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CSU experts on wheat: Managing spring-freeze injury
April 9, 2013
Options for freeze-damaged wheat
•Harvesting the crop for grain if it is only partially damaged. Lodging and shattering may be problems and test weight may be reduced. However, freeze-damaged grain does make good cattle feed.
• Freeze-damaged wheat can be cut before soft dough stage to make good quality hay or ensilage. Nitrate content should be checked. If the crop is cut after heading, then animals should be monitored for big jaw or lumpy jaw, a condition caused when awns injure mouth tissues.
• The damaged crop could be abandoned, the field fallowed and this year's summer fallow ground planted to a spring crop. This option may be limited by herbicide plant back restrictions and by available soil moisture. Compare expected returns from the summer crop to those from harvesting a damaged wheat crop for grain to decide which makes more economic sense.
Spring freezing of wheat can be a problem in Colorado.
Freeze injury can cause crop losses through reduced leaf area, weakened stems and lodging, sterility, uneven maturity and shriveled kernels.
However, the severity of freeze injury and resulting crop losses are quite variable.
Little can be done to avoid freeze injury, other than select varieties with appropriate maturities for your area.
Also, avoid varieties that tend to initiate spring regrowth early as they will enter vulnerable growth stages sooner and therefore have a greater chance of significant freeze damage.
Crop-growth stages become progressively more cold-tolerant through winter dormancy and increasingly freeze susceptible from spring regrowth through flowering.
Heading and flowering are the most vulnerable stages.
Crop condition is also important, with lush rapidly growing plants more susceptible than drought-stressed plants.
Plants located in low parts of the field and other areas where cold air tends to accumulate also are more at risk. Wind, precipitation and adequate soil moisture also can moderate the amount of freeze damage.
The temperature reached and the amount of time the crop is exposed to that temperature are key determinants of freeze injury. Predicting crop loss from observed temperatures is difficult because crop response is so variable.
Generally, two hours of exposure to temperatures between 24–30 degrees will damage plants that are beyond the tillering growth stage.
Freeze-damage symptoms vary with the plant part and with the severity of the injury. Freeze-damaged leaves show tip burn and yellowing a few days after the freeze event. More severe symptoms include completely yellow-to-grey, limp leaves and a detectable silage odor.
Injured stems may be discolored, show lesions, or have swollen nodes. Severely injured stems may be split and lodge easily.
Internal structures, such as the growing point — a small white button found inside the stem — or developing spike, are white to light green in color and turgid in appearance.
Freeze-damaged internal structures will be white to whitish brown in color and have a shriveled appearance. Stems with damaged growing points will not produce seed. Freeze injury during flowering kills anthers, resulting in sterility.
Kernels injured during milk stage will have low test weight and be shriveled. Kernels affected during the dough stage may be somewhat wrinkled and also may have reduce germination.
Freeze-damaged heads will turn partly to completely white within one week of the freeze. White portions of the head will not produce seed.
Frank B. Peairs is with the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management at Colorado State University. R.F. Meyer is an agronomist for the CSU Extension office in Burlington. D. Bruce Bosley is a crop systems specialist for the CSU Extension office in Fort Morgan.


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Mr. SCHRADER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk a little bit about what has been going on recently. We heard a little colloquy just a moment ago with the majority leader and the minority leader talking about what is going on in H.R. 1 and some of the catastrophic cuts that are being proposed by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I spoke earlier during the debate on H.R. 1, and found from communications that the people back in my district in Oregon are taking it seriously. They are worried that we will do the devastating $60 billion worth of cuts within a short, 1-year time frame that has been universally panned, actually, by experts across the country.
My colleagues and I on the Democratic side have offered alternatives that I think are a little more reasonable. We realize, as the gentleman from Maryland talked about, we need to make some reductions, but we should make them in a serious way, something that will accomplish our goals. I think scaring Americans needlessly is inappropriate.
The cuts they are talking about are not going to happen. The Food and Drug Administration, we just passed a food safety bill in the last Congress, and they want to cut $240 million below the 2010 level, much less implement the Food and Drug Safety Administration work that we have asked them to do. USDA would be furloughing inspectors. Our meat safety programs would not be safe. We would not be able to have the processing plants inspected on a regular basis going forward.
The ability for some of our small, rural communities to have safe drinking water hinges on the wastewater and drinking programs that we have, the revolving loan funds that we have here in Congress. Reducing the programs as much as Republicans want would cause serious, serious problems. It would also eliminate 54,000 engineering, construction, and support jobs as a result of this. We need to be adding jobs, not subtracting jobs at this point in time.
We also have State and local grants. We have States back home, and our local communities are starving right now. A lot of the budgets are out of whack. The worst thing we can be doing is cutting our State grant programs which fund the education, public safety, and health care needs of our local communities. We should actually be empowering and helping them through these tough budget times, and only the Federal Government has that ability.
The firefighter grants are being cut. COPS grants are being cut. Our public safety is at serious risk here. I can't believe this is being proposed in any serious manner whatsoever. I have to assume it is all part of the political theater and part of the campaign still. It is time to get off the campaign trail and quit the political circus and get back to actually worrying about serious reductions we have to make to put our country back in balance, and that means going to other programs.
They are also wanting to cut title 1 grants to school districts. This is the one area where the Federal Government actually comes to the aid of the local school districts with special ed and IDEA moneys that they need to actually make sure that they can deliver those high-cost special needs programs to students. We are actually cutting them: $700 million from the two big formula programs we have here. It is a 4 percent cut to title 1 programming when our local districts need it the most.
Head Start, a proven, performance-based program to get our kids off to a great start and a great education so they don't need the remediation that we have to do later on in high school and college. They are cutting Head Start 20 percent, so 200,000 children would be kicked out of the Head Start program. I don't think that's the way you become a world leader. I don't think that is going to help our STEM programs do the research and innovation we need.
Pell Grants. Pell Grants, a commitment we made to American students, I think it is really important. Back home in Oregon, I worked very, very hard on a scholarship program that actually, with our Federal aid, our State aid, scholarship programs, parental involvement, and student working at a minimum wage job during the summer full time and during the school year part-time, the student could actually graduate from college with an undergraduate degree and no more than $13,000 or $14,000 in debt. When we take our share of the bargain away by cutting the Pell Grant program from our promised level of $5,500 down to $4,700, that can make the difference between young men and women actually being able to afford that college education so they can compete with the best and brightest around the world.
Job training. It is unbelievable to me that in H.R. 1, our Republican colleagues are cutting job training employment services; more than $4 billion in cuts to job training programs. This is unconscionable, folks. This is exactly the time when we need to get these dislocated workers back into the workforce. The Trade Adjustment Act cuts are unconscionable. We need to make sure that there is an opportunity for these folks to retrain, get back in the workforce, pay taxes, and help get the economy back on track. Cutting these programs just doesn't make any sense.
They are even cutting Social Security, folks. Pretty amazing. They cut the operational budget from $125 million below the 2010 level, and $1 billion dollars below the President's requested level for 2011. They apparently don't think that we need technology to improve Social Security's ability to work with seniors and make sure that they get the services they need, to cut down on mistakes and to cut down on the fraud and abuse in the benefit programs for our deserving Social Security recipients. They don't care. They really don't care. It is pretty amazing the range and scope of these cuts.
We have listened to Ben Bernanke in the Budget Committee say that the Republican plan would result in hundreds of thousands of jobs lost in this country. Mark Zandi, MCCAIN's economist, he puts a number on it of 700,000 jobs lost. Goldman Sachs, not exactly a paragon of liberal virtue, said it would really hit our GDP, maybe 2 percent.
We need jobs, we need jobs, we need jobs. We have to be smart how we go about this. Right now we need surgical cuts, not the meat ax approach that is being proposed by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle.
I offered a proposal during the debate that would have cut our budget by about $22 billion. It is kind of a nice intermediate approach as I see it from where the Senate is and where our colleagues started. It also looks at the defense budget. I am a huge supporter of our warriors overseas and in this country. They do great things, whether it is a local disaster or a serious problem abroad. But we have to look at the contracting and the weapons procurement programs. Secretary Gates has been very, very clear that there is lots of room, lots and lots of room for improvement there.
I think we need to work on a bipartisan approach. Enough of the political theater, frankly, on both sides. It is time to sit down and look at the individual programs and services that are most in need for this country right now. And until we are willing to sit down and do that, we are going to continue to do these 2- or 3-week continuing resolutions that make a mockery out of the greatest country in the world, funding the Federal Government of the United States of America 2 weeks at a time. I think there is nothing that makes us look more foolish in the world's eyes and in our own constituents' eyes and to the folks at home. It is time for us to really move forward.
There has been a lot of bashing of our public sector employees across the Nation. A public sector job is apparently a bad thing. Well, I am here to tell you in my corner of the universe in Oregon, the public sector employer is oftentimes the biggest employer, and sometimes the only employer of any real size in some of these communities. The school districts, the school districts in rural Oregon are oftentimes the big employer. These are good jobs. These are people, teachers who are giving of their time. And, frankly, my wife is a teacher, she is working overtime, after hours, putting their own dollars sometimes into the kitty to make sure our kids get a great education. The demagoguery that goes on of the public sector is, I think, unfortunate and out of place here.
The hospitals in rural parts of our country are oftentimes the biggest employer. Oftentimes they are public hospitals; they are not private operations. Not-for-profit hospitals, there are a bunch of them in Oregon, and they are huge employers. That has got to be recognized. Again, the demagoguery, I just don't think has any place.
Right now, I point to a project that's going on along the central coast of the great State of Oregon, which is moving the NOAA fleet, the Pacific NOAA fleet, down into a small community that has been devastated for years, not just by this recent recession, but by over 20 years of strife. Fishing has been cut back. Fishing grounds have been cut back. Timber has been cut back. You can't cut any trees anymore in our State. They've been hurting for a long time. The recession has added to it. They've tried to go into the tourism business, and that has been hit, obviously, with what has gone on in this recession.
As a result of that, we actually have a very exciting opportunity for the Pacific NOAA fleet to come down and regenerate that economy, providing thousands of new jobs, with hundreds immediately related to the NOAA project, itself. For all the parts, all the remediation, all the opportunities to partner in the community, there should be some great opportunities, I think, for the central Oregon coast. This would all be put in jeopardy because the Commerce budget and the NOAA budget are cut.
Mr. DICKS. We've had a volcano. Mount St. Helens erupted and it was enormous. I had been told again and again when I was chairman of Interior that California has a very complex system of detection. The rest of the country doesn't. Washington and Oregon do not have the same level of early warning equipment. So I think this is another thing that we've got to work on.
Again, these cuts are going to make it more difficult for us to get the equipment that we need to predict and to detect when these things are occurring. I worry about Mt. Rainier. Mt. Rainier could have the lahar, and we've been told by USGS that Washington State could have a 9. This was 8-9, and look at the enormous damage that was done there. I mean, we could have another major event in the future. I hope it doesn't happen, but it does happen every 300 or 400 years.
Mr. SCHRADER. It may even be sooner than that.
I mean, you can't help but note the devastation wrought by the earthquake in New Zealand just very recently and now here in Japan. This is the Pacific Rim, the volatile Pacific Rim. So I think there are a great deal of problems that we've got to be careful of.
The good Congresswoman from Hawaii is feeling the brunt of it right now. I yield to the gentlewoman.
Mr. SCHRADER. Well, we're on the phone right now trying to make sure that the folks are safe. I do know that schools have been evacuated, and the lower elevations that are very flood prone, they've taken precautions. Thank goodness, thanks to the comments I've heard from the gentlelady from Hawaii and the Congressman from Washington as well as my colleague from Oregon, we have some of these programs in place that can actually save lives and make sure that the economic infrastructure hopefully in the future is not at risk.
Just this morning I had a visit from Mark Apple with Oregon State University talking about a program that's in danger because of these cuts, because of the cuts to the National Science Foundation programs, along with NIH and anything else that's got research that the Republicans are trying to cut away.
They've got a great project. They've hired 25 people already. They're putting buoys on the floor of the ocean and sensing devices to actually have real-time monitoring of ocean conditions so we can actually anticipate what's going to be happening long before it actually hits our coast. We can also plan--plan our fisheries, plan what we need to do with ocean acidification that's devastating the oysters up and down the Pacific coast and actually in other parts of the world right now.
The leading research is being done in my district on oyster larva and trying to make sure that ocean acidification does not cause a problem. That stuff is in danger right now. I don't think some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle understand how important this stuff is. So we're going to have to be watching very, very carefully, I think, going forward and make sure that there are not these bludgeoning deep cuts that are not really smart.
Where is the discussion about the duplicative programs? We just had a great GOP report. I've heard a lot of posturing on the other side. Where is it? It's not included in H.R. 1. I mean, look at this. In Afghanistan and Iraq we've got USAID programs and
Department of Defense rebuilding the country. There's not even a centralized data system that tracks U.S. funds used. I mean, that's crazy. Why aren't we looking at that? Why isn't that part of what we're working on?
Our domestic food assistance programs. There are 18 different programs. I want to see something in a budget resolution or a proposal going forward that talks about streamlining some of this stuff, that the data collection, the administration of these programs you can save millions and millions--perhaps billions of dollars. And here is a quote: ``Little is known of the effectiveness of some of these programs because they have not been well studied.''
Job training. I talked about job training. They're taking a meat ax to it. There are 47 programs in job training. Let's get those organized so we can leverage the limited dollars we're going to be able to put forward in these tough economic times.
Same thing for transportation for the disadvantaged, 80 different programs; laudable, but let's get together on this. Again, there doesn't need to be 80 different programs. Where are my colleagues' concrete proposals? They're in charge; they're the majority party. Where are their concrete proposals to improve this, for goodness sakes?
Military health, veteran services. We've got to do right by our men and women who have served this country through times good and times bad. Our responsibilities are distributed so far widely we can't even get critical procurement centralized opportunities that would save billions of dollars, billions and billions of dollars.
We also have a situation where the Department of Defense now, if they conveniently need some money, rather than go through appropriate channels, they have urgent needs processes for developing, modifying and fielding new military capabilities. Well, that's being abused, folks. GAO found eight entities that respond to them, five for counter-IED technologies, and they have no way of tracking the system for this program, no way of tracking metrics for this program. Must be nice to be able to spend the taxpayers' money with no accountability.
I was at a dinner the other night working on some budget issues, and it came out that when the Department of Defense was asked about contracting--how many civilian folks do you have under contract, how many people are you contracting with--their answer was, somewhere between 1 million and 10 million. I mean, that's a big range, folks; that's a big range.
The Department of Defense has no clue as to how and what they're doing. Where is that money being spent? We cannot afford rampant, undisciplined--unauditable has been the term used--spending in the Department of Defense. They're supposed to report their budget annually, come in with a coherent budget. It has been determined that it is unauditable, folks. I mean, we talk about the domestic side--and, yes, there are certain things we can do, as I'm talking about here, to improve the programs, but it's also on the defense side that we've got to get our act together.
Let's talk about economic development. I mean, we want to make sure we're getting the biggest bang for the buck here. We have 80 different economic development programs spread through Commerce, HUD, USDA, Small Business Administration. I mean, it's all good that we're doing that, but let's have some centralized opportunities. Let's leverage the resources.
In my home State of Oregon when I was budget chair, we would see the Federal Government's money come in. It was all different programs tied with all these little strings. It made it very difficult for my local agencies and my local communities to use the money. Very, very inflexible. And that's got to end. We've got to break down these silos, allow people to work across the spectrum so that we can get the biggest bang for the buck.
I would also point out that in our surface transportation programs we work really hard trying to keep America competitive. In H.R. 1, there are huge cuts to the transportation budget. If we're going to be competitive going forward like we were after World War II when Eisenhower, a Republican President, and Congress put together a secure highway fund, realizing that our security depended on having interstate highways that were connected, you could travel at a reasonable rate, we need to be thinking along those same lines now.
If they were worried about the cost of that program and not the security of this country or the economic benefits, it would never have gotten off the ground. I mean, this is a capital program. And, again, my colleagues across the aisle don't seem to understand the difference between an operational budget and a capital budget.
We need to be making infrastructure investments right now.
There is an opportunity for America, probably a narrow window--I'd say the next 10 years--for us to be competitive going forward with the rest of the world. Right now, the developing nations that are pretty developed, like China, India, they're developing 21st century infrastructure. We're still dealing with a 20th century infrastructure, and that's not going to cut it, colleagues. That's just not going to get the job done.
We've got to be thinking about making the strategic investments so our businesses can be competitive worldwide around the globe.
Right now, there's a new enterprise in my home State of Oregon on the coast that's currently under siege through the natural disasters where they're actually trying to export Dungeness crab--the best crab in the world, with no disrespect to my colleagues from Maryland. But the best crab in the world comes from the Pacific coast, the north coast, if you will, Dungeness crab.
They're now able to export live crab to China. But the hurdles to go through to get there are almost insurmountable. That was started back in 2003. They tried to get a program going. And because of the difficulties in transporting and some of the bureaucratic redtape to go through that, it didn't work.
They have now come up with a much more viable program for a whole new industry to really export to China. Instead of China exporting here and hurting our jobs, we're creating jobs in the Pacific Northwest and exporting high-quality products to China. We need more of that sort of innovation going forward. That's the type of investment in infrastructure.
We shouldn't have to ship it to Vancouver, B.C., to get it over there on a direct flight. We should be able to have a direct flight from Portland, Oregon, to make that actually happen.
So I think we're missing the boat here in terms of what we're trying to effect and the issues I think that we're dealing with in this H.R. 1. We're trying to hit only domestic programs, programs that our kids depend on. Penalizing the kids of the future.
Oftentimes, I hear my colleagues across the aisle talking about we've got to worry about our kids and our grandkids. I see the photos brought to the floor. Well, let's worry about our kids and grandkids and support the education programs I talked about earlier. Let's support the early health care prevention programs that were in the health care bill last Congress, make sure our kids don't suffer from the same problems that are debilitating obese Americans right now.
I mean, we know that prevention is important. We must be funding prevention. We need the innovation to come up with the programs to make sure that our chronic diseases are under control. The health care cuts in H.R. 1 are unbelievable. I know it's politically their big mantra to roll back or repeal health care reform, but folks, that is the wrong way to go right now. Our health care system is broken. We desperately need some help.
I welcome my colleague from the north coast of Oregon.
Mr. SCHRADER. I appreciate the very kind remarks. Indeed, our hearts go out to the people of Japan, much like they did in New Zealand. Very concerned about the health and welfare. I am sure this country will come to their aid like it does in any disaster, and like a lot of our friends did when we suffered similar consequences, whether it's Katrina or the horrible attacks on 9/11. We have had our brothers and sisters around the world come to our aid, and I appreciate that.
I would ask how much time we have left in the hour, if I may.
Mr. SCHRADER. To follow on the gentlelady's emarks, I think there are areas where we can get together. The illusion that cutting the domestic budget for this country, the discretionary budget, is going to solve our woes and put us back in financial balance and avoid the Armageddon that's somewhat before us is a horrible illusion. I don't think my colleagues on the other side of the aisle really believe that's going to be solving any of our problems. Even the defense reductions that I talked about that are targeted to increase the efficiency of the Department of Defense and make sure our warriors get what they really need, even including the defense budget, it's not going to be getting at the root cause of our debt and deficit problems.
As we all know, those two, domestic and defense discretionary expenses, only account for about 30 percent of the budget for the American people. The bulk of it is tied up in other areas. Our Tax Code is shown to be extremely inadequate. We are collecting revenues now at an all-time low. Yes, some of it's the recession; but it's also because we give away more in tax breaks than we actually spend on domestic and defense programs in this country in the discretionary budget. Yes, $1.2 billion given away in tax expenditures. We spend money on these tax breaks. It's spending money by giving away all these breaks.
We need to broaden our tax base, quite frankly, and reduce the rates. I think if we're going to get real about solving our budget problems, we need to begin to embrace some of the recommendations, if not the package that the fiscal commission the President set up last year, we need to embrace those recommendations in some form. This is the real meat of the issue, colleagues. This is where the rubber meets the road. If we do not actually have the guts, the political courage to step up and deal with some of these problems, we are mortgaging our children and grandchildren's future.
In the last Congress, much was said about the health care reform. No matter how you feel about that bill, and I said this again and again at town halls back home, no matter how you feel about the bill, you should be in favor of the $500 billion in savings in the Medicare budget. These are long overdue. A lot of these things weren't new. They had been proposed one Congress after another, but no political will, no political courage to step up and try and take them on.
I think it's important for Americans to understand and respect their leaders, that the people in this body, in this Chamber, and in our sister Chamber across the Capitol Rotunda, that we're willing to step up and make these tough decisions. I don't think anyone wants to pay hospitals for preventible readmissions. I think everyone wants to make sure that the repayment system for our hospitals and our doctors is as efficient as possible. I think everyone wants to make sure that fraudulent companies are not taking advantage of seniors in the Medicare or Social Security system. I think people ought to see our Medicare and support system, our safety net system, if you will, protected. It's really important that we have that opportunity and that we make these tough decisions.
If we're not going to look at tax reform, we're not going to look at Social Security, we're not going to look at Medicare, Medicaid, other mandatory savings in the budget, we will have missed the boat. I think the people back home get it. I think the only people that don't get it are the people in Congress. It's time that we step up and make some tough decisions and show these people we have some backbone.
There is this little waiting game going on here in Congress right now. I will show a little of my hand if you show a little of your hand. That's fine. I understand everyone wants their ``political cover,'' but it takes leadership, people willing to step up and embrace some of the solutions that are already on the table.
I think there are ways you can do it without causing problems. Indeed, I think you can actually solve problems. You know, I think we need spending caps. We did PAYGO in the last Congress. We only did half of PAYGO. We only dealt with mandatory spending. We need to have the spending caps that were in place when a Democratic President and a Republican Congress instituted PAYGO in the mid-nineties. If we put that in place, then we have real, real control on our domestic and defense spending.
I think if we are going to do reductions, we should prioritize both. Equal cuts in defense and domestic spending, at least for the first few years here. We can at least make sure that there is an opportunity for both sides, if you will. Both sides of the aisle have different priorities, I respect that, but let's treat them equally.
I think that the draconian cuts of $60 billion or $100 billion in the President's recommended budget are too draconian. I am worried smarter people than I, as I alluded to earlier in my remarks, have talked about how devastating that would be. We can get to the same result--rolling back to 2008 levels--if that's where we want to go by approaching it in a thoughtful way. The fiscal commission talks about gradually reducing it so that we are at those levels by 2013, and then allowing inflationary increases only. Again, the spending caps would help us.
In the tax reform arena I don't think there is anybody that doesn't want to have their taxes reduced. I would love to see my tax rates go down. Right now, the effective rate for a lot of folks, when you add in the State and local taxes, is nearly 50 percent in my corner of the world. You know, that's terrible.
If we were able to get rid of the tax breaks, get rid of all of the giveaways that we have out there, we could actually reduce the tax rates almost in half. We could reduce our corporate tax rate down to at least 29 percent. Then we would be a little competitive with the rest of the world. There wouldn't be maybe quite so much overseas offshoring of American jobs. It would be more palatable, more appealing to keep these jobs and these businesses and these plants here in America so we could have Made in America products going overseas instead of importing everything from China or India.
I think if we were to reform the Tax Code along the lines that I am talking about, and that I see in some of the fiscal commission reports, that we could actually use some of that savings to reduce our deficit, seriously, going forward, reducing the deficit on an ongoing basis. Now I am not proposing necessarily that we reduce or get rid of all tax expenditures over the long haul. We should have an opportunity to add back for set periods of time with specific sunsets targeted tax expenditures that help our economy or help those most in need of our help. I think that's the more thoughtful discussion we need to have going forward that's missing so far.
Social Security. Social Security is going to be gone, cut benefits, 25 percent in about 25 years if we do nothing. So if you don't care about Social Security, don't do anything. Don't do anything. That's what we are doing right now. We are not doing anything.
If you care about Social Security, I mean, I have friends, I have friends that are 30 and 40 years old, and they don't expect Social Security to be there when they get of age. And I don't think people already know Social Security's age for full benefits is 67. It's not 65. That was changed back during the Reagan years.
We could do some pretty smart fixes here. The commission talks about raising the retirement age to 69, over 65 years gradually. I know it's going to feel that, we are not going to affect the seniors right now. The seniors right now, full benefits, fully protected. Even those about to become seniors, full benefits just right now.
But if you raise that age to 69 over 25 years or over 65 years, I think that's a pretty good deal if that helps keep Social Security solvent. The payroll tax originally was set up to be roughly 90 percent of payroll. It's down to about 85 and scheduled to go down to about 82 percent of the payroll out there. That's not the way the system was designed.
The system was designed to work at a higher level. If we just go back to that same payroll level that's subject to the same payroll tax to fund Social Security, it helps keep it in balance. And there is early means testing. I mean, I have to admit as a new Member of Congress, a hardworking, small business guy, I was not focused on Social Security. But in Congress it's a big, big thing, and I am getting close enough to where it becomes a personal issue.
I did not know Social Security is already means tested. The commission suggests a little tweaking of that to make sure the poorest of the poor still get good benefits and get maximum needs taken care of. They add another bracket, if you will, in Social Security.
And with those three simple little things, with some hardship exclusions, obviously, for people in tough, labor-intensive jobs, we can make sure that Social Security is protected for the next 75 years as opposed to going away or seeing a 25 percent reduction in just 25 years.
There are smart things we can do, folks. We already started down the road to being smart in our Medicare program. There is discussion of Medicaid. I don't think voucher programs or privatizing have any place in this discussion. But there are smarter ways that we can come together on, Republicans and Democrats, working together to really get at taking care of our country's deficit needs. We can reduce our debt, the deficit, dramatically in the near term if we just pay attention to what I have talked about here.
Let's get off the H.R. 1 bandwagon, the political theater, the circus that's consuming a lot of taxpayer dollars and really not moving this country forward. Let's begin the dialogue right here, right now about taking care of the big cost drivers, the big spending items that are affecting our future and our children and grandchildren's future.
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The president has pointed out that only last month the ICC reaffirmed the primacy of Test cricket with the unanimous agreement of all full members.
''Everyone signed up to the order of priorities, starting with ICC events like the World Cup. In second place come events under the FTP,'' he said.
A five-member SLC delegation is travelling to India next week to finalise a 40 million dollar in which the island nation's board will release their players to play in the second leg of the IPL.
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The Moskop Family of Prairie du Rocher Illinois
Every community contains a few men of remarkable business ability, men who have risen to enviable success in some branch of trade. They deserve the public gratitude for their contribution to its prosperity no less than they win general admiration for the manner in which they have risen into eminence and won the hard struggle of life. Such a character is Mr. Moskop, the well-known manager of the Nanson Commission Company. Discover your family's story. Enter a grandparent's name to get started. choose a state: Any AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID...Read More


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Can you give me a code for the redduck bat for KAVA? or at least let me know how to find it?
Can you give me a code for the redduck bat for KAVA? or at least let me know how to find it?
it didnt work for me, for some reason, CE didnt let me change the value....
This is how i found the gun add address sort of thing
1)Click buy(but dont buyt it...) on the Master boonie hat and make sure its the 7 days one ticked
2)Scan for 5440 (4bytes normal stuff)
3)exit the master boonie hat prompt, and click buy SA58 Para
4)Scan for 1341
5)Repeat 2 and 3 until you get about 1~3 addresses
7)You just found address for gun adding...
Now you need to test out all the codes and find which one work...
can u make a vedio plz cuz i didnt understand anything
codes ar enot working :P
Does not work... CE does not work here anymore... Also, the redduck bat code has been changed!
Does it work ?
Do you like Wendy's ?
When deez nuts got in yo mouth.
No idea... Every says CE doesn't work anymore
@Pie please close this thread, codes doesn't work.
there are the same values as the items in the shop
And cheat engine still works!
And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but] whom Allah knows. And whatever you spend in the cause of Allah will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.
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doesnt work man, thanks too
most of the codes dont work but CE does work if you want working codes go to redspots post but some of the codes do work on this thread u just need the euros or ap these codes will not give you anything for free!


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Hayton Family Reserve Chardonnay
This wonderful Chardonnay is a limited production wine created as a tribute to one of California's pioneering vineyard families. It has a refreshing "say no to oak" style – bright and light with citrus, apple and tropical fruit aromas and flavors. A gentle acidity adds structure while allowing the delicate fruit flavors to shine. Versatile and food-friendly, it makes a good choice with seafood, poultry, or pasta dishes with butter-based sauces.
Spencer Family Sauvignon Blanc
Crisp flavors of grapefruit and green apple with notes of ripe fig are the most distinguishing characteristics this fruit-forward, award-winning selection. Produced from a vineyard established more than 100 years ago by descendants of European winemakers, its grapes provide a marvelous complexity and balance. The winemaker recommends serving this delicate treat with grilled or sautéed seafood in a butter or cream sauce. And, it brings out the best in veggie dishes like spinach and cheese-stuffed pasta shells.
Della Flora Viognier
Here's a real winner. Viognier is the product of a white wine grape originally grown in Rhône River Valley of France as early as 281 AD. Like many Muscat and Riesling wines, Viognier is characteristically aromatic. One of our favorite Central Coast wineries, Saddlehorn Cellars, produced this delicious 2013 Della Flora from fruit grown in its heritage vineyards. It features aromas and flavors of floral, peach, apricot, pear, and melon.
Tied Knot Riesling
A beautifully balanced wine that is delicate, soft and approachable yet refreshingly crisp. Fruit takes center stage in both aromas and flavors of Meyer lemon, pink grapefruit and peach. Grapes for the Tied Knot Riesling come from one of the first vineyards planted to Riesling in California. This is a wine that pairs well with richly sauced seafood, poultry or fruited rice dishes.


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Andrew doesn't like anything mixed with blueberries he just spits it out! His favorite food is peaches.
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Well I tried his baby food and I wouldn't eat it. Its kinda bitter
Mine liked peaches too. I don't think I fed my babies berries before a year, which makes me wonder if the recommendations have changed since I had a baby.
My son didn't mind peaches when he tried them. He hasn't tried blueberries yet.
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I am a christian stay at home mom. My husband and I have been married for almost 3 years now. And on 11/07/2013 we had are first baby.


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By Angelica Pappas
This week, Covered California launched a new consumer-facing website and social media channels that gave Californians who must pay for their own health insurance a glimpse at what their actual health coverage will ultimately entail.
This week, Covered California launched a new consumer-facing website and social media channels that gave Californians who must pay for their own health insurance a glimpse at what their actual health coverage will ultimately entail.
The health benefits exchange will ensure that benefits plans offered through the exchange are standardized, so consumers can make "apples to apples" comparisons in selecting their plans.
"For consumers, having standard benefits designs is a game-changer," Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee said at a press conference Wednesday. "It lets consumers shop from one insurance provider to the next, knowing that the benefits are the same."
California citizens who are not offered employer-provided coverage or qualify for Medi-Cal will turn to Covered California for their health coverage, or be forced to pay a penalty. Approximately 2.6 million Californians will have access to federal assistance to have the ability to purchase the coverage they want through the exchange, Lee said.
"For low-income Californians, they now know for certainty that come Jan. 1, 2014 for a family of four, they can have good health insurance that costs less than $100 per month and they can see a doctor for as little as $4," Lee said.
Insurance carriers will be required by the State of California to offer at least four levels of plans: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Households earning less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level can receive financial help if they enroll in a Silver plan. The less income they earn, the more financial assistance they can receive, according to Covered California. For example, individuals earning between 150 to 250 percent of the federal poverty level can expect to pay $20 to see their primary care physician, while those earning 100 to 150 percent would pay $4.
"We need to create a marketplace that recognizes that those upfront costs and out-of-pocket costs have to be affordable," said Ken Wood, Covered California senior adviser. "Come fall of 2013 when consumers are choosing their plans, we're going to help them make the best choice for them."
Covered California also unveiled a new website, CoveredCA.com, where consumers can find examples of benefits, costs and typical premium costs. The website includes fact sheets in English and Spanish, with 11 more languages in development. Covered California also has launched a presence on Facebook,Twitter, YouTube and Google+.
For more information, go online at CoveredCA.com.
Covered California's newly launched website includes details for consumers in English and Spanish about benefits plans and cost estimates.


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4140 Lynn Dr., Fort Mohave, AZ 86426
- $1,000
- 5+ Years on site
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***FIRST CLASS OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE SPACE****One level (1050 SF) and two level suites (2000-4000 SF). 2-story units: Office or retail display and restroom on first level, 24' x 41' warehouse in rear with 14' roll up for supplies/inventory; executive suite office on upper level with second bathroom. Lessor pays water and trash; tenant responsible for sewer ($55/month) and electric. Units wired for security systems. Tenant responsible for flooring. Click here to learn more about this listing.
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- Approximately 123710 Square Feet
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- $19,300.74
- Tax Year
- 2013
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- 1501 E Valencia Rd
- Camp Mohave Elementary School
- 1797 E La Entrada Dr
- Fort Mohave Elementary School
- 1760 E Joy Ln
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- 1501 E Valencia Rd
- Fox Creek Jr High School
- 3101 Desert Sky Blvd
- Mohave Accelerated Learning Center
- 625 Marina Blvd
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- 1547 E Lipan Blvd
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No. 3 LSU 19, Arkansas 17
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU's defense had withstood too many close games to get rattled - even under threat of blowing a berth to the Southeastern Conference title game.
A trick play had Arkansas within 33 yards of erasing a two-point deficit and scoring a stunning upset in the waning minutes Friday, but the third-ranked Tigers drove the Razorbacks backward to seal up a 19-17 victory and a spot in the SEC championship game on Dec. 3.
``I was saying, 'We've been here before. Don't put your head down, just fight through it,''' said safety LaRon Landry, whose interception in the end zone ended the Hogs' final drive. ``Why should you get nervous? Just make it happen. When you find yourself getting nervous that's when bad things happen.''
JaMarcus Russell threw a touchdown pass and Justin Vincent ran for a score to help LSU win the battle for ``The Boot'' for the third straight year.
The Tigers (10-1, 7-1 SEC) also registered their second safety in as many games after forcing Arkansas to punt from its own end zone late in the first half. The bad snap by the Razorbacks gave LSU two critical points, but Arkansas (4-7, 2-6) refused to relent after falling behind 19-3 early in the second half.
Arkansas coach Houston Nutt was proud of his team - 17 1/2-point underdogs - for not giving up, but he struggled to let go of a few key errors. The safety came on a bad snap and kicker Chris Balseiro missed field goals of 41 and 28 yards.
``When we had to make some plays, when you go back and look, we missed some opportunities,'' Nutt said. ``That's what hurts. There were one or two plays if we just could have gotten three more points, as y'all know, it's a whole different outcome.''
LSU had to have the victory to clinch the SEC West and now will face No. 13 Georgia in the conference championship game in Atlanta, the second time in three years those two teams have met to decide the SEC.
Five of LSU's victories this season - including those over Florida, Auburn and Alabama - came by four points or fewer.
The Tigers held Arkansas standout freshman Darren McFadden to 57 yards on 24 carries, leaving McFadden at 1,113 for the season.
But McFadden still made his presence felt. His 13-yard gain on a third-and-9 play kept alive a drive that got Arkansas back in the game, at 19-11, on Casey Dick's 29-yard touchdown pass to Cedric Washington in the third quarter.
Trickery got the Razorbacks even closer when Dick threw a backward pass to Washington, who then found Peyton Hillis all the way across the field for a 45-yard gain to the LSU 4. McFadden's 1-yard touchdown made it 19-17 with 10:43 to go, but the Razorbacks' two-point conversion attempt was intercepted by Chevis Jackson.
LSU's defense, which has held opponents to 20 points or less during every game of its nine-game winning streak, closed the game out from there. It started with an impressive stand after Vickiel Vaughn's interception for Arkansas near midfield. The Hogs' next three plays went for minus-13 yards. LSU did not allow a first down on Arkansas' next drive, either.
``Time and time again we had to turn to the defense and the defense came through,'' first-year LSU coach Les Miles said. ``There were miscues on the offense ... but the defense came to play and we won.''
The Razorbacks got the ball back once more with 3:44 left at midfield. The Razorbacks stayed alive on a fourth-and-6 with a successful halfback pass from McFadden to Marcus Monk for 13 yards to the LSU 33.
LSU locked down Arkansas after that. Melvin Oliver sacked Dick back at the 41, and a fourth-and-18 pass was intercepted by Landry in the end zone.
``We've played in a lot of tough games this year. It came down to us knowing that we had been in that situation before and we know how to get ourselves out of it,'' LSU strong safety Jesse Daniels said. ``We're a great team. We know how to comeback together and communicate - just making sure we know where we're supposed to be at the end of a play.''
It was the last game in Tiger Stadium for 21 LSU seniors. The Tigers are now 50-13 during the past four seasons, including a BCS national championship.
Colt David's 26-yard field goal and Russell's 50-yard TD bomb to Bennie Brazell gave LSU a 10-0 lead.
Dick, a freshman, was erratic early, completing only four of his first 12 passes. But his 55-yard connection with Monk led to Chris Balseiro's 30-yard field goal.
``We played them real close for the most part,'' said Vaughn, who had two picks. ``LSU just found a way to win.''
Skyler Green's 40-yard kickoff return led to Vincent's 4-yard TD run that made it 19-3 early in the third.
Russell finished with 194 yards passing but threw two interceptions. Vincent had 59 yards rushing but fumbled on the Arkansas 35 with the Tigers threatening to put the game away.


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We need someone to take care of and clean our lake home on an as needed basis. It would include doing usual housecleaning plus occasional cleanup after having large groups to our house; changing sheets and putting house back in order. We need someone obviously trustworthy, someone with energy and who doesn't mind doing the extra things such as removing cobwebs from outside of house, sweeping porch and patio, watering outdoor plants, cleaning windows when needed etc. Basically doing whatever needs to be done to maintain our house inside and out. I'm looking for someone to develop a good relationship with to help take care of our house when we can't be there, someone who doesn't always have to be told what to do but sees what needs to be done. If this is something you can do please contact me.
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My family used this agency to go on vacation and they provided poor service and the price was exactly the same as the hotel price online, so absolutely NO BENEFIT to use them. They were only supposed to book rooms according to number of individuals per room-i.e. 2 people or family of 3. ALL the rooms were wrong and we arrived and had to wait 3 hours for our rooms. After we paid we never heard from them again. Very unprofessional.
Good Luck and your better off trying a more professional agency.


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Wages in the private sector are now rising faster than inflation. The latest CPI inflation figures show that it now down to 1.6 per cent, comfortably below the Bank of England's 2 per cent target. This is the sixth time in a row where inflation has fallen. An interest rate rise this side of the election is becoming ever more unlikely.
Tomorrow, the Office for National Statistics provides it figures for average wage growth in the last three month. This is expected to show that wages are now increasing faster than prices, easing the cost of living squeeze. Labour argues that the cost of living crisis is about far more than this. But there's no doubt that if this trend continues between now and May 2015, people will feel better off on polling day than they do today.
UPDATE FROM FRASER: The earnings recovery has begun, but it's expected to be slow (which partly explains the rise in job numbers – folk are still being paid significantly less than before the crash). The below graph, using OBR forecasts, shows just how long it will be before the average Brit is as well-paid as before the crash:-
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Yo people! I'm selling posters now. Just visit the SHOP of my website. I ordered the Taxi Driver one and it looks really great. The colors are perfect, they actually look better than in the picture above. The posters are available in A2 size (that's the one I have in my sexy hands), A1 (2 times A2) and A0 (4 times A2, perfect for tyrannosaurus living rooms). Go get one, offer it to your girlfriends & grandmas, hang it on your tshirt store walls, eat them I don't know but just get some.
I accept credit cards & Paypal. Shipping internationally. Buy one please! :)
I joined a skateboard design contest a week ago or so, the theme I picked is AIR JORDAN. I always thought it'd be cool to have something printed on a skate deck. If you wanna help me win, go HERE register (takes a few seconds) and gimme a nice score (that would be 5 lol). There is only a few hours left for the scoring so move your ass!
One more thing, I'd like to thanks all the blogs and websites that talked about me and my art lately. Really apreciate the support guys!
Oh boy! Let's add to that a new remix by The Twelves...
Thieves Like Us - Drugs in My Body (The Twelves Remix)
Woah, life is awesome! Now excuse me, I'll have my breakfast. :D


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Is this possible? I have a 1600x900 monitor and unless I wanted to completely replace some components and shift things around I can only connect...
I've been trying to lower my PC's fan speeds recently, because they're quite loud even on idle.
None of my hardware has ever gotten anywhere...
Well if anyone finds anything before me, please post it here! I'll keep searching for fixes.
I forgot to change my System Specs, my bad. I've recently (a few months ago) upgraded to a 955 BE.
Are those temps okay? I haven't...
So yesterday I bought Skyrim, and let it download over night, after seeing it at a friend's place on the 360.
It looked pretty good on the...
I had a hunch it might be the PSU... thanks.
Hmmm... I'm pretty sure I disabled "cool'n'quiet" in my BIOS settings... however the chip hasn't overheated as far as I know (running <40 degrees...
Yes, if you mean before OC, the PC was running flawlessly.
Just a quick note: I just checked CPU-z and it reports my voltage to be 1.43!!!...
Well I tried just OC'ing the 5850 when I first got the new CPU (stock clocks).
I have a PowerColor 5850, and every time I change any of the OC settings in AMD Overdrive it freezes eventually.
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Okay now I'm a bit confused, this is contradicting the previous guy's instruction...
Thanks, trying that out now.
Well I'll start off by saying that I've never touched the voltage on this CPU.
When I've tried to OC it I usually start with the multiplier, and...
At first I tried BIOS as usual, but after that failed I tried in windows just to check.
Whenever I OC my GPU or (especially) my CPU, my PC freezes one way or another.
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I don't.
I still believe the price will get to $50 soon. :toast:
C4C is how I learned about bitcoins.
They pretty much made it easy to mine bitcoins (without telling the worker that they were really just...
Yeah, makes me glad I never made an MtGox account :cool:
It would have been better a week ago when it was $10, but I think the price will rise eventually, so you will probably profit.
I believe the only file that matters is wallet.dat.
I went from an Athlon II 930 x4 to a Phenom II 955 BE. :)
Checked the mobo manual, found out where to put them, and ta-dah! PC's working flawlessly!
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I got the CPU in and everything, reinstalled the cooler, and stuck the mobo back in.
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Because parental support is essential to our students' education, the teachers and staff at our school work to create an environment that is open and inviting to parents. Parents are welcome to accompany classes on field trips, help out in the classroom during events, and volunteer in other areas of the school including the library. It is our hope that parents see these volunteer opportunities as a stepping stone to further involvement in their child's education and development.
Our school welcomes other members of the community to assist in our school, most often through our tutoring program. Education students from various local colleges are recruited, trained, and supervised by our volunteer coordinator. Students who need academic support are matched with a tutor for one to four hours a week with an emphasis on consistency and relationship building. Students look forward to working with a tutor each week and receiving the extra attention.
If you are interested in volunteering at Dayton's Bluff, see the Saint Paul Public Schools volunteer guide at www.spps.org/Volunteer.html or contact our school's Volunteer Coordinator for more information.
We encourage all parents to support their student's education at Dayton's Bluff Achievement Plus Elementary School. If you would like to visit your child's classroom during school without prior notice to the teacher, please do the following:
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*Please note that classroom visiting is not allowed during testing. Please check the school's newsletter and/or website for testing dates.
Celebrations are held throughout the year at Dayton's Bluff. From Open House at the beginning of the year to several school-wide family events during the year, and the culminating Learning Celebration at the end of the year, student achievement and success are highlighted. Individual classroom celebrations in Reading, Writing, and Math are also held for students to present their completed pieces of work throughout the school year.


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I have no credit or bad credit. I could possibly put a $1,000 dollars down.
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You could try a University Hospital with a certified plastic surgery residency training program. Some offer patients heavily discounted surgery aimed at resident training. American Board of Plastic Surgery certified plastic surgeons supervise.
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I think you will be best off gradually saving your funds and having the procedure performed by well experienced board-certified plastic surgeons when you are financially stable…
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Elle G - two ladies, coming from Vilnius, Lithuania, though searching for their sound in the past decades, wavy hawaian coasts & soulful rendezvous. With an assorted array of instruments ranging from unpolished ukulele, guitalele and kazoo to a collection of shakers and rattles, ladies manage to blend contemporary Vilnius and vintage vynil vibes with ease. In three years of playing together their repertoire filled up with fresh interpretations of the old Lithuanian and American tunes, as well as an increasing number of their own songs. After releasing debut album in 2014, Elle G have visited Latvia and Ukraine, toured the USA for three times, spent two months in Berlin, collecting a decent number of their music followers, and even taking a significant part in ARTE TV documentary "Swing Stories".


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Addeson [ad-de-s-on] as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Addeson) is of Old English derivation, and Addeson means "son of Adam". Addeson is a variant form of Addison (Old English).
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Great start to what seems like will be a sweeping, juicy fantasy series. Don't let some of the book descriptions fool you. Wolfed right through this one very quickly -- unusual for me with all the POV and location switches which can sometimes go very wrong for me.
Loved it. Not quite traditional fantasy fare (well, elemental magic's not new of course). Very quickly the goings-on of three kingdoms (plus the "elvish" sanctuary) and characters became clearly intertwined.
Oh, sure, main characters were young-ish and extremely quick to jump to conclusions and emotions (both instant hate/vengeance, some melodrama and instaluv). But that was also part of jumping right into the action and the storyline so failed to really bother me. As series progresses, that could sour me on the series if gets heavy on the insta-whatever -- but, with this book I am currently hooked on the series and will be starting Rebel Spring as soon as my turn on the library waitlist,
This is the first of the Falling Kingdoms series, which has been referred to as Game of Thrones for young adults. Princess Cleo must fight for her place after murders shock her kingdom. This title also includes elements of magic.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. While aimed at teens, I being in my 40's, really enjoyed it. It's like Game of Thrones, rated PG-13. Political intrigue, mixed with Sword & Sorcery, very nicely combined ask together.
ALL THE STARS! Full review and more at Bumble Bee Books!
This is a really complex book. There are three separate kingdoms with three separate cast of characters. Eventually, the characters cross paths, but there is still a ton of people to keep straight. Thank the goddess that there is a breakdown of the cast of characters in the beginning of the book. MARK THIS PAGE! I found myself looking back to it more than I have with any other book.
The book starts out telling you about two witches stealing a baby from her mother because the baby is prophesied to be a sorceress that will save their world when she comes into her power. You then go on to meet all of these characters, but you can narrow it down from the get-go that the baby at the beginning is Princess Lucia. Once you learn more about the characters, you'll figure it out quickly (it's not meant to be a secret for the reader). It's easy to forget about the Prologue, but as the book goes on you realize how important it is (just a heads up).
AURANUS (The Princess)
This kingdom is the richest of the three. It is ran by King Corvin and his two daughters, Princess Emilia and Princess Cleo. Cleo is the main character in this story. You learn the most about her and her personality. Cleo is impulsive, stubborn, and is used to getting what she wants. She has also been coddled all of her life because she is the baby of the family and her sister is the one being groomed to take the throne after her father. When Cleo and her soon-to-be betrothed Lord Aron (who she hates, btw) take a trip to the neighboring country of Paelsia, tragedy strikes. A young man finds his throat at the business end of Aron's dagger after he threatens Aron and Cleo. Aron feigns self-defense, but this event single handedly gets the ball rolling for everything else in the book. After the death of the young man in Paelsia, Cleo is heavy with grief. Things go from bad to worse for her quickly. Cleo has to find her inner strength and humbleness as she fights for the one she loves, her family, and her kingdom.
PAELSIA (The Rebel)
Paelsia is the middle country between Limeros and Auranus. This is also the poorest country. The people make their meager ages by growing grapes that are said to be grown using earth magic in the otherwise barren soil. The other countries look at Paelsians as savages because of the poverty they live in. The country is ran by a chieftan who claims to possess the magic that is long gone from the rest of the country. His magic is the only hope that the country has that better times are to come. Jonas and Tomas are two young men who live to keep their family alive in Paelsia. When Tomas is killed by Lord Aron of Auranus, Jonas vows to stop at nothing until he seeks revenge from the arrogant Lord Aron who killed his brother and the smug Princess Cleo who stood by with her guard and did nothing. Jonas must choose between brute force and using his cunningness to avenge his brother. Street smarts and common sense win out and Jonas finds himself on the brim of a revolution in his small, poor country. How far is he will to go for his brother? At what point does it stop being about his own grief and becomes about the country itself?
LIMEROS (The Heir and The Sorceress)
Limeros is the northern most country. The climate (and the people) is frigid and always seems to have a bitter chill. Limeros is ran by King of Blood, King Gaius and his family: Queen Althea, Prince Magnus, and Princess Lucia. There is also the king's mistress, Sabina, who is his most trusted advisor and his rumored bastard son, Tobias, who has his eye on the throne. King Gaius has never had any interest in Magnus (except for beating him). In his eyes, Magnus is weak and soft hearted and embarrasses the family. King Gaius runs his country with a strong, bloody hand and even if someone is thought to be a witch, they are punished by death. King Gaius wants his country to stay devout to their goddess and will not hear anything of any sort of magic. When a revolution begins in the neighboring Paelsia, King Gaius sees this as a way to seek the ultimate power and take over the entire continent of Mytica. With the country on the edge of war, Prince Magnus finally find himself useful to the king. Magnus has a lot of secrets, though, and some of those secrets could ostracize him from his family and kingdom completely. Magnus has to learn to put his feelings behind him and harden his heart for the good of the country... But how far will he go? Can he ever live up to the King of Blood?
So there is also this subplot going on through this whole thing about these Watches who live in a paradise called the Sanctuary in another realm. They can take the form of a hawk and travel to the mortal realm to see what's going on, but if they ever venture out in their human form then they can't ever go back. They are looking for these ancient crystal things.. It's hard to explain (because I don't 100% understand it myself. I think there will be way more detail in the sequels). It all goes back to the Prologue with the witches and the baby sorceress.
So that is the watered down, dumbed down synopsis of everything that is going on. I didn't even touch half of everything, because you know, spoilers. Like I said before, there are SO many characters and SO many POVs and you really have a tough time picking sides... especially when everyone starts becoming involved in each other's life. Eventually ALL of the characters become intertwined and it is just nuts.
There is so much action. SO MUCH ACTION. If I could really only describe this book with one word, it would be death. Oh, you like that character? DEAD. What about that one? DEAD. That one over there? TORTURED THEN DEAD. I found myself gasping and wanting to rip the book in half because every time I really started to get attached... DEAD. This is a book that will certainly keep you on your toes. Rhodes really channeled her inner George R.R. Martin for this one.
There is also a lot of love stories going on. You know that Aron and Cleo are supposed to get married even though she hates him. You can guess that Nic is in love with Cleo. Theon sounds like a hottie and Cleo is definitely giving him the sexy eye. Jonas would rather die than be around Cleo (except to kill her for revenge), but fingers crossed this is actual just sexual tension because he has it bad for her too. Then there is Jonas and Lailah. King Gaius and his sidechick Sabina. All the boys in the yard and Princess Lucia. And I can't leave out the Mortal Instruments thing Magnus and Lucia have going on (and because of this, in my head I have Jamie Campbell Bower as Prince Magnus even though he looks NOTHING like Magnus is described as. Oh well the heart wants what the heart wants). From all of the YA lit that I have read, I am pretty desensitized to the incest thing (after reading Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma, I will never judge again), so I was rooting for them. Regardless, pretty much everyone in the book sounds like a hottie. The girls are all raven haired and fair skin or sun kissed with golden hair. My favorite hotties were Jonas, Theon, and Magnus.
Falling Kingdoms was amazing. Beyond amazing. It is for sure one of my favorite books I have read this year. If you take Game of Thrones, Kiss of Deception, and Throne of Glass and mash them all up, then you have an idea of what this book is about. It is literally taking all the will in my body to stop myself from running to the book store and buying the sequel. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. I feel like this is one of those books that you either REALLY REALLY LOVE or you absolutely hate. If you read other reviews, they're fairly mixed and divided. I think if you like any of the books listed above as comparison then you will enjoy this one. I couldn't get enough.
5/5 stars
I have never read Game of Thrones, and it is not on my to-read list, but from what I know about Game of Thrones I'd say that the author of this book was trying to create a YA version of that series.
Lots of people die. There are a bunch of different POVs, and it's hard not to hate most of the characters, and even the few that are not loathsome are not all that likeable. There's a big war, lot's of blood and guts, and the book ends with an obvious setup for a sequel. And yet somehow I feel the need to know how this ends.
It's usually hard to get me committed to a long series if I don't like the main character(s), but Kiera Cass managed it with her addictive writing style, and, at least so far, so has Morgan Rhodes. Morgan Rhodes's writing style is not as addictive as Kiera Cass's, and I honestly don't think that it's particularly unique, which leads me to believe that my desire to keep going with this series stems not from the writing, and more from my fascination in seeing how all of these tangled threads of characters, motives and desires leads.
The characters that I didn't loath are; Cleo, Emilia, Nic, Theon, Corvin, Jonas, Brion, Eirene, Lucia, Jana and Alexius. Four of those characters are dead by the end of the book. I really don't like even these one's enough to know who I'm really rooting for, but at least I don't hate them the way I do most of the others. Cleo is immature, selfish and annoying, yet strong in her own way, and determined. She also seems to be quick to open her heart to people, and once she cares about someone, she seems to care about them with her whole heart. She was probably my favorite character. Emilia is loving and cares very much for her younger sister, though we really don't get to know her very well, she seems rather selfish as well. Nic was brave even though he was not physically strong. He seemed somewhat selfish in his reasons for going to Paelsia with Cleo (he wanted to spend time with her and be her hero,) yet, he was also fairly unselfish in comparison with the rest of the characters. He did not push himself at Cleo romantically the way most of the obviously-not-going-to-win sides of the love triangles do, but instead just did his best to be there for her when she needed him. Theon is passionate and brave. He is probably the most unselfish of the characters, though I wasn't a fan of his instalove with Cleo. It felt in character with Cleo, to become deeply infatuated so quickly, but I didn't think it worked very well with Theon's character. And the weirdness of Cleo and Theon's romantic attachment in light of Cleo's sister and Theon's father having been romantically involved was not lost on me. Corvin pushed his will on Cleo at times, but even during those times I had no doubt that he loved her very much. He was a weird mix of ignorant and wise, in that he ignored Paelsia's problems, and the fact that members of his country were taking advantage of their plight, yet he knew enough to warn Jonas that Paelsia's aligning with Limeros was suicidal.
I hate dealing with characters who are driven by vengeance. Yet somehow I didn't hate Jonas. I liked him because he thought that what he was doing was going to help his country, and he wasn't so blind as to completely ignore Corvin's warning. I found his construing Cleo's reaction to his brother's death to allow him to blame her was frustrating since we'd been in her head when we saw Tomas die, but I was also glad when he was able to feel some sympathy for her when he captured her, as well as his willingness to overcome his feelings at the end of the book. I think I see what could turn into a romance between Cleo and Jonas. Brion was not a major character, but he did have some funny reactions and has potential to add a little bit of humor in future books, which would be welcome because this book forgot about humor. Eirene is interesting. Naturally all of the readers could already guess that she was the ex-watcher the moment we met her. I think (and hope) that she could become important in future books.
Lucia was full of goodness and sweetness at the beginning of the book, but in allowing her evil and manipulative father (and brother) to control her, she is corrupting her character. She can see that Magnus has gone from being a loving brother to a corrupting and hate-filled character, yet she continues to allow him and her father to use her in the hopes that she will regain his brotherly love for her, which he manipulatively withdrew when, even after finding out that she was adopted and not a blood relation to him, she still only loved him as a brother. Jana is hardly worth mentioning since she died in the prologue, but she was an interesting character, being torn between wanting to help her people, and hating the killing and evil that she has to do to achieve that.
I don't hate Alexius. Yet. But his sitting back and watching while Lucia allows her family to corrupt her spirit bothers me, and all of his 'I will be so angry if I wasted my time watching this girl if she's not the powerful sorceress I think she is, who my people and I can use to get back the power we used to have.' Yet he's smart enough not to tell watchers who have obviously been corrupted that she is indeed the sorceress. I also have some appreciation for the fact that he was checking on his banished sister at the end of the book.
The rest of the characters are just so filled with evil that I can't care about them. I do, admittedly feel somewhat bad for Magnus, but he is turning into his father. Who he hates. I also don't think that he loves Lucia as much as he thinks he does. He used to maybe, but when she won't give in to his romantic feelings for her, he withdraws and punishes her for it, which makes me think that his lust for her, and his desire to control her are far stronger than any love, brotherly or otherwise, that he might have for her.
I thought that the ending of the book was kind of weird.
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