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Based on self-submitted measurements from guys in the market for custom-made condoms, researchers have determined the average male penis size.
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It's 5.57 inches.
In case you're concerned about the accuracy of the study, lead researcher Dr. Debby Herbenick insists that the method of obtaining the data provided for authentic results.
Unlike most previous studies of self-reported penis size, [subjects] had good reason to report accurate data to us because we were using their size data to match them to a condom that was sized to fit their erect penis. If they reported a bigger-than-reality size to us, they would get a baggier condom. If they reported a smaller-than-reality size to us, the condom would be too tight.
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I've been 'out' and very active for 38 years, and I've gotta say that while I don't have a problem with a guy's size, I truly believe from all that I have actually seen, the average GAY guy's dick is definitely more than 6 inches. Thus I have to also believe there's a heck of a lot of much shorty straight guys out there. And their average size must be 5 or less in order to balance things out for that 5.57 size to be true. (Sorry, Heteros, guess it's just part of our DNA).
My experience with gay guys has not been the same as yours. Most smaller than my 6.5. Another possibility is that you are simply a magnet for big-dicked guys. LOL.
By the way the number of guys I've been with that tried to pass off 6 inches as 8 is just pathetic. I get a kick from the look on their faces when they say to me, wow you're big and I respond, not really... just 6.5!. Maybe they are measuring wrong, who knows maybe along the underside from their asshole to the tip or something.
Love it... Hey, maybe WE are the ones measuring it wrong. I'll have to see what it is measuring from the asshole. It's all relative anyway, so if they are going to measure that way, then it only follows so should we.
By the way, I doubt I'm any kind of magnet. And I'm not a size-queen, but I DO like their boyfriends. (Sorry - couldn't resist throwing that old joke into the mix).
When you are young, all you can think about is size, and looking and comparing, my is above average, but older, it is about orgasm baby. I love a nice size dick, but a small one on the right guy is fine also. Also, I am a testicle guy, so if those are low hangers, then I am all good to go. I have met some really hot guys, with really nice bodies, with small penis, some are introverted about it and some are comfortable with it. I think most mature people are up front with penis size, surely they have got past the point comparing. Have fun with the pleasure.
OK. If average is 5.57 like the article says... you men slamming on guys for lying about size can't ALL be telling the truth. Statistically you wouldn't find 7 guys claiming to be way bigger than average and one smaller than average in a mixed group. Unless you are implying that this website attracts only men with large dicks. LOL ;)
All I know is I have never had any complaints and since most choke on it or have issues then I am not worried. In the end there is no point lying because the person will find out the truth in the end. I just didn't realize you get customized condoms. Would of been nice when I was younger before they made a magnum size to have this option.
Imagine if you will a naturally born gay guy who never saw a full growed penis until it was time to strip in the shower room in the 7th grade. It was immediately realized that I was nothing like the other teens in my PE class and I avoided the shower daily until the coach/pe instructor sent a note home to my mother advising that I refuse to shower after my failed attempts to exercise. You see, I was born with a physical condition that is known as hidden penis syndrome. Look it up. Most little boys grow out of it as the testicles extend to the normal position but because I was an overweight child during my pre-puberty and puberty stages of development, my penis remain retracted into the area of groin fat and was not visible to anyone when flacid.
I managed to make it through high school with my shy hamster penis. To top it off, my erect penis measures less than 4.5 inches on a good day. As I continued to mature and come out of the closet, I still had not bared it all to anyone. Some of the guys would grab my crotch out of interest for possible play but I would recoil because I was not ready to accept what God gave me or share it with other men, especially gay men.
It wasn't until I left the country of Southern Mississippi and moved to the Big Easy, New Orleans and was introduced to the gay bar with dozens of confirmed and practicing gay men and a early morning visit to a notorious French Quarter bathhouse when I let my guard down and revealed the excited hamster meat. I was welcomed as if I were a leper or freak because all of my drinking buddies were card carrying size queens. Not only was I marginalized by the hetro world the gay community did not accept me for my uniqueness.
My reaction was I went back into the closet and remained there until I met an exceptional man who accepted me for who I am and made me feel sexy, desired, and wanted. He would say that its just a kick stand anyway to prop me up for better access to other parts of my body.
I still question how and why my creator who assigned me as homosexual would then equip me with the ultimate slap in the face for a gay man in this community of size queens and horse hung. At the age of 57, I remain in a constant state of inadequencies and a social recluse because I just cannot deal with rejection anymore when I reluctantly strip for or my clothes are removed off my unprepared and my cock hungry partner is met with such a contradiction. I have had a relationship with a man that dated me for 7 months without any sexual activity at all and when the time finally arrives and the stage is set, I am confident that this man actually loves me for me and the size of my penis would not matter to him.
It still amazes me to this day how gay men hide there true feelings about sex and cock size. I have had a trick strip and jump into bed and reach for my hidden buddy recoiling so that he picked up his clothes and shoes and headed straight to the door without a word.
And, I have had guys at the bath house come up to my opened door of my room and pull the door shut in a heartless display of dominance. I cannot go any further with this. I just want all to know just how hurtful guys can be towards someone who is different than status quo. Its called gay discrimination. The fight for gay rights does not mean a thing to me until the gay community accepts me and my little prick. I do ask support from nor do I volunteer or donate money to any LGBT organization in any shape, form or fashion. Since my penis size is not accepted or welcomed then no other aspect of me is acceptable.
This is extreme failure within those that fight for equal rights for the LGBT community. They are no better than the Christian hypocrites who fight against gay rights and marriage. I am no one to judge those who give judgment but I do believe that I am a better man than those who seek the horse hung.
That sounds very ignorant to me. I have plenty of gay friends, none of which have grabbed at or seen my crotch, so it seems like you're hanging around the wrong kind of people. If you go out to clubs all the time, of course you're going to be around people obsessed with sex. And don't act like you've never lusted after a guy because of the size of his penis. Everyone knows a large penis is seen as virile and desirable. This sounds to me like you are hating yourself and blaming god for your short comings, and you take it out by not donating to LGBT? You have a little dick, and you're selfish. It's not like it would be any better if you were with women...
I never lie about my dick, but maybe I should since apparently all the people getting the attention are fucking liars. Mine is 6.5-7 depending on how excited I get but I'm more proud of the girth which is a full 6 around. It also is one of the only nice looking UC dicks I have ever seen... If I could find somebody with the same dick I'd be in hog heaven. The average should be replaced by the range. Every gay guy at least knows dicks can vary infinitely. Some guys who think they have a small dick could actually have an ugly dick OR a nasty stank dick. Size only caters to specific taste. There are worse things.... I'll still suck a short, fat and cute one with big shaved balls- but not one several colors that smells like crotchrot, we as a nation watched Sex In The City and learned to laugh, but we also exhausted this topic. People's sexual intelligence and self awareness are better than ever. BTW, the comments on this page were damned hilarious or I wouldn't have commented.
I'm happily just under 7 ... and I don't lie about it. I've had guys tell me that I'm too small for them, but when they see a pic of it, they think I'm bigger than I said! I've had Grindr guys tell me they're 7 or 8, and I get there, and they are smaller than I am. I won't bottom for anyone bigger than 6, so being honest with me gets me more interested in being interested in them LOL
SO TRUE! I have a 6.5" cock (OBVIOUSLY bigger than average! LOL) and you show up to a guy's house with a 7.5" cock...and it's 5".
I'm not nice about it. "Dude, get out a dollar bill! Your cock isn't even as long as that!" Asshole liars. Like we wouldn't know!
I get guys telling me that my cock looks bigger than 6.5" in the pics they see. It's because so many guys lie about the actual size.


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- rlbates said...
- April 08, 2011 6:46 pm
- Renny said...
haha! that is hilarious! Clear evidence of why you shouldn't stereotype people! I bet you guys still sat through your meal happily even after you realised! :)
- April 08, 2011 8:51 pm
- Danger Boy said...
Quite hilarious, and perhaps it's a bit funny as well that the phrase "faux pas" is french?
- April 08, 2011 9:01 pm
- Bongi said...
renny, of course. in fact i ordered a beer and quietly sipped away.
- April 08, 2011 9:34 pm
- S.b. said...
var man i had a good laugh.
- April 08, 2011 11:25 pm
- Studio at the Farm said...
I find the French more to be rude and arrogant, rather than obnoxious, but whatever it is, it is nice to get back home. I am enjoying your blog very much.
- April 09, 2011 3:33 am
Perhaps he was trying to say that all the food was supplied from Japan and had radiation levels! Ha! Some one told me tonight that they've detected radiation in the water here in the middle of the United States. How they could determine it was from Japan I have no idea.
- April 09, 2011 5:56 am
- Magda said...
Hi Bongi,
Am new to your Blog. Discovered it a few Postings ago. Have been visiting and reading different Posts.
I find your writing way interesting, and the subject matter attention holding.
Your view of the French I find curious. Maybe when I've read the connecting Posts I'll better understand.
I often find reading Visitor's Comments can be as interesting as the Postings. On this occasion I simply burst into laughter after reading the ending of Anonymous's Comment on water testing.
Apologies if I have been inappropriate, but sure felt good to laugh so spontaneously.
From Magda(Australia) with appreciation for your Blog
- April 09, 2011 12:51 pm
- Jabulani said...
It is possible the arrogance of the French is surpassed only by the arrogance of the English! On our recent trip to EuroDisney, I went into the City Hall to obtain information. An English chap was at the desk ranting on in a most dissatisfied manner. He was obviously not being grovelled to in a suitable fashion because he fairly soon expostulated "Oh find me someone who speaks English." I was pretty damn sure the French chap spoke vastly better English than the English chap spoke French!!
The second incident was where we ate in one of the restaurants in the Park. The waitress approached our table and pleasantly greeted us with "Bonjour, parlez-vous Francais, English, Espanol?" My daughter immediately piped up "Oh she can speak all of those." I confess to a little pride...
- April 09, 2011 8:47 pm
- chrisd said...
This made me smile! This young man wanted to get out of there which meant you too! Ha! He broke the cultural barrier around the world!
- April 11, 2011 3:37 am
- Roz said...
Thankss for the giggle. That was funny.
- April 13, 2011 12:07 am
This message just to let you know that you are also read in France.
And no, we are not all obnoxious or rude !
Thank you for the great stories.
- May 09, 2011 11:21 pm
- Bongi said...
anonymous, thank you for your comment. yes, i'm sure you're not all obnoxious and rude. all generalizations are untrue (including this one). in the end it has to do with cultural differences, something we deal with on a day to day basis in south africa. anyway, the impressions were important for the story so i might have embellished them somewhat.
i'm read in france? that is good to know. thank you. please spread the word around a bit. i'd be happy to hear that i'm read in france more.
- May 15, 2011 7:26 pm
Hi Doctor Bongi,
That is so funny!
I am new to this blog (having discovered it from an entry in Dr Schwab's Surgeonsblog).
I am now going through all your previous slowly, and enjoying them.
Take care and keep writing!
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What's the proper intended amount of damage from falling in D&D?
It's a difficult thing to model, because people have died from falling over, or they have survived falls of over 10,000 meters.
In Dragon magazine #69, Gary Gygax says,
The correct procedure for determining falling damage in the AD&D game system is to roll 1d6 per 10' fallen, cumulative. Since a falling body accelerates quickly, the damage mounts geometrically: 2d6 for the second 10 feet fallen, 3d6 for the third 10 feet, etc. The maximum of 20d6 is therefore reached after a fall of approximately 60 feet for most characters. A thief-acrobat can often fall further distances, but the same 20d6 maximum should be applied. The rationale behind this system will be discussed in the next issue (#70) of DRAGON™ Magazine.The follow up is written by Frank Mentzer, who says:
Gary has always used a geometrically increasing system for falling damage in AD&D games; the trouble arose because that system simply never made it into the rule books. When the AD&D Players Handbook was being assembled, a brief section on falling damage was included: a mere 7½ lines that offers more advice on broken bones and sprains than on falling damage. As we now understand the event, the section was not included in the first draft, and the editors requested a brief insert on this frequently referred-to topic. So Gary hastily wrote a sentence describing damage as "1d6 per 10' for each 10' fallen." Someone removed the "per 10'" as being (so it was thought) redundant, and off we went. That section was later quoted in passing in the Aerial Adventures section of the Dungeon Masters Guide, thereby becoming further entrenched in our game procedures.Which is a pretty accurate summation of the social factors at work.
The main point of current controversy seems to be the simple fact that everyone has been using "1d6 for each 10' fallen" for years, and the social inertia of Custom is still being cited as a reason to override common sense.
|I also use cumulative sum for falling damage, and the looks on my players faces are just worth it. The reason Gygax might have considered the thief-acrobat and monk more viable then most players found them, is that they completely eliminated a source of death in his campaigns. Being immune or protected from falling was a serious advantage.
Falling damage in my games, combined with my critical table, it almost always insures that a player character is alive but seriously injured from a fall, which I think is a pretty good outcome for creating dramatic tension. I am finding it difficult to have anyone actually fall into a pit trap sadly. . .
|Gygax might have considered the thief-acrobat and monk more viable then most players found them
I'm not the only one to discuss falling damage recently, +Patrick has some great comments about a working system on his blog. The key factors for falling damage are the it's possible to survive and walk away unharmed, even from terminal velocities, but it's much more likely you will end up crushed to a pulp.
For early versions of D&D, cumulative sum works great. But for late edition D&D by mid level hit points really start to climb. Fighters with no constitution bonus have 55 hit points (on average) by level 11. The 70 average damage of terminal velocity seems fine for that (20d6).
But when you start getting into 4d6 drop the lowest, or the introduction of the barbarian, that same fighter with a constitution bonus of 16 has 85.5 hit points, with over 100 if their Constitution is 18.
Although I like the falling system introduced in Patricks post, I know during play that I would pretty much have to look the chart up every time. For more modern games with higher hit point totals, I would simply switch the cumulative sum dice to d10's or d12's, keeping the simple system, but putting falling damage back into the range of threat for characters of every level.
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Bacon of Light is actually a skill for another hero class: the Iron Chef
The Iron Chef uses the Meal & Judgment system
The Iron Chef first creates a Meal (Meal of Light, Meal of Wisdom, etc), and when he calls for it, the judges come in and Judge the Meal
They have "Ham" spells that they can use on themselves or others. i.e Ham of Freedom, Ham of Protection
The Iron Chef also has auras like Froth Resistance Aura when you need to make a clear soup/broth/etc
Talents include "Rye for a Rye" and "Holy Stock" (much better than chicken stock, beef stock, etc.)
Only parts of the class are OP. Some parts are still questionable if it'll work out. For example, I think Guardian's Flavor should also affect Ham of Sacrifice, what with HoS being on such a long cooldown, but that's just me.
Back to the IC... it's even more dangerous in a group.
Basting of Might fills up a warrior's sage bar to full, and they'll be handling out Mackerel Strikes left and right with no cooldown.
Basting of Wisdom turns a shaman into a Grain-heal spamming machine
Basting of Kings is just good for anyone
no what's really OP is how they can spam Dash of Spice on their allies forever and never have to stop.
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I've mentioned my desire for more information on the brutal killing of Shaima Alawadi. And new information we are getting. First, let's review some of the recent stories about her murder. Here's the Daily Mail yesterday:
'One Million Hijabs for Shaima:' Women worldwide of all faiths post pictures of themselves in headscarves after race hate murder
Muslim mother-of-five Shaima Alawadi was found beaten and unconscious in her San Diego home last month in an apparent killing which officials described as a 'hate crime'.
Actually, officials didn't describe the killing as a hate crime, or a "race hate murder." Los Angeles Times last week:
Kassim Al-Himidi told reporters after an Islamic memorial service for his wife, Shaima Alawadi, that he wants to confront the person who bludgeoned her to death and left a threatening note telling her to return to their native country and calling her a terrorist.
"The main question we want to ask," Al-Himidi said in Arabic, with English translation provided by his 15-year-old son Mohammed, "is 'what are you getting out of this? Why did you do this?' "
Iraqi-American murder highlights anti-Muslim hate crimes
Shaima Alawadi's Brutal Murder Highlights Anti-Muslim Activity in San Diego
The young mother's killing is the latest in a disturbing increase in anti-Muslim incidents in and around San Diego. Community leaders are asking why, writes Jamie Reno.
And so on and so forth.
Here's the latest from the San Diego Union-Tribune:
Records hint Iraqi woman's death not a hate crime
First off, did you read about her injuries? How could you say her death is not a "hate crime"? If hate means anything at all, it has to include bashing in someone's skull with a large object and beating her so badly that she dies from her injuries, right? Why would it only be a "hate" crime if the perpetrator had the wrong political opinions? I really question whether the media should adopt such phrases as "hate" crimes. It's completely Orwellian. If political activists want to categorize some vicious attacks as "hateful" and other vicious attacks as "loveful" or whatever, that's fine. But I really don't see the journalistic case for adopting such language.
Anyway, here's the body of the article:
Search warrant records obtained Wednesday in the beating death of an Iraqi-American woman show a family in turmoil and cast doubt on the likelihood that her slaying was a hate crime.
Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old mother of five, was apparently planning to divorce her husband and move to Texas when she was killed, a family member told investigators, according to the court documents.
The records, filed in El Cajon Superior Court, also reveal Alawadi's 17-year-old daughter, Fatima Alhimidi, who called 911 to report the attack, was distraught over her pending arranged marriage to a cousin.
Oh yeah, it's some pretty salacious stuff. But while I have been nothing but skeptical about the direction the media were going in this case, I'm not sure if, uh, "hate crimes" are only committed against people with perfect families. But this next section of the report doesn't look too good for the hate crime theory:
A search of Fatima's cellphone records shows that while she was being interviewed by investigators hours after the attack, someone sent the teen a text message that read, "The detective will find out tell them (can't) talk," the affidavit states.
The story includes more details about the crime and what the family told police about the crime. There's a detail about a neighbor reporting a "skinny dark-skinned male ... wearing a dark blue or black hooded sweatshirt" who was running away from the scene of the crime.
We revisit the details of the "extremely violent" assault and learn that the threatening handwritten note was a copy, not the original. The daughter, we're told, had a previous run in with the police, on a report she was having sex in a car with a 21-year-old man. When her mother came to pick her up, the girl told her that she loved her before jumping out of the family's car while it was going 35 mph. At the hospital, she told staff she was being forced to marry her cousin and didn't want to. She refused to talk to police. She, her father and a brother are currently in Iraq for Alawadi's funeral.
It will be interesting to see how the media cover this story in the days to come. The San Diego Union-Tribune has received criticism for how it ran with the hate crime angle before there was evidence to support that theory. Obviously other media outlets did the same.
Now that the story is seen to be more complex, what should we look out for in media coverage? Religion News Service had done an interesting story about how Christians and others were fighting against the bigotry that they believed led to Shaima Alawadi's murder by wearing hijabs. It would be interesting to see how these women -- and the ones who started the Facebook protests and other protests -- will continue their protest, if they continue their protest, against what led to her murder.
As for other religion angles, the very last line of the Union-Tribune piece is:
Alawadi's father is a Shia cleric in Iraq.
Readers previously noted that this detail -- and the Sunni/Shia breakdown of the Iraqi community in El Cajon -- had not been discussed sufficiently.


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Texas computer giant's offer edges above HP's $1.6B offer
The battle of the computer giants over 3Par Inc. continues.
Dell Inc. announced today that it has raised its bid to buy 3Par to $24.30 a share, or slightly more than the $1.6 billion that Hewlett-Packard Co. offered earlier this week to counter Dell's initial offer of $18 a share, or $1.2 billion.
3Par officials have accepted the latest offer, Dell said today in a statement.
The Dell bid values 3Par at eight times its revenue and is more than double 3Par's share price before any bids were announced, according to Bloomberg News.
Acquiring 3Par would give the winning company a leg up in competing with rivals Cisco Systems Inc. and IBM Corp., the Bloomberg article added.
However, analysts cited by the business news agency said the bidding war is not likely over because both companies have lots of cash on hand to up the ante again for the data storage maker in Fremont, Calif.
With almost $15 billion in cash, HP will counter any higher offers from Dell, the analysts say.
Shares of 3Par fell 48 cents to $26.28 at 9:36 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, indicating that investors also expect a higher bid, according to Bloomberg.
On Aug. 16, Dell announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire 3Par for the $18-a-share price. 3Par officials accepted that deal.
But HP then submitted a proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of 3Par for $24 a share in cash, putting the Dell deal on hold.
Dell, of Round Rock, Texas, ranks No. 11 on Washington Technology's 2010 Top 100 list of the largest federal contractors. HP, of Palo Alto, Calif., ranks No. 12.
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Connecticut delegation cautiously hopeful shutdown agreement can be reached
As the government shutdown entered its third week Monday, members of the state's congressional delegation said they were hopeful a deal could soon be reached to reopen the government and avoid defaulting on the national debt.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said there is a "strong glimmer of hope" for an agreement on a substantive proposal to reopen the government for at least a short period and to raise the debt ceiling and a prospect for bipartisan cooperation on the larger budget negotiations.
Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he is very hopeful that "rational and sensible minds will prevail." U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said the chances "are brighter than ever right now" that there will be a bipartisan deal in the Senate, but the question still remains as to whether Speaker John Boehner will allow a vote in the House.
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, said he was optimistic, "but not giddy."
"The reason why I'm optimistic is I do think the external pressure is going to intensify very rapidly as the clock ticks and the markets, in particular, start to really react negatively," he said.
On Thursday, the government will exhaust its borrowing authority and have only the cash on hand and any incoming revenues to meet its obligations.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned Congress last week that failing to raise the debt ceiling could be deeply damaging to the financial markets, the ongoing economic recovery and the jobs and savings of millions of Americans. Large payments are due between Oct. 17 and Nov. 1 to Medicare providers, Social Security beneficiaries, veterans and active-duty service members, Lew said in testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance.
Blumenthal said he hopes the Thursday deadline will "impose serious discipline on the sensible minds at the table" since defaulting would precipitate "a global financial meltdown."
"We're going to be working with total and complete determination to avoid the catastrophe that would result from America's failing to pay its debt on time," he said.
Courtney said the House has been forced to act in the past as deadlines for other fiscal crises neared. Congress should work all night to resolve this crisis, he said, and "not play footsie with Thursday."
"Even this Congress can react," he said. "I actually thought last week we had hit that tipping point when Speaker Boehner announced we were not going to default."
Murphy said the nation "simply cannot default on its debt."
"The consequence of America defaulting on its debt would be absolutely catastrophic for the country and the world," he said. "I fully expect the Republicans in the House to come to their senses in the next couple of days."
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives set up a showdown over the budget by passing a continuing resolution to extend the current government spending that would have also defunded the Affordable Care Act, which Senate leaders have said they will not do. The government closed Oct. 1 because Congress could not agree on a budget or a continuing resolution.
The political risk Boehner faces by calling a vote on a continuing resolution that does not seek to change the Affordable Care Act, and angering some members of his party, has lessened recently as public backlash against this strategy has increased, Courtney said.
In the House, 186 members, including Courtney, signed a petition to reopen the government shortly after it was introduced Saturday. To force a vote on a continuing resolution that would provide funding through Nov. 15 with no policy changes attached, 218 signatures are needed.
The Senate's Republican and Democratic leaders met on Monday and said they were close to a deal. The president and vice president were scheduled to meet with congressional leaders Monday afternoon, but the meeting was postponed, according to the White House, to give the Senate's leaders more time for their talks.
"They would rather spend the afternoon working on that deal than traveling back and forth to the White House," Murphy said. "If they weren't on the brink of a deal, I think they would've made the trip."
The Senate is the much more functional body right now, Murphy added.
"The House of Representatives is a complete circus," he said.
The shutdown is costing $300 million a day, and among the numerous effects, it has stalled home and business loans, slowed the processing of veterans' disability claims, prevented the National Institutes of Health from accepting new patients and suspended life-saving medical research, according to Courtney.
Courtney said he was having trouble thinking of the right word to describe the ripple effects. Eventually he decided on "deplorable."
Murphy said that every deal under consideration right now is for a relatively short extension of the budget and debt ceiling.
"We need to get the government up and operating again and extend the debt ceiling," he said. "My hope is that one of these days, we realize we should stop creating budget crises every couple of months."
Before he returned to Washington on Monday, Blumenthal said he met with about 20 veterans in East Hartford who urged him to reopen the government so their benefits will not be suspended.
"They renewed their expression of urgency to me," he said. "And I'm going to be taking that sense of urgency and determination into the talks we're having now."
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An electric power company chooses to buy or sell a generator for a number of reasons including diversifying fuel mix, complying with regulations, taking advantage of distressed assets in the marketplace, or to free operating capital. Natural gas and renewable units comprise a majority of the generating capacity bought or sold since 2005.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration based on SNL Energy. Note: Annual totals reflect operating capacity of generators for which the purchase and sale was completed within the calendar year.
Power plant acquisitions include the purchase of an entire plant site, a single generator, a share of a generator, or even an entire company. A single generator can be owned by multiple entities. For example, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is fractionally owned by: American Public Service Company (29.1%), Salt River Project (17.5%), El Paso Electric Co. (15.8%), Southern California Edison (15.8%), Public Service Co. of New Mexico (10.2%), Southern California Public Power Authority (5.9%), and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (5.7%).
Companies that purchase electric generating capacity include regulated electric utilities, independent power producers, industrial power users, municipal power companies, investment banks and private equity investors. Transactions involving regulated electric utilities are often subject to approval from state public utility commissions. The purchase or sale of an investor-owned asset may or may not be subject to approval from state commissions or federal entities like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Security and Exchange Commission or the Federal Trade Commission.


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Students majoring in broad field social studies produce a senior thesis during the final semester of their college career. This capstone project involves research, writing, and an oral defense, similar to a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation. In HIST 495: Senior Seminar, each student works closely with a research advisor. Two other professors also read and comment on the student's thesis. If the student produces a research paper of exceptional quality, it will be filed in the senior seminar papers collection of the college library.
True to the interdisciplinary nature of the broad field social studies major, students must incorporate not only historical methodology but also other techniques drawn from one or more of the social sciences: economics, geography, political science, psychology, or sociology. In recent years, broad field social studies majors have successfully defended senior thesis papers on the following themes:
- The NAACP's Impact on Three Civil Rights Organizations: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Black Panther Party
- The Evolution and Impact of the British Invasion
- The Battle of the Bulge: Bastogne and the German Objective
- May It Please Mr. Madison, the Supreme Court Has Incorporated Your Fifth Proposal: An Examination of the Adoption of the Bill of Rights and Incorporation Doctrine
- The Early Christian Church: A Reflection of Society
- The Berlin Crisis of 1961: The Threat of Nuclear War and the Almost Annihilation of Mankind
- Joseph Stalin: A Man's Portrayal and Its Effects on a Nation
- Creating a Robber Baron: Intellectual Movements, Personal Beliefs, and John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
- A Historical Perspective on King Arthur from the First and Last Days of His Life
- Longships upon the Liffey: The Viking Settlement in Dublin during the Ninth Century
- A History of Professional Wrestling and How World Wrestling Entertainment Became One of the Top Businesses in Sports Entertainment
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Jeep Wrangler JK Four-WayPosted in Project Vehicles on May 1, 2010
We caught wind of the first annual North American JK Experience only weeks before it began in December. It ran from Texas to California and hit some cool trails and sights along the way. We sped out to meet the JK train in Yuma, Arizona, and followed it back into California through the Glamis dunes, Brawley, Palm Springs, Yucca Valley, and ultimately Johnson Valley, where the event ended. You have to man-up and drive your Jeep the whole way on this event; there are no trailers or tow rigs allowed and some of the trails require serious dedication, meaning body damage was very likely. Here are the four Jeeps that made the entire trip. For more info on this year's North American JK Experience, go to jk-experince.com.
Mel's Mangled Unlimited
Hard Facts
Owner: Mel Wade
Hometown: Long Beach, California
Wheeling Experience: 25 years
Favorite Wheeling Spots: Moab and Rubicon Trail
Vehicle: '07 Wrangler Unlimited
Engine: Stock 3.8L V-6
Transmission: Stock automatic
Transfer Case: Stak three-speed Monster Box
Front Suspension: Evo Double Throwdown
Rear Suspension: Evo Lever Double Throwdown
Axles: Dynatrac ProRock 60 (front and rear)
Ring and Pinion: 5.38:1
Differentials: ARB Air Locker (front and rear)
Wheels: Walker Evans 17x8 beadlocks
Tires: 40x13.50R17 Nitto Mud Grappler
Estimated Value: $50,000
Typical Fuel Economy: 10 mpg
Other Stuff: Wild Boar Fastback top, Off Road Evolution EVO bumpers, rockers, armor, and spare tire carrier, Warn Endurance winch, Lightforce HID lights, and Mastercraft seats
Favorite Mod: Coilovers
Least Favorite Mod: Delta headlights
If I Built It Again: "I would swap a V-8 in right away."
Randy's Orvit
Hard Facts
Owner: Andy Brown
Hometown: San Diego, California
Vehicle: '09 Wrangler
Engine: RIPP-supercharged 3.8L V-6
Transmission: Stock automatic
Transfer Case: Stock NV241
Front Suspension: Teraflex long-arm with Off Road Evolution/King coilovers and air bumps
Rear Suspension: Teraflex long-arm with Off Road Evolution Evo Lever
Axles: Solid Dana 60 (front and rear)
Ring and Pinion: 5.13
Differentials: Detroit Locker (front and rear)
Wheels: KMC 17x8 beadlocks
Tires: 37x12.50R17 Goodyear MT/R
Typical Fuel Economy: 13-14 mpg
Other Stuff: PSC ram assist, Off Road Evolution tube fenders and rockers and Rock Hard sport cage
Estimated Value: $55,000
Favorite Mod: Front coilovers and Evo Lever rear suspension
Least Favorite Mod: Full-time lockers
If I Built It Again: "I'd start with a wrecked one and throw a Hemi at it."
Randy's Screamin' Lizard Special
Hard Facts
Owner: Randy Byers
Hometown: Euless, Texas
Wheeling Experience: 20-plus
Favorite Wheeling Spots: Moab, Utah
Vehicle: '07 Wrangler Unlimited
Engine: 6.1L Hemi
Transmission: 545RFE five-speed automatic
Transfer Case: NV241
Front Suspension: Full-Traction long-arm, 16-inch Off Road Evolution/King coilovers and air bumps
Rear Suspension: Full-Traction long-arm, Off Road Evolution Evo Lever Double Throwdown
Axles: Currie Rock Jock III (front and rear)
Ring and Pinion: 5.13
Differentials: ARB Air Locker (front and rear)
Wheels: Rock Crawler 17x9 with Staun internal beadlocks
Tires: 42x14.50x17 Goodyear MT/R Kevlar
Typical Fuel Economy: 12 mpg
Other Stuff: PSC ram assist, Screamin' Lizard customs tire carrier, Rock Hard sport cage, Mastercraft belts, Shrockworks stubby front bumper and rockers, Warn Powerplant winch, AEV hood, Bestop Trek top, Tuffy center console
Estimated Value: N/A
Favorite Mod: 6.1L Hemi and Off Road Evolution Evo suspension
Least Favorite Mod: Bestop Trektop (old version)
If I Built It Again: "I would determine what I ultimately wanted and build it one time rather than constantly upgrading."
Joe's Daily Driver
Hard Facts
Owner: Joe Daro
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Wheeling Experience: 14 years
Favorite Wheeling Spots: Arizona, Utah and Johnson Valley
Vehicle: '07 Wrangler Rubicon
Engine: Stock 3.8L V-6
Transmission: Stock automatic
Transfer Case: Stock NV241OR
Suspension: Rock Krawler 5.5-inch X-Factor Plus long-arm
Axles: Stock Rubicon Dana 44 with Superior shafts (front and rear)
Ring and Pinion: 5.38
Differentials: Stock Rubicon Locker (front and rear)
Wheels: 17x8 Walker Evans beadlocks
Tires: 40x13.50x17 Goodyear MT/R Kevlar
Estimated Value: $65,000
Typical Fuel Economy: 17.3 mpg
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|NetBSD General Other questions regarding NetBSD which do not fit in any of the categories below.
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Install NetBSD when DesktopBSD or OpenBSD is installed
On two computers, I'Ve tried to install NetBSD
-one had OpenBSD 4.5 :sysinst sees the slice Openbsd as a /. Install aborts because sysinst sees two /, and the disklabel is incomplete(not all internal partitions). This with 5.0 and 4.0. For install NetBSD, I've deleted OpenBSD
-one with DesktopBSD : idem for 4.0 and 5.0. With 3.1, the installation is complete (also disklabel), but after next boot, DesktopBSD does not boot. It's broken.
I've not repaired DesktopBSD with its media, because I don't know the effect on NetBSD 3.1
Do you know this problem? Does the team of developpers know this?
I like conviviality, Opensource and Freedom. I would like this incompatibility resolved.
Thanks for informations and expériences0.
PS : I'm French, and my english is not good.
I just tried to recreate your multiboot problem with OpenBSD. I could not duplicate your problem:
Step 1. Start with an empty drive -- with zeroes in all sectors.
Step 2. Install OpenBSD in an MBR paritition, type A6, with an OpenBSD disklabel. Have multiple OpenBSD partitions: "a", "b", "d", etc.
Step 3. Boot the NetBSD install media, and examine the drive.
The OpenBSD MBR partition exists on the drive, correctly.
The NetBSD disklabel shows two partitions: "d", the physical drive, and "e", the OpenBSD MBR partition.
Step 4. Install NetBSD, creating a new MBR partition and NetBSD partitions within it.
Similar to jggimi, I also did not have this problem: my "other" box has both NetBSD 4.0.1 and OpenBSD 4.4 (and also Linux) all on one disk.
Re loss of DesktopBSD after NetBSD install: did you tell the NetBSD installer to put its bootblocks in the MBR? If you said "yes" to this question, that would likely be the problem as it would overwrite whatever bootloading you had there initially. For multi-booting I answer "no" to this question and use the LILO "chain" method to boot a BSD. (You will have to substitute your favourite boot utility.)
Hello jggimi and IdOp,
Thanks you very much. This is very nice that you have done.
I add some précision :
-on the computer with DesktopBSD, the bootloader is XOSL (eXtended Operating System Loader), in a FAT32 partition.
-for the other computer, GRUB is the bootloader
On the two computer, there are Windows, Linux, xBSD.
On the first computer, the bootloader on the / of each OS.
-on the second computer, all OS, except Mandriva, has its bootloader on its /
Mandriva has GRUB on the MBR : /dev/sda, (hd0).
GRUB starts all OS except Mandriva (of course) by "chainloader +1".
One PC is manufactured in 2002-2003.
The other (the motherboard ~2007-2008), assembled by me.
On the two computers, the Unix like OS are installed on the second drive (PATA) :/dev/sdbx or /dev/hdbx, relative to kernel version of linux
-xBSD on primaries partitions
-on the extended partitions : Linux distributions.
The only cause possible troubleshooting what I think is : "partition table in not in sequential order", (here primaries partitions) at a moment. But i've deleted and recreated them.
the optical drives are on secondary ATA.
Now, I don't see causes for this problem
I thank youy again,
I repeat me for to clear : all OS except Windows(!!!) and Mandriva install their bootlader on their /, never in MBR. I refuse that they modify MBR.
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Drew Barrymore's babies keep on coming! The actress is pregnant with her second child.
The "Big Miracle" star's big news comes just 13 months after the birth of her first child, Olive, with husband Will Kopelman, her rep confirmed to E! News' Marc Malkin, People and Us Weekly.
So the moniker Drew Babymore is totally applicable here, right?!
PHOTOS: The Hollywood baby boom
Though Barrymore's camp didn't confirm the news until Monday, the "E.T." alum was spotted Saturday at the LACMA Art+Film Gala that honored director Martin Scorsese and artist David Hockney, sporting a billowing, baby bump-concealing gown, Us Weekly reported. The magazine was among the first to report the pregnancy rumors.
No word on how far along she is, but the actress was spotted again Sunday showing a tiny curve of a baby bump, E! said.
The 38-year-old married her artist husband in June 2012 at her Montecito estate, which she sold last month for $6.35 million, according to Hot Property. (Perhaps to make room for baby No. 2?)
She gave birth to her daughter on Sept. 26, 2012, and has made it common knowledge that she was eager to burgeon her brood.
Appearing on "The Tonight Show" in September, Barrymore told Jay Leno that she was wanted a second child "very much" and was ready to get pregnant "right away" if she could.
"I grew up as an only child, and although that really works for some people and for some parents that's the way they want to do it … I want to be the Griswolds," she said, referring to actor Chevy Chase's family from the "National Lampoon's Vacation" films. "I want the kids in the back rolling their eyes at Mom and Dad. I want Rusty and Audrey, theme parks and the whole nine."
The Flower Cosmetics founder echoed the sentiment in the September 2013 issue of InStyle, for which she served as cover girl.
"Some people love it and thrive on the independence, but I want my kids to have other kids around. Maybe two kids so they can run around life together, roll their eyes at their parents together like Rusty and Audrey Griswold from "[National Lampoon's] Vacation." So however that's going to come about, it's gonna happen!"
Barrymore, who's been busy focusing on mommy duties, has been lending her voice to the animated series "Family Guy" and hasn't appeared on the big screen since the 2012's whale story, "Big Miracle." But don't fret, the pregnancy announcement comes while her upcoming comedy, "The Familymoon," which reunites the actress with her "50 First Dates" costar Adam Sandler," is already in post-production, according to IMDb.
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"I haven't converted yet," she said at the time. "Olive will be raised traditionally. And we had a very traditional wedding ceremony with Rabbi Rubenstein, and I did the ketubah. We wore the yarmulkes, and we were under the chuppah. I'm there. I love it."
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John, byname John Lackland, French Jean sans Terre, (born c. 1166—died October 18/19, 1216, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England), king of England from 1199 to 1216. In a war with the French king Philip II, he lost Normandy and almost all his other possessions in France. In England, after a revolt of the barons, he was forced to seal the Magna Carta (1215).
Richard, mortally wounded at a siege in France in 1199, was succeeded by his brother John, one of the most detested of English kings. John's reign was characterized by failure. Yet while he must bear a heavy responsibility for his misfortunes, it is…
Youth and rivalry for the crown
John was the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Henry's plan (1173) to assign to John, his favourite son (whom he had nicknamed Lackland), extensive lands upon his marriage with the daughter of Humbert III, count of Maurienne (Savoy), was defeated by the rebellion the proposal provoked among John's elder brothers. Various provisions were made for him in England (1174–76), including the succession to the earldom of Gloucester. He was also granted the lordship of Ireland (1177), which he visited from April to late 1185, committing youthful political indiscretions from which he acquired a reputation for reckless irresponsibility. Henry's continued favour to him contributed to the rebellion of his eldest surviving son, Richard I (later called Coeur de Lion), in June 1189. For obscure reasons, John deserted Henry for Richard.
On Richard's accession in July 1189, John was made count of Mortain (a title that became his usual style), was confirmed as lord of Ireland, was granted lands and revenues in England worth £6,000 a year, and was married to Isabella, heiress to the earldom of Gloucester. He also had to promise (March 1190) not to enter England during Richard's absence on his Crusade. But John's actions were now dominated by the problem of the succession, in which his nephew, the three-year-old Arthur I, duke of Brittany, the son of his deceased elder brother Geoffrey, was his only serious rival. When Richard recognized Arthur as his heir (October 1190), John immediately broke his oath and returned to England, where he led the opposition to Richard's dictatorial chancellor, William Longchamp.
On receiving the news in January 1193 that Richard, on his way back from the Crusade, had been imprisoned in Germany, John allied himself with King Philip II Augustus of France and attempted unsuccessfully to seize control of England. In April 1193 he was forced to accept a truce but made further arrangements with Philip for the division of Richard's possessions and for rebellion in England. On Richard's return, early in 1194, John was banished and deprived of all his lands. He was reconciled to Richard in May and recovered some of his estates, including Mortain and Ireland, in 1195, but his full rehabilitation came only after the Bretons had surrendered Arthur to Philip II in 1196. This led Richard to recognize John as his heir.
Accession to the throne
In 1199 the doctrine of representative succession, which would have given the throne to Arthur, was not yet generally accepted, and, following Richard's death in April 1199, John was invested as duke of Normandy and in May was crowned king of England. Arthur, backed by Philip II, was recognized as Richard's successor in Anjou and Maine, and it was only a year later, in the Treaty of Le Goulet, that John was recognized as successor in all Richard's French possessions, in return for financial and territorial concessions to Philip.
War with France
The renewal of war in France was triggered by John's second marriage. His first wife, Isabella of Gloucester, was never crowned, and in 1199 the marriage was dissolved on grounds of consanguinity, both parties being great-grandchildren of Henry I. John then intervened in the stormy politics of his county of Poitou and, while trying to settle the differences between the rival families of Lusignan and Angoulême, himself married Isabella (August 1200), the heiress to Angoulême, who had been betrothed to Hugh IX de Lusignan. This politically conceived marriage provoked the Lusignans into rebellion the next year; they appealed to Philip II, who summoned John to appear before his court. In the general war that followed his failure to answer this summons, John had a temporary success at Mirebeau in August 1202, when Arthur of Brittany was captured, but Normandy was quickly lost (1204). By 1206, Anjou, Maine, and parts of Poitou had also gone over to King Philip.
These failures, foreshadowed under Henry II and Richard, were brought about by the superiority of French resources and the increasing strain on those of England and Normandy. Nevertheless, they were a damaging blow to John's prestige, and, equally important, they meant that John resided now almost permanently in England. This factor, coinciding with the death (1205) of the chancellor and archbishop of Canterbury, Hubert Walter, gave his government a much more personal stamp, which was accentuated by the promotion of members of his household to important office. His determination to reverse the Continental failure bore fruit in ruthlessly efficient financial administration, marked by taxation on revenues, investigations into the royal forests, taxation of the Jews, a great inquiry into feudal tenures, and the increasingly severe exploitation of his feudal prerogatives. These measures provided the material basis for the charges of tyranny later brought against him.
Quarrel with the church
John's attention was diverted and his prestige disastrously affected by relations with the papacy. In the disputed election to the see of Canterbury following the death of Hubert Walter, Pope Innocent III quashed the election of John's nominee in procuring the election of Stephen Langton (December 1206). John, taking his ground on the traditional rights of the English crown in episcopal elections, refused to accept Langton. In March 1208, Innocent laid an interdict on England and excommunicated John (November 1209). The quarrel continued until 1213, by which time John had amassed more than £100,000 from the revenues of vacant or appropriated sees and abbeys. But such a dispute was a dangerous hindrance to John's intention to recover his Continental lands. In November 1212 he agreed to accept Langton and the pope's terms. Apparently at his own behest, he surrendered his kingdom to the papal nuncio at Ewell, near Dover, on May 15, 1213, receiving it back as a vassal rendering a tribute of 1,000 marks (666 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence) a year. He was absolved from excommunication by Langton in July 1213, and the interdict was finally relaxed a year later. John thus succeeded in his aim to secure the papacy as a firm ally in the fight with Philip and in the struggle already pending with his own baronage. But his treatment of the church during the interdict, although arousing little if any opposition among the laity at the time, angered monastic chroniclers, who henceforth loaded him with charges of tyranny, cruelty, and, with less reason, of sacrilege and irreligion.
Baronial rebellion and the Magna Carta
In August 1212 recurrent baronial discontent had come to a head in an unsuccessful plot to murder or desert John during a campaign planned against the Welsh. Pope Innocent's terms had included the restoration of two of those involved, Eustace de Vesci and Robert Fitzwalter, and, although the barons soon lost papal support, they retained the protection of Stephen Langton. John, skillfully isolating the malcontents, was able to launch his long-planned campaign against the French, landing at La Rochelle in February 1214. He achieved nothing decisive and was forced to accept a truce lasting until 1220.
Returning to England in October 1214, he now had to face much more widespread discontent, centred mainly on the northern, East Anglian, and home counties. After lengthy negotiations in which both sides appealed to the pope, civil war broke out in May 1215. John was compelled to negotiate once more when London went over to the rebels in May, and on June 15 at Runnymede he accepted the baronial terms embodied in a document known as the Articles of the Barons. On June 19, after further revisions of the document, the king and the barons accepted the Magna Carta, which ensured feudal rights and restated English law. This settlement was soon rendered unworkable by the more intransigent barons and John's almost immediate appeal to Pope Innocent against it. Innocent took the king's side, and in the ensuing civil war John captured Rochester castle and laid waste the northern counties and the Scottish border. But his cause was weakened by the arrival of Prince Louis (later Louis VIII) of France, who invaded England at the barons' request. John continued to wage war vigorously but died, leaving the issues undecided. His death made possible a compromise peace, including the restoration of the rebels, the succession of his son Henry III, and the withdrawal of Louis.
John's reputation, bad at his death, was further depressed by writers of the next generation. Of all centuries prior to the present, only the 16th, mindful of his quarrel with Rome, recognized some of his quality. He was suspicious, vengeful, and treacherous; Arthur I of Brittany was probably murdered in captivity, and Matilda de Braose, the wife of a recalcitrant Marcher baron, was starved to death with her son in a royal prison. But John was cultured and literate. Conventional in his religion rather than devout, he was remembered for his benefactions to the church of Coventry, to Reading Abbey, and to Worcester, where he was buried and where his effigy still survives. He was extraordinarily active, with a great love of hunting and a readiness to travel that gave him a knowledge of England matched by few other monarchs. He was the first king of England since the Norman Conquest who could speak English. He took a personal interest in judicial and financial administration, and his reign saw important advances at the Exchequer, in the administration of justice, in the importance of the privy seal and the royal household, in methods of taxation and military organization, and in the grant of chartered privileges to towns. If his character was unreliable, his political judgment was acute. In 1215 many barons, including some of the most distinguished, fought on his side.James Holt


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Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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Inspired by a similar question specifically about developers, I would like to know how system administrators work with Database Administrators better.
In my 10 years experience as a system administrator, I've worked with a variety of DBAs. I've seen a lot of conflict on both sides, most often due to disagreements about who owns what, especially regarding security.
So the question is: How do you come to compromise when disagreeing with DBAs?


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With no deal in sight to curb our growing national debt, America is going broke. So what do our representatives in Congress plan to do about it? Take a two-week break. Are they trying to see whether their abysmal 13% approval rating can sink any lower?
I get it. Spring break shouldn't just be for students. Adults work hard too. But usually, a "break" follows a period of "work." And not much can be said of the 113th Congress' accomplishments so far.
Indeed, it has been more than two years since the president's bipartisan fiscal commission declared a so-called moment of truth: "We cannot play games or put off hard choices any longer." Yet that is exactly what Washington has done and continues to do.
It kicked the can down the road after the fiscal commission made its recommendations in 2010. Then, in 2011, when the nation came to the brink of defaulting on its obligations over battles about raising the debt ceiling, President Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) struck a narrow deal on spending cuts but punted the tough budget choices to a congressional committee.
After just a few months, this committee announced it couldn't reach an agreement and set the clock ticking on the across-the-board cuts known as the sequester. Most recently, when confronting the "fiscal cliff" of scheduled tax increases and spending reductions, Washington once again did the bare minimum, raising tax rates on the wealthy and letting the sequester take effect.


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"The Queen Victoria Building . . . [replaced] the original Sydney markets on the site. Built as a monument to the long reigning monarch, construction took place in dire times, as Sydney was in a severe recession. The elaborate Romanesque architecture was specially planned for the grand building so the Government could employ many out-of-work craftsmen — stonemasons, plasterers, and stained window artists — in a worthwhile project. Originally, a concert hall, coffee shops, offices, showrooms, warehouses and a wide variety of tradespeople, such as tailors, mercers, hairdressers and florists, were accommodated." — www.qvb.com.au
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Baby RaceA race for two-year-olds.
BacksideStable area, dormitories and often times a track kitchen, chapel and recreation area for stable employees. Also known as "backstretch," for its proximity to the stable area.
Backstretch1) Straight portion of the far side of the racing surface between the turns. 2) See backside.
Bad DoerA horse with a poor appetite, a condition that may be due to nervousness or other causes.
BandageBandages used on horse's legs are three to six inches wide and are made of a variety of materials. In a race, they are used for support or protection against injury. "Rundown bandages" are used during a race and usually have a pad under the fetlock to avoid injury due to abrasion when the fetlocks sink toward the ground during weight-bearing. A horse may also wear "standing bandages," thick cotton wraps used during shipping and while in the stall to prevent swelling and/or injury.
Bar ShoeA horseshoe closed at the back to help support the frog and heel of the hoof. It is often worn by horses with quarter cracks or bruised feet.
BarrenUsed to describe a filly or mare that was bred and did not conceive during the last breeding season.
BarrierA starting device used in steeplechasing consisting of an elastic band stretched across the racetrack which springs back when released. Also known as a "tape."
BayA horse color that varies from a yellow-tan to a bright auburn. The mane, tail and lower portion of the legs are always black, except where white markings are present.
Bearing In (Or Out)Deviating from a straight course. May be due to weariness, infirmity, inexperience or the rider overusing the whip or reins to make a horse alter its course.