text: I often have absurdly vivid dreams. Last night was one of those nights. They make me feel like I haven't slept at all. It has taken me hours to wake up. And now I couldn't even tell you what these dreams were about, just that they were exhausting. I used to have nightmares, recurring horrors that would sometimes cause me to wake in a cold sweat. After I was hospitalized when I was 14, I had a recurring nightmare about being in a hospital chased by a faceless someone or someones. For the last 18 years I've had that dream, which is not uncommon for someone reacting to trauma. And man was that traumatic. I was always so frustrated because I can't really do anything about dreaming, only my waking mind. The nightmares have subsided but even Thursday night I had dreams about being chased, and I think they all go back to my first hospitalization. Continue reading "Dreams, Suicide, and Boredom"

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COE Trip Report of Site Visit to Whittier Terminal in Conjunction with the Army Historic Preservation Plan
Author(s): G. L. Reynolds
Year: 1984
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|You are in: Americas
Saturday, 18 January, 2003, 00:05 GMT
US braced for huge anti-war protests
The US anti-war movement is stepping up its protests in a "pre-emptive strike for peace," amid fears that the Bush administration is moving rapidly to authorise US forces to attack Iraq.
On Saturday thousands of demonstrators are expected to converge on Washington DC, for a peaceful demonstration and a march on the US Navy Yard to demand the inspection of weapons of mass destruction.
Among those speaking out against a possible war in Iraq on Saturday will be actress Jessica Lange, former US Attorney General Ramsay Clark, and the injured Vietnam war veteran Ron Kovic, who told of his growing opposition to that war in the book and movie Born on the 4th of July.
From the heart
Mr Kovic told BBC News Online he believed that he was seeing the growth of a new movement that would dwarf the size of the Vietnam War protests, and represented a "revolutionary transformation" in America as important as the Revolutionary War of 1776.
He said that it would show the world a different, more compassionate side of America that would "erase the stain" of an aggressive war.
And he said he wanted to give meaning to his own wartime sacrifice by helping stop the war this time before it begins.
He also called for close cooperation between US and UK peace movements, not just to work against the war, but to mobilise for social change.
Race against time
Brian Becker, a spokesman for A.N.S.W.E.R (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), the organiser of the march, said the peace movement was engaged in a race against time to win the battle for public opinion before the war started.
This was contested by White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, who said equal or larger numbers of Americans supported the president's approach to Iraq.
President Bush will not be at the White House during the demonstrations, but will be preparing his State of the Union address at his weekend retreat at Camp David, Maryland.
So far public opinion polls suggest that there is conditional support for a war against Iraq, but confusion about its motivation and fears about US casualties.
According to the Pew Research Centre, two-thirds (68%) of the American public favour the use of force to remove Saddam Hussein from power, but only 26% support unilateral military action by the US.
If the war resulted in thousands of US casualties, then military action is opposed by 48%, with only 43% in favour.
And more than half of respondents (53%) say that President Bush has not explained clearly why it is necessary to use force to end Saddam Hussein's rule.
The anti-war coalition says the expected war is neither necessary or just, and is aimed at securing US oil supplies in the Middle East.
But they are trying to expand their appeal by campaigning on domestic political issues as well as the war.
Broad-based coalition
Many of the organisers believe there is a link between the expected war on Iraq and the lack of money for social programmes at home.
Youth and student coordinator Peta Lindsay said that the money that was going for the US military should be spent on schools and colleges instead.
The anti-war movement sees one of its strengths as the fact it is a "rainbow coalition," working with African-Americans, Hispanics, and immigrants, and reflecting their concerns with the Bush Administration, which recently signalled its opposition to affirmative action.
One activist, Larry Holmes, cited the words of Martin Luther King during the Vietnam War protests, that the "bombs falling on South-East Asia are exploding in the ghettos of America."
And the anti-war coalition is certainly broader than the Vietnam War coalition was at a similar stage - including elements of the US labour movement and many religious leaders.
But whether it will have the same amount of time to fully mobilise its supporters remains to be seen.
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From China Daily:
Director Xie Jin, one of the most renowned Chinese filmmakers of the 20th century, passed away last Saturday at the age of 85 in Shangyu, Zhejiang province.
A hotel staffer found Xie had stopped breathing in his room at around 7:40 am, according to a report by the city's government.
Xie arrived in the city on Friday to attend the 100th anniversary of the founding of his alma mater - Chunhui Middle School.
Xie's alumnus Tu Guanxiong told West China Metropolis Daily that he and some other alumni asked the staffer to open the door, because Xie did not respond when they knocked.


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Mother sentenced in death of child who starved
A young mother whose infant son starved to death last year in her care was sentenced Wednesday to 6 months in jail and 5 years' probation, and ordered to stay away from her now 3-year-old daughter, who was also malnourished.
Louisa Givens, 22, pleaded guilty in July to attempted second-degree manslaughter and first-degree reckless endangerment. She was released from Riverhead jail Wednesday, having already served more than her jail sentence since her arrest in December.
Her 10-month-old son, Kayden Givens, died on May 19, 2013, weighing 13 pounds. His sister, Ava Johnson, 2 years old at the time, weighed 15 pounds.
Suffolk County Court Judge John Toomey Jr. sentenced Givens as part of a plea deal reached with the Suffolk district attorney's office.
Assistant District Attorney Caren Manzello said in court that the outcome was a "fair view of the evidence," looking at the entire case.
She noted that Givens had taken her children both to a doctor and to day care while she worked just days before the boy died, and no one else had noticed anything alarming about the children.
Givens' attorney, Craig McElwee of Hauppauge, said she did the best she could. She had been thrown out of her parents' house after her first pregnancy but held a job and tried to provide for her children. But her lack of education and support hampered her, he said.
She was exhausted from working long hours and not equipped to recognize signs of malnutrition, he said. "She didn't know what was wrong with him," McElwee said.
Six months before Kayden died, she and her children spent time in a Farmingville shelter after superstorm Sandy. She told a Newsday reporter then that she went without food for four days to ensure that her children could eat.
Thanks to two friends of hers, McElwee said, his client will have a small apartment and a janitorial job. She earned a high school degree while in jail, he said.
Givens wiped tears from her face as she signed an order of protection barring her from having contact with her daughter, who is in foster care.
McElwee said Givens hopes to be able to see her again someday.


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|The School of Interactive Computing (IC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) invites applications for several anticipated tenure track faculty positions at all levels of seniority. Areas of primary interest include Computing Education, Learning Sciences and Technology, Natural Language Processing, and Social Computing. We will also consider truly outstanding candidates in other areas that support the schoolâs mission and expand it in strategic directions. Suitable candidates must have an established international reputation and have demonstrated exceptional impact, productivity, and leadership.
The School of IC is a part of Georgia Techâs College of Computing, which is ranked among the top ten Computer Science departments in the nation. The School includes 36 full-time tenure-track Faculty, 6 Faculty with joint appointments, 12 Research Scientists, 130 PhD students, and a large number of Masterâs students. These work in a wide range of research areas relating to the interface of computing to the world. The School is affiliated with the GVU Center and the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines.
Application materials should be submitted online and must include a cover letter, research statement, teaching statement, curriculum vitae, the contact information of at least three references, and three publications. Applicants must have outstanding academic credentials, a sincere commitment to teaching, and an interest in engaging in substantive interdisciplinary research. We ask that applicants clearly indicate their research area(s) and focus in their cover letters.
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Urinary retention is a disease of the urinary tract that prevents hundreds of thousands of people from properly emptying the contents of their bladder. Urinary retention can be caused by many things such as natural aging, acute trauma (especially during surgical procedures), diabetes, multiple sclerosis and others. Despite the range of causes, a feature common to most cases of urinary retention is a reduced neural sensitivity for detecting fluid flow in the urethra. This reduction in sensitivity, in turn, limits the effectivenes of reflexes that naturally control bladder voiding. We hypothesize that enhancing urethral sensitivity will mitigate many of the symptoms associated with retention by allowing the reflexes to once again function properly. The work in this proposal will demonstrate that it is possible to enhance urethral sensitivity. To accomplish this enhancement we will use a process called stochastic resonance, where we inject sub-threshold levels of electrical noise (amounts small enough that they cannot be detected by the sensory neurons) directly into the urethra. This will be done in a rat model of the urinary tract. Stochastic resonance has been successful in other biological sensory systems and we hypothesize that these undetectable perturbations will lower the activation threshold of the urethral sensory neurons, effectively increasing their sensitivity o flow. We will demonstrate our findings by recording from the pudendal nerve, which carries sensory information from the urethra to the spinal cord. We will compare the pudendal nerve's response to fluid flow in the urethra both with and without the stimulation at a range of flowrates We can conclude that sensitivity was enhanced if more neural activity is observed in the presence of the stimulation than without it, and if slower flowrates can be detected with the stimulation it will also serve as evidence of enhanced sensitivity. Finally, a mathematical model of stochastic resonance in the lower urinary tract will be developed in tandem with the animal experiments. This model will allow us to simulate many different types of stimulation and flowrates to better guide the animal work. Using the model we can investigate a wide range of experiment parameters, many more than we could test using the biological system. We will use the model estimates of the optimal stimulation parameters and flowrates to give ourselves the best chance of success for enhancing urethral sensitivity.
Thousands of people are diagnosed with urinary retention (the inability to initiate or complete urination) each year in the United States, which can lead to numerous health complications such as urinary tract infection. We will demonstrate by using small amounts of electrical current it is possible to boost the sensitivity of neurons that monitor the urethra, thereby restoring function to the reflexes that control proper urination and alleviatig symptoms of urinary retention.
|Danziger, Zachary C; Grill, Warren M (2016) Estimating postvoid residual volume without measuring residual bladder volume during serial cystometrograms. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 311:F459-68
|Danziger, Zachary C; Grill, Warren M (2016) Sensory and circuit mechanisms mediating lower urinary tract reflexes. Auton Neurosci 200:21-28
|Danziger, Zachary C; Grill, Warren M (2015) Dynamics of the sensory response to urethral flow over multiple time scales in rat. J Physiol 593:3351-71


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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University police are investigating vandalism to three vehicles parked side-by-side in McCutcheon Drive Parking Garage on campus.
The vehicles were parked on the garage's fourth floor, and the acts of vandalism occurred before 9 a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 20), Lt. Fred Davis said.
Police responded to a call from a McCutcheon Residence Hall employee who saw the damaged vehicles. The rear windows were broken in two of them, and the driver's side mirror and visor over the driver's side window were broken on the third vehicle.
"If anyone happened to be on the fourth floor of the garage or saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area, please call the police department," Davis said.
The police department telephone number is (765) 494-8221, or those with information can call the anonymous tipline available at (765) 496-3784.


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Kerry legend Pat Spillane says an upside to the Covid-19 pandemic is seeing the "juggernaut" of spending on inter-county teams has being reined in.
With €29.74m spent preparing teams for the All-Ireland hurling and football championships last year, Spillane described the spending as an "out of control juggernaut" when speaking on this week's the RTE GAA podcast.
"Another positive out of all this pandemic is the fact that the out of control juggernaut - we've spoken about it many times here - has now been reined in," the eight-time All-Ireland winner said.
"Central Council are now overseeing the inter-county training regimes. They're restricted to three collective training sessions a week. Match-day panels are going to be 26. There's only going to be something like 11 allowed into backroom squads.
"That is a great start."
He added: "Last year, 2019, just shy of €30m was spent on training inter-county teams. 26 counties increased their spending on 2019. Seven counties spent over a million training their inter-county teams. There are three just shy of a million.
"Galway €1.61m, Cork €1.62m, Mayo - who are not a dual-county - €1.71m spent last year on training inter-county teams, and Tipperary - ok, a dual county but their footballers didn't go (far) and they did win the hurling - €1.77m.
"It was unsustainable, out of control. And bear in mind they're just the vouched expenses. What's being spent under the counter?"Tweet


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Hacienda del Sol's 9th Annual Zin Blues & BBQ event returns on Sunday, May 17, with live blues music, zinfandel wine tasting, and a traditional barbecue buffet.
The event will run from 4 to 7 p.m.
Recently awarded a 2009 Gold honor for "Best Wine List" by Tucson Lifestyle, The Grill at Hacienda del Sol's Zin Blues & BBQ event will highlight the ever-popular and robust red wine with 50 labels to sample. The Grill will delve deep into its expansive wine cellar, comprised of over 20,000 bottles from nearly 2,000 labels.
Additionally, Hacienda del Sol will host live music from Tucson blues aficionados Grams & Krieger Band and Stefan George Duo on the lush inner courtyard surrounded by intimate Joesler architecture.
Zin Blues & BBQ serves as a prologue to a lively summer of events and specials at the resort.
Continuing in the spirit of the Zinfandel wine, the Grill will host an evening of food and Zin wine pairings on Wednesday, May 20. The four wines and three small plate course pairings cost $30/person and reservations are recommended.
Reservations are required to attend Zin Blues & BBQ; the cost is $50/ person. Call 529-3500.


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Hilbert Sine Wave 135 minute
Just a quick post today on the Hilbert Sine Wave. My primary time frame for swing trading the Emini is the 135 minute chart (exactly 3 bars per trading day). On Monday we got a cross-over in this time frame and the completion of the down trend move. See the chart above.
I have written before on these Hilbert sine wave "complete" moves. They signal the end of a trend move which is usually followed by a retracement and a return to cyclical trading patterns.
The key point is my post on Friday about Stopping Volume and strength returning to the Emini market was too early – I should have waited for the 135 minute Hilbert sine wave to cross and this down trend to "complete".
Good luck with your Emini trading.


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By Tony Adams, Sports Editor
Dynamite comes in small packages, no doubt about it. The same can be said about Belton Journal Managing Editor Devin Corbitt. A 2014 graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, the 22-year-old Corbitt has never shied away from challenges. Instead, she has tackled everything she has taken on. Including her latest venture: dogsledding.
Dog power has been used for hunting and travel for over a thousand years. As far back as the 10th century these dogs have contributed to human culture. Assembling a dog sled team involves picking lead dogs, point dogs, swing dogs (primarily in an eight-dog team) and wheel dogs. Lead dogs are crucial, so mushers take particular care of these dogs. Corbitt's excursion started at the Northern Tier Okpik Boy Scout Camp in Ely, Minn. The group was comprised of three men, three women, one female guide and one male guide.
"We had three, six-dog teams on our trip," Corbitt said. "I was able to work with all three teams during the three-day excursion, which, being the animal lover I am, made me more than willing to brave the cold and the challenges." Asked if the dog teams differed in work ethic and overall agility, Corbitt felt that the first-team was the most disciplined and easiest to work with, due to their experience and intelligence.
"We had some issues initially with the second and third teams' pairings," Corbitt explained. "When we rearranged the pairings according to complimentary personalities, though, the teams worked perfectly together and we made a lot more progress." Although having good lead dogs is critical, it is important, as well, to have powerful wheel dogs to pull the sled through the snow. Point dogs are located behind the lead dogs (in the eight-dog set up, point dogs are optional), swing dogs (if utilized) are between the point and wheel dogs, and team dogs are all other dogs in between the wheel and swing dogs and are selected for their endurance, strength and speed as part of the team.
In dog sledding, Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Huskies or Alaskan malamutes are the main types of dogs used for recreational sledding, because of their attractive looks and willingness to work. Alaskan Huskies are the most popular breed for sled dog racing, because of their endurance, good eating habits, speed and dedication to running even when tired. For this excursion, the majority of the dogs were Alaskan Huskies.
"Much like people, dogs also have different personalities," Corbitt said. "The dogs that we had were all hard workers being Alaskan Huskies, but they certainly were made for different tasks. The lead dogs are very smart and attentive; the point dogs are energetic and keep the lead dogs from losing steam; and the wheel dogs are the work horses of the group."
At the conclusion of the first day, Corbitt learned that the conditioning for dogsledding was quite a bit more than she bargained for.
"When you first get out on the trails, you learn that breathing is much, much harder in cold air," Corbitt said. "You just have to deal with the burning sensation in your lungs. Once you get used to that, cardio is key. You don't get to just ride on the sled all day. You have to help the dogs, run along side the sled and help push it uphill and sometimes run ahead to help make pathways for the dogs. You utilize all of your muscle groups, and if you are not in correct shape or condition, you can really hurt yourself."
Following the first day on the trails, the excursion called for a campout on Moose Lake, just outside of Ely, Minn. Because of the freshly fallen snow, this was easier said than done. The group slept outside the first night beneath the stars – and frost.
"We didn't make it to the planned campout point; in fact, we ended up a half-mile short of the stop point for the night," Corbitt said. "It worked better than we expected because the location where we stopped had a better wind-break. The temperature the first night was negative 27 degrees Fahrenheit…without the wind-chill. Those dogs knew exactly what they where doing." Being 5-1 and all of 100 pounds (the weight minimum is 100 pounds to even be able to make the excursion), her physical stature had capabilities and limitations.
"With being small and light, I was extremely versatile in what I do to help out the excursion," Corbitt said. "It also allowed me to interact with the dogs better without having an intimidating presence. However, it also kept me colder than the others because of inability to produce similar body heat." The second day on the trails involved a day-trip to the Canadian border. At the end of the second day, the excursion included spending the night in Inuit quinsy.
"A quinsy is basically a snow house," Corbitt explained. "You make a big pile of snow, let it set for at least six hours and then you hollow it out. Our quinsy was started the first night, so the snow was nice and packed. The size of our quinsy was five-and-a-half feet tall by eight-feet long by six feet wide (264 square feet). Because snow acts as an insulator, the quinsy stayed a 'cozy' 30 degrees Fahrenheit."
The third day of the excursion continued through the frozen Great Northwoods, making their way back to Okpik. Once the teams returned to Okpik, Corbitt said it wasn't as easy as just leaving everything.
"The dogs always come first," Corbitt said. "We made sure the dogs were taken care of before we went about our business. We unharnessed them, put them in their houses and gave them one last hug before we went on our way."
Always a work-first type of woman, Corbitt could not go to bed following the three-day excursion. She immediately went work on Jan. 8 edition of The Belton Journal and Jan. 9 edition of The Harker Heights Evening Star. But not without experiencing a much-needed luxury or two.
"A hot shower was first on the list," Corbitt said. "We smelled so, so bad when we got back to the camp. You never would think you would smell that bad from the cold. But you have no idea. A good meal and little nap helped as well." At the conclusion of the excursion, Corbitt was reflective on the experience. It is one that not many people from Texas would even consider attempting. But she is not your average cowgirl.
"I don't hate the cold in Texas as much as I thought I did," Corbitt joked. "But seriously, I have a newfound respect for dogs and their responsibilities and roles. It takes a special breed of dog to be able to work in inclement conditions such as these and it takes hearty people to brave some of the most brutal conditions, not only in blizzards and blustery conditions, but in blinding sunny conditions were it gets so cold it can't snow and all you have is sun and wind."
The Iditarod is the most popular dogsledding race in North America, which starts on March 7 in Anchorage, AK. Asked if she would consider an Iditarod race, Corbitt shivered for a moment. Then, as only she would respond: "Uh, no," Corbitt said, laughingly. "There are challenges in life that meant to be endured and there are special people to take on those challenges. This Southern girl is not one of them."


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EVE Turns 10
EVE Online celebrates 10 years of service.
And not even a single mention of 'spreadsheets in space'. Bravo.
But in all seriousness, it is an unusual MMO that hasn't suffered the surge, plateau and decline. It had emergent gameplay before emergent gameplay was a thing which certainly helped it's longevity.
Although I don't play EVE, I still like the idea of it and look forward to what it will do in the next 10 years.
Fun fact:
EVE online is what got me started reading Escapist Magazine in the first place. Back when it was a pdf, maybe issue 15 or 20-something, there was a big spread on EVE and how it was changing the MMO space. I've been here ever since.. Good read..
Damn, now I'm feelin' all nostalgic and shit.
I like Eve online, it is deeper and more complex and any other MMO out there. Simply because of the players trying to out-fox each other. Unfortunately I live in China so the connection to 'outside' China servers can be... intermittent. Rage quitting was a problem (because of lag issues). I also don't have the time to sink into such a rich game now.
Before I joined Eve I had problems with the interface, about sinking time and money into it and having no one else particularly interested in it. Fast forward a few years and the game became vastly more accessible. You don't need to spend hours playing to have fun, you don't need to spend a fortune on subscriptions, you just need a bit of cunning and a lot of ideas.
Loved the article, love the game.
That's my thoughts as well.
I might play this game once I have way too much time on my hands, but I don't think I would stick out for long. A good MMO (in my opinion) needs hardcore AND casual activities, so you can relax doing something easy on a stressful day and challenge yourself on a good day.
Still, it is very pleasant to hear that EVE is still going strong and bringing out interesting content.
Goonswarm the game. Pass.
I watched that last video on page 3.
I can see it in the future expansion. A choice, abandon the empires of man, or build them up and protect the mortals, or stay neutral and profit from the destruction.
I do love EVE.


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If you though of how to produce cable TV spots on your local channel, this article gives you some ideas to use, so you could operate your cable TV spots successfully. Connect the experience you will get from it with the ideas of the relevant pages included and you will run with TV programs of your own at the end.
I am quite sure that with a little BAM, you could produce NICHE TV CANNEL of your own to succeed over so many boring TV channels that broadcast daily only for commercial reasons. Watch out for a new website that takes this inventory into its climax soon.
Here is how to produce cable TV spots with supportive links included to produce quality videos, just about anything that interests the audience.
How to Produce Cable TV Channel using TV series? Beverly Hills 90210. Jennie Garth, Kelly Taylor in the series.
If you have cable, you've no doubt seen local advertising on most of the channels. There are three ways a local business could produce a commercial.
This is where you come in.
If your video skills are top-notch, you can produce excellent commercials for local businesses at agreeable prices. If you have marketing skills, so much the better.
But, it's not an absolute requirement. As long as you can clearly answer the "4 W" questions (who, what, where and why), your commercial will be good.
However, the video production links included show you exactly how you could use this profession not only to produce cable TV spots for commercials, but to make your spots potential presence as NICHE TV CHANNEL.
The only drawback to this business is that you should use 3/4 inch broadcast format video, which is incompatible with a home videocamera. A camera for this type of videotape usually costs around $3000, and less if it's used. There is a way around this expense, though.
How to Produce Cable TV Spots using TV series? Keanu Reeves in Speed [Blu-ray].
Most cable stations have what is called a "public access" channel. This channel is designed so that individuals and groups from the community can produce their own shows, to be aired on the channel.
Contact your local cable company and find out if they have such a channel.
You should be able to rent time on their equipment. This is a real boon when it comes to editing a tape, as they will have the equipment necessary to make your tape look professional. They usually offer short courses on using the equipment, too.
Market your services directly to the small businesses in your area. Good prospects are auto dealerships, restaurants, retailers such as video, book, and computer dealers, and, in election years, local political candidates (hope they get elected - you can expect a return customer).
Your quality production, coupled with a reasonable price, should entice prospects to become customers.
Most commercials will be either thirty-seconds or one minute, and will be shot on location at the customer's facilities. If they provide the copy for the commercial, you only have to direct the commercial.
Run through the script with whomever will be reading it, to make sure that it will fit the time without sounding rushed.
How to Produce Cable TV Spots using TV series? Brittany Underwood, Loren Tate in Hollywood Heights, the first time she stretched her hand to Eddie Duran while he was singing and he touched her hand, so giving her that magical moment, which inspired her with her lyrics and songs.
You want to aim for a relaxed, natural sound (unless, of course, you're working with your local crazy car dealer, in which case they may want an auctioneer sound).
Above all, make sure the script tells who the advertiser is, what they do, where they are, and why people should give them their business. This is what the customer needs to hear.
Likewise, make sure your customer is happy with the result. After shooting the video, edit it (you should be able to ask someone at the cable company to help you) then review it with your customer. As long as you've presented the advertiser in a good light, you'll be in good shape.
The first few times you produce a commercial, you may feel like you're flying by the seat of your pants. Just relax, use good common sense, and always remember that the job of the commercial is to convince the skeptical customer to spend his or her hard earned money with your client.
You should expect to spend a few hours during the shoot, to get enough takes for editing. Get four or five good takes. That way, any bad parts that you find when reviewing your taping can be replaced with a good take.
A 30-second or 1-minute spot can be shot and edited in one day. The first one or two may take a bit longer, but that's okay. It's better to take your time when learning the ropes, rather than rush through and end up with substandard results.
Because your overhead will be low (if renting equipment, instead of purchasing), you should be able to undercut your competition. In a decent size city, you can expect to charge between $500 and $1,000.
Longer commercials are more negotiable, depending upon whether or not you will be asked to write the script.
The half-hour long "infomercials" have become a bonanza for many advertisers, and they are a goal you can work up to, as your skills grow.
Watch commercials and listen to them. Keep mental notes about how the advertiser is presented, what message the commercial gives, and if you feel the commercial is successful. Incorporate the best elements of the commercials you see into your own shoots!
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More business ideas to know how to produce cable TV spots using your own talent, or talents you know in your area:
If you had some talents around things that interest you and you think that they interest the TV audience, that is great.
If you don't, use the talents your friends have, or ask other people in the area about the interesting talent they have and whether they accept your help to introduce them to the audience.
They will absolutely welcome your ideas, so you could start interviewing them about their talents and how they carry (or not) with them and about many things that interest them in this life.
If you came through to any international star in this field of their talents, or that, prepare the script to include at least one presentation from that star. You could find this, on some TV channels.
Use your video camera to shoot them while performing, then arrange all of the script to include commercials as mentioned above. Don't focus only on the advertising you have and present it in a way that upset the audience, as some commercial channels in your local TV do.
That means, don't broadcast 10 announcements in one series of advertising every 5 minutes among your presentation of the talents. It is only one advertising that could be interesting, if it was relevant to the theme you are shooting.
The more interested people in your shows you get, the more money you could make from your customers commercials. If you escaped the trap of condensed advertising that upsets the audience, the audience would love what you present on your spot.
Be reasonable and careful, when you use commercials and use them in a way that makes these commercial interesting to the audience. For example, if you had a talent performing for one hour, don't provide more than 4 relevant commercials to the theme presented.
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Most people don't just suddenly drop dead. Instead, their death comes at the end of a long and steady decline. In the absence of dementia or other loss of mental faculties, the dying are usually acutely aware of death's approach and either struggle with or make peace with it, as Elisabeth Kübler-Ross so eloquently described in her seminal book On Death and Dying.
Coming to terms with death extends beyond conscious thought. It permeates the unconscious, manifesting as nighttime dreams and daytime visions that can be so vivid and realistic to the person experiencing them that others can mistake them for delirium or hallucinations triggered by medications.
Researchers at the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in Cheektowaga, New York, conducted daily interviews with 66 of their patients over the weeks leading up to their deaths, asking specifically about the presence of dreams and visions and their content. The researchers found that almost all the patients experienced dreams and visions involving interactions with both deceased and living friends and relatives. Virtually all the dreams were described as feeling intensely real. The majority were experienced as being comforting and reassuring, especially those in which they interacted with friends or relatives who were no longer alive.
Some described meeting childhood friends, or playing with a beloved childhood dog, while others visited with long-dead parents or grandparents. One 91-year old woman dreamed of being reassured by her mother that "everything will be okay." Others described hugging parents and siblings who told them that they loved them. Still others involved angels and God.
One theme common to many of the dreams was the need to prepare for a journey. Some patients told the researchers that although they felt ready to die and join their loved ones, they were told by those they met that it wasn't their time yet.
The closer the dreams were to a person's actual death, the more comforting they became. Likewise, the presence of end-of-life dreams and visions was predictive of a peaceful and calm death.
This study helps us to frame these vivid dreams and visions as a natural part of the dying process and not necessarily as a sign that something is wrong, such as too much pain medicine, for example. It also empowers us to speak openly about them with the person who experiences them. In turn, this allows us to share in their acceptance of death as the natural conclusion to life; to better comfort them; and to be comforted ourselves.
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In my last essay, I began a series on the step-by-step process careful engineers often follow to select a suitable sensor for an application. In that essay, I explained how to establish measurement span, or range, requirements. This month, I'll look at accuracy and measurement uncertainty.
While automation engineers have a clear idea of the meaning of accuracy, it might be a good idea to make sure you understand the term uncertainty as it applies to measurements. This is particularly important because of the prominent role played by measurement uncertainty in statistical analytical methods.
It may be enough to say that accuracy is qualitative and measurement uncertainty is quantitative, but for clarification, consider another source. The Eurochem Web site Qualifying Measurement Uncertainty in Analytical Measurement defines both terms as they are used by ISO in its standards. A look at these definitions will help you understand the distinction between the two.
Eurochem defines accuracy of measurement as "the closeness of the agreement between the result of a measurement and a true value of the measurand." It further states that accuracy is a qualitative concept and that the term precision should not be used for accuracy.
On the other hand, it defines uncertainty (of measurement) as the "parameter associated with the result of a measurement that characterizes the dispersion of the values that could reasonably be attributed to the measurand." It goes on to add that "the parameter may be, for example, a standard deviation (or a given multiple of it), or the width of a confidence interval," and then states that "uncertainty of measurement comprises, in general, many components. Some of these components may be evaluated from the statistical distribution of the results of a series of measurements and can be characterized by experimental standard deviations. The other components, which can also be characterized by standard deviations, are evaluated from assumed probability distributions based on experience or other information. It is understood that the result of the measurement is the best estimate of the value of the measurand and that all components of uncertainty, including those arising from systematic effects, such as components associated with corrections and reference standards, contribute to the dispersion."
If you're unclear about any aspect of measurement uncertainty, check out the National Institute of Science and Technology's (NIST's) Essentials of Expressing Measurement Uncertainty Web site or the agency's guidelines.
Measurement uncertainty is one of the parameters you have to deal with—often in depth—to develop a working specification for a measurement device. Unfortunately, the term measurement uncertainty has not progressed fully in the engineering lexicon, whereas accuracy is what most people think about and are certain they understand.
On the plus side, measurement device manufacturers are increasingly using the term. It is related to calibration because calibration uncertainty is the best measurement accuracy that you should expect from a device under carefully controlled calibration conditions. Using a device in the field or a plant imposes more measurement-influencing parameters that increase the achievable uncertainty.
Lessons Learned
I recall the time I asked about the accuracy requirements for temperature measurements in a hot steel rolling process, which covered a span from 1000°F to 2400°F. It was amazing how many people were seeking ±1°F or 2°F accuracy for process line temperatures, where the tightest metallurgical tolerances needed (at the coolest temperatures) were actually closer to ± 20°F.
The best commercial instruments of the day had traceable calibration uncertainties (k = 2 or 4 sigma) typically in the ± 5°F region. There were research devices that could perform near the ± 2°F range, but they were relatively fragile, and costs were an order of magnitude higher for ones with lesser uncertainty.
So, based on my experience, here are two lessons on measurement uncertainty:
- Be a little skeptical and develop a realistic uncertainty requirement, but make sure all those participating in the project agree with it. You have to sell what you develop.
- Be sure you have a good handle on the typical traceable measurement uncertainty you can obtain from high-end and mid-range sensors you are likely to specify. It's a great reality check and the rock on which you can build realistic measurement expectations.
In Closing
I know that this is a lot to chew, especially if it's new to you. Start the learning process by reviewing NIST's online resources.
In my next essay, I'll discuss factors that influence measurement conditions. As mentioned above, they can seriously impact the overall measurement uncertainty of the sensor.
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Introduction This book is a true story about me, a very ordinary Chinese who was never physically tortured or prosecuted by 'the evil communist regime', but still had to 'escape' from China for a better […]
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"From the Gold Rush to the Property Rush: Mandarin Speakers" – Musings from an Australian perspective
The next excerpt from Barry Li's The New Chinese is part history part statistics. Let's just say outright that the numbers he provides from 2010 – 60 million native Cantonese speakers, 365 million native English speakers (one million for every day of the year!), and 960 million native Mandarin speakers – are incomprehensibly scary. How does the number of native English speakers from UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and all the others not even match half that of Mandarin speakers? If there were 960 million native French speakers in the world,
"From the Gold Rush to the Property Rush: Cantonese Speakers" – Musings from an Australian Perspective
This read through of Barry Li's The New Chinese: How They Are Changing Australia has now brought us to Chapter 2 – 'From the Gold Rush to the Property Rush'. I'm attempting not to make it a dry, analytic recap; rather I try to add my thoughts and comments to Barry's own, from the perspective of an Australian who's studying Mandarin and spent a bit of time here and there in China,
"Defining the New Chinese" – Musings from an Australian Perspective.
I'll admit: when I looked at this section title and glanced very briefly at the text I did wonder how I was going to make a blog post about this topic, and one not too dry at that. Then some words caught my attention – Qing empire, Honolulu, Opium Wars – and I realised a lot more could be found in this than just a clarification of definitions.
"Why Should an Australian Read This Book?" – Musings from an Australian Perspective
Why should I read this book? What a good question, Barry Li.
This is the third part of my elongated discussion of Barry Li's book The New Chinese: How They Are Changing Australia. The first part was about his parents, then next himself, and now me – yay! (I'm Australian, in case that point's been missed). But please don't feel excluded if you're not an Aussie from DownUnder, because "if you feel you are surrounded by Chinese, or your life is impacted by the Chinese in some way, or you seek to profit from trading with China" then I imagine this book is also for you.
"My Father's Story" – Musings from an Australian Perspective
I come to Barry Li's book, The New Chinese: How They Are Changing Australia, with a little bit of background knowledge of China and the Chinese, having studied Mandarin for several years at high school and university, and having been to China four times, most recently having lived in Beijing for eight months. What I'm searching for here is something that fills the gaps of my knowledge, such as the difference between the psyche of Chinese people in China and the Chinese people in Australia. I'm certain there must be one; the world of urban Australia dining on breakfast until early afternoon, coffee and chatter spilling out onto footpaths sometimes seems realms away from the myriad of China's alleyways, where tiny 'hole-in-a-wall' restaurants serve noodle and rice dishes without ceremony; where a central subway train arrives at least ever six minutes and bank cards are nearly obsolete to mobile payments; where large sections of the community still purchase fresh produce every day from local outdoor markets, the refrigerator used scarcely. I'm having trouble adjusting back to Australian life even after just a short time away – how does one who has lived a majority of their life in China transition to life here, or is it not so much of a step? That's what I'm reading to find out.


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February 17, 2017
The NKU baseball team will look for their first winning season in their Division I history, after going 20-34 during the 2016 season. If the Norse want to take that step forward, they will have to improve the way they perform in Horizon League play. The Norse played well in their mid-week non conference...


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Having documented the growing tensions in Sweden between an immigration-happy government and a nation beset by refugee-crime sprees, it appears 'the people' have had enough. Stockholm residents are upset over the city council's plans to re-locate hundreds of Muslim migrants right next to a school and during a recent meeting, brawls broke out as Swedes exclaimed, "we demand f##king answers, now!" These are not ultra-right-wing nationalists exhorting their racist feelings, these are average Swedes and the revolution is building...
"You just can't sit there, when we come here looking for answers, and SAY you can't ANSWER that. That is not OK. There has to be some f**king order in a democracy! But you are NOT answering OUR questions, will want f**king answers! We will stop shouting when you answer out questions!"
As Shoebat notes, unfortunately, these 'compassionate' leftists, who have no respect for their own society or even themselves, are not only pushing the European people into a civil war, but possibly a world war.
This town council meeting is just one of the small 'on the ground' fires which shows that people are ANGRY they are being ignored and shoved aside along with their families and culture in the name of this 'new Europe.' This will end ultimately in nothing short of disaster.


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Hi Rich and Matthias, It is indeed a challenging problem, but critical to the daily operation of the pharmacy, clinic, pharmaceutical industry, and regulatory agencies! I hope there is an international committee to orchestrate the semantics of drug labels! For SNOMED, there is multi-lingual support. Anything similar for drugs to start with? Simon ================================================== Simon Lin, MD Director, Biomedical Informatics Research Center Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation 1000 N Oak Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449 Office 715-221-7299 email@example.com www.marshfieldclinic.org/birc For scheduling assistance, please contact Crystal Gumz, Administrative Secretary email@example.com 715-221-6403 -----Original Message----- From: Richard Boyce [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 6:28 AM To: Matthias Samwald Cc: M005994; email@example.com; M. Scott Marshall; Zhu, Qian Subject: Re: Minutes from BioRDF/LODD telcon Monday 06/12/2012 On 06/14/2012 04:37 PM, Matthias Samwald wrote: > I would also be interested in extending this with data extracted from > European product labels. Compared to the US and Dailymed, this is far > trickier. The data is not openly available for many countries, content > has different languages, and structured product labels are even harder > to come by. This does sound very challenging. While in different languages, do you know if all 12 Euro countries follow the regulations regulated by Article 11 of Directive 2001/83/EC on the "Summary of Product Characteristics"? If so, it seems possible that the Article 30 (p32) of the that directive would be relevant (see attached). Note especially item #2: "In order to promote harmonisation of authorisations for medicinal products authorised in the Community, Member States shall, each year, forward to the coordination group a list of medicinal products for which a *harmonised summary of product characteristics should be drawn up.*" (emphasis mine) The "coordination group" here is the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) <http://tinyurl.com/7qcqqva>. Their webpage states: "The CHMP publishes a European public assessment report (EPAR) for every centrally authorised medicine that is granted a marketing authorisation, setting out the scientific grounds for the Committee's opinion in favour of granting the authorisation, plus a 'summary of product characteristics' (SPC), labelling and package leaflet (patient/user information leaflet) for the medicine, and details of the procedural steps taken during the assessment process. " EPARs are available here: http://tinyurl.com/c8hua94 It looks like a whole bunch of harmonized SPCs (i.e., EU product labels, if I understand correctly) are available from this site. For example, I downloaded the attached SPC for Abilify (aripriprazole). Hopefully, there is a standard structure to the document sections. Rimichi in [1] says that they are... "Accordingly, SPCs of specialty medicines for human use are organized into 12 sections: name, therapeutic categories, active ingredient, excipients, indications, contraindication/side effects, undesired effects, posology, storage precautions, warnings, interactions, and use in case of pregnancy and nursing" ...but the one I looked at only has 10 sections. Any ways, it might be interesting to contact EPAR and see if you can get the documents used to create these SPC PDFs. Otherwise, one might wget all PDFs from the site, convert to text, and then fit the content into a SPL-like structure (in terms of sections) and provide as RDF. -Rich [1] Rubrichi S, Quaglini S. Summary of Product Characteristics content extraction for a safe drugs usage. J Biomed Inform. 2012 Apr;45(2):231-9. Epub 2011 Nov 10. PubMed PMID: 22094356. > A Viennese startup called http://www.diagnosia.com/de/ recently made > package insert texts from 12 European countries openly available. I > plan to contact them and see if they would also be interested in > cooperating with research projects. We might not end up with a > resource that can be shared without restrictions, but at least we > could end up with something that allows us to run SPARQL queries for analysis and research. > > Other ideas for how such a multilingual, pan-European ressource are welcome! > > Cheers, > Matthias > > >> Hi, Richard, >> >> Very nice work. Building the linked data source for SPLs is very >> important for facilitating its wide use. It is impressive that you >> keep the source updated once per week. >> >> As you have pointed out that the SPLs are semi-structured, the >> combination of NLP and standard terminologies will be crucial for >> producing structured data out of the SPLs. As you know, our team at >> Mayo Clinic is investigating the SPLs from the perspective of Adverse >> Drug Events. We would like to collaborate to see whether we could >> link our ADEpedia data >> (http://adepedia.org) with your LinkedSPLs. >> >> The following are our preliminary works, >> >> 1) Jiang G, Solbrig H, Chute CG. ADEpedia: a scalable and >> standardized knowledge base of Adverse Drug Events using semantic web >> technology. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2011;2011:607-16. Epub 2011 Oct 22. >> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=adepedia >> >> 2) Zhu Q, Jiang G, Chute CG. Profiling Structured Product Labeling >> using RxNorm and NDF-RT. 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If a recent IOM report (http://tinyurl.com/cxovshm) is >>> acted on, we should see some progress in how the product labels are >>> formed in the next few years >>> >>> ericP: q+ to ask if the SPLs reflect the areas of concensus and that >>> affects the degree to which not being on the SPL indicates variation >>> of information from the various resources >>> >>> Richard: (answering EricP): Interesting question. Warfarin is an >>> example of how consensus from the community ended up in the product >>> label. Often the information is not complete and it is left up to >>> third parties to complete - dynamic process. >>> >>> Richard: FDA wrote laws the dictate the types of claims that should >>> be present in each section. This gives us an opportunity to link to >>> related resources such as for evidence. >>> >>> Richard: FDA wrote laws the dictate the types of claims that should >>> be present in each section. >>> ..This gives us an opportunity to link to related resources such as >>> for evidence. >>> ..[slide8]DailyMed is the public source of SPLs ..[slide9] "SPL IDs >>> are not static, so a label's URL may change if ..the label is >>> updated. However, DailyMed provides permanent ..URLs to view or >>> download the latest version of an SPL² >>> >>> Richard: LinkedSPLs started with Anja's PHP for DailyMed and ported >>> to python >>> >>> EricP: correcting for multiple active ingredients require modeling >>> changes? >>> Richard: Modeling changes >>> UNII - >>> Unique Ingredient Identifier >>> sounds like Unicode when spoken! >>> CODE: http://swat-4-med-safety.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/linkedSPLs/ >>> >>> JoanneLuciano Health Care Delivery Grants from ??? >>> >>> Simon Lee: Maybe use for AHRQ grants >>> >>> JoanneLuciano NIN NLM grants >>> JoanneLuciano I'm thinking this can be linked with Safety-Code.org >>> >>> Richard: Think it's a little early for AHRQ grants, more research >>> necessary >>> >>> Simon: agree. >>> Simon: need working prototype. >>> Simon Lin - Marshfield Clinic >>> >>> michel DrugBank is the best to link to, i think michel they then >>> link out to many other sources >>> >>> JoanneLuciano safety-code.org >>> >>> michel BTW - I've built a new parser for drugbank michel >>> http://bio2rdf.semanticscience.org:8022/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fb >>> io2rdf.org >>> %2Fdrugbank%3ADB00975&sid=5 >>> >>> michel we're in the process of adding this to bio2rdf mscottm asks >>> michel - adding what? >>> ericP zakim, please disconnect ericP Zakim EricP is being >>> disconnected >>> >>> >>> gamble @boycer I'm interested in data quality / Minimum information >>> checklist validation potential for this data. 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TRIBUNE BUSINESS: Baha Mar finish 100% 'VAT free' - Full story HERE
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
THE Government was yesterday urged to divulge "the full cost to the Bahamian people" of its Baha Mar agreement after evidence emerged to show it had extended an exemption from Value-Added Tax to all companies and suppliers working on the construction completion of the resort.
The tax break - revealed in an email from the project's general contractor - could mean the Government forgoing up to $60m in revenue, according to one educated estimate, and is likely to provoke outrage among Bahamians, upset that exemptions are being granted to the Chinese when the same are not being made available to local businesses and consumers.
The email, from China Construction America (CCA) headlined 'Exemption of VAT' and issued yesterday morning, said all companies working on the completion of the stalled Cable Beach development had been granted "a full" waiver from payment of the 7.5 per cent levy.
Sent by Siyao Shen, of CCA (Bahamas) commercial department, it read: "It's agreed with the Government that the sub-contractors and suppliers of CCA Bahamas (CCA) shall be entitled to have the benefit of a full exemption from the payment of Value-Added Tax for works carried out on the Baha Mar project."
Having effectively confirmed that the VAT waiver covers all Baha Mar-related construction activity, and includes all its sub-contractors and suppliers - Bahamian and foreign - the CCA e-mail suggests that they can also recover the taxes paid on bills submitted by their own service providers and suppliers. It also suggests that all sub-contractors, suppliers and service providers working on Baha Mar will receive "zero-rated" treatment on all their costs and invoices.
However, a Government source familiar with the Baha Mar agreement said it was "not unusual" for sub-contractors working on major foreign direct investment projects to enjoy the same tax incentives as the main contractor.
goodbyebahamas 3 years, 9 months ago
What, the Bahamian people have to pay VAT and their barely making it, but the Chinese who are wealthy as the Devil himself don't have to pay VAT; this is a F-ing joke,right?! And the ugly witch of the west is sent to speak on behalf of the PLP mob telling you what the future will hold with the Baha Mar opening; can they predict the weather too? Where the F**K is my baseball ball, I feel like a good baseball game to release F-ing stress!
Islandboy242242 3 years, 9 months ago
$60 Million you say...wowzers..I'm all for economic stimulus but when the Dept. of Inland Revenue is issuing a shake down on Bahamian businesses while letting 60 million slip away things seem a bit disproportional...
Publius 3 years, 9 months ago
Now businesses that deal with Baha Mar/CCA are going to have problems with their books because they are dealing with a company that is not paying VAT. CCA does not have the legal authority to tell a business not to charge VAT on services and supplies. Only the government can do this in law.
I know, I know. CCA is the government, but seriously.
Emac 3 years, 9 months ago
athlete12 3 years, 9 months ago
Whats the point of doing business with owners if you're going to give them a $60 mill pass? Furthermore, a pass on a project that wont change the economic status of the country.
Weather we want to believe it or not tourism is dying in this country because the cost of living here is to expensive. Tourist aren't spending like they use to thus the reason Atlantis is going to the all inclusive track.
Why cant we get off this track of depending on foreigners and become self sufficient?
I guess we're just like most African nations:in debt, inefficient and no vision
jackbnimble 3 years, 9 months ago
Wait a minute. Didn't we just get downgraded because even with all that vat money we can't pay our bills? So you get to tax the citizens into neverland with no accountability, but the foreign entities get a pass on taxes?!! Am I still living in the Bahamas? Dang! Sounds like I need to move to China!
The_Oracle 3 years, 9 months ago
Move to China you'll be lucky to get dog to eat! Disgraceful, inept, desperate, self serving, I could go on and on, but to what end? We elect these people over and over......
hallmark 3 years, 9 months ago
So to me this looks like the Bahamian Citizens are repaying the Chinese the $100 million ex gratia settlement that they provided. My, my, my!
Honestman 3 years, 9 months ago
Nothing was more certain that Joe Public was going to be paying for the ex-gratia settlement. Christie thinks we are all stupid. Unfortunately some of us are stupid and will vote for PLP regardless.
birdiestrachan 3 years, 9 months ago
how is it that newspapers can receive e mails and print the information, while STB take their e. mails complaint to the courts. seems like a double standard to me. All of the monies paid out by the owners, there must of been some kind of deal some where right or wrong . That is what my common sense told me.
Hogfish 3 years, 9 months ago
Chinese First !
PastorTroy 3 years, 9 months ago
This is the natural process of Dinosaurs negotiating with educated humans. There are many obvious reasons why Dinosaurs went extinct, however Bahamians choose to recycle and resurrect them every 5 years hoping AND PRAYING, they become relevant to our prosperous future. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
Well_mudda_take_sic 3 years, 9 months ago
Slime ball James Smith knew about this VAT waiver all along as he was paying out funds to Baha Mar creditors that he and Vomit claimed to have been received gratis from the Red Chinese Fookers. And this most recently disclosed VAT waiver that our country cannot afford, given by Crooked Christie to his Red China friends, is just the tip of the iceberg. BAHA MAR CREDITORS HAVE BEEN PAID BY BAHAMIAN TAXPAYERS NOT RECEIVING VAT FUNDS THAT CROOKED CHRISTIE'S RED CHINA FRIENDS SHOULD HAVE PAID INTO OUR PUBLIC TREASURY.....AND LYING JAMES SMITH ALL ALONG KNEW THIS TO BE THE CASE! What a joke!!
concernedcitizen 3 years, 9 months ago
Our leader, the wicked witch and the aging bagman got high end Park avenue luxury units over looking Central park from the Chinese and we the people and our treasury got the sh@tty end of the stick
Alex_Charles 3 years, 9 months ago
Seems like Bahamians are annoying of being shafted from the government, it only took 40+ years but alas we are here and gearing up to re-elect the PLP unless something gives between the opposition parties. This may just be the beginning of another 5 years of scary Perry
sheeprunner12 3 years, 9 months ago
Just on the Bahamar debacle alone ............ the PLP should be voted out of office in 2017 election ......... they do not deserve FIVE seats in the new Parliament ...... When you add to that ------- UR2.0 crony contracts, BOB sweet loans, BAMSI unaccountability, BPL incompetence, BTC lies, Carnval debauchery, civil service non-productivity, RUBIS criminality, Nygard slime, PMH/NHI hotair and Bahamasair overkill ........... these PLP MPs should all be locked up for life in HMP Maximum Prison dungeons
paul_vincent_zecchino 3 years, 9 months ago
Is anyone else getting the impression that Baha Mar was asymmetrical warfare which the chicoms used as the 'tip of the spear' to secure a beachhead on and control over New Providence and then the rest of the Bahamas?
Wasn't it 'Banker' who not long ago noted that the chicoms have these strangely 'stalled' projects in many other countries as well?
ohdrap4 3 years, 9 months ago
I do not get this.
When I bring in a piece of plywood, i pay vat.
When I sell to Bahamar, they pay vat and I deduct the amount already paid to send to the govt.
Who is going to reimburme for what I already paid if i sell vat free?
The greates shortcoming of humanity is their inability to understand percentages.
B_I_D___ 3 years, 9 months ago
That's the rub...every business now that has any involvement with Bahamar's completion will get burned by not being able to recover their VAT outlay. Chinese get a deal, AND burn every business that tries to sell to them.
Islandboy242242 3 years, 9 months ago
Someone brought this up on the airwaves yesterday. Apparently you'll have to file for a credit on the non-recoverable VAT but filing for credits usually leads to automatic audits of everything so it sounds like a load of fun.
B_I_D___ 3 years, 9 months ago
Yeah...good luck with that...frying pan to the fryer!!
TalRussell 3 years, 9 months ago
Comrades! The prime minister has said and repeated many times that the Baha Mar project is "97%" completed, with all structures finished, but it still requires inspections and other final tasks to be finished before opening to the public... If this is so, why didn't his government grant only a 3% concession of the $60 million in VAT that will now go uncollected by the peoples public treasury?
birdiestrachan 3 years, 9 months ago
Does the end justify the means. . Those people paid off contractors and employees. how much did they pay ? and whatt is the VAT total. Do any one think they would be so generous if there was no return on their payments.
Well_mudda_take_sic 3 years, 9 months ago
Crooked Christie and his family, the Wicked Witch Maynard-Gibson and her family and a few cronies of Crooked Christie like greedy Bag Man Baltron Bethel are laughing all the way to the bank as they pocket for their own personal benefit the great wealth they have received from their Red China friends in exchange for screwing our public treasury and the Bahamian people out of tax dollars our country so desperately needs at this time.


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