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Although some out there may find it hard to believe I actually understand the profit motive. Who doesn’t want to make money in return for their hard work? Who doesn’t want to see the money they invest in a project come back with interest? Unless you’re looking for a tax write off there’s not much point in doing business if not for the money. Since that’s the world we live in, that’s the way you play the game. (Whether or not that world is necessarily a good one is a whole other question)
That being said, yes here’s the “but” you were all waiting for, there are times when this model is totally just doesn’t work. While it makes perfect sense for an investment banker or a stockbroker to work along those lines, the idea of book publishers existing solely to make profits is a concept that needs re-examining. The problem stems from the ways in which they insist on doing business.
First there’s the fact that they seem prone to making mind boggling stupid decisions when it comes to handing out advances. Paying an author like Lauren Weisberger two, one million dollar advances after she had only written one book, and that a gossipy hatchet job about her former boss at “Vogue” magazine, is not what most people would call economically sound.
Okay so her first book The Devil Wears Prada was a bestseller, but she has no track record as an author, and even in New York City bitchiness doesn’t play well for an extended period. Her second book Everybody Worth Knowing is already showing signs that it will not come anywhere near the success of her premier effort. There are only so many bad reviews an author can get before people start believing them.
Simon and Schuster have committed two million dollars in advances to this woman, and God knows how much money on top of that for marketing and publicity. All in the hopes that she might catch lighting in a bag again, write a hit, and provide a return on their investment. What kind of business sense is that?
We’re not talking about a proven best seller like Steven King, Tom Clancy, or John Grisham, but a one hit wonder whose only previous experience was a year’s internship at “Vogue” I’d say the chances of Simon and Schuster recouping their close to three million dollar investment (advances, promotion, and the physical cost of publication) are pretty slim.
How many good books are not going to get published because they’ve committed that much money to one person of dubious quality? By performing this type of crapshoot of dumping all their eggs in one basket aren’t publishers actually diminishing their chances of making money?
I would think that it would be a simple matter of probability. You publish five books for an investment of one million dollars and you have five chances of striking a chord with audiences. Even if none of them become run away best sellers your odds of breaking even or turning a profit are higher because none of them have to generate massive sales to begin showing a return. In fact I would think the ideal book for a publisher would be one that generated consistent sales over an extended period of time rather than one huge burst of popularity.
The folks that own the rights to a work like J. D. Salingers’s Catcher In The Rye are still getting a nice return on their investment close to fifty years after its initial publication date. Certainly there is no way of guaranteeing any books durability, but walk into any book store and pick up any one of the books that still sells fairly consistently and I’m sure you’ll begin to learn what to look for when it comes to quality in a novel. If not than perhaps you shouldn’t be in the publishing business in the first place.
Is it any wonder that next to the music business these people are some of the biggest whiners when it comes to complaining about their profit margins? Look at the whole brouhaha around Google’s proposed on line library which would have permitted people to read excerpts from books that are protected under copy write and the full text of books in public domain.
Not only does it show how petty they are when they worry that something like that could possibly make any substantial impact on their profits, but it also shows them to be out of touch with a good many readers. Have you ever read a scanned document on a computer? No matter what the quality it will never be equal to actually reading a book.
One of my favourite authors is serialising an older story of his online and I’m having a hard time reading it off my monitor, and he’s been typing it, not scanning. Scanned material is really aggravating to read and very few people I know have ever been successful in reading a complete novel on line let alone one that has been uploaded through scanning.
Instead of looking at the Google proposal for ways in which they could make money: promoting books, promoting reading etc, they immediately became defensive and couldn’t see past the fact they might lose a few pennies. In my mind that would be a far better investment than a two million dollar advance paid to an author with only one book to her credit.
An industry like publishing, or any artistic endeavour, is not the best place for profit oriented business practices. There is an inevitable clash of philosophies that happens. Artistic growth is based on the freedom to be able to create from your inspiration, not working to suit the needs of a market.
None of the great works of art that are still popular today were created on the basis of their marketability. For all people say that Shakespeare wrote for his audience, implying market forces at work, his work simply mirrored the society he lived in. We look back and say “oh he wrote for the lowest common denominator so he could make money” when in fact it was just a reflection of his societies morals and standards.
Modern publishers don’t seem to have the vision to see past what was popular last week, or what this year’s trend is. They cheat the reading public out of experiencing the diversity of the world’s potential by creating a blinkered view of what they can make money from. Unfortunately by flooding the market with only those books they believe people will buy, they have generated a spiral of self-fulfilling prophecy. The only books that are marketable, are the ones that people are buying, (which are the only ones for sale) so we have to continue putting out books like the ones people are buying, and on the circle goes.
It’s now reached the point of such ridiculousness that an author I know, who has world wide sales well over the million mark, is unable to get an American publisher interested in his latest work because they can not fit it into their vision of the market place. Although since this is the same industry that had J. K. Rowling “translate” Harry Potter into American I can’t say I’m too surprised.
If publishing wants to survive and compete in this new high tech world they are going to have to rethink the way in which they do business. Like sports league and other entertainment industries they have started to price themselves out of the reach of the majority of people. When they are paying out advances of one million dollars, plus having to worry about marketing expenses and printing costs the prices of individual books keep rising higher and higher.
This of course limits the number of people who are going to buy books, which in turns limits which books are going to be published, and look we’re into another spiral of self perpetuating limitations. Sure you can walk into any big chain bookstore and see hundreds if not thousands of books, but walk through any section, be it mystery, science fiction, or just straight fiction and see how many different books there are really.
I’m finding it harder and harder to find anything on the shelves that stands out as different and exciting. In the past five years or so I’d say I’ve come across only five authors whose work is distinctive from the bulk of what’s being published. Maybe other people’s experiences are different, but I know for myself that whereas I used to be able to go into a bookstore and come out with at least a couple of books I was really interested in; now, more often or not, I come out empty handed.
The only two choices I see for publishing houses to change the situation is they either have to start emulating not for profit organizations where the emphasise is on ensuring the work gets produced. The people working for the company make a salary, but there is no one expecting to reap a windfall from the profits to pay for their penthouse over looking Central Park West.
The other option is to stop paying authors massive advances. If none of the big houses are willing to pay, then agents will very quickly realize they will have to start lowering demands. If publishers are able to get out from under huge monetary commitments to only a few people, financial risks will be kept to a minimum allowing them to be open to different ideas.
Unless, or until, this happens the people who suffer the most, aside from authors, are us the readers. Publishers will continue to deny us access to books because their view of the world is defined by how much will it make me. Tis a pity, but tis true.


Missing schoolboy Philip Cairns disappeared 30 years ago as he was returning to school one lunchtime.
On October 23, 1986, Philip left Colaiste Eanna Secondary School at 12:45, returning to his home on Ballyroan Road in Rathfarnham for lunch.
The 13-year-old had been a first-year student for just over a month, he left his home around 1:30pm to head back to school - but never arrived.
Six days later, two schoolgirls found his schoolbag dumped in a laneway just yards from his home in Rathfarnham.
There were hundreds of reported sightings of Philip, but no trace of him ever emerged.
As the years went on, appeals were made by the Cairns family asking for anyone with information to come forward.
The boy's last known movements were reconstructed on RTE's Crimeline, with a €10,000 award put forward for anyone who could provide information into the case that stunned the nation.
Despite the nationwide appeals, nobody came forward and no trace of Philip could be found - until a woman came forward earlier this year with information that could finally reveal what happened to the 13-year-old boy.
A garda spokesperson confirmed: "As part of the ongoing investigation into the case of Philip Cairns missing person in 1986, a 25-year appeal was circulated in 2011.
"As a result of this appeal a member of the public came forward and in May of this year gave a statement to the investigating Gardai at Rathfarnham Garda Station.
"Aspects of this statement were corroborated which opened new lines of inquiry.
"These lines of inquiry include interviewing people and cross referencing DNA profiles with those on items recovered as part of this investigation.
"At this point in time these new lines of inquiry have not yielded positive results, however the investigation is very much active and ongoing."
The woman came forward in May of this year, when she told gardai that the convicted paedophile Eamon Cooke may have killed the child at the studios of his pirate radio station in October 1986 - information which detectives believe to be credible.
She told the gardai that Cooke knew Philip and had promised to take him to visit the radio station.
A number of aspects to the woman’s story have been corroborated already - it’s believed Cooke verified some of the information.
That bag has been in storage in Rathfarnham Garda Station since his disappearance.
Philip Cairns’ family have been informed of the latest developments but the case remains open and gardai are still appealing for information.


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I wanted my first gel nail style to be easy to do, but be as sparkly as possible, so I got the idea with this rhinestone bling style. I’m using rhinestones that I bought on Amazon a while back, so I wanted to put them to use. Here’s how I achieved this look!
I prepared my nails by washing my hands, and removing the dead cuticle skin. I used this Sally Hansen product for that. Next, I filed my nails, both with an emery file and also with an electric file. I filed on top of my natural nails to remove the shine. This helps the gel products to stick on the nails better. I cleaned each nail with alcohol on a square swap (cotton-like material) and then I proceeded to attach the tips with nail glue. I decided to cut the tips fairly short since, I was traveling and going to the Essence Music Festival.
I use a couple of products to help my gel nails last a long time. First, I apply YN Pro Bond. I read great reviews on how well it works and so far, it’s been working well for me. I can keep my tips on for about three weeks (as long as the nail tips themselves do not crack). My nails usually do not lift. I also use Gellish Foundation on my nails. I cure my nails for about 30 seconds between each coat, using my UV/LED Light.
Next, I add IBD builder Gel. It’s a hard gel, so you are going to need to file this stuff off when you are ready to change styles. I cure my nails again for about 30 seconds and add the soft gel, also by IBD. One by one, I placed the rhinestone on my nails on the still tacky soft gel. I tried using tweezers for that, but I realized quickly that it’s much better for me to use a wax applicator (purchased from Amazon).
The style will last at least two weeks. I still have these nails on, and I attended the festival that I created this look for about two weeks ago. I lost three nails because the actual nails split. So, I attribute my broken gel nails to having poor quality tips. If you are buying online, pay attention to the reviews. I paid attention, but I liked the idea of having short tips, so I took the chance to buy them anyway.

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The coronavirus pandemic hit all members of the European Union hard, but some countries are faring worse economically than others. According to researcher André Sapir's incisive analysis, much of the disparity derives from three factors that vary broadly across EU countries: economic structure, institutional governance and shutdown rigor. This astute overview concludes that, to craft bespoke economic responses, EU leaders will have to parse carefully the drivers behind the slowdowns.
About the Author
André Sapir is a senior fellow with Bruegel.


Update #2: Netflix has pulled the plug on the film due to budget issues, Deadline reports. Here’s hoping Netflix smartens up or another studio comes in to save the day.
Update: The film is titled Paris Paramount, Deadline reports.
If the world of rom-coms has felt a bit lackluster in the last eight or so years, it’s clearly because we’ve been missing out on the bourgeoisie auteurist comforts of Nancy Meyers. Following 2015’s The Intern, she linked up with Netflix to produce her next film and now a few more details have arrived surrounding the rom-com.
Scarlett Johansson, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, and Michael Fassbender will star in the project, according to the latest edition of Matthew Belloni’s Puck newsletter. He also reports Netflix has greenlit a major budget in the $130 million range for the film, which is expected to begin shooting this May in Los Angeles. While some may balk at the lavish amount, it’s not wildly out of the $70-$85 million ballpark she worked with a decade or two ago. (Indeed, those home furnishings don’t come cheap.)
While official plot details haven’t been disclosed yet, a logline was going around revealing the film is set in the world of Hollywood: “Talented young writer/director, Porter Nash, and brilliant young producer, Reggie Pettipiece get off to a fantastic Hollywood start: meeting, quickly falling in love, and creating successful films together. Soon enough, the romance fades and the two call it quits, but when another great career opportunity arises, they find themselves teamed up on a new project with high stakes and two emotionally volatile stars that may test their limits…”
In terms of the cast, it’s most interesting to see Fassbender will utilize his rom-com chops. The actor, whose only film since the disastrous The Snowman six years ago was 2019’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, is mounting quite a resurgence with David Fincher’s


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Somali doctors are planning a special meeting on Wednesday to talk about the recent measles outbreak in Minnesota.
According to a Facebook invitation, Somali doctors want to make themselves available to answer questions from members of the Somali community about measles, and also address community members’ concerns about vaccinations and autism.
The Minnesota Health Department reports 69 confirmed cases of measles in the state, including 65 involving people who were never vaccinated. Health officials say many of those cases also involve members of the Somali community.
The informational event with Somali doctors takes place at 6pm on Wednesday, May 24 at the Safari Restaurant and Event Center in Minneapolis.

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- Sarah Richmond, mezzo-soprano,
- Louis Hurst, baritone,
- Ewan Gilford, piano
Sarah Richmond studied at Queen’s, Belfast before joining RNCM where she has since gained
recognition in a number of competitions.
She enjoys the opera stage so we can hope for an exotic item or two. In the week prior to her Rhyl appearance she will sing the Mahler at the Oxford Singing Festival.
Louis Hurst has been involved in Manchester music since his days at Manchester Grammar and he is actively involved in church music. English song is his particular interest but this has not prevented him from operatic roles as a lion and as God.
Ewan Gilford specialises in piano accompaniment, a rôle which is increasingly being recognised as vital to an all-round musical performance.
Their programme included:
- Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
- Strauss (a selection of)
- Brahms Vier duette op. 28


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I have finished a whole section of Honor. Granted it was halfway done when it was stopped back in 2007-ish, but it's now done. At least the first draft of it. I'll be cleaning and polishing and tinkering with it between now and the release, obviously. But the point is, it's done. I figure I put in about 10,000 words in the last few days.
My next goal is to finish the other unfinished section that I skipped over. Once I get that done and it's all caught up then I can complete the other half of Honor.
I discovered a few days ago that in a fit of I don't know what, I was going to break Honor into two volumes, the other called "Allegiance" or some sort. That is no longer the case. There are six books. Six very large paving stones worth of books. So, yeah.
I'm not sure how this writing is going to mesh with and/or interfere with my Camp Nano plans. I have reserved June for book 5 (Inferno) and August for book 6 (Requiem) which doesn't leave much room to finish book 4, does it? But still, the more I write, the easier the next ones will be to add onto.
I've also been mulling over the old way of doing things, from the original site, where I would post each section as they were completed for free, and then when the whole book was done I'd take the sections offline and send them to press. This way of doing things is not going to be a good business model from here on out. Considering that the e-books are much less expensive than the print versions, I don't have enough reason to be posting the entire thing for free electronically. However, I will be putting up random chapters for a sample. And you can always get the first 10-15% of the books as a free sample anyway from the publisher. So, while the days of the free lunch are done, there's still an appetizer tray I'll be passing around.
Not to mention the fact that the books will contain extras. Adrift has the "alternate beginning" version special feature. Honor will have the extra Christmas short story (not the beginning bit already posted about Boxing Day; that's a whole 'nother Christmas bit), even though it really doesn't appear in canon and the timing makes it confusing as to where in the story it would go (although I will say, if someone can figure it out, I'll make it canon). And we'll see about the last two books.
So there we are. Back to writing. I'm home sick again so, may as well Write Moar.

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1. "Investing in innovation is critical to raising long-term economic growth," said WIPO Director General Francis Gurry. "In this current economic climate, uncovering new sources of growth and leveraging the opportunities raised by global innovation are priorities for all stakeholders."
2. The base hopes to keep up public awareness of pandas and the necessity of conservation of their natural habitats while Increasing the wild population by reintroducing individuals into areas in China where populations have declined.
3. The ministry expects consumption to remain a strong force driving economic growth this year.
5. Traders heading for the exits: 'Unsustainable trends can survive much longer than most people anticipate, but they do end when their 'time is up, at the culmination of their time cycles.' They analyzed more than 20 cycles: 'Nearly unanimously point to tectonic shifts in the months and years ahead.'
6. 法国电信商学院(Télécom Business School)和布拉格经济大学(University of Economics)的教师性别比例最为均衡，女教师占50%，瑞士苏黎世大学(University of Zurich)的教师性别比例最不均衡，女教师仅为9%。瑞士洛桑国际管理发展学院(IMD)的教师队伍国际化程度最高，94%来自海外，米兰理工大学MIP管理学院的教师则均为意大利人。
1. I know many of you met your former spouse at the company. But the thing is, for every one of you, there are five people it doesn't work out as well for. And your office romance can and will be held against you.
3. JUSTIFIED (FX, Jan. 20) The series-long love-hate relationship between Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) and his friend and nemesis Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) will be resolved, one way or another, in the show’s sixth and final season.
5. adj. 概要的，简略的
6. The line of prescriptive frames and sunglasses, named “DVF | Made for Glass,” costs upwards of $1,600. Google has already partnered with Luxottica, the eyewear conglomerate behind Ray-Ban and several high-fashion eyewear offerings such as Prada. It also hired fashion executive Ivy Ross, most recently the chief marketing officer of Art.com, to lead its Glass team.
1. Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) announced that it would put $30 billion of its cash toward share repurchases. The news made investors happy: The stock popped, and even a week later was up 12% relative to the S&P over that same 7-day period. The buybacks were part of a larger $130 billion capital return program that the company said would extend through 2015.
4. There’s nothing worse than a boss who says one thing and does another, and nothing better than one who keeps his word. Just as managers must trust their team, employees must trust their boss to have their best interests at heart。
3. 公司：网络投票公司Everyone Counts
4. China's Internet celebrities are estimated to create a whopping 58 billion market in 2016, far surpassing the 44 billion yuan in box office sales generated last year, according to an industry report.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s new governor was sworn in Monday as the U.S. territory prepares for what many believe will be new austerity measures and a renewed push for statehood to haul the island out of a deep economic crisis.

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Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Education Week
Beginning on February 14th and ending on the 21st of that month, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Education Week encourages people to focus on giving respect to those suffering from these terrible cognitive diseases. Increasing empathy for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients and their families isn’t the only goal for this week.
This week also helps to promote new advancements and to advocate for continued research into these conditions. It’s not only important for healthcare professionals who deal with Alzheimer’s and dementia to observe this holiday so they can learn new communication techniques and care routines, but it’s also important for everyone else to observe it as well.
The History of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Education Week
Although there have been special events going back several decades to raise the profile of Alzheimer’s disease, there wasn’t a week officially dedicated to it until 2007. This is when Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Education Week was created to raise the profile of these diseases and to help care workers get the continuing education they need to properly treat patients and communicate with the patients’ families.
Observing Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Education Week
All across the U.S., there are education events that help staff members and families learn more about Alzheimer’s and dementia, and how they can be properly managed. People learn the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia, learn how to recognize early symptoms, and learn memory care activities that can slow cognitive decline in affected patients.
Anyone wishing to participate in these events can, and those family members of patients suffering from these cognitive diseases are actively encouraged to participate. This is also a good week to give to charities dedicated to finding a cure for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. And finally, people can also participate simply by spreading the word about this week using the hashtag #AlzheimersDementiaCareEducationWeek on their social media accounts.

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International jewelry designer Shourouk Rhaiem just announced that she has collaborated with Sephora, in order to produce a unique collection, full of embellished makeup products.
Shourouk established her eponymous company in 2008. As a true Parisian, Shourouk graduated from the Studio Berçot before honing her technique at prestigious fashion houses Chloé and John Galliano in Paris and Roberto Cavalli in Florence. Inspired by her many trips around the globe, Shourouk has always managed to embrace the local cultures and uses her imagination to create her new collection for every season exploring new materials and techniques to design statement pieces. She shakes up the code of Classical Joaiellerie by introducing painted neon stones into the intricate embroideries. With her own technique of coloration, she is designing a unique color palette, from the flashy pop-colored tones, the nude pastels to the warm autumnal jumble.
The Shourouk for Sephora jeweled makeup collection includes a colorful mono eyeshadow, brilliant jewel & brush, color hit nail polish, jewel pouch, jewel eyeshadow palette, and jewel blush all beautifully accessorized with the brand’s signature crystals and designs. Ranging in price form €4.95 to €79.95, the beauty collaboration will be available at the end January at all Sephora stores in Europe and the Middle East.

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Strong stock charts show these companies’ efficiency drives are paying off, writes Richard C. Young, editor of Intelligence Report.
Atmos Energy (NYSE: ATO)
At companies with large fixed-asset bases, including utilities like Atmos, the need to efficiently manage costs is vital. Atmos manages its employee count and expenses account so well that it is an industry leader in both categories. Atmos serves 678 customers per employee, outperforming the industry average of only 622. And Atmos spends only $116 per customer, compared to an industry average of $225. Atmos Energy is quickly returning to trend. Buy before it gets there.
Every day, crude oil is pumped from Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas into pipelines owned by NuStar. Refineries in Sunray and Leroy, Texas, and Ardmore, Oklahoma, turn the crude into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, petrochemicals, and other refined petroleum products and send it back out along NuStar-owned pipelines that distribute the refined products to the Midwest and mid-continent states. NuStar transports hundreds of thousands of barrels a day in this cycle. My rate-of-change chart shows a steady positive trend for NuStar's price as it has stabilized and begun to grow in the second half of 2010.
Aqua America (NYSE: WTR)
Private water utilities own only about 16% of the nation's water supply infrastructure. That leaves 84% of the nation's waterworks in the hands of America's cities and towns. The long-term trend in the water utility business will be toward their privatization, and Aqua America will continue to grow through smart acquisitions of mismanaged utilities, both public and private. You can see Aqua America's strong upward trend since the middle of June. After its breakout over its November 2008 highs, the next point of resistance is near $25 a share.
[Roger Conrad recently recommended an electric utility getting along fabulously with its regulators—Editor.]
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It might be unpopular, but the bill that would raise City Council members' pay by 32% would deliver key reforms—and the salaries would be reasonable, according to an op-ed by two Democrats in the chamber. Brad Lander and Ritchie Torres also defend the opportunity provided for public comment on the matter. Read more here. —EE
Councilmen make pay-raise case | Wheelchair users left in the cold
It seemed like a good idea at the time: Charge taxi riders 30 cents a ride to help make half the city’s taxis wheelchair accessible. So what do you get after spending $15,000 to retrofit a cab with a wheelchair lift? Not as much as advocates had hoped. Large wheelchairs can’t fit into the Taxi of Tomorrow and, even when they do, the cab has room left over for only one passenger. But that’s not disability advocates’ biggest problem. No, that would be Uber. “They call it progress,” one advocate said. “But it’s leaving wheelchair users by the curb.” Read more from Crain’s Editor Jeremy Smerd here.


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Palestinians report that the IAF took out 2 more terrorists in Beit Lahia that were about to launch a rocket at Israel.
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The primary road block is the position that Bayit Yehudi party head Naftali Bennett will receive.
Marzel not sorry Yachad party’s loss cost Bayit Yehudi seats in Knesset. Bennett accuses Netanyahu of thinking he is a sucker.
Who is Horowitz? He’s Netanyahu’s eyes and ears. He’s very close to him, literally his personal representative everywhere…
If there are no surprises, Netanyahu is expected to form a coalition, after some tough negotiations, with the Likud, Bayit Yehudi, Kulanu, Yisrael Beytenu, UTJ and Shas.
One wonders how many Prime Ministers Herzog envisions sitting in that one chair at the same time.
Netanyahu is expected to have 61 recommendations in his favor.
There’s much disappointment within Yesh Atid as they head into the oppositions.
Final voter counts are in, if Yachad doesn’t petition the courts over voter fraud…
“The truth is it’s surprising to us as well, but it turns out each one of us voted their hearts.”
The anti-Bibi campaign’s quiet change in tax status both came too late and constitutes an admission of wrongdoing.
If the media hadn’t been so eager to oust Netanyahu, voter apathy could have made that happen.
Netanyahu said he wants to have a government formed within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
The overwhelming electoral victory by the Likud was nothing less than a revolution, and an absolutely clear mandate from the people.
At 50% of the votes counted, the Likud pulls way ahead… but what will the remaining 50% do?
The Israeli-Arab dentist personally and systematically transferred Hamas’s terror money on a daily basis…
President Reuven Rivlin said Monday morning that the Ethiopian protests against police brutality and racism “revealed an open and raw wound at the heart of Israeli society.” Speaking at a meeting in his office with mayors and heads of the ultra-Orthodox municipalities and local council, the President added, “We must look directly at this open […]
Israeli search teams have found documents connected to Israeli Or Asraf who has been missing in Nepal since last week’s disastrous earthquake, several Twitter accounts have reported. The death toll from the quake has risen to 6,841, and Nepalese officials said there is virtually no chance of finding anyone alive. Asraf’s relatives have flown to […]
The giant Rami Levi discount supermarket chain is negotiating to buy the financially troubled Mega stores, but it is doubtful that the talks will be fruitful, Globes reported. Rami Levi has became known for low prices, with special sales such as offering chickens at one shekel a kilogram, and for building stores in Judea and […]
Brian Moore is the 5th NYPD cop to be shot in the past 5 months.
“They already have paved a path to a bomb’s worth of material.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has congratulated Britain on the birth of daughter, a new British princess, by Prince William’s wife on Saturday. The 8-pound, 3-ounce baby is the fourth in line to the throne. “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8.34 a.m.,” the Kensington Palace press office […]
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A new economic study conducted by Werner International and released Wednesday examines the valuable economic and societal impact of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and the adverse impact of proposals aimed at weakening the agreement’s rules of origin.
The report highlights the importance of maintaining the current rules of origin in the agreement, which has been credited with supporting more than 1 million jobs in the U.S. and the region and $12.5 billion in two-way trade and has fostered significant investments in manufacturing and apparel production. The study also finds various proposals aimed at softening the agreement’s carefully negotiated and longstanding textile rules of origin would severely harm the region and U.S., and result in substantial job, investment and export losses.
“The Werner report comes at a pivotal time, as the global supply chain crisis and concerns over forced labor in Xinjiang have sparked a shift in sourcing out of Asia and a renewed focus on nearshoring and onshoring jobs back to the Americas,” said Kim Glas, president and CEO of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), which represents the U.S. textile industry. “As outlined in this report, the U.S-CAFTA-DR agreement is a critically important and deeply economically impactful agreement that has fostered a co-production chain for textiles and apparel supporting over one million jobs in the region and the U.S.”
Glas said this is due to a key element of the agreement called the “yarn forward rule of origin,” an investment-based rule that connects lucrative duty-free access to the U.S. market to investment in yarn, fabric and cut-and-sew production in the region and the U.S.
“We appreciate the broad bipartisan support, including from the administration, for maintaining the essential yarn forward rule of origin and ensuring those rules are not eroded through harmful changes,” Glas added. “This common support for preserving the provision is vital to the bipartisan efforts focused on ushering in a new era of American manufacturing prowess and economic prosperity. Conversely, the report found that weakening the rules by adding ‘flexibilities’ such as cumulation and short supply changes would exacerbate the migration crisis by devastating our industries and further tether us to our counterparts in Asia, including China.”
Some trade groups and companies, including the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), have called for reforming the agreement, claiming it curtails production in countries in the pact–Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic–because there isn’t sufficient fabric manufactured among them or the U.S.
“In our examination of the economic and societal impact of the U.S.-CAFTA-DR agreement, we found the current benefits of the agreement support a strong and vertically integrated co-production chain that has contributed significantly to investment and economic stability in the region and the United States,” Jan Urlings, vice chairman of Werner International, said.
“A major aspect of our report examined how various proposals aimed at weakening the rules of origin would impact the region and the U.S.,” Urlings added. “The data overwhelmingly demonstrates that the current co-production chain would be undermined by subsidized Asian/Chinese fabrics and yarns whether directly or indirectly through a third party, would devastate direct and indirect textile employment and investment in the U.S., the region and the entire Western Hemisphere. It would also exacerbate enforcement issues associated with Xinjiang cotton produced with forced labor.”
The study also found that if brands and retailers made a commitment to double exports from CAFTA to the U.S under the current rules, it would result in an additional 180,000 U.S. textile jobs, 2.17 million new jobs in the region and at least $6 billion in new investments in the U.S. and region.
House Textile Caucus co-chairs Rep. Bill Pascrell (D., N.J.) and Rep. Patrick McHenry (R., N.C.) each issued statements on the study’s findings and why the rules of origin should not be weakened.
“Imports from China and other countries that use forced labor and other predatory trade practices have crippled our manufacturing industries and destroyed millions of U.S. jobs,” Pascrell said. “The manufacturing of cotton products and other goods from Xinjiang have tainted our supply chains and helped perpetuate the Chinese Communist Party’s continued human rights atrocities. As global supply chains are recalibrating to nearshore and onshore textile and apparel production chains under the rules of origin in our hemispheric trade agreements, we must strongly reject efforts to erode those essential rules that support textile and apparel jobs in the U.S. We must not allow China backdoor access to these critical markets, which will further hurt our own industries and reward China and other countries with direct and indirect preferential tariff access.”
McHenry noted that the global supply chain crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic has exposed “severe over-reliance on China” by the U.S.
“This report showcases that onshoring and nearshoring of this critical production chain is critical for the U.S. textile industry and workers in the CAFTA-DR region,” he said. “The US-CAFTA-DR trade agreement has spurred hundreds of millions of dollars of investment because of the strong rules of origin that support this co-production chain. Any erosion of these rules would harm American producers and exacerbate the immigration crisis.”
The study concluded that if rules of origin were widened to allow for more foreign inputs, it would hurt U.S. and Western Hemisphere textile employment to the tune of a projected loss of more than 307,000 U.S. textile and cotton farming jobs and a loss of 250,000 jobs in Central America’s primary textile industry.
It would also severely undermine defense procurement under the Berry Amendment and the domestic industrial base supplying mission critical items to U.S. armed forces. More than two-thirds of the U.S. textile and apparel industry would be wiped out, the study charged, destabilizing the domestic textile military industrial base and its ability to meet surge production in times of military mobilization. This includes efforts to construct a viable domestic/nearshoring supply chain for personal protective equipment (PPE).
Conversely, proactive steps to help improve the competitive position of the CAFTA-DR region would lead to better coordination among lending agencies of the federal government, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, Inter-American Development Bank and Export-Import Bank, to ensure targeted, strategic investment in this sector and competitive low or zero interest financing and loan guarantees.
New measures could provide incentives to the Western Hemisphere co-production chain for carbon emission reductions and sustainable products, and ensure trade stability in the region by maintaining maximum pressure on China, including enforcing the U.S. ban on cotton and cotton products made with forced labor in Xinjiang.
In addition, to improve the pact’s competitiveness, calls for granting duty-free access and other benefits through an expansion of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program to apparel and textiles and negotiating free trade agreements with major Asian suppliers should be opposed, as should closing the de minimis loophole for imports from China that allow goods valued at $800 or less to enter duty free if imported by one person on one day.


NEW HAVEN — The 10th annual Wahama Scholarship 5K Walk/Run for Education is quickly approaching, but there is still time to take part in the event.
The race will be held Oct. 20 at the New Haven Fire Station. Registration begins at 6:30 a.m., with the walk/run starting at 8 a.m.
The event is one of the largest fundraisers of the year, with proceeds benefitting Wahama seniors in the spring with scholarship money. It is sponsored by the scholarship committee and the family of Dr. Wes and Amanda Lieving.
Although you can register on the day of the run, pre-registration is encouraged. Forms are available at the New Haven Town Hall, New Haven Library, City National Bank in New Haven, Mason Town Hall, Mason Library, Bob’s Market, and the high school.
Registration is $20, which includes a pancake breakfast in the fire station after the run. The first 100 people to register also receive a t-shirt.
According to Bernita Allen, one of the event organizers, there have many who have already registered for the run, but very few senior students. While most of the scholarship recipients are chosen in the spring, two scholarships comes directly from the run. One goes to the first senior to cross the finish line, and the second goes to the senior who gathers the most sponsors on the registration forms.
Prizes are given out following the run for the overall winner, as well as age division winners. A special prize will be awarded to the person wearing the best Halloween costume.
The run route will go from the fire station along Fifth Street to Layne Street. Participants will continue to the end of Layne Street and travel back to the fire station.
For more information, email Allen at email@example.com or visit the Facebook event page at “5K Walk/Run for Education.”
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In this paper, we report a high-speed and tunable photonic synaptic element based on a vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier (VCSOA) operating with short (150 ps-long) and low-energy (μW peak power) light pulses. By exploiting nonlinear gain properties of VCSOAs when subject to external optical injection, our system permits full weight tunability of sub-ns input light pulses, just by varying the VCSOA's applied bias current. Not only is the VCSOA-based synapse able to adjust the strength of incoming optical pulses, but it can also provide gain (applied weight factors >1). Moreover, we show that this simple approach permits dynamical weight tuning at high-speed (ns rates) with up to an 11.6-bit precision. These results are realized with commercially sourced, inexpensive vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, operating at the key telecom wavelengths of 1300 and 1550 nm and hence making our approach compatible with optical network and data center technologies. This VCSOA-based system, therefore, offers a hardware friendly, low-energy, and high-speed solution for photonic synaptic links with high potential for use in future neuromorphic photonic systems.
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All Amber, the organisers of technology conferences across Sub-Saharan Africa, have announced that they have secured a wide-ranging selection of international and local partners for Mobile West Africa 2015 scheduled to hold April 21-23 April in Lagos.
Organisations confirmed to sponsor and exhibit at the event include MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Etisalat Nigeria, Eskimi, VConnect, Gidi Mobile, Opera Software, MoboFree, Uber, MyMusic, Basebone, Mozilla, Jovago, Wiko Mobile and MTech Communications, All Amber said in a statement today.
“The amount of industry support we’ve receive is unprecedented and it’s an illustration of how far the event has developed since it started in 2011. To secure MTN, Airtel and Etisalat – as well as international players like Mozilla, Opera and Basebone – and then have the support of key local stakeholders such as Eskimi, Gidi Mobile, MTech and MoboFree reflects the will within the industry to keep it moving forwards”, All Amber Founder, Matthew Dawes says.
According to him, “the conference has come a long way in the last five years, more so than I could have hoped for, and I want it to continue to facilitate progress. That’s what we’re here for. I’d like to encourage anyone with a stake in the industry to come and contribute to the discussions.”
Since 2011, Mobile West Africa has been regarded as the leading technology event in the region. Each year, the conference brings together the best brains in the mobile ecosystem and covers the evolution of mobile data, products and services in West Africa.
The Mobile West Africa 2015 has been split into distinct sessions over two days. For 2015 these will include: The leaders of mobile; mobile gaming; universal access; mobile entertainment; local success case studies; mobile apps; mobile content, users & consumption; and for the first time, a session on the debate surrounding the future of mobile money.


Police investigating after disabled support service van stolen in Harold Hill found ‘completely destroyed’
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A mini bus used by a Havering business which provides services for adults with learning disabilities has been found destroyed after being stolen in Harold Hill.
Tracey Coombe, founder of Treetops Day Project, reported the vehicle stolen on Tuesday (October 15) morning from Petersfield Close.
Tracey admitted she was left in tears after finding out about the theft of the Ford Transit vehicle.
She believes it was taken during the night from where it is stored.
The mini bus has since been found in Stapleford Abbotts, with Tracey adding: "It has been completely destroyed."
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She said the whole of the engine is missing and the inside of the mini bus has been "ruined".
Tracey founded Treetops, based in Rainham, in 2010 and it offers activities which can range from arts and crafts, dance and sensory sessions.
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She said: "One young lady is very disabled.
"She has complex mobility issues and now has to stay at home as she needs the mobility step which was on the mini bus, and none of my other vehicles have this step.
"It has also restricted me being able to provide transport to respite.
"If the people who took my mini bus knew the impact stealing it has had emotionally and physically on the adults with learning disabilities, their parents and my staff, I would hope they would feel some sort of guilt for their actions."
Tracey, who said she will have to buy another bus, reported the theft to police on Tuesday morning.
When approached by the Recorder, a Met Police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the theft of a vehicle and we are investigating."


Turkey intends to construct a third nuclear power plant by 2018-2019 as a national project, announced Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
The plant will be built by Turkish experts Davutoglu said on Tuesday, following a meeting on the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, reports World Bulletin.
Currently, Turkey has two ongoing nuclear power projects.
The first nuclear plant Akkuyu Nuclear will be built by Russia’s Rosatom in the Mediterranean region of the country, Mersin.
Earlier this month, Turkey said that it plans to speed up the process to begin the construction of its first nuclear power plant.
This was announced by Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz.
Following a meeting with Russian nuclear company Rosatom’s head Sergey Kiriyenko, the minister revealed: "Our target is to speed up the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant."
The agreement on this project was signed between the governments of Russia and Turkey in Ankara in May 2010.
The plant construction is likely to begin in 2016 once the environmental assessment report is submitted. It is set to go online by 2020.
The plant will have four reactors for power generation.
The second plant will be constructed through a cooperation with Japan.
This plant will be constructed in Sinop, in the Black Sea region of the country.
The deal for the second project is based on a build-operate-transfer basis.
The second nuclear plant will be built based on an agreement signed between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in May 2013.


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Bamboo Sheets - Popular and Trendy
To be able to knowledge all of the goodness of a sound rest, you will need to experience completely calm when you climb among sheets and to a good degree it is your bedding, meaning the outer lining that you rest on, which can be in charge of providing that feeling. Who wouldn't like to take pleasure from the true luxury of sleeping on a comfortable bed protected with the softest bed-sheet which amongst other activities is also capable of regulating temperature? Therein emerges the possibility of bamboo sheets and surprising though it might appear, it is indeed the extended neglected bamboo that provides the softest bedding material. bamboo sheets australia
Bamboo blankets have risen up to celebrity throughout new times not only owing to their fine soft quality but also their antibacterial, antifungal and heat regulating attributes that are inherent to the species. Since these features are maintained even after the bamboo has been developed in to sheets, the quilt that is made is all-season in nature, meaning it may be used to help keep warm in summers and great during winters.
Most importantly what has caught everyone's imagination is its built-in opposition to bacteria and fungi like mildew, form and therefore on. Due to that trait, it's one of the quickest rising green resources in the forest world. Therefore, following having been meticulously stitched, the end result is a top quality, soft and anti-allergic luxurious sheet which is perfect for all age groups and is especially a good choice as young ones'bedding.
As is widely known, kiddies have probably the most fine epidermis and it doesn't get much for a small rash to irritate right into a full-fledged infection. Their epidermis wants care and the softest products, specially at that time which they invest during sex and among the methods for ensuring that entails using bamboo blankets as part of kiddies'bedding. An extra advantage is that bamboo doesn't require pesticides to grow and hence is more normal as compared to other materials. So you might as properly be assured your child is sleeping on a surface that will be totally free of chemicals.
Truly helpful is the fact that even after a few clears, bamboo sheets have the ability to keep their organic properties, specifically softness, anti allergic and temperature regulation to the maximum. Hence, by using these, you need not worry about your son or daughter catching cold, getting sores or slipping victim to contagions that succeed in humid conditions.
'Natural'could be the strategy to use in this new millennium and changing to bamboo blankets is a viable option that meets this objective without having to be overly high priced on the pocket and wearing on health and comfort. So you will want to toss these artificial textiles and switch around to the eco-friendly alternative wherever the kids'bedding is concerned to make sure a safe, relaxed and healthy setting for kids?


The jailed mother of two missing children is expected to ask a judge for a bond reduction on Wednesday.
NBC News reports that Lori Vallow, who was arrested last week in Hawaii on felony child abandonment charges, is due in court in Kauai on Wednesday, when her attorneys are expected to ask for a bail reduction.
Vallow’s two younger children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow have not been seen since September.
Vallow was ordered held on $5 million bond, and in her first court appearance on Friday her lawyer asked for bail to be reduced to $10,000. The request was denied.
East Idaho News reports that an attorney representing Vallow, Craig De Costa, requested an additional hearing to discuss the bail amount. He is reportedly arguing that Vallow is not a flight risk and that the bail amount is disproportionate to the charges Vallow is facing. According to a court motion obtained by NBC News, De Costa claimed that Vallow had offered to turn herself into authorities before her arrest on February 20.
In a court filing opposing the bail reduction request, prosecutors reportedly argued that Vallow is a flight risk, citing a bank account belonging to her husband Chad Daybell with a balance of $152,000.
“Given the extensive media attention, she is clearly aware that the authorities have prioritized her case,” prosecutors said in the filing, according to NBC News.
“She also has the means to move across an ocean.”
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Vallow’s relatives have said they believe she became involved, through Daybell, in a so-called end-days cult. Vallow and Daybell were married this fall, weeks after Daybell’s wife Tammy died suddenly. Her death is now under investigation. Vallow’s former husband Charles Vallow died in July after her brother Alex Cox shot him, claiming self-defense. Alex Cox died in December of still unknown causes.
Vallow and Daybell have refused to cooperate with the investigation into the disappearance of Vallow’s children, and are believed to have fled Rexburg, Idaho, shortly after police discovered the children missing during a wellness check in late November. Vallow is expected to be extradited to Idaho.
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Three astronauts from three countries are set to launch towards the International Space Station tonight aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft. The launch will take place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in a few hours.
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spaceflyer Akihiko Hoshide will be aboard to join the ISS Expedition 32 mission. They will remain in orbit for about four months.
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This time, it’s personal.
I mean, political.
That is to say . . . aw, nuts.
Naomi has been hip for a while to how sexually deadening a hyper-sexualized culture can be, and she’s certainly provoked some interesting discussions on the place modesty might have in a grown-up, domestic sex life. (Along with the old stuff about pornography being a turn-off. Which a lot of it is; certainly the first person I heard articulate that point well was Kate Millett, who famously remarked that the fundamental problem with pornography is that is was so “unsexy.” That is very often the case, although the passages in Sexual Politics I found myself reading over and over again were, um . . . the quotes from Henry Miller. I didn’t care for the woman-hatred, but I thought that if that were removed all the sexy little games might be. You know: sexy.)
So, Ms. Wolf has taken the logic a bit further, and published an article that soft-peddles the extreme dress that women are required to wear in Islamist regimes. You know: the full-body-coverup, sense-deprivation getup that Oriana Fallaci had to put on to score her interview with the Ayatollah Khomeini. Her first question to him was, “how do you swim in this thing?” She also removed it in the middle of the interview, which was sensible.
But here is Ms. Wolf, whose view of modesty is binary—on, or off. She gives us an interesting history of religion, too:
The Western Christian tradition portrays all sexuality, even married sexuality, as sinful. Islam and Judaism never had that same kind of mind-body split. So, in both cultures, sexuality channeled into marriage and family life is seen as a source of great blessing, sanctioned by God.
I’d be interested in how “married sexuality” got to be sinful in the Christian tradition without making it into scripture. Or how Judaism is pro-sex, and led to Christianity, which is anti-sex, which led to Islam, which is also pro-sex. Does celebration of human sexuality skip a tradition within the world’s religions? Just askin’. And why do I get the feeling that Wolf has never read Song of Solomon—or listened to Frank Zappa’s “Catholic Girls”?
Phyllis Chesler responded to Ms. Wolf over at Pajamas Media, pointing out the obvious links between the women’s slavery in part of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia . . . and the dress code that symbolizes and enforces that slavery.
And now Ms. Wolf is angry about Chesler’s article, rather than the fact that in matters of dress, women in extremist Islamic cultures do not have freedom of choice. Choice. Remember that? When I was just a wee young feminist, that was considered an important word. Ah, good times.
But wait! Wolf pays lip service to the concept of choice, at the end of her essay:
I do not mean to dismiss the many women leaders in the Muslim world who regard veiling as a means of controlling women. Choice is everything. But Westerners should recognise that when a woman in France or Britain chooses a veil, it is not necessarily a sign of her repression. And, more importantly, when you choose your own miniskirt and halter top – in a Western culture in which women are not so free to age, to be respected as mothers, workers or spiritual beings, and to disregard Madison Avenue – it’s worth thinking in a more nuanced way about what female freedom really means.
France’s law against headscarves is, in fact, insane. But it’s equally insane to conflate headscarves and modest apparel with garb that cuts one off from the world—not allowing communication, creating sensory deprivation, and putting one in danger of heatstroke in 115-degree temperatures.
And I can dress as I choose, and pay as much—or as little—attention to advertising as I please. Courtesy of the Western liberal tradition.
Not free to age? Bitch, please: I do it every day. In fact, I’m counting the minutes until my uterus retires—but it still insists on going through the motions every 2-5 weeks. In the extremist Islamic cultures, I might not be free to age at all if I talked to a man. Or rode a bicycle. Or drove a car. Or got raped. That whole aging concern would be taken right off my plate. One less thing to worry about! Fiddle-dee-dee.
Cynthia Yockey has pictures that demonstrate the difference between the type of veiled outfit Naomi Wolf experimented with, and the monstrous things that are mandated in extremist Muslim societies. I believe I attempted, at the time, to point out the distinction between liberating modesty and gender slavery. They are different things. No, really, Naomi.
So, after getting taken to the woodshed, Naomi Wolf has demanded an apology from Phyllis Chesler, who has quite rightly refused to proffer such a thing.
And Cynthia and I have her back on this.
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Whaaaattt?! This is so awesome! Helicopter pilot Chuck Aaron took this Red Bull helicopter into the air and subsequently flipped it 5 times in a row. I didn’t know a helicopter was capable of such maneuvers!
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.- At one time owning a home was just part of the American dream.
Now, for many, it’s become more of a status symbol.
“I was think of the early 2000s and the show Cribs. It was the setup for wanting a better house, and then a better house,” said Pete the Planner, a local financial expert.
How much should you be spending on a place to stay each month?
The exact amount will vary from person to person.
We first introduced you to 27-year-old Kassidy Galbraith on Monday.
She’s trying to figure out what she can afford when buying a home.
Pete the Planner offered her this advice.
“I like people at 25% of their take home pay goes towards housing.”
Think about budgeting even less for your housing needs if you’re someone who likes to travel a lot, or has a tendency to splurge.
“If you want to have an amazing life where you’re doing everything, stay below 20%,” said Pete the Planner.
Paying more than you can afford in rent or mortgage payments can quickly put you on the road to becoming what financial experts call “house poor.”
“You spend so much on the roof to live under that you can’t go out to eat, you can’t go on vacation, you can’t have your kids play travel sports,” said Pete.


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Cost of living in Bonn (Germany) is 9% cheaper than in Aarhus (Denmark)
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CINCINNATI— The Bengals scored on their first possession Sunday against the Panthers courtesy of Joe Burrow and Joe Mixon.
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Large room with private bathroom in a completely renovated apartment with new furniture. The bed and breakfast is on the first floor of a building of the early '900, in the pretty village of Torrita Tiberina. The sober and silent room is equipped with TV, free Wi - Fi, heating and an en suite bathroom with a spacious shower. Children are welcome; if they are under 6 years old they stay free (staying in the bed). For children under the age of 12, an extra bed can be added for an extra charge. Living room with equipped kitchenette and a splendid panoramic terrace at your disposal.
La Valle del Tevere B & B overlooks a lovely little square in the historic center of the medieval village Torrita Tiberina. A small country church makes the square very impressive. The silence and tranquility allow the guest who stays there to relax, away from the chaos of the city and everyday life. Particularly suitable for a romantic getaway or for those who want a break from work, but also for families, considering the proximity to the Tevere Farfa Nature Reserve and the landing to take the boat, especially interesting for children.
On foot you can turn the historical center of the village, the atmosphere is suggestive and out of time. The village climbs up a hill to the main square on which the Baronial Palace faces. From the balcony you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the Sabina.
The best way to get around in the Roman countryside and in the nearby Sabina is by car. Both Rome and Rieti can be reached along the ancient Via Salaria. The medieval Sabine villages such as Casperia, Fara in Sabina, Palombara Sabina, Roccantica, Poggio Mirteto, Torri in Sabina, Poggio Catino, Greccio and many others can be reached within 30 - 40 minutes. In an hour you get to Tivoli, while, in just 30 minutes, you reach the famous Abbey of Farfa. La Sabina is full of other places of worship: Abbeys, Sanctuaries and Hermes, and is crossed by the Via Francigena.
For the more adventurous and nature lovers, you can visit the Sabina by bike, discovering breathtaking views, forests and hills of olive groves. The bikes are available to guests for free. In the area there are also several stables where you can try the experience of a nice horse ride. From the B & B you reach the Tevere - Farfa Nature Reserve in a few minutes and on the river you can practice sports such as rowing and kayak. Moreover, starting from the Torrita Tiberina landing stage, you can take the Tiber tour on the boat. In summer you can relax by the pool reaching the Tiber pools, in Fiano Romano, 10 minutes by car; or the Terme di Cretone, in Palombara Sabina. In the town of Mompeo there is an extraordinary natural treasure to visit: the gorges of the Farfa, while, for mountain lovers, we recommend excursions to the Sabine Mountains and Monte Terminillo, 40 km from Torrita Tiberina.
For lovers of good food the B & B is surrounded by farms, restaurants, dairies, ovens, where you can taste the typical products of the area. There are also numerous village festivals, discovering the flavors of the past. La Sabina is known throughout the world for the so-called "green gold" DOP extra virgin olive oil, with which the typical dishes of Sabina cuisine are seasoned. This precious product is celebrated in the Museum of the Sabine oil in Castelnuovo di Farfa, which can be reached in just 25 minutes.
We will be happy to recommend restaurants and farms where to eat, places of interest to visit and how to reach them, the various activities to do and any other suggestions can be useful to make your stay more enjoyable.
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By car: highway A1 Rome Florence exit Rome north - Fiano Romano (from the south) / exit Ponzano Romano - Soratte (from the north), following the signs for Torrita Tiberina. The ring road of Rome is 36 km away.
By train: Fiumicino railway line airport - Poggio Mirteto station. From Poggio Mirteto station, Cotral bus line to the Saxa Rubra terminus, to the Torrita Tiberina stop. Poggio Mirteto Station is 4 km from the property.


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Ketut Pujayasa, the 28-year-old former Holland America Cruise Line MV Nieuw Amsterdam steward charged with rape and attempted murder in connection with a brutal attack on a female passenger during a “nude cruise” in the Gulf of Mexico, remains behind bars in a Boward County, South Florida jail awaiting trial.
The Balinese man has pleaded “not guilty” to the charges laid against him, claiming he was only defending his family’s honor against the woman who called him a son-of-a-bitch” through a closed door when he tried to deliver a morning breakfast tray.
Putuyasa is facing a potential 22-28 years in prison in response to the multiple criminal charge of rape and attempted murder in connection with the February 25, 2014 attack.
On Thursday, July 31, 2014, family members, friends and neighbors of Pujayasa in Bali organized a traditional prayer service at the Pura Dalem Purwa at the traditional village Suwung in Buleleng, North Bali.
Members of his family carried photos on the man taken in better times when he had just graduated from a cruise shipping academy.
In their prayers family members sought divine help in order that Pujayasa can be released from the threat of 26 years in prison.
Pujayasa is being assisted by a court-appointed defense attorney assisted by the Indonesian Consulate in Houston, Texas.
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Here's a question for you: Does Ronald Reagan represent Western politics? Yes or no? Is he a true cowboy, or did he just play one on TV? And what relevance does Reagan's legacy hold in today's political environment?
These are the questions that stumped me recently when my comp subscription of American Cowboy Magazine arrived in the mail. Now, granted, I am not their target demographic. I got on their mailing list because I happened to share a trade show booth with them last year and someone picked up my card and started sending me the magazine. I generally don't read it. The content doesn't interest me. I do look at the pictures.
It's big on celebrity covers – from Tom Selleck to Toby Keith to Sam Elliot, you get the idea. This issue came with Ronald Reagan, holding a cowboy hat, dressed in red-white-and-blue cowboy shirt, looking young and healthy and not at all senile or dead, staring out at me, hat held over heart. "Who Speaks for the West?" the coverline asked me.
From a Western politics standpoint, Reagan helped to push forward policy in the West that would, in short, bring much of the West's vast public land holdings back into private hands. His appointment of the James Watt as secretary of the interior in 1981, while meant to shore up support for the so-called Sagebrush Rebellion, which argued that the vast acres of sagebrush land held no recreational value and should be opened to commercial interests, only served to polarize ranchers and environmentalists. The National Resources Defense Council called Watt one of the most "intensely controversial and blatantly anti-environmental political appointees" in American history.
What American Cowboy ignores in its questioning of who speaks for the West in election '08 is the greatly changed, largely bi-partisan and populist political culture that has emerged over the past couple of decades. Yes, you can't deny that it has to do with the influx of "modem cowboys," wealthy trophy home buyers, generation X-ers looking for quality of life and lots of recreational activities. Call it the "pinking" of the West, but the Rancher and the Environmentalist can be friends. In fact, lots of times, they're the same guy (Montana Gov. Brien Schweitzer). The examples come in myriad forms: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson fought hard to save the sagebrush-covered, inhospitable land in Southern New Mexico called Otero Mesa from drilling. This was no random act of environmentalism – Richardson had to know that he'd be going against the very interests that had filled the state's coffers with its largest budget surplus in history, allowing Richardson to cut taxes and give teachers raises, among other things. Like many Western politicians, Richardson, Schweitzer, and even Janet Napolitano of Arizona, all Democrats, are seeking a balance between land protection and land exploitation. The Sagebrush Rebellion, indeed, heralded forth more moderate and understanding policies – without unspoiled public lands many Western states' economies would be, well, up a creek.
So if you divide the world into two quadrants, Democrats and Republicans, well then, yes, the West is missing its own Ronald Reagan. But the thing that's missing from this discussion is such party demarcations have become outdated, and no more so than here in the Rockies. Indeed, both Western Democrats and Republicans frequently go outside of party ideology to support what they believe the majority of their constituents want.
Call it the era of the NRA Democrat or the Environmentalist Republican. Whatever you do choose to name it, because in politics we do need names and sound bites and "tags," what the West represents in this (very long) political season is not Reagan-style, pro-business, pro-deregulation-at-all-costs brand of party line politics, but a much less simplistic version – one which takes into account that at the heart of Rocky Mountain Politics a broader view of public lands as not just resources to be exploited, but which also feed our economic growth and our lifestyle. If we were still operating under Reaganomics, those American Cowboys would have a lot fewer acres on which to ride.


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Light from a fiber is first collimated, then sent through a beam-splitting optic to divide it into two beams by either a fixed ratio or into two orthogonal polarizations. The resultant output beams are then coupled back into the output fibers. This flexible design allows splitters with different fiber types on the input and output ports. For example, light from a single mode fiber could be split into its two orthogonal states and then launched into two polarization maintaining fibers. Standard products for 1550 nm applications are readily available, while custom items can be made with rapid turnaround at low cost. Products for other wavelengths, such as 980 nm, 1300 nm, or 1480 nm are offered. Contact AMS Technologies for details and a quotation.
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