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Your marriage is hard, now get over it
I'm continuing in the series, The Warriors Marriage, today is perhaps the simplest concept and the hardest way to be a warrior in your marriage. Your marriage is hard, circumstances seem impossible, now get over it.
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Carson City – A day after President Donald Trump's State of the Union address – where he called for expanding the middle class – his administration's consumer agency said it wants to change key protections that keep people from sliding deeper into poverty.
Hear an audio report from Suzanne Potter …
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection has proposed revisions to the payday lending rule – so that lenders no longer have to verify the borrower's ability to repay a loan without renewing it.
Suzanne Martindale, senior policy counsel for Consumer Reports, says this is a betrayal of the bureau's core mission.
"This really does send a message that this agency that was tasked with protecting consumers would rather instead leave everything open and allow lenders to do whatever they see fit," she states.
Thirty-seven states have banned the triple-digit interest rates common in many payday and car title loans, but in Nevada, interest rates on short term loans have no limit.
Assembly Bill 118 has eight sponsors in the 2019 legislative session and would prohibit making loans with an annual percentage rate of more than 36 percent.
On the federal level, the bureau ceased to be an independent agency once Trump gained the right to appoint the director. Since then, it put the payday rule on hold and then settled multiple exploitation cases against payday lenders with small fines.
The administration argues that the change will allow the industry to expand and offer credit to additional needy customers.
Martindale says predatory lenders profit by bleeding desperate consumers dry.
"Not all credit is created equal, and it is important to ensure that we are not enabling a marketplace that allows lenders to stick people in debt they can't get out of and that could very likely leave them worse off than before they borrowed," she states.
Research shows that 4 out of 5 consumers of payday loan have to re-borrow at the end of the loan's term. And with auto title loans, 1 in 5 borrowers loses the car to repossession.

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Got your eye on a new home? Better start gathering your papers…
You may be excited about the prospect of moving to make a fresh start, or even perhaps becoming a homeowner for the first time, but it's also understandable if you're anxious. The mortgage loan process is, after all, infamously complex.
You aren't alone. But mortgage applications only seem daunting because of the required paperwork involved; if you know in advance what you'll need, the process becomes much, much easier. We'll tell you what you need below.
Why Apply?
Before you find the home of your dreams, you should get the bank's blessing in advance. The mortgage loan application is standard procedure and will tell you how much you're approved for. Essentially, it is what the bank is willing to lend you to finance the new home, based on many factors that range from your credit worthiness to your annual salary. Once you know how much you're approved for, you can shop for homes in that range.
Application Process Documents Needed
Now that it's time to start the application process, what do you need to have at the ready?
Pre-approval Documents (for Purchase):
For pre-approval, make sure you have:
- W-2 for the last 2 years
- Federal Tax Returns for the last 2 years
- Paystubs for the last 30 days
- Driver's License or Passport copy
- Last 2 consecutive bank statements (all pages): This includes checking and savings accounts, 401(k)s, investments, etc.
- Executed purchase contract
- Realtor contact information
- Escrow contact information (if applicable)
Additional Documents
Depending on the mortgage lender or your unique situation, additional items may be needed to complete your application. The necessity of providing these documents will depend on many factors, such as whether you're divorced, accepting or making child support payments, or large recent bank deposits.
Additional items may include:
- K1s and Business Tax returns for self-employed borrowers
- Divorce decree
- Copy of Trust
- Copy of alimony or child support award letters
- Letters of Explanation for credit inquiries made in the past 90 days
- Any bank deposits greater than 50% of your qualifying income
A Word About FICO…
While your lender will do its own research into your financial status, it's a good idea to know your FICO score and keep a copy with you. This score is particularly important when you're applying for a home loan, because how good or bad your FICO score is will determine how much you're going to pay for your mortgage as part of the up-front fees as well as total interest payments.
A lot of factors go into your FICO score, such as:
- Payment history
- Debt burden
- Length of credit history
- Type of credit
- Recent searches for credit
To find your FICO score, there are a number of available tools out there on the internet – just Google one and you'll find what you're looking for in a flash. You can also talk to a mortgage lender and they will be happy to help you out.
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KU IKAIKA Marathon 2013 @ La Union – February 23, 2013
La Union Ku Ikaika Marathon 2013 will bring more challenges, fun and lot of prizes and surprises. Start and Finish will be at the Beach Front. Similar to the first edition, Ku Ikaika meaning "stand strong" dares all participants in 3K, 5K, 10K, 21K & 42K categories to defy the theme "only the strongest will endure". Register now!
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THE HIGH COURT today ruled that a Pakistani worker who was awarded €92,000 for breaches of employment law, is not entitled to the money.
Muhammad Younis had been awarded the money after the Rights Commissioner found he had been the victim of exploitation by his employer, working long hours for just 55 cent per hour.
Justice Gerard Hogan found that the man, an undocumented worker, was not entitled to money awarded because his employment contract cannot be recognized.
Commenting on the High Court decision, Gráinne O' Toole of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland said;
A fundamental problem with the Employment Permits Act has been uncovered. This is devastating, not only for Mr Younis, but for all undocumented migrants who are now left without protection against exploitation under Irish labour law. It is a sad day for Ireland when a man who suffered extreme exploitation is denied justice while his exploiter walks free.
After the judgement Younis said, "I did nothing wrong and instead I am being further punished by today's decision. I am in a black hole and devastated by this news."
Justice Hogan said he would send a copy of his judgement for consideration by the government.
"There must be some concern that this legislation will produce consequences which were not foreseen or envisaged," he said.
"Specifically it may not have been intended by the Oireachtas that undocumented migrant workers should be effectively deprived of the benefit of all employment legislation by virtue of his illegal status…"
O'Toole said the law as it is now interpreted gives the green light to exploitative employers and the government must act immediately to guarantee undocumented workers are protected under employment law.
Solicitor for Younis James McGuill said his legal team "will examine all avenues including a challenge to the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights."
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I made it one hour through the first installment of this 4-part History Channel miniseries and I could go no further. When I saw that it was produced by Joel Osteen, I was skeptical, but I wanted to see it anyway. Surely, this would be Osteen's chance at redeeming himself from all the false accusations people have leveled at him over the years. Surely now, this would be his chance to preach the Gospel after 20 years of positive thinking and Christian motivational speaking. For a while it looked like they were doing a good job, taking the Bible literally, reverently, and seriously.
But it was hard for me to take it seriously. I know that Osteen is not a man that preaches lordship salvation or Hell. He is more like a motivational speaker; and has even spoken in favor of universalism; and rejected the idea of preaching about Hell. In this miniseries, there is a combination of dramatization like a movie, with interviews from Bible scholars: of which every one is liberal: either from the United Church of Christ, the Episcopal Church, the United Methodist Church, or academics from state universities. No Southern Baptists, no Assemblies of God, no Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). All of which explains very much about Osteen's theological roots: liberal theology. Somewhere along the way, he must've adopted it. There is also Biblical criticism: the massacre of the innocents is explained away as a non-historical event, written into the Bible to "make Jesus look like Moses." One scholar in particular uses strange words: dreams are a mechanism for information from God (true), the census was a device to get Jesus born in Bethlehem (okay, true), then he says that Matthew was obsessed with making Jesus "look like Moses." O–kay. Seeing that gay marriage ministers are consulted throughout, with one scholar saying at 57:15, "You can do what the h-ll you like in Judea," referring to king Herod killing the babies of Bethlehem: it was hard for me to take this program all that seriously, which is why I turned it off at this point. Sorry Joel: you're a liberal. I just can't take this production seriously. If you want to see some good Jesus movies, then watch these instead:
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977) – IMDb: 8.5/10 – praised by New York Times, Emmy Awards
- The Passion of the Christ (2004) – IMDb: 7.2/10 – praised by Time, Academy Awards
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) – 6.6 – praised by Variety, Hollywood Reporter
- The Gospel of John (2003) – IMDb: 7.7/10
- The Jesus Film (1979) – IMDb: 7.1/10


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LEGO Letterpress: Bird Species from The Netherlands Are Printed with Everyone's Favorite Toy Bricks
Back in 2017, designer Roy Scholten and collaborator Martijn van der Blom brought LEGO into their letterpress workshops for elementary school students. Small and accessible to most, the ubiquitous plastic bricks were easier and faster to use than traditional lead type and were familiar creative tools for many of the children. Around the same time, the pair also developed a series of LEGO dinosaur prints in subtle gradients, an early collection that inspired Scholten's ongoing project using the unusual material.
From his studio in Hilversum, Scholten forms dozens of winged creatures found in The Netherlands as part of 50 Birds. The 6 x 6-inch designs adeptly arrange the rigid blocks into beaks and round bellies with small lines of white left between. He describes his process:
Creating a design starts with establishing the outline, the total shape, and posture of the bird in question. Once that puzzle is solved, that construction is then divided up again into three to six different "lego stamps", one for each color. Each stamp gets printed in the right order so that the combination results in the finished design.
Scholten releases 20 editions of each work, and keep an eye on Instagram for his upcoming renditions of the kingfisher, jay, dunnock, blue-headed wagtail, and the odd duck. If you're in the area, he also offers weekly letterpress and monoprinting workshops at Grafisch Atelier Hilversum. You also might enjoy these LEGO typeface studies. (via Present&Correct)
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Sobha International City, a Luxury Row Houses, Presidential Villas Duplex Villas development spread across 150 acres of sprawling natural beauty, is located next to 150 meter wide Dwarka expressway, Sector 109 Gurgaon. Designed by world famous architect, The project boasts of pleasing streets, green gardens, and excellent communications & standard of living amenities. The villas have an exclusive outside-in design where the external landscape perfectly switching into the inside, rendering the homes an energizing atmosphere of natural luxury.
At Sobha International City, every villa comprises world class material put together to form modern living spaces adjusted with nature. From the first switch you tap upon walking into one of villas to the very paint that sets the mood in any room, every small detail has been looked into by connoisseur architects.
- These are spread over the ground + 2 floors and offer the option of an in-built Jacuzzi
- villas come with terrace gardens as well as private front and back lawns
- Presidential villas offer private elevators within the homes
- All villas are open, airy, naturally well-lit and extremely aesthetically pleasing
- Exclusive and 'grand' club house spread across 2 acres within the complex
- Holistic social infrastructure within the township complex
- The double height entrance lobby offers a grand welcome to the residents
Location Advantages
- 150 meter wide expressway connecting Dwarka, NH 8 and Manesar
- Amusement park at sector 20, Dwarka
- Key Distances
- IGI Airport : 5.0 Km.
- Dwarka : 3.0 Km.
- Palam Vihar : 3.0 Km.
- Columbia Asia Hospital : 3.5 Km.
- Ansal Plaza Mall : 3.5 Km.
- Iffco Chowk : 9.5 Km.
- Cyber City : 10.0 Km.
- Ambience Mall Gurgaon :10.0 Km.
- Vasant Vihar :17.0 Km.
- Dhaula Kuan :18.0 Km.
Property Overview
|Luxury Apartments
|Under Construction
- 100% Power Back Up
- 24 Hour Water Supply
- 3 Tier Security
- Air conditioning
- Car Paking
- Club House
- Gymnasium
- Kids Play Area
- Lift
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The Indian poet Angelee Deodhar has a knack for extending text by adding images. I'm always touched to get a piece from her where she's used my work–it is like a fun postcard. She just sent me this. My tanka is from the Atomic Era anthology and she combined it with the image, credited here.
A haiku plus art is a haiga. I've just discovered that a haibun plus image is a new form called haibunga. And since a haibun is a haiku plus prose, I guess a haibunga really has three elements. It's very exciting to see these developments in the international community that writes haiku and tanka.
Does anyone know, is there an official name for tanka plus image? Tanka and prose just tends to get called tanka prose. These forms began as traditional Japanese ones, but have migrated, taken off, mutated, and exploded in many languages in the 21st century. They've changed so much, yet often retain a flavor or lineage connection to their roots. It's unusual to see new forms being born–kind of like islands built by volcanoes.


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The point of filing for bankruptcy is to eliminate debts and free up disposable income. However, there will be some debts that remain due after your case ends, and it is important to know how those debts will be treated so you can act accordingly. The most common debts still due after bankruptcy include car and house payments. This is because most people need to keep their car in order to get to and from work, so the bills can be paid, and everyone needs a place to live so hanging on to your house in bankruptcy is popular.
If you have made the decision to file for bankruptcy and are wondering what your financial picture will look like after the case is over, consider the following:
- Any debt you reaffirm, which means you agree to remain personally responsible for the debt after the bankruptcy case is final, will have to be paid. If you do not continue making the payments, the lender can and probably will sue you. What this means is that once a judgment is entered, the creditor can undertake collection efforts.
- Debts still owed after bankruptcy not only need to still be paid, but they are also debts for which you can negotiate with your lender on payment and other terms. If a debt is still owed, you have certain rights. This is especially true if you signed a reaffirmation agreement, which gives the lender the ability to discuss the debt with you after the bankruptcy case is over. If you find yourself having a hard time making the payments pursuant to the reaffirmation agreement, you can call the lender and ask for payment options. This is not something you can do if you decide to voluntarily pay for your property after bankruptcy without also reaffirming the debt.
This information is complex, and can be difficult to understand. We can help make it clear, so you are clear about what is expected of you once your case is final. It is much easier to stick to a financial plan when you understand the terms of that plan. Call our office today to learn more and allow us to help you formulate a plan that makes sense.
For more information about debt management, bankruptcy, and what you will still be required to pay after filing for bankruptcy, contact us at www.DsouzaLegalGroup.com. We help by explaining your options and developing a plan that meets your needs.


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Nowadays, Singapore florist can make so many creative designs. It is not only for the flower but also some hampers. Besides having the conventional service, they also promote the service online. It can be done through the website, social media, or other ways.
One of the most popular creations is hand bouquet. This hand bouquet can be made from several flowers. It has a simple shape, but it looks really elegant for many kinds of moments. A hand Bouquet can be the perfect gift for your lovely ones.
Nowadays, there are so many online florist services that you can find on the internet. Sometimes it will make you are more difficult to find the best one. However, you don't need to be worried. Below are the simple and useful tips to choose the best florist.
Service Given and How They Send the Flowers
In this recent modern era, all people can easily do their activity from their homes. They don't need to go outside. One of the activities is shopping. You don't have to go to a shop or florist to purchase a flower. This conventional way it looked so old.
Nowadays, people will use their smartphone to call Singapore florist. All they need are just gadgets and an internet network for sure. You can look for the best design from a florist's website and order one. That is why; a florist should manage their website really well.
Choosing a flower is tricky. Everything is dependent on your needs and when you want that flower to be sent is. Make sure if you want to send it on the same day or for the following day. You must know about the service given by a florist too.
The next consideration is about the cost. Please ensure to know the detail of the price. It is because some florists can have a different cost on weekdays and weekends. Find the information about it on their website or ask a florist for customer service.
The Reputation of a Florist Service
A good florist always has an excellent reputation. Usually, they have transparent order systems. It is included in the payment system, notification, and delivery service. They will update everything through email or phone number. A florist's reputation can be also known from a review.
Take a look at the comment from the testimonial menu. It is a comment from the customers who have bought flowers before. In addition, a professional florist will put their flower collections on a website. The website is a representation of a professional one.
On that website, you can take a look at several kinds of flowers which are sold. A professional website is a user-interface one. It means that all people will able to explore that website easily. It is even for beginner customers to make them have a comfortable shopping.
One of the keys to choosing a professional florist is the price. Don't make the cheap price your only consideration. It is better to choose a reasonable price for a flower. It reflects the quality of flowers or hampers that you choose.
Considering Communication and Flower Collections
Remember this; a professional florist must have good communication skills. They should help customers who have several questions. It is usually about the flower collections up to the delivery process. Customer service must able to help you with what you want to ask.
In addition, they must be opened to all suggestions and critics from the customers. The last tip is for you as a customer. Buying a hamper or flower can be tricky. It is more than just picking the beautiful ones. You need to know about the meaning and background.
You must know your aim in buying a flower bouquet for example. Is it for a condolence situation, graduation, Christmas, or what? Gain more information about who will receive that flower too. If you want to, get advice from the florist about it.
The professional florist will feel so happy to help you. They will recommend some flowers and designs based on your aim. You can also tell them about your budget. Since the florist has tons of collections, you will able to get your dreamed flower bouquet.


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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Life's curveballs—the loss of a job, a sudden medical emergency, or mounting credit card bills—can put you in a difficult financial situation. When experiencing the distress of overwhelming debt, filing for bankruptcy may be a legal option to remedy your financial condition and achieve debt relief. If you are considering filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, consulting with an experienced New Mexico bankruptcy attorney is important for detailed guidance.
At the Law Office of Jason Cline, I have devoted my career to offering knowledgeable and comprehensive legal guidance to clients in bankruptcy-related matters. I'm available to discuss your unique financial situation and help you understand your possible bankruptcy options. As your legal counsel, I can provide you with the detailed legal counsel, support, and reliable advocacy you need to navigate the complicated procedures surrounding Chapter 13 bankruptcy in New Mexico.
My firm – the Law Office of Jason Cline – proudly serves clients throughout Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Los Lunas, or anywhere throughout the state of New Mexico.
Overview of Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Chapter 13 bankruptcy, also referred to as "repayment plan" bankruptcy, is a debt relief option available to consumers who earn a decent income but are overwhelmed with debts. In Chapter 13, the debtor will propose a repayment plan, spread over three to five years, to pay back their debts using their future income. At the end of the Chapter 13 repayment plan, some of your unsecured debt may be discharged.
When Is Chapter 13 a Good Debt Relief Option?
Chapter 13 may be an ideal debt relief option when:
You have non-exempt assets that you want to keep.
You need sufficient time to pay back your debts or recover on past-due payments.
You are late with your car loan or mortgage payments.
The majority of your debts can't be discharged. Such debts may include tax obligations, fines and penalties, or domestic support obligations such as alimony and child support payments.
You have a co-debtor on a consumer or personal debt.
An experienced attorney can help determine when Chapter 13 is a good debt relief option for you and enlighten you about what Chapter 13 can do for you.
What Can Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Do?
Filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code can help you in the following ways:
Affords you more time to pay back your debts through a repayment plan
Gives you the time you need to catch up on past-due payments and debts while keeping your assets
Allows you to reschedule and extend your secured debts over the life of the repayment plan
Helps rebuild your credit score gradually over time
Allows you to discharge some unsecured debts at the end of the plan
Allows you to apply for new credit lines within a few years of filing
Activates an "automatic stay," which is a court order that immediately halts all debt collection, creditor harassment, and wage garnishment
Activates an "automatic stay" that delays or prevents an eviction, foreclosure, or repossession on your property
What Chapter 13 Can't Do
While this bankruptcy option can help consumers in many ways, there are some things a Chapter 13 plan can't do. These include:
It will not leave you destitute.
It will not eliminate any of your priority debts, such as fines and penalties, federal, state, and local taxes, criminal restitution, liens, and debts from fraud.
It will not eliminate your student loan debts, except in extreme circumstances.
It will not alleviate your domestic support obligations like alimony and child support payments.
A knowledgeable bankruptcy lawyer can evaluate your financial situation and determine your eligibility for Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Qualifying for Chapter 13
To qualify for Chapter 13, you must show the New Mexico bankruptcy court that:
You are up-to-date on your tax filings.
You are within the debt limitations, meaning your unsecured debts are less than $394,725, and your secured debts are less than $1,184,200.
You are employed and have enough income to cover the proposed monthly payments after subtracting expenses and payments.
You are filing as an individual and not as a business.
However, debt amount limitations are modified periodically to show changes in the economic situation and the consumer price index.
Mandatory Courses (Before and After Filing)
You must take a mandatory credit counseling course from an approved U.S. Trustee agency in New Mexico before filing. Additionally, you will take another debtor course after filing for Chapter 13 to receive your bankruptcy discharge.
Establishing a Repayment Plan
As mentioned earlier, filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy requires you to propose a repayment plan to your creditors and the court while taking all your debts into account. The court-appointed bankruptcy trustee and your creditors will be allowed to review and object to your plan or make necessary adjustments. Once every party is satisfied, the New Mexico court will set up a confirmation hearing where the proposed repayment plan will be reviewed and officially approved.
The Confirmation Hearing
At the confirmation hearing, the bankruptcy judge will review the plan and certify that:
The repayment plan is feasible.
You can make the monthly payments.
The repayment plan meets the terms and conditions of bankruptcy law.
You filed the repayment plan in good faith, and you can repay most of your unsecured creditors.
An experienced bankruptcy attorney can evaluate your proposed plan and ensure that it meets statutory requirements.
How Legal Counsel Can Help
Filing for bankruptcy in New Mexico involves several complexities, and navigating the complicated bankruptcy procedures alone isn't advisable. According to the American Bankruptcy Institute, there were 2,423 total bankruptcy filings in New Mexico in 2020, including about 246 Chapter 13 cases. These consumers didn't go through this alone and neither should you. When considering filing for bankruptcy, consulting with an experienced bankruptcy attorney is crucial to help you move forward.
At the Law Office of Jason Cline, I have the experience and resources to assist and guide clients through the complexities of New Mexico bankruptcy proceedings. As your legal counsel, I can review your unique financial situation, explore your available options, and determine whether Chapter 13 is right for you. Also, I can help with the required documentation, represent you in bankruptcy court, and guide you through every phase of the legal process. I will help simplify the Chapter 13 bankruptcy process for you and guide you on your road to financial recovery.
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Attorney Serving Albuquerque, New Mexico
If you are considering filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, contact my firm – the Law Office of Jason Cline – today for a simple consultation. I can offer you the experienced legal counsel and strong advocacy you need to navigate important decisions. My firm is proud to serve clients across Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Los Lunas, or anywhere throughout the state of New Mexico.


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Buddha's Advice for the Grieving (An Apocryphal Story)
Folks, it's that time of year again. It's the holiday season, and as I've written before, here and here, it's the time of the year when grieving people feel the most alone and misunderstood.
We feel isolated, you see. And that sense of isolation gets worse when you hear all the festive music, see all the twinkling holiday lights…so many people are bustling around buying gifts, you'd think that was the only reason anyone ever had to celebrate Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice, Christmas, or any other celebration save Festivus.
For some reason tonight, I was thinking about a story my late husband Michael told me about Gautama Buddha. (Michael was a Zen Buddhist.) This is in my best paraphrase, and does not come from a holy text — but I hope it will prove enlightening despite its apocryphal nature.
A distraught woman came to the Buddha and said, "I feel terrible. I grieve so much — surely there is some place on this Earth where people don't hurt like this? Teach me, Buddha."
And the Buddha is said to have told her, "I cannot give you this answer. But if you go around the world, ask people about grief. Then come back and let me know; I want the answer, too."
So the woman went around the world and asked if anyone had the answers.
What she found is that everyone grieved something. Whether it was the loss of a loved one, the loss of a beloved pet, the loss of opportunities, even the loss of jobs, everyone grieved about something.
So the woman went back to the Buddha and said, "I did not find anyone who does not grieve, Buddha. Now what?"
And the Buddha gently told her, "Daughter, that is your answer."
You see, if we all realized that we all grieve, there would be more understanding in this world. And understanding is the key to peace, if not necessarily the key to happiness itself…and it is understanding, along with the love of friends and family, that can help you when you feel lost and alone due to grief.
That does not take the grief away, mind. Nothing can.
But if you can talk about it, if you can accept it, that is the first step toward peace during this fractious, difficult, and often frustrating holiday season.
So please, do what you can to talk with your family members this holiday season, even the difficult ones who suffer from grief, anxiety, frustration, angst…try to show them kindness, love, and support.
That, to my mind, is the best gift you can possibly give during this holiday season.
Written by Barb Caffrey
December 23, 2015 at 2:06 am
Please Remember Those Who Grieve During the Holidays
Happy holidays, folks!
Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Yule, Kwanzaa, or as more often is the case in the United States, Christmas, I hope you are celebrating the holidays as you see fit.
But I'd like to ask for a moment of your time amidst the merriment, because I want you to please remember those who grieve during the holidays. For those who've lost loved ones, whether they're beloved spouses, parents, siblings, or friends, this time of year can be brutal.
We miss our loved ones so fiercely, you see. We want to talk about them. We want to remember what they said, what they did, how they laughed, and how they enjoyed the holidays because their lives mattered. Their vital, bright spirits were here for a reason, and they loved us…but now, they're gone.
But never forgotten.
I'm not sure why it is, but in American society, many people don't seem to know what to say to a widow. Or to someone who's missing her father. Mother. Brother. Cousin. Special friend.
And when those important people are left out of the conversation, those who are missing their lost loved ones feel even more bereft than before.
God/dess is love, I firmly believe. And part of that love is to be kind to those who grieve, especially at this time of the year — and most especially with people who are enduring their first major holiday without their beloved family member(s) or friend(s).
So while you enjoy the holidays — and you should — please remember those who grieve. Talk with them about their loved ones, and what you remember about them. Make a point to say to them that you care, that you haven't forgotten, either, and that it's important to remember the love they shared with us.
Because it helps. (Really.)
Written by Barb Caffrey
December 24, 2014 at 4:47 am
Posted in Prescient observations, Remembrance, Widowhood
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By Göran R Buckhorn
After the Mystic River Boathouse Park Implementation Committee had held a meeting presenting the master plan for the Hart Perry Boathouse and the Mystic River Boathouse Park, the boathouse got criticized on social media.
While around 70 people gathered at a meeting for the unveiling of the master plan for the Mystic River Boathouse Park and Hart Perry Boathouse by the Mystic River on 11 October gave warm applauds after the presentation of the Mystic River Boathouse Park Implementation Committee, the plan was panned on social media. The majority of those who posted comments about the boathouse on the Stonington Community Forum Facebook page and the newspaper The Day's website were negative about the building's design.
'We'll do another forum. We want this to be a community building. We want people to be excited about it in a good way,' Mike O'Neill, the director of rowing for the Friends of Stonington Crew and vice chairman of the Mystic River Boathouse Park Implementation Committee, told the local newspaper The Day in an interview.
Rob Simmons, first selectman of the town of Stonington and the chairman of the Mystic River Boathouse Park Implementation Committee, is quoted saying to The Day, that he was 'not surprised by the reaction from people on social media who did not take the time to attend the meeting.'
By not attending the meeting, the people were not able to listen to the presentation by Alex Anmahian, of the firm Anmahian Winton, which is designing the boathouse. Anmahian had many positive things to say about the structure. He and Chad Frost, of Kent + Frost Landscape Architecture, the company which is designing the $2.2 million 1.5-acre park, have worked hard to come up with the best solution for the property on 123 Greenmanville Avenue.
'No, we were not surprised, and we wanted feedback from the community,' John Thornell, Stonington High School crew varsity girls coach and board member of Friends of Stonington Crew, told HTBS. 'We were a bit disappointed by some of the negative comments. People may not realize we are all volunteers trying to build something for the Stonington community. He added: 'It's a natural part of the process to get feedback. The people on social media didn't like the contemporary design of the boathouse.'
Isn't it strange that the people who attended the Mystic River Boathouse Park Implementation Committee meeting all seemed to like the plans for the boathouse, but people who were not there almost all disliked the plan on social media?
'It's hard to have a dialogue on social media,' Thornell said. 'Those writing comments were not at the meeting hearing Alex Anmahian talking about the structural constraints and his design inspiration. Whenever I talk with people who aren't fans of the boathouse design, we can always find a common ground.'
It seemed that those writing on social media had nothing against the park, it was the boathouse design they didn't like?
'Yes. But the two go hand-in-hand. Chad [Frost] and Alex [Anmahian] had to balance the park and boathouse needs. People don't know all the restrictions,' Thornell said. 'For example, Kent + Frost planned for predicted rising sea levels of 20 inches in 50 years, which was factored into the elevation of the boathouse.'
People have suggested that the boathouse should be in the middle of the property, but that would ruin the area where people would be able to enjoy the park.
What do you say to people who don't like a flat roof because it's 'ugly'?
'The suggested boathouse with a flat roof allows us to take advantage of the total floor area on the second floor. Now we will be able to use that floor for indoor training, that's where we will have the ergs and weights,' Thornell remarked.
O'Neill explained it to The Day: 'With a second floor to accommodate indoor training for the high school team, the building had to meet flood zone requirements and height restrictions, which meant it could only have a flat roof.'
In some social media comments, people wanted to see a boathouse like the beautiful boathouses in Boston or the Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.
'It's nice with "dream buildings", but it's difficult to compare those buildings with the one we would like to build on Greenmanville Avenue. It's also a question of money,' Thornell said.
According to O'Neill, the budget for the boathouse is $250 – $350 per square foot. There are issues related to coast zoning codes, wind, flood, and the site grounds that require additional building costs. 'Given all this, the design is a very economical structure,' O'Neill told HTBS. 'The designs proposed on the Stonington Community Forum Facebook page would cost an addition $100 – $150 per square foot.'
Voices were raised on social media that donors would be unhappy with the suggested boathouse. And that it would be tough to find more donors. What do you think?
'Donors are more interested in the mission of the rowing center, the benefits to the community, and the legacy of Hart Perry than the boathouse design,' Thornell answered.
Thornell is repeating what was said at the meeting: 'We want a good mix of rowers of all ages, students and masters. We plan to get middle school kids rowing, too. We're excited about developing a community around rowing.'
There will be a second meeting about the master plan for the boathouse and the park, this time at Stonington High School. O'Neill is discussing the date with the town of Stonington. Hopefully, the meeting will be on a Saturday or Sunday to give as many people as possible the opportunity to attend.
'We would like to offer something special for the community,' Thornell said.


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Dear friends,
We have been enjoying every nice day that has come along. In days past, we have looked for a January thaw, but haven't needed one yet. The nice days have outnumbered the cold ones, I am sure.
As I look at the way the world is going, I am reminded anew of the urgency of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. In a time when the culture is rebelling against God and the Truth of his Word, it is imperative that His people, the church, take seriously the Great Commission, as it is called.
Jesus' final words to His disciples were, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age" (Matthew 28:18-20).
We, his followers have been given the order to take the gospel to the whole world. The message we have been given is specified in Paul's letter to the believers in Rome. "But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, "that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame… For, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" (Romans 10:8-15).
We have the Good News. We are called to be his witnesses to the ends of the earth. Let us go and make disciples of all nations.
In His love,
Pastor Jerry


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Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may be led to believe that it is more truthful than truth itself. (St.Irenaeus of Lyons)
The Orthodox Church has been the greatest agent of human development in history. The story of the Church is the story of the world. However, not all chapters of this story are full of joy and celebration. There is often pain and suffering. After all, there is no resurrection without the cross, and the defeat of death and the descent in Hades go hand in hand.
History shows that Orthodox Christians have both witnessed and been the victims of some of the world's greatest evils. There are many examples, from the slaughter of the innocents by King Herod to the Ukrainian Holodomor followed today by the genocide of Christians in the Middle East. Throughout its long history, Orthodox Christianity has often been on intimate terms with the evils of this world. The Church celebrates great triumphs but always asks us to remember great tragedies.
For those of us who live in the United States, it is very easy to forget about evil. After all, evil is a word American Orthodox Christians do not like to discuss much these days. Instead of reflecting on good and evil and truth and falsehood, we are much more comfortable talking about feelings of self-esteem and ideas like shame and acceptance.
Those comfortable days are over.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter would be proud of current events in the United States. The recent online video release from the Center for Medical Progress that documents a conversation with Doctor Deborah Nucatola from Planned Parenthood USA should jolt the conscience of every person of good will. What was the topic of this discussion that was held over a luxurious dinner? The deliberate abuse of women through abortion and the dismemberment of children so that their organs and body parts may be harvested and sold for profit.
Orthodox Christians need to take a long, prayerful view of the Planned Parenthood video and take stock of their faith and relationship to the Church. This is the state of our culture. The time when one could live as a casual Orthodox Christian in the United States is over. The cost of Orthodox Christian discipleship has skyrocketed, and the price will no doubt go even higher in the years to come.
Many Orthodox Christians do not like to talk about the abortion culture as it exists today. Nonetheless, it is alive, well and flourishing. One million children are taken every year in America, 200,000 children yearly in Greece, and over 150,000 young souls every twelve months in Ukraine. While there are many brave Orthodox men and women who stand up to the human catastrophe of abortion every day, there are also many Orthodox Christians who are ambivalent and more than a few who believe that being an Orthodox Christian and supporting abortion (being pro-choice) are compatible.
If the Planned Parenthood video teaches us anything, it is that Orthodox Christians need to make it clear to one another and the world that the present-day abortion culture and its pro-choice philosophy are incompatible with the truth of the human person as the image and likeness God. The pro-choice worldview is a form of iconoclasm that leads to death and despair. It is also unequivocally evil. The notion that Orthodox Christians can have a healthy relationship with the Church while remaining pro-choice is a falsehood that must be confronted and corrected at all times. To do anything less would be to fail in loving our neighbor. It would also be to fail in helping heal the many men, women, and children who are victims of our pro-choice culture.
The Tradition of the Orthodox Church has been resisting abortion and offering a healthy alternative to the pro-choice worldview for over two thousand years. Documents like the Didache and the Letter to Diognetus makes this clear. Frederica Matthewes-Green reminds us that "Our Orthodox Christian heritage is absolutely opposed to abortion and child-killing from its very beginnings. This stand against abortion and exposure of infants is, in fact, one of the things that attracted people to the Christian faith."
In order to be the healing presence Christ calls us all to be, Orthodox Christians cannot negotiate a truce with the modern abortion culture, nor can we be indifferent to the human rights violations that are happening before our very eyes. No healthy form of love and compassion can exist when such evils go uncorrected. Alexander Solzhenitsyn said it best:
"In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand-fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations."
The Planned Parenthood Video shows us all that no matter what our feelings are, there is good and evil in the world and that our free choices matter when it comes to protecting the weakest and most vulnerable among us.
Every Orthodox Christian has a part to contribute to the future of the Church as the story of the world. No matter what our calling, there is no doubt that our lives going forward will require the courage of the early Christians. It will also require great sacrifice and our ability to be both heroes and healers. The first step is to leave our indifference behind and begin to row upstream against the currents of the world. Diertrich Bonhoeffer said it best: "We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself."


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1 tbsp coconut oil
1 c chopped pumpkin
1 yukon gold potato cut in cubes
1 onion chopped in large chunks
2 cloves garlic
2 tbsp chopped fresh ginger
1/4 c white wine
1 bag frozen broccoli
1 can garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
1 tbsp red curry paste
pinch of cinnamon
pinch of ginger
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp curry powder
1/2 c tomato sauce
1/2 c coconut milk
2 c water
2 tbsp shredded coconut
2-3 tbsp fresh basil cut in ribbons
salt and pepper to taste
Sauté onions and potato in coconut oil in a large dutch oven or sauce pan till just browning. Add pumpkin and stir, wait about a minute, add garlic and chopped ginger and stir till flavor is released, about a minute or so. Add white wine to deglaze the pan.
Add broccoli, beans, spices, sauce, coconut milk and water. Bring to a boil, then simmer for about 20 minutes. Potatoes should be soft when pierced with a fork. Turn off flame and add shredded coconut, basil, salt and pepper.
Serves 4: 305 calories per serving, 1220 for whole meal.
The first time I made this I did not put as many spices in it, only red curry paste. Afterwards I added the other spices and it made all the difference. I also use Rao's Arribiatta for the tomato sauce.


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#METOOMPLS is a CD (and movement) to lift the voices of women/femmes/trans/nonbinary folks in Minnesota, to support sexual assault survivors and to raise funds for Planned Parenthood. The CD will be released with an online release show from the stage of the Hook and Ladder on September 24.
I can't wait. The collection is painful, inspiring and cathartic. I want everyone to listen to it; I want to talk about the songs, to start the conversations we need to have. Also, the music is amazing. I could listen to it on loop for days. Each of the 17 artists has brought their best and then some to their songs.
Today, I had the great pleasure of hanging out at The Hook and Ladder for the pre-recording session of four of the 17 featured artists: Katy Vernon, Mary Bue, Annie Fitzgerald and JØUR (Jourdan Myers).
Watching each record their two-song set was an intimate experience, especially given the nature of the songs. It's a different intimacy than a livestream from a bedroom, this is old school look-into-the-soul intimacy. I think the intimacy is captured in the film.
Katy started in an amazing gold lamé Vintage swim suit. (Picture Marilyn Monroe with an accent.) Backed by a full band (Clay Williams, Simon Husbands , Reed Pagel, Chris McAtee and Paul Odegaard), she played Shine, a song about owning who you are. She joked that the theme of the songs helped her choose her outfit! It's an upbeat march into action with a sweet and powerful voice proving she/we can be both! It's a celebration song and we celebrated.
Mary took the stage with Jeremy Ylvisaker on guitar to play How to Forgive Your Rapist, an appropriately angry song. It's the sort of anger than gives us strength and it's the kind of strength that hasn't always been encouraged in women. A song that makes the listener feel stronger. Musically there's a blend of Mary's voice and Jeremy's guitar when he goes noisy-ambient that clicks and you feel it in your heart as clearly as you hear it. It magnifies the intensity of the song in the best way.
Annie played I Know that Sound with bandmembers Steve Bosmans and Matt Patrick. It's a pretty sounding song that almost disguises the heartbreak of the lyrics. Not to spoil it, but she sings about the sound of egg shells cracking and the loveliness of the sound of her voice and song play into a tactic we (women/femme/trans/nonbinary people) take when walking on eggshells around volatility. We strive to be harmonious. She captures that abject vulnerability beautifully.
Batting clean up is JØUR (Jourdan Meyers) with Won't Stop Me Now. She walks in alone easy breezy. Sets up as she talks to us and "in the spirit of the live show" knocks out this anthem in one go. A nod to her line "not your cheap trick hotty" and to the ethos of the song and the power to say no. And if saying no isn't working we need to shout with Jourdan. It's a great dance song that builds to a strong crescendo. It's a great message. Jourdan makes it looks so easy.
That's just a snapshot of an incredible album.
And a nod to the Hook and Ladder for hosting. The Hook is a nonprofit venue and greater supporter of local music located directly next door to the Minneapolis Police's Third Precinct. It is amazing that it is still there. They suffered damage but they are rebuilding and it will be as good, if not better, than new. It is a former fire house. Speaking to Executive Director, Chris Mozena, it sounds like thick doors, unbelievable water pressure and I lot of luck have served them well and they will use that good luck to continue to serve the community.


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Today, Dr. David Jeremiah's original discussion about his latest end times prophecy book was rebroadcast. The discussion is fascinating and if you haven't seen it, here's the link!
Dr. Jeremiah said, "We cannot live in lies. We need to live in the truth. We need to discern it.
We as Christians need to be set free by the truth. We are not meant to be globalists, we are meant to be nationalists.
God is a nationalist. He created the nations. Read in Acts. Read in the Bible. So many nations! God created that. He wants it to stay that way."
So much more can be learned by viewing the entire series!
The past 2 years while dealing with this "pandemic" has caused much fear in the lives of millions. But remember this…fear is a liar!
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A price war may be about to break out between kiosk operator RedBox and online renter Netflix. The website HighDefDigest.com disclosed on Tuesday that RedBox has sent out a survey to its users asking them about their interest in subscribing to a movie streaming service that would give them the ability to watch an unlimited number of movies streamed over the Internet as well as four rentals from RedBox kiosks — all for just $3.95 per month, about half what Netflix charges at its lowest monthly rate for basically the same service. Since RedBox already charges $1.00 per overnight rental, anyone who regularly rents four movies or more a month from its kiosks would essentially be receiving the streaming service free. RedBox offered no details about such a service.


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Foreign retailers are finding their way back to New York City as landlords learn to speak their language on rents.
According to a report from NKF, around 30 foreign operators set up shop in Manhattan for the first time last year, including British lingerie maker Bravissimo, Japan's Teso Life general store and Canadian bakpack purveyors, Herschel Supply Co.
"A variety of brands are entering the market and leasing space, foreign groups from Japan and Italy and Canada and the U.K.," said Keith DeCoster, retail research director for NKF.
"In prior years the economics didn't work, but rents have come down, landlords have been more flexible and demand in the U.S. market is strong for some of these retailers. The U.S. market may be stronger in terms of sales and consumer demand."
Since opening its first location in Flushing in 2018, Teso Life, a store that sells Japanese snacks, drinks, household wares and makeup, has signed a second lease for 11,000 s/f at 1265 Broadway.
Italian company Caruso Menswear opened its first showroom outside of Italy at 501 Madison Avenue, where it took 1,855 s/f of space. Other foreign market entrants included Chinese gaming café Wanyoo Café, French bakery Angelina Paris and Ukrainian bridalwear Crystal Design.
According to DeCoster, 2019 was a rebound year for retail in Manhattan, with leasing inching its way up thanks to falling asking rents and flexible terms that encouraged a surge in pop-ups, usually with space being leased by direct-to-consumer brands occupying retail space for the first time.
"It can certainly be a good option for a landlord to do a three- to- six-month pop-up," said DeCoster. "Some of the build-outs don't approach (in complexity) what you'd have for a restaurant or a flagship."
Among domestic companies, the Yard House sports bar chain's 19,000 s/f lease at 10 Times Square was one of the top ten retail leases in Manhattan for the fourth quarter.
The biggest was Best Buy with its 41,000 s/f at 535 Fifth Avenue, followed by Citizens with 40,000 s/f at 5 Manhattan West in Hudson Yards and RAD Entertainment Group with over 39,400 s/f at 1515 Broadway in Times Square.
Overall, the dining and beverage sector led leasing, making up 33 percent of deals completed during the fourth quarter of 2019 with apparel making up 22.3 percent of leases.
One neighborhood that did especially well was Madison Avenue between 59th and 86th Streets. Here, asking rents were $802 psf in the fourth quarter, making it the third most expensive corridor in the city behind Fifth Avenue and Times Square.
Availability along Madison has fallen in recent quarters and, even with the closure of Barney's 260,000 s/f flagship which new owner, Authentic Brand Group, has said it will turn into a pop-up incubator of sorts with one entire floor dedicated to the concept.
Over the past few quarters, tenants flocking to the avenue include Monique L'Huillier, A Bathing Ape and Balmain.
Meanwhile, Giorgio Armani announced plans to reposition its flagship store at 760 Madison, converting the upper floors to 19 luxury apartments with interiors designed by the brandwith a new Armani boutique.
Fifth Avenue had the highest asking rents for the quarter at $1,775 psf on Fifth Avenue, followed by $941 in Times Square and $803 on Madison Avenue.
Availability rates around Manhattan remained nearly the same, increasing only slightly (20.8 percent up from 20.4). Asking rents went up slightly ($379 up from $353), which the report suggests is due to tenants scooping up "value-play" spaces.
Options for space increased with two very large spaces, the one million s/f shops at Hudson Yards and Nordstrom's 320,000 s/f store across seven stories. Other new spaces still under construction include 240,000 s/f at Manhattan West on the far West Side and 450,000 s/f at Essex Crossing in the Lower East Side. Whole Foods, Peloton and a Danny Meyer restaurant are already committed to Manhattan West while the Essex Street Market will eventually house 100 vendors, including Doughnut Plant and The Pickle Guys.
Throughout all of 2019 there was a total of 2.8 million s/f of retail space leased, up from 2.7 million s/f the year before.


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Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Written by Gary Whitta & M. Night Shyamalan; Story by Will Smith
Alright everybody, you better take a knee for this one. Ground yourself and find your focus, everything is not what it may seem. Will Smith is a bankable blockbuster star ever since he crossed into the mainstream in the early nineties with his hit television show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He has his name attached to some wonderful summer movie hits, so when he passed up the opportunity to star as Django in Quentin Tarantino's latest film, the Academy Award winning Django Unchained, I began to get the slightest bit excited. While the potential shown in the trailer is intriguing, the one important thing the promo team seems to be avoiding is the fact that After Earth is directed by M. Night Shyamalan, whose heyday is a bygone era, and seems the shakiest name in the modern blockbuster environs. What could this diabolical combination deliver us!?
Known for his dark, twisting pictures, M. Night takes us into a science fiction future where humans have abandoned earth for life on another planet. While escaping the no longer habitable Earth, humans encounter the threat of the Ursa, a menacing space creature that tracks its prey, humans, by smelling their fear. But Cypher Raige (Will Smith) has shut out all fear, thereby "ghosting" to eliminate the Ursa. His son, Kitai (Jaden Smith) has just failed to advance further than cadet at the academy, so his mother suggests a training trip between father and son, to break from their unhealthy commander/subordinate relationship. The routine mission hits a snag when they hit an asteroid storm, however, and are forced to quickly jettison out of it into an unknown world where their perils gets even worse.
Just minutes into the film I found myself fighting back a facepalm, and then multiple times thereafter. I don't really know where to begin, or how best to address the things I want to talk about concerning the film, so allow me to just jump in, and probably jump all over the place trying to cover all the things I want to talk about. I suppose I'll start with the performances, which were fairly uneven. Jaden shows potential for an actor of his age, but Will, due to his character's traits, is fairly boring and stone faced. Whenever I see Sophie Okonedo, I always think to myself, "Someone find her a decent role." She is good as the mother, but hardly there, and with a broadly written character to deal with. Kind of curious why Jada didn't come out of retirement for the full familial experience. Now THAT might have made for an interesting experiment.
The greatest fault of the film was how lazy everything felt, and I do mean everything. For a sci-fi picture, the CGI was sub-par at best, making it feel like a late nineties film. C'mon people, it's 2013, the technology is there for you. The set decoration was pretty bad too, with the crashed ship appearing to be wrapped in a combination of saran wrap and toilet paper. The greatest wrong committed, however, was the convenience of the script itself, always finding ways to make things work in this future world when in truth, none of them were believable for a second. I could easily list them off here, from the hot spots to how everything on the planet "had evolved to kill humans", yet the only thing that threatened them was something not from Earth. Really disappointing turn given the potential a story like this has, and what it possibly could have been.
At the center of the film is indeed a compelling concept, that while danger is a very real thing, that fear is a choice humans make, imagining and dreading the future instead of responding to the present to make the best future we can. But our filmmakers seem content to give us this small nugget somewhere near the middle of the film and make no effort to surround it with a feature length atmosphere or story, causing the film to feel very slight, and very stunted. It's not that I wanted to spend more time in this world, with these characters (because I didn't), but everything felt so rushed, potential wasted. I will give the film credit for its fleeting moments of adventure and geography, but make no mistake about it, After Earth is the worst film I have seen so far this year.


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The workplace and other employment consequences of responding to COVID-19 (coronavirus) will raise questions about 401(k) plan administration. We addressed some questions in a recent advisory. Here are additional questions that may come up soon.
Can the plan be amended to allow loans or hardship withdrawals?
Yes. Many plans allow loans, hardship withdrawals or both. If your plan does not, the plan can be amended to allow either or both. The availability of hardship withdrawals, however, would be a protected benefit, which could not be eliminated in the future except as to future contributions. Employers should carefully consider this before amending the plan to add hardship withdrawals.
Can matching or other employer contributions be reduced or suspended?
Yes, in many cases, but this depends on the type of contribution, and it may also require a plan amendment.
Safe harbor contributions. Safe harbor matching and nonelective contributions normally cannot be reduced or suspended during the year. There are two exceptions. One exception is if the annual safe harbor notice to employees included a statement that the safe harbor contributions might be reduced or suspended during the year. The other exception is if the employer is operating at an economic loss. Each of these exceptions requires a plan amendment, a notice to employees at least 30 days before the effective date and a reasonable opportunity for employees to change their elective contributions after they receive the notice.
Traditional contributions. Traditional (i.e., not safe harbor) matching and other employer contributions normally can be reduced or suspended for any reason. If the amount of the contribution is completely discretionary, the employer may simply exercise this discretion. If the amount of the contribution is determined under a formula, however, as is the case with most matching contributions, the situation becomes more complicated because the contribution normally cannot be reduced or suspended after employees have already satisfied the requirements for receiving it. For example, if making an employee contribution is the only requirement for receiving the matching contribution, the matching contribution can be reduced or suspended with respect to future employee contributions but not with respect to employee contributions that have already been made. Also, if the contribution formula is specified in the terms of the plan, a plan amendment is required to reduce or suspend the contribution. Finally, although no particular form of notice is required, appropriate communication to employees is important.
Can a layoff or furlough result in accelerated vesting of matching and other employer contribution accounts?
Yes. As with any other significant workforce reduction, a layoff or furlough involving a significant number of participants for more than a brief period of time may cause a partial termination of the plan. This would require full vesting of matching and other employer contribution accounts of the affected participants.
For more information, please contact your primary Varnum attorney or any member of the employee benefits practice team.
For answers to additional 401(k) questions, see COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response: 401(k) Questions, Part I.


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There was a time when we looked at skincare as a concept for a few privileged women who dabble with makeup. We saw it as a luxury, but as time passed, research and practice convinced us that skincare products aren't a want but a need. Skincare can be viewed as self-preservation; it is a natural impulse to maintain all aspects of yourself to always be in the best state. This applies to our skin as well. But, there's no point in exerting an effort to maintain your skin when the products aren't cut out for the job. What should you do in this case? Switch to organic skin care, of course.
What is organic skincare?
The name is pretty self-explanatory. Organic skincare refers to products formulated using natural ingredients or ingredients cultivated naturally, without any chemical altering. What sets them apart from conventional products is that there is no use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) or chemicals such as herbicides. This makes organic skin products a smart and healthy choice.
What are the benefits of shifting to organic products?
Organic skincare offers a plethora of benefits. All of these are supported by evidence and user experience.
1. No more sharp fragrance:
It's common for skincare products manufactured in the laboratory to come with a strong fragrance. But, scent can be one of the most harmful things for your skin. Many people suffer extreme irritation against a product because of the fragrance. But, when you're using an organic line, you won't have to worry about that. Organic products come devoid of these artificial fragrances, and the risk of irritation goes down.
2. Stay eco-friendly:
Synthetic products utilise a plethora of harmful chemicals. These are released into the atmosphere during manufacturing and contribute to harming it. With organic products, you can avoid this impact since they do not require these chemicals and are usually cruelty-free.
3. No more irritants:
Since organic skincare does not utilise harmful chemicals, you're less likely to use a product that contains allergens. This also dials down the side effects of a product to a bare minimum that can only be achieved with organic products.
4. A healthy blend:
With organic products, you have natural ingredients that deliver a stable and nutritious blend to your skin. You won't have to go out looking for good ingredients individually; you can have plenty in one product and reap the benefits. These could be vitamin C, fruit extracts, etc.
5. Perfect for every skin type:
The best part about organic skincare is that the products are so subtle, they'll suit anyone. The gentle formula can help dry or sensitive skin alike.
Final Word:
The past few years have seen a massive surge in demand for organic skincare products, which has helped the industry grow a lot.
This popularity also helped introduce better regulation within the industry. You can easily purchase these products from certified brands instead of picking something up without knowing how safe it is. So, start today and go natural, and your skin will love you!


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Man the Grammys pissed off a lot of people this year.
The day after Arcade Fire took home the award for Album of the Year an entire Tumblr was created to suss out exactly who they were (as in: who the hell is Arcade Fire?).
And that pales in comparison to the fury of Justin Bieber fans.
But over the weekend a music producer and advertising executive named Steve Stoute took his displeasure to a whole new level.
Stoute took out a full page ad in Sunday's NYT Style section decrying the Grammy's complete out-of-touchness with contemporary popular culture. Said Stoute:
"How is it possible in 2001 The Marshall Mathers LP -- an album by Emimen that ushered in the Bob Dylan of our time -- was beaten out by Steely Dan (no disrespect)....How is it that Justin Bieber, an artist that defines what it means to be an modern artist, did not win Best New Artist?
"What truly inspired the writing of this letter was that the most recent show fed my suspicions. As the show was coming to a close and just prior to presenting the award for Album of the Year, the band Arcade Fire performed 'Month of May' - only to... surprise... win the category, and in a moment of sheer coincidence, happened to be prepared to perform 'Ready to Start.'"
Also? What about the Biebs!
"Interesting that the Grammys understands cultural relevance when it comes to using Eminem's, Kanye West's or Justin Bieber's name in the billing to ensure viewership and to deliver the all too important ratings for its advertisers."
You have to respect a man willing to take out a full page ad not only to defend Justin Bieber, but will to defend awards shows in general. At this point it's difficult to remember a time when they weren't a joke.
And while we're on the subject, say what you will about print and the power of Twitter, you can't not take note of a full page ad in the NYT. If only because it must have cost a small fortune.
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The craft brewing industry is not a niche market any longer. The Brewers Associated reports that in 2012 the industry was worth $10.2 billion, which is enormous growth from its humble beginnings 20 years ago.
Why, then, are the workplace safety precautions at craft breweries more lax than at large commercial breweries?
Recently, a welder named Mark Moynihan was killed while working at Calhoun's B-B-Q & Brewery in Knoxville during an attempt to patch a hole in the brewery's fermentation tank.
A contractor for Calhoun's, 39-year-old Moynihan had shimmied into a tube no bigger than the interior of a passenger car in order to seal a crack within the fermentation tank. Torch in hand, he lit it and was instantly engulfed in flames, as the oxygen-rich environment created combustion, singeing off his hair and clothing instantaneously.
Moynihan died 75 days later in the hospital. His wife sued the owner of the brewery and settled for an undisclosed amount. It was horrific, Kim Moynihan said. It was an accident, but it was an avoidable accident.
Copper Cellar, the brewery's owner, had no comment on the death at the time of the report.
Gary Fish, a member of the Brewers Association, noted that small breweries struggle with workplace safety just as small businesses in other industries struggle to maintain finances in an environment that is more favorable to large companies, such as Anheuser-Busch, a brewing giant.
A Reuters analysis of brewery data since 2011 showed that OSHA has logged 547 violations at small breweries, 250 of them classified as very serious ones. One of those violations included not disabling machines when a worker was inside.
If you or a loved one has suffered wrongful death or workers compensation negligence, contact a Knoxville personal injury lawyer at Greg Coleman Law today for a free consultation. Ph: (865) 247-0080.


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A COMMUNITY IN Sligo is raising funds to help a local man walk again after a serious motorcycle accident in Dubai.
Shortly before Christmas, pilot Jonathan Higgins suffered life-threatening injuries that led to the amputation of his left leg.
After multiple surgeries he was finally woken from an induced coma on 1 January. He received medical treatment in Dubai for several months before returning to Ireland in June.
His family and partner Laura have set up a GoFundMe page in the hopes of raising €150,000 to pay for a prosthetic leg and other medical bills.
Recalling hearing about the accident, Jonathan's mother Daphne said the family were getting ready for Christmas when they received a phone call on 15 December from their eldest son, who also works as a pilot with Emirates.
"He rang and said, 'I'm afraid we have some bad news for you.' He told us how Jonathan had been in a bad motorbike accident, that he was critical and that we better get ourselves together and get out to Dubai as fast as we could."
Daphne, her husband, daughter and son all travelled to Dubai.
"It was absolutely traumatic. We went over on that journey not knowing if he was going to be alive when we got there.
"We were fighting for his life every day, praying for his life every day. The people back here were so supportive. They held services, they sent messages … That helped us to get through it," Daphne recalled.
Jonathan had to undergo life-saving surgery but luckily survived.
Daphne said her son has "amazed" doctors with his strength and determination, but has a long road of rehabilitation ahead of him. She said the family have been quoted upwards of €100,000 for the type of prosthetic leg he needs.
"The prosthetic leg itself, the basic one is about €50,000. But as he needs it they'll start putting in a microprocessor knee," Daphne explained, adding that this will allow Jonathan to flex and bend his knee, meaning he'll be able to walk and climb stairs.
All these things are priced individually. We've been quoted the guts of €110,000 to €120,000 just for the leg. That's the prospective cost, it could end up being higher.
"That's not talking about medical bills, surgical bills, doctors' appointments, hospitalisations or anything urgent he needs."
Jonathan is currently living in Dublin, and receives physiotherapy every second day. The goal is for him to be moved to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire once pain in his lower spine has reduced.
'So supportive'
Daphne said she and her family have been blown away by the support shown by members of the local community in Sligo, with neighbours and friends holding various fundraisers in recent months.
At the time of publication, almost €120,000 of the €150,000 goal had been raised.
"People have been so supportive. Our friends, neighbours and local people have been so good in all the fundraisers that have been set up already.
"There have already been four or five different fundraisers. People are wonderful, without their support we couldn't do it," Daphne said.
Some of Jonathan's friends have arranged a motorcycle run from Easkey in Co Sligo to Cork and back, which will take place this Saturday.
One of the organisers, Alan Connor, said about 20 bikers will make the full journey with others joining for part of the route. He added that there has been great support for the event from people in Ireland and the UK.
"There is a lot of organising gone into it from a lot of good people around here. We're doing the run for Jonathan as he is one of my best friends and we're trying to get him all the money he needs to get him fully recovered," Alan told us.
Anyone interested in donating or taking part in the motorcycle run can read more information here or here.
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The Lords select committee on the European Union says justice Commissioner Vitorino's proposed directive on minimum standards in asylum procedures uses phrases which have "dubious legitimacy" in international law, leaving them open to abuse by immigrant-phobic member states.
In a 140-page report on the proposals, the House of Lords praises them as a "significant first step" towards creating a common European asylum policy.
But says the paper: "There remains, nonetheless, substantial concern as to whether the directive goes far enough in safeguarding, consistently with international law, the rights of the asylum seeker." The cross-party group examining the asylum plans, headed by Lord Hope of Craighead, say concepts used in the proposed rules like "manifestly unfounded claims", "safe country of origin" and "safe third country" need to be examined critically and at present leave too much open to the interpretation of member states.
For example, under Vitorino's rules EU governments would be allowed to throw out certain asylum claims if they were "manifestly unfounded".
They say because such a term has no firm meaning in international law, member states could stretch its use to unfairly reject legitimate applications.
The proposals for minimum standards in asylum procedures are currently being scrutinised by diplomats from all member states before being presented to justice ministers for approval.


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The morning high-resolution model showed convection ticking up at 8 am.
Here is what the radar was supposed to look like.
Here is the actual.
Convection is indeed boiling up. Except if you look at the donut west of Durango, that is my house, no rain, classic.
CAPE values are forecasted to increase until they hit their max at noon.
At which time simulated radar shows a strong thunderstorm crossing the area.
No promises, simulated radar gets tricky the longer you try to time it out. According to what I am seeing, dry air then works into the area between noon and 2 pm signaling the beginning of the end of the fun. By 4 pm most showers should end west of Archuleta County.
Thanks for following and thanks for the spotter reports. Hopefully, those of us who have not been fortunate enough to get some decent rain will see some over the next few hours.


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The Tesla Model S is a great looking electric four door that several deposit holders are waiting anxiously for. Videos like the one after the break of the Tesla Model S shredding the corners is going to make waiting that much tougher. Damn that thing is quiet.
Model S Alpha Hits the Road from Tesla Motors on Vimeo.