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[Federal Register: December 26, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 248)] [Notices] [Page 78915-78934] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr26de02-144] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA No.: 84.224C] Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research-Alternative Financing Program Technical Assistance (AFPTA); Notice Inviting Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Note to Applicants: This notice is a complete application package. Together with the statute authorizing the program and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), this notice contains all of the information, application forms, and instructions you need to apply for a grant under this competition. Purpose of the Program: The purpose of the AFPTA is to award a grant to a public or private agency or organization to provide information and technical assistance to States participating in or interested in participating in the Alternative Financing Program (AFP). For FY 2003, the competition for one new award focuses on projects designed to meet the priority described in the PRIORITY section of this application notice. We intend this priority to provide technical assistance to the States and outlying areas to establish or maintain alternative financing projects to increase access to assistive technology (AT) services and devices for individuals with disabilities of all ages. Eligible Applicants: Parties eligible to apply for this grant are States; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, including for-profit organizations; institutions of higher education; and Indian tribes and tribal organizations with sufficient documented experience, expertise, and capacity to assist States in the development and implementation of the Alternative Financing Program carried out under Title III of the AT Act. Applications Available: December 26, 2002. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 27, 2003. Maximum Award Amount: $727,000 for year one; $304,000 for year two and, $304,000 for year three based on the availability of future appropriations. Note: We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding the maximum amount for each of the three 12 month budget periods. Estimated Number of Awards: 1. Project Period: Up to 36 months. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Years two and three are subject to the availability of appropriation for this program. Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86 and 97. Priority This competition focuses on projects designed to meet the Alternative Financing Program Technical Assistance (AFPTA) priority in the notice of final priority for this program, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. For FY 2003, this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet this priority. Selection Criteria We use the following selection criteria to evaluate applications under this program (See 34 CFR 75.210). The maximum score for all of these criteria is 100 points. The maximum score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses. (a) Significance (10 points total). (1) The Secretary considers the significance of the proposed project; and (2) In determining the significance of the proposed project, the Secretary considers the extent to which the results of the proposed project are to be disseminated in ways that will enable others to use the information or strategies. (b) Quality of the project design (25 points total). (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the design of the proposed project; and (2) In determining the quality of the design of the proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors: (i) The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable (8 points). (ii) The extent to which the design of the proposed project is appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target population or other identified needs (8 points). (iii)The extent to which the proposed project represents an exceptional approach to the priority or priorities established for the competition (6 points). (iv) The extent to which the proposed project will be coordinated with similar or related efforts, and with other appropriate community, State, and Federal resources (3 points). (c) Quality of project services (15 points total). (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the services to be provided by the proposed project; (2) In determining the quality of the services to be provided by the proposed project, the Secretary considers the quality and sufficiency of strategies for ensuring equal access and treatment for eligible proposed project participants who are members of groups that have traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability (5 points); and (3) In addition, the Secretary considers the following factors: (i) The extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed project are appropriate to the needs of the intended recipients or beneficiaries of those services (5 points). (ii) The extent to which the technical assistance services to be provided by the proposed project involve the use of efficient strategies, including the use of technology, as appropriate, and the leveraging of non-project resources (5 points). (d) Quality of project personnel (15 points total). (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the personnel who will carry out the proposed project; [[Page 78916]] (2) In determining the quality of proposed project personnel, the Secretary considers the extent to which the applicant encourages applications for employment from persons who are members of groups that have traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability (5 points); and (3) In addition, the Secretary considers the following factors: (i) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience, of the project director or principal investigator (5 points). (ii) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience, of key project personnel (5 points). (e) Adequacy of resources (15 points total). (1) The Secretary considers the adequacy of resources for the proposed project. (2) In determining the adequacy of resources for the proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors: (i) The adequacy of support, including facilities, equipment, supplies, and other resources, from the applicant organization or the lead applicant organization (8 points). (ii) The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the objectives, design, and potential significance of the proposed project (7 points). (f) Quality of the management plan (10 points total). (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the management plan for the proposed project. (2) In determining the quality of the management plan for the proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors: (i) The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives of the proposed project on time and within budget, including clearly defined responsibilities, time lines, and milestones for accomplishing project tasks (5 points). (ii) The extent to which the time commitments of the project director and principal investigator and other key project personnel are appropriate and adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed project (5 points). (g) Quality of the project evaluation (10 points total). (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the evaluation to be conducted of the proposed project. (2) In determining the quality of the evaluation, the Secretary considers the following factors: (i) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the proposed project (5 points). (ii) The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use of objective performance measures that are clearly related to the intended outcomes of the project and will produce quantitative and qualitative data to the extent possible (5 points). Application Forms and Instructions The Appendix to this notice contains forms and instructions, a statement regarding estimated public reporting burden, and various assurances and certifications. Please organize the parts and additional materials in the following order: [sbull] Part I: Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424 (Exp. 11/30/2004)) and instructions. [sbull] Part II: Budget Form--Non-Construction Programs (ED 524) and instructions and definitions. [sbull] Part III: Application Narrative. [sbull] Part IV: Additional Materials [sbull] Estimated Public Reporting Burden. [sbull] Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B). [sbull] Certification Regarding Lobbying, Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters: and Drug-Free Work-Place Requirements (ED Form 80-0013). [sbull] Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion: Lower Tier Covered Transactions (ED Form 80-0014) and instructions. Note: ED Form GCS-014 is intended for the use of primary participants and should not be transmitted to the Department. [sbull] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL (if applicable) and instructions; and Disclosure Lobbying Activities Continuation Sheet (Standard Form LLL-A). If you apply in paper format, you may submit information on a photocopy copy of the application and budget forms, the assurances, and the certifications. However, the application form, the assurances, and the certifications must each have an original signature. We will not award a grant unless we have received a completed application form. Application Procedures You have a choice of submitting your applications either in a paper copy or electronic copy. The Secretary may reject without consideration or evaluation any application that proposes a project funding level that exceeds the stated maximum award amount per year (See 34 CFR 75.104(b)). The Secretary strongly recommends the following: (1) A one-page abstract; (2) An Application Narrative (i.e., Part III that addresses the selection criteria that will be used by reviewers in evaluating individual proposals) of no more 75 numbered, double-spaced (no more than 3 lines per vertical inch) 8.5' x 11'' pages (on one side only) with one inch margins (top, bottom, and sides). The application narrative page limit recommendation does not apply to: Part I--the electronically scannable form; Part II--the budget section (including the narrative budget justification); and Part IV--the assurances and certifications; and (3) A font no smaller than a 12-point font and an average character density no greater than 14 characters per inch. If you want to apply for a grant and be considered for funding, you must meet the following deadline requirements: Instructions for Transmittal of Applications Note: Some of the procedures in these instructions for transmitting applications differ from those in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) (34 CFR 75.102). Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed regulations. However these amendments make procedural changes only and do not establish new substantive policy. Therefore, under 5 U.S.C. 553 (b) (A), the Secretary has determined that proposed rulemaking is not required. Pilot Project for Electronic Submission of Applications In Fiscal Year 2003, the U.S. Department of Education is continuing to expand its pilot project for electronic submission of applications to include additional formula grant programs and additional discretionary grant competitions. The Alternative Financing Program Technical Assistance (AFPTA) (CFDA No. 84.224C) is one of the programs included in the pilot project. If you are an applicant under the AFPTA, you may submit your application to us in either electronic or paper format. The pilot project involves the use of the Electronic Grant Application System (e-Application) portion of the Grant Administration and Payment System (GAPS). Users of e-Application will be entering data on-line while completing their applications. You may not e-mail a soft copy of a grant application to us. If you participate in this voluntary pilot project by submitting an application [[Page 78917]] electronically, the data you enter on-line will be saved into a database. We request your participation in e-Application. We shall continue to evaluate its success and solicit suggestions for improvement. If you participate in e-Application, please note the following: [sbull] Your participation is voluntary. [sbull] You will not receive any additional point value because you submit a grant application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you submit an application in paper format. When you enter the e- Application system, you will find information about its hours of operation. [sbull] You may submit all documents electronically, including the Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information--Non- Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. [sbull] After you electronically submit your application, you will receive an automatic acknowledgement, which will include a PR/Award number (an identifying number unique to your application). [sbull] Within three working days after submitting your electronic application, fax a signed copy of the Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424) to the Application Control Center after following these steps: (1) Print ED 424 from the e-Application system. (2) The institution's Authorizing Representative must sign this form. (3) Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the hard copy signature page of the ED 424. (4) Fax the signed ED 424 to the Application Control Center at (202) 260-1349. [sbull] We may request that you give us original signatures on all other forms at a later date. [sbull] Closing Date Extension in Case of System Unavailability: If you elect to participate in the e-Application pilot for the AFPTA and you are prevented from submitting your application on the closing date because the e-Application system is unavailable, we will grant you an extension of one business day in order to transmit your application electronically, by mail, or by hand delivery. For us to grant this extension-- (1) You must be a registered user of e-Application, and have initiated an e-Application for this competition; and (2)(a) The e-Application system must be unavailable for 60 minutes or more between the hours of 8:30 and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the deadline date; or (b) The e-Application system must be unavailable for any period of time during the last hour of operation (that is, for any period of time between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time) on the deadline date. The Department must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability before granting you an extension. To request this extension you must contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or (2) the e-GRANTS help desk at 1-888-336-8930. You may access the electronic grant application for the AFPTA at: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://e-grants.ed.gov. We have included additional information about the e-Application pilot project (see Parity Guidelines between Paper and Electronic Applications) elsewhere in this notice. If you want to apply for a grant and be considered for funding, you must meet the following deadline requirements: (A) If You Send Your Application by Mail: You must mail the original and two copies of the application on or before the deadline date. To help expedite our review of your application, we would appreciate your voluntarily including an additional seven copies of your application. Mail your application to: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA
84.224C), 7th & D Streets, SW., Room 3671, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4725. You must show one of the following as proof of mailing: (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark. (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service. (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier. (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary. If you mail an application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing: (1) A private metered postmark. (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service. (B) If You Deliver Your Application by Hand: You or your courier must hand deliver the original and two copies of the application by 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on or before the deadline date. To help expedite our review of your application, we would appreciate your voluntarily including an additional seven copies of your application. Deliver your application to: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA 84.224C), 7th & D Streets, SW., Room 3671, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4725. The Application Control Center accepts application deliveries daily between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time), except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. The Center accepts application deliveries through the D Street entrance only. A person delivering an application must show identification to enter the building. (C) If You Submit Your Application Electronically: You must submit your grant application through the Internet using the software provided on the e-Grants Web site (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://e-grants.ed.gov) by 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the deadline date. The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are 6:00 a.m. until 12:00 midnight (Washington, DC time) Monday-Friday and 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Saturdays. The system is unavailable on the second Saturday of every month, Sundays, and Federal holidays. Please note that on Wednesdays the Web site is closed for maintenance at 7:00 p.m. (Washington, DC time). Notes: (1) The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your local post office. (2) If you send your application by mail or if you or your courier deliver it by hand, the Application Control Center will mail a Grant Application Receipt Acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the notification of application receipt within 15 days from the date of mailing the application, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center at (202) 708-9493. (3) If your application is late, we will notify you that we will not consider the application. (4) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the Department--in Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424 (exp. 11/30/2004)) the CFDA number--and suffix letter, if any--of the competition under which you are submitting your application. (5) If you submit your application through the Internet via the e- Grants Web site, you will receive an automatic acknowledgment when we receive your application. For Further Information Contact: Carol Cohen, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3420, Switzer Building, [[Page 78918]] Washington, DC 20202-2645. Telephone: (202) 205-5666 or via the Internet: firstname.lastname@example.com. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the TDD number at (202) 205-4475. Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person listed under For Further Information Contact. Electronic Access to This Document You may view this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC area at (202) 512-1530. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html . Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 3056. Dated: December 19, 2002. Robert H. Pasternack, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. AppendixInstructions for Estimated Public Reporting Burden According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, you are not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this collection of information is 1820-0634. Expiration date: 10/31/2003. We estimate the time required to complete this collection of information to average 30 hours per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data sources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the collection of information. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC 20202-4651. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your submission of this form, write directly to: Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3412, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2645. Parity Guidelines Between Paper and Electronic Applications In FY 2003, the U.S. Department of Education is continuing to expand the pilot project that allows applicants to use an Internet- based electronic system for submitting applications. This competition is among those that have an electronic submission option available to all applicants. The system, called e-APPLICATION, allows an applicant to submit a grant application to us electronically, using a current version of the applicant's Internet browser. To see e-APPLICATION visit the following address: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://e-grants.ed.gov. Users of e-APPLICATION, a data driven system, will be entering data on-line while completing their applications. This will be more interactive than just e-mailing a soft copy of a grant application to us. If you participate in this voluntary pilot project by submitting an application electronically, the data you enter on-line will go into a database and ultimately will be accessible in electronic form to our reviewers. This pilot project continues the Department's transition to an electronic grant award process. In addition to e-APPLICATION, the Department plans to expand the number of discretionary programs using the electronic peer review (e-READER) system and to increase the participation of discretionary programs offering grantees the use of the electronic annual performance reporting (e-REPORTS) system. To help ensure parity and a similar look between electronic and paper copies of grant applications, we are asking each applicant that submits a paper application to adhere to the following guidelines: [sbull] Submit your application on 8\1/2\'' by 11'' paper. [sbull] Leave a 1-inch margin on all sides. [sbull] Use consistent font throughout your document. You may also use boldface type, underlining, and italics. However, please do not use colored text. [sbull] Please use black and white, also, for illustrations, including charts, tables, graphs and pictures. [sbull] For the narrative component, your application should consist of the number and text of each selection criterion followed by the narrative. The text of the selection criterion, if included, does not count against any page limitation. [sbull] Place a page number at the bottom right of each page beginning with 1; and number your pages consecutively throughout your document. Application Forms and Instructions Paper applicants are advised to reproduce and complete the application forms in this section. Paper applicants are required to submit an original and two copies of each application as provided in this section. However, paper applicants are encouraged to submit an additional seven copies of each application in order to facilitate the peer review process and minimize copying errors. Frequent Questions 1. Can I Get an Extension of the Due Date? No. On rare occasions the Department of Education may extend a closing date for all applicants. If that occurs, a notice of the revised due date is published in the Federal Register. However, there are no extensions or exceptions to the due date made for individual applicants except as noted for unavailability of the e-APPLICATION system. 2. What Should Be Included in the Application? The application should include a project narrative, vitae of key personnel, and a budget, as well as the Assurances forms included in this package. Vitae of staff or consultants should include the individual's title and role in the proposed project, and other information that is specifically pertinent to this proposed project. The budgets for both the first year and all subsequent project years should be included. If collaboration with another organization is involved in the proposed activity, the application should include assurances of participation by the other parties, including written agreements or assurances of cooperation. It is not useful to include general letters of support or endorsement in the application. Many applications contain voluminous appendices that are not helpful and in many cases cannot even be mailed to the reviewers. It is generally not helpful to include such things as brochures, general capability statements of collaborating organizations, maps, copies of publications, or descriptions of other projects completed by the applicant. 3. What Format Should Be Used for the Application? NIDRR generally advises applicants that they may organize the application to follow the selection criteria that will be used. The specific review criteria vary according to the specific program, [[Page 78919]] and are contained in this Consolidated Application Package. 4. May I Submit Applications to More Than One NIDRR Program Competition or More Than One Application to a Program? Yes, you may submit applications to any program for which they are responsive to the program requirements. No, you may not submit more than one application to this competition. 5. What is the Allowable Indirect Cost Rate? The limits on indirect costs vary according to the program and the type of application. The AFPTA does not place any limit on indirect costs. 6. Can Profitmaking Businesses Apply for Grants? Yes. However, for-profit organizations will not be able to collect a fee or profit on the grant. 7. Can Individuals Apply for Grants? No. Only organizations are eligible to apply for grants under the AFPTA program. 8. Can I Call NIDRR to Find Out if My Application is Being Funded? No. When NIDRR is able to release information on the status of grant applications, it will notify applicants by letter. The results of the peer review cannot be released except through this formal notification. 9. If My Application is Successful, Can I Assume I Will Get the Requested Budget Amount in Subsequent Years? No. Funding in subsequent years is subject to availability of funds and project performance. 10. Will All Approved Applications be Funded? No. It often happens that the peer review panels approve for funding more applications than NIDRR can fund within available resources. Applicants who are approved but not funded are encouraged to consider submitting similar applications in future competitions. 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It's not as intimidating as the mask Hannibal Lecter wore in Silence of the Lambs or the mask that Bane wore in The Dark Knight Rises, but DeMarcus Ware has made a considerable change to his facemask.
With his switch to defensive end, Ware has added several more rows of protection to the facemask he'll likely wear during the 2013 season. His new model is certainly different than most, however, he still needs to add a few bars to compete with New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck.
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Xiaomi Redmi 4 Images and Specs Appears on TENAA: FHD, 3GB RAM & 699 Yuan ($105) Price
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The Redmi 4 was expected to launch alongside the Redmi Note 4 but it didn't. It seems it's launch is near as images have shown up on TENAA's website.
The Redmi 4 appears to look more like a small sized Redmi Note 4, although it doesn't seem to have that curve of the Note 4. It doesn't seem like Xiaomi has any plans of changing the design of the capacitive buttons, so that remains the same. The speaker on the Redmi 4 has been removed from the back and will now be at the bottom flanking the charging port.
At the back, there is a fingerprint scanner below the rear camera which has the LED flash sitting on the left. The Mi logo sits a few inches from the antenna line at the base. Volume rocker and power buttons are still on the right and the SIM tray is on the left.
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Specifications of the Redmi includes 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a Full HD display which a lot of people are excited about considering its 699 Yuan ($105) price tag. The processor is clocked at 1.8 GHz which some have predicted to be the Helio P10. Though some say it is the Snapdragon 625. If it does come with a Helio P10 chip, trust Xiaomi to release a version with a SD 625 chip as well and tag it as the Redmi 4 Pro.
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Photo Diary:The Florida panhandle, pre-spill.
Inlet Beach. (All photos by C-M.)
In the course of some of my magazine assignments, I've gotten to know the Florida panhandle — which has made the spill in the Gulf feel like a personal affront. This isn't some abstract environmental disaster in my mind. I've met, eaten, drank and hung out with the folks who live and work in this area. I feel at a loss on how I might do anything constructive, so I thought I might pay photographic tribute to an area that has shown me plenty of hospitality and some very good times.


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U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the National Labor Relations Board announced it will withdraw its complaint against The Boeing Company:
"Today's decision confirms the NLRB's action against Boeing was nothing more than a shameless campaign to bully an American employer. While I am pleased Boeing and the union agreed to a resolution, thousands of jobs in South Carolina and many more across the country were threatened by the NLRB's decision to pick winners and losers in a labor dispute. The top priority of the Obama NLRB should be to protect the rights of workers, not strengthen the bargaining position of its union friends. Countless employers and workers are now wondering whether they too will fall victim to similar tactics by Big Labor and its NLRB allies.
"The need for congressional action has never been more urgent. It is time for the Senate to stand up for our workforce and pass the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act – bipartisan legislation that will prevent the board from dictating where a private employer can and cannot create work. Congress has a responsibility to ensure the board is never again able to exercise this kind of job-destroying power."
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November 10, 2015
Humane Society of the United States Condemns the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission's Decisions on Cougars and Wolves
Scott Beckstead, senior Oregon state director of The Humane Society of the United States, released the following statement:
"Yesterday's decision to delist wolves was not only premature, but also follows a disturbing pattern of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission waging war against our native carnivores. Last month, the Commission voted to allow trophy hunters and federal wildlife agents to kill more cougars and now it's wolves facing arbitrary decisions that fly in the face of ethical conservation, ignore the best available science and are out of touch with modern society. These decisions are not aligned with responsible management and ignore Oregonian values."
With fewer than 90 individuals, wolves are currently absent from most of their suitable range in Oregon.
Hunting cougars and wolves harms individuals and family groups. This killing especially leaves dependent young to die from starvation, predation and exposure, and affects subpopulations of both species.
On October 9, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission decided to permit the killing of all cougars who live in so-called "target zones" on 6,236 square miles of Oregon's lands.
When persistently killed, large carnivores cannot achieve their work to balance healthy ecosystems.
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Johnson & Johnson's third-quarter profit fell 7 percent as litigation and acquisition costs and factory upgrade expenses related to its consumer product recalls offset higher medicine and medical device sales.
The results beat modest Wall Street expectations, and J&J raised its 2012 profit forecast.
However, the world's biggest maker of health products yet again pushed back the timeline for all its recalled over-the-counter drugs returning to stores, to sometime next year. Initially, it predicted that would happen by early 2011.
The recalls of nonprescription medicines, including adult and children's Tylenol and Motrin, have cost the company well over $1 billion in lost sales and costs to upgrade two factories and completely rebuild a third.
The maker of baby shampoo, artificial joints and drugs such as Remicade for immune disorders said Tuesday that its net income was $2.97 billion, or $1.05 per share. That's down from $3.2 billion, or $1.15 per share, in 2011's third quarter.
Revenue rose 6.5 percent to $17.05 billion, boosted nearly 6 percent by sales from Synthes Inc., a maker of surgical trauma equipment and orthopedic implants. J&J bought the company in June for $19.7 billion, its biggest acquisition ever.
Excluding one-time charges, earnings were $3.5 billion, or $1.25 per share.
The charges included $94 million more to cover recall and lawsuit costs for defective DePuy replacement hips, $135 million related to buying Synthes and a $340 million write-down for ending testing of the intravenous form of once-promising Alzheimer's disease drug bapineuzumab. Patient testing of a version injected under the skin continues. J&J's partner on bapineuzumab, Pfizer Inc., will be taking a similar charge, J&J Chief Financial Officer Dominic Caruso said.
Analysts had expected earnings of $1.21 per share on revenue of $17.01 billion.
J&J, based in New Brunswick, N.J., said it now expects earnings per share of $5.05 to $5.10, excluding one-time items, up from its July forecast of $5 to $5.07.
J&J's shares hit $69.55, up 95 cents, or 1.4 percent, as the broader markets also climbed.
"All in all, I think the business is on sound footing. The investments we've made are paying off," Caruso told analysts during a conference call, referring to research, costs to launch new products and acquisitions.
He said U.S. hospitalization rates, surgeries and doctor visits increased in the single digits in the second quarter as well as the first, following nine straight quarters of declines.
"These signs are too early to signal any meaningful recovery," Caruso said.
Even a modest uptick helps J&J, which sells hospitals everything from surgical tools to diagnostic equipment. It could indicate more patients now are insured, can afford copayments for care or just can't put off surgery any longer.
He added that J&J's sales in Europe have been depressed by continuing pressure to reduce prices and government health programs pushing more use of generic drugs.
Erik Gordon, a professor at University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, called J&J's results "one of the rare good news quarters in Big Pharma."
"If Johnson & Johnson gets its consumer sales back on track, it could be one of the best stories of 2013 in the pharmaceutical business," Gordon said.
Analyst Steve Brozak of WBB Securities said J&J executives seemed to be telling investors there are no other good options among drugmakers, with executives noting its product launches in the last 3 1/2 years have brought in far more sales than those of 14 rivals. During a lengthy review, they stressed the strength of J&J's pipeline of experimental drugs and growing sales for its new ones, including Prezista for HIV, Zytiga for advanced prostate cancer and Stelara for psoriasis.
Sales of medical devices and diagnostic equipment, which is J&J's biggest division and now includes the Synthes business, jumped 12.5 percent to $7.07 billion.
Prescription drug sales climbed 7 percent to $6.4 billion.
But sales of consumer health products fell 4.3 percent, to $3.58 billion.
J&J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare business has conducted about 30 product recalls since September 2009, for reasons including wrong levels of active ingredients in pills, glass and metal shards in liquid medicines and nauseating packaging odors. J&J also has recalled prescription drugs, contact lenses and artificial hips.
Caruso said some more of the drugs affected by recalls were re-launched in the last quarter. He added that increased inspections by the Food and Drug Administration can delay shipments from factories.
Products relaunched this year include children's versions of Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl, plus Tylenol Severe Sinus and Sudafed PE Pressure+Pain. Items still unavailable include Tylenol PM, Tylenol Arthritis and Tylenol Rapid Release.
J&J's U.S. sales rose 13 percent to $7.79 billion, while sales in other countries, hurt by unfavorable currency exchange rates, inched up 1.4 percent to $9.26 billion.
Meanwhile, on Oct. 22 J&J will restore full access for all U.S. patients and end a rationing program for Doxil, its widely used drug for ovarian and other cancers. New patients have had to try second-best options since summer 2011, due to a shutdown at the Bedford, Ohio, factory of contract manufacturer Ben Venue Laboratories Inc. That company wasn't maintaining equipment and sterility or promptly investigating defective product batches, the FDA said.
J&J hopes to soon have approval for Ben Venue to resume initial manufacturing steps and another company to then handle sterile filtration and packaging, spokeswoman Lisa Vaga said. The company is still working on lining up additional manufacturers.
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Justice of the Peace Richard Glass awarded Laura Smith the one horse.
A local veterinarian testified Thursday out of the 18 horses seized in late July, the one horse had the best body score and wasn't as emaciated as the other 17.
On July 31 Lyon County Sheriff's, along with state agriculture and brand inspectors seized the 18 starving horses from Smith's home on Dove Lane just outside of Yerington.
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TEHRAN, IRAN - Iranian police invaded the annual conference of Irans Assemblies of God and arrested at least 80 church leaders at the churchs denominational center near Tehran as part of the worst crack down on evangelical believers in a decade, a Christian news agency reported Friday, September 10.
Compass news agency said security forces raided the meeting "without warning" in Karaj, 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of the capital, after they surrounded the churchs garden property Thursday, September 9.
Eyewitnesses were quoted as saying that all men and women present at the first day of their annual meetings were detained. "The police came from everywhere," an Iranian Christian reportedly said. "There were a lot of them."
The Christian, whose name was not identified apparently for security reasons, claimed that "every single person present was put under arrest, blindfolded and taken in for interrogation."
Compass, which has close contacts with persecuted Christians in the region, said that the detained believers were driven around blindfolded for several hours so they would be unable to understand where they were being taken.
Each of them were reportedly questioned separately by security officials, and the questions revealed that authorities had very precise information about each person, including his or her activities, relatives and other personal data, Compass said, quoting Iranian sources.
Although most of the evangelical leaders were released, ten male pastors were still in custody, and their where whereabouts are unknown to their families, who have not been allowed to contact them, the news agency said.
"This is the biggest crisis for evangelical believers in the country since three Protestant pastors were murdered 10 years ago," another unidentified Iranian source told Compass.
Six ordained ministers were named among the prisoners, identified by their given names of Vartan, Soren, Harmik, George, Omid and Farhad. Another two men serving as pastors and two church elders were identified as Neshan, Hamid, Henry and Robert. The pastors serve in congregations located in Tehran, Urumiyeh, Rasht, Ahwaz, Boshahr and Karaj.
All the evangelicals released Thursday night were forbidden to attend church services Friday, the weekly day of rest in Iran when most churches meet for worship, Compass reported. "Anyway, all their pastors are now under arrest, so there will be no one to preach when the congregations gather for services," its source said.
"As the worlds only theocracy, Iran has strictly proscribed the activities of its evangelical Christian citizens, closing down their churches and arresting known converts to Christianity. Under Islamic law, apostates who leave Islam are subject to the death penalty," Compass commented.
Iranian officials have not commented on the case.
This is bad news. The noose is tightening on Christians.
So I guess we know who the human shields for Iran's nuclear sites will be? Not hard to figger out what's what here.
In Saudi Arabia, home to Mecca and Medina, no Christian Church can be built or operated. You cannot have a Bible study in your home nor walk down the street with a Bible in your hand (as I understand it). A Jewish Synagogue cannot be built nor operated. No Jew can be a citizen of Saudi Arabia. I have heard it is still, officially, the death penalty for anyone to convert out of Islam.
And now the mad mullahs are arresting Evangelicals.
If the world is now exposed to terror, horror, war and injustice. This is because it has forgotten the God and spirituality.
-- September 11, 2004 at tehrantimes.com
Jerry Falwell to Pat Robertson:
[The 9/11 attacks] could be miniscule if, in fact - God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve.
-- September 13, 2001 on The 700 Club
Grrrr. There isn't a DAY that goes by that I don't grieve for the "honest" folks of Iran. GET RID OF THESE BLASTED MULLAH'S NOW! My heart goes out to these pastors, and all the folks over there who hunger for TRUTH, and FREEDOM.
Hitler is alive and well and living as a Mullah in Iran.
But the fact that there are evangelicals to arrest is a a good sign --- the Persian people want freedom, the mullahs are trying harder and harder to suppress all thought in Iran --- but ultimately I don't think they can.
Last I heard the mullahs in Iran are somewhat split --- some mullahs were siding with the people somewhat and getting the other mullahs upset --- if the mullahs are divided, that's good.
The Iranians need to be freed next.
Prayer for the Christians in Iran.
These are Iranian citizens?
Just out of curiosity, what are the charges? Not that they really need any.
Ping to what you mentioned last night...
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Baseball America has released their list of the New York Yankees top 10 prospects, and it looks like this:
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Four of the ten players spent all or parts of their 2008 season in a Thunder uniform.
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People will spend hours arguing over how this guy should be over that guy and so on when — in the long run — it means absolutely nothing.
And how many times do you think the guys in charge of these lists have seen these guys play in person? And perhaps more importantly, how many times did they see them play during this season? For example, eighth ranked Phil Coke is the same guy who apparently didn't even warrant a mention in the top 30 last year. I know a lot of these places that do this sort of thing stay in touch with managers and farm directors, but I obviously can't say enough about actually seeing someone play in person.
I don't pretend to know everything about the Yankee farm system — and that's not to insinuate BA is pretending to know things…they've got about 20 million more sources than I ever will — and there's no way you'll see me doing one of these lists. Until I see some of these guys play, reading about them in a book, seeing where they're ranked on a list, or watching short videos of them does nothing for me. I write about what I know…and I won't even do the power rankings of the Thunder I did when I started the season out anymore, mainly because that's probably more of a fan thing anyway, and not something I should have been doing in the first place.
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Money will remain tight for Barry County in 2013, according to initial budget information released by Barry County Clerk Gary Youngblood this past week.
Budget requests submitted by county officeholders in 2013 total $3,290,448, which is $215,925 less than spending plan approved in 2012. Last year, the county came in slightly under budget, spending $3,391,246 of the $3,506,373 allocated.
In 2012, county law enforcement funding took a big hit after voters failed to pass a law enforcement sales tax in November 2011. Due to lack of resources, Sheriff Mick Epperly was forced to cut three deputies and three part-time jail employees from his staff, decreasing his total budget from $1,079,930 in 2011 to $980,320 in 2012.
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Luanda - Two big humour shows that will have as prominent figure Portuguese humorist Fernando Rocha will be organized on 8-9 August by Angolan promoter Zona Jovem at Karl Max and Atlantico cinemas in Luanda.
The announcement was made to Angop by the head of the company, Figueira Ginga to whom the project will develop national humoristic market in a short, medium and long term.
The source said that this is an initiative called "Comédia a Três" which will be attended by Angolans humorist Calado Show and Pedro Njazi, beside musicians Yannick Ngombo (especial guest), Nguabi Montel and Leo both living in South Africa.
The first show will be at Karl Max Cinema with the participation of Fernando Rocha, Calado Show, Pedro Njazi and the rapper Yannick, from Afroman.
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My favorite children's book is the one we didn't just read and certainly not that one they picked over and over again when they were four. My kids are "yard sale rich" and one of the easiest scores at yard sales is books. I would say that near half the books we get I'd rather shred than ever read again. That's not quite right. If I shred them they'd still exist. I'd like to burn them. I can hardly believe what gets published, it makes me cringe.
I'm not really convinced that, especially at a young age, my children are truly capable of having a favorite. It seems that when they were younger the kids tended towards books that were closest to them; any major repetition came about mainly because the book was at the top of the pile or they remembered it from the previous few days.
Once I was sick of the easy access book, I only had to put it further away for them to virtually forget that it existed. Some books I put very far away, Nova Scotia if you must know.
Regardless, we read every night and often at other times during the day. Dahl, Suess and Silverstein are always favorites for me because they generally don't bore me entirely; this is also true with some of the old nursery rhymes which I enjoy singing hillbilly style, making bedtime a virtual hoedown.
I can't imagine that any single book has made a "great impact" on my children. What has made an impact is the consistency in which books are a part of their lives. I've often heard people talk about books that changed their lives and I can only think that something had to be really wrong with their lives before they read it and after reading it their brains must have become (or gone back to being) amazingly stagnant. This is often reflected in a total lack of dynamics in their personalities. They are nearly as interesting today as they were the day they finished reading that book.
As a child I was not read to. There have been no stories passed down. What impacted me in terms of developing a love for books was a sixth-grade reading teacher that introduced me to stories written with me in mind, stories like the "The Pigman" and "The Outsiders", which I found thrilling, and which started me off on a lifetime of reading. Though I would never say "The Outsiders" greatly impacted my life. What impacted my life was the introduction to reading itself.
As an adult I fill the house with words from many, many books as well as from a constant drooling banter dribbling out of my mouth hole. Much of what I express to my children is a fairy tale rendition of our daily lives. I find it impossible to imagine that any one thing can affect us so greatly that we cling to it, not when the world is so large. The most interesting thing is always around the next corner.
As a "Starving Artist," I can starve anytime and anyplace I like, which allows me the good fortune of getting fat while starving at home with my children. My wife works a 3am to 11am shift. So I rise with the children, send them off to school and then take care of the chores around the house and/or make feeble attempts at getting my work done. When my wife comes home, we have lunch and she takes a nap; from there it's whatever we think is important on that day – a short bit of time, a couple hours maybe, before she is off to meet the youngest at his bus stop. Then our life switches to kids kids kids. We get them to and from their activities and appointments. We help them through their homework and settle in for an early dinner (wife has to eat early cause early is when she falls asleep). After the news and Simpsons, my wife goes to bed and I run the kids through some extra academics before story time and a song ends their day.
Basically, even with a master's degree of my own, I could never compete with what my wife makes, but I have always felt strongly that parents should raise their own kids. In our case, given potential cash flows and to be honest, temperament – I am the relaxed to her anxious — I am the logical choice to be there for the kids. I don't want someone I wouldn't even be friends with becoming a major influence in my children's lives. I want my children's bad habits and idiosyncrasies coming from me, not a hired hand. So we've made sacrifices.
We bought a house that needs lots of work, which I do. We buy things, couches, end tables, lamps, you name it; if it comes into our house, it needs work and I put that work in. We buy second hand when we can, drink from puddles and eat the bugs in the trees, but it works. Sure my kids have the most bugs in their teeth, but they also have a loving parent that is there for them around the clock and whom, they thoroughly believe, knows what they are up to at any given moment, making them better behaved than most children.
Now I know that we are lucky, that we are able to pull off a modern version of the old fashion family and not everyone, especially not single parents, can do this. But I also believe that many people could do with less and would find that they get so much more out of their family.
Life is short, there are only so many things we ever truly have, one of the things we have is family.
My worst parenting moment is the moment my alarm clock goes off in the morning and I realize that my dreams are not my real life, poof, there goes the girls, poof, there goes the money, poof, there goes the donkey in the tutu, damn, I have to make breakfast.
But really, what is my worst parenting moment? I'm not sure my life divides that way. I have a 6, 9 and 17 year old and moments seem to add up to moments and where I am is still where I am. There's anger and frustration, but they are always balanced by fun and accomplishment. I don't think I have a "The time I was a bad daddy" story. I've never passed out on a kid or beat my wife using the youngest as a club. I've never left the kid on top of the car "by accident" or drooled on their best friend's mom (or dad for equality sake). I'm not saying I'm anywhere near perfect.
I've hurt my kids "accidentally," but never more than a bruise and usually from me being a big lug during play time. I've made my kids cry, but never so much that they didn't dry (let's face it; crybaby is a term for a reason). I've thrown my kids in the air and forgotten to catch them. I've taken them on snipe hunts, but they always find their way home, I've rented them to strangers and they always get returned in good enough shape that I have to fully refund the deposit.
I honestly think that being here, as I am, day in and day out, providing education and proper discipline consistently and without fail, kinda flat lines the bad moments. Do I raise my voice too often? I sure do! Am I overcritical and demanding? You bet! Do my kids drive my so crazy that I've dug holes in the backyard just to bury them in? You have no proof of that.
What I don't have is a worst parenting moment story and I'm reasonably sure that neither do my kids.
God, the black and white of it all! I'm exasperated. I feel that if I don't have a worst parenting moment I probably don't have a best parenting moment and god-damn-it I'm a story teller! I'd like to say that my best parenting moment is the moment after I put my kids to bed and I get to dance naked through the house while indulging in classic 70's transgender porn, but that just doesn't happen, not with a 17 year old in the house.
They always seem to know when you're dancing naked while indulging in classic 70's transgender porn and they do not think it's cool. Also, I know this is not what the question is asking. I have moments that are better than others, like when I remember to be kind when I want to be off-handed, or when I keep control over my temper after a long and frustrating day and I'm ready to snap, or I try a spoon full of sugar in the medicine instead of flipping them over, dropping their draws and using the turkey baster. Sometimes my best moments are just the ones when I keep myself from being my worst, when the worst is just dying to come out.
Occasionally, I have saved my children just in time, maybe it's a fall they didn't take or maybe I kept them from sinking or being hit by a car or maybe there was a grenade. I don't know. But it happens, it happens every day, if the only thing I'm saving them from is me. I can make things go better and it's usually a choice; when you hear what you're in the middle of saying through the look on your child's face, and you turn the boat around and row on down to happy town. That's probably as good as parenting gets. It's when you try instead of just doing, when you remember who you're supposed to be instead of letting the monkey on your back drive you bananas. It's when you do all those things you really don't want to do, because you know it's the right thing for them.
So what can I say? Sometimes I teach and don't lecture, sometimes I listen and don't yell, sometimes I throw them at the soft part of the wall instead of the spikey. Any moment can go any-which-way at any time, so it might as well go toward healthy.
HOW HAS PARENTING CHANGED YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL? For instance are you now careful, when pre-children you led bungee jumping and sky diving expeditions?
Children have made me old and fat. At least this is what I tell the children. I never mention potato chips or consecutive trips around the sun during the conversation. If there is anything that kids need, it's to be blamed for things (though if my wife is listening I blame her, cause that's fun for me too!).
I've always been crazy, but now I'm slower. Time has changed me more than family in the necessary ways. Growing old, I can say with certainty that I don't want to be that crazy kid anymore. It gets old, and then you get old and if you don't change you become the old creepy guy, acting like a fool in young places. Even as a crazy kid I never wanted that. I never wanted to be young forever and as far as being an old creepy guy, I'd rather do that in places more suitable for my age. If anything, the family gives me an excuse; when old friends, now creepy, call me to do childish things, I can bow out blaming the kids.
I've always been a little nuts, but I've also always had a responsible streak, an ability to judge situations, for instance I've never been one to drink and drive, not because I thought I couldn't, but didn't want to pay for unnecessary mistakes, and to be honest the whole idea of killing someone by accident has never appealed to me. If I'm going to jail for murder, I'm going to mean it! But honestly, even at a young age when irresponsibility ruled, I was able to differentiate crazy from stupid; crazy is something I'm willing to do, stupid is something I'll talk someone else into doing. I'm still willing to talk other people into being stupid, but since I'm old, most of my friends are old and fewer of them are willing to perform for my amusement.
There was never anything that bad about me to change. I don't swear like a sailor, I'm not racist if you're not English (Erin Go Bragh!), I'm not big into guns or shoot 'em up films and I've never been one for inviting hookers to the house. But I've also never been one for sheltering children. Sure I'm not going to let them watch classic 70's transgender porn, and no, we never dance naked together. But if something is fucked, they're probably going to hear a bit about it, and I think they should be able to get me a beer and if zombies are attacking they should know what to do.
It's true, I'm not as crazy as I once was, but I also enjoy not being dead. I used to drive crazy, but not when others were in my car. I used to climb up cliffs I had no right being on, but not with anyone that shouldn't have been there. I used to drink like a fish, but never with 6 and 9 year olds. Hell, I used to run straight down mountains, but my legs have started hurting and my belly doesn't make hair-pinned turns.
What is there to say? I'm old, fat and too busy to cause any of the types of trouble that come from having too much time on my hands. Is this the kids fault? I'll make sure they think it is. But I've changed nothing about myself because of them, I've only gotten things out of my system.
So, if you're willing to pay, I'll jump from most anything I think I can walk away from.
HOW HAS PARENTING AFFECTED/CHANGED/IMPACTED YOUR RELATIONSHIP? How often do you have sex? Is it enough? How do you communicate differently (if at all)?
We don't fuck like we used to, cause that would just scar the kids, though we hold the idea of inflicting this kind of mental trauma upon them in the evil parts of our brains. It would be a good way to make them suffer, a go-to threat so to speak. We imagine using it as a punishment, "Do what we say or tomorrow you might walk in on something horrifying!" I'm sure it would work, especially with the teenager, but the effort of setting up a camera to record his horrified expression and timing everything just right so he sees the worst of it all while waiting all along for the kid to show up, really takes the romance out of the situation.
But really, fucking used to be a great way to spend free time. We still fuck away all of our free time. We have no free time. Let's face it, my wife goes to bed before the kids and when I get to bed she certainly isn't feeling amorous. Christ, the days flow past so fast it feels like we're headed down the Grand Canyon on a slip-n-slide. It used to be that we had all the time (and space) in the world. Now, mostly I'd really like a nap. Ah well, that's old for you. Would I like more sex? Damn straight! Would she like more? She sure would! So were not going through as much a cold period as we are a sleepy, busy and continuously interrupted phase.
To be certain, the person I really feel sorry for in this situation is my wife. I know she's getting less then she needs, while I'm getting so much I'm shooting blanks most of the time. Now don't go thinking bad of me. I'm not a cheater or a porn addict. I'm just an average man with a very strong attraction to his hands. That's not so strange, you wouldn't think so if you'd ever seen Rosey Palmer in a negligee or wearing red pumps. Sometimes I take my hands out, wine them and dine them, and sure, sometimes they play hard to get, but I always get what I'm after in the end, whether they like it or not. So don't feel bad for me, feel bad for my wife, she's not attracted to my hands at all and they are, without a doubt, what we have in the house that puts out the most.
Basically, we are a family unit. We have decided on it and make a point of it. We are making memories and moments that help us get through life's general bullshit. Honestly, we know someday the kids will be gone and that keeps us going. But beyond precious memories and knowing the kids will leave and we can change the locks, we are glued together by the common bond of not liking other people very much.
So basically, we are what we have always been, just older, slower and pulling kids along. Considering the maturity of some of the friends we had as youths, this is much as it has always been, though we don't fuck like we used to.
We also don't fight like we used to. The good communication is still there, she blathers on and I nod and smile pretending to listen and I say stupid shit and she feigns laughter, so it's all right. What is gone are the moments where everything might blow sky high and we have to go our separate ways. We've accepted each other mostly and are glamorously co-dependent. We know each other and make honest attempt to give the other what they need. Oh we still go at it, we are both strong headed and ready for war, but we give up sooner now. We've done the be-mad-for-days thing and it does us no good and makes nobody happy, so we've cut it down to hours of bitterness at a time. Eventually we'll fade into casual sarcasm and general incontinence. But for now, I like most of her personalities and she finds my general inability to act right charming, though we don't fuck like we used to.
My greatest strength as a parent is my legs. I can walk with a kid wrapped around each leg half way to the moon. My greatest weakness is my groin. Let's face it, half of the time we have our children, they're at groin height and half the careless moves they make careen wildly toward my precious bits.
It gets to the point that I find myself walking around with one hand over my groin just in case they do something I'm not fast enough to catch. That is why I came up with the idea of a sacrificial ball. If one ball can be used to deflect all incoming shots, that would save the other testicle for happy fun time. I imagine the sacrificial ball will eventually harden, becoming strong like a wall, making my groin into a fortress. (Please note: this plan does not work, though I will not stop you from trying it yourself.)
I know, this isn't what the question is about. But hell, what can I say that's not boring, my strengths and weaknesses are just the same sides of different coins of maybe different sides of the same coin or maybe they're a dollar, I don't know, but everything I'm good at I'm also bad; I listen well, I don't listen at all, I'm soft and compassionate, I'm hard and without empathy, I'm kind, I'm mean, I'm white with little dots, I really care, I don't care at all, I love being the stay at home parent, I hate being here, I can throw a fifty pound kid five feet in the air, I can't catch a kid falling from five feet above me…..all in all, the questions have too much black and white and I don't feel I have any, well at least no black, cause my little spots are more of a red/brown, okay, now that I think of it I have a few outcrops of black (I'd be happy to send you pictures), but I don't have any personality traits I'd like to discuss. I'm a terribly wonderful, wonderfully terrible father.
If I have any strength, it's that I mean to be a father, even when I hate it. It's my job and I don't get to ignore it because Mork and Mindy's on or beer tastes really good. My job is to raise those little so and so's and I'm going to do it. When they leave me, they will be responsible, they will be hard working, they will know what love is, they will be able to get through life successfully and they will be completely mentally scarred.
My spouse's greatest weakness is her arms and her greatest strength is her groin, though I don't want to go into the why or how, but let's just say it has something to do with the lead content of Filipino food. But again we're into the black and white and my woman is all colors, sure she's mostly brown and wears only black, but she bubbles out at least some shade of everything.
She's responsible and that's great. She's no whore and that is wonderful. She's painfully wonderful and wonderfully painful. She could use a little attitude adjustment sometimes, she frets and worries more than she should and she likes to yell about the house, but someone has to, 'cause it ain't gonna be me.
Her greatest strength is that she is not me, cause if she was who would do all the shit I don't do and her greatest weakness is that she is herself and I only mean that in the "we-are-always-our-own-greatest-enemy" weaknesses kind of way, which makes this whole idea moot and really difficult to discuss.
The valuable point about her, I think though, is the same point I made about myself. She means to be a parent. She chooses family most of the time. Together, we choose our family more than most people I've encountered. We choose to make sure they learn, to make sure they listen, to make sure they behave and of course, to make sure they feel loved. My wife has no weaknesses that do not pale before her desire to be a part of all of our lives.
We don't leave our children with other people very often. My parents watched them for two days back in 2005 and we've had a babysitter three times.
We've entered a little golden period where our 17 year old can and will watch the little ones if we want to get dinner or see a show, but once he's gone, we'll go right back to almost no one watching them. If we are lucky, life will be long and we'll have more than enough time alone. Until then, we find time to be together. For the most part, I've never been that concerned with where I am as much as the quality of what is happening around me. All we really need is enough time to talk about things that are not the house and not the family and maybe hold hands and as long as we can still do that, happily spending time together, the kids are welcome most every place we go, though we don't fuck like we used to.
My children have a strange notion that I love them, which leads them to seek out that love, which leads me to dark places where I can hide and relax the vigilant defense of my groin; other than that we are very blessed.


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Nikhil to romance with KumariMar 24, 2016 03:55 AM
Score a hit and that is going to fix up your journey in a roaring speed. Kumari 21 F fame Hebah Patel is on same mode now. Success of her second film in Tollywood made a sought after starlet now.
After bagging chance opposite Raj Tarun again in Manchu Vishnu's upcoming movie, here is another one in Hebah's casket. This time she will shake a leg with talented Nikhil, in untitled VI Anand directorial. Avika Gor is the other heroine in the film, while a third heroine will also get accommodated. Nikhil for the first time is romancing with three heroines.


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