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AboutCryosite is Australia's leading family cord blood bank. Cryosite was the first private cord blood bank in Australia in 2002, the first to be fully licensed by the TGA for using their own laboratory, and finally the first to be fully licensed to privately store cord blood for all children in the family. Cryosite is the only cord blood laboratory in Australia that processes their client's cord blood in clean rooms. Cryosite is publicly traded on the ASX (code CTE).
Labs and LocationsAll of Cryosite's stem cell services are fully licensed by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) - this is important because it guarantees parents regulatory oversight of the Quality and Safety of their children's stem cells into the future.
Cryosite's laboratories and cryopreservation operations are located in new state-of-the-art GMP clean rooms in Sydney, Australia. Cryosite is the ONLY cord blood laboratory in Australia that processes their clients cord blood in clean rooms. Cryosite's facilities have been fully licensed by the TGA (since 2002) and are fully accredited to ISO 15189 and ISO 17025. Cryosite transports and processes cord blood from all parts of Australia and most of SE Asia.
Cryosite's facilities include two GMP-standard clean room laboratories. One laboratory is dedicated to the routine processing and testing of cord blood. The second is a dedicated R&D laboratory that allows Cryosite to partner on a range of stem cell associated projects, including the manufacture of advanced cellular therapy products for clinical trials. Cryosite's facility employs sophisticated IT, environmental monitoring, security and remote alarm systems and is fully supported by automated backup diesel generator power.
Business ExperienceCryosite is an Australian public company and is listed on the ASX (code CTE), thus making their financial position available for public scrutiny. As parents store their children's cord blood for decades, it is important that they have confidence in the long term financial stability of their cord blood bank.
Cryosite commenced operations in 1999, and is the leading private cord blood bank in Australia today. Cryosite was the first private cord blood bank in Australia (2002), the first to be fully licensed by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for processing and storing stem cells in their OWN laboratories (2002), and the first to be granted a Family Cord Blood Bank license by the TGA (2011).
Cryosite has developed a robust and well diversified business model. In additional to family cord blood banking services, Cryosite is internationally recognised for the provision of sophisticated cold chain and cryogenic storage services to major global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Cryosite's services include Adult Stem Cell Banking, Bio-repository management, Clinical Trials logistics and specialised cold chain distribution services.
Cryosite's senior staff have previously worked in the public bio-banking sector, including the Australian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service and the Australian Public Cord Blood Bank.
Collection KitCryosite's Cord Blood Collection Kit is registered as a Class IIb Medical Device by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). The collection kit contains everything required to collect cord and maternal blood and transport it safely back to Cryosite for processing, testing and long term storage. All items in the kit are individually traceable to a child's cord blood by batch number and expiry date.
Cord blood is collected by gravity feed into a sterile cord blood collection bag. The collection bag can be used in the operating theatre for C-Section deliveries. Each cord blood collection kit includes unique bar-code labels to positively identify your child's cord blood, maternal samples and all associated collection paperwork.
Transportation ContainerTo ensure the temperature remains within range during transport, Cryosite transports cord blood in a validated insulated cord blood shipper with preconditioned gel packs (supplied by our courier). Cryosite's couriers place the preconditioned gel packs into the shipper immediately prior to transport. An automated data-logger is used to monitor the temperature of the cord blood and maternal samples during transport.
Shipping Info:After the Cord Blood is collected, parents phone Cryosite's 24/7 call centre and we coordinate the dispatch of a specialist medical courier to pick up your child's cord blood from your hospital or birthing centre. Keep the collection kit with you until our courier arrives. All cord blood collections are transported to our Sydney Laboratories and processing commences within 36 hours of birth. We co-ordinate the necessary air and land transport from anywhere in Australia or SE Asia. Cryosite tracks your cord blood from the point of collection until receipt by the laboratory. Shipping within Australia is included in the price. Cryosite quotes separately for international shipping.
Processing MethodCord blood is initially separated by centrifugation and volume reduced using Optipress II methodology. Cryopreservation is performed using 10% DMSO/Dextran and frozen at 1-3 degC per minute (Cryosite only utilises premixed single use vials of cryo-preservative).
All cord blood is processed inside positive pressure clean rooms to eliminate the potential for cross contamination. Cryosite is the ONLY cord blood laboratory in Australia that processes their clients cord blood in clean rooms.
Components StoredCord Blood stem cells are stored in two individual freezing bags in vapour phase liquid nitrogen (below minus 180 deg C) together with small archive vials to enable mandatory pre-release testing without compromising stem cell Quality. Maternal samples are archived for future testing in minus 80 deg Freezers.
Storage MethodCord blood is stored in two individual freezing bags in the vapour phase of cryogenic nitrogen (below minus 180 deg C). Cryosite's storage tanks are remotely alarmed and monitored, and a permanent history of storage temperatures is maintained. Cryosite's comprehensive QA program monitors the long term viability of donated test samples (these are not our client's samples) to ensure there is no loss of viability over the storage period. Once the cord blood stem cells are successfully stored, Cryosite issues parents with a Certificate of Storage.
Licensing & AccreditationCryosite is fully licensed by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for Family Cord Blood Banking and is the only cord blood laboratory in Australia to be accredited to ISO standards (ISO 15189 and ISO 17025).
Cryosite holds the following regulatory licenses and accreditation:
• Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA): Licence number MI-18072008-LI-002488-11 (since 2002). In Australia, the TGA is responsible for regulating the manufacture of all therapeutic goods. This includes blood, tissues, cellular therapies and cord blood (HPCs).
• National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA): Accreditation number 14598 (since 2002).
• International Standards Organisation (ISO): Cryosite's laboratories are accredited to AS ISO 15189:2009 and 17025.
• ASX Listed: (ASX code CTE).
As Cryosite is a publicly listed company, our current and ongoing financial position is also independently audited, is publicly available, and complies with the Corporations Act and Accounting Standards & Corporations Regulations.
Clinical ExperienceCryosite has successfully released cord blood for clinical use between family members (directed allogeneic treatment) and was the first private cord blood bank in Australia to be granted a Family Cord Blood Banking license. Patient updates, where approved by client, are included on our website. Also, Cryosite has released over 10 adult HPC-A stem cells for the treatment of cancer in adults.
InsuranceWhen storing your child's stem cells for many years into the future, the best guarantee that your cord blood bank will be there when you need them is to take the time to assess their experience and financial stability.
Cryosite is Australia's only publicly listed cord blood bank (ASX code CTE) and is therefore the only cord blood bank to make its financial position available for public scrutiny. Cryosite has developed a diversified and secure business model and has a strong record of profitable operations. Cryosite commenced operations in 1999, and has offered Australian parents the option of private cord blood banking, in our own TGA licensed laboratories, since 2002.
While Cryosite understands that long term cord blood bank stability is a major concern for many parents, please be aware that it is not possible to provide a contractual guarantee regarding the long term storage options or costs associated with transferring cord blood to another provider in the unlikely event that Cryosite was unable to provide storage at some time in the future.
Community ServiceIn the circumstance where a family cannot afford to bank their child's cord blood and their child, or another family member, has been diagnosed with a condition for which the treating clinician has determined the cord blood is likely to be used, Cryosite can assist to meet the costs of collecting and processing the cord blood. Please contact us to discuss your needs and eligibility.
Cryosite has an active community education program and provides cord blood education sessions for parents, obstetricians, and midwives.
PricesCryosite strives to keep the prices for cord blood banking as low as possible without compromising the quality of the service, which is our absolute priority. Cryosite does not require full payment until your child's stem cells are safely stored. Cryosite has payment plans for initial storage periods of either 18 or 25 years. When your child turns 18 or 25, they can extend the storage period by paying a nominal annual storage fee. Full details of our payment plans are included in our Storage Agreement (available on our website www.cryosite.com).
Additional Cryosite Discounts or fees:
• Existing Cryosite clients - $200 discount
• If you have previously banked with someone else - $150 discount
• Twins Discount - $400 discount
• Refer a friend bonus - $50 Gift card
• Late Registrations – An additional charge may apply if a collection kit needs to be sent using a "same day" courier.
• Collection Fees - There is no collection fee if your doctor or midwife performs the cord blood and maternal collection for you. A collection fee may apply if you require Cryosite to provide you with a collector.
A note on comparing costs:
The viability of banked cord blood stem cells and its availability for future use, depends on the experience of the scientists, and the long term security of company you chose to bank with. Parents have a choice between several private banks and when deciding, the experience and security of the cord blood company, as well as the cost, is an important consideration.
Initial Storage Period
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a: 10 monthly payments commencing one month after your child's birth
b: 17 annual payments commencing the year after your child's birth. Annual fees are subject to CPI increase. Early repayment discounts are available.
Additional ServicesAdditional Services
In addition to private cord blood banking Cryosite also provides the following additional services:
• Adult Stem Cell Banking
• Adipose derived MSC banking
• GMP banking for Master and Working Banks
• Clinical Trials Logistics services
• Bio-repository management services
Cryosite has partnered with regenerative medicine company, Regeneus, to jointly develop a protocol for the cryopreservation of human regenerative stem cells. A first within Australia, these regenerative cells can be stored as a patient's own "biobank" for future treatments of their musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis. The process involves harvesting a small amount of a patient's own adipose (fat) tissue, extracting the regenerative cells and re-injecting the cell preparation in osteoarthritic-affected joints such as knees, hips and ankles. These extracted regenerative cells include mesenchymal stem cells and adipocytes, which work together to reduce inflammation and also promote regeneration and repair of tissue.


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Lyle, left, who joined Ton in January, will become the seventh player to be freed by Moore this week.
The player had continued to turn out for the club despite hitting the headlines after his arrest and subsequent court appearance last month, where he was charged with drugs offences.
But the club have now offered a contract to Carlo Monti, after discussions between Moore and the player's agent this week.
The Ton boss said: "Derek won't be staying with us after this season - but we have offered Carlo Monti a new contract which he is looking at."
Meanwhile, Stuart McCaffrey and Marc Smyth have now both signed new contracts with the club which will keep the pair at Cappielow for another season.
The central defensive duo have established themselves as stalwarts this term - with McCaffrey assuming the role as club captain.
And Brian Graham is ready to follow suit after verbally agreeing terms on a new deal - with the striker hopeful of putting pen to paper on the contract by the weekend.
Graham, who became a father for the first time last week, admits he is looking to make an explosive start to next season.
He said: "I've spoken to the gaffer and he's going to offer me a new deal and wants me to stay fit over pre-season and hopefully get firing right from the start.
"I've not signed anything officially yet, but I'll hopefully get it tied up by the end of the week.
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Day 104: Well…I've been a bad boy
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Ecumenism Needs Spirituality and Prayer, Says John Paul II
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VATICAN CITY, NOV. 4, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Without prayer and spirituality there can be no progress in ecumenism, says John Paul II in a message to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
For this reason, the Pope stressed the importance of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, held traditionally in the Northern Hemisphere from Jan. 18-25.
Next year, the theme will be "My Peace I Give to You." Texts for the celebration have been prepared by Christians of various confessions of the ancient city of Alepo in Syria (see www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/sub-index/index_weeks-prayer.htm).
In a message, the Holy Father reminded the participants of the council's plenary assembly that he has made several appeals for a profound approach to this initiative.
In particular, he expressed the need for the Week of Prayer "to be a widespread practice that is followed, and to avoid its becoming a routine."
On the contrary, this initiative "must be constantly animated by the sincere desire for an ever more widespread commitment in favor of the restoration of the unity of all the baptized," the papal message emphasized.
John Paul II added that he "had in many ways encouraged the faithful of the Catholic Church not to neglect the prayer for Christian unity in their daily dialogue with God."
"The ecumenical road is certainly not easy," he said. "As we advance, the obstacles are seen with greater facility and the difficulties are felt in a more lucid manner."
In this context, the Pope pointed out the decisive importance of "ecumenical spirituality," which this week has gathered cardinals, patriarchs, bishops and theologians in Rome.
The Pontiff described the present state of ecumenical relations as an "intermediate period," following the great impetus given in this area by the Second Vatican Council.
"The prospect of visible full communion might at times generate painful phenomena and reactions among those who wish to accelerate the process at all costs or those who are discouraged by the long road yet to be traveled," John Paul II said.
"We, however, putting ourselves in the school of ecumenism, are learning to live this intermediate period with humble confidence, in the awareness that it constitutes, in any case, a road of no return," he added.
Ecumenism is not an "appendix of the Church's traditional activity," the message said. On the contrary, it "forms part in an organic manner of its life and action."


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Anas ibn Malik
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Anas bin Maalik ibn Nadar al-Khazraji Al-Ansari (Arabic: أنس بن مالك الخزرجي الأنصاري, c.612-712[citation needed], or died 709[1]) was a well-known sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
He was an Ansar of the Banu Khazraj[citation needed]. He is not to be confused with Malik ibn Anas. Anas ibn Malik, was the last of the sahaba to die at al-Basrah in 93 AH aged 103.[2]
Anas ibn Malik was born 10 years before the Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad to the Bani Khazraj tribe of Yathrib. He was present in Madinah during Muhammad's time there and afterwards. He was the longest lived of the Companions of the Prophet, having died 93 years after the Hijrah (approximately 711 CE).[3]
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He was born to Umm Sulaim (of the Banu Najjar) and Malik ibn Nadr. After the father of Anas died a non-Muslim, his mother remarried a new convert (Abu Talha ibn Thabit), and he gained a half-brother, Abdullah ibn Abu Talha.[4]
He had been presented to Muhammad as a servant by his mother at an early age.[1]
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After Muhammad's death in 632, he participated in the wars of conquest,[1] and went to Damascus and later settled in Basra[citation needed].
He was one of the longest living companions of Muhammad[citation needed].
On February 25, 2006, his tomb west of Basrah was attacked and vandalized[citation needed].
Sunni view[edit]
He is one of the major narrators of hadith, and like all of the Sahaba, is considered trustworthy.
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- ^ a b c Finding the Truth in Judging the Companinons, 1. 84-5; EI2, 1. 482 A. J. WensinckJ. Robson
- ^ T. P. Hughes, 1885/1999, Dictionary of Islam, New Delhi: Rupa & Co.
- ^ "أنس بن مالك". Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ Biography of Rumaysa bint Milhan - Mother of Anas bin Malik at Compendium of Muslim Texts
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Hi gang,
Likely by now, you've heard about the Amanda Hocking/St. Martin's Press book deal. If not, here's the link to the NY Times article:
Here is a direct quote from Mr. Matthew Shear at St. Martin's Press about the plus side of going the "traditional" route:
"But a publisher provides an extraordinary amount of knowledge into the whole publishing process. We have the editors, we have the marketers, we have the art directors, we have the publicists, we have the sales force. And they can go out and get Amanda's books to a much, much bigger readership than she had been able to get to before."
One of the more common critiques I've heard about her books was the need for more/better editing.
So on the one hand, agents/publishers are saying "We're not going to edit for you, do all of that before you bring it to us." And on the other hand, Mr. Shear above is touting the fact that editors will hit your ms before it goes to print. [You could also replace "edit" in the above example with marketing, sales, or advertising...]
Before anyone points it out: I know--I KNOW--your ms must be in top shape before you shop it out to potential agents, so I'm not saying people should send out drafts and hope an agent can read between the grammatically incorrect lines to see the gem beneath.
However, one of my (many) fears of the query process is that an agent (or their assistant?) will see my misuse of a semi-colon or inappropriately placed comma, and automatically give me the stamp of rejection.
Is the pendulum swinging more towards a middle, common ground? Have publishers seen enough potential clients flee to the indie scene while still being inundated with poorly crafted drafts, that they feel the need to take a step towards the authors and maybe meet in the middle?
Mr. Shear's comment suggested the editing function as something self-published authors don't automatically have, but I guess I never believed traditional authors received much in the way of editing, art, or sales services from their publishing houses either.


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My Detachment: A Memoirby Tracy Kidder
"To see what raw war stories can become with the benefit of time and distance, consider Tracy Kidder's My Detachment, a title he chose deliberately for its double meaning. Kidder waited 35 years to write the book, which recounts a year spent in command of an eight-man detachment during the Vietnam War....Kidder eventually fashioned a shrewdly observed memoir that gets beyond the customary guts-and-glory, war-is-hell accounts." Sarah Courteau, The Iowa Review (read the entire review from The Iowa Review)
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My Detachment is a war story like none you have ever read before, an unromanticized portrait of a young man coming of age in the controversial war that defined a generation. In an astonishingly honest, comic, and moving account of his tour of duty in Vietnam, master storyteller Tracy Kidder writes for the first time about himself. This extraordinary memoir is destined to become a classic.
Kidder was an ROTC intelligence officer, just months out of college and expecting a stateside assignment, when his orders arrived for Vietnam. There, lovesick, anxious, and melancholic, he tried to assume command of his detachment, a ragtag band of eight more-or-less ungovernable men charged with reporting on enemy radio locations.
He eventually learned not only to lead them but to laugh and drink with them as they shared the boredom, pointlessness, and fear of war. Together, they sought a ghostly enemy, homing in on radio transmissions and funneling intelligence gathered by others. Kidder realized that he would spend his time in Vietnam listening in on battle but never actually experiencing it.
With remarkable clarity and with great detachment, Kidder looks back at himself from across three and a half decades, confessing how, as a young lieutenant, he sought to borrow from the tragedy around him and to imagine himself a romantic hero. Unrelentingly honest, rueful, and revealing, My Detachment gives us war without heroism, while preserving those rare moments of redeeming grace in the midst of lunacy and danger. The officers and men of My Detachment are not the sort of people who appear in war movies — they are the ones who appear only in war, and they are unforgettable.
"The author of The Soul of a New Machine put in a year during the Vietnam War; he was a reluctant warrior. Kidder joined ROTC in his junior year at Harvard as a way of avoiding the draft's uncertainties. Two years later he was taking part in a war that he found 'unnecessary, futile, racist,' serving as a lieutenant commanding an Army Security Agency detachment of eight enlisted men inside a well-fortified infantry base camp. As a shaved-headed ROTC cadet and later as an army officer, Kidder felt 'separated from my social class, from my student generation'; in Vietnam, he detached himself emotionally from the mind-numbing army bureaucracy, from his ticket-punching career officer superiors and from his iconoclastic, work-shirking enlisted men. For Kidder, there are no heroes, and, in fact, few 'war stories'; he presents, instead, realistic day-to-day reports on what happened to him at his posting: the mission was to interpret enemy troop movements using raw intelligence data supplied by eavesdropping technology. His account is an introspective, demythologizing dose of reality seen through the eyes of a perceptive, though immature, army intelligence lieutenant at a rear-area base camp. War isn't hell here; it's 'an abstraction, dots on a map.' Agent, Georges Borchardt. (Sept. 13)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"[G]racefully written and full of rueful, black humor....A modest contribution compared to such classics such as Dispatches and A Rumor of War, but worthy of attention all the same." Kirkus Reviews
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Conversation with Scott Anderson
For the next installment of my occasional Conversations series where leaders share their perspectives on the place of GLBT people in communities of faith, I recently spoke with Scott Anderson, the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches. Scott was recently approved for ordination after declaring a scruple that was deemed a non-essential departure from church rules by the John Knox Presbytery. A complaint has been filed against John Knox Presbytery for their decision, postponing ordination until the PCUSA church courts rule on the matter.
What is one of the defining moments in your life as a Christian?
In my second year of seminary, I came out to myself and had to make the decision which faces all LGBT candidates for ministry: to follow my call and stay closeted or be an honest and open person about who God made me to be. God's call trumped every other consideration for me. In 1990, after 8 years of ministry, I was forced to come out as gay. That was the best and the worst moment of my life. It felt like I gained my humanity back and my integrity. It was very freeing to share with people I care about who I fully am.
How has your personal journey to a second ordination in the PCUSA strengthened or challenged your faith?
My personal journey strengthened me over all. Coming to accept my sexual orientation when I was in seminary was not a crisis for me; my progressive PCUSA upbringing taught me that God's love is for all, including me. When members of the church I was serving in 1990 outed me as gay I did not feel that God abandoned me, but it was painful to realize how very human the institution of the church is.
After leaving ordained office, I found a ministry in the ecumenical setting where I have served for twenty years. The distance this ministry has given me from the PCUSA church family helped me to heal and has allowed me to participate in the PCUSA conflict in a more constructive and life-giving way.
Is there a prayer or meditation that helps you make it through trying times?
I have a daily regimen of primarily intercessory prayer. And I have Biblical texts in my hip pocket, so to speak, that I draw on for strength. The raising of Lazarus, John 11, sustains me as a gay man, because coming out was such a resurrection experience for me. In the past year, my partner's father and my mother died. The assurance in Romans 8 that nothing can separate us from the love of God comforted me in the midst of all that.
In your mind, what are the Biblical foundations for LGBT inclusion in the church?
I mentioned the Lazarus story in John 11 already. The Creation Story in Genesis 2 is also very important. The literal Hebrew in Genesis 2:18 means that God created us "for partnership." Being in partnership with another is a central aspect of our being made in the image of God. Of course, Acts 10-15 teaches us that God knows no partiality. And Paul uses the image of Christ and the church in Ephesians 5 to help us understand the bond between spouses. Paul uses the example of husband and wife, but nothing limits the image for the covenant between Christ and us to a man and a woman.
Do you have a story of a person who embodies Christ's teachings?
The person who comes to my mind is the journalist, Andrew Sullivan, whom I have never met. I am moved by his writing and his immense integrity. His politics as a Republican are more conservative than mine, but I see him as a bridge builder who straddles worlds (Republican, Catholic, gay) and is able to negotiate between them in a remarkable way. There was a period in which I was a fiery advocate for political change in the PCUSA but I did not find it very effective. I shifted to building personal relationships and find that more effective for me.
What would you say to those Christians who have a different view on inclusion?
Let's talk!
At this point I have no interest in fighting. In the three-year process to seek ordination again in the John Knox Presbytery, the great thing is that we have gotten to know each other well as persons. We have a relationship even in the midst of our disagreement on some things. The important thing is to behave well with one another.
Change is not linear or intellectual. It is more a conversion experience. Arguing about what the Bible says is not helpful. Change is the work of the Holy Spirit among us in the midst of community.
What can we do to foster dialogue and build bridges with people with different views on inclusion?
By offering. We need to create every opportunity to talk in order to get to know one another better. We are compelled to offer the invitation to join in community all the time. And then hope that the other will accept the invitation.


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This has been a common situation in the past that is progressively correcting itself thanks to my new found body positivity.
I never used to understand how my husband saw me as sexy. How he could be attracted to me.
And recently I've begun to understand the difference between "acknowledging attractiveness", and "being attracted to". You see, I have what would probably be considered a very strange taste in men. Male celebrities to be exact.
While my friends and sister salivate over the likes of Ryan Gosling and Channing Tatum, I prefer my men to have a little more character and a little less photoshop. And this is where the difference comes in. I can acknowledge that both Gosling and Tatum are attractive men, and I'm sure I'd blush in their presence and giggle like an idiot (because I do that with every celebrity I meet), but there's something about them that lacks kindling to get my fires burning.
Attractive Vs Attracted To.People can totally be both! It's amazing. And thinking that way has really opened my eyes to how others see me, and how I perhaps should see myself.
Now, to get over the whole sentimental self discovery stuff, here's a list of the top celebrities that get my engine running, as opposed to their typical movie counterparts.
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I'm in the market for a new bag. I have two: a WM Ultralite I rarely use; and a Golite 1+ season that has become my regular three-season choice (have had it to mid 30s using the usual tricks).My wife will be backpacking with me this summer (Cascades, Seven Devils) and will use the Ultralite. She's comfortable in it, it's plenty warm for conditions, and it fits her "no quilts" requirement. I could stay with the Golite, but at 19 oz the warmth:weight is not ideal. Plus, for versatility, I'd prefer a bag I could take maybe 10F lower, or use in the 30s with less hassle. If I get a new 30F bag, the Golite will likely become my daughter's (or I'll sell it).Being a member in good standing of the Church of BPL, I've made a spreadsheet of my choices:(If the text is too small, I've also placed it as a PDF under gear lists in my profile)The spreadsheet is sorted by temp, then total weight (lowest to highest), then fill weight (highest to lowest), then price. All specs are from manufacturers.It looks like the EE Enigma hits a sweet spot. Any input, esp. from members with experience with any of these bags? It would be great if construction quality and actual performance vs. specs could be addressed.Thanks.(edited for clarity; edited to add FF Vireo)
Edited by DavidDrake on 03/09/2014 14:43:01 MDT.
I'd throw the FFriends Vireo into your mix. I bought a bone stock Vireo Nano over Christmas and have been quite impressed thus far. The design works; the lower 2/3s is a very slim 20 degree bag, and the design of the upper part really cinches around a puffy well. Select an appropriate coat, and taking it down to 20 or lower is very comfortable. Construction quality and detailing is exceptional all around. Cheaper than anything you've listed, as well.
I'm sure people will chime in on build quality, but I know which one I'd chose: Any of the sub-20oz bags with 2" loft and 2 more ounces of down / $100 less than their competition. The Enigma is working some fabric magic to make the shell with 5oz. My guess is most of the savings is in an efficient sewn footbox.I think if you had all of the exact lofts, that would be the best initial sort method, direct contributor to warmth. If one was 1.9" and another was 2.1" and both published 2, that would be very misleading in the chart. That's the one spec I wish everyone was held to test and publish dead accurate numbers. But with the data you have the sort is correct.If the jacks'r'better loft is accurate, that's a bargain bag, at a 'sacrifice' of 24oz. I'd have a hard time not taking that one for colder trips and keeping the golite for summer. (or use the $100-150 "saved" to buy most of a sub-16oz one!)Anyway, good info!
Thanks for the Vireo suggestion, David; I've edited the above to include Nano and UL. I'm not too familiar with FF, so didn't notice it before. Interesting concept. Hard to know where to place it on the list, given the variable temp--it appears to be cut generously to allow layering, and as you say, the price for Nano (or UL) is pretty nice.Rick, I agree that what Tim manages to do for warmth/weight/cost is hard to believe. But he has the reputation here to back it up. I like that the "cost" per ounce between Revelation and Enigma is $10--or, put another way, the weight "cost" for a fully-openable footbox is only 2 oz.I've tried to measure loft on my own bags--there's enough guesswork there I don't know if 0.1" accuracy means anything. Maybe if there was an industry standard for *how* to measure...
Edited by DavidDrake on 03/09/2014 14:57:28 MDT.
I wanted a 30-40F quilt, and ended up with the Katabatic Palisade. While I hesitate to call buying such a wonderful piece of gear a mistake, as a very warm sleeper, it's actually a 15-20F quilt for me. Only had it since January 25, and this winter has been colder than normal in the South, so the 6 nights I have spent in it were from 0-24F. Great so far, with the addition of a down jacket on the coldest nights, but I'm concerned that it will be too warm over 40F and that Katabatic's Chisos model might have been a better choice for me. Some of the features are worth mentioning, since you asked for comments. The cut of the bag naturally cocoons your body while the overstuffed collar and system for clipping the quilt to the pad seal out drafts. As an active sleeper, I've had no problem with drafts after locking the quilt down on the supplied cords, and drawing the clips close together underneath. Because the quilt narrows above the shoulders, there's no sensation of having it bunched around the neck when using the snap and drawcord. The overstuffed trapezoidal footbox...well, my feet were warm at 0F in midweight Smartwools, so I guess that feature deserves an endorsement, too. It's my first quilt, so I have no basis of comparison to others aside from noting the more obvious differences, but the quality of materials and construction is impeccable. 'Course you would expect that from a quilt that was $470(regular/wide size with 850 fill). btw, it came in at 20.32oz, just a bit under the advertised 21.1.I'm highly critical of my gear, and quick to point out shortcomings of even my favorites, but aside from potentially being too warm, I have yet to discover anything I would change about the Palisade. I don't know that any piece of gear is "perfect", but the word certainly comes to mind.
Look into HammockGear's Burrow linehttp://www.hammockgear.com/top-quilts/Burrow 20° $249.00 74X50(regular size) 12oz fill, 17.1 oz totalBurrow 40° $219.00 74x50 (regular size) 7oz fill, 11.6 oz total
Edited by JeremyNoVa on 03/09/2014 17:23:33 MDT.
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I have a Chisos wide with 2oz over fill and it is warm into the low twenties with little extra clothing. I had a Sawatch that at 23.5 oz was warm to zero with a light puffy and thermal tights. Having owned now 5 (with a new Alsek wide), the Katabatic bags have been much warmer than stated and the construction is beyond reproach and second to none.I have purchased everything out there for comparison, with the exception of the new Enigma, and while more money, I still feel Katabatic is the best overall value. I can also highly recommend Feathered Friends bags as well and the Viero is a great value and superbly constructed.
I have a Nano Vireo and was greatly impressed how well it sheds water\condenstation\sidespray. I don't know if the UL Vireo has that ability.I'm using it with a Helios and was quite warm at 28 degrees.Not much loft in the top half of the bag but I compared it with a few other bagsside by side in the snow, it was the warmest.I also have a Katabatic Alsek and love the clip system for comfort and I plan to use it in the summer in the Sierra.
It looks like your spreadsheet is using the 800FP version of the Enigma. Myself, I have my eye on the 750FP version. It's only a .75 oz difference in weight (for a regular length/regular width) and you save $65.
When you get a kit down to 7 lbs and want to get to 6, the ounces dont come cheap.The $100 for a quilt thats 3 oz lighter or so, is actually a bargain. Consider you possible future weight goals when purchasing.
>I've tried to measure loft on my own bags--there's enough guesswork there I don't know if 0.1" accuracy means anything. Maybe if there was an industry standard for *how* to measure...I agree that a ruler and a scrap of cardboard doesn't yield meaningful results. There'd have to be a standard, but look at the setup they have now to test EN comfort level! and the inconsistency in that.Loft is A (the?) critical factor in warmth. And it is a single distance measurement. Do it on an airhockey table with a laser scanner, and average the whole bag, I dunno. There's less variables in that than a dressed dummy with sensors! I imagine it's rounded .24" or more, if measured with any care at all. Meaning two bags can vary .48" before anyone would blink at both of them stating the same number. That means you're comparing a 2.2"/25f to a 1.75"/40f at the same stated 2" loft, price and maybe even weight (before anyone considers it a "lie"!). 25% difference in spec without doing anything shady. Both manufacturers call them 30 because one is shady and the other one is conservative, or their dummy test rigs differ.If the loft were given to .1" accuracy for every bag, you would know that, for example 1.9-2" = 30f for me, and buy accordingly./rant -sorry to derail...I agree Tim's reputation precedes him, and from the things he's posted I know he takes care in carefully designed bags. Fabric Magic was meant as a compliment!
Hmm, I remember reading a Nisley post where he emphatically stated that loft was NOT the be all end all measurement. That density of packing counted, too. Did I misunderstand? If not, the implication was you couldn't arrive at definitive judgments based on measurements of loft alone.
Edited by Bolster on 03/09/2014 21:08:52 MDT.
he said that the amount of down fill worked better ... accounting for the size of the bag of courseand of course en-ratings are the "best" for RELATIVE comparison to each other ... since they are actual tested values of the entire bag ...not just assumptions based on correlations ...;)
Right...I think he was talking jackets (at least in the post I read) and what caught my attention was density of fill being an important factor, not just loft. I wish I could find the post.So a bag that's "overstuffed" may not have any more loft, but may be considerably warmer.EDIT: Aha: "Trying to determine the warmth of a garment by just measuring its loft is a measure of futility. For example, the Patagonia Polarguard Delta Pullover and a Wild Things Primaloft One sweater both have a loft of .6". The Wild Things sweater is more than 27% warmer. The Montbell Alpine jacket has 2" of loft and box baffles yet the New Balance Fugu, which uses sewn through construction, and only has 1.5" loft is 64% warmer. The Montbell Alpine Jacket and the Montbell Permafrost Parka both use box baffles and have 2" of loft; the Permafrost Parka is 41% warmer. A Polartec 300 jacket has .25"loft and a Patagonia Polarguard Delta pullover has .6" loft and yet their insulation value is the same. The only two cases in which the loft is relevant is if you want to compare synthetic garments using the same insulation type and quilting. The other case is base layer garments; their warmth is correlated with their thickness." From the infamous thread 18950.
Edited by Bolster on 03/09/2014 21:56:32 MDT.
Yes, Richard's thread is the one that sent me to do more research on insulation factors beyond the typical assumptions. After a fair amount of research it was clear that loft as THE indicator for warmth was flawed. I put my money where my research and limited knowledge led me and ordered a new quilt with overfill. This added the warmth I was looking for at the least possible weight and the added down density stabilized the down, eliminating shifting and cold spots, as I tossed and turned throughout the night.According to a number of studies, down could be compressed up to 2.5x and still maintain most of its warmth. The standard 30% overfill could be greatly increased without increasing the baffle height while still receiving the benefit of increased insulation.In actual use I have found this to be true in bags/quilts and jackets. While my testing would be considered anecdotal at best, I have found that personal experience is my preferred method of developing trust in equipment - particularly repeatable results in varying conditions.
First I have updated your data that remained blank or was incorrect for the 30* bag you have chosen. (Revision #3) ."What is the best bag is the question?" I believe "best" can be BEST evaluated from the stand point of three variables: 1.) down quantity, 2.) down quality and 3.) final product weight. The other options of bag w/wo hood or quilt, shell fabric and cost you must determine based on your needs and preferences. You have chosen many of the top rated and excellent bags and any one would serve you well
I have the Montbell ULSS#3 and couldn't love it more for three season backpacking. At ~ 1.5 lbs and one of the more spacious bags I've slept in, hard to go wrong with it.I'm in the market for a 0* bag. After visiting the Feathered Friends store in Seattle, it'll be difficult to choose between buying another MB bag or the Ibis EX0 from Feathered Friends.
Thanks to all.Owen, John, and others--thanks for confirming Katabatic's reputation for quality. I'm not opposed to spending over $400 on a bag, but if I do, I'd like it to be one of the last bags I buy (well, at least for another twenty years).I hadn't considered overfilling a Chisos--it's an interesting idea and I recall the Nisely research Eric and Delmar mentioned about down density increasing warm for a given loft height. However, since I'm right at the edge of Katabatic's size range for small (I'm 5'6") I wonder if overfill won't shorten the length of the quilt enough to cause problems. If I jump up to the next size, and then overfill that, the (slight) weight and cost advantage of overfilling a Chisos vs. buying a small Palisade disappears.I considered having the Vireo overfilled as well, so the top half would be a few degrees warmer, but realized that would prob. make it harder to use in the 40s, since there's no zipper or other way of opening it for ventilation. The Vireo is still a very intriguing bag--I'd prob. have to get a warmer puffy than my MB Down Inner to use into shoulder seasons.Rick (NYC): I understood you to mean 'fabric magic' as a complement. The Enigma's still high on my list--plus, I remember when Tim Marshall was just a guy posting quilts he'd made on the MYOG forum, so it's great to see him turn it into a successful company. With regard to your larger point, I'd like to see manufacturers specify baffle height rather than loft. That combined with fill weight (and fill power, to some extent) would make it pretty easy to compare, AND get some sense of how overfilled the stock bag is.Eric, as far as I know, EN ratings don't apply to quilt-style bags. Don't know if they apply to hoodless bags or not. And even if they did, the expense may put EN rating out of reach for cottage makers. I don't see how assuming more or less the same temp rating for two bags with the same fill weights, baffle heights and fabric types is problematic. Nor do I see how a non-EN rating company could maintain its stellar reputation for decades, resist the pressure to move production overseas, continue to command premium prices, AND get away with exaggerated temp rating vs. EN rated bags. But I realize this is an old debate.Rick M. and Ian: I was a little worried about some of these choices being too narrow--then I measured my Golite: 49" at best. And it works for me. So I think any of these choices will be okay, if not roomy. Most of the hooded bags (including the Montbell) are there for comparison, rather than something that's really on my short list--I don't like hoods enough to take the weight penalty.Ken Larson: Thanks for the updates to the spreadsheet. A couple things: the length of the Vireo I'm looking at *is* actually 62" (5'2") rather than 6'2". And I'm (perhaps naively) considering any fill from 800 on up to be more or less the same under field conditions. I appreciate companies (like EE) that offer treated down as an option, but don't see myself as an early adopter. In the case of Katabatic, this means going for a nominally higher FP. In the case of EE, going for nominally lower.Again, thanks to everyone for commenting.
Edited by DavidDrake on 03/10/2014 20:31:06 MDT.
If you are thinking of overfill and are 5'6", I would recommend going up to the next size. My overfilled Chisos "shrunk" 3 or 4 inches when compared to my non overfilled Alsek and Sawatch. In actual use it really isn't noticeable but but since you are at the end of the range for a short bag it may prove to be the better choice.
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Directions – how to get here
From town drive towards Stoke on Waimea Road for about 4 kilometres. You will pass a large Caltex Service Station on your left.
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A military solution championed by Rwanda and DR Congo for restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has failed and the region risks deteriorating, the International Crisis Group warned Tuesday.
"Two years after the rapprochement between Congolese President Joseph Kabila and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, government soldiers are still battling militias for control of land and mines," the Brussels-based organisation said in a new report, referring to DRC's Nord- and Sud-Kivu provinces.
After breaking off relations in 1998, Rwanda and the DRC renewed ties at the start of 2009 when the two countries launched a joint operation in eastern Congo against a militia leader.
But instead of improving, the humanitarian situation in the Kivus has deteriorated and violence has increased in a region plagued by various rebel and militia groups, the ICG said.
"Women and girls, particularly, have suffered the consequences of impunity and of a highly militarised environment in which rape is endemic," it said.
"Without a new strategy, the risk of inter-ethnic clashes, disintegration of the national army and regional destabilisation will become increasingly dangerous," said the ICG's central African director Thierry Vircoulon,
Eastern DRC has been wracked by instability for more than a decade due to the presence of armed groups who routinely carry out widespread looting, the rape of hundreds of women and children and murders.
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Ban highlighted "hostile public statements and accusations of ceasefire violations, which risk heightening anxiety and provoking isolated security incidents that can escalate in a wider conflict."
He said the United Nations was working with the Khartoum government and the South Sudan authorities on "options for a possible augmentation of additional UN troops to increase referendum and post-referendum security."
The UN force, UNAMID, also wants to step up efforts to "verify possible ceasefire violations and to protect civilians throughout the mission area."
UNAMID currently has about 10,000 troops in Sudan.
"However, the presence of UN troops will not not be enough to prevent the return to war should widespread hostilities erupt," Ban stressed, calling on the leaders of both sides to "refrain from inflammatory statements."
He said UN agencies and other humanitarian groups have contingency plans to provide assistance in case of "referendum related violence."
Ban appealed for international donations for the 63 million dollars needed "to pre-position humanitarian assistance near potential hotspots.
"We will also need to ensure access to the contested border areas," he said.
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The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldonby Dan Eldon
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By the time he was twenty-two, Dan Eldon had led a relief mission across Africa; worked as a graphic designer in New York; studied (intermittently) at four colleges; traveled through Europe, Africa, Japan, and the US; founded a charity for Mozambiquan refugees; directed a film; written a book; started up his own photography business; and become a photojournalist for Reuters news agency, covering the famine and civil war in Somalia. There, in 1993, he was killed in an eruption of mob violence while on assignment. In a world of rules and regularity, Eldon was a renegade, a risk-taker, and an adventurer. But, despite all his travels, he knew that the interior landscape is the only one truly worth exploring, and this is the journey he dedicated himself to recording. His is no ordinary journal; it is an astonishing seventeen-volume collage of photos, drawings, words, maps, clippings, paint, scraps, shards, and trash that reveals his strange and vivid life. The Journey is the Destination offers a selection of pages from these extraordinary journals, at once the vision of an artist in his prime and the unrestrained outpourings of a young man just beginning to live.
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Dan Eldon lived more in twenty-two years than most people do in eighty. He traveled through four continents, led expeditions across Africa, wrote a book, worked as a graphic designer in New York, made a film, and became a respected photojournalist - all before his sudden, violent death in Somalia. This is no ordinary diary; it is an astonishing collage of photographs, drawings, words, maps, clippings, paints, scraps, shards, and trash that reveals his strange and vivid life. The wild trips and weird places, the lovers and late nights, the danger and fun are captured in pages that seem to shiver with passion, opinion, and dark humor. Eldon's journal holds up a pure mirror to both the sickness of the modern world and the fragile happiness of the human condition, and ultimately, reveals the accidental beauty that only a young artist can truly capture.
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I would have thought we would have seen pictures up at some of the sites by now too. (IMHO, Facebook does not count because most people are blocked from seeing that at work, and anyway why would you want to drive traffic to their site, but not your own? but I digress...)
Well, we are all fans first and foremeost, so maybe we're all busy enjoying ourselves instead of wasting precious show time editing and posting dozens of photos.
Like a few others have said, there isn't really anything "NEW" at the Hasbro booth yet. Most everything is just stuff announced at SDCC. There were some hints that there will be some new stuff shown at the panel, so standard protocol for them.So is someone going to ask about the "distribution problem" or is Hasbro going to get a free pass again?
If you guys really want me to waste some of my ten-minutes with Hasbro beating them over the head with the obvious elephant in the room, I can, but to me it's a waste. Vintage is dead, headed for clearance and they are re-booting with Droid Factory.
If you really need to hear Hasbro state the obvious, then check out what they said when my pal Jayson at Yakface asked them today.
How could you not need both? It's She-Hulk for heaven's sake the ultimate in green goodness.
I wish some of this new stuff would start showing up around here.
I was going to get the Luke, boba battle pack, but those figures have no articulation whatsoever. I was disappointed yet again. Just like I was with the MH battle pack with solo, chewie and 3PO. No disrespect, but I think they're a huge waste of money
I hear ya. That's why I've held off on that set for the time being. However, if I see that set go on clearance, I might reconsider. Or, as Chewie mentioned, I see Luke or Fett for cheap on eBay, I'll bite.


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Cloth Diapers: Yay or Nay
Yay! I use them mostly just at home though. But having 2 in diapers we would go broke is we used sposies full time.
I used them with DD and plan on using them with FC as well.
We use them with DS but sometimes he gets rashes so we keep disposibles around just in case. We also use disposibles when we go out. It still cuts down on money so they are great! We use pockets.
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Campaign Finance$72,887,350 Given
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Firm Hired Amount AFL-CIO $40,190,000 AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Dept $17,724,810 AFL-CIO Bldg/Construction Trades Dept $10,128,000 AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Dept $900,000 AFL-CIO Professional Employees Dept $600,000 AFL-CIO Public Employee Dept $40,000 AFL-CIO Maritime Cmte $0 AFL-CIO Working for America Institute $0
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RegulationsMentioned in 1906 dockets; Submitted to 364 dockets
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- Toggle 15 ESA Family and Medical Leave Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 29 CFR Part 825 2008
- Toggle 13 FMCSA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM); Request for Comments 2000
- Toggle 12 FMCSA Commercial Driver's License Standards, Requirements and Penalties; Commercial Driver's License Program Improvements 2001
- Toggle 12 NLRB Proposed rule amending representation-case procedures 2011
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- Toggle 10 OSHA Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica 2010
- Toggle 10 USTR GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP): NOTICE REGARDING THE INITIATION OF THE 2011 ANNUAL GSP PRODUCT AND COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY PRACTICES REVIEW AND DEADLINES FOR FILING PETITIONS 2011
- Toggle 9 DOT Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs 2003
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BIG SPENCER MOUNTAIN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- Rangers with the Maine Forest Service and area firefighters had their hands full on Monday as they tried to contain a wildfire north of Greenville.
Responders say the fire on Big Spencer Mountain broke out sometime during the day on Sunday. High winds caused it to spread to two acres by Monday. The forest service says there are no homes nearby but there are two radio relay towers on the mountain. One of them is used by the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office and the Maine Warden Service in responding to area emergencies.
About fifteen firefighters were flown to the site. They've been digging trenches around the flames for most of the day. Rangers also had two helicopters hovering over the scene and dumping water on the fire
"It is the highest priority that we have going in the state right now," said forest ranger Jeffrey Currier, "we have fires that are larger in size but none that are of greater priority to the Maine Forest Service and none of higher complexity."
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Bin Laden Is History — Debt Is the Real Threat
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May 5, 2011 - 12:00 am
According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) prognosticators, China will officially surpass the U.S. as the economic superpower in 2016, a mere five years away. As MarketWatch starkly put it, "whoever is elected U.S. president next year […] will be the last to preside over the world's largest economy."
The IMF study does have some flaws. As the editors at Investor's Business Daily point out, the IMF used overall GDP in their forecast instead of per capita GDP, a much more accurate predictor of comparative economic health: "Per-capita GDP in the U.S. is $42,517 in 2005 dollars. In China, it's about $2,802. Even by 2030, China doesn't get close to U.S. per-person output, not even at current growth rates." Those growth rates (currently 10 percent for China and about 2 percent for the U.S.) are also unlikely to remain static, as the IMF blithely assumes.
So China might not overtake us as fast as the IMF would have us believe. But the fact remains — China, a communist country, is growing its GDP at nearly five times the rate of the United States. Is this not an astonishing, embarrassing, and frightening state of affairs? And it's not as if the IMF is the only agency playing Cassandra to America's economic future. Standard & Poor's recently warned that unless policy makers quickly address our monstrous national debt — now in excess of $14 trillion — the U.S. could lose its AAA credit rating, a previously unthinkable possibility.
Most alarming of all, according to an analysis by USA Today, a "record 18.3% of the nation's total personal income was a payment from the government for Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, unemployment benefits and other programs in 2010. Wages accounted for the lowest share of income — 51.0% — since the government began keeping track in 1929." That's right — wages now account for a lower share of income than during the Great Depression, when a full quarter of the workforce was unemployed.