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In Pouring Rain, Romney Tells Supporters They Encourage Him
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Standing in a merciless downpour, Mitt Romney said today it was the dedication of supporters like the ones who waited for him in the rain here today that make him certain he'll win this November.
"People wonder why it is I'm so confident we're going to win," said Romney, the heavy rain soaking him just moments after he took the stage."I'm confident because I see you here on a day like this. This is unbelievable! Thank you so much!"
Romney did not mention a new Pew Research Poll released today that has him leading Obama, 49 to 45 percent among likely voters, the data taken in the days immediately after the presidential debate last week.
But Romney did continue to tout his strong debate performance.
"Now, you may have noticed that earlier in the week we had a debate - that was last week," Romney said to the crowd of about 400, many of whom used ponchos and garbage bags to try and keep dry. "That was a good debate. I enjoyed that debate. There were some places where we agreed and some places we disagreed. Some of the places we agreed were associated with the fact that we would take America in different directions."
Romney, who has been reluctant to discuss the decline in the nation's unemployment rate, which clocked in under 8 percent - at 7.8 percent - last week for the first time in four years, still brought up the long span of months when unemployment remained high.
"I just read that if you look back 60 years, and you look at all the months we had with unemployment about 8 percent before President Obama, there were 39 months in all 60 years with unemployment above 8 percent," he said. "With this president, there've been 43 months under one president alone. He does not understand what it takes to create a real recovery. I do."
Romney cut short his remarks to give the crowd a break from the weather, joking that he wasn't going to go "through all this in great detail because you've been here for a little while in this sunshine."
"You guys you're the best! We are going to win this," Romney said, before working the rope line. "We're taking back the White House! Virginia is going to help us do it! I need your help. Get out there and vote! Thank you so much! Your courage encourages me."


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A recently uncovered memo shows that the Environmental Protection Agency wants to tie global warming to Americans’ “personal worries.”
The document says that the EPA should attempt to tie global warming to Americans’ health issues. It reads:
However, if we shift from making this about the polar caps and about our neighbor with respiratory illness we can potentially bring this issue home to many Americans. There will be many opportunities to discuss climate-related efforts this year. As we do so, we must allow the human health argument to take center stage.
The memo also states that the health of children should be tied to global warming by the agency. It states:
This justifies our work at the most base level. By revitalizing our own Children’s Health Office, leading the global charge on this issue, and highlighting the children’s health dimension to all of our major initiatives — we will also make this issue real for many Americans who otherwise would oppose many of our regulatory actions.
Chris Horner, an attorney and senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, obtained the document via a Freedom of Information Act request. He stated about the revealed memo:
In it, we see the birth of the breathtakingly disingenuous ‘shift from making this about the polar caps [to] about our neighbor with respiratory illness. It also shows the conviction that if they yell ‘clean air’ and ‘children’ enough, they, the media and the green groups will get their way.
The document was first circulated as lawmakers debated cap-and-trade legislation during President Obama’s first term. The House passed the legislation, but the Senate did not.
Is the EPA trying to sensationalize the effects of global warming to ensure that Americans support new regulations? Feel free to share your thoughts.

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Legislation was introduced into Federal Parliament recently which, if passed, will significantly change the rules regarding foreign investment in Australia, particularly in relation to the acquisition of properties by foreign entities.
The proposed legislative measures include:
The definition of a foreign person has been extended to include foreign governments;
Fees will be imposed on all foreign investment applications to contribute to the costs of administering the administration of the system;
The introduction of tougher civil and criminal penalties for breaches of the foreign investment rules. These include
financial penalties of up to $127,500 for individuals and $537,500 for companies;
up to 3 years imprisonment; and
Penalties may also be imposed on third parties (such as lawyers and estate agents) that aid or abet contraventions of the laws.
- A register of foreign ownership of agricultural land is being introduced to improve transparency regarding the level of foreign ownership of agricultural land. Note these measures apply to new and existing holdings, and foreign persons with existing holdings must register their interests with the ATO by 31 December 2015 in order to avoid penalties.
There is a further proposal to require purchasers to pay 10% of the purchase price to the ATO as withholding tax where they have acquired the property from a foreign vendor, to reduce leakage from the Australian tax system.
The proposed legislation has been referred to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, which is due to report by 12 October 2015. It is expected that the amendments, if passed, will apply from 1 December 2015.
Any foreign entities looking to enter into transactions in Australia will need to be aware of the proposed changes and should seek advice in relation to their rights and obligations before entering into any proposed transactions.


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A handful of Fife school children feared to be at risk of radicalism have been reported to authorities, it has emerged.
NHS Fife has balanced its books despite the challenge of finding a massive £30 million of savings in one year.
NHS Fife’s financial controls have been criticised by independent auditors and an alarmed former board member.
The Scottish Government has been urged to launch an independent review of Fife's Mossmorran complex amid ongoing public anxiety.
The father of missing man Allan Bryan Jr has described the last week as "sheer hell" as police continue their search at a Glenrothes house.
School music tuition has been branded Fife's Cinderella service following a 44% price hike in just two years.
A full investigation has been launched into flaring at a Fife chemical plant after scores of complaints.
A horrified mum watched as her six-year-old daughter was knocked down by a car at an unmanned school crossing.
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Authors: Lucia Signorini, Serena Delbue, Pasquale Ferrante & Marco Bregni
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies throughout the world and the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in Western countries. Recent progress in CRC treatment options, such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and target therapy, has improved the prognosis, but advanced disease with recurrence or distant metastasis is usually incurable and has an unfavorable prognosis.

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Warmer weather is here, along with greener landscapes, blooming flowers and more rainfall. And that can mean more problems than usual for people with asthma.
It’s a good idea to make sure to get prescriptions refilled for asthma medications, including controller medicines, which help prevent symptoms, and rescue medicines, to treat symptoms when they occur. If you’re not sure which is which, ask your doctor now!
You may also want to talk to your doctor about treating allergies. Spring is the worst season for most people with allergies.
If you or your child have asthma, it’s important to know what the likely triggers are. An asthma trigger is anything that can cause wheezing, coughing or other symptoms. Different people can have different triggers. Some common ones include:
* Tobacco smoke
* Pollen (from trees, grasses and flowers)
* Cockroaches and rodents
* Other types of smoke, such as from fireplaces
* Perfumes and aerosol sprays
Try to avoid being around your triggers. Talk to your doctor about how to do that. You may need to put special coverings on mattresses and pillows, for instance. Don’t dry sheets or clothing outside, so they don’t get covered with pollen. Don’t smoke, and avoid being around smoke.
You can’t cure asthma, but you can take steps to control it. The right medication and care can help keep you out of the emergency room or hospital — and help you or our child stay healthy, active and feeling well. ...
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The Economist likens Latinos to chili peppers
The Economist is under fire for running a cover image directly equating Latinos in the United States to one spicy and stereotypical food. The image featured a stylized American flag with chili peppers instead of red stripes for a special report ...
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My deadly beautiful city,
by Victoria Fiori
In this beautiful film essay, Victoria Fiori gives us to know one of the most restricted areas and with more difficult access of Arctic Russia, Norilsk, a deeply industrial city where one of the largest mining complexes in the world operates, exploring in large scale among other minerals, palladium, used in electronics and the automobile industry.
In this film, there is a remarkable balance between the natural beauty of the snow and the gelid and luminous landscapes, and the incredible industrial landscapes, the heavy machinery and the darkness.
The author seeks to document this duality in a careful, delicate and close manner, making an approach to the human and the machine, in the sense of this ambivalent relation. The residents of Norilsk are deeply proud of their industrial city, which although very polluting and with huge environmental problems remains the place where they want to be.
“During my time there, what intrigued me most about Norilsk was not its terrible pollution. Yes, the city is plagued by sulfur dioxide emissions that endanger plant life, discolor snow and reduce life expectancy. But what really makes Norilsk extraordinary is its citizens’ obvious pride in surviving against the odds. Residents consistently say they deeply love their city: Wedding photos are taken at gas-shrouded factories and groups climb mountains to admire the view of refineries.” Victoria Fiori
The author's desire to know and stay, both in the places and with people, results in a filmic piece of enormous interest, which reflects in some way how the human being can choose to adapt to situations that put him at imminent risk to himself, and to the generations to come, raising a whole series of profound questions about our impact on the world and how we choose to live into it.


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Sam Smith Thanks Fans After 'Tough Week' Leading Up to Release of New Single: 'I Have Been Insanely Nervous'
Sam Smith is not only happy to be back, he's relieved.
After dropping his highly anticipated new single, “Too Good at Goodbyes,” on Thursday, the British singer took to Instagram to thank his fans for their positive response.
RELATED: Sam Smith Says New Music Coming 'Very Very Very Soon'
“I'm about to get on a plane, so I just wanted to write to you all to say thank you,” the 25-year-old pop crooner wrote. “This week has been so tough & I have been insanely nervous. But your words and messages today have made me overwhelmingly happy. I'm so ecstatic to be back and I can't wait to sing for you all. See you on the other side. Love you all dearly.”
On the new single, Smith brings his knack for soft-spoken emotion to a more melancholy place. Unlike his biggest song to date, “Stay With Me,” where Smith somehow brings an uplifting sense of romance to a one night stand, “Too Good at Goodbyes” is almost brooding, proclaiming himself hardened by the pain of being mistreated by a former lover. Check it out below:
And it won’t be long before you get to see this new breakup ballad performed live! On Friday, Smith announced four September tour dates in Los Angeles, New York City, London and Berlin.
MORE: Sam Smith Makes Rare Appearance, Looks Slimmer Than Ever at YSL Event: Pics
In case you’ve forgotten why Smith’s voice is something worth hearing in person, check out his performance of “Writings on the Wall” at the 2016 Oscars.

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I grew up in the beauty of Cambridgeshire’s Fenland, which inspired my passion for drawing, painting and photography. My mixed media art has a contemporary feel which deals with issues I am passionate about, for example, nature and wildlife, climate change and the environment along with personal issues such as identity and place.
This work is informed by ideas of identity, context, status and perceived gender roles. I dressed to suggest a particular status in society and period of history and placed myself in contexts that raise questions about identity and the expectations and assumptions in contemporary society.


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Borussia Dortmund are now ‘very interested‘ in rising Manchester City star Jayden Braaf, after following the progress of the teenager for ‘some time‘, according to the latest reports in Germany.
Reports had emerged in the Manchester Evening News in the last few weeks over a mutual feeling between both player and club that Braaf would be free to actively seek a move away from the Etihad in January.
The report had highlighted that City would be open to both a permanent move as well as a loan move, however no specifically interested clubs were highlighted.
Since the emergence of the report, claims from Germany as well as England have named Borussia Dortmund as one club who could be interested in signing the 18-year-old winger.
According to BILD on Tuesday night, Dortmund are ‘very interested‘ in signing Jayden Braaf after monitoring the progress of the player for ‘some time‘. However, so far, there has been no agreement with either Manchester City or the player himself.
BILD go on to state that Manchester City are expected to demand for a fee in the region of between €8 million and €10 million, plus a buy-back option, mainly due to the meteoric rise of Jadon Sancho – who made the same move over three seasons ago.
City will be more than aware of Braaf’s potential in the game, handing him an opportunity to train with the first-team just eight months ago. A breakdown in communications between coaches and the player have ultimately led to the player heading towards the exit door.
However any negotiations involving Jayden Braaf are expected to include favourable future clauses to prevent a ‘Sancho situation’.


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Electoral observers from the U.S.-based Carter Center say presidential results in the Democratic Republic of Congo were "mismanaged," compromising the integrity of a vote that gave President Joseph Kabila another five years in power. The leading opposition candidate is rejecting the poll.
Results announced by Congo's electoral commission show the long-time opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi losing to President Joseph Kabila by more than three million votes.
Electoral observers from the U.S.-based Carter Center are calling into question the integrity of that vote because of what they say were wide variations in the quality of vote counting.
David Pottie, the associate director of the Carter Center democracy program, says President Kabila was widely expected to do well in the southern Katanga province. What is unusual is how well he did there, receiving more than 90 percent of the vote in at least eight constituencies, where turn out at some polling stations was 100 percent, and not a single ballot was lost.
"This coincidence of really these three factors stretches the rules of probability," he said. "It is just not going to occur naturally that every single registered voter will turn up. That they are all healthy on election day. They are all mobile or indeed that they will all vote in such perfect alignment for a single candidate."
Pottie says Carter Center observers also saw what he calls "great amounts of confusion" at vote counting centers in the cities of Lubumbashi and Kinshasa. Nationwide, results from more than 3,000 polling stations were lost, representing as many as 1.2 million voters.
"These are not necessarily people who all would have gone to the polls, but it does show a really serious problem in the physical collection, the security of the sensitive ballot materials," he said. "And ultimately represents a disenfranchisement of those who did vote. The question that almost always gets asked then is, Do these irregularities change the final results?"
While Pottie says these results lack credibility, the Carter Center has not seen enough to determine whether the irregularities denied Mr. Tshisekedi the win.
"The overall credibility of the results process really does get cast into doubt when one observers such a variety and systemic set of irregularities. That does not mean, and we are not able to say at this point, whether that affects the finishing order of the candidates. But it does really call into question, and should call into question, the integrity of this results process writ large," said Pottie.
Mr. Tshisekedi is rejecting the vote results and has declared himself president, calling for the international community to step in to prevent what he says could be "another bloodbath on Congolese territory."
President Kabila's information minister Lambert Mende, says Mr. Tshisekedi's self-proclamation as president violates the constitution and is creating a climate of fear in Congo.


Jukka Pietikäinen Ambassador to Buenos Aires
The President of the Republic appointed today, 12 September, Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Jukka Pietikäinen to serve as Head of the Finnish Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as from 1 November 2008.
Since 2007, Pietikäinen has served the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Head of the Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to this, from 2003 to 2007, he served as Minister-Counsellor in the Finnish Embassy in Mexico.
Pietikäinen entered the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1984. In addition to the Department for the Americas and Asia, he has served in the Department for External Economic Relations, the Political Department, the Department for Europe, and the Department for Communications and Culture. Prior to his posting to Mexico, Pietikäinen's diplomatic service had taken him to the Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, and to the Finnish Embassies in Vienna, Bogotá, Bern and Madrid.
In the years from 1991 to 1993, Pietikäinen served in the Field Office of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNDCP, in Colombia.


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Hypnosis is just actually a form of comfort. The mind can be used to learn, Once an person is hypnotized and also the subconscious becomes the student. The unconscious mind is so profound and the head has many
Apple launched it after the launch of this i-phone and iPod Touch. BlackBerry has also been a favorite operating system, but it has now lost its charm.
This time's most popular toy is marketed as an antidote for awareness deficit hyperactivity dysfunction, stress and anxiety and autism — but It is also staying banned in lecture rooms across the nation.
This year's most popular toy is promoted as an antidote for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, stress and autism — but It is also staying banned in classrooms across the nation.
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Measurement and Control Technician
Hourly rate is 55 Euros per hour for this role based in Belgium on a 12-month contract.
Working for this global and historic pharmaceutical company you work in an inclusive environment where you are considered as an individual.
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A Houston research team has uncovered a possible treatment for severe brain injuries that could dramatically improve the outlook for tens of thousands of trauma patients - from those injured on Houston highways, to soldiers wounded on faraway battlefields.
About 275,000 people across the country each year are wheeled into emergency rooms with severe traumatic brain injuries; about a fourth don\'t survive. Those who do often suffer permanent disabilities, in part because swelling in the brain in the days and weeks after the injury cuts off blood flow, killing neurons.
In a new clinical trial conducted at Memorial Hermann Hospital, researchers from UTHealth have shown it\'s possible to reduce brain inflammation by harvesting stem cells from a trauma patient\'s bone marrow and re-infusing them into the bloodstream within 48 hours of injury. The results are promising, said Dr. Charles Cox, who\'s been working on the experimental treatment for more than 15 years.Read More


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These sample diabetic menus show you how easy it really is to eat healthy if you have diabetes.
A diabetic diet is simply a healthy diet with a few extra considerations to keep in mind.
Most diabetics do best when keeping the number of carbohydrates they consume on the lower side.
Using the glycemic index has become a popular and effective way of choosing foods that are less stressful on our bodies in terms of carbohydrates.
This is the explanation of the glycemic index from the doctor who discovered it:
“Not all carbohydrate foods are created equal, in fact they behave quite differently in our bodies. The glycemic index or GI describes this difference by ranking carbohydrates according to their effect on our blood glucose levels. Choosing low GI carbs – the ones that produce only small fluctuations in our blood glucose and insulin levels – is the secret to long-term health reducing your risk of heart disease and diabetes and is the key to sustainable weight loss.”
You will find a lot more information on diabetic cooking and diabetes nutrition here.
Here are several ideas for diabetic menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The key to healthy diabetic diets is to eat only a small portion of the high carbohydrate or high glycemic food and fill up on the veggies and salads.
Look at the links below for more information on living with diabetes.
Sample Diabetic Menus
Diabetic Meal Plans for Breakfast
Here is what I think of as a very healthy diabetic breakfast:
Berries are very low calorie and low on the glycemic index. Perfect fruits for a diabetic breakfast.
1 cup plain yogurt (probiotic)
2 tablespoons walnut pieces
2 tablespoons slivered almonds
1/2 cup blueberries, raspberries or sliced strawberries
bit of sugar-free syrup (optional for sweetness)
I always start my day with a piece of fruit, then a bit of something else. Fruits that are low on the glycemic index like blueberries, strawberries and raspberries, plus cherries, peaches, melon pieces or a small orange are great diabetic breakfast choices.
Other great options include:
Oat Bran Blueberry Pancake (made with 1/2 whole wheat flour)
Apple Oat Bran Muffin (replace brown sugar with Splenda baking mix)
One Ounce of Your Favorite Cheese
1 Cup of Berries
Diabetic Lunch Menus
Grapefruit and Avocado Salad with Shrimp
Whole Grain Roll
Sample Diabetic Menus for Dinners
Please Note: Before adjusting your diet in any way, please consult your own medical practitioner. The opinions expressed on this site are not meant to constitute medical advice or take the place of your medical practitioner.
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LIGHT is a light intensity sensor unit with an adjustable photo-resistor。
A photo-resistor is a light-controlled variable resistor. The resistance of a photo-resistor decreases with increasing incident light intensity and vice versa.
The sensor exhibits photoconductivity which make it possible to detect the light varies based on voltage and use an AD (Analog to digital converter) to convert the digital data.
We added some extra work to strengthen the circuit, a Dual Differential Comparators LM393, compares the differential voltage between the photo-resistor and the varistor. It could offer larger and accuracy range of light intensity.
Question: What is the difference between a digital ambient light sensor and a photointensity detection sensor? (Can the brightness of the computer monitor be measured?) )
-Illuminance:refers to how much light I get somewhere, and his unit of measurement is lux.
Brightness: The brightness of the recognition seen by the human eye. The unit of measurement is candela per square meter (cd/㎡).
Illuminance and brightness， one refers to how much light is obtained per unit area, and the other refers to how bright it looks per unit area.
Brightness is related to reflectivity, and the reflectivity of the palm of the hand is not the same, resulting in the difference between brightness and darkness.
So the output of the digital ambient light sensor is the amount of light; The light source can be: incandescent lamp, fluorescent lamp, halogen lamp, white LED, sunlight；
The output of the photosensitive intensity detection sensor is the analog value of the brightness of the light; It can be divided into ultraviolet photoresistors, infrared photoresistors, visible photoresistors, here our sensor is visible light photointensity detection sensor。


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“We seem to have acquired a whole new level of understanding of what, one day, it might mean to lead an ordinary life, a life of ‘ordinary days,’” write Leo Ou-fan Lee and Esther Yuk-ying Lee in their joint memoir, Ordinary Days. Yet the concept of ordinary—or pingchang (平常) in the Chinese title—aptly reveals the tension underlying the genre of biji wenxue (informal jottings), an expressive mode of commenting on ordinary life. The tension is that there is nothing “ordinary” about the impressive emotional, intellectual, and artistic undertaking that writers of the genre have embarked on, as depicted in the literary journeys they narrate to the reader. Instead, deceptively mundane everyday practices—making food and listening to music in Ordinary Days, for example, or accidental sewing mishaps and shopping for miniatures in the poet Xi Xi’s The Teddy Bear Chronicles—belie intensely intimate personal details. Here the authors unabashedly open up their private lives to the reader, establishing a familiar and engaging relationship, a quality rarely seen in translations of contemporary Chinese nonfiction.
When readers look to writings in other languages, what do they seek? Translator Dylan Levi King points out that what Chinese readers are consuming diverges noticeably from the literature that is getting translated for a global (anglophone) readership. The main criterion for getting translated into English, according to King, is whether a work fits with the belief that “Chinese fiction’s main function is to explain China.” But where does that leave writers, and readers, of ordinary life and nonfiction?
Biji wenxue is a label that designates the literature of leisure and daily life. And it is used by the Hong Kong Literature Series editor John Minford, a renowned translator of classical Chinese literature, to describe Xi’s The Teddy Bear Chronicles and Lee and Lee’s Ordinary Days. Both of these English translations of Chinese-language prose works were recently published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press.
The Teddy Bear Chronicles is a prime example of contemporary biji wenxue, Minford explained this summer in an online lecture, because it “takes a nonserious topic and turns it into something serious.” Yet the genre has been “hugely neglected outside the Chinese world,” Minford suggests in the preface, because “it fits so awkwardly, if at all, into any existing Western category.” Both The Teddy Bear Chronicles and Ordinary Days are timely contributions to this missing gap in Chinese literature in translation, which remains skewed to the science fiction craze initiated nearly a decade ago by Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem.
After reading both books, my initial reaction, as a self-proclaimed Chinese-literature fan, was that they were delightful—to academic nerdy types and Beanie Boo aficionados like myself. But I believed that they would be a harder sell to nonfans.
However, I quickly retracted this opinion. I realized that Xi Xi, Leo Ou-fan Lee, and Esther Yuk-ying Lee (through their translators) persuasively reveal the healing potential of creating literature, most likely its greatest superpower. Writing about everyday experiences can be therapeutic, just as discovering shared trauma and sorrow—through reading in translation—can elicit comfort and empathy.
Biji wenxue remains under-translated in English. Still, expanding anglophone readers’ access to this material helps us appreciate ordinary details that may otherwise be overlooked or marginalized, seen as too trivial. Given how much buzz in the world of Chinese literature in translation is generated by “banned” authors writing on blatantly political topics, or science fiction writers speculating about the “ultra-unreal” (to borrow Ning Ken’s phrase), understanding the nuances of individuals’ daily practices requires a deeper investigation. In this, then, biji wenxue is invaluable: it allows anglophone readers to access something extraordinary—ordinary life in the sinophone world.
Should Chinese literature—indeed, any literature—be discussed through what Minford calls Western categories? Why does it matter whether or not a piece of writing fits awkwardly with another’s expectation of it? Why, in other words, do we need “genre”?
Writing about Justin Bieber and the 2021 Grammy nominations in the New Yorker, Amanda Petrusich muses, “It’s difficult to imagine a Grammy ceremony that doesn’t rely on genre as its organizing principle—I suppose that would entail the bestowing of just one award, Best Music—yet genre feels increasingly irrelevant to the way we think about, create, and consume art.” According to Petrusich, with the proliferation of online music streaming services like Spotify, whose new model of user-defined playlists defies genre categories and focuses instead on establishing mood, music listeners are no longer restricted to thinking in terms of genre and have adopted more flexible listening practices. Petrusich concludes that “genre is a reductive, old-fashioned, and inherently problematic idea, and we should all be eager to see it rendered moot, but I remain curious about the contours of a post-genre world—what that might open up for the future, and what might be sacrificed.”
At first glance, pop music and Chinese literature in translation seem to have little in common. But Ordinary Days and The Teddy Bear Chronicles made me wonder about the role of genre in the narrow field of contemporary Chinese literature in English translation. It’s difficult to imagine Chinese literature in translation that doesn’t rely on genre as a defining marketing crutch. But if genre is as irrelevant and outdated as Petrusich claims, does the label of biji wenxue have anything to offer anglophone readers? Beyond the formalistic and thematic conventions implied by labels of literary genre, could the case be made instead for experimenting with genres that evoke moods of therapy, empathy, and repair?
When readers look to writings in other languages, what do they seek?
Both Ordinary Days and The Teddy Bear Chronicles are by writers closely linked to Hong Kong. And both books pay tribute to their literary predecessor: the legendary author Eileen Chang (Zhang Ailing 張愛玲, 1920–1995), who lived in Hong Kong in the 1930s and 1950s.
The Teddy Bear Chronicles, translated in English by Christina Sanderson, reminded me of Eileen Chang’s essay “A Chronicle of Changing Clothes”1 in its informal chatty tone, and the careful attention to material detail of historical trends and corresponding shifts in fashion. In her essay, Eileen Chang included her own black-and-white illustrations. Here, the elaborately dressed teddy bears that Xi Xi crafted as part of her therapy after cancer treatment have been photographed in color by Mark Chan and Lam-Kwok-wai, fulfilling the author’s simple desire, as stated in her afterword: “After five years of making teddy bears, complete with outfits, I just wanted to bring out a book with pictures of them to keep as a souvenir.”
The translated volume is organized into four main parts, beginning with “Chinese Bears in Antique Garb,” followed by “StoryBears,” “Fancy Dress Ball,” and “Bear Stories.” Each essay includes one or more photos of the charming bears artfully posed and resplendent with fitting accessories. The bears are inspired by famous mythical or literary characters—such as Princess Iron Fan and the Bull Demon King from Journey to the West or heroes from the Water Margin—or historical real-life figures, such as Qu Yuan and Zhuangzi. My favorite is Xi Xi’s version of the famous recluse poet Tao Yuanming, who stands peacefully (is that a drunken smile?) beside a bouquet of his trademark chrysanthemums.
The book provides a perfect response to the question Xi Xi poses near the end of the volume: “When I was rummaging through a pile of teddy bear books one day, I thought to myself, besides pandas, how come there aren’t any Chinese teddy bears?” The Teddy Bear Chronicles more than fills the absence that Xi questions. Indeed, the book proves that one artist’s creatively “ordinary” engagement can effectively challenge popular assumptions and expectations associated with national and cultural identity.
In many ways, Ordinary Days, translated by Annie Ren Luman and Carol Ong, is even more of an homage to Chinese literature, beginning from the reference to Shen Fu’s (沈復, 1763–1825) Qing-dynasty memoir Six Records of a Floating Reference in the title.2 Another famous love story that Ordinary Days draws on is Eileen Chang’s novella Love in a Fallen City (Qingcheng zhi lian 傾城之戀, 1943), which tells the tale of the young divorcée Bai Liusu, who falls for the playboy Fan Liuyuan in wartime Hong Kong. Chang’s story resonates with that of Leo and Esther Lee on a number of levels, one being that Leo Ou-fan Lee’s 1998 novel The Confessions of Fan Liuyuan was conceived as a loose sequel to Love in a Fallen City.
Ordinary Days follows the Lees through their first marriages and relationships with parents and family members, colleagues and friends, as they live, love, travel, and work in Chicago, Cambridge, Singapore, Taipei, Shanghai, and, of course, Hong Kong. Diary entries and letters are interspersed with other less conventional health-related content, such as Esther’s time-tested suggestions for combating menopause and nine recipes for skin-lightening methods, and frank reflections on the tolls of mental illness. Advocating seeking psychological treatment, she nonetheless surmises, “The less time one spends preoccupied with one’s illness, the sooner it will get better.”
A renowned scholar of modern Chinese literature, Leo Lee has had an illustrious career. The couple’s memoir provides readers an entertaining peek at their close friendships with Chinese literary celebrities, such as the Taiwan writer Pai Hsien-yung, who appears throughout the memoir and authored its preface. Hearing Lee express his nonscholarly perspective on Chinese identity feels like an unexpected treat:
I’ve taught modern Chinese culture and literature for years in American universities. And yet in all that time I’ve felt somewhat cut off, disengaged from the real Chinese-speaking world. I travel to Taiwan and mainland China a few times every year, but I always feel like a visitor. My principle goal in returning across the Pacific Ocean has been to satisfy my worldly desires—especially my appetite for Chinese food!
Reading this line during the pandemic’s travel ban was particularly striking. And as with Esther’s dietary advice, Leo Lee’s attention to culinary habits is connected to a rich Chinese literary tradition, which Minford generously shares with English-language readers in the “inspired commentaries” sprinkled throughout the chapters.
Recent developments in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China in the past few years add to an overall sense of desolation when we think about how things have changed since the Chinese version of this book was first published in Hong Kong back in 2002. Regrettably, what seem like elements of ordinary life in one moment can all too quickly become extraordinary in the next. Still, this realization reminds us to appreciate the present.
From the color reproduction of one of Esther’s paintings on the back of the title page of Ordinary Days to the photographs of Xi Xi and her teddy bears “on tour” posing à la Flat Stanley in the last section of The Teddy Bear Chronicles, these works in translation are a testament to the expansiveness of the biji wenxue category. Holding the potential to make anglophone readers come back for more, the two books are yet another counterexample to W. J. F. Jenner’s 1990 complaint that “modern Chinese writing in English seems to be a restaurant that most customers will visit only once.”3
Moreover, they are touching stories of illness and healing. Both books provide humorous and thoughtful reflections on the restorative powers of literature and art, featuring provocative experiments of visual expression and textile handicraft.
Literature is a tool. It allows the writer to document the ordinariness of the present-day, and then transform it—for the reader—into a nostalgic memory of the extraordinary past.
This article was commissioned by Bonnie Chau.
- “Gengyi ji” 更衣記 was included in Chang’s 1945 essay collection Liuyan. See also Ailing Zhang, “A Chronicle of Changing Clothes,” translated by Andrew F. Jones, positions: east asia cultures critique, vol. 11, no. 2 (2003). ↩
- Fusheng liu ji 浮生六記 in Shen Fu’s work refers to the six “layers” of the scholar’s domestic life, two of which are no longer extant. The work is available in an English translation by Leonard Pratt and Chiang Su-Hui (Penguin Classics, 1983). ↩
- W. J. F. Jenner, “Insuperable Barriers? Some Thoughts on the Reception of Chinese Writing in English Translation,” in Worlds Apart: Recent Chinese Writing and Its Audiences, edited by Howard Goldblatt (Routledge, 1990), 182. ↩

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Launched in India in 2014. Activa 125 is not in production now.
The Honda Activa 125 comes with a combination of metal body from that of the now-seen fibre cast body material, the vehicle gets a sturdy and stiff cast than other scooters in the segment. Sleek and slim design as seen earlier in the Activa design is well maintained in the 125cc variant too. An integrated chrome bar right on the front panel of the vehicle makes it look attractive and catchy. Instrument cluster of the vehicle comes with an all digital meter. Providing a huge volume of underseat space, the vehicle comes with a lot more features. The combi-braking system with an advanced disc braking system in the front wheel enhances the stability and braking distance of the vehicle during high performance or speed levels. A telescopic suspension system of the scooter allows more rigid and balanced riding experience. Honda provides an optional five spoke alloy wheel for the vehicle which ensure more riding comfort even when the road conditions lag. The cutting edge design and the HET technology of the Honda provides an excellent figure of 60kmpl mileage for the vehicle. The 125cc air cooled, 4 stroke, SI engine of the vehicle provides an overall 8.60 Bhp of power at 6500 rpm and a total torque of 10.12 Nm at 5000 rpm. The V-Matic transmission system of the vehicle helps to gain a maximum speed limit of 85 kmph. Honda Activa 125 is available to the customers in 4 major shades such as the Sword Silver Metallic, Midnight Blue Metallic, Pearl Sunbeam White and Black.


This is supposedly the single off Alley Boy’s debut album. I wouldn’t hold my breath for an Alley Boy album to drop soon, but I’m not mad at the guy. Kind of reminds me of Gucci Mane in certain capacities. Plus that video he did with CyHi was pretty fire. This song is jammin though. Like the ample on the hook.
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Walking and Interchange report published on 12/09/2011
Interchange – changing between stations or types of transport – is key for those travelling in London, and it is vital that the interchanging is as easy and quick as possible for London’s travelling public, says London TravelWatch, the watchdog for transport users in London, in its report issued today, Walking and Interchange in London.
Gail Engert, Chair, London TravelWatch’s Transport Services Committee, said: “Our study of several interchanges in London showed a real difference in passenger experience. Shepherd’s Bush underground had clear signs, clear and level footways, good information for passengers and toilet facilities. In contrast, Paddington – one of the most important stations in the country – has poor information, bad access and terrible signage. This must be improved.”
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This is a wonderful TED talk by a climate modeler named Gavin Schmidt. He explains what goes into the million line code that is the modern climate model in terms of the science, and, most importantly, how climate scientists go about checking to see if the models are working. The method: take real data and trends, run the model with the appropriate initial conditions, and simply see if the output of the model looks anything like the real-world. This is how any type of simulation experiment works. When the model begins to become statistically consistent with real data, the model is called 'skillful.' Climate models have become skillful, as shown in this presentation.
What is really cool about having any type of reliable, tested, skillful model and simulation is that one can then make predictions. In the case of climate models, the user can put in any conditions and tweak as many parameters as they want, run the model over time, and see what the world will look like under those conditions. He shows this, as well, for three cases: cutting back on carbon emissions a little, cutting back on carbon emissions a lot, or doing nothing at all with things happening at current rates. What the world looks like comparing those three scenarios is eye-opening.
And, keep in mind that as scientists have fine-tuned the models using past data (and they go back tens of thousands of years), and tweak parameters based on the measurements, the way they get a world that looks like today's is by adding in the carbon emissions over the past century.


When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill; pictures by Theodore Taylor III [Book]
In his introduction to Jeff Chang’s book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation, DJ Kool Herc says, “Hip-hop is the voice of this generation.” This picture book tells the story of the beginning of hip hop in the Bronx. Clive wanted to be a DJ since he was young. He grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and looked up to a DJ named King George. Clive moved to New York to live with his mama when he was 13 years old. He started going by the name Kool Herc and became DJ Kool Herc when he was able to rewire his father’s sound system to get a really big sound! He was the first person to use two turntables to extend the break so people could really dance to the music. DJ Kool Herc was in high demand for house parties and street parties. He would plug his sound system into the lampposts to get power. The music was just one part of the budding hip hop culture in the Bronx. Hip hop has its own music (rap and beats), its own dance (break dancing) and its own visual art (graffiti). DJ Kool Herc loved music and his contribution to hip hop is something kids should be reading about!


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Chosen as ‘One to Watch’ by International Piano Magazine, Iyad’s debut album – Khachaturian Piano Works for BIS Records was described by BBC Music Magazine as ‘An outstanding debut’.
This autumn BIS release his second album recorded with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Andrew Litton.
Nominated as a 2022 Rising Star Artist by Classic FM, Iyad was a prize-winner at the YCAT International Auditions in 2021.9
During the 2022/23 season he returns to Wigmore Hall, as soloist and chamber musician, and gives recitals in the Royal Concert Hall Nottingham International Piano series, Leicester international Music Festival and Perth Concert Hall.
He collaborates with Nicholas Daniel, Timothy Ridout, Jordan Bak, Armand Djikoloum and soprano Jess Dandy in concerts across the UK.
In 2022 Iyad co-founded and launched a new specialist music school in Amman – the Mashrek Academy of Music, it’s mission to discover and nurture a new generation of creators and musicians.
As soloist Iyad has appeared with leading orchestras including the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, European Union Chamber Orchestra, the Cairo and Amman Symphony Orchestras.
Born in Amman, of Jordanian-Palestinian heritage, Iyad was made an Associate of the RNCM in 2021.


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Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Bollywood actress Neetu Kapoor remembered her late husband Rishi Kapoor on their 42nd wedding anniversary on Saturday.
Taking to Instagram, Neetu posted sweet throwback photos with Rishi from the time they visited The Kapil Sharma Show to promote Kapoor’s autobiography.
She posted the pictures with caption, “In remembrance” followed by a heart emoji.
Rishi and Neetu got married on January 22, 1980.
Earlier, Rishi’s daughter Riddhima Kapoor Sahni also remembered her late father on her parents’ wedding anniversary.
She took to her Insta stories and shared a throwback pic of her parents and captioned it with a heart emoticon.
Rishi Kapoor died in April 2020 after a two-year battle with cancer.


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Nancy DiNardo, a former teacher and administrator in Bridgeport, serves as chair of the Connecticut Democratic Party. DiNardo previously served as chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Eastern Regional Caucus.
The Connecticut Examiner spoke with DiNardo about her hopes for this fall’s elections.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
How do you see your role as chair of the Connecticut Democratic Party?
My role is to provide campaign leadership to our elected officials, candidates, and town committees, and my job is to help candidates at all levels frame and deliver a message that will get voters to come out to the polls and support Democratic values.
What municipal races are you watching this fall?
I think New Britain is a place that could actually flip. It has a large Democratic population, and our candidate, State Rep. Bobby Sanchez, is well-known beyond just his district. He has a good reputation, and I think he’s a strong candidate. Roberto Alves is also a strong candidate that can make Danbury a Democratic city again. Even in New Fairfield, we have a Democrat running unopposed, and a lot of these are places you might have expected to stay Republican, but I’m optimistic about them flipping.
Connecticut does have many small towns that tend to lean Republican, so even though the state is very blue, more towns are Republican-controlled. Still, we have seen changes, especially in Fairfield County, and I’m optimistic that we will be successful. I really think we’ll be able to pick up some seats in some of the smaller towns.
We just have to make sure people understand what the Democrats stand for. The three major issues historically in local towns have been taxes, safety, and education, and I think the Democrats have been on the right side of all of those. We’re prioritizing keeping children safe and making sure everyone is healthy, and the Delta variant is really upsetting people, and the Governor has done a great job handling that. The state is fiscally sound, and we’re in the best shape as a state that we’ve been in a long time, and that makes a difference at the local level in municipal budgets.
Do you anticipate Gov. Lamont facing a primary for the Democratic nomination for governor next year?
No, I don’t. He also hasn’t announced that he’s seeking reelection yet, though I know everybody is making that assumption. I think that Ned has done a great job, and the fact that he tends to try and reach across party lines makes a difference. He really cares about the state, and people know that. It doesn’t mean that there might not be somebody who might want to primary him, but don’t see at least the gubernatorial race being an area where we might have a primary. Even before he was thinking about running for Governor this past time, I noticed that he would always talk to businesses outside the state and encourage them to come to Connecticut. It wasn’t something everyone heard about, it wasn’t publicized, but it’s one of the major things I feel about the governor – he truly loves Connecticut. He’s done a great job, and he really cares about people and this state.
Democrats had full control at every branch of state government this past legislative session. Do you feel that they took full advantage of that opportunity, even if they were unable to pass policies like the public option?
Took advantage makes it seem like a power trip, but leaders on both sides worked together this past session, especially on the bipartisan budget. Sports betting will also bring a lot of revenue to the state, and that is a major accomplishment. We have seen over the years that there are some bills that take longer to get passed than others. I know insurance companies were certainly concerned about that and what impact it would have on their businesses, but I think I do see it coming up again. There are a lot of people who do want it, not enough that it’s been able to get passed, but enough that it is something that people were trying to push, explore what other people’s concerns are, and try to address them.
What influence do you think President Trump still has over the Republican party here in Connecticut?
A lot of what’s happening here is definitely following in Trump’s footsteps, but do I think Trump started this? No, there’s been anger and animosity throughout our history. Still, Trump supporting it just gave it more credence. I do think that Trump’s views have been part of the Republican platform here, and the behavior of the Republican party and its leadership is really troubling.
They’re undermining public health efforts, encouraging parents to attend meetings and verbally attack elected officials, especially board of education candidates who are just trying to do their jobs. It’s so Trump-like, it disturbs me to see that at the local level. We may not agree on policies, but I would like to think that both sides could agree that we should just take our competing visions to the people and hope voters make decisions based on that. Denying science, or the outcome of elections, is troubling to me.
Still, I know that a number of Republicans in Connecticut have left the Republican Party because they couldn’t support Trump. Most became unaffiliated, but some became Democrats, and I’ve met them. I do believe that voters in Connecticut, including Republican voters, tend to look at issues more than anything.
Nearly 40 percent of Connecticut voters supported Trump in 2020. What appeal do you think Trump has in Connecticut, and can the Democratic party here get back those voters?
The people who support Trump are a difficult population to get back, and quite honestly, I’m not sure. I would want to know what it was about Trump that made them decide that that was who they want to support, and I think there are a range of issues that might make a difference as far as why they might be Trump supporters.
I would hope that in some of our cities and towns, that they’re looking at the local issues. Even if they might like what Trump did on the national level, as they look at what’s going on in cities and towns, they would be people that I would think might be more likely to support a Democrat.
According to the newest Census data, Connecticut has seen both an increase in racial diversity and a decline in younger populations. What do these changing demographics mean for the Democratic Party here?
If you look at the Democratic Party compared to the Republican Party, we’ve always welcomed diversity. An increase in diversity is an advantage for us, because we’ve always reached out to all people. Within the party in Connecticut, we’ve been establishing the caucuses like the Black Caucus, Asian American Pacific Islander caucus, Hispanic Caucus, LGBTQ caucus, etc., and the whole purpose is to engage more people from all backgrounds to help them understand what we’re doing in the party.
Young people moving out is a concern, and as Democrats, we are engaging more young people as candidates and in politics in general. If people see more young people engaged and involved, it might be a reason for them to stay. Still, even with those population changes, we are seeing more of our towns that have been red in the past turning purple and even blue. While young people certainly help, I wouldn’t say that’s the only factor in keeping Connecticut blue.
A few Republican candidates have already announced that they’ll be challenging Connecticut Democrats for next year’s races for Congressional races. How prepared are the state’s incumbent Democrats for those reelection campaigns?
I’m not concerned about them at all. Our congressional delegation is truly phenomenal, and I’ve gotten to know all of them, and they’ve all done a phenomenal job. They come back to districts regularly to meet with people. They always stood up against extremism in the Trump administration, and they’ve brought things to Connecticut, and voters across the state can see that. What always impresses me about our delegation is that they really like and respect each other, and work together as a team.
A year in politics is a long time, but we’ve seen the Democratic party address people’s needs like through the American Recovery Plan, and we’ll be able to point out that Republicans didn’t support it, and that brought so much to Connecticut. I think there are a lot of Republicans who believe in what were once the principles of the Republican party, but aren’t seeing that anymore, and so they’re going to vote for candidates as individuals, not just based on what party they’re in.


Ron Harris wasn’t looking for another project when he sold his helicopter business, Helitaxi, last year, but he just so happens to have stumbled on one that is likely to capture the Whitsunday community’s hearts.
Mr Harris is lodging an application with the council to establish two cinemas and a planetarium in Airlie Beach.
Mr Harris wants to create two 42-seat cinemas on the ground floor of the Airlie Esplanade’s Beach Plaza, with a third, “planetarium” cinema upstairs.
The two ground level cinemas would be equipped with the latest projection technology, 3D and 2D screens and high quality sound.
The planetarium would feature full dome technology, manufactured in Thailand.
Mr Harris’s material change of use application, expected to be heard by the council next week, would allow him to soundproof two of the vacant ground floor shops, with a bar area in between and booking area across the hall.
Mr Harris wants to show “all sorts of films” including the latest releases, old movies and, in the planetarium, educational and 360-degree films.
“We want to ask the community what films they would like to see and we’ll get them in,” he said.
“And we’ll have theme days like Star Wars days… Mad Max days, Jurassic Park, or some of the old films – golden oldies.”
Mr Harris is expecting to invest about $750,000 to get the project over the line and says he’s “very confident” the investment will pay off.
“For a while we’ve been talking to people around Airlie and without exception, everyone… is excited,” he said.
The restaurants currently at Beach Plaza would remain, with Mr Harris saying he’d like to time screenings so customers could have a meal before or afterwards.
Salt owner Wayne Aspland said he thought this would be “fantastic”.
“We’ve been chasing a cinema for years. We need things for families to do… anything that’s entertainment will be helpful to the whole of the area,” he said,
Airlie’s councillor Jan Clifford said she was “over the moon”.
“I will certainly be supporting it when it comes before council, just as I supported the Tuk Tuks and the (Aqua) ‘duck’ and all sorts of other things that are mainland attractions,” she said.
SOURCE: WHITSUNDAY TIMES


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College is becoming increasingly expensive and is leaving students financially crippled upon graduation. Graduates are figuring out how to pay off student loans and are postponing plans to start a family, purchasing a home, starting a business, or saving for retirement. According to debt.org, the average student loan debt in 2018 was $38,390.
The sad thing is some people look at that number and think, “It’s not that bad”. Heck, I’m one of them. Part of it is because I owed three times as much by accumulating $115,000 of debt.
No matter the size of your loan, the impact of your debt is relative to your situation and your income. Freeing yourself from these student loans quickly is difficult but doable.
The basics of student loans
Before beginning, make sure you understand the basics of student loans where you learn about the phases of student loans and severe consequences of not paying back your federal student loans.
TIP 1: Set Up Auto-pay
You can reduce your interest rate by 0.25% and will prevent any missed or late payments on your student loans. Think of this as free money.
Example: If your principal is $75,000, that’s $187.50 in your pocket that you can use to for additional payments to your principal.
Keep auto-pay while you make additional payments throughout the month.
TIP 2: Work More Now, Owe Less Later
No one likes to be told to work more, but the additional income will help you pay down your principal each month and have a greater effect on reducing the lifetime and ultimately the cost of your loans.
Ask your employer about availability for overtime and the overtime rate. Many companies will pay their current employers 1.5x their regular rate for overtime hours. Taking advantage of this may be more lucrative than working at a second job. I have done both but enjoy the second job purely because it is a change in the setting which can be refreshing when working 12 – 14 hour days.
TIP 3: Pay The Interest on Your Student Loans Before Your Grace Period Ends
The end of a grace period triggers interest capitalization where your interest becomes a part of your principal and you will be accumulating interest on a higher balance. Essentially, you will be accruing interest upon interest.
To further drive home the point of why you want to avoid capitalization, let us assume an interest rate of 6% on all disbursements. You have decided to allow your $10,000 of interest to capitalize on your principal of $75,000. If it takes you 10 years to pay off your loans, you would have paid an additional $8,000 on that initial $10,000 that you should have paid before your interest capitalized. Get rid of your interest before it capitalizes.
TIP 4: Minimize Your Expenses
Going from being a starving student to earning thousands of dollars a month is a BIG deal. It is tempting to change your lifestyle within the first couple of years of working. You might buy a new car, buy expensive new clothes, go on frequent lavish outings, or upgrade your housing situation all because of this seemingly steady income. BUT I challenge you to stay in the mindset of the starving student. I’m not saying you should be eating ramen every meal, but understand that you are still in debt. Every dollar you spend is leaving another dollar in your student loan balance digging you further into debt.
If you are a recent student, chances are you know how to be frugal. If you are used to spending $300 per month as a student, try to limit your spending to this amount while allocating everything else into your student loans. The key to successfully do this without overspending is to stay in the mindset of the starving student and avoid lifestyle inflation. By doing this, you should be able to keep your expenses low and save 50-75% of your income.
This means you may need to delay any upgrades and get creative with your housing situation. Living with family/friends, renting out rooms in your house, down-sizing, etc.
You may not have much control of what you earn, but you can gain control over how and when you spend your money.
TIP 5: Pay More Than Your Minimum Balance Per Month.
If you’ve yourself some good by applying tip # 4 by saving 50-75% of your income, you will likely be able to pay much more than your monthly minimum balance.
If you were only paying the minimum required balance, it will take you 10 – 25 years depending on your loan repayment plan. The longer the life of your loan, the more you will end up paying due to interest.
I was shocked when I learned my $97,000 loan accumulated $10,500 in interest upon graduation. I was even more shocked that I would be paying a total of $49,000 of interest if I paid the minimum balance for 10 years under the standard repayment plan. Instead, I paid $18,000 in interest as an additional $7,500 of interest accrued during my repayment phase. Most of this $6,800 on which was before I decided to no longer pursue the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) – More on this later.
How your payments work: The first dollars are used to pay any outstanding interest and accrued interest that month. If you paid all your interest in a given month, any additional payments will reduce your principal balance. The lower your principal each month, the less interest you accrue each month. Since interest compounds daily, it is beneficial to pay your lender each time you bring home a paycheck. Paying more than the minimum balance becomes an increasingly powerful strategy in paying off your student loans early.
TIP 6: Avoid Income-Driven Repayment Plans (Income-based repayment, Pay as You Earn, etc)
These plans allow people who cannot afford the monthly payments under the standard 10-year repayment plan. Depending on your IBR plan, the monthly payment is 10% – 20% of your discretionary income. Your monthly payments will be determined based on your family size and earnings. In some cases, your minimum payment may even be $0. Depending on your plan, your loans may be forgiven in 20-25 years of qualified payments.
The Income-Driven Repayment Plans seems like a great option at first glance, but do not be fooled. Your smaller payments may not be enough to even touch your principal. The longer you prolong the life of your loan, the more you will owe, especially if your plan allows a minimum payment much less than the accruing interest. But who cares, your loans will be forgiven anyway right?
Yes and no. Your principal and 20-25 years of accrued interest are forgiven, but the forgiven balance is now subject to income tax. Even if your minimum payments for the last 20-25 years were $0, the total you pay in taxes that year will be well over your original loan balance (Double to triple).
One way to avoid paying taxes on your forgiven balance is filing for insolvency. This means that if you are dirt poor before and after your loans are forgiven, you won’t be responsible for the taxes on your forgiven balance, but who wants their future net worth to be in the negatives? Student loan hero has a great post on loan forgiveness tax and insolvency.
The only way Uncle Sam will truly forgive your loans is if you qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program which requires at least a 10-year commitment at non-profit organizations. Learn more about the PSLF program and why I did not choose to stick with it.
TIP 7: Demolish Higher Interest Debt First
Avalanche Method: Work to pay off higher interest student loans first. You will reduce your average interest rate on your principal and pay less over time.
Avoid the Snowball Method where you target the smallest loans first, regardless of the interest rate. Mathematically, this method is more costly if you have more expensive loans to pay off. Some may argue that the psychological boosts for the snowball method motivate you to continue paying down your debt. I say, stop being weak. You have money muscles for a reason. If you need the psychological boost, calculate your average interest rate and watch it decrease over time along with your total balance.
Whichever method you use, you still need to pay at least the minimum payment on your other loans.
TIP 8: Pay Off All Credit Cards
Federal student loan interest rates range from 4 – 8% while credit cards generally range from 13 – 30% not including late fees.
Carrying a balance on your credits cards will slow down your path to financial freedom.
Pay off your credit BEFORE your student loan grace period ends. Then shred your cards and never apply for another one until you learn how to manage your money responsibly.
If you are now in repayment and are paying credit companies interest, shred your credit cards and slap yourself being fiscally irresponsible.
Pay the minimum balance on your student loans and allocate additional funds to your credit cards. Repeat until your credit card bill reached $0.
Advanced strategy: If you hold a very large balance on your credit card, apply for an income-based repayment plan to lower your monthly payments on your student loans while you focus on your credit card debt.
TIP 9: Consider Refinancing Your Loans For A Lower Interest Rate
Refinancing your federal loans are available through private lenders like Sofi or Credible. You can refinance and consolidate your federal and private loans into the same repayment option. When you consolidate, it will reduce the need to track multiple loans. When you refinance, you may qualify for a lower interest rate depending on your credit score and other factors. Refinancing will make you ineligible for some federal loan benefits such as claiming forbearance to temporarily pause your payments.
I would consider refinancing if the new interest rate is lower and if you are not planning to take advantage of federal loan benefits like forbearance or student loan forgiveness.
TIP 10: Deduct Your Student Loan Interest From Your Income Tax
If you paid $600 or more in qualified student loan interest in a given year, you are eligible to deduct the amount from your income tax. You will still be able to deduct your student loan interest even if you refinance.
For 2018, the maximum amount that you can deduct for interest paid on student loans remains at $2,500. This can save you hundreds a year.
Example: Your 1098 E tax form received from your lender noted that you paid $1,800 in student loan interest for 2018. If you are in the 22% tax bracket, you should receive a tax return of $396 after claiming your deduction.
For 2018, you cannot claim this deduction if your income is above $80,000 as a single filer. This limit is higher at $165,000 for married couples filing jointly. This deduction is not available to married couples filing separately.
So those students under an Income-based Repayment (IBR) plan who are married filing separately for a lower monthly payment would not be able to claim these deductions. More details on this deduction at irs.gov.
TIP 11: Use Windfalls Throughout The Year to Pay Your Loans
These include monetary gifts, tax refunds, inheritances, or settlements. When people get “free” money, it is tempting to buy the next thing on Amazon, or the new tech item they have been eyeing. Try limiting your spending to true necessities or things you would have otherwise purchased
When you stumble upon windfalls, funnel it all into your student loan payments to buy your freedom.
TIP 12: Borrow From Family and Make Interest Work For You
This may only be a consideration for people who are on excellent terms with their relatives. If you are fortunate enough to have family members who are able and willing to help you financially, count yourself lucky.
Begin by having an open dialogue before your loans even go into repayment. Discuss your strategy for paying these loans and allow them to see how financially responsible you are by your using the tactics above. Explain to them how your student loan interest rate is eating away at all your payments. Express to them that you would rather pay them back with interest than the government and see where the conversation leads. You should also develop a repayment plan for any personal loans.
Summary of How to Pay off Your Student Loans
- Sign up for auto-pay to reduce your interest by 0.25%
- Earn more money through overtime work, a second job or side hustle.
- Pay your outstanding interest before your interest capitalizes
- Consider further lowering your interest by exploring refinancing options
- Practice the starving student mindset and allocate 50-75% of your income to your loans
- Pay more than your minimum monthly balance
- Avoid sticking to repayment plans
- Pay off high-interest debts first, including credit cards
- Shred credit cards if you tend to carry a balance from month to month
- Allocate cash gifts, inheritance or other windfalls to your loan balance.
- Deduct your student loan interest from your income tax
- Explore options for taking private loans from your family with a promise to pay them back
Contribute to Your Company’s Tax-Deferred Retirement Plan Up to The Company Match
I understand your student loans are the more immediate problem but are you going to turn down FREE money? Contribute to your retirement and your future self will thank you!
Other than that, do not pour additional earnings into investments. Especially since those investments accompany uncertain returns while you have guaranteed interest building on existing debt.
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