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Research from the Mexican Migration Field Research Program was mentioned in The Dallas Morning News
BY GABRIEL ESCOBAR NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Let’s say you want to cross the U.S.-Mexico border the unconventional way. If you pay someone to sneak you in through a legal port of entry–a more popular option with women–it costs $2,850 and requires that you hide in a vehicle of some sort. If you choose the desert or mountain route, the added hazard and rigor drop the price to $1,587.
Despite the aggressive enforcement along the U.S. Mexico border, this illegal act still occurs with some frequency. Fewer people are trying to get in, for a host of reasons, but those who are bent on coming pay coyotes the fee and venture across. Sometimes it takes several tries, but the success rate is still an astonishing nine out of every ten.
We know these details thanks to the social scientists at the Mexican Migration Field Research Program, which is run by the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Since 2005, their surveys of immigrants in Mexico and California have given us a remarkable insight into the factors that drive migration.
Illuminating this issue helps everyone, regardless of where you stand on this intensely debated issue. It is only when you know the forces at work that you can begin to understand immigration in all its complexity and (cue the hope and dream) begin to develop a coherent public policy.
David Keyes, one of the researchers, shared with me some of the latest findings, which were also presented at a conference in California this week. Based on interviews with residents from the Mexican town of Tlacotepec–those still in the village and those now in California–researchers offer some sobering insights into the limits of enforcement.
The poor economy in the U.S. and the perception that the route north is more perilous than before are indeed deterring people from leaving. But those who are bent on coming will make the trip and, by dint of repeated tries, sneak across. “Border enforcement efforts of the U.S. government are not effectively stemming the undocumented migrations of Tlacotepense migrants,” according to a draft of the research paper.
Keyes, in a PowerPoint presentation, does an interesting analysis that links the hours the U.S. Border Patrol spends watching the frontier and the fees charged by human smugglers. In the early 1980s, when the total number of hours standing guard was under 2 million, it cost under $500 to sneak cross. In 2010, when the number of hours more than quadrupled, the fee averages a little under $2,000.
What does this tell us? Well, it supports the theory that one consequence of more aggressive enforcement is more aggressive attempts at violating the border. Researchers who interviewed Mexicans from Tlacotepec, in the southwestern state of Guerrero, conclude that 38 percent of those who entered illegally were apprehended at least once when crossing via desert or mountain. Those who snuck in at border crossings fared better–22 percent were caught at least once.
These apprehension rates have not really changed much from 2002 to 2010, a period of rather dramatic enforcement. The reason, researchers conclude, is that the tactics and methods of those running this market changed. Between 1986 and 1993, 53 percent of Tlacotepenses used a coyote. Between 2002 and 2010, an astonishing 87 percent resorted to these human smugglers.
I think it is misguided to use this data to argue that enforcement doesn’t work, for the simple reason that there is no way to measure how many would have entered had security not increased. Logic argues that the numbers would be higher, maybe much higher. But the persistence demonstrated by these migrants, particularly when the economy is not a draw, really does show that enforcement alone can only accomplish so much. If the economy improves and if migrants sense that the drug violence is abating, well you reach your own conclusions.
The Border Patrol and its parent, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, are now focusing enforcement on human smuggling networks and migrants who repeatedly cross the border. The research, certainly unintended, validates that change in policy by providing a statistical framework.
The Mexican Migration Field Research Project, along with an even more ambitious Mexican Migration Project at Princeton University, provide an invaluable service and should be required reading for all public officials and agencies involved in immigration. Among other things, the research conducted by these social scientists is the only antidote to the extreme politics of immigration, where rhetoric rules and intemperate shouts drown out data.
Here’s what the numbers tell us: The border is far more secure now than it has ever been–all that money, all those boots on the ground and all those eyes in the sky offer vigilance at a level that is unprecedented. This is beyond dispute, and anyone who argues otherwise is simply ignoring the facts. The number of illegal immigrants entering has dropped rather dramatically, to 150,000 a year down from as high as 600,000, according to one reliable estimate.
Enforcement is an important factor but not the only one. A bad economy in the U.S. has always worked as a deterrent. Important demographic changes in Mexico and the persistence of violence along the border are also significant factors. We are living in an unusual time because all these forces are at play at the same time, and all are having an impact.
But even when the border is at its most secure, when migration is further checked by these other factors, the frontier with Mexico is still a porous place. Look at the determined Tlacotepenses. Barring a hermetic seal (or Herman’s electrified fence), people bent on moving north will find a way, eventually. There’s an industry with high profit margins that practically guarantees it.
“I don’t think it will stop,” a middle-aged migrant, taking stock of all of this, told the researchers. “It might deter people like me, who are very cautions. But a lot of people that have made up their mind, they are tired of not having money….And that wall, we might not be able to jump it, but there will be coyotes that will dig a kilometer-long hole. And they will do it. They will do it because there is money to be made.”


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Last May, two environmentalists tried to shut down a power plant by preventing a boatload of coal from reaching it. Last week, a Massachusetts district attorney compounded their crime: He denied the victims justice because he agreed that their business—coal power—was a menace.
- Alexander R. Cohen, Don’t Tilt at These Windmills
- Robert Bidinotto, Green Cathedrals: Environmentalism’s Mythological Appeal
- Alexander R. Cohen, Individual Rights (Lecture IV of Objectivism: A Rational Philosophy for the Hero in Your Soul) (Video)
- William R Thomas, What Are Rights? (Video).
It’s good to see businesspeople fighting back against destructive regulations. But sometimes what they’re fighting for is less than glorious.
Take banker John Buhrmaster, from the village of Scotia in upstate New York. Three-quarters of what he does as CEO of a small bank there is now compliance, according to the Albany Business Review. “Since 2008, regulations have been popping up like crazy,” he complains. He wants to spend less time and money on rules and more on his depositors and borrowers. So he wants the government to get off his back.
So far, so good. But instead of arguing that banking regulations violate his rights and ought to be repealed, he’s asking for special exemptions for small banks. As chairman of a group called Independent Community Bankers of America, he’s backing “tiered regulation.” That means big banks and small banks would have different rules. They have “two different business models,” he argues.
Or take cigar maker Eric Newman, president of the last cigar company with a factory in Tampa. His employees make cigars on hand-operated machines, and he’s concerned that the FDA’s proposal to regulate cigars like cigarettes would put him out of business. His old-fashioned equipment would face scrutiny (remember what the FDA tried to do to cheese makers?). And in an industry that has come to rely on new products, he’d have to put every new product through 5,000 hours of tests.
So is he pushing to deregulate tobacco, arguing that people have the right to make and sell whatever recreational substances they want? Ha! He’s apparently not even trying to stop the FDA from regulating cigars. What he and local congresswoman Kathy Castor are seeking is to get Newman’s cigars included in a regulatory exemption for premium cigars. Nearly 300 comments, many using the same text, have been submitted to Regulations.gov specifically mentioning Newman’s company. Fifty of them, mostly anonymous but some signed by named individuals, call the factory a “working museum.”
So what are we to make of these efforts, morally speaking? Frankly, I’m not sure. There are things to be said for and against them.
It’s understandable why (relatively) small businesses like Buhrmaster’s bank and Newman’s cigar company would seek special protections instead of standing on the principles of rights: the administration obviously doesn’t respect the principles of rights, but it might be convinced to have mercy on small, community-based businesses.
And yet in the long run, special niches are vulnerable. The government can come along at any time and change them. If you want security, you need the principles of rights, and arguing for special privileges makes it harder to advocate those principles.
The pursuit of special exemptions is troubling because equality under the law is an important value. Exempting one business from an unjust law that harms another makes matters worse for the law’s victims, because they have to compete with a business that doesn’t share the handicaps imposed on them. And especially when an exemption is grounded in a business’s historic character, it amounts to treating some citizens as more important than others, which is proper for individuals to do but dangerous for governments to do. The greatest protection individual rights can have is the recognition that when the government violates one citizen’s rights, it threatens all our rights, and special exemptions undermine the recognition of this principle.
Yet unjust laws that nominally treat businesses equally can have unequal impacts. An additional paperwork burden for a big bank may be a matter of adding another lawyer, which, in its context, may be a small cost; for a small bank the same paperwork may take a large chunk of the CEO’s time. A testing requirement for new products may be little burden on a big cigarette manufacturer whose customers want to keep buying identical cigarettes, but a tremendous burden for a cigar company whose customers like trying new and interesting cigars. This is one reason big companies often support regulations: They can withstand them more easily than their smaller competitors.
More fundamentally, adding an exemption means some people don’t get their rights violated (in certain ways) who otherwise would. In that respect, exemptions are clearly good. Yet they are troubling because of the legal inequality involved.
Exemptions reflect the fundamental injustice of the regulated economy. When the law does nothing but uphold individual rights, there is no case to be made for special exemptions. Rights are the principles we need the law to uphold for each of us equally.
Jun 30, 2014
Pursuing a profit does not mean giving up your other values, not even if you do it by means of a corporation. That’s the most important meaning of today’s Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby.
And it is an important point. Business is part of life. Indeed, using your mind to produce the values that sustain you is of the essence of a human life.
In the Hobby Lobby case, three businesses owned by Christian families objected to Obamacare’s requirement that they pay for employee health plans that include (what they regard as) forms of contraception that can cause abortions. The business owners believe—wrongly—that abortion is immoral.
Under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the federal government may not “substantially burden” a person’s ability to practice his religion unless it’s the “least restrictive” way to serve a “compelling” government purpose. That religious practice includes following religion-based moral strictures, such as the one these Christians believe forbids them to pay for abortions. (The RFRA does not protect those of us who get our moral convictions from reason and reality, but that’s Congress’s fault, and it wasn’t at issue in today’s case.)
The contraception mandate did not literally and directly apply to the individual Christians who own Hobby Lobby and the other businesses involved: it applied to the businesses, which are corporations. So one of the questions the Court had to address today was whether the RFRA applies to corporations.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said it did not. Corporations, she said, quoting Justice Stevens’s opinion in Citizens United, “have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires.”
The thing is, however, the people who own and run them do. And every act of a corporation is ultimately an act of human beings.
Justice Samuel Alito recognized that—and his was the majority opinion. “A corporation,” he wrote for the Court, “is simply a form of organization used by human beings to achieve desired ends... When rights... are extended to corporations, the purpose is to protect the rights of these people.”
The moral principle that individual rights apply in the business context is much broader than the contraceptive mandate. And it’s broader than the RFRA, though that law is all the Court was considering today. It covers the right to free speech and the right to property. It covers the right to make your products by your own standards and organize your business your way. It is, most simply, the right to live a productive human life.
Organizing your business as a corporation does not mean giving up the right to live your life.
- Laurie Rice, Contraception and the Case for Free-Market Feminism
- Alexander R. Cohen, Internet Privacy and Corporate Free Speech
The FDA recently said it was illegal to age cheese on wooden boards; in the face of an outcry, it retreated -- kind of. It still says it plans to "engage with the artisanal cheese-making community to determine whether certain types of cheeses can safely be made by aging them on wooden shelving," which means it still might determine that they can't. Cheese fans beware: the threat still looms.
Writing at Forbes, Greg McNeal calls it a victory and a lesson:
When government officials make pronouncements that don’t seem grounded in law or policy, and threaten your livelihood with an enforcement action, you must organize and fight back. While specialized industries may think that nobody cares, the fight over aged cheese proves that people’s voices can be heard.
But Walter Olson of Overlawyered points out that fine cheese has a particularly articulate and influential constituency interested in its product and knowledgable about it -- and not all industries have that resource.
Sometimes fighting back over a particular product is successful. Sometimes, as we were recently reminded by the Buckyballs case, it isn't. And sometimes even a victory in one forum leaves regulators to fight in another, as when the IRS surrendered to the Institute for Justice in its court battle over licensing tax preparers, only to ask Congress to grant it the power the agency had claimed it already had.
In the long run, only a principle of individual rights can protect everyone. When we recognize that everyone has an interest in everyone else's freedom -- including everyone else's freedom to buy and sell products we ourselves don't want to make or use -- we know that we have reason to care about the issue even when the product in question doesn't interest us. If most people recognized that, the government would know it had to respect freedom, even in the case of products without influential constituencies.
Many fans of fine cheese are progressives, and I hope they learn something from this: When the government looks out for your safety and not your freedom, it may try to take away things you value. Even if you fight back, you may lose, and even if you seem to have won, you may lose soon thereafter. And even if the fans of fine cheese succeed in protecting it, there is probably some other product you like that doesn't have so many influential fans. If you want to protect the things you value, you need the principles of freedom.
(H/T Walter Olson)
Craig Zucker, the Buckyballs CEO who fought back irreverently when the Consumer Product Safety Commission went after his product, has settled the case. The CPSC says the settlement’s "intended to protect children and teenagers." Zucker says he hopes the CPSC has learned a lesson. Both sides want us to think they’ve won. But Zucker lost, and so did the rest of us.
The CPSC was pursuing Zucker personally, perhaps because he publicly fought back, perhaps because he closed his company and it wasn’t available as a target anymore. Zucker claimed the agency had no business going after him individually—it was his company that had sold Buckyballs—but the settlement requires him to pay for a recall. And it requires him to give up any claims he had against the CPSC.
It’s tempting to say the CPSC lost too. The amount of money the settlement requires Zucker to pay is remarkably low: $75,000 for publicity, and up to $300,000 for paying and processing consumer refunds. It’s not even enough money to refund one in a hundred Buckyballs purchases. Zucker said the litigation cost more than the settlement.
But the CPSC is not a private plaintiff looking to strike it rich by suing a business. The agency has gotten away with destroying Zucker’s business, and it has proved that it can force an individual businessman to pay for selling products the CPSC later decides it doesn’t want on the market. If the agency wants to expand its power, or if it wants to drive products on which someone might possibly injure himself off the market, this is a win for the CPSC.
As for the rest of us, we lost in several respects. We lost the ability to buy Buckyballs, toys that many people liked—and we may have lost products we don’t even know exist because this case may scare other people out of bringing them to market. We lost because the fact that Zucker ended up personally on the hook may deter other businessmen from fighting back against product recalls. And we lost because, yet again, a federal agency has demonstrated that it doesn’t need to prove that the facts and the law are on its side: it can drive people out of business, force them to settle, and even declare products illegal, all without ever making its case in court.
- Alexander R. Cohen, Government by Intimidation
Is the Federal Trade Commission for a free-market economy? A recent blog post by three of its top officials could almost make you think so. The directors of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics have a message for state regulators: Let Tesla compete!
Tesla sells its cars directly to consumers, challenging the traditional model of selling cars through franchised dealerships. States such as New Jersey and Texas have made that illegal, and North Carolina’s state senate tried to do the same. The FTC blog post argues that these laws restrict consumer choice for no good reason. Tesla, it says, should get to use the business model it thinks best—and in the long run, what business models are used should depend on the same “competitive process” that determines which car models succeed. Let different businesses try different ideas, and the market will make its choices. The FTC staffers support their case by pointing to some of the great business achievements of the Internet age. You might well mistake these bureaucrats for free marketeers, and indeed, they defend the free-market view on this specific question: No, they say, governments should not stop Tesla from selling its cars directly to consumers.
Although the FTC, which has the power to enforce antitrust laws, can crack down on many anticompetitive measures, there's very little it can do about these regulations: there's an exception to antitrust for state laws. The blog post must be viewed as a sort of moral exhortation. Let us consider what moral code it displays.
If you read the post with an eye toward its basic premises, you’ll notice that the whole case rests on the authors’ judgment of consumers’ best interests. Regulations that protect consumers are OK, they assume, it’s just that these particular regulations make consumers worse off. The rights of the producers don’t enter into it.
What we see in the post is the perspective of economic managers—the perspective of antitrust law. Often, as here, such a perspective shows reasons for the government to get out of a producer’s way. But if we accept that this is the perspective from which the economy should be governed, we accept that all our productive activities are subject to government management. Sometimes that management will be permissive. But not all the time.
- Alexander R. Cohen, How Antitrust Competes against Freedom
- Alexander R. Cohen, The Essential Evil of Antitrust Law (video)
- William R Thomas, Republican Cronies versus Business Freedom, North Carolina Edition
- Alexander R. Cohen, Tesla's Rights and New Jersey's Regulations (video)
If you can kill someone with a number two lead pencil, does that mean the pencil companies are actually in the weapons business?
Or how about Apple, if you arrange a hit via your iPhone?
The ATF is being sued for a decision only slightly more reasonable. Gun maker Sig Sauer created a product called a “muzzle brake,” which reduces the recoil when you fire the gun it’s attached to. The device makes the gun louder, the company says, but the ATF classified it as a silencer. That made it subject to heavy regulations that wouldn’t otherwise apply—and may make it difficult or impossible to sell. The reason: It is possible, by adding another part, to make the muzzle brake into a silencer. Thus, the ATF said the muzzle brake was a silencer part.
It gets dumber: The law the ATF was supposed to apply does not say that anything that can be used to make a silencer is a silencer. It says a part “intended only” to be used to make a silencer is a silencer. But as Sig Sauer pointed out, the muzzle brake has another purpose: to reduce recoil.
Sig Sauer responded to the ATF’s determination with thirteen pages of evidence and argument on the law and the facts. It discussed the tests it had done on its product, and it pointed out that similar products were already on the market—and not regulated as silencers. The ATF sent a three-paragraph reply that addressed exactly none of the evidence or argument before asserting once again that the company had produced “a part intended only for use in the assembly or fabrication of a silencer.”
It’s hard to see how this can be anything but evasion—and a reminder that whether a law is good or bad, it can be made worse when its enforcers fail to focus objectively on the facts.
If the lawsuit over keeping disabled people waiting at Disney theme parks has merit, it should have been won already. The courts have kept it waiting for two weeks.
Granted, litigation normally takes much longer than that. But this whole case is based on the idea that it’s unjust and exclusionary to keep these plaintiffs and their families waiting. If a private company must accommodate them by letting them skip their wait, surely government courts have the same obligation.
The case, if you haven’t heard of it: Some mothers are suing Disney because it changed its policies towards disabled patrons at its theme parks. It used to be that if you had a disability, mental or physical, you could skip the lines at rides. Thus, for example, if you or someone with you didn’t have the ability to stand for an hour while waiting, you weren’t expected to wait for an hour at all. But media reports said people with disabilities were working as tour guides, in effect selling their line-skipping privilege, and this entrepreneurial activity was deemed an abuse. So Disney decided that disabled patrons should have to wait about as long as everyone else—but not on line. They’d get cards allowing them to come back and ride at about the time they’d have reached the front of the line anyway.
According to the lawsuit, that’s more than some developmentally disabled people can stand. “It is completely unreasonable for a family with a disabled member to check in at a ride, walk away and then go back,” said one plaintiff. Her son, she said, did not understand what was going on.
These patrons, the lawsuit argues, aren’t "able" to wait—so keeping them waiting violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. It denies them "access" to the rides.
But if a long wait denies these mothers’ kids access to rides, surely a much longer wait denies them access to the courts. And the principle of equal justice under law demands that everyone have access to the courts.
Of course, there are reasons court cases take a long time. One of those reasons is that there are lots of cases and relatively few judges to hear them—much as there are lots of Disney patrons and relatively few seats on rides. Also, it takes time for both sides to research the law and explore the evidence. There are a lot of factors to consider in keeping the judicial system organized. Indeed, courts need to consider the facts about litigation in general and make scheduling rules that affect cases wholesale before judges so much as glance at the particular facts of individual cases. Even given the principle of equal justice under law, the difficulty these plaintiffs and their kids have waiting doesn’t necessarily trump everything. Perhaps the courts should consider it, but they have to consider it in the context of all their priorities, just as Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly considered the deadline in the American Airlines merger case, but also considered the criminal trial she had scheduled.
But if even the government, whose courts are bound to offer justice to all, doesn’t have to let these plaintiffs skip the wait, how could it demand that Disney do so? If the courts get to consider the plaintiffs' needs in the context of other priorities, why shouldn't Disney have the same freedom?
I’m not saying, of course, that Disney shouldn’t be more accommodating. Maybe it should be. But Disney needs to be able to make rules and run its system as it sees fit. If the law says these families’ inability to wait trumps Disney’s right to organize its theme parks, the government that made that law has imposed on Disney restrictions it has not imposed on itself. Those who understand why the government can’t drop everything to attend to these plaintiffs should understand that Disney has other priorities too.
- David Kelley, Property Rights (Atlas University video) (featuring clips from Atlas Shrugged Part 1)
- Alexander R. Cohen, ATMs, Accessibility, and Human Needs
- Alexander R. Cohen, DOJ's Proposed Schedule Risked Crashing Airline Merger
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If you were hoping that Ladar Levison’s court fight over his refusal to expose users of his secure email system, Lavabit, to government surveillance, would produce a shining judicial defense of privacy and business rights, today the Fourth Circuit let you down.
If, on the other hand, you were afraid that the appellate court would uphold the contempt ruling a federal judge made last year against Levison and his company and thereby deal a serious blow to any businessman’s ability to offer online privacy—well, that didn’t happen either.
The Fourth Circuit did uphold the contempt citation. That’s bad news for the man who is, perhaps more than anyone else, the opposite of the NSA. But the court explicitly refused to consider the constitutional questions involved in the case, and it only looked at the questions about online search-and-seizure laws through a very limiting procedural filter. This case has created no very helpful precedent either for privacy-conscious businesses and their customers or for government officials who want their information.
Instead of giving serious consideration to the core issue in the case—whether the government was entitled to force Levison to turn over his encryption keys so that investigators could get one customer’s metadata, even though that would have meant giving the government access to all his customers’ metadata and email contents—the court decided the appeal on the ground that Levison had failed to raise his arguments in the trial court. You’re generally not allowed to ask an appellate court to say a trial court got something wrong unless you gave the trial court a chance to get it right. You aren’t allowed to raise whole new issues in the appeal. And that’s what the Fourth Circuit said Levison was trying to do.
The Fourth Circuit’s decision teaches us nothing about email privacy. What it does do is remind us of the importance of the division of labor, including in battles over rights. At a key hearing (see pages 50-64 of this file) when Levison should have raised his statutory and constitutional arguments, he represented himself and did not raise them. That cost him. If he’d had a lawyer, that lawyer would have been aware of the risk of failing to raise arguments, and (one at least hopes) would have known the important arguments to raise.
But Levison didn’t leave the issue of email privacy just to litigation: businessmen and programmers like him have their own weapons to bring to their battles. By building Lavabit in the first place, Levison provided unusually high security to his customers for 10 years. By shutting down Lavabit, Levison the businessman protected his customers’ privacy despite turning over his encryption keys. And with his new project, Levison the programmer and businessman is working on new ways to secure individuals’ private communications. Meanwhile, the legal and constitutional issues the Fourth Circuit didn’t get to today await another day—and more work by lawyers.
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- Ladar Levison will speak at this year's Atlas Summit.
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After two court defeats, the IRS is still at it. A federal judge in D.C. said it couldn’t license tax preparers. The D.C. Circuit said it couldn’t license tax preparers. Now the agency is going to Congress and saying: let us license tax preparers.
You don’t need anyone’s permission to do your own taxes. I just did mine. But the IRS is trying to make sure you need the IRS’s permission to make a living preparing other people’s taxes. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen made the case to the Senate Finance Commission this week.
Koskinen argued that oversight would ensure that preparers provided good service. And committee Chairman Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, pointed out that some tax preparers commit typos—or even fraud. But crimes and mistakes are possible in all sorts of productive activities, and that doesn’t mean you should need the government’s permission to make a living. And if Congress really wants accurate tax returns, there’s no solution but to make the tax code simpler.
The courts’ decisions can't stop Congress from giving the IRS the power to license tax preparers: the courts only ruled that existing laws did not already give it that power. Congress could give it that power in a new law.
What could stop Congress from giving the IRS the power to license tax preparers? In the long run, the same thing that can protect hair stylists, dairy farmers, and transportation providers: a culture that affirms everyone’s right to live, and to make a living, without having to get the government’s permission.
- Alexander R. Cohen, The Meaning of the IRS's Loss
- Alexander R. Cohen, Cronyists Fight to Defend Cosmetology Licensing
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Hormone Hormone Therapy Therapy or HRT is a broad condition which involves the various different kinds of treatments for hormone inequalities that can easily take place in the course of puberty and also maternity. Therapy making use of hormonal agent blockers, hormone releasers or even hormonal agent mimickers can also be named HRT or even postmenopausal bodily hormone therapy.
The primary task of HRT is to decrease as well as protect against any kind of rise in the amount of the sexual activity hormone, estradiol (likewise known as oestrogen). Oestrogens are actually typically created by the ovaries and the thyroid gland during the course of puberty. When these levels are too expensive, the physical body will respond through generating additional oestrogens. This extra development of estrogens induces troubles in several regions of the body consisting of the bone tissue, skin layer, fatty tissue and also testes. It can likewise trigger state of mind swings, weight increase, genital dry skin as well as menopausal signs and symptoms including hot flashes and also evening perspirations.
To web handle hormone-related concerns, HRT works by either restraining the development of estrogens or obstructing their absorption into the blood stream with the ovary. There are actually several different medications that are actually available to reduce the level or manage of estrogens. There are additionally organic solutions that have actually been actually presented to increase and manage the degrees of estrogen normally in the body.
Typical side effects of HRT are actually lightheadedness, headaches, clinical depression, tiredness as well as nausea. Many ladies also experience an improved level of sensitivity to heat energy, chilly and lightweight. In rare instances, there are actually rare dangers associated with using hormone therapy like bosom cancer cells, stroke, cardiovascular disease, and cancer of the pancreatic and gallbladder.
The absolute most usual HRT made use of is estrogen-only treatment which is actually utilized to deal with premenstrual syndrome, postpartum clinical depression, polycystic ovarian disorder, as well as obesity. It has actually additionally been discovered to improve uterine blood stream flow as well as boost flow in the brain.
Hormones are usually provided by means of injections, tablets or even patch which have oestrogen. Injection treatment demands a prescription from your doctor.
Most females experience adverse effects just after beginning bodily hormone therapy. Common adverse effects consist of scorching flashes, genital dry skin, frustrations, depression, vaginal finding as well as tenderness, genital bleeding, muscular tissue pains, state of mind adjustments, migraines and also loss of rest, state of mind swings, genital smell, pain in the back, skin layer breakouts, skin layer breakout as well as abdominal ache, genital itching, genital discharge and thinning hair.
If it is actually used for the right concern, hormone Therapy may be extremely effective. You must explain any worry about your medical professional just before beginning hormonal agent therapy as they might be actually signs of various other underlying complications.
Progesterone is a natural man bodily hormone and it has the same effect as oestrogen. Progesterone helps maintain typical menstrual cycles as well as its make use of may aid regulate the pituitary glandular’s development of estrogen and also progesterone. Progesterone can additionally alleviate menstruation cramps. It is a popular procedure for female impotence.
Hormone Replacement Therapy can in some cases additionally be actually utilized to minimize the negative effects of menopause. This features hormonal agent substitute for postmenopausal women, although this treatment is certainly not suggested for women already on hormone substitute treatment or for females with cystic fibrosis. The risks of HRT feature extreme allergies, improved danger of weakening of bones, bust cancer, bone tissue reduction, cardiac arrest, boob cysts and also boob cancer, liver health condition, stroke and also vision loss of bone thickness and high blood pressure.
A number of the side effects of HRT consist of dryness, blush, increased sweating, frustrations, hair loss, tiredness, acne, joint discomfort, and acne. In uncommon situations, girls may experience a decline in libido, hot flashes, body weight gain, very hot flashes, genital dryness, hair loss and also vaginal dryness. Because of the threat of cardiovascular disease, expectant girls should certainly not take hormone treatment unless recommended through a medical doctor.
Females who desire to make an effort to become expecting must additionally consult with their doctor concerning hormone therapy. Hormone substitute treatment is actually certainly not advised for postmenopausal girls that are actually or smoke breast eating.
It is achievable to utilize a topical creams along with the exact same result of HRT if you want to minimize the negative effects of HRT as well as can easily additionally be actually used together with hormone therapy if desired. This type of therapy is not authorized due to the FDA and also should just be utilized under the care of a medical professional.
Hormone Therapy or even hormonal substitute therapy is actually just the use of synthetic hormonal agents in specific medical health conditions. Substitute treatment can easily likewise be actually called anti-hormones or hormone replacement treatment. When there is an imbalance in the hormonal agent amounts and are used to deal with off diseases as well as ensure the physical body’s ordinary functionalities, bodily hormones are created normally within the body system.
When taking hormonal agent therapy, it is vital to have an understanding of how the hormones will definitely function and also what they will certainly switch out. The physical body produces its very own bodily hormones, but it is actually likewise achievable to take tablets, supplements, as well as even treatment procedures to generate the hormones that the body needs. Lots of doctors as well as other healthcare service providers suggest hormonal agents as a means of treating specific health care problems. Hormones can additionally be actually made use of to address side effects from medications that are actually certainly not approved by the Fda (FDA).
Hormones could be utilized in conjunction with various other drugs for a lot of medical health conditions. A lot of medical doctors will certainly start with an assessment and after that wage bodily hormone treatment to acquire the greatest results.
There are actually two various ways that bodily hormone replacement therapy could be made use of. Injection therapy entails placing a percentage of hormones in to the buttocks, upper thighs, or abdominal area often. If the health condition is chronic, a bigger dose of the hormonal agents might be actually carried out.
This form of treatment possesses numerous potential side effects. As an example, females who take hormone substitute treatment might experience genital dry skin and also inflammation. Men may experience pain in the breasts as well as might have concerns concentrating at the office or even studying.
Organic Bodily hormones – These are created in the physical body without being affected by any means. They carry out certainly not create any damaging negative effects and will supply the body system with the proper degrees of hormones that it needs to combat off many of the issues that it deals with.
Sometimes, the body does not create the right amounts of the hormones that the body needs to have due to particular ailments, or even collisions. It is feasible to get organic hormonal agents that are going to change the absent amounts by either taking all-natural supplements or by taking dental drugs when this happens.
Although most people prefer not to take hormonal agent substitute treatment, the adverse effects can be bothersome. It is an excellent concept to be actually mindful of the achievable side impacts and discuss all of them with your medical professional before deciding to utilize this kind of treatment.

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Custom Furniture We design and make all manner of things for all sorts of people and businesses. From simple flat-pack display stands for a market stall right through to to entire shop fit outs, home joinery and commercial furniture.

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The Hollywood Foreign Press honors both television and movies at the Golden Globes, but right now we're looking up to the silver screen!
See the movies and movie stars nominated for the upcoming 2014 Golden Globes!
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Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
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Robert Redford (All Is Lost)
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In late August, Georgia’s attorney general issued indictments under the state’s RICO statute targeting protesters against a planned new police and fire training center. An attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights breaks down the charges and their implications for movements for racial justice and police accountability.
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A proposal to build a $90 million police training facility in an area that's been referred to as the "irreplaceable green lungs" of Georgia's largest city has spurred a grassroots resistance movement that's brought together land defenders and police abolitionists.
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Following the riot at the U.S. Capitol, the president has ordered a threat assessment on domestic terrorism, and his defense secretary has promised to purge the military of extremists. Experts who monitor hate groups say it's also critical for political leaders across the ideological spectrum to speak out against colleagues who spread falsehoods.
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The state's public schoolteachers held a historic march to the legislature this week to demand higher pay and per-pupil spending — the latest in a series of teacher revolts that have won policy changes in states including Kentucky and West Virginia.
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With protests ongoing over the planned Bayou Bridge oil pipeline, the Louisiana legislature advanced a bill this week creating new crimes with stiff penalties for conspiracy to trespass on pipeline property — part of a broader trend of states and the federal government targeting protest actions.
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Despite years of protests by students, the "Silent Sam" Confederate memorial still stands in a prominent place on the campus of UNC's flagship school. This week UNC history grad student Maya Little doused the statue with her own blood in an act she said was aimed at providing needed context. This is Little's statement about her protest.
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Energy Transfer Partners, the Dallas-based company behind several controversial projects including the Dakota Access Pipeline, is accused of using unconstitutional tactics against landowners and protesters with help from law enforcement and TigerSwan, its North Carolina-based private security provider.


Thank you to the Ronnie Scott's Charitable Foundation and everyone who has donated instruments to them. They kindly donated an electric piano, keyboard and amplifiers to Tomorrow's Warriors, which made it possible for us to host our new monthly jam at Ninety One, Brick Lane in Shoreditch. Follow this link to see a video … Continue reading A Huge Thank You to The Ronnie Scott’s Charitable Foundation for Helping Us Jam!
Sunday 29 April we wrapped our epic 18-month-long nationwide education and concert tour project, The Jazz Ticket with a packed day of live music and masterclasses at our creative home at Southbank Centre, London. The Jazz Ticket marked the centenary year of the birth of six Giants of Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria, Thelonious Monk, Tadd Dameron and Buddy … Continue reading The Jazz Ticket
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The solution is about humanoid robots that can also be helpful in a hospital context. R1 is a humanoid robot capable of moving and interacting naturally with people in the surrounding environment. R1 helps patients during admission to hospital, providing useful information on the facilities and services. Thanks to its ability to interact with people in a natural language, the humanoid robot can also be helpful during their stay in hospital.


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Around 3 billion years ago, an ancient impact on Mars created a global event of epic proportions — a mega-tsunami. Scientists at NASA may have just discovered the epicentre of this ancient flood with some help from their Mars Global Surveyor probe.
A 120-kilometre-wide hole in the ground, called the Lomonosov Crater, is a promising candidate for the impact since it fulfils many of the criteria for the meteor that spawned the ancient flood in the Martian Arctic plains, according to a new report.
An event of similar scale also took place on Earth in the relatively recent past. Sixty-six million years ago, a 10-km-wide asteroid the size of Lomonosov's impactor hit the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, sparking a mass extinction that wiped out 75 percent of all life and diversity on Earth (including the dinosaurs).
Mars and Earth are rarely ever struck by asteroids. The new study offers important clues into the ancient ocean that once spread over the red planet. While there don't appear to be any living organisms on Mars today, there is still evidence suggesting that Mars had the potential to host life in its past.
The wide, salty ocean that spread over the Martian North was formed 3.4 billion years ago — its existence widely-accepted by Mars researchers, according to the study's lead author Alexis Rodriguez, a planetary scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Arizona. The continuing debate, though, is about what the nature of this ocean was, and what it contained.
For instance, one camp of scientists believe that the ocean on Mars was around for many millions of years, provided the temperature on Mars was quite cold. The second camp of experts reckons the ancient climate on Mars wouldn't have allowed a stable body of water on the surface to last very long, and therefore, propose that the ocean quickly froze over — in the span of a few thousand years. The new study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, lends the former viewpoint support.
In an earlier paper published by the same group of researchers, they identify large "lobes" in the northern plains on Mars. This is a feature curiously resembling marks left behind by a large water event, like a terrestrial tsunami. The lobes, according to the 2016 study, can be traced back to not one, but two unrelated mega-tsunamis that affected the region over than three billion years ago.
While there's plenty of evidence suggesting that the Lomonosov Crater was the tsunami's epicentre, it isn't indisputable yet.
"This is possibly the first time that a potential marine crater associated with a tsunami has been investigated outside Earth," Rodriguez said. "This crater is a candidate. I would not go so far as to say this is definitely the crater that produced the tsunami," he added.
The Crater is now also a tantalizing target for future life-hunting missions. But robotic explorers like Curiosity and the upcoming Mars 2020 aren't built for the task. Even if waterproof (which they aren't, for now), the 10-metre-thick ice layer covering the Crater's surface will be far too tricky for them to drill autonomously.
No, this deeper exploration will be a task for human visitors on Mars.
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Visited Jollibee recently, months after the famous restaurant that opened in Sunway Pyramid and created quite a buzz.
After having tried the fried chicken and spaghetti, I would say that it is comparable to others such as KFC and A&W. The taste is lighter and definitely flavorful. The spaghetti is also nice albeit a bit plain.
Did also try the burger steak which was ok but nothing to shout out about.
Coupled with the drinks and sundae cup, it was a nice and pleasant eating experience. But do remember to come early if you are planning to eat with your family there as table and seats are limited and it can be quite packed during peak hours.
So, if you are interested to try, head on over there for a chickenly tasty time 🙂
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Coalition wants Raqqa to be a Syrian center beyond Assad’s control - Russian senatorRussian Politics & Diplomacy October 22, 14:22
Putin notes dynamic development of political dialogue between Russia, KazakhstanRussian Politics & Diplomacy October 22, 12:09
US and coalition bomb Syrian Raqqa, like Dresden was bombed in 1945 - Defense MinistryMilitary & Defense October 22, 9:56
NATO rejects media claims alliance unable of quick deploymentWorld October 21, 13:01
Russian senior diplomat: Moscow has 'no doubts' that Iran fulfilling JCPOA dealRussian Politics & Diplomacy October 21, 11:04
Monuments to Soviet troops in PolandWorld October 21, 10:57
Putin and Erdogan give positive assessment to joint efforts in Astana processWorld October 21, 3:03
Privileges to certain languages in Ukraine’s education law to worsen situation — diplomatRussian Politics & Diplomacy October 20, 21:46
International balance of forces in Syria after Raqqa’s liberation unclear yet — expertMilitary & Defense October 20, 21:05
MOSCOW, March 10. /TASS/. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has called on the law enforcement agencies to investigate the doping row.
"Meldonium is banned. Period. [It has been on the black list of the World Anti-Doping Agency since January 1, 2016 - TASS]. This means that we should no longer use it," Mutko said. "I do hope that all these cases will force the athletes and federations to avoid using this formula. I would like the law enforcement agencies to check everything. An administrative investigation is necessary. I do not rule out that some legal amendments may follow. Possibly criminal responsibility will be expanded. For now administrative punishment should certainly be introduced."
Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, in February hosted a meeting of the council of experts who discussed the possibility of introducing criminal punishment for the violation of anti-doping rules. A member of the committee for physical culture, sports and youth affairs, Sergey Alekseyev, said the committee looked into foreign experience to have drafted four amendments to the Criminal Code. Athletes using doping may face a prison term of two to four years.
Meldonium (also known as mildronate) was blacklisted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on January 1, 2016. Several Russian athletes have since tested positive. The presence of this formula in the athlete’s blood during and between competition is a violation of anti-doping rules. The substance belongs with S4 class on the WADA black list (hormones and metabolic modulators).
Those who have proved to have used meldonium since are cyclist Eduard Vorganov, figure skater Yekaterina Bobrova, tennis player Maria Sharapova, skater Pavel Kulizhnikov, short-track skaters Semion Elistratov and Ekaterina Konstantinova, volleyball player Aleksandr Markin and biathlete Eduard Latypov.

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Meet Shirani M. Pathak, LCSWHolistic Psychotherapist and Kick Ass Healer
Hi, I'm Shirani.
I want to welcome you and thank you so much for being here. I can appreciate how hard it is to take those first steps and reach out for support when we are faced with difficulties and challenges in our lives —especially as high achieving individuals. It takes strength and courage to admit something isn't working in our lives and take action to change it.
Growing up as a South Asian woman, I get the high achiever's journey. The voices that say, "You only got an A? Why not an A+?" The inner dialogue that says, "In order to be loved, I must prove I am worthy of it, and the way to prove it is by showing how much I can do and achieve."
Well guess what? That high achiever status only got me so far.
Yes, I absolutely excelled at school, in my career, even in friendships...and the thing I just couldn't figure out was romantic relationships. How is it that a woman who has achieved so much couldn't figure out how to achieve the one thing women are "supposed to" achieve: the happy marriage and 2.5 children with the white picket fence? It just didn't make sense to me.
After years of spinning my wheels it finally dawned upon me, I was the common denominator in all of my failed relationships.
And thus, my journey to healing and awakening began.
It wasn't easy (and sometimes still isn't) to look at how I created the situations and circumstances in my life that all served as direct evidence of how unworthy I thought I was, and how hard I had to work to achieve and prove that I am. There were moments I stumbled, even moments I fell. There were moments of complete and total despair. There were moments of uncovering things I never imagined were possible, especially the discovery of my own inner beauty, brilliance, and my own inherent worthiness, not because I did anything to achieve or deserve it, rather simply because I exist.
It has been through my own personal evolution and journey of transformation that I honed my craft as a kick ass therapist, healer and coach. It is through my own life experience that I found what my gifts and my talents are. It has been though healing my own experience that I have gotten back into right relationship with my power. It has been through my own healing that I have returned to my wholeness. It has been quite the journey and it has all been well worth it!
I absolutely LOVE working with women who are high achievers making an impact in the world (entrepreneurs, CEOs, nurses, doctors, other medical professionals, to name a few) who excel at work and in career and yet feel there is something missing in their lives. These women hire me as a mentor, guide, and even cheerleader, to support them on a journey of deep personal evolution and transformation to experience the wholeness they never knew they had.
If you are a high achieving woman who is ready to embark upon this journey, schedule your free initial consultation today.
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House committee takes no actions on guns after representatives fail to show up
Senate to put economic developer bill on fast track
House adjourns Tuesday without addressing school security
Lieutenant governor bill likely dead for this session
House OKs earmarked car rental tax for Birmingham stadium, BJCC expansion
Palmer says that millions of Americans are reaping the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Sen. Richard Shelby honored with state Senate joint resolution
Alabama “incredibly well-positioned” to enhance status as space leader
Byrne releases statement on the passing of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter
Sessions fires Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe
Mike Huckabee campaigns for Scott Dawson
Scandal, blue dogs and the fickle public could change the 2018 election, maybe
Hobson campaign announces county chairs
Former Congressman Terry Everett endorses Barry Moore
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Opinion | AG, commerce secretary hide real problem with economic development bill
Opinion | Piecemeal approach to ethics reform continues, and it’s questionable
Opinion | Crusaders against payday lenders sink to new low
Opinion | Notes on a theme: Nonsense
Opinion | Greed is threatening the daycare bill again
Opinion | Active shooter on campus! Wasp spray may save us
Opinion | Montgomery reappoints disgraced judge, needs new leadership
Opinion | The Alabama House: Making Illegal Lobbying Legal Again
Opinion | Milton McGregor still on the scene
Opinion | Checking in on the Alabama Accountability Act
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By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter The path to legal fantasy sports in Alabama cleared its first hurdle Wednesday after a Senate committee gave a bill...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Democratic candidate for governor Walter “Walt” Maddox released his plan for an education lottery Monday following a lottery plan released...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, State Rep. Craig Ford, D-Gadsden, announced that he is running as an Independent candidate for state Senate District 10....
Contributed by Beth Marietta Lyons Lyons Law Firm The Alabama Legislature began its annual Regular Session on Tuesday, January 9. As the annual Session is limited...
By Rep. Craig Ford When my kids were growing up, I don’t know who was more excited on Christmas morning: the kids opening their presents or...
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter District 4 Alabama House of Representatives candidate Tom Willis has promised to sponsor legislation that would authorize a lottery “on day...
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Maybe you’ve seen the billboards. There are 18 of them around Alabama, mostly concentrated in Montgomery and south Alabama. On...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Halloween is not here yet, and most people are just beginning their Christmas shopping list. That said, it is time...
By Chandler Walker Alabama Political Reporter The following article is part of APR’s on-going series on gaming and the lottery: Lotteries have been staples in certain...
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North Clwyd Animal Rescue (NCAR) is a registered charity founded in 1978 by Anne Owen. From one thin little Lurcher, we now care for over 1000 domestic pets a year. We have grown to meet these new demands and with the current economic situation these services are vital for the wider community.
Or even better - if you are looking for someone warm and cuddly to snuggle up to at night - we might just have the perfect dog, cat or even rabbit!!

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Yesterday’s post about “strange ripples in the bubble surrounding our solar system” reminded me of how much I loved writing about Cloud Creek Ranch, the magical Ozark property Gwen the Beautiful and I lived on way back when.
For those who aren’t familiar with yours truly’s life and times, while we were in Arkansas I wrote a newspaper column called Live! From Paradise! about the people, the animals, the full-out, in-your-face way of life Cloud Creek created. And loved it every bit as much as I did writing and producing TV shows that once upon a time were watched by millions and now are unknown to – and unremembered by – millions more.
(Uh-oh, I feel a digression coming on. “Out!” I say. “Focus” is the word for today.)
The more I think about it, the more I find myself wanting to write something similar to my former column. Cloud Creek Ranch (and its equally rural predecessor – hey, it bordered on Malibu and a country spot, right? – also called – you guessed it – Cloud Creek Ranch are no more, but our way of life here on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State is also rural and just as enveloped in magic as the others were.
In fact, in many ways, our current digs outside of a small, very independent-minded town called Port Townsend remind me of when Gwen and I first were first married and made our home on the Santa Clara Pueblo near Santa Fe, New Mexico. I haven’t talked about Santa Clara much on the web, but I it does figure prominently in a book of poetry I’ve published.
(Actually in three or four of them, but I see myself starting to commit the grandfather of all digressions, so I’ll come back to that some other time. C’mon, Brode get to the bottom line of this post.)
Some of you may already know that for the past few weeks I’ve been on a kind of inner quest, a journey on which I’m looking for the right topics to discuss here at LarryBrody.Com. Topics that wouldn’t have fitted TVWriter™, the everything-you-need-to-know-about showbiz-but-were-afraid-to-ask site I ran for over twenty years. I’m still searching, but as of today, I think the ups and downs and joys and sorrows of living in the Pacific Northwest and its rain, rain, rain, and blue skies that actually are a kind of misty white definitely need get up on the interweb stage.
In other words, Live! From Paradise! meet Live! From the Olympic Rainforest! How’s that sound?
Other than being just a tad long and awkward, I mean.
Looks like I’m going to have to do some harder thinking about what I’m doing. Which definitely is something I was trying to avoid. But starting this blog has made me understand something I’ve also been trying to keep from facing.
Without hard thinking, how will I know I’m alive?


We know many of you will soon be tying the knot, and we also know that in the lead up to your special day you’ll have times of stress and panic.
Although you can seek comfort in your friends, those who have not been through the planning of a big day or aren’t thinking of doing so anytime soon, may not be able to give you the support you need (although hugs, chocolates and wine will go along way here).
We’ve therefore decided to get in touch with some real life brides who have been through the trials and tribulations of planning for the big day and as a started put together a gallery of their big days, which as you will see turned out amazingly.
We’ll be speaking to some of these couples in the next few weeks and bringing you all their news but until then have a sneak peak at out pics.
All photos taken by Weddings by Ryan.


By Staff Sgt. C. Todd Lopez
WASHINGTON (Jan. 13, 2004) -- Airmen vulnerable to deploy as part of the Silver Air and Space Expeditionary Force but not originally asked to go, could end up going after all.
In a message sent to the major commands in late December, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper said continuing efforts in the war on terrorism have created a need for additional support in some areas. The Air Force, he said, would be providing some of the support to fill that need.
"Ongoing warfighter requirements compel the Air Force to continue surge operations in some functional areas … to ensure national military objectives are met," General Jumper said. "The secretary of defense has tasked us to find innovative solutions to this national challenge. Major commands and wings are encouraged to dig deep into their resources and develop risk mitigation plans to make these forces available."
One of the possible solutions involves the use of “joint-sourcing” to fill needed positions. That means all the services will work together to meet the requirements. The effort will touch many across the Air Force, said Col. Michael Scott, chief of War Plans Organization.
"This of course affects the entire Air Force to a certain degree, but more so in the agile combat support arena," Colonel Scott said. "By that I mean our engineers, firefighters, air traffic control, security forces, medical, communications and transportation folks."
Nearly 2,000 airmen in those support areas will be called upon to help the Air Force meet the joint-sourcing challenge, the colonel said.
Most of the 2,000 airmen will come out of already scheduled AEFs and should already know they are in or approaching their deployment eligibility window, said Col. Buck Jones, deputy director for air and space expeditionary force matters.
"Once you get down to the individual level, they may not know they are going to fill one of these requirements, but they do know they are part of the Silver AEF and are still susceptible. They may also come from AEF 7/8 or AEF 9/10," Colonel Jones said.
Many troops could expect to be deployed for about 90 days, but some, in stressed fields, could expect a 179-day rotation, Colonel Jones said.
Despite the continued surge in operations, Colonel Jones said most of the Air Force could expect a return to the AEF battle rhythm by March.
"We still will deploy AEF 7/8 very close to on schedule," Colonel Jones said. "The vast majority of the Air Force is returning to the AEF battle rhythm starting with AEF 7/8 in March."
The Air Force battle rhythm refers to the scheduled rotation of the 10 AEFs over the course of a 15-month cycle. The AEF schedule is projected out until 2010 and is designed to provide stability and predictability to airmen supporting Air Force commitments worldwide.
While there may be a predicted return to the AEF battle rhythm, Colonel Jones said things may never be the same as they were before operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
"Since the AEF was first established, world events have not stayed static," Colonel Jones said. "I'm not sure anybody envisions us returning to an old steady-state Operation Northern Watch/Operation Southern Watch type of situation around the world. The requirements are going to be fluid and dynamic."
Fortunately the Air Force has tool for handling unpredictable requirements -- the AEF, Colonel Jones said.
"Over the next few months, the Air Force will deliver on its promise to help meet the joint-sourcing requirements for operations in Southwest Asia," Colonel Jones said. "It is the AEF, doing what it is designed to do, that makes that possible. Once again, the AEF is demonstrating its inherent ability to flex and to adapt."


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Definition – What does Offsetting Position mean?
An offsetting position refers to a trade where equal amounts of the same currency are bought and sold in two different trades. For example, a trader may go long the USD/JPY and then short the EUR/USD. As long as the positions are the same size, the purchase of the USD in the first trade is offset by the sale of the USD in the second. Offsetting positions can help traders create currency pairs that are not generally available by using an intermediary currency.
ForexTerms explains Offsetting Position
Offsetting positions are most frequently used in order to create a synthetic cross currency pair where the U.S. dollar plays the middleman role. Nowadays, however, traders have a wide range of cross currency pairs to choose from, so the attraction of offsetting positions has diminished. Offsetting positions can still be used to create unique pairs, but they also require twice the capital to create the same trade value as buying one of the more traditional currency pairs.

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LeapRate Exclusive… In discussions with a variety of retail forex brokers as well as institutional FX platforms, we have been getting a very uniform response to the question ‘how has October gone for you so far’.
With September’s near-record FX volumes still fresh in the rear view mirror for most in the industry, October started off quite well – we even saw some daily records in early October, such as at the CME Group.
However with FX market volatility settling down the past couple of weeks, with the EURUSD back in a tight 1.26-1.28 band, trading volumes have dropped off again in the second half of the month.
Case in point is KCG’s Hotspot FX, which reports daily volume figures. After reporting best-ever volume results in September at $38.2 billion ADV, the first half of October more than kept pace at $38.4 billion. However from October 16 and on volumes have dropped 27% to just $28.0 billion ADV, more in line with 2014 year-to-date.
We’ll begin to see actual October volumes early next week. But we believe that the total/average volumes which many brokers and platforms typically report will hide the real story, of first half versus second half of the month.


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Asus ROG GX700 Gaming Laptop Announced @ Rs 4,12,990
Asus has unveiled the latest additions to its ‘Republic of Gamers’ (ROG) line-up of gaming laptops – the ROG GX700 and the ROG Strix GL502. Claimed to be the world’s first liquid cooled laptop, the GX700 is priced at Rs 4,12,990 and comes with a detachable ROG-exclusive Hydro Overclocking System cooling module. It is powered by a 6th-generation Intel Skylake CPU paired with 16GB of DDR4 RAM, further expandable up to 64GB.
Asus ROG GX700 comes equipped with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 980 GPU, and is thus capable of handling even the most demanding of games. It’s also the world’s first 17-inch 4K UHD gaming laptop to feature NVIDIA ‘s G-SYNC technology for stunningly smooth visuals.
The GX700 features a liquid-cooling dock based on a custom self-sealing valve design and dual 92mm radiators capable of dissipating over 500W of heat. It also packs traditional cooling technology and can thus be used without the cooling dock.
Along with this, the company also unveiled the ROG Strix GL502. The compact gaming laptop has a 15.6-inch 4K display and is powered by an Intel Core i7 CPU. There’s also NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX980M GPU thrown into the mix. The laptop is priced at Rs 1,27, 990.
Asus ROG GX700 will only be available on request through Asus India’s website. The company also claimed that stocks are limited.
Recently, Asus announced its Rampage V Edition 10 flagship motherboard. The new motherboard is based on Intel ‘s X99 chipset.
Asus Rampage V Edition 10 is equipped with an Extreme Engine Digi+ voltage-regulator module (VRM), along with second-generation T-Topology technology for a maxed-out DDR4 performance. There’s also 5-way optimization for one-click overclocking.


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Finishing in Fall/Winter.
This is our 9th year since buying the farm and our 6th year in operations. Every year we improve, learn, and do things better. For the last few years we have been able to narrow our calving season between April- June and our harvest season late Fall/early winter. This year we have a few harvest dates in November, most in December, and some more will be in January/February 2022 (we are only opening 2021 for now).
With this in mind, we have (successfully) been working to extend our grazing season to mid December. It's been nice to see our December harvest finish in fresh grass! When grazing season is over though, we have been separating our finishers from the rest of the herd to give them a different quality feed. Our best, high carbohydrate feed goes to them (also an "all you can eat buffet"!) and we have been very successful at finishing these animals in the early winter months on grass and our best quality hay.
Choose Your Processor.
We use 2 processors for our beef and pork- Lake Geneva Country Meats and Wilson Farm Meats. We have good relationships with both and have been very happy with their work and service to our customers. However, we know some of you prefer one and others prefer the other, for different reasons, so we now have a "drop down" menu to select the harvest date AND processor. Keep in mind! you need to add 2-3 weeks to that harvest date to figure out when your beef will actually be ready!
Request a Size.
When we harvest, we usually bring 2 or more animals at a time. While we make sure our animals are well finished for processing, some animals are just genetically bigger than others. Some customers have smaller families and want less beef, and others want more, so this year we would like for you to notify us in our COMMENTS box when making your reservation if you want BIG or SMALL. When the processor gives us the hanging weights we can then try to accommodate our customers preference for more or less beef. If you have bought from us in the past, you can even let us know if you were satisfied with your last amount or want more/less. I can look back at the hanging weight you had and go from there.
While this is not a guarantee, it will help us better assign harvested animals to customers based on their needs. It also may be that you are ordering a half instead of a quarter but want a "small half" so you are not overwhelmed by too much beef.
Pricing Changes (Tier-pricing).
We've been selling in bulk now for about 6 years with the same pricing. Unfortunately, everything else has gone up! This year, we needed to slightly increase the price per hanging weight pound, but decided to now offer "tier pricing".
What this means is that if you buy a whole beef you get the same old price of $4.95/lb, for a half side beef $5.25/lb, and for a quarter side $5.50/lb. Of course, you can get creative and economical by buying with a friend, family member, or neighbor, but we request we only deal with one person for payment and communication and the processor will also get the cutting instructions from this one person, even if you are dividing it with others, so please arrange accordingly!
That's it! We will work hard in the coming months to use the best grazing management for healthy grasses, healthy soil, and best finishing for our animals.
Thank you for your continued support!
Last week we went to Central High School in Kenosha County to present to a Freshmen AP Geography class about Sustainable, Organic, and Regenerative Agriculture. It was super fun for Paul and I to talk to kids, who are the future of this country, about what is possible with Regenerative Ag. Something that is catching on in mainstream as a better, healthier way to farm for the environment and for our health.
After introducing ourselves and talking about who we are and what we do, we gave a background about the history of modern/industrial agriculture. Starting with "Old MacDonald", who use to do everything and integrated plants, crops, and a variety of animals, to industrialization bringing machinery, pesticides and fertilizers, specialization and "getting bigger" for efficiency. These were all things that were welcome by overworked farmers and actually did improve the lives and work of farmers at the time. However, nobody was able to foresee the consequences of these. Today, we know what these are- for our health and for the environment. Read about these in slides #16-#17.
We then talked about what Organic farming, Animal Welfare, and additional certifications we pursued, given that organic standards have gotten relaxed (especially when it comes to animal welfare) once Big Ag got into it. Lastly, we talked about Regenerative Agriculture as a system of principles and practices that is not only "sustainable" but actually increases biodiversity, enriches soils, improves watersheds, and enhances ecosystem services.
We talked about the importance of SOIL health. It ALL starts with healthy soil, something I found interesting and contrasting coming from a nutrition world when Hippocrates said "all disease begins in the gut". in human health, we have discovered most disease starts with an unhealthy gut. Similarly, we are now realizing, a healthy environment, and healthy food, starts with healthy soil.
We explained the differences of grass fed vs. grain fed cows for beef and dairy. There are numerous health benefits of grass fed beef vs. grain fed, which includes less saturated and overall fat and more of the good fats like Omega 3s and CLA's in grass fed beef and dairy.
We touched on the economics of farming, a sad reality of our broken food system that pays more for cheap, processed, and industrialized food than it does for "real food". It is more profitable for many farmers to grow commodity crops like soy and corn, sell them to the market where they get processed into your packaged food, and sold for very cheap at the store- than it is to grow healthier vegetables or pastured animals.
Lastly, we provided a number of resources of local and some national organizations that have a wealth of information on these topics, and also some interesting books and documentaries we thought the kids (or anybody!) might like.
At the end, we took in questions... with many very thoughtful and interesting questions coming from the kids.
We welcome questions from you too! Please leave a comment, emil us, or contact us if you have any questions about anything you read in the presentation, what we do, or anything you'd like to ask us! We are happy to answer as best we can!
Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for some more "educational" posts coming in the next few months.
What motivates you to want to improve our environment?
(i.e.… to recycle, compost, and use resources responsibly?)
For us, our children do.
Almost daily you can find an article or news story about climate change, and the misuse of natural resources and energy. A lot is blamed on agriculture pollution, and understandably so. 95% of agriculture in the US is conventional- using GMO seeds, herbicides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, antibiotics, tillage, and heavy machinery. Many are factory farms, forcing the small farmer to make tough decisions to make a living. Farming income is the lowest it has been in 12 years. Small farmers have always been stewards of the land, but today, many are going from being practical to panic mode- cutting corners that make the land suffer. It’s the age-old fight between ecology and economy. I won’t keep writing about this because it can get quite depressing and I do believe ecology and economy can go hand in hand. There is an optimistic view!
Regenerative agriculture is a “new type” of farming that has been gaining ground. It has soil health as the foundation for healthy land, ecosystem, and environment, while producing the healthiest and best quality food system. It consists of soils being covered with plants at all times during the year and building organic matter (adding carbon into our soils) as paramount to a healthy ecosystem.
We began learning and practicing RE when we bought our farm in 2012. At our farm, we have a diverse amount of plant types populating our fields. The perennial plants capture water from rain to prevent runoff. These plants capture the sun's rays and turn this energy into food through photosynthesis. The plant takes in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. The land provides a wonderful habitat for pollinators. There is wildlife below the ground too, as millions of microbes, earthworms, and insects breakdown and recycle minerals and dead growth. Let the animals above and below the soils contribute to the interworking of our natural ecosystem! Our cattle are integral to this ecosystem process. They harvest these perennial plants and turn the plants into meat and milk. By plant harvesting, carbon gets deposited into the ground through root system death and regrowth. Without the cows harvesting the plant life, this ecosystem would become out of balance, and certain species would dominate. The cows also deposit fertilizer for the ecosystem to take in and recycle. All this is the ecology part.
However, without the economy part, the ecology suffers. For small farmers to be able to make a living in our “big business-factory farming world”, we as consumers need to provide support to this movement. We can encourage this type of production and environmental protection with the spending of our food dollars. Grocery stores, restaurants, chefs, school cafeterias, and people cooking at home are what drive the food economy. We can make a difference to our health, our environment, and our children’s future with how we spend our food money.
I once read “don’t ask why food is expensive, ask why food is so cheap” and it is so true. Keep in mind “cheap food” has a tremendous cost to our environment and our health. We might not consider this when spending our money on food but you are paying for it through your health care costs and your taxes.
With economy and ecology working together you have the power to better our environment, provide stability to farmers and rural communities, and improve your health!
Earth day has come and gone… But don’t we owe it to ourselves to think about this more than one day a year? What if every day we look at the way we use resources, the food we eat, the energy we use, the waste we produce that goes into landfills... a little bit can make a HUGE difference!
Marisa usually writes about nutrition, grass fed beef, organic agriculture, as well as sharing delicious recipes; Paul writes about farm work- sharing his stories and experiences, and most times... we both collaborate on the stories!

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