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One cool fall day, Ellen and Sue were watching their teenagers play soccer when all of a sudden Ellen flushed and seemed to be sweating. Sue asked if Ellen was okay. "Oh, it's a hot flash," Ellen said. "This is happening to me several times a week now—even at night. At first, I didn't know what was going on, but my doctor told me these are symptoms of menopause." Sue laughed and said, "Yes, I remember hot flashes, but they're over now."
Menopause, or the "change of life," is different for each woman. For example, hot flashes and sleep problems may trouble your sister. Meanwhile, you are enjoying a new sense of freedom and energy. And your best friend might hardly be aware of a change at all.
What Is Menopause?
Menopause is a normal part of life, just like puberty. It is the time of your last menstrual period. You may notice changes in your body before and after menopause. The transition usually has three parts: perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause.
Changes usually begin with perimenopause. This can begin several years before your last menstrual period. Changing levels of estrogen and progesterone, which are two female hormones made in your ovaries, might lead to symptoms. Menopause comes next, the end of your menstrual periods. After a full year without a period, you can say you have been "through menopause," and perimenopause is over. Postmenopause follows perimenopause and lasts the rest of your life.
The average age of a woman having her last period, menopause, is 51. But, some women have their last period in their forties, and some have it later in their fifties.
Smoking can lead to early menopause. So can some types of operations. For example, surgery to remove your uterus (called a hysterectomy) will make your periods stop, and that's menopause. But you might not have menopause symptoms like hot flashes right then because if your ovaries are untouched, they still make hormones. In time, when your ovaries start to make less estrogen, menopause symptoms could start. But, sometimes both ovaries are removed (called an oophorectomy), usually along with your uterus. In this case, menopause symptoms can start right away, no matter what age you are, because your body has lost its main supply of estrogen.
What Are the Signs of Menopause?
Women may have different signs or symptoms at menopause. That's because estrogen is used by many parts of your body. As you have less estrogen, you could have various symptoms. Here are the most common changes you might notice at midlife. Some may be part of aging rather than directly related to menopause.
Change in your period. This might be what you notice first. Your periods may no longer be regular. They may be shorter or last longer. You might bleed less than usual or more. These are all normal changes, but to make sure there isn't a problem, see your doctor if:
- Your periods come very close together
- You have heavy bleeding
- You have spotting
- Your periods last more than a week
- Your periods resume after no bleeding for more than a year
Hot flashes. Many women have hot flashes, which can last a few years after menopause. They may be related to changing estrogen levels. A hot flash is a sudden feeling of heat in the upper part or all of your body. Your face and neck become flushed. Red blotches may appear on your chest, back, and arms. Heavy sweating and cold shivering can follow. Flashes can be very mild or strong enough to wake you from your sleep (called night sweats). Most hot flashes last between 30 seconds and 10 minutes.
Vaginal health and bladder control. Your vagina may get drier. This could make sexual intercourse uncomfortable. Or, you could have other health problems, such as vaginal or bladder infections. Some women also find it hard to hold their urine long enough to get to the bathroom. This loss of bladder control is called incontinence. You may have a sudden urge to urinate, or urine may leak during exercise, sneezing, or laughing.
Sleep. Around midlife, some women start having trouble getting a good night's sleep. Maybe you can't fall asleep easily, or you wake too early. Night sweats might wake you up. You might have trouble falling back to sleep if you wake up during the night.
Sex. You may find that your feelings about sex are changing. You could be less interested. Or, you could feel freer and sexier after menopause. After 1 full year without a period, you can no longer become pregnant. But remember, you could still be at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as gonorrhea or even HIV/AIDS. You increase your risk for an STD if you are having sex with more than one person or with someone who is having sex with others. If so, make sure your partner uses a condom each time you have sex.
Mood changes. You might find yourself more moody or irritable around the time of menopause. Scientists don't know why this happens. It's possible that stress, family changes such as growing children or aging parents, a history of depression, or feeling tired could be causing these mood changes.
Your body seems different. Your waist could get larger. You could lose muscle and gain fat. Your skin could get thinner. You might have memory problems, and your joints and muscles could feel stiff and achy. Are these a result of having less estrogen or just related to growing older? Experts don't know the answer.
What About My Heart and Bones?
Two common health problems can start to happen at menopause, and you might not even notice.
Learn more about menopause, common signs, and handling bothersome symptoms in NIA's Menopause: Time for a Change.
Osteoporosis. Day in and day out, your body is busy breaking down old bone and replacing it with new healthy bone. Estrogen helps control bone loss, and losing estrogen around the time of menopause causes women to lose more bone than is replaced. In time, bones can become weak and break easily. This condition is called osteoporosis. Talk to your doctor to see if you should have a bone density test to find out if you are at risk. Your doctor can also suggest ways to prevent or treat osteoporosis.
Heart disease. After menopause, women are more likely to have heart disease. Changes in estrogen levels may be part of the cause. But, so is getting older. As you age, you may gain weight and develop other problems, like high blood pressure. These could put you at greater risk for heart disease. Be sure to have your blood pressure and levels of triglycerides, fasting blood glucose, and cholesterol, including LDL and HDL, checked regularly. Talk to your healthcare provider to find out what you should do to protect your heart.
How Can I Stay Healthy After Menopause?
Staying healthy after menopause may mean making some changes in the way you live.
- Don't smoke. If you do use any type of tobacco, stop—it's never too late to benefit from quitting smoking.
- Eat a healthy diet, low in fat, high in fiber, with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain foods, as well as all the important vitamins and minerals.
- Make sure you get enough calcium and vitamin D—in your diet or with vitamin/mineral supplements if recommended by your doctor.
- Learn what your healthy weight is, and try to stay there.
- Do weight-bearing exercise, such as walking, jogging, or dancing, at least 3 days each week for healthy bones. But try to be physically active in other ways for your general health.
Other things to remember:
- Take medicine if your doctor prescribes it for you, especially if it is for health problems you cannot see or feel—for example, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or osteoporosis.
- Use a water-based vaginal lubricant (not petroleum jelly) or a vaginal estrogen cream or tablet to help with vaginal discomfort.
- Get regular pelvic and breast exams, Pap tests, and mammograms. You should also be checked for colon and rectal cancer and for skin cancer. Contact your doctor right away if you notice a lump in your breast or a mole that has changed.
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has publications on many of these topics. See For More Information to learn how to order your free copies.
Menopause is not a disease that has to be treated. But you might need help if symptoms like hot flashes bother you. Here are some ideas that have helped some women:
- Try to keep track of when hot flashes happen—a diary can help. You might be able to use this information to find out what triggers your flashes and then avoid those triggers.
- When a hot flash starts, try to go somewhere cool.
- If night sweats wake you, sleep in a cool room or with a fan on.
- Dress in layers that you can take off if you get too warm.
- Use sheets and clothing that let your skin "breathe."
- Have a cold drink (water or juice) when a flash is starting.
You could also talk to your doctor about whether there are any medicines to manage hot flashes. A few drugs that are approved for other uses (for example, certain antidepressants) seem to be helpful to some women.
What About Those Lost Hormones?
These days you hear a lot about whether or not you should use hormones to help relieve some menopause symptoms. It's hard to know what to do, although there is some information to help you.
During perimenopause, some doctors suggest birth control pills to help with very heavy, frequent, or unpredictable menstrual periods. These pills might also help with symptoms like hot flashes, as well as prevent pregnancy.
If you are bothered by symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, or vaginal dryness, your doctor might suggest taking estrogen (as well as progesterone, if you still have a uterus). This is known as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT). Some people still call it hormone replacement therapy or HRT. Taking these hormones will probably help with menopause symptoms. It also can prevent the bone loss that can happen at menopause.
Menopausal hormone therapy has risks. That is why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suggests that women who want to try MHT to manage their hot flashes or vaginal dryness use the lowest dose that works for the shortest time it's needed.
Right now, there is a lot still to learn about taking hormones. See For More Information to find out how to get a copy of NIA's free, more detailed tip sheet, Hormones and Menopause. It has the most current information on menopausal hormone therapy.
Do Phytoestrogens Help?
Phytoestrogens are estrogen-like substances found in some cereals, vegetables, legumes (including soy), and herbs. They might work in the body like a weak form of estrogen. Researchers are trying to discover whether phytoestrogens relieve some symptoms of menopause and if they might also carry some risks. Be sure to tell your doctor if you decide to try eating a lot more foods that contain phytoestrogens or to try using an herbal supplement. Any food or over-the-counter product that you use for its drug-like effects could change how other prescribed drugs work or cause an overdose.
How Do I Decide What to Do?
If you are having bothersome symptoms, talk to your healthcare provider for help deciding how to best manage menopause. You can see a gynecologist, geriatrician, general practitioner, or internist. Make sure the doctor knows your medical history and your family medical history. This includes whether you are at risk for heart disease, osteoporosis, and breast cancer.
It may be helpful to remember that your decision is never final. You can—and should—review it with your doctor during your yearly checkup. Your needs may change over time and so might what we know about menopause.
For More Information
Menopause FAQs
What's the average age of menopause?
The average age of menopause is 51. Learn more about onset of menopause.
Can I get pregnant after menopause?
Even though your monthly periods are not regular anymore, you can get pregnant during the menopausal transition. Learn more about pregnancy and menopause.
What can I do about hot flashes after menopause?
There are some practical steps you can try to ease hot flashes and/or night sweats:
Learn more about hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms.
Can I have periods after menopause?
No, menopause is your final menstrual period. Learn more about signs of the menopausal transition, the time when menopause is approaching.
How do I know if I am starting menopause?
The first thing many women notice is a change in their periods. Learn more about signs of the menopausal transition.
Here are some helpful resources:
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
P.O. Box 70620
Washington, DC 20024-9998
1-800-673-8444 (toll-free)
National Institutes of Health
Menopausal Hormone Therapy Information
National Library of Medicine
North American Menopause Society
5900 Landerbrook Drive
Suite 390
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
For more information on osteoporosis, exercise, nutrition, urinary incontinence, sexuality, menopausal hormone therapy, and other resources on health and aging, contact:
National Institute on Aging
Information Center
P.O. Box 8057
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057
1-800-222-2225 (toll-free)
1-800-222-4225 (TTY/toll-free)
To sign up for regular email alerts about new publications and other information from the NIA, go to www.nia.nih.gov/health.
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Post subject: The President's Cacheside Chat, December 2008
Hello! This is my first Cacheside chat and I hope to have new ones out on at least a quarterly basis. For all intents and purposes then, this shall be The President's Cacheside Chat, Winter Edition!
With that being said, I'd like to take a moment to welcome our
newly elected board
. You may have heard of them before, seen their posts on the forum or have met them at WeekNIGHT, Breakfast Buddies or on the trail. The 2008 MnGCA board consists of
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Significant changes have come to our website and to our forums! As many of you may know, the
MnGCA webpage
was completely reconstructed using a content management system that gives us greater flexibility in how to manage user submitted content, events, COTM, polls, and tech tips! The new system is accessible through our website. Expect this system to evolve over time to suit our needs. Please welcome
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privacy policy
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Pear Head
are primarily responsible for the new website changes and they've done a marvelous job!
Minnesota State Park History Challenge
is quickly coming to an end. If you need to complete the state challenge or a regional challenge be sure to do so before the end of the month! If you didn't get to visit all the parks, worry not! The MnGCA is in contact with the Minnesota DNR with the prospect of getting a
new, extended geocaching program
throughout their parks. Stay tuned, as more information becomes available; as always, for the latest breaking news, please visit our forums. The
Minnesota State Park History Challenge
was wildly successful, and we're looking to further foster working relations with them.
are our working contacts to get this rolled out.
The board has moved to update the
mission statement
of our organization to better describe our purpose. While the changes to the mission statement are minor, it was felt that the social aspect of our geocaching organization should receive equal credence and is vitally important to our success and our future as a volunteer based organization. As such, it is important to note that this will not significantly change the direction of our organization, but it will better describe how we operate as an inclusive organization of all Minnesota cachers that are united for common cause. The changes to our mission statement are viewable in our
organization bylaws
A quick note about
Anoka County
: we are currently in the middle of a trial period for physical cache placement within county parks. Our primary park contact cachers are
Grey Wolf
Trail Zombie
. We hope to revisit this sometime this spring to evaluate the park's experience with these caches and with the Fall event which was held in their park system. Our progress with this has not been as timely as we had wished, but we are happy to be making progress and maintaining working relations with them.
We're still soliciting for volunteers to create the next
MnGCA geocoin
! Have you ever wanted to create a geocoin but didn't have all of the know-how in getting it done? Don't want to go it alone? Don't have the start-up funds necessary? Join the MnGCA Geocoin committee! This is a chance to show off your design skills AND help represent the MnGCA.
Our new website allows for an aggregate of many types of content, and we'd like your help in populating it! To submit an event to our front page, please use
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tech articles
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An update as far as the MnGCA's direction regarding
online voting
: throughout the year important geocaching issues are brought up in the forums, during board meetings, and to the board via email and at events that need to go to the membership for a vote. Since the MnGCA traditionally has two official membership meeting events, it unnecessarily limits the board's productivity and direction. Online voting was viewed as one possible solution to this problem but it has been met with concern regarding feasibility, cost, accountability and security. In light of the discussion with the membership, the current board has opted to continue the practice of using paper ballots for elections. However, it has decided to allow issue votes to go to the membership online, as voted on by the board. These would be implemented in much the same way as the ballot request form was utilized with Google documents and forms. The forms are a verifiable, accountable, and cost effective way to poll our membership. Voting eligibility is dynamically handled at the time an issue is brought to a vote.
Finally, the designation of "Cache Games Only" and "MnGCA Member" within the forums has been removed. Now all members, unless on the board or having previously served on the board, are "
"s. That means if you have an account on the MnGCA site, you are an MnGCA member. However, to be eligible to vote you must still match the criteria outlined by the bylaws and required by the state and have your account appropriately documented as such.
That's it! Until next time, happy caching!
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:43 pm
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Finally, the designation of "Cache Games Only" and "MnGCA Member" within the forums has been removed. Now all members, unless on the board or having previously served on the board, are "Geocacher"s. That means if you have an account on the MnGCA site, you are an MnGCA member. However, to be eligible to vote you must still match the criteria outlined by the bylaws and required by the state and have your account appropriately documented as such.
I should add some clarification here.
All members are users.
All users, unless on the board or previously have been board members, have the 'Geocacher' forum tag.
My statement was erroneous re: "That means if you have an account on the MnGCA site, you are an MnGCA member." Apologies.
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I guess I'm blind, but the last change I see listed in the Bylaws was on 6/11/08 in Article III, Section 2 (Secretary).
There is no mission statement listed in the Bylaws. So I am assuming you mean Article 1, Section 2 Purpose. But I don't see any change listed. Is the document referenced by the link an old version? If not and there is a change can you please post the change as has been done in the past so that we can see the changed wording.
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Sorry, I must have missed this post. The bylaws now reflect this change-- thanks for bringing it to my attention.
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Osho,I have questions, but they are never complete, and I don't know how to ask.
No question is ever complete, because the completion of a question will mean it has its answer in itself. A question by its very nature is incomplete. It is a desire, a longing, an inquiry, because something needs to be completed. It is part of human consciousness that it demands completion. Leave anything incomplete and it becomes an obsession; complete it and you are free of it. Completion brings freedom.
Hence, it is not only your questions that are incomplete. You are more alert so that you have seen the incompleteness of each question.
Secondly, you don't know what to ask. Nobody knows. All of our questions are out of our ignorance, out of our unconscious, out of our dark soul. Nobody knows exactly what his question is, what is essential to be asked - because the moment you know what your question is, you will immediately find the answer within yourself.
To be absolutely confident about the question means the answer is not very far away. It is very close, because confidence comes from the answer, not from the question.
But still, man has to ask. Although all questions are incomplete and you do not know what to ask, still man has to ask, because man cannot remain silent. It is possible not to ask - that does not mean you don't have questions, that simply means you are not bringing them out. Perhaps you are afraid to be exposed, because each question will indicate your ignorance.
There are millions of people who never ask, for the simple reason that to be silent at least appears to be wise. To ask the question is to show your wounds, is to show all the dark spots in your being. It needs courage.
Secondly, there are questions which are not out of your ignorance but out of your borrowed knowledge - which are the worst questions possible.
A question that comes out of ignorance is innocent, has purity. It is unpolluted, uncorrupted; it shows your courage, your trust.
But there are questions which come out of your borrowed knowledge. You have heard much, you have read much, you have been informed by the parents, teachers, priests, politicians, all kinds of demagogues, all kinds of pretenders to knowledge - and you have been collecting their whole garbage.
Purna has sent me a beautiful present: a very artistic, beautiful wastepaper basket with a note: "Osho, if you feel my questions are just garbage, throw them in this wastepaper basket. You need not answer them."
Questions coming out of knowledge are garbage.


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Jordanian Vote Reform Vexes Brotherhood (NY) TIMES) By RANA F. SWEIS AMMAN 04/19/12)
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/world/middleeast/jordanian-vote-reform-vexes-brotherhood.html
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AMMAN For Osama Hasoun, 23, protesting has become a weekly affair. Nearly every Friday afternoon, he prays at Ammans popular Grand Husseini Mosque. Afterward, he carefully folds his prayer mat, puts on his black shoes and blends into the crowd.
Revolutions that began last year in Tunisia and spread across the region also sparked protests and strikes in countries like Jordan. Opposition groups have called for comprehensive political reform and greater popular representation but mostly stop short of demanding the ouster of the regime.
In an effort to respond to these pressures, the Jordanian government recently submitted a draft of a new election law to Parliament after appointing a national dialogue committee to overhaul the system. Once the new law is passed, elections are expected to take place by the end of this year. How the campaign unfolds will be a key test of whether the government is serious about reform.
It already looks doubtful that the changes will put an end to cynicism about the electoral process. That is in part because the new system may continue to put fetters on political parties and opposition groups, including the Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. The I.A.F. was particularly incensed by a recent move in the Parliament to bar religious parties.
These developments may have dire consequences for Jordanian politics, including a boycott by the Islamic Action Front, said Marwan Shehadeh, a political analyst and expert on Islamic movements.
In a statement, the I.A.F. secretary general, Hamza Mansour, said that the latest moves by the government were unjustified and illogical, but that no decision had yet been taken to boycott the elections.
The existing election law has been criticized for favoring regime loyalists and tribal leaders because of gerrymandering that tilts toward conservative rural districts over the capital, Amman, and other urban areas, where Palestinians and Brotherhood supporters are concentrated. The result has been a Parliament of individuals rather than parties and one that favors the so-called East Bankers, or tribal Jordanians. The system also erected high hurdles for political parties because of obstacles to licensing and limited access to seats.
The Parliament needs to take into consideration the sensitivities and remove all articles in the new law that encourages discrimination and division among society, said Mohammad Sweiden, assistant managing editor of Al Ghad, an Amman daily.
The lower house of Parliament is elected while the upper house is appointed by the king, who also appoints and dismisses prime ministers and cabinets. The powers of the legislative bodies are now being debated. In the past, the Senate or the king had a veto over bills passed in the lower house.
At a press conference last week, Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh said that under the new law voters would be able to cast three ballots instead of one as is the case now. Two would be for individual candidates in the voters district and one for a political party or national coalition. The number of seats reserved for women would be raised to 15 from 12, and the total number of seats in Parliament increased to 138 from 120.
The goal is to help political parties and coalitions place themselves on the countrys political map, Mr. Khasawneh said.
But for people like Mr. Hasoun, the protester, the debate about the new law has little meaning. I am protesting against a new elections law that was announced by the government, said Mr. Hasoun as he walked slowly among a few thousand people. It will not ensure fair representation.
Critics complain that despite the prime ministers assurances the new law limits political parties to a tiny number of seats. Indeed, each of the 23 political parties, which range from Socialists to Islamists, can only enter five candidates for the 15 seats allocated nationally to parties and coalitions. That means most candidates cannot officially be on party lists.
The governments trickiest problem in gaining acceptance for the reforms may be its approach to Jordans largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood. On April 16, lawmakers voted to add an article to the new law to forbid the establishment of any political party on a religious, ethnic or sectarian basis. On the face of it, the measure would disqualify the I.A.F., the Brotherhood-affiliated party, from taking part in the elections. But its members might still run as individuals or the party may change its name to remove its religious connotation.
A tense game is now likely between the government and the Brotherhood over whether a way can be found to bring the Brotherhood into the elections or whether the organization stays out.
The I.A.F. will have to think hard before deciding to boycott the upcoming elections, because the country is passing through a very crucial time, and they will be left out, said Bassam Hadaddin, a legislator who voted to ban religious parties. He believes that a compromise may be reached that keeps the Brotherhood in the game but in check.
They want to pressure the government to make sure they have the highest representation possible and win as many seats as possible, Mr. Hadaddin said. At the same time for the Parliament to be truly representative of the people, it is crucial that the I.A.F. join the process.
The government is considering some concessions to try to ease concerns. For instance, the Interior Ministry may lose its monopoly over the licensing of political parties. The number of people required to form a party may be cut from 250 to 200, and the minimum age of members reduced from 21 to 18. Monitoring of political activity by the securities services is to be eased.
In Jordan, commentators are divided, some denouncing the new rules, others arguing for patience. At least the new law indicates there is a need for political parties to participate in Jordanian politics, said Osama Rantesi, an editor and political columnist at Arab Al Yawm, a daily newspaper.
But other voices warn that the government is taking a risk by only instituting modest reforms. Clearly there is a power struggle between those who want reform and those who benefit from the status quo in the country, said Mr. Shehadeh, the political analyst. The latest developments this week go against the promise of true political reform in Jordan after the Arab Spring. (Copyright 2012 The New York Times Company 04/19/12)
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It's time to tell the schoolchildren to duck under their desks and cover their heads. The Senate may go nuclear and quite frankly, Sen. Orrin Hatch already has.
Utah's senior senator is furious that Democrats may use the "nuclear option," a scary term that really means senators may allow rule changes by a simple majority instead of the current standard of 67 votes.
The result would be to make it far easier to change Senate rules so the president can win Senate confirmation for his nonjudicial appointees, some of whom the Republicans have persistently blocked.
The move, which could take place this week, isn't expected to have any impact on the GOP minority's ability to delay action on court nominees or legislation.
Hatch stood before TV cameras last week and vowed "to fight to my death" for the rights of the Senate minority, which at this time is the 46 Republican members. He also called the proposed rule change "a very destructive thing" and the opening of a "Pandora's box."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid argues the move is needed because the GOP has vowed to oppose any nominee to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which the GOP hopes to strangle by denying it a fully empowered leader.
"It is a disturbing trend when Republicans are willing to block executive branch nominees even when they have no objection to the qualifications of the nominee," Reid said last week. "Instead, they are blocking qualified nominees to circumvent the legislative process, force wholesale changes to laws or restructure entire executive branch departments."
'Maybe, yes' • Utah's Republican House members aren't the most conservative or the most loyal to their leader. But they fall closest to backing House Speaker John Boehner than voting against him.
The Washington Post recently reviewed six key votes this year to determine who fit into the different factions of the House GOP caucus. All three of Utah's Republicans Rob Bishop, Jason Chaffetz and Chris Stewart fell into the "maybe, yes" category, meaning they backed Boehner four votes out of six. The Post found that generally means they can be counted on to side with the speaker unless a specific issue back home conflicts with that vote.
Next door, please • Some entrances of the Capitol complex were shuttered or changed to restrict access after sequestration cuts came into effect. And there's one in particular that has Bishop rolling his eyes.
The entrance to the Cannon Office Building closest to Bishop's office has been limited to staff only, meaning his interns, for some reason, can't enter. They have to walk around the block and go through a public entrance.
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'"[At first] you just want to survive, you just want to be a normal parent for your kids… not be a professional athlete. I wasn't even thinking about that. That came later when I realized I could be a normal parent and do the normal things with the family and everyday routines. This is just extra for myself and I'm thankful for that to be back and playing in the professional league."'
The Sabres Report - March 31, 2009


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To Bek: The best way to learn letter structure is to start with basics. Draw block letters similar to the letters on your keyboard, but SEPARATE each bar. For example: The letter "A" has three bars (in this case). draw each section separately to make a good clean letter (this is similar to "starting with a circle" when drawing a cartoon character or something). Then start experimenting by bending your bars, changing the width of the bars, how your letter is going to balance, etc. It takes time, but you'll be a much better artist (not graffiti artist; artist) once you start practicing this.
Eros- I'd like for you to read the same crits as bek. You need to learn more about letters and how they're formed before you try to contruct throws. Maybe even work on handstyles for a while. That's really most of what I do. Handstyles and straight letters. I'm not a good graffiti artist by any standards (like Phil said, we all are in the toy forum), but I think I have enough respect with my handstyles to give crits. Making solid handstyle can help you later construct any aspect of graffiti (throws, straight letters, pieces, anything). Not to sound cheesy, but handstyles are the BASE of your artistic style. So, hey, it might not be terrible to work on those for a while.
Task- getting slightly better. I would still shy my eyes away if I saw that on the street. It might help to draw some throws on graph paper to make sure each letter is the same width and height (approximately, at least) And you just have ugly bars all around. No structure. I actually think your bottom throw has more potential. May just be me, though.
TAK- The K is awful. I think you need a block letter K rather than the bubble nonsense you have now. The TA aren't that great either, the bars are not consistent.
KRSD- Same advice as everyone else.
And I already got a few crits on this, but I'll post so the rest of you can share advice since I just wrote all of that shit. Sorry for the blur.


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Students and parents of dependent students are required to create a FSA ID in order to sign the application electronically. There is a link to create the FSA ID on the FAFSA sign-in page, or you may visit the Federal Student Aid website.
About 1/3 of financial aid applications are selected for verification. If you are selected, the documentation the START Office needs in order to process your federal aid will be listed on your MyCSC To-Do list.
The federal government mandates what constitutes an independent or dependent student. A set of questions is asked in the FAFSA to determine this status.
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Pau d'arco (Tabebuia avellanedae) is native to South America, where it has been used to treat a wide range of conditions, including pain, arthritis, inflammation of the prostate gland (prostatitis), fever, dysentery, boils and ulcers, and various cancers. As early as 1873, there are reports of medicinal uses of Pau d'arco.
Scientists have identified two active chemicals in pau d'arco. These chemicals are called naphthoquinones: lapachol and beta-lapachone. In lab tests, these chemicals kill some bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites. They also have anti-inflammatory properties. But no one knows whether they will have the same effects when humans take them, and the usual dose required would have severe, toxic side effects.
Pau d'arco is sometimes used for the following conditions, although there is no evidence it works:
Test tube and animal studies have looked at whether pau d'arco has any effect on cancer. These tests have shown mixed results. Even in studies where pau d'arco does reduce the number of cancer cells, the amounts used would be toxic to humans.
The same is true of some of the doses that might be needed to kill bacteria or viruses. For this reason, you should take pau d'arco only under your health care provider's supervision.
The pau d'arco tree is an evergreen tree that grows in the warm parts of Central and South America. It is a broad leaf evergreen that grows to a height of 125 feet and has pink-to-violet colored flowers. The tree's extremely hard wood makes it resistant to disease and decay. The inner bark of the tree is used medicinally. In recent years there has been an increasing demand for pau d'arco, causing the trees to be endangered.
Most of the chemical research on pau d'arco has been done on the wood and not the inner bark. Pau d'arco contains chemical compounds called naphthoquinones, specifically lapachol and beta-lapachone. They seem to have antifungal, antiviral, and antibacterial properties. They also contain significant amounts of the antioxidant quercetin.
Pau d'arco is sold as tablets, dried bark tea, and tincture (which contains alcohol). The chemicals that give pau d'arco its medicinal effects don't dissolve well in water, so a tea is not recommended.
Most pau d'arco products are not standardized, so it is hard to determine whether or not they contain a safe amount of these active substances. It is important to carefully read the label to make sure that the product actually contains Tabebuia avellanedae as an ingredient.
Do not give pau d'arco to infants or children.
It is important to discuss the dose with your health care provider, since large amounts of pau d'arco can be toxic. The risk of side effects seems to be greater when the dose of lapachol is more than 1.5 g per day. However, it can be hard to determine how much lapachol the powdered bark contains.
The use of herbs is a time honored approach to strengthening the body and treating disease. Herbs, however, can trigger side effects and can interact with other herbs, supplements, or medications. For these reasons, you should take herbs with care, under the supervision of a health care provider.
Talk to your health care provider to determine the proper dose of pau d'arco because too much can be dangerous.
At recommended doses, side effects are uncommon but may include anemia, nausea, diarrhea, and dizziness.
High doses can cause uncontrolled bleeding and vomiting.
Pregnant and nursing women should not take pau d'arco.
Antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs (blood thinners) -- Pau d'arco may affect the blood's ability to clot, and could interfere with any blood thinning drugs you are taking, including:
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Chapel worship: Black History Month - Rev. Royster (Bethel AME Church)
When Friday February 1, 2013 @ 10:00 AM (1634 days ago)
Where Lehman Auditorium
Duration 30 minutes
Rev. Royster facilitates an experience of the worship spirit at the Harrisonburg Bethel AME church as part of Black History Month. This chapel is hosted by Black Student Union (BSU).
Intended Audience General Public
Contact Information
Name Campus Ministries
Phone # 540.432.4196


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Long ball dooms Tornados against Indians in SAC actionMarch 21, 2012
Mallory records hits in both games against Catawba
Salisbury, N.C. - Catawba went deep four times in doubleheader against the Tornados and though Chelsi Mallory was able to record hits in both contests, it was not enough as Brevard fell to the Indians in both games, 1-0 and 6-0.
Brevard falls to 14-16, 3-5 in South Atlantic Conference play, while Catawba improves to 24-10, 5-1 in conference action.
Game One: Catawba 1, Brevard 0
Box Score
Emily D. Huneycutt snapped a pitchers' duel between Emily B. Huneycutt and Kayla Clemens with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth, and the Indians escaped a bases loaded jam to keep Brevard off the scoreboard in recording the opening win.
The Tornados and Indians battled through four scoreless innings to begin the game before Brevard threatened to place the first run across the plate, loading the bases in the top of the fifth. Brittany Jones reached on a fielder's choice and Ally Davenport was hit by a pitch to give Brevard runners on first and second with two outs. Brittany Fowler added a base hit up the middle to load the bases, but Huneycutt escaped the jam as Brittany Tucker's line drive was tracked down to end the threat.
Huneycutt put the Indians ahead in the bottom half of the inning on the first pitch, driving a ball over the fence in centerfield to give Catawba the 1-0 lead.
The Tornados placed runners on base in both the sixth and the seventh innings, but could not put a crooked frame up on the board in falling in the first game, 1-0.
Game Two: Catawba 6, Brevard 0
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Three home runs, including a three-run shot in the bottom of the first by Alli Justice, gave the Indians the advantage early as Catawba recorded the conference sweep over Brevard.
Justice connected on a three-run shot in the bottom of the first, while Kelsey Burgess and Alycia Stiles also cleared the fence for Catawba in the game.
Brevard placed a runner in scoring position with two outs in the top of the fourth as Mallory connected on a double to centerfield, but the senior from Mechanicsville, Va. was left stranded as the Tornados were unable to break the shutout.
Brevard returns home to the BC Softball Field as the Tornados welcome South Atlantic Conference foe Tusculum College to Brevard, N.C. on Saturday, March 24th. First pitch between the Tornados and the Pioneers is set for 1 p.m.


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He's going to be close to retirement or severly declining when this team is ready to contend. Wrong age for this team. Millsap is the guy we need. I don't see it happening.
He's going to be close to retirement or severly declining when this team is ready to contend. Wrong age for this team. Millsap is the guy we need. I don't see it happening.
boozer is def better then bargs, that said if theres a better deal out there then do that, im not attached to boozer... he def is an upgrade though & would provide much better Defense, Rebounding & Post scoring thats for sure. Id also want Nate Robinson in the deal
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This is a move that will keep us mediocre for 3 years and then we'll have nothing to show for it. I'm not that deperate to get rid of Bargs. Maybe for Bargnani and Fields, I would consider it but nothing less.
I really have no clue how to gauge Bargnani's trade value.
could even throw them AA too
Chicago has never paid the luxury tax.
It does not seem they want to start either.
I don't know how I feel about the trade to be honest.
If Chicago are that cheap and desperate, would they throw in a draft pick?
"You dont know the Bruno Caboclo......"Bruno Caboclo
Oh by the way, I loved the Gay deal, I just don't think this is as beneficial.
Boozer would be a perfect fit for this team. But I'm not sure how I would feel if the Raptors got him... isn't he pretty injury prone?
Sounds great but Bargs is not a great 3 point shooter...just around 30% the last 2 years
i still wanna fail for wiggins in 2014! whatever happened to that? kid's being heralded as the next lebron AND hes canadian! would hate to see him end up on any other team
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VICTORIA'S building industry regulator is in turmoil, with several senior officials resigning amid an investigation into alleged corruption and misuse of public funds.
Three leading Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission officials have resigned in the past 10 days. Others are preparing to depart this week after the expected tabling in State Parliament of a report by the Ombudsman.
The Baillieu government is also considering suspending the operations of Victoria's building dispute resolution system amid concerns over a series of conflicts of interest involving members of the Building Practitioners Board and the Building Appeals Board.
The commission and both boards have been strongly criticised by home owners in recent years over their perceived lack of transparency and sluggish investigative and complaints handling processes.
The investigative and complaints process for the commission and the boards has largely been run by several former Victoria Police detectives, some of whom left the force in controversial circumstances.
As well as the recent departures from the commission, at least four other former senior officials, including long-standing chief Tony Arnel and his deputy, Peter Donald, left earlier this year after the Auditor-General found the commission's supervision of the building permit system to be woeful. His report triggered wider concerns over governance failures.
Several serving and former senior commission officials have received excerpts of the Ombudsman's report on the basis that it names and criticises them over their use of public funds and for inadequately overseeing Victoria's builders, plumbers and surveyors.
Established in 1994 by the Kennett government, the commission is a statutory authority responsible for overseeing the building permit system and ensuring construction standards. It is funded by levies paid on permits by home owners.
Planning Minister Matthew Guy last week announced the abolition of the building and plumbing commission and the Architects Registration Board. They will be replaced next year by a single new body called the Victorian Building Authority.
Several commission employees, speaking on the condition of not being publicly identified, have in the past week raised concerns about senior officials using public funds for international travel on matters external to their responsibilities in regulating the building industry.
Much of this travel related to the World Green Building Council, which Mr Arnel chaired for many years. The commission's chief financial officer, Paul Crapper, was also on the audit committee of the building council.
Other expenditure under scrutiny includes lavish meals with the heads of major building companies and regular corporate boxes at AFL football games.
Until recently, senior commission officials had American Express corporate credit cards with monthly limits of up to $25,000.
Mr Arnel, who resigned at the beginning of the year after 11 years as commissioner, is understood to have pursued a collaborative approach to regulating the building industry in line with policy directives from the Bracks and Brumby Labor governments.
Mr Arnel's replacement, Michael Kefford, was appointed by Mr Guy in February and given a mandate to cut spending and adopt a more rigorous regulatory approach.
As well as the concerns over spending and governance, the commission this year has also grappled with a spate of bullying allegations and employees viewing pornography while at work.


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Pop-Culture | Posted by Rosamund C on 11/14/2011
A Right Royal Feminist
If you recently married a prince, and are pregnant or thinking about having a baby, I have no doubt that the most pressing issue on your mind is the question of who will inherit your estate and title when you die. Some days it's all I think about.
Or, you're a normal person, living on a normal planet, and find it incredible that in the twenty-first century such dilemmas even exist. The Queen has been praised recently for encouraging the introduction of a law to give girls the right to inheritance if they're first born – even if they have male siblings. That means that if the recently married Kate and Wills have a baby girl first, she'll become queen, before a potential younger male brother, or even Prince Harry. …


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LWC's vehicles were switched to G-OIL to save money
and become more
environmentally friendly.
COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Every day is
Earth Day at Lindsey Wilson College.
Looking to become a pioneer in developing truly green campuses, LWC
leadership found the college's green initiatives to be a recruiting
tool and a reinforcement of the schools role in its
About three years ago, LWC Operations Manager Mike Newton
discovered G-OIL, America's first and only bio-based fully
synthetic motor oil to receive American Petroleum Institute
certification, at a nearby Walmart. Newton is responsible for
tracking the college's several dozen cars, vans and buses.
After first testing G-OIL in his personal vehicles for almost a
year, Newton switched the LWC fleet of 114 vehicles to G-OIL.
"We log over 1.5 million miles per year with our fleet," Newton
said. "We thought it was important to 'walk the walk' with G-OIL in
addition to our other green initiatives."
In addition to its performance and environmental benefits, G-OIL is
competitively priced. It also reduces Newton's concerns about
spillage, especially in confined work areas, as its biodegradable
products do not require an extensive series of cleaning steps and
costs. G-OIL also helps extend the interval between oil changes
from 6,000 miles to 8,000-10,000 miles, saving time and money for
the college.
"We've been spreading the word and helping to convert friends,
co-workers, students and our neighbors," Newton siad. "If there is
a motor oil like G-OIL that is green, renewable, and biodegradable
at the same price as conventional oils, why will anyone be using
conventional oils in the future?"
G-OIL officials said they were excited LWC adopted the
"We were pleased to learn of Lindsey Wilson College's program and
their success including G-OIL in their green initiatives campaign,"
said Jeffrey Loch, Green Earth Technologies Inc. president and CMO.
"We believe there is a great opportunity to work together with
colleges and universities, where students and entire communities
are anxious to learn more about the environment and environmental
products like G-OIL and our bio-based G-CLEAN products."
According to Intertek research, replacing 0.01 percent of
conventional motor oil with synthetic G-OIL is 626 metric tonnes
CO2 eq., which is the equivalent of driving 1,508,447 miles in an
average passenger vehicle. The study notes that a single tree can
absorb 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year and that replacing 1
percent of conventional motor oil with G-OIL would save about 137
million pounds of carbon dioxide per year, or the equivalent of
planting 2.8 million trees.
"The environment is being changed one person, one family, one
school, one community, one company at a time," Loch said. "And as
Lindsey Wilson College found, you can make positive changes and
sacrifice nothing in terms of performance or cost."


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BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Campbell's Michael Felton has been named Second Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America on Wednesday.
"I'm so thrilled to hear that Mike is an All-American," said Campbell head coach Greg Goff. "What a great accomplishment for not only a great player, but a great man. He has set the standard high."
Felton, a junior second baseman, helped the Camels to a 23-3 start and 18-game winning streak, both marks the best in CU program history. The Tempe, Ariz. native was the nation's leader in hits (103) prior to the NCAA Tournament, and ranks fourth in batting average with a .424 clip.
Felton is Campbell's first ever Division I baseball All-American.
"He is always one of the first guys at practice and one of the last to leave, and I'm so happy for a guy that has put so much hard work into it to finally get something back from the game," added Goff. "I'm so proud of what he stands for and I'm honored to be his coach."
The Big South First Team All-Conference honoree finished the season as Campbell's all-time single season leader in hits (103), singles (87) and at-bats (243) after transferring from Gateway Community College.
He was named the league's Player of the Week on May 14 after pounding out 15 hits in five games. Felton had 35 multiple hit games in the regular season, including two four-hit games to lead the Camels to a series sweep over Radford.
Felton was also named to the College Sports Madness First Team All-Big South team.
Felton led the Big South in batting average (.424) and hits, breaking the conference record with 103. He also ranked second in on-base percentage (.474) and total bases (124) in the league and tied for fourth in runs scored (52).
The Fighting Camels broke 10 single season team records in 2012, including a program-best 41 overall wins.
Campbell's return to the Big South Conference was highlighted by the club leading the league in hitting with a .314 batting average en route to a 15-9 second place regular season finish.
The complete NCBWA All-American teams can be seen on the NBCWA website.


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…No, not the kind of gel you see on the Jersey Shore. We're talking the bright and colorful fluorescent gel that's perfect for highlighting notes, text and more!
Now this is a back-to-school product worth highlighting. The Sharpie Gel Highlighter promises to last long, resist smearing, and never dry out, even if left uncapped (eliminates the oops factor). It's perfect for use on all paper surfaces, including glossy and thin papers. It also resists smearing on pen, marker and ink-jet printouts — and is equally as fun to write, doodle and draw with. Give it a swipe! Your highlighting life will never be the same ; )
Uncap and give the highlighter a twist to advance the gel stick and you're set. It even highlights glossy magazines…wait… magazines??? I've never highlighted a magazine before. Excuse me while I test this out…
[tick tock...tick tock...]
I'm back! IT WORKS! Take a look at what I did to the horoscope section of the Feb issue of Teen Vogue!
The Sharpie Gel Highlighter is available wherever office products are sold in orange, yellow, pink, blue and green. Now the only problem is deciding which color to use, when, on what surface because I'm a color-coded kinda kid!!
So what do you think?!


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Tim from TX writes:
I do a search in the address bar and I get Yahoo results. How do I change it to get Google results? I have Windows Vista Home Basic.
Hi, Tim!
When you search for information on the internet, the browser you use often determines which search provider is used. However, changing your search provider is really easy.
Since you have Windows Vista, I am going to assume that you use Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you use another browser like Firefox or Chrome, just respond in the comments to this article and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
You mentioned that you do a search in the address bar. Usually, the search bar is right next to the address bar, so I'll show you how to change the providers for both, just in case!
Change Search Provider in the Search Bar
Changing the provider here is really easy.
1) Locate the search bar at the top right of your screen. It is the empty fill-in-the blank bar located on the right in the picture below.
2) Click inside the box. A list of available search providers will display for you as shown in the picture below.
3) Simply click on the provider you want to use, in this case, Google. When you do, the icon at the left of the search bar will change to the one that you have chosen.
That's it! This is by far the easiest way to change the search provider from the available options. However, to change the search to always use Google, complete the following steps.
Change Search Provider in the Address Bar
Changing the provider here requires a few more steps but can easily be done.
1) First access your browser.
2) At the top of the screen, look for the word Tools on the Menu bar.
Note: if your menu bar is not available, just hit your Alt key on your keyboard.
3) On the Tools menu, choose Internet Options. The Internet Options window will appear.
4) On the Internet Options window, on the General tab, locate the Search section in the lower part of the screen. It is highlighted in a red box for you below.
5) In that section, notice the Settings button. Click on it. The Manage Add-Ons window will pop up.
6) On this screen to the left, click on the Search Providers link. The box to the right will list the currently installed search providers.
–To change providers, simply click on the provider you want. Here is where you would click on "Google."
–To make it your default provider, click on the Set as default button located at the bottom right of the screen. It is highlighted in yellow in the window above. When you change the default, notice that the word default is now next to the search provider you have indicated.
–To choose a search provider not currently listed, click on the Find more search providers… located at the bottom left of the screen. It is in a red box in the screen above.
7) When you are finished, simply click the Close button.
That's it, Tim! Let me know if you have any questions!
~Karen Powers Liebhaber


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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by JackWagon, Jan 3, 2013.
This kid is going to be a hall of famer. He is scary. Too bad he isnt in this draft.
If he gains so more weight and stays as quick then becomes much more powerful then maybe. I think he will be very good if he stays healthy. Reggie White...probably not.
Has there ever been another Reggie White?
No. Not that I've seen.
He could literally be the best player of all time. He was that good.
He is 6-6, 256 and only 19 years old. He pushed projected 2013 NFL starting OT Taylor Lewan around in the game against Michigan.
The better comparison is DeMarcus Ware. He is already a better college player than Ware and that's against a higher level of competition.
Cowboys 2013 campaign: Suck for Clowney. I don't care if it takes going 0-16, I want this guy opposite DWare!!
Clowney's game isn't Reggie White like. If you're just talking best pass rusher, then fine, but Reggie was more than a pass rusher.
At 6'5 291, he could have played DT, especially since his era was before most o-linemen were 300+ pounds. Even in today's NFL, he could play DT in a tampa 2 scheme.
The two closest guys would be Julius Peppers and Mario Williams, but neither have the power and strength Reggie had and even though both are legitimate pro-bowl players, they are literally half the player Reggie White was.
Erik Williams made Reggie White look pretty basic all the time until the nfl put in a rule specifically for Erik.
what rule was this?
Erik's vicious slap to the head. lol Guy almost knocked White out a few times.
The hands to the face rule.
pretty much, you have to remember this was early 90s. when they were still allowed to play football. Thats when nfl started to get soft
look at the :46 mark. you saw this most of the time when Erik williams and Reggie White met
Lie-downie for Clowney?
He reminds me of Bruce Smith. JJ Watt reminds me of Reggie White.
Love seeing Irvin prancing around on the field in that video. Also, how beautiful was it to see the holes that Emmit was running through...remind u of todays team? Big E Williams used to go all out Nuclear against Reggie White...Do we have anyone on the team currently that is even close to Big E even after he wrecked his knee is his auto accident?
Super Super talent those teams had, I dont think we will ever see such dominance again.
And oh...Seeing Favre reminded me oh so much of Romo.


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Economists agree: Legislation Reid led to passage prevented economic collapse
Research ››› ››› TERRY KREPEL & DAVID SHERE
Right-wing media have mocked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for saying that "But for me, we'd be in a worldwide depression." In fact, economists have credited legislation that passed the Senate under Reid's leadership for averting a far deeper economic collapse.
Reid defends his economic record
Reid: It's no solace to the jobless to say, "but for me we'd be in a worldwide depression." From an interview with Reid on the October 21 edition of MSNBC's The Ed Show:
REID: Nevada, for 20 years, was at the top of the economic food chain. If you want a good job, come to Nevada. If you want to invest in real estate, no place better in America than Nevada. If you want to get a good job, come to Nevada. Well, when Wall Street collapsed -- which, by the way, she said it was caused because of too much regulation -- we had farther to fall than any other state.
ED SCHULTZ (host): And the state has dropped farther than any other state?
REID: Oh yes, because we were at the top and we've fallen very hard. So people have been hurting, and I understand that, and it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them, you know, but for me we'd be in a worldwide depression. They want to know what I've done for them, and that's why it's important for me, any chance I get, to say that my number-one job is to create jobs.
Economists agree that TARP, stimulus helped avert depression
Blinder and Zandi: Policies "probably averted what could have been called Great Depression 2.0." In July, former Federal Reserve vice chairman Alan Blinder and Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi issued a report citing analytic models to demonstrate that the "multifaceted and bipartisan" response to the financial crisis, including the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - both of which passed the Senate under Reid's leadership -- had a "huge" effect on real GDP, jobs, and inflation, and "probably averted what could have been called Great Depression 2.0":
The U.S. government's response to the financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession included some of the most aggressive fiscal and monetary policies in history. The response was multifaceted and bipartisan, involving the Federal Reserve, Congress, and two administrations. Yet almost every one of these policy initiatives remain controversial to this day, with critics calling them misguided, ineffective or both. The debate over these policies is crucial because, with the economy still weak, more government support may be needed, as seen recently in both the extension of unemployment benefits and the Fed's consideration of further easing.
In this paper, we use the Moody's Analytics model of the U.S. economy -- adjusted to accommodate some recent financial-market policies -- to simulate the macroeconomic effects of the government's total policy response. We find that its effects on real GDP, jobs, and inflation are huge, and probably averted what could have been called Great Depression 2.0. For example, we estimate that, without the government's response, GDP in 2010 would be about 11.5% lower, payroll employment would be less by some 8½ million jobs, and the nation would now be experiencing deflation.
The U.S. economy has made enormous progress since the dark days of early 2009. Eighteen months ago, the global financial system was on the brink of collapse and the U.S. was suffering its worst economic downturn since the 1930s. Real GDP was falling at about a 6% annual rate, and monthly job losses averaged close to 750,000. Today, the financial system is operating much more normally, real GDP is advancing at a nearly 3% pace, and job growth has resumed, albeit at an insufficient pace.
From the perspective of early 2009, this rapid snap back was a surprise. Maybe the country and the world were just lucky. But we take another view: The Great Recession gave way to recovery as quickly as it did largely because of the unprecedented responses by monetary and fiscal policymakers.
A stunning range of initiatives was undertaken by the Federal Reserve, the Bush and Obama administrations, and Congress (see Table 1). While the effectiveness of any individual element certainly can be debated, there is little doubt that in total, the policy response was highly effective. If policymakers had not reacted as aggressively or as quickly as they did, the financial system might still be unsettled, the economy might still be shrinking, and the costs to U.S. taxpayers would have been vastly greater.
Krugman: Government intervention helped avert "second Great Depression." In his August 9, 2009, New York Times column, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wrote that governmental actions kept the U.S. from going into "a second Great Depression":
A few months ago the possibility of falling into the abyss seemed all too real. The financial panic of late 2008 was as severe, in some ways, as the banking panic of the early 1930s, and for a while key economic indicators -- world trade, world industrial production, even stock prices -- were falling as fast as or faster than they did in 1929-30.
But in the 1930s the trend lines just kept heading down. This time, the plunge appears to be ending after just one terrible year.
So what saved us from a full replay of the Great Depression? The answer, almost surely, lies in the very different role played by government.
Probably the most important aspect of the government's role in this crisis isn't what it has done, but what it hasn't done: unlike the private sector, the federal government hasn't slashed spending as its income has fallen. (State and local governments are a different story.) Tax receipts are way down, but Social Security checks are still going out; Medicare is still covering hospital bills; federal employees, from judges to park rangers to soldiers, are still being paid.
The point is that this time, unlike in the 1930s, the government didn't take a hands-off attitude while much of the banking system collapsed. And that's another reason we're not living through Great Depression II.
Last and probably least, but by no means trivial, have been the deliberate efforts of the government to pump up the economy. From the beginning, I argued that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a k a the Obama stimulus plan, was too small. Nonetheless, reasonable estimates suggest that around a million more Americans are working now than would have been employed without that plan -- a number that will grow over time -- and that the stimulus has played a significant role in pulling the economy out of its free fall.
All in all, then, the government has played a crucial stabilizing role in this economic crisis. Ronald Reagan was wrong: sometimes the private sector is the problem, and government is the solution.
IMF's Strauss-Kahn: "I think what the U.S. is doing today is the right thing." In a September 13 interview on CNBC, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said "The fact that the stimulus was absolutely useful is not challenged by anyone now," adding, "I think what the United States is doing today is the right thing. ... I think as long as they will support [recovery efforts], finally it will pick up and create jobs."
Blinder: TARP prevented "financial cataclysm." Blinder wrote in a June 16 Wall Street Journal column that "to say that the president's policies either had no effect or were harmful flies in the face of both logic and fact." He continued:
While it's certainly too early for historical perspective on the stunning events of 2007-2009, I venture to guess that, when the history of the period is written, it will read something like this: For a host of reasons the U.S. economy was struck by a calamitous financial crisis followed by a vicious recession. The government--including two administrations, Congress, and the Fed--marshaled enormous resources to save the financial system and to fight the recession. It worked.
Specifically, I would point to three policy landmarks, two of which were and remain terribly unpopular--and which probably account for the negative polling results.
The first was the much-maligned Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson persuaded Congress to pass on Oct. 3, 2008. TARP must be among the most reviled and misunderstood programs in the history of the republic. Voters are clearly appalled by the idea that their government spent $700 billion bailing out banks.
The only problem is: It didn't. Even if we count insurance giant AIG as a bank, no more than $300 billion ever went to banks. TARP's total disbursements, including the auto bailout, never reached the $400 billion mark. The money went for loans and to purchase preferred stock; it was not "spent." In fact, most of it has already been paid back--with interest and capital gains. When TARP's books are eventually closed, the net cost to the taxpayer will probably be under $100 billion--far under if General Motors ever repays.
Spending perhaps $50 billion of taxpayer money to forestall a financial cataclysm seems like a bargain. Yes, I know it's maddening to hand over even a nickel to bankers who don't deserve it. But doing so was a necessary evil to save the economy. Think of it as collateral damage in a successful war against financial armageddon.
The second landmark was the fiscal stimulus package that President Obama signed into law about four weeks into his presidency. Originally priced at $787 billion, it was later re-estimated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to cost $862 billion. A huge waste of money, say the critics -- even though most independent appraisals, including that of the CBO, credit the stimulus with saving or creating two million to three million new jobs.
U.S. Chamber president: Stimulus needed because "we thought we were days away from a global recession." A July 14 CBSNews.com article quoted Tom Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as saying that the Chamber backed the stimulus because "we thought we were days away from a global recession." The article further reported: "While the stimulus has not created as many jobs as was hoped for, Donohue said, 'Would I do it again at the same time? Hell yes.' "
AEI's Malkin: Policy response "averted" global depression. From a January outlook report by the American Enterprise Institute's John H. Malkin:
We can expect 2010 to be a volatile year. This likelihood is underscored by looking back at 2008 and 2009. Two thousand eight was a highly volatile year leading up to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September, which was followed by the risk of a total systemic meltdown. That sharp and obvious risk spike prompted massive policy responses that were simply the largest that central banks, with rate cuts and liquidity provision, and governments, with tax cuts and spending increases, could manage. The result -- beginning in March 2009 -- was a linear rise in the prices of risky assets, the result of massive relief once the slip into a global depression had been averted and the acute phase of the crisis in the financial sector had passed.
Nowakowski: Policies have "averted depression." In a September 13 column, David Nowakowski, director of credit strategy at Roubini Global Economics, wrote that the Federal Reserve's fiscal policies, "along with the fiscal stimulus," have "averted depression, reversed a short bout of deflation, and helped unemployment from reaching 1930's levels."
Romer: Policies made difference between recovery and "second Great Depression." In her September 1 farewell speech, Christina Romer, outgoing chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, praised the stimulus package and the Obama administration's use of TARP funds and said: "I am proud of the recovery actions we have taken. I believe they have made the difference between a second Great Depression and a slow but genuine recovery.
Right-wing media mock Reid
Fox & Friends: "So he sounds like a superhero. ... Maybe he doesn't get the cape so fast." On the October 22 edition of Fox & Friends, co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade mocked Reid as thinking of himself as a "superhero":
DOOCY: So he sounds like a superhero. And in fact, if you would wonder what Harry Reid as Super Harry would look like, it would be something like that.
KILMEADE: Right, and he has Bill Clinton -- excuse me -- the first lady and the president coming in to try to save him. It's amazing, Superman needs some help at the last minute.
DOOCY: So, and his spokesperson said, when queried about it, he said, look, he helped get that stimulus package through that saved the world. But we heard within the last month or so that it reportedly -- the really smart people who figure out when recessions start and end, they said that the recession actually ended before the stimulus kicked in.
KILMEADE: Well, look, Edwin --
DOOCY: Maybe he doesn't get the cape so fast.
KILMEADE: Maybe he doesn't want to tout the stimulus package, especially in light of the president of the United States saying on record, "I learned in my first two years that there's no such thing as a shovel ready project." That was supposed to be the work that the stimulus project provided.
The segment was accompanied by a cartoon image of Reid in a superhero-style outfit:
Limbaugh: "That's Obama's line." On the October 22 edition of his radio show, Rush Limbaugh said of Reid's statement: "That's Obama's line. ... I have never been so disappointed in my life when I saw it was uttered by Dingy Harry." Limbaugh added, "And then I thought about Obama seeing the headline. I bet Obama called Reid and chewed him out but good. If anybody on this planet is going to take credit for saving the world from anything, it's Obama."
NRO's Lopez: "Oh, the things one is moved to say while on The Ed Show!" Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review Online wrote of Reid's remarks, "Oh, the things one is moved to say while on The Ed Show!" She added, "A little last-week gift for Sharron Angle? Barney Frank might try that line on, too."
Powers: Reid thinks "he's Bruce Willis in Armageddon, but he's "nothing but the asteroid." Doug Powers of MichelleMalkin.com echoed the debunked claim that the Obama administration is solely responsible for recent increases in the national debt by writing, "If Harry Reid hadn't agressively [sic] pursued his patriotic constitutional duty of spending as much money as possible, the world would be in a bread line as we speak." Powers added that "Reid wants everybody to believe that he's Bruce Willis in Armageddon, when in fact it's now common knowledge that he's been nothing but the asteroid for far too long."
Ace of Spades: "Ah, the life of a selfless savior." Under the headline "Harry Reid: You Know Who Saved You From Another Great Depression? Me, Harry Reid, That's Who." DrewM of Ace of Spades HQ added, "And yet, people don't think it's enough. Ungrateful bastards. Ah, the life of a selfless savior."
Weekly Standard's McCormack: "People of the world, take note: Harry Reid says he saved you from economic depression." John McCormack of The Weekly Standard wrote, "People of the world, take note: Harry Reid says he saved you from economic depression." He added, "Unfortunately, Reid can't say the same to Nevada voters."
The Blaze: Reid "takes credit for saving humanity." Glenn Beck's website The Blaze linked to a video of Reid's interview under the headline, "Harry Reid takes credit for saving humanity from 'world wide depression.' "
AllahPundit: "Good news from Harry Reid: Harry Reid saved us from a worldwide depression." AllahPundit of HotAir.com wrote: "Does he mean ... TARP?... TARP was famously (or rather, infamously) an initiative spearheaded by the dreaded Bushitler and his lackey Hank Paulson. It drew bipartisan support; it wasn't some sort of Harry Reid brainstorm. And besides -- voters hate it." AllahPundit added "Or does he mean the stimulus, which voters also dislike thanks to its porkiness and the fact that they spent $800 billion only to bog down in 9.6 percent unemployment...?"
NewsBusters: Reid statement "arrogant" like Ali. In an October 22 blog post, NewsBusters associate editor Noel Sheppard wrote of Reid's statement, "Frankly, this was about as arrogant a statement as ever uttered on national television by anyone other than Mohammed [sic] Ali."
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Faculty, staff bowl away summer
By Liz McCarthy, email@example.com, 803-777-2848
Every Monday during the summer months, Jami Campbell and 13 teams of faculty and staff members and students take to the bowling lanes. It's a chance for socializing, competition and teambuilding. Some staffers dress in '80s garb complete with legwarmers and fanny packs to match the steady stream of up-beat music blaring from the speakers.
Campbell and these USC faculty and staff members are a part of the summer intramural bowling league run by the Intramural Sports Office in Campus Recreation.
"It's time to release and interact maybe with staff members you wouldn't in your daily job," says Campbell, a community outreach director in Student Life.
The next bowling league starts up in July with registration ending June 26. The teams meet at Park Lanes in Cayce at 7 p.m. on Mondays.
Golf is also popular with faculty and staff members. Intramural Sports reserves tee times on Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. at Cobblestone Park, in Blythewood.
"It gives you time to play nine holes after work, hopefully improve your golf game and just enjoy the sport," says Will Kramer, intramural sports coordinator.
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