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"To Be Or Not To Be"
by Victor Daniel
What are three major concerns on most everyone's mind nowadays? Answer: Money, Time and Love. Sound familiar? That seems to be what everyone wants to have more of in their lives. "If only I had more money, then I could do the things I always wanted to do, then I would be happy." If only I had more time, then I could go on vacation or take up a hobby, then I could feel more at peace." If I could just have a relationship with someone, then I could finally feel love.
This Have-Do-Be paradigm seems to be all backwards! I think we're putting the cart before the horse. For those of you who don't have a Webster's handy, a paradigm is a principle within which we live. We seem to live within this universal notion, this collective conscious principle, that we must HAVE something (like time) in order to DO something (go on vacation) that will allow us to BE that which we seek to be (happy, at peace). Well, who says it has to be in that Have-Do-Be order? Who says that having more time will make you feel at peace, just because it will allow you a vacation? If you had more time, don't you think you would find a zillion other things that you had to do to fill it? And if you had a zillion things to do, but went on vacation anyway, would you really feel at peace, or would your list of things to do occupy your thoughts and ruin your vacation?
I say that having time to go on vacation in order to feel happy or at peace is nonsense! Instead I say that feeling happy or at peace will allow you to go on vacation and create more time for yourself! Ha! This is the Have-Do-Be, I mean the Be-Do-Have paradigm! Not only does it make more sense, but you will find that it will really serve you to open your mind to this type of living! Unfortunately, we have been almost programmed within this notion that the end result of having something is becoming something else, so the first thing we need to do is figure out why we have been thinking these backwards thoughts our whole lives and change our ideas about it.
Think about this backward notion for a moment: Have-Do-Be. If you haven't felt that "happiness" yet, then how do you know that having more money will give it to you? If you haven't felt that 'peace' yet, then how do you know that having more time will give it to you? And if you haven't felt that 'love' yet, then how do you know that being in a relationship will give it to you? In other words, how can we possibly experience something that we haven't yet been? But, wait a minute! Won't the experience cause me to know happiness, peace, love or, for that matter, any other emotion? Well, sure, if that's what you really believe, then that is what you will create for yourself. But do you really want to live that type of causal relationship between having and being? Do you really want to subscribe to the Have-Do-Be paradigm, or do you want to change that antiquated belief system and start creating your own experiences instead of allowing material things to create them for you?
What if I told you that 'knowing' doesn't follow 'experience'; it precedes it! We don't know happiness just because something made us feel that way. We've always known happiness, and we draw to ourselves the experiences with which we associate that feeling! If you think this is wrong, then ask yourself who teaches a baby to smile? No one! We come into this world knowing happiness - and all the other emotions we feel - and we learn to associate these feelings with certain experiences. As a result, we erroneously believe that it is the experiences that cause us to know this happiness. When we live in the present moment, moment to moment, deliberately creating the feeling of happiness from within then we start to experience it outwardly. Happiness and all other states of being are self-bestowed.
To go back to the earlier examples, knowing happiness does not follow the experience of having more money, knowing peace does not follow the experience of having more time, and knowing love does not follow the experience of having a relationship! This knowing precedes the experience!! Haven't you ever noticed the correlation between how you wake up in the morning to how things happen for you the rest of the day? Haven't you noticed that on those days that you wake up, and you don't know why, but you're just in a great mood, everything seems to go your way? On the other hand, sometimes when you wake up, you just know that it's going to be a bad day. Why is that? It's simple. You create those experiences - good or bad! If you believe it's going to be a bad day, then a bad day it will be. By the same token, if you truly believe it's going to be a great day.... Hmm! I think we're getting somewhere here.
Your emotions will truly help you to attract the experiences in life that you consider valuable! That's why your perpetually happy neighbor always has great things come her way. That is how that co-worker you have always wondered about, who is always at peace with himself and everyone else, always has time enough for everything and everyone. And you know your friend, the one who is so filled with love that he practically radiates? The one who everyone wants to be around? Creating the love is how he attracts loving relationships - in both the romantic and platonic senses!
So now we can get back to this Have-Do-Be paradigm and figure out how to unlearn the beliefs we are accustomed to creating and turn the tables to our favor. First, let's get rid of the idea that "havingness" produces "beingness", and realize that it is actually the other way around! As we have already learned, we must become (or know) this thing called, "happy" ... or peace, or love, or even wise, compassionate, etc. Once we reach this state, we will realize that from this place of "beingness", we will begin to do the things that bring us to "havingness". We will create our own realities!
If you are not the kind of person who can very easily just close your eyes, and bring yourself to this state of "beingness", then just cheat a little by abusing that Have-Do-Be paradigm. If you thought that having more money would bring you happiness, then close your eyes, and imagine the happiness that you had idealized by having that money. Your mind is a very powerful tool, and it's time you used it to your advantage! Your mind allows you to folly in imagination, and your imagination can create whatever experiences you will it to create! So why not create happiness, peace, love, or anything else you deserve? Create the happiness in your imagination, and allow yourself to flow directly into that state of "beingness". Close your eyes and feel that happiness, peace, or love that you have created and have "become".
In the spiritual (and not necessarily religious) book Conversations with God the author, Neale Donald Walsch, resonates with this idea that your emotions create your experiences. He asserts that "All states of mind reproduce themselves". In this sense, happiness is a state of mind and like all states of mind, it can reproduce itself in physical form. Again, your beliefs create your reality! When you allow your reality to create your beliefs, you are living defensively and reactively. On the other hand, when you deliberately create a belief or state of being, then you are living deliberately and proactively!
Ok, so now you have created this belief that you are happy (insert any state of mind here). Now what? Well now you feel happy and have become happy, so act happy! Since this happiness is sincere, you will find that you draw into your being the experiences you desire. Why did I now mention that the happiness must be sincere? Because anything that you do must be done with sincerity of heart, or else the benefit of the action will be lost. Natural law requires that mind, body and spirit be united in thought, word, and action for the process of creation to work. You can not fool your mind. If you are insincere, your mind knows it! But if you are sincere, then your mind knows that as well!
Let's go back to the idea that when you create your own beliefs and realities, you draw into your being the experiences you desire. Now combine this idea with the sincerity of your actions. How does this work? Well, whatever you choose to create for yourself, give to another. If you choose to be happy, help someone else to be happy; if you choose to be prosperous, help another to prosper; if you choose more love in your life, cause another to have more love in his or her life. And do this sincerely, not because you seek personal gain, but because you have a sincere desire to give others what you yourself seek. The universe is an amazing machine that will return to you all the things you give away. Think about this: giving something of yourself is an experience. And if you do not have something, then you cannot give it away! Since you can not give to another something you do not now have, your mind comes to a new conclusion, a new thought about you. Namely, that you must have this or you could not be giving it away. This new thought then becomes your experience. In other words, if you want to give love, but you do not have it, then having love becomes your new experience. Your mind begins to create the love you need to give. And once you begin this creative process, you engage the gears of the most powerful creation-machine in this universe, your divine self. What ever you are "being", YOU are creating. The circle is complete and you will create more and more of these types of experiences in your life. Your creations will manifest themselves in your physical experience. This is the greatest secret of life!
It's time to dis-create your old belief system and re-create yourself! "To be or not to be" is many things. It is the question, it is the answer, and it is your choice! Will creating happiness bring you money, peace bring you time, or love bring you a relationship? Forget the Have-Do-Be paradigm! Reverse your belief system and live the Be-Do-Have paradigm proactively and find out for yourself! Allow your state of mind to create your own experiences, instead of letting your experiences create your state of mind!
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Charlotte is a tarantula, bigger than my hand, and quite beautiful. She was out and about probably in search of insect life on the side of a new path through the coffee. With the rains the insects are everywhere.
Early this morning Emily met Charlotte out on the farm.
Charlotte is a tarantula, bigger than my hand, and quite beautiful. She was out and about probably in search of insect life on the side of a new path through the coffee. With the rains the insects are everywhere.
Woopsy daisy my charming neighbor has accidentally planted all his coffee seedlings, including ones he promised me.......and I am scrambling to find coffee plants. One of the workers has been despatched to scour nurseries in town.
When my neighbor kindly offered me as many coffee plants as I wanted as long as I had the holes ready and dug.....certainly it was a generous gesture, but was it to turn out to be an act of kindness or a strategic curse?
If I put all the time effort and expense into digging and preparing holes with fertilizer and fumigating with biological fungicide and was successful in doing this; Then, I also need to trust that the plants will arrive or else I have wasted a lot of time and committed myself to still more trouble and greater expense of trying to find other plants with no lead time and when good ones are more money and scarce.
Despite efforts to manage risks, I am the looser. Predictable possibly, but living life optimistically is so much more fun than the alternative and whilst higher risk, sometimes higher reward. I am still here after all and smiling most of the time.
Not blindly optimistic, basic due diligence was done..... verified situation and plant availability immediately in advance of digging, decided on a conservative number of holes, and managed the entire process much more closely than anyone would want to...... Yes, digging these holes was 3x harder than digging the holes for plants that were already on site because, workers do not easily dig holes for invisible plants, instinctively skeptical.
I find myself now sending a worker around town looking for other plants to fill holes. I am sure it was exactly as explained by my embarrassed and charming neighbor, an innocent and unfortunate mistake. Much worse things and more dangerous errors have happened around here, to me, or at sea..... no big deal.
Delivering what you say you will deliver is not as easy as it sounds up here in the hills. It usually requires getting other people to do what you tell them and that in and of itself is damn hard.
Here the consequences and hence accountability is less and the challenge to deliver is greater. In this growth economy there sure is opportunity for folks who can deliver.
In fact, basically, trying to do what I say I will do is what I fill my days with; Despite on paper anyway, not having an awful lot to do.
Off up the mountain today to see my lovely friend and her family on the Rosas family strawberry farm. Thank you Nino Rosas for the lovely fresh berries.
I headed down the mountain with six pounds of sweet berries that were picked in the morning and had already been hulled. It really does not get any better than that.
Back home my little house smells of strawberry. The jam is cooked into a delicious ruby red jelly. These are perfect strawberries for jamming, apart from the great flavor, they are heirloom size and hold shape and color very well. I now have home made strawberry jam to for tea. How perfect.
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Joe Wicks hosts final workout as nation's PE teacher after 18 weeks
Joe Wicks has delivered his final workout as the "nation's PE teacher" during the coronavirus pandemic after 18 weeks.
He will now be taking a well-deserved break from the weekday livestreams, with the father-of-two stating he needs to "recharge his batteries".
For the final lesson, 33-year-old Wicks decorated his living room, where all the workouts have taken place, with balloons, bunting and a "thank you" banner.
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His wife Rosie Jones and children Indie, 23 months, and Marley, six months, joined him for the finale as he let off party poppers and thanked everyone who had taken part.
He said he would be back "after a little break" for more live workouts throughout the year.
The evening before the last workout, he shared to Instagram: "I think I'm going to really miss it to be honest. I started it the week that schools went into lockdown because I wanted to help support parents and help children find some happiness, use some energy and feel safe through this time.
"I really do believe I achieved that. Never did I imagine families all over the world would come together to take part. 80 million views is hard to comprehend but this truly is my proudest achievement. Thank you for joining me."
Wicks has been a mainstay for many youngsters learning from home throughout the UK lockdown and subsequent easing of restrictions, only taking one brief break following an injury he was replaced by his wife.
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In new research, scientists are proposing that Earth is situated within an enormous magnetized tunnel surrounding the entire solar system.
As detailed in a new study accepted for publication at the Astrophysical Journal and uploaded to arXiv, researchers at the University of Toronto's Dunlap Institute, National Research Council Canada, and the University of British Columbia, this would explain the presence of two large, highly magnetic filamentary (rope-like) structures in the Milky Way with unexplained origins.
"Astronomers have long been puzzled by what these structures are," said Dr. Jennifer West, Research Associate at the Dunlap Institute and first author on the report in an email to Motherboard. "I hope this is a step towards understanding the magnetic field of our whole Galaxy, and of the Universe."
The North Polar Spur and the Fan Region have long been known as two of the brightest radio-emitting gas structures in the sky— but since their discovery in the 1960s, their exact identity has been the source of perplexion among the scientific community. Though invisible to the human eye, NPS and the Fan Region emit strong magnetic radio waves that are large, and highly visible through a radio telescope, enveloping the solar system.
"If our eyes could see radio light they would fill most of the sky," West said.
Using a computer model that simulates what's visible through a radio telescope, West and her colleagues mapped out the length and position of both structures, ultimately piecing together a theory that the two structures are not separate, as they've long been considered, but are part of the same, tunnel-like object.
"These have been a mystery to astronomers for the past 50 years and we are the first to propose a model that explains these structures as one single object that surrounds us," West said. "Most previous work has studied them individually, as two separate and distinct objects."
But landing on this conclusion was only possible when West reframed her vision of the galaxy—literally. While most researchers look at maps of the Milky Way with the North Pole at the top and the galactic center in the middle, West told Motherboard that redrawing this map from a different perspective, with a different center point, made viewing the connection between the NPS and the Fan Region easier. Because the structures are too far away to ever possibly visit by spaceship, she relies primarily upon computer models and telescopes for her assessments. West likens the work to drawing a three-dimensional rendering of your own house while stuck on your couch, unable to leave.
So, when she thought to reorient the galaxy map, West said that something clicked.
"Ever since I first saw a map of the sky as a radio telescope sees it, I have been fascinated by these structures and wondered what they are, and what is causing them," West says. "The first time I made a radio map of our Galaxy using a different centre point was really a big 'aha' moment for me."
"I love to spend time looking up at the stars in the sky and thinking about the vastness of the universe," she added. "I really wish I could put on some radio glasses so that I could see this giant tunnel. But it reminds me that there is so much more out there than what we can see."
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HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK — WS Audiology announced the appointment of Jennifer Wright, Au.D. to Senior Director of Partner Marketing to lead an expert marketing team serving hearing aid brands in the US.
Reporting directly to Sheena Oliver, WS Audiology Chief Marketing Officer, Wholesale USA, Wright brings over thirteen years of marketing, sales, training and product management experience to her new role.
"WS Audiology prioritizes hearing professionals by investing in new programs that directly benefit their businesses. There is no better leader to spearhead this initiative than Jennifer; she has a strong understanding of what our customers want and need thanks to her successful career in the audiology field – including her in-depth work as a sales rep at Widex."
–Sheena Oliver, WS Audiology Chief Marketing Officer, Wholesale USA
As Sr. Director of Partner Marketing across WS Audiology brands, Jennifer will continue elevating the company's hearing care professional partners with the development of several new cutting-edge programs to drive their businesses forward. She will also be responsible for conducting research and leveraging consumer insights that strengthen the company's offerings to HCPs.
Wright spent the past thirteen years serving in the roles of Professional Education Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Director of Product Management and Sr. Director of Brand Management for the Widex brand. Based on her experience and drive, WS Audiology promoted her to Sr. Director of Partner Marketing to lend her expertise across the company's main hearing aid brands in the U.S.
Previously, Wright received her Doctorate of Audiology from the University of Texas at Dallas and served as a dispensing audiologist in North and West Texas. "With firsthand experience in the audiology field, Jennifer is equipped with the background knowledge to truly understand customer needs. She will be able to provide them with the tools and collateral that attracts consumers and drives conversion, while at the same time ensuring they can retain existing patients," Oliver emphasized.
"Hearing care professionals know WS Audiology for helping to unlock human potential by bringing wonderful sound to their patients who need it. I'm proud to be part of a company that raises awareness of hearing loss and creates revolutionary hearing aid solutions that vastly improve one's quality of life. I am thrilled to continue my career with WS Audiology and serve the audiological community."
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- hospital and home visits
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May 28th, 2010
A different kind of Jesus fish
Christian Charity Operation Blessing made a big splash in New Orleans after a Hurricane Katrina by stocking stagnant swimming pools with gambusia fish, a tiny minnow that gobbles up mosquito larva. Now the group is bringing the fish to Haiti to help prevent disease there.
Operation Blessing President Bill Horan played a big role in getting the mosquito fish out in New Orleans, Mark Schexnayder a coastal adviser and professor at Louisiana State University, told CNN.
"I don't think he's said no to anything we've asked him," he said recently in New Orleans, taking a break from talking oil spill. "I brought Bill into Orleans Parish Prison where there was an existing fish farm. We said, 'Man it would be great to set up a fish farm and to set up in the prison.'"
"Bill cut them a check on the spot for $25,000," Schexnayder said. "They were able to produce fish in the prison and got them into the neighborhoods. We had 6,000 swimming pools with rotten water. It was a breeding ground."
City officials credited the charity with stopping a major outbreak of mosquitoes.
"It's not a silver bullet but in situation when you have new water without native fish, you can bring them back quickly with stocking the mosquito fish," Schexnayder said. "Spraying is good but if you can attack the source it's even better."
"I had kinda bought into the idea it was a hopeless cause down there but when I went down there I got really involved personally," Horan said about Haiti. On a trip there last year Horan found himself chatting with a Haitian who was running a fish hatchery.
Horan and Schexnayder started talking about the gambusia fish and what it might be able to do in Haiti to help prevent the spread of the disease. "Everything takes a long time in Haiti under the best of circumstances," Horan said.
"Gambusia already exist in Haiti and we learned they've been there since the 1930s. We wanted to propagate fish already there and in a big way."
"We got the green light to bring in the fish in December," Horan said. "The earthquake hit in January."
Call it a blessing or good luck, but the fish hatcheries suffered only minimal damage as a result of the massive January earthquake.
"Hopefully when this is all up and running it's going to provide literally thousands of jobs," Horan said.
"We're hoping to revitalize the whole fishing industry in Haiti." Operation Blessing is tapping into U.S. donors to sponsor hatcheries in Haiti. In addition to the gambusia, they are also growing a hybrid tilapia that can live in salt water.
The Virginia Beach, Virginia-based Operation Blessing is an evangelical charity founded by Pat Robertson, a fact not lost on Schexnayder. "I haven't switched churches yet but I'm a big believer in what they do."
More on the fish farms here.
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NFL Divisional Round matchups are set. The Colts battle the Chiefs, the Cowboys take on the Rams, the Chargers head to New England while the Saints host the Eagles. The lowest over/under total on any game is 46 ½ when the Patriots and Chargers meet. How many points will the teams score in each game? Check out the latest NFL odds and over/under total picks for all 4 of this weekends NFL Divisional Round games.
NFL Divisional Round Over/Under Picks
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Saturday, Jan. 12
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
- Total Over/Under Odds: 57 ½
After their bye, the Colts defense really stepped it up. Indianapolis played in 5 under games in their final 8. However, they did play in 2 over games in Week 16 and Week 17. In the fantastic wildcard win over the rival Houston Texans, Indianapolis held the Texans to only 7 points in an under game.
That's not likely to happen versus the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs allow 26.3 points per. KC averages 35 points per. The under is 3-4-1 in Chiefs' home games, though. That points to this one going under because Indy should try to control the line of scrimmage with their big offensive line.NFL Divisional Round Pick: Under
Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams
- Total Over/Under Odds: 49
Here's another playoff game that might go under. The Cowboys battled the Seahawks to an over game in their 24-22 wildcard win. Dallas only allows 20.2 points per game, though. Not only that, but the under went 6-2 in the Cowboys' 8 away games during the regular season.
The Rams can put up points. They didn't against good defenses towards the end of the regular season. This should be a close game with Dallas, like Indianapolis against KC, controlling the line of scrimmage with their offensive line and running back Ezekiel Elliott.
This one looks like an under game.
NFL Divisional Round Pick: Under
Sunday, Jan. 13
L.A. Chargers at New England Patriots
- Total Over/Under Odds: 46 ½
Although the Patriots rank 21st in total yards allowed, they only rank 7th in points allowed. Then again, New England faces one of the top offenses in the NFL on Sunday. The Chargers score 26.8 points per game.
It's hard to see Los Angeles keeping New England from scoring at least 25 in this. If the Chargers score at least 24, which they should versus a Patriots' defense that gives up yards, the score will end at around 49.
Two great quarterbacks, the Chargers' Philip Rivers and the Patriots' Tom Brady, should ensure a high-scoring game. Bolts at Pats goes over.
NFL Divisional Round Pick: Over
Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints
- Total Over/Under Odds: 50 ½
The Eagles shut down Chicago's offense. That might not happen against the Saints. New Orleans beat Philadelphia 48-7 during the regular season. Although the Saints won't beat the Eagles 48-7 on Sunday, they could definitely beat them 28-7 or 35-7.
The under went 6-2 in New Orleans' 8 home games during the regular season. This looks like an under game for sure.
NFL Divisional Round Pick: Under


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Honda's aging (and due for replacement in 2009) Pilot has traditionally held the $30,000, three-row crossover segment to itself, with a few two-bit players cramming third rows into vehicles that were none too happy to have them, resulting in passengers who were none too happy to be there.
Now, GMC's new Acadia, along with its platform mates the Buick Enclave and Saturn Outlook, is one of several all-new vehicles shouldering their way into this segment, searching for buyers alienated from the big, truck-based SUVs by choppy rides and rising gas prices. Take a look at the Acadia and five more new offerings below.
GMC's seven- or eight-passenger Acadia is the brand's first ever unibody front-wheel-drive vehicle. Not exactly a hasty move by the company that touts its trucks as "Professional Grade." About the same size as that other GMC people-mover, the Yukon, the Acadia undercuts the Yukon by nearly 800 pounds, largely due to the frameless construction. The lighter weight allows GMC to pop a smaller pill under the Acadia's hood, powering this leviathan with a 275-hp, 3.6-liter V-6, as opposed to the thirsty V-8s motivating the Yukon.
Click here for more on the 2007 GMC Acadia.
If the Buick Enclave looks like the GMC Acadia's uptown cousin, that's because the two non-utes—along with the Saturn Outlook—are built on the same unibody front-wheel-drive Lambda architecture. Like its platform mates, the Enclave is powered by a 275-hp V-6 and will accommodate up to eight occupants. Unlike the Acadia and Outlook, the Buick has undergone extensive Quiet Tuning to give passengers the silent treatment and seeks to achieve library quiet inside the cabin.
Click here for more on the 2008 Buick Enclave.
That previously called Freestyle is now the Taurus X, thanks to Ford's marketing department. That didn't change the fact that it's still much the same vehicle it was when the Freestyle was introduced in 2004, but now the continuously variable transmission has been replaced by a six-speed automatic. The 3.0-liter V-6—whose power deficit the CVT was trying to overcome—is also gone. A 3.5-liter V-6 producing 260 horsepower is its replacement.
Click here for more on the 2008 Ford Taurus X.
Once upon a time, the Hyundai store was a place to buy cheap cars. Now, the Hyundai store has become a place to buy inexpensive cars with amenities and a luxury feel beyond their price point. The Hyundai Veracruz is priced competitively with the other vehicles on this list yet offers styling inside and out that wouldn't be out of place on certain Japanese luxury imports. Add to that a competitive 260-hp V-6, a six-speed automatic, and three rows of seating, and there's not much about this Hyundai that says "cheap."
Click here for more on the 2007 Hyundai Veracruz.
Mazda is rightfully proud to be the company that gave us the Miata—now rechristened the MX-5—and has taken the success of its small roadster and built a corporate philosophy around it. The CX-9 aims to be the MX-5 of the seven-passenger crossover segment. Whereas the three rows of seats have enough room to keep the kids happy, the eye-catching looks and the sporty suspension tune mean to please the driver. This is the most-enthusiast-oriented offering in this category.
Click here for more on the 2007 Mazda CX-9.
In the absence of the discontinued Relay minivan, Saturn needed something to bring big-box shoppers into its stores. Saturn's biggest vehicle ever, the Outlook, is the third vehicle on the Lambda platform and offers seating for up to eight. Mechanically identical to the Acadia and Enclave, the Outlook promises better fuel economy and road manners than its immense size might suggest but, like its corporate cousins, will still tow up to 4500 pounds.
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Fisherman Missing After Fall Through Ice
Searchers are combing the Michigamme Reservoir for a Mansfield Township man who fell through the ice while fishing.
It happened on the northern side of the reservoir, near the Way Dam in Iron County, at about 7:30 Central time last night.
The Sheriff's Department there, the Delta County Sheriff's Department dive team and DNRE staff are all taking part in the search.
The DNRE also has a plane searching the area.
Police say the missing man, and another Mansfield Township fisherman, fell through the ice as they were riding 4-wheelers.
One of them got himself out of the frigid reservoir by himself.
Police say he hiked several miles in the dark to a house and called to report his friend missing.
That call came in at about 8:30 Central time this morning.
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An avid shopper, collector and vintage loving ex-librarian. History and books are a passion, so are clothes, old movies, Snoopy, Gene Kelly and heavy rock. Not the most obvious of combinations but there you go! I have an ever growing book mountain and always about 5 books and about 55 stitching projects on the go at any one time Teenage Kicks by The Undertones is my favourite song and The Hound of the Baskervilles is my favourite book.
Sunday, 26 November 2017
Nonstop November.
It all started on the 1st November when I went to see Monty Don in Reading with 2 friends from work. For those who don't know who he is he presents Gardener's World for the BBC.
I have to say I was in absolute Art Deco heaven at the train station which has been lovingly restored, but as we cut it a bit fine to catch our train home I didn't get any pictures, definitely next time.
We did browse every charity shop we found and fittingly I came away with a set of 1930's tea plates and matching cake plate. There was also a teapot and a random 3 cups and 6 saucers which I didn't want. It was £5 for the lot so I asked if they could be split. The girl behind the till dithered and wasn't sure so said she would go and ask the manager. She came back and announced the manager was in the toilet but would be out soon!
A tad too much information....anyway the manager finally arrived and also dithered. It seems she was a relief manager and whilst she would say yes if it were her own store she wasn't sure she could say yes as it wasn't her store. By this point I was getting a bit fed up so I gave her the £5, took my plates, handed her the rest of the set, said "I donate these back to you" and left.
Here they are plus a scarf I bought in another shop.
The weather started to close in again which made for a dramatic picture as you can see.
It was my Dad's birthday on the 8th and we went to lunch at our local Prezzo because he decided he wanted to eat pizza. We had a lovely time with Nephew Number One being the only one missing as he couldn't get the day off work. We all headed back to the care home where they had made Dad a delicious cake, the every day food there can be a bit hit and miss but I must say the chef is bloody good at cakes. I definitely had no room for dinner that night.
Himself and I also headed into Oxford that Friday for a night out to catch up with friends from my time at the library, it had been too long. We tried The Castle which had recently reopened having been completely refurbished (it's now a Hook Norton pub.) It was busy and we ended up in a corner downstairs, all was going well until a guy started setting up an amp next to us, like literally right next to us...... one dreadful cover song in and we were all hysterical, a lot of beer had been drunk at that point it must be said, we decided it was time to leave which was probably a good thing. Anyway we had to be up the next day to head over to Mum's with my brother, it was my parent's 53rd wedding anniversary, one of those times when it's hard not to have Dad at home with her.
The next day we took my Mum to see the new Paddington film as a bit of a cheer me up
On Monday it was an interview day at work and then I headed straight out to met some more friends for an early dinner. My friend Simon needed to head off, but it turned out to be one of those occasions where we were so deep in conversation the next thing we knew 3 hours had flown by!
Saturday I was up early and off to Bath to meet Mim and Liza As ever Mim whisked me to bits of Bath I'd never been to before, I don't know how she does it! I honestly thought I'd seen all there was to see. Due to one thing or another in the past it meant this was the first time I had met Liza and it was so lovely to finally meet her in person. I had such a great day out and rubbish blogger that I am I forgot my camera. My only purchase was this brooch for £5 from one of the maddest Vintage shops I have ever been in.
Liza asked me if I had bought any handbags lately and as it happens I had. I will admit I spent more than I ordinarily would on this stunning chocolate brown Corde
On the 22nd I had another day off work to take Mum to see Mamma Mia.
Lunch was funny as pretty much the rest of the restaurant were octogenarian ladies doing the lunchtime special before the matinee. The tables were in very close proximity to each other and the old duck next to me practically had her face in my dinner when it arrived, to the point I was this close to passing her the plate and saying "here have a taste you clearly want one!"
Mum and I hadn't gone for the lunchtime special so I'm guessing she was regretting her cheap & cheerful choice.
I really enjoyed the show, it was very different to the film. The Oxford mail reviewer also loved it but said of the performer playing Sky 'he was clearly hired for his six pack and not his singing ability'. Not a truer word was spoken, he was pretty dreadful in an otherwise great cast.
I shall sign off with some lovely presents from Ann at Polyester Princess and Mim. Ann sent me this lovely bag already taking pride of place on the bag wall.
No plans for the last few days of November but December already has 3 dinners and a trip to Devon booked in........
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Wow you've been busy! Lovely china and your Corde bag is FABulous. I thought the Mamma Mia film was crap, despite having some bloody fine actors, good to hear you enjoyed the musical. I went to Oxford for the first time a couple of days ago and loved it. Gorgeous prezzies from Ann and Mim.ReplyDelete
Beautiful Corde bag-the design is really special. I completely understand not wanting a teapot you wouldn't use even if the shop volunteers thought you were mad. The pattern is wonderful.ReplyDelete
Sounds a lot like my social life, which is a bit all or nothing! I'm loving the 1930s tea and cake plates and - gasp - that fabulous Corde bag! It seems that the little bag is already feeling quite at home (it was hidden inside a cupboard here), and how funny that Mim also sent you an elephant brooch! xxxReplyDelete
You do sound busy!ReplyDelete
That's I first came across Monty Don, as a travel writer. I bet that was a fantastic evening.
Your bags and brooches are great, how lovely of Ann.
I know Leamington very well, we used to rent space in a big retro emporium and visited to restock every week. It's the posh bit of the Midlands - some people are surprised we've got one! xxx
Glad I'm not the only one who feels like I'm on a treadmill! I'm just trying to take one day at a time and am firmly saying 'no' to any further commitments. You've done some fun stuff though. I have a soft spot for Monty. I find his voice so soothing! Great brooches there, time to get the festive ones on I feel! XxReplyDelete
It's so nice to have a 'free' weekend after all those busy ones! I loved your purchases - that spotty china; the scarf the brooches and what lovely presents, too. I take it you like elephants...the tapestry bag is beautiful. I've never come across one yet in the chazzas but I live in hope.ReplyDelete
I love Monty Don especially as he suffered from depression in the past and talked openly about it many years ago when people generally didn't...
Hope you can take it a bit easier in the run up to the Big C!
Those church windows are fab! It is interesting to see a less touristy spa town - though I'm glad I was able to show you some less-seen bits of Bath. That vintage shop is properly bonkers, isn't it?ReplyDelete
Your Corde bag is really unusual. Is that swirling pattern quite rare?


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by Romily Bernard
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: September 23rd 2014
"Where Is My Head" by Hey Monday
Super soft polos with probably some ink stains on the edges
Converses that she's doodled all over
Art books
These sound great! I love almost anything YA and mystery is a bonus. I sent Romily a friend request, since she doesn't appear to have a page. :) Thanks!ReplyDelete
I really like the song 9 Crimes! Such a fun interview and I can't wait to read this series =DReplyDelete
I Love the interview!! I totally understand the nervousness when researching! I always think about what someone may think if they happen to see my search history.. Lol! Not everything is at it seems.. ;)ReplyDelete
*Screams* I just finished Find Me last week and am currently reading Lie For Me. I'm so excited for this book!!ReplyDelete
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The government should remain firm on their financial obligations to workers under the Employer Mandatory Commitment, says Rani Rasiah.
The government's announcement of the Employer Mandatory Commitment (EMC) has expectedly drawn howls of protest from employers' organisations.
The MCA Youth has come out in support of employers.
Workers' organisations like the MTUC and Cuepacs have commended the government on this initiative. The proposals of the EMC are also what civil society organisations have been advocating. They in fact are among the recommendations of a series of roundtables on labour migration that were organised recently by the Migrant Workers' Right to Redress coalition (comprising Parti Sosialis Malaysia, Tenaganita, North South Initiative, Sahabat Wanita, the MTUC, the Archdiocese Office for Human Development and Penang Stop Human Trafficking Campaign).
The main features of the EMC as reported in the press are:
- employers to assume responsibility for their migrant workers from the point of recruitment to their return home after their contract;
- payment of the levies for migrant workers to be taken over by employers;
- accommodation provided by employers to meet minimum standards set by the government;
- a higher security deposit to be paid by employers hiring migrant workers.
The EMC is a good start to addressing the many seemingly unmanageable problems related to labour migration: human trafficking, forced labour, the massive number of undocumented workers, and rampant exploitative practices such as denying workers the minimum wage and overworking them.
Employers' organisations are reacting strongly to the EMC, urging the government to reconsider. They say it will jeopardise their income as well as that of workers and the Malaysian public. They are dead set against taking over the payment of levies, saying that the country too will suffer by losing RM5bn per year in foreign remittances.
Employers' organisations should not try to be selfless with money that rightfully belongs to migrant workers.
PSM would like to strongly point out that the levy is a tax to deter employers from giving priority to migrant workers when hiring. So employers should pay the levy and not extract it from their workers, as they have been doing. The RM5bn is a part of the earnings of migrant workers which they may remit home; what belongs to them cannot rightly be used as a negotiating chip by employers.
Thus by raising the cost of migrant labour for the employers, they will be compelled to recruit more local workers and in the long run reduce the country's dependence on migrant labour. We should not ignore the fact that migrant workers have already paid their share of the cost when they paid for their recruitment fees. The workers looking for a better life are forced to mortgage their land and their house and even take loans to pay for the recruitment and travelling costs.
Upon arriving in Malaysia, many complain that they were unaware of the levy deduction from their wages, as they were promised a minimum wage of RM1,000. Only after arriving at the factory do they realise that their actual take-home pay would be less after deducting the levies, hostel accommodation fees, electricity, etc,.
Thus, to repay their loans back home , most migrant workers force themselves to work 10 -12 hours a day, seven days a week to maximise their overtime earnings.
Making the migrant workers pay for their levy is inhumane and exploitative.
Hopefully, there will be no reversal in the government's plan on the implementation of the EMC. The government should not allow itself to once again give in to the intense lobbying of powerful business organisations.
The current labour situation is untenable: a Malaysian workforce that is not favoured because it has higher expectations than migrant workers, underemployment, exploitation of migrant labour, an undocumented migrant workforce that could be three times as large as the documented, etc.
Employers' organisations have complained bitterly about the high cost of recruitment and called for the elimination of private agent involvement in the recruitment and management of migrant labour. The abolition of the profit motive and a government-to government mechanism can cut recruitment cost to a quarter of that incurred otherwise.
The government should implement the mechanism and a one stop centre to cut unnecessary costs for employers, but should remain firm on their financial obligations to workers under the EMC.
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Hey! For those who keep up with the blog (all of you right? *lowers glasses down nose*) you know that this would normally be the post when I'd share all the "progress" I'd made on my resolutions. Instead of boring you with the book I finished (Blood Meridian, skip it if you like plots/characterization), admitting I still don't like watermelon (ew), sharing that I'm dying for a house (duh) and lamenting I haven't touched a guitar all month (sigh), I'm going to tell you a story of triumph.
Everyone comfy on their carpet squares? It is story time!
[Insert enthusiastic fist pumps and cries of "yeah!" from the crowd.]
I alluded to this triumphant happening earlier this month, but this week it finally went down. Ike released his first full-length album with his band The Coasts on Monday. And although I think you should listen to it and love it (you totally would if you did), that's not really the point of this story. The point is that he finally accomplished a dream that he's had for years. And that, my friends, is inspirational.
At least it has inspired me. You know the secret? It's so simple it hurts. Take action. Plan, yes. Dream, yes. But then get out there and pursue that illusive [fill in the blank]. Unless you goal is to rob a bank in every state, that is. I just can't quite support that. Bottom line, Ike has inspired me to push beyond the compliancy of just existing. I want to live and grow, not just be.
But yeah, I'm mostly PROUD.
So before you go, here are a few other places The Coasts have been blogged. You're welcome; I know you've been looking for a single place to find all of these. Enjoy your Friday and your weekend! You better believe I'll be back soon.


text: Transparency and storytelling are becoming increasingly important to today's knowledgeable and savvy shoppers. They want to know not just what ingredients the food they purchase and consume contains, but where the ingredients were sourced. They want to know the farm it was grown or raised on. They want to know that it was kept at the appropriate temperature when in transit. And they want proof. There's a new technological movement to create complete transparency and on-demand access to information about food and ingredients along every link of the food supply chain, an instant genealogy for our food. This technology is called blockchain, and it is quickly becoming a reality for the food industry.


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The East Coast of Tasmania is a sparsely populated yet feature-rich coastline containing world-famous beaches, sweeping coastal scenery and quiet towns brimming with charm and history. Due to its rich soil, warm climate and regular rainfall, the East Coast is one of the main wine producing centres of Tasmania. To the north of the coast lies Wineglass bay, the Hazards mountain ranges and Sapphire, a luxurious six-star eco-resort. The largest towns along the East Coast are St. Helens, Coles Bay, Swansea and Orford.
Places of Interest
St. Helens is one of the main regional centres along the coast and is surrounded by picturesque locations like Eddystone Point, St. Helens Point, Ansons Bay, Binalong Bay, the Bay of Fires, Cape Portland and Mt. William National Park.
Scamander is a quiet surfing town located along the coast and is neighbored by the nearby communities of Beaumaris and Falmouth. The Evercreech Forest Reserve is situated along the Esk Highway and features a walk among tall gum trees. The town of Bicheno is home to beautiful white-sand beaches and the nearby Douglas-Aspley National Park.
Visit Maria Island to discover convict history, walking tracks and stunning mountains and rock formations. Coles Bay is the gateway to epic Freycinet National Park where star attractions include Wineglass Bay and the Hazards Mountain Range.


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The fear of a brutal military crackdown is rising by the day in Myanmar, as more number of pro-democracy protesters are taking to the streets every passing day, to demand the release of their leaders.
Carrying banners and placards of Aung San Suu Kyi and other jailed leaders, protesters defied the military by staging angry but peaceful demonstrations. "Our hero Aung San Suu Kyi and our president U Win Myint must be freed,'' was the chant that reverberated in Yangon and other places in the country. The military has warned of consequences if the protests continue.
The international community, led by the new Biden administration as well as the UN Secretary-General has condemned the coup in one voice. Washington and its European allies have threatened sanctions, but that is unlikely to deter the military to do a course correction. The men in uniform who have ruled Myanmar with an iron fist for over 50-years are unlikely to be cowed down by international threats. During the short period of civilian rule beginning 2015, the army continued to call the shots and held key defence and security portfolios. The brutal attack on Rohingyas in 2017 happened during the army-civilian rule. Suu Kyi defended the military action and was bitterly criticized for her stand. There were demands that she be stripped of her Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to her in 1991 for her valiant fight against the military. Yet the military never trusted her and her popularity remained a constant threat to the generals.
Condemnations and sanctions will not change the ground reality in Myanmar. The military junta are confident that China, Asia's most powerful country will come to their rescue. In fact, China has already stood up for Myanmar at the UN Security Council last week. A special session of the UNSC convened to discuss the army coup in Myanmar was unable to pass and release a resolution, because China a Permanent Member of the UNSC blocked the move. India too while urging the country to restore democracy will not stop its engagement with the military junta. ASEAN as a group is unlikely to take action or withdraw Myanmar's membership. ASEAN had generally avoided taking a position on internal matters of member-states.
The leader of Myanmar's ruling junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Monday addressed the nation for the first time since last week's coup, saying the body now in power is "different" from the past military governments. He explained that the new State Administrative Council includes civilians and members of ethnic minorities. He asked the public to "focus on facts and not be carried away by emotions,'' according to reports from Yangon.
He also justified the military coup, saying it could not remain a bystander to large scale allegations of election fraud. The General said the army takeover was "inevitable'' as the civilian authorities had done nothing about the complaints lodged by the Opposition.
To put it simply, the army was nervous of the NLD and Suu Kyi's continuing popularity. The party victory in the November 2020 elections was a landslide, as it broke its own 2015 record. The military backed party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), filled with retired army generals fared dismally in the elections, leading to allegations by their leader Than Htay, of irregularities. Min Aung Hlaing said that Myanmar will "maintain friendly relations with all nations," and said there will be no change in diplomatic policy.
The general vowed to defend Myanmar's constitution and hand over power "after the state of emergency provisions have been carried out to hold a free and fair multiparty democracy general election."
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As simple as it may seem, watching movies and finding the right one entails considering a lot of things. While there are a lot of ways for one to watch movies nowadays, there are movietube free movies and other streaming sites that offer all of these movies for free. What these sites do is to scour the internet for sources, and thus relieving you of the dirty work and hassle. Now that you know where you're going to get movies, then here are some other things that you have to consider to make sure that you have the best movie watching experience, whether you do it alone, with your family, or with your friends.
Choose Appropriate Ratings
Watching with kids mean that you can't just play whatever movie that you want, as there are some films that may have content that kids should not see. These include sex or sexual scenes, as well as horror and gore, which could be traumatizing to kids in the long run. You can get a clue on what's safe for children on their movie ratings, either G, PG-13, or 18+. The G rating is deemed most suitable for kids. Most online streaming sites already have this information, so it's not going to be hard.
Consider People's Preferences
More than just children's ratings, you have to make sure that all of you will enjoy in the movie you watch. Even if you don't want to get spoiled, having a look at the trailer gives you a clue on whether it's going to be a good movie or not. If you can't decide on what movie you're going to choose to watch, one great idea will be to randomly pick one through writing it on papers and putting it inside a fishbowl and picking randomly from what's inside.


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Train Simulator: BR 9F Loco Add-On review
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Train Simulator: BR 9F Loco Add-On Review
Train Simulator: BR 9F Loco Add-On is an application designed by Dovetail Games. Train Simulator: BR 9F Loco Add-On was first published on . Train Simulator: BR 9F Loco Add-On is available for Steam, Other.
About This ContentConsidered by some to be the pinnacle of British steam locomotive design, the Class 9F comes to Train Simulator in British Railways black livery.
The Standard Class 2-10-0 locomotive was designed by Robert Riddles for BR and was the last in a series of standardised locomotive classes designed in the 1950s. The Class was originally intended for use on heavy freight trains at fast speeds over long distances; however, it proved extremely capable and versatile, being used on passenger services as well.
In total, 251 locomotives were built in the Class, and 92220 Evening Star was the last steam locomotive to be built by BR in 1960.
Withdrawals of the Class began in May 1964, although some survived until the end of British steam in 1968. Nine locomotives in the Class survived the scrapyard, with Evening Star now being part of the National Collection in the UK and others either in full working order or in restoration.
The 9F for Train Simulator is a former Iron Horse House model, which has been updated to TS2015 standard, including new scenarios and improved exterior modelling. It is available in BR Black livery in both single and double chimney variants with BR1A and BR1D tenders. Also included are 16T mineral wagons and a BR brake van.
The locomotive is also Quick Drive compatible, giving you the freedom to drive the BR 9F on any Quick Drive enabled route for Train Simulator, such as those available through Steam. Also included are scenarios specifically for the Western Lines of Scotland route (available separately and required to play these scenarios).
Three scenarios for the Western Lines of Scotland route:
- Border Heavyweight
- Heavy Haul to Kingmoor
- Military March
More scenarios are available on Steam Workshop online and in-game. Train Simulator's Steam Workshop scenarios are free and easy to download, adding many more hours of exciting gameplay. With scenarios being added daily, why don't you check it out now!
Click here for Steam Workshop scenarios.
Key Features
- 9F in BR Black livery
- Single and double chimney variants
- BR1A and BR1D tenders
- Freight wagons, including 16T mineral wagons and Brake Van
- Quick Drive compatible
- Scenarios for the Western Lines of Scotland route
- Download size: 310mb
Train Simulator: BR 9F Loco Add-On
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For me, every day is a celebration of Mother's Day
Among the most precious of my possessions is my dad's Bible. It rests upon the top of an old wooden desk, which was also his, in my home office.
The Bible was presented to the Old Man in the 1970s by the pupils in his Sunday School class at Drexel's First Baptist Church, and it was seldom far from his side until his death in 1987.
Thumbing through its pages now, I see the passages that he underlined or commented upon. One that always strikes me is Proverbs 31:10, which reads, "Who can find a virtuous woman, for her price is far above rubies."
Scribbled in the margin beside the verse are the words, "My Bea."
That virtuous woman was his wife of 52 years, and my mother, Beatrice Robbins Poteat.
I have often written about my dad over the past 40 years. He's easy to write about. He was a gregarious character, quick of temper, quick of wit, who left me with a vast storehouse of stories, ancedotes, and maxims with which to pepper my writing.
Yet if my dad was the mighty oak who towered over our family, my mother was the rich and steady foundation upon which that oak was planted, and it was she who lovingly nourished the growth of the three young saplings who were my brothers and me.
Like my dad, Mom grew up poor. He was town poor, she was country poor, the oldest of 13 children born to a cotton-farming family in Rutherford County.
That childhood poverty, followed by the ruinous years of the Great Depression, tempered and strengthened both my parents. My mother was the most frugal and self-sufficent person I have ever known.
Yet if those years of want taught my mother the value of a dollar, they also served to teach her that so many things are more valuable than a dollar. Those things, as she lived them each day, were faith in God, love of family, and service to others.
She arose each morning at 4:30, but did not immediately set about the myriad chores that running a household of a husband, three boys, a dog, and two cats required. Instead, she spent the first half hour of each day in prayer, when the house was quiet and still.
This allowed her, she said, to hear the voice of God clearly and for him to hear her.
The threat of my dad's belt was a powerful incentive toward good behavior when I was growing up, but even more potent was the threat of my mom's tears. Dad's wrath could be survived. Mom's disappointment just hurt too much.
Thirteen years have passed since I celebrated a Mother's Day with with Mom. She went peacefully home on Feb. 13, 2006, at the age of 90.
But in so many ways, each and every day of my life is a celebration of Mother's Day, for each and every day I am thankful for a mother who loved me, who disciplined me, and who gave me an example of how to live gracefully and thankfully in this world.
And each and every day I am reminded of just how fortunate I was to have Beatrice Robbins Poteat as my mother.
Bill Poteat, who offers a special thanks to all mothers today, may be reached at 704-869-1855.


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In 2008, Barack Obama frequently made this promise to American
voters: "I pledge that under my plan, no one making less than
$250,000 a year will see any type of tax increase. Not income
tax, not capital gains taxes, not any kind of tax."
But as Obama�s first term comes to a close, that has clearly not
been the case. In fact, one of his very first acts as president
was to raise taxes on products consumed primarily by those whom
he promised not to raise taxes on. Below is a general list of
taxes raised by President Obama in his first term.
Product and Service Taxes
One of President Obama�s first acts as President in February of
2009 was to more than double the taxes on tobacco products. This
affected about 60 million Americans and disproportionally hurt
poor and middle class families. Cigarette taxes jumped from
$3.90 to more than $10 per carton. Cigar smokers, meanwhile, saw
their taxes increased by over 4,000%.
Not only was this a major tax increase, but it mostly harms
those making less than $250,000 and living at or below the
poverty level. According to the Center for Disease Control, in
2010 about 33% of people living below the poverty level were
A second anti-consumer tax was found in ObamaCare and it levied
a 10% tax on tanning bed services, affecting about 30 million
Americans. Obviously, a vast majority of these users fall below
the richest 1% and make less than $250,000 per year, meaning
another broken promise not to raise taxes on those making less
than $250,000.
In both instances, President Obama decided to target certain and
specific products or services he deems unhealthy and levied
heavy taxes on them. Under this reasoning products such as
potato chips, sodas, violent video games, and football equipment
might be subject to heavy federal taxation in the near future.
Obamacare Tax Increases
The largest grouping of taxation can be found in ObamaCare, the
president's signature legislation. While the president has
attempted to declare that the most controversial portion of the
bill - the individual mandate - is not a tax, both the US
Supreme Court and his own lawyers have determined otherwise.
In fact, the Obama administration argued in front of multiple
courts in defense of the law that the individual mandate was
constitutional as it was a tax. At the Supreme Court, it was
argue that "the legislative history is replete with members of
Congress explaining that this law is constitutional as an
exercise of the taxing power...
Not only is it fair to read this as an exercise of the tax
power, but this Court has an obligation to construe it as an
exercise of the tax power, if it can be upheld on that basis."
The individual mandate will almost exclusively affect those
making less than $250,000.
Punishing Responsible HealthCare Users through Taxation
Through Obamacare, the president also raised a number of taxes
that have negative effects on responsible taxpayers and those
who have been fair participants in the system. Ironically, Obama
not only implements the individual mandate tax to punish those
who do not purchase health insurance, he also implements a tax
on those who are too responsible in purchasing insurance.
First up, Obama imposed a new $2,500 maximum contribution limit
for Flexible Spending Accounts. Flexible Spending Accounts
enable employees to direct funds from their paychecks on a pre-
tax basis to an account used specifically for medical purposes
during that year. Simply put, responsible people who had
expected expenses coming up in a given year, perhaps a pregnancy
or major dental surgery, could put money into a Flexible
Spending Account and immediately pay those bills.
In addition to severely limiting the contribution amounts to
Flexible Spending Accounts, Obama also raised the limit where
families become eligible to write off medical expenses. This
ObamaCare provision increases the write-off threshold by 25% to
10% of adjusted gross income.
Not surprisingly, this also almost exclusively affects those
making under $250,000. A family of 4 making $65,000 with medical
bills of $6,000 would have been able to write off those expenses
prior to the passage of ObamaCare.
Under his new rules, that family is no longer experiencing �high
medical costs� and will be forced to pay taxes on those
expenses. Wealthier families would not have met either minimum
anyway and are therefore unaffected by the passage.
Also as a result of the passage of ObamaCare, individuals making
$200,000 per year will see their Medicare taxes increase by 66%,
to 2.35%, while self-employed individuals will pay a Medicare
rate of 3.8%.
Other Trickle Down Tax Increases
President Obama has also implemented a number of other tax
increases that will directly affect consumers, even if they
don�t technically pay the taxes themselves. One example is a
2.3% tax on medical device makers. Pacemakers, prosthetic limbs,
and monitoring devices will all be subjected to this new tax. Is
it more reasonable to assume that the medical device suppliers
will simply just absorb this tax or pass it on to the consumers
of those products, the patients?
At the same time, Obama has been fighting his entire first term
to eliminate the Bush tax cuts, but only for those making more
than $250,000. Of course, this figure would include hundreds of
thousands of small business owners, independent medical
practices, and other job creators.
Will these small business owners simply absorb the higher taxes
or will they pass on those taxes through increases in the price
of their products and services? And while $250,000 may seem like
a lot of money, it is also important to remember that small
business usually pay far higher taxes than regularly-employed
They are required to pay both the employee and employer side of
both Medicare and Social Security, have to pay for employee
unemployment insurance, and of course, new Obamcare mandates.
So the fucking nigger has been lying from day one in office.
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Sauti Sol have officially dropped their first single 'Suzanna' under Universal Music.
"Suzanna" which is the first track in their upcoming album dubbed 'Midnight train', tackles the controversial phenomenon of sponsors/blessers.
The band uses clever irreverent lyrics and sharp wit to poke fun at a woman who is a beneficiary of the champagne life as sponsored by an older man.
"I see you in London.. silicone in your bum bum.. shaking what your doctor gave you… You change your skin colour and your hair is longer now. Then I see you in Paris standing next to the Champs Elysees looking sexy in a mini skirt " are part of the lyrics
Suzanna video which was directed by Leke Alabi-Isama was shot in Nigeria and is based in a 70s disco ball set up.
Sauti Sol's Bien termed the song as a comic relief that is a reminder of the good old days.
"It's more comic relief judging by how they are styled in the 70s disco ball chic complete with puffy colourful men blouses, large 'fros and perms. 'It's also a reminder of the good ole days of how stylish Africans were." Said Bien
In just an hour, the song has already garnered over 60k views on Youtube.
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Every year has seen tuition costs for college and university rise – the average cost of private intuitions of higher education reached as high as $40,000 in 2013 and 2014, and the cost will only go up as time goes on. The increase is estimated at around 3%-4% every year, outpacing wage growth and inflation – which means that many families don't have a choice but to take out student loans in order to make up all of the costs.
If you're a parent sending your child to an institution of higher learning and you're looking at taking out student loans, it's important for you to know the ins and the outs of the college loan system – you don't want to be caught off guard, so you should know about student loans.
As A Co-Signer, You Are Always Responsible to Know About Student Loans
Some recent stories of parents co-signing for student loans have attracted some media attention – and one such story is that of the Mason family. The parents of Lisa Mason co-signed for nearly $100,000 of student loans to cover the cost of nursing school – and then tragedy struck. Lisa Mason died of liver failure at 27 years old, and the Mason parents were suddenly targets of lenders looking for repayment of the loans regardless of the tragedy. Because the Masons didn't know about student loans, they suffered afterward.
While some of the lenders reduced their interest rates in light of the media attention the story found, a lot of people still don't quite realize how dangerous co-signing can be. They're liable, no matter what happens to the student – and even if the student remains in good health, the co-signer will be on the list when the time comes to pay.
Who Borrows the Money Is Important To Remember
When it comes to financial aid the calculations assume the burden of paying the loans is settled on two groups – the student and also the parents will make contributions to paying off the debt, and both are taken into account when it comes to the type of financial aid that can appear. Just like co-signing for private loans, it's important to be accurate with who's borrowing what for federal loans.
This flexibility can get you some better terms when it comes to interest rates and repayment. PLUS loans for parents can see fixed interest rates and delayed repayments when needed – but you need to ask yourself if you, as a parent, can repay the loans in worst-case scenarios. The more debt you take in your name, the more trouble you might have if things don't play out well – just another thing that's important to know about student loans.
Learn About Forgiveness Terms
The terms of forgiveness – if you have to pay back the loans – depends on what the type of loan is. Federal loans generally have a generous or kind set f forgiveness terms. Tragedies can see the loans forgiven so that you don't have to pay back, if your child takes a public-service job (like teaching) it can forgive the loans over time, and if the school closes down for foreclosure it can result in you not having to pay the loans back.
Private loans, on the other hand, are much stricter. Lenders vary from one to the next on how they offer forgiveness terms if they do – and while they will take into mind how likely it is they'll be paid back over a shorter or longer period of time (which can work out for you if you tell them, and get you on income-based repayment or a longer period to pay everything back), not many will give you outright forgiveness. Federal loans are better for you than private loans – but they can't cover everything. If you have to take a private loan, make sure you know about student loans and every last detail of the loan contract and try to keep it in mind at all times when dealing with paying back your loans.
No Debt Is the Best Kind of Debt
It's obvious – you'd rather have no loans to repay than some loans. It's loan debt, and it can stack up from interest or generally hurt your credit score as time goes on. There's a few ways to push toward this kind of goal, and one of them is to (while your child is still young – start as soon as you can) set up a college education fund near the start of the process and let it build up over time. Even a small amount every year can cut back the amount of tuition you will have to pay and make sure you have an easier time paying the loans back.
Just because you know about student loans it doesn't mean you will have an easy time paying everything off – but being informed on exactly what each loan means can help you in the future of a tragedy or setback occurs and make sure you avoid the financial ruin that can from defaulted student loans.


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Fire causes heavy damage at Piranha Mobile Shredding
A two-alarm fire caused heavy damage at Piranha Mobile Shredding and Recycling on the West Side of Evansville on Friday morning.
The fire was reported at 4:24 a.m. at 1724 W.Franklin St.
West Franklin Street was closed for several hours between Seventh and Ninth avenues. No one was inside the building at the time, fire officials said.
Dan Grimm, an Evansville Fire Department spokesman, said the fire started in the rear of the building. Investigators have yet to determine a cause, he said.
Crews were battling the fire from outside the structure for several hours to get it under control. Grimm said they held off on going inside because they were worried about 10-foot tall bales of shredded paper falling on firefighters. The paper is bundled and recycled at the facility.
The building was made of a lightweight steel that did not have a lot of resistance to fire but holds in a lot of heat, which was another concern for firefighters.
Grimm said the building will have to be torn apart before damage can be assessed. The paper bales will also have to be torn apart or they could burn for days.
According to the company's website, Piranha opened in 1991 and is family owned and operated. They have a fleet of five trucks that offer off-site document destruction within 100 miles of Evansville.
Craig Holder, the route manager for Piranha, said the business will cease operations until they can find another facility to store shredded paper. Once collected, the paper has to be destroyed within 24 hours, he said.
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Free Talk With Authors Martin and Stone in Conjunction With Food Truck Friday
What: Rhode Island Clam Shacks Talk + Book Signing [FREE EVENT]
When: Friday, June 2, 6pm
Where: The Museum of Work & Culture, 42 S. Main St., Woonsocket, R.I.
The Museum of Work & Culture will welcome Christopher Scott Martin and David Norton Stone, authors of Rhode Island Clam Shacks, for a free talk and book signing on Friday, June 2, at 6pm.
The event is being offered in conjunction with Food Truck Friday, an evening of entertainment, activities, and food trucks in Woonsocket's Market Square.
Rhode Island Clam Shacks, the latest book in the "Images of America" series, includes more than 200 images telling the story of Rhode Island's relationship with its beloved bivalve. Join the authors as they take a look at the places, traditions, and recipes honoring a Rhode Island favorite.
Martin is the curator of Quahog.org, a website about Rhode Island's history and cultural quirks. Stone is the author of the Rhode Island food books Clamcake Summer, Stuffie Summer, and Chowder Summer.
Seating is limited and is first come, first served.


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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony and Induction Postponed
Here's the latest from RTT news regarding the postponement of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and ceremonies.
This year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Induction Week festivities have been postponed until later this year.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame said the decision to defer the induction ceremony was taken after considering recent news regarding the coronavirus and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's appeal to avoid large public gatherings.
"The health and safety of our fans and visitors is our highest priority," the Rock Hall said in a statement.
Additional details, including new dates and ticket information, will be announced shortly.
Details of the rescheduled HBO live broadcast of the event will be announced at a later date as well.
Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., and T. Rex are due to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year.
Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson issued a Proclamation of Civil Emergency earlier this week with the goal of minimizing the impact, severity and duration of COVID-19 as it spreads.