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Acupuncture Is a successful Yeast Infection Treatment
Text on screen: Acupuncture How to Eliminate Yeast Infections, Thrush, and other CandidiasisRelated Conditions from Your Life Forever Chapter Two: What is Acupuncture How does it work to treat yeast infections? NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON: Do you know what acupuncture does? Do you know anything about the history of acupuncture? FAITH: A little bit. I mean, I know that it has to do with energy and you have to have needles put in your body in different places. NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON: It's an ancient art, but it's a science and it's very, very effective. The way it works is by, of course, placing metallic needles in the body. And we are a body electric; we're an electromagnetic being. And these needles send signals through the body and it basically awakens a natural blueprint that your body has innately and your body knows. And so, the needles effectively help you to connect with the part of you that is your natural healer, that knows the balance, that knows how things function.
And each needle is placed in a particular point that has, actually, a spirit name. And so when we take a history, when we think about how we are going to approach this patient, it's unique to the patient in that we think about these spirit names and how this patient has been fractured or hurt or on a physical level has pain in a certain area of the body. And so at that point we know where to place those needles, and that is what your body needs in order to reconnect with the natural blueprint that you were innately born with. FAITH: OK. And how young can a person start receiving acupuncture? NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON: Oh, you know. Sometimes babies can run fevers. I've certainly treated a lot of babies. Children can get very sick in life and acupuncture's very effective for pediatrics. Through puberty, the stress level today in the children and the teenagers is very high, and I certainly treat a lot of teenagers very effectively. FAITH: So, you talk about being a; connecting everything, so somewhere along the way there was a disconnect because of situations along… NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON: Stress; 99 percent of all illness is stress. So some level of stress got into that person, into yourself or anyone that's just displaying symptoms or has a disease state. FAITH: So, again, would part of this also be learning to manage your stress along with, or reduce your stress along with the acupuncture?
NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON: Sure, absolutely. Sometimes the stress even belonged to someone you were with: a boss or a parent, and you take it on. So of course, yes. Do you have any questions about how acupuncture works, or do you know about it? FAITH: Actually, I just know that there are needles and, I mean, I've heard some people say it doesn't hurt. Some of them say there's a little sting, you know. But then they say it's all over the body at different places for different problems. So, yeah, I'm a little nervous about how it's gonna feel, and… NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON: Well, here in California we're welltrained. You know, it's six years of school to get the license. And we have a ; we see a lot of women that come into our . So, yeast infection is commonly treated by acupuncturists so we have a lot of experience with that. And as for the acupuncture needles being something that you might be uncomfortable with, they're very thin; they're the size of a hair. And when we insert them we usually use guide tubes, so it's really relatively painless. The one thing that you do feel is you'll feel a distending, kinda achy feeling when we get what we call chi at the end of the needle. And we need to do that in order to move the channel energy, which is basically what's going on with acupuncture is that we're inserting needles in the body related to the nervous system but not entirely part of the nervous system.
And what happens is it's like catching a fish on the line when you're out fishing; you feel that tug, initially. You'll feel that after I insert the needle. You'll feel kind of a distending. FAITH: Will it be pain? So it won't be, really, pain? NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON: It's different. You have to educate yourself. At first, it will be unfamiliar. So you might want to rush into thinking that, quot;Oh, is this painful? Well, no, actually, no.quot; So you know, you get used to it. And it's kind of an achy feeling. And that's what we want. If we don't get that, we're not really giving a treatment that can be as effective as if we do get that. And sometimes some needles are more guide needles so we need to get the chi effect at that needle more than, say, another needle. FAITH: How deep does it go? Is each one different? NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON: Every situation calls for a different, kind of, sized needle maybe a different depth, so we're going to put them in in a way where they don't even break blood vessels. Because they're rounded at the tip, they aren't pointed like a hypodermic needle, so when they are inserted it usually pushes everything out of the way in the way that we insert them.
FAITH: And how long for each treatment? NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON: About 45 minutes. Sometimes we retain the needles for 30 minutes, but usually about 45 minutes. And we try to use as few as possible, so, you know, we don't put a lot of needles in. Maybe six to eight. That's about it. FAITH: OK. I do have a question: Why do the overthecounter treatments. Why, in your opinion, or your expert opinion, do they; have they not worked? And do they work for some women? NANCY ANANDA STEVENSON:Well, I think that they do work for some women. Some women just have; they can have an issue where, you know, they just got married and quot;honeymoon syndromequot; or something. Or, you know, they took antibiotics and they never really took antibiotics and they developed a yeast infection. Some women go on birth control pills and birth control pills are something they're not used to and they develop one. There can be varying reasons. Maybe it's very hot and they're wearing the wrong kind of underwear, you know; there can just be a lot of issues. And so for somebody with a chronic one, it's usually more of a systemic problem and it's related to stress and it can be kind of a psychoemotional issue or it also can be just the way somebody is just operating their life and they might have more of a sympathetic reaction to life. Text on Screen: To continue watching the interview proceed to Chapter 3.
DIY 48 Second Test for Candida
Did you know 65% of people in America todayhave Candida overgrowth, which is a yeast overgrowth, in an infection in your body thatplagues you, people don't even know they have it. I'm here with Crista Orekio, and she makespeople feel a lot better that necessarily don't know they ever have it, and she tellsthem exactly what to do, and she lays out step by step program that you can get ridof Candida in your body well. So on today's tutorial, she's actually going to show us a selfdiagnostictool that you could do from home in a simple as what? 2 minutes? Less than that. For 6days in a row to really know if you have Candida. I'm gonna do it. I'm actually a little bitnervous coz your telling me that 3 of the
foods that people eat all the time that actuallyfeed these nasty creatures in your body right? Yah. people have it all the time. And I thinkit's on your list when your consuming this food huh? Definitely except for one of them,i'm not really a big beer drinker. Did I actually give one of them away? You did. Alright. It'salright. So let's talk about the other one. The food that's feeding your Candida in amoment let's talk about those. But first, tell me really how dirty and grimly this littlething in your body, could you paint a real vivid picture for me? Yah. Well Candida isa, it's a chronic infection. It's something out living in your system that needs to befed. Yah. and when we get this overwhelming
food cravings, it's not really us cravingthe food, it's Candida organisms that's over grown and these is not just limited to women.A lot of times you hear it with women, but its men too. All you have to do is have aone round of full spectrum antibiotics through your life, and you can get this Candida overgrowth,and I said i've seen it among 2 of every 3 of my clients. And it contributes to adrenalfatigue, chronic exhaustion and digestive complaints, lifelong digestive complaints,weather its constipation, bloating and depression. 'Coz digestive health and mental health areinextricably connected, and also, on thyroid health. There are 2 Million Americans withthyroid problems, can be healed by getting
rid of these crazy organisms. Did you say75% reduction in getting colon cancer soon as you get rid of Candida? Yah. you can slashyour lifetime chances of colon cancer by getting rid of Candida by 75%. So let's talk aboutthe test, test you for Candida, what do you think? Your doing this on camera? were doingit on camera. I'm a little bit nervous. I'm not. Well your asking these guys to test sohere we go. Here we go. Drew's gonna be the guinie pig. And if you get me offended byspitting on a cup, close your eyes. Okay. So here we go. Okay so what do we have todo, first thing in the morning, you go ahead and spit, first thing when you wake up inthe morning, is you fill up a glass of water,
halfway, before you eat or drink anything,before you brush your teeth, and then you spit, about a dime size amount, that's abouta quarter right? Yah. Your a cheater. So you spit in a glass and then you watch it 2 or3 times for 45 minutes before your getting ready for work. You wanna know if it sinksto the bottom, yah, if it does, there's more of them than you, does it grow legs, or doesit stay for a long time? if it does anything but floating on top, then you should probablyclean yourself of Candida. But you have to do it 6 days in a row, of here included, butyou can put out and clean them. So if your going to commit to this, hit the green buttonon or in fitlife.tv, wherever your
viewing this, because were gonna see if wehave this. Were gonna do this for 6 days. It's looking right, we got some legs, growthhere, you just stick around, were gonna come back to that in a moment okay? Now let's getinto what foods people eat that they don't know feed this little critters that are takingaway your life in your world and in your joy in your health okay. And 3 food, or theseare drinks that you may be craving, that maybe it's the Candida craving it, and not necessarilyyou. Its adding to these infection that just won't go away. Yah and one of them is a kicker.Like one of them I drink everyday that I didn't even know that feeds Candida. That soundsto be a healthy drink and stuff. It shocks
How to Cure Candida in 6 Steps
Hey, guys. Axe here, of functionalmedicine and founder of DrAxe . Today I'm going to share with you the exact diet, treatmentand supplements you need to take the clear Candida from your body. And this is what Ireally consider to be my SixStep Candida Cure Diet Protocol. And you're going to seeamazing results with this protocol. And let me say this first, what is Candida?Candida is the overgrowth of yeast and bad bacteria in your body and it can cause somemajor symptoms that you want to get rid of. And so some of the symptoms of Candida caninclude any type of fatigue issue. If you struggle with chronic fatigue or adrenal fatigue,those can be related to Candida.
Any type of leaky gut issue. Leaky gut isintestinal permeability, where proteins like gluten can leak through your gut and causeinflammation of your body. So if you have food sensitivities or if you have digestiveissues like gas and bloating, also if you have any problem related to the thyroid, thosecan be warning signs you have Candida. Also if you get yeast in your body. If younotice, let's say, yeast or whiteness on your tongue or if you ever get chronic yeast infectionsor coming down with the cold and flu often, those can be warning signs that you have Candida.And, of course, also with Candida any sort of other digestive issues, like irritablebowel syndrome or chronic diarrhea or constipation
or even acid reflux, those are warning signsthat you might have Candida. And last but not least, is a sluggish metabolism.If you aren't losing weight and burning fat like you know you should be, those are warningsigns you could have Candida, along with actually even bad breath and lack of detoxification.Those are some major warning signs. So here are the six things you need to do to eliminateCandida fast. Number one, you need to stop consuming somuch sugar. Now, I know that's obvious. That's something that I think most of us realizeis that sugar feeds yeast in your body. But again, you have got to get rid of processedsugar, fruit juices, any sort of added sugar
to any sort of product sweetener. Even mostpackaged products and fast foods are also high in sugar. Even things like pasta saucesand crackers, you'd be surprised, but sugar is added to almost everything. So again, eliminate especially the processedsugar out of your diet. As a replacement, I recommend using a little bit of Stevia,which is a nocalorie natural sweetener and then about one to three teaspoons a day ofmanuka honey. Okay? Those are the sweeteners you should be using if you have Candida. Number two. You need to eliminate grains fromyour diet. Why? Because grains turn into sugar
and they also tend to be more inflammatory.And so again, getting those grains out of your diet, especially wheat products and glutencontaininggrains, that's step number two. Instead, do a lot more vegetables and maybe some starchycarbs. Number three thing you have to do to clearCandida from you system, is support your spleen. Now, this is cuttingedge information thata lot of people don't realize. And this is a practice in Ancient China that is oftenused by acupuncturists today. But they have found that the number one cause of Candidais a weakened spleen. And so if you have spleen issues, and spleen is responsible for digestionof the body, producing red blood cells in
your system. And so the spleen is a very importantorgan. In order to support the spleen, there area couple things you need to do. But really the spleen is supported by starchy foods,especially squash, things like sweet potatoes, butternut squash, and also even doing certaintypes of beans like lentils and mung beans. So again, getting some of those good starchycarbs. And that's really where your sweetness shouldcome from. A little bit of butternut squash, acorn squash, foods like that that has thatmild sweetness. That's the only sweet you should be really getting in your diet. Again,with no processed sugar and, again, very low


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This next excerpt was written in mid May, 2011. I know that a lot of the things in these posts are repeated, but I also know that the rise and fall of my emotions also were very repetitive during those days. It didn't take much to set me off, and it seemed the more I cursed and cried, the more I realized just how hard I would need to work, because this new life just wouldn't let go of me.
And the struggle to learn continued.
Happy Friday to you all, and I hope you get to smile today.
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As I look back to that point in my life I am faced head on with the reality that the person that I was, the person that I used to be has been laid to rest. The person that was looking back at me in the mirror has taken the baggage that used to weigh me down and left town. I can honestly say that I am glad he left. Now don't get me wrong. He will surely pop in from time to time like an unwanted relative. I can not afford to let him stay in the guest room for not even one night. I can not afford to feed this unwanted guest any more. He can not be let in the front door any more.
I still am not comfortable in my skin, but I am starting to get to know the other guy that is surely staring back at me in the mirror. I can take my time to get to know this new person. I shed the skin of a complacent, non driven soul. I said goodbye to the sight, and welcomed the new vision. I have said on many occasions that I had to lose my sight so that I could see. I believe that more and more every day.
The long days of summer did seem to take a toll on me as the time dragged by. It is funny how slow the days seem to go, but then the week was done and it seemed to have flown by so incredibly fast. A perpetual blur.
July turned into August and I hardly even noticed. Summer had always been the highlight of my year, but with everything else that was going on, well, I just didn't even notice it.
One day Lynne led me out to the garden so we could check on things as they grew. I had put so much effort into the garden that June. It made me mad as hell not being able to see how it was doing. I had always loved watching the garden grow. It was just so soothing and relaxing to me.
Well Lynne sat me down in a lawn chair as she walked through the garden. She was describing it to me as she started weeding the lower portions where the broccoli and turnip were.
I knew that the corn was in front of me. I could see a small glimpse of the hip high stalks swaying with the breeze. It was a warm day, as so many of those days in July and August seemed to be.
I got out of the chair and down on my knees. I then crawled to where the rows of corn started, and started weeding. It felt so strange, yet so wonderful to get my hands in the dirt and start pulling weeds. I had just finished weeding the garden the weekend of the 4th when I had the series of strokes that did me in. I had worked so hard weeding the onions and carrots. The carrots. Man was it hard weeding the carrots. I hated to have to, but felt so good when the row was all done.
I did manage to weed through the first two rows of corn. Lynne stood up and hollered at me. I guess she couldn't believe that I was attempting to weed. Attempting? Hell, I was a weeding fool. The only thing was that I wasn't really sure if I was pulling just weeds and not the corn also. She quickly informed me that I was indeed weeding just the corn. I made it through the entire two rows and only pulled 5 or 6 stalks of corn. I was shocked and amazed at how good I did. I felt good. I felt better than I had felt in quite some time. It was as though I had proven my worth for the first time since my vision loss. I had regained a taste of my independence, and it felt truly wonderful.
I don't ever want to forget how good that day felt to me. I want to bottle those emotions and take them out on days when I am having a hard time. I need to be able to never forget how simple and easy it was to turn around my outlook on everything. I wanted my life back. I wanted it back in the worst way.
Those first few days in August were some of the most important of my life. I had a sense that things were starting to happen in my life. I was overwhelmed at times with the onslaught of being blind, but it didn't seem to feel as hopeless as it had during those long dark days in July.
I was still in close contact with Leona and she continued to reassure me that everything was going to be ok. Somehow I knew it would be, just by the way she told me that it would be. I trusted her with everything I had. With everything I have. It was crucial that I took her positivity and ran with it. I needed an excuse to feel confident, and she was it.
I did finally meet Steve Sawczyn and Rosemary Houghton in those early days in August. I was so impressed with Steve that I can't even begin to tell you. Now I should tell you that he has been blind since birth, and his accomplishments through his career as an assistive technology instructor have done nothing but grow. Everything he had, I wanted. The confidence, the intelligence, the savvy, the self assurance, all of it. I wanted it all.
I also met, as I said, Rosemary, She gave me a certain level of confidence that I desperately lacked. I knew that the orientation and mobility lessons with her would be some of the most grueling experiences that I had ever encountered. I was right, and this time I hated being right.
The first couple of lessons were very strange. I felt sort of cocky and that bothered me. I could not afford to be cocky in the least. I now look back and realize that I was showing off to her the fact that I could still see, even though it was a small sliver in my right outer peripheral, which was similar to looking through wax paper at dusk. I wanted her to feel that she was wasting her time with my lessons. I didn't need them, not in the least. I could still see. I could still get around on my own. I could still have a brain transplant too, because nothing was ever further from the truth.
The fact is, I was blind. The fact is, I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. The fact is, I needed help. I couldn't do this on my own, and that scared the hell out of me. It scared me completely. I was completely scared beyond any doubt. Did I mention that I was also scared? Walking around with a long white cane made me more aware of my disability than any other thing. I knew that when the long white cane was in my hands and I was trying to stay on the sidewalk, that I was completely vulnerable. I was completely humbled by my new existence. I was ashamed, scared, humiliated, embarrassed, mad, pissed off, frustrated, and about 400 other internal emotions. I was in fact a blind man walking with a cane, because I was blind. I was a blind man walking on the streets of Waterville Maine in early August, 2010, and I didn't like it. I didn't like it at all, and there was nothing I could do to change it. Nothing. I could accept it though. I could accept the fact that I was willing to acknowledge my disability and ask for help. I was willing to start fresh and learn what I needed to learn about what had happened to me, and what I needed to do to learn to live with it. I wanted to learn how to learn to accept what I had lost, and look for things that I could learn so that I could start to live again.
I realized that it was going to be a long hard struggle, and I kept telling myself that I was going to see it through. No matter what, I was going to see it through. I owed it to myself, I owed it to my wife. I owed it to my son, and my grandson, and my folks and siblings. Most of all, I owed it to myself. I said that already, right?
I was the recipient of the fruits of my labor, and I sure as hell needed a chance.
Those first few mobility lessons were an eye opener for me of sorts. Never had I laid my heart and soul out there for all to see like that.
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Accused cop killer found guilty of murder
A jury found accused cop killer Lee Woods guilty Monday of aggravated murder in the fatal shooting of Detective Russel Timoshenko.
Woods, 31, was also convicted of aggravated attempted murder for injuring Detective Herman Yan and was found guilty on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. He was acquitted for just one weapons charge for one of three guns found at the scene.
According to Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, Woods faces life imprisonment when he is sentenced April 2.
Woods was the third man accused in the killing of Timoshenko and the attempted killing of Yan during a 2007 traffic stop. Dexter Bostic was found guilty on all charges, including aggravated murder, aggravated attempted murder and three counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Bostic was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Robert Ellis was acquitted of murder and attempted murder, but found guilty of criminal possession of a weapon. Ellis is expected to serve 15 years behind bars.
Woods' first trial ended in a mistrial when a juror fell ill and Woods refused to accept a replacement. The second trial's jury deliberated for three days before coming to a verdict.
Timoshenko's family members were relieved Monday when Woods was convicted. Timoshenko's aunt says the entire family feels justice was served in Woods' case.
The prosecution says Woods was acquitted on the third weapons charge because his DNA was found on two of the three guns at the scene. According to Woods' defense attorney, he intends to appeal his sentence.


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Ever hopeful for good weather, Denver by the Slice has a few suggestions for the Memorial Day weekend.
Have some ice cream or gelato at Little Man, over the bridges, up the hill in the big milk can of a building behind the Olinger's sign. Umm!
Go another couple of blocks to Gallop for brunch and Denver's finest Bloody Mary.
Or, stay Downtown and get all arty at the Downtown Arts Festival today through Monday at the Pavilions, 16th Street Mall between Welton and Tremont. All media, 130 fine artists. Browse and buy!
Mix in some music. Yes, it's that time again. Denver Day of Rock! See the details and schedule here for over 20 bands at 5 stages throughout Downtown (2 at Skyline Park), all starting at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Some will be very loud. Pick your favorites. Day of Rock is put on by, and benefits, Concerts for Kids!
For more sublime musical sounds, take note that the Downtown Denver Partnership has put out those street pianos again, up and down the mall. It's called "Keys to the City" and artists and piano tuners donate to the effort. Luckily, on occasion, someone really good sits down to play!
At Union Station you can tour the mock-up rail car…just like the one you'll take from DUS to DIA in a few years. Representatives are there to answer your questions…like "where does my bike go?"
Then, stop by Margs Taco Bistro on Wynkoop between 15th and 16th. Have a traditional Margarita…and a less traditional Caprese Taco. Right on the street. Good people who also bring you the Smiling Moose just next door.
And, while hoping for good weather, hope for some good baseball. The "best record in baseball" of last month has morphed into a below-.500 also ran and it has not been pleasant to watch. Hope, hope, hope and perhaps the sun can shine on our Rocks!
Oh, and take Monday off. Apparently everyone else will.


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The year 2011 was one of turmoil for the conservative movement, as we celebrated the success of 2010 but faced a divisive counter-revolution by the Democrats and the media.
The Republican establishment, together with social conservatives, libertarians and the Tea Party, waged war against the Obama administration, the public sector unions, the mainstream media, the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Progressive movement, writ large. And simultaneously, in these terrible economic times and our new, challenging political reality, we were unfortunately, too often, fighting each other.
I have been a steadfast combatant in the trenches against the organized left, with the scalps and scars to prove it.
Yet the last year has had me often fighting our own. In the heat of the great battle over ideas, I argued with CPAC and the American Conservative Union on behalf of GOProud, and I argued against GOProud on behalf of privacy and civility.
I realize now, as the great debate of 2012 unfolds, that being MIA from the battlefield in the most important election of our lifetime is exactly the wrong decision.
Davids Brooks, David Gergen, and David Frum may "disagree." But this David fights!
But we need to work with each other. Not against each other. [Frum, let's do lunch!] We need to communicate better. [Gergen, perhaps I could have said it better!] We cannot let internecine battles and pressures of high-stakes politics separate us at a time when unity is needed most. [Brooks, Obama does have a nice creased pant leg!]
I have decided to accept CPAC's gracious offer to speak on the theme of unity and the GOP Big Tent. We need to unite in 2012. White, black, gay and straight. Tea Party, Social Conservatives, establishment types, Libertarians and Neo-Cons, alike. We all must find common ground. Not just for the sake of winning this monumental election. But to reclaim the Big Tent, Big Party mantle of the man who united us best, Ronald Reagan.
Yet I promise my speech won't be all Kumbaya talk. No, sirree. I will step up to the podium and in no uncertain terms declare 2012 a call to arms. Patriots need to unite behind our candidate, behind the GOP, behind the conservative movement. Or else.


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Following on from the launch of 'Pension Pots and How to Survive Them', ILC-UK Trustee Trevor Llanwarne responds to the report by Cass Business School.
- First, a big thank you to Les, David and Douglas for producing a very important contribution to the necessary discussions/debates on what people retiring will now need to consider under the new freedom and choice regime
- Let me start with a few words on why I was happy to accept the invitation to speak today on the panel. As well as my seven year stint as Government Actuary (and I can tell you that complaints about annuity rates for the GAD drawdown tables was the biggest element in my post-box as for many MPs), I can also draw on the work I did at PwC leading on big projects to help insurance clients sort out a lot of mis-selling in years gone by. We did thousands of 1:1 interviews across all socio-economic groups. Much was in precisely the sort of areas under discussion and I learnt a lot of practical issues in the process. So I hope I can add some practical and technical experience and input to this discussion.
- In reading today's paper, what came across to me was how rarely an annuity purchase is the right answer. Maybe just at age 80 if I read correctly. Of course, in order to stick to broad principles, a number of more complex and hybrid options have rightly been omitted by the authors and, if added in, the conclusions would become less clear. But even allowing for this, my experience tells me to not be surprised by their conclusion – at least in today's type of regulatory and economic conditions on yields, inflation etc. for the UK
- So what I would like to do is not to mention technical challenges (and there are some), but to offer a list of items which have a bearing on this expectation. I will leave others to judge on relative importance and how to put together – but I do hold to the position that they are all relevant
List of Items
- 1. There is a value on flexibility. The increasingly dominant so-called Bayesian thinking in analytical work would strongly support this both in theory and in practice. Yet, in the field of pensions, when did you last see any comparative analysis which puts relative values on flexibility before comparing monetary amounts and NPVs? But individuals do this subconsciously and, in concept, they are right.
- 2. State pension is DB and for a married worker on average weekly earnings of currently £494 (let's say £25,000 per annum)[1], the State pension might take up 75-80% of the total pension. So what we have is a position where the percentage exposure from the private sector pension is small for perhaps well over half the retiring population.
- My point here is that every individual's position will be unique. Most stylised examples ignore some crucial issues such as the contribution of State pensions. Indeed for many people retiring over the next 20 years the additional contribution of a Deferred DB pension, even if accruals stopped some years back, can also be a major element.
- 3. So being provocative to aid discussion, let me ask "is it the case that the people most vulnerable are perhaps those in the top one-third of the retiring population". To what extent should we worry about them? Is it not this very group that is almost wholly in owner occupation with plenty of potential equity release "ballast", if I can use that term, if things do go wrong. At least this seems likely for a decade or two to come. This aspect was excellently referred to in the paper under consideration today.
- 4. The evidence seems to suggest that people, on average, under freedom and choice will more likely cut expenditure than blow it all away – fully accepting that there will be a proportion that does the opposite. Although we know there have been many retirements since April with full cash-outs, I don't think we know what has happened with the funds and it is clearly not the case that all has been spent or frittered away. We really do need some data on use of funds.
- 5. I have yet to meet someone in all the discussions I and the PwC mis-selling correction team had with retirees over many years who knew exactly, and could guarantee, at the point of retirement what they needed by way of income for ten years going forward let alone thirty. The point when a pension arrangement vests is invariably the wrong time to take a lifelong committed inflexible decision. Most need at least a year to see how their change in lifestyle pans out.
- 6. Solvency II makes cost of annuities in EU higher than in non-EU
- 7. Pointing in a different direction, many people understate how long they are going to live
- So what I now want to move on to is give some thoughts on current and future developments.
Some current and future developments
- (i) So-called "Robo-advice" for people at retirement. I do know a bit about this and can comment on some of the issues if anyone has questions
- (ii) The use of a temporary (holding) drawdown for say up to three years with a trigger for advice when much more appropriate
- (iii) The fact that it may be much easier to make investment selection brought in to the decision process
- (iv) I don't agree with Les that the decision has, of necessity, become more complex at retirement. I could put forward a case, under a Bayesian concept, that a temporary drawdown at retirement with much better targeted decisions a few years later is actually simpler than the historical annuity regime where there is a real difficulty with …
….. rates of escalation, dependants' pensions (to whom and what proportions), splitting between providers, guarantees, unit-linked and with profit options, payment frequency, mentioning of ill-health status all to be decided at the wrong time.
It was only simpler before because a lot of complex analysis was bypassed (for simplicity) and we are now starting to see the problems emerge – e.g. with FCA reviews on annuity mis-selling.
- I shall provide a copy of my script for an ILC blog if they do one. I will add to that script some thoughts on further research and some technical questions for the authors of the paper.
- In conclusion, a very welcome paper to add its own very important perspective to help all of us start map out a way forward. Well done.
Trevor Llanwarne
12th November 2015
PS For those interested in my thoughts on how to look at the bigger picture with a focus on encouraging more people saving and people saving more, go to booklet http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2015/09/23/greater-savings-for-retirement-more-people-saving-people-saving-more-all-voluntarily/
Ideas for further research
- Optimal ages for buying an annuity (ignoring other person-specific details) allowing for value of flexibility.
- More work on my contention that the age of vesting is the wrong age for taking fixed long-term decisions.
- Combination ideas on defaults such as a temporary drawdown with robo-advice every three years and some sort of staging into annuity purchase around age 75-80 as the default.
- Consider different and varying economic conditions.
- Where the cash-out money is going.
- Data on current retiree pensions (between State, DB, DC) and links with home ownership.
- Ideas on how to provide guarantees that are outside solvency II.
- Try to put some indication of the numbers of people impacted in each of the stylised examples so as to get a feel for relative importance.
Technical questions for the authors
Note – none of the below are fundamental to the big picture messages of the paper
- Did you consider any other categories in addition to your three of poor health, home owner and bequest motive? My work some years ago suggest that other critical categories would include silver divorcees and part time workers in retirement.
- Although I stated above that you needed to keep the options simple to bring out the key messages, did you consider putting hybrids or equity-linked annuities into the range of options? Or indeed why does the paper give the impression that drawdown once started is fixed (whether in £ or on a standard formula) as it is for life since this is clearly not the case?
- I think your table in 2.3 would warrant some checking and peer review. For example, person type 6 of poor health and bequest motive seems ideal to me for drawdown (the one option that is presented as a bad option). Why does drawdown work well for type 6? Because for someone in poor health, drawdown provides just as much living expense as full pot extraction but at a lower tax rate and if early death occurs, the funds get bequested free of IHT. Neither option A nor C deliver on this. C is only good if someone is in poor health and then lives a long time. A is only better than B if government changes the tax rules at a later date with no advance warning. B is also the better option for person type 4 on similar reasoning. Even for person type 1, drawdown is best in early years and/or in lots of sub-divisions (e.g. to give just one example, someone who has a partner in poor health but does not wish to leave partner without income if they die first – the norm). Whether or not you agree these comments, do you agree more work is needed on the categorisations and potential options for each?
- There is a lot of focus on how unisex annuity rates create bias for the decision. This is true if a single life annuity is to be bought. But did you do any work to consider unisex impact on joint life annuities? A lot of work I have seen suggests that joint life rates are very similar between sexes and hardly impacted by unisex.
- To what extent have you had input from tax experts in terms of how you have presented the relative merits of options where tax is mentioned? I suspect the tax position is more complex than suggested with more options to change the conclusions and you may wish to revisit/re-check some of the detail.
- Have you looked at different economic conditions or variable conditions?
- In practice, people on drawdown do not carry on at the same drawdown level without regular reviews. So when you apply the test e.g. in pages 15-17 that as long as drawdown does not run out of money then it must be better than an annuity, this is not the test that is actually applied in practice at least for all years past. Instead, the test is whether at each regular review, perhaps every three years, can drawdown continue at current levels without reducing security on expectations. A consequence of this is that reductions in drawdown amounts is quite common at some stage and then there is a "peace of mind" issue about whether people are happy to accept this potential volatility. Have you done any analysis to look at impact of regular reviews and do you have any thoughts about whether reviews have a role?
These questions should be seen as pointers for more follow-up analysis rather than items which undermine the conclusions to what is a very good paper
[1] in receipt of a pension totalling 50% of pre-retirement earnings


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One person arrested during student protest at Midland H.S. football game
MIDLAND, Mich. - A silent protest held prior to the Midland versus Dow football game was interrupted with arrest Friday night.
Students for Social Justice of Midland linking arms under the scoreboard during the anthem.
The group originally planning to kneel but changed plans in a hope to have a more direct message.
In a letter released earlier this week the group say "the intention of this silent protest is extremely transparent: to stand in unity to support equality and bring to light the racial injustices faced by people of color in this world."
Christine Streu was walked out of the Midland football game tonight in handcuffs.
Police say she was trespassing, Streu said she has a ticket and had a right to be at the game.
"They have the right I applaud them for speaking their mind I really do I think their message is getting lost I think they are creating drama when the goal is to say yes there is racism."
The group was joined in support by members of the Women of Michigan Action Network.
None of the student protestors planned to take a knee during the national anthem, instead, they linked arms in silence.
None of the student protestors would talk to us on camera tonight but said in a written statement the silent protest was to stand in unity to support equality and bring to light the racial injustices faced by people of color in the world.
"I think its better than kneeling, they can protest, good for them, but I like to honor our flag and the people that fought for it," said Midland fan Joe Walco.
Members of local veteran organizations offered a counter protest, standing under the flag in salute and passed out flags to fans in attendance.
Midland police offered extra security for the game after the group received multiple threats.
One woman, a a counter protester, was arrested following the anthem after she refused to leave when asked by police.


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Helena, 63, Chicago, IL
I feel very isolated. I don't feel whole. There's still that hole in my middle, the stomach is not filled, I'm not fed completely. And I wonder whether or not I will ever have that feeling of being embraced. When I pretended to be a gay male I could pretend to be a part of the gay community. And it looked good on paper and the surface. Sometimes it worked. But as trans it doesn't work. You have to find a collection of trans friends that you can depend on.
My roommate warned me. She said, "Let me get this straight. You want to be a middle aged, black woman. Oh yeah? Really?" And I said, "Yeah. Look out world. Here I come." You have to have a sense of humor. And choose your battles very carefully, because they do have emotional ramifications that produce stress. I try to cut down on stress. It's not productive. One of the reasons I switched over to the Afro-centric clothing and the hair and all of that is I don't like where the mainstream puts women, visually. And it's all visual. It's like we don't have any insides. So I thought, well, okay. I'm already isolated. The advantage to being isolated, it gives you permission to really be who you are, because you think nobody really cares. And I'm tired of trying to prove something. So I'm just gonna be.
Every day I try to do one something for someone else, that I don't necessarily know. That helps me not feel isolated. They say you're not really giving until you can feel it. So if you've got five dollars and you give four of them away you feel it. I heard some kids saying, "Ma, can we have some fruit? We haven't had fruit in a long time. We haven't had fruit since you got that check from the IRS." I thought, "My God, it's June." When did she get that check? And they really wanted this fruit. I could see the pain on her face, a mother having to say no. And there were four of them. So, I went up to the register, cause they know me in Joe's on 95th Street. And I said, "When they come up, all this fruit that I brought to you is for them. And I'm gonna pay for it. And you better not tell them. Just put it in their cart. And if they say anything, say, 'Somebody wanted the kids to have the fruit.' That's it." One nice thing a day.
Chris, 52, Boston, MA
I feel like I was always punished for my masculinity when I was female-designated by both straight people and lesbians. I was not the kind of woman that either women or men wanted to be around. I was way too scary, and people didn't know what to do with me. I was always a fish out of water in terms of my gender presentation. In a huge way, my transition has been like nirvana for it to get all aligned with me, and then have the world treat me well while I'm aligned has been amazing. I mean just really amazing for me. So I lived in that lesbian world even as it was difficult to do.
I actually gave birth to both of our children, which was never inconsistent with my sense of still being a man and being pregnant, and I know that many people can't understand that, or they might have some understanding. But it was not inconsistent for me to be with my male identity and want to have children.
Integrating all of our identities as a family has been a journey. So my spouse and former spouse identify as lesbians, my kids identified as part of a lesbian family, so applying to colleges, how do you explain on the FAFSA forms for the federal government that somebody's a biological mother and at the same time they're legally a man and what's their legal relationship, and how do you explain that I am legally a man that was never married to my former spouse who is legally their mother because we were a lesbian couple?
So there's layer upon layer upon layer of complication when interfacing in the world, even as it was not very much of a blip in terms of my family's experience of me and didn't change a whole lot the way our family life ran, was not really that big of a deal. And yet, this interface out in the world became a pretty big deal.
Grace, 56, Boston, MA
I always felt more like girls, like women. Even when I was watching movies or television shows or reading books, the female characters were the ones that I identified with just sort of instinctively. So I knew I was born male, but I certainly was a feminine boy growing up, a gender queer boy, and was harassed and bullied and got a lot of negative attention because of that. I was assumed to be gay from the earliest get go as well, even though it wasn't talked about then in the '60s. So – I was called all the names associated with that: sissy, faggot, fairy, all of that.
I didn't feel like I was transsexual. I didn't have that profound sense of body dysphoria that lots of transsexuals report, even though there were things that I wanted to change – so the way I understood that and was able to express that in the '80s was maybe what we would now call gender queer. That term wasn't used then, but I lived in another gender space. I just was living in this third gender space. I didn't see it as on my way to anything. I've been lucky to have people in my life who have been supportive of me and my journey, wherever that would lead me. So it was less about giving me guidance on a specific path and more about people who have said, "Your identity's evolving, and that's a wonderful thing, and we encourage you to explore that and go with that."
I still see myself as on a journey. When I received an award a few years ago at a conference I said, "In the '60s they called me a sissy. In the '70s they called me a faggot. In the '80s I was a queen. In the '90s I was transgender. In the 2000s I was a woman, and now I'm just Grace."
Michelle-Marie, 62, Williamsburg, VA
I had an older sister, a younger sister and a younger brother. And I just identified more with my sisters than I did my brother. I just wasn't a boy. And growing up, I really knew nothing. The only person I knew was when I took my mother's Life magazine of Christine Jorgenson and hid it. Later on, I found Renee Richards' book, Second Serve, and kept it. Those are the only people I knew about.
My mother always told me when I got beat up, "if you weren't that way, it wouldn't happen." I left home two weeks after high school graduation. I was scared of getting drafted into the Army, so I joined the Navy. But I had some bad experiences in the Navy, so I managed to get out early. Then I did everything you're supposed to do. At 22 years old, I got married. I had three kids. I had a career. I was a program administrator. And I just never learned – I never took on male socialization skills. And in 1990, I had a massive breakdown. I didn't know who I was. I hated myself.
So then the next 12 years, I was in and out of psychiatric hospitals. I attempted suicide 14 times. I was in a basement apartment and I was ready to do it again. Nobody was going to find me that time. But that time, I sat and thought about things. I drove home, drove to California, talked to my sister, and my sister said, "it's about time."
Then, my father passed away in '98 and he had told me before he passed away, he said I had to make some decisions in my life and only when I made them was I going to be happy. You know, it was the first time in my life he was proud of me, said he was proud of me. I just thought he meant I had to get over my depression. But my sister told me that he knew all those years what was the problem. So I came home and I literally left Mike in every trash can along Interstate 40. And I came back and started my transition.
Later on, I remember my therapist asking me, "what kind of a woman do you want to be after you transition?" And she made me go home and think about it, and I went back and I said, "I don't have to think about that. I've always been that woman." It's only now the outside matches.
Charley, 53, Charlottesille, VA
I've lived in Charlottesville, Virginia all my life. I identify as male, and I've been on hormones now for almost three years. I lived as a male before the hormones for a year. I've struggled all my life with my identity, and was working with a therapist, and finally realized what was going on, and decided that the only way that I was going to be truly happy was to be able to transition. I've also been in recovery from drugs and alcohol. I'll pick up an eight-year medallion on May 22nd. So that's a major accomplishment in my life.
I think the hardest part was – and still is – trying to get my family to accept. They still use the female pronouns. And I don't think I'll ever get them to that point. A few years ago, that would have really bothered me, that they have not accepted it. But I've got to realize that they're on their own path, whatever path they're on. And I'm on mine.
In the beginning, when I started transitioning, when my features started changing, when it got to the point where I was totally male, I wondered why people were treating me differently. Other races were treating me differently. And I realized, I'm a black male now, and so when I step on the elevator, the woman's going to clutch her pocketbook, or she's going to move to the other side of the elevator, or I get doors slammed in my face. You know?
But I will say that being a male – not so much just because I'm a black male, but being a male – I believe I have gotten better jobs because of being a male. Because I don't have to sit across that table with somebody interviewing me as a butch lesbian, and they're trying to figure out: "Okay. Is this a male? Is this a female? Do we want this person with this large question working for us?" But I have gotten more jobs, and as time goes on, better jobs because of being a male. I really believe that.
Going to therapy was probably one of the most freeing things that ever happened in my life. And transitioning at 50 probably saved my life. Because at the rate I was going, I was going to start drinking again – and if I started drinking again, I was probably going to hurt myself. That was the way I drank, I was so miserable being inside this body. I had not been able to hold down a relationship, because I was such an angry person. I had a lot of anger issues. I had a lot of self-esteem issues. My confidence level was very low. I had some intense therapy to really get to know who I was, before I started into any of the transition. I am such a whole person now, for going through this. I'm more happy with life. I'm not dating anyone right now, but I know the next relationship that I go into – that person's going to be damn lucky. Because I've got my shit together. I've got my game on.
Bobbi, 83, Detroit, MI
I have traveled extensively, it started out when I was in the Air Force. I was the "grandfather," or whatever you'd call it – of the drone program. I mean, I played golf with presidents, with Jerry Ford and whatnot, and I certainly have met the older Bush and younger Bush and Reagan a couple of times. I've been in the White House. I've been up and down the Pentagon, all levels. And I've also worked extensively with the CIA.
Eleven years ago was my surgery, to this date almost. Eleven years ago, so I started hormones 12-plus years ago. And I really have been in the cross-dressing business or the transgender business since I was probably 4 or 5 years old. I mean, I've got that history. But I didn't know some of that history until I tracked back later in life, when I saw this more obviously in front of me. I said, "Oh, my god, this is what I was doing when I was 4 years old and 5 years old and 6," and of course, it all fits into a channel. But in that day- I'm talking about being born in 1930- that was the Great Depression. There were no words for any of this. Except that I think my mother knew, because when I asked her to teach me to knit, she did, and she'd teach me some other things that I asked if I could do, like cross-stitch and whatnot. So all the basic clues were there all the way along.
I think people talk in either/or terms, right? Before transition and after. But to me it's really development. I'm proud of both lives. I'm proud of both me's, if you see what I'm saying. And I feel it's been a remarkable thing to have happened to a person. I'm grateful. You can't just become a woman with a knife or a pill or anything like that. It takes a whole combination in a sequence, in a formation. You've got this time span, it's a learning experience, it's a little bit of everything. It's what I call going through the internship phase, stumbling through the adolescent phase, then going through the maturity phase.
I have gone through the dating routine. That was my internship. I had to get through the Internet, go out and stumble on with it and flirt, and I got pretty good at it. I kinda worked at it. I'm not bad with words. And I could play peek-a-boo on Skype. Then I finally picked up Frank. I kidnapped him from the local bar up here one afternoon, an ex-Marine. And we dated for a long time. Finally one day, it was so nice that Sunday morning with our head on the pillows, I said, "oh, I got something to tell you..." And after I told him he says, "you're better than any woman I've ever met. Now, come on, Bobbi, we can drop that." Didn't care a damn. Where I live now, I think some people know for sure who I am and don't really care. But I also don't have it written on my forehead. So there are those that don't. They just take me as another old lady, a nice old lady.
Mickey, 60, Chicago, IL
I have an older sister, who's four years older than I am, and my dad raised me as his son. I was his son, except for those times when I had to present as a little girl. I mean, you knew – I knew when those were. No one told me, "That's bad. You can't be a boy." They didn't say that. There was just this given "You will dress like this for this occasion." It was really uncomfortable for me to be in a dress, but I would do that, if my family went to the relatives'. But I mostly dressed then like I do now. "I like to wear T-shirts and jeans." And that's what I wore when I was kid. I identified as a boy. But there came a time when I went to school and kindergarten, where I had to wear a dress. I mean, this was a long time ago, and little girls had to wear dresses, and so that's what I did. I didn't resist. That's what I was supposed to do.
I remember the times when I realized I was different from the neighbor boys – I think I was about 10 or 11, and I was boxing. My dad was a boxer in high school, and we were boxing, play boxing or real boxing, or whatever we were doing, and the boys in the neighborhood told me I had to take my shirt off, because that's how you box. And it was that moment when I realized, "No, I'm not supposed to do that." They could, but I couldn't. And it was really disheartening. It made me angry that I couldn't do what I wanted to do and be who I was. Suddenly puberty was setting in, and that changed everything.
As an adult I did drag with the Chicago Kings for several years, and it was really exciting for me because it gave me permission to wear really nice men's clothing. I would find these vintage jackets that I always wanted to wear, but unlike some of my friends, I hadn't felt comfortable doing it. I have friends who had been wearing suits and ties forever, and some have transitioned and some have not, but it's the suit and tie that made them feel comfortable. So, it was great to perform with the Kings because it was this community that allowed me to explore so many things around gender, and allowed my colleagues at school to see me perform and to wear this male attire. That was the beginning of me being really okay with my gender nonconforming, my gender variance.
I think that this is a wonderful time to be trans. It's not perfect, for sure. There is a lot of work that needs to be done. But I'm doing it, and lots of people are doing it. I love that Laverne Cox is on the cover of Time magazine. I have to go buy one today. I feel lucky to be living in this time.
Renee, 68, Chicago, IL
I think first of all that I'm more bi-gender than purely transgender. I enjoy both genders, and I miss the one I'm not. And it's been like that for as long as I've been able to peel away the layers and get to it. So most of my life, I denied it. I just kept it buried. One of the things that's been frustrating for my wife is it's come out by one struggling inch after another. I, like many of my generation, buried it so deep and wrapped it in subterfuge.
My wife's been very supportive, and that helps immensely. I mean there are not very many wives that stay with male-to-female transgender people who come out, and yet she's encouraged me to investigate who I am and what I am. And even going back years when I first came out to her, neither of us really knew where I was, what I was. It could have been the end of our marriage.
The other thing, as I've thought about transitioning over all the years, is I've come to realize that really what I want isn't – it's not female plumbing. It's not even necessarily a female body. It is an opportunity to just express who I am at any given time. After I came out to my wife, I did a lot more exploration, and truthfully, it's still going on…I have a pretty good idea that I am never gonna transition. That was when I also realized that I didn't hate being masculine. The only sense of deprivation I felt was that I couldn't also be feminine. And it was around that time I started going to functions in Chicago that involved younger trans people, and they were using "genderqueer" as an expression. I'm probably more genderqueer than I am one or the other.
Looking toward the future, I think about our grandchildren, and I wonder where they'll be in four or five years, and I hope that I can be here to be a part of that. And I hope that we can stay healthy, and I hope that when my time comes, it's like – I remember seeing a 60 Minutes profile many years ago of this aging baseball team in Florida where the guy playing first base was like 90 years old, and they interview him, and he was talking about the guy he replaced who was in his 90s when he reached out to grab a throw and before the ball got there he died. I said, "Boy, what a great way to go."
Tasha, 65, Birmingham, AL
I was born in Childersburg, Alabama. When I was growing up, I knew that something about me was different. I knew that I liked the guys. I pretty much today live as a gay man that lives just like a woman, because I see from Day One, from that day to this day, I've always felt like a woman born in a man's body. And that's the way I live. I live as a woman today. I didn't get to the place of where I'm so all right with this until later in life – at a young age I would've had a sex change. But today, I'm so all right with me it doesn't even cross my mind.
I have never been a case of being in the closet. I've always been wide open. And back in that time of the civil rights movement, I still didn't have any problem. I was still wide open. I participated in the marches and stuff. I was arrested, wet up with the hoses, all that stuff.
Whether you say, "Yes, ma'am," or "Yes, sir," I'm all right. I don't let nothing like that bother me. At times it was kinda rough growing up when you had to hear guys call you all kinda names, such as freaking fag and all this kinda stuff. It used to hurt me and make me angry. But as I got into the church and started letting the verse of John 3:16 register in me, a whole lot of stuff changed.
It said, "For God so loved the world that whosoever will, let them come." And after that, I felt like I was one of the "whosoevers." And knowing that I was gay and knowing what people were saying, I stopped getting mad. I stopped fighting and just be who I am– and just be me. Now, I am real respected in my neighborhood as Tasha because a lot of people don't even know my real name. I'm Tasha to everybody. And most of the children say, "Miss Tasha." But when I come upon situations where children are curious and ask, "Are you a man or a lady?" I don't lie to them. I just tell them I'm a man that lives as a woman. And then I have no problems with them. If you don't say anything to me, I'm not going to say anything to you, although I have some eyes that can talk to you where I won't have to say anything. But, all in all, I feel that I done had a good life. I'm just happy with me today, real happy.


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CPAC 2015 has announced that likely 2016 presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz, radio host Mark Levin, and business whiz Carly Fiorina will speak at the event, scheduled for Feb. 25-28.
The American Conservative Union (ACU) will likely feature other 2016 candidates as well. ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp stated:
We are honored to announce that conservative talk radio powerhouse Mark Levin, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), and ACU Foundation Chairman Carly Fiorina will deliver remarks at CPAC 2015. These three conservative leaders reflect our desire to ensure that CPAC 2015 represents conservative policies that highlight the importance of free markets, national security, and traditional cultural standards.
Cruz, delighted to speak, asserted, "I am honored to be speaking at the American Conservative Union's CPAC conference in 2015. ACU is bringing together the brightest conservative leaders and activists at CPAC to focus attention on restoring America and protecting our Constitution. This event promises to be one of the best CPAC's ever."
Levin added, "Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most important speeches at CPAC, uniting conservatives and ultimately restoring our country's greatness. This CPAC will be decisive. I've been asked by the American Conservative Union to explain why our principles are just as important today as they were at our Founding. We must get this right."
Fiorina echoed:
The recent midterm elections reflect Americans' desire for conservative policy solutions that will restore America's standing after years of liberalism's failed policies and cynicism. The Left has wasted America's time with its so-called war-on-women for long enough. Conservatives will focus on lifting up all Americans, revitalizing the innovation and growth engines of our economy and providing opportunities for every American. CPAC 2015 will bring conservatives together as never before for a national conversation on how to best meet the challenges we face.
ACU touted "The Road to CPAC" as a year-round CPAC experience which will include a 100-day educational introduction to the issues and policy conversations planned for the February event.
Schlapp said, "'The Road to CPAC' will provide the tools and resources conservative activists need as they prepare to come together in February. We must respond to Americans' call for real change by expanding CPAC from a four-day event to a 365-day, year-round experience."


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Following are some of Australia's most sought after Master of Ceremonies MC and Facilitators
|VIRGINIA HAUSSEGGER –A graduate of Melbourne University, Virginia began her journalism career as an ABC TV News cadet in 1986. A skilled interviewer, she went on to become the youngest woman to host the ABC's flagship current affairs program the 7.30 Report, and has worked as a reporter and presenter of that program in four capital cities.[More…]
|LEAH MCLEOD – has been a popular television & radio presenter for the last 18 years. She is also one of the country's leading voice over artists and narrator. Leah's on camera presence has been the hallmark of her success – she is real, funny and incredibly relatable to her demographic.[More…]
|CATRIONA ROWNTREE – 'Australia's Most Travelled Woman', that's the title earned by Catriona Rowntree after nearly 15 years at the helm of Australia's favourite travel show Getaway on Channel Nine. Catriona Rowntree is a very popular public speaker the consummate MC, she's spontaneous, witty and always in control. [More…]
|GLYNN NICHOLAS -a consummate performer he is in a class of his own and his keynote address is exceedingly funny, insightful and genuinely uplifting. A popular choice for MC, Glynn is entertaining and keeps the audience constantly amused -he's relaxed, charming and has vast experience with one-off events and 2 to 3-day conferences. He'll help keep the event on time and can act as convener when required. (Please note for any international work Glynn is able to speak reasonably good French & German.)[More…]
|YVONNE ADELE – has been described in client testimonials as inspiring, interactive, vibrant, thought-provoking, well-researched, experienced, memorable, flexible, friendly and 'a breath of fresh air'. A Microsoft graduate with a couple of decades of corporate experience, Yvonne created the Ms Megabyte brand/persona in the mid 90′s. This led to a national media profile and best-selling book (Conquer Your Computer). [More…]
|GEORGE NEGUS – is a familiar face on Australian television, well respected for his deft handling of what remains the demanding and dominating medium of his generation. George's is an exceptional facilitator of debates, corporate conferencing and other government and business forums. [More…]
|JAMES BRAYSHAW – Broadcaster/Sports Journalist/Commentator/Host.James Brayshaw is one of Australia's key sporting media personalities with an impressive career in television, radio and journalism. James is best known as co-host with Gary Lyon on Channel 9's The Footy Show, the number one AFL program in Australia.Despite his demanding media commitments, James manages to maintain a strong involvement in a range of corporate and charity capacities as host or MC. [More…]
|MAXINE MCKEW – Walkley and Logie Award winning journalist Maxine McKew is one of Australia's most experienced and authoritative interviewers. In 2003 she was awarded a Centenary Medal for services to broadcasting. A regular writer for the Bulletin Magazine she also acts as the alternate anchor for the ABC's flagship current affairs programmes, the national 7-30 Report and Lateline. A consummate professional Maxine is in great demand as a Host, Facilitator and MC. [More…]


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Well-known for his non-conformist actions and initiatives, the first candidate to dare to associate his name with that of a model and a manele singer. Nati Meir was also the first candidate which understood how to become closer to the people, regardless of ethnicity and social status; and to be there for them in the special moments of their lives, a blueprint happy adopted by other candidates in the pre-electoral period by other competitors.
Here is an article Libertatea published on the 21st of September 2009.
As we have previously written in the article, "Nati Meir makes history once again- for the first time he will be godfather", this week-end will mark a premiere in the life of the presidential hopeful- being godfather for a young Christian couple of mixed ethnicity.
The 26th of September will also be a time when the partnership between Nati Meir and Adi Minune will surpass the political level and will their bond will become much stronger.
We would like to state that the moment when the ceremony will begin has been modified and the young couple is expected to exchange "I do's", in the town hall of Barcanesti, starting with 16:00, instead of 12:00, as it was previously announced.
Let us wish them "All the best" in their new life together!
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Guillaume de Machaut was a Medieval French composer and poet who wrote the earliest known complete setting of the Ordinary of the Mass attributable to a single composer. The polyphonic "Messe de Nostre Dame" was written in the early 1360s during the height of the ars nova musical movement. This work for solo piano presents the opening melodic lines of Machaut's Kyrie and five variations on it.
Live performance by Grace Shimer, piano.


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that's NOT loveLove isn't supposed to hurt - physically, psychologically, or sexually. If it does and that hurt is routine and intentional, that's not love.
the truth about L-tryptophan
Our word for the day: L-tryptophan (ell-trip-toe-fan).
It's the supposed active ingredient in turkey that makes you feel sleepy and sluggish after that big Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Some like to refer to this post-meal drowsiness as the 'itis.' Well, …
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As the party traveled North of The Bulwark, they found themselves unable to head to the city of Darmondy directly; the orcs having set up their camp on the only major crossing. Instead, they ventured Westward, into what was once the fringes of the The Great Wood, now reduced to a forest of cinder and ash, seemingly by the orc invaders.
Within the woods themselves, the party discovers denizens of the plane of fire spilling forth from rifts between planes. Mephits and Elementals plague their journey until they come across an oddity. A man, with flaming features, who while wary, proves not to be hostile. He informs the party that the flames of a great lizard, awakened by the Orcs, set fire to the ancient woods. Between the mighty fire and the ancient magics of the forest, a great rift opened to the elemental plane of fire, and through it came a great monstrosity that the Genasi seeks to end.
The beast turned out to be a fearsome Pyrohydra, guarding the primary rift. After a long and Casualty-filled fight, the Pyrohyrda was felled, and in the afftermath the Genasi took it upon himself to close the rift, disappearing in a flash alongside it. Battered and exhausted, the party opted to continue on to Darmondy, deciding to return to end the threat at the heart of the forest another day.


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2018 BYU Summer Dancesport Challenge
Welcome to the 2018 BYU Summer Dancesport Challenge. Upon approved payment, you will be sent an e-mail confirmation that you have submitted your entry form for this event. We normally process entry forms within a few days of receiving them. You will be able to confirm your entry by viewing the heat lists for this competition, which will be posted weekly beginning in July. Final heat lists will be posted following the closing date for entries.
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Deltaslim (+ Blues Harp Guy) in Action at the Cebu Guitar Fest 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Who says that Blues is nonexistent in Cebu? Here's deltaslim and the harp guy doing a slow Blues number during the Cebu Guitar Festival 2010.
Enough said - just listen and appreciate this excellent stuff.
Video courtesy of Sir Junx/The Outpost.


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Terra, quoted in an article in The Boot, says of the origins of the song:
[Norma Gale's] story inspired me. The places she had been were all the places I wanted to go. I met her long before I made it down to Nashville. She helped me to believe in what I was doing, to know that it was possible to get to these far-flung places and to be a successful woman that didn't take any s–t from anybody. She was hard, she was tough, and I needed to know that someone like her existed.
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Officer Steps In After Special Needs Adults Abandoned At Hulk Hogan Event
Jun 30, 2014 03:49PM ● Published by Bill Gilman
Tewksbury Police Headquarters.
The driver, identified in a Tewksbury Police report as Kevin Flowers, was driving clients of Bridgewell Community Services in Lynn to see pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan at the Grand Opening of the Tewksbury Sports Club.
According to the report, Flowers approached an officer on detail duty at the event just before 6 p.m. and asked the officer to tell the men he couldn't wait for them. He gave the officer some contact numbers for Bridgewell Community Services and told him to have the men call him when they were done and ready to be picked up.
The officer, Patrolman John Casey, provided dispatch with several contact numbers but dispatch was unable to reach anyone or get a recording for an answering machine.
One of the men provided Officer Casey with the number of the McDonald's where he works in Salem. Dispatch called the McDonald's and a supervisor gave the additional contact information for Bridgewell.
According to the Police report, dispatch was able to reach Paula Welsh, who works in residential support for Bridgewell, who identified the driver as Flowers and said he was driving a 12-passenger special needs van and was supposed to have stayed with the men throughout the entire event.
Officer Casey looked around the area of the Tewksbury Sports Club but the van was nowhere to be found. He then brought the two men back to Police Headquarters, where he gave the men a tour of the station and ordered them a pepperoni pizza for dinner.
Eventually, Flowers arrived at Police Headquarters, wondering if the two men were there. He was told by Casey that a pizza was on its way for the men and that he would have to wait. Flowers did not offer an explanation as to his actions.
In the meantime, police ran a routine check on Flowers' license and discovered that it was suspended.
Welsh arrived at Police Headquarters and transported the men back to Lynn. She later came back with another employee to retrieve the Bridgewell van, according to the report.
Reached by phone, a spokesperson for Bridgewell said the company was aware of the incident and was conducting an internal investigation, after which they would take any action appropriate. She would not comment on the current status of Flowers, citing confidentiality requirements.
It was not immediately clear if Tewksbury Police filed charges against Flowers for driving with a suspended license.
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You hear about it all the time, a life saving rescue or a courageous moment.
Things that can clearly be defined as heroic that always deserve a public pat on the back.
But what about the people who are doing what seems ordinary all the time? Those folks who may be quietly in the background making everything a little easier or a little better for all of us.


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Sangha Day in all Buddhist traditions across the world is traditionally celebrated on the full moon in November, which this year is the first weekend in the new month starting next week.
Join Adelaide Triratna for a picnic in the Japanese Gardens on South Tce, from 12 noon onwards on Sunday 5th November. Bring your picnic, along with friends and family, neighbours and acquaintances for some relaxing time together, rejoicing in the Three Jewels and particularly our spiritual community.
At Sangha Night on Tuesday 7th November (starting 6.45pm at 96 Halifax St in the city) we will celebrate this annual Buddhist festival with a Sevenfold Puja, giving thanks for Shakyamuni Buddha and his Teachings, and the subsequent arising of the Arya Sangha, all the enlightened beings who have followed in his footsteps. The Teachings have been handed down from teacher to disciple for over 2,500 years and so Sangharakshita was able to become a monk and devote his life to sharing the Dharma and start a new Buddhist movement in England fifty years ago. This is now the Buddhist community we know as Triratna (Sanskrit for Three Jewels). Be a part of this evening in Adelaide and thereby join with our worldwide community in centres and sanghas around the globe celebrating Sangha Day, 2017.
Everyone is welcome at both events.


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NOTE: This article has many references to our catalog. If you don't have it, get one here.
especially the ones in the engine compartment which are subject to the
greatest amount of heat and chemical exposure. Pull the connectors apart
every year or so any spray them with WD-40 or its equivalent. Severe cases
may require scraping the contacts. In severe cases you may find that the
only option is replacement of the entire harness. Fortunately, we now have
exact reproduction engine harnesses (see page G 24A). Breakdown in the
wiring because of age, heat etc. is an increasing problem. Because new
reproduction wiring harnesses are available there's no reason to put up
with bad connections and substandard wiring. Our reproduction harnesses
bring your electrical system back to reliable life and are very quick and
easy to install. When a loss of electrical power of any kind is encountered
the very FIRST thing to suspect is poor wiring or connections.
2) CHECK YOUR POINTS REGULARLY (OR SWITCH TO AN ELECTRONIC IGNITION) - Surprisingly Corvair distributor points don't always stay at the proper gap, and we've found some Corvairs to be worse than others. It is not unusual for a car that has been running fine to suddenly start running rough or lose power, especially under acceleration. ANYTIME a normal running Corvair starts to behave oddly the first thing to do is to check the points for correct gap. It should be around .020. While you're at it make sure to check the condition of the points plate. If it is worn at the main pivot point then it will be impossible to keep proper points gap. See page G-14 for replacement plates.
An even better solution is to switch over to a fully electronic ignition
system. We sell the best - The Pertronix Ignitor. This unit entirely eliminates
the points and condenser and can be installed in as little as 10 minutes.
Read more about this revolutionary Corvair improvement on page G-16.
OFF - that is because of the lack of an "accessories" position
on the ignition. I offer this advise with the additional experience that
I have never paid any attention to it and have never burnt any points or
had any other problem. While I am sure that there will be those who disagree
with this , I have to say that my experience (over 33 years driving nothing
but Corvairs, and most early models) shows it to be good advise but not
a panic situation.
If your starter, generator or alternator needs to be replaced, what are
your options?
GENERATORS - USED ON ALL 1960-64 CORVAIRS -This is somewhat complicated. That's because you first have to ask yourself whether you want to continue with a generator charging system or convert to an alternator system. Quite frankly, unless you want to stay original (stock concours?) Conversion to an alternator is advised. Our hi-output alternator conversion kits are inexpensive and give you a much more reliable system that puts out more than twice the amps of a stock generator.
If you want to convert then look over our complete conversion kits listed
on page G-2. If you want to stick with the stock generator then.........
We don't offer rebuilt generators mainly because they weight 30 lbs each
and can be burnt out in 30 seconds - burning one out ruins the generator
and ruins the core because we have to replace the armature as well. You
can burn out a perfectly good generator by 1) still having a bad voltage
regulator, 2) having broken or otherwise bad wiring, 3) having a bad battery,
4) trying to jump start the car and then use the new generator to charge
a dead battery, 5) accidentally wiring the generator backwards.....well,
you get the idea. We DO offer generator rebuild kits (page G-29), but for
your own sake (and the sanity of whomever you buy a rebuilt generator from)
- If the generator "burns up", "throws solder" or the like it means
that there was nothing wrong with that generator - something else is
wrong. A bad generator that isn't charging CANNOT burn itself up.
ALTERNATORS - USED ON ALL 65-69 CORVAIRS - We
can offer you rebuilt stock units, rebuild hi-output units and rebuild
kits. The hi output alternator kits for 1965-69 still give you about 25-30
more charging amps, as well as the simplicity of an internal regulator.
See G-2 for these kits. See page G-2 for stock replacement rebuilt alternators.
STARTERS - We sell rebuilt stock units and rebuild kits.
We've also just added a new hi-torque aftermarket starter (it's part number
is U-5718). Remember that all the starters are the same BUT 1960 only uses
a different starter snout, which offsets the solenoid differently. Stock
rebuilt starters are on the next page. Rebuild kits on page G-29. Starters
rarely have damaged windings or armatures so they are perfect candidates
for home rebuilding.