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Pissed at dr office about 3-hr GD test. Am i being crazy?
You may be glad you scheduled it at 8. I had to do it too and by the time I had fasted from 8 o'clock the night before, I was about to pass out I was so hungry by 11 o'clock or so when the test was over.
you are not the crazy pregnant lady!
When I went for the 3 hr last pregnancy, I went to Labcorp and did it there. Do they have a lab they can send you to?
I would call back and speak to a nurse or office manager and explain the situation..either I come in at 9 or I CAN'T have the test!
Uggh, yes that would make me mad too. You can refuse this test btw, this is not mandatory. I am not even doing the GTT test (because I'm allergic to a dye in the drink). So basically I'm just going to monitor my sugar with a glucometer several times a day and document everything. Ask...or better yet, tell your doctor you'd rather do this or have him send you for hemoglobin A1C.
Good luck.
SAHM to 2 beautiful princesses
Why can't you do it at a lab that's close to home?
I'd ask the school if the have before-hours care you could use for the day. If that doesn't work. See if there is a classmate she can spend the morning with, then ride in to school with. I make a point of having a network of friends for my daughter so we have someone to call in these situations.
So hearing your situation I would have to say that's bullshit that they can switch it to an hour later. Whether its lunch or not because I'll be there during their lunch.
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Do you have anyone who can take your daughter to school that day or have someone else open for your husband?
Married to my true love (01/06)
Home birthing mama!
My other babies 9, 7, 5, 4, 2
Do you live in a rural area? Why is your OB an hour away?
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now to make things more interesting, wut if it was a full moon?????
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With a monster like Jack I would think she wouldn't have a choice but to use bloodbending. When Jack Xamma is fighting anybody his sole intentions are to kill them. So if Katara doesn't wann die she would use it on him. That is if its effective
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Nada AnnanAdult Instructor
When Nada discovered painting, it was love at first stroke, because it allowed her the chance to translate inspiration into instant colour. Every painting she does is an exploration, combining focus with intuitive freedom. Her career began by copying from impressionist artists under the tutelage of known experts in the field. Then she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Beirut (Lebanon) where she was born.
Nada is passionate about her art. "I want people to see in my paintings the beauty of the structure that they may walk by every day and might never notice. As with my still life painting, I hope to evoke a smile or feeling of calm for my viewer".
Her works have been included in numerous group and one-person shows in Lebanon, Cyprus, England and Canada, and her art has been exhibited in a number of galleries, in Europe, the United States and Canada.
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Walk like a zombie through the neighborhood or the party in this distressed Zombie Skeleton teen costume. The beige tattered shirt of this zombie costume features an exposed skeletal chest and comes complete with matching pants, black and white skeleton gloves along with an intricately detailed…
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Don't expect too many votes for Prom Queen! Clearly someone wasn't too happy about their class homecoming queen winner. This Homecoming Horror Child Costume comes complete with blood spattered, tattered blue sequin dress, bloody sash, and hatchet tiara.
Look as if you've been roaming the world for centuries in this Victorian-era Zombie Girl child costume. The vintage-style dress comes complete with tattered bow and belt, so even though you're a zombie, you'll look cute in the process.
Rise up and feast on the living when you wear this Zombie Classic boys costume. The top and pants of this zombie costume features sewn-in body parts and comes complete with a mask and attached wig along with a pair of gloves.
What happens when good toys go bad - monkey around on Halloween in this clever Zombie Sock Monkey child costume and find out! The tan, cream and red blood-spattered monkey-style jumpsuit features a detachable tail and a full mask.
Be prepared when zombie roam the streets and have your disguise ready with this Street Zombie boys costume. The one-piece hoodie and coat features a hooded sweaT-Shirt front and comes complete with fingerless gloves and a creepy zombie mask.
Party for eternity in this killer cool Rocked Out Zombie tween costume. It's Goth meets rock with a short sleeved cropped jacket, black belt and matching leggings! Do the monster mash and the zombie walk and discover the dark side in this black and white blood-stained tunic.
Gross out the neighbors when you wear the Bleeding Dark Zombie Child Costume. This grotesque zombie costume features a bleeding mask with tubing connected to a hand-held pump of "Fun Blood". Costume comes complete with shirt, gauze over shirt and pants.
Do the monster mash when you wear this Skeleton Zombie child costume. The green and tan, 100% polyester tattered shirt features white chest bones and comes complete with matching pants, gloves and a very gruesome mask with long hair.
Every zombie nursery needs a good nanny, and who better to care for your zombie babies than this Gruesome Granny Animated Decoration. This eerie animated prop features a scary zombie granny with light-up eyes and a wrapped zombie baby. Granny loves to rock her child back and forth while eerie noises…
No need to use your stealth skills when you're already dead, so make it easy on yourself when you dress in the Zombie Ninja Child Costume. This awesome tunic features a skeletal chest piece and comes complete with pants with bone details, a hooded shirt with attached wrist guards, 2 gauze ties,…
You might be hungry for something other than candy on Halloween wearing this Zombie Dawn Child Costume. Black faded top and jeggings present a rugged look while red accents give costume a splash of blood so you'll look like the ultimate ghoul! Sheer jacket also included.
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Score one for the undead on Halloween when you wear this very scary Dead Zone Zombie Child Costume. The pullover shirt features numerical print and comes complete with detachable shoulder pads, pants with attached mesh dags, mesh scarf and a vinyl helmet.
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You're ready for any zombie who comes your way in the Zombie Hunter Girls Costume. You'll be prepared in style in this khaki colored dress with grommet belt, fingerless gloves and cool head sash.
Aim for the head in this killer cool Zombie Hunter child costume. The tan, 100% polyester duster features jagged trim, zombie hunter T-Shirt, oversized axe, bandolier-style bullet belt and an outback hat. Slay the undead!
Skate or die? How does that work when you're already dead? Find out when you wear the Zombie Sk8r Child Costume. This awesome costume consists of a shirt with skater graphics, faux tattoo sleeves, mesh shoulder drapes and a creepy mask.
Be prepared to knock them dead in this Zombie Hunter boys costume. The blood-spattered tan coat of this zombie hunter costume comes complete with a green T-Shirt and a matching hat so you are properly equipped for the rigors of serious zombie pursuit and capture.
You'll be hungry for brains when you wear the Zombie Monster Child Skin Suit. This breathable and see-through ultimate zombie skin features a double zipper with reinforced stitching along with awesome zombie graphic details.
…the refrigerator magnets and decals on all the mini-vans driven by soccer moms and digital dads - the proud parents who proclaim how great their kids are. What would happen if zombies were stocking the fridge and driving the mini-vans to the meat market? They'd have zombie family magnets for sure...
School spirit? Not quite. Cheer for the braineaters, like any undead being would, when you wear this Zombie U Cheerleaders Child Costume. This tattered outfit comes complete with the screen printed shirt-dress and two pom poms.
Batman's been bit! Cross over to the undead side when you wear this officially licensed Batman Zombie deluxe boys costume. The gray, blue and black muscle chest jumpsuit comes complete with a character half mask, attached cape and a belt.


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Car Cell Phone Restrictions in Chicago Get OK
Updated: 04/05/2005 - Chicago drivers may soon need to use a hands-free device if they want to talk on their cell phones while driving.
Updated: 04/05/2005 - Chicago drivers may soon need to use a hands-free device if they want to talk on their cell phones while driving.
Updated: 04/05/2005 - A 24-year-old DeKalb woman is killed after being hit by a school bus.
Updated: 04/05/2005 - Several counterfeit $100 bills are turning up in Janesville.
Updated: 04/05/2005 - A California company is recalling Espresso Mocha cookies sold at Target stores in Illinois and more than 20 other states.
Updated: 04/05/2005 - Freeport's City Council agrees to an intergovernmental agreement on a plot of land slated for new development and jobs. Now, the vote is in the Stephenson County Board's hands.
Updated: 04/04/2005 - Polling places in Rockford will soon be open, but Rockford's three mayoral candidates are showing no signs of slowing down.
Updated: 04/04/2005 - Those lucky enough to meet the Pope share their experience and the legacy the pontiff leaves behind.
Updated: 04/04/2005 - Secretary of State Jesse White is changing the way motorcycles are registered in the state.
Updated: 04/04/2005 - The College of Cardinals shocked the world in 1978 when they chose a Polish Cardinal.
Updated: 04/03/2005 - 23 News reporter Nichole Vrsansky speaks with the incumbent for the final profile in our continuing coverage of the Rockford mayoral race.
Updated: 04/03/2005 - President Bush is calling Pope John Paul "a hero for the ages."
Updated: 04/03/2005 - As the news of the Pope's passing spread, many congregated together to reflect on his life.
Updated: 04/03/2005 - Pope John Paul II has died at 84.
Updated: 03/31/2005 - Rockford's mayoral candidates lay out their plans for the next four years on 23 WIFR.
Updated: 04/01/2005 - Independent mayoral candidate Larry Morrissey has a vision for his city, and he says he could unite Rockford's citizens to take control of our destiny.
Updated: 03/31/2005 - A construction accident Thursday afternoon at an elementary school in Janesville left three workers injured.
Updated: 03/31/2005 - The face of the Rockford City Council could soon be changing.
Updated: 03/31/2005 - The company that Gov. Rod Blagojevich hired to find extra flu vaccine is going to court to demand payment.
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Updated: 03/31/2005 - Illinois farmers are expected to plant more land to corn and less to soybeans this spring.
Updated: 03/31/2005 - A 5,000-acre plot of land near Freeport is the site of new industrial park, but Stephenson County and Freeport must still hammer out an intergovernmental agreement for any possibilities to move forward.
Updated: 03/31/2005 - In the first of 23 News Rockford mayoral previews, Republican candidate Gloria Cardenas Cudia explains why her versatile city background makes her the best choice for mayor.
Updated: 03/31/2005 - Police say the number of children targeted by online predators is growing at an alarming rate, but local leaders are trying to give our kids the tools to stop it.
Updated: 03/30/2005 - It was once an eyesore, but that's all about to change. One South Beloit brownfield will soon be sprouting green rewards: dollar signs!
Updated: 03/30/2005 - Motorists who speed through Illinois road construction zones could get their picture in the mail this summer, along with tickets packing fines of $375 or more.


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Morgan Stanley to Market Muni Bond Swaps for Lehman
(Corrects first paragraph and headline of story published April 28 to show Lehman was marketing credit default swaps on municipal securities.)
April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. hired Morgan Stanley to market a portfolio of credit default swaps on municipal securities valued at as much as $675 million to "monetize" the assets for creditors, the bankrupt securities firm said.
The swaps, which are bets on the default of the bonds of 14 municipalities, were valued by Lehman's special financing unit at $375 million to $675 million between October 2009 and March 2011, and are insured by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., according to a court filing yesterday.
Lehman Brothers Special Financing, the unit, holds the securities as part of a swap agreement, the company said. The municipal securities have a "notional" value of $8 billion, making the swap agreement difficult to sell to a single investor, it said.
Morgan Stanley will try to auction the portfolio to investors, earning an unspecified percentage of the proceeds as fees, Lehman said. It will be entitled to a minimum fee of $2.5 million if the transaction fails, it said.
The case is In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., 08-13555, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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2015 Chevy Volt Earns Top Safety Pick
February 5th, 2015 | by Christopher DeMorro
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently named the Chevy Volt as one of four Chevy products to earn a Top Safety Pick
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently named the Chevy Volt as one of four Chevy products to earn a Top Safety Pick
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A Texas jury has awarded the federal government $175,000,000 in damages over a defective highway guard rail that may have contributed to 5 deaths
October 4th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás
Bike rental kiosks are popping up all over the US, and more than 23 million people have taken a ride. But what's most impressive: is 0 of them have died
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Paul Elio's enclosed motorcycle is getting closer and closer to production, but can you put your kid in the thing? Watch as we try to get a baby seat in it
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Volvo has developed a pedestrian air bag that inflates in time to reduce head and neck injuries in the event a car hits a person or cyclist
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The standard media line might be that the Mitsubishi Lancer is an outdated car, but don't tell the IIHS, who rated the fun-to-drive sedan a Top Safety Pick
July 26th, 2014 | by Jo Borrás
Honda sacrificed one of its 2015 Acura NSX testers earlier this week, when the fire gods took the mule's life at Germany's Nurburgring- the Green Hell
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Will a Baby Seat Fit in a 2015 Chevy Colorado extended-cab pickup? Thanks to some clever GM packaging engineers, it looks like the answer could be: Yes!
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What happens when first responders reach an EV crash? Are they safe? This Tesla Model S crash safety video helps to dispel some of the myths of EV dangers
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17 CFR 10.22 - Complaint and notice of hearing.
(1) The legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is held;
The complaint shall set forth the matters of fact alleged therein in such manner as will permit a specific response to each allegation. The notice shall notify the respondent of his right to a hearing and shall specify the time required by § 10.23 of these rules for the filing of an answer and the consequence of failure to file an answer.
(b) Service. The Proceedings Clerk shall give appropriate notice to each respondent by serving them with a copy of the complaint and notice of hearing. Service may be made in person, by confirmed telegraphic notice, or by registered mail or certified mail, addressed to the last known business or residence address of the person to be served or the address of his duly authorized agent for service. If a respondent is not found at his last known business or residence address and no forwarding address is available, additional service may be made, at the discretion of the Commission, as follows:
(1) By publishing a notice of the filing of the proceeding and a summary of the complaint, approved by the Commission or the Administrative Law Judge, once a week for three consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers having a general circulation where the respondent's last known business or residence address was located and, if ascertainable, where the respondent is believed to reside or be doing business currently; and
(2) By continuously displaying the complaint on the Commission's Internet web site during the period referred to in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
[41 FR 2511, Jan. 16, 1976, as amended at 60 FR 54802, Oct. 26, 1995; 63 FR 55791, Oct. 19, 1998]
Title 17 published on 2014-04-01.
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4. Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover? (From "Liebeslieder Polkas" [S. 2/4]). Composed by PDQ Bach (1935-). Edited by Professor Peter Schickele. Mixed chorus. For Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto Solo, Tenor, Bass, Piano. Liebeslieder Polkas S. 2/4. Choral. Choral part(s). Standard notation. 5 pages. Duration 1 minute, 45 seconds. Theodore Presser Company #312-41331. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312413310).
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Immigration action delayed
Bill would crack down on illegal hirings
INDIANAPOLIS — Asked to wade into the illegal-immigration debate, state lawmakers got hours of conflicting advice Wednesday.
Business groups and activists for the Hispanic community urged lawmakers to defeat a bill that would crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants.
But advocates for border security urged lawmakers to pass the bill, saying illegal immigration has become a drain on Indiana's health care and education systems.
Questions about the proposal's influence led the Indiana House committee to postpone action on the bill, Senate Bill 335, until next week.
Although immigration normally is a federal issue, the bill's author, Sen. Mike Delph, contended inaction by Congress is forcing individual states to pass their own legislation. Delph, R-Carmel, said some employers continue to hire — and exploit — undocumented workers with impunity, and Delph's constituents have told him they want the state to act on the problem.
As passed by the state Senate, Delph's proposal contains the following provisions:
n Employers found to have knowingly hired undocumented immigrants would face a warning for the first offense. For a second offense, the employer's business license would be temporarily suspended. For a third offense within 10 years, the employer's license to conduct business in Indiana would be revoked.
n It would be a defense if the employer used a new federal online pilot program, E-Verify, to attempt to confirm a worker's eligibility status.
n The state attorney general's office and county prosecutors would be legally empowered to investigate complaints of businesses hiring illegal workers.
n The superintendent of the Indiana State Police would have to enter into an agreement with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to obtain training for state troopers and local police on enforcing federal immigration laws.
n Knowingly transporting, harboring or concealing illegal immigrants for profit would be a misdemeanor. Family members, churches and charities would be exempt from prosecution.
During hours of testimony Wednesday, the Indiana House Public Policy Committee got an earful from citizens and lobbyists supporting and opposing Senate Bill 335. Mary Jane Gonzalez of the Indiana State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce testified against it.
"We believe a lesser punishment for employers should be considered, versus that of revoking their business license if found to be in violation after three strikes within a 10-year period. Punishing the individual employee, perhaps — the one that is responsible for the action of knowingly hiring an undocumented worker — would be a more appropriate measure to take, would it not?" Gonzalez asked.
Witnesses supporting the bill argued jobs that could be filled by the least-skilled Hoosiers instead are going to undocumented workers who command lower wages.
State Rep. Trent Van Haaften, D-Mount Vernon, chaired the committee and questioned Delph about the Senate bill.
Van Haaften noted that as written, the bill would not apply to all employees, only to new employees who work more than 1,500 hours per year (about 28 hours per week), which would exclude many seasonal workers. Also in doubt is whether an employer could evade the law just by declaring all its workers are independent contractors, he said.
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Effect of depression on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in type 2 diabetes mellitus after 3 years follow up. The DIADEMA study protocol
Author affiliations
1 Unidad de Epidemiología Clínica e Investigación, Hospital Carlos III, (C/ Sinesio Delgado, 10), Madrid, (28029), Spain
2 Fundación de Investigación Biomédica, Hospital Carlos III, (C/ Sinesio Delgado, 10), Madrid, (28029), Spain
3 Unidad de Apoyo Técnico, Gerencia Adjunta de Planificación y Calidad del Servicio Madrileño de Salud, (C/ O'Donell, 55), Madrid, (28007), Spain
4 Gerencia, Hospital Carlos III, (C/ Sinesio Delgado, 10), Madrid, (28029), Spain
5 Centro de Salud Monóvar, Dirección Asistencial Este, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, Spain
6 Centro de Salud Vicente Muzas, Dirección Asistencial Este, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, Spain
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BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:95 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-12-95Published: 30 July 2012
Type 2 diabetes mellitus and depression are highly prevalent diseases that are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. There is evidence about a bidirectional association between depressive symptoms and type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, prognostic implications of the joint effects of these two diseases on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are not well-known.
A three-year, observational, prospective, cohort study, carried out in Primary Health Care Centres in Madrid (Spain). The project aims to analyze the effect of depression on cardiovascular events, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and to estimate a clinical predictive model of depression in these patients.
The number of patients required is 3255, all them with type 2 diabetes mellitus, older than 18 years, who regularly visit their Primary Health Care Centres and agree to participate. They are chosen by simple random sampling from the list of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus of each general practitioner.
The main outcome measures are all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular morbidity; and exposure variable is the major depressive disorder.
There will be a comparison between depressed and not depressed patients in all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, coronary artery disease and stroke using the Chi-squared test. Logistic regression with random effects will be used to adjust for prognostic factors. Confounding factors that might alter the effect recorded will be taken into account in this analysis. To assess the effect of depression on the mortality, a survival analysis will be used comparing the two groups using the log-rank test. The control of potential confounding variables will be performed by the construction of a Cox regression model.
Our study's main contribution is to evaluate the increase in the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, in depressed Spanish adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus attended in Primary Health Care Setting. It would also be useful to identify subgroups of patients for which the interventions could be more beneficial.


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FWAAR works to provide the necessary funding and research for the building of a sustainable women's shelter that will house Cotacachean victims of gender violence in rural Ecuador.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
FWAAR's Cotacachi Project addresses the need for emergency refuge for women victims of domestic violence in the rural Andean region of Cotacachi, Ecuador and serving as an intergral part of the Cotacachean Interfamilial Violence Network, the shelter will work to strengthen the already profound efforts to eliminate gender violence and promote women's empowerment in the community.
How will this project solve this problem?
FWAAR's role in the Cotacachi Project is two-fold. FWAAR seeks to generate substantial donations to financially facilitate the development of the women's shelter and provide our Ecuadorian partner organizations with comprehensive research.
Potential Long Term Impact
The FWAAR Cotacachi Project works to eliminate violence against women and children, and, until that happens, to provide safety and support to survivors of that violence as they take control of their own lives.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $593
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This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $593 . The original project funding goal was $10,000.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS - U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney admitted to having "numerous" affairs, including one with a Martin County employee, but says his re-election campaign moves on and he has done nothing illegal.
"Obviously I wasn't using good sense, I wasn't taking into consideration the pain and heartache it would cause my family. If I was smart, I wouldn't have done it," the Palm Beach Gardens Democrat said. "I owe my wife and daughter an apology and I owe all my constituents...what I did is I failed them, I let them down, period, there is no excuse."
In a one-on-one interview Friday afternoon at PGA National Resort and Spa, Mahoney said he wasn't thinking when he started a relationship with a woman who would later be hired to his congressional staff and eventually threaten a sexual harassment lawsuit after she was fired.
He said he paid the woman, Patricia Allen, $121,000 of his own money to prevent a sexual harassment lawsuit.
Nor was he thinking when he started a relationship with a Martin County employee that he said started only after he help set up a meeting that led to the county receiving federal money for hurricane cleanup.
The FBI is investigating whether Mahoney broke any laws or misused federal money when he hired his alleged mistress to work in his congressional office.
Federal agents also are examining whether a second affair Mahoney is alleged to have had with a Martin County official was the reason behind his decision to push for federal emergency funds for her county.
Meanwhile, the non-profit legal watchdog Citizens for Responsibility in Ethics in Washington, noted that by conducting a sexual relationship with an employee he supervised, and by firing that employee after the affair ended, Mahoney may have engaged in sexual harassment in violation of House Rule 23, clause 9, which incorporates the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibiting employment discrimination.
The Washington-based congressional newspaper The Hill reported Friday that the House Ethics Committee, which Mahoney has said he will ask for an investigation, is "reviewing" the matter and will interview Mahoney and others allegedly involved. No timeline was given.
Mahoney said he never did anything illegal in settling the threatened lawsuit or in helping Martin County get its FEMA grant, and he has no intention of ending his re-election campaign with less than three weeks until the Nov. 4 general election.
"I let people of the district down, they expect more," Mahoney said.
The freshman congressman came into office with a slogan "Restoring America's Values Begins at Home" after the previous office holder, Mark Foley, resigned amid the release of sexual Internet exchanges with Congressional pages.
"No one is calling up and saying good job. There are some saying I should get out of the race, there are others saying fess up, be honest, tell people you made a mistake, you've done a pretty good job so you should hang in."
Jeff Ostermayer, spokesman for Republican Tom Rooney, Mahoney's opponent in Florida's 16th District race, declined to comment on Mahoney's latest revelations.
"We're just going to run our campaign based on the issues," Ostermayer said.
Meanwhile, as Mahoney admitted to "numerous" affairs beyond the two initially reported — but not specifying a number — he said he was "shocked" when reports of the first affair were revealed Monday, while noting that bloggers had been suggesting the affairs for months and knew they could surface.
"I knew there was a potential, but at the same time you felt that people would need more than allegations," Mahoney said. "At the end of the day, this should never have happened. I should never have put myself in that position; I should have never made those bad personal choices."
As for the number of affairs: "I can't respond to rumors, I've admitted there have been numerous affairs," he said. "It's certainly more than two; numerous."
He said he's had an open discussion with his wife and considers that a private matter.
"I'm at a point in time in my personal life, where I have to sit down and work this problem through with my wife and daughter, they have done nothing wrong, it's all my responsibility," he said.
As for the voters, he said he hasn't violated his oath of office.
"People know me, I'm fairly well known, people know the work I've done, people know how effective I am," he said. "Having said that, they also know that as a person, I've had failings, and they need to decide whether or not they're going to give me another opportunity to continue my work.
"At the end of the day, I'm not in control of that, at this point in time. But I know one thing, if I've learned one thing of being in politics the last two years, it's that the people you represent have an extraordinary amount of wisdom and they will make the right choice. And at this stage of the game I'm happy to live with whatever choice they make."
Mahoney on Patricia Allen
Mahoney meet Allen, 50, a Hobe Sound resident, during his 2006 campaign and she was hired to the congressional staff after the affair began.
"The initial hiring happened after the campaign," he said.
The affair was on and off and she was fired by him in January after the affair ended.
"I didn't wake up that morning thinking she was going to end up resigning that day, or leaving that day or being fired that day."
A $121,000 payment to settle her threatened sexual harassment lawsuit came from his personal money, he said.
Mahoney on his affair with a Martin County employee
Mahoney is alleged to have lobbied on behalf of Martin County for federal money to cover hurricane debris removal from within gated communities.
He says he met the Palm City woman first when she was with other county officials who had traveled to Washington for the meeting with Federal Emergency Management Agency's administrator.
The relationship ended earlier this year as rumors started to appear on the Internet, he said.
"There was a situation where the same activity that was being put on the blogs was being pushed out and it just became very clear it was an untenable situation."
Mahoney on his campaign
He has no intention to withdraw or resign.
"With two weeks left, it's really not a viable option."
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The rap on Joaquin Phoenix?
The two-time Oscar nominee says his career change, from acting to music, is absolutely for real. Phoenix, a self-described "life poet," has been in his recording studio in Los Angeles, rapping about his world.
"I want it to be big. Not big like popular. I want it to really try and be, for me, the culmination of my life thus far," says Phoenix of his hip-hop debut, which is a work in progress. "I realize it's going to be for public consumption, so there are songs that are about — there are dance songs. Most of it, I think, is an internal exploration."
With his shaggy hair, disheveled attire and bushy beard, Phoenix, 34, marches to the beat of his own drummer. He's twitchy and not much of a talker, giving mostly brief, stilted answers. And during a subsequent photo shoot, he suddenly gets up and walks over to an artificial plant, rubbing his face in it.
And then there's his jumbled, hostile appearance Wednesday night on "The Late Show With David Letterman," during which Phoenix stuck a piece of chewed gum to Letterman's desk after a series of one-word answers. It's yet another development in the weird world of Phoenix, an idiosyncratic, intense actor who announced last fall that he was leaving his day job to pursue a music career. And this week, he was in New York to promote what he says is his final film, the drama "Two Lovers."
What, exactly, is going on with the actor? Not even his Two Lovers director, James Gray, who also worked with him on "We Own the Night" and "The Yards," can say for certain.
"People have asked me that this week, and all I can say is, you guys know as much as I do," Gray says. "He gives everything to the part. You have to call him the character name. He lives it. At the end of the shoot, he told me he was tired and didn't know if he could do this anymore.
"About two months after the movie was finished, my wife called me into the kitchen and showed me on the computer Joaquin looking like Rasputin saying he's quitting. I couldn't reach him. I went to his house and hopped the fence. He's built a recording studio in his house. He told me: 'I'm doing my own thing. I'm quitting.' "
Gray says that perhaps Phoenix "was just out of gas. We'd made two movies back to back, and I know he was very tired. Maybe he needs to recharge the batteries. I can't imagine that he's done. But maybe he is?"
Drugs aren't involved in his odd public behavior, Gray says. "That I can say for sure. When I talked to him last night at the premiere, he was astonishingly lucid. He's lucid and clear-eyed. He's very sensible. He's clear-minded."
In person, Phoenix alternates between curtness and charm. He amiably cracks jokes about Las Vegas and how you lose all ability to tell time there, but he will barely discuss his new movie. In "Two Lovers," Phoenix plays a troubled Brooklynite torn between the mercurial Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the proper Sandra (Vinessa Shaw). "It's just another movie," says Phoenix, who adds that he did it, "honestly, just to work with James. I really enjoyed working with him. I thought it was an interesting character. That's it."
How does it feel to be part of possibly his last press junket, usually a dreaded experience for actors?
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Medicare Physician Payments:
Concerns about Spending Target System Prompt Interest in Considering Reforms
GAO-05-85: Published: Oct 8, 2004. Publicly Released: Oct 8, 2004.
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Concerns were raised about the current system Medicare uses to determine annual changes to physician fees--the sustainable growth rate (SGR) system--when fees were reduced by 5.4 percent in 2002. Subsequent administrative and legislative actions modified or overrode the SGR system, resulting in fee increases for 2003, 2004, and 2005. However, projected fee reductions for 2006-2012 have raised new concerns about the SGR system. Policymakers are considering whether to eliminate spending targets or modify them. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) required that GAO study SGR and potential alternatives to the system. This report examines (1) how the SGR system is designed to control spending for physician services, (2) what concerns have been raised about the SGR system and its components, (3) what affects the stability and predictability of physician fee updates under the SGR system, and (4) what alternatives to the current SGR system exist. GAO reviewed relevant laws and regulations and interviewed officials and organizations representing physicians. On the basis of this information, GAO identified potential alternatives to the SGR system and requested illustrative simulations of fee updates and spending on physician services from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
To moderate Medicare spending for physician services, the SGR system sets spending targets and adjusts physician fees based on the extent to which actual spending aligns with specified targets. If growth in the number of services provided to each beneficiary--referred to as volume--and in the average complexity and costliness of services--referred to as intensity--is high enough to cause spending to exceed the SGR target, fee updates are set lower than inflation in the cost of operating a medical practice. A wide enough gap between spending and the target results in fee reductions. Physician groups are dissatisfied with SGR as a system to update physician fees. For example, they question the fairness of including rapidly growing spending for physician-administered drugs in the SGR system's definition of physician services expenditures. The groups also contend that the allowance for growth in volume and intensity is too low and lacks the flexibility to allow for factors outside physicians' control. Fee updates under the SGR system have varied widely within an allowed range largely because of annual fluctuations in the growth of the volume and intensity of services that physicians provide to beneficiaries. Certain system design features, such as the use of cumulative spending targets and the need to estimate data, also reduce the stability and predictability of updates. However, MMA's revision of the allowance for growth in volume and intensity of services from an annual change to a 10-year moving average will help to make future updates more stable and predictable. Possible alternatives to the SGR system cluster around the two broad approaches under consideration: (1) end the use of spending targets and separate fee updates from explicit efforts to moderate spending growth or (2) retain spending targets but modify the current SGR system to address perceived shortcomings. CMS projects that either of the two approaches will result in higher aggregate spending, thereby increasing the difficulty of addressing Medicare's long-run financial challenges. The first approach emphasizes stable fee updates, while the second approach automatically adjusts fee updates if spending growth deviates from a predetermined target. While seeking to pay physicians appropriately, it is important to consider how modifications or alterations to the SGR system would affect the long-term sustainability and affordability of the Medicare program. In this context, the choice between the two approaches may hinge on whether primary consideration should be given to stable fee increases or to the need for fiscal discipline within the Medicare program. CMS agreed with the concluding observations in the draft report. Groups representing physicians commented that overall, the draft report offered a good analysis of problems with the SGR system, but did not fully reflect their concerns. We modified the draft as appropriate.
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Suarez, the Uruguayan Football Association and Barcelona - who spent £75m to sign the striker from Liverpool this summer - appealed to CAS over the severity of the punishment and a number of restrictions have now been lifted.
He will not be able to play a competitive game until the clasico against arch-rivals Real Madrid on October 26 but he will be able to train and feature in friendlies.
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hate to say this, but I am in my late 20s and I can't get my life together. I'm going to school and will finish next year with a BA at a university,... Show More
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Stop looking back and regerting stuff Or thinking about stufF that happened ages ago.
You are 24 right? It is not too late,you have nothing to worry about like wife,children...etc. Restart, You have time to rebuild yourself and do better,take other courses you like,Start working and studying again,you are now just wasting time sitting,complaining and putting yourself down the way others did to you.
Just let that go and start from now making plans, visualize your goal,imagine that you are going to it And work to Really get to it.
We humans need someone to motivates us,doesn't matter if it's in a negative or possitive way,even If they called you loser,it is a way for you to move forward,they are pushing you forward to prove the opposite.
Yea,We feel weak when no one encouarges us or with us, things end up hard on us. but it is OK, you are not alone, your parents are waiting for you to be that person who they couldn't be. a successful man. you are alive so keep trying to acheive your goal,you are not going to lose anything.
Make at least your parents proud of having you in their lives.
And you are not a lazy loser, prove that, not to them or to anyone else but yourself, do you think that they are right? What others think about you doesn't matter,what you think of yourself does.
What Girls Said 3
You aren't labeled a loser, least you shouldn't be! No one should judge you based on what you went through, don't think that every bad thing that occurs is because of what all has happened. Just saying! I'm sure that you are a wonderful guy, one day you will bet married.. Things happen at certain rates, not everything goes according to plan. But when the time comes, you will be happy:)
My advice to you would be to focus on YOU right now. It was very noble of you to care for your family when you did, but now its YOUR turn.
I was a late bloomer just as you. My career didn't begin until age 26, so your not alone.
In todays economy, any job is a asset right now. If I were you I would get a job. Any job. Once your working steadily, it will be much easier to find and land a better one. Everyone has to start somewhere. And once your working I bet your outlook on life, your self esteem ect will greatly improve, and trust me, women respond to that..
If you choose to return to school, do so at night so you can continue to work.
Good luck :-)
What Guys Said 1
Bro, I didn't get into uni until my late 20's. And even then, it was my early 20's when I decided what I wanted to do with my life.
I'm still on my path, and even though it may take longer than everyone else to get their sh*t together, the advice I can offer you is this:
Alpha males don't run with the pack, they lead it.
What I mean is, other people expect you to me at a certain point in your life. But what about you.
The most successful people in this world are the ones that make the scarifices nessessary to get to where they need to be.
When you've reached YOUR GOAL in life (not the ones others expect of you), then you can be prepared to live the life you want.
In all the time I tried to get into uni, I only got to do less than a year of study when I got there. The life expectancies of other people got in the way of my goals. Now that I am in my 30's I am planning to go back.
I'm not married either, but that is the scarifice I make to get what I want.
You are not a Lazy Loser,
You are like me, potential in potential.
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Teriyaki Canapes
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|Sirloin steak
|1 Pound, all visible fat removed
|Ground ginger
|2 Teaspoon
|1 Clove (5 gm), minced
|1 Small, minced
|1 Tablespoon
|2 1⁄2 Tablespoon
|Light soy sauce
|1 Tablespoon
|Hot pepper oil
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|3 Tablespoon
|Red wine
|1 Tablespoon
Cut steak into small cubes.
Combine remaining ingredients in a glass bowl.
Add steak and stir to coat well.
Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours, or preferably overnight.
Drain, reserving marinade.
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I bought this pump to drain my pool so I could power wash and apply some plaster patch. I was surprised by how quiet it is. The 1350 gph rating seems about...Read complete review
I bought this pump to drain my pool so I could power wash and apply some plaster patch. I was surprised by how quiet it is. The 1350 gph rating seems about right.The pump I received draws about 170 watts, or about 1.5 amps. The name plate rating is 2.2 amps. At Southern California Edison rates, you could run this pump for about $350 a year. Good to know if you plan on using this for a pond or other continuous duty application.
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Although this is an improvement over past models with the piddle valve that allows it to purge trapped air before it burns up the motor, it is still a piece of junk, don't buy...Read complete review
Although this is an improvement over past models with the piddle valve that allows it to purge trapped air before it burns up the motor, it is still a piece of junk, don't buy it if you expect it to last, certainly not without the extended warranty. I bought this pump less than a year ago, after only several uses to empty what little rain we get in Tucson rain from an empty pool, pushing a lift of about 15' through a garden hose, it's clearly on it's way to failulre.It does a good job of pumping BUT it's managed to push water into itself past the shaft seal and I can hear it sloshing around inside but there is no way to drain it. The bearing is failing, makes noise does not rotate smoothly. Typical of HF products, it's the cheap rubber parts like orings and seals that will cause premature failure.Make sure you don't buy til you need it, check it each time you use it, you might be need to take it back and have it replaced after every use or better yet return it get your money back, get another only when you need it, no point in letting the warranty expire while it's sitting on your shelf unused.The seal between the base and motor housing deforms too easily does a poor job of sealing as well, when I took it off to unjam it (a tiny piece of gravel jammed the impeller)I noticed the motor that is simply pressed into the plastic housing is rusting atound the edges though perhaps it's the water now trapped inside the unit causing it.About the only thing durable about this is the cord, to be reused later for some other appliance.Sadly I have yet to buy ANY pump from HF and have satisfactory results, even the 1 HP trash model, which had the same seal issue and pumped water inside itself.
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I bought this pump on March15 2015 when the ground became to saturated and my grey water tank could no longer empty on its own. I had no idea we would be subjected to 5 more weeks of terential down pours which gave everyone in Texas one heck of a time. I've used this little pump daily to keep my gray water tank low enough so we could wash dishes and shower, without it we would of been showering outside and doing dishes in pots. I will say though it pumps about 250 gallons an hour instead of the listed 1330 on the specs. No matter though it gets the job done. I even went out and bought another one just to keep a spare. In defense of the listed 1330 gal/hour it's possible I'm only getting 250gal/hour because I'm using a 100 ft house to discharge the grey water.
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I bought the pump so I can keep the water off my above-ground pool cover. It works great. I use my pool skimming net extension pole, with an S-hook, to set the pump in the middle of the pool cover. The pump moves a couple hundred gallons off the the cover in no time. This is the second year I have had the pump and it HAS to be one of the best purchases I have made. If you have ever had a load of crud fall into your pool when you take cover off in the spring, you will appreciate a clean, dry cover.
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