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Urban Plates’ New Cheeseburger and Double Cheeseburger Add Indulgence to Lineup of Wholesome, Made-From-Scratch Offerings
Pasture raised, all beef, char-grilled burger is a first for the chef-driven fast-casual chain
SAN DIEGO , June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time in its 11-year history, Urban Plates, the chef-driven, fast-casual San Diego based restaurant chain, has unveiled a new Cheeseburger, Double Cheeseburger and Herb Seasoned Fries to its menu of wholesome, made-from-scratch meals at affordable prices. The newest offerings – a flavorful slice of classic Americana – maintains the chain’s strict commitment to using only clean, wholesome ingredients, and sustainable humanely raised meats, while delivering crave-worthy options for those looking to indulge the Urban Plates way.
“At Urban Plates, you can eat healthy, indulgent, or both, making our restaurant ideal for flexitarians,” said Chef Joe Noonan, Director of Culinary at Urban Plates. “Our mission is to make craveable, wholesome, and clean food accessible to all, and we have introduced an incredible Cheeseburger to the menu that meets these standards. Best yet, our burgers don’t displace the lineup of vegan and vegetarian offerings. It’s a new menu item our guests can feel good about.”
The new Cheeseburger was given the stamp of approval by the chain’s loyal customers after being test marketed in three locations over several months. The Cheeseburger starts with a quarter pound of pasture-raised chargrilled “never ever” beef, meaning it’s never frozen, never added hormones, and never given antibiotics. The impeccably seasoned patty is cooked to order and comes piled high with the freshest trimmings including vine-ripened tomatoes, hand-sliced American cheese, fresh onion, whole leaf lettuce, and tangy house-made Thousand Island dressing, all served on a toasted potato bun.
For heartier appetites, guests also have the option to upgrade to a Double Cheeseburger, or to enhance their experience with the addition of savory Duroc Pork bacon or fresh avocado. The Cheeseburgers are served with a side of herb seasoned, hand-tossed french fries and can be enjoyed in the restaurant or packaged to go for traditional takeout or delivery. Rounding out the meal, the burger can be paired with a craft beer, glass of wine, or house-made juice Replenisher.
The Cheeseburger is the latest addition to the customizable menu of plates, salads, sandwiches, bowls, and scratch-made sides. Served with a side of the hot and crispy fries, the single Cheeseburger is priced at $11 in Southern California and $12 in Northern California and the Double Cheeseburger is $13 in Southern California and $14 in Northern California. For more information or online ordering, visit www.urbanplates.com.
About Urban Plates
Urban Plates began in 2011 with a single restaurant in Del Mar, California; there are currently 16 locations with a 17th set to open in Sunnyvale, CA in July 2022. Headquartered in Solana Beach, Calif., the brand has locations throughout San Diego, Orange County, the greater Los Angeles area, and Northern California. Urban Plates’ expansive menu items are made fresh in-house, from scratch, every day using clean (organic whenever and as much as possible) ingredients. With menus that include gluten-free, plant-based, dairy-free, pescatarian, low-carb, or any combination of the above, Urban Plates is committed to bringing variety and honest value to its guests. Follow Urban Plates on Instagram or Facebook at @urbanplates or visit Urban Plates online at www.urbanplates.com.
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Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey
Few of us get up with the lark any more – but then there are so few larks to get up with, compared to the 1890s, when 40,000 were delivered to London’s Leadenhall Market in a single day. Yet from the eggs we eat at breakfast to the eiderdown duvet we gratefully slide under at the end of the day – not to mention the images on the coins and notes in our pockets, the logos on the packaging our food and drink comes in, and the words and phrases we use – birds still pervade our lives, and our thoughts and the way we think them.
Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey unfolds the history of our relationship with the most colourful and familiar of the groups of organisms we share our planet with. The first of its five chapters looks at the place of birds in our cultures, ancient and modern, and the role they play in the myths and other stories we use to explain the world and our place in it. The second chapter explains how these myths evolved into the iconography of the art and poetry of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and charts the continuing inspiration which birds provided to artists, poets, composers and songwriters through the Romantic movement to the 21st Century, when birds have come to be celebrated as much for their own sake as for their significance as symbols of grace, love or sacrifice.
Another chapter deals with humankind’s use of birds for food, feathers and fertiliser, and the gradual shift from sustainability to overexploitation, as the traditional practices of local communities broke down under the influence of global trade. There are glimpses of the unimaginable abundance of wildlife in times so recently past, in the stories of the cartloads of larks brought to Europe’s markets, and the wildfowl heaped aboard trains to feed the cities of the United States.
Next we are reminded of the many ways in which we benefit from birds, the billions of dollars-worth of pest control, pollination, sanitation and nutrient recycling services which remain off the balance sheet; the millions of birds that lose their liberty (and often die in transit) to satisfy our desire for pet birds, show birds, and birds as rare as the work of great artists; and the growth of birdwatching and bird tourism, which is beginning to creep on to the balance sheet, enabling some of the poorest countries of the world, economically speaking, to benefit from the fact that they often have the richest avifauna.
The fifth and final chapter explores what the study of birds has told us, about their lives and behaviour, about the world and what we are doing to it, and about ourselves. By arriving earlier on their breeding grounds, or shifting their ranges towards the poles, birds are warning us about an environmental threat just as surely as canaries used to warn miners about the build-up of poisonous gases. Sensitive to noxious fumes, the canaries would stop singing; something analogous is happening to the species which global warming is pushing towards extinction.
But Birds and People ends with a celebration of our relationship with birds and the joy in life that encounters with birds can bring us, and reassures us that “there are welcome signs that we may now be emerging into a new maturity and wisdom in the way we relate to birds and the environments that they occupy alongside us.” This book is one of those signs.
Published: 4 December 2007 Price: £29.99
Birds and People is part of the CEMEX Conservation Series. It is produced in association with Agrupación Sierra Madre and BirdLife International. The Book is distributed by NHBS Environment Bookstore.
COPIES OF THIS BOOK CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE NHBS ONLINE BOOKSTORE
Book details: Collar, N.J., A.J. Long, P. Robles Gil, and J. Rojo. 2007. Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey.
CEMEX-Agrupación Sierra Madre-BirdLife International.
Mexico, 360 pp, 32 cm x 31 cm, 3.0 kg, cloth bound hardback with dustjacket. Full colour with tens of images.
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Michael Jackson is a wonder...A wonderful man from another world that blessed us with his presence and gifted us with witnessing creativity at its finest.
I've always been a fan, I mean, who isn't? I love this man. I try to imagine how exactly it was when he got into the studio. I imagine him being like a fountain of ideas. Floating melodies, rhythmic beat boxes flowing from his mouth. Bright energy and dances that just appeared out of every moment. How badly do I wish that I could have witnessed anyone of those magical Quincy Jones sessions. Can you IMAGINE how THAT was!
Michael Jackson is absolutely the most important artist of my generation! He changed everything. And still to this day, Michael's flows, dance moves, performances, and video inspirations are everywhere you look! That's how you KNOW he was a force of nature that was meant to come before us and show us what innovation and fearlessness looks like!
And that's my favorite thing about him. How he was unafraid to be totally unique, and special and one of a kind. THAT'S how you become unforgettable!!

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Woke Egalitarianism and the Elites
In the research paper Egalitarianism and the Elites, published in 1995 in the Review of Austrian Economics, one of Murray Rothbard’s most brilliant insights was that even the implementation of an egalitarian society requires leadership. As the fall of one system to the implementation of a new model of society cannot come out of nowhere, someone must command and lead this process. And naturally, these leaders will occupy powerful positions.
Indeed, Rothbard’s affirmation demonstrates how human existence is unequal and how some are naturally more qualified to lead the social processes. In a free-market society, the leaders are the entrepreneurs. With their ability to forecast future needs, they generate new solutions and create new productive arrangements. As a consequence, they create profit for themselves and value for their customers.
On the other hand, in a statal society, naturally someone will stand out and command the conquest and maintenance of power. In this sense, there are a lot of possible arrangements, as there are a wide variety of situations in which leaders can be involved. Recently, Western civilization is living a moment in wh
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Class A shares of Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) on Thursday soared as much as 39.8%, after the company’s lunar lander successfully reached space aboard a SpaceX (SPACE) rocket and began its multi-day journey to the moon’s south pole.
LUNR stock was last up ~38% to $6.87 in afternoon trade.
As per the mission, Intuitive Machines (LUNR) is attempting to land a Nova-C class lunar lander, called Odysseus, at a crater named Malapert A near the south pole of the moon. If successful, if would be the first U.S. lunar touchdown in more than a half century and the first by a privately owned spacecraft.
The launch of the lander aboard SpaceX’s (SPACE) Falcon 9 rocket was initially scheduled for Tuesday, but it was then postponed due to temperature issues. The rocket finally lifted off successfully this morning at 0106 ET.
The “IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander has launched on SpaceX’s (SPACE) Falcon 9 rocket and successfully commissioned in space by establishing a stable attitude, solar charging, and radio communications contact with the Company’s mission operations center in Houston,” Intuitive Machines (LUNR) said in a statement on Thursday.
SpaceX (SPACE) confirmed the deployment of the mission on X (formerly Twitter) at 0156 ET this morning, adding that the lander was beginning its multi-day journey to the moon’s south pole.
“Today’s mission to the Moon is just the first our Falcon fleet will launch for NASA’s (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) program which will help enable humanity to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond, bringing us one step closer to making life multiplanetary,” SpaceX (SPACE) said.
The mission is an example of NASA’s strategy in recent years to increasingly use spacecraft and space equipment built by private companies in order to cut costs.
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The OSPAR Commission for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) is seeking views on whether to extend the North Atlantic Current and Evlanov Sea basin Marine Protected Area (NACES MPA) to cover the seabed and other species and habitats. This consultation, that starts on 1 December 2022 for a period of 3 months, invites views on new evidence presented in the revised nomination proforma that seeks to demonstrate clear linkages between the benthic and pelagic systems, explaining why this site is so important for seabirds and other species. More information is available here.
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The Emissions Trading Scheme Authority of the United Kingdom (UK ETS) is seeking stakeholder views on proposals to develop the UK ETS which operates across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This call is of particular interest to individual companies and representatives of the maritime sector as Chapter 7 sets out proposals to expand the scope of the UK ETS to the domestic maritime sector. UK ETS replaced the UK’s participation in the EU ETS on 1 January 2021. This consultation is open until 17 June 2022; more information available here.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) of the United Kingdom (UK) has published a summary of the responses to a consultation on the proposed Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations. MCA had opened this consultation in August 2021 seeking views to assist in transposing Chapter VIII in the Annex to the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (‘SOLAS’ or ‘the Convention’) into UK law. Views were also sought on the accompanying draft Marine Guidance Notice. The UK Government now intends to make the Regulations and bring them into force by the autumn of 2022. The Marine Guidance Note will be finalised and published at that time. A summary of the responses to that consultation is available here.
The European Commission (executive branch of the European Union) is preparing a new legislative proposal revising the Ship-Source Pollution Directive, a common framework outlining how to deal with illegal discharges from ships. This initiative aims at preventing marine pollution by ensuring that any natural or legal persons responsible for the discharge of polluting substances into EU waters are subject to adequate penalties. A public consultation is ongoing, divided into two sections: the first gathers views from citizens and the second targets experts and relevant stakeholders. The consultation is open until 3 March 2022. More information is available here.
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) welcomes comments from stakeholders on the first set of draft standards and guidelines to support the implementation of the draft regulations for exploitation of mineral resources in the international seabed area until 20 October 2020. This includes:
The European Commission is currently developing its research and innovation missions that will form part of the Horizon Europe framework programme beginning in 2021. Under the mission area, healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters, citizens may submit proposals until 14 September 2020.
The European Commission and the European External Action Service are undertaking a consultation to assess the relevance and completeness of the current focus areas of the EU’s An integrated European Union policy for the Arctic. Stakeholder contributions are welcome until 10 November 2020.
The European Commission and the European External Action Service are currently undertaking a targeted consultation to assess the development needs and options of the EU’s International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans. Stakeholder contributions are welcome until 15 October 2020.
The MARIPOLDATA research group has launched a survey about the postponement of the negotiations towards a new treaty for the protection and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ). The group seeks to learn about perceptions on the potential effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the BBNJ Treaty and, also, how this situation has changed people’s interest and involvement in the process. The survey is open until 17 May 2020 and can be found here.


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You can find in my portfolio my wooden statues, as well as arts and crafts items, folk art items, stained glass windows and Tiffany lamps made to order.


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I must confess, The Goddess has never met an eggplant she hasn’t loved. I’m afraid it’s true. And The Latin Lover is okay with it, so don’t worry. He knows all about it. This original recipe came from Epicurious and of course, The Goddess made a few little changes. I was having dinner with The Flying Librarian and she served this as part of an antipasto. Now, she’s a great cook, so The Goddess paid attention; she was right. This is a great little thing to have tucked in the fridge. And,it will keep in the fridge for at least 2 weeks. I just made a grilled wrap with a couple of roasted peppers, some thinly sliced red onion, a little shredded cheese and the very last little bit of salsa tartufata…which is now gone…boohoo! It’s terrific as is, as a “salad”, placed on burgers and in sandwiches (and tortilla’s, it turns out) and is a great antipasto with some good bread. It’s just so good to know that you have this flavor-packed goodness sitting there, in the fridge, just waiting to be savored. I’ve suggested this is of medium difficulty, which is really more related to time than actual difficulty. The bonus, of course, is that it keeps so well, so you get real benefit for your time. And then there’s the flavor….mmmmm!
Grilled Marinated Eggplant
- 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint (I used orange mint)
- 3 tablespoons drained capers
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and diced*
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, preferably Sicilian (I used Mexican oregano)
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes or minced pepperoncini
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (use your best flavored oil), plus extra for drizzling
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 medium eggplants (3/4 pound), peeled and thinly sliced a bit thicker than 1/8″
- 6-8 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (see NOTE)
*I used 2-3 tablespoons of very finely chopped garlic scapes
Finely chop the parsley and mint; chop the capers and garlic. Place in a bowl; add the oregano and pepper flakes and stir everything together. Stir in the oil, season with salt and pepper, and set aside.
Preheat an outdoor charcoal or gas grill or a grill pan until smoking hot.
Put enough eggplant slices on the grill to cover it without crowding. Cook the eggplant until well-marked, 3 to 6 minutes, then turn the slices over. Cook until tender, about 3 minutes more. Remove the eggplant from the grill.
Pour the vinegar into a shallow bowl. While still hot, dip each eggplant slice into the vinegar and set it aside on a plate. Continue grilling and dipping the eggplant until all the slices are cooked and seasoned.
Spoon 2 tablespoons of the parsley mixture onto a platter and spread it evenly with the back of a spoon. Arrange half of the grilled eggplant on the parsley in a single layer. Smear with more of the parsley mixture. Continue layering eggplant and spreading each layer with 2-3 tablespoons of the remaining parsley mixture. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and set aside to marinate at room temperature for about 2 hours (or refrigerate for longer). Serve at room temperature. Keeps well, refrigerated, for 2-3 weeks.
NOTE: Instead of dipping the slices in the balsamic, I used a spritzer bottle of balsamic that worked great. I spritzed both sides of each piece of eggplant as they came off the grill. Then I put the slices in a large container and spritzed a bit more over and a good sprinkle of salt, too. Then I continued with the recipe as written. You could make the parsley mixture in a food processor, but I don’t. I find hand-chopping gives me the somewhat drier and coarser texture, which I prefer. I drizzle extra oil and a little extra balsamic over the top layer.
Adapted from Epicurious.com via The Flying Librarian
In this case, peel the eggplant and slice it thinner rather than thicker, a bit less than 1/4-inch. I don’t salt or oil the eggplant; I grill it dry, just until you get good grill marks, but it still has texture. When The Lover and I were in Italy I discovered balsamic in a spritzer bottle. Isn’t that about the best little invention you’ve ever heard of? I absolutely love it. You can purchase these bottles of lusciousness in various places here in the US, but The Spice Mill has them. As soon as I pull a slice of eggplant off the grill, I spritz both sides, lay them in a dish and re-spritz, just in case I missed a spot!
I chop the parsley and mint by hand, but use the food processor, if you wish. I wanted the coarser, drier texture. Also, I still had some garlic scapes, and I used those instead of the garlic. Why not; they are so fleeting and delicious? Then I combine it all in a bowl. I stir in the oil until it’s almost a moist, thick paste. Now, you just start layering the herb paste and eggplant slices into a dish, beginning with a couple of tablespoons of the herb paste in the bottom of the dish, then eggplant, then herb paste, eggplant, etc. I use the back of the spoon to sort of “pack” the eggplant into the dish. And that’s really all there is to it.
I marinate the eggplant as soon as it comes off the grill, so the flavor of the marinade penetrates the eggplant completely. Then, I cover it and let it stand, at room temperature, for a couple of hours. You can do this several days ahead (refrigerate it, please) and it just gets better each day. It is excellent as part of an antipasto plate with some creamy, fresh mozzarella and good olives. Try it…’tis the time of year.

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SYDNEY: One of Rupert Murdoch’s Australian newspapers on Wednesday published a picture showing the bare bottom of Prince William’s wife Kate, refusing to follow a “ridiculous” ban imposed by the British media.
The image was taken during the royal couple’s hugely successful tour of Australia in April when they showed off their infant son George, and was run in the Sydney Daily Telegraph a day after it appeared in German tabloid Bild, which declared she had a “beautiful bum.”
It shows the Duchess of Cambridge’s blue and white summer dress lifted by a gust of wind when the royal couple got out of a helicopter in the Blue Mountains, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Sydney.
The Daily Telegraph said British newspapers had refused to run the photo out of respect to the royals, but in a comment piece said this was “an antiquated code of etiquette” under the headline “My bare lady: Derri-heir to the throne is fair game.”
“It seems a bit ridiculous to expect the rest of the world’s media to follow suit, particularly in a world in which flesh and commercialism go hand in hand,” said Telegraph social writer Annette Sharp.
“If the Duchess can’t be bothered protecting herself by having hem weights sewn into her garments, why should the media protect her?”
The duchess is no stranger to wardrobe malfunctions and struggled to control the hem of her red dress as she stepped off a plane in New Zealand ahead of her Australian tour.
Diane Morel, a Blue Mountains local, took the Australian photo and almost deleted it before realizing what she had captured.
“It wasn’t until I got home and I popped my camera card into the computer that I realized what I had captured,” the 47-year-old told the newspaper, vowing to donate any money raised from the photo’s sale to a bushfire relief fund.
During their tour, the royal couple met survivors and toured the scene of devastating Australian bushfires last year that destroyed more than 200 homes.
It is not the first time Australian media has abandoned royal protocols with two radio presenters causing outrage in 2012 when they duped a nurse at the hospital treating Prince William’s pregnant wife into giving them details about her morning sickness condition.


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“Es tan santo el chocolate, que de rodillas se muele, juntas las manos se bate y viendo al cielo se bebe.”
-Refrán popular mexicano
“Chocolate is so holy that you must kneel down to grind it; put your hands together to churn it, and look to the Heavens to drink it “.
-Mexican folk saying
Chocolate, or Xocoóatl, in Náhuatl, was an important ceremonial drink in pre-Columbian cultures. Its importance was such, that seeds of the cacao tree were not only offered to gods, they were also used as currency. Considered nutritious and even medicinal, chocolate made its way to Europe via Mexico.
Serves 4 cups
- 4 cups of water
- 1/2 sprig of cinnamon
- 5 tbsp of brown sugar or a small piece of piloncillo of around 2.5 oz
- 5 tbsp of tortilla masa
- 1.5 oz of handmade chocolate. I got the chocolate for my champurrado as a gift during my last trip to Mexico! You may replace it with a piece of chocolate for atole (in the U.S., you may find it in your ethnic food aisle under brands such as Abuelita or Ybarra). Using the latter might make the champurrado a bit sweeter, so reduce sugar.
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Dilute the masa in 2 cups of cold water until there are no clumps.
- Boil the remaining water with the sugar and cinnamon.
- Incorporate the corn masa while mixing constantly on low heat.
- Add the vanilla and the chocolate.
- Continue to mix constantly for about 15 minutes or until the mix reaches the desired thickness.
- This time, I added a pod of cascabel pepper for flavor! You can add a piece of dry pepper without its seeds if you want. We chose a sweeter pepper.
- Champurrado is a very thick drink. If you like it a bit lighter, you might reduce the amount of masa you add.


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Saturday, 11 May 2013
For three years now I've been feeding my compost bins almost daily. They have taken the waste sawdust and manure from the chicken house, the contents of the vacuum cleaner, thousands of old tea bags and coffee grinds, vegetable and fruit peelings, all of our grass cuttings, the non shiny Christmas wrapping paper ripped into tiny pieces, nettles and comfrey leaves*, crushed egg shells and I sometimes add egg boxes or cardboard loo rolls broken up if the mixture is too wet. I have turned them a few times, if I'd turned them more often they'd have broken down more quickly but I've primarily turned them to deter rats from nesting.
The bins are warm to the touch in winter as the nitrogen releases from the rotting vegetation and the thousands of worms and mini-beasts work their magic to produce a sweet smelling, crumbly compost ready for the boys to plant vegetables in their raised-bed.
My compost bins were really cheap and bought from the local council when they were promoting composting a few years back, they're not pretty and resemble big black dalek's! You can get much more attractive versions if you want to spend more money. But tucked in a corner of the garden they do no harm, and it's estimated by composting I'm saving 40% of my household waste from going into landfill, which has go to be worthwhile. And if that wasn't enough for a clear conscience, making your own compost is helping the environment too, as most compost on sale is made with peat and peat bogs are one the UK's most threatened habitats.
Tomorrow if the sun shines we'll plant out the first of our plants we've grown from seed; courgette, pea and pumpkin.
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BOSTON: Viacom heir Shari Redstone is working with ML Strategies to manage communications surrounding her sudden public dispute with her father, Sumner Redstone.
Nancy Sterling, ML's SVP of strategic communications, said that she has been representing Redstone for "several months."
"Right now I am representing her personally," Sterling said. "We are not seeking any media coverage on this issue, but I am managing the deluge of media coverage that comes in."
The public and personal spat began in mid-July between father Sumner, current chairman of Viacom, and daughter Shari, vice chairman of Viacom who was widely expected to succeed her father at the helm of the company.
"We would prefer to have none of this in the press," said Sterling, who acknowledged she had "no idea" how long coverage of the dispute will last.


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Former Cherokee County Coroner and funeral home director Norman Sosebee passed away Sunday at the age of 94.
Born in Cornelia, Sosebee moved to Canton in 1940 at the age of 14 when his father opened Sosebee Funeral Home. Following his graduation from Canton High School in 1944, Sosebee served in the U.S. Army, seeing action in Europe during the final year of World War II. For nearly 40 years, Sosebee owned and operated Sosebee Funeral Home, which he purchased from his father in 1972, while also serving 28 years as Cherokee County Coroner. Sosebee operated the county’s emergency ambulance service for a time as well.
In addition to his tenure as county coroner and funeral director, Sosebee served as secretary of the Cherokee County Airport Authority for more than three decades, as well as a deacon and Sunday School teacher while a member of First Baptist Church of Canton, before becoming a member of Heritage Fellowship Church. Sosebee was a founding member of the Cherokee County Historical Society, a member and past president of the 75th Infantry Division Veterans Association, a member of the American Legion Thomas M. Brady Post 45 in Canton. For his service and dedication to the community, Sosebee was awarded both the Lamar Haley Award for Community Service and the prestigious honor of First Citizen of Cherokee County.
“I do not deserve this, but I do appreciate it. People I go to church with, socialize with, my children... they have all put their pieces into my life, but the person who made me what I am today is this little lady, my wife of 68 years, Frances,” Sosebee said during the First Citizen of Cherokee County award ceremony in January of 2016.
“Norman Sosebee was a beloved member of Heritage Fellowship and we are deeply grateful to God for the joyful and exuberant way that he embraced life and loved his church,” Heritage Fellowship Church Senior Pastor Dr. Rob Nash said. “He was a true hero to all of us having served his country in World War II and then returned home where he and his wife, Frances, and their family contributed to the Canton and Cherokee County communities. Norman had a passion for life that he shared with everyone whom he met. We will miss him so very much.”
A private service for Sosebee will be held at Georgia National Cemetery, with arrangements handled by Sosebee Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to honor Sosebee’s memory are encouraged to donate to Heritage Fellowship, 3615 Reinhardt College Parkway, Canton or a charity of their choice.

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Abdul Rahman Munif: "Variations on Night and Day"Intrigue and War
Running to 2500 pages in the original version, Abdalrachman Munif's five-volume novel cycle Cities of Salt is one of the cornerstones of Arab literature and a subversive chronicle of Saudi Arabia. Angela Schader introduces the novel cycle and publication of the final volume, Variations on Night and Day
Born in 1933, to a Saudi merchant father and Iraqi mother, Abdalrachman Munif's five-volume novel cycle "Cities of Salt", written in the 1980s, is not least based upon the knowledge garnered by the writer during his years working in the Arab oil industry.
As a political activist, Munif also made early acquaintance with the repressive mechanisms of Arab regimes as his prison novel "East of the Mediterranean", among others, clearly shows.
Oil fields rather than date palms
There was a good reason why "Cities of Salt" was banned in several Arab countries, and in Saudi Arabia in particular. A sweeping, satirical and critical panorama of history emerges from the pages of this pentalogy about the rise of the fictional oil state of Mooran, a state whose main protagonists are clearly intended to be identifiable as members of the Saudi royal family.
The Diedrich publishing house has commendably taken on the job of publication in German and entrusted the team of Larissa Bender and Magda Barakat with the translation; the third volume (published in English as "Variations on Night and Day"), which has just appeared, is the final part of the project. (The five novels are published in three volumes.)
Chronologically, it goes back to a period earlier than those dealt with in the first two parts of the novel cycle, and in reading it becomes clear that this is a time that Munif does not know from personal experience.
The two preceding volumes, "Cities of Salt" and "The Trench" cover the period from 1933 to 1964 and are full of the writer's rich, striking imagery, depicting the sheer violence of the progress which with the discovery of oil erupted over a desert people accustomed to the simplest of lifestyles.
No writer surely has more acutely captured or described with more righteous anger the plight of an uprooted people as they witness the spread of smoking oilfields where their palm groves once stood, or the humiliation of the horse and camel breeders whose noble animals, the stuff of poetry, are being pushed unceremoniously aside by the rise of the motorised vehicle, the empty ostentation of it all reflected in the ghastly East-West style mix.
This visual quality is less evident in "Variations on Night and Day" even if the novel does gather pace quickly after a somewhat slow introduction. Set in the first decades of the 20th century, it describes the growth of the fictional desert state of Mooran, where the shady and fickle ambitions of local Bedouin sheikhs and emirs and the interests of the British Empire combine in a seedy entangling mesh.
With sensual quality of the early volumes largely absent the text relies entirely on characters, their thoughts and conversations.
Irritatingly, but also ingenuously, Munif explores the constant blurring of perception and interpretation which are as much a part of the narrower confines of a scheming court as they are of any society deprived of public information channels; and also in Arab-British exchanges, where neither side is willing to show their cards completely and where cultural differences are the source of additional misunderstandings.
Historical hall of mirrors
Central protagonists are the Sultan Khureybit and his son Fanar – the pair clearly modelled on the founder of Saudi Arabia Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud and his son Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz. One might initially suspect a fictionalised portrait of T.E. Lawrence, the celebrated "Lawrence of Arabia" behind the character of the Briton Hamilton, the Sultan's loyal intermediary in negotiations with the British; however the less well-known Harry St. John Philby is Hamilton's actual true-life counterpart.
Both Lawrence and Philby were unconventional characters, peculiarly unsuited to the life of the civil servant and both shared a fascination for Arab and Bedouin culture. In both cases, too, it was Western political interests that brought a crisis of conscience into their relationships with Arab friends, though, in fact, they were on opposite sides of the fence. Lawrence supported Sherif Hussein, the Emir of Mecca who was defeated in 1924 by Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud and expelled from the holy sites of Islam.
Non-Arab readers would probably have appreciated a preface or afterword to provide them with insights into the historical background of the period because as things stand they find themselves largely confronted with a terra incognita. It is only at rare moments that the action suddenly zooms in on its actual historical setting in the early 20th century – for example when Khureybit sits in a car.
The sultan's conquests, on the other hand, along with the precarious alliances of local tribal leaders have much more to do with Bedouin tradition than with modern politics and warfare; and the intrigues at court, where servants, maids and eunuchs carry on a bizarre and often brutal guerrilla warfare in the name of jealous sultans' wives are redolent with the atmosphere of the Arabian Nights.
A semblance of harmony
In this limbo of envy and greed it is, of all Khureybit's many sons, the silent Fanar who attracts our attention. We are told that he listens with his eyes, with his heart and with his ears, and seems therefore to be endowed with a sensorium for the immense upheaval that the future is to bring to his country. To him the world seemed an enormous aggregation of hidden, colliding rocks one of which would inevitably crush the others.
Both Khureybit and Hamilton see the thoughtful young man as future crown prince; and it is he who accompanies Hamilton on his diplomatic missions to London, where he also receives English lessons from Miss Margot, the aged aunt of his host.
Munif here outlines an idealistic alternative to the kind of relationship dictated purely by political interests as in the case of Khureybit and his British protectors.
Even if the mentor-student relationship does appear to indicate a certain inequality, it prohibits both Fanar's distinctive character and Hamilton's inner turmoil – which allows him in the end to choose to live in Mooran and to follow the Islamic faith – from seeing the relationship as merely a positive variation on colonial power structures.
With Hamilton Munif has created a brooding wanderer between worlds, one who does not belong in either of them and who for that reason is also able to maintain a critical distance; with Fanar he sketches the figure of a prince who stands apart from palace intrigues and tribal feuds; with Miss Margot a wise woman who teaches the young prince that true cultural harmony is not only about points of connection but also requires respect for the divisions.
Readers familiar with the other two volumes of "Cities of Salt" will, however, feel misled by these passages. The hidden colliding rocks will crush Mooran and its inhabitants, thoroughly and mercilessly.
© Neue Züricher Zeitung / Qantara.de 2009
Translated from the German by Ron Walker
Abdul Rahman Munif: "Das Spiel von Licht und Schatten", translated by Larissa Bender and Magda Barakat. Diedrichs-Verlag, Munich 2009, 448 p.
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Interview with Rajaa Al-Sanie
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Although the book stirred a scandal and is officially banned in her home country of Saudi Arabia, Rajaa Al-Sanie's "Girls of Riyadh" has become the number one best-seller in the Arab world. Friedhelm Hartwig interviewed the 24-year-old
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A festival in the north of Riad has been celebrating Saudi Arabia's culture since 1985. Now, after 25 years, the festival organisers have finally decided against gender segregation. Hanna Labonté reports on a festival between two worlds
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In Cold Blood Essay, Research Paper
In Cold Blood
Author : Capote, Truman
Title : In Cold Blood
Publisher : Random House
Original Publication Date : 1965
In a small town in Kansas a family of four were murdered for no apparent reason. The
murderers ran for a few years and finally they were caught, tried, and accused for murder.
In 1965 they were hung for the crime.
In the story a family was killed for no reason. This well respected farming family had no
enemies, and no quarrels. Although they were wealthy, Mr. Clutter never kept cash in the
house. The whole region and eventually the country was shocked by the randomness and
brutality of the act, in much the same way it was by the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
The two men in which didn’t even know the Clutter family went into their house and shot
all four of them.
There were two main characters. Dick is the first one that I will talk about. Dick was 33
years old and he did not have the best character. Dick was one who helped participate in
the killing of the Clutter family. I didn’t like him from the very beginning. He struck me
as the type that is your friend one minute and enemy the next. Perry is the other charecter
that I will talk about. Perry wasn’t as bad as Dick but yet he still struck me as having a
bad character for what he did to the family. It took me awhile to get a good impression of
Perry. Perry was a really nice guy and I think that he just got mixed in with the wrong
crowd. At the beginning, when they first started to kill all of the family members, they
had them tied up and Perry didn’t want to kill the family but he thought that if he acted
like he was gonna kill Mr. Clutter then Dick would stop him. Then they would let them
all go but when Dick didn’t stop him Perry became a mad man and went ahead and killed
the whole family. Later at the gallows Perry started to have second thoughts a little to late
so he tried to starve himself but didn’t succeed. He was finally hung, during the hanging
period he apologized to everyone for what he did.
“This is it, this is it, this had to be it, there’s the school, there’s the garage, now we
turn south.” To Perry, it seemed as though Dick was muttering jubilant mumbo-jumbo.
They left the highway, sped through a deserted Holcomb, and crossed the Santa Fe tracks.
“The bank, that must be the bank, no we turn west-see the trees? This is it, this has to be
it.” The headlights disclosed a lane of Chinese elms; bundles of wind-blown thistle
scurried across it. Dick doused the headlights, slowed down, and stopped until his eyes
were adjusted to the moon-illuminated night. Presently, the car crept forward. This
passage was chosen because it was what Dick and Perry were saying right before they
went to the Clutter house and killed the family. I feel that this quote is an important one.
To me I feel that it suggest?s that the accused were out to commit a robbery, and had no
original intent to kill the Clutters. Due to Mr. Clutter not keeping any money in the
home, the criminals were unable to locate any money to steal. The criminals then
proceeded to kill the family of four. I feel that the murderers used the Clutters as a way
of removing their anger from not being able to locate the money they were looking for.
The book follows the story to the trial and execution of the killers, and spares few details
throughout. The outcome of the trial was guilty and the punishment was death by
hanging the accused.
One of the main points I saw by reading this book was the way the country / region
viewed itself after the murder occured. Many were shocked by the murder. I feel that if
the murder had of occured in todays society people would not have been as shocked as
they were then. When the story was based, not as many murders existed, and this crime
was just a total outrage to the normal society.
Why is the book on the Law reading list? Legal aspects of the book:
I feel this book is on the law reading list because it provides the story that is based on law
characteristics. In the story criminal law is presented. While reading the book I noticed
many crimes, that were later resolved in a court of law. The book presented the arrest,
trial and eventual conviction/execution of the accused. This provides an excellect law
guideline showing how justice was served.
The legal aspects of the book include the arrest of the accused, the trial that the killers
had to under go, and the decision for execution of the accused.
My Opinion On The Book
From reading this book I learned that even though you think that you can trust
someone you really can’t. It made me realize that not all people are good natured. It also
made me realize that your mind can be changed by your friends. I felt this book was well
written, and provided a good story line. It included a good combination of crime, which
eventually lead to law and order. I enjoyed reading the book, and would recommend it to
others taking the law program.


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LOCAL fire stations had some of their biggest turn outs for their annual open day to promote fire safety.
Children got the chance to learn the stop, drop and roll drills and also got their hands on the tanker hoses as part of a campaign to save lives during the busy winter season.
NSW Fire and Rescue is aiming to spread the message to be vigilant before it’s too late.
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“We just need people to be aware because the smallest of things can cascade into a disaster. And the cheapest form of insurance is smoke alarms which are now mandatory, because they are lifesavers.”
Fire stations showcased their firefighting equipment on Saturday in a bid to get people thinking as the temperatures slowly begin to subside.
Firefighters know there is plenty of grass around and the frosts aren’t far away.
But it’s inside the home where the most devastation could happen if people don’t think twice.
“Things like clothes dryers and making sure your lint filter is clear, making sure your electric blanket is checked by an electrician before you throw it on, not misusing heaters as clothes dryers,” station officer Beers said.
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Leading provider of audio-visual solutions, Audiologic, is pleased to announce the recruitment of Iain Cameron to the role of Business Manager with specific responsibility for Scotland and the island of Ireland. Based in Glasgow, Iain will work to expand the company’s reach in what is a fertile and rapidly growing marketplace for the Essex-based distributor. A background in studio and live engineering led Iain into AV installation in the corporate, house of worship and entertainment sectors. After gaining valuable experience as an application engineer, he moved into the world of manufacturer representation and has spent the last eight years managing distribution channels on behalf of major AV manufacturers across the EMEA region.
Andy Lewis, Managing Director at Audiologic welcomed Iain: “We’re pleased to have recruited Iain to what is a very important role within Audiologic. He has a strong all-round appreciation of the industry, having worked in key technical and business-based roles and he clearly shares our strong service-driven ethos. Having someone of his calibre and experience with established contacts in the region will be hugely beneficial in developing what are very valuable markets. Covering this extensive territory will demand a great deal of energy and commitment – fortunately for Audiologic, Iain possesses a great deal of both.”
Iain commented: “I’m delighted to be representing Audiologic’s range of products and expertise in Scotland and Ireland. I’ve picked up a lot from my work in different sectors of the industry, covering all aspects of audio, video and control, so when the position came to my attention, it felt like a great fit. I’ve forged some strong industry relationships over a number of years and I look forward to developing many more as I take the Audiologic message forward into the region. I’m passionate about helping customers deliver the best possible solutions for their clients – something that I know lines up perfectly with the Audiologic way of doing business.”

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There are multiple ways in which batteries can fail. One of the most common modes of failure is caused by the electrode coating material cracking or delaminating from the current collector. This cracking or delaminating is typically caused by the constant charging and discharging of the battery as well as by mechanical loading of the battery in use. It is critical to understand the adhesion strength and longevity of electrodes to ensure that a battery does not fail before the end of its predicted life cycle.
As battery manufacturers work to understand the adhesive properties of their cathode and anode materials, many are also introducing new electrode makeups in an effort to increase the safety and energy density of batteries. Most of these changes are to the anode material with additions such as silicone, which requires further testing and analysis. It is critical to understand how electrode adhesion is influenced by different binders and elements. The three types of testing most commonly used to characterize the adhesive properties and monitor production material for electrodes are 90° peel tests, 180° peel tests, and tack tests.
180° Peel Test
The most commonly performed peel tests are 90° and 180° peel tests. 180° testing has an advantage over 90° testing in simplicity of setup and ease of alignment. This testing can be done using low force grips and load cells along with a substrate that helps the flexible material maintain proper alignment during testing. It is best to consider pneumatic grips and a metal substrate to ensure high throughput and a proper 180° peel throughout each test.
90° Peel Test
90° peel testing is commonly seen as an alternative to 180° degree peel testing. The 90° peel test generally involves slightly higher loads than the 180° peel test and can be set up more quickly because it often does not require a substrate. Instron’s most common solutions for this testing are a standard 90° peel fixture or a pneumatic peel fixture designed specifically to test the adhesion of electrodes. The pneumatic 90° peel fixture was developed specifically for electrode adhesion testing and provides improved repeatability and throughput while also aiding the operator in consistent specimen placement and alignment at 90°. For the upper fixture, a pneumatic grip optimizes throughput and repeatability and is recommended for testing delicate materials.
A tack test is an electrode adhesion test that has been backed by researchers as an additional way to test the adhesion of electrodes to a battery's current collector. Instead of slowly peeling electrodes from the current collector, a tack test focuses on the adhesion strength of an entire predetermined area of electrodes, allowing for quicker evaluation of electrode adhesion over a large area. Instron’s tack testing fixture is designed for ease of specimen preparation as well as high throughput and repeatability. It features predetermined contact areas in addition to a spherically seated and lockable upper fixture, which ensures parallelism between both fixtures. Due to the fast speeds of this testing, a testing system with a very high data rate collection will ensure the best possible results and throughput.


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"Nip/Tuck" finishes season as top-rated new show on basic cable ... Healthier Wyclef Jean performs concert in Times Square ... Celine Dion wins ELLA award. ---------- Edited by RedEye staff (firstname.lastname@example.org)
May 21, 2004
Norah Jones' tour stops at Tweeter Center on Sept. 12 ... Faith Hill fills in for Celine Dion in Las Vegas ... Trent Reznor sues ex-manager for more than $3 million. ---------- Edited by RedEye staff (email@example.com)
May 12, 2004
Celine Dion cancels three Las Vegas shows because of sprained neck ... "Boston Public" actor Michael Rapaport separates from wife of four years. ---------- Edited by RedEye staff (firstname.lastname@example.org)
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Celine Dion has postponed her show scheduled for Tuesday at the United Center, concert promoter AEG Live announced in a statement. The concert is re-scheduled for Dec. 16.
November 1, 2004
Portrait of naked, pregnant Kate Moss expected to fetch up to $6.4 million at auction ... Woman found guilty of extortion plot against Celine Dion's husband. ---------- Edited by RedEye staff (email@example.com)
March 24, 2003
"She will be airborne during the show. Lifted up, Peter Pan-style, with wires," a publicist for Celine Dion tells People magazine of the singer's live Las Vegas show, which opens Tuesday.
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Michael Buble was stumped. He could not name the last Canada-based male singer to land at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart before he accomplished it last month. Bryan Adams with "Reckless" in 1984. "You're [bleeping] me," blurted Buble. "I'll be bragging to my family in about three hours." Buble, 32, croons like Sinatra, curses like Eddie Murphy and charms like Bill Clinton. Those traits may help explain why he has joined Nickelback, the Vancouver rock band, and Celine Dion, the Montreal pop diva, at the top of the U.S. charts.
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It seems that the launch of the third public beta of iOS 10 includes a small but well appreciated feature that several users who are in possession of an iPhone please them and works on both smartphones Apple with 3D touch and mobile not have it. The owners of an iPhone 6s with the latest beta of iOS installed 10 can press harder on the back button to clear the text more quickly, it is a somewhat simple function, but functional.
The characteristic speed changes depending on the force with which a user presses the back button, as reported in Reddit. People with a device without 3D Touch can still access this feature Quick Erase, but the technology of pressure in current smartphones Apple seems to be more efficient with this new feature.
Recalling that the Cupertino company launched the third public beta of iOS 10 on Tuesday, shortly after releasing the beta version for developers, it seems that this new feature came with the third public beta of iOS 10.
The biggest addition in recent versions of the new operating system for mobile devices seems to be the addition of 100 new emoji, expanding options through races and genders, showing for example athletes in activities such as cycling and weightlifting (weightlifting) . Apple also replaced an image of a firearm by one containing a water pistol, which reflects the general position of Apple against weapons.
The final version of iOS 10 will probably come next month, after the presentation of the iPhone 7, which could be as early as September 16, if the rumors are correct.


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Paul Ryan touted his plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act as an “act of mercy,” which may be news to the 15 million people who stand to lose health insurance coverage if his alternative American Health Care Act is signed into law.
Despite Donald Trump’s promise to have “insurance for everybody,” the Brookings Institution released an analysis today which found that 15 million people stand to lose coverage under Trump’s preferred replacement plan.
“In anticipation of the official CBO estimates,” Brookings researchers Loren Adler and Matthew Fiedler used prior Congressional Budget Office (CBO) “estimates and analysis to assess how CBO will likely expect this legislation to impact insurance coverage.”
As a starting point, CBO recently estimated the effect of one important provision of the House legislation: repealing the individual mandate. CBO estimated that repealing the mandate would cause many people, especially healthy people, to drop their insurance coverage. That, in turn, would drive premium increases in the individual health insurance market, causing still further coverage losses.
In total, CBO estimated that individual market premiums would rise by 20 percent and that 6 million people would lose individual market coverage by 2026. On top of that, CBO estimated that repealing the individual mandate would reduce the number of people with employer coverage by 2 million and reduce Medicaid coverage by 7 million, bringing the total coverage loss to 15 million.
CBO previously estimated that repealing the individual mandate would cause 15 million fewer people to have health insurance. From our analysis, it appears unlikely that potential coverage gains from the legislation’s late enrollment penalty and grants to states are enough to make up for the additional coverage losses from the elimination of the enhanced federal match rate for the ACA’s Medicaid expansion population and the legislation’s per capita cap.
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In britain they created several iconic series including the likely lads porridge whatever happened to the likely lads auf wiedersehen pet and lovejoy in america they spent four years as writers and supervising producers with tracy ullman on hbo s multi emmy award winning series. They have written many feature films including the commitments for which they won the peter sellers award for comedy and still crazy which won a golden globe nomination for best picture. Running for three series it ended with a feature length special the french collection in december 1993.
Ian la frenais and dick clement have enjoyed a long and successful career embracing films television and theatre. He is a writer and producer known for the commitments 1991 flushed away 2006 and the bank job 2008. Ian la frenais writer.
Dick clement and ian la frenais have enjoyed a unique creative partnership in television movies and theater. And auf wiedersehen pet. I wanted to put my home town on the map the first episode of whatever happened to was broadcast on.
He has been married to doris vartan since 1984. The jokers otley directed by clement and hannibal brooks. The first and second series were produced by martin mckeand while the third and final series was.
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The United States of America BORROWS $188,000,000 PER HOUR !!! YES FOLKS - THAT IS 188 MILLION DOLLARS PER HOUR !!! We are literally burnng up our future !!!
America is a Bankrupt nation when compared to our standard of living. We are living on borrowed funds, because that is how our Federal Reserve system wants it, and we have allowed good paying, tax paying jobs to have gone overseas. Add to that the tax cuts for the wealthy and corporation incentive give away's - and subsidies for things like growing corn, and you have an entitlement system that Americans rely on but that promises more than it can afford; a tax code that is complex, inefficient and perceived to be unfair; and a projected growth trajectory for debt that is unsustainable and threatens the country's economic future.
How unsustainable? By 2025, spending on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and interest on the debt is projected to suck up virtually all federal tax revenue, with interest costs alone accounting for nearly half. By 2040, there would only be enough in federal tax revenue to pay for interest and most of Social Security.
Why is America Bankrupt? It is because of energy and it's costs. You do not believe this?
America is a mobile, energy hungry and playing civilization - not so much a hard working one. Everything is high rise, high tech and air-conditioned. We improve manufacturing by automating it - and thus removing jobs. Not only do we remove jobs but skill as well. We subsidize a farmer to grow corn, and pay more for it than it is worth on the world open market. If it was not subsidized the farmer could not afford that ridiculously high cost of a tractor, fuel and crop and machine maintenance to grow such larger amounts of it.
If we eliminate the fuel equation, all things made here in America will go down in price. It will cost less to make them, transport them and run them. Hydrogen made on the fly with proper at home commercial manufacturing and safe guards as to the technologies and against export of tit will accomplish this. Easier said than done with non-technical types who functionally cannot court - running the government. that is why we have a debt and debt ceiling issue today.
By 2020, spending on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and interest on the debt will leave only 11 cents of every federal tax dollar to fund everything else the government does, according to projections made in March from the Government Accountability Office.
The good news, if you can call it that, is that in January the GAO had projected there would only be 8 cents left over, but since then the agency has cut its estimate of how much interest the government will have to pay.
In any case, 11 cents is still much worse than the 24 cents that the government has left over today after paying for the big four line items.
So how much of "everything else" can 11 cents buy? Not a lot, especially relative to what Americans are accustomed to their government providing.
Things like the national parks, the FBI, student loans, air traffic controllers, defense, the interstate highway system and food safety. The list goes on and on.
Consider this: In 2010, Uncle Sam took in $2.162 trillion in federal revenue. If the government only had 11% of that left over to pay for "everything else," it would have had all of $238 billion to work with.
Here's a sampling of what $238 billion would have bought in 2010:
- A little more than a third of defense spending ($667 billion) OR ...
- The Departments of Labor ($173 billion) and Housing and Urban Development ($60 billion), plus the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($5 billion) OR ...
- The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (roughly $170 billion), the Department of Homeland Security ($44 billion), NASA ($19 billion) and most but not all of the parks, fish and wild life services ($6 billion). OR ...
- The Departments of Agriculture ($129 billion), Transportation ($78 billion) and Justice ($30 billion)
Beyond 2020, the 11% to pay for "everything else" would get whittled down to zero percent.
By 2040, there would only be enough in federal tax revenue to pay for interest on the debt and most of Social Security.
Sure, the country could try to borrow to pay for what revenue can't cover. But given the magnitude of what would have to be borrowed, the interest costs alone would be prohibitive - and that is what is happeneing right now. Ergo the need to raise the debt ceiling.
Another alternative: the government could abruptly raise taxes sky high and cut spending to the bone.
This is just one reason why the country's fiscal course is often described as "unsustainable."
So what have all the political fireworks in Washington accomplished so far? Not much.
It's likely the debt ceiling will be increased, although when and by how much is still very much up in the air. It has to - we are trapped in the Bankrupt state of the nation.
It's also expected that any debt ceiling bill will cut spending. But the deficit savings will fall short of the balanced, bipartisan grand bargain that serious fiscal experts say is necessary to start reining in the country's debt over time.
Any grand bargain package would have to include increased revenue and lower entitlement spending, they say. Congress is not serious about doing either - but instead pulling a sham to save their tails in the next election. The current bills under consideration include neither.
The kicker: All of the political grandstanding on the debt ceiling in the name of debt reduction has left the country's AAA credit rating vulnerable to a downgrade.
How did it come to this? There are a lot of factors, but here are just two:
While President Obama now embraces the idea of a grand bargain, he waited months to publicly embrace the framework set out by his own bipartisan debt commission. In other words he knew of the death bell ringing loudly in his ear. Nor did he use his bully pulpit early enough to get a rational conversation about debt reduction going.
House Speaker John Boehner, meanwhile, was negotiating a big debt-reduction plan with the president. But his party has also walked away from negotiations three times. And the most conservative and intransigent members of his party -- who broker no compromise on taxes -- have dominated the conversation.
Say lawmakers agree to a package of $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years.
Still nowhere on the table are any revenue generating plans that everyone can stomach
In one of the ideas of the "debt commission" is to Raise gas tax: The report would raise the federal gas tax by 15 cents a gallon starting in 2013. It would dedicate the extra revenue to fund transportation and limit spending on projects to whatever has been collected by the increased tax that year.
You need to exit gasoline or other conventional fuel use by then to save that hit - and it will come.
At one time the House and Senate - primarily Harry Reid - were considering proposals that would create a commission to come up with still more debt-reduction ideas.
In all of this - no matter if you are a consumer or a business, you need to reduce your energy costs, and Hydrogen use made on the fly and recycled as to waste waters over and over again is the only way. It is how we traversed space stuck in a capsule, and the Earth is really no different
It won't be long now before Americans finally wake up and realize the demand for fuel drives the price UP. The ONLY way to drive the price DOWN is to stop using Gasoline.


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EBA reminds FIs on Brexit preparations
FCA flags requirements under Electronic Commerce Directive
PSR consults on future strategy
LINK on interchange and cash use
Visa lays out support for crypto
Mastercard launches business intelligence platform
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TransferWise reaches $5 billion valuation
Monzo Bank flags Covid-19 danger to business
Financial institutions wishing to operate in the EU and offer services to their EU customers should ensure they have obtained the necessary authorisations and effectively establish themselves before the end of the transition period. It particularly reminds UK-authorised PSPs and EMIs they require to be authorised beforehand and UK FIs that they should not outsource activities to such an extent that they operate as ‘empty shell’ companies.
The ECD provides an exclusion from host state regulation for e-commerce activities provided from one EEA state to a person in another EEA state. The ability for UK firms to continue to service EEA customers in this way will end at the end of the transition period and the FCA advises firms to contact local regulators in other EEA states to check if other methods are available.
This is a preliminary information seeking initiative before the PSR formally consults, around the end of this year, to define clear outcomes for the payments sector – to set out priorities for the regulator, and what stakeholders can expect from the regulator in the future. It links to a new Strategy document – A new strategy for a changing world – together with a paper on Innovation and future payment methods. These will be followed by a Competition, activity on payment methods and various events, all designed to gather views and input into the eventual strategy. A series of nine ‘Thought pieces’ has also been posted.
Following a review of the ATM network and the likely future use of cash, the LINK Board has decided to cancel the fourth Interchange reduction due in January 2021.
LINK has also indicated that ATM cash use is rising again as retail and hospitality reopen.
£1.5bn is now being withdrawn a week in 20 million cash withdrawals compared to £1bn and 12 million withdrawals a week in early April. However, withdrawals are still down 30% against ‘normal’. Research indicates 50+% have used cash in the past two weeks.
Visa’s outlook on new digital currency payment flows has been made positive as it acknowledges digital currencies offer an exciting avenue for it to continue expanding its network to support new forms of commerce. Globally, more than 25 digital currency wallets have linked their services to Visa as its product and research teams continue to evolve its offering in the crypto environment.
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Amazon Web Services has announced the general availability of Amazon Fraud Detector.
AFD is a fully managed service that, using machine learning, automatically identifies potentially fraudulent activity in milliseconds. Using the AFD console, customers can select a pre-built machine learning model template, upload historical event data, and create decision logic to assign outcomes to the predictions. It is not a subscription service – customers pay only for their actual usage.
The round allowed shareholders and employees to sell some of their holdings to other new and existing investors with the new valuation reflecting a near 45% growth in 14 months.
Monzo Bank has published its Annual Report 2020.
As reported extensively, Monzo has flagged that it has been hit hard by Covid-19 and losses have reached £113.8 million. The report lays out precisely what challenges it faces and that there is significant doubt in its ability to continue as a going concern. However, it also lays out a series of mitigating factors and activity aimed at ensuring the bank’s survival.

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The Baggies appear to be doomed for this season. Alan Pardew's men are bottom of the table, eight points adrift of safety, have lost their last seven in all competitions and have won just one league game since the second weekend of the season.
The Mirror suggests that Pardew is looking set to stay until the summer when his contract will see his salary slashed in half - provided that they are relegated - and the club will not have to pay as much to get rid of the 56-year-old.
And it appears that Pardew's future is not the only area where the club are looking to try and save themselves some money, as the Mirror adds that the new manager - if Pardew does depart this summer - is only set to be handed a strict budget during the next window.
With West Brom's squad arguably in serious need of some rebuilding after such a disappointing season - they boast one of the oldest squads in the top flight - it may be a difficult task for the next manager to make the changes they want as a strict budget hints that there may not be a lot of money to spend.
While the fortunes of a number of clubs following relegation hints that spending extremely carefully may be a wise decision, they are undoubtedly making their task of securing immediate promotion much tougher. But in the long-term, counting the pennies may be a very smart move from the Baggies owners.


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Surrounded by a peaceful, rural setting, Salisbury, the crossroads of Delmarva, is a growing city with many shopping and dining opportunities. Every visitor should take advantage of the opportunity to try the Chesapeake Bay’s famous blue crabs and crab cakes. In the spring, summer, and fall, Salisbury is a water lover’s recreational paradise. The Chesapeake Bay and some of the world’s finest boating and sailing are within a ½ hour drive to the west. The Atlantic beaches and fishing spots are ½ hour drive to to the east.
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UMES is a land-grant, historically black college founded in 1886 as the Delaware Conference Academy. Since its beginning, the institution has had several name changes and governing bodies. It was Maryland State College from 1948 until 1970, when it became one of the five campuses that formed the University of Maryland. In 1988, it became a member of the then eleven campuses (now thirteen) in the University of Maryland System, now known as the University System of Maryland. UMES is approved by the state of Maryland and fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.


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