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HUDSON, WI (WTAQ) - Aaron Schaffhausen will find out Monday afternoon if he'll ever get a chance at freedom, after he killed his three daughters and tried to burn down their home in River Falls last July.
Prosecutors recommend three life terms for the murders with no chance for a supervised release, plus an additional 12-and-a-half years for the attempted arson.
The 35-year-old Schaffhausen failed to convince a jury that he was insane when he stabbed and slashed 11-year-old Amara, eight-year-old Sophie, and five-year-old Cecilia Schaffhausen at the home of his ex-wife.
The couple divorced six months earlier, and Aaron admitted killing the daughters to get back at his ex.
In asking for the full life sentences, prosecutors said Schaffhausen has, "a character so deeply flawed as to be without any legitimate prospect for change."
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I Believe In Aliens
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 4,827 People
FRANCE Has AliensWORD IS THAT BY LATE FEBRUARY THE FRENCH SPACE AGENCY WILL RELEASE THEIR WHOLE ARCHIVE OF ALIEN SIGHTINGS
SINISTERMEMPHISTO 26-30, M 12 Responses 7 Jan 11, 2007
I think it's obvious they exist.There is even evidence on earth. There is an estimated 16 SEPTILLION stars in the OBSERVABLE universe, and each star can have a planet system. Our sun is a star for example. I think this should make it obvious that it's only logical to assume there is other life in the universe...
Eniri 18-21, M 3 Responses 1 Aug 8
Ok this is a story that actually happened to metake it as you wish and let me know if anything similar has happened to you or anyone you know bc till this day I'm dumbfounded lol My family, were pet lovers always have had dogs. We just recently moved to this new house in early 2000s. I had a black lab named Barney he was...
muffinpowers 22-25, F 8 Responses 4 May 19
Just on the basis of probability... if every star in the sky is a potential sun and at least some of them have planets, the liklihood of us being the only deal falls somewhere between slim and none. my uncle mortimer says it is only our foolish egos and the work of organized religions and other organizations...
smokingrocks1 56-60, M 5 Responses 7 Jun 5
It's a big universe hear me out.It is suspected there is 1-8 planets that orbit a sun for you who don't know a sun is a star. It is estimated for there to be millions and millions of stars in our galaxy. Our small to median size galaxy. The big ones? TRILLIONS of suns with 3-8 planets why are we so arrogant to...
randomaccount1132 13-15, M 2 Responses 3 Aug 26
I think its a big universe.The odds of all of it being random means that human existence in itself is random... just a chance occurance... not planeed, not meaningful just a random occurance. However as most people don't want to think that, it is plausible that there is other forms of life out there and I...
surfdas 22-25, M 2 Responses 1 Aug 26
It's preposterous to suggestthat we are the only life in the universe; but is it preposterous to suggest that aliens have visited this world? That they might be here right now? Many people would automatically say yes, that is preposterous. If you say that it is ridiculous but see that we are probably not...
CuntscabMcBoner 18-21, M 4 Responses 5 Jan 13
oliviedog 13-15, F 5 Responses 11 Jun 13
These entities are simplebut complexed, but people make out as if they're, complexed but simple to understand. I know they exist, because if they didn't. Why does the word UFO or aliens exist, everything has it's purpose and time :)
kamachulu 22-25, M 2 Responses 0 Jul 29
I Was Abducted.Sorry for using a cheap trick to make you open my story, but I have never been abducted by aliens, although I have woken up in a strange place with holes in my memory... But I'm pretty sure that was down to vodka shots the night before lol. I've never seen any credible evidence...
DiesSomnium 31-35 2 Responses 6 Aug 9, 2012
Pyramids On Earth, Mars, and (Moon)?What's the connection between Earth and Mars Is it coincidence they are both similar in size, characteristics, and the degree of the tilt of their axis? Some say that the planets in our solar system were some how brought here in pairs or groups judging by the distinct...
tmajor 41-45, M 5 Responses 9 Feb 27, 2011
Grey Aliens In My Room.It happened when I was 12 years old, it's been 11 years now since that event, I'm still trying to figure out if it was a dream or not. I know one thing my dreams are never as vivid as my reality, they seem to be covered in a dirty smudged window for the quality of vision in my...
RedSolarDragon 22-25, T 3 Responses 4 Oct 13, 2012
They Are A Gift From Our Future Selves.I don't believe "aliens" come from other planets. I believe they are evolved humans from the future participating in time travel. They're on a sort of scientific reconnaissance mission, gathering data on their ancestors. From my experience, I believe they can watch me without...
ArthurCurry 41-45, M 2 Responses 5 Feb 27, 2013
They Are Out There, We Just Will Never Meet Them.The universe is 13.6 billion years old. Everything that makes up you or I except hydrogen and helium was made inside a star that exploded. Stars take hydrogen and create carbon, silica, gold, everything. So we are products of stars that came into being, exploded and what was...
Leporid 56-60, M 5 Responses 5 Nov 21, 2011
Too CloseI won't say I've been abducted, but something strange happened when I was eleven. We had recently moved onto a farm, there was no house yet so we were basically camping in tents and caravans. My bedroom was a small van I shared with my younger brother. On this night it was...
soulportal 46-50, F 3 Responses 6 Nov 29, 2013
I believe in aliens and I have solid evidence,but after 2 years of research (I'm only 14) but I've been digging into this, going into secure websites and looking at unexplained files. I had an alien experience at age 11.
oliviabeileves16 13-15, F 3 Responses 3 Jun 25
We Have Been InvadedNot only do I believe in Aliens... I think our God of the bible is Alien. Wait,I am SURE God is an Alien because: He "comes from the 7th Heaven" and His son Yeshua {Jesus} "ascended unto his father". This means that they are from some other cosmos. This...
PeaceOnEarth 46-50, F 25 Responses 10 Jul 14, 2008
sunflowerpet 18-21, F 66 Responses 15 Aug 6
I just feel like it's highly ignorant to thinkthat we are the only begins out in the universe.
blakechapman21 13-15, M 1 Response 8 Apr 14
Simple aliens are out there look at the variedlife form on earth.In our oceans is tons of life no look at Europa ice planet but what makes ice water so water under the ice = life.Think about this there was giant lizards roaming this planet until a meteor hit.Now think about the rest of the universe and how many planets is...
jtrain 36-40, M 2 Responses 1 Aug 6
I have never seen onefor myself. But considering we are living in a very tiny speck of the vast expanse of space, it would be silly for anyone to say that we are the only planet with intelligent life.
aussieman01 51-55, M 1 Response 3 Aug 19
I Do Believe In Aliens..My encounters with the extra terrestrial happened last summer.. When I first started dating my boyfriend. We would be out for a late night walk or at a fair or something, and we would see these strange lights in the sky.. The first time we saw them, it looked like a big floating...
oceaneyedkay 18-21, F 12 Responses 10 Jul 29, 2013
i was watching discoveryand they were talking about them. how this couple got sever radiation burns from a beam of light that came down from a spaceship. isn't it weird how most of the sightings are near military sights. maybe they are planning an attack on our forces so then it will be easy to take...
varjakpaw 18-21, F 4 Responses 3 Jul 22
They just have to exist... They have to.
HisDaysAreNumbered 18-21, M 5 Responses 3 Jul 8
I Am A Alien-human HybridI share my story with anyone who is interested. I am human and pleiadian. If you know alot about other beings you know who they are. They are very kind and warm hearted beings. I speak to them alot and see them plenty. I just found out recently that I am actually one myself. It...
AstroBlue 22-25, F 15 Responses 5 Feb 10, 2013
Do you actually believethat we are the only one in this universe. Come on people. The universe is big, there are a lot of planets and a lot of systems and a lot of galaxies and who knows what is in a black whole ... To quote my idol Kurt Cobain "I'm not the only one" Maybe he was on to something...
ThatBlueOwl 16-17, F 1 Response 2 Sep 6
Scientist and astrologists ask,why would an intelligent being fly all the way to earth to mutilate a few cows and probe a few humans ? This is the scope I guess, they don't come from deep space, they are what are called inter-dimensional beings. There are currently 54 different types of alien species on earth...
PatrizioDG 46-50, M 7 Responses 6 Jan 20
If aliens do attack us,I hope they do it in 5 rows of 11 ships moving right to left directly above me and then dropping to the next row if I'm too slow killing them......I spent a lot of my childhood preparing for such an event..........
LoneRider72 36-40, M 4 Responses 4 Aug 26
Beam me up Scotty. I could really use a breakfrom Earth.
NeeverForget 18-21, F 2 Responses 10 Apr 3
Aiyana77 36-40, T 6 Responses 9 Nov 29, 2013
Why I Believe In AliensThe universe is infinite. I believe there are many thousands AT LEAST of other species on other planets. I believe they would not be anything at all like humans. They wouldn't do anything at all like us. They almost certainly won't have a language or writing. We won't be able to...
teenstudent546 16-17, M 2 Responses 6 Nov 7, 2013
Seems kind of silly. But I do.They are very interactive but not dangerous, I believe!
truekvlt 16-17, F 2 Jul 30
What if aliens have been on planet each thewhole time and are hiding somewhat in a way from men in black and make up the alleged illuminati who's headquarters are the Denver airport who's runways make up a swatzica? If I no longer post or comment I think we all know what happened to me.
TheGriffinFamily 70+, T 3 Responses 2 Sep 7
I always have. It like spiritsand haunted houses/people, are a normal occurrence in my family, either in conversation or past experiences. I'm not saying I've been in a UFO or anything(well that I know of) but it's just not a weird thing to me. :3 plus gotta love the old movie Earth Girls Are Easy! :3
CookE114 22-25, F 2 Responses 4 Aug 23
Arthur C. Clarke has a quotethat has really gotten me to think. "Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying"
SteeredAxe 16-17, M 4 Responses 5 Jun 4
It didn't let me finish,but I was sitting in my room around 11 at night when in the sky somewhat distant I see a gray figure moving fast once to the right past a row of house and them straight up. A flash of light and a crackling sound happened and I was spooked. I wasn't believing it and thought I...
oliviabeileves16 13-15, F 5 Responses 6 Jun 25
People fail to realizethat we evolved to live on this planet. It wasn't just created to perfectly sustain life. To rule out the same process on the vast number of planets in the universe is beyond ignorant. I've had experiences, I don't expect many to believe them though. The most freighting and...
iSimplyAtheist 22-25, M 6 Responses 4 Jul 5
Ancient Aliens(god/jesus Are Aliens)Please dont let the tittle creep ya out! hear me out! if you dont like reading go to youtube or history channel and watch(Angient Aliens angels and aliens)but this is a writting and reading website sooo? yeah lol okk first of all think about this for a sec! and (i will show...
rican351 22-25, M 8 Responses 8 Oct 19, 2012
I feel like the gov knows all about aliensbut they just wont tell us cause they don't want us to panic smh
azuhh 16-17, F 46 Responses 27 Jul 8
I think there is life on other planets.I don't think aliens would look like those sci-fi horror movie aliens, I think they would look humanoid. If Aliens lived on earth and blended in, they would take jobs like psychologist and doctors to find out more about humans. Or they could be inventors.
WhatTheFrenchToast 18-21, M 2 Responses 2 Aug 18
"Two possibilities exist:either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." -Arthur C. Clarke
moose73630 16-17, M 1 Response 8 Feb 5
I believe in aliens morethan I believe in God.. I have witnessed UFO's dancing in the school and they were not satellites. Any other alien luvers chat me
LilLexi16 16-17, F 3 Responses 6 Jun 24
Anytime anyone says they don't think alienscould be real I lose a bunch of respect for them as well as assuming from that point forward that they are probably retarded.
Winter154 18-21, F 4 Responses 9 Mar 1
Allow me to clarify, I have never seen aliensor believe that any humans actually have. I simply believe it's most likely that somewhere out there alien life exists. I could be wrong but it seems highly unlikely that we are the only ones in this massive universe with billions of galaxies.
xolker 26-30, M 4 Responses 5 Mar 20
It's not something you believe in,it's something that is fact.
ICanHelpPls 13-15, M 3 Responses 6 Apr 7
I believe we're not alone in this universe,it would be very selfish for us if we think we're the only one around here. And scary too. The universe is big for fvck's sake. And there are some things here in Earth that even science couldn't explain or prove the existence of some things. Especially the pyramids around the...
hajelove19 18-21, F 10 Responses 8 Jun 14
How can there not be Our universe is no asmall place and our solar system don't include the only planets out there. http://aplus.com/a/bill-clinton-asked-by-jimmy-kimmel-whether-aliens-exist-his-answer-is-causing-a-stir
WendyDarlin 18-21, F 2 Responses 2 May 24
I Believe In AliensI believe in Aliens but it wasn't always so. I worked nights and one morning after work I saw a spaceship and a grey creature coming out of it. 2 other workers also saw what I saw... the space ship was in a lane and the Alien was look at the ground it seemed and then went back...
aquarius3 61-65 9 Responses 5 Oct 21, 2011
What's with the "glitter in the trees"sightings??? Those are so crazy!
euphoricvoyage 26-30, F 2 Responses 0 Aug 6
The Phil Schneider and Ron Rummel stories Ifind really interesting. If the stuff they say is real then it really is unbelievable what the government has been hiding on ufos and aliens. Not to mention the deaths of both these men are suspicious to say the least. Phil Schneiders videos on YouTube are quite compelling to...
Quinney 26-30, M 2 Responses 3 Jun 23
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I've seen both. I've seen aliens and I've seen a UFO. I always did believe and I've thought about it too much! There was a (black) alien in the UFO I saw.
DarkwingGoslyn 31-35 0 Sep 6
It's not easy for me to say this because i have been laughed at trying to tell people, but i have been contacted by an unknown lifeform which i believe to be aliens. It happened 3...
capsbaps 18-21, M 2 Responses 0 Sep 2
If aliens exist why don't they invade us already???? I mean, I wanna see one before I die!!!! Hurry up already =_=
BoredBread2 16-17, F 3 Responses 1 Sep 12


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Airport initiative garners decisive victory
As of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 8, the Whatcom County auditor's office had counted 25,172 ballots but the results are not official until November 29, Whatcom County auditor Shirley Forslof said.
with an expected 60 percent voter turnout, Forslof
said she anticipates an additional 35,000 ballots to
be counted within that time.
Most of the ballots will be counted by next week, she added.
Whatcom County Council
Whatcom County Council incumbents are leading slightly in unofficial election results released Tuesday. Two county council positions, however, are unusually tight.
Incumbents Laurie Caskey-Schreiber and Seth Fleetwood are both leading the race for their current seats on the council.
Caskey-Schreiber had a solid lead over her opponent Craig Mayberry with 12,168 votes (48%) while Mayberry received 10,476 votes (42%). Caskey-Schreiber is a fourth-generation resident of Lynden and supported efforts to protect Lake Whatcom and rural agricultural land. Mayberry is an economics teacher at Whatcom Community College and a fiscal conservative.
The race between Carl Weimer and Mike Kent, both candidates for the council's district three, position A, was also close. Weimer received 11,294 votes (45%) while Kent received 10,847 votes (43%). Weimer, the founder of Bellingham's ReStore and a member of the Pipeline Safety Commission, said on Wednesday that he was keeping his fingers crossed. Kent is a realtor who lives in Blaine and is active with the American Realtors' Association.
The closest race, however, was between Fleetwood, an environmental attorney who helped implement green standards for Whatcom County municipal buildings, and Gary Lysne, a retired Seattle police officer. Fleetwood led the race for the council's at-large position by a narrow margin of 27 votes. Fleetwood received 11,223 votes (45%) while Lysne received 10,896 (43%).
Blaine city council, airport
In Blaine, early results show that city council candidate Jason Overstreet, running for the council's third ward, position five, is leading by a margin of 26 votes.
Overstreet received 320 votes (44%), compared with incumbent Bob Brunkow, who recieved 294 votes (41%).
Also, council candidate Charles Hawkins is leading the election for the council's at-large position with 318 votes (44%), compared to opponent Jason Burke, who received 265 votes (37%).
Council candidates Bruce Wolf, Mike Myers and Bonnie Onyon were running unopposed.
Wolf received 474 votes of the total 714 votes from Blaine, while Myers and Onyon received 483 and 491, respectively.
a majority of Blaine voters approved an advisory measure
put forth by the Blaine city council that would ask
the council to study the economic feasibility of alternatives
to the Blaine municipal airport.
Preliminary results show the initiative earned 53 percent of the votes in favor of studying alternative uses while 41 percent disapproved.
of the initiative are currently leading by a total of
89 votes.
Dennis Hill, a realtor and proponent of the original initiative to abolish the airport, said while he thinks the results are 10 to 15 percent less what they should be, he was optimistic.
"Overall, a win's a win," he said. "It's been tried three times and I think with the attorneys and the background of people from a cross section of the community, we did a good job. But I think the fight's just begun."
Doug Fenton, chairman of Blaine Airport Commission, a commission appointed by the city council, however, said he was holding out for final election results.
"I don't think anything about it until I've seen the final results," he said. "The advisory question is merely asking the council to do what they were already going to do, which study the feasibility of closing it. It certainly doesn't mean the airport's going to close."
Port of Bellingham
Incumbent Scott Walker is leading the race for Port of Bellingham commissioner district one, with 13,228 votes (52 %). His opponent, Tip Johnson, is trailing behind with 8,117 votes (32 %).
Blaine School District
All three candidates for Blaine School District's board of directors were running unopposed this year. District one candidate Red Goodwin received 1,450 votes, while candidates for districts three and five, Pebble Griffin and Mike Dodd, received 1,451 and 1,498 votes, respectively.
Bay Water and Sewer District
Incumbent Don Montfort is leading the race for Birch Bay Water and Sewer District Commissioner eight with 471 votes (44 %). His opponent, Stephen Nelson, received 347 votes (33 %).
ban passes; gas tax and malpractice initiatives fail
by margin
State initiative 901, which would ban smoking in public places is passing overwhelmingly in Whatcom County and in Washington state.
The initiative amends the state's Clean Indoor Air Act and prohibits smoking in public places as well as within 25 feet of an entrance to a public place.
According to early election results posted on the Washington Secretary of State's web site, 62 percent of Washington voters favored the ban while 37 percent were opposed.
initiative 912, which would repeal the state's
recently imposed 5-cent gas tax increase is failing
by a narrow margin.
Approximately 47 percent of voters supported the tax rollback while 52 percent opposed it. If the initiative passes, revenue from the anticipated increases will not be available for state-funded transportation projects. This would include scheduled improvements to Drayton Harbor Road, as called for in the county's six-year road plan.
Initiative 330, sponsored by several insurance companies and the Washington State Medical Association, which seeks to cap the amount of non-economic, or punitive damages a person can claim in a medical malpractice lawsuit, is also failing. Whatcom County voters approved the initiative 49 to 47 percent, but state figures indicate the initiative is failing by about 90,000 votes.
A counter measure supported by the Association of Trial Lawyers that would require public notices for insurance rate increases is also falling behind. Whatcom County voters opposed initiative 336, 54 to 41 percent while statewide voters rejected it 58 to 41 percent.
EMS, district-only voting passes
Whatcom County voters approved two countywide initiatives that would authorize a sales tax to fund countywide emergency medical services and restrict Whatcom County voters' ability to vote for county council candidates.
The EMS levy allows Whatcom county to use a one-tenth of one percent (0.1 %) sales tax, or 10 cents for every $100, to pay for countywide emergency medical services. It also allows one-third of the revenue to be used for criminal justice purposes such as building new jails.
Whatcom County charter amendment 1 would restrict Whatcom County residents from voting for county council members in districts other than their own. Proponents of the initiative, such as Charlie Crabtree a commissioner of the Whatcom County Charter Review Commission, District 3, said the current system prevents certain candidates from winning in the primaries. Crabtree says he thinks the initiative will bring elected officials closer to the constituents they represent.
Opponents, however, say the measure limits citizen's ability to participate in the democratic process since many of the council's decisions affect the entire county.


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Wow. This is pretty messed up. Someone had the nerve to write "I love Rob" in the dust on Kristen Stewart's car, and I'm sure she wasn't exactly thrilled upon finding the message waiting for her on her vehicle.
Ugh. Talk about depressing and humiliating. Not only did Kristen have to endure seeing the painful reminder of her breakup with Robert Pattinson right there in plain sight on the hood of her truck -- she also had to cope with photographers taking pictures of her looking at the message, which couldn't have been a pleasant experience.
Get a load of this video and the mortified look on her face upon returning to her car!
Aww. Poor girl. I feel so bad for her, don't you? Yeah, yeah, so she cheated with Rupert Sanders and it was only a matter of time before she and Rob split and went their separate ways. But regardless of the circumstances that led to their breakup, it's still tough when a long-term relationship ends, and I'm sure Kristen is pretty upset about the fact that it's over.
And the last thing she needs is people rubbing the split in her face and making her feel even worse about what happened than she already does. Whoever did this was simply being mean for the sake of being mean, and that just isn't right. (Seriously, who does something like that to intentionally embarrass and hurt someone?)
It's going to take some time for Kristen to come to terms with things ending with Rob, and people need to just leave her alone and give her some space, already.
But she might want to think about going to the car wash on a regular basis to save herself from any further unnecessary humiliation.
Do you think this "joke" is funny or cruel?
How do you don't know if she wrote it herself? I am just saying.
so, she probably does still love him!
and there is no video to watch! you are such a dumbass, you dont even have your facts straight before you post anything!
wow, this is so old. They have been back together for a while.
That was'nt nice,and they are not right together anymore !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so leave it alone.


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Selma officer arrested
A Selma Police Officer, who was nearing the end of his probationary period, has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence while off duty early Saturday morning.
According to a department press release, Officer Christopher Michael Jacobs, 31, who has been employed with the department less than a year, was involved in a 2-vehicle accident on Citizens Parkway at Woodrow Avenue.
"There weren't any injuries," Selma Chief of Police William T. Riley said. "Upon investigating the traffic accident, officers discovered [Jacobs] to be under the influence of alcohol.
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Lots of talk around town about Nail Yakupov. Some are worried he'll stay in Russia and some wonder if he'll make the team. The smart money says "don't worry he'll be in Canada soon" and "seriously? you've seen this movie before."
Yakupov had a fine 22 games in the KHL, going 10-8-18 -4 with 33 pims. 76 shots on goal (3.45 per game) and 14 and a half minutes a game. He didn't play in the game on January 6th and the next game is January 10th according to the KHL schedule. It sounds like some of the KHL NHLers (if you know what I mean) are still playing league games, which I think is fine as long as TC aren't open here. If Nail Yakupov plays Thursday and gets to Edmonton in time for TC Sunday (which will probably be physicals) that's fine, right?
The Oilers are no doubt in touch with Igor Larionov and until we hear otherwise I'd suggest this is much ado about nothing.
As for NHL readiness, I'm trying hard to understand why people would think Nail Yakupov is less NHL ready than Taylor Hall or Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the months after they were drafted by the Oilers. This kid has already played in a very good pro league against men–something Hall and the Nuge didn't do–and in fact scored 10 goals in 22 KHL games. Now, please understand I know there are good arguments against having these kids play year 1 in the NHL and burning a year of their entry level deals.
I know that many of the Oilogosphere's best disagree with my view of when a prospect is ready (my view is covered here) and respect the opinion of those who believe the greater value is on the other end of the contract.
What I can't agree with is what I've been hearing from some in Edmonton this week, from some of the fanbase I'm in touch with–that somehow Yakupov is less capable of climbing that mountain to the NHL as a teenager, less qualified than Nuge and Hall entering the show.
I would argue the opposite: Nail Yakupov's KHL experience has to be counted heaviliy when assessing his NHL readiness. A pro league against men, and he's performed well. What else is there to prove?


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I spent this past weekend at the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games in Los Angeles. I went out there with a group from my CrossFit gym to watch the athletes and spend some time sharing the Compete mindset with CrossFitters.
It's almost impossible to put into words everything I saw at the Games.
There were memories to be had by competitors and fans alike, but at the end of it, the defining moments weren't of Rich Froning & Annie Thorisdottir winning the Games as being crowned as the Fittest Man/Woman in the World.
The championship moment isn't what made me suddenly root my heart out for them.
It wasn't Rich conquering rope climbs after that skill had cost him the 2010 Games.
It wasn't Annie moving weights like a machine, with a lung capacity I would love to have half of.
It wasn't anything they did having to do with the weights.
It was their spirit.
Rich finished his workout and instead of resting over to the side, jumps back onto the battleground and cheers his heart out for his fellow competitors.
Annie smiling throughout the brutal workouts. You can see the pain on every competitors face as they push their staggering movements and weights, yet there's Annie, smiling ear to ear with a child-like spirit and just having fun.
That's right. The male winner of the Games was more focused on cheering on the guys trying to beat him in the competition than on recovering off to the side of the arena.
And yes ma'am, the winning woman was smiling in the face of each workout – grinning in the exact moments that we sometimes ask for death's sweet relief from the WOD or cursing the lift movement under our breath.
And the very images of those two hit you right in the face – they are having fun. They are not taking life too seriously. They are enjoying the moment. They are enjoying life.
And they weren't the only ones.
I tweeted Web Smith that I know he was a proud husband when his wife and Games competitor Lindsey Smith did the same thing in her heat of individual women. She finished her workout, dropped the bar, and walked directly over to her competition to cheer. She clapped, she yelled, she helped encourage as her rival struggled with the clean & jerk weight.
Katie Hogan did the exact same. Sitting out there by herself with her rival, cheering the woman on as she tried to finish the rope climb/clean&jerk workout. Other competitors walked over to get water or air, but Katie was out there cheering loudly. And when the woman finished, the first thing she did was hug Katie.
That's community.
Chris Spealler & Josh Bridges did just the same. Encouraging each other, Rich, and other competitors as soon as they finished.
Groups of CrossFitters cheered for other boxes and individuals.
And you could hear the roar from miles away when a struggling athlete or team finished the workout. The arena went nuts seeing people compete with everything they had in them – success or failure, the CrossFit community in LA and watching around the world online cheered the competitors on.
Can you say the same thing?
Do we smile in the face of that "donkey" exercise?
(For those in the dark, a "Donkey" is an exercise/lift/movement that you struggle with – because when you try the movement, you end up looking like an "ass." Therefore, as CrossFitters, we talk about killing our "donkeys" on a regular basis.)
Do we genuinely cheer on that athlete whose name is always above ours on the whiteboard?
Do we finish the WOD and head to the bathroom, the floor, or the dark corner of the gym and struggle just to find air?
Or do we follow our leaders' examples and hop right back onto the mat and yell positive words to our CrossFit community members?
Do we put our community and our spirit above what the world say
I'm as guilty as the next person of just trying to recover on my own after I finish the WOD. I'm dead beat. I've killed myself pushing through the workout, but I drop the ball on fulfilling my job as part of the CrossFit community.
Be about others.
Give it everything you've got.
And when you're tapped out, give a little bit more to help your fellow CrossFitter.
The world says you should step on your competition.
The world says you should dance and celebrate wins in front of your rivals.
The world says you step on their throat when given the chance.
The world says you don't support someone wanting to beat you.
And that's why the world is wrong.
But even more importantly, that's why CrossFit is going to change the world.
Healthy Competition.
As our sport continues to grow, this passion and community we share with each other will only continue to grow.
In and outside of our boxes and gyms.
As CrossFitters, we will set the bar for what a sports community should look like.
A global community built on supporting each other.
The 2011 Games Winners set the bar pretty high with regards to what premier functional fitness looks like.
But they set the bar even higher on how our community should compete – in sport and in life.
So the next time you head to CrossFit, remember this:
Have fun with the workout.
Smile when it hurts.
Encourage when you finish.


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Reader Stories: Adventures in negotiating
Published on - January 20th, 2013 (Modified on - January 23rd, 2013) (by Ellen Cannon)
This post from Cortney Jansen. Cortney is 29, works as an engineer in the Bay Area and has been reading GRS for a couple of years now. She's in the third stage of personal finance: debt-free and trying to figure out the best balance for multiple savings goals. This post is part of the Reader Stories series. Some reader stories contain general advice; others are examples of how a GRS reader achieved financial success or failure. These stories feature folks with all levels of financial maturity and income. Want submit your own reader story? Here's how.
Ever since I discovered Get Rich Slowly, I've wanted to submit a Reader's Story. However, I struggled to find a topic that GRS readers might find relevant. I'm debt-free – and only ever had student loans, which were easily manageable. Both cars are paid off, and there's a fund in place for the next one. I don't own a home, but I'm saving for a down payment and in no rush to buy one. As a result, I have no amazing tale about how I racked up all this debt and, through diligence and penny-counting, paid it off. My story – one in which spending less than I earn is easy – is boring and probably even off-putting to some. So instead, I became a passive GRS member, reading articles by other people, occasionally commenting, and always wondering, "Will there ever be anything I can actually contribute?"
The year of the negotiation
Since I knew I'd eventually need a new car and would want a house, I needed to save for those purchases. As I started to evaluate how much to set aside, I realized that these two purchases would be much cheaper if I knew how to negotiate. Although I've haggled in the past (mostly for souvenirs in foreign countries), it was nothing compared to the skills I would need to buy a car or a house. Also, I read several articles about how women rarely negotiate salaries. I eventually realized that until I learned to negotiate, I was costing myself money, potentially tens of thousands of dollars over the years. I needed to become a confident negotiator and decided 2012 would be a good time to start. As the months went by, I realized I might actually have a story of interest to GRS readers. And so, I present to you: The negotiations of 2012.
Situation #1
What happened: In an interview for a new job, I was asked about my salary requirements. I said something to the extent of "Oh, I'm not sure. Maybe between [this range]." I may have even given my current salary. In short, I broke every negotiating rule I've ever heard (and probably even a few more).
I went home cursing myself and promptly hopped online to learn what I should have said (iwillteachyoutoberich.org was very helpful here), swearing that I would weasel my way out of this if it was the last thing I did. When I got the offer, the salary was unsurprisingly at the bottom of the range I'd mentioned. I thanked them for the offer and said I was excited about the opportunity. Then, I explained that the salary was lower than I had hoped, and even though I had given a range in the interview, I did so without knowledge of the other benefits (vacation, 401k matches, etc). I listed a few specific benefits that were less than my current job and said that I believed these cuts justified a higher salary. We agreed on 10 percent more than the initial offer.
What I learned: If you're like me and usually give the first number, you must practice beforehand! If necessary, memorize key phrases (e.g. "Well, it depends on a number of things, and at this point I'd rather focus on what I can offer in this position.") that you can use when asked about your salary requirements. If asked about your current salary, try something like, "My current company policy requires employees to keep our salaries private" (assuming this is true). If you get an offer that you'd like to negotiate, always start by thanking your potential employer for the offer and emphasizing how excited you are to join the organization. Only then should you talk about what you'd like to change in the offer. Finally, remember that making a major mistake like I did doesn't necessarily mean you've lost all negotiating options.
Situation #2
What happened: I made a reservation at a major hotel chain and ended up canceling the room within the time allowed by the cancellation policy. Even so, the charge still appeared on the credit card bill. After calling and getting them to cancel the charge, I asked if I could get something for my time and effort. The customer service representative asked what I wanted, and I said at least $25. After speaking with her superior, she offered me 5,000 points to redeem online. I countered with 10,000, and we ended up at 7,500.
What I learned: I have got to stop giving the first number! More importantly, if you're ever offered points or something similar, understand their real value. I later learned that all rewards were a minimum of 6,500 points. Since I never stay with this hotel chain, her initial offer of 5,000 points would have been useless. Finally, it never hurts to ask – I ended up $25 richer after about five minutes on the phone.
Situation #3
What happened: I found a product available online only at Company A and Sky Mall. Although I really want it, it cost $40, and I couldn't find a coupon online anywhere. Shipping was outrageous, and Sky Mall actually ended up being $1 cheaper than Company A. I called Company A, explained that I could get it cheaper at Sky Mall and asked what they could do to encourage me to buy it from them. They offered me free shipping, and I ordered it immediately.
What I learned: I wasted more time looking for coupons online than I spent on the phone. If a quick online search turns up nothing, try calling the company. Remember, $8 for you is a lot more than it is for them.
Situation #4
What happened: The center of all negotiating – the flea market! I have four books in my hand, which total $11. I actually didn't want to negotiate this – less than $3 for a used book seemed like a bargain. But at a flea market, you must bargain, right? I offered $9 and we settled on $10.
What I learned: Even in the perfect environment, negotiating doesn't always feel right. Sometimes, this is probably a valid emotion (after all, is it really worth negotiating over $2?), but it takes practice to learn when this is true.
Now, of course, none of these stories required hours of arguing, and most of my results came from just asking. Is it truly negotiating? Probably not, but it is the first step in negotiating – learning that it's okay to ask for a discount. Until you feel confident asking for something, it's hard to be comfortable negotiating for it. Negotiation also requires loads of practice. Try practicing in front of your spouse, a friend or your mirror. And remember that although it may seem silly to ask for a $2 discount, every time you do so, it's practice for when you're ready to buy your next car or other situations where negotiating really matters. Who knows, you may even be shocked to discover that negotiating is fun.
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Great post! I need to work on my negotiating skills. I was on hold for over an hour with toys r us around the holidays. My 10% off wasn't working on the $10 item that I was purchasing online. I realized that I was spending over an hour for $1.00 and hung up the phone!
Congratulations, Cortney! This will save you or earn you many thousands of dollars over your lifetime.
Keep practicing in small ways until negotiating becomes a habit. I've found that always being polite–even friendly–but tenacious gets you the most in the end.
My biggest 1-time score was saving about 10% off the asking price of our current house. It took 3 days of negotiation, but the amount I saved was definitely worth it.
I'm very bad about not negotiating when it is something that I really want. I'm leaving lots and lots of money on the table. I need to work on that!
This is a great reader story. Negotiating is a skill we all can benefit from. I have gotten a 10% raise in salary, and 13% off a car's sticker price from successful negotiations. If you are new to negotiating, my best advice from what I've experienced is that it never hurts to ask.
The worst thing that happens is they say no.
And they can't say "yes" unless you ask!
I hate negotiating because I'm not the best at talking to people but I often come up with the strategy and I'm lingering in the background while my husband does the talking.
We recently bought a mattress. Right as we were on the phone purchasing the item we saw in the store earlier, I noticed the price online was cheaper than in the store. I grabbed my husband and showed him. Not only did they lower the price but threw in free shipping as well.
Salary is a little more difficult for me because a lot of places in field have a set standard that they go by and that's it.
Negotiating is something I have mixed luck with. I tend to be pretty good at it for big ticket items – my negotiations on a couple different properties saved us about $10K altogether, but I really have to be sure that I'm not asking for something that's unfair or below market rates to be able to get behind it.
But asking for more money is tougher for me. I need to get better at salary negotiations since companies usually give me exactly what I ask for the first time (which lends me to believe I may be selling myself short there…).
This is a great post, and as a recruiter, I agree that it's important to negotiate well. If you're bad at it, you come off as difficult. If you're good at it, you retain the goodwill of the opposite party while still making progress toward what you want. The only thing I would add, as someone who has worked dealing with customers for 7 years, is if you are a repeat customer for a company (such as a season ticket holder for a sports team), pick your battles. There is always that one person who wants more and asks for more, no matter what they're already getting. Most companies keep databases of customers, and make notes of the notorious ones. You want to avoid being one of them, in order to get voluntary, long-term good service.
Excellent reader story! I'm in a similar position, but I've got a home and mortgage now. I'd love to hear more about Ellen's adventures in the third stage of finance.
I hate negotiating! I know it's something you're supposed to do. But I would rather just pay or go without. It just seems like a lot of hassle for a thing. I do it at flea markets and garage sales though.
This has been one of my favorite reader stories. Very practical ideas that I'm excited to put into practice.
This reminds me of some advice a senior sales guru (in IT) once told me, "You put the price on the table, whoever speaks first after that loses". Sage advice and it holds true more often than not.
Excellent post. I've had considerable success negotiating the price of a new car, but usually don't for other things. I just read that furniture is marked up as much as 100% because the sellers expect people to ask for discount. That really surprised me. Has anyone had any experience with furniture or other new merchandise?
Susan, I've had considerable success negotiating when buying furniture and even appliances. You'd be surprised at how willing to negotiate some stores, even some of the big box stores are. Any large purchase I make usually starts with something along these lines, " Look, I'm really interested in xxxxxx but the price is somewhat higher than what I have budgeted. Is this the best you can on this?". If they say yes then we start the haggle, if no, I walk away.
This is good inspiration to read right now, as I *hate* haggling, and we're shopping for a used car at the moment.
The salary negotiation for my first job was a disaster. I ended up getting paid way less than what I deserved as a person with an advanced degree. But I've learned my lesson to negotiate proactively in the future. I guess the key is preparation. Knowing what the industry standards are for a position you are selected and for your educational qualifications helps you know what you deserve. Once you are informed, you can confidently negotiate with the Human resources personnel. If you are blissfully ignorant, especially for new grads joining the workforce for the first time, people can take you for a ride.
Great post…but dying to know what you could have wanted at SkyMall!?
I got promoted last year and due to my position in the company (accounting/finance) I had access to the budgeted salary for all positions. I made the mistake of saying "well I know the budget is X so I want at least that…" I should have added 20%-25% to that number and explained that I knew it would take 3-4 months to fill my old position and I would be doing both jobs until they found a replacement. Lesson learned.
Great post. I'm going to make becoming a better negotiator my New Year's resolution for 2013. I have 2 nephews that are great at it and I'm going to get some mentoring from them! Thanks for the inspiration.
I've been surprised at some of the places that will negotiate. When I bought my appliances I shopped around and ended up at one of those warehouse outlet type places and they price matched the hardware store (even though they had the better model), I got some free upgrades in the fridge, they took a little off the total because I bought 3 items… in the end I spent less than I would have at a regular retail store but got better merchandise.
Really liked this post! Definitely some worthwhile information to consider especially in regards to negotiating salary. Its true that women often don't negotiate their salary and even make this same mistake of giving a number at an interview. All great tips here.
Hi everyone,
So sorry that I was unreponsive when my post when up – I've been out of town for a funeral and had minimal computer time. Anyhow, thank you so much for the comments – it's been great reading through them all, and I'm glad so many people enjoyed the post!
Thanks again,


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When college students are of voting age and duly registered at a New Hampshire institution, they should be able to vote in that state; they are as much a part of the Granite State as anyone else. But New Hampshire's Republican-dominated legislature, in a nakedly partisan move, passed a measure requiring student voters to sign a statement expressing their intention to become permanent residents. Under this measure, students would be expected to change car registrations and drivers' licenses, among other burdens.
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The provisions of sections 862 through 878 of this title shall be interim mandatory safety standards applicable to all underground coal mines until superseded in whole or in part by improved mandatory safety standards promulgated by the Secretary under the provisions of section 811 of this title, and shall be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as any mandatory safety standard promulgated under section 811 of this title. Any orders issued in the enforcement of the interim standards set forth in this subchapter shall be subject to review as provided in subchapter I of this chapter.
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The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the immediate application of mandatory safety standards developed on the basis of experience and advances in technology and to prevent newly created hazards resulting from new technology in coal mining. The Secretary of the Interior in coordination with the Secretary shall immediately initiate studies, investigations, and research to further upgrade such standards and to develop and promulgate new and improved standards promptly that will provide increased protection to the miners, particularly in connection with hazards from trolley wires, trolley feeder wires, and signal wires, the splicing and use of trailing cables, and in connection with improvements in vulcanizing of electric conductors, improvement in roof control measures, methane drainage in advance of mining, improved methods of measuring methane and other explosive gases and oxygen concentrations, and the use of improved underground equipment and other sources of power for such equipment.
Source(Pub. L. 91–173, title III, § 301,Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 765; Pub. L. 95–164, title II, § 203,Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1317.)
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Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 95–164, § 203(b), struck out subsec. (c) which related to the modification of standards, and subsec. (d) which related to the applicability of section 553 of title 5 in cases where the provisions of sections 862 to 878 of this title had provided that certain actions, conditions, or requirements be carried out as prescribed by the Secretary or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
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How to deal with student loans after death
If a borrower dies with a balance on his or her student loan, it's important for survivors to know how to proceed. In many -- but not all -- cases, the loan will be forgiven.
This post comes from Bob Sullivan at partner site Credit.com.
What happens to student loan debt when the borrower dies? The answer: It depends, based on the type of loan.
Federal student loan debt can be discharged through a relatively simple process; private loan debt, however, can shift to parents or other co-signers. As the families of many deceased borrowers know, the process can be confusing. Here, we outline how to deal with the debt after a death.
Federal student loan debt
The U.S. Department of Education says federal student loans will be discharged upon death. Parent PLUS federal loans can be discharged if either the student or the parent borrower dies.
Still, there is a process that must be followed.
For a subsidized Perkins loan, a family member or representative must send a copy of the death certificate to the student's school. For other kinds of federal loans, a family member or representative must obtain a death certificate for the borrower and send it to the loan servicer for review.
One servicer, FedLoan, told us recently precisely what happens next:
- Once the servicer receives the death certificate, it begins processing the loan discharge unless a co-maker exists on the loan(s).
- It takes approximately 10 business days to review a death certificate and update the account to a "Verified Death" status.
- Every two weeks, a report is sent to the Department of Education listing any new accounts that were placed into a "Verified Death" status.
- Approximately a week after receiving this report, the DOE approves a write-off of the account.
- Treasury Management then applies a write-off transaction to bring the loans down to a $0 balance.
- Any payments received after the date of death are refunded to the borrower, unless an estate has been set up. Then, Treasury Management will refund the estate of the deceased. If the borrower has an estate set up, the executor/executrix has the authority to cash the checks made payable to the borrower.
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With private student loans, the answer is more complex, but generally lenders will not forgive loans after death. It's common for private student loans to require a co-signer, often the student's parent. In most cases, banks expect co-signers to assume responsibility for the loan after a death. There are exceptions: Sallie Mae's "Smart Option Student Loan," launched in 2009, forgives loans when students die. But generally, banks will attempt to collect payment from the deceased's estate, and then turn to co-signers.
Private lenders sometimes grant exceptions to surviving co-signers on a case-by-case basis, but there is no legal requirement that they even consider loan forgiveness. In fact, co-signers may be required to repay the full balance of the loan immediately, and have fewer options for consolidating or reworking loan repayment terms.
Co-signers who find themselves in this sad situation should send a certified copy of the student's death certificate to the bank, and request consideration as soon as possible.
In some states, it is possible for surviving spouses to be on the hook for student loans even if they don't co-sign a loan. Community property states require that debts be assigned to the surviving spouse. In some of these states -- Arizona, California, Louisiana, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Alaska -- there are exceptions for education-based borrowing. Check with an estate lawyer.
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Our student loan system could be vastly improved by granting greater amounts to students in STEM fields rather than liberal arts. Set caps on the available amounts based on field - for example, $30k/year for someone in biological sciences, physics, or computer science and $5k/year for someone studying historical trends in anthropological thought. Also, set caps for the number of loans available based on job prospects/employment data.
But in all seriousness, such reform will never happen - the student loan system is vastly profitable to the crooks at the banks providing the loans (eg Sallie Mae). The system is structured essentially the same as the housing market was in '05, except that there is no rating of the loans. Speculators gobble up the packaged, derivatized product and ride it until it is no longer profitable, at which point they will unload it on the taxpayers. Allowing the lender to collect after a students' death only makes the profits more secure.
It is unfortunate that even something as simple as this is confusing to the organizations who are supposed to know what they are doing. This was a private bank, when you are dealing with anything directly connected to the federal government, its going to be a mess. Don't get me started on the incompetence of the Social Security Adm and the IRS. Why in the world do they have policies and regulations that their own people don't understand or can administer?
A loan is a loan. Whether you co-sign for your child's first car, or his student loan, if he doesn't pay YOU ARE responsible.
I remember years ago, my brother bought a new car, just as he got out of HS and joined the military. 3-4 mos. later my mother commented to him that the bank was calling looking for their money. He said "Well I a made a couple of payments". He learned, and so did my parents. They never co-signed a loan again.
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I've been thinking a lot about David Orr's commentary in The New York Times Book Review today. "O! Poetry" laments Oprah's decision to run a spread with poets modeling spring fashions in the April 2011 of O magazine. He calls this "heart-sinking" because poetry "can't approach the world inhabited by O and fashion design–that is, the world of American mass culture–with the same swagger as other fields do." He says that "the chasm between the audience for poetry and the audience for O is vast." He also takes issue with the magazine's sound bite approach to poetry discussion. "I wish," he says, "that they had found space for someone–not a critic, necessarily, just someone willing to be honest–to talk about the actual experience of reading a poem. Not why poems are good at rehabilitating people. Not where poems come from. Not what they can help us do, or forget, or remember. Not what the people who write them are wearing. Just what reading one of them is like to one person. If the chasm is to be ever so slightly narrowed, it seems to me this is how it will be done."
I agree with Orr. But I also think it's a little more complicated than that. After all, when have magazines ever been interested in an accurate representation of life or reality?
Everybody knows that Oprah translates to money, fame, and mass appeal. Therefore, to say that there is a gap between Oprah's audience and poetry's audience is to say that poetry is for the few. This suggests that poetry is exclusionary, that the average person is not interested in poetry. Even if this were true, this seems to me more like a problem than something to celebrate.
I saw Richard Thompson perform recently, and in a joke before playing a song titled "Sunset," he said to us, "I've never played this song at exactly the right time of day… well, let's not be too precious about it." To say that Oprah shouldn't have poets model spring clothes because fashion has nothing to do with poetry (I'm not sure this is true…) is being a little too precious about poetry. I once bought a bookshelf from IKEA, a store that embodies mass production and quick distribution, just because it had "William Shakespeare" graffitied over it in the design. Is buying it the same thing as sitting in Jacobean drama class listening to a lecture on symbolism in Measure for Measure? Of course not. Was that bookshelf a corporate ploy to manipulate bookworms into spending their money? Maybe. But I just think it's fun.
It doesn't do anyone any good to treat poetry as something that is only for a certain demographic. So Oprah's April issue has poetry commentary from Ashton Kutcher. This is lame. However, it's no more lame than Snooki's novel becoming a bestseller while other great books remain in obscurity.
Bottom line: Why the need to keep poetry, as a genre, so precious? If a little dose of mass appeal encourages someone to read a poem or try her hand at verse when ordinarily she wouldn't have, I think that's great.
I leave you with one of my favorite poems, introduced to me last year by one of my friends:
Like You
Like you I
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