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The top looks like marble, but it is concrete, believe it or not.
Jan 30, 2016
Big Green Egg: The Perfect Table
The top looks like marble, but it is concrete, believe it or not.
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- AnonymousFebruary 25, 2016 at 7:19 PM
I would love to get the plans for the table and top. The barn door is a genius ideaReplyDelete
This is a super cool idea for incorporating your big green egg into a table! I love the the rustic look that you were able to put into the design. How long did it take for you guys to finish this? I'm not sure if I am handy enough to do this, but thanks for sharing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Nathan! The concrete top is so versatile and I love the rustic look too! After letting the wood dry for a few weeks (recommended if you're going to stain the wood), it took about a week to build. I hope to get the detailed steps & plans up in the next week or so. It really wasn't too hard to make!Delete
Hello KimDelete
After months of looking at hundreds of Carts You're design was the one I couldn't put out of my mine;) I've decided not to tackle the concrete top though, That's a little be on my my scope and know how. I got the idea for my top from another plan I found, they used 5/4 decking boards. I'm almost finished with the frame I'll post a picture when I'm done.
Thanks Mike
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2016 at 3:33 PM
Just got my green egg, and will be delivered Friday. This is exactly what i'm looking for... just perfect. Looking forward to the plans!ReplyDeleteReplies
Congrats on your new egg, you'll love it! Check back next week for the table plans!Delete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2016 at 3:04 PM
No doubt that I will. Thank you! You have a new follower! Great blog.Delete
Plans are up - best of luck building a table for your new egg!Delete
Nice! How was the concrete top manufactured, or was it purchased then cut? Where from? Looking forward to seeing the plans!ReplyDelete
Anywhere I can find these plans??? I really want to make this table. Thanks.ReplyDelete
Great table! Where did you find the barn door hardware? Thanks.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! We actually made the barn door hardware with materials from the local big box hardware store. The track is a piece of 1/4" flatiron. The wheels were pulley wheels. We painted all of the metal flat black. We did consider several barn door kits that we found online and I'm sure those would have worked just as well.Delete
Kim, what was your total cost when all was said and done? Thank you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Marissa - all in, about $500. That includes the cost of renting an orbital sander to finish the concrete top. If you haven't already, check out my post with the plans. I listed out all of the materials we used... that could be a good starting place for an estimate. Good luck if you decide to build one. Please share pictures if you do!Delete
What size is your BGE? Just wanting to know if I need to adjust the opening sizeReplyDelete
Now that is a thing of beauty. I would love to grill out on that green egg any day. I might be biased but I love the concrete top!ReplyDelete
Great looking table. I've bought all the lumber, but I'm waiting for it to dry before I start. I was wondering if you could list all the parts for you barn door hardware and which big box store you bought it from. Thanks,ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Trey! Hope you'll share pictures when you finish your table. I will try to gather the materials for the barn door and post this week. We used treated 1x6s that we bought from Lowes. Most of the hardware came from Home Depot... we bought and disassembled a pulley and cut flatiron to make the barn door hardware, but there are several kits out there if you don't want to go through the trouble of making your own. I'll get back on with specific details soon.Delete
Anyone make a cover for this big green egg??????? My son made this and I have to make the cover.ReplyDeleteReplies
Elle - you must be so talented! We ordered a cover from http://www.duckcovers.com/ and it has served us well. I would love for you to share patterns or pictures of a cover if you make one. Would it be helpful for you to see a picture of ours?Delete
Anyone make a cover for this????????ReplyDelete
Hello. This is a nice looking table. Are you able to tell me how many bags of quickrete the table top took to make? Thank you.ReplyDelete
This is a good looking table. Are you able to tell me how many bags of Quickrete it took to make the table top? Thank you.ReplyDelete
What does the inside of the storage area look like? Did you add a shelf or a floor to the space? Looks awesome by the way!!ReplyDelete
What does the inside of the storage area look like? Did you add a floor or any kind of shelf to the cabinet? Looks awesome!!ReplyDelete
Thanks Kim. One last question. What color acid stain did you use? Thanks. BrianReplyDelete
Hey Kim, great table. I've been looking at it for a while. Plan on building it soon. A few questions for you...ReplyDelete
1.I plan on putting heavy duty casters on bottom. I assume that thing ways a ton, and want to be able to move around if need be. Did you consider using casters? DO you think that would take away from the aesthetics of the table?
2.We are using an XL BGE. I assume you dont have dimensions for that size, right?
3. Did you ever get a chance to upload the photos of the inside of cabinet piece?Replies
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Hi there - glad you like our table! As for your questions -Delete
1. We didn't put casters on this one, but did put casters on one side of a slightly smaller table we built. That smaller table was so heavy that even with the casters it wasn't super easy to move around. We determined this was the right space for this table, so didn't bother with casters for this one.
2. I don't have dimensions for the XL. We determine the circumferance dimensions by looking on egghead forum.com. The most important measurement, after the circumference, is going to be the distance from the table top to the shelf you place your egg on... take your time with that one.
4. I've looked at looked and don't have any pictures of the cabinet... I will get one up as soon as I can. In the meantime, take a look at this one from my other post
It's really nothing more than a bottom shelf. We keep a medium sized rubbermaid container in there that holds charcoal in there, like this one - http://amzn.to/2dvsyhD
I'll answer your other questions below. :)
Sorry I hit publish before completing my thoughts. Last question....
Did the concrete leak into the styrofoam disc? Causing any irregular texture on the inside of the concrete? IF so, would you use anything different if building again?
Your project looks awesome and I am sure the whole BGE community appreciates your openness to sharing your plans.
I am excited to start mine!
Thank you so much for posting all of this for others to enjoy!
I am going to take the plunge soon on a wet grinder/polisher. I see that you used the Makita 4' model. Did that polisher work well for you? Was there ever a time when you felt that you could have used more weight/power from it? I am asking because I see that Makita now offers a larger version...a 5" grinder/polisher that weighs quite a bit more and has more power. I will get it if I need that one, but trying to get a feel for the 4" model that you used, as it is cheaper and has good reviews. I think the larger model must be a new release because I cant find reviews on it.
also, I did not see the lighting you used in your plans etc. Did you use LED?
Looking forward to making one of these for my BGE!
Hi Jim - a larger grinder would have made the process faster, but the 4" worked fine. I'd say, if you're just going to build one, save the $, but if you plan to use on more projects it might be worth investing.Delete
Here is a link to the lights that we used: http://amzn.to/2fjLPSd
Best of luck building your table, Jim. I hope you'll let me know how it turns out.
I have been looking for that foam circle, was that a custom circle by the company you bought it from? how did you do the cabinet hardware?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hey Mike! The foam circle was custom, but super easy to order. We called them and asked for a circle with 22" diameter and 1 ½" thick. We've ordered a few different times from that company and they are fast and send exactly what we requested.Delete
We made the barn door hardware with materials from the local big box hardware store. The track is a piece of 1/4" flatiron. The wheels were pulley wheels. We painted all of the metal flat black. We did consider several barn door kits that we found online and I'm sure those would have worked just as well.
Best of luck! Please come back and comment again when you build your table.
Can you tell me how you installed the tin? Do you have pics? Instructions? Love the table. Thanks for posting!ReplyDeleteReplies
I have the same question!! I've never worked with the corrugated tin, and I'd love to know how you cut/installed it!! Thanks in advance!Delete
Hi there! We cut the tin using tin snips, about 1-2 inches larger than the opening where we were going to place it. The tin snips are much easier to handle than you might think. We already had the tin snips in our tool collection, but they are much like these - http://amzn.to/2njTBzrDelete
Then, we used wood screws (about 1/2 inch, because you don't want them to go through the wood) to secure the tin in place. If you don't like the look of the exposed edge of the tin inside your table, you can cover the seem with another piece of wood.
Love the table! Now that you have had for while, any changes you would make? Is the cabinet pretty water proof? Would you use cedar over PT pine?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hey Robbie! We wouldn't change a thing. That said, I don't think I went into detail in this post, but this was the 2nd table we built. The first time around, the table was two thirds the size and we really found ourselves wanting more "counter" space for prep and setting stuff as we pulled it off the grill. We find the size of our new table (outlined in this post) is just right.Delete
The cabinet does stay dry, but I'm not sure if it's 100% water proof. We store the charcoal in an airtight container like this one http://amzn.to/2dvsyhD, because we live in a humid climate, but we do store other tools and such inside the cabinet too and they are always dry. We like the way the pine looks, especially after we stained it, and it has held up well. I'm sure cedar would look awesome, too! Best of luck to you if you decide to build a table of your own.
One other question, how did you line inside of cabinet floor for the storage part? Slats like for the egg and below?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Robbie, I'm so sorry, I overlooked your question and you're probably way past this. Anyway, I ended up adding a separate post to show the inside of the table because I got so many questions. https://thelowcountrylady.blogspot.com/2017/08/big-green-egg-inside-of-cabinet.htmlDelete
How do you empty the ashes?ReplyDelete
- Mbcross67September 6, 2018 at 10:08 PM
Just finished mine and it's awesome! What did you use for lights??ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2020 at 11:41 AM
I see this is an old post, but I have just read it a few times. It is amazing and I am considering making it in the fall when it cools iff a bit. Just wants to say thank you for your posts with the plans and all your answers to the questions. Very helpful.ReplyDelete


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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill said on the newest episode of his podcast that he received death threats on social media after he said he thought Tua Tagovailoa was a more accurate passer than Patrick Mahomes.
"On every social media account I own, I got death threats on," Hill said on the second episode of "It Needed To Be Said," which was released on Tuesday.
Hill, who was traded by the Kansas City Chiefs to the Dolphins this offseason, said on the first episode of his podcast that Mahomes had "the strongest arm, but as far as accuracy-wise, I'm going with Tua all day." He also said that Mahomes might struggle without him and that he was underused last season in Kansas City, despite leading the team with a career-high 111 catches.
"I just feel like a lot of people overreacted for no reason. They really didn't see what I said. A lot of people are just acting off emotion," Hill said on the episode released Tuesday.
"We all know Patrick Mahomes is great. We know that," Hill said. "But, right now, I'm going into a new season with a new quarterback who's trying to head in the same direction as Patrick and do great things and lead this team to a Super Bowl championship -- who is also great, in my opinion. He just doesn't have the accolades -- of yet. I believe in him."
Mahomes said last week that he was "surprised a little" by Hill's comments. He speculated that Hill's comments probably "had something to do with trying to get his podcast some stuff and get it rolling." He said, however, "I still love Tyreek."
Hill said on the newest episode of his podcast that it was "tough" to leave Kansas City and Mahomes, whom he called "arguably one of the best quarterbacks in the league. Top two, and he's not two."
Hill said he would "never" take a shot at Mahomes and that the move to Miami was what was best for his family.
"If anyone want to give me heat for doing what's best for me and my family, go ahead and give me heat, baby ... you can all talk trash to me all day, yada, yada, death threat to Mr. Cheetah. Whatever you want to say to Mr. Cheetah, you can do that, but please man, keep my family off-limits. That's all I ask," he said.


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The system was unable to search and show directions on the Apple Maps
Today, many of the iPhone users were left in disdain, as Apple Maps stopped working for a few hours today. If one tried to use Apple Maps, it was taking time to load results for about 30 seconds before timing out, and showing "No Results Found." The map tiles appeared to be load normally, but points of interest and other functions were not working.
Initially, Apple's system status page didn't reflect that services were down, but later Apple confirmed on its support site that Apple Maps is having significant issues. The problem hit users across all platforms, including Apple Watch and CarPlay where alternative maps services are currently not supported.
People took to Twitter to unleash their disappointment over the issue. Also, users across Apple Support forums found it impossible to search for locations or get directions.
Hey @AppleSupport how about some indication of when #apple #maps is going to come back. I had to download Google Maps. The one time in a month that I need the service and its down? Please search "apple maps" on Twitter for confirmation of the problem.— Michael S. Manley (@michaelsmanley) June 15, 2018
However, the service was restored later on, and according to the last update, Apple maps are working absolutely fine now. If you still find any difficulty in navigating to any place, I have come up with a couple of other options that will assist you while your Apple Map doesn't work.
Google Maps are one of the widely used apps for navigation, and you know what to expect from such an app. The app offers detailed maps, driving, biking, and walking directions, satellite, tradition map offerings, and much more. Other than this, the app has voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation, which is just remarkable. You can also switch between routes if you wish to find a quicker or alternate way.
Waze initially launched as a navigational app and was later acquired by Google. The app works on the concept of crowdsourcing maps. This makes everyone on Waze works together, inputting information about roads, streets, and the best way to get to popular destinations. Like this, the app gets more of a human touch than other apps.
Navigon is a dedicated navigational app for iPhone and is packed with a lot of features to make the user experience more productive. The app is more focused upon United States navigation. The features of this app include day and night modes, 2D and 3D maps, route planning, intelligent address searching, and real road sign graphics.
This app is not like you regular navigational app. Scout is kind of app that can be utilized for social gatherings and friends than for professional navigation options. Apart from standard navigation, the app has a chat function, an event creator by which you can ask people to meet at a particular place, and collective driving instructions so that everyone remains in the loop. The app keeps you updated with live traffic also.
These app options can't entrely replace the Apple maps, but for the tme being, you can make use of them. However, Google Map is already used by many of the Apple users, and you can directly download it from App Store.
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India's Self-Inflicted Labor Pains
Workers say they aren't going back to cities where they were suddenly cut loose because of the virus
By: Neeta Lal
As India gradually opens its economy after a three-month lockdown triggered by the spread of the coronavirus, it faces an acute labor shortage caused by the mass exodus of millions of migrant workers from cities to their native villages. That exacerbates an economic crisis that is expected to see a contraction of anywhere from 5 percent to 10 percent of GDP, the biggest reversal in four decades.
The hurriedly imposed lockdown on March 25, which confined India's 1.4 billion people to their homes, resulted in the loss of livelihoods for millions. As companies shuttered and construction activity ground to a halt, migrants fled to their villages, often walking for days on highways or hitchhiking in the back of overcrowded trucks, throwing all social distancing norms to the wind.
Many died in accidents along the way, strengthening their resolve to never return to urban work despite the government easing restrictions to reboot industrial activity. Thousands of stranded workers ran out of food and money, with nearly four out of every five not paid by their employers, surveys estimate. Over 60-70 percent of the labor force employed in the capital city New Delhi had returned to their native homes during the lockdown.
According to the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry, the apex industry body in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, nearly 700,000 of the 900,000 on-site real estate workforce returned to their home towns after as Mumbai emerged as the country's worst-affected Covid-19 hotspot in April, says a report in Hindustan Times.
The construction and real estate sectors have suffered worst. A survey by staffing firm Teamlease Services states that the sector faced a shortage of 52 percent of staff and the manufacturing sector a 44 percent deficit.
The Census 2011 pegs the total number of internal migrants in the country (accounting for inter- and intra-state movement) at a staggering 139 million. These migrants form the backbone of economic activity in Indian cities. Working as loaders, drivers, housekeeping staff, construction workers, security guards and domestic helps, among others, this invisible workforce keeps the wheels of the informal economy turning.
With the economy now stirring back to life in the midst of pandemic that continues to grow, with 794,000 affected – third in the world behind the United States and Brazil and more than 25,000 new cases overnight – companies and factories are trying to woo these daily wage-earners back to sites with an array of sops – double wages, bonuses, food, transportation facilities and medical allowances. Some are setting up hostel and healthcare facilities for blue-collar workers near their factories.
Driven by approaching deadlines and a scanty workforce, many desperate real estate companies are booking expensive air and AC train tickets for their workers. "Our project is delayed by at least a year, and if we don't get workers fast, it will be delayed further which will be ruinous for our businesses," said Swapan Mistry, vice president for business development at the Gardenia group of real estate companies.
Three Chennai-based real estate developers recently pooled money to charter a flight to ferry back skilled migrant workers from Bihar last month, bringing in 150 carpenters, painters, granite workers and scaffolding experts from Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. In Kerala, one real estate tycoon bought air tickets for over 100 laborers from West Bengal.
State governments too, are dangling carrots to get migrants back to work. The Kerala state government has introduced a scheme called Awas for all migrant workers which entitles them to accommodation, free medical treatment worth up to Rs25,000 (US$332.7) in government clinics apart from a host of other benefits.
Even big consumer products makers such as Dabur, Parle Products, and PepsiCo are going the extra mile to woo migrant laborers with cheap or free accommodation, higher salary and medical insurance.
In agriculture-dominated states like Haryana and Punjab, known as the granary of India, large landholder farmers are shelling out wages that are three times pre-lockdown rates.
"In several parts of Punjab, the labor charges for planting crops have skyrocketed to Rs12,000 ($170) on a one-acre plot. This is three times the old rate," said Bhiku Ram, a landholder farmer in Bhatinda. Ram recently paid for train tickets to get 50 laborers from Bihar to tend to his maize and wheat crops which suffered under the double whammy of a locust invasion and labor crunch.
No state has been left unaffected by the labor crisis. The salt mines of Gujarat, a highly-labor intensive sector, are paying more than double to those willing to work in their salt fields. Workers are also getting paid for the 14 days of quarantine plus food. "We're offering double salary to those who have agreed to work in the mines plus food and shelter. This is the biggest crisis we're faced in our industry," informs a member of the Gujarat Salt Refinery Welfare Association.
Labor experts say the crisis could have been averted – or at least its impact softened – if the employers and government had taken better care of migrant workers. Small wonder, many employees are unwilling to come back fearing infection in the cities or due to family pressure. Many say they are still hurting from the maltreatment of their employers and apathy from the State.
"I walked with my old parents, pregnant wife and three young kids for days from Delhi to our village in Rajasthan," said Ram Prakash, 33, a construction laborer. "We ate sparingly, our feet were full of blisters and we had no money left to even buy chappals. I will do farming in my village now and have no intention of going back to the city. Why should I return to the city which couldn't take care of me?"
About 13 percent of 17,000 migrants in contact with the volunteers of Stranded Workers Action Network, a collective of relief workers, said they would seek work in their home towns in the future rather than return to cities.
Despite the groundswell of angst and frustration, however, experts say those forced to return to their villages are unlikely to have infrastructure or jobs to support them. Moreover, the government's flagship rural job guarantee scheme – MNREGA – won't be able to sustain the millions of migrant workers as they offer wages which are a fraction of what these migrants earn in cities.
India has one of the world's largest migrant economies. So the collateral damage to economies of villages where these workers remitted money will also be substantive, say analysts.
"The migrant worker population has led to a growing domestic remittances market, estimated to exceed US$20 billion annually," said Jignesh Parikh, a labor officer with the Reliance group of companies. "This is because migrants working in urban areas -- construction workers, gem polishers, masons and skilled artisans -- send money back to their families in villages which has steadily improved rural economies too."
These money transfers from migrant laborers to villages serve 10 percent of households in rural India and finance over 30 percent of household consumption in remittance-receiving households, buttressing the importance of urban growth for rural families, according to a report in Network 18.
Despite a flourishing migrant economy, however, India has some of the most outdated labor laws in the world, employing one of the largest informal global workforces with no official record-keeping for migrants nor any data available about their employment in various sectors. Lack of data deprives this demographic of social security, minimum wages or health benefits in industries as diverse as manufacturing, construction, or hospitality where they are employed in millions.
"India possesses no central registry of migrant workers despite a legislation being passed 40 years ago to establish such a database," said Parikh. "Instead, migrants remain an invisible group missing from urban planning, nor are they factored into the city's population eligible for rations and other food subsidies. They are rarely counted for either in their villages."
Thus, he said, the single biggest takeaway from the pandemic is that by maltreating this disempowered workforce we're not only harming their interests but also imperiling the country's economic health.
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Abou Diaby believes the NextGen Series is having a major impact on the development of the Club's rising stars.
Arsenal face CSKA Moscow in the quarter-finals of the competition at Emirates Stadium on Monday, having beaten Inter Milan in the last 16.
Diaby has taken a keen interest in the tournament and can see the wide-ranging benefits of competing against the best young players in Europe.
"At a young age they can feel the atmosphere of playing in the European Cup, so that will really help them"
"I would definitely have liked to play in the NextGen Series," he told Arsenal.com. "When I was younger we always used to talk about this kind of competition, to play all over Europe against big teams.
"That was a real dream but unfortunately at that time it didn't happen. But I think it is really good for the youth players, it is great experience for them. At a young age they can feel the atmosphere of playing in the European Cup, so that will really help them."
Diaby has played alongside a number of the Club's most promising youngsters, and sees no reason why they can't go all the way in the competition.
"There are some very good players in there, people like Serge Gnabry and Chuba Akpom," he said. "They train with us sometimes, and I have played with some of them in the reserves. Serge came away with us to Germany in pre-season and was really impressive.
"I think we have a bright future and I wish them good luck against Moscow."
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Dear Students & Parents:It will be interesting to see how many parents take her up on this. My guess is that quite a few will choose option 1 - to follow along on the blog. But my guess is that some of them won't be able to help themselves (I suffer from this malady) and will comment on the blog as well. I think this is a great way to invite parents in to the classroom - virtually. I also think it will make the students think a little bit harder about their comments knowing their parents may be reading along. I think our students are very aware of the wider audience that might be reading any of their blogs/comments, but there's something about your parents reading your work that takes it to another level.
Today in class we started our study of genetics. During the course of this unit, we will look at many topics including the basics of genetics and heredity, as well as more controversial topics such as cloning, genetic manipulation, and stem cell research.
One of the most effective ways to discuss and share opinions surrounding these issues is through a blog. The web address for our class blog is http://www.syersbio06.blogspot.com. A new scenario/question/issue to discuss will be posted on the blog each week. Students will be required to share their views on at least two of these posts but are welcome to comment as many times as they want. I would also encourage parents to get involved in one of two ways...1) Go to the blog and follow along. It's always interesting to see what students really think! 2) Create a blogging account and comment along with the class. We'd love to hear from you as well. Since some of the scenarios involve decisions made as parents, your insights will be very valuable!
Many students have prior experience with blogging in other classes. If this is the case, I will assume that you know how to access the blog, log in, and add your comments. Just make sure that your username is only your first name and last initial. No last names!
If you have never blogged before and need further information about what exactly a blog is, how to create a username and password, and how to add comments, I have attached a tip sheet to this e-mail. Just open it, print it, and follow the step by step instructions.
If you have questions or concerns, please let me know. I look forward to some great discussions involving students and parents alike!
The comments have already started on the first post, so head over to Cara's class blog and follow along.


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If you had walked through McPherson Square—a patch of urban green surrounded on four sides by office buildings, hotels, restaurants, and a Metro station—on the cold rainy Day 3 of Occupy DC, you might not have noticed anything different from any other day: people with handwritten signs, looking like they'd slept outside. Others emerging from the Starbucks across the street, talking on cell phones or carrying laptops. Conversations on the park's benches. For a city accustomed to itinerant protesters, a population glued to mobile devices, as well as the homeless sleeping in the shadows of the halls of power, it quite possibly looked like any other day in the heart of the nation's capital.
That passersby appeared to ignore the protesters was appropriate: Occupy DC, after all, has settled in the heart of K Street, the eponym for the corruption of our politics with big corporate money.
But for Micah Bales, an Occupy DC participant known for his Quaker activism, the group is not so much occupying McPherson Square as "holding space for the 99% to come and gather."
There was, notably, no drum circle, which has become a symbol of both liberal and conservative scorn of the New York movement (conservatives scoff while some liberals cringe).
Why Aren't There 50 Clergy?
But there was a tiny glimmer of progressive religious activism. I was there to meet a Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Brian Merritt, the gregarious, affable pastor of the ecumenical, progressive Palisades Christian Church in the District. "I'll be the guy in the Ben's Chili Bowl hat," Merritt told me on the phone.
Merritt, 42, was inspired by the movement's goals of confronting structural economic problems, a tack that he says has largely been ignored by progressive religious activism.
As to why there isn't more of a religious presence at the Occupy protests, "I think about that a lot," said Merritt. "I think: exactly what happened? What happened? Why aren't there 50 clergy?"
That could be, of course, a product of lack of information, an aversion to the style of the Occupy protests, an absence of resources, or many other factors. Merritt acknowledged that clergy have far more administrative demands on them than they did 40 or 50 years ago, constraining their ability to get involved in political activism or organizing. But he offered other diagnoses as well.
Many liberal religious activists, Merritt said, remain stuck in the 1960s in how they frame and address economic issues, yet have abandoned protest strategies in favor of the model of maintaining a Washington office whose purpose is to lobby members of Congress. Other religious activists are too focused on "events-oriented things" like staged arrests, "where they've pre-negotiated the thing, which is not to me civil disobedience."
At the same time, national religious political organizations "paternalistically" decide what the "important" issues are. Nonprofits providing social services—feeding or housing the homeless, helping unemployed with job hunting—are overwhelmed, with staffers working 50- to 60-hour weeks.
His own participation "is not about me, I'm not like a lot of social justice people who come into a movement and are invested in taking it over so that donations can be brought to X," said Merritt. "I was just more willing to come to offer whatever help. I will probably be bringing gloves and hats for people who are going to be camping out."
When I met Merritt late in the day, a few hours before the group's scheduled General Assembly meeting at six, many of the participants had decamped to Starbucks to design flyers to spread the word. They left the poster board that listed goals, handwritten contributions of anyone who wanted to chime in, under a tree in the square (see image above). Some goals were appropriately wonky for DC ("reinstate Glass-Steagall"); others were overbroad and silly ("abolish capitalism + the state"); others were born of frustration ("get jobs for educated unemployed"), followed by the odd suggestion to "legalize prostitution nationwide."
Merritt himself would like to see a repeal of Taft-Hartley, the 1947 law restricting union organizing, which "truncated us from having any union power." He pointed at the proposal to reinstate Glass-Steagall as a concrete suggestion that could go a long way toward repairing the economic system. (Glass-Steagall was the 1933 law, repealed in 1999, which mandated the separation of commercial and investment banking activities; its repeal led to the financial services products that were central to the catastrophic economic collapse of 2008.)
Actions with Consequences
In the main, the sign listing the Occupy DC goals was heavier on wonkery than anarchism; albeit laden with some highly generalized goals ("foist off the corporate hijacking of society and politics!"). Merritt questioned why religious groups motivated by "social justice," the term used by progressive church types and maligned by Glenn Beck, don't embrace activism around these structural economic issues. "Who in the church is talking about these issues?" he asked. "Who is talking about student loan debts? Who's talking about mortgage? We bailed out all these corporations, but I don't see any of the social justice groups I'm working with talking about the millions of people who are out of their homes and were basically defrauded by mortgage companies?"
Merritt doesn't even like the term "social justice." He's inspired by liberation theology, and says that focusing on "social justice" separates one from "living justice," says Merritt. "For me, it's something that's all encompassing, and it's not separated from love."
When "social justice" is touted as a separate category, he went on, "it makes it something out there. We're protesting for justice, for someone out there, instead of [saying] we are a part of something and we're trying to make it just."
His religious activism colleagues, he contended, do not understand massive socioeconomic changes over the past several decades. "You're talking about people who are coming out of college with $80K of debt and are getting $20k a year jobs," he said. "The underclass is under 40."
As to whether the Occupy protests will succeed, Merritt seemed to think it would depend on the right mix of aspiration, inspiration, and results. "I'm a hardcore realist. And I end up in these places with a lot of hardcore idealists," he chuckled. "I like seeing an actionable item that has a consequence."


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Rome's days are numbered, but it should be a fine night!
This event was born out of Mr. I Was A Teenage Visigoth's tournament of the same name. It was run at the 2009 Fallcon as the Friday night DBA event, and I was unfortunately not able to make it.... The problem was that I had to run a tournament on the Saturday, and I had to pick only one day at the con because how could I neglect my family for more time than that? I was so sad that I missed it I decided to see if I could recreate the magic! Of course, I will never come close to the magic that the Teenage Visigoth managed to pull off, but I'll see what I can do.
A benefit for running an event based on a period of a previous event is that there are a plethora of armies already out there! Thus, for the very-few people who don't already have an army, there will be (more than) a few loaners!
Now for the complicated bits. The rules for this tournament are those of DBA. Everything in the rulebooks is a go, except that the use of both BUAs and rivers is forbidden. Despite the state of the DBA rule book, the rules aren't the complicated bits.
Rome is ripe for defeat!
The scoring for the tournament is the real challenge to DBA snf non-DBA players alike! Scoring for this tournament is loosely based on scoring for DBA campaigns as outlined in the DBA version 2.2 rulebook, with a few modifications to encourage boldness! Players will earn prestige points during play through the following means:
In short, you win the tournament by winning with large margins... That is, if you destroy four elements and lose none, you gain four points. However, if you destroy four element and lose three, then you gain only one point. Furthermore, capturing camps and killing enemy generals are both great ways to get points!
The final way to generate points is to have your general out there forcing enemy units to route and be destroyed! Every time your general makes such a kill, you gain a prestige point. This little rule was added in to ensure that generals would lead from the front, in spite of potentially giving points if they get killed themselves.
As an example, a very successful player could get up to twelve points from a single battle by: winning the battle with a score of 4 elements destroyed and none lost (worth four points), killing the enemy general (worth an additional two points), sacking and holding the enemy camp (worth another two points), and by having destroyed all of the enemy elements with the general's element (at one pointer per kill, adds an additional four points!). The final score would be expressed as 6G-0, resulting in 12 points and is extremely difficult, but not impossible to do!
Another thing to note is that a losing player may very well get more points that their opponent! By sacking an enemy camp and destroying an enemy general with a general's element, a player could still lose 4-3G while gaining five prestige points, while their opponent would only gain one! This will hopefully make for some interesting game of DBA!
The tournament will feature two prizes:
The Wooden Palisade DBA camp, one of the prizes up for grabs!
The prizes will be awarded to the player who accumulates the most prestige (or points) during the tournament and the player that has the most snazzily-painted army, as voted by those playing in the tournament. I reserve the right to break any ties that may occur! So, if everyone votes for themselves, and I wouldn't hold it against anyone, then I get to pick the winner!
The Gothic or Lombard or Late Rome stone tower DBA camp.
Now you might be asking, which camp goes to which winner (please, no grammar remarks on the previous), well the winner of the best-painted army gets first choice, and the winner of the tournament gets second choice. Also note that players pushing around loaner armies don't qualify for the best-painted army.
This being the second tournament that I ran, I didn't want it to be as poorly organized and managed as the first one, so I did some more preparation before the event. This event was in the afternoon, and followed an event that had a lot of complex little bits and bobs, which were extremely cool, but also got players ready to play! Note to self, always take the afternoon slot!
The event started off with six barbarian armies and only two Roman armies. My plan was to count up the victory points for each army's side and add them up to decide whether Rome was sacked or not, but with the vast majority of armies being barbarians, things looked bad for Rome from the outset; Rome had to do exceptionally well to pull out a victory, of course Rome was meant to fall, so either way it's a win!
After the first round of fighting, the Romans were indeed in trouble. Collectively the barbarians had 12 points and the Romans had three. Interestingly the army leading the charge were the Early Saxons! A players from the great white north of Alberta named Terry was pushing around the Saxons, and doing a great job of it! The Lombards and the Gepids were close behind the Saxons, with the Visigoths and the Romans in the middle while the Ostrogoths and the Huns failing to gain any points.
By the end of the second round, the Lombards, pushed around my Spanikopites of Fanaticus fame were in the lead with 9 points, followed by Mark Wall's Visigoths. Mark played extremely well all weekend it should be noted! Mark Wall was followed closely by Mark S. who was pushing around the Eastern Patrician Romans! So, it was a close race between the Lombards, the Visigoths, and the Patrician Romans! So, Rome rallies after all? At this points, the Romans are down by a score of 23 to 7, but if a Roman army won te tournament I decided I'd let Rome stand!
The final round saw the two Marks do battle, pitting the Visigoths against East Rome. Both Mark and Mark were playing extremely well, undefeated in the tournament so far, so it was going to be a pretty crazy match up. In the end, Mark Wall's Visigoths fell by a narrow margin and Mark S.'s East Romans managed to capture 10 points! Meanwile, the Lombards were busy sacking Roman cities and also managed to score 10 points... So, we ended with a tie for the win between the Lombards (which is likely my favourite barbarian army) and East Rome! So, I decided to create a little scenario to resolve the tie.
The final show down would be the Lombard general vs. the Roman general who both had the door closed on them... Since both generals were knight generals, it was a lot closer than it could have been, but it would produce a decisive and quick finish to the tournament! In a valiant show of ferocity, the Lombard general weighed into the Roman battle line, grabbed the hairy helmet of the Roman general and cut his throat! The win goes to the Lombards! In the end, Terry and the early Saxons finished third, and he totally deserves a special mention since the early Saxons aren't the easiest army to win with!
After the dust had settled on the battlefield, the votes for best painted and presented army were cast and counted. All of the loaner armies weren't qualified for this contest, which was unfortuntate because it left out three players. But when all was said and Done, Don Ray was the chosen player and was rewarded first choice of the prizes! His army was extremely well turned out, and it was also great because Don took the time to get some of the new players that were playing in the tournament entrenched in the game, so thanks Don!
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Check out below for some pictures of the action!
The Huns take the fight to the Eastern Patrician Romans. Mr. Ray uses his snazzy movement stick to weave circles around the Roman ZOC (marked with a rather striking ZOC marker featuring a large tree trunk!).
The very skillfully and colourfully painted Lombards maneuver around the flanks of their Visigoth enemies.
The Visigoths attempt to send the Saxons back to their cold northerly climate while the Saxons hug the hills in a despirate attempt to hold on!
The Patrician Romans come to blows with the Gepids. It was a close and hard-fought battle that the Gepids managed to get the upper hand in at the end.
The Early Saxons face down the Lombards from the hill while the Lombards decide which Saxon sub-force to pursue.
End of the second round score board. The blue shields are piling up! Rome is doomed!
The line of late Visigoths square off against the Eastern Patrician Romans in the show down that would put the east Patricians in a tie for first place!
The Gepids pursue the Early Saxons into the hills. Those Early Saxons spent a lot of time in the hills...
The Lombards battle the Ostrogoths, and despite a deadly position the Ostrogoths manage to survive!
The Patricians destroy element after element of their Visigothic enemies!
At the end, the final tie-breaking show down between the Lombards and the East Patricians. This time it goes to the Lombards, and history repeats itself!
The final score board.
I had a great time this year, and I'm happy I volunteered to run the event. It went heads and tails more smoothly than my first event, and was a walk in the park compared to running the campaign last year. Will I do it again, it's possible. If so, it will be a different theme (can we say Persia on the Warpath?), but with a similar points scheme.
I really liked the alternative points scheme; it didn't really focus on winning as would be expected, but specific feats of bravery and bloodletting. Some players weren't too keen on it, prefering the standard scoring: one point for a win and that's it. Part of the issue was that all of the tournaments on the weekend had similar points scheme. I might stick with it, but I might add some more points for winning, as that would be analogous with capturing a city in a campaign... In any case, it was fun and I look forward to next year!


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04/27/2022 / By S.D. Wells
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) never told Americans that spike proteins are pathogenic proteins that continue to be created forever, so everyone being "inoculated" with mRNA technology will have billions of toxins in their bloodstream their entire lives, according to viral immunologists.
Another myth spread by the CDC is that mRNA injections stay in the shoulder muscle, but scientific data reveals otherwise. In fact, the toxic spike pathogens circulate throughout the entire vascular system, accumulating in organs in high concentrations, according to Japanese researchers. That means that long after COVID-19 and all its variants are gone, the "vaccinated" victims' body will be at war, battling the spike protein clones that are STILL being churned out because these people's cells have new instructions to do so, and forever.
If you've been vaccinated for Wuhan virus, then there is a Civil War going on constantly inside you, and your blood vessels and organs are the battlefield. Antibodies are targeting toxic spike proteins that clog the heart, the cleansing organs and even your brain. The immune system is being overworked, constantly, while chronic inflammation ensues, driving health issues through the roof, especially preexisting ones.
Spike proteins are like microscopic bioweapons. Your body is CLONING OUT all the copies of these bioweapons, from the inside, so there's a Clone War battlefield raging inside your own blood. Booster shots will pour gasoline on that fire, like dropping bombs in the middle of the battlefield during the fighting.
Many vaccinated patients have been lied to by their doctors and nurses, mostly by handed down and regurgitated CDC misinformation about how mRNA really works. People just can't fathom how much destruction is going on inside their blood due to the gene therapy injections. When transfection occurs, and it does happen, the mRNA invades the cell nuclei and alters chromosomes. Recent research is proving this is happening with liver cells.
A recent Swedish study, published just last year, revealed that the Pfizer mRNA vaccine goes into the LIVER cells and changes into DNA. This annihilates claims that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines "do not change" or "interact" with your DNA in any way. How many times have we all heard that?
All those so-called "fact checkers" have now been fact checked themselves, and they're lying also. This means there is permanent chromosomal change happening that can drive new chronic diseases we've never seen before. In other words, the mRNA invades the nucleus of cell and transfection occurs, then it can churn out the toxic prion clones PERMANENTLY.
Spike proteins are pathogenic proteins that damage the body when they get into the blood circulation. Scientists have known this for years. Now we know for sure the Fauci Flu stabs don't stay in the muscle tissue, they travel throughout the body, invading organs, and altering human DNA, permanently, in the worst possible ways. In other words, Clone Wars from COVID-19 gene therapy injections are real, and nobody comes out on top except Big Pharma and Big Government. Got prion disease? That's mRNA at "work."
The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are designed to enter your cells and instruct them to create spike proteins that resemble toxic virus coatings in order to trick your immune system into believing it's under attack by a deadly virus. At no point does mRNA tell your cells to STOP producing these toxic virus-mimicking particles, so the invasion is relentless and never ceases, which means your body is under constant attack by these virus-looking "clones," and possibly forever. This also means those spike proteins clog the vascular system, cleansing organs, and even the brain with microscopic blood clots that are under attack from your own immune system. Your body is stuck in "fight or flight" mode.
Now imagine if, inside a bank's vault, a machine was creating robots that look like humans with weapons, and they just keep walking out into the bank's lobby, scaring everyone inside to make them believe there is a violent robbery taking place, while crowding the bank so badly that it can no longer function properly, or even at all. The alarms are sounding, the people inside are panicking and none of the employees can do their job properly, as long as the fake robbery is underway.
To add to the chaos, this is happening throughout the body, as if every functioning organ is a bank, and they are all under siege. That's why perfectly healthy athletes are dropping to their knees on the courts and fields and clutching their chests, saying they can't breathe. That's why healthy pilots are crashing planes at rates like never before. That's why so many military members object to being injected, as they are witnessing this carnage first hand among their peers, who are suffering from the internal spike protein Clone Wars.
Don't let your body become an experimental battlefield for the Clone Wars. Natural immunity is the strongest and longest lasting, and will serve you best. Look into supplements and superfoods that boost your natural immune function. Nobody needs billions of toxic clone particles floating around in their blood forever. Just say no to mRNA Clone War injections.
Bookmark Vaccines.news to your favorite independent websites for updates on experimental COVID "vaccines" that cause blood clots and other horrific side effects.
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I know someone famous. She lives 2 doors away, and has become my closest friend. And she modeled once.
Check her out- the one having her hair pulled out to the side.
and posing in the pink sweater. The thing I like the most is that is has combined my favourite things- craft, knitting, vintage magazines and my friend!!
This is the edition- a stand alone save copy, but then to have been featured in it....ahh, the envy.
I thought I'd add the page of Handy hints for the time, 1983 that is. Click on image to see closer. I won't spoil it and give any away, but let me know if you end up using any hints haha.


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I'm Mike Bracken, Chief Digital Officer for the Co-operative. This is a new blog, designed to start a conversation about our digital future. Our aim in digital is to be open, agile and have a relentless focus on members – existing ones and new ones.
We are here to make the Co-operative a world-leading digital player as we continue our rebuild phase. Our ambition is bold: to re-create the Co-operative for a digital era, and demonstrate a different way of doing business for an increasingly connected community.
To achieve this, we will need to build on our position of trust with our members, create teamwork around a commitment to digital excellence, and continue to develop and attract the best digital skills.
The internet was made for co-operation and that starts with how we communicate with our millions of existing members. That starts with small steps like communicating online and saving over £500,000 in sending letters out twice a year.
In my brief time in Manchester I have been hugely impressed by the teams in place and the work already underway: Helen Carroll and her team on brand and marketing, Dave Johnson who is leading the technology delivery for the Meaningful Membership scheme along with architects like Danielle Haugedal-Wilson, and Paul Morris and the digital and social teams.
I am yet to properly meet several teams – such as Membership and Data and Insight – but will do so over the next few weeks and then look at our organisational set-up in November. I have spent much of my time with teams in the businesses – Funeral care in Rochdale, Food in Liverpool and St Helens – and I've been hugely impressed by their relentless focus on our members and customers. We have to match that focus in our digital operations, both at Group and in the businesses.
Wherever I have gone I have always looked to help support and develop existing teams – and add new skills to the mix. To that end let me introduce some people:
Russell Davies is joining us today as Digital Strategy Director, Tom Loosemore is our new Digital Services Director and Ben Terrett has joined as Group Design Director, and Mat Wall is working with the team to review our digital and data architecture.
Mat Wall is a leading technology architect, with experience in Government, The Guardian, Sony and elsewhere. He has been working with web technology since the 1990s and has delivered a number of large scale web sites. He started before me, and is working with Dave, Michael and the membership team, and also across the Technology Organisation.
Russell will lead in defining digital strategy for the whole Group – integrating our approach to communications, vision, loyalty, brand and membership. Russell's spent the last twenty years working out what should happen when brands and services meet the internet, delivering industry-leading projects for people like Honda, Microsoft, Nike and the London Olympics. He's also a Contributing Editor for Wired Magazine.
Tom will be responsible creating a world-class digital services unit at the centre of the Co-operative Group. He brings twenty years' experience of digital product management, strategy and transformation at the BBC, Channel 4 and OFCOM. He was a founder of civic tech charity mySociety.
Ben will build a first-rate design and brand capability inside the Co-operative Group. He is a recognised leader within the design industry delivering outstanding and innovative work for Nike, The Guardian and Wieden+Kennedy. Ben is also a governor at the University of the Arts London and sits on the London Design Festival Advisory Board.
Together, Ben, Tom, Russell, Mat and I founded the Government Digital Service. With our colleagues there, and across government, we delivered GOV.UK, saved billions for the taxpayer, won the Design of the Year Award and – most importantly – delivered substantially improved services for millions of people.
We're used to working as a team so we hope it won't take us long to get up and going.
This group brings extraordinary skills and experience to the Co-op, and I'm delighted that we've persuaded them to join us, but they won't be the last brilliant digital people we'll bring in. If you're interested in creating fantastic digital services with co-operative values keep an eye on this blog. We'll be looking for help.
Watch this space for more news. I'll be blogging regularly about our digital progress. My personal blog is at www.mikebracken.com, and I'm @MTBracken on Twitter.


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A6 is empty
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What I want to do is:
- select the complete list (A1 to A245),
- take some action (e.g., click a button) that will automatically select only blank cells,
- enter a formula (or a constant),
- press Alt+Enter
and have the blank cells filled with that value.
But this doesn't happen.
- I can't select all the non-empty cells.
- Even if I select the non-empty cells manually, I can't fill them with Alt+Enter; the error message is displayed as "Insert into multiple selection not possible" (LibreOffice 3.6).
I have to use this feature for audit. (It can be done in Microsoft Excel by the "Go To" function, then select 'blanks').


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I've never been a big environmentalist. Never been anti either. Just neutral.
But I'm increasingly aware of just how much crud I generate. As far as I can tell, someone comes into our house every night while we are sleeping and fills all the garbage cans with paper. The Trash Fairy? Garbage Claus? (Admittedly, a huge percentage seems to be related to substances that come out of my 4-month-old baby. She is a perfectly optimized milk-to-turd conversion engine.)
Here's where I can make a little difference … follow along if you please.
Don't Make It – Don't Take It
1. Don't take paper. Don't let people give it to you.
- Don't accept printed marketing material. Tell them to email it to you. You don't need to lug around a bunch of brochures. (This so disappointed my cool new design firm, who printed an amazingly attractive portfolio for me. I'll look at it online here.)
- Tell restaurants you don't need a bag to carry the already over-wrapped single sandwich you are going to eat in the next sixty seconds.
- Buy stuff with minimal packaging. I like these Avery folders, that just have a little sticker instead of being wrapped in cellophane. Train manufacturers to use less packaging by buying things with less packaging.
2. Don't make paper.
- Don't print stuff just to file it (and then throw away 10 years from now). Just save it on the hard drive and back up often.
- Use tiny handouts instead of big brochures. This bookmark is more effective than anything I've ever printed. It's also cheaper, cooler, and 200 fit in your back pocket. Get creative, learn to tell your story in a 2×7 inch space.
- Print large documents 2 pages per sheet (or 6 per sheet for powerpoint). All laser printers do this.
- Stop printing emails. I've started seeing the following on the bottom emails I received: "Please do not print this e-mail unless absolutely
3. Large-scale situations.
- Conference producers: Stop printing handouts. Put them on a CD or memory stick instead. It's cheaper for you, easier to travel with, and nobody wants a 300 page ring binder. (Even better… put them all on SlideShare.)
- Get rid of the copy machine. Offices that don't have copy machines don't make so many copies. You think twice when have to go to Kinkos and pay for it. You can do fine printing extras on a laser printer or using a little fax/copier deal for small quantities.
4. Exceptions.
- Books. Buy lots of books. Love them, share them. Specifically, buy lots of copies of "Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking" by Andy Sernovitz.
- Poop control. Never, ever skimp on diapers. The good people at Kimberly-Clark have worked very hard to make excellent crap-control technologies, and I am deeply grateful. Of course, it may be cheaper to just wipe my daughter's ass with dollar bills … but that sets a troubling precedent.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
My first attempt at using the watercolor backgrounds with my nude figures. I used a black outline so that the figure will stand out. The figure is also in transparency so that she becomes a part of the landscape, as if lost in her own movement.
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Congestive Heart Failure
What Is Heart Failure?
Heart failure is when the heart can't deliver as much blood to the body as it should. If that happens, blood and oxygen can't get to the organs. Treatment can help with heart failure and sometimes control it.
What Is Congestive Heart Failure?
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is when blood backs up (gets "congested) in the heart. This leads to fluid buildup in the lungs and body.
What Happens in Congestive Heart Failure?
The heart has two upper chambers (the left atrium and right atrium) and two lower chambers (the left ventricle and right ventricle). Normally, blood:
- comes from the body into the right atrium
- flows to the right ventricle, which pumps it out to the lungs to pick up oxygen
- comes from the lungs into the left atrium
- flows into the left ventricle which pumps it out to the body to deliver oxygen
But in heart failure, the heart can't work as it should and not enough blood and oxygen get to the organs. And blood backs up in the heart and then into the lungs.
What Happens When Blood Backs Up in the Heart?
If blood backs up in the heart, there's no room for the blood that's returning from the body and lungs. So that blood stays in the blood vessels of the lungs and the body. Some fluid from the blood vessels leaks out into the tissues. This leads to fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema) and swelling in the legs and ankles (edema).
What Causes Congestive Heart Failure?
CHF in children usually happens because:
- Too much blood flows through the heart (for example, from a congenital heart defect or severe anemia).
- The heart isn't pumping normally (for example, from a congenital heart defect or cardiomyopathy).
- The heart can't relax normally.
What Are the Signs & Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure?
In its early stages, congestive heart failure might not cause any symptoms. As it gets worse, it can make a child:
- breathe fast
- tire easily
- not feed and grow well
- have swollen ankles, feet, or belly
How Is Congestive Heart Failure Diagnosed?
To diagnose CHF, doctors do an exam and run tests such as:
- a chest X-ray
- an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
- an echocardiogram
- pulse oximetry
- blood tests
- exercise testing for children over 4 years old. Also called a "stress test," this can show how well the heart beats while the child exercises.
- cardiac catheterization
- other imaging tests such as computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
How Is Congestive Heart Failure Treated?
To treat CHF, doctors give medicines to:
- help the heart beat stronger
- help the heart beat at the right rate
- reduce the amount of fluid in the body
- lower the blood pressure so the heart doesn't have to work so hard to push blood out of the heart into the blood vessels
Some kids might need a pacemaker to help their heart beat at the right rate. Doctors do surgery to place this small device under the child's skin and muscle. It uses electrical impulses to control the speed and rhythm of the heartbeat.
If heart failure keeps getting worse, doctors can use one of these until the child gets better:
- a ventricular assist device (VAD) to take over the work of the heart
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) to take over the work of the heart and lungs
Sometimes, treating the cause of the CHF (such as surgery to fix a congenital heart defect) cures the heart failure. Very rarely, a heart transplant is needed.
How Can Parents Help?
If your child has congestive heart failure, learn as much as you can about the condition, its cause, and its treatments. This will help you work with the care team and better help your child cope. Be sure to ask when you have questions.
To find support, talk to anyone on the care team. Resources are available to help you and your child. You can also learn more online at:
You play a big role in your child's treatment. Keep a record of:
- your child's medical appointments, medicines, and any symptoms
- any special instructions for taking care of your child at home
- questions you have for the care team