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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NEXSTAR) – Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell says she is doing more listening than talking on the first day of her campaign for governor.
The longtime Nashville lawmaker started in Republican rich Williamson County Monday morning, meeting with local leaders before heading on to Memphis and Shelby County later in the day.
"I am listening and learning," the Republican representative told News 2 outside Puckett's Restaurant, where she lunched with both the county and Franklin city mayor, along with House Finance Chair Charles Sargent, who represents part of the area.
Like any candidate who has been part of a governing party, she accented the positives of the state that she's helped lead since becoming Tennessee's first woman elected house speaker in 2011.
"Without a doubt the speaker of the house is an important role, one that I feel I have played well over the last years, and will continue to working with the governor," Harwell said, adding, "And I think we are in a wonderful position as a state. We have one of the lowest tax bases in the nation, the lowest debt in the nation, the fastest improving education and I hope that I have been a part of that leadership team."
With a political record more front and center than the other Republican hopefuls for governor, the speaker has been criticized sometimes for waiting to see what the majority of house members want, rather than helping them decide by leading on issues like Governor Bill Haslam's failed Insure Tennessee health care plan.
"Ultimately it is the legislative body that makes most of the policy decisions for this state," the speaker responded. "And I have tried to guide and help my members as they make their decisions in how they represent their districts best."
Harwell repeated that she has no plans to resign either her House seat or her leadership role while she pursues the governor's office.
Other announced major candidates for the Republican nomination include state senator Mae Beavers, former state economic and development commissioner Randy Boyd and Franklin businessman Bill Lee.
Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean is the only announced Democrat candidate for governor.
Primaries for both parties are in August 2018.


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With this model's makeover, the Korean car giant offers a saloon that aims to survive the SUV revolution. Alvin Thomas reports.
The car industry has seen some drastic changes over the past decade or so.
Brands like Jaguar and Maserati have started producing SUVs, Swedish brands like Volvo and Saab are now linked to the Chinese (the latter is now non-existent); Volkswagen has taken over as the world's largest automaker (Dieselgate? What Dieselgate?); Alfa Romeo cars can now run without breaking down every five metres (!) and more recently, the South Koreans have somehow kicked dust on its rivals from the other end of the pond (Nippon).
While all of that is intriguing, it is the last point that I want to stress, this week.
It wasn't very long ago (possibly a decade or two) that the Koreans were actually fluxing out millions of below-average cars worldwide.
While many bought into the idea of owning some cheap, fairly reliable and insipid cars, others shied away from these brands citing the Japan's superior use of technology and above all, design language.
But the late noughties saw a shift in momentum, and one that had the Japanese right on the edge of their seats. Kia had just bagged one of the world's most influential designers: Peter Schreyer – the designer of the iconic Audi TT.
The results? Well, they speak for themselves. Kia has since become a design-conscious brand with great, if not some of the best designs on passenger cars, making it a very desirable brand overall. As a matter of fact, I would go as far as to say that Kia is among the top 10 manufacturers for car design and aesthetics.
And much of that design-language has eked its way into my test car – the Kia Cadenza.
For starters: it looks rather attractive. Agreed, the design isn't what I would call avant-garde but it is still bold and intrepid. Adding to its character are the large quad-LED headlamps and the "diamond butterfly" grille. There's plenty of chrome on the grille and the lower portions of the front bumper. The turn signals have a sort of zig-zag pattern, which is quite unique.
The rear of the car takes a low-profile but unlike the tail lights found on the Sorento, the ones on the Cadenza actually suit the overall shape of the car. Adding to the likeable exterior are the dual-exhaust tips (which are finished in chrome), the 49cm alloys and additional chrome elements on the sides – enough to keep the average American rapper happy.
Sitting atop the marginally smaller Optima and the much larger (and expensive!) Quoris, the Cadenza slots into a market that is losing its share to mid-size SUVs, and thus lacks visibility. But it more than makes up for this shortcoming with myriad standard on-board tech and interior real estate –and I'm not pulling a fast one when I say that.
The interior fit and finish is excellent and the placement of the buttons is a little more thoughtful when compared to its direct competitors. Most players in the market still cram in a host of unnecessary buttons and unresponsive touchscreens.
The 21cm touchscreen on the Cadenza is incredibly easy to navigate, and is also quite responsive; only falling short to the newer screen found in the Nissan Maxima. Otherwise, it has everything beat. For the audiophiles, there's also a voluminous-sounding 12-speaker Harman/Kardon system on board.
The interior is wrapped in leather, with hard plastics only taking up the lower portions. But, the places you would touch are all well-padded. There's also fake wood grain that goes across the sides of the dashboard. The seats are incredibly comfortable, and surprisingly well-bolstered. But where the Cadenza stands out is in rear passenger comfort: there's adequate space in the back (both head room and leg room) for three full-size adults (if you're OK cramming a third person between the exhaust pass-through hump in the middle). The cabin is also airy, and feels very upscale. It actually feels German (if you ignore the quality of some of the plastics).
Underneath the hood lies a 3.3-litre V6 engine pumping out an admirable 290hp and 336Nm of torque. The power is sent to the front wheels only, via a six-speed automatic gearbox. The engine is spritely, with a lot of low-end torque. Power delivery is also linear across the rev-range, which is characteristic of Kia's engines.
All this power translates to a 0-100kph time of roughly eight seconds but I have to say that it can do a lot better if the conditions are right. I, for one, had to do the run in the midday heat, which meant there was a substantial drop in performance (as with every car).
As is the case with the most powerful front-wheel drive cars, the Cadenza also suffers from wheel spin when you floor the throttle from a standstill. Even the exhaust is rather muffled, with only a bit of the gruff V6 noise entering the cabin. But I do admire Kia for not attempting any trickery: like playing the exhaust note through the speakers.
The car takes corners in a very neutral manner, with no real drama whatsoever. I could take corners at relatively high speeds with understeer only kicking in after I flirted with the limits of the available grip from the front tyres. But, snap (or unexpected) understeer isn't something you would have to deal with if you drive sensibly.
The chassis is quite rigid, thanks to the addition of high strength steel. That can sometimes result in the back end stepping out ever so slightly midway in a corner. But, it will be brought back into control with ease by the on-board nannies (stability and traction control), and is quite fun.
The ride is fairly compliant, though (despite the wide tyres), as the suspension is tuned for comfort than sport. Switching the ride from "Normal" to "Sport" doesn't affect the ride either, as it only sharpens the throttle response, gearshifts and the feel of the steering wheel.
Despite the weight, there's not much feedback from the steering, but it is precise in changing direction. I wouldn't go as far as saying that it is the best electric-steering system installed in a car but it certainly is up among the better ones. In retrospect, the Nissan Maxima's steering provides no real feel either, and fails to communicate with the driver.
Wind noise is down to a minimum too, with noise only creeping in (marginally) after the 100kph mark.
The Kia Cadenza is a vehicle that sits in a niche segment, only hampered by cars from the same brand – the Optima and the Quoris – both of which provide similar spacing and value for money.
But, after a day with the car, I have come to the conclusion that the Cadenza isn't designed to cater to everyone; it is designed to take on the segment-pioneering Toyota Avalon. And you know what? I think it will cut the mustard.


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Stroud Green Market is a new community food market which supports local London businesses as well as English farmers, and also features fine food and specialities from further afield. There will be fresh produce, including fruit and veg, meat, fish, dairy and eggs, direct from the farms. Some of this will be organic/biodynamic, but we'll have different price […]read more
Luigi's Delicatessen is a one-stop shop for all kinds of delicacies from fresh pasta to farmhouse cheeses with a particular emphasis on Italian produce. They have almost fifty different kinds of olive oil from Italy and Spain – that alone should be enough to draw you in. But when you learn that Luigi's has been […]read more
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This long-established rustic Italian deli was opened by the Fratelli Camisa back in 1929, and the old Soho stalwart is well worth a visit if only for its fresh pasta and accompanying sauces – their pesto is particularly good. But that would be to miss out on the fabulous range of cheeses: pecorino, gorgonzola (both […]read more
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Opera singers love to dip into the music of Kurt Weill — and often the result is a grinding clash of gears. Weill's muse and wife, Lotte Lenya, knew how this music was supposed to go: raucous and ragged — all the better to inject the caustic energy into the composer's seedy Berlin collaborations with Brecht and a drop of acid into his later American musicals, which teeter into schmaltz. But well-schooled sopranos and mezzos alike often just sound too well-behaved.
The American mezzo Kate Lindsey bucks the trend on her new recital for Alpha Classics, increasingly the go-to label for exciting projects with intelligent young artists. She unleashes a chesty alto register on the opening Brecht number, Nanna's Lied, while her ripe delivery of…


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Video games are very popular nowadays. Not only children spend countless hours playing their favorite games but adults too. Obviously, video games became a great part of our lives and play a big role in our pop-culture. If you're asked to write an essay about video games, there are plenty of interesting narrow topics that you may choose from.
Picking a good topic is only the beginning. You should take particular steps to complete your work successfully and earn an excellent grade. First, you should conduct thorough research on your topic so that you have good arguments that defend your main idea and strong evidence that supports your arguments. After your research has been done, you should make an outline for your paper. Divide your text into three sections (introduction, body, and conclusion) and briefly indicate the contents of each section. This will help you stay organized during the writing process and structure your paper properly.
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There are many sources that you can approach for assistance. You may always go to your teacher and ask them for a consultation and sample papers. Visiting academic centers is also a good idea because you can get professional help on any academic paper there. Hiring a tutor who will teach you the basics of academic writing is a very effective, but quite expensive option, so not everyone can afford to use it. Some students also hire academic writing companies to compose their papers to increase the chance of earning the highest score.


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Avocado has SO many benefits. In honor of #nationalavocadoday (who even knew all of these national days existed?!), I'm sharing some of my favorite reasons to incorporate avocado into your life!
1. Avocados are a heart healthy food.
2. Avocado consumption can help to lower cholesterol.
3. Avocados are LOADED with antioxidants.
Is it a coincidence that two of my favorite things, avocado and coffee are both packed with antioxidants?! Absolutely. But I'm glad that they are and I'll continue to indulge in them!
4. You can add avocado to almost anything.
Omelettes, salads, tacos, or as a side dish.. Avocados truly are such a versatile food. It's easy to add them into dishes without the little ones noticing!
5. Avocado is GREAT for your skin!
You can use an avocado based face mask, or just mash one up and spread it on your face. Avocados are packed with nutrients and vitamins that help to create elastic skin, prevent wrinkles and fine lines, and moisturize the skin.
Avocados are a great superfood and something that I always like to have stocked in the fridge. Plus, I think they're so cute! I love these handmade leather earrings from a store called Sweet Leather Goods in Baton Rouge! If you're in the area, I highly recommend stopping by their store! They are the SWEETEST people and they sell the most fun and unique pieces.
What's your favorite way to eat avocado? Leave me a comment below!
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Today's challenge at The Studio is a recipe one - there are six ingredients, and you need to use at least three on your layout. The DT decided to really push themselves and tried to include all six!
I just about managed it! The six ingredients are: twine (banner string); ink (lots of stamping and doodling); washi tape (at the top of the photo); kraft (background); star (either end of the banner); and die cuts (the 'be true.' and 'be positive.' are both die cuts from Pink Paislee that I've trimmed down to fit the layout).
Most of this layout is from the MME 'Follow Your Heart' collection, including the stamps. I added the Pink Paislee die cuts, a couple of Fancy Pants chipboard stars, some Amy Tangerine alphas and the washi tape.
I tried to alter the 'remember this date' chipboard element from the MME collection, but I managed to stamp upside down, d'oh! I stamped again the right way up and am keeping my fingers crossed that it looks ok! Note to self - always check your stamp's the right way up before you use it!
Head on over to The Studio and see what the rest of the DT have come up with, there are some amazing layouts this week!


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For a very long time, it used be that my family and I would trek over to the Le Peep at Wilcrest and Westheimer when we wanted brunch in West Houston. Le Peep is neither the best nor the worst brunch spot in town, but it is consistently packed. And 20 years ago, even ten years ago, I can't imagine there was a nicer spot to get brunch on the west side than Le Peep. That's just how it was.
And now there's Flora & Muse. Yes, it serves more than just brunch (and, in fact, its creative cocktails and excellent flatbreads are two of the reasons I enjoy it so much), but it represents a sea change in restaurant demographics in this part of town. While West Houston, Memorial and the surrounding Villages have long been areas of concentrated wealth, upscale restaurants have traditionally been slow to cater to these neighborhoods.
There are places such as Bistro Provence, Le Mistral, Brenner's and other casually upscale restaurants, but for each of them there are far more chain restaurants and fast food joints. Memorial Drive between Kirkwood and Dairy Ashford has long been a bowling alley of exactly those types of restaurants, with only a few non-chains surviving over the years. Hungry's and Liebman's are two shining examples of those survivors.
And now, thanks to CityCentre, West Houston has a concentration of restaurants to rival those found in Upper Kirby, the Galleria area or River Oaks. Sure, many of the restaurants at CityCentre are also chains (even the really great ones, like Straits). But the development also contains local talent, too: Bistro Alex, The Tasting Room and Flora & Muse, the subject of this week's cafe review.
Some people -- my own family included -- weren't thrilled to see CityCentre go up, nor were they thrilled with the tenants that came into the development. At the risk of paraphrasing, the see-and-be-seen atmosphere of many of CityCentre's bars and restaurants was not appealing to some established residents in the area. After all, there's a reason they don't live in River Oaks and have chosen the quieter pace of the 'burbs.
But for others -- notably the younger demographic in this area -- CityCentre represents a godsend. They don't have to drive inside the Loop to experience a vigorous and robust nightlife and glittering restaurant scene; CityCentre provides all of that on their doorstep. It's attractive to people who commute into town for work and aren't interested in spending extra time (or gas) on the road.
For me, it's the allure of places like Flora & Muse that make the drive outside of the Loop worthwhile. There are cocktails there I can't get anywhere else in town, like the wonderfully of-the-moment Check Mate made with Riazul añejo tequila, Velvet Falernum, jasmine liqueur, pineapple, basil and lime. There are dishes I can't get anywhere else in town, too, like the Turkish-influenced lahmacun flatbread or a terribly standard ahi poke dish that's enhanced with the simple addition of purple-tinged taro chips.
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And Flora & Muse is more than that: It's also a useful restaurant for area residents, whether they like the bustling nightlife at CityCentre or not. As much as it's an ideal date night spot, it's also perfect for rambling, leisurely brunches with great Bloody Marys. For French press coffee on a sunny morning with freshly baked croissants that may not be life-changing, but are lovely in their own way. For the kind of food and service that any Inner Loop restaurant would be lucky to have.
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That's understandable, we know there are many questions to answer.
Sometimes it helps to talk with someone experienced at working with people getting started in voice-over. We're always glad to share our knowledge with you!
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The voice over industry's need for teens and kids is growing almost as fast as kids do!
Why? Because the number of animated features, commercials, cartoons, promos, audio books… are also expanding!
So it's a field your child can grow with. With proper training and business guidance, they'll learn the skills required to get work now. And as their voices change, kids will find new voice over genres open to them.
We know this first-hand, because Edge Studio is also one of the country's premier voice production facilities. We record many kid voice over productions, and we hire our students!
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We'll work with you, your schedule, and your resources to provide the most for your child.
The skills and habits we teach your child in voiceover will also be invaluable throughout life. Voice over gives kids and teens the ability to explore their passion in this fun field, while learning one of the most essential personal abilities -- how to communicate effectively in a variety of ways.
If your child is already an actor, VO provides a lot more work opportunities for them. In fact, there is significantly more voice acting work than there is stage and film work. And for you, it's another way to supplement the college fund.
At Edge Kids, "play" is the thing. Success in VO requires aptitude, guidance and practice, but we'd hardly call it "work." Our coaches are experienced at working with kids, and our program presents each challenge in a way that makes it all truly fun.
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We offer private training, because -- as with everything else in life, at any experience level -- there's always more to learn.
We encourage all kids to participate in group sessions, because (just as adults do) they will learn by observing others … things like how many ways there are to interpret a script, the nature of performing in front of others, confidence-building, teamwork and more.
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After training, your child will be practiced as a voice over performer.
All that remains is to demonstrate that ability to prospective clients. A demo helps you open many more doors, and some agents won't represent a child for VO without it.
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Stanford has always been the West Coast's tech Mecca. Finally, with the advent of new Science & Engineering Quad (SEQ), we're actually starting to look like it, too. A decade in the making, the SEQ has blessed Stanford's techiest with an appropriately grand tribute to Stanford's world-renowned School of Engineering as well as the amazing facilities needed to maintain and enhance that reputation.
Why the new SEQ? According to Dean Plummer (SoE) and representatives from the Stanford Challenge, the massive new facilities will enable engineers to work alongside researchers from a variety of fields to solve "large-scale, systems-oriented problems," focusing on those in medicine, energy and the environment, and national security. With four new buildings and impressive underground laboratories, the SEQ has the space and the state-of-the-art resources to make Stanford's vast interdisciplinary goals a reality.
Here's a layman's guide to all that is awesome about the new SEQ!
Huang Engineering Center:
Weighing in at a whopping 130,000 square feet, Huang Engineering is the centerpiece of the impressive new techie stomping grounds. Huang is the new home to the SoE administration, the MS&E Department , and the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, and its high-tech, 300-seat NIVIDIA Auditorium already hosts some of the more popular CS and MS&E lectures on campus. Huang is physically attached to Y2E2 via a second floor corridor and is also connected to all the other SEQ buildings via various underground labs and tunnels! Did someone say University-condoned steam-tunneling?! That's right, my fellow engineers, we don't even have to go outside anymore! Not that I'd personally recommend a subterranean lifestyle, as Huang boasts a series of majestic terraces and trellises with impressive views of the Main Quad.
Wandering the squeaky clean hallways, students will also run across the new engineering library, classrooms, a conference center, various work and meeting spaces, machine shops, and a café. (I hear Ike's is quite the rage.) And it's not your average library, folks: eventually, the University hopes that this library will be entirely bookless!
In the interest of minimizing costs and environmental impact, the new engineering library has 85% fewer books than the Terman Engineering Library. At face value, this may sound inconvenient, but the removed material has been digitized for student access on a variety of Kindles throughout the library, and by 2020 all scientific and technical journals in the library's holdings will be available online. Perhaps the most exciting thing about the new facilities is that they're thus far largely unnamed. That's right, for a mere $10 million, you can get the naming rights for the library!
Fun fact: Huang also includes a to-scale model of the HP garage, commemorating the simple Palo Alto garage in which Stanford alums Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard launched a little company you might have heard of… Hewlett-Packard. Just another example of the Stanford entrepreneurial spirit the new Huang Center will help to promote!
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology:
Ironically, the new 100,000 square foot Nano Center is one of the largest in the world. (Think about it….) The Nano Center will be the permanent home for 16 core faculty, 160 doctoral students, and 60 other researchers, with hundreds of visiting faculty and students. Additionally, the Nano Center boasts an extensive network of underground labs, 18 feet deep, that "meet the highest standards for controlling vibration, light, and cleanliness — crucial factors when the object under investigation is magnified 100 million times." Whoa!
The Nano Center will complement Stanford's existing Nanofabrication Facility to enable Stanford researchers to lead the world in nanoscale developments. A brief laundry list of only some of the impressive new "toys" includes electron-beam lithography tools, advanced focused ion beam machines, 3-axis atomic force microscopes, and aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopes. To pirate a favorite phrase from EE prof Tom Lee, "if you're a geek, your geek gland should be secreting madly."
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The new buildings boast campus highs for water and energy efficiency. Notice the funky triangular atria gracing the tops of the SEQ behemoths? During the day, fans in each atrium pull hot air up and out of the building, and at night, the fans pull cool Northern Californian air in for the coming day. Even the shades on the Nano Center were specifically designed with the sun's ecliptic in mind. In the summer, the sun passes highest across the sky, and the slightly lowered shades keep hot direct rays out while allowing light to be reflected in. In the winter, the shades are high enough to allow warming from the sun as it traces out a lower path in the sky. Science!! It works, my friends.
So what's in it for me?
Nonplussed by beautiful, state-of-the art resources? Then the following list is for you. Here's my personal list of the top ten ways to enjoy the new SEQ without so much as straining your left brain. Well, at least, not any more than usual.
10. Get a sandwich at Ike's. It's worth the wait.
9. Read a book in the bookless engineering library… oh, wait.
8. Stage a mock corporate meeting in the vast conference room in the octahedron. To prepare for your future glory days as CEO, of course.
7. Navigate the intertwining tunnels of the underground labs.
6. Send your Slinky for a ride down the Hanging Gardens of Babylon-esque stairs in front of Huang.
5. Collapse on the beanbag in the Blue Atrium of Y2E2 for a quick catnap.
4. Climb the big tree-in-a-pit between Huang and the Nano Center! (P.S.: it needs a name. And I officially nominate "Eywa," for obvious reasons. Just sayin'.)
3. Survey the Main Quad at sunset from one of the third-floor terraces.
2. Play sardines in the vast, shiny halls of Huang.
1. Roll down the carefully landscaped and manicured lawn hills. Dooooo it. You know you're actually seven years old at heart.
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Earnest is a non-traditional lender that provides student loan refinancing, as well as personal loans, which can be customized in order to help you save money.
About Earnest
You knew college wasn't exactly cheap, but you had no idea how difficult it would to repay your loans after graduation. Despite the hardships, you've scrimped and saved and made your payments on time each month, ensuring a solid credit score. Now though, it's just too much; you need to refinance.
The problem is that, while you have a great score, you have little credit history. You're between a rock and a hard place, but where do you turn?
Earnest is a relatively new lender that provides clients with low-cost, merit-based loans that can be customized to fit their needs and help them save money.
Compared to traditional lenders though, Earnest claims to use a software-based approach to underwriting their loans, a process that isn't based on just your credit score. Earnest's Precision Pricing feature also means you'll be able to personalize your terms, dial in your exact minimum monthly payment, skip payments (or make extra ones), pay off your loan faster, and save on interest in the process.
Taken together, Earnest claims to provide "the latest technology, better data, and a clear understanding of the financial needs of our clients." Customers are even serviced by their in-house Client Happiness team for the life of their loan!
You're here because you want to know what you can realistically achieve through Earnest, and whether or not they can help relieve some of this weight on your shoulders.
To answer this, you'll need to know if you meet their definition of "financially responsible"; if you really can save $17K on your loan; and if there are better options. Let's move you one step closer to an answer by looking at some key points you should keep in mind during the process.
Refinancing Student Loans 101: Your Mini-Guide
Admittedly, this is a huge topic and not something we couldn't even hope to fully cover here. However, like any big financial decision, there are some core understandings that can help keep you on the right track:
Understand What You Might Lose
First, by refinancing, remember that you're taking out a new private loan to pay off your current school loans, which likely come from a mix of both private and government (federal) loans.
Although it might all just seem like money, the stipulations attached to this cash can be very different. For example, many federal loans come with income-based repayment (you only pay what you can afford), forgiveness options, as well as the ability to defer payments if you fall on especially hard times—much of which will be lost after refinancing.
Understand the Finances
Next, with all the information in front of you, sit down and do the math. Yes, we know you've done the math a million times, and you already know you can't afford your monthly payments, but that's not what we're talking about here. Instead, let's use an example to drive home the point:
Imagine your current payment is $500 per month, with an estimated payoff date 10 years from now. When it's finished, you will have paid $60,000 in total.
After being approved for a refinance loan, you learn that you scored a lower APR and your payment will drop to $400 per month. However, instead of a 10-year term, it's now been extended to 12, bringing your grand total to $57,600.
Sounds like a good deal, right? Maybe not, since some lenders could tack additional fees on top of this amount, such as origination fees (up to 2% of the loan amount), especially steep late fees, and more. You'll also want to find out if your APR is fixed or variable, since the latter might cause your payments to skyrocket a couple years from now.
Understand That Each Lender Is Different
In the instance of Earnest, it appears they specialize in lending to individuals who have a solid credit score, but a somewhat limited credit history. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that they're right for you, as others could offer additional perks, a product that's more suited to your needs, and more. As such, it's best to apply to at least a couple to make sure you're making the most informed decision.
Worried about your credit score after applying to so many lenders? Don't be. This is because lenders only make "soft" credit inquiries during your preliminary application, which don't affect score. Only once you decide to finalize the loan will they make a "hard" inquiry.
Still, NerdWallet recommends "shopping around within a short window of time, say one month, so the credit bureaus recognize that you (and your co-signer, if you have one) are comparing offers and not attempting to take out multiple new lines of credit."
With this firmly in mind, let's move on and see what Earnest has to offer.
What is a "Merit-Based" Earnest Loan?
Not only does Earnest claim that their software system helps streamline the application process and keep their costs low, but they also go beyond the traditional underwriting criteria to get a better picture of your financial situation. This is something they call "merit-based lending." Here's how the company puts it:
"The information in each person's profile is run through a series of predictive analytics and algorithms to find people who show great financial responsibility and potential."
In layman's terms, instead of focusing on your credit score and assigning you to a tier accordingly, Earnest takes into consideration additional factors related to earning potential, such as "savings, education, employment history, and financial picture in parallel with your credit history."
Earnest claims their application process is also much more comprehensive than the competition, which allows them to look at thousands of data points outside of credit rating.
What Are Earnest's Underwriting Criteria?
At minimum, in order to qualify for an Earnest student refinance or personal loan, you'll need to be:
- At least 18 years old
- A US citizen or permanent resident alien
- In debt from a Title IV accredited school. The debt also must be yours or your child's.
- This debt must be for a completed degree or one that will be completed by the end of this semester.
- You're employed or have a written offer
- You have enough savings to "cover a month or more of normal expenses"
- A history of making timely payments
- Carry positive bank account balances
- Your income is high enough to repay the loan with enough left over for everyday living expense
- You're not requesting new loans for future schooling.
- You don't live in NV, ID, MT, ND, SD, IA, LA, MS, AL, KY, or VT
As far as the loans themselves, Earnest can provide personal loans between $2K and $50K, with a $5K minimum for refinancing student loans. Personal loans can be repaid over 1, 2, or 3 years, while refinanced student loans can be repaid over as much as 20 years.
Let's continue talking about finances in the next section.
Earnest Loans Rates & Fees
Earnest's variable interest rates for student loan refinancing ranged between 3.50% and 7.30% (with autopay) at the time of our research, while variable rates were between 2.13% and 5.60% (again, with autopay). Variable rates were capped at 8.95%, 9.95% or 11.95%, depending on the length of the loan.
On the other hand, personal loans ranged between 5.25% and 12%.
Want a more specific rate based on your circumstances? Unlike some of the competition (more about this soon), you can't obtain a rate estimate without completing a 10-20-minute application. Even then, your rate is subject to change until your application has been finalized.
If you get cold feet, you can decline your Earnest loan at no cost. Their credit check will also count as a "soft" inquiry, so it won't affect your score.
Finally, Earnest charges no origination, prepayment, or hidden fees on their loans.
What Is Earnest's Precision Pricing?
Once your Earnest loan is approved, you'll have access to a personal dashboard where you can increase or decrease your payments, change payment date, and even switch back and forth between a fixed and variable APR. This way, you'll be able to customize your loan to meet your needs, and even pay it off faster. Here's how the company puts it:
"Once you are approved, we will provide a broad range of monthly payment amounts. Within that range, you have total control over the exact amount of your monthly payment. Other lenders force you to pick between a small number of off-the-shelf options, which is convenient for them but not necessarily best for you. Even better, as your life and budget change in the future, you can take advantage of our flexible payment features to adjust your loan to every new situation."
After making 6 months of on-time payments, you'll be eligible to skip a payment once every 12 months. You'll also be able to suspend payments for up to 3 months at a time (up to 12 months total over the life of your loan). Keep in mind that interest will continue to accrue, which will increase the amount of your your following payments.
In order to speak with someone on Earnest's Client Happiness team, you can call (888) 601-2801 or send an email to email@example.com.
Do Earnest's Loans Get Good Reviews From Customers?
Pretty much any direction you look, Earnest seems to score well with customers and industry professionals alike.
For example, the lender had between 3 and 4-star average ratings among hundreds of reviews on sites like CreditKarma, SuperMoney, and StudentLoanSherpa.com. Most seemed to find the application and approval process easy, along with competitive rates.
However, many claimed that Earnest also has strict eligibility requirements (generally related to high income to debt ratios), long processing times, and intrusive underwriting processes. To this extent, it appears Earnest may require links to all your financial institutions (such as banks, 401(k), IRA, and so forth), and even social media accounts like LinkedIn!
StudentLoanSherpa framed it this way:
"The big advantage of Earnest, the big picture approach, could also become a big issue during the application and loan consolidation process. Because Earnest examines more financial information, it means that Earnest will need access to more financial information. It means more records to verify, and paperwork to put into place.
Ultimately, if sending in a little bit of extra information lowers your interest rate, it is time well spent, but it does increase the odds of headaches along the way."
Is Earnest the Right Lender For You?
Whether you're applying for a credit card, an auto loan, a mortgage, or any other kind of major financial transaction, there can be thousands of individual factors that might make one company better for you than another—everything from your personal preferences to the business's underwriting criteria.
Based on what we read from hundreds of customers during our research, it seems like Earnest does offer non-traditional eligibility guidelines, some of which are not rooted in credit score. However, it seems like Earnest specializes in individuals with "thin" credit profiles, moreso than they do on those with less-than-stellar scores.
In other words, if you're looking for an Earnest loan, you might not need a perfect score, but it'll almost certainly need to be good-to-great. Also, remember that Earnest's $17K savings claim is based on $100K in debt, so if you owe less, this figure might not be relevant.
Finally, be sure to explore all your student loan refinancing options before signing on the dotted line with Earnest, such as SoFi and LendKey!
More on Student Loans & Paying Off Debt:
- 5 Simple Tips for Repaying Student Loans Faster & Getting Out of Debt
- Everything You Need to Know about Student Loan Debt—Including How To Avoid It
- How I Used a Budget to Get Out of $22,000 of Debt


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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Going Home
Going home, oh that sounds nice. Packing the bags, loading the car, waving goodbye to the lazy lab on the porch. I can't stay forever when I get there, but just to be there will be a sweet treat. I am going back to the mountains. Do you know, I can actually smell the trees? I know what they sound like, and how the rocky soil feels on my bare feet. I can almost see the leaves changing colors... I know they are not ready yet, but it is coming. If you listen closely they will tell you that it is coming.
There is something about those Tennessee hills that always whispers to my soul....come back home. I have lived in many places, my family has long since left, and time has passed more quickly than I would like. However, I know where home is when I see the peaks rolling ahead in the skyline. My heart beats a little faster, and I just want to jump in Horse Creek and feel the chilly water. There are many memories piled on those hills. Memories of childhood and all its wonder. Oh the lazy days of summer just hoping the temperature would rise enough to take off the shoes and jump in the water!
I remember when I left too. I thought that the only path to happiness was just on the other side of the ridge, but once I crossed, I realized that happiness is in the heart and that is something you just have to take with you. It seems that ever since I said goodbye, I have been trying to get back, even if for just a short stay. I want to see the hay fields and hear the cows. I want to walk through the doors of that country church I loved so dearly. I want my son to know the feel of damp moss on his feet. I want him to look in surprise at the little black bear up in the tree. I want it to be a part of him like it is a part of me. I want the sound of a banjo and guitar to soften his heart like it does mine.
So, I keep going back. I go, and I long to stay. Maybe one day the road will stop there again, and I can unpack for a long while. Until then, any moment there is sweet.
Let's go home.
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"Nimbus," usually associated with a certain type of cloud. But it also refers to a luminous vapor around a god or goddess, or an aura of romance around a person who has madly fallen in love. And remember those statues and paintings of the Virgin Mary, Jesus, and the Saints? Usually there's a circle around their heads with rays fanning out—that's also called a nimbus.
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The finding, reported in this week's Nature, suggests that even small residual amounts of oil are enough to seriously damage marine wildlife.
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California, USA. Google Wave, in the past few months, has created a lot of debates over what could be the future of online communication. Many speculators believed that Facebook would face its first serious threat and might not survive the competition. In an attempt to obviate these speculations, Facebook team met the precogs (the three girls who have the power to see the future) of the Hollywood movie Minority Report and worked with them on a complete makeover of Facebook. As a result, facebook is all set to launch Facebook Tsunami.
The new Facebook Tsunami gets perfectly synchronized with its users and is able to generate automatic status messages on their profiles, depending upon their current activity and what they plan to do in future. During a beta release of the new version, fluctuations in the status messages were seen all over the world that left people amused.
Miss Dogere received the shock of her life when her status message changed from "chatting" to "having sex with Harry", five minutes after her boyfriend came to her apartment. She had to answer embarrassing phone calls from her friends and relatives. Gaurav Sahu, an engineering student lost his eight girlfriends as his Tsunami profile mentioned anatomical details of each of his girlfriends.
But there were many others who were quite happy with the results like Santa Singh, whose status message got updated as "thinking", even though his friends believed that it was a proof that the beta version had some bugs.
For those, who didn't get to experience the beta version, following is a screenshot from the Facebook profile of our special correspondent Rohit:


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Quick Summary of Profit with JAck
Rating: 1 It offers no real value while sucking you dry.
The Good: None.
The Bad: Dubious marketing practices Offers no real training The system is to promote the system Traffic is costly and potentially poor quality
The Bottom Line: Using this system you sucker other hard working people into using this system. It's not a sustainable business model. If you want a way to build a real business, read my top recommendation.
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Profit with JAck Review
I don't care what anybody says: it's not easy to make money online.
It takes hard work, determination and pure bloody mindedness to succeed.
This is why my blood boils when I see yet another push button system offering the dream of making money online without actually doing anything apart from laying out some cash.
Profit with Jack looks exactly like one of those systems, so let's take a closer look at it and see if the hype surrounding it is true or not.
Examining Profit with Jack
This system rings a lot of alarms. Seriously, there are so many bells ringing in my head when I look at the sales pitches for Profit with Jack, that I can't hear anything else.
Let me break down what I consider as red flags for avoiding this system.
As Seen On
The first page you see with Profit with Jack (there are a few as you progress through its funnel), is a basic email capture system.
The red flag here is the As Seen On section which displays multiple news network logos. This is obviously fake as Googling for Profit with Jack reveals very little information and if it was reported on one of these networks, there would be at least something about it on one of their websites.
In reality this is just here to give the product a sense of legitimacy.
Giving Away Free Stuff
The second red flag is that you are told that you can make hundreds of dollars a day giving away free stuff.
There is no way to make money giving away something for free. There has to be a catch, and as we will discover, there is.
Broken Terms
The terms & conditions, privacy policy, earnings disclaimer, and refund policy are all on a different site and that site is no longer online.
This to me is concerning as you have no formal agreement about refunds, or anything like that.
The Sales Video
After giving away your email (oh lucky you, you will receive so much more spam now), you're taken to the video sales pitch.
This 9 minute video is a master class in dodgy marketing techniques.
It starts with a real life news report taken from the ABC news network that talks about making money online.
It has nothing whatsoever to do with Profit with Jack, and has been abused (no doubt without permission) by dozens of other unscrupulous marketers to promote their dodgy internet marketing products.
After this the narrator states he will give you the secret to making money for free. Unfortunately, as discovered later in the sales funnel, this is not true, you actually do have to pay.
And this free video will show you exactly everything you need to do to get started. Click here to watch it now.
The narrator provides evidence that this system works.
That screenshot is the only form of proof provided and it is ridiculous! It offers no evidence that that money was made by that system. This is not proof of any kind. It could even have been faked (it's not hard to do if you understand a little bit of HTML and CSS).
The video continues with promises of riches and the like, until it gets to Jack's 3 rules of a legitimate make money online system:
#1 You Need Proof That It Works
#2 Make Sure You're Not Breaking The Law
#3 Never pay for information
The person behind this system obviously doesn't follow his own rules as so far:
#1 What proof?
#2 You are by not providing terms etc
#3 Yet you charge for access
Another Email Capture?
If by this stage you're still willing to give Profit with Jack a go, then you have to hand over your email again. This might seem odd, but most likely by doing so you're going to be put on a separate list titles something like "Suckers more likely to fall for this scam", or words to that effect.
In other words, you will be targeted in a different, probably more aggressive way because you've confirmed your interest and that you're a potential mark.
The Funnel Continues
Yet another video pops up for you to watch. I won't bore you with the details but I assure you it's a slick marketing video designed to sucker you into signing up to the system.
There's also a scrolling list of newest members, this is just a static list, probably of made up names that is designed to give you a sense of security via making you think there are other people involved in the system.
Inside Profit with Jack
After paying for the $1 7 day trial (which is actually $1.95), you're finally shown how to make money.
The basic premise is that you sign up with Clickbetter (an affiliate network filled with garbage), and then promote Profit with Jack, and make money via commissions when some other sucker, erm valued customer, signs up with Profit with Jack to do exactly the same as you.
It might sound simple, but in reality you're getting no value here. You're not being taught to create a sustainable business; instead you're being shown how to make more money for the people behind this system.
As well as that you have to pay a monthly fee of $47 for the luxury of promoting this system.
Watch this free video now to see how you can build a part or full-time income online. Click here to watch it now.
The Catch
Instead of being taught how to create a website, and get traffic, Profit with Jack tries to sell you packages that will send you traffic.
These packages range in price:
- 100 visitors is $110
- 250 visitors is $250
- 500 visitors is $450
- 1000 visitors is $850
- 5000 visitors is $3750
Based on the stats given, if you buy the $3750 package for 5000 visitors, 4% will sign up to the monthly trial.
Now if that is true, then 200 people will earn you $40 a month, meaning you will earn $8000.
Sounds awesome right? Well, no, there are flaws.
First, and most importantly, you have no idea what sort of traffic is being sent to you. It could be targeted, buying ready traffic or it could be random traffic with no intention of buying or it could even be bots (fake traffic).
Secondly, I have my doubts that 4% will consistently sign up to the monthly fee. If we say that a conservative 1% carry on, then you will make $2000, which is a loss of $1750!
The pitch states:
Any time someone joins for $1, you make $40 a month! That's $360 a year!
Well that's not quite true is it? If they cancel in the first week, you don't make $40, you make nothing, yet Profit with Jack still makes $1.95 for your efforts.
You are gambling a lot of money here on the trust that the traffic you will get will convert. Based on the dubious practices outlined from the sales pitch I think you are going to be making a loss every single time.
Finally, any traffic you buy is non-refundable. I understand why this is the case (you can't return traffic), but this just heightens the risk you are putting yourself into financially.
The Bottom Line
If you sign up to Profit with Jack, I am confident all you will end up with is jack.
The red flags here are numerous and worrying. As well as that you have the fact you're signing up to promote the product you're signing up to with, which is never a good practice.
There's no training for building a sustainable business and the methods of getting traffic are expensive and most likely poor quality.
My advice is to steer well clear of Profit with Jack and learn how to build a real, sustainable business online. It takes hard-work and effort like everything else in life, but the rewards are absolutely worth it.


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Great big sale to Qantas.
The article is almost obsequious to the journalistic principal of "write for balance," but here's the reason I like Boeing:
1. Sure, Airbus has a point, that the hub system is going to stay in place. But that's because the hubs are great big cities where people still want to go, and because politically, the other airports aren't going to change much. DFW to Chicago will always be a big-time route, because lots of Chicagoans like to visit Dallas, and vice versa.
2. Boeing has whupped on so badly on Airbus, because while Airbus, in typical Euro fashion, has focused on airport structure and political planning, aka, the centralised game, Boeing actually paid attention to its customers. Their customers are the airlines, not the government-run/overseen airports. And the airlines know that point-to-point travel is what's going to make them a profit. Why is it going to make them a profit? Because if I have to go from Little Rock to Manhattan, KS, why the HELL would I want to drive there via Dallas or Cincinnati? Price being price, most people want to actually go where they're going.
Kudos to Boeing for figuring that out.
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David Moore's Pictures from the Real World was the forerunner of much that followed in British photographic history, yet the first and only showing of the photographs was in 1988 when they were selected by Martin Parr for a special edition of the magazine, Creative Camera.
The series is a powerful collection of colour documentary photographs of families on a council estate in Moore's home city of Derby, UK, made between 1987 and 1988. At the time, few serious documentary photographers were working in colour and Moore's choice was in many ways a rebellion against the prevalent aesthetic. It was also a crtical response to the new political and social realities imposed by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government from 1979. As David Chandler comments in a new essay commissioned for the book; 'Pictures from the Real World' presents working class life as a strange blend of physical mayhem and inertia, the abrasive square frames of Moore's camera cut into bodies and objects, much as the rooms themselves seem to struggle to contain them'.
Published as a limited edition of 500 copies the book is a unique collaboration between Dewi Lewis Publishing and London based, Here Press. The work retains a visceral energy 25 years after the event and documents a very particular time in British social and photographic history. One might also argue that the subsistence level living encountered connects the content of the work to current times.
David Moore has published several books and exhibited widely. His first solo exhibition, The Velvet Arena, was shown at The Photographers' Gallery, London in 1994 and was also published as a book. His last book The Last Things (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008) documented a never before photographed, government bunker in central London. David Moore is currently senior academic on the MA Photography at Central Saint Martins, London.
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by Chi Lan
One day I cried a river on the way home from my first-grade class. My teacher scolded me for not writing in the style she wanted but the old-fashioned formal font my father had taught me the night before. My teacher's font looked like cold boring Times New Roman, while what my father taught me was so beautiful and elegant that it would be carefully written on wedding invitations.
After that, my father stopped helping me with my writing homework.
I was not angry at my teacher for taking away some father-daughter time. She was overall a good teacher who did her job. She did what the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) asked her and other teachers to do: to "reform" our education system – though I still don't understand how changing how we write can make us a smarter or a better person.
I should have known that this was just one of many "reforms" that would happen through my student life.
After five years in primary school I got into junior high school after a primary graduation exam. Mine was the last year the exam took place as the officials thought it was not necessary anymore. They also decided to change the junior high school graduation exam and cut the number of testing subjects to two – maths and literature, instead of five like I did. Twice my classmates and I were the last student generation before a reform.
I finally got the chance to be a first-timer when I entered the high school. My school was one of three schools subjected to a pilot education high-school reform. I studied in a different teaching system, learned from special textbooks and took a graduation exam held specifically for students from the three schools. I often referred to myself and my friends as a generation of guinea pigs.
But there have been far more guinea pigs than I expected. My sister, my nieces and nephews were and are still being challenged with all kinds of educational reforms that show no sign of stopping. The latest was a plan for big changes from primary school to university level that were first made public late last year, promised by the MoET to "better equip students with practical skills", as many reforms in the past promised.
According to the plan, the high-school teaching system where I was the guinea pig is to be dropped entirely after only seven years of official implementation on a nation-wide scale. MoET Deputy Minister Nguyen Vinh Hien even said that the system was "a failure".
What does that make me and millions of other students then?
Reform is supposed to shed new light on the path towards development, educational reform is no exception to this. The initial intention of the MoET's reforms was good; to better train young people to better prepare themselves for their future and for the sake of their motherland.
But perhaps some officials should lower themselves a little bit and put themselves in the shoes of the students once in a while.
There would be no problem if textbooks had not been changed almost every ten years, exams had not been called on and off continuously or students had not been divided into different specialised classes in high school mostly out of their fears of some subjects.
It would be ok if the reforms had at least achieved something positive.
Decades of relentless educational reforms have failed to turn Vietnamese youth into a competitive work force in the region, let alone in the world. They are good at theory but weak in practical and soft skills. Most can't speak English fluently despite the language being a compulsory subject since primary school. They don't even know their own country's history. They are basically everything the educational reformers did not wish to see.
Except for those who are financially supported, we commoners can't say no to such fruitless reforms. The decisions were made first, among the experts only, and then came the public announcement followed soon by a trial run on a pilot group of students or nation-wide implementation without consulting those directly affected – the teachers, the students and their parents. They had no choice. Teachers couldn't afford to lose their jobs and parents couldn't risk their children not going to school.
Because we have no choice, at least be considerate towards us like any other office worker. Stop treating us like a guinea pig.
Just so you know, the MoET decided to return to my father's handwriting style in 2002. But my time has passed, and I will have to live with the embarrassment of bad handwriting for the rest of my life. — VNS


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Weekly Readings: Healthcare tips for cybersecurity and more
The still-fresh wound of healthcare cybersecurity (or lack thereof) was reopened this week with the Premera cyberattack that potentially exposed information for 11 million customers. We can think of nothing that says "be prepared" more than repeat problems and constant news coverage of an issue; with that said, this week we'd like to link you to a few tips for protecting yourself, and your patients, against a potential data breach. Additionally, we've included some news on recent healthcare legislation.
1. Premera cyber attack could have exposed information for 11 million customers – Reuters
Closely following the Anthem cyber attack that exposed data for 80 million customer and employee accounts, Premera revealed that it was also the victim of a previously undiscovered cyber attack. It's possible that these discoveries are beneficial to the industry in the long run, and will be able to help many other organizations discover weak points in their own security.
2. Healthcare finance tips for safeguarding against cyberattacks – Healthcare Finance
Did you know that most security breaches are due to simple human error? Or that Anthem reportedly didn't encrypt customer's personal data, which may have been a large contributing factor to the scale of the breach? Read this article for more tips on what your facility can do to safeguard against cyber attacks.
3. Webinar: Cybersecurity and the new age of hackers – Modern Healthcare
If you have a spare hour, or just need something to listen to in the background, let us recommend this webinar. It will give you better insight into the different motivations behind cyberattacks, how to protect yourself, and courses of action to take if the worst happens.
4. Cybersecurity – FDA
For those of you from the U.S., here's what the FDA has to say about healthcare cybersecurity. They also reveal what they're doing to help with the problem. It never hurt anyone to know what the government was doing (did it, though?).
5. Privacy and Security Awareness Initiatives – HIMSS – See infographic!
HIMSS offers excellent resources and information when it comes to data security in healthcare. And although Data Privacy Day technically struck January 28, we know that really, every day is a data privacy day. Right?
Infographic by HIMSS.
6. Long-sought 'doc fix' funding agreement reached – The Wall Street Journal
Read this for a good, simple explanation of what Republicans and Democrats have been up to.
7. SGR repeal legislation would replace current value-based program with sweeping new MD incentive payment system – Healthcare Informatics
Read this for a better explanation of the actual incentives-based payment plan that has been proposed.


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Manny Ramirez as suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday, becoming the latest high-profile player ensnared in the sport's drug scandals.
Ken Rosenthal said today that Dodger slugger Manny Ramirez "had to be an idiot" for violating baseball's drug rules.
Rosenthal has served as lead field reporter for Major League Baseball on FOX since 2005.
From: RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer
The Los Angeles Dodgers star said he did not take steroids and was prescribed medication by a doctor that contained a banned substance. The commissioner's office didn't announce the specific violation by the 36-year-old outfielder, who apologized to the Dodgers and fans for "this whole situation."
"Recently, I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me," Ramirez said in a statement issued by the players' union.
"Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have been advised not to say anything more for now. I do want to say one other thing; I've taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons."
The suspension began Thursday and barring any postponements Ramriez will be able to return to the Dodgers — who now have the best record in baseball — for the July 3 game at San Diego. Ramirez will lose about $7.65 million of his $25 million salary.
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The average deposit being paid by home buyers in their 20's is R92 000, according to the latest statistics from BetterBond (previously BetterLife Home Loans) and for those earning the average first-time buyer's salary, that probably represents at least two years of diligent saving.
"Our figures show," says CEO Shaun Rademeyer, "that the average first-time buyer earns around R37 000 a month, and assuming that they are able to save 10% of that, a R92 000 deposit would take 25 months to accumulate".
"But of course not everyone can or will manage to set aside 10% every month, so it is quite likely that many of the young buyers who are entering the market now have been planning and saving for home ownership for several years. This type of commitment is very encouraging and it accounts, we believe, for the fact that the percentage of home loan applications being made by first-time buyers continues to increase at this time, contrary to what might usually be expected in a tough economy."
The BetterBond statistics* show that first-time buyers accounted for 47,6% of home loan applications in the 12 months to end-June – compared to 46% in the previous 12 months, he notes.
"However, they only obtained 29% of all home loan approvals, suggesting that even large deposits are not sufficient to persuade the increasingly cautious banks to approve loan applications if the prospective borrower doesn't have an impeccable credit record and sufficient disposable income."
Meanwhile, Rademeyer says, repeat buyers also continue to show their confidence in the market by putting down very large deposits, mostly derived from the equity built up in their current properties as property values increased and the balances owing on their home loans decreased
"The statistics show that the average home price in the year to end-June was R1,095m, which is 3,6% higher than in the previous 12 months, and that the average approved bond size in the year to end-June was R868 000, or 4,2% more than in the previous 12 months".
"This means that the average deposit paid was almost 21% of the purchase price or R227 000 – a sum that would take the average repeat buyer more than 41 months to save if they could put aside 10% of the average R55 000 gross salary in this category."
However, he says, most repeat buyers actually use the proceeds of their sale as a deposit and are thus able to avoid any delay in purchasing a new home. This is reflected in a significant increase in the percentage of loans being approved for more than R1,5m.
"But that should not be interpreted to mean that it is easy for such buyers to get loans. They are subject to the same caution as first-time buyers, and without the assistance of a reputable originator such as BetterBond, they currently also only have a 35% chance of their application being approved".
"Our approval ratio, on the other hand, has averaged 76,4% over the past 12 months, so those who apply through us really have a very good chance of their application being approved and of being able to proceed with their home purchase."
*The BetterBond statistics represent 25% of all residential bonds being registered in the Deeds Office and are thus a reliable indicator of the state of South Africa's residential property market.