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When you're living on a budget, the little things count. Here are some smart, crazy, frugal or quirky ways to save money. Hopefully some or all will inspire you. Enjoy!
Hanging My Clothes to Dry
I do almost 1 load of laundry every day because I have a child. He is dirty.
The alternative: Drying clothes in the dryer, $0.45 per load. My cost: $0. Savings: $0.45/day, ~$150/year
Shared by Amber from Red Two Green.
Washing Clothes Only When They Need It
I'm a huge fan of the 'smell test'. Or, with small kids, the 'is-there-unknown-substances-stuck-on' test. My shirts get washed after each wear, but my jeans can easily go several days. Not only do more frequent loads of laundry cost more, but they also wear clothes out faster, meaning I need to go clothes shopping more often.
The alternative: more laundry, more frequent clothes shopping.
Making Coffee at Home
Occasionally I'll splurge on a really good cup of coffee, but most of the time brewing Maxwell House at home is good enough for me.
The alternative: Starbucks tall brewed coffee, $1.85. My cost: $.10. Savings: $1.75 per morning, $638.75/year
Making Breakfast at Home
Every morning, I take a little time to make a fried egg or two and a couple of slices of toast. Sure, not the full breakfast spread some are used to, but enough to get me going for the day. Skipping breakfast altogether would be even worse, since that would leave me vulnerable to endless snacking.
The alternative: Egg McMuffin, $2.79. My cost: $0.30. Savings: $2.49/weekday morning, $647.40/year
Drinking Water When Dining Out
I never order a beverage, alcoholic or otherwise, when dining out. I order ice water with lemon. Saves me calories as well as money. I'm a moderate alcohol drinker, so if I decide I want to have a "drink", I would do so at home and save 75% of the cost.
The alternative: draft beer, about $4.00. My cost: $0.00. Savings: $4.00 per meal, dining out once per week, $208.00/year
Shared by Gary Weiner from supersavingtips.com.
Take Lunch to Work
I rarely eat out, especially during my work week. Instead, I take lunch to work. When I make dinner the night before, I make extra which enables me to have leftovers for lunch the next day.
The alternative: Eat out for lunch at work, $7.50 per day. My cost: $2.00. Savings: $5.50 per day (5 days per work week), $1,430/year
Shared by Jacob Merkley from PowerOverLife
Cooking Supper at Home (Mostly From Scratch)
Other than the occasional restaurant- less than once a month, all our suppers are at home. It takes a little more effort, but for us it's worth the cost savings and knowing what is in your food.
The alternative: Pizza delivery or takeout, $7. My cost: $2.50. Savings: $4.50/day, $1,642/year
Buying Store Brand Products
I make a point of at least trying the store brand version of anything I buy. I've found a few duds, but for the most part, I stick with the store brand product.
The savings here really varies, but let's assume that store brand saves me a measly 2% on my grocery bill. My portion of the grocery bill: $30/week. Savings: $0.60/week, $31.2/year
Taking Advantage of Frozen Vegetables
They're just as healthy as fresh, they're already chopped and prepped, and you don't have to worry about them wilting and going bad in the fridge. They're always on hand so you can add vegetables to any meal. (favorites: spinach, broccoli florets, corn)
Savings depends on how much fresh produce you typically end up throwing away!
Shared by Beth from Budget Bytes.
Checking Sale Flyers Before Grocery Shopping
There are apps now, like Flipp, that aggregates the fliers in your area so you can browse them quickly and easily in one place. Or, go to your store's website to check the latest deals.
Use a List When Shopping
Impulse buys are one of the quickest ways to bust your grocery budget. Make a list before you go shopping and stick to it!
Buying Boxed Wine
Buying wine by the box used to be little more than a sad joke but the quality of these wines have improved tremendously over the years; you can buy the equivalent of 4 bottles of great tasting wine for about 17 bucks.
The alternative: $15 for a bottle of decent wine x 4= $60 for the equivalent of a box. My cost: $17 per box, Savings: assuming a box a month- $43 per box, $516/year
Shared by Jake from Valuist
Skipping on Soda
Don't really care for it. Figure it's bad for me.
The alternative: a pop a day, $0.30. Savings $109.50
Drinking Beer in Extreme Moderation
I enjoy the occasional craft beer, and by occasional I mean about 2-5 per month. I also don't buy drinks when I'm out to eat.
The alternative: a $1 beer a day, $30/month. My cost: $4/month. Savings: $24/month, $288/year
Charging My Phone/Tablet at Work.
With the knowledge of my bosses, of course, I always charge my Surface Pro tablet in the office. (I use it for work, so it makes sense!) I hardly ever charge it at home unless I'm blogging on the weekend!
The alternative: Charging at home, every night, $0.0268 per charge (assuming $.14 per kWh, 47.8W charger, 4 hour charge). My cost: $0.00. Savings, at 5 days a week, 49 weeks of the year, A whopping $6.57/year! In 'Total Vigilante' mode, every $7 counts!
Shared by The Vigilante from I, Vigilante
Keeping our House Warmer in the Summer and Cooler in the Winter
I try and keep the heater and the air conditioner off as long as possible, but eventually I cave. In the summer, our thermostat gets set at 78, and in the winter it stays at 64 daytime, 60 nightime. I know there are some of you out there that go more extreme than this! To high-tech this, swap your regular thermostat out for a Nest, which will auto-schedule to be even more efficient when you're gone.
The alternative: 72 year round. Savings: guesswork here, but a rule of thumb is that you save 3% of your heating or cooling bill per degree moved. Since I'm heating 8-12 degrees below 72, that means my $200/winter heating bill is 30% lower than it could have been. That's a savings of $85/year just on heating.
Lowering our Electric Bill by Killing Vampire Appliances
Everything in our home, except the refrigerator, is plugged into a power strip. TV, DVD player, radios, cell chargers, computers, toaster, kettle, anything that goes into a socket is always turned off when not in use via the power strip. "Vampire" appliances use electricity even when they are "off" by going into standby mode.
Savings: While difficult to quantify exactly, we noticed our average power bill reduced by about 10%.
Shared by Keith Park from DivHut.com
Dual Flush Toilet Valve
In terms of efficiency, this won't beat the 'if it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down' rule, but it definitely beats a full flush every time. The great thing about dual flush valves is that they're still a relatively inexpensive investment, and can be installed on your existing toilet. Here's a highly rated one on Amazon for only $23. If you've replaced the innards on your toilet tank, you can install this.
Using LED Light Bulbs
As the incandescent light bulbs in our house burn out one by one, I'm replacing them with 60-watt equivalent LED bulbs. Same brightness, lower electric usage, longer life. Clear win.
The alternative: Incandescent bulbs, $0.36/month per bulb assuming average of 2 hours of use per day. Cost: Since the higher cost of the LED bulb is more than covered by the longer life, assume no cost. Savings: 20 bulbs at $0.36/month each, $86.4/year
Fixing Leaks ASAP!
That constant dripping in your kitchen sink is more than just a nuisance. You're letting money drip down the drain. If you want to know how much, put a jug under the drip and see how fast it fills up.
Bonus savings if you do it yourself, but even if you need to hire a plumber, the cost is well worth it in the long-term. The drip is only going to get worse as time goes on, gradually sending your water bill higher and higher.
Skipping on Home Phone
Since we both carry cell phones, there's no reason to spend on a home phone too.
The alternative: $20/month home phone bill. Savings: $240/year
Sharing Garbage Pickup With the Neighbors
Neither our neighbors or we produce much trash, so we've cancelled one of our garbage pickups and now split the bill.
The alternative: $15/month bill. Our cost. $7.50/month. Savings: $90/year
Cut the Cord
We use a combination of Netflix, a TV Antenna (yes, I know it's 2016, but they still work!), and the library for just about all of our TV/movie needs. My wife bought me an Apple TV that has a ton of apps with free content, even the networks have their shows on about a week after they air. Other than that upfront cost, all we pay is our monthly Netflix bill, and we don't feel like we're missing out on anything except a sports event every now and then.
The alternative: Cable/Satellite, $50+/month. Our cost: $10/month. Savings: $40/month, $480/year
Shared by Kyle from Steward and Slave
Using a Low Cost Cell Carrier
We get cell phone service with Total Wireless, a carrier that 'rents' coverage from Verizon. We get the same coverage as Verizon customers for a fraction of the price. Another good low cost carrier is Republic Wireless.
The alternative: $110/month plan from Verizon. Our Cost: $60/month. Savings $50/month, $600/year, or $300/year per person
Cut Your Own Hair
Cutting your own hair can easily save your family hundreds per year! Invest in a good pair of shears and some clippers and learn to cut your own hair at home.
The alternative: The average salon cut is $43 for women and $28 for men. A cut every six weeks for a couple adds up to $614/year – not including a tip! A good pair of shears and clippers: $25. Savings: $589/year
Shared by Sarah Hendrix from MommysBudget.com
Dye Your Own Hair
Instead of going to the salon, I dye my hair at home. It's super easy—you spread the dye all over the roots, relax for 30 minutes, jump in the shower and you're all done!
The alternative: salon hair coloring, $83/month. My cost: $6/month. Savings: $77/month, $924/year
Shared by Taylor Milam from The Freedom From Money
Become a Secret Shopper to Get Free Oil Changes and Car washes
We like to get our car washed about once a month and we change the oil about once a year. A few months ago we signed up to become secret shoppers and have gotten both of those services free ever since (sometimes with an extra $5 reimbursement)! Bestmark has worked best for us.
The alternative: an $8 car wash each month and a $30 oil change each year, $126/year. My cost: -$5. Savings: $131/year
Shared by Ellie from The Chedda
Doing Our Own Oil Changes
Rather than taking our car to the shop, we just do our own oil changes. Our initial cost was $121.50 for jack stands, ramp, shop towels (for cleaning parts), oil filter wrench, funnel (get the one with the cage on top to catch things- you will drop them in oil), gloves (box of 50). Oil is toxic. Use gloves. Also, the ramps were a necessary buy. The first time we only used the jack stands, and I was convinced the car was going to fall down and smush me. We still use both the ramps AND the jack stands because I don't really trust either to keep the car lifted! Anyway, the initial cost is significant, but pays for itself within a few oil changes.
The alternative: Taking our car to the shop, $70 per oil change (synthetic). Our cost: Oil and filter, $30 per oil change. Savings: $40 per oil change, 3 times a year, 2 cars, $240/year
There's a big HOWEVER to add. Because we (and really, I mean me) know absolutely nothing about cars, we went through three oil changes for each cars without having them looked over by someone who knows what they were doing. Then my car started making strange squeaky noises and before we knew it we had a $1,200 bill for brakes, plus the electrical was weird, and a few other things needed to be looked at/replaced, just because we hadn't been servicing the cars properly.
So, if you are going to do oil changes at home, the big caveat is that you still need to take your cars in to be looked over for other mechanical/electrical issues so that the problems don't build up. It's probably easiest to do it on a schedule (our plan is to do a check-up once a year, so that we're paying $200 a year to maintain the cars, rather than $1,200 to fix things), but unless you actually know your way around an engine, get a professional to analyze problem areas.
Shared by Laying Down The Law Debt
Batching Errands
Since I work from home, I try to wait and do all of my errands at once. This saves me gas since I don't have to go out and drive around as often, or waste gas back-tracking to get all of my errands done. It also saves me time and makes me more efficient. Time is money!
The alternative: leaving the house to run one errand at a time, lots more gas. Savings: Not sure, but I know it adds up. 🙂
Shared by Kayla Sloan from Shoeaholic No More
Driving a Small Car
This is not a new car vs used car issue to me- we bought one of our vehicles new and the other very used. Rather this is not buying a bigger, more luxurious car than I need. I wouldn't get much more enjoyment out of driving a Lamborghini than my Hyundai Accent. And I don't need both my vehicles to be the size of a Yukon. What we've settled for is a Hyundai Accent as a commuter car and a Dodge Caravan as a kid hauler. The comparisons could be endless here, so to keep it realistic, I'll just compare our 2016 Hyundai Accent to the larger 2016 Hyundai Sonata.
The alternative to my 2016 Hundai Accent: 2016 Hyundai Sonata, $28,797 5 year True Cost to Own. My cost: $24,082 5 year True Cost to Own. Savings: $4,715/5-year, $943/year
For fun, check out the TCO on the Hyundai Equus- my savings would work out to $8,637/year.
Biking to the Grocery Store
There is a WalMart less than a mile from my front door. Recently, I became disgusted with the idea of cranking up my 15-seater passenger van (I have a lot of kids) just to make this short trip a couple of times a week, so I resolved that "I don't take the car to WalMart", and I've stuck to that resolve since.
The alternative: Driving to the store 2-3 times a week. My cost: $.0. Savings: gas is at $2 a gallon and my van gets 12 MPG, it's negligible since the store is so close. $40/year
But for me, the money savings is not entirely the point. The point is to stop automatically doing the easy, convenient thing. As a frugal person who is trying to increase her personal badassity level, I want to make convenience my enemy. I want to look for ways in my life that I'm attempting to solve a problem by throwing money at it instead of applying muscle.
Bonus: my teen son bikes with me, so it becomes a relationship-building exercise. It's also good for our physical and emotional health. Because we carry the groceries in our backpacks, we're weight training. We're enjoying the beautiful weather and feeling more in tune with the natural world. We're subtly encouraging others in the community to bike short distances instead of always taking the gas guzzler.
Shared by Carrie from CarrieWillard.com
I try to walk as long as the distance is not too far. This little bit of exercise is not much, but it really helps when you spend most of the day sitting down. For me personally, after taking the train to work, I will walk the last bit myself and save on the bus ride.
The alternative: riding the bus, $1.60/day, 5 days a week. My cost: $0. Savings: $416/year
Shared by The Tireless Worker
Drive Your Car For <$1k Depreciation Per Year
A personal challenge for me has been to keep my car costs below $1k per year, focusing on depreciation (the largest expense!). For example, I bought a Miata for $18k, drove it for 8 years, and sold it for $11k. Mission Accomplished ($7k depreciation/8 years = $875 per year). It sounds easy, but it's NOT, and it helps you keep a focus on buying older cars and driving them for a long time.
The alternative: owning a new Miata for 5 years, $2937/yr depreciation. My cost: $875/yr depreciation. Savings: $2,062/year
Shared by Fritz from The Retirement Manifesto
Taking the Shoe Leather Express (Not Owning a Car At All)
I walk to work every day–rain, shine, or snow/wind/freezing temperatures! I also frequently walk to the bank or the store (and back). I'm a graduate student, but I live off-campus, and it's about a 15-minute walk to my office. I could buy a car, or I could pay more for a closer apartment…but those wouldn't be very Froogal things to do!
All this walking has vastly improved my cardiovascular endurance, not to mention my confidence in my willpower and Mustachianism (though Mr. Money Mustache would surely recommend biking, which is more efficient). And, of course, it's saved me buckets of money!
The alternative: buying and driving a car. Savings: several thousand/year
Shared by Froogal Stoodent
DIY Home and Car Repairs
Do you own minor home and car repairs by watching Youtube. You can usually get the part for pretty cheap and there are an abundance of videos that will show you exactly what to do. It can save hundreds on a repair visit and then additional costs of parts. (Recent example, we replaced our fridge's thermostat for the cost of a $20 part. It would have cost well over $200 to have a repairman come on-site.)
Savings: Depends, but typically $100/hour of labor
Shared by Rachel Palmer
DIY Dog Toys
We have an older dog who's fairly gentle on toys and loves plush animals, so we get toys typically $0.50 – $1 from Goodwill. In some cases, the toys are fine to use as-is, but often we'll make minor modifications to remove plastic eyes or noses to prevent choking hazards (which has the side effect of making the toys look delightfully creepy). And for dogs that aren't so gentle? Make soft rope toys or animals for free, once your clothes are at the "washing the car rags" state.
The alternative: buying traditional (flimsy) dog toys from the store, $5+. And toys that are meant to be durable for big chewers? Oof da, that's a lot of cash, ~$150/year. My cost: ~$15/year. Savings: $135/year
Shared by Felicity from Fetching Financial Freedom.
DIY Dog Grooming
Doing our own dog grooming for our shihpoo saves us a ton of money each year! Initially, I spent about $60 on clippers and nail trimmers.
Alternative: Bath and nail trim, $55, 6 times a year. My cost: $60 clippers have lasted 2 years so far, so $30/yr. Savings: $300/year
Shared by Amanda from Centsibly Rich.
Borrowing Books from the Library
If your whole family reads a lot, buying books adds up, and borrowing e-books from the library is just as easy and convenient as buying them from Amazon.
The alternative: buying books from Amazon, $10/book. My cost: $0, Savings: at just 2 books per month, $240/year
Shared by Erin from Journey to Saving
Homemade Pixar Cars
Homemade Pixar Cars cars. We use white nail polish to paint a regular Matchbox car windshield, then after its dry, we use fine point sharpies to draw the eyes. Our twin toddlers love them – a fun complement to their "real" Cars.
The alternative: buying Pixar Cars, $6 ea. Our cost, $1 ea. Savings: $5 ea.
Shared by Abandoned Cubicle
Credit Card Signup Bonuses and Cash Back
As long as you can use credit cards responsibly, they are a great way to earn between 1% and 6% back on your purchase, as well as some pretty juicy sign-up bonuses.
The alternative: using cash. Savings: 3% of your spending.
Frugal Outdoor Living
I love collecting outdoor equipment from my local goodwill or craigslist for cheap! We have found great bikes, snowshoes, XC skis, backpacks, ice skates, and roller blades for pennies on the dollar. We love to explore nature as our date days (free), and stay in great physical and mental shape without needing expensive gym memberships. We rarely have big entertainment expenses, since nature is open 24 hours a day and always free!
Cost savings: I've incurred about $500 of set up costs over the last 2 years collecting quality gear. But because of this investment, we probably avoid a $50 date night every 2 weeks, and our local community center membership is $600 per year. So over the first 2 years of our marriage, we've saved around $4,000 exercising, and having our date days in nature for free! Roughly $2,000/year
Shared by Wealth Well Done
Two, Three, Four or More is a Party
Travel with a group! Not only is it a lot more fun to travel with friends, but it's also a lot cheaper. A $200/night hotel suddenly becomes $50/night when you share it with three friends. And unlike hostels, you don't have to deal with strangers or other potentially stressful factors. Instead, you can spend time with people you love in an exciting new location.
Taylor Milam writes about saving money at The Freedom From Money
The Contrarian Traveler
Off season travel for vacation can save big time money. The same can be said for the day of the week to fly. Most business travelers tend to fly on Sunday, Monday, Friday, or Saturday. As such these tend to be the most expensive days to fly. Flying around a holiday like Christmas can cost 2 to 3 x as much as flying other times of the year.
I've also found actually placing your flight booking in the first half of a week will yield cheaper prices. So for example booking on Tuesday for a flight 3 months from now seems to offer better prices than booking the same flights on Friday. There tends to be a sweet spot about 3 months before a flight. Closer or further away and prices tend to be higher.
Full Time Finance focuses on finding your value, and limiting your expenditures to those values.
Free Attractions
Either on vacation, or just a day off, use TripAdvisor for area attractions that could be free or cheap. We were driving through an area where we needed a break from our driving and had a few hours to kill. We used tripadvisor to locate area attractions in an unfamiliar and unplanned location. We could have spent a lot of money quickly and frivolously in stopping at an advertised amusement park or zoo, but we located a great find in Rapid City (Storybook Island) that was free for the whole family and fit our needs perfectly.
Submitted by Jen Kaisand
Roast Your Own Coffee Beans
Roasting your own green coffee beans is a great way to save on store-bought coffee prices. It is easy, can be done with a minimal up front cost (less than $30), and costs half (or even less) of what buying roasted gourmet specialty coffee does at your local store.
The alternative: $90 for 10 lb of premium coffee (for 365 cups of coffee). My cost: $50 for 10 lb of green coffee. Savings: $40/year
Shared by Peter Anderson from BibleMoneyMatters.com
Insurance Shopping
By the end of 2015, we had insurance policies with different companies before we started to systematically assessed and compared the services and fees of some insurance providers.
By comparing insurance policies, consolidating with one company and (re-) negotiating fees, coverage and services, we saved $395 per year.
Shared by Financial Shaper
Wearing Clothes Until They Wear Out
I hate shopping for new clothes, so I will wear my clothes until they have holes in them. As they progressively wear out, they get downgraded from 'good clothes' to 'around the house' clothes to 'working in the yard' clothes to 'washing the car' rags. That's right- I'm too cheap to toss them until they've been used as rags. This is also why I'm trying to learn to buy clothes that last.
The alternative: frequent clothes shopping, $infinity. My cost: $less-than-infinity. Savings: $infinity
Buying Baby Clothes At The Thrift Store
My wife loves designer baby clothes. She thinks dressing our son up in preppy outfits and looking like a baby model from Ralph Lauren is one of life's great joys. Spending money on brand-new baby clothes can get expensive.
To save money, my wife shops at local thrift and consignment stores. She has been able to find great items for only $.75 each (thanks to Salvation Army extra savings on Wednesdays).
Of course, she always checks the condition of the clothes, and typically, they are really in excellent shape. Even if they are not in perfect condition, for $.75, we don't mind imperfection. It is a win/win for me. She is able to have a preppy baby, and I am saving beaucoup bucks on items that she may have otherwise been bought at a much higher price.
The alternative: The average cost for baby clothes is about $360 for the first year of a baby's life. Our cost: My wife has been able to spend about $1 an outfit which means we have only spent $120 this year. Savings: $240/year
Submitted by Mustard Seed Money
Buy Diapers Strategically
In the first 2 years, diapers will be one of your most expensive costs. Keep your cost per diaper at the minimum. Skip Pampers and Huggies, and instead opt for store brands and other budget brands. Keep an eye out for sales and stock up when the price is right. Bonus: Use cloth diapers, which keep on giving!
Buying Car Seats Used
Not everyone is comfortable with this but a new seat can cost $200, and a used one can usually be found on Craigslist for $50 or less. As long as you trust the person who says it hasn't been in an accident, and as long as it isn't expired, you can save lots of money, especially if you have multiple kids, two cars, and kids who outgrow their seats quickly. We currently have 6 car seats and I think we paid a combined $300 for all of them.
Alternative: New car seats at $200 each. Our cost: used car seats at $50 each. Savings: $150/car seat
Submitted by Rachel Palmer
Shopping Garage Sales
Sometimes I only find junk at garage sales, but sometimes I strike gold. If I've got nothing better going on a weekend, I'll hit the garage sales to see what I can see.
Savings: no idea!
Drying Out Your Razors
This can extend the life of your razor for a very long time, especially if you do a good job drying it and don't store it in the shower. True diehards swish it in rubbing alcohol before storing. I've been doing this for years and only switch out razor heads every 6-8 months.
Savings: I don't even know how frequently people go through razor blades but I know they can be stupid expensive.
Submitted by Rachel Palmer
Putting 100% of our Pay Raise into Savings
The real challenge is avoiding lifestyle inflation over the following year by enjoying the modern day luxuries of living in the 21st century.
Set up our next pay raise to automatically go into a retirement account. Some might think it's crazy to not reward ourselves with at least a small piece of that money, but we prefer to buy an extra slice of security and freedom with each new paycheck!
Savings: ~10% raise = $5,000/year
Shared by Matt from Distilled Dollar
Invest Your Spare Change With Acorns
You've probably seen how spare change can really add up in a change jar. If most of your spending is done on plastic, you can apply the same principle with Acorns. Acorns rounds up your purchase to the nearest dollar, stashing the extra in an investment account! If you start an account using this link, you'll get $5 free to get your investments rolling.
Taking Full Advantage of Your Payroll Benefits
Right now we have about $700 coming out of my wife's paycheck to max out our Dependent Care FSA contributions for 2016. She just started working for the government, and the second we heard we could put up to $5,000 towards this (effectively saving us $1,500 as it's not taxed!) we jumped on it. Making her paychecks literally around $600/mo, haha.. (we've also made sure to get the free matching in her TSP account, as well as incredible health insurance benefits so we don't have to spend $1,000/mo anymore from being self-employed). Government benefits are pretty good!
Savings just from maxing out the Dependent Care FSA: $1,500/year
Shared by J. Money at Budgets Are Sexy
Scanning the Skies for Deals
To save the most money on vacation, one of the best places to start is to look at ways to save money on your transportation. My favorite way to save on airfare is to go to SkyScanner, enter your "From" destination, and then for your arrival destination click "Search Everywhere." Then for the dates, choose "Whole Month " and then "Cheapest Month." This shows you tons of places to go to and on the cheapest budget.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner blogs about personal finance, RVing full-time, and more at Making Sense of Cents
Milk Some Honey Out of Your Online Shopping
If you do any online shopping, you should be using Honey. Honey is a free extension for Chrome and Firefox that automatically finds coupon codes and cash-back for just about any online store out there. When I purchased my most recent phone, for example, Honey alerted me to a 15% off coupon code, saving me $20 on the spot. It's free money. You can download Honey here.
What About You?
Hopefully some of these ideas inspire you to save a little here and there! If you've got any that haven't been mentioned, feel free to share them in the comments section! And if you haven't already, check out my original post 'Crazy (or not so Crazy) things I do to save money.'
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Although the Morice river takes a huge run of chinook salmon, and provides one of the most consistent chinook "on the fly" fisheries, it is 200 miles from the ocean. This is why we have a camp on the Kitimat river where we spend 2 days fishing for tide fresh chinook salmon. The Kitimat is a low gradient river offering some of the best swing water you will ever see targeting chinook. Gear or fly, the kitimat is an amazing river to fish. Chinook over 50 pounds roll in tide fresh, ready to do battle with you and test your gear like no other fresh water fish has done before. You will have two days with us on the Kitimat River to catch fish just minutes out of the Ocean.
Unlike the Morice where we are the only licensed guide, the Kitimat receives a fair share of guided pressure. However it is regulated with no jet boats, which means the only way to fish it is by floating in rafts or drift boats. This levels the playing field, and with endless water to fish it is a great salmon river that should not be missed.
Our camp at the Kitimat is not remote and it is at a public site, however the facility is great. Heated wall tents, running water, electricity, showers, and a great campfire to enjoy laughs over some great wine.

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The Official Upside Scenario
The IMF is signalling that it will further revise down its global growth forecast. This is after cutting the forecast sharply in October and again in November. Their latest published view is growth in 2009 will be 2.2 percent year-on-year, and 2.4 percent fourth quarter on fourth quarter. This view is dated November 6, 2008, so you should think of it as reflecting what the IMF knew at the end of October.
I obviously can't predict exactly what the next forecast will look like, as there is a lot of economic ground to cover between now and mid-January. But here are some considerations to keep in mind.
First, the World Bank came out this week with its Global Economic Prospects forecast. There was a fair amount of attention for their headline number of 0.9 percent growth for 2009, but this was essentially the same as the IMF's previous number from the end of October. If you dig down through the IMF's table, at the end of all the growth numbers there is a row for "world growth based on market exchange rates," with 1.1 percent for 2009 (annual average; the fourth column). So the Bank basically reduced the IMF's global forecast by the minimum plausible amount, given that the last six weeks were so nasty.
(Aside: The IMF's core business is market exchange rates, while the Bank is in the business of calculating purchasing power parities, or PPPs. Yet the Bank's headline growth numbers use market exchange rates to weight national growth rates, while the IMF uses PPPs. Don't ask.)
Second, there is information in the Bank's forecast for 2010. The Fund will publish its 2010 forecast only in January, and it doesn't have to follow the Bank's lead, but the numbers do indicate what key stakeholders are thinking. And the answer is: a rapid recovery, with annual average global growth of 3 percent in the Bank's headline number, which would be equivalent to over 4 percent in the Fund's measure. And remember that annual averages are very much affected by what happens early in the previous year and in the first quarter of the year being "measured" (so 2009 annual averages will likely fall as the fourth quarter of 2008 seems likely to be so bad). Basically, the Bank is forecasting a rapid rebound in global growth—pretty close to what we had in 2007.
Third, where does the recovery come from? To get at this, you have to use the interactive feature in the Bank's table, which is nice in principle but seems to run slow and is annoyingly vague on which countries are in some of the categories. Industrialized countries ("high income" in Bank terminology) rebound to +2 percent in 2010 (after contracting by only -0.1 percent in 2009; in comparison, this group grew 2.6 percent in 2007); the eurozone grows at +1.6 percent (after a fall of -0.6 percent in 2009, and 2.6 percent in 2007); East Asia and Pacific grows at +7.8 percent (after a pretty strong 6.7 percent in 2009, and 10.5 percent in 2007), and developing countries as a whole grow at +6.1 percent (after slowing to 4.5 percent in 2009).
So it's a recovery across the board, probably led by the United States but with the eurozone close behind. And the fourth quarter on fourth quarter for 2010 implicit here is likely even more positive.
Now I completely agree that there is an upside scenario in the current situation. But the Bank has produced an optimistic baseline scenario (ask yourself: what is the upside to this, 6 percent growth in 2010?) This presumably reflects both developing countries wanting to stay positive, e.g., about commodity prices (and justify financing their current account deficits, rather than adjusting) as well as the G-7's global strategy, which to date can be summarized as: Don't Worry, Be Happy.
Of course, this could happen. But at least for this Bank view, as they say in the forecasting business, the risks are mostly to the downside.
Adapted from a posting in Mr. Johnson's blog, Baseline Scenario.


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The 2016 presidential election in the Philippines is in many ways proving to be a watershed event. Rodrigo Duterte, a local mayor with scant national exposure and celebrity status won the election with a convincing victory. Duterte's Trump-like rhetoric has caused considerable anxiety among the country's ASEAN neighbors with regards to the South China Sea impasse: how the country will handle the fallout from the arbitration tribunal rulings on the Philippine case against China and what new direction the country will take when it assumes the chairmanship of ASEAN in 2017.1
The Philippine president is elected in a single-round multiple-candidate election under the 1986 Constitution. Whoever wins the single round with the highest number of votes is the winner of the election. With a highly polarized regional voting pattern that favors the native candidate, it has been almost impossible for a candidate to come up with majority vote in a field of multiple candidates since presidential elections was first held in 1992 under the 1986 Constitution. In fact, any candidate who receives more than 1/3 of the votes is considered to have won the mandate of the people. In this election, Duterte won more than 38.5 percent of the vote amid a high voter turnover of more than 80 percent. The rival candidates in the presidential election all conceded defeat the following day after the election, a record in Philippine history.
Many analysts credited the election of Duterte to surging worries about crime and narcotics, as well as the uneven distribution of the fruits of economic development under outgoing President Benigno Aquino's term in office. Official figures that put the number of drug users at about 1 percent of the population are widely believed to be understatements and Duterte's success in turning his bailiwick city of Davao from the so-called murder capital of the Philippines to one of the country's safest cities has captured the imagination of the Filipinos.2 His self-proclaimed extra-judicial killings are seen as effective crime stopping actions by a determined leader rather than human rights violations. While President Aquino had presided over an annual average economic growth rate of 6.3 percent over the past five years, more than 20 percent of Filipinos continue to live in poverty and the occasional breakdown of mass rail transport system in Manila. This, as well as the failure to rehabilitate Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan, contributed to the perception of the ineptness of Aquino's administration.
Unlike the presidential election of 1998 in which then vice president and former showbiz hero Joseph Estrada was elected president, Duterte was never a national figure nor a dynamic and affable speaker who captivated audiences. When he decided to run for president last year, he was already 70 years old, long passed the age that voters usually associate with charisma. It was his message of stamping out crime and corruption that propelled his ascendancy. He is one of the most enduring local government executives and understood the voters' mind much better than outside observers thought he would. He is keenly aware of the expectations of voters and it is almost certain that he will try to implement policies along these twin directions.
Philippine politics has been volatile since the 1986 EDSA revolution. Of the five Philippine presidents since 1986 — Corazon Aquino (1986-1992), Fidel Ramos (1992-1998), Joseph Estrada (1998-2001), Gloria Arroyo (2001-2010), Benigno Aquino III (2010-2016) — it has only been President Benigno Aquino III who successfully remained popular going into the last year of his term; all the other presidents lost significant public support after their first two to three years in office and saw their power crippled by a less than cooperative legislature. Even if a president serves a single six-year term without re-election, the three-year local government and Congressional election cycle makes a president's popularity important at all times during his incumbency. This is not to mention the EDSA II revolution that toppled President Estrada in January 2001 in the middle of his term.
Duterte started his public service career in 1977 as the city prosecutor of Davao City. Davao is the largest city in the Southern Philippines and is the third largest nationwide, after Metro Manila and Metro Cebu. He was first elected mayor of Davao City in 1988 and intermittently served seven terms as city mayor between 1988 and 2016. In between, the constitutional three-consecutive-term limit on local mayors had interrupted his mayor-ship in 1998 and 2010. He was elected as a single term three-year congressman in 1998 after serving three terms as mayor from 1988-1998, then came back as mayor from 2001-2010 and later served as vice-mayor of the city from 2010-2013 to his daughter, then resumed as mayor again from 2013-2016. In a way, his political resume reflects the deeply entrenched family-based local politics of the Philippines. There are concerns that his long association with local government might distract him from important national issues such as economics and foreign affairs.
China's position on the South China Sea dispute is getting clearer and their advocacy for the bilateral approach resembles what Duterte has stated openly on many occasions.
Guessing the moves of Duterte on the South China Sea dispute is not easy. During the election, he was "all over the diplomatic map" on this issue.3 At one point, he had said that he would go to the disputed island in a jet ski and plant the Philippine flag on the island. While on many other occasions, he echoed the Chinese proposal of bilateral talks as well as "set aside dispute and joint development." However, there are reasonable bases to believe his South China Sea policy will at least open the door for bilateral talks:
(1) Duterte has expressed concern about the Philippines bringing the legal case against China in the first place. He is a professional lawyer and his claim that "I have a similar position as China's. I don't believe in solving the conflict through an international tribunal" should not be taken as mere election rhetoric. A pragmatic approach in a territorial dispute is often the most effective way to resolve the impasse. One should note his long mayoralty in Davao City is marked by pragmatism in many ways.
(2) He kept the most open attitude on the South China Sea issue among the five major presidential candidates and his convincing victory shows that he enjoys a wide latitude of public support going into bilateral talks. Most international negotiations on border issues were bogged down with domestic nationalist backlashes rather than counter-party intransigence.
(3) His senior advisor, former President Fidel Ramos is the most experienced post-1986 Philippine president on international affairs.4 His approach on international affairs is closer to the realist school of thought and is much less legalistic and ideological. The realist school often favors the pragmatic bilateral approach to resolve disputes.
(4) China's position on the South China Sea dispute is getting clearer and their advocacy for the bilateral approach resembles what Duterte has stated openly on many occasions.5 The meeting of minds at the moment should facilitate the start of talks.
Of course, one should not overlook the regional and global dimension of the current South China Sea impasse. The attitude of the US plays a critical role in the possible outcome of any Philippine-China rapprochement. Many historians consider the Philippines as a Pacific rather than an Asian country, and its long history of first Spanish and then American colonization has make the country's worldview more Western as compared to its ASEAN partners. The coming US election with either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump as the new US president will definitely herald in a new approach on the South China Sea. The current impasse is too distracting to overall US foreign policy and runs the risk of a dangerous spiral towards confrontation. Some US scholars have advocated an open mind toward the possibility of the Philippines doing a deal with China.6 Of course, the US mainstream remains sceptical of such a move today.7
The next few months will see a lull in the South China Sea issue as all concerned parties will digest the meaning and impact of the coming resolution of the case that the Philippines has brought against China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Additionally, the Duterte presidency will be busy forming a new administration. The Philippine executive department runs along the US model and a new president must fill up thousands of presidential appointments. A coherent team on foreign policy would probably take some time to form and meaningful policy towards the South China Sea requires some Congressional input as well.8 9 Of course, although US foreign policy is generally non-partisan, US policy on the South China Sea will probably see a new direction under a new administration.
Let us hope all parties in the South China Sea dispute will come up with creative solutions to avoid the current trap of security mistrust, restore the harmony in the region, and focus their attention on the urgent issue of poverty alleviation.
1. Liow, J. (2016, May 13). Will Rodrigo Duterte walk the talk? Brookings Institute. Retrieved from http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/05/13-rodrigo-duterte-philippines-liow
2. Chilkoti, A. (2016, May 10). Rodrigo Duterte, the "punisher" mayor set to lead the Philippines. The Financial Times. Retrieved from http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/745191fa-1673-11e6-b8d5-4c1fcdbe169f.html?ftcamp=engage/email/emailthis_link/ft_articles_share/share_link_article_email/editorial#axzz
3. Valencia, M. (2016, May 13). How will the new Philippine president tackle the South China Sea issue? South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1944076/how-will-new-philippine-president-tackle-south-china-sea
4. Romualdez, B. (2016, May 10). Infighting inside Duterte camp. The Philippine Star. Retrieved from http://www.philstar.com/business/2016/05/10/1581551/infighting-inside-duterte-camp
5. Spotlight: Senior Chinese diplomat says confrontation in South China Sea benefits none. (2016, May 12). Xinhuanet. Retrieved from http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/12/c_135354321.htm
6. O'Hanlon, M. E. (2016, May 12). Rodrigo Duterte, China, and the United States. Brookings Institute. Retrieved from http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/05/12-duterte-china-united-states-ohanlon?utm_campaign=Brookings Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=29584966&_hsenc=p2AN
7. Rauhala, E. (2016, May 10). Rise of Philippines' Duterte stirs uncertainty in the South China Sea. The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/rise-of-philippines-duterte-stirs-up-uncertainty-in-the-south-china-sea/2016/05/10/d75102e2-1621-11e6-971a-dadf9ab18869_story.html
8. Cruz, E. (2016, May 15). Scarborough red line. The Philippine Star. Retrieved from http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2016/05/15/1583297/scarborough-red-line
9. Viray, P. L. (2016, May 16). Analyst: Duterte will have difficult balancing act with China, US. The Philippine Star. Retrieved from http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/05/16/1583773/analyst-duterte-will-have-difficult-balancing-act-china-us
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The Grand Old Uke of York
One of the smallest musical instruments has a rather large following, or should we say 10,000 men, through the Grand Old Uke of York.
At one of their most recent gigs, York's 3rd Ukulele Festival, they brought together people of all ages and backgrounds through their mutual love of the ukulele. The event, in aid of Martin House Children's Hospice and Accessible Arts & Media, saw 11 local groups take to the stage throughout the day and entertain a crowd of ukulele fans.
The Grand Old Uke of York, 14 strong on stage (a sound technician's dream!) were just as strong in performance. Their appearance at York Ukulele Festival was typically energetic and uplifting. They played an upbeat, audience thrilling set which lasted for almost two hours. Being regulars on the Yorkshire circuit for the past few years, they always get everyone dancing, singing and smiling with sets that reach back to the 50's and right up to the present day, so there's always a song in there for everyone.
Kyle James Frazer, who performs solo slots with the group explains that "a strength of being a ukulele player is not taking the instrument seriously; as we got into our opening song "Born To Be Wild", the power switched off and left us singing acoustically until the last chorus. The audience took the hint and joined in enthusiastically, even "do-doo"ing the recognisable bass solo. It was a big of a shock to the sound technician to find out that the smoke machine wasn't related to the similarly timed power failure!"
The York ukulele collective and audience all smiled, laughed and boogied their way through the evening with hits such as "All Right Now", "I Kissed A Girl" and "Sunny Afternoon". Ending with a rousing rendition of Queen's "Fat Bottom Girls", the audience wanted satisfying more so the group pulled out their encore of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", which mixed a blend of soft and teary-eyed passionate verses with rowdy chants of "I love you baby".
It's been a similar experience all summer for the GOUY collective, with performances at York Barbican, Scarborough Spa, Poppleton Live to Grassington Festival and their supporters' group, just grows and grows. The group says they're often meeting people after gigs who didn't know such songs could be played on the ukulele, and others who expected George Formby Jnr, yet at the end want to buy one to rock out with!
A year on from the Tour de France, it's clear to see that Yorkshire is still in a festival spirit. The group are still celebrating their amazing appearance at the Tour de France as part of Leeds-based Hope & Social's band at Le Grand Depart. Playing live to 10,000 people in the Leeds First Direct Arena and a 300 million more on TV has left them with a rosy glow and in true Hope & Social style will continue to "bring the happy" to their upcoming summer gigs.
Next up is the Platform Festival in Pocklington, which has hosted acts like Billy Bragg and Thea Gilmore over the past few years. This year they host the amazing Bellowhead, The Magic Numbers, The Shires and of course The Grand Old Uke of York! Literally, straight after The Platform Festival they travel back to York to play a set at Bishopthorpe Palace (hosted by the Archbishop of York) before a riverside firework finale.
There is plenty of opportunity to still catch this upcoming group, so what are you waiting for?
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Introduction to Animal Welfare Ethics
Facts= concern what is the case
Ethics= concern what ought to be done
I.E. Questions about what the welfare of an animal is are empirical. Questions about what the welfare of an animal ought to be are ethical.
In a scientific research setting, this translates to what you may be doing when you are engaged in the use of animals in research e.g. mice used in research.
Some argue that all decisions we make in daily life have an ethical content. Decisions have to be made daily in scientific practice and research. It is better to reflect on the issues rather than make rash decisions on the hoof.
Humans are unique in possessing sentinence and rationality. Animals are complex machines without thoughts or feelings. Animals actions are mechanistic (animals cannot feel and cannot think).
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The Curvy Kate Galaxy comes in several styles the halter plunge which I chose, a strappy bandeau, and a one piece sharing the strappy design of the bandeau. The bikini is offered with 2 different bottom options including a side tie brief and a high waist brief. While I am intrigued by the high waist bottom, I'm was a bit unsure of how I would like that style on myself, so I chose the side tie briefs in a size 8, since my experience with Curvy Kate bottoms is they tend to run a bit big. Until the bikini had arrived I forgot 8 is equivalent to XS in US sizing and when I noticed I was a bit worried, but it is a side tie so worst case it would just be a bit cheekier.
Choosing a size for the top was a bit easier. I'm usually a 30E or 32DD though I have a couple Curvy Kate bras that have me considering a cup size larger. I decided to go with 32DD since I'm between band sizes and the bikini top doesn't have an adjustable closure. The only concern I had with the top was that it's a plunge and the only experience I have with a plunge from Curvy Kate was with the Cabaret unlined plunge which was a bit of a shape mismatch, but the Galaxy is padded so I was hoping it would fit differently than the unlined Cabaret plunge.
Taking measurements for the top I was actually very surprised to see that the wires are quite narrow at 5in, the wires are also very short at about 7.5in. The cup depth isn't as deep as most my best fitting bras, but considering it is a plunge it may be about average, the depth is 7.75in. Despite seeming a bit small in the depth department, it has quite a bit of apex projection, though not a ton of immediate depth. The gore is about an inch wide, but since it is a plunge the gore is less than 2in tall so I don't think the width is causing any real issues, it almost looks like it's on a bit of tissue, but I don't feel it. The top also is a 3 part cup with one vertical and one horizontal seam.
Now knowing the top is a great fit, I grab the bottoms to try on. To my surprise the bottoms fit very well too, they are definitely cheeky, but looking back at the photos of the model, I'm fairly confident this is how they are designed to fit. It is possible I could have went with a 10 and had a decent fit as well, just perhaps with slightly more coverage, but I'm quite pleased with how the size 8 bottoms fit. If the high waist brief goes on sale at some point, I may give it a try, but I feel like high waist things aren't super flattering on me, but that could come from shunning high waist bottoms of any type for so long.
Overall I am very pleased with the Galaxy bikini and will most likely try other Curvy Kate swimwear in the future.


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Six at the beginning means:
At the tail in retreat. This is dangerous.
One must not wish to undertake anything.
Since the hexagram is the picture of something that is retreating, the lowest line represents the tail and the top line the head. In a retreat it is advantageous to be at the front. Here one is at the back, in immediate contact with the pursuing enemy. This is dangerous, and under such circumstances it is not advisable to undertake anything. Keeping still is the easiest way of escaping from the threatening danger.
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In October 2007 Kardashian, in addition to her mother Kris Jenner, her step-parent Caitlyn Jenner (Bruce), her siblings Kourtney, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian, and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, began to appear in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The series proved successful for E!, and has led to the creations of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Kim Take Miami. In one of the episodes, Kim discussed an offer from Playboy to appear nude in the magazine. That December, Kardashian posed in a nude pictorial for Playboy.


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Once a novelty, the climate change story is now as big as the world, and as local as your back yard. As the story itself has been expanding, so has the journalistic coverage. Today, it is no longer owned by journalists on science and environmental beats. In addition to government and political beats, global warming can be found in beats ranging from international affairs (think climate treaties), to technology (think solar panels), to business (think green industries) and even to the simple general assignment beat (think forest fires and deaths and illness from heat waves).
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You won't necessarily walk away an expert environmental journalist. But, if your city council decides to pass a carbon tax or if the politicians in an election you're covering start debating climate change, knowledge gained from this course should help you do your reporting with greater confidence.
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Hey KG: Remember when you had me post in April 2015 on Garski's Campaign Facebook page the following?
Cindy Sherman: Mark Gleason is a …. well , a dirty rotten unlikable lying P.O.S. No surprises here.
I'm sorry now that I wrote that because it's wasn't true at all and I should not have listened to you and Garski.
This Blog isn't doing anything that you haven't done numerous times on multiple internet sites.
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Look! Pregnancy Totally Agrees With Supermodel Miranda Kerr! She's Radiant!
Miranda Kerr's baby bump is getting bigger every day and she's positively beaming with joy.
Supermodel Miranda Kerr has one of the best bodies in the business and now that she's expecting a baby with husband Orlando Bloom, we think she looks even better than ever! It's nice to see that the 27-year-old isn't keeping her growing baby bump under wraps, as she did in early September. Instead, she's making it her best accessory while in Italy for Milan's Fashion Week on Sept. 26.
The stylish mom-to-be slipped into a flirty, fringed little black dress that perfectly showed off her gorgeous legs while drawing attention to her baby bump. From the looks of her glowing peaches and cream complexion, it sure seems like she enjoys every second of this pregnancy. And she's not the only one. Orlando, who married Miranda during an intimate ceremony in Anguilla in July after dating since 2007, can't wait to meet his son or daughter. "I'm excited about it," says the 33-year-old. "It's great."
And once their little one is here, the Victoria's Secret model is thinking about trading the runway for a quiet rural life. "My ideal situation would be to live on a farm in a solar-powered house with a hammock and a vegetable patch," she says. But for now they're still enjoying romantic dinners for two while in Italy. On Friday (Sept. 24) the couple dined together at Da Giacomo restaurant.


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A look at Hong Kong broadband -- low barriers to entry, aggressive competition, low network build costs, and innovative marketing. Hong Kong has successful rollout of profitable competing Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) across the city, although technical or economic feasibility means 10% to 15% of Hong Kong households do not benefit.
The National Broadband Network is a focus of the June 2016 issue with four papers providing an insight into the nation?s largest infrastructure project. A historical paper on vibration measurement highlights how times have changed as the telecommunications networks evolve The Government?s review of the Universal Service Obligation has commenced with the Productivity Commission being tasked to inquire into how the universal service obligation might be updated to meet current and future needs.
This paper presents a position and identifies future research necessary to support the transition from the universal service regime to a universal access regime that enshrines the principle of ensuring that federal, state and local egovernment and other specified digital services are reasonably accessible to all, on an equitable basis, wherever they work or live.
The USO ensures access to voice communication services for all Australians. The obligation has changed very little in comparison to the telecommunications market and consumers? use of services. This presents a number of gaps and risks for consumers, such as data and mobile services. However, updating the obligation to include these services alone will likely fail consumers. This paper argues for a new framework based on a principle of contactability. This new framework will have four key areas: availability, affordability, accessibility and service standards. A further two areas; online service delivery and literacy and empowerment, are also needed to fully ensure contactability is achieved.
This paper draws upon a research paper prepared for the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN). The focus of this paper is on the best way to provide every adult with universally available, accessible, affordable and empowering communications. Special attention is given to affordability, leading to a litmus test of an affordable broadband tariff. The paper proposes two options for delivering universal service objectives in future. One does not require any carrier to be nominated as the universal retail service provider. The other extends Telstra?s current obligations.
The Universal Service Obligation (USO) scheme in Australia today is 25 years old. This paper shows how the current USO entrenches an annual subsidy of some $300M to Telstra. The current expensive USO scheme is inadequate and in the light of modern developments in broadband and mobile. The paper reviews the approach taken to across the world and draws lessons for a way forward to establish a Universal Service Fund (USF) where the NBN is the Universal Infrastructure wholesale provider with alternative retailers. The paper supports five practical interrelated recommendations as well as reimagining future payphones around public WiFi and rural community innovation.
This article provides a brief introduction to a timely set of papers critically discussing universal service in telecommunications and proposing policy option. This is a longstanding public policy issue, moving once more into the foreground in Australia. The article puts the papers into context, and argues for the need to reconnect universal service policy with fertile and productive research, policy, social and technology innovation in other areas. Finally, the paper argues for the urgent need to fundamentally reimagine universal service to achieve the still relevant goal of access for all to essential communications technology.
Papers cover Universal Service, legacy telecommunications equipment the rollout of Ultra-Fast Broadband in New Zealand. How to ensure that legacy telecommunications equipment is identified, upgraded and connected to the National Broadband Network or replaced. An update on the provision of reliable telecommunications to Antarctica and how Ericsson is celebrating the milestone of being a significant contributor to Australian telecommunications over the past 125 years.
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In cold-pressing, the temperatures are controlled at 80-90°F (26-32°C), which is actually not a 'cold' temperature processing as you would expect, but rather low-heat.
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(Long post. Forgive me. This is too funny.)
This blog deals with many issues, including cyberlaw. In fact, cyberlaw is one of the categories I use. Cyberlaw is a term used to describe law (or regulation, or control) on the Internet, or in cyberspace. My profile on my Law School's website (which I must update!) says that my research interests include cyberlaw. I wrote a paper last year called Minerva's Mouse: The Challenge Of Cyberlaw that had a whole section on what cyberlaw is or isn't. I also presented a different paper at the Society of Legal Scholars last September in the Cyberlaw subject section. The convenor of that section, Prof. Steve Hedley (UCC), does great work with the cyberlaw mailing list. He also maintains a list of graduate level law courses in cyberlaw.
To be honest I'm not a huge fan of cyberlaw as a term but it's quite a common one and a lot of people use/understand it, not least the authors of noted textbooks: examples include Brian Fitzgerald (QUT, Australia) who edited a two-volume set called Cyberlaw (I had the pleasure of meeting him last summer in Boston. He's cool). On my library desk, I have a copy of the new edition of Cyberlaw: problems of policy and jurisprudence in the information age by Bellia, Berman & Post. Some day, I hope to visit the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School (check out their website at http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/). Newcomers, of course – sure Harvard Law School has taught courses with cyberlaw in the title since 1994…
All this is trivial, though, when you compare it with the importance of the use of the word cyberlaw by a law firm called Cyberlaw(R) PC (their website, at the inventive address of cyberlaw.pro, is here; he has a blog called Cyberlawg. Yes, we must be aware of Mr. Menhart's trademark (which he doesn't actually have, as it's pending) and as the EFF reports, he's already tried to take a shot at a cyberlaw blogger, Michael Grossman (who uses Cyberblawg); not sure why as Grossman's blog is relatively new and quite quiet. Maybe Menhart should try pick on someone else. There's loads to choose from, especially in the light of his delightfully expansive trademark application, which includes gems like:
Providing a website that features information on the development of international law, regulations, legal policies, and legal practices in a manner that promotes global governance by all types of organizations;
and not to mention
Providing information relating to legal affairs
You can see the trademark application here – serial number 77341910. Note that this is a "Newly filed application, not yet assigned to an examining attorney" and nothing more.
I look forward to receiving a notice from the esteemed cyberlawyer. Bring it on 😉
I read about this sorry affair on one of my favourite technology law (or cyberlaw?) blogs by Eric Goldman. Here's his post. A separate post came from Peter Black (also of QUT, and also interested in cyberlaw), so cheers to Peter for that.
Goldman did a little bit of digging and found that the word cyberlaw had been used in news stories back as far as the early 1990s. He mentions Jonathan Rosenoer's column on AOL; I found (from an archived usenet group) that Rosenoer even had a trademark (at the time!).
CyberLaw ™ is published solely as an educational service. The author may be contacted at …; questions and comments may be posted on America Online (go to keyword "CYBERLAW"). Copyright (c) 1993 Jonathan Rosenoer; All Rights Reserved. CyberLaw is a trademark of Jonathan Rosenoer.
It was indeed registered by him but was designated as abandoned in 2000 (US trademark office serial number 75085442). The trademark was filed in 1996 (with a claim of first use in commerce for 1992) but the record doesn't show much success
2001-02-22 – Abandonment – Failure To Respond Or Late Response
2000-06-23 – Final refusal mailed
2000-05-18 – Assigned To Examiner
1999-03-12 – Letter of suspension mailed
1999-03-12 – Assigned To Examiner
1997-06-17 – Letter of suspension mailed
1996-11-07 – Non-final action mailed
1996-10-23 – Assigned To Examiner
But even back in those days, cyberlaw-l was used as the name of a mailing list (different to Steve Hedley's cyberlaw list)
email@example.com (the law and policy of computer networks; formerly CYBERLAW/CYBERLAW-L) (send the following message to the email@example.com (or email@example.com): subscribe cyberia-l Your Name)
And the EFF (alive at that stage so it's appropriate that they're involved now) had cyberlaw as a subject heading in their Compuserve form in 1992 (here).
In February 1987 (nearly a whole twenty-one years ago), Cyber Digital Inc included the following in an earnings report (PR Newswire via Nexis):
Cyber Digital Inc., designs, develops, manufactures and markets, digital switching and networking systems known as CyberSwitch, CyberLAW and CyberHUB. CyberSwitch provides voice communications capabilitiess. CyberLAW is a local area and wide area network. CyberLAW enables users to connect together personal computers, terminals, wordprocesssors, printers, and many different makes of computers and office systems. CyberLAW permits users to send and receive data, text, as well as graphics information over standard existing telephone lines. CyberHUB combines the capabilities of CyberSwitch and CyberLAW into a single multi-purpose integrated system offering simultaneous transmission of data and voice.
Oh, and finally, and you'll all love this. Menhart's specimens submitted in support of his (as yet unsuccessful) application consist entirely of screenshots of his own website. Have a look at the gory details here. Is that really it?


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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson took to Instagram recently to thank law enforcement, fire rescue, residents and officials from Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach for their support in filming the upcoming "Baywatch" movie.
"Between the crazy ocean stunts and our cast running around in our Avenger's lifeguard uniforms, we appreciate all you guys being so cool and excited! ESPECIALLY THE FANS," Johnson said in the post, which is accompanied by a photo of him waving to a crowd on the film's South Florida set.
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To the Boca and Deerfield Beach residents, Police & Fire Departments, city officials and all involved in our #BAYWATCH production – THANK YOU for all our support. Between the crazy ocean stunts and our cast running around in our Avenger's lifeguard uniforms 😜, we appreciate all you guys being so cool and excited! ESPECIALLY THE FANS. Let's continue to have a kick ass shoot. Get ready world… 'cause our awesome and dysfunctional beach is your awesome and dysfunctional beach… #BAYWATCH #EmeraldBay SUMMER 2017.
The movie, which is slated to be released in 2017, continues filming today at South Inlet Park in Boca Raton, after filming at the same location last week. The "Baywatch" cast also includes Zac Efron and Priyanka Chopra.
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A militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta says it is ending the ceasefire it declared last October.Let's set aside for a second the question of whether President Yar'Adua is in any condition to guarantee amnesty offers. The fact is, the amnesty doesn't solve the real issue underlying MEND's militancy. There's a reason that MEND is active; the people of Nigeria's delta region have suffered horrific environmental devastation while seeing very few material benefits from the exploitation of their land. Part of this is the oil companies' fault, but the biggest issue is corruption by federal and regional leaders who siphon off oil money that is supposed to be for the public benefit.
Jomo Gbomo, who said he was a spokesman for the group Mend, said it did not believe the government would restore control of resources to local people.
Mend has demanded that residents be given a greater share in profits from oil resources and land.
It warned oil companies to prepare for what it called an all-out onslaught against installations and personnel.
Analysts say it is not yet clear if this statement comes from the whole of Mend - the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta - or just a faction that did not accept the offer of an amnesty from President Umaru Yar Adua.
Given the low-intensity, anti-oil company violence that began in the delta nearly twenty years ago, it's not surprising that a militant organization would eventually form as a result of those grievances. (It's also not surprising that they would get involved in banditry-style piracy, but that's another post.)
Does having a sense of why MEND exists excuse their methods? Of course not. They commit horrible crimes. But until the solution matches the problem - that is, until the people of the delta get more than a pittance of the profits from the oil - they're unlikely to stop.