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The economy excuse that tears at Canada
Housing on the knife's edge
At long last, the federal government has decided to seriously address the housing price bubble that has increasingly concerned Canadians.
On the heels of multiple warnings from the Bank of Canada that Canadians have taken on too much household debt for comfort (we hold the dubious distinction of having the worst consumer debt to financial assets ratio among 20 OECD nations), the federal government announced three moves. It will reduce the maximum insurable amortization period from 35 years to 30 years as it scales back both home equity loans and the amount homeowners can refinance. With these changes, we are about half way back to where the CMHC lending standards stood in 2006 when the Harper government significantly loosened them.
Looking into the crystal ball: 2011 predictions from the CCPA
Happy new year rabble readers! As we round out another decade, thoughts turn to the future, and our partners at the The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives have weighed in on the issues facing Canada in the years ahead. They flag the economy, social unrest, drift, democracy, dirty oil and corporate Canada as things to watch in 2011 and beyond.
Hugh Mackenzie, CCPA Research Associate
Canadian welfare system outdated: National Council of Welfare
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, December 13, 2010 - A new report from the National Council of Welfare (NCW) shows that welfare can be harder to get today than 20 years ago. This means more people were forced into destitution to qualify for welfare in 2009, when the recession's casualties were mounting.
Improving social well-being would reduce health-care costs
Governments are still reeling from recession-induced deficits, but now their attention is turning to another fiscal elephant marching into the room: the coming renegotiation of federal-provincial transfer payments. The Canada Health Transfer (CHT) expires in 2014, and must be extended soon. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty plans to clamp down on transfers to reduce his own deficit. But that just passes the buck to the provinces, whose fiscal position is even worse.
As this debate heats up, there's a new piece of knowledge that should be considered carefully as finance ministers arm-wrestle. Since the CHT was implemented in 2004, researchers around the world have established a whole new field of scientific knowledge regarding the social determinants of health.
Canada and the next world financial crisis
How will the next financial crisis erupt? (Or perhaps we should describe it as a further chapter of the ongoing financial crisis.) It's like figuring out which piece of tinder will ignite after a sizzling heat wave. We know it's bad out there, but just where will the next spark hit? What follows is one of many- potential financial crisis scenarios that Canada could face.
Ireland proves banking is too important to be left to the bankers
Concern for the plight of others is normal; it is part of being human. People recognize what it means for someone else to be cold or wet, or face thirst or hunger. Accounts of what we should do as a society have a place for empathy. The over-arching political philosophies, conservatism, liberalism and socialism are built around ideas of what responsibilities citizens have (and do not have) to each other, though this does not mean it is easy to reach agreements about how to provide shelter, and sustenance to those in need.
CCPA at 30: A guide to best practice for progressive policymakers
Organized around the theme "Advancing Democracy and Social Justice in Canada: The Next 30 Years," the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives celebrated its 30th anniversary with a conference featuring progressive activists, thinkers and organizations on Nov. 18.
The gathering was an opportunity to mark three decades of advancing progressive ideas and to reflect on the challenges that lie ahead. After spending the day taking in presentations from a line-up of insightful speakers, here are some themes that resonated with me.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives at 30
Marcus Aurelius was a philosopher, a stoic who believed in translating thought into practical action. When he became Emperor of Rome in the second century A.D. he wanted all of Rome to embrace philosophical ethics. Instead, Rome came under attack from many sides, and Emperor Aurelius was forced to give his full attention to making war on his enemies.
Fight like the Greeks
After months of proclaiming all was good in the Canadian economy, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced at the start of October that "boom times are over."
The Harper government has spent the past two years arguing that Canada was a model for escaping the depth of the recession that has hit Europe and the U.S. so hard.
Now the Tories, after claiming that they had steered Canada through a recession, are speculating that they might have to continue stimulus funding to keep the economy from sinking.
But the talk of a robust recovery conceals the reality of what workers in Canada have already suffered through for the past several years.

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The High Road, New Mexico
The 56-mile route from Santa Fe to Taos delivers one photo-op after another: ancient Indian pueblos, deserts, forests, wildflower meadows, and artists' colonies in 17th-century adobe towns. The High Road climbs from the Sangre de Cristos to the Rocky Mountains, with canyon views over Truchas Peak at 13,102 feet.
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The 178-room Hotel Excelsior, on the Venetian island of Lido, first opened in 1908, and has remained one of Italy's top-notch luxury hotels for more than a century. Inside, Moroccan design touches—such as a courtyard fountain, arched entryways, and ornate, jewel-toned furnishings—help to create an exotic feel, and glimpses of the Venetian Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea catch your eye anywhere you look. The waterfront hotel is just a 15-minute water-taxi ride from Venice proper; to get you there, the hotel offers complimentary shuttle service from its private pier. Return for an alfresco dinner at the hotel's candlelit La Terrazza, one of Venice's iconic dining spots.
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Breakfast is an important meal for athletes
By Joe Frollo Tue, 12/04/2012 - 11:00amFor an athlete, breakfast plays an important role in performance. It is the foundation for an athlete's daily nutrition.
When an athlete wakes up in the morning, his or her glycogen levels are at 40 to 60 percent. This is not enough to maintain blood sugar levels and keep high energy until lunchtime, especially if there is a workout or game in the morning.
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Experts warn against caffeinated energy drinks for young athletes
By Joe Frollo Wed, 08/01/2012 - 5:06pmAthletes often look for a quick boost to gain an edge.
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Black Misleadership Class
Selma: Black History According to Oprah
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford
Most Black folks are just grateful that there is finally a big box office movie about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But, of course, Selma is historical fiction, carefully crafted to make some people and ideas look good and wise, and others to appear petty, narrow or stupid. Who decides? The money-people, the producers, like Oprah Winfrey.
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The Moment of Truth: African Americans' Nonsensical Support for Barack Obama
by Solomon Comissiong
After January, 2017, "the delusional fantasy will be over for most African/black people in this country." What will Black folks have to show for their near-absolute loyalty to Barack Obama? Nothing more than, maybe, a historically revisionist t-shirt "with Obama's face wedged in between Malcolm X and MLK."
Sacramento's Black Mayor and the Minimum Wage
by Seth Sandronsky
If Kevin Johnson is "progressive," then the term has become meaningless. The Sacramento mayor and charter school champion, husband of privatization zealot Michelle Rhee, has bought into the corporate argument that meaningful hikes in the minimum wage harm the economy, including the lowest paid workers. In the short term, he wants to "study" the issue to death.
Ferguson: It is Right to Resist, By Any and All Means Necessary
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Having failed to head off the beginnings of a Black mass movement, the Black Misleadership Class and the White House cite violence in Ferguson to discredit youthful activists. However, "any movement that defies police power and rejects the legitimacy of the state – including its prosecutors and grand juries – will inevitably commit acts that are deemed illegal and which are accompanied by some level of violence."
Estranged Careerists of the Corporate Black Cash-hounds (CBC)
Andrew Young: Prophet of Urban Renewal or Big Oil's Reverend for Rent?
by Steve Early
Former civil rights activist, mayor and congressman Andrew Young spends his octogenarian years in the service of corporations like Nike, Wal-Mart and Chevron, which last year cut Young's foundation a check for $550,000. Campaigning for Chevron's favored politician in Richmond, California, "Reverend Young's rambling after-dinner speech stressed themes dear to the heart of his major donor."
Germany Just Made College Tuition Free? Why Won't Our Black Political Class Fight For Free Tuition Here?
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Germany just made college tuition free for everybody including foreign students! Free tuition here would cost about $62 billion, roughly what the US govt already spends on loans, grants and subsidies of all kinds. Black leaders preach education will lift us up, but they won't pick a fight or lead a movement to make higher education a right instead of a debt sentence.
Nutty Professor Dyson's Ridiculous Apology for Eric Holder
by Paul Street
Shameless Obama apologist Michael Eric Dyson claims it was too politically dangerous for a Black attorney general to prosecute white Wall Street executives. "But the basic Too Big to Prosecute idea was clearly in Holder's head long before Dyson's 'racial realpolitik' might have come into play. Holder put forth the doctrine of executive immunity when he worked for Bill Clinton. "Running dog Dyson is barking up the wrong bourgeois tree."
Listen to Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network, with Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey – Week of 10/06/14
New Youth Party Demands West Finance Ebola Fight
Events in Ferguson, Missouri, have inspired formation of "an alternative party of young people of color" in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. In its first major demonstration, set for October 16, the Young people's Freedom and Justice Party is "demanding that the U.S. government and the western world provide the funding for drugs for treatment" of Ebola "and that they move with all deliberate speed," said Sara Osman, one of the organizers. The party is comprised of college and high school students as well as youths who are not in school.
Black Is Back Coalition to March on White House November 1
In November, 2009, President Obama's first year in office, the newly formed Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations held its first rally and march on the White House. "I think, five years later, even the most die-hard Obamites would have a serious problem trying to ignore the criminality of this regime, or to separate what the United States government is doing under Obama from anything it's done under George W. Bush or any of the other criminals who have occupied that office," said Coalition chairman Omali Yeshitela. The Coalition holds a rally and march on the White House on November 1, followed by a teach-in at Howard University the next day under the theme "Peace Through Revolution."
U.S. Intelligence Agencies Were Aware of ISIS's Plans
Far from being in the dark about ISIS's capabilities and goals, the CIA was well aware of the jihadist's plans to attack the Iraqi city of Mosul and seize much of the country, according to journalist Nafeez Ahmed, author of the Guardian newspaper article "How the West Created the Islamic State." The U.S., Britain and the Gulf oil monarchies were plotting regime change in Syria even before the outbreak of demonstrations against the government, in 2011. The same countries that have been "supporting and financing and manipulating" Islamist militants are now "being mobilized to fight the very enemy they created," said Ahmed, author of Zero Point, a novel that actually predicted the events now unfolding in Iraq.
Washington's Incessant Lies
U.S. foreign policy seems full of contradictions because "they are at war with the world and have to constantly hide their aims and their goals, and can turn on the very forces that they create," said Sara Flounders, of the International Action Center. But, said Flounders, "what they're telling the people of the world is always a lie. Always."
Rally Makes Connection Between African American and Palestinian Struggles
On October 11, hundreds will gather at the Malcolm X and Betty Shabbaz Center, in Harlem, to affirm their solidarity with Palestinians under the Israeli apartheid regime. "The World Stands with Palestine" rally will highlight parallels in the plight of Blacks in the U.S. and Palestinians under occupation. The Center is housed on the site of Malcolm X's assassination, in 1965. "Malcolm would have been an African internationalist," said hip hop artist and activist M-1. "To have the rally in the former Audubon Ballroom completes the cycle."
Black Politicians Silent and Ineffectual: Throw Them Out
One looks at the images from Ferguson "and sees in an instant that there is a war against Black people," said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation's best known political prisoner. What are Black politicians doing? "Many, if not most, have been silent," said Abu Jamal, in a report for Prison Radio. "A new, militant, responsive politics must arise, built by the young who are clear-eyed and committed."
Detroit: Water Cut-Offs Lead to Evictions
Pastor Ray Anderson, of the House of Help church and community center, joined with the grassroots Water Brigade to halt the water cut-offs that have affected hundreds of thousands. Before long, the city cut off the House of Help's water, too. "A lot of people are losing their homes when their house goes into foreclosure because of the water bill," said Pastor Anderson. "I believe it's a God-given right for us to have water," especially since Detroit sits on the Great Lakes, the greatest reservoir of fresh water in the world.
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Eric Holder: Like the Rest of the Black Political Class – Powerful But Powerless When It Comes to Black Interests
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
The fulsome praise heaped upon Eric Holder at the announcement of his impending resignation is fake history. Some of it exposes the contradiction between the black political class's alleged mission to represent the black masses and its actual practice which is another thing entirely. And some of it is just plain self-serving silliness.
The Sharpton-ization of American Imperialism: Obama Administration's DOJ to Train "Community Leaders" to be Snitches for Empire
by Danny Haiphong
The U.S. government has finally invented a national "snitch" program big enough to encompass the treachery of Al Sharpton. Under the new program, "community leaders" are taught to identify and rat-out radicals in their midst – a task for which Sharpton serves as the perfect role model. "Sharpton is committed to defusing potential Black rebellion on behalf of the Obama Administration."
Will America's Black Political Class Join In the Spoils of the Rape of Congo? Andy Young & Jesse Jackson Say It's OK.
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
The table set with the loot from 5 million dead in neighboring Congo, the largest genocide on earth since World War 2, Rwandan president Paul Kagame is inviting America's black political class to join him in the profitable spoils... contracts, careers and more, blessed by the likes of Andy Young and Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Naming-and-Shaming the Black Caucus
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Silence implies assent, which is why activists in Washington, DC, will loudly and clearly denounce the Congressional Black Caucus for its collective crimes against Black people, social justice and the cause of world peace. The "Shame on the Congressional Black Caucus" will give the Black lawmakers the credit they deserve for supporting Apartheid Israel, working to end Net Neutrality, and militarizing local police.
The Black Political Class? The Congressional Black Caucus? These Joes Ain't Loyal
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Why does the Congressional Black Caucus endorse Israeli apartheid? Why do our black mayors embrace gentrification, our civil rights organizations side with their funders, and our black generals and diplomats orchestrate genocide in Africa? Whoever, whatever they're loyal to, it's not the interests of African American or African people. What can we do about it?
Sign the Petition! We Demand the Congressional Black Caucus Denounce Apartheid in Israel & Endorse Network Neutrality
Despite its constant and relentless celebrations of our people's historic Freedom Movement, the CBC's claim to stand for the interests of African Americans is an empty brand, for lease to whichever corporate donor willing to pay the price. Demand that the CBC revoke its deal with the devil and stand against apartheid and ethnocracy in Israel, and side with the people over the telecoms by embracing network neutrality, the reclassification of broadband internet to a public utility available to all without corporate toll booths, or so-called fast and slow "lanes".
Click here to sign the petition.
Unlike the petitions at causes.com and change.org, this petition is locally hosted. No giant Big Data firm will use it to map your contact patterns for marketing purposes. We just don't do that.
And Then Came Sharpton: Helping Keep Blacks in Their Place
by Paul Street
Al Sharpton polluted the air of Ferguson, Missouri, on a mission to restore peace and tranquility, i.e., the racist order. He castigated Blacks for indulging in self-pity, "as if engaging in days and nights of street battle with the forces of white supremacist order and marching in the street under the banner 'No Justice, No Peace' is 'sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves.'"
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network, with Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey – Week of 9/15/14
"Shame on the Congressional Black Caucus" Rally
The Israeli bombing of Gaza "was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back," said Asantawaa Nkrumuah Ture, an organizer of a "Shame on the CBC" rally set for September 24 in front of the Washington Convention Center, where the Black Caucus opens its annual legislative conference and gala. "It's well past time for us to hold them accountable." The protesters want to "start a conversation, nationally," said Nkrumah Ture, "not only regarding the Black Caucus' support of apartheid Israel, about also their position on Internet neutrality, their ties with corporate America," and the CBC's overwhelming vote, in June, to continue militarization of local police forces.
Motive: Black. Penalty: Death
When Duane Buck faced sentencing on a murder conviction in a Houston courtroom, the judge allowed "expert" testimony that Blacks were inherently more dangerous than whites. On August 29, a federal judge called the testimony "repugnant and dangerous," but upheld the death sentence, anyway. "It is absolutely shocking, it is stunning, it is appalling and it sets a terrifying precedent," said Christina Swarns, litigation director for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which is handling Buck's appeal. "This is asking a jury to rely on race to impose a death sentence."
New York City Needs Justice, Not More Police Training
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton defended his "Broken Windows" policing policies before the New York City Council, claiming there's nothing wrong with the NYPD that $30 million in training and 1,000 more cops can't cure. Josmar Trujillo, of New Yorkers Against Bratton, disagrees. "The police department is one of the most trained in the world," said Trujillo. "Training isn't the issue. The systemic culture of brutality, which is reinforced by institutional racism, is really the conversation we need to be having."
Obama Targets Syria, Not ISIS
President Obama's bombing offensive in Iraq and Syria "brings humanity closer to world war than we have been, maybe, in 80 years," said scholar and activist Dr. Anthony Monteiro. Although purportedly aimed at ISIS, Washington is actually targeting the Syrian government, Iran and, ultimately, Russia. Obama's arming of so-called "moderate" Syrian rebels is a farce, said Monteiro. "There is no 'moderate' opposition to the Assad government. It is all extreme, gangster, thuggish militants who are funded by some of the very nations that are part of the 'coalition of the willing.'" Dr. Monterio is fighting his termination from the African American Studies department at Temple University, in Philadelphia.
U.S. Proxy Wars Empower Jihadists and Nazis
"The United States is essentially contracting out its wars" in Libya, Syria and Ukraine, said Eric Draitser, an independent political analyst and publisher of StopImperialism.com. "The proxy wars that the United States has begun all over the world are part and parcel of a larger imperial agenda" dating from U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Central America. The Islamic State "is a by-product of U.S. foreign policy, just as the Nazis in Ukraine are a by-product of U.S. foreign policy," said Draitser.
September Surge in EEOC Case Dismissals
Every year about this time, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dismisses tens of thousands of discrimination cases, citing "lack of evidence" and a perennial backlog. "There is no backlog," said Ricardo Jones, a former chief investigator for the EEOC in New York. "There's been 15 years of not paying overtime" to deal with legitimate complaints, while the money "has basically gone to managers."
Black President Doesn't Respect Black Culture or History
Dr. Donald Smith, a founder of the National Alliance of Black School Educators, will be honored at a conference on Education for Liberation in the African American Tradition, in New York, October 10. Dr. Smith said Black history and culture is disappearing from classrooms around the country. "The major challenge begins in the White House, with a president who does not believe in Black culture as being essential to the education, not only of children of African descent, but of all American children," said Smith.
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:00am ET on PRN. Length: One hour.
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The Treasonous 32: Four-Fifths of Black Caucus Help Cops Murder Their Constituents
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Fully 80 percent of the 40 voting members of the Congressional Black Caucus refused to defund the Pentagon's militarization of local police departments. That means, 32 Black lawmakers are "conscious collaborators with the Mass Black Incarceration State that dehumanizes, frames, imprisons, humiliates, tortures, maims and kills Black people for a living."
Low Voter Turnout Didn't Kill Michael Brown
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Bruce A. Dixon
If you believe our black political class, low voter turnout killed Michael Brown. But then it's past Labor Day in an even numbered year, a time when the only discussion, the only question, the only answer our black political class entertains is how to ratify their privileged status with a big black vote. Do their concerns match our needs, or do they meet only their own?
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Ferguson Demands a New Black Politics
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
If Ferguson represents a new beginning for Black movement politics, then any electoral efforts must aim to "create governments whose promise to the people is to cease cooperating with the machinery that enforces the New Jim Crow." It emphatically does not mean the Democratic Party, "which has encaged Black politics for roughly the same period as the Mass Black Incarceration State has encaged Black bodies in the world's largest gulag."
Justice Is Served
by Raymond Nat Turner, BAR Poet-in-Residence
Justice is served
A la Carte, chokehold-style, or
Fifty bullets, forty-one, or one
Or two well placed headshots
From killing-machine chefs
Ferguson and the Islamic State: Two Sides of Malcolm's American Nightmare
by Danny Haiphong
The rulers of the United States are duplicitous and racist in both their foreign and domestic policies. "Just as Washington won't admit its complicity in the occupation of the Black community by local police, it certainty will not and cannot admit its complicity in the creation of IS," the Islamic caliphate.
What Divides Black America?
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
The eruption of outrage and protest in Ferguson has shown a spotlight on the out-of-touch attitudes and policies of Black political leaders. "When the Black political elite demand 'change' in Ferguson or other subjugated corner of this nation, the horizons for what change could look like are exceedingly narrow."
To Zombie Civil Rights Organizations: Don't Like Being Called Sellouts? Then Don't Sell Out
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
An August 11 letter published by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson in the newsletter of MMTC, a notorious mouthpiece of corporate telecoms protests that this and other publications, and a growing number of activists have called our traditional civil rights organizations "shills" and "sellouts" for consistently backing the interests of their corporate funders over those of the public they supposedly represent. Is it incivility? Or is it the truth?
Black Folks are Going Nowhere Until We Discard the Misleadership Class
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The movement in Ferguson has, once again, showed that the Black Misleadership Class acts as the "soft power" for the Mass Black Incarceration State, complimenting the "hard power" of the "world's most formidable police and prison system." This perfidious class "rushes to tamp down emotions in places like Ferguson and prevent Blacks from attempting to 'occupy' their own communities through genuine civil disobedience or other means."
Historically, Black Leaders Supported Palestinians; Why Less So Now?
by Bryan K. Bullock
Today's silence by black leaders in the face of Israeli aggression against Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip stands in stark contrast to the historic support of the Palestinians by African and African-American leaders.
Ferguson Unmasks the War on Black America
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford
Corporate media have discovered that the U.S. police are militarized. Maybe next, they will figure out who the domestic military is waging war against. "Since America tells itself and the rest of the world that it does not make war on its own citizens, the war against Black people had to be called something else – a War on Drugs, or simply a War on Crime."
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US Conf of Mayors Ferguson Press Release Shows Complicity, Irrelevance of Black Mayors, the Black Political Class
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
The vapid 5 sentence press release of the US Conference of Mayors on the unfolding police repression in Ferguson MO shows that our black political class is in a world of its own, where all that matters is justifying their positions and careers, not restraining, much less rolling back American's prison state or its brutal police in the least.
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"Civil Rights" Leaders, Politic365 bloggers, CBC Members Get Paid, the Public Gets Played on Network Neutrality.
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Is there any part of the black political class that isn't for sale, or hasn't been already been leased by Comcast, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T or Time-Warner? While the old school politicos at least try to hide the hands of their paymasters, the young guns pretend being a shill is almost an honest living. It's not.
Is Democrats For Public Education Just a Toothless, Cynical Sound Byte?
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Last month the DNC's Donna Brazile announced the formation of Democrats For Public Education. But with their own Democratic president being the chief pusher of school privatization, nobody really imagines Brazile and other top Dems will publicly oppose the White House and the Department of Education. So is DFPE just a cynical sound byte to liven up teacher union rank and file to go door to door for Democrats in the next presidential election?
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RIP Whitney Houston
Whitney worked her way up in the music world. She started out singing in the church choir and later became a back up singer for Chaka Khan in addition to others.
Whitney Houston at her height in the eighties and nineties was a powerhouse vocalist. She gained fame, numerous awards, and accolades under the direction of her mentor Clive Davis.
She is known for such hits as "I will always Love You" and "The Greatest Love of All". And who can forget her staring role in the movie The Body Guard and her mega rendition of Dolly Parton's song"I Will Aways Love You"
Everybody knows of her turbulent marriage to Bobby Brown and her trouble with drugs But instead of dwelling of all the negative that was a part of her being will leave that to rest because I'm sure her trouble life will be plastered all over the media for everyone to look and judge so I will leave it in her own words.
"From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it".
Whitney Houston
"My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.".
Whitney Houston
"God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there"
Whitney Houston
"I've read about myself and my husband and my family, to the point where they've called my parents, they've called my brothers, offering money to tell stories. They call friends of mine. I'd just like for them to just … don't badger us. Don't scrutinize us. We have children and they have to live, too. It's not fair."
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi johnz5. I assume that you are talking about the BMW 750i. BMW is running a special lease program on it right now. BMW Financial Services' current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of this car with 15,000 miles per year are .00195 and 58%, respectively. I would be happy to use this program to estimate what the monthly payment should be like on the specific car that you are interested in if you provide me with its MSRP and selling price.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi johnz5. You never mentioned the selling price of the car that you are interested in leasing. This is an important number for you as a consumer to know for two reasons. First, the selling prices of leased vehicles can be negotiated, just as if you were paying cash for them. Without knowing the price of the car that you want to lease you don't know how good a price you are getting it for. The second reason is that one needs the selling price of the vehicle that they want to lease is that it is necessary to calculate its lease payment. I would be more than happy to give you my opinion of this deal if you let me know what the selling price is.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hello durden1. Here's the information that you're looking for. BMW Financial Services' current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2008 750Li with 15,000 miles per year are .00260 and 55%, respectively for consumers who are either returning BMW FS lessees or non-returning customers who choose to pay a security deposit at lease signing. BMW is now providing a whopping $5,000 dealer cash incentive on leases of the 2008 7-Series through BMW FS. Make sure to take this cash into account when negotiating your lease on this car.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi jim53. Here's the information that you're looking for. BMW Financial Services' current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month lease of a 2008 BMW 750i with 10,000 miles per year are .00200 and 58%, respectively. The numbers for an otherwise identical 24 month lease are .00200 and 68%.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Greetings gildrv. It is difficult to say what BMW will do with its future incentives on the 7-Series. If I had to make an educated guess, I would say that it is more likely that BMW would lower the money factor of the 2008 7-Series in coming months than raise the $5,000 cash incentive. Regardless of where the support comes from, it definitely would not be shocking to see BMW enhance the '08 7-Series' lease program. Again though there definitely is no guarantee that this will happen.
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jb2inboca Posts: 3Hello Car_man:
Can you provide me with some information. I am a current 745i owner. My lease with BMW financial services is expiring next month. Can you tell me what the current Dealer Incentives and the Money Factor is for a 2008 750i with 12K miles per year. Also, when do the those figures expire. I read (not that I believe everything I read on the internet, but it can't hurt to verify) somewhere that BMW financial services was offering a special incentive to returning 7 series owners. Is there any truth to this. Thanks for all your help Car_man! -
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wease944 Posts: 17Hi ,
I hate to sound stupid but I must admit that I am. I cant figure out what a good lease is . I see " Residual" and "Buy Rate" , but I dont understand. I have a 745i sport that is coming off the lease in April. My dealer says that the new deal ends tomorrow. He says it's a special deal for 7 series owners. The car I picked cost $88945.00 on a 2 year lease ( I want 3 years but the deal is only 2years). He quoted me $830 a month with 7k down with 12k miles. He said he could get me 15k for the same price. I want the BEST deal !!! What should this car cost me?
Also, I love my sport package but hate the seats. I am thinking of getting the air ride system that he says can adjust to the sport suspension? Do you have any recomendations?
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ocautoseeker Posts: 425Residual Value is what the vehicle is "projected" to be worth at the end of a specific term (ie. 24/36/48 months). The longer the term, the lower the residual value will be. The difference between the price you negotiate (cap cost) and the residual is known as the deprecitaion and thus what you pay + interest and local tax.
Buy rate is the base cost of the money from a lending institution. So, assume the buy rate money factor is .00200 (current buy rate mf for 24 & 36 mo terms) , which equates to 4.8% apr. If this were the buy rate (the lowest rate available), this is the rate you'd want the dealer to use to calculate your payments.
Now, dealer's CAN mark this rate rate up to what they call a sell rate to make additional profit, but if you have decent credit and you're aware of the buy rate for the particualr model you're looking at, that's the rate you should get.
Tomorrow is the end of the month, so the dealer could very well be pushing you to do something to hit his quota, but deals aren't going away on the 7series as it's up for a redesign and you're most-likely going to see incentives continue.
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kyfdx Posts: 31,950Ditto on everything..
But, there is a great deal on 7-series leases this month, for current 7-series lessees... So, you don't want to pass that up.... but, that doesn't mean that this particular salesperson isn't trying to take you to the cleaners...
The best deal is on the 24 month lease, because there is a huge upfront dealer cash incentive on the lease..
If the dealer can make the same deal on 15K/yr lease, then that just means he has room to come down on his price.. Ask him to requote the deal with just the minimum due at signing (under $1500)..
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wease944 Posts: 17I was told the deal for feb might still be available if your persistant. It is only for a 7 series owner going into a new 7 series. Its a 24 month lease.I just ordered a new one on Friday (750li). Here is the deal I got 89k msrp. I did put money down against the advise from people here. I am walking in with $7000.00 for everything and my payment is $799.00. I thought it was a good deal . I got 12k a year. I have to say that I feel if I was REALLY persistant I could have knocked off a little more.
I bought it at Prestige Bmw in NJ. -
iggso Posts: 28Yes, it is for everyone, due to the $5000 Dealer Rebate.
You should be able to get under $898 on 750 with zero down for 81k-MSRP.
This assumes a .002 Money Factor. Remember that you can lower it further with adding Multiple Security Deposits to your lease....
I would Say on 81k MSRP you should try to negotiate a Cap Cost of around 70k-71k. -
broham1 Posts: 8I have read that the current base money factor is .0020. I have also read that the money factor can be reduced with a security deposit. Can a $1000.00 security deposit enabl eme to get a mmoney factor below .0020, if so what will that money factor be.
I am evaluating the following terms posted on the BMW website.
Cap Cost $85,270.00
Payment $3,500.00
Secury Deposit (1000.00)
Net Cap Cost $81,770.00
Residual 58% $49,456.60
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iggso Posts: 28What is the MSRP? If it is below 96k you may be overpaying.
Each extra security deposit reduces the Money Factor by .00007. And you can do around 7 of these. So you can reduce the money factor from .002 to about .0015
Also ask about single payment lease that reduces the money factor significantly
Also don't forget that the Acquisition fee BMW charges is $625, but the dealership will try to charge you $825, so that is negotiable.
MACO is a vaild charge and should be $250, Training can be around $180. So I would call these fees reasonable. As the dealership does pay them (not on European delivery) -
neen Posts: 7Can someone tell me if i am off on my numbers? I faxed a proposal for a 2008 750 li (msrp 86.620) to local dealers:
Cap cost: 79,642 (based on edmunds tmv)
Money factor: .002
Term: 24 month
Residal : 67% of MSRP
Payment at lease signing : 3022.00 (includes 1st mo, acquisition fee, security and licene/reg fees)
I am trading a 2007 CLS550 and using equity from trade. -
bkennedy55 Posts: 5Car Man ( and/or others)
Just looking for some feedback on a quote I received today....
Cap Cost- $79500
ZERO Down
Residual- 57% ( 50,114)
Money Factor- 0.00225( started at 0.00255) with a one month security deposit( equivalent to 0.00240 when add the security dep??- that is what salesman said)
12,000 miles annually
36 month lease
Acquisition Fee of $825- which seems like it is standard
I am trying to figure out where I should push? I am pushing for 0.00200 ( 4.8% equiv) as I have seen others mention thru this forum.
Possibly looking at getting the Residual Bumped up to 58%...or lowering the cap cost down another $1,000....
I have offered to the dealer that i could consider just paying cash or finance thru a purchase- but he didn't seem to be interested....
I would love to hear some feedback on where you believe I could move as this would be my first lease....
Thank you very much for your help, -
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How important are women in the restored church of Jesus Christ? We learn something about the answer to the question from a simple historic fact: In 1842, the Prophet Joseph Smith took time to attend several meetings of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo and give personal instruction to the women there. He did this at a time of great personal turmoil, when persecutions were raging and his responsibilities were heavy. He did it at a time when society barely acknowledged women as having any kind of status at all. On six separate occasions, he taught the women personally about their privileges, their opportunities, their obligations, and the blessings the Lord had in store for them in His kingdom.
The Beginning of Better Days includes Joseph Smith's six timeless sermons to the women of Nauvoo, along with personal essays from Sheri Dew and Virginia H. Pearce that help us better understand the sermons and their relevance for Latter-day Saint women today. "We have attempted to share a little about our own processes of discovery regarding the sermons," writes the authors. "This is what worked for us. What works for you may be similar — or it may be completely different. The important thing is to dig in."
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Sheri Dew is a native of Ulysses, Kansas, and a graduate of Brigham Young University. She has authored several books, including the biographies of two presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Presidents Gordon B. Hinckley and Ezra Taft Benson. Her most recent books are God Wants a Powerful People and Saying It Like It Is. Sheri was named the president and CEO of Deseret Book Company in March 2002. She also serves as a member of both the BYU Marriott School of Management's National Advisory Council and the President's Leadership Council for BYU-Hawaii. In March 2003 the White House appointed her as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls at the United Nations.
Virginia Hinckley Pearce is the author of the bestselling book A Heart Like His: Making Space for God's Love in Your Life, and has edited and coauthored several additional books, including Glimpses into the Life and Heart of Marjorie Pay Hinckley. She has served as a counselor in the Young Women general presidency and on the general Primary board of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She and her husband, the late James R. Pearce, have six children and twenty-six grandchildren.
The record kept by Eliza R. Snow of the proceedings of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo has been referred to for years, but it was not readily accessible to all interested parties until its relatively recent inclusion in the Joseph Smith Papers project. Now photographs of the original pages appear online alongside their typed transcriptions in a document titled "Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book" at josephsmithpapers.org.
Latter-day Saint women are incredibly fortunate that Eliza was foresighted enough to preserve the Minute Book and carry it across the plains with her, allowing access to the original, historically significant document exactly as it was created. And when that document was being prepared for inclusion in the Joseph Smith Papers, people who had long been associated with the Minutes suggested to the two of us that perhaps something should be done to bring them even more into the light. Specifically, buried within the Minutes are notes of six sermons that the Prophet Joseph delivered to the Relief Society between March and August 1842. This priceless record of instruction delivered by the Prophet of the Restoration directly and particularly to women has been quoted in bits and pieces, but too few people have studied his words in depth.
Each of us became acquainted with these teachings at different stages and for different reasons, but we both came to them with high motivation to try to come to grips with the kinds of questions that almost inevitably occur in the lives of faithful Latter-day Saint women. We wanted to know where women "fit" in the plan of salvation. What did the Lord expect of His daughters? What blessings did He have in store for us, and how could we lay hold upon those blessings? In Joseph Smith's teachings to the Relief Society, we each found a treasure of guidance, motivation, pure doctrine, and wise prophetic counsel.
So we were intrigued by the opportunity we saw to provide some context for these sermons and especially to help open them up to a wider readership. Our first task was to comb through the Minutes and attempt to extract the sermons themselves from the general business of the Relief Society. This we have done to the best of our ability, trying in most cases to include only the portions attributed to Joseph Smith—although in the case of the inaugural meeting (March 17, 1842) we have included the energetic discussion between the women and their priesthood leaders that led to the official name of the Relief Society. With a handful of exceptions (noted in brackets) we have retained original spelling and punctuation, presenting the words just as they appear in Eliza's record.
As it turned out, that proved to be the easy part. As we began to put our personal insights on paper, we were both, quite frankly, terrified. Our fear at being seen as embellishing and interpreting Joseph Smith's words caused each of us to stop, dead in our tracks, more than once. But then our excitement over the power of his words in our own lives would eventually drag us back again and again to this project. After all, the possibility of being misunderstood is an occupational hazard for anyone who attempts to arrange words on paper.
One challenge is that the six sermons delivered by the Prophet Joseph Smith do not read the way talks in our modern era do. As with most of the talks attributed to him, they were written down by someone in attendance—in this case, Eliza R. Snow. They come across very much as notes, lapsing in and out of the first-person voice, filled with shortcuts and abbreviations, with little attention to stylistic consistency. We can almost see Eliza writing as fast as she could, trying to keep up with the instruction coming from the Prophet, capturing as much as possible the key points and the spirit of his messages.
Reading these talks, then, is not like reading the conference issue of the Ensign. We encourage you to move slowly, considering individual statements, seeking confirmation of the Spirit for conclusions reached, studying, examining, treasuring. Space has been provided at the bottom of each page in the section containing Joseph Smith's teachings so that you can make your own notes. In the introductory essays, we have attempted to share a little about our own processes of discovery regarding the sermons. This is what worked for us. What works for you may be similar—or it may be completely different. The important thing is to dig in.
We encourage you with all our hearts to accept the unique opportunity to be taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith, the man foreordained to open the dispensation of the fulness of times. The spirit in his words flows from his generation to ours, offering rich blessings to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.
Sheri Dew
Virginia H. Pearce
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by Jennifer - reviewed on April 25, 2013
I loved this book. I began my study by reading Joseph Smith's instructions first, then I read the insights by Sheri Dew and Virginia H. Pearce. There were several things I learned in my study. The few I would like to share are; women need to understand the priesthood the same as men, women are to teach, everyone within their circle of influence, we are to inspire each other to be our best selves. The principles Joseph Smith taught, if followed, will improve the life of every woman.
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by Dianna - reviewed on April 25, 2013
take the time to enjoy. i did and was amazed and touched by each phrase. i did make marks of items to notice for a quick review at another time when needed. oh how i would enjoy sitting down with sheri and virginia and talk with them about this book
Very deep
by Courtney - reviewed on October 14, 2012
When I saw how short this book was (less than 140 pages) I thought it wouldn't take long to get through and while I imagine it might be a quick read for some, I spent too much time pondering the wonderful insights and doctrine to finish it quickly. The first two thirds of the book are the personal insights of Virginia H. Pearce and Sheri Dew. I find it fabulous how two great women such as these can study the same papers and have two entirely different experiences. That is a testimony to me of the truthfulness of the Gospel. The Spirit of God speaks to each of us in our own need. For the rest of this review go to: http://ordinaryhappilyeverafter.com/blog/2012/08/the-beginning-of-better-days-giveaway/
quite soul satisfying
by Polly - reviewed on April 25, 2013
The nature of the book allows for quick uplifting reads i just a few minutes. Anyone who has a just 10-15 minutes can get uplifted quickly. It also give you great insight into how much Joseph Smith cared about the women of the church and how much the Savior Loves each and everyone of us.
Excellent Companion to "Daughters in my Kingdom"
by Linda M - reviewed on April 25, 2013
The essays written by Sheri Dew and Virginia Pearce moved me deeply. I related to each on a different level each. To read familiar quotes but in context this time gave me hew understanding each. time I have read and - re - read them. Their feelings toward Joseph Smith's words were a feast in and of themselves. Then the real banquet came in reading Joseph's own words recorded as he spoke to the sisters in Nauvoo .. These were so precious to.me! This is not a book to pick up once, but to read again and again and mark or record the revelation that comes to you.
From plain and simple to deep doctrine
by Lionel & Marianne - reviewed on April 26, 2013
The immediate down-to-earth views of both Sister Pearce and Sister Dew appealed to each of us. Then as we progressed into the book and saw the potential of in depth doctrine to be discovered for oneself, we were really in. Highly recommended as a constant reference to explore the instructions from the Prophet Joseph and related scriptures.
worth the deep study and pondering
by Ann - reviewed on April 25, 2013
This book can be torn apart and studied on so many levels. I have appreciated others sharing their insight with me as they study and ponder the ideas found here. I am grateful to Sister Dew and Sister Pearce for putting these notes/minutes together and then giving us some of their insight. I wish we had a chance to sit together and really look at each paragraph and turn to other sources and scriptures and tie all the pieces together! It's a great resource!
A wonderful source of inspiration!
by Ilona - reviewed on April 25, 2013
I loved this book! As a Relief Society president it has been a wonderful source of inspiration for me. I truly have a better understanding of how the Prophet Joseph Smith expected us as sisters in the gospel to treat ourselves and each other.
Amazing book for ALL women!
by Customer - reviewed on September 11, 2012
I think everyone from all walks of life will benefit from this book. You will be inspired to live the life you were sent here to without question. You will know how Heavenly Father thinks about his daughters and you will hear have a witness in your spirit of the things that were foretold many years ago. Be amazed at the treasure that is in this small but powerful book. The reason I said all women is because I am not LDS, I am a Catholic woman. I know when I get a witness from the Holy Spirit and the things spoken in this book are very powerful.
Wonderful Book for RS and everyone
by Jackie - reviewed on April 26, 2013
Eliza R Snow must have been an amazing woman with incredible foresight. Her six sermon notes of the Prophet Joseph provide incredible insight to the time and meaning of revelations and directions. It is amazing to think that she protected these minutes/notes through the trek west and longer and they have been preserved to be printed for our use. The comments and study that Sister Dew and Sister Pearce provide were pivotal to me for understanding the events that were happening at the time and deepened my understanding of how important these sermons and revelations were - not only to the women of that day but to our day as well. Thank you to all that were part of bringing this to us.
Eternal truths to all women...
by Marshall - reviewed on April 25, 2013
Here is an eternal truths to all women, and in so many ways can be applied today in a real personal way. Take time to read and reflect on how these along as other sermons from our apostles will help in our time of need; with an added prayer the sprit will open your minds to answers once hidden. A great read.
Every LDS woman should read this!
by Judith - reviewed on April 25, 2013
This is a wonderful compilation of the lectures of Joseph Smith to the Relief Society sisters. The essays at the beginning by Virginia Pearce and Sherri Dew are very thought provoking and uplifting - they help to understand what you will read from the lectures. I was very spiritually uplifted by this book - and have a deeper understanding of what the Prophet was trying to teach us. You won't regret reading this book. Read with your "eternal eyes"!
I can promise you, if you read this book, you will feel so differently about yourself as a woman.
by Sheila - reviewed on August 18, 2012
If you have ever wanted to read doctrine specifically just for us, as women, then you need to read The Beginning of Better Days: Divine Instructions to Women from the Prophet Joseph Smith. For many years we have heard references from these teachings, but now we have access to all of the words that the Prophet Joseph gave to the women of the church in 1842. I can promise you, if you read this book, you will feel so differently about yourself as a woman. You'll realize how important our work is, as women, in these final days. I had ancestors that were women in Nauvoo at this time. I have read their histories, and know of their great sacrifices they made for the gospel and their families. This book, and the words of The Prophet Joseph Smith, gives me the courage and inspiration to follow in their footsteps. To read the entire review of this book, please go to: http://www.whynotbecauseisaidso.blogspot.com Sheila: reviewer for Why Not? Because I Said So! and LDS Womens Book Review
Must read for all women!
by Cathy - reviewed on April 25, 2013
I was really excited to read this one, my first thought was Sheri Dew, Joseph Smith and Virginia Pearce, that book is a must read! I was completely right! I really enjoyed the beginning essays by Virginia Pearce and Sheri Dew. I loved their insights into womanhood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I loved how they talked about their lives and experiences they've had that have strengthened their testimonies. I loved their explanations of what Joseph Smith talked to the women about in Nauvoo and why he would have said the things he did, in their opinion. I also enjoyed being able to read exactly what Joseph Smith said to the women. It was like he was talking to me personally.
The beginning of better days
by Elaine - reviewed on April 26, 2013
Very timely. Sometimes we forget that there are ways to act towards others. Good manners are lght on these days. Love love.
by Shauna - reviewed on May 02, 2013
Every woman needs to read this book... Isn't it interesting that as time changes the true values of womanhood and what we need to do to be happy doesn't change? The Prophet's instruction to the women of the church in the early days still applies to the women of today! Sheri Dew and Virginia H. Pearce add their insights of what these teachings mean to them and how it has affected their lives during different periods of time. Wisdom and instructions from the Prophet Joseph Smith to the women of the church...kept for our day by Eliza R. Snow. This is truly a wonderful book to be cherished! I also LOVE the old-fashion feel of the page edges.
A must read for all women.
by Janalyn - reviewed on April 26, 2013
I love this book! I was enthralled the entire way. It helped me think, reflect, appreciate, and motivate. I am a better woman for having read it. I loved it so much I bought a whole bunch to give as gifts for my family, friends, and ladies I visit teach. Sheri Dew and Virginia H. Pearce are perceptive and profound. I will read it again and again.
You will read this again and again.
by Customer - reviewed on April 25, 2013
I always love to read anything by either of the two sisters who wrote the forwards to these instructions from Joseph Smith. They came from different but very exciting perspectives, both of which helped me gain more from the book each time I read it. I use it again and again personally and in my Relief Society calling. It is a treasure, a resource and a great gift to all sisters today. I plan to also buy one for each of my daughters to have.
A Must-Read
by Rachael - reviewed on August 05, 2012
This book moved me to tears. It is beautifully thought-provoking in the way doctrines are presented not only by the prophet, Joseph Smith, but by two modern-day women and early Relief Society sisters who show us the power women have to influence and propel forward, the work of God. I will pour over this book again and again. I highly, highly recommend it!!
Inspirational as to the importance of women in the church.
by Tammy - reviewed on April 26, 2013
I initially got this book to learn more about the organization of the Relief Society. As I read it I learned so much more. As I read the counsel and teachings of Sister Dew and Sister Pearce as well as the Prophet Joseph Smith my testimony increased and my understanding of my value in the work of the Savior expanded.
The Beginning of Better Days
by Mindy - reviewed on July 22, 2012
I immensely enjoyed this book. Not only was the instruction from the Prophet Joseph beautiful, the words from Sheri Dew and Virginia Pearce were amazing. I took many notes while reading. The thing I learned the most was, to be more charitable.


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Ambient music titan's double-disc set arrives on May 14
Portland's Matthew Cooper is among those modern ambient music composers whose work has transcended a niche market and seeped its way into the ears of music fans across the spectrum. He's released a handful of albums under the Eluvium name, subtly modifying his approach every time. On May 14, the Temporary Residence label will release Nightmare Ending, a double-disc set that finds Cooper leaving behind the Brian Eno-style vocals of 2010's Simile in favor of pure instrumental might. A month ago we heard the blooming beauty "Envenom Mettle," which featured some mild studio wizardry. Now we've got "Entendre," a four-and-a-half-minute piece for solo piano that's just as evocative. Fans of Erik Satie and Philip Glass should appreciate the neoclassical reverie, which moves through a series of moods before coming to a quiet, peaceful close.


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Prof Sid is still missed and Dr Ian Roberts will carry on his work. With regards to current F1 drivers not turning up some may have been there but not noticed and Britain was suffering a amber/red snow warning at the time and in Britain when we get some snow we just grind to a halt so the last thing Prof Sid would have wanted was someone having an accident just trying to get to his memorial service.


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A few days after his presidential nomination to replace Ann Veneman as secretary of agriculture, Nebraska Gov.
For nearly two years, U.S. farmers and ranchers watched as the second shoe grew bigger and bigger.
On Nov.
Based on the e-mails, brickbats and live grenades sent me the last few weeks, it's time to come clean: I kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.
Even before Ann Veneman quietly submitted her resignation as secretary of agriculture Nov. 12, the Washington grapevine hung heavy with a long list of likely replacements.
The first political wisdom ever sent my way came from the gravelly throat of Everett Dirksen.
During Dirksen's 1968 reelection stop in my southern Illinois hometown, I asked the white-maned Senate Minority Leader how he'd outflank Mayor Daley's Chicago vote machine.
Just before midnight Nov. 2, the empty Guinness cans in my kitchen sink rattled.
Two (of the three; there would be more later) fell.
Just as the noisy presidential campaign reached its October crescendo, the biggest, most bitter issue in farm country – Rabobank's bid to buy Omaha's Farm Credit Services of America (FCSA) – skidded to a quiet end.
Love him or hate him, controversial filmmaker Michael Moore has his self-described "America's biggest slacker" act down pat.
It's been more than a year since readers have had their say in this weekly space, so, in the spirit of this election season – warning: mudballs ahead – here's their take on my take of agriculture.
The words "Fall Classic" meant nothing to me on the dairy farm of my youth until 1964.
That year, after 18 years of futility, the St.
Officially, the 2004 presidential election kicked off Labor Day. Unofficially, the Bush re-election effort at the U.
In what many are calling a power grab, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman used authority given the USDA in the 2002 Farm Bill to propose new guidelines that alter the composition and shorten the terms of locally-elected county Farm Service Agency (FSA) committees.
Two fact-laden summer reports on animal agriculture nearly mirror each other on the woe faced by many American dairy, cattle and hog producers.
Before rural America loses an eye to campaign mudballs, election year slime and rose-colored lies, let's go where farm and ranch voters rarely venture.
The most important election in farm country this fall won't be in presidential swing states like Iowa and Wisconsin nor will it involve mad cows, angry Brazilians or even promise-spewing, glad-handing politicians.
Before September becomes a blur of harvest dust, election mud and campaign slurs, it's time to catch up on some of the characters who have waltzed through this space.
It happened again the other evening, just as it happens every year after the USDA farmer-rattling August Crop Production Report.
The sale of Omaha's Farm Credit Services of America to Dutch lending giant Rabobank, formally announced July 30, continues to rock American ag lenders.
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This Week in Blu-ray: The Mechanic, The Rite, The Roommate, The God of Thunder and Japanese Noir
Blu-ray Spotlight By Neil Miller on May 17, 2011 | Be the First To CommentAfter a few weeks of hellish uncertainty, This Week in Blu-ray is back to being on time. That is, if you count being available at some point on Tuesday as being "on time." Which I do, for the record. Moving on, the most important thing to remember is that we're back with some advice in one of the most diverse weeks of Blu-ray releasing so far in 2011. We've got a new one from Criterion, a few classics, action films for people who wish they were Jason Statham, horror films, an animated superhero epic, and a movie starring Kat Dennings. There's something for everyone this week. Pale Flower (Criterion) I must differ to Roger Ebert for a moment, as he says it far better than I ever could: Pale Flower is "one of the most haunting noirs I've seen, and something more; in 1964 it was an important work in an emerging Japanese New Wave of independent filmmakers, an exercise in existential cool. It involves a plot, but it is all about attitude." What Masahiro Shinoda created in 1964 is an enduring and indelible excursion into Japan's underworld. It's also a relentlessly cool film for its time. Criterion, to their credit, has gone to great lengths to preserve it and restore it for HD Blu-ray. They've included an uncompressed monaural audio track, brand new video interviews with the director and a new (and allegedly improved) English translation. As this is my first experience with Pale Flower, I can't say how […]
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I did a quick google and I kept coming across original netrunner mats and 1 other mat that was ok, but not particularly good. Was just wondering if anyone could link a nice mat if they know of one.
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Kernels of Wisdom: Week in review
May, 26, 2012
By Doug Kern, ESPN Stats & Info | ESPN.com
- Nelson Cruz's seventh-inning grand slam on Friday night capped off an eight-RBI performance as the Rangers downed Toronto 14-3. Or should we say, another eight-RBI performance. Cruz had one last season (July 22, also against Toronto). Combined with Josh Hamilton's four-homer game earlier in the month, the last three eight-RBI performances have all been posted by Rangers.
- Oakland got one-hit again on Tuesday, this time by the Angels and C.J. Wilson. Last Saturday they had already joined Minnesota and Pittsburgh as the only teams to get no-hit or one-hit twice this season. Not a single team had it happen three times in 2011. The Athletics have done it three times before Memorial Day.
- The Indians' Shin-Soo Choo led off Thursday night's game against Detroit with a solo home run. It was not just Cleveland's first leadoff homer this season, it was its first home run in the first inning this season. The Indians were the last team to not have a first-inning home run yet in 2012.
- The focus is always on Stephen Strasburg when he pitches. Last Sunday, however, it was on his hitting. Strasburg not only hit the second home run by a pitcher this season, he also singled and scored another run before being replaced. It had been more than five years since a pitcher had a perfect, multi-hit day at the plate, scored at least twice and chipped in a home run. Kip Wells did it for the Cardinals on April 19, 2007. It was a first in Nationals/Expos franchise history. Mike Leake of the Reds, by the way, hit the third pitcher home run of the year on Monday.
- Dan Haren threw a complete-game shutout Thursday against the Mariners. It was the latest in a series of impressive strikeout games as Haren racked up 14 of them (including Alex Liddi four times). But perhaps the most impressive part? Haren didn't walk a single batter.
It's the most strikeouts to be recorded in a zero-walk shutout since Erik Bedard racked up 15 against the Rangers on July 7, 2007. And it's a first (shutout with 14-plus strikeouts and no walks) in Angels franchise history. - Giancarlo Stanton's grand slam on Monday, off Jamie Moyer, left the bat at 133 mph (courtesy ESPN's Home Run Tracker team) and knocked out part of the video board beyond the left-field seats. Stanton joins Brandon Inge as the only players this season with multiple slams.
It was Stanton's fourth career slam. In 24 seasons in the majors, Moyer has allowed only eight. The last on Aug. 26, 2004, to Abraham Nunez of the Royals. - Since the start of 2010, the Marlins now lead the National League in grand slams hit; Monday's was their 12th (one more than the Cardinals, Reds, and Braves).
- The Cubs, already having enough trouble scoring runs (28th out of 30 teams), posted 10 hits on Friday against the Pirates. They failed to score a single run. All the hits were singles, and they went 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position.
They're the only team this year to reach double digits in hits and still get shut out. It happened just once in 2011 (June 18, by the Dodgers). The Cubs have had one other such game in the past 20 years (June 22, 2009, at Atlanta).
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