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Donald Trump announces new social media platform, Truth Social, after being banned from major apps
Former President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to launch his own social media platform called Truth Social now that he has been banned from other popular social media sites.
In a press release, the Trump Media and Technology Group said it has entered a merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp. to become a publicly listed company, with Trump as its chairman.
"I am excited to send out my first TRUTH on TRUTH Social very soon. TMTG was founded with a mission to give a voice to all," Trump said in the statement Wednesday.
Trump was banned from the biggest social media platforms – Twitter, Facebook and YouTube – after his supporters stormed the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot over concerns that his presence on social media would incite more violence. YouTube said its ban would be lifted after the "risk of violence" decreases, Facebook said Trump could come back to the platform at the soonest in 2023, and Twitter said its ban would be permanent.
Social media misinformation:Twitter blocked and labeled Donald Trump's tweets on election fraud. They spread anyway.
Trump said in his statement Wednesday that Truth Social would "stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech." The platform will be available through an app on the Apple Store as a beta version for trial by "invited guests" in November, and the company expects a full rollout in the first quarter of 2022.
Trump Media and Technology Group also plans to launch a video-on-demand service, TMTG+, to feature "non-woke" content, it said.
Trump and his network have been building up to the release of his own platform, which he hinted at earlier this year. He had a large presence on Twitter, where he launched attacks against critics and broke news about his administration. Since his absence from the major social media sites, Trump has sent a constant stream of press releases with tweet-like statements to the media and supporters.


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Lovely weekend and camping with mom and dad.. You can find pictures here
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Happy Birthday Anna Björk
Anna Björk 128 cm
Anna Björk 7 years.
Can you imagine our first born is turning 7? Well we don´t. She has finished her first year of school and she has made it with great success. The shy little girl is not so shy any more and has turned into a happy girl with great interest and a strong will. She has learnt how all the letters, she can read small text and she knows how to text. She also doing maths.
Her greatest interest is still watching movies and she can still sit in and watch movies a whole day – if she is allowed to. Next to her interest is dancing. She is performing English wals like she has never done any thing else before.
This year she started to increase her interest for horses. She rides all by her self and she loves her "Rodi" very much.
Her pink bunny that she calls "Nenne" is still with her and she seeks him as soon as she is home from school or what ever she has been doing during the day. Nenne is getting a bit old and ruff, so she has dressed him up in a doll cloth. She could not make if he would tear apart.
Summer camp
At the moment I am on summer camp. Before lunch we are riding horses and they are teaching us how to take care of horses. Not so much new for me while so nice to ride and be arround horses. After lunch we are having plenty of sports activities. My very best friend HM and her brother G are too on this camp. So much fun!
Guess who is visiting Iceland Our last neighbour TR!! She came for a visit at KI kindergarten and when mom picked her up she was so thrilled and asked mom if she could visit her again. And we were so lucky. TR´s mom called us later on and asked KI to come for a visit. One year has past and the two girls hadn´t forgotten any of their friendship…
Horse trip and a new family member
We are back after one week of horse trip vacation. As always we girls are taking part of the trip and we just love to be arround when mom and dad is riding. You can find lots of pictures here
Yesterday evening we recieved the news we have got a new cousine. Mom´s brother Kalle and his wife gave birth to a son. We are so happy about it and we are really looking forward to meet this new life.
On Friday is my birthday 🙂
Last day of school
Yesterday I had my last day of my first year in school. We do not get any grades this year while my teacher had written to mom and dad about my performance. She said I have learnt all the letters, I can read and I can text. I also have learnt counting both equals and negatives. I am doing very well in athletics. She also said that I am always happy and is doing well with my other school mates.
So for now… Summer vacation here we go!
This week I will be helping mom at her work. They have plenty of computers so it will be more than fun. Next week we have planed a long horse trip to the beaches. I will stay some times at grand pa Markus place and then of course we will go to Sweden. I am really looking forward to see grand pa's and this years is something special as we a waiting for a little cousine to arrive….
Face paintings at IKEA
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The full release notes are on the Arcen forums. This release was actually done in the form of three releases throughout the day, two of which were made earlier than planned because of transient crash bugs that were found and fixed.
Once again, with this release it's mostly a lot of little things rather than anything sweepingly huge. We've been really chewing through the bug report forum, which had previously gotten a backlogged with minor issues, and so there are a bunch of those in here.
Another big fan request lately has been for a revamp of the dreadnought starship line. We've actually revamped dreadnoughts repeatedly in the last few months, but they keep coming out on the weaker end. Part of the problem was the name -- these were actually anti-starship/siege starships, which isn't well described by the name dreadnought. So now we've renamed them to Siege Starships to avoid the confusion. But we did more than that -- we also really buffed them a lot, and cranked up their knowledge costs, so not only are they renamed, but they've also gotten a serious revamp as players have wanted.
There's a whole litany of other smaller balance tweaks and new AI tweaks in addition to the bugfixes, so make sure and read the whole release notes if you're interested. Enjoy!


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If you're putting on an event for non-Christians, I think the most loving goal is "get a second date". Make the big aim that they come back again. Make the big purpose that they don't walk out thinking, "Well I'm not coming back to this next week!".
If they tap out after one night, it becomes 100 times harder to ever get them back again. They think they've looked at it "enough", they think they've given Christianity "a go". But if they come back, even just one more time, that second date is when they really start listening. That's when they begin to invest in relationships. That's when begin to evaluate. Its really rare that ever happens on an evangelistic "first date".
Two caveats…
1. The strategy doesn't change, just the goal. The strategy should always be "preach the gospel". Having the second date as the goal will affect HOW you preach the gospel. Just like if you were preaching on the sinking Titanic, it would change HOW you preach the gospel.
2. Don't let yourself think that God can't convert people on night one. Of course he can! Pray that people would move from never even hearing about Jesus to trusting him fully in the space of 90mins!


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Back pain is a common problem among Americans. In fact, low back pain is the most common cause of job-related disability and a leading contributor to missed work days, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Ann Heckler, fitness instructor at ProMedica ForeverFit, says that our lower back often gets attention because it's prone to injury. It takes on more of a load, whether we're picking something up or just sitting a long time. But the upper back can be weak or injured, too, contributing to an aching back and neck, bad posture, slouching, and tension.
Posture may play a big part. If the spine has been injured or simply strained, poor posture can worsen ongoing back discomfort and pain. "Avoiding poor posture and cultivating good structural alignment of the spine in general is key to alleviating back pain," explains Heckler. "Proper postural alignment is basically having your ears over the center of your shoulders and your shoulders squared over your hips. Once you create this good posture, your pain might be alleviated. If not, it is possible that the discs in your spine need to be cared for by a doctor."
As part of your core, strengthening your back is fundamental to giving your body the support it needs. "Everything in the body is related; if one part's off, the other part's off," says Heckler. "If one part of your back is tight, it's going to affect the rest of your body."
While back strengthening is important for injury prevention, you don't necessarily need to shy away from it if you've already injured your back. However, you will want to take certain precautions.
"Talk with your doctor before trying to strengthen your back, especially if you have an injury," recommends Heckler. "If you have an existing injury, such as a bulging disc, it could make it a lot worse."
Once your doctor gives you the green light, Heckler recommends sticking with therapeutic, mild back bends if you have a back condition or injury. Pain isn't always a good indicator of whether or not you're overdoing it. If you're really mobile, certain stretches or movements may even feel good but could be damaging for your back.
"Go into back work mindfully, slowly and using your breath. If you find yourself holding your breath, you'll want to come out of the movement so you aren't bending or stretching as deeply," advises Heckler.
If you're looking to stretch and strengthen your back, Heckler recommends the following three movements:
Cat Cow
This movement is one of Heckler's "go to" moves to start her yoga classes. It gets blood flowing to warm up the spine and is also good for balance, flexibility and strength. The movement of tucking in the tailbone and then extending it back can also help you determine where your pelvis should be aligned when neutral, such as when you're sitting or standing. This move can be done 8-10 times or fewer if you're feeling fatigued.
Prone Back Extension
For this movement, you can choose to lie face down on a floor mat, or to come up on all fours on the mat. Inhale and lift one arm and the opposite leg. Exhale as you return your arm and leg to the original position. Repeat 5-10 times or when your breath because over-labored. Repeat with the other arm and leg.
Classic Cobra
Lie face down and bring your hands to your chest. Lift your head and chest, using the strength of your core and back muscles. Try not to use your arm muscles. Hold for at least three complete breaths, more if your breath can remain steady without gasping.


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The Particular Struggles of Rural Women
Women outside cities tend to marry earlier, have limited access to good healthcare, and experience higher rates of domestic violence.
Rural America is struggling. My hometown of Cortland, New York once boasted numerous factories—Brockway, Smith Corona, and Rubbermaid—which have all left. The Marietta Corporation and SUNY Cortland are the area's major remaining employers. When I visit my family for a weekend I inevitably run into the odd urban traveler stopping by for a few days. They remark on the "simplicity" and "honesty" of rural life. It would be the perfect place to raise children, they say. I return a taut smile. I can't explain the fetishization of rural people and their lives to these strangers, and why their words sound so condescending. But I really want to.
If these well-meaning tourists fail to notice the challenges of living in a small town with high unemployment rates and few safety nets for the poor, social critics ignore rural America entirely. At Slate, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and other prestigious outlets, the commentary about women revolves around the supposed new brand of Superwomen: highly educated, upper to middle class, and ambivalent about marriage and babies.
Rural women face a different set of challenges than these Superwomen. It's less likely rural women's mothers received an education beyond high school. There's a smaller chance their mothers received a master's degree. Often, their schools don't offer the same educational value as schools in suburban areas, making their college applications less palatable to good state schools, much less Ivy League schools. The models of success aren't there, and if they are, the pathways to success are limited, and require that they leave the region.
So rural women focus on where they can achieve, and often the only avenue of achievement open to them is in raising children and getting married.
Marrying Young
Rural women are more likely to have sex and marry earlier than urban women, according to a 2013 Brigham Young University study, "Marital Paradigms: A Conceptual Framework for Marital Attitudes, Values and Beliefs." Why is this? The less educated you are, the more likely you are to marry young. Fifty-three percent of women with a high school diploma married by 25 years old compared with 37 percent of women with bachelor's degrees, according to a 2006-2010 CDC survey. Rural women are less likely to have earned a bachelor's degree or master's degree compared to urban women, at 22.5 percent versus 28.9 percent respectively, according to 2011 U.S. Health and Human Services statistics, priming them for early marriages.
According to a 2010 study "Early marriage in the U.S. Why Some Marry Young, Why Many Don't and What Difference It Makes," early marriage occurs most frequently among young adults with low educational trajectories, who come from families with more limited resources. These young adults typically come from rural communities and the Southern U.S.
These issues are familiar to Cortland. The New York State Department of Health's County Health Assessment Indicators shows Cortland's teen pregnancy rate is 27.3 per 1,000 lower than the state's 53.5 per 1,000. The percentage of births within 24 months of a previous pregnancy, however, is five percentage points higher than the state overall. Single women with children under five years old had the highest rate of poverty in Cortland County, at 78.7 percent, according to the 2009-2011 American Community Survey.
Gail Bundy works for the Cortland County Community Action Program, which assists low-income people in the county. She said the poverty in Upstate New York is exacerbating the problems young women with children already face.
"What makes life hard for rural women and young families in rural America is the stress of poverty, which is directly related to the loss of high-paying manufacturing jobs with benefits, increase in employers using temp and seasonal labor, and the costs of reliable transportation and health care," Bundy said.
At CAPCO, Bundy helps women manage a budget and navigate workplace rules. The women she counsels often bear sole responsibility for the household finances, but haven't learned the basics of budgeting.
"Overall, the women end up with lots of responsibility managing the family and have a stronger role in managing the money. Their children's needs come before their own education," Bundy said. "They have to figure out how to manage households, keep their children fed, clothed, and educated with very limited resources. We help them develop those skills."
Bundy said she is trying to encourage women to pursue some kind of long-term goal, educational or not, that will set a good example for their children. Often the women Bundy meets pursue traditionally feminine jobs such as nursing or daycare work, but Bundy is trying to encourage women to train for work that provides a living wage, such as an electrician, who might make $17 to $18 an hour.
Beth Reed, 26, grew up in Homer, New York, three miles from Cortland, and pursued a teaching career. She married at 25 and gave birth to a baby boy, Zeke, at 26. She is taking a break from substitute teaching at Homer Central High School to take care of her son but intends to go back to work soon out of financial necessity. In her experience talking to high school-age women, she has found many of them are forgoing a college education and having children young, often before marriage.
"I do find a majority of high school females taking their high school diploma and not pursuing a college degree. I don't necessarily see them getting married young but I do see them starting families. In my opinion, that is a small-town mentality," Reed said.
Lack of Health Care Options
There are also fewer health-care providers in rural areas, limiting women's access to family planning, prenatal care, and cancer screenings. Rural women are less likely than urban women to receive preventative screenings, which may explain why their breast cancer is diagnosed at a later stage. According to a 2005 study from East Tennessee State University's School of Nursing, low-income Appalachian women make appointments for screenings and treatments for breast cancer less often because they had to schedule an appointment during the week, costing them to miss a day of work, or the cost of travel to referral centers and/or prescription drugs seemed onerous.
This lack of nearby health care options extends to prenatal care. Many rural hospitals are short-staffed and don't offer obstetric services. A 2010 University of Illinois College of Medicine survey showed 34 percent of rural hospital CEOs said there were shortages of obstetrics-gynecology physicians. The shortages were higher for pediatrics at 36 percent and family medicine at 58 percent. The percentage of rural CEOs who claimed their hospitals were short-staffed for registered nurses was 73.5 percent.
In 2007, The Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis published a paper on the declining number of hospitals offering obstetric services. Between 1982 and 2002, metropolitan counties studied saw an 11 percent increase in hospitals that offered obstetric services. Hospitals offering the same services in all rural areas fell 20 percent while those hospitals in completely rural areas declined a whopping 52 percent. It is a disconcerting trend for pregnant rural women.
Prevalence of Domestic Violence
Rural women are more likely to experience intimate partner violence, which is aggravated by fewer resources and geographic isolation. A 2011 University of Iowa study, "Rural Disparity in Domestic Violence Prevalence and Access to Resources," found that women in rural and isolated areas reported the highest prevalence of intimate partner violence at 22 percent of rural women compared to 15 percent of urban women. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, women 34 or younger, living in low-income households in rural areas experienced some of the highest rates of domestic violence from 2005-2010.
Linda Shutts, Program Director of Cortland YWCA's Aid to Victims of Violence, said abusers often take advantage of rural isolation. Shutts experienced this isolation herself, as her abuser moved her from rural town to rural town, as many as 20 times in one year, in an effort to cut her off from any people who could assist her. Now she is the one traveling to rural, isolated areas to help remove women from their abusive relationships.
"Sometimes we meet up and get them to somewhere safe. I don't allow the staff to go there. I go alone. I have gone on back roads to meet someone and I figured their safety was most important," Shutts said in an interview at the Cortland YWCA.
Shutts and her staff of 6 full time workers and one part-time worker, including herself, have 150 open cases at the moment, demonstrating how great the need is for more domestic violence resources in rural communities.
What Needs to Be Done
I left Upstate New York for many reasons—some professional and some personal. It was easier to do the kind of journalism I wanted to do in New York City than in my hometown. If newspapers are cutting back in the city, they're certainly downsizing in rural areas. Before I moved to the city, though, I moved further north and found a reporting job and an affordable apartment.
Unfortunately, I didn't have any friends to share it with. Most of the 20-somethings had moved away, and almost all of my close friends in high school and college left because there were so few job opportunities. It's unfortunate that most of my friends, some of whom have or will become doctors, psychologists, and teachers—all professions that could be based in Upstate New York—have left because these institutions aren't hiring.
I have friends who live in rural areas and "have it all"—a beautiful child or two, a loving and supportive husband and a stable job with good benefits. I know women who gave birth in high school and still managed to pull good grades. The number of successful women who married and had children young, however, pales in comparison to women who are struggling to support themselves and their children.
I don't want to tell my upstate New York peers what to do—I just wish they had more choices or a better idea of what those choices were. I wish they lived in an area that provided more opportunities for themselves and their children than it does now. I wish that there were more domestic violence shelters, with better funding, that could allow brave women like Linda Shutts to hire more staff.
To the woman who summers in Upstate New York and thinks the country is a lovely place to raise children, I ask her: Do you want your children to be prepared for a job? Do you want your children to grow up in an area where they can find a job and support their future children? Would you prefer your daughter were isolated on a rural road after she gets beaten up for the sixth time, or would you rather she had the option of getting on a bus? Until these problems are addressed, I'd rather raise children somewhere else.


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Penn State dropped both in a Saturday doubleheader to Illinois, but found a way to snap its 11-game losing streak in an extra-innings battle against the Illini on Sunday.
James Franklin singled out cornerback Zech McPhearson for his shutdown performance in the team's Blue-White game.
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The following post was kindly written by Woodlore Aspirant Instructor Sarah Day:
Though spring can seem a long way off during the final throes of a British winter, it won't be long before the new course season starts!
For me, this year is especially exciting because I will be working on some courses that I've never worked on before. Some of my outdoorsy books have been removed from their shelf and are lying around the house in various stages of read-ness, the backs of my notebooks are full of diagrams of things I want to make, lists of kit I need to mend and things I need to do in preparation for the new season.
However, one aspect of preparation that isn't always mentioned in conjunction with Bushcraft is fitness. Although the set up of a camp and the day-to-day running of it demand more walking about than an average day in an office job, many of the skills that form part of your outdoor arsenal are aimed at minimising the amount of energy required and working efficiently; but that doesn't mean being unfit is fine – it's not.
A recent training exercise made it quite clear just how important fitness is. Quite apart from increasing your ability to get yourself out of trouble, it frees you up to enjoy every moment you spend outdoors. If you're slogging up a hill, out of breath, the scenery will be of less interest than if you've just loped up it with relative ease; or put another way, the quicker you collect firewood/dig the trench/collect water, the more time there is to watch wildlife/sit around the campfire or learn a new skill – the stuff of great and lasting memories.
Use this time of year to gear up for the coming spring: practice your skills (particularly fire lighting!) in the more difficult conditions, get out and learn how to identify trees without their leaves, go bird watching – see if you can spot any winter visitors before they depart and… GET FIT, so that when the opportunity arises you can be off, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ready for whatever the new season can throw at you!


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The ice-thawing meeting to be held over the weekend among leaders of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea will provide new incentives for regional cooperation and promote the stability of all of Asia and even the Asia-Pacific region, experts said.
Premier Li Keqiang, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and ROK President Park Geun-hye are set to meet on Sunday, after a three-year hiatus in such talks due to disputes over wartime history and territorial issues. It will be the first time for Li to officially visit the ROK as Chinese premier.
At the summit, the leaders are set to discuss topics including international cooperation on production capacity, technological innovation, the coordination of development strategies, free trade talks and regional economic integration.
Piao Jianyi, a researcher of Korean Peninsula studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the summit will be the most important diplomatic event for China regarding Northeastern Asia relations.
"Considering the economic clout of these three countries in Asia, decisions made at the summit by the three leaders will influence the future of Asia and even Asia-Pacific at large," he said.
"The leaders will exchange views on trilateral relations and regional issues, such as pushing for peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula," he said. "Although the restart of the summit does not necessarily mean that the three countries have overcome their problems, it shows an intention to handle the differences."
Shigeo Iwatani, a Japanese diplomat and former secretary-general of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, said the summit will be a big push for the trilateral relations.
"It could take a new major initiative to bring the level of cooperation one step forward," he said.
China, Japan and the ROK launched the trilateral organization in September 2011, a milestone in the process of building friendship and trust among the three countries.
"Although there are a lot of difficulties in the Japan-China relationship, there are also a lot of positive, cooperative activities going on and room for cooperation in the future," Iwatani said. "People should pay more attention to this positive side of the relationship."
Frequent meetings can help build personal relationships between Chinese and Japanese leaders. By discussing pending issues based on such mutual personal trust, the two countries can avoid worsening of the relationship in the future and might find solutions to various issues, he added.
Harunobu Kato, executive commentator of Japan's NHK broadcasting corporation, said he hoped that more cooperation among the three countries will play a bigger role in peace and stability in East Asia.
"I hope that the meeting will help the three leaders to understand each other more and find more approaches to improve relations," Kato said, adding that if the three countries reached a free-trade agreement, it would bring great benefits for all.
He said that if Li and Abe meet, this would help them have more ideas for developing a win-win relationship.
When the two countries cooperate, both win; and when they confront, both lose, he added.
China is the largest trading partner of Japan and South Korea, while Japan is China's second-largest single-country trading partner and South Korea its third, with their trading volume last year totaling $307.5 billion and $235.4 billion, respectively, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.
The three countries' combined GDP accounts for 20 percent of that of the whole world.
Shan Yi contributed to this story.
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|Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State
The Kaduna State Assembly has passed the Religious Preaching Regulation bill into law. This law substitutes a similar law of 1984 in the state.
According to a report from The News Agency of Nigeria, the Executive Bill, brought to the Assembly in 2016, was passed hours before the eighth Assembly was dissolved on Friday.
The purpose of the bill is to regulate religious preaching in Kaduna State with a view of promoting religious harmony and peaceful co-existence amongst the residents of the state.
The bill provides for the establishment of an Interfaith Regulatory Council at the state level and committees at local government levels responsible for screening and issuing licence to preachers.
The councils will have two representatives each of Christian and Islamic bodies among other members.
According to the speaker, the new law mandates the council to hear and determine appeals to be brought before it arising from the decision of the local government interfaith committees.
The Council also has power to issue regulations considered necessary to guide the local government interfaith committees in the performance of their functions as provided under the bill, if signed into law.
"The bill when signed into law, stipulates that in each of the 23 local Government areas of the state, a committee to be known as the Local Government Interfaith Committee has to be established.
"The Local Government Interfaith Committee shall consider and recommend to state Interfaith Regulation Council all applications for the grant of licence to religious preachers as well as screen and recommend preachers for the grant of license among other functions.
"The supplementary provision provides that all cassettes, CDs, flash drives or any other communication gadgets containing religious recordings from accredited preachers may be played inside a private dwelling unit or vehicle, entrance porch (zaure), church, mosque and any other designated place of worship.
"It further stated that any person who plays religious cassette or uses a loud speaker for religious purposes between the hours of 11pm to 4am in a public place, and uses a loudspeaker for religious purposes other than inside church or mosque commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years or pay a fine of not less than N200,000 or both."
The bill added that any person who publicly insults or seeks to incite contempt any religion, by making false statements in such a manner as to be likely to lead to a breach of peace, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than five years a fine of not less than N100,000 or both.


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Many calls come in from first time home buyers not knowing where to start when getting ready to buy a home. Some are not sure how much they can afford or should afford. Here are some helpful tips:
1) One of the first thing to do is to locate an agent that you feel comfortable with and that has your best interests in mind. Interview them if you do not know someone personally, even if you are looking to have representation as a buyer.
2) At the same, time find a loan agent. Check with your agent as he or she may have many contacts from mortgage companies and banks. Quite often I find that Mortgage companies may have better programs and lower rates, although not 100% the case.
3) The next thing is to do a budget after getting pre-approved with your loan agent. Many of my buyers says to me, "I am approved for this amount but I don't want to go that high". They would like some breathing room.
Below you will find a link for a home affordability calculator for the NAR (National Association of Realtor's). If you need assistance, have your loan officer, real estate agent, tax advisor sit down and go over your figures with you. Happy House Hunting. Tax Credit deadline to be under contract is April 30, 2010.


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"God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God."
2 Corinthians 5: 19, 20.
"That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God."
In Verses 18 to 21 Paul tells his listeners, that God entrusts the message and ministry of reconciliation through Christ, to His servants. God has given believers the task of reconciling people to God. Paul was speaking of his own ministry here, but encouraging others to share the gospel in their circles of influence. Sharing this wonderful message is the responsibility of all who know Christ on a personal basis.
Just what is this message of reconciliation that we must be about sharing?
Christ is our mediator and our only way to the Father! "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone the new has come!" What transformation! Sin separates us from a perfect, holy God but Christ's death on the cross made a bridge for us to be redeemed, forgiven and reunited with Him. What reconciliation! Through God's sacrifice of love our sins have been atoned for and through the blood of Christ they are cleansed and no longer held against us! They are covered, cared for and looked after. When we truly repent in all humility and leave our sin in the compost at the foot of the cross we can be assured that God's grace and unconditional love will dispose of it's poison and no longer hold us accountable for what we've done! What an extravagant grace has been lavished upon us; we, who are so undeserving. In the simple act of repentance we become children of the most high God, heirs to the throne and ambassadors for Christ Himself. It's an awesome beginning to a new life in Christ and one that must continue to grow as we strive toward spiritual maturity. Let's get the good news of the gospel message out, by being responsible ambassadors, representing Christ our mediator in all excellence, as we share the message of reconciliation by demonstrating publicly our love for God through word and action!


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Market Outlook!
Lets look at the overall housing forecast for 2018 first. Existing home sales are projected to increase nationwide by 3.7 % and home prices are expected to appreciate by 4.9% in 2018 according to the National Association of Realtors forecast. While forecasting the real estate market is a lot like forecasting the weather in any other state except Arizona, we believe these statistics to be reliable and for the most part accurate. A slight increase in interest rates and growing inventory point to a slight slowing of the market but here in Arizona this may mean the market simply slows from white hot to red hot despite our current seasonal slow down! As inventory grows, the services of a traditional real estate broker become even more important to maximize sales price and reduce time on the market as well as eliminating those pesky little mistakes. We know a good one!
That being said, all real estate is local just like politics. In Avondale, Zillow predicts a 3.4% increase over the next year after a whopping 8.3% increase over the last year. The average list price per square foot in Avondale is currently $118 per square foot. In Litchfield Park, Zillow predicts a 2.6% increase over the next year after a 5.3% increase over the last year. The average list price per square foot in Litchfield Park is currently $133 per square foot.
Tax Bill Implications!
Admittedly, it is hard to weed through the hype of all the partisan entities including the lobbying efforts of the National Association of Realtors! I will do my best to give you straight answers based on the actual law.
Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID)
The mortgage interest deduction remains largely unchanged with a couple of exceptions. The new law caps the limit on deductible mortgage debt at $750,000 for loans taken out after Dec. 14. (Loans made before that date can continue to deduct interest on mortgage debt up to $1 million.) Homeowners can refinance mortgage debts that existed before Dec. 14 up to $1 million and still deduct the interest as long as the new loan does not exceed the amount refinanced. The interest on a home-equity loan can be deducted as long as the proceeds are used to substantially improve the home. Mortgage interest on second homes can be deducted but is subject to the $750,000 limit This slight change is also affected by the change in the standard deduction meaning that fewer people will utilize the deduction because their amount of interest will not exceed the standard deduction amount which has been raised to $24,000 for joint filers and $12,000 for single filers while eliminating the personal exemption altogether.
Capital Gains Exemption
This part of the law remains the same. You can sell your personal residence and not claim the net profit up to $250,000 for single filers and $500,000 for joint filers. The caveat here is that you still have to have lived in the home for 2 of the past five years and can only complete such a sale once every 2 years.
Property and State Tax Deductibility
One of the benefits of living in Arizona as opposed to say California or New York is that both our property taxes and state taxes are relatively low (I said relatively). The new tax laws cap the amount that can be deducted for state and local taxes combined with property taxes at $10,000. This may seem to be a dramatic change but let's explore an actual example of how this would work. In Avondale and Litchfield Park, we will use a property tax amount of $2500. Yours may be slightly higher but most homeowners have a property tax liability of less than this in our area. That leaves an amount available to deduct of $7500. According to the 2017 Arizona tax table, that would mean that this would not adversely affect a taxpayer unless their adjusted gross income was over $176,887 ($7500 divided by 4.24%). Using the 2018 brackets this amount would be $165, 198 ($7500 divided by 4.54%). While this provision will affect some homeowners in the area, it may be offset by the differences in bracket rates or standard deductions.
A great deal has been made about this provision affecting real estate investors' ability to deduct property taxes. This provision would only apply to the deduction on your primary residence. All other rental expenses would still be deductible as a rental property expense against the income the property produces.
1031 Tax Free Exchanges
Nothing has changed on the 1031 front. We are capable of doing these on like-kind investments in real estate (this means investment real estate for investment real estate not shares to real estate investment)
While I am not advocating for or against the provisions of the law, I just don't see enough changes with regard to real estate to have any net effect on our market especially here in Arizona.
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You're in for the shock of your life if you're just seeing this and if you already know about these places then, just sit and enjoy. You can also add to the list or enlighten us more on the secret places in Lagos where the forbidden fruit is eaten as a balanced diet. lol
Socialite Pretty Mike has shared a list of 10 places where one can have sex at in Lagos. In the list shared by the big boy who owns a sex doll, UNILAG and 3rd Mainland Bridge are one of the hottest location to have sex in the centre of excellence called Lagos.
Taking to social media, Pretty Mike shared:
"10 places to have sex at in LAGOS
I live in a city where sex is more traditional than Adventurous, so allow me to be the devil's advocate and give you 10 Spots to do the nasty Pls don't get caught ooh.
1- Film House cinema:-If you go to watch a Movie with your partner after the movie is over and people are gone you can "Give her a quick quickie. It sets a wild tone 4 the next round at home.
2- Eko Hotel:-At AyLive/UsheBeBe/Ajebo's show, take her out to the parking lot, make sure she isn't wearing any panties, find a coded spot in-between cars and just drive ur cassava into her,be4 the show is over.
3-Quilox Niteclub:-After some champagne in d system, walk her toward the back gate and take a right turn toward the mechanic shop, Just Hump her right there,be4 the car park guys will understand what's going on.
4- Pinnock beach estate:- A private estate, that someone must call the security to allow u in, so try calling Emma baggie, Taiwo or Ebuka, once u in, look 4 one of those uncompleted buildings and just drop it on ur girl raw till u Cum.
5- at the beach:- stop by a moist lounge and have a bottle of Martell on a Sunday nite,den walk toward G12 bar, at d back toward d restroom,ladies pls wear something free, allow some breeze blow u down there, while Oga give it to you like a wild dog..
6- on a plane:- Where in the plane you decide to do it is based on how bad you want it, the toilet is a Goal
7- on the stairs:- Cubana building on a Friday, while partying at Pablo the club downstairs, take her upstairs toward Grind lounge, start Fucking her step by step till u get to the doorstep of the Lounge and repeat it on ur way down "remember u have a good 5 min window be4 anyone comes looking for u.
8- 3rd mainland bridge:- take a drive 2-3am, park, step out of the car and give it to her while she is overlooking the water,2 mins is enough for this exercise, otherwise, u and the area boys will be sharing her that nite.
9- Unilag:- Take urself down memory lane, be Creative and do something wild on a college Campus.
10- Buzz Bar/BayRock:- are both the darkest clubs in Lagos, Find your own coded spot and grind on him slowly. If u think u are wild enough u can do it on the dance floor."


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Former FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has described prison phone companies' exploitation of incarcerated people and their families as "the greatest, most distressing type of injustice I have ever seen in the communications sector."1
Prison phone rates are astronomical, with the price of a local 15-minute phone call costing up to $25 in some states.2 Many families simply can't afford these sky-high rates. For the 2.7 million children with an incarcerated parent, this means forgoing phone calls that could help them maintain healthy relationships.
Commissioner Clyburn spent her career at the FCC fighting to fix this injustice, and even implemented a rule that would have capped the cost of prison phone calls to and from jails, prisons and detention centers. Trump's FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, refused to defend an important part of the rule in court, abandoning incarcerated people and their families to the greed of the prison phone companies.3
But there's hope. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has just introduced a bill called the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019. This bill would clarify that the FCC has the legal authority to stop prison phone companies' predatory behavior, opening the door for millions of families to connect.
The bill is named in honor of Martha Wright-Reed, a champion in the fight for prison phone justice. For more than 20 years, Mrs. Wright-Reed fought for affordable prison phone rates. Phone calls were the only way she could stay in touch with the grandson she raised and loved: As a blind elderly woman, she could neither write letters nor travel long distances for in-person visits.4 She became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that led to the FCC phone justice rules that Commissioner Clyburn implemented.
In honor of the legacy of Martha Wright-Reed, we're calling on lawmakers to stand up for vulnerable communities and make prison phone calls more affordable for families trying to stay connected. Senators Booker, King, Markey, Portman and Schatz have all signed on to co-sponsor Senator Duckworth's bill, but we'll need to get the majority vote in order to pass it. Tell your senators to support the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019.


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When two people engage in the same activity side by side, each of them is going to try to be better than the other. It is in our blood and it is one of the forces driving us to the success we are after. Engaging in a simple competition is one of the main reasons why people can achieve better results than if they would do the same thing on their own.
This is a principle you can apply in just about any activity and it is going to deliver results. If you want to do the same thing when it comes to your workouts, you will be able to improve your performance just because you want to do better than the person next to you. Since this is the case, why not start a program that will allow you to achieve it?
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When you see people who are not as fit as you or do not have the same background achieve better results than you have, this is going to push you towards a much better outcome. You must be better than the rest and you must be able to achieve the fitness you had in mind. This is the way people must think when they will join Crossfit Seminyak.
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For the 4th of July I made my own cards this year-it's hard to find 4th cards, plus it saved money, and turned out supper cute if I do say so myself! :) I started with plain black cards-and drew fireworks on the front. Then I made "Happy 4th of July signs to paste on the inside with some clipart I found online (here) combined with a font.
I also had some stamps I was really excited to get to use on this:
The name "Smiles Sent Saturday" denotes my hope these things I mailed made the people who got them smile.


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First Bitcoin, Then Stocks, Then Oil Prices Fall
Recent turbulence on global markets has cast a spell of "fear and trembling" over many financial journalists. The financial media is known for its blatant stupidity, making mistakes such as confusing stock markets for entire economies. But a smart person would see this market volatility as a normal and delayed effect of the combination of an unraveling of "easy money" investment strategies with hair-trigger consequences of widespread machine trading mechanisms on markets. Until the "easy money" policies can be phased out and disposed of, this will be the new normal of machine age markets. But it is not genuine disruption.
That is Not Disruption… But Disruption is Coming
Everybody wants to invent and ride the next Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, or Facebook up to the stratosphere. That is the path to wealth, but it is not genuine disruption.
Two distinct and interesting approaches to achieving the next level of disruption can be seen in France and in the US.
The French effort creates an "endowment" of $13 billion meant to generate an income in support of the development of disruptive innovations. This policy can be seen as a reaction to threats coming from outside innovators such as China, North America, Korea, and Japan. It is a top-down approach common to governments.
"The technicalities of this new massive innovation fund will be defined in the forthcoming weeks," explained Romain Serman, the head of Bpifrance in the U.S. "This initiative is part of a comprehensive governmental policy aimed at fostering innovation and reforming the overall business environment for entrepreneurs in France."
However, the $13 billion of initial capital is actually not meant to be invested – just the income it generates – and will remain untouched. __ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2018/01/17/france-creates-13-billion-disruptive-innovation-fund-hopes-to-become-the-next-startup-republic/#23c60178405e
The US effort by Peter Thiel is a much more modest bottom-up approach, which has the potential to yield far greater dividends despite the lower levels of initial investment.
What began as an attempt to draw teen prodigies to the Valley before they racked up debt at Princeton or Harvard and went into consulting to pay it off has transformed into the most prestigious network for young entrepreneurs in existence — a pedigree that virtually guarantees your ideas will be judged good, investors will take your call, and there will always be another job ahead even better than the one you have. "We look for extraordinary individuals and we want to back them for life," says executive director Jack Abraham. __ Wired
Both top-down and bottom-up approaches to incubating the next disruptive innovation have the potential to yield important outcomes. But top-down bureaucratic approaches such as one sees from the US DARPA, the late Japanese "Fifth Generation" project, the current French effort, and efforts by the Chinese government to force innovation, are inherently limited by groupthink, corrupt power grabs, ideological distortions, and just basic bureaucratic bungling.
Tech prophet George Gilder sometimes looks into the future at more profound levels of disruption. He rightly sees the current kings of the market as incremental innovators rather than truly disruptive innovators. They have become so big that they are now trapped in the bureaucratic groupthink that kills disruptive vision.
Gilder: Those companies [Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook] are supremely great companies, but they're going over the hill.
Q: … Business formation has really slowed down.
Gilder: And these are all bad signs… They reflect an attack on the educational system by foisting the smothering $1.5 trillion burden in loans on students to support a ridiculously overwrought leftist bureaucracy of indoctrination. They also reflect an expansion in the administrative state through massive increases in regulations, rules that really favor big companies. And not because of their alignment with technological opportunities, but because of their abilities to lobby, lawyer, litigate and find paths through the maze of rules.
… We're not living in an age of boldness and abundance, but in an age of retrenchment and shrinking horizons and careful rearrangements of existing resources. A lot of it is epitomized by this whole idea that unless human beings stop moving, the climate's going to collapse on us.
The climate-change paralysis has been very destructive, not only to our national economy but particularly to Silicon Valley. Every time I find a company that's doing everything right, I discover a peculiar feature of its technology that's designed chiefly to stop it from emitting carbon dioxide. And that feature twists the technology into a pretzel, making it less useful and less promising. Take Google. It's making an elaborate effort to render all of its massive data centers around the world "carbon-neutral." They're all linked up to various druidical Sunhenges of solar panels or quixotic kites or windmills. I mean, that's some archaic way to produce energy!
… I think it's a Silicon Valley dementia that's going on, which probably results from a religious collapse. I think G.K. Chesterton put it very well: When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing; they start believing in anything. Such as, we're part of a computer simulation, or that there are infinite numbers of multiple parallel universes, or that a planet, which has endured orders of magnitude greater amounts of carbon dioxide through eons of geological history (producing photosynthesis in the process), will suddenly founder on an increase of .003 to .004 of a percent. You know, those bizarre, speculative fantasies that you hear very solemn, professorial figures espouse.
__ https://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2018/02/09/why-technology-prophet-george-gilder-predicts-big-techs-disruption/#7700994c2d21
It can be helpful to consider a number of potential innovations as "disruptive benchmarks." Many of these constitute basic changes to human biology, but it is not clear how profound a change in the makeup of the the human body would be necessary. For example:
- A reduction in the number of hours of sleep necessary from 8 hours down to 2 hours a night or less.
- An extension of healthy and mentally acute lifespan by a factor of 2 or more.
- Allowing humans to achieve adequate daily nutrition at one short sitting.
- Achieving the same reduction for excretion to a single short daily session.
- An increase in average human IQ from 100 points to 150 points or higher.
- A general elevation of mood, so that only those who insisted on experiencing depression and hopelessness (for artistic purposes for example) would do so.
And so on . . . One can easily extrapolate from such basic changes in daily human existence to envision significant changes across society as a whole.
Changing basic human existence would necessarily lead to a number of other innovations in other fields — some of them potentially disruptive and others merely incremental.
Those are not easy innovations to achieve. It is much easier to redesign computer architecture for higher speed and more parallel computing. Bringing broadband internet to everyone on the planet would be a breeze in comparison to most of the items in the list. Even building a human colony of 100,000 people on Mars would be easier, given new generations of heavy launchers.
Military innovations such as high powered lasers, railguns, stealth submarines, high speed nuclear torpedoes, and hypervelocity missiles and troop transports would all be a relative snap in comparison. But those are potentially disruptive only in the sense that a globally ruinous war or a global tyranny would be disruptive. Those are not the kind of things we are looking for.
Think Long and Large, Not Stupid
Governments are typically big and stupid. And so the policies of governments and government-funded entities are typically big and stupid. But that is the only type of thing that modern thinkers in government, the academy, and big media seem able to envision. A tragic and wasteful dead end.
Often it is the small and simple things, the basic things, that have the potential for greatest long term disruption. And that is where more people need to be looking, if we are to escape a long, sad, bloody quagmire much like a combination of Stalin, Mao, Hitler, and Pol Pot on steroids.
It is never too late for a Dangerous Childhood.


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Top 10 Most Shameless Uses Of Product Placement In Film22.06.08 # Top Ten # 81 Comments
Ah, good old fashioned movie product placement. Being an angst fuelled youngster, product placement is one of my favourite areas in which I can pin point and rant about corporate greed in the most cliché "stick it to the system" manner possible. The basic idea of product placement is to make more money to finance your film by placing specific products within a film, such as through characters, placements in the mis-en-scene, and often even in the dialogue of the script. In a certain way, product placement can add to realism within a film, as it would be silly if people were drinking from a can marked "Beer" or a packet marked "Cigarettes" in true Orwell's 1984 fashion.
However, in the ever growing corporate dominated world we live in, the entertainment business has been a breeding ground for corporate greed and product placement. Sometimes it really does add to a film's overall feel, and it is easy to understand a film that is struggling to get production money needing a financial boost from a company by promising to show, or advertise, their product in their movie. Nine times out of ten, however, it really is greed, and the placement is so cringingly obvious that it almost adds a humorous effect to the dialogue and in many cases ruins a film. Allowing product placement to take place in your film definitely effects the artistic and creative direction of your film, as you are made to accommodate for the different products within dialogue or shots on location etc.
What follows is a top 10 list of the most shameless examples of movie product placement, but first, some brief insightful words from the king of surrealist film making in the western world, Mr. David Lynch.
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Converse)
Harry Potter seems like an unlikely place for product placement, as after all it is set in the fantasy world that is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, as the Potter franchise edges into the latter films of the series, up props some great opportunities for some product placement aimed directly at the kids. Young adults are the perfect demographic for Harry Potter, and indeed the new age revisited trend of Converse shoes.
The fact is; Luna Lovegood's shoes could have been any brand, or even just some plain black shoes- but they just had to be Converse, didn't they? What follows, is a clip from the scene in which the shoes most prominently feature. I particularly love the way that the camera pans down to reveal them like some sacred idol.


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I got the August box of the Resin coaster kit and was very pleased upon opening the box. It was beautifully packaged with all the materials included as well as some extra gifts. I could tell a lot of thought and care went into creating this box. While the instructions were clear and the pictures were very helpful, I had never worked with resin and mica powders before so I was nervous to do the project. Shortly after receiving the box, I got an emailed newsletter with the link to the live Facebook "How to" video. The video was just what I needed to inspire me to complete the project. I did the project along with the video and am so pleased with the end result. If all boxes are as nice as this one, then I will be a customer for a very long time. The materials, instructions and project ideas are so worth the money. For a person who enjoys crafting but doesn't have the time and to always search for an idea and supplies, this is the way to go. I can't wait for next months project. Thank you so much!


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The Single Best Anti-Gun-Death Policy? Ending the Drug War
Universal gun confiscation is impossible, and even aggressive gun control might not dramatically reduce gun-related deaths. But ending our ridiculous and expensive war on drugs could.
Universal gun confiscation is impossible, and even aggressive gun control might not dramatically reduce gun-related deaths. But ending our ridiculous and expensive war on drugs could.
This is not a column against gun control. Gun control is a good idea. The assault-weapons ban is a good idea. So are background checks, stricter licensing agreements, and greater efforts to keep guns out of the hands of minors. A prohibitive tax on ammunition? There's another good idea finally getting attention it deserves, after being suggested by comedian Chris Rock a decade ago.
But much of the gun-policy commentary that has come in the wake of the tragic Newtown massacre is misdirected. Stringent gun-control measures are unlikely to turn the United States into a peaceful gun-free society like Japan. In addition, much of the hysteria over "rising gun deaths" is badly misplaced, since the violent-crime rate and the murder rate have both been declining since the early 1990s. If we really, truly want to reduce gun deaths, there is a much better way to do it than the gun-control measures.
Having lived in Japan, I've known for many years how peaceful it is. Women can (and often do) walk down the street at night alone in a big city without fear of attack. Fights are rare, and murders rarer. And much, though not all, of this is due to the fact that Japan doesn't allow people to own guns. If you think Japan is a special case, check out Germany, France, and other gun-free countries.
But to become like Japan, banning gun sales wouldn't be enough. We'd have to actually confiscate all the guns that Americans now have. This is because guns are very durable; they last many, many years. The United States has far more guns per 100 people than any other country (88.8 in 2007, compared to 58.2 for second-place Serbia). It would take many decades for a gun sale ban to reduce that number to rich-country averages.
Nor is there any certainty that marginal reductions in gun ownership would bring matching reductions in the murder rate. Brazil, for example, has a murder rate more than four times as high as the U.S., with less than 10% of the gun ownership that we have. In other words, it's possible that appreciably reducing gun murders might require a truly huge (and unrealistic) reduction in gun ownership.
Now, if the U.S. banned gun ownership, and confiscated all the guns that people currently own, it would probably be very effective. But this is almost certainly politically infeasible, and if somehow the 14th Amendment were repealed and this law were passed, it would cause violent civil unrest. Additionally, lots of people could hide their guns. The effort required to confiscate them would be likely to turn our country into a police state.
So universal gun confiscation is out.
Any gun control we enact will have a limited effect. But this should not be cause for despair. Much of the recent hysteria over gun deaths is misplaced.
A lot of people have been citing a recent report, "American Gun Deaths to Exceed Traffic Fatalities by 2015." The article shows that gun deaths in America are slowly rising, and now stand at 32,000 per year -- a staggering toll. Now, 32,000 deaths per year is a lot of death, and I'd never minimize that. But what the article's authors fail to mention is that gun murders comprise less than a third of that total -- about 9,000 per year in recent years. With accidental gun deaths steady at around 500-600 per year, the bulk of those 32,000 "gun deaths" are suicides.
In fact, murder by gun has been falling steadily since the early 1990s. Some of that is due to improvements in emergency medicine, but most is a result of the overall decline in violent crime that America has enjoyed over the last two decades. The fact that overall gun deaths has risen since 2000, despite the fall in murders, suggests that increased gun suicide has accounted for more than 100% of the increase in gun deaths. Obviously, suicide is a tragedy, and I don't want to minimize it. But people aren't panicking over suicide, they're panicking over murder, and gun-related murder is on the way down.
Of course, 9,000 gun deaths a year is still a lot. Still more than other rich countries, still a disgrace, still far too many! But people who have been watching the round-the-clock coverage of the Newtown massacre need to understand that "mass killings" of the Newtown type account for a very small percent of that 9,000. Most of those 9,000 gun murders are of the more mundane, but no less deadly variety -- drive-by shootings, gang wars, personal quarrels, and other easily comprehensible crimes.
And if we really care about those 9,000 souls who are shot to death each year, there is an extremely effective policy that we could enact right now that would probably save many of them.
I'm talking about ending the drug war.
Reliable statistics on the number of drug-related murders in the United States are hard to come by. A 1994 Department of Justice report suggested that between a third and a half of U.S. homicides were drug-related, while a recent Center for Disease Control study found that the rate varied between 5% and 25% (a 2002 Bureau of Justice report splits the difference). Part of this variance is that "drug-related" murders are hard to define. There are murders committed by people on drugs, murders committed by addicts to get money for drugs, turf-war murders by drug suppliers, and murders committed by gangs whose principal source of income is drug sales.
But very few would argue that the illegal drug trade is a significant cause of murders. This is a straightforward result of America's three-decade-long "drug war." Legal bans on drug sales lead to a vacuum in legal regulation; instead of going to court, drug suppliers settle their disputes by shooting each other. Meanwhile, interdiction efforts raise the price of drugs by curbing supply, making local drug supply monopolies (i.e., gang turf) a rich prize to be fought over. And stuffing our overcrowded prisons full of harmless, hapless drug addicts forces us to give accelerated parole to hardened killers.
Ending the drug war would involve reducing all of these incentives to murder. Treating addicts in hospitals and rehab centers, instead of sticking them in prisons, would reduce demand for drugs, lowering the price and starving gangs of income while reducing their incentive to wage turf wars. Decriminalization would relieve pressure on our prison system, allowing us to focus on keeping violent people off the streets instead of pointlessly punishing drug users for destroying their own health. And full legalization of recreational marijuana -- which is already proceeding quickly among the states, but is still foolishly opposed by the Obama administration -- is an obvious first step.
In other words, yes, gun control is good. BUT don't expect it to be a panacea for America's gun violence problem. If we really want to save some of those 9,000 people, we need to end the self-destructive, failed drug policies that have turned us into a prison state and turned many of our cities into war zones.


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We all have them, temptations. We all struggle with them. We sometimes give in to them. The enemy is perpetually out to get us to stumble and sin. His reasons for doing this are apparent:
- He tried to take over heaven, he failed, and was cast down to earth (Isa. 14:12-17)
- He tried to take over earth by tempting Adam and Eve; he succeeded (Genesis 3 / 2 Cor. 4:4)
- Jesus came and took back over, and gave the keys of authority in the spirit-earth-realm back to us (Matthew 16:19 / John 14:13-14)
- Now, Satan tries to take back over the earth-spirit realm by tempting us to submit to his authority
How did Jesus overcome temptations? There was one, primary way that He overcame – THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD (Matthew 4:1-11). Every time Satan threw a temptation at Jesus, Jesus fired back with Scriptures. Jesus was not acting as God here; Jesus was acting as a man, fully tempted and fully able to succumb to the temptation. And since He was able to overcome, He now lives His life through us (Gal. 2:20). So, it is vital for us to get His Word into our hearts through study and meditation, daily, in the Word.
Remember this powerful passage – "I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you" (Psalm 119:11 NLT). The Word contains within it the seed-power to transform our hearts into victorious hearts.
I encourage you today, as you are reading through the New Testament, don't just passively read it. Take time to meditate on it. Take time to look at it, think about it, and visualize it. Listen to the Holy Spirit as you read and allow Him to speak to you through the life of Jesus and the revelation of God He is to the world and to you personally.


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If we pulled up
all the carpets,
all the rugs,
how many secrets
would we find
swept into shadows
that never settle?
If we turned up
all the mistruths,
all the twists,
how many futures
could we save
from being
cast into creatures
that cannot comfort?
All words and drawings by Damien B. Donnelly


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Ive got the itch, bug !!!!!!!!!!!!
By dungy
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Greetings garden lovers,
Yes as the heading says ive got it!!
the bug, the itch,
I thought a really good shower would take it away!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But after drying myself and spraying lots of Brut all over the parts that other smellies cant reach!!!!!!!!!
SHock it was still there, " in my head" it wouldnt go away"
Stay tuned in and i'll tell you more!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's this taking picture thing,
Yes ive the itch to take more & more,
But I'd like to include you all in my itching,
So you can all share it with me,
And so the idea is to take a few picture's of the verious bird nesting box's ive got around the garden and then show in a layed out stage by stage how you can make a very simple & cheap bird nesting box "well it's a pot really" in about 20 mins with very little materials, "No DIY skill"
And it really will work for the birds and its a good natural talking point for when visitors arrive.
So tomorrow night i will have it all ready for you to see.
And then i hope you'll have "like me an itch" but a bird nesting box itch".
Other than this bug/itch todays weather has been really hot sun this morning and thunder and lightening this afternoon.
On a friday here in france in our little village we have the open street market,
veg, flowers, wine, ducks and hens, and even a very popular item's are the plastic table coverings "like what your grand parents had"
They are very popular here and on todays market they also had a youth band playing "crash bang boom" music as they marched up and down the square,
They're not asking for anything "No charge or collections" just a bit of added music to make the market come to life and sell more head ache pills.
With the morning sun and the warmth of the sun it was nice to walk through the market seeing people kissing each other and the little ones being just that "little ones".
I saw an old lady with her cat on a lead walking from stall to stall, Ive seen her many times and the cat.
Yes i can honestly say one thing this country part of france dont have is fashion,
I thought as i got older and left the care of my nan i'd never see plastic table coverings ever again "but i did today"And she had a sort of plastic rain hat that when she took it off her head she'd pull the chin ties and the plastic head cover would end up like one strip of plastic ready for another rainy day!
Well those plastic strip head covers are all the go for the old ladies here and you can buy them today from the big van thats also on the square every market day.
Life really hasn't moved towards the modern ways here,
I had to go to the nurse today for a blood test (doctor said it was a good idea to keep on top of such things and as he's the boss who am i to argue?)
Anyway ive not seen the nurse since she pulled 34 metal clips out of my leg after the hip opperation and kept saying after everyone only such & such amount to go now.
Well as i went into the nurses centre this young girl who looked about 12 to me said hello and i said ive come to see the nurse ref a blood test.
Oh your a little late she replied, she's dead!!!!!!
Im your knew nurse now my name is "ouiset!"
Come this way and i'll do your test now, your doctor said you we're coming.
12 Years of age and taking blood test "with a needle".
On the wall i could see pictures of this nurse and certificates of her career and her final pass as a registered nurse,
Not only did i feel drained of the blood she'd taken but OLD really OLD.
Yes you know when your getting older when what looks like a 12 year old is infact into her late 20's married with a baby (pics on her desk proved this).
So its been a "Full day" a happy day and a learning day!
Who could ask for any more?
And we've got a new table plastic cover for the outside table.
Have a nice one folks.
- 7 Jun, 2013
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Glad you survived the blood tests. I think it's good that some places haven't moved on to the modern ways, I'm not keen on quite a lot of 'modern ways' and I'm no fan of fashion.
I like the idea of the lady walking her cat on the lead.
Looking forward to seeing your pics!
7 Jun, 2013
Oh Dungy you do make me laugh, I can remember wearing one of those strips of plastic, we always carried one in our handbags, the water always ran off and trickled down your neck, mind you that was better than getting ones backbrushed and heavily lacquered hairstyle ruined, lol..
Those plastic tablecloths were a godsend when the children were little, in fact I have a huge special xmas one that still comes out when its our turn to play host for the family..
Market day here as well, every Friday and a small one in the town square on Saturdays, it was packed today as the good weather had fetched people out, plus the local radio station were in town, needless to say I avoided it, don't like shopping or crowds, my sojourns are only done when I can't get out of it..
We use that saying," You know you're getting old when the policemen get younger" these days the policemen are even younger than my kids, guess I'm now considered ancient in some circles then........
7 Jun, 2013
Hello folks, and fashion followers,
The weather here this morning is hot but dull, its forcast a storm this afternoon 'early evening'
so it's strip plastic hair covers to the ready,
I was thinking "they make a shampoo called head & shoulders for the hairy headed man!!!!!
but shouldn't there be one called just shoulders for the balder man?"
was saying if she won the lottery she'd have someone in to do the garden when she got to old to do it,
Well i had a lad working for me once and he loved going to see liverpool play,
"Now he wasn't the sharpest knife in the draw and some of the other males who worked for me tended to pick on him in as much he never got to sit in the front of the van "always tucked up in the rear of it
& he was the one always putting materials away while the others would be standing around talking,
Anyway saturday morning for the lads was half day and time & a half pay,
I knew this lad liked the overtime as it was towards his saturday football visit and so i'd make sure he got this extra,
One saturday i was tobe honest beating myself up what to do with him for this overtime as i had to be in Manchester & I knew i wouldn't be back to take him back to his home after the 4 hours overtime,
he didnt drive and as i had'nt touched the front garden i'd said to him my front garden looks like nobody lives in the house, the grass has gone wild and the borders the same,
(because of his being so shy it was hard to talk to him about anything)
Well to my surprise he "said" I love gardening (full stop)
Would you like to cut my grass and tidy the borders instead of going off with the lads???
He only lived up the road from us and he could cycle home when he'd finished.
Oh that would be great "he replied".
I'll make sure the wife gets you your tea/coffee etc at break time and there's a loo if you need one And as a exta bonus its job and finish just for you.
Now the front garden was'nt as bad as ive said but could do with a little weeding around the rose's and the lawn grass cut.
So much to the dislike of the other lads i took him to our house showed him where the tools we're kept and as he'd passed the front garden going in he knew what needed doing, (an easy 4 hours work more like 2).
Off i went to Manchester and i felt good looking after this
lad and getting the garden sorted.
The quoting for more work at Manchester was hard work and by the time i returned to my home i just wanted a coffee and a bit of time to myself before checking in calls etc,
Yes a cuppa and a walk around the front garden would do me nice.
I at the time had a jaguar car and it was my pride and joy but unlike the car i have now i didnt have a lot of time to really enjoy the Jag, but this nice long drive did me & the car good and as i turned into our drive this picture of sure bliss turned to a nightmare,
The Lawn had been scalped, not a single rose could be seen in the border, infact nothing was in the border,
He adjusted the lawn mower to setting "low" 1 inch from the soil,
And when my wife appeared with the tray of coffee/cakes etc my worker was greeting her with a big smile and the words,
Ive really cut the grass short so it wont grow to fast,
we're should i put all those dead rose's ???
The wheel barrow was full of every rose i had in the front borders approx 12 .
My wife didn't know what to say,
and the lad continued, if you want me to do anything around the back (that was an acre of land scaped lawn and flower beds, bedding areas full of flowers, etc)
When my wife stood infront of the Jag she just burst out laughing at my face and open mouth.
We still laugh at that short cut to employing someone to garden for you time in our lives.
So Linclass for me when my age puts a stop to the gardening,? It's a water feature idea i'll give serious thought too.
Once again ladies thanks for your replies.
8 Jun, 2013
Dungy it sounds as if your in the perfect place, the market place sounds interesting and the folks that frequent it. Like Lincs I remember the plastic rainhats well - kept the hair dry and the collar soaking wet.lol.
Looking forward to the bird box instructions.
8 Jun, 2013
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This pregnancy has by far flown by. As excited as we are to only have about 17 weeks left there is still so much to do till our second bundle of joy gets here!
With a ton of congratulations my amazing husband starts his new job on Monday!!! (Go comment on his page "congratulations on the new job"). This job change has and will change our life in so many ways. Currently Peyton and I are on the hunt to find our first home before our littlest Middleton arrives!! Three months to you may seem impossible but hey my life has been about getting over impossible obstacles no one ever believes we would be able to. At the end of the day getting into a house is our ultimate goal even if it takes longer than three months.
My cravings so far has been pepperoni pizza or cheese from Cici's. Anything spicy is my game, I love to eat the green sauce from Tex taco and two beef tacos on corn. My taste buds have kicked nacho Doritos out and I fell in love with the cool ranch flavor. Moving on to the healthier side of snacks, cucumbers chopped up soaked in apple cider vinegar topped with tony seasoning is THE BEST!
Pain??? Oh sweetheart yes my back feels like it might just shatter into a million pieces at the end of the day. There's no time to sleep when you have a toddler who's constantly on the move. From crawling onto the couch and climbing on top of our end table. My eyes are glued on the dangers that could possibly happen. Paighton has absolutely no fear and my gosh she thinks that jumping on the couch is the funniest thing in the world. Sometimes I just want to pause time and fall asleep.
Pregnancy is hard by itself but throw a toddler in the mix and house duties on top of homework, staying up to date on my blogs and selling candles. I'm tired!!!!! However the excitement on our changing life has kept me going and motivating! I've noticed in this pregnancy I haven't taken any bump pictures every week like I did with P. From now on till I deliver I'll make it a effort to take a picture and post it on my Instagram for all to see!
During this cold weather change this week I've been so congested That it has caused me to have a horrible migraine. I went four days without wanting to take any medicine and one the fifth day I had enough! I finally dreaded the pain and had asked Peyton to get me some medicine. At this time we were at Peyton's parents house and like a total mom my mom in law always has medicine for almost every situation which is very handy! But of course the one time I want to relieve the pain with medicine it's the only one they had ran out of. Maybe it was God sending me a sign that I didn't need it. Sure enough moments later my headache disappeared.
With just about 16 weeks left I can't wait but feel so excited about the journey to come! I can't wait to celebrate Peyton's 21st birthday in February, maternity Photos and our baby shower in March and to meet our littlest Middleton at the end of March or early April. Each week that passes it closer and closer to meeting our baby. Paighton has already taken the roll of being a Big Sister so seriously. She loves to constantly rub and kiss my belly every chance she gets.
We can't wait for all the many more adventures we get to share with you all!