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Make plans to join cachers from across the state for a weekend long event full of fun & fellowship
Starting Friday evening September 29th wrapping up Sunday Am October 1st
At Roosevelt State Park, Near Morton MS.
Make reservations now for the weekend or just come for the day Saturday, but do make plans to attend.
Plans are still being developed so watch for additional details in the near future:
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The Gathering itself will start at 8:30 Sat AM where you can pick up your Challenge Sheet to find the special caches in and around the park for chances at Prizes that afternoon. Watch for details on the Picnic lunch and other special events. Rumor has it there is a Lost Walking Stick in the Park.
After a Pot Luck Supper (Watch for its GCXXXX for time and location) we will gather up to distribute Prizes and information on our next Challenge and results of our Steering Committee elections
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My first big shock when I started to follow HIV related issues in East Africa was that it was assumed almost all transmission was sexual in Africa (though nowhere else). Then, to 'work out' how this could possibly generate such massive epidemics, there was also the tendency to go from the number infected, or said to be infected, to the absurdly high levels of unsafe sexual behavior that would be needed to explain high levels of heterosexual transmission of HIV. There has never been any evidence that unsafe heterosexual sex alone could explain Africa's worst HIV epidemics. But all the 'work' to prevent infection appeared to concentrate on sexual transmission.
If not all HIV is transmitted sexually, many interventions that target sexual behavior, whether levels are real or assumed, will fail. Abstinence and other associated campaigns didn't even sound plausible before they were implemented, but enormous amounts of money was ploughed into them. Some equally dubious interventions were dreamed up and most probably also had little positive effect; as for any negative effects, these are unlikely to have been measured, let alone alluded to in the copious self-congratulatory literature that has emerged from what became the extremely lucrative HIV industry.
When circumcision was mooted as a possible intervention, it seemed to suffer from the above problem; it would, at best, protect against heterosexual transmission; it would not protect men who have sex with men, infants who are infected by their mothers or intravenous drug users. Indeed, it turned out that it wouldn't protect women either, and probably increases transmission from men to women. It will not reduce non-sexual transmission of any kind, including that through unsafe healthcare or cosmetic practices. Worse, in the sub-standard health facilities that ordinary Africans are forced to use, mass male circumcision programs might add to the problem, with men being infected in the health facility where the operation is carried out.
But those receiving circumcision related funding continue to insist on the effectiveness of such programs, shouting down any opposition, churning out figures which could be interpreted to show that male circumcision
Kenya's Nairobi Star is currently doing a great job adding to the obfuscation that seems to pass for scientific journalism. The article 'Study Claiming Cut Does Not Inhibit HIV Rejected' makes a shaky start by incorrectly suggesting the study was not published or that its findings were refuted, or were even addressed by those promoting circumcision. The cited claims from the study are, in fact, correct, but they are only the tip of the iceberg. Interviewing those who would have a lot to lose if the circumcision program was suspended and asking their opinion is easy enough. But is it adequate journalism? Does the public really need more of the selective use of factoids to justify spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a campaign that is likely to be of so little benefit (at best)?
Other countries have less to say about the latest paper, one of several that has managed to get through the HIV industry's censorship process (peer review). Uganda's press has commented on circumcision from time to time, but only to beat the orthodox drum. It is claimed that 600,000 men have already been circumcised under the program since 2009, but it is unclear where this figure comes from. Naturally, it is claimed that 80% of HIV is transmitted heterosexually (with 18% usually said to be accounted for by mother to child transmission or MTCT). It is also reported that "the target of the ministry is to circumcise four million male by 2013" and that the "programme stands until the HIV/Aids prevalence rate is down to zero" (which is hardly the same thing!).
Meanwhile, the latest HIV prevalence figures for Uganda may show that prevention interventions have not been working very well, rising from 6.4% to 6.7% between 2005 and 2011. The article estimates that the number of people living with HIV has risen from 1.1 million to two million in the same period. It is not possible to corroborate these figures yet, but it is quite possible that prevalence flatlined or increased just when HIV spending was peaking. At the same time several hundred thousand people died of AIDS, so ubiquitous claims about large numbers being kept alive by antiretroviral drugs may also need to be more closely examined.
One commentator, Dr Alex Opio, even has the cheek to claim that "HIV incidence is also low among the circumcised people, which shows that the circumcision campaign is working". It doesn't show any such thing and Dr Opio should be well aware of this. Or would he also like to accept that the higher HIV prevalence among women is also a result of the circumcision campaign? Apparently sex (notice, not 'heterosexual' sex) accounts for only 76% of infections while 22% is now accounted for by MTCT; is that also a result of increased male circumcision resulting in higher rates of transmission to women, and thus to infants?
Not content with circumcising adult males on the basis of flimsy evidence, Uganda is also talking about 'circumcision camps' to be set up in schools so that teenagers can also be circumcised. Perhaps they could be called the 'Halperin Youth'. Even the US ambassador has weighed in with an article entitled 'Circumcision does reduce HIV spread' on the Ugandan US embassy site. It seems the ambassador is not an expert on circumcision and it's hard to discern exactly what angle he is taking, but I guess ambassadors don't get to make that many choices.
The most pathetic part of the ambassador's feeble article is the claim that "circumcision is also a gateway to a range of male reproductive health and HIV prevention services" such as "HIV counseling and testing, treatment of sexually transmitted infections, promotion of safe sex practices, condoms and information and tips on how to use them correctly and consistently". Is he hinting that it's all or nothing from now on, that men will only receive the sexual health services they need if they agree to be circumcised? Or am I reading too much into the word 'gateway'?
A school in Tanzania has decided that HIV positive children should identify themselves by wearing a red ribbon "at the parents' request to excuse sick children from strenuous activities". Just how far are the ambassador and his fellow circumcision enthusiasts from suggesting some symbol for uncircumcised men to wear to identify their current status, which now appears to be thoroughly stigmatized; or perhaps circumcised men could wear wristbands... ?
[For more about male circumcision as a strategy for HIV reduction, see the Don't Get Stuck With HIV site.]


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The chart shows that the very long - term trend line (the beginning in 2005), drawn by the gold dollar index, is still holding.
If anybody is not familiar with the gold dollar index - here is a definition:
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How to Draw a Cartoon Owl
This cartoon owl - perched on top of a rock, is actually very similar to the one you see on top of the haunted house from a very recent lesson. Notice how the further away something is - the less detailed it is as well. Something to think about!
Generic and simple - with physical features to appear more like the 'Great Horned' species - this lesson is easy! :-)
First Step - How to Draw the Structure for Your Bird
Horizontally across the screen, you've got three steps to create an easy-to-work-with structure for your cartoon bird. As you can see, it all comes down to only two very basic shapes - a circle and an oval.
Here it is...
The green areas of course - map out the feet/talons and yes - the horns! No - there not actually horns, but tufts of feathers that give the Great Horned variety its name.
OK - let's create!
Second Step - Drawing Your Owl
Able to break this down into only nine steps - and with a touch of creativity, the unique-looking bird you see below is something to aim for when your all finished the lesson. Of course, with only a few subtle changes in the lines - yours may look more like a Barn Owl, a Screech Owl - or some other kind. Experiment!
Here's how it looks...
Planning ahead of time - the rock is something I knew would obstruct the view of the tail feathers - as you can now see - they fall in behind it. If however, this bird was perched on a branch - you'd need to account for them. A simple triangular shape would help to map this out prior to drawing.
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This project for a government skills training program was a lot of fun to write and direct. All the actors were shot individually while reacting to a pre-recorded audio guide track. Markers were placed around the studio and each actor was directed to look to the markers as if they were other speakers in the grid. Primetime Productions
My company, Storyteller Services Inc, produced many videos for Alcan. This is the opening for a series of videos that provided new employees with an orientation to safety and operations at the smelter in Kitimat.
This thirty minute video was broadcast in B.C. and used in public meetings to explain the benefits of the Kemano Completion Project. Using lots of graphics and animations as well as interviews with environmental scientists, it showed how the project would increase economic benefit while still protecting salmon habitat.
I directed this thirty minute program on the nature and treatment of depression for the Knowledge Network and Primetime Productions. Computer animation, graphics, lush photography and music plus an intimate profiling of patient lifestyles went into the creation of my favorite piece of work.


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What would the AmigaOS look like is we combined "Commodore CDTV" and "AmigaOS" - 2013 :)
An Amiga blog posting mostly my own development work for the Classic and NG (AmigaOS) machines.
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Saturday, 16 November 2013
FreeSerf AmigaOS 4.1.6
Thanks to Joel forth the info/video :)
I wonder if it will have the same bug that windows had?
If you were close enough to the border you could connect a flag and start draining the enemies resources.
I wonder if it will have the same bug that windows had?
If you were close enough to the border you could connect a flag and start draining the enemies resources.
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Morph Game - 1992
Underthreat - Shootemup - Brilliance 2
AMIGApaint 2014
Friday, 25 October 2013
DeluxePaint 2013
Dots Adventures - Amiga Platman
No matter when I'm designing graphics, Amiga always draws me back :)
Check out our first promo video
And our Promo video for the Halloween map
Would really love to see this game on the Amiga. :)
Dots Adventures is out now for iOS with other platforms coming very soon!
A free to play game by EMV Software based on an old Amiga game called Platman.
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Dots Adventures is a classic retro style room based platformer. Dodge the enemies, find the keys and collect the pickups to score big and progress. Complete rooms quickly and cleanly for extra score bonuses and star awards. More stars means more points and higher rankings. Like all EMV Software games we have worked hard to make the game slick, fast and great fun to play. (This game comes from EMV Software, maker of Deluxe Galaga on the Amiga and Warblade, its sequel on PC and other platforms among many other titles.)
You can play the full Retro map for free. You must help Dot find his golden joystick so he can play his favourite game of all time, Warblade, and reign supreme in the world rankings. You can also buy the added adventures to get huge new maps with hundreds more rooms, all new graphics, new music and tougher, longer challenges. In Robozone you must defeat the droid army and in Lazerquest you must escape the digital world he is trapped in. Halloween sees Dot trick or treating at the witches castle and she has captured him and thrown him in her dungeons.
We have more maps in development too and they will be available to buy ingame soon...
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- Loads to find and collect including secret rooms and hidden extra lives.
- Branching paths to discover, decisions to make, lessons to learn.
- Earn up to 3 stars in every room for big bonus scores.
- Minimaps with players progress shown (PC, Mac, Linux and iPads only).
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- Collect posters and fruits for giant scores.
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Thursday, 24 October 2013
AMIGApaint - melt effect teaser
There is something magical about AMIGA. Only AMIGApaint makes it possible.
One of the new features in AMIGApaint is the ability to paint liquid in realtime.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
A concept for "Dots Adventures - AMIGA Map"
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Tuesday, 9 July 2013
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Thursday, 4 July 2013
AmigaPAINT 1.0
Hello to all Amiga users.
I have always loved the paint programs on the Amiga. Deluxe Paint from Electronic Arts and Brilliance 2 from Digital Creations.
This image is a teaser of some of the tools available for "AmigaPAINT".
I have always loved the paint programs on the Amiga. Deluxe Paint from Electronic Arts and Brilliance 2 from Digital Creations.
This image is a teaser of some of the tools available for "AmigaPAINT".
Friday, 28 June 2013
Amiga Workbench 2.0 - Remake 2013
Redesigning the Amiga Workbench 2.0.
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Amiga Juggler Wallpaper
Desktop Background, Wallpaper, Amiga "Juggler"
With great respect to the Original Juggler
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In April 2009 the U. S. Supreme Court handed down an opinion in Arizona v. Gant; this case has the potential of being quite significant in effect. This little essay is an attempt to eke out the principal parts and offer the casual reader some of the background that precipitated the holding in the opinion. Why would a person in an automobile be concerned? Millions of folks in motor vehicles have encounters with law enforcement officers—some are reasonable, but most are distressing or at least unpleasant. The opinion in Gant has the effect of placing a restriction on police behavior and reins in what could be described as an abuse of past rulings in conducting warrantless searches of motor vehicles. It is a change-of-course turning more toward a fundamental principle of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and
seizures shall not be violated, . . ..
The words seem understandable and straightforward, but there is a collection of U.S. Supreme Court cases with decisions which seem to depart from that characteristic particularly over the past sixty years. One might ask the question: 'what search would be reasonable absent a warrant issued by a court'? The general rule of the Court is that all such are unreasonable save for a few particular exceptions. One exception has to do with motor vehicles; the automobile has led to many 'exceptional' cases.
In the discussion which follows only the popular name of a case is noted in italics; the reader who wishes to do careful research will find the complete official citations for the U.S. Supreme Court and the Arizona Supreme Court cases referenced in the text at the end of this essay.
In the good old days matters seem to have been closer to the Fourth Amendment. In 1948 a statement in McDonald is exemplary of that sense:
"The right of privacy was deemed too precious to entrust to the discretion of those whose job is the detection of crime and the arrest of criminals. Power is a heady thing; and history shows that the police acting on their own cannot be trusted."
A couple of years later in 1950 the Court veered away in Rabinowitz in which case a warrantless search would be reasonable if law enforcement officers had a reasonable belief, considering all the circumstances, that evidence would be found. This gave the police officer a bit of a license to search; he needed only to articulate 'reasonable belief' later. Then in 1967 in Katz the Court ruled that persons may expect that their oral telephonic conversations from within a telephone booth would be protected even when there is a listening device installed—on the outside of the booth. That finding would seem a step closer to the Fourth Amendment.
Two years later in Chimel the Court laid out the standards for a search (i.e., that would be reasonable without a warrant) following a valid arrest. The officer may search the person of the arrestee for a weapon or evidence which might be destroyed, and further, he may search the area within the immediate control of the arrestee for a weapon or evidence. The setting of Chimel was a house; nonetheless, the same principles were employed in the setting of motor vehicles which had come into widespread use along with that of illegal drugs. The problems in the automobile context lay with the definition of area within immediate control.
In the 1981 case of Belton, the Court sought to establish a bright line rule. A warrantless search contemporaneous with and incident to a lawful arrest could be conducted throughout the entirety of the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle including any containers inside with the logic that an arrestee might reach for a weapon or evidence within that area. During the nearly thirty years which followed, law enforcement officers ran roughshod over the degree of contemporaneousness of the search and the 'reach' of the arrested person. A multitude of examples include instances where the individual was handcuffed and in custody in the rear of the police vehicle during the search, a circumstance in which the arrestee could hardly have had access to the passenger compartment. Footnote 5 of Gant indicates that, under Belton, police officers made arrests simply to condone exploratory searches. Police could generally stop someone in an auto for a minor violation of a statute, make a lawful arrest, and subsequently conduct a search of the vehicle. This type of abuse by law enforcement officers, termed 'a broad reading of Belton', evidently prompted the Court to act.
There were and continue to be lengthy arguments among jurists over what seems to be a relatively straightforward topic. It would be a mistake to think the matter is simple. Gant is evidence. Mr. Gant was arrested for driving with a suspended license; subsequently, the auto was searched, and cocaine was discovered. A major issue was whether the evidence should be suppressed as fruit of an unreasonable warrantless search. The evidence was admitted, and Gant was convicted of various offenses in 2002 at trial; the Arizona (AZ) Court of Appeals reversed; the AZ Supreme Court denied review. The State of AZ petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari. The U.S. Supreme Court granted same, vacated the judgment of the AZ Court of Appeals, and remanded in light of an opinion rendered by the AZ Supreme Court in Dean wherein the finding on the issue of evidence suppression appeared at odds or inconsistent with that of the trial court in Gant. Upon remand, the trial court again decided the suppression issue the same way as it had done previously; again, the AZ Court of Appeals reversed—the same as it had done previously. The AZ Supreme Court in 2007 then agreed to review; it did so and affirmed the AZ Court of Appeals decision. This 'Battle of the Courts' led to the present case which is the subject of this essay. The U.S. Supreme Court in Gant affirmed the finding of the AZ Supreme Court.
The holding in Gant is the current rule; it is very particularly worded. The following excerpt from the majority opinion is underlined where special attention is due.
"Police may search a vehicle incident to a recent occupant's arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search or it is reasonable to believe the vehicle contains evidence of the offense of arrest."
At first glance one might conclude that the rule is that of Chimel but with a vehicle setting. Care must be taken, however, with "offense of arrest." In the 2004 case of Thornton, while the opinion was based on Belton, the observation of two Justices was incorporated into the Gant holding—namely, that police may search upon reasonable belief there is evidence within the vehicle relevant to the offense of the arrest. That raises the question of how the courts will assess 'reasonable belief (on the part of police officers) that evidence of the offense of the arrest' will be found. Suppose someone is stopped and arrested for driving with a suspended driver's license. Further, suppose the vehicle contains contraband that is carefully hidden from the view of an officer who is merely looking into the vehicle from the exterior unable to detect the contraband. Under the 'broad reading of Belton' the officer would conduct a warrantless search of the passenger compartment of the vehicle and likely make a discovery. Under Gant he would not be allowed to conduct the search for want of reasonable belief that evidence of a suspended driver's license would be found. On the other hand someone might be stopped for speeding; and if the police officer then believes he detects the aroma of marijuana or believes he sees packaging which suggests cocaine, he could arrest for violation of drug use. In that event the officer may, under the Gant rule, search the vehicle.
Why be concerned? The average person ought to be aware of his/her Fourth Amendment rights and how the law enforcement community regards them. There is a gap between a person's view of his or her own privacy and the actions of the police. Accordingly, the individual may wish to model his/her behavior.
In the wake of Gant will the police alter their approach and behavior (remember, they still have the power at that particular instant on a street or highway)? Will Gant result in fewer evidence suppression hearings? Will the costs of defending against abusive police action in the vehicle context be lessened? Though Gant is an improvement over Belton, I tend to think the answers to all three above questions are in the negative.
Arizona v. Gant, U.S. Supreme Court No. 07-542 (U.S. 4-21-2009)
McDonald v. U.S., 335 U.S. 451, 69 S.Ct. 191
U.S. v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56, 70 S.Ct. 430
Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347
Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752
New York State v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454
Arizona v. Dean, 206 Ariz. 158, 418 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 70, 76 P.3d 429
State of Arizona v. Gant, 216 Ariz.1, 162 P.3d 640
Thornton v. U.S., 541 U.S. 615, 124 S.Ct. 2127


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Everton have joined Newcastle in the chase for Tottenham and England winger Andros Townsend. Toffees boss Roberto Martinez tried to take Townsend to Goodison on loan last summer. (Daily Mirror)
Swansea striker Wilfried Bony is wanted by Everton – to replace Romelu Lukaku, who is returning to Chelsea after a season's loan. (Daily Mirror)
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This is half rant, half question.
Is it worth using Grails? I'm trying to develop a relatively simple database-driven web application. My expertise is in Java, so naturally Grails seemed like a good choice. At first I thought of using Spring, JPA and Hibernate, but I've used that previously and have run into all sorts of tedious configuration and coding work. Grails advertises itself as solving this.
My biggest frustration with Grails is all of the little things that don't work. What I mean is that it doesn't work as one would intuitively think it should. It's very rough around the edges. I run into problems constantly. Sometimes it's my lack of Grails understanding — other times I've discovered legitimate Grails bugs.
One major issue is the lack of good Eclipse integration. There is a Groovy and Grails plugin, but it doesn't do much other than syntax highlighting. Calling Groovy from Java and vice versa is very painful to configure. Not having good IDE support is a major bummer.
What happens is I sit down trying to develop my web application. At the end of the day I realize that I've spent about 85% of the day debugging Grails-related issues. If it isn't Eclipse problems then it's eager loading, fetching in the view, one-to-many relationships, weird empty file bug behavior, a weird property/getter bug — it just goes on and on. This is just a sample of the issues I ran into today. My last sit-down with Grails yielded a whole bunch of different issues.
I sometimes wonder if it's worth it. I'm curious if others have experienced this. Are there people actually using Grails to productively crank out a web application? Are there other frameworks for rapid web development that I should be considering?


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The Son of Man as Thief
August 4, 2010
No one can enter a strongman's house and carry off his possessions unless he first binds the strongman. Then he can rob his house. (Mark 3:27)
Jesus did not just rail against the rich with curses, prophetic oracles and forceful teachings about the dangers of going in through the wide gate of wealth. And he did not just promise the poor—with blessings, prophetic oracles and hopeful teachings about what lay beyond the narrow gate—that their fortunes would be reversed, that he had "good news" for them: he would cancel their debts, relieve their suffering and provide for their needs. He actually put cash in their hands—cash he had stolen from their rich and powerful oppressors. In at least one instance, Jesus stole from the rich and gave to the poor. The Son of Man was a thief.
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. so you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. (Matthew 24:42-44)
Jesus had already demonstrated in concrete terms what he meant by this cryptic warning about judgment. In this concrete instance, as in the more eschatological sayings about the 'Son of Man', the "strongman" was Satan, and also his minions—the priests, scribes and lawyers who ruled Judea as collaborators with Caesar. The "house" was the temple. The "theft" was the so-called 'cleansing of the temple.'
After the triumphal royal procession into Jerusalem at the beginning of Passion Week, Jesus' first royal act was to enter the temple complex, go to the foreign exchange office of the treasury, and stage a raid.
Going into the temple, he began to throw out those who were selling and buying in the temple; and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves; and he did not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple. And he was teaching and saying to them, "Has it not been written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of brigands." (Mark 11:15-17)
Imagine the scene: The tables topple, the jars of coins crash to the pavement, the money spills in piles and rolls out into the court, some officials desperately seize what jars of money they can save and try to make it out of the court, but Jesus and his followers intercept them, people are scooping the money up from the floor into sacks, hauling off the jars they have captured. All the while Jesus is shouting above the cries, the bellows of the cattle, the mewing of the sheep, the flutter of wings, the laughing of his followers: you have made this a den of thieves! Ever the master of prophetic irony and sarcasm.
It is a small victory. The poor are very many and even this Robin Hood raid will not see to all their needs. But it is real money, after all. And its symbolic power is tremendous. The Son of Man delivers.
And when the chief priests and the scribes heard it, they kept looking for a way to kill him; for they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was spellbound by his teaching. (Mark 11:18)
How hard it will be for those who have wealth
July 6, 2010
This is the third in a series of entries on Jesus' attitude toward riches and the rich, prompted by a June 13 article in Huffington Post by Les Leopold entitled "Is there a Global War Between Financial Theocracy and Democracy?"
Although he famously included women, the poor, lepers and other marginalized people in his community and explicitly forbade hierarchical forms of governance (see Mark 10:35-45), Jesus' kingdom of God was no democracy. It was in fact a theocracy, a covenant under God's direct rulership whose primary mission was to bring "good news to the poor" (Luke 4:18). It also brought bad news to the rich. No story illustrates this central focus of the gospel message better than that of the rich young man who asks Jesus, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?", told in all three synoptic gospels (Mark 10:17-31; Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30).
The first thing to note right away in the man's question is the economic language the man uses to describe how he will achieve his goal of eternal life: he hopes to inherit it. Jesus himself uses 'inherit' this way quite frequently (see my posts on the Beatitudes). The man is posing a question about the law (and Jesus answers him with the law) and he knows that it is inheritance law that applies to his query: he will inherit eternal life from his Father in heaven as his portion—as a son of God—if he follows the law faithfully. In essence, he is asking Jesus, how can I become a son of God under your interpretation of the law. It's worth noting that the "sons of God" was the term used in Jesus' time for angels and that Jesus expected the saints to rise from the dead to become "like angels in heaven" (Mark 12:25).
Jesus asks him if he has followed the law, citing several of the Ten Commandments, all of them economic crimes: theft, false witness, swindling (coveting, wrongly understood as wishing you had what your neighbor has), care of your aged father and mother, and adultery. (Adultery directly violated inheritance law because conceiving a child outside the marriage disrupted the inheritance of the woman's family.) The rich young man replies that he has
"kept all these since my youth. Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, 'You lack one thing: go, sell what you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.' When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions. Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, 'How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God. . . . It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.'" (Mark 10:20-24,
Some scholars have proposed, on only a little evidence, that there was a postern gate (that is, a small gate for people only, rather than for commercial traffic) in the city wall of Jerusalem called the Needle Gate. If this were true, the image would be of a rich merchant forced to unload his camel's saddlebags of all their cargo so that the camel could fit through the gate. This is a perfect image for what Jesus has in mind, whether there was a Needle Gate or not. In any event, the literal image of a camel trying to squeeze through the eye of a needle is hyperbolic and dramatic, capturing the intensity of Jesus' message: the only way rich people will inherit the kingdom of God is for them to give their surplus wealth to the poor.
Most of us will walk away grieving, just like the man in the story.
Woe to you who are rich
June 16, 2010
This is the second in a short series of entries on Jesus' attitude toward riches and the rich, prompted by a June 13 article in Huffington Post by Les Leopold entitled "Is there a Global War Between Financial Theocracy and Democracy?", in which he describes the culture surrounding the financial sector of our economy and its governmental proxies as one of quasi-religious faith in markets, a worldview generally embraced by conservatives of all stripes, including the Christian right. Jesus would call this culture idolatry.
The gospels abound with eschatological sayings, curses and judgment oracles in which Jesus consigns the rich to a harsh judgment and condemns the amassment of wealth as a morally mortal folly. He often combines these utterances with blessings of the poor and oppressed (the Hebrew word ani can be translated either way), saying in effect, the last shall be first and the first shall be last. The most striking of these combinations is Luke's presentation of the Beatitudes with a corresponding list of 'anti-Beatitudes':
But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. (Luke 6:24-25):
There are several other passages that single out the rich in this way (many of these have parallels in other gospels):
Mark 10:17-30 The story of the rich young man: "how hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of heaven. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
Luke 12:13-21 The parable of the rich fool: "God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be? So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God."
Luke 16:19-31 The rich man and Lazarus: "now he is comforted here and you are in agony"
We will look at some of these in more detail in the next post, and later we will see that it's not all doom and gloom for the rich: all they need do is sell everything they own and give it to the poor. And we'll look at two matching case studies of people who did just that—and those who didn't.
You cannot serve God and Mammon
June 13, 2010
The June 13 Huffington Post features an article by Les Leopold entitled "Is there a Global War Between Financial Theocracy and Democracy?" Leopold writes that, after gains on behalf of working people against financial interests during the New Deal, those interests went on the counter-offensive beginning in the 1970s:
The Deregulatory Counter-Offensive: By the late 1970s, bankers regained the advantage through the spread of a new faith in self-regulated markets. The economic apostles of unfettered markets lobbied against progressive taxes, unions, and social welfare programs. The new orthodoxy was: Let the elites collect the money—they'll invest wisely (instead of consuming), and all boats will rise. This near-religious revolution rapidly spread through the economic and policy establishment. Regulations were dismantled right and left, and the revolving door between government and Wall Street started spinning. The American financial catechism ruled the world. And on Wall Street, the money tap was open. It did not trickle down.
Then, suddenly, in 2008, the market gods destroyed themselves as the unregulated financial casinos crashed and burned, just like they did in 1929. . . This was the perfect moment for democracy to reassert democratic control on financial markets, just as we did during the New Deal. We blew it.
The article made me think right away of Walter Wink's analysis of the Powers in his brilliant series of books on the Powers, the spiritual reality behind the various structures and institutions of oppression in modern civilization, as seen through the lens of Christian scripture's 'angelology'—the ways that Christian scripture names and describes the Principalities, Powers and other angelic entities in its worldview and how we might understand them in our own social science worldview.
Jesus focused a great deal of attention on the specific Power at work in the current financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession. He even game him a name: Mammon.
The parable of the dishonest manager in Luke (16:1-14) speaks directly to the situation Leopold describes, of financial theocracy, of making a god of the market and trusting the priest-managers who benefit from and manage it. Here's how it ends:
Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth (mammon), who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon.
This calls for a brief series on the considerable number of passages in the gospels in which Jesus warns—or curses—the rich and the lust for wealth. The various forces that fetishize deregulation, the hypocrites who pretend to be populists while punishing the poor, who claim to love Christ and actually love the 'free market'—beware! Your Jesus envisions some gnashing of teeth.


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The first batch is full of pictures of Tatum when we got out all the Christmas decorations. Christmas (and all of the decorations that go along with it) is magical and it was fun to decorate with Tatum's "help" this year.
My mom made this cute felt tree for the wall so Tatum could take the ornaments off as much as she wanted to. She still made a habit of taking the ornaments off the real tree but I think she will really enjoy having her own little tree as she gets older.
Around this time Tatum learned how to blow bubbles. We would frequently hear her going "mmmaaaaaaaaaaa-maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" over and over as she made bubbles with her mouth. I'm not sure why she felt like she had to make noise the whole time she did it but it was pretty cute. Here is my attempt to capture it on camera.
On the first weekend in December we got together with our friends, the Jensens, for some crepes and orange julius (brilliant menu planning! ;)). Then we headed up to Cedar Rapids for the nativity display and to hear my mom's harp group play. They add a new awesome feature to this event every year I think. First it was refreshments and now it is a kids' room! We took the girls in there and when we saw they had costumes to wear and do a live nativity we just couldn't pass it up.
Do we look awesome or what? haha. The best was definitely Brennan's shoes, they certainly completed his
genie shepherd outfit.
We also went to our ward Christmas party early in December and Tatum got another chance to sit on Santa's lap. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit impressed and proud that she managed not to cry every time she sat with Santa this year. She was probably just a little too young to get scared.
The night before Tatum's birthday we met up with my old friend and neighbor, Grant, at the mall for some dinner and catching up. We even convinced/forced him to hold Tatum. It was fun to see him!
And last but not least we had my family over sometime between Christmas and New Year's and we played a little Just Dance on the Wii. Always makes for good photo ops, right?
I love this one because they all seem to be doing a different move. Too funny.
Good times, good times.


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Microexcel to participate in the North America's largest seafood trade event
Microexcel Inc., a global leader in providing innovative and comprehensive software solutions today announced that it is participating in the North America's largest seafood trade event – Sea Food Expo @ Boston, MA – March 15-17, 2015. This three day annual expo attracts thousands of buyers and suppliers from around the world attend to meet, network and do business.
Commenting on Microexcel's participation its spokesperson said" This is the first time that Microexcel will be participating in such a kind of show, and we are very excited about it. In the expo at our Booth # 186 we will be promoting CPG 100 Plus - an ERP Solution built for SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) customers in the Consumer Product industry. CPG 100 Plus is an end-to-end integrated solution developed in partnership with SAP that addresses key functions from Financials, Sales & Marketing, Inventory, Production, Distribution and Customer service."


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- Finding the Junkyard King
In Mission 4, after exiting the main building into the Junkyard and you are near going up the ramp, do not go up the ramp. Next to the ramp is a small path that leads to the Junkyard King. He has a lot of HP. It will take some time to defeat him.
- Trophies
Successfully complete one of the following tasks to get a trophy:
I have a friend (Bronze): Complete a level in Co-op.
Collector (Bronze): Collect all 8 hidden comic books.
Big Daddy Expert (Bronze): With Big Daddy, use the flashbang to stun 6 enemies at once.
Kick-Ass Expert (Bronze): With Kick-Ass, Kill 10 enemies during one rage activation.
Hit Girl Expert (Bronze): With Hit Girl, Kill 2 enemies in one wall run attack.
I'm not Invisible (Bronze): Set off the security camera 5 times in one level.
Completionist (Bronze): Level up any one character to level 50.
OCD (Silver): Destroy 1000 Crates.
Bazooka Expert (Silver): Complete the game in Normal Difficulty.
Slaughter Master (Silver): Kill 1000 enemies.
Too Easy (Gold): Complete the game in Extreme Mode.
Additionally, there are two secret trophies:
Jerry Lee (Bronze): Light a Piano on fire in the Penthouse.
Junkyard King (Bronze): Find and kill the Junkyard King.


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* A new exhibit chronicles the life of April Ashley, who actually was photoed for Vogue before being outed and seeing her career suddenly ended. The Museum of Liverpool is running the exhibit that chronicles this remarkable woman's life for the next year. Seeing that we have seen transgender models on the catwalk and in editorials, in this case it seems that maybe we have come a long way baby.
* Pierre Cardin and poet & artist Jean Cocteau go way back, Cardin designed costumes for Cocteau's 1945 movie "Beauty and the Beast," (bet you did not know that one huh?). Cardin is a sponsor of an exhibition of Cocteau's drawings, including self-portraits, showing at the town hall of Paris' 16th arrondissement.
* You all know the house of Schiaparelli is back right? Well following in the recent footsteps of the Christian LaCroix special capsule collection, designer Marci Zanini has been named head of the house. Even more exciting is the confirmation that not only will the atelier be producing a ready-to-wear line but it will venture into the sacred halls of Haute Couture. We have our fingers crossed that this will be the exception to the rule and be a successful relaunch of the historical house. So many in recent years have been done poorly, we are hoping that the couture crown will make them step it uo and not do a shoddy job!
* He may be a newcomer on the scene in terms of the vintage world but we are die hard Giambattista Vali fans and cannot wait to get our hands on his new book. You know you have friends in high palces when the likes of "Lee Radziwill, Diane Kruger, Hamish Bowles and Pamela Golbin are just a few of the famous names who have picked up their pens to pay tribute Giambattista Valli's signature cuts and shapes in a luxe new book published by Rizzoli" It's a background look at his work and a must read!
Sources: April Ashley / Pierre Cardin / Marco Zanini / Giambattista Valli


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Roughly one in ten seniors will experience painful kidney stones that cause extreme pain and kidney infections. They are very uncomfortable, which is why live-in Milwaukee caregivers should help their elderly loved ones avoid getting kidney stones. Fortunately, it is fairly easy to prevent kidney stones by implementing the following advice.
Drink a Lot of Water
Dehydration causes concentrated urine levels that are more likely to form kidney stones. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that seniors drink enough water. Doctors recommend that seniors drink about two to three quarts of water each day.
Avoid Foods High in Oxalates
Calcium oxalates are naturally occurring compounds that often crystallize into kidney stones. Certain foods contain extremely high oxalate levels, so seniors should avoid eating a lot of beets, spinach, sweet potatoes, Swiss chard, chocolate, rhubarb, black tea, and soy.
Stop Smoking
In addition to causing many other health problems, smoking tobacco influences hormones that directly alter kidney function. If a senior already has had a kidney stone, smoking greatly increases his or her chances of getting another.
Get the Right Types of Calcium
Though calcium oxalate compounds are a major contributor of kidney stones, low calcium levels also increases the likelihood of kidney stone formation. Calcium supplements may also increase kidney stone risks, but the body still needs a lot of calcium to avoid kidney stones. Try to get enough calcium through dairy, leafy greens, and other natural calcium sources.
Urinate Regularly
One of the biggest risk factors for people developing kidney stones is holding their bladder for too long because it encourages stone formation. Seniors should urinate whenever they feel the urge to go even though it may be inconvenient.
Lower Protein Levels
Seniors with a high protein diet get reduced levels of citrate as a result. Citrate is an important chemical that reduces kidney stone formation. Therefore, seniors should try to eat a balanced diet instead of eating excessive amounts of protein.
In order for seniors to enjoy their golden years, it's important to maintain physical wellbeing. With help from Home Care Assistance in Milwaukee, local seniors learn to eat nutritious meals, exercise regularly, and adopt healthy habits that boost both physical and mental wellness. Contact us at (262) 782-3383 today to learn more about our comprehensive services and set up a free consultation.


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The Goddess WithinMy album Queen Be has the subtitle, The Goddess Within. At the time of composing and producing it, I had no idea what the fruit of that particular collection of songs would be. And it's been greater than anything I could have imagined: a marriage arranged by the guru, a husband who is more than the sum of all the ideas I ever held about what a man should be, and a life of daily magic, it seems. And all of these put together would be more than enough, right? But what is happening now, feels even greater. The subtitle that I somewhat lightheartedly added is becoming real. The goddess is awakening within me and it is at times mystifying, at times terrifying and mostly an experience of constant wonder.
I'm working on a collection of poems that give witness to this awakening. I share one here and ask only that you be kind. She is awakening, but she is also very new. . . .
The Goddess at Table
I arrive home, tired
Don't want to think about food
But somewhere inside me
A voice calls out—awake—
Remember joy
And I open the refrigerator door
I know the goddess is at table
When I select the artichoke
Or the globe squash and
The burgundy beans.
These require time, imagination,
And labor—lots of labor.
They require dreams.
The goddess won't eat anything
Not made from love.
So I clean the artichokes,
Steam them, then char them on the
Six-top burner, then braise them in lemon
And garlic.
Or I clean the globe squash
Making small round cavities in the center
Of their flesh
I chop the onion and the fennel
And sauté them with nuts and raisins
and place this in the center of the cavity
these small round gifts of nature's bounty.
Or I stand and snip the beans,
One at a time,
Because beans don't like a blade.
They want the hands that will eat them
To caress them, one at a time,
Acknowledging the marvel that is their color,
Their delicacy, their uniqueness.
This is the work of the goddess
These everyday things
the expression of the excellence
the taste of delight
the relish of life
The goddess is at table tonight.


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Human Flower Project
Gasping for Apples
'Wide" crosses with Eurasian crab apple trees bore red-flesh fruit for Albert Etter. The Burtons of British Columbia carry on his colorful legacy.
Pink Pearmain, one of the Burtons' 27 red-flesh apples
Photo: Harry Burton
Harry Burton is a zealot for red flesh apples. He and his wife Debbie grow 27 varieties of these freaky fruits at their farm on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, and hold an apple festival there every fall.
Through a combination of indolence and congenital nostalgia, we've always found white flesh apples plenty fine (same goes for pink roses rather than blue ones, green foliage, and one headed kittens). Today, though, Harry enticed us into reading a short bio of pomologist Albert Etter, his hero.
It was Etter, a German immigrant to Humboldt County, California, who figured out how to make red flesh apples tasty. "Where conventional plant breeders would make their crosses between the most desireable standard varieties, Etter preferred 'wide' crosses that utilized primitive, almost wild types that are genetically distant from the more common kinds. Many of his best apple varieties have a crab apple for one parent."
Debbie Burton with pink-blossoming Niedzwetskyana, which may have been the crab-apple grandparent of Etter's red-flesh varieties
Photo: Harry Burton
Others had tried hybridizing like this, too, and managed to produce red-flesh fruit. Harry Burton writes that Dr. Neil Hansen, "working out of South Dakota, used Niedzwetskyana," a crab apple he discovered in Turkistan, to breed red flesh apples, but these were sour, too "crabby." Etter's successes descended from Surprise and may, too, have been Niedzwetskyana relatives, sweetened by some happy accident of breeding or the Kings Range climate. "No one will ever know," Burton writes. Most Albert Etter 30-some varieties of red fleshed apples, ceated in the 1930, had been "lost to time," Burton writes, "but fortunately, Ram Fishman, working in the 1970's, has found, documented and reproduced as many of these varieties as he could." These Burton has collected, and, we presume, after seeing this Niedzwetskyana blooming in his orchard, he and Debbie continue experimenting with new ones themselves.
"Last year, I sent boxes of red flesh apples to the Fairmont Empress, one of the best hotels in Victoria, BC and to Diva at the Met, one of the best restaurants in Vancouver, BC," Burton writes. "The chefs loved them and wanted more. Everyone who bites into one of the red flesh apples, lets out a gasp of amazement."
With this year's promotions for the Salt Spring Island Apple Festival (Oct. 2), Harry grabbed us by sending photos of flowers.
Red-flesh fruit comes from red and pink blossoms, shown here with conventional pink-white apple flowers.
Photo: Harry Burton
"All red flesh apples exhibit a pinker blossom, than the normal white apple blossom," he writes. Best wishes for a bountiful harvest and a successful apple festival, Harry. Ah, we'll hope to visit Salt Spring Island in some flowering spring!


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Conventional ideas from science-fiction such as faster-than-light travel, time-travel, and immortality are just a few of many fantastic goals that, while not likely to be realized ever, drive real-world innovations. They've certainly had impacts on my careers and side-projects over the last quarter century. As one friend once told me a long time ago, "You're always shooting for the moon, and even if you never get there, you always seem to make it to the next mountain along the way."
In particular, I've been fascinated with advances in computation, particular as applied to creativity.
If you're my age or older, then you know the old-fart stories we're telling the younger generations about the history of computers: "When I was your age, computers were as big as cities and only did arithmetic!" (etc, etc).
If you're in college (or earlier in your schooling) then you're rolling your eyes and about to wipe this page from your smartphone to queue up another song on Pandora or iTunes. Give me another minute before you go Gangnam Style for the umptieth time.
The specific fascination and wonder I'm speaking of is something I dreamed about decades ago, that only now am I able to realize from both a technology and economic perspective. My first real training and passion wasn't in the sciences, but was in the arts. Music performance and composition were a big part of my early life, and I also was captivated by visual arts, especially the very beginnings of computer graphics. There have been many symphonies locked in my head since I was young that I've wanted to pull out and hear, but I've had no orchestra. There have been many landscapes and vistas in my head that I've wanted to paint, but my stick-figure drawing skills have never not up to the challenge.
Many years ago, one of the most powerful ideas I ever heard was that, "someday, artists could take what was in their minds, and immediately share it without depending on canvas, or the ability to paint or draw". A similar idea was just as inspiring to me where music was concerned. Over the years, innovations in computer science, systems, and software have bridged gaps in connecting human creativity to expression. The costs and barriers to entry have become insignificant (in some cases, free open-software platforms are being used create incredible cinematic experiences). I am certainly not leading the pack when it comes to unleashing the "artist within", but the fact that within my lifetime, something that was only the stuff of novels and screenplays has become commonplace is still a wonder.
After many years of charting, designing and building innovation landscapes, it's nice to be able to start exploring a little bit of that terrain.


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In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into its orbit around the Earth. Over the past two decades, the world has followed Hubble's saga, watching as image after image revealed another part of the cosmos that would otherwise be invisible to our eyes. We absorbed the discoveries that the pictures sparked and witnessed the astronaut missions that brought the telescope new technology and extended its life.
This year Hubble achieves its 20th anniversary, renewed and equipped by the latest servicing mission for many more years of astronomy. More than 30,000 objects have come under the telescope's gaze, each observation slotting another piece into the cosmic puzzle of the universe. Join us as we celebrate one of the world's most successful observatories, even now changing the face of astronomy, its final legacy still in the making.
Over 20 years, Hubble has transformed the face of astronomy. Find out about Hubble's top discoveries, from dark energy to the most distant galaxies in the universe.
How has Hubble affected you? Share your story and help us capture the human side of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Your message will be stored in Hubble's permanent archive, alongside the science data, for future researchers exploring the telescope's legacy.


text: Every minute, millions of photos are shared around the world, in order to let the viewers understand remote situations visually. Sometimes, viewers want to see more content beyond the photo frames; and they want to feel what the photo takers felt. With Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality technology, we can recreate the photo-taking moments; and let viewers "stand" in the shoes of photo takers. Users can look around, see what the 3D photo takers saw, and listen to what the 3D photo takers heard.


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|Ebonyi State MCPDP Schedule For Nurses For The Month Of June 2018 by katty : May 21, 2018, 02:34:50 PM
This is to inform you and all professional Nurses in Ebonyi State that the second session of 2018 Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Programme (MCPDP) as directed by the Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria has been scheduled to hold as follows
Dates: 4th June — June 2018
Venue: Nurses House/Secretariat, UGWU - Achara Abakiliki
Time: 8. am daily.
All eligible Nurses are advised to go to GTB Abakaild and pay the workshop fee of N20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand Naira) only, to the State Nursing and Midwifery Council Ebonyi MCPDP Account Number 0044237917.
Also bring your Teller to the Nursing Services Department, Ministry of Health, Abakaliki OR text teller number, name and phone number to 08038814762 for registration.
EMAIL ADDRESS: firstname.lastname@example.com
Accept the assurances of our warmest regards.
Mr. Alo Daniel
Director Of Nursing Services
Mr. Innocent Agbowo
State Facilitator (MCPDP)
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Schools are a notoriously challenging environment for technology. Aside from the potential issues that arise from devices being dropped and mistreated, there are the risks of damage from liquids in the science lab, dirt and water out in the gardens many schools now have and misdirected balls from the playground. And that means the repairability of devices factors into the buying decisions when school IT departments choose tech.
iFixIt has completed their teardown of the new iPad, released last week, revealing some good news but some challenges when it comes to repairing Apple's latest tablet.


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Payday Loans Are The Worlds Most Expensive Cash
Payday Loans are the World's Most Expensive Cash
If someone told you that they would lend you $500 today if you repaid them with $5000 a year from now, would you take it? What if the repayment amount were only $2500? Would that strike you as a good deal? This may sound like an insane amount to repay on a small loan, but that, in effect, is what thousands of consumers do every day when they take out a payday loan.
Payday loans, also known as cash advance or quick cash loans, are short term loans that typically last about two weeks .
In exchange for borrowing relatively small sums ranging from $100-500, the borrower pays a fee that can range from $10-40 per $100 borrowed for the two-week loan .
The borrower writes a postdated check for the borrowed sum plus the fee, which the lender may cash two weeks later.
These fees may seem relatively small, but when viewed as an annual percentage rate, they actually amount to anywhere between 250-1000% per year .
That's an astronomical amount of interest in a world where a credit card loan at 25% is considered to be high .
And yet, the payday loan business is thriving and there are now some 23,000 stores in America that offer some form of these cash advance loans.
Why do people take out such loans? the primary reasons are convenience and a lack of better alternatives .
These stores are now so common that there are often several of them on a single block .
They don't do credit checks and they will lend money to pretty much anyone with a steady job .
And the borrowers tend to be people who do not have access to other borrowing options, such as credit cards, friends with money or a local credit union that offers short term loans.
Defenders of these financial products say that they are simply offering a product that the public wants .
That may very well be true, as these businesses are doing very well .
What remains to be answered is whether the public really wants to borrow money at 500% per year .
In all likelihood, they are doing so only because they cannot find a less expensive option .
Anyone who needs a short term loan is more than welcome to go to a payday loan store to get one .
But any potential borrowers should realize that they making use of one of the world's most expensive forms of lending.


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Tathra Beachside Beach Barn in the heart of the park is fast gaining notoriety for pumping out delicious Sunday night family meals. Famous Cheeky Mango meal van also offers a delicious range of Mexican, Greek, paella, burgers, pizzas and much more. Make sure your booking includes a Sunday night and you wont be disappointed!
We keep families busy with games days, latest release movies, treasure hunts, sand modeling, scavenger hunts and craft sessions for all ages.
Owners Frankie J. Holden and Michelle Pettigrove get the joint jumping with trivia, karaoke and concert nights, so polish your repertoire for lots of family fun! Tathra Beachside is also a proud major sponsor of the February surf life guarding programme, keeping the beach safely patrolled all through February. The water is warm, the crowds are gone and the red and yellow flags are still flying!
You're in luck if your booking includes Melbourne Cup Day, Australia Day or Easter! There's always something on offer at Tathra Beachside to help you celebrate special occasions in style, even Grand Finals! And don't forget our newest event returning by overwhelming popular demand this year - The Rockabilly Retro week in early September, where we celebrate all that is Rock'n'Roll including a week of great food and music, dancing and fun! Bring your vintage car, van, motorhome and dancing shoes! We have a week of organised vintage-themed events for you to enjoy at your leisure!


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Special 3rd Pre-Order Concurrent with Indiegogo Campaign:ASL Dolls 4 All! which end January 19th for fulfillment July/August 2018. A portion of proceeds from all dolls sold during this pre-order will be put towards the ASL DOLLS 4 ALL! Campaign.
Bo Bergemann original Friends & Family ASL dolls are original patent pending design. They pose with realistic body language and have quick change hands in ASL handshapes to communicate many wonderful messages you might like to share! This adorable 13" doll can speak using her hands! This is the first "Friends & Family Doll" by Bo Bergemann and she debuted along with her friend at the International Doll & Teddy Show. Alice knows ASL (American Sign Language) and with her help, you can learn some too! She has hands that quickly and easily swap out to make several hand shapes so she can say things like. . . Mom, Dad, I love you! Friends & Family are important! Class, I'm fine, I'm cool, Kitty Cat, and several other things with her first set of 6 hands. Additional sets of hands will be available in the future with this very special ASL Awareness Project by Bo.
Each doll offered here will be either a 1) complete one of a kind artist doll similar to those shown priced at $795 each. There are other options to purchase basic bid's, purchase on layaway, or a seamstress special, just the doll with fixed hands etc. Please see the other listings on the page you found this one at by clicking back on your browser. This sculpt is named after Alice Cogswell, the little girl who inspired Thomas Hopkins Gaullaudet to create the first American School for the Deaf. The sculpt does not look like that little girl.
This little sweetheart has a beautiful face that is quintessentially Bo Bergemann's style with big eyes, baby cheeks and chin. She is on an immature girl BJD (quality resin ball jointed doll) body original sculpted and created by Bo. Bo makes molds and casts in resin, strings up and completes your doll herself hands on to make one truly exquisite original fine art doll at a time. This one has adorable handpainted freckles. Her outfit was made by Matilda Pink and fits her perfectly. She wears the exact same size clothing and shoes as 13" Effner Darlings and Fairyland Little Fee. So she is easy to find more clothing and shoes for anytime online.
This is the first of Bo's brand new "Friends & Family Dolls" who can use American Sign Language with ease! Gauging from the overwhelming interest in these, it will be quite some time before a second sculpt is offered. So getting on the waitlist now is the best option to get your hands on one of these dolls the quickest.
Dolls are being sold in 2 resin colors. Bo's original Shimmer resin or her Brown Sugar resin tone. Shimmer is an opaque medium fair skin tone that simulates porcelain and makes for a beautiful doll! The doll into the green dress with cat ears is in shimmer resin as is the doll in the beige hand knit set with cats on it and blue trim, with brown hair and blue eyes. Brown sugar is showcased on the doll in the pink hand knit sweater set, blonde hair and headband or the doll on the far left in the photos picture three dolls saying "I Love You!"
Questions? Please contact me at email@example.com Thank you!
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Reviewer recommends new Palm Pre
Palm has been out of the game for a while and is pinning a lot of its hopes on an innovative new smartphone, says Michael Oryl in a new article for Mobile Burn.
He explains the Pre is a device that offers a number of features, but the most notable of these is its software platform.
"With webOS, Palm has thrown down the gauntlet and it is time for the rest of the industry to react," Mr Oryl states.
However, he adds the eagerly anticipated Palm Pre does have some faults that may put off buyers – such as those recycling mobile phones to fund a smartphone upgrade.
Among these are a keyboard that "displeases a lot of people" and a lack of downloadable applications, although this is something that may change over time.
It is expected the Palm Pre will be available on the O2 network in the UK, although no official release date has been set.
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Scientists from the International LOFAR Telescope (ILT) today announced the kick-off of the project's first all-sky survey at low radio frequencies and its first open call for observing proposals from the international astronomical community.
See complete press release at Onsala Space Observatory in English and in Swedish. And here's the presentation at the AAS 219th meeting in Austin, Texas on 9 January 2012.