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and additionally they couldn’t maintain a much better nation to resist the ‘old golf ball and chain’, particularly if they inhabit an urban area. Japanese metropolises generate creating a good lives whenever you’re single very easy. You will find vending devices on every spot (some dispense alcohol), all-night ease shop, standing pubs where you could hit upwards a conversation, and numerous restaurants that cater for solamente diners .
There are even capsule accommodation designed entirely for males travelling alone (in the place of bathrooms or shower enclosures, these spots usually feature a public onsen – a type of tub salon – which needs one to end up being ass naked, so there’s no shortage of conversational ice-breaking potential).
“Recently, there are also extra providers provided for individuals going by yourself,” claims Mr Arakawa. “before, solamente visitors cannot remain at conventional inns. About 80% of people frequently consume lunch by yourself. Diners, karaoke areas, zoos, and amusement parks are all becoming simpler to appreciate by yourself.”
Mr Arakawa in addition explains that only 30% of Japanese guys are effective when it comes to relationship.
This does not imply 30% are becoming jiggy on a regular basis – in reality 42% of single Japanese people aged 18-34 claim to be virgins – it means merely 30% include also attempting to go out. Which, by my personal intricate data, simply leaves an unbelievable 70% as passive. In other words. seven regarding 10 Japanese people render no energy as of yet at all. To produce issues bad, most women were passive, too.
This is certainlyn’t through tiredness or indifference, though, it is because traditionally people got hitched through a form of matchmaking also known as omiai, it doesn’t matter what they had to supply someone or if they actually wished to get hitched.
“With group being liberated to date just who they need,” says Mr Arakawa, “the 70percent who’re passive when considering romance have a problem engaged and getting married.”
This is extremely a lot the actual situation with Junichi Mishima, 31, who’s sat alongside me an additional poncey create alcohol pub (it’s a contractual requirement). This time it is in Fukuoka, a very cool, stylish and youthful city, filled up with truly appealing individuals. It must be painfully hard to be passive right here.
“I don’t determine if I would like to become single,” he says, “but In my opinion I have found it better. I’m perhaps not confident speaking with women and I also can reside without them. We see some men whom find it very easy to address lady, regardless if they do it clumsily, plus it tends to make me personally feeling even considerably self-confident. What exactly do you actually state?
“I like to read, play video games, rather than think of dating. Definitely not about having a wife! We often want i really could have intercourse with anybody, but I don’t see how to start. I’m sure i really could buy this, but I don’t have to do that. Even then I would personallyn’t know very well what to express. In my opinion I’m best off this way. Less Anxiety.”
The future is ok
This structure of increasing singlehood isn’t without consequences. The most important one is that with too little folks ‘makin’ babies’, here aren’t as many children. Certainly. Even though the world all together is actually drowning in humankind, Japan’s population is actually shrinking. Ideal for acquiring a childcare put, not so just the thing for tomorrow prosperity of your nation. Mr Arakawa isn’t worried, however.
“There’s need not feel pessimistic,” he says. ”The exact same trend took place the eighteenth millennium in Japan Arizona sugar daddies. Japanese cultures which exist even today are produced in that situation. Dishes tradition such sushi (fastfood for solitary males at that time) and tempura, while the idol and cosplay cultures had been all created at this time. As were kibyoshi and ukiyo-e, the same as comics and manga these days, and amusement cultures such as for instance kabuki. A society whereby a lot of people stay alone spawns society to fulfil their requirements.
“From someone attitude, although marriage was something with both mental and physical overall health benefits, Japanese individuals don’t has an exceptionally adverse view of living alone. Those afraid of live alone include divorced boys. They tend is acutely dependent on the wives and committing suicide speed is actually highest one of them. They also take into account a high number of kodokushi (perishing alone without having to be seen). Progressively, individuals who never ever hitched don’t have actually an adverse view of residing by yourself.”
Think about the emotional requirements? There’s a great deal to getting mentioned for having the close, personal assistance of a partner
specifically if you desire to vent. We’re all definitely aware of our psychological state these days, with too little referring to they just about the most harmful problems for males. If you’re going the home of a clear flat with no-one to pour your emotions over except that a budgie or houseplant, next surely this can’t getting healthier.
“This does not imply it will probably become a lonely people where people living without any contacts,” states Mr Arakawa. “Being by yourself physically being cut off from community ought not to be perplexed. Folks are being connected through companies that would not occur in past times. What’s significant isn’t wanting anyone to end up being from the opportunity, but obtaining the emotional self-reliance to believe in your self and state, ‘i’ll be alright even without any help.’ I name this ‘the power to live on solo’.
“The thing I need state is actually, ‘It’s a depressed path, but we are not alone.’”

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Preview: 2nd UEFA Euro 2012 Quarter Final – Germany Vs GreeceJune 22, 2012
Germany has been one of the favorites for Euro 2012 from pre-tournament qualifications and as the tournament progressed, Germany proved their ability in all the group stage matches with three of three magnificent victories to set up a match against Group A member Greece in the quarter final. Greece has also proved their stunning side when they outsmarted the Russians, who were initially ruling the group, to make their way in to the next round. So, finally the second quarter final of this tournament is just few hours away which will be held at PGE Arena, Gdansk on June 22, 2012 at 18.45 hours GMT.
In a flawless performance level in the group matches, Germany did an excellent job by bagging 9 points from the three matches and this team is not only the lead scorer of Group B but also the lead scorer of this tournament. The Germans seem to be determined as they continued their campaign by defeating Portugal, Netherlands and Denmark successively to book a berth in the quarter final against the 2004 Euro Champion Greece. For the Germans, attack is the strongest area for them and they are heading to implement their attacking tactics more efficiently in the upcoming match because Ozil and Gomez are totally in form to serve their skillful tactics. The passing game in the defense side has done a brilliant job to defend opponent’s attack while the midfield combination in this squad is one of the best in this tournament. German Coach Joachim Low is quite pleased and satisfied with his team’s performance and is looking for an easy win in the elimination round to make their way straight to the semi-final. However, the team is under pressure because at this stage, the match will be challenging and tough when the opponent is an equally competent Greece.
Unlike their opponent, Greece has fixed their place in the quarter final through a roller coaster way. Making a horrendous start to this tournament, finally and luckily the Greeks have set a match against the almighty Germany. They started their campaign in this tournament with a draw against Poland followed by a defeat against their group topper Czech Republic and finally, a surprise win against their group giant Russia. Captain Georgios Karagounis is the main striker behind this win whose only goal saved his team and gave a boost for the next round. Although they did an excellent job against Russians but Germans are almost indomitable in this tournament as they are in full swing. So this team needs to develop more skills in these days to encounter the strongest opponent in this tournament. Greek defense finally revealed their ability in the last group stage match which is once more needed in Gdansk to keep their campaign alive. While the defense has revealed their true face, the attack is still in a doubt, especially when the rival side is Germany. However, their goalkeeper Michalis Sifakis has proved himself as a right replacement of Kostas Chalkias because so far in this tournament, he has not conceded any goal. So when his boys have finally returned on track, Coach Fernando Santos is heading to bring back the 2004 glory for his nation once more.
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Evans prioritizes this practice above all else. A leader in health and safety, Evans is an active participant and member in Partnerships in Injury Reduction (PIR) since 2000, and we are a current Certificate of Recognition (COR) holder. We use both lagging and leading indicators to strive for continuous improvement which has provided us with our COR accomplishment from continuous auditing and development of our health and safety program.
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Coronavirus: Spain outbreak 'linked with Italy' says expert
The ambitious "Ciudad de la Justicia" ("City of Justice") never came to fruition because of a string of hold-ups and complications over the last 15 years. The only building completed was intended to house the Institute of Legal Medicine but it remains empty. Now, as Madrid's own tally of coronavirus deaths hits 2,412, representing 49.6 percent of the country's total, plans are being made for a second morgue as a spill-over from the Ice Palace in the capital's centre which is also being used to store bodies.
Madrid is opening a second morgue as a tsunami of deaths hit the capital
It is expected to be ready in the next few days and is being described as "an exceptional and temporary measure to facilitate the work of the funeral services, mitigate the pain of the relatives of the victims and the situation that is being registered in the hospitals in the region. "
Officials say the building would be able to hold 200 corpses.
Minister of Justice, Interior and Victims, Enrique López said between 70 and 80 people are dying in the region and funeral homes are overwhelmed.
The news comes as Madrid puts a ban on all wakes, no matter what the cause of death, coronavirus or not.
Government officials say there is just not enough protection equipment to allow mourners the 24-hours of being with the body of their loved ones prior to cremation.
Strict instructions have been given on how corpses should be handled, either in special coffins or sealed sanitary bags which have to be sprayed with disinfectant.
Another option is to use a double plastic shroud that guarantees the handling and transfer of the corpses in a “safe way” and that, likewise, should be sprayed with disinfectant for hospital use or with the sodium hypochlorite solution.
"In both cases, once the body has been inserted into the coffin, it must be re-sprayed according to the procedure indicated above," says the government.

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Database on land use in the country is highly inadequate and needs to be upgraded
Pratap Vikram Singh | June 3, 2015
With land becoming scarce commodity there is need for fresh survey to quantify it scientifically. Vandana Kumari Jena, secretary, department of land resources, ministry of panchayati raj and rural development on Wednesday called on the states to undertake a fresh survey of land to be able to make the most of geo-spatial technologies.
It has been more than a few decades since states did land survey. The cadastral maps, hence, in most of states have not been revised since then. This could be a limiting factor in overlaying GIS over cadastral maps.
The Gujarat government, under Narendra Modi's leadership, conducted physical land survey and updated the cadastral map. The revised cadastral map along with GIS map developed by Bhaskaracharya institute for space applications (BISAG) are helping the state government in ascertaining size and ownership of land, which gives proper picture of land availability for various projects, Jena said. The secretary was speaking at a conference organised by FICCI on 'location based services - 2015'.
Since resurvey of land may give rise to ownership disputes, it is considered as a politically sensitive area easily overlooked by ruling governments.
According to draft land utilization policy introduced by land resources department in 2013, "the existing database on land use in the country is highly inadequate. There is no mechanism to monitor land use changes taking place and their impacts." Introduction of systematic and integrated land use planning at national, state and regional levels is going to be a major challenge, the draft policy said.
"There have to be supportive instruments (mapping, spatial information, planning processes, tools, methods, procedures, standards etc.) for land use planning and management which also take into account inclusiveness, poverty, gender and climate change aspects," the draft policy stated.
Under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichayi Yojana, government is identifying water shed locations wherein location based services can play major role, she said.
She said that so far 23 states have computerised land records and over 24 states have automated the land registration process. Only 10 states, however, have done both, she said.
Sudhir Krishna, former secretary of ministry of urban development, said that use of geospatial technologies have yielded results in municipal functioning and services. A few municipal corporations have increased property tax collection through usage of GIS, he said.
GIS has also been helpful in planning activities, mapping of drainage system and harnessing of storm water for underground water recharge, he said.
NSN Murthy, director and leader - smart cities, PwC, said that PwC is helping the Delhi government in implementing smart city project. Under the project, the government envisages integrating the data of all city departments on a single map to provide single window services to its citizens and businesses, he said. At present the idea is to offer 140 services across 10 departments to the citizens, he said.
The central government will provide free food grains to about 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for a period of five years with effect from January 1, 2024, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. Terming it as a “historic decision”, a
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Me? I think citizens are benefited best when the government stops trying to help us. You can't help but create more problems than you actually fix when you get in the way of people doing their best to help themselves, and the problems will far outweigh any benefits you might realize.
However, there are a growing number of people who think free stuff from the government is what will benefit them best, and I've worked hard all my life to finally be in the lower reaches of the income brackets where I get to pay for all those free things and not receive any benefit myself because I'm "rich" in the eyes of those people, and every benefit I am forced to pay for further interferes with my ability to help myself and my family to achieve those things I am now paying for others to have for free.
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About 4 to 8 weeks. In a hallux rigidus condition the motion in the great toe joint is severely reduced. Only removing the spurring around the joint doesn't improve motion. The best approach is to perform a procedure that will address this severe degenerative or arthritic process. This can take somewhat longer to heal but the results are very gratifying. Experienced podiatrists have specific procedures for this.
Depends. It depends on the surgery. Most commonly, the first surgery is a cheilectomy which is shaving of the spur. This is a "clean up" procedure and there is usually no restrictions in weight bearing. Most of my patients take about a month to get into reasonable shoes and resume most activities.
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The debate "Gay couples should be able to marry in every State" was started by
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20 people are on the agree side of this discussion, while 4 people are on the disagree side.
People are starting to choose their side.
It looks like most of the people in this community are on the agreeing side of this statement.
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Gay marriage should be a state issue. Why should disagreeable values be forced upon people in a democracy. For example, Utah is a highly religious, conservative state that doesn't want gay marriage in their state. You might think they're ignorant but they should get to vote on it because that's what a democracy is about. Forcing it upon them is undemocratic.


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By: Malu E.Gacuma
December 24,2012 (Monday)
Amidst the frenzy atmosphere typical of a Christmas season, one would feel the undeniable excitement of what to give. Alongside of this is the nagging suspense of what to receive. This is the season when we experience a see-saw of moods,either bringing us to euphoric high or pulling us to a cumbersome low. Such is the palette of a Yuletide experience.
In 1992, my late youngest brother Jonathan or John-john, confided to me that his only wish was to have ” a bit of more time” to remain alive until he could, at least, reach his 23rd birthday. He was stricken with an incurable , degenerative illness called Duchenne-type Muscular Dystrophy just like our late older brother, Oscar Jr. or Oggie.
Muscular Dystrophy robbed them both of their youthful freedom.It clipped their wings long before they realized they have these. But with undaunted spirit, they never stopped believing they could fly in due time.Or to make it more realistic: they believed they could still walk!
John-john reached his birthday on Nov.29.Again, he told me he “made a bargain with the Lord“, to be “ given another bit of time to reach the Lord’s own nativity day, December 25“. Then his fate may be sealed.He welcomed every morning with renewed hope for that miracle of stepping out of his bed and making his very first step.When nothing happened, he would stare out of the window,watching the sunset in a very quiet resolve. As he would usually tell me,”Tomorrow will be a another day. There is always a ‘next time’!” And he would flash that smile on his handsome face.The smile not only showed on his lips.It was in his eyes!
We struggled to make his last Christmas the best we can give,as the private hospital room we called ” home” for 8 months cramped with both our presence and presents.He was so happy! He died the next day, December 26.His destiny was indeed sealed. Time ran out of him.
At half- past three a.m. today,in solitude, memories left as swiftly as it came.As the Ray Conniff rendition of “Oh, Holy Night” waxed nostalgia , I was finally convinced that only one gift can be the most invaluable either to give or to have: the Gift of Time.
It is one priceless gift, devoid of labels and tags, yet it lies deeply buried in each of our hearts.It is the embodiment of love and care, appreciation, gratitude,thoughtfulness and almost everything that becomes a cornerstone of our perspective.
Everyone wants to choose a happy color,indeed! It wouldn’t be a surprise if the happiest color will be chosen, by heart,usually by the loneliest soul in this moment of carpe diem.
With Christ’s nativity as its essence, Christmas is an occasion that celebrates Life, a hopeful one.
Whatever symbolic color we choose to paint the season is what we impress on the canvas of our memories and of those whose lifestories have crossed ours.Be as it may, let these be moments worth remembering.
However,amidst all the usual frenzy,do we have the time ?

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WASHINGTON-A technology executive pleaded guilty to federal wire-fraud charges on Tuesday, closing an obscure but potentially influential case that could shape future criminal prosecutions involving companies that provide bedrock internet services to customers.
Amir Golestan entered a plea on behalf of himself and his company, Micfo, at the end of the second day of a trial in federal court in Charleston, S.C., according to court records. He was accused of using fraudulent means to obtain thousands of internet protocol, or IP, addresses from the American Registry for Internet Numbers, a small Virginia-based nonprofit that allocates the addresses that computers use to communicate online.
Treasurys Edge Toward Stability After Inflation-Driven Selloff
U.S. government bond yields are showing signs of stabilizing near the top of their 2021 range after a bout of selling precipitated by last week's surprisingly high inflation data.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note settled Tuesday at 1.632%, according to Tradeweb, up slightly from 1.621% Monday after logging larger gains in the previous three sessions.
One of the World's Strongest Stock Markets Is Starting to Fizzle
Challenges are piling up for South Korea's once highflying shares.
Seoul has been one of the world's best-performing big stock markets, with its value topping $1.6 trillion in August, according to data from the World Federation of Exchanges. But it has since been hit by rising interest rates, slowing global growth, a clampdown on household borrowing and concern that memory-chip prices may have peaked. A day-trading boom among individual investors is also fizzling out, reducing a key source of support.
UK Inflation Hits Highest Level in a Decade at 4.2%
Annual inflation in the U.K. accelerated in October, reaching the highest level since December 2011, fueled by higher energy prices and mounting supply-chain disruptions.
The consumer price index--which measures what consumers pay for goods and services--increased 4.2% on the year in October following a 3.1% rise in September, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday.
Biden Says Fed Chair Pick Could Be Unveiled This Week
President Biden hinted to reporters Tuesday he could reveal his choice for Federal Reserve chief around the end of the week.
Mr. Biden is considering whether to reappoint Fed Chairman Jerome Powell when his four-year term expires in February or to pick Fed governor Lael Brainard for the position. Mr. Biden interviewed both candidates on Nov. 4, and he isn't considering other individuals, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Two Fed Officials at Odds Over How to Deal With Inflation
Two regional Federal Reserve chiefs on Tuesday sparred over the outlook for inflation and what it might mean for central bank interest rate policy.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the U.S. central bank needs to move more forcefully to confront high levels of inflation, while San Francisco Fed leader Mary Daly stressed that moves to tamp down on price pressures prematurely could cause unneeded pain later should those pressures weaken.
Federal Government Could Be Unable to Pay Bills as Soon as Dec. 15, Yellen Says
The U.S. government could run out of resources to meet the nation's obligations as soon as Dec. 15, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday, reviving questions about how Congress will resolve a standoff about raising or suspending the federal borrowing limit.
Ms. Yellen provided the new estimate of when the federal government might no longer be able to pay all of its bills in a letter to Congressional leaders. She had previously said that a debt-limit increase passed by Congress in October provided confidence that the federal government would be able to pay its bills at least through Dec. 3.
Japan's Exports Notch Eighth Month of Growth in October
Japan's exports increased in October for the eighth consecutive month, driven by demand for mineral fuels, steel and semiconductor related products in key overseas markets, Ministry of Finance data showed Wednesday.
Exports rose 9.4% compared with the same period a year earlier, easing from September's 13% increase. The result was weaker than the 11.5% increase tipped by a FactSet survey of economists.
Senate Confirms Jonathan Kanter as Justice Department Antitrust Chief
WASHINGTON-The Senate confirmed Jonathan Kanter on Tuesday as the Justice Department's top antitrust official, adding a pro-enforcement lawyer to a Biden-administration team that has already been aggressive in addressing what it sees as threats to competition.
Mr. Kanter, 48, was confirmed on a bipartisan 68-29 vote, as Democrats and some Republicans believe antitrust enforcers should be doing more to protect competition in the marketplace, including in technology sector, agriculture and healthcare.
Staples Center in L.A. to Be Renamed Crypto.com Arena
The Staples Center, home to LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, will be renamed the Crypto.com Arena after a Singapore-based cryptocurrency brokerage paid to sponsor the iconic sports and concert venue.
The arena's owner, AEG Worldwide, said it struck a 20-year naming rights agreement with Crypto.com. The name change would be effective from Dec. 25. It didn't disclose the financial terms of the naming arrangement.
Biden, Xi Open to Nuclear-Arms Talks, White House Says
President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China have agreed to explore talks on arms control, a top White House official said, a day after the two used a virtual meeting to emphasize the need to avoid conflict on regional security and economic matters.
"The two leaders agreed that we would look to begin to carry forward discussions on strategic stability," White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday.
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Pet Valu Holdings Ltd. said Tuesday that strong same-store sales growth is expected to drive revenue higher than expected in the full year.
The company said that it now expects revenue of around 765 million Canadian dollars, the equivalent of US$611.3 million, as same-store sales growth is forecast to be slightly above 15%.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization is forecast to be around C$177 million, and adjusted net income is expected to be about C$69 million, or C$0.97 a share, it said.
"Given the strong performance in the third quarter and momentum in early fourth quarter, we have raised our 2021 guidance. As we move through the balance of the year and into 2022, we are proactively managing current market challenges in supply chain, labor and inflation with purposeful investments that support our long-term growth strategies," President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Maltsbarger said.
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Michigan Line 5 Decision a Positive for Enbridge
A Michigan judge's decision to deny the state of Michigan's request to move its lawsuit seeking the closure of the Line 5 pipeline from federal court to a state court is a win for Enbridge, says Credit Suisse analyst Andrew Kuske. "We view a Federal Court review of the Line 5 issues as being preferable versus a Michigan State court," says Kuske. "We expect Line 5 to remain noisy, but manageable." Enbridge had been seeking to keep the case in federal court to bolster its argument that the state does not have jurisdiction over a pipeline that crosses the Canada-US border.
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(Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department on Friday sought to erase the Trump administration's pro-fossil fuels legacy from the nation's public lands by revoking a suite of policies that boosted drilling and mining and ordering that climate change be put at the forefront in future agency decisions.
The moves come as the Democratic Biden administration moves rapidly to implement policies aimed at decarbonizing the U.S. economy by 2050.
Republican former President Donald Trump, a vocal climate change skeptic, pushed policies to maximize fossil fuel development on federal lands and waters with a mantra of "energy dominance."
In a statement, the agency said Secretary Deb Haaland issued an order revoking 12 policies issued under Trump. They ranged from orders to review Obama-era policies that hindered energy development, rolling back a moratorium on coal leasing, and an effort to expedite permitting of infrastructure on public lands.
In addition, the agency withdrew a legal opinion issued in the final week of Trump's presidency that said federal law requires the Interior Department to implement an offshore oil and gas leasing program that includes at least two sales every five years.
The agency is reviewing its onshore and offshore oil and gas leasing programs in what is widely seen as a step toward delivering on Biden's campaign pledge to ban new federal leasing.
In another order issued on Friday, Haaland established a climate change task force to coordinate efforts like boosting renewable energy development on federal lands and waters.
In the same order, the department outlined how science should guide decision-making and instructed officials to maintain robust environmental reviews that analyze climate change and engage tribes and underserved communities.
"I know that signing Secretarial Orders alone won't address the urgency of the climate crisis," Haaland said in a statement. "But I'm hopeful that these steps will help make clear that we, as a Department, have a mandate to act."
(Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Chris Reese and Jonathan Oatis)


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The US government can “legally” have more money printed and tax you to pay for it.
But don’t you dare try to print your own money to pay those taxes, that would be illegal.
openourminds-deactivated2013022 asked: simply the point is that this whole fucked up system could be solved by our govt. issuing it's own currency. paying off the fiat debt with fiat currency that the banks didn't EARN - they simply loaned profit into existence with no labor, OFF the backs of real laborers - get rid of the the 2 houses and instill a democracy - but that's not the reality. so we must loosen the FED grip first. how? STOP BORROWING. best way? pay the debt back? how? NOT by austerity. lol. look at the EU.
You are a perfect example of why I barely answer asks on here.
The notion of THE Coin is not the federal government minting and using it’s own sovereign currency. The whole idea behind it is to create a fiat asset and use that to get more of the Federal Reserve’s fiat currency (the one thing you don’t want to happen).
THE Coin would not be used to pay off debt to the banks, which you seem to be targeting. THE Coin would essentially be used to pay off debts the government has to other people, like the military, post office, social security and medicare.
We don’t even try to pay off our debt. I’m not even sure we are paying off any principle at the moment. I think we barely pay the interest like a broke college student paying minimum payments.
As for the rest of your ideas, you want to dump the House of Reps and the Senate? Oh god. As if we don’t already have a dictatorship… Besides, America is NOT a democracy, it is a Democratic Republic. It was founded as a Republic, but that has slowly changed.
Stop borrowing? Yes, I agree.
Pay back the debt? I disagree. Pay back other sovereign nations? Sure. Pay back the people (social security and private bond/bill holders)? Sure. But I don’t think we should pay back any of the debt obligations to the banks/Fed. Fuck ‘em. Let’s take a page out of the Icelandic Revolution and tell the banks to scram.
openourminds-deactivated2013022 asked: i'm sorry. you know everything. even the potential outcomes of anything. but you're right; there is no want to end the grasp on the fed from the outside. if there is, they can send us whirling down depression like the did post JFK... duh.. hence obama not passing the trillion dollar coin. had he, your fear of leveraging the FED more would have been far from reality for if that were true it would be a lot less opposed. if THE coin did so: it would have passed under obama. but he doesn'thave balls
I never said I know everything.
But I do know that creating a fiat asset out of thin air in order to use it as leverage to borrow more of a fiat currency from a private bank is no way of ending the stronghold of that bank.
It’s the equivalent of needing more money from your bank so you forge a paper that says you own China and taking that to the bank as an asset to secure a loan against. You don’t actually own China, just like THE Coin wouldn’t actually have a trillion dollars worth of assets behind it. If the US Government actually had a trillion dollars worth of assets, they would just use them and not have to mint a stupid coin in the first place.
The entire reason we need to mint THE Coin is because we are going to hit the debt ceiling and the House might not allow the Federal Gov’t to borrow anymore money so since it can’t borrow anymore, it will just invent it’s own money, because it has the power to still mint certain forms of currency like a platinum coin, and then it will send that coin to the Federal Reserve as a deposit so that it can write out checks.
I don’t understand why this much is hard to understand and where you’re getting the ridiculous idea that minting THE Coin would be the start of ending the Fed. It would not be. Not in any way, shape or form. We would use THE Coin as a deposit with the Federal Reserve bank.
Here’s the grim reality: We (The Federal Gov’t) have already spent money. We are now being invoiced for our expenditures. The problem is that we are flush out of cash. We need to borrow more to pay for what we’ve already consumed. The problem is that the House, the arm of government that must approve all spending, won’t let us use the credit card anymore (borrowing) by not increasing the debt ceiling. So we have one of two choices, find another way to pay for these items or default on the debt. So Obama can, in theory, ask the Treasury, who he personally appoints the director of, to help him out and go around the House and the legislation.
This is like going to a restaurant with your wife, ordering all sorts of things you aren’t going to eat and then when the check comes, you have no cash in your pocket to pay for it. In fact, you have no money at all, your bank accounts all read zero and you don’t even have a single red cent in your couch cushions. So, you now have to ask your wife, who has all the family credit cards, to hand one over, but even these are maxed out because you’ve been spending like crazy. So you ask her to call and ask for a higher spending limit and she says ‘no way’.
But you have to pay for the dinner some how, right? And you’re running out of options. So you ask your son to help you out, and he will, because you pay his allowance and he’s on your side. So your son fabricates a deed for an item you don’t actually own and uses it to borrow money from the bank and gives it to you to pay for dinner.
Well, that’s exactly where this country is right now. We already ordered and ate our dinner but we haven’t paid for it yet and we probably can’t unless we either have our wives get another credit card or invent another fiat asset.
So, in short, no, the trillion dollar coin is a stupid idea but so is a debt ceiling when dealing with a fiat currency and so is dealing with a fiat currency when you have zero fiscal responsibility or recourse.
In other words, the whole system is bullshit and the possibility of THE Coin being a real thing proves it.
Have you ever read Confessions of an Economic Hitman?
Did it change your political beliefs? Did it flip your world view upside down and inside out?
Inflation exists on a gold standard.
Even on a gold standard, you can print more notes that represent each asset of gold.
Even if you made gold coins, you can still maintain the same amount of pure gold (by content) and mix in other metals into each coin…
If I may defend the gold standard, (although I am hardly a worthy representative) the inflation that is suffered may not be an issue as inflation isn’t too harmful in the long run, (as far as I know at least), and if it only happens in small amounts, then perhaps that would be the benefit to the gold standard? From what I understand the danger of inflation is that initially it hurts a certain group of people, hurting the economic system before it balances out. Thus if inflation only occurs when a group collects and mints more gold, wouldn’t this be a rare enough occurrence to be insignificant?
The problem with inflation comes from unexpected increases in inflation. The name of the game with inflation is expectations.
And fiat currency has a stable inflation rate in the long run, so long as the inflation rate stays within expectations (as inflation itself can be a self-fulfilling prophecy; if people expect inflation to be X they’ll write in price increases of X in their contracts and prices will increase by X).
So inflation doesn’t hurt the economy per se - only if the inflation is unexpected.
Note: I think inflation’s effect on deterring savings is negligible with an inflation rate of 2%. There is, of course, the hidden tax of inflation, but that’s why I think we should embrace the Friedman rule or CPI targeting.
We’re all talking about monetary inflation (from increased liquidity/money supply) right? Just making sure.
I think that inflation itself is a gimmick, especially if you have a monetary system who’s value is tied to production/confidence and not to a particular asset, like gold.
Inflation in the short term doesn’t really hurt anyone but it sure does benefit those who get their hands on the money first. They are able to use money that most aren’t (physically) aware exists yet. (Even if you have knowledge of the money being circulated, until the increased liquidity impacts your own spending, it’s moot).
Once that money has a chance to enter the market and people are spending more and more willing to pay higher prices, that’s where short term inflation has an impact. But this usually doesn’t last too long.
What happens is that businesses get to spend cheap money to increase production or expand or whatever and now that people can afford to spend more, businesses can charge more. Businesses increase prices since demand is up and ability to ask for those prices is possible. The reaction of increased prices is, eventually, a demand for increased wages, until the equilibrium is found once again. The negative impact on the majority of people is minimal to null in the short term and the positive impact on businesses can easily be seen.
In the long run, there is a major negative impact, even with expected inflation levels. If I earn $1,000 today and put it in a safe, I most likely won’t have equal value 10, 20, or 30 years down the line, even at a 1% rate of inflation (very low), my money with devalue 10%, 20% and 30% respectively.
Even if I put the money in the bank in an interest baring account, Inflation, even when expected, usually outpaces interest rate returns, slowing down my losses but not stopping them.
Now, as I was saying before, the reason I think inflation is a gimmick is because the money supply is said to be increased to meet demand. But if there is more demand and static or less supply, economics tells us that the value/price will increase. Deflation is a good thing.
If this creates a physical shortage, don’t print more bills, remove large bills and print smaller bills. (Remove 1 $100 note and introduce 100 $1 notes). Fractionally swap the value of notes without increasing the overall value in circulation.
This prevents the ill-effects of long-term inflation. Your $1,000 earned 10 years ago not only won’t lose value, it will increase in value.
The reason we don’t have this system is because the system is built and run by the same banks who benefit from money introduction, like QE3. If we took my approach, these banks would never have those short-burst moments to increase profitability through.
This wasn’t a really good write-up, but this is why I think inflation is a gimmick.
I don’t think I agree.
If you think about the inter-connectivity of the Fed, the fiat dollar, the world’s reserve currency, the petrodollars and the wars we fight to maintain the hierarchy and value of the dollar, you realize that all of it is connected right back to how the dollar and it’s valuation is the foundation of our imperialism.
But I agree that as American citizens, we do, somewhat, benefit from the US Dollar.
While I do think our wars are imperialistic, I don’t think that they are used to maintain our position as the world’s reserve currency. The dollar being the world’s reserve currency really follows Bretton Woods and the second world war. The dollar stays strong because of the weakness of other currencies.
The dollar is still staying strong thanks to the failures of the Eurozone and the Euro as a currency.
That being said, we benefit greatly from having a vehicle currency. That keeps our country from being Greece with our near 100% Debt:GDP ratio.
But the dollar is used as the currency of trade for most all trade, including almost all oil transactions.
Just look at the history of which OPEC or Oil rich countries decided to stop selling oil in dollars and which countries we’ve invaded over the past 15 years.
Iraq - Euro, Libya - Gold/Rum, Iran - Gold (Currently selling to India and China in gold instead of dollars).
Then there’s America consistently trying to get involved in Africa because the Chinese have already moved in and are quickly making allies and raking in resources.
The real problem is that our dollar, like you said, is based on the strength of the country, both economic and military. This means that we must continuously flex our muscles and take over emergent markets to keep the dollar strong. If not, we just become another run of the mill, Western currency.
You don’t see this system as a problem?
The Circus of Fiat Currency
In America, money grows on trees.
It also grows in ink wells and on printing presses. Magicians at the Federal Reserve make it appear out of thin air as they are showered with applause from ticket holders in Congress. “Do it again! Do it again!” as the Fed throws money at the audience. The magic money funds every ridiculous and asinine endeavor of everyone in government and their corporate guests.
The only people who don’t benefit from this perpetual wealth-from-nothing system are the majority of citizens that actually end up footing the bill in the end. They actually see their wealth disappear into that very air that these money magicians once pulled it from. It’s taken in the form of taxes to pay off debt and interest and it literally disappears in the form of inflation and devaluation.
The clowns in congress have endless entertainment, thinking that money will continually flow like it’s coming out of the trunk of a clown car. The ringleaders at the bank have complete control of the animals they’ve been taming for nearly 100 years. The corporations don’t mind as long as they get to build bigger tents with higher tightropes and larger and cushier safety nets. And the ticket holders, that us, the American people, we all bought tickets to a show that we didn’t get to see and on the way out we had to clean up the elephant manure ourselves.
This is the Circus of Fiat Currency and we all enslaved in it.

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So A Most Curious Wedding Fair LONDON = DONE. It was a wonderful day and are currently posting more of the official images by Ellie Gillard Photography onto the Facebook page as I type. We'll post a few more on here, tell you all about bridal NEXT! (amaze!) and more but remember round 2 is around the corner with A Most Curious Wedding Fair NORWICH at St Andrews Hall on Sunday 21st October!
Ok, we're getting off the point for this post (never miss a chance to plug!) - right now we want to tell you about our Best Dressed Stand Winner for London Autumn 2012. This is chosen by the Most Curious Team, myself (Becky HH) and Gemma Goodwin. We have never done this before but, boy, are we glad we did it this year - the winner is..... FEDERICA BRUNO COUTURE. She made her showpiece, new launch dress FLOAT, yes we said FLOAT. It was always gonna be the person who can defy gravity with their stand. Well done Federica, you are a true creative gem we have had a real pleasure meeting you and long may the new Fed and Most Curious friendship live! We'll tell you all about her in another post but for now here is the story behind the stand. Well done Ms Bruno!
"The idea about the stand came out really spontaneously and quite randomly... I wanted to have my pink and white gown as centre piece of my stand because that's my latest creation. Also I knew that I wanted to have it lifted up somehow, because the voluminous tulle skirt is made of 15 layers which create an amazing shades of colour if seen from underneath. It goes from ivory on the outer layers to a pink magenta inside, with all the shades of softer pinks in between. And I wanted to show this a bit more.
I first thought I could use an arch structure (similar to the ones used in a patio or a garden) and I wanted to hang the dress that way...but the idea was quite banal, I mean not so unique, not so 'wow'...and I wasn't excited enough.
One day I was walking on the street with my girlfriend and we where talking about the stand project. Than I saw some balloons in a shop display and I just thought 'why I don't make the dress fly?! Yes! Helium balloons will make it fly!' Of course I wasn't technically sure of this as the dress is quite heavy and big...but I knew an idea was 'the one' if it makes me think, 'I can't stop to think how i just have to make it real!' The numbers of balloons needed was just crazy considering that a standard size helium balloon can only lift 14g and the dress weight was around 3kg...that tells it all. The only solution was to use a giant special latex balloon, big 5'5"! Together of course with lots of smaller ones!
Even find a balloon company willing to help me in this challenge was not been easy, most said that wasn't possible, or other that I was just a bit crazy... but at the end I've found someone and together we made it real! We made it happen!
We had to use almost 50 standard size balloons, plus the giant one and more have been placed underneath the skirt to help the lift!
The message that I wanted to give is that we have to make our dreams fly, our thought to go free, give a sense of magical, sweet and romantic but also I wanted it to be fun!
A part from the creative element, I also wanted to incorporate something to represent the craftsmanship side of my work, as it's a really big part of it, so I thought to have my vintage sewing machine and all the tools I use as designer and dressmaker...so I've used reels, tailor scissors, buttons and painting brushes and I've put them as stems of "flower" in the pots with flowers!'
And then when all the fun was over Federica set her balloons free. One of the most beautiful moments of the day.


White House Budget Nominee Face Hurdles
The Iowa Republican helped his cause Thursday with an appearance before the Senate Budget Committee, said Kent Conrad, D-N.D., the committee chairman.
Conrad said he respects and likes Nussle, but he and other senators, including a top Republican, appear to be using the nomination to win concessions from the White House on other matters.
The White House hopes Nussle can be confirmed quickly so he can participate in negotiations on Capitol Hill this fall over the 12 annual appropriations bills and lead the preparation of Bush's next budget. The spending plan for the budget year that begins Oct. 1, 2008, is to be submitted to Congress in February.
But Democrats are clearly worried about a train wreck on the current appropriations bills. Bush has threatened to veto most of them for exceeding his requests. There is growing concern about the possibility of one big spending bill at year's end, the kind of measure subject to ridicule for "pork" projects and unrelated policy items.
Democrats are hoping to use leverage over Nussle's confirmation to force talks with the White House to reach an accommodation over the appropriations bills. Talks at the White House are expected next week. The Senate's vacation is scheduled to begin Aug. 6.
"This meeting at the White House has a bearing on all of this," Conrad said.
So, too, do the frustrations of Republican Pete Domenici of New Mexico, one of the Senate's most senior members.
Domenici says the administration is dragging its heels in putting in place a federal loan guarantee program for clean energy projects authorized by an energy law passed two years ago.
Domenici spelled out directly what Conrad would only hint at: Nussle's nomination is on hold until lawmakers squeeze some concessions.
"It's the most serious problem he's got," Domenici said of his demands. "They've got to fix it."
Nussle did well at the almost two-hour hearing, just as he did Tuesday at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He defended Bush's budget policies while showing deference to the senators whose support he needs for confirmation.
"I look forward to helping develop policies that will keep us on track to balance the budget by 2012," Nussle said.
Nussle earned a reputation as a partisan combatant in his 16 years in the House. It is a label that was not entirely fair, said the chairman of the House Budget Committee, Rep. John Spratt Jr., D-S.C. He said Nussle had treated Democrats fairly in his six years as chairman of that committee.
Nussle, 47, left Congress last year after a failed bid for governor of Iowa. His relationship with the president dates to 1999, when Bush was running for the first time and Nussle endorsed him for the Iowa caucuses, an important early test in the nominating process.


The City of Amarillo has released their Holiday schedule for the next two weeks.
City Hall will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
The Amarillo Public Health Department COVID-19 Report Cards will NOT be available on
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Amarillo City Transit will operate a Saturday schedule on Christmas Eve (Thursday, Dec. 24)
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The schedule for the COA Solid Waste Department will be as follows:
For residential routes, Thursday routes will be serviced Wednesday. Friday routes will be serviced Thursday. The Solid Waste Department will be closed Christmas Day.
For commercial routes, Friday even-numbered routes will be serviced Thursday.
Friday odd-numbered routes will be serviced Saturday. Landfill and brush sites will be closed Christmas Day.


An Edinburgh cyber security conference has heard that British residents and businesses are being made ‘more vulnerable to identity theft and fraud’ as a result of the actions of government spy agency GCHQ.
The claim was heard at the Cyber Risk Symposium, hosted by Napier University and attended by the Scottish Government, business community and academia, focusing on a range of cyber threats and their potential impact.
Neil Anderson, security consultant at FarrPoint, made the claim whilst speaking at the Napier University hosted event. He said: “"Working with the NSA, agents at GCHQ have deliberately tried to weaken a number of critical online security measures – such as for online banking and shopping – to make code-cracking and snooping easier.
“The NSA interfered with the standards of these online encryption systems as they were being developed, whereas GCHQ has been instrumental in finding weaknesses and installing backdoors in protocols we rely on in our daily lives.
“It is a move which puts everyone in Scotland and the UK at greater risk, and more vulnerable to identity theft and fraud.”


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If you are a famous Hollywood actor, comedian and a poker player cum commentator, then you will have women running after you even if you are in your 80s. But this does not apply in legendary comedian Gabe Kaplan’s life.
The actor is famous, talented, a professional poker player and a poker commentator as well. But unfortunately, the actor in his early 70s is still single and hasn’t married or dated anyone in his lengthy career in Hollywood. We don’t know why this once handsome and dashing star didn’t tie the knot or have wife and children when he was young. And there are several theories behind his wish to remain single throughout his whole life.
Several media outlets in Hollywood have tried their best to make Kaplan reveal the true reason behind his single life, but they have all failed miserably. He has been so private about his personal life that the only thing we can do is make speculations.
It is believed that the actor’s refusal to get hitched with any other women was one particular woman whom he was madly in love with. So who was that lucky woman? And if he was indeed in love with her then why didn’t he just confess his love for her?
Rumor has it that that woman was none other than one of the cast members of his hit 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter. Many of his fans believe that the co-host and joint commentator for the series High Stakes Poker on GSN had fallen for his on-screen wife, actress Marcia Strassman.
They say that Kaplan was madly and deeply in love with this actress. But unluckily, things didn’t work out for him and he and Marcia never got a chance to be together. The ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ actress was in relationship with Robert Collector, which made it impossible for the actor to propose her. Collector and Strassman were married on 22 September 1984. The couple has a daughter named Elizabeth Collector and they later divorced in 1989.
Though Kaplan had fallen head over heels for the beautiful actress, Strassman revealed in an interview that she was not happy with the show and never really wanted to look back at those old memories. The actress played the role of Julie, Kaplan’s wife in the show, which aired on ABC from 1975 to 1979, while Kaplan played titular character played Gabe Kotter.
"I did not particularly enjoy 'Kotter,'" she told Calgary Herald in 1992. "I spent much of the four years being frustrated. I didn't have much to do on the show. I was just there when Kotter came home at the end of the day."
Her attitude towards her role in the show also created differences between the two. Strassman died in 2014 while battling breast cancer and a poor health. Some believe that after her death, the actor has kept himself away from the media limelight.
These are speculations and one could never know the real cause behind his boring single life, unless he says something himself.
The actor has an estimated net worth of $30 million and he does not have an official Twitter account of his own.

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Haryana will produce an estimated 120 lakh metric tonnes of wheat this year out of which only 80 Lakh metric tonnes will be procured under MSP. The MSP per quintal this year is being paid at Rs 1,975 after an increase of Rs 50 per quintal by the union government.
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"If more states decide to issue lottery programs, we will be able to raise at least Rs 50 crore... This is good money to fund Ayushman Bharat or the Education for All program," Vijay ( Vijay) added.
The Nava Kerala lottery, or 'Ashwas' Lotto, has been launched to aid the rebuilding of Kerala after the destruction brought on by recent flooding that has devastated the region. Finance Minister for Kerala, Mr Thomas Isaac, explained tkerala state lottery onam bumper 2021o the media that the lottery has been created to help with rebuilding efforts in the state and tickets will be sold at a cost of Rs 250 each from September 3rd through until October 3rd. There will be 90 main prizes of Rs 1 lakh each and 108,000 smaller prizes of Rs 5,000 each. All funding raised through the sale of tickets will go directly into the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF).
How likely is it to be hit by such a big "pie"? The answer is one part in 292.2 million. The probability of being struck by lightning is much higher than this, about 1 in 960,000. Since November 4 last year, the "Powerball" jackpot has been vacant. "
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Texas has been a weird state in the 2020 primary race. Until he suspended his campaign in early November, Beto O’Rourke held a virtual lock on between 12 and 20 percent of the state’s Democratic voters, even as his polling nationally hovered around a point or two. When he left the race, the early polling suggested that his supporters had gravitated to Joe Biden—who, in the last statewide poll of Texas in mid-December, held a twenty-point lead in the state.
That was then, though. According to the latest poll from Texas Lyceum, the state of the race in Texas much more closely mirrors the state of the race nationally—with Joe Biden holding an extremely narrow lead over Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren trailing the two white male septuagenarians (and with a third, Mike Bloomberg, on her heels). The organization finds Biden at 28 percent, Sanders at 26 percent, Warren at 13 percent, and Bloomberg at 9 percent. (Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, and Tulsi Gabbard all poll between 2 and 6 percent.)
The close dynamic in Texas reflects a few things—one is that most candidates have not begun to focus on the state (Bloomberg, who’s been advertising steadily, and plans to have 150 field organizers working out of 17 offices around Texas, is an exception), which makes the fact that the Texas poll is fairly similar to the national polling average a common sense proposition. Texas, after all, is fairly representative of the nation at large (which, by the way, is why we should hold the nation’s first primary), so there’s no real reason why, absent a locally popular candidate like O’Rourke or someone who’s focused special attention on the state, we’d be an outlier.
But it also reveals something about the makeup of Texas Democrats that has not always seemed like a guarantee: despite Texas’s conservative reputation, Democrats here don’t appear to be any more prone to a moderate like Biden or averse to a self-described democratic socialist like Sanders. The two-point difference between Biden and Sanders falls fully within the margin of error in the Lyceum poll, and suggests that any Texas firewall the Biden campaign may be banking on for Super Tuesday is an uncertain proposition.
The dynamic in the 2020 primary—as an ideological battle between progressives like Sanders, Warren, and former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro (who ended his campaign early this month, endorsing Warren) against centrist candidates like Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar—is well-established.
The conventional wisdom has also held that an ideologically left-wing candidate like Sanders would not fare as well as a more moderate Democrat. The Lyceum poll suggests that’s not the case. In a matchup against Trump, Sanders polls the highest in Texas, with 47 percent of the vote compared to Trump’s 50 percent. Biden trails Trump, 51-46, followed by Warren (50-43), and Buttigieg (51-43).
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the Lyceum poll, coming one week before the Iowa caucus, is that any nationally competitive Democrat on Super Tuesday is probably going to be competitive in Texas, too. That hasn’t always been the case. In the heated 2016 primary race, Sanders won four Super Tuesday states—but in Texas, got thumped by Hillary Clinton by more than thirty points.
With just over a month until Texas votes, there’s still a lot of time for the specifics of the 2020 campaign to change, of course. Maybe Warren or Bloomberg rises, or maybe Sanders or Biden comes out of the early states with runaway momentum. But whatever happens, the latest polling of the state suggests that Texas Democrats are more likely to reflect the trends happening nationally than they are to buck them.
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There are various species of roaches in Oklahoma. Roaches are a highly bothersome pest. They can cause allergic reactions in some people and roaches have been linked to some outbreaks of illnesses through the transmission of pathogenic organisms..
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Finally, a baby version of my Little Hiker’s Cardigan is available today! It, and all of the patterns in my Ravelry store is 42% off for the rest of March for my birthday sale! No code required. Eligible patterns can be found here. Much like …
My oldest daughter is starting preschool very soon, and she’s been asking me to knit her some new things. The program has a big outdoor component, so I let that be the inspiration for my design. 3-year-olds can have some very strong opinions about clothing, so it was a huge relief when she declared it “not itching” and then begged to wear it on an 80 degree day. Color this mama relieved!
I wrote this in 4 sizes, from baby-adult, since I was sure I’d want to knit one for myself and my younger daughter. The yarn is Trusty, from the Plucky Knitter, in the gorgeous “Old Copper” (I am a sucker for any green-y blues. Or, is it blue-y greens?).


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Another excellent night for northbound migrants. We had returns in the 20 – 25 dBz range again. Not widespread, but there are definitely some large flocks that can be tracked. In the reflectivity loop watch the east county area starting at around 05:30 UTC build in intensity as the night progresses. Also note the pocket of 25 dBz returns in the west county. Things are heating up!
Reports are coming in for widespread occurrences of Common Yellowthroats and Orange-crowned Warblers. I’ve seen a couple of early Chipping Sparrows in my little patch as well. The next wave of swallows should be showing up soon – Barn, Cliff and Northern Rough-winged. Brown-headed Cowbirds and Black-throated Gray Warblers can’t be too far behind.
Nationally we see a squall line bordering the gulf coast from Texas to Louisiana — typical fall-out conditions. But it’s still early in the season. Behind the system there is spotty movement up the Central Flyway along the Missouri River, some hot spots in Texas and decent flights in the South East.
Never spectacular by National standards, the Pacific Flyway has birds moving throughout the range of radar coverage. The low pressure system out in the pacific mentioned yesterday is being pushed a bit north by a high pressure ridge off the coast of California. The low will still make landfall in the next day or two and bring southerly winds on it’s leading edge. The vanguards of this season’s migration will be moving with them.