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For immediate release: August 29, 2011
Major Track Work Planned for Weekend of September 2-5
Buses replace trains on portions of Orange and Blue lines
Metro will advance major track work on sections of the Orange and Blue lines over the three-day Labor Day weekend. Buses will replace Orange Line trains between East Falls Church and West Falls Church as work continues on the Dulles rail extension project. In addition, Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street stations will be closed as Metro installs new track switches on the Blue Line near Van Dorn Street. Shuttle buses will operate between Franconia-Springfield and Eisenhower Avenue stations via Van Dorn Street Station.
Orange Line – 8 p.m. Friday through closing Monday (Labor Day)
Blue Line – 10 p.m. Friday through closing on Monday (Labor Day)
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During the week of August 29-September 1, trains will share one track on portions of the Red and Blue lines. Customers should note the following minor service impacts:
Red Line – From 9:30 p.m. through closing Monday through Thursday
Blue Line – From 10 p.m. through closing Monday through Thursday
Metro is advancing a six-year, $5 billion Capital Improvement Program (CIP) that is focused on safety and bringing the Metro system into a state of good repair. In FY2012, the CIP includes projects to replace escalators; retrofit track; replace critical track circuitry and equipment along the right of way; rehabilitate third-rail power systems, running rail and track pads; modernize 12 stations; replace 100 Metrobuses and the rehabilitate 100 more; renovate three bus garages; and install 30 new track turnouts.
The Trip Planner on Metro's website will not reflect the impact of this work on schedules. For more information on traveling by Metrobus or Metrorail, customers may call 202-637-7000 or TTY 202-638-3780, or visit wmata.com.
News release issued at 1:50 pm, August 29, 2011.


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The manufacturing sector grew at a faster rate in April, in an ongoing recovery from the fourth-quarter 2006 drop — although caution is due, in light of raw material price increases, the nation's purchasing managers reported.
In a monthly update on the strength of the manufacturing sector, a key driver of the U.S. economy, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) continued the positive trend that started after a fourth quarter that saw the Index drop beneath the threshold level of 50, the dividing line between expansion and contraction.
April saw the growth rate accelerate, and the PMI reach 54.7%, a reading that is the highest since an identical level was reported for May 2006. "New Orders and Production improved significantly, as did Employment," said Norbert Ore, chairman of the ISM's Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.
Ore added, "Manufacturers are now in their ninth month of inventory reduction, so supply chains are generally in balance."
"On the negative side," he said, "prices continue to rise at a rapid rate with metals and energy being the areas of greatest concern to buyers."
Indeed, the Prices index rose by 7.5 percentage points in April — the fourth straight monthly hike — and with a downward trend in both Inventories (down 1.2 points) and Customers' Inventories (down 1.0 points), the indication is that it could cost more to keep up with the growing Backlog of Orders (swinging up 7.5 points after a recent downturn).
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People always make resolutions to do things different in their personal and professional lives. Some want to lose weight, get a better job or even start dating – whatever floats your boat.
Now of those who say they're going to change, more than half will lose steam and quit before three months is up.
Is it because they don't have the determination? They don't have the time or energy? Sometimes these are factors of them throwing in the towel, but I see a larger reason.
They don't' sit down and plan with the right goals for the year.
Sure, you can SAY anything you want, but there's a saying:
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."
I am a firm believer in this and yes, I also am looking to make changes this year, but I'm defining my goals and I'm going to accomplish them for the year – in both my personal and professional life. At least from my own experience, not planning and putting things down (on paper, computer, whatever), puts in the negative from the very start.
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I am heading to Newcastle Upon Tyne this weekend for a catch up with some of my chummies and to visit a few galleries (which is am super excited about!). Because of this, I decided that I wanted to put together some material to post while I am away for you guys to read!
So, I headed to the Cathedral Quarter in hope of finding some fashionable people to pester! It was a fairly nice day today, so I decided to go out all Emma Stone Inspired, in thigh high socks. I am never so sure about thigh high/ knee high socks, as it can come across quite strong at times, but here teamed with the smock and shirt, it is very school-girl inspired!
I had a lot of fun out WHO//WHAT//WEARing all afternoon and visiting some business appointments and I look forward to doing more in the future. I have began shooting males in the WWW feature, so hopefully things will become more interesting for any of you guy readers out there!
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thought that was made illegal or something.
It is, but there is a way around it. Apparently, if the sound is compressed (no idea what that means) the commercials only sound louder but the maximum decibel rating is not exceeded. If you listen carefully, you can hear that every word is at the same volume, which is not true when we speak normally. Our volume goes up and down. That technique gives the impression of higher volume. Or the makers are flouting the law.
Not to mention that each word is as loud as allowed.
Whatever they say the commercials are louder than the shows, no question.
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The second installment of Patricia Highsmith's Ripliad, Ripley Under Ground follows Tom Ripley's life a few years after the events in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Tom is now married to heiress Heloise and together they live a life of leisure in a country home in France. Ripley's boredom with the everyday leads him to more shenanigans, however, as he get involved in a painting forgery ring. As the ring starts to fall apart, Tom uses all the tools at his disposal to deflect suspicion, including murder. In the end, Tom seemingly clears everything up, but he still suspects he missed something and will be visited by the police again, this time with new evidence.
I did not enjoy this novel as much as the previous one. The plot was fairly convoluted, with too many people involved to believe that Ripley could get away with everything he does. I also did not connect with Tom like I did in the original. Somehow he did not have quite the same charm and appeal. That is not to say I did not like this book; on the contrary, I just thought it could have been better. It is my understanding, though, that the third book in the series, Ripley's Game, is quite good, so I will start that next.
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Are you the type of person who keeps your side dishes separate from your main dishes and salads and eats dainty bites of each one separately, gently nudging any rogue bits or sauces away from each other, lest they accidentally touch?
That's totally not me. When I find myself in a position of eating, be it snacking or sitting down to a meal, I really like to put as many foods on top of each other as possible and eat them all together. Sometimes it results in a delightful and exciting melding of flavors, other times it tastes kind of weird. For example, roasted veggies, barley, olives and herbs equal a really delicious salad when mixed all together. Sweet potatoes, lentils, chickpeas, tomatoes and kale work similarly well as a hearty winter stew. Blueberries, yogurt, peanut butter and cinnamon make a MAGNIFICENT breakfast afternoon snack.
But chocolate chips and butter do not belong in an apple cake.
I know, I know, my thoughts exactly.
One would think by that adding chocolate chips and butter to a recipe, it automatically becomes more delicious. Not a classic apple cake though.
I once tried to adapt this simple, flawless apple cake by adding 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup apple sauce instead of the recipe's original 1 cup of oil. The reason was that oil is a flavorless fat, and butter is a heavenly one, so why not half the amount of fat but make it doubly delicious? And add chocolate chips because, well, why not? The result was not a disaster, but it was dry and the chocolate was confusing with the apples. My dad usually likes everything I bake and is generally my biggest fan, but even he said this cake was "just eh." I learned my lesson on that one and have since perfected a totally delicious, wholesome apple cake. Thank goodness for that.
This recipe I have for you today is an adaptation of The Healthy Apple's baked green beans with caramelized onions. I think it's meant to be eaten as a side dish, but so far I just keep throwing them on top of my salads and mixing it up with lots of other things, as is my custom. They're a crunchy, sweet and fresh addition to anything really, but I think they would be especially good with some grilled fish or pasta.
Sweet Sesame Green Beans
These green beans are sweet, light and lemony– a perfect ray of sunshine in the doom and gloom of February!
Adapted from The Healthy Apple
Serves 4
3 cups fresh green beans, trimmed
1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, minced
1 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/4 tsp. fresh lemon zest
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Steam green beans in large pot for 5 minutes or until crisp and bright green. Remove from heat, pat dry and place them in a casserole dish.
In a large skillet, saute onion, garlic, rosemary, sea salt and pepper in the olive oil until onions begin to caramelize, approximately 10 minutes. Add mixture to the green beans; mix well. Add lemon juice, sesame seeds and lemon zest. Cover and bake for 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and serve warm.


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Yesterday, People For the American Way Foundation , on behalf of its Young People For program, joined with Demos and several other civil rights groups to submit an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging it to reject a new requirement in Arizona that requires people to show certain documents proving citizenship when they register to vote. As Demos explains in its press release about the brief, this requirement could severely hamper grassroots voter registration efforts:
The brief filed today details the real-world negative impact that Arizona's extreme documentation requirements have on the ability of community-based voter registration organizations to register eligible citizens to vote, particularly through registration drives. Proposition 200 requires that a potential registrant produce a post-1996 Arizona driver's license, a current U.S. passport, a birth certificate, naturalization documents, or selected Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal identification documents. Many eligible citizens do not possess these narrow forms of documentation required by the law and, of those who do, many do not carry them while conducting their daily affairs. Community-based registration efforts overwhelmingly rely on approaching individuals who did not plan in advance to register at that time or location and who are thus unlikely to be carrying a birth certificate, passport, or other documentation. Even when a potential registrant does happen to be carrying one of the required documents, logistical hurdles—ranging from an inability to copy documents on the spot to an unwillingness to hand over sensitive identification documents to registration drive volunteers—greatly hinder the ability of community-based organizations to register people in Arizona. In short, community-based voter registration efforts are made more difficult, less effective, and more expensive as a result of Proposition 200's citizenship documentation requirements.
The case in question, Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, is one of two critical voting rights cases that the Supreme Court will hear this year. The Court will also be considering a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires states and counties with a history of voting discrimination to get any changes to voting laws pre-cleared by the Justice Department or a federal court before they can go into effect. That law has helped to deflect numerous challenges to voting rights, including in the lead-up to the 2012 election. In fact, the Arizona law at issue in this case is a perfect example of why our federal voting rights protections should be expanded rather than eliminated.
Young People For fellows across the country worked last year to register and get young voters to the polls.
A federal judge in Florida yesterday said that he will permanently block new restrictions on voter registration drives that have suppressed registration in the months leading up to the 2012 election. The new restrictions had all but shut down voter registration efforts by major civic engagement groups in Florida.
Elder Lee Harris of Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church in Jacksonville, a member of People For the American Way Foundation's African American Ministers Leadership Council, issued the following statement:
"My fellow church leaders and I have been working to get everybody in our community to participate in our democracy. Unfortunately, some of our elected officials want to discourage new voters and drive people away from the polls, rather than drawing new voters in. Discouraging civic participation is a cynical and short-sighted way to try to win an election. Yesterday's ruling means that more people will have more opportunities to register to vote. This decision is good for Florida, and good for our democracy."


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Magical Thinking
The progressive base is having conniptions over the failure of President Obama to get his agenda through Congress despite having supermajorities. Now that Obama is making token gestures (however feeble [via:HA]) towards fiscal sanity, they are experiencing political apoplexy:
As noted in quick hits by BDB and rayj, [UPDATE] and by David in a diary that just caused me to push back this diary's publication time, Obama has now gone off the deep end. After passing a stimulus that most economists (not just liberal ones) said was too small, and that was made even more inadequate by being heavily tilted toward poor-performing tax-cuts, Obama is now intentionally recreating FDR's mistake of 1937, when he prematurely cut back spending to try to balance the budget, and sent the country into a new recession.
Specifically: He's going to announce a spending freeze on domestic programs (but not, of course, on the military) that is "projected to save $250 billion." The rationale is that he wants to appease folks worried about runaway deficits. Which is just what FDR was worried about in 1937.
This is Bush-style idiocy. There is no other word for it.
The cause of this consternation is magical thinking on the part of the author, Paul Rosenberg.
Here, to remind you, is the chart I put together during the stimulus debate, showing, among other things, the relative ineffectiveness of tax cuts vs. spending in generating jobs, which is the key to getting the nation out of this recession–the only way that we can rationally hope to start bringing down the deficits:
While some tax cuts are much better than the real stinkers, it's virtually a given that once Obama starts talking about tax cuts, the GOP is going to start demanding that Bush's tax cuts be made permanent. Not only–as you can see from the chart–are these about the least helpful tax cuts of all, they are also heavily skewed toward helping the rich and the super-rich.
If you look closely at the chart you will be unsurprised to find that government spending is calculated to provide substantially more "bang for the buck" in creating wealth and jobs. That's unsurprising because this chart is intended to support a progressive prescription for the economy. Of course it will show government as the answer.
Without arguing the statistical or modeling specifics behind the chart, there is one glaring item that reveals how much magical thinking went into its creation. By far the most "stimulating" actions set forth are "Temporary Increase in Food Stamps"(calculated to create 9,803,333 jobs), "Extending Unemployment Insurance" (9,236,667 jobs), and "Increased infrastructure Spending" (9,010,000 jobs). The closest tax-cutting measure, according to this analysis, in job creation is a "Payroll Tax Holiday" which is estimated to create 7,253,333 jobs. Do you see the problem?
How, exactly, do food stamps and unemployment benefits create jobs? Arguably, spending on infrastructure could create construction jobs on a temporary basis, although that hasn't proven to be the case with the stimulus bill that was passed. But there is simply no logic to the idea that providing government benefits to the poor and unemployed will serve to create jobs, much less 9 to 10 million of them. That's just magical thinking.
Rosenberg provides this explanation for the employment fairy (from Mark Zandi of Moody's Economy.com):
Income support
The House stimulus plan includes some $100 billion over two years in income support for those households under significant financial pressure. This includes extra benefits for workers who exhaust their regular 26 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits; expanded food stamp payments; and help meeting COBRA payments for unemployed workers trying to hold onto their health insurance.
Increased income support has been part of the federal response to most recessions, and for good reason: It is the most efficient way to prime the economy's pump. Simulations of the Moody's Economy.com macroeconomic model show that every dollar spent on UI benefits generates an estimated $1.63 in near-term GDP.x Boosting food stamp payments by $1 increases GDP by $1.73 (see Table 2). People who receive these benefits are hard pressed and will spend any financial aid they receive very quickly.
Another advantage is that these programs are already operating and can quickly deliver a benefit increase to recipients. The virtue of extending UI benefits goes beyond simply providing aid for the jobless to more broadly shoring up household confidence. Nothing is more psychologically debilitating, even to those still employed, than watching unemployed friends and relatives lose their sources of support.xi Increasing food stamp benefits has the added virtue of helping people ineligible for UI such as part-time workers.
Whatever the virtues of income support, and even if that support will be quickly spent in the economy, there is no justification for concluding that it will expand the economy. At best, it can stabilize a downturn by maintaining some level of consumer spending. But that does not expand the economy in any way, shape or form, and it certainly doesn't create jobs an unprecedented level as suggested by Rosenberg.
Indeed, in order to give money to the poor and jobless, the government has to take money fr0m someplace else. Since it doesn't create anything, the government will either (i) tax those who are working and creating wealth at higher rates, (ii) borrow money, or (iii) print money. Again, these are not wealth producing actions, but instead wealth destroying ones. It is true that, assuming such income support shortens a downturn, tax receipts will eventually outpace the costs of funding those supports. What is not true is that the government benefits will create jobs.
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"Increased income support has been part of the federal response to most recessions, and for good reason: It is the most efficient way to prime the economy's pump. Simulations of the Moody's Economy.com macroeconomic model show that every dollar spent on UI benefits generates an estimated $1.63 in near-term GDP.x Boosting food stamp payments by $1 increases GDP by $1.73 (see Table 2). People who receive these benefits are hard pressed and will spend any financial aid they receive very quickly."
Wait wait wait wait – so…am I wrong if I interpret this to read that government investing in Unemployment benefits at a dollar, will yield a $1.63 in GDP? SHIT! isn't that a 63% return on my investment? Am I reading that wrong? and even BETTER if I invest in food stamps! Good Lord! The answer is obvious! Put the ENTIRE Federal budget into FOOD STAMPS! We're getting a 73% return on dollars invested ! It's a miracle, we can wipe out the deficit and boost the economy all at once! (Who says I couldn't work for this administration….I think my cockeyed misinterpretation is as valid as some of the ones I've heard in the last year…)
It is amazing to me that among the left there has arisen in the last 25 years a zeitgeist that says, all spending is good, and all tax cuts are bad, and if we could just spend everything we have and tax at 100% then we would be prosperous!
It is amazing because it is demonstrably the exact opposite of reality. Low taxes, particularly low marginal rates, and a government that does not run a deficit is the absolute best way to (1) cause an economy to grow. (2) give opportunities to the poor, and (3) increase the overall wealth of the citizens.
This is not even debatable, every single nation that has started spending more than they have and increasing taxes to try and catch up has ended up with anemic or negative growth rates and high unemployment, wage stratification, and all the evils that go along with those things.
Every time.
So welfare creates jobs, which decreases the need for welfare. Wait, it's self-defeating!
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$116.2 billion for the $400 payroll tax credit for workers earning up to $75,000; married couples filing jointly get $800 for income up to $150,000
$90 billion for Federal aid to states for Medicaid spending
$69.75 billion for Middle-income taxpayers get an exemption from the alternative minimum tax of $46,700 for an individual and $70,950 for a married couple
$40.6 billion for Aid to states to balance education budgets, prevent cutbacks and modernize schools
$29.9 billion for Grants for highway improvements
$26.96 billion for Extension of jobless benefits for up to 33 weeks
$24.75 billion for 65% subsidy for laid-off workers to continue paying premiums for former employer's health plan for nine months
$17.5 billion for Incentive payments to hospitals and physicians who computerize medical-records systems
$14.83 billion for Increased eligibility for refundable child tax credit, with all income over $3000 qualifying
$14.2 billion for One-time payment (bribe) of $250 for retirees, disabled people, SSI recipients, railroad retirees and disabled veterans
… and many others of lesser value (and some education ones that were larger).
Granted that all of these are "helping people," except for the highway money and the "pie-in-the-sky" numbers that education will always help (hey, it is "for the children"), it could be argued that none of these will generate meaningful lasting jobs.
Come to think of it, the "stimulus" isn't structure to "stimulate" but rather to "sustain"
House Democratic leaders said a report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing a $1.35 trillion deficit in 2010 was the result of policies put in place by President George W. Bush and Republicans in Congress, who controlled the House and Senate until the 2006 elections.
This is stretch. 3 years later and the Democrats still don't know how to run Congress.
Well, they have to blame SOMEBODY…
Simply unbelievable. The Democrats will go down in flames in 2010 and probably 2012, all the while insisting that it isn't their fault. How tone deaf can they possibly be?
Assuming that the numbers cited by Rosenberg are accurate, they do seem to indicate that spending money on welfare, food stamps, etc. ARE effective in creating jobs. Now, I agree with others here that robbing Peter to give to Paul doesn't generate long-term wealth, but what accounts for the numbers Rosenberg presents? Is it that the government is usually behind the curve and generally starts expanding welfare / unemployment AFTER a recovery has started? Or that tax cuts take time to work, and he is deliberately skewing his time frame so that their effects are not included?
I ask because, on their face, his numbers are persuasive and there needs to be a better rebuttal than citing "common sense" (something libs absolutely do not possess).
Anyway, how does one determine HOW a job is created? When I was hired for my present job after being unemployed for a short time, was it because the government spent $X on my unemployment? Or because it cut $Y from somebody else's taxes?
Why should I believe the numbers at all? Either one of us can come up with a spreadsheet that shows numbers doing what we want them to do.
Without some indication of where they GOT their numbers there's no credible reason for me to believe that money spent on Food Stamps necessarily equals efficient JOB CREATION on a macro level. You're going to have to go through a very tortuous proving path to demonstrate that, though at some level of spending we can assume it IS true. But we do NOT have to assume it is and efficient producer of jobs. Logically the best case is that Food Stamps increase yields an increase in spending which causes higher volumes (more purchase of product, causes more food stamp driven consumer demand for product, causes more orders for product, causes more creation and delivery of product for purchase and so on) along with the by product that perishable purchases they'd been using their cash for, now free the available cash for purchase of non perishable consumer goods like television sets, books, magazines, shoes, etc which (are not supposed to be) cannot be purchased with food stamps.
Why should I believe that the return is going to be anything like 1.73 on a dollar spent, because his chart says so? When they're playing with numbers that large there is no way it's anything but a forecast and at some point the extrapolation of what will happen breaks down due to the rules of diminishing returns. Looks wonderful on paper, but never holds up in reality.
Furthermore – if the argument is there is more money available in the general pool for consumer spending a a result of food stamps, does it REALLY make more sense that money coming from the government, which was gotten by taking it AWAY from the consumers, can be better utilized through the government and NOT through the very people you're using to stimulate the economy with 'government' money (food stamps). If the government didn't take it AWAY from them in the first place, they'd have it to spend. The only jobs you're creating for certain are GOVERNMENT jobs to administer the systems of collecting the cash, turning it into food stamps, and handing it back out to the people you took it away from (while creating a government handout dependent class of society).
This is insane, it once more assumes, as most progressive schemes do, that wealth actually derives from government. I could understand if there was a 'product' here that Government sold, like Unobtanium, but it has no product, other than it's own perpetuation and enlargement.
I absolutely agree with you that it doesn't make logical sense. However, it seems to me that the question is how to rebut the left when they point to these sorts of numbers and sneer that spending is CLEARLY more effective than tax cuts at creating jobs? I've heard Jean-Francois say that and thought, "What an idiot" (which he is), but there seems to be some evidence that he can use to defend that position.
So, which is it:
(A) Rosenberg's numbers are outright fabrications;
(B) He has jiggered time scales and other factors to inflate the impact of spending and reduce the apparent impact of tax cuts on job creation;
(C) His premise is false in some other way, i.e. he is omitting other factors that do more to explain the apparent results than his simplistic model.
In effect, it's another case like "global warming": the left has numbers and other "evidence" that appear to support their case, but we know now that the evidence was greatly exaggerated, cherry-picked, or outright falsified. What is Rosenberg doing in this case?
I ask because, on their face, his numbers are persuasive and there needs to be a better rebuttal than citing "common sense" (something libs absolutely do not possess).
People must be consistently reminded that the world is round.
And blanket false statements like "the government doesn't create anything" doesn't serve useful when convincing folks of the value of the private sector over a public one. Governments throughout eternity have and will continue to do so – create jobs, technology, investment, ect. It's just not very efficient at it. It is not the genesis that the free market is.
I stand corrected Pogue, governments CAN create everything you mentioned and generally as you said, they are just not very efficient at it. I'll amend my comments to that effect in the future. Again, as you point out, my incorrect statement to the effect that they create nothing is actually hardly better (on reflection) than Rosenberg's statement that all good flows from their increased spending.
The solution to the economic slump is so obvious! Fire EVERYBODY and put them on unemployment and food stamps! The economy will grow and all those folks can go back to school to learn new skills for the fast-paced, challenging, high paying jobs of the future. From which hey can again be fired, thus stimulating the economy even further! The cycle can be repeated indefinitely, until we have created a worker's paradise.
I, too , have a chart which supports my theories.
In the real world, jobs are not created until someone wants to hire an employee. It's a demand thing, not a supply thing. And nobody is going to want to hire new employees until things stabilize and employers see their sales at least level, with the likelihood of an increase. All this turbulence just delays a recovery.
My chart is in color, too. So there!
The ONLY way food stamp and welfare spending can cause growth is if the recipient was not eating or otherwise spending money before they received the benefits. Not very likely, except in the case of illegal immigrants. Perhaps that is why folks say illegal immigration stimulates economic growth.
Part of the problem with the premise of increased food stamps distribution, for example, is the unrealistic idea that there is an unlimited demand for the items that food stamps purchase. If I give a man $30,000 in food stamps for a week, he is eventually going to buy all the things he needs, or thinks he needs, in triplicate, before he runs out of room to store those blocks of cheese and sacks of rice. He'll get to the point where he'll have what he considers 'surplus' food stamps and he won't spend them (we're pretending for the moment there won't be a black market food stamps for cash outlet for his surplus, and that he is limited to certain items which he may purchase with the stamps).


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Glass House Gets $300,000 Grant For Art in East Chattanooga
By Mary Helen Miller • Jun 13, 2012
Glass House Collective, which opened up on East Chattanooga's Glass Street at the beginning of the year, just got news of a $300,000 ArtPlace grant. The collective plans to use the money to commission art projects in its neighborhood. Director of Glass House Katherine Currin and local artist Kevin Bate talk about the grant.


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This technology can be employed across a broad range of minimally invasive techniques, and is optimized for multi-quadrant operations for gynecology, urology, thoracic, cardiac and overall, general surgery. Story By Kelly Bell/ETR Longview Regional Medical Center (LRMC) has announced its installation of the state-of-the-art Robotic Surgical System. This technology is a major stride forward in …
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text: |The Sawatch Range is a narrow strip of the Continental Divide containing fifteen 14er's, most of which dominate the landscape just to the west of US 24, from Leadville to Salida. Included in this impressive array is the highest point in Colorado (Mt. Elbert) and the famed Collegiate Peaks. The Sawatch peaks are famous for their numerous hiking trails, enough to keep you busy for a lifetime. There are nontechnical routes up all these peaks, and accessibility is easy even for 2-wheel drive vehicles. Heck, some of these peaks are good for mountain biking!


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Gav Thorpe
"Thorpe writes strong, uncluttered narrative, and his characters
actually sound like real people."
– Tom Holt, SFX
"The battle scenes are truly epic and Thorpe doesn't give anything away
until the final sword stroke has fallen."
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The Crown of the Blood– September 2010 (UK/Aus), October 2010 (US/Rest of world)
The Crown of the Conqueror – August 2011 (UK/RoW), September (US/Can)
The Crown of the Usurper – August 2012 (worldwide)
The Empire of The Blood (ebook-only omnibus) – July 2013 (worldwide)
Gav Thorpe works from Nottingham, England and has written more than a dozen novels and even more short stories. Growing up in a tedious town just north of London, he originally intended to be an illustrator but after acknowledging an inability to draw or paint he turned his hand to writing.
Gav spent 14 years as a developer for Games Workshop on the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 before going freelance in 2008. It is claimed (albeit solely by our Gav, frankly) that he is merely a puppet of a mechanical hamster called Dennis that intends to take over the world via the global communications network. When not writing, Gav enjoys playing games, cooking, pro-wrestling and smiling wryly.
Interview with SFX Magazine (May 2010)
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text: This question has been in the back of my mind for awhile and never asked if anyone knew or not. I know the first milk that a baby recieves at each feeding is foremilk and later hindmilk, but what I'm wondering once you feel the let down can I assume the hindmilk is now forth comming or does it take a while longer for baby to get it, and if so how much longer? I can feel my letdown and I guess what I'm wondering is if once I get it if I can assume that baby is getting the hindmilk. Thanks in advance for any comments on this, cause I kinda wonder if I'm the only one who has wondered this!


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Covington Sends Wesleyan Past Middlebury
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Senior Grant Covington picked up a career-high 17 saves and allowed just three goals to backstop Wesleyan University (4-1, 3-1 NESCAC) to a 7-3 victory over Middlebury College (2-3, 2-1), ranked 17th nationally, in NESCAC men's lacrosse action here this afternoon.
The teams had met in Middletown a year ago as well with the Cardinals knocking off the Panthers, 9-8 in overtime. Wesleyan has now defeated Middlebury seven times in the last 12 meetings since ending a 16-0 run by Middlebury between 1975 and 2005, and is 5-2 vs. Middlebury over the last seven regular-season battles.
Wesleyan jumped out to a 5-1 lead before the game was nine minutes old as sophomore Aidan Daniell found the net twice, opening the scoring just :53 in with a bouncer off a feed by sophomore Joe Porcelli. Just 1:01 later, senior Teddy Citrin made it 2-0, spinning in front from behind on the left to score his team-leading ninth goal of the season. When Porcelli and Daniell reversed scoring roles at 10:42, Wesleyan had a 3-0 advantage.
Each team scored twice to close out the first quarter as Middlebury got a pair of goals from freshman Chase Clymer, who was playing just his second career game and got his first two career goals. Both were assisted by junior Mike Giordano who made passes to the middle from the left side each time. Between the Clymer goals, Daniell got his second tally, upping his seasonal goal total to six and giving him a three-point afternoon, while sophomore Graham Macnab also hit the twine, assisted by senior John Froats. Clymer's second goal came on a man-advantage situation at 2:04 of the first period. There were only three penalties called in the well-played contest.
Despite seven goals in the opening 12:56 of the game, only one goal was scored over the next 33:46, that coming from Middlebury sophomore Bucky Pierce at 6:09 of the second quarter on a high shot after catching a pass from sophomore Quinn Cronan, making it a 5-3 game. Wesleyan ended its scoring drought at 13:18 of the fourth quarter when senior DJ Benatavitz rolled in front from behind the net on the left and put home a bouncer just inside the right post past Middlebury sophomore keeper Nate Gaudio to give the Cardinals a three-goal cushion.
Bernatavitz finished off the day's scoring with just 2:04 remaining as he bounced in a shot from the right side off a pass from senior Max Landow with Gaudio out of the net trying to double-team the ball in an attempt to gain possession. They were the first goals of the season for Bernatavitz. Gaudio played well for Middlebury, making 11 saves in the contest.
After the Middlebury goal in the second period, Covington, whose previous high-save game came against Tufts in 2011 when he stopped 15 shots, held the Panthers scoreless for the final 36:09, making 10 of his 17 saves over the stretch.
Up next for Wesleyan is a pivotal NESCAC home game against fifth-ranked nationally Amherst Wed., March 28. With its win over Williams to start the year, Wesleyan can clinch a Little Three title with a victory. Middlebury will be in action in a NESCAC game Wednesday as well, traveling to Hamilton.
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There are many prejudices on anal sex. First one should overcome the feeling of uncleanliness. Then the fear and discomfort in a man about inserting the penis into the woman's anus as the man is afraid that it might indicate homosexual desires. If they both wish for such sexual intercourse, they only have to learn how to penetrate the anus without pain. This video on anal sex will surely be of help.
Learn how to make anal sexual adventures pleasant and not painful. There are certain things that you just have to know about anal intercourse before indulging in it.
Use a LOT of lube prior to and during anal intercourse.
In practice, the anus has not been used only for excrement already for a long time, as it has often served as a "substitute" for the vagina. Moreover, many women claim that it is even easier for them to experience orgasm by having anal sex rather than vaginal intercourse. However, the thought of anal penetration arouses unpleasant feelings in a number of people. Men who actually have an enormous desire to insert their penis into the partner's anus may have prejudice against anal sex, because they are afraid that this could hint at their homosexuality. Women, on the other hand, are usually afraid of pain. If you would like to practice anal sex, we prepared advice on how to make things easier for you.
1. Don't use force.
It is important that both partners truly want anal intercourse before doing it. For those women who are afraid of anal sex, or do it because of their partners, it will be harder to relax to the point at which intercourse will not be painful for them. And anal intercourse can really be quite painful.
2. Relax.
Women can experience pain, so go about anal intercourse carefully. (jlp)
Relaxation is of key importance in anal sex. It is also recommended that you breathe deeply. Do you wonder why? The anal sphincter muscles are very strong. They are located around the anal opening and control the functioning of the intestines. If you penetrate the anus and do not breathe deeply while doing it, you will feel pain.
It is also recommended that you have foreplay by using fingers or a small sexual aid, and that you use a lot of lubricant before penetrating. Here it is important that the sphincter muscles have enough time to adapt to the object of penetration, before being replaced by a real penis. Never penetrate the anus by force; leave it to slowly stretch by itself and adapt to the object that you are inserting into it.
3. Lubricant, lubricant and once again lubricant.
If you use condoms, choose a water-based lubricant.
Do not forget to use lubricant during anal intercourse as well, not just prior to penetration. If you use latex condoms, lubricant should be water-based.
4. Don't rush things.
Third time lucky. Don't give up after the first attempt.
Remember that it is not desirable to be hasty. If you penetrate the partner's anus quickly, you can cause her great pain and thus disgust anal intercourse to her FOREVER. So, do it infinitely slowly, slowly, slowly and use a lot of lubricant, making anal sex more exciting for both of you.
5. Use protection.
Yes, you can get pregnant by having anal sex, because the seminal fluid can reach the vagina as well. Even if the chances to get pregnant are smaller than with vaginal intercourse, here protection is still especially welcome. It's easier to penetrate the anal opening with the help of a condom, and you will also be protected against various gynaecological infections and sexually transmitted diseases.
6. Make sure you are both clean.
Wash your penis before putting it into your partner's mouth, after it was in their anus. (jlp)
If you also want to have oral or vaginal sex while practising anal intercourse, wash your penis well (preferably with the soap which has a low pH value) and then continue with what you intended. Bacteria in the anus might cause irritation or infections if transmitted to other parts of the body.
To conclude, another piece of advice: don't give up after your first attempt at anal sex. Every couple needs some practice, so everything can turn out the way it should, if you only show persistence. Be patient and take your time to learn about anal sex in practice - you know what they say: third time lucky.


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With Valentine's Day on its way, I was intrigued to see lots of information in the media about how eating chocolate could prevent colon cancer.
The headlines were almost as enticing as unwrapping a large bar of Godiva with hazelnuts.
- Eating chocolate can stave off bowel cancer, say scientists.
- Chocolate shown to protect against colon cancer: study
- Study Shows Chocolate Prevents Colon Cancer
As the news spread like chocolate melting in August from a medical journal article to a news release to online media to blogs to Twitter, I didn't know whether to consider the rats who were fed cocoa for 12 weeks and had changes in their intestinal tract or that having diabetes increases the risk of dying from colorectal cancer by 30 percent or convincing evidence from the World Cancer Research Fund that maintaining a healthy weight is linked to lowering colon and rectal cancer risk.
Digging deeper into the research that was actually done:
- The study wasn't done in humans but in rats who bred to be at high risk for colon cancer.
- The rats didn't get to chow down on chocolate bars but were fed plain cocoa as 12 percent of their diets.
- After 8 weeks with half the animals eating extra cocoa, the rats were given azoxymethane (AOM) which induces colon cancer in susceptible rats.
- Four weeks later there were changes in some rat colons called aberrant crypt foci, a very early change that can lead to polyp formation.
- In the rats who were not fed cocoa, there were also changes in proteins that increase cell division and reduce cell death potentially promoting growth of tumors.
- Cocoa in these experimental rats reduced the risk of developing polyps and perhaps colorectal cancer at a very early stage. The study didn't continue to see if the little guys actually got colon or rectal cancer.
Can we jump from plain cocoa in high-risk rats to chocolate, with its sugar and fat, in humans in an effort to prevent colorectal cancer?
And is that the best prevention strategy?
Given that we don't eat cocoa powder alone but with added fat and sugar, the calorie intense treats should be only that — occasionally treats at the top of the food pyramid. Surely we don't want 12 percent of our daily calories to come from cocoa like the rat diet. Consider:
- Hershey bar: 210 calories, 13 grams of fat, 24 grams of sugar
- Two Godiva Truffles: 210 calories, 13 grams fat, 17 grams sugar
Bottom Line: What Really Can Prevent Colorectal Cancer?
- Experts say that positive lifestyle choices could cut the number of new colorectal cancer cases in the United States almost in half — a 45 percent reduction or 64,000 people who wouldn't get colon or rectal cancer. Recommendations from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) include not smoking, cutting down on red meat, increasing physical activity, and staying lean.
- And the best way of all — colorectal cancer screening. If everyone followed screening recommendations, we could prevent at least 60 percent of colorectal cancers. Stop It in Its Tracks before those polyps ever turn to cancer. That's true prevention, not just reducing risk in rats.
A few last facts to consider:
- Americans eat 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate annually, about half of all the world's supply. It costs us $7 billion dollars every year.
- Annually we eat 12 pounds of chocolate per person.
- The fiscal year 2012 budget for the National Cancer Institute is a little over $5 billion.
- AND in 2012, 143,460 men and women in the United States will be diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer and 51,690 will die.
There's lots of work to do, and chocolate truffles are not the answer.
Get Screened and Get Your Friends Screened.


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There's nothing like a hot start to get the season off with a bang.
But when it goes badly from the beginning, it feels like all four walls are crashing in. Instead of being excited about going to the rink, it's almost a dreadful feeling as players wonder what can go wrong next.
In the case of the New York Rangers, it has been a dreadful start and this perennial contender looks like one of the worst teams in the league.
However, a bad start is often just that. Ryan Suter got off slowly last year for the Minnesota Wild and so did Alex Ovechkin. By the end of the season, both were NHL first-team All-Stars.
Here's our look at eight prominent early-season underachievers.


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Somehow, when my middle son, Alex was a wee fetus tap-dancing on my bladder, I was signed up with all of the formula companies to receive formula checks. These puppies were worth upwards of twenty bucks!
Considering I'd planned – and subsequently did – nurse the kid for a year, I was totally baffled by the coupons. It's not like I'm particularly pro or anti formula feeding – I wouldn't pull a PETA and throw balloons full of breastmilk at women who were formula feeding or anything – I'm neither that passionate about it nor would I have wasted the precious pumped milk I kept carefully stored in the fridge, then the deep freezer, because the kid ate. A LOT.
Anyway, those coupons (like the got me a little hot and bothered in the same way finding an awesome new shower curtain) (mental note: find shower curtain) marked down 75% off does – I was saving MONEY on something I NEVER BOUGHT and oh EM GEE, the glory of it all!
I decided then that I would learn how to correctly cut coupons (like these awesome Vistaprint Coupons).
I'd always assumed that coupons were sort of a scam – I mean, I'd find myself cutting them, using them, only to realize I'd bought 76 bars of that soap that removes all oil from your skin and leaves you looking like a tree. I learned back then that there were a whole host of folks out there who did this coupon thing so hardcore that it made me and my piddly formula coupons look like child's play.
I was going to BE! A! SMART! SHOPPER! I COULD TOTALLY DO THIS, I thought, AND PUT THEM ALL TO SHAME. But first, I need some kicky supplies. Off to The Target I went, armed with the notion that the next time I was there, they'd be PAYING me for my company and awesome couponing! I'd be a PRO at this shit! I mean, so what if I hadn't slept in 95 days? I COULD BE A SAVVY SHOPPER.
I began going to my parents house under the guise of "visiting" so I could raid their Sunday papers and snitch the coupons. I mean, SAVING money by NOT buying a paper! I was winning at this ALREADY.
Carefully, with my new fancy scissors and my rad coupon binder, I began to cut out coupons for things I figured I'd need… eventually. I mean, EVERYONE needs thirty five bins of cornstarch! THICKENING STUFFS FOR THE WIN! I didn't, of course, take into account that I used one tablespoon of cornstarch once every three months. I HAD A COUPON FOR A DOLLAR OFF TWO THINGIES OF CORNSTARCH!
And how could I forget the dog food? I could get a whole dollar off if I bought a completely different brand of food! So WHAT if that meant he'd decide to evacuate his bowels on my white (white!) carpet? A DOLLAR OFF! That was totally worth the piles of dog poo!
Except that half of the time I'd go up to the register, my cart full of crap I didn't actually need, the coupons were expired and shit, the baby was screaming (again) and I didn't want to be THAT person who demanded to remove all the items that were supposedly couponed.
Coupons: 1
Aunt Becky: 0
It didn't take long for me to realize that I wasn't cut out (har-dee-har-har) to be a couponer. Not only was I too tired to be organized, the time I spent scouring the Internets for coupons I didn't have the capacity to print could've been better spent, well, watching paint dry or grass grow. It's not that I needed more practice, it's that I SUCKED at trying to keep it all organized. I'd blame that on the squalling baby, but really, it was my problem.
Any way I cut it, I was NOT destined to be an extreme couponer.
With all of the things going on in my life, I realized that it was probably time to start really learning how to use coupons again. Half the reason I put that widget on my blog was to remind myself to actually learn to properly use coupons to save money. Without a dog to poo on my new white (white!) carpets or a squalling baby to keep me all night, every night, I anticipate that I can (probably) do a little better this time around.
Which is why I'm asking for your help, Pranksters. YES YOU.
Any advice or suggestions for about extreme couponing? What do I need to know? Where are my pants? Do you have a coupon for my pants?
I'm going to combine what I learn over here, on my Life on the Frugal Side blog, where I keep tips and deals for living more frugally (mostly for myself since I lose stuff all the time).
If'n you have a good idea and want to write a guest post for the Frugal Side, don't hesitate to email me email@example.com.
P.S. Sorry my site is so janked up – I'm trying some different stuff to see what looks good and apparently, I am NOT someone who should be doing that. Kinda like couponing. EXCEPT I WILL LEARN YOU, COUPONS.
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Coupons always best me. I can't. just can't.
I dream of being one of those extreme couponers. Not happening anytime soon, but I TOO WILL LEARN!! I look forward to seeing what good advice you get.
Check out thekrazycouponlady.com. Everything you need to know is there, in addition to a list of almost all the coupons there are available at any given time in alphabetical order. I save a ton of money on things I do actually use. Well worth it.
I'm not "extreme" by any means but have a few tips:
1) Those formula coupons can earn you money! Put them on eBay and watch them go. I sell formula coupons all the time and make like $10/mth. They were free in the first place, free to list, and that little extra adds up. Just be sure to charge the cost of a stamp for shipping.
2) Refer to above and sell any other coupons on ebay that have a high dollar value or you have multiples of.
3) Find out which stores do the following: double/triple coupons, rewards cards, and weekly circulars.
4) Match coupons to ads. This will feel completely ridiculous at first with your 12 coupons from the paper and all you can get is dog food for an arthritic pup but you'll get there.
5) Find websites that show you which coupons to use at a certain store (i.e. http://wildforwags.com/).
6) Start a coupon train. Get some friends to fill one envelope of coupons and mail it to each other. Replacing only what you take and sending it on. (Think: chain letter format)
You totally got this. Didnt mean to go off on a rant but after I had to leave work to be a SAHM, I've learned some tricks. Good luck, AB!
I always say I'll use coupons, because why not, but then never do. They always expire before I need them. The best ones I use come from the check out line. You know, the ones that print out at a machine after your purchase. At least those are directly related to the items just purchased. I find most of my savings come from the discount cards for stores. I just look for products/brands on sale and compare to what I would have normally bought. That seems to work best for me.
For us, there's only 2 of us, coupons don't work to our advantage. A lot of coupons want you to buy a larger size or multiples of a product. Before you actually use a coupon look at what size it is for and how many it is for. Most of the time you'll end up spending more money than you need to just to get the coupon deal. For example, we don't need 2,, 40oz bottles of ketchup and there's just no reason to buy that 2nd bottle it only adds to the grocery bill. So I'd say sometimes the best use of coupons is to not use them.
On a related note:
Make sure you are actually saving money with a coupon. I got a coupon for a dollar off a thing of butter. The butter was eight dollars.
Eight -one = seven.
On the other side of the store they had butter for five dollars.
It only took me twenty minuted to figure out that 8>5, so I tossed the coupon and went back to the less expensive butter. When I got there I noticed the store brand was even cheaper, so I bought that.
walgreens and CVS is where I always get the best deals, use their ads plus any coupons you have, taking care to take advantage of the spend $10 get $$ back and then the next week you use those money back coupons on their receipts with coupons from the paper to buy that weeks deals… I think I saw yesterday that walgreens has my laundry soap for $1.99/bottle… I have sucked all summer at clipping coupons, but the last time it was $1.99 I had .50 coupons so I was able to get like 4 bottles (smaller 33 load bottles but still) for $1.50 each… I have often noticed that many of the deals I get regularly (i.e. free toothpaste and mens deodorant) I can only use so much of… makes me mad that I cant seem to ever get my deodorant or shower supplies as inexpensively as the male versions (and I just cant bring myself to use "sport scent" body wash!)…. so I stock up when I see a really good deal and then sort of ignore the next deals until my husband uses up most of what I accumulated the last time. Feel free to email me if can help any other way
I'm a dude, and as a dude, I have no idea what this post is about.
Dude, learn.
You could buy a lot of beer with the money you save.
Most coupons are for the more expensive brands of stuff. Sometimes you can save more by just buying the store brands. But, I agree with the above poster who said Walgreens was the place to save the most. I was surprised to learn how many groceries my local Walgreens carries and what great deals they offered in their Sunday ads.
Just last Thursday I sent my kids out to steal flyers from peoples yards. There was a $1.00 off coupon for toothpaste that was on sale for $1.37. We will have nice clean teeth for a while.
I agree with thekrazycouponlady.com but beware, she is pretty hard core. Find a local coupon blobs that talks about deals specific to ur area. You'll find that they do all the work for you, including links for the printable coupons. I usually save about 50% on groceries and get a majority of toiletries for free or really cheap. I buy only what I use and stock up so I can go weeks with only buying essentials (milk, eggs, produce, etc.). I find that with the money I save, I can then splurge on stuff that we eat but don't normally get coupons for. Baby steps and good luck! Email me if u have more questions 🙂
Oh and beware: selling coupons is illegal, but people get around it. Do ur research
Your coupon fail starts out the same way as mine. "But first, I need some kicky supplies. Off to The Target I went,." We are already in the hole $7-10 bucks before we even cut the first coupon. It will take several weeks to repay the loss. But I do love the smell of new school/craft supplies in the morning.
My suggestion is that you start slow and find an organizational tool that works well for you. I use 7 envelopes marked MEAT (my favorite), DAIRY, PERSONAL CARE, PACKAGED GOODS, PETS, CLEANING/LAUNDRY and PAPER. I have yet to find a local grocery store chain in Illinois that doubles coupons (it's a CONSPIRACY).
I do purchase the Sunday paper and I print coupons from coupons.com, redplum.com and smartsource.com. I write out a shopping list and pull all relevant coupons for the items on my list.
I also go through my coupons weekly to pull out all of the expired ones.
With my minimal time investment (maybe 1 hr/week) I saved 8% on my grocery bill last week and didn't buy anything I didn't need.
do you have a Schnucks in your Area? or is that only Southern IL? either way, they double coupons.
I can really only comment on two things: A) Only cut coupons for stuff you would normally buy or are planning to try – this should be obvious, but I've gotten sucked in by cute puppies and smiling babies before and ii) the best supplies for me were those baseball card sleeves that fit in a 3-ring binder. They're clear and you can make the coupons fit and then see them at a glance. I also got a little crazy and bought tab dividers and labeled 'em – food, home care, health&beauty, whatever. Yes, I actually have a tab labelled "whatever".
Aunt Becky,
I just dicovered your blog and I Love it. You are so funny then a couple lines later so moving. I was so knocked out by your post about becoming a mother, wow. You write so well.
I've never been a coupon gal but I do careen around grocery stores seeking out the 10 for $10 and love some of the rewards like CVS extra bucks which actually work, just got 20 free prints and $7.50 off my bill and I only had to remember to keep the extra bucks coupon.
On the few occasions I've managed to get some coupons for things I actually buy and tuck them into my purse, I forget to use them!
Becky, I'm a Moderator over at weusecoupons.com – we're one of the largest couponing forums on the Net.
I want you to come over to the forums, read the articles about learning to coupon our members and staff have written, start looking at the coupon matchups for the stores you shop at, and get links to hundreds of coupons you can print from home. There's also a lot of info on how to get organized – it is the #1 thing you have to conquer in order to be successful!
Let me know if you have any questions; PM me over at weusecoupons; I'm the Moderator Mavourneen 🙂 I'll be happy to help you if I can!
I'm probably an ass, because I DON'T coupon. That's one thing I decided long ago just doesn't work for me. Coupons are generally for name brand items, and things I don't often buy (like prepack meals/convenience foods). I do hit our local discount grocery stores (I know which one of the 3 is best for whatever I may need to stock up on that week. One's great for bulk stuff, one's awesome when I need cereal, and one's good for staples, meat, and dairy.) and try to keep a running log of what I generally pay for stuff in my head. This way, if I see a good deal on something we use, I can pick it up.
I also make a lot of our food (bread, yogurt, baby food, regular meals), but I swear I'm not some cracked-out hippie. I work full time, and wrangle a 7 month old. I try to do a few hours at a time on a day when my husband's around so I can get things in the fridge/freezer to last us a little while. I totally recommend the book "Make the Bread, Buy the Butter", by Jennifer Reese. She gives easy recipes, and tells you what's a total pain in the ass to make/not worth the cost (butter) and what is way tastier when you do it yourself (and often cheaper.- like bread and peanut butter)
Good luck, AB!!
Aunt Becky we are so in the same place in our lives…divorcing and couponing. I cannot keep a running list of what things should cost so I use the Price Book on this website http://www.wral.com/5onyourside/smartshopper/
to let me know if I am paying too much coupon or no coupon
I have totally tried, and I always lose. LOSE LOSE LOSE. Coupons can go f themselves.
I do coupons ONLY if they are actually a better deal than the store brand. When it comes to stuff like eggs, bread, dairy etc. there is no beating Aldi's or Sav-A-Lot prices, if you have those where you are. The trick really is to only take/print coupons for things that you will actually use, which is way easier nowadays with all the printable coupons out there. I have found that a lot of them expire faster than they used to, so I usually make a list first, go to http://www.sundaysaver.com (this website has links to flyers for a ton of stores), and then finally go to the coupon sites. It only actually takes about an hour a week, and it can make a big difference – especially if you have a local grocery store that matches ads. Oh, one more thing – make sure you have freezer storage bags or a vacuum sealer to store all the great deals you get on anything fresh.
So I am pretty bad at couponing. I always either forget to bring them with me, or (more often) have them with me and forget to use them at the checkout. However, one thing that has been working for me are the coupons you put directly on your Dominick's card. You go to their website and find the coupon area (I think it's called "Just 4 U"). Then you register your Dominick's card, and each week you go online and add the coupons you think you'll use directly to your card. The best part is no coupons to remember – you just have to give over your Dominick's card to be scanned at checkout, and the cashier always asks for it, so it's foolproof! Good luck!
Since you shop at target a lot, do you have a redcard? They have credit and debit cards and will save you 5% every time. In Virginia, that pretty much covers the sales tax.
Target also has coupons on their website. coupons.target.com. Check it out. I can usually find a few to use each trip. Also, if they total your order before you give them your coupons, they will open the order back up and give you cash for the coupons! That really feels like free money!
I forgot to mention – but most of target's coupons are for their own brand. Up and Up, Archer Farms, etc.
I use Totally Target.com for my Target deals. 🙂
If you have an iPhone (or I think it's available on android as well) I recommend Checkout 51. It's an app that gives you rebates on various products, and when you've accumulated $20, they'll send you a check. All you do is upload pictures of your receipts. I only use it on things I was going to buy anyway. The good part is, they don't care where you bought it, or if it was on sale already, or if you also used a coupon, as long as the receipt shows the name of th product and the date. I've bought juice at the Dollarama for a buck and gotten 50 cents back.


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It's hard to compete with Apple in quality but Songbird is doing a very good job. I tried it for a day but I still prefer iTunes. I have +6000 songs and iTunes does a marvelous job to keep them organized.
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John Demsey was promoted to Group President, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., in July 2006. In this role he oversees the Estée Lauder, M·A·C, Tom Ford and Prescriptives brands.
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How do people react to you when they know you have PD?
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I have very good friends that are willing to help me when I need it. It's hard for others to know what to do. Sometimes I don't want help..just want to do things at my own pace.
Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:23 PM
I wish I were wrong, but target, to some.
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 06:51 AM
Friends say sorry and listen.
Neighbors say "I noticed him walking funny" and "we know 'so and so' who had it too."
Overall everyone has been kind.
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Of course, the way other people react to us, is -also- the reflection of our own attitude. Therefore, i think we should try...
-keep as high as possible our self-esteem, our emotional strength and our functional independence.
-avoid discussing our problems with people who fail to understand them.
-don't pay much attention to what other people say, think etc...and
-keep our minds busy doing the things we love...
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-English is not my first language !
-Aged 40. Diagnosed at 35.
-Currently on madopar (levodopa and benserazide, 600mg daily) and Azilect (1mg daily).
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Gardener, female, 61, diagnosed at 55, 900mg Sinemet divided into 6 doses, plus 50/200 Sinemet ER at bedtime
Posted 30 May 2012 - 01:56 PM
I share your frustration with family members not being willing to learn how PD affects us or even discuss the issue. I went walking with my dad this morning and for the first time since I was diagnosed in late 2010 he said, "So, what do you have? Parkinson's?" I gave him a little information on dopamine loss and exercise being neuroprotective. My mother knows all about my appts, but doesn't understand the fatigue. I thought she was filling in my dad about my diagnosis but maybe she's not. That's just crazy. Apparently if I'm not around and don't bring it up, they ignore it. That doesn't keep me from taking frequent rest breaks at family functions. I'm firm about that. I believe they are afraid to know the full details, so I just give information in very small doses when they seem interested.
I am not a human being trying to have a spiritual experience; I am a spiritual being having a (sometimes difficult) human experience.
First symptoms: right-hand tremor, constipation and restless arms 1978 (age 25). Depression and anxiety (non-motor symptoms) began in 1989 and worsened through the years. Last inpatient episode June 2013.
Diagnosed December 2010 by a regular neurologist (age 57). After negative reactions to Requip, Mirapex and selegiline began Sinemet 25/100 3x/day. First MDS visit in Houston in February of 2011 was inconclusive. Second MDS visit at Baylor Fort Worth in May/June 2011 diagnosis changed to Parkinsonism, Sinemet stopped. Third MDS visit in August 2011 in WA State: received a confirmed diagnosis of idiopathic PD which had started on the right side and had now crossed to the left side as well. Restarted on Sinemet 25/100 4x/day. A short trial of Amantadine caused audio hallucinations in September 2011.
Current medications at age 63: Duopa gel via PEG-J tube, 6ml loading dose; continuous dose 2 ml. Trazodone 150 mg at bedtime, Fluvoxamine 300 mg at bedtime. Clonazepam 0.5 mg morning and afternoon, 1 mg at bedtime. Vit D3 2x/day, Calcium Carbonate Susp. 5 cc daily, Baclofen 10 mg 3x/day, Flonase two sprays 2x/day, Calcitonin-Salmon nasal spray once daily (for osteoporosis). Gel eye drops as needed throughout the day, Restasis Eye drops 2x/day, Nighttime eye ointment at bedtime. 02 2L per nasal cannula while asleep. Walker, electric wheelchair, moist and soft or pureed foods and 135 caregiver hours per month keep me moving.
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And the brick wall therapy.Any break throughs? Volunteer study?
Seriously,in your profession, I can see your frustration. But for a lot of us, incurable diseases was just not summer reading.
As I bobble this keyboard, I wish I'd never heard of dopamine and that "Back to the Future" was the extent my knowledge.
I now know "it's a shaking and stress thing."
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