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Let me start with three facts.
First, although the ratio of pensioners to the population of working age in the United Kingdom (UK) is forecast to rise from 30 percent in 1995 to 38 percent in 2030, the ratio of public expenditure on pensions to GDP is expected to fall over the same period from 4.2 percent to 3.3 percent.
Second, UK private-sector pension funds have at least #600 billion3 worth of investments, more than the rest of the European Union put together.
Third, over the past decade, pensioner incomes have risen by 50 percent, there have been increases at all points in the pensioner income distribution, and pensioners are no longer concentrated right at the bottom of the population income distribution.
How has this been achieved? What more needs to be done? And what lessons can be learned by countries with different systems?
It might be helpful if I begin with a brief description of the pension system inherited by Britain's Conservative government when it came to power in 1979. Since the National Insurance Act was passed by the 1945 Labor government, Britain has had a non-means-tested basic state pension. Those who have paid national insurance contributions (i.e., payroll taxes) as part of their tax bill during their working life are eligible for this benefit. It has always been paid for by government out of current revenues, rather than out of investment funds. In other words, each generation pays for the pensions of its elders. When the system was originally proposed by the social reformer William Beveridge during the war, he intended that the pensions should be phased in over 20 years. Labor decided to pay in full from the outset. The judgment of Britain's foremost welfare state historian, Nicholas Timmins, is that "although it was a mighty expensive decision, almost certainly nothing else would have been politically tenable."
Beveridge's aim was to eliminate means testing as far possible. As in other areas of benefit provision, however, both the problem of providing housing for the less well-off and the difficulty of setting means-tested rates below non-means-tested ones frustrated him. Around a third of pensioners in the UK receive means-tested benefits in addition to their basic state pension.
In 1975, another Labor government introduced a second tier to the UK state pension system. They introduced a State Earnings Related Pension (SERPS) in an attempt to narrow the differentials between pensioners with a private occupational pension and those without. SERPS provided a pension based on 25 percent of the average of the best 20 years of earnings. The crucial second reading of the bill to introduce SERPS was unopposed. According to Lord Lawson (later, as Chancellor, an important player in the design of the reform program), the Conservatives were "clearly wrong to do this" but believed "that pensions ought not to be a political football."
When the Conservatives came to power under Margaret Thatcher in 1979, they inherited an ailing economy, a fast rising social security budget, and commitments far in excess of Britain's ability to pay for them. In 1950, social security spending represented 5.1 percent of national income; by 1980, it represented 8.4 percent. By far the largest group of beneficiaries were elderly people, and by 1965, the cost of pensions was twice that which Beveridge predicted. In addition, as Lord Lawson puts it, "it was clear to anyone who took the trouble to analyse SERPS that it was a doomsday machine." Clearly, reform was necessary.
Principles of Reform.
The best description of the welfare reform strategy of Conservative governments between 1979 and 1997 was given by their last and longest serving Social Security Secretary, Peter Lilley, MP, in a 1993 speech. He explained the principles behind the reforms across the welfare field. He set out his key propositions.
"There are no easy solutions. That should be self evident, since if there were, I or my predecessors would have adopted them." With this he dismissed such pet solutions of right and left as merging the tax and benefits system or using tax credits to save money.
"Any effective structural reform must involve either better targeting, or more self provision, or both." Yet he did not accept that targeting need lead him to an exclusively means-tested approach.
"Disincentives are inherent in statutory benefits. When there is a choice between universal and means-tested benefits, there is a trade-off between imposing disincentives on the claimants or on taxpayers."
"Means testing is not the only way of targeting benefits more closely on need." Alternatives included changing the categories of people eligible for benefits (for example, changing the pension age); defining need differently (by tightening the rules of receipt for certain benefits); tighter enforcement; imposing new conditions for receipt; or using the contributions test.
"The existing array of benefits-contributory, universal, and income related-are rather more targeted than some comments suggest."
"No one has the right to opt out of contributing to help those who cannot provide for their own needs. But there is no reason in principle why people should not (in addition to contributing to others) opt to make provision for themselves privately rather than through the state system." With this, Lilley entered the debate about allowing people to opt out of the system and make their own provision.
"Contracting out inevitably involves a switch from pay-as-you-go to fully funded provision." Particularly in the case of pensions, he added, this would leave a gap in the public finances until the policies mature.
"The more the provision for needs and risks is monopolised by the state, the less the incentive to work and save to provide for them."
"Reform of something as vast as the social security system is best carried out sector by sector rather than by the `big bang' approach. Comprehensive big bang reforms invariably result in imposing elegant intellectual and bureaucratic structures on the inconvenient diversity of the real world."
The Three-Stage Reform Program.
The principles Lilley outlined were the basis of the Conservative government's three-stage reform program:
First, the government removed the link between pensions and wage increases, and linked the basic state pension to prices instead. The decision was controversial, but it was accepted because of the obvious crisis in the UK economy in 1980, and because there were no losers in real terms.
Second, in 1985 the government turned its attention to the long-term problem of SERPS. The government didn't just want to abolish SERPS, since the arguments for its creation remained good ones. Instead, it decided to offer taxpayers two alternatives. One option was to remain in a somewhat less generous SERPS. The percentage of your income that you would be paid, for instance, would be reduced from 25 percent to 20 percent. The other alternative was to contract out of the scheme and have the state pay a part of your National Insurance contributions into a private fund. "Take up," or the choosing of this second alternative, was encouraged by a number of measures. Those who decided to contract out would receive an extra 2 percent rebate above that strictly necessary to make their pension the equivalent of SERPS.
Finally, the government created a new private portable pension and provided tax relief on contributions, and companies were forbidden from binding employees to their own schemes.
Expectations Exceeded.
I shall not detain you with a detailed description of all the financial details and safeguards that were put in place to ensure the scheme was popular and secure.
These are set out in The Heritage Foundation's admirable paper on "Social Security Privatization in Britain."4 Suffice it to say that take up greatly exceeded expectations. The Department of Social Security's working assumption was that about 500,000 would take out personal pensions initially, and that the number might ultimately reach 1.75 million. In the event, take up reached 4 million by the end of April 1990 and, by 1993-94, had risen to 5.7 million.
This success did not, of course, end the debate. Some wanted a much larger compulsory private pension. Margaret Thatcher was one, and she told her Chancellor that they had such a pension in Switzerland. "Yes, Prime Minister," he replied, "but in Switzerland everything that is not forbidden is compulsory." Others were concerned about the security of private pensions, and after the newspaper owner Robert Maxwell was found to have stolen from the Mirror Newspaper pension fund, the government introduced safeguards to prevent swindles and incompetence from depriving pensioners of their income. Still others believed SERPS remained too expensive and pressed for its abolition. Once again this option was rejected, partly because some pensioners' contributions to SERPS were too small to pay the administrative costs in the private sector. Instead, the government once again reduced long-term SERPS entitlements, but compensated with reforms to make it more worthwhile for older people to opt out.
Proposals for the Basic Pension.
Yet the most important debate of all concerned the basic state pension. It remained a large item of government expenditure, yet current and future recipients believed it was inadequate. So the third stage of reform began. Over the summer of 1996, Peter Lilley began to work on new proposals to deal with the problem. His Basic Pension Plus plans were published in the new year. Under these proposals, the basic state pension and SERPS would be replaced with a state guarantee. New entrants to the workforce would be given a rebate from their taxes paid into their choice of private plans. If, when they reached retirement age, their private plan was not large enough to replace the basic state pension, the state guaranteed to make up the difference. In reality, this would not happen very often, and the advantages of a funded scheme would yield the average pensioner a much more generous pension than they would otherwise get. Of course, the scheme would cost money during the long transitional period. Because young people would be funding their own pension, they would not be paying for the pensions of their elders. However, by the time this cost peaked, it would be offset by savings from an earlier reform to raise the retirement age for women to the same as that for men. Another critical change was to switch tax relief from the time of saving to the time of receiving the benefit. This halved the transition cost.
Lilley's proposals received a rapturous reception in the press. The left-wing Guardian newspaper, for instance, said that "like the concept of a share holding democracy, it could also be empowering a new generation, which will have much more control over its retirement arrangements." The defeat of the government in the general election in May means that Lilley's plans have not become law, but it is widely anticipated that the new government will conclude that some sort of funded basic pension system is necessary.
How was such a radical program of reform possible? In Britain, as in America, pensions are an extraordinarily sensitive subject. No government could survive unscathed if it made a gross mistake in this area. I think that the program's success teaches a number of political lessons.
First, the reforms were the result of a debate about the long term-the security of young people and the country's finances. Budgetary problems were often the ally of reformers, but they were not seen to be the main reason for reform. Indeed, almost all the reform involved spending money in the short term and a recognition that without this, long-term change was impossible.
Victory in this debate was not inevitable. As late as 1992, Labor made large increases in the basic pension its central election promise, and it also promised to restore the wages link. Yet when they were defeated in this election, Labor realized that the voters did not believe their promise could be delivered, and they didn't, in any case, want to pay for it. They dropped the pledge and quickly began to join in considering long-term reform and the control of costs.
The result of winning the debate was that, when a Labor spokesman weighed in against Peter Lilley's new pension plan, press reaction made the Party backpedal very quickly. The next day, Tony Blair welcomed the way Lilley had widened the debate. It is thought by some press analysts that the unsuccessful attempt by some Labor members to raise scares about Lilley's plan lost the Party the endorsement of The Times newspaper.
Second, victory in the debate about long-term reform would have been useless if pensioners feared their income was under threat. At every stage, it was necessary to ensure that there were no losers among current recipients and that, as far as possible, future recipients felt they were making a one-way bet. The sacrifices this involved were that there could be no short-term saving and that the reforms would have to be phased in over very long periods. Basic Pension Plus would have yielded only costs until nearly halfway through the next century. Where savings had to be made to offset these costs, they too were phased in over a long period and did not leave any current recipients worse off. To ensure that fears were not allowed to take hold, the government was always very clear about the costs of its schemes and the nature of the guarantees it was giving.
Third, the reforms were not all introduced at once. Voters were more inclined to support the next stage of reform because they could see that the previous changes had not left them worse off. It was also less easy to attack the proposals as unworkable or to defeat the entire package by concentrating on its weakest point. The temptation to demonstrate how radical the government was and its farsightedness-by announcing the entire program in advance-was also eschewed. Each part of the program was advanced on its merits and given time to work before further innovations were considered.
Finally, the provision of choice was vital. The reforms of the mid-1980s were not imposed on future pensioners; they were given a choice and a financial incentive to choose the private option. Much of the popularity of the scheme depended on the feeling that the government was providing the opportunity to get a better deal. If voters thought instead that they were being forced into a scheme to save money, they would have been much more resistant.
Your natural political instincts will, I am sure, make you suspicious of the idea that in the UK we have found the perfect formula for painless reform. Your instincts would be right. Pensions remain a controversial topic, and throughout the 18 years we spent in government, Conservatives had to face criticism of the system we were developing. Yet there is now a remarkable consensus that the decisions were the right ones, that in general they have helped rather than hindered the Party at the polls, and that the new government is far more likely to extend the program than to reverse it.
1 This is an updated version of testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, by Daniel Finkelstein, OBE, September 18, 1997. As director of the Conservative Research Department, the British Conservative Party's policy development and briefing unit, Mr. Finkelstein worked closely with the Prime Minister and Ministers at the Department of Social Security to develop plans for social security reform. He also served as director of one of Britain's leading welfare reform think tanks, the Social Market Foundation.
2 For additional information on this subject, see Louis D. Enoff and Robert E. Moffit, "Social Security Privatization in Britain: Key Lessons for America's Reformers," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1133, August 6, 1997.
3 Almost $1 trillion.
4 Enoff and Moffit, "Social Security Privatization in Britain: Key Lessons for America's Reformers," op. cit.


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Zhaojin Investment develops by following closely the opening up of China gold market. Established in 2001, the company is a earliest professional investment institution that intervened the field of gold trade in China, and has participated in the revision of construction organization and regulation for Shanghai Gold Exchange and revision of new edition gold and silver control regulations, which has gained the first batch integrated membership status (Member Code: 137) of Bohai Commodity Exchange, integrated member agency qualification (Member Code: 0017) of Shanghai Gold Exchange and self-support member seat (Member Code: 0371) of Shanghai Futures Exchange.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Woven Heart
11 comments:
- Talking Horses Arts said...
Aaaah, that's just awesome, soooo beautiful!
really appreciate you sharing this with us! Just awesome!
- February 23, 2009 at 4:17 AM
- Diane said...
Annette, this is GORGEOUS! You can tell it came from the heart! I hope you do find a chance to play on Mixed Media Monday at some point, I know everyone would really enjoy your art! Diane
- February 23, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- Zeborah Loray said...
Beautiful work- and beautiful sentiments.
Your work always shows your soul.
I love the way you work from your heart with such thoughtfulness and compassion.
- February 23, 2009 at 5:59 PM
- kelsey said...
These pictures don't do this justice I'm sure! Anything that has that much shimmer-producing material in it must surely glisten!!! Wonderful as always Annette!
- February 23, 2009 at 9:09 PM
- Anneke said...
this is a gorgeous piece of artwork.
love the colors and texture
- February 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM
- MrsETaylor said...
Annette, artwork is amazing. I've gotten quite a few ideas few new products I need to get lol. Thanks for taking a moment to leave a comment on my blog. It is so appreciated.
- February 24, 2009 at 12:15 AM
- Elizabeth Golden said...
Annette, I am overwhelmed by your piece. The recent tragedies in your country are devastating. I am so glad you found an outlet for some of those feelings. This is a beautiful piece.
- February 24, 2009 at 12:30 AM
- Rosie said...
That's so beautiful Annette, but it made me feel all spooked when I saw the back of the heart before you stuck it down. It glowed at me...
I think you have represented your fellow-countrymen admirably with this piece and I hope someone sees it and writes about it (IYSWIM).
Bravo lady!
- February 24, 2009 at 12:54 AM
- arttage said...
Annette, I just love art that has deep meaning and portrays an actually part of history. This piece has depth and I love how the person peeps out from beneathe it all. Is that you or one of the survivors? Eithers way it's thought provocking and very unique. Love that it's a glass house and heart at the same time too! A true artist shows the sufferrings of her time and place so keep on arting! Sanna
- February 24, 2009 at 3:47 AM
- gaby braun said...
You habe a gorgeous work here! All is well done!
- February 25, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Night Owl Designs said...
Annette, this is such a gorgeous piece. The colours are absolutely stunning!
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The historic church organ at St Margaret's Church, Upton in Norfolk has been restored, thanks to a grant of £72,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, secured in July 2016, and funding from ChurchCare via funds from the Pilgrim Trust.
The Victorian organ, built in 1865 by the noted organ builder George Maydwell Holdich, has been carefully dismantled and has been painstakingly cleaned, repaired and restored to its former glory. It is one of only 50 surviving Holdich organs out of the 400 he built and is mostly in its original state.
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Masked Angels
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In these photos I capture children performing in the loud Kukeri dance, whose faces show silent, but strong expressions. The traditional Kukeri dance is performed by mature men who don't take off their masks. In contemporary Kukeri festivals there are young boys and girls participating. Because of their fragility, they take off their heavy masks while waiting for the time of performance. The gesture of uncovering the face is central issue in portrait photography. In this ritualistic performance it brings the unique and specific for photography revealing behind the person.
The dance of Kukeri is a pagan Bulgarian tradition of Thracian origins. It is performed by men dressed in colourful hand-made costumes, wearing scary masks and leather belts with huge copper bells. Around New Year and before Lent they walk and dance through the village. In folk beliefs their costumes and bells scare away evil spirits, provide good harvest, health and happiness.
After several years of selecting photos from my archives I decided to include some mature men to show the mood and energy of the original kukeri dance and festival.


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At the request of the police, Subaru Australia fitted a speedometer marked with 2km/h increments from another model Impreza. The standard WRX speedometer is marked with 5km/h increments.
Several independent tests show that the WRX's speedometer is accurate to within 3 percent - better than the industry average of 10 percent, and nowhere near the claimed 18km/h discrepancy in the police WRXs.
Contrary to the hype, WRXs sold to the public are not affected. When the police tried to calibrate the transplanted speedometer from a base Impreza, they could not match the accuracy of the original WRX instrument.
A speedometer marked with 2km/h increments is a requirement for Highway Patrol vehicles. Holden and Ford have fitted speedometers with such increments to police cars for more than two decades.
Before the cars can be used to issue speeding infringements, the speedometers must be recalibrated to ensure accuracy. This is usually done immediately after Police Fleet Management Services delivers the car.
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It is not widely known that a mobile radar not only detects the speed of oncoming traffic but another beam determines the speed of the police car.
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Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Cullomb comes from when the family lived in either of the settlements called Culham in the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. The surname Cullomb belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
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Suffolk where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Cullomb Spelling Variations
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One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Cullomb has appeared include Cullum, Culme, Cullam and others.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cullomb research. Another 173 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1855, 1574, 1633, 1597, 1662, 1587, 1664, 1628, 1680, 1657, 1720, 1690, 1702, 1705, 1674, 1754, 1699 and 1774 are included under the topic Early Cullomb History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Cullomb Early Notables (pre 1700)
Notables of this surname at this time include: Sir Hugh Cullum; Sir Henry Culmer (c. 1574-1633), 1st Baron Culmer; and Sir Richard Culmer (1597-1662), English peer; Thomas Cullum (c. 1587-1664), 1st Baronet of Hastede, Suffolk; Thomas Cullum (1628-1680), 2nd Baronet of...
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Cullomb In Ireland
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At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Cullomb arrived in North America very early: Elizabeth Cullum and her husband settled in Maryland in 1720; another Elizabeth Cullum, her two daughters, her son George, and husband, settled in New York State in 1820..
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Motto: Sustineatur
Motto Translation: Let it be sustained.
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In the South roads are roads are just designed in a way that you cant leave the area same in the very North actually. Its not that appropriate to the real city, you could take Google maps and compare if you wish!


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"I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies." –Pietro Aretino
So, this is going to be fun.
I love passionately. Almost insanely. My family and friends are precious to me and therefore, my love and adoration for them is intense and sometimes, irrational.
For those of you who have family and friends that you cherish, you know that your love often creates in you a desire to protect them from harm. Protect them at all cost. You would do anything to help them. You would climb the tallest mountain, cross the deepest ocean, battle the fiercest giant to save the ones you care for and love. Yeah, I know I teeter on the edge of melodramatic but seriously, you would. Me, too.
Love creates a desperation within us. A fierce, consuming desperation to help facilitate the best for those we love. An indescribable ache to guard them, save them, preserve them. We encourage those we love to be better than we were, do more than we did, to look forward and accomplish the greatness we know they are capable of.
As a rebellious teenager, I can remember my parents struggling to protect me. Ironically, not from danger, but from myself. I was a train wreck of hormones and stupidity. They tried. They did everything they knew to do. They cried. They yelled. They prayed. But no matter what they did, no matter how they did it, I saw them as mean, narrow-minded, judgmental and antiquated. They made me sick. During those years, I didn't think they loved me. And I hated them.
Then, something amazing happened. I grew up. And along the way, I learned some really hard lessons, faced some unspeakable realities and experienced moments that can never be undone or erased. But at the end of the day, I realized that my parents had been right about everything. Well, almost everything. I discovered they hadn't operated out of hatred or meanness, but out of love and deep concern. My parents were desperate to keep me safe and protect my mind, heart and body. There were times when they gave up and gave in just to try to appease me. And guess what, it didn't work. I was a rebel without a cause and determined to live life by my own set of rules and on my own terms.
Yeah, I shudder to think of those days…
Ultimately, I pulled myself together. Well, as together as a girl can be.
And at the end of what I refer to as my own personal "dark ages", my loving, gray haired parents were there waiting, with arms opened wide, welcoming their prodigal daughter back into the fold.
You see, looking back, I saw my parent's protective notions, curfews, boyfriend guidelines, academic pressures and much needed discipline in my life as judgment, intolerance and unloving. I can remember thinking that if they really loved me, they would want me to be happy, right?
Loving someone involves much more than just wanting them to be happy. Loving someone requires caring more about their well-being than the relationship the two of you share. That is why love sometimes involves sacrifice.
Love isn't easy or simple or even fun. Love is hard. Hard as hell.
And the world has completely perverted the notion of love. The world has packaged lust and acceptance and pawned them off as love. People have traded in the idea of forever and settled for the temporary pleasure of the immediate. The world has convinced our easily satisfied humanity with the notion that love is in the songs we hear, the movies we watch, the wine we drink, the strangers we meet via social media.
The world has also redefined love as tolerance. The world screams, "if you love me, you will agree with me".
Doesn't that make y'all all warm and fuzzy?
Cute, huh? Because trust me, if the truth were known, the world hates love.
So, let me be clear: if the world defines love as total and unabated acceptance of all behavior and philosophy, then I am not loving.
If the world concludes that love is me condoning the choices of all people around me, then, no, I am not capable of love.
In fact, if those are the secular conditions, I would definitely say that I am unable, and unwilling, to love as defined by the world.
And here's why…
I will not condone abortion. Ever. For no reason. So, if that means I hate those involved in the abortion practices of this world and the politicians seeking to protect and expand the atrocity, so be it. I pray for them but will not accept their behavior.
I will not apologize for believing that marriage is between a man and a woman. Ever. So, if the world sees that that means that I hate gay people, so be it. I love them enough to pray for them and fear God enough to respect His sacred institution. If that means I am hateful, so be it.
I will not politely accept that a confused boy or man is welcome into the ladies restroom with myself or my daughter. Ever. If you have a penis, please use the urinals located in the gentlemen's restroom. If you were born with a vagina, please, take it like a champ and precariously hover over the nasty potties of the ladies' room. Let's leave how "you feel in your head" out of this and base our public bathroom usage on our natural plumbing. If this makes me hate-filled, so be it.
I will not abandon the belief that Israel has a divine right to exist. Ever. So, if that means I hate the Palestinians and other displaced Arabs, so be it.
I will not redefine good stewardship and responsible spending in order to sound kind and compassionate. Nope. Life simply isn't fair. There will always be the haves and the have nots. So, if my unwillingness to sit silently while our nation spends itself into a devastating pit of debt means I hate poor people, so be it.
I will not condemn all law enforcement officers as racists based on the misbehavior or rash responses of a few policemen. Not all black men are criminals. Just like not all white cops are racist, profiling aggressors. So, if my defense of our nation's police forces makes me a racist, so be it.
I will not condone the burning of bras, the contrived War on Women or the notion that female equality is only possible by tearing men down. That's asinine. I've been embarrassed of my gender for some time now. So, if my belief that women enjoy tremendous freedom and societal control in modern America and that we, women, are shooting ourselves in the foot by acting like hormonal toddlers, so be it.
I will not blame American foreign policy for the murderous behavior of terrorists. September 11, 2001 was not "our chickens coming home to roost", thank you very much Jeremiah Wright. It was cold-blooded murder and terrorism. Terrorists, whether al Qaeda, Hamas, ISIS, Boka Haran or Iran are evil and demon possessed. We can't negotiate with them, change them or sign diplomatic non-proliferation treaties with them. Sure, I pray for them. Sometimes. When it doesn't nauseate me. I pray that they lay their weapons down and quit committing their heinous acts. But God, even in His infinite mercy used war and warriors to cleanse the world of certain people. We have to defeat and rid the world of the terrorists and their mentality. So, if that means I hate them, so be it.
To be honest y'all, I sort of feel like my parents felt all those years ago. I have the best intentions and the purest of hearts and only want the best for everyone around me. But no matter what I do, what I say or how I say it, some perceive me as filled with hate and judgment. I feel like my sweet parents–spinning my wheels and desperately trying to save someone who doesn't want to be saved.
I see now how hard it is to love someone who hates you. I see how difficult it is love someone enough to speak truth into their life knowing how high the cost of your vulnerability will be.
If truth is judgmental, then, I am judgmental. If kind compassion but devout belief is intolerance, then, I am intolerant.
And if you see all of this as me hating people, then, yeah, I guess I do. If my views are your idea and definition of hate, then, I suppose I am just as hateful, mean and vile as some of you think I am.
So, yeah, by the world's definition, I guess I hate people. There, I said it. You don't have to anymore.
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When it comes to Floyd Mayweather Jr., anything can happen. In fact, it's not even a matter of can happen. Just take a look at what has happened.
Fighting versus a guy being trained by his own (Mayweather's) father? Check. Getting into a ridiculously hostile shouting match with a guy older than the Sweet Science itself in Larry Merchant? Check. Becoming creepily close with a past-his-prime rapper who made hundreds of millions peddling useless vitamin water? Check.
So it stands to reason that Mayweather, in his latest showdown versus Miguel Cotto, would stay true to tradition and do something weird. And he did. Check out who accompanied the undefeated champ to the ring on Saturday night. (And carried one of his belts!):
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Of course Mayweather would let Justin Bieber come to the ring with him. Why wouldn't he make this dude a member of the entourage? Between Bieber and Ray-J, Mayweather is assembling a really hardcore set of guys for his Money Team.
Just remember, Biebs: you're not a full member of the squad until you beat up Fabolous.
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To say Casey Buckley grew up fast would be an understatement. Graduating university at age 20, he faced what seemed to be an impossible pursuit: to fully develop as an artist amidst the harsh reality of student loans in an uncertain economy. Not one to be deterred by a challenge, Casey forged ahead on this dichotomous path. Trading in his briefcase for a guitar each evening, he has spent equal time honing his craft both in the boardroom and on stage. We had the pleasure of interviewing Casey about his songwriting process and here is that interview.
BTS: What was the reason you started writing songs?
Casey: I've been writing poetry my whole life. I've also played music my whole life – starting with piano and violin at an early age. The shift to writing songs was really a natural combination of these two pastimes. As far as what drove me to write poetry, music, or what keeps me writing to this day – it's to memorialize and communicate some mood or feeling. It allows me to separate a situation or thought from myself and let it exist on its own. Not only does it add permanence but also eases sharing it with others.
BTS: What was the name and subject of your first song?
Casey: I honestly can't remember – an early one was called 'Cold Front' and was about a friend who had a bit of a rough winter. The song was letting her know everything was about to get better and her mood would warm up with the passing season.
BTS: What is the subject of your most current song?
Casey: The last song I wrote focuses on the balancing act of helping someone you care about through a tough time. There's a fine line between being available and being overbearing – sometimes it can be difficult to navigate that situation.
BTS: Where do you derive inspiration from? i.e., art, music, movies, life, etc.
Casey: I primarily derive inspiration from life. Occasionally a work of art (visual, music, movie, etc.) can remind me of reality – but I always write from personal experience.
BTS: Who were your musical influences in the beginning of your songwriting?
Casey: Four J's – as I'll often joke about with my friends – have been huge influences on my songwriting. James Taylor, John Mayer, Jackson Browne, and Jack Johnson.
BTS: Who are your musical influences now? i.e., current artists, singer-songwriters.
Casey: The above artists continue to inspire me – I especially enjoy listening to their latest work in the context of what they've written in the past. I like to view a songwriter's career in its entirety. Just as an individual album tells a story, so do a series of albums. I listen a lot of music, but some recent influences (past few years) include, in no particular order: Jason Isbell, Ryan Adams, Kacey Musgraves, Dawes, Diane Birch, Rayland Baxter, Ed Sheeran, John Fullbright, Ryan Bingham, Glen Hansard…I could keep going on…
BTS: Do you have a method of writing, place, vibe, setting, instrument you prefer to write on? And why?
Casey: I like writing alone and in dim lighting. My basement tends to be a pretty reliable spot. The less you overload the senses, the more you can focus on the task at hand – writing the song. I definitely need it to be absolutely quiet – songwriting is one of the few times where I can't deal with extraneous noise. White noise is fine though (crickets, rain, etc.) As far as instrument, I'd say guitar – really just because I've written more songs on guitar than any other instrument.
BTS: What elements do you think contribute to making a great song?
Casey: The song must be true to itself. Some songs are deep, some aren't. Some are sad, some are uplifting. I believe that an authentic song can come in many forms – as long as it's not trying to be something it isn't.
BTS: How do you push past writer's block?
Casey: If it's writer's block for a particular song, I'll just start working on another song. Sometimes I just need to switch instruments. If it's really bad writer's block, I'll just walk away altogether and do something other than music. Writer's block never lasts forever.
BTS: What would be your advice to any beginning songwriter trying to make their way and trying to express themselves musically?
Casey: Write as much as you can, but make each song count. Then play your songs for as many different people as possibly in as many different settings as possible. You'll know when your songs are finally getting through to them.
Look for Casey this Summer on Tour with Pat McGee and Howie Day.
Connect with him on his website: www.CaseyBuckley.com/
Also on Facebook: Casey Buckley Facebook Page
And on Twitter: @CaseyBuckley


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Selecting Software Similar to Planning a Wedding
Selecting software has many similarities to planning a wedding - right down to the uncertainty of whether or not you have chosen the right solution or, in the case of your wedding, partner to spend a lifetime with. To begin your search, you will need to define your objectives. Doing so will help you discover why you need to look for a solution in the first place.
There will always be people within your enterprise that will need to be included in the project. These are your stakeholders and subject matter experts. In addition, just like the good "mother- or father-in-law-to-be", your stakeholders have a deep interest in the project and will want to make sure that all of the organization's best interests are being considered. After all, if you do not get their buy-in now, they will certainly make your life difficult long after the implementation (wedding) is over.
Just like a wedding, software selection takes a lot of research and preparation. The first thing one does when planning a wedding is making a checklist. Having a list of all your requirements will help you to be sure you have not forgotten anything. Some of the basic requirements you should think about Your Wedding/Your Enterprise Software Selection:
- The dress/the tux out - of-the-box vs integrated;
- The flowers/the features;
- The bridesmaids or groomsmen /the type of support you'll require;
- The church /the functions.
The evaluation phase: trying it on for size: Finding the right solution takes time - and you will want to make the right choice the first time. In addition, like your husband- or wife-to-be, you cannot just pick the first one that comes along. The solution has to be the right fit. Do not turn your software selection into a shotgun wedding (so to speak) by taking the first solution and because you have got a tight deadline and the executives are breathing down your neck.
In a wedding, the selection is the part where the families get involved; all putting their two cents in because they feel they know more than you do. In software selection terms, this means taking the list of all your requirements, as well as your vendor responses to those requirements, and turning them into a decision model. Once that has been done, you will be able to see how they stack up to the other vendor's products.
Your wedding day is one of the biggest days of your life - and at the office, so might be your software implementation. So to make sure your wedding/software implementation goes as planned, you will want to analyze and rank your choices to be sure you choose the solution that best fits your needs. Whether it's trying on dresses or tuxes (the functions), sampling the food (features), or auditioning the wedding bands (the type of support you'll require), there will always be one that suits you best.
Just because the vendor passed the test, it does not mean you shouldn't find out how other companies feel about its product and services. This is where you will want to request references. Talk to other organizations that purchased the same product. For your wedding, this is the part where you talk to every one of your married friends to ask, "Who did your dress, decorations, and flowers, and would you recommend them?" There are times when vendors may not handle your rejections very well. They will give you every reason in the book as to why you should reconsider their product. While you should take into account the information that your research has given you, rejected vendors deserve to know the reasons why their solution was not considered. Whatever the reasons are, you should let them know - and stand behind your decision. While this works for your software selection, rejecting - for example - your wedding band does not need to be as formal. You certainly would not want anything to mess up your big day, so tell it like it is: "Your band sucks, so we won't be needing you, thanks".
So, it was a fun and practical perspective on the process. If you do your research, you and your software solution stand a much better chance of still being smitten with each other for many years to come.
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The Amoeba Dance at Proms
Dirty Prom Dancing Freaks Parents and Teachers Out
Parents and administrators at a Pennsylvania high school are totally mystified by a new dance spotted on prom dance floors. Students gather in a circle, so nonparticipants can't see what's happening, and "bodily fluids" remain after the group disperses.
Unable to acknowledge just what those bodily fluids are, the copresident of the school's Parent Teacher Group told the Philadelphia Inquirer, "Clearly, there was inappropriate touching; that was obvious during the cleanup of the dances."
The dance is called the "amoeba," and one senior compared it to stripper moves, saying freshman girls were the stars and upperclassmen the viewers. To fight the grime, administrators are starting to require students to sign contracts, agreeing to avoid "grinding, freaking, or any mimicking of sexual acts."
"Freaking"? I guess that would include a dance that ends in bodily fluids!
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