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about retirement in Subic Bay.
If you haven't done so, visit our introduction to the Philippines page. Available publications: Retire in the Philippines.
The islands are well known for being home to expatriates from all over the world, many from the US, UK and Europe and Australia. They are able to lead an exciting but inexpensive, relaxing lifestyle among beautiful and friendly people, in a warm tropical climate. Yes there are cyclones occasionally, but that never stopped Americans living on their Gulf Coast!
The Republic of Philippines is also a favourite retirement location for retired US military personnel. If you are an expat veteran, please take part in an anonymous survey which could result in benefits to yourselves and others.
Many thousands of these people are living the 'Philippines dream'. See the Philippines Retirement Story below about the real life experience of just one ex-US military man (there are many American and other retired servicemen and personnel living comfortably in the Philippines). Check some of the links below to learn more about each location, including the variety of accommodation that is available for all budgets.
Foreign Retirement in the Philippines
There are numerous islands suitable for tropical retirement. Retirement savings, pensions and ongoing income will allow comfortable living. Even as little as $500 a month could allow retirement in a rural province. In Visayas you will find Boracay and Cebu. On Mindanao there is Davao or Puerto Galera, Mindoro where you can live very well on $1,000 and with $1,500 you might even choose Luzon Island with either the Philippines capital Manila, Subic Bay or popular expat 'hangout' and entertainment center Angeles City.
Note that domestic help such as maids, housekeepers, cooks and drivers are part of Philippines culture and live-in staff costs from $30 a month!
Some of the many attractions of retirement in the Philippines:
Philippines Retirement Story
John Welch's life was fading. Like a well-worn pair of Jeans, he was losing the colour of his youth. Retired at 66 years of age, he just sat around his home.
Of course, it hadn't always been like that. He'd had a good life. It just stalled.
He was 18 when he joined the US Air Force in 1952. An aircraft engine mechanic, he worked on World War II-era F-51 Mustang to F-15 Eagles. On the ground floor of Air Force air power development, he moved a lot and saw the world. He loved his job, the service and the lifestyle.
When he retired as a master sergeant in 1974, he went to work for an aircraft company. After 24 years there, he retired again. But living in Apple Valley, California was just plain boring. There was no excitement. He wanted thrills back in his life again.
"I was wasting my life," he said. "Each day I tried to find something to do to keep busy." Most days that didn't happen.
Then, about three years ago, Welch received a letter from his old pal Ralph Milward, a retired Army warrant officer who lived in Angeles City, near the former US Air Force base at Clark Field in the Philippines.
(Clark Air Base is 40 miles (60 km) northwest of Manila, the Philippines capital, on Luzon Island where there is also the Clark Field Holiday Inn Resort. The ex-base is now called the Clark Special Economic Zone, and is located on the northwest side of Angeles City in the province of Pampanga.)
"I told him to get off his butt and visit me," Milward said. "What did he have to lose?"
A little hesitant at first, Welch eventually relented after visiting one of the free dating sites for Filipina to see what might be in store for him. He certainly wasn't disappointed. He also knew there were many retired GIs living happily in the Philippines, many with Filipina partners. However, military personnel may prefer a new partner from their own 'ranks', so to speak.
"Ralph told me to grab my AWOL bag and get over here," Welch said. The visit changed his life. Within days he knew he had no future in California. "So I'm still here."
He was alive again. Now when he's bored, he has his pal to keep him company. And he can hang out with other retirees at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post.
"This is the life I've always wanted," Welch said.
Milward first went to Angeles, as the locals call it, in 1993 for a VFW convention. He met a local woman and fell in love. He went back home, resigned from his GS-12 civil service job, returned to Angeles City and married her.
"I've never been happier," Milward said.
Both men have been dumbstruck by the hypnotic lure of the Philippines.
That's nothing new, though. The islands have attracted retirees since the first American GIs set foot there after the Spanish Civil War ended in 1899. It continued to entice them to stay – even after U.S. forces started pulling out in 1991 following the Mount Pinatubo eruption.
Today there are several thousand American retirees living in the Philippines. Some 1,500 live in Angeles, once home to Clark Air Base. Other cities include Manila, Mindoro's Puerto Galera, Davao and more. There are expatriates from dozens of other countries and backgrounds too, living in cities and communities scattered around the thousands of islands of this 'tropical paradise' (well almost!) called the Philippines.
Catch them on any given day and, like Welch, most will say they'll never leave.
Relationships and Marriage in the Philippines
It is common knowledge that numerous Americans, Canadians, British, Australians, Europeans and others have married Filipina. Many of those couples met before the Western man or woman had even visited the Philippines. There has been a lot of bad publicity about Mail Order brides and similar matchmaking services, but it's a fact that many people meet for the first time online, and successful relationships are not uncommon.
But instead of learning from your own mistakes first, it's wise to find out how to avoid the possible pitfalls of a relationship or marriage with someone not only from another country, but from a different culture.
The author of the "Basic Expat Training Manual – Moving to the Philippines" has many years of entrepreneurial experience – in the USA as well as having lived in the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Alaska, and Fiji. He feels that the most difficult aspect of foreign retirement in the Philippines is not just getting information, but involves four things: making the decision, having a plan of action before making the move, having enough courage to overcome fear and anxiety, and having a further plan of action for at least five years after arrival in the Philippines.
Emphasis on these points set this guide apart from other books written on the subject. Learn more about "Basic Expat Training".
I also recommend the cheap but invaluable Philippines Guides now at Amazon.com from Perry Gamsby, an Australian who now divides his time between the two countries and married to a Filipina. Having made many mistakes himself, he wanted to help his fellow expats avoid them by first writing Philippine Dreams, an ideal first guide for foreigners interested in living in the Philippines.
You can learn more on the Filipina page.
All the Philippines Guides and other titles by Perry Gamsby are now available from Amazon in printed and also Kindle editions. (Also from Amazon UK)
Many guides are written to tell you HOW to do something. In the case of the Philippines, some are full of facts and figures about the country and do supply answers to many questions and are in this sense, valuable to the potential retiree or long term resident of the islands.
in Angeles City (Pampanga
province), formerly the USAF base at Clark Field, very popular
with American expats, is wide and varied. It ranges from apartments, condos and residential hotels to
spacious villas with pools, in safe, secure compounds.
As a first stop you might want to stay at the Clark Field Holiday Inn. It has tons of facilities, and you are in easy reach of everything Angeles has to offer. It's an ideal 'base' from which to begin your search for your Philippines retirement home. Room rates are cheap when you book online. Airport Shuttle service too.
Apartments and condos in Manila & Makati
The range of accommodation in Manila 'Metro' is as one might expect, wide and varied, with residential hotels, apartments, condo's, houses and villas priced to suit all budgets. Vacation rentals may be a good starting point; very different from staying in a hotel, and on a per person basis, a lot cheaper. Click any listing on the right for full details.
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As an example, in a popular Manila Bay high-rise like Baywatch Tower, (see right) for around $500 per month it's possible to rent a one-bedroom condo with marble floors, central air-conditioning, balcony, fitted kitchen with marble counter tops and waterfront views. It's conveniently located near the Mall of Asia, Manila Yacht Club, US Embassy, Robinson Mall, Casino Filipino, seaside restaurants, ferry boat rides etc. Condominiums usually have a swimming pool, gymnasium and sauna, restaurant and laundry for residents and many apartments overlook Manila Bay, seen below.
Owning or renting property in the Philippines
When you ready to consider getting a property in the Philippines, Perry Gamsby, a long-time Philippines resident has written this comprehensive guide book, the Philippines Property Primer. Not only where to look, but what to look out for, and more. This will be an invaluable investment itself!
All the Philippines Guides and other titles by Perry Gamsby are now available from Amazon in printed and also Kindle editions. (Also from Amazon UK)
Leasing out your vacation/retirement home
Many foreigners who want to spend a part of their time in the Philippines or other tropical location, purchase or lease a property there. It may be a condo, house or villa they're not using the whole year. It could also be a guest house or hotel. An important aspect of renting out property to earn extra income is managing reservations and collecting payment. Villarenters.com has a great system that brings owners and renters for properties all over the world.
Visa Options for Staying in the Philippines
The Philippines government has new requirements for retirees which includes the pension-based SRRV and allows a foreigner at least 50 years old with a monthly pension of $800 or more to hold a permanent residence visa in the Philippines in exchange for a $10,000 investment or deposit and a $1400 application fee. This is suitable for a foreigner not married to a Philippine citizen. Potential retirees can also apply for permanent residence at a Philippines Embassy or Consulate before they arrive. Visit MyPhilippineLife.com for further information and also the Philippines Retirement Authority website.
As long as you do not intend working or running a business in the Philippines, it's also possible to retire on a tourist visa, and many do; especially those who either do not want or qualify for a retirement visa. It costs $20 per month to stay on a tourist visa, and you can do it indefinitely provided you leave the country for at least one day, once a year. Though you are officially a tourist, you have effectively retired in the Philippines. For the annual trip there are several options, such as spending a few days making a trip to Hong Kong or Thailand. Package deals are available costing less than $300. You can also check Philippine Hotel accommodation.
Marriage with a Filipina citizen (Philippines woman) allows you to live in retirement in the Philippines without the above limitations, other than an annual visit to an immigration office. If you want to work or run a business, then learn more here.
Although all filipinos are taught English at school, Tagalog is the main Philippines language and learning the fundamentals helps a lot in understanding the culture, especially when socialising (especially with the ladies!) or doing business with the locals. Many books and dictionaries are available to learn Tagalog easily.
Amazon Kindle and books for: Philippines for Expats
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Visit our introduction to the Philippines page.


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"From the Jewish perspective, nothing is more important than the concept of healing and bringing sufferers relief," says Rabbi Jeffery Kahn -- who has spent 30 years leading congregations in Australia, Illinois, Miami and New Jersey -- and now runs a dispensary for medical marijuana: Takoma Wellness Center, in Washington, DC.
So far, Takoma only has three customers, and they must meet state criteria and suffer from one of five diseases: HIV, AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis or glaucoma. "I was a congregational rabbi during the worst days of the AIDS epidemic and saw up-close and personal what people living with AIDS were dealing with and finding relief with medical marijuana," says Kahn.
Jeffery Kahn's wife, Stephanie Reifkind Kahn, has worked as a nurse at a long-term acute care hospital for many years. She has decorated the dispensary with "hamsas," a Jewish and Arabic symbol to ward off evil.
The Kahns are able to offer their for-profit services under the district's Medical Marijuana Program that launched Aug. 1. All proceeds will go to HIV/AIDS charities, according to the Kahns.
"We knew this could be done well and we know how to do this right," he said. "It's important to know the risks. But we are bringing healing and relief to people."

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MEDINA — For some people, the phrase "sweet dreams" is a wish for a good night's sleep, but for Shawna Rollheiser it means mixing up a sugar-and-spice recipe for the success of her mini dessert boutique, A Cupcake A Day.
To add the icing on the cupcake and officially open the doors for business, Rollheiser will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The building that previously housed Gerspacher's Real Estate offices at 115 W. Liberty St. now fills with the fragrance of frosting as Rollheiser cashes in on the latest baking rage — gourmet cupcakes with a side of cake pops, cookies and muffins.
This is the 23-year-old's first business venture, but her love of baking is nothing new. She recalled standing on a kitchen stool to whip together cookie and cake batter with her mother and grandmother. And when she started to study interior design, baking became her stress reliever.
Rollheiser, a Canadian native who moved to Ohio with her family more than a decade ago, started in the spring with a gutted storefront and plenty of hope and ambition, as well as financial backing from her family. Cupcake fans followed the shop's facelift on Facebook as work progressed from hanging drywall and laying a new floor to painting and papering. Rollheiser estimated the cost of renovation at $40,000.
"I want this to have a homey feel," she said, explaining her vision of a cozy nook where customers can gather for coffee and sweets, with the modern touch of Internet access.
A Cupcake A Day is just one street over from Main Street Cupcakes, a cupcake boutique with which Rollheiser became acquainted when she lived in the Hudson area where one of Main Street's shops is. But she said there won't be a local "Cupcake Wars" going on.
"There will be friendly competition," she said, adding they found their sites about the same time. "I liked the area, and I was pretty picky about finding the right location. The square is cute, and the storefront is great."
A member of Main Street Medina, she's pleased with being across the street from Rally in the Alley in the summer, and just down the block from the square during celebrations like the Candlelight Walk, International Fest, Chalk Art Festival and Ladies Night Out. "I'll be open Monday through Saturday with extended hours for the special events," she said.
She sifts through the collection of her grandmother's recipes when seeking inspiration for her menu, which she builds around four everyday cupcakes: classic chocolate and vanilla with chocolate or vanilla buttercream icing, peanut butter chip with peanut butter frosting and red velvet topped with cream cheese buttercream. She adds a rotation of varying flavors, including filled cupcakes and vegan cupcakes.
Baking from scratch every day on the premises, her cupcakes have graced the tables of wedding receptions and parties, as well as Taste of Medina and Taste of Akron.
"I didn't think I'd ever open my own cupcake shop," she said. "But all my friends always thought I'd own a store. And here I am, starting my own business."
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If you're training to be a fighter, success in combat sports such as boxing, Mauy Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, or Mixed Martial Arts, weighs heavily on your physical conditioning and mental fortitude. Since these activities can be very physiologically demanding, your strength and conditioning sessions should be equal in intensity or slightly above to ensure peak performance. Develop your explosive power, speed and endurance with these kettlebell and plyometric based exercises to keep you competing at the top of your game.
Training Key points:
• Always start with dynamic warm-up to properly prepare your body for a training session and reduce risk of injuries.
• Perform the following exercises in an equal 30 second work- to-rest ratio. As you become more conditioned to the exercises, increase the work time and decrease the rest time for more intense workouts.
Front Barrier Hop
You will need between two to five barriers, such as cones or hurdles to perform this basic plyometric exercise. Space the barriers evenly about one meter apart. Stand facing the first barrier and get into a comfortable position with your feet shoulder-width apart. Swing your arms behind you as a counter-movement to prepare yourself for the hop and proceed to jump over the first barrier. Make sure to land in the starting position and immediately repeat the jump over the sequential barriers. You can also perform variations of this plyometric exercise by hopping backwards, lateral, turning 80 degree or using single-leg.
Tip: By landing gently ensures your using proper body mechanics and helps in preventing joint injury.
Depth Jumps
Depth Jumps can be performed using plyometric boxes or similar stable surface between 12 to 42 inches tall. Stand on top of the plyo-box with a comfortable, upright, shoulder-width stance. Begin the exercise by stepping off the box and land on the floor with both feet. Upon landing, immediately jump up as high as you can and minimize the time spent on the ground. To increase intensity, use a taller box or try jumping to a second box.
Plyo Push-ups
Plyometric push-ups are an effective tool to build upper body strength, power and endurance. To perform the Plyo push-up, first place your hands and toes on the floor keeping your body in a straight line position. Bent your elbows to lower your body down and explosively push yourself up off the ground using both hands and feet. Clap your hands together at the top of the movement and return them to the starting position in order to catch yourself. Try to get as much height as possible while maintain a straight body line position to maximize this plyometric exercise. You can also try a variation of a plyo push-up using a medicine ball; exploding on and off the ball using both hands while keeping the feet on the floor.
Kettlebell Clean
Perform the kettlebell clean to build shoulder strength and stability, improved breathing and overall endurance. Straddle kettlebell with feet slightly wider apart than shoulder width. Squat down keeping your back straight and grasp the kettlebell handle with one hand using an overhand grip. Then, pull the kettlebell off floor by extending hips and knees. Explosively lift the kettlebell over the shoulder and catch the kettlebell on the outside of your arm and brace the impact by moving into partial squat position. Then, lower the kettlebell to ground between your legs by squatting down keeping your back straight and trunk close to vertical. Make sure to control your breathing and exhale at the top of the movement.
Tip: Do not jerk weight from floor; arise steadily then accelerate. Keep wrist straight and arm close to body during catch. You can easily bruise yourself if your not able to control the weight of the kettlebell. Start with a lighter weight and build by gradually.
Kettlebell Backward Lunge
This amazing exercise build core stability, quad and glute strength which is essential for maximizing your sprawl. Perform the kettlebell backward lunge by picking up a kettlebell and hold it with one hand while keeping your shoulder in a racked position. Then, step back with one leg ideally to get your front knee to a 90 degree position. Return back to the starting position and repeat. Maintain an upright position throughout the exercise and breathe after each lunge. You can increase the intensity of this exercise by either holding a kettlebell in each hand or incorporate the kettlebell clean after each rep as you perform the backward lunge.
Pike Jumps
Try pike jumps to build a strong core. Get into a comfortable upright stance with your feet shoulder-width apart. Begin with a counter-movement and explosively jump up. Lift your legs to the front and keep them together and straight. Try to touch your toes with your hands while you are in the air. Then, after landing in the original position, quickly repeat the jump. Try to get as much height as possible and use proper mechanics while landing.
Tip: Don't rush through your plyometric jump; always use good form to maximize the benefits of the exercise.
ExRx: Plyometric and Power Exercises
• "Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning"; National Strength and Conditioning Association; 2008
• "Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research"; Strength and Conditioning Considerations for Mixed Martial Arts; Paul La Bounty; FEB 2011


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I have one question. Will letting Romney become President make things better or worse?
If we can focus on this issue, it will make it easier to decide what to do.
I believe Barack Obama was put into office to do what no Republican could ever have gotten away with. Obama has extend the wars, created new wars, extended the Bush tax cuts for the rich, given additional bail out money to the banks, allowed the health insurance industry to write the healthcare bill, extended the Patriot Act and signed the NDAA.
Under his watch not one member of the Bush Administration has been held accountable for leading us into wars built on false evidence and lies; not one banker has been held accountable for the fraud and corruption that brought down the global economy. And the final nail in the coffin, Mr. Slim Shady signed the NDAA bill on New Year's Eve while most American's sipped champagne and sang Auld Lang Syne. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) makes America the battlefield and allows indefinite detention of U.S. citizens suspected of 'terrorist" leanings without due process. http://www.aclu.org/national-security/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law
But why be so negative you might ask? Here are a few things Obama did manage to do. He extended unemployment benefits because they're no jobs as his stimulus package was too small. He also managed to cut payroll taxes, which is a back door way to defund Social Security, He helped cover up the BP oil spill in the Gulf by allowing Corexit, a toxic disbursement not allowed in other countries, to break up the oil which then dropped to the bottom instead of just cleaning it up. In other words, allowing them to hide the body.
Obama hates truth tellers such as Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and whistleblowers like Bradley Manning who's been held in detention for almost two years for, according to Obama, exposing state secrets aka a horrendous war crime. That is if Manning is the alleged leaker who gave the "Collateral Murder" video to WikiLeaks showing 12 civilians murdered by American soldiers. What is the difference between the "Collateral Murder" war atrocity and the 1970 My Lai Massacre and the Court-Martial of Captain Ernest L. Medina? What is the difference between the Pentagon Papers and Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning? I mean isn't this evidence we're now living in a corporate/fascist/ military/police state?
Now look, I know they're still plenty of Obama supporters among us but I find it very difficult to understand why so many people still love, honor and support this guy. I voted for this guy too. I fell for his smooth talk, cool demeanor and wide open smile. I've always been a sucker for tall dark and handsome but if he wasn't lying then he's lying now and I for one am mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.
I know it's hard to admit you made a mistake. I get it. You really believed this guy was "the one" and he is the one for the 1%: Wall Street, the too big to fail banks, the military industrial complex, the prison industrial complex, big oil, big pharma, i.e. the corporate fascist state he's so gingerly locking into place.
We looked the other way when he said he'd put on comfy shoes and march with the unions and then when the unions had their bargaining rights withdrawn, Obama like the good corporate shill he is, remained silent. We made excuses for him when he remained silent as the police brutalized, beat, pepper sprayed and shot projectiles at peaceful demonstrators. Obama, unlike Robert Kennedy who had the balls to stand up to the racists down south and brought in the National Guard to protect those fighting for their civil rights, is a coward.
It could be battered spouse syndrome. I know there are people hospitalized with a broken jaw or collarbone and they won't press charges against their attackers. I can't explain why victims protect their abusers but they do and not only do they protect them, they go back to them over and over only to be beaten again and again.
Or maybe it's the Stockholm syndrome whereby victims fall in love with their captors. It happens. No need to beat yourself up over it.
To me Obama's like the bad boyfriend. He lies to you, cheats on you, forgets to call, but you just keep taking him back and making excuses. "Well, he can't help it. He has to stand up to those mean Republicans." Right?
And, therefore, I feel it's my duty to do an intervention. For those of you still deluding yourselves, who still can't face reality I suggest therapy or better yet maybe pick up a copy of "He's just Not That Into You."
I know it's hard. I told you I voted for him too. I sent him money. I believed him. But let's be honest this guy is a lying, cheating, warmongering, opportunist who serves the 1% so he might get reelected. He's in bed with Goldman Sachs, Exxon Mobile, GE and whoever else will pay him for his services.
He does throw us the occasional bone like the recent appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And studies show even rats will keep going back to find the food pellet over and over again even if it only shows up very rarely. But there comes a time when one must admit they were wrong, cut their losses and move on.
Not to worry they're other fish in the sea. Jill Stein of the Green Party has a very sane 5-point program. I know she may seem boring as we all love our bad boys but really a psychopath who murders innocent civilians and destroys countries using drone attacks will eventually turn on you. Didn't you see "Sleeping With the Enemy?" Hello! And there's also Anderson of the Justice Party. So don't despair you'll find somebody new. Maybe not right away but you won't have to sleep alone forever.
Believe me the Obama brand is collapsing just as the Bush brand before him became so craven even the most deluded had to recognize the fraud that had been perpetrated upon the American people.
For those of you who still don't see it you're sort of like the Bushies who believed in the Iraq war and defended the honesty and integrity of their fearless leader no matter how many lies he told. I guess it may prove the old adage. Love really is blind.
I have one question. Will letting Romney become President make things better or worse?
If we can focus on this issue, it will make it easier to decide what to do.
The looming question, I fear, is whether or not the voting system in the US is real at all. "W" was never really elected (Florida/Supreme Ct 2000; Ohio 2004) and I believe that Obama was installed to execute exactly the strategy described above. I believe, sadly, that the Republocrats, are going to install Romney/Ryan this time because they feel we're impoverished, confused, divided, and dumbed-down enough to accept the next step toward full-blown fascism. I hope this isn't so and I will vote Green Party, as I always do.
Thank you Nation of Change, for this voice of reason!!!!!
The cognitive dissonance of the Obama-apologist is truly frightening! (and I thought the Bush supporters were bad!) Besides, you give Obama another 4 yrs and he'll just out-evil Romney, just like he out-did Bush!
If the unprecedented high voter turn-out in 2008 against Bush's policies happens again in 2012, then Jill Stein will win by a landslide -EASY!
What bitter irony that the only thing preventing us from defeating the 1% are the Obama-apologists who insist that we can't.
Okay, Obama and the Democrats didn't shepherd us into a golden age of enlightenment, but Romney and the Republicans are a coal train back to the dark ages. This is a time that calls for our pragmatic wisdom. We all know that there is an immense difference between these two candidates. "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good" -Voltaire.
LIAR PANTS ON FIRE ----too bad ----I have a good memory and I RECALL the republicans held hostage extending unemployment benefits to those who lost jobs unless Obama agreed to extend the Bush tax cuts.
Republicans were apologizing to BP and thought the "tragedy" is that BP will have to pay victim of their disaster.
There is no payroll loss to the SSecurity fund ---the difference is coming out of the General Fund.
This writer has made so many errors in reporting his pants must have been on fire.
The republicans including the writer of this article belongs to one of the following the left-over JohnBirchers---the KKK or the American Version o f the Taliban.
If noone can recognize we had a 1929 like depression that began in the middle of the Bush & republican's 8 years----and they handed the mess over to Obama to fix and meanwhile the day he was inaugurated many republican congressmen had a meeting and decided they were going to say NO to everything Obama wanted to do to fix the economy and THEY DID their best.
Gover Norquist had them pledge not to raise taxes on the richest (his taxes--Romney doesn't want his taxes raised either so they'll cheat the rest of us...but the stupidity of the American people who voted the republicans in for 8 years and then gave low approval rating are bound and determined to do it ALL OVER AGAIN !! Same policies ....oh stupid ones.
Your cognitive dissonance is truly frightening!
For starters-
When Obama closed the investigation on the bankers who destroyed the world's economy, letting them walk off with $32 trillion in offshore accounts -was that a case of Obama trying to do good and republicans preventing him? NO, IT WAS NOT!
The topic of this essay is really destructive- it's easy to stand back and be critical when it's not you trying to solve the problems this President inherited- and trying to clean up the mess with an obstructionistic Congress blocking every policy he tried to pass- I guess perhaps you think we would be better off with Romney at the helm- wake up and stop whining- while the Dems are not perfect the Reps are unhinged- I believe Obama will do a lot more in the next 4 years-
Um... Obama had the majority of Congress on his side for his first 2 years in office, and he still caved into the demands of the republicans! WAKE UP!!!
And if you really care about what is "destructive," then look no further than the NDAA (indefinite detention law). There is NOTHING worse than the loss of civil liberties! It cannot possibly get any worse! So arguments about how "Romney will be worse" have the sad logic of slaves trying to figure out which overseer will be nicer. GROW UP please!!
Face it, anybody who gets to be POTUS has the object lesson of the Kennedy brothers in mind. "Do as we say, or we'll off you". Obama may do a tiny bit of good around the edges, but he will always predictably conform to the orders which come from on high. The best thing he may do is preside over the collapse, after which we may yet see the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.
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Wow !! Excellent well written article. Your words are what I have been thinking to myself for a year or so. I also voted for Obama. When he kept so many on from the Bush administration I tried to rationalize that maybe he
kept them on because they knew how to clean up the mess that they created.
Needless to say...it wasn't happening. as time went by I started to think this
is a huge charade being played out for the public. The NDAA was the biggest
evidence in my way of thinking at least, that Obama is as phony as Romney...if not more so. I will vote but not for either of them My vote goes to Jill Stein. I know her chances of winning are slim but I refuse to vote for either one of these guys. Our government is more corrupt than I ever realized.
It takes us back to Vietnam, this time he is the Nixon.. At least Johnson decided not to rerun and negotaite out in the'68 pris Peace Talks that were sabotaged. We have a good cop bad cop routine for the military industrial complex and it's long term strategic planning. It is just goes from overt to covert methods. Then gives a defense of war to the Noble Peace Committeee which I suppose takes guts to say war is peace to the peace committee and which is analogous to Kissinger getting it for extending the Vietnam war but finally getting out.
But now revisionary history has Bush telling Vietnam we should have stayed fighting there even though they are still having agent orange birth defects and farmers risk stepping on mines and cluster bombs.
Obama fires off the new 13 yr Vietnam rewrite project. And it is complete we have love of war replacing make love not war and S&M is catching on too as we go out to dominate the world with secret special forces missions to win submission to multi-national corporate rule.
Now a homeland security police state and preemptive enforcement to make preemptive wars the new democrazy. No international law or domestic law as we take off the gloves and throw them away. Wars for lies should make govt's accountable for damages to others and too our own misused. It is clear Vietnam is resurfacing to be blamed on the anti-war movement but equally for scrutiny of falsehood since they want to dig it up again and throw it in our face. Lies beget more lies until we bring down the wrath of natural law on ourselves or we face responsibility for our actions. It is the same as the lies for profits in the financial sphere. Eastwood finnaly gets to eat his heart out thowing Obama in our face and saying ha you peacniks dirty harry has won, viglante justice rules and as long as we have might makes right it might workd but there is still natural law.
Weaponizing Afghanistan to lure the soviets to occupy has thrown them into 30 years of misery and suffering and using Iraq against Irag and then calling them hitler is total dishonesty. Being the devil and then turning into an angel all 0f the sudden we may fool ourselves but not those bedeviled.
it appears to be a case of feeding freedom fighters and then going in and cleaning them out to take over for ourselves. Build a Noreiga or Saddam Hussein and then letting them have too much rope so we can call them hitler and take them out. Maybe Hitler was a hitler too, against communism? It is really western civilization as a war-based system that has made this all into an art and only knows how to live by wars of destruction and reconstruction profiteering. And it is nearing the end of its line unable to learn how to live within the means of our planet without raping and pillaging ourselves to death.
Brilliant essay. There arent many of us who saw through this guy from the beginning when he arrived in DC. If you havent' done it already ages ago, then you need to realize that Mr. 'Politically Expedient' and his party need to be abandoned immediately on principle's sake alone.


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|The Dictionary of Criminal Justice
|Summaries of Supreme Court Cases Affecting Criminal Justice
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|First Amendment Issues
|Freedom of Speech
|Freedom of the Press
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|Double Jeopardy
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|Plea Bargaining
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|Prosecutor's Misconduct
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This is a revised edition of the book published in 2009. It contains new details about the Hamilton family - outlined in the forward of the preview.
James Hamilton was born around 1740. He married twice and had several children including John Hamilton, and Richard Hamilton.
John Hamilton went to sea and became involved in the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 then later in charge of the Dover to Calais ferry, with his regular passengers including British and Belgian Royalty. He was knighted for his services during the 1840s.
Richard Hamilton became an apprentice tailor and set up business in the same street as his older brother John in Dover.
Both John and Richard had children of their own. This book follows the story of Richard's children - in particular Richard Hamilton the Second who, after following his father's trade as a tailor for some years eventually decided to emigrate with his family to South Australia .
The British Government was keen to establish a colony in South Australia to discourage the French from doing the same. There was nothing there and the Hamilton family and their fellow travellers became true pioneers in a new land.
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Jesus is the Word of God
Pastor Leonard Shaw | 12/5/2013, 9 a.m.
John was presenting the gospel of St. John to his Jewish and Gentile audiences by using terms they both understood. He begins by stating, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God," The Greek word
translated "Word" in this passage is Logos. For example, in the Old Testament the "word" of God is often used as an instrument for the execution of God's will, therefore, by introducing his Jewish readers to Jesus as the "Word," John was pointing the Jews to the Old Testament where the Logos or "Word" of God is God's revelation of Himself to humanity. And in Greek philosophy, the word Logos was used to describe God as the creator of heaven and earth and all matter, and His communication with the world.
John was not just introducing Jesus as another mediator between an impersonal god and the material world, he goes beyond any concept that the Jews and Gentile world was accustomed to. He presented Jesus not as a mere mediating figure like the Greeks supposed, but as a personal being, fully divine, yet fully human. Christ was God's perfect revelation of Himself in the flesh. Jesus asked Phillip, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father. . ." (John 14:9). What John is actually saying to us today, the term Logos or "Word" in John 1:1, is that Jesus Christ is the true Logos of God, the Living Word of God in human form, He was fully God and at the same time, fully man, who came not only to reveal God to man but to redeem all who believe in Him from their sin and its consequences.
My friend, we have a true friend in Jesus, He knows what you need even before you ask Him. Proverbs 3:5-6 states, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Trust Him today.


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Wind farm protest
A protest is expected to take place outside a meeting of Torridge planners tonight as they discuss a proposed wind farm of the North Devon coast. The company RWE wants to build 240 offshore turbines 10 miles from the coast.
It would generate more than 1,000 mega-watts of electricity but some local residents say it could cause lasting damage.
Wind row in the Exe Valley
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The structure - which would be 32 metres high, with blades reaching 45 metres - is being proposed for the outskirts of Silverton in the Exe Valley.
Farmers, Rosemary and John Short have lived here for 35 years and say if it is built, the turbine would overlook their property and be just 500 metres from their home.
The turbine itself would be positioned on a neighbouring farmer's land and energy from the turbine would go into the national grid.
Other residents say they too have concerns, that by building one turbine, a precedent will be set and the green light given to build more turbines in this area.
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Concerns raised over HIV/AIDS funding
The National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) has expressed concern over the future of its funding arrangement with the Australian Government.
A number of non-government organisations (NGOs) have been offered a six-month extension on current funding arrangements while the new government revisits the way organisations are funded.
Jo Watson, executive director NAPWHA, told MCV the government was not in a position to offer details on the new full funding agreement process, which has led to the uncertainty.
"I think in the current funding environment for government, there is a whole lot of uncertainty not just in health, but a whole lot of portfolios," Watson said.
"We know a number of NGOs that have been given extensions, but will have to go through a tender process as well."
However, waiting for the details of the new funding process is not the only uncertainty held by NAPWHA.
"I guess the other uncertainty is we're going into a period of a new set of allocation of agreements that are going to be decided, so there is no way of being sure – for any organisation – of just how the allocations will come out," Watson said.
NAPWHA acknowledged that depending on funding criteria, a changing environment for national peak bodies may be necessary.
"The challenge will be whether or not the government has the view that it wants the national peaks to have more collaboration arrangements, and that has been the trend across some of the jurisdictions, so that's a possibility.
"The bottom line is until we see the funding criteria we're not going to know what the government wants us to focus on."
Although there are months of uncertainty ahead, NAPWHA remains confident of its place in the Australian landscape.
"We are a very strong and professional organisation and we can show value in our work, but it's going to be unsettling until we get the confirmed funding agreement for its full term in place."
The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) is still waiting for its six-month extension to be approved, however it says it has "taken the government's decision to offer an extension of funding in good faith".
AFAO also told MCV it does not believe collaboration between organisations would be necessary.
The Department of Health had not responded to questions from MCV at the time of publication.
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The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.3 percent in March. The increase marked the ninth consecutive monthly advance and followed a 2.0 percent rise in February.
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The 0.3 percent rise in import prices in March was the smallest since October 1999. The slowdown was primarily attributable to a relatively modest 0.2 percent uptick in petroleum prices in March, the smallest increase posted for this component index since it declined 0.5 percent in February 1999. Nonpetroleum import prices, which also rose 0.2 percent in March, contributed to the increase for overall imports.
Over the past 12 months, the nonpetroleum index increased 1.0 percent. In contrast, petroleum prices were up 138.3 percent for the year. The overall import price index rose 9.4 percent from March 1999 to March 2000.
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GM increases exec salaries to "normal" levels
GM has seen plenty of tough times over the past few years, and even the company's top executives have felt the pinch. Executive pay was among the items cut as the General waded through multi-billion-dollar losses and immense market pressure, but after two years of cuts, the members of GM's top brass are getting their old salaries back. Top boss Rick Wagoner's base pay went as "low" as $1.1M but is now back to its 2003 level of $2.2M. Product czar Bob Lutz and money man Fritz Henderson also had their pay restored, and Fritz even got a raise to reflect his promotion to COO. Many of the pay cuts were voluntary in recognition of GM's market struggles, but even with the cuts in base pay, overall executive pay packages are worth a lot more than just the salaries alone. Wagoner, for example, was paid $14.4M in 2007, while Maximum Bob came in at $6.9M.
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College Hockey:Motte turns aside 43 shots as Ferris State edges Lake Superior State
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Lake Superior State continued a trend on Saturday night, while Ferris State conquered some demons in CCHA action.
Ferris State beat Lake Superior State 2-1 at Taffy Abel Arena in the second game of a weekend set that saw the two schools split.
The Bulldogs picked up a pair of firsts as they picked up their first road win of the young season while also winning for the first time on a Saturday night. For the Lakers, the loss marks the fifth straight Saturday loss this season. In each series the Lakers have played this season, the team has split all five by winning on Friday before losing on Saturday.
Despite the loss, Lakers' coach Jim Roque was extremely pleased with his team.
"That was our best game of the year right there," said Roque. "I had no complaints with the effort for three periods. We were good defensively and had chances [offensively]. Our power play moved the puck well and got it to the net."
Roque went on to say he couldn't find any negatives in the loss.
"There was nothing but positives, except for the result," said Roque. "That's hockey. There's going to be some nights where we win when we probably don't deserve to win either. We'll steal a game here and there. That's usually the way it works throughout the season. It was a really good effort by our guys and full credit to their goalie for a great night for him."
First-period goals by Cory Kane and Justin DeMartino helped the Bulldogs to the victory, while goaltender CJ Motte stopped 43 shots.
"CJ does deserve a lot of credit," FSU coach Bob Daniels said. "On the penalty kill, I don't know how many shots they had, but he killed a lot of pucks and got us some faceoffs."
Daniels was referring to a major penalty given to freshman forward Dakota Klecha early in the third period that the Bulldogs were able to kill off.
"He got a little overzealous and that was a really tough penalty for us to take," said Daniels. "What helped was when [Lakers forward Stephen] Perfetto took that hooking penalty. Instead of having to kill the full five minutes, we had to kill three minutes, so that was a bonus. The Lakers had us hemmed in."
Daniels added that the fact that the Lakers scored three times in 57 seconds on Friday night was on his mind on Saturday night.
"[Friday] we had the one-goal lead and gave up the three goals and I hate to say that it was in the back of my mind," said Daniels. "So I never really felt too comfortable.
"I thought it was a lot like yesterday in that either team could have won. CJ played terrific in net tonight. I'm pretty happy that we were able to bounce back and get a split. For us, that's the first win on a Saturday night that we've had this year and the first win on the road, so it was a lot of firsts that we needed to conquer."
Zach Sternberg scored the lone goal for the Lakers in the loss, while goaltender Kevin Murdock stopped 26 shots.
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The part in question is a 32nm hexacore chip, known as Gulftown on the roadmaps and scheduled to debut in Q2 2010. If you are having a hard time keeping up with Intel codename�s, Westmere is basically a die-shrink of the current 45nm Nehalem family of processors (released as Core i7) and Gulftown will be the desktop variant aimed at the high-end enthusiast segment. Featuring 6 cores and 12 threads with Hyper-threading enabled, it holds 12MB of L3 cache to support the additional data load over the QuickPath Interconnect.
It is based solely on socket LGA 1366 and retains compatibility with the X58 chipset that drives all Core i7 motherboards today. Chinese site HKEPC particularly tested a 2.4GHz part and came to some interesting though not quite surprising conclusions. First off, that the six-core beast runs cooler and draws less power than current Core i7 chips, and secondly that while there is definitely a step up in processing power most software isn�t ready to fully benefit from the additional cores.
As a result, the chip will likely show its worth on specific tasks such as professional image and video editing, but with an expected price between $1,000 and $1,500, this is not necessarily the best investment as far as gaming is concerned. You can find a translated version of the complete report here.
It�s also worth mentioning that unlike upcoming mainstream desktop and mobile variants, known as Clarkdale and Arrandale, Gulftown will not include an integrated graphics core alongside the 32nm CPU.


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Trade shows and events in China offer an excellent opportunity for U.S. companies to learn the market and make contacts. The U.S. Commercial Service organizes U.S. pavilions at certain trade shows so that American exhibitors can best showcase their products and services. Our staff facilitate communication between American exhibitors and the show organizer in making arrangement to exhibit and participate in this important event.
The U.S. Pavilion is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's initiative to promote American goods and services in key Chinese markets. Developed in coordination with major Chinese exhibition companies, the U.S. Pavilions provide a unique opportunity for American companies to be involved in key international exhibitions around China. Participation in U.S. Pavilions provides companies special opportunities and services including:
Participation in the U.S. Pavilion allows U.S. companies to take full use of the marketing opportunities at key Chinese exhibitions, as well as access to a variety of resources available through the U.S. Commercial Service.


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Takahiro Horitaka (Taki) latest book introduces us to nearly 200 of some of the world s finest tattoo artists. Here, in more than 1400 new images, Taki presents the tattoo art of This visual reference book presents a wide range of styles, from portraits to classic Americana to traditional Japanese to Polynesian and contemporary, edgy interpretations of each. Featured artists include Robert Atkinson, Colin Baker, Kim Saigh, Shawn Brown, Steve Byrne, Tim Hendricks, Freddy Corbin, Lil Roy, Crash, Klem, Mario Desa, Ben Grillo, Grime, Leo Zulueta, Don Ed Hardy, Doug Hardy, Heath Preheim, Eiland Hogan, Thomas Hooper, Horikiku, Horiken, Horimasa, Josh Howard, Timothy Hoyer, Ichibay, Jondix, Venjamin Jimenez, Eric Jones, Henning Jorgensen, Horitomo, Koji, Jason Kundell, Chad Koeplinger, Paulo Manabe, Smith Street, Steve Looney, and many more.
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This is an inspirational book about the life of an itinerant pastor and his wife.
Arliss married the man of her dreams, Tom Allen. She taught Family and Consumer Sciences for over twenty years in various school districts. She has two amazingly gifted adult daughters, Andrea and Amanda. She enjoys quilting, gardening, hiking, traveling, and tinkering with recipes in her kitchen. She especially enjoys her adorable Australian Labradoodle, Sammy! Arliss and her pastor husband, Tom, live in Lawrenceville, GA with Sammy.
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For years we've been led to believe that the planet Earth has been plagued by runaway Global Warming. I've been waiting for this press release all weekend and it is GOLD!
PRESS RELEASE – July 29th, 2012 12PM PDT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A reanalysis of U.S. surface station temperatures has been performed using the recently WMO-approved Siting Classification System devised by METEO-France's Michel Leroy. The new siting classification more accurately characterizes the quality of the location in terms of monitoring long-term spatially representative surface temperature trends. The new analysis demonstrates that reported 1979-2008 U.S. temperature trends are spuriously doubled, with 92% of that over-estimation resulting from erroneous NOAA adjustments of well-sited stations upward. The paper is the first to use the updated siting system which addresses USHCN siting issues and data adjustments.
The new improved assessment, for the years 1979 to 2008, yields a trend of +0.155C per decade from the high quality sites, a +0.248 C per decade trend for poorly sited locations, and a trend of +0.309 C per decade after NOAA adjusts the data. This issue of station siting quality is expected to be an issue with respect to the monitoring of land surface temperature throughout the Global Historical Climate Network and in the BEST network.
Anthony Watts has been working on the Surface Stations project since 2007. In a nutshell urban creep has impacted on the accuracy of the Surface Station temperature records across the globe. The degree of accuracy has now been more accurately quantified. This will send shockwaves through the global warming alarmist camp.
Using the new Leroy 2010 classification system on the older siting metadata used by Fall et al. (2011), Menne et al. (2010), and Muller et al. (2012), yields dramatically different results.
Using Leroy 2010 methods, the Watts et al 2012 paper, which studies several aspects of USHCN siting issues and data adjustments, concludes that:
These factors, combined with station siting issues, have led to a spurious doubling of U.S. mean temperature trends in the 30 year data period covered by the study from 1979 – 2008.
Joanne Nova sums it all up with this line:
"You don't need a PhD to know that thermometers placed in car parks are not measuring global warming"
This new pre-print paper by Anthony Watts accomplishes so much. Assuming that no major problems are found, the pieces of the jigsaw fit and pass the common sense test. Yes, hot air rises off concrete.
- There goes half the warming trend. The most accurate thermometers in the right places are not recording high trends. High estimates come from combining good records with poor ones then adjusting that up.
- They show Mueller and BEST's latest exaggerated claims of 1.5C are meaningless.
- They show that only class 1 and 2 stations (which are placed well, not next to concrete, car-parks, or air-conditioners) give reliable data and the warming trend from these stations is much lower than the warming trend from Class 3, 4 or 5 stations. It's what we always knew — thermometers near artificial heat sources are measuring artificial warming, but it's not the global kind.
- Mueller, BEST, GISS, Hadley and all the others should have removed the data from poor stations entirely. No amount of statistical chicanery can correct the artificial warming effect no matter how you adjust, blend, or homogenize the data.
- Worse, the adjusted data shows an even warmer trend than the warmest and worst stations. That casts a very dark shadow indeed. How honest or impartial are the scientists who adjust data from stations with thermometers near air-conditioners and create more warming? Bad stations have been adjusted up, instead of down, and then the good stations were adjusted up to match the now-really-awful-bad ones. The stench of failure and a lack of dedication to the truth in on show…


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Lottie dont mention strawberries- there is a cadger about
Smallswan- poor basil-how will sybil cope?
Better take a mac and a pair of wellies
It usually applies to later flowering perennials that form a clump and throw up lots of stems-so works for asters, phlox and such like -it gives you a stockier multi-stemmed plant that flowers slightly later that if you hadn't cut it back.
Bit like pinching out on bedding plants gives you side shoots
But doesn't work on all plants and and aaquilegia isn't that sort of plant
I shall be washing up again shortly so if I could have the dirty dishes?
It rained and it is muggy
Because mine got so big last year-I did butcher it and replanted 6/7 pieces as cuttings but also with ariel root attached higher up the stem--just pushed it all into the compost-all took and now have a much more compact specimen in the corner of the room
Barry Aldiss-Sunday Nights-the top twenty-happy days
The pigeon is in orbit
Cody says -woof,woof
Yep sure do-look out for the pigeon-do you want fries with that?
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Screenshot V2.2
Screenshot allow to take screenshots of your phone's screen.
You can set a delay in second before capture (timer). Files are saved in Bitmap, PNG or JPG format in the screenshots's directory.
- You can use the camera button to take screenshots
- You can also choose to shake the phone to take pictures when you want
- This application only works on ROOTED PHONES
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Psalm 96
What would the world be like if we all decided to obey this psalm every time we read it. What if, for instance, we decided to do as the Psalmist commanded and sing or write a new song? We could learn to "sing a new song." We would go to our hymnbook or to youtube and choose a new song to learn.
God keeps doing new things in our lives everyday. We keep discovering new aspects of Him, discovering new ways in which He does wonders.
When we get up in the morning, we turn to our family and praise them. We praise them because we love them and see their attributes, and we praise them because they love us. The psalmist says that brutish people don't know this love of God. Praise naturally rises from the heart for anything we love. Just as snide cracks rise up instantly when we deal with something (or someone) we hate. Just as we naturally whine when we're in pain.
Of course sometimes we don't quite feel like praising. Yet, this psalm tells us it's a good thing to do. We must rejoice at what God is doing in our lives, even if we don't see it. We know God's character and God's Word. What God has said is truth. Not what we see, not what the doctors declare, but what God himself has proclaimed. This is where our victory comes: we praise God for what we know He is doing in our lives in spite of what we see because we know God's character.
1O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
2Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
3Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all Gods.
5For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
6Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
8Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
10Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
11Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
12Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
13Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.


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Post-It is a brand I will forever use in my life of being organized. I…
Getting ready to get organized was part of my first post where I share tips on where to start. One thing I struggle with in regards to organization is how long to keep items on file. For example, I don't even know how long you are suppose to keep your Tax Paperwork, I thought three years, but I honestly have every year I have ever filed on hand. I took some time to look up the rules behind how long you should keep records on file to assist you in your organizational efforts, since part of being organized is clearing up the clutter. I used to keep my car insurance premium payments on file for years and then I realized I pay the premium from my checking account so really all I need to have on file is the actual insurance policy not all the premium payment receipts! That cleared up a nice amount of space in my file box!
So what do you keep on file? How long to keep those items on file for? I would love to hear your tips and what you have learned through out the years of your life.
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I'm a big fan of files and everything in my house has its place. My one problem is that I don't ever seem to get rid of them.
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I do have fire proof box with birth certs, car title, ss cards. My mother is runs a tax business and keeps ours, so have probably more than 7 years kept. She suggests about the same as well to keep tax returns.
My bills, I have converted most of them to paperless, simply because of trying to live greener. The ones I do have come in I keep until the next one arrives then I shred.
Great information on how long to keep files.
Seeing my moms business is a tax business I keep my files with her, so I probably have over 7 years LOL. She also suggest approx. 7 years to keep even when the IRS changes it.
I have went paperless with most of my bills with trying to be greener but the ones I do get I keep until the next one arrives, then I shred.
All my important papers I do have in a fireproof small safe!
Great info brandy 🙂
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More international science experiments blossoming in the Karoo
The Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Re-ionisation (PAPER) project at South Africa's Karoo astronomy site will soon consist of 64 antennae. A further 26 antennae - being shipped from West Virginia - will arrive at Cape Town harbour during the first week of June 2011 and will then be deployed on site.
When the PAPER science team arrives in South Africa later in June 2011, local technical interns will assist them with the assembly of the antennae, ground reflectors and electronic components. Commissioning of the 64-antenna array is tentatively scheduled for the end of June.
An immediate challenge faced by the project is to provide grid power to the PAPER site through a safe and reliable, yet cost-effective design. The use of an intermediate voltage system (3.3 kV) is investigated here, which can also act as a prototype for similar systems that might prove useful to some of the long baseline antennae of MeerKAT. Together with this, a fibre optic link will be installed to the nearest KAT-7 infrastructure about 2 km away from the site.
Another international partnership project in the Karoo is the C-Band All Sky Survey South (C-BASS South) telescope, with its counterpart based at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory in the USA. While the antenna structure for C-BASS is already in place in the Karoo, the receiver is currently being developed at Oxford University by a South African PhD student Charles Copley, with assistance from the University of Manchester. Once the receiver arrives in South Africa, it will be tested at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO). Following that, the receiver, with all its ancillary components, will be consigned to the C-BASS site at Klerefontein in the Karoo where it can take full advantage of the radio silence and low cloud percentage. The deployment of C-BASS is expected to occur as soon as August/September 2011.


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Cover-ups & Jackets
Bridal cover-ups, wraps and jackets are an essential consideration when shopping for bridal accessories. The wedding dress and season will dictate the style and type of fabric used; corded lace, organza, silk and fake fur are popular choices.
Brides who want to wear a strapless dress in church should cover their shoulders, regardless of the season. If the veil is too short for this, a cover-up is required.
Winter Cover-Ups
Winter brides need a cover-up to prevent shivering and goose pimples. Fake fur stoles are popular, and are a good idea for the times of day when the bride is outside, for example when formal photographs are being taken. A lighter, more practical cover-up may be needed for the reception - small jackets, made to match the dress, are a chic option.
Summer Cover-ups
In summer, if the weather is warm, the cover-up is only required for the church or ceremony, and perhaps at the very end of the evening. The bride can take it off after the ceremony and have bare shoulders/back during the reception. Cover-ups thus provide the bride with a formal look for church, followed by something more relaxed at the reception.


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Arik Levy WorKit Office Furniture Systemfor VitraWorKit, the new office furniture system by Arik Levy, is a simple, rational and flexible solution for communicative office areas. The PIN, the central connecting element of WorKit, opens up a large number of possibilities with a small number of parts. The screens for the middle of the desk can guide communication channels and the side screens serve to partition off large areas.
The core element of WorKit is its root-shaped connecting piece that serves to attach, connect or define legs, cross-bars, tabletops and PC holders.
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