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A Wall Street Journal article promoted false Republican claims which disputed the devastating effects failure to raise the debt ceiling on October 17 would have on the U.S. economy, despite recent Journal reporting which admitted default could have "cataclysmic" consequences.
In an October 9 article headlined "Obama's Default Scenario Derided," the Journal noted that according to President Obama, "if Congress doesn't raise the country's debt ceiling soon, an economic crisis with skyrocketing interest rates and a crashing stock market could follow," as the U.S. would default on its pre-existing debts -- an understanding of the manufactured impending fiscal crisis which is supported by economists and the Treasury Department.
But rather than confirm this factual assertion, the Journal instead provided a platform for Republicans who baselessly "say they don't believe" default will lead to devastating negative effects and have even "questioned what the word 'default' really means." The Journal hyped Republican claims that the White House could choose to prioritize which payments to make once the deadline hits, and claimed these misleading remarks had credence because the U.S. has never defaulted before, making the potential crisis "unchartered waters."
In reality, the Treasury Department does not have the legal authority to prioritize payments if the debt ceiling is not raised, and economists agree that congressional failure to raise the debt limit could be catastrophic, setting in motion a financial crisis in the United States and around the globe.
The "debt ceiling" was officially breached on May 17 of this year. Since that date, the Treasury has implemented "extraordinary measures" to avoid defaulting on American sovereign debt obligations by shifting funds from various accounts. The New York Times reported that these measures will be exhausted by October 17:
Economists of all political persuasions have warned that a failure to raise the debt ceiling by the Treasury's deadline of Oct. 17 could be catastrophic. The world economy's faith in the safety of Treasury debt would be shaken for years. Interest rates could shoot up, and stock prices worldwide would most likely plummet.
The Journal itself has previously reported the devastating consequences the prospect of default is already having on the worldwide economy. On October 8, the Journal reported that short-term U.S. debt prices had fallen "amid rising investor concern about the prospect of a government-debt default, sending the yield on one-month U.S. Treasury bills to its highest level since the financial crisis." The same day, the Journal reported that China had warned the U.S. of default's "global ramifications," and that banks in the United Kingdom have begun "stockpiling cash" and preparing for "cataclysmic" consequences.
Domestically, money for government employees, the military, Social Security, Medicare, food safety inspections, and more could cease or be delayed, and CNN business correspondent Alison Kosik reported that "if a default happens, there's one analyst who says that the S&P 500 could drop 45 percent."
Furthermore, the claim that the administration could choose to prioritize some payments over others in order to avoid default is false. Tony Fratto, a former Treasury Department assistant secretary and senior George W. Bush White House staffer called payment prioritization "fanciful," and Treasury Department Inspector General Eric M. Thorson reported to Congress that the Treasury had no means or capacity to prioritize certain payments over others. Slate economics blogger Matt Yglesias explained that Treasury has "no more legal authority to prioritize payments than they do to borrow extra money."
Conservative media have attempted to downplay the urgency of the upcoming deadline, with some actively advocating for default.
Fox hyped a discredited report on federal disability benefits to falsely claim that the Obama administration purposely made it easier to claim disability in order to keep the unemployment rate low. In fact, it is harder than ever to receive benefits as the percentage of approved claims has fallen since 2007, and experts agree disability is not connected to a decrease in the labor force.
National disability organizations have criticized a misleading CBS News 60 Minutes report on Social Security disability which relied on anecdotal evidence to deceptively portray the vital program as wasteful and unsustainable, despite the fact that award rates fell during the recession and that fraud is less than one percent of the program.
On October 6, 60 Minutes stoked fears that the Social Security Disability Insurance program is "ravaged by waste and fraud," relying on Senator Tom Coburn's (R-OK) bipartisan* investigation and anecdotal evidence to hype growth in the program while misleadingly claiming that it "could become the first government benefits program to run out of money."
In response, organizations that advocate for and support people with disabilities nationwide have criticized the report. Rebecca Vallas, co-chair of the Social Security Task Force at the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities -- a coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations -- told Media Matters the coverage was "sensational" and did a "tremendous disservice" to people with disabilities:
The recent 60 Minutes broadcast is just the latest in an array of sensational and misleading media reports that have perpetuated myths and stereotypes about the Social Security disability programs and the people they help. These media reports do a tremendous disservice to viewers as well as to people with disabilities. Any misuse of these vital programs is unacceptable; however it is unfortunate and disappointing when media reports mislead their viewers by painting entire programs with the brush of one or a few bad apples, without putting them in the context of the millions of individuals who receive benefits appropriately, and for whom they are a vital lifeline -- as well as the many disability advocates around the country who work hard to protect the rights of individuals with significant disabilities and serious illnesses who have been wrongly denied Social Security disability benefits.
Lisa Ekman, Director of Federal Policy at Health & Disability Advocates, said the organization was "extremely disappointed that 60 Minutes chose to air such a one-sided story based on anecdote and supposition ... Misleading media reports like the one on 60 Minutes distract from focusing on the real issue of helping American workers with and without disabilities achieve economic security."
The myths pushed by 60 Minutes have been repeatedly debunked by experts. The report admitted that the vast majority of people applying for benefits are denied, but ignored the fact that the majority of appeals are also denied, and that award rates have actually fallen during the economic recession. In April, the Wall Street Journal called the claim that federal disability benefits were to blame for people leaving the labor force "exaggerated," explaining that disability was in fact the least common reason individuals left the workforce.
As the Center for Economic and Policy Research's Dean Baker noted, the report also "completely ignored all the comments from experts in the field ... pointing out that fraud is in fact not rampant in the disability program." Indeed, the Government Accountability Office has repeatedly found that fraud accounts for approximately one percent of all disability payments.
Fox News cherry-picked enrollment data in the new health care exchanges to suggest the Affordable Care Act was a failure, ignoring the fact that thousands of people successfully enrolled in health insurance plans the first day.
On October 3, the hosts of Fox & Friends criticized media for accurately reporting thousands of people attempted to access the online health care exchanges on October 1, suggesting that because Blue Cross Blue Shield Louisiana got "zero enrollees" the first day the exchanges were open, the law was a failure. Co-host Brian Kilmeade claimed that due to technical glitches on the enrollment sites caused by the heavy traffic, "no one can get in and they're frustrated and not getting involved and worried about their personal information leaking."
But thousands of people in other parts of the country have successfully signed up for health coverage through the online marketplaces, and many more have successfully created accounts with which they can enroll at later dates. The Huffington Post reported:
Kentucky's health insurance exchange, Kynect, enrolled almost 3,000 households into health coverage by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, and nearly 110,000 people viewed more than 1.6 million pages on the website, Gov. Steve Beshear (D) announced in a press release. Kynect had started almost 10,800 applications and completed more than 6,900 of them, according to the press release.
Rhode Island's Health Source RI already has signed up some consumers, Kaiser Health News reported Wednesday, and Connecticut's Access Health CT reported enrollments Tuesday.
Colorado postponed online sign-up for the first weeks of enrollment, but about 6,900 people created accounts on Connect for Health Colorado and the website saw 104,000 unique visitors as of 3:15 p.m. Mountain Time on Wednesday, the exchange announced on Twitter.
More than 18,000 people created accounts on Nevada Health Link and more than 63,000 people visited the site by 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time, according to a statement on Twitter. More than 120,000 people went to Covered Oregon, which is not yet accepting online enrollment, by 8:00 a.m. PDT Tuesday, according to a statement on its website, as officials asked consumers for patience, the Oregonian reported.
Louisiana's The Times-Picayune reported that Blue Cross Blue Shield had no enrollees the first day, but that other companies offering insurance in Louisiana through the online marketplace had not yet received the data to determine their level of enrollment.
The Department of Health and Human Services said the main website for the exchanges, HealthCare.gov, had successfully enrolled customers into health insurance on October 1, but according to a spokeswoman the department is unlikely to be able to exactly determine how many have enrolled until November.
Right-wing media have frantically attempted to spin the success of the health care exchanges into failure since day one of open enrollment.
The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol dismissed the devastating effects of the government shutdown claiming, "no one no one is going to starve in Arkansas," ignoring that thousands of people across the country already face the loss of vital food nutrition programs.
On the October 2 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, Kristol claimed that the shutdown wasn't a "disaster," and dismissed The Huffington Post's Sam Stein's argument that the shutdown was forcing 85,000 people to lose nutritional assistance in Arkansas alone. Kristol responded that Congress should move to fund anything that was a genuine emergency, but that "a one or two week shutdown is not going to be the end of the world":
[I]t's not going to be the end of the world honestly even if you're on nutritional assistance from the federal government. The state of Arkansas can help out, localities can help out, churches can help out, I believe that no one is going to starve in Arkansas because of the shutdown.
Starvation is an extreme measure by which to judge the damage of the shutdown. Though no one may have died yet, people around the country are facing the loss of essential food services, including in Arkansas.
The Associated Press reported on September 30 that Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe felt the state was "not in a position to" fund services typically from the federal government, and that "that more than 85,000 meals for Arkansas children would not be provided and 2,000 newborn babies would not receive infant formula through the Department of Health's WIC program."
Right-wing media falsely claimed a finalized rule shows that taxpayer money will fund abortion coverage for members of Congress under the new health care law, when the ruling clearly states individuals will have to pay for any abortion coverage with their own money and no federal funds will cover the procedure.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ruled that members of Congress and their staffers purchasing health insurance coverage on the new health insurance exchanges, which opened for enrollment October 1, would be able to purchase a plan that includes abortion coverage but only with their own personal contribution to premium costs. Right-wing media instead falsely claimed taxpayer subsidies for the new health insurance plans would fund the medical procedures. A Drudge Report headline "Feds approve taxpayer subsidies for abortion coverage" linked to a Washington Times article that further pushed the false claim that the new ruling broke federal law on abortion funding.
Mark Levin similarly got the ruling wrong on his September 30 radio show, reading the Drudge Report headline and falsely claiming that President Obama had lied when he promised no government funds would pay for abortions.
But the OPM clearly stated September 30 that no federal funds "will be used to cover abortions or to administer plans that cover abortions," and that the ruling is legal because the OPM will ensure any plan that administers the procedures will be paid for by the individual and not a government contribution:
Coverage of Abortion Services
Under OPM's final rule, no Federal funds, including administrative funds, will be used to cover abortions or administer plans that cover abortions. Unlike the health plans for which OPM contracts pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8902, 8903 and 8903a, OPM does not administer the terms of the health benefits plans offered on an Exchange. Consequently, while plans with such coverage may be offered on an Exchange, OPM can and will take appropriate administrative steps to ensure that the cost of any such coverage purchased by a Member of Congress or a congressional staffer from a designed SHOP is accounted for and paid by the individual rather than from a government contribution, consistent with the general prohibition on Federal funds being used for this purpose.
The lie that the Affordable Care Act will provide federal funds for abortion has been promoted by right-wing media for years, despite the lack of any evidence. The administration has made clear that even federal grants to health care providers cannot be used to fund abortion services.
Fox & Friends hosted Amy Frederick of the anti-Obamacare group 60+ Association to push a series of debunked falsehoods about how health care reform will affect seniors' insurance coverage. Contrary to Fox's claims, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides more health benefits to seniors, will strengthen Medicare, does not tax medical devices such as hearing aids and wheelchairs, and does not interfere with medical decisions seniors make with their doctors.
Fox News' Steve Doocy falsely claimed the federal budget deficit had increased by 137 percent under President Obama, when in fact the deficit as a percentage of the total economy has fallen to its lowest level since 2008.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi argued on the September 22 edition of CNN's State of the Union that Republicans who insisted on further cuts to government spending during budget negotiations were harming the economy, noting that spending has already been significantly reduced and that "President Obama, when he became president, he said I'm going to cut the deficit in half in four years. He did it in four years and three months."
On Fox & Friends the following morning, co-host Steve Doocy mocked Pelosi's math, claiming that Pelosi "says the president has cut the deficit by half" when "according to the CBO, it's gone up 137 percent."
This is false. The Congressional Budget Office reported September 17 that the annual federal budget deficit had fallen this year to "its smallest size since 2008: roughly 4 percent of GDP [gross domestic product], compared with a peak of almost 10 percent in 2009":
The economy's gradual recovery from the 2007-2009 recession, the waning budgetary effects of policies enacted in response to the weak economy, and other changes to tax and spending policies have caused the deficit to shrink this year to its smallest size since 2008: roughly 4 percent of GDP, compared with a peak of almost 10 percent in 2009. If current laws governing taxes and spending were generally unchanged -- an assumption that underlies CBO's 10-year baseline budget projections -- the deficit would continue to drop over the next few years, falling to 2 percent of GDP by 2015. As a result, by 2018, federal debt held by the public would decline to 68 percent of GDP.
A CBO chart further showed how the revised May 2013 projection of the federal deficit revealed the deficit had fallen dramatically since 2011 and would continue dropping through 2015 under current laws:
Fox News' Gregg Jarrett repeatedly pressed Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA) to declare that the Obama administration has been engaged in a "cover up" of the September 2012 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
On the September 21 edition of America's News Headquarters, co-host Jarrett demanded to know why a reluctant Meehan would not describe the administration's response to Benghazi as a "cover up," asking the congressman several times why he wouldn't use the phrase. Watch:
JARRETT: Is this a cover up, and is it blatant?
MEEHAN: Well, it is certainly not a thorough investigation in the way that it was advertised. And that's the key. They've been relying on this as if it was a dispassionate--
JARRETT: You don't want to call it a cover up.
MEEHAN: -- and thorough investigation, and it's not.
JARRETT: How come you don't want to call it a cover up?
MEEHAN: Well, you know, you can call it a cover up. I think they asked the right questions --
JARRETT: No, why don't you call it a cover up? That's what I'm asking.
MEEHAN: Because I think -- I want to see accountability. I think that they're asking questions, but they're failing to ask the right people the questions, all the way to the top.
JARRETT: Well and it's been a year, which is ridiculous.
During his interview of Meehan, Jarrett continued his trend of pushing a number of debunked falsehoods about Benghazi, including falsely claiming that President Obama was sleeping the night of the attacks and that no rescue effort was sent to Benghazi. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has stated that Obama was "well-informed" during the attack, and a photo of Obama meeting in the Oval Office with his National Security advisors the night of the attacks has been available on the White House Flickr page since October 2012. Furthermore, as experts have repeatedly made clear, help was sent to Benghazi, and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has called out those who claimed more could have been done to rescue those in Benghazi for having a "cartoonish impression of the military."
Jarrett's desperate attempt to get Rep. Meehan to use the label is not the first time Fox News has suggested there is a Benghazi "cover up," and continues the network's repeated creation and promotion of lies, smears, and conspiracies related to the attacks.
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Fox News' Martha MacCallum scapegoated individuals with mental health conditions by suggesting that increased institutionalization is a solution to mass shootings, ignoring the dangers that poses to individuals with these conditions and the need for greater gun safety.
On the September 19 America's Newsroom, MacCallum suggested that Aaron Alexis, the Navy Yard shooting suspect, should have been institutionalized for a mental health condition, asking if we have "become so PC that we do not understand" the need to institutionalize some "categories of people." She also criticized the medical system for only institutionalizing people who have previously been convicted of a crime:
Have we not become so PC that we do not understand that there are categories of people -- many people who do not deserve to be institutionalized, but some do. And if this man had been institutionalized, something that we, you know, seem to never do any more in this country -- in fact, Adam Lanza's mother, according to the reports after Newtown, wanted to institutionalize her son. She was worried that he would do something. But unless you have been convicted, you cannot be institutionalized. So what do we do about this?
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Alexis never reported that he was depressed or that he was considering harming himself or others prior to the shooting. He sought treatment solely for insomnia. Doctors said he was "alert and oriented" and never asked for an appointment with VA mental health specialists.
MacCallum's solution raises as many questions as it answers, most critically who gets institutionalized and when.
One in four adults, or approximately 57.7 million Americans, experience a mental health condition per year, and half of all Americans will experience one in their lifetime.
Institutions, or psychiatric hospitals, can play a role in treatment for people with severe mental health conditions, but they are not the most effective solution in every case.
Locking up huge portions of the population out of fear will only increase the dangerous stigmatization of mental health conditions -- and will do little to curb the trend of gun violence in America.


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If Obama really wants to close Guantanamo, here's what he needs to do
from The Great Debate:
Israel's dangerous new game playing out in Washington's corridors of power
from Anatole Kaletsky:
Why political gridlock works for the U.S. economy, but not for Japan or EU
Is gridlocked government a betrayal of democracy? Or does it allow citizens to get on with their lives and businesses, unencumbered by meddlesome politicians?
from Nicholas Wapshott:
Fighting for the future of conservativism
Establishment Republicans have been delighted by the victory of Thom Tillis, their favored candidate in last week's North Carolina primary. After expensive advertising campaigns by establishment bagmen like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Karl Rove's American Crossroads, mainstream conservatives believe they have a candidate who can beat Democrat Kay Hagan to win a valuable Senate seat in November.
from The Great Debate:
Why the U.S. must lead on Disabilities Treaty
In an HIV clinic in Africa, a man born deaf holds a single sheet of paper with a plus sign. He looks for help, but no one at the clinic speaks sign language. In fact, the staff doesn't seem interested in helping him at all.
from The Great Debate:
Why doesn't Mitt Romney contribute to his own campaign?
Lately, Mitt Romney has been so consumed with fundraising that his aides have had to defend his absence from the stump. Like his foe, the Republican nominee is in the midst of a frenzied financial arms race. But one hugely wealthy individual has not yet been persuaded to part with much cash to support the Republican cause: Mitt Romney himself.
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Romney's campaign into oblivion
Willard Mitt Romney was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
It is possible to forgive it as a congenital trait. After all, his Dad, the genial George Romney, successful head of the American Motor Corp and governor of Michigan (1963-69), lost his bid for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1968 by setting a world record for the mass manufacture of gaffes. He had such a penchant for saying one thing and then retracting it, the reporter Jack Germond announced he was fixing his keyboard so that one keystroke produced "Romney later explained…" It was charming for a time to hear what George had said lately, but when he came back from a look at the Vietnam War, he announced he'd had "the greatest brainwashing anyone could get." His rival Eugene McCarthy cracked that a light rinse would have been enough to relieve George's neurological condition, but this time George had gone a gaffe too far. Some American prisoners released by the Chinese had renounced their U.S. citizenship, saying they'd been brainwashed, and primary voters had no enthusiasm for electing a president who might turn out to have been the Manchurian candidate. So we got Nixon and Agnew instead. Thanks, George.
U.S. debt downgrade: Who cares?
By Laurence Copeland. The opinions expressed are his own.
As I write this blog, it looks as though the U.S. Congress is going to pass a bill raising the debt ceiling and making modest cuts in Federal Government spending over the coming years. Although it is, quite rightly, being presented as a somewhat hollow victory for the forces of reason, there is one extremely puzzling aspect of the crisis.
from Breakingviews:
Wall Street could suffer some voters' remorse
U.S. midterm elections brought a degree of sweet payback for banks miffed about financial reform and President Barack Obama's populist rhetoric. Their campaign dollars helped fund huge Republican gains. But the new Tea Party-infused GOP will present as many challenges as opportunities.
from Tales from the Trail:
Reuters/Ipsos poll: 52 pct don't think Obama will be re-elected
President Barack Obama is not up for re-election this week, but the outcome of congressional elections will be seen as a referendum on his policies.

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(AP) -- Take-Two is confirming that its RockStar North studio is deep in development of the next installment of the wildly popular "Grand Theft Auto" shooter series.
(AP) -- Take-Two is confirming that its RockStar North studio is deep in development of the next installment of the wildly popular "Grand Theft Auto" shooter series.
US satellite television provider DISH Network has teamed with Blockbuster to stream films in a challenge to online video rental giant Netflix.
Facebook friends will be able to conspire together to rule the world in a free version of blockbuster "Civilization" strategy videogame crafted for the online social network. ...
Menacing alien machines descend on Earth, and amid all-out war, a soldier searches a building to find a frightened boy hiding in a vent.
French videogame titan Ubisoft is throwing its weight behind Nintendo's second-generation Wii U videogame console.
Blockbuster titles and powerhouse consoles will rule as video game makers from around the world meet in Los Angeles this week for the premier Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).
The 15-year wait for the return of videogame tough guy "Duke Nukem" will end in June, 2K Games promised on Tuesday.
US videogame titan Electronic Arts (EA) on Tuesday announced it is buying the Australian mobile game maker behind hit titles "Flight Control" and "Real Racing" for play on iPhones or iPads.
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Japanese entertainment giant Nintendo will on Saturday launch in its domestic market the world's first video game console with a 3-D screen that works without special glasses.
Mark Lamia, as the head of Treyarch Studio, is used to late nights overseeing the creation of what's likely to be the biggest video game of the holidays, "Call of Duty: Black Ops." But on a Monday in late October, Lamia stuck ...
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Against the Wall: National Alliance Beset with Problems
Now it was all out in the open. Two of the Alliance's four board members had quit — foolishly, from their point of view, because they had the power as a board to fire Gliebe from his post as Alliance chairman. Only Gliebe and Kitti Molz, a Streed sympathizer, were left. But there were no longer enough votes to remove Gliebe.
Gliebe's counterattack wasn't long in coming. On Aug. 5, Strom attacked Streed in a public posting. On Aug. 6, it was the turn of David Pringle, membership coordinator, who described Streed's resignation as "basically a coup attempt," said that all was well with the Alliance, and claimed membership was rising. By Aug. 12, when Pringle posted another denunciation, his tone had grown almost desperate.
"Jews aren't our greatest enemy," he said. "Traitors inside the gates are."
Then he launched into a bitter attack on Molz, who three days earlier had told nine senior unit coordinators in a teleconference of her dissatisfaction with Gliebe, and even repeated an allegation that Gliebe had secretly bootlegged some 700 CDs of a band with the Resistance label. Molz also had tried to stop Gliebe and his faction from drawing checks from Alliance bank accounts, but ultimately failed.
Molz, Pringle wrote, was "waging a campaign of backstabbing and betrayal," a "Brutus style assassination attempt on our Chairman." He demanded that she resign, and asked others to write her, too. But Molz declined to quit.
Reaction to the loyalists was not good. One Alliance member, identifying himself as Jack Newport in an E-mail to Linder's VNN, said he was planning to leave if Gliebe did not soon make changes.
"I'm a middle-class, proud Aryan with a wife and kid who lives in a neighborhood that is chock full of the type of people the NA says it's trying to recruit," he wrote in remarks that had to be troubling. "Problem is, I have serious reservations about the very foundation and future of the organization. It definitely isn't the program or ideology, it's the people running the show."
Then, on Aug. 16, Gliebe issued what purported to be a legal document firing the directors of the National Alliance and National Vanguard Books (they included Streed, Molz, DeMarais and Sims). The trouble was, Gliebe had no such power — it is the board that can fire him — and so his document was simply ignored.
Late in the month, Shaun Walker, a prominent Alliance member from Salt Lake City, wrote another defense of Gliebe. But it was filled with lies and half-truths about the power of the board (he said Gliebe had power over the board, not vice versa) and a large number of other matters. As a result, the letter's main effect was to galvanize still more anger and opposition to the Gliebe cabal.
On Aug. 29, it was announced that Walker — one of a rapidly diminishing number of well-known members supporting Gliebe — had been named the Alliance's "chief operating officer." "We are stronger than ever," Pringle wrote in making the announcement. But then he said Walker would need to devise a new business plan.
Finally, on Sept. 3, Gliebe issued a conciliatory letter defending his firings, wishing members of other hate groups "the best of luck," conceding that "mistakes have been made," and insisting that his administration was open to "constructive criticism." On the same day, Pringle posted an ad for "dependable people" with a minimum of one year as Alliance members to join the headquarters staff.
Whither the National Alliance?
A remarkable series of events seems to have coalesced that may ultimately wreck what has for years been the most important hate group in America. The unexpected death of William Pierce; the naming of a man to replace him who had none of Pierce's intellectual qualities and few people skills; financial woes almost certainly due to poor management; the appearance of several Internet sites that aired all kinds of movement criticism of the Alliance; and the failure of Gliebe to raise money for a member in trouble — have all contributed to the present situation.
Hundreds of members have left the Alliance and key units are coming close to collapse. Although Gliebe claims to have added new chapters since Pierce's death, the reality is that these units are generally far smaller than the six-member minimum that Pierce insisted on, and they often consist of people who are brand new.
At press time, Gliebe had actually managed to fire or alienate everyone on staff who understood how to access the Alliance's membership database, which is protected by a sophisticated system of passwords at various levels. Presumably, he will regain access to the database, but even the temporary loss is telling.
Many former and present Alliance members think that various units of the organization will spin off and become independent groups. There has even been talk of "growing a new head" — that is, spinning off a new national group from units of the present Alliance and then choosing an entirely new leadership to head it.
Gliebe may yet pull the Alliance back from the brink. But with the huge amount of animosity he has created, with many of his former key activists now in leading roles of other groups, and with his own finances flagging, it seems almost impossible that the Alliance can regain the influence it once wielded.
Today, what seems more likely is that the struggle over the Alliance will eventually devolve into a simple battle over the substantial commercial assets the group still controls.
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Monroe County residents are taking to the polls today to vote on where they would like to see a new jailand courthouse built. Monroe County Sheriff, Pete Quirin.
Quirin says it's on the referendum because it's been a stumbling block with the county board for more then 20 years. Some want it built in downtown Sparta....others at the dog pound site near Highway 71.
Fate Of Fest Comes Thursday
Oktoberfest USA has announced they will hold two separate press conferences on Thursday, April 5th to discuss the fate of the 2012 Oktoberfest parades. Both conferences will be held at the Oktoberfest Southside Festgrounds.
Significant Differences For Supporters and Critics of Administrator Plan
Tomorrow, La Crosse voters could change their form of government through a referendum at the polls. A ballot measure asks whether La Crosse should add a city administrator and take away some responsibilities from the mayor. Not all responsibilities, says Glen Jenkins from the group, Administrator, Yes
But there's still plenty to not like about the idea says councilman Jim Bloedorn who opposes the idea
If approved, the change would take effect next year.
Onalaska Mayor Vote Tomorrow
Onalaska picking a mayor tomorrow at the polls. Joe Chilsen and Samantha Carter facing off in that race. We asked the candidates about their views on a number of issues facing the city of Onalaska. Both have an understanding of crime issues in the city. Chilsen's been on the city's police and fire commission for more than a decade. He's fine with safety in Onalaska
Samantha Carter works with Justice Sanctions in La Crosse county. She's a little more worried about the spread of drugs and crime that's infecting La Crosse and wants to establish more Neighborhood Watch groups
Chilsen or Carter replaces one-term mayor Mike Giese.
Jail Revolving Door Takes Another Spin
Right back to jail for a guy in La Crosse after a tussle with his girlfriend this week-end. Cops say 25 year-old Timothy Thurston isn't supposed to have contact with his girlfriend, but he got out of the pokey and went right to her northside place on Saturday. Apparently everything was going fine and then they started to fight. And then he started to beat her. And strangle her. Took awhile for the girlfriend to call the cops because Thurston broke her phone. Cops say he was passed out in the bedroom when they got there. He's still in jail today.


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Investors to Double Infrastructure Investments, Templeton Says
Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Investors worldwide are increasing their holdings in infrastructure assets to meet growing demand for financing to upgrade electricity, water and traffic projects, said Joyce Shapiro, managing director at Franklin Templeton Investments.
Institutional investors around the globe currently have as much as 5 percent of their portfolios allocated to the asset class and that may double in the next five to 10 years, said Shapiro at Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors, which has $4.1 billion in assets as of June.
An increase in private sector investments in infrastructure projects will be "essential" as governments around the world face financial strains, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a report published in March. Investors are seeking infrastructure investments as ways to hedge inflation and pursue stable returns, Shapiro said.
"There is a tremendous amount of room for growth for that kind of alternative asset sector," Shapiro said in an interview in Singapore on Sept. 25. "Many investors these days want secure returns. In many of these different sectors, we can find areas of opportunity to invest into assets that have inflation linkage as opposed to taking that open or economic cyclical kinds of risks."
Templeton prefers projects that offer steady returns and low volatility, Shapiro said. She cited a road in Florida as an example, saying that an insurance company that was looking for an asset yielding 9 percent to 9.5 percent invested after 75 percent of the project was completed. Shapiro declined to name the insurer.
'No Magic'
Still, there is no rule of thumb for the expected return of an infrastructure project, Shapiro said. It varies a lot, depending on the stage of its development.
"There is no magic number, there is a range of numbers," she said. "You can go in a late-stage project in a developed market or you can go in a new project in an emerging market place entailing a lot of cyclical risk."
Investment opportunities can be found in small and mid-sized projects that are sought after less by bigger "multi-billion dollar funds," Shapiro said. The average size of a project pursued by Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors ranges from $10 million to $100 million, she said.
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Paul Levy discusses Green Line trolleys that get delayed at stations because they have a little rubber thing at the bottom of doors that catches on the nubbly yellow warning strips on platforms, forcing the drivers to get out and whack the doors - and how complaining about the problem doesn't seem to get anything done.
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Just got this e-mail from Keolis
Around 1 a.m. on the outbound side at the Prides Crossing stop, Transit Police report. Foul play is not a factor in the death of the 20-year-old man, police say.
Getting around the Seaport District by car can be a royal pain, especially during the evening commute. According to the Boston Herald, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) thinks it has the solution. It wants to get into the shuttle bus business.
Last May, the MBTA released a video showing a Transit Police detective rescuing a man from jumping in front of a train at Park Street. WCVB reports the man now has a lawyer - who had to sue to get the complete video, which shows the two struggled on the platform and the detective punching the man to subdue him.
Transit Police report arresting Abdulkadir Abbas, 33, for allegedly punching out a window on an Orange Line train at Ruggles last night.
Police say Abbas punched the window around 10:15 p.m., then got on the train - where passengers promptly pointed him out to arriving officers.
Abbas is scheduled for arraignment today in Roxbury District Court on a charge of malicious destruction of property over $250 - police say it will cost $430 to replace the window.
Although the T hasn't told us one way or another, fans of the 1960's rec-room look probably have to resign themselves to losing the faux wood on the Orange Line trains once the new cars get here in, well, whenever.
Patrick Baxter gives us a taste of an Orange Line car without the rich, dark wood, thanks to an ad campaign that involves wrapping interior walls, ceilings and doors in white.
There are some things you just shouldn't be seeing first thing in the morning at South Station, and Serena Tang reports this group of black-clad symbolic cats is one of them. And she reports they could sense her get-away-from-me-ness:
They started meowing at me.
The MBTA reports that with the addition of some Green Line cars this morning, all four subway lines are now back at their normal car numbers for the first time since Jan. 22. The T reports that Green Line maintenance crews "have been working around the clock to restore service to pre-blizzard levels."
Commuter rail? Well, that's another matter.
- Green Line: 146 cars.
- Orange Line: 96 cars.
- Blue Line: 84 cars.
- Red Line: 178 cars.
MassDOT reports it's started accepting delivery of the first of 86 Type 7 trolleys being rebuilt in a factory in upstate New York.
The cars, which went into service in 1986 and 1987, were nearing the end of their intended lifespans. Unlike with Orange and Red Line cars that are now well past theirs, the state was able to find a company willing to rehab them.
After seeing Alex Wheeler's photo of Green Line parking skill, the judges have closed this week's round.
Update, Wednesday, 6:20 a.m. The MBTA reports the D Line is back in service.
Grace Holley reports tonight from Brookline Hills, where a loud explosion shortly after 8:30 p.m. was followed by a torrential waterfall from a newly burst water main right above the tracks.
Normally I love water rides but this is a nightmare.
A second Green Line train approached waterfall but went into reverse and backed up, after a long wait.
Now police etc are on scene, lot of flooding on tracks. No more sparks. Right by Brookline Hills Station/Cypress St.
A Braintree man admitted today he walked across the tracks from one platform to the other at Andrew Square station on Sunday - narrowly avoiding getting flattened by a train entering the station at the same time.
In exchange, a South Boston Municipal Court judge continued Patrik Finnerty's trespassing case for three months, during which he has to perform 25 hours of community service and stay out of South Boston, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
UPDATE, 3:15 p.m., Tuesday: Finnerty found, shows up in court, has case continued without a finding pending three-month period.
UPDATE: Warrant issued for his arrest after he failed to show up at his arraignment, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
The Boston Globe reported today that in exchange for an $8M contribution to build the West Station commuter rail station adjacent to its campus, Boston University sought "enforceable language prohibiting the use of BU's West Campus as a route for buses or other vehicular traffic to carry commuters to or from West Station."
Transit Police report somebody who didn't belong in the Cabot train yard off Dorchester Avenue was hit and killed by a train about 5:45 p.m.
Police say the man was about 25. Foul play is not suspected.
CommonWealth Magazine gets ahold of a letter from the company's then chief executive to T officials asking them to stop trying to scare off his candidates for chief maintenance officer, a position that went unfilled for months last year.
The letter said part of the delay in finding a chief maintenance officer was caused by T officials pressuring Keolis to hire the person who held that job with the previous operator of the commuter rail. The letter also said Reddell felt T officials tried to scare him off by asking him if he "really knew what he was getting into" and mentioning the possibility that Keolis "was at risk of being defaulted in early 2015."
Mike Kix watched workers installing the roof of the revamped Government Center T stop today.
Keolis today released a list of trains it says will start running again on Monday as it works to restore full service by the end of the month. The new trains should bring commuter rail back to about 75% of its pre-snow schedule.


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by jeffdberg, Performer
- Created: July 11, 2011, 3:20 pm
- Updated: July 11, 2011, 3:20 pm
When choosing a domain name make shure it discripes your business. If you are in the insurance business use the word insurance. If you are a small business or in a business that has to much internet competition and most of your business is done locally then include the area you are located. For exampleInsureanceCity.com If your local still has to much competion then use a smaller town which is close by. Spiders and Crawlers will search your domain name first looking to see if it is relevant to the rest of your page.The you can work on the body's content.
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adroitoidStudios | Window Shopper | 1/18/2012 - 7:56 pm
A lot of people talk about keyword research and SEO strategy for picking a domain name. These components will definitely help you rank organically, but we also need to examine our branding and positioning strategy. Your business is solving a challenge that people want to surmount and picking a domain name based on keyword research may not be the best strategy. Differentiation is how we separate ourselves from our competitors. Study your top 3-5 local competitors because this research will help you differentiate yourself from them. I'm not suggesting to pick a convuluted domain name, because we must consider the user experience. User experience doesn't start when they arrive at your landing page. It starts with a question, and they want an answer. We need to consider how potential customers may find our website: business card search engine email signature etc. Strive to make the process easy and fun when potential customers want to work with you. When I put together a jig saw puzzle, I will frequently look at the cover of the box so I can figure out what I'm trying to construct. The problem we have as small business owners is that we may not have the observation skills or dexterity to put the pieces together. That's why we perform research, network or invest our time and money to explore options. We are learning to see our business and how to construct it in a successful and profitable way. Best wishes, Paul Lewallen
eddywader | Window Shopper | 1/18/2012 - 9:44 am
Allow me to correct you. When choosing a domain name make sure you choose a short and catchy domain name, pereferebly containing a keyword - as it will help you at search engine optimization - It used to, at least. For new websites, now in 2012 - Better simply use your Brand and try to come up with a catchy and short name so that people can remember it. Brand recognition is important and if you have an offline business that you are just starting with on the internet use your brand name!! :) Webmaster at
BethWorthy | Window Shopper | 1/18/2012 - 1:10 am
Yes, domain name should be simple and must describe your business industry. It must be easy to write and must have one primary keyword within the name itself.
holdenh | Window Shopper | 1/14/2012 - 3:04 am
Including keywords in your domain name definitely helps but I don't think it's the "be all-end all". Don't worry about trying to get the exact word or phrase either because it's probably already taken. Just try to include some part of it. And try to make it as short as possible. Don't make it a mile long with a string of hyphens.
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Including keywords in your domain name definitely helps but I don't think it's the "be all-end all". Don't worry about trying to get the exact word or phrase either because it's probably already taken. Just try to include some part of it. And try to make it as short as possible. Don't make it a mile long with a string of hyphens.
Domain name always plays the part in SEO. So you gotta choice a name which provides best match to your business.
Jeff Wilson | Window Shopper | 1/5/2012 - 5:32 pm
I agree 100%. Organic ranking in a key word search depends on a number of factors, I can't tell you exactly the importance of key words in a domain name, but I know it's important. The three lines that represent a site in the search results; The page name, the meta description and the domain name, all will have the key words highlighted or bolded in the lines. I know then that at least Google sees them then, and, to me, if Google lets me know they see something then it's important.
sezaiarslan11 | Window Shopper | 1/5/2012 - 5:10 am
Unlike few years back, having a good domain name can give a good seo advantage.
totalvac | Performer | 1/4/2012 - 10:14 pm
It is hard to find a domain name that has not already been taken. Try whois.net and search for deleted domains. You may find a good domain name that was once taken, but was not renewed by it's owner.
zholley | Performer | 11/6/2011 - 10:25 pm
There seems to be some debate on whether keyword(s) in your domain name help with your ranking or not. I believe they absolutely do from firsthand experience. Often times when you query a particular keyword you can analyze the first page results by breaking down each site in terms of meta data, keyword prominence in the text, number and quality of dofollow links, site age, etc. and often times sites that are lacking in many of these will rank high in the serps when the only thing they have going for them is their domain name being the actual keyword. I've seen this repeatedly. I also think that .coms and .orgs. carry more weight (but probably not proper to use .org unless you're non-profit). If your first .com choice is already taken - and it probably will be, I think it's okay to use a hyphen between words as Google tends to treat them as spaces. Some will argue this point but I have had success multiple times. Just don't use a double hyphen -yes you can actually register a domain name with a double hyphen if you try but it has been said by some this throws a flag. It's best to make your domain name as short and simple as possible though these have become next to impossible to find with domain squatting so rampant.
jamesanderson | Window Shopper | 11/6/2011 - 9:20 pm
Yes it is also very importaint to have a keywords research done before choosing a domain, once the keyword research is done then it will be much easier to choose the best possible domain. I would also recommend using a keyword in the domain name
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- Present participle of candy.
Variant of candy
nounpl. candies
- crystallized sugar made by boiling and evaporating cane sugar, syrup, etc.
- a sweet food, usually in small pieces or bars, made mainly from sugar or syrup, with flavoring, fruit, chocolate, nuts, etc. added
- a piece of such food
Origin of candy; from sugar candy ; from Middle English (sugre) candi ; from Old French (sucre) candi ; from OIt (zucchero) candi ; from Arabic qandi ; from Persian qand, cane sugar; probably ; from Sanskrit khaṇḍa, piece (of sugar)
transitive verbcandied, candying
- to cook in or with sugar or syrup, esp. to preserve, glaze, or encrust
- to crystallize into or like sugar
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Henderson man lifts to world championship stronger
HENDERSON, Ky. - After 20 years of competitive powerlifting, the sport took Henderson's Bruce Thomas overseas.
The 50-year-old Henderson man capped off his trip to Belgium with a world championship.
Thomas won his age division in the World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation's single-event world championship June 28-30 in Antwerp.
Powerlifting is a sport that combines three lifts — the deadlift, squat and bench press. In this competition, lifters competed in just one lift. For Thomas that was his favorite and best event — the deadlift.
In winning the 220-pound weight class in the master three division (ages 50-54), Thomas deadlifted 617 pounds, just shy of the world record of 628 pounds for his weight class.
Thomas might have had that record, too, if he hadn't been dealing with runaway weights and the effects of the trip to Europe.
Because of the time change, Thomas was competing between 2 and 3 a.m. Central time. His flight left Thursday and he competed Sunday.
"I tried to adjust to the time difference but it was tough to do in that short of a span," he said. The flight also took its toll on his body.
"I lost eight pounds on the trip over," he said. "But that wasn't as bad as the bar continuing to roll off."
The platform built for the competition apparently wasn't level, Thomas said, because the weights kept rolling away. "I had to go get it and bring it back. It was frustrating."
Thomas also won the same event two years ago when he deadlifted 628 pounds when the world championships were held in Michigan.
But winning isn't a motivation that drives Thomas. Instead, it's losing.
"I'd tell anybody who wants to get into powerlifting, and it's the same with any other sport, the best the thing to do is to get beat. That gives you something to shoot for," he said. "I don't like to lose."
Thomas, who works for Time-Warner Cable as well as working part-time at the John F. Kennedy Community Center, has been competing for 20 years after being introduced to the sport by Paul White.
"I started training to stay fit," he said, "and I've been lifting ever since."
His training regiment, which includes weight work four days a week either at the JFK Center or at the Pit Barbell Club in Evansville, apparently has paid off because Thomas often is complimented he looks younger than his 50 years.
But just because he has reached 50, Thomas doesn't anticipate backing off his training or stopping competing. "It depends on my body. If I'm able, I'll keep competing," he said.
"I've seen a guy as old as 85 lifting. There was an 80-year-old at this meet. That's impressive."


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This used to be our favorite sunblock. It now has titanium dioxide and zinc oxide as the active ingredients. The website has not been updated to reflect this as of 6/2/13. Unfortunately this caused my skin and my daughter's to get red and itchy. We switched to Ocean Potion.
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I use this product daily, as it is by far the best moisturizer/sunblock I have ever used. It IS heavy, and one must apply it and wait for a few minutes before applying any makeup over it; it is a terrific moisturizer. It does, however, do the job of blocking the sun extremely well and has never made my very sensitive skin break out. I would be lost without it.
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It's been a while since I did one of these posts so I might be a little rusty on what I should say and how I usually do one of these posts. Well I just thought that it had been a while since I last did one of these and I thought it be nice to change it up and do a post about an Independent Wrestler so I chose to do one of these on Adam Cole. So here we go:
Adam Cole is one of the brightest stars on the independent wrestling circuit as he is World Champion in both PWG & ROH which are two of the top independent wrestling companies in the world. The interesting part of it is that Adam is still only 25 years old and has already reached the top of the wrestling world though it might have been on the Indies a World Title and still a World title. Adam has also been apart of top feuds with many different names from Kevin Steen, Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards, Joey Ryan, Jay Briscoe, Chris Hero, and many many others that have been on the independents within the last year. I think that very few people have so much success so quick in wrestling but Adam absolutely shows why he is in the position he is in every single time he goes out to the ring. With people like Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, Michael Elgin, and others leading the charge I think will continue to be a very healthy and prosperous business for years to come. If you have never seen Adam Cole wrestler then please enjoy this match below:


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Broccoli With Cheddar Salsa
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|1 , coarsely chopped
|2 , coarsely chopped
|Jalapeno pepper
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|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
Trim the broccoli to remove leaves and tough portions of the stems.
Cut the broccoli lengthwise into spears.
In a 7" X 11" baking dish, arrange the spears with the florets facing the center of the dish.
Cover with wax paper.
Microwave on high for 3 minutes.
Rearrange the spears so they cook evenly.
Cover with wax paper and microwave on high for 3 to 5 minutes, or until crisp-tender.
Let stand for 3 minutes.
In a blender or food processor, combine the tomatoes, scallions, and jalapenos.
Process until combined but not totally pureed.
Transfer to a medium bowl.
Microwave on high for 3 minutes.
Add the Cheddar and stir until melted.
Serve the sauce with the broccoli.
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Hostelworld "meet the world" by Lucky Generals
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By Lucy Barrett, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Tuesday, 01 December 2009 08:30AM
Indeed, the next election has been pitched as the 'Mumsnet election', with politicians vying to participate in web discussions with its members (see our analysis on page 17). Who would have thought that a website aimed predominantly at mums could attract so much attention? Certainly not the publishers of parenting magazines.
The not-so-flattering depictions of Mumsnet and its users are not important to Marketing. We are more interested in how powerful this kind of website could be for brands. It clearly isn't for every mother, so neither is it the site for brands looking to target the 'housewife' demographic. Mumsnet has a middle class, opinion-forming member-base that other parenting magazines and websites simply do not. While regular parenting magazines may offer advice, this site is full of debate, reviews and advice offered by peers.
As a group, its members guard their commercial value intently, and will not allow themselves to be exploited. Mumsnet will not carry advertising for baby-milk formula brands, or, for that matter, McDonald's, but this does not mean that brands cannot engage with its users. It may have attracted the headline 'I hate Mumsnet' in the Daily Mail, but several agencies tell us that their clients have had real success conducting a dialogue with Mumsnet members - not least because they are very opinionated and honest. This is obviously the sort of partnership its founders want to encourage and Ford is the latest brand to enter into an agreement with the site. Other brands will surely follow in its tyre tracks.
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Burke has 9 schools. Some of the best schools in Burke are White Oaks Elementary School with a GreatSchools rating of 9/10 and a parent rating of 4/5 stars, and Cherry Run Elementary School with a GreatSchools rating of 8/10 and a parent rating of 4/5 stars. The average GreatSchools rating for Burke public schools is 8/10, with an average student/teacher ratio of 15:1.
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Property is in very high demand and likely to sell quickly, even if it is overpriced or not in the best condition. Sellers receive multiple offers and the price is usually bid up above the seller's initial asking price.
Rental property is in high demand and availability is low. Rent prices have increased by 6% over the past 3 months. This is 3% lower than the county average of $2,371 and 23% higher than the state average of $1,781.
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The average home price in Burke is $478,834, which is 3.8% higher than the average sold price in Burke ($461,198) . The average home price per square foot in Burke is $243 and about 2% of all homes in Burke sold in the last 6 months. For Burke home values, real estate prices, and city market trends, research the 14,155 property records or search our 270 recently sold or 184 homes for sale listings. The listings and properties in Burke are only a part of the 2,603,718 properties and 57,952 homes for sale in Virginia. Because of this, the average home price and average home value of Burke also influence the average home price $339,866 and average sale price $328,661 of Virginia. Listing counts, Burke home prices and home values in Burke are sourced daily from listing and property data on realtor.com®, which is the most up-to-date and accurate aggregation of real estate listings in the industry and includes approximately 800 regional MLSs and is the official website of the National Association of Realtors®.
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Lessons from and for the parish
A year ago my wife took a leave from teaching middle school to enter a graduate program in school administration. I soon noticed that she and her colleagues were being assigned lots of reading on the topic of leadership, especially on the role of a leader in times of institutional change.
As Faith Covenant Church approaches its centennial, it is long on history and short on imagination.


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I have complete placenta previa that docs don't think will move. And, I'm rapidly adjusting to the liklihood of a repeat c-section. What's more, there has been lots of conversations in the last week suggesting that the c-section may be very soon instead of at 37 weeks. So, in order to prepare for the worst (preterm baby, emergency c-section, etc...), I think I'm going to get my hospital bag ready.
Anyone want to share their tips for what to include to make c-section recovery easier or what they think they need in a hospital bag for a longer stay?
I'm totally picky about toiletries, clothes, food and have sensitive skin. So, I've started by putting the following together:
-camera and charger
-extra phone charger
-entertainment (ipad for skyping with dd, books or magazines, earbuds)
-paper and pen
I'm thinking about buying an abdominal binder based on reccs in other threads here. Any other recommendations for c-section hospital bags?
~a boppy/my breast friend
~snacks (i know you mentioned, but)-- we're thinking of bringing a cooler for dh with sandwiches, drinks, etc.
~nursing pads
~lansinoh or something like that (toiletries?)
~slippers/more clothes than you'd think
~extra blankets/pillows for you & dh (when we had dd the hospital room was freezing cold)
~a list of numbers or names of people to call (so you don't forget anyone)
~we ended up having to pump some the last time, and it was invaluable to me to have some baby dr. bronners soap to wash the pump parts with. They tend to give you lots of stuff in the hospital, but soap for the pump was something overlooked for us, for some reason.
~a heating pad if you think that's helpful, or a microwave rice bag. or a freezer gel pad for boobies when your milk comes in.
~swaddling blankets for the bebe
it makes me mucho nervous to think about this right now :)
Is it getting lonely in the echo chamber yet?
Thanks, Hildare. I know I did this once before but I don't seem able to remember anything right now!
Did you bring your own pump or use the hospitals? If you used the hospitals, did they provide bottles, shields, etc...? This is something I'm thinking about with the risk of a preemie in the NICU. I have a pump from DD but wasn't planning to dig any of that out until after the babe was a few weeks old.
we used the hospital pump, but in the end they gave us the tubing, the horns, and the little bottles to take home- apparently here at least they cannot reuse them.
we just washed and reused all those parts.
everything with the hospital pump they provided, though.
i hope that you get to wait or that everything's a-ok when you get ready to go. come on, parsley baby- get big in there fast!
Is it getting lonely in the echo chamber yet?
... So, I've started by putting the following together:
-camera and charger
-extra phone charger
-entertainment (ipad for skyping with dd, books or magazines, earbuds)
-paper and pen
I'm thinking about buying an abdominal binder based on reccs in other threads here. Any other recommendations for c-section hospital bags?
The hospital gave me a ab binder, maybe check if your hospital provides one.
I know you said "entertainment", that was a big one for me. Since my c-section was un-planned, I thought I'd only be in the hospital over-night. I was soooo bored by the 2nd day. Bring lots to keep you "busy".
Good luck!
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I am a public radio junkie. I had my radio with me, which was great since we don't do t.v.
I have had one child via a c-section & one vaginally, and my "what to pack for the hospital" bags were the same.
I did really like having my own shampoo & soaps and such since I am very picky and sensitive to smells.
My one vanity item was my hair straightener. I knew MIL would be taking a bunch of bad pictures of me and my hair looks crazy unless I straighten it. My advice along these lines is that, unless you are completely comfortable how you look au natural, bring whatever you need so that you won't have to look at pictures of yourself for years to come that you'll regret.
I liked having my pillow from home, too.
I got tired of my signature, but I still love my children and husband and miss my little brother.
There are a couple things that, in hindsight, would have been nice to have had packed.
- your own soft bath towels. I had to use like 6 little rough ones when I took my shower there.
- probiotics like yogurt and/or kefir or acidophilus
- natural constipation remedies - like prune juice or aloe pulp
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I second the suggestion for a radio. I used to work during the day so I had no idea how bad daytime TV actually is. I made DH go home and get a little radio so I wouldn't go insane. I love NPR!
I would check w/your hospital about the pump issue. The hospital that I delivered at had hospital pumps but you had to buy the kit to make the pump work. So DH brought my pump from home for me to use. The hospital where DD was taken for NICU care had hospital pumps and they gave me everything I needed for free, even larger horns as well as bottles for storage and freezing.
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- comfy pajamas, robe, night gowns, or other comfy clothes you can nurse in.
- socks and slippers with rubber soles (hospital germs - eww.)
- your own shampoo, conditioner, lotion, lip balm, toothbrush, toothpaste/powder, floss, hair brush, styling cream, razor if you think you'll need to shave your pits, etc.
- comfy pillows in bright cases (so the hospital doesn't take them)
- a throw or blanket if you'd like something better than the hospital blankets
- snacks and drinks you might like
- entertainment like magazines, books, sodoku, crossword puzzles, etc.
- sleep mask and ear plugs in case you have a loud room (I got stuck in a room right next to the ice maker and it was pretty awful)
- nipple butter and pads (my hospital only gave you ONE pair of pads, no matter how long you stayed)
- nursing pillow
- your own pads if you can't stand hospital sanitary pads
- clothes and a blanket for baby to go home in, as well as an outfit for yourself to go home in
I have Stiff Person Syndrome and my other car is a candy apple red Rascal. Feel free to ask me about it.
Thanks for the suggestions. I definitely need to get a real hospital bag together! Last time, we were in NYC and we had a million visitors so I can recall asking people to go out and get me whatever I wanted or needed. (Sometimes just to make them go away for a bit). This time, I don't expect many visitors or many amenities right near the hospital so I want to plan much better. I also want to do everything I can to have a good recovery! It seemed to take forever after my c-section with DD!
Ear plugs and a mask were the first things I put it my bag! Followed by toiletries and lotion. I can live without clothes but no chapstick is painful!
Interesting - I have been given kit free twice and the first was on the NHS! The kits are single user so they have to give you a new one. If you have an unusual flange size, bring it just in case they're out (standard Medela kit includes 24mm flanges; I would hope they'd have 27s, but if you use 21s or 36s I would be less sure). I would always have assumed that they'd provide it.
I also brought my own towel, and bring underwear you don't mind ruining. (They should have mesh, but not everyone likes the mesh)
Any thoughts as to what nursing pillow is best with a c-section? I used a boppy last time but have been wondering if a "My Breast Friend" might work better as it should keep the baby off the incision more completely. Anyone used both and have an opinion on this?
I used a regular pillow. I had a Boppy, but they just never worked for me. It had nothing to do with the fact that I had a c-section; I just liked the flexibility and foldability of a regular pillow.
I got tired of my signature, but I still love my children and husband and miss my little brother.
I have Stiff Person Syndrome and my other car is a candy apple red Rascal. Feel free to ask me about it.
i had a my brest friend, and it was extremely useful. dd was pretty heavy at birth, and it gave some nice support.
i like the idea of a boppy, too, b/c there's more you can do with them- sit the baby in them for support later on, let siblings hold the baby with it, etc.
i still have the brest friend but think i'm going to get a boppy for later.
Is it getting lonely in the echo chamber yet?
I have Stiff Person Syndrome and my other car is a candy apple red Rascal. Feel free to ask me about it.
Great suggestions! (tagging this thread so I can find it again)
I sell handknit baby sweaters: www.prairiegirlknits.etsy.com
I would add, an aromatherapy kit. Our room smelled so industrial, it would have been nice to have some lavender oil to rub on the light bulbs. I wouldn't have actually used it on myself in case I got bored and wanted to switch scents (changing a bulb vs shower and change clothes).
Slightly crunchy mama of three, one cs, one ubac, one vbac. Planning a vbac in October. Bookworms anonymous member.
I would say the NEEDS are:
You own undies - You need high waisted ones to stay off your incision site. If you bought maternity panties you can wear those.
Your own toiletries/lotion
Nursing cami or bra (my milk came in before I left the hospital, so I needed the support) I wore just a nursing cami & undies at night, and added PJ shorts/pants during the day when visitors came.
Boppy & Pillows from home.
SOCKS, warm & fuzzy socks
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The Highlands Communities have established a reputation for creating community and a great lifestyle for active seniors, 55 and older. With communities in the Fox Valley and throughout southeast Wisconsin, including Brookfield, Franklin, New Berlin and Menomonee Falls, The Highlands at Riverwalk in Mequon is scheduled to open in August 2013.
Even before a box was unpacked, two soon-to-be residents, Ed Morgan and Mitch Ticoras, met and discovered a common interest of hitting the walking trails to get in a couple of miles a day. "We will have a gorgeous path on the property that goes towards the river," said Marie Kissinger, property director for The Highlands at Riverwalk.
Ed Morgan and his wife Jeannie love the Mequon area but found their 3,000 square-foot condo where they lived for more than 20 years was just more than they needed. "We're both in good health, but we thought we should make this move now before something happens to one of us," Ed said. "This would be easier on us and our kids."
The Morgans have been looking at the other Highland Communities for a couple of years and liked what they saw. The Mequon location sealed the deal. "This felt good. We like that it's in Mequon. The property is well maintained," he said. "And it's cheery," Jeannie added.
The Morgans selected a 2-bedroom with a great room and are looking forward to enjoying all that The Highlands at Riverwalk has to offer.
Mitch Ticoras is planning a move out of his 4-bedroom home in Thiensville where he and his wife lived and raised their children. His wife passed away two years ago and it didn't take Mitch too long to realize he didn't like living alone. He started looking at various communities.
"I wanted to stay in the area. My daughter found Highland Communities for me. It has everything I want." So he reserved an apartment. "I wanted to get in on the ground floor – literally," he said with a chuckle. He will be moving into his first-floor, two-bedroom, two-bath apartment in late summer. "It's really more room than I need."
Being close to family and friends make for a full and rich life. Mitch's son, daughter and four grandchildren are close by. Mitch and his wife traveled the world – Moscow, Australia, Tahiti. He's a self-described train buff and likes to bird watch. "I'm looking forward to meeting people with similar interests." He's made a good start. It won't be long before Mitch and Ed are out there on the river path.
The amenities draw people to the Highlands and the activities help to build community, Kissinger said. "This site is so beautiful -- nestled in the woods." She can hardly wait to start planning activities for residents. "It's a bit of a blank slate. We always want to know what they are interested in, and what they want and need from us. This is their home."
Phase I of The Highlands at Riverwalk includes 38 apartments and opens August 2013. There will be a Phase II upon completion with an additional 58 apartments. One and 2-bedroom apartments range in size from 693 square feet to 1,408 square feet. There also are 2-bedroom, 2-bath apartments with tray ceilings and a great room. Kitchens feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, gooseneck faucets and plank flooring.
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A huge turd in the back seat
I know it's very old, but I just came across it again and I think this deserves to be posted once more, considering all the cool stuff we have lost in the post-apocalyptic forum we have today. :)
Re: A huge turd in the back seat
This thread title reminds me of once when I was taking my two dogs to the state park for a run on the trails.
They would always get so excited I would usually stop mid-trip (30 minute drive) and let them do their business in the ditch somewhere remote.
I forgot to do this, and was almost there when I smelled something. I looked back and my female Doberman was all excited, she had taken a crap in the back seat.
Apparently she was quite upset because she leapt into the front seat and out the passenger side window. This was at 30mph!
Amazingly she only suffered a couple scrapes. (this was on a gravel road.)
Man I miss my dogs...
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Super Rugby: Crusaders beat Blues 21-13 in Christchurch
Last Updated: 05/07/14 2:18pm
Crusaders all-but ended the Blues' Super Rugby play-off hopes following a 21-13 win over their New Zealand rivals on Saturday.
Fijian winger Nemani Nadolo scored two tries for the second-placed Crusaders as the Blues, who hit back through Frank Halai's first half try, left the AMI Stadium empty handed.
Stuttering to their tenth win of the season to move four points clear at the top of the New Zealand Conference, the Crusaders laboured to victory as Dan Carter started for the first time in 2014.
It was a special night for Keven Mealamu, the All Blacks hooker becoming the first player to make 150 appearances for a single team in Super Rugby, however he couldn't mark it with a win.
Colin Slade and Ihaia West traded opening penalties before Nadolo grabbed the game's first try on 16 minutes.
Returning from international duty with Fiji were he has excelled, the in-form wing just did enough to ground the ball before being tackled into touch.
Quick ball at the breakdown handed the Crusaders the majority of possession and they nearly crossed for try number two when Dominic Bird rumbled his way up to just short of the line.
Halai's moment of brilliance however stunned the home crowd, intercepting the pass from Andy Ellis to race 100 metres for the try to put the Blues into the lead.
Slade restored the Crusaders lead with his second penalty after Mealamu had nowhere to go at the ruck but West responded in kind - the Blues pack rumbling well with their maul as both sides jostled for the lead.
Two scrum penalties against the Blues in their half both went unpunished as Slade failed to convert, leaving the visitors with a 13-11 lead at the break.
A slow and scrappy start to the second half saw the Blues reverse their fortunes at the scrum, winning successive penalties but with no points to show for it.
The highlight in some ways, although not for Crusaders fans, was a bruising carry from Ma'a Nonu that left Slade flat out, a week on from suffering a similar hit against the Hurricanes. His departure duly followed as Carter moved back to fly-half.
Carter finally punctured what for 25 minutes had been a woeful, scoreless second half with a penalty to put the Crusaders in front at 14-13.
Nadolo's second try swiftly followed, Kieron Fonotia doing well to offload from the deck as the big Fijian dove over from close range.
There was no coming back for the Blues, their Super Rugby hopes virtually over for another year. The Crusaders meanwhile have a valuable gap ahead of next week's final round.
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