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Nukini Rapé Cetico Wild Mint
This is a wonderfully aromatic relaxing Nukini Rapé. It is an aromatic Rapé with undertones that are elegantly uplifting and opening while also grounding. The Nukini Rapé Cetico Wild Mint brings one into a state of calm particularly in the mind, but effects are also noticeable in the body as well.
Francisca sings songs to the plants before harvesting
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|Blackrock Depths
One run takes about 10 minutes and offers lots of loot!
Looting the bank
The goal of this gold making tip is to loot the vault in Blackrock Depths. There's 12 locked vault doors in the treasure room that is located in the middle of the instance, each having loot in them. However, most of the gold that you're getting from this run does not come from these vaults.
Because these vault doors are locked, you need keys. These are the Relic Coffer Keys that drop all around the instance.
Be careful when collecting these, though, as they are bound to Blackrock Depths. If you leave this zone, the keys disappear from your bags. This is a huge nuisance, as sometimes you do not find enough keys to open all 12 doors.
In short:
- Follow the provided route, killing everything that moves.
- Once you have 12 keys, proceed to the treasure room.
- Have Tailoring, Enchanting and Jewelcrafting on an alt.
|Follow this route, killing everything in your path.
Each dwarf in this zone has roughly a 14% chance of dropping a Relic Coffer Key. This means you can kill 50 and not see a key drop. In this case you have to venture further than what the path above shows, or just reset the instance after you have used the keys you found. However, most of the time you have plenty of keys by the time you reach the vault.
Because this instance is full of elite monsters, there's a decent chance of obtaining valuable loot, such as epics or even über rare recipes. These will be your main source for gold, so it's not a bad idea to clear the instance fully. Vault contains junk when compared to these. Wowhead is down currently, so I cannot give any examples.
Kuja's Protip: A level 70+ character can make HUGE pulls here, making use of the new AOE loot feature. A level 85 tank specced character can make the whole route in one pull, allowing you to loot more than a hundred mobs with one click.
A single relic coffer gives a grey, and usually multiple sacks of coins or a sack of gems. Out of these the Sack of Gems is the most valuable. It contains multiple low level Pearls or Gems
Once all 12 doors are open, Watchman Doomgrip spawns next to you. When he's dead, a secret safe opens that contains a blue quality item.
Keep in mind that blues from lower part of Blackrock Depths disenchant into Small Brilliant Shards, which are usually worthless. It's better to sell these to a vendor instead for extra golds.
Once you've looted the vault, it's a good idea to continue following the path towards The Domicile, and through it towards Pyromancer Loregrain (who drops the Fiery Weapon enchant), through the arena and eventually back to entrance to sell your loots, and repeat if you enjoyed the run.
|If you like big pulls, AOE looting saves many minutes!
Loot from one run - 10 minutes - To Vault and back:
- Dream Dust x 21
- Greater Eternal Essence x 1
- Large Brilliant Shard x 3
- Small Brilliant Shard x 4
- Runecloth x 169
- Aquamarine x 1
- Iridescent Pearl x 1
- Lesser Moonstone x 1
- Black Pearl x 1
- Shadowgem x 1
- Tigerseye x 1
- Citrine x 1
- Core of Earth x 1
- Plans: Heavy Mithril Helm x 1
- Black Diamond x 7
- Freezing Band x 1
- 39 gold
If I repeat this 5 times so I get to the instance cap, and the loot is close to 270g in the following runs too, I can make about 1500 gold in less than a hour. However, read on if you want to triple that gold.
I did not have Mining with my toon, so the list does not include Dark Iron Bars, which are VERY valuable.
|The Vault
Each of the doors hide a Relic Coffer. It may contain gold or gems.
Don't sell the loot as it is, use professions!
To make even more gold, I put the loot to use by professions. Some craftables required me to buy some addidional reagents. Here's what I did with the loot I obtained from 50 minutes of farming.
Prices are from my realm
- Created Runecloth Headbands with Tailoring.
- Disenchanted them.
Disenchanted into: 1480g
Large Brilliant Shards & Major Health Pots
- Created Enchant Chest - Exceptional Health scrolls.
Total value: 780g
- Created various jewelry, including rings and amulets, depending on what gems I had at hand.
Total value: 400-500g
Transmog/useful greenies
- If an item looked cool, had good stats or it's AH value is 200+ gold, I would sell it in the AH.
Total value: 1600g
Rest of the items I sold in the AH.
Total amount of gold I obtained from these five runs is almost 5000 gold, in less than a hour.
Keep in mind that every realm has different prices for every item, and selling all of the loot takes weeks sometimes.
Extra loot for Miners
This instance contains many Dark Iron Ore deposits. Once smelted, these can give tremendous profit for you. For more info about mining and smelting Dark Iron Ore, visit the Dark Iron Ore Farming Gold Tip.
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John Adams' 1992 Chamber Symphony, which opens this week's program by Edo de Waart and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, is a remarkable affair, at once erudite and entertaining.
Full of what its composer called "unreasonably difficult passages and alarmingly fast tempi," it draws on sources as disparate as Schoenberg (his own Chamber Symphony, Op. 9) and classic cartoon scores.
De Waart, one of Adams' earliest and staunchest advocates, leads a knowing performance; the SPCO plays with characteristic panache. (I could feel the energy of their counting in row T.)
Yet on Thursday evening, Adams' head-filling concoction, antic and sometimes frantic, just wasn't the music I wanted to hear. Preoccupied with the news from Japan and with the suffering of the Japanese, I needed something less hectic, more reflective. Something by Arvo Pärt, perhaps, or the late Henryk Gorecki, or the great Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu -- music that spoke more directly to the moment. I wished the program had been modified accordingly.
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Curiously, Thursday's program offered an earlier work by Hindemith (himself a virtuoso violist) for viola and idiosyncratic ensemble: his neo-baroque Kammermusik No. 5, with SPCO principal Sabina Thatcher the rich-toned soloist. If the busy outer movements sounded too much like Adams, the melancholy slow movement, beautifully shaped, gave me, at last, the breathing room I craved.
A piece dedicated to Queen Victoria has a strike against it. Maybe two. Even so, Mendelssohn's songful "Scottish" Symphony is arguably the finest of his five. De Waart's vigorous reading, slightly muddied by the Ordway's acoustics, would have gained from quieter playing in the wonderful Adagio.
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Welcome the Kick the Can Podcast #2
Today, I use my voice to hold accountable our President-Elect Trump to be wary of the motives of Russia and Vladimir Putin.
Putin is NOT Our Friend
I started a podcast that will be about a variety of topics and will not be published on any regular basis. It's just what ever strikes me and whenever I want. I hope you listen and I would appreciate any feedback you may have.
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Back in late March, I challenged myself to read political writings from different points of view on a daily basis. I did that for a few reasons such as being informed on the policies of this country and the stories and backgrounds of the candidates.
Each day, except Sunday, I would attempt to choose 5-8 different websites to read. I did keep that up and will do so until Election Day. After that my reading will be a bit more sporadic. I thought I would share those sites with you for your reading or for saving for a later time.
It was interesting, to say the least. If you know any other you would like for me to add to this list, let me know.
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|Harvard Political Review
|Washington Post
|LA Times
|NY Times
|Washington Times
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The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities. It supersedes the ambiguous wording of Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, which does not expressly state whether the Vice President becomes the President or Acting President if the President dies, resigns, is removed from office or is otherwise unable to discharge the powers of the presidency. The Twenty-fifth Amendment was adopted on February 10, 1967.
Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
The Twenty-fifth Amendment in the National Archives
Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution states:
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
That clause was unclear regarding Presidential succession and inability; it did not state who had the power to declare a President incapacitated. Also, it did not provide a mechanism for filling a Vice Presidential vacancy prior to the next Presidential election. The vagueness of this clause caused difficulties many times before the Twenty-fifth Amendment's adoption:
In 1841, President William Henry Harrison became the first U.S. President to die in office. Representative John Williams had previously suggested that the Vice President should become Acting President upon the death of the President. John Tyler asserted that he had succeeded to the presidency, as opposed to only obtaining its powers and duties. He also declined to acknowledge documents referring to him as "Acting President". Although he felt his vice presidential oath negated the need for the presidential oath, Tyler was persuaded that being formally sworn-in would clear up any doubts about his right to the office. Having done so, he then moved into the White House and assumed full presidential powers. Tyler's claim was not formally challenged, and both houses of Congress adopted a resolution confirming that Tyler was the tenth President of the United States, without any qualifiers. The precedent of full succession was thus established. This became known as the "Tyler Precedent".
There had been occasions when a President was incapacitated. For example, following Woodrow Wilson's stroke no one officially assumed the Presidential powers and duties, in part because the First Lady, Edith Wilson, together with the White House Physician, Cary T. Grayson, covered up President Wilson's condition.
The office of Vice President had been vacant sixteen times due to the death or resignation of the Vice President or his succession to the presidency. For example, there was no Vice President for nearly four years after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
All of these incidents made it evident that clearer guidelines were needed. There were two proposals for providing those guidelines.
In 1963, Senator Kenneth Keating of New York proposed a Constitutional amendment which would have enabled Congress to enact legislation providing for how to determine when a President is disabled, rather than, as the Twenty-fifth Amendment does, having the Constitution so provide. This proposal was based upon a recommendation of the American Bar Association in 1960.
The text of the proposal read:
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the said office shall devolve on the Vice President. In case of the inability of the President to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the said powers and duties shall devolve on the Vice President, until the inability be removed. The Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what officer shall then be President, or, in case of inability, act as President, and such officer shall be or act as President accordingly, until a President shall be elected or, in case of inability, until the inability shall be earlier removed. The commencement and termination of any inability shall be determined by such method as Congress shall by law provide.
Senators raised concerns that the Congress could either abuse such authority or neglect to enact any such legislation after the adoption of this proposal. Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver (the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments), a long-time advocate for addressing the disability question, spearheaded the effort until he died of a heart attack on August 10, 1963.
With President John F. Kennedy's assassination, the need for a clear way to determine presidential succession, especially with the new reality of the Cold War and its frightening technologies, forced Congress into action. The new President, Lyndon B. Johnson, had once suffered a heart attack, and the next two people in line for the presidency were Speaker of the House John McCormack, who was 71 years old, and Senate President pro tempore Carl Hayden, who was 86 years old. Senator Birch Bayh succeeded Kefauver as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and set about advocating for a detailed amendment dealing with presidential succession.
On January 6, 1965, Senator Birch Bayh proposed in the Senate and Representative Emanuel Celler (Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee) proposed in the House of Representatives what became the Twenty-fifth Amendment. Their proposal specified the process by which a President could be declared disabled, thereby making the Vice President an Acting President, and how the President could regain the powers of his office. Also, their proposal provided a way to fill a vacancy in the office of Vice President before the next presidential election. This was as opposed to the Keating–Kefauver proposal, which did not provide for filling a vacancy in the office of Vice President prior to the next presidential election or itself provide a process for determining presidential disability. In 1964, the American Bar Association endorsed the type of proposal which Bayh and Celler advocated.
On February 19, the Senate passed the amendment, but the House passed a different version of the amendment on April 13. On July 6, after a conference committee ironed out differences between the versions, the final version of the amendment was passed by both Houses of the Congress and presented to the states for ratification.
(the above from wikipedia)
Sad that the Middle Class is bearing the brunt of this economy.
The Middle Class – Its Rise & Decline
After World War II, American became the world's first truly middle class nation. In the 30 years following the war, the real income of all American families, including the poor and near poor, doubled. The nation, by every economic measure, was becoming more equal. All that has changed.
For the past 30 years, the trend toward economic inequality has rolled back the post-World War II progress which had moved the nation toward a more equitable distribution of income and wealth. In the past ten years, the inflation-adjusted income of the median household fell 4.8 percent, the worst drop in at least half a century. And for many there is no income – more than 70 percent of Americans know someone who has lost a job. College graduates can't find jobs. Americans are losing purchasing power and their net worth is falling. The value of their homes is shrinking. Their retirement security has eroded. Medical and educational costs are rising faster than the cost of living index. In 2009, 16.7 percent of the American population – 50.7 million people – was without health insurance, the highest since this record has been kept. One in four homes is now under water and over 4.2 million home loans are in or near foreclosure. Last year, there was an 11.6 percent increase in families consolidating and moving in together.
In contrast, the wealthiest ten percent of countrymen hold over 60 percent of total family assets. America's richest one percent now hold more wealth than America's entire bottom 90 percent. The last 20 years have witnessed the most colossal amassing of huge fortunes in U.S. history. The nation now boasts more than 400 of billionaires.
Washington Rigged the Economy
Since 1946, the effective federal tax for the richest Americans has fallen by 60 percent. Those benefiting the most from our economy in income and wealth are simply not paying in, in proportion to what they are taking out. Nevertheless, the top priority of Republicans in Washington has been tax cuts for the wealthy and for corporate and financial entities. Their Herculean efforts to restore the Bush income tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and to repeal an estate tax affecting only the wealthiest two percent underscore the intensity of the ongoing class warfare and linkage between political polarization and economic inequality.
We seem to have degenerated into a form of social Darwinism. The prevailing national economic strategy of Washington has been to make business more profitable and less accountable and to reward the owners, investors and other wealthier Americans, at the expense of the great majority of workers and U.S. households. Workers have fewer countervailing protections. Their representation in Washington has been sold out. Organized labor's economic clout to win higher wages and benefits is withering away. Businesses and wealthy individuals contribute billions to influence elections, outspending labor unions many times over.
The soaring compensation of senior corporate executives, the increasing number of American millionaires and billionaires, the material excesses of our public and private elites – taken together – have very few precedents in American history. It is reminiscent of the last stages of other great empires. Many of the nation's elites, including its elected leaders, are unwilling to broach the subjects of inequality and class warfare – the very real struggle for a piece of the American pie. They appear to be asleep to – or purposely ignoring – these realities.
The absence of effective social and economic countervailing forces to address the ominous rise in inequality is increasingly a cause for alarm. Washington can no longer ignore the challenge to spread more equitably the benefits of economic growth – now enjoyed by those at the top – without undermining the economy that supports it. But where is the national debate? How do we hammer out new policies to alleviate the growing economic imbalances in our republic and thereby stem the social unrest that threatens the public landscape? The need is grave and immediate that we re-establish the economic opportunity and prospects for upward mobility that have for 200 years sustained the American dream and served as the bedrock for a stable democratic nation.


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Ignacio Sánchez is Full Professor at the School of Medicine of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and actually serves as President of the University.
He received his MD degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1986. In 1989 he specialized in Pediatrics. Later in 1992 he subspecialized in Pediatric Respirology at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He has worked in the Clinical Hospital of the Universidad Católica as Head of the Pediatric Respiratory Section and Pediatric Services. He has served as Head of the Pediatric Department. In 2004 he was elected Director of the School of Medicine of the Univerisity and from 2008 to 2010 served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
His academic work has been related with respiratory sounds, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary function in infants, areas in which he has published several papers in journals such as Pediatric Pulmonology and Journal of Pediatrics. In 2007 the University published his book "Enfoque Clínico de las Enfermedades Respiratorias del Niño". He participates in the editorial committees of several journals.
Dr. Sánchez is part of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) and is also President of G-9, a coalition of traditional non-state Chilean universities, and Head of the Chilean Chapter of Catholic Universities of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU).He was elected President of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2010.


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Pete Sessions: extended jobless aid 'immoral'
It's been nearly six weeks since Congress allowed federal unemployment benefits to lapse, causing new hardships on about 1.3 million Americans. That number grows by about 70,000 people a week, expanding the adverse impact on families and the U.S. economy.
The debate isn't yet over, and congressional Democrats continue to search for a way to extend jobless aid, despite GOP objections. As the process continues to unfold, though, keep an eye on the changing nature of Republican arguments.
For quite a while, the line among conservative lawmakers was simple: unemployment benefits encourage lazy Americans not to work, so cutting off benefits will create an incentive to get these struggling folks off the couch. Indeed, at least one Republicans actually argued that jobless aid does a "disservice to these workers" and "weakens" the United States.
In time, GOP lawmakers shifted their position, agreeing that they'd consider the policy they oppose if Democrats accepted a variety of concessions. But yesterday, a leading House Republican went backwards, returning to his party's original position.
House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Tuesday that it would be "immoral" to extend benefits to the long-term unemployed…. Sessions said he told Democrats that the answer was not extending benefits, but working with Republicans to create jobs."I believe it is immoral for this country to have as a policy extending long-term unemployments [sic] to people rather than us working on creation of jobs," Sessions said. "A job is the most important attribute, I believe, in a free enterprise system."
It's an odd argument. For one thing, it's not at all clear why the Texas Republican believes unemployment aid is "immoral," and when the Huffington Post asked his office to explain the argument, Sessions' aides didn't respond.
For another, not only have the congressman and his GOP colleagues balked at Democratic jobs bills in recent years, but if Congress extended unemployment benefits, independent estimates have projected the aid would create between 200,000 and 300,000 jobs.
In other words, if job creation is the goal, here's a pretty easy way to create jobs while helping struggling Americans keep their heads above water. What's "immoral" about that?
In the meantime, Senate proponents of the proposal, after having fallen short against a Republican filibuster twice last month, hope the third time will be the charm tomorrow.
The Senate will take another shot at passing legislation this week that would renew a federal unemployment benefits program although Republican complaints about the process could hamper progress.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has set up a cloture vote for Thursday on a new measure that would provide a three-month reauthorization of the emergency program that is paid by extending a "pension smoothing" provision.
The bill already enjoys the support of the Senate majority, but it'll need 60 votes to overcome GOP obstructionism. As of yesterday afternoon, it appeared to have 58 votes, so between now and tomorrow, supporters will need to find two more Republicans willing to support the temporary, bipartisan measure.
For his part, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is still demanding a series of amendments, which are unlikely to have anything to do with unemployment benefits, as a price for allowing senators to vote.
What about the bill's long odds in the House? And what Congress might do after the three-month extension is up? Proponents are well aware of the hurdles, but for now, are taking them one at a time.


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|Who is your favorite author and why?
My favorite author is Helen Kirkman. She hasn't written many books recently but i come across her books in a job lot of Mills&boons romances i bought, and i was hooked! I adored the amount of details she gave (even if some times it was excessive) and I took this and applied it in my own work, (though, a little more toned down than three pages of detail over one action.) But i love her ideas, her writing, her inner voice. She is, the reason i write today.
What is the most difficult for you to write: Characters, conflict, emotions?
Believe it or not, i feel oddly detached from the world, while writing my stories. I feel almost numb during the whole process. I stop thinking as myself, and even though i think as the character and some how apply myself, I don't feel the same emotional attachment as alot of my readers do! I suppose this doesn't help me promote myself as an author admitting this, However, I would never be able to advise someone on the best way to write a certain scene, or a certain feeling, because no two writing styles are the same. I struggle the most with writing the 'sex scenes' to my stories. It's not that they lack detail, or are terrible. But more so because i am a young romance author at only Twenty Two years of age, and when i write the sexual scenes even in my mind, i find myself getting a bit shy about putting them onto a page! It ends up hindering me almost, worrying about what people might think. whether it's right. It's no easy feat.
Are you self-taught, or did you study writing in school?
I am completely and utterly self taught. I left school at the age of fourteen to help look after and provide for my family, and so, essentially i left with no qualifications at all, and what i did know of English, whether it be writing or reading, was very poor. I started off role playing fantasy horses as a pass time. It become my escape from the world, and even though my father would tell me that i needed to think about writing a full story, and publishing my work, I never quite believed him that i had a gift. He believed in me far earlier than i ever believed in myself.
To this day my lifetime goal is to show that those less privileged than others, whether it be with education, or through the hurdles of life. If you love something enough, you will do whatever it takes to learn your craft. Don't give up because teachers tell you that you wont go anywhere because you have no qualifications. Don't give up because your family is against you, and most importantly don't give up because you are afraid. I battle with this every single day. I taught myself grammar (even though it's far from perfect, I understand the basics) and i taught myself to write, through the web and through the library, but without truly applying yourself by writing, you wont achieve your dream.
Are you in introvert or an extrovert?
I am actually an Introvert. I suffer from Post traumatic stress disorder, which means i bottle things up until they become overwhelming. It's very rare that a person is privileged enough to see the true, raw me, and I'll admit that, when they do see it and point it out or explain it to me, It scares me just a little. Not because it's bad but, because i don't like being readable, i like being somewhat closed off, and i have hundreds upon hundreds of built up walls within myself.
If you could switch places with one of your characters would you?
Oh now this question is the motherload… I would absolutely adore on so many levels to become the heroine of the current book i am writing "To subdue the Viking." Mostly because i am thoroughly in love with Teare and his strong manly characteristics, but his softness towards the women in his life, and that irresistible boyish charm that he harbors. (Never mind the fact he is based upon a truly handsome man) James D Magnussen
What do you wish you would have known when you first started writing that you know now?
How much work truly goes into being an author. It's not all glamorous. There is alot of research, alot of plotting, alot of writing, and worst of all alot of deleting. Then there is the marketing and promotional side, and the horrible waiting period before hearing back from publishers, and if you are like me, I'm terribly impatient. I am also determined, and you need a huge batch of this to get yourself through to the end. It takes years upon years to learn how to write successfully, but the truth is, you can write all your life and never truly know whether you're good enough or not. It's all luck.
Where can we find more information about you and your books?
You can find more information about me, Amber Maynard, and my up and coming releases, along with my published work, here on my blog.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read about me! and thank you Livia for offering me the opportunity to be featured on your blog!


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There is a concept in psychology and psychiatry termed confirmatory bias, which often adversely influences the judgment of officers, attorneys, judges, and juries, resulting in biased, unfair or unlawful arrests, decisions and convictions. It is the unfortunate human tendency for each individual to become part of a position, to hold that position regardless and to hear only that which supports that position, a phenomenon known as "confirmatory bias". Dr. Richard Rappaport, a nationally renowned member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law concluded in an editorial in a leading Journal for the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, in 2006, that AZ, a civil rights activist, had been abused by the courts and police due to this principle, when they falsely labeled her as psychotic and treated her as an escaped mental patient, disregarding everything she said, withholding medication needed for medical illnesses that threatened her life, and even beat her.[1] In the 2013 murder trial of David Camm, the defense argued that Camm was charged for the murders of his wife and two children solely because of confirmation bias within the investigation.[2] Confirmatory bias is pervasive in law. It is an area which is ripe for increased efforts to recognize it, as well as for legislation and rules that incorporate methods to reduce it. To see the rest of this article click here: HOW CONFIRMATORY BIAS TAINTS THE LAW
[1] Editorial: Losing Your Rights: Complications of Misdiagnosis, written by Dr. Richard Rappaport, J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 34:436-8, 2006
[2] "David Camm Blog: Investigation under fire". WDRB. October 10, 2013.


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President Obama plans to spend this weekend, including Father's Day, golfing in California.
Obama plans to be in Palm Springs on Saturday and Sunday, where he typically favors two private courses — the Sunnylands estate and Porcupine Creek, owned by software billionaire Larry Ellison.
As California grapples with a drought crisis, the Associated Press reports that the courses in the desert oasis of Palm Springs have been criticized for their water use.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz responds that many courses have taken water mitigation steps aimed at conservation. Mr. Schultz added that Obama discussed government efforts to deal with the drought during a private meeting with California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday while in San Francisco.
Time.com reported in February 2014 when Obama played golf in the area:
The 124 golf courses in the Coachella Valley consume roughly 17 percent of all water there, and one quarter of the water pumped out of the region's at-risk groundwater aquifer, according to the Coachella Valley Water District. Statewide, roughly one percent of water goes to keep golf courses green. Each of the 124 Coachella Valley courses, on average, uses nearly 1 million gallons a day due to the hot and dry climate, 3-4 times more water per day than the average American golf course. ...
Local golf officials realize they have a problem and are working to reduce their consumption. Water utilities are trying to transition the courses to using non-potable reclaimed water, instead of groundwater, for irrigation. In recent years, the 200-acre Sunnylands has cut back on the amount of turf grass and installed a more efficient irrigation system, according to a press release from the course operators. The course has prepared to transition to an as-yet-unfinished city-wide reclaimed water system.
And The Associated Press also reported that California golf courses have been making changes to conserve water:
Pressed by the four-year dry spell and state-mandated water cuts, some of the finest courses in California are taking such steps as tearing out the grass in places where it won't affect the game, planting drought-resistant vegetation, letting the turf turn brown in spots and installing smart watering systems.
"The new buzzword in the industry is 'Brown is the new green.' We can't provide the same kind of product as we'd like to anymore," said Mike Williams of Hidden Valley Golf Club in Norco. "Everybody can't play on a lush green surface like the Masters."
Obama is an avid golfer. In March, he took a "golf buddies" trip to Florida and spent the weekend playing with former NBA star Alonzo Mourning and former sportscaster Ahmad Rashad, and Cyrus Walker, a cousin of Obama's senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, the White House said.


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I frequently have clients right up until 9pm and am not home from the gym until very late, so quick, easy dinners that require minimal prep and clean up are of top priority in my kitchen. My go-to lazy, late night dinner has to be a stir-fry, and this sweet and sour pork recipe is a firm favourite. With tangy lime and ginger balanced with sweet honey and pineapple, this zesty dish takes only 20 minutes from prep to plate. And, as with all my favourite recipes, it packs up nicely in a Tupperware for quick lunches and dinners throughout the week. Enjoy!
Tangy Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe
Meals: 4
Calories: 362
Carbs: 50g
Fat: 8g
Protein: 30g
Prep Time: 10mins
Cook Time: 15mins
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 250g Wholegrain Basmati rice
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 100g spring onions, sliced diagonally
- 3 tbsp grated ginger (for ease and high-speed prep I love the Very Lazy grated ginger in oil)
- 2 tbsp runny honey
- 1 lime, juiced
- 200g sugar snap peas
- 250g cherry tomatoes
- 250g pineapple, cut into chunks (again, if you're after speed go for tinned or pre-prepped fresh)
- 400g lean pork tenderloin, sliced
Step 1:
Cook the rice according to instructions on the packaging. I always use Tilda's quick cook wholegrain basmati, it only takes about 10-15minutes for it to be ready. Perfect for getting dinner on the table quickly after I've been at the gym until 9pm!
Step 2:
Heat the oil in a wok, or high-edged frying pan, on high heat, add the pork tenderloin, garlic, ginger, lime juice and season with salt. Stir-fry for two minutes, then lower the heat and add in the sugar snaps. Stir-fry for another four minutes on low heat. It sounds silly, but the keyword in stir fry is STIR! Keep everything moving in the pan to avoid burning.
Step 3:
Next, add in the tomatoes and pineapple and stir-fry for another four minutes, then take off the heat. Toss in the spring onions and mix.
When the rice is cooked, divide onto a plate and three Tupperware boxes. Dollop the sweet and sour pork stir-fry on top, and be smug tucking in, knowing you've got meal prep sorted for the next three days!


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Regular price
**pre order. Approximately two week turnaround.
Hand crafted speckled based clay with a layered glaze decoration. PLEASE NOTE: due to the nature of this glaze there will be colour variations across all cups.
Created on my wheel in my Brunswick Studio. Stoneware fired for a strong, lasting piece.
This cup comes with a removable navy silicone lid which has a small opening for sipping your beverage.
Makes a perfect gift - for yourself or someone special.
As all Arcadia Scott ceramic items are made by hand, without moulds, each will have a slight variation in colour and size...making each a unique piece of art and function.
Approximate dimensions
Height: 7cm
Holds: 180ml (6oz) liquid
Height: 8cm
Holds: 250ml (8oz) liquid
Height: 11.5cm
Holds: 350ml (12oz) liquid
Care instructions
Both Cup and lid are dishwasher and microwave proof however hand wash for maximum lifespan.


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Total positive income (TPI) is an IRS term that describes your taxable income on your tax return. The IRS computer systems use your TPI to calculate a score that indicates whether you should be audited. While this seems scary, you can't avoid the TPI system used by the IRS. However, you can lower your audit risk by filing all schedules required by your return and reporting all income you're required to include.
The most common TPI category is wages. Wages include your income from W-2 employment, but do not include income you or your spouse earn as a subcontractor or other self-employment. You are a W-2 employee if your employer withholds Social Security and Medicare taxes from your paycheck. You can also double check your employment status based on the type of tax document you receive at the end of the year. If you get a W-2, you're an employee; if you get a 1099-MISC, you're self-employed.
Interest and Dividends
Interest and dividend income typically comes from investments you make. However, interest income can also come from sources you may not expect -- such as certain gifts you receive. If you receive a gift for opening a bank account, the value of the cash or gift you receive is considered interest income. You'll know you received this type of income if the bank sends you a 1099-INT at the end of the year. You must report the value of your gift on your tax return. Dividends you receive include money you earn on more traditional investments, such as stocks or partial ownerships in corporations. You'll know you received dividend income if you get a 1099-DIV at the end of the year.
Self-Employment Income
Self-employment income from a sole proprietorship or single-member LLC you operate is included in TPI calculations, but the amount included in TPI is your net profit, or income after your expenses are deducted from gross receipts. You'll report income from this type of activity on Schedule C with your tax return. Income you receive as a subcontractor on Form 1099-MISC, is also treated as self-employment income. Farm operation activities are also considered self-employment, except your activity is reported on Schedule F instead of Schedule C.
TPI losses are calculated in two ways -- through normal deductions from your adjusted gross income (AGI) and through net losses from your self-employment income. The IRS allows each taxpayer to claim a standard deduction or itemized deduction as a subtraction from gross wages and other types of income. If you earn less than the amount of your deductions, then you have negative income. This is reported as a zero for TPI purposes. Net losses from self-employment income are first subtracted from positive TPI you have from other sources. If the result from the offset of losses is positive, you have some total positive income. If the result is negative, you have zero TPI.
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Working together to take a fresh approach to supportive inner city living
To help meet the growing demand for housing in Auckland's city centre, and the number of people currently sleeping rough, Housing New Zealand is planning to develop a new building on its upper Greys Avenue site to include 280 new purpose-built apartments and on-site wrap-around health and support services.
"Increasing the number of apartments and including wrap-around support services at Greys Ave is an opportunity for us to provide better support to our city centre customers in a vibrant inner city community we can all be proud of" says Andrew McKenzie, Chief Executive of Housing New Zealand.
"It will be a modern, safe and sustainable development, close to central city amenities. Not only will it provide more housing and increase accessibility for our customers, but the support and services they need on site to help them live well in their homes and communities."
Homelessness continues to grow in the city and partners in Australia, Europe and North America have demonstrated how effective supportive housing can be for some of our most vulnerable communities. Up to 80 of the new apartments at Greys Ave will be specifically allocated to some of Auckland's most vulnerable, homeless people, currently without secure housing and living on the streets. The remaining 200 apartments will be a mix of state housing and rentals designed for key service workers in the city centre.
This is a significant redevelopment and will take several years to complete. The approximate timeline is:
|August 2018
|Estimated resource consent lodgement
|July 2018 – February 2019
|Tenant relocation
|March 2019
|Estimated building demolition start
|June 2019
|Estimated building construction start
|Late 2021
|Estimated building completion and tenants move in
In the development of plans for Greys Ave, Housing New Zealand has sought the input and expertise of many people including current tenants, staff, neighbours and more than 50 partner organisations including NGOs, government agencies and international experts in supportive housing.
The Greys Ave project has the support of partners including Ministry of Social Development, the Auckland District Health Board, Auckland City Mission, Lifewise Housing First and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and we are working closely with them, our tenants and other agencies to develop the right services for the people who will be living at upper Greys Ave from 2021.
There will be ongoing communication with tenants, neighbours and stakeholders throughout the life of this redevelopment.
For more information
The current 87-unit Greys Ave building is nearing the end of its economic life and currently does not fit the needs of our tenants. As the building is ideally located for connection to support services, Housing New Zealand is proposing to build an innovative building and living environment that supports all customers who live there.
Supportive housing offers permanent, affordable housing and offers dedicated, tailored support services that will provide benefits to help people live more stable and productive lives. Everybody deserves to have a safe and healthy place to live.
Supportive housing is an internationally proven way to house and support chronically homeless people or those who have complex needs. Having a warm, dry, and safe home is a foundation which makes it easier for people to address complex issues such as mental health and substance abuse.
Within a safe and secure environment we will help our customers build social support networks and access services including healthcare, counselling, budgeting, skills development, and employment assistance that will empower them and enable them to live stable lives with dignity.
The overall cost of this redevelopment is yet to be determined but the buildings will cost a minimum of $100,000,000. We will update figures as they become known.


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Join the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance and friends for
January 12, 2016 1:30 pm
On the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court building, across from the Capitol
As Obama delivers his final State of the Union address, we call on him to speak the truth. The Union, and indeed the whole world, is ravaged after years of endless war.
Because of the wars:
We are making enemies across the globe.
We have no money left to help those who are struggling and living in poverty.
Our Mother Earth is dying and the climate is in crisis.
Violence is escalating here at home, especially against people of color.
What can we do? Join us on January 12 for a peaceful rally and hear inspiring speakers with real solutions. Bring signs and banners, and materials to share with others in making signs. If you are considering risking arrest in an action of nonviolent civil resistance, contact email@example.com
Note: Beginning at 11:00 am there will be indoor meeting space for activists – see schedule below for details.
11:00 am - People can begin gathering at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation at 212 East Capitol St. NE for networking, leafleting, and making signs and banners. If you can bring materials for people to use in making signs (markers and placards) please do so.
11:30 am -12:30 pm - Group risking arrest will meet at the church for final planning of action.
12:30 - 1:30 pm - Open mic giving activists an opportunity to share information on their group and what they are doing in working for peace and justice.
1:30 pm - Rally with signs and banners, speakers and reading of the petition (see below) outside on the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court building, across the street from the Capitol
Sometime around 2:30 or 3:00 pm - Those risking arrest will attempt to deliver the petition to Congress and the President in an action of nonviolent civil resistance. If you are planning to risk arrest or want to find out more, contact email@example.com.
Please contact email@example.com to sign onto the petition below that will be delivered to Congress and to the President on January 12.
January 12, 2016
Dear Mr. President,
As friends and representatives of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR), we are writing to request that you use the State of the Union speech to indicate you will do your best to change the direction of this country. A real State of the Union would be a frank speech which would condemn our country's addiction to economic inequality, racial injustice, warmongering and the destruction of our planet. After being honest about our failures, you would then urge our elected officials to go in a new direction, based on a democratic ideal for we the people, and not for we the wealthy. Tell them to listen to the people, and not the corporations. You could inform them that you will utilize diplomacy and other peaceful means. You could tell them to listen to the scientific community and not the fossil fuel industry.
You could also state that you will immediately end the illegal and immoral killer drone program, and will never resort again to assassination as a foreign policy. And most importantly, you would close down the Pentagon, the Department of War, and renounce nuclear weaponry. Finally, you would pledge to save Mother Earth. The Pentagon would become the Department of Peace with Justice, and its mission would be to shape the sustainable future.
We write to you as people committed to nonviolent social change with a deep concern for a variety of issues that are all interrelated. Please heed our petition—end our government's continuing wars and military incursions around the world and use these tax dollars as a solution to end growing poverty which is a plague throughout this country in which vast wealth is controlled by a tiny percentage of its citizens. Establish a living wage for all workers. Condemn forcefully the policy of mass incarceration, solitary confinement, and the rampant police violence. Pledging to end the addiction to militarism will have a positive effect on our planet's climate and habitat. Should you show any interest in our demands, we would be available to assist in this process.
NCNR members have consistently participated in witnesses of nonviolent civil resistance calling on our government to take meaningful action to confront the climate crisis, the unending wars, the root causes of poverty, the bigotry and antipathy to African Americans, Muslims, and other minorities, and the structural violence of the military-security state. By listening to the millions of people at home and abroad your administration has recently taken laudable steps to avoid using military force with Iran and to reduce carbon emissions, but more significant action is still needed.
Instead of the State Department, your administration uses the Pentagon to deal with conflict, and such behavior in concert with our allies greatly contributes to a violent and destabilized world. The U.S. use of armed drones by the military and the Central Intelligence Agency is inflicting enormous human suffering, is unconstitutional, and is only creating more "terrorists." Your administration should cease its hostile rhetoric and sanctions against North Korea, Russia, and Iran. Furthermore, the US should seek a diplomatic solution to the civil war in Syria, disband NATO, and end the increasing military presence in Southeast Asia, commonly referred to as the "Asian Pivot," which threatens China. You must end all military aid to Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries in the Middle East. A new approach must be taken by your administration to free the Palestinians from over half a century of violent Israeli oppression. Diplomacy is the only answer to stop the cycle of violence. Regardless of whether noncombatants suffer or not, violence and war are not the answers to conflict. Diplomatic efforts to end the sanctions and hostile relations with Cuba are a good example of the positive path that can be taken and should be followed with other countries labeled as our enemies.
Nuclear weapons can never be used, and the plan to use a trillion tax dollars to "upgrade" the nuclear arsenal is madness. A study by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent think tank that works closely with the Pentagon, reports that the actual costs your administration plans for updating the nuclear triad — the intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines and aircraft capable of delivering nuclear warheads – will cost one trillion dollars. This is beyond senselessly wasteful! It is immoral and actually illegal under international law to possess such weapons capable of global annihilation thousands of times greater than the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These tax dollars must be re-allocated towards reviving our sagging infrastructure and supporting social services desperately needed by the poor. The tax dollars could also be utilized to assist former prisoners returning to their communities.
Almost half the people on this planet live off less than $2.50 a day and around 22,000 children die every day due to poverty according to UNICEF. However, the U.S. has continued to expend half of the federal discretionary budget on warmongering. Besides wasting tax dollars, the wars have resulted in untold numbers of lives lost, injured millions of refugees, and contributed to ecocide.
According to the National Center for Children in Poverty "More than 16 million children in the United States – 22% of all children – live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level – $23,550 a year for a family of four. Research shows that, on average, families need an income of about twice that level to cover basic expenses. Using this standard, 45% of children live in low-income families."
Unending war and imperialism means rampant death and destruction. Within the last 13 years, we have experienced how the United States has responded to international crisis with violence. Our government has waged wars in violation of international law. The failed Middle East policy leaves a whole region mired in violence and instability including an enormous refugee crisis. The continuing support for Israel's apartheid state and oppression of the Palestinian people must end. Furthermore, so many continue to be victimized by killer drones or are tortured and illegally detained now. We welcome the long overdue release in 2015 of some prisoners from Guantanamo but you must follow through on your promise to close this shameful illegal detention camp which has come to represent the racism and structural violence of the American empire. Even in this country, solitary confinement and mass incarceration is the norm, and undocumented immigrants, who have fled strife and poverty caused by international economic agreements, are held for long periods of time before being deported back into the poverty and instability they desperately tried to escape.
Our disregard for the causes of climate chaos is leading to the destruction of the planet. Being controlled, in part, by the fossil fuel industry, our government has not been willing to sign onto international treaties to end climate chaos. In the article "Greenwashing the Pentagon", Joseph Nevins states, "The U.S. military is the world's single biggest consumer of fossil fuels, and the single entity most responsible for destabilizing the Earth's climate."
We believe that another way is possible and that there are alternatives to the life threatening policies that our government has promoted and that have been so destructive to Mother Earth and the people of the world.
Use the State of the Union as a platform to renounce the past and to promote necessary and positive social change. Unless our elected officials take immediate and significant actions, Mother Earth is doomed.
Please sign onto this petition by emailing email@example.com


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Fire Report Jan. 7
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Jan. 7
At 4:58 p.m., there was a report of a kitchen fire at 8181 W. Austin. On arrival, interior crews found fire on the stove top and up the wall. The fire was extinguished and was confined to the wall and vent hood. The cause was determinded to be from items left cooking unattended. Damage was estimated at $700.