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In various articles I have discussed the historic reasons for the inclusion of the Electoral College process in presidential elections, citing specific reasons the Founding Fathers, soon after gaining American independence from the British Empire and experiencing the deficiencies of the Articles of Confederation, finally framed a Constitutional Republic at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The founders chose this form of government for the United States rather than a simple majoritarian democracy. As opposed to a mass democracy where a simple popular majority decides the law, the rights of citizens, and the election of all officials — in a Constitutional Republic, the deliberate rule of law is supreme, and the government is limited in scope and is subject to the doctrines of Limited Government, Separation of Powers, and Checks and Balances. In a Republic, the property of all, the human rights of unpopular minorities, and the natural rights of individual citizens are all protected, despite unjust, capricious, and sometimes the covetous vote of the majority of less-well-to-do citizens.
The Electoral College is one of those institutions of a republican form of government that protects the rights of all citizens to fair representation and participation in a presidential contest. The Electoral College (EC) allows all areas of the country to be fairly and more evenly represented in presidential elections, preventing several clusters of heavily populated urban areas from dominating presidential elections.
In a more recent article, referring to the presidential election of Donald Trump in 2016, I described how four California counties could have decided unfairly and very detrimentally the presidential election for Hillary Clinton, if the popular vote solely had been the sine qua non for victory. Despite angry responses from many Democratic corners, the EC worked as it was intended, preventing four wayward counties from stealing the presidency.
The reason for returning to the subject of the EC is to describe the persistent efforts that are being made by demagogic Democratic operatives in a number of states to overthrow the Electoral College. This hatred for the EC is based on having sustained two crucial defeats by Republican presidential candidates, including the 2016 presidential election in which Donald Trump triumphed, blanketing the nation with a magnificently red electoral map, which as Dr. David Stolinsky points out, "you could drive from Key West, Florida, to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, a distance of 3193 miles, and never pass through a state carried by Hillary Clinton."
The unruly behavior of Democratic activists, the irresponsible conduct, the inflammatory verbiage, and the contradictory behavior and oratory of the many demagogic Democrats after the Trump victory, as we shall see, attest to the fact that the Democrats would have praised the Electoral College to the skies, if only the reverse had taken place and Hillary had been elected president. Power for the Democrats was and remains everything.
But despite Trump's overwhelming victory, we witnessed the baseless complaints by sore losers and the expressed hypocrisy of many Democratic operatives urging presidential electors to violate their pledge and refuse to vote for Donald Trump, despite the democratically casted votes in those states and the wishes of their voters. In fact only two Electors reneged on their votes for Trump, while four did so for Hillary. Dr. Stolinsky attributes this attitude of the Democrats to "the colossal hubris, the unbounded egotism, that enables current leftists to try to thwart the will of Americans and undo the election." This is the same narcissism that assures them that they can build a socialist paradise, where all the builders of communism in the 20th century failed, because they are smarter than us and more intelligent than the rest of the world.
And what is the next step in the left-wingers attempt to dismantle the Electoral College? According to an AP report, "More states consider working around the Electoral College." First of all, we must realize that the Associated Press, as part and parcel of the liberal mainstream media, when it refers in the biased statement to "more states…frustrated after seeing another candidate secure the presidency without winning the national popular vote," mostly refers to heavily Democratic states that vote for the Democratic ticket election after election. Thus, "the frustration" and desperation in these particular states is neither universal nor unpredictable.
As the article points out, "The states that have already passed legislation to join the group represent 165 electoral votes. Typically reliably Democratic states, the list includes California, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and D.C. — all states where Democrat Hillary Clinton defeated Republican Donald Trump."
But this effort should not be ignored outright; ideologically-committed left-wing legislators from other states, including some key "swing" states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Mexico are unwisely and detrimentally to their states' representation in the federal system, planning to introduce legislation to essentially abolish, all but in name, the Electoral College process. Already 11 states have joined the effort, which began in 2006 and is called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). Why Pennsylvania, Ohio, Arizona, and New Mexico, among others, would join this Compact is beyond me, and certainly beyond the intelligence, political acumen, and comprehension of those legislators favoring and proposing it. Unless they place party ideology above the interest of their states and their constituents.
As battleground states, these swing states wield a tremendous political influence in presidential elections, and they would be relinquishing these key positions at the behest of selfish, unwise, faithless, and power-hungry legislators and Democratic operatives, who care more about their party, and themselves personally, than the states they supposedly serve. Since efforts aimed at amending the U.S. Constitution require, not only an Act of Congress but also ratification by 3/4th of the states, that route is probably futile.
But the Democratic operatives are undeterred; they are also leading attacks against the EC at the state level, as well as by simple congressional legislation. In 2016, according to NPVIC, there were 162 Democrats and 154 Republicans who sponsored the Compact. It behooves citizens to find out who those legislators are, legislators who are betraying their states and who should be sacked for this betrayal, particularly Republican ones, who should know better. In the case of these stray Republicans, we must ascribe their actions to ignorance or betrayal as RINOS ("Republicans in Name Only").
All these efforts to bypass the Electoral College demonstrate that these faithless Democratic operatives are much more interested in gaining political power by any means, even undemocratic methods, than in preserving our constitutional process of fairness and the rule of law, on which the American republic is based, a form of governance that has brought so much peace and freedom to the world, preserved our own liberty, and that has ushered in the most prosperity and happiness to any people in the history of humanity.
The reality is that the Electoral College process has shown that it has worked as it was intended, and continues to function well. It has preserved the delicate geographical political balance among the various urban and rural populations of the small and large states of the federal union, and it has prevented small but heavily populated urban areas from dominating the process of presidential and vice-presidential elections at the expense of the rest of the nation.
In sum, the Electoral College is an essential part of our republican from of government that has preserved the integrity and sanity of the electoral presidential process acting with deliberation and wisdom as it was intended by the Founders in our republican form of government. It should be kept in place and cherished!
Written by Dr. Miguel Faria
Miguel A. Faria, Jr., M.D. is Clinical Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery, ret.) and Adjunct Professor of Medical History (ret.) Mercer University School of Medicine. He is an Associate Editor in Chief and a World Affairs Editor of Surgical Neurology International (SNI). He is the Author of Vandals at the Gates of Medicine (1995); Medical Warrior: Fighting Corporate Socialized Medicine (1997); and Cuba in Revolution: Escape From a Lost Paradise (2002)
This article may be cited as: Faria MA. The Democrats' unwarranted partisan assault on the Electoral College. HaciendaPublishing.com, January 19, 2017. Available from: http://www.haciendapublishing.com/articles/democrats%E2%80%99-unwarranted-partisan-assault-electoral-college-miguel-faria-md
Similar but unillustrated versions of this article appeared in GOPUSA in January 14 & and in the Macon Telegraph January 18, 2017.
See a follow up to this article, "Loving California from a safe distance" also published in the Telegraph (Macon), February 7, 2017.
Copyright ©2017 Miguel A. Faria, Jr., M.D.
Readers respond. Enjoy these selected comments from this article in GOPUSA January 17-19, 2017, where a Democrat defends the popular vote and derides the Electoral college.
Joy Bradford: The electoral college was great when it was instituted, but there is no need for it now. I have felt this way whether a Democrat or Republican was running. President Obama won the popular vote both times. Trump didn't. More people in the United didn't want Trump to win. Period. So quit defending the electoral college. It is archaic.
Baifist: To Joy B, you must be a democrat. Do you really want California and New York to pick the president every 4 years?
Jeff613: The EC was designed to prevent a handful of states to decide who would be the President, even if it was the majority of the population. Taken to the extreme, lets say ONE state has a majority of voters — say 50.1%. This would mean that ONE state would in fact control the Presidency, which all States must abide to some degree. Remember what U.S. stands for — United STATES. The States are individual entities, with their own governments. The Federal Government is set up for consistency, but States still maintain their own individuality. For everyone else who GETS IT. Isn't absolutely amazing the incredible system of safe guards our Found Fathers put together over 200 years ago! What is happening is EXACTLY why they put the EC in place! They knew this could happen! Thank God they also put in safe guards of changing the Constitution. Politicians who want to abolish or try to figure out ways around the EC are in effect trying to subvert the U.S. Constitution! They are going against they first obligation they took an Oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic....
The dove: Joy, did you bother to read the article, or was it too full of facts and logic for you? I'm not being facetious, did you read it?
Joy Bradford: Actually I am a Democrat in Oklahoma. Who cares if a state has 50.1 percent? 50.1 percent voted for a certain president. One vote, for one president, end of story. I am well versed in regard to the electoral college and it is out dated. If Hillary Clinton didn't win the popular vote but won the college the GOP would have a S-fit and you know it. For the last time, the electoral college is no longer needed. More people DIDN'T vote for Trump. You can't deny that. Trump is obnoxious. I hope the GOP finds there way back to sanity.
Ituser: [Joy: How can we tell our children that your vote counts if a president won the popular vote but does not become president. Ridiculous!]
And how is it any less ridiculous to tell our kids "Your vote counts" when 4 whole cities control the ENTIRE state of CA, 2 cities control the entire state of NY?? If you live in Ca and are NOT in one of those cities, your vote certainly doesn't count....
Grimm Reaper: This is obvious that nobody will be able to break through the ideological myopia that is part of the left's psyche. It is hardly archaic. You would understand this if you understood your history – Rome, Greece, Germany, Russia, France. Our US Constitution is pretty brilliant....
Joy Bradford: More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing president in US history. She had 2.9 million more votes. To: The dove – when your state has votes for mayors, congress reps, governors, etc. the popular vote wins. There might be a vote coming from a farmer out in the boonies and then the vote that comes in from the city. Oh, President Obama won the popular vote both times. Just so you know. There is absolutely no reason for the electoral college. Again, if Hillary Clinton lost the popular vote but won the Electoral vote we wouldn't be chatting here because this article wouldn't be here. Instead there would be an article on how to get rid of the electoral college. You know it and I know it.
The dove: [Joy: "There is absolutely no reason for the electoral college."]
This is incorrectly stated. Stated correctly, you would have said, "Since my candidate lost, I see absolutely no reason for the electoral college." At least be honest about it. And, since you have taken it upon yourself to tell us how we would feel if the situation were reversed, allow me the same courtesy: If the situation were reversed, you'd be saying, "Thank God for the Electoral College."
There is in fact a real need for it; preventing the more populated areas of the country from negating the wishes of a majority of states. You're telling the farmers and ranchers of the country who put the tofu on your table their opinion doesn't count. The EC says it damned sure does count.
Spaceswimmer: this is the number that has been reported, but do I believe it? no. Given that the majority democrat states refuse to do common sense things like enforce voter ID and purge voter registration rolls, believing in an intentional miscounting of 2% is not irrational. Especially as every recount showed more republican votes were not counted than democrat votes.
As has been proven every time pure democracy has been tried, it is always a complete failure. Athenian democracy only lasted 2 generations. Pure Democracies vote themselves into the poor house. Even with the constraints of our constitution, Urban populations would vote themselves into starvation – Just look at what many of the urbanites say about water in California ("since only 3% of the California economy is agriculture, it is immoral that agriculture consumes 80% of the water, so send more to the cities and let the farms dry up"). No concern that California provides a large portion of the country's food supply. Because most city dwellers don't know or care that food comes from farms – they feel it is created in the supermarket.
GrimmReaper: Joy, you are the weakest link, no wonder your party has imploded. Keep living in denial: 2.9 mill from 4 CA counties – right, and there is no such thing as voter fraud – right, and why did Michigan stop the recount? Another right-wing conspiracy? Nothing fake about!
Oh, really, the media isn't colluding with the Dems? So all the emails (written by Dems and "journalists" from Podesta, Clinton, and the DNC are not true? Really? Then only the snowflakes are calling it fake – and politicos are using their talents of deflection by way of other "news" to not answer to it. The meaning of a free press is to be free from state interference and influence – both MSM and the Dem party and those politicians are in direct violation of the Constitution on this point! You are an ideologue of the Socialism you extol.
The left claims they have been outraged ever since this happened before in 2000 when Gore won the popular vote and Bush became president. I honestly don't remember the electoral college being the issue for them. It was the recount of votes that they felt would give Gore the presidency. Indirectly, that of course is an electoral college issue, but if so, then you could say everything is.
Let's give them the benefit of the doubt and say they did protest the electoral college in 2000. If we do, then we have to wonder why, in 16 years, they did not do a thing about it.
Not that I wanted them to or that I even think they could have, but there was nary a peep or riot over it from them until Trump won in November. The reason is that they really didn't have any issue with it, as Obama won two terms with the popular vote and they were 100% sure Hillary was going to take the presidency with both the popular and electoral vote.
She didn't, they went into shock, and NOW it becomes an issue.


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The Pershing County Community Center, built in 1982, is located across the street from the Pershing General Hospital and Nursing Home in Lovelock, Nevada making it easy to find. The physical address is 820 6th Street, and mailing is P.O. Box 986, Lovelock, Nevada 89419.
Whether you are planning a banquet, holding a private party, hosting a convention, or simply looking for a meeting room, the Pershing County Community Center can accommodate you. The Community Center has rooms available for rent by any person, group, governmental entity, organization, and others and can accommodate up to 250 people in our largest room or, for smaller groups, we offer meeting rooms designed to seat 10 to 20 comfortably.
Eight-foot banquet tables, 6 foot round tables and over 350 chairs are available for your use. A fully equipped commercial kitchen is available for a nominal fee and comes stocked with dinnerware and utensils for 300. In addition, there is a sound system, portable bar, portable salad bar, portable stage, a dance floor, an ice machine and a portable 5-foot propane barbecue grill to use as well.
The calendar to the right will show events ocurring at the community center (best viewed by clicking on the month name).
Please call us at 775-273-7144 and let us help you make your event successful!
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Tuesday December 18th watchlist
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Sodastream International Ltd (NASDAQ: SODA) gained over 7% on the day and closed near its highs of the day. The stock has been under buying pressure lately as evidenced by the rectangle on its volume chart. SODA has now resistance at $44.5. If the stock is able to cross this level and sustain above it, then it might go to $48.1 and then even to $50. The technical daily chart shows positive sign as stock has been trading above 50 and 200 day moving averages. Sell stop : 40.24
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Citigroup Inc.(NYSE: C) has broken out of a major resistance line. The upside looks bright. The stock hit new highs of $39.20 on Monday, which is resistance for the follow through move on Tuesday. If the stock can break through highs, we should see another high volume move as the stock moves higher. Stay tuned.
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3D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD) made a powerful move today, gaining over 5% on decent volume. This strong move allowed the stock to close above its 13-day SMA and close at its highest level since late November. My short term target will be $49.35, but its possible if the stock breaks resistance at that level that it could easily run to $50.
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Sonus Networks, Inc.(NASDAQ: SONS) closed above its major resistance today for the first time since early November. The stock closed strong at its highs of the day on heavier volume than Friday's trading. A lot of technical indicators are suggesting a possible move in SONS to at least $2 which will be my short term target.
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VIVUS, Inc.(NASDAQ: VVUS) was a big winner today gaining over 13% on the day. From a technical point of view, the stock looks like it is starting to break out from a base formation. The OBV is starting to point up as well and I think we could see further upside in VVUS. Sell stop : 11.4
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: GTAT) was down a bit on Monday but the stock is still holding steady above its rising 13-day SMA. My target remains at $4 and the stop loss sell remains at $3. Holding long.
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Lack of mental health care continues to be problem (Video)
Dec. 22, 2011 at 6:22 a.m.
Updated Dec. 23, 2011 at 6:23 a.m.
Joe Truman doesn't need a study to tell him there is a shortage of mental health care in Victoria County.
The county has been designated as a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"It's a mandate of our government to look out for the weak," said Truman, a self-described concerned citizen who also serves on the Victoria City Council. "They need an advocate. It's not a popular subject. It's not a popular group to defend, but they need defending."
"We can't warehouse these people at the jail and wait until their attack passes. I don't feel like we're doing the best we can for them," he said.
Truman addressed the county commissioners court Monday, expressing his concern about the state of mental health care in the county.
"I was hoping we as a community could reach out and help those most in need of our protection and services," Truman said.
Victoria County Judge Don Pozzi responded.
"Obviously mental health has long been an issue, not only here in Victoria County, but in many counties throughout Texas and throughout the nation," Pozzi said. "We are constantly aware of the mental health issues in this community, and we constantly deal with them."
"It's no secret we do not have any in-house, local mental health beds any more," the judge continued. "There are a lot of reasons for that. I can assure you that mental health is being addressed the very best it can be addressed in Victoria County."
The mental health unit at Citizens Medical Center closed in 2010.
Pozzi's statement that the problem is not only a local one is illustrated by the statewide statistics.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, less than one-third - 44,787 of 154,724 - Texas children with a severe emotional disturbance and 156,880 of 488,520 adults with serious and persistent mental illness received services through the community mental health system in 2010.
There simply aren't enough behavioral health professionals available to meet the demand for services, according to a March 2011 report by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.
This includes psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed professional counselors and advanced practice nurses, according to the report.
In Victoria, Gulf Bend Center is attempting to help close that gap, opening a new counseling center - Place4 - in late 2010. This year, the center offered a Mental Health First Aid program that trained 20 people to improve mental health understanding.
Commissioner Gary Burns, who serves on Gulf Bend's board of trustees, said more help could be on the way.
According to the 2011-16 Texas Health Plan, the establishment of peer support certification in Texas will have a significant impact on the state of the mental health profession.
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health is working collaboratively with the Department of State Health Services to fund a process to certify peer specialists to serve as billable mental health professionals.
The entrance of these professionals into the mental health arena will drastically change the face of mental health and shift the focus toward recovery, wellness and personal responsibility as opposed to the current medical model of disease management, according to the report.
The project is directed by Mental Health America of Texas and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.


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Who doesn't love a vintage Christmas? Apparently SOMEONE doesn't, since they had the audacity to donate all of these late 60s/early 70s Empire blow molds to the thrift store! Shame on them, but yay for me. I can't wait to give these cuties a new home. They will be listed in sosovintage the week of November 15th. If there is one you must have for your collection, let me know and I'll reserve it just for you :)
Friday, November 5, 2010
Blow Mold Bonanza
Posted by Jennie at 11/05/2010 08:00:00 AM
Labels: candles, christmas tree, empire blow mold, noel, santa, snowman, vintage christmas
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- Steph said...
Hi Jennie, I thought you may be interested in a yarn giveaway I am doing:
Feel free to enter if you're interested 8)
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- Jud said...
I like your blog,beautiful works!
Kisses from Brazil,
- November 5, 2010 at 9:34 AM
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Very cute!
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- Ribbons Undone said...
I always love your posts. You never fail to make me smile. I LOVE vintage Christmas--I just heard Ella Fitzgerald singing "Christmas Island" yesterday. It's coming!
- November 5, 2010 at 3:59 PM
- Clara said...
These are just lovely.
- November 5, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- Cottage In The Sun said...
I have the Santa!! - My brother and I both had one when we were little and I found one to replace it a few years ago. So cool!
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My third CD compilation is finally finished! This one has taken me months to get right and I'm really proud of it.
For some background: A little over a year ago I wanted to compile a playlist of songs that together told to the narrative of, well, God, the Gospel, our own humanity and relationship with that that is Other. All of those things and probably a few others. It was a creative and explorative process that I very much enjoyed. I called it "Fully Known, Fully Loved."
I honestly thought that was the beginning and the end of my compilation-making days. Once you tackle the Gospel, what could be left? Obviously, I was wrong. Very wrong. After an unexpected and pretty brutal breakup I found myself wanting to compile another album. More than needing a distraction, this became a therapeutic process of moving through my emotions in a healthy and productive way. Robert Frost says, "The best way out is always through," and this album, called "Put Back," became my way of understanding and moving through pain. It's an album that explores heartbreak specifically but I think applies to any kind of deep hurt.
Getting my feet back under me has been a journey. A journey that has sparked this third compilation, "Hopeful Tears." This is really about what happens when life doesn't go like you expected it to. It's about what happens "after the storm." It's about hoping and trusting and confessing and forgiving and healing and releasing. It's about freedom and movement and resilience and new beginnings.
Learning to trust that "there's hope in the darkness," and that "it's always darkest before the dawn," has been life's most terrifying lesson (up to this point at least, who knows what else awaits me…). The world is a mess, yes, but I'm discovering that this is only a "single thread of a deeper truth." I could continue my lyrical quoting but it's probably better for you to just explore the album yourself. I think/hope you can download it here. Or you can ask me for a copy, I'm more than happy to make you one!
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A fabulous banana leaf fabric in fresh shades of green with creamy white and black.
This fabric is outdoor rated and perfect for decorative pillows, seat cushions, furniture covers and more. Also suitable for curtains, drapery and roman shades. Good for indoor and outdoor use.
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The Accohannock Indian Tribe is one of the oldest historical tribes in Maryland. The Tribal Office is located in Marion, a small town just north of Crisfield. The Accohannocks originally inhabited the territory they called Accomack which, after colonization, became the Eastern Shore of Old Virginia and is presently the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. The territory included the Chesapeake Bay home villages on the Annemessex River at present day Crisfield, villages on Accohannock Creek in Virginia, and on the islands in the Chesapeake Bay. The Accohannock Indian Tribe was an Algonquian-speaking sub-tribe of the Powhatan nation. The bands of the Accohannock were part of the Accomac Confederation. They were the first watermen, hunters, farmers, and trappers along Chesapeake Bay waters and wetlands. They harvested food from the Chesapeake Bay and its many tributaries. They grew squash, maize (corn), and other Native American foods. The Accohannocks were also great hunters of waterfowl, deer, rabbit, squirrels, raccoons, bear and elk.
Rapid changes in colonial policy beginning in the sixteen forties, caused much dispersion and assimilation, which weakened, then dismantled and prohibited the culture. The Chief and the government were forced to cede all authority and lands to the King of England and Colonial powers representing him. Part of the assimiliation process was the granting of land, creating European-style homesteads & farms. As landowners, families were separated, disrupting the communal way of life that was familiar to our people. Politics, according to our cultural mores, were forever changed. Although we could no longer (legally) assemble ourselves for purposes of self-governance, we did maintain contact, continued our culture through story-telling and the remembered ways of doing things. This determination of our ancestors has made it possible for our people to re-emerge at this time.
The Eastern Shore tribes, including the Accohannocks, built a strong relationship with the settlers in our area. After Powhatan died, his brother, Opechancanough, took over his chiefdom. He hated the white man and decided to rid his land of the intruders. He developed a plan to poison their food and wells to kill them. The Accohannock Indian Tribe was encouraged to participate in the plan, but refused. The Accohannock people actually warned the colonists of Opechancanough's plan. The plan failed. As a result, Opechancanough, decided to reject the Accohannock Indian Tribe.
Local colonial people referred to our people by the name Annemessex, the name of the river where they lived, but we always retained our Accohannock identity. Some of the Tribe left the land but a remnant remains even today. According to oral tradition, the Clan Mothers prayed for peace and survival and received a vision to follow Pocahontas, to marry their daughters to the white colonists in order to hide in plain sight, survive and preserve the tribal bloodlines until in the fullness of time the tribe could be reborn. Clan names survive today and many of the tribe's people live in the same areas as those who originally inhabited Maryland.


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When you suffer an injury as a result of someone being negligent, it seems right the guilty person would compensate you for any injury sustained. Worst case scenario, their insurance provider will present you with a settlement offer. Unfortunately, in the real world, that rarely is the norm. Most people will never take responsibility for the negligent action, and insurance agencies profit from settling lower than the money you need to be made whole. Insurance company lawyers know the governing laws, and they understand that most average citizens do not know what rights that they possess.
An experienced personal injury lawyer will construct your case, provide you appropriate tips on negotiating your case, and various tips on how to take your individual case to trial. While you can still negotiate your claim with the other parties insurance company, these insurance companies will do everything to exploit you and effect the settlement price, looking to gather statements from you that have the potential to seriously damage your case.
A good personal injury lawyer is in the best position to help obtain advantageous settlements, even after all of the attorney costs and fees have been deducted. So how much will a personal injury attorney charge a client? The compensation for lawyers is almost always based on a contingent fee basis. This simply means they when win a percentage of the actual award as compensation or their fee. In the event that this particular lawyer loses the case, the lawyer does not receive a fee. The figure for the contingent price that your lawyer will charge you will change from state to different state. Here is a sample from a personal injury lawyer Charleston SC
Attorney fees are going to be between 33% and 40% of the personal injury award. For the attorney fees that are regarding workers' compensation claims, the regulations are more regulated. It is assumed therefore that the fees are typically lower compared to regular personal injury claims. When your injury scenario is worth a serious amount of money, you should be able to negotiate a significant reduction in that contingent price. The most advantageous personal injury attorneys are are often not really willing to negotiate their fees because they put in a significant amount of time working to ensure you get that high dollar amount. They know they are able to recoup more money for their clients compared to a law firm with lesser experience, resulting in a much higher award after the case has been presented to a judge and jury. For more information visit: http://charlestonattorneygroup.com


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Dish Network Raises $1.5 Billion in Sale of 10-Year, 5% Notes
Dish Network Corp. (DISH) raised $1.5 billion in a sale of 10-year bonds after increasing the size of the offering by 50 percent.
The 5 percent notes from the Dish DBS Corp. unit of the second-largest U.S. satellite-television provider yield 319 basis points more than similar-maturity Treasuries, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The deal was marketed earlier today at $1 billion. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.
Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes that may include spectrum deals, the Englewood, Colorado-based company said today in a regulatory filing.
"Given the risk that DISH DBS will see leverage soar in support of a wireless initiative at parent DISH Network, we would only be interested in DISH DBS bonds if they priced more like a BB credit, or north of +350 basis points," Michael Hodel, an analyst at Morningstar Inc., wrote in a research note today.
Dish previously sold debt in September, including $2 billion of 5.875 percent, 10-year debentures, Bloomberg data show. Those notes traded at 111 cents on the dollar yesterday, the highest since they were issued, to yield 4.45 percent, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Deutsche Bank AG managed today's sale, Bloomberg data show. The bonds are rated Ba2, two levels below investment grade, by Moody's Investors Service, and one step lower at BB- at Standard & Poor's.
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Just in case you were wondering, here are a few frequently asked questions and answers on LSP.
What exactly is cultural architecture?
It is what we do and who we are! We take the abstract elements from just about anything–a line in a book, a fashion statement. a movement, etc and weave multiple elements like music, food, language, and aesthetics together to create one memorable experience. Our concepts are constantly reinventing how we look at the past and think about the future. Whether it's a formal evening affair set in 1920's Paris, or a multi-level airport inspired DJ fete, LSP's concepts always have culture at the center.
What does LSP do?
Some things are easier to show than tell, so take a look!
Where does the company's name come from?
LiL SoSo Productions is named after Sofiyat O. Okedeyi who was Kat's younger sister. Sofi died in June of 2001, at the age of 15, from liver failure. "I knew I wanted to start a company and that it would have to be named in honor of Sofi. Lil' Soso was one of her nicknames, so I modified the spelling and LiL SoSo Productions, LLC was born."
What is the significance of the LSP logo?
The logo is a tribute to Kat's mother and sister. The starbursts seen within the "S" symbolize these two very important people. "LSP's imagery is a reflection of the things that are important to me. My mom and sister are a reminder not to give up. The logo and the company name are my way of keeping their energies close to me," says Kat.
What is event concept production?
It is how we create the experiences we call 'The LSP Effect'! We are not simply putting "twists" on the old, we are starting anew. Each event is a production that goes from a dream state to a realized actuality, so details are always important. We think that nightlife can be fun and engaging. For LSP it is always about pushing the boundaries of what is considered "hip" to what will be timeless. The little things are what make a difference and LSP excels at just that.
How does LSP work with Creatives?
Creatives are not limited to artists in the traditional sense, but include entrepreneurs whose work is centered around creative expression. We sell peace of mind and engage services in three ways: , Branding & Marketing, Chaos Management and Direction & Curation. The goal is gently guide creatives towards consistency by offering them real-world solutions and assistance in three to six months.
What are LSP's ultimate goals?
To share the LSP Effect with the world. We have the vision and expertise. Are you ready to partner with the future of cultural entertainment? You should be.


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Belgian CV Writing Guide
Working abroad sound like an adventure to many people. However, work in Belgium requires more than just the obvious Belgian cover letter and Belgian CV writing and translation. You will face issues that probably did not even cross your mind when you decided to go for Belgium jobs.
Do not underestimate the big impact they can have on the result of your adventure! For example, you will experience the different immigration rules and practices, job application procedures, the selection trends and the management culture.
A CV is similar to a resume in that it provides more details about one's professional qualifications, experience and education. However, the term "Curriculum Vitae" most often called CV, typically carries a different meaning depending on whether one distribute the CV within the US, Canada or internationally (external to the US or Canada) or is seeking a faculty, academic, research, clinical or scientific position.
You can turn your current resume into a CV. A CV is similar to a resume in that it outlines your professional qualifications and history, but it does so with more detail by adding to the resume the detailed descriptions of your educational and/or professional experiences and personal information that may include nationality, date of birth, marital status, etc.
Typewrite your Belgian CV on maximum 2 pages and in reverse chronological order - mentioning the most recent activities first.
The aim of your Belgian CV should be to persuade the employer to invite you for a job interview. Therefore, your CV is a marketing tool, which should be customized to the market in which you intend to use it.
The Belgian CV is very factual, accurate and professional. Begin with your personal details, contact information including your telephone number with international access code and e-mail. Include your age, marital status, profession of your partner and the names and ages of your children (if appropriate) and citizenship.
Often CVs are kept on file for long periods, so any contact details you give have to remain accurate in the long term. A daytime phone number, with the international access code and e-mail are most important.
Next comes your education, including high school. Educational results need only be given if there is a direct reference to the job. List schools with locations, dates attended, study emphases and degrees. Mention your linguistic abilities. They are considered of great importance and should be listed on your CV with reference to the spoken, written and reading levels. Include additional courses, internships and special skills such as computer programs in which you are proficient.
Then, under 'Work Experience' list responsibilities you had in each job with starting and leaving dates, the name, location and focus of each company. Include concise details of what the job entailed and your title.
Make your CV more effective; provide examples that fit the job, to illustrate your achievements. Extracurricular activities are considered of great importance in Belgium so, list all your apprenticeships, holiday work and student jobs you did. Where possible, mention the number of employees for which you were responsible.
Use power words and action verbs to describe your achievements, such as contributed, organized, demonstrated, trained, managed, developed, coordinated etc. Bullet point these at the start of a sentence for maximum impact.
If you are male, indicate whether or not you have done any military service. If you come from a country where this does not exist, mention this fact.
It is common practice to send two references, including name, function, address and telephone number. Inform these people in advance, because references are usually verified.
Carefully consider what to leave out of your CV and exclude anything that might give prospective employers a chance to discriminate against you.
Some Belgian employers may request your photograph. Do not send testimonials and copies of diplomas, except when specifically asked for.
It is more common in Belgium to apply for a job through the Internet. However, you should be aware that an electronic CV does not look the same as a standard CV.
CVs are often scanned by employers, so make your CV scannable by avoiding for example lines or italic fonts etc.
Check the spelling and grammar of your Belgian CV. Use the word processor's spell and grammar checker. If you are not confident of your ability to detect grammatical, punctuation and English or other language usage errors or if you need help in organizing your CV, send it to a professional for assistance.
Remember that your Belgian CV must be targeted, scannable and generate hits. If you have a difficulty with your CV writing, instead of staring at a blank piece of paper, use:
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If your Belgian cover letter and Belgian CV are ready, distribute them through the job search services to your prospective employers. When your Belgian job search have been successful apply for the Belgian visa and Belgian work permit, and start preparing for the Belgian job interview and use of Belgian dress code.
Check the job interview tips do's and don'ts, and find out why people are not hired for available jobs.
In addition, on the international info, job search, visa, work permit, cover letter, CV & resume, job interview and dress code pages you will find many useful tips for overseas job seekers.
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Sonoma Palms Apartment Homes, located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, offers you that luxurious lifestyle you really wish you had. Now you can. Close to mountains, work and friends. Nestled in the heart of Mesilla Valley, Sonoma Palms offers you immediate access to I-25 and 70, as well as retail, restaurants and medical centers. Living at Sonoma Palms means reaping the benefits of extraordinary management services, resident programs, maintenance free living and a remarkable way of life. Come experience that exceptional, yet casual, lifestyle at Sonoma Palms. Your Home by the Mountains.
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Widening Participation
Lancaster has a committed approach to widening participation and understands that some students face a number of barriers and obstacles when considering university.
We know that for many students who come from a non-traditional university background, even thinking about applying to university is a big step. We want to ensure that future applicants to Lancaster are not held back by any barriers and that our student cohort reflects the diverse society that we live in.
Our Widening Participation team offer a variety of free outreach activities for school and college groups both on and off campus and in schools including talks, workshops, Masterclasses and residential stays. All activities are aimed at students in Years 11 through to 13. We also work with teachers, parents and careers advisors to make sure that students receive the best information when researching their Higher Education options.
Campus Day Visits
Our campus day visits are designed to give a general introduction to higher education. Students will work with current Lancaster University students to discuss topics including Student Life, Student Finance and Barriers to Higher Education and will also work on UCAS and Personal Statements. The visit to Lancaster also includes a chance to see our first class facilities during a tour of the campus. Groups can participate in many academic taster sessions during their visit, giving the opportunity to experience a taste of studying at university.
Target Lancaster Mentoring Programme
Our Target Lancaster Mentoring programme works with Year 12 students (mentees) from widening participation backgrounds, and provides a sustained programme of interventions designed to inspire, motivate, build confidence and encourage students to progress to university.
Mentees work with current Lancaster students (mentors) on a number of in school/college sessions based around the questions and issues mentees have about university. Mentees and mentors are matched through shared areas of academic interest.
The Target Uni Mentoring programme culminates in a final day visit to Lancaster University where mentees can mix with others involved in the programme, meet with Lancaster academics and admissions tutors and find out firsthand about student life and a campus university.
All mentees who successfully complete the Target Uni Mentoring programme and choose to make Lancaster University one or more of their UCAS choices, will receive a "guaranteed offer" at standard level for most subject areas. To be eligible for the offer mentees must attend at least two mentoring sessions in school/college and the final day visit to Lancaster.
To qualify for the programme mentees must be capable of achieving at least ABB level at A-level (or equivalent) and meet one or more of the following widening participation criteria:
- Their parents must not have been to University except as mature students
- They are in care, or a care leaver cared for by someone other than their parents
- They received a free school meal not paid for by their family
- They receive the 16-19 bursary
- They have a disability they feel may limit their options for university
Residential visits
We offer a series of residentials for students in Years 11 and 12. For more information see our Summer Schools old page.
Collaborative Outreach Network
Lancaster is part of the Cumbria and Lancashire Network for Collaborative Outreach. The network consists of 4 Universities and 13 FE Colleges and aims to work collaboratively provide schools and colleges with support in accessing information about outreach and widening participation activities offered by the partner institutions.
You can find out more information about activities available through the network for school pupils age 11-16 on the dedicated website at www.cumbrialancsoutreach.ac.uk
For information on Lancaster's specific activities as part of the collaborative network, contact Ellie Vowles (Outreach Project Officer) - email@example.com
For more information about outreach and widening participation please contact Leanne Bates – Assistant Head of UKSRO.


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FBI improperly investigated Catholic Worker
September 27, 2010
An inspector general's report has found that between 2001 and 2006, the FBI wrongly added Catholic Worker and four other advocacy groups to its watchlist for terrorism. In Catholic Worker's case, the FBI was improperly "targeting lawful civil disobedience."
The Catholic Worker movement was founded by Dorothy Day in 1933; her cause for canonization has begun in the Archdiocese of New York. The movement's houses, which work to assist the poor, are autonomous.
Further information:
- Inspector: FBI Used Weak Facts, Inaccurate Info in Probes of Advocacy Groups (FoxNews)
- Catholic Worker groups part of faulty FBI probe, says new report (CNS)
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When to Trade Less Money for Faster PaymentBy
Question: I have contracts with very large companies and they are pushing payments out to the 120-day limit. Some of them offer shorter payment cycles but I have to accept a discount on the amount owed to me. How's a small business supposed to survive with this kind of pressure on the bottom line? Should I take these discounts for the sake of my cash flow?
Answer: Your question illustrates one of the reasons it's so tough for small businesses supplying big companies. While larger vendors probably have at least some negotiating muscle with clients such as big box retailers or giant manufacturers, small suppliers usually don't—unless their products are absolutely unique in the market.
Your dilemma: You need the business the big guys are offering, but that means you have to accept it on their terms—even if they don't want to pay you for four months.
"Imagine you run a restaurant. Patrons come in, eat dinner, drink wine, and walk away happy. Your restaurant then bills them. And gets a check four months later. Tough stuff," says attorney Emily Chase Smith, author of The Financially Savvy Entrepreneur: Navigating the Money Maze of Running a Business.
The only way to survive when payments are dragged out over months is to be "abnormally, obsessively, ridiculously tuned into cash flow," she says. "Until you have a fantastic cushion, you want to know your cash position each and every day, because biggies like payroll and inventory will crush you."
You—or your accountant or chief financial officer—should determine your cash conversion cycle by doing a calculation that measures the time it takes your company to convert its products into cash through sales, says Bill Hettinger, principal at the Institute for Finance and Entrepreneurship, a consulting and research company, and the author of Finance Without Fear.
Once you know how long it takes your business to convert inventory into cash, you'll need to find a source of capital to tide you over that time period. That may mean you get a working capital loan against your inventory from a traditional or alternative lender. For many business owners, it's better to discount their invoices in order to get paid faster or to forgo a salary so they can keep extra cash in the business and fund their operations.
"It's always going to come down to a math calculation," Hettinger says. If discounting costs you 20 percent annually but you could get a working capital bank loan at 10 percent interest, you're better off holding out for the full amount you're due. If, on the other hand, you're funding your operations with credit cards that charge you 25 percent interest, those discounts would be the better bet.
Before you take discounts, see if technology can help your company speed up collections on your other accounts receivable and give you more flexibility. For instance, if your billing is not automated, it should be. And you should enable your customers to pay you through direct deposit, rather than taking time to process paper checks.
You also might investigate online B2B supplier networks and Web-based marketplaces that allow companies to issue electronic invoices and give or take discounts on payment terms. John Evarts, chief financial and operating officer at Mediafly, a Chicago software developer, says he has used the Ariba Network periodically for that purpose.
"As a CFO, I can take an approved invoice and monetize it with a couple of clicks," he says. And he can flip the equation and offer discounts to his vendors, "who can choose whether to accept concessions on their payments in order to get access to that capital early," he says.
Don't forget to keep a close eye on what your cash flow will look like in the near and distant future, Chase Smith says, especially if your company is growing. "Projecting your financial data into the future, and constantly updating it, will tell you if you need to take the discounted payment or if you can ride out the full term." And if you do need to take a discount, there's no reason to feel bad about it: "It's not a tragedy. It's likely the cheapest money with no strings you'll find."
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Using tablet computers to conduct household surveys could help improve the quality of socio-economic data for development projects.
Indicators that inform and monitor development policies are often derived from household surveys, making them a vital source of socio-economic data. The information gathered is then analyzed to identify issues concerning household conditions and behavior, especially the prevalence, causes, and effects of poverty in its varied dimensions.
"We got very clean data which could be immediately accessed. We can now spend more time on the analysis."
Since household surveys require a huge amount of human interaction, the quality of data may not always be accurate and reliable. Paper-based surveys can be inefficient, error-prone and difficult to validate. Additionally, the results are often produced too late to adequately inform design and may also be inaccessible later in the project cycle.
Digital technology could benefit the way surveys are conducted and data analyzed. ADB is testing field-integrated tools to aid in this goal. In a recent poverty analysis and stakeholder consultations for ADB, a geo-digital survey application was used to collect and analyze gender and poverty data in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The initiative saved time and money, while improving data integrity.
"We first considered using digital platforms because of the challenges that the project was facing in terms of a very limited budget and very limited time. We were looking at a very big project area but not enough time to collect the data," said Melissa Howell Alipalo, a consultant working on the project. This encouraged her to look for a better solution.
Better results
By going digital with the survey, a number of manual tasks were eliminated, like development of the database and the data entry process. The use of tablet computers also helped reduce costs of surveyors and the time needed in the field, allowing them to reach respondents more efficiently. In the PRC example, survey costs were reduced by over 50%, including the purchase of the tablets, software and training.
"Survey results can be stored on the tablet. Consultants would go out in the field, and by noon they can go back to the office and upload the data online," Alipalo explained. "The old way of doing it with pen and paper takes a long time - usually, up to 2 to 3 weeks and involved a lot of money spent on people inputting the data manually. There are all kinds of opportunities for errors; during the whole data entry, while creating the database, all of that requires so much work."
The quality of data gathered was also enhanced. Human errors could be reduced due to a precise digital questionnaire presented in a well-ordered and easy-to-navigate format. This helps surveyors ask all of the questions properly.
Another advantage is the validation of results using global positioning systems (GPS) that helps field personnel plot the area of coverage and provide specific details on respondents in each location. Geo-tagging also lets experts check on where and what time updates to the data are made.
"We got very clean data which could be immediately accessed. We can now spend more time on the analysis. The geodata is very important to resettlement and the documentation of assets and environmental risks. The opportunities are endless," Alipalo added.
Standardizing the survey
ADB is developing approaches to pilot e-surveys for collecting geo-referenced poverty, gender and involuntary resettlement data, explained Andrew McIntyre, a social development specialist at ADB. This can also assist with effective and meaningful consultation.
"We are planning to develop a master set of standard surveys and reports integrated with simple, user-friendly IT and geographic information system tools. This will assist teams to collect and process data, easily develop geo/tabular presentations for poverty, socio-economic, gender and resettlement planning, implementation and monitoring," McIntyre said.
Data will be collected and processed faster, allowing social surveys to better inform project design. It will also enhance consistency and quality of social development data and its presentation.
Other challenges that will be addressed are the inability to easily store, integrate or share data between project phases and with other projects. Some of the proposed innovations include: developing a tablet application that allows geo-located project maps to be uploaded, including annotation by project stakeholders; and a module for users to collect data more quickly and efficiently.
Ultimately, the main goal is to reduce costs and time for project teams, improve the integrity of data collection, and ensure more robust and transparent reporting.Stay up to date Subscribe to our newsletter and get the latest issues, news, events, jobs and data in your e-mail inbox.


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The birth story of our third child little Miss Alice could not have been more different than the birth stories of her big sister and brother. Even though she's pretty new around here, she is already showing us that she is going to be a girl who blazes her own trail and does things her own way and in her own timing.
If you haven't read my other birth stories you can read Fern's here and Clive's here, but the basic gist of it is this…
My first birth was at an out-of-hospital birthing center (Andaluz Waterbirth Center) where I delivered my daughter Fern. Her birth was 12 hours of steady and straight-forward labor from start to finish. She was a brow presentation which made pushing incredibly challenging (3 hours long), but in the end she made her way into the world was was healthy and alert and I felt strong and empowered. My second birth was at home. My labor was longer and harder – 19 hours with 4 hours of pushing. Clive came into this world weighing in at 10 lbs. 8 oz., 23? long and with a gigantic 15? head. He was also posterior (well almost…"sunny side sideways").
That labor left me a bit scarred to say the least. It was technically successful and my midwives were wonderful, but it was just really difficult for me to process emotionally. As a result I decided I wanted to go back to the same birthing center where I had Fern. Essentially there isn't a ton of difference between a birthing center and a home birth as I would have to be transferred to a hospital in the event of an emergency, but for some reason it felt "safer" to me. I just couldn't really get over the mental hurdle of being in the same place as my last birth.
Over the course of this third pregnancy I learned that this little lady I was growing was going to challenge me and push me to my limits in an entirely new way. The entire process was just harder all around. More aches and pains…nausea well into my second trimester (even though I barely had it at all with my other pregnancies). We had a worry with our 20 week ultrasound where they found a soft marker for Down's Syndrome. I also dealt with severe anemia and then borderline high blood pressure and a preeclampsia scare which led to NSTs throughout the final months of pregnancy (after the initial scare and some interventions everything leveled out, but I still received wonderful close care). It was a lot. By the time the final weeks of pregnancy rolled around it was a fairly strong understatement to say that I was feeling a bit anxious.
For weeks all I could think about what birth and how much I was dreading it. In my worst-case-scenario-forming-
mind, I just "knew" it was going to be long and terrible and horrifically painful. I psyched myself out to the Nth degree and pretty much cried every day about how much I didn't want to have to give birth. At the same time, I found myself wanting it to come quickly so I could just get it over with, because I now know that my body makes BIG babies and I simply couldn't escape the fear that with every day that passed our "little Alice" was quickly turning into a "great big Alice" who was going to be super painful to deliver.
I tried to stay positive about the whole thing in the days leading up to Alice's birth. I filled up my calendar with fun activities like dinners with friends, mani pedis and having my house professionally cleaned. But once my due date came and went my anxiety level began to steadily increase. Every morning I woke up in tears, filled with disappointment that I hadn't gone into labor during the night and lamenting how big Alice was going to be the longer she cooked.
Finally on the 5th day after Alice's due date, I decided it was time to "let it go". In my heart, I truly believed that part of the reason Alice wasn't coming out, was because she and my body could feel my fear. It might sound weird – and maybe it is a little – but I really do believe that the mind is a powerful tool when it comes to birth. I had gone to a midwife appointment that morning and after an unsuccessful attempt at stripping my membranes or even having a cervical check (apparently it was in a weird, tilted-back position because of Alice's position which made it difficult) I was definitely feeling discouraged and needed the cathartic release of all of my fears and anxieties. So, I sat down and wrote this blog post.
Around 3:00 PM (within about about an hour of publishing the post), I had a couple of contractions. I had been having them for weeks at this point, but they were always erratic, so I didn't think much of it.
Around 4:00 PM I decided that these contractions felt different than the others I had been having before this, so I called my husband at work to tell him to be sure to head home right after work "just in case". My contractions were varying from 20-40 minutes apart, lasting about 30 seconds to a minute, but I figured it would be nice to have him around to entertain the kids and make dinner since it wasn't the most comfortable. I was able to handle them fine though.
Around 6:00 PM I called my parents to ask if they could come take our kids for the night. My contractions were still 20-40 minutes apart and definitely manageable, but having kids hang on me while my uterus contracted wasn't my favorite and I figured with them gone I could maybe get some rest before labor "really started"…hopefully sometime during the night. I texted my midwife to let her know what was going on so I would be on her radar for the evening "just in case".
Around 8:00 PM my parents picked up our kids and my husband and I sat down to watch buy ativan prescription "Fear the Walking Dead" and eat ice cream (as one does during labor). I asked Craig to pause the show a couple of times during contractions so I could get comfortable and breathe through them, but then we just went back to watching the show.
Around 9:00 PM I texted my midwife because the contractions had gotten to be 10-15 minutes apart and were lasting for a minute to a minute-and-a-half. I told her I was going to take a shower and rest, but that it seemed like maybe labor would be "really starting" during the night sometime. I tidied up the house for about 15 minutes before heading to the shower and during that time had 4 pretty strong contractions lasted at least a minute (some almost two minutes). I texted my midwife again to let her know that things were speeding up so maybe we would be going to the birthing center sooner rather than later.
Around 9:50 PM I realized that I probably wasn't going to make it to the shower. My contractions had ramped up in intensity really suddenly and were coming every 2 minutes and lasting for at least a minute. I called my midwife to tell her I thought we should meet at the birth center. She said my birth team could be there by 11:00 so we agreed to meet then.
Around 10:20 PM I started wondering if my birth team was going to make it to the birth center in time. We live close to the birth center, so I knew that we could get there quickly, but I didn't know if 11:00 would be too late. It seemed ridiculous in my mind because I had never had super fast labors in the past, but these contractions were so close together I was starting to get a little nervous. Craig packed up the car and I made him grab extra towels "just in case".
Around 10:45 PM we arrived at the birth center. I was thankful that one of the apprentice midwives was already there and had filled up the tub. I immediately stripped down and got in. I labored in the tub for just a bit, but couldn't get comfortable and quickly moved to the toilet – my odd, but most-favored birthing position. I labored there for a bit, but couldn't get comfortable there either. I kept moving around, which was something I never did in my other labors. I simply couldn't seem to do anything to stay ahead of the pain from the contractions. I tried standing, leaning on Craig, leaning on furniture…it was just beginning to feel like too much. I got in and out of the tub two more times. It just felt SO fast and overwhelming. I was getting worried that I had endless hours of this left and I didn't feel like I was equipped to handle it.
Around 12:15 PM I was back on the toilet laboring and getting loud (like real loud). I asked Craig to go get my midwife who was in the next room. I was freaking out, because I felt like I "had to poop" but I wasn't sure if it was poop or if I needed to push. I didn't want to exhaust myself pushing if it was too early (and I was almost positive that it was too early), so I wanted her to check me. There are typically no cervical checks at the birth center, unless you request them or there is a reason for concern. She checked and confirmed that my cervix was "completely gone" and I could start working on pushing. This was the part I had feared the most. For me pushing is absolute hell and lasts SO long. I pushed on the toilet for a bit longer, before getting back into the tub.
Each contraction was brutal and they were coming one right on top of the next. The pressure was insane and I kept feeling like her head was "right there", but there was no way it could be, because it was just "too fast". At this point it's all mostly just a blur, but within minutes I could feel myself at the edge of the gloriously awful precipice known as "the ring of fire". I knew that if I gave a couple of really strong pushes that baby bowling ball was going to explode out of me. I tried to hold back a little, but I knew I had reached the point of no return. She had to come out sometime, so and it was now or never. During one insanely long contraction I gave push after push and suddenly her head popped out! It freaked me out a bit, but my midwives and Craig were able to calm me down enough to make it through one more contraction.
At 12:43 PM I had my last contraction and Alice Rosalie officially made her entrance into the world. 9 lbs. 4 oz. and 20.5? of tiny perfection (ironically a 9 pound baby is "tiny" in my world). When her body came out and I could actually see/feel her do that cool spin movethat I've seen in birth videos so many times, but have never quite experienced because of my oddly positioned babies. So amazing!
My entire labor from the very first far spaced contractions was just 9 hours, but active labor was only 2-3 hours and pushing was only 20 minutes! Such a far cry from my previous birth experiences. I had friends and family praying that this birth experience would be a redemptive one for me and it was exactly that. While it was definitely an intense, fast and furious labor, it was such a great experience and we all just kept marveling at how insane it was that she arrived so quickly!
This is probably (most likely) our last little one, so I am very thankful that my last birth experience was such a positive one. We are all over-the-moon to finally have our Alice here (especially Fern and Clive!) and we can't wait to get to know the little trail blazer she will become!


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I've excepted another job and will have to give up my company Tacoma. Can't afford another one :mad: and I trying to avoid a car payment. I was thinking a late 90's 4runner but the CFO said she wants a third row. I'd love to pick-up a 03 plus 100 series but thats way too much $$ now. Now I'm looking at early 2000's Tahoe's. I've driven several and they ride very nice and have exceptable power (the 5.3 vortec engine is very tough). Price seems to be very reasonable too. Tahoe's MPG is not too bad...15-19mpg.
Might be a dumb question here but should I hold out for a 100 series (any year) or pick up a well equiped Tahoe for $7,000-$9,000?
Anyone else have experience with second generation Tahoe's? Doug
No your crazy, you can definitely find a nicer used Tahoe at that price than any similar Toyota. But have you considered a Sequoia? Probably find a early 2000's in that price range. Or if your not going to wheel it get a mini-van. They are cheap used, get better MFG.
Minivan? My wife will not buy a minivan...her words, not mine.
My buddy has a 2000 Tahoe and I drove it to Moab and towed my camper. Roomy, squishy seats (fairly comfortable), but the half-ton chassis and drivetrain was pretty sad. The steering was vague and uncommunicative and the brakes took seemingly 3 seconds to engage after you hit the pedal. It felt more stone-age that the '72 Ford Country Sedan on which I learned to drive. Like an GM vehicle, it has needed new ball joints, door hinge parts, a transmission, starters and ignition switch parts, a new plastic intake manifold (they warp and leak) and a moderate slew of repair parts. Not a total lemon, but I wouldn't want to own one from 100K-200K miles. Gas mileage is decent for the size of the rig. Maybe if you buy a very low-miles rig, you'd be ok?
How about a 4th gen 4Runner with the 3rd seat? That'd seem to be the best of several worlds, as far as fuel economy. If you frequently use the 3rd seat, then not so good, I'd think.
I had a 2003 Tahoe Z71(offroad version). I bought it brand new in late 02' when GM was just starting their 0% interest loans. I was able to order it just the way I wanted. I absolutely LOVED it. Never any trouble besides some minor issues once I got over the 140k mark.
It was my fishing/camping/hunting truck until 2009. I lived in NY and PA at the time. Took it offroad plenty. Pulled a drift boat, hauled canoes and kayaks on the roof (the rear bar of the roof rack is on rollers, set one end of the canoe on the rack and roll it right up), drove it to Colorado, Wyoming and Montana and back to Pennsylvania 5 times. I had the older style GY Wranglers and the truck was fantastic in the snow. Better than the 100 even.
I had the 2nd row bench instead of the captains chairs and 3rd row seats. The second row folds down completely flat and out of the way which gave my dog full access to the back windows, and gave me plenty of room to sleep back there. Not that its a huge deal, but the heated seats are the best I've sat in. The heated portion goes way up your back, so nice when you've been fishing in the cold and wet all day. I sold it for a 2006 4Runner in 2009. It had 161k on it. I put every single mile on it myself.
Look, I love my 100. But, if I had to choose something else and I couldn't afford a 200, I'd buy another Tahoe. I drove a 2008 Z71 (the newer version) and I really liked that too. Just my .02, but clearly I had a great experience with my Tahoe. I'd recommend the Z71 version.
i had a 2007 silverado extra cab - which is essentially the same chassis. I have nothing negative to say about them. I was very pleasently surprised. The toyota used markets premium is pretty high.
I had a '99 Durango that I loved...Crappy gas mileage in the city but that 5.9L 360 was fun :D - Very few issues with it but then again we sold it in 2007 with under 75K miles on it and bought another 80. 3rd row was useable for kids, not so much for adults.
IMO if you are looking for something that you'll have for another 10 years then it is hard to beat Toyota reliability and the price reflects that. Nothing is for sure...You might find a Tahoe for $5K less than something comparable in the Toyota lineup and come out ahead or you might end up spending the $5K or more in maintenance. Nothing guarantees that whatever Toyota you might end up with won't have issues either though.
Sequoias though seem to be popular and the few people I know that own them as well as the folks on here indicate they are pretty bomb proof. 2007 and down is the old body style so that is where I would look. Anything with Land Cruiser in the name seems to come at a premium IMO so I wouldn't even bother unless you have to have one which you don't seem to...
If having a 3rd row seat is an absolute requirement then start there and list out all SUVs that came with a 3rd row and start whittling down the list based on what you find out there price wise. Do Honda Pilots come with 3rd row seats?
I looked at the Honda Pilots, they have a really cool fold away third row thats hidden when down. I can't go wrong with a Honda but I'm looking for something more rugged to pull our pop-up and trailers full of $hit.
I'm liking the Sequoia idea. I told the boss last night that we should just buck-up and get a loan for a nicer vehicle. I'm not talking crazy new car prices but something in the 10-12K range. That would buy a very nice Sequoia with around 100K miles. You just can't go wrong with a Yota.
Here is the biggest kicker in this whole vehicle swap...I'm going to be driving my wifes 93 Accord to work from here on out. Image me rolling onto construction job sites with this ride. F it...I'll be getting 30mpg and will drive the 40 every now and then to keep me happy.
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