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Commentary: New Jersey's high cost of living is making many want to leave
When 60 percent of New Jersey residents confess to a pollster that they want to move elsewhere; when 54 percent say their departure desire was prompted by the high cost of living; and when 24 percent identify property taxes as the reason behind their decision, one would think government would take notice and a closer examination of these factors would be in order.
That it's expensive to live here is not in dispute — in high-income states like New Jersey the cost of living tends to track more closely with upper earning levels rather than middle or lower. It's trickle-up economics.
Providing the fundamental food, clothing, and shelter is driven by market forces that reflect the relative wealth in the region. Consequently, there is little government can do to control or regulate the expense of everyday living.
It can, however, turn its hand toward the nearly quarter of those who express a desire to relocate because they are struggling to pay their property taxes and view leaving as the only alternative left.
The state's overreliance on property taxes to fund education and county and municipal services has been identified for decades as the issue most troubling to those who live here. It's been a staple in campaigns at all levels, and pledges to aggressively pursue solutions litter the political landscape like the candidates' roadside signs once the election is over.
Despite efforts to address the issue, the basic premise of financing local governments has remained largely unchanged — depending exclusively on the value of real estate as indicative of the ability of the owners of that real estate to pay.
For many, it is an unreliable and outdated concept that fails to reflect personal economic circumstance and has led directly to families selling their homes and leaving the state because they can no longer afford the taxes.
Despite mounting evidence and numerous studies showing that for many the property tax burden is no longer bearable, serious-minded consideration of alternatives has been scarce.
Shifting to authorizing municipal governments to levy a local income tax or some version of a sales tax are mentioned periodically but arouse such a political uproar that proponents are forced to beat a hasty retreat.
Taxing income to support local governments — as many others states have done for some time — recognizes that it is a far more accurate and infinitely fairer measure of personal economic health and ability to pay than is the value of a home.
Swapping an income tax for a substantial reduction in property taxes, for example, would be of instant and considerable benefit to senior citizens and middle-income earners.
Property is taxed at a uniform rate; that is, every homeowner pays the same rate on assessed valuation regardless of income. For those who've lived in the same home for a number of years and whose property has appreciated in value during that time, taxes have risen steadily even though their incomes have declined through retirement with pensions or Social Security now the sole source of income.
Many others who are employed and in the middle class in terms of salary continue to struggle to meet higher taxes while maintaining their home and a reasonable standard of living.
Opponents of a local income tax argue vigorously that it is nothing more than increased taxation masquerading as tax relief, that it will eventually morph into a more onerous burden and lead to more people fleeing the state.
The only genuine method to reduce property taxes, they argue, is to reduce the cost of government by cutting programs and services and downsizing the workforce.
Municipal consolidation and shared-services agreements have gained favor as cost-savings measures, but a recent Rutgers University study found little difference in governmental costs based on population — bigger is not always better or cheaper –while concluding that any beneficial impact on property taxes would be negligible.
Efforts to provide some measure of relief have largely centered on imposing caps on tax increases and on negotiated salaries and benefits for public employees.
While growth has been slowed, it has been neither halted nor reversed. Moreover, delaying or withholding homestead rebate payments to eligible homeowners in three of the past four years has effectively wiped out any savings resulting from the cap on increases.
Increased state aid to municipalities and school districts has long been the most direct method of curbing tax increases, but such funding has been largely flat in recent years, and the state's dicey budget situation suggests relief will not be forthcoming anytime soon.
Data compiled by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center reveals the extent to which the property tax system has become so skewed as to be punitive:
It amounts to $3,000 per capita, by far the highest in the nation.
79 percent of homeowners in the country paid $1,750 per year or less in property taxes.
Three percent paid over $4,000 in property taxes.
0.2 percent paid over $8,000 in property taxes.
The average bill in New Jersey is slightly under $8,000, and in several counties, it has exceeded $10,000.
The outlook for extending local taxing authority to incomes or consumerism is not particularly bright. The Legislature hasn't even been able to agree on convening a constitutional convention to examine the state's tax structure, with an eye toward introducing greater fairness and equity in it.
Fears of political retribution if some alternative form of taxation is considered — much less adopted — has led to a sort of weary resignation that property taxes will always be with us, will always rise, and everybody had better get used to it.
The polling data suggests, though, that an increasing number of people aren't willing to settle for that. Allied Van Lines may turn out to be the big winner.
NJ Spotlight, an independent online news service on issues critical to New Jersey, makes its in-depth reporting available to NewsWorks.


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Port Orleans - French Quarter is a moderate class resort with a New Orleans theme. We visited last night to see a friend perform at the Scat Cats club, located right near the main lobby. I took this shot in the adjacent food court area.
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trailer break: 'Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail'
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer…
Remember when our hero Joel Robinson riffed off an old SNL "commercial," cracking about how the really bad movie he and the bots were watching was "a dessert topping and a floor wax"?
I wish Joel were still around to crack wise at Tyler Perry movies… because they're dessert toppings, floor waxes, depilatory creams, and spermicides all at the same time. I'm continually stunned how Perry's bizarre insistence on making movies that are tonally all over the place — it's a serious drama! it's a slapstick comedy! — manage to cohere together without disintegrating under the weight of their own preposterousness, never mind that people actually go see them.
And if this trailer is any accurate representation of the film, it looks like we're in for another one.
This February, believe in forgiveness, believe in a 40-year-old man in a old-lady fatsuit, and believe that they can steal their best joke from Fried Green Tomatoes.
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail opens in the U.S. on February 20; no U.K. release date has been announced yet.
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SCHNELL HANS owes its origin to the part time activity of a newly married bride.
The Founder Director Romila Shyam
had always had an interest in beauty and hair and not only did she have a flair for it but she would also do makeup and hair styling for a lot of her friends, at a hobby level. At that time, way back in 1966-67, there were no professional training institutes In India, so she started on her own purely by research. She also subscribed to foreign magazines and managed to get study material from Schools of Beauty at London and specialized in Skin Therapy. Soon her clientele began to grow and she started a small professional practice from home.
Within a year, in 1968, she started the first branch of SCHNELL HANS at Mahim and thereafter one at Colaba. Further, not being satisfied with the readymade synthetic products used in India, she started her study of Herbal Cosmetology and with help from some colleagues who were Ayurvedic Vaidyas and Homeopaths, she formulated natural products for skin and hair. Till today, these products made by her are used in all the salons and have even proved to be effective remedies for acne, hair loss, dandruff, etc. Since there were no professional training schools in India and Romila Shyam had personally felt the lack of one, she started the SCHNELL HANS Training Division.
Soon, Romila's daughter Sunita, who was growing up in the midst of combs and brushes and makeup and face packs, started assisting her mother after school and during holidays and could trim hair and even do threading from the tender age of 10. After her schooling she went to London In 1986 to do an Advanced Course In Hairdressing, Trichology, Makeup and Skin Therapy. On her return, she pioneered an 'Advanced Course for Practicing Beauticians' and also introduced various new techniques.
The Napean Sea Road Branch was started in 1987 and today, SCHNELL HANS has 2 ultramodern salons cum schools at 2 prime locations, i.e. Napean Sea Road and Bandra – W.. Over 1000 students have received training at Schnell Hans and a number of salons have been started all over India and abroad by many of them including in U.S.A., U.K., West Indies, Canada, the Far East and the Gulf. Incidentally, Schnell Hans is the only institute to include Parlour management, dress sense, tips on diet and Aromatherapy in the training programme. Another highlight is the course on 'Personality Transformation conducted personally by Director Sunita Motwani-Makhija. Schnell Hans believes in 100% practical training where students are taught on models provided. The theoretical aspects are also taken into account by imparting detailed know-how on skin and hair.
Directors of Schnell Hans, Mrs. Romila Shyam and Sunita Motwanl-Makhija have been trained abroad at various schools in London and New York, including Vidal Sasson, Morris Masterclass, Ray Cochrane, Complections International and The U.K. School of Onychology. They also hold World Federation Diplomas and have even conducted workshops in London.


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There are five people running to represent the 2nd Congressional District. Two Democrats (incumbent Tulsi Gabbard and Shay Chan Hodges), two Republicans (Eric Hafner and Angela Aulani Kaaihu) and Natural Law Party candidate Richard Turner. From Keaau on the Big Island, Turner's political views clearly fall outside the traditional two-party system: He's pro-Donald Trump, electric car, mandatory minimums and marijuana legalization.
MAUITIME: What is your top priority if elected?
RICHARD TURNER: Funding to build homes/shelters for homeless individuals and families. There are people living in old cars, tents, under bridges or in business doorways, and you may find them under your lanai. The state of Hawaii is third in the nation for homeless per capita, and Big Island is nearly triple that of Oahu. They live in our dense forest, beaches and parks, because of this they are out of sight and for many officials out of mind.
MT: What event in your life best prepared you for public office?
RT: Teaching Elementary School.
MT: Who should be the next President of the United States?
RT: Donald Trump, I trust him a lot more than Hillary Clinton.
MT: Which person who previously held the office you're seeking do you hold up as a model? Why?
RT: None, I don't feel that past office holders have properly dealt with our homeless issues, educational funding.
MT: What (if anything) should the U.S. Congress do to reduce gun violence?
RT: Impose longer mandatory minimum sentences for felons using firearms. Disarming innocent law-abiding citizens does nothing to protect innocent law-abiding citizens.
MT: What (if anything) should the nation be doing (that it isn't already doing) to alleviate climate change?
RT: Increase wind turbines/solar farms, increasing electricity/decreasing price. Moving more toward electric cars.
MT: In Strieff v Utah, the U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that police can keep evidence seized from stops made without reasonable suspicion if police find an even minor arrest warrant on the person stopped. Do you support this? Why or why not?
RT: Yes, The evidence Officer Fackrell seized incident to Strieff's arrest is admissible based on an application of the attenuation factors from Brown v. Illinois, 422 U. S. 590. In this case, there was no flagrant police misconduct. Therefore, Officer Fackrell's discovery of a valid, pre-existing, and untainted arrest warrant attenuated the connection between the unconstitutional investigatory stop and the evidence seized incident to a lawful arrest
MT: Do you support full legalization of marijuana? Why or why not?
RT: Yes. On an annual basis, one acre of hemp will produce as much fiber as two to three acres of cotton. Hemp fiber is stronger and softer than cotton, lasts twice as long as cotton, and will not mildew.
Cotton grows only in moderate climates and requires more water than hemp; but hemp is frost tolerant, requires only moderate amounts of water, and grows in all 50 states. Cotton requires large quantities of pesticides and herbicides–50 percent of the world's pesticides/herbicides are used in the production of cotton. Hemp requires no pesticides, no herbicides, and only moderate amounts of fertilizer.
On an annual basis, one acre of hemp will produce as much paper as two to four acres of trees. From tissue paper to cardboard, all types of paper products can be produced from hemp. The quality of hemp paper is superior to tree-based paper. Hemp paper will last hundreds of years without degrading, can be recycled many more times than tree-based paper, and requires less toxic chemicals in the manufacturing process than does paper made from trees.
Hemp can be used to produce fiberboard that is stronger and lighter than wood. Substituting hemp fiberboard for timber would further reduce the need to cut down our forests. Hemp can be used to produce strong, durable and environmentally-friendly plastic substitutes. Thousands of products made from petroleum-based plastics can be produced from hemp-based composites. It takes years for trees to grow until they can be harvested for paper or wood, but hemp is ready for harvesting only 120 days after it is planted. Hemp can grow on most land suitable for farming, while forests and tree farms require large tracts of land available in few locations. Harvesting hemp rather than trees would also eliminate erosion due to logging, thereby reducing topsoil loss and water pollution caused by soil runoff.
Hemp seeds contain a protein that is more nutritious and more economical to produce than soybean protein. Hemp seeds are not intoxicating. Hemp seed protein can be used to produce virtually any product made from soybean: tofu, veggie burgers, butter, cheese, salad oils, ice cream, milk, etc. Hemp seed can also be ground into a nutritious flour that can be used to produce baked goods such as pasta, cookies, and breads.
Hemp seed oil can be used to produce non-toxic diesel fuel, paint, varnish, detergent, ink and lubricating oil. Because hemp seeds account for up to half the weight of a mature hemp plant, hemp seed is a viable source for these products.
Just as corn can be converted into clean-burning ethanol fuel, so can hemp. Because hemp produces more biomass than any plant species (including corn) that can be grown in a wide range of climates and locations, hemp has great potential to become a major source of ethanol fuel.
Literally millions of wild hemp plants currently grow throughout the U.S. Wild hemp, like hemp grown for industrial use, has no drug properties because of its low THC content. U.S. marijuana laws prevent farmers from growing the same hemp plant that proliferates in nature by the millions.
From 1776 to 1937, hemp was a major American crop and textiles made from hemp were common. Yet, The American Textile Museum, The Smithsonian Institute, and most American history books contain no mention of hemp. The government's War on Drugs has created an atmosphere of self censorship where speaking of hemp in a positive manner is considered politically incorrect or taboo. United States Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp, used products made from hemp, and praised the hemp plant in some of their writings.
No other natural resource offers the potential of hemp. Cannabis Hemp is capable of producing significant quantities of paper, textiles, building materials, food, medicine, paint, detergent, varnish, oil, ink, and fuel. Unlike other crops, hemp can grow in most climates and on most farmland throughout the world with moderate water and fertilizer requirements, no pesticides, and no herbicides. Cannabis Hemp (also known as Indian Hemp) has enormous potential to become a major natural resource that can benefit both the economy and the environment.
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Mortgage rates in Hong Kong, which have jumped nearly 200 basis points (bps) over the last six months, could rise to as much as 4.5 percent by the end of 2012, according to Barclays Capital, making it much harder for first-time homebuyers to enter the market.
Already, the bank estimates that first-time buyers need to pay nearly 47 percent of their household income in mortgage payments. The rising rates are likely to stall new purchases as well as purchases from people wanting to upgrade, Andrew Lawrence, director of property research at Barclays Capital, told CNBC.
"People who have got existing mortgages are on a still relatively low rate, but if they should want to move today, they're now going to have to pay much higher mortgage rates, so that's going to be a massive disincentive for buyers," Lawrence said.
Earlier this year, Barclays predicted that Hong Kong property prices could fall 25-30 percent by 2013. Lawrence said he's sticking by that view and that rising mortgage rates will "take out much of the bubble since 2007."
Lawrence believes depositors are shifting out of the Hong Kong dollar and into the Chinese yuan, largely as a result of the Federal Reserve's policy of competitive devaluation of the U.S. dollar. According to him, that draining of Hong Kong dollar liquidity is driving up interest rates in the territory.
Lawrence said he expects a continued slow-down in transaction volume for Hong Kong's property market. The number of sale and purchase agreements for all building units received in August decreased 56.6 percent compared with the same period last year, according to figures from the territory's registry.
Government Policy
Last week, the Secretary for Development Carrie Lam announced that the government wouldn't hold any land auctions between October and December due to falling demand from developers.
While some property analysts have interpreted the move as government support for the property market, Lawrence doesn't agree.
"(The government) is still committed to the 20,000 private units that it expects to deliver, and we would not be surprised for the Chief Executive to announce that we're going to see increased land supply, but combined into a subsidized housing program," Lawrence said.
He cautioned that an increase in land supply and a government policy towards ramping up subsidized housing would be negative for the city's property developers.
The developers most vulnerable at the moment, according to Barclays, are Midland Realty , Henderson Land and Sino Land . Barclays has an underweight rating on the first two developers and is neutral on the third.


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How To Sell $30,000 Worth of eBooks in 2 Months
A couple of weeks ago I came across an interesting case study from a guy who went from zero to $30,000 in sales with his ebook within two months. He didn't have prior experience in with this type of business either, which makes it even more catchy.
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6 months ago, the idea of writing a book was inconceivable. I've never wanted to write a book. I didn't think I had anything to say.
When I started–with research–what would become my next project, I was surprised. Not surprised at myself, that I had discovered some new ambition, but surprised at what people needed and how well I could meet that need. Me, a designer, not a writer.
See, by beginning my project with research rather than an idea, I found an opportunity. It wasn't an opportunity I could have imagined nor one for which I would have intentionally searched. It was an opportunity that already existed out there–on the web, in tweets, on blogs, and appearing in the frustrations of certain people. (The audience I researched was programmers who are bootstrapping software businesses.)
You'll find exact numbers of how the sales evolved over time, what kind of mistakes he did along the way and so on. Here's the link to the full article: $30,000 eBook Sales In 2 Months. Make sure to check the comments and the Reddit discussion thread as well, and those contain some useful insights related to the post.
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7 Responses to "How To Sell $30,000 Worth of eBooks in 2 Months"
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That was wonderful..
$30.000 equals to 6 years blogging for me..
I bet he's lucky beginner..
I had a look at the link. The Ebook definitely offers timely and valuable information. As someone looking to drive traffic to my site, I noticed that there is no mention of how the traffic was initially generated.
There are amazing opportunities in EVERY niche really once you delve deep into it. Some are easier to spot than others! Already knowing about that niche helps which it seems like this guy did – I mean I couldn't write an ebook about programmers or programming – but if you ALREADY talk their language – then its easier to begin!
That said, I think people are prepared to pay just for you doing the research for them – so long as you do a really good job of course – and only a % of the people searching – but thats what marketing is – numbers – you just have to make your product good and market it to those who are already looking for it and bingo 🙂
@ Mohamed Shajid
First off, he did a deep research to identify his customers problems, and then he offered solutions. Additionally, he'd an incredible beginner's luck.
Mohamed Shajid
Seriously !!! :O Fully shocked how could it be?
I did check out the link to your post. Its amazing how you were paid off of all your efforts. Great work.
Slavko Desik
This is exactly how I feel from time to time- like not having a unique idea, but the moment I start researching for questions and keywords my potential audience would be interested in, I start discovering new and new ways how to satisfy their need.
The interesting thing is that one can be surprised from all the creativity flow once getting started.
Thanks for this article Daniel.
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Pocket Gamer: Clash of Heroes is a monstrous RPG with beautiful graphics; a suite of multiplayer modes; and some of the most smart and addictive battles around.
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At this year's Rabbitstick Rendezvous Tom Elpel of Pony, Montana taught a class on making grass ropes, as shown in the video below. Be sure to look for his Grass Ropes article in the Fall 2011 Bulletin of Primitive Technology.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
At this year's Rabbitstick Rendezvous Tom Elpel of Pony, Montana taught a class on making grass ropes, as shown in the video below. Be sure to look for his Grass Ropes article in the Fall 2011 Bulletin of Primitive Technology.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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Monday, December 19, 2011
A photo from ca.1990: Left - David Wescott, center - Dick Jamison, right - Larry Dean Olsen. The genealogy of skills traditions is an important thing to remember.
A Genealogy of Skills Traditions
In 1988, Larry Dean Olsen (author of Outdoor Survival Skills and founder of the Woodsmoke Journal in the late 70s) gave us permission to use the Rabbit Stick name to reinvent this unique teaching and learning experience. Rabbit Stick Rendezvous had been discontinued after the 1978 event, so our reissue of the new event as Rabbitstick after 20 years marked the reintroduction of an important part of the contemporary primitive skills movement. 2012 marks our 25th year of hosting this nationally recognized gathering (For information visit us at backtracks.net).
In 1979, Dick and Linda Jamison (authors and creators of the acclaimed Woodsmoke books and video series) took over as hosts and called their event the Woodsmoke Rendezvous. In 1982 the name was changed to the Woodsmoke Primitive Living Conference, and was discontinued shortly after that. Last year, we approached the Jamison's asking permission to use theWoodsmoke name for our newest skills gathering. They not only granted permission, but promised that if health issues would allow, they would join us at the new gathering. 2012 will mark 30 years since a Woodsmoke gathering has been held. If you're interested in Bushcraft or Classic Camping Skills, make sure you don't miss this important anniversary event July 8-14, 2012 (For information click on the Camp and Trail X button in the column at right).
February 12-18, 2012
What a way to start off your New Year.
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How's everyone?
Sorry for the delay in responding to everyone's e-mails for the past couple of weeks, but we've been out of the office. I had the chance to go to MN and take a Traditional Norwegian Ski Making workshop. When I got back, I spent a week in the Tetons conducting a training for the local university (-14˚ last Thursday), so we're ready for a bit of warm weather.
Now we're back in the saddle and getting ready for Winter Count. Registrations are coming in at a record pace, and staff are checking in, making this years event another exciting event...Lots of anticipation. Word is the Arizona weather is spectacular, but we still need to plan for anything.


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Contact your healthcare provider by phone before coming to a clinic or hospital if you meet the following criteria:
Symptoms such as fever, cough or shortness of breath, fatigue, headache, muscle or body aches, loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose.
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We have located 5 free and income based clinics in or around Brunswick, Georgia.
We listed all of the free, income based health clinics, public health department clinics, community health centers that we have located in Brunswick, GA. For the most part these clinics are for low income persons or those without insurance.
Review all of the information we have provided for the clinics. Some of them provide a wide array of services ranging from free to sliding scale services. We have provided as much detailed information including phone numbers, emails, and websites where available.
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Coastal Medical Clinic Brunswick - Brunswick
(912) 554-3559
CMAP clinics provide health care to qualified, uninsured residents of Coastal Georgia in Camden, Glynn and McIntosh Counties. CMAP's MedBank Membership Program assists qualified residents in 13 southeast Georgia counties in accessing free prescription medications. These peopleare not on Medicai see clinic details
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De Liguoro, juror for Artistar 2017 On February 24th at Giureconsulti Palace in Milan the winners of the fourth edition of Artistar Jewels have been announced. Artistar Jewels is the contest aimed at the spread of the contemporary jewels culture
De Liguoro is in New York!
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Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) acquisition of Pfizer and large increases in overseas sales contributed to a 9 percent increase in its second quarter profits announced early Tuesday. The company's overall revenue saw an encouraging 13 percent rise.
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Analysts were expecting earnings of $1 per share and earnings came in at $1.05 per share. In sales, the company tallied over $15 billion, up from nearly $13.5 billion a year earlier. Analysts were lower by about $60 million on their sales estimates.
William Weldon, Johnson and Johnson CEO, said in a statement, "We continue to grow earnings while successfully integrating acquisitions and continuing to invest in promising new growth opportunities."
The company announced last week it would be conducting the largest stock buyback in company history. JNJ plans to buy back $10 billion of stock, but has not specified the time period for the buyback. This company could have easily been included in our "5 stocks with Heavy Insider Purchasing" article posted earlier this week.
This is great news for a company who saw an 8 percent decrease in first quarter earnings.
Analysts tout this company because over half of its sales come from overseas. Jim Cramer calls this a ROW or 'Rest Of World' stock. We reported on Cramer's method in our May 23rd entry entitled, "Jim Cramer's Advice: Invest in Rest of World".
Medical devices were chief among the products causing higher sales numbers for Johnson and Johnson in the second quarter. These products include: disposable contact lenses, glucose monitoring devices and surgical and wound-care products. Because of news and studies questioning the efficacy of arterial stents, the company saw declines in sales of its Cypher stent.
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Today is the New Moon in Taurus, my rising sign. From what I have read online, this New Moon is a good one for beginning the first stages of some kind of manifestation. There are no aspects with the planets, so besides the correspondences of a New Moon (beginnings) and Taurus (which is ruled by Venus and the Moon, and corresponds with the element of Earth, foundations, health, prosperity and fertility), anything goes. This New Moon is offering me some general potential, undedicated to any specific direction or task. Hmmm . . . what should I do with it?
My Dreams of Gaia New Moon card is The Crone reversed. This is the number 6 card of the Major Arcana of this deck, and it appears often for me, both upright and reversed. The keywords are feminine power, fearlessness, authenticity, individuality, independence, new purpose, freedom, and shadow self. This is such a cool card; it tells of being aware of Purpose and it encourages having the courage to fulfill that Purpose, no matter what it is. In a way, this is a companion card for the reversed Four of Air I threw the other day, because that card hints at what needs to be done in order to manifest my Purpose, and this one encourages me to understand my Purpose, to re-look (even if I think I've already understand all there is to be understood).
Before beginning my Pathworking, I'm going to take a bit of time to review each of the ten sephiroth (or "emanations") of the Tree of Life, kind of setting up a foundation. The Tree of Life itself is seen as a set of archetypes or correspondences, and I could spend lots of time just talking about the Tree generally. If we see the sephiroth as emanations or transmissions, we need to see ourselves as receivers of those emanations or transmissions. The information presented is layered; we need to make our way through the layers in order to understand what is revealed to us as we go deeper (always keeping in mind that mis-information appears in order to test our ability to think independently rather than accepting what we are told as "written-in-stone"). I do need to remember that in order to achieve understanding, I need to chop wood and carry water.
The Tree is set up with its roots in the physical realm and its uppermost branches in a realm that is almost beyond understanding. As I stated above, there are all kinds of things to be learned about each sephira. But understanding the interactions between the individual sephira, pairs of sephiroth, triangles, and all the other multi-directional flows, can be truly exciting.
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18th April 2015
Distance: 15.5m
Climb: 7600ft
Scott Sadler (Me) and Jonathan Melia turned out for this mammoth race. As is usual for the weekend of this race, the weather was perfect. Clear blue skies and warm temperatures.
I did a full recce of the race route 3 weeks earlier and it was clear that there are several sections where you have multiple route choices. I made my route decisions during the recce and stuck exactly to my plan on race day, even though I was sometimes tempted to follow others.
15.5 miles is long, but not really that long. It's the climbing that makes this race so tough. Looking at previous results I was expecting to complete the race in about 3hrs 30mins. I decided not to wear a watch as I prefer to completely trust to feel on races with a lot of climbing. This worked well for me, and although I got a bit of cramp during the final climb up Cat Bells, I was able to run hard off the summit and finish strong. Happy with my effort I got my phone out of the bag to stop Strava and see how close I was to my target. I was surprised to see that I was 17 minutes down on my target time but I wasn't disappointed as I felt like I had a great run and enjoyed every minute of it.
Next year I will be making a few changes to my route choices and I'm confident that this will help me reach my goal time. Not all of my route choices were bad but there were a few obvious places where I either lost ground, or others made ground on me by taking different routes.
Jonathan only decided to enter the week before and had very little knowledge of the route. This didn't seem to matter as he also had a great run, finishing 20 minutes ahead of me. Top effort!
Jonathan Melia – 11th – 3:27.29
Scott Sadler – 26th – 3:47.06
79 Runners
Results here… http://www.anniversarywaltz.co.uk/?p=453
Strava trace… https://app.strava.com/activities/287921571
Anniversary Waltz
18th April 2015
Distance: 11.5m
Climb: 3600ft
The Anniversary Waltz was also ran on the same day and this covers much of the same route (The second half anyway!). Two Harriers ran in this race…
Rob Andrew – 53rd – 2:07.57
Michael Toman – 68th – 2:13.49
192 Runners.
Results here… http://www.anniversarywaltz.co.uk/?p=448


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Artista: D-12
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Revelation letra de D-12
|I don't wanna go to school.. I don't need no education
|I don't wanna be like you.. I don't wanna save the nation
|I just wanna live my life.. everyday a celebration
|One day I'ma leave this world.. I'm waitin for the revelation
|I wanna kill myself! I'm still debatin
|In front of a baptist church, masturbatin
|Prayin to Satan - think I'm crazy cause I smoke crack
|live on (?) in a two-family flat? (Fuck it)
|Tired of gettin hit in the face with a broom
|My moms on her period, my dad's in my room (Daddy no!)
|I got ten rocks and I need to get out
|I told him in five minutes, out my own damn mouth (Moms smoke crack)
|My poor grandmother, God bless her soul
|The bitch got AIDS (aww) she just waitin to die of a cold (hahaha)
|There's three things that keep me from bein a Nazi
|I'm black, a fag, and my dad's Liberace
|(Kon Artis)
|No matter how bad the beatin, I went to school cheatin
|My dad whooped my ass at a PTA meetin
|Stick with school I had to have nuts just to do it
|Got bored and became truant
|When I had the gall to go I just couldn't do it
|I was lured into corners by the peer pressure shit
|How would you feel if you was held by the tip of a barrel
|Gettin threatened to get your skin ripped to bone marrow
|Bet suburban kids never got rushed for their apparel
|like me, outcast, last in class
|First to leave, when the teacher called on me
|Best believe I had somethin up my sleeve
|I've been praised and labelled as crazed
|My mother was unable to raise me, full of crazy rage
|An angry teenager, nothin can change me back
|Gangsta rap made me act like a maniac
|I was boostin, so influenced by music I used it
|as an excuse to do shit, ooh I was stupid
|No one can tell me nothin hip-hop overwhelmed me
|to the point where it had me in a whole 'nother realm
|It was like isolatin myself was healthy
|It felt like we was on welfare but wealthy
|Compelled me to excel when school it failed me
|Expelled me and when the principal would tell me
|I was nothin, and I wouldn't amount to shit
|I made my first million and counted it
|Now look at, a fuckin drop-out that quits
|Stupid as shit, rich as fuck, and proud of it
|That's why
|(Swifty McVay)
|I was raised with a rifle and mask
|Steadily beatin my psychiatrist ass just for askin about my past
|(bitch) I was never on that punk shit; fuckin around
|can get yo' belove abducted, smothered in blood quick
|You couldn't pay Swift to give a fu*k
|Was crazy like my father, it musta been poison in that nigga's nut
|Far as probation, fu*kpeein in cups
|I violate at any time, let 'em see the blunt
|I grew up steadily masturbatin inside of cells
|Young as hell, havin conversations with myself
|You could tell I wasn't lenient, a disobedient
|Lynched and slapped teachers, bitch I'm not readin it
|You don't know what dawgs go through, a little nigga
|Sippin liquor with my old dude, what the fu*kyou gon' do?
|I'm quick to curse you, I told my mother that I'ma hurt you
|if you ever again mention a curfew
|Look, my family ignored me and I don't like that
|They don't even listen when I tell them I'll be right back
|(Yeah whatever) This nice beautiful house ma, it don't mean shit
|Cause you know daddy's a drunk and he don't clean shit
|And yesterday he hit me like a grown fuckin man
|I couldn't stand up to him, I just ducked and ran
|I'm sick of this, I wish on Christmas
|that I can get a loaded four-fifth and put a fuckin end to this
|(Fuck it) I got no friends and I can't get a bitch
|Only thing I have is dirty magazines and sticky fingertips
|Nothin to smile about, I'm about to lose my mind
|Got me an automatic nine, now I'm ballin out
|Wait 'til school's over, pu-pil are people to shoot through
|Kids goin cuckoo, with a two-two
|Since my fame is this new dude, in this high school
|Losin his noodle learn that people don't like you
|The football jocks is, spittin on him
|Popular kids in school is now pickin on him
|Burn out youngsta niggaz now hittin on him
|And his teacher in his english class keep flippin on him
|And now he's grounded with no allowances
|for drinkin forty ounces, cause he was caught by his counselors
|And why the fu*kI gotta ride the bench coach?
|Already got expelled for wearin a trenchcoat
|All I ever seen is.. (violence, violence)
|Told me to keep silent, stepped back in my eyelids
|It's apparent that my parents weren't parents at all
|That's why I blew out my brains and murdered you all
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- Rating 9,81 / 10
- Estilo: Pop Rock Internacional
- Álbum "Devils Nigth" del año (2001) .
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|Devils Nigth
|02 Shit Can Happen
|03 Pistol Pistol
|05 Nasty Mind
|06 Ain't Nuttin' But Music
|07 American Psycho
|09 That's How...
|10 Purple Pills
|11 Fight Music
|12 Instigator
|13 Pimp Like Me
|14 Blow My Buzz
|15 Obie Trice (Skit) - Rondell Beene
|16 Devils Night
|18 Revelation
|01 Girls
|La Canción 'Revelation' de D-12 ,incluida en su disco 'Devils Nigth' en el año 2001 .Este track 18 del álbum Devils Nigth es una de las mejores canciones Pop Rock Internacional ,junto a temas como "Fight Music" , "Purple Pills" , "Pimp Like Me" , "American Psycho" , "Revelation" , "Devils Night" , del que puedes ver sus letras de música .Con 1885 Visitas y 5 votos con 9,81 de puntuación. Otros discos del artista titulados - "D-12 World" del año 2004 y 2972 Visitas
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There are things that usually come in pairs like Abbott and Costello, peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs, hand and glove. You know what I mean. They just go together. But, sometimes the strangest things are linked—like pacemakers, dog parks, and poetry. Let me explain.
The Pacemaker
When you get a bit older (well, a lot older, actually) things begin happening to your body and you find yourself in need of some new "devices" other than computers, tablets and cell phones. I developed Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) and discovered, in addition, that my heart would stop beating for several seconds. at a time. I was told I that I needed a pacemaker and last month, a couple of weeks before Christmas, I had one implanted. It did not go as well as planned. One of the lead wires being inserted punctured the ventricle and went through the pericardium. A BIG problem. I spent a couple of days in ICU and a few more in the hospital before I could come home. The procedure was not the simple procedure it was supposed to be and my recovery was slower than I had anticipated.
The Dog Park
When I came home, my energy level was quite low and I felt exhausted from just a little exertion. This is what brings me to the subject of the dog park. You see, I live in this wonderful town named Fountain Hills in Arizona. I consider it my personal Brigadoon, only it doesn't disappear for 100 years at a time. But it is lovely and it has a fantastic dog park.
Jack and I have two dogs—Dizzy, a 16-year-old Border Collie/Australian Shepherd mix, and 7- year-old Smarty who is part Vizsla and part who-knows-what. The dog park covers three acres of off-leash romping space where they run, play and just be dogs. We go every day because we live in a condo with no yard available
After I returned home from the hospital, it was a while before I could go to the park. Jack took Dizzy and Smarty and came home with greetings from some of the other dog owners. After a couple of weeks, when I had a bit more "starch in my legs" I ventured out. I was met with wonderful warm greetings and hugs— something I had not expected.
It was lovely.
The Poetry
We generally meet at a Ramada in the park and a number of dog-owners were there. Dane, who has a beautiful Siberian Husky named Glacier, (picture to the right), announced that he had written a poem for me.
Imagine that!
A poem!
For me!
The poem is a fun poem designed to make me laugh and it did just that. But the thoughtfulness overwhelmed me. It was so much fun that I want to share it with you. Read on.
The Poem
A Dog Park Tale
This is the story
Of the "Dog Park Queen"
It was thought to be Glacier
Turned out it's Irene
Her daily arrival
Heralds restrained adulation
As if to confirm
her past coronation.
Each day she attends
Becomes a great party
With Jack and her charges
Dizzy and Smarty
They don't leave too early
Or stay very late
The kids just need time
To defecate.
Her kingdom was happy
Her subjects played hard
In what seemed to be
An oversized yard.
Then all at once
The Queen fell quite sick
Thank God for her knight,
Sir Handsome Harwick.
He rushed to her aid
Without hesitation
The problem it seemed
A heart palpitation.
The sky became dark
Wagging tails became still
The Queen must survive
She has a strong will.
With hands clasped in prayer
And paws crossed in hope
Neither man nor the beasts
Found it easy to cope.
Now was the time
We could not wait
The Queen must be saved
This was her fate.
A healer was summoned
Who promised the cure
As all said quite calmly
You've nothing to fear.
As time lost its measure
We waited with dread
Would our monarch recover
As the healer had said?
A fortnight later
To all our surprise
Our Queen reappeared
A sight for sore eyes.
The realm is now stable
Back to the fun
"Let it be written,
Let it be done."
By Dane Cunningham
Formatted and typed by Bonnie Cunningham
There is so much more to say here—about this town, about the people and about these wonderful best friends we call dogs. The dog park brings people together. Anyone with a dog is welcome (and we've even had a few people come without dogs because it is such a nice place to be).
And More
Dogs seem to have best friends, too, and it's fun to watch. Archer and Smarty are resting (see below). They had been chasing each other and rolling in the grass. They will both be ready for naps when they get home. And here is one of my personal favorites, Rocky, the English Sheep Dog who doesn't know he's not a lap dog and sometimes tries to back up to you and scrunch up on your knees hoping he can make it to your lap.
It took a while after I received the pacemaker for things to settle down. I am almost 100% again. I had good care in the hospital. And my beloved Jack was holding everything together and seeing that I had everything I needed both in the hospital and at home. I had my sons Christopher and Kevin there to help and encourage me. And, after coming home. I had the greatest therapy available anywhere, two beautiful loving dogs and a dog park with friends like Dane and Bonnie who write me poetry. And there were many who seem genuinely interested in my well-being.
It was a pacemaker, a dog park and some poetry that helped me through. Thank you to each one of you. It is people like you that make life rich and wonderful and bring joy into every day.
I am truly blessed.
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The final ballot count for baseball's 2013 Hall of Fame induction class was announced on Wednesday. Not surprisingly, the baseball writers collectively chose to induct nobody in this year's class. Even less surprisingly, the players on the ballot who had the stain of performance-enhancing drug use on their résumés got completely annihilated in the voting.
Among the ultimate squash jobs was former Cubs outfielder and eighth all-time leading home run hitter
if you can get past the steroids, and the cork, and more steroids Sammy Sosa, who garnered a relatively paltry 12.5 percent of the vote.
Players must be named on 75 percent of the ballots to gain induction, so Sosa's odds of climbing from 12.5 percent to the strata of the baseball immortals are microscopic
like his steroid-shrunken testicles at best.
But for all you stark raving Sosamaniacs, fear not! Sammy will not just go riding off into a dianabol soaked sunset. Through the magic of social media, Sammy Sosa lives on in our lives!
Thank you, Pinterest!
Yes, Sammy Sosa, along with millions of mostly female people around the world, has a Pinterest account!
For the uninitiated, Pinterest is another one of those pesky social media sites where users congregate, comment, troll and creep. Here is Wikipedia's description of Pinterest. (Just know that this description will matter greatly about 200 words from now.):
Pinterest is a pinboard-style photo sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies, and more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, 're-pin' images to their own collections or 'like' photos. Pinterest's mission is to "connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting"[2] via a global platform of inspiration and idea sharing.
So in short, the idea of a Pinterest account is to share pictures of things that greatly interest you, so people can learn more about you and maybe share dialogue on common interests.
With that in mind, let's go take a look at Sammy Sosa's Pinterest account and learn what interests ol' Number 21 the most, shall we?
First, his user name for Pinterest is "SammySosaTheRealMr609," which takes the title for longest, most annoying social media user name, a title I was able to hold for nearly four years on Twitter with my user name "@SeanCablinasian." Props, Sammy, you're the champ now.
One bone of contention with your user name, though, Sosa. The REAL Mr. 609? For those who are unaware, 609 is the number of home runs Sosa hit in his MLB career. Um, dude, there is very little real about you, Sosa, and even less that is real about your 609 home runs. By my best estimation, your productivity pattern seems to indicate steroid use beginning around 1993 and ending around 2004. Outside of that period, you hit a whopping total of 55 home runs.
So here's the deal -- you can either change your name to "SammySosaTheReal55," or you have to change it to "SammySosa609SteroidFreak." One or the other. On this there can be no debate.
Now let's take a look at your pictures and see if we can ascertain exactly what it is that interests you, Sammy.
Caption: Sammy Sosa. Yes, I'm the real Sammy Sosa, and this is my Pinterest. (Actually, this is his caption for EVERY picture.) Favorite user comment: Matt Haran do you see this stain on my pants here Possible Sosa interests depicted: Sofas, abstract art, awkward hand gestures, Sammy Sosa
Favorite user comment: James Young Now that I have a picture of Sammy posing next to a teleconference unit, I really don't know what more to ask for out of life. Thanks big guy! Possible Sosa interests depicted: Teleconference phone units, pictures with former and current U.S. Presidents, pocket pinball, awkward hand gestures, Sammy Sosa
Favorite user comment: Matt Haran sammy and barock, they text a lot. throwin up da deuce Possible Sosa interests depicted: Awkward hand gestures, Barack Obama, pictures of himself making awkward hand gestures with Barack Obama, Sammy Sosa
Favorite user comment: Gino Click "Now, watch me cut this monitor in two with my fingers." Possible Sosa interests depicted: Computers, Internet surfing, electronics, desks, awkward hand gestures, Sammy Sosa
Favorite user comment: Nicholas Vlies Rock...I win! Possible Sosa interests depicted: Sofas, yellow sweaters, slicked-back hair, sitting down, awkward hand gestures, Sammy Sosa
Favorite user comment: Jason Berglund Um. Sammy- check your tie situation out BEFORE you leave the house. Possible Sosa interests depicted: Desks, pocket pinball, short ties, picture frames, serious facial expressions, Sammy Sosa
Favorite user comment: M McCartt are we sure this isn't a fake plastic sammy sosa? Possible Sosa interests depicted: Sofas, awkward poses, wax museums, Sammy Sosa
Favorite user comment: William McKinley No you're a PIMP!! No you are!! Possible Sosa interests depicted: Hipster love seats, awkward pointing, Eddie Munster's hair, Sammy Sosa
Favorite user comment: Carlos Torres Sorry Sammy. You're a CLOWN Possible Sosa interests depicted: Texting, sexting, Angry Birds, armchairs, Sammy Sosa
Favorite user comment: Michael Law And if you could just remember to put those new cover sheets on your TPS reports that would be great.... Possible Sosa interests depicted: Desks, awkward bending of fingers, posters of Sammy Sosa, Sammy Sosa
So there you have it. Sammy Sosa's Pinterest account, now with a billion percent more Sammy Sosa! I will close with two summarizing thoughts:
1. As best I can tell, Sammy Sosa's main interest is Sammy Sosa, preferably making an awkward hand gesture while leaning or sitting on some piece of contemporary furniture.
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The fitness equipment market was about USD 10 billion in 2014. It would grow at a CAGR of 3.6% from 2015 to 2022 (forecast period). This will be attributed to urban populace and health awareness. Sedentary lifestyles and stress lead to high obesity rates. Obesity is linked to several health problems like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, etc. Exercise plays an important role in lowering weight. It also improves stamina, muscular strength, and overall well being. This fuels market demand.
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To improve public health, bodies like the U.N. (United Nations) and W.H.O. (World Health Organization) upgrade their policies. Moreover, governments in developed nations come up with health exercise regimes. Awareness regarding fitness is also growing in developing economies. Additionally, corporate health programs to better the well being of employees are rising. All these factors steer the fitness equipment market.
The market may be categorized into devices, end-users, and regions. Devices are segmented into cardiovascular training, strength training, and others. Cardiovascular training held more than half of the total shares in 2014. It could grow at a CAGR of 3.6% during the forecast period. Cardiovascular training includes treadmills, rowing machines, stationary bicycles, etc. Strength training devices will grow owing to their adoption in developing countries.
End-user segments are health clubs, home, and others. Health clubs occupied the largest shares (over 44%) in 2014. Apart from fitness equipment, most health clubs offer dietician services, spas, swimming pools, etc. However, they may lose shares, with home fitness amenities becoming popular.
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Regions of the fitness equipment market comprise North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and RoW (Rest of the World). North America was the dominant region in 2014 owing to its obese population and health initiatives. Asia Pacific can witness the fastest growth (CAGR of 7%) over the next seven years. Its younger demographics coupled with higher disposable incomes in India and China is anticipated to drive regional demand.
Prominent participants in the global market are Brunswick Corporation, Nautilus Inc., and Cybex International Inc. Other established vendors include Johnson Health Tech, Paramount Fitness, Torque Fitness, and Technogym USA Corporation. The fitness equipment market is highly competitive. Innovative technologies & products are keys to its success. Players grow through mergers, acquisitions, and alliances. Backward integration is also practiced to ensure profitability and quality raw material delivery.
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2018 Lexus LS 500h Review
Lexus' uber luxurious hybrid saloon tested on Irish roads
Pros: Design masterpiece, high-level finish, different to the rest
Cons: Fiddly infotainment, smaller boot than rivals
The LS is the pinnacle in Lexus luxury, and almost three decades after its original launch, a new fifth generation model takes standards to a new level. The all-new LS 500h merges the latest and greatest Lexus hybrid technology with ultramodern styling and limousine-levels of cabin comfort. The new LS is unashamedly different to its rivals which include the Audi A8, BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class amongst others, but is it luxurious enough to challenge the class elite? We spent a week driving it on Irish roads to find out.
What is it like?
The new LS demands attention in a way that few other luxury saloons can. It is quite a departure from its predecessor in terms of styling which was a rather anonymous-looking car, with a huge and intricately-detailed spindle front grille, swooping side lines and imposing 20-inch multi-spoke cast alloy wheels. The LS is 35mm longer than before too, and it is only available in one wheelbase variant unlike the A8 or 7 Series. We drove the top-specification Luxury model which is fitted which is equipped with features such as adjustable air suspension.
The LS is suitably lavish inside with wooden trim and and soft-touch leather upholestery throughout. The LS' driver's area is surrounded by high-grade materials, while the cabin is roomy, quiet and bolstered by splendidly-comfortable seats. The LS is best-enjoyed from the rear seats though, as the seats recline with the touch of a button through a touch screen controller. Electric sun blinds cover the windows for added ambience, and the semi-aniline leather upholstery is soft to the touch. Head room is slightly restricted in the rear seats for taller passengers, particularly in the middlemost seat.
Up front, the LS boasts an integrated 12.3-inch infotainment screen and a mouse-style touch pad controller, however the system takes getting used to initially. There is also an 8-inch digital driver's display which relays information such as speed and hybrid charging information. There are plenty of areas to store items throughout the cabin, though the LS' 430 litre boot is over 100 litres smaller than that in the latest Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
The LS 500h mates a 3.5-litre naturally aspirated V6 petrol engine to a pair of electric motors for a combined power output of 359bhp. The system offers lots of low down grunt and it can sprint from 0-100km/h in 5.4 seconds and go on to a top speed of 250km/h. The LS 500h alternates between petrol and electric power rather seamlessly, and it is incredibly relaxing to drive around town in electric mode, while the automatic 10-speed CVT transmission shifts with accuracy. We achieved circa 9l/100km in fuel economy during our time with the LS 500h, while annual motor tax is rated at €390.
For a car that weighs well over two tonne, the LS corners much more nimbly than you'd expect. Our test car is fitted with air suspension which is included on Luxury specification and above, and it caresses the road smoothly. The suspension raises and lowers at the touch of a button for easier access to the passenger seats. The LS we tested is equipped with two-wheel-drive although all-wheel-drive is also available in the range.
Prices start from €112,750 for the base LS 500h Executive, and equipment is generous with 19-inch cast alloy wheels, Adaptive Variable Suspension, Lexus Safety System +, a 12-speaker Pioneer sound system, Lexus Premium Navigation, leather upholstery and the 8-inch colour digital driver's display all included.
The Luxury model that we drove starts at €122,750 and adds 20-inch wheels, air suspension, a 23-speaker Mark Levinson surround sound system, air-cooled front seats and upgraded semi-anilane leather upholstery There is also a sportier F-Sport model starting from €122,750, with added dark 20-inch wheels, F Sport leather upholstery and various enhancements in the cabin.
Carzone verdict: 4/5
The fifth-generation Lexus LS is a design sensation, with mesmorising exterior styling and a beautifully-constructed cabin to match. It is in an intriguing alternative to the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series, and it is the only fully-hybrid option in the class. The LS' advanced CVT automatic transmission lacks refinement when pushed, while the infotainment doesn't impress like the systems in rivals offerings. In a segment that is mostly dominated by German-built saloons, the LS is refreshingly different and offers something quite different to the norm.
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Model driven: Lexus LS 500h
Prices from: €112,750
Annual Road Tax: €390
Engine: 3456cc six-cylinder petrol and electric motors
Power: 359bhp
Top Speed: 249km/h
0-100km/h: 5.4 seconds
Transmission: CVT Automatic
Body style: Saloon
Boot Space: 430 litres
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#RelationshipGoals: He Never Pays, I've Never Seen His Place, And All We Do Is Argue
Continued from #RelationshipGoals: It's Hard To Forgive Someone You've Just Started Dating
Kevin and I had a way of arguing that was an art form. His constant need to bicker made me feel like our relationship might not be worth the trouble. Arguing in relationships is tough because it's going to happen, but if it's way too frequent, you're left questioning the relationship's value. That's exactly what happened with me and Kevin.
"Will you be my date to my friend's wedding next weekend?" I asked, watching Kevin get dressed.
He raised an eyebrow, "I can do that."
I smiled ear-to-ear, happy that I finally had a date to take to a wedding.
Kevin and I had been having a smoother time communicating than we had in the past. OK, who am I kidding–we just both started picking our battles with more discretion. Actually, I started shutting my mouth more. Not everything needed to be discussed.
The night that he chose not to introduce me to his little gal pal, he walked me home, took me to my bedroom and temporarily silenced my temper with his pelvic thrusts. It wasn't enough, but I pretended that it was so that we could be good. I found myself doing that more often than not. I just wanted us to be good. Why put more bumps in the road over him not introducing me to the girl he ran into?
"Do you want me to come here to meet you and we go together?" Kevin asked.
In my mind, I thought, "Why can't we go to your place?" But instead, I said, "Sure. We should be there by 8. So you should be here by 7."
Kevin and I had been together (the second time around) for about three months. He'd never once invited me to his place. He never even brought it up. And when I would, he'd change the subject. And because I didn't want to be a nag, I dropped it. "He'll invite me in his own time," I thought.
The day of the wedding came and excitedly, I got dressed, knowing I would be spending my evening surrounded by love and warm fuzzies. Too bad that's not what happened.
Kevin showed up to my apartment at 8 pm, the time we were supposed to be there. Instead of being irritated, I made a joke about his lateness.
"I'll call an Uber," I said after kissing Kevin and snuggling into his chest, choosing not to be negative about his arrival time.
Kevin hated when I did anything that "wasted money." He made a face.
"We're late," I said more to Kevin's screwed up face than to him. Besides, I was paying for it and he didn't even offer. Maybe because it was my friend's wedding, he opted out of opening his wallet for anything. Usually, this is something that rubs me the wrong way in relationships. But Kevin and I had chemistry that was kismet. I wanted to hold tight until that chemistry blossomed into the kind of love I wanted — long-term.
The first time that Kevin and I dated two years ago, he had just lost his job, so our dating was limited. I tried to be understanding and I also didn't want him to feel less-than, so I kept encouraging him (and paying for our dates).
Two years later, we're back together and it's the same story. Kevin's pockets were never a part of the equation. Lunch was on me, dinner was at my house, with my groceries, and breakfast was whatever I could scrounge up in my kitchen because I refused to continue to spend money when he never offered. Again, I was trying to be understanding and not tear him down, but I was growing a little weary of everything always being on me.
Somehow, I'd given Uber the wrong address and we pulled up to a warehouse. "This doesn't look right," I said. I checked the address on my invite again where Kevin and I were standing. "Ugh, the address is Wykoff and we're on Wythe!" I started to hail a cab.
Kevin shook his head, "Another cab?"
"Yes, we're late and we're in the wrong place," I said hailing the cab.
Kevin sighed, "We are not going to get a cab here," Kevin said walking away from me standing there with my arm up.
As a cab pulled up, I walked to it.
Kevin turned towards where I was about to hop into the cab and yelled, "Why won't you listen to me?!"
I stopped short of the cab, turned towards him and reluctantly walked to him. (This was something I loved doing—walking to him, but not this time.) I sighed. "What's the big deal? You said we wouldn't catch a cab here, and there's one and now it's gone."
"You second guess what I say and do whatever suits you," Kevin said as if I knew about the argument we were in middle of, in his head.
Without responding, I walked behind him and let him lead me to the promised land of hailing a cab…his way. I just didn't have the energy to respond.
It took us five minutes to hail a cab and inside of my head was nothing but snark, "We could have been in the cab I hailed on the street over." I frowned and looked out the window. We sat in complete silence.
I think Kevin started to feel the tension because he gripped my thigh and squeezed it. I turned my face toward him and mustered up a smile that was somewhere between fake and satisfied that he broke the silence.
Kevin kissed me. Instead of voicing our frustrations about the cab drama, we both let it go. We arrived at the wedding reception and upon walking in, we were asked to snap some photos in the photo booth. I love a good photo booth, so I smiled and walked over to the booth, pulling Kevin. Kevin's grasp felt heavy in mine as I pulled him towards the booth.
"No," he said wriggling his hand out of mine. "I don't want to take any pictures."
"It's a wedding! And my friend is a photographer. Come on, it's only right!" I smiled.
Kevin's face was straight, just like the emoiji, "I said no."
The photo booth guy tried not to look at us in our mini melodrama. He smiled awkwardly.
"Please?" I asked, smiling at Kevin.
"See, you're not listening. I said no. You always insist when it's not the answer you want!" Kevin said, not breaking his gaze.
I walked to the booth, "You're right. You always are." I snapped a couple of photos and Kevin waited, looking on, annoyed.
We walked into the wedding with tension surrounding us. My friends happily greeted me, excited that they were getting to meet the infamous Kevin, who I couldn't stop talking about. At that moment, I didn't want to be anywhere near him.
I fake smiled, introducing him to people. As he made small talk, I loosened up, allowing myself to enjoy this pleasurable break in his fragile personality.
As we stood at a table, stuffing our faces with hors d'oeuvres, he grabbed my hand and lead me to the dance floor. "Let's shake it off," he smiled.
We danced for a few songs and I said, "I'm thirsty. You want a drink?"
"Yeah, get me a coke," Kevin went to sit down.
I went to the bar, ordered a coke and considered a rum and coke for myself. Kevin broke our tension with dancing, would having a cocktail bring the tension back? Ugh, who cares, I'm at a wedding. "Rum and coke, please? Oh and could you put a lime in the rum and coke so I don't mix them up?"
The bartender handed me the drinks as I requested and I started to walk towards Kevin. I looked down at the lime, took it out of the cup and handed Kevin the one without the rum. I sipped my drink. It was regular coke. My heart sank. I tried to sneak a cocktail and now Kevin was about to sip my rum and coke.
"Wait babe," I said grabbing the cup before he sipped. "That's mine."
Kevin looked at me confused, "What's the difference?"
"Mine has rum in it," I grabbed the cup and sipped. "Yup. Sorry about that."
Kevin frowned, but surprisingly didn't argue.
The DJ announced that the wedding party had arrived. I stood up from the couch, asking Kevin to come with me so that we could get a good view of the wedding party.
"No, I'm good here. You go, enjoy," He said, sitting the coke down without drinking it.
"I want to enjoy with you," I said smiling, flirting. I grabbed his hand.
My friend Lauren walked up, "You guys aren't coming?"
"Yeah I am. Kevin doesn't want to," I said, dropping his hand.
Kevin looked up at me with his mouth twisted, "Really?" He exclaimed more than he questioned.
"What? You said you don't want to come!" I said, defending my response to Lauren.
"I'm going to the bathroom," Kevin walked away.
Kevin had a bad habit of walking away from me when he didn't want to deal with whatever we were going through. I'd grown accustomed to his temper tantrums.
"What was that about?" Lauren asked, genuinely confused.
"I am starting to think that we don't need to be together, that's what," I said as the newlyweds danced their way into the room to Beyonce's "Crazy In Love."
The beautiful couple danced to their first song, "Cheerleader" by Omi and gave speeches. Kevin was still not back from the bathroom.
"Where's Kevin?" Lauren asked.
"Girl, knowing him, he probably left," I said joking, but mostly serious.
I turned around, searching for him. I spotted Kevin walking out. "There he is," I said to Lauren. "I'll be right back," I walked to the door Kevin had just walked out of with my heart pounding.
Stay tuned next week to find out what happened when I Kevin tried to leave me at a wedding.


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Odd meters aren't just for fusion jams and epic, prog rock instrumentals. They can even be used in hit songs, especially when the meter is in five. From Dave Brubeck to Radiohead, this odd meter has been working it's way up the charts and into the public consciousness for decades.
Loop #38
Today's loop is a groove in 5/4 (sans splash cymbals and octobans). To keep it from falling into the hands of someone holding a seven string Ibanez, I downsampled the output and made sure it didn't live in its parents' basement.
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*Sigh* Once again my blind optimism towards the sport of boxing has lead to my utter disappointment in a high-profile bout.
Klitschko vs. Haye was supposed to be a score-settler, a fight that would do wonders to improve the image and worth of the winner.
True, David Haye has been overrated since day 1.
True, Wladimir Klitschko is one of the most boring and methodical fighters in the sport.
At the end of the day though, my gut told me this fight could've been something special.
Little did I know, my gut is retarded; most likely as a result of me having exclusively dined on hot dogs for the first 10 years of my life.
Like the hot dog munching, and very much overweight kid I was though; I came into this fight with wide-eyed enthusiasm, hoping and praying that Santa would drop down my chimney, the troops would come home from Iraq/Afganistan/The Moon, and heavyweight boxing would live again.
Sadly, as the title of this post would indicate, this was not the case.
Klitschko jabbed the night away and basically did the same as always, but in my opinion, and the opinion of virtually anyone who saw this fight that isn't from the UK; Haye was largely the culprit in creating the flop-fest that was Klitschko/Haye.
That's right, I said "flop-fest."
For those who may not know, a "flop" is a term used in sports to describe the act of overplaying a foul or injury for the purpose of gaining some sort of advantage, usually through falling to the ground in dramatic fashion; hence the term: "flop."
In soccer, players will flop to penalize the other team and get them carded.
In basketball, flops are used to gain the referee's attention for calling fouls.
In boxing, the closest thing to a flop, one usually sees is that of a fighter feigning serious injury from a headbutt or foul for the sake of catching a breather.
It's underhanded, yes; but in most cases a feigned injury in boxing is usually derived from a legitimate, if not minor foul that is simply exaggerrated.
It's very rare to see dramatic "flops" in boxing that come as a result of entirely false circumstances.
Such was the case with David Haye's performance in yesterday's fight.
At an imposing 6′ 6″ and 240 lbs, Wladimir Klitschko is widely known as a fighter that gets a lot of mileage out of leaning on and holding his opponents.
Holding is technically an illegal tactic in the sport of boxing, however this doesn't stop every fucking trainer on the planet from teaching their fighters to tie-up their opponents when injured or in close-quarters.
Given Klitschko's rather extreme height and reach, it only makes sense that he would lean on his opponents or tie them up when they venture too close, as with a wingspan like his; it's hard to imagine his in-fighting abilities would be all that great.
In knowing this about Klitschko's tactics, my guess is that David Haye's camp made the decision to employ a "clever" strategy to counter the leaning and holding.
Said brilliant strategy, in the fine tradition of soccer; saw Haye flopping to the mat at the slightest touch of Wladimir Klitschko's forearms or shoulders.
I can't blame him for trying, as the strategy largely served it's purpose given that Klitschko ended up getting a point deducted at one point; but the fact of the matter is, David Haye absolutely sucks at flopping.
I've seen William Shatner take falls more convincingly than the shit Haye was pulling yesterday.
Seriously man, the big Brit flopped to the canvas with such frequency that my brother had to call bullshit, exclaiming that he'd seen WWF matches where guys spent less time on the mat.
To make matter worse, it was clear that Haye just wasn't in the fight by about the halfway point, seemingly checking out both mentally and physically for the most part.
The man's stamina has always been in question throughout his career, and had he not been knocked out as a result of being gassed in a previous fight; I'd say it was on no better display than it was yesterday.
I hate to judge a book by it's cover, but I've always felt that David Haye's heroic bodybuilder physique was always ill-suited for pro boxing.
Like the similarly buff and bulky (and overrated) Jeff Lacy, Haye always looked the part, however his form was constructed of far too much "glamour muscle" to support the tremendous stamina and flexibility requirements of pro boxing.
If you want any evidence as to the state of Haye's stamina throughout the fight, just look to his corner between rounds, and indeed before the fight even started; and take a look a how much water he chokes down throughout.
The man must have drank 2 gallons of water, which in case you didn't know; is a big, big no-no in boxing.
Haye landed a handful of pretty big shots in the fight, though they all came one at a time.
Klitschko was hurt maybe once in the fight, in the last round; and from what I could tell he recovered surprisingly quickly.
All in all, it was a boring night (afternoon?) at the fights, with the only real drama spawning from the looming possibility that either fighter could hurt the other at any point due to their shoddy chins.
I will say this though, the entrances for both fighter's were some of the most elaborate I've ever seen, though it would've been nice if they had been better coordinated.
Kudos to George Foreman for spoiling Klitschko's big reveal on live television.
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