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Harnessing The
Power of Visualizations
to Create
the Reality You Desire
by Rita Milios, MSW
Do you feel that you control your own future? Or do you
dream of changes you'd like to make in your life, yet
you don't quite know how to make them happen?
Many of us don't realize that the key to
controlling our outer lives begins by controlling our
inner lives--our mental state. It is said that
"attitude is everything", and this is
essentially true because attitude precedes action.
Before we do it, we must first think it, desire it, plan
it....and believe in it. Whatever our goal, holding the
vision of that goal and "energizing" it with a
positive attitude that assumes success is the key to
eventual success.
Visualizations and affirmations are two "mind
tools" that can help you hold a vision and create
an attitude that will lead you to your goal.
Visualization is the process of creating pictures in
your mind. Affirmation is the process of repeating a
positive message to yourself. Both are potent, positive
mental tools that can be learned and used by anyone.
Visualization works because it creates belief, belief
that can alter the circumstances of your life. With
visualization, you "speak" directly to your
inner, subconscious mind, bypassing the censorship of
the logical, conscious mind. Your subconscious mind
"thinks" in pictures, and you can reach the
programming levels of your subconscious mind quickly and
easily with visualization. Visualization is an idea, a
thought form, in picture. By starting with a picture,
you take a shortcut directly into your subconscious. No
words have to be "translated" from conscious
("left–brain") language to subconscious
("right–brain") language. You deliver a
simple, clear, direct message right into your
subconscious mind.
Visualization is a bit of mental
"trickery." You are, in effect, tricking your
subconscious into believing that an event has occurred
when it has not. Your subconscious mind does not
rationalize. It takes whatever you give it as
"truth." If you consistently picture yourself
as having already achieved your goal, your subconscious
mind soon believes that it is so. Then, in order to
balance your inner and outer reality, your subconscious
sets into motion any events or circumstances necessary
to create in the physical realm that which you believe
in your mind to be true. The fact that you only
"imagined" the outcome of your goal does not
matter. In your mind (as in space) there is no past,
present, or future. Just because you pictured having
achieved your goal before you did it, does not matter to
your subconscious. If you can make the scene real, you
can believe in it. And once you believe in it, it tends
to come true.
Numerous studies have been done on visualization,
assessing its effect on the performance of athletes, on
the ability of students to recall information, and its
effect on certain healing processes. From these studies
and from the experiences of countless people, we have
evidence of the powerful role that visualization can
play in our lives.
Steps to Better Visualizations
The key to using visualization effectively is to make
the pictures, the scenes in your mind, real. Add all the
action, energy, and emotion you can muster to the movies
in your mind. The more they appear and feel real to you,
the more certainly you are creating their (future)
Start by visualizing in the proper place. Close your
eyes and "look" inside your mind. What do you
see? Total blackness, probably. Now start to imagine a
scene in your mind. Where in your head is this scene
taking place?
For many people, visualizations are pictured
somewhere in the area of the forehead, often right
between the eyebrows. While this is OK, it is more
effective to move your mind–movies out away from your
head. Picturing your scene between your eyes takes more
concentration because your eyes instinctively follow
your inward gaze. It is better to move your mind's
movie screen out about six inches from your face. This
allows you to be more relaxed, and to have more
spontaneous, creative images. Using this focal point,
try the exercise below.
"Practice" Visualizations
Close your eyes and image a movie screen (or if you
prefer, a blackboard) about six inches away from your
face and up a couple inches above your eyes.
First imagine (or "draw") on your screen or
blackboard a geometric figure, a square, circle, or
triangle. Keep visualizing this figure over and over for
about twenty seconds. Each time your mind wanders,
simply bring it back, reproducing the same image over
and over. Repeat this exercise with the other two
geometric figures.
Then imagine on your mental screen or blackboard a
figure, a stick figure or a figure like the Pillsbury
doughboy. You do not need to get details. (Most people
don't really see details like hair and eyes on their
figures.) In fact, when you "see" an image or
visualization, it is in the form of a thought--picture,
a sort of mix between an actual image and just the
thought of that image. Don't expect pictures like
those on television. Trying too hard to get a
"good" visualization will hamper your results.
Sometimes you "sense" an image more than you
actually see it.
Now scan your figure with your mental eye. Note the
size, shape, and sex of the mental body. Note any
feelings or impressions you have about it. Then imagine
this body slowly starting to become active, and to move.
It might start to walk, jog, or play basketball,
Next, bring another figure into the picture. On your
mental screen, see a second figure interacting with the
first. Have them talk, shake hands, become animated and
argue or laugh together. Practice creating these and
other pictures in your mind until you can comfortably
imagine and visualize many types of scenes fully and
Visualizing Special Goals
It is a good idea to create a time every day to
mentally send out your visualized goals. Often people do
it just before they fall off to sleep. Another good time
is shortly after awakening in the morning, before you
start your day. You can add impetus to your
visualizations by accompanying them with affirmations,
or positive statements, that also reflect your goal.
Following are some specific visualizations for a variety
of goals.
Visualizations for Health
Picture yourself on your mental screen, seeing
yourself at your healthy best. Imagine yourself strong,
vital and active as you repeat to yourself several
positive affirmations for health (suggested below).
If there are any areas in your body that need
attention, imagine each area specifically, seeing it
whole, perfect and healed of whatever ailment it once
had. Make an affirmation that the ailment is now healed.
You might imagine a healing light permeating every cell
of the affected area. Then, see yourself joyfully
experiencing freedom from this ailment. Move the body
part freely and breathe deeply to show that the body
part is no longer affected. End the visualization by
giving thanks for your perfect health. You can also do
these visualizations for others, imaging them on your
mental screen.
Visualizations for Prosperity
See yourself experiencing your prosperity and wealth.
What kinds of possessions would you have? What would
your bank statement look like? Visualize yourself using
and enjoying your prosperity. Also, (and this is very
important) visualize the good that will come from your
increased prosperity. What positive ways will you use
your money?
Perhaps you have plans to help others in some way.
Visualize this happening. Any time you use your
increased prosperity to help others, you increase your
potential for prosperity becoming a permanent part of
your life. Your attitude about prosperity and plenty
increases your wealth. Think of money as freedom, as a
tool to help you do what you do best. Use your
prosperity wisely, and more will come to you. Think of
your wealth as freedom, security, and added power to
help others. When you want to create prosperity,
attitude really is everything.
Visualizations for Success
Picture the success you desire in specific, positive
images. See yourself performing a service of your choice
that others need and appreciate. See yourself being
congratulated and praised for your good work. Imagine
that you have a never–ending supply of people who
value and want your services. See yourself enjoying your
work, feeling proud and happy that you can provide this
worthwhile service.
If you are not happy with your present job, see
yourself working and doing the kinds of things you would
really like to be doing. Imagine yourself in the type of
environment you feel best--at home, at an office,
outside, working alone, or working with others. Then
give thanks for this new and wonderful job (and you do
not have to know exactly what this job is--you can leave
that up to the universe). See yourself depositing a
paycheck into your bank account. This check shows the
amount of money that you need and desire from your work.
Visualizations for Happiness
Imagine the kinds of things that you want and need to
be truly happy in your life. Affirm that you have these
things in your life as you visualize them. See yourself
and your loved ones interacting in loving, pleasant
ways. Visualize a peaceful scene where your best wishes
have come true. Give thanks for the happiness in your
Visualizations for Emotional Healing
Not only can you "program" goals and
desires with your visualizations, you can
"reprogram" old hurts and change old
nonproductive, limiting attitudes. The following
techniques, described further in my book, Tools for
Transformation, can help you positively transform your
emotional state. However, if your scars are buried very
deeply, or are related to a particularly traumatic
event, you may want to seek professional help in
facilitating your personal transformation. You can tell
when you are too upset to work with a visualization, or
when you get "stuck" and nothing seems to
work, that you might have gone as far as you can alone.
There is nothing wrong with seeking help form qualified
professionals for your mental and emotional life. Use
your own intuition to guide you.
Small Child Visualization
This visualization is especially good for
reprogramming very old beliefs and attitudes. In it you
"meet" yourself as you were when you were a
child. You then go back to an old feeling or problem and
mentally visualize its solution by you, the adult,
taking the child's problem and mentally releasing it
(a good releasing image is to visualize the problem
being dissolved by a bright, golden sun, or to see your
adult self placing the problem in a hot air balloon and
letting it go). Even if you don't know the exact
problem, by tapping into anxieties, fears or negative
feelings, you can still get in touch with the mental
program associated with those feelings and release it.
You may want to go through this visualization several
times, each time dealing with a new problem or feeling.
An especially difficult problem may take several
repeated visualizations to clear out all of the negative
energy associated with the original mental program. Just
follow your intuitive feelings. They will tell you when
you have repeated a visualization enough times. You will
know also if a sense of peace comes over you during the
visualization, or you experience the cessation of a
specific anxiety.
Love Energy Visualization
You can use the technique of visualizing universal
energy in certain colors to quickly send added energy to
yourself and others. Imagining sending a particular
color allows you to "shortcut" a longer
visualization, as you "assign" a certain color
to represent an intent. Using a color in place of an
entire visualization or affirmation is a quick, easy way
to do this.
For instance, I "assign" the color pink to
stand for love. Any time I want to send out love or to
add loving feelings to a situation or event, I simply
imagine that I am surrounding the person or the
situation with a beautiful, soft pink light, or a pink
cloud. Instead of going through a long visualization or
affirmation expressing my intention to send love, I
simply think, "I send you pink light."
It is amazing the effect this simple exercise can
have. A client came in one day and excitedly said,
"That pink light business really works! My husband
has started paying attention to me again. We've never
been happier." Sending him pink light was the only
change she had made in her dealings with her husband.
Similarly, several different clients have related how
they used the pink light to help them overcome problems
with people at work. One woman became best friends with
a person she had previously quarreled with and had
resented for six years.
Of course, visualizing a color by itself does
nothing. It is the change in attitude that is associated
with the intention that we assign to the color that is
important. This is what works wonders. When we change
our attitude, our focus, to love, our interactions
change. In addition, I truly do believe that when we ask
for extra loving energy from the universe, we get it.
Visualizations and Healing
You can use colors to designate other forms of
energy, as well. In the case of healing, it is
especially easy to believe that an extra measure of
energy comes from lovingly asking for it.
A healing green light apparently helped a former
student overcome a lifelong case of asthma. She had had
severe asthma since she was a small child, over twenty–five
years. She took medication every day. During my class
Miracles of the Mind, we imagined a healing green light
permeating our bodies. This student focused specifically
on the area of her lungs.
The next day the student had a doctor's
appointment. She was to try out a new drug. It was the
middle of July, a time when she was especially
vulnerable to asthma attacks. The doctor had asked her
to go off her medication for a day so she could try the
new drug. She had been worried that this might lead to
an attack, but she felt good when she entered the office
that day.
The doctor tested her breathing capacity and he was
amazed. It was unusually good. In fact, it was so good
that he could not put her on the new medication. The
doctor asked the student to run up and down the stairs
to try to bring on an attack. But even this did not
cause her asthma to flare up. For the first time in over
twenty five years, the woman was off medication, and
breathing better than ever before.
This was over ten years ago. The woman has been able
to stay off medication. She only needs medication
occasionally, when conditions are especially bad.
Before, she would normally have been hospitalized on
such occasions.
Was it the green healing light that healed the woman
of her asthma? Again, we can never be sure. But it was
the only thing she did differently. And she believes it
was the cause. The woman continues to use the green
healing light for herself and others.
Other colors can be designated to denote the
intention of sending a certain kind of energy to
ourselves or to others. Try using orange light to send a
calming, relaxing effect. Blue light is often used to
designate spiritual energy. Purple often signifies
psychic energy or transmutation, the changing from one
form of energy to another. For instance, if you want to
change a negative situation into a more positive one,
imagine purple light surrounding it, transmuting the
negative energy to positive. Yellow is often considered
the color of high spiritual knowledge. Use it to ask for
wisdom or intellectual energy. White light is all the
colors combined. White light denotes the Light itself,
the love, the energy of the universe. You might surround
yourself, your family, your home, your friends with
white light to denote a request for strength, guidance
and protection.
Adding Affirmations
Using affirmations (positive statements that we
repeat to ourselves in a positive way) and visualization
together is like a "double whammy" for
creating belief in your desired goal. One or the other
alone will work, but by using the two together, your
success will come easier and faster. Affirmations,
through repetition, reach your subconscious mind and
leave a deep impression. Repeated statements work as if
they were creating a groove in a record. The more the
repetition, the deeper the groove, and the more long
lasting its effect. With affirmations you choose
statements to repeat over and over again throughout the
day, positive statements that are beneficial to you. You
can use affirmations to plant positive seeds in your
subconscious concerning any area of your life, such as
health, success, happiness or even prosperity and
Here are a few keys to creating great affirmations,
affirmations that work.
1) Keep it simple. State your affirmation in the most
concise, precise, simple language possible.
2) Keep it positive. Use positive statements only.
Avoid words like not, won't, etc.
3) Keep it in the now. Always make affirmations in
the present tense.
1) Keep it simple. State your affirmation in the most
concise, precise, simple language possible.
2) Keep it positive. Use positive statements only.
Avoid words like not, won't, etc.
3) Keep it in the now. Always make affirmations in
the present tense.
I offer below some suggestions for simple
affirmations. But don't be afraid to make up your own
affirmations. Your own affirmations have your own
special touch, they ring a special bell within your
subconscious mind. Don't hesitate to take a
"standard" affirmation, such as these I
suggest, and make it your own. Change it to make it feel
right for you. Just keep in mind the three key points
listed above.
Affirmations for Health
• I am whole, healthy and healed.
• All my bodies – physical, mental, emotional,
and spiritual are perfectly aligned.
• I am filled with the healing energy of the Light.
• I am in perfect health.
• I release all need for illness or injury to my
• I release all negatives from the genetic coding
of my body.
• I am whole, healthy and healed.
• All my bodies – physical, mental, emotional,
and spiritual are perfectly aligned.
• I am filled with the healing energy of the Light.
• I am in perfect health.
• I release all need for illness or injury to my
• I release all negatives from the genetic coding
of my body.
Affirmations for Success
• All my goals are realized.
• I am successful in every way.
• Every day I am more successful.
• I meet every challenge knowing that I will be
• All my goals are realized.
• I am successful in every way.
• Every day I am more successful.
• I meet every challenge knowing that I will be
Affirmations for Happiness
• All my dreams have become a reality.
• I find joy in everything I do.
• My life is abundant with joy.
• Peace, happiness and love are mine.
• All my dreams have become a reality.
• I find joy in everything I do.
• My life is abundant with joy.
• Peace, happiness and love are mine.
Affirmations for Prosperity
• I have all the money I need to bring everything I
need and desire into my life.
• A constant abundance of prosperity is mine.
• I give valuable service to my fellow humans, and
I am rewarded abundantly.
• I am blessed with abundance.
• I have all the money I need to bring everything I
need and desire into my life.
• A constant abundance of prosperity is mine.
• I give valuable service to my fellow humans, and
I am rewarded abundantly.
• I am blessed with abundance.
A word about affirmations and belief: Use only
affirmations that your subconscious mind can believe. If
you are 300 pounds, don't make an affirmation that
states, "I am 120 pounds. I am a size 6." It
will probably be too difficult for your subconscious to
believe this. It is too different from your original
experience and belief.
You don't have to give up your goal, however.
Instead, use the "day–by–day, inch–by–inch"
method. Your affirmation might state, "Every day I
am getting thinner. Every day I am closer to my goal of
120 pound s." Then, when you do get close, you can
change your affirmation to, "I am 120 pounds."
Then your subconscious will accept it.
The Rule of Threes
Affirmations work in three ways. It is best to make
use of all three avenues to set your thoughts into
Speak your affirmations each day.
Write your affirmations down. Keep the written
message where you can see it regularly.
Visualize your affirmations as living pictures of
your goal having already been achieved.
Speak your affirmations each day.
Write your affirmations down. Keep the written
message where you can see it regularly.
Visualize your affirmations as living pictures of
your goal having already been achieved.
Use affirmations and visualizations together to
visualize your desired goal while you repeat an
affirmation for it. Create a scene in your mind where
you see yourself already having achieved your goal. See
yourself doing what you would be doing, saying what you
would be saying, feeling what you would be feeling.
Affirm in a short, positive statement that this vision
is your reality. In this way, you can begin to create
the reality you desire.
This article is adapted from Tools for
Transformation, ©
Rita Milios.
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The British School at Athens seeks two short-term (8 weeks) full-time interns for its Curatorial Project based in the Stratigraphical Museum at Knossos. These positions are available from 10th October to 2nd December 2016.
The Curatorial Project entails the cleaning, photographing, and repackaging of the Stratigraphical Museum holdings, and the creation of catalogue records in the School's Museums and Archives Online system (using KE Software's EMu programme) under the supervision of the project manager, Hannah Gwyther. Interns will be required to prepare and enter catalogue data after training in the EMu system. Candidates should hold a degree in Museum Studies, Conservation, Archaeology or a related subject, and wish to gain practical experience in handling a wide range of materials and object-types dating from the Neolithic period to Late Antiquity.
The British School will provide School membership and travel costs of up to €250. Self-catering accommodation is available at a subsidised rate in the School's research centre at Knossos.
Further information about the School and its facilities at Knossos is available at www.bsa.ac.uk. Informal enquiries about the Curatorial Project and these positions may be addressed to the Knossos Curator, Dr Caroline Thurston ([email protected]).
Applications should be sent as e-mail attachments to the School Administrator, Mrs Tania Gerousi ([email protected]) to be received by Monday 12th September 2016. Candidates must also ensure that their referees send letters of reference (via email) to Mrs Gerousi by the closing date.
Applications must include:
– A curriculum vitae, with contact details
– The names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of two referees.
We would expect to respond to the successful applicants within a week.
Dr Caroline Thurston, Knossos Curator, British School at Athens, Villa Ariadne, Knossos, 71409 Heraklion. T: +(30) 2810 231993


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Nut plants. Of nuts in this country are common: walnuts, sweet almond, filbert, hazelnut, pistachio, pine, beech nuts, water chestnut, chestnuts. Bobby Green has much experience in this field. Conventionally, the nuts can be attributed to peanuts. In Depending on the structure of fruits nuts are divided into real and not real nut. By this nut are hazel (hazel), and its cultural form – hazelnuts. In Russia, naturally grow walnuts and Manchurian filbert, almond, pistachio.
Exceptional national economic interest are cedar, beech and nut. All Nuts are rich in fats and proteins, as well an opportunity to clean pillows on the equipment for cleaning pads. They contain 45-60% fat, protein, 15-22, water 7-8, 2-3% minerals, vitamins A, B and C. Nuts are used directly in food in raw and roasted, are used in the confectionery industry, cooking from some of the nuts to give an oil. Pine nuts. Carrier Corporation is a great source of information. In our forests are growing wildly four species of cedar: European, Siberian, Korean, or Manchu, and cedar, the forest area of the Siberian and Korean pine in Russia is more than 37.3 million hectares. In the European part of them small – about 530 thousand hectares. In the East Siberian pine forests occupy more than 18.7 million hectares.
Gross harvest of pine nuts in good years to determine the 1.5-2.0 million tons of seeds of the cedar, known as nuts, found in the cones that resemble cones of spruce and pine, but the larger ones. Need cleaning pads. Seeds are brown, the length of 8-14 mm, thickness 6-9 mm, with a thick woody rind. The kernel is about 45% of the total weight of the nut. Cedar nuts are of great value as a food product. They are rich in fat, tasty and nutritious. In the nuclei of cedar nuts contain an average of 61% fat, about 17% protein, more than 12% starch, sugar, citric acid, tannins, (after browning) and used in the confectionery industry. Of them are cedar oil with pleasant aroma and taste, having food and technical significance. In the paint industry, it is used for making varnishes, oil paints, used in medicine and perfumery. Collect pine nuts in Siberia – an important fishery, which gives local people additional income. Harvesting of cones is seasonal and lasts for 11.5 months. In good crop years a harvester can collect up to 1,000 kg of pine nuts in a season during the restoration. After cleaning the nuts are dried in the sun (air dried) or in grain dryers. Dried nuts to a moisture content not exceeding 16% and packed in linen bags, or fall asleep in the bins for storage. The core of the Korean pine, by weight should be on average 31.6%, and the shell – 66.3%, and the Siberian – 42.9 and 46.3%.


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While Cotacachi's Parque La Matriz is the main square and location of the municipal government building and main cathedral, there is another charming square where artisans set up and operate a lively craft market. Their wares and hand work are spread out on tables under a series of canvas canopies carefully set up in the morning and broken down every night on the corner of Vicente Roquefuerte and Diez de Agosto (aka Leather Street). Shoppers will find an engaging array of fine hand crafted work including purses, wallets, belts ponchos, shawls, musical instruments and more. The purses pictured here on a park bench are just an example of what can be found to add a bit of Andean flair to your wardrobe or to give as gifts.
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Love the purses pictured…just my style and color…but i know there are many, many others to choose from…enough to please everyone…and if you can't find one you like, i bet you can find someone to make it up. What a lovely town for an artist like yourself to spread your wings! So happy to hear your classes are filling up rapidly…and you're not even open yet! Wish i could take yoga with you, too!
Yes, we do have some amazing artisans here in Cotacachi. It is easy to find all sorts of lovely things to jazz up your wardrobe or to give as gifts. We launch Circle on the Square with our reception Sunday and first classes start on Monday. Thanks for all the encouragement and good wishes.


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Ogun Spends N160 Billion on Education in 3 Years
Ogun State government spends N160 billion on education in 3 years
The Ogun State government has committed over N160 billion to education in the last three years. This disclosure was made yesterday by the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun at his Oke – Mosan office in Abeokuta while hosting members of the Senate Committee on Education.
The governor explained that a larger percentage of the money was expended on payments of salaries and allowances in the sector. According to Amosun, over N71 billion was spent on primary school while N50 billion was gulped by secondary education.
The governor further told the federal lawmakers that education is one of the cardinal programmes of his administration hence its place of priority in the state budget saying the state is constructing 28 model schools and maintaining 2000 primary schools. "Education is one of our cardinal programmes. We have invested massively in the development of the sector through construction of modern facilities. We have made education at both primary and secondary school levels free and compulsory.
We are providing books and writing materials to our children because we believe as a government that there is no alternative to basic education," Amosun said.
The leader of the team and chairman of Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije commended Amosun for his commitment to the development of education in the state.
We have to commend you for your efforts in the area of quality education. It is good to give education top priority. That is what Ogun State is doing and that should be emulated. Any effort to develop our children is a noble one because children are the leaders of tomorrow. We must therefore secure that tomorrow today through adequate investment in their education," he said.
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The committee members were in the state to inspect federal government projects in the area of education.


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The contribution of taxation to any economy globally cannot be overemphasized. Apart from the revenue function it performs for the government, it is also used to assist the national government to achieve the country's macro-economic objectives in the areas of fiscal and monetary policies. Over the years, it has been observed that a substantial part of revenue generated in Nigeria is from taxes, yet the role of taxation in promoting economic activities and growth is not felt, mainly because of feasible evidences which cannot be seen nor perceived by the citizens in terms of infrastructure and basic amenities. Past documentations have revealed that revenue from taxes in developed nations have high impact on its economic growth which clearly seen by the amenities provided by such nations. Thus the main objective of this study is to explore the relationship between tax revenue and economic growth and development in Nigeria. Multiple Linear Regression analysis was used to analyze the data by employing the use of Microsoft Excel package. The findings revealed that petroleum profit tax, company income tax and value added tax have a positive impact on Nigeria's economic growth while custom excise and duties impacted negatively but overall, a significant relationship between tax revenue and the Nigerian economic growth exists. The utilization of the generated revenue from taxes calls for serious concern, and requires a special attention of policy makers, non-compliance with tax laws on the part of the tax payers is a hindrance and ineffective administration of tax has given enough loop holes for tax evasion, the consequence of which is poor revenue. It is recommended among others that only skilled and professionals and trustworthy hands should be responsible for tax administration and the general public should be educated right from the grass root on the importance of taxes to the entire nation.
Title Page………………………………………………………………………………………i
Certification …………………………………………………………………………………..iii
Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………………….vi
Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………………..vii
List of tables…………………………………………………………………………………..ix
List of figures………………………………………………………………………………….ix
1.1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….1
1.2 Background to the study……………………………………………………………….2
1.3 Statement of the problem……………………………………………………………….4
1.4 Objectives of the study…………………………………………………………………..5
1.5 Research questions……………………………………………………………………..6
1.6 Statement of the hypotheses……………………………………………………………6
1.7 Significance of the study………………………………………………………………6
1.8 Justification of the study………………………………………………………………7
1.9 Scope of the study……………………………………………………………………..8
1.10 Definitions of terms …………………………………………………………………..8
2.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………10
2.1 Conceptual frame work…………………………………………………………………10
2.2 Theoretical frame work…….……………………………………………………………13
2.3 Literature on subject matter……………………………………………………………..15
3.0 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..30
3.1 Area of study…………………………………………………………………………30
3.2 Research design and sources of data…………………………………………………30
3.3 Instrumentation………………………………………………………………………31
3.3 Procedure for data collection and data analysis……………………………………..31
3.4 Limitations of the study……………………………………………………………..33
4.0 Introduction………………………….………………………………………………34
4.1 Data presentation…………………………………………………………………….34
4.2 Data Analysis………………………………………………………………………..36
4.3 Findings of the study…………………………………………………………………38
4.4 Discussion of the findings……………………………………………………………39
5.0 Summary of findings…………………………………………………………………43
5.1 Conclusion..………………………………………………………………………….45
5.2 Recommendations..………………………………………………………………….46
4.1.1 Tax Revenue and GDP in Nigeria………………………………………………35
4.2.1 Summary Output…………………………………………………………………36
4.2.2 Anova ……………………………………………………………………………37
4.2.3 Residual Output………………………………………………………………….38
4.1.1 Residual Output…………………………………………………………………41
Tax is described as a compulsory fee or levy imposed on the goods, services and incomes of individuals and organizations. Taxes levied on incomes are widely regarded as direct taxes while those taxes imposed on goods are services are known as indirect taxes. Some of the reasons for the introduction and imposition of taxes is to generate revenue by the government for the purpose of financing certain projects which will ensure reliable and functional economic growth and development. Through the imposition of taxes, there will be redistribution of incomes and provision of essential services to the citizens there by promoting standard of living. A country's tax system is a major determinant of other macroeconomic indices, specifically, for both developed and developing economies. There exists a relationship between tax structure and the level of economic growth and development. Tax policy objectives vary with the stages of development. Similarly, the economic criteria by which a tax structure is to be judged and the relative importance of each tax source vary over time Vincent, (2001). For example, during the colonial era and immediately after the Nigeria's political independence in 1960, the sole objective of tax revenue was to raise revenue. Later on, emphasis shifted to the infant industries protection and income redistribution objectives.
Tax revenue is a powerful tool of economic reform and a major player in every economy of the world. It is never static but dynamic and should reflect current realities prevailing in the economy. The tax system is an opportunity for government to collect additional revenue besides other sources of income, which is needed in discharging its pressing obligations. A good system of tax offers itself as one of the most effective means of mobilizing a nation's internal resources and it lends itself to creating enabling and conducive environment to the promotion of economic growth and development Ogbonna, (2010).
Furthermore, the rudimentary nature of the economy precludes retail form of taxes. At this stage also, taxes are difficult to collect because of the lack of skills and facilities for tax administration Kiabel, (2009). Given this, a complicated tax structure is not feasible and the amount of revenue from income tax will depend on taxpayers' compliance and the efficiency of the tax collectors.
The Nigerian Tax System has undergone significant changes in recent times. The Tax Laws are being reviewed with the aim of repelling obsolete provisions and simplifying the main ones. Under current Nigerian law, tax revenue is enforced by the 3 tiers of Government, which are Federal, State, and Local Governments with each having its sphere clearly spelt out in the Taxes and Levies Act, 1998. The whole essence of tax revenue is to generate revenue to advance the welfare of the people of a nation with focus on promoting economic growth and development of a country through the provision of basic amenities for improved public services via proper administrative system, and structures. Tax revenue plays a crucial role in promoting economic activities, growth and development. Through tax revenue, government ensures that resources are channeled towards important projects in the society, while giving succor to the weak. The role of tax revenue in promoting economic activity and growth may not be felt if poorly administered. This calls for a need for proper examination of the relationship between revenue generated from taxes and the economy, to enable proper policy formulation and strategy towards its efficiency. According to Olashore, (1999), the Nigerian economy has remained in a deep slumber with macroeconomic indicators reflecting an economy in serious need of rejuvenation, revival and indeed radical reform. Also in the view of Oni, (1998), tax administration needs to be revamped and refunds of taxes as well as duty drawbacks administration are inefficient. In his discussion of the relationship between tax structure and economic development, Vincent, (2001) divided the period of economic development into two, the early period when an economy is relatively underdeveloped and the later period when the economy is developed. During the early period, there is limited scope for the use of direct taxes because the majority of the populace resides in the rural areas and is engaged in subsistence agriculture. Because their incomes are difficult to estimate, tax assessment at this stage is based on presumptions prone to wide margins of error.
A critical challenge before tax administration in the 21st century Nigeria is to advance the frontiers of professionalism, accountability and awareness of the general public on the imperatives and benefits of tax revenue in our personal and business lives which include: promoting economic activity; facilitating savings and investment; and generating strategic competitive advantage. If tax administration does not for any reason meet the above challenges, then there is a desperate need for reform in the area of the tax regime, and in the administration of taxes. Tax revenue mobilization as a source for financing development activities in Nigeria has been a difficult issue primarily because of various forms of resistance, such as evasion, avoidance and corrupt practices attending to it. These activities are considered as sabotaging the economy and are readily presented as reasons for the underdevelopment of the country. Adegbie, (2010). Government exists in order to effectively collect taxes from available economic resources and make use of same to create economic prosperity such that available and willing human and other resources are gainfully employed, infrastructures provided, and essential public services (such as the maintenance of law and order) are put in place etc. Tax resistance only makes the development process unattainable. Onairobi, (1998). It could be deduced that changing or fine-tuning; tax rates are used to influence or achieve macroeconomic stability. Some of the most recently cited examples are the governments of Canada, United States, Netherland, United Kingdom, who derive substantial revenue from Company Income tax, Value Added Tax, Import Duties and have used same to create prosperity Adegbie, (2010). Thus it can be said that the economic development of a country depends on various reasons one of which is the presence of an effective and efficient tax revenue policy. In Nigeria the contribution of tax revenue has not met the expectations of Government. Government has equally expressed this disappointment and has accordingly vowed to expand the non-oil tax revenue. Eguaghide, (2007). It is in the light of the foregoing that this study examines the extent to which the tax system has contributed to economic growth of Nigeria.
There is a general lack of consensus among scholars on the contribution of tax revenue to the economic growth of nations. And there has been series of diverse postulation and assumptions of relationship between tax revenue and economic growth and economic development in Nigeria. For instance, Ariyo, (1997) in his study on productivity of the Nigerian tax system documented a satisfactory level of productivity of the tax system before the oil boom (i.e. before 1970s). Eguaghide (2007) established that the role of tax revenue in promoting economic activities and growth is not felt in Nigeria (between 1970s to date). The emergence of oil as a major tax revenue and other taxes such as personal income tax, company income tax, etc. are supposed to be means through which Nigerian government solves the economic problems of the nation and to also enhance government expenditure which is expected to be beneficial to its citizens through the provision of social infrastructures Adereti, (2011). However, in Nigeria, this has not been the case because despite the tax revenue and expenditure reported year in year by the government, the physical state of the nation in terms of social amenities, capital development, economic growth and development appear backward. This is evident in the lack of electricity supply, portable drinking water, basic health care delivery, bad roads, just to mention but a few. It was observed that the advent of the oil boom encouraged some laxity in the management of non-oil revenue sources like the company income tax, personal income tax, value added tax, capital gain tax, custom and excise duties Ogundele, (2008).
The essence of this research work is to examine the unresolved problems of low tax revenue in Nigeria and the consequence of this effect on the low economic growth and development in the Nigeria. This study is aimed at contributing to resolving the contending level of inadequacies associated with the administration of tax revenue in Nigeria which has denied the country of significant economic growth and development.
The main objective of this study is to assess the impact of tax revenue on economic growth and development in Nigeria
Other specific objectives includes
i. To assess the impact of Petroleum Profit Tax on the economic growth and development in Nigeria.
ii. To investigate the impact of company income tax on the economic growth and development in Nigeria.
iii. To investigate the impact of custom and excise duties on the economic growth and development in Nigeria.
iv. To investigate the impact of value added on the economic growth and development in Nigeria.
The study would attempt to provide answers to the following questions:
1. What is the effect of Petroleum Profit Tax on the economic growth and development in Nigeria?
2. What is the effect of Company Income Tax on the economic growth and development in Nigeria?
3. What is the relationship between Customs and excise Duties and the development of the economy of Nigeria?
4. What is the effect of Value Added Tax on the economic growth and development in Nigeria?
From the objectives of this study, the following hypotheses have been formulated:
H01: Petroleum Profit Tax has no significant impact on economic growth and development in Nigeria
H02: Company Income Tax has no significant impact on economic growth and development in Nigeria
H03: Custom and Excise Duties have no significant impact on economic growth and development in Nigeria
H04: Value Added Tax has no significant impact on economic growth and development in Nigeria
Tax revenue is one of the sources of revenue to the government. This can be used to achieve economic growth and development, maintain equilibrium in the economy by combating elements of depression, inflation or deflation, achieve equity in income and wealth distribution and address issues of poverty and promote socioeconomic development. One of the significance of this research study is to establish at which tax revenue has effect on the economic growth and development in Nigeria.
The research findings would be of importance to policy makers at both state and federal level in the country as they formulate and implement tax and revenue policies. This will provide an insight on how to ensure that tax revenue meets the purpose it intended to achieve. Policy makers, especially the Federal Inland Revenue Service will use the outcome of the study to gauge its performance, and determine the level of input it would have to make to impact positively to the Nigerian economy.
This study will also be of great important to students at various level of learning especially those that intend to carry out further research on this subject. It will students to understand the present effect of Capital Gain Tax revenue on the total revenue of the government of Nigerian and on the economic growth and development.
Also this study will be of great importance to further researchers, scholars and academicians will find the literature arising from the research work to be of great value as it will be added to the existing literature.
A study on the effect of tax revenue on economic growth and development in Nigeria is justified based on the need for the various level of government in Nigeria to ensure continuous economic growth and development through the utilization of tax revenue from various taxes ranging from Petroleum Profit Tax, Company Income Tax, Custom and Excise Duty and Value Added Tax. . The need for this research work can be explained through the unresolved inherent problems associated with administration and collection of capital gain Tax revenue as an instrument for economic growth and development in Nigeria. This research work will go a long way providing an insight to the policies makers in Nigeria on how to ensure the adequate and efficient administration and collection of taxes towards ensuring economic growth and development.
The scope of this study covers the effect of tax revenue on the Nigerian economic growth and development over a period of 20 years (from 1996 to 2016). The trend of Company Income Tax, Petroleum Profit Tax, Customs and Excise Duty and Value Added Tax are examined for the period to determine their correlation with the Nigerian economy growth and development which will be captured as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The focus will be based on data obtained at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and State Revenue Service.
1.10.1 Taxation: This is a process whereby charges are imposed on the incomes of individual and organizations by the government and her agencies to raise funds for public purposes.
1.10.2 Revenue generation: This is a tool for receiving money from members of the public by the government to finance its projects and to render essential services like roads, electricity, and bridges in return to the taxpayers (citizens)
1.10.3 Tax system: this is a legal system for assessing and receiving tax from individuals, and cooperate organizations of a country.
1.10.4 Tax evasion: tax evasion is an illegal practice where a person, organization or cooperation intentionally avoids paying his/her/ true tax liability to the government.
1.10.5 Tax avoidance: tax avoidance is the use of legal methods and platforms to modify an individual's financial situation in order to lower the amount of income tax owed.
1.10.6 Economic Growth: it is described as a measure of increase in the value of outputs (goods and services) in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
1.10.7 Economic Development: this is a measure of improvement in the general welfare and standard of living due to more equitable distribution of incomes, goods and services
1.10.8 Tax Authorities: these are the bodies scheduled with the administration an implementation of tax laws and principles in relation to specific jurisdictions.
1.10.9 Value Added Tax: this is described as a type of indirect tax levied on goods and services purchased by individuals and organizations.
1.10.10 Petroleum Profit Tax: this is a type of tax paid by organizations that are involved in the extraction (downstream) and the marketing of petroleum (upstream) in Nigeria.
1.10.11 Personal Income tax: This is a type of tax levied on the income of individuals such as civil servants, self-employed people etc.
1.10.12 Custom Duty: it is a type of tax levied on imported and exported good in Nigeria.
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By Bonnie Cavanaugh
The culmination of years of work and planning came to fruition in late October as the township officially marked the 300th anniversary of the Whippany Burying Yard.
The Hanover Township Landmark Commission coordinated the three-day event, which ran from Sat., Oct. 20 through Mon., Oct. 22. Years of preparations have ranged from getting the burying yard listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, to having hundreds of headstones cleaned and repaired over the last two years. Many of the 400 markers predate the creation of the United States.
The three-day event launched with an Oct. 20 "gathering" of descendants, local political leaders, and state and national historical experts at the First Presbyterian Church on Rte. 10. It was followed an Oct. 21 guided tour of the burying yard, and an Oct. 22 slideshow presentation. The commission has for the last two years also celebrated the Fourth of July holiday with a service at the graveyard, which hosts some 11 soldiers of the American Revolution.
Commission Chair Michael J. Czuchnicki, who coordinated the events and acted as master of ceremonies for the gathering, noted, "The people resting there, who built America, have families here today." That included members of the Richards, Bigelow, Kitchel, Tuttle, Cooper, Ward, Flatt and Vail families.
The gathering of officials and families was planned to be reminiscent of an historical local gathering that became a part of American history, Czuchnicki explained. When Keturah Tuttle Flatt died in 1850 at the age of 86, family members came from near and far to attend her funeral. Many of them were also in their 80s, and had either been part of the American Revolution, or had a story to tell.
This inspired a distant relative, Pastor Joseph Tuttle, to begin an oral history project to record as many of the survivors' stories as possible. He eventually turned these revolutionary memories into the book, "Annals of Morris County," and spent 50 years researching and writing historical accounts of the region.
Originally called the Whippanong Burying Yard, the cemetery is the oldest in north central New Jersey. The first person buried there was a 61-year-old widower, John Richards, who came to Whippany in 1717 from Newark, after having a lost a daughter in the French and Indian War.
Richards deeded this tract of land, of about four acres, to his friends and neighbors in Sept. 1718 for public use as a meeting place, or church, a school, a militia training ground and a burying yard. Richards died only months later in Dec. 1718, leading historians to speculate whether he knew that he was fatally ill in when he deeded the land.
The last plot at the burying yard belongs to the widow of one of the township's longtime leaders, former mayor and state legislator Art Albohn. His bride, Regina Albohn, 94, has the distinction of becoming the cemetery's final resident. She attended Saturday's "gathering" brunch.
The late Albohn, who passed in 2008, supported and sponsored environmental initiatives regarding recycling and open space preservation. A staunch conservative, he allegedly earned the nickname "Dr. No" for voting "no" on excessive spending more than any other legislator.
The Albohns joined the First Presbyterian Church practically on the day they moved into the township from Ohio in 1950, Regina Albohn recalls.
"There was not a stick of furniture in the house," she says. Her children went off to school, and her husband went off to work, leaving her to settle the home. "Then the doorbell rang. It was the minister of the church." The family accepted his invitation to visit on the following Sunday and have remained members since, she says.
Hanover Twp. Mayor Ronald F. Francioli was also in attendance for the gathering, as were Rev. Sarah Cairatti of the First Presbyterian Church; Morris County Freeholder Christine Myers, whom the Trump administration appointed regional advocate for the U.S. Small Business Administration, beginning at the end of her current term this year; former township Mayor Leonardo Fariello, who maintains a web site on the history of Whippany and the burying yard; Amy. E. Curry, executive director of the Morris County Historical Society; Jude M. Pfister, chief of cultural resources for the Morristown National Historical Park; Township Historian Donald Kiddoo, and, Robert W. Craig, a historian who runs the National Register for Historic Places for the state of N.J.
Craig was largely responsible for having the burying yard included in the National Register. It's rare for a cemetery to have such a distinction, he says. The Register is "gradually listing cemeteries based on criteria considerations." These include seven factors that determine "historic integrity," according to the register web site which are location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.
So far only 15 cemeteries have met this criteria, Craig says, adding that he has been working with archaeology to find some of the older cemeteries in the state, and has added the use of ground penetrating radar to seek out a cemetery's original footprint.
Even rarer yet, the Whippany Burying Yard has been included in the Winter 2018 issue of "Preservation," a national magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Craig notes. The story reveals how the landmark committee secured funds to restore numerous headstones prior to this year's tercentennial celebration.
Czuchnicki secured nearly $100,000 over the past few years for the restoration project from the township committee and the county.


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Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical, a new musical comedy lovingly (and loosely) inspired by the classic TV series, will get the Broadway treatment when it has its eagerly awaited World Premiere this fall atDallas Theater Center. The musical, which had a much-buzzed-about industry reading in September, features a score by multi-Award winning artists Brandy Clark (a 2015 Grammy Award nominee for Best New Artist) and Shane McAnally, two of country music's hottest new singer/songwriters. With a book by Robert Horn, direction by Gary Griffin and choreography by Denis Jones and musical supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Tony and Grammy Award-winnerStephen Oremus, Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical begins performances at Dallas Center Theatre on September 2, 2015, where it runs through October 11, 2015.
Hilarious and downright irreverent, Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical distills the spirit of an iconic television series and bottles it into an original musical comedy. Set in present day Kornfield Kounty, this highly anticipated show introduces a new generation of irresistible characters as it tells the story of Misty Mae, the ultimate hometown girl, who heads out to follow her dreams in the big city of… Tampa. When she returns home to introduce her slick city-boy beau to her friends and family, everything goes haywire!
"We both grew up watching 'Hee Haw,' so it's thrilling that we get to make our musical theater writing debut using source material that really shaped and defined so much in terms of the history of country music," composers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally commented. "We're loving the collaborative process of writing for the theater too, and can't wait to get the show in front of audiences!"
Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical will be produced by Opry Entertainment (Steve Buchanan, Sally Williams) and Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson), in conjunction with Dallas Theater Center. The design includes Tony Award-winner John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design), Mara Blumenfeld (Costume Design) and Tara Rubin (Casting). Nina Lannan serves as Executive Producer.
Subscriptions for the complete Dallas Theater Center season (including Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical) go on sale February 9, 2015 and will be available starting at $126. Subscriptions can be purchased online at www.DallasTheaterCenter.org or by calling the AT&T Performing Arts Center Box Office at (214) 880-0202. Additional information, including how to purchase single tickets and casting information, will be announced at a later date.
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Under the leadership of Kristin Caskey and Mike Isaacson, Broadway credits include the upcoming production of Fun Home; If/Then; Grace; Bring It On (Tony Award nomination); Red (Tony Award); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award); Legally Blonde; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Tony Award); Death of a Salesman (Tony Award); The Seagull; 'night, Mother; Caroline, or Change (Tony nomination). Off-Broadway: Fun Home and Traces. For the Independent Presenters Network: Kinky Boots, Matilda, Spamalot, The Color Purple. Fox Theatricals is a division of Fox Associates, owned by Mary Strauss, Lisa Suntrup, Julie Noonan and the late Bob Baudendistel.
One of the leading regional theaters in the country, Dallas Theater Center (DTC) performs to an audience of more than 120,000 North Texas residents annually. Founded in 1959, DTC is now a resident company of the AT&T Performing Arts Center and presents its Mainstage season at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, designed by REX/OMA, Joshua Prince-Ramus and Rem Koolhaas and at its original home, the Kalita Humphreys Theater, the only freestanding theater designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty and Managing Director Heather M. Kitchen, DTC produces a seven-play subscription series of classics, musicals and new plays and an annual production ofA Christmas Carol; extensive education programs, including the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award-winning Project Discovery, SummerStage and partnerships with Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; and community outreach efforts including leading the DFW Foote Festival and recent collaborations with the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Public Library, Dallas Holocaust Museum, North Texas Food Bank, Dallas Opera, and Dallas Black Dance Theater. Throughout its history, DTC has produced many new works, including The Texas Trilogy by Preston Jones in 1978, Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, adapted by Adrian Hall, in 1986, and recent premieres of FLY by Rajiv Joseph, Bill Sherman and Kirstin Childs; Fly by Night by Kim Rosenstock, Michael Mitnick and Will Connolly; Giant by Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson; The Trinity River Plays by Regina Taylor; the revised It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Supermanby Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Charles Strouse and Lee Adams; Give It Up! (now titled Lysistrata Jones and recently on Broadway) by Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn; Sarah, Plain and Tall by Julia Jordan, Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin; and The Good Negro by Tracey Scott Wilson.


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By John McClaughry
On Nov. 23 the U.S government 's Global Climate Research Program delivered a congressionally-mandated "National Climate Assessment" report. "Grim" is too weak an adjective for the terrors that the report describes.
Here's an attempt to summarize the document: The earth is steadily getting hotter. "Human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed climate changes in the industrial era, especially over the last six decades. Over the last century, there are no credible alternative explanations supported by the full extent of the observational evidence."
It continues, "Without significant [greenhouse gas emission] reductions, annual average global temperatures could increase by 9°F (5°C) or more by the end of this century compared to preindustrial temperatures." The increasingly dire effects will be sea level rise, fires, floods, droughts, heat waves, ocean acidification, shrinking glaciers, disappearing Arctic sea ice, "growing challenges to human health and safety, quality of life, air quality, and the transmission of disease through insects and pests, food, and water and the rate of economic growth," and "challenges to livestock health, declines in crop yields and quality, and changes in extreme events in the United States and abroad threaten rural livelihoods, sustainable food security, and price stability." In short, an unspeakable planetary calamity could be coming.
The mainstream news media's coverage of the report was predictably contrived to induce panic. The media featured the report's recurring statement that the dominant cause (Washington Post said "almost entirely") of its projected grim consequences is human action. Announced CBS News: "Mass deaths and mayhem: National Climate Assessment's most shocking warnings — billions of hours in productivity will be lost. Hundreds of billions of dollars will be wiped from the economy. Tens of thousands of people will die each year."
But what's new here? The report, relying on passive constructions such as "is projected to be," seems to collect all of the contentions made by climate alarmists over the past 30 years and announce them again with a redoubled sense of urgency.
The "projections" are founded on computer models that, over the same period, have seriously overestimated the observed increase in global temperature. The report repeatedly tells us that somebody, unnamed, has "very high confidence" in certain of their own projections.
One critic has described the output as "an assembly of prophecies" made by prophets whose careers in government-funded agencies will assuredly diminish if they don't contribute to the correct planetary disaster narrative.
Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity is defined as the temperature increase that will result from a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide (now 410 ppmv). For 30 years the "official" ECS has been estimated as 1.5 to 4.5° C, average 3.0, an extraordinarily broad range.
Climatologist Judith Curry (Georgia Tech) writes that "climate sensitivity and estimates of its uncertainty are key inputs into the economic models that drive cost-benefit analyses and estimates of the social cost of carbon. Continuing to rely on climate-model warming projections based on high, model-derived values of climate sensitivity skews the cost-benefit analyses and estimates of the social cost of carbon."
At least four recent scientific papers, including hers, have concluded that the ECS is more like 1.6°C. If so, even with continuing greenhouse gas emissions, warming will be gradual, comfortable, and probably net beneficial.
The tangible benefits from a warming planet are not conceded in the report. Since the present warming — not caused by humans — began around 1850, living on Earth has become a much happier experience. We have longer growing seasons, fewer crop-destroying cold snaps, greater food production, fewer deaths from cold, less need for heating fuels, and less costly winter highway maintenance.
What of the report's supposed 4% (+/-2%) reduction in global GDP resulting from a purely conjectural 9°F global average temperature increase by 2090? New York University physics professor Stephen Koonin, who was an Obama appointment as Undersecretary of Energy for Science, puts that claim in perspective. Assuming a very conservative 2% annual global GDP growth rate, "the U.S. economy in 2090 would be no more than two years behind where it would have been absent man-made climate change." (WSJ 11/27/18).
Yes, climate is changing, and human activity, notably land use changes and fossil fuel combustion, is in part responsible. Whether human activity is the "dominant" cause remains debatable. Debatable, too, is whether the cost of reducing global fossil fuel combustion to non-threatening (to climate activists) levels demands too great a price in prosperity and human well-being.
Rational people are right to harbor serious doubts about this report's dire and highly speculative projections.
John McClaughry is vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute.


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Welcome to the page for the Nice Work Archive.
As I'm sure you're wondering, just who is this guy and why are there over one thousand edits of him? Well, the story is an odd one. Long ago, an OCR member named Midee brought over an image from the site www.somethingawful.com. On this image, he put the words "Nice Work", and occasionally posted it as a way of making a smarted ass comment for those who boasted about something inconsequential (like reaching a certain number of posts on the site's forums). After a while, this picture began to be edited by other people. The head of this unknown man was put on other bodies, other people's heads were put on his body, things were added to his image, and new text was slapped on. Eventually, a thread was made for people to post these edits, and over the last three-and-a-half years, this unknown man has become something of an unofficial mascot for OverClocked Remix.
On this site, you'll find zip files containing all the edits done to date. The first six links comprise the original massive archive that The Coop has been maintaining for some three years. The additional links are archive updates that The Coop has added as the edits continue to slowly roll in.
So download them, and see just what the folks of OCR have done to this poor nameless man.
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The Miracle of the Solo (reprise)
Editor's note: Tomorrow night is the first night of Chanukah, one of my favorite holidays not because of the presents but what it stands for. Chanukah inspired one of my favorite posts in nearly a decade of blogging, and if you didn't catch it last year, here it is again.
Tonight marks the first night of Hanukkah, a joyous Jewish holiday that holds special meaning for me as a solo. From the small band of Maccabees triumphing over the Syrian army to the tiny drop of oil that fueled the eternal flame for eight days, Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of the small overcoming impossible odds.
Although I'm forever bullish about the future opportunities for solo and small firm lawyers, there's no denying that that we're under assault on all fronts. On the one hand, we must contend with hack-ademics like Gillian Hadfield who claims that non-lawyer providers offer better service than solo and small firm practitioners, who in her view are nothing but generalists spread too thin. Then, there's those economists who contend that deregulating lawyers will make legal services more affordable, even though cheaper options are already available with the emergence of online services like Legal Zoom. On the other hand, many lawyers (not to mention coaches and gurus) are all too willing to encourage lawyers to cannibalize ourselves and use technology to convert legal services into commodity products (which can be automated or bulk-packaged for bargain basement sales), instead of using the commodity – technology – to deliver bespoke services – (that which gives us value as a lawyer) more cost effectively.
It's not just the big picture that throws a dark thundercloud over our existence. Even on a day to day level, we solos live precariously. We can never stop hustling because we know that any day the phone could stop ringing, we could lose all of our clients and we'd have to start from scratch. And even as technology makes our life easier, it brings with it additional distractions and increased responsibility to ensure that our clients' data and communications are secure.
Yet, somehow in spite of it all, solo and small firm lawyers manage to show up every day. And not just show up, but show others up by defending our clients against powerful institutions like banks or winning long shot cases in the face of public ridicule or simply giving a damn.
The solo's persistence in the face of mighty odds is of course a testament to both our doggedness and ingenuity. But there's more. Because like the drop of oil that lasted for eight days, that we solos make it from one day to the next, year in and year out; not just sputtering and struggling but standing proud, defiant and shining bright – well, that's just nothing short of miraculous.


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Longchamp lands in Fareham
Mar 08, 2018 in Glasses & Sunglasses
The newest addition to our eyewear brands, Longchamp, is bringing a little Parisian style to Fareham!
Longchamp was established in 1948 by Jean Cassegrain, an entrepreneur with a passion for heritage French style. Originally a tobacconist, Cassegrain also started designing and selling leather accessories such as wallets and bags, which is what launched the brand we know today.
Since then, Jean Cassegrain has passed the company to his son, sharing the same strong values around company ethics and brand identity. You may know Longchamp best for their Le Pliage handbag, which became the fashion-must have in the early nineties and has remained a wardrobe staple to this day. Longchamp still pride themselves on creating beautiful products that stand the test of time, something which is certainly noticeable in their new range of eyewear.
Minimal, clean cut but with a certain flair for design, Longchamp eyewear is perfect for those of you who want a look that will last a lifetime. It goes to show that classic doesn't mean dull – many frames come in an array of colours, from vibrant reds to muted browns. Offering frame shapes to suit even the most individual tastes, anyone can incorporate a little French style into their everyday look.
The team in Fareham have commented on how excited they are to be stocking a brand so different to what they have had before. Next time you're passing by, why not pop in to see what the fuss is about? Alternatively, you can book an appointment online.


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Bringing people together through metal
After a decade, another chapter in the saga of (ohlm) concludes with the release of their new album. A release show is planned for the Highlands Diamond Pub on Saturday.
LEO: Can you tell me about making the new album?
Nate McDaniel (guitar): Making the album took a lot of time, over two years with tracking and mixing. It really shows in the songs. We added tons of new instruments: xylophone, singing bowls, various percussion instruments, banjo and on and on … (ohlm) really wanted to go orchestral as much as we could on Centralia A.D.
LEO: There are metal bands, and there are post-rock bands — you don't totally fit into any one sound. Is that intentional?
NM: We love all kinds of music, especially metal. And yes, metal is what brought us all together. Me and the drummer Josh (Abbey) were in Antikythera when we met our bassist Dave (Roberts), who was in Sowing Discord. Both of those bands were crushing and probably the best tech metal bands to ever hit Louisville, but we didn't want to do that in (ohlm) … Our goal was to not be cornered stylistically. To be honest, I don't even really know what post-rock means.
LEO: What do you have planned for the release show?
NM: We have some goodies lined up for the show … We will be filming in HD for a future live DVD. It will be the first time we have screened our new projection video, which I'm very excited about.
LEO: What goals does the band have now — touring, playing more locally, maybe scoring a movie?
NM: Touring, for sure. Locally, we try not to over-play. I'm very against that. As of now, we almost have the next story/full-length laid out, a split and the concept for an EP. So we're pretty busy writing. Scoring movies and video games is a goal. It's actually where we always saw (ohlm), but I'm not even sure how to break into that market. Other than that, we've been trying to learn "La Villa Strangiato" by Rush for years now. Maybe that will pan out soon.