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The family of a 7-year-old Thibodaux boy, whose father is accused of killing him, feel a peaceful balloon release in a church parking lot is the best way to remember him on the anniversary of his death.
The family of a 7-year-old Thibodaux boy, whose father is accused of killing him, feel a peaceful balloon release in a church parking lot is the best way to remember him on the anniversary of his death.
Jori Lirette lost his life exactly one year ago in a gruesome attack carried out by Jeremiah Wright, 31, police and prosecutors have said.
The public is welcome to pay its respects and bring balloons at 7 p.m. Tuesday to the St. Genevieve Catholic Church parking lot, 815 Barbier Ave., Thibodaux, family members said.
"This marks the year. ... It means a lot to us because we want his memory to live on," Jori's mother Jesslyn Lirette said. "It would mean a lot to his friends, my friends, our whole family to get people to celebrate not just his memory but his life. It's a simple balloon release, then a five-minute moment of silence. Then everybody goes in peace. It's really nothing extravagant."
Wright confessed to investigators about decapitating Jori Lirette at their Thibodaux house soon after the boy's head was found on the side of the road by a passing driver, police have said.
The second-grader at South Thibodaux Elementary had cerebral palsy and was wheelchair-bound and fed through a tube.
Judge John LeBlanc found Wright incompetent to stand trial in October of last year, and he was in a mental health facility in Jackson until last month while doctors attempted to improve his competency. Doctors have now said Wright understands the charges against him and can assist in his defense, and LeBlanc will decide if that is the case after a Sept. 21 hearing.
The past year has been "hell," said Delene Himel, Jesslyn Lirette's mother.
"Murder is an angry thing that never goes away," Himel said. "You can deal with death from other (causes). It's easier to deal with death from a natural cause, or an accident. But when somebody's murdered by their own father, it's really, really hard.
"I've been angry, and I'm still angry. I just can't believe anything. It just blows my mind to think he could possibly kill Jori that way. It's something we never, ever, ever thought."
Himel said she thinks about her grandson every day.
"I tell him I love him every morning. ... He wasn't able to walk and run and scream and holler and do everything that everyone else could, but he knew how to tell you what he wanted," Himel said. "There was nothing he ever did or he tried to do that would ever indicate that somebody would do this to him. (Wright) took a wonderful child and made him into a memory. ... I just miss him. He's thought of every day."
Himel had a heart attack in May and was in a coma for almost a month. The stress caused by her grandson's death, Wright's trial and its delay have likely caused these health problems, she said.
Himel and Jesslyn Lirette both said the public spotlight on the killing and the trial have also caused them stress.
"I'm not forgetting about my child," Lirette said. "No matter what they think, I didn't forget about him. Every day is a struggle. I don't want negative people to think negative things about me anymore. I'm trying to make sure that negativity doesn't happen again."
Himel said she overheard people talking about the trial at a restaurant while she was there.
"It's been a hard year," Lirette said.
Lirette has been grateful for the people who have supported her through this past year, she said.
"My friends and family have stuck by me this whole time, and I really appreciate that a lot," she said.
The event will likely last only about 15 minutes, Lirette said. Her family is not accepting donations.
Staff Writer Katie Urbaszewski can be reached at 448-7617 or email@example.com.


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I received the t-shirts last Friday. The quality is amazing! You have chosen a very high quality fabric. Most white t-shirts are more or less see through, and these aren't. Well done!
A comment we were sent about the 2018 t-shirts
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The winner of the 2018 EDL T-shirt contest
is Emily Van Cantfort from Belgium. Congratulation!
"I first studied
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assignment at a language exchange, we held our own competition for the best
t-shirt design. I eventually won this, so I decided to also take part in the
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Posted by Ward on July 03, 2004
I used to have planning meetings in London every year during the first week in July. As a Yank, this caused me to miss the 4th of July festivities at home, where the US celebrates its Independence Day -- and still makes a big deal out of that.
The first year that this happened, I was talking to a London local and complaining a bit that I would miss the family get together for the celebration. He said -- 'Oh, thats right, you celebrate that Revolt of the Colonies Day there, don't you?' That brought an immediate smile to me, since we all have our own perspective on the world -- and it's important to respect and understand that there's more than one way to look at a thing.
My best wishes to all of us -- whether we celebrate Independence, or Revolt, or something else.


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No Croutons Required - The Winner for February and the Theme for March
The challenge for February was to come up with a vegetarian soup or salad featuring fresh herbs. Congratulations to Karen of Lavender and Lovage who submitted this tempting Wild Garlic, Lemon & Lovage Soup.
I will be hosting the March edition of No Croutons Required. It is my birthday month and as I am a spicy gal, I am asking for vegetarian soups and salads with a kick of spice. Choose any cuisine you like, so long as spices enhance the flavour of your dish. And, because it is my birthday month, tell me what else you would serve on the menu with links to your creations that can be found on your blog.
Posted by Lisa Turner on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Serve it up in No Croutons Required
Serve it up in No Croutons Required
5 comments:
- janet @ the taste space said...
Happy early birthday, Lisa! Here's to a spicy celebration. :)
- February 29, 2012 at 4:41 PM
- Lisa said...
Thanks Janet. Looking forward to your entry. Very much appreciate your contributions to my events.
- February 29, 2012 at 4:56 PM
- debby emadian said...
Happy birthday.
I love the sound of this challenge..mmm...spicy...
- March 1, 2012 at 2:50 AM
- notyet100 said...
Nic theme will try to send in something,,.
- March 1, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- Karen S Booth said...
Happy Birthday and I am IN for this month as I LOVE spicy food!
- March 14, 2012 at 4:21 AM
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Xenon: lattice energies
All values of lattice energies are quoted in kJ mol-1.
FluoridesNo data for any fluorides of Xe.
ChloridesNo data for any chlorides of Xe.
BromidesNo data for any bromides of Xe.
IodidesNo data for any iodides of Xe.
HydridesNo data for any hydrides of Xe.
OxidesNo data for any oxides of Xe.
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Selena Gomez Sizzles in Red + Samples Sweet Treats in Glamour Cover Outtakes
Selena Gomez sizzles in red -- on her lips and on her hips -- in the outtake photos from her Glamour 'Women of the Year' cover story.
The singer/actress, 20, also samples sweet treats in the images, licking a lollipop, sipping a Coke from a bottle and tasting the icing from a big, red and white cake. That's gotta be red velvet, in keeping with the shoot's set up, color concept and theme.
Gomez wears curve-hugging, strapless dresses in both red and champagne hues, as well. The shots are sultry, as she smiles in crimson-painted lips. The mood is festive overall, with balloons and cake. The contrast of Gomez's bright scarlet dress and lips and her shiny, rich, black hair makes the images pop.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas with these shots of Sel, letting her hair down and having fun flirting with the camera. Doesn't she look very Old Hollywood glam in the shot with the Coke bottle? Her pouty lips and wavy hair just scream '50s!
Selena is certainly becoming quite the model as she racks up the magazine covers.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $39 billion Department of Homeland Security spending bill for next fiscal year that would boost its funding by nearly $1 billion, shifting deeper cuts into other domestic agencies.
The measure passed on a 245-182 vote largely along party lines in the Republican-controlled chamber. It faces a veto threat from President Barack Obama, who considers House Republicans' $967 billion limit for next fiscal year on spending controlled by Congress to be too low.
In the Senate, led by Democrats, members of the Appropriations Committee are writing spending bills to a $1.058 trillion level that assumes replacement in the next fiscal year of the automatic cuts required under the sequester that went into effect on March 1. The new fiscal year starts on October 1.
The House Homeland Security bill would provide a $981 million increase above the current sequestration levels, but adoption in the Senate is unlikely.
The White House budget office this week said it would recommend that Obama veto all of the House spending bills for the new fiscal year unless they are passed in the context of a broader budget deal that does not contain "draconian" budget cuts for domestic agencies.
The dispute over government agency funding levels threatens to leave the government without spending bills in place for the start of the new fiscal year. If Congress fails to pass spending legislation or enact a stop-gap funding measure by that date, much of the government would have to shut down, a step that could roil financial markets and anger the public.
House Speaker John Boehner accused Obama of making a "reckless" threat to shut down the government unless Democrats get their way in a budget deal, and sent Obama a letter on Thursday urging him to rescind the veto threat.
"In short, the president said give him higher taxes and higher spending or we'll shut down the government. I think that's reckless," Boehner, an Ohio Republican, told reporters following the vote.
The House on Tuesday passed its first spending bill for fiscal 2014, a $73 billion measure to fund military construction projects and the Veterans Administration, with overwhelming bipartisan support, 421-4.
But the Homeland Security bill won far less support from Democrats, with only 25 in favor and 172 against. Ten Republicans voted against the measure.
Apart from the funding levels, Democrats opposed a Republican amendment to block the implementation of Obama's executive order that aims to protect the foreign born children of illegal immigrants from deportation.
The amendment would bar the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency from focusing on deporting criminals while bypassing the estimated 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. Critics said Obama's order was an attempt to grant amnesty without congressional authority.
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If we are going to talk about Cats, Coffee and Movies then we may as well discuss our Favorite Beer. This is certain to be the best thread on this forum.
As stated earlier, I took a liking to Belgian Beer and I fear I may never recover. So, for right this second, here are my top five, in order;
1. Westvleteren 12
2. Westvleteren 8
3. Rochefort 10
4. Buffalo Stout
5. Tripel Karmeliet
British author Tim Webb has written books about beer and one in particular is 100 Belgian Beers To Try Before You Die. You can get more info here http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=284138
So belly up to the bar and let us know what you are drinkin'.


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I'm preparing for a basic informational presentation on treatment options - including treatment free. I'm trying to present just the basic unvarnished facts to the best of my ability without spin one way or the other.
People who have achieved success doing treatment free usually seem to experience a period of relatively high losses before survival numbers get to the point where they can concentrate on much more than just keeping their apiaries viable.
Assuming that you start out (and continue) with bees that have decent genetic potential, have enough colonies for the project to be viable, and propagate from the survivors - how long does it take before the apiary stops struggling to survive and can actually become productive?
Another related question is this - other than finding and catching your own, are there any reliable sources for people to buy those kinds of bees?
This is a serious question, and I believe that there is a serious answer out there - probably several.
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Oct. 6, 2010 -- Both pain and the hot flashes that occur with menopause can prevent older women from getting a good night's sleep, a study shows.
"More than one thing contributes to sleep difficulties in middle-aged women and those going through menopause," explains study researcher Howard M. Kravitz, DO, the Stanley G. Harris Family Professor of Psychiatry and a professor of preventive medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. "Menopause symptoms and pain both act together and must be taken into account."
The new findings, part of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Sleep Study, are slated to be presented at the North American Menopause Society's annual meeting in Chicago.
In the study, 314 women completed sleep diaries and wore a wristwatch to detect nighttime motion. Menopausal symptoms did play a role in sleep difficulty, but pain had an independent effect on wakefulness and sleep efficiency or the amount of time spent fast asleep in bed, the study shows.
Treating Sleep Problems
Better "sleep hygiene" is the first step toward troubleshooting sleep issues in all people, including women going through menopause, Kravitz says. This means making sure that the bedroom is quiet and dark and not exercising right before bedtime, he says.
"Keep a regular bed and wake time, and use the bed as place to sleep, not to do other things," he tells WebMD. He also cautions against daytime napping or lying down to rest during the day.
For women in or approaching menopause who are experiencing symptoms such as hot flashes that interfere with sleep, a brief course of hormone replacement therapy may be warranted -- assuming there are no contraindications to its use, he says.
Pain, too, should be addressed, he says. "The first step is to identify the cause of the pain and then treat it," he says.
"Women in menopause don't sleep well and almost everybody assumed it was due to hot flashes. And while that is a factor, pain is another factor," says Michael Breus, PhD, author of Beauty Sleepand the clinical director of the sleep division for Arrowhead Health in Glendale, Ariz. "This study says it's not just hot flashes, it's pain, too."
"When you speak to your doctor about sleep, mention pain if you have it," he says.
This study was presented at a medical conference. The findings should be considered preliminary as they have not yet undergone the "peer review" process, in which outside experts scrutinize the data prior to publication in a medical journal.


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-- Ada Figueroa, 48, 18 8th Ave., Lowell, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, failure to wear seat belt, operating motor vehicle with license suspended, motor-vehicle lights violation.
-- Donald Emond, 20, 21 Witham Ave., assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery.
-- Shawna Teague, 24, 23 Witham Ave., assault and battery with dangerous weapon, breaking and entering for misdemeanor, intimidating witness.
-- Ludmylla Albuquerque, 21, 12 Cady St.; warrant (larceny over $250).
-- Prearun Chan, 31, 505 School St., first floor; domestic assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, domestic assault with a dangerous weapon.
-- Phy Srey, 32, 80 Bowers St., second floor; warrant.
-- Angela Lyons, 27, 767 Merrimack St.; trespassing after notice.
-- Robert Sullivan, 55, Ashland; operating after suspension, defective equipment, failure to stop for a stop sign.
-- Maribel Gil, 37, 8 River's Edge Road; domestic assault and battery.
-- Allan Pratt, 32, 36 Mt. Washington St.; domestic assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, intimidation of a witness.
-- Christopher Laguerre, 21, 37 Shedd St.; domestic assault and battery.
-- Brooke Munday, 31, no known address; trespassing.
-- Anthony Garcia, 33, 296 West Sixth St., third floor; domestic assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
-- Yamir Pica, 39, 1266 Varnum Ave.; operating after revocation.
-- Kevin Garcia, 28, 206 Stackpole St.; domestic assault and battery.
-- Paizli Commander, 19, Pelham; warrant.
-- Angel Robles, 30, Lowell; violation of controlled substances act.
-- Todd Brubaker, 48, Pelham; simple assault, criminal mischief (vandalism), second-degree assault.
-- Luelien Corbett, 44, Pelham; simple assault.
-- Charles Watson, 46, Pelham; habitual offender, driving after revocation or suspension, reckless operation, speeding, disobeying a police officer.
-- Joseph Rosko, 22, Salem; driving while intoxicated, yellow-line violation.
-- Joseph Fadden, 43, Pelham; possession of controlled/narcotic drugs, possession of drugs in a motor vehicle, negligent driving.
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|Auntie and I using Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner on the couch
It was great to see what she looked like as a teen (gorgeous!). Then the rest of us followed suit. It was so much fun to see the hair styles from the 80s, the 70s and yes, the 60s!
Everyone looked so pretty and full of enthusiasm. Some of the male bloggers followed suit and they were equally adorable. They ranged from cute geeky nerdy to sweet young boys.
|Lorine with "the flip" hair
There were many of my friends and colleagues who couldn't find an early photo of themselves or who knew where one was, but didn't have it scanned.
And that leads me to my plea to you. It's time to scan your family photos!
Don't leave it for some fay in the future. It's easy to put off something like organizing and scanning your own photos. It can be boring. There are other more important things you want or need to do. But I strongly urge everyone to start the project now.
And a good way to get organized and motivated is to take your Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner and your box of old photos, turn on your favourite tv program, get settled on the couch and start scanning while you watch tv.
If you don't have a Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner, now's a good time to buy one. Buy it for yourself as an early Christmas present. Right now there's a coupon so you're in luck. he coupon code is: Fall22 and it is good for $25 off the Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner with Digital Creativity Suite and a Deluxe Carrying Case!
There is also SundayScanDay group on Facebook. They meet "virturally" every Sunday at 3pm CT [4pm ET / 2pm MT / 1PM PT] for one hour in order to scan photos, documents, etc. It's much more fun to scan when you have company.
There is another virtual group called ScanFest run by Miriam Robbins but I have not been able to find a location to give you. Perhaps one of my readers knows where and when this is held.


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The Fremantle version of MediaBox Media Center is coming along nicely. The latest development version (2009.11.1) is now in extras-devel, so if you're brave enough to test out hot fresh unstable stuff directly from extras-devel, you're invited to give it a try (installing just MediaBox from extras-devel should be pretty safe).
The big news with the latest development version is UPnP MediaRenderer support. If you have a compatible (GUPnP-Media-Renderer has been tested to be compatible so far) UPnP MediaRenderer in your network, you can have MediaBox play on that renderer instead of your phone.
If the MediaRenderer supports it, you can even play local files from your phone on it, not only stuff hosted on another UPnP/DLNA server.
Eventually, this cool stuff will be available for N8x0 users, too, of course.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
MediaBox finally supports UPnP MediaRenderer Output
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When the Bills hired Doug Marrone and Nathaniel Hackett away from Syracuse to be their head coach and offensive coordinator, plenty of people pointed out that the Orange had a quarterback with pro potential in Ryan Nassib.
Such things were of interest in Buffalo because General Manager Buddy Nix made no attempt to hide his desire for a young franchise quarterback during the regular season. If it were up to Nassib, he'd be more than willing to take a shot at being that franchise quarterback while playing for his former college coaches.
"That would be a great situation, I love the city of Buffalo," Nassib said, via the team's website. "I'm a Central New York guy, that type of weather, and going to Buffalo with all those Syracuse guys there, that would be a match made in heaven."
Nassib said he thought there was "definitely an advantage" to getting to play for the same coaches in the NFL as you played for in college. The jury's still out on how well it's going to work out for Ryan Tannehill and Mike Sherman in Miami. For the Dolphins' sake, let's hope it's better than Danny Wuerffel and Shane Matthews with Steve Spurrier anyway.
Nassib has very little say in where he'll wind up, obviously, but a little politicking now will only help him if he winds up in Buffalo later.


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World Bulletin/News Desk
The Pentagon has begun laying off many of its 46,000 temporary and contract employees and cutting maintenance on ships and aircraft in an effort to slow spending due to fears of new defense budget cuts, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Friday.
Carter said he had asked the military services to produce detailed plans by February 1 to say what they are doing to reduce short-term spending before roughly $45 billion in new cuts are due to go into effect on March 1.
He asked for detailed long-term planning by February 8 on how the services will handle the $45 billion in across-the-board cuts, which will go into effect on March 1 unless Congress agrees on an alternative package of spending reductions.
The Pentagon currently is absorbing $487 billion in cuts to projected defense spending over 10 years that were agreed in the Budget Control Act of 2011. That law also required the additional across-the-board cuts by January 1, 2013, unless Congress agreed to an alternative.
Lawmakers failed to reach a new deal but did agree to postpone the across-the-board cuts until March 1 to give themselves more time. But March 1 is five months into the fiscal year, giving the Pentagon less time to absorb them.
Defense officials had long resisted taking action in response to the threat of a new round of automatic budget cuts, saying they were put in place to try to force Congress to reach alternative spending reductions.
But Carter said the debate surrounding U.S. financial issues in late December had been "sobering," with little attention paid to the effects of the new cuts on the Pentagon or its mission. And the decision to postpone the cuts for another two months also reduced the time the department would have to respond.
"When we were marching up to January 1 we had more runway, more time to absorb cuts if we had to absorb cuts," Carter said. "Now we're running out of time and so for those two reasons, our risk calculus has to change at this point and we need to begin acting."
The Pentagon's budget mess has been further complicated by the congressional failure to allocate funding for the Pentagon's budget for the 2013 fiscal year, which began October 1. The department is currently operating on a continuing resolution that maintains funding at 2012 levels.
"The problem is that the money is in the wrong pots," Carter told reporters. He said the Pentagon had planned to spend considerably more for operations and maintenance in 2013 than it did in 2012.
"We don't have enough money to operate the forces in the way we thought we were going to," Carter said. "That's the problem. And that's a more than $10 billion problem. And we're running out of time to eat that $10 billion and that's the reason that we need to act now."
To slow the rate of spending, the department has put a freeze on civilian hiring, he said. Usually the department hires 1,000 to 2,000 civilians a week, about 46 percent of them military veterans and 86 percent of them living and working across the country, not in Washington.
The department's 46,000 temporary and contract employees are "all now subject to release," Carter said, meaning they will either be let go now or will not have their contracts extended. The only exception would be if they are performing jobs critical to the war or the department's basic mission.
The department also is cutting back on base and equipment maintenance, which costs about $15 billion per year. He said the Navy would cancel maintenance on 30 ships that had been planned for the third and fourth quarters this year.
"They're not going to sign those contracts with the shipyards that do that work," Carter said.
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Brooklyn, Iowa City, Minnesota, Berkeley, and Portland—through the entire thread of my life in my twenties and early thirties I traveled with these weird funny cats Foot Foot and Seven. And in 2012 I nearly lost them both. An era in your life closes when the animals you got in your twenties start to die.
Seven went missing in early September. A friend who was watching her had taken her over to her mom's house, and Seven slipped out a torn screen door and disappeared. It had not rained for 80 days. There were false sightings at a high school, in a backyard, etc. Every night I watched the Multnomah County Animal Shelter's intake cam, which just makes you want to turn into this.
Two weeks went by. No rain. Hot sunny days. I thought of Seven, born in Brooklyn, street-tough, but pretty much a Real Housewife ever since her rescue, a sunbather and couch-sprawler, curvaceous and languid. For once, I thought, her rotund figure—her tag reads THE BASKETBALL WITH A HEART--might be her best hope.
When dark set in every night my gut would twist and my heart would start to pound. I'd lie in bed, unable to read or watch myself to sleep.
Fifteen days gone, and suddenly a photo popped up on my phone from Matilda: Is this her? Yes! I recognized her immediately. I began to weep with joy. Someone had seen a poster and recognized her. Seven had crossed busy Division Street (and survived!), and taken up residence in these people's backyard, for two weeks, under a statue of St. Francis of Assisi. (Exclamation points for miles.) It's almost enough to turn a person Catholic.
Three days after Seven had been found, a vet broke the sad news to me that my cat Foot Foot had developed a swift, sudden mouth cancer that wouldn't quit. She struggled to eat. I blew all my frequent flier miles on a flight to Portland, where she was staying with my irreplaceable friend Torrence, to get my last fix of Footy's singular, jubilant, maniacal snuggling, and put her to rest.
I was barely out of college when I adopted Foot Foot from an obsessive animal rescuer, or hoarder?, in a strange gated community at the tip of Coney Island. Two hundred-some cats lolled in cages stacked in every room of the house. I thought Seven wanted a companion. I wanted a Foot Foot.
I studied the caged cats. They were all fine. Any of them could come home with me, or none. Maybe all humans have this egoistic fantasy that our animals choose us—that it's more than whim or available inventory that brings them into our lives. But I wanted something better than "sure, okay." I wanted to know. I ended up back at the front door, ready to go home and think about it more.
But down in the corner, in a shadowy cage on the floor, I spied a scrawny adolescent calico tabby, a patch of brightness rising to her feet among her gray sisters. "Can I see that one?" I asked. When the rescue guy handed her to me, the cat flung herself into the crook of my neck, nuzzled in, and began to lick me like a puppy, purring. I knew: She was Foot Foot.
Foot Foot stayed scrawny and small, forever a kitten. Her back legs were messed up--a loose kneecap or something--leaving her both knock-kneed and duck-footed, and she had an ever-teary eye where a duct was blocked. Her fur was bunny-soft. But what defined her was her near-pathological affection.
Above all else, Foot Foot loved love, to a nearly oppressive degree. Peel her off of you and she would return, again and again. She would thrust her head against your hand, writhing and purring, and clamp her paws around your wrist so you couldn't stop petting her. While sitting forward on a chair, perhaps while playing Catan or Scrabble in my kitchen, you may have felt the odd sensation of two small paws on your upper back and turned to find Foot Foot standing upright behind you like a tiny masseuse, though really she was plotting her course over your shoulder and into your arms. If you ever took a bath in her presence, you would see Foot Foot traverse the rim of the tub, dab at the water, and set a paw upon your wet chest as she contemplated her impossible bind: there is the lap, but it is underwater.
When I got to her in Portland last September, she had shrunk to a ragged twig of a cat, and her breath smelled like a sewer pipe, like the evil thing trying to kill her, but her fur was still chinchilla-soft. She nestled immediately into my neck as if I'd never left her. My Portland friends, the ones whom distance has only solidified in my life, gathered around me at Torrence's. We ordered from Pizza-A-Go-Go. Aubree brought over a six-pack of hard cider and a bourbon-salt-caramel ice cream from Salt & Straw. My former housemate and longtime cat-uncle Rita snuggled Foot Foot and sobbed. I slept with her for the last time, nestled in my arms all night. I listened to "Coney Island Baby" by Tom Waits, a song whose chorus I liked to sing to her.
The next day, Foot Foot sprawled in a patch of sunlight on the floor and Torrence's roommate Gillian played us a song she had written about her on the guitar ("Foot Foot runs; Foot Foot walks; Foot Foot never stops.") The pain must have been excruciating. But she purred. She soaked up the sun. She still wrapped her paws around my wrist and held my hand on her.
Torrence and I brought her to the vet that afternoon. I nuzzled my face into her neck and whispered to her and held her tiny soft paw until she was still. I could not look at her there on the table, I did not want that image in my mind; I let my last experience of her be just the feeling of her soft fur and her warmth. The sky above the parking lot was the purest blue.


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I've been writing Agony Allan's on the blog for a while, people will email me with their questions asking for sex tips or sex advice and I try to help them. Last week, I posted a question from a guy who has major anxiety with girls but also a high opinion of his looks, you can read the post by clicking here. Just to show you that my advice really isn't worthless, check out this email I received from the same guy today:
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Space Telescope Science Institute
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have ruled out an alternate theory on the nature of dark energy after recalculating the expansion rate of the universe to unprecedented accuracy. The universe appears to be expanding at an ever-increasing rate, and one explanation is that the universe is filled with a dark energy that works in the opposite way of gravity. One alternative to that hypothesis is that an enormous bubble of relatively empty space eight billion light-years across surrounds our galactic neighborhood. If we lived near the center of this void, observations of galaxies being pushed away from each other at accelerating speeds would be an illusion. This hypothesis has been invalidated because astronomers have refined their current understanding of the universe's present expansion rate to an uncertainty of just 3.3 percent. The new measurement reduces the error margin by 30 percent over Hubble's previous best measurement in 2009. The results are reported in the April 1 issue of The Astrophysical Journal.
Amongst the myriad stars in spiral galaxy NGC 5584, imaged in visible light with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 between January and April 2010, are pulsating stars called Cepheid variables and one recent Type Ia supernova, a special class of exploding stars. Astronomers used Cepheid variables and Type Ia supernovae as reliable distance markers to measure the universe's expansion rate. NGC 5584 lies 72 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo and was one of the eight galaxies astronomers studied to measure the universe's expansion rate. In those galaxies, astronomers analyzed more than 600 Cepheid variables, including 250 in NGC 5584. Cepheid variables pulsate at a rate matched closely by their intrinsic brightness, making them ideal for measuring distances to relatively nearby galaxies. Type Ia supernovae flare with the same brightness and are brilliant enough to be seen from relatively longer distances. Astronomers search for Type Ia supernovae in nearby galaxies containing Cepheid variables so they can compare true brightness of both types of stars. That brightness information is used to calibrate the measurement of Type Ia supernova in far-flung galaxies and calculate their distance from Earth. Once astronomers know accurate distances to galaxies near and far, they can determine the universe's expansion rate.
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New Movies: 'The Counselor,' 'Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa'
This weekend brings two new flicks to theaters. The first is a crime thriller with a big-name cast, top-notch talent behind the camera, and dreams of Oscars. The other is, well, very different from that.
'The Counselor'
A lawyer gets in way over his head when he starts dabbling in the drug underworld.
Directed by Ridley Scott
Starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem
'Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa'
From the 'Jackass' crew, this thoughtful coming-of-age drama follows 86-year-old Irving Ziskin and his 8-year-old grandson, Billy, as they take a road trip across the country, meeting tons of new people and getting into all sorts of adventures!
Directed by Jeff Tremaine
Starring Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll, Spike Jonze, Georgina Cates


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Interview with Kathy Hepinstall, Author of Blue Asylum
Jaime Boler: You grew up in Texas. Did you always want to be a writer?
Kathy Hepinstall: Yes, I think so, but it took different forms. As a girl, I wrote mostly poems. Later, I wrote short stories and went into advertising writing. After a few years in that career, I decided I wanted to try a novel.
JB: In your opinion, what is the most difficult think about being an author? And what is the most rewarding?
KH: The most difficult thing is navigating the often challenging waters of the business of publishing. The most rewarding is being able to bring a story to life and have it resonate with other people.
JB: Your last novel, Prince of Lost Places, came out in 2003. What have you been doing since then?
KH: Mostly freelancing in advertising. Wrote some more novels, but didn't success [in] publishing [anything] until Blue Asylum.
JB: How did you come up with the idea for Blue Asylum?
KH: I'd been wanting to write a love story set in an insane asylum. Just really liked all the inherent tensions in those two intersecting realities: Love and Insanity.
JB: What kind of research did you do for Blue Asylum?
KH: I was on Sanibel Island for six weeks doing research and starting the first draft. I also learned about mental asylums of the day.
JB: I have a PhD in American history and wrote a dissertation on slave resistance in Natchez, Mississippi. I never found any white plantation mistress who ran away with the slaves, but that's not to say it NEVER happened. Such a thing would have been deeply buried by the whites. Did you find anything in your research about white women taking flight with slaves?
KH: No, that was purely imaginative. But it made me like Iris to think she could do that.
JB: Are any characters in Blue Asylum loosely based on you or people you know?
KH: Mary, the doctor's wife, was based on Mary Lincoln. Ambrose was based on someone I loved and still do. And I see Wendell in all good people.
JB: Do you think there were actual people like Iris who were declared insane and put into asylums who really were not insane? Perhaps wives put there by their husbands?
KH: Yes, that came up in my research. Victorian men would get rid of their wives that way.
JB: Was the water treatment historically accurate?
KH: I'm trying to remember now..I think cold water was used in some supposedly curative way at some point in the history of asylums. But the water treatment also came from a description I read of a plantation owner who would punish his slaves by putting them in a hole and pouring water on them until it became terribly painful.
JB: In this novel, you create the quirkiest and most unforgettable characters. Did their insanity give you license to really play with them, to really make them stand out?
KH: Yes, that was very liberating creatively, especially with characters like Penelope and Lydia Helms Truman.
JB: Do you have a favorite character in this book? (I think mine is Wendell.)
KH: I do love beautiful tortured lamb-saving Wendell. I also like Lydia and, curiously, both the Cowells.
JB: In every one of your stories, you manage to provide unexpected twists. I never see them coming. How do you always do this? And how difficult is it?
KH: Thank you so much. I really like being surprised as a reader, so I try to surprise readers of my novels. Sometimes I wonder, have I given too many clues? Too few? I regret I wasn't clearer about the ending to The House of Gentle Men.
JB: What advice would you give anyone working on a first novel?
KH: Find a really great editor. That's really hard to do but it may come as a surprise and be someone you know. Also, finish it. Finish even a terrible first draft. Finishing is a good habit to impress upon the brain.
JB: Who are your favorite authors?
KH: Toni Morrison, Michael Ondaatje, poets like Lorca and Vallejo.
JB: Out of all the novels you've written, do you have a favorite?
KH: Absence of Nectar, most likely forever.
JB: I saw on your blog where you are trying to get Oprah to read your book. You even left a signed copy of Blue Asylum for her. Could you talk a little about that?
KH: I wanted to get Oprah's attention in a playful, respectful way so a friend of mine and I buried a copy of Blue Asylum in the foothills of Montecito, where she lives, then took out an ad to her in the Montecito Journal with a treasure map. So far, no response but I understand – people wanting her attention are legion.
JB: Will you go on a book tour for Blue Asylum? Which cities will you visit? Any chance you might stop in Lemuria Books in Jackson, MS?
KH: I've done readings/book parties in Portland, LA, New York, Virginia Beach and will visit San Francisco later in May. Love Lemuria Books. May not be able to get down there this year but some day soon I'd like to return. I'll always remember their kindness and warmth and humor.
JB: What do you hope readers take with them after reading Blue Asylum?
KH: Just some kind of resonance in their own lives, and I hope, a greater love and respect for lunatics and lambs.
JB: What's next for you? Are you working on anything new?
KH: My sister and I plan to rewrite a novel of ours called Girls of Shiloh, about two sisters who join the Confederate army as men.
JB: Thanks so much, Kathy, for agreeing to answer my questions. I really appreciate it!


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Any cruise missile attack of Syria by U.S.'s Obama, fired by Navy vessels in the Meditarrean short of a more substantial military action, will fail to bring down the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad or significantly hobble his military, according to Chris Harmer, a senior naval analyst at the Institute for the Study of War.
John Hudson of Foreign Policy says that one aspect a study by Harmer, however, was how the U.S. could degrade key Syrian military installations with no risk to U.S. personnel and that is to launch Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles pinpointed against them.
Kurt Nimmo of Infowars.com has the report.
Cruise missiles fired from Navy destroyers deployed in the Mediterranean Sea will not break the resolve of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad or significantly hobble his military.
Crisis in Syria in present by ABC news in this video.
Defense officials told the Washington Post late last week that a destroyer scheduled to leave the Mediterranean was kept in place to keep more resources in the area. As noted in the above video, other assets are being positioned.
On Sunday, Sen. Bob Corker, who was briefed by Obama administration officials over the weekend, said a "response is imminent" in Syria. "I think we will respond in a surgical way," he explained.
During a news conference on Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry set the stage for an attack.
A cruise missile attack, however, short of more robust military action will undoubtedly fail, according to Chris Harmer, a senior naval analyst at the Institute for the Study of War.
In July, Harmer wrote a study pointing out how the U.S. could degrade key Syrian military installations with virtually no risk to U.S. personnel, reports John Hudson for Foreign Policy. One aspect of the report suggested TJAM, or Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, attacks pinpointed against the al-Assad regime. "It could be done quickly, easily, with no risk whatsoever to American personnel, and a relatively minor cost," said Harmer.
The report was embraced by Arizona Senator John McCain.
In July, McCain cited Harmer's report. "For a serious accounting of a realistic limited military option in Syria, I would strongly recommend a new study that is being released today by the Institute for the Study of War," said McCain. "This new study confirms what I and many others have long argued: That it is militarily feasible for the United States and our friends and allies to significantly degrade Assad's air power at relatively low cost, low risk to our personnel, and in very short order."
"I never intended my analysis of a cruise missile strike option to be advocacy even though some people took it as that," Harmer told Foreign Policy. "I made it clear that this is a low cost option, but the broader issue is that low cost options don't do any good unless they are tied to strategic priorities and objectives," he explained. "Any ship officer can launch 30 or 40 Tomahawks. It's not difficult. The difficulty is explaining to strategic planners how this advances U.S. interests."
"Punitive action is the dumbest of all actions," he said. "The Assad regime has shown an incredible capacity to endure pain and I don't think we have the stomach to deploy enough punitive action that would serve as a deterrent."
In March, Joseph Halliday, a senior analyst for the Institute for the Study of War, produced a comprehensive comparative report on the strategy and capabilities of the Syrian army under both the current president Bashar al-Assad and his father and predecessor, Hafez al-Assad.
Halliday concluded that although the CIA's mercenaries led by the al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda had taken an appreciable toll of al-Assad's military, it remains largely intact. A reorganization of loyalist brigades and dependence on irregular army militias have kept the armed forces loyal, writes Lauren Williams for The Daily Star. The report concludes that al-Assad is increasingly dependent on core trusted units to control all of the country.
Although suffering from a high rate of defection, between 55,000-75,000 troops have been reorganized into loyalist units and deployed strategically under the command of trusted elite unit commanders.
"There has been significant reorganization of the deployable units. They have taken the most trusted soldiers out of the conventional battalions," Holliday told The Daily Star.
"The vast majority of the commanding officers are Alawites, or those in leadership positions have close ties to the regime through family ties or commercial interests. This is true even at division commander level," Holliday noted.
The Syrian Army employs fear and intimidation to reduce defections. "Loyalist gangs, usually made up of Alawites, and locally coordinated loyalist forces under the name of the Popular Committees, mostly organized along the lines of other minority sects, have been used as an important bolster to army units," writes Williams.
"There are the shabbiha, Alawite gangs extended to members of the Assad family, or those from, say, slums in mixed areas made up of loyalist gangs who are not Alawite and often responsible for the worst kind of brutality," Halliday explained.
In June, following a long stalemate, the tide turned against the CIA's rebels in Syria. Following the loss of the key strategic city of Qusair on the Lebanese border, the rebels, propped up by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, suffered a serious setback.
Bolstered by his Iranian and Russian backers, Assad's forces have launched a series of counter-offensives in recent weeks against mainly Sunni Muslim rebels battling to overthrow him and end his minority Alawite family's four-decade grip on power," Reuters reported on June 5.
Cruise missile attacks are not likely to reverse this dynamic. If the United States is serious about toppling the al-Assad regime, it will be necessary to deploy "boots on the ground" as it did in Iraq and Afghanistan, an option the Obama administration and the Pentagon have ruled out.
"Nobody has asked us to [go into Syria]. The Syrian opposition does not think that it's a good idea," Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communication, said in June. "We certainly don't think it's in our national interest to send U.S. Troops."
The neocons in Congress, however, understand that deploying troops inside Syria will be the only effective way to take out al-Assad under the WMD guise. In March, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said troops must be sent into Syria to secure its chemical weapons.
"Absolutely, you've got to get on the ground," Graham said. "There is no substitute for securing these weapons. I don't care what it takes."
"Look, there is no way that any strikes inside Syria would be easy to accomplish and they could potentially drag us much deeper into the conflict than we would like, but it is also true that the military is war-weary and is facing budgetary uncertainties," said Michael P. Noonan, the Director of the Program on National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, after Kerry proposed a "surgical strike option" in April.
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Public school is now officially a prison for your children; Parents not allowed to walk kids to class


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- John W Cheek (1821-?)
married Emeline A Currie (1822-?) in 1846 in Orange County, North Carolina
- Louisa Cheek (1825-before1900) – my 3rd great grandmother
married John William Farthing in 1849 in Orange County, North Carolina
- Archibald W "Archy" Cheek (1832-1862)
never married
- Walter N Cheek (1835-1870)
married Amanda J Hardman, née Blackwell (1828-?) in 1866 in Jasper County, Georgia
- Mallory Cheek (1840-1868)
married Artexas C Allen (?-?) in 1862 in Jasper County, Georgia
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|Service record images courtesy of Fold34.com
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – A combined nine goals were scored between Coker and Mars Hill in their women's soccer match on Wednesday night. Mars Hill won the match 8-1 behind a pair of hat tricks from Miranda Reasoner and Abbey Martin.
Coker's goal came from freshman Emily Morrow (Columbia, S.C.) off a free kick from 25 yards out. It was Marrow's second goal of the season.
Along with the combined six goal outpouring from Reasoner and Martin, the Lions had goals from Caity Murnahan and Jamila Walker, with three assists from Salem Woody and three assists from Artivia Martin. Nikki Peet also had an assist for the Mars Hill.
Coker's Carrie Hudnell (Goose Creek, S.C.) recorded three saves in the match, while Mars Hill goalkeepers Kristin Westerhorstmann and Corrine Roberts combined for the one goal victory.
Coker returns to the pitch on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. to host Conference Carolinas foe Queens University of Charlotte.


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Every year at this time, the Pocono Record's Toys for Joy campaign receives a tribute to former electric linemen. The anonymous donor lists them by last name and first initial, and obviously has a lot of good memories of them.
Every year at this time, the Pocono Record's Toys for Joy campaign receives a tribute to former electric linemen. The anonymous donor lists them by last name and first initial, and obviously has a lot of good memories of them. We're happy to include this special tribute to linemen E. Brewer, H. Staples, R. Mery, E. Warner, R. Crafa, W. Strunk, "Zeke" Butz, B. Denicker, E. Ace, D. Laise, B. Buskirk, both in the spirit of the donor's friendship toward them and with an eye on our fundraiser for needy children. The donor's gift helps make sure every child in Monroe County finds a toy or gift under the tree come Christmas Day.
The Pocono Record collects readers' contributions between Thanksgiving and noon on Christmas Eve, then turns the proceeds over to the Salvation Army and Pleasant Valley Ecumenical Network, which buy and distribute the gifts.
There isn't much time left before our deadline. Please consider making a donation to brighten a child's holiday. Stop by our office, or send a check to: Toys for Joy, Pocono Record, 511 Lenox St., Stroudsburg, PA 18360. All contributions made by noon Monday, Christmas Eve, will be included in our fund for this year.
Buddy and Lynn Salak in memory of their parents, Emmanuel, Chuck, and Evelyn and brothers, Michael and Jamie......................................................$10
Gramma and Grumpy in honor of their granddaughter, Leah McLaughlin....... $10
Anonymous to the old-time Met-Ed Linemen gone but not forgotten: Keep the power on......................................... $20
Rudy Prevete.....................................$20
In loving memory of Charles A. Degen.........................................................$20
Jane Deiter in memory of family members........................................................$20
In memory of Wayne Metzgar and Mildred and Floyd Shoemaker.............$25
Larry and Sherry Gordon in memory of the precious lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School................................$25
Chuck, Gina and Becky Danny with love to Beth Moses and John DeVivo for their constant contribution to our community and us........................................$25
Barbara Drahozal in memory of Stan Drahozal.................................................$25
Harvey and Marie Heller...................$25
From great-grandchildren Gelel Kalar, Jessica Kalar, Jacob Kalar, and Amanda Anglemyer in memory of Richard Widdoss Sr...................................................$25
The Youngken family in loving memory of their son and brother Jeffrey...........$25
Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Strong in loving memory of their son, Ronald "Scooter"
The Birthday Group — Merry Christmas!.......................................................$60
Sue Capone in memory of her mother, Helen H. Nietsch................................ $100
The teachers of the East Stroudsburg Education Association, who wish all families a happy and healthy holiday season..................................................$100
Dave Frailey — the best possible to all................................................................$100
The members of Pocono Township Volunteer Fire Co......................................$100
Michael Rinaldi in memory of his ever-loving wife, Rose Marie, who loved all children......................................................$100
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Testimony of Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Commissioner of Social Security
Hearing before the
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
September 24, 2003
Chairman, Members of the Committee:
Thank you for inviting me to discuss the Government Pension Offset provision, or GPO, and the Windfall Elimination Provision, also known as WEP. These provisions are not well understood, so today, I would like to take some time to describe the purpose of these provisions, how they work, and issues that should be evaluated when considering legislative changes to them.
GPO Background
I would first like to describe the GPO provision and discuss how it works and why it was enacted in 1977. For ease of discussion, when referring to government employment, I am referring to employment at all levels of Federal or State government that is not covered by Social Security. Government workers whose employment has always been covered by Social Security are not impacted by the WEP or GPO provisions.
The GPO affects government retirees who are eligible for two benefits:
- A pension based on their own work in a Federal, State, or local government job that was not covered by Social Security, and
- A Social Security spouse's or surviving spouse's benefit based on their husband's or wife's work in covered employment.
If the GPO applies, the person's Social Security spouse's or surviving spouse's benefit is reduced by an amount equal to two-thirds of the amount of the person's government pension based on work not covered by Social Security. As of December 2002, about 367,000 beneficiaries had their benefits fully or partially offset due to the GPO. Of those, 27 percent were men and 73 percent were women. The following table shows important distinctions on the provision's impact on men and women:
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In enacting the GPO, Congress intended to assure that when determining the amount of a spousal benefit (e.g., wife's, husband's, widow's, widower's), individuals working in non-covered employment would be treated in the same manner as those who work in covered employment. The GPO provision removed an advantage that some government workers had before the GPO was enacted. Before GPO, a person who worked in a government job that was not covered under Social Security could receive, in addition to a government pension based on his or her own earnings, a full Social Security spouse's or surviving spouse's benefit.
However, a person who works in a job that is covered under Social Security is subject to an offset under the dual entitlement provision. This provision, which has applied since 1940 when benefits were first payable to a worker's family members, requires that Social Security benefits payable to a person as a spouse or surviving spouse be offset by the amount of that person's own Social Security benefit. Thus, dually entitled beneficiaries receive the equivalent of their own worker's benefit or the spouse's/surviving spouse's benefit, whichever is higher.
The GPO acts as a surrogate for the dual entitlement offset for workers receiving a government pension based on work not covered under Social Security because, if that work had been covered, any spouse's or surviving spouse's benefit would have been reduced by the person's own Social Security worker's benefit. The result of the GPO is that spouses and surviving spouses are treated similarly, regardless of whether their jobs are covered under Social Security or not.
The impetus for enactment of the GPO provision was a March 1977 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Califano v. Goldfarb. That ruling eliminated the dependency test that then applied to men, but not women, in order to qualify for Social Security spousal benefits.
With this Court decision, men who worked in covered employment still did not typically receive spouse/widow(er) benefits because of the dual entitlement provision. But those who worked in non-covered employment could now receive those benefits. In order to prevent many non-covered government workers from receiving dependent's benefits--while similarly-situated people in covered employment had those benefits offset by the dual-entitlement provision -- Congress enacted the GPO in December 1977.
Two-Thirds GPO Reduction
As noted previously, although the GPO provision is intended to accomplish the same purpose as the offset under the dual entitlement provision, the amount of the reduction under the GPO is different:
- Under the dual entitlement provision, there is a dollar-for-dollar reduction -- if a person gets a Social Security retirement benefit of $600 based on his or her own work, then $600 is subtracted from any Social Security benefit the person would get as a spouse.
- Under the GPO, there is a two-thirds reduction. If a person gets a pension of $600 based on her own work in government, then two-thirds of it ($400) is subtracted from any Social Security benefit he or she would get as a spouse.
I would like to use a hypothetical example that may help to clarify how the dual-entitlement offset applies to a widow compared to a similarly situated widow who is also entitled to a government pension. Ms. Jones is receiving a Social Security retirement benefit of $900 per month based on her own work. The amount she is potentially eligible for as a widow is also $900. The amount of her Social Security retirement benefit is subtracted from her widow's benefit, resulting in her widow's benefit being fully offset under the dual entitlement provision; she receives only her own Social Security retirement benefit of $900.
The other widow, Ms. Brown, is in a comparable situation, but Ms. Brown worked for the government, and her pension is $900. Potentially, she too, is eligible for a Social Security widow's benefit of $900. However, the GPO provision reduces the $900 widow's benefit by two-thirds of the $900 pension (i.e., $600). After subtracting the $600 offset, the $300 result is the amount of the Social Security widow's benefit payable in addition to her $900 government pension.
In this case, Ms. Jones, who worked only in covered employment, receives a total of $900, and Ms. Brown, who worked in government employment, receives a total of $1,200.
Dual Entitlement-Ms. Jones
Social Security Worker's Benefit = $900
Social Security Widow's Benefit = $900
Total Widow's Benefit Payable = $0
Total Social Security Payable = $900
GPO-Ms. Brown
Worker's Government pension = $900
Social Security Widow's benefit = $900
(before offset)
GPO formula 2/3 of $900 = $600
Worker's Government pension = $900
Widow's Benefit ($900 - $600) = $300
Total Pension & Social Security = $1200
(after offset)
Purpose of the WEP
I would now like to discuss the WEP provision. The Social Security Amendments of 1983 (P.L. 98‑21) included the WEP provision as a means to eliminate "windfall" Social Security benefits for retired and disabled workers receiving pensions from employment not covered by Social Security. (This provision was among those recommended by the National Commission on Social Security Reform - the "Greenspan Commission, which issued it's report in January 1983.) Generally, while the WEP applies to any pension based on noncovered employment, it primarily affects government workers. (The WEP does not affect the Social Security benefits payable to survivors of workers who received pensions based on non-covered employment.)
The purpose of the WEP was to remove an unintended advantage that the weighting in the regular Social Security benefit formula would otherwise provide for persons who have substantial pensions from non-covered employment. This weighting is intended to help workers who spent their whole lives in low‑paying jobs by providing them with a benefit that is relatively higher in relation to their prior earnings than the benefit that is provided for higher-paid workers.
However, because benefits are based on average earnings in employment covered by Social Security over a working lifetime (35 years for retired workers), a worker who has spent part of his or her career in employment not covered by Social Security appears to have lower average lifetime earnings than he or she actually had. (Years with no covered earnings are counted as years of zero earnings for purposes of determining average earnings for Social Security benefit purposes.) Without the WEP, such a worker would be treated as a low-lifetime earner for Social Security benefit purposes and inappropriately receive the advantage of the weighted benefit formula. The WEP provision eliminates the potential "windfall" by providing for a different, less heavily weighted benefit formula to compute benefits for such persons.
Computation of the WEP Reduction
Let me explain how the reduction under the WEP is computed. To do this, I first need to explain how the regular (non-WEP) benefit formula works. Under the regular benefit computation rules, a three‑step weighted benefit formula is applied to a worker's average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) to determine his or her primary insurance amount (PIA). The PIA is the monthly benefit amount payable to a retired worker first entitled at the full retirement age or a disabled worker. The PIA formula applicable to workers who reach age 62 or become disabled in 2003 is:
90 percent of the first $606 of AIME, plus
32 percent of the next $3,047 of AIME, plus
15 percent of AIME above $3,653.
Under the WEP computation, the 90‑percent factor applied to a worker's average earnings in the first band of the Social Security benefit formula generally is replaced by a factor of 40 percent for workers who are receiving a pension from non-covered employment.
- Under the regular Social Security benefit formula, a worker would receive 90 percent, or $545, of the first $606 of his or her average indexed monthly earnings.
- Under the WEP formula, that worker would generally receive 40 percent--$242--of the first $606 of AIME.
- Under both scenarios, the 32 and 15 percent factors are the same.
For a worker first eligible in 2003, the maximum WEP reduction is $303 per month. Unlike the GPO, the WEP can never eliminate a person's Social Security benefit.
For workers who have 30 or more years of substantial earnings, the WEP does not apply at all. The reduction under the WEP is phased out gradually for workers who have 21-29 years of substantial covered earnings under Social Security.
However, the WEP provision includes a guarantee designed to help protect workers with relatively low pensions based on non-covered employment. This guarantee provides that the reduction in Social Security benefits can never exceed one‑half the amount of the pension based on non-covered work.
As of December 2002, the WEP reduced the Social Security benefits of about 635,000 retired and disabled workers. Of those workers affected, 66 percent are men and 34 percent are women.
Proposal to Improve Administration of the WEP and GPO
The President's FY 2004 Budget includes a proposal that would improve the administration of the WEP and GPO by improving the coordination of reports of pension payments based on employment not covered by Social Security. This change would give SSA the ability to independently verify whether beneficiaries have pension income from employment not covered by Social Security. When a person applies for Social Security benefits, he/she is required to tell SSA if they are receiving a pension based upon non-covered employment. SSA then obtains verification of the pension and applies the WEP and/or GPO accordingly. SSA largely relies on the applicant to correctly inform us that he/she is entitled to a non-covered pension.
SSA has an ongoing computer-matching program with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that matches persons receiving Social Security benefits with persons receiving a pension from OPM based on non-covered employment. However, SSA does not have any similar program to identify Social Security beneficiaries who are also receiving pensions based on non-covered work for a State or local government.
A past study of SSA's administration of the WEP and GPO provisions by the General Accounting Office (GAO) found that there are many beneficiaries who are not subjected to the WEP and GPO because SSA does not know they are receiving pensions based on non-covered employment.
With this change, SSA would be able to obtain data on pensions based on non-covered work in a more timely and consistent manner. The proposal would thereby improve SSA's stewardship over the program and the Social Security trust funds.
Proposals to Change WEP and GPO
A number of proposals have been advanced to change the WEP and GPO provisions. Some proposals would eliminate the provisions entirely. Eliminating these provisions would be costly and restore the more favorable treatment afforded many workers in non-covered employment over those in covered employment prior to the enactment of the GPO and WEP.
Eliminating the WEP would cost $29.7 billion over the first 10 years and would increase the long-range cost of the program by 0.06 percent of taxable payroll. Eliminating GPO would cost $32.2 billion over the first 10 years and the long-range cost would also be 0.06 percent of taxable payroll. The 10-year cost of eliminating both provisions would be $61.9 billion and would increase the long-range actuarial deficit by 0.12 percent of taxable payroll. Further, if both WEP and GPO were eliminated, the trust fund exhaustion date would advance by one year, from 2042 to 2041, as would the year of cash flow deficit -- from 2018 to 2017.
Most other proposals that would modify the effects of the WEP or GPO provide higher Social Security benefits for government workers whose pensions from non-covered employment, in combination with their Social Security benefits, are below certain levels. In effect, these proposals focus on providing higher Social Security benefits to public sector retirees, who were not covered by Social Security (and did not pay OASDI taxes) during their years in government work, simply because their combined public pension and Social Security benefits are deemed to be "too low."
It is important to point out that these proposals do not address the dual entitlement offset that applies to the millions of comparable beneficiaries who worked only in covered employment.
Public Education
As my testimony has indicated, the GPO and WEP are two very technically complicated provisions of the law. Although the GPO and WEP were enacted many years ago, neither provision is well understood by the public. In this regard, SSA has greatly increased its efforts to inform the public about these provisions. SSA representatives are frequently meeting with government pension administrators and groups of government employees to explain the GPO and WEP, and SSA provides numerous informational factsheets about these provisions.
Recently we have completed an update of SSA's website (www.socialsecurity.gov) to include a special section on the GPO and WEP. This section includes factsheets, information about pending legislation, and answers to frequently asked questions. The detailed calculator that can be downloaded from our website now allows a benefit estimate reflecting the WEP reduction. We are in the process of making changes to the other more "user friendly" online calculators to provide benefit estimates under both the WEP and GPO provisions. I believe that this improved website will be especially helpful to individuals who are or will be subject to the WEP or GPO.
In conclusion, let me note that Congress established the WEP and GPO provisions to prevent workers who spent a portion of their careers in employment not covered by Social Security from receiving more favorable treatment under Social Security than comparable workers who had worked a lifetime in covered employment. Congress' intention was to provide fair and equitable benefits under Social Security for workers in both covered and non-covered employment.
As previously noted, proposals to modify the effects of the GPO and WEP, or to eliminate them entirely, would treat government workers more favorably than comparable workers in the private sector-to whom the dual entitlement offset and the weighted benefit formula apply. Further, all of these proposals would significantly increase the cost of the OASDI program. Given that the program is not in actuarial balance, it seems appropriate that significant changes should be evaluated when considering other elements in a comprehensive plan to strengthen and protect Social Security.
I want to again thank the Chairman and the Committee for giving me this opportunity to discuss the GPO and WEP and to share SSA's analysis on legislation before the Congress. As always, I would be more than happy to provide assistance to the Members and more than willing to work with you to provide any additional information you request. I would be glad to answer any questions you might have concerning the WEP and GPO provisions.


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Since you probably didn't find much substantive analysis of McCain's health care plan in the traditional media, bloggers have taken up the task. And it isn't pretty.
It's easy to make health policy when you don't allow little things like facts to constrain you: when you can wish away chronic diseases, pretend that corporations are completely unresponsive to changes in the tax structure, and describe programs that leave people with hundreds of thousands of dollars in health care costs as 'making sure that they get the high-quality coverage they need.' It's just not particularly helpful. Plus, it would be even better with ponies.
…allow me to summarize:
1. Don't get sick.
2. Here's a tax break that will not help you one iota, because you can't afford health insurance in the first place.
3. Let me make sure your employer takes away your HMO, which is sadly all you have — voila! now you don't even have that.
4. Now, divorce your spouse and look to marry a rich person — worked for me.
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I am frankly amazed he offered this as a "solution."
First, he is simply shunting the problem off to the states.
Second, he implies that one or more states have figured out what to do with people who can't get health insurance because of preexisting conditions. Just which state is that? I don't know of a single state that has been able to provide widely available access to health insurance for people who cannot get it.
Third, just who would finance this pool? States have tried so called high risk pools before. Time and again they are swamped by people trying to get in and there is never enough money. Since they have never worked before, how would they work this time?
After John McCain unveiled more details on his healthcare plan yesterday in Tampa, the Politico ran this headline: "McCain moves to middle on health care." … Only if the "middle" is the area in which bad policy proposals get run over.
By eliminating state-created mandates to insure individuals for a variety of maladies, McCain would really end up hurting the sick and chronically ill, leaving them with no insurance. An unregulated market would simply refuse to insure people by the millions in an effort to maximize their costs by insuring only the healthy. You know, the way it is now – only worse, because the states would be unable to look out for their own citizens, and insurance companies would start a race to the bottom, bribing states with their business in exchange for lax regulation. The McCain campaign's response to this? Let the market sort it out!
There isn't much choice, there's not much competition; and, it's neither affordable nor available.
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Yesterday, McCain met with a father and son at a Florida hospital and listened to the father's story of his struggle to pay for his son's health care. But McCain didn't mention that his plan would leave that nine-year-old boy without coverage. How's that for straight talk?
The Field:
…while [the media] were eating up the McCain campaign's perfectly staged photo op, they left some things out. Like for instance, that while John McCain was pretending to care about sick children, they never mentioned he voted against funding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) because it covered too many uninsured children.
Center for American Progress fellow Elizabeth Edwards, who has in the past pointed out that Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) health care policies would exclude people with preexisting conditions like herself, appeared on MSNBC today to discuss the issue. Noting that employer-based health care typically costs families about $12,000, Edwards explained that McCain's paltry $5,000 tax credit proposal is woefully inadequate.
The organization I work for pays an average of $15,600 a year per employee for a family plan and approximately $6,000 for individual coverage. McCain's plan would leave a family with over 10 grand a year to pay. That's not going to cut it. What is there about people not being able to afford things that Republicans find so very hard to understand?
Let's do the arithmetic. McCain's benefit will amount to less than half of current rates to cover a family. You are on your own as far as buying insurance goes, and it's going to cost you way more than $5000 out of your own pocket if you're covering a spouse and/or children. So in effect, you're already behind with McCain if you currently have employer-based coverage, unless you happen to work for Ebenezer Scrooge.
It is amazing what happens to a lifelong Republican when they give up on their party and start thinking for themselves. In that statement I am referring to myself because until a few years ago I could be counted on the back the good old GOP at election time because of my conservative beliefs. However, President Bush and other members of the Republican Party have helped me see the error of my ways over the past three or four years and now I consider myself a proud independent American that is thinking for himself for the first time in years. While listening to some sound bites on television today where John McCain was talking about health care in America, I once again discovered why I left the GOP and also why that was a smart decision. There are no new ideas when it comes to improving health care in America from the Republican Party, because the powers that be in the Republican party, including presidential candidate John McCain are living in the past and have no desire to edge toward the future.
Oliver Willis and Masson's Blog sum up what McCain's plan means for you in one word: Pray
If digesting all the details of McCain's plan is making you sick, perhaps a brand new installment of "PopUp DoubleTalk" will perk you up:
UPDATE: Firedoglake weighs in:
The bottom line: McCain hasn't even tried to achieve universal coverage, or even coverage for today's uninsured children. His mechanisms for controlling costs are ideological fantasies. McCain's tax changes — from business deductions to individual credits — would be a radical experiment, with no assurance it would work, serious doubts that it would be paid for, and no solution for the fundamental problems of relying on the private insurance industry to ration health care and control prices. It's extremely unlikely Americans would be better off, but quite likely the transition would be a mess. However, the insurance companies would love it.


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Kaleidescape Store Makes it Easy for Consumers to Discover Great Movies and Add Them to Their Collections
SUNNYVALE, CA – December 11, 2012 – Kaleidescape, Inc. today announced an industry-first service that enables the digital delivery of movie purchases over the Internet with video and audio quality equal to Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD. The new service is initially backed by a multi-year license agreement with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and marks the first agreement that enables the electronic delivery of digital movies containing all of the extra content found on physical Blu-ray Discs or DVDs.
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Damn Nani, I won't be back on the islands...oh well, business before pleasure...look at my friends list, they all actually will meet with you and play tennis with you. I can't vouch for the rest.
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Awesome! Looking forward to it! And yes, shave ice at Waiola is the best, and locally made ice cream from Bubbies is just as good! Yummy to the tummy! :)
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Citing uncertainty about whether he met the residency requirements to run for the Pleasureville City Commission, Howard Roberts announced Wednesday that he was withdrawing from what had been a 6-person field.
Roberts, a former Eminence city council member, had moved to Pleasureville last in 2011. He was the last to file to run on Nov. 6.
"But I got to thinking about it, and I couldn't say for absolute certainty that I had established my residency in Pleasureville by November 6th [which was the deadline]," Roberts said.
Scott McDowell's family is woven for several generations into the fabric of Simpsonville, and he says he wants to continue to serve the city he always has known as home.
McDowell, 50, has filed to serve a sixth term on the Simpsonville City Commission.
He faces his three other incumbents – Sharon Cummins, Cary Vowels and Vicky Wise – and newcomer Michael Hesse in a race for the four seats.
After winning a seat on the Shelbyville City Council two years ago in his first attempt, Frank Page is running again.
Page, 44, was first elected to the council in 2010 and is one of five Republicans who will be on the ballot in November.
Seven Democrats will compete in the May Primary for six spots to oppose them.
From the 11 nominated, six will be chosen for the council. All six incumbents are seeking re-election.
Candidates in head-to-head races for two contests seats on the Shelby County School Board stated firmly their concerns about the board's practices and their commitments to education in Shelby County on Monday night, during the 2012 SCOPE/Sentinel-NewsCandidate Forum at Stratton Center.
But clearly there were challenges from newcomers Karen Sams in District 2 and Kurt Smith in District 5 that the board has not been getting desired results from students while expanding costs and raising taxes.
About 75 people gathered at the Stratton Center on Monday night to hear candidates for three offices answer questions about their platforms.
Reggie Van Stockum, president of Scope (Shelby County Organization for Preservation and Enhancement, Inc.), the entity that co-hosted the event with , introduced candidates for Shelbyville City Council, Simpsonville City Commission and the Shelby County Board of Education, who were questioned by Sentinel-NewsEditor Steve Doyle.
Simpsonville City Commission
Candidates present: Michael Hesse.
Candidates absent: Sharon Cummins (i), Scott McDowell (i), Cary Vowels (i), Vicky Wise (i).
i: incumbent.
1 question with response, then 2 minutes for a statement
Scott McDowell could not attend because he was working in Florida, and Vicky Wise had cited a previous commitment. Sharon Cummins and Cary vowels had indicated they would attend.
Candidates: District 2, Sam Hinkle (i), Karen Sams; District 5, Brenda Jackson (i), Kurt Smith.
Each candidate received two questions, with his or her opponent allowed to rebut. There was one question for all four.
Sam Hinkle has been very outspoken about focusing on quality educational standards, and asked him if he thought the school system was doing all it could in that regard, and if not, why not?
Candidates in attendance: Norris Beckley (D), Stephen Cohn (R), Donna Eaton (D-i), Frank Page (R-i), Nathan Riggs (D), Shane Suttor (D-i), Jon Swindler (R-i), Mike Zoeller (D-i).
Absent because of medical issues: Bob Andriot (R), Alan Matthews (D-i).
D: Democrat; R-Republican; i-Incumbent
Candidates each had two minutes to respond to questions, and those running for Shelbyville City Council went first, headed up alphabetically by Norris Beckley.
Karen Sams said she looks at the Shelby County Board of Education and sees a lack of efficiency.
"The biggest issue facing our school system today is how to provide quality education efficiently," she said. "I feel this is a shortfall with our current school board, and I chose to run to ensure that change will do us a good."
That's why Sams has again entered the race for the school board's 2nd District. She ran against incumbent Sam Hinkle in 2008 and lost by 17 votes.
When you go to the polls on Nov. 6 and see seven names seeking four spots on something called the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Shelby County, you might be wondering exactly what you are electing these people to do.
Of all the agencies and taxing districts in the county – such as fire districts, solid waste, the library – why would you have to vote on people who seem to be in charge of dirt?
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Hey all.. Well, I didn't really know which thread to put this in, because I'm not quite sure what the problem is
For the first time in a couple years, I decided to plug in a box I had.
(2 GB ram, Pentium 4, 60 GB hd) More specs available if need be.
I booted up Ubuntu Linux on it, it goes through all the initial pre-install steps just fine.. I format the hd, let ubuntu take over completely. And about halfway through the install, the whole machine just locks completely. This same box had a history of locking in the past, when I had Windows XP Home on it. But since then, had slack installed on it by itself with no problems. The only thing i really tried on my own was taking the whole cover off, and putting a huge plug in fan (that i use to sleep) next to the machine, assuming it was an over heat problem.. But it was to no avail. The machine still locks up about 93% through the install. Hardware issue ? Has to be.


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• we included these gold coach loafers in our fall footwear essentials feature on the everygirl and i've been coveting a pair for myself.
• you may have noticed two of these black and white colorblock pillows on my couch in my restyled home tour in chicago home and garden magazine (full tour coming to LCY soon!). they are from stone textile and i love the bold yet simple look they create when two are placed right next to each other. stay tuned since we'll be giving one away on the everygirl in the next few days to celebrate the brand's one-year anniversary! congratulations, elizabeth!
• credit on my favorite budget home goods site - joss and main - allowed me to purchase these ivory laguiola steak knives. we don't have a good knife set and the price seemed reasonable ($67) for quality knives made in france. plus they're pretty.
• we regularly use danielle's gold watch as a prop for photo shoots so i've kinda sorta been wanting one of my own. i love the classic design of this gold eco-drive style by citizen watches - available at watchco.
• saw this cursive design necklace on pinterest and immediately repinned. so beautiful.
• i was enjoying brunch at the bongo room with mike a few weekends ago and was delighted that my latte came to me in this double glass takeya tumbler. i quickly googled the brand when i got home, and now i have one of my very own! highly recommend! makes a fantastic stocking stuffer or coworker gift at $20!
• love love love this oversized leather butterfly chair from eurostylelighting - it's perfect for any room of the house, including the our room!
• kelsea, the very talented designer behind kslademade, was generous and sent over her newest style crossbody bag in dark brown. i use it every day. it's become my go-to bag for fall.
what's your favorite item out of the bunch?
and if you haven't voted yet - please do! turns out anyone who votes gets entered to win a pair of the clarks boots for themselves!