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But it is the Lord's purpose that prevails (proverbs 13:11). Friends, I am a living testament to this! It has been quite a while since my last post, however:
This time I am NOT apologizing.
This time I stopped and LISTENED to my heart and yes the Lord's purpose for me.
This time I am coming back refreshed, vibrant, and at peace with where "The Nifty Thrifty Lady" is and will go.
This time I am NOT apologizing.
This time I stopped and LISTENED to my heart and yes the Lord's purpose for me.
This time I am coming back refreshed, vibrant, and at peace with where "The Nifty Thrifty Lady" is and will go.
Truth: I am a mother to two boys, that is the main reason that I am on hiatus from working. To take care of them and experience all the things I missed out on working full time with my oldest son. Well, let just say that I was not doing a very good job of this for the past year. It has been a very hard transition for me from working outside the home to staying home. I thought it would be the easiest gig ever! Play, clean, cook, enjoy hobbies, piece of cake right? Wrong!! I am a highly motivated person when working outside the home. At work deadlines are created by a client, boss, ect. at home, Deadlines are only good for bills. At work you should probably smell good, be dressed in at least jeans, and socialize with people around your own age with around the same interest, at home showering is a treat, getting real clothes on even to venture to the school drop off lane is a bonus, and adult socialization is unfortunately husband and wife and in general that is very stuffy. So yeah if you can't tell I was not in a good place staying home, even though that is ALL I wanted to do!
I dived head first into the blog, I gave myself deadlines for posts and the workshop, I attended networking meetings to make myself get dressed and met like minded people for some adult interaction. It was great! But guess what, all of this meant finding a sitter for my little guy, blogging and preparing until the early hours of the morning and not wanting to wake up to get my oldest off to school. I put in the bare minimum cleaning the house, communicating with my husband, and even my school work was left in the dust.
Then. Then my grams got sick. Not terminally sick. Just ill to where she can not drive. This was my tipping point. I was now not only responsible for my own family, blog, and school but caring for her and transporting her to and from places.
Truth: I love my grams to death so I have no problem doing it. It just put a wrench in my oh so important "deadlines" and meetings!
I Think I Can. I KNOW I can pull this all off! I have to be this generations "supermom".
STOP! My body, mind, and soul was begging me to stop. So were my kids and husbands, my friends would have if I would every make time to talk to them.
Truth: I stopped blogging, studying, cleaning, caring about anything Yes, I even stopped couponing!. I went from "Superwomen" to "no-one-wants-to-be-that-women"
Truth: I couldn't find my place as a "Stay at home mom" until I went to a women's conference in April. It was a super quick conference, I went with 2 friends and stayed the night. The theme for the conference was to Shine away from Church. But that was not what I got from it. I finally found my place as women. No, this is not a testimony. But if you would like to hear that I would share. The speaker (Kim Sharp) spoke about breaking and when you are at your lowest you have to set priorities.
HELLO! I talk about priorities all the time~ financial ones though. It hit me so hard it almost hurt, actually it did hurt my heart a lot when I realized I had been given this amazing opportunity to stay home with my guys. Not every family can do this. God blessed me with knowing how to budget and being thrifty so one day our family could have me home. He gave me the hard working husband I have not so I could make up fictitious deadlines but so I can honor him and be the best mom/wife I can be!
You may have stopped reading because this has nothing to do with saving money. I am okay with that. This is MY blog :) and while I love all of the followers and friends that I have met through this blog I want to write and share what I want!
So The Nifty Thrifty Lady WILL continue.
It will just no longer my top priority. There will be no structured schedule. I will be posting anything from couponing deals to DIY to rants and family outings. Whatever my heart desires. My
It is so invigorating not having to be bogged down with a blog schedule, I feel more productive and inspired to actually share projects I have and ideas that are new!
There you have it folks.
My purpose is to be a frugal mama, Mom, first, Frugal blogger (after, wife, believer, granddaughter, friend, and sister) so like 6th maybe?
Tell me that I am not the only one that has ever taken this long to enjoy staying home or finding the meaning to their life?! Tell me your experiences in the comments!
Stay tuned for Part 2 to see all of things I have been up to!


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Management Accountant
- Recruiter
- Michael Page
- Location
- Oxfordshire, Oxford
- Salary
- £40000 - £45000 per annum
- Posted
- 28 Aug 2019
- Closes
- 28 Sep 2019
- Ref
- 14033584/001
- Contact
- Nathan Freestone
- Sector
- Banking and financial services, Energy/utilities, Management consultancy, Property and construction
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
The role of Management Accountant sits within a very impressive fast growth Business in Central Oxford. The role of Management Accountant reports to the Financial Controller and will offer amazing exposure and progression.
Client Details
Our client is a large and fast growing Business located in Central Oxford. They offer exceptional progression opportunity and very well respected on a National and Global basis.
The main purpose of this role is to support the Finance Controller with managing the accounting functions within the projects and local offices in line with the appropriate accounting standards and provide for accurate assessment of financial performance.
Prepare project-level monthly management accounts (including portfolio, programme and individual performance reports)
Provide reports and analysis of the performance including:
Project revenue reports
Project variance reports against budget and forecast
Profitability and performance reports for the local offices against budget and forecast.
Support the project accounting for revenue and cost transactions to ensure that accounting and internal standards and processes are adhered to.
Assist in providing appropriate financial support to each of the local offices to ensure that all ledgers and accounting activities are completed accurately, to the relevant standards and in a timely manner
Ensure that the Fixed Assets of are accurately reflected in the balance sheet and that they are classified in accordance with accepted practice.
CIME/ACCA Qualified
Excellent stakeholder engagement capability
Job Offer
Exceptional salary and environment

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Steve Arterburn
Do you feel spiritually inadequate'especially when you're around women? If you answered yes, then you're not alone. In a survey for my book The Secrets Men Keep we discovered that sixty-eight percent of men feel sometimes they don't measure up to women spiritually.
Did you know that your feelings of inadequacy have ancient roots? In the book The Silence of Adam the author goes into penetrating detail about Adam's failure in the garden of Eden to confront the serpent who was tempting Eve. His point is that Adam was silent when he should have spoken up. He was silent when he didn't rebuke the serpent and stand between his wife and the tempter. And he was silent by not speaking to his wife and challenging her as she contemplated sin.
Apparently Adam felt inadequate to speak up in that situation. Whatever he was feeling'inadequacy, intimidation, fear'he shouldn't have been. God created Adam first and then created Eve to be his helper'not vice versa. As politically incorrect as that may be, it's the record of Scripture.
Adam should have intervened. Why he suddenly chose to clam up and stand by while his wife disobeyed God'and then joined her in that disobedience'is a mystery unsolved. And a struggle that continues for men. I encourage you today to battle the urge to be silent and to instead use your strength to bless.


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In 2014, Michael Coren – the conservative Catholic columnist, television personality and bestselling author – made international waves by coming out in support of gay marriage and leaving the Roman Catholic church. Earlier this year, he published Epiphany: A Christian's Change of Heart and Mind Over Same-Sex Marriage.
I found his book heartfelt, beautiful, and compassionate. I am always moved when someone like Michael Coren – someone who represents the conservative Christian vangaurd – publically switches views and risks disgrace from his own camp. I reached out to Michael to discuss his book, his thoughts on the church and the LGBT issue, and (as he describes it delightfully in his book) his "conversion on the road to the rainbow."
Continue reading "Conversion on the Road to the Rainbow: An Interview With Michael Coren"


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XY NAUGHT at Abrons Art Center
May 9, 2014 - May 10, 2014
Visual artist Jory Rabinovitz's first foray into theater, XY NAUGHT, follows an unknown wanderer's failed yearnings to express and create. Unable to apprehend established modes of representation and economy, the wanderer fumbles through his surroundings and into tumult and debt. A lead role in a Greek tragedy gives promise to make reparations for the protagonist, but instead leads to further confusion, creative impotence and impediment. With a cast comprised of artistic peers who are untrained on the stage, XY NAUGHT investigates the closing gaps of performance in its varied embodiments in the world of art and industry through an amalgamation of contemporary models and ancient Greek theater.
XY NAUGHT was first performed in January 2014 at the New Theater in Berlin. Supported by Shoot the Lobster and New Art Dealers Alliance, this production is the US debut. XY NAUGHT is presented in conjunction with Jory Rabinovitz's exhibition of new work at Martos Gallery on 29th Street in New York, on view through May 31st.
Starring Jessi Reaves and JPW3
Sam Anderson
Phillip Birch
Joseph Geagan
Sayre Gomez
Frank Haines
Lena Henke
Jeff Joyal
Brian Kuzma
Jose Martos
Taylor Trabulus
Original Score by:
Harry Bornstein
Max McFerren


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The 'Fat Kid Guide' to Thanksgiving
Contributed by Carl Germano
The holiday season of indulging in treats and fat filled snacks is underway. If you were lucky enough to avoid a sugar induced coma during Halloween your next difficult obstacle is Thanksgiving. While the Thanksgiving history started with the harvest celebration of the pilgrims and the Native Americans that took place in the autumn of 1621 over a three day feast, we have taken that feast and condensed it into a few hours.
Besides the food the holiday offers, it allows you to spend time with loves ones and friends. While this is all fun if you don't mind some of the stereotypical awkward family moments, it also opens your mind to putting your diet aside and indulge in the festival.
Celebrity nutritionist Carl Germano RD, CNS, CDN has put together some information to help guide you through Turkey Day and will help you avoid some of the unhealthy choices during the holidays.
Carl's Tips to Avoid Loosening the Belt: Watch What You Eat! – Nutritional Facts
–Turkey White Meat and skin-Serving Size: 1 cup; Calories: 276, Total Fat: 11.7g, Carbs: 0g, Protein: 40g
–Turkey Dark Meat and skin-Serving Size: 1 cup; Calories: 309, Total Fat: 16.2g, Carbs: 0g, Protein: 38.5g
–Mashed Potatoes-Serving Size: 1 cup; Calories: 237, Total Fat: 8.8g, Carbs: 35.5g, Protein: 4.1g
–Sweet Potatoes-Serving Size: 100 gm; Calories: 90, Total Fat: 0.1g, Carbs: 20.1g, Protein: 1.6g
–Green Bean Casserole-Serving Size: 8 to10 dinner; Calories: 221, Total Fat: 13.7g, Carbs: 18.5g, Protein: 7g
–Turkey Gravy-Serving Size: 14 serving; Calories: 47, Total Fat: 3g, Carbs: 4g, Protein: 1g
–Honey Glazed Ham-Serving Size: 15 serving; Calories: 521, Total Fat: 28.3g, Carbs: 42.4g, Protein: 26.1g
–Cranberry Sauce- Serving Size 1 cup: Calories: 418, Total Fat: 0g, Carbs: 108g, Protein:1g
–Dinner Rolls-Serving Size: 1 roll; Calories: 120, Total Fat: 3.5g, Carbs: 20g, Protein: 3g
–Pumpkin Pie-Serving Size: 1 piece; Calories: 320, Total Fat: 15g, Carbs: 40g, Protein: 7g
Holiday Nutrition Facts: According to a study by Texas A&M International University, Americans will consume an extra 619 calories per day between Thanksgiving and New Year's.
According to walking.about.com if you consume one glass of wine, one ounce of potato or tortilla chips, six ounces of cured ham, six ounces of white and dark turkey, half a cup of cranberry sauce, half a cup of gravy, a dinner roll, and a slice of pumpkin pie you would need to walk 15.4 miles to "walk-off" your feast.


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The Australian Family Law and Islamic Dispute Resolution Processes Project is being carried out by a team of researchers from Melbourne University and the University of Sydney, with funding from the Australian Research Council. The researchers conducting the project are Professor Carolyn Evans, Professor Helen and Rhoades Dr Farrah Ahmed from the Melbourne Law School, and Dr Ghena Krayem from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney.
Recent years have seen growing public interest in the informal community processes that Muslims access when dealing with family law matters such as divorce, and how these processes intersect with Australian family law. The question of whether the Australian legal system should recognise Islamic family law processes has attracted increasing debate, reflecting similar debates in other countries. Sometimes it is said that Islamic dispute resolution processes have no place in the Australian legal system, while others have raised concerns for Muslim women associated with these processes. Often these views are based on assumptions rather than evidence. At present, little is known about the impact of these processes, or about the experiences of Muslim men and women who use them.
The Australian Family Law and Islamic Dispute Resolution Processes project aims to address this gap by providing the first evidence-based understanding of the experiences of Muslim women and men who have used a community process to resolve their family law dispute in Australia, along with information about the experiences of professionals who assist them.
We are inviting a range of professionals from the Muslim community and the Australian family law system, along with Muslim men and women in Melbourne and Sydney, to contribute to this research project.
Your participation in the project will involve a confidential recorded interview with Dr Ghena Krayem, who will be assisted by either Ms Tamana Daqiq or Dr Helen McCue from the project's research team. The interview will be a place and time that is convenient for you.
If you are a professional working in the Muslim community sector or the Australian family law system, we are interested in hearing about your professional views and experiences of assisting Muslim clients in family law matters. If you are a Muslim man or woman who has used a community dispute resolution process and/or the services of the Australian family law system, we are interested in hearing about your views and experiences of using these services. Please note that you will not be asked about the personal details of your family law matter.
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Team-By-Team Preview: Girls Swimming
Narrows League (Class 4A)
Central Kitsap Cougars
Coach: Kristi Balant, first year
Top returners: Liane Hirara, so. (individual medley/butterfly/freestyle); Mikayla Polzin, so. (free); Katy Crabtree, sr. (back); Amy Martin, sr. (back/free); Scarlett Broere, sr. (breast).
Top newcomers: Sarah Avery fr. (free/fly); Samantha Lingenbrink, fr. (back/free).
Outlook: Balant said they not only have many swimmers who can qualify for district, but several freshman who can make an impact this season and for many years to come. She also feels Hirata and Polzin can make it to state.
South Kitsap Wolves
Coach: Cliff Rousell, first season
Top returners: Nicole Hinely (free/fly, jr.), Ashlee Becker (breast/fly, sr.) Kelsey Bagley-Hall (free, sr.), Hannah Straavaldson (back/IM/free, sr.), Jessica Carter (free/fly jr.), Angela Pearson (distance free, sr.).
Top newcomers: Heidi Edgecomb (sprint free/fly, fr.), Joleen Holmes (free, so.), Michelle Mears (free, sr.), Sarah Geiger (free/fly, jr.).
Outlook: Longtime volunteer coach and meet official Cliff Rousell takes over for Tami Lester, who retired last year. Rousell, whose daughter and son are former state champions and are swimming in college, said the Wolves have talent and should represent SK well at the state meet in November. Nicole Hinely has already qualified in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly and leads a solid core of returning swimmers. Rousell said depth is not an issue (he had nearly 50 swimmers turn out) and likes the variety that he has available.
Metro League (Class 3A)
Bainbridge Spartans
Coach: Greg Colby, 18th year.
Top returners: Tess Harpur, jr. (IM/fly/breast); Sarah Grundman, so; (long-distance free); Cameo Hlebasko, jr. (back/free); Kayla Estes, so. (back/free); Kay Sterner, so. (free); Isabel Brofsky, sr. (breast); Claire Knox, sr. (free/fly); Emily Sonnenfeld, sr. (back/free).
Top newcomers: Shayla Archer, fr. (IM/free); Shannon Engelbrecht, fr. (diving); Geneva Levy, fr. (free); Anna Peirano, fr. (IM/fly/breast); Julia Griffiths, so. (back/free).
Outlook: Colby said they'll be a much stronger team than last year's team that finished seventh at state, the first time that a Colby-led team didn't make it into the top five. He said several freshman have the talent to make it to state.
Olympic League (Class 3A/2A/1A)
Bremerton Knights
Coach: Chriss Kuykendall, first year
Top returners: Casey Burt, sr. (fly); Erin Woolnough, jr. (back)
Outlook: Kuykendall, a longtime assistant with the team, takes over the program for her first ever head coach job. She had 18 swimmers — nine of them first-timers — out, the most in five years. "The returners are looking stronger and the rookies are looking good," she said.
Kingston Buccaneers
Coach: Laura Tetrick, second year
Top returners: Katie Fischer, sr.(back/IM); Kaylie Manix, jr. (long distance free); Nicole Avila, jr. (free).
Top newcomers: Miranda Hoffer, fr. (fly, IM); Alice Healy, fr. (breast, IM); Annika Barret, fr. (back, fly); Sam Pelliciota, fr. (IM); Savannah Graham, jr. (free)
Outlook: Tetrick is excited about this season thanks to a much bigger and more experienced squad. Several girls have club experience and they are led by Fischer, Manix and Avila. All three qualified for district last season.
Klahowya Eagles
Coach: Diana Smith, fourth year
Top returners: Amanda Kurtschner, sr. (long distance free); Shelbi Hart, sr. (multiple events); Alison Kriefels, so. (back/breast/free); Crystal Hanners, so. (back/free).
Top newcomers: Morgan Euzarraga, sr. (multiple events); Mari Cleven, sr. (back/free).
Outlook: Smith said they'll be more competitive in meets thanks to the biggest turnout she's had in her time at Klahowya. Kurtschner and Euzarraga are her picks to make it to district.
North Kitsap Vikings
Coach: Greg Braun, 21st year
Top returners: Bethany Aban, jr. (fly/breast); Sarah Waderich, sr. (free/breast); Jordan Anderson, sr.; (free); Biancalei Sharp, sr. (multiple events); Alyssa Villarreal, jr. (multiple events).
Top newcomers: Nerissa Lemon, so. (multiple events); Alessi Richardson, fr. (multiple events).
Outlook: Braun said this will be a building year as they see how some of the newer swimmers can contribute to the squad. "So far, (the) athletes are looking good," he said.
Olympic Trojans
Coach: Paul Henderson, 12th year
Top returners: Jordan LaHaie, sr. (IM, back); Danielle Nelson, so. (fly, free); Maxine Van Ichkuel, so. (free, back); Angela Barnick, jr. (distance free); Catalina Torres, jr. (distance free).
Top newcomers: Valerie Kruger, jr. (free); Oksana Ruffin, jr. (free).
Outlook: Henderson said they'll be in the middle of the pack this season, but feels the move to 2A can help some kids achieve district qualifying times. LaHaie and Nelson were state qualifiers last season but didn't place.
Port Angeles Roughriders
Coach: Rich Butler, second year.
Top returners: Tracy Macias, so. (fly/IM); Jenna Moore, sr. (breast/distance free); Alison Hodgin, so. (diving).
Top newcomers: Ashley Reid, fr. (free).
Outlook: Bulter said there are a handful of competitive kids with club experience which will come in handy now that they've moved down to 2A.
Port Townsend Redskins
Coach: Anji Scalf, fourth year.
Top returners: Averi Richert, jr. (free/breast); Renada Walcome, so. (free/back); Olivia Cremeans, so. (fly/back); Darby Flanigan, so. (free/back/fly); Chloe Aldrich, sr. (free).
Top newcomers: Hana McAdam, fr. (free/breast); Mazy Braden, fr. (free/breast).
Outlook: Scalf expects the Redskins, a 1A team, to be right back in the mix at 2A district and state — they took second and 16th, respectively, last season.
Sequim Wolves
Coach: Susan Craig, first year.
Top returners: Rachel Hardy, sr. (free/relays); Rachel Hughes, sr. (back/fly); Autumn Kessinger, sr. (free/relays).
Top newcomers: Paige Pearsall, so.; Cassandra Calderon-Castro, so.
Outlook: Craig has been the diving coach for the past 12 years, but she'll do both jobs this season. She said they'll be in wait-and see-mode as the classification changes that doubled the number of 2A teams in Sequim's district.
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Scientists Just Observed One of the Fastest, Brightest Supernovas in History
Supernovas pack a lot of punch, to put it lightly—they can outshine galaxies and expel more energy than our Sun's lifetime output, making them the largest explosions in space. Though they usually take weeks or months to reach maximum brightness (and longer to fade away), astronomers recently observed a star called KSN 2015K whose supernova flared up to max brightness over in just 2.2 days and dimmed to half of that in 6.8 days, placing it among the fastest, brightest supernovas on record.
Fast supernovas are usually not as bright as the slower ones, which generally come from massive explosions. Fast, dim supernovas, on the other hand, are usually the result of a weaker triggering event, like a partial explosion. KSN 2015K's rapid, bright supernova changes things, though—astronomers had to figure out what was unique about the star to allow it to get that bright that fast. The hypothesis they came up with is this: when the star finally died, it expelled a huge cloud of gas, which collected around it. About two months later, the star actually exploded, blowing chunks of debris into the cloud of gas, which caused a giant shockwave that produced the light of the supernova.
According to Armin Rest of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, "When the explosion hits the shell, that's when all this energy that we see is created," says Rest. "All hell breaks loose once that happens."
Aside from being incredibly fast and bright, the KSN 2015K supernova was also one of the best-observed ever. Rest's team was able to take photos of the supernova about every 30 minutes over the 2.2-day period that it reached max brightness. "Usually you might have 1 or 2, maybe 3 measurements in 2.2 days, but we have a whole series of really strong measurements that allow us to test different models," said Rest.


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Berkshire Investors Struggle With the Todd Combs News
The Dow Jones Industrials and S&P 500 closed nearly unchanged Tuesday amid a fierce tug-of-war between buyers and sellers.
Castle Point Capital, Combs's Greenwich, Conn.-based fund, controls about $400 million in assets. It was founded in 2005 by Combs and former Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO Stephen Friedman, whose Trident Funds -- part of Friedman's Stone Point Capital -- provided Castle Point's initial capital. "In November 2005, Trident III seeded the Castle Point fund with $35 million and committed an additional $1.8 million to the management company," Stone Point said in a letter to investors today (see full letter below).
Combs was introduced to Buffett by Charlie Munger, his long-time partner at Berkshire Hathaway, according to press reports.
Friedman, of course, was also chairman of Goldman Sachs and previously served as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board, assistant to President George W. Bush for economic policy and director of the National Economic Council. He's currently on Goldman's board of directors.
An All-American Type
During the early stages of the Great Recession, Buffett invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs in exchange for a 10% preferred stake, meaning Buffett earns $500 million every year the deal is in place. Factor in warrants, and Buffett will walk away with about $2 billion on his $5 billion investment after approximately three years, assuming The Oracle sells his stake back to Goldman, as has been rumored.
Though little known outside Wall Street, Combs is a respected money manager and obvious disciple of Buffett's value-driven, company-focused approach. "At Castle Point we like to think of ourselves as owners of businesses," Combs said in a July shareholder letter cited by Reuters.
Combs's top 10 long holdings in June included CIT Group senior secured credit, CME Group, MasterCard, US Bancorp, Western Union, State Street Corp, Amadeus IT and RenaissanceRe, according to the wire service.
Another Savvy Short-Seller
Combs made a ton of money in 2007 and 2008 by shorting financial stocks during the credit crisis, Marketwatch reported. He also reaped big returns before the financial crisis by shorting shares of the massive government-sponsored enterprise Fannie Mae, as well as reinsurer RenaissanceRe.
"Short positions, or negative bets, returned 35.56% in 2007 and 36.68% in 2008 for the Castle Point Capital Master Fund, Combs' hedge fund," Marketwatch reported. "Those gains helped the Castle Point hedge fund return 18.95% in 2007, after fees. Long positions that year lost just over 9%."
Below is the notice Castle Point has posted about Combs's departure:
Castle Point Capital, a long-short hedge fund sponsored by Trident III to focus on the financial services sector, announced earlier today that its portfolio manager, Todd Combs, has agreed to join Berkshire Hathaway as an investment manager responsible for a significant portion of Berkshire's investment portfolio.
As a result, we will be winding down the Castle Point hedge fund. A copy of the Berkshire Hathaway press release is attached for your information.
This is disappointing news for Trident III given the success that Castle Point has had in building its platform during the past five years. The fund has grown its asset base from $35 million at inception to more than $400 million at the end of last month.
The fund has also had strong relative performance during extremely challenging times in the financial services sector, outperforming its benchmark by roughly 80 percentage points since inception in November 2005 (positive 34% cumulative net return for Castle Point since launch vs. negative 46% for the XLF).
Nevertheless, we are happy for Todd, who has an incredible opportunity to work for Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway. Todd is an extremely talented investor and we wish him much success in his new position.
In November 2005, Trident III seeded the Castle Point fund with $35 million and committed an additional $1.8 million to the management company. Since then, Trident III's fund investment has grown to more than $48 million. Trident III has also received $5.4 million in distributions from the management company. Accordingly, after winding up the business, we expect the total investment return of Trident III to be approximately $54 million, or 1.5x cost.
The Castle Point fund is up 1.0% net for the current month through the close of business today, and it has already liquidated approximately 90% of its positions. We expect Castle Point to close out the balance of its holdings in an orderly manner over the next few weeks, although certain positions may take longer. We should receive 90% of our capital account balance from the Castle Point fund by or before the end of November and the balance upon completion of the year end audit.
We also note that Castle Point has sufficient cash on hand to wind up the operations of the management company and the firm has informed its investors that it is suspending the accrual of management fees as underlying positions transition to cash.
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Press Clippings
Charlie Brooker's an insightful and talented writer when it comes to dissecting television, although it sometimes feels like he hates things simply because it's easier to write disparaging remarks and poke fun at people's appearance. How many times do you remember him eulogizing a TV programme or celebrity? The answer: occasionally and very briefly. There's no comedy in loving something passionately -- but most people, especially Brits, love a good, articulate, vociferous moan.
Brooker's latest series, BBC2's How TV Ruined Your Life, took a pessimistic view of television (as the title suggests), which is a default perspective of Brooker's that can be wearying. He also recycled material from his BBC4 show Screenwipe and Channel 4 series You Have Been Watching, or at least made the same broad points, which is a shame for existing fans craving new opinions. Still, HTVRYL was as acerbic and intelligent as we've come to expect from Brooker (king of the withering, effusive putdown), with the only real downside being the inclusion of comedy sketches that either outstayed their welcome, or delivered a weak punchline that didn't justify the effort.Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 9th March 2011
To describe Charlie Brooker as biting the hand that feeds him in How TV Ruined Your Life isn't quite right. What actually happened is that television saw him gnashing and snapping away in print like a rabid alsatian, and thought "That looks lively... I wonder if it would be fun to stick a hand in his mouth." And the answer is yes. This week, he was addressing the effect the "flickering fibbing machine" has on our attitudes to romantic love, with its nightly propaganda about soul mates, physical beauty and the proper conduct of a love affair.
Much of the energy came from satirising our illusions about love itself, rather than any telly-induced misconceptions about it. He made a decent case, for example, that chewing gum offers a good metaphor for the trajectory of the average infatuation: "After the initial burst of excitement you soon find yourself just going through the motions, while your interest drains away and then you end up just spitting it into a hankie." But he's also very good at the clichés of television presentation, neatly caught here in a TV news bulletin about the progress of an office romance, presented as if it were an unfolding political story, with an earnest pavement reporter telling the news anchor that "our sources indicate she intends to terminate their 18-month relationship". I'm not sure what Konnie Huq will make of his bleak view of love, but for anyone not married to him it was very entertaining.Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent, 16th February 2011
Just Been Dumped? Blame the TV
Charlie Brooker continues his deliciously satirical campaign against our most prized possession - the idiot box - in the fourth episode of How TV Ruined Your Life, with tonight's episode shining the spot light upon love.James Cheetham, On The Box, 15th February 2011
Charlie Brooker's bracing cocktail of bile, wit and shocking clips is mixed to perfection tonight. His theme is the way the "flickering fibbing machine" in the corner peddles myths about love and romance. Whoever combs the archives to find his footage has played a blinder: it's almost impossible to believe the clips from a 1980s QED doc testing female sexual response with a big metal probe or a hideous reality show called Breaking Up with Shannon Doherty aren't fakes - almost, but not quite. Brooker slips into rant-o-matic occasionally, but he's angrily right on most counts, and the spoof boy-band song about settling, called Girl You'll Do, is priceless.David Butcher, Radio Times, 15th February 2011
Charlie Brooker's combination of real archive footage with well-crafted spoofs of the same is entertaining, if never quite delivering the killer punches that made his BBC4 shows Screenwipe and Newswipe unmissable. This week, he looks at how television has distorted love and romance.Scott Matthewman, The Stage, 14th February 2011
How TV Ruined Your Life: Review
Charlie Brooker's comedy is mixed with cynicism and imaginative descriptive observations that are impossible not to laugh out loud at. And the pace at which each episode runs may cause viewers to marvel at the amount of content intricately packed into each episode.Ashley Jacob, Suite 101, 3rd February 2011
Commencing with a cheerful explanation of how all of us are utterly alone in this world, Charlie Brooker turns to TV's treatment of love and how the "flickering fibbing machine" has misled us about romance. He skewers the myths about soul mates and the importance of the grand gesture, and shows how TV's insistence on photogenic beauty raises unrealistic expectations. A little obvious in places, but always redeemed by Brooker's verbals, which soar to inspired heights in an extended description of his own face.David Stubbs, The Guardian, 1st February 2011
Charlie Brooker's sardonic look at the gulf between television and reality continues. This week, he uses sketches, archive footage and his signature misanthropic rants to skewer TV's ability to irritate you throughout the ageing process, from creepy children's shows to patronising twaddle for pensioners.Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 31st January 2011
As Charlie Brooker noted in his astute and acerbic How TV Ruined Your Life, one of the most fundamental jobs of the box in the corner is to scare us. Or, to put it in Brooker-speak, shout: "'Boo!' in your mind." Not only is that the function of a large amount of primetime entertainment, it has also been the reliable aim of public information films - sort of health and safety porn - designed to reform our behaviour. That explains why, if we're to believe the treasure trove of paranoid PIFs that Brooker's researchers unearthed, you no longer see schoolboys swinging fishing rods beneath low-lying electricity pylons.
Although, leaving absurdity aside, repeated images over a long period may inhibit our actions, it's rare that television manages to shock or scare us. We've seen too much, and most of it on TV, to be jolted by what we see on TV. But, once in a while, along comes a film that is so powerful and haunting that it seems to stop the world as you watch, leaving you struggling to re-enter the reality of unfolding life.Andrew Anthony, The Observer, 30th January 2011
TV review: How TV Ruined Your Life
Charlie Brooker has become the TV that he used to warn us about. When your whole screen and print persona depends on being the outsider, the transition to being on the inside is a tricky one.Andrea Mullaney, The Scotsman, 28th January 2011


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Winners and Losers ~ May 15, 2013
Posted 15 May 2013 by Walaa Idris
How can a local authority (social services), the police and a whole community for eight years not see children are been groomed and sexually abused under their noses?
What's wrong with our society and the care system if we can close an eye or worst not see abuse and neglect our duty of care not once or twice but six times? Six young venerable girls for eight years were groomed and sexually abused and no one knew, how come?
And before anyone blames the cuts, this all started in 2004 before the current reforms….
The Oxford case throws up two major issues. First is the neglect by the officials, the police for not acting sooner and those who were entrusted with these girls care and safety. Second is the one everyone doesn't want to talk about. What is it with Muslim men (particularly Pakistani men) grooming young venerable girls with drugs, alcohol, violence and sexually abusing them?
First in Rochdale and now Oxford – and to think some of these monsters are actually themselves parents, shocking!
All are big losers. The authorities for neglecting their duties and letting the poor girls go through the physical and the psychological trauma this abuse caused, and don't get me started on those animals who call themselves men.
Brilliant news today, Theresa May calling for killers of Police to face a life sentence without parole is a very welcome decision.
It's great news because killing a policeperson is a crime against the state, the public and the society. The police do not just exist to prevent crime and disorder; they represent a sense of justice and security to the community.
Robert Peel said: "The police are the public and the public are the police."
Theresa May is a winner for addressing this very overdue issue.
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Innovation at Procter & Gamble is no longer in the hands of its researchers.
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Glamour: Romy and Michele inspiration11/14/2011
When Glamour called and asked about a stand-out movie fashion moment, Romy and Michele came straight to mind. I've posted about them before because I used to have this movie on constant repeat during my pre-teens. It's just one of those feel-good, celebrate-who-you-are flicks that you can watch time after time. Like Romy and Michele, I didn't have the best time in high school, I was mocked mercilessly for having an American accent, had gum spat in my hair, found words placed on my back and got shoved in the hallways among other things. So if anyone reading this is being bullied I want you to know that one day things are going to be ok, they're going to be even more than ok, you have no idea.
We all know bullies are fueled by unhappiness, insecurity and jealousy. I know, the whole jealousy thing is something your mom tells you to make you feel better right? That's what I thought but I found out that as usual, mom is right on this. Let me tell you, you won't even imagine the things people are jealous of; things about you that you don't even think are that interesting, things you might not even like! Use the negative nancys to your advantage and let them motivate you, it's the exact opposite of what they want. Hate poisons bullies and they lose in the end, I know this from being glared at from the back row at fashion shows. They don't understand the power of self-respect; there's nothing wrong with being in the back row if you believe in yourself, there's nothing wrong with being in the back row period! In life we all go from the back to front row and back again constantly, it's a complete roller coaster of ups and downs. We're all equal, we're all human. The most important thing is to believe in yourself because then you can achieve whatever it is that you dream of.


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Muslims have been slaughtering Hindus for ten centuries. In his own words, this Hindu man reveals what the Western media have ignored.
"When Islam arrived in India, the Hindus welcomed the Muslims with open arms as brothers. In return Islam destroyed the entire Hindu civilisation.
Over ten centuries the dirty Muslim rogues murdered an estimated 100 million people. It has been said by historians and scholars (both eastern and western) that this is the largest genocide the world has ever witnessed. Muslim religious leaders "educated" Muslim men to rape Hindu women as this was a method to destroy the Hindu progency. Soon raping Hindu women was part of what being a Muslim man was about! Temples were razed to the ground and villages were burned. Those who refused to convert to islam were either murdered (the menfolk) or raped (the womenfolk). All the slutty Mughal leaders made it their goal to wipe Hinduism from the map of the earth! They even openly stated it.
I have no sympathy for Muslims. It seems that today Muslims from all corners of the world are facing hardship and problems. You only need to look at the devastation that Islam has wrecked on Hinduism to ascertain why this is happening. What goes around eventually comes back around and this is why Muslims are suffering. I have no sympathy or feeling for them. What angers me is that even today in India the dirty ugly b a s t a r d s are still sucking the blood of Hindus. If Muslims think that what they are experiencing now is bad, they haven't seen anything yet. The world is just getting started.
Futher to the above, I disagree that the Muslims unified anything or anyone. Islamic armies marched through the world killing men and raping women. That is the sole reason why they conquered all the lands that they did. There is a sharp distinction between invasion and unification. They instituted islam through coercion and violence. Before Islam reached India, the latter was a global power. Indian influence and culture as well as exports of knowedlge (science, maths etc) were felt throughout the world. When the evil, ugly, dirty uneducated Muslims invaded the top half of India, all the power that India commanded was destroyed. The Muslims contributed NOTHING to the Indian culture, intellectual establishment or civilisation. Quite the opposite they stole everything from us. They stole our women, they murdered our menfolk, destroyed temples etc.
Also for your information, I am an Indian who was born and bred in London (England) where Muslim atrocities are taught in state schools as a fact. So it is futile for you to say that I am under the influence of any Zionist organisation. If anybody is a slave here it is you. You are a slave of the evil Islamic religion.
You say your religion is a religion of peace. But your religion teaches Muslims that non-Muslims are infidels and that they should be killed. It also teaches them that women who do not "obey" their husbands must be beaten. Most of the terrorist organisations are Muslim. Muslims are renowned as mass murderers and terrorists. Moreover the highest religious leaders in your religion themselves use religious doctrine to justify killings so please do not say that Islam is a religion of peace.
And you talk crap about Palestine and Kashmir. Indians are doing nothing wrong in Kashmir. Kashmir is, was and always will be part of India. Do you even know what the history is behind Kashmir? When India and Pakistan were becoming independent, the leaders of all the states that border what was to become India and Pakistan were offered a choice of whether to become part of Pakistan or part of India. Kashmir had a Muslim population but a Hindu prince, and he wanted to be part of India. It was your beloved Muslim country Pakistan that actually started this whole dispute by attacking India.
At first the Kashmiri Muslims had no problem with becoming part of India. So please check your sources out! And you are quick to say that Kashmiris are oppressed and that they are being killed, but how conveniently do you leave out all the Hindus that were slaughtered in Kashmir in order to tilt the demographic favour towards the Muslims. There are hardly any Hindus now in Kashmir because they have all been killed by your Islamics. It is ok for Kasmiri Muslims to muder and wound hundreds of innocent Hindus every year in terrorist attacks but the moment that the Indian army tries to defend its citizens and crack down on the terrorists we are accused of "oppression" and human rights violations.
Hindus were under oppression from Muslims for ten centuries. In their own country they were treated as second class citizens. The British gave the Hindus their self-respect back. Under the British, Hindus thrived. They felt that finally they were living in their own country again. So why shouldn't they have co-operated with the British???
It makes me sick when I hear you people justifying terrorism by saying that you are oppressed. Look at South Americans, Look at Africans look at East Europeans. These people have faced much more hardship than you people have yet I do not see them producing terrorist organisations. And anyway, for the all the "Muslim brotherhood" rhetoric and nonsense that I constantly hear about, why aren't all the rich, oil owning fat Arabic sheikhs helping their impoverished Muslims out? Clearly they have MUCH MUCH MUCH more than enough capital to ensure decent living standards in Palestine. The problem isn't oppression. The problem is ISLAM.
To hell with Islam!"
Raj Kumar Bhardwaj
Not a matter of IF but WHEN what happened in Mumbai will happen in America. To think otherwise is foolish. I remember February 28th, 1997, when 2 heavily armed bank robbers took on the entire LAPD for 45 minutes. Imagine what 20 heavily armed and well trained individuals hell bent on murder could do in a large city. Just think about that for a moment. What is it going to take for the civilized world to wake up and rid the planet of this evil known as Islam?
Hat tip to BareNakedIslam


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Coptic Catholic leader sees bombings as test for Egyptian Catholics
Papal liturgy will honor 'New Martyrs'
Spanish priest cleared of abuse; Pope Francis had backed accuser
New Vatican stamps for 90th birthday of Benedict XVI, 100th anniversary of Fatima apparitions
Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel to close, as her religious order shrinks
Top Anglican leaders issue statement lamenting Reformation break in Christian unity
Cardinal Burke reveals Pope has not answered request for a meeting
'Earthly hopes fall down before the Cross,' Pope tells weekly audience
Released Tuesday, Apr. 11
2018 Synod needs input from all young people, not just Catholics, cardinal says
South Sudan: bishop begs leaders to stop, cites civilian suffering
Noted Evangelical, 'Bible Answer Man,' becomes Orthodox
Bambino Gesu hospital is like a family, Pope tells young patients
Papal congratulations to Portuguese radio station on 80th anniversary
Franciscan brother killed in Venezuela, food stolen
Belgian Catholic university removes faculty member for pro-life stand
Pope will be 'totally safe' in Egypt, Al Azhar representative promises
Vatican consistory to approve canonization of Fatima saints, others
Irish archbishop asks for help discovering remains of 'disappeared'
Chinese officials take 'underground' bishop into custody before Chrism Mass
Franciscans seek canonical change to allow a brother's election to lead order
Released Monday, Apr. 10
Cardinal Müller: do not expect Vatican ruling on Medjugorje soon
Vatican opens free laundromat for Rome's homeless
Protect life, respect nature, Pope encourages bioethics committee
Jerusalem's Christian leaders issue joint Easter Message
Jesuit superior rejects charges of heresy
Venezuelan bishops back anti-government protests, civil disobedience
Pope Francis refers to the end of his pontificate
Pontiff asks prayers for Copts after bombings
Pope presides at Palm Sunday services, World Youth Day observances
New Hampshire bishop: parish churches cannot offer sanctuary for immigrants
Dozens killed in bombings at Coptic churches; Islamic State claims responsibility
Released Friday, Apr. 7
Irish census shows drop in Catholic population, jump in 'no religion' responses
Vatican Museums give discounts to blood donors
Turkish President Erdogan to pray at Hagia Sophia, raising questions about secular status
St. Louis archdiocese, priest exonerated in sex-abuse lawsuit
Syrian bishop sees US strikes as hasty, dangerous
Mali: four arrested for nun's kidnapping, but no news on her condition
Malta archbishop open to contraceptive use by married couples?
Explore causes of immigration, Pope urges media
Papal preacher devotes Lenten sermon to Protestant Reformation
Pope prays for flood victims in Argentina
Number of seminarians declines for 4th straight year
Cardinal Marx: 'we believe more than ever in the European project'
Ex-ambassador cautions Vatican on negotiations with China
Trump administration, citing forced abortion, ceases support of UNFPA
Released Thursday, Apr. 6
Irish religious orders fail to implement child-protection plans, watchdog says
Use yoga for physical, not spiritual health: Indian bishops
Pope said to thank Maltese bishops for guidelines on
Amoris Laetitia
Monk who ran 'sex club' allowed to remain at English boarding school
Philadelphia priest faces charges for skimming funds from priests' retirement home
Iraqi priest to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass in town liberated from Islamic State
Rumors that Pope Benedict resigned under pressure are 'groundless'- Archbishop Gänswein
French bishop resigns at Vatican's request, 'inappropriate' behavior cited
Filipino archbishop sees assault on Christian principles in Catholic nation
Pope will wash prisoners' feet at Holy Thursday service
Worldwide Catholic population up slightly: surge in Africa, decline in Europe
Syria: Catholic agencies provided $200M in assistance to 4.6 million in 2016
Mob attacks Christian school in Sudan
More attacks on priests, nuns in Congo
Russia may ban Jehovah's Witnesses
Federal court: 1964 Civil Rights Act bars discrimination on basis of sexual orientation
Leading US bishops deplore chemical attack in Syria
Released Wednesday, Apr. 5
Muslim leaders from Britain meet with Pontiff
SSPX accused of abuse cover-up
Papal envoy sees 'immense' spiritual benefits at Medjugorje
Falling fertility rates should change world leaders' priorities, Vatican envoy tells UN
Church in Colombia braces for influx of refugees from Venezuela
Cardinal Cupich announces anti-violence drive in Chicago
Vatican bank wins 'white list' rating from Italian regulators
Pope laments attacks in Saint Petersburg, Syria
Pope Francis reflects on 'accounting for the hope' that is within us
Christian leaders question Pakistan-Afghanistan border wall
Indonesian prelate: vote against extremism
SSPX welcomes Vatican letter on marriages
Cardinal Parolin: God is the source and goal of human development
State Department honors Aleppo nun
Released Tuesday, Apr. 4
Prince Charles visits Pontiff
British PM ridicules decision to drop 'Easter' from annual egg hunt
Priests in hiding in Congo after series of attacks
Salvation comes only from the Cross, Pope says in homily
What is 'integral' human development, Pope asks—and answers
Guilty plea in plot to kill Pope during 2015 visit to US
New head for Vatican office handling abuse cases
Vatican rules SSPX priests may officiate at marriages
Church in Myanmar backs Rohingya inquiry
Patriarch laments subway bombing
Ohio court dismisses suit by ex-seminarian
In defeat for Planned Parenthood, Congress nullifies Title X regulation
Prelates call for bipartisan health care reform
Released Monday, Apr. 3
Vatican, Poland mark 12th anniversary of death of St. John Paul II
Mexican priest released unharmed by kidnappers
Chilean institution offers care for children with HIV
2nd Montana diocese files for bankruptcy
Vatican welcomes three more Syrian refugee families to Rome
Pope seeks more effective action against human trafficking
Cardinal Sandri asks generous support for annual collection for Church in Holy Land
Venezuelan bishops encourage resistance as government moves to eliminate opposition
Pope visits northern Italian region devastated by 2012 earthquake
Papal appeals for Colombia, Congo, Venezuela, Paraguay
Pope warns seminarians against 'clerical academicism,' careerism
Pontifical council given oversight of shrines
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Ushuaia Opening 2012 - Groove Armada, Fatboy Slim, Alex Metric
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Day two at Ushuaia (oosh-why-ah) with heavy hitters, Fatboy Slim and Grovve Armada amongst others.
Alex Metric tells us why Ushuaia is so special for him and Groove Armada gush about their return to the underground with secret parties and low slung grooves on Hypercolor.
Brighton boy, Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim smashes Ushuaia after enthusing about the special energy of the opening parties and if Ushuaia has changed Ibiza. Of note, is the freedom that DJ's now have of playing all over the island...


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When searching for areas in their golf game to save strokes, golfers should look to their short game—chipping, in particular. Golfers chip the ball from the rough, fairway or fringe around the green with a variety of clubs, from wedges to short irons to hybrids. Chipping can be a challenging aspect of golf because it requires precision and has a small margin for error.
Roll the Ball
One of the most common mistakes golfers make when chipping is trying to pop the ball high into the air and land it near the hole. This can be difficult and often leads to poor shots. To get the ball rolling early on the green, which will help control your distance and accuracy, keep your hands in front of the clubhead during the swing. In your stance, put about 70 percent of your weight on your front foot and play the ball near your back foot. Swing with your arms acting like a pendulum, with your hands and arms forming a 'V.' Resist the urge to use your wrists, as this will cause the ball to either be "chunked" a few inches or be bladed across the green in the form of a line drive.
When novice golfers are faced with a delicate chip shot, they often will decelerate on the downswing in an attempt to control the distance, which leads to ineffective shots. On chip shots, the take-back of the swing should be the same distance as the follow through. To reinforce this, take practice swings and focus on taking the club back and following through at the same length. When you make contact with the ball, hold your follow through until the ball has stopped rolling. This will reinforce the importance of finishing the shot and performing a complete follow through.
Distance Control
The primary goal of chipping is to get the ball close to the hole. This will leave easier putts and help keep scores low. To practice controlling your distance, set up golf tees in a 3-foot radius around the hole then drop golf balls in the rough at various distances. See how many balls you can get in the circle out of 10 chips. You'll notice that to have success, it is best to try and roll the ball into the circle. This drill also helps develop touch for chip shots of varying distance.


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Reality star Blac Chyna is fighting back after ex Rob Kardashian posted nude photos of her on social media.
Chyna's lawyer Walter Mosley said in a statement to "Extra" on Thursday morning, "We are taking this assault against Chyna very seriously and measuring all available options legal or otherwise available to us at this time."
Along with posing naked photos alleged to be of Chyna, Kardashian also accused her of cheating and abusing alcohol and drugs on his Instagram account, which has now been shut down.
After his Instagram was suspended, Rob went on a Twitter tirade. He tweeted, "Loved Chyna as my wife and accepted all the wrong she did and continued to ride for her and remain Loyal to her. Never did I cheat… But she couldn't remain loyal and cheated and f**ked way too many people and she got caught and now this is all happening and it's sad."
Rob claimed that he "just bought her 250k of jewelry," but she sent him a video herself kissing "another man in our bed."
Today Chyna sent me a video after I just bought her 250K of jewelry and she sends me this video... of another man in our bed pic.twitter.com/3rE4luXilJ— ROBERT KARDASHIAN (@robkardashian) July 5, 2017
A source close to Chyna accused Kardashian of sending "people over to her house to pick up things that don't even exist." The insider told People magazine, "There needs to be boundaries set as it's currently getting out of hand."


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Tolls would be another tax, says Boucher as bill advances
New Canaan: Connecticut may be moving closer to having tolls installed on its highways following passage of House Bill 5046 by a narrow vote on April 5 in the legislature's Finance, Revenue & Bonding Committee. The bill now moves to the House of Representatives.
The 26-25 vote on An Act Concerning the Sustainability of Transportation Projects was hailed by Gov. Dannel Malloy and decried by state Senator Toni Boucher (R-26).
"I believe that, in fact, this bill would represent one of the biggest tax increases — after two of the largest tax increases -— in our state's history. I cannot underscore that enough," Boucher said in a press release. "It is a tax … on top of the most burdened tax state in the country."
She said House Bill 5046 gives far-reaching powers to the state Department of Transportation, comparing the authority the department would have on tolls to the authority it presently has on state rail and bus service.
She also noted that 70% of toll money collected would come from Connecticut drivers and the bill before the committee contains no provision to reduce other taxes.
"Nowhere in this legislation does it say, 'Well, we're going to take out the gas tax or we're going to cut it in half so it won't be such a burden on Connecticut residents,'" she said. "And by far those most affected would be those at the bottom of the economic ladder. They would be the ones required to get to work at rush hour congestion times."
Sen. Boucher said the addition of tolls to Connecticut highways gives businesses and taxpayers another incentive to leave the state.
According to information on the general assembly website, the bill authorizes DOT to:
- Construct and maintain electronic tolling systems on state highways — I-84, I-95, I-91 and the Wilbur Cross and Merritt parkways — or contract with a toll operator to do so.
- Enter into tolling agreements with the Federal Highway Administration and other government entities in order to fulfill its toll-related responsibilities.
- Charge tolls, and set and modify toll rates in amounts sufficient to pay, at a minimum, the highway operation and maintenance costs and debt service on any bonds issued for the tolled highways.
It also:
- Includes provisions related to toll implementation, including toll collection and enforcement, data privacy, toll system interoperability, and outsourcing.
- Requires that toll revenue go into the Special Transportation Fund and be used in accordance with federal tolling laws.
"This is an important step forward as we work to ensure the long-term solvency of the Special Transportation Fund, and I applaud Finance Committee leadership," Malloy said. "The truth is that if we do not find new revenue, we will not be able to keep our roads, bridges, tunnels, and rails in a state of good repair, and we will be forced to significantly increase fares and dramatically reduce services on bus and rail services. If we fail to take action this year — on this bill and on my proposals to ensure the short-term viability of the transportation fund — we will put the safety of Connecticut drivers at risk and cause unnecessary harm to our economy."
The governor's praise was among the minority in the Joint Favorable Report issued by the Transportation Committee.
Among those entering negative comments about tolling was the Western Connecticut Council of Governments, which includes Wilton, Ridgefield, Weston, Redding, and New Canaan among its 18 municipal members.
"As drafted, the bills would empower an unelected body, with unclear accountability, to raise an unspecified but presumably large amount of revenue from persons and businesses in the state. This arrangement raises numerous questions beyond ones of good governance," the report said.
Among the questions the council asked:
- What will the impact of tolls be on the state's economy?
- Who will be affected by tolls?
- How will the impact of tolls on low and moderate income households be mitigated?
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut worries about privacy issues. It suggested the DOT be required to develop and implement a privacy policy and protocol relating to toll customer information and other data that is collected, received, maintained, archived, accessed and disclosed by the department to a toll operator.
Any law should prohibit, with some exceptions, the sharing or sale of toll customer information and exempt toll customer information from the Freedom of Information Act except under specific circumstances. License plate data should be used only for collecting tolls and should not be kept more than 48 hours, unless so requested by law enforcement.


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"This video (part two, which focuses on local character, is after the jump) looks at what the future might be for California after World War II ends. Would there be enough jobs given the rapid population growth that was occurring? What industries might take up the slack when military spending ended? The post-WW2 Cold War was not foreseen. References are made to opportunities for trade with Russia and China. Nuclear energy – surprisingly – is seen as an alternative to hydro (and this is before Hiroshima.) The movie industry is recognized as important for the future. References are made to prewar social movements such as EPIC and the Ham & Eggs pension scheme and religious movements."
Respectfully, the Chinese American community in Southern California had established "American style," community
aid organization's and nationalistic programs since the 1920's.
The first Chinese/American Lawyer in L.A. Mr. Peter Hong.
(I hope I have his 1st name right. Call Huntington Library. Mr. Jutzi. 626-405-2178.)helped citizens with myriad of legal issuses. The China Town district was re-built at present site. Housing, legal, public school rights were fought for with good results. Yet the Chinese were U.S.'s allies in W.W.II. All types of civic groups were created within the Chinese American community's
Isei and Nesei were enemy overnight. Facial and langauge
difference's immediate and obvious. Socially suspisious already. Stroke of the pen order by under educated O.S.S
un-instructed military intelligence.
Japenese were like Irish Amereican's loved homeland and never went back. Gave America their children and grandchildren. They were forced to speak English hundreds of years ago and it saved them in America.
The Japanese American from interenment forgive but wisely not forget. I know a few. One freind went to Utah
ha ha Blah blah blah God bless you for your research
When I saw the war effort poster promoting this blog post, I thought you might be talking about the Smithsonian exhibit "Produce for Victory: Posters on the American Home Front, 1941-1945" at the Historical Society of Long Beach (HSLB.org). That poster is in the exhibit (through 4/2/10).
An embarrassing chapter in our history. Lots of paranoia at the time. Seems to be water under the bridge now, though.


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Will the troubles at beleaguered bond insurers MBIA and Ambac help Assured Guaranty , one of only two bond insurers to be rated AAA by all three ratings agencies? The CEO tells Fast Money that he's confident.
Dominic Frederico isn't sure the Fed's latest actions will necessarily cure all of what ails the credit markets, but its willingness to provide more liquidity will allow certain asset classes to move back into the market and that should restore confidence from the brokerages to the bond insurers.
AGO's muni bond market share has grown to 14% from 3% a year ago as rivals Ambac and MBIA have had slid. In the last six months, ABK is down 91%, MBI is down 80% and AGO? Down a relatively paltry 8%.
Take that and add in the fact that legendary investor Wilbur Ross just bought a $1 billion stake in the company and – the traders agree – this is a bond insurer that's actually ahead of the game.


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The health of an organisation can often be evidenced by the strength of its membership and capability of its leaders. With all our sections full to capacity our membership is as strong as ever. And while we can always do with more leaders in some of our sections our leadership teams continue to provide a fantastic and varied range of activities for our children to enjoy. So first and foremost I would like to thank all of our section leaders for their time and effort that they put in to making 1st Hinchley Wood such a fantastic Scout Group.
In addition I would like to comment on the participation of parents and helpers this year. It was very pleasing to see so many helping at and after the recent Scout Camps. There is so much truth to the saying that many hands make light work and on two occasions this year the Scout HQ was buzzing with people to put away all the gear after camps. I know it was much appreciated by our leaders and it certainly made it easier, quicker and more enjoyable.
In fact recently we have put a lot of effort into identifying all the tasks and jobs that parents can help throughout the year; before, during and after all the various Scouting and fundraising activities we undertake. This is mainly to ensure that it is easier for parents to contribute to the success of the Group and be aware of those jobs where your help is needed. But also this will ensure that the workload is spread more evenly across everyone so it is not left to the few to always be the ones that help – those many hands making light work again! This extra bit of organisation, our good communication and the organisation of our ever strong fundraising activities is down to our fantastic parent reps. So my second big thank you is to our parent reps again for all the time and effort they put in to making our Scout Group successful.
So it is with the satisfaction of another enjoyable Scouting year completed that we review our last 12 months and it is with confidence and excitement that we look forward to the coming 12 months. Thanks to all who have contributed to the success of 1st Hinchley Wood Scouts.
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Jessie Vargas: A 'younger lion' who wants it more
It's not just the age where Manny Pacquiao is ahead of Jessie Vargas.
Vargas is Pacquiao's junior by a decade, and in terms of titles the 27-year-old still has a lot of work to do to catch up.
Pacquiao has a total of 10 titles across eight divisions—the most by any boxer in history—and was lineal champion in four weight classes.
Vargas, meanwhile, has the WBA World super lightweight and the WBO World welterweight titles across his name
But the disparity in gold doesn't deter the "young lion"— a nickname Vargas' trainer Dewey Cooper coined—from going up against one of the greatest boxers in history.
"He's had a great career, but I'm here to beat him," said Vargas. "I hope the best Pacquiao shows up, no excuses."
"Him and Floyd [Mayweather Jr.] are the best (of this generation), but there is always that younger lion who wants it more."
That young lion will take his chance against an established pride leader on Nov. 5 at Thomas and Mack Center for Pacquiao's return fight and it's for Vargas' WBO title.
Making a name
Vargas first made ripples in boxing ocean when he beat Khabib Allakhverdiev for the IBO and WBA World super welterweight titles, making up the latter part of a win streak that would go on until November of 2014.
It was at the Cotai Arena in Macau when Vargas took a unanimous decision victory over Antonio DeMarco to retain his WBA World super welterweight title and up his streak to 26.
Vargas, though, got his first taste of defeat against someone who is familiar with Pacquiao, and that man is Timothy Bradley.
Bradley showed his class against an outmatched Vargas and Desert Storm promptly took the interim WBO World welterweight title as a prize for his troubles.
And with Bradley foregoing a rematch against Vargas to fight Pacquiao for a third time, no.8-ranked welterweight was given another shot for the WBO belt and he took it by scoring a TKO victory over Sadam Ali in March of 2016.
The big prize
Pacquiao, after all his triumphs, is at an age where he's now the target of up-and-comers.
He's boxing's most decorated person and anyone who's given an opportunity to fight him is automatically given a shot at destiny.
Vargas may not make huge leaps in the welterweight rankings, let alone the pound-of-pound list.
And his defense of his WBO title, which is considered as the fourth best behind the WBC, WBA, and IBF, is now seen as a mere formality.
If Vargas beats Pacquiao, however, the ripple that he made back in 2014 may very well turn into a tidal wave in the latter part of 2016.
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