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From the cake and dinner to your dress and flowers, there's a lot to think about when planning a wedding, especially when you're trying to establish a budget for the big day.
According to an annual study by The Knot, the average wedding cost more than $35,000 in 2016. To cover this expense, some people decide to take out a wedding loan, but if that isn't for you, you may want to figure out what areas are most important to you and where you can cut back.
Trimming back on your wedding expenses certainly doesn't mean your wedding will be less extravagant. In fact, you can have the fabulous wedding of your dreams all while staying on budget. Here are five areas you can easily adjust in order to help you save.
1. The Big Day
If you're flexible on when you have your festivities, you may really be able to save a bundle.
"Saturday is the prime day for a wedding, and you pay for that," shopping expert Trae Bodge said. "Instead, have a Friday or Sunday wedding, as venues are less in demand, and therefore less expensive, at these times."
2. The Dress
The Knot study found that the average U.S. bride spent $1,564 on her wedding dress in 2016. If you can't see spending this kind of money on a dress you'll likely only wear once, you have some options to help you save.
"Consider buying your dress pre-worn — after all, it was only worn once — and/or selling your dress after the big day," Bodge said. "Another option is, when you're shopping, look not only at wedding dresses but general formal wear," she said. "Once you take 'bridal gown' out of the equation, the price decreases."
3. Food & Cocktails
If you want to provide drinks for your guests, but don't want to have a full open bar, Bodge recommended you "opt for beer, wine and possibly a signature mixed drink, which will reduce your bar bill substantially."
In terms of cutting back on costs for food, she recommended "placing appetizers on tables rather than having them passed" so you don't have to hire a wait staff. And you may be able to save when it comes to selecting your menu. Bodge advised "serving cheeses, dips and veggies rather than meats or fish."
4. Flowers
Instead of having a professional put together your flower arrangements, Bodge recommended tapping into your crafty side.
"Order seasonal flowers from your local florist and arrange them yourself," she said. "It can be a fun project for you and your bridal party!"
5. Photos
You'll certainly want to capture the moments you experience on your big day, so it's a good idea to hire a photographer whom you trust to get it right.
"When it comes to negotiating a photography package, forgo the pricey prints and opt for CDs or Dropbox files with high-res images," Bodge said. "This gives you the freedom to shop around for the best print prices on your own time."
Get Rewarded for Your Big Day
It may seem counterintuitive, but you may be able to save some money on your expenses. You're likely going to put some of these on a credit card, so you may as well get something back for it. One way to do this: reward credit cards.
If you don't currently have a credit card that rewards you for your spending, it may be time to check out some of your options, which can include everything from cards that give you cash back to cards with travel perks that can help you fund your honeymoon.
For example, the Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card comes with a $95 annual fee but will reward you with 50,000 bonus points when you spend $4,000 in the first three months (which probably won't be too hard with the down payments you're making).
Those bonus points are equal to $625 when redeemed through Chase's Ultimate Rewards travel portal. With that type of kickback, the bills for appetizers and cake won't sting as much when you realize they're helping you get to Tahiti.
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In early November three amazing Yoga teachers will gather alongside the Sea of Cortez to host a yoga retreat called Pranic Oasis at the Racho Buena Vista resort in Cabo San Lucas. One of these is Prana Flow instructor, Coral Brown.
Last week I spoke by phone with Coral to learn about her beginnings and what inspires her today.
Her practice started about 18 years ago as she was finishing up her undergraduate degree in philosophy. She was drawn to Hinduism and Eastern philosophy, especially, she says, the forgiving nature of Hinduism. "It's very much about the goddess and femininity," Coral says.
But Coral tells me that she was practicing the philosophy end of things while not engaging in the physical practice. That is, until her mother prompted her to do yoga. Coral dismissed it, saying it was a "fad." "A 5000 year old fad," her mom said, telling her she should check it out. Coral went out and got a CD with a fold out of the yoga positions. The CD was taught by Shiva Rea, the woman who would later become her mentor, teacher and close friend.
Some time after, while on a yoga retreat, a woman suggested to Coral that she should become a teacher. Coral's immediate response was that she wasn't ready. Surely she should have 15 years experience to teach. But the woman assured her otherwise, telling Coral she had a light that she needed to share.
And so this is what she has become; a teacher. But, it seems to me that she's more than that. She is the conduit through which others find freedom (from the confines of their mind and their body), expansion (beyond what they thought they could be or do), and strength.
Coral says she enjoys teaching because by doing so she is "doing something meaningful. There's a purpose behind it. You go into class feeling one thing and you walk out feeling light and clear."
This is what she hopes for her students too.
Clarity. "It's liberating. Allowing our body to be free."
So what makes the Pranic Oasis at the Rancho Bueana Vista in Cabo San Lucas appealing to her? She says that it's the fact that there will be no other people there, only those who are there for the yoga retreat. "It makes it a real oasis," she says. There is also a fire pit which she says will be perfect for the evening sessions.
The retreat will feature daily sunrise and sunset Prana Flow classes with live drumming alongside Tantric darshan, mantra and meditation. All of this under the "auspicious transition of the new moon" in a beautiful setting beside the Sea of Cortez.
Coral believes that what the world needs is yoga therapy. "It's unbelievable what will unfold when we don't force it."
Learn more about the Pranic Oasis at the Rancho Buena Vista in Cabo San Lucas.
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WHEN Richard Manfredi was running his family's manufacturing business, the company took out a large insurance policy on him. If he died, his partners would use the money to buy out his family's interest. This is how these policies, known as key-man insurance, are typically used.
After Mr. Manfredi sold the company at the end of 2004, the buyer allowed him to take the policy with him. It was a $20 million term policy, which meant he had to continue paying the rising premiums to keep it in place. Mr. Manfredi, who was 65 at the time, figured he'd hold on to the policy for a while and see what happened.
Three months later, he learned he had melanoma and was given a 50/50 chance of living four years. Through a combination of aggressive treatment and experimental drugs, Mr. Manfredi survived. All of a sudden, though, the cost of the policy, whose premiums had gone to more than $200,000 a year from $94,000, didn't seem like such a good deal.
"Once I heard it was melanoma I figured I should hold on to it if I'm going fast," Mr. Manfredi said. "But when I kept living, it didn't seem like a good investment."
He started looking for options to sell the policy, and that was when he considered a life settlement. Life settlements are perceived by many in the insurance business as a dark corner of the industry. Generally, they're used by older individuals who need money right away and whose life insurance, usually in the form of a permanent, cash-value policy, is one of their primary assets.
But as the industry has matured in recent years, life settlements have also become a way for a company — or in many cases, a small-business owner — to extract value from an often-overlooked asset.
"I'd say 70 percent of the time people let these policies go," said John P. Keenan, a partner at Signature Estate and Investment Advisors. "We'll talk to the executive and say, 'If this is something you want to carry, we can go back to the company and ask if they'll release the policy,' " he said. "We tell them that as an executive you had a need for it and you probably got it cheaper than you could today."
In Mr. Manfredi's case the settlement worked out well. He agreed to split the policy into four smaller ones. In 2012, he said he sold three policies with a combined death benefit of about $10 million for $1.35 million. In April, he sold the remaining $10 million policy for $1.2 million.
"I was relieved not to have to pay the premiums," he said.
W. Scott Page, president and chief executive of the Lifeline Program, which negotiated the purchase of Mr. Manfredi's policies, said in general a policyholder would be paid 10 to 75 percent of the death benefit of a policy. His company will pay to convert a term policy to permanent insurance and make any future premium payments.
To calculate the payment, life settlement companies require anyone looking to sell his key-man policy (or any life insurance policy, for that matter) to submit to a health exam as if they were being underwritten for a new policy, he said.
The process is not as ghoulish as it may sound. Mr. Page is not betting on any one person's life, but pooling at least 100 policies together and selling interests in that pool as he would any type of securitized debt. He said that helped smooth out the returns, since it balanced out the people who live longer than expected with those who die sooner.
"Normally people in their late 60s or early 70s, regardless of their impairments, we can pretty much project what their life expectancy is going to be," Mr. Page said. "But when you have a healthy 40-year-old you're not going to be able to project how long they're going to live."
For that reason, life settlements are not an option for younger executives. But there are other ways to monetize key-man policies short of dying. Mr. Keenan said he often talked to former business owners or executives about how these policies could fit into their investment plan. If the person has a net worth in excess of the estate tax exemption — now $10.5 million for a couple — the key-man policy could be used to pay the taxes.
The policies themselves can also be used as a deferred-compensation plan or a way to retain an executive for a certain number of years. Christopher O. Blunt, president of the insurance group at New York Life, said there were generally three ways to structure key-man insurance so it was seen as a benefit to the person being insured.
A company could set up what is called a 162 executive bonus plan, where the company pays the premium and the executive is the owner and the beneficiary of the policy. Or it could pay for what is called an endorsement split dollar policy, where the company retains the cash value but gives the employee life insurance to protect his or her family.
A third way is to use the policy as the basis for a supplemental employee retirement plan, where the policy would become a key-man policy if the executive died while working for the company. Otherwise, the employee would get access to the cash value after a certain number of years.
Mr. Blunt said these policies needed to be seen in their primary role first. "When you own a small business, it's a highly valuable, but uncertain and illiquid asset," he said. "Small-business owners say, 'I have a business that is worth millions.' It's only worth millions in a nondistressed situation."
For that small-business owner, these policies can also be seen as assets (even though they're not on the balance sheet) in negotiating the sale of a company. "If I buy your company and along with it, I get the key-person coverage, that makes the company more valuable," said Robert H. Garner, executive vice president of CBIZ Life Insurance Solutions. "If someone has had a health issue or is 10 years older, the price doesn't go up."
He added that those policies also showed the buyer who was important. "Part of, 'What is the company worth?' is what are the people worth," he said.
But executives should be careful about drawing benefits directly from such policies. For one thing, there are limits to how much life insurance people can get, and a key-man policy reduces what they could buy themselves to benefit their families.
And there can be taxes on these policies that people need to understand, whether they are trying to sell a policy or they receive one as a benefit.
For Mr. Manfredi, whose hobby is gambling, having the cash now meant more than a big death benefit for his family down the road.
"If I go in the next 10 years, it's not a great investment," he said. "But I saw it as a good time to do it."


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Magician Nathan Burton, in the fifth day of his starvation stunt for Child Haven, is suspended with seven showgirls in a clear box
Heterosexual marriage, too!
As an activist in the Family Court, I feel it is important to take a firm stand: I am opposed to gay marriage.
Throughout the country, outraged voters are working at a grassroots level to ban the marriage of homosexuals through ballot referenda and agressive lobbying of their lawmakers. I believe these initiatives don't go far enough.
I want to ban marriage altogether.
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The only thing all lawyers have in common is they went to law school and passed the state bar exam. This assures that they have certain basic technical skills, like writing briefs and following a chain of legal logic. It does not guarantee that they have the skills and empathy to deal with troubled people, which is perhaps half the job of lawyering, especially here in the Family Services Center.
It is rare to find a lawyer with any training in psychology, which ought to be a critical field when dealing with children and families. The "people skills" of lawyers run the same gamut that they do in the general population. Some lawyers "get it," and some don't and never will.
We have a special term which is reserved for this profession: shyster. This is someone who may be clever at the law but who lacks any moral scruples. This is a serious occupational hazard among lawyers. The law is society's codification of morality—generally a very crude and primitive one. ("If you hurt someone, we will hurt you.") Some lawyers think they can get into Heaven simply by obeying the law. If there is a blindness in a statute, then it is the legislature's fault, not theirs, and they feel obligated to exploit it.
The people who pass through law school have gained certain technical skills which are similar to mathematics. Not all mathematicians are skilled at life, however: Some of them are geeks; some are autistic, and some couldn't survive for 10 minutes outside the halls of M.I.T. Lawyerdom has its own brand of autistics, perhaps brilliant at law but clueless to the morality that is supposed to underlie it. In Family Court, these lawyers can cause enormous damage, because they fail to see the human needs that are right in front of them. A few minutes of sensitivity where the lawyer asks, "What is really going on here?" can avoid years of litigation, but of course litigation is much more profitable.
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Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie son?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?
The song is a tragic commentary on a bad marriage to a no-good man, ending, we assume, in divorce. The problem, however, may not lie in the man but in the woman, who seems to have an inner conflict about what a cowboy is and what can be expected of him.
Where have all the cowboys gone? Obviously, she married one and got exactly what she paid for.
Listen, if you are looking for a stable, reliable man who is going to support you while you raise kids, do you really want a cowboy? "Cowboy," as the term is generally understood (disregarding the gay references of a recent movie), is the sort of shoot-from-the-hip, bull-ridin', hard-fightin', mean-drinkin' daredevil who you would want to have on your side in a gun battle but who isn't exactly marriage material.
Be straight with me, cowgirl: The main thing that drew you to a cowboy was the excitement factor, right? Excitement and long-term fidelity don't exactly mix. If you choose to read all sorts of imaginary qualities into him—reliability, honor, monogamy, etc.—based on scanty evidence, then it's not really the cowboy's fault if he reverts to his true nature as soon as you walk down the aisle.
A cowboy belongs on the range, M'am, and ought to be left there.
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Champagne is historically used to mark special occasions, and there is plenty to celebrate at a wedding. Whether you are serving champagne welcome drinks, or simply getting creative with wedding favours Moët Chandon have got you covered. Their new bespoke bridal collection will elegantly add bubbly into your wedding day.
Earlier last month I attended an exquisite dinner hosted by Conde Nast, Brides Magazine, and Moët Chandon at the Savoy Hotel. Over a delicious 3 course meal we were served a selection of vintage Moët Chandon champagnes perfectly paired to enhance our taste buds. A spokeswomen for Moët also attended the event to explain each and every selection, as well as introduce their new bespoke bridal collection. The decoration was beyond perfect with a rose gold and baby pink theme; renowned wedding planner Bruce Russell, and Maison De Fleurs did a fantastic job of turning the River room into a magical evening fit for a royal dinner. I will include images from the event below but first lets discuss Moët's fabulous bridal collection.
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The Moët Chandon Bridal Collection, offers couples a bespoke range of carefully considered packages to add intimate detail to their wedding day.
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Moët have created a personalisation service for their mini bottles, the personalised bottles add a playful element to enhance those special Moët moments. At the dinner each blogger had their photo printed on a mini bottle of Moët, which I thought was an excellent party favour. At your wedding you can customise mini Moët bottles with a message or image from the Bride & Groom. Another alternative could be to create custom bottles for your bridal party or groomsmen, what better way to say Thank you than with champagne.
If you purchase the Generosity Package from Moët this will provide you with seven cases of Brut or Rosé Moët Minis to choose from and personalise.
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Champagne towers are just beautiful, specially at a wedding. The Glamour package provided by Moët includes 15 cases of your choice of Brut or Rosé Moët Minis, or 20 cases of Moët Brut, Rosé or Ice Impérial bottles or magnums to qualify for the champagne tower. As an added benefit this package also includes the personalised Moët Minis.
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If you are having a bar installed at your wedding, then why not have a Moët Chandon bar? By selecting Moët's Style Package you can have your very own fully equipped Moët Chandon bar with branded ice buckets and glasses, also included within the package are the personalised Moët Minis.
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Today in 2003, the White Stripes' Elephant hit No. 1 on the U.K. album charts.
The album was the duo's second studio record, their first with a major label. It would go on to win Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammys.
The critics also loved the album, with many claiming it to be a defining record in the 2000s garage rock revival.
While it sold more than 1.9 million copies in the U.S., it only reached No. 6 on the American charts.


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On March 16th, just two short days away, it will be the second anniversary of Brooke's accident. With wedding anniversaries, there are time-honored understandings about what to do. Paper, cotton, leather, flowers, wood cover the first five years. Tin, crystal, china, silver, gold, diamond as time drags on. Even though you wouldn't expect anniversary gifts to be "one size fits all," society has tried-and-true suggestions for how to tick off each passing year.
Not so much with death. Like marriages, no two grieving families are the same. Yet, we don't even try when it comes to death anniversaries.
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zoomRodney ReyndersRodney joined Tetra Pak five years ago as Environment Manager for the South African market. Soon after joining, he became the Environment Cluster Leader for Sub-Saharan Africa, a position he held for three years. He was promoted to his current position in July 2014.
Prior to joining Tetra Pak, Rodney worked for a national management and recycling company, initially as a consultant and thereafter as Marketing and Sales Manager. He spent many years as a business consultant, developing marketing, sales and business strategies for small and medium sized companies.
Rodney has a Bachelor of Commerce Marketing degree. He believes that sustainability is the new marketing, and that it's about a brand or company being responsible for everything that they do.
Rodney is married to Barbara and has two daughters, Stephanie and Juliette.
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Change of address for long-term tenant
From ice chests and outdoor toilets to fridges and more modern conveniences, Phyllis Geue, 93, has seen a lifetime's worth of changes.
One of Housing SA's longest-serving clients, she recently ended her tenancy after 74 happy years in the family home at Whyalla to move into an aged care facility.
As a young woman Mrs Geue worked in a munitions factory on the BHP site, where she met her future husband Bill.
Whyalla was the location of the first country building program by the SA Housing Trust, and in 1943 the couple moved into a newly built home at Brealey Street, where they raised their three sons.
"Having the toilet down the back yard was at times challenging, especially with three small boys and particularly when it was wet or cold or when then van came to empty the pit and you were using it," Mrs Geue said.
She said she loved the house and proudly looked after it as a family home. Having seen at least 20 sets of neighbours come and go, she moved in August this year to a nursing home. Housing SA regional manager Irene Adair described her as "an absolute delight" and wished her well in her new home


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Borrowing Dr. Jones
The other day I noticed amongst my small dvd collection that Interview With The Vampire was sitting there, still unwatched from when I borrowed it from Jerry quite some time ago - probably a few months at least. I remember sincerely wanting to watch it again at the time, having not seen it since back when I used to have it on video, but somehow it seemed always skipped over in favour of some other movie I'd seen less often. That night, for some reason, I was only able to watch half of it, though I planned to finish the rest very soon so that I could give it back with many apologies for the delay.
Just started watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade tonight - the only one I've got on dvd - when Chantal mentioned that she'd only just seen that one a little while ago. I kind of felt like watching The Temple of Doom anyway, which is actually my personal favourite of the trilogy, so I was considering a trip to the video store, but then remembered that the Indiana Jones box set was a part of Jerry's extensive dvd library. Even though I don't really like to do a "double borrow" from people, I called him up anyway. Turns out his sister had just been over to borrow some dvds as well and he was feeling a bit like a "drive through dvd rental store". I felt a little guilty as I was driving away from his place just down the road. I'll try to make sure for a prompt return.
I'm not sure exactly why I prefer Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom over the other two. It does have a rather different style to the first and third instalments I guess, less following the clues to hidden archaeological treasure and all that, but there seems to be something else that makes this film stand out in my head as slightly more enjoyable than the others. Even so, I've read on some other sites that many consider The Temple of Doom to be the weakest of three. What is it that lets one particular movie stand out inside the mind as somehow superior to others? Is it culturally related, based on past experiences? How is it that opinions change over time? The hundred years war of the mind, good versus evil, interchangeable terms really, advocated by the victor. Which one is your favourite?


text: Merry Christmas 2014 Posted on December 24, 2014 by Matthew Green On behalf of Heidi and myself, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our friends a very merry Christmas and a safe, happy new year. See you in 2015. — Matthew Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestRedditEmailPrintTumblrPocketLike this:Like Loading... Related Latest Posts


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Now the winter chill has definitely arrived, and with December 25th a mere few weeks away, we're into that rarified window when it's acceptable to pull on the occasionally maligned Christmas jumper.
This doesn't have to mean Jim Carrey in Dumb & Dumber – this season's offering has never been so stylish.
Fair isle prints, comfy-as-hell cashmere and tasteful patterns are everywhere, as well as the inevitable comedy reindeer.


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6 Reasons Why I Love the Cameron Highlands!
Cameron Highlands
Head up into the Malaysian clouds and cool off amid glorious green tea carpets! The Cameron Highlands is one of my favourite places in Malaysia: sure, Malaysia has blissful beaches, exciting cities and wild rain forests but I'm simply a sucker for this cool, agricultural haven up in the hills.
I'll put it down to my Britishness, this was after all another British Hill station. Those early colonists must have been so relieved to escape the heat and humidity up here, I sure am!
The forest was cleared for the hill station: houses, schools and even a golf course were built, followed soon after by agriculture once they realised how fertile the hillsides were.
Tea became the major crop, although nowadays a wide variety of vegetables and fruit is grown up here. The main towns are Brinchang and Tana Rata, with lots of smaller towns dotted around the hills.
We came up here, by bus from Penang, for a couple of nights, basing ourselves in Tanah Rata; I loved it so much we stayed on a bit longer!
On the first day we did a tour, through Father's Guest House, where we were staying; this day tour took us to find the world's largest flower and a whistle-stop tour of the highland landscape.
It was a fantastic day but it left me wanting to see so much more, so the following day we hired a motorbike and set off exploring by ourselves.
Here are six reasons why I fell in love with the Cameron Highlands:
To be honest, all six reasons could be tea: just look at it, is any other form of agriculture this beautiful? So green, so lush, so neat.
A carpet of tea that blankets the landscape, clipped green pillows stretching out from hillside to hillside like a sea of gently undulating waves.
If I could build my dream home anywhere, I would build it amid a tea plantation; gazing from my window across the tea sea would leave me with an overwhelming feeling of calm.
We visited three tea plantations in all, easily accessible by motorbike: the Boh Sungei Palas Tea Estate, the Boh Tea Gardens and the Cameron Bharat Tea Plantation.
The two Boh plantations are delightful.
The Sungei Palas estate is set amid picturesque hills and has a sweet little village for the workers complete with a small Hindu temple. At the end of the winding, pretty road is a large, modern visitor centre from which you can take free tours of the adjoining the tea factory.
Unfortunately, we missed seeing the factory in action as no tea had been picked that day due to the weather but we were still able to look around and there are signs describing each process in the production.
We had a brew in the visitor centre and then explored the scenic roads through the estate on the bike.
Thoroughly enamoured by the Sungei Palas Estate, we hired the bike the next day as well and went further afield to find more.
A long, winding road through a narrow valley to the south of Tanah Rata took us to the Boh Tea Gardens: Boh's largest tea plantation.
This was the original visitor experience, before the fancy visitor centre was built at Sungei Palas; there is a small tea shop and cafe located in Nissen huts left over from World War II, factory tours and a walking trail up to a fine viewpoint overlooking the tea-clad valley.
This factory was in production and the smell of the processing leaves was strong and pungent. We take tea for granted, yet it has such a colourful history; seeing this tea being processed through vintage machinery in the factory, and seeing it growing neatly on the hillside, really brings that history to life: war and fortune has been fought over tea!
The trail up to the view-point is steep but rewarding: the views out across the valley are impressive, we even saw an eagle soaring above us.
The last tea estate we visited was the Cameron Bharat Tea Plantation.
This estate is located right on the road leading south from Tanah Rata, it's not quite so scenic due to its proximity to the main road but the views are still impressive. There is a visitor centre and cafe, and a short trail through the tea bushes so you can really immerse yourself in the sea of tea.
Care must be taken as the tea bushes provide perfect hideouts for pit vipers, the plantation workers (mostly from Sri Lanka) wear yellow wellies to protect their legs.
Down in the lowlands on the fringes of the Cameron Highlands is a small area of secondary rainforest where, remarkably, you can find the incredible Rafflesia: the world's biggest flower.
The Rafflesia is actually a parasite, this fascinating plant begins life as a tight, cabbage-like bud that eventually opens into the spectacular flower. The flower only lasts about five days, dropping and turning black; they are often called the corpse flower because of the dead flesh stench they give off, although these flowers we found curiously didn't smell much – just a mild chemical smell.
You have to see one of these flowers to believe it, they are like nothing else: very surreal, like something from a sci-fi movie. It's rare to find them in Peninsula Malaysia, they are more common over on Borneo. This is a real treat!
You cannot see these flowers by yourself, there are a number of tour companies in Tanah Rata that can take you. Our tour group had to trek for around an hour, through hot, humid rain forest, to reach these.
Our guide was very informative, he knew the forest like the back of his hand; he told us he'd been finding Rafflesia in it for years, one day he's even measured one to be bigger than any ever recorded but, alas, didn't take a photo with the measuring tape so it didn't count!
After finding the flowers, the tour met up with some local Orang Asli, the name translates as 'first people' and these indigenous people still live in Malaysia's rain forests (although many have been forced into government-built homes as their forests have been destroyed for rubber and palm plantations).
The Orang Asli men showed us how to use a blowpipe and we each had a go at darting a target– I was rubbish!
After being surrounded by all those tea plantations, it only goes to show that there must be afternoon teas!
There is little left of the old colonial hill station but the tradition of afternoon tea has endured, and there is nowhere better to experience it than The Smokehouse Hotel. This mock-tudor mansion is more English than England: stepping into the building you leave Malaysia behind and enter a twee British world, a building that could have been supplanted from the Home Counties.
We arrived soaked to the skin on our motorbike after being caught in a heavy rain shower (the hotel is half way along the road from Tanah Rata to Brinchang), yet we were welcomed in with grace.
Afternoon Tea was served in the conservatory, at around US$8 per person for scones and tea it isn't the cheapest but it was a treat. The scones were tasty, although not exactly a scone I would make, and the cream and jam sent me to afternoon tea heaven.
Afternoon Tea is served in other hotels and cafes in the Cameron Highlands, and of course you can get cake and tea at the tea plantations: the coconut tarts are delicious!
4. The Climate
Gee, it feels good to be cool! After months in humid South East Asia it is bliss to find comfortable fresh air. This cooler climate makes for excellent growing conditions for which both agriculture and nature embrace.
Ride, or take a tour, up to Gunung Brinchang and you'll be transported into a different world of chilly dampness. The road up to this hill takes you through the Sungei Palas Tea Estate then rises steeply as it winds to the summit.
The forest clinging to the hillside here is misty, every tree is wrapped in fuzzy moss and large pitcher plants hang down in the eerie gloom: they don't call it the Mossy Forest for nothing!
We visited Gunung Brinchang twice, first with the tour: our guide taking us into an unmarked bit of the forest. The second time, we rode up by ourselves and visited the Mossy Forest boardwalk. This was interesting but lacked the atmosphere of the unmarked trail, and it was busy with tourists.
5. There is so much to eat!
Much of the Cameron Highland's tourism is based around the abundant agriculture, you can pick your own strawberries and shop in countless food halls. The strawbs looked a little on the small side to tempt us to go a'picking but the variety of fresh fruits, mushrooms and dried food was interesting.
The evening market in Tanah Rata had plenty of Malaysian specialities including delicious Apam Balik (peanut and corn filled pancakes) and the Arabian influenced, and meaty, Murtabak.
The banana leaf meals and dosas at the inexpensive Indian Restaurants in Tanah Rata more than satisfied our greed in a perfectly vegetarian way too!
We were even able to have warming, fortifying porridge for breakfast, a tiny restaurant just down from the guest house served it up to us every morning.
Valerie at the guest house had recommended it, the owners are the sweetest couple: both deaf, the wall mounted menu was to be pointed at. They seemed overjoyed to serve us our breakfast every day, making every morning a heartwarming experience.
6. Hiking
The Cameron Highlands were made to stretch your legs! There are hiking trails marked out across the hills and your accommodation should be able to advise you on the most suitable routes.
I've added hiking to this list because it's something most people do up here. To be absolutely honest, we were having so much fun on the motorbike we never actually got round to doing any hiking (other than the trek in the lowlands to find the Rafflesia)!
But with all this glorious scenery, it is definitely something I aim to do on my next visit.
Keep travelling:
Perhentian Islands: Paradise or a Pain? Beautiful, but we we had issues!
My Top Six Things To Do In Kuala Lumpur I love KL and these are some of my favourite parts.
Marvellous Melaka Another Malaysian gem!
Munch Your Way Around Melaka's Markets As A Vegetarian delicious!
Penang Street Art and Peranakan Tiles The wonderful arty side to Penang.
Penang Hill: Train Up, Walk Down. Heading up into the clouds and exploring old colonial bungalows.
Have you been to the Cameron Highlands? Did you go hiking?
By Rachel A Davis


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BT is giving its Total Broadband customers 'unlimited' Wi-Fi minutes through BT Fon and BT Openzone hotspots.
Previously, Total Broadband customers had their Wi-Fi minutes capped. Only those on the most expensive package were given 'unlimited' Wi-Fi access. However the ISP revealed it is now offering unlimited Wi-Fi access to all its customers.
BT said the move also applies to O2 mobile customers.
"Because of the growing number of BT customers with mobile devices such as tablet computers and smartphones, we know that mobile access to the internet is needed more than ever before," said John Petter, consumer managing director, for BT Retail
"Now that operators like O2 are rationing 3G, BT Total Broadband customers can find fast Wi-Fi connections all over the UK's towns and cities with unlimited internet access from 1.5 million hotspots."
CIO 100 ranked BT said it had expanded its Wi-Fi hotspots by 800,000 during 2009, to make a current total of 1.5 million. However, its hopes that by the end of 2011 it will have more than 2.5 million.
"This continuing level of expansion means that these networks are rapidly becoming the simplest way for people to access the internet when out and about. And not only is this level of Wi-Fi coverage unique to BT, it's automatically included with our BT Total Broadband options," BT said.
The unlimited Wi-Fi access will be subject to a fair use policy. BT said this would be capped at 10,000 minutes per month.


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My trailer for this week will be for a movie! "EASY A" comes out tomorrow and I'm so excited to see it!!! It helps that I love Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, and Amanda Bynes lol. So here's the awesome trailer for 'Easy A'.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Trailer Thursday
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Izamal Day Trip
Known as the Yellow City, nearly all of the buildings in the city center are painted an amazing shade of yellow. Wander the streets of this charming city in a horse-drawn carriage and visit the magnificent Franciscan monastery. The city is also surrounded by the remains of pre-Hispanic structures.


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We love to celebrate friendships because where would any of us be without them? They're the foundation of life! Here we have the wonderful Lou celebrating her friendships with Sarah. Life is full of trials and tribulations, but when you have a support network around you, it's easier to keep on trucking – and so lovely to see friends give each other a shout out!
If you have a friendship you'd like to celebrate, get in touch today.
Lou's story is in Woman Magazine this week.


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During my last summer vacations, I had the chance to join two friends in their visit to Hong Kong. I took the cheapest airline company in the far east region, Air Asia, and arrived to 'The Pearl of the Orient' on August 18th for 4 days. For the housing, I have arranged a 3-bedroom cheap apartment in Kowloon through Airbnb.com. So let's get into the best practices.
- The airport:
HKIA is the biggest airport I have visited ever. It is built on a whole island and has 2 giant terminals with 120 gates. It is so big that we transit from gate to another by a metro.
- Before leaving the airport
I have taken the 4GB data SIM card for 118 HK$. Also, before leaving to the meeting area, you will find a telephone to call for free, and a lot of vouchers to be used during your stay.
- The transport from the airport
There are 2 means: a taxi (will cost you 300 HK$) or the 'Airport Express' metro (the cheapest pass is about 80 HK$). The metro arrives every 20 minutes and the trip from Hong Kong (the island) to the airport takes 30 minutes, and from Kowloon to the Airport 20 minutes.
- The transport between the lands:
The district of Hong Kong has 2 major lands: Hong Kong (the island) and Kowloon (the mainland). Hong Kong is city of business and parties when Kowloon is residential and more 'Chinese'. There are 2 subways linking both lands, the tollgate for the eastern costs 20 HK$, and 70 HK$ for the western. The Ferry works until 11pm of you want to move between lands through the ocean, and it costs 2 HK$ only.
- The means of transport in the land:
- Metro: covers all the district (all lands)
- Tram: only in HK island in the busy streets. Small and has 2 floors, a must use.
- Bus: covers all lands. Has 2 floors and the price is 8HK$.
- Ferry: between lands.
- Express: a metro linking HongKong-Kowloon-Ying-Airport-AsiaWorldExpo
- Taxi: a bit disappointing. Sometimes the drivers refused to transport us.
- Hong Kong people and the English language:
I found very strange that 90% of the taxi drivers don't speak English (not a single word). If we don't count the few places full of expats, we will have only 'Cantonese' (and not mandarin) language. It was almost impossible to communicate with whoever, especially the taxi drivers with whom I used a combination of Google maps and Google translator to tell them where we want to go.
- The food:
Changing the food and trying the local things is not my thing. I stayed on an American or French breakfast and an Italian lunch. By the way, the food is tasty, and they really know how to do a good pizza.
- Is it expensive?
Yes, mainly for the transportation and food. I can give you some tips:
- Avoid taxis. You will save at least 50 HK$ at least on each trip (they are rude sometimes also)
- Take a 7-day pass for the metro, and not a one pass.
- Use the bus and enjoy the view from the 2nd floor. It is not expensive
- Things to do?
- 'Star Ferry' between the islands (HK, Kowloon, Macao)
- Take the tram to 'Victoria Peak' (in operation since 1888) and spend 4 hours there
- Have a drink in 'Lan Kwal Fong', Hong Kong's bar area and the favorite place for expats' evenings
- Visit 'Expo Asia World' (the metro station after the airport)
- Take the boat to 'The Big Buddha' and spend 4 hours there
- Thing not to do
- Don't spit: this will cost you 5,000 HK$
- Don't buy without haggling: never accept the first price they offer you. You can save at least 50% of it
- Don't forget your phone, charged and with 4G should help you to travel between sights and talk to people


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CNN removed 540 words from the transcript of Trump's phone call to frame him for something that he didn't do
You can read about it at this link:
Bodyguard for CNN's April Ryan attacks journalist covering her event
California lawmakers want to ban those little shampoo bottles you get in hotels
California lawmakers want to ban those little shampoo bottles you get in hotels
April 14, 2019
Those little shampoo bottles offered in hotel bathrooms, used once or twice and then usually tossed in the trash, could soon be a thing of the past in California.
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban hotels from providing guests with small plastic bottles for soap, shampoo and conditioner. The proposed law, which would go into effect in 2023, would instead encourage hotels to provide the products in bulk dispensers to reduce plastic waste.
Assembly Member Ash Kalra of San Jose co-authored the bill, known as AB 1162, which would apply to all lodging establishments. Kalra said that small plastic bottles under 12 ounces represent a sizable amount of waste and that his bill would reduce the problem.
"By not offering small bottles of personal care products, hotels, motels, and other lodging establishments can promote a more sustainable business and potentially reduce operating costs," he said as part of an analysis on the bill. "AB 1162 will take meaningful action to curb single-use plastic consumption in the lodging industry and increase consumer awareness."
The bill was introduced in February and is working its way through committees. Santa Cruz County passed a similar law that banned small toiletry bottles in hotels last year, CNN affiliate KSBW reported.
The legislation comes amid a growing push to phase out single-use plastics like straws and bags. Critics say these items take decades or more to decompose and end up polluting landfills and bodies of water.
California has been at the forefront of bans on single-use plastics and became the first state to ban plastic bags in 2014. New York state also moved to do the same last month.
Even before this legislation, hotels have begun to make the shift toward bulk dispensers, which they say are less wasteful and cheaper.
Marriott International announced last April that it would replace the individual soap, shampoo and conditioner bottles with bulk dispensers in its showers. The program is expected to save an average of 250 pounds of plastic per year for a 140-room hotel — about 23,000 plastic bottles, Marriott told Lodging Magazine.
"This is a win-win from a sustainability perspective, operational perspective, and financial perspective," Denise Naguib, vice president of sustainability for Marriott, told the magazine.
Ralph Northam must be the guy in blackface, because the other guy looks EXACTLY like Robert Byrd
Ralph Northam is the Democratic governor of Virginia. The media has recently reported that he is one of the two people in this photo from the 1984 yearbook from Eastern Virginia Medical School. Northam has kept silent as to which one is him, and no one in the media has been able to figure it out. (Image sourced from here.)
But it's obvious to me that Northam is the guy in blackface, because the other guy looks exactly like Robert Byrd, who was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of West Virginia.
According to this article from the Washington Post, before Byrd was a U.S. Senator, he started his own chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, and recruited 150 of his friends and associates to join it.
As we all know, the Ku Klux Klan was started by Democrats who were upset that Republican President Abraham Lincoln had forced them to free their slaves.
So when Byrd decided to run as a U.S. Senator, he knew that he had to run as a Democrat.
Byrd died in 2010, when he was still in office. If he were still alive and healthy today, he would still be in office.
Here's a video of Democrat Hilary Clinton referring to Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd as "my friend and mentor."
And here's video of the Democrats at CNN falsely claiming that Northam is a Republican. Skip to 0:13
I'm curious to hear CNN's explanation for why they falsely labeled Ralph Northam, Virginia's racist governor, as a Republican
Ralph Northam is the governor of Virginia.
He is a Democrat.
In 1984, in his yearbook from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Northam appeared in this photo, which shows one person in blackface, and another person in a Ku Klux Klan outfit. Northam hasn't said which of the two is him, and no one else seems to be able to tell which of the two is him. But both of them are racist. (Image sourced from here.)
Even though Northam is a Democrat, CNN reported that he is a Republican.
Here's the video. Skip to 0:13
And in case the censors at YouTube ever remove the video, here's a screenshot:
I'm curious to hear CNN's explanation for why they falsely labeled him as a Republican.
CNN legal analyst Areva Martin accuses Sirius XM radio host David Webb of having "white privilege," despite the fact that Webb is black!
The below image of two people is taken from this link:
The person on the left is Sirius XM radio host David Webb.
The person on the right is CNN Legal Analyst Areva Martin.
Here's a transcript from a recent conversation between the two of them:
David Webb: "Shouldn't their requirement, their primary requirement, regardless of ethnicity, regardless of network, be that they are capable of covering politics? For instance, if you're going to cover political campaigns, sports may not be the most qualified background. And that brings to the point of if people want to get into these fields regardless of color, I've chosen to cross different parts of the media world, done the work so that I'm qualified to be in each one. I never considered my color the issue. I considered my qualifications the issue."
Areva Martin: "Well David, you know that's a whole other long conversation about white privilege and things that you have the privilege of doing that people of color don't have the privilege of."
David Webb: "How do I have the privilege of white privilege?"
Areva Martin: "David, by virtue of being a white male, you have white privilege, which is a whole long conversation I don't have time to get into."
I'd be curious to hear Martin's explanation for why she thinks it's not possible for a black person to achieve the things that Webb has achieved.
Martin has just unintentionally presented us with what is – I think – the best argument against the concept of "white privilege" that I have ever heard.
This video contains the audio of their conversation:
Conservatives Paul Joseph Watson and Candace Owens post mugshots of Antifa members to prove that liberal CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin is wrong about their skin color
After President Trump recently warned about possible violence from Antifa members, CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said:
"Let's be clear also about what's going on here. The theme here is, 'I'm Donald Trump and I'll protect you from the scary black people.'"
"Antifa is widely perceived as an African-American organization, and this is just part of the same story of LeBron James and Don Lemon and Maxine Waters and the NFL players and the UCLA basketball players."
"This is about black versus white. This is about Donald Trump's appeal to racism and it just happens all the time. And we never say it. We don't say it enough for what it is, but that's what's going on here."
You can hear him saying it in this video:
In response, Paul Joseph Watson and Candace Owens tweeted these mugshots of Antifa members to prove that Toobin is wrong about their skin color:
Alicia Silverstone's "Clueless" character tells us more about Haiti than MSNBC/CNN "journalist" Joan Walsh
In this scene from the the 1995 movie Clueless, Alicia Silverstone's character talks about how horrible life in Haiti is:
Meanwhile, Joan Walsh is a "journalist" who worked for MSNBC for over a decade. She has also worked for The Nation and Salon. Earlier this month, she started working for CNN. Two days after she started working for CNN, she was asked if she'd rather live in Norway or Haiti. She answered:
"I don't know. I don't know. I haven't been to either place."
Here's the video:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Walsh actually did know the answer, but was afraid to say it due to her own political correctness.
A real "journalist" is never afraid to tell the truth. In fact, telling the truth is their entire job!
As band plays the Star-Spangled Banner, CNN host Poppy Harlow refers to it as "the French national anthem"
Video: CNN political commentator Van Jones: "The Russia thing is just a big nothing burger"
Oh my.
Yesterday, we found out about a hidden camera video recording which showed CNN Producer John Bonifield saying that:
1) There is no real proof for CNN's claims about the association between Donald Trump and Russia.
2) CNN told these lies about Trump and Russia for the ratings.
3) CNN is engaging in a "witch hunt" against Trump.
Here's that video:
Today, we have a different hidden camera video recording. This one shows CNN political commentator Van Jones saying:
"The Russia thing is just a big nothing burger."
Van Jones, as you may recall, was President Obama's green czar. He resigned in September 2009, after it was reported that he was a self described "communist" and had blamed George W. Bush for the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Here's the new Van Jones video:
Video: CNN Producer John Bonifield admits that CNN is engaging in a "witch hunt" against Donald Trump, that is has no real proof for its claims, and that it told these lies to get bigger ratings
In the past, I've written about many examples of media bias.
But this new one may be the biggest such example that I have written about so far.
CNN Producer John Bonifield was recorded on a hidden camera saying that:
1) There is no real proof for CNN's claims about the association between Donald Trump and Russia.
2) CNN told these lies about Trump and Russia for the ratings.
3) CNN is engaging in a "witch hunt" against Trump.
This is huge:
Video shows CNN handing signs to Muslims in order to stage a fake protest against terrorism
After terrorists scream "This is for Allah!" and murder a bunch of people, CNN says, "We don't know… their motives"
CNN on London jihad attacks: we don't know "their motives"
June 3, 2017
The Muslim attackers were screaming "This is for Allah," but CNN doesn't know their motives. For CNN and the rest of the establishment propaganda media, "This is for Allah" means "This has nothing to do with Islam."
"London terror attacks: What we know and don't know," by Hilary Whiteman, CNN, June 3, 2017:
(CNN) Details were emerging in the early hours of the United Kingdom's Sunday morning about what we now know are two "terrorist incidents" in central London….
At 10:08 p.m. Saturday night, London Metropolitan officers responded to reports of a vehicle colliding with pedestrians on London Bridge.
Witness Mark Roberts said he said saw a van speeding across London Bridge towards London Bridge underground station, which suddenly swerved, bounced off the pavement and hit several pedestrians. He said he heard what sounded like gunfire about five to 10 minutes later.
Another witness, Brad Myers, had just left London Bridge when he heard a "boom" behind him, which he thinks was the sound of a car hitting the guardrails or other vehicles. He said he saw someone jump into the water to avoid being hit.
Multiple ambulances were sent to the scene with the first team arriving within six minutes, according to the London Ambulance Service. An advanced trauma team was also sent by car.
As emergency services rushed to respond, reports came in of multiple stabbings at Borough Market, a popular gourmet food market with restaurants that were open and busy on a Saturday night.
Witness Elsbeth Smedley told CNN that a man ran into Elliot restaurant in Borough Market, and stabbed two people before running out.
As they responded to the two incidents, police were then called to a third potential attack — reports of an "incident" in nearby Vauxhall, a residential area, which occurred just before 1 a.m. (8p ET). Police confirmed it was not related.
At 00.25 a.m., police announced the two incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market were "terrorist incidents." People were warned to avoid the area while emergency vehicles attended to the incidents which police described as "ongoing."
British Prime Minister Theresa May calls the London Bridge incident a "potential act of terrorism." On Sunday, she'll chair a meeting of the government's Cobra emergency committee.
What we don't know
How many attackers there were, their motives and whether they were acting together are all questions being asked.
The proximity of the attacks and the timing seem to suggest they were coordinated, but police have not confirmed that….
Video: CNN crew jokes about hypothetical crash of Donald Trump's plane
Regarding blacks assaulting a white guy because he voted for Trump, CNN commentator Symone Sanders sarcastically says "Oh my goodness – poor white people!"
Here's the video of blacks assaulting a white guy because he voted for Trump:
And here's the video of CNN commentator Symone Sanders sarcastically saying "Oh my goodness – poor white people!"
CNN anchors fake a satellite interview in the same parking lot
This is from 2013. Although both CNN reporters were in the same parking lot (note that the same traffic goes by both of them), they pretended to be thousands of miles away from each other:
Emails show that CNN contributor Donna Brazile gave Hillary Clinton debate questions in advance
CNN cuts ties with Donna Brazile after hacked emails suggest she gave Clinton campaign debate questions
October 31, 2016
CNN quietly cut ties with Donna Brazile, acting Democratic National Committee chair and a longtime contributor on the cable news network, after hacked emails published by WikiLeaks revealed that she had provided the Hillary Clinton campaign with questions in advance of Democratic primary debates hosted by CNN.
According to a spokeswoman for the network, CNN accepted Brazile's resignation on Oct. 14.
The emails showed that Brazile — whose role as a CNN contributor was suspended in July after she took over for departing DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz — shared with the Clinton campaign a question that would be posed to Clinton before the CNN Democratic Debate in Flint, Mich., in March, and another before a CNN town hall Columbus, Ohio, a week later.
The network vehemently denied giving Brazile access to debate questions in advance.
"CNN never gave Brazile access to any questions, prep material, attendee list, background information or meetings in advance of a town hall or debate," the spokeswoman, Lauren Pratapas, said in a statement. "We are completely uncomfortable with what we have learned about her interactions with the Clinton campaign while she was a CNN contributor."
Brazile has appeared as a guest on Yahoo News' live coverage of campaign events, including the recent presidential debates, but was not paid for any of those appearances.
Brazile did not respond to a request for comment.
On Twitter, she referred media to her previous statement the emails exposed by WikiLeaks ("This is exactly what the Russians intended to do," Brazile said on Oct. 11, "and they're doing it"), thanked CNN and wished her former colleagues well.
When it comes to taking time off from campaigning, CNN reporter Dana Bash holds a very different standard for Trump than she does for Clinton
Here's another great example of media bias at its finest:
Trump Shuts Down CNN Crank for Questioning Him on "Taking Time Off" to Attend Hotel Opening
Donald Trump SHUTS DOWN liberal CNN host Dana Bash after ridiculous biased question.
October 26, 2016
Dana Bash: For people who say you're taking time out of swing states to go do this, you say?
Donald Trump: I say the following. You have been covering me for the last, long time. I did yesterday 8 stops and 3 major speeches. And I've been doing this for weeks straight. I left for here for an hour-and-a-half. I'm leaving here and going to North Carolina, then I'm going to Florida, then I'm going up to New Hampshire. For you to ask me that question is actually very insulting because Hillary Clinton does one stop and then goes home and sleeps. And yet you ask me that question. I think it's a very rude question.
CNN falsely labels third party supporters as "undecided"
CNN cut big 3rd party support from debate focus group coverage, participant says
October 7, 2016
A participant in the CNN focus group conducted Tuesday during this year's only vice presidential debate says the cable network omitted a strong showing of third-party support.
Justin Smith says participants were asked after the debate ended if they support the ticket led by Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump or a third-party candidate, with 12 indicating third-party support, five backing Clinton and two Trump.
Such a result would not reflect national polling, and Smith wrote on Facebook "once they saw the response," the third party option was dropped in favor of "undecided" — with the second question asked twice before being aired live, yielding 11 votes for "undecided."
"As you see a majority here in this room at the University of Richmond still undecided," CNN reporter Pamela Brown told anchor Wolf Blitzer in the segment that aired.
"Interesting stuff," Blitzer said.
CNN adds the word "racial" to Donald Trump's quote
CNN adds the word "racial" to Trump's quote.
CNN blurs out pro-Trump t-shirt of hero who saved baby from dying in hot car
September 1, 2016
A heroic man captured national attention for his action rescuing a baby from a hot car in New Jersey. But it was the way his interview on CNN-owned Headline News went down that has truly gone viral.
The man at the center of the story is Steve Eckel, a retired police officer who used a sledgehammer to break into a parked car that at New Jersey Kohl's, as reported by CBS News on Wednesday. The baby was taken from the vehicle, which Eckel said had reached a temperature of over 120 degrees.
HLN had Eckel on to get his story about the rescue, but apparently was not interested in getting all of his free speech. The network aired the interview… while blurring his T-shirt out:
What was on the retired police officer's shirt that was so controversial? An expletive-laded shirt? An image containing nudity? No. All Lives Matter? Support America's Police Officers? Nope, it was a "2016 Trump" T-shirt. An interview version that arose after the segment originally aired shows exactly what was on the man's shirt. It was too late, however, the bias of the network had already been shown:
Attention CNN! It's not McDonald's fault that Safiyyah Cotton chose to have a baby out of wedlock. Plus, here's a rare news article that actually mentions the concept of personal responsibility.
In this seven minute video, CNN talks about a single mother who is struggling to raise her child on the small salary that she earns at McDonald's.
As is always the case with news articles from the mainstream media about struggling single mothers trying to raise their children, the article says absolutely nothing about the baby's father.
The article doesn't say that the father has a responsibility to provide for the baby that he chose to create.
The article doesn't say that the mother has a responsibility to choose a responsible mate to make her baby with.
The article doesn't say that if they got married, they would only have to pay rent for one apartment instead of two, and so things would be a lot easier.
The article doesn't say anything about the mother ever having made any attempt to acquire better education and job skills as a way to get a bigger salary.
By comparison, this news article by Inside Edition fully understands the concept of personal responsibility. The article is called "Mom Cries On Dock As Cruise Ship Leaves With Her Kids Still On Board," and includes the following brilliant quote, the kind of quote that is completely missing in the CNN article about the McDonald's worker:
Travel expert Mark Murphy told IE: "It is the woman's fault for not getting back on time. It is not the cruise ship's fault. It is not the captain's fault. It is not the cruise line's fault. Everybody knows the posted time to get back and that ship is on a schedule, it is going to go."
I absolutely love that quote. I praise Mr. Murphy for saying it. And I praise Inside Edition for including it in the article.
CNN, and all the other mainstream news organizations that write about struggling single mothers without ever mentioning the children's fathers, should learn a lesson from Inside Edition about how to write a proper news story.


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ADD Cormorbidities
by Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CTP, CMC, MCC, SCAC
ABOUT ADD Comorbidities, the introductory article in this series, explained that a comorbid disorder refers to additional conditions, syndromes or disorders frequently found in a specific diagnostic population more often than the condition is found in the neurotypical population — to a statistically significant degree.
In other words, we're talking about accompanying conditions that are not automatically included in the diagnostic criteria for the "main" condition, but are frequently seen in that particular population of individuals.
Regardless of the Reason Why
The overlap may reflect a causal relationship between the two diagnoses, and they may reflect an underlying vulnerability in common. The important concept is that two or more conditions co-occur more frequently in our "target population" than in population norms otherwise, and to a statistically significant degree.
From a behavioral standpoint, these additional conditions sometimes occur with similar or overlapping symptoms, and sometimes they show up with additional symptoms – those not necessarily seen in other individuals with the original or "base" diagnosis.
The Importance of an Excellent Differential Diagnosis
Sometimes the symptoms of the comorbid diagnosis are dramatic enough that only an excellent diagnostician with a depth of experience with ADD is able to "see" the ADD clearly enough to diagnose it as the primary condition.
There are also times when the comorbid conditions are missed because the diagnostician doesn't know enough about ADD to look for them, or errantly believes that the ADD diagnosis is the source of the symptoms that are actually the result of something else in addition to ADD.
Since treatment protocols differ with diagnostic profile, if they aren't aware of your total picture, how in the world can they believe they know how to treat it effectively?
How likely is it that YOU have more than "vanilla" ADD?
Depending of where you look and whose statistics you prefer to believe, the existence of comorbidity between ADD and other disorders or psychiatric conditions is between 60% and 88% — SIX times the rate of the general population.
Looked at from the other end of the telescope,
individuals with "pure" ADD make up only 12% to 40%
of the ADD diagnostic population.
Despite the overwhelming evidence of a great many studies that these statistics are credible, scientists and ADD Professionals continue to be perplexed by the high degree of overlap between ADD and additional psychiatric conditions.
At one end of the theoretical continuum, some experts attribute the incidence of high comorbidity to genetics, content to conclude that some people simply inherit a particular form of psychiatric problems due to some sort of underlying genetic vulnerability.
At the other end, some researchers propose that Attention Deficit Disorder is not, in fact, a single disorder, but a complex syndrome made up of a cluster of impairments that affects many different parts of the brain, causing (or contributing to the development of) many different types of psychiatric illnesses.
Primary or Secondary Comorbid Disorders
Although it is practically impossible to determine reliably on diagnosis, I believe it is helpful to understand and accept comorbidity statistics in light of the distinction between the concepts of Primary and Secondary Comorbid Disorders (a term heard most often when speaking of depression).
Primary Comorbids are those that appear to be inherited along with the primary diagnosis (ADD for the purposes of this article and this topic).
Although treatment is complicated by the presence of ADD, primary disorders do tend to respond similarly to intervention, as long as the treatment for the primary comorbids is effective.
Secondary Comorbids present as a response to the challenges of attempting to live with ADD (our primary diagnosis, in this article) — the ongoing experience of chronic failures, disappointments, and frustrations that most individuals with ADD have been forced to deal with since childhood, and routinely experience at work, in their marriage and friendships, and in social situations as ADDults.
ADDing to the Struggles
Further complicating the picture, unfortunately, are two realities that every single person with ADD or its look-alikes, formally diagnosed or not, must find a way to accept and push through.
1. The consequences of ADD challenges are routinely exacerbated by the lack of adequate ADD awareness on the part of many-to-most individuals in the sufferer's families and communities-at-large.
This sorry state of affairs results in, at best, self-doubt and/or defended natures that must be worked through with a therapist or coach, and/or chronic underfunctioning and low self esteem.
2. Due to the dearth of ADD-knowledgeable practitioners (a great many of them who believe that the comparatively little they believe they understand about ADD is all there IS to understand), along with the difficulty locating (or the expense of working with) well-informed practitioners with a comprehensive information base . . .
the ADD is not being treated effectively — in many-to-most cases.
ADD Comorbidities Seen Most Often
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• Oppositional Defiant Disorder/Conduct Disorder
• Mood Disorders
- Major depression
- Dysthymia (Dysthymic Disorder)
- Manic depression [bipolar disorder]
- Seasonal affective disorder [SAD]
Other types of depression can include:
- Postpartum depression
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder [PMDD]
- Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- Cyclothymic disorder – chronic illness characterized by mood swings that can occur as often as every day and last for several days, weeks, months, or as long as two years.
• Anxiety & Phobias
- Generalized anxiety disorder [GAD]
- Panic Disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- PTSD – Post-traumatic stress disorder (Dr Edward Hallowell believes most ADDers have a mild form of PTSD because, unless properly managed early in life, ADD generally results in chronic failure leading to repeated trauma as the result of humiliation, rejection and "tough love" approaches that are shaming in nature)
- Social phobia (or social anxiety disorder)
- Specific phobias (fear of flying, spiders, claustrophobia, etc.)
- Agoraphobia
• Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Autism
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Not Otherwise Specified [PDDNOS]
• Cognitive Performance & Learning Disabilities/Disorders
Expressive or receptive language difficulties and disorders (speech and communication problems)
Non-Verbal Learning Disorders [NVLD or NLD]
A constellation of brain-based difficulties characterized by difficulty recognizing and processing nonverbal cues (body language, facial expression, conversational nuances, etc. Also included are poor visual, spatial, and organizational skills, poor motor performance.
Dyslexia – affects reading, writing, spelling and MUCH more
Dysgraphia – writing and more
Dyscalculia – numbers, arithmetic, calculation and more
Dyspraxia – Processing disorders affecting brain/body coordination & movement signals potentially affecting any area of development (physical, emotional, language, social development, etc.), causing potential problems with basic or customary tasks and life skills (grooming, driving, cooking and other household chores, etc.
• Somatic dysfunctions
- Fibromyalgia
- Myofascial pain syndrome [MPS]
— also known as myofascitis & chronic myofascial pain [CMP]
• ADD Plus Tics
- Motor tics and twitches
- Vocal tics and twitches
- Tourette's Syndrome [TS]
• Substance Use Disorders
- Recreational drug use, abuse & addictions (including marijuana)
- Prescription drug addictions
- Problem drinking and alcoholism
- Sugar cravings
• Eating Disorders
- Anorexia nervosa (AN]
- Bulimia nervosa [BN]
- Binge eating disorder [BED] & Night eating syndrome
- Compulsive overeating [COE]
- Purging disorder
- Eating disorders not otherwise specified [EDNOS]
• Sleep Difficulties and Disorders
Sleep Difficulties
- sleep transition struggles: falling asleep and/or waking up
- remaining asleep
- staying awake and regulating the level of alertness
Sleep Disorders
- Insomnia
- Narcolepsy
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Terrors
- Teeth Grinding (Bruxism)
- Restless Leg Syndrome [RLS]
- Chronorhythm disorders
• Sensory Processing Disorders [SPD]
- Sensory Modulation Disorders
- Sensory Based Motor Disorders
- Sensory Discrimination Disorders
- Sensory Defensiveness (hypersensitive; can affect any or all sensory modalities)
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In additional articles in this series, I will expand on many of the conditions listed above – what they are, how they show up in behaviors that complicate or confound ADD treatment, and more links to great information where you can find out still more.
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There's a lot to know, a lot here already, and a lot more to come
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available right now – on this site and elsewhere.
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Related articles right here on ADDandSoMuchMore.com
(in case you missed them above or below)
- ABOUT ADD Comorbidities
- ADD and Its Look-alikes
- Differential Diagnosis
- The Top Ten Stupid Comments from [supposed] ADD Professionals
- ODD & Oppositional Rising
- Chronorhythm disorders
- Sensory Defensiveness
- Shifting your Come-From
- Evergreen
Other Related Content on ADDandSoMuchMore.com
Articles in the Executive Functioning/Differential Dx series:
- ABOUT Executive Functions
- What ARE Executive Functions?
- Zebras, hoof-beats and Dr. House: Differential Diagnosis
Articles in the Comorbidities series:
- Variations on ADD/ADHD
- Oppositional Rising
- Overfocusing: Cognitive Inflexibility and the Cingulate Gyru
- Recognizing the Types of ADHD (everydayhealth.com)
- Comorbidity of Personality Disorders and Substance Abuse Disorders (try-therapy.com)
- Anxiety Disorders Respond Well To Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy With A Transdiagnostic Approach (medicalnewstoday.com)
- the symptoms lists, the charting system, and my prayer life (madsensundercover.wordpress.com)
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