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I have a 12 year old son and a spirited 7 year old daughter who loves her brother dearly. Just about anytime my son has a friend over it is a disaster if my daughter does not have a friend over too. Usually my son is pretty tolerant of her tagging along but at some point he wants his space with his friend. At this point my daughter becomes very distraught. I have tried redirecting her but as soon as she thinks my son wants space she has a meltdown. We have had family discussions about it and at one point my daughter agreed to give them an hour space if they would play with her the rest of the time but many times that ends with the boys wanting to climb trees or run away to get away from her when she starts complaining about not wanting to play the game they want to play.My son wants to have the freedom to do what him and his friends want to do without having to figure out a way to please her. Maybe my only solution is to just not have friends over for my son unless my daughter is involved in someting else but it is hard as we homeschool and are home together alot! Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
I think this is very unfair to your son. 12 yo boys are a lot different usually then 7 yo girls. It's totally reasonable for him to want space. I assume that when she has friends over, your son leaves them alone? I think you need to make very clear expectations for your daughter. Maybe you can have a fun activity set up for her when he has a friend over, but regardless, she needs to know it's ok if your son doesn't play with her while he has a friend over. I would have resented it if I was not allowed to have friends over because my younger sister threw a tantrum when I did, or demanded we include her the majority of the time.
Yes, I agree with PP. Dsd is still okay with her younger sibs tagging along most of the time (and her friends have all been really into "babies" to play with so far!) but we still ask that dd (and now ds) give her sister some private time with friends, whether they go into her room or outside or somewhere out of the main play space. If your son is okay with it, maybe ask that he include his sister for a certain amount of time, but then your daughter is old enough to be able to give her brother some time to himself when requested too, even if she is upset about it. It sounds like they got lots of time to play together otherwise since you homsschool (love that benefit! :) so though it may frustrate your daughter to see him having fun without her, hopefully she will in time get used to it. I also agree with tryign to set up a fun activity just for her while he is playing with his friends, maybe something that he doesn't enjoy doing that you two could do together.
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I would not force inclusion between a 7-yo girl and 12-yo boys. I would maybe find something else for your daughter to do, or let her do something special (like watch a movie, etc.), but I wouldn't force inclusion.
I would be a bit more in favor of including a younger sibling if the younger sibling was only 2-3 years younger. I wouldn't force it and I wouldn't say that the child with the playdate had to pander to the younger sibling, but I would want them to let the younger one play as long as the younger one was able to keep up, play their game, etc. But, I think that only applies if there is a smaller age gap.
We homeschool and for various reasons, I can't always make it so that each of my children gets an "equal" number of playdates with their friends, so I prefer if they do have playdates, that everyone who wants to be is included in play. I dont' force it though...although so far, my kids have all been very willing to include their siblings.
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"Just thought of something.... The government (and other groups) come out with monthly/quarterly reports on different aspects of the economy like the jobs report, inflation, etc. Then, the next month they have a retake on the report and finally have a third take at it. We seldom get those last two revisits which can change the numbers drastically and the final call is benign or positive. Can you do a report on the reports and how much can we trust the initial ones? I used to be able to get it from Tom Sullivan when he was in Sacramento but, now that he is in NYC and has his own Fox Business show, I can't find them. Thanks for considering this."
Is this (the picture) what you would expect from a U.S. labor market that has slashed 438,000 jobs since January? Many macroeconomics statistics are subject to large revisions - upward and downward.
Many of the most closely followed statistics, like employment or gross domestic product (GDP), are revised two to six times since their initial releases. Therefore, any individual following the statistics should be weary to put too much stock in any one initial release.
How much can we trust the initial releases? If the data is subject to revision (not all macro data are), then the initial release is a good indicator of the general trend. However, the data will change during the second or third revisions, so one cannot trust the initial release at all. One should not trust the initial release except to provide some insight in the general direction of the economy.
Data that are followed closely by the financial markets and the media:
GDP: an estimate of total domestic income/production that is released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). It is subject to 3 consecutive revisions: Advanced, Preliminary, and Final, 3 annual revisions performed in July, and finally, 5-year revisions. Over the revision periods, the data change substantially.
Employment data: nonfarm payroll data is released monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It is subject to 3 consecutive monthly revisions, annual revisions, and some irregular revisions.. Over the revision periods, the data change substantially.
Consumer Price Index (CPI): is the data used to estimate inflation that is reported by the BLS. It is not subject to revision.
Industrial Production (IP): Industrial production and capacity utilization estimate production in the industrial sectors, mining, manufacturing, and utilities that are reported monthly by the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) and subject to 6 monthly revisions and annual revisions.
Personal Income (PI): Personal income and consumption expenditures are released monthly by the BEA and subject to 6 months of revisions, and the same revisions as in GDP (used to measure GDP).
Other data followed by the markets, trade (exports and imports), new home sales, surveys (e.g., University of Michigan consumer confidence survey), or even housing data (e.g., existing home sales), reported by the National Association of Realtors, are all subject to revisions. Non-revised data are few, and the revised data often are underreported in the media.
Employment data is subject to heavy revision
"Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in June (-62,000), while
the unemployment rate held at 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today"
That statement must be taken with a grain of salt, as the data will be revised two more times (1st release, 2nd release, and 3rd release). Since 2000, the absolute value (meaning everything is a positive number, or +62,000 for June) of the 3rd (final) nonfarm payroll release was on average 135,000 jobs. The average revision from the 1st release to that 3rd release was 44,000 jobs, ranging from 1 to 152,000.
One should expect that the initial release is trustworthy anywhere between +/- 152,000 jobs.
GDP data is subject to heavy revision
GDP data is one of the most important series reported: it tells us the value of overall production, and is used to measure economic growth. There are three successive releases of GDP growth: Advanced, preliminary, and final. The advanced estimate is usually released one month after the current quarter's end.
"Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 1.0 percent in the first quarter of 2008 (that is, from the fourth quarter to the first quarter), according to final estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis."
Again, this statement must be taken with a grain of salt. Dennis J. Fixler and Bruce T. Grimm in 2002 find the following relationships between successive GDP revisions:
On average, the revision from the advanced release (1st) to the preliminary release (2nd) is 0.55%. That means, if the BEA estimate of Q2 GDP growth is reported at 2.5% (released this week), then the preliminary estimate (the second estimate) may be 3.05% or 1.95%. Note: the quarterly growth estimates are annualized; the quarterly GDP growth is converted to an annual growth rate.
On average, the revision from the preliminary release to the final release is 0.28%. The data are revised further annually, and then every 5 years with up to 1.1% change in the initial release.
One should expect that the initial release is trustworthy in the long term, but only in the range of +/- 1%. Compared to the average annual growth rate between 1983 and 2000, 3.6%, 1% is a significant revision.
Why is the data revised?
1. In the short run, the BLS and the BEA do not have all of the data when the reports are released. The BLS continues to gather payroll surveys after the end of the survey period (the 12th of the month), and the BEA gathers data that is released later than the advanced estimate. For example, trade data (used to estimate GDP) is released two months later than many statistics, and so the BEA has to wait until August to get the June trade data (still part of Q2), which is after the Advanced estimate of Q2 GDP has been released.
2. Seasonal factors change. Most data is adjusted for seasonal variations. For example, stores always hire new employees over the Christmas months; the BLS removes these seasonal factors so that the data can be compared across months. Seasonal factors change over time, and the data must be revised. According to the BEA, seasonal adjustments are the largest contributors to GDP revisions.
3. In the long run, the BEA and BLS may change their methodologies for estimating employment and GDP. Those changes are incorporated as revisions to earlier series.
In the end, what you see is what you get.
I take the initial release as an indication of the current trend (improvement or reduction), but wait until the second, or even third release, to attach any economic meaning to the number. Policy makers certainly wait until the final release numbers when making decisions on their policy moves.
Unfortunately, most revised data (except for GDP) is not reported in the widespread media; It is up to you to monitor the revisions.
If you would like, I can monitor the revised data for you and include it in my blog. Just comment below or float me an email if this is something that you want to see on a regular basis.
Please leave comments or suggestions. Best, Nontruths.

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The 2014 Cox Plate form guide will be pored over by punters right around leading into the Group 1 event at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
The Cox Plate has drawn an intriguing field of Australian Group 1 winners, talented European gallopers and promising three-year-olds and there are plenty of winning chances in the Australasian Weight-For-Age Championship.
Our team of horse racing experts have complied a comprehensive 2014 Cox Plate form guide that has all the information that you need to know about all 14 horses set to contest the $3.5 million event.
1.Sacred Falls (59kg)
Sacred Falls remains one of the best-backed runners in 2014 Cox Plate betting markets, but there are still some question marks over the ability of the O'Reilly entire to run out a strong 2040 metres. The five-year-old started his 2014 Spring Racing Carnival campaign with fair performances in the Group 2 Warwick Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick on August 23 and the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at the same venue on September 6 before he returned to winning form in the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m) on September 20. Sacred Falls ran home strongly to finish fourth in the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield on October 11, but jockey Zac Purton indicated after the race that he though the five-year-old was a little bit flat in the final stages of the race.
Update: Sacred Falls has been one of the big drifters in 2014 Cox Plate betting markets in the past 24 hours and he is now out to a quote of $7.50 to join Kingston Town as the only horse to complete the George Main Stakes/Cox Plate double.
Justine Hales, the Melbourne foreman for the Chris Waller stable, said that she was happy with the performance of Sacred Falls in the Caulfield Stakes and hopes he can settle a bit closer to the speed in the Cox Plate this weekend.
"The other day it was too hard to make up the ground and if he had have been closer he would have finished a lot closer to the winner," Hales said.
"I'm not saying he would have beaten Fawkner, but he would have been closer and Zac knows him so well."
2.Fawkner (59kg)
Fawkner is favourite in 2014 Cox Plate betting markets and is clearly the horse to beat in the Group 1 event this weekend. The seven-year-old returned to the races with a close second behind Dissident in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on September 13 before he stamped himself as Cox Plate favourite with a tough win in the Caulfield Stakes. Fawkner has drawn ideally in barrier four and he is an excellent chance of becoming the first horse since Might And Power to win the Cox Plate a year after taking out the Caulfield Cup.
Update: Fawkner remains a clear favourite in 2014 Cox Plate betting markets and owner Lloyd Williams revealed this morning that the Reset gelding is in top shape ahead of the Australasian Weight-For-Age Championship this afternoon.
Jockey Nick Hall has been the regular rider of Fawkner throughout his racing career and be believes that the Reset gelding is in the best condition of his career heading into the Cox Plate this weekend.
"He has had a perfect preparation," Hall said.
"He has taken the next step now and I think that he is in for his best season and that is what happens out at Lloyd's; he doesn't race them until they are older and that is why they are better when they are older."
3. Side Glance (59kg)
Side Glance will be having his second start in the Cox Plate after he finished a credible sixth behind Shamus Award last year. The veteran gelding performed well in races like the Group 1 Dubai World Cup (2000m) and Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup (2000m) earlier this year and was third in both the Group 1 United Nations Stakes (2212m) and Arlington Million Stakes (2011m) in the United States before making the trip to Australia. Side Glance returned to Australian racing with a third place finish in the Caulfield Stakes and he is set to produce another consistent performance in the Cox Plate, but may not be good enough to win the race.
Update: Trainer Andrew Balding arrived in Australia on Thursday and he revealed that he was thrilled with the physical condition of Side Glance and is confident that the veteran gelding is a better horse from his tough run in the Cox Plate last year.
Leanne Masterton has looked after Side Glance since he arrived in Australia and he is delighted with the condition of the Passing Glance gelding and believes that he has taken plenty of benefit out of his run in the Caulfield Stakes.
"He feels fantastic, he lost a few kilos (after the Caulfield Stakes), put that straight back on and feels really good," Masterton said.
"I think it will probably benefit him, having a race this year.
"He was fresh last year."
4.Happy Trails (59kg)
Happy Trails finished a close second behind Shamus Award in the Cox Plate last year and he has the chance to become the first horse since El Segundo in 2007 to win the Cox Plate after finishing second the year before. The veteran gelding started his spring preparation with fair performances in the Group 3 Spring Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on August 9 and the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 30 before he returned to his best form with a close second behind Foreteller in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on September 20. Happy Trails was never asked for an extra effort after being blocked for a run in the final stages of the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on October 4, but made up good ground when fifth in the Caulfield Stakes. The Good Journey gelding always tries his hardest and can never be ruled out as a winning chance.
Update: Happy Trails has been a slight drifter in Cox Plate betting, but connections remain hopeful that popular gelding can return to winning form this afternoon and deliver jockey Damien Oliver his third win in the Cox Plate after previously winning on Dane Ripper (1997) and Northerly (2001).
Trainer Paul Beshara has been bullish about the Cox Plate chances of Happy Trails throughout this preparation and he remains supremely confident that he can go one better in the 2014 edition of the race.
"He is very well; he is eating well, he is working well and he looks well," Beshara said.
"I am pretty confident and I think that he will win.
"I don't think that there is a horse in there that can sprint with him when he is at his best.
5. Foreteller (59kg)
Foreteller earnt a place in the 2014 Cox Plate field after he impressed trainer Chris Waller with his trackwork at Breakfast With The Best on Tuesday morning and he has been his usual honest self this campaign. The imported galloper resumed with a fourth place finish in the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 16 and he flashed home late for third in the Group 2 Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 6 before he recorded his third win at Group 1 level in the Underwood Stakes. Foreteller was far from disgraced when eighth in the Caulfield Stakes, but will likely need plenty of luck in running to win the Cox Plate this weekend.
Update: Foreteller has remained friendless in betting at Cox Plate odds of $34 and the way that Moonee Valley track played at the Manikato Stakes meeting last night does not bode well for the chances of the Dansili gelding, who will likely be settled towards the tail of the field.
Justine Hales said that she had given Foreteller a soft couple of weeks coming out of the Caulfield Stakes, but was happy with his work at Moonee Valley on Tuesday and is thrilled with his condition heading into the Cox Plate.
"He is really well," Hales said.
"He had a little bit of quiet time after his last run and just because we only have the two weeks between runs we have been doing a few different things like taking him to the beach a bit more and things like that.
"He really enjoyed his gallop around yesterday, he worked really well, and he was bright yesterday afternoon."
6. The Cleaner (59kg)
The Cleaner is the Cinderella story of the 2014 Cox Plate and a Group 1 victory would cap off one of the most remarkable stories in the history of Australian racing. The Cleaner was purchased for just $10,000 at the 2009 Tasmanian Magic Millions Sale, but he has become one of the most popular horses in Australia because of his exciting front-running style. The Savoire Vivre gelding earnt a place in the Cox Plate field by scoring a tough win in the Dato' Tan Chin Nam Stakes and he proved that win was no fluke when he led all the way in the Group 3 JRA Cup (2040m) at Moonee Valley on September 26. There are still question marks over whether The Cleaner has the class to win the Cox Plate, but he will be in front for a long way and has proven a tough horse to get past at Moonee Valley.
Update: The Cleaner was given a ticket tape parade and a police escort before he boarded the Spirit Of Tasmania to make the trip to Melbourne, but trainer Mick Burles said that the cult hero had handled the trip without any problems and had settled in Melbourne well.
The Cleaner has drawn the outside barrier for the Cox Plate, but jockey Steven Arnold does not believe that will be a problem for the seven-year-old and he should have no problems finding the lead in his Group 1 debut.
"The last three get the outside draws, but for this guy I don't think that it is a huge concern," Arnold said.
"Sometimes he can step slightly slowly and we are just going to roll at his tempo and if it takes me 200 metres or 400 metres to roll to the front then that is fine, I don't have to be in a panic and try to drive him out at the stalls or anything like that."
7. Guest Of Honour (59kg)
Guest Of Honour is one of three European horses in the 2014 Cox Plate and he is the clear outsider of the field at Cox Plate odds of $61. Guest Of Honour took out the Listed Ganton Stakes (1609m) at York on June 14 and the Group 2 Summer Mile Stakes (1609m) during the 2014 Royal Ascot Meeting before making the trip to Australia, but was not particularly impressive when ninth in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield on October 11. The Cape Cross entire has strong European form, but he is unproven over 2000 metres and may just lack the quality needed to win the Cox Plate.
Update: Guest Of Honour remains the clear outsider in betting markets for the Australasian Weight-For-Age Championship at Cox Plate odds of $81, but the Marco Botti-trained galloper impressed onlookers with his final piece of trackwork at the Werribee International Equine Centre.
Co-owner Darren Dance said that Guest Of Honour left himself too much work to do in the final stages of the Toorak Handicap and he believes that the Northern Hemisphere five-year-old took plenty of benefit out of the run.
"Damien (Oliver) said he felt the horse was looking for a bit further and he'll obviously improve off that run," Dance said.
"He must have stood them up 12 lengths at the top of the corner and was beaten three-and-a-half so he got a pass mark on the run and he's clearly up to the grade."
8. Criterion (57.5kg)
Criterion has had strong 2014 Cox Plate lead-up form and is rated a genuine chance of becoming the first horse since Bonecrusher in 1986 to complete the Australian Derby/Cox Plate double. The Sebring entire started his 2014 Spring Racing Carnival campaign with a tough third in the Group 2 Warwick Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick on August 23, but produced the worst performance of his career to date in the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at the same venue on September 6, but he returned to his best form with second place finishes in both the Group 2 Hill Stakes (2000m) and Caulfield Stakes. Criterion's run in the Caulfield Stakes was very impressive and he looms as the major danger to Adelaide.
Update: Criterion has been the best backed runner in 2014 Cox Plate betting markets in the past 24 hours and he is set to start the race on the second line of betting behind only Caulfield Stakes conqueror Fawkner.
James McDonald has been booked to ride Criterion following the suspension of regular hoop Hugh Bowman and McDonald is thrilled to have picked up the ride on the four-year-old and believes that he is peaking for the Cox Plate this weekend.
"I chased him home a couple of times in the Rosehill Guineas and the (Australian) Derby there," McDonald said.
"His performances are very good, obviously he has taken a bit of time to warm up here, but his best performance was last week and he is peaking for the right time isn't he."
9. Silent Achiever (57kg)
Silent Achiever was one of the star performers of the 2014 Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, but she has been unable to replicate that form heading into the Cox Plate. The talented mare started her preparation with a credible fourth in the Memsie Stakes, but was beaten as favourite in the Underwood Stakes and was unable to run home strongly when ninth in the Turnbull Stakes. Silent Achiever has recorded just one win from nine starts in Melbourne and the daughter of O'Reilly does not appear to be going well enough to win the Cox Plate.
Update: Silent Achiever has been the forgotten horse heading into the 2014 Cox Plate field and she is now out to $15 to overcome her poor record in Melbourne and join Ocean Park, Savabeel and Bonecrusher as notable New Zealand-trained winners of the race.
Trainer Roger James admits that Silent Achiever has been disappointing during her spring campaign, but he has been pleased with the work of the six-year-old and remains hopeful that she can return to her best form in the Cox Plate.
"Her form, solid is being polite probably, but I think that she is close to the form that she was in in Sydney," James said.
"It is fair to say that mile and a half is her best trip, but it will be a tough 2000 metres.
"She has the ability to sit fairly close to the pace and I think that the footing here will help her."
10. Royal Descent (57kg)
Royal Descent may be the most consistent horse in Australia, but she has been unable to record a race win since he romped home in the 2013 edition of the Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m). The five-year-old returned to the races with a second place finish in the Warwick Stakes and was narrowly denied a breakthrough win by stablemate Hawkspur in the Chelmsford Stakes. Royal Descent finished second again behind Sacred Falls in the George Main Stakes and looked the winner in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m), but she was caught on the line by stablemate He's Your Man. The step-up to 2000 metres should suit Royal Descent and she should be able to finish in the top five, but her inability to win is some concern.
Update: Royal Descent has remained steady in betting throughout the week and trainer Chris Waller is hopeful that his favourite mare can break her winning drought in one of the biggest events on the Australian Racing Calendar.
Glen Boss has been booked to ride Royal Descent in the Cox Plate and he believes that the consistent mare may be the ideal horse for the pressure cooker of the Australasian Weight-For-Age Championship.
"I absolutely think that it will suit her," Boss said.
"She has been kept to a mile simply to keep the speed in her legs because she is a mare that can get over a mile and a half when she is trained up.
"You need a horse with turn-of-foot and still a little bit of speed in their legs, but you need a horse that is strong at the end of 2000 metres."
11. Adelaide (56kg)
Adelaide is the wildcard in the 2014 Cox Plate and is arguably the best European-trained horse ever to contest the Group 1 event. The Galileo entire started his racing season with a second place finish in the Group 2 Prix Hocquart (2200m) in France on May 11 before he took out the Group 3 Gallinule Stakes (2011m) at Curragh on May 25. He finished second in the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes (2414m) during the 2014 Royal Ascot meeting before he was sent to the United States where he finished second in the Group 1 Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes (2011m) and won the Group 1 Secretariat Stakes (2011m). Adelaide had no luck when third in the Group 2 Prix Niel (2400m) at Longchamp on September 14, but the form coming out that race is strong. On prove form Adelaide deserves to be considered one of the leading chances for the Cox Plate, but there are concerns about his ability to handle the unique Moonee Valley track.
Update: Punters have struggled to get a grip on the winning chances of Adelaide in the Cox Plate, but bookmakers have kept the Group 1 winner safe at a quote of about $7 throughout the week.
Trainer Aidan O'Brien is not in Australia to oversee the preparation of Adelaide, but he is happy with the form of the Northern Hemisphere three-year-old and believes he will be tough to beat in the Cox Plate.
"He is in good form," O'Brien said.
"He has had a couple of nice runs; he had a nice run in France last time and he won in America the time before that, so he seems to be in good form.
"(Stable representatives) T.J. and David seem to be happy with him down there."
12. Almalad (49.5kg)
The Cox Plate has always been the major 2014 Spring Racing Carnival target for Almalad and he receives his chance in the weight-for-age event despite performing inconsistently during his spring campaign. Almalad returned to racing with a disappointing ninth place finish in the Group 3 The Run To The Rose (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens on August 30 before he returned to a semblance of his best form when fourth in the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) at the same venue on September 13. The Al Maher gelding recorded the first win of his spring preparation in the Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 26, but he weaken in the final stages of the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 11.
Update: Almalad is the favored of the two Gai Waterhouse-trained horses in the Cox Plate field, but jockey Craig Newitt revealed yesterday that he thought the Al Maher gelding was disappointing in the Caulfield Guineas and would need to improve significantly to be any chance at weight-for-age level this weekend.
Almalad is rated only an outside chance in the 2014 Cox Plate, but trainer Gai Waterhouse was pleased with the way that the Group 1 winner worked during Breakfast With The Best at Moonee Valley on Tuesday morning.
"I thought that it was very good work," Waterhouse said.
"He worked over 1000 metres and he came home very strongly."
13. Sweynesse (49.5kg)
Sweynesse has been the clear market mover in 2014 Cox Plate betting markets and is now into a quote of $21 after opening at $34 on Tuesday morning. The Godolphin colt stamped himself as a horse to watch with a string of victories in the Early Quaddie Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens on August 30, Group 3 Spring Stakes (1600m) at Newcastle on September 17 and the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Rosehill Gardens on September 27, but he suffered his first defeat when third behind Hampton Court and First Seal in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Royal Randwick on October 11. Sweynesse is the most highly regarded of the three-year-olds in the Cox Plate field, but he weakened in the final stages of the Spring Champion Stakes and faces stiffer competition this weekend.
Update: Sweynesse has been the best-backed runner since the 2014 Cox Plate field was released on Tuesday morning and he is now into a quote of $16 to deliver Godolphin their first win in the race after opening at the lengthy odds of $34.
Trainer John O'Shea put a lot of thought into whether to run Sweynesse in the Cox Plate, but he is happy to give the Lonhro colt an opportunity at weight-for-age level and believes he has the right attributes to record an upset win.
"He is a lovely colt, he is a big strong brut of a thing, 49 and a half for him is going to be a postage stamp and he is happy horse at the moment," O'Shea said.
"He has a very relaxed demeanor, nothing fazes him and he will just bob around here on Saturday and that is a big help to him getting the job done."
14. Wandjina (49.5kg)
Wandjina has been a controversial inclusion in the Cox Plate field, but he has similar Cox Plate form lines to last year's winner Shamus Award. The Snitzel colt produced mixed performances without winning in the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m), Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m), Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) and Listed Vintage Stakes (1400m) before he stamped himself as a Cox Plate hopeful when he ran home strongly for third in the Caulfield Guineas – the same position that Shamus Award finished in the race before winning the Cox Plate. Wandjina's performances in the Caulfield Guineas was impressive, but the jury is out on whether he can replicate that performances in the Cox Plate.
Update: Veteran jockey Dean Yendall will partner Wandjina in the Cox Plate, his first ride in the race, and he revealed yesterday that he will be looking to get on the back of Fawkner in the early stages of the Cox Plate before hopefully finishing over the top of his rivals in the final stages of the race.
Waterhouse fought strongly for Wandjina to be allowed to run in the Cox Plate and she believes that the three-year-old is worthy of his place in the race.
"Look at last year, Shamus Award was a maiden," Waterhouse said.
The form of Wandjina has been outstanding.
"He is not a blow-in; he ran third in the Guineas and he should be there.
"I'm really surprised how well Wandjina came out of the Guineas, he just copped it on the chin."
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Deptford, the legendary birthplace of the totter, boasts four such survivors: Grimsby, Tom Davies, Taffy and Corky.
The woman in the cafe on Brookmill Road tells me that they're an odd bunch, and don't say much, even to people they know. Corky's usually the friendliest. Corky goes out most days, and will roam for hours. Him and his black and white pony, Sarah, are known as far from home as Stockwell. The others are older, and aren't seen so regularly; it's a tough job, especially in bad weather.
She directs me down to the second-hand electrical goods shop, telling me its proprietor, the Major, would know where I could find Corky.
It's 8.30am and the Major's opening up, dragging cookers out onto the pavement. He tells me where Corky keeps Sarah, and says I should catch him about now. But he warns me that the totters are all as daft as brushes, especially Corky.
'I used to have to go out totting when I was a boy,' the Major tells me. 'My dad used to make me. I couldn't stand the cold and the wet, I was scared of the horse; and all that shouting made my throat hurt. I got a bell to ring instead, one of those big Victorian bells. It was so heavy it made my wrist hurt. I got out as soon as I could, and joined the Army. That's why I'm called The Major.'
The totters stop regularly at the Major's shop, sometimes in the hope of flogging him a crippled fridge or cooker. But changes in safety regulations mean that the Major can't lawfully sell on anything more than 20 years old because the wiring's all wrong. More often they've come to ask if he'll give them some old parts to make their load up for the scrap metal yard. There's very little money in it, but as the Major says, they don't know nothing else, so they just keep going.
Corky, for instance, he never went to school, so he can't read or write, according to the Major. He can't make more than a few quid a week, after he's paid for Sarah's stable and her hay, but he lives with his old mum still, hasn't got kids to support. The Major reckons he's happy as long as he's got enough for a couple of brown ales.
The stables are five minutes away from the Major's shop. When I arrive, there's a couple of men already there. John and Billy are getting breakfast ready for their horses. They tell me Corky's normally here by now, and his absence is a bit of a mystery until John remembers that Corky's mum is away on her holiday. 'He'll have done himself some damage with the brown ale last night,' John grins.
John and Billy tell me they too used to be totters, but they got out years ago. They've kept their horses on as a hobby. They remember when there were over 300 working horses in Deptford. There was practically a farrier on every street corner. These days you have to wait for the bloke from Sevenoaks to come up, and he charges the earth. Luckily for Corky, Sarah's light on her feet and only needs shoeing once every six weeks.
John says that the cost of stabling and feeding a horse has also risen dramatically. He holds 'those young birds' responsible - middle-class female adolescents who pay through the nose for the care of their beloved pets.
Billy's dad was a totter, and his grandad, and even his gran. Billy used to go out with her as a small boy, collecting cast-offs and bric-a-brac in a battered pram.
Billy's grandad collected actual bones and took them down to the soap factory on Giffen Street. He'd get pounds 2 for a hundredweight. Textiles would be handed over to the women to sort. Any decent clothes could be sold on to the market stall-holders. Clothes they couldn't get rid of and didn't want themselves went to the textile banks, to be sold on to the Third World countries by the ton.
The rags were sorted into wipers, white net, linen and wool. The wipers would go to the industries, for the manual workers to clean their hands on, much more economical than paper towels.
Corky turns up at about 10am, in a bit of a bad mood. He can't decide whether he can be bothered to harness Sarah up to the trolley and actually go out. 'It's a gamble,' he explains. 'I might go to the trouble and finish empty-handed. But then you never know what gem some daft bint might throw out.'
He tells me that some people round there have more money than sense. 'The stuff these yuppies throw away could make them a fortune at a car boot sale, but they can't be bothered. They love the idea of recycling though, and when they think of it, handing things on to the local rag-and-bone man really appeals. They love the horse and trolley lark, the bell ringing, the shouting. So every now and then you'll catch one of them in, and they'll bring out some electrical thing they think's broken, clean forgetting it runs on batteries. Even dafter than me, they are.
'But mostly they're out at work. It's only their cleaning ladies or their nannies that are in. They might come out for a bit of a flirt, or to let the kids have a look, but that's about it. And, of course, we're in competition with the charity shops.'
The only thing he can rely on is finding a bit of old metal on a skip, or left out on the pavement for him, to take down to the yard. He gets a lot more for non-ferrous metal. Car batteries are great because of all the lead in them.
Corky sets off - he might as well, there isn't much else to do. A couple of hours later he's down at the Major's shop, distinctly less loquacious. His trolley now contains an old-fashioned vacuum cleaner, a wheel hub, an electric fan heater and a pair of ancient, clanking roller-skates. Not a good morning. The Major doesn't want the vacuum cleaner or fan heater, but gives
Corky an old boiler, heavy enough
to fetch him a fiver down at the
scrap metal yard.
The foreman at the scrap metal yard tells me they pay pounds 25 a ton for the lowest grade scrap metal, going up to pounds 65 a ton for high grade - constructional steel and car engines. A totter might get pounds 10 to pounds 15 a load, unless he's been lucky enough to get some non-ferrous metal. Copper fetches pounds 1,000 a ton. 'On average, a totter won't make more than pounds 40 a week. We regard them as a bit of a novelty to be honest.'
He points out that under the new European legislation the totters should be complying with London Waste Regulation Authority rules, be licensed and get or give a receipt on every transaction of metal, five copies of which should be made. Of course, the totters wouldn't be able to handle that kind of paperwork. In most cases their lack of compliance doesn't really present a threat to the environment, but the foreman shudders when he sees a car battery bouncing around loose on a totter's trolley. The legislation requires that they go straight into a plastic container. You're meant to give the authorities three days' written notice before you transport a battery into a different borough or county.
Corky pockets his fiver and heads straight for the pub. He grabs his pint almost before it's quite pulled and stalks off without a word.
The barman shakes his head. 'No manners at all,' he mutters. 'That lot keep themselves to themselves, they don't like anyone to know their business. I reckon they fancy themselves as freemasons or something, guarding some amazing secret, but the secret is there isn't no secret. They're just crazy old totters who don't know when to call it a day.'
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One of Obama's prime campaign planks has been his promise to mercilessly raise taxes on the "rich," a group initially defined as those making more than $250,000 per year. This was later dropped to $200,000 per year, and more recently has been defined as those Americans making more than $150,000 annually.
Setting aside the precipitous downward slide in the definition of "rich," there is ample reason to suspect that Obama's tax changes portend much higher, if not confiscatory taxes on the most productive Americans. Obama has strongly argued for higher taxes as a way of employing government to alter the pre-tax distribution of income, which he believes has concentrated too much of the gains from productivity in recent years in the hands of the very rich.
He seems to think that the "very rich" are a closed caste of more or less fixed membership, which changes little from year-to-year. This figures in his concept of "fairness," which supposes that it is perfectly just to burden a small fraction of the population with a majority of the costs of running the Federal government. This was detailed in a New York Times article on "spreading the wealth" by David Leonhardt. He wrote of Obama:
"He would then pay for the cuts, at least in part, by raising taxes on the affluent to a point where they would eventually be slightly higher than they were under Clinton. For these upper-income families, the Tax Policy Center's comparisons with McCain are even starker. McCain, by continuing the basic thrust of Bush's tax policies and adding a few new wrinkles, would cut taxes for the top 0.1 percent of earners – those making an average of $9.1 million – by another $190,000 a year, on top of the Bush reductions. Obama would raise taxes on this top 0.1 percent by an average of $800,000 a year. 'It's hard not to look at that figure and be a little stunned. It would represent a huge tax increase on the wealthy families. But it's also worth putting the number in some context. The bulk of Obama's tax increases on the wealthy – about $500,000 of that $800,000 – would simply take away Bush's tax cuts. The remaining $300,000 wouldn't nearly reverse their pretax income gains in recent years. Since the mid-1990s, their inflation-adjusted pretax income has roughly doubled.'
"To put it another way, the wealthy have done so well over the past few decades, with their incomes soaring and tax rates plummeting, that Obama's plan would not come close to erasing their gains. The same would be true of households making a few hundred thousand dollars a year (who have gotten smaller raises than the very rich but would also face smaller tax increases). As ambitious as Obama's proposals might be, they would still leave the gap between the rich and everyone else far wider than it burdensome on the young entrepreneur who was making his first millions as it would on the aging plutocrat who actually had enjoyed the prosperity of the past-quarter century since Reagan cut marginal tax rates."
An October 13 editorial in The Wall Street Journal clarifies the mysterious arithmetic of Obama's sweeping claims to cut income taxes for millions who currently have no income tax liability and pay no taxes:
"For the Obama Democrats, a tax cut is no longer letting you keep more of what you earn. In their lexicon, a tax cut includes tens of billions of dollars in government handouts that are disguised by the phrase 'tax credit.' Mr. Obama is proposing to create or expand no fewer than seven such credits for individuals:
- A $500 tax credit ($1,000 a couple) to 'make work pay' that phases out at income of $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 per couple.
- A $4,000 tax credit for college tuition.
- A 10% mortgage interest tax credit (on top of the existing mortgage interest deduction and other housing subsidies).
- A 'savings' tax credit of 50% up to $1,000.
- An expansion of the earned-income tax credit that would allow single workers to receive as much as $555 a year, up from $175 now, and give these workers up to $1,110 if they are paying child support.
- A child care credit of 50% up to $6,000 of expenses a year.
- A 'clean car' tax credit of up to $7,000 on the purchase of certain vehicles.
"Here's the political catch. All but the clean car credit would be 'refundable,' which is Washington-speak for the fact that you can receive these checks even if you have no income-tax liability. In other words, they are an income transfer – a federal check – from taxpayers to nontaxpayers. Once upon a time we called this 'welfare,' or in George McGovern's 1972 campaign a 'Demogrant.' Mr. Obama's genius is to call it a tax cut.
"The Tax Foundation estimates that under the Obama plan 63 million Americans, or 44% of all tax filers, would have no income tax liability and most of those would get a check from the IRS each year. The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis estimates that by 2011, under the Obama plan, an additional 10 million filers would pay zero taxes while cashing checks from the IRS.
"The total annual expenditures on refundable 'tax credits' would rise over the next 10 years by $647 billion to $1.054 trillion, according to the Tax Policy Center. This means that the tax-credit welfare state would soon cost four times actual cash welfare. By redefining such income payments as 'tax credits,' the Obama campaign also redefines them away as a tax share of GDP. Presto, the federal tax burden looks much smaller than it really is."
After all the sloppy definitions are parsed, one point remains clear. The top 5% of U.S. income earners, who presently pay 60.14% (2006 figures) of all income tax, are destined for a huge federal tax increase under Obama.
One of Obama's specific proposals is to raise the capital gains and dividend taxes to 25%, which will sharply increase capital confiscation as increasing percentages of "gains" will reflect inflationary depreciation of the currency. In the U.S., an investor must pay tax on the difference between the sales price of an asset and it purchase price, with no adjustment for inflation. Consequently, when the tax rate and inflation are high, a large portion of the "capital gain" is illusory. Any asset that appreciates by less than the rate of inflation will result in its owner losing purchasing power and having to pay taxes on the illusory gains. At Obama's higher tax rates, (he has suggested that capital gains and dividend taxes should be hiked to as much as 25%,) capital confiscation would result from modest levels of inflation.
And the Great Credit Crunch implies that inflation will be far higher than in recent experience.
Setting aside whether it is moral or equitable to force a small fraction of the population to essentially pay for the whole cost of government, much of which entails the shuffling of checks to purchase votes of various aggrieved groups, there is a bigger question. Can it be wise for the whole fiscal regime to stand on the shoulders of a small group, like a pyramid tottering on its point, so that any tribulation which undermines the prosperity of those who pay would promise to bankrupt the state?
It is a worthwhile question to ask if you have considerable assets. In light of the worldwide credit crunch, which has deflated assets of all kinds, the prospect of burgeoning prosperity at the magnitude required to enable one-in-20 Americans to become "Super Rich" benefactors of Big Government is vanishingly small. There won't be enough rich people to fill the role assigned to them in Obama's scheme. The result to be expected, in addition to confiscatory taxation, is a dramatic shortfall of revenues. This, in turn, implies surging deficits and deficit financing requirements that will rapidly swamp the capacity of the Treasury to borrow.
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A Jacksonville man was arrested at Ginnie Springs over the holiday weekend after deputies says he used a beer bottle in a fight. According to the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office, 18 year old Robert French tried to held his friend, 19 year old Nicholas Curran, who was in a fight.
Deputies say Curran got into an argument with another man over an obscene hand gesture. French hit the man with a beer bottle and a piece of glass from the bottle hit Curran in the neck. Deputies have not identified the other man.
Nicholas Curran was taken to Shands where he is in critical condition. Robert French was arrested and transported to the Gilchrist County Jail. French is being charged with aggravated battery and is being held on 10,000 dollars bond.
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Pneumonia is a serious lung infection that can be life threatening for some people. But a milder type of pneumonia is called "walking pneumonia." It is often caused by the germ Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Adults and children with this illness may feel unusually tired and run down. But they may not know they have pneumonia and go on about their business.
About 2 million of these infections occur each year in the U.S.
The M. pneumoniae bacteria can also cause bronchitis and a number of upper respiratory tract infections.
M. pneumoniae is quite contagious. It can spread between people through bodily fluids, including phlegm that is coughed up. It can also spread through airborne droplets from sneezing, coughing, or talking. It is most easily spread among people who are in close contact with one another. This includes those living within households, military barracks, camps, and college dorms. M. pneumoniae infections can spread through whole communities as well.
M. pneumoniae is very common in school-aged children. It's the most common cause of pneumonia in this age group. But these infections are rare in children younger than 5 years old.
M. pneumoniae infections can occur at any time of year, but they are most common in the fall and winter.
M. pneumoniae infections can cause a number of symptoms:
Fever. The fever can be high, but it is usually low grade.
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Ear infections
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Children who have reactive airway disease may have wheezing as a result of the infection.
Symptoms may appear anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks after exposure to the bacteria and may last from a week to a month.
Doctors can usually diagnose the infection based on the child's symptoms and a chest X-ray. Special diagnostic tests can diagnose the bacteria. But these usually aren't needed, and not all areas of the U.S. have these tests. Blood tests can find antibodies to the bacteria, but these usually aren't needed.
Often, mild respiratory infections such as upper respiratory infections and bronchitis clear up on their own and don't need treatment with medicine. But when symptoms are more severe and pneumonia or ear infections develop, your child's healthcare provider may prescribe antibiotics.
No vaccine is available to prevent a M. pneumoniae infection. Practicing good hygiene can help. This includes teaching kids to cover their nose and mouth when they cough or sneeze and to wash their hands often. These measures can help prevent other infections, too.
M. pneumoniae infections are rarely serious. They respond well to antibiotics. And they typically clear up even without treatment. Deaths are most common in older adults or in people with other health conditions, including sickle cell disease.
People who have already had a M. pneumoniae infection do develop some immunity. But this usually doesn't last for a lifetime. A second infection from the bacteria is possible, but the illness is likely to be a milder version.


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From the School of Population Health (Drs Suresh and Mamun); Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute (Drs Suresh and Sly); the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dr O'Callaghan), School of Medicine, University of Queensland; and Department of Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine (Dr Suresh) and Department of Developmental Paediatrics (Dr O'Callaghan), Mater Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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Poor fetal growth rate, as indicated by lower birth weight, is associated with lower respiratory function in childhood; however, findings in adult life remain inconsistent. A birth cohort provides the opportunity to study the association between birth weight and adult respiratory function.
The present study data are from a longitudinal birth cohort, the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy. Prospective data were available from 2,368 young adults who underwent standard spirometry when 21 years old. Pregnancy and birth-related variables collected were birth weight, placental weight, parental height, maternal educational status, maternal smoking history in pregnancy, and maternal history of alcohol, tea, and coffee consumption during pregnancy. The impact of birth weight on adult lung function was assessed using univariate and multivariate analyses.
For every 100-g increase in birth weight, FVC (95% CI) at 21 years increased by 24 mL (15-32) in men and 20 mL (13-27) in women, and the increase in FEV1 (CI) was 22 mL (15-30) and 16 mL (11-22), respectively. These associations remain after adjusting for lifestyle factors during pregnancy, current smoking, and parental height. However, further adjustment for adult height reduces the strength of association and remains significant for FEV1: 8 mL (1-14) in men and 5 mL (1-10) in women, but not for FVC: 7 mL (−1-14) in men and 5 mL (−1-11) in women.
Our longitudinal cohort study provides evidence of robust links between birth weight and adult lung function at the age of 21 years. Various estimates of the effect size in the literature may be related to the age at assessment.
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(Reuters) - Preparing for marriage can be both a meticulous and arduous process but for newlywed golfer Anirban Lahiri it is a case of "get me to the course on time" after his honeymoon was cut short by a late invite to the British Open.
The Indian world number 85 curtailed his post-nuptial holidays in Madagascar after two days upon learning he was one of 10 golfers to secure places for the July 17-20 major at Royal Liverpool, Hoylake as the highest ranked non-exempt players.
"I want to play next week in a relaxed approach as life has been hectic with the wedding (in late May) and there's been a lot of things in the head like getting the visas, accommodation and airline bookings done," Lahiri told the Asian Tour.
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I left Hope - the only place I've ever felt at home. So now what? Where do I go from here? When I left, I didn't just leave my home. I left my friends, my sisters, and Stephan... I just found them. I can't lose them now. I know that I want to do MY music. I need to remember WHY I wanted to play music in the first place. And the only way to get that is by firing my dad, but that may be harder than I thought. On top of everything, I now have cameras following me around everywhere. Even my own home isn't safe anymore. I've come to realize that normal will never be an option for me. Faded is book 2 of the Rock Star Trilogy.
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Working with Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon (1980 - 2012): A Mapping of NGO Services
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Working with Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon (1980 - 2012): A Mapping of NGO Services
Various institutional sources estimate that the number of women migrant domestic workers (WMDWs) in Lebanon is between150,000 and 220,000 in an overall workforce of 1.45 million. In addition to cooking and cleaning, these women perform a variety of care-related functions; WMDWs look after the children and nurse the elderly and the disabled. Given their exclusion from labour protections and their willingness to work longer hours in return for meager wages, WMDWs constitute an easy and low cost solution to the Lebanese care deficit. Moreover, WMDWs contribute to the employability of Lebanese women, releasing the latter from their traditional function of primary caregivers in the household.
In spite of their vital contribution to the Lebanese care economy and to the employment and financial empowerment of Lebanese women, WMDWs continue to suffer countless incidents of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse at the hands of their employers and the private employment agencies that recruit them. Civil society organizations like Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center (CLMC) and the Pastoral Committee for Afro-Asian Migrants (PCAAM) played a precursory role in pointing to these abuses since the 1990s and helped connect thousands of WMDWs with their embassies and with pro-bono lawyers.
In November 2005, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Ministry of Labour (MoL), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UNIFEM (now UN Women), and CLMC convened a workshop on the situation of WMDWs in Lebanon. In January 2006, the government of Lebanon established a National Steering Committee (NSC) on WMDWs to follow up on the workshop's recommendations.
The workshop and NSC sessions sparked the interest of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the problem of MDWs. NGOs established programs or joined existing assistance networks in response to the, now visible, needs of WMDWs. The adoption of the International Labour Organization Convention No. 189 concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers in June of last year further mobilized donors, and consequently NGO action, around the issue of domestic work.
Albeit well-meaning, the mushrooming of MDW advocacy networks was, on occasion, disadvantageous to the organizations initiating assistance programs to MDWs, to the community of MDWs, and to the credibility of the "movement" for MDWs rights. The pace at which these organizations flourished led to a number of adhoc and low-impact interventions. For instance, NGOs were not always aware of other actors working in the field and proceeded to duplicate initiatives. Also, NGOs initiated programs well beyond their mandates which led them to operate at less than optimal capacity.
In the context of the EU and SDC-funded Action Programme for Promoting the Rights of Women Migrant Domestic Workers (PROWD), the ILO's Regional Office for Arab States (ILO-ROAS) conducted a mapping of NGO services to MDWs in Lebanon. This mapping aims to develop an understanding of how the NGO dynamics in the MDW subfield have progressed since the deliberations of the NSC, and to share a summary of these developments with relevant stakeholders.
More specifically, the report traces the history of NGO involvement with MDWs since the early 1980s to explore the patterns underlying NGO interventions and partnerships. Further to this analytical component, the report includes a directory of the services currently available to MDWs across Lebanon. This guide is searchable by service type and by the geographical location of the service. Finally, the appendices provide the contact information for these organizations, and a full listing of the publications produced by the latter and by other institutions and individuals.
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In the six months since President Rouhani assumed office, the Iranian nuclear program has continued to progress towards hostility and away from peace. A 75 percent increase in installed centrifuges raises the question of how long it will be before Iran achieves its nuclear goals, which are of concern to the entire global community. Although experts' predictions vary from days to years, the truth is that too soon, Iran will acquire a nuclear weapon.
The devastation following a nuclear attack is unfathomable to many of us. We can only wonder in fear: to what extent would the impacts of a nuclear attack devastate our environment and the human condition? Aerosols and incandescent light bulbs might seem like a walk in the park to an environmentalist in a nuclear-war-torn world.
Even if Iran does not utilize its weapons for destructive terror attacks on Israel or the United States (as it has many times threatened to do), the regime will be capable of tampering with the global economy. Using legitimate nuclear threats, Iran could grasp the reins of the international oil industry and manipulate the global economy to field even more support for its nuclear program. A trade industry dominated by rhetoric creates economic vulnerability.
It is imperative that Congress does all that it can to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Past bipartisan commitment has been strong, and we must urge our members of Congress to continue their support for a freeze-for-freeze deal in which the United States will halt sanctions only if Iran completely freezes the development of its nuclear program.
Indeed, we should applaud the diplomatic efforts of Kerry's administration, but it is also crucial to understand that the interim deal reached in November requires progress in follow-up negotiations in order to secure a reliable deal with Iran. Under the Joint Action Plan, which was agreed upon by the P5+1 in November, Iran is not required to dismantle any of its nuclear program, leaving 9,000 centrifuges spinning and an additional 10,000 in place. Senator Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, explained that under the interim deal, "We basically have the Iranians running in place… Their centrifuges are spinning. Basically we are going to roll back some of our sanctions, but they are rolling back nothing." Keep in mind: the conditions of the interim agreement violate six U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Concerns with the interim deal have echoed in the halls of both the House and the Senate. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has made clear that, "unless the agreement requires dismantling of the Iranian centrifuges, we really haven't gained anything." Representative Sherman (D-CA) adds that, "…[T]he deal… has a significant flaw, namely that it allows Iran to continue to enrich uranium up to a level of 3.5-5 percent, as long as it converts this from gas to uranium oxide metal."
If centrifuges are spinning, a nuclear weapon is being developed. The idea seems obvious, but it has been neglected in the P5+1's interim deal.
In his State of the Union Address, President Obama suggested that he sensed opposition to diplomacy. By no means do I oppose diplomacy. Diplomacy is essential to a sustained relationship between nations. However, in the context of Iran, diplomacy on its own has failed us historically, and in order to deliver its complete potential, it must be paired with leverage in sanctions. To assume that Iran will remain at the table without any economic pressure, as imposed by sanctions, is too optimistic.
Rouhani recently announced that he would not dismantle centrifuges "under any circumstances." Rouhani's closed mind requires us to send a strong message of no tolerance for its belligerent nuclear intentions. Without sanctions, we will have no means by which we can get Iran's attention to initiate productive negotiations. Additional sanctions will give President Obama the power to keep Iran at the table, and eventually reach a sustainable agreement.
The Iranian nuclear program is undeniably dangerous. Iran's notorious human rights record, as confirmed by the State Department's Annual Report on Human Rights last month, is yet another reason why Iran should not attain the responsibility that comes along with a nuclear weapon. Ignoring the impending threat or easing sanctions on the Iranian regime leaves the United States with minimal tools to protect itself and its strongest allies. Sanctions have served as the most effective tools in Kerry's tool belt, especially when paired with diplomacy. Sanctions brought Iran's leaders to the table, and will continue Iran's participation in the dialogue.
Last week, 14,000 Americans and I met with our members of Congress following AIPAC's annual Policy Conference. Despite our unique backgrounds and upbringings, one thing that all of us can most certainly agree on, democrat or republican, New Yorker or Bostonian, grandparent or grandchild, is that sanctions are essential to achieving a safe and sustainable nuclear deal with Iran.


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I had a bladder pubasling surgery in November. Since then, I have had a bladder infection and a "soft tissue infection" that will not go away. I have been on Keflex 3 txs daily for 4 weeks. I still have a yellow discharge and alittle blood in it and pain on boths side of my abdomin. I just finished my last dose 2 days ago.
Is this something that is common and should I just let the infection run it's course and should I see my Urologist again and get another antibiotic?
|Dr. Russell M - Fri Jan 09, 2004 4:52 pm
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Infection can happen as a postoperative complication in most surgeries. If infections happen after every surgery done by a surgeon or after every surgery done from a particular place, one can rightly question the standards of care provided. But no surgeon or care facility is infallible, and complications are accepted risks to any surgery.
Having said that, I suppose the right antibiotic should help most infections. The antibiotic should be selected depending on the most prevalent pathogens found in the area of surgery. But if the source of infection is not identified, more investigations would become necessary.
Hope this helps.
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