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XBox: Assassin’s Creed II

7:53 AM Tukiyooo 0

<p><a><img src="http://www.sfondissimi.it/images/sfondi/Videogames/preview/Assassins_Creed_010.jpg"></a></p> <p>So I downloaded Assassin’s Creed II yesterday and fired it up immediately.  I played until it was time to turn over the control to hubby.  I loved the game play, the story line, and the intricate details placed in the little things (like fabric).  It was a pleasure to play and while I might not blow through the whole game in a day or two, I will enjoy my time spent with young Ezio Auditore.  </p> <p>I usually don’t like games where I’m scaling heights for no reason but in AC II I’m enjoying the vistas from the incredibly high viewpoints scattered throughout the game.  The controls seem sharper than the first game, which I appreciate even though I never completed the first game.  I really enjoy the brief but detailed database of characters, places and things.  I take the time to read the database which undoubtedly slows down my overall game play.</p> <p>My only complaint … too many games I want to play at the moment and not enough hours in the month!  </p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:12666a95-cf37-4e35-9d58-8d6763503eee" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Xbox+360" rel="tag">Xbox 360</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/console" rel="tag">console</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/console+gaming" rel="tag">console gaming</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Assassin's+Creed+II" rel="tag">Assassin's Creed II</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Assassin's+Creed" rel="tag">Assassin's Creed</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Ezio+Auditore" rel="tag">Ezio Auditore</a></div>

So I downloaded Assassin’s Creed II yesterday and fired it up immediately. I played until it was time to turn over the control to hubby. ...

Look at me now!! 4 week photo

7:43 AM Tukiyooo 0

Just a quick post - I have this FABULOUS belt I bought about 2 years ago.  It never fit me - not even close.  Today, just for grins, I put the belt on just to see how much further I was to be able to wear it.  To my surprise, although barely, it fit and I am wearing it!!!  I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTjlqb3QBFcvIx9UZs7G6QjC6IwvBs05otGMy7BM9dMZ0UZ_o4yi6ayLVu6_dfMm2UodLgnRmhVTRWMypV1GgLKnI0M3PNsQx3ID2AY6b6F6n_LevVA2uKWmDrRv7ZpVdDh23Mv3ZVTv4/s1600/IMG_0046%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTjlqb3QBFcvIx9UZs7G6QjC6IwvBs05otGMy7BM9dMZ0UZ_o4yi6ayLVu6_dfMm2UodLgnRmhVTRWMypV1GgLKnI0M3PNsQx3ID2AY6b6F6n_LevVA2uKWmDrRv7ZpVdDh23Mv3ZVTv4/s320/IMG_0046%255B1%255D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br />Also, you can see it really much more in my face!!  TOTALLY excited again ha!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAzvdKBllpjikzSBj3ik8rchX-gXQjCzrwP-rjSLw-lIUfh9lZpClzUIPP-64q9jw9lboAb-F4LeLFcjgKaNYvediCvPYbbVgJRkPEPLj3sEKRsdhbf5WZPOIG3AfR14rqTlkTooI47M/s1600/IMG_0044%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAzvdKBllpjikzSBj3ik8rchX-gXQjCzrwP-rjSLw-lIUfh9lZpClzUIPP-64q9jw9lboAb-F4LeLFcjgKaNYvediCvPYbbVgJRkPEPLj3sEKRsdhbf5WZPOIG3AfR14rqTlkTooI47M/s320/IMG_0044%5B1%5D.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />

Look at me now!! 4 week photo

Just a quick post - I have this FABULOUS belt I bought about 2 years ago. It never fit me - not even close. Today, just for grins, I put t...

Confirmed CFPB head will stand up for workers

7:08 AM Tukiyooo 0

Richard Cordray had already proven to be a fine choice to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). On his watch, the agency recovered millions of dollars and halted credit card, home foreclosure and predatory lending scams. Now his tenure has been legitimized.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-yCtiL6X2SCemThbV1byrtNiGPPxeL01Fo0MOw0v49oECRRfzCGNJcM1w1YVcQfiiZcdCQLvTpu-zXBW_PhKfH1ddrSQ0ONxcuSD1a_9QgQ7dJ4yVcFlE_EE4cl0S3ZF4Sywn0bJltVE/s1600/cordray.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-yCtiL6X2SCemThbV1byrtNiGPPxeL01Fo0MOw0v49oECRRfzCGNJcM1w1YVcQfiiZcdCQLvTpu-zXBW_PhKfH1ddrSQ0ONxcuSD1a_9QgQ7dJ4yVcFlE_EE4cl0S3ZF4Sywn0bJltVE/s1600/cordray.jpeg" /></a>The Senate approved his nomination to serve as CFPB director last night. It ends a two-year struggle to have his nomination considered. President Obama installed Cordray, Ohio's former attorney general, in January 2012 after Republicans refused to allow a confirmation vote. That changed yesterday when Senate leaders reached an agreement to move forward.<br /><br />The Teamsters strongly supported his nomination. Teamster General President James P. Hoffa previously<a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/hoffa-praises-obama-bold-actions-protect-working-families"> lauded Cordray's record</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Richard Cordray is a solid public official who has done much to protect Ohio's retirees, investors and business owners from financial fraud.</blockquote>The consumer bureau was created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law that overhauled federal financial regulatory powers. Republicans, however, <span id="goog_1764955162"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">did not like several aspects of it<span id="goog_1764955163"></span></a>, including having a single director instead of a five-member commission.<br /><br />But as <a href="http://ourfinancialsecurity.org/">Americans for Financial Reform</a> first highlighted and <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/search?q=Cordray">we mentioned</a> earlier this year, the CFPB under his leadership has gotten a lot done for Americans, including returning more than $450 million to consumers cheated by credit card companies and writing new regulations that prohibit banks and mortgage companies from disguising costs and making loans borrowers can't afford.<br /><br />Hard-working Americans deserve an advocate who will be on our side. Sen. Elizabeth Warren <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/03/elizabeth-warren-keeps-up-her-badass.html">said</a> it best earlier this year during a March hearing:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The American people deserve a Congress that worries less about helping big banks and more about helping regular people who've been cheated on mortgages, on credit cards, on student loans, on credit reports.</blockquote>Amen.

Confirmed CFPB head will stand up for workers

Richard Cordray had already proven to be a fine choice to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). On his watch, the agency rec...

Cades Cove

7:05 AM Tukiyooo 0

Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountain National Park Tennessee Cades Cove

Peaceful and quiet ... Cades Cove in the magnificent Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell May 2013

Today's Teamster News 07.17.13

6:17 AM Tukiyooo 0

<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/16/obama-nlrb-nominees-senate-nuclear-option/2522819/">Obama makes new NLRB nominations</a>  USA Today   ...President Obama fulfilled his part of a Senate deal Tuesday to avoid major changes in the filibuster rules, making two new nominations to the National Labor Relations Board. Obama put up Nancy Schiffer, associate general counsel at the AFL-CIO, and Kent Hirozawa, chief counsel to NLRB chairman Mark Pearce...<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/business/cordray-confirmed-as-head-of-financial-watchdog-after-long-wait.html?_r=0">Cordray Confirmed as Head of Financial Watchdog, After Long Wait</a>  New York Times   ...Republicans agreed to allow the confirmation of Richard Cordray, by a vote of 66 to 34, cementing a new era of expansive federal oversight of companies that lend money to consumers...<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/16/greece-general-strike-protests-austerity">Greeks take to streets again amid general strike over job cut plans</a>  The Guardian   ...Tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets on Tuesday as unions, protesting controversial plans to slash 25,000 public sector jobs, brought the country to a standstill in a fourth general strike this year... <br /><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/311199-tribes-lawsuit-could-decide-who-controls-senate-in-2015">Native American tribes’ lawsuit could decide who controls Senate in 2015</a>  The Hill   ... A high-profile lawsuit on the voting rights of Native Americans could help determine control of the Senate in the next Congress…<br /><a href="http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/money/mike-fitzpatrick-begins-push-to-certify-label-american-made-products/article_183b5618-ff1c-5673-b0db-44572f0326f2.html">Fitzpatrick begins push to certify, label American-made products</a>  Philadelphia Business Journal   ...Congressmen Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) introduced legislation that would encourage consumers to buy more U.S.-made goods. The America Star initiative would be similar to the popular Energy Star program that certifies energy-efficient appliances...<br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/gallup-doj-fine-94177.html?ml=po_r">Department of Justice slaps Gallup with $10.5M fine</a>   Politico   ...Gallup Organization has agreed to pay the government $10.5 million to settle a false claims case against the company for allegedly inflating cost estimates in government contracts. The Justice Department announced the settlement, resolving a complaint originally brought under the Whistleblower Protection Act by a former Gallup director of client services...<br /><a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/204/3389297/FEEA-overwhelmed-with-furlough-aid-requests">FEEA overwhelmed with furlough aid requests</a>  Federal News Radio   ...Federal workers hit by furloughs are increasingly applying for aid from the <a href="http://www.feea.org/">Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund</a> (FEEA), a nonprofit organization that provides emergency loans to feds who have trouble meeting basic living expenses...<br /><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/wal-mart-faceoff-with-dc-fuels-minimum-wage-debate/article_756bb6d2-f2f7-5803-8092-ba8fd90bb202.html">Wal-Mart faceoff with DC fuels minimum wage debate</a>  Associated Press   ...The bitter standoff between Wal-Mart and District of Columbia officials over the city’s effort to impose a higher minimum wage on big-box retailers is fueling a wider debate about how far cities should go in trying to raise pay for low-wage workers — and whether larger companies should be required to pay more...<br /><a href="http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=34104">Rotunda Announcement: “Any participants or spectators are subject to arrest”</a>  blue cheddar   ...today the Capitol Police announced that the people singing in the rotunda from noon to 1 P.M. were “Unlawfully Assembled” and “any participants or spectators are subject to arrest”...<br /><a href="http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/15286/how_unions_armor_workers_and_states_against_recession/">New Report: Unions Shield Workers—and States—Against Recession</a>  In These Times   ...The report’s findings strongly suggest that the decline of unionization has played a considerable role in the increase of income inequality in Illinois, which can in turn slow economic growth. The report also suggests that lags in union membership put a strain on the social safety net, sapping resources that could otherwise be invested to speed the state's recovery...<br /><a href="http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/272536/group/homepage/">Halliburton fined in North Dakota after Duluth worker’s death</a>  Duluth News Tribune   ...For the first time, oil industry giant Halliburton has been cited for workplace safety violations in North Dakota. A release issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Labor detailed two “serious safety violations” levied against the energy giant in relation to the Jan. 19 death of a Duluth man at an oil rig site...<br /><a href="http://www.khon2.com/2013/07/15/hawaii-hotel-workers-could-be-in-line-for-millions-in-tips/">Hawaii hotel workers could be in line for millions in tips</a>  KHON2 News   ...The Hawaii State Supreme Court ruled Monday that a class action lawsuit against certain hotels “can” move forward with a class action suit that could eventually mean thousands of employees are due millions of dollars in lost tips...<br /><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/16-1">Photo ID Law on Trial in Pennsylvania: What's at Stake for Our Democracy</a>   Huffington Post   ...PA’s photo ID law which mainly affects the elderly,  disabled and poor people is being challenged by the ACLU...<br /><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2013/07/bay_city_commissioners_approve_1.html">Bay City Commissioners approve new Teamsters contract for 9 supervisors</a>   Michigan Live   ...Bay City commissioners approved a new contract for nine City Hall managers, who are represented by Teamsters Local 214...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/buffalo-teamsters-reach-tentative-agreement-ruralmetro-medical">Buffalo Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement With Rural/Metro Medical</a>   IBT   ...Early yesterday morning after 21 hours of negotiating, Teamsters Local 375, which represents the 400 EMTs and paramedics working at Rural/Metro medical services,  reached a tentative agreement for a new 4-year contract that includes a wage increase and benefit improvements...

Today's Teamster News 07.17.13

Obama makes new NLRB nominations USA Today ...President Obama fulfilled his part of a Senate deal Tuesday to avoid major changes in the ...

Navigating the rough waters of teaching

4:47 AM Tukiyooo 0

It has always bothered me that I have nightmares about teaching. Always. Just before I have to go into the classroom, I have them...Full color, noise filled nightmares.<br /><br />I'm working with second graders last week at Vacation Bible School at church and last Sunday night I had another one of those dreams. It really bothered me, so I thought about it and these were my conclusions.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4MoRXC8G9H1HLBpufm5Zxb01AfEPb1TEfIzuSfldf0t_GcyKa18Nx2TaSaKMHf5DfpjwIZdSvgL0NuEH5RSBKmWhPCzoeNm-m8TL6XNjC_P3ktVtcwZkowRPsOa3u5REalvvPuJ8Kb_BP/s1600/Nantahala+1+2012+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4MoRXC8G9H1HLBpufm5Zxb01AfEPb1TEfIzuSfldf0t_GcyKa18Nx2TaSaKMHf5DfpjwIZdSvgL0NuEH5RSBKmWhPCzoeNm-m8TL6XNjC_P3ktVtcwZkowRPsOa3u5REalvvPuJ8Kb_BP/s320/Nantahala+1+2012+(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;">This was a nightmare for me. My son and I went down<br />the Nantahala Falls the total WRONG way this time.<br />We didn't go under because we didn't stop padddling.<br />I righted us and we sailed on through but it was scary.<br />Teaching can be scary, especially if you don't respect<br />the power of the classroom and if you stop<br />rowing your own boat, you're in trouble.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3>Why do we have teaching nightmares?</h3>I've talked with other teachers on my Facebook page about this and we all seem to have nightmares, but why?<br /><br />Why should we dream about failing as a teacher when it is something we just do?<br /><br />Shouldn't we be confident masters knowing we can navigate any waters?<br /><h3>Navigating an understanding of common teacher nightmares</h3>I hit on the answer as I asked myself this yesterday morning. My thoughts turned to white water rafting pros. These people are always dealing with water. They guide people down rivers and they enjoy the river themselves. Yet, even these pros come up against situations - often unexpectedly - that scare them.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdSWr_rZ5DZUOPGlJCqJFWHn53CyVqnCVjeRBxzj2ORX41SzlsPPXrOWZHWUyC1CRdfVZYGi1P-pne8PvdkSFu-KC0PQ6eD8i5m5O9rlpVinCotvS_3B7q5qXhxhAH3wQCt3WlxbGfgkj/s1600/Nantahala+1+2012+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdSWr_rZ5DZUOPGlJCqJFWHn53CyVqnCVjeRBxzj2ORX41SzlsPPXrOWZHWUyC1CRdfVZYGi1P-pne8PvdkSFu-KC0PQ6eD8i5m5O9rlpVinCotvS_3B7q5qXhxhAH3wQCt3WlxbGfgkj/s320/Nantahala+1+2012+(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;">This is the scariest of all. My son sucked out in the<br />worst rapid. He had slowed down because<br />he was too close to another boat<br />and the raft was sucked out from underneat<br />him. But he went back in again with the<br />knowledge of what NOT to do.<br />When we mess up in the classroom one day,<br />we have to go back in and do it again and learn.<br />A mistake is only permanent if you don't learn from it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>The respect for something that comes with being a professional</h3>Last year were were on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.022687,-83.50502&spn=1.0,1.0&q=35.022687,-83.50502%20(Nantahala%20River)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Nantahala River">Nantahala River</a> in our duckies (1 or 2 man inflatable self bailing rafts - kind of like a canoe) and there was a strainer in the river. A strainer is a tree across the river. It is very dangerous and life threatening.<br /><br />While some of those unwitting (unexperienced) dummies in the rafts said "let's just go over it" - the guides responded with a some what paling face:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"No, we have to wait until they cut it out." </blockquote><br />They know that strainers are very dangerous. Period. End of story. Stay away.<br /><br />We teachers are like those guides. When people from the local town come to speak in our classrooms, they don't realize that <b>they are on a guided tour</b>. They might think they are dipping their oar into teaching, and certainly, they are somewhat, but they aren't experiencing the wild rapids that teaching is - nothing near  it. They are being guided by a professional.<br /><br />Surely river guides also have their own nightmares. The unexpected tree or rock - the river that shifted in the night. <br /><br />One rafting pro this summer said it to me like this<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"when you're a professional, you don't know the river, you respect the river." </blockquote>He acknowledged that he learned to navigate the river and that he was not its master. He could navigate and do it well, but he would not dare to think he was master of that river.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n03_q6QSIAX7DXiVeYgzhOq_J4WMS_GOc-YFKe0drVGDUHdrTQ1_3zbv_GfbQgKumvqB35uAzi777OcW39xq-BS3Wn8o80crXQK2ZonUm6ndFjaa3HSv2s8fLGFHZ9R9doKP7Yf_zKcq/s1600/Nantahala+1+2012+(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n03_q6QSIAX7DXiVeYgzhOq_J4WMS_GOc-YFKe0drVGDUHdrTQ1_3zbv_GfbQgKumvqB35uAzi777OcW39xq-BS3Wn8o80crXQK2ZonUm6ndFjaa3HSv2s8fLGFHZ9R9doKP7Yf_zKcq/s320/Nantahala+1+2012+(5).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another trip down. My kids know how to row their<br />own boat. This is important to me and a life lesson that<br />they learn from rafting.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);">The only people not afraid of just how quickly a class can be "lost" are those who are not professionals. The only people unafraid of rivers are those who aren't professionals. </span><br /><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);">Professionals who have "seen it all" know that the unexpected, unforeseen can happen to them too and things can go terribly wrong in a heartbeat.</span><br /><br /><h3><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);">The truly unnavigable rapids</span></h3>When in South Africa, I met a woman who said she taught a class of 500 high school, inner city kids. She was their "teacher." I cannot begin to comprehend this sort of rapid - for, to me, it would be a 500 foot waterfall - fatal to my life, psyche and all I am.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgj0jO3r8tV-q2oP6ansXcGsdWUgB7FfQsdzmWR6eEFJuf__ZU54i9XpXtN3_FDThJfshO2JpDEh8v_lU4yHr3YYT6mjk8qitAGtLsasv3yBSudvUKrf5qO07mLleHsXp_NF0hsMmcRXL/s1600/Nantahala+1+2012+(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgj0jO3r8tV-q2oP6ansXcGsdWUgB7FfQsdzmWR6eEFJuf__ZU54i9XpXtN3_FDThJfshO2JpDEh8v_lU4yHr3YYT6mjk8qitAGtLsasv3yBSudvUKrf5qO07mLleHsXp_NF0hsMmcRXL/s320/Nantahala+1+2012+(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">This was actually a perfect run. It looks like my<br />son and I are going under. We are not. We are paddling<br />like crazy and going through the hole at the bottom<br />of this fall. Sometimes it looks like we're going under<br />in the classroom when we're navigating an especially<br />challenging unit and are doing PBL or inquiry based<br />unit. This is why it is hard to evaluate teacher<br />classrooms at a glance. If you looked at this picture without<br />the before and after, you'd think I was in trouble.<br />In fact, I was probably right between the "Ya" and "hoo!"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />So, this is what we teachers have nightmares about. We have nightmares about the unexpected. We have nightmares about the little situation that suddenly gets out of hand. Sometimes we have nightmares that we just aren't ready.<br /><h4>1. We can be taken by surprise</h4>Just as master river guides can suddenly be taken by surprise if they aren't paying attention - so can we. We, as teachers, know our position is precarious.<br /><br />We respect our classroom but we don't think that we own the kids in it or are their master. We know our place - an important one, for sure - is riding something far bigger than we are.<br /><h4>2. We cannot ever afford to stop pushing ahead</h4>Like a river guide, we know that it is fatal to stop paddling. If you stop paddling, the river takes you. If you put your feet up on your desk. If you stop teaching or stop trying - you're gone.<br /><br />Swept over the rapids, your room will descend into chaos -- unless you have methods and systems still in place and the students know what they are to do -- in which case, you didn't really stop paddling. You just have a system for the calm waters. <br /><h4>3. If a great guide is truly great, their presence seems almost unnecessary</h4>Like a river guide,we teachers love it when we see people who need us less and less. This year as we took the duckies down the river, the guides said they enjoyed the trip so much because we were good at what we did. No incidents because we all handled our own boats. <br /><br />We knew we needed the guide and followed him (like "duckies" thus the name) but we took care of our business. This is what happens when we have students who are following and rowing their own boat of learning in the direction we head. It is a fantastic experience.<br /><br />It might look like the teacher is doing nothing, but in truth, like the guide, the teacher is still everything.<br /><br />We would have gotten out of that river if our guide wasn't there. We knew if we followed him, we'd be safe.<br /><br />Like white water, the more challenging the work and the more independent each learner is expected to be, the more they need a good teacher.<br /><h4>4. The healthy fear that comes from experience</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPq8RcrGhT0DBmR6sCDLGg8yIEYFj6onPnhlA_2J-gydHwhYi8DSle4cStekBf23KIzscal4lqCKVQovZQN_JlWexPWnL8RvXwj-3yi-kkWadzON7-CPNoC29L775z28oUqLdaXRJqYjs/s1600/Nantahala+1+2012+(7).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPq8RcrGhT0DBmR6sCDLGg8yIEYFj6onPnhlA_2J-gydHwhYi8DSle4cStekBf23KIzscal4lqCKVQovZQN_JlWexPWnL8RvXwj-3yi-kkWadzON7-CPNoC29L775z28oUqLdaXRJqYjs/s320/Nantahala+1+2012+(7).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Like a river guide, we fear because we know what it is like to be afraid. I'm not physically afraid of my students but I have had a class that "got away from me." I made a false move and somehow I'm somewhere I don't want to be with this class -- either disorder, off track, or just not focused on the task at hand. T<br /><br />his is a horrible, awful feeling when you know it is has happened. It is an unspoken - most teachers pretend like they've never lost a class but most of us have.<br /><br />If you love teaching and want to do a good job, it is the worst feeling you'll ever have.<br /><br />Some teachers allow this to happen the last few weeks or God forbid - month of school. You can see them, feeding movie after movie to a class of kids who went on vacation months before. <br /><br />I don't want that. I always want to know I'm doing my job. I always want to be teaching and helping kids move ahead - sometimes it might be showing a movie with a purpose. <br /><br />You'll hear veteran teachers talk about this quietly --<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"so and so can't 'hold a classroom'"</blockquote> -- it simply means, that if they get in their boat, they drown and give up. Sometimes it shows because these teachers leave their classroom -- a lot.<br /><br />I was talking this with my nephew today and he said, "Aunt Vicki, I can't remember you ever leaving our class this year." I really try not to, although, when there is a network problem, sometimes it is unavoidable.<br /><br />Principals, I promise if you ask a veteran teacher who can't "hold a classroom" - they'll tell you exactly who they are. It is often the teachers who have kids in your office the most. Teachers who can't hold a classroom often look to external sources -- often times the principal - to do it for them.<br /><br />Front office discipline is no substitute for an undisciplined classroom where the teacher is completely irrelevant. I have to be careful not to "butt in" in these classrooms when I'm on the side fixing a computer but sometimes it is more than I can bear.<br /><h3>So, why do I have nightmares?</h3>Quite simply, it is because teaching depends on a lot more than me but it also depends a great deal on my tenacious determination to keep going. I must be there: knowledgeable, persistently paddling, teaching. But even if I am there, there are circumstances and things beyond me. <br /><br />I have no idea when a real boulder of a behavior problem will rear its open mouth trying to drag me down. I have no idea when the river may just be more than I can navigate. I sometimes don't spot undercurrents of a problem between students before we're right there in the midst of a mess.<br /><br />The classroom river is wild. It can be directed but often cannot be truly tamed. It can be guided but it cannot be controlled any more than a raging river.<br /><h3>Insight into the mind of why teachers quit</h3>In fact, many teachers are getting out, not because they are bad teachers, but because the waters of teaching in their classroom environment have become simply unnavigable. Experts won't go in the water, if they are afraid and feel it is impossible. They avoid the strainers at all costs.<br /><h3>Our mind and attitude is vital to our success and ability to keep going on</h3>Our attitude about our classrooms is the most important thing here. As expert teachers, if we feel that the classroom is unnavigable - it might be - and it can lead to mistakes as well as stress and fear that we're going under. It might even lead to the teacher quitting and no longer rowing her boat - which will lead to further failure.<br /><br />Yes, whitewater raft guides are one of the closest things to teaching I can think of. The nightmares are real. <br /><br />Plus, you have everyone who has ever gone down the river in a guided tour raft trip thinking that they can easily do it.<br /><br />I've heard that <b><span style="color: red;">teaching is the most impossible job everyone thinks they can do</span></b>. <br /><br />Get out there and paddle. Realize that the nightmares are just a normal part of teaching. If all the teachers conversing on my fanpage are to believed, we all have these nightmares. Accept and understand what these nightmares say about your feeling and our profession. I'll be having more of these dreams soon - I tend to have them the week before school starts. I think this illustration will help me deal with it and not psych myself out that I've had another nightmare. <br /><br />Heading into the rapids of another day with these beautiful second graders. It is going to be a great day - I'm ready to paddle!<br /><br />I would love if you'd share your insight into your own dreams and "nightmares" about teaching so that other teachers can realize that it is OK to have these.<br /><br />Paddle on, professionals. 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‘That terrifies us’: Canadian doctors get virtually no training on handling a patient’s desire to die | National Post

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<div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">Twice every week, Dr. Larry Librach visited the patient with end-stage pancreatic cancer. And twice a week, the patient, a "deeply thinking" man with the support of his family, asked for help to end his life and avoid the disease's final ravages.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">As Canadian law dictates, Dr. Librach respectfully declined every time, insisting that the patient would be sufficiently sedated in his final moments to make the end bearable.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">It didn't quite unfold that way, the death being much less peaceful than planned, but the case underlined a little-known dilemma for many health-care workers. As other Canadians debate assisted suicide as a largely academic issue, doctors and nurses are routinely asked by dying patients for a medical push over the edge, specialists say.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">And yet, they get little preparation for arguably the most difficult conversation they will ever have with a patient. Most doctors finish their degrees and five years of specialty training with virtually no instruction on how to deal with death generally, let alone patients who ask for help with suicide, said Dr. Mike Harlos, medical director of palliative care for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">"The most frightening interface with the health care system is the dying bit. That terrifies us," said Dr. Harlos. "And yet it's the least addressed."</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">In response, Dr. Librach has developed a unique program to teach health professionals how to deal with assisted-death requests in a country where saying 'Yes' could lead to murder charges — and a flat 'No' might cut short an important conversation.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">The course – offered through the University of Toronto's Joint Centre for Bioethics — suggests that a cry for help with suicide likely points to unidentified suffering. So health-care workers are urged to put aside their personal reservations and fear of the law to get to the bottom of those problems.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">"Everybody who is terminally ill thinks about, 'Is it easier just to shorten my life?' " said Dr. Librach, former head of the centre. "You can't tell them 'Go ahead and do it' … [But] we have to at least explore the reasons why. You have to respond in an effective manner."</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">In a cruel irony, meanwhile, Dr. Librach – a Canadian pioneer in the palliative field — is now suffering from advanced cancer himself. Although he has no objection to assisted suicide on principle, he said he has decided against it for himself. "I'm dying and I will die naturally."</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">The drawn-out Canadian debate on assisted-suicide and euthanasia is in major flux: the Quebec government has introduced legislation to let doctors help end terminal patients' lives, while a constitutional challenge of the criminal ban on assisted suicide heads to the Supreme Court of Canada.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">For now, the practice remains illegal, though that does not stop terminal patients asking their health-care team for a fatal remedy.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">In a typical plea, "the patient says 'I wish I was dead, can't you help me die?' " said Dr. Librach.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Sometimes the appeal comes from the relative of a deeply suffering patient. "They say 'If my dad were a dog, you would just put him down. Why can't you do something?' " said Dr. Harlos.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">The situation can be challenging even for those trained to deal with such issues, said Dr. Robin Fainsinger, a palliative-care physician at the University of Alberta.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">"It's never going to be an easy conversation," he said.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">The reasons behind the requests vary, with untreated pain being just one of many possible motives, said palliative specialists.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Sometimes the sentiment stems from a loss of control — not knowing when or how the end will come – or a worry about burdening family members, said Dr. Harlos.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">In one of the Winnipeg physician's terminal cases, a highly successful businessman and all-round "alpha male" felt he essentially had nothing left to live for as he lay incapacitated in a hospital bed — and wanted help to die prematurely.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">"I said, 'You're used to accomplishing things and the biggest task ahead of you is to show your family how this is done,' " said Dr. Harlos. "It inspired him to the point where he completely turned around [psychologically]."</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">He and Dr. Fainsinger said the vast majority of patients can be mollified by the right kind of medical help and counseling. In fact, Dr. Fainsinger said the number of terminal patients asking for help in dying has declined markedly over the last several years as palliative services became more available and effective.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Yet palliative care is no panacea for the existential anguish that makes a minority of terminal patients want to die early, argues Wanda Morris, executive director of the group Dying with Dignity. Among other services, it provides patients with information on how to take their own lives.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Some of her clients are quietly referred to the organization by nurses and other health professionals, she noted.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">"Some people at end of life are saying 'I'm done with dying. I'm sitting here helpless, it's only a question of days or weeks, there's nothing for me to look forward to … Let me go.' "</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Dr. Harlos said some of his patients have ended up traveling to Switzerland, where organizations like Dignitas are legally permitted to aid in suicide.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">Even as his program counsels doctors and nurses how to support those wanting a speedier death, Dr. Librach himself acknowledges that medical teams do not always have the right answers, or the ability every time to bring about the peaceful endings they promise.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class="">That patient who made repeated pleas for suicide help, for instance, was supposed to be under deep sedation when the end came, but the cancer progressed much faster than expected.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.83em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class="">"When he did die, he died in agony: We couldn't get enough medication into him," said Dr. Librach. "He did not go gently into that good night."</div><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/16/that-terrifies-us-canadian-doctors-get-virtually-no-training-on-handling-a-patients-desire-to-die/">http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/16/that-terrifies-us-canadian-doctors-get-virtually-no-training-on-handling-a-patients-desire-to-die/</a>

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Twice every week, Dr. Larry Librach visited the patient with end-stage pancreatic cancer. And twice a week, the patient, a "deeply thin...

U.S. House schedule for Wednesday, July 17, 2013

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<a href="http://majorityleader.gov/">Majority Leader Eric Cantor</a> announced the U.S. House legislative agenda today, which includes the  <a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=348213-6846703" target="_blank">Authority for Mandate Delay Act</a> that proposes to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate from December 31, 2013, to December 31, 2014, and the <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr2668ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr2668ih.pdf">Fairness for American Families Act</a>, a house cleaning item to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate.<br /><br />The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health will have a hearing on “<a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=348215-6846703" target="_blank">Delay of the Employer Mandate Penalties and Reporting Requirements</a>” at 10:00 a.m. with a focus on the Obama Administration's decision to delay the penalties for the employer mandate and the employer information reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act.<br /><br />During the day, the official photograph will be taken of the 113th Congress. Find the complete agenda at the <a href="http://majorityleader.gov/">Majority Leader's website</a>.

U.S. House schedule for Wednesday, July 17, 2013

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Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced the U.S. House legislative agenda today, which includes the Authority for Mandate Delay Act that pr...

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Let's move inside my Pinterest dream house to the foyer, shall we? Foyers are one of my very favorite rooms, the room that says 'here's what you have to look forward to in this joint.' While I'm doing the most I can with the <strike>shoebox</strike> <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/06/freshening-foyer-part-2.html" target="_blank">quaint foyer I have</a>, I'm going big in chez Pinterest.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuU3Y3EPvvmvqOygsd6dNvfTSLTUFvFNz82wQJIEjVSBCUXf-FcyPA_zxwj2w341idFDpKrybgi9wNAxfki2DR_BxxWTTAsoaaxrpRGrS96g0yTBeeM-FQzCwJ0Ox0MuZ-_hS2v6yS-a6z/s1600/4b6fef6bf12105a5b6a063842f9b67e9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuU3Y3EPvvmvqOygsd6dNvfTSLTUFvFNz82wQJIEjVSBCUXf-FcyPA_zxwj2w341idFDpKrybgi9wNAxfki2DR_BxxWTTAsoaaxrpRGrS96g0yTBeeM-FQzCwJ0Ox0MuZ-_hS2v6yS-a6z/s400/4b6fef6bf12105a5b6a063842f9b67e9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Fantastic wallpaper, check. I've got to have some 'bam' to go with my large and in charge front door right? Right.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtV-z5TJhW7Ev3lJu4Rar9TKB7KJO1nvqfmdgsKMsdifEdHZ801cu_YV3NJ6pOvGukKlLJ81EZSMNr_6tH1HhBbx5bss7hPBFdoCBE6eyak4FT0YbbgRQzB4DOb4AxgySMTy9EULHFlWvt/s1600/6ae2726132e89e621085ef0fa5b73475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtV-z5TJhW7Ev3lJu4Rar9TKB7KJO1nvqfmdgsKMsdifEdHZ801cu_YV3NJ6pOvGukKlLJ81EZSMNr_6tH1HhBbx5bss7hPBFdoCBE6eyak4FT0YbbgRQzB4DOb4AxgySMTy9EULHFlWvt/s640/6ae2726132e89e621085ef0fa5b73475.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><br />A place to sit down and put on shoes, or throw my fabulous Gucci bags (this is a dream after all).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfVBG048Ioy2Qeuxr-UEu7uTaRoG2Ap5e8IB2JLsv9-_euaX-usGgrSr20ara8ccqJA52oOnU69B8R-GXFIRQ9fWN4HERXTbOLE2JZRnHyqS5EooGddX3Xplrukb4ox0qNShP3NHQd5QD/s1600/milkandhoney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfVBG048Ioy2Qeuxr-UEu7uTaRoG2Ap5e8IB2JLsv9-_euaX-usGgrSr20ara8ccqJA52oOnU69B8R-GXFIRQ9fWN4HERXTbOLE2JZRnHyqS5EooGddX3Xplrukb4ox0qNShP3NHQd5QD/s640/milkandhoney.jpg" width="441" /></a></div><br />A console for CoCo to put the mail down when he comes in from finishing his yard work.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEWdNYT5InBwuLfptQMIaVRzDMg39WvUfKMJuHN0_XAvIbZJLrV55kVStOkG5LuU3TLbeK4w2eBLavsKNfxbYG2Gi-MrfqTc2MKtqYHynYGNz2aUz-c8d6ws20WYxxbY_CyllsPsP9Pwk/s1600/77499db333bee8c54583b00a28bb6d7f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEWdNYT5InBwuLfptQMIaVRzDMg39WvUfKMJuHN0_XAvIbZJLrV55kVStOkG5LuU3TLbeK4w2eBLavsKNfxbYG2Gi-MrfqTc2MKtqYHynYGNz2aUz-c8d6ws20WYxxbY_CyllsPsP9Pwk/s640/77499db333bee8c54583b00a28bb6d7f.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><br />And big beautiful stairs.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLc93wsd5VTtfQlqrKcWOz-veTwQwcE6ewG1OxnAZdjL-31blwlnbD09c9HB9J3nbnfYWpEcwrYC0RBqomdaMaTadYmbi4-BaoLgXm88dforxBTy5Z2xkSJfi23IEhbLgLwDs8AnrH_kZ/s1600/cf89dcd1a84f72e25ed266f26895587e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLc93wsd5VTtfQlqrKcWOz-veTwQwcE6ewG1OxnAZdjL-31blwlnbD09c9HB9J3nbnfYWpEcwrYC0RBqomdaMaTadYmbi4-BaoLgXm88dforxBTy5Z2xkSJfi23IEhbLgLwDs8AnrH_kZ/s640/cf89dcd1a84f72e25ed266f26895587e.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /> With a great railing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6_sLYDrZZKe6qNNFuYmyR-S-E4ZNvaCTzPlbX8MPJT-LbxsmF63AmKkRiXy4ioaUWeIEIDu-DTBKIs6UzE5qjkLYNh0Aze8KW4Zk10UW6aE1f9Zbpo8ULmMnD-mGonWvhP-dlWTcQqf2/s1600/29ca01910c619811dccb34edc99ead87.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6_sLYDrZZKe6qNNFuYmyR-S-E4ZNvaCTzPlbX8MPJT-LbxsmF63AmKkRiXy4ioaUWeIEIDu-DTBKIs6UzE5qjkLYNh0Aze8KW4Zk10UW6aE1f9Zbpo8ULmMnD-mGonWvhP-dlWTcQqf2/s640/29ca01910c619811dccb34edc99ead87.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br />Maybe curvy<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3SNS2cJeHqBXUqB8_d4EmKjSKYk4W0uV_Z_VbrBIQSiu8tOLZ0lioRuaeuGTwwrMnR6pL9_UfUBpNDRwkCjtEeyaPlqo5u34FeMgd3AI7DkUm4loLoigdZl5XNM6Msmd9cCkGXAul2r7/s1600/86de31458bc96616214315588806cfe5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3SNS2cJeHqBXUqB8_d4EmKjSKYk4W0uV_Z_VbrBIQSiu8tOLZ0lioRuaeuGTwwrMnR6pL9_UfUBpNDRwkCjtEeyaPlqo5u34FeMgd3AI7DkUm4loLoigdZl5XNM6Msmd9cCkGXAul2r7/s640/86de31458bc96616214315588806cfe5.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">All images via my <a href="http://pinterest.com/ladybaum/stairs-and-foyer/" target="_blank">stairs and foyer board</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />or maybe straight. But either way they are going to be fabulous.<br /><br />What would your dream foyer look like? Are you warm and cozy or more minimalist? Anyone else get giddy when they see a good foyer? Just me?

best of pinterest - entry hall

Let's move inside my Pinterest dream house to the foyer, shall we? Foyers are one of my very favorite rooms, the room that says 'her...

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 07/17/2013

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="https://www.teachingchannel.org/?national=1">Videos, Common Core Resources And Lesson Plans For Teachers: Teaching Channel</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Inspiring videos of teachers on the teaching channel.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/best">best</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/practices">practices</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://cel.ly/education">Education - Celly</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">It is time to connect your classroom. Celly has a unique way of creating mobile social networks. Students and parents can sign up without giving out or anyone seeing their mobile number and can unsubscribe at any time. On this page, celly has a getting started guide for schools. This is a tool I'm looking to use this year in my classroom. I've got several friends who've used it and highly recommend it.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mlearning">mlearning</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://list.ly/list/1WF-educators-essential-ipad-toolkit?feature=trending">Listly List - Educator's Essential iPad Toolkit #ipad #productivity #apps #education</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">There are a lot of cools lists being made on list.ly including this Educator's Essential Ipad toolkit which has 23,610 views.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 07/17/2013

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Wednesday, Wednesday

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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/07/16/four-chesapeake-energy-buildings/">Four Chesapeake Energy Buildings</a> in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by Elliott + Associates Architects:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/07/16/four-chesapeake-energy-buildings/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Jul13-17.jpg" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/01/30/3d-athletics-track/">3D Athletics Track</a> in Alicante, Spain by Subarquitectura:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/01/30/3d-athletics-track/"><img alt="this       week's  dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Jan12/30/image04.jpg" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/07/16/the-images-of-architects/"><i>The Images of Architects: The Visible Origin of Architecture</i></a> edited by Valerio Olgiati (L):<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/07/16/the-images-of-architects/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/olgiati.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-architects-sketchbooks.html"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/book-sketchbooks1.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-architects-sketchbooks.html"><i>Architects' Sketchbooks</i></a> by Will Jones.<br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">**NOTE: The next doses on my weekly page will be 2013.08.12.**</span><br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">American-Architects <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/pages/50x50">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/projects_detail/41989">Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center</a> in Las Vegas, Nevada, by Line and Space, LLC:<br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/projects_detail/41989"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://www.american-architects.com/files/projects/41989/images/RedRockCanyonVisitorCenter3.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

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Kate Middleton Is Giving Birth and/or Something

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMlXwVrKEtk5TFd-wZkrmcMrfOZ6YgMACFLXuYRHI1KTx7HbQcnqGt-HoWeiPEsbUELiACOtWCVY5sDd-LjMXwK_lUZ-gW3CC-RZXxP8e36ChNkSB95TRdMWVEcd9i4LPMYxGfdXghMY/s1600/Geert+Wilders+Dutch+Guy+Ahnyurdyck.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMlXwVrKEtk5TFd-wZkrmcMrfOZ6YgMACFLXuYRHI1KTx7HbQcnqGt-HoWeiPEsbUELiACOtWCVY5sDd-LjMXwK_lUZ-gW3CC-RZXxP8e36ChNkSB95TRdMWVEcd9i4LPMYxGfdXghMY/s320/Geert+Wilders+Dutch+Guy+Ahnyurdyck.png" width="276" /></a>Jay, Matt-Man, IWS Radio aficionados…<br /><br />Guy Ahnyurdyck here, fresh out of the <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/03/guy-ahnyurdyckamsterdam-prison-blues.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Hell Hole that is a Dutch prison</span></a>, filing this report LIVE from outside of St. Mary’s Hospital in London where within minutes, and/or hours, and/or days…<br /><br />One Kate Middleton, aka the wife of Prince William, aka the Duchess of Cambridge, aka Kate Mountbatten-Windsor, et cetera, et cetera, will pop out a regal looking son and/or daughter fit for a King…and/or Queen…and/or Defender of the Faith…and/or Lord over the Dominion and Commonwealth…et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.<br /><br /><i><b>(Ed. Note:  Could we keep it simple and/or American, Guy?  This isn't the BBC and/or the CBC…Pretend that you are talking to the audience of Sky TV and/or FOX News.)</b></i><br /><br />The lovely and nubile Duchess of Cambridge is past her due date of July 13th, but many in the know, are speculating that Kate’s prince and/or princess will soon be sliding down her tortured, yet regal uterine walls, and drop him and/or precious self  into the open arms of a private Doctor practicing and living well in a country of socialized medicine.<br /><br />Following the royal and cute extraction of said heir, the baby will be slapped upon the bodkins by the very hand of a God’s centuries old divinity in the kingdom business.<br /><br />Secretly…<br /><br />Many are hoping that once the baby opens his and/or her eyes, his/or her initial vision will be that of the angelic faces of Kate and Prince William, and not that of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles…For that might scare said infant into returning to the womb.<br /><br />An incident like that, would not only threaten the life of the child, but forever damage a fine piece of Euro-Trash royalty and her maternal goods.  Europe, and the U.K specifically, have already suffered enough through the recent and unexpected death of Amy Winehouse…<br /><br />Do we really need to re-visit, re-live, and sadly bathe ourselves ‘neath that waterfall of Euro-Tears again?<br /><br />Guy says, No!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziMhlfq_LHlbmbPdPpWXqE2CpksWaeyLZNVI-tMG3hPeNWf-pBvlNGiNnS21AQcL2oqV337f0ylS5oDwjJRAqBN5lldVtAOnAtUuVKfoLg8mLAq-WQucI_pA_A9yGjP3p-9wJbrfYzYk/s1600/kate-middleton-pregnant+sexy+hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziMhlfq_LHlbmbPdPpWXqE2CpksWaeyLZNVI-tMG3hPeNWf-pBvlNGiNnS21AQcL2oqV337f0ylS5oDwjJRAqBN5lldVtAOnAtUuVKfoLg8mLAq-WQucI_pA_A9yGjP3p-9wJbrfYzYk/s400/kate-middleton-pregnant+sexy+hot.jpg" width="278" /></a>Not only has the question of sex been raised about the soon to be child, <strike>and whether the child is really Prince Harry’s</strike> but there are questions as to what his and/or her name may be.<br /><br />Many folks put their money on traditional names such as Anne, Diana, or Mary if the child be a girl.  If it is to be a male, excited Brits and Anglophiles have suggested, Edward, George, and/or Margaret Thatcher.<br /><br />As one whose nose is always in the news always and frequently in the telling and tantalizing parts of a Belgian psychic and/or lady of the night named Stella Artois, I would ask her a couple of questions.<br /><br />If it is foreseen that this child be she a girl, is to be but a Princess, I would name her Buttercup.  If the stars foretold her to one day be a Queen, I would name her Latifah.<br /><br />If the royal heir turns out to be a boy, but only a Prince, I would of course name him, Fielder, but if the stars determined that in the future he would be King, I would name said heir…<br /><br />Sized.<br /><br />Because seriously, who doesn’t like anything that is King Sized?  His favorability ratings would go through the roof!!<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

Kate Middleton Is Giving Birth and/or Something

Jay, Matt-Man, IWS Radio aficionados… Guy Ahnyurdyck here, fresh out of the Hell Hole that is a Dutch prison , filing this report LIVE from ...

Non Belviq related struggle today

1:14 PM Tukiyooo 0

What happens when you eat realy really fast on a tummy that's used to getting very little at a time?  Let me put it this way without being too graphic.  Remember when I said that I feel like those that had the lap band surgery where I feel full really fast.  They are not really able to eat fast either and they have to avoid certain foods to prevent them from being sick.  One of my co-workers can not eat lettuce who had the band done a year ago.  Too much lettuce makes her ill.<br /><br />I typically don't eat a lot of lettuce either - I like a salad with all of the fresh vegetables minus the lettuce, although I will eat it occassionally.  Today we had a new employee start.  One of the fun things about my job is getting to take new employees to lunch.  Where I work, there's not a lot of choices in restaruants and we had two others join us, so we needed to go somewhere quick.  We chose.....Olive Garden.  Wait, don't start bashing at me yet about eating there.  I chose to eat the salad only.  No bread, no pasta, nothing than the salad.  But we were in a hurry and we had to kind of eat fast.  Needless to say, just like a person with the lap band, it didn't settle - AT ALL.  <br /><br />I'm letting the tummy settle down a bit and then I will try some grapes maybe.  Oy!  I told you guys I feel like I had that surgery without the pain and money involved.<br /><br />On a brighter note, FRIDAY will mark 4 weeks since I started Belviq.  Be on the lookout for my video of my 1 month weigh in!!  Also, tomorrow night I meet up with my friend Pam, who took that picture that helped change my life.  We are doing a re-do in the exact same spot!!!!!!  I can't wait - so look for that one either tomorrow or Thursday.<br /><br />On a side note - I need a personal trainer.  The cost of Belviq is preventing me from obtaining one.  If you are in the Houston area or if you know anyone in the Houston area who would be willing to help a girl out with personal training in exchange with free advertisement on my blog by either posting or letting me post about our journey with pictures and the contact information, please send me an email to <a href="mailto:ellie.wenker@gmail.com">ellie.wenker@gmail.com</a>  I DESPERATELY need help with this new challenge!!<br /><br />xoxoxox<br />Ellie

Non Belviq related struggle today

What happens when you eat realy really fast on a tummy that's used to getting very little at a time? Let me put it this way without bei...

Today's archidose #692

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Here are two buildings designed by <a href="http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/">Benthem Crouwel Architects</a> and photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/">Ken Lee</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/culture/kulturbau">Kulturbau Forum Confluentes</a> (2013) in Koblenz, Germany:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9298548345/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3713/9298548345_a7794e0f60_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9301330982/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/9301330982_b4c74fd50a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9301330786/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7332/9301330786_fe68f9fb70_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9298547085/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="640" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/9298547085_61f5d9c2d4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9298547469/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="640" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5346/9298547469_2a3df0347f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/public-buildings/fletcher-hotel">Fletcher Hotel</a> (2013) in Amsterdam:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9293680130/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/9293680130_3d84585c2d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9290904047/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/9290904047_bd35726d4a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9263111710/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5532/9263111710_cf09cd5097_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9263111480/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3716/9263111480_997d9fc240_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9260333035/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/9260333035_2112d486b3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #692

Here are two buildings designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects and photographed by Ken Lee . Kulturbau Forum Confluentes (2013) in Koblenz,...

Woot! Teamster EMT strike results in victory!

12:08 PM Tukiyooo 0

We just got some great news from Buffalo, where 400 of our brothers and sisters from Local 375 went on strike over wages and benefits at 12:01 a.m. today. After 21 hours of negotiating, Teamster EMTs and paramedics at Rural/Metro reached a tentative agreement early this morning. They're back to work and getting ready to vote in the next few days on a contract that includes wage increases and better benefits.<br /><br />Kevin Drysdale, president of Local 375, said the members are proud to serve Buffalo.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Because of the important work they do as first responders, we needed to secure an agreement with good wages and working conditions. </blockquote>Dennis Wellspeak, a 20-year employee, said the citizens of Buffalo are his neighbors and friends.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">I am pleased that we won a fair tentative agreement with Rural/Metro. To think that Rural/Metro was at one point offering higher hourly wages to temporary workers was quite a shock, but we fought hard to win a new agreement that respects us.</blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCPuUZdiQWgm1z48BbcZDDf3x5B-ZpZpYbrv84lAQs-MXjNeWv7DOHhTx90Eh64Y6Uiq6SX31baMaP7jmzXLPeuLxajMm7DkNXPzVapYDag0eJaom8DkCYzwGxsLF58kLlca-jnMKrwew/s1600/rural+metro+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCPuUZdiQWgm1z48BbcZDDf3x5B-ZpZpYbrv84lAQs-MXjNeWv7DOHhTx90Eh64Y6Uiq6SX31baMaP7jmzXLPeuLxajMm7DkNXPzVapYDag0eJaom8DkCYzwGxsLF58kLlca-jnMKrwew/s400/rural+metro+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early this morning in Buffalo. </td></tr></tbody></table>Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz was worried that Rural/Metro brought in scabs from Kentucky or Ohio.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">How would they know the city streets? This is not in the best interest of this community.</blockquote>State Sen. Tim Kennedy urged the employer to consider a fair offer that reflects the important work "these brave and dedicated first-responders provide our community every day.”<br /><br />Another letter of support for the EMTs and paramedics came from the executive director of the New York State Nurses Association.  “The RNs of the New York State Nurses Association are proud to stand with Local 375 and the communities they serve,” wrote Jill Furillo, RN.<br /><br />Our brothers and sisters also got supportive tweets like this one from Frontier Fire Co. ‏<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">@FrontierVFC 7h<br />We sympathize with EMTs & Paramedics of @Teamsters local 375 striking against @RuralMetroWNY, especially our own</blockquote>

Woot! Teamster EMT strike results in victory!

We just got some great news from Buffalo, where 400 of our brothers and sisters from Local 375 went on strike over wages and benefits at 12:...

Active Accessories USA Review!

11:31 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oDu7xyawsvXFg8unskRfiHhyphenhyphen4jfsJ3D_J7WQvjHD4E2AZKugPAYmHteiycplOrJpb93bXje0VY2ByqMgyVU70GijkrxUZnxl4fWiRjv8FmJFZMRwiOdNUb7WepWPx_acjWPf92Ss0iw/s1600/active+accessories+usa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3oDu7xyawsvXFg8unskRfiHhyphenhyphen4jfsJ3D_J7WQvjHD4E2AZKugPAYmHteiycplOrJpb93bXje0VY2ByqMgyVU70GijkrxUZnxl4fWiRjv8FmJFZMRwiOdNUb7WepWPx_acjWPf92Ss0iw/s320/active+accessories+usa.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever have too much to take along with you such as keys, cell phone, money or ipod when your going exercising whether it's to a gym, taking a walk or riding a bike?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well <a href="http://activeaccessoriesusa.com/">Active Accessories USA</a> has you covered!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a must have accessory for workouts!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These cute little pouches are great for anything such as a place to put keys and such when working out and they are stylish as well so it will look great with any outfit!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of you know that I have chosen to go the healthy route and started blasting away fat with eating healthier and exercising intensely so I came across their site and thought I would love one of these because I'm either dropping my keys or have way too much to carry while walking.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They sent me one for review and I do have to say that I am in love with it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a compartment for my keys so I won't have to keep them in hand, I can put my cellphone in there as well or even my itouch while walking to listen to music!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love how they even sent along a hair band as well to tie my hair back during those intense and sweat inducing workouts!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ugh, who wants to have their hair in their face during a workout?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not me!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out their gear on the web:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://activeaccessoriesusa.com/">http://activeaccessoriesusa.com/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like them on Face Book:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a 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Active Accessories USA Review!

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Weight Loss Secrets - 5 Things That Will Sabotage Your Weight Loss

10:31 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Barb Taylor</div><br /><br />  <div class='uawarticle'>Losing weight is not easy. Sometimes even the things we think we are doing right turn out to be wrong. Problem is, you can be doing things that you are unaware of that can preventing your from losing weight. Some of these things include:<br />  <br />  Giving Yourself To Much Credit For The Number Of Calories Burned<br />  <br />  Calorie expenditure tables are a common method used to calculate the number of calories burned while working out. Problem is that these tables are typically inaccurate.<br />  <br />  The majority of these tables are inaccurate by as much as twenty percent.<br />  <br />  The best way to accurately determine the number of calories you burn is to use a heart rate monitor.<br />  <br />  Leaving Out Exercises That Build & Strengthen Muscles<br />  <br />  When trying to lose weight it is important that you have a weight loss program which includes both weight lifting and cardio exercises. Strength training builds muscle and muscle speeds up your metabolism and burns more fat, thus promoting weight loss.<br />  <br />  So if you find that your weight loss has slowed or stopped completely. Add in strength training, alternating it with your other workouts. This should help to break through the plateau.<br />  <br />  Drinking To Much Alcohol<br />  <br />  Alcohol slows down your body's ability to burn fat. Instead of burning off food your body will first burn off the alcohol that you have consumed.<br />  <br />  Drinking alcohol also increases your likelihood of snacking, thus adding on additional calories.<br />  <br />  A drink a two every now and again is fine but drinking regularly can be detrimental to your waist line.<br />  <br />  Skipping Breakfast<br />  <br />  In theory cutting back on meals seems like a logical way to reduce calories. Unfortunately, dong this may actually cause you to gain weight.<br />  <br />  When you do not provide your body with the food and nutrition it needs, your metabolism will begin to slow down making it harder to burn off calories.<br />  <br />  Also when you skip meals you tend to overeat when you finally do have a meal<br />  <br />  It is much better to eat six small meals daily. Doing this will keep your hunger satisfied and prevent snacking. The key to making this work is not exceeding your total daily calorie count for all meals combined.<br />  <br />  Anticipating Immediate Results<br />  <br />  A lot of people are unsuccessful in their weight loss attempts because they have unrealistic expectations. They turn on the tv and see that there favorite celebrity just lost 30 pounds in a month and that becomes the goal they set for themselves.<br />  <br />  Losing weight and getting healthy doesnt happen overnight. Set your weight loss goal at one to two pounds weekly. This is the range that experts consider healthy.<br />  <br />  Studies have shown that people who lose weight at a slow and steady pace have a higher long term success rate.<br />  <br />  Although these five weight loss secrets may seem simple, they can have a major impact on your weight loss success.<br />  <br />  <br />  <br />  </div><br />  <div class='uawresource'><br />  	<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br />  		About the Author:<br />  	</div><br />  	<div class='uawlinks'>Have you tried <a href="http://thejavitacoffeecompany.com">javita</a> weight loss coffee infused with <a href="http://www.BuyJavitaCoffee.com/yerbamate">yerba mate</a> to help you lose weight quick and safe?</div><br />  </div><br />

Weight Loss Secrets - 5 Things That Will Sabotage Your Weight Loss

By Barb Taylor Losing weight is not easy. Sometimes even the things we think we are doing right turn out to be wrong. Problem is, you ca...

The Green Coffee Bean Extract Way

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NC turns against GOP as Moral Monday protests continue

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<a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/15/3032153/moral-monday-crowd-rallies-for.html">Police arrested 101 demonstrators</a> last night during the 11th Moral Monday protest in Raleigh, N.C., one of the biggest yet. More than 800 people have been arrested during the rallies at the Statehouse since they began in late April to bring attention to the anti-worker policies of the Republican-led state government.<br /><br />Last night's protest focused on women's issues, and more than two-thirds of those arrested were women. Organizers said the protest drew 5,000 people. They're traveling from all around North Carolina to raise awareness about the Legislature's cut to unemployment and health benefits, its push to disenfranchise women and minorities and its attempt to raise taxes on the working class while lowering them for corporations.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICM1-XiMMXMBOYVYqtrUpRIBHKUsjtBqO2kCBzYOIAygLE3U4oaOoj-t2zjYZV-Fa4j6WKfU9OqPdVlIV9GmyEz0tdYp9cgrD5fgIRvHkgcE9anLmFWmJZWmsvIiP2la21i3DTzGTlxaS/s1600/7-16moralmondayphoto1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICM1-XiMMXMBOYVYqtrUpRIBHKUsjtBqO2kCBzYOIAygLE3U4oaOoj-t2zjYZV-Fa4j6WKfU9OqPdVlIV9GmyEz0tdYp9cgrD5fgIRvHkgcE9anLmFWmJZWmsvIiP2la21i3DTzGTlxaS/s320/7-16moralmondayphoto1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crowd gathers in N.C. Statehouse yesterday.</td></tr></tbody></table>Grace Stitt, 65, traveled more than eight hours on a bus to attend and <a href="http://www.wral.com/-moral-monday-crowd-rallies-for-women-s-rights-/12661852/">said</a> regular people need to be heard:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><p>I felt like I needed to do something more than write an e-mail to a senator or representative because I'm not sure those are ever read. I guess I felt like I haven't spoken up enough and it's time to make my statement.</p></blockquote>Others took to social media to declare the movement's continued success. Twitter user @TheMountain_Goats <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/07/North-carolina-moral-monday-protests/67204/">tweeted</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Moral Monday is powerful. THIS is North Carolina.</blockquote>There are signs that the continued rallies are taking a toll on Gov. Pat McCrory's popularity. The governor has largely dismissed the demonstrators as out-of-state rabble-rousers, even though arrest records show more than 98 percent of those taken into custody are from North Carolina. But a new <a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/07/abortion-bill-hurting-nc-republicans.html"> Public Policy Polling survey</a> shows he is the one with a negative approval rating:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">For the first time since taking office we find that McCrory has a negative approval rating this month. Only 40% of voters are happy with the job he's doing to 49% who disapprove. That's down a net 15 points from June when he was at a 45/39 spread. While McCrory's numbers are pretty steady with Republicans, he continues to lose ground with Democrats (down a net 17 points from -36 at 24/60 last month to now -53 at 17/70) and independents (down a net 20 points from +12 at 46/34 last month to -8 at 41/49 now). Only 68% of people who voted for McCrory last fall continue to approve of his job performance.</blockquote>McCrory is paying the price for following the<a href="http://alecexposed.org/"> ALEC</a>-inspired agenda of his puppetmaster, greedy billionaire and state budget director <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/02/heres-billionaire-trying-to-destroy.html">Art Pope</a>. Pope, a friend of the <strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.89px;"><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/10/bombshell-kochs-sold-oil-equipment-to.html" style="color: #336699;">Benedict Arnold</a></strike> Koch brothers, is <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/NODE/12076">directing the government takeover by corporations and billionaires</a>.<br /><br />North Carolinians also have an increasingly negative view of their state Republican lawmakers overall, with only 35 percent approving of the job they are doing. The survey also finds that 55 percent of voters are unhappy with legislation that resulted in <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/07/nc-moral-monday-protesters-take-on.html">700,000 residents losing their unemployment benefits</a> earlier this month.<br /><br />Voters by a 47 percent to 41 percent margin also state they have a higher opinion of the protesters than the Legislature, and by a 46 percent to 36 percent count believe the Legislature is a "national embarrassment."<br /><br />We agree.<br /><br /><br />

NC turns against GOP as Moral Monday protests continue

Police arrested 101 demonstrators last night during the 11th Moral Monday protest in Raleigh, N.C., one of the biggest yet. More than 800 p...