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What is incontinence?
Incontinence is a common condition that means the involuntary loss of urine. This condition can occur for a number of reasons but is most commonly associated with the loss of urine when coughing, sneezing, or exercising or by the inability to hold urine when the urge to urinate occurs. Both men and women are affected by incontinence, most typically as they get older. Several types and causes of incontinence exist, and many can be treated to either eliminate or significantly reduce the problem.
Who is affected by incontinence?
Incontinence is sometimes called a silent epidemic because people struggling with the condition often do not talk about it to others or their physicians. Researchers estimate that 13 million or more people in the United States alone are affected by incontinence.
When untreated, people with incontinence may limit their activities outside of the home for fear of embarrassment. Subsequently, the condition can contribute to loneliness and depression caused by social isolation. When treated, symptoms of incontinence can be reduced or eliminated altogether:
Are there different kinds of incontinence?
Several different types of incontinence have been identified. Stress and urge incontinence are the most common types.
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce a lifting of the direct combat exclusion rule for women in the military, though the military services would be given several years to seek exceptions if they believe specific positions should remain closed to women.
The Associated Press reported that the move will open hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and elite commando jobs to women. It would overturn a 20-year rule keeping women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units, the AP reported.
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A few rowdy kids can ruin a city's reputation. It has taken some time for this Florida beach town to shake the image of thousands of college students loose on spring break, but if you visit Fort Lauderdale today, you'll find it's changed since the '80s. Yes, it's still a popular destination for some students, but others travel to Fort Lauderdale too: Northeastern snowbirds, gay and lesbian visitors, and families, of all stripes. As our Fort Lauderdale travel guide explains, the beachfront hotels are five-star operations, one of Florida's best beaches is clean and quiet, and the bars are as likely to serve artisanal cocktails as pitchers of cheap beer.
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Gooseberry Creme Fraiche Tart
This has to be one of the easiest fruit tarts to make in the world. The filling is essentially gooseberries and custard set in a pastry crust. I have found that a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar somehow really gives an added flavour dimension without being identifiable.
Serves 6-8
|5oz (150 g) plain flour
|1¼ oz (30 g) butter
|1¼ oz (30 g) lard
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|1 lb (450 g) gooseberries, topped and tailed
|3½ fl oz (100 ml) crème fraîche
|2 large egg yolks
|1½ oz (40 g) caster sugar
|1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
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|You will also need a 9 in (23 cm) loose-based flan tin, about 1¼ in (3 cm) deep, lightly greased.
This recipe first appeared in Sainsbury's Magazine.
Firstly, sift the flour into a bowl, then add the fat, cut into smallish lumps, then take a knife and begin to cut the fat into the flour. Go on doing this until it looks fairly evenly blended, then begin to rub the fat into the flour using your fingertips only and being as light as possible.
Being light with your fingers is not a special gift, it's just what's needed here, so don't go on rubbing all day, just long enough to make the mixture crumbly with a few odd lumps here and there.
Sprinkle 1½ tablespoons of cold water over the mixture, then, with a knife, start bringing the dough together, using the knife to make it cling. Then discard the knife and finally bring it together with your fingertips.
When enough liquid is added, the pastry should leave the bowl completely clean. If this hasn't happened, keep adding a spot more water (sometimes it really only needs your fingers dipped into water to bring it together). All pastry must be rested before rolling out. If you're in a hurry, this can seem like an awful bore, but I promise you it will, in fact, save you more time in the end. So place it in a polythene bag and leave it in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, pre-heat the oven to gas mark 5, 375°F (190°C).
Place a solid baking sheet in the oven to pre-heat as well.
Then roll the pastry out to a circle, line the pastry tin and prick the base with a fork. Use some of the egg yolk for the filling to paint all over the sides and base of the pastry. Now place the pastry-lined tin on the hot baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes until the pastry is just beginning to turn golden.
Remove it from the oven and turn the heat down to gas mark 4, 350°F (180°C).
Next whisk the crème fraîche, egg yolks, sugar and balsamic vinegar together. Arrange the gooseberries in the flan case, pour the crème fraîche mixture all over and then return the flan to the oven and bake until the custard is set, which will be about 40-45 minutes.
Then remove it from the oven and allow it to settle for about 20 minutes before serving.
It also tastes extremely good served cold.
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SANTA FE - Paul Kennedy, appointed to the New Mexico Supreme Court by the governor in September, hopes to break a 32-year Republican losing streak in the fall election.
No member of his party has been elected to the state's highest court since 1980. Kennedy knows the history, but he says partisan labels should not matter in judicial races.
"I've appeared before bad Democratic judges and bad Republican judges, good Democratic judges and good Republican judges. All I ever cared about was whether the judge was impartial," Kennedy said.
A lawyer for 36 years, Kennedy is on his second stint as an appointed state Supreme Court justice. He replaced Patricio M. Serna, who retired at the end of August.
This time Kennedy is running for the court against Democrat Barbara J. Vigil, a district judge of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos counties. Both candidates claim the edge in the same key area.
"What sets me apart from her is vastly more experience," said Kennedy, 63.
Vigil, 53, makes that same case for herself.
"My judicial experience over a dozen years and a proven record set me apart," she said.
Vigil estimated that she has handled 15,000 cases since becoming a judge. Her docket in the civil division of the First Judicial District now has about 1,800 cases, some as simple as a name change but others mind bending in complexity.
As a district judge, she handles cases of original jurisdiction as well as appeals from lower courts.
By Vigil's count, only 136 of her 15,000 cases have been appealed, or fewer than 1 percent. One of her high-profile decisions reached the state Supreme Court this year.
Vigil had decided that a young woman named Jhette Diamond, who legally emancipated herself from an abusive household at age 16, was nonetheless entitled to receive child support payments from her mother.
The state Court of Appeals overturned Vigil's ruling. But the New Mexico Supreme Court, in a 5-0 decision, decided that Vigil was right and the appeals court was wrong. "We do not see management of one's financial affairs and entitlement to support as inherently contradictory," the Supreme Court said in deciding the case as Vigil had.
Kennedy was not on the Supreme Court when the Diamond case was heard.
Vigil, who worked for law firms, the state attorney general and then as a solo practitioner, was appointed a district judge in May 2000 by then-governor Gary Johnson, who was a Republican.
She spent 10 years as a judge of the children's court, presiding over neglect, child abuse and juvenile delinquency cases. Vigil has since moved to the civil division, and for the last 17 months has been chief judge of the First Judicial District.
Vigil says her courtroom can be populated by people who are angry, frustrated or in personal crisis. One of her strengths, she said, is finding fairness by applying facts and the law in those pressurized circumstances.
Kennedy also was an appointee of then-governor Johnson. Johnson chose Kennedy to serve on the state Supreme Court for three months in 2002. Kennedy did not seek election to the court then.
Raised in Philadelphia, Kennedy graduated from St. Joseph's University in his hometown, then joined the Marine Corps during the war with Vietnam.
He said he had a lottery number that made him a certainty to be drafted by some branch of the military, so he decided to enlist in a quality organization.
After serving two years as a Marine, Kennedy went on to law school, then moved to Albuquerque after graduating. He never served in Vietnam.
Kennedy was a public defender in state and federal courts. Then he entered private practice, handling both criminal and civil cases.
One of his best-known cases was the longest criminal trial in the history of New Mexico's federal court. Kennedy represented Gabriel Rodriguez-Aguirre, who was charged with 17 counts of violating federal drug laws.
The trial began in January 1994 and lasted six months. Jurors heard from more than 300 witnesses.
They deliberated for six weeks, but could not reach a verdict on most charges. The judge declared a mistrial.
Kennedy was a trailblazer on another famous New Mexico case in 2005 - the impeachment proceedings against then-state treasurer Robert Vigil. Kennedy served as special counsel to a committee of the state House of Representatives.
Robert Vigil resigned from office before the impeachment proceedings formally began in the House. A federal jury later convicted him of one charge of 24 brought by the U.S. attorney.
Kennedy's structuring of an impeachment investigation was a roadmap for legislators last year when they began considering whether then-Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome D. Block Jr. should be removed from office. Block resigned and pleaded guilty to felonies, ending the impeachment process.
Barbara Vigil is using vacation time to campaign across the state. Kennedy says he probably will send out mailers about his candidacy.
"Time is short and there is no money for TV (advertising) at this stage," he said.
The five-member Supreme Court now is composed of three Democrats, Republican Kennedy and Justice Charles Daniels, who switched his voter registration from Democrat to "Decline to State," an independent standing.
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Colerain Avenue, looking toward Mall Road in front of Northgate Mall in Colerain Township / The Enquirer/Joseph Fuqua II
When most people think of Colerain Township, they picture traffic-clogged Colerain Avenue with its endless restaurants and retail stores, car dealerships and auto body shops, as far as the eye can see.
If the main drag doesn�t come to mind, it�s probably Northgate Mall off of Interstate 275 or Rumpke, the region�s largest trash dump and recycler.
But in recent years, Colerain has also garnered a reputation as crime-ridden and overtaken by a lower-income crowd � contrary to statistics, which show a steady decrease in crime and a stable middle-class population, though the number of residents living in poverty is on the rise.
But it�s the negative impressions the township must refute, says Administrator Jim Rowan, and mold the township�s image as one that�s prosperous and welcoming as communities everywhere jockey for new residents and try to keep current ones, while scouting for new ways to balance budgets after cuts from the state threw many local governments� finances off kilter.
And Colerain�s budget problems are particularly daunting.
If the township doesn�t find ways to generate more revenue and cut where it can, residents will see their parks, recreation center, roads and levels of public safety services suffer, township officials warn, even as some residents already lament recent cuts.
All the more reason polishing Colerain�s image is an important part of the township�s plan toward stability and survival, Rowan says, �rather than hit the nuclear button and blow up all the things our community likes.�
Colerain is one of the oldest communities in the region, settled 223 years ago by Irish immigrant John Dunlap, 13 years before Ohio joined the union.
Historically farmland, today Colerain is home to 58,456 people, and at nearly 43 square miles is geographically one of the largest townships in Ohio.
Most of Colerain�s roughly 1,200 businesses are off Colerain Avenue, but much of the township is still rural. Yet few, if any, of the large family farms that once dominated the township still operate.
Today the farmland has been converted to other uses, including suburban neighborhoods, but also hundreds of acres of nature preserves, a vineyard, golf course and an equestrian boarding and riding facility. Small farms still dot northern and western portions of the township.
Colerain officials want to play up these features, along with the convenience of shopping and restaurants on Colerain Avenue.
Tell trustees how you feel about the direction they�re taking the township
�We still have homes with dirt floors and no running water, and we have half-a-million-dollar homes and a guy with an indoor Olympic-sized pool and a helicopter,� says Colerain Police Chief Dan Meloy, who has lived in the township all his life. �We are not a cookie-cutter community.�
Ken Lohr, president of the Colerain Community Association and a resident since 1990, doesn�t think much has changed since he moved in.
Lohr enjoys his quiet street, his neighbors and property, which backs up to Pebble Creek Golf Course. He likes the convenience of shopping on Colerain Avenue.
Life in Colerain, in fact, is great, even if �things aren�t kept up the way they used to be,� he says.
Neglected properties, in foreclosure or unkempt, and media attention to crime � spread more readily in recent years by the internet and now mobile devices � hurt Colerain, Meloy says.
Despite cases of violence like the homicide at the InTown Suites on Saturday, crime is down in Colerain, he says, and township officials continue to look for out-of-the-box ideas to continue the decline � like opening a one-stop shop this fall with all the information a victim of domestic violence might need.
�People used to ask where Colerain Township was and I�d ask: �Do you know where Northgate Mall is?�� Meloy says. �Sadly enough, over time, it became other things.�
The township�s image is being recreated amidst the backdrop of financial insecurity, and at a Town Hall meeting earlier this month, residents were visibly irritated.
It was the second of such community meetings this year, organized to engage residents in the budgeting process, says Rowan, who was hired by Colerain about a year and a half ago after two years as chief financial officer for Princeton Schools. He spent much of his career working for the Ohio Auditor�s Office, reviewing community budgets from all over the state.
Since his arrival, Rowan has instituted a number of changes � including the creation of parks fees and cuts at the recreation center but also demanding more transparency in government and higher levels of customer service.
But the township�s budget problems remain, highlighted at the latest town hall meeting. After about 45 minutes of presentations of what officials acknowledged was �the worst-case scenario,� including far fewer police officers and firefighters, a shuttered fire station, and cuts to recreation programs and parks, Rowan presented his alternative.
�We currently run an annual deficit of approximately $500,000 a year,� says Rowan. �We are eating into (the township�s $6 million) reserves as we speak. Without future funding for our police department, we will be out of money by 2017.�
Rowan is suggesting deeper cuts, possibly a police levy this fall and creation of a vacant licensing fee for the owners of vacant properties that would raise some money and encourage owners to take better care of their properties.
The plan also hinges on creation of a joint economic development district, or JEDD � like the one Sycamore Township voters approved in May on the Kenwood shopping area. That would impose an earnings tax on employees in the district and, along with spending the township�s reserves down to $2 million, get Colerain to 2022 when it pays off its debts for construction projects like the administration building and Heritage Park, saving roughly $700,000 a year, Rowan says.
Sycamore�s JEDD is expected to generate $4 million each year, but it�s too early to predict how much Colerain could raise, Rowan says.
Longtime resident and former trustee Diana Lynn Rielage sees the effort to rebrand Colerain as an extension of an earlier effort by trustees. A decade ago, the township�s own residents didn�t identify with Colerain at all.
�You�d ask, �Where are you from?� and the answer would be �Cincinnati� or (Colerain neighborhoods like) Groesbeck or Dunlap,� Rielage said.
Not recognizing Colerain as home created a disjointed feeling in the township between residents and their government, Rielage said.
So they created community events like the Colerain Fourth of July Spectacular and erected signs letting people know when they�re coming and going from Colerain. Rielage is disappointed that the Fourth of July event is canceled this year.
�I raised my kids here. It�s a great place to raise your family,� Rielage says. �But I�m a little concerned now with ... all the cuts they�ve made. I see them cutting some of the things that we may not see the repercussions of immediately,� like summer camp and zoning inspectors.
But Tom Reininger, who co-owns Walnut Creek Stables, a 135-acre horse farm and riding facility, believes Colerain is on the right track and feels for the local government, which has dealt with declining support from the state.
Reininger has been a resident since childhood and remembers when Northgate Mall was an airport.
It�s been just in the last decade that Colerain has gotten control of its zoning code � he knows this because he sits on the Zoning Board of Appeals. He thinks the township is embarking on important projects, like controlling signage and sprucing up the area around Northgate Mall, which is also trying to reinvent itself with a new design and new stores.
Reininger offers a farmer�s metaphor. �If you have ever baled hay, it takes time for it to cure, you�re subject to the weather and you have to be patient,� Reininger says. �It doesn�t mean you can�t work toward a goal.� ⬛
An earlier of this version of this story said Colerain Township is the largest township, geographically, in the state. But at 42.9 square miles, Colerain Township is less than one square mile smaller than Madison Township in northwest Ohio, which is 43.7 square miles.


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i think after some rest, and with at last better shooting nights from steph and morrow, cj palying as he plays, turiaf going for pick and roll and maybe toliver doing some things better warriors could surprise these hawks. well, any close game with this roster is a win of it's kind anyway.
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haha hadn't noticed that. Nice on krome
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Third game in a row I'm gonna miss.
Need my W's fix.
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Flagrant foul by Jamal against CJ? That must have been interesting. Trying to send a message cause of the last game? or something simmering from when they were teammates?
Guess I'll see a replay at some point.
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Tolliver sucks!!!!!!!
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They need to try Hunter + Turiaf lineup SMH Tolliver sucks
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Curry appears to have bounced back quite well.
Tolliver must have had a very strong second half to get his numbers & +/- turned around.
Four players with at least five assists = good ball movement.
Thought Maggette was out until mid-March; looks like he played decent (of course, his stat lines can be misleading).
Bibby, Horford, & Smith 28-40 fgs (Bibby 7-9 3ptrs) = Ouch.
Most team stat lines are even, and the rebounding not as out of whack as you'd expect.
Nice to see the team compete after getting it handed to them by the Magic.
Hope I can watch Steph's homecoming tomorrow & hope the JordanCats are deflated after thumping the Lakers tonight.
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Good point Pworld
But the reason it will be interesting for me is that it will be Curry's first homecoming as a pro in the region that he basically owned (/shared with Tarheels) the past few years, whereas Morrow is a 2nd year pro who spent four years at an out-of-state college (in which case, tonight was almost as much a homecoming for him as tomorrow will be), though I do understand Morrow did rock as a highschooler in NC.
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A parking lot currently sits in the multi-block area on the west side of Woodward just north of I-75, not far from Comerica Park, where a new Red Wings stadium is being proposed to be built. / Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free Press
In one of the largest land transfers in the citys history, the Detroit City Council agreed Tuesday to hand over 39 parcels of land along the Cass Corridor to transform what was once a blighted, crime-ridden strip near downtown Detroit into a $650-million entertainment venue that will include a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings.
The vote authorizes the city to sell the public land for $1 to the Detroit Downtown Development Authority, which will own the arena and lease it for up to 95 years to Olympia Development of Michigan. The company is owned by the Ilitch family, which owns the Red Wings.
The transfer is expected to revitalize a commercial dead zone between downtown and Midtown with a $450-million hockey arena anchoring whats expected to be spin-off development of residential, entertainment, retail and office buildings worth $200 million.
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity here to make downtown Detroit a magnet for jobs and people, Tom Wilson, president and CEO of Olympia Entertainment, which handles the Red Wings business operations, told the council. This will be the epicenter for sports and entertainment in Michigan.
The council approved the transfer 6-3, even though council members didnt secure from the Ilitch family a guarantee that a certain number of Detroit residents would get jobs at the new arena. Council President Brenda Jones wanted a written guarantee from Olympia Development that Detroiters would be hired to work once the $450-million arena is built for the 2016-17 season.
But Olympia would not agree to a guarantee a specific percentage of post-construction jobs. So Jones and Councilman James Tate voted against the land deal. Councilwoman Raquel Castaneda-Lopez, whose district includes the arena site, vote against the deal as well. She said it did not include what she considered a strong community benefits agreement.
Olympia Development, which will develop and operate the arena on a stretch of mostly dormant land north of downtown, has projected it will create 5,550 construction jobs and sustain 1,100 permanent jobs, which is 440 more jobs than at the Red Wings current home at Joe Louis Arena.
The company has agreed in a Concession Management Agreement with the DDA that at least 30% of the construction companies hired must be either based or headquartered in Detroit, and that at least 51% of the workforce will be Detroit residents.
Tate said he suggested to Olympia an additional guarantee that Detroiters make up at least 26% of the new arenas workforce. He said the figure is consistent with the current percentage of Detroit residents who work for Ilitch companies. After Olympia did not return his call before Tuesdays vote, Tate said, he couldnt rely on Olympias verbal assurances that many Detroiters would get work as a result of the arena project.
I made the phone call. They never even called me back when they said they were going to let me know, yes or no, Tate said after Tuesdays meeting. When you dont get any response, to me that is an indicator for how the rest of this relationship will go.
John Hahn, vice president of corporate communications for Olympia Development, late Tuesday told the Free Press that company officials werent aware Tate had tried to contact them.
An ODM representative most recently met personally with Councilman Tate on Friday and unfortunately, we were not aware of any subsequent phone calls from the councilman that were not returned, Hahn said. We appreciate his comments and look forward to continuing to work with all council members on this exciting and important project that will make a positive and lasting impact on our community.
Other council members who voted in favor of the projects said the deal is far from perfect, but that the bankrupt city sorely needs an economic boost.
Councilmembers Saunteel Jenkins, George Cushingberry Jr., Andre Spivey, Gabe Leland, Mary Sheffield and Scott Benson voted in favor of the land transfer.
Its certainly better than having that big space there with undeveloped land, Jenkins said of the arena site.
Council members said they will monitor Olympias hiring practices and take them into consideration when considering future requests for rezoning and other issues related to the arena.
Spivey said he would vote against those requests if promises are not kept when it comes to hiring.
When they come back for zoning, easements, things like that they have to come back to the City Council, he said. Theyve been around for ages, so I take them at their word. Well hold them accountable.
The essentially free transfer of public land with an assessed value of about $2.9 million is the citys chief contribution to the development. As proposed, construction of the arena itself would be 58% publicly funded and 42% privately funded. No Detroit general fund dollars would be spent; the state is contributing the bulk of the public investment.
Olympia has agreed to pay $11.5 million annually for about 30 years to help pay off the construction bonds. Olympia will own the arenas naming rights and will keep all revenues from arena operations, including parking fees and concessions sales. The city will not collect property taxes on the arena.
The arena development will increase the quality of life for those who live and work in the area, said Olympias Wilson.
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Before the councils vote, members heard from the public.
Joel Landy, a Detroit developer who owns more than 50 residential and commercial properties north of I-75, said the arena will give the area along the Cass Corridor a needed boost.
I believe this project has a wonderful chance for success that will benefit the city and the region as a whole, Landy said.
Other residents said they oppose the land transfer because the Ilitch organization has not agreed to a legally binding community benefits agreement that would include benchmarks for hiring Detroiters and guidelines for residents who could be displaced by the arena project.
We must recognize that the overall process has been flawed and conducive to the developers and not the community, said Simone Sagovac of the Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition. We ask that council members not approve the land transfer without being a full partner in all agreements, legally binding community benefits and a community advisory committee to oversee and enforce agreements.
However, the council was able to negotiate the creation of a neighborhood advisory council with 12-16 members to provide community input in the project as it progresses.
Mayor Mike Duggans office declined to comment on Tuesdays council vote. Duggan has said the hockey arena development is under emergency manager Kevyn Orrs purview.
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Today, more than 14,000 people work in Vermonts construction industry, a number that hasnt changed much over the past four years. But it is a lot lower than it was a decade ago. More people, for example, were employed in construction in 1998 and 1999 than today.
Employment grew rapidly during the recent housing boom, with a growth of more than 2,000 construction jobs between 2002 and 2007. When the housing market collapsed, Vermonts housing prices did not suffer a severe decline, but the level of housing activity and other construction projects plummeted. From the construction employment peak in the fall of 2007 to the trough in the spring of 2010, employment fell by 4,000, with one out of every four construction workers losing their jobs.
The recent construction boom and bust pales, however, in comparison to the boom and bust of the mid- and late-1980s. Construction employment rose dramatically in the mid-1980s. Then the housing market collapsed in 1989. When that happened, more than 7,000 construction workers lost their jobs four out of every 10 people who had been employed in construction in 1989 lost their jobs by 1992. And, as the graph shows, Vermonts total construction employment never again returned to the level it reached in 1989.
With a population growing very slowly, if at all, and a regulatory climate that makes it difficult and costly to build, its highly unlikely that construction employment will ever get back to its 2007 peak. Thats not good news for the thousands of Vermonters would like to earn their living building houses, offices, restaurants, and stores.
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Heather Burt and her dog Charlie explored the Plover River Segment of the Ice Age Trail in October 2013. / Heather Burt/For Wisconsinoutdoorfun.com
With the worst of Wisconsin's mosquito-season behind us, I decided it was time to revisit the Plover River Segment of the Ice Age Trail. Armed with the knowledge of this trail earned earlier this summer, I doused myself with bug spray just to be on the safe side although it quickly became clear this would be unnecessary.
Instead of sprinting through the woods to evade swarms of mosquitoes, as I did back in June, this was now a leisurely and peaceful hike. The trail was so different from the lush, green tropical forest that I experienced at the beginning of summer, leaving me with the feeling that I was on a completely new trail, rather than one I knew. The river was just as clear and beautiful as I remembered it, but this time it was framed by colorful trees. Fallen leaves floated past and river rocks were more visible with the lower water level. It's at once obvious why this is a Class I, high-quality trout stream sustaining wild-trout population - the water is unbelievably crystal clear!
The Ice Age Trail Mobile Skills Crew has done a fantastic job finishing up this segment. Now, instead of wandering in circles trying to figure out where the trail was when I reached the river crossing, a newly installed bench across the river beckoned me to hop the river boulders to the other side. I took a break on the bench to sit and contemplate the sound of the water babbling over the rocks as Charlie went off in search of sticks for me to throw. As I sat there, I became aware of a buzzing sound nearby; a swarming, buzzing sound. I looked up and saw that bees had made a nest in a knot hole in the pine tree above the bench. Not wanting to take a chance getting stung, we quickly moved on.
The fall colors intensified as we continued on into the forest to the top of the winding ridge of a moraine. We were surrounded by a rainbow of colors in every direction and the dwindling leaf cover allowed for wide open views. Even though the autumn colors aren't as vivid as they typically can be, probably due to drought conditions this summer, there is still a show to be seen.
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It's a new feeling walking this trail after having gained so much hiking experience throughout the summer. I'm familiar with how to read my trail maps, estimating distances, understanding how temperatures and weather conditions will affect my hydration needs, and automatically watching for the yellow blazes marking the trail. It's funny how the yellow blaze has become such a familiar beacon; I hardly realize how often my eyes search them out and how much comfort they provide in knowing I am on the right track. The yellow blaze has become a friend of sorts.
As the trail winds its way back toward the Plover River, rocks and boulders again protrude from the earth as tree roots twist themselves into fantastic shapes around them. With the loss of leaves and plants on the forest floor, these root sculptures are more easily seen. I began "seeing" shapes in them, just as a child would do with passing clouds in the sky. A tree and all its roots were completely and unbelievably secured to the top of a huge moss-covered boulder, looking more like a pterodactyl skull or a giant flamingo head than a tree root.
Tiny islands interspersed throughout the river sustain trees, plants and shrubs, all covered in soft green moss. The river flows through and around these mini-villages, providing habitat for countless fish, amphibians and other forest-dwellers. I noticed several small, black frogs near the riverbank and tried my best not to step on any of them. Without the horrendous mosquitoes that we experienced last time we were here, it was such a relaxing feeling to slow down and have the opportunity to observe the landscape. Numerous and enormous rocks seem to pop up everywhere. The trees are undaunted by their presence and just grow around them. Sometimes I'm amazed that there is a trail to be found in the maze of tree roots and rocks, but then ahead I'll see a yellow blaze and know I'm on the right track.
As we made our way back toward the parking lot, I was delighted and amazed to find the same small skull next to the trail that we had seen back in June. In the four months since we were last here, the skull and surrounding area was completely untouched - just as we had left it. It's admirable that other trail users have respected the "do not disturb" policy of the trail and have left things just as they found them so that others can enjoy the wild beauty too. It was another awesome hike on a trail that was at once familiar but also new and different. Changing seasons, rotating vegetation and weather can make even the most familiar trail feel like a new adventure!
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NEW YORK — The Craigslist ad offered Percocet pills for sale, but warned: No LE please. Meaning: No law enforcement.
Like that made a difference.
The 40-year-old man accused of placing the ad was among 21 people arrested in an attempt by the New York Police Department to make an example out of some of the smallest of small-time drug dealers: students, young professionals and others who clean out the medicine cabinet and then are brazen enough and foolish enough to offer the pills for up to $20 a pop over the Internet.
Whether the drug deal occurs on the street corner or on the Internet, its a crime, Bridget Brennan, special narcotics prosecutor for New York City, said Thursday in a statement announcing the arrests.
Undercover narcotics investigators answered the ads and ended up buying handfuls of powerful prescription painkillers and other pills for a few hundred dollars, typically in broad daylight and in public settings such as coffee shops, Penn Station or Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village.
Some of the sellers turned out to be run-of-the mill drug dealers also peddling cocaine and heroin, police said. But many were more mainstream: Among those arrested were a New York University graduate student, a financial adviser and a 62-year-old woman who works as a freelance photographer.
The pills came from the sellers own meds or were stolen from relatives, friends and co-workers, authorities said.
The arrests come as law enforcement agencies around the country battle a surge in illegal sales of highly addictive painkillers like Percocet and Roxicodone and, increasingly, attention-deficit drugs like Adderall transactions that now rival the cocaine and heroin trade both in volume and as a public health hazard.
Brennans office reached out to San Francisco-based Craigslist earlier this week to try to get its cooperation in finding ways to discourage the Internet marketing. A Craigslist spokeswoman had no comment Thursday.
The undercover investigators began answering Craigslist ads late last year. By the time they were done, they had made 63 buys about $19,000 in pills and $10,400 in cocaine.


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Space Activities for Sale: Avio makes the Vega launcher. The company is owned by UK fund Cinven and Italy's Finmeccanica group. (Avio)
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ROME — European firms Safran and EADS have both made non-binding offers to buy the space activities of Italian propulsion firm Avio, which could come up for sale at the end of October, according to an Italian source familiar with the talks.
The two offers are both around 300 million (US $404 million) and give very similar guarantees on maintaining jobs and technology in Italy, the source said.
Both contenders have said Avios space activity would remain autonomous within their groups and handle all their small launcher activity, he said.
Avios aeronautics propulsion activity was sold this year for $4.3 billion to General Electric by UK fund Cinven, which held an 86 percent stake, and Italys Finmeccanica, which held a 14 percent stake.
The two firms held onto Avios space activity, which focuses on the small Vega launcher, under a deal in which Finmeccanica had first rights to buy Cinvens share of the activity until the end of October.
With that deal now set to expire, Safran and EADS have tendered their offers for the space activity, which saw 285 million in turnover in 2012.
If Finmeccanica decides to sell its stake, it will be Cinven to decide on the buyer. If Finmeccanica maintains a stake, both it and the Italian government will have a role in deciding which partner, if any, to involve, he added.
The Italian government holds a 30 percent controlling stake in Finmeccanica.
Both firms, which have been talking to Finmeccanica and the Italian government, have said they would be prepared to be minority or majority partners alongside Finmeccanica, the source said.
An EADS spokeswoman declined to comment on the reported offer, while Safran did not respond to a request for comment.
In July, Safran CEO Jean-Paul Herteman referred to The very strong proximity that could exist between ourselves and the space activities of Avio, although the company declined to say if it was making an offer.
The source said that picking EADS as a buyer would favor consolidation in the European space launcher industry since EADS is already active in the sector through its unit Astrium. Astrium is also already multinational, since it is running operations in Germany, France and the UK, so it might be a better guarantee of Avios autonomy than Safran.
On the other hand, he added, Safran and Avio already have a joint venture providing fuel for launchers.
GEs purchase of Avio, which works on engines for the Eurofighter Typhoon, Airbus A400M and Alenia Aermacchi M-346 jet trainer, was subject to a new Italian law, passed in 2012, which requires guarantees on security of supply from any buyers of strategic Italian industries.
The law was designed to replace Italys Golden Share system, under which it maintained final say over strategic decisions on specific public firms, including Finmeccanica. The Golden Share system was deemed anti-competitive by the European Union.
Under the new law, GE must protect the security of information on classified programs and maintain capabilities at Avio.
Should a foreign company buy Avios space activities, the same law will be invoked.
Whether Finmeccanica decides it wants to spend money to beef up its stake in Avios space work, or sell its 14 percent stake, is linked to whether it can bring in some much needed cash from the delayed sale of its civil energy and transport units, the source said.
But the October deadline on the Avio deal means time is short.
The firm originally planned to start disposals in 2012 to help cut a $6.8 billion debt pile, but opposition from Italian politicians and unions has delayed plans. The left-right coalition government, which took office in April, has also failed to take initiatives and appears to be undecided on the issue.
Some ministers have opposed outright sales to overseas firms, preferring to see a state investment fund take a stake to ensure an Italian role in management.
Meeting with union leaders on Sept. 23, Finmeccanica CEO Alessandro Pansa said Koreas Doosan Heavy Industries was ready to buy Ansaldo Energia, while Finmeccanica was in talks with overseas firms for the sale of loss-making train unit Ansaldo Breda and rail signals firm Ansaldo STS.
Political sensitivities in Italy to foreign sales have grown this month after moves by Spains Telefonica to take control of Italys main telecoms company, Telecom Italia.
Opposition to the sale of Ansaldo Energia might have been less fierce if it had been protected by the same law protecting Avio. Ironically, the law was designed to give the same cover to strategic civilian industries as it does to defense and security firms.
However, the measure required follow-up decrees to define the specific activities covered. Such a decree was approved in August 2012 and legally entered force in February for defense and security work, including Avios space business. But no such decree has been passed for civil industries.
This has been an ugly example of bad government and disinterested politicians, the source said.


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Open Studio Tour: Blending art and appreciation
Art lovers looking to get a firsthand peek at local artists in their elements had three days instead of the usual two during this year's Gig Harbor Open Studio Tour. Two-dozen artists representing nearly every medium were scattered across the region from Fox Island to Key Peninsula in 21 different locations. The artists were ready and willing to engage folks in art discussions and to hopefully even sell a few pieces during the weekend. The annual Open Studio Tour, in its 20th year, gives the public a chance to meet with individual artists in their creative element — their studios, to see the processes used and the methods various artists undertake when creating their works. For area artists interested in being a part of the 2014 tour, information and an application is available at the website at www.gigharboropenstudiotour.org.


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Actually, Joe Mikulik's expected return to McCormick Field next week will be in the capacity of his new job as a roving minor league instructor for the Texas Rangers.
The Asheville Tourists' manager for 13 seasons before being let go by the parent club Colorado Rockies, Mikulik said he will be in the visiting dugout April 17 when Asheville hosts Hickory, the Rangers' Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League. ...


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Enrollment in the Thrift Savings Plan's fledgling Roth option spiked in December, especially among military service members. And the growing interest in the Roth option could lead to service members being automatically enrolled in TSP.
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which manages TSP, said Monday that the number of military service members with Roth accounts nearly quadrupled in December, from 6,364 enrollees in November to 24,695 in December.
Overall, 101,000 TSP enrollees had Roth accounts at the end of December. That is a 38 percent increase from the 73,041 Roth accounts open in November, and nearly double the 51,354 accounts open in September.
The new Roth investment option, which was launched last May, allows participants to invest after-tax earnings into funds that will grow without tax liability on future earnings. This differs from the standard TSP plan, where before-tax dollars are invested and taxed when they are withdrawn. The Roth option is expected to primarily benefit military service members and select groups of federal employees, such as judges, who are likelier to have higher tax rates while in retirement than they do while working.
Greg Long, executive director of the TSP, said the growing interest among service members — if it continues — may mean it is time to reconsider automatically enrolling service members in TSP soon after they join the military.
"Roth is a game changer," Long said. "I can tell you for sure that DoD is paying attention to the pickup among their participants on Roth, and thinking about what that means."
The TSP began automatically enrolling newly hired civilian employees in 2010. Defense officials in 2009 said that TSP would need to have a Roth option before the Pentagon would support automatically enrolling new troops.
Army, Navy and Air Force service members were able to make their first contributions to Roth accounts in November, said Renee Wilder, the board's director of research and strategic planning, and participation quickly grew in the next month.
Long said TSP officials will discuss Roth and automatic enrollment with the Defense Department in April, at the next Employee Thrift Advisory Council meeting.


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Flushing, NY (Sports Network) - Matt Kemp and Luis Cruz both clubbed two-run homers, as the Los Angeles Dodgers held on to beat the New York Mets, 7-6, in the opener of a three-game series at Citi Field.
Andre Ethier, Juan Rivera and Jerry Hairston were also credited with an RBI for the Dodgers, while starter Aaron Harang (7-5) gave up three runs -- one earned -- on four hits and three walks in five innings.
Daniel Murphy collected four hits, including two doubles, and knocked in a run for the Mets, who halted a six-game losing streak with Thursday's win at Washington.
Johan Santana (6-7) was tagged for six runs on seven hits and three walks in three full frames. It marked the third straight start that the New York left- hander has surrendered at least six runs.
"I feel ok, I don't feel my best right now but at the same time I'm not trying to find excuses or anything," Santana said.
The Mets were trailing 7-4 in the seventh when Ike Davis hit a one-out single off reliever Shawn Tolleson. Jordany Valdespin then came off the bench and delivered a two-run homer to left field.
Ronald Belisario pitched around a two-out single by Murphy in the eighth and Kenley Jansen overcame a throwing error by the third baseman Hairston in the ninth to notch his 17th save of the season.
It was a productive first inning for Los Angeles, which put up a three-spot against a pitcher who had given up just two runs while winning all five of his previous career outings versus the Dodgers. Santana shut out Los Angeles over eight innings on June 30.
"We hopped out on him early, worked counts and got good pitches to hit," Kemp said of the opening frame.
Bobby Abreu led off the game with a single and came home on Kemp's 14th home run of the year, a one-out drive to left-center field. The Los Angeles center fielder also homered in his last at-bat on Wednesday, snapping a four- game skid with his 12th-inning blast off Philadelphia's Jake Diekman.
Ethier followed with a double down the left-field line and scored on Hairston's two-out single to center.
The Mets got two runs back in their half of the first on sacrifice flies by David Wright and Davis. Ruben Tejada reached on a fielding error by Hairston to open the frame and Murphy stroked a double before the pair scored on consecutive fly balls.
Los Angeles extended its lead in the second on a bases-loaded walk to Ethier, and Cruz's first major league home run made it 6-2 in the third.
New York trimmed its deficit to three in the fifth when Murphy plated Tejada with a double. The Mets were threatening for more runs, but Harang fanned Lucas Duda with men on the corners to end the inning.
Scott Hairston singled home Andres Torres to draw the Mets closer after six frames. But the Dodgers went ahead 7-4 in the seventh as Ethier worked a one- out walk, stole second and scored on Rivera's ground ball up the middle.
Valdespin improved to 4-for-22 as a pinch-hitter this season, with all four of his hits being home runs. His four pinch-hit home runs tie the club single- season mark set by Danny Heep in 1983 and matched by Mark Carreon six years later...Los Angeles began a 10-game road trip...The Mets took three of four from June 28-July 1 at Dodger Stadium...Wright went 0-for-3, snapping his home hitting streak at 16 games...The Mets traded infielder Omar Quintanilla to the Baltimore Orioles for cash considerations. Quintanilla had been designated for assignment earlier in the week.
Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia in September has altered the date of the Penn-Villanova football game.
Kyle Busch won Sunday's road course race in Sonoma, California, but he still has a long way to go to become eligible for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
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David Griffing, Poverty Point Historic Site manager, gives a tour of the 3,500-year-old site in West Carroll Parish on Wednesday. Poverty Point was recently designated as a World Heritage Site.
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MONROE,La. -- Elaine Allen of El Dorado, Ark., had a vague awareness of Poverty Point State Historical Site in northeastern Louisiana, but until it was inscribed as a World Heritage Site last month, she'd never been motivated to visit.
"When I heard about it becoming a World Heritage Site, I knew I had to come," said Allen, who visited the ancient earthworks here Wednesday with her sister Evelyn Kemper of Monroe. "It's pretty amazing to have something of that stature here, and I wasn't disappointed."
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
3 Things Thursday
Thing 1
Training is going well and I have having a lot of "mental" breakthroughs lately. I am currently reading Iron War
(you know, about my good friends Dave Scott and Mark Allen. Yeah, we're friends. More on that later!)
While I am enjoying the story, what I am really getting out of that book is the mental strength required to race Ironman. I find myself tapping into my own psyche and questioning if I am really "done" during some training sessions and lots of times I am finding that it is my mind that wants to stop, not my body. I am having a lot of fun exploring this side of the training.
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I am so, so proud of my Rev 3 Team mates that are out there Running Across America to raise funds and awareness of Ulman Cancer Fund.
There is still time to enter my giveaways, for every $2 you donate, you will get a chance towards lots of awesome prizes!!
Make sure you check out the Rev 3 blog and follow along with the team as they run, run, run.
I am really so happy to be a part of the Rev 3 Team!!
Thing 3
I got a new bike.
So did Lola.
I'll let you guess which one this is:
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- CautiouslyAudacious said...
I've heard good things about that book! I did an 8 hour shift with 4 other people for the Rev 3 team as they were passing through NM at midnight!!! They are an awesome group!
- April 12, 2012 at 6:12 PM
- middleagedrunner said...
Nice bike, just my size! :-)
- April 12, 2012 at 6:38 PM
- TriMOEngr said...
I'm also currently reading Iron War and just read the great chapter on the research on the psychobiological effects of endurance training/racing. My favorite line in the book so far: "If you don't want to quit, then you aren't doing it right." Love it!
- April 13, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- fancy nancy said...
Loving the bike! It's perfect!! I'm so glad your training is going well!! Mental blocks are often harder than physical!!
- April 13, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Carolina John said...
You should call that one three great things thursday! Well done.
- April 13, 2012 at 9:28 AM
- Frickin' Fabulous at 40 said...
I'd love to see someone try to ride 112 miles (it is 112, right?)on that thing!
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A special operations soldier has won a settlement from the storage company that got rid of his property while he was deployed including $8,044 worth of Army-issued equipment in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
The settlement was reached Aug. 21, following a June 26 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt that Southern Mini Storage of Sanford, North Carolina, violated the SCRA rights of the soldier by disposing of his property without a court order. Bertie Butler, owner of Southern Mini, had no comment on the case or the settlement.
But while a federal court has resolved one issue for the soldier, he awaits resolution from the Army after his unit blamed him for the lost equipment.
Theres no doubt [the storage owner] violated the SCRA, said the soldier, who asked that his name and rank be withheld. But what he did caused me to be found negligent by the Army. ... I dont really care about the money. I would rather the Army said they made a mistake and I wasnt negligent.
I want to prevent them from doing this to other soldiers.
The Army made the couple pay $8,044 for the military gear when an investigation by his unit determined that the loss was due to the soldiers simple negligence. Later the Army refunded about $3,500 to the soldier, after determining it had docked him too much money. Regulations limit the amount of liability to one months pay if a soldier is found negligent. Having to pay $1,500 a month for nearly six months after they moved was a hardship, said the soldiers wife, Angela Williams. We were totally flat broke.
The amount of the court settlement was not disclosed, but its more than the worth of the items in the storage unit valued at nearly $40,000, said Angela Williams. There were irreplaceable things, she said, such as three boxes of pristine Christmas ornaments from her great-grandmother and her grandmother, and ornaments made by her children. And the emotional turmoil is still lingering because of the unresolved questions with the Army, she said.
After discovering the loss in December 2010 while her husband was still deployed, Angela Williams sought help from her husbands unit and from legal officers at Fort Bragg, but no one mentioned the possibility that the storage facility owner may have been in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act by selling the property of a service member without a court order. Nor did the Williamses realize that the SCRA applied to them. Extra protection from the courts under the SCRA ensures every effort is made to reach the service member. The member can request a delay in proceedings because of a deployment, for example.
The soldiers unit began an investigation into the lost equipment in August 2011, when he was outprocessing before making a permanent change-of-station move, and he once again informed officials of the lost equipment. The unit investigation found simple negligence on the part of the soldier, and made him pay $8,044 for the lost equipment. An Army judge advocate general officer signed off on the Army investigation.
I couldnt believe the legal review from the JAG at Fort Bragg. It was simply wrong, said retired Air Force Col. John Odom, an expert on the SCRA and one of the attorneys who represented the Williamses in their lawsuit against the storage company.
The review failed to spot two critical issues: the violation of the SCRA, and the fact that they cant dock more than a months pay when a loss to the government results from a service members negligence, Odom said. If there werent such limitations, he said, people wouldnt drive ships and fly airplanes if they had to reimburse the government for the entire cost of the ship or airplane after an incident. Its a DoD recognition that there has to be a reasonable limitation on financial liability for service members for loss or damage to government property resulting from their negligence. Regardless, in this case, there was no negligence on the soldiers part, Odom said.
The Williamses filed a complaint with the Army Special Operations Command Inspector General about the units investigation more than a year ago. Officials at Fort Bragg referred questions to Army IG headquarters, and information was not available by press time about the findings, or whether officials expect to reverse the finding that the soldier was negligent.
Angela Williams said they havent received the final report, but theyve been told the ruling of negligence still stands.
But Odom contends the Army should have refunded the entire $8,044 to the Wiilliamses, and hes working with the soldier to complete that process to get the rest of the money back. If the Army wants their money, the Army should be going to see [the owner of the storage company], he said.
As for the finding of negligence, nothing could be farther from the truth, Odom said.
How can this many people who are supposed to know the law that protects service members look at this and miss these issues? Odom said.
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The morning sun illuminated the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 30, before the government partially shut down after Congress failed to reach a budget agreement.
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Scary GOP tactics
How many times does Congress have to pass a law before it actually becomes law? For crying out loud, like it or not Obamacare is already the law of the land. Repeal it by shutting down the government? For my part, that's extremely dangerous thinking. How many other laws do we not like that we should repeal by threatening to shut down the government?
Don't like the 14th Amendment to the constitution? Let's threaten to shut down the government till it's repealed. Find a traffic law you don't like? Let's just shut down the government till it's repealed. Pick any law that you don't like, and just think. If you're a Republican congressman, you can threaten to shut down the government if it's not repealed, thus changing forever the constitutional provisions for enacting and repealing legislation.
Just how far Republicans will go in their attempt to repeal an already-enacted law (without actually repealing it) remains to be seen. The Constitution very clearly defines how laws are to be passed and repealed. I guess Republicans think it's simply too risky to abide by the Constitution, so they make up their own rules as they go. But they're playing with people's lives and life savings.
The stock market took a huge hit yesterday when it became obvious that Republicans were going to continue their extortion attempts. And that's just the tip of the iceberg if they follow the same pattern in the upcoming debt ceiling debate.
Republicans' embrace of whacked out tea party ideology is so complete, they'd rather see the world economy teeter on the brink of collapse than to fund a law that's already on the books. Think about it for a few minutes. If that doesn't scare you, I guess there's just about nothing that will.
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The battle being waged by the House Republicans against Obamacare is as important as any battle ever fought in the name of freedom, for the government that controls the people's health care controls the people.
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Train wreck party
The Republican Party has just caused the federal government to shut down due to their opposition to the new Affordable Care Act that will enable millions in this country to finally have access to quality health care.
They refer to this law as a train wreck even though it doesn't even take effect until January. This is the same party that in the past has referred to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and almost every program that is designed to help the poor and middle class as train wrecks. It appears to me that the real train wreck is the Republican Party and especially the small portion of tea party members that seem to be controlling everything Republicans do in both Houses.
This country needs to wake up and get more involved in off-year elections, primaries, etc. so these types of anarchists do not get elected.
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Ponder priorities
Time to ponder ... What is more important to you: money and guns or humanity and compassion?
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ACA is the compromise
House Republicans are holding America hostage under false pretenses. They refuse to pass a budget bill without defunding the Affordable Care Act and claim that the president and Democrats will not make compromises on a budget bill.
Debate on the ACA should have nothing to do with the budget. The compromises were made when the ACA was passed. The far left wanted single-payer, universal health care coverage; the far right wanted to ... I'm not sure what they wanted to do, other than nothing.
The existing ACA is the compromise between these two positions. Granted, there is room for debate on the ACA, but it has nothing to do with passing a budget or increasing the level of national debt.
Congressmen, get your heads out of your behinds and pass a stand-alone budget bill before you do irreparable harm to the nation.
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Exile from office
The Republican Tea Party wants government to protect their wealth but not to care for the poor. They listen to the wealthy as "the American people" but not the rest of us. They support oligarchy but not democracy. If our government does not serve them they want to destroy it. They are subversive to our democracy. Oh America, let us rise up and exile these pagans from public office.
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History repeats
So the government is shutting down because the tea party, which now controls the Republican Party, wants to overturn the results of last year's election where President Obama was reelected by 5 million more votes (and 126 more electoral votes) than his opponent. While that is true, the real unspoken aim of the tea party and those who support it is to overturn the results of the Civil War.
American zealots were willing to destroy the United States 150 years ago to support their life of hatred. Now these "wacko birds," as Sen. John McCain calls them, have returned for another shot at destroying this country. In the 1950s, the far right of this same GOP joined Sen. Joe McCarthy in his effort to bring the country to its knees. They were eventually run out of town in shame. Let's hope the results this time around are the same.
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Republican 'treason'
The Affordable Care Act is the single most important legislation I recall in my 40-plus years in America. In England, my health, pre-natal to post-grad, was in a society that values universal health care. My childhood health, dental care and vision care, including leg straightening and eye surgeries, were all prepaid from the pool of money into which my parents paid throughout their working lives making National Insurance contributions. I, too, contributed from my very first, then every, pay packet from age 18. Too many American parents couldn't provide that level of care for their children - until Obama cared.
I cannot convey here the British nation's collective secure feeling with universal health care. So let me ask: Since in Iceland there are 1.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, while there are 6.5 babies dying in America, why are Republicans not examining what Iceland does in their health care system that the U.S. had utterly failed to match? Instead, the Republicans' own death panelists damage this nation's economy to obstruct this country's most important step forward in decades to more widely accessible health care.
The Lord Haw-Haws (Republicans, Rush, Fox News) would wish to perpetuate 360 percent more babies dying in the U.S. in pursuit of ideology. Real lives. Beautiful babies. Condemned by Republican treason.
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Ashamed of Kentucky
I have great difficulty understanding people. Obamacare cannot hurt, but can only help. There are so many people in this country that could benefit from affordable health care. We are not a Third World country and we need to care for all our people. I hear over and over again that the American people don't want Obamacare - affordable health care - for all.
There are people, such as Sen. Mitch McConnell, that have spent their time in the Senate with no agenda except to defeat everything that President Obama brings to Congress for approval. I ask myself this question: Is it because he is black? Are people really that prejudiced?
I know one thing. We have a do-nothing Congress. it is time to look at every congress member's record and if we do, there will be a lot of house cleaning taking place.
I don't need affordable health care, personally, but I know people who do need it and I am ashamed that I have not stood up for these people. I'm ashamed of Kentucky that has put people in office again and again that are so uncaring.
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JANESVILLE, WIS. — A crash involving military vehicles on an overpass sent two people to the hospital and tied up traffic for hours on Interstate 90/39 near Janesville.
The Wisconsin State Patrol said the chain reaction accident happened as a car was merging onto I-90/39 about 11:15 a.m. Thursday and came to a stop at the top of a ramp. A military Humvee hit its brakes. An eight-wheel military tow truck swerved to avoid the Humvee and collided with a semi. The tow truck then broke through a bridge wall and came to rest with its cab hanging over the edge, knocking debris down onto Highway 26 and damaging another vehicle in the process.
Two people in the military tow truck were taken to a Janesville hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office's Criminal Warrants Division and the Murfreesboro Police, five suspects on the Sheriff's Office's most wanted list were recently apprehended.
The list includes suspects authorities say committed crimes including violation of the sex offender registry, violation of probation, domestic assault, felony theft and evading arrest.
We're grateful to the deputies and officers who likely put themselves in harm's way to get these people off the street.
Each week, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office releases its list of five most wanted suspects, which are posted on dnj.com. Sheriff Robert Arnold asks that anyone with information about the suspects' whereabouts contact the Sheriff's Office rather than personally approaching these potentially dangerous suspects.
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As a Yankee transplant, I have long been fascinated by the Southern way of life, and over the last 14 years I've adopted many customs - and countless recipes - as my own. But I've often wondered how the old-fashioned ideals of a true "Southern Belle" hold up in our modern society.
Ted Swindley touches on this question and more in his new play "A Southern Belle Primer (Or Why Princess Margaret Could Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma." Based on the popular book by Marlyn Schwartz, "A Southern Belle Primer" follows three generations of women in Natchez, Miss., as they explore ...


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Today, Oct. 18, is the birthday of Elizabeth's friend, Timothy. Happy birthday wishes go to him! We were going to take supper to Timothy's house tonight, but told him it would be easier if he could come here instead.
Daughter Elizabeth didn't have to work today, so we are going to try to make an ice cream cake for Timothy. We have never tried it before, so hopefully it will turn out OK. Also on our menu will be either fried or barbecued chicken. I am not sure what else we will have yet.
Bow season has been going on for a while now. This is the first year my husband, Joe, has tried bow hunting. He hasn't had time ...