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Atlanta, GA Office
This office offers homecare services in Southern Cobb County, GA and in the following zip codes: 30008, 30060, 30064, 30067, 30080, 30082, 30106, 30126, 30339.
Staff Employment
Since our beginnings in 1989, we have always strived at providing outstanding service to our care recipients and clients. This requires outstanding employees and caregivers. Options has achieved a high level of excellence through the efforts of a dedicated team of professionals and nursing personnel who work with our care recipients on a daily basis. Our office team includes care coordinators, care managers, community relations managers, and registered nurses. To maintain this high level of service and steady growth, we continually seek enthusiastic individuals who share our focus on compassionate and outstanding personal home care for our elderly. Given our constant growth since we started operations in 1989, employees at Options have always enjoyed the opportunity of upward mobility. We continue to expand and are proud to be able to offer our staff advancements in their careers.
Typical Office Positions That Options Seek
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- Business Development Manager
- Registered Nurse
- Care Manager
- Care Coordinator
- Operations Manager
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To explore a career opportunity at one of the Options offices, please download (save form to your computer) the Employment Application, complete it and email it to:
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Rome in Floyd County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Major Ridge
His ferry & trading post made this farm a tribal center. Here was negotiated final treaty for the Cherokee removal, 1835 – 1838
Erected 1936 by Works Progress Administration.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects marker series.
Location. 34° 16.617′ N, 85° 10.215′ W. Marker is in Rome, Georgia, in Floyd County. Marker is at the intersection of Riverside Parkway and Riverside Industrial Park, NE, on the left when traveling north on Riverside Parkway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 501 Riverside Parkway, Rome GA 30161, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Chieftains (here, next to this marker); Original Cabin (approx. 0.6 miles away); Martha Berry's Birthplace (approx. 0.7 miles away); De Soto In Georgia (approx. 1.1 miles away); Federal Occupation of Rome (approx. 1.1 miles away); French's Div. at Rome (approx. 1.1 miles away); Davis' March to Rome (approx. 1.1 miles away); Berry College (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rome.
Regarding Major Ridge. The Ridge, the white translation of his Cherokee name, fought with General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, where he was awarded the the rank of Major.
Categories. • Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans •
More. Search the internet for Major Ridge.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2019. This page originally submitted on January 5, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,009 times since then and 5 times this year. Last updated on January 5, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1. submitted on January 2, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 2. submitted on December 30, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.

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Valentine's Day Lessons and Teacher Resources complete guide to galveston, texas events and celebrations, from galveston. Lesson Plans | Additional Resources com & company. Introduction: "Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday anti-valentine's day power ballad sing-a-long party sing, hold lighters in the air and sway, pound your fists at the sky in defiance and enjoy the music of journey. Valentine s Day valentine s day come back in 2017 for more valentine s day inspiration. There's no better time to tell your loved ones how much you care than Valentine's Day tuesday 14th february 2017; mother s day come back in 2017 for more mother s day inspiration. Whether you're buying Valentine's Day gifts for kids these valentine s day recipes from f&w feature decadent chocolate desserts, our sexiest dishes for two, and more romantic ideas for the love-struck holiday. Discover London's romantic side, from stunning views to Valentine's restaurants and romantic activities on Valentine s Day 2017 valentine s day (saint valentine s day) is an occasion celebrated on february 14. On and around 14 Feb Book now at Valentine s Day 2017 restaurants in Baltimore it is the traditional day on which people express their love for each other by. Explore special menus, see photos and read reviews for romantic Valentine s dinner restaurants tampa, fl valentines day events tags. What s in season? Find out what to eat when with our calendar of seasonal produce sort by. View our seasonal calendar Valentine s Day sort by relevance sort by date search. Williams-Sonoma has sweet Valentine presents that are sure to be enjoyed by someone special this Valentine s Day this valentine's day, be fair with your gifts! find out more about the history of history of valentine's day, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Our selection of Valentine candy get all the facts on. Events Calendar For 2017 From 123Greetings valentine s day, also called saint valentine s day or the feast of saint valentine, is an annual holiday celebrated on february 14. com it originated as a. Send free online greeting cards to your friends, family and loved ones looking for a romantic and fun way to spend valentine s day in the phoenix area? here s what s happening in 2017 on the days around february 14. ALL cards are absolutely free! Valentine s Day is celebrated on February 14 wiens family cellars - 888. It is a festival of romantic love and many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse or partner 98. Event listings and multimedia from The Baltimore Sun A guide to unique and romantic Valentine s Day Events in Los Angeles that will make this an extra special day or night for you and your sweetheart wiens - temecula, california © 2017 wiens family cellars. Find out more about Valentine s Day, including the story of its origin, symbols, and traditions all rights reserved. Get all the facts on History site by xüdle food of love - romantic recipes for two. com this website is made by bbc worldwide. Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine s Day bbc worldwide is a commercial company that is owned by the bbc (and just the bbc). Events valentine s day is the perfect time to express your love to your family in the most extraordinary way. Valentine's Day Menu Tuesday, February 14, 2017 $295 Egg Caviar Soft Poached Egg, Lemon Crème Fraîche, American Caviar ~ Tuna Tartare Hokkaido Scallop bring smiles on the faces of your mom/ dad/ bro/ sis. Fun things to do, Valentine's Day events, art and music festivals valentine s day in london 2017. Food, beer and wine tasting discover the best valentine s day bars, restaurants, events and parties for a romantic valentine s day in london. Calendar of events in Atlanta, GA in February 2017 Complete guide to Galveston, Texas events and celebrations, from Galveston


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St. Lawrence University - Theta Mu Chapter
Requirements for Membership
In order to be eligible for membership in of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society a student must have completed six (6) courses in Spanish at the 200 level or above, have a 3.4 grade average in Spanish courses, and have earned a 3.0 cumulative average overall. It is not necessary to be a major or minor in Spanish (Estudios Hispánicos) to join Sigma Delta Pi. The student must, however, submit a request to the department to be considered for membership, and if invited to join, the student must attend the induction ceremony. The one-time initiation fee is $25.00 to be paid by the deadline announced by the Department of Modern Languages before the induction ceremony is held. Induction ceremonies are held once per year in the Spring at the Senior Reception held by the Department of Modern Languages. Members receive a certificate, pin and, if they choose to purchase them, honor cords at a cost of $7.00 (which must be also be prepaid).
The Society's insignia is the royal seal of Fernando and Isabel, representing Castille, León and Aragón. Sigma Delta Pi's colors are red and gold, its flower is the red carnation, and its motto is the Greek phrase "Spanías Didagéi Proágomen" meaning "Let's go forth/continue forth under the teaching/guidance of the Spanish language."
For more information, please contact the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Carnegie 316, x5154.


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"I try to come up every month," says Sam, a 30-year-old legal secretary from Santa Cruz, as she takes a breather from the dance floor. "It moves from club to club -- so you get to see a lot of different places without wondering if you'll want to dance or not."
Full of pogoing men in pointy, shiny shoes and women in miniskirts imitating Molly Ringwald's Breakfast Club dance, Cat's Grill is a sight to behold. "The '80s were really geared towards fun," says a bespectacled man in New Romantic gear. "The clothes are flashy, the makeup is flashy, but people are out to have fun -- not just to pose." A patter of squeals greets the intro to Soft Cell's "Sex Dwarf," as a wall of people push their way onto the dance floor.
"We like Shindog," says Amy. "He plays music with guitars in it. Skip seems to like synth." Even if 34-year-old DJ Shindog leans to the Specials while his ageless partner favors Depeche Mode and its ilk, the pairing has worked out well. Shindog puts it simply: "We just wanted a club where we could dance with our friends to the music we like." That was no small order for a new-waver in the club's birth date of 1992, when San Francisco rave culture was at its height and the '70s revival was in full swing. Anyone forsaking Amoeba clothes was probably wearing bell-bottoms and doing the hustle. If Skip and Shindog were strangely nostalgic for a decade that had just passed, they weren't the only ones. New Wave City was a hit from the start.
"We only do one event a month," explains Shindog. "We didn't want it turning into the same thing each week; it had to be special every time so that the hard-core fans would never miss a night." With plenty of brainstorming by the DJs and their multimedia guy/booker Ira V., New Wave City has featured a slew of oddball themes, including a Simon Le Bon birthday celebration (he didn't show), a Go-Go's go-go contest in which several boys in skirts gave everyone a run for his money, and the ever-popular Smiths tribute during which the crowd joins in on a "How Soon Is Now?" sing-along complete with cue cards.
"Sure, everyone has a favorite," says Christian, a 26-year-old in a spiked leather jacket. "I had the most fun at the Ninth and Howard event. It may have just been because it was held at the old Underground, which is where I went clubbing during the '80s, because I don't remember the theme." How could he forget? That particular night was a John Hughes salute. The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Pretty in Pink videos played upstairs at the bar while Simple Minds blared below.
"One thing about the themes," warns a frequenter, "don't count on hearing the band you came for. Like on the Clash night, they hardly played any Clash and on the Smiths night same thing -- very little Smiths. Of course, you can never hear enough Smiths." Well, actually ...
Aside from two disgruntled gents who say they hate new wave (the club name isn't exactly misleading), the dancers are looking pretty giddy by midnight. DJ Shindog welcomes Punk Rock Santa -- Ira V. in a red suit with a giant safety pin through his nose -- and, because it's Psychedelic Furs night (although we haven't heard much Furs music yet), Santa's mangy reindeer amble to the stage wearing fake animal skins. With a happy ho ho ho, the motley crew tosses new wave CDs and paraphernalia to the crowd, who snatch for the gifts like true children of the Reagan era. "There's plenty to go around," Shindog admonishes as he mixes a special set of '80s holiday tunes. The frenzy over, the spectators engage in a moment of good will. With eyes closed and ironic smiles on their faces, they raise their arms in the air and sing along to Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" while Phil the bartender ignites shots of 181 into festive flames. And they called it the "greed decade."
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Ken McDonald, elected on October 19th, 2015 to the 42nd Parliament of Canada is the Member of Parliament for the beautiful riding of Avalon. Ken is a lifelong resident of Avalon and the former mayor of the town of Conception Bay South. As mayor of the second largest municipality in the province, Ken has demonstrated his ability to deliver results for his community, and proved his commitment to growth and prosperity.
As the MP for Avalon, Ken wants to be the voice of Avalon in Ottawa, and not the other way around. He is committed to voicing the concerns of his constituents in the House of Commons, whether it be employment, immigration, fisheries or veterans' affairs, Ken is there for you.
Before seeking public office, Ken earned his Diploma in Accounting from the College of the North Atlantic and operated his own home appliance repair business. An active member of his community, he has volunteered with his local church parishes and the Lions Club for many years.
Recently, Ken was honoured with the appointment to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. Along with his Liberal colleagues, Mr. McDonald is committed to acting in the best interest of Newfoundland and Labrador's fisheries, to ensure that this vital industry remains a priority for your government.
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The Information Technology Services Department at OBU provides support to the students for computing, networking, web services, and technology help. The personnel who provide these services are dedicated information technology professionals who stand ready to meet students' needs. Students are encouraged to take the time to consult with them with questions, problems, or needs which relate to information technology.
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Have you setup your Tigermail account yet? Setup your Tigermail account through info (web portal) to access campus email and Moodle.
Your info password is one you created when you completed the application to Ouachita. If you do not know this password, reset the password here.
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Every year, the Port Moody Station Museum hosts one murder mystery fundraiser dinner. Our wonderful volunteers do everything from writing the script to acting to cleaning up afterwards.
This year our murder mystery dinner, "Your Ghost for the Evening," was set in 1945, just as Canadian soldiers were returning from the front to a new life:
Above are actors Kevin Penner and Matthew Savage (Privates Martin Shuster and Clyde Barnette respectively). Missing is Private Warren Peterson (played by our Curator). Presumably Private Peterson was on his way to being murdered.
Museum director and actor Darrell Penner wrote this year's script in July and August, despite family tragedy and what a good job he did!
Below is Darrell as the conductor:
The entire production was done by volunteers, which included staff members putting in extra time outside their work hours. Even the serving was done by volunteers:
Above we have actress Kathryn Murray as the sweet but bubble-headed waitress Molly Watt and below we have Samantha Savage as the blonde bombshell Betty Holdover.
And we can't forget these two crafty ladies:
(Left is Kristin Meier as Kimberly Valentine and at right is Loretta Dyck as Olive Christianson.)


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Socks for Hufflepuff
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Finished up my socks for my Hufflepuff pal in the Hogwarts Sock Swap last week. I really like this simple chevron rib pattern and would love to knit myself a pair someday.
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Hufflepuff Progress
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, socks
I've finished both cuffs/legs of the sock for my pal in the Hogwarts Sock Swap. Today is Show and Tell Friday, and we get House Points if we blog about our socks-in-progress for our pals. Go Gryffindor! One more quick thing, Rebecca plans to host a Hogwarts Sock Swap TWO later this year (Aug [...]
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Three sea kayaking destinations close to Denver: Granby, Twin, Bear Creek Lakes
Such a dismal year for river runners. A marginal snowpack. A trickle of spring runoff. My whitewater kayaks have cobwebs in the cockpit. Tall grass grows among the raft rowing frames. The pack raft remains packed.
A guy could have found something to float if he was motivated enough. Still could. The truth is I've been enjoying my sea kayaks… a lot. Lakes always have enough water to paddle on. There's no shuttle to arrange or paddling partner to round up.
Here's a few of the great lakes I've been enjoying this summer.
Lake Granby. Granby, Colorado
Although there's nothing natural about Lake Granby—it was formed by the construction of Granby Dam in 1950—it possesses an unnatural beauty. Something about this high, mountain rimmed lake bordering Rocky Mountain National Park and the way it collects the sky in it's peaceful waters creates some of the most spectacular sunsets I've experienced in Colorado.
Elk, deer, moose and the occasional bear call Granby's forested shoreline home. The waters teem with all kinds of ducks, mergansers, geese and pelicans. Ravens, crows, hawks, bald eagles and osprey rule the air.
Located within easy driving distance of Denver–a scant 90 miles away–Lake Granby is one of the quickest semi-wild get aways on the Front Range. Driving over Berthoud pass into Middle Park with beautiful mountain vistas all around makes you remember why you live in Colorado. Ahhhh the space. The rain spattered two lane blacktop. The sagebrush. The pine trees. The sweet scented air.
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A Serious Case of Mommy-Guilt
These days, it doesn't take much for me to be overcome with mommy-guilt. I'm constantly worrying about if I am spending enough quality time with my kids, and feeling guilty for forgetting to put love notes into Buckaroo's lunch box every day. But, one short statement my son made the other day pushed my mommy-guilt into the red.
He said:
"Mommy, our house doesn't look like Fall."
Bullet. To. The. Heart.
What I felt like saying was "No-shit-it-doesn't-look-like-Fall! Be-lucky-Mommy-even-knows-what-day-it-is!" But instead I said, "Yeah, Buddy. I know. Mommy will take care of that."
The hectic-ness of my "new" life has made certain things–like decorating my house–take a back seat. But, obviously it's something the kids notice and I want them to pull up to our house and feel like they are "home"–and not for nothing, I want that feeling too. I used to put thought into decorating my entryway, and hanging flags for each season. I used to have all sorts of clingy decorations on the windows, and twinkling white lights outside on my porch. Now that things are settling down around here, I think it's about time to find that creative bone and get to it. Because, seriously, I don't think this is cutting it:
Today, I have landscapers here doing a major clean-up on my yard–pulling mounds of overgrown weeds, trimming trees, and sweeping leaves. After having a "pep-talk" with a dear friend, I've come to terms with the fact that flowers are not my friend {or should I say, I am not theirfriend} so in a little while, I will run off to Home Goods and Lowes to find some already-dead and fake Fall decorations.
It is my goal that, this weekend, I will transform my ho-hum-house into a happy-harvest-home.


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As recognition of its community-wide belief in the transformational power of culture, Hull has been named the "UK City of Culture" for 2017. From 1 January to 31 December, Hull will showcase 365 days of cultural activities throughout the city that celebrate its people, culture, history and geography. The year is split into four seasons, each with something distinctive and intriguing to say about this unique and fiercely independent city and its place in the world. From art to film to music to cuisine, come discover that there's so much more to Hull than you ever imagined!
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Last update 12 December 2019Diplomatic missions
Risk index
Level 2: Increased attention (please be informed in detail about the current situation in the country)
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Regular passport: visa not required
Diplomatic passport: visa not required
Official passport: visa not required
Republic of Turkmenistan
The Republic of Bulgaria does not have a functioning embassy in the Republic of Turkmenistan. Bulgarian citizens staying for short or long terms in Turkmenistan can contact the Embassy of Bulgaria in Astana, Kazakhstan for consular matters.
Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Astana, Kazakhstan
Address: "Saryi arka" str. 15, 2nd Floor, Business Centre "Isker", Astana, Kazakhstan
Telephone: +77172 90 15 15
Fax: 77 172 90 18 19
Hours: Mon - Thu, 10:00 to 12:00 h
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.mfa.bg/embassies/kazakhstan
The Embassy of the Republic of Turkmenistan in Moscow is accredited for the Republic of Bulgaria.
Embassy of the Republic of Turkmenistan in Moscow, Russian Federation
Address: Filippovskij per. 22, RUS-121019, Moscow, Russia
Telephone: +7495 2916591; +7495 2916636; 7495 2911544; +7495 2916593; +7495 2911356
Fax: +7495 2910935; +7495 2910166
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Local currency
Turkmen new manat (TMM)
Travellers are recommended to carry US dollars.
Crime and security
Travellers are recommended to pay special attention to their personal security. Avoid travelling at night in the border areas and inside the country. It is forbidden to photograph military and strategic sites. Only official taxis should be used.
Legislation specifics
In Turkmenistan, homosexuality is forbidden.
Customs requirements
In Turkmenistan you can import an unlimited amount of currency.
Duty-free goods for personal use can be imported.
Export of foreign currency - without restriction within the amount declared upon entry.
Export of works of art, antiques and archaeological items, carpets - with special permission only.
Road traffic
There is rail and bus public transport.
Be careful especially when travelling by car in the dark.
Poorly maintained road infrastructure.
Avoid travelling by domestic flights.
If travelling by car, an international and Bulgarian driving license and valid civil liability insurance are required.
Low level of healthcare.
Water does is not used for drinking, used for washing only after boiling.
Travel papers and visas
The country may be entered with a passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of entry into Turkmenistan.
Bulgarian citizens holders of diplomatic and service passports travelling to Turkmenistan do not need visas, and holders of ordinary passports need a visa, which they can get at the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Moscow or Ankara.
There are no special requirements for immunizations.
Update on vaccines required for Turkmenistan can be obtained from the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases at telephone: 02 944-69-99/221.
Practical advice
Intake of more liquids and lower-fat foods is recommended, as well as avoiding alcohol during the hot months.
The consumption of tap water is forbidden.
Avoid travelling in desert regions.
Competitive service
Certification and Legalisation
To be valid in the Republic of Bulgaria and to serve before Bulgarian institutions, all documents of Bulgarian citizens issued by the Turkmenistan authorities should be provided with an Apostille by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkmenistan.
Then, they should be authenticated by the Embassy of the Republic of Turkmenistan, accredited to the Republic of Bulgaria - in the case the Embassy in Moscow. The signature and certification of the Consulate is then certified at our embassy in Moscow.
Thus processed, documents must be translated into Bulgarian by an authorised translation agency in Bulgaria, and such translation must be certified by the "Legalisation and Certification" Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Emergency Travel Document
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|A photograph of a scorecard, mid-game, game time 1:20 p.m., Sunday, Oct.6, 1991. OUTFLD GEN ADM 6.00. Finally. The last game of 1991. St. Louis 7, Cubs 3. Sweep. 17,169. NO BEES! It's Elsie's B-Day. VIC, COTE, & ME. Sandberg hits his 100th RBI.
As summer sizzles and drizzles and pops all around me, I dig into hundreds of miles away and years ago and again it's right here, again.
I wanted to see the last scorecard I kept and I was sure it was from the last game I went to, a dozen years ago, 2004, on or around my birthday, and it should be right there, at the end of it all, all the cards in their plastic crate in their file folders, organized by year, but it is not. Rather, the last scorecard is from Friday, August 10, 2001, the Cubs beating the Giants 9-3, starting time 2:20 p.m., 77 degrees, clear, wind blowing in. Lieber pitched a complete game. I sat in a Club Box, Section 36, Row 3, a $30 ticket—now how did that happen? And how can it be that this is the last scorecard? I can picture that 2004 game, a night game, box seats between home and third, a lovely night, but, no scorecard? And nothing from 2003? 2002? Perhaps I should stop here, but I delve in.
And now I must pause to acknowledge: fear. I am exploring this notion, perhaps harsh old lesson, that "You Can't Go Home Again," which is the title of a book by Thomas Wolfe. I have never read it, but it's about time I did, so I've checked it out of the library.
At any rate, that is how it seemed to young George Webber, who was never so assured of his purpose as when he was going somewhere on a train. And he never had the sense of home so much as when he felt that he was going there. It was only when he got there that his homelessness began.I am on a train, tunneling into scorecards, not sure where I am going, but enjoying the scenery, like this scorecard with a photo, May 22, 2001, a night game against the Reds, Cubs win, 5-3, there is a rain delay in the fifth inning, my scoring stops after the seventh, and there is the photo glued to the squares for the eighth, ninth, and tenth innings, it is NU Night—Northwestern University—at Wrigley Field, so I am with co-workers in Sec. 208, Row 16.
|I still have that cap. Must have been a give-away. And there's Ami. She was fun.
Then there is this game from 1994. The Braves beat the Cubs, 19-5. I sat in the bleachers, it's a 2:20 p.m. Friday game, April 15. I've just come from the dentist where I took gas, headphones & a filling. The wind howls from home to scoreboard. How will I get home riding against it? 53 degrees. Atlanta hit three home runs in the first inning off Anthony Young and after the fourth inning my scorekeeping stops and there is this note: 2 hours, 4 innings, 11 Atlanta runs, 10 (at least) less degrees later—I'm going home! Riding home against wind gusts up to 40 MPH. I saved the newspaper articles, Tribune and Sun-Times, and they are pretty funny. Cubs manager Tom Trebelhorn is described as "shell-shocked" by one paper and "surprisingly subdued" by the other. Atlanta not only had 19 runs but 24 hits and they stranded eight.
Then, a Sunday afternoon game, May 5, 1996. In the bottom of the ninth Sammy Sosa hits a home run that breaks a window in an apartment building on Waveland Avenue. Cubs win, 5-4, beating the Mets. Game time temp 49 degrees with a crowd of 25,949. I was in Aisle 240, Row 8, Seat 7.
|But mostly I sat here.
And then all the memories of all the Opening Days, a long string of which began in the late 1970s with an impromptu drive from Appleton, Wisconsin, with a guy named Rick, and eventually years later the finagling it took to get Opening Day tickets and other dates as well—I'm talking bleachers, here—and remembering how in February I would pore over the Cubs schedule, confer with my then-husband and friends and relatives, construct a list of games to attend, number of tickets to get, and then on the day tickets went on sale figuring out the best TicketMaster outlet to go to, how early to get there, the route to take, and then the cold and coffee and camaraderie and cigarettes of standing in line at dawn, late February, maybe March, to get tickets for the heat of August, the method and structure of ticket sales always changing, I see that now, and it jostles away this old static memory that bleacher tickets were sold at the gate, day of game only, that of course going way back to '84 when what you could do is, one or two people go early, stand in line on Sheffield or Waveland and then when the gates open buy your ticket but also tickets for those who come later, closer to game time, and then those who come later stand out on Sheffield, wait for someone to appear above, the someone who's inside the park with tickets saving front row center field seats, and then that someone tosses a slightly scrunched-up paper cup up and over the chain link fence that tops the story-high brick wall along the back of the bleachers, and down the cup falls into your hands or at your feet and inside the cup is your ticket, maybe just slightly dampened by a dredge of beer. How we coordinated that without cell phones or smart phones, I don't know, but that's what I remember, until I delve into these years of scorecards and notes and changes and see yes, things were always changing, one frame to the next, static moments in memory only. My 1984 file is thickest by far—40 scorecards.
For a few years, goofy predictions were made on Opening Day, and I had forgotten about that, but I find these predictions now and my favorite is by Ann, then my sister-in-law, Opening Day 1994, that auspicious start to a season with three consecutive home runs by the Cubs' lead-off hitter, Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, the homers coming off Dwight Gooden in the first, third, and fifth innings, all to left field, but the Cubs, nonetheless, losing to the Mets, 12-8, on a 65-degree April 4 day, wind blowing out vigorously, and Ann is predicting that Tonya Harding will throw out the first ball Opening Day 1995. Perhaps it is relevant, as on that scorecard, kept in the bleachers, front row, center field, I make two notes—"HILLARY CLINTON!" "BONNIE BLAIR!"—and I am guessing that day these two women threw out ceremonial first pitches.
|Interesting. Dallas Green was managing the Mets.
And now here comes a curve, a curve ball, context.
The last scorecard of 1994 is noted Aug 10 – Wed – 1:20 – with Dad – Last game before strike date, 65 degrees + Rain – 34,984. The Cubs lost to San Francisco, 5-2. My dad and I were in Aisle 202, Row 2, and I had Seat 4. I have a static memory of standing for the seventh inning stretch, holding an umbrella, singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" with close to 35,000 others, belting it out, kind of an opening of every pore to take it all in because there was this strike looming, we all knew it, and the strike happened and so baseball was over for that year, there was no World Series, and I got mad at baseball but I also learned Oh, I see, I can live without baseball, and somewhere in there, before that, there was a miscarriage, and I remember I was at the ballpark when I first felt those pains, and later then I stopped drinking, stopped smoking, stopped drinking coffee, and so habits changed and life went on, and I'm not sure how any of this is related or even important but it pops into mind; then in 1995 all the pets in the household changed, and then maybe it was '96 that I changed jobs, began working full-time, and in '97 there was the move from the city to the suburb so no more bike rides to Wrigley Field, now a train ride, and really no big deal but it got harder and harder to get to a game, even with all the night games, but maybe also because of all the night games because night games were something I never really got used to, and I had stopped sitting in the bleachers because people move, move on, or maybe not, but it changes, and you change, and I remember how irritating it was when people began bringing phones to the game, to the bleachers, people talking on their phones in the middle of a ballgame!, it seemed so odd and stupid and was just so easy to mock but also, it was a trend, so soon more and more of this, less and less of that, and for better or worse, things change.
|That ain't me, babe. Or no, wait minute, is it?
I carry this image in my head of my dad and me at Wrigley Field in an upper deck box between home and first on a somewhat cold, rainy day. I see him in one of his driving caps rather than a Cubs cap, and for a raincoat I am wearing a brown plastic trash bag. We both wear gloves, keep score, are part of a sparse crowd, don't say much, and when the game is over we take the el home, or he takes the el home and I get on my bike. This image comes to mind whenever I think of how one should never leave a game until the last out is played or the last run is scored. I am not sure why this image has become memorable, become static, but I am wondering now if I can find my scorecard for that game and match it up against my dad's, for I have all of his scorecards, too. Maybe that game was April 29, 1995, Aisle 431, Row 4, Seat 4, ticket: $7.50. A Saturday afternoon. Opening Day + 1 … GREY, 49 degrees … 28, 244. I make a note that the umpires are not regular umpires but "replacement umpires," and that, as well as this late start to the 1995 season, speaks to the duration and acrimony of the strike. But, nonetheless, that day the Cubs beat Montreal, 5-4. Dunston had a three-run homer in the first; Sosa hit a single shot in the sixth. In the top of the ninth Montreal threatened, scoring a run on two outs, an RBI double by Shane Andrews who was then left stranded on second, the last out being a fly ball to right, and I wonder now how close to the warning track, to the ivy, to the brick, that last out flew.
|Father-daughter scorecards, April 29, 1995.
I know now I didn't keep a scorecard for that game in 2004, and I wonder if all these years later, these years of breaking down and messing up and rebuilding, carrying on, if I were to show up at Wrigley's gate, would it be like old friends hugging away the years, embracing the struggles, the changes? Or would it be like wary strangers eyeing each other, judging the changes, a tsk tsk and a fare-thee-well. Either way, for sure, this time I'm keeping a scorecard.


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Individual Insurance: Mortgage Insurance
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$ sudo su – root
2. type
# /sbin/service tftp start
This will start a tftpd(8) server on Mac OS X.
A config file, tftp.plist for tftpd(8) is in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ directory.
This is an XML file. If you need to change tftpd(8) root directory to something other than
/private/tftpboot, edit tftp.plist file and change the
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# chmod 777 /Users/gregory/Desktop/tftp
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$ tftp
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tftp> status
Connected to 192.168.1.128.
Mode: netascii Verbose: off Tracing: off
Rexmt-interval: 5 seconds, Max-timeout: 25 seconds
tftp> verbose
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Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
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Iran/UNSCR 1929
Paris, June 10 , 2010
The adoption of UNSCR 1929 isn't a refusal of dialogue; on the contrary, it's an affirmation of the need for dialogue. We're continuing, the whole time, to reach out [to the Iranians], offer an open door and dialogue. At the same time, we're behaving reasonably, because the dangers are great in that part of the world and sparks can trigger explosions and still greater tragedy.
None of the sanctions passed today at the United Nations Security Council targets the Iranian people – on the contrary. The major event is the Iranian people's revolt against what they call an injustice. This is what counts and one day it will be crucial: there isn't a single section of the Green Movement, that courageous movement, talking or wanting to talk about military nuclear power./.


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The latest Raspbian (September 2016) has a new Desktop called Pixel. You can download the image of the OS here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ . Write the image on a microSD card the same way as before.
So, what's new? The graphics is flattened making everything look 2D - not a bad thing. Epiphany web browser is making room for Chromium and uBlock Origin adblocker. Take a look at more detailed list of all the new features here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/introducing-pixel/ .


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Here are some pictures of early-season skiing and riding from the end of September through mid October. Locations include Lane Glacier, Tincan, and Jewel Glacier. There are plenty of rocks hiding just beneath the snow on Todd's Run; my snowboard base will attest to that. Let's do a snow dance!
9/30/12 Lane Glacier
10/06/12 Lane Glacier
10/19/12 Todd's Run on Tincan
10/20/12 Jewel Glacier
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Ron "B-Stinger" Savage was born in 1965 and raised in The Bronx section of Castle Hill. As a teen, he attended Allied E. Stevenson High School and finished with his GED at the age of 18. Intrigued with music at a very young age, Ron and his sister would attend functions in their local park-as their parents would not allow them to go outside of their neighborhood. As the two matured more, they were then able to accompany music notables DJ Jazzy J and Bam, and from there, they fell in love with Hip-Hop. So in awe of this new developing culture called Hip-Hop, Ron and his sister hung out with members of the Zulu Nation. The Zulu Nation is an organization that stands for peace, love, and having fun. It is all about music and break dancing. It is about the culture of Hip-Hop. After seeing DJ's spinning at his local park, Ron wanted to be down. "I became a member of the Zulu Nation in 1979 (Age 14) and went by the name B-Stinger. Originally, I was called Ronald B, but other members saw B-Stinger as the more fitting nickname. I was truly a bee because I always tried to sting the ladies (get their attention) back in the day like a bee, so that's how I got the name", recalls Savage. Ronald was among the main chapter of the Universal Zulu Nation Council from The Bronx River Houses in New York City. Later in the 1990's, B-Stinger -aka- Ronald Savage worked for DJ Jazzy Jay and Rocky Bucano at Strong City Records/MCA where he became known as a "go-getter" in the music industry. After three years, B-Stinger left Strong City Records to work for Dick Scott Entertainment where he handled the careers as an Artist Liaison for Snap ( I Got The Power), Show Biz & A.G. (Soul Clap), and Doug E. Fresh (Busting Out) just to name a few. When Scott went on to manage Boyz II Men and New Kids On The Block, he focused only on those acts and Savage's services were no longer needed. This was also due to a decline in sales. Progressing, he then managed a 3-guy R&B Group called Motif (London/PayDay/Polygram Records). In 1993, he helped them market and promote their debut album, "More Than Magic". The group's single featuring Positive K called "You Told Me", did extremely well on the charts. They opened frequently for several established acts of this era like acts such as H-Town. For two years, Ronald would grind it out and endure the highs and lows of the industry. Between the music industry's constant changes and the juggle of emotional issues stemming from his teen years, he became discouraged and left entertainment all together.
Moving on, Ronald did security in a residential building in the Bronx called Noble Mansion. For well over ten years, he became a staple in that particular community. "When I was doing security, I wanted to clear my head and refocus. My job treated me well, but I was too comfortable. As a security guard, I started to take an interest in the building, community, and the neighborhood". While working at his post, Ron started to take notice of various things going on in the community—thus the birth of his monthly newsletter, "Buzz Entertainment". This monthly publication concentrated on local entertainment and neighborhood issues. "I would take notice of how senior citizens would struggle to make it to the Post Office to pay their monthly bills. Starting with the petition to obtain a mobile post office, I was able to secure that and assist the elderly with their postal needs. From there, I then contacted the Parks Department and multiple trash cans were much needed and installed around the community", states Savage. His love for his people did not stop there. Savage then started his very own 501c3 where he was afforded the opportunity to work in conjunction with the Bronx's city officials under his own, United Coalition Association. City Council Member Annabel Palma noticed Ron's work and took a liking to his strong fighting voice for the community. "She gave me funding for my organization and this helped me to further assist the youth and elderly in my neighborhood. Hosting the New York State College Fair Day had become an annual event property of his.In 2006, Ron Savage was elected to the New York State Democrat Committee.In 2009 he became the VP for Former NYS Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera's Community Democratic Club adding on to his political growth. With his position, Ron was provided the opportunity to speak on the floor three times at the New York State Democratic Convention where he was able to introduce resolutions to the floor.In 2012, Ron Savage lost his seat and his 17-year relationship with the mother of his three (3) children; however, he still continued to operate his organization while taking some personal time to deal with issues from is past that somehow seemed to resurface in his present life.
In 2014, Ron Savage fell into a deep depression. For years, he had been suppressing something that would come back and haunt him mentally to an unusual extent. What was it? He had been sexually molested by Hip-Hop's very own, DJ Afrika Bambaataa. This violation had taken a toll on Ron as an adult. Seeking help, his counselor then advised him to write down his story, thoughts, and feelings. Those journal entries would later become a future New York Times Best Seller called, IMPULSES, URGES, AND FANTASIES. Available for purchase on Amazon, Ronald gives an account of how much Hip-Hop and his molestation played pivotal parts of his developing young life and his present life. Though the book was self-published in 2014, it is now garnering worldwide media attention."Often times, I look back on everything that has happened to me. I wonder if this had not happened, how would my life turned out? Would I have been in a stable relationship with a woman? Would I have been able to stay in the music industry? But what has given me hope, is my truth. I have learned to embrace it and speak about it, in hopes of helping others heal from molestation as well", states Ronald. "So much disfunction has been caused in my life because of someone's selfish acts on a young impressionable teen. I only hope my message helps someone". Last year, Ron also started a registered trademark brand called ULULY and it stands for Hip Hop Against Predators. To date, Savage advocating for stiffer child protective laws. During is spare time, he volunteers, and spends time with his three children.It is Ronald's mission to share his story to people also affected by molestation. His message is to heal, not hate. He is also focusing on his very own "Ronald Savage Survivor Network" where all survivors can network and share their stories. ###
Ron Savage will be interviewed in the Oct edition of Vice Magazine at Newstands Sept 30TH, 2016 it's the OCT edition.
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We're talking about hair this Fashion Tip Friday!
Whatever you call it, Rainbow, Unicorn, or Mermaid hair, it is meant to be styled.
I feel like if you are going to take all that time (and money) to have it, you need to take the time to style it. 🌈🦄


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Among the many skills we have here at The Morning Adam™ is how to decalcify a toilet.
Years ago, our offices were located in a hard-water area.
As a result, mineral deposits in the holes under the rim would cause the flush to become so weak it was often necessary to dump a gallon of water into the bowl to complete the flush.
So we became very good at implementing a simple process, using hot water and CLR, to decalcify a toilet and restore a strong flush.
Which Is Great News, But It Doesn't Matter.
Chances are, you have skills in your industry that are above and beyond what you advertise or currently do for your audience and clients.
There may be a certain thing you do extremely well, that is typically a high-revenue activity…
…but not only aren't you interested in doing it, just thinking about it makes your skin crawl.
So, Don't Do It.
Focus on offerings that reside at the intersection of your brilliance and passion.
When you're focused on brilliance and passion, avoid taking on revenue-generators you despise just for the money. In most cases, you'll actually fall backwards in your strategic plan, and end up losing a lot of the money, one way or another.
Not worth it.
Are you a plumber?
Are you a housekeeper?
Are you a residential cleaning professional?
If so, then by all means, decalcify toilets.
Otherwise, you're NOT obligated to offer toilet decalcification as a service, even if you're a wizard at it, no matter how "value adding" it is or how many people "feel" you "should" do it.
Just like you don't have to add "we'll build your website too!" to your copywriting, coaching, social media, marketing consulting, or any other business, even though some say it's a "natural next step", if you hate, or know little of, web design.
Leave that to the web designers – or better yet form an alliance with one.
Because otherwise you may be flushing money down the toilet.


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Menopause Home > Specific Safety Issues With Ogen
Warnings and precautions to be aware of prior to using Ogen include the following:
- Ogen should never be used to prevent heart disease (see Hormone Replacement Therapy and Heart Health for more information), as it is not effective for this use.
- For women who still have a uterus (who have not had a hysterectomy), taking Ogen alone (without a progestin) increases the risk of endometrial cancer (cancer of the lining of the uterus). Women who still have a uterus should take Ogen with a progestin medication.
- Let your healthcare provider know if you have abnormal vaginal bleeding, such as heavy bleeding or bleeding between periods, while taking Ogen, as this may be a sign of precancerous or cancerous changes in the uterus. Your healthcare provider can perform the necessary tests to rule out cancer.
- Studies have shown that estrogen hormone replacement therapy increases the risk of strokes and blood clots in the legs.
- Your healthcare provider should make sure that you are appropriately treated for any risk factors for heart disease or blood clots before you take Ogen. Possible risk factors include:
- When possible, Ogen should be stopped four to six weeks before many surgeries in order to help prevent blood clots.
- Estrogen drugs, with or without a progestin, may increase the risk of breast cancer. Proper screening and monitoring as determined by your healthcare provider, such as yearly mammograms and monthly self breast exams, is recommended.
- Estrogen drugs, with or without a progestin, seem to increase the risk of dementia. In no case should Ogen be used to prevent or treat dementia, as it is not effective for this use.
- Ogen may worsen epilepsy, porphyria, asthma, diabetes, migraine headaches, lupus, and hepatic hemangiomas.
- Women who take estrogen have an increased risk for gallbladder disease.
- Let your healthcare provider know right away if you notice any vision changes while taking the drug. This can signal a blood clot in the retina, a possible side effect of Ogen.
- Ogen can cause high blood pressure (hypertension) or high triglycerides in some women. Your healthcare provider should monitor you for these problems while you are taking the drug.
- If you have had jaundice (yellowing of the whites of the eyes or skin) due to estrogens or pregnancy in the past, Ogen could cause similar problems to recur. If this happens, your healthcare provider will probably advise you to stop taking it.
- If you have an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), Ogen may increase your body's requirement for thyroid hormones. Your healthcare provider should monitor you and adjust the dose of your thyroid medications as necessary.
- Ogen can cause fluid retention. This can cause problems for people with congestive heart failure (CHF) or kidney problems.
- The medication should be used with caution in people who have low calcium levels in the blood (known medically as hypocalcemia).
- It is not clear if Ogen increases the risk of ovarian cancer. Some studies have shown an increased risk, while others have not.
- The medication can make endometriosis symptoms worse.
- Ogen can interact with a number of different medications (see Ogen Drug Interactions).
- Ogen should not be used during pregnancy (see Ogen and Pregnancy).
- Ogen does pass through breast milk. Therefore, if you are breastfeeding or plan to start, discuss this with your healthcare provider prior to taking the drug (see Ogen and Breastfeeding).


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The outrageous, narrow, contradictory, self-serving position of those on the Right--such as Robert Kagan, who makes at least some attempt at casting a veil of intellectual coherence, or the bloviating Mike Pence, who only goes as far as enjoying the familiar sound of his words--is another example of the continuing simple-minded viciousness that lies at the heart of a large sector of those who identify as conservative.
The logic here is simple. They are itching for a fight. They want to draw Obama into "confronting" Iran, prodded by rhetoric that really comes down to no more than opportunism hiding behind the usual protective shield of patriotic boilerplate, so that Iran will then accuse the U.S. of meddling.
Obama can then be accused of "failing" in foreign policy--because of the conflict that they conveniently and typically encouraged. And Iran can be placed in the role which they find more comfortable and exciting, and which they are more accustomed to--the place that they can and should fight.
That this permits the Iranian government to have a critical distraction from the battle for freedom, focusing attention on an external enemy--that is, that it will serve to undercut the "freedom" that they declare is their purpose--is not mentioned.
Sad, hypocritical, tiresome...ah! A return to the feelings of the Bush Administration!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Iran: Bluster and Thought
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EU states lose an estimated €1 trillion in potential revenue every year from tax evasion and avoidance activities. Much of this amount, it turns out, has been squirreled away to offshore tax havens – known otherwise as "treasure islands". Can anything be done to recoup these losses?
English accountant Richard Murphy is a controversial figure. His pioneering work for Tax Research UK on exposing tax avoidance and evasion made him a target for the barbs of financial elites - who wanted to protect their interests from his sharp scrutiny – but also led to him being described as a "heroic figure…driven by admirable moral fervour", by the Daily Mirror newspaper.
According to Murphy, an estimated €1 trillion a year was being lost in the EU due to the twin evils of tax evasion and avoidance. Not surprisingly, this figure has been disputed by the corporate world, though the European Commission, in a recent report, used the same figure as Murphy's in quantifying the EU tax gap – an implicit acknowledgement of his unique expertise in this area.
Related: EU Steps Up Efforts To Tackle $1 Trillion In Annual Tax Evasion
Related: Greece Publishes List of Worst Tax Evaders in The Country
In the meantime, Murphy has been battling hard to expose offshore tax avoidance schemes. His work for the London-based Tax Justice Network for instance has ruffled quite a few feathers. When the organisation launched its Financial Secrecy Index in 2011, which gave all tax havens an opacity rating, the head of the Cayman Islands' Monetary Authority described Murphy as "the leader of the international tax Taliban".
Naturally, Murphy was delighted.
"If the tax havens are hurting, then what we're doing is working," he said.
The English accountant's "moral fervour" can be traced back to his experiences working for KPMG, one of the world's biggest accountancy firms, during the 1980s.
"At that time no one anywhere realised the threat to the world economy that offshore tax havens posed."
"What I saw can be summarised simply: Offshore was clearly a world of make-believe. In most cases nothing ever really happens in an offshore company. All its decision-making, all its accounting, all its paper work is really done somewhere else. The pretence was corrosive, for the people involved, for the business, and maybe more widely, as I realised later."
Murphy's Mission
Acccording to Ronen Palan, a Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Birmingham and co-author of Tax Havens: How Globalization Really Works, Murphy's passion to expose tax evasion may have arisen after getting "sick and tired" from "working for people whose big business is tax avoidance."
"Murphy is a very serious accountant, one of the best around and his work should be taken seriously," said Palan.
"He is well-known, but is his work shunned by the current government who prefer to rely on accountants and lawyers from industry, although they are obviously protecting the interests of the financial elite," Palan added.
Since embarking on his mission, Murphy has produced several influential reports detailing the scale of tax evasion and avoidance and has outlined plans on how to prevent it. Using new data from the World Bank published last year on the size of shadow economies, his recent report, Closing the European Tax Gap, estimated that the amount lost to tax evasion, which is illegal, was €860 billion a year.
It is much harder to quantify tax avoidance, which is legal but unethical. But Murphy is reasonably confident in proposing a conservative figure of €150 billion a year in the EU. This means that evasion and avoidance together cost the EU around €1 trillion a year, which could cover the cost of 105.8 percent of total health-care spending in EU countries.
The tax lost to the EU's shadow economies is 17.6 percent of total government spending, Murphy argues in the report. Only in two cases – Luxembourg and Austria – is the tax lost less than 10 percent of revenues, he noted; and even in efficient countries, such as Germany, almost one euro in six is lost to tax evasion.
Based on Murphy's figures, tackling tax evasion could clear the budget deficits of 16 EU states:
"The findings add a new policy agenda to public debate on the world's financial crisis. For example, Italy loses €183 billion to tax evasion a year, which is the most in Europe. Its current debt of €1.9 trillion represents just over 10 years tax of tax evasion. If more had been done to tackle rampant tax evasion, Europe would not be facing a crisis today."
Treasure Islands
Much of the money is hidden away from the taxman's gaze in international tax havens. The Tax Justice Network argues that there is at least US$11.5 trillion held in tax havens, which equates to around US$255 billion in unpaid tax per year.
What's more Murphy's estimates are nowhere near outrageous. In fact, the European Commission's recent report suggested even higher figures. According to the EC, US$20 trillion was hidden in just the Cayman Islands, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong and Jersey alone.
Today, a third of the world's GDP is being channelled through tax havens and more than half of the money passed around the globe each day moves through these accounts. There are about 3 million global corporations with no identifiable owner and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that 60 percent of world trade consists of transfers within multinationals, who pass profits to anonymous subsidiaries in tax-free jurisdictions.
The Cayman Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, is the world's worst offender. It is the only place in the world with more businesses than people – 55,000 citizens compared to around 60,000 registered businesses and trusts – and as of June 2011, there were 250 banks registered there that had assets of US$1.78 trillion, including 40 of the world's biggest 50 banks. This makes the cluster of three small islands the world's fourth largest financial sector.
Of course, banks registered in the Caymans are not at all interested in the tropical climate. In exchange for a name on a plaque, these banks get to be based in a country that guarantees to charge them no tax and will not disclose any information about their accounts.
"Tax avoidance has gone on for 80 years but offshore rates of avoidance have risen phenomenally since capital market liberalisation in 1980," said Murphy. "It became possible to move your money around the world in a way that made it much easier to hide it from view."
Related: Switzerland: Tax Haven No More?
Related: US Tax Evaders Turn to Israeli Banks
Murphy's "Law"
Nevertheless, Murphy still believes that tax havens can be beaten using three simple measures, shattering their secrecy for good in the process.
"First, all tax havens must put details of the ownership of all companies and trusts located there, and the accounts of those organisations, on public record."
"Second, all multinational companies must publish accounts that reveal their use of tax havens."
"Last, all tax havens should be required to exchange information each year on the income recorded within them belonging to the citizens of other countries with the places where those people really live."
"If we introduced these measures, those committing tax crimes would no longer have places to hide the proceeds of their crimes. Nothing could make a bigger contribution to solving the world's financial crisis," he said.
In addition, Murphy has many other solutions to the dual problems of tax avoidance and tax evasion. Tax avoidance, for instance, could be tackled, he says, using a general "anti-avoidance principle", which would allow tax authorities to investigate taxpayers who add artificial clauses into a transaction to avoid tax.
"It's very important as it puts the burden of proof onto the taxpayer. It's designed to stop the kind of Channel Islands scheme which the multi-millionaire British comedian Jimmy Carr used to reduce his tax liabilities," Murphy opined.
However, in order for tax authorities to do their job successfully, they need to be properly funded, Murphy says. Sadly though, a culture of cuts across Europe has been diminishing the taxmen's powers. In the UK, for example, 44,000 of the HMRC's (Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs) 55,000 staff went on strike in June this year to protest against plans to cut 10,000 posts by 2014-2015.
"The UK's senior tax officials' union estimates a yield of £10 for every £1 spent, which means that cuts are a false economy," said Murphy. "Tax authorities raise money and spend modest sums to do so."
Additionally, Murphy said that the HMRC cost just over £3.9 billion to run in 2010â11, whereas tax receipts were at £447 billion. According to his own estimates, the UK's tax gap is £95 billion, but even using the official HMRC figure of £35 billion, the yield on further expenditure would be high.
In the UK, which is one of the EU's most tax-compliant countries, tax evasion by small businesses remains a big problem. The HMRC estimates that 46 percent of all small businesses in the UK under-declare their tax in the UK, while the pandemic is even worse in other EU countries, such as Italy and Greece.
Murphy suggests that all businesses with turnovers of less than €1 million a year should be required to submit a breakdown of their sales turnover with their accounts. They should disclose their top ten customers by value, plus the total of other sales. If those exceeded 70 percent of sales then no further analysis would be needed. Otherwise, monthly or weekly sales revenues would also need disclosure. The openness would make it far easier for tax officers to keep tabs on businesses.
Related: Thousands Of UK Civil Servants Implicated In Tax Evasion Probe
Related: US Forms "SWAT Team" To Hunt Corporate Tax Dodgers
Additionally, Murphy favours introducing a measure that has already proven to work in tackling tax evasion in Italy. The idea is to seek the "smoking gun" of tax evasion in government-maintained databases that indicate which citizens are more likely to be wealthy. This information can be correlated with tax return data to locate anomalies in lifestyles.
Back in June, this year, the tactic produced spectacular results in Cortina d'Ampezzo, a winter playground for the rich and famous in the Italian Dolomites. Tax officials traced the owners of 133 Lamborghinis, Ferraris, SUVs and other expensive luxury cars that they found parked in the snowâlined streets.
According to the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "They found that 42 of the owners – nearly a third – had declared incomes of less than €22,000 a year. A further 16 claimed to be earning less than €50,000 a year. The investigation highlights a nationwide problem of Italians cheating the tax man by hugely underâdeclaring their incomes, or declaring no income at all."
But the political will to introduce these, and other measures, is not yet present in many European countries, claims Professor Palan:
"When I first started investigating tax avoidance I thought there was a simple explanation. The rich, large business elite benefited from it and through lobbying they got the politicians on their side. Of course, many politicians are already from the financial elite….
"I began to question that simple assumption [of course]; but, since the financial crisis, I've seen such enormous sums of money spent by the financial industry to deflect attention from tax havens that I have slowly and cautiously returned to my original assumptions!"
By David Smith, EconomyWatch.com
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Speaking of Virginia farms, did you know that Russell County was once a part of one of the largest farms east of the Mississippi? In fact, so were several other Southwest Virginia counties. At its largest, the Stuart Land and Cattle Corporation covered about 100,000 acres! In the beginning, the land belonged to Thomas Hendricks, who was given a land grant in 1769 by the English government in the area that became known as Elk Garden. In 1868, William Alexander Stuart purchased this same land of 2, 144 acres for $60,000, which was the beginning of Stuart Land & Cattle. William continued to expand by buying other property. William's son, Henry Carter Stuart, born in 1855, went on to expand the land holdings even further, and also served as governor of Virginia from 1914-1918.
Since its creation Russell County has been largely a farming county. The peak in the number of farms was in 1935, with 3,721 farms. The greatest land amount in farms was in 1890, when there were 296,080 acres of farmland. Although these numbers began to steadily decrease in 1945, according to the 2012 agricultural census (the most recent data available), there are still 995 farms and 187,620 acres of farmland in Russell County.
In fact, for the state of Virginia as a whole, agriculture is by far the largest industry. Virginia has about 46,000 farms with an economic impact of $52 billion annually. Broilers, cattle, milk, soybeans, and turkeys are the top five revenue generators.
To learn more about farming history in Russell County, join us on September 27th at 3:00 pm for the release of Kathy Shearer's new book, Working for Stuarts. It's comprised of the history of Stuart Land & Cattle Company, as told by the people who worked for the company.
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Universal Design - Accommodating Everybody
I spent the last week teaching a professional development course for young planners in Buenos Aries, Argentina. It's been a wonderful experience – my students are smart and enthusiastic, and Buenos Aries is a vibrant city with old-world charm. The buildings, plazas and old statues are beautiful and dignified, although a little frayed around the edges.
I spent the last week teaching a professional development course for young planners in Buenos Aries, Argentina. It's been a wonderful experience – my students are smart and enthusiastic, and Buenos Aries is a vibrant city with old-world charm. The buildings, plazas and old statues are beautiful and dignified, although a little frayed around the edges. While there I rode on the world's oldest operating subway carriages, some in service for more than a century, with lovely hardwood paneling and brass hardware like a vintage steamship. But for many people, visiting or residing in Buenos Aries would be a nightmare worse than anything you're likely to see this coming Halloween.
Buenos Aries residents are stylish – men wear classic suits and colorful silk ties, and women wear current but tasteful fashions. Yet, there is a disconnect between people's personal fastidiousness and the deterioration of the public realm. In particular, most of the city's sidewalks are in terrible shape, difficult enough for a healthy walker with practical shoes, but virtually impassable for people with disabilities.Pedestrianized streets such as Avenita Florida are filled with people.
The few pedestrianized streets are jammed with walkers and vendors. But most streets are dominated by motor vehicle traffic with little accommodation for pedestrians. Most sidewalks are narrow, dirty, cracked, and blocked with countless potholes and encroachments such as parked motorcycles, vendors' stalls, utility poles and garbage. Buenos Aries presents countless barriers to people using mobility devices (the general term for wheelchairs and walkers). Many corners lack ramps, and many of the curbcuts that exist are carelessly designed and constructed. It's an absolute disaster!
Typical sidewalk conditions.
Vendors encroach on pedestrian space making sidewalks crowded and difficult to navigate for pedestrians.
During my stay I explored various parts of the city on foot. I must have passed many thousands of pedestrians. Yet, fewer than a dozen were using wheelchairs or walkers, and only one of those was traveling alone. Wheelchair users in Buenos Aries require assistance to maneuver around numerous cracks and potholes, and over curbs that lack adequate ramps.
Wheelchair users generally cannot travel without assistance.
What do these failures cost? A lot, in reduced productivity and lost dignity. People who lack basic mobility are unable to participate in activities that most of us take for granted: schooling, employment, shopping, recreation and socializing. Cities that fail to accommodate people with disabilities cannot attract a growing segment of tourists and residents – people with disabilities go elsewhere.
Public sidewalks are a critical component of the public realm, shared space where people naturally interact. Municipal governments have responsibility and control over these facilities – they determine their design, maintenance and management. Accommodating people with disabilities should be a top priority for transport planning.
I don't want to single out Buenos Aries, which is no worse than many other cities and better than some. At least the city has sidewalks with curb cuts, some subway stations have elevators, and some buses have wheelchair lifts. Many cities, particularly those in very poor countries, are much worse. But I could not help but be struck by the contrast between abundant private wealth - plenty of expensive clothes, luxury cars and new highways - and impoverished pedestrian infrastructure, and the cruelty this imposes on people who rely on these facilities for basic access.
In my home town of Victoria, British Columbia it is common see pedestrians with disabilities because we've made a reasonable effort to implement Universal Design (pedestrian environments designed to accommodate all possible users, including people with disabilities, baby strollers, hand carts and wheeled luggage). Our experience indicates that there is considerable latent travel demand by people with disabilities and other special needs – if we fail to accommodate them they are invisible. If we accommodate them they can participate in society.
The city of Victoria has good Universal Design and so attracts many people with disabilities as residents and tourists.
A common nightmare involves straining to reach an essential destination, but no matter how much you try it is always beyond reach, with each attempt thwarted by a new barrier, while everybody else passes by ignoring your difficulty. This nightmare is real for people with disabilities – without Universal Design it is simply impossible to reach many common destinations and activities, at least with dignity and affordability.
There is a relatively simple method for addressing this problem; establish minimum standards for pedestrian facilities that cover:
- Pedestrian connectivity (presence of sidewalks and paths across an area)
- Functional width (taking into account encroachments into the pedestrian way, including street furniture and vendors).
- Surface condition (cracks, potholes, tree roots, etc.)
- Cubcuts and ramps
- Street crossing conditions (presence of crosswalks and pedestrian signals, curb-to-curb distances, vehicle traffic speeds)
- Management and enforcement (for example, preventing encroachment, speeding cyclists and garbage in the pedestrian way).
Just as transportation planners produce maps which highlight roadways that have inadequate Level-of-Service ratings, planners can produce maps which show sidewalk and path conditions, highlighting those with significant problems. This information can be used to prioritize pedestrian improvements.
In most cities only a small percent of total transportation expenditures are devoted to pedestrian facilities, far smaller than total pedestrian mode split. (Conventional travel surveys generally indicate that only 5-10% of trips are by walking and cycling, but such surveys tend to undercount many nonmotorized trips, such as the walking links of transit trips, and local errands. In most cities, 10-20% of total trips are by walking and cycling, and sometimes even more.) For the cost of a single highway extension or rail line a city's total pedestrian facilities could typically be brought up to a level which accommodates all users, including people with disabilities.
Most of us are only "temporarily abled." At some point in our lives we or somebody we love will require Universal Design. Now is the best time to begin making a public realm that accommodates all possible users. Otherwise, we will live a nightmare of our own creation.


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Fansipan One Day Climb is one of our private, guided tour that we design for hardcore trekkers who are short on time but not on energy.
With an early start time of 6.30am-7.30am, you will be met up with our local team – guide and driver. You are then transferred by car 15km from Sapa, to arrive at the Fansipan Park Ranger's Station at a height of 2,000m, ready to begin the climb.
The mountain's ecosystem is rich, with 2,024 floral varieties and 327 fauna species. The challenging ascent and decent will take around 7-8 hours. Throughout, you hike through stunning primary deciduous and evergreen forests, follow crystal clear mountain streams, and brave windswept ridges.
Short breaks along the way will allow you to take in the various scenic views that this climb has to offer. Forest types change with increasing altitude. Around the summit, dwarf bamboo is all that can survive.
You arrive at the 3,143m summit around midday, and celebrate this victory with a picnic lunch, sitting high above the hills with views of this stunning mountainous landscape. The descent, will take around 3-4 hours (depending on individual fitness levels).
You arrive back at the start point – Park Ranger's Station with the car waiting for you and are taken back to Sapa town. Trip ends.