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How to Write a Self-Help Book Outline
This world is a very complicated place. It can be stressful and frustrating. Many might wish to seek out professional help to cope with these issue, but cannot afford the costs of therapy. What is the next best solution?Purchasing self-help products that can be immediately applied to a personal life. 5.7% of all consumer books purchased in any given year are self-help books, resulting in an industry that brings in $10 billion or more each year.
Knowing how to write a self-help book outline can help you be able to take your experiences and wisdom and put it into a meaningful format. Then you can write out your content in a logical manner, providing others like you with the help that it needs.
Here is what you're going to want to do to create that outline.
#1. Make sure to break everything down into manageable steps.
Self-help books are useful because the advice can be readily implemented. That advice must be relevant, easy to understand, and something the average reader can do on their own to create results in their lives. This means your outline must break down the end goal into manageable steps.
Think about your average staircase. There might be 9-14 steps in a home that take you from one floor to the next. Each step is its own goal in your self-help book outline. As the reader takes each step, they move forward to their end goal. This does two things: it allows the reader to see their progress and it makes your advice feel relevant because there has been successful movement.
#2. Don't be afraid to repeat yourself.
The goal of a self-help book is to create efficacy. This means a tangible result can be achieved. This means it is a good idea to keep revisiting the core ideas of your narrative to reinforce the changes or choices that need to be made.
Now that doesn't mean every outline point should be the same topic, just restated in a different way. It does mean that each chapter can revisit important core topics in a meaningful way. The goal is to create an outline which encourages reader familiarity once the actual writing process begins.
#3. Use examples that most people are going to understand.
In the movie Defending Your Life, Rip Torn's character Bob Diamond tells Daniel Miller, played by Albert Brooks, that he was stuck and couldn't make it in time for Miller's hearing. "Don't treat me like a moron," Miller says in the movie. "Try me."
"I was trapped near the inner circle of thought," says Diamond.
"I don't understand…" says Miller.
"I told you," Diamond retorts.
When an author speaks to a reader in a self-help book, they must use examples which most people are going to understand. This is because one of the keys to unlocking success for the reader is the ability to visualize the changes or choices they will need to make to reach their goal.
As part of the outlining process, make sure to include certain examples that help to reinforce the key points you're trying to make. You don't want the examples to overwhelm your narrative, so use the outlining process to insert them into key areas where you really want to drive your core ideas home.
#4. Find the inspiration.
You're not trying to win a gold medal when you write a self-help book. You're trying to inspire others to become an Olympic champion in their own way.
Of course most self-help books discuss life improvements, such as weight management, coping skills, or how to negotiate a better wage at work. The goal here isn't to keep identifying the problems that your reader segments already know about.
The goal is to help readers believe they can overcome the problem your book identifies. They want to see how you've overcome a problem so they can repeat the process. This is what your outline will help you to cover.
You'll be able to inspire others by outlining the exact steps you took to deal with the identified problem being discussed in your book. And, just as with your core thoughts, you can keep revisiting these inspirational moments throughout your book.
Outlining a self-help book is almost the same as outlining any other type of manuscript.
The focus of each key point is the only difference. Instead of trying to entertain, you're trying to inspire change in readers so they believe that new choices can be made. When you focus on these four key areas, you'll be able to create an outline that will let your self-help book do its job effectively.
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Malaysia cuts subsidies on fuel
Malaysia has cut fuel subsidies for the first time in more than two years as it tries to reduce its budget deficit.
The subsidy on petrol has been cut by 20 sen (6 cents; 4 pence) a litre and on diesel by 20 to 80 sen a litre.
Prime Minister Najib Razak said the cuts would result in savings of about 3.3bn ringgit ($1bn; £650m) a year.
The government spent 24bn ringgit on fuel subsidies last year, which contributed to a widening budget deficit.
Malaysia's budget deficit was 4.5% of its gross domestic product (GDP) last year.
Ratings agency Fitch cited the high budget deficit as one of the factors that led it to cuts its outlook on Malaysia's credit rating to negative from stable in late August.
"It's a process of fiscal consolidation," Mr Najib said. "The market will feel more confident if we can bring down our fiscal deficit."
Defending the ringgit
The change also comes at a time when Asia's emerging economies have been hit by investors pulling their money out.
The pull-out has been triggered by speculation that the US central bank will soon begin to cut back on the amount of money it is pumping into the economy.
That has hurt currencies and stocks in some Asian countries, including Malaysia, which has seen its currency, the ringgit, decline by nearly 10% against the US dollar since May.
Some analysts said that the cut in fuel subsidies was an attempt by the government to increase investor confidence and persuade them to leave their money in the country.
"The fact the announcement was made just weeks before the annual budget shows that one of the objectives is to defend the ringgit," said Song Seng Wun of CIMB Research.
"They want to contain it from sliding further."
Inflation concerns
The subsidy cuts, which come into effect on Tuesday, mean that fuel prices in the country will rise.
That has raised some worries that consumer prices in the country may also jump in the coming months.
"Once implemented we expect the impact to inflation to be significant, but it will be transient and last for 12 months due to the one-off change," said Irvin Seah an analyst with DBS Bank.
Mr Wun said that while the move would affect inflation, the increase in consumer prices was likely to be "bearable", not least because the rate of inflation in the country is relatively low. Annual consumer price inflation in Malaysia stood at 2% in July.
He added that if prices continued to rise, the central bank had "enough room to tighten its policies" to keep inflation under check.

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My writing life began in private journals and remained there for years, until I was well into my 20s. I never considered sharing anything I wrote until one day, while I was working on a prose poem, the writing seemed to lift off the pages of my journal. There was a larger force creating my words alongside me and the words seemed intended not for me alone, but for some kind of audience. I was the one typing, yes, but what I was writing didn't feel solely "mine" anymore.
But sending out my private words to the world was another matter altogether. Going public was terrifying. When I published my first piece about my relationship with my mother, vulnerability thrummed inside me.
Children of spies are never supposed to talk
This was almost 20 years ago. Since then, I've published more family pieces, some about what it was like growing up with a CIA dad, which added another dimension of fear because children of spies are never supposed to talk about anything too private or secret. We are supposed to keep the BIG secret forever. I've experienced what it's like to liberate myself from this silence, still, whenever I publish something, I feel the old spy kid fear. And once the piece comes out, my perfectionist side comes into play and I wonder, Could I have said it better? Did I get it right? It doesn't matter how much I've edited or researched, sharing my work is daunting on so many levels.
Sending words out into the world is also difficult because writing has the power to change the world. Its effects can ripple out far beyond the writer and her initial creative impulse, which of course, is the point.
The bottom line is that it's scary to tell something alive and true.
Over time, I've learned to take up space and to voice myself. Each time I write an article or blog post, the girl I once was worries. I tell her I understand – it is scary to tell something that feels alive and true. But it's also great.


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White House focuses on history-making aspect of health care
1. The White House trotted out one of its most disciplined messengers -- senior adviser David Axelrod -- to make the case on the Sunday chat shows for the historic nature of President Obama's accomplishment on health care. Axelrod described the moment as a "historical crossroads" in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press", adding: "Seven presidents have tried to pass comprehensive health insurance reform, seven presidents have failed. We've been talking about it for 100 years. We're on the doorstep of getting it done, and it'll be a great victory for the American people." On "This Week with George Stephanopoulos", Axelrod used the same language to defend against the assertion that fight for the bill was far more difficult than the administration initially expected. Ditto Axelrod on CNN's "State of the Union." The appeal to history is an attempt to reinforce one of the fundamental pillars of Barack Obama's image: that he can break through old divisions and get government working again for the American people. There are, of course, two major caveats here. First, the bill passed the House with a single Republican vote -- Louisiana Rep. Joseph Cao -- and looks likely to win approval in the Senate without a single GOP vote. Second, Axelrod's supposition is heavily dependent on the bill making positive change in the way health care is delivered in the country. If the American people believe the bill was the wrong thing, the history Obama will be making is of the far more ignominious type.
2. Make sure to look out for the Fix's winners and losers from the health care debate in this space shortly. (You can still offer your own take on who won and who lost in the battle over health care too.) But, here's a taste: WINNERS: 1) Harry Reid: By hook and by crook, he got 58 Democrats and two independents behind the bill. 2) Barack Obama: The bill may not be everything the president wanted and the process of getting legislation passed was VERY messy but the fact remains that Obama got a health care bill when his predecessors had failed to do so. 3) John McCain: After months of listlessness in the Senate, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee emerged as a leading voice of the opposition to the bill. LOSERS: 1) Joe Lieberman: The Connecticut Independent's move to kill the public option was widely derided as a flip flop. It's only impact may well be to further inflame the liberal left against him. 2) Liberals: The Senate bill steadily stripped away provisions near and dear to the left while the White House cut deals with moderates. Stay tuned to this space later this morning for the Fix's full list of winners and losers.
3. The deal Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson (D) cut for the Cornhusker State didn't satisfy Gov. Dave Heineman (R-Neb.) who quickly distanced himself from it. "Nebraskans did not ask for a special deal, only a fair deal," said Heineman. "Under no circumstances did I have anything to do with Senator Nelson's compromise." Heineman, sounding very much like a candidate, added that the "responsibility for this special deal lies solely on the shoulders of Senator Ben Nelson." Nelson isn't up for re-election until 2012 halfway through Heineman's second full term in office -- assuming he wins (and he is heavily favored to do so) next fall. The National Republican Senatorial Committee will go hard after Heineman in advance of Nelson's run for reelection and, if he runs, the GOP governor will be an even-money bet (at worst) against the Democratic incumbent. Heineman's strong attacks on Nelson despite the plaudits the senator won from strategists of both parties for his actions on health care suggest the Republican has an eye on a 2012 race.
4. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) doesn't often offer his thoughts on his former vice presidential running mate -- former Alaska governor Sarah Palin -- so when he does it's worth paying attention. Asked on "Fox News Sunday" about Palin's blacked-out "McCain" visor, the Arizona Senator asserted that his family and the Palins have a "wonderful relationship," adding: "She is going to be a force in the Republican party for a long time and the hysterical attacks on her from the left continue to validate that." The truth is that McCain and Palin aren't close -- although they are not at daggers-drawn in the way that the former governor is with some of the presidential campaign staff. If Palin runs in 2012, however, it could put McCain in a somewhat awkward position as each represents a very different thread of Republicanism. Add to that fact that two of McCain's personal friends -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and South Dakota Sen. John Thune -- could well be in the race and the Arizona senator may be headed for a tough decision come endorsement time.
5. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) is doing absolutely nothing to indicate he will run for higher office in 2010, according to a piece in Sunday's New York Daily News. The story quotes Guy Molinari, the father of former Rep. Susan Molinari and a major player in New York Republican politics, saying bluntly that there is "no evidence" that Giuliani will run for anything next November. The Giuliani inner circle has indicated that a run for Senate is a possibility -- albeit a long shot -- while a run for governor is out. (Giuliani believes state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will, eventually, be the Democratic nominee and that winning such a race would be extremely difficult.) While the Senate may be an easier target -- appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) is not well known statewide -- there's a very simple reason why Giuliani won't run for that seat either. To do so would require him to run a $20 million plus campaign in 2010 and, if he won, to turn around and do it all again in 2012 in order to win a full six-year term in his own right. While Gillibrand, at 43, is on the early end of her political career and can fathom that sort of four year financial and political commitment, Giuliani, at 65, is on the other side of his political life and such a campaigning marathon can't appeal to him.
Chris Cillizza
December 21, 2009; 5:23 AM ET
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Everybody - everybody - is telling the democrats that their health care plan is going to create a FINANCIAL DISASTER.
They have convinced themselves they are right - and all they do is talk to themselves.
How much money is this going to cost before they realize?
Posted by: 37thand0street | December 21, 2009 6:25 PM | Report abuse
This is the problem - very clearly - the country and the federal government should be concentrating on the economy and jobs - and what are we doing?
Nothing but health care. Month after month. It is sad.
The ENTIRE AGENDA OF THE COUNTRY is on a quest to stroke Obama's ego at the expense of all else. That is what this history-stuff is all about - EGO nothing else.
It doesn't matter how much it costs, or if there are other things more important.
If that isn't incompetence, I don't know what is.
Posted by: 37thand0street | December 21, 2009 5:11 PM | Report abuse
McCain a winner here?
That daffy "earmarks" guy yammering for months about that god damned bridge?
The guy who wanted to cut Medicare to the bone in his failed campaign and now screams that the HC bill will cut Medicare?
This guy is about as relevant as an old newspaper rotting in a ditch.
A new insult to the intelligence from Republican Resurgence.
Posted by: GoldAndTanzanite | December 21, 2009 1:46 PM | Report abuse
bsimon, sorry for the delay, work is work,
My concern is that all rate increases attributable to what Mark refers to as underlying or structural issues will be attacked as have resulted from this effort- by the same people who prevented real reform with cost control measures from being part of the effort.
At the very least this wholly Democratic effort (which as you say, isn't going to come on line for a long time) will be attacked for not preventing any of the increases we will see that are already in the pipeline.
The Democrats need to prepare for this, "Look, they are giving free health care to the poor and my bill went up!" coming from the wingers as the next elections approach. This may become one cost of over-selling by Axelrod et al what has been accomplished here. The Democrats need to stay on the attack to hold the initiative.
Posted by: shrink2 | December 21, 2009 1:34 PM | Report abuse
@Mark - Since 60 is the new 50, I'd be very surprised to see this repealed. Republicans aren't going to hold 60 seats in the Senate any time soon and if they do, they'll have problems with their moderates (down to a pair of New Englanders at the moment).
As for Washington, white is the new black.
Posted by: FairlingtonBlade | December 21, 2009 1:34 PM | Report abuse
Jacked and his Right Wing Fairy Tales always make me smile (11:01). Tell us the one about Nancy Pelosi and how she's going to lose her seat in Novemeber.
Posted by: margaretmeyers | December 21, 2009 1:21 PM | Report abuse
The first half of Meet The State Run Media - Rodaxel spins that everyone wants and loves "healthcare reform". The second half - discussion of polls that show Not everyone wants and loves the same. I think Rodaxel is not a lover of the truth.
Posted by: leapin | December 21, 2009 12:10 PM | Report abuse
(to fix mysteriously vanishing prepositions in 11:07 a.m. scrivener post; second graph should read:)
"What if feigning capitulation in response to the extortionate demands of Senators Lieberman and Nelson is a calculated chess move to advance the bill..."
We do, indeed, live in "interesting times."
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Posted by: scrivener50 | December 21, 2009 11:20 AM | Report abuse
Ask yourself where would we be in the 1st yr of a McCain-Palin administration. No progress on health care, an economic meltdown, bomb bomb Iran, another Scalia on the Supreme Court and an AWOL, Rogue or just plain quitting VP.
Posted by: MerrillFrank | December 21, 2009 11:19 AM | Report abuse
The Obama WH's health care bill is historic alright. His government takeover and nationalizing private companies is nothing more than European--like Socialism and Communism, straight out of Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" book, on how to take over our government, and turn it into a workers paradise, a la the former USSR's. Hugo Chavez is doing the same in Venezuela.
Somehow--surprise, surprise--it's escaped the Obama worshippers here that if this government takeover of our health care system goes down, it'll probably drive all private companies out of business, or out of the country. There is no private health care company in America that can compete with the government that has unlimited funds, has no bottom line, can make laws benefiting themselves, can hire hundreds of thousand of pencil--pushers, relatives, retired or kicked-out ex-policians, and big campaign contributers to do do--nothing jobs. What has also escaped these anti--America, anti--freedom, and anti--US Constitution liberal aholes here, is the fact that the Democrap Socialists in congress rammed this bill through congress, and down the American peoples throat, even though 60% to 70% of all the American people in every poll taken are against it. Every Senators and House of Representative members primary job is to REPRESENT the people in his/her district or state, and to do and vote their will, and not rule them. If the people in their district or state are against something by 60% to 70%, it's supposed to be their duty and job to vote accordingly. By them not voting according to their constituants wishes, they have set themselves up as the Rulers and Masters of the people, rather than what our Constitution says that they should be, the servants of the people.
Welcome to Socialism and Communism folks, it's what you voted for, and are now getting.
Posted by: armpeg | December 21, 2009 11:16 AM | Report abuse
The progressives and liberals are angry and disillusioned now... but patience is required of the resolute warrior.
What if feigning capitulation in response to the extortionate demands Senators Lieberman and Nelson is calculated chess move to advance the bill...
...setting up the opportunity to champion the HOUSE bill in reconciliation -- requiring only 51 votes to secure final passage?
What better way to reinvigorate disillusioned liberals and progressives and to show Republicans what "majority rule" -- and political savvy -- is all about?
Health Care Reform a Cruel Joke to Unconstitutionally "Targeted" and Electromagnetically Tortured Americans...
See article, comments, "Obama Wrong; U.S. DOES Torture -- Its Own Citizens" at:
Posted by: scrivener50 | December 21, 2009 11:07 AM | Report abuse
Hitler "focused" on the history-making aspect of the Enabling Law too. Gotta go, Live Fix is on : )
Posted by: JakeD | December 21, 2009 11:01 AM | Report abuse
Keep in mind that some of us didn't vote for McCain last time around because picking Gov. Palin was simply too little too late. Now, if she runs in 2012, I would vote for her.
Posted by: JakeD | December 21, 2009 10:36 AM | Report abuse
McCain-Feingold was a "bipartisan" enfringement on 1st Amendment political speech. It would be better if he simply retired and let a REAL conservative take his place.
Posted by: JakeD | December 21, 2009 10:33 AM | Report abuse
Speaking of natural constituencies, does McCain have one? He's getting challenged from the right in a primary, while getting excoriated for being too moderate. But he's not actually doing anything moderate or bipartisan. I'll have to remember to ask my father in law what he's hearing in AZ. It seems to me like McCain's best prospect is that people are in the habit of voting for him.
Posted by: bsimon1 | December 21, 2009 10:24 AM | Report abuse
Since the day of President Obama's inauguration, the Republican Party made a cold political calculation that if they could block every initiative brought forth by the Democrats, they could label Obama a failed president and the Democratic Party incapable of governing.
This policy of pure, unadulterated obstructionism would, they felt, lead them out of the wilderness and back to power.
It is the same playbook they employed at the beginning of the Clinton Presidency (remember his first budget? It passed without a single Republican vote, and Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky lost her seat because she was the tie-breaking vote in the House...it was also the legislation that led to eight years of prosperity and budget surpluses.)
The actions of the Republican Party are beyond shameless. They care not a whit for the actual needs of the American people and will do anything and everything in their power to create the illusion of a failed presidency.
Fortunately, time is on Obama's side. The economy will be picking up quite nicely by November, and will be solid and strong by 2012.
And the Republicans will be the minority party in Congress well into the Twenties.
Posted by: Bondosan | December 21, 2009 10:20 AM | Report abuse
shrink2 writes
"Now Democrats will own every new rate increase and there will be many. Ok, maybe the people who got health care coverage who did not have it before will get out and vote Democratic. But will they outnumber the voters paying more than ever for health care?"
I don't know that those rate increases will happen in time to influence the 2012 election. Typically employer-based health insurance is tied to calendar years, so for most people, there will only be two rate increases between now & the 2012 elections. Given that 1/3 are covered by Medicare, 1/3 by employers & only the last 1/3 is paying their own way - many of whom will benefit from subsidies - is there a natural constituency for people who will directly see cost increases & not be benefitting from subsidies?
Posted by: bsimon1 | December 21, 2009 10:19 AM | Report abuse
I agree that McCain is a loser. Hopefully, the Republicans learned the lessons on running moderates. As for the White House focusing on how great this is, of course they are doing that. The rest of us at least acknowledge the huge financial risk and what that could mean in 2010-2012:
Posted by: JakeD | December 21, 2009 9:57 AM | Report abuse
Doesn't a leader usually move towards something? McCain isn't leading anything, the GOP isn't leading anything: they have had no ideas for our country during these crisis years of their own manufacture.
McCain isn't even *rallying* his party-- he stuck his head out of his trench and gave an interview. McCain's party has been ignoring him since the election.
Posted by: margaretmeyers | December 21, 2009 9:54 AM | Report abuse
Chris, the notion that John McCain comes out a winner in all of this seems pretty lame to me. He lost. He was on the losing side. He lost his campaign for the Presidency and, his fierce opposition to this bill coupled with his pathetic needle threading on Sarah Palin marks him as a phony who only uses the appellation "maverick" when it suits his electoral ambitions.
Indeed, if McCain were truly a maverick, he would have worked with Obama to get this bill passed without all of this acrimony. As it turns out, he comes off just as much the hypocrite as Joe Lieberman. They seem to be birds of a feather--both imagining themselves to be independent mavericks willing to buck their own party when in reality they are the crass politicians they always pretend to villify.
Posted by: jaxas | December 21, 2009 9:16 AM | Report abuse
Well here we go. The two parties have tied themselves to different destinies on this one. There will be no back tracking, incremental or otherwise.
Now, more then ever, this is all about adding jobs. As I mentioned yesterday,
as an optimist, I am guessing we will add jobs and the Republicans will have no masks to wear in 2010. By 2012, they will be more irrelevant than ever, just a dwindling number of angry people who bet against the hopes and abilities of their own country and lost.
On the other hand, Republicans can win a crucial strategic victory if have correctly surmised America can not afford its health care system writ large. Cynical sure, but possibly a stroke of political genius.
Before, the relentless increases in the cost of peoples' insurance premiums was not a partisan issue. People blamed the industry, or perhaps all of politic, but not one political party.
Now Democrats will own every new rate increase and there will be many. Ok, maybe the people who got health care coverage who did not have it before will get out and vote Democratic. But will they outnumber the voters paying more than ever for health care?
Bottom line, if we can afford this, Republicans are done, if we can't, the Democrats could lose the White House in 2012 and that would be quite an accomplishment.
Posted by: shrink2 | December 21, 2009 8:52 AM | Report abuse
One loser in the health care as far as I am conceerned is the State of Illinois.
Senators Durbin and Burris failed to obtain any help for Illinois in regards to Medicaid mandates.
Illinois is facing a bleak budget crisis and the new mandates will just make it worse.
All we can look forward too is increased taxes in Illinois.
Posted by: mwhoke | December 21, 2009 8:37 AM | Report abuse
Despite fumbling the expectations game, this is still a major victory for the president. He promised a health care bill and he delivered. That's an aspect that cannot be understated.
Posted by: parkerfl1 | December 21, 2009 7:52 AM | Report abuse
I had speculated that if UHC passed on a party line vote it would be subject to repeal whenever the Rs hold the Congress and the Presidency again, and subject to funding retrenchment when the Rs again control Congress. As I plow through this version, I see that it seems designed to have enough of an effect to become entrenched. If what I extrapolate is correct, this will make repeal very unlikely, and funding retrenchment unpopular. Will the newly insured want to give up their insurance? Will the persons with preexisting conditions want to lose their coverage? Will the public want to permit the carriers to increase their profits from the restricted levels? No. What will more likely happen, as medical costs continue to rise faster than inflation, is a public demand to look at underlying health care costs, which are not affected by this bill.
The Rs could take advantage of this down the road to push clinic care and medmal reform, for examples, but I think repeal and retrenchment will be off the table, even if the original bill was passed on a party line.
BTW, the insurance industry itself is likely to push clinic care - if by owning clinics it can profit through the back door. Think "HMO". We will not get the full benefits of clinic care in THAT way.
Posted by: mark_in_austin | December 21, 2009 7:33 AM | Report abuse
Rudy and the missus are only interested in raising money for themselves, a cause he has been committed to for the last 8 years. Like Thompson, you get used to that easy big money from speaking or lobbying and suddenly the glory of public service doesn't look like much.
Posted by: margaretmeyers | December 21, 2009 6:16 AM | Report abuse
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this article about Obon. Sorry, but it is just too much for me to explain it in Japanese.
This is the park we had Bon dance festival. It is decorated with a lot of lanterns and there is a stage where kids play Taiko (Big drums) for dance.
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Early withdrawals from a 401(k) retirement plan -- those made before turning 59 1/2 years of age -- are subject to income tax, and often additional penalty as well. The objective is to keep you from treating a 401(k) as a short-term cash source. Although not technically a penalty, the money you will lose in compound earnings also is something to consider.
Determine Your Income Tax Rate
Your current income tax rate is a starting point for determining both the tax and penalty fee due. The rate applies only to taxable income -- net wages after subtracting pre-tax deductions such as 401(k) contributions and group health insurance payments -- and varies according to your filing status. Most tax preparation and many personal finance websites have calculators for determining your income tax rate.
Deduct Income Taxes
An early withdrawal usually results in a larger tax bill because you're paying a higher income tax rate. 401(k) contributions are tax-deferred, meaning the Internal Revenue Service charges income tax on withdrawals, not on contributions. For example, if you're in a 25 percent income tax bracket and withdraw $10,000 from your 401(k), the income tax due will be $2,500. However, if you withdraw the same amount at a 15 percent rate after reaching age 59 1/2, the tax due falls to $1,500. Essentially, you're paying a $1,000 income tax penalty on the early withdrawal.
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Add the Penalty Fee
Determine whether the withdrawal is subject to a 10 percent penalty. If it is, multiply the amount of the withdrawal by 10 percent. For example, the penalty fee on a $10,000 withdrawal is $1,000. However, the fee doesn't always apply. Refer to tax topics information on the IRS website to determine whether a penalty fee applies to your situation. For example, early withdrawals for qualified higher education expenses are exempt from the penalty and qualified first-time home buyers can withdraw up to $10,000 penalty-free.
Other Considerations
An early withdrawal can be costly in terms of lost interest. If you left the $10,000 in your 401(k) for an additional 10 years instead of taking an early distribution, you'd have an additional $3,439.16 at a 3 percent annual return rate and $6,288.95 at a 5 percent rate. Investor.gov and most personal finance websites have compound interest calculators for determining how much you stand to lose or gain.


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Whiskey Cocktails You Must Try
Cocktail is a usually made from a mixture of one or more strong alcoholic drinks and fruit juice. Whether your style is scotch on the rocks or classic bourbon and Irish whiskey, we have got a plenty of whiskey cocktails lined up.
We assure that variety of whiskey cocktails will only enhance your love for whiskey
- Honey whiskey lemonade: Mix lemon juice, honey whiskey, simple syrup, and ice in a shaker. Pour it into a glass and garnish with lime.
- Bourbon peach sweet tea: For this cocktail you will need sweet tea, bourbon, peach slices, and ice. Mix all the ingredients together and it's good to go.
- Strawberry whiskey sour: This features strawberries, bourbon, lemon juice, and some simple syrup. Put all the ingredients in a mixer. Mix until it combines well and gives the desired consistency. Alternatively, you can prepare strawberry puree separately and add it in. Pour it over crushed ice with a strawberry garnish.
- Ruthless: Ruthless is a combination of whiskey, cranberry juice, crushed litchi pulp, mint, and lime. Over gently muddled lime and mint, pour whiskey and litchi pulp. Shake well with some ice. Serve over crushed ice and decorate with a dash of cranberry juice and lime pieces.
- The blinker: This is an easy mix with whiskey, grapefruit juice, and raspberry syrup. Shake well over ice to mix. Top up with lemon garnish
- Jameson and Ginger: Pour a shot of Jameson Irish whiskey in a glass over ice. Go on and fill the glass with ginger ale and squeeze a lime wedge to garnish.
To try other variants of amazing whiskey cocktails, come and visit us at Murphy's brewhouse, the best brew house in Bangalore. While you are at it, taste some of our Irish style brewed beer as well!


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Happy Easter! Its time for painting eggs, making decoration and planting flowers to the garden :) LOVE it!! And its time creating Easter-themed layouts as well :)
I couldn't resist to use my Bunny card cut file for a layout, and I had some perfect little-busy-bunny-pictures of my daughter from the previous year.
To start the layout I cut the bunny cut file with my Cameo and added some hand-stitched details. When finished I fussy cut some pretty Little by Little flowers by Shimelle, and created a flower crown. I wanted to add a playful title, so I mixed and matched different letter stickers. Finished the page with paintings dots and adding some butterflies.
Here are some closeup of the layout:


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The Lewis J. Ort Library, named for its principal benefactor, was opened in 1976. The Library's primary mission is to support the academic programs of Frostburg State University.
The library contains over half a million items including books, periodicals, audio-visual materials, maps, and art prints, US and Maryland government information resources. In addition, the library subscribes to more than 80 electronic databases providing access to 40,000 full-text electronic journals.
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Heads up for the Almeria Western Film Festival, the first European festival dedicated exclusively to the Western genre, coming up at Almeria on the south coast of Spain Sept. 8-11. It will be showing recent Westerns from a vareity of countries as well as a retropsective dedicated to the Spaghetti Western, which will be accompanied by panel discussions.
You can see trailers for the films to be shown on the web site.
Some of the festival events will be taking place in Fort Bravo -- a wild west theme parkin the desert, 25 kms from Almeria, that encompasses various stage sets used in the filming of European-made westerns.
FORT BRAVO is a place of dreams, the movie set of hundreds and hundreds of films produced by people from all over the five continents. The movie studios of Texas Hollywood in Tabernas are like a Mecca for film fans; located in the only desert in Europe, reality and fantasy intermingle, creating a unique, unforgettable and inimitable atmosphere.


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Here at Admiralty Property Management we value our tenants and our aim is always to be "Leading and Serving with Excellence." One way in which we facilitate this is by having Julianne Kobelin our resident rental specialist as part of our team. She is the one who answers your calls during our regular office hours of Monday-Friday from 8:30 to 5:00. She works hard to handle any needs that arise. She does an excellent job of responding to her messages, so if she is not able to answer, feel free to leave her a message.
Julianne, our mountain mover is always ready to go to bat for you when you are in need of a repair! She is here to coordinate repairs for you. She wants to remind you that once she has contacted you, if you do not hear from the vendor she sets up for you within 24 hours, please call and let her know. She will contact the vendor and make sure things get moving along.
When contacting us by email for appliance repairs at firstname.lastname@example.com please include appliance brand/make, model number and serial number. A brief description of the problem along with a picture really helps us in diagnosing the trouble with our trusted vendors.
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Reader Question: My wife and I have $72,000 in debt from student loans and a car loan. We're trying to pay off our debt using the debt snowball system, and we each make about $45,000 a year. She's a teacher, and she's planning on going back to school for her master's degree, but she's thinking about quitting her job to do this. She'll be able to make more money with the additional education, and she would only be unemployed for two years. The degree program will cost us $2,000 out of pocket per semester for two years. Does this sound like a good idea?
There's no reason for your wife to quit her job to make this happen. Lots of people — especially teachers — hold down their jobs and go back to school to further their education. I'm not sure trying to make it on one income when you're that deep in debt is a good idea.
Whatever you do, don't borrow more money to make this happen. Cash flow it, or don't do it. We're talking about $8,000 total, and you've got $72,000 in debt hanging over your heads already. My advice would be to wait until you've got the other debt knocked out, then save up and pay cash for school. You could slow down your debt snowball, and use some of that to pay for school, but I'd hate to see you lose the momentum you have when it comes to getting out of debt.
The choice is yours, but don't tack on anymore student loan debt. I know her income will go up with a master's degree, so from that standpoint it's a good thing to do. But if you do a good thing a dumb way, it ends up being dumb!


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OH. MY. GAWD. My father is 60!! Haha I can't believe it. Though no matter his age, he will always be my hero.
To celebrate my Pops and his sixty years on this planet here are the ten things I love the most about him.
- He's a family man.
My dad looks out for the family first. He makes sure we have everything we need and goes out of his way to make sure we are safe and covered.
- He's a dog lover.
We have always had dogs. From itty bitty dachshunds to mid sized boxers to gentle giant mastiffs. My dad plays with them, rough houses and always makes sure they have clean purified water in their bowls.
- He's Responsible.
I've never seen someone decide to do something and see it through the way my dad does. He's got superpower willpower. Sometimes it makes me jealous.
- He's Encouraging.
When I was going back and forth trying to decide whether or not to go to grad school. My dad told me I was going. People can take everything from you, but they can't take your education. That next year, I moved to Austin.
- He's a teacher.
One Christmas, he took me to Toys R Us and said, "You can have any one thing in this store you want." Remember, in the 90's things were somewhat reasonably priced. He walked through the entire store with me, every single aisle, up and down maybe six or seven times until I finally made a decision and was good with it. This taught me to really think about what I wanted and then have the courage to stand by my decision.
- He's creative.
My dad helped me build a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car out of a cereal box in elementary school. It had wings and workable wheels.
- He's a funny guy.
My dad and I have the same sense of humor, sometimes at the expense of my mother. He has taught me that laughter is so important and to not take things so seriously.
- He's into health and fitness.
My dad quit smoking and drinking cold turkey when I was younger. My parents were the reason I never felt the need to do either of those things. He also started working out daily. He lost a lot of weight and constantly encourages leading a healthy lifestyle.
- He's a romantic.
My mama is a lucky lady. My dad isn't really the romantic type, but he does little things for my mama that makes her feel special and loved. I love seeing them still so happy and in love after so many years.
- He's a good man.
Let's be honest, my dad is just a fucking awesome guy. No one can ever fill his shoes, nor would I want them too.
That's definitely not all the great things about my dad but definitely a great list. I know his day is going to be filled with love and laughter. Here's to another 60!


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"Story of my frickin' LYFE!!!" No. 3
Sorry to miss last week, lack of inspiration (because I thought I didn't need to write ideas down), maybe I should rename them by number instead…
This one's a little sloppy because my tablet and pen were playing up (TECHNOLOGY KILLS) and I was doing it late and couldn't be bothered to fix the small stuff. I realized I forgot the window in the last one >.<
Basically I am in a state of perpetual hunger and craving for sweet stuff, so in the last two weeks I've made Scotch pancakes with honey, lemon, peanut butter and ice cream, chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies (on a peanut butter wave too) and these really cute bear shaped apple-filled buns based on those by Mosogourmet (she uses custard cream). My Tumblr blog is also literally littered with food porn, I seem to find a lot of good recipe sources there too.
My next dessert plan is banana bread with maybe peanut butter and chocolate chips and raisins…? Should I start posting food photos here or is that too much?
Who knows, maybe baking is going to become my thing.


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So for the past 2 weeks or so, we've been hit with this weird FREEZING weather. Sydney normally is wonderful – even in winter, it's still fairly mild and comfortable. But not so recently. It's been frosty, freezing and all-round awful! Lots of rain, wild winds and just bone-chilling temperatures that we're all not used to. Everyone's been complaining and it even makes the news every day – apparently "the coldest it's been in 20 years" or something like that. Bleh :X Worse yet, I'm allergic to wool – any kind of wool – and I hate looking like a big fat pig so I don't tend to pile on the layers.. which means I'm always cold :(
Welp, I bought a wool Paul Frank coat! Yes, it's wool, I know.. but it's lined (with the cuuuuutest rainbow Paul Frank lining!) so it's alright with my skin. Other wool coats are lined too but they tend to become really bulky – I like how this one isn't too chunky/fat looking. It's a very normal dark gray, so I can wear it with anything.. and it has the cutest toggle button thingys! Very fun to fiddle with ;) The hood also comes in handy when it's windy or raining. Oh, and did I mention the lining is sooooooooooooo cute!! There was only ONE left in the store and it was in my size, which is already a sign in itself. Then, I discovered it was on sale from almost $300 down to $110. Wheeeeee! Great deal on a lovely wool coat. So now I am toasty and warm walking to/from work :)
Paul Frank wool coat
Cute lining!
On a model
The sales are too good to resist.. also got an Alannah Hill vest
And an Alannah Hill red silk skirt!
Did some shopping this weekend, hadn't shopped in a while so I went a leeeetle mad (whoops).
$199 down from $289, which I thought was a deal, but now that I think about it,
it's still quite pricey! But it fits soooooo well and is really gorgeous on, though it
looks pretty plain and blah in the pic here. Got it from the Alannah Hill store.
Adorable Alannah Hill ballerina silk skirt, brand new on eBay for $66.
Alannah Hill silk top for $50 in new condition on eBay. It looks like a grandma top
but it's so lovely on and is really silky and comfortable.
Cheap dress from Tattoo for only $40. It's so silky and retro!
Witchery leather flats for $38 brand new on eBay. I tried these on
in the store and loved them!
Witchery leather & jewel flats, $129.95 from the store. Had a moment of
insanity and bought these for full-price, 'cos I loved 'em so much!
And I saved my favourite purchase for the last. It's a gold ring with a teeny ruby
and I really wanted to buy it, then realised that it was 50% off!! Took it as a sign ;)
Had to get the ring altered to fit me as my finger is a size US 2.5!! :-O
I think I've shrunk or something :( Even the jeweler thought I was weird..
Then I spent $100+ altering a bunch of clothes :X Really $$ but I had no choice.. after losing a couple of cm off my waist/thighs/hips, a lot of my clothes got too big for me. But I put it off for awhile, thinking that perhaps I might get fat again (and because I was too cheap to pay for alterations) but then I thought about it, and I don't want to give myself a reason to put on weight, so I might as well just get them altered and have stuff to wear, rather than having it all lying around in my closet doing nothing. So altered around 8 or 9 pieces and I'm looking forward to getting them back and being able to wear them!! Hurray!!! :)
I wish it had been pink :P
You are very perceptive and smart. You are clear and to the point and have a great sense of humor. You are always learning and searching for understanding.
So whilst shopping at Paddington, my aim was to find:
1) a bridesmaids dress for 's wedding
2) a dress for the wedding dinner
Well, I did buy 2 things, but completely different to what I'd originally set out to buy. *lol*!
Ended up getting a lovely Alannah Hill necklace – all shimmery with crystals and gold trimming. I have a lot of turquoise in my wardrobe, so this will match nicely! I was actually eyeing it months ago when it was first released for the Winter collection, but resisted getting it because it was sooo $. But today it was on 20% off so I decided to treat myself :)
Alannah Hill necklace
Then it was on to Luisa Clare. I love her stuff – it's all leather and they smell and feel divine. Plus they're really unique and her bags are slouchy and soft. I was there before looking for an across-the-shoulder bag, but couldn't find one. This time, I did! Plus, there was a 50% off sale!! It was a sign ;) I found my perfect across-the-shoulder bag – all slouchy and soft, and girly. It fits in a ton and will be a nice casual bag for everyday use.
Luisa Clare bag
So mission accomplished, yet unaccomplished ;)


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Huawei Honor Play 5X is now official
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Huawei Honor Play 5X is now official
The newest [roduct coming from Huawei called Honor Play 5X is now official and it proves to be a very good device.
The new device also called Enjoy 5 is a very good smartphone for a reasonable price.
It packs a MediaTek MT6735 SoC with quad-core CPU. The screen is 5-inch HD display, that gives amazing colors and details for our eyes.
When it comes to the hardware it has a 2GB of RAM, which allows the phone to work smoothly and without any glitches. For pictures, music and videos Play 5X gives us 16GB of internal memory which is more tha enought for a typical user.
If you are a fan of taking pictures, you won't be disappointed, thanks to a 13MP camera, the photos look great with a fair amount of details and good colors. The same camera in frony is used for taking the well known selfies, for you and your friends to enjoy.
It is a dual-sim phone that works on Android 5.1 Lollipop and supports the LTE connectivity.
It measures 143.1 x 71.8 x 9.7 mm, and weights only 160 gms.
The device should find a lot of interest, not only for the great design and hardware, but thanks to its price which is only $158.
Huawei company is known for making very good smartphones for a fair price, and their newest product is no different. If you are not looking looking for the newest and most pricey smartphones, than the Honor Play 5X is a great option for you. We strongly advise to check out this model and you won't be disappointed.
Once you buy any Huawe model, you might want to make it work with all networs, not only the one that sold you the phone.
Our service called sim-unlock.net offers unlock codes, for all Huawei models, from all networks. We also offer profesional help in unlocking the device or to fix any problems connected with unlocking.
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Take the principle that distance does make the heart and hard-on grow stronger, so it's exactly why enticing your visually using Skype, will allow you to show your partner what they're missing, and exactly how you are pleasing yourself in their absence. That's pretty hot!
So many people now turn to the digital world when it comes to keeping their relationships together and sexually active. We decided to give you some tips on how you can do the same when you find yourself separated from your love, and would like to give them a special show, or enjoy in a nice long sex video session from the privacy of your room. It's exciting and intimate and a great way to spice up your sex life. And if you don't have a partner, find a hot username on a Snapchat or Kik sexting forum and try it out if you're not too shy.
Before you turn on your camera, write down 5-10 things you'd love to do to your partner and then jot down dirty talking points about touching or teasing and even stripping, whatever works. Send a little note if you want to your partner before the session starts so they can get excited about what they might get from Skype sexting.
Get into the role! If you had a BDSM fantasy then dress up in your leather boots and get out that whip, if you want to play nurse or doctor, find the props! If you love wearing your thigh highs, put them on, whatever it takes to feel sexy so you can strut your stuff in your lingerie and turn your partner on.
Put some candle light on, put on your favorite sex music and lighten the mood if you feel it's too much like a performance. This is not a stranger, this is your partner who loves and adores your body, so you can let it all hang out and be natural with your self.
Breath together on camera, look into each other's eyes and just stare and breathe. Create some anticipation so your partner doesn't know what you'll do next and then use your body language to either tell them what to do, or let them know what you're about to do. Sometimes words are useless and actions speak louder. Use your gaze.
Get in touch with yourself, use your hands, toys, props and anything else that turns you on, to touch and stimulate yourself. You can talk your partner through what you're doing, telling them you are imaging it's them that's doing it, or you can let the music set the tone. You can do a strip tease or ask for one, whatever makes you feel comfortable, just masturbate and let yourself go.
No matter how silly you feel at first Skype sexting will become fun if you just let loose and forget about being body conscious or self conscious, and don't even think about fear. Video sex is the best sex outside of the real thing, and if you can pretend that you are together in the same room, you'll feel like you actually are and it will connect you like nothing else. Give it a try tonight.


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Mobile App Minute Episode #20:
Success of an app relies on a number of factors including its purpose, the audience, the need and awareness. Each are important and each have been covered over our 20 episodes thus far. The focus today is on one key aspect of awareness – getting your app in front of the right media at the right time. For this, we turn to a new service called PressFriendly. Peggy explains the need for PR and how PressFriendly fills a gap that so needed filling for small and independent app developers around the world.
Download Peggy's book, Apponomics, or purchase The Everything Guide to Mobile Apps now
With Rob Woodbridge and Peggy Anne Salz
Transcript coming soon
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they are right
1. jewellery tree by kikkerland
2. 2caratcup
3. projects architectural designs watch by michael graves
(first three all purchased from HOMELESS - best shop i have ever been to, if your in hong kong you need to go there! no.29, Gough Street, Causeway Bay)
4. costume national heels
5. my new child.
5. my new child.


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Potential causes and treatment for Tiger Woods' neck pain
Tiger Woods is in the news again, this time for withdrawing from The Players Championship in the middle of the final round at Sawgrass with complaints of neck pain. Tiger was quoted as saying that he first experienced neck pain before the Masters, which was played in early April. He claimed to have been playing through the pain since that time. By Sunday the pain had evidently become untenable. However, while at the Masters, Tiger was reported to have responded to questioning about injuries he suffered in his November accident by saying that in addition to a "busted-up lip†he'd also had a "pretty sore neck".
There has been much speculation about the nature of Tiger's injury and the degree to which it has been a factor. Some have advanced the idea that he is simply suffering the consequences of a history of aggressive training. That seems very unlikely. Others said his condition was probably brought on by stress – and we all know he has had plenty of that! There were skeptics who pointed to Tiger's ability to put on a good show at the Masters in spite of the pain he now claims to have had. Did this same pain cause him to miss the cut last week and result in another sub-Tiger performance at Sawgrass? That is definitely plausible because pushing himself might have exacerbated the symptoms and made his condition worse over time. Whatever the situation, it does seem clear that all is not well with Tiger Woods. Obviously, only Woods truly knows how he has felt since his accident, the extent to which his neck had been an ongoing issue and whether the pain has escalated to the point that it was clearly counterproductive to attempt to play through it, especially in a losing effort.
Tiger reportedly said that he was experiencing tingling in his hand along with neck pain and he was planning to undergo an MRI. Despite the valuable diagnostic information that MRIs can provide, they are not foolproof. Sometimes they don't show all that is going on (false negative results) and in other instances they seem to show a more involved condition than is actually present (false positive findings). Along these lines it is also helpful to note that repeated studies assessing the MRIs of healthy subjects (without complaints of pain) found that a significant percentage had positive findings in spite of their lack of symptoms. With this in mind, a physical exam will also provide insight as to what might be causing Tiger's symptoms and how to proceed once a diagnosis is made.
Causes of radiating pain
There are a number of potential causes for radiating (also called radicular) pain in the upper extremity; some don't even involve the spine at all. This type of pain is generally due to compression or stretch of a nerve. Compression can be from a bulging or herniated disc in the cervical (neck) region, from a narrowing of the spaces in the spine (due to arthritic changes) where nerves exit, from pressure at the first rib, or from a muscle spasm that causes a constriction. Compression of a nerve can also occur in the arm itself (due to scar tissue or swelling, etc), causing tingling, numbness or weakness below the constricted area. For instance, in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome the compression is at the wrist and causes symptoms in the hand.
Tightness of a nerve results in excessive tension on that nerve, and is another possible cause of radiating symptoms. In addition, a traumatic nerve stretch is likely to provoke acute neurologic pain. The latter is typical of the "stingers" and "burners" that football players often experience.
The specific nature of an injury and the findings on physical exam determine the
nature of treatment. If a disc is involved, manual or mechanical traction may be beneficial. Massage and other manual techniques to release the tension in the soft tissues of the cervical region, shoulder girdle and upper back are also helpful, particularly just prior to working on the spine itself. If range of motion of the neck (or shoulders) is restricted, therapy should include work to restore full mobility. When nerves are tight, tensioning techniques to release them are enormously beneficial. In addition, working toward normal upper body strength should be a part of any therapy program for the cervical spine. An imbalance of strength can result in compensatory reliance on muscles that go into overdrive as a result, causing pain from muscle tension or spasm. This is most common at the upper trapezius muscle, which runs from the neck to the shoulder (and acts to hike the shoulder toward the ear).
A focus on posture, alignment, muscle recruitment patterns and the mechanics used in sports performance are also vital aspects of care. Attention to activities of daily living and how they are performed should also be addressed as part of a comprehensive treatment program. For instance, someone who sits hunched over a computer, has a less than ideal ergonomic set-up of the workspace or cradles the phone between the ear and shoulder rather than using a headset is a candidate to develop neck pain. Improper sleeping positions (especially lying prone – on one's stomach – with the neck rotated all the way to the side) or using the wrong pillow can also predispose to neck problems, and sufferers might even need advice as to how to modify the way they sleep.
Understanding how elevated levels of stress can impact neck pain is also part of good care. In my experience, neck and back pain as well as jaw (TMJ) pain seem to be the orthopedic conditions most influenced by a patient's level of stress. For those who recognize that stress is an issue, relaxation training or other coping mechanisms (music, improving sleep patterns, counseling…) may be advocated.
Anti-inflammatories and/or muscle relaxants may be prescribed in the more acute phases of treatment and only when signs and symptoms are severe and alarming (such as a loss of sensation, isolated muscle weakness and a significant alteration of reflexes) is surgery considered.
As for Tiger Woods, with the ever-present glare of the media upon him, we will soon learn more about his condition by way of whatever is leaked or released to the press.Â
It may or may not be the full story. Tiger will be the only one who will know…


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On 19 Oct 2011, at 15:03, Andrew Cooper wrote: > Chris, > > You mentioned in a previous E-Mail (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webed/2011Sep/0023.html) that I could, as a first task, take a look at the shape of the current WSC and give you some feedback on it. I'm not trying to imply that there will be a lot of feedback (I've been through it once when it was the Opera WSC and there was very little I felt needed changing, and besides, you can't please everyone!) but what do you feel would be the best way to present any feedback to you on the current learning material? Sending feedback via E-Mail to this list, the contribution list, your E-Mail, posting notes within the articles on the Wiki, creating a new page on the Wiki with feedback, or some other way...? Hi Andrew! Posting notes in the Wiki page would be fine, as would sending ideas around on this e-mail list, if you wanted to start up more of a discussion. Chris Mills Open standards evangelist and dev.opera.com editor, Opera Software Co-chair, web education community group, W3C * Try Opera: http://www.opera.com * Learn about the latest open standards technologies and techniques: http://dev.opera.com * Contribute to web education: http://www.w3.org/community/webed/Received on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 15:32:20 UTC
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text: Humanities › History & Culture Group Areas Act No. 41 of 1950 Share Flipboard Email Print William Campbell/Getty Images History & Culture African History Key Events American History African American History Ancient History and Culture Asian History European History Genealogy Inventions Latin American History Medieval & Renaissance History Military History The 20th Century Women's History View More by Alistair Boddy-Evans Alistair Boddy-Evans is a teacher and African history scholar with more than 25 years of experience. Updated September 03, 2018 As a system, apartheid focused on separating South African Indian, Coloured, and Africans citizens according to their race. This was done to promote the superiority of Whites and to establish the minority White regime. Legislative laws were passed to accomplish this, including the Land Act of 1913, the Mixed Marriages Act of 1949 and the Immorality Amendment Act of 1950—all of which were created to separate the races. On April 27, 1950, the Group Areas Act No. 41 was passed by the Apartheid government. Restrictions of the Group Areas Act No. 41 The Group Areas Act No 41 forced physical separation and segregation between races by creating different residential areas for each race. Implementation started in 1954 and people were forcibly removed from living in "wrong" areas and which led to the destruction of communities. For example, Coloureds lived in District Six in Cape Town. The non-White majority were allocated significantly smaller areas to live in than the White minority who owned most of the country. Pass Laws made it a requirement for non-Whites to carry passbooks, and later "reference books" (where were similar to passports) to be eligible to enter the "White" parts of the country. The Act also restricted ownership and the occupation of land to groups as permitted, meaning that Blacks could not own or occupy land in White areas. The law was also supposed to apply in reverse, but the result was that land under Black ownership was taken by the government for use by Whites only. The Group Areas Act allowed for the infamous destruction of Sophiatown, a suburb of Johannesburg. In February 1955, 2,000 policemen began removing residents to Meadowlands, Soweto and established an area for Whites only, called Triomf (Victory). There were serious consequences for people who didn't comply with the Group Areas Act. People found in violation could receive a fine of up to two hundred pounds, prison for up to two years or both. If they didn't comply with a forced eviction, they could be fined sixty pounds or face six months in prison. Effects of the Group Areas Act Citizens tried to use the courts to overturn the Group Areas Act, though they were unsuccessful each time. Others decided to stage protests and engage civil disobedience, like sit-ins at restaurants, which took place across South Africa during the early 1960s. The Act had hugely affected communities and citizens across South Africa. By 1983, more than 600,000 people had been removed from their homes and relocated. Coloured people suffered significantly because housing for them was often postponed because of plans for racial zoning. The Group Areas Act also hit Indian South Africans especially hard because many of them resided in other ethnic communities as landlords and traders. In 1963, approximately a quarter of Indian men and women were employed as traders. The National Government turned a deaf ear to the protests of the Indian citizens. In 1977, the Minister of Community Development said that he wasn't aware of any cases instances in which Indian traders who were resettled that didn't like their new homes. Continue Reading


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Splash plate spreading of slurry onto the field may be quick and easy, but it may not be making the most of your natural fertiliser. Richard Bradley seeks out expert advice to find out more.
Universal across umbilical or tanker systems, the Splash plate offers quick and simple slurry application.
While many farmers see spreading slurry as a laborious task, it remains one of the cheapest ways to fertilise your fields.
ADAS principal soil specialist, John Williams explained to Farmers Guardian that applying liquid slurries and digestates is just like applying bagged fertilisers, so the same care and consideration for accurate application is needed.
Understanding your soils is crucial according to Mr Williams, who says if you do not know what the soil needs, how can you apply nutrients where they are needed the most.
Slurry stores need to be mixed well before spreading to ensure a homogeneous mix.
Likewise, Mr Williams says "Slurries vary in consistency so stores should be mixed well before spreading to ensure a homogenous mix, samples should also be analysed to make sure you know what is being applied to the fields.
"If you work out what organic nutrients have been spread, you should be able to reduce your bag (fertiliser) application, without reducing yields or quality."
While the fertiliser manual RB209 gives a guide to the nutritional value of slurries, samples should still be taken as no two slurries are the same. RB209 also gives information on what a crop's nutrient uptake is likely to be, depending on the time of year and application method, allowing you to work out how much slurry to apply.
A refresh of the manual is expected in May 2017 which will include figures for digestates from anaerobic digester plants.
"If you work out what organic nutrients have been spread, you should be able to reduce your bag application, without reducing yields or quality"
The nitrogen (N) content of slurries can be broken into two parts, readily available N which is potentially available for quick uptake into the crop, and organic N which requires breaking down before uptake.
In dairy cow slurry of six per cent dry matter, often about 40-45 per cent of the total N is readily available and vulnerable to nitrogen volatilisation.
When volatilisation occurs up to 40 per cent of the readily available N is lost to the atmosphere as ammonium, within the first six hours of application, unless the liquid is incorporated into the soil.
With agriculture accounting for about 90 per cent of the EU's ammonia emissions, it is important for farmers to take care with their slurries.
To find out what this means for farmers and contractors, we take a look at some of the most common techniques for applying slurries and digestates.
Since Jesus was in short pants, applying slurry has been done using a splash plate.
While working widths, spreading patterns and consistency can vary wildly depending on a raft of factors, a splash plate offers a quick and simple system to get slurry on the ground.
The simplicity continues when attaching and setting up a splash plate, with a pair of over-centred latches or a set of bolts securing the system in place.
Along with the issue of inaccuracy, is the fact that the crop is left plastered until the next decent rain shower. About 40 per cent of the readily available nitrogen, which can be quickly absorbed by the crop, will be lost to the atmosphere as ammonium within six hours of application unless it is incorporated into the soil, which is not what any farmer wants to do to their standing crop.
Seen as the next stage up in application technique, the dribble bar gives a far greater level of accuracy over a splash plate and offers a 30 per cent reduced level of nitrogen volatilisation.
As liquid arrives at the dribble bar, a macerator is used to chop, mix and push the liquid down the outlet pipes, which are equally spaced over the machine's working width. The liquid is then placed in thin strips, covering less of the crop leaf, meaning that grazing animals can be put into the field sooner. This method of applying slurry also means accurate application is possible from tramlines in arable crops.
Commonly used in 12-24m working widths, a dribble bar can be big piece of kit, and if mounted to a tanker, rear linkage frames, additional hydraulic lines and often a heavier duty chassis are required to be able to cope with the extra weight, meaning they need to be specified from new.
Some manufacturers do offer basic retro-fit dribble bars for tankers, however, which do not require bracing or linkages.
The trailing shoe system has a lot of similarities with the dribble bar, and offers about 40 per cent reduced nitrogen volatilisation.
A macerator and equally spaced outlets are used, with small 'boots' on the end of each hose, which trail along the ground. As the liquid is applied directly onto the soil, less of the crop leaf is covered in liquid, so could offer a better compromise for farmers who want to graze or harvest in shorter windows.
If tanker mounted, a rear linkage is required to lift and lower the applicator at the end of each row, which would again require a strengthened chassis to withstand the additional weight.
Firing liquid straight into the ground with a disc injector offers reduced nitrogen volatilisation levels by up to 70 per cent compared to splash plate application. Crop leaf coverage is minimal, meaning that animals can be grazed almost immediately after application.
Similar to dribble bar and trailing shoe systems, disc injectors use a macerator to distribute liquid equally to the outlets, a boot then applies liquid directly into the slot created by a disc.
Disc injectors however are only suitable in the right place, at the right time and in the right weather; if the ground is too hard the injector will not cut into the ground, too soft and it will sink in too far.
Due to the power required to pull the injector and the pressure needed to make it cut into the ground, working widths are generally smaller and tankers require a much heavier-duty chassis and frame too.


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Next week is the start of annual gaming convention Quakecon, where we're likely to see some news 关于 Fallout 76, the latest installment in a franchise that hit its two-decade anniversary last year. Inspired by Fallout 76 coverage like this essay from my colleague Patricia Hernandez, I started replaying the original 1997 Fallout this summer, then I got sucked into a vortex of Black Isle Studios games. The upshot is that I've spent an embarrassing amount of the past two months clicking through isometric battles and dialog trees, and I have no idea when or how I'll break free, so it's fair to say the late '90s is on my mind a lot lately.
Unfortunately, Fallout 2 isn't turning 20 until late September, so there's no news on that front here. But read on for robot wars, the Siri of the '90s, and a satellite rescue mission.
General Magic redux
General Magic, somewhat paradoxically, is widely known as the most important Silicon Valley startup that nobody's heard of. In the '90s, the company unveiled a device that functioned a lot like the modern smartphone, but it was sunk by a combination of excessive hype, bad planning, and simply having an idea that was way too advanced for the technology of the time. An excellent documentary about General Magic premiered this year, and Recode's Kara Swisher (who, incidentally, appears in the film) interviewed its directors 本周早些时候。
但作为 Fast Company recently noted, the documentary General Magic doesn't delve into every detail of General Magic's history. That includes one moment from this week in 1998: on July 30th, General Magic started shipping Portico, a virtual assistant with a Siri-like voice interface. Portico was the company's attempt to move past its disastrous failure with Sony's Magic Link PDA, and Fast Company explains the ways it was genuinely groundbreaking and exciting — even if General Magic did demo it with an excruciatingly awkward Monica Lewinsky joke.
The internet (directory) is for porn
Back in the heyday of AOL, tech site cnet 发起 its own web service, called Snap Online. Snap (no, not that Snap) was an AOL competitor that touted its "family-friendly environment." It didn't include pornographic sites in its listings, and subscribers could get a children's CD-ROM starter kit featuring interactive tutorials for email, web browsing, and web safety. So in 1998, 有线 was alarmed to learn that you 可以 find pages with porn, including bestiality, through the service.
根据 有线, Snap basically decided that you simply couldn't run a profitable site without letting people find internet porn. "No tits, no hits," one former employee quipped. But executives were also grappling with how much an online platform should try to shape people's experience of the web, and how much it should simply reflect it. As Snap executive producer Katharine English put it, "When you start editing the web, where do you stop?" For Snap, it ultimately didn't matter. It got wrapped into the media company NBC Internet less than a year later, and the domain has long been occupied by the company behind Snapchat.
SOHO phone home
这 Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite is one of humanity's key resources for studying the Sun, and in 1998, three years after launch, we almost lost it. During a routine gyroscope calibration on June 24th, SOHO spun out of control, losing the alignment that let its antennas communicate with Earth and its solar panels capture energy. Controllers spent weeks scanning in vain for signals, and in late July, they finally found it by using radio telescopes in Puerto Rico. But it wasn't until August 3rd that SOHO "replied" to controllers' signals, officially reestablishing contact with the satellite.
SOHO wasn't in the clear yet. Space.com has chronicled the months-long process of realigning the satellite and reprogramming it to account for parts that had been damaged during its near-loss, while trying to keep it from running out of power during the process. Fortunately, the team succeeded, and SOHO has been helping us understand the cosmos ever since.
Augmented reality, TV-style
Augmented reality advertising is still nascent on phones, and we're a long way from seeing digital billboards in smart glasses. But they've been part of sports television for decades. In late July of 1998, 《华尔街日报》 ran an in-depth story on virtual signage, a then-recent phenomenon being pioneered in baseball stadiums. Virtual signs appeared as blank space for physical spectators, but TV viewers would see ads for films, beer, or soda, varying based on their regional market.
这 杂志 describes the ads as convincing and sophisticated, using technology to scan space and then project images that can be "blocked" by athletes. And while we tend to focus more on phone-based augmented reality these days, TV virtual signage remains common — even if sports leagues haven't adopted some of the Journal's speculative ideas, like digitally filling empty seats or bringing a virtual Babe Ruth onto the field.
"Die, robot"
When humanity is inevitably crushed beneath the heel of some unstoppable artificial intelligence, it may look upon Robot Wars — the long-standing gladiatorial competition for robots that launched in 1994 — as one of our greatest crimes. So you might as well enjoy A 有线 配置 文件 of the event from what was arguably the competition's breakthrough year, when the BBC began broadcasting a Robot Wars television series.
The feature offers a deep look at the people who were starting to devote their lives to building deadly machines, although it's derailed suddenly with an update at the end, noting that the two organizers of Robot Wars got into a massive legal fight and canceled the event right after 有线 went to print. For the story of , battle, and pretty much anything else you might want to know about Robot Wars, you can check out SB Nation's more recent oral history of the phenomenon.


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Article 3: In a position of worry about getting the very needed drugs on time.
Date: January 11, 2017
Medications: Enbrel, Rabeprazole
City: North Vancouver
I'm a 65 year old female with RH, I've had RH for the past 10 years.
I've been on the Pharmacare plan for several years and I'm also fortunate enough to have a medical plan. Until this year Pharmacare paid for the Enbrel and I was able to receive a 2 month supply which for me is 4 syringes. I inject once every 2 weeks.
I noticed in about March of 2016 that Pharmacare was not paying their portion of Enbrel at $1500 / box of 4 syringes. My plan was paying the full amount.
When I asked the Pharmacist they said Pharmacare had limited the amount they would pay and my Rheumatoligist had to change the Rx to fit the Pharmacare plan. My Rheumatologist was not aware of this and he was taking the information to his study group.
No one advised me of the change. I now order 2 syringes at a time and cannot order until the end of the 2nd week. otherwise I will be ordering too early. I have had the same problem with Rabeprazole.
This leaves me in a position of worry about getting the very needed drugs on time. I monitor my symptoms and sometimes I need the Enbrel sooner than 2 weeks, so this is now a problem for me.
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