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Yellen Signals Fed Would Maintain Easing After Halting QE
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Janet Yellen signaled stimulus may outlast the Fed's bond purchases, saying the central bank has the option to hold interest rates near zero even after reaching near-term targets for inflation or unemployment.
Yellen's comments yesterday coincide with a Federal Open Market Committee debate over when to bring bond buying to an end, a shift that may prompt expectations of an interest-rate increase. The FOMC said in December it will hold the main interest rate in a range of zero to 0.25 percent so long as inflation isn't forecast to rise to more than 2.5 percent in one to two years and unemployment exceeds 6.5 percent.
The speech by the Fed vice chairman "reminds people that if they are successful and if they get to their unemployment objective that doesn't automatically mean they are going to slam on the brakes," said Dominic Konstam, head of interest rate research at Deutsche Bank AG in New York. As "better data come out, they want to make sure the market doesn't want to get carried away" and anticipate a boost in interest rates.
Yellen, who leads a Fed committee created by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on improving monetary policy communications, said the targets announced in December are "thresholds for possible action, not triggers that will necessarily prompt an immediate increase" in the main interest rate. "When one of these thresholds is crossed, action is possible but not assured," she said in a speech to the AFL-CIO in Washington.
"Several" members of the FOMC "thought that it would probably be appropriate to slow or to stop purchases well before the end of 2013," minutes from the December meeting said.
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St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, a voting member on the FOMC, said in an interview this month the Fed could begin to "throttle back" the purchases later this year.
Following the advice of Yellen's committee, the central bank in January 2012 took one of its biggest steps ever toward greater openness by publishing a mission statement, an inflation target and anonymous forecasts by each FOMC participant for the benchmark interest rate.
Yellen's comments show Fed officials will continue to use communications such as speeches to sustain expectations for low interest rates, said Julia Coronado, chief economist for North America at BNP Paribas in New York.
"They don't want financial conditions to tighten," Coronado said.
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U.S. central bankers are focusing the full force of monetary policy on reviving growth and reducing 7.9 percent unemployment. The economy contracted at a 0.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2012, dragged down by the biggest plunge in government defense spending in four decades.
The outlook for fiscal policy, which could include further defense cuts, is clouded by disagreement in Washington over federal taxation and spending.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was little changed yesterday at 1,517.01 in New York. The 10-year yield rose one basis point, or 0.01 percentage point, to 1.96 percent as of 5 p.m. in New York, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader prices. Yields have risen from 1.72 percent since the Fed announced new bond buying on Sept. 13.
Echoing Bernanke, Yellen warned against deep fiscal spending cuts at a time when unemployment is high and growth is weak. An economy that already has low interest rates and high unemployment may sustain larger negative effects from fiscal spending cuts, she said.
Negative Impact
"We're seeing larger so-called fiscal multipliers, or namely, a more significant negative effect on the economy of austerity than many researchers had expected," Yellen said. "To me the evidence, both in the United States and in Europe, is that fiscal austerity does raise unemployment."
The Fed in September started a third round of asset purchases and expanded it in December to $85 billion per month, saying the quantitative easing will continue until the labor market is improving "substantially."
"With employment so far from its maximum level and with inflation currently running, and expected to continue to run, at or below the Committee's 2 percent longer-term objective, it is entirely appropriate for progress in attaining maximum employment to take center stage in determining the committee's policy stance," Yellen said in her speech.
Yellen noted that the FOMC maintains a longer-run goal for inflation of 2 percent while the FOMC estimates that labor resources are fully utilized at an unemployment rate of 5.2 percent to 6 percent.
'Imperfect' Control
"Our control over the economy is imperfect, and so temporary deviations from the FOMC's specific longer-term goals will sometimes occur," Yellen said. "Importantly, these quantitative goals are neither ceilings nor floors for inflation and unemployment, and the committee will take a balanced approach to returning both measures to their objectives over time."
The Fed's asset purchases and other unconventional policies have helped "shore up aggregate demand," Yellen said.
"However, while this contribution has been significant, lower interest rates may be doing less to increase spending than in past recoveries because of some unusual features of the Great Recession and the current recovery," she said.
Unemployment averaged 8.1 percent last year as the expansion which began in June 2009 was too weak to pull it lower.
The Fed under its congressional mandate seeks to promote "maximum employment" and "stable prices." The personal consumption expenditures price index is below the central bank's stated goal of 2 percent, rising just 1.3 percent last year.
Big Waste
Some 4.7 million people were unemployed six months or more in January, a condition that Bernanke called "an enormous waste of human and economic potential" at a press conference after a Dec. 11-12 meeting of policy makers.
The central bank's asset purchases have pushed its balance sheet above a record $3 trillion. Yellen said that while the Fed may remit less cash to the Treasury as it begins to unwind the portfolio, the broader impact from its large balance sheet needs to be considered.
For example, higher levels of employment boost tax revenues, while lower Treasury bond rates help reduce interest payments for the U.S.
"This is a policy that is not only good for output and employment and American workers, but also for the federal finances overall," she said.
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Are Females that indulge in anal sex committing sin? I have anal sex with my husband all the time, in fact I enjoy it better than vaginal penetration and my husband enjoys it as well.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Am I a Gay Guy Trapped in a Woman's Body?
Are Females that indulge in anal sex committing sin? I have anal sex with my husband all the time, in fact I enjoy it better than vaginal penetration and my husband enjoys it as well.
74 comments:
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 10:43
Oya let d comment roll in...www.xmoentertainment.blogspot.com say so praaaa!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hmmm! Anal sex is d worst of all n dats y I detest bn gay. After eatin so much n less liquid,I find it hard to excrete cos of d pains n tears dat comes wt it talk more of allowin a di*k pass thru thr. So not cool dear. SlikkyDelete
- Lagos is my Home09 January, 2013 12:14
Silly girl doing Sodom and Gomorrah moves. You need to read about Anal Cancer. That way no one later goes accusing everyone in your village of killing you through Juju.Delete
That form of cancer is so painful, trust me you don't want to go there. Since the rectum doesn't produce natural lubrication like the vagina does, anal sex risks tearing the rectal walls. It also has a high chance of potentially lethal peritonitis due to leakage of fecal bacteria into the abdomen. THE RISK IS HIGER FOR YOU THAN YOUR HUSBAND.
Also if your husband moves from anal sex immediately to vaginal sex, that increase of infection due to bacteria in the anus.
Then let say ur husband is occasionally stepping out , that is Popcorn story for another day . A word is enough for the wise.
- Laduns House Boy09 January, 2013 14:17
Madam let me summarize for you;Delete
1)The anus is for shitting so should not be fitted with a penis. Imagine stuffing the exhaust pipe of your car and driving it. Not good at all.
2) The mouth is for eating and praising God(plus kissing your kids) so Oral sex is forbidden. Just Imagine that everytime you kiss your daughter, its your husband rubbing his dick on her cheeks!!! You will stop giving him BJ pronto!
3)Vagina is multi purpose. For peeing(with a different outlet) and for fcuking and for giving birth. In the design, you will notice that the pee hole is positioned so as not to infect the do-hole.
You see that anal sex is called sodomy which is an AB-USE of the body part. Meanwhile, next time your husband asks for anal sex, poop in a cup and tell him to stick his dick in it. He will get the message.
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 10:44
All of the above.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 10:44
Doesn't it hurt though?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:19
Initially, it does. But after years of practice, the place naturally widens.Delete
Some Porn stars take two dicks at once in their anus sef.
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 14:35
and u mr or ms i too know 4got to tell her how WIDE her anus gonna be after long. just watch some lesbian´s films and see some with HOLES at deir anus. pls stop it, d ealier d better.shikina.Delete
@anon kilode!!!2 at once where is the garage entrance that will contain 2 lamborghinis at the same timeDelete
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 16:48
We should ask you Lucabree.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 10:49
stop the anal sex, you are endanering your relationship, you are making the grounds of your marriage too soft for the devil to come in. The Bible condemnes that. God designed the human body in such that sex has to be done through the particular system and the world formed theirs. pls go for what God approved no matter the satisfaction you get, try nto please God first not man. hope this will help nyou.God bless your home.Jesus is Lord.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 11:17
Holy nweje! Pls back up ur spiritual advice with Bible reference or STFU. Its all abt choice and spicing up ur sex life okDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:14
Please show us God's approved manual on Sex.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:28
Please show us God's approved manual on Sex.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 15:20
AwesomeGod says-In Toun soetans voice ijoba orun kudede araye eyi pada onidajo aiye mbo ti yo bere lowore baba yo bere wipe bawo lose lo o i igbesi aiye re.If you are a great student of the bible and a good christian you will know where and what the bible manual on sex is. Biblically speaking the book of Romans chapter 1 to the end explain what the nature of sex ought to be and how people have deviated from the natural way of having sex to the sinful way. I picked from verse 22-27 of the book of Romans chapter 1 for your perusal please read below incase you cannot locate your bible.Delete
ROMANS 1:22-27. 22 Professing themselves to bewise, they became fools , 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.24 Wherefore God also gave them upto uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshippedand served the creature more than the Creator , who is blessed for ever. Amen.26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another ; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Special and careful attention to verse 26 and 27 and if you read the whole chapter you will futher detect God's wrath on such behaviour. Please let not our thinking ruin our heavenly goal. Have a good and Godly day remember God loves you and so do I. Remain blessed.
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 10:49
why!is vaginal penetration not sweet enuff? why indulging in such act? disgustin! ahhhhhh am about to throw up! Cant imagine my self indulging in it.I havent had enuff my lovely wife V.... Please advise ur husband stop d act,it's a sin!ReplyDelete
Abeg go & see a psychiatrist or just stop doin anal if ur conscience is bugging u this much.ReplyDelete
Abeg go & see a psychiatrist or just stop doin anal if ur conscience is bugging u this much.ReplyDelete
Abeg go & see a psychiatrist or stop doin anal if ur conscience is bugging u this muchReplyDelete
*patiently waiting 4 comments*ReplyDelete
- Amebo is my hobby09 January, 2013 11:06
Most unconfortable position in sex if you ask me. Very painful. Well if you enjoy it, guess you are on your own! Besides when married men love anal sex, ask these questionsReplyDelete
1) Does your husband frequent Abuja or Northern states? Nah those girls dey teach our husband bad things
2) Has your husband come into unexplained wealth? Nah him b say Senator or Governor for Abuja don dey fuck am. They say once you taste that side, you can never go back to the front
3) Does your husband have bad mouth odor or protruding belle? Result of homo thingsReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:12
No.3 above is just stupid and should be ignored.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:28
No.3 above is just stupid and should be ignored.Delete
Wetin be ya own now you get d bad mouth odor? Abi you be Abuja runs gay without mouth odor?Delete
Why should it be ignored? Or do you have such symptoms hmmm. I have heard it before. Even Lesbians too exhibits such symptoms. So we refuse to ignoreDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 20:50
Trust me I know a Couple of good looking guys to d bone who av noone of dose syptoms nd r gay.no be by datDelete
@amebo is my hobbyDelete
i hail you and comot cap you r too much loool i ll watch out when next I'm in naija lol
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 11:18
@Amebo i am sure you are a runz girl..... CONFIRMED. i hail oDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 11:07
Ur a mumu............ANAL SEX IS NOT NATURAL!!....thats the fastest way to get disease/infected....have you not heard of people that do too much and their bum starts leaking? or the skin inside drops?.....na wa ...thank God you enjoy it because the day you stop your husband your doomed.....but i promise you one thing it wont be long before you get the consequence....................see what too much porn does.....why not do the doggy style instead of ANAL?.....what people fail to understand is that porn stars are miserable people in life, tehy have the highest suicide rate amongst them......they do all this because the more risky things you do the more attention and money.........were you into it before you met your guy?...how come your guy is not receiving/ why are you not giving him anal as well?....so you want to suffer the consequence alaon after giving him your back?....its we women that allow men to do/think they can do shit......any guy that wants anal from me should get ready because i wont or he must get anal from me as well even it means using sex toy....what is good for teh goose is good for the gander....mumuReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 14:46
u said it right bc my hubby tried talking me into doing dat and refused it. he said wat some girls like most dat i´m refusing. u see i´ll say we women are d cause of problems in dis earth.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 17:25
Lmfao. Plssss u v killed me oDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 11:16
DEAR AMEBO, PLZ WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BTW HOMOSEXUAL, PROTRUDING BELLE AND BAD MOUTH ODOUR. I REALLY WANT TO KW. THANKSReplyDeleteReplies
them nor get any connection at all. get more gist daily at http://gossippme.comDelete
- Amebo is my hobby09 January, 2013 11:47
The semen that is pumped into them from the anus, gives them a protuding tummy. Note not the beer or pounded yam tummy ,or good living ala naija stlye o, but the tummy that starts from the chest. Also the bad mouth odor from licking ass and swallowing semen, got it. Someone gave me these things to watch out for and we caught two so called Lagos big boys gbam in Dubai with their partners,who are always in Abuja. And all answers matched correctly.Delete
- Ruth, a boko ku09 January, 2013 11:54
Continue giving your husband your yansh you hear. When he tears up the place and you have to stitch up like a former beauty queen, your eye go come down. Besides, when it gets slack from frequent banging, guess what? he's going to leave your sorry ass for another tighter one. And you would be pooing all over the place and you would have to get yourself some DEPEND pampers.Delete
- Sister Caro09 January, 2013 18:27
Ye, you wan kill me die. And na true you talk ooh. So many Island girls dey nurse dat pain. Their skirts or pants is forever stained. I know give anyone yansh o. If e no like, make e take a walk. Looking out for the Abuja runzs boys. I talk am. Every idiot dey drive G wagon any how. But you know go see any better work for their hand.Delete
@sister caroDelete
i hope you are a yellow sis too lol
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 20:51
Lucas u go like omo pupa lol!*wink*Delete
Sex between married people in whatever form is NOT sin! @ d churchy folk here..Don't go preachy on me, I'm very christian too, the only issues here are:ReplyDelete
1. The anus is NOT the natural place where a penis shld fit in.
2. I'm afraid the use of the anus may have negative health consequences(Doctors in the house we need help on this one) plus like someone said....its basically a deviant practise which has its roots in watching lots of Porn, since ur uncomfortable u probably shld quit soon.
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 11:30
i think anal sex is crazy!!! But i have Australian and white South African friends who think its normal and do it all the time with their boyfriends. My St Lousian girl friend and i just couldnt get our heads around it. I mean whats wrong with ur vjay jay??? its just not normal to me, call me a prude or sexually unadventurous but aint nobody penetrating my butt hole man, thats just cray.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 11:31
Looool...I wonder oooo@anon 11:16ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 11:52
it`s a sin.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:10
You are wrong. A lot of people have problems with gay sex because they find same sex intercourse unnatural and offensive. It's not limited to just Anal penetration. Afterall, lesbian intercourse is also frowned at.ReplyDelete
I don't think there's anything wrong with you. Why go far to the "gay man trapped in a woman's body" analysis?
Anal sex is also a form of heterosexual sex and since you are doing it with your husband, you are not gay. You have kids so I assume you also do vaginal sex, maybe only when you want kids though.
Apart from the risk of constantly infecting the vagina with bacteria from your Anus, and the fact that most people see anal sex as dirty, I don't think there's anything wrong with the two of you. You are both quirky sha.
Some people have argued that its easier for a guy that engages in Anal sex with women to also do it with a guy, if pushed to the wall. E.g if he finds himself in prison.
I'll leave the sin part to the Spiritual heads. Ask your pastor, Imam or Hindu Head
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:29
You are wrong. A lot of people have problems with gay sex because they find same sex intercourse unnatural and offensive. It's not limited to just Anal penetration. Afterall, lesbian intercourse is also frowned at.ReplyDelete
I don't think there's anything wrong with you. Why go far to the "gay man trapped in a woman's body" analysis?
Anal sex is also a form of heterosexual sex and since you are doing it with your husband, you are not gay. You have kids so I assume you also do vaginal sex, maybe only when you want kids though.
Apart from the risk of constantly infecting the vagina with bacteria from your Anus, and the fact that most people see anal sex as dirty, I don't think there's anything wrong with the two of you. You are both quirky sha.
Some people have argued that its easier for a guy that engages in Anal sex with women to also do it with a guy, if pushed to the wall. E.g if he finds himself in prison.
I'll leave the sin part to the Spiritual heads. Ask your pastor, Imam or Hindu HeadReplies
"Hindu head" just cracked me up! Still lmao!Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:34
My question is: the first time you had anal sex with your husband, who initiated it? If he did be very worried!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
- author of reader's mail09 January, 2013 14:47
I initiated it he was reluctant, this was when we were dating he got around to it after marriageDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 16:07
You're right with ur question of who initiated it. I once dated a guy for 3yrs and he kept asking for anal sex each time we made love. I always rejected it until I realised after breaking up with him that all d while we were dating, he always went to abuja and each time he got back, heDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 16:09
You're right with ur question of who initiated it. I once dated a guy for 3yrs and he kept asking for anal sex each time we made love. I always rejected it until I realised after breaking up with him that all d while we were dating, he always went to abuja and each time he got back, he spent so much money. It later dawned on me that he was doing abuja runs with Men and women alike. So sad!Delete
Let me tell you something, you had better stop this anal shit you are doing? What's wrong with some humans? Do you know the end result of getting fucked through your anal? Be enjoying it now o! (Don't even know how you enjoy it when it'll be very painful). Anyway let me tell you what you are doing to yourself. When the time comes, you won't be able to hold your shit!!!! It's be running out cos your anal is loose as you were busy using it for the wrong reasons!!!! And you will have to wear female disposable nappies for the rest of your life!!!!! I hope this will make you put a stop to the rubbish you are engaging in. If not I am sorry for you silly girl. Out of all the various sexual positions you can have sex in you are not contentedReplyDelete
Anal sex is a sin and its crap. You are also easily prone to disease when you engage in such. The gain aint worth the pain.ReplyDelete
Meanwhile, since when did we start arresting and prosecuting goats in nigeria? Read how some goats were arrested cus of Environmental Sanitation here on GISTville
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 13:38
Both of you are sick and need deliverance.ReplyDelete
There's a reason why God designed the penis for a vagina. Those are the major reproductive organs. The anus is NOT a reproductive organ however. Now though the Bible does not explicitly say you should not have anal sex, however the truth of the matter is that anything created by God that is used outside of its Godly designed function will always have serious consequences. Why do you think HIV/AIDS and all sorts of diseases is prevalent among homosexual men?ReplyDelete
So my advice is for you and your husband to somehow wean yourselves off this unnatural practice failing which you should just carry on and prepare to face the consequences, some of which have been accurately described by other commenters here. I'm pretty sure at that time, it will not be fun anymore!
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 14:49
Hisss, you can just tell all the closed minded, never been through customs Nigerians with their retarded comments!. Girl you're married, get it whichever way you want!!!ReplyDelete
To all you people saying it's a sin, please who made you judge and jury, you can all facking parachute jump straight to hell....rasclats!!!
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 15:12
I can see that most commenting here are pure illiterates and highly sentimental. According to research, there is nothing wrong with Anal sex. You are married and your free to do whatever you like with your husband. So many people like anal sex because the place tends to be tight, it doesn't mean they are gay. There is a big difference in having anal sex with a woman, shemale and gay guy. You simply need to lubricate it very well and start the penetration very gently and slowly till the place becomes free, also do it gently. Forget all these NONSENSE people are saying here. There is nothing wrong with you.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 18:23
You are the one who needs to do research ooo. Continue doing it and enjoying it oo well done , let see how well you get on 10years from now....... yes we will pass you the diaper / nappyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 18:24
Look at this mugu...I am a scientist and it is wrong! it is not natural!..if you want to do it its ur business....but dont come here and be claiming that others are illiterates.....do you know how often pornstars that do this go for checkup especially teh gay ones?Delete
you wrote that a lot of people like it because its tight,what happens when it becomes as loose as the front will they start doing it through the ear and then nose since these are the tightest holes remaining
hahhahaha lucabracee abeg go sitdown for one side oooo, before you kill me with laugh.Delete
You are a clown .
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 15:18
Pls how many of you women put dicks in ur mouth or allow ur hussy's go down down on u.pls how do u categorize this acts.don't bother replyingReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 15:31
p.s she never asked you for health concerns, I am sure she is well aware of what happens with continuous anal sex over a period of time.ReplyDelete
Also, smh @ you looking for answers from some of the retarded people that comment on here. Turn to God for answers and live your life faithfully and in truth...SIMPLE!!!!
urgh! Nigerians are so annoying with their sanctimonious self-righteousness. Hisss!!! we all know you are the worst sinners that's why you cling to religion like a crack whore!Replies
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 15:00
you've never made more sense than this. we are all self-righteous when in reality religion means nothing to us. i wonder how many of these retarded commentators have helped the sick or love their neighbors.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 16:48
nna na wah o!very soon you will have your self to blame!anumanuuReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 16:48
I think your hubby is more gay than u,you guys have to stop it,health wise is not good,Anus is made for shit not dick.ReplyDelete
You just love anal sex, finishReplyDelete
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- Anonymous09 January, 2013 17:34
I hope u realize that is pervasion. How can u persistently practice anal sex. If at all That should b saved for only on ur wedding anniversary. Ones a year.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 19:44
Orisi Orisi!! Rubish!ReplyDeleteReplies
so what is your view/comments on this issue?loolDelete
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 11:47
View ke? Once Luca doesn't comment, she would have nothing to say. Only to be hissing up and down like a snake.Delete
- Anonymous16 January, 2013 05:10
WONU: lolzzzz at hissing up and down like a snake. U very funnyDelete
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 08:15
there are a lot of sick people on earth oh! so God that created penis vagina no sabi anything. God have mercy on earth. we need ur help.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 15:02
the mercy we need is for God to help us from being judgemental. even the bible says so. who died and made u able to judge sick people? who died and made u God?Delete


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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Reasons I'm Leaving Emergency Medicine (number 3)
I chose Emergency Medicine to be a white-hat cowboy.
Now 'cowboy' has connotations within medicine that entail being overly aggressive with patient management or taking silly chances or making wild guesses, but this is not what I mean.
I wanted, within the walls of the ER, to be in charge. I figured that, being Board Certified and subject matter expert would allow me to be benevolent King in the ER. Oh how wrong I was!
The real power in medicine today and the ability to effect meaningful change is not vested in practicing physicians. It is vested in the clipboard carriers... the makers and enforcers of policy and procedure, and the 'owners' of the 'business'.
Example: Three years ago at my current institution the method for performing urinalysis was changed from the simple dipstick method (with dedicated lab confirmation and culture when needed) to the whiz-bang (nice pun eh?), can't miss, lab-run urinalysis.
Besides being a huge waste of money this extended patient stays in the ER for no good reason as the lab UA takes longer.
Add to this an administrative decision that all urinalyses had to be ordered by the nurse in charge of the patient, not the unit clerk (who orders all other labs), and we now find ourselves waiting hours for a urine result. It is often the last thing we get back, even after the CT scans are read and resulted, the blood results are in, the EKG is interpreted, and the disposition is almost made. Often, when I am waiting on a urine, I just cancel it and make an educated guess that the urine is normal OR I go ahead and treat a urinary infection based on clinical presentation.
Simple fix right? Bring back the dipstick UA or have the clerk order them with the other labs or SOMETHING for the sake of humanity!
But no. The answer, from el jefe supremo, the nurse manager and the lab manager, is that it can't be changed because if we did change it back it would cause the earth to stop spinning on its axis and we would all fly off into space.
The people with clipboards have also decided the following...
1. We have enough nurses (we don't).
2. Nurses should be happy to work for less money here than at the place down the street (which is hiring by the way).
3. Good nurses can either like it or lump it... their resignations are accepted the minute they are delivered, but bad nurses, kinda easy to get at our rates and in our busy ER, can not be fired on the spot even for committing errors that a first year nursing student would not make, but must be 'mentored' and, if, after five years or so, they are not firmly part of the team, a 'termination process' must occur which in itself takes five years and must be given the seal of approval of Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, the Ku Klux Klan, la Raza, and Hillary Clinton.
4. There are no ICU beds. Ever.
5. We do not need to fully staff the OR... surgeons should be able to operate by themselves, and, in a pinch, perhaps with an anaesthesiologist.
6. We do not need patient transporters... this is a duty best performed by RNs.
7. When we are short-staffed (every day), we are short-staffed. The nurse manager will NOT come in to fill the gap as he is long past his clinical days, and besides, he is in Aruba.
8. Our hospital is a success, just look at the numbers!
9. The understaffing is not a problem because "no one has died yet".
10. Doctors are not good at administration. It's really complicated and best left to the professionals... you know, the folks that have a hospital administration degree or something that looks vaguely like it. Doctors mess things up by insisting on things that aren't needed... you know, like OR nurses.
More brain-busters follow directly related to our subjugation to administrators...
11. TOFKAJCAHO rules! My favorite rule... "there is to be no food in 'patient care areas'." These areas are specifically where patients are not. In other words, there is no food or drink allowed in the nursing or doctor areas, only in the patient's rooms. If followed to the letter, this means that physicians and nurses need to leave the ER to eat or drink. Good idea. They don't really need to be in the ER anyway, they don't need to eat or drink while on the clock, and what's the worst that could happen?
12. EMTALA. Need I say more? If we make a law that everyone has to be given a 'screening exam' and definitive care of 'emergency medical conditions' (whether they can pay or not) the system will not be crushed, doctors and nurses will not quit, and the money to pay for the free care will magically appear. If it does not appear it will be made to appear. Duh.
13. HIPAA. I can't tell you about this.
14. See this.
15. Deborah Peel.
16. Clipboard Satan decided that REGISTERED FREAKING NURSES, can not administer certain 'dangerous' medications anymore. So what ends up happening when I choose to use, say, propofol for sedation, is that the nurse hands me the syringe full of propofol and I ask them where it hooks up and how much to give to equal the dose I ordered and they end up doing doing it anyway. Or I let them give the medicine while touching them with my index finger on their shoulder thereby taking advantage of the old 'electricity' rule from the game of 'tag'. Then the beleaguered nurse charts that I 'pushed' the medicine. Absolute fucking insanity.
Today's doctors are just like yesterday's. We are professionals with thorough training and skills that are unique. We are, to draw an analogy, like a professional boxer being told, prior to the first punch, that we have to fight blindfolded and with one arm only. Thankfully, one of our national organizations has finally got of its butt and started a petition so that we may do what is right for our patients without the clipboarders interrupting us. You may see it here (Docs, please sign this if you will).
HIPAA, EMTALA, and TOFKAJCAHO could all be trashed if folks on our side would simply follow this rule... DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PATIENT RIGHT NOW. Of course, this would put a lot of people with clipboards out of "work", but I would happily hold the door for them on their way out.
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911, you are so the man. Brilliant stuff. This is exactly the SHIT that causes many a good person/doc to leave.ReplyDelete
Just returned from two weeks in beautiful Maine. Couldn't wait to hear reason #3. Resonates with all of us.
xoxo, Lofty
au contraire my good friend. YOU are the man because you figured it out a few years before i did. foo'ball.ReplyDelete
This is so by far that best web blog on the internet! I always laugh so hard...it truly is good medicine for the soul. The writers of HOUSE just wish they could be so true to life and hiliarious at the same time. Reality is much funnier than fiction. I have been working with the same people you do...I think medical clones have taken over....why didn't they clone Florance Nightingale or Clara Barton or Dr. Web MD....ReplyDelete
uh, maybe because florence, clara and dr. webbReplyDelete
would be working for *.
- Anonymous7:01 AM, August 20, 2008
The new symbol for TOFKAJCAHO really fits.ReplyDelete
Am I the only layperson out there reading this brilliant blog? I look at the comments and most of them seem to be other medical professionals ... which is probably a good thing! Lucky me ... knock on wood ... I have never really been sick, not hospital sick, but, if I ever am, how do I find you guys? You may be the last hope. Thank you for your sense of humour, your insight, your thoughts.ReplyDelete
Hey Kate, you're not the only lay person.... Although I do work for/with EM docs, in a non-clinical, non-medical setting.ReplyDelete
(I just find them jobs)
911, you're my HERO...........
No, Kate, I'm totally a lay person...that came out weird, didn't it? My only relationship to docs is that I write about them.ReplyDelete
We are professionals with thorough training and skills that are unique.
911, dahlink, you may be a professional, but you don't have the wiring for critical thinking. Geez, didn't the clipboards teach you that?
I luuuuuv you.ReplyDelete
You forgot--
17. Do the best with what you've got. Somehow the daily mantra at my place has not been picked up by PR & Marketing. What's up with that??
In reference to #16. Since that is a State Board of Nursing issue and there have been RN's (5 so far, I believe) in KY that have LOST their license, thus their livelihood...NO RN ANYWHERE at any time would ever, ever, ever give IVP propofol or vecuronium. Ever. The thought does not even enter our silly little brains. The drugs are that dangerous to the practice of frontline/ bedside nursing.
The fact that you would have to resort to thinking this:ReplyDelete
"taking advantage of the old 'electricity' rule from the game of 'tag'"
after how hard you worked to become a doctor in the first place is completely ridiculous. If I trust you messing around on my insides (that wasn't meant to be dirty at all I swear!), then I trust you to take full care of me and decide what needs to be done, when, and how. I can't believe there is anyone that believes they know more than the doctor right there right then. That seems sort of arrogant to me. Rules and such are great, but in something so variable as medicine, most of the rules seem just plain crazy. It is so insane, and arbitrary rules become such a hindrance to you actually taking good care of the patient that it sort of hurts my head to think about how it got to be this way. I am sorry you have to deal with this!
I truly respect ER docs. They saved my husband's life after he got into an accident while having a seizure in the car (his 1st seizure). Thank you so much!!! You guys RULE!!!!ReplyDelete
jesus christ.ReplyDelete
have we lost our minds here?
we ( er nurses) get the rsi kit from stat pyxis bin.
draw up the meds ( vec included) and repeat the "verbal" * order and push the drug.
come on.. this is what we do...
gosh.. there is a patient that needs that tube.
i like the idea of the doc touching my foot with his/her foot ( as he/she gets stuff ready @ the head of the bed..) and that counts as doc administered.
i am learning lots from this blog!
* alert.
At what point does complying with JCAHO become so dangerous to the patients that we are ethically obligated to disobey, and do so openly? What if professional organizations representing many different healthcare disciplines issued a joint resolution describing how we can recognize when we have reached that point, and how we will organize mass civil disobedience?ReplyDelete
Hello? Anyone out there?
- Anonymous12:25 PM, August 20, 2008
This is so outrageous, I can't believe this is happening in every hospital or is yours just the worst?ReplyDelete
Would it get better if you moved or is it hopeless all around?
Please tell me it just yours... or if I ever get sick, I think I'll just writhe in pain in the comfort of my own home.
Dear Countryrat, My understanding of some of the problem, Propofol & Vecuronium, is that it is a turf battle with anesthesia & nurse anesthestists wanting to set a boundary about who is able to give certain medications. They have gotten State Boards of Nursing involved with quite severe consequences for many nurses caught in the middle--at the bedside or stretcher-side. Supposedly RNs are able to be tested as competent to give these meds, but unable to move those wheels so far in my part of the universe.ReplyDelete
oy. i'm glad to know that i'm not the only lay reader. i'm learning much from this blog and the frustrations of a job which many view as "glam" and often don't see the long hours, the bs paper work and frustrations of suits who don't understand the job running the job.ReplyDelete
my hat (well, i don't wear a hat, so a metaphorical one) is off to your profession and to you. er docs have saved my life, just saved my brother's life and are generally the funniest bunch around.
i won't forget an er doc who literally took the time to explain why my shoulder hurt and how to make it through the 10 days until i could see an ortho on a very busy long weekend. he didn't have to do it and god only knows he didn't have the time.
it is a shame when patient care is secondary to clipboards.
Dear distracted by shiny objects, thank you for that clarification. However, my comment was directed at real JCAHO idiocy, like not allowing ER personnel to keep resuscitation meds in patient care areas, requirements that take clinical staff away from sick patients to perform meaningless, ritualistic documentation, rules against ordering antibiotics until docs jump through unnecessary administrative hoops, and other threats to patient safety. I am not saying that every problem in our hospitals is the fault of JCAHO, Lord knows, we make plenty of them for ourselves, or that every JCAHO regulation is dangerous. Most are not. I am referring narrowly to those regulations that clearly interfere with the ability of providers to care for critically ill and injured patients, and so, threaten the lives of those patients. What is our ethical responsibility in these cases?ReplyDelete
PS: I am so jealous of your screen name. It is one of the best I have seen. Can I buy if from you?
Oh Hell Yes!! Will sell for trinkets or baubles...ReplyDelete
I'm right there with everyone else about the inanity of JCAHO and the crazy fact that the hospitals pay THEM$$$ for their critiques. I really just wanted to point out that RNs can lose their licenses over the propofol IVP regulations and that care should be taken not to jokingly state they are doing something on this permanent cyberspace record to who-knows-who that could cost them their ability to put food on the table and pay the rent. The Board of Nursing does not play nice, so let's none of us go there.
- Anonymous6:03 PM, August 20, 2008
Hey and hi. (-:ReplyDelete
Sounds like you really wish for change. Keep up the good fight.
One thing for sure, you don't lack creativity. Love the charts, especially reason #4.
kr nurse wannabe
- medrecgal9:29 PM, August 20, 2008
OMG...another hilarious post! As one required to deal with some of the enormous amount of information generated in a patient encounter, I see the results of being required to basically over-document everything done to and for a patient.ReplyDelete
And the * as the new symbol idea rocks! JCAHO is merely another symptom of bureaucracy run amok. Too much "playing by the rules" and not enough opportunity to really provide for patients. Maybe it's a good thing I didn't make it to med school after all...I see enough of the insanity as it is, and I think it would have been an endless source of frustration if I'd been trying to practice medicine as I thought it ought to be.
Nice anus 911. Yours?ReplyDelete
Dude, where's my chicken dinner?
send me your address and i'll send you a chicken dinner. i promise not to add you to a whole bunch of mailing lists and solicitation calls.
your reasons for leaving emergency medicine so parallel my reasons for leaving education...in one word? bureaucracy.ReplyDelete
The motto at the hospital that I USED to work for, comes straight from "management"*ReplyDelete
"If you don't like it here, work somewhere else*"
If you point out problems in a staff meeting, or speak your mind about the B.S. that is going on, or point out valid reasons that inhibit your ability to do your job efficiently and safely, you are labeled a trouble maker and the quote above is all you get*
Took me a while to figure out the reason why*
Department managers and even directors are spineless little puppets with absolutely no authority to do anything including make decisions on their own*
Even though the great and powerful OZ hasn't a f*#king clue what goes on in your dept. if it isn't fattening his multi million dollar bonus, it ain't happening, doesn't matter who you are* And to hell with patient care, that is just a fluffy little catch phrase that OZ likes to feed to the media*
I really hope things turn around for the better.ReplyDelete
It is disturbing to hear all these things and other issues providers have.
How about just being able to treat the patients and getting paid fairly for your work?
Why does everything have to get so complicated?
I am curious about something. When did it all begin to change...noticeably change toward the dark side?
Once upon a time... didn't doctors call the shots with their patients and didn't they get paid well for their efforts? Bygone days.
What actually happened.
Why don't doctors unite and stick up for what is right when the new rules are presented before they have a chance to snowball into more?
EMTALA. PASSED 1985. THAT KILLED IT ALL. SEARCH SITE FOR EMTALA AND YOU WILL GET THE IDEA.ReplyDelete
Thank you once again for putting into words how I became the way I am.ReplyDelete
911- I am contemplating printing out all your reasons at the end and getting on my soapbox at the next med staff meeting.
no worries! i think you will like number 2. it is really number 2.ReplyDelete
hey it's me, lily!
don't i get something.. tofu dinner, whatever??
i came up with the * a-hole symbol up there..
i need some recognition since i just had to sit through some bs meeting about central line insertion and compliance with patient consent forms.
dearest lilly,ReplyDelete
if you just got out of some bs compliance meeting then you may have whatever you want.
dear brethren, we are all united in our recognition of TOFKAJCAHO as the incarnation of the beast. isn't that enough? if not, tofu coming in mail soon.
dear maki,ReplyDelete
sorry for the late response. your thanks are appreciated and let me emphasize that it has always been my position that the large majority of physicians went into medicine to care for patients and make a difference in a real way. sure we have our fair share of money-grubbing a-holes, but less, perhaps, than other professions.
hey kr,
good to have you back.
What does TOFKA stand for?ReplyDelete
Why don't doctors unite?
Do they not all agree?
Are the truly powerless?
Or is it all just too big and everyone is just trying to make there way?
You can't eat an elephant all at once...but you can eat him one bite at a time. :)
Sincere questions.
dear seaspray,ReplyDelete
too tired right now to answer all but TOFKA = The Organization Formerly Known As ...
actually.. scratch the tofu..ReplyDelete
vodka sounds much better.. esp. after a few of my non-compliant * charts were audited..
those frickin' signatures are soooo hard to get from these patients circling the drain...
yours in the struggle.
grey goose.
911 just kidding about the chicken dinner, although very sweet of you to offer.ReplyDelete
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That's ok 911. :)ReplyDelete
dear seaspray,ReplyDelete
your answers follow....
Why don't doctors unite? I DON'T KNOW. I POSTED ON THIS UNDER THE TITLE 'GEORGIA O'KEEFE'. I ALSO THINK IT'S NOT IN OUR NATURE... WE ARE DOCTORS, FOR THE MOST PART, BECAUSE WE LIKE TO DO MEDICINE. MOST OF US CAN BARELY SQUEEZE IN A VACATIoN MUCH LESS A MARCH ON WASHINGTON. ALSO, OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT ADVOCATE FOR US VERY WELL. THEY MIGHT NOT LIKE EMTALA BUT NONE OF THEM OPENLY ADVOCATE FOR ITS REPEAL.
Do they not all agree? NO, WE DO NOT ALL AGREE. I THINK THE CURRENT CRISIS IMPACTS HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS PRIMARILY AND THERE ARE PLENTY WHO HAVE PRACTICES THAT ARE SEPARATE FROM THEIR TOWN'S HOSPITAL SO THEY DON'T FEEL THE IMPACT OF EMTALA. AH, DERMATOLOGY! ALSO, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PHYSICIANS WITH LEFTIST LEANINGS BUT THEY DO TEND TO LIVE IN AREAS THAT SERVE PREDOMINANTLY WEALTHY PATIENTS AND THEREFORE MAKE GOOD MONEY. ALSO, THERE ARE PLENTY OF 'TRUE BELIEVERS' WHO WORK AT HEALTH CLINICS FOR LOW PAY AND ARE QUITE HAPPY. MY ONLY QUIBBLE WITH THE LATTER IS A PHILOSOPHICAL ONE BUT I SAY 'GOD BLESS 'EM".
Are the truly powerless? WE ARE NOT POWERLESS BUT WE BELIEVE WE ARE, AND WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT OUT OF RESIDENCY IT'S A BRAVE YOUNG DOC WHO WILL LAY IT ON THE LINE.
Or is it all just too big and everyone is just trying to make there way? THIS IS SAD BUT TRUE FOR MOST DOCS.
You can't eat an elephant all at once...but you can eat him one bite at a time. :) I'M READY FOR A FEAST.
Sincere questions. SINCERE ANSWERS.
Thank you 911 Doc.ReplyDelete
Shame on your national organizations for not being better advocates.
Too bad y'all can't find one little bite to unite on and sink your teeth into and eradicate that one inane thing that should never have been imposed... and then so on.
We need you guys and gals and I hope it gets better. :)
Thanks for your answers. :)
I heard once at a conference(and coming from a doc) that uniting doctors is very similiar to herding cats. feral cats. Makes me laugh!ReplyDelete
Thought this might make you laugh...heard today from one of our "Quality Control" RNs who has to check the documentation (and HATES JCAHO)that our State Board of Nursing has come out with a new regulation(equals law) that our signatures must be legible in all and any charting 100% of the time--like when I'm transfusing those 14 units of blood in one hour for my little GI bleed guy. They have a hotline where an RN can be reported for illegible signatures. I kid you not. I think we should be reported to a hotline for LOOKING hot, or where to see hot nurses. The world as we know it has gone completely nuts.
Seaspray: I am not an expert, and I do not claim to know all of the answers to your very astute question, but I think that I can explain one part of the reason why doctors, nurses, techs, et al are loosing control of healthcare. It is not the only reason. It is probably not the most important reason. However, it is part of the problem, and something I have never heard mentioned, except by me. So, for what it is worth, here goes:ReplyDelete
There is a fundamental contradiction between the culture of medicine and the culture of administration and law (hereafter referred to as forensics). In medicine, we see the world as an objective reality that is the way it is because of immutable natural laws. If I give my hypotensive patient intravenous dopamine in a certain concentration, at a certain rate, and his serum pH is not too low, and he has adequate volume and ejection fraction, and there is nothing preventing the binding of the drug at the target receptors, his blood pressure WILL increase. No negotiation. No authority to appeal to. No legal contest. No discussion of how some special interest group feels about it. That is just how the physical chemistry of dopamine interacts with mammalian physiology. Period. That is a snapshot of my world (nursing).
The forensic world is very different. In the forensic world, things are true because an entity with jurisdiction over that aspect of life has said so. When the entity changes (through attrition, negotiation, persuasion, compromise, bribery, intimidation, or whatever) then the truth changes with it. To those of us with scientific backgrounds, this is silly and trivial. And, it is how human institutions (like hospitals) are run. Consequently, we medical types are locked in eternal conflict with the forensic types: administrators, lawyers, TOFKAJCAHO, the whole wretched lot of them. Because we have different cultural foundations, we rarely communicate effectively with each other. Each side knows that its position is sensible, and the other groups' is ridiculous. In fact, neither is ridiculous and neither is sensible. They are just different because they arise from a different set of beliefs about what constitutes the real world.
For centuries, it did not matter much because medical types did medicine and forensic types did administration and law. Now, however, we have medicine beholden to mulyiple administrative entities, and to government and the results are disastrous and getting worse. This is why all the talk about healthcare reform is so futile; because it does not resolve the irresolvable cultural conflict between the players. The solution is to return healthcare to the healthcare providers. However, we live in a time of profound distrust of authority figures. (Wow! We made it full circle to the original topic of paternalism, didn't we!) And so, because a lot people do not trust the medical experts who know how to provide the care that is needed, we will get more and more administrative, legal, and governmental incursions into medicine (all in the name of "fixing the broken system"), worse care, and lots of otherwise smart people who never figure out that they are sending medicine straight to Hell even as they do what they think will save it.
I fear for our children, and more for their children.
I'm an OR nurse and I can't figure out... are you for us or against us? We too would like the process to hurry up. I've waited countless hours to do cases because of the ER's inability to transfer the patient.ReplyDelete
My clipboard wrote me up for using @ v.s. spelling at in my nursing order. JCAHO doesn't approve the use of @ or bid, tid, po, qd, ac, pc, ou, od,qod,andanything apothecaries is totally out.I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WRITE REGULAR! Ms Clipboad knows where she can put it @.ReplyDelete
Remember, patient charts aren't for patient care. They're for coders, lawyers, bureaucrats, & high-heeled nurses who can't start IVs.ReplyDelete


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The Wellington teams were meant to play in Rose Hill on Monday, but due to recent snowfall in the area, the fields were in poor condition. The games were moved to today (Tuesday, March 26), but the fields have not dried out enough. The make-up date for the two double-headers against Rose Hill has been set for April 18.
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Book Review: An Introduction to Green Homes
The Appraisal Institute's An Introduction to Green Homes is yet another valuable tool from the Institute, paving the way for appraisers to handle green home assignments. The book, authored by long-time appraiser, REALTOR, and educator Alan Simmons in 2010 helps appraisers new to this work "know what they don't know." The book equips appraisers to identify green building certifications, techniques, and products and guides them to great resources for more details. The all-important last chapter shows how an accurate description of a green property can be translated into standard appraisal forms, and employed into three different appraisal analyses and three different approaches to calculate value.
But if you think this book is only to prep appraisers, you are missing the whole point! An Introduction to Green Homes is a 100% permissible cheat sheet for builders and contractors. It spells out in a clear fashion what appraisers are looking for and how they calculate value. By starting with the end in mind, builders and contractors can document their work and be proactive about preparing for an appraisal. Whether it's a builder selling his own product or a contractor helping a client be prepared, well-managed appraisals better reflect market interest and drive future demand for green homes.
Since the book title references green homes, the same term is used in this review. But the ideas and some subsequent chapter names also apply to high-performance homes, deep retrofits, and remodels.
For appraisers, the book covers major green building programs, an overview of common green products and general concepts for green remodeling. The last chapter highlights the practical application of this information into appraisal forms and calculations. A key point for appraisers—the economic benefits of green building—is buried in the introduction chapter and would have worked better as a stand-alone topic. An opinion of value is issued whether an appraiser understands green issues or not! So a strong understanding of green impacts seems critical. Also, topics such as house-as-a-system, and typical products and measures would be easier to process for the green home novice if they were defined in a benefits section instead of being buried in chapters on certifications and remodeling.
The practical examples are outstanding with snapshots in the book text and full examples in the appendix. Detailed examples help the appraiser understand what makes these homes unique, what to look for and how to identify "green-washing." They include:
- Sample of an Energy Star thermal bypass checklist
- HERS index background
- Case study on how a home achieved LEED Silver
- List of websites to confirm for green product qualities
- List of five top energy-saving measures, plus other common features
For builders and contractors the book is a treasure trove of enlightening details. For example, did you know…
- Appraisers are told to look for a blue Energy Star for New Homes sticker in the electrical panel box?
- There's just one tiny box for energy efficiency on the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report?
- Appraisers need to document value multiple ways including costs, sales comparison and income?
The book's last chapter, called Green Appraisal Issues is a must-read for every builder and contractor. The chapter provides an insider's look at what appraisers are hired to do on a green assignment and their very precise and complicated data needs. The step-by-step descriptions and sample forms will give builders and contractors a clear picture of how they can support an accurate description of the properties they build or improve. Market Analysis section includes questions appraisers must understand about local green home demand and Property Description and Analysis shows how appraisers have the herculean task in tiny fields of making every character count to make a defendable case that a green home is a better one. The Cost Approach section clearly spells out why appraisers need modeled payback estimates in a great case study. Sales Approach highlights how resources like the HERS index create consistent comparisons and are applied in opinions of value.
It is important to note that this book was published before the Appraisal Institute released its Green & Energy Efficiency Addendum as the work-around to the pithy appraisal forms already mentioned. Luckily, the concepts in the book can also be applied to the Addendum. The existence of that enhanced tool now means there is a more consistent way for appraisers to build and defend the case for green value—and more demand for better information from builders and contractors to do so.
Builders and contractors will find An Introduction to Green Homes a must-read and an eye-opening overview for why their documentation is the critical starting-point for any effective green home appraisal. You'll never think of an appraisal the same way after reading this book and it's guaranteed to help you cultivate better interactions with appraisal professionals, helping them improve the quality of their work. That in turn better reflects market interest for your work—and drives future demand!
An Introduction to Green Homes is available for purchase on the Appraisal Institute's web site.
Laura Stukel is an efficiency insider, serving in multiple industry roles to blur the lines where efficiency overlaps real estate. Her projects include convening the Green MLS/Better Buildings Roundtable in September, 2011. As outputs of that work, she is currently developing the Real Estate Transaction Standard Green MLS Implementation Guide for the National Association of Realtors, and managing a test project to automate how residential green building program data can interact with MLS data.
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The NucleoSpin totalRNA FFPE and NucleoSpin totalRNA FFPE XS kits provide a fast, efficient, and convenient method for isolating both small (e.g., miRNA) and large RNA from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue.
NucleoSpin totalRNA FFPE includes mini spin columns (30–50 µl elution volume) to purify standard FFPE samples (<50 mg tissue), while NucleoSpin totalRNA FFPE XS includes XS columns (5–30 µl elution volume) to purify very small FFPE samples (< 5 mg tissue, e.g., microdissections). Both kits include blue-colored Paraffin Dissolver for easy visualization of phase separation and convenient paraffin removal, without using toxic organic solvents such as xylene—and rDNase for efficient on-column DNA removal. The kits combine decrosslinking and tissue lysis in one step, providing reliable yields of high-quality total RNA for enhanced RT-PCR performance. The NucleoSpin totalRNA FFPE XS kit makes it possible to isolate highly concentrated RNA suitable for qRT-PCR from even trace amounts of FFPE samples.
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A college graduation gift should not only reward the hard work put in to earn a degree, but should inspire even greater success as grads enter the world as adults. Here are 14 ideas for young women and men.
Help your grad remember the best college moments by personalizing a frame with any one line message; $39.95 at personalizationmall.com.
He'll be confident at his first job with this sleek BOSS Black "Bingorten" briefcase; $395 at bloomingdales.com.
Kate Spade's uplifting floral fragrance sends a sweet piece of advice to college grads pursuing their dreams; $75 at nordstrom.com.
Every working girl needs a sensible but stylish handbag that can take her from office to happy hour. This MICHAEL Michael Kors large Selma top-zip satchel will do the trick; $358 at michaelkors.com.
You hate to break the news that his favorite college Tee won't cut it at job interviews, but he'll thank you later. This Michael by Michael Kors blazer is on sale for $136.99 at macys.com.
This special frame preserves a graduation day photo and tassel; on sale for $29.99 at thingsremembered.com.
They're growing up fast, so help grads capture their biggest moments with a camera like this Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Camera; $100 at urbanoutfitters.com.
A watch is a sophisticated post-grad's wardrobe staple, and this neutral Kate Spade 'metro' round leather strap version goes with everything; $195 at Nordstrom.com.
Remind grads to set their goals high with this Reach for the Moon charm necklace, with stones that promote courage, passion, creativity, happiness and protection; $55 at uncommongoods.com.
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Whether your grad is getting an apartment or moving back home, inspirational wall art is a thoughtful gift that will inspire each day. This Ralph Waldo Emerson wall peel is $19.99 at cafepress.com.
She'll feel like she can take on the world one step at a time in these Toms Oahu ballet flats, with padded heel cushioning and a two-layer plush foam and latex insert for comfort and a bright floral print for spring. The charitable side to Toms (for each pair bought, one is donated to a child in need) will remind her to think of others as she rises to success; $79 at toms.com.
Is your grad Manhattan bound? Then he'll love this Jack Spade Empire State iPhone 5 case; $40 at jackspade.com.


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Drop off point is at intersection of Main and Missouri streets
Kirksville's Public Works is accepting cleared Christmas trees for disposal through Sunday.
The trees, with all decorations removed, can be dropped off for free for disposal at the city parking lot at the corner of Main and Missouri streets through Sunday.
All trees must be disposed of in the marked-off area and all decorations must be removed.


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- Aug 5:
- Boulder fracking moratorium moves forward
- Jun 22:
- Extension of Boulder County fracking moratorium deemed a win for many
- Jun 18:
- Boulder drafting ballot language for three-year fracking moratorium
- Jun 4:
- Boulder approves one-year fracking moratorium
- Broomfield unlikely to pursue fracking moratorium
- Colorado Oil and Gas Association seeks to depolarize local drilling disputes
BOULDER -- Boulder County's 16-month-old moratorium on accepting new applications for oil and gas development in unincorporated areas of the county will be extended for another 18 months, county commissioners decided Tuesday afternoon.
Commissioners Cindy Domenico, Deb Gardner and Elise Jones drew cheers from an overflow hearing room audience of anti-fracking activists when they cast their vote.
The additional year and a half could give Boulder County more time to consult and participate in more studies about the public health impacts of hydraulic fracturing, the process of injecting sand, water and chemicals to free up underground natural gas deposits, the commissioners said, while allowing the county to try to ensure that its own staff is adequately prepared to inspect and monitor conditions before, during and after drilling gets under way.
Domenico said the county has been working on new oil and gas regulations since February 2012 and that the result has been "the strongest local level rules in the state."
Even so, she said, Boulder County's land use regulations may not yet be as comprehensive or restrictive as the commissioners and many county residents might like.
Domenico said she's come to the conclusion "that an extension makes sense," but she emphasized that the commissioners aren't doing it "lightly" and aren't doing it just "because it's a popular thing."
Said Gardner: "We are living in a regulatory environment where regulations and rules are changing rapidly ... A short delay in extraction is legal, necessary and appropriate when balanced against our fundamental duty as elected officials to protect public health, safety, welfare and the environment from potential adverse impacts of oil and gas exploration and development, and to minimize potential land use conflicts between those activities and current or planned land uses."
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and the Colorado Attorney General's Office objected to any extension of the moratorium, in a letter signed by COGCC director Matt Lepore and assistant attorney general Jake Matter.
"Boulder County's temporary moratorium, which has been in place for more than 16 months, has served the purposes for which it was intended," Lepore and Matter wrote, warning in their letter that "rolling moratoriums become injunctions disguised as moratoriums.
"There is no legal basis for extending the moratorium, and no practical reason to do so other than prohibiting and preventing mineral owners from accessing their property," Lepore and Matter said in that letter.
Andrew Casper, an attorney for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, wrote that "any additional extension of the current moratorium is a de facto ban on oil and gas development in Boulder County, a taking of private property rights, and contrary to Colorado law."
Jamie Jost, an attorney for Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., wrote Boulder County's commissioners that "the proposed extension is completely unnecessary" because the 16 months that the current moratorium has been in place "had provided more than sufficient time to complete the adoption and implementation of the revised oil and gas regulations."
Jost said a county ban on oil and gas development through an extension of the current moratorium directly conflicts with the state's primary authority over regulating oil and gas operations.
Dave Neslin and R., Kirk Mueller, attorneys for Noble Energy Inc., wrote that while Boulder County extending the moratorium would violate Colorado law because the county can only impose such a moratorium if its duration "does not exceed the time required to prepare and adopt the applicable land use regulations" that Boulder County adopted in December.
Neslin and Mueller also wrote that "by extending the moratorium, the county would effectively mandate that the energy it consumes be produced elsewhere. But elsewhere inevitably involves someone else's back yard; therefore, this is not a realistic or fruitful model for other communities."
Said Neslin and Mueller: "The county would provide a greater service by demonstrating how to work with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and operators like Noble and Encana to ensure that environmental issues are responsibly addressed."
The county got more than 1,100 letters and emails about extending the moratorium, with the vast majority of them from Boulder County residents calling for continuing that timeout for one or more years.
"I am writing in support of a total ban on fracking in Boulder County," wrote Lyons resident Dianne Andrews, "or at the very least, an extension of the current moratorium. Boulder County needs a five-year moratorium on fracking to obtain public safety health data from a National Science Foundation study scheduled for completion in 2018."
Maria Wasson, who lives on North 65th Street in rural Boulder County west of Longmont, wrote: "Our most precious resources are air, water and healthy food. Without those, we die.
"Are you willing to destroy our most precious resources so we can have enough natural gas to sell overseas to make the oil and gas companies richer than they already are?" Wasson asked in her letter. "If so, you are choosing to go down a very destructive road that leads to nothing but death."
Longmont residents Shelley and Joe Bassman predicted that "once wells are permitted, they will persist for decades, and they will be subject to the regulation in effect now. The long-term risk to our health and our community is profound."
Longmont resident Marcy White wrote: "The camel's nose is already under the tent. Please help us stop the gas companies from controlling our county, politically and environmentally."
White said, "Once the bits break the ground, we'll be losing any leverage we now have" and "the wells will continue to give off toxins even if they are subsequently forced to close down."
Gunbarrel resident Marcy Metzger wrote: "Protecting Boulder County citizens -- our health, our families, our homes, our neighborhoods, our lifestyles, our investments -- has to take priority." She urged Boulder County to take a year or more before again considering the resumption of accepting drilling applications, "until all the impacts have been clearly identified, presented to the public and addressed to the satisfaction of the residents."
The commissioners are scheduled to cast a Thursday vote on a resolution that would formally extend the moratorium.


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Ever crave a chicago dog? I do, every night. Kidding.
So many variations on the Chicago dog.
This one is created with 'things I have on hand'.
Grilled hot dog filled with baked beans (you can use chili too), coleslaw, red onions, cheddar cheese and a pickle. That's like almost-chicago style? Wish I could take credit for the onions rings, I can't, they are from a bag.
But it's a good brand of frozen onions rings, by Alexia brand. Really good when you're in a hurry and don't want to make from scratch.


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Highway 18 partially blocked by rollover near Sheridan
Apr 8, 2013 | 1 Comment
The News-Register staff
(N-R Staff) SHERIDAN — The driver of a loaded log truck was uninjured this morning when his tractor-trailer rig rolled just west of Sheridan at Red Prairie Road.
The Oregon State Police gave this account of the 11:45 a.m. incident:
Ray Mott, 56, of 110 N.E. Kingwood St., McMinnville, employed by Siletz Trucking, was operating a 2000 Kenworth when the trailer's right-side wheels traveled onto the shoulder. He lost control trying to bring the trailer back onto the pavement. The rig traveled across the westbound lanes and rolled onto its side, spilling its load.
In addition to OSP, the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office, Sheridan Fire District and Oregon Department of Transportation responded.
OSP Senior Trooper Bridget Taylor, who patrols out of the McMinnville office, is the lead investigator.
The highway was partially blocked while the scene was cleared. It was later reopened.
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Anyone have one or know where i can get one?
Anyone have one or know where i can get one?
vert fed minimag body,rt valve,intellifeed,cp barrel
Are you looking for the cd or the information on it?Originally Posted by Mr. Sinister
PM me
If you are looking for the information on it, there is actually better information available now than was available when it was made.
Except for the Automag in front, its usually the man behind the equipment that counts.
ha! so i read this thread the other day and though "what the hell is a micro-cd?" then today while cleaning in my garage i ran across an original level 10 kit box with the micro CD in it. LMK if you are still looking as i have one and clearly have no use for it!
I just need a video showing how to fix my lvl 10 bolt, i got it used with the ule kit installed but it leaks down the barrel and i ony have so much air to tech it. any tutorial videos that cover that??
Last edited by Mr. Sinister; 09-15-2012 at 10:46 PM. Reason: grammar
This is the video that you need.
Here is a short level 10 tuning procedure that I wrote a while back. It might help you.
Don't follow the AGD instructions exactly. We have found a few tweaks over the years that negate some of the original thoughts that are in the original instructions.
The carriers are sized using lines and dots. Each line represents a 1 and a series of dots represents 0.5. Eg; 2 lines and dots equals size 2.5. Carriers range from size 0 to 3.5 but most people only have from 0 to 2.5 and most new kits have even less.
When tuning your level 10, remove all the shims from the powertube before starting. They don't affect the operation but they can cause false leaks which cause you to use a carrier size that is too tight. Don't put them back when you are done. You shouldn't ever need them.
For carrier sizing:
Find the carrier size that causes the installed oring to fit freely over the bolt stem. The carrier should sit on the bolt stem without moving if the bolt is held in a vertical position. If you tap the valve on a hard surface, the carrier should be loose enough to allow the bolt to move. If you have to force the carrier onto the bolt stem with any force at all, then it is too tight. Install the bolt and valve into the gun. When aired up there should be no leaking. If it leaks, take the carrier out and replace it with the next smaller size. Always use the same white carrier oring in each carrier that you use. It is the orings that you are adjusting. Try it again. You want to use the largest carrier size that does not produce a leak.
Any time that the gun fires and does not reset or short strokes and does not reset, or just chuffs and does not reset, the problem is most likely a carrier that is too tight. Installing shims will not help. Shims only help if the bolt moves, hits an object but does not vent any air, and then cannot reset because the chamber is still fully charged. Most of the time the bolt always moves far enough to expose the vent hole, get rid of excess air, and then reset.
For spring adjustment:
You want to use the bolt spring that allows you to shoot about 20fps above the lowest velocity that the gun will cycle at. So, if you want to use the gun at 280fps, then your desired lower limit of operation is 260fps. Insert your long bolt spring. Turn the velocity adjuster down before you air up the valve. Then gradually turn up the velocity until the gun will cycle. This is your lower velocity. Measure it. If it is above 265fps, then you will need a shorter spring or you will need to clip the one you have (unless you have red one. They are usually in the correct range). If you clip a spring, only clip half a coil at a time and then try it using the same procedure of starting with a low velocity setting. Make sure you put the cut end of the spring towards the bolt. If you have the short spring installed, and the lower range is 30fps below the desired shooting velocity, I wouldn't worry about using a stiffer spring and would just go with the short bolt spring. If it was much lower than that, I would definately clip a long spring to get closer to the desired range.
Thanks guys, im a visual learner but i read your text post and found it helpful too, I dont have a chronograph but I can just wing it. I will tech it tomorrow and hopefully report back good news.
ok, so now it shoots but it also sounds like it lekaing when i shoot. it only lasts until the trigger returns. thougths? I have a logic ultimate mech frame on the new cuatom ver minimag body if that matters.
A leak sound until the bolt returns is normally caused by bolt stick. The bolt stick slows down the return of the bolt. The vent hole leaks out residual air until the bolt spring has more force than the pressure left in the chamber. Then the bolt fully resets allowing the on-off to push the sear and trigger rod/trigger back into position.
ok, so how do I fix that?
Use the next larger carrier.
I started using the next larger carrier when i got it and it was leaking with the trigger unable to be pulled, any other suggestions?
Originally Posted by Mr. Sinister
If it is leaking while the trigger is held down, it is your on/off leaking.
What do you mean by "trigger unable to be pulled"? Is the trigger not reset (loose)? Or is the trigger stuck or stiff?Originally Posted by Mr. Sinister
If the trigger is loose because it did not reset, then it isn't caused by a loose carrier. That is caused by a carrier that is too tight, or an on-off oring that is leaking.
How old is your sear? Is the rail bushing in place? Are all the shims out of the powertube?
when i got it I was unable to pull the trigger becuase the sear wasnt pushed forward after being aired up. I got the rail and sear used but it doesn't look that bad. I am getting a tacone rail and rt sear soon, will that help the issue? it leaks until I let go of the trigger as of now. I'm using the longest spring, didn't come with Red one, and no shims in it. Thoughts/ comments?
That is caused by bolt stick. The bolt isn't fully resetting which prevents the sear from rotating forward and pushing the trigger pin out. Bolt stick is almost always caused by a carrier that is too tight. But, there can be other issues such as a leaking on-off pin or regulator pin assembly oring that can cause input air to continue flowing into the front chamber which will also prevent the bolt from resetting.Originally Posted by Mr. Sinister
So, it leaks when you hold the trigger back but not when you release it? It usually doesn't work that way.Originally Posted by Mr. Sinister


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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Junior Nick McCrory captured the third NCAA title of his career in platform diving Saturday, rounding out what has been a standout performance on all three disciplines at the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships this week at the IU Natatorium and the IUPUI Sports Complex in Indianapolis.
After previously winning national titles on the platform as a freshman and sophomore in 2010 and 2011, McCrory was impressive in his return to his signature event at the NCAA Championships, leading the field in the preliminaries with a score of 471.70.
The Chapel Hill, N.C., native opened his finals list Saturday evening with 84.60 points on a back 2 ½ somersault for a 3.6 degree of difficulty and then took over first place in the second round, earning a score of 71.40 on a forward 3 ½ somersault.
In the third round, McCrory received six 9.0s and one 9.5 from the judges on a back 2 ½ somersault. He matched that 81.00-point effort on his fourth dive, a reverse 2 ½ somersault, to bring his total to 318.00 with two dives remaining.
McCrory's highest-scoring dive of the evening came in the fifth round, when he was awarded 91.20 points – including two 10.0s – on his armstand. The Duke junior then closed his list with 86.70 points on an inward 3 ½ somersault to bring his total score to 495.90, securing him his third NCAA title in the event. Stanford's Kristian Ipsen, the 2013 NCAA champion on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards, took second at 452.90 while Conor Murphy of Indiana came in third with 422.15 points.
"It feels great," McCrory said. "Platform has been my event all my life, so I'm really happy to be coming here and going 3-for-3 on the platform at NCAAs. This was definitely a tough year, transitioning from the Olympics back into school and collegiate diving, but I wanted this and I worked hard to be where I am right now."
The first-place finish on the platform wraps up a strong showing by McCrory at the 2013 NCAA Championships, as he also collected runner-up finishes in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard competitions. His performances on all three boards placed the Blue Devil men 17th out of 40 programs in the final team standings, with the 17th-place finish marking the highest for the men's program during McCrory's career at Duke.
"He was amazing today," said diving coach Drew Johansen. "It was the best performance he's turned in between all three boards and this is probably one of the most difficult meets in the world – it's so physically challenging for three days in a row. Finishing on the platform, which is the most demanding event, he just did great."
Now a nine-time All-American across the three diving disciplines, McCrory has advanced to the championship final of every event he has competed in at the NCAA Championships. This season has seen him win an NCAA title, three All-America accolades and three Atlantic Coast Conference titles while becoming the most decorated diver in the history of the ACC with a total of seven conference diving crowns for his career. Duke's most successful diver on the men's side and the men's program's only individual national champion, McCrory also captured an Olympic bronze medal in synchronized platform diving along with fellow American David Boudia at the 2012 London Games prior to the start of the 2012-13 campaign.
"All the pressure that I've felt is from myself," McCrory said. "I have the best support from Duke and Drew. I really wanted this championship. It's been difficult coming off of the Olympics and back into collegiate diving, but I used that as fuel and it motivated me. I'm really happy with the result."


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Red Sox - 100 300 000 - 4 11 0J.D. Drew tripled on the third pitch of the game and scored the game's first run. He also hit a two-run homer in the fourth and singled in the sixth -- and made several nice running catches in right field.
Orioles - 000 000 000 - 0 6 0
Lester (7-5-0-0-8, 108) allowed only one Baltimore baserunner past first base.
Jason Varitek and Mark Kotsay each singled twice, Jacoby Ellsbury stole two bases, and Dustin Pedroia singled and walked twice. Jason Bay (0-for-5) recorded the game's final out with a back-handed tumbling catch in short left field.
Jon Lester (4.68, 99 ERA+) / Jason Berken (6.32, 72 ERA+)
Boston has scored a mere nine runs in its last four games, batting only .205/.261/.291 as a team.
Perhaps facing the last-place Orioles (34-41, 12 GB) -- with a staff ERA of 5.01, third-worst in MLB, and a rookie making his seventh career start -- will get the bats going again.
In his last start, Berken allowed three runs (two earned) to the Marlins in five innings. He has gone more than five innings only once in his last four starts.
Lester has given up three or fewer earned runs in six of his last seven starts. In his four June starts, Lester has a 2.33 ERA. Against Baltimore on April 19, Lester threw seven shutout innings with nine strikeouts. Boston swept that series (April 17-20), outscoring the Orioles 30-14.


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Tomorrow I am going to start going through the warehouse and scrapping as many old parts as I can. I am going to start an area getting our stuff ready. Once it is ready it is going to the scrap metal yard. So if you want anything you better speak up. We will no longer build certain parts and I am not going to have them sitting in my warehouse any longer either.
I will take pics along the way and if you want it you better take it now. I will give 2 days from the time I post, then it is out of here!!
Everything is as is, no refunds, no whining.
I will still need to add shipping
Here is the start:
Also didn't get a pic but have Stock M98 and A5 barrels 100+ of them. $5.00
automag and RT mini and a couple full size foregrips in dust black $5.00
VMX body kit, will have powerfeed, backdoor, brass side plug and trigger guard with extra body no extra powerfeed, backdoor, brass plug or trigger guard $20 or for $35 you can get the extra powerfeed backdoor, brass plug, and trigger guard.
The VMX body kit may not be 100% compatible with all VM69/PMI3 internals as there were multiple changes made over several years of production of these guns. We have found that the use of a siphon tank is optimal under most conditions for virtually all Vm68/PMI3 internals.
Because the VMX is shorter than the standard gun it requires that the frame rail be cut down to fit. We do have a limited number of shortened trigger frame rails available for $10.00 each. We also have a limited number of new complete trigger rail assemblies available in both shortened and full length with all internal components for $50.00 (These are not on our scrap list and if they don't sell will go back to the regular price, big savings now just check the website) You will also need an Armson ball detent for $7.00 if you don't have one.
Other than that you can swap your internals for a working gun. We also have a limited number of our Pro Shot Kits which will require an Automag bolt spring for $15.00.
Stock Spyder imagine barrels $3.00, right rails $3.00, bolts $3.00, and bottomlines w/hose and foregrip $5.00
Automag foregrips and in my hand is the last 3 gas thrus $7.00
Stock M98 and A5 bottom lines w/hose and CA reducer $5.00
VM trigger guards $3.00
The top half of the pic is RT foregrips the bottom half of the pic is RT gas thrus $7.00
VM barrel nuts $3.00


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Iron Man 3
Action / Adventure / Sci-fi
Director: Shane Black
Running time: 130 mins Released: 26th April 2013
Website: uk.marvel.com
About Iron Man 3
After teaming up with some other superheroes for The Avengers movie, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) goes it alone to face the latest threat to world peace. As we all know by now, Tony is a billionaire playboy philanthropist with an extremely hi-tech robotic suit that enables him to do almost anything. He's hoping to tone down his wild side as he develops his relationship with practical but feisty CEO Pepper Potts and he has faithful friend Col. James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) on hand for support and military advice. But could he cope if his Iron Man alter ego was suddenly taken away from him? Is he only as good as his latest suit? When his home is destroyed by a missile attack and Pepper's life is put in danger by the mysterious Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), Tony has to rely on his inner resources.