It all depends on if Merrick Garland really has the goods, and more importantly how well he and his political allies can sell whatever was found in Florida, if anything, to the American people. Photo credit: Getty Images/Brandon Bell
Earlier this month the FBI used a search warrant collected in June to carry out an investigation at Mar-a-Lago, one of the most famous homes in the world. The mainstream press greeted this news with much delight and righteous validation. Finally, they asserted, ex-president Donald Trump would be justifiably charged with a crime and be locked up. Former Democratic officials, who find work at network and cable TV news shows almost as quickly as fired football coaches, were out front proclaiming that United States Attorney General Merrick Garland must have serious charges pending on Mr. Trump. As former Obama aide David Axelrod tweeted, “One thing is very clear. Garland would not have authorized this raid, and no federal judge would have signed off on it, if there weren’t significant evidence to warrant it.”
The facts remain unclear. We do know that in 2019, the last year for which we have full records, the Department of Justice applied for approximately 26,000 search warrants and 19 were declined. Judges appear ready to approve this kind of policing. We also know that the former president claims to have agreed to let the Justice Department have what they were seeking in a polite interaction back in June. The DOJ arrived on August 8 with a signed warrant to take any piece of information produced or collected from day one of the Trump presidency to its last day on Jan. 20, 2021.
When the FBI seeks broad approval to conduct a search of everything, it is not sensational to suggest they are on a bit of a fishing expedition. In other words, they are not sure what they are looking for, but they think they can find something. And who knows, that something could land a marlin. The stated reasons for the search include violations of the Espionage Act, the Presidential Records Act, and Obstruction of Justice. These are serious charges which hold sentences of up to 33 years in jail. Making these charges stick remains the challenge. The case may end up as a test run in presidential authority.
The thinking in some Republican circles argues that a president can declassify materials at will. In fact, the power to do so devolves from Article 2 of the constitution which describes executive power. As stated in a recent New York Times piece entitled Presidential Power to Declassify Information, Explained, “The legal basis for the classification system comes from the president’s constitutional authority as commander in chief. Presidents have established and developed it through a series of executive orders dating to the era encompassing World War II and the early Cold War. The current directive, Executive Order 13526, was issued by President Barack Obama in 2009.” In effect, the one person in government given the power to declassify documents sits as its head.
Unfortunately, the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Presidential Records Act could be interpreted differently, putting Trump in legal jeopardy if the legal arguments line up and the lawyers at the Justice Department can convince five Supreme Court Justices that declassifying documents needs a stronger threshold than a president’s will, wish, or command.
While many conservatives object to Attorney General Garland’s actions, Democrats and progressives believe they have the dragon cornered. The Left, of course, and its partners in the media, academia, and Hollywood, also possess short memories. Let us not forget Hillary Clinton, perhaps the most charmless presidential candidate ever, who in 2014 and 2015 ramped up her run for the Democratic nomination while revelations swirled that she had done exactly what President Trump is accused of presently. We know there were over 30,000 emails the former Secretary of State took with her when she left the State Department, but the contents remain a secret because she had them wiped from her server.
Facing the same possibility of the prosecution that Trump faces, Clinton decided to run in 2016, it being her entitlement, after all. Instead of a real race between her and Joe Biden or some other interesting Democrats like pre-disgraced Andrew Cuomo or Rahm Emmanuel, President Obama cleared the field for his former rival and she only had to beat a Communist sympathizer to take the nomination. FBI head James Comey decided that Clinton’s transgressions were not gross negligence, just plain negligence, and never pursued charges, allowing Mrs. Clinton to complete her presidential run and seethe in her political afterlife watching those she believes are inferior hold the office she rightfully deserved.
All this to remind us that if the DOJ pursues these charges and Trump is facing prosecution for document violations, there will be millions of Americans who will be inflamed. Not that Trump should not be held accountable, but that Hillary Clinton, the single most despised figure in America besides Donald Trump, should be free to question elections, muse about right-wing conspiracies, and be given a forum to regularly publicly pout about how Donald Trump cheated her out of the presidency.
This matter deserves more consideration than merely holding a former president who half the country believes is corrupt to account. If the other half of the country believes his 2016 opponent avoided prosecution, never mind a penalty, a question has to surface. Is this good for the country? It would probably be good if Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden all sailed into retirement, but Democrats and their acolytes do not want to go forward without the evil orange man. The addictive nature of feeding these investigations inspires the idea that as long as Trump and his candidates hold sway, Republicans are easier to beat. The danger, of course, for Democrats is that they could get ahead of their skis and instead of ensuring their dynastic political destiny, they will invite back to the table the man, the party, and the members who they claim are prepared to destroy democracy.
And yet, as the erstwhile Clinton mastermind James Carville recently said in an interview on CNN when asked about the Democrats playing with fire when supporting extremist Republicans, “The idea of a political campaign is to win the election. It acts in its own interest…I’ve done the same thing. I would do the same thing. I don’t see any ethical or moral problem with doing this. I think most of the opposition to this is from the pontifical class mostly located on the coast. I don’t see anything wrong with this. And you try to do everything you can to help your candidate or your party win an election. And that’s pretty simple and that’s what the DCCC is trying to do.”
If the Democrats think they gain an edge with Donald Trump as the 2024 Republican nominee, then it hollows out their argument that country comes first. Merrick Garland better have the goods, and it better be about corruption Americans can understand, and not solely found in obscure language never before enforced on a former president.
Dave is a retired elementary resource teacher who now works part-time at the St. Catharines Courthouse as a Registrar. He has worked on political campaigns since high school and attended university in South Carolina for five years, where he earned a Master’s in American History with a specialization in Civil Rights. Dave loves reading biographies.
Dave Redekop is a retired elementary resource teacher who now works part-time at the St. Catharines Courthouse as a Registrar. He has worked on political campaigns since high school and attended university in South Carolina for five years, where he earned a Master’s in American History with a specialization in Civil Rights. Dave loves reading biographies.


text: Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) regulate cell activity of natural killer (NK) cells and some T cells. The predominant ligand for inhibitory KIRs is HILA-C, which subdivides into 2 groups based on the specificity of inhibitory KIRs. The ligands for activatory KIRs are unknown. Following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), recipient tissues may not express a ligand for KIRs present within the graft, and the combination of donor KIR and recipient HLA-C types could influence outcome. HLA and KIR genotypes were determined in 220 donor-recipient pairs from HILA-matched sibling HSCTs performed for myeloid (n = 112) and lymphoid (n = 108) diseases. In HSCTs performed for myelold disease, overall survival was worse in patients homozygous for group 2 HLA-C (C2) than in patients who carried a group 1 HLA-C (C1) allele (P <.005). Moreover, this effect is seen only when the donor additionally carries the activating KIR gene KIR2DS2 (P = .045). No effect was seen in patients with lymphoid disease. Thus, in HLA-matched sibling HSCT for myeloid leukemia, patients, homozygous for C2 alleles receiving a graft from a donor carrying the KIR gene KIR2DS2 have a significantly reduced chance of survival.

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The owner of a 5-month-old Tata Nexon EV is upset after the car got a high voltage alert on the instrument cluster
Tata Nexon is currently the most popular electric SUV in the Indian market. The Indian automaker recently launched the updated facelifts of the Nexon and Nexon EV. When compared to the previous version, the new version looks futuristic and also offers a lot in terms of features. While many people have adopted Nexon EVs, there have been various instances where customers have actually complained about issues with the vehicle. The Nexon EV has been in the market since 2020, and even today, people are facing issues with it. We recently received a report from Hyderabad where a Nexon owner received a high voltage alert on his instrument cluster while driving the vehicle.
The customer posted videos and photos of the Tata Nexon EV Max in a Facebook group. The owner, Sridhar Ghanta, has shared a couple of videos and photos where the Nexon EV kit is visible, and we can also see the same car on a flatbed. “In the morning, I posted about the Nexon EV’s ability to wade through water, and by the evening, I’m not happy posting this negative service delay experience,” the owner wrote in his post. “With nearly 5 months of ownership of the Nexon EV, my EV started flashing an error In high voltage system and it stopped completely and only 16% charge left. Maybe it’s a software glitch, but I’m not happy with the delay in towing service. All day long, I had to deal with just this issue. I hope Tata doesn’t disappoint in handling this service issue “
In fact, the owner took the car through a waterlogged section, and the instrument cluster issue developed afterward. He’s actually not worried about the problem or the warning on the instrument cluster; He is upset by the fact that the Tata agent or service center was not quick enough to respond. The warning sign on the instrument cluster did not appear until he drove the car through the water.
Both the Tata Nexon EV Prime and Nexon EV Max come with water- and dust-resistant batteries. The batteries are neatly placed under the car’s floor. Under the body there are a lot of wires, some of which carry high-voltage current from the batteries to the electric motor. It is very likely that water has caused some problems with this system, which is why the warning appeared. We really hope that the customer’s problem will be resolved. The comments section of this post is filled with mixed reactions about the car and the service center.
The 2023 Tata Nexon EV was launched in the market recently at a starting price of Rs 14.74 lakh, ex-showroom. Tata has dropped the Prime and Max badges, and are now calling them the Mid-Range (MR) and Long-Range (LR). Variants have also been redesigned. Nexon EV offers 6 different variants to choose from, namely Creative+, Fearless, Fearless+, Fearless+S, Empowered, and Empowered+. The long-range version of the Nexon EV comes with a 40.5 kWh battery pack, while the mid-range version gets a 30 kWh battery pack. The electric motor has been updated and is lighter than the previous version. The LR model has a driving range of 465 km, while the MR model offers a driving range of up to 325 km.
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It was a partly cloudy Wednesday morning in Delhi, with the minimum temperature settling one notch above the average for the season at 11.4 degrees Celsius.
Relative humidity was 98 per cent, at 8.30 AM, said a MeT department official.
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While Sen. Whitmire criticized TYC for "spending money out there like a drunken sailor," the Statesman editorial board today offered a more measured analysis of the situation with which I mostly agree:
A day after blasting the Texas Youth Commission for continued financial mismanagement, two key legislative leaders this afternoon requested a full state audit of all spending by the still-troubled agency.
“The Texas Youth Commission is continuing a pattern of, what appears to us, a willful disregard for the spending parameters set by the Legislature,” Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, and Rep. Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, said in the letter to Auditor John Keel.
“TYC was placed into Conservatorship due to gross fiscal mismanagement. We want to ensure that gross fiscal mismanagement is not continuing.
The letter continues: “Instead of spending money retaining and attracting new JCO’s, TYC has chosen to increase central office personnel. In addition, we have seen evidence that large salary increases are being given to executive staff members. Yet today, our juvenile correctional system sits without a functional classification system or proven treatment and educational programs.
“We understand that they are continuing to spend millions of dollars worth of capital improvements on facilities that were recommended for closure by your office utilizing funds to continue their operations that were not appropriated for that purpose.”
This week, the agency released a proposed "regionalization" plan that would shrink, but not close, several units, while opening new lockups and halfway houses. The plan includes a major facility, costing as much as $25 million, to be built in the Houston area and to house 150 youths.
As Nedelkoff reasonably points out, "A significant number of youth and their families live in or near large urban areas. However, TYC facilities are rarely located within reasonable traveling distance from those urban areas."
Sen. John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, criticized the plan with a pointed remark: "Twenty-two percent of their beds are vacant right now, and they're proposing to build a bunch of new units run by the state? That's crazy."
The commission, Whitmire said, should have recommended closing some units in "remote, rundown rural areas" and put more emphasis on developing community-based programs rather than locking up youths.
It's going to take legislators, though, to take on the job of actually closing Youth Commission units in rural areas. They are there because some lawmakers over the years pushed to get them to provide at least some state job opportunities for constituents in high unemployment areas.
Nedelkoff is right to want youths whose offenses are serious enough to lock them up kept closer to home — even if society is quite willing to ship them to the wilds of West Texas. It's one thing to give up on a 35-year-old lifelong criminal. We shouldn't quit on a 15-year-old yet.
Still, the agency and the Legislature remain too much at odds. The worst abuses done to offenders may have been stopped, but reform is a long way from complete.
Here's the bottom line: TYC isn't using all its capacity, but if it actually shifted to a regionalized system with smaller facilities, it would still require new building. TYC has lots of capacity but nearly all of it's designed on the adult prison model that the Legislature has been urged to move away from.
So when Nedelkoff speaks of building 8 new halfway houses, for example, that to me doesn't seem inconsistent with expert advice the Lege received from other states and Governor Perry's blue-ribbon panel on TYC reform last year. I'm less convinced of the need for building larger lockups, like a proposed 150-person facility. If new money will be spent on construction it should go to build the types of smaller units we want to move toward in the future.
Even if responsibility for these youth ultimately shifts to the counties, new construction of smaller, regional facilities will be necessary because they just don't have capacity at the moment to handle the load. So I don't necessarily think Nedelkoff is moving entirely in the wrong direction, though I don't agree with all of the plan. But it's painfully obvious he's not done the legwork necessary to convince the legislative leadership they need to undertake this shift. Since Mr. Nedelkoff will be leaving soon, that Sysiphian struggle will fall to someone else.

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Ethereal - Remixes by Marc Burt
Marc Burt's track Ethereal is revisited with three new remixes in this Toucan Music release. Aerologic's upfront mix adds trance riffs with plenty of reverb, leading into the trademark squelchy acid riff and uplifting pads from the original. The progressive mix takes the acid riff and builds it into a complete track with plenty of warped filter action, pausing only in the middle to add some electro chords. Blastculture's steampunk remix takes snippets of the bassline and acid riff, warping them with his trademark progressive house sound to create a funky dancefloor groove.
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Fidel Huancas inherited La Esperanza from his father. He is a proud third-generation producer happy to preserve the family tradition, with the objective of producing the best coffees in the region and inspiring other producers to do the same. When he first took over the farm, the plants were a mixture of Catimor and Pache. Since then, he has replaced all of them with Caturra. His dedication to the training of his workers and his rigorous attention to detail is what has had the greatest impact on the quality of his coffees.

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Sweden’s bid for NATO membership is facing a dead end because Ankara’s demands to Stockholm to hand over Kurdish activists and prevent rallies attacking Turkey’s leadership have strained ties.
The chances of this changing after Turkey’s parliamentary elections due in mid-May are uncertain, said Paul Levin, director of Stockholm University’s Institute for Turkish Studies.
“We can now probably forget Turkish ratification before the elections, which seem to be scheduled for May 14,” Levin told AFP.
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Wi-Fi IC shipments set to grow 33% in 2010, says ABI
May 31, 2010 // Peter Clarke, EETimes.com
Global shipments of Wi-Fi ICs are forecast to surpass 770 million units in 2010, up almost 33 percent compared to 2009, according to the ABI Research wing of Allied Business Intelligence Inc.
Shipments of 802.11n ICs will surge ahead of 802.11g and dominate the
market this year, accounting for approximately 60 percent of total
Wi-Fi IC shipments. Cellular handsets will continue to be responsible
for the highest number of Wi-Fi-enabled products in next five years,
achieving an estimated CAGR of 25 percent between 2009 and 2015; the
penetration rate will reach approximately 40 percent of total handsets
shipped in 2015.
Laptops, netbooks, and mobile internet devices are
other segments which will see higher shipments across all Wi-Fi-enabled
products, and the trend will carry on throughout the following years.
"The penetration rate of Wi-Fi ICs in consumer electronic products will
continue to grow robustly. Total shipments of consumer electronic
products with Wi-Fi functionality are expected to exceed 530 million in
2015, with a 26 percent CAGR between 2009 and 2015," said Celia Bo, a
semiconductor industry analyst for ABI Research, in a statement.
"Shipments of Wi-Fi-enabled digital still cameras, TVs and DVD players
will increase more than tenfold in 2015 as compared to 2009. The demand
for Wi-Fi-enabled home entertainment products such as networked game
consoles and handheld game consoles is increasing as well: between 2009
and 2015, the CAGR will reach 8 and 6 percent respectively."
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"Pasanga" movie has been selected to participate in "SILPIX Children's Film Festival" in Chicago 2011. The festival will be held in Chicago on March 26 and 27. The movie has bought various awards including National awards.
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JORHAT, Aug 29 - Demanding the implementation of the inner line permit system for the entry of citizens from other States into Assam, hundreds of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) members and supporters on Friday formed a human chain from the Ajanta Hall bypass to the Mithapukhuri area here.
The protesters complained that the State Government has not taken any initiative to safeguard the interests of the indigenous people of the State as wealthy businessmen from outside the State have easy access to land, forests and other natural resources.
�As people from other States have settled here permanently for commercial activities, the demographic profile has also changed in every part of our State. It is a matter of serious concern as the indigenous population has lost their right to land and forests in several pockets. We demand that the State Government should implement the inner line permit system to restrict the unabated sale of land and natural resources, including forest produce of the State, to outsiders,� said Ritul Pathak, president of the Jorhat district unit of the AJYCP.
As most north-eastern States except Assam have the inner line permit system in place to restrict the entry of citizens from other States, the land belonging to the indigenous communities of those States is said to be safe.
Expressing concern over the Government�s alleged negligence towards the AJYCP demand, Pathak said that the youth body would intensify its agitation in future if no proper initiative was taken to introduce the inner line permit system in the State soon.

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In his new book, USC Annenberg's Mike Annany explores how to ensure press freedom, counter disinformation and ensure the public's right to hear.
As part of its commitment to building the academic field of public diplomacy, CPD will award $2,500 to an emerging scholar engaged in cutting-edge research on public diplomacy.
Former U.S. diplomat Donna Oglesby parallels the anti-art ethos of the Dadaist movement to the anti-diplomacy approach of the Trump presidency.
Anup Kumar and Holli A. Semetko examine how "ordinary people" can use methods of communication that transcend borders to make progress in the India-Pakistan conflict.
Mark Dillen examines President Trump's confusing communications regarding Russia and Ukraine.
Constraints notwithstanding, a group of 10 Palestinian officials attended a weeklong workshop on “Communication Skills & Media Relations for Diplomacy” this week in Turin, Italy to craft skills for engaging with all manner of media.
Canada is combating terrorism by improving “social cohesion” in Lebanon, which is inundated with Syrian refugees. Can it possibly work? [...] It is a subtle weapon; social cohesion improvements lack the immediate impact of a bomb. But can good intentions, friendly smiles and linking words be an effective response to terrorism?


text: Ziggy was found in San Antonio walking around with raw and painful feet, completely matted, and with an injury or some disease affecting his nose and feet. He suffered terrible neglect for many months. He was picked up by Animal Care Services, but then slated for euthanasia yesterday because of his matted fur and horrific nose condition. San Antonio Pets Alive pulled Ziggy from the euthanasia list and is raising funds to get Ziggy’s condition diagnosed and treated. Amazingly, Ziggy looks at our staff with these beautiful trusting eyes, as if he is still looking for the love he never received. Every day San Antonio Pets Alive works to save treatable pets like Ziggy, restore them to health, and adopt them to loving homes. San Antonio Pets Alive needs a foster home for Ziggy and donations to treat Ziggy and other dogs suffering from abuse and neglect, but saveable through treatment, care, and love.

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Traffic from Quincy to Milwee streets has been shifted onto the southside lanes as crews begin work on the last leg of the U.S. 70 road reconstruction project.
Like other phases, the switch reduces traffic to one-lane in each direction and will allow for crews to begin major construction work on Phases 3 (Quincy St. to Denver) and 4 (Denver to Milwee), said Mike Craig, P.E., TxDOT Plainview Area engineer.
“Crews also continue work to place asphalt on the west end of the project, and we anticipate all lanes from Westridge (Road) to Ennis to be opened to traffic in about three weeks,” Craig said.
As work on the west end continues, crews are scheduled to close the north side of Ennis Street at Olton Road on Monday morning to allow for work in that intersection. Weather permitting, the closure is expected to last through Wednesday.
The work is part of $9.1 million project to rebuild U.S. 70 through the city.
During construction, officials suggest motorists take alternate routes to help reduce traffic on Fifth Street, unless, of course, they have business to conduct along Fifth. Even then, traveling on Sixth Street or another side street and then cutting over to Fifth when near your destination would help ease congestion.
Craig has said he expects construction to be complete by early next summer.


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What’s that on the street light, is it a bird? No its a drone.
This is a actually a interesting idea, but the question to be raised here is what if 50 different businesses suddenly also decide to use drones? Our street lights will look like a resting place for a swam of drones.
Interestingly enough though this does open the world to several potential options which are not being planned. What about using all those municipal items to benefit communities in a better way, like the Solar Roads Ways for example. These drone resting points could be used for more than just resting drones, maybe they could also be used to charge an electric bike or a set of parking bays that have charging points for electric cars.
This could broaden our vision of every day items that could double up to benefit in a bigger way.
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Krys Kaos revels our Valentine Fang Pic of the Month with Desiree Hardin in the 2nd episode of Tales of the Long Tooth!
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We are on the verge of Anchor Bay Home Entertainment and Scream! Factory unveiling the complete list of newly produced bonus features that will become a part of the upcoming hotly anticipated Halloween Complete Collection Blu-ray set. Before that news drops, Anchor Bay has made a teaser announcement regarding a pair of familiar faces that are chipping in on these new extras.
Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis and Halloween H20 director Steve Miner have reunited to cut a new commentary track and interview for Halloween Complete Collection on Blu-ray. Evidence of this pairing is seen in the attached picture. The other guy in the pic is moderator Sean Clark.
Anchor Bay is promising that in addition to newly produced interviews and commentaries, such as the one with Curtis and Miner, Halloween Complete Collection on Blu-ray will also include newly produced behind-the-scenes materials, featurettes, and more.
Halloween Complete Collection on Blu-ray arrives in standard and limited edition sets on September 23.


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I bought a used Subaru here and the experience was terrible. They lied through their teeth from the very begging. They started out insisting the car was worth way more than it was, and trying to tell me it had items it did not (eg alloy wheels, etc). I suppose that is to be expected from a car salesmen, but these guys really went overboard. I finally got a reasonable price when I demanded to see the blue book value. We worked out financing, I and drove off. Turns out the financing guy was lying to me too. Two days later they called me to say I need to come back, there was a problem with the paper work. When I returned the sales manager kept trying to push a different car on me. The whole thing was a bait and switch. When I balked at that, they continued to give me trouble about the financing. This continued for a week. I finally ended up putting the car on my credit car just to get a way from them.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A Pennsylvania lawmaker says he’s introduced legislation to abolish increases in the state gasoline tax slated for next year and beyond.
Rep. Joseph Petrarca (D-Westmoreland/Armstrong/Indiana) said Pennsylvania collects 51.4 cents on each gallon of gas sold, the highest gas tax in the nation and nearly double the national average of 26.5 cents.
He said the latest gas tax increase, expected to be as much as 10 cents in January, is the result of a law Gov. Tom Corbett signed in 2013 to uncap the tax on wholesale gasoline purchases. Although the tax is on wholesalers, it has been passed down to drivers at the pump.
Petrarca said his bill would cancel the required January increase, keeping the wholesale price level and effectively preventing future gas tax increases.
“I did not support the 2013 law because it was going to increase gasoline prices, and now it’s expected to increase them by another 10 cents in January,” Petrarca said in a statement. “An increase in the gas tax hurts all of us, but especially for people on limited means or who live on fixed incomes.”
In 2013, the state gasoline tax was 32.3 cents per gallon.
The federal government also taxes each gallon of gas 18.4 cents.


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This section has been prepared to address recent issues in the real estate industry concerning the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”), 17 U.S.C. § 106A. Crain's Detroit Business reports that something called the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 led to a lawsuit by a muralist over redevelopment of a building with his work painted on a wall. The law could have a direct impact on real estate investment in areas of Detroit or other cities where artists have used abandoned buildings as canvases. (http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160110/NEWS/301109990/artists-rights-concerns-could-hinder-investors-in-city-real-estate )
VARA was the first federal copyright legislation to grant protection to moral rights. Generally VARA covers limited, fine art categories of “works of visual art”: paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, still photographs produced for exhibition. Within this group, only single copies or signed and numbered limited editions of 200 or less are protected. Under VARA, works of art that meet certain requirements afford their authors additional rights in works, regardless of any ownership rights in the work itself, or regardless of who holds the copyright to such work. VARA rights are also subject to 17 U.S.C. § 119 (d) of the copyright law, which addresses problems arising where the work is part of a building. Whereas the right of integrity should not apply if the artist either consented to the installation of the artwork before VARA’s effective date of December 1, 1990, or both the artist and the building owner executed a written agreement on or after such date, specifying that installation of the artwork may subject the work to damage by reason of removal. For works created on or after December 1, 1990, VARA’s moral rights are granted for the life of the author, or in the case of a joint work, until the death of the last surviving author. Please also be aware that some states have state statutes that may also provide additional protection to moral rights. It is important to consider any state statutes affording protection to artists’ rights in their works.
If you are underwriting a transaction whereby the subject property has abandoned building(s) or the purchaser acquiring property with a building or other structure will be making alterations to such building or structure, you should consider VARA in your underwriting process. For example, if a building owner wants to remove an artwork (i.e. a mural), which can be safely removed, it is important to consider any rights the artist may have under VARA. If certain rights exist under VARA, many factors need to be considered, including whether a notice was sent to the artist and how such notice was sent. You may request a copy of the notice sent to the artist regarding removal of an artwork and confirm that such notice was sent by registered mail to the artist and return receipt accepted by the artist, or if no evidence of receipt is available, confirm that the notice was sent by registered mail to the artist at his or her most recent address as recorded by the Register of Copyrights.
Below are links to the Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code:http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/92chap1.html#106a. You may also contact the Copyright Office. Please see http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright for more information.


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Welcome to Riverwood future Band members! We are excited to meet you and find the instrument that you will be playing!
We are going to have try out days on April 10th and 11th. Please use the signup genius link below to sign up for a day/time that works for you and your child for trying instruments out. Also, please be sure to mark your calendar for your specific date/time.
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Symphonic and Honor Band Students
All Symphonic and Honor Band students will need to make sure they have the Foundations for Superior Performance: Warmups and Techniques for Band book for their instrument. This can be acquired through one of the local music stores or Amazon. Please make sure you select the book for your childs instrument! Most 8th graders will already have this book from last year, but 7th graders used a different book in beginner band.
CLICK HERE for our list of private lesson teachers. It is recommended that all students take private lessons. This is the best way for students to enhance their musical knowledge and performance level. The most successful students in band almost always take private lessons. Most private lessons are taught at KHS, but some lesson instructors still teach over zoom or in rare instances at their house. Above is our list of lesson teachers (by instrument) and their contact information. Paying for private lessons is the respnsibility of the student and their parents. There is a scholarship avaliable for lessons from the band boosters, and you can contact the band directors for more information on that.


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Fat is always in the news. Eat this fat, don’t eat that fat, eat lots of fat or eat low fat! It’s difficult to know who to listen to and how you should be eating.
Last week I listed all the names for different types of fat, following on from my blog article listing names for sugar, in response to a reader’s request. This week I want to set the record straight how science see fats now based mainly on a recent review of the evidence in relation to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and how fat effects insulin resistance, the precursor of type 2 diabetes.
It’s important to realize that science is always progressing – scientific study continues all the time, so our knowledge of nutrition science grows everyday. While dietary recommendations may not change tomorrow, or the day after, in five years time we will have a better understanding and there will be different recommendations. Don’t feel confused about changing recommendations but do make sure the recommendations you follow are based in good solid evidence.
Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the next. Jean Piaget
In most human studies the subjects eat real foods, although manipulation of macronutrients and fat type may be by supplementation, so while the fats might be the topic under study results may be confounded by other nutrients in the foods. In long term observational studies all the subjects eat real foods, there is no supplementation.
What are the different classifications of fats?
The recommendations around different fat classifications and what foods to find them in are:
- Monounsaturated fats are healthy choices. Find them in olives, avocados, almonds, cashews, and oils from olives, macadamia nuts, peanuts, soybean, rice bran, sesame and canola. Monounsaturated fat increases the ‘good’ HDL cholesterol and decreases the ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol, reducing the risk of CVD. It also reduces insulin resistance although researchers are still working how it does this.
- Polyunsaturated fat is also a healthy choice. You’ll find it in fish, tahini (sesame seed paste), linseed, chia, pine nuts, walnuts, brazil nuts and oils from soybean, sunflower, and safflower. Polyunsaturated fat reduces the ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol but large amounts can cause inflammation.
- Omega 3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fats which are have previously been thought to reduce the risk of CVD and reduce inflammation in the body. A review of the evidence on omega 3s suggests little or no effect to CVD outcomes, however the review did show triglycerides were reduced and ‘good’ HDL cholesterol increased. Eating a food which is a good source of omega 3 fats may also be a rich source of other nutrients which may have a beneficial effect, confounding research results. So the take home message is to eat whole foods like oily fish (tuna, salmon, sardines and blue mackerel), linseed, and chia rather than take supplements.
- Saturated fat is a less healthy fat so go easy on butter and coconut oil particularly. It increases your LDL (‘bad’) cholesterol and can lead to CVD and insulin resistance.
- Trans fats, similar to saturated fat, have also been observed as increasing CVD and insulin resistance. Trans fats do occur in small amounts naturally in dairy products and meat but are more commonly found as industrially produced trans fats in processed foods and foods cooked at high temperatures like deep fried foods and baked goods.
Now on to the broader picture of fats.
Fat lowers the glycaemic index of a meal as it helps to slow digestion, so you don’t get as fast a rise in blood glucose levels when you eat a meal containing both fat and carbs. That’s good news for people with diabetes, pre-diabetes or those who tend to get quite sleepy after meals. It’s also good for feeling fuller longer after a meal, so you don’t go picking for snacks, adding to your kilojoule intake.
Choosing a diet high in unsaturated fat and with less sugar and refined grains, choosing instead low GI (glycaemic index) carbs and wholegrains is protective of health.
Fermented foods containing saturated fat like dairy cheese and yoghurt don’t appear to have the same effect as unfermented dairy saturated fat. More research is needed about the pros and cons of fermented dairy foods as some studies are showing no effect of cheese on cardiovascular disease while others say cheese is protective.
Several long term studies have found that people who live the longest with the least cardiovascular disease have diets low in saturated fat. Saturated fat increases insulin resistance which leads to type 2 diabetes. Consider yourself – do you have a family history of CVD or diabetes?
And the ugly…
Fat from any source is high in kilojoules. One gram of fat contains 37kJ of energy compared to 17kJ per gram of carb or protein and 29kJ per gram of alcohol. In simplistic terms, too much energy in (kilojoules from food and drink) and not enough energy out (exercise and metabolic rate) results in weight gain. If weight loss is your aim, you can get really good results by cutting back on your fat and alcohol intake.
So to sum up…
Fats to eat:
- Use extra virgin olive oil to dip bread into or spread bread with avocado or nut and seed butters rather than spreading it with margarine or butter.
- Include unsaturated oils in salad dressings and in cooking.
- Choose to eat nuts and seeds everyday.
- Eat fermented dairy foods like cheese and yoghurt, preferably no added sugar yoghurts.
- Eat fish and seafood.
Fats to cut back on:
- Go easy on full cream dairy milk, cream, fatty meats and poultry, and animal fats.
- Go easy on coconut oil in cooking. Perhaps research will show in years to come that fermented coconut oil is okay but we don’t know that yet.
- Limit processed high fat foods and snacks.
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Susan Irby called me in early September and announced that she would be bringing her family through Cambria for a visit and asked if I would like to be a guest on her radio show! “WOW!” I replied. “Of course I would,” I said clicking my heels together and jumping for joy. I was lucky enough to have been a guest on Susan’s show two years ago when my Heart Easy, The Food Lovers’ Guide to Heart Healthy Eating came out. Susan is a terrific interviewer and I loved how she supported my message and methods for supporting a healthy heart.
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I felt I had been an unlikely candidate for a heart attack, because, in my opinion, I was eating healthy and doing fine. Was I ever wrong! A heart attack in 2006 woke me up big time and since then, I have been on a mission to help others avoid the ER. I provide nutritional information, health tips, and delicious recipes for the heart health of the whole family.
Susan’s mother is a nutritionist and Susan followed in her footsteps creating an empire about low-fat healthy eating for the Bikini Lifestyle which includes wining, dining and working out. When Susan asked me to be on her show again, I was over the moon.
My newest book, The Quick Guide to Bach Flower Remedies, had just been released and I couldn’t wait to share my new book with Susan. She immediately warmed to the idea and asked if we could also do an interview segment on the Bach Flower book, too. The Bach Flower Remedies are so close to my heart, that we needed no preparation. We just began talking. I hope you will enjoy the chat. The interview aired Sept 18th on KABC Talk Radio.
I have used Bach Flower Remedies for over 30 years. What I run into all the time is the lack of knowledge about the flower remedies and how they work. There are many books in the marketplace, but many are complicated and hard to ingest if you are a beginner. I wrote my book The Quick Guide to Bach Flower Remedies, the Natural Way to Heal as a shortcut that anyone can use to find which remedy is appropriate to use for their complaint. My mission:
I want to make access to the remedies easy, simple and effective.
I want, more than anything, for people to start using the remedies to self-heal the mental states and mindsets that create the illness in the first place.
I want them to use the remedies proactively in times of stress and pressure than can lead to illness.
I want people to reach for a Bach Flower remedy before they reach for any other allopathic pill.
I want people to take healing into their own hands before they rush off for a prescription that may have side effects.
I want to educate and to encourage self-reliance on the power within everyone to heal.
Thanks to Susan Irby and her excellent interviewing skills, I think we may have opened a few minds and curiosity for using the remedies to heal.
Thank you Susan for the gift of your precious self, your airtime and your gracious spirit. I love working with you.
There seems to be two mindsets about health and healing. The First Mindset is: Fix Me when the patient wants somebody else to give them a pill, a shot, or an elixir that will make the pain disappear and their condition improve. The Second Mindset is: Educate and Guide Me where the patient wants the doctor or healer’s input, but ultimately wants to make the healing decisions for him or herself.
The First Mindset is understandable. As a society we have been kept in the dark about our bodies, our health and our options for many decades. We are accustomed to going to the doctor and walking out with a prescription to fix the issue at hand. Then along came the Internet and information abounded on every issue imaginable. We can Google our symptoms and receive opinions, diagnosis and even cures. Naturally this is both a blessing and a curse. In the hands of some, the information is helpful and guiding. In the hands of others it can lead to misdiagnosis, harm and even death.
The Second Mindset has evolved into clients with more of an acceptance of alternative medicine practices and non-traditional remedies. Many of these customs and bodies of knowledge are centuries old mind you, but they just seem new to our western culture. When a patient wants to be Educated and Guided, instead of “fixed,” a spirit of cooperation ensues between the physician, healer and client. The client assumes responsibility for their health and becomes a partner in their return to health and well being. As such, this type of person is open to combining traditional with alternative methods and understands that the mind and body are connected with the soul in the process of getting well.
When we look at how effective the Bach Flower Remedies can be in healing the body by transforming the mindset and replacing negatives with positives, we stand at the entrance to the future of all healing.
We can appreciate that every branch of medicine has its rightful place of honor and value in human healing. The Bach Flower Remedies assist us by correcting the thought patterns that may have been responsible for the illness in the first place. Unless there is a critical emergency, a broken limb, uncontrolled bleeding or a life-threatening situation, a trial with Bach Flower Remedies is an appropriate first step before running off to the doctor’s office in search of an immediate quick fix.
If we can slow down a bit, listen to our bodies, use The Quick Guide to Bach Flower Remedies as our internal GPS system, (actually it should be BPS: Body Positioning System) we might be able to heal ourselves by healing our minds and bringing about a return to harmony and balance within. I believe it’s worth a try and I encourage the thoughtful use of Bach Flower Remedies as a beginning for anyone who chooses natural healing.
The central focus of all healing is to address the root cause of a situation or condition so that natural healing can emerge. In this century we have been trained to call the doctor whenever we have an ache or a pain. What if we dialed our inner healer instead and called upon our birthright for perfect health? What if we relied on ourselves and really knew that all healing comes from within and we trusted that idea completely? In a sense, we have to consciously get out of the way so healing can occur. Sometime we “over think” our condition, or we decide what it is or isn’t. By creating a mental diagnosis, we lock our minds into a picture that may or may not be true.
Symptoms are simply overt signs of something deeper causing an imbalance. Deeper levels always have subtle energetic components. When we alter “subtle energetic” imbalances, healthy levels of activity come back into their natural state of balance. This includes dis-ease in all of its forms: physical, mental, emotional, psychological and Spiritual. The best thing we can do for ourselves is shift into “neutral”, stay open and consider many possibilities and then release our attachment to our picture of what we think is true. If you stay open and refuse to label your condition you’re halfway healed because you’ve gotten your mind and your ego out of the way.
Consider that the basis of every state of mind and matter, including conditions of dis-ease or health, contains a vibration. This vibration rate can be shifted at any time. Bach Flower Remedies harvests the untainted vibration of the flower and infuses each remedy with this purity and balance. When we ingest the vibrations from these flowers, we invite healing. Our bodies respond to this vibration as healing energy and shifts the rate of vibration from one of dis-ease or disharmony to one of health, balance and homeostasis.
Your body knows intuitively more than you do. Let it do the work and turn yourself into it’s support team. Nurture your body’s healing process. Give it time. Nourish it with clean, fresh foods and get plenty of rest while your body is in the process of healing. Your body has an inner auto pilot that will surprise you with its magnificent power, if only you let it.
Our mind is a powerful thing. We can choose how we want to think and feel. Equally powerful are the Bach Flower Remedies. They are genuine, pure transmitters of goodness and healing. I can’t say enough about them except that it is time for them to dominate the world of health and balance. At least, give them a chance and see how your life can be transformed.


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Relief checks news summary | 28 April 2023
Inflation Relief: Latest Updates
Headlines | Friday, 28 April 2023
- First Republic Bank on the verge of collapse as FDIC reportedly prepares to take it over
- In March, personal income increased $67.9 billion, or around 0.3 percent
- GDP growth slowed in Q1 2023, increasing only 1.1 percent
- Median home selling prices increased 2.6 percent in March
- Fed looks set to implement one more rate hike at next meeting in May
- The rate of families with an unemployed member fell three percent from 2021 to 2022 to 4.7 percent
- Workers in Alaska, New Jersey, and Wyominghave been hit hardest by layoffs this year
- Federal Tax Day has passed for most, but counties in eight states got a extension
- Housing prices continue to fall, is it a good time to buy?
- Various states will continue to issue inflation relief checks and generous tax refunds in April
Deposits at large banks experience slight dip
Deposits at commercial banks dipped in the week ended April 19, signaling no fresh worries about bank safety of the kind that drove sharp outflows in the week immediately following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to data released by the Federal Reserve.
Deposits at large banks fell to $10.61 trillion from $10.74 trillion a week earlier, on a non-seasonal basis. Deposits at small banks totaled $5.36 trillion, compared with $5.39 trillion.
The seasonally adjusted measure of deposits, which take into account typical outflows of deposits including tax season, rose, suggesting the actual outflow seen at banks may not have been as large as usual.
Who is to blame for SVB and Signature Bank collapse?
Government regulators have released a set of reports that studied the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in March.
The report spread the blame between bank managers who underestimated risks, to supervisors from the Federal Reserve and FDIC who could have done more to press for changes.
The Federal Reserve also cited a set of federal bank regulations that were loosened at the end of last decade. Fed officials recommend that some of these rules be changed, to avoid future failures.
70% of Americans surveyed 'stressed' about personal finances
Personal finances are giving stress to many Americans, and the reasons they cited include inflation, economy-wide instability, interest rates, and the lack of savings.
People were able to save at the beginning of the pandemic, but as they transition into post-pandemic life, they are seeing their savings dwindling.
Big banks in competition to buy First Republic
The FDIC is reported to be poised to take over beleaguered First Republic Bank.
In an exclusive story, The Wall Street Journal reports that big banks such as JP Morgan and PNC Financial are already waiting in the wings, vying to buy the regional lender and snag their well-heeled customers.
The FDIC could place First Republic under receivership as soon as this weekend.
The Social Security Administration continues to send monthly benefits to retired workers in 2023.
The SSA is also responsible for sending Supplemental Security Income benefits, disability and survivor benefits. This report tells us when to expect the payments for the month of May.
The FDIC is reported to be preparing to place First Republic Bank under receivership. The Bank’s stock plunged after it revealed that they had lost $100 billion in deposits in the first quarter of the year.
According to Reuters, the FDIC decided that there was no more time to look for ways for the private sector to rescue the regional bank; thus, the move to put it in receivership.
The FDIC is expected to put First Republic Bank into receivership as time runs out for a rescue of the bank. What does the mean for unsecured deposits?
Potential FDIC receivership of First Bank drives stock price ever lower
First Republic Bank has been limping along for weeks. But after reporting that over half of deposits had been removed from the bank, its shares began a new precipitous dive this week as investors lost more confidence.
Regulators have been working to find a solution for the failing bank, but as time runs out the likely end will be FDIC receivership. That news drove its share price down as much as 54% in postmarket trading. For reference, it started the week at $16 a share but they were trading at $3.14 at the end of trading on Friday.
When planning out retirement, there is the matter of saving up enough money to keep enjoying the lifestyle to which you’ve become accustomed. For some though, moving to a new locale, can not only give them the opportunity to do activities that they couldn’t in their previous abode, but also make those hard-earned savings go a bit further. Some choose to go abroad while others stay stateside.
Here’s a look at the most affordable places in the United States to retire in 2023.
Time has reportedly run out to rescue First Republic, FDIC set to move in
Banking regulators generally wait unitl Friday after markets have closed to put a failing bank into receivership. This helps sort out matters over the weekend while avoid excess disruption to the banking system as a whole.
In March, US regulators to charge of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank during the same weekend. They also put into place emergency measures to shore up the US banking system as a whole.
Reuters reports that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is preparing to put First Republic Bank into receivership after time ran out to find a solution to rescue the floundering financial institution. First Republic has seen its value plummet this week after it reported that around 40% of deposits held at the bank had been withdrawn.
The Child and Dependent Care Credit is designed to ease the burden of childcare for working people. If you have to pay to ensure a child or dependent is looked after while you are at work, you will most likely be able to claim the credit.
The credit can cover up to 35% of work-related care expenses with the lowest amount offered standing at 20% of care costs. The upper limit of the cost covered is $3,000 for one qualifying person or $6,000 for two or more qualifying persons.
Fed’s preferred inflation measure, PCE, core numbers still running hot
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its report on Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) for March, which saw consumer spending flat but core inflation still running hot. The readings indicate that the Federal Reserve will most likely raise interest rates once again next week when policymakers meet for their May session.
This measure of inflation in the US economy is preferred by the Federal Reserve as the cost of housing is not included in the basket of goods, which also change more often, giving a better picture of costs for consumers.
"The Fed is in a tough spot. The economy is cooling, but inflation is still too high. The components of inflation that the Fed worries will be most persistent, labor-intensive services, are especially sticky,” chief economist at Comerica Bank in Dallas Bill Adams told Reuters.
Many Americans are saddled with student loans that they have been paying off for years. Over 40 million borrowers are paying off their debt, with the average balance standing at more than $37,000, according to Education Data.
The government of President Joe Biden has begun rolling out programs to ease this burden, and for those who wish to take advantage of these benefits, there are some dates to watch out for so as to avoid missing crucial deadlines for actions that need to be taken.
Read more in our full coverage on when one can expect the Supreme Court to announce its decision.
Digging through collections of remembrances stored in attics, garages, storage sheds and so forth, you may come across something valuable. Not just sentimentally, but worth some real mula. With the right eye, and knowledge of what you are looking at, you may find old stamps, coins or bills that, while on face value seem almost worthless, are in fact coveted by collectors who will pay wads of cash.
First Republic Bank appears to be headed for FDIC receivership
All eyes will be on what will happen to First Republic Bank, which has been struggling to stay afloat this week. Before it reported its first quarter earnings on Monday, the bank’s shares were trading at $16. However, after sharing that it had lost 40% of its deposits its valuation began to plummet.
First Republic’s clients are mostly high net worth individuals along with their businesses, who have been worried about the security of their money at regional financial institutions that isn’t secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). It now appears that the beleaguered bank may follow the path of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank into FDIC receivership.
Trading in its stock was halted several times as it dropped around 40% on Friday, now down over 97% from its peak in February.
Democrats passed a sweeping covid-19 relief bill in 2021 named the American Rescue Plan to keep the recovery from the pandemic going. In conjunction with previous packages passed under the previous administration, these helped the US economy experience it’s fastest rebound from a recession in history.
However, the disruptions caused by pandemic and households flush with cash caused imbalances that helped drive up prices. After the third round of federal stimulus checks, those worth $1,400 per eligible American, the federal purse strings were tightened and other programs to help families cope were allowed to expire.
So, states and local communities stepped up using pandemic relief funds and bumper tax revenue to send their own relief to residents. Most have wound down now as inflation wanes but there are still some that are sending payments to help ease the hardship families are still facing. Here’s a look at where payments are still being issued.
When it comes to retiring on Social Security alone, finding a city with a lower cost of living is crucial. The affordability of a city can vary based on individual circumstances and lifestyle choices.
Taking into account the monthly income of a retiree in the US,here are four of the best cities in the country to live solely on the Social Security check-
Mass layoffs are continuing in the United States.
With inflation cutting into purchasing power, general uncertainty in the market, and the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates, some stock prices are starting to fall. While 2022 saw the second-largest increase in new jobs in the history of the country, 2023 could tell a completely different story.
The initial response to these economic conditions from the tech sector was mass layoffs. Now, the world’s largest employer, Walmart, will follow suit by closing down various locations to cut costs and improve its financial performance.
This report gives a complete list of Walmart supermarkets that will close in 2023 in each state
Personal income inched up again in March
Personal income and the personal savings rate rose a third of a percent in March.
Personal savings currently stands at 5.1 percent, the highest rate in recent months.
Personal consumption also increased by 0.1 percent, which is a lower rate than had been seen in recent months, particularly after the holidays.
When looking at disposable income, meaning how much money people have to spend, when accounting for the way inflation impacts income, there was an increase of 0.3 percnet in March. However, in terms of spending, real consumer spending fell slightly, in part because of "a decrease in spending on goods of 0.4 percent that was partly offset by an increase in spending on services of 0.1 percent."
Thanks to the payments schedule, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is issued on the first of each month, but not always. It wasn’t a matter of April Fool’s, but because 1 April fell on a Saturday this year, the payments were issued a day early 31 March.
During the remainder of 2023 the same will happen two more times, payments in July and October will be pushed up to the month before, or June and September respectively.
At what age must you retire to get the full amount of your Social Security benefit?
According to the SSA, the minimum retirement age is 62, which results in an average payment of $1,700. However, those who wait can receive more than $3,000 a month if they wait to apply until the reach the FRA, which currently depends on the year one was born.
To receive the full benefit amount for which you qualify, you must request retirement at age 67, which is full age for everyone born in 1960 or later. For those born before, age is between 66 and 67.
There are two main indices used to track price changes in the US economy: the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE).
Different in their methodologies, both of these indices provide important information to policymakers, economists, and private sector actors. In February, for example, the PCE tracked an increase in inflation of five percent. Meanwhile, over at the BLS, the CPI recorded an average price increase of six percent across goods and services.
Average weekly 30-yr fixed mortgage rate up slightly, 15-yr ticks down
Average weekly 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose for a second week, while the 15-year fixed rate dropped. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate advanced 0.04% to 6.42% for the week ending 27 April.The average 15-year fixed mortgage rate decreased 0.05% to 5.71%.
Regulators worried about regional banks' stability 4 months before March crisis
Four months before the second-largest bank failure in US history, key banking regulators worried about the dangers large regional lenders posed to financial stability, according to an exclusive report by Reuters.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation officials told an advisory panel on bank failures in November that "large portions" of regional banks' deposit balances were uninsured and warned of "knock-on effects" for other banks.
FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg said at the meeting that after the financial crisis of 2008 regulators had fixated on making the biggest banks safe.
Officials had yet to do the same for regional banks, some of which had grown to considerable size and complexity, said Gruenberg.
Banking regulators have come under criticism for failing to stave off the crisis triggered by a run on Silicon Valley Bank, most of whose deposit base was uninsured. The Fed and FDIC are expected to release reports on Friday on their supervision of Silicon Valley and Signature Bank.
The November meeting shows, however, that FDIC officials were aware of challenges they could face in handling regional bank failures but key issues remained unresolved ahead of March's failures.
On Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to pass the bill to raise the debt limit, cut spending, and reverse key pieces of President Joe Biden’s agenda.
While the bill does not include cuts to Social Security or Medicare to address the debt ceiling, it does include a measure against Medicaid and food stamps.
This report tells us how the bill could affect these two benefits.
Buoyed by tech shares, markets have best day in months
Meta's positive quarterly earnings and softer-than-expected gross domestic product figures helped prop up markets, leading them to their best day in months.
Meta’s shares are up 170% since November, when it hit a low of $89. according to CNBC.
First-quarter GDP rose at a 1.1% annual rate, about half of economists’ 2% forecast, leading some investors to believe that the Federal Reserve could soon wrap up its tightening campaign.
How much you receive from Social Security depends on several factors, such as age. This is an important consideration in determining your monthly checks.
A worker can start receiving their Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, but if they begin receiving benefits before full retirement age, their benefits are reduced. If the worker decides to wait until they are 70 years old, they will receive more money.
Hello and welcome to AS USA's live blog on inflation relief and economic news.
Tax season has wrapped up, and millions are waiting for their returns. Those who have received an extension have until mid-October to submit their return.


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For Immediate Release
Monday, November 10, 2008
Nomad and Pastoral Groups Gather for DDDC Consultations
EL FASHER, NORTH DARFUR –
More than 90 nomads and pastoralists from across Darfur gathered today at the El Fasher University Siddig Abdalla Conference Hall to voice their opinions and views to achieve sustainable peace and reconciliation in Darfur.
During day one of the two–day consultation, nomads, pastoralists, and associated groups, including native administrators, Arab tribal leaders, youth, and community based organizations, discussed a wide range of topics that have created conflict and divisions in Darfur.
came to consensus on the common ground issues of security and
administration and democracy.
Tomorrow, they are scheduled to discuss land and natural resources, recovery and development, reconciliation, and identity.
collaboration with the University Center for Peace and Development Studies in Darfur and in coordination with the United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Civil Affairs Department,
the Darfur – Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC), an autonomous and non-politicized process owned by Darfurians, is facilitating consultations with specific stakeholders in North, South, and West Darfur.
The nomad and pastoralists consultation, which is supported by the Al Waha locality and Herders Union, kicks off a series of consultations the DDDC will facilitate throughout Darfur during November. The DDDC facilitated six consultations in North and South Darfur in October.
By facilitating a broad and inclusive consultation process, the DDDC is helping Darfurians discuss and find solutions to the root causes of the conflict in Darfur.
Working closely with its partners and stakeholders, the DDDC will
feed Darfurian views learned during consultations into the Darfur peace process.
Seeking peace and reconciliation through dialogue and mediation to resolve conflict within and between communities is a deeply rooted Darfurian tradition.
By engaging conflicting groups, restoring confidence, building trust, and promoting open and transparent dialogue to overcome grievances and agree on common grounds to achieve sustainable peace, the DDDC is a continuation of this tradition.
www.dddc.org to read reports on consultation outcomes and for more information on the DDDC.
Contact: Joel Frushone,
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The body of Christ is made up of believers. Each believer has a part and a way to serve in the kingdom. The body functions together to serve the King, Jesus Christ, the head of the body. However, since we are people with a sinful nature, we fall and fail to work in unity sometimes. So how can we overcome our sinful natures and work together to better serve the Lord?
In order to serve together in unity, we must put others before ourselves. Romans 12:3 says, “Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.” Be humble and always measure your faith against yourself. Are you growing in Christ? Are you stronger in your faith today than you were yesterday? Verses 4-5 go on to say, “Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.” Each part of the body belongs to the body itself and each other. There can be unity within the body because we belong together.
We can serve together in unity when we put others before ourselves and really learn to accept each other. Every believer has been given specific gifts to better help the body of Christ. We all fit together so we can be a part of the will of God.


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CoronaVirus: Covid-19 found in Pangolin
The pangolins smuggled into China have been confirmed as a Covid-19-like virus that has spread worldwide.
An international team has called for a ban on the sale of wild animals to prevent such an outbreak in the future.
Pangolin is one of the most lactating animals that is smuggled illegally and used for traditional medicines and diet.
Bats are said to have originated from the disease.
A new study published in the journal Nature says that genetic data suggests that "the need for extreme precaution in the process of touching and bringing these animals and therefore buying and selling them in the animal market is strictly prohibited. Should give. '
It added that further research should be done on the pangolin in the forests of China and Southeast Asia to identify their role in the spread of the Corona virus and its transmission to humans in the future.
The pangolins that eat ants or snails, are the most smuggled animals in the world and suffer from nausea. Its skulls are widely sought after in Asia and are used in traditional Chinese medicine, while some consider Pangolin's meat a sophisticated diet.
Pangolin and other wildlife, including many species of bats, are often sold in wet markets (markets where live animals are kept in water) that are more likely to spread the virus to one another. So in such markets, the chances of the virus spreading to animals and humans are high.


Reviewed By Greg D (Philadelphia, MS) Reviewed for a 2016 Ford F-150 —7/10/2016 7:28 AM
Easy install. Instructions weren't hard for understand and brackets were marked as well to avoid putting them in the wrong spot. Steps were as advertised.
Reviewed By Brian S (Westminster, CA) Reviewed for a 2016 Dodge Ram —1/31/2016 12:37 PM
Nice finish, perfect sized step pads. Would be nicer if there were additional support bracket's on the passenger's fwd side like on the drivers side. Tubes are weak on the underside attach points, the material wrinkled up a bit when the bolts were tightened up. The mounting bracket's could be redesigned for the newer factory threaded frame mount points (2 at each location)...the Center and Aft bracket's do not sit flush against the cab body and will rattle if not either shimmed or cut down.


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A lottery is a gambling game in which numbers are drawn to win prizes. It is one of the world’s oldest games, and has been used in many cultures to pass down property and even slaves. Lotteries are a popular way for governments to raise money, and they can be found in almost every country. In the United States, for example, most state governments offer lotteries. Typically, the chance to win a prize is sold for one dollar. The total value of the prizes is often higher than the amount paid out, though this depends on how much money is raised through ticket sales. Profits for the promoter and costs of promotion are usually deducted from the total pool of prizes.
Lotteries have a long history in America, beginning with colonial-era lotteries to raise funds for building roads, wharves and public buildings. Lotteries became popular in the 18th century, when America’s banking and taxation systems were still being developed, allowing politicians to raise money quickly for projects of interest to the general public. The American leaders thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin saw great usefulness in the idea: Jefferson used lotteries to retire his debts, and Franklin held one to buy cannons for Philadelphia.
Today, most states have state-run lotteries that regulate all aspects of the game. These include determining the rules, the prizes and other terms and conditions. The laws governing state lotteries are set forth in statutes. Many state statutes also specify how prizes are awarded, including whether they are given out in a lump sum or in installments.
The big message that the media sends about lotteries is that they are fun. Certainly, they can be fun, but the fact is that they’re not cheap, and the chances of winning are extremely slim. They’re also a form of addiction, with people spending an enormous share of their income on tickets.
Americans spend over $80 billion on lotteries every year. This could be put to far better use, such as saving for an emergency fund or paying off credit card debt. Instead, it’s being funneled into a game that is regressive and addictive.
Where Does Lottery Money Go?
When people pay taxes, they expect that they are helping the community. So, when a lottery takes back some of those taxes, where does that money go? In some cases, it’s used to support educational programs. In others, it’s used for law enforcement. The vast majority of the money, however, is paid out in prizes.
While some people may argue that the lottery is a “good” use of tax dollars, others point to the regressivity and addictiveness of the game. In addition, the odds of winning are slim, and the average person’s quality of life doesn’t improve after they win. In fact, it’s possible that their lives actually get worse. That’s a big price to pay for a few dollars and the promise of instant wealth. These are some of the reasons why some people choose to boycott state-run lotteries.

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