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» December 31, 2007
The Savage Mule: Dennis Perrin (who used to blog at Red State Son) is working on a book due out in May from Verso called Savage Mules: The Democrats and Endless War that touches on a theme I've been working on as well.
I've been an admirer of Dennis's work and have corresponded briefly with him over the past couple of years. His work on the book has taken him away from regular blog posting, but his year-end post is kind enough to mention lowly me in some relatively illustrious company.
He'd better finish that thing. I've pre-ordered my copy.
Happy New Year!
» December 28, 2007
What the...?
Remover of Obstacles:
Nothing the next year needs more than an anniversary present of a bronze statue of the bridegroom Ganesh, Remover of Obstacles, patron of letters and learning, and the latest addition to our little object pantheon on top of the cabinet in the living room.
Then again, his arrival today wasn't exactly presaged by the best omens, Hindu-wise.
Sales Attacks, Part IV: Since the Oregonian already published an op-ed from Charles Sheketoff rebutting the pro-sales tax piece they ran last week, they're unlikely to run my own, especially considering that I don't run anything with a name like the Oregon Center for Public Policy (or anything, really). But write something I did.
Sales tax proponent Rep. Scott Bruun says that "If you believe that taxes affect behavior ... it's easy to see that Oregon's tax structure stifles incentives for work and investment." It's a belief that he doesn't back up with any proof.
He bases his argument in favor of a tax reform which would add a sales tax using several standard assertions.
- A sales tax would flatten "the peaks and valleys" of "roller-coaster" income tax revenue.
- A sales tax is paid by choice, unlike an income tax, and is "inherently better".
- A sales tax would bring in new revenue from tourists
- A sales tax would bring in money from the "underground economy".
The last two are perhaps the most flimsy of the Representative's assertions. If a tourist has $1,000 to spend in Oregon on a trip, Rep. Bruun would have you think they're going to spend an extra $50, rather than $952 + $48 (5%) in taxes. And what about the fact that half of Oregon tourists are from Oregon? According to a Longwoods International report commissioned by the state, 51% of overnight marketable trips made to Oregon in 2004 were by Oregonians. That doesn't mean the 7.9 billion tourism dollars that could be affected by sales taxes are halved, but it does put a dent in the something-for-nothing idea of out-of-state dollars.
As for the "underground economy", any time money comes into the legitimate marketplace, it's already subject to business income taxes. A sales tax exempts food, but if an under-the-table worker buys beer or cigarettes, they're paying excise taxes and the business owner gets taxed on income.
The idea that a sales tax is paid by choice and is therefore better is simply bizarre. You no more "choose" to pay a sales tax on a pair of pants -- something it's rather difficult to walk around town without -- than you "choose" to have a job and pay income taxes so that you can buy the pants. A sales tax is inherently unstable unless it taxes items people need to buy.
Which brings me to my final point and Rep. Bruun's first.
In 2003, the Oakland Tribune published an article about a study of the California tax system which bore the headline: "California's sales tax is ultimate roller coaster".
For years, sales tax advocates have claimed that the sales tax is more stable than the income tax, and that it would therefor provide a stable "third leg" to the tax table. California has that third leg, but two decades of data show that "California's income tax base is, surprisingly, not the most volatile of the three major sources of government income. It is at least as stable as property assessments and far more sedate than taxable sales."
Washington, on the other hand, has no income tax and relies heavily on sales and use taxes. What does it have to say about its own system when it compared the sales tax to property taxes and other revenue streams: "Sales and use tax is the most volatile revenue source." The same study showed that households with incomes under $20,000 paid three times the percentage of their income in sales taxes as households in the range above $130,000.
So color me unconvinced. A sales tax would seem to replace part of a slightly regressive tax system with money raised in a more regressive system that isn't really any more stable than the income tax. It would once again shift part of the tax burden from large businesses and upper-income earners to small businesses and medium and low-income households, in an attempt to give "incentives" for more upper-income people to move here and live off the largesse of the rest of Oregon.
Remind me why we were supposed to be in favor of this again?
Democrats Blindsided by DoD Veto: After caving in to the White House on the Defense appropriations bill, and all of the claims that they needed to do it without any restrictions because Bush would starve the troops in Iraq or shut down the Pentagon without his $70 billion, now this:
Bush to Veto Pentagon Funds Over Iraq ProvisionHappy New Year, losers.
By DAVID STOUT
Published: December 28, 2007
WASHINGTON President Bush will veto a huge Defense Department bill because of concerns by the Iraqi government that Iraqi assets in American banks could be vulnerable to claims from victims of Saddam Hussein, the Texas White House said Friday.
The announcement of the presidents intentions caught Democratic leaders off guard. the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California quickly issued a statement complaining that they had been blindsided by the news from Mr. Bushs ranch in Crawford, Tex.
Sales Attacks, Part III: Charles Sheketoff of the Oregon Center for Public Policy -- like state Rep. Scott Bruun, a member of the state's Revenue Restructuring Task Force -- responds to Bruun's op-ed piece last week with his own:
Bringing stability to our tax structure
Friday, December 28, 2007
As of November, nearly half the states in the nation were facing budget shortfalls, service cuts or tax increases. But not Oregon. So if Oregon's tax system is the worst in the nation, as a commentary last week by state Rep. Scott Bruun contends ("Changing America's worst tax structure," Dec. 18), why are we outshining nearly half the country?
We suffer from an economy for the few. Bruun's proposals would make Oregon's economy even more lopsided. His income tax scheme would heavily benefit the wealthiest. Given that from 2002 to 2005, nearly all (97 percent) of Oregon income gains went to the richest 1 percent -- households with annual incomes exceeding about $360,000 and averaging about $862,000 -- I can't fathom the logic in exacerbating Oregon's income inequality by granting a 50 percent tax cut.
Bruun correctly notes the instability in Oregon's tax system. But he makes it seem as if there's no way to add stability without a major overhaul and without making the system less fair. That's wrong. We just have to save more in our reserves during good economic times to have stability during a downturn.
My Last Conspiracy Theory For 2007: It's been almost two months since the Writers Guild of America went on strike, and in that time the primary source of criticism of the presidential candidates -- late night shows like CBS's The Late Show with David Letterman, NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report -- have been in reruns. Sure, the criticism is largely superficial, but then the criticism by "real" TV news outlets isn't particularly deep. And the fact that there hasn't been an agreement reached is all to the good for people interested in maintaining the status quo.
Even without the widely-seen but mostly blunt ribbing of Leno or the stiletto-punch of a Colbert gag aimed at a much smaller audience, the fortunes of the anointed in both the Republican and Democratic races have been mercurial. Mike Huckabee has been coming out of nowhere (can't we just say no more Arkansas governors for president for a while?) and even Zombie John McCain's showing signs of life as he reaches for the brains of Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. A couple of months ago Hillary Clinton was viewed by many as unstoppable, but Barack Obama and John Edwards are still fighting her for turf. The whole battle's going down without the snarky comments of the late night talk shows, though.
But then, if you had a vested interest in how things were going to come out in the 2008 elections, and you had a way to, you know, keep a sort of a throttle on the process to at least try to keep things under some semblance of control, what would you do? Sure, it might cost you some big-time money, but what if all of your competitors would be in the same boat?
As it stands, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will be returning -- sans writers unless a miracle happens -- on 7 January. Letterman, Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, and Conan O'Brien will be back on the air even earlier -- 2 January -- in any case.
But that's left nearly two months of some of the craziest material from the primary campaigns untouched by late-night shows in the run-up to the 3 January Iowa caucuses -- the night after the broadcast shows return [Letterman and the WGA reached an agreement 28 December] -- and the New Hampshire primary on 8 January -- the night after Stewart and Colbert are back. If the strike continues for another month, the huge blocks of delegates at stake in the "Super Tuesday" primaries on 5 February will de be dealt out without the guiding hand of comedy writers.
That may seem like no big loss to many people, but we're living in a world where our fellow voters took someone like George W. Bush as a serious candidate, even with people pointing out he was a buffoon. Sure, I don't agree with all of their politics, and sometimes they simply propogate stupid jokes (Letterman, for one, did Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton gags a couple times a week until at least last year). I, for one, worry what could happen without a little of the funhouse mirror late night shows bring into the house of politics, and I wonder if someone might have their hand on the lid in an attempt to keep things from boiling over in a way they might not prefer.
» December 27, 2007
Jon Swift's Best Blog Posts of 2007: I've been enjoying Jon Swift's work for a while now, and not just his "Modest Proposal" but also the large volume of quality material he has produced at his blog over the past couple of years.
As a part of his belated anniversary celebration/year-end wrap-up, Swift has gathered together a holiday package of work by other bloggers that he deems worthy of sharing with the world, and my second post from this year is featured there.
So peruse Swift's "selections", and while you're at it travel back to the days of cellphone-videoed hangings and check out my featured economics piece: "The Invisible Hand of Saddam Hussein". It's good, if I do say so myself, and apparently I did, because that's how Swift's list was created.
» December 25, 2007
Sales Attacks, Part II: Back when Ben Westlund was pushing a sales tax during his campaign for governor, his campaign sent me a copy of some material they'd developed from a Legislative Revenue Office simulation of the effects of a sales tax in Oregon. The first page brief describing SB382 included this:
The 5% consumption tax Westlund proposed was anticipated to bring in $6 billion of revenue every two years. That would require an annual taxable consumption expenditure of $60 billion. Washington's sales and use tax gets about half of its income from businesses, so make that $30 billion in personal spending on taxable goods and services.
A couple of things about that. One of the touchstones of the sales tax proponents is that it would garner a huge amount of money from the tourist industry. According to the Oregon Tourism Commission, the tourist industry does about $8 billion of business. According to a state study, more than half of the overnight stays in 2004, however, were from Oregonians travelling in-state. Even if out-of-state travellers spend more than residents when they're here, the consumption tax on the $5 or $6 billion they spend is just a portion of the $25 billion of the sales tax base that would need to be paid by residents. (I'm going to be generous to the opposition and take all of it out of the personal spending side, although about 20% of travel is business-related and would properly be accounted for in the half of the sales tax related to business. What's a billion between friends?)
Then there's the item that tends to get skipped over in most of the talk about various sales tax proposals: "Retailer Compensation Rate @ 1.5% of Gross Collections". $45 million in payments to retailers just to collect the tax. That's half the annual funds allocated for the Oregon Department of Revenue in the Governor's 2007-09 budget ($184 million for the biennium).
Finally, I have to ask, where proponents think $25 billion of annual spending by Oregonians is going to come from. The 2005 Oregon Department of Revenue tax data referenced in my previous post on this topic shows that the sum of adjusted gross incomes for all Oregon returns that year was $83 billion. To make their portion of $3 billion in annual sales tax revenue pencil in (by purchasing $25 billion), Oregonians across the board would have to spend 30% of their incomes on taxable items in the state of Oregon.
If you exclude the 10% of Oregonians with incomes over $100,000/year, the adjusted gross income of the other 90% didn't even break $50 billion in 2005.
Merry Christmas.
» December 24, 2007
Sales Attacks, Pt. I: Me, I like numbers, which is why the recent re-re-resurrection of a sales tax proposal sparked off by an op-ed from Rep. Scott Bruun (R-McMinnville) in the Oregonian -- coinciding as it does with the kickoff of Ben "I was a Republican two years ago" Westlund for Treasurer in the Democratic primary -- and picked up by Blue Oregon (again) and the Oregon Economics Blog (here, here, here, here, here, here, and here) just seemed so blatantly off the mark. It was virtually devoid of actual data, and from the op-ed to many of the commenters, unfounded assertions were flying right and left.
This chart is just a quick (relatively) dip in the water with some data analysis. The wedges in the chart represent the proportion of personal income tax returns filed in 2005 in Oregon, grouped by income. The height of each slice shows the net total amount of personal income tax that group paid. Roll your mouse over the wedges to see the legend.
The data in the graph and the table below are derived from the Oregon Department of Revenue's Detail Tables: All Returns and Full-Year Resident Returns (by AGI) which has data on the 2005 tax returns.
Adjusted Gross Income
Number of Returns
Level Total AGI (1,000s)
Level Total Net Tax (1,000s) % of Returns % of All AGI % of All Net Tax Level AGI/Net Tax ratio
less than $20,000
$159,567 37.61% 5.37% 3.33% 0.62
$20,000 $30,000
$223,724 13.15% 6.65% 4.67% 0.70
$30,000 $40,000
$276,437 10.23% 7.27% 5.78% 0.79
$40,000 $50,000
$294,134 8.09% 7.40% 6.14% 0.83
$50,000 $60,000
$300,733 6.54% 7.33% 6.28% 0.86
$60,000 $70,000
$300,834 5.34% 7.07% 6.28% 0.89
$70,000 $80,000
$282,440 4.17% 6.37% 5.90% 0.93
$80,000 $100,000
$487,738 5.70% 10.36% 10.19% 0.98
more than $100,000
$2,461,177 9.17% 42.17% 51.42% 1.22
In the chart and table, you can see the number of returns filed for the year, as well as the sum of the adjusted gross income (AGI) reported and the net tax paid.
The largest cohort by far in this chart is filers reporting under $20,000 in income. That includes teenagers, retirees, part-time workers, and about 20,000 returns that showed losses from rental properties and other Schedule E deductions. But while this group made up more than a third of the filers (% of Returns), it paid only one-thirtieth of the personal income taxes collected that year (% of Net Tax). Not surprisingly, that fat third of the populace only made a little over 5% of the total AGI reported on Oregon tax returns (% of AGI). That makes the ratio of AGI to Net Tax 0.62:1, which indicates that -- on this raw basis -- the group's percent of the AGI reported for the state as a whole was greater than the percentage it paid in taxes.
I've collapsed the higher-end categories in order to mesh with some other studies for future posts, but if you look at the Excel file from the state, you can see that the 7,511 filers who claimed more than $500,000 in income paid one-sixth of the total personal income tax collected by the state in 2005.
More later.
» December 21, 2007
Heckuva Job, Baby!: Nathan and Sara on what George W. Bush is doing with your tax dollars.
» December 20, 2007
The "Support Rich People" Tax: The candidacy of Republican-turned-Democrat? Ben Westlund for state Treasurer has brought out the fans of a sales tax at Blue Oregon, as it has done before, and before.
Jeff Alworth, one of the editors at BO, points to a post at the Oregon Economics Blog, which in a follow-up to the discussion there describes one of the factors that should be taken into account in a discussion of sales and income taxes:
2- However, income taxes that are too high can (and apparently do) influence weathier households' location decisions and can make it harder for businesses to hire in a national job market.And I just have to wonder what twisted system people want to get into to advocate poor people taking some of the tax burden off of rich people, in order to attract more rich people to the state. That seems like a negative-sum game to me.
I've got lots of comments (in some cases duplicated because of a problem at BO) and documentation on the regressivity and volatility of the sales tax. More stuff every time they drag me back into this.
» December 11, 2007
More On Rizzo's Part in Torture Tapes Decisions: I mentioned last week the story of how CIA acting general counsel John Rizzo -- despite having his confirmation challenged earlier this year by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden -- had been in that position for most of the past six years and remains there to this day.
The latest story on the destruction of CIA torture interrogation tapes gives a little more information about his role in the matter:
In describing the decision to destroy the tapes, current and former officials said John A. Rizzo, the agencys top lawyer at the time, was not asked for final approval before the tapes were destroyed, although Mr. Rizzo had been involved in discussions for two years about the tapes.
It is unclear what weight an opinion from a lawyer within the clandestine service would have if it were not formally approved by Mr. Rizzo. But the former official said Mr. Rodriguez and others in the clandestine branch believed the legal judgment gave them the blessing to destroy the tapes.
The former official said the leaders of the clandestine service believed they "didnt need to ask Rizzos permission."
» December 10, 2007
Two Generations: In a comment over at Daily Kos, one writer brings up the oft-repeated assumption that Lyndon Johnson's quote about Democrats losing the South for a generation after he signed the civil rights bills was an underestimate, and that it actually cost the Democrats the White House for two generations.
Well, LBJ was wrong about some things.
The Democrats lost the South over race, but LBJ won the 1964 election without a lot of the South in the first place.
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina. They all went to Goldwater in 1964. In fact, they were the only states that did go for Goldwater outside of his home state of Arizona.
Most of those states went for Wallace in 1968, but Humphrey came within 0.75% of Nixon in the popular vote. In states with large electoral vote totals like Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey, and even Nixon's home state of California, Humphrey was within 3% or less of winning.
But LBJ and Humphrey (and a Democratic Congress) had been the ones running the Vietnam War for four years by then. Tens of thousands of troops had already been killed, and there was no end in sight, unless you counted Gen. Westmorland's "light at the end of the tunnel."
That was the real political legacy of LBJ's administration. Instead of concentrating the energy of the country on making a better America -- something his willingness to propose the civil rights bills showed he had at least some interest in -- much like Bush he squandered it on a flawed vision of global conflict that was the fantasy of his advisers.
» December 8, 2007
How the Democrats Will Get Punked on Impeachment: Thursday's New York Times story about the destroyed CIA interrogation tapes is just another crack in the dam holding back the giant pool of crap that is the Bush administration. Everyone knows there's more there, the anticipation from most quarters has been whether the dam's going to hold until the 2008 election or whether it's going to break and cover everyone in its wake with a thick, oozy slime.
The Democratic leadership, by putting impeachment under the table before the 2006 election, has placed their bets on the dam staying intact. There's been no serious attempt to breach it in nearly a year of investigation with the super-special dreaded "subpoena power." They control the speed and depth of the investigations, and they've managed to run through almost a year without actually challenging claims of executive privilege. November is tantalizingly close.
This week's revelations aren't going to be the last news of administration malfeasance. The Times has already published further information linking the Justice Department and the White House to discussions about whether "hundreds of hours of videotapes" should be destroyed as long ago as 2003.
By the end of this winter, more and more cracks are going to have appeared in the dam holding back the crap. As the presidential races start shaking out (and there remains a lot of shaking to be done) by Super Duper Double Tuesday or whatever it is in February, one of the Republican candidates is going to be shocked and astonished by something the Bush administration has done in the waronterror. It'll be something that people pushing for the impeachment of George W. Bush have known or suspected for years, but it will be as to a revelation for the Republicans, much as Oregon Senator Gordon Smith suddenly realized that he was sort of sad about the war a year ago this week.
At that point, the GOP will pronounce their own resolution to censure President Bush and/or Vice President Cheney. They will marvel at the fact that the Democrats, in over a year of investigations, didn't manage to uncover this egregious practice, pointing to that failure as a sign of "Democrat incompetence". They will essentially create a controlled flow of crap from the pool, and channel it into the house of the donkey.
At that point, Democrats will be faced with the choice of doing nothing, pressing for an impeachment that they didn't want to pursue in the first place, or going along with a censure resolution that will take any steam out of an impeachment movement (not that they wanted to do that).
Republicans will be praised for their "courage" in standing up to Bush and Cheney by editorials across the country. Democrats will be excoriated for their bumbling inefficiency at the reins of power. All of the anti-impeachment folks here will be happy, because the Democrats "got real" and didn't make the mistake the GOP did in the '90s of impeaching a president who had violated the Constitution in enough ways to put the Kama Sutra to shame.
Then again, come November, they might not be quite as happy.
Sadly No's Dr. Bradley S. Rocket summarizes Michelle Malkin's take on the torture tapes:
The CIAs destroyed interrogation videos, what the Dems knew, and when
Just an added note: this is a pretty neat little act of contortion on Stalkin Malkins part. She begins by arguing that the New York Times has conspired to influence the torture debate by publishing articles demonstrating how the government has concealed its torture program (and yes, writing those words is extraordinarily depressing). She then wags her finger at the DEMONKKKrats who want to explicitly ban practices such as waterboarding practices that, by any sane definition, are torture. Then she pulls off her coup de grâce: She flips the entire argument around and blames the Democrats for not doing enough to hold the CIA accountable for destroying evidence of torture! Its an impressive feat, especially when you consider that Michelle and pals have already transformed down-is-the-new-up-ism into an art form. Well played.
- The CIAs destruction of secret torture videos proves once and for all that the Democrats are pro-torture.
» December 7, 2007
Mainway: With all of the fuss over toxic toys coming from overseas lately, it's probably good to remember that the reason lead, mercury, and other once-common materials used in manufacturing (radium!) were banned from use in certain categories of products back when those products were Made in the U.S.A.
Unsafe products have a long tradition in the US, so much so that in the early days of Saturday Night Live, one of Dan Ackroyd's popular recurring characters was Irwin Mainway, a sleazy distributor of dangerous products. The sketches were typically a confrontation between Mainway and a TV consumer advocate. One of the outstanding pieces -- which I unfortunately can't find video for online -- was actually about children's toys where the advocate was played by Candice Bergen (transcript via the Saturday Night Live Transcripts site).
Consumer Reporter: Good evening, and welcome to the holiday edition of "Consumer Probe". Our topic tonight is unsafe toys for children. For instance, this little bow and arrow set. [holds up] Pull the rubber suctions off, and the arrows become deadly missiles.I wish I could take credit for tying the "Secret Police Confession Kit" to the asbestor-laced CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit, but that honor has to go to my sister-in-law, Marie.
[cut to full shot, showing Irwin Mainway seated to Joan's right]
We have with us tonight, Mr. Irwin Mainway, President of Mainway Toys. Uh, Mr. Mainway, your company manufactures the following so-called harmless playthings: Pretty Peggy Ear-Piercing Set, Mr. Skin-Grafter, General Tron's Secret Police Confession Kit, and Doggie Dentist. And what about this innocent rubber doll, which you market under the name Johnny Switchblade? [holds up doll] Press his head, and two sharp knives spring from his arms. [demonstrates] Mr. Mainway, I'm afraid this is, by no means, a very safe toy.
Irwin Mainway: Okay, Miss, I wanna correct you, alright. The full name of this product, as it appears in stores all over the county, is Johnny Switchblade: Adventure Punk. I mean, nothing goes wrong.. little girls buy 'em, you know, they play games, they make up stories, nobody gets hurt. I mean, so Barbie takes a knife once in a while, or Ken gets cut. You know, there's no harm in that. I mean, as far as I can see, you know?
Consumer Reporter: Alright. Fine. Fine. Well, we'd like to show you another one of Mr. Mainway's products. It retails for $1.98, and it's called Bag O' Glass. [holds up bag of glass Mr. Mainway, this is simply a bag of jagged, dangerous, glass bits.
Irwin Mainway: Yeah, right, it's you know, it's glass, it's broken glass, you know? It sells very well, as a matter of fact, you know? It's just broken glass, you know?
Consumer Reporter: [laughs] I don't understand. I mean, children could seriously cut themselves on any one of these pieces!
Irwin Mainway: Yeah, well, look - you know, the average kid, he picks up, you know, broken glass anywhere, you know? The beach, the street, garbage cans, parking lots, all over the place in any big city. We're just packaging what the kids want! I mean, it's a creative toy, you know? If you hold this up, you know, you see colors, every color of the rainbow! I mean, it teaches him about light refraction, you know? Prisms, and that stuff! You know what I mean?
Since I can't find the video for the toy sketch, here's another Mainway appearance, hawking Halloween costumes.
Torture, Lies, & Videotape: Thanks to Larry Johnson at No Quarter, for the link.
Earlier this year, Senator Ron Wyden got a bit of ink -- including a mention in Jane Mayer's article on the Central Intelligence Agency's black sites in The New Yorker -- for putting a hold on the nomination of John Rizzo as general counsel of the CIA. As a result of the hold, the Bush administration withdrew the nomination.
But as articles in the International Herald Tribune and elsewhere pointed out, by the time Wyden placed his hold, Rizzo had already served as acting general counsel for most of the past six years.
In August, I wrote a letter to Wyden, asking him whether his hold on Rizzo's nomination to permanent status would have "any effect on his status as de facto general counsel at the CIA."
Yesterday, of course, news came out that the CIA had destroyed "at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Qaeda operatives in the agencys custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its secret detention program."
According to the article from The New York Times:
The tapes were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that video showing harsh interrogation methods could expose agency officials to legal risks, several officials said.
As the general counsel to the CIA, there's a vanishingly small possibility that John Rizzo was not involved in any decisions about what did or did not "expose agency officials to legal risks" or whether the existence of the videotapes should be shared with the various committees investigating both the 9/11 attacks and CIA detention programs.
In his response to me -- coincidentally dated Halloween -- Wyden says he placed his hold on Rizzo because of his demonstrated willingness to "let major programs go forward without a firm legal foundation in place", referring specifically to the 2002 Justice Department legal opinion on what constitutes torture.
At Wyden's August town hall, I asked him whether he trusted the Bush administration. My interpretation of his "trust but verify" comment then was that deep down Wyden did trust the administration to do the right thing, despite years of obvious lying to Congress, the American people, and the rest of the world. Maybe even to themselves. After I posted about his remark, one of his aides reportedly told torridjoe from Loaded Oyrgun that "Wyden does NOT trust the President on Iraq, Iran and civil liberties."
Wyden's Halloween letter to me ends this way:
I am pleased the the President has withdrawn Mr. Rizzo's nomination, and I am hopeful that the President will now pick somebody who will ensure that our national counterterrorism programs have the solid legal foundation they need.
John Rizzo is still acting general counsel of the CIA.
» December 6, 2007
Ripped From the Headlines: A project I worked on a few years back was the Mac port of a Director-based CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CD-ROM game. It was clean and safe. But via Rick Perlstein at the Campaign for America's Future, another CSI product appears to be not so healthy (and no, it's not the Kiddie Autopsy Kit):
December 4, 2007CD-ROM CSI game? Non-lethal. Asbestos-laced fingerprint kit? Maybe not.
Tom DeLuca/Al Kaufman
Toys R Us, Inc. Headquarters
One Geoffrey Way
Wayne, NJ 07480-2030
Attn Mr. DeLuca/Mr. Kaufman:
We are writing to ask that you immediately remove from sale all Planet Toys CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Fingerprint Examination Kits due to recent test results finding dangerous levels of asbestos in powders contained in some sample kits.
The type of asbestos detected in these kits, tremolite, is one the most lethal forms of asbestos, and is the same deadly asbestos fiber contained in products made from ore mined at the notorious W.R. Grace mine in Libby, Montana. Tremolite asbestos, like that found in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Fingerprint Examination Kits, has killed scores of people in Libby, many who never worked in the mine itself.
What is particularly troubling about this toy is that children are directed to blow the asbestos contaminated powder after dusting for fingerprints, which would make it much more likely that children playing with this toy would actually inhale potentially lethal asbestos fibers. Any amount of this fiber in a childrens toy, particularly in a powder that is certain to be inhaled, is completely unacceptable and unnecessary. A single exposure to tremolite is sufficient to cause fatal mesothelioma or lung cancer later in life.
I see this as a great opportunity for CSI, quite frankly. Once the writers' strike is over, the first show ought to be an investigation into the mysterious death of a child who received a home fingerprint kit for Christmas.
What the...?
The Cloud That Will Bite You:
In the spring and summer of 1998, a young, fluffy cat started meeting Barbara on our back deck when she got home from work. By the time the rain came in the fall, he'd figured out the cat door and started sleeping on the laundry in the back hall, figuring out that there was an opening for a peppy male cat amongst our two spinsters. By winter he'd pretty much moved in full-time and we started vetting him.
At first, Barbara just called him Boy Kitty. But during a particularly energetic bout of chasing a string on a pole (something Barbara had put together to help us try to run off some of his cabin fever that first winter) with A&E's "Biography" on in the background, an episode provided the perfect name for a cat who would run full tilt into a chest, stand up, and shake off the hit to get back to the chase: Jackie Chan.
His personality is incredibly sweet, although he's always liked to tussle with my hand (leaving a fair number of shallow scratches over the years) and there are some spots where arthritis in his back will bring out a warning bite. He was good company five years ago when I broke my leg, although he did tend to hog the pillows I was supposed to be using to elevate the afflicted member. I've made a running joke out of the softness of his fur, saying that it's like "scratching the belly of a cloud" or "having your hand mauled by a cloud."
A few weeks back, after touching one of Jackie Chan's sensitive spots, Barbara's sister Marie came up "The Cloud That Will Bite You," which had the three of us in stitches for no particular reason.
Because he came over the back fence, we don't have any idea of Jackie Chan's actual birthdate, but from the age he was when he started appearing, we figured he was from a late fall litter, so we just picked our all-purpose non-Christmas holiday, which makes him ten years old today!


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During your restaurant POS search, you probably encountered a number of products that were touted as "turnkey POS systems," leaving you with the question: do these systems really qualify as turnkey solutions? To earn the designation of "Turnkey," a POS system should be a comprehensive restaurant solution, loaded with all the features needed to manage your business operations. The system should be easy to learn and use, arriving on your doorstep ready for immediate use with no additional components needed. Unfortunately, many of these purported turnkey POS systems fail to live up to their designation. Calypso, however, delivers true turnkey POS systems that deliver all the essential functionalities you need to achieve maximum profitability at your restaurant:
Powerful Cashier/Ordering Technology
Featuring simple department driven menu screens and a single screen order-to-pay solution, Calypso's turnkey restaurant POS helps your staff to offer fast, accurate service. All items in your customers' orders can be hot and ready at the same time, since your cashiers can opt to send, stay, or hold individual items and even perform "On the Fly" ordering for last minute additions. Flexible order routing to kitchen or bar prep areas and custom kitchen messages that allow clear communication between cashiers and kitchen, allow your staff to accurately process a high volume of orders for the greatest customer satisfaction!
Integrated Payment Processing
With Calypso's genuine turnkey POS systems, everything you need to process card purchases is included – no need to purchase third-party processing equipment or expensive additional phone lines! Thanks to Calypso's integrated credit, debit, and gift card processing, you can process transactions directly from the PCI, PA-DSS compliant POS system.
Time Management and Payroll Features
Since payroll is the highest ongoing business expense most restaurants face, Calypso's complete restaurant POS solutions include powerful time management and payroll features. Keep payroll expenses to a manageable level with the integrated time clock that controls your employees' in-and-out times, allowing you to manage and adjust punch times as needed. Tip reporting is included along with tips vs. sales tracking to provide you with all the information you need to minimize payroll expenditures.
Integrated POS Scales
To ensure you can accurately weigh and price frozen yogurt, deli meats, salad bar items, and more, Calypso's turnkey point of sale solutions include TARE weighted, integrated POS scales. You can program in different cup/container sizes, eliminating the need to re-key manually and reducing the risk of time-consuming employee errors.
Barcode Scanning
Calypso's full-featured POS solutions even include barcode scanning, which makes selling packaged desserts, sauces, and other items a breeze! Barcodes can also be printed on guest checks for easier cashier transactions.
Available Integrated DVS System
As part of your comprehensive restaurant POS solution, Calypso offers an integrated DVS system that provides solid surveillance of your establishment, assets, and patrons to protect your business from the risk of employee theft and frivolous lawsuits. Calypso's loss prevention technology allows you to search and review actual order data with video, and you can even monitor live video at any time via your iPhone, Windows phone, or any web browser!
As you can see, Calypso's turnkey POS systems easily live up to their moniker by delivering all the essential restaurant management features you need and more! In addition to being full-featured, Calypso's turnkey POS solutions are eminently affordable, offering reliable Windows-free operation without the need for expensive upgrades. Contact Calypso today at 800-771-7100 for more information on all the benefits Calypso has to offer!


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Miami Heat
Luol Deng scores 30 as Miami Heat passes early tough test to defeat Dallas Mavericks
Mark Cuban left his baseline seat and raced to midcourt to plead, complain or simply be that guy.
Rapper 2 Chainz was hanging with the Mavericks owner Sunday night, so Cuban, being Cuban, was about to go full Cuban.
An NBA official was seated behind press row, and on the court Heat guard Mario Chalmers and Mavericks center Tyson Chandler had just been hit with double technical fouls.
"He hit him in the chin," Cuban crowed, pointing to his jutting jaw.
No, Chalmers didn't punch Chandler, but Cuban's reaction was understandable. His punch-drunk team had been taking shots to the face all night from a team that was supposed to be vulnerable on the second night of a back-to-back and struggling offensively without LeBron James.
The Heat surprised the Mavericks on Sunday with offensive efficiency not unlike another Texas team the Mavericks' billionaire owner loves to beat, but seldom does these days. Looking very Spurs-like, the Heat defeated the Mavericks 105-96 at American Airlines Center. Miami has won seven in a row against Dallas, a streak dating back to 2012.
"It was a very, very good win — our best win of the year so far," said Dwyane Wade, who finished with 20 points and 10 assists. "It's a challenge to play six games in nine nights, but we came out victorious with what we want to do, and that's get better as a team.
"This was our toughest test of this span, and we played our best basketball."
Playing with an illness, Chris Bosh finished with 20 points to give him at least 20 points in the Heat's first seven games. He went 7 of 10 from the field with 10 rebounds and five assists.
The Heat (5-2) had 31 assists on 42 field goals and small forward Luol Deng was the main beneficiary of all that ball movement. He had 30 points, going 13 of 19 from the field and 4 of 9 from three-point range. The last time Deng scored 30 points was on Dec.2, 2013.
"We're still getting better as a team, and I think there is still a lot to figure out, but in the game plan [Sunday] they doubled Bosh and D-Wade, and we did a good job of moving the ball," Deng said. "We had a lot of open jumpers."
Led by seven assists from Wade, the Heat had 19 assists on 24 field goals in the first half. The team's best run came with Wade, Bosh and Deng on the court with Chalmers and forward Josh McRoberts. A five-point lead quickly ballooned to 14 points with easy baskets inside and open jumpers.
One play in particular characterized the smooth night offensively.
Time already was running out on the shot clock when McRoberts caught a pass at the elbow with 4:17 left in the second quarter. His options seemed limited. Moments later the Heat's new forward whipped a pass through the heart of the Mavericks' defense to Wade, who was wide open. Wade finished the play to give the Heat a 45-37 lead.
"We showed more poise," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We showed great trust all the way to the end. Guys are starting to see the benefits of playing together."
Chalmers had 18 points off the bench, going 6 of 9 from the field and 3 of 5 from three-point range.
Monta Ellis led the Mavs (4-3) with 23 points. Dirk Nowitzki, playing in his 17th season, had 17 points. Chandler, the Mavericks center, finished with 16 points and 15 rebounds.
Wade on LeBron
Wade has played in every game this season and Sunday was his third back-to-back. Last season, he played in three back-to-backs. He's feeling good, his body has responded well to the beginning of the season, and his team has a better record than that of his good buddy James in Cleveland.
In other words, it's a good time to weigh in on the NBA's biggest story to start the season — the early struggles of the Cavaliers. Any advice Wade would give James at this point in the season?
"He has all the tools he needs," Wade said before the game in Dallas. "We've been through it together where we ran into struggles as a team. You're going to do that in the season, whether it's in the beginning of the season, or sometimes in the middle or sometimes at the end.
"He's a four-time MVP, he's a two-time champion. I'm sure he'll figure it out as a leader."
The Heat is 5-2 and the Cavaliers are 2-3 with a home game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night.
"We're six games in for some teams and less for others, so it's so premature to be worrying about guys struggling or guys playing well," Wade said. "We're yet to see how it's really going to shake out."


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Cold Sores Myth Busters
We've all seen them, and more than seven million of us suffer from them - but few of us know the truth about cold sores those unsightly, painful and embarrassing sores that always seem to appear at the worst possible times. And with cold season coming on, cold sores will be rearing their ugly faces even more often. Get up to speed on all the facts about cold sores so you can try to avoid getting them or you can speed up the healing process.
Dr. Kucy Pon, a Toronto based dermatologist, breaks down common myths about cold sores.
Myth: Cold sores only come out when you get a cold.
Fact: Though the common cold can bring on a cold sore, there are several triggers which can cause an outbreak. Some of the more common triggers include: fatigue, stress, cold weather, or sun exposure. According to a recent survey by Leger Marketing, as many as 91 per cent of women, for example, don't know menstruation is a trigger of cold sores. It's best to be aware of your personal triggers and avoid or reduce them when possible to lessen the frequency of outbreaks.
Myth: When you get a cold sore, you just have to wait for it to go away.
Fact: The basic life cycle of the cold sore is eight to 10 days, but there are steps you can take to shorten the healing period. Most importantly, you need to target the tingle, or treat the cold sore as soon as you have the tingling feeling that one is about to erupt. You can use an over-the-counter treatment, like Abreva, that contains Docosanol 10% cream, which reduces the duration of pain, burning, and itching by shortening the healing period and helping stop the infection from spreading.
Myth: The only way you can catch a cold sore is if you kiss someone else who has one.
Fact: Cold sores are quite contagious and can be passed on in many different ways. As many as 69 per cent of Canadians don't even know that cold sores are spread through saliva. One of the most obvious methods you can spread the herpes simplex virus is by kissing, but it can also be spread by sharing utensils, razors, towels or other items that come in contact with the skin or saliva.
More information about cold sore management is available online at www.abreva.ca.
Credit: www.newscanada.com
Here is another article from News Canada on Cold Sores
Hello Hot Lips, Goodbye Cold Sores
You picked out your best outfit, you had your hair and nails done and the night of your big date has finally arrived. You're ready to make a great first impression, but your confidence has just vanished. Instead of welcoming your date with a dazzling smile, you feel like wrapping your face in a scarf to hide the awful cold sore which has erupted.
Sound familiar? To more than seven million Canadians, the possibility of this scenario is too close for comfort. And when 40 per cent of Canadians agree that the most attractive feature on a woman's face is her smile, getting rid of a cold sore as soon as possible is key.
According to a recent Canadian survey, not only do Canadians avoid intimacy when they have a cold sore, but 37 per cent would cancel a date if they had one, citing the pain and embarrassment as the worst things about them. In fact, many Canadians would rather deal with a bad hair day or pimples than cold sore outbreaks.
Cold sores, which usually appear around the lips, are caused by the herpes simplex type 1 virus. They are very common and quite contagious, and if left untreated can last from eight to 10 days.
The good news is there are steps that can be taken to shorten healing time and duration of symptoms associated with cold sores.
"Watch for that tingling or burning feeling and begin targeting the tingle with an over-the-counter remedy," says Dr. Kucy Pon, a Toronto based dermatologist. "Effective over-the-counter products include Abreva, which contains Docosanol 10% cream. It can help reduce some of the pain, burning and itching and shorten the healing period."
Don't let a cold sore cool down your social life. The tingling stage is one of the most important periods to treat a cold sore infection with Abreva- right before the outbreak. For more information on how to target the tingle visit www.abreva.ca.
Credit: www.newscanada.com
|Using the Heat from the Hot Water Tap
On the cold sore page, I have something that I use
all the time. As soon as I feel that tingle, I go into the
bathroom and turn on the hot water. I get the tap hot, then put
the affected area right on the metal of the water faucet.
I turn the water on and off to keep the metal as hot as I can barely stand. I do this for no more than two minutes. I keep it hot enough to almost make my eyes tear up. It has to be hot enough to kill the virus, but not quite hot enough to really burn my skin. Since the virus is more sensitive to hot than my skin, it works. I have found that when I do this, the outbreak is about a tenth as bad as when I don't do this. The cold sore is smaller and doesn't last as long. But the trick is to do it as soon as you realize that it is coming. If you wait too long, like when it blisters, it won't work nearly as well. No drugs! And it's free and easy!
There are many natural cold sore remedies out there. Natural remedies are better than any type of drug or product you can buy. Homeopathic remedies are also much cheaper. Cold sores, also called oral herpes, are blisters that usually occur on the gums,roof of the mouth, or the lips. Cold sores clear in 7 to 10 days. Cold sores are caused by what is called the herpes simplex virus. They are very contagious and are spread through contact with saliva. There are several home remedies that will be very valuable to cold sore victims.
What causes common cold sores, what a cold sore exactly is, how to get rid of a cold sore and home remedies to help. Do's and don'ts to stop spreading cold sores.
Cold sores are a common nuisance for 20 to 40 per cent of Canadians who get outbreaks two to three times per year. Yet Canadians are in the dark about the cause, triggers and treatments of cold sores. In fact....


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Web of Science – Multidisciplinary database
On Thursday, 10 November, a public and free training course will take place from 17.30 to 19.00 about the Web of Science. You will learn, for example, about content, functionality, citation analysis and data personalisation. You will then apply what you have learnt in practical exercises.The presentation will be in German.


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A couple weeks back I wrote some notes I took from a lecture that Mohnish Pabrai gave at Columbia University. I highly recommend checking out the video of that lecture. In my opinion, it was the best lecture that I've heard from Pabrai, and he's had some very good ones.
This week I noticed a post on Value Walk linking to another lecture that Pabrai gave at the India School of Business. I listened to the three part lecture yesterday and today. To save time, it's essentially the identical lecture that he gave at Columbia so you can skip directly to the Q&A (about 30 minutes into the video) if you already saw the video in my previous post. I think the Columbia one was better, mostly because the audio quality made it easier to hear him, but the actual lectures are basically identical.
Outstanding Long Term Results
I won't rehash my notes from the first lecture… check out the previous post for more details. But one thing that's worth mentioning again is that Pabrai has achieved a performance record of 25.7% annual returns since he started investing in 1995 (gross returns before fees to his investors).
Needless to say, these returns are phenomenal, and it's worth listening to Pabrai's ideas whenever he shares them…. especially since they are simple ideas…. Pabrai works alone. He sits quietly in a room reading and thinking. He gets the majority of his investment ideas from other great investors using mostly 13-f filings. He then researches the ideas from those filings that he understands and can reverse engineer the thesis.
The biggest takeaway I took from the main part of both lectures was how Pabrai described one of his mental approaches to investing. He said he was able to achieve exceptional returns in part due to the following points:
- Don't try to beat the market. Think in terms of absolute targets.
- Don't buy anything that is not going to go up 2-3 times in the next 3 years or less.
I found this interesting because I think many of the great track records were established using these two ideas (especially the first one). I think relative outperformance is a byproduct of an investment process that focuses first on downside risk and asymmetric upside potential.
Liquid Markets Create Opportunities
The Q&A was worth listening to because Pabrai always gives interesting, thoughtful responses to questions. The only thing that I took away from this ISB lecture that Pabrai didn't already discuss in the Columbia lecture was his response to a question I found interesting. He mentioned that without the auction market method of pricing that is the stock market, Buffett would not have been able to achieve his phenomenal results. This seems obvious, but it's an interesting point to make… if investors had to invest using private markets (buying whole or fractional parts of businesses), they would be dealing with much more rational sellers.
So what Pabrai is saying is that the liquidity offered in the stock market actually creates more inefficiency. This runs counter to a lot of academic efficient market arguments, but it makes sense. It's a lot easier to sell stocks than it is to sell whole businesses. This ease can tempt irrational owners to sell holdings at prices far below intrinsic value, thus providing the buyers of those holdings the opportunity to buy undervalued stocks.
Pabrai uses an argument that I heard Joel Greenblatt make numerous times…. take a look at the newspaper and pick any large cap stock and notice the variation between the 52 week high and low. Pabrai used General Motors as an example…. GM has a 52 week high of about $38 and a 52 week low of about $19, or a 50% difference between high and low prices. Needless to say, the intrinsic value of GM (i.e. the value a private owner would pay for the whole business) did not change anywhere near that amount in just 12 months.
This is a very simple way to illustrate how inefficient the stock market can be, and how opportunities abound even in the largest companies. This is fairly obvious, but it's always interesting to consider.
Check out the videos at ValueWalk.com's site. Also, check out my notes from his original Columbia lecture, as well as some of my other posts on Pabrai for more details on his investment style.
Here is part 1 from the ISB lecture… part 2 and 3 can be found at the Value Walk link above.


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Hello my lovely blogger friends!
When I was sixteen years old my doctor found a lump right underneath my breast.
Of course, I received the prepare for breast cancer speech right away.
Now I know I was super young, and my chances were lower but is was scary nonetheless.
Thankfully, after having surgery to have the lump removed I was told
{two long weeks later} that it was free of cancer!
My experience was just a minor scare, but there are many women that are not as fortunate.
I sadly had to watch a friend lose her mother to breast cancer and it was devastating.
I cannot pretend to understand what it is like to go through the journey of breast cancer,
but I can find my way to support those who are effected by this awful cancer.
On Saturday, September 22 I am joining along with my co-workers in downtown Evansville Indiana for the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure. This is where I need your help...
I hate asking people for money but I would love if you could donate on behalf of our team.
We each have to raise at least $150 but I know we could do so much better for this amazing cause!
So instead of just asking for your help in raising money I thought I would do a raffle!
{Yep, old fashion style. Every dollar gets you one entry}
Be sure to include your name and e-mail address when you donate
so I can include you in the raffle.
Oh yeah, by the way, the winner will be chosen by using random.org,
and EVERY donation will be given to Race for the Cure.
|Thirty-One Timeless Wristlet, $25 Value
|Thirty-One Organizing Utility Tote, $30 Value


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Intelleral Reviews
Intelleral is a nutritional supplement that claims to use Whole Green Coffee Powder (WGCP) to improve focus for hours, without draining adrenal glands.
About Intelleral
Whether you're a student, athlete, senior, or anything else, Intelleral is a natural stimulant that promises to be effective in 60 minutes and deliver hours of improved focus, with no side effects.
In fact, the manufacturer claims that Intelleral is clinically shown to improve focus by delivering natural time-released caffeine that "does not overwork the heart" or "drain the adrenal glands." This way, we're told you'll experience a smooth onset and offset of energy.
Is there any truth to this? In other words, can you realistically expect Intelleral to deliver on its promises, or will it end up being a waste of money? That's precisely what we're here to help you figure out. And what better place to start than its ingredients?
What Are Green Coffee Beans?
There isn't a supplements info label on the Intelleral, which, in our opinion, is a red flag. After all, this is something you'll be putting in your body and you deserve to know exactly what's in it.
This concern aside, the only ingredient we're told about is Whole Green Coffee Powder (WGCP), which the company claims undergoes a "patent-pending process that utilizes all of the acids, fiber, and caffeine." Outside of the marketing hype, what does science have to say?
We've talked about green coffee beans quite a bit here at HighYa, which are simply unroasted coffee beans (hence their green color). Many claim that the high levels of chlorogenic acid contained in these beans can improve sugar processing, blood pressure, and general metabolism in the body.
Green coffee beans are also a natural source of caffeine and antioxidants (substances that may help repair and prevent damage caused by free radicals). But the question is this: Is there any evidence that the WGCP contained in Intelleral can boost your focus?
Will Intelleral's WGCPTM Deliver Results?
As you probably know, caffeine stimulates the central nervous system, which can temporarily improve focus. The problem is that most natural green coffee bean extracts contain about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee, so while this can certainly improve your focus for a short while, the evidence doesn't indicate you'll experience the same level of benefits promoted by Intelleral.
But remember, no label is provided on the Intelleral website, so we can't know exactly how much caffeine it contains. We also searched online for more information about Intelleral's WGCPTM ingredient, although we didn't find any usable formulation information.
Important note: We didn't test Intelleral directly, so we can't speak from direct experience. What's written above is our conclusion based on publically available online information.
Will You Experience Side Effects With Intelleral?
We don't mean to sound like a broken record here, but without a supplements label or third-party information about WGCPTM, we can't be sure exactly how much caffeine it contains. As such, if you're especially sensitive to stimulants, you might want to carefully consider whether or not Intelleral is the right choice.
But hold on: what about all of Intelleral's "clinically proven" claims?
What About Intelleral's Clinical Study?
Imagine that you're a new supplements company, and you just received clinical proof that your product—with only one, natural ingredient—could meaningfully boost focus for hours. When marketing your supplement, wouldn't you be eager to share the results with your potential customers?
We certainly would, so we can't imagine why Intelleral decided not list a copy of the study on their website. They do include a colorful chart indicating the supplement increased attention by 87%, response inhibition by 61%, and spatial working memory by 32%, but provide no evidence to support it.
While these are some impressive numbers, Intelleral doesn't provide any clinical evidence to back them up.
Intelleral's manufacturer also spends a great deal of space on their website promoting the fact that it was tested at the Cleveland Clinic, where it was "shown to increase focus and concentration for 5-6 hours and minimal to no side effects from participants." Here again though, they provide no citations to back up this claim, and we didn't uncover any third-party evidence elsewhere online.
Finally, what about all the doctors who provided their testimonials on the Intelleral website? Most appear to be Naturopathic Doctors of some sort, although it's important to note that just because someone's a Naturopathic Doctor (ND), this doesn't always mean they have a medical degree.
How Much Does Intelleral Cost?
Intelleral is available in the following quantities:
- 1 Box: $74.95 plus $4.95 S&H
- 3 Boxes: $149.90 plus free S&H
- 5 Boxes: $199.85 plus free S&H
Note: According to Intelleral's FAQ, a 14-day trial is also available for $4.95, after which you'll be charged the full price of $59.95. Then, you'll continue receiving a new bottle once per month through their autoship program and charged $59.95 each time. However, this option wasn't available when we attempted to check out.
All Intelleral purchases come with a 30-day refund policy, less S&H charges and a $19.95 restocking fee, although this only applies to products in their original, unopened package. In order to request one, customer service can be reached at (888)-298-0291 or email@example.com.
What Can We Learn From Intelleral Reviews?
There weren't any online customer reviews for Intelleral, which is fairly common, since the HighYa team often researches supplements soon after they're released.
However, we've reviewed several other popular green coffee bean supplements, including Premium Green Coffee Bean and Green Coffee Fat Burn. In general (whether here on HighYa or elsewhere online), these types of supplements tend to come with lower than average customer feedback, with most complaints referencing failure to work and high prices. When free trials are present, poor customer service seems to be a common concern as well.
From a company perspective, based on text on their website, it appears Intelleral is brought to you by the same company who manufactures ADDYs Focus, another nootropic supplement.
Again, it's important to reiterate that we didn't try Intelleral firsthand, so we're not saying you'll necessarily experience the same—only that it might be worth keeping at the top of your mind.
Given everything we've discussed so far, where does this leave you with Intelleral?
Should You Place an Order For Intelleral?
In the vast majority of cases, green coffee beans are promoted as a weight loss supplement (versus a focus supplement), since the clinical evidence—however thin it might be—for the chlorogenic acid it contains references only sugar processing and metabolism.
However, other than a slight boost from the natural caffeine content, we didn't encounter any clinical evidence that green coffee bean—whether part of Intelleral's WGCP or another formulation—can provide any boost in focus. To this extent, it seems like you might receive much of the same benefit from low dose caffeine pills. And if you want to avoid the "adrenal draining" mentioned on the Intelleral website, you can find time-release caffeine pills online for as little as $12.
More energy, less brain fog
All of the ingredients in this product will get the job done if you're looking for more energy, less brain fog, and to feel better overall.
I'm using Intelleral in the mornings to achieve the same result as I would by drinking coffee, but minus the caffeine and added calories of milk, sugar, cream, etc.
So far, I've been happy with Intelleral as it's getting the job done for me where I'm attacking the day with more energy and less "bloat" than I was in the past. Definitely has noticed an improvement in my energy and ability to focus and stay on task, especially early in the mornings.
Bottom Line: Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
11 out 11 people found this review helpful
Not worth it. Doesn't work
I did a trial order of Intelleral. When I received the order, I noted that the main ingredient was caffeine. I tried it for the 30 days in the package and noted absolutely no effect. I would have gotten more effect if I had taken a daily can of Monster Drink. It had about the same amount of caffeine plus the benefit of B12 and a couple of other things.
I didn't stop the automatic reorder in time so had the privilege of paying an extra $60 for the privilege of trying their product. The young lady that processed my cancellation did try to sell me more but when I told her I didn't want a product that didn't work, she processed my cancellation. However, she said that since my automatic order had already shipped, I would be charged for that shipment at the regular price.
In my opinion, don't waste your money on a product that doesn't work or if you do, cancel the automatic order as soon as you receive the trial shipment.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
9 out 10 people found this review helpful
Very poor customer service
The product works ok. No big boost, no big crash. However, they charged my account $95, not $59 like advertised, and refuse to refund it. I talked to three representatives this morning, two of which hung up on me when asking for a manager, and the third claiming after two attempts that she couldn't reach a manager.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
11 out 11 people found this review helpful
I bought the pills for a one-time charge of $5 in February, and then without my authorization and knowledge, these people started to charge me $260.00 a month separated by two charges of $65.57 and $70.25, which they slightly vary so the bank will not suspect.
My account has been charged by KBLIVINGG8776873344 every two weeks in two separate charges of $65.57 and $70.25, for a total of $132 or $260 a month from this people, they are crooks. Watch out. They started with a charge of $5, and then they go and start charging your account this ridiculous amount of money from Mexico, not even from the US so they can protect themselves.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
13 out 13 people found this review helpful
Total rip off
I tried the sample, and I had NO results! Then I get a lifetime membership for half the price after complaining. I am not paying for this product. I promise to make it my daily task to find every social media site and pass the word on about this scam.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
12 out 13 people found this review helpful
Do not take this dangerous pill!
I read several things before ordering a box of this dangerous product. One of the claims was that it "cured" high blood pressure. I really thought that if they made this claim, it could not affect my blood pressure. WRONG.
My BP at 9 am was 123/76, and within an hour, it was 145/101! And I only took one capsule and had no caffeinated drink at all. I am calling my doctor to find out what I need to do to stop my pressure from climbing.
Very frightening experience! I did call them, but the person on the line sounded like a VERY young person and was not in any position to speak to me about this.
I feel very foolish for even believing ANYTHING they claimed in the INTELLERAL site nor any search I did on the internet (looking for more information). I am no dummy (a Master's degree), but this made me feel like an idiot!
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
22 out 24 people found this review helpful
I actually read the fine print
It does clearly state you'll be charged the full amount if you get the trial & are satisfied. You'll also continue to get future shipments. That's why I opted to pay full price for 1 & not get future shipments. I was also fully aware that it was caffeine. I did a lot of research on the dosage, etc. I didn't expect a miracle. It's caffeine. It gives me steady energy for a few hours. It's good for a midday pick-me-up. Is it worth the price? No, not at all but at least I gave it a try & avoided the negative experience based on my ability to read fine print.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
25 out 25 people found this review helpful
Don't buy, company does not give money back guarantee
We purchased Intelleral in November of 2016. The ad looked promising, and I double-checked for the "gotchas" (the small print that stated their terms and policy), and I couldn't see anything, which should have been my first clue.
It was supposed to be a free bottle to try for 14 days. I thought it was worth the trial and requested my "FREE" product, except for shipping charges.
I got the product in just a couple of days and gave it a quick once-over, but decided I wasn't interested. What I didn't do was call the factory (there were no telephone numbers listed on any forms, how convenient). Because I had not returned the product within 12 days (not 14), I found a $70 charge from Intelleral for the product. I was livid.
I searched the internet for a phone number that would give me access to the head office. I called and complained and was told that the terms clearly stated that I would be charged $70 for the free trial if I did not cancel and that another charge for $70 would automatically be billed to my account every month for further shipments. When I challenged the charge, I was told it was fully legal per the terms (which I later found in another ad, and the color of the word Terms was slightly different than the other words and would normally be missed, but beware, it's a link you needed to click on see what you're really committing to).
After arguing with the Intelleral operator, he said he would return 1/2 of the $70. When I said I would print my feelings about Intelleral on the internet, he offered the full refund. I was told it would arrive in ten days. It has never been returned to our account. On several subsequent calls, I again asked for my refund, and they said I would have to check with my bank, that they couldn't trace it from their end. My bank responded that Intelleral had an obligation to track the return from their end as the bank had no way of tracking this. Intelleral said they issued a refund and would do nothing; it wasn't their fault the money never got back to my account.
The bottom line is that I believe thousands, maybe millions, have bought into their scam. They want your money and don't care about honesty. They know that most people don't look at the individual items charged to their account, and if they do, they never bother to verify that a refund actually took place.
I believe Intelleral has made millions off of selling ground-up green coffee beans in a capsule for more than a buck a pill. If you want to sign up and try the product, go ahead. Just don't expect to get your money back when you decide it's not worth paying for.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Do not buy this crap!
If you purchase the trial, be prepared to receive more orders at the cost of $134.90 per order. As far as the claim that's made about better brain function, that may be true. After taking it, I decided to never vote Democratic again.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
44 out 45 people found this review helpful
This product is a scam
I ordered Intelleral due to the wonderful advertisement and testimonies by several famous people. I have taken this for a couple of weeks with no noticeable positive effect.
I was checking my credit card this morning and noticed two different charges pending for the two trial items I ordered from the Intelleral website. I did not request future orders. I was billed $64.95 and then $69.95 (charges pending).I contacted my credit card company to dispute this.
Do not order from these people.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend
28 out 28 people found this review helpful
This is a scam
I ordered this in good faith on Facebook. When it arrived, I took it to my doctor who said I cannot take caffeine.
I did not have any information from Intelleral about the 14-day return policy, or that I would be billed $69.95. I called them and after a long wait (while she tried to find me in 5 or 6 different computer systems), she found my order. She said she canceled it and I would not receive any more. She said the charge is for the pills I was sent.
Since I did not have this information prior to my purchase I expect a full credit on my account.
Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend


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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Words I Like: Perspicacious
Perspicacious: "of acute mental vision or discernment," according to Webster's. Also a noun, as in, "Glamourbrain suffers from occasional bursts of perspicacity, but she'll be fine once she starts watching more TV."
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Westside schools: West food drive successful
The Harvest of Love food drive at West Middle School brought in donations of 1,705 pounds of canned good and
$570 in cash, according to Heather Sanchez, social studies teacher and student council sponsor. The collections were turned
over to Care and Share.
A parent and student informational meeting for the EAGLES program at Whittier Elementary is scheduled in the school gym, 2904 W. Kiowa St., Tuesday, February 7 from 6 to 7 p.m. For more information, call 328-4900.
EAGLES (also the school mascot) is an acronym for Exceptional Academic Gifted Learning Experience. The program is open to any elementary students in grades 3-5 who have been identified as gifted.
Applications are being taken for the SAIL program at West Middle School, 1920 W. Pikes Peak Ave., for the 2006- 07 school year.
The program is open to any middle school students who have been identified as gifted.
Applications are available on the District 11 web-site: www.cssd11.k12.co.us or in the gifted and talented office at School District, 1115 N. El Paso St. For more information, call 520-2464.
Bijou Alternative School English teacher Nancy Gibbs will be honored with the Colorado Springs Rotary Club's "Diamond Award - A Cut Above Teacher" recognition award after being nominated by her students. The awards ceremony will be Friday, Feb. 3 at the Rotary Club's luncheon.
The award was established by the Rotary to honor exellence in high school teachers. One from each high school is selected each year.
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Surfers are still wearing their wetsuits, but it's getting closer to the time of year when they're going to start showing up on the beach in just swimsuits or rash guards.
Ocean water temperatures increased by 10 degrees in two weeks, going from a relatively chilly 55 degrees to 65 degrees, said Capt. Mike Halphide of the Newport Beach Fire Department.
"The surf is clean, the water is warming up and even though it's drizzling, there are at least 50 surfers along that half mile stretch near the Santa Ana River," said Halphide, referring to the body of water that separates Huntington Beach from Newport Beach.
Two weeks ago, however, the ocean water was unseasonably cold for late May, Halphide said.
Mostly, because of the western winds that blew through the region, causing an upwelling of cold water from the depths of the ocean.
But when the southern and southeastern winds blow, the ocean's warmer water makes its presence felt, which was the case earlier this week. It's something that's expected to last until mid to late September.
"The sun is nearing its highest point with the solstice coming up," said Halphide, referring to the longest day of the year in terms of daylight. "You can expect the water to just keep getting warmer and warmer. Eventually, it will reach into the low 70s and stay there between now and mid to late September."
Usually, the warmest ocean water, up to 75 degrees, can be found off of Corona del Mar, he said.
And even though the "June gloom" has yet to relent, he said folks from the hotter inland areas, including the desert, are already engaging in the annual ritual of packing the Balboa Peninsula.
"The crowds are not commensurate with the weather," he said. "People are coming from the desert and they're saying, 'This is great.'"


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Authorities have shut down westbound 494 at 35W due to an fatal accident involving a semitrailer truck and a couple of vehicles.
The crash is in the vicinity of France Avenue. Ramps to westbound 494 at Penn and France Avenues have been shut down as well.
Some injuries are reported with this crash and one death, according to the State Patrol. You can look for this to remain in place for quite some time.
Possible alternates include American Blvd., Crosstown Hwy. 62 or 76th Street. Traffic is building on northbound 35W from 494 to Crosstown.
Adding to the traffic tangle is a stalled vehicle on northound 35W at 76th Street.


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Sharing the life of a virtual librarian, one day at a time.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Oscar time- The Importance of Visual Literacy
Edutopia looks at Life on the Screen with George Lucas and Martin Scorcese, the importance of visual literacy and the new language of image and sound. How do you incorporate classic cinema in the classroom?
I love reading a book and then watching the movie, and making contrasts as to how the author presented the story in my mind, as opposed to on the screen. Was it really an authentic reproduction of the tale?
This week I have been watching the BBC version of Bleakhouse by Charles Dickens, and I am really enjoying the stylistic recreation of London during Dickens' time. For those students who find it harder to read some of the old classic authors, watching the live version on screen is a wonderful alternative. Of course you cannot beat the real feel of a book, and Dicken's use of language to make your imagination recreate the whole ambience!
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The boys had free tickets to a movie that expired tonight, so at the last minute we did a quick search for a movie. Much to our surprise we discovered that Rosemary Sutcliff's book Eagle of the Ninth has been made into a movie! Troy has read half the book so hopefully this will inspire the finishing of the next half. Best to be seen with a parent as it is PG. I also thought Gnomeo and Juliet might be fun to see on video when it comes out after listening to Romeo and Juliet it on CD (Shakespeare always being better heard than read).ReplyDelete
Hi Laura, Thanks for your suggestions. Let me know how Eagle of the Ninth works out? I am sure this will motivate Troy:) I also looked at Gnomeo and Juliet and wondered if it would be a good reflection of the book. I LOVE Shakespeare! I agree with you on the latter- it would be fun to do a Shakespeare Bard on the Beach together. Blessings PippaReplyDelete
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Frenemy of the People by Nora Olsen
Genres: Young Adult, LGBT, Contemporary Romance
Clarissa and Lexie couldn't be more different.
Clarissa is a chirpy, optimistic do-gooder and a top
rider on the school's equestrian team. Lexie is an angry, punk rock activist and the only out lesbian at their school.
When Clarissa declares she's bi and starts a Gay-Straight Alliance, she unwittingly presses all of Lexie's buttons, so Lexie makes it her job to cut Clarissa down to size. But Lexie goes too far and finds herself an unwitting participant in Clarissa's latest crusade. Both are surprised to find their mutual loathing turning to love.
A change in her family's fortunes begins to unravel Clarissa's seemingly perfect life, and the girls' fledgling love is put to the test. Clarissa and Lexie each have what the other needs to save their relationship and the people they love from forces that could tear them all apart.
I don't know where to begin. Parts of this book offended me deeply with it's treatment of sensitive issues. As someone who is attracted to more than one sex, I was a bit put off with how the bi-sexual character was treated and stereotyped in this book. Just in general, Frenemy of the People was overflowing with unnecessary stereotypes.
Aside from that, the characters were lacking. I didn't not get invested in Clarissa, Lexie, or their relationship. I just simply did not care. The same goes for the plot. It wasn't very fleshed out and I could definitely tell while reading this. As much as I wish that LGBT fiction were more prevalent, I don't think this is the way to go about doing it.
**I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review with no compensation.
Breaking Free by Winter Page
Genres: Young Adult, LGBT
Raimi Carter is finally a girl, just like she always
knew she was meant to be. At a new school where
nobody knows she's had gender reassignment surgery, she hopes to finally live the normal life she's longed for, happy in her own skin.
Life is great until she discovers a dangerous bully is blackmailing head cheerleader, Clare Strickland, threatening to reveal her secret: she's gay. As Raimi fights to free Clare from his clutches, the two girls move beyond friendship. But secrets from their pasts and their own fears of coming out tear them apart—maybe forever. Baring their souls to each other could cost them everything. For two girls trapped and desperately in love, only strength, courage, and trust in each other will help them break free and claim their future.
I feel like a jerk for even having to write this review. I'll let the gif speak for me. The author is a younger teenager. That's honestly commendable. I hope she continues to chase after her writing dreams. But on the other hand, it was very obvious that this was written by someone younger. I just can't bring myself to critique the book. I can only hope that this author continues to write and work on her writing style.
**I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review with no compensation.
Dry Grass of August
by Anna Jean Mayhew
Genres: Historical Fiction
In a personal, powerful debut, Mayhew explores the
explosive tensions of the South in the mid-1950s
through the prism of a young girl's friendship with her black maid and the currents of violence, infidelity, and corruption that run beneath the polite surface of her family's life.
Fans of The Help will find enjoyable similarities between the two books. It has a very raw feel to it, and I thoroughly enjoyed the author's writing style. This is an unforgettable debut!


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Moody's Upgrades Prologis, L.P.'s Senior Unsecured Rating to A3
The rating service also upgraded the ratings on Prologis' preferred stock to Baa1 from Baa2.
The rating upgrade is a recognition of the progress the company has made in solidifying its balance sheet as it continues to grow. And it reflects an assessment by Moody's that the company's global operations, financial structure and market operations are bearing fruit.
"The ratings upgrade reflects the REIT's substantial improvement in its operational metrics," Moody's noted, citing growth in net operating income, the company's high 96.6 percent occupancy rate, and "strong positive rental growth for the last eight quarters."
Moody's and S&P had placed a positive outlook on Prologis' debt rating in the first quarter. "Back in April, during our first quarter 2016 earnings call, we said we believed we were on the doorstep of an A rating," said Prologis chief financial officer Tom Olinger. "We now have one of the strongest balance sheets in the industry. Many thanks to our dedicated teams across the globe who helped make this happen."
Prologis is the world's leading owner, manager and developer of logistics real estate. The company has $64.9 billion in total assets under management, with an operating portfolio of 3,347 industrial properties in 20 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
The upgrade is a recognition that the company continues to scale and grow its operations while managing its balance sheet and debt carefully. Moody's noted that the ratio of the company's net debt to EBITDA has fallen and is expected to decline further in 2017, and that the company has refinanced most of the unsecured debt that is scheduled to mature in the next several quarters. "The REIT's operations continue to benefit from strong industrial real estate fundamentals," Moody's noted.
Moody's also cited the company's "global leadership position in the warehouse distribution business, coupled with a strong management team and demonstrated access to committed equity capital at its funds and access to all capital markets."
The current outlook on Prologis' debt is stable, because Moody's believes the company "will continue to generate meaningful cash flows, maintain strong liquidity and proactively manage debt maturities on balance sheet and at the funds level."


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She's a legend, an icon and idol, she is all girls admire, she is Marilyn Monroe. Her influence is vivid today much more then it ever was in her time. Her sentences still serve as an inspiration, these are just few quotes among plenty of her famous and fabulous sentences which you simply can not ignore.
"What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course"
"Diamonds are a girl's best friend"
"I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love."
"I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so"
"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
"A girl doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her"
"If I'm a star, then the people made me a star"
"What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?"
"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything"
"Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world"
"I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful"
"A wise girl knows her limits. A smart girl realizes she has none"
"We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid so are regrets"
"One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel"
"A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing"
"It's better to be unhappy alone then to be unhappy with someone else"
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring"
"Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you"
"I restore myself when I'm alone"
"A smart woman kisses but doesn't love, leaves before she is left and forgets before she is forgotten"
"To all girls that think you're fat because you are not a size zero. You're the beautiful one, it's society who's ugly"
"She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that's important, you know"
"Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together"
"I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be woman in it"
"Nothing lasts forever, so live it up, drink it down, laugh it off, avoid the bullshit, take chances & never have regrets, because at one point everything you did was exactly what you wanted"
"This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about"
"I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent"
"All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same"
"I'm pretty, but I'm not beautiful I sin, but I'm not devil. I'm good, but I'm not angel"
"The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space"
"They will only care when you are gone"
"The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up"
"If you're going to be two-faced at least make one of them o.pretty"
"Keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about"
"I'm the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream"
"Sometimes you miss someone so much that you forgot you are better without them"
"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one"
"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot"
"Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady"
"So keep your head high, keep your chin up and most importantly keep smiling, because life is beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about"
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National Fishing and Boating Week is June 1st through the 8th which means that if you state is participating you'll be able to take your family fishing for FREE, with no license required on public bodies of water.
For our local Colorado readers, free fishing days are June 6th and 7th. Free fishing days are a perfect opportunity for beginners to try out fishing for the first time!
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While caregiving can be very rewarding, stress from the emotional and physical aspects of the role is very common. Stress puts caregivers at risk for declining health of their own, and it can lead to depression, isolation, chronic illness, and frustration. This is why it's so important to take steps to care for yourself as well as your loved one.
Join a Support Group
Joining a support group for Milwaukee caregivers doesn't just give you encouragement and a place to discuss the challenges of daily life, it can also help you learn problem-solving strategies and ways to cope with the stress.
Ask for Help
Many caregivers find themselves becoming more isolated as they care for their loved one, and many feel uncomfortable asking other people for help. You do not need to accept all of the responsibilities of caregiving alone. Try making a list of things that need to be done and asking friends, siblings, relatives, church members, and others to help.
Take a Break from Caregiving
You deserve a break, and your loved one may appreciate company from someone else. Even a weekend to yourself can help you recharge your batteries. If you do not have other family members or neighbors who can care for your loved one while you are gone, you may want to consider a Milwaukee home care agency.
Don't Get Tunnel Vision
It can be easy to let caregiving consume you. Make sure you find time to explore other rewarding areas of life such as turning to a hobby or spending time with other family members.
Practice Meditation
A daily meditation practice can help relieve stress and exhaustion while improving your own wellbeing. Even a few minutes of deep breathing or mindful meditation after a tough day can make all the difference and give you inner strength.
If you need help meeting your loved one's care needs or would like to learn about respite care, contact Home Care Assistance at (262) 782-3383. We offer high-quality live-in care for Milwaukee seniors as well as flexible hourly care. Having a professional caregiver in the home will give you the peace of mind you need to relax, recharge, and take care of your own responsibilities. Schedule a free in-home consultation to learn more about our custom care packages.