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Stay-Jeff the Killer X Reader-CH.6StayJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 6~~~A.N.: Alright bros, Chapter 6! Still surprised you all like this story XDAges:Jeff, Hoodie, and BEN: 17You and Masky: 16Letsa go! (who else thought of Mario after I said that XD) ENJOY!!~~~"You ready to go, Jeffy?" BEN asks, looking at Jeff. He was putting two switchblades in the pockets of his green pants, looking at the other murderer. Jeff was stabbing his sharp blade into the boxes and barrels surrounding the area. Stopping he looked to BEN with his unblinkable eyes. Standing up straight he nodded."Yeah, what about you and Smile?"BEN looks over to Smile with Jeff. The smiling dog was licking his leg, cleaning off what Jeff guessed was blood on his furry limb. The dog looked up to them, hearing his name and let his tongue lap out his now gaping mouth and wagging his tail. With a bark the two boys look back to each other. BEN nodded."Well Smiley's ready so I guess I am too. Better go look for your girlfriend." BEN said turning and
Stay-Jeff the Killer X Reader-CH.4StayJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 4~~~A.N.: Chapter 4 you guys!! I had NO clue this story would be as popular as it is! XD I'm happy though and I owe it to all you lovely, awesome readers!! (>^.^)> Thanks you guys! I wouldn't have continued this if I didn't have all ya'll! \^__^/ Now to the story!! Enjoy! By the way here are the ages of the characters so far! (At least in this these are their ages XD)Jeff and Hoodie: 17You and Masky: 16~~~You wake up to darkness. Slowly opening your eyes you look around. You were in a dark, musty room with only little sunlight seeping through a bordered up window. Dust was evident in the air and you coughed breathing some in. You looked down at yourself and noticed you were in a black sleeping bag and your head rested on a black pillow. Trying to get up you were surprised to feel what felt like arms wrapped around you, keeping you from getting up. You gingerly grabbed the sleeping back and lifted it up and looked under. Lanky pale arms wer
Stay-Jeff the Killer X Reader-CH.3StayJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 3~~~A.N.: Hope you all enjoy this chapter! ^^~~~You woke up to the sound of knocking at your front door. Your eyes slowly open and you turn to look at your door. It was quiet a moment.-Knock, knock, knock-Looking at your clock it said 9:05.'It's Saturday. Who the hell could be here this early?' You wonder sitting up and stretching your arms. Shaking your head you don't even look out the window, knowing what you'd see. You stand up out of your soft bed and it creaked as if calling you back to it. Wishing you could you stepped over to your door and opened it and walked into the hallways. The carpet beneath your bare feet felt soft and you wandered down the staircase. Reaching downstairs you headed through your living room. You reached the oak door that the constant knocking was coming from and unlocked and pulled it open. Your tired eyes widened."Hello, young lady, are your parents home? We need to ask a few questions." The bigger of the two
Stay-Jeff the Killer X Reader-CH.2StayJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 2~~~A.N.:Chapter 2 guys! Enjoy! Remember: (y/n)= your name, (e/c)=eye color, (h/l)=hair length, (h/c)=hair color, (f/c)=favorite color, (y/h)=your hometown, and your 16!~~~You ran and ran, barely slowing down for your two best friends as your legs carried you to your house. They were aching as you rounded a corner and reached your street, your house about three down now. You run until you reach the doorstep then finally stop, breathing heavily out of exhaustion. Terra and Sam stood before you, trying to catch their breaths as well."Wh-what the hell, (y/n)?" Terra coughs out, glaring at you. You stand for a moment avoiding their gazes and stared at your feet. Your shoes were muddy from the run in the woods and you hoped your mom wouldn't notice. You get your breath back and face the other two."It's late." Was all you said. Sam and Terra, both fine now, look at you with confused stares then look at their phones. Sam gasps."It's already 12:15?!
Stay-Jeff the Killer X Reader-CH.9StayJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 9~~~A.N.: I'm getting so slow at updates -.- Chapter 9 guys! Are you guys happy it's finally here?! I hope some people are XD Sorry bout being super slow at updating guys, I haven't even looked at me computer in a couple days but I'm at my grandmas so I decided to just type this up while I'm here along with my Eyeless Jack one oh yeah thank all of you who like that story as well! I am so happy people like that one too! ^^ So yeah I think we should get to the chapter now XD by the way I might not update for a few more days after this because school's getting harder since it's the end of the year so I won't be updating that fast until summer break which luckily is in 2 weeks so if you guys can bare with my slow updating until then we are good! XD It's really funny, in the fight in this song (I'll add a * to the parts I'm talking about) I was listening to A Little Piece of Heaven by Avenged Sevenfold and when the part around 4:50 to 6:00 when the gi
Stay-Jeff the Killer X Reader-CH.1StayJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 1~~~A.N.: (y/n)= your name, (e/c)=eye color, (h/l)=hair length, (h/c)=hair color, (f/c)=favorite color, (y/h)=your hometown, and your 16, only thing I'm really choosing about you XD. Hope you all enjoy the first part of my Jeff the Killer X Reader story, Stay! I got this idea from playing the game 'Illusion: Ghost Killer' which, if any of you know, is a Jeff the Killer game where your in what seems like an old, abandoned (SCARY) factory and you have to walk around (YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THERE) and place cameras in these red circles that are randomly around the place (AND ITS HUGE)! So yeah, it made me think of what my character Alex would do then this popped up and I decided to do a reader insert for ya'll fan girls of this infamous killer! ;3 So yeah, ENJOY!!!~~~"Come on guys, stop being such wimps!" Your best friend, Terra, yelled at you and your other friend Sam. You all three stood in her room, discussing your plans for that day to its ni
Stay-Jeff The Killer X Reader-Ch. 11StayJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 11~~~A.N.: I AM SOOOOOO SORRY THIS IS SOOOOO LATE! I'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY BUSY AND WRITERS BLOCK DOESN'T HELP!!!! IT'S HERE THOUGH!!!! XD OK well now that the lemons over we're going to do a bit of a time jump. (I'm lazy I'm sorry! DX) You all know the drill!Ages:Jeff, BEN, Masky, Hoodie, E.J.: 18(F/n), Sam: 17Slender: Who knows ;-;~~~Months had past since the expirience between (F/n) and Jeff. BEN laughed about it but ended up being smack by Masky and Slender. And now a day had reached the couple. A day that would change them all."Hey (F/n), you remember that one guy we knew back in middle school? Zach?""Yeah, what about him?"(F/n) and Sam both sat outside the abandoned building they'd now all called home, leaning against the wall. Sam was sharpening a stick with a knife she'd taken from Eyeless Jack as they talked. Sam had come met up once more with her only living best friend and chose to stay with the group despite being afraid."I
Falling For My Stalker-Jeff The KillerXReader-Ch 2Falling For My StalkerJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter Two~~~A.N.:Told you I'd get this one up soon! XD OK well yep, Jeff is gonna kill you! Nah just kidding. =3= But yeah, I told you this wasn't going to be an X reader at first! It will inch into it, don't worry. cx By the way my Creepypasta Timmy will be appearing in this for a love triangle! If you wanna read his story link will be in the description! OK well let's get to the story!Ages:(F/n), Sam, Terra: 13 right nowJeff: 14 right now~~~(F/n) could only stare in utter fear at the shadow pinning her down. He looked to be about her size, a little bigger, so he was probably around her age, though she really wasn't worrying about that. Tears pricked her eyes as she saw the glint of the moon as it shined onto the blade of the knife. Fearing this was the end the (h/c) haired girl tries to turn away but is unable to as the attacker still held her jaw in a tight grip. The girl then grips his arm attached to the hand holding her and
Falling For My Stalker-Jeff The KillerXReader-Ch 1Falling For My StalkerJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter One~~~A.N.K well I was asked by a friend to start another Jeff X Reader story since I've been so slow updating the other one and I started this one a little while back so why not?! OK well yeah this, as you see, is a chapter story! Yeah, yeah, I know, I've got to many stories unfinished but my brain keeps making more ideas! DX So this will start out as more of a Jeff V.S. Reader type thing then slip into X Reader! cx OK well let's go! Ages:(F/n), Sam, Terra,: 13 in this chapterJeff: 14 in this chapter~~~"Hey (F/n), what are you doing this weekend?"(F/n) shook her head, coming out of her thoughts, and looked to her friend. Sam and Terra were staring at her, smiles on their faces and (F/n) sits up and shrugs."I don't know. Sit at home I guess. My parents are going on a trip for their anneversary so I'll be alone." She answers, looking to the time. The clock of her last period classroom read 2:45. 5 more minutes before c
Jeff The Killer x Reader Part 3Jeff paused before continuing. "But the story you know has a hidden secret in it."You leaned closer. "What secret?""You probably read the story where my family moves to another town and me and my brother Liu...we..." He stopped."Recalling the story must be hard for him..." You thought. Before another word could be said you pulled Jeff into a huge hug. Jeff sighed and brushed your hair with his hand. "Me and Liu were bullied by this guy named Randy on the first day of school. After he started messing with us I started to get this feeling....""I remember reading that part... what kind of feeling?" You asked. Letting go of Jeff and looking him in the eyes. Jeff just shrugged. "Thats just it.... I cant really explain the feeling... burning? Anyway it felt like something inhuman..... something unnatural...Thats when everything went downhill. I started getting the feeling more often....It felt like someone was in my brain, Trying to control my thoughts and actions. Then the
Jeff The Killer x Reader Part 4"What?"You looked up at Slenderman, your eyes wide. "Who wants to kill me?""C.P. Agents." Jeff answered."Like... Club Penguin agents or something?"Jeff's unamused expression made you clear your throat awkwardly and apologize."C.P. stands for Creepy Pasta...They want to kill you.... and its my fault." He bowed his head in shame. "Every second you're with me, You make the C.P. Agents want to kill you more... Its because of what I am."What are you?" You asked softly, surprised by how relaxed you were despite the horrifyingly dangerous situation you were in.~Jeff's POV~ I looked at her. Knowing that she was afraid .... this was all my fault. I had feelings for her, yes I loved her. But because of that I've put her life in danger. This is the only safe place for her now... If she goes home they'll kill her.Should I just tell her that I couldn't die? That I was trapped in this cursed mind for the rest of eternity? I didn't know..."Jeff." Slenderman turned to me, "Its time to t
(Jeff the KillerXReader) LOST chp 2LostJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 2 A/N : Here's another chapter! In the blink of an eye! Woo! Watch out for strong language! Enjoy! ^-^Guide : (y/n)=your name, (y/l)=your last name, (e/c)=eye color, (h/c)=hair color, (f/c)= favorite color.(Insert ???) shall also be included.Age : 18----You glared, as the shadow took on the shape of a human, slowly inching towards you.Growling, you reached into your back pocket for your pocket knife but pulled out...a...PENCIL!?"Son of a-so that's why my butt hurt!" you gasped as a knife flew past you, being stuck into the wall.You gasps as cold sweat ran down your face, heart beat increasing rapidly."Pl-Please! Don't h-hurt me! If you w-want me to leave, I-I will! No n-need to throw kn-knives!" you whimpered.When you looked up, you saw a boy, slightly messy pitch black hair flowing mid-way down his back, dilated black eyes surrounded by thick black rings burning holes into h
Jeff The Killer x Reader Part 2You stared up at Jeff, your cheeks turning a bright red. You struggled to stand up, Jeff let you, standing up as well."Run you fool!"You thought. Your legs didn't even move. You just stared at Jeff. Your legs began to tremble and you fell. Jeff quickly caught you and held you close to him..... You blushed even harder, hating yourself for it. "Careful ________..." He said, brushing a strand of your hair behind your ear. Your vision started to blur. You closed your eyes and tried to calm your racing heartbeat. Jeff kept watching you. "Do you want me to take you home?" He asked. You opened your eyes. Realizing that Jeff really wasn't going to kill you and that he was actually kinda sweet.... In some freaky sorta way. You blushed even more."What the hell is wrong with me?" You thought."Do you want me to take you home _________?" Jeff asked again. A wave of relief wa
Jeff The Killer x Reader Part 11 Jeff pulled the knife from your side, making you cry out in pain, using all the strength he had within him to drop the knife.You looked down at your side in shock as your shirt became soaked with blood. You felt your eyes tear up as a strong burning flame licked at your side."I-I...." You whispered, suddenly falling to the floor."No, ________..... Oh my god..." Jeff gasped, falling to his knees and pulling you into his arms.You whimpered pitifully and clutched his hoodie as the searing pain became too much to bear. It hurt to even breathe.Jeff knew that from the speed of blood loss, the knife had hit a vital spot.Jeff pressed his hand against the wound in a vain attempt to slow the blood that had begun pooling on the floor, making you scream in pain.He flinched, looking at your wound and your eyes repeatedly. At this rate you didn't have much longer."Jeff...I-" You tried to speak, but your voice was choked off as a tear rolled down your cheek. You
(Jeff the KillerXReader) LOST chp 4LostJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 4A/N : Here's chapter 4 is finally up! Watch out for strong language! Hope you enjoy! ^-^Guide : (y/n)=your name, (y/l)=your last name, (e/c)=eye color, (h/c)=hair color, (f/c)= favorite color.(Insert ???) shall also be included.Age : 18----"N-New h-home?" you stuttered, looking at Masky in disbelief."B-But I-I can't stay here-""You must and you will." Hoodie pushed you in and you stumbled, growling."Alright, alright.Push me like that one more time and I'll release Mariah's fury all over your ass..." you muttered."Mariah's fury...?" Masky asked you, confused."My "best friend" who thought it was funny to put me here in the first place.If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be here!" you grumbled."Makes it sound like you hate staying with us already." Jeff said.You walked up to Jeff and poked him in the chest."Ay, look buddy.I didn't ask to come here.Nor did I ever want to be here.I just want to g
Jeff The Killer x Reader Part 17You and Jeff landed on the other side of the portal. You looked around you and saw mountains and trees as far as the eye could see. Pennsylvania was indeed beautiful."Were here." Masky announced.You looked to your left and saw a house, a rather large one in fact, hidden partially by trees."This is where Eyeless Jack lives. He built this house big in case all of us wanted to move here." Jeff said.The six of you walked up to the house and Slenderman knocked on the door.The door opened and a boy looked out. He looked like he was wearing a mask with holes dripping black paint where the eyes should be. The mask was blue. Other than that he looked like a normal teenager with dark brown hair and a black hoodie."Hey guys!" He pointed to you and Alicia. "Who are they?"Jeff put his arm around you. "This is my wife (Insert Your Name) and her friend Alicia.""Wife huh? Nice to meet you both.... Just call me Jack."Everyone carried their things inside. Jack showed everyone their rooms. You a
Jeff The Killer x Reader Part 9~Your POV~"You're the one who made Jeff lose his mind..." You whispered"Thats right... At the time I was going to use Jeff as a substitute for my Agents, but of course his disrespect and rebelliousness got in the way... I had planned on killing him for a long time... but because he was on earth I couldn't without having a reason."You looked up at Atramentous in shock."So you created a law that stated that an immortal couldn't be with a mortal human, just so that you could have a reason to kill Jeff? Your voice was full of hatred.The king just smiled. "Your a smart girl....""And you're stupid." You retorted.He motioned his hand and a Agent walked up behind you, grabbing your arms and bringing you to your knees again. "Maybe I could use you in his place." Atramentous placed a hand on your forehead."What the hell is he-"Suddenly you felt like screaming as frightening, unearthly images and searing pain flooded your brain. You tried to fight it, but it was no use as you slow
Jeff The Killer x Reader Part 16"What's taking them so long?" Jeff mused.You thought it over. "Well... Alicia seemed pretty... excited about BEN..."Jeff smirked. "Wow..."You turned and saw BEN and Alicia walking towards you. They both looked pretty shaken."Hey you two..." Jeff teased. "You guys have a good time?"BEN just glared at Jeff. The four of you walked towards home, BEN had offered to hold Alicia's suitcase. When you reached the house, you noticed that the lights were on.Jeff unlocked the door and walked in. Slenderman and Masky were sitting on the sofa playing Black Ops 2."AW YEAH THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME!" Alicia squealed.The six of you watched (Favorite Movie) and ate popcorn. You introduced Alicia to Slenderman and Masky. BEN and Alicia sat next to each other, sneaking glances at each other when they thought no one was looking, you were of course.Towards the end of the movie Slenderman quickly stood up. Everyone looked at him."We have to go." He said.Jeff looked puzzled. "What?""We have t
Stay-Jeff the Killer X Reader-CH.5StayJeff the Killer X ReaderChapter 5~~~A.N.: Hope you all loved the cliffhanger!! XD There MIGHT be one in this chapter but not sure. Guess we'll see where it goes. OK well enjoy this chapter! Btw! Jeff's look is that of the picture but you are allowed to see him in a different way! That's just how I see him! ^^~~~You wake suddenly to the feeling of being watched. Opening your eyes you look around the room. You were laying on you right side and all that was in view was the door of the room and the desk with the laptop. Sitting up you look to your left but almost screamed as a hand covered your mouth. Your (e/c) eyes looked at the holder of the hand but were surprised to meet a mask. It was white and held black feminine lips and penciled on eyebrows. Dark blue eyes stared at you through darkened holes on the mask. The unknown person wore a yellow hoodie with the hood up but he had messy brown hair sticking out. He stared at you intensely and you almost couldn't blink from fea
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First my lovelife. Now It's been amazing how those 3months went . until the end everything went wrong. What the reason is I may not know , maybe Its because I was just missing you to much and got paranoid , or maybe is it the fact that you told me about her that made my heart sink. I just wanted you as my boyfriend. You had all those qualities I was looking for. You we're smart , nerdy , had passion for dancing , we had the same taste in music. You told me why you wanted to get married and I found that reason quite amazing . You send those sweet lyrics and now I can't even listen to the song without you running through my mind. I was really happy with you by my side. I smiled with my heart full of joy. You were my happiness back then. Now you have left me . when I was ready to give my heart to you. The fact that you broke it in pieces is hard for me to accept. I guess it wasn't meant to be. You left so silently , and you had broken me.
I was trying to get over him when you started to talk to me. I guess you've helped in a way. I started to fall for you but that was way out of my control. Even how I tried to stop myself but couldn't , I tried by denying my feelings for you , but I failed , even then you saw how much I liked you. when things started to get rough in you're relationship , I was scared that I was the blame for it . But you explained to me that it wasn't , I still didn't believe you. and carried that guilt with me. You somehow made me forget bout it. You made me smile and made feel that I lived a fairy tale , because I was crazy about you and so were you about me. It was amazing spending time with you , but unfortunately time has set us apart. We missed each other terribly but couldn't spend time with each other. As time passed by the feelings faded away. I've tried everything to keep you , but somehow I felt as if you didn't want me to keep you. so I had to set you free. If that wasn't the way you wanted it , I'm sorry for not knowing it . I gave up on you and I'm not trying again , because the way you made me feel was beyond the pain I could resist. No female should ever feel the pain that I felt , you were so heartless. Now I'm trying to move on.
While all that happening was it my parents on the other side who were to strict with me. I just want some more freedom. That's it , nothing more. I just want time t relax , time to spend with my friends hanging out and just do stuff what a teenager should do. I get it you guys are scared things might happen to me , but when am i going to learn? I'm almost 17 and you guys didn't give me a chance to explore. Why don't you guys trust me? I admit I made some mistakes which I regret but that's life. I deserve a second chance , everybody does. why do you guys make feel like you're not proud of me? I get good grades , I don't do drugs , I don't have a boyfriend..what more do you guys want? Should I stay in the house like I'm a sort vampire? are you guys so scared of me leaving? there will be a time where I'm going to leave you, face it. It's not my destiny to stay with you guys , but it's my destiny to take care of you.


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Bertolt Brecht's treatise on the responsibilities of scientists to the societies in which they operate and upon which their work can have uplifting or devastating consequences receives a decent, but muted, adaptation under Joseph Losey's direction. Brecht's theater-of-alienation techniques didn't survive the translation to the screen, which is probably a plus, and Losey does a fairly good job of making the material work as cinema (something which is not always true of other titles in the American Film Theatre series). Still, there's an almost inevitable talkiness to the affair which causes the film to drag in places. In the title role, Topol is good, but the part demands much more than good. Possibly wishing to instill audience sympathy, Topol fudges Brecht's view of Galileo as a weak traitor who betrays both himself and the larger society, opting instead to go the route of the unappreciated and misunderstood man of science. Still, Topol does deliver the goods in his big scenes, and the supporting cast, especially Georgia Brown, John Gielgud, and Clive Revill, is outstanding. Though less than perfect, Galileo still captures enough of the play's strengths to be worth viewing.
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Association of Academic Health Centers Applauds Administration's Efforts to Expand Health Workforce
Asserts Funding of National Health Care Workforce Commission, Comprehensive Strategies Required to Avert Workforce Shortages
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) is pleased that President Obama has indicated his intention to expand the health workforce in the HHS announcement to commit as much as $1 billion in funding to hire, train, and deploy healthcare workers.
AAHC applauds and welcomes the Administration's initial steps to avert potentially acute health workforce shortages. "However, developing a health workforce that meets the population's needs will require more than just an influx of money," said Dr. Steven A. Wartman, AAHC President and CEO, adding, "there is no doubt that as the population ages and the medical needs of our society grow and change, we must ensure that the health workforce is of adequate size and well distributed throughout the country, while possessing the appropriate skill sets to meet the needs of the nation."
AAHC's landmark report, Out of Order, Out of Time: The State of the Nation's Health Workforce, "highlights the historically fragmented and ineffective health workforce policies that undermine accessible healthcare and threaten to continue to do so in the future," said Wartman, emphasizing that, "the country is in great need of an integrated, comprehensive, and coordinated national health workforce policy." The National Health Care Workforce Commission (NHCWC) was established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to inform such a policy. A distinguished group of experts was appointed to the commission over a year ago. However, that group has still been unable to begin its crucial work because Congress has yet to appropriate any funds for the Commission.
"Until Congress allocates funds to this important commission, the rational expansion of an adequate and capable health workforce will remain difficult to attain," said Wartman.
The AAHC is a national non-profit association representing more than 100 academic health centers, with a mission to improve the nation's healthcare system by mobilizing and enhancing the strengths and resources of the academic health center enterprise in health professions education, patient care, and research.
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If you ask me, you can never have too many baby wipes. You need them for diaper changes, obviously, but even my older son who is out of diapers still uses them. They are great for a wipe of the hands and face after a messy meal or a sticky Popsicle. I also like to keep a pack in the car in case of spills or accidents.
But what do you do with all those empty wipe containers? Even if you buy refills of wipes in bulk, the box will still include a plastic container.
Before you chuck another plastic bin into a landfill, look at these 5 cool ideas for how to reuse and recycle your empty wipe containers.
1. Crayons and marker storage: You know how you find lost crayons and markers in your kitchen drawers or under the furniture? You can reduce your clutter by designating a container for stray coloring materials.
2. Big ice cubes for outside play: I learned this trick from my baby's daycare! They froze gigantic ice cubes in empty wipe containers and put them in a baby pool. They even added food coloring. They were such a hit!
3. To hold plastic bags: I save plastic bags from the grocery store and use them to line the diaper garbage can next to my son's changing table. If you keep them in an empty wipe container, you can stuff tons of them in there, but pop the lid and remove just one at a time.
4. To organize the pantry: You can remove the top of an empty wipe container and create a handy bin for free-floating hot chocolate packages, fruit snacks, or granola bars.
5. As bath toys receptacle: Soapy and wet frogs and ducks can find a home in your bathroom but outside of your bathtub.
What do you do with your empty baby wipe containers?
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really cool ideas!
I use it for crayons for my son! I reuse them for when I buy bulk in wipes.
I usually throw them away, but I will definitely use a few of these suggestions.Thank you.
the ice cube is a good idea. we use for storage and such but alot find their way to the goodwill.
I had one since my daughter was born and when I finished those wipes I refilled it with natural wipes and solution. We've had just that one since then.
Great ideas! I use one without the lid on my changing table to hold a few toys to keep babies occupied while I change them and in there is also a brush and diaper rash cream.
If you really want to be "green" drop the wipe habit. We just used those Gerber baby wash cloths and warm water. Better for babies skin, no plastic containers and you just wash them and reuse them. You save money, too. The average parent spends $200-$300 on baby wipes for one child from birth to potty training. More, I guess, if you are using them every time your kid has a popsicle!
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great ideas! I will have to try some of them
I like the plastic bag idea and may have to use cause we have alot of bags thats taking up space in the kitchen.


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Glenn Beck's Year of Wild Conspiracies, Paranoid Delusions and Cynical Lies
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Glenn Beck's well of ridiculous was deep and poisonous before he launched his Fox News show, but the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States -- and the permissive cheerleading of his Fox News honchos -- uncorked the former Morning Zoo shock jock's unique brand of vitriol, stage theatrics, and hyperbolic fright, making him an easy choice for Media Matters' 2009 Misinformer of the Year.
When he wasn't calling the president a racist, portraying progressive leaders as vampires who can only be stopped by "driv[ing] a stake through the heart of the bloodsuckers," or pushing the legitimacy of seceding from the country, Beck obsessively compared Democrats in Washington to Nazis and fascists and " the early days of Adolf Hitler." He wondered, "Is this where we're headed," while showing images of Hitler, Stalin, and Lenin; decoded the secret language of Marxists; and compared the government to "heroin pushers" who were "using smiley-faced fascism to grow the nanny state."
Like his predecessor, Beck spat on scruples, frequently announcing his goal to get administration officials fired. He increasingly acted not as a media figure, but as the head of a political movement, while helping to bring fringe conspiracies of a one-world government into the national discourse.
And he all too frequently helped to set the mainstream media's agenda.
Glenn Beck's disturbing use of race and race-baiting
Appearing on Fox & Friends in June to discuss a White House "beer summit" between President Obama, a white Massachusetts police officer, and a black Harvard professor who had been arrested entering his own home, Beck uttered perhaps his most infamous words to date, calling the president a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture." The statement drew widespread derision and condemnation, and Fox News immediately sought to distance itself from the statement. But Beck's divisive commentary was likely no surprise to his followers, coming as it did at the end of a week-long deluge of race-baiting that included the claim that Obama "has real issues with race," and Beck's incessant talk of Obama's policies as a form of minority reparations. Just one month earlier, Beck had agreed that Obama was elected because of race and not policies, and in May he called then Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a "racist."
In the controversy that followed Beck's inflammatory charge that the president is racist, his Fox News show began to hemorrhage advertisers, and Beck began to beg his viewers to "call a friend and tell them to watch the show this week." By September, Beck, who had become " tired of the race thing" and who claimed he doesn't "think the race thing works anymore," apparently decided it was time to move on. He later would blame politicians for charges of racism and call "false cries of racism" "dangerous." Beck then sat down for an interview with CBS' Katie Couric where he would express regret for the way he phrased the claim that Obama is a racist, but then emphasized that the issue of Obama's racism is a "serious question."
In the months since Beck called Obama a "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred of white people," at least 80 advertisers have reportedly dropped their ads from his Fox News show, yet he has faced no apparent repercussions from Fox News. Then again, Rupert Murdoch apparently agrees with Beck that Obama is a racist. (Or maybe not.)
Beck's red scare tactics
Beck introduced himself to Fox News viewers in 2009 by announcing that he was "tired of the politics of left and right," which leads its participants to do insane things, like accusing political opponents of "trying to turn us into communist Russia." Setting aside for the sake of brevity Beck's long history of calling progressive figures communists and Marxists, he almost immediately put lie to his professed aversion. Yes, taking to the airwaves the following week on his radio show, Beck concluded, "I do believe that Barack Obama is a socialist" who "has Marxist tendencies." Beck explained:
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Daily Bible Reading
You can completely read the bible
We often start a new project with the intent to complete it. This is no different from studying the Bible. But our busy schedule keeps us from doing it. If we can break it down into these segments throughout the day, we'll accomplish our goals.
Breakfast Reading
Prior to breakfast, you could in fact read just a verse or two in a few minutes. Re-read again for a better understanding. So many times Matthew is quoted. Here's what he said: Then shall he answer them saying, "Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me. "Matthew 25:45
Coffee Breaks At Work
Since breaks at work are usually set, you can find a quiet place and read another couple of verses and reflect on your readings. That should not take more than 5 minutes to do. As you become accustomed to your reading plan, you will be able to add more verses to your daily plan. If you get two coffee breaks at work then you will be able to add another reading time to your schedule.
Lunch Time Reading
As with coffee breaks, lunch times are also set. Again, you can read another two or three verses. Remember that as you become more familiar with your reading plan, you will add more verses to you reading pace.
Night Time Reading
Night time is the best time for reading the bible. Note taking helps to retain what you have read, because you will now interpret your understanding to the words. Visualize the story that Jesus is telling to His followers – you. Writing your understanding of the words will help you to reflect on how you can use these teachings to make your life more meaningful and complete.
Reflect on these words from Mark 10:23-25: And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
With Bible reading plans, you are now able to schedule your reading times thereby you will benefit more. Very soon, this will become a habit and you will accomplish your goals in the time you scheduled.
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Marguerite Louise Felten
June 16, 1913-Nov. 19, 2012
BREMEN — Marguerite Louise Felten, 99, died at the Bremen Health Care Center Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. She was born near Bremen June 16, 1913 to Delbert and Nettie Snyder, and she grew up on a farm east of Bremen on land that is now the Pla-Mor Campground.
Sept. 2, 1934, she married Wilford "Bugs" Felten. He died June 6, 1949. She was a lifelong member of St Paul's Lutheran Church in Bremen. She had worked at Bremen Bearings and Meister Drugs (the Ben Franklin store) and was a volunteer at Bremen Health Care Center.
Ann Marie Monhaut
October 2, 1964-November 16, 2012
MISHAWAKA — Ann Marie Monhaut, 48, died Friday, Nov. 16 at Michiana Health and Rehabilitation, Mishawaka.
Ann Marie was born Oct. 2, 1964 in South Bend to James Patrick and Theresa Mary (Schneider) Walsh. She was preceded in death by her father, James Patrick.
David George Hollinger
Nov. 15, 2012
WALKERTON — David George Hollinger, 64, of Walkerton died Nov. 15, 2012.
He is survived by his wife, Delores Hollinger; sons, Sgt. Kevin (Tara) Hollinger of Mishawaka, Anthony (Jill) Hollinger of Brookfield, Ill.; three grandchildren; brothers, Dan (Barbara) Hollinger of Chanhassen, Minn., Roger (Cindy) Hollinger of Russellville, Ark.; and sister, Gail Diehl of Bentonville, Ark.
Robert Charles Arvesen
March 22, 1929-Nov. 18, 2012
PLYMOUTH — Robert Charles Arvesen, 83, of Plymouth, died Nov. 18, 2012 at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center.
Mary E. Beam Gridley
Feb. 4, 1925 - Nov. 18, 2012
PLYMOUTH — Mary E. (Beam) Gridley, 87, a lifetime Marshall County resident, living at River Park, passed away of natural causes in Grace Village, Winona Lake, at 12:20 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012.
Mary was born in Plymouth, the daughter of Francis X. and Gladys H. (Nellans) Sullivan Feb. 4, 1925.
She graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1942.
In 1943, she married Dale A. Beam. Dale passed in 1970, and Dean G. Gridley and Mary were married in Plymouth Nov. 4, 1972. Dean died in 2009.
PLYMOUTH — Plymouth's swarming halfcourt defense can give a team fits under normal circumstances. When even the open shots aren't falling, things can get pretty lopsided.
The Lady Lions converted a woeful 5-of-51 shots from the field, and the host Pilgrims jumped on the visitors early in a 56-12 rout at The Rock Tuesday night.
"We couldn't hit," said Bremen head coach Tonja Lucchese. "At the halftime they had four more shots than us from two-point range; we were even on the 3s. If you can't hit, it's tough to battle."
CULVER — Culver Community's girls basketball team found a winning formula Tuesday — defense and timely free throws.
The Cavs limited Class A No. 10 Argos to 26 percent from the field, created 21 turnovers and sank 7-of-8 fourth-quarter attempts from the foul line highlighted by the game-winning pair from sophomore guard Tatum Schultz with 33 seconds left in a 31-29 win at John R. Nelson Gymnasium.
BOURBON — Triton coach Adam Heckaman said his Lady Trojans weren't scared of NorthWood's size, but that size is what won out in the end anyway.
Six-one senior Savannah Bley and 5-11 junior Morgan Olson combined for 47 points and 30 rebounds and impressive 19-of-31 shooting from the field, and Class 3A No. 3 NorthWood's inside game helped the Lady Panthers take a win from the Class A No. 6-rated Lady Trojans in a match-up of ranked teams Tuesday at The Trojan Trench, 59-51.
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Lady Lancers earn first win
LaVille outscored visiting Elkhart Christian 18-7 in the second quarter to rally back from an early deficit, and the Lady Lancers earned their first win of the season with a 56-35 victory over the Eagles at home at the Cox Box Tuesday.
Kelsey Gurtner scored 15, McKenzie Leed finished with 13, and Hannah Herbster put up 11 points as LaVille's offensive balance helped put the home team over the top.
ECA was led by Dora Jongsma's 16.
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Academic All-Stars event to recognize 1,511 Joplin Schools' students for academic achievement
Joplin, MO - Hundreds of Joplin students will be honored during the annual Academic All-Stars celebration to be held Nov. 4, 5, and 7. Students in grades four through eight will be recognized for ranking in the top two performance categories (proficient or advanced) on Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests this past spring. The event will be held at College Heights Christian Church, 4311 Newman Rd, Joplin.
The celebration will be held from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm on the following dates for the following schools:
Monday, Nov. 4 - East Middle School, Eastmorland Elementary, McKinley Elementary, Royal Heights Elementary, and Soaring Heights Elementary
Tuesday, Nov. 5 - North Middle School, Cecil Floyd Elementary, Columbia Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, and West Central Elementary
Thursday, Nov. 7 - South Middle School, Irving Elementary, Kelsey Norman Elementary, and Stapleton Elementary
Each Academic All-Star will receive an award certificate, a T-shirt, and a variety of gifts from several Bright Futures Joplin community partners.
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Gunmen opened fire on a passenger jet while it was landing in Pakistan's troubled northwest, killing a woman passenger and wounding two crew as the military battles Taliban insurgents in the region.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Gunmen opened fire on a passenger jet while it was landing in Pakistan's troubled northwest, killing a woman passenger and wounding two crew as the military battles Taliban insurgents in the region.
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, landing in Peshawar from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, came under fire late Tuesday as it descended with more than 170 passengers on board.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but attention turned to the Pakistani Taliban, who have promised a bloody response to the army's assault on their strongholds in North Waziristan.
Authorities said the Airbus A310 landed safely but a catastrophe was only narrowly avoided when it was hit by eight bullets from the unidentified attackers.
PIA spokesman Mashud Tajwar said the plane was between 200 and 300 feet (60 to 100 metres) off the ground when it was hit, contradicting an earlier altitude of 1,500 metres given by police.
"The shots were fired from outside the airport, one lady passenger and two stewards were wounded, the woman later died in the hospital," Tajwar told AFP.
Tajwar said the reason for the firing was not yet clear but the airline had not received any threats.
Muhammad Faisal, a senior police official in Peshawar, said eight AK-47 bullets hit the plane's tail section.
Police cordoned off an area outside the airport to search for the gunmen and paid tribute to the pilot's coolness.
"Credit goes to the aeroplane pilot that he managed to land safely," said senior police official Najeeb Ur Rehman.
The airport was briefly closed after the incident and the Emirates airline cancelled its Wednesday flight from Dubai to Peshawar.
The attack came two weeks after a bloody raid on the international airport in the southern port city of Karachi that doomed a largely fruitless peace process with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Hours before the latest incident, militants staged the first suicide bombing in North Waziristan since the military launched its major operation against the Taliban. Three people were killed in the attack.
The military said it had killed 47 fighters in the tribal northwest in its most recent air strikes -- part of the assault which began on June 15.
The armed forces have used jet fighters, tanks and artillery to kill more than 300 people they have described as militants, although the number and identity of the victims are impossible to verify.
The suicide attacker struck in North Waziristan's village of Spinwam, detonating a car bomb when he was intercepted on the approach to a checkpoint. Officials said two soldiers and a civilian were killed.
The deaths bring to 12 the number of security forces killed in the offensive, dubbed "Zarb-e-Azb" after a sword used in battle by the Prophet Mohammad.
The Ansar-ul-Mujahedin militant group, a Pakistani Taliban faction, claimed responsibility for the car bomb, with spokesman Abu Baseer calling it the start of a counter-strike against the military.
"It is the beginning of our offensive and we will launch attacks against government and local tribesmen if they form an anti-Taliban force," Baseer told AFP via telephone from an unknown location.
Also Tuesday Pakistani jets and helicopters targeted militant hideouts at several locations in North Waziristan and the neighbouring Khyber tribal region, killing 47 militants, a military statement said.
The offensive has claimed the lives of a total of 346 militants so far, according to an AFP tally.
After some 10 days of shelling and air raids in North Waziristan, a total of more than 470,000 people have fled the region -- fearful of an expected ground assault.
Many have headed to the nearby town of Bannu, where police and troops fired warning shots on Tuesday to quell a protest over food shortages.
The UN said Tuesday that up to half a million people could be displaced by the current military operation and urged the Pakistani government to allow its agencies access to the affected areas.
The assault on the militant bastion of North Waziristan, long urged by Washington, was finally launched after the dramatic attack on Karachi airport which killed dozens of people and marked the end of the ailing peace process.
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Doctor's Double-Billing Illustrates Broken System
Wanting to know more about how it's justified to bill two office visits for the price of one, I called my insurance company. The following is the maddening discussion that ensued with a person I'll call Michael (not his real name), and it's pretty much verbatim:
Me: Why, when my child goes for a well visit, and the physician finds an ear infection, do I have to pay for another office visit?
Michael: Yes, they are allowed to do that, as bad as it may be. The way it works, as long as it's a routine service, you would not incur fees. If you go thinking it's a wellness visit and they find something, the way they send the coding over, the coding for the ear infection processes differently—as another office visit.
Another way to look at it, too, is for a wellness visit, the second anything is abnormal, that would properly take the different benefit. I'll put a note about this conversation, but just to really make sense about this, I wish the doctors would do it differently, and maybe schedule a second visit.
Me: But Michael, that doesn't solve the problem. Scheduling a second visit to treat something you already found during the first free one when the only treatment is a prescription? That would mean even more ridiculous bureaucratic nonsense—the equivalent of scheduling another visit just to fill in the blanks on some form. My point is: This is double billing. I mean, you guys are the insurers; you negotiate these things with the docs, why do you allow this?
Michael: Well, it's negotiated, but this is something we haven't been able to get them to do. A lot of other patients complain about it, and this is a conversation you need to have directly with your doctor.
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Holly DeMuro (4/19/2013 at 11:36 PM)
Performing a sick and a well visit on the same service date is a completely legitimate billing practice http://bit.ly/ZDg4ow
ptrower (4/18/2013 at 5:40 PM)
I had a similar incident when I was traveling out of town and my son developed pink-eye. I went to an urgent care center run by a local hospital that was located in a separate building from the hospital and was clearly labeled as urgent care. After a lengthy wait, my son had his three minutes with the doctor, got his prescription, we paid our copay and left. A few days later, I received a bill from the hospital system for the balance due after the insurance paid. When I examined the bill, I found that I had been billed for the visit as an emergency suing the emergency service UB codes. The insurance refused to pay and I was being billed for the difference of about $450. I called the hospital business office and was told that they had all kinds of complaints about billing for the urgent care center but that the bill was accurate. I called the hospital's compliance department and had several lengthy discussions with them. I ran the coding by the Director of Chargemaster for the health system I work for and as I suspected there was no justification for how it was coded and billed. I was eventually able to convince my insurance to pay it as a doctor's visit but there was still $250 left that I finally paid in order to avoid going to collection.
Howard S. Siegel, MD (4/18/2013 at 2:17 PM)
The use of the -25 modifier (a separately identifiable condition) is nothing new to billing and coding and has resulted in changes to the description of the modifier in the past. Blatant abuse of this coding/billing practice has and will continue to occur so long as the system allows for it. What is more troubling for me is 1) Apparent inappropriate use of Antibiotic in an asymptomatic 2 year old, and, 2)the gall of the Pediatrician to actually bill for it. As a Pediatrician, I have seen multiple concerns during routine physical exams, none of which needed to be treated and none of which were billed for. That is the Art of Medicine and not the Business of Medicine. There will always be those physicians that maximize profit over relationships.
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Now, I will tell you this--and I give the president some credit on this--he sent one John Wayne dude down here that can get some stuff done, and his name is General Honore. And he came off the doggone chopper, and he started cussin' and people started movin'. And he's getting some stuff done. They oughta' give that guy--if they don't want to give it to me--give him full authority to get the job done, and we can save some people.That's the kind of decisive action we need from our pussy president. It must burn the military to hear all those "no-bullshit" qualities improperly ascribed to our Commander in Queef.
I hope that means he'll fly over New Orleans again.
Three days ago, police and national guard troops told citizens to head toward the Crescent City Connection Bridge to await transportation out of the area. The citizens trekked over to the Convention Center and waited for the buses which they were told would take them to Houston or Alabama or somewhere else, out of this area.That paragraph about trying to "impress the authorities" speaks volumes. I read that and I seriously wonder if any of those people are thinking: this is like being a slave; no power, no rights, living like animals at gunpoint, but if I put on a nice dance for the master, maybe he'll let me live a bit longer. Unbelievable.
It's been 3 days, and the buses have yet to appear.
Although obviously he has no exact count, he estimates more than 10,000 people are packed into and around and outside the convention center still waiting for the buses. They had no food, no water, and no medicine for the last three days, until today, when the National Guard drove over the bridge above them, and tossed out supplies over the side crashing down to the ground below. Much of the supplies were destroyed from the drop. Many people tried to catch the supplies to protect them before they hit the ground. Some offered to walk all the way around up the bridge and bring the supplies down, but any attempt to approach the police or national guard resulted in weapons being aimed at them.
There are many infants and elderly people among them, as well as many people who were injured jumping out of windows to escape flood water and the like -- all of them in dire straights.
Any attempt to flag down police results in being told to get away at gunpoint. Hour after hour they watch buses pass by filled with people from other areas. Tensions are very high, and there has been at least one murder and several fights. 8 or 9 dead people have been stored in a freezer in the area, and 2 of these dead people are kids.
The people are so desperate that they're doing anything they can think of to impress the authorities enough to bring some buses. These things include standing in single file lines with the eldery in front, women and children next; sweeping up the area and cleaning the windows and anything else that would show the people are not barbarians.
The buses never stop.
In contrast, some residents of the French Quarter appear comfortable, well-fed and relaxed. About 150 New Orleans police officers have commandeered the Royal Omni Hotel, part of the international luxury chain of Omni hotels that is housed in an elegant 19th century building, complete with crystal chandeliers and a rooftop pool. "All of the officers that are here, I can tell you in a classical sense, are gladiators," says Capt. Kevin Anderson, commander of the Eighth District of the NOPD (French Quarter). "To be able to put your family's concerns aside to protect the citizens of New Orleans, it's just an awesome job," he says.Well, they've secured New Orleans, at least, the only part they care about. The rest of the city can go fuck itself.
Across the street from the Royal Omni at the Eighth District police department, several police officers keep a wary eye on the street with shotguns at the ready, while some fellow officers grill sausage links over charcoal barbecues. They are under strict orders not to communicate with the media. Capt. Anderson does confirm, however, that locations where officers were housed came under gunfire on Tuesday night. No officers were injured. "It is a very dangerous situation that we're in," Anderson says.
At that time [the '60s], the mayor [Vic Schiro] used to spill the beans to us about future plans for New Orleans, especially the ambitions of the Army Corps of Engineers, who back after WWII decided they knew more about the Mississippi River and the wetlands around New Orleans than Nature--they literally came down to Southern Louisiana and began building dikes, channels, canals, recoursing rivers, damming the hell out of a lot of the natural run offs, totally changing the drainage abilities of the Mississippi into the Gulf below New Orleans on the true Delta. The Corps of Second-rate Engineers--they were activated to build air bases, army bases, etc, in WWII--and they have a history since of fucking up most of the nation's biggest waterways with huge dams--they fucked up the Colorado River, for instance; and they also began building levees all up and down the Mississippi, and you see a few years ago when the Mighty Riv flooded the hell out of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, etc., and the levees broke open as easily as those plastic bags they give you in the delis do--the COE was gonna stop all flooding in America, the idiot politicians trumpeted and they gave the Corps billions to practice their second-rate army-style engineering efforts with. These fools totally screwed up the Southern Louisiana natural drainage system of swamps, bayous, rivers, creeks, wetlands, marshes, as a result, they left New Orleans sitting like a sink drain, claiming these huge expensive pumps under the city--made by Halliburton's pump subsidiary I'm sure-- and really what they were actually doing was making arable land available to the big oil developers and land developers... What that idiot mayor told me at those breakfasts drove me eventually out of New Orleans as these crooked assholes's plans for New Orleans were despicable to me; they were intending to destroy the French Market with a super highway system...--they literally ripped up the New Orleans trolley system in a matter of a night or two in spite of a huge petition by NOLA citizens to stop them... Anyway, I loved New Orleans, it was so different an American city and even a different kind of Southern City, but the problem, it was becoming more and more, as more and more of the US Gulf Coast is becoming, a majority of minorities, especially blacks. Check out whose stranded in NOLA today; it ain't no white folks, or if they are, they're white trash, I gar-ron-tee you. When New Orleans is rebuilt, I am quite sure they will eliminate the black majority and like Manhattan, it will become a haven for filthy rich white folks.I'm omitting some intemperate comments about individuals and institutions that might constitute libel, but you get the idea.
why the fuck did bush, the fema/horse ass, chertoff, etc. need to waste time having a "briefing" on live TV that could have been done aboard AF1 on the way down?
This is not the response we want, not the kind of response the federal government should haveEarlier press conference with W (paraphrasing):
I'm happy with the response. The response was good. I'm just disappointed with the results
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Honore said getting food and water to the people at the convention center was a difficult process. "If you ever have 20,000 people come to supper, you know what I'm talking about," the general said. "If it was easy, it would have been done already."
CNN's Barbara Starr, who is traveling with the three-star general, said Honore is "very determined to keep this looking like a humanitarian relief operation." (See the mayor's order to stop the talking and send soldiers to help -- 1:00)
"A few moments ago, he stopped a truck full of National Guard troops ... and said, 'Point your weapons down, this is not Iraq,'" Starr reported.
Residents who did not have personal transportation were unable to evacuate even if they wanted to. Approximately 120,000 residents (51,000 housing units x 2.4 persons/unit) do not have cars. A proposal made after the evacuation for Hurricane Georges to use public transit buses to assist in their evacuation out of the city was not implemented for Ivan. If Ivan had struck New Orleans directly it is estimated that 40-60,000 residents of the area would have perished.posted by OmieWise at 12:52 PM on September 2, 2005
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Bush appoints Joe Allbaugh, a crony from Texas, as head of FEMA. Allbaugh has no previous experience in disaster management.
April 2001:
Budget Director Mitch Daniels announces the Bush administration's goal of privatizing much of FEMA's work. In May, Allbaugh confirms that FEMA will be downsized: 'Many are concerned that federal disaster assistance may have evolved into both an oversized entitlement program....' he said. 'Expectations of when the federal government should be involved and the degree of involvement may have ballooned beyond what is an appropriate level.'
FEMA designates a major hurricane hitting New Orleans as one of the three 'likeliest, most catastrophic disasters facing this country.'
December 2002:
After less than two years at FEMA, Allbaugh announces he is leaving to start up a consulting firm that advises companies seeking to do business in Iraq. He is succeeded by his deputy, Michael Brown, who, like Allbaugh, has no previous experience in disaster management.
March 2003:
FEMA is downgraded from a cabinet level position and folded into the Department of Homeland Security. Its mission is refocused on fighting acts of terrorism.
Under its new organization chart within DHS, FEMA's preparation and planning functions are reassigned to a new Office of Preparedness and Response. FEMA will henceforth focus only on response and recovery.
Summer 2004:
FEMA denies Louisiana's pre-disaster mitigation funding requests. Says Jefferson Parish flood zone manager Tom Rodrigue: 'You would think we would get maximum consideration....This is what the grant program called for. We were more than qualified for it.'
June 2004:
The Army Corps of Engineers budget for levee construction in New Orleans is slashed. Jefferson Parish emergency management chiefs Walter Maestri comments: 'It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay.'
June 2005:
Funding for the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is cut by a record $71.2 million. One of the hardest-hit areas is the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project, which was created after the May 1995 flood to improve drainage in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes.
August 2005:
While New Orleans is undergoing a slow motion catastrophe, Bush mugs for the cameras, cuts a cake for John McCain, plays the guitar for Mark Wills, delivers an address about V-J day, and continues with his vacation. When he finally gets around to acknowledging the scope of the unfolding disaster, he delivers only a photo op on Air Force One and a flat, defensive, laundry list speech in the Rose Garden.
A crony with no relevant experience was installed as head of FEMA. Mitigation budgets for New Orleans were slashed even though it was known to be one of the top three risks in the country. FEMA was deliberately downsized as part of the Bush administration's conservative agenda to reduce the role of government. After DHS was created, FEMA's preparation and planning functions were taken away.
Actions have consequences. No one could predict that a hurricane the size of Katrina would hit this year, but the slow federal response when it did happen was no accident. It was the result of four years of deliberate Republican policy and budget choices that favor ideology and partisan loyalty at the expense of operational competence. It's the Bush administration in a nutshell."
- an e-mail message from Professor Henry Breitrose, Stanford University.
"...it appears that the federal government did not follow up on an exercise last year that mostly predicted what happened in New Orleans — devastating flooding and hundreds of thousands stranded.posted by ericb at 5:38 PM on September 2, 2005
The scenario was dubbed Hurricane Pam: 120 mph winds, a massive storm surge, 20 feet of water in the city, 80 percent of buildings damaged, refugees on rooftops, possibly gun violence that would slow the rescue. [NBC Nightly News | September 2, 2005]
Rhetoric Not Matching in Reliefposted by ericb at 8:05 PM on September 2, 2005
"The Iraqi insurgency is in its last throes. The economy is booming. Anybody who leaks a CIA agent's identity will be fired. Add another piece of White House rhetoric that doesn't match the public's view of reality: Help is on the way, Gulf Coast.
As New Orleans descended into anarchy, top Bush administration officials congratulated each other for jobs well done and spoke of water, food and troops pouring into the ravaged city. Television pictures told a different story.
'What it reminded me of the other day is "Baghdad Bob" saying there are no Americans at the airport,' said Rich Galen, a Republican consultant in Washington. He was referring to Saddam Hussein's reality-challenged minister of information who denied the existence of U.S. troops in the Iraqi capital.
To some critics, President Bush seemed to deny the existence of problems with hurricane relief this week. He waited until Friday to acknowledged that 'the results are not acceptable,' and even then the president parsed his words.
Republicans worry that he looks out of touch defending the chaotic emergency response.
'It's impossible to defend something like this happening in America,' said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
'No one can be happy with the kind of response which we've seen in New Orleans,' said Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.
Bush got himself in trouble by trying to put the best face on a horrible situation. The strategy is so common in Washington that operatives have a name for it, 'spin,' and the Bush White House has perfected the shady art."
"No matter how great a mayor is, and this mayor is great, they cannot function well without good communication," Senator Landrieu said. "No mayor could have kept control of this city without a functioning communication system. He couldn't call a press conference or the chief of police."posted by Miko at 8:38 PM on September 2, 2005
...At one point Friday, the evacuation was interrupted briefly when school buses pulled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt Hotel could move to the head of the evacuation line — much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the Superdome since last Sunday.posted by missmerrymack at 8:34 AM on September 3, 2005
"How does this work? They (are) clean, they are dry, they get out ahead of us?" exclaimed Howard Blue, 22, who tried to get in their line. The National Guard blocked him as other guardsmen helped the well-dressed guests with their luggage.
The 700 had been trapped in the hotel, near the Superdome, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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The very early days of NASCAR (1949) had names such as Louise Smith and Ethel Mobley. In 1965, Shirley Muldowney was the first woman licensed by NHRA to drive a gasoline-burning dragster capable of speeds over 150 mph in the quarter-mile. In 1977 Janet Guthrie was the first woman to earn a starting spot in the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 (where she was top rookie). Ladies have been making their mark in the Motorsports industry for decades.
Recently, I was fortunate enough to have a conversation with Carolyn Melendy. (Read about Carolyn Melendy here: www.competitionplus.com She is considered the first lady of Pro Modified racing, having been involved in the class since the 1990s. At the time it was male dominated, and she recalled that no one wanted to line up next to her to race. The issue to her male counterparts was that they felt she did not have the skill to drive a Pro Mod car. Finally, Bill Kuhlmann (a pioneer in the Pro Mod movement), decided to line up next to her, thinking he would have her by many car lengths. The conclusion was that he was sadly mistaken. Although Carolyn did not win the race, she was right with him all the way. It was there that she began to legitimize herself in the Pro Mod world and consequently open the door for women like me. I'm thankful for that. And on a side note, I would like to mention Annette Summer and Carol Long, two ladies in Pro Mod that I also feel may not get the recognition they deserve. Or even Bunny Burkett (IHRA Funny Car Driver and World Champion) for that matter. Ladies much like me that work hard at their craft without the accolades. True racers. And at the heart of it, that is what we are; racers, drivers and competitors.
"Breaking News: This is an ESPN Special Report. We pre-empt the regional volleyball game to bring you this special presentation.
"We're in Glendora, California, this evening for a State of the Sport Address. We're here before a joint session of Professional and Sportsman Racers. The National Hot Rod Association Board of Directors – drag racing's 'Supreme Court,' if you will, has been seated. The NHRA department heads are in place. And now we'll hear from Graham Light, the NHRA's senior vice-president of racing operations, who serves as the NHRA's Sergeant at Arms, and he'll introduce Tom Compton."
Light enters and in the customary loud announcement, calls out, "Mister Speaker, the President of the National Hot Rod Association!"
The doors swing open and Tom Compton strides in, shaking hands with team owners and racers as he makes his way to the stage. Once the applause fades, he greets his distinguished guests and begins to lay out his agenda for the sanctioning body.
With three events left in its eight-race inaugural season the X-treme Drag Racing League ran into "X-treme" trouble. Late purse payments to racers plagued the upstart eighth-mile organization almost from the start and promises from series president Jeff Mitchell to make good are now looking about as empty as—well, as empty as the grandstands on race day at an X-DRL event.
Whether this mess—and make no mistake about it, the X-DRL experiment can now officially be referred to as a mess—is self-inflicted or the X-DRL is at the mercy of its own non-paying "sponsors," the credibility of the series is destroyed. Time after time racers, fans and media alike this year heard reassurances, statements of solvency, pledges of support and offers of excuse, but with the outright cancellation late in August of events at Indianapolis and Montgomery, Alabama, and the season-ending X-DRL World Finals at Charlotte in October left as little more than an underfunded dream, it's time to get the forks out; the X-DRL is done.
After a decent debut at Tulsa in April, through no fault of its own the X-DRL suffered through a rainout at Bristol later that month at an event that attracted only about 80 race teams and perhaps as many spectators. During one of several rain showers I sat down with Mitchell and asked how much of a setback—financially—a race like that would be to the fledgling X-DRL and he assured me it was none. "The money is not at the track," he said, explaining he wasn't relying on racer entry fees or spectator admissions to keep the series afloat. "We have a three-year plan and there's enough (money) lined up right now to see it through those three years."
Before we begin, the importance of this topic resulted in our consulting a half dozen others, seeking their input on these topics. The people who provided that input are anything but in complete agreement with everything, and we're good with that. Even though this is an editorial, seeking wide-ranging opinions has helped set the tone while also helping to clarify our own thoughts.
After our last editorial (http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/editorials/26057-up-front-racing-is-killing-drag-racing1) we were overwhelmed by the support it received. In addition to e-mails and calls, the number of Facebook and on-site "Likes" topped 4,500, while the "Didn't Likes" numbered less than one percent of the total respondents, or less than 50. During a recent national event we heard a number of strong supporting comments, some from surprising sources, which included NHRA executives, race team owners, track operators, corporate sponsors, mechanics and drivers. The only conclusion we can draw is there's widespread belief that the current "show" aspects of NHRA Drag Racing are sadly lacking, and something must be done about it to not only attract new fans, but keep the ones we already have.
Jim Hughes is both a successful super class racer and business owner. His Hughes Performance brand is recognized worldwide as one of the leaders in his industries. He has also won many national events both as a driver and team owner. This year, Hughes has been a vocal proponent for safety in super class racing and has at times taken the NHRA to task for their policies regarding this style of racing. Recently, Hughes and K&N Filers President Steve Williams offered their opinions in a CompetitionPlus.com article asking if the three-decade's old Super Comp and Super Gas indexes should be made quicker. The topic quickly became a lightning rod of controversy. In this guest editorial, Hughes offers his insight and ideas to help Super style racing.
A recent article published here in CompetitionPlus.com regarding the viability of changing the indexes for the Super classes generated input and healthy debate. There is no doubt, certain aspects of our style of racing need to be updated and/or reorganized, if only to keep up with the changing times and increase of horsepower our industry has developed.


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Justice David Prosser denies reports he put fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in a choke hold.
Witnesses say the incident occurred during a confrontational discussion over a legislative bill that would limit the collective bargaining rights of public employees.
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