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Sam Jared Kushnick never had a chance. Within four weeks of his premature birth on August 19, 1980 he had received 20 blood transfusions, at least one of which carried a death sentence—the virus that is known to cause AIDS. A one-in-100,000 chance, national blood-bank officials claim, but three years later, Sam was dead.
For his parents and twin sister Sara, however, the nightmare was far from over. After 10 months of misdiagnosis and mind-numbing medical obtuseness about their child's disease, the Kushnicks now had to face the fear and superstition that plague AIDS victims and their families. Perhaps most infuriating were the obfuscating bureaucrats from the hospital's blood bank and administrative offices who at first would not acknowledge the cause of Sam's death—there are now 54 cases of transfusion-related AIDS on record, 11 of which are children—nor would they help the Kushnicks trace the source of their son's disease. Not only had Sam become a statistic; he had become a statistic that nobody seemed to want to count.
Sam's parents—Jerrold, 53, a lawyer, and Helen, 38, a literary agent, who own a theatrical-management company in Los Angeles—are having none of that, despite their frustration and anguish. In the wake of Sam's death, they have become vocal activists in support of AIDS research. "We would feel like accessories to murder if we didn't," says Helen. Just prior to testifying before a Senate subcommittee about her experience with AIDS, Helen met with assistant editor Bonnie Johnson to talk about the short life of Sam Kushnick.
I was in my seventh month when my water broke and I had to have an emergency cesarean. The day after Sam and Sara were born, the pediatrician told me that, like all premature infants, both babies had respiratory problems because their lungs were not fully developed. He said that though both weighed three pounds, three ounces, Sara was the stronger of the two.
Sara did just fine. She was in intensive care for two days and then she was transferred to the neonatal unit, and I got to breast-feed her. Sam was in and out of intensive care. He needed a respirator to breathe and he developed a bacterial infection when he was about 3 weeks old. Unknown to us, the hospital had begun giving Sam multiple blood transfusions from the day he was born. The blanket release form that Jerry signed when I was admitted allowed them to do this.
I went home after a week but would spend 12 hours a day at the hospital with the babies, feeding them, changing them, trying to get to know them a little. Sam was a roller coaster, up one day, down the next. It elicited a strange set of emotions. I was terrified to get too close to him. I was afraid he was going to die.
Sara came home at the end of six weeks, but Sam stayed in the hospital. He couldn't figure out how to suck and breathe at the same time. He would turn blue, and it took a long time to get him to take even a small amount of milk. A week later we took him home. The hospital advised against it, but I just had to get him out of there.
For the first couple of years we didn't have any problems. The children were basically fine. Sam had a bout of diarrhea when he was 4 months old, but the pediatrician said a lot of babies get it, and it eventually went away. Sam didn't gain weight or grow as rapidly as Sara, but I was told that was all within normal range.
When Sam was about 27 months old, he got his first cold. It never went away. He had a runny nose from 27 months of age until the day he died. The runny nose turned into an ear infection that required an antibiotic from which he developed a rash. Two weeks later the runny nose returned and it developed into another ear infection. He was given a different antibiotic and the chronic diarrhea began. It was a constant cycle.
Sara never caught any of these ailments. She got one cold, and two days later it was gone. It seemed strange to me because I had assumed that whenever one got sick, the other would too. By April 1983 I started questioning why that didn't happen. A pediatrician friend suggested I get head X rays and a blood, stool and urine workup done on Sam. All this time our doctor was telling us that these were common childhood ailments. But he ordered the tests which he told us showed that everything was fine—except Sam was slightly anemic and his gamma-globulin level was high. I later found out that Sam's count was 2,000, whereas 1,200 is the norm for a child his age. The doctor should have considered an abnormality in his immune system.
Five days later Sam got another ear infection, and he ran a fever of 104 degrees. I took him to an ear-nose-throat specialist, who said Sam should be on antibiotics on a regular basis. From June until the beginning of August he got a teaspoon of medicine every day. But he still had the runny nose and the diarrhea. It was Catch-22. I was told he had diarrhea because he was on antibiotics and that he needed antibiotics because of the constant ear infection, but it was all supposed to be within normal boundaries.
In August, when I took the kids for a 3-year checkup, I said, "I want to know why his nose keeps running." The doctor said, "His wife will take care of his runny nose." Sam also had what I thought was a distended stomach, but the doctor said, "It's hereditary. Your husband has a potbelly."
A couple of weeks later Sam came down with a fever again. This time the doctor said it wasn't an ear infection, it was a viral infection and he prescribed Tylenol for the fever. Looking back, I guess this was the beginning of the Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. It's a protozoan pneumonia. It's rare, but common among AIDS victims.
Sam never really got better. The doctor said it was okay for him to start school in September, but he went for only a week. He just wasn't feeling well. An adult with AIDS would say, "I'm not breathing right." How does a baby of 3 relay that message?
One week after school started, Sam was very lethargic and running a fever again. He developed a cough and his lips got a blue tinge. I called the doctor, who agreed to meet us at the hospital so Sam could get a chest X ray. When they drew blood from Sam, it looked purplish because there was no oxygen in it. That's what Pneumocystis pneumonia does. The lungs can no longer supply enough oxygen to the blood. He was suffocating and was put on oxygen. The next morning we discharged the pediatrician, and the head of pediatric intensive care, Dr. Sima Sconyers, took over. She suspected Pneumocystis pneumonia and asked for our consent to do a lung biopsy.
They put Sam on a respirator and later inserted a catheter through his side into his lungs to monitor his oxygen level. After the biopsy a tube was inserted into his trachea to supply even more oxygen, which made him unable to talk. He didn't cry the whole time he was in the hospital. He just wanted me to rub his foot. But he got very upset when the doctors wouldn't let him use the bathroom. With so many tubes and machines attached to him, he had to use a diaper.
Sam was a brave little kid throughout the entire ordeal. He never complained, even though there wasn't a day after April 1983 when he wasn't on some kind of medication.
The biopsy results came back, and when the doctor said it was Pneumocystis carinii, I thought, "Good, it's bacterial and they can treat it." Then she explained, "When we say Pneumocystis pneumonia, we mean AIDS." Jerry and I thought we weren't hearing right. Wasn't AIDS a homosexual disease? Then the doctor mentioned the blood Sam had gotten when he was born. That was the first time we heard that he had had multiple transfusions, as had Sara. On Friday afternoon they got Sam's blood tests back, and the results were positive. Sam had AIDS, and there was nothing they could do about it. He was going to die.
We spent Saturday crying, but by Sunday Jerry and I decided that if there was any chance at all for Sam, we were going to fight for it. We called everyone we knew who had anything to do with medicine. I went through medical journals reading about AIDS. Dr. Sconyers found out that there had been three other pediatric AIDS cases in Los Angeles that year. Why hadn't we heard about them? I expected a rallying at the hospital and from the county health officials, but instead we were stonewalled. The doctor who ran the blood bank said there was no way Sam could have gotten AIDS from a transfusion and that the only reason he was talking to us was because our son was dying. To this day, to my knowledge, they haven't traced all of Sam's donors. There were 13, and Sara also got blood from two of them. One donation was from a local woman who was fine. The other was Red Cross blood from a Michigan man whom, we were told, the Red Cross refused to contact.
Jerry and I alternated nights in the hospital and at home with Sara. Sam was put into a drug-induced coma to keep him still so he would not have to work so hard to breathe. Jerry and I would still go in and talk to him. We told him about heaven and God and about his two grandparents who were dead and would be waiting for him. I don't know if he heard us.
On the morning of October 13, Sam developed a reaction to one of the drugs. He died at 4:30 that afternoon.
The hospital wanted to put down Pneumocystis pneumonia as the cause of death, but Jerry fought successfully to have AIDS listed. We didn't want the hospital covering up.
We planned to bury Sam the day after he died. I had picked out the clothes he was to wear, and the funeral home came to pick them up. But later, when they saw AIDS was the cause of death, they didn't want to dress Sam. We had to get our rabbi, Jacob Pressman, to call and explain that there was no danger.
While all this was happening, even before Sam died, Sara's nursery school, Temple Emmanuel, decided that she might be contagious. They wanted her withdrawn. Unknown to us, the school scheduled a parents' meeting with people from the L.A. County Health Department, to which Sam's doctors asked to be invited. The school was told that Sara was not contagious and should be allowed back. This was not sufficient. We had immunological tests run showing that Sara was perfect and that Jerry and I were fine. But the day before Sara was to return to class, the school directors told Jerry that Sara would not be allowed back until they knew who the second common blood donor was. Jerry said there was no way we could find that out, and that he was bringing Sara to school. They said if he did, they would lock her in a room with a teacher so she wouldn't contaminate the other children. That was it. We enrolled her in another nursery where everyone has been terrific.
Sara didn't understand what was happening. She knew Sam was in the hospital and would ask if the doctors were taking good care of him and if the nurses were holding his hand. Before he died, we went to a child psychiatrist who worked with us to help explain Sam's impending death to her. We were given this terrific book called Where's Jess?, put out by the Centering Corporation of Omaha. The book explains death to children.
After Sam died I was driving Sara to school, and in a very accusatory tone she asked me, "Did you give Sam his medicine?" I said I did but that there was nothing we could do to help him. There isn't a day that goes by that she doesn't talk about Sam. We talk about the funny things they did together. We had a life before Sam and Sara, but Sara never had a life without Sam.
There is a great deal of disagreement in the medical community about what should be done to test donated blood. I've been told it's not cost-effective to do additional screening. There is no blood test at present that can tell you whether someone is an AIDS carrier, but there are tests available now that can help tighten the screening process. Blood banks do not encourage donating blood specifically for family members, and they should. As it stands now, I can't find out who it is who controls the blood banks, who sets up the guidelines for testing. It's an industry that deals with a product and it should be regulated like one.
At home we're just getting back to something that resembles normal. It's taking a long time. I still find myself saying "the kids"—and then I remember I have one, not two. This whole thing has been very hard on our marriage. We were ready to fall apart but couldn't because we had to be there for Sara. We went to our psychologist, who has helped us deal with our grief. It's been hard professionally, too. I'm not as involved in pursuing our business anymore. Right now we don't know how not to do this, how not to see if we can make Sam's life, as short as it was, mean something. We don't want him to be just another statistic.
A Mother Tells How a Blood Donation, the Gift of Life, Led to Her Young Son's Death from Aids
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The Pioneers improved to 5-10 overall and 1-2 in the LSC South, while the Zias dropped to 2-10 and 0-2.
ENMU led 23-22 at halftime, before the Pioneers rallied in the final 20 minutes.
TWU shot only 32 percent from the field (17 of 53), including 4 of 13 3-pointers, but won the game by converting 26 of 36 free throws for 72.2 percent, including 20 of 25 in the second half.
Eastern New Mexico shot 33 percent (24 of 72), including 5 of 13 from behind the arc. The Zias went to the free-throw line only 10 times, hitting four of them.
Jill Stout scored 19 points to lead the Zias, while Juliana Morrison and Loren Scarlett added eight points each.
The loss was the Zias' second in a row, and eighth in their last nine games. They will conclude this three-game road trip on Tuesday against New Mexico Highlands, before opening a five-game conference homestand against Abilene Christian on Thursday.
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Do people realise, Amateur boxing and Pro boxing are different?
I have seen a lot of complaining about the "robberies" occurring at the Olympics, which is not that surprising as Team USA had a seven fight losing streak and the vast majority of their team were eliminated yesterday. Two things strike me about all this.
1) Do people understand how AM Boxing works?
There is a very different scoring system in play for Amateur boxing matches, it is not a 10 point must system, it's a points system, it's different, hence you have to BOX different. Going out there, throwing combinations and body shots is not going to win you a fight, due to the way it's scored, if it get's you a KO, your luck is in, if it doesn't all your hard work could be for nothing if your opponent is SMART ENOUGH to be landing cleaner, more obvious and EASY TO SCORE single shots.
The whole "well he fights like a pro" argument is a moot point, it's like saying someone isn't a good basketballer because they play like a soccer player.
These guys are training to win medals at an amateur tournament, if they come out fighting like a pro it doesn't make them "better", it makes them stupid, why are they even wasting their time?
2) There have been SOME dodgy decisions
even with the above being said, there has been some bad decisions, but not all of them, not by a long shot, it's the same thing every time there is an amateur tournament, there is always disputed decisions, but most of it is down to the scoring system WHICH THE CONTESTANTS AND COACHES UNDERSTAND.
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Its because of the system some people are calling robbery. Do what you're supposed to, land clean...no point given?....Yeah.
Anyway, many people unfamiliar with boxing really dont know the difference between the two or much less whats considered a "scororing" blow.
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I dont get why, especially in am boxing that the judges dont watch the match on say a tv..or an elevated position. Sitting ringside seems like its set up to fail really, look at how inacurrate compubox can be.
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unless the poit of the match is to not land and get hit alot ?
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This is why "fighting like a pro" is actually a BAD idea in the sport of ameteur boxing, hence why it isn't called pro boxing. Fighting like that is ineffective and has been for decades, this is why at every single tournament EVER, people are always crying "robbery" over 50% of the fights, it's because they simply do not understand the scoring system.
and if they are being taught and coached like that, well that's the fault of the trainers, coaches and the boxers themselves.
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im an amateur boxer myself, id say i know the system fairly well. alot of the so called robberies i disagree with but there have been some terrible decisions too.
although to be fair so far its still MUCH better than four years ago, there were more bad decisions than good ones ffs. they might as well not even have judges and just flip a coin at the end of the fights.
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This was my last flight with Aer Lingus for 2005.
We made our way to the airport with our aunt as she works at Cork for are Aer Arann. I could not take my eyes of the new terminal, it looked very impressive! The airport was empty and only about a dozen people were walking around. We checked in and walked up to the restaurant I was shocked that a beef burger and chips cost €14.98 but at least it got rid of the euros!
After I ate the tasty meal I went to look out the big but dirty windows and watched the EI and FR aircraft come and go.
An are Aer Arann ATR42 resting in the sun
We said goodbye to my aunt and went past security I was asked to take off my hat which was fine.
I went and looked around the shop and bought an Airliner world magazine.
We went and sat at our gate and I looked out of the window eating way too many cola bottle sweets.
An are Aer Arann after landing
Soon the depature lounge filled up and it looked like our flight was going to be full.
We boarded the aircraft by the stairs and an old woman was put in a lift on the other side of the aircraft, she sat at the very front of the newish A320.
The aircraft was once again E-DEH one of my favorite A320s. We taxied and the F/As did their safety demo with a bit of style. We took off after an FR 737-800 and turned left showing the great sunset.
The nice sunset
The Irish countryside with the A320 engine
After the climb the cabin crew came round and I had a panini, they are very nice and only €5. We hit some turbulence but it was fine.
The nice leather cabin
I like the new seats but I miss the green seats. I just watched an old airport on BBC1 and it had the bit on Aer lingus welcoming their new A321 at Heathrow and it felt so long ago!
Soon enough we were on approach and over the glowing city of London which is soon to hold the Olimpics!!!!
London glows as we get lower and lower
After an on-time landing we taxied and left the aircraft. Heathrow was quiet but as we drove out of the airport I wanted to turn around and get back on the aircraft.
I've have had more exciting flights with Aer Lingus but for £1 per person it was great!
Thanks Aer Lingus.


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I am hoping some kind can offer me some information on my flights beginning in 12 hours.
I would love to know any information about the specific aircrafts that will be used for my flights such as age of aircraft and any significant history there might be about each aircraft.
I would also like to know about the specific type of service I can look forward to on both flights. Seat dimensions, comfort, etc and if anyone knows what the meal offerings might be that would be FANTASTIC!!
JL 622 PVG-NRT C class
SQ 12 NRT-LAX C class
Thank you so much for taking the time to share any information!


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When President George Bush visited Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello on July 4 to welcome 72 new U.S. citizens, he cited the third president's words about Americans' responsibility to spread their ideas of freedom and democracy.
How should we think, then, when Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's dictator, thumbs his nose at the United States and the U.N. when they protested his use of police and hired gangs to intimidate and assassinate opposition leaders so he could remain as president?
In his speech at Monticello, the president cited a Burmese national who was receiving his citizenship that day but did not mention Myanmar's (Burma) brutal military.
Another new citizen was from Sudan, whose government defies the U.S. and the world regarding the oppressed people in Darfur.
How should American presidents promote freedom where leaders refuse to change their anti-democratic policies?
Dictators don't share power
Some observers think economic sanctions are working, that living standards in both Zimbabwe and Myanmar are rapidly declining and eventually will lead to a change in policies or an internal coup. Skeptics think the countries' brutal leaders have no fear of overthrow as long as they retain tight control of the police and the military.
The reality is that few dictators or authoritarian regimes are persuaded to relinquish or share government power.
Under what circumstances is the U.S. justified in going beyond economic sanctions and propaganda to the use of armed force to oust a dictatorship? The answer should be obvious: Only when a vital U.S. interest is at stake in that country.
Here are examples where a president made that assessment.
Philippines -- President Ferdinand Marcos had become hated by the Filipinos and, after losing an election in 1986, he intended to stay on. But pressure from President Reagan forced him into exile, and the Philippines resumed its flourishing democracy.
Why did Ronald Reagan care about Philippine democracy? Because the U.S. had fostered freedom there when it was a colonial possession during the 1930s. After the Philippines gained independence in 1946, it has been a good U.S. ally.
Panama -- President George H.W. Bush decided in 1989 to use force in Panama to remove its dictator, Gen. Manuel Noriega, who was seen as a threat to America's stake in the Panama Canal. Panama then returned to democracy and remains a good U.S. ally.
Serbia -- President Bill Clinton used force against Serbia in 1999 to force its leader, Slobodan Milosevic, to evacuate his troops from their ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.
After 77 days of U.S. bombing, Milosevic withdrew the troops and soon was ousted from power.
America was influenced heavily by European Union fears that Serbia was a threat to NATO security in the Balkans.
Afghanistan and Iraq --George W. Bush's decision to invade Afghanistan in 2001 was retaliation against its Taliban regime for complicity in the Sept. 11 attacks. However, Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was based on his concern over Iraq's threat to oil-rich Persian Gulf states. A longer-range danger was posed by Iran's efforts to build nuclear weapons.
The United States has not used force since World War II to overthrow another regime solely because it opposed personal freedom or refused to hold free elections.
The promotion of democracy abroad should never go beyond economic sanctions, unless the U.S. interest is truly vital.
Former Saginaw resident Donald Nuechterlein is a political scientist who lives in Charlottesville, Va. He is the author of "Defiant Superpower: The New American Hegemony." Write to him at 124 Falcon Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22901.


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Damn straight, California fucking blows. This place feels absolutely soul sucking at times. There is hardly any beauty left here, due to the dense population sucking it all dry. The people here are complete drones too, mostly. I like to explore urban terrain too, for art, and the street art isn't art at all, it's just vandalism.
That said, I was wandering around yesterday and found a really cool abandoned house off by the foot of the hills. Obviously used for raves and stuff. There was more life there in that abandoned house than the entirety of the city, kinda funny. Thinking about taking up photography for that reason, maybe it can capture something I'm not seeing.
(not mine:bluelightsandsunshine.tumblr.com)
Cool huh? I should start my own journal, I feel like I have a lot more stuff to write down lately.


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North Dakota U.S. District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland today dissolved a temporary restraining order against Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II and a number of named and unnamed participants in protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
135A, Morton County, North Dakota – Lawyers and others at the Standing Rock encampments share a growing concern about the increasingly intimidating practices of the State Police and the local Sheriffs in coordination with Dakota Access Pipeline's own security force (including their continued use of canines). Of particular concern are exaggerations and misstatements by authorities that challenge the protesters' commitment to non-violence. Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier told the press that "some [were] carrying hatchets and knives."
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is gearing up to support our Ohio and Philadelphia chapters as they prepare for anticipated mass protests—and arrests—at the upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions (RNC, DNC) to be held in Cleveland, July 18-21 and Philadelphia, July 25-28, 2016.
NEW YORK—The NLG is thrilled to announce the launch of Motion to Resist!, a podcast featuring progressive legal analysis by lawyers, legal workers, and students on the frontlines of the modern social justice movements. Through original interviews, archival audio, and timely commentary on a diverse range of topics, Motion to Resist! seeks to demystify the legal system for activists, legal professionals, and the public alike.
LONDON, RAMALLAH, NEW YORK—Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR), the Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Council (PHROC) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) have submitted a joint complaint to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders concerning the Israeli authorities travel ban imposed on Mr Omar Barghouti and other adverse repercussions he has faced apparently due to his prominent involvement in the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
It is with the greatest sadness that we share the news that our comrade, friend, and past NLG President Michael Ratner died yesterday afternoon at the age of 72. Michael was a true revolutionary lawyer. He embodied the spirit of the Guild's founders who believed that the law could and must be used to protect those dissidents and revolutionaries most despised and persecuted by governments worldwide—including our own.
The NLG denounces the March 2 killing of leading indigenous and environmental activist Berta Cáceres and the investigation by Honduran authorities that followed. A March 8-15 NLG delegation to Honduras met with various Honduran and U.S. government officials, community members, and the Cáceres family to probe the circumstances surrounding her murder and the ensuing investigation. It issued its report today.
Several grassroots and legal organizations filed an "amicus" brief Wednesday in support of a widely watched lawsuit challenging the military's domestic spying against antiwar activists in the Pacific Northwest. The case Panagacos v. Towery is currently on appeal before the Ninth Circuit and, because of the Army's strenuous objection to public disclosure of documents, plaintiffs were forced to file their appeal brief last August under seal. The Ninth Circuit has not yet announced a date for oral arguments, but is expected to do so in the next few weeks.
Following the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Law for the People Convention in October, NLG membership adopted a resolution calling for the dismantling and abolition of all prisons and of all aspects of systems and institutions that support, condone, create, fill, or protect prisons. The U.S. currently holds the world's largest prison population at a cost of $80 billion per year, and spends six times more on prisons than education.
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Washington, DC -- Jobs, the minimum wage and income inequality -- these are likely highlights when President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
This may seem like deja vu, since Obama has already used previous State of the Union speeches to discuss his plans for creating more jobs and a desire to raise the minimum wage and reduce the income chasm between the richest and poorest Americans. But to Democrats, this is pressing, unfinished business, necessary to deal with to keep the country on the right track -- an assessment not shared by Republicans, who note that Obama's wishes tend to include higher taxes for the affluent and an expansion of social programs.
The State of the Union address is awash in symbols of comity, with the president speaking before a joint session of Congress and with some Republicans and Democrats sitting together. Yet the speeches are unmistakably political, too.
"Remember, what we're talking about in the modern State of the Union address is that it is a public relations effort by the president to highlight what his priorities are and where he's moving forward," said Shirley Anne Warshaw, a political science professor at Gettysburg College who has written extensively on presidential decision-making. She said the State of the Union address is important for reminding Americans that the president is the nation's policy leader, but she notes the speeches' other purpose: "They are to energize his base."
That makes Tuesday night's address an important speech in an important year for anyone invested in politics. It has been hard enough for Obama, a Democrat, to get initiatives through the currently divided Congress, as a review (below) of his State of the Union 2013 proposals shows. Republicans control the House of Representatives and Democrats control the Senate.
But in November, elections in a half-dozen states -- Arkansas, Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina and West Virginia, according to the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia -- have the potential to flip the U.S. Senate to a slight Republican majority. As tough as it might be for Obama to push his agenda through in 2014, it may not get any easier in the rest of his second term.
The "high water mark" for a modern president achieving his goals, said Bert A. Rockman, a Purdue University professor who studies presidential leadership and power, was set by Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and 1965, when Congress passed sweeping civil rights and social welfare legislation.
"But by the time '66 came around and he still had those big majorities, he was getting less than he got in the first two years," Rockman said.
Similarly, Obama pushed for dramatic changes to health insurance in his 2009 and 2010 addresses, and the Affordable Care Act passed narrowly in March 2010 when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. But Republicans that November won the House, and it has been harder ever since for the president to get major bills passed.
In his 2013 State of the Union speech, Obama proposed several Medicare reforms to build on the health care law or similar policies, including one that would save the government money when it subsidizes prescription drugs for certain seniors. But this could cut into drug-company revenues and therefore, the companies say, their ability to pay for research. Another proposal would accelerate the ongoing push to pay hospitals for improving patient health rather than for the number of medical procedures they perform. But hospitals complain that they are squeezed enough already. Congress did not deal with these, and the ideas have floated around for some time, said Tricia Neuman, a senior vice president and director of the Medicare policy program at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
"No president should be judged on the policies that are rejected," said Warshaw. "He's laying out a blueprint for what the administration would like to do and what the administration wants. Success in implementing them would be a great thing, but I don't think any president believes he can get them all through."
Based on documents, interviews and other research, here is what happened with many of the proposals Obama made in his 2013 State of the Union address.
Proposal: Require rebates from pharmaceutical companies that, according to Democrats, get paid more than they should when selling drugs to seniors on certain federally subsidized plans.
Outcome: Congressional Democrats continue to push for this, but the drug companies and many congressional Republicans oppose it.
Proposal: Reform the tax code so "billionaires with high-powered accountants can't work the system" and manufacturers will stop shifting jobs abroad for tax advantages.
Outcome: Congress has talked about undertaking tax reform but hasn't done so.
Proposal: Launch three more advanced manufacturing hubs that pair academic and government research with business needs, similar to the prototype hub in Youngstown.
Outcome: Obama announced a new center in North Carolina this month. The White House says two more will follow soon.
Proposal: Pass a bill to create a market-based solution to climate change.
Outcome: Congress won't do it, but Obama announced in July that he was ordering the EPA to "put an end to the limitless dumping of carbon pollution from our power plants." The EPA in September issued carbon standards for new power plants, and the Interior Department has approved renewable energy projects on federal lands.
Proposal: Use $2 billion over 10 years, funded by royalties that oil and gas companies pay to the government for offshore leases, to create an Energy Security Trust that will develop cutting-edge energy technologies.
Outcome: This requires legislation, and the GOP will not support it unless Obama opens more federal lands to drilling.
Proposal: Create a "Fix-It-First" program to put people to work repairing bridges and other aging infrastructure.
Outcome: Like similar proposals to improve aging bridges and roads, it is stuck in idle for lack of agreement on funding.
Proposal: Pass a bill that would let "underwater" homeowners refinance their loans and save about $3,000 a year.
Outcome: Congress hasn't done this. Obama repeated his call for it in a May radio address.
Proposal: Help states "make high-quality preschool available to every single child in America."
Outcome: A Senate bill was introduced in November but has not passed.
Proposal: Change the Higher Education Act so that college affordability and value are factored into determining which colleges receive certain types of federal aid.
Outcome: This is stalled. In a related action also announced in the 2013 State of the Union address, the Department of Education established an online score card that shows every college's costs, graduation rate, loan default rate and median student loan load.
Proposal: "Send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months, and I will sign it right away."
Outcome: The Senate passed a bill. The House of Representatives did not.
Proposal: Pass the Violence Against Women Act.
Outcome: The Senate had already passed it and the House did so in February. Obama signed it.
Proposal: Increase the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour.
Outcome: It remains stalled.
Proposal: Partner with "the 20 of the hardest-hit towns in America to get these communities back on their feet. We'll work with local leaders to target resources at public safety, and education, and housing."
Outcome: Obama this month declared five cities (none in Ohio) as "promise zones," giving them priority for federal grants. The White House wants 15 more in the next three years.
Proposal: Launch talks on a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union.
Outcome: Talks to liberalize trade between the European Union and the United States are occurring.
Proposal: Create a nonpartisan commission to recommend ways to improve voting and help people who "are denied that right because they can't afford to wait for five or six or seven hours just to cast their ballot."
Outcome: The commission was created and on Wednesday issued recommendations, writing that "as a general rule, no voter should have to wait more than half an hour in order to have an opportunity to vote."
Proposal: Pass new laws "to prevent anyone from buying guns for resale to criminals" and to get high-capacity ammunition magazines off the streets.
Outcome: Congress won't do it, with some Democrats and many Republicans saying the laws will not work or could penalize law-abiding gun owners.


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FiPS Preview: Threes Brewing
Photo via Threes Brewing's Instagram
Brooklyn can never have enough breweries. There's Sixpoint down in Red Hook, Other Half over in Carroll Gardens & KelSo in Clinton Hill. There's even some "Brooklyn Brewery" up in Williamsburg. In the near future, Parkwanus is getting a brewery of its own. I told you Parkwanus was BLOWING UP!
I don't know if you know this but THREE is the magic number. Oh yes it is. No more. No less. THAT'S the magic number. Just think of all the cool things associated with the number three…stooges, strikes, wishes. Parkwanus will soon be home to a three-themed brewery--Threes Brewing--which is opening up a huge ass fifteen-barrel brewery & event space at 333 Douglass St. I got a brief tour of & a feel for the place last night.
Threes Brewing's the vision of three dudes--Andrew (a playwright/lawyer), Josh (a former tech dude) & Justin (Ditmas Park's Sycamore Bar/Flower Shop). They've brought in some dude named Greg (formerly of Greenport Harbor Brewing) to be their brewmaster. From inception, opening the brewery has been about a four year journey for the trio. After a lengthy process securing the location, they've turned an eight-month build into a pretty impressive 5,000-square-foot space with room for 300-or-so people.


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A runaway wedding photographer has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Ramon Rodriguez pleaded guilty to numerous counts of theft Friday.
He took about $27,000 from couples, but never showed up at any of their weddings.
He was arrested three weeks ago in western New York.
Rodriguez was also sentenced on outstanding charges from two previous cases.
He will be eligible for shock probation in July.


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THE first trophy of the season is up for grabs at Celtic Park this weekend as Aberdeen face Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish League Cup Final.
Caley are looking to lift the first significant cup in their brief history as a professional club while Aberdeen, once regarded as one of the powerhouses of the Scottish game, travel south to Glasgow looking to end their 19-year wait for a trophy.
The match kicks off at 2.30pm on Sunday March 16 at Celtic Park and we are covering all the action LIVE here in the blog.
Normally our coverage begins a half hour before kick off but we will start to update the blog with breaking news, pre-match headlines, team news, pictures, video and more from 10.30am on Sunday morning.
Good morning and welcome to our build up to the League Cup Final. We'll update the blog in the lead-up to kick off with pre-match headlines, video and any breaking news. Then, when the match kicks off at 2.30pm, we'll bring you all the action live.
A slight cause for concern and there are reports of a six vehicle crash near Dundee on the A90. There are no further details at the moment but there are long tailbacks, with fans still heading south to Glasgow. We'll keep you up to date with what's happening. Some drivers are already using the Coupar Angus road as a diversion.
Road users are advised one lane is currently closed on the Southbound A90 after Tealing due to a road traffic incident.— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) March 16, 2014
Long tailbacks in motorway this morning. Keep safe everyone, hopefully kick-off delayed if there needs to be. pic.twitter.com/bamZDrOp16— The Away End (@TheAwayEnd) March 16, 2014
Gordon Waddell is looking forward to the final in his column today in the Sunday Mail and, while most are talking about the Dons, in his eyes Caley are the real cup fairytale story:
"Today's a good time to give them some credit as they chase their first national trophy. They are the anti-Livingston, the anti-Gretna."
Gordon also spoke to Sergei Baltacha, the Caley's first manager when they stepped up to join the senior ranks 20 years ago. The former Dynamo Kiev, Ipswich and USSR icon has hailed the vision and bravery of the men who fought to put the club on the map.
"Look at Inverness now. I'm glad they had men brave enough to see it through. The chairman – and the others who supported him – went in the right direction. They could see the big picture."
There's also an interesting piece with Caley defender Graeme Shinnie in the Mail, who spoke candidly about his experience with the Dons. Born and bred beneath the shadow of Pittodrie, both he and his brother Andrew - now at Birmingham City - were snubbed by their hometown club.
"Neither of us were ever picked up. You might say they missed something, they might not have. These things happen. My mates played with Aberdeen as youngsters and they loved it there."
It's not all about the Highlanders though and Derek McInnes really has worked wonders since joining Aberdeen. There is a belief and football philosophy in place and he shed light on how he asked the staff and people behind the scenes to buy into it.
"The whole football department needed sorting. We had to get back to understanding why we weren't in the fight. That's not a criticism of previous regimes. But what was clear was that we weren't giving the players every chance to be successful on a Saturday."
The Aberdeen fans have also bought into McInnes's plan for the club and are on the march to Glasgow, no doubt with a few inflatable sheep in tow. After decades in the mire the whole of the Scottish game can now truly see the size and potential of one of its greatest assets.
"I didn't anticipate more than 40,000 and 3,000 in hospitality. I always felt we were still scratching the surface with our supporters up until we beat St Johnstone in the semi."
Few people will deserve their day in the sun at Celtic Park more than Dons captain Russell Anderson. He was a stand out in poor Aberdeen teams before moving south to Sunderland - and being hit by a series of serious injuries. It looked, as Michael Gannon explains in his exclusive interview with Anderson, that "his career was drifting towards a low conclusion. Now he could become a true club legend.
"Coming back from the injury I wasn't sure how it would pan out and if I'd be able to get back to any sort of form that would get me a place in the team. This season so far has gone better than even I expected."
With no Celtic or Rangers (or even Hearts or Hibs) in the final, there's a tendency to bill at as a family affair, a grand day out where opposing fans walk arm and arm to the ground. But there is a bit of needle in this one. As David Raven explained, he and his team-mates certainly have a point to prove after their most recent encounter:
"There was a little bit of a lack of respect and I must admit it did leave a bad taste. I don't know if it was arrogance on that day. Sometimes arrogance in football is a good thing as long as you respect your opponents. Aberdeen do have that big club attitude."
And Derek McInnes has had a little swipe at his opposite number John Hughes - which, knowing the big man - might not be the best of ideas.
"I don't know if it's mind games, you'd need to ask him, but I'm a bit confused. Last week he said he'd rather have a game, that 'these boys would rather play than train'. So which is it?"
Travel update:
Heading to the #ScottishLeagueCupFinal? We're following the traffic jams... busiest just now.. #M90 Friarton-Broxden: pic.twitter.com/TfFRPLmZc4— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) March 16, 2014
Our man in the north, Michael Gannon, has been looking forward to this one.
Cup final day. I've no been this nervous since I got promised a winch before my fourth year school disco. #ictfc #dons— Michael Gannon (@MichaelGannon) March 16, 2014
As for the match itself:
Haven't got a clue how this game will go. Both cracking counter-attackers, early goal could make it a classic. Could be a nerve shredder.— Michael Gannon (@MichaelGannon) March 16, 2014
FORM GUIDE, ABERDEEN: The Dons go into today's final in fine form, with six wins in their last seven matches. The run includes two wins over Celtic, in the league and Scottish Cup. While the team has played well all season, with Peter Pawlett and Niall McGinn standing out in a front three, Adam Rooney has been a great signing. Since joining at the tail end of January he has scored six in eight games, with three of those goals matchwinners.
FORM GUIDE, INVERNESS CT: While the Dons are flying, Caley continue to play in fits and starts and look a far less confident and secure outfit than the one managed by Terry Butcher a few short months ago. Despite getting his team to the final, John Hughes has been under pressure and they go into this game without a win in three. The Highlanders drew against Hibs during midweek and shipped ten goals in the two matches before that, against Celtic and Dundee United. Billy McKay remains a key player, but the likes of Aaron Dorans - who sparkled in the first half of the campaign - have lost a lit bit of their lustre.
We'll now take a look back over the semi-final clashes, starting with Aberdeen v St Johnstone at a sold-out Tynecastle:
Caley meanwhile took on Hearts in the semis in a match that had everything:
The fans are now starting to arrive in their numbers at Celtic Park. We'll have a fan gallery on the site after the final whistle today.


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New this week on DVD and Blu-ray:
''General Education'' - The directing debut of Hubbard native Tom Morris arrives on Blu-ray this week. The appealing, quirky comedy stars Chris Sheffield as a teen who has a tennis scholarship to attend college, but he failed to pass one class he needed to graduate high school. Trying to complete summer school without jeopardizing his scholarship or being found out by his parents are among the many obstacles he faces. The cast includes Larry Miller, Janeane Garofalo and Elaine Hendrix.
Morris is joined by his Pelican House Productions cohorts for a commentary track, and the disc also includes outtakes and a making-of featurette. (Well Go USA, $29.98 Blu-ray)
''Dark Shadows'' - This big-screen adaptation of the largely forgotten late '60s / early '70s daytime gothic soap opera was marketed as a spoof. Instead, director Tim Burton made a movie that is largely faithful to the melodramatic, soapy tone of the original, albeit with infinitely better production design and special effects.
There are some laughs as Johnny Depp plays Barnabus Collins, an 18th century vampire who emerges from being entombed after 200 years and finds himself smack dab in the 1970s. But the screenplay needed either more or fewer laughs. It floats in this middle ground of melodrama, comedy and horror. Of the three, the melodrama dominates, and it's the least satisfying.
The Blu-ray edition comes with deleted scenes and the option to watch in Maximum Movie Mode, which allows access to about a dozen short featurettes separately or while watching the film. (Warner Home Video, $28.98 DVD, $29.98 movie-only Blu-ray and digital copy, $35.99 Blu-ray/DVD/digital copy combo)
''People Like Us'' - Chris Pine stars as a salesman who discovers a family secret after his father's death: he has a 30-year-old sister (Elizabeth Banks) he never knew existed.
The DVD includes two commentary tracks, one with writer-director Alex Kurtzman and actors Pine and Banks and second with Kurtzman and Michelle Pfeiffer. The Blu-ray adds a third commentary track with the director - again - and writers Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert as well as deleted scenes, bloopers and the featurette ''Number One with a Bullet: The Story Behind People Like Us.'' (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, $29.99 DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray)
''Peace, Love & Misunderstanding'' - Catherine Keener plays a New York lawyer who goes to spend time with her hippie mother (Jane Fonda) after a divorce. Elizabeth Olsen, Chace Crawford and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in a film directed by Bruce Beresford. (MPI Home Video, $24.98 DVD, $29.98 Blu-ray)
''Red Lights'' - I'm sure Robert De Niro has used the word ''no'' on screen plenty of times. He apparently has a hard time saying it off-screen, judging by the number of movies he's said yes to making. This another movie essentially going to straight-to-video starring De Niro, who plays a blind psychic in a psychological thriller with Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy. (Millennium, $28.99 DVD, $29.99 Blu-ray)
''Sound of My Voice'' - Two journalists investigate a cult and its reclusive and secretive leader, who claims to be from the future. Brit Marlin, Christopher Denham and Nicole Vicius star. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, $29.99 DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray)
''The Hole'' - Two brothers move to a small town with their single mother and find a mysterious hole in the basement of their new home that leads to ... scary things. The movie was directed by Joe Dante (''Gremlins,'' ''Matinee,'' ''Toy Soldiers'' ''The Howling''). (Big Air, $14.99 DVD, $20.99 Blu-ray)
''Iron Sky'' - Nazis have been developing a space program on the dark side of the moon since the end of World War II. Now their space ships are ready to strike. (Entertainment One, $19.98 DVD, $24.98 Blu-ray)


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Scariest day of my life!
FFS, if my kid is behind a closed door with running water. I am kicking the door in. I am not searching for bobby pins or a screwdriver which is not in arms reach. An alive kid trumps a broken door. This is fucking ridiculous.
OP, you're better than me because I would have used all the strength I had to kick the door in. I would have been so scared getting my kid away from the water would have been all I thought about.
God's grace is immeasurable, His mercy is inexhaustible, His peace is inexpressible.
Lol I was originally punkinmom10 but I forgot my account info like a month ago. I wanted to be as close to my original name as possible so I added another 10!
Mommy to a boy(6) and a girl(2)
I do not spew profanities. I enunciate them clearly, like a fucking lady :)
My dh got locked in the house at 14 mos and his dad used a chainsaw...thats right...A CHAINSAW!!!!!
^^^^ hahahaha! Now THAT is over reacting! Leave it to a guy to grab a power tool to save the day!
Great job OP! I think I would've done the same.
I have a daycare. Once a 3yr old was stuck in the bathroom because my very old doorknob froze for whatever reason. I know how to poke the button, she was calm and it still didn't work. I could hear it unlock but it still wouldn't turn. I couldn't get the doorknob off (I tried). Finally I climbed around back, dragged the playhouse to under the window, climbed up and got her to stand on the toilet so I could get her out of the window. Then when DH got home I made him remove (which took him forever so it wasn't just me!) the broken doorknob and replace with one I can turn to unlock with my fingernail. Then I replaced all the other locking doorknobs in the house. It was embarrassing to tell a parent that their kid was locked in my bathroom because the door stuck!
This is the DT. You should expect some comments on why your reaction wasn't the best
But why not say something like "Wow OP that sounds really scary, I'm glad you were able to get in there and get your LO out. Just so you know there are ways that you can unlock the doors without having to bust them out. I was so glad when I learned about them because my kid does stuff like too"
Since when did being nice while giving information become blowing smoke up someones ass?
when i was maybe 5 and my sister was 4 we were moving into a new townhouse and locked ourselves into the family room the windows were weird so i couldnt open them and my mom ended up calling someone to actually remove the door. she never put another one up!!
i would have broke down the door too
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Membership in Girl Scouts is open to girls in grades K-12; women and men over the age of 17 can join as adult members. Girls join for fun and friendship, but they also learn about building character and self-esteem and serving their communities—the core qualities of Girl Scouting. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives – like strong values, social conscience and conviction about their own potential and self-worth.
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Paramount and Kingston to offer movies on a Flash drive
If you buy Kingston Flash memory in the near future you might just get a little more than a way to store your digital media. Paramount Digital Entertainment has teamed up with Kingston to offer full-length movies on Flash memory cards.
The feature films will be made available on Kingston's Flash memory products either as part of a bundle or specifically for sale as a digital movie. The company's Rick Webb said that the company is looking forward to working with Paramount Digital Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures Corp, "to bundle additional Paramount content on our full line of USB drives and Flash memory cards."
This format will no doubt be welcomed by users of devices such as netbooks, who might not have easy access to DVD or Blu-Ray optical drives or may not have enough disk space to make digital downloads a viable option.
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Some nights, after the kids are in bed, I sit down at the computer, words bursting forth, ready to write and share what's on my heart.
Some nights, I sit down at the computer, my energy too low and my heart too full to bring forth any words. Instead, I read what others have written and see what others have photographed. Usually this encourages me. ;-)\
Some nights, I don't even make it to the computer. Often those nights involve a good book, a fire in the woodstove, and a comfy couch. Put those three things together, and I'm a goner. ;-)
On the nights that I surf the 'net but don't write anything, sometimes I find little gems--things I want to show my boys or come back to for my own benefit.
Things like these. :)
On some wintry day that needs a little extra something in it, I want to make these with my boys. :)
I think you might have to sign in (it's free!) to view this, but this gallery is stunning. S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G. Really, really amazing photos from around the world. (And because I looked at these photos, I experienced a first: I actually think it would be fun to visit Iceland! To say the least, it was never on my list of Places to See before now.) :)
After they saw this, my boys pretty much decided we should live in a house like this. :)
Who knew weather photos could be so incredibly amazingly fantastically phenomenal? :)
If I had a million dollars, I would travel; and you can bet some of these places would be on my list! :)
Changing the subject quite a bit, I was really grateful to read this article about the need for, and benefits of, play during childhood because--true confession time--sometimes I feel like I let my kids play too much. Maybe they should be doing household chores more, I tell myself. Maybe we should be tackling other areas of study. Maybe they should be doing more than just playing for hours on end! And then I read this article and I think, "OK, maybe we're doing just fine like we are. Maybe I'll go ahead and let them keep playing." :)
We always need more laughter, right? :)
(By the way, the first In the Big Ol' Net post is here.)