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Which Political Party Do You Believe?
This Russ Roberts post reminded me of a question I've been kicking around in my head lately. When Republicans use free market rhetoric while campaigning, only to reverse when in office, we (most libertarians) decry their hypocrisy and warn not to believe future statements. And likely correctly so.
However, when Democrats spout socialist rhetoric, I would argue most libertarians take it as face value and fear they are speaking their true feelings, unlikely to stab their idealogical constituents in the back. Why does this assymmetry exist? Shouldn't we believe the median voter hypothesis?
The Democrats socialistic programs, when passed, place more people in the position of having their livelyhood or lifestyle improved (or at least partially funded) by a government handout. Once Democrats get power, it's in their interests to expand federal programs as much as they can get away with, to swell the ranks of future Democratic voters.
For Republicans, there isn't any option that simple. If they shrink government, they swell the ranks of the opposition's voting block by each person they kick off the dole. If they cater to social conservatives, they energize the media and get painted as cave-men, losing the support of the middle.
For my part, I'm not surprised that Republicans often seem to do so little. Their party is only truly united by a horror of the Democratic plan and where it will take us.
I'm content with NAFTA and the occasional round of deregulation. It beats the hell out of nationalized health care.
Good observation
It's probably the "median" assumption to think that both parties probably believe their rhetoric - while avoiding the extremes - and that politics is the art of the possible, after all.
When I read mainstream right libertarians talking about the modern liberal state's obsession with the poor and government intervention, I think of the leftist decrying the upper echelons of Democratic party power giving in to Thomas Friedmanesque globalization and "free trade", selling out working stiffs for corporate constituents wanting to outsource to remain competitive.
No doubt, empathy is a healthy trait.
Trent, Good to Hear From You
Good question, Trent. I don't have an answer.
However, casual observation suggests the pattern is reflected on the left. Far left friends of mine find Democrats to be liars--not nearly as socialist as they proclaim to be--while, I assume, they take Republicans at their (evil) word.
Perhaps we make unwarranted inferences based on what our friends say. We hear Republicans say "the free market can be good" and we understand that to mean "the free market is the answer to everything and must be instantiated everywhere." Leftists hear Democrats say "equality can be good" and they understand "full Communism must be implemented." Whereas, perhaps, both groups intend something subtler and less extreme than what their allies presume: some redistribution would be nice, or some deregulation might be beneficial. Or maybe both groups lie, but because with one side the true position and the lied about position are both bad by the other side's lights, the lie is ignored.
I think Scott is at least
I think Scott is at least partly right. I remember back during the 2000 election I was reading a secularist website run by an extreme liberal, and he'd periodically have a story up that said something like, "Bush will end social security and eliminate the SEC and switch over to voucher-based education, oh noes!" To which my usual reaction was, "I wish, but ain't gonna happen."
Caplan says
Caplan says its pessimistic bias. Sounds good to me. I've noticed it in the form of Democrats who fear the next Republican president. It doesn't make much sense to assume the next Republican in office will be able to achieve a whole lot more in conservative directions than the last one did. Not to go off on too much of a tangent, but I hate the way the start of a new Presidency so completely eclipses the end of the old one. I wish people were paying a lot more attention to the Bush legacy now that its almost written, if only to recognize how much didn't happen. the actual policies implemented the past 8 years square pretty much with the median voter.
plenty of democrats favor free markets
This democrat is honestly not worried about the next republican achieving more in conservative (in the Burkean or libertarian sense) directions than the last. It ain't gonna happen, but if it did, I'd cheer it.
No, what I'm worried about is the next republican achieving even more in statist/socialist directions than the last, like more wars, more warrantless spying on our own citizens and more asinine corporate subsidies. On the last front, I can't say that I expect more from Obama or Clinton than I do from McCain, but on the first, the gap is wide and significant. One party wants to get out of Iraq and is not saber-rattling vis-a-vis Iran, the other is dead set on continuing the current absolutely disastrous policy in the middle east.
Do you really not consider what's gone on in justice and Guantanamo the last 6 years to be a significant setback to the rule of law? It's like Nixon all over again, except instead of the whole country being up in arms and impeaching him, pretty much nothing significant has happened.
Honestly most democrats don't fear conservatives because they are too free market. Bill Clinton was probably more free market friendly than Bush Jr., and plenty of democrats would be satisfied with Hillary (presumably sharing his views) as the nominee. We fear *Republican* conservatives because they've been moving in the direction of a police state that's constantly at war pretty much since Reagan. McCain says he's happy to stay in Iraq for a hundred years, and he sure ain't voting against telecom amnesty.
Look at what the #1 issue was for voters in the democratic primaries: Iraq. We want out. Not in 100 years or even 10 years, but as soon as it can realistically be accomplished.
Party of war
What party had the White House when we entered our four major wars of the 20th century - namely WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam? When the US went to war in 2001 forward, was the primary cause the man in the White House, or an unprecedented foreign attack on the mainland?
an unprecedented foreign
an unprecedented foreign attack on the mainland?
Please, let it be sarcastic?
What similar attack do you have in mind? Pearl Harbor was Hawaii, not mainland. Anyway, this is at most going to be a quibble, since even if there was ever a comparable attack on the mainland before, it is still unlikely that the US would not go to war following such an attack, regardless of who occupied the WH. So the point remains.
I figured he was talking
I figured he was talking about 1812.
What about 1812?
1812 is the name of a year and of a war. What attack in 1812, either the year or war, was similar to Pearl Harbor and 9/11, in those dimensions on which 9/11 and Pearl Harbor have so often been compared (which is why I added the qualifier "mainland")?
The burning of Washington DC?
Most visitors to Washington DC, including myself, learn about the burning. This might in some dimensions be compared to Pearl Harbor and 9/11. I think it is profoundly different, but for the sake of argument I'll grant you it. As I said, I think the point is a quibble, but maybe you want to construct an argument out of it.
When you say the largest, it
When you say the largest, it implies both a relative and an absolute quantification. I'll grant you the relative, not the absolute.
I said since Reagan.
Back in 1940 democrats were segregationist too. Wilson was probably the most disgusting bigot ever to sit in the oval office.
Does that mean a vote for Obama is a vote for Jim Crow?
I'm disappointed, I figured you'd at least find the Bosnia line if you were going to go here.
shameless cherrypicking
Your own shamelessly cherrypicked cutoff is a weakness of your argument, not mine. While Democrats changed in some respects they did not change in all respects so yes, it is legitimate to take lessons from history beyond your own apparently narrow window of interest. For example FDR's New Deal still helps us to understand where today's Democrats are coming from. As does his foreign policy. And my point is not that Democrats are especially warlike, but that they are not especially peacelike. My point is that war's causes are largely external to the party affiliation of the President. FDR did not create the fascist enemy and Bush did not mastermind the WTC attack.The country predictably went to war following 9/11 and just as predictably grew tired of a bogged down war. Who happened to occupy the WH was a matter of chance.
A few of the responses both
A few of the responses both here and at Caplan's refer to the difference between the party that promises to increase its power and the party that promises to decrease. You can take the word of the former, but not the latter, for obvious reasons.
A response to this requires some thought about some of the non electoral checks that exist against the Democrat's dream agenda. I can attempt to offer some. Here are some reasons I don't fear the Democrats (too much):
1. They don't have enough money to do these things and cannot realistically come by enough without paying too high a price.
2. Republican (and Democrat) politicians in Congress are loyal to interest groups that support them and will not vote for policy that seriously upsets these groups. The degree to which the new policy modifies the status quo is proportional to the degree to which it is going to upset existing interest groups. Their representation will then go to bat for them.
3. When the economy is hurting, the party in power is blamed. The Democrats know enough economics to understand what will send the economy into a downturn. They hire economists to advise them on how much they can get away with, how much room they have with which to play. But they aren't interested in destroying the economy.
4. Democrats in office are concerned primarily with keeping office. They are concerned with "expanding their power" only if it helps them keep the office. They aren't going to rock the boat too much if it puts their seat in jeapardy. It is very often enough to simply be for a particular policy, but not do anything to implement it. Politicians from both parties do this a lot.
I don't believe it for a minute
"Look at what the #1 issue was for voters in the democratic primaries: Iraq. We want out. Not in 100 years or even 10 years, but as soon as it can realistically be accomplished."
No way. If so, why did they reject the one candidate that pledged to do just that: Ron Paul? It's safe to say that within the confines of a broader Democratic agenda, Iraq was a priority. It may have been the first on the list of issues, but that number was no more weighted than any other.


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Johanniter International Assistance continues health facilities and support for Internally Displaced Persons in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan, 18. December 2017
In the Khost province, our German JOIN member received funding from the German Federal Foreign Office to continue the assistance of returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who currently live in the Gulan Camp at the border with Pakistan.
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The work in the already established health centre will carry on in collaboration with the partner organisation ACTD, providing several services such as antenatal care (ANC), postnatal care (PNC) and vaccinations. An in-patient ward is open 24/7 and midwives are ready to assist in deliveries. The project also includes psycho-social support and nutrition measures, as malnourishment is a big problem in the region. In contrast to previous projects, mobile clinics are now run in the surrounding area which benefit the nomadic population named Kuchis. The Kuchis are particularly disadvantaged without access to education or health facilities, due to droughts, conflicts and landmines.
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How to Raise a Successful Child
Children Are Reflections of Us
Having children is beyond anything else in the human experience. Nothing else forces such perspective on our lives; nothing motivates us so much to better ourselves as people. A child can make our own inadequacies impossible to ignore, as evident as our anxiety over navigating home from the hospital with a brand-new girl. A parent suddenly sees the world as a series of potential threats to us , and it is that burgeoning sense of togetherness that becomes a parent's single motivation. Our fears grow exponentially with the growth of a child. We want our children to have success in their lives, and as importantly, we need our children to feel that sense of success.Our potential for creating a successful child lies largely within our ability to pour the proper foundation.
First Path: Bring The Basics
The first path toward fostering success in children is to supply the basics: adequate food, shelter, clothing, sleep, and comfort. While most of us take these elements for granted, if any one of them is ignored or under-supplied, the chances of our children enjoying a successful life drop dramatically. It is terribly difficult to craft any level of success with poor tools, a credit to such figures as Oprah Winfrey, Richard Pryor, and Michael Jackson. Good nutrition, a secure roof, warm clothes, rest, and opportunities to ignore the vagaries of life are all necessary elements to ensure that a solid starting point exists for success. It's necessary to consider these things before you have children; it is next to impossible to make up for a year of malnutrition or living in a car.
Second Path: Secure Support
The second path toward cultivating success in your child is to band with others. Single parents will be the first to attest to the difficulties they face: working full-time and raising children alone is a tall order. There is nothing stopping the children of single parents from being successful, but it is harder for those parents to provide everything by themselves. My wife and I often imagine what it would be like if either one of us were to take it on alone, and we're always left unsettled. Even the basics would be tough to supply responsibly. Raising children should never be a solitary pursuit; it is important to surround yourself and your children with as many kind, generous people as possible. Larger families have an internal structure of support, but anyone can develop a circle of friends that can serve as a surrogate family. Regardless of the size of your family, however, do not make the "me and my child(ren) against the world" mistake. This attitude only heaps the burden further on you alone and reinforces your child's view that the world is to be feared or avoided, rather than embraced. In order to be successful, a child must perceive herself to be part of a nurturing network of caring people.
Third Path: Free to Fail
The third path toward developing a sense of success in your child is to allow your child to fail regularly. As I write in Helping Children to Fail Well, if your child wins too easily or too often, he can develop a sense of entitlement. A sense of entitlement is the worst kind of cancer for success; a sense that the world owes him cripples your child's ability to dig in and try. From an early age, we seem to reward children for half-hearted efforts, and the consequence of this has been apparent. Children pass the buck for poor grades at school by blaming their teachers, and parents echo their cries; children incessantly beg for the latest gadgets and games, and parents reward their avarice. The battle against a child's perfect self-perception should be ongoing. A successful child is one who understands limitations and let-downs, because without these boundaries, a child never learns how to stretch her own potential. Without failure, children never learn how to create success.
Fourth Path: Become a Constant
The fourth path toward creating a sense of success in your child lies in your ability to be an emotional constant. Some fathers are stern, some are playful; some mothers are content, some are ambitious. As parents, we all have some highs and lows, but assuming our usual outlook is in the best interests of our children, it is more important to stick to who we are than it is to try to fit the model of a "good parent." Children who gain success as they grow typically have parents who firmly know who they are and demonstrate this with a level application. A parent must demonstrate emotional consistency, day in and day out. Our children need to know what to expect as they develop, and while this might be silliness or an eye toward discipline, so long as it's consistent and positive, our children will flourish. An emotionally inconsistent parent will foster emotional inconsistency in children, and this sort of instability cannot support real, long-term success.
Fifth Path: Refuse to Cement
The fifth path toward creating a sense of success in your child is to allow her to change and grow. It is damaging to have a permanent expectation of your child's minor likes and dislikes; ironically, even the expectation that a child wants success can undermine that possibility. Children are driven by many of the same inexplicable forces during development as we were, and painting them into corners only encourages rebellion or apathy. There's no need to say to a child: "but you like that restaurant" or "Science is your best subject." There's no need to control minor issues and preferences that will ultimately work themselves out. There's also no confusing this relinquishment with issues of ethics, as you always have an obligation to address what a child does. It is natural to say "it's not nice to hit others, so we don't do that"; try to avoid, however, "but you've always liked Johnny" as much as possible, especially as children get older.
Along these lines, avoid the habit of mentally or verbally modifying who your child is (a "successful child"); rather, allow your child to modify what she does (a child who "is able to enjoy success"). If this seems like a minor shift in attitude, it's not. A "successful" child is only a moment away from being an "unsuccessful" child, while a child who "is able to enjoy success" feels a comfortable sense of self despite making mistakes and changing course in life.
Proud of Our Reflections
Being a good parent is as easy as being a good person. While neither claim can be made without work and sacrifice, both are accomplishments worth the effort. Do what is necessary to ensure that the nervous drive home from the hospital was merely the first part of a careful navigation, one that leads to your child competently taking the wheel. My wife and I sometimes slip up, as you will, too, but every mistake we make is fuel for the journey. The growth in us is reflected in our children, and our children are our priorities. Prioritize the raising of children to be successful adults, and the ride is sure to be a rewarding one.
A great hub! Thank you for sharing. I agree with you in the points you make re: the parent being the primary role model for their children...definitely reflections of their parents...
I will be adding your hub to my links on my Sense of Entitlement hub as I feel you have offered some solutions or things to think about re: the sense of entitlement that I wrote about.
Again, thank you for sharing your insights and advice.
Voted up and useful.
This sounds familiar, Shogan: "Without failure, children never learn how to create success".
Just a small addendum; love them, encourage them, support them, but don't completely trust them. My parents trusted me implicitly and if they said, "Have you done your homework?", my answer was always, "Yes". Every thing I said or did was based on my lies... It would have been great (in retrospect) to be doubted, pushed, kicked up the arse, and told to make an effort with my life.


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Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
Moral Character: The Personal and the Political
Deborah L. Rhode
Equitable Relief in Arbitration: A Survey of American Case Law
Stephen P. Bedell and Louis K. Ebling
The Swan Song of a Dishonest Duck: A Prototype for Analyzing Converage Under the Bankers Blanket Bond
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The Supreme Court Further Restricts Student First Amendment Rights in Public Schools: The Future of "Free Trade in Ideas" after Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
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Monday, January 20
Time to kill near Sorrento
We decided to drive up to Arola, a small village in the hills above Piano di Sorrento.
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Hi Nicki , a great way to spend an hour or two,, providing the weather is good too you :-) Are you crazy jumping up and down on that rock edge ,,Yikes that gave me the shivers.ReplyDeleteReplies
Don't worry, there was grass underneath, you can see in the photo before!Delete
It's on our holiday to do list - a walking holiday on the Sorrento peninsula - perhaps in 2015 :)ReplyDeleteReplies
GO for it! I recommend either spring or autumn. Avoid the summer if you want to hike, it's too hot!Delete
Hi Nicki, I love your photos and the way you live. I dreamt of it all my life and never did it yet.. wishing you all the best :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Iris! It's not all exciting, there's lots of normal boring bits inbetween! But the views are always amazing!Delete
Hi Nicki, I just went to your blog as a result of your new following (me) on Twitter. I LOVE it! Now following and can't wait to read about your time in one of my favorite places on earth! I was in Positano one year ago and am anxious to return, but will be going to Rome, Venice, and my family in Modena in May for my next trip to Italy. I hope to be able to stay in touch through our Italian blogs and learn more about your new life in paradise!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Despite a difficult year, resident and Army veteran Jim Gingras is looking forward to newfound freedom in 2012 thanks to the donation of a high-tech wheelchair from the Colorado-based Wheels for Disabled Veterans.
Despite a difficult year, resident and Army veteran Jim Gingras is looking forward to newfound freedom in 2012 thanks to the donation of a high-tech wheelchair from the Colorado-based Wheels for Disabled Veterans.
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With the donation of his new wheelchair, Gingras said he could finally start to regain his independence.
"When Brandy told me Jack was willing to donate a chair, I was excited. I couldn't wait for it to get here," Gingras said.
"He's always been independent, and this is a great gift for him to be able to go outside with his kids and his dog," Joanne Gingras said.
The wheelchair arrived by FedEx yesterday morning, and with the help of Levinson, two FedEx officials and family friend Dave Bagdon, Gingras was lifted onto his new device. Members of the Westborough VFW, Northborough American Legion and Westborough resident Denzil Drewry representing Sen. Scott Brown, also gathered at the Gingras home to celebrate.
"He's going to have some fun," said Joanne Gingras.
Levinson said he hopes to spread his program throughout the country, and has already seen a positive response. He said since his first donation in Colorado, he has received 13 other wheelchairs, and the company Pride Mobility is donating 20 more.
"It's amazing how people really just want to help," said Levinson.
To help the Wheels for Disabled veterans organization, Westborough Veteran's Agent George Perry has said he will duplicate the program in Massachusetts, and can direct any disabled veterans to available wheelchairs, or vice versa.
"It's a fabulous program," Perry said. "(Any disabled veterans) can give us a buzz and we'll work it out."
If any local veterans would like to learn more about the Wheels for Disabled Veterans program, or are in need of assistance, they can contact Perry at 508-366-3085.
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Well if we are considering McKay... Harvey Weinstein is available.
God help me I am agreeing with deecie here but I also thought he was out of contract when he 'quit'. The SFA did not tie him down (as they thought he was rubbish). He then took advantage of it and walked after surprising them by not being shite
Said the twat.
Who is this utter clown? 61 posts of pure pish.
aye ok but until you get put in that situation and see it all from the inside like McLeish did I am thinking these are very easy words... You are looking at it through your salary and through your eyes as a fan... McLeish is a professional manger earning this big money as normal. What TAMBER on here earning 20k per year is going to turn down a great job offering 100k per year because say you are working for the Scottish tourist board as opposed to say the Birmingham tourist board? You cant mix up all these things and come to a logical conclusion. I would guess from the inside to McLeish it looked somewhat like...working for the SFA was relatively like a shit call centre job versus a job paying 5 times the salary working for much more promising professional ambitious employers. This fan stuff is your perspective only.
Strachan's gone
thplinth replied to Manno's topic in TA specificThis guy has been posting this pish on every thread it seems. It is just the genetics comments rewrapped... away to fhuck.
I would say it is an absolute certainty that the manager who does finally manage a Scotland team that qualifies for a WC / Euros is going to get poached right after it, absolute certainty. The SFA don't pay. The SKY money down south is beyond belief... Also the Scotland job like it or not IS a stepping stone job. So I say embrace that and employ talented younger managers looking to put themselves in the shop window by being 'the one' who gets us to a khunting tournament again. Of course the massive problem here is the SFA. They could not find their arses with a torch never mind find good candidates...
It is just typical Scotland that the one decent performing manager we had (and he was only in the job 11 months I recall) had the hardest campaign of all, total group of death, and still it went to the last game. I am sure had McLeish had any of Levein's groups or Strachan's we would have qualified for one or two at least. Not saying that makes him the man for the job now but... he would do all right I think.
I would have reservations about McLeish now again (he is old school no doubt about) but certainly not over his 'walking out'. It was the end of the campaign and it was a perfectly legitimate point to quit if he wanted. He could equally have been sacked at that point had things not gone well for him. It was no where near like what Smith did when he walked out, not even close. Plus he was getting paid 400k a year by the SFA and Birmingham offered him 1.5m I believe.. game over. I don't believe for one second the OP would not have done exactly the same, people think about their family's financial future etc. at times like these, it not some chest pounding bullshit about loyalty. I don't blame McLeish one little bit for leaving. An employer like the SFA paying peanuts or full time club football nearly quadrupling your salary. pffft it is the old no-brainer. Anyone who holds this against McLeish when arguably he is the best manager we had in the last 20 years plus is being a bit OTT.
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thplinth replied to Barney Rubble's topic in Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhereYou watch it and wonder how she exists...
The statement about genetics is really a shining example of GS's very limited thinking power. That's it's genetics. Nothing we could actually do anything about of course or any mistakes we made...noooo genetics. He is one of these guys who thinks himself as smarter than us all while at the same time being dumber than most. It is fatal combination at times. With his genetics remark what he essentially said was "We did not qualify because we are sub-humans". It is the most defeatist attitude and view imaginable.
Watching it on a crappy internet feed on some dodgy site showing sky sports even I could see they were getting on top and were going to score if it carried on... Someone said rabbit in the headlights and that is kind of how it looks. You are sitting there saying 'why don't you change something' over and over until it is too late. McLeish was really very good at this and Strachan is rotten in comparison,i.e. the in game tactical adjustments if things are not working.
I have come to conclusion GS is a bit thick. Mark McGhee is just there to make him feel 'smart'. He just thinks himself into making stupid decision or worse becomes paralyzed unable to react or adjust when confronted with his master-plan going up in smoke.I'bet he thought he was a tactical genius springing the 4-4-2 on the players a few hours before kick off. This is why I think he has got to go. You never going to be able to fix this problem and he will do it time and time again... it is who he is. Very stubborn as well but really just the same issue. I know a guy who asked Alex Fergusson what he thought of Strachan as a manager and the reply was "Talks a good game". Pretty accurate looking back (and he does not even talk a good game anymore).


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The reality of war
"Several thousand soldiers have been wounded in action in Iraq. Thousands of others have been injured in war related events. They have lost arms, legs, eyes, ears, pieces of their brains. Some will spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs. These soldiers -- all volunteer warriors - have returned home to heal their wounds and consider life, forever scarred and changed." (Source)
Over the week-end I watched the movie Born on the Fourth July. I first saw it years ago on circuit, but it was really interesting to see it again, particularly because one can't help drawing parallels between the film, and the current situation in Iraq. Briefly, the movie is based on the true experiences of a Vietnam war veteran who is paralysed from below the waist down due to his war injuries. Upon his return to the US, he became victim to neglect in the veteran medical care system which suffered at the time from budgetary cutbacks. The movie then chronicles his life as moves from proud patriot, to disillusionment, and finally becomes an anti-war activist, all the while trying to deal with the symptoms of post traumatic stress syndrome.
The film got me wondering what the current situation is like concerning veterans returning from the present Iraqi war, especially those vets suffering from dehabilitating wounds. What I managed to find out, is that although America seems to be taking better care of it's vets now than it did after Vietnam, it is not doing all it could, and all it should be doing to help those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Jeremy, 24, a Seargent and Army Ranger from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Regiment was injured April 3, defending the Hadithah Dam and awarded the purple heart and bronze star with valor. He is completely blind, his brain is held together with titanium plates, he suffers seizures and some brain damage. He sees nothing but darkness.
According to an article in the Christian Science Monitor, "The Senate got into a bipartisan snit over funding for veterans this week, Republicans and Democrats both raising alarms over a $1 billion shortfall for the Department of Veterans Affairs this fiscal year. On Wednesday, the Senate approved $1.5 billion in emergency funding for the VA. But the funding issue raises questions about the VA's ability to handle an increased workload as a result of the war."
The numbers of vets requiring assistance from the VA is continuing to grow, "Since the US-led invasion of Iraq began, an average of 474 US service members a month have been wounded, injured, or become ill in the war zone. As of last week, the Defense Department put the total at 13,074. But the total number of vets who still need help is much larger than that, and it's growing. As of February, VA officials reported, 85,857 of the 360,674 veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who had separated from active duty, 24 %, had sought healthcare from the VA. This included treatment for both physical injuries and mental health problems."
Interestingly, during the wars of the 20th century, the ratio of wounded to killed in action was about 3 to 1. In Iraq that ratio is more than 9 to 1. To Bush's credit, he has hiked spending for veterans' medical care by more than 40 percent. More veterans are enrolled in healthcare services, the waiting time for care has been shortened, and the backlog of disability claims has been reduced.
However, American Social service agencies say that vets of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are now showing up in the country's homeless shelters. "While the numbers are still small, they're steadily rising, and raising alarms in both the homeless and veterans' communities. The concern is that these returning veterans, some of whom can't find jobs after leaving the military, others of whom are still struggling psychologically with the war, may be just the beginning of an influx of new veterans in need...Part of the reason for these new veterans' struggles is that housing costs have skyrocketed at the same time real wages have remained relatively stable, often putting rental prices out of reach. And for many, there is a gap of months, sometimes years, between when military benefits end and veterans benefits begin." (More)
Another thing that struck me, is that wounded soldiers don't seem to be getting very much coverage in the mainstream media. Although news sites like CNN and Fox track the dead, no-one is really telling the stories of the maimed and the psychologically dysfunctional. I did find this photo essay via one of the war vet sites.
Sam, 21, an army paratrooper and combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division, was gravely injured May 18 in Baghdad when a bomb blew up during a munitions disposal operation.
These are the people that pay the ultimate sacrifice, the cannon fodder of empire.


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Did you know there's a good chance some of your favorite songs were written by people you've never heard of? It's true. From Elvis Presley to Garth Brooks, many of the biggest songs from the biggest artists ever came from people you couldn't differentiate in the Starbucks line.
That thought may be a little jarring for some. The song that got you through a bad breakup, or that you danced to at your wedding, wasn't really the genius of George Strait, but actually a guy named Dean Dillon (who wrote nearly 60 George Strait songs, along with classics such as "Tennessee Whiskey").
But of course, these classic songs require the perfect translator. Which is why George Strait can take somebody else's heart and soul and bring it to life with his own performance. When the right singer performs the right song, magic happens.
It's like the saying goes: "It takes a village to raise a child." That same mentality applies to music. The amount of people it takes to really make an artist successful can be staggering. But no matter what, it always starts with the songwriter.
The Life of a Song
Now, plenty of huge songs came straight from the artist themselves. A song can have many different paths. The most simple is when an artist write the tune themselves, then records and releases it. Often, an artist writes the song with somebody else (a member of the band, or a different songwriter) and then records and releases it. Still a fairly simple process.
But in country and pop music in particular, a song's path to success takes many other twists and turns. And, in many cases, artists first see success by writing songs for other people. Chris Stapleton is a great example of this. Before he exploded on the scene as an artist, Stapleton spent 14 years writing songs other people made famous. He wrote tunes like Luke Bryan's "Drink A Beer," Thomas Rhett's "Crash And Burn" and Josh Turner's "Your Man."
So when you see somebody like Stapleton finally get his own chance in the spotlight, he already had much of Music City rooting for him. Also, here's an important distinction. When we say somebody "wrote" a song, more often than not it means the wrote the song with somebody else. So, for instance, Stapleton wrote "Drink A Beer" with a guy named Jim Beavers (who also wrote Stapleton's song "Parachute" with him).
Songwriters often get to wear different hats. They serve the song, which means they get to write in many different styles.
The Tried-and-True Publishing Deal
The vast majority of country songwriters start out with a publishing deal. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule (Shane McAnally, for one), but here's what that means.
Songwriter Sally has some great songs. She's been in town for awhile and made friends she likes to write with. She also starts playing those songs out at some songwriter rounds around town, which means she gets on stage with a few other people and take turns playing songs acoustically.
Eventually somebody in town wants to introduce Sally to a publisher. So Sally goes and meets with Pete's Publishing company, and Pete decides he wants to sign Sally to a publishing deal. That means Pete agrees to pay Sally what's called a "draw" or "advance." Usually, that's somewhere between $25,000 and $50,000 per year. In other words, just enough to allow Sally to only write songs and not worry about a different job. But here's the rub: that money is essentially a loan, not a salary.
Pete's Publishing also agrees to help set up co-writes for Sally so that she and other great writers (either from the same publishing company or another one) can get together and write songs. And Pete also promises to send Sally's songs to artists and try to get them recorded.
In exchange, Pete's Publishing takes a percentage of how much that song makes. This can get really complicated, but let's just keep it simple and say Pete takes all of Sally's publishing rights, which is equivalent to 50% of the song. So if Sally wrote a song that makes $1,000, she makes $500 and Pete makes $500. But that's only after Pete recoups the advance he paid Sally back.
Demos, Holds and Cuts
Alright, so how does Kenny Chesney hear Sally's song? After she writes the tune, she'll probably do a quick "work tape" of the tune, which basically means record it on her phone. And sometimes that's all it takes. But usually, writers want to "demo" the song.
A demo is a version of the song that usually has the basic elements (drums, guitars, vocals etc.) but doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a fully produced song. Demos can range in price, but it's safe to say a fair amount fall between the $500 and $1,000 range and take a day to do. If Sally doesn't want to sing on the demo, she can hire demo singers (and other musicians) to come jam it out quickly. Sometimes Sally has to pay for the demo, sometimes its her publisher Pete. It just depends on the contract.
So Sally sends the demo to Pete, who just loves it. And it turns out, Kenny Chesney is looking for songs. How do we know? Because Chesney's team listed him on what's called a "tip sheet" or "pitch sheet." It consists of a few lines of text with the most basic info — who the artist is, the label, producer, project and preferred method of receiving song submissions. Or, sometimes, if they have a good relationship with Pete, the artist's team might call him directly and ask if he has any songs he's excited about. (There are also independent "song pluggers," who independent writers pay to help get their songs into the right hands).
Now let's say Kenny listens to Sally's song and loves it. He puts a "hold" on the song, meaning nobody else can record the song until he decides if he wants it to go on the album or not. Usually this period only lasts a few weeks. If all goes well, they go in and record the song, and Sally officially gets to call it a "cut."
Sometimes this part can be particularly stressful for a writer. For instance, the song "Whatever She's Got" by Jimmy Robbins and Jon Nite went through several different "holds" before finally landing at David Nail, who eventually took it to No. 1.
Caitlyn Smith has an amazing song about being a songwriter called "This Town Is Killing Me."
How Much Do They Make?
Not enough, usually. There are several different ways songwriters get paid, though. In the most simple terms, the songwriter and publisher split 9.1 cents every time a song gets downloaded or manufactured on CD. So if an artist makes 1,000 copies of a CD with your song on it, they owe you $91. If they sell 1,000 digital downloads of your song, they owe you $91.
That's not a whole lot of money, considering the decline in sales. If your song goes gold (selling 500,000), which is a huge success, it's still only $45,500. You'd have to have a song do that every year to be just under middle class in America. Songwriters also get a small payment every time their song gets performed on the road.
What about streaming? Oy. Streaming royalty rates are extremely complicated (as are radio royalty rates). But in the interest of being overly simple, songwriters can expect to make about $4,000 per 1 million streams on Spotify. So if Sally gave away her publishing in her deal with Pete's Publishing, she's getting $2,000 per 1 million Spotify streams.
Which makes radio important. Because terrestrial radio still builds houses for some songwriters. If you get lucky enough to get 100,000 or more spins on radio, your check will have weight to it. Otherwise, it comes down to quantity for most songwriters.
The Digital Revolution
So how does the way people consume music affect songwriters? Well, on the one hand, it doesn't. Songwriters continue to write with the hopes of getting songs heard. No matter if its on tour or on Spotify.
But the changes to the music industry affect everybody. And the scary part is that many of the payment contracts come as negotiations between companies and organizations. Which means songwriters usually don't get a place at the table. And it means sometimes labels can hide how much a song actually makes.
So right now, songwriters need help from Congress. Copyright laws are woefully outdated. Songwriters rarely get a place at the table when it comes to establishing royalty rates. There is a lot of money in music. But songwriters unfortunately often get the short end of the stick.
But without songwriters, we wouldn't have some of the world's most amazing songs. And, for that matter, some of the world's most amazing artists who sang them. So support your local songwriters. And take a moment to research who wrote some of your favorites. The answer just might surprise you.


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Pope Francis Visits Washington D.C. — See His Official Schedule
Pope Francis is arriving in Washington D.C. on September 22, marking something utterly significant: his first visit to the United States. Welcome to the USA, Pope Francis!
Washington D.C. is buzzing with excitement over the arrival of Pope Francis on September 22, knowing their city is the site of the Pope's first touchdown in the United States ever. Pope Francis has a long itinerary for his short visit to the capital, making sure to not only spend time with his fellow Catholics, but to also meet with the country's top politicians — including President Obama. Take a look below to see his full schedule for his time in D.C.!
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
4:00pm: Pope Francis arrives at Joint Base Andrews in D.C. His overnight accommodations have not been made public.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
All events during this day will be broadcast on a large screen at the National Mall near the Washington Monument.
9:15am: Pope Francis will head to the White House for a welcoming ceremony, attended by President Obama and other political leaders. He is expected to make a speech. Afterward, he will personally meet with President Obama inside the White House.
11:00am: After leaving the White House, Pope Francis will travel by Popemobile in the official Papal Parade along the Ellipse and the National Mall. This event is open to the public.
11:30am: Pope Francis will pray the Liturgy of Hours, the daily form of prayer of the Catholic Church, with all U.S. bishops at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.
4:15pm: Pope Francis will celebrate mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the University Mall at The Catholic University of America. He will be canonizing Blessed Junipero Serra, the friar who started the mission system in California during the 1700s.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
9:20am: Pope Francis will give a speech to the Senate and House of Representatives in a joint session of Congress. You can watch a live feed of his speech when it occurs here.
11:00am: Following his address to the joint session of Congress, Pope Francis will briefly appear on the West Front of Capitol Hill.
11:15am: Pope Francis will visit St. Patrick's Church for a blessing, as well as bless clients and the homeless at St. Maria Meals Program of the Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Washington.
4:00pm: Pope Francis departs from Joint Base Andrews in D.C. on his way to New York City.
HollywoodLifers, are any of you going to see Pope Francis in Washington, D.C.? Tell us in the comments!
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hello, Carson City!
We are so excited and happy to be joining the Carson City Community. Here's what our VP of Operations, Susie Schneider, had to say at our sneak peek ribbon cutting and open house event:
Good morning. I feel I should start off my informing you there is absolutely no product here on site today… so don't get too excited. My name is Susie Schneider and I'm the Vice President of Operations for Green Thumb Industries (GTI).
GTI serves medical communities in markets across the country by providing patients in need with safe, reliable and therapeutic cannabis products. We're passionate about what we do and we're excited to bring our services and products to Carson City.
RISE Carson City is really the first dispensary of its kind. By that I mean: It's entirely community and customer-centric and focuses on a "patients over profit" customer experience. We call it Legendary Customer Service.
Some of the words we use to describe RISE include: Uplifting, cozy, comfortable and engaging. The interior is like nothing you'd imagine: It feels more like a coffee shop than a facility that sells cannabis, and that's exactly what we were going for.
We hope RISE will be a place where community members in need feel comfortable… they're not just a number in line and they're not rushed in and out the door. We have created a safe, warm environment where customers can learn how medical cannabis can help them achieve optimal health, balance and well-being, and also where they can connect with fellow patients to support one another.
I'm so excited for you to tour our facility so you can see exactly what I mean. I think my words will come to life the second you step through that doorway.
Thank you all so much for coming today to check out our small space. Moreover, thank you to Carson City for welcoming us into your community with open arms. We understand this is foreign territory… your open-mindedness, assistance and comraderie has helped us to feel right at home.
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The foundation was brought about by a Miss Eleanor Burke, whose ancestors founded the Abbey in the 1300's. Miss E. Bourke was the first to take the holy habit. She was joined by three ladies from Galway, whose surname was Lynch. The date would have been about 1680. As the Penal Laws were then in force, they were obliged to wear secular attire. There are few records of these early times but it is known that the nuns resided in Barrack Street until Mount Carmel Monastery was built in 1831.
A national school was built on the lawn near the entrance gate about this time also. The chapel was not finished until 1832. The rocks where the Carmelite Fathers offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass during Penal times adjoin the enclosure wall, at the south end of the garden, cemetery side, and near the said rocks were found buried a Chalice and candlesticks.
The Chapel was consecrated by the Most Rev. Dr. Coen, Bishop of Clonfert, in 1834 and later renovated in 1980 and rededicated to the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. It was not until 1859 that the nuns were able to practice strict enclosure, being engaged in the work of teaching until then. The grill was put in place that very year and the schools were closed.


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was a mistake. I had very little time to act, so I considered killing everyone in the main terminal because none of the soldiers I interrogated gave me an exact location of the official and arms dealer. I'd risk taking heavy damage and probably death in the firefight or my escape because I hadn't destroyed the soldiers' radios which allowed them to call for reinforcements, but I'd complete my mission.
Then I remembered that I had destroyed the anti-air radar on a previous side op at this location, so I decided to prone in the darkness and waited for the enemy helicopter to land. Intel told me that my targets were about 20 seconds from reaching the helicopter, so I called in an airstrike on the helicopter. My support team sent the airstrike in about 15 seconds and destroyed the helicopter before the targets reached it. The alarms at the airport started blaring and the targets were on the move trying to escape the building. I raced to the terminal's main exit and saw the targets running toward it. I pulled out my tranquilizer pistol and shot both of them in the head in slow motion as soon as we were about to have our loving airport reunion. I managed to quickly extract the arms dealer with my Fulton device (a portable balloon that lets you extract people, vehicles, weapons, and cargo in the field), but the remaining guards were quickly surrounding me like the hyenas surrounded Scar, so they weren't going to let me extract the official, so I picked him up and called in my helicopter to extract me in the middle of the airport while D-Dog and I ran to find cover behind some cargo containers.
Pequod, my chopper's pilot with 15 lines in the entire game and my favorite character, arrived with little resistance and landed in the middle of the airport due to the destroyed anti-air radar. A guard noticed me as Pequod was touching down, so I sprinted toward him while hoping I could dodge the bullets coming from every direction. I put the official on the chopper, climbed up, and immediately took hold of the gatling gun to provide cover fire as Pequod lifted off. One guard shot a missile at us, but I shot and destroyed it in the air which allowed us to finally escape the hot zone with barely any health left.
That was just one main mission in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
MGSV is the first complete Metal Gear game in Hideo Kojima and Konami's long-running series that simultaneously launches on multiple platforms, and it's definitely the most accessible MG yet. Newcomers to the series don't have to worry about getting lost in story and lore that is as confusing as War and Peace because MGSV doesn't have long cutscenes like previous games, but short scenes that are supplemented with cassette tapes that you can listen to while you're out in the world knocking soldiers out and hiding them in dumpsters and portable bathrooms. A lack of cutscenes may turn off series veterans, but the overall focus on the open-world gameplay gives players the opportunities to create their own memorable stories that no one else will care to hear you describe or post on Facebook like your friend's cliché backpacking trip in Europe.
The game has you playing as Big Boss AKA Venom Snake and leading a new group of soldiers called Diamond Dogs in Afghanistan and Angola during the Soviet-Afghan War after waking up from a nine-year coma. You are on a mission to find clues that'll lead you to the people responsible for Mother Base's destruction almost a decade earlier. The story is light and fast-paced, and there isn't much character development for anyone, but the dialogue and voice acting is not as cheesy as in previous games. I liked that the story attempts to tackle more serious themes about war, child soldiers, and the cost of doing what is necessary, but the game never tried to make you question your actions or some of the more mature themes; it just tells you that they exist and they are a problem, but it doesn't go any deeper with the characters involved like the typical Upworthy video or social media post about an important issue. The last third of the game's story also feels awkward and incomplete because the missions don't unlock with natural progression, and it leaves some important storylines without an ending.
The main missions have you saving prisoners, eliminating officials, extracting cargo and intel, and more while traveling to various outposts and locations in the world. While some of the main missions are very intense and full of tension like the one I described earlier, some aren't challenging at all and raise your expectations before dropping the tension at poorly-timed moments. It's disappointing when you're carrying an important item or intel out of an enemy stronghold in a sandstorm with enemies chasing and shooting you, when the enemies suddenly decide to stop chasing you and you're still half a mile away from your helicopter that is waiting to extract you; it's a worse feeling than when she gives you a glimmer of hope that you'll get out of the friend zone.
What makes MGSV great is the opportunity to complete a mission in a variety of ways. You start most missions from your command center and decide what time of day or night and where to land, what guns, items, and vehicles to take, and which buddy (a horse for travel, a dog for recon, or a sniper for cover) to take with you. You can attempt to be Rambo by landing right next to your objective where enemies will start firing at you as soon as they see your helicopter, but you can quickly ride your horse into the outpost and kill enemies while riding circles around them, or just blow them up with your tank. Other players might decide to be a ghost and land a safe distance away in the mountains and slowly make their way toward their objective with only tranquilizer guns, camouflage, distractions, and their hands to strangle or knock guards out quietly.
There are dozens of main missions, but there are also over 150 side ops. These are fun because they give you the same freedom you have in the main missions and you can travel from one side op to the other like you would in an open-world. However, you quickly realize that you return to the same outposts and bases from previous missions multiple times and guards are in the same position with similar patterns. You would assume that these well-trained soldiers that noticed a slaughter or a ghost town at a base would change security measures for the next group of guards they place at a base, but things stay the same. Even when you return to a base that you had previously infiltrated, you can overhear new guards discussing rumors of a soldier with one-eye that is a one-man army and is taking everyone out, but their security didn't change. I suppose this is why the Soviets lost the war to ´MERICA.
The repetitiveness of the side ops reminds you of how empty, static, and disconnected the open-world feels in this game at times. Yes, you are in a warzone with little to no civilians, but there's hardly a war going on without your interaction like in Far Cry. The wildlife never interacts with the enemies and there isn't much variety even when you're in Africa. The soldiers and prisoners you extract or eliminate could've had their own subplots to invest you emotionally, but there's no incentive besides doing it because it's on the list and for improving your Mother Base.
Overall, the AI in this game is much better than in previous games as guards and patrols won't ignore you after a few minutes of a failed search, but it's still inconsistent. Sometimes the guards have the eyes of a hawk and can see you from 200 feet away in darkness, and sometimes they're like Stevie Wonder when you're choking a guard five feet away from them. Guards do adapt to your play style over time as they'll wear more helmets if you take out previous guards with headshots, body armor if you go for body shots, they'll use night vision goggles if you frequently do your missions at night.
No matter what approach you take, MGSV has fixed the clunky controls from past games in the series. Snake is agile and his animations are quick, so you aren't stuck in a motion for too long. The d-pad was too sensitive during some moments when switching items which lead to throwing a hand grenade instead of a stun grenade, but those moments are so rare that you forgive Kojima when you accidentally kill a hostage or a sheep instead of carrying them out of a base.
The sound in this game is fantastic as you can easily hear enemy footsteps, conversations, the sounds that different guns make, the rush of a tank shooting you, or an enemy helicopter following you. You'll definitely want to play this game with a great headset or surround sound. Complementing this is the soundtrack which ranges from classical to popular 80's music which makes you feel as if you are in the era. There is something special about riding around on your horse mowing down dozens of soldiers with your customized machine gun while wearing a chicken suit and listening to A-Ha's Take On Me.
MGSV also has a metagame similar to Clash of Clans that has you looking for resources, and soldiers to improve your Mother Base. This is Diamond Dogs' headquarters that allows you to develop and upgrade weapons, items, outfits, vehicles that you´ll take on your mission, and call in airstrikes, air support, sleeping gas, and more out in the field. Your base starts out as the equivalent of a mudhouse with one platform and grade-E soldiers, but you are given a device called a Fulton to extract soldiers and items while you're on your mission. As you extract and enslave better enemy soldiers that the volunteers that you started out with and find precious resources, you'll upgrade your Mother Base to the size of a fortress with talented staff members that hate you for taking them away from their families, but will put a smile on their face while they pimp your suit and guns out with a new paint job. It seems overwhelming at first with so many options to assign staff to different units and the ability to send some of them on their own missions, but it eventually becomes simple.
After your base has grown strong enough, you can start invading other players online to steal their resources and staff members. You deploy to their FOB (Forward Operating Base) and your goal is to make it to the core of staff's platform while killing, tranquilizing, or extracting soldiers and stealing resources for maximum theft. You have about 25 minutes to make it to the center of their Tootsie pop with only one life. If the player's guards kill you, then you will not take any of the soldiers or resources you had already extracted, so you will have wasted all your money and time for nothing.
When a player's FOB is invaded, the player is messaged if he is online and asked if they want to interrupt their mission or selfie-taking time to defend their FOB. The player can say yes and they'll take control of one of their security guards and join the hunt for the invading player. If a defending player's guard dies, then they'll take control of one that is alive. This mode can be exciting at times when the opposing player has smart security guards and surveillance, and when the defending player is online to take control of their defense as it becomes a game of cat and mouse.
FOB mode still has some issues with its guards and platform layout as most platforms and guard patrols are similar, so players can memorize a layout, the best landing site, and guard patterns and easily make it to the core of a platform repeatedly. The metagame could've used randomized guard patrols and layouts to make the mode more difficult for invading players, and more Mother Base and FOB personalization to make bases not look like cookie-cutter houses in some American suburbs.
MGSV is one of my favorite games of the past few years and definitely my favorite stealth-action game. Its change to an open-world design allows veterans to test themselves and newcomers to easily try out any method they want to complete missions. You'll have fun trying different techniques and equipment loadouts while creating your own stories and you'll feel like a great espionage agent with smooth controls and movement. The game's story, while feeling incomplete at the end, takes about 40 hours, but, in the end, you choose your own pace.
However, a change to an open-world also demands higher expectations and MGSV's decision to cut down on a main story could've led to a strong focus on the open-world itself and its side ops. The world and its missions are not as dynamic and varied as they could've been, and the AI is still not up to par with its gameplay mechanics. This is truly a great game that does everything well, but it doesn't do enough things to stand out and innovate amongst other open-world games. Maybe if Konami had given Kojima the extra resources and time he wanted, he would've fully painted his masterpiece.
+ A variety of ways to complete missions leads to memorable, personal stories
+ Top-notch sound and graphics and polished gameplay
+ Accessible main storyline
– Side ops become repetitive with the same outposts, bases, and guard patterns every time you infiltrate
-Lack of emotional investment in Side ops and awkward storytelling in the last act
-Inconsistent AI that both disappoints and infuriates you
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More Employees Quitting–Good News for the Economy, Maybe Bad for Your Business
By Bill Conerly,
Conerly Consulting, Businomics,
Nearly two million people quit their jobs last month, and I think that's good news. Maybe not for you, but it's a sign of confidence by these workers. Surveys of consumer attitudes are useful, but hard action is even more telling.
While this is a sign of optimism, it may be bad news for your business. I bet that you have some employees who would like to quit but are afraid to. If your managers are not doing a great job, your quit rate will increase until you suddenly realize that employees are valuable. Most companies don't realize that until they've lost several great workers. For more information, read my post Human Resources Management in the Economic Recovery.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Challenge 26 @ Crafty Cardmakers
Here is my DT card for Challenge #26 at Crafty Cardmakers . This fortnight we have a recipe to follow.The recipe is...
1. Use stickers or punches
2.Use the colour yellow or orange
3.Include an animal or fish
I have used a digi stamp from Pollycraft and my sentiment is from Tiddly Inks. For the borders I have used one of my X-Cut border punches. I have coloured the image with ProMarkers and used some stickles glitter glue on the flowers and grass.The ribbon, paper and card are from my stash.
Posted by fionalawlor at 4:31 AM
Labels: crafty cardmakers #26, frog, punch, yellow
4 comments:
- Vixykins said...
He's so sweet! Beautiful lil card hunny, well done x
- July 31, 2010 at 7:02 AM
- Eiglas said...
What a cute li'l froggy! Super card Fi!
- July 31, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Made by Mandy said...
What a cute little frog and love the bright colours.
- July 31, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- Josephine said...
That's such a cute frog - and a lovely card.
- August 4, 2010 at 11:49 AM
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The Nigerian names that Omolola Ososami picked for her quintuplets translate in English to uplifting phrases like ''My heart is filled with joy'' (Ayokunnumi) and ''My hope is on God'' (Mogbekeleoluwa).
But in the neonatal intensive care unit at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, doctors and nurses monitoring their every heartbeat call them simply Babies A, B, C, D and E.
Wearing sterilized yellow hospital scrubs, Ms. Ososami crossed her arms yesterday afternoon and peered at her four tiny daughters and a son through plastic incubators. It was only the second day that Ms. Ososami, 28, was able to see the babies since they were born on Tuesday, 14 weeks early. She has not yet held them or even touched their miniature hands.
''I talk to them,'' an exhausted Ms. Ososami said. ''I say: 'I love you so much. Please come home.' ''
Doctors say there is a 75 to 80 percent chance the babies will do just that. They are showing signs of improvement, and all but one have been taken off a breathing tube.Continue reading the main story
Already a doting mother (''They are cute babies. Pink,'' she said), Ms. Ososami, a horticulturist, and her husband, an engineer, learned that they would be the parents of five through a sonogram done two months into her pregnancy, in Nigeria.
''I was like, 'God, are you sure I'm having five babies?' '' she said. ''And my husband said, 'Are you sure?' ''
She arrived in New York more than one month before the babies were born so that she could deliver at an American hospital experienced with multiple births. She also has a brother who lives in Cambria Heights, Queens.
She hoped the babies would wait until Christmas, but ''they wanted to come and they came,'' she said.
When the quints were delivered four minutes apart by Caesarean section, waiting anxiously were five doctors, five medical charts, five beds, ''five of everything,'' said Dr. Sheela Laungani, a neonatal specialist. ''It was like an assembly line.''
Born at 26 weeks, the babies weighed slightly more than a pound each; the longest was about 13 1/2 inches. It was the first quintuplet birth in the hospital's history. In 2000, there were only 77 multiple births of five babies or more in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
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''I don't know how long we're going to stay here,'' Ms. Ososami said. ''We don't have space for five children'' in Nigeria ''because we never planned for five children.''
She would not say whether she used fertility drugs, but her family does have a history of multiple births. Her mother is a twin, she said, and an uncle had three sets of twins.
Picking names for five children was a challenge, but she had it done well before the babies arrived.
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Beaute Cosmetics, the brand that brought you the most amazing weightless lip creme and liqui-gel stains, also offers a brush collection.
Maybe they should have stuck with lip products.
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Thanks for the review. Wow I would be seriously annoyed if they refused to accept returns for a sub-par product. I will avoid this brand as I really dislike it when brands take a hardline stance on returns.
I agree that it's more disheartening that the return policy is so unreasonable. I will forgive a sub-par product, if I know I can work with a company to make sure that everyone is satisfied. You should not be forced to keep something that you don't think is worth the money… particularly if you have not used it in any way. It took me so long to do this review because I wanted to see if I could return the brushes… so I didn't touch them or use them in any way. But when they told me that there were no refunds, I pulled them out to take pictures of them and post this review.
thank you for this post, i'll be sure to stay clear of this brand.. so sorry this happened to you, I do so much online shopping and I hate companies that have unreasonable return policies and even worse the ones that aren't willing to work with you.p.s. you should try selling or listing these anyways because some people have different preferences and may actually like the things you don't like about these brushes, I mean you never know.. just a thought..
Miss Tania… you're right. Someone else may actually like these brushes. Maybe I'll post them on ebay.
Wow, I almost ordered during their recent sale. I am so glad I stayed away. If there's one thing I can't stand it is a company who won't stand behind their products. The fact that they didn't respond to your repeated email attempts is ultra-shady. Shahada, as their policies are not displayed on their website and they are an online company you may want to take this up with your CC company to see if you can file a chargeback. This was a REALLY big purchase and you shouldn't be stuck with it when you've done nothing wrong. Otherwise sell them. Please don't eat a purchase of this size. Yikes!
Hi Linda. I've honestly decided not to give it anymore energy. A company has a right to have a strict return policy. A CC dispute would be centered around fraud, and I have not been defrauded. I just don't feel that the product is worth the price, and that is subjective. Someone else may feel differently. So I'm just going to cut my losses and see if anyone else might enjoy them.
I have decided to gift these brushes to the lovely young lady who sent me an email asking about them. Hopefully, she will truly enjoy them. :-)All is well that ends well.
Oh my goodness! That "customer service" is shocking and horribly near-sighted. I appreciate the time and effort you spent writing this review.
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Statistics released Wednesday confirm what can already be seen: More mosques with busier prayer services and the increasing prevalence of women dressed in hijabs (headbags) and niqabs (full-face headbags) in all walks of life. Islam is the fastest-growing religious group in the country.
O Canada Across Canada, the Muslim population is growing at a rate exceeding other religions, according to Statistics Canada. It is even growing faster than the number of Canadians who identify themselves as having no religion, though just barely, according to the National Household Survey released Wednesday.
The Muslim population exceeded the one-million mark in 2011, according to the survey, almost doubling its population for the second-consecutive decade. Muslims now represent 3.2 per cent of the country's total population, up from the two per cent recorded in 2001.
The majority of growth in the Muslim population is the result of immigration, as it is with Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists, with the largest share coming from Pakistan over the past five years, according to Statistics Canada. Muslims are also the youngest religious group in the country with a median age of about 28 years old.
"The phenomenon of the younger age for groups such as Muslims and Hindus is a reflection of the immigration trends," said Tina Chui, chief of immigration and ethnocultural statistics at Statistics Canada. "People tend to migrate when they're younger."
The growth of the Muslim population is part of a larger trend: minority religious groups becoming a larger slice of the Canadian cultural mosaic, although Christian religions still dominate with almost 70 per cent of the population. That raises questions of accommodation and integration of a religion that experts say is often unfairly viewed through a lens of fear.
"Polling has shown that Canadian Muslims are proud to be Canadian, more so than the average Canadian," said Ihsaan Gardee, executive director of the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations. "Canadian Muslims very much want to integrate and be part and parcel of the society."
One-on-one, non-Muslims can have favourable views of their Islamic colleagues, but that feeling doesn't always extend to the wider Muslim population, said Pamela Dickey Young, a professor of religion and culture at Queen's University. "It isn't like Canadian Muslims have not tried to educate the Canadian populace … but for some reason there's still that edge with it that some Canadians have problems getting over," Dickey Young said.
The survey results should be taken with caution. Experts say the voluntary nature of the National Household Survey, which replaced the mandatory long-form census, leaves some gaps in the data from groups that tend not to respond to such surveys, such as new immigrants.
Experts believe the data provide a fairly good, broad picture of Canada, but data on smaller groups may provide less reliable information. There are also no breakdowns within the different religious groups. For instance, the survey provides no breakdown of type of Muslims living in Canada, as the survey didn't ask respondents whether they were Shiite or Sunni.
"People keep blocking us into one cohesive mass and we're not that at all," said said Alia Hogben, executive director of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women. "We need to sit down as Muslims — not as a community because there isn't one community — and decide what we want to be accommodated and what we want to give up."
That internal debate in the Muslim community gets sidetracked because of the backdrop of violence done in the name of religion, which Canadian Muslims regularly and quickly condemn. "It is an additional pressure and a big one on the Muslim community," Elshorbagy said.
"We need to be extra nice just because we're Muslims. We need to go beyond certain limits, which is very unfortunate for people like me," he said. "Sometimes the media will call something Islamic terrorism — once you call it Islamic, you've brought me into the picture even though I haven't done something wrong."