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I was really surprised by the response to my Angry Mom post. Thank you for the stories you shared either in comments or in emails to me personally. It got me thinking...there's more to say about this topic. And there are more people who will want to read about it.
I couldn't think of a magazine I felt was right for a longer piece on anger and motherhood and truth be told, I didn't want to write a journalistic piece - something smart but distant, with lots of quotes and research to back up my thoughts. I wanted to keep the raw-ness and intimacy of the original piece. There just aren't many places for that. And I didn't want to write a whole book about it either. In my head, I shelved it.
But after talking to David, we decided I should write a longer version of the Angry Mom post and submit it as a Kindle Single. Think of it as being the size of a New Yorker article, more full but just as personal, a real story. This will be my first Kindle Single (if it is accepted)- my big toe in the water of self-publishing.
Many of you know that I've ghostwritten other people's books for years. Some of those have been self-published by vanity presses, some e-books, and some by traditional publishers. Back in the day - like last year - there was still a second rate status to self-publishing and all kinds of barriers for marketing and getting seen at the bookstore.
Self-publishing just didn't have the same rep, because it wasn't vetted by the New York gatekeepers. It didn't have their stamp of approval, which was proof the work must be good or at least of some professional and worthy quality. So many self-published books suffered from bad cover art, poor editing and a simple lack of professional writing ability and insight. It seemed only the unpublishable self-published. It had the mark of defeat.
Even last year as I spent nearly 11 months writing, re-writing and re-tooling the book proposal for my hopefully-insanely-funny memoir about cooking with four year olds in Lucy and Edie's East Harlem public school, I would never have even considered self-publishing. It would've been a step down, like going to the prom with a perfectly nice, pimpley-faced boy who rides a scooter and wears high-water pants. I wanted to go to prom with a quarterback.
That was four months ago. Now, everything has changed. All of a sudden, Lord help me, I love high-water pants.
I have a perfectly awesome agent - thanks to all the virtual pavement pounding I did last year and fellow writer Beth Lipton - and Cathy and I are at work on a Charcutepalooza Cookbook proposal that we hope will find a home somewhere. I don't want to say too much about that book project since we are in the middle of working on it and it doesn't just involve me - but we are stupidly excited about it, as we are about anything that has to do with meat, making meat and Charcutepalooza.
Still, nothing is the same in publishing and I can't shake the idea that big things are in the works for writers. Maybe I've been reading too much Joe Konrath - I now get it when people find you and love you immediately and start reading your blog backwards devouring every word, that is me with Joe Konrath - but it seems to me that for the first time since the invention of the printing press, good writers are no longer beholden to publishers.
This is fantastic news for writers who have some experience under their belts. These are the writers who have several discarded novels sitting in their drawers - what I mean by that, is that they've written a few book-length projects and know what goes into it. They have enough solid professional writing experience to know what is compelling storytelling and what isn't (most of the time anyway). They know they need good cover art and they are savvy enough to recognize it when they see it. They know they need a top notch copy editor to clean up their slog. They not only know how to use social media to sell their work and themselves, but they absolutely love it and would do it even if they didn't have anything to sell. They want to write a lot and connect with readers immediately. They don't want to wait around for the slow, mud-clogged wagon wheels of traditional publishing to give them a pat and a nod and venue.
I've decided to take the summer to finish the entire food memoir and publish it in the Fall as an e-book. (Thanks for all the nice comments here telling me you are looking forward to the book. Those comments helped me make this decision. They made a huge difference. Huge.) And I'm not settling. That boy on the scooter is looking pretty hot these days. Truth is, after these last few months I can't even imagine trying to sell this particular book to a traditional publisher.
How's that for a turn around?
As a writer, I am drawn to e-books. I want to connect with the audience faster. I want to take my chances finding my own audience. I trust that after four years here, I know who my readers are and what they, and new readers, will want to read from me. If I can't, well, I shouldn't be doing this. I want to make more money, share less of the returns, and have total say in what I'm putting out. I want to please only readers, not gatekeepers because if I focus on pleasing the readers, the gatekeepers will love me anyway. I want to work with good people - designers and editors - who will make my work better, at my own expense, and know that it's my vision, what I want to do. I know that also means some things won't fly sometimes, and I'll make some hideous mistakes, but I can live with that.
And Joe Konrath is right - there will still be gatekeepers. But it won't be publishers. It will be readers. The same people who find the best stuff amid hundreds of tedious cable channels and a plethora of internet-watching opportunities and lift up the ones who resonate. Not even the best, just the ones that speak to us where we are.
I do not think that print publishing is over, by the way. Nor can I say that I wouldn't publish a book with a traditional publisher. Our plan right now for The Charcutepalooza Cookbook is that it go with a traditional publisher. But that hasn't stopped us from thinking about apps and all kinds of accompanying technology. Publishing is just changing. Agents and publishers roles are changing. Writers roles are changing. Think about it - the field is wide open. Every good writer has a shot. You don't have to be The Pioneer Woman to write a well-received book. No offense against Ree, love her. But that is damned exciting stuff.
Sure, there is still luck and randomness and market savvy, and e-books will see their share of surprise bestsellers and un-predictable clunkers, but still, it is a good day to be a writer. You have more options than ever. Instead of spending time convincing publishers why you are worth it, producing blog stats and page after page of proof/bullshit that you can market a book and spending countless hours doing stunts to drive up your traffic, a process that actually takes longer than writing the book itself, you could just be out there writing/selling your book. You actually get to prove your worth by what you're writing/publishing and how you can move it through the market place.
Radical. Freeing. Revolutionary, I think.
And Oh My God, think about the Kindle Single - you don't even have to write a whole book for God's sake. You can submit a single essay, a long-form idea, a novella, a short story. Just make sure it is great, something people will want to devour. That's why I'm starting there with my Angry Mom piece. It'll be an experiment. My toe in the water. My first dance with the high-water pant guy. David is pushing me to finish it. I'll keep you posted.
Remember, it is a good day to be a writer.
xo YM


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April 8, 9 and 10 at PosiDog Canine Learning Center:
Friday, April 8 - Reliable Scentwork
Designed for those with working dogs in the Real World, this 1-day workshop will focus on building fluency and generalization in your scenting dog. Regardless of your dog's target odor, skill level, method of training, reward type, or report behavior, this workshop will show you how to take things to the next level. You'll learn how to assess six aspects of your dog's fluency and generalization, and how to use the 80-20 Rule to systematically develop rock solid reliability.
Saturday, April 9 - Raising the BaR
This exciting hands-on with Steve and Jen White turns high performance training on its head to help you, the dog owner or trainer. Peak performance is not so much about the stuff a dog knows nearly as it is about the relationship between dog and human. Steve and Jen will show you how to build a joyful relationship with your dog. By analyzing video clips of work with attendees' dogs you'll see the value of systematically building fluency and generalization through six dimensions. You'll also learn how to make better training decisions by "thin-slicing" the information dogs and their people give you. You'll see how to mingle science and technique to produce an artfully trained dog who is a joy to live with.
Sunday, April 10 - No Problem
This workshop will explore canine body language and how the recognition of subtle changes in the dog can help to alter your training methods to achieve optimum performance. You'll learn a five-step problem-solving model that works as well for enhancing desirable behaviors as it does for fixing problematic ones. You'll find out how to avoid the two most common mistakes trainers make when solving behavior problems. Steve and Jen will outline a systematic approach to reading canine behavior as well as four ways to control the triggers that evoke problem behavior. This simple, effective, positive reinforcement-based approach will make problem-solving as easy as breathing.
I'm planning on going Saturday and Sunday, so please let me know if you want to meet me there!!!

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Tottenham have been told they will have to splash £22m on Marseille striker and former Arsenal target Loic Remy reports the Daily Mail.
The 25-year-old French international has been in fine form for the Ligue 1 outfit this campaign, helping them through to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has had his eye on Remy for the past 18 months, and is keen to bring him to White Hart Lane this month.
"He is a good player," he confirmed. "We could have had him a couple of years ago and he has pushed on.
"He was a player we looked at and I watched him a couple of times at that stage but he went to Marseille [from Nice]."
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is understood to have held talks with Marseille over a prospective transfer, and is trying to negotiate a part-exchange deal which will see Roman Pavlyuchenko move in the opposite direction.
However, the French club are keen to agree a cash-only deal, as they want the money to spend on a replacement of their own choosing.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has also previously been credited with an interest in Remy - a player that has been labelled as a potential solution to Arsenal's lack of striking options at the Emirates Stadium.
However, following the short-term signing of club legend Thierry Henry, it is assumed that Wenger is no longer looking for another striker this transfer window, leaving Spurs unchallenged for Remy's signature.


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Business and Technology Peacefully Co-creating
Written in direct collaboration with Richard Hensley (McKesson AVP).
"Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of Uncertainty." – Jacob Bronowski, British mathematician, biologist, historian of science, poet, inventor, author of "The Ascent of Man"
"Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure Uncertainty." – John Huston Finley, 1938 – New York Times editor-in-chief
"Many high performers would rather do the wrong thing well than do the right thing poorly." – Thomas J. Delong & Sara DeLong, "Managing Yourself: The Paradox of Excellence", June 2011 – Harvard Business Review
It's common to see an organization (the people in them) focus on building systems with as many features as possible and targeting delivery by a specific due date. Yet, often the result is missing the date while also ignoring other important goals demanded by the businesses such as high levels of product quality, development productivity, planning reliability, employee satisfaction, and customer loyalty. Retrospectives, if done after such an occurrence, surface the dissatisfaction concerning missed dates, poor quality, technical debt, and more, still frequently this pattern repeats. Does this scenario sound familiar to you? If so, why do you think it is so? In a past or maybe your current organization, I'm guessing you've heard or thought, "We need our business and technology people on the same page." How might "being on the same page" look in your organization? Does your current software development methodology, its principles, processes, and practices, contribute effectively to this objective? Is getting on the "same page" with objectives and goals enough?
Over the last three years Richard Hensley, AVP Process at McKesson Health Solutions, has worked to address these challenges within the three business units of the division he works in at McKesson. I've been able to catch up with him on several occasions and discuss his efforts over these years. This post is a brief "fly-over" of his experience, capturing some of the key thoughts Richard developed over this time, and shared during our conversations.
No Silver Bullets Here!
Anyone reading a blog post on getting business and technology people on the same page probably knows there is no "silver bullet" to this challenge. Chances are good you've already been a part of such an effort, right? If so, you know it is not a simple task. Or even if you saw them start out on the same page in your organization, did issues appear that caused this working relationship to return to its earlier challenging state?
In short, Richard suggests, "you won't find quick fixes for this issue" and his experience indicates it takes a serious effort from both sides. It also requires a continuous commitment over time because "getting everyone on the same page is a good start but not sufficient to sustain the business." Yes, getting on the same page upfront, by itself, can be a positive thing as it helps everyone feel good, knowing where others are at and being in the know. If you're familiar with the practice of daily stand-ups, you can draw a comparison, getting on the same page only is like a stand-up where team members simply provide "status" of their work. It is a good start, but alone it is ineffective for helping to solve real issues. In a similar fashion, getting on the same page with objectives and goals, if that is all you do, doesn't help anyone address how things might be done more quickly or more effectively. It is a good start, but more is needed! (more…)


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If nothing else, David Wagner's phone has been ringing a lot more in the last week than it normally had been.
It's all part of the territory now for the new Winder-Barrow High School head football coach. Wagner, who had served the past several years as the defensive coordinator at cross county Apalachee High School, will look to build the WBHS Bulldoggs into the type of power the AHS Wildcats have been and continue to be in head coach Shane Davis.
"It's been a lot of fun these past few days," Wagner said. "Now, I'm ready to hunker down."
Former Apalachee High School defensive coordinator David Wagner is the new Winder-Barrow High School head football coach. Photo by Jessica Brown
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Some questions about the July 9, 2011, plane crash that killed Fred and Terresa Teutenberg of Niceville and their five children will never be answered.
Some questions about the July 9, 2011, plane crash that killed Fred and Terresa Teutenberg of Niceville and their five children will never be answered.
However, the National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the accident earlier this week, revealing new details.
Fred Teutenberg, an experienced pilot with more than 1,000 hours in the air, was flying his family home from a family reunion in St. Louis in a Cessna 421C aircraft.
To see the the NTSB's final report in the Teutenberg crash, click here. >>
Although engine failure contributed to the crash, the NTSB�s investigation determined the probable cause was related to pilot failure.
The NTSB�s report states the cause as �the pilot�s failure to maintain airplane control during a single-engine approach and his failure to fly an appropriate traffic pattern for a single-engine landing. Contributing to the accident was a total loss of engine power on the right engine due to fatigue failure of the right engine cam gear.�
According to the report, Teutenberg was flying at 21,000 feet when he declared an emergency because of problems with the right engine about 2 hours after taking off from Creve Coeur Airport in St. Louis.
Four minutes later, Teutenberg reported that he had shut down his right engine and that he would land soon at the Demopolis, Ala., Municipal Airport. He said he did not believe he would require any assistance after landing.
The report states that the normal landing procedure for a Cessna 421C calls for �excessive altitude� for the approach. However, the airplane�s last radar return showed Teutenberg at just 600 feet above ground three miles from the runway.
According to the report, the airplane likely was on or turning to its final approach course when it rolled and hit trees less than a mile from the runway. The crash caused a large fire in the cockpit, main cabin and on the left wing.
�Due to the severity of the postcrash fire, occupant survivability after the impact could not be determined,� the report stated.
The investigation determined the Cessna�s right engine failed after one of the gear teeth on the camshaft fractured, which caused the camshaft to stop rotating.
Terresa Teutenberg�s father, John Barranco of Georgia, said Wednesday he had not read the report and could not comment on it.
Fred Teutenberg owned Advanced Integrated Technology Systems, a computer IT and software development firm. Terresa had opened the Discovery Learning Academy in Bluewater Bay in January 2009. Also killed in the crash were their children: 10-year-old Will; 9-year-old Brendon; 6-year-old Ellie; 4-year-old Peyton; and 2-year-old Emma.
Terresa's oldest daughter, 16-year-old Ashlei Bruewer, was living in Missouri and was not on the plane.
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When five U.S Supreme Court justices voted to effectively legalize same-sex marriage, they decided they were bigger than God. They made Jesus cry. They pushed this country down a slippery slope that ends in people marrying goats and becoming polygamists. They basically summoned a big gay apocalypse.
At least, that's the impression you get from reading some of the more outlandish conservative backlash on Twitter since the DOMA and Prop. 8 repeals last week. The humor-mongerers at Funny or Die channeled that right wing fever dream to a tee in a gayed-up parody trailer of blockbuster zombie thriller World War Z called World War G.
In the spoof (a preview that says it "has been approved for conservative audiences"), Brad Pitt tries to save his family –and the world – from the out-of-control proliferation of same-sex marriage. "Heterosexuality as we know it will come to an end in 90 days," warns a booming PA announcer over images of soldiers evacuating valuables, burning cities and just a whole world generally falling apart because, you know, gay marriage.
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I am greatly interested in learning of Any/All examples of the use of QR Codes in journals, monographs, e-prints, and/or other publications.
As defined by Wikipedia,
"A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The "QR" is derived from "Quick Response", as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes are common in Japan, where they are currently the most popular type of two dimensional codes. Moreover, most current Japanese mobile phones can read this code with their camera.
Although initially used for tracking parts in vehicle manufacturing, QR Codes are now used in a much broader context, including both commercial tracking applications and convenience-oriented applications aimed at mobile phone users (known as mobile tagging).
QR Codes storing addresses and URLs may appear in magazines, on signs, buses, business cards or just about any object that users might need information about. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL. This act of linking from physical world objects is known as a hardlink or physical world hyperlinks.
Users can also generate and print their own QR Code for others to scan and use by visiting one of several free QR Code generating sites."
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Kroski, Ellyssa / On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies / Library Technology Reports / 2008 / vol. 44, n. 5 / pp. 1-48. See pp. 56, 58-59.
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"Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans should be used to assess patients with suspected heart disease, rather than standard checks," reports BBC News today.
This story is based on a large, well-designed study comparing a new technique called cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging against the commonly used alternative test, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The researchers tested the scan's ability to diagnose significant coronary heart disease, also looking at how they compared against standard angiography, where dye is introduced into the blood vessels to highlight any blockage or narrowing. The study found that CMR performed as well or better than SPECT on a number of key diagnostic measures. Together with the fact that CMR does not expose patients to ionising radiation, the researchers say the results show that CMR should be more widely adopted.
However, CMR will not be suitable for all patients, including some with medical implants and those who could experience claustrophobia inside the scanner. Further research will also be needed to demonstrate that improved diagnosis through techniques such as CMR actually improves patient outcomes. That said, these results do suggest the technique has merit.
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by researchers from the University of Leeds and was funded by the British Heart Foundation. The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet.
The coverage by the BBC on this story was accurate, and featured comments from independent experts and explanations of the need for confirmation in other centres, population groups and for an assessment of cost.
What kind of research was this?
This was a randomised trial comparing how well two types of non-invasive scanning techniques could diagnose coronary heart disease: a newer test called cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) versus the widely used technique of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
CMR uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce images of the inside of the body. It does not use ionising radiation. SPECT requires a radiation-emitting chemical (a radioisotope) to be injected into the bloodstream. The radioactive emissions are detected and used to create an image. This technique exposes patients to small amounts of ionising radiation. Both methods provide functional tests for angina, in that heart function or perfusion is detected after an injection of a chemical that stresses the heart.
Both of these techniques were compared with another imaging technique called X-ray coronary angiography, which acted as the reference standard. In this way, the researchers could directly compare the results of the two scans in a single patient and then turn to X-ray scanning to confirm which was most accurate.
In X-ray coronary angiography, a contrast agent is introduced into the coronary artery and X-ray images are taken. Again, the patient is exposed to ionising radiation and in addition the technique used to introduce the contrast agent is invasive. This is an anatomical test that shows where any narrowed arteries might be.
Patients with suspected disease were randomised into two groups, receiving either CMR before SPECT (prior to confirmation with angiography) or SPECT before CMR (prior to confirmation with angiography). Offering CMR and SPECT in a random order reduces the chances of the results being influenced by bias: for example, the process of performing a scan might potentially influence the results seen in any subsequent scan, and therefore always performing a particular type of scan first may skew the results.
This study design provides an appropriate way to test the diagnostic accuracy of a new technique, as it compares CMR with both the widely used SPECT and the 'gold standard' X-ray angiography.
What did the research involve?
The trial enrolled 752 patients with angina (chest pain due to lack of blood to the heart) that needed further investigation and at least one other risk factor for coronary heart disease. Patients were excluded if they had previously undergone heart bypass surgery.
All patients were scheduled to receive all three tests. The patients' hearts were imaged using CMR, SPECT and X-ray angiography and the images analysed by people experienced in interpreting the results, to make a diagnosis. The order of CMR and SPECT imaging was randomised and those reading the results of the tests were unaware of the results of previous testing, except at the end when the results could be revealed to the treating clinician to determine treatment.
What were the basic results?
The overall results suggested that 39% of the recruited patients had significant coronary heart disease identified using X-ray angiography.
The researchers found the following for CMR:
- A sensitivity of 86.5% [95% confidence interval (CI) 81.8% to 90.1%]. This means that 86.5% of patients with the disease identified using X-ray angiography had a positive result on CMR. Therefore, these people were correctly identified as having coronary heart disease.
- A specificity of 83.4% [95% CI 79.5% to 86.7%]. This means that 83.4% of patients without coronary heart disease during X-ray angiography correctly received a negative result using CMR. These people were correctly identified as not having coronary heart disease.
- A positive predictive value of 77.2% [95% CI 72.1% to 81.6%]. This means that 77.2% of patients who were diagnosed as having coronary heart disease by CMR did in fact have coronary heart disease. But, conversely, 22.8% of patients would be incorrectly identified.
- A negative predictive value of 90.5% [95% CI 87.1% to 93.0%]. This means that 90.5% of patients who had a negative result by CMR did not have coronary heart disease. But, conversely 9.5% of patients would be incorrectly reassured.
The sensitivity and negative predictive value for CMR was significantly better than those for the widely used SPECT technique. The specificity and positive predictive value of the two techniques were similar.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The researchers conclude that this trial has shown "CMR's high diagnostic accuracy in coronary heart disease and CMR's superiority over SPECT". They say it should be adopted more widely for the investigation of coronary heart disease.
This research has demonstrated the diagnostic accuracy of CMR in diagnosing coronary heart disease. CMR also has the advantage that it is a non-invasive technique that does not expose patients to ionising radiation. However, CMR will not be suitable for all patients, as due to the high magnetic fields involved, patients with some medical implants will not be able to use it. Due to the confined nature of many scanners it is also not suitable for patients who suffer from claustrophobia (although this is also the case with many SPECT scanners).
Some points to note:
- The tests were done in a group of patients at relatively high risk of coronary heart disease, with almost 40% having the disease. The accuracy of the test in a community sample of lower-risk patients will need to be tested.
- The research was conducted by skilled, experienced operators, meaning that its accuracy might not be the same in units where fewer procedures are performed.
- X-ray angiography itself is not itself a perfect test and therefore might not have been ideal as a reference standard.
Further research will be needed to test if improved diagnosis, using techniques such as CMR, actually improves patient outcomes. Cost, cost-effectiveness and the availability of scanners will also need to be evaluated.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
MRI scans 'are better for heart checks', experts say
BBC News, 23 December 2011
Links to the science
Greenwood JP, Maredia N, Younger JF et al.
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance and single-photon emission computed tomography for diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CE-MARC): a prospective trial
The Lancet, December 23 2011


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"They recline in the dark together"
My chief object in this attempt is to expose a low, vulgar practice which prevails in some obscure parts of the country, where knowledge and civilization have made little progress. What I refer to is the mode of what they improperly call courtship, otherwise called, in their dialect, bundling; that is, when a young man would make a visit to a young woman, he repairs to the place of her abode, perhaps near the usual time of going to rest, and when the family have retired, or soon after, the girl escorts her suitor to her bed-room, where they recline in the dark together, and remain until morning.Two things strike me about this newspaper essay.
Now far from wishing to inculcate morose, superstitious notions, I appeal to the good sense and good conscience of old and young, comparing the common strength of human fortitude, and the doubtful tendency of morals, with the constant impulse of desire, whether this custom ought to be approved or condemned; sure I am that no person will give his approbation who does not at the same time licence debauchery.
Ye affectionate parents, can you rest easy to have your children thus repeatedly exposed in the vortex of temptation? Is the virtue of your fair daughters impregnable to such advantageous attacks from a false hearted swain? who perhaps when you little suspect it, will use every effort to seduce, betray and ruin!
I would address this shameful picture—taken thus from the life, to every woman who enjoys that purity, and delicacy of sentiment, which forms the true dignity of her sex. I need not ask your opinion, I am sure the very recital is cruel, and the idea intolerable to you.
Ye fair! will you justify the practice? then you betray your seduction. Are you afraid your suitors will be fewer? O shame! the fewer such suitors the better; none can loose reputation by refusing a dishonorable suit; or have you by length of habit got the better of that silly weakness called female modesty, and adopted the polite manners of a certain class of women in great cities, who are called ladies of pleasure?
Accept the council of a well wisher, reject in every instance, with abhorrence, the dirty practices alluded to. If after having waited on your visitor an afternoon, or an evening, or at any time, he endeavors to drag you to bed, know ye that his aims are dishonorable; let your resentment, however civil, be serious and firm—admit of no parley, no persuasion, no question in the matter. Suspect the addresses of one above your rank; if dishonorable, convince him that though he fancies himself to be above you in rank, he is beneath you in dignity. And be sure that many below your rank, would wish to humble you to a level with themselves.
Ye young men! is modesty to form no part of your characters? how came you in possession of so great a fund of wisdom, as to set you above the dictates of the wise in all ages? Temperance, chastity, and self government, have ever been their dictates; what is it that has thrown the scales from the eyes of our enlightened youth, and enable them to discover the cheat? Are you sure that repentance will not pursue your wisdom? You will soon begin to repent, and feel a stigma hanging on your characters; through a married state, and a family state, you will be haunted with shame and remorse. How will the idea agree, when snowy locks adorn your brows? The remembrance may follow your hearses to the grave. And are you sure that you shall not be accountable? let me invite your attention to the subject; assist in the reformation, wipe off the stain from our times, that you and your posterity may be better men and women. Let me remind you that those who indulge habits of incontinency in youth, are prone to be faithless and perfidious in a married state; therefore it were well to take care, lest you inconsiderately foster those flames which in their progress may take their turn to rage with horror in your own dwellings.
- It's the first explicit attack on bundling that I've found printed in an America newspaper. There are anecdotes of earlier preaching against the practice, and that supposed letter from a fictional Frenchman satirizing it, but this was a straightforward public assault on the practice. Which of course meant acknowledging that it was common, and risking the resentment of any couple who had practiced it.
- The writer avoided Biblical arguments, stating that he or she was "far from wishing to inculcate morose, superstitious notions." Rather than warn against certain damnation, the writer merely asked, "And are you sure that you shall not be accountable?" This was an appeal to virtue and public honor. Were those republican virtues a more widely acceptable way to preach morality in the new nation?
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Rodent causes partial blackout of downtown Houston
Presumably the critter in question was not a terrorist, but a power outage that put a major crimp in a section of downtown Thursday morning was attributed to a small animal.
"We had a rodent incident," CenterPoint Energy spokeswoman Olivia Ross said.
The rat, or other unidentified rodent, somehow got into an underground substation that serves north and northwest downtown, Ross said.
The power outage, which lasted from about 4:35 a.m. to 7:05 a.m., affected 15 to 20 buildings, including the Houston Chronicle's headquarters at 801 Texas Ave. The affected area was a block bounded by Preston on the north, Austin on the east, Walker on the south and Smith on the west, Ross said.
News: : Bush 41 in 'guarded condition' in ICU
Given the early hour during what might be the year's slowest week, the outage created relatively little havoc.
The outage was felt at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 615 Louisiana, and the Post Rice Lofts parking garage at Travis and Prairie Streets but did not affect JPMorgan Chase Tower, 600 Travis, or the JPMorgan Chase Center across the street at 601 Travis.
While the image of a small animal stopping a stream of international commerce in its tracks is mind-boggling, it happens from time to time.
Weather: 5-day forecast, radar maps
"We have barriers, but sometimes they just get in," Ross said.
In June 2007, a raccoon, perhaps tempted by a nest of bird eggs, lost its life when it climbed into CenterPoint's Gable Street substation.
That outage affected about 1,500 customers for two hours, CenterPoint said at the time.
In the 2007 incident, CenterPoint said it had installed various deterrents, including high-frequency emitters near substations and some transformers to scare birds. These measures had helped reduce animal-caused outages by 75 percent in the previous 12 years, the company said.


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120th Road west of State Street, Goessel
Dean F. Snelling, 41, of Goessel drove through a fence and struck a large hedge tree with his 2007 Chevrolet pickup at 6:50 a.m. May 13. No injuries were reported.
K-15 north of 130th Road
Keenan Dean Stultz, 15, of Hillsboro lost control of a 1987 Dodge pickup, owned by Harold M. Stultz Jr., of Hillsboro and went into the ditch when the front right tire came off at 4:13 p.m. May 9. Stultz kept the vehicle upright until it went into the ditch. No injuries were reported.
K-15 south of 120th Road
Richard Lee Drake Jr., 58, of Canton struck and killed a deer at 9:15 p.m. May 14. Drake was driving his 2008 Ford pickup.
Lincoln and 4th streets, Tampa
Brian Lee Hyslop, 46, of Benton backed into a 2011 Ford pickup driven and owned by Nathan George Brunner, 26, of Tampa at 9:24 a.m. May 13. Hyslop was driving a 2009 International truck owned by Waste Connections of Kansas Inc. of Salina. No injuries were reported.
South Church Street north of Commercial Street, Goessel
April Dawn Moon, 16, of Hillsboro tried to pass Ann L. Thiesen, 70, of Newton on the left and struck Thiesen's vehicle when she tried to turn left into a driveway at 4:30 p.m. April 30. Moon was driving her 1990 GMC pickup. Thiesen was driving a 2005 Ford van owned by USD 411. Becky J. Pyle, 56, of Goessel and Kurt Howard Blankley-Zapata, 4, of Goessel were passengers with Thiesen and Justine N. Spragg, 16, was a passenger with Moon. No injuries were reported.
U.S. 77 south of 140th Road
Dorothy Adele Joecks, 29, of Temple, Texas, lost control of her 2009 Mitsubishi coupe and went into the ditch at 6:50 p.m. May 12. No injuries were reported.


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Australia discovers new dinosaur
Australian palaeontologists say they have discovered a new species of dinosaur on a sheep farm in the northern state of Queensland.
The fossil remains of the large plant-eating sauropod, nicknamed Zac, are about 97 million years old.
They were found near the town of Eromanga, in a fossil-rich area that was once covered by a vast inland sea.
Palaeontologists say the find confirms Australia's importance as a centre for dinosaur discovery.
The country's largest dinosaur, Cooper, was found on the same sheep farm in 2004.
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Monica Lewinsky's former rabbi to deliver benediction after Bill Clinton's convention speech
**Written by Doug Powers
Well, it's "'Sex Degrees of Separation' Night" at the Democrat convention, and everybody is gearing up for an uncomfortable stroll down memory lane. I'd use the word "awkward" like everybody else is, but in actuality this probably won't distract, bother or rattle the likes of Bill Clinton in the least:
Rabbi David Wolpe of Los Angeles' Sinai Temple, where Monica Lewinsky and her family were congregation members for decades and where Lewinsky attended religious school, is scheduled to deliver the benediction at the Democratic National Convention tonight — not long after Bill Clinton speaks.
Not only was Wolpe the Lewinsky family's rabbi, he also sharply condemned President Clinton at the time his sexual relationship with Lewinsky, then a 24-year-old White House intern, was dominating national headlines.
"He was a brilliant, talented, extraordinary child, and for the leader of the United States we need an adult," Rabbi Wolpe told his temple, according to a 1998 Associated Press account. He said Clinton needed to "cleanse his soul."
And other news reports from the time noted that Wolpe accused Clinton of hiding behind a "flinty legalistic apology," for his romantic dalliances with the young intern.
Even though she's thousands of miles away from the convention, Hillary still apparently has a say in the scheduling.
Considering the "GOP is bad for women" tone the Dems have tried to set this week, something Rabbi Wolpe wrote in 2009 is worth remembering tonight:
"During the Lewinsky scandal, it was the lying and smearing of Monica Lewinsky that marked the low point of the event, not the sex, which was primarily an issue for the individuals and families involved."
We now return you to your regularly scheduled Republican war on women.
**Written by Doug Powers
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Videos from 2011 showcasing the work of the Vaccine Alliance and its partners.
11 November 2011
World Pneumonia Day 2011 event at GAVI Alliance
Video highlights from a special event to mark World Pneumonia Day 2011
and the first anniversary of the introduction of vaccines against
pneumococccal disease.
09 November 2011
World Pneumonia Day 2011
Watch the latest installment in the World Pneumonia Day video series,
and the essential part that childhood vaccination can play in combatting
17 October 2011
Seth Berkley at the Institute of Medicine
Seth's keynote speech during the 41st Annual Meeting of the Institute of
Medicine, 17 October 2011. Introduced by Jo Ivey Boufford, MD,
President of The New York Academy of Medicine.
27 September 2011
GAVI press conference following announcement of vaccine funding for 37 more countries
View the press conference organised with the African Press Organisation featuring: Seth Berkley MD, GAVI CEO; Dr. John Wecker, Director of Vaccine Access and Delivery, PATH; Dr. Catherine Sanga, Health Attaché, Permanent Mission of Tanzania to the UN in Geneva. Moderated by Dan Thomas, Head, Media and Communications, GAVI.
26 September 2011
The introduction of rotavirus vaccines in Africa
The roll out of rotavirus vaccines in Africa has begun. In this five-minute film, immunisation experts, health workers and mothers from Sudan and Tanzania talk about the need for the vaccines and their hope for the future.
Interview with rotavirus expert Dr Manish Patel
Dr Manish Patel, medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, explains how rotavirus affects young children and why it is such a global health issue in developing countries.
21 September 2011
GAVI and the MDGs
An animated film showing how the GAVI Alliance works with a broad range of public and private sector partners to reach children in developing countries with vaccines.
Seth Berkley NCD video blog on Every Woman Every Child event and UNF vaccine panel
Seth comments on the Secretary General's Every Woman and Every Child event that took place last night (September 20th) as well as the UN Foundation's Breakfast Vaccine Panel that he particiated in this morning with Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Susan Mackay, and Peg Willingham.
20 September 2011
Seth Berkley NCD video blog on launch of Shot@Life global vaccine campaign
GAVI CEO Seth Berkley comments on UN Foundation's Shot@Life global vaccine campaign that was launched on 19 September.
19 September 2011
Seth Berkley video blog from the UN Summit on non-communicable diseases (NCD)
Listen to GAVI CEO, Seth Berkley, comment on the roll out of this week's pneumococcal vaccine in Burundi, and an article in the New York Times (19 September 2011) commenting on WHO's cost effective recommendations on combating NCDs.
16 September 2011
Dr Seth Berkley on UN Summit of non-communicable diseases
GAVI Alliance CEO, Dr Seth Berkley, speaks about his upcoming visit to New York to take part in the UN High Level meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) and other meetings.
07 July 2011
Immunisation advocacy campaign in Malawi
Through the GAVI Alliance's initiative, hundreds of thousands of children have been saved in Malawi, where civil society organisations are appealing to the government to support the health sector.
13 June 2011
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia - Part 1 of 2
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf delivers her speech during the GAVI Alliance Pledging Conference for Immunisation in London.
Past, Present and Future: The GAVI Alliance animation
This 90-second animated film, produced for the 13 June Pledging Conference for Immunisation in London, highlights the success of the GAVI Alliance in saving children's lives and protecting people's health by increasing access to immunisation in developing countries. It ends looking to GAVI's next phase.
Press conference footage from the GAVI Alliance pledging conference for immunisation
The pledging conference attracted intense media coverage, serving to highlight the compelling need for increasing access to vaccines in developing countries.
Highlights from the GAVI pledging conference for immunisation
View highlights from the pledging conference for immunisation on 13 June 2011.
"Saving children's lives - the GAVI Alliance pledging conference for immunisation"
Speeches and footage from the GAVI Alliance Pledging conference in London.
08 June 2011
Sierra Leone - Mothers and doctors appeal for immunisation
Sierra Leone has one of the world's highest infant mortality rates. Mothers and doctors give an emotional appeal to donors to support two new vaccines to fight pneumonia and diarrhoea.
01 June 2011
4 Hours to Save 4 Million Lives - saving lives through vaccinations
Save the Children UK's video highlighting to world leaders that they had 4 hours to save 4 million lives when they met on June 13th at the pledging conference for immunisation in London.
IFFIm supporting GAVI
See how IFFIm's "vaccine bonds" fund immunisation.
30 May 2011
Meningitis A in Burkina Faso
MenAfriVac, a new vaccine against Meningococcal Meningitis seroptype Nm A, is expected to prevent meningitis epidemics in Africa's "meningitis belt" of 25 countries that stretch from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east.
16 May 2011
Immunisation clinic in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Parents bring their children for immunisation with the pentavalent vaccine at a clinic in downtown Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.
Pentavalent vaccination in Madagascar
Between 1990 and 2010 Madagascar was one of just six countries to reduce its under-five child mortality rates by more than 60%, showing that even in the most difficult circumstances, immunisation and other basic interventions play key roles in preventing disease and saving lives.
02 May 2011
Realizing the Potential of Global Vaccines - Part 3 of 3
Seth Berkley: Realizing the Potential of Global Vaccines - Part 3 of 3.
Realizing the Potential of Global Vaccines - Part 2 of 3
Seth Berkley: Realizing the Potential of Global Vaccines - Part 2 of 3.
Global Vaccines 202X
Dr. Seth Berkley discusses the need to strengthen the vaccine continuum - from development to delivery (3-part).
11 March 2011
Pneumococcal vaccine global launch
This year, millions of children will receive the new pneumococcal vaccine, which protects against the world's biggest killer of children, pneumonia. By supporting the introduction of this new vaccine to more than 40 countries, GAVI aims to prevent some 700,000 deaths by 2015 and up to seven million deaths by 2030.
14 February 2011
Kenya pneumococcal launch ceremony 14 Feb 2011
Watch highlights from the pneumococcal launch ceremony at Kenya's International Conference Centre.
29 January 2011
New pneumococcal vaccines bring hope to parents in Yemen
Pneumonia is the leading killer of children under five in Yemen, with acute respiratory diseases accounting for 20 to 23 per cent of the country's infant deaths.
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Middle Class Could Foot the Bill for Obamacare Subsidies
The sudden lack of subsidy payments could cause a rise in middle-class health care costs as high as 20 percent. That's according to a report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, due to President Trump's announcement that the administration would cease funding the cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments. Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) have a bill to fund those subsidies for the next two years, while offering states more flexibility on insurance plans. President-elect of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Julie Mix McPeak says while this is a good first step, it pushes finding a solution for Obamacare to another day. McPeak joins Soledad O'Brien from Nashville to discuss how rescinding the subsidies will affect cost and access, what biggest concerns of the insurance markets and how middle-class families, who don't qualify for subsidies, could end up footing the bill.


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What are trademarks?
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a trademark is a "word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others."
What is the difference between registered trademarks and unregistered trademarks?
Some trademark owners register their marks with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Registered trademarks are indicated by the symbol "®" and allow certain rights in interstate and foreign commerce.
The first business to use a trademark generally obtains certain common law rights to it, whether or not it is registered. The owners of unregistered trademarks may indicate their claim to common law rights to the trademark by using "TM" with it.
Of course, the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Web site has official information about trademarks.
What is a common law trademark search?
A common law trademark search involves checking directories, databases and other sources to see whether a given trademark has been used already, meaning someone may have common law rights to it.
A common law trademark search is generally done as a last step after searching for registered federal trademarks using TESS (Trademark Electronic Search System) and also after searching for registered individual state trademarks.
Why is it a good idea to do a "common law" trademark search on the name I want to use for my company / product / service / band?
If you want to register your trademark, the federal trademark application requires a signed declaration from the applicant that "to the best of his/her knowledge and belief no other person, firm, corporation, or association has the right to use the mark in commerce…"
Legal considerations aside, it is good business sense to create a unique name and/or logo that identifies your product or service and that you won't have to change later.
What are some sources I can check at San Francisco Public Library?
Following is a list of some of the major sources one can consult in doing a common law trademark search.
Databases listed below may be accessed through the Library's web site using a library card number and a PIN/password. Unless noted otherwise, all print sources are located in the Business, Science & Technology Center.
General Sources of Business Names
A business name is not in itself a trademark. But it is still useful to search general business directories to find out what names are in use.
- ReferenceUSA - contains 20 million business names. It is searchable by any keyword in the name and also by industry and location.
- D&B Million Dollar Database - approximately 1,600,000 U.S. and Canadian public and private businesses.
- Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private & Public Companies (print directory)
- ThomasNet Web site - manufacturers, distributors and service providers, "from Actuators to Zirconium and everything in between." Includes a brand search.
- Consultants & Consulting Organizations Directory (print directory)
- Encyclopedia of Associations - good source for nonprofit and special interest organizations. In print at the General Collections Center and online through Gale Directory Library (Associations Unlimited).
California Businesses
California Business Search - access to millions of records filed in the State of California's databases for CA corporations (including nonprofits), limited partnerships (LP) and limited liability companies (LLC). Also try the Name Availability searches.
Fictitious Business Name (FBN) Search
The law requires every person who transacts a business for profit under a fictitious business name (FBN) to file a statement in the county of the principal place of business within 40 days from the time such business commences. The statement expires in 5 years and a new filing is required upon expiration. Fictitious Business Name Statements are required to ensure that consumers have access to the true name and address of the owners of a business. For local (SF) businesses, use San Francisco Fictitious Business Name Search.
Print Directories of Local Businesses
[See Local Company Research Resources for a more complete list of local sources]
- California Manufacturers Register
- Directory of California Wholesalers & Service Companies
- Northern California High Technology Directory
General Sources of Brand & Product Names
- Brands & Their Companies - U.S. listings of trade names and products.
- The Advertising Red Books (formerly "Standard Directory of Advertisers") - brands and advertisers are indexed by industry and location.
- ThomasNet (manufacturers and their brands)
Sources for Specific Goods & Services
The Business, Science & Technology Center has many print trade directories for a wide range of industries.
- National Register for Apparel Manufacturers.
- RN & WPL Encyclopedia - best source for identifying clothing labels and manufacturers.
Additional Suggestions
- Search the Internet for your prospective trademark. Use a search engine like Google for a broad search or try an index such as Yahoo to concentrate on a business or product category.
- Scan trade magazines for business and product names. Business Publication Advertising Source from Standard Rate & Data Service is an excellent source of industry publications. Check the Library's catalog to see if SFPL has any of the industry titles.
- Consult local and regional yellow pages.
- For special types of businesses, consult a library center that specializes in a related subject. For instance, ask staff at the Art, Music, and Recreation Center about searching for band (music) names.
- There are companies that perform trademark searches for a fee. They can be located in the phone book under "trademark consultants," or found online in library databases such as Reference USA.


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So a corporate Democratic lobbyist named Hillary Rosen made a gaffe about Ann Romney's resumé. So what? The reality is that Moms of all ages have been wounded by an obsolete and misguided consensus among Washington elites – a consensus that is too often mislabeled as 'centrism.'
This false centrism is based on an utterly discredited ideology of deregulation and government austerity – an ideology that has the GOP in its iron grip and controls much of the Democratic Party apparatus. The Republicans have become too radical to save, but the Democrats need to see the light – and soon – because the results are in and they're indisputable.
The Clintonite economic fantasy of "corporate-friendly Democrats" has failed. From Wall Street deregulation to welfare 'reform,' from Social Security "bargains" to jobs cuts for poor mothers, the record is undeniable: "Bipartisan" Washington's economic agenda doesn't work.
Sorry, corporate Democrats: The dream is over. Wake up and smell the GDP. If you won't do it for yourselves, do it for your mothers.
GOP Gone Wild
It's true that Mitt Romney has said stunningly insensitive things about lower-income mothers. And his "bromance" partner Paul Ryan has cooked up a second round of welfare cuts which would decimate lower-income mothers and their children – even though we now know the first "reform" was a cruel failure.
But Romney's comments aren't all that different from what Bill Clinton said about welfare cuts back in the nineties. And leading Democrats from the White House on down still seem determined to pursue an austerity deal with Republicans that would take the country down the same road of blood and horror that Europe is walking.
(Maybe they should call it a "Grand Guignol Bargain?)
When will Democrats learn that repeating right-wing talking points only accomplishes three things? It helps turn right-wing ideas into right-wing realities, it legitimizes bad ideas – and it elects Republicans.
Nostalgia Trip
Right-leaning – excuse me, centrist Democrats – love to lecture others about living in the past. They argue that their party's traditional ideals and themes – fighting poverty, ensuring a secure old age, and providing work at fair wages – went out with bell bottoms and Nehru jackets.
The group that used to be known as "DLC Democrats" and is now sometimes called the "Third Way" contingent still controls the party, and it quickly secured leadership positions for itself in the Obama Administration after the 2008 election. As soon as the insurgent candidate won office the White House nomination process rang with an unspoken but undeniable theme: Out with the new, in with the old.
But the nation quickly learned, even if they did not, that they were the ones living in the past. From the Presidential Deficit Commission to the Administration's ill-timed embrace of austerity, the centrism that worked so well in the nineties began tanking in the 21st Century. It even allowed Republicans to run to Democrats' left on Social Security in 2010 – and recapture the House.
Why won't they change? Maybe because it's hard to let go of a beautiful dream.
That Nineties Show
High-profile Dems in the 1990s must have thought that you can have it all: They could bask in the admiration and acclaim enjoyed by their more liberal forebears while enjoying the largesse and security (personal and political) that comes when you win the backing of corporations and very-high-net-worth individuals.
And during the go-go Clinton years it almost seemed as if it worked: The economy was booming as they cut regulations, forced new rules and restrictions onto key antipoverty programs, and very nearly agreed to cut Social Security.
Leading the charge was Bill Clinton himself. He signed the "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act" on August 22, 1996, saying it would "end welfare as we know it and transform our broken welfare system by promoting the fundamental values of work, responsibility, and families."
And when he signed the bill repealing Glass-Steagall, Bill Clinton said that "This legislation is truly historic" – a statement that's indisputable in hindsight: It's helped contribute to historic levels of unemployment, lost wealth for the middle class, and ongoing economic insecurity. His next sentence – "We have done right by the American people" – is more dubious.
Clintonian economic centrism was nothing but a fantasy — a bubble-driven fantasy. the go-no nineties were fueled by an Internet bubble, and then a housing bubble sent the economy into manic overdrive.
Moms and Jobs
That nineties-era deregulation led to the financial crisis of 2008. Much has been made of the fact that unemployment statistics look slightly better for women than for men – but compared to what? And for which women?
As of March 2012 official unemployment rate for women in the United States was 7.7 percent. In the twenty years fefore the crisis that figure was only reached for all workers in the final months of the first President Bush's term -just before he lost his re-election bid over dissatisfaction with the economy.
In other words, it's a very bad number. Remember "It's the economy, stupid?"
SIngle mothers have been disproportionately hurt by the ongoing American recession. So have minority women, as well as mothers from all backgrounds who must contend with un- or underemployed spouses as well as young-adult children who are still living at home or accepting money from their parents during a period of record joblessness for the young.
And the "golden years" won't provide any comfort, much less gold, for America's mothers. Women over the age of 55 actually face higher unemployment rates than men do.
Poor Moms
We now know that welfare reform everybody was bragging about the nineties – that decade's "Grand Bargain," its "bipartisan" triumph – was a failure. It may have slightly helped single mothers find jobs in the 1990s, but nearly ninety percent of the job gains among single mothers during that period were due to other factors.
Even those meager gains were soon wiped out. Deregulation shattered the economy and led to mass unemployment, while conservative state legislators slashed the programs meant to help mothers who need jobs. And then the Federal programs were cut too.
But the cuts for mothers and their children? They didn't go away when the jobs did.
Aid to Families with Dependent Children was ended, and we now know that its successor (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families – TANF) only helps 27 out of every 100 impoverished families. That's less than half the families that were getting help before all of this bipartisan "reform" kicked in.
The New York Times tells the story of real "welfare reform", describing the "desperate and sometimes illegal ways" mothers without assistance make ends meet: "They have sold food stamps, sold blood, skipped meals, shoplifted, doubled up with friends, scavenged trash bins for bottles and cans and returned to relationships with violent partners — all with children in tow."
We now know that Bill Clinton was working on a "grand bargain" with Newt Gingrich to cut Social Security and Medicare when his plans were derailed by scandal. Today his successor insists on putting Social Security and Medicare benefits back "on the table" for a similar deal.
How would that affect the country's mothers and grandmothers? A new Kaiser Family Foundation brief confirms that seniors rely on Social Security for most of their income, that medical costs are a large and already-growing part of their budgets, and that women face much greater financial insecurity than men.
Cuts to Social Security or benefit cuts (as opposed to other cost reduction measures) to Medicare would devastate America's moms and grand-moms.
Choosy Mothers
This election year the choice has never been clearer – except when it isn't.
It's clear that today's Republicans are certainly extremists, and that they're pushing an anti-woman, anti-family agenda. The GOP's push for anti-union, anti-employee laws – marketed under the name "Right to Work" – disproportionately hurts working women as well as minorities.
The phony outrage over Ann Romney hides the fact that Mrs. Romney could make a choice whether to work or stay with her children – a choice that her supposedly "pro-family" husband wants to deny to less wealthy women: ""Even if you have a child two years of age, you need to go to work," Romney said in January. "I want individuals to have the dignity of work."
Elections have been won and lost on such callous statements. But if the Democrats want to win they're going to have to repudiate their own party's similar rhetoric – rhetoric that candidate Obama embraced in 2008 when he rad an ad called "Dignity" which used many of the same stock phrases. State Senator Barack Obama was much closer to the mark in 1997 when he called the legislation "disturbing" and said ""I probably would not have supported the federal legislation."
Mother Knows Best
The Third Way types can throw around all the massaged, tweaked, and sliced-and-diced polling data they want (Mike Lux has the details), but their agenda doesn't work any better politically than it does economically. The more populist the President's rhetoric becomes, the better he does in the polls.
A wishy-washy pseudo-centrist message will disenchant the Democrats' core voters – the young, minorities, and yes, women – just enough to suppress their turnout in November and give the race to the Republicans. So the Democrats have a choice: They can be the party of corporate lobbyists like – well, like Hillary Rosen – or they can fight for the country's mothers.
It's all very well and good to repeat Romney's cruel words about poor mothers and their kids, or to mock right-wingers like Gary Bauer for calling that now-discredited welfare reform "one of the great bipartisan triumphs of the last two decades." But if Democrats don't repudiate the reckless errors of conservative pseudo-centrism they'll be throwing away an electoral opportunity – and they'll be letting down America's moms.
All of them, that is, except the new First Lady of the United States: Ann Romney.


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Aspiring Olympians encouraged to dream big
16 August 2013
Watch the Digital Press Conference here with Susie O'Neill at 10am AEST.
YOG: Olympic silver medallist and Youth Olympic Games gold medallist, Jessica Fox, is calling on aspiring young Australian athletes to 'dream big' to mark the one year to go milestone to the start of the second Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, China.
"When I went to the YOG I didn't expect to be competing in London two years later," the 19-year-old said. "It took hard work fuelled by a big dream."
The canoe/kayak sports star was one of 100 elite young Australian athletes who competed against the best from around the world in the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore 2010.
"It was a very valuable experience because it's an event like no other for young athletes and an eye opener for what the Olympics could be like," she said.
"When I arrived in London I felt I was able to settle in quickly and deal with the excitement of the village, transport, the long opening and closing ceremonies, security, drug testing and uniform fitting."
Multiple Olympic medallist, Susie O'Neill, will lead the 2014 Australian Youth Olympic Team (AYOT) as Chef de Mission.
"I am excited to be part of the Olympics and the Australian Team again, especially at this junior, sub elite level," the three-time Olympian said.
O'Neill will lead a team of approximately of 90 athletes to Nanjing next year, made up of 70 individual athletes and two sport teams. The qualification period commenced in June this year and to date Australia has qualified 8 (maximum) spots in swimming and the women's pair in rowing.
"It is great to see the IOC investing in the development of emerging athletes and providing them with a learning experience for the Olympic Games," she said.
"The Olympics can be hard to do well in as there is so much stuff going on," she said. "It always helps if you have been to a multi-country, multi-sporting event prior to Olympics. This would have helped me."
Fox will flank O'Neill as the Young Ambassador to the 2014 AYOT.
"This is a really exciting opportunity for me," she said. "Hopefully I can share my YOG experience with the team members and give them some guidance. I think it is easier to open up to someone who is closer to you in your age.
"I will also be encouraging them to participate in the Cultural and Education Program. There are some really exciting activities and it is a great way to meet other people and step outside your comfort zone."
YOG athletes also at the London Olympic Games were pole vaulter Liz Parnov and boxer Damien Hooper who won a silver and gold medal respectively at the 2010 YOG.
Other 2010 team members to wear the green and gold at international events include swimmers Emma McKeon and Kenneth To at the 2013 Swimming World Championships, Brandon Starc and Nick Hough at the 2013 Athletics World Championships, rower Olympia Aldersey and canoe/kayker Scott Smith at their respective U23 International events and equestrian athlete Thomas McDermott who last year won the prestigious FEI Rising Star of the Year award.
The YOG was first established at the International Olympic Committee session in Guatemala in July 2007 and is brainchild of IOC President Jacques Rogge. It is a multi-sport, cultural and educational event, inspiring young people around the world to participate in sport, lead active and healthy lives and adopt and live by the Olympic values.
More than 3,000 young athletes aged 15 – 18 years will descend on Nanjing, China in August 2014 to compete in 222 events across the 28 Olympic sports over 12 days.
The YOG is considered as an opportunity to trial new events for the Olympic Games. There are variations to the sports program including basketball which is 3x3 and hockey which is 5 a side. There are also mixed gender events in swimming and mixed NOC events in sports such as triathlon, equestrian, athletics, table tennis and judo.
A mixed relay in swimming was held at the inaugural YOG in Singapore. In July 2013, FINA agreed to incorporate mixed relays, featuring two men and two women at future World Championships.
The YOG also provides an opportunity for young athletes to participate in cultural and educational exchanges, on the sporting field and inside the Village.
"There were fun activities in the Village which encouraged us to explore various cultures, learn some new words in different languages, try some interesting foods and the best part was to mingle with other international athletes!" Fox said.
The Olympic silver medallist, YOG gold medallist and multiple World Cup winner remembers 2010 fondly.
"There were so many fantastic moments at the YOG," Fox said. "The excitement of being part of a big team and the pride in wearing the green and gold uniform and seeing the Olympic rings everywhere! Being a part of the Opening ceremony and competing in front of a big crowd (including the IOC president Jacques Rogge & sporting legend Sergei Bubka!!) was exciting as well as winning a gold medal!"
Learn more about Nanjing 2014 here>>>
Australian Olympic Youth Team
The One Year to Go media conference will be broadcast live at 10am AEST Friday 16 August on www.olympics.com.au. The media conference features Chef de Mission Susie O'Neill and AYOT hopefuls Nina Kennedy (athletics – pole vault) and Alanna Bowles (swimming).
The public can ask questions using Twitter with #ASPIREtoNanjing


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Missionary Age Changes
Missionary Work: A Priesthood Duty
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Your Day for a Mission
I am pleased to announce that effective immediately, all worthy and able young men who have graduated from high school or its equivalent, regardless of where they live, will have the option of being recommended for missionary service beginning at the age of 18, instead of age 19. . . .
As we have prayerfully pondered the age at which young men may begin their missionary service, we have also given consideration to the age at which a young woman might serve. Today I am pleased to announce that able, worthy young women who have the desire to serve may be recommended for missionary service beginning at age 19, instead of age 21.
We affirm that missionary work is a priesthood duty—and we encourage all young men who are worthy and who are physically able and mentally capable to respond to the call to serve. Many young women also serve, but they are not under the same mandate to serve as are the young men. We assure the young sisters of the Church, however, that they make a valuable contribution as missionaries, and we welcome their service.


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O'Reilly: "Asian People Are Not Liberal, You Know, By Nature. They're Usually More Industrious And Hard-Working"
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BILL O'REILLY (host): Now I have to say, Hawaii is one of my favorite places in the world. It's beautiful.
JESSE WATTERS (Fox News producer): Yeah, it's beautiful.
O'REILLY: But when I'm there I'm under water. I'm not talking to pinheads. But the state is in enormous debt.
WATTERS: They are.
O'REILLY: Alright. They've got a lot of social problems. When you says it's the biggest homeless thing, it's because of the addiction.
WATTERS: Right.
O'REILLY: The addiction is rampant, all over the place, because they don't enforce the drug laws.
WATTERS: No.
O'REILLY: And, you know, I think the one person who said, Look, this is a place where people come to to escape. This is, you know, generally speaking. But you know what's shocking? 35 percent of the Hawaiian population is Asian, and Asian people are not liberal, you know, by nature. They're usually more industrious and hard-working.
WATTERS: But they did vote for President Obama --
O'REILLY: Big time.
WATTERS: -- and if you add the indigenous native Hawaiian population --
O'REILLY: About 20 percent.
WATTERS: -- to the Hispanic population, they outnumber whites by more than two to one.
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Credit Suisse Yet Another Gold Skeptic
By Matt Day
Add Credit Suisse to the growing roster of market watchers expecting gold's long bull run to stumble in the year ahead.
The bank makes a case similar to the one Goldman Sachs laid out last month. The global economy is slowly but steadily crawling out of crisis mode, and gold-friendly inflation is nowhere to be seen in the developed world.
Eventually, interest rates will perk up and sap demand for the yieldless metal.
"The 12-year-old US dollar gold bull market is not yet dead in our opinion but nor is it in the best of health," says Credit Suisse analyst Tom Kendall. "The gold cycle is likely to peak this year."


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Dennis Rodman: Ambassador To Peace In North Korea?
Dennis Rodman has been an ambassador of tattoos, of making high-level defense "cool" and of free thinking.
HoopsVibe Very Quick Call: A couple weeks after some successful nuke testing, the Worm is hanging out with Kim Jong Un, one one one (or maybe "un on un").
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Justin Bieber Helps Build School in Guatemala [VIDEO]
Justin Bieber's good deeds are often left overlooked, but in reality, he is a pretty charitable kid. And get this -- he spent his Sunday, the day most kids his age are recovering from a night of partying with friends, in the jungles of Guatemala, aiding a group of poor villagers and helping them put up a schoolhouse.
The Biebs was in town, performing in Guatemala City on Saturday, Oct. 26. He then hit the jungle to build the school as part of his association with the Pencils of Promise charity.
The teen took a chopper into a remote region on Sunday, Oct. 27.
He posted a video that was over three minutes in length, recalling what the experience was like.
He spoke about it being a place he didn't know existed, full of so many beautiful children, yet 10 people living in a single hut. What he witnessed really appears to affected him.
"It was a wakeup call," The Biebs tells the camera. "Any problem I have is nothing at all. These kids have nothing at all. They have absolutely nothing. No food, no water, no education, and yet we're stressing over little things. They are just so happy...I gotta say that it's selfish of me...but it's the best selfishness possible. I am doing it because it makes me happy, but it's also helping so many other amazing people. I met this beautiful girl named Shelley and instantly we had a great connection."
Shelley was a cute little girl that he hugged and who followed him around.
Good deeds are inherently selfish since they make the doer feel better about themselves. Even so, The Biebs has a heart of gold and he was hands on, building a school. No lip service there.


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Summary: Deaths
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- Deaths
- Child/Youth Death Rate
- Child/Youth Deaths, by Age and Cause
- Firearm Death Rate, by Age and Cause
- Firearm Deaths, by Age and Cause
- Hospitalizations
- Infant Mortality
- Youth Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury
- Injuries
- Why This Topic Is Important
The death of any young person is a tragedy. High child and youth death rates also can be an indicator of larger system issues, such as community violence or problems accessing health care. Preventable injuries (e.g., from car accidents) are the leading cause of death among children and youth ages 1-24 nationwide (1). Among young children ages 1-4, the most common cause of unintentional injury-related death is drowning; among 5- to 24-year-olds, it is motor vehicle accidents (1). Homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease, and congenital anomalies (birth defects) are other leading causes of death for children and youth ages 1-24 in the U.S. (1). The majority of youth homicides and suicides are caused by firearms (1).
Death rates from injuries, and overall death rates, generally are higher for boys than girls (2). Inequities by race/ethnicity also persist, statewide and nationally; e.g., among groups with data, African American/black and American Indian/Alaska Native children and youth have had the highest death rates for many years (3). Many fatal injuries can be prevented through environmental, behavioral, social, and legislative change (4).Find more information about child and youth death in kidsdata.org's Research & Links section.
Sources for this narrative:
1. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2017). Leading causes of death reports, 1981-2015. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/leading_causes_death.html
2. Child Trends Databank. (2016). Infant, child, and teen mortality. Retrieved from: http://www.childtrends.org/?indicators=infant-child-and-teen-mortality
3. As cited on kidsdata.org, Child/youth death rate, by race/ethnicity. (2017). California Department of Public Health, California Department of Finance, Population Reference Bureau, & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
4. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2017). About CDC's injury center. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/injury/about/index.html
- How Children Are Faring
In 2013-15, the death rate among California children and young adults ages 1-24 was 30 per 100,000, down from 41.1 per 100,000 in 1996-98. California and U.S. rates have been on the decline since 2004-06, although California's rate has been consistently lower than the nation as a whole. Among counties with data, youth death rates vary widely, from 19.6 per 100,000 (Napa) to 77.6 per 100,000 (Lake) in 2013-15. Similar to the statewide trend, rates declined between 2004-06 and 2013-15 in 38 of 41 counties with data.
Young adults ages 20-24 consistently have the highest death rate (66.5 per 100,000 in 2013-15) when compared to other age groups in California, while children ages 5-14 have the lowest (10.2 per 100,000 in 2013-15). Since 2000-02, African American/black and American Indian/Alaska Native youth have had the highest rates of death among groups with data; in 2013-15, the death rate for African American/black youth in California (61.9 per 100,000) was about twice that for both white (31.6) and Hispanic/Latino youth (28.4), and more than three times that for Asian/Pacific Islander youth (19.5). Both in California and nationwide, unintentional injuries—such as car accidents, drowning, and falls—are the leading cause of death for children and young adults ages 1-24 overall, for all age groups, and for all racial/ethnic groups with the exception of African American/black youth, for whom homicide is the leading cause of death.
In 2015, there were 649 firearm-related deaths among California children and young adults ages 24 and under, with boys and young men accounting for the vast majority (591). Homicide and suicide are the most common causes of firearm-related death across all age, gender, and racial/ethnic groups with data. Overall, the statewide rate of firearm-related deaths among youth (4.9 per 100,000 in 2013-15) has decreased since 2004-06, and has been lower than the national rate since 2008-10. Still, disparities persist among groups; e.g., in 2013-15, African American/black youth died from firearm-related injuries at a rate (23 per 100,000) almost five times that for Hispanic/Latino youth (4.7), and nearly eight times that for white youth (2.9).
- Policy Implications
Most child and youth deaths are due to accidents or otherwise preventable causes (1). Public policies aimed at prevention, education, and support of youth and families can address these causes.
Policy options that could reduce child and youth deaths include:
For more information, see kidsdata.org's Research & Links section and Policy Implications under these topics: Infant Mortality, Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury, Cancer, Injuries, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Gang Involvement.
- Strengthening, enforcing, and promoting awareness of motor vehicle safety laws, including those concerning car seats, seat belts, distracted or drunk driving, and Graduated Driver Licensing systems (2)
- Preventing child abuse and neglect by promoting safe, stable, and caring relationships between caregivers and children; also addressing factors associated with child maltreatment, e.g., neighborhood economic stress and family poverty (3)
- Providing routine and accessible mental health screening and services for youth in order to address depression and prevent suicide; also going beyond the prevention and treatment of problems to promoting positive mental health (4)
- In accordance with California law, promoting school policies that foster a positive school climate (i.e., where students feel safe, connected, and supported at school), which is associated with lower levels of student violence and high-risk behavior, including substance use (5, 6)
- Addressing risk factors for gang involvement and violent behavior by strengthening families and schools, teaching students social and emotional skills, and improving community supervision and engagement of youth (7)
- Continuing efforts to ensure that all women, infants, children, and youth—particularly those with special health care needs—have access to quality medical care that is affordable, timely, comprehensive, continuous, culturally appropriate, and patient-centered (8)
- Supporting continued pediatric cancer research to promote advances in the understanding of risk factors and treatments (9)
Sources for this narrative:
1. As cited on kidsdata.org, Child/youth deaths, by age and cause. (2017). California Department of Public Health & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (2017). Motor vehicle safety. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/index.html
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Preventing child maltreatment through the promotion of safe, stable, nurturing relationships between children and caregivers. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/CM_Strategic_Direction--Long-a.pdf
4. Murphey, D., et al. (2014). Are the children well? A model and recommendations for promoting the mental wellness of the nation's young people. Child Trends & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Retrieved from: http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2014/07/are-the-children-well-.html
5. Lee, B. (2016). Improving school climate through LCAPs. Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, California. Retrieved from: https://www.strongnation.org/articles/165-improving-school-climate-through-lcaps
6. Morgan, E., et al. (2014). The school discipline consensus report: Strategies from the field to keep students engaged in school and out of the juvenile justice system. Council of State Governments Justice Center. Retrieved from: http://csgjusticecenter.org/youth/school-discipline-consensus-report/
7. Simon, T. R., et al. (Eds.). (2013). Changing course: Preventing gang membership. National Institute of Justice & National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Retrieved from: http://nij.gov/publications/changing-course
8. Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, & Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health. (2014). Standards for systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs. Retrieved from: http://www.lpfch.org/publication/standards-systems-care-children-and-youth-special-health-care-needs
9. National Cancer Institute. (2017). Childhood cancers research. Retrieved from: https://www.cancer.gov/research/areas/childhood
- Research & Links
- Websites with Related Information
- Child Safety and Injury Prevention: Professional Resource Brief, 2013, Maternal and Child Health Digital Library
- Child Welfare Information Gateway, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau
- Children's Safety Network, Education Development Center
- Motor Vehicle Safety, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- National Cancer Institute: Childhood Cancers, National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Education Development Center
- VetoViolence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Key Reports and Research
- Accidental Poisoning Deaths—Mostly Drug Overdoses—Exceed Homicides of U.S. Young Adults, 2016, Population Reference Bureau, Jarosz, B., & VanOrman, A.
- CDC Grand Rounds: Evidence-Based Injury Prevention, 2014, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Sleet, D. A., et al.
- Childhood Firearm Injuries in the United States, 2017, Pediatrics, Fowler, K. A., et al.
- Evidence-Based Strategies and Readings in Five Injury Topics, 2017, Children's Safety Network
- Keeping Kids Safe In and Around Water: Exploring Misconceptions that Lead to Drowning, 2016, Safe Kids Worldwide, MacKay, J. M., et al.
- NHPCO's Facts and Figures: Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care in America, 2015, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Friebert, S., & Williams, C.
- Overview of Childhood Injury Morbidity and Mortality in the U.S. Fact Sheet, 2015, Safe Kids Worldwide
- Preventing Violence In California Data Brief 1: Overview of Homicide and Suicide Deaths in California, 2019, California Dept. of Public Health
- Preventing Violence in California Volume 1: The Role of Public Health, 2017, California Dept. of Public Health
- Preventing Violence: A Review of Research, Evaluation, Gaps, and Opportunities, 2015, Futures Without Violence & Child Trends, Moore, K., et al.
- Preventing Youth Violence: Opportunities for Action, 2014, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, David-Ferdon, C., & Simon, T. R.
- Report to the Nation: Protecting Children in Your Home, 2015, Safe Kids Worldwide
- Suicide Replaces Homicide as Second-Leading Cause of Death Among U.S. Teenagers, 2016, Population Reference Bureau, VanOrman, A., & Jarosz, B.
- County/Regional Reports
- 2014 Solano Children's Report Card, Children's Network of Solano County
- 2017 Kern County Report Card, Kern County Network for Children
- Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan, Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health
- Live Well San Diego Report Card on Children, Families, and Community, 2017, The Children's Initiative & Live Well San Diego
- Santa Clara County Public Health Department: Open Data Portal
- The 24th Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County, 2018, Orange County Children's Partnership
- More Data Sources For Deaths
- 2019 KIDS COUNT Data Book, Annie E. Casey Foundation
- California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal, California Health and Human Services Agency
- Child Trends Databank
- EpiCenter: California Injury Data Online, California Dept. of Public Health
- FastStats: Injuries, National Center for Health Statistics
- FastStats: Leading Causes of Death, National Center for Health Statistics
- Health, United States, 2017 – Data Finder, National Center for Health Statistics
- National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence, U.S. Dept. of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- National Vital Statistics Reports, National Center for Health Statistics
- Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Boehner on hot seat as Senate acts
The Senate has caught bipartisan fever.
Long mired in bitter gridlock, two groups of Democratic and Republican lawmakers have hashed out once-unthinkable bipartisan solutions on gun control and rewriting the nation's immigration laws.
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But the rush to bipartisanship could grind to an abrupt halt in the House.
Speaker John Boehner is once again trapped in a tough position: If he doesn't move on Senate-passed gun and immigration compromises, the House risks looking like it is obstructing the will of the American people. Should Boehner achieve consensus among Republicans on both issues, it could re-establish him as a deal maker and a central figure in upcoming legislative debates, while helping the House move on to more comfortable political and policy grounds.
( Also on POLITICO: Can Gang of 8 stay tight?)
Publicly, Boehner is being circumspect about how he'll handle eventual gun and immigration legislation, promising to consider both issues if they pass the Senate — his aides are still skeptical they will. But behind the scenes, his team is planning, and GOP lawmakers are pushing him and Republican leaders in multiple directions.
Boehner is following through on his promise to exhaust the legislative process and will allow the House to decide whether to produce its own gun and immigration legislation.
All that makes the next few months — which will butt up against a debate on the nation's borrowing cap and budget — one of the most active few months Washington has seen since 2011.
( Also on POLITICO: 5 takeaways on Obama's budget)
"It's clear that the House Republicans have abdicated responsibility for legislation to the Senate," said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), a three-decade veteran of Washington. "And [the Senate is] looking at trying to do things on a bipartisan basis, which is the only way to pass laws. I've seen very little in the House that shows they want to do anything on a bipartisan basis."
The House isn't the Senate, and this pair of issues highlights the opposing pressure each chamber faces.
The reason the Senate found bipartisanship is complicated, and multifaceted, and includes political pressures such as senators posturing for presidential runs and the fact that House members must run for reelection every two years while senators face their constituents every six.
( PHOTOS: What's in Obama's 2014 budget)
Wily Senate veterans like Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), who are cutting a deal on immigration, know how to navigate tough issues and have been trying to rewrite immigration laws for years. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is in a deal-cutting mood, with his eye on becoming majority leader. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a border-state lawmaker, was also just elected. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who cut the gun deal, don't face voters until 2016 and 2018, respectively.
House Republicans have taken a legislative back seat to the Senate purposely. Leadership has long been frustrated that its bills were ignored in the Senate. Boehner made the conscious decision to put pressure on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to take the lead in legislating — and he has.