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Module 1 Case Study
Fin501 International Finance
Module 1 Case Study 1
1) Some people are arguing that the Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY) could take over the US dollar. Based on your analysis and findings, will Renminbi replace the US Dollar as the world's most popular currencies to hold? Please explain your reasoning.
While China is a quickly growing country and becoming much more important in the global economic realm in my opinion I do not believe that their currency the Yuan Renminbi will take over the US dollar. While countries are taking note that China is growing they are now accepting and able to hold renbinbi since August 2010 (Frankel, J. (2011). Some of these countries are Mongolia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Some of the growth might not be the most reliable since the Chinese government is who controls the Yuans worth. The test that will be told over time depends on four components: scale, liquidity, stability, and security. China lacks in all four areas as well as one area that leaves the world holding their breath. China is being watched to see what type of financial controls they will have on nations that they have disagreements with. I do believe that China is gaining and the Yuan is a powerful currency in it's own right but the bottom line is the American dollar has the stability and confidence that people in all nations can agree is there. 2) Is the exchange rate of the Mexican Peso (one of the emerging market currencies) determined in a fixed or in a floating exchange rate system? Please explain your reasoning. While looking into some literature about the Mexican Peso and it's turbulent past a quote that struck me is such. "In reality, no currency is wholly fixed or floating. In a fixed regime, market pressures can also influence changes in the exchange rate. Sometimes, when a local currency does reflect its true value against its pegged currency, a "black market", which is more reflective of actual supply and demand, may develop. A...
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Dear Parishioners,
February 14th is always Valentine's Day and a time when couples show their love for one another through gifts of one kind or another. Of course, not every one has a significant other of the human kind, but we all have a significant other of the divine kind—God. This year, Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine's Day and provides an opportunity for us to give God some special gifts to show our love for Him. The traditional gifts of chocolate and flowers don't mean anything to God. Instead, He wants our prayers, almsgiving (money to the poor), and sacrifice. However, God doesn't want these gifts just on Valentine's Day. Because it's Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, He desires 40 days of prayer, sacrifice, and almsgiving.
In sharing gifts with our human significant others, we receive their love in return for a number of days, weeks, months, and years at the most. But in sharing our gifts of sacrifice and love with God, we receive his gifts of grace and love, and we can keep them for eternity. That's love worth winning.
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On trying to gain clarity of what it means to gain and keep absolute supremacy to the Slave and Free Black people of Natchez the occupying settlers leaders greatest tool was that that of fear. Lets began with the early colonization efforts of the French when they first established Fort Rosalie and began to establish our Natchez Community. Lets face it they had to have co-operation of the natives to get this done as well as bring in their own labor force which were Slaves of African decent . All was fine and dandy until the abuse of welcome began by the French. Thus came the first political opposition of what freedom means in Natchez and the on going fight to be seen as equal partners in building a city that is the pride of the people.
One of the earliest recorded incidents of a slave uprising in the area was the Natchez Indian Revolt of 1729 against the French colonists. The French traded in slaves and brought the first African slaves to Natchez to cultivate tobacco. The slaves came with a militant spirit. Their aggression initially took the form of resistance on slave ships, as illustrated in the 1997 film Amistad. Their arrival in Natchez did not quell this militancy. If anything, it sparked aggression. The Natchez Indians fanned this spark.
The French soon recognized the inevitable contact and interaction between the slaves and the Natchez Indians and eventually extended their cruelty to the Indians. The Natchez Indians became aware that the French began to whip young Indian boys just as they did their African slaves. This cruelty, along with pro-British leanings of some tribal leaders and the recent land grab by the French commander at Fort Rosalie, moved the proud Natchez nobles to act.
To protest the cruelty of the French, Natchez Indians recruited several slaves, promising them freedom, and staged a revolt against the French in 1729, wherein approximately 230 people were killed. The French retaliated, using their allies from other Indian tribes to punish the Natchez, and recovered many slaves. The Natchez Indians ultimately lost the war. Many were sold into slavery in the Caribbean while others joined other tribes.
The flames of violence were fanned again in 1731. A number of African slaves who had participated in the Natchez Indian Revolt were involved in a conspiracy to kill all the French and take over the colony. The governor of Louisiana heard rumors of the uprising but dismissed them, even after a female slave supposedly hinted of the rebellion to a French soldier. A Swiss citizen who had lived in Natchez, Antoine Le Page du Pratz, investigated the incident and would later describe it in his history of Louisiana. He learned that his trusted first officer and interpreter, a slave named Samba Bambara, was the mastermind. Samba had been involved in a rebellion back in his homeland and was sentenced to a life in bondage for his resistance. He had also tried to instigate a revolt on the slave ship on which he traveled from Africa. As punishment for his role in the would-be mutiny, Samba was placed in irons. Because of Le Page du Pratz's efforts, French authorities tortured and killed the conspirators, even breaking the female slave on the wheel.
Now keeping in mind even with the Indian population removed from the area the slaves were 75% of all the population in the Natchez area. thus keeping the Settlers in constant fear of another uprising that could end their presence at any moment.
The relative calm of Natchez slaves ended with the American Revolution. Slaves knew that here was an opportunity to seize their freedom. The best example of slave resistance in Natchez during the American Revolution (1776-1783) occurred in July 1776. According to the diary of plantation owner William Dunbar, a slave had approached his master with the stunning revelation that Natchez slaves were plotting a rebellion and that the uprising had been planned at Dunbar's plantation. To prevent this insurrection from happening, Dunbar and his fellow slave owners rounded up their slaves, questioned and tortured them, forcing them to confess. One of Dunbar's slaves was in a boat when he was questioned by the slave owners and instead of confessing as the other slaves had done, jumped overboard and drowned himself in the river. Other would-be rebels were put on trial, found guilty of conspiracy, and executed.
During the American Revolution, the British surrendered the Natchez District to Spain.
Natchez became part of the United States in 1817 when Mississippi entered the Union as a state. Despite new American rule, slave owners still feared the possibility of slave uprisings. Troubles were sometimes blamed on the slaves even when their involvement was suspect at best.
A series of fires rocked Natchez in 1836, at a time when Mississippi was cracking down on gambling. John A. Murrell, a white man who was a land pirate and kidnapper of slaves, was said to have proposed a slave rebellion the previous summer. On July 4, 1835, whites, thought to be agents of abolition, and slaves, intent on obtaining their freedom, had planned a revolt. There was to be a general uprising of slaves and some whites as far away as Maryland. The insurrectionists hoped to capture towns from Natchez to New Orleans, to kill as many whites as they could, and to burn and pillage plantations.
Slaveholders, however, uncovered the plot when a slave confessed to his master. No revolt occurred, however, but slave owners all over the state were apprehensive. Research today suggests that this entire would-be revolt was exaggerated or even false. Murrell was in jail at the time and was in no position to incite rebellion. Nonetheless, the people of Natchez, who feared even the rumor of a slave uprising, were on alert.
The bulk of Murrell's supporters were said to be gamblers, which brought them in direct conflict with the citizens of Natchez who were intent on cracking down on gambling. When fires broke out in January 1836, Natchez residents attributed the arsons to Murrell's gang of gamblers and the rumored rebellion the previous summer. The fires both outraged and horrified the residents, especially since more than thirty houses in Natchez caught fire. Natchez resident Eliza Breeden wrote her mother in 1836 that whites were still edgy from the insurrection scare. Damage was so severe that, at one point, Breeden described the whole town as "in danger of being burnt."
The people were divided over who they thought had started the fires. Some Natchez citizens believed that gamblers were the arsonists. Some citizens pointed instead to Natchez slaves. Authorities increased area slave patrols and instituted a sundown curfew for slaves. Some slaves were arrested, but were later acquitted and discharged.
The identity of the real arsonists remained a mystery. The community's reaction to the Natchez fires in 1836, however, showed that even if the slaves were not involved, they were readily put under suspicion when any trouble or disturbance occurred.
The American Civil War period also saw many slave uprisings. The timing was no coincidence. Slaves were aware of events outside of Natchez. The slave underground spread news from plantation to plantation, and the news spread rapidly. Information was spread through other means as well. Slaveholders discussed politics in front of the house slaves, who spread the word to the slave quarters.
Slaveholders uncovered a conspiracy among their slaves to rebel in the Second Creek area south of Natchez shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. Diary entries and letters by Natchez whites reveal that slaves planned to murder all the white males in Natchez and spare the white women, whom the slaves would marry. After the insurrection, the slaves would march to meet President Lincoln. A committee of slaveholders questioned the slaves and hanged as many as forty rebels.
Natchez newspapers remained silent about the slaves conspiracy and printed nothing. Editors feared that news of a planned insurrection in Mississippi would undermine the Confederate war effort and bolster Union morale. If not for private correspondence between whites, there would have been no records of slaves revolting. The silence of Natchez newspapers suggests that news of other slave conspiracies were also suppressed.
Fear ,rumors, and lies has yet to deter the will of he African American in quest for equal partnership in America .
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Updating firmware on new Dell servers with the Lifecycle Controller is easy... unless you are behind a tightly locked down firewall. This article explains how to modify a FreeDOS ISO and use it to update the BIOS.
BIG WARNING: This has a high probability of destroying the operating system and data on your server with simple slip ups since it uses an escape hatch from the FreeDOS Install process to get a DOS Prompt. I did this with FreeDOS 1.1. YMMV to a extremely great extent. I really wish there was a FreeDOS ISO that boots only to the prompt. I am sure it can be modified to do it, but I've had no luck myself.
Enough editorializing, you didn't come here for my liberally shared opinion, you came for a solution to a problem :)
I installed ISO Master on Ubuntu from the Ubuntu Software Center. I prefer command-line tools, but I lost patience trying to find a suitable one. I know they exist and I will gladly update my article if you, my kind readers, have recommended tools for CLI editing of ISOs that preserve bootable properties. I'll count myself schooled if this is possible with loopback mounts. Everyone is vulnerable to superstitions when outside their comfort zone and this is outside mine.
Download the FreeDOS 1.1 ISO (fd11src.iso) from the FreeDOS download page. Download the latest R720xd BIOS update from Dell's Support Site: as of this writing it is R720-010306C.exe.
Install and Launch ISO Master. Find and double click fd11src.iso to open it. It's contents will be shown in the lower panel of the ISO Master window. Find R720-010306C.exe in the top panel, click on it, then click Add. Click on R720-010306C.exe in the lower panel and hit F2 to start renaming it. Rename R720-010306C.exe to an 8.3 name like BIOSR720.EXE.
Use Ctrl-S in ISO Master to save the ISO to biosupdate.iso. Upload the ISO to a location where you have iDRAC access to your Dell R720xd server. Log into iDRAC. Use Settings to switch it to the Java version if you can. The "native" version uses ActiveX and it is charitable to call it rough around the edges. The Java console is much better. Once you have the console window up select Virtual Media | Launch Virtual Media. In the Virtual Media window click Add Image. In the Open dialog that appears open biosupdate.iso. Back in the Virtual Media window tick the checkbox under the Mapped column by biosupdate.iso. This will make iDRAC present the ISO to the server as a disk in a CDROM drive.
Make sure the server is configured to boot from CD. Reboot the server and wait for FreeDOS to boot.
Select Install to Hard disk and press ENTER. Press Q. This will land you in D:\. Run E:\ to switch to the E:\ drive and run dir. BIOSR720.EXE will be there. Run BIOSR720.EXE. You will see Loading BIOS flash update utility... and some other notes and a progress indicator. The Flash Update BIOS Program - Version 1.3.6 (in my case) loads up and says Press any key to continue.... I hit ENTER and it prompts back About to replace Dell System PowerEdge R720xd BIOS. Press 'Y' to replace "1.2.6" BIOS with "1.3.6" BIOS. You can cancel safely here with ESC. I press Y and the update begins. Update will take several minutes. Please wait. Then it says Comparing flash with progress. Then it says Done! -- Press any key to reboot. Note: System will power off for a few seconds and then restart. I don't want FreeDOS to load again since I no longer need it right now so I go to Virtual Media and uncheck mapped on biosupdate.iso, then go back to the console and hit ENTER.
I still don't have my Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter working. iDRAC shows OS Driver State as a warning sign which means drivers are not loaded according to the help pages. I have no idea what this means since I have never had to deal with NIC drivers explicitly.


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Many of the blog posts here on Governmental Services Corporation Watch have relied upon the evidence on the State of Washington Corporation – Warrant Processing Division website. The legal fictional BAR Attorneys seem to have gotten wise to the obviousness of the following text on such a governmental website:
As it is seen here:
A warrant – or check – is a legal, negotiable instrument drawn against the state treasury in place of a commercial bank. State agencies disburse funds to vendors or other payees by issuing warrants from the state treasury that bears the State Treasurer's unique Routing Number and are signed by the State Treasurer.
Because the responsibility for authorizing and producing warrants resides with individual state agencies, inquiries about a payment made by a state agency should be directed to the issuing agency.
But this text has changed: the "-or check-" is removed. Their website now puts forth:
A warrant is a legal, negotiable instrument drawn against the state treasury in place of a commercial bank.
This subtle change is a world of difference. Here are a few circumstances as to how and why this seemingly minor text change is so literally important.
All Court Cases are Fraud
When BAR Attorney legal fictional Judges/Magi-strates conjure and summons the artificial person from Off-ice, they issue (a legal term of debt underwriting and creation) a warrant (a negotiable instrument check). The text from the Washington Warrant Processing Division proves that court cases are about debt by the fact that all warrants that "courtrooms" (merely banker administrative off-ices) issue are merely checks. Indeed, these warrant/checks are even DRAWN (a term copyright underwriting art) against the State Treasury… by their own admission.
The State Treasury is the mass of debt collected from Birth Certificates Artificial Person Negotiable Instruments, Driver's Licenses Insurance Franchises, etc. It is the "Public's" Funds because it is literally the insurance debt that makes up corporate-corporeal "THE PUBLIC" -being legal fictional artificial person corporation insurance franchise trade name estates-.
Thus drawing debt through a WARRANT – or check- against the ARTIFICIAL PERSON… which is a debt franchise negotiable instrument itself. The State of California Vital Records BANK NOTE SPECIALIST has said to me, "It [the birth certificate] wouldn't be a bank note without the bar code." The Sheppard Towner Maternity Hygiene Act (since superseded) made Birth Certificates tradable for debt, which the CA Vital Records also claims is VALUELESS.
Thus, the relationship that people discuss where the human is surety for these debt appears to actually be true in light of the text on the website. Despite the human being is actually the AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE (U.C.C. 3-402 (b) (1)) of the artificial person, until such relationship is overstood, they are considered Legally Incompetent, and thus held as SURETY for the DEBTS of the artificial person being lien upon by the State.
Courtrooms are not Constitutional Courts by any measure, and was a fact covered up by attorneys. My sister was an attorney and confided in me about that the statutory [family] courts are Unconstitutional. She rationalizes it by admitting all attorneys know this but that they believe, "it's the best we have." lol. are human rights atrocities by an unlawful de facto legal fictional system really "the best we have?"
Attorneys call Court Cases by a different name: "CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS." The debt of the trust comes from the WARRANTS. According to Judge Dale and other sources, each "charge" is underwritten by 3 million dollars ($3,000,000). The Magistrate treats the artificial person insurance franchise like a charge card.
"These "negotiable instruments" are just bank accounts/checks (U.C.C. Article 3) being treated as corporations (estates/corporations) the legally defined as persons (Corporate Personhood), and given the statutory confusion of a natural person (legal definition of artificial person)."
A byproduct of these Artificial Persons verses Human Beings is that the Artificial person is an corporate insurance franchise. As such, they are required to have debt already in the account (in trust with the State Treasury) to pay for "damages" and "remedy"; and that the debt comes from nothing. The Debt funding the State Treasury is AGAINST THE PEOPLE, as it claims. Courts across the country are forging our signature on these WARRANT-CHECKS AGAINST us with our own copyrighted artwork signature autograph. The false presumption (via color of law) was that we are legally incompetent to simply be able to sign a check to pay the "charges" ourselves. If someone signs to be an inmate, one can sign a negotiable instrument themselves. It is simply deception by attorneys.
Citizens United v F.E.C. affirmed that DEBT IS PROTECTED FIRST AMENDMENT SPEECH. Though debt speech is not so bad when it is actually overstood… Such Debt-Speech was used by Donald Trump to buy the CEO-President's Off-ice for factually NOTHING. This is why copyright speech is sovereign and protected; and what makes debt sovereign, protected and copyright. Debt Is Speech! Thus the debt of the Artificial Persons being by the STATE TREASURY itself is SOVEREIGN and what makes and given any corporation "SOVEREIGNTY" over the "legal fictional people".
To summarize, Human beings have Legal Presences that represent them. Legal presences are Artificial "person" corporate insurance franchises trusts that constitute a Second "you." The Artificial person insurance franchise is made up of a block of DEBT via birth Certificates being Negotiable Instruments. The Debt is underwritten by the UN and IMF through their "UN Member-nation" franchise. All Debt is/was considered Speech by corporate legal systems. Speech is copyright, protected, and sovereign. Thus these corporations managing the debt being sovereign speech, themselves claim authority to manage the debt.
However, the State Treasury doesn't hold debt as debt comes from nothing. Their role is simply DISCHARGE- the creation of ever more debt. For any corporation to holds debt- that is a liability due to using "debt as money"- aka an inversion of wealth and value. The only thing that a STATE TREASURY needs is the same underwriting facility that all banks have and use… which is to say that when a new negotiable instrument is issued on by any state agency, the treasury simply creates new line item debt for each in violation of the double entry accounting standards. That is the remedy of debt discharge. The debt never really existed until the "other party needs it remedied in dishonor." Dishonoring (U.C.C Article 3- §3-501) the debt is what allows its near infinite replication.
These are two solutions dealing just with the "warrant" on a "check/negotiable instrument" level. There are many more solutions than these. Here are a two you may use upon any civil and/or criminal legal fictional court case:
- For any court case, there is an SID. The SID seems to be a warrant check reference number. File an AFFIDAVIT OF FORGED ENDORSEMENT according to the Washington State Treasury Warrant Processing Division with your own state treasury and issuing courtroom/banker off-ice.
Here at the Governmental Services Corporation Watch, we provide our own AFFIDAVIT OF FORGED ENDORSEMENT for use by human beings and world citizens.
- Issue the Administrative Banker "COURT" room our own American National Money Orders to pay the debt of the warrant/check/debt. Issue money orders for $3 millions per charge to fully pay off these criminal courtrooms. Do not expect them to follow the laws regarding these instruments as the statutory courtrooms with legal fictional judges are simply too corrupt, however as a statement of "protest" and "lawful adherence with the legal code," but not their illegitimate words. These American National Money Order Negotiable Instruments can be used to counter the STATE ISSUED Negotiable Instruments such as "UN Competent National Tribunal/COURTROOM" WARRANTS – or checks-.
The warrants being checks for any and all constructive trust "court cases" is a very deep topic and well worth pointing out.
Vehicle Certificate of Titles and MCOs
Warrants- being checks- being negotiable instruments- is a very important aspect to what makes MCOs and Certificate of Titles what they are. The legalisms of "driving" would be entirely different if MCOs and Certificate of Titles were NOT Negotiable Instruments.
In many US, INC Corporate States, it is their Department of Revenue that issues CERTIFICATE OF TITLES when cars are purchased. Registering for a Certificate of Title in all states of the UNITED STATES, INC require the SURRENDER (a term of war) of the MCO.
According to the Mississippi Department of Revenue Frequently Asked Questions on Titles:
What is a title?
A title is a secure, negotiable document issued by the DOR that represents ownership of a motor vehicle, trailer, or a manufactured housing unit.
The MCO is the legal title, and the Certificate of Title is the Title of Equity (debt). The MCO is printed on Security Paper and is a negotiable instrument and so is the Certificate of Title according to legal code.
The MCO -being a negotiable instrument- is a check and converted into a warrant drawn against the state to fund-underwrite the VEHICLE INSURANCE FRANCHISE CORPORATION. The Certificate of Title is also underwritten for the same amount. The amount these checks are drawn against the MISSISSIPPI State Treasury for is the Total Purchase Price of the automobile… each time it is transacted!
Each vehicle sale constitutes a NEW CERTIFICATE OF TITLE and thus NEW DEBT created from nothing AGAINST THE PUBLIC as a warrant.
The reason why so many states issue Certificate of Titles from their DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE is because these negotiable instrument, warrant, checks, are literally revenue for the state. The State treasury underwrites the MCO and each new CERTIFICATE OF TITLE and the DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE considers it as income.
The laws on the books for every state I have researched (~30 at the moment) have claimed that all security interest Debts are RETAINED by the state even after the Negotiable Instruments are terminated!
What occurs to the Original MCO Check- Negotiable Instruments -according to the states- is that the MCOs are/were recorded into MicroFilm and the originals destroyed. Then the Certificate of Title Warrants-debt instruments represent the original MCO.
Running an off the fold calculation with NEW + USED CAR SALES across the UNITED STATES, the amount of DEBT that is created by issuance of Certificate of Title Negotiable Debt Instrument Documents is roughly equally to the total sum of IRS Income Taxes for the State. These revenues are being hidden by each state.
Imagine what your State could do with TWICE the revenue it has, but is hiding?
Where do these funds go and why are these state revenues not reported to the public?
Furthermore, given that CERTIFICATE OF TITLES are issuance of NEW DEBT, they are required to meet the "Truth In Lending Act" disclosure requirements. If the Governmental Services Corporation is not telling us that they loan money into existence with each Certificate of Title, then the STATES are NOT in compliance with their own Loan-Debt creation Disclosure rules. It is recommended that all legal fictional abuses by governmental corporations (which is all of them, all of the time) be reported to these institutions, just simply under protest of its fact and truth and their ATTORNEYS refusal to acknowledge their criminality because they say "it's their job to oppress people."
The Original MCO cannot be retrieved. Though these corporations do release their Certificate of Titles upon transferring the automobile to a foreign government such as human beings at the common law and World Citizens. There are World Citizen forms for transferring automobiles out of the corporate jurisdiction. These forms to actually work, however, cops have given themselves the authority to literally steal private property without any liability. So even following all the proper processes may result in the policy enforcers further breaking the rule of law in their enforcement of the rule of law: an oxymoron that cannot be morally nor ethically rationalized.
All Mortgages are Fraud
As if warrants being checks invalidating all court cases, and exposing Vehicle Incorporation Insurance Franchise Fraud wasn't enough, the connection between a check and a negotiable instrument -aside from the warrant- is critical for all Mortgages (and car loans, student loans, credit cards, etc). Fundamentally every loan of debt by every bank is absolutely unconscionable unlawful deception.
The original Promissory Note is the document first signed in every mortgage/loan application. It is known that a Promise to pay: is a debt. What makes debt into debt is that they are negotiable instruments. A document referencing a debt that does not exist, thus calling it into existence. like a computer reference pointer to an invalid memory location… and then using it like its valid.
With the Washington State Treasury – Warrant Processing Division announcement and scrubbing of text that warrants are negotiable instruments are checks and given that the Originating Promissory Note is a negotiable instrument- Then the promissory note is itself the debt that can and should be used to pay for the product.
The mortgage is a second contract agreement that LOANS the money of the Promissory Note Negotiable Instrument CHECK back to you at interest. The bankers loan us our own debt, with interest! That is literally outright theft. of the negotiable instrument without giving any value in exchange, then selling the note back to us with interest… so as to have the debt to buy the house… which is then used for the property deal.
All Negotiable Instruments are underwritten with NEW DEBT…. each time they are deposited. Many negotiable instruments are deposited many times over. That is the definition and the whole point of re-hypothecation… the economic concept of "selling a thing/debt multiple times over." This is done because all signatures by default WITH PREJUDICE and without any reservation of rights.
The problem is that the source of these funds is being extorted from us by the banks for twice the funds, plus interest, and we don't get a copy of the CREDIT that is the debt. It is simply a matter of which side of the ledge is the debt.
Banks are allowed to "underwrite" any negotiable instrument they want! Put another way, banks are literally allowed by law to transfer any negotiable instrument liability debt into an asset credit. This is exactly what banks do with "governmental fines." The bank treats the fine as a credit, underwrites the governmental fines, and sends the new debt back to the government corporation. This is why fines upon banks are NEVER EFFECTIVE. Indeed, banks MAKE MONEY on the fines, but underwriting them, and then likely selling the negotiable instrument for underwriting at the next bank. Such selling and re-underwritting is the very essence of RE-HYPOTHECATION.
In this instance, the mortgage is fraud. By sending banks our own American National Money Orders to pay their illegitimate debts, I have heard that the banks eventually capitulate… and capitalize the American National Debt by underwriting/discharge for acceptance. The banks underwrite every instrument we send them that they don't send back. Demand that they produce a detailed audit of the accounting, which may require "suing" the unlawful bank in an illegitimate banker UN Competent National Tribunal (aka unconstitutional CourtRoom).
The Washington State Treasury – Warrant Processing Division website is/was scrubbed of the Warrant-Check connection. That seems to have been done because it was too close to home regarding the crimes that Governmental Service Corporations are committing upon us. At some level, the Washington State Treasury Warrant Processing Division was likely tipped off as to the obviousness of this connection and someone pointing to it…. Like this blog points it out in depth.
People wonder why everything is getting so expensive…. well, the banks and governments are creating massive amounts of debt behind the scenes and not telling us. The media is complicit in the cover up of the destruction of main street across America.
There are also whistleblowers who are saying that 70% of Earth Trade is taking place OFF-PLANET, such as with the Mars Corporation (formerly run by Dick Cheney), and other Extra-Terrestrials (who do not accept debt!). The many sightings of ET crafts is to expose these governmental crimes and help wake us up. If this really is true, then it explains why mega corporate America is doing so well, while Main Street suffers so much.
The break away technological society very likely could be buying everything of value on the planet with worthless debt and selling it off planet for all kinds of technologies, goods, services, maps, etc.
So put in perspective: Two words changing on a governmental website is a very serious change in meaning. It means a lot.


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Fulfillment vs. Pleasure
You were made for fulfillment! But that's not the same thing as saying you were made for pleasure.
Pleasure, however, is not a bad thing. Matter-of-fact, pleasure can be the natural consequence of eating a satiable meal or spending quality-time with an ole friend or behaving virtuously. The kind of pleasure that gets a bad rap is hedonism, that is, the purpose of life is to increase feelings of pleasure and decrease feelings of pain.
Fulfillment as an end-goal, on the other hand, can entail pleasure but, more broadly includes, something substantive associated with that state of being. To be fulfilled in one's life usually entails feeling full of enjoyment or full of life. It's the exact idea Jesus uttered to the Pharisees: "I have come that they [My sheep] may have life, and have it to the full" (Jn 10:10b, NIV).
Jesus's explanation of the good life entails behaving in the correct way in the correct circumstance at the correct time and with the correct motive. That could call for speaking wisdom to someone who needs to hear it. But it could also call for suffering. Take for example, someone who exhibits courage by speaking truth in a hostile environment and thus being persecuted. If someone correctly interprets such a circumstance as an opportunity for disciplined obedience to the truth, then one can be called fulfilled. Actually, Christ called these persecutees "happy": "Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!" (Mt 5:10, GNT)
The Greek word for "happy" is makarios, which is typically translated as "blessed." The reason for this is that the English word "happy" has been bled dry of its substantive meaning. But if one understands the word "happy" to be associated with proper moral behavior, then "happy" can also be the correct term.
Later in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus counts the cost of discipleship to his motley crew amid His imminent death: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it" (16:24-25, NIV).
The good life entails taking up one's cross, which entails suffering (something that hedonism rules out). The goal is a saved life that enables one to live–right now–the best life possible in a broken, fallen world. That is, suffering via self-denial and/or persecution is a means to living the good life.
The lyrics to the song "Good Life" from the album Underdog by the Christian band Audio Adrenaline capture this paradox of suffering-happiness beautifully:
This is the good life…
Loneliness has left me searching
For someone to love.
Poverty has changed my view
Of what true riches are.
Sorrow's opened up my eyes
To see what real joy is.
Pain has been the catalyst
To my heart's happiness.
August 20, 2019 Tuesday at 4:13 am
9 Responses to "Fulfillment vs. Pleasure"
Hi Son, what a great message! It's of a great pleasure to read and to capture the essence of fulfillment vs. pleasure. May God continue blessing your heart.
Love your message! I wish more teens could hear this! It may give them insight to why everything doesn't happen instantly. In today's world, they have been raised with the internet and instant gratification however they get depressed when things in "real" life don't happen in an instant. They think everything should be at their fingertips.No longer do the youth have patience for delays, let alone long suffering. With teen suicide through the roof and so many thinking they have anxiety which leads them to depression it's time they hear a message like yours. They have to understand there are better things beyond and life can and will change, circumstances will improve and we all need patience to get to that better place. Have hope!
Preach, Chester! Love the way you captured the truth of happy living. Clearly and articulately captures fulfillment vs. pleasure. Makes me excited to read the future Volume 2 of Biblical Ethics.
Great article, brother. I loved LOVED how you rightly married the concept of happiness to include suffering. Truly a biblical perspective. The poem was poignant and drove the point home.
Oh boy that's not a message that we are hearing much about right now in the big C- church. In the 90's lost of preachers did alter calls with the main draw of being saved from your troubles and God coming in to your life and you were left with this idea everything would be ok after that. They left out what it would cost. That you for being a voice of truth.


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Creating a Culture of Safety
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Creating a Culture of Safety
Under federal law, employers are required to provide a workplace free of known health and safety hazards. Safety should be a vital part of your workplace culture, and businesses should be moving away from safety culture towards a "culture of safety". There are two elements in providing a culture of safety: the corporate element and the human element.
Corporate Element
Programs, Policies, and Procedures: Programs, policies, and procedures are put in place to help guide and direct employees to work safely. They should be clear and specific and written in a way that is easy for all employees to understand and follow. The programs, policies, and procedures should be reviewed and updated on an annual basis.
Examples: Hazard Communication Programs, Lock Out/Tag Out Procedures, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Policies
Training: Reading the programs, policies, and procedures is not enough. All employees should be going through training that is easy to understand. If there are changes in the policies, procedures, or programs, properly communicate those changes to employees and provide updated training.
Personal Protective Equipment: Certain employers are required to pay for personal protective equipment (PPE) to comply with OSHA standards. Even if a worker provides her own PPE, employers are required to inspect and ensure the equipment is adequate to protect the employee. There should also be guidelines and training in place showing workers how to properly use and store the PPE. Employers should also be periodically evaluating the effectiveness of the PPE programs and equipment. Any defects in the equipment should be reported immediately and taken out of operations.
Human Element
You can have as many corporate safety elements in place as you want, but it all comes down to the human element. Risky behaviors tend to be the root cause of most workplace incidents. Everyone should be taking responsibility for his/her own safety, as well as others.
Safety in the workplace is a right for all employees. Ensuring there are both corporate and human elements in place to combat danger in the workplace is a good first step at ensuring a safe and hazard free work environment.


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New research from LiveLend has revealed that more than one in four (26%) people who took out a loan in the last five years were stung by extra costs they'd not noticed.
The research showed that most consumers are most likely to be caught out by fees for 'same day money' followed by missed or late payments. Other borrowers are tripped up by early repayment charges, which often apply to people who are trying to be sensible by paying their loan off early. However, four in five (79%) say the charges were not made clear at the point of sale.
Additional market analysis shows that 91 per cent of major banks and loan providers charge these additional fees, which are often not made clear to consumers and the amounts can vary dramatically between providers.
For example, early repayment fees, which are charged by two-thirds (66%) of providers, range between 28 days interest and 58 days interest. On a loan of £10,000 with an APR of 25 per cent, this could be anywhere between £172 and £358 depending on the provider.
In total, loan companies and banks have made £164 million from these unsuspecting customers over the last five years, but even those who aren't 'caught out' by these extra fees think it's unfair that they're so often buried in the small print.
The vast majority (85%) believe that loan companies should be more upfront about their charges, while nearly three in four (72%) say providers take advantage of customers' apathy to make money from extra fees.
Julia McColl, Head of Customer at Livelend, said "Even though fees are charged by the majority of providers, 2.6 million consumers are caught out by them, which implies that there's a serious issue with providers' levels of transparency and clarity. "


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Finding ways to improve energy efficiency of their sites is an undisputed top priority for datacentre operators, given just how big a line item power costs are for so many of them. For this reason, one might think an EU-backed legislative push that could potentially lower the collective power consumption of datacentres across Europe would be warmly welcomed by the industry and its assorted stakeholders, but – in reality – the initiative is proving to be surprisingly divisive. "ICT has delivered amazing efficiency improvements over the last few decades without the help of regulation but Moore's Law cannot go on for ever, and the datacentre sector is a significant energy user," Emma Fryer, associate director of climate change programmes at technology trade body, TechUK, tells Computer Weekly. "However you look at it, as the [datacentre] sector grows, we do have to accept increasing regulatory scrutiny." Through legislation such as the proposed EU EcoDesign Directive, which is mooted as a means of improving the energy efficiency of...
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Have you seen anyone skip recently? Does anyone over the age of nine skip? And yet skipping is surely our most joyful form of locomotion.
So why don't people skip these days? Well, I think it's all about the shoes! The best shoes for skipping are leather-soled oxfords. You can't skip for very long in sandals, and certainly not at all in Birkenstocks and their relatives. You can't skip in high heels or wedgiesand it's hard to skip in boots of any sort. The ridged soles of sneakers grip the sidewalk too well for skipping.
A society that doesn't skip is a sober society indeed. In the first place, think what a good exercise it is. Run 20 paces. Now skip 20 paces. Which one gets your heart going? And skipping adds that jouncy little bounce-to-the-bones that encourages the bones to be strong.
But leave aside our fitness obsession. Just remember the joy of skipping. You can't skip without smiling. Laughing, even. Skipping takes you back to your best, most innocent self. Skipping fosters joy for its own sake.
Lauren Bacall said, "You know how to whistle, don't you? Just pucker up your lips and blow." It's hard to condense skipping to such concise instructions. "You know how to skip, don't you? Just stand on one foot and give a little hop and skid and land on the other foot and then hop-and-skid with that one and so on." It definitely doesn't have the punch of "pucker up your lips and blow"but don't let that stop you! Go out there and teach someone to skip!
Who needs rollerblades or a Segway? If you can skip, you're only a hop, skip, and jump away from happiness.
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The Scotty Deck Mount Bracket 241 can be mounted on top or on the side of a gunnel. This mount fits all of the Scotty post mount rod holders and accessories, and is extremely versatile and super easy to install. Once installed, you have the option of either mounting your Scotty accessories on the top of the Scotty Deck mount Bracket or even through the side!
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Works fine, can be installed vertical or horizontal. A little fiddly to attach accessories, but easy enough once you get the hang of it.
Good stuff
Good solid mount. I've got 2 Scotty rod holders mounted on the FeelFree Track and they're awesome!
Really Like these mounts. I have it on both of my kayaks. Makes installing the transducer quick and simple. I wanted to be able to view the water temperature, which I would not have been able to do with a thru-hull install. Very satisfied.
Fits all my Scotty accessories
Easy to install, can hold other items that I have I use it for my Scotty Bait Table, mounted in the center of my Ascend FS128T,
Excellent product. Have used Scotty accessories for many years.
Have used these for years in aluminum boats and now on kayaks. Very solid product.
Neede base to relocate other Scotty rod holders.
Cant go wrong with Scotty.
Great mount. Now I have mounts for my pole and GPS. very easy install
Easy to install.Works great.
Good mount that is easy to install.
I have installed these mounts on 3 of my kayaks and they are always just great. Quality craftsmanship and worry free. I highly recommend the Scotty mounts and rod holders.
exactly what I needed at the right price....
Scotty 241...classic nothing fancy deck mount. Use it. It works.
Very good product, however, ACK is what makes the product so good, with there quick almost next day shipping!
Great product very versatile.
Easy to mount, works well with other scotty products.l
great item,fast shipping,will order again
exactly replacement. fit as it should.
I use this to hold my Yak Flag. Very easy to install and provides a secure mount for my flag. Im sure itd do a great job holding a fishing pole with the pole holder too. Well made and sturdy. Ill have to order another one for my fishing pole.
excellent product - a must to customize your yak
I have a few of these brackets on my kayak, flush mount and the raised ones. They are all good for rods, tying lines, lights, etc. etc. I agree that I did not get a perfect fit to the kayak but no problem, if I have not had a perfect fit, I give it two applications of marine goop and I am now all set with being waterproof.
I have several of these mounts on my kayak deck. Yes, it is a bit more difficult to mount these to the kayak where it isn't a perfectly flat surface, but I use very thin two-sided foam adhesive strips between the mount and kayak deck, and it makes up the very slight gap just fine. it also adds a layer of connection in addition to the four mounting screws, which is a bonus. The great thing about them is they accept many Scotty rod holders or other products, which gives you a lot of options.
Mounting the deck bracket was a bit challenging in order to achieve the proper configuration to the kayak hull. I resorted to the option of the heat gun which gave me the desired results. The fitting for the sail that inserts into the deck bracket is to this point rather difficult to remove, therefore, I have found it easier to remove the sail from the unit leaving the insert in place.
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PORTABLE decorative ethanol burners will be banned in Western Australia pending further safety investigations after accidents throughout the nation resulted in severe burns.
An immediate 60-day interim ban will begin from midnight on Tuesday until further assessment by Consumer Protection, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and other agencies.
A 28-year-old Perth woman was seriously burnt on her face and upper body after an ethanol burner exploded in the backyard of her home in October, followed by two people who were injured in Queensland.
Commerce Minister Michael Mischin said 113 injuries and 115 fire incidents had been reported throughout Australia since 2010.
"These worrying statistics may just be the tip of the iceberg, as we believe there could be many more incidents and injuries involving decorative ethanol burners that have not been reported to consumer agencies and fire emergency services," he said.
Mr Mischin said the biggest danger was when consumers re-fuelled the burner when it was still lit or warm.
"When the fuel is low, the flame can appear blue or clear, making it difficult to see," he said.
"There is also a risk of the burner being knocked over, especially by children or pets, potentially causing serious burns to people nearby as well as damage to property."
The interim ban does not affect products with a power output of more than 4.5 kilowatts and those used for heating food.
Ethanol fireplaces in fixed positions are also not included, but further investigations are being carried out, Mr Mischin said.
Penalties for selling banned products include a maximum fine of $220,000 for individuals, while corporations face a maximum fine of $1.1 million.
The Perth burn victim, who did not want to be named, said it was like a fireball hit her and she now had to wear a face mask and compression garments.
The woman said she supported the ban, particularly as her accident happened despite following the instructions for using the product.
"If there was anything we had done that was incorrect that was not per the retailer's instructions, I would be owning that," she said.
"It's super important to not only get them off the market but to get them out of people's homes."


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Bronx 4 Jill will be giving out flyers, voter registration forms, talking about Jill issues and signing people up on jill2016.com. Come and help build this political revolution in the Bronx! Take #4 train to 149st and Grand Concourse train station.
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The Jets opened their offseason program Monday and outside linebacker Aaron Maybin signed a new one-year deal with the team this morning, according to his Twitter account.
The Jets tendered Maybin, a restricted free agent, at the original-round level. That means he has a one-year, $1.26 million contract for this season.
"Just inked the new contract….blessed 2 have this opportunity. Time 2 go to work #mayhem," Maybin posted on his Twitter account. "Mayhem" is Maybin's nickname.
The Jets signed Maybin early last season after initially releasing him at the end of training camp. The former first-round pick of the Bills was a revelation for the Jets, recording six sacks.
Maybin just turned 24 this month. If he can expand his role this season to being an even more productive pass rusher, he could wind up staying with the Jets long-term.


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ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A big green bus is about to become the public face of the MEND Hunger Relief Network, bringing the message of healthy food for all to local streets.
Partnering with the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills, MEND has outfitted a former school bus with a new color scheme and interior shelving, transforming it into a mobile food pantry and food collection vehicle. Fittingly, the brightly painted bus is named the "Green Bean."
MEND, a nonprofit working to end hunger in Essex County, will deploy the Green Bean as the focal point for local food drives, spurring community members to "stuff the bean" with specific items that are difficult for food pantries to obtain, but are often requested by clients — such as low-sugar cereal, shelf-stable milk and peanut butter — as well as hearty fresh foods. Once packed, the Green Bean will deliver the food to the 17 pantries that make up MEND's hunger relief network throughout Essex County. The Green Bean will also distribute produce donated by area farms and purchased from The Community FoodBank of NJ, eliminating some of the logistical challenges pantries face in obtaining and transporting fresh food.
The Green Bean was formally unveiled on Saturday, May 12, at the East Orange YMCA's Healthy Kids Day. Filled with food donated by JLOSH, the Green Bean distributed healthy items to families participating in the event.
The Green Bean will help bring MEND closer to its goal of making fresh and healthy food available to all, especially the 17 percent of the Essex County population that is food-insecure.
"We are so excited to be putting the Green Bean to work," said Robin Peacock, executive director of MEND. "Increasing access to healthy foods has been a key mission of MEND's for the past two years, and with the Green Bean, we are taking a big step forward in that plan."
"Addressing food insecurity in our service area is at the very core of our mission," JLOSH President Rosemary Mattson said. "We are delighted to partner with MEND on this innovative and exciting project. MEND has rolled out both a practical tool and a cheerful bright green beacon, which will no doubt draw attention to the very serious matter of fighting hunger and improving nutrition in our neighborhoods."
Bringing the Green Bean to life has been a community effort. JLOSH took on the design of the bus, coordinating the installation of shelving and storage bins with local contractor Brinton Brosius, as well as the exterior look of the bus with G-1 Graphics. JLOSH also secured free parking. Group One Investments LLC helped get the process started by donating the school bus, while Kings Food Markets provided funding to get the bus registered, insured, painted and in good working order, and The Hyde & Watson Foundation provided funding for the bus equipment and signage.


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Here is a large set of very explicit screen grabs taken from the filming of Therapy of Constraint!
Set 7 of the selection of still photography from the Bound and Sexy Films
Enjoy the second batch of images taken during the making of some of the old Bound and Sexy films which we promote. More to come!


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(I originally posted this as a comment to Broken Link: More Data Included in the Message but figured it was worth having here for others)
I thought it might be helpful to share my strategies for locating the page and offending link when I am troubleshooting a broken link issue.
In this example let's assume I am troubleshooting a reported broken link case from Service Cloud.
1) The first thing I do is find the user who submitted the case and the time stamp of the case.
Note: These times are in Canvas' time zone (MDT). You will have to adjust for your timezone.
2) The next thing I do is bring up the page views for the case creator and find the page view(s) just before the time stamp on the case.
This gives me one or two pages that are likely to contain the offending link.
3) Then I navigate to these pages and use a Chrome extension called "Check My Links"
"Check My Links" Chrome extension on the Chrome Store
After running this tool at that page I can quickly see any broken links highlighted in red.
At this point you have all the information you need to correct the issue whether that means fixing it yourself or reporting it clearly to someone else.