different ways.
This "failing" label is applied in the same way to schools that miss only one of the 37 fixed markers as it is to schools that miss all 37. AYP fails to differentiate between effective and ineffective schools. It is inevitable that under this ill-conceived formula, the number of schools labeled "in need of improvement" will continue to go up.
What is NEA doing to support an accountability system that makes sense?
NEA is waging an intensive campaign -- working with members of Congress on both sides of the aisle -- to make fundamental changes to AYP. We are pressing Congress to shift from the one-size-fits-all accountability model to one that:
- Stops measuring schools based on just two test scores
- Uses multiple measures and methods (such as local assessments, teacher-developed tests, student portfolios, graduation/dropout rates, college enrollment rates, and percent of students taking advanced classes and AP exams) to assess whether schools have improved student learning
- Uses growth models instead of the current snapshot method that compare this year's 3rd graders with last year's 3rd graders. Students learn at different rates and in different ways. Growth models acknowledge the progress that students make over time and recognize significant academic gains.
- Shifts from labeling and penalizing schools and teachers to acknowledging success and using growth results to guide instruction and professional development.


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Points of Interest,
The Arch, waiting about 45 mins to get thru the metal detectors, another 15-20 mins to get thru the ticket line only to find out there was 2 hour wait to get a pod. So, we bailed on that, DH wasnt planning to go in the pod, so he'd have about 3 hrs waiting time till we got done. Im thinking about sitting in the pod for an hour on a hot humid date with the two kids arguing..... Im glad I saw it in person and more glad I skipped the ride to the top. It was kind of a kick to the the cardinal fans getting out of the game all dressed in red an white. St. Louis Bird Sanctuary.
Missouri Botanic Garden. OMG, this was an amazing garden. It REALLY puts the CBG to shame, as much as I hate to admit it. I loved all the begonias in the climatron and another building. The Home Demonstration gardens were amazing, i didnt know what to look at first and I was wandering around the iris garden for along time. They actually have PLANTS in the gift shop and a HUGE seed collection. I actually BOUGHT three packs of seeds and would go back to St. Louis in a second. |
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Wow another WS'er here in St. Louis. Granted you don't live here yet I think it is cool you where here for awhile anyway. So you didn't make it to the top of the Arch. Wow I had no idea that place could be so crowded on Memorial Day weekend. Everyone in my neighborhood tends to leave town so things were quiet here. Going to the top is worthwhile. It is a standard field trip for any school age kid living around here. Though I can't imagine it is anything compared to your John Hancock Center or Sear's Tower. I haven't been to the top of the Arch in years. One of my favorite visits was going up in the evening though it tends to be less crowded during the morning hours (before 10). So I've been to Chicago a few times and once to your gardens, which by the way I think are lovely. It just so happened when I was there they were doing a bulb sale. I brought home with me some gorgeous tulips. My home is about a 20 minute walk away from MBG. The climatron is so wonderful to escape to in the middle of winter. So the gift shop has seeds? I think I knew that yet I tend not to visit the gift shop of places that happen to be in my own backyard. This pass fall I took a stroll through there and gathered a tiny amount of seeds from plants they have an abundance of. Happy to say my joe pye weed and white snakeroot both germinated. -StLGirl |
I suspect that many of the people getting out of the ball game headed right over the the arch. It was a zoo and I wasnt expecting to have to go thru the metal detector!! The Hancock and Sears Tower are both really neat. I was in the Hancock 13 years ago and the Sears, prolly not since H.S. Hubby wont go up in either of them because of 911 anxieties. Lucky the kids get field trips and I think have both been up in the sears.. maybe or not, I forget. And yes, they had an awesome seed display in there!! And plants too! We pretty much never skip a gift shop, the kids are trained that is normally just for fun, even tho we make the occassional small purchase and even more occassional big purchase. Emily saves some of her b-day money for such occassionals. The lady at the stbg gave us a tip, we're heading for the butterfly house on our next trip and found a brochure on it much later in the trip. looks really kewl! |
Sad to say I haven't made it to the butterfly house yet. I guess that has mainly to do with it being about a 40 minute drive from my house. Definitely will have to add that one to my mini winter getaways. The insectarium at the zoo is much closer plus its free! When I am up for the drive I like to head out to Shaw Nature Reserve. Likes of hiking trails and natural flora. So I will definitely be checking out the seed/plant display at MBG. I wonder if the have any clearance sales? -LOL -Amy in St. Louis |
Here is a link that might be useful: Shaw Nature Reserve
We visited the butterfly house last spring while in St. Louis. They have some very beautiful butterflies. The conservatory here has added butterflies to their new area which is much larger than the St. Louis butterfly house thus it is more difficult to see the butterflies. It was a cloudy blustery day at the MBG but we had a great time there. I miss St. Louis so much in the spring. My son went to school in Webster Groves and we often spent the late afternoon early eve either at MBG or at the zoo or in Forest Park. |
- Posted by pitimpinai z6 Chicago (My Page) on Thu, May 28, 09 at 8:30
I was just in St. Louis a week ago on Monday! Had two hours between my meeting and a flight home. Yes, you are absolutely right. The MBG really puts the CBG to shame. Too bad I had only two hours to spend, so I headed to the Japanese Garden. It is the most beautiful Japanese garden I have ever seen outside Japan. Next time I am in St. Louis, I'll spend an entire day there. |
I didnt know aobut the insectorium, Ill definitely be looking for that also. I saw radish plants there that were, like, 4feet tall. I had no idea they get so big!! I dont think CBG ever even plants radishes. I liked the way they had all different types of hostas lined up. Fun to see how different they can be. Also enjoyed seeing the different kinds of mulch next to each other. |
- Posted by christie_sw_mo Z6 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 1, 09 at 11:00
Stlgirl - I'm jealous that you live so close to MBG. What a wonderful place. We liked the Butterfly House too. I thought we'd visited nearly everything in St. Louis at one time or another but hadn't heard of the bird sancuary. I have tried to muster enough nerve to go up in the arch but I just can't. I want a written guarantee that I won't get stuck in that little pod for even a minute. |
I cant remember the name of the suburb we stayed in, Chesterfield was directly west of it tho, is Maryville a town? We were by Maryville University(I think). The Sanctuary was less than 1/2 hour south of there. |
Christie - you have probably passed right by the bird sanctuary anytime you have driven to St. Louis. It is at the Valley Park exit on Interstate 44. Truth be told though most people living in St. Louis do not even know about it, they really do not advertise much. BTW Maryville isn't a town. Though I can't honestly say where exactly Maryville University is. Sad isn't it? All I know it is that area is considered West County and us folk living in South City don't get out that way much. Even though St. Louis is a small city it can take forever to get from anywhere south to anywhere west or north. And we never go east unless we are on vacation or visiting somebody we know. Basically we are kind of spoiled, anything over a 20 minute drive is considered "too far" at least for us living on the south side. Oh yes, anyone with kids should definitely go to City Museum. Though it is also fun for anyone who is a kid a heart. They are open late on Friday & Saturday nights and have a bar. Having a cocktail before venturing down a dark spiral slide can be lots of fun. Just be sure not to overdue it - LOL -StlGirl |
Here is a link that might be useful: World Bird Sanctuary
- Posted by proudgm_03 6 MO (My Page) on Wed, Jun 3, 09 at 11:09
Well, ya'll, next time you are in St. Louis give a holler and we'll all meet up. I'm about an hour south of there but would love to finally meet some WSers in person. |
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11 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Clap your hands and stamp your foot and say, Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, for they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. | 11 " 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out "Alas!" because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague. |
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"Cook with passion" is the motto of Jonathan Stone, who runs this downtown cooking shop with his wife Patty. From pots and pans to food-related gifts and specialty foods, the "Gourmet" has everything aspiring Nantucket chefs and gourmands need to equip their kitchens. Local specialty items available include the Unicorn Magnum pepper gun and a range of jams and jellies from the area, such as tart cranberry marmalade and rose hip jelly. Take-out sandwiches, salads, and paninis are also available, as well as a "soup of the day" like beef barley and Hungarian mushroom.
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- David
- December 19, 2012 - 17:32
Perhaps the government should ban a few other things while they are pushing through their Nalcor / Muskrat Falls legislation………..like heat pumps, R-2000 houses, all insulation, vapour barrier, flourscent light bulbs, Energy Star rated appliances and low-e argon windows. We'll be the laughing stock of the country, but at least the project will be a real success!!
- Winston Adams
- December 19, 2012 - 12:59
The well off can affort efficient heating, and will cut their energy bill despite price increases. Most cannot, not without a rebate program. So the poor will get poorer and bear the burden. Govn was using efficient heat for schools, per their new energy policy. Just heard they are going back to old style electric heat. Nalcor needs to keep the demand up. Progress going in reverse.
- Concerned
- December 19, 2012 - 12:23
David, congradulation, I just put in a new wood stove, much more work, but I enjoy it. I havn't turned on my heat in a month. My next step is solar panels, this government is going to have to work very hard to get extra money out of me.
- John Smith
- December 19, 2012 - 09:28
...sounds like something Russell would write...LOL
- Maurice E. Adams
- December 19, 2012 - 09:01
Sorry David, the more you drive down demand, the more Cabinet will direct the PUB, the more the PUB will direct Nalcor, the more Nalcor will direct NL Hydro, the more NL Hydro will direct NL Power to charge ratepayers more --- because the legislation now before the House (which is a pre-condition of the Loan Guarantee) will require by law that if demand goes down, rates have to go up to meet the locked-in 50 year take or pay Muskrat Falls contract. We are being screwed by both our federal and provincial Conservative governments. PUB authority (a pre-condition of the Loan Guarantee) is being totally usurped by the politicians --- Cabinet. The PUB will be directed to meet the needs of industry---- paid for by whatever it takes by ratepayers.
- David
- December 19, 2012 - 08:46
Peter - Well done. I enjoyed reading this and I agree 100% with the sarcasm. Unfortunately, I will not be helping out as much as other rate payers to pay for this new project. I just retrofitted my house with mini-split heat pumps. The typical rate payer will pay for Muskrat for 50 years. I'll only spend about 7 years paying for my heat pumps.


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Have read the previous long post re ovulation pain which has helped me especially the description bowel/urine activity causing agonising pain as thats me!
I am 46 yrs old and perimenopausal and in past 18 months have only had two normal cycles and periods! I have just had hysteroscopy and D&C for irregular bleeding and spotting and flooding and all normal so its my hormones as they say. Since a teenager I have experienced ovulation pain every month on right side lasting up to 2 days always ending on day 14 of cycle. 18 months ago when everything went haywire and my cycle could be from short to two months long I started getting ovulation pain at anytime of cycle and it was much much worse and lasted up to 5 days. I have had three ultrasound scans in last 18 months but everytime by time I get the scan the pain has gone and all is normal. Also I can now go months without the pain but when I do get it its awful and last so long. I call it the walking on eggs pain as everytime I stand up or sit down its like I am on eggs as I have to be that gentle!! Also I get the excrutiating pain just before I pass water or have a bowel movement it shoots from very low down right side of abdomen up to top of hip and over into back. If I press my lower abdomen very low down the pain is evil. I have rushed to my Dr many times in last 18 months convinced I have appendicitis even though it is the same pain everytime and of course have blood test and its not appendicitis. this last 18 months nothing is normal as I know it anymore so I don't know what is going to happen and I get in a panic. Previously whenever I got the ovulation pain I would know that it would go away everytime on day 14 but now everything is haywire I have no idea how long it will last. this cycle I got to day 49!! and I started the ovulation pain and also slight bleeding and spotting. I am now on day 6 of this awful pain and its not getting any better. Doe anyone else get this pain lasting long time?? |
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I don't know what to tell you if all your tests come back normal, except to be persistent with your gynecologist. What do you take for pain control? Mrs H |
I get ovarian cysts too. It's very common for women in their 40's and 50's because of the fluctuating hormones- primarily high levels of estrogen. Estrogen feeds the cysts- same way it does Endometriosis and some breast cancers. The cysts usually pop or dissipate on their own. There's a couple things your Dr. could do. You could be put on birth control pills and that way your hormones are controlled. They could also give you Progesterone pills to counteract the estrogen that leads to the cysts. I know Dr's won't do anything until you go 3 cycles or 3 months of bad ovulation pain. Lucky for me- my cysts always go away within that time:) And Ibuprofin is the only thing that stops the pain for me when I get them. Good luck!! |
I, too have ovarian cysts and a fibroid. Usually, I can manage the pain with motrin. Last week, however, I had pain so severe that I was laying in the floor curled up in a ball. I went to the emergency room. After some blood tests and a ct scan they thought I had appendicitis. So, they operated. Come to find out that I had no appendix. My ovarian cyst had ruptured and was bleeding. This also made my endometriosis inflamed and was causing severe pain. My best advice for you is to keep a watch on the cysts by having regular ultrasounds. If it gets too bad, I'd have them removed. Best of luck to you! |
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I am 48 and have been having severe pain from ovarian cysts for the past 3 years. I also have break through bleeding that can go on for 3 weeks of the month. I've tried b/c pills, but they make me feel like I have the flu. I've been told by my ob/gyn there isn't really anything that can be done, but pain management. I don't want to have a premature hysterectomy. I went on lupron 9 months ago, but that made me have severe headaches, flu symptoms and continuous hip pain. I get very frustrated with the pain too, but have resigned myself to taking pain medication. Let me know if you have any better ideas. I also have a history of endometriosis for the past 25+ years. It's looks like my body produces too much estrogen. |
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