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Today's underwear are already creeping up my ass & Wednesdays undies were no better. How exactly do you pick comfy undies for running?
At what point do you say that is far enough. I've only been running two weeks and I'm attempting to run 3.4 miles today. That is far (to me) but am I pushing it too far? Should I be running this far this fast and Sunday am I supposed to aim for 4 miles? At what point do you stop upping your distance?
I'm afraid of hills...there is a teeny hill today AM SCARED.
When does this shit stop hurting?
I want to enter a race....am I ready for that.
I like tight fitting running pants (ie spandex leggings type) rather then yoga type pants...makes a huge difference.
I smell like a trucker after I run. So imagine how I will smell today after wearing the same running pants twice...I accidentally grabbed the already worn ones instead of the clean ones. Is there a smell worse then a trucker???? That will be me in an hour.
I'm going running right now...in 20ish mph winds...no one is here at work. Who is going to catch me when I blow away?
**Update** Went and ran 3.3 miles. Underwear were fine. It appears they only bother me while I'm sitting at my desk. So I finally have one pair of running approved panties YAY ME.
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Apple has hired Morgan Wandell, Head of International Series at Amazon Studios, to lead international development for Apple Video, reports Variety.
At Apple, Wandell will be tasked with developing big-ticket productions that can travel well around the world. He will report to Apple Video chief content officers Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg in his role as head of international creative development for worldwide video. He starts at Apple's Culver City office at the end of this month.
Wandell's move to Apple has reportedly been in the works for months. He is the latest in a string of high-profile hires as the company works towards producing more original content. It's said that Apple has given the Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg $1 billion to develop original programming over the next year.
On LinkedIn, Wandell notes that over his career, he has shepherded numerous acclaimed shows from conception to broadcast, including Amazon Studios' Emmy award-winning show "The Man in the High Castle," and the Golden Globe award-winning show "Goliath." Prior to becoming a producer, Morgan spent many years as a senior development and programming executive at ABC Studios, assembling the creative team that launched international hit shows like "Lost," "Desperate Housewives," and "Grey's Anatomy."
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At Portage of Sunset, we do our best to make our place your home away from home - if your home has a live DJ or karaoke nights. With entertainment options available five nights a week and daily drink specials, you may never want to leave once you get here.
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Community hubs at three primary schools in Hume have celebrated a pilot program of weekly breakfasts to families.
Hume Mayor, Councillor Helen Patsikatheodorou, said Healthy Start has run across the past four months.
"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and children who start school with a happy tummy can achieve so much," Cr Patsikatheodorou said.
"The Healthy Start menu has included cereal, toast, eggs and fruit, and has been designed to give youngsters a nutritious boost before they embark on a day of classes."
The initiative has been made possible through a generous donation by KS Environmental, a waste management company that services businesses.
Healthy Start has been offered at St Dominic's Primary School and Meadows Primary School in Broadmeadows, as well as Bethal Primary School in Meadow Heights.
Cr Patsikatheodorou said the breakfasts delivered more than just great food.
"We wanted to help children to develop healthy eating habits, because routines that are formed at a young age can last a lifetime," she said.
"The morning meal has also been a great chance for parents who have recently migrated to Australia to get to know others in their neighbourhood.
"Parents volunteered at the breakfasts and utilised the program to gain skills in food preparation.
"We hope Healthy Start has prepared some parents for a course in hospitality, which is offered at community hubs to people who are interested in a job within the food industry."
Hume City Council's community hubs commenced in 2006 to help recently-arrived parents of young children become more established in Australia.
The hubs offer playgroups and English-language programs, and connect parents to agencies that provide education, health and settlement services.
Cr Patsikatheodorou said the hubs had been a huge success.
"Council supports community hubs in 12 primary schools, and the concept has spread to many other areas of Australia," she said.
"We understand that it can be difficult for people who have just moved to Australia, particularly if they speak little English and are yet to secure employment.
"Hume has based each community hub in the familiar setting of a primary school, and this helps us to assist families in a familiar and friendly environment."
Residents in Hume come from more than 166 different countries and speak approximately 140 languages.
For further information about Hume's community hubs, visit here.
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It looks likes the ladies of Real Housewives of Atlanta know how to keep the drama, and the paychecks, flowing. Season 11 of the show got off to a very slow start, but in the end, the season delivered. Eva Marcille finally tied the knot. NeNe Leakes dealt with her husband Gregg Leakes' battle with colon cancer and with marital strife. Thankfully, he is cancer-free now. Cynthia Bailey found love again with Mike Hill. Newbie Shamari DeVoe was accused of having a drinking problem by Marlo Hampton. Porsha Williams fell in love with Dennis McKinley, got engaged, and gave birth to daughter Pilar (and a baby spin-off special!)
In a shocking turn of events, NeNe destroyed her longtime friendship with Cynthia because Cynthia did not advise NeNe that former RHOA star Kenya Moore might be at Cynthia's party. NeNe, never one to be shy, referred to a glowing and pregnant Kenya as a "monster." As for Cynthia, she looked shady about whether she knew Kenya was going to be at the party.


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In these happier days, I am extremely thankful to have my wife and my dog with me. This Thanksgiving we have escaped the urban psychiatric backward upon which I work for a few days in Lake Tahoe. Still complex trauma must be managed. I am bound to have unpleasant holiday memories bubble up, no matter … Continue reading Simple Formulas for Surviving Complex Trauma Over the Holidays
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RELEASE: 10/2012 | DEVELOPER: Capcom | ESRB: M for Mature
Capcom brings together survival horror, intrigue and all-out-zombie-action in the sixth release of their popular franchise Resident Evil (RE). This is the biggest, best looking RE title to date. Hours of running, gunning and running and gunning at the same time; which is just one of the new additions making this game even better than the last. Though Resident Evil 6 has a bit of a scarred reputation on the internet, which I choose to ignore and see these zombie-infested streets for myself.
A new evil pathogen has been released by Neo-Umbrella, the once dismantled corporate monsters responsible for the original outbreak in Raccoon City in RE2. The opening scene shows the current (and fictitious) U.S. President becoming one of the newly infected. This new C Virus has been released in areas across the globe, from the US to Lanshiang, China. Fan favorite character Leon Kennedy (RE0) and Secret Service agent Helena Harper (new character) are the first on the scene investigating the initial terror attack.
With four separate but intertwining campaigns to play through, Leon and Helena are just the first RE characters you get to play. Each campaign has their own cast and distinct focus of gameplay. You could easily say there is something here for every type of RE fan. The game spins into an epic adventure with all of your favorite RE characters, into one (semi) cohesive story.
Add in some online co-op, multiplayer and the support from sites like ResidentEvil.net and you'll have AAA game content that you'll want play and replay. Each campaign involves a pair of protagonists perfectly suited for online co-op with a buddy. If you're more the run-n-gun type who keeps a steady trigger finger on their kill/death ratio there is a whole multiplayer angle here too; pitting you against a whole world of BSAA agents and zombie recruits. ResidentEvil.net is your community hub where your scores can be tracked. The site hosts monthly online competitions based on multiplayer scores and main campaign stats, for example: "lets kill 10,000 Shriekers this month."
Sadly, the game is not without glitches, mostly server side rather than graphical or AI gone awry. Staying connected online with a co-op partner is a nightmare. You'll hold your breath at every cut scene hoping your online buddy is still connected when it's over. In fact, staying connected was my only real issue with RE6. I definitely do not side with the thousands of negative reviews the game has gotten. Quite the opposite actually, I was thinking more along the lines of "Game of the Year". I'm not sure what this says about me as a reviewer, but I do know that I'm in favor of a very good game.
While games are often critically panned, ignoring reviews can often lead you to find some overlooked gems. I thoroughly enjoyed the story of Resident Evil 6. It's just as intriguing and complicated as any past RE story. I'm happy with the gameplay and rather enjoy being able to choose between survival style, ammo storing campaigns vs all out shooting in big action campaigns all on one disk.
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42% of Smartphone Users in the USA Own iPhone
According to a research firm NDP, more than 40% of all smartphone users in the USA own an iPhone. This is a significant improvement from Q4 2012 figure, which was 35%. Samsung's Android devices become more and more popular, so the South Korean manufacturer comes on its usual second place. As to the other companies, namely, Motorola, LG, HTC and Blackberry, their share on the market continues to drop.
Here's what the NDP analysts write:
Apple and Samsung were the winners as more consumers migrated to their flagship devices. iPhone ownership increased from 35 percent in Q4 2012 to 42 percent in Q4 2013. Likewise, Samsung Android phones increased from 22 percent of smartphones owned in Q4 2012 to 26 percent in Q4 2013. In contrast, fewer smartphone owners reported having an HTC, Motorola, or Blackberry device in Q4 2013.
Such results once again prove that American market is the most profitable for the company from Cupertino.
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With all the discussion of "name calling" of late, I offer a defense of one of the functions of "name" calling in discourse. Obviously, directly insulting one's interlocutor, or target, merely for the sake of insult, is unnecessary and often immoral. However, a major part of politics is the use of what Captain Picard, in the scene I quoted a few days ago, calls "comfortable euphemisms."
"Slavery" becomes "property."
"Abortion" becomes "choice."
"Discarded embryos".
"reproductive health."
Euphemisms are used all the times by politicians of all stripes to, as they put it on The X-Files, "deceive, obfuscate and lie."
One of the words used in debates over medical ethics that, not while exactly a euphemism, has the same function, is "scientist." Barack Obama has made it clear that he thinks that the "integrity" of science (whatever that means–I thought integrity meant sticking to one's principles, no matter what) depends upon freedom from moral considerations.
While it is true that those who engage in embryonic stem cell research are "scientists", the term "scientist" connotes a certain respectability, like, "philosopher" or "scholar." Normally, I prefer the term "researcher."
As a philosopher, I seek out exactitude in meaning. I try to seek out a certain definition for terms, and then use that definitoin consistently myself, even if others use it inconsistently.
As a writer and a writing instructor, I try to teach my students the importance of word choice: connotation and denotation.
So, normally, I would prefer the term "researcher" in regard to ESCR and any other subject of *research*. While "scientist" could technically be a thesaurus synonym for "researcher," the term "scientist" carries a connotation of respect and authority.
Indeed, in our society, "scientist" is coming to trump "philosopher" or "theologian" as a term of respect and authority. Look at Professional Atheists like Richard Dawkins: they can make declarations on matters of metaphysics and theology merely by declaring themselves "scientists."
When Americans hear "scientist", it says something to them.
Thus, writing my previous post, I could not bring myself to use the term "scientist," as the article I was commenting on had done, because scientist did not carry the connotation I wanted, especially as I was criticizing the article for being too inaccurate.
Now, I could have chosen "researcher," but was admittedly too emotional to come up with the term. Also, I wanted specifically to wanted to counteract the euphemistic use of "scientist," so I opted for a more pejorative term which analogized the moral equivalency of their actions rather than directly describing them.


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Prior to my obtaining a new string and carbon arrows, I'd driven various Stortford Archery club members up the wall. I had no intention of sticking to 40 yards – the only thing I could actually hit with any element of reliability and the fact that I'd only managed to hit 60 yards with 1 arrow out of 6 with my aluminium housebricks hadn't gone any further on endearing myself to my fellow club members.
My total dislike of rain hadn't stopped me. One grotty, soggy and wet evening in June when there were only 4 of us around (less to irritate) I spent the time pounding away with Phil trying to coach and motivate me. He stood around looking like a bedraggled cat with indigestion and made occasional suggestions on how I could make the distance – mostly consisting of the instruction 'keep pulling'.
Dear, Sweet Peter complained bitterly that he couldn't even see as the rain had misted up his glasses (but still hit every time) and John L improved at every attempt, but I couldn't hit 60 yards. Had there been barn doors the width of the entire field – I just couldn't get the distance. Both Phil and Peter were gallantly encouraging until eventually even John L and I had to admit that light – and rain – stopped play, but I think we got our entire year's membership fee value that night. We thanked Phil and Peter for their invaluable one to one coaching, given happily and far beyond the call of duty.
At a later evening session I would shoot and see one of my darling arrows yawn off into the sunset, straight and true, only to appear to stop and ask directions. I could imagine them having their little arrow conversations – their ghastly pink and orange fletchings all of a flutter – with voices like a bunch of Essex girls.
No 5: "'ello, 'as someone seen a boss 'round 'ere somewhere?"
No 2: "Darlin', we passed the one at 'fur-ey yards – d'you need me to text ya next time I sees it?"
No 4 (the posh one): "No, no I can't go on, I'm having a bad fletch day. Oooo, I'm just going to have to stop and put my white stilettos up! Coo-ee – laters?"
No 1: "Yeah, she'll pick us up on the way to pull out that nasty little goody-goody little-miss-wobbly-nock 3 who's gone all the way again. Wot a tart!"
No 6: "Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh – where's it gone? Was that it? Did I miss somefink? The earth moved, but it was all a bit fast. It just raced under me nocking point without so much as an allo darlin'!"
Steve's hamsters seemed strangely immobile that night – must have been feeling the heat – not even a twitch. He tugged sagely on his beard when I passed him yet another despairing look when I missed for around the 36 th time. Steve had re-appeared after a long absence from shooting, this time clutching a compound, and was a picture of concentration. He also had no issue whatsoever with embedding arrows twice as fat as mine in the boss.
"Have you thought that you are on the very edge of what that equipment can do?" He queried. "You might be a dodgy old archer on most occasions, but you look to me as if you nearly got the message."
"So what do you suggest?" I was hopeful that the former Nice Gnome was going to utter some words of wisdom. He was, after all, the person who first taught me to shoot.
"Take up Compound?" Steve looked as if he was joking, but I wasn't sure. "It doesn't hurt your back so much." He then looked horribly smug. He'd got his own back for my earlier rounding on him about making my own purchases.
"I've spent rather a lot on my Recurve already to go down that route. Anyway, I love my old bow, she reflects my personality. She's a bit big and lumpy, getting on a bit and I'll give you that bits fall off of her on occasions. She'll never win a beauty contest but I've got used to her funny little ways!"
"Describing your legs?" Liz laughed as she waltzed past wearing a very floaty dress and a straw hat. Not quite the garb for archery, but she was off on holiday soon and had been to the Sales. She just had to wear one of her new, snazzy numbers. I'd had trouble recognizing her earlier as I'd only ever seen her wearing a green pullover or white polo shirt.
"O.K., clever – just because you've got a posh new outfit on and discovered your own legs, have you got any suggestions?" I peered under the brim of her straw hat.
The Catalogue Queen, now on specialist subject, grinned happily back, ripped off her hat, dropped her own bow and started rummaging in her tool box.
"You could give this a try, just for balance." She handed me a long rod. "You are still plucking the string rather than pulling it back, and your bow isn't going forward after you've taken the shot – this will help you do that."
I screwed the long rod in, and went to lift my bow. She was right about my bow going forward after the shot – I couldn't stop it taking chunks out of me then the grass in front. It felt incredibly heavy and thus very uncomfortable. The next shots I made took account of her advice and were hitting – albeit low – but after 3 ends my right shoulder felt as if it was on fire. I didn't want to be ungracious, but I unscrewed it and returned it too her as soon as it felt decent.
"No good?" She asked.
"Not bad for accuracy, but it feels awful, like I've got a ton weight stuck on the end of a stick that I'm trying to lift to shoulder height."
"It's the lightest one I've got. If you can't lift that, then I doubt if you'll want to spend out on a long rod yet." Once again, Liz was slightly brisk with me. She loved to help, but when what she suggested didn't work, it meant she was going to have to go back to the drawing board and have a re-think.
That was a pity. I rather fancied having all the sticky-out bits to make my bow look cool. I'd listened to others using them, and their bows made a pleasant thrumming noise when the arrows went off, rather than my great clunk. I'd even got my eye on getting some made up in black and silver. So, I could save my money for a bit longer.
It was another lady who also had issues with the strength required to hit a longer distance who finally convinced me that my attempts to increase my skill before I increased my expenditure on lighter equipment weren't working.
The glamorous blond Jenni shot at a full 4 pounds lighter than me, but her shots still looked effortless. Tucking my pride firmly away – it's much easier between us girls – I asked her how she could shoot so well when she had a serious back injury. She was only too ready to help.
"Get rid of that horrible old heavy string – is that Dacron, yah?" Jenni fingered the string on my bow with an element of disgust.
"Get some dental floss to mark the nocking point, those metal indicators add even more weight which you don't really need. Leave the men to haul weights around if they want, but even someone as big as John doesn't have those."
I had a lot of respect for Jenni. She wasn't a coach, but out of everyone at the club, she appreciated femininity. She also understood the fact that if you look good, or at least think you do, you'll feel better shooting. Above all, she understood that most ladies do not possess the same strength as the male archers, thus needed to concentrate on cutting back on the effort we'd have to expend when making a shot. She'd been down the same route as me, and was generously prepared to share her experiences with me. I may have wanted to equal the blokes' efforts, but Jenny was the one with the practicalities.
"And while you're at it, why not invest in some lightweight arrows? It's less work for you to shoot. They'll easily go the 60 yards you want for the County Western ."
I liked the word 'easily' – Jenni was very encouraging.
I looked doubtfully down at John T's massive, butch compound bow which, instead of using a bow stand, was propped up using what looked like one of Jenni's flimsy pink-fletched arrows. It was like seeing a pair of pink, lacey knickers supporting an iron girder.
"But they look so fragile, don't you have to handle them carefully? Gill wouldn't let me remove her arrows from the boss without a special holder." Earlier experiences of things breaking always made me query their durability, especially if they were going to require, as Jenni put it, investment.
"You don't want carbon splinters in your hand, that's all! No, they are not as strong as your aluminium arrows, they don't bend easily and they break by cracking – but at half the weight and width they can still take a lot of force. If you can cut down the weight you're shooting, you'll go the distance. I know you can do it, girl, you can go out and beat those men!" Jenni took a sip from her diet Pepsi, then continued.
"I'm not sure that the equipment you've got is really suited to you. I know the riser matches your car in colour, but somehow the bow looks too chunky. But at the very least you can modify it for your needs. You've got decent limbs now, but what you need is that little bit of retail therapy to cheer yourself up."
She was so right, I'd been very ill with a chest infection for well over a month. I'd missed out on my holiday, had dropped so much weight that all my clothes had gone baggy round my bum (usually the last place weight went off of me) and I was still trying to fight off a racking cough. My fitness training had been started again from scratch and my rugby-playing Toyboy training partner used to make me stop and take a breather the moment I started coughing. Oh, how I needed cheering up!
"You'll end up giving me a bit of competition, girl!" Jenni laughed.
"I very much doubt that. If the arrows can go further, I've worked out that they can go further in the wrong direction as well", I said ruefully.
The last thing I ever wanted to do was get into competition with Jenni. She was my chum and had looked after me when everything went wrong at the very first club Sunday I'd attended. The only person I wanted to knock off his perch was Phil and I got that sinking feeling that it was still a good few years off yet.
I booked a day off, took 2 hours to make my purchases on the hottest day of the year then still insisted on testing for a further 3 hours. The shop was amazingly helpful, even more so when I found out that the owner's wife used to show Afghan Hounds and I'd judged a dog show for them – at Fennes Estate – 25 years ago. I asked for more advice and they added a long rod, saying that this was the only gadget I'd really benefit from in my current stage of development. What they did show me was how to remove the weights, so I was far better balanced. They even put up with my moaning that the rod was the wrong colour, and that I wanted silver and black to go with my own colour scheme.
I drove home extra carefully as my newly fletched arrows were still drying and I had to prop them up, half in and out of the cavernous rear seat pocket that's a feature of the Ford KA. Last time I looked in there, a bloke calling himself Lucan told me I was, if questioned, not to say anything,.
I hid the bill from Richard. In retrospect two hundred-ish was a tiny expenditure for the amount of pleasure I was about to get out of going the full distance, but you try justifying what looks like a set of narrow black things to a non-archer, especially when he's hot and bothered, the NTL man hasn't finished the cable installation and his van is still belching oil all over the driveway. It simply won't work. As it was, he couldn't even understand my enthusiasm in the purchases. Before long, my bow was going to be worth more than my car, something Richard would never be able to grasp!
For the carbon's maiden voyage at the club, I wasn't going to say anything about my new purchases; let them speak, hopefully, for themselves. I put the kit together quietly, not with the usual flourish to show that I'd got new toys, and got away without anyone noticing.
It was one of those evenings that make archery worth-while. Warm, the slightest of breezes and a spectacular sunset promising another beautiful day to follow. I warmed up on the 30 yard boss with only young Seb to keep me company. He was far too busy hitting the gold with nearly every shot he made on a club bow, and was only too happy for me to pull them after he'd shouted out his own, very high scores.
I was actually getting high on the incredible power, speed and thump these new arrows made when they hit. I nearly let a 'whey-hey-missus' exclamation every time I hit, but held off as that would simply have consolidated my status as the Club weirdo.
If my last aluminium arrows were female, always taking their time chatting and asking directions to the boss, then by the same token I'd just purchased a set of blokes. They don't ask questions, they floor the accelerator on the premise that the right route will magically appear. When they hit, they made a big noise about it; when they missed, they didn't want to confess they'd made a mistake, and would burrow under the grass and hide. Being a lady, I'd lovingly and carefully remove them, taking care not to ruffle their egos, then clean off the inevitably mud they'd located – despite the fact it hadn't rained for well over a month!
Then, all of a sudden, it had happened. I lined up with the grown-ups at 60 yards with all the seriousness of Jonny Wilkinson taking his first penalty kick in a key match. The sight was set 1 inch higher than the mark I'd made with one of my rare, wind-assisted aluminium hits. Nocking my shiny, smart new black and orange carbons onto my new super-sleek fastflite string, I let rip.
"Where-d-it-go?" I asked Paul who'd been standing behind me, obviously realizing he was just about to witness archery history.
"Somewhere near the dustbin." Sighed Paul patiently.
"But that's on the other side of the field!" I was chuffed with pride to think that one of my puny girlie shots could get this far.
"Take up clout, if all you want is distance!" It was a hot evening, Paul had been working all day and his sense of humour seemed to have temporarily deserted him.
I moved the sight up again, nocked the next arrow, took aim and let rip again. This time I was rewarded by the formerly unfamiliar sound of the paper tear before the arrow embedded itself in the boss.
"Low." Said Paul.
"What do mean, it hit, didn't it?" I was quite irate.
"You asked – it went in the black – low."
"Hello! I'm not at home to Mr. Grumpy tonight!"
"I thought you said earlier that you were missing Phil, so I thought I'd make up for it." Paul returned.
"I'm not missing him that much, and you're normally better company."
The next one similarly hit with that ripping sound so I lowered the sight a tinch. The fourth hit a little less noisily, the 5 th much the same then the 6 th made no noise at all. Having invested so much on arrows, I ignored all the etiquette I'd been told and trouped off smartly to find the missing 2. Sure enough, there was the dustbin shot, embedded in the long grass at well over 100 yards, but to my dismay I couldn't find my other missing orange and black arrow. Making the usual polite gesture that I needed help to locate 1, my chums dutifully abandoned their gear, and started searching. We wandered around for 5 minutes or so until Jonathon trotted up, minus coat but all spiky hair and hands in pockets.
"Nice new arrows!" He said as he looked at the spare in my quiver. "I wish Dad would get me some. At the last tournament, I was the only person using aluminiums." He said as he shuffled his feet gently through the grass, looking for the glimpse of orange and black fletching.
"Wish I could keep 'em! At this rate, my matched set of twelve will only last 7 ends. Anyway, you won the last tournament, so what are you worried about? Your trouble is that as fast as anything is bought for you, you'll grow out of it." I said ruefully. I could have sworn that Jonathan sprouted in front of my eyes, and was already towering over me.
I looked back up the field to see Paul and Sweet Peter waving frantically at me and the rest of the searchers, most of whom were already back over the waiting line.
"Looks as if I'd better wait until the end as they seem desperate to carry on shooting," I said rather hopelessly.
Jonathon and I walked swiftly back to the boss.
"Do you want to score?" Asked Peter. "You said you wanted the practice before the County Western ."
I stood in from of the boss and screwed my eyes up to make it look as if I knew what I was doing. "O.K., that's 9, 5, 5, – 3, 1 and miss."
"That is 6 arrows." Stated Paul quietly.
Peter peered at me through the top half of his bi-focals.
"So?" I queried, then suddenly realized Peter's face had taken on a broad grin. Paul started laughing and the 'orrible Jonathon had retreated to a respectable distance before he started laughing in the manner of a donkey braying with stomach-ache.
My last lovely arrow had hit that sweet spot, right in the middle, worn thinner by more expert shooters and those infernal compounds – thus no noise.
"I'm so sorry, everyone! It was here all the time!"
"Flammin' women, shouldn't be let out alone!" Muttered Ted. "Give a woman something to do, and she'll make a mess of it, then she'll ask a man to put it right as she can't manage." He didn't mean it, and he knew he wasn't going to get away with that statement.
"Oh, Eddie, Barbara always looks for my arrows, and that lot on the same boss could have been a bit more decent and told her she'd hit gold. You ignore him, darling – well done!" Cath, as usual, was generous in her praise of me and her admonishment of Ted, who groaned with mock discomfort.
"Ganging up on me now, are you? Man doesn't stand a chance with 2 women having a go at him. There was a time when women knew their place, at home in the kitchen looking after a man!"
"Your place tonight will be the spare room and no biscuit with your bedtime drink if you carry on like that any more." Laughed Cath.
"Hummph," muttered Ted from under his cap.
Well, I hit the next 6 out of 6 and did it again for good measure. They weren't exactly grouping – Paul pointed this out but I ignored him as I wanted to enjoy the evening. I then decided to get cocky and moved to 80 yards.
All 6 missed. I didn't try 80 again that evening as I felt it was unfair to ask everyone to stomp around to find my arrows yet again. However, I packed up quietly with a big smirk on my face. I'd hit 60 at last.
"And who's had an early Christmas present?" Phil, back from his holiday with his sarcasm fully refreshed, calmly removed my arrows from the boss a week later, then walked off examining them.
"Trust you've got 12?" He said, half over his shoulder.
"Of course, and they weren't a present, I bought them for myself!"
Along with the long rod, the new string and a big chunk of self-respect that had enabled me to actually shoot alongside you without quaking at the thought. I held my hand out for my arrows but Phil was not ready to part with them. He'd already set off for the line and was annoyingly twilling them about over his shoulder.
That meant I was supposed to run after him but sod that, I'd got considerably shorter legs – and with my quiver bumping around, it was not very dignified – and I'd probably start coughing anyway. As Sting says in his song, 'An Englishman in New York ', a gentleman may walk, but never run. In my own personal song – A Lady Archer in Bishop's Stortford – a lady doesn't run after bad-tempered buzzards.
Back at the line I finally managed to retrieve my arrows.
"Find it any easier?" He asked, at last being constructive.
"Certainly!" I huffed.
I wasn't going to let on that in his absence I'd uttered the words 'Phil who?' when I'd got a whole 2 out of 6 in the gold.
"Well, as you can now shoot 60, you can shoot in the County Western . I trust you've entered?"
"Phil, you know I have. I've been setting up for it for the past 6 weeks! Typical bloody man, you don't listen." I wrung my hands in frustration.
"Sorry, I wasn't listening. " Phil did one of his rare smiles that he relied upon when he needed to dig himself out of a hole.
"Good job you didn't run out of barn doors before you got these. Now you should move your sight to outside the bow, you don't need it inside and upside down to get distance anymore. You'll then have the sight's weight in the right place to match the long rod. It does mean your current sight marks will be out."
"That's typical!" I flared at Phil. "I thought you were supposed to help, not throw me more problems. I'm not going to get this done tonight as it's already getting dark."
"It's up to you. As I have said before, and this time it was you who chose not to listen, you don't have to worry. No one will be watching and waiting for you to fail, and no one ever wins their first competition – it's not expected, so don't expect it from yourself and put too much pressure on. I'm simply saying that you'll be better balanced with the sight outside."
Phil adopted that 'I actually don't give a dam what you think or feel, I'm always right' expression which strangely reminded me of Richard.
It was at this stage that I realized I was married to the older vintage of this infamous model Grumpy Git MKII turbo – they don't make them like that any more, and you can't get the parts – which in some ways is a pity. I was thus very used to this style of response. Playing along with the motivational talks and ideas of Grumpy Git MKI (the naturally aspirated version) could be quite entertaining and helped to pass the time on winter Sundays. I find It's a helpful device as it makes them feel wanted and useful.
Hands on hips, I returned the customary look with my own of 'sod off, I'll prove you wrong' and mentally marked off to do so. When I do this back to Richard, he thinks that his method of motivation is working, and looks smug. Phil at this stage was registering a cross between bored and smug which indicated he was, indeed, a slightly newer version but had not yet learnt the full rules of engagement.
Big mistake, Phil; youth and enthusiasm is no match for age and cunning, especially when perfected by a female.
After 30 seconds' worth of glowering, Phil sloping off whistling, so now was the time to act and do something constructive. I'd made my point, was prepared to take the risk so I unscrewed the sight and turned it around.
Inevitably and perversely female, I had anticipated the switch back (but I liked making a noise about it) thus I'd worked on a spreadsheet to reverse the settings. It should have been easy, but my sight didn't start at zero, and Neil had moved the block twice. I'd moved it back once, then lost my own bearings and one of the sight's grub screws. The sight marks would be theoretical, but it was still better than nothing. I set up for 50 yards and in the gloom of the descending evening, shot and hit with 3. It was too dark to see where they'd gone until I got right up to the boss and saw 3 low arrows and 3 just beyond the boss where they'd fallen short, then skidded on the short, dry grass. I never got to the 60 in time.
Never mind, I've got next Thursday I thought, but next Thursday didn't happen. As a special surprise Richard had booked tickets for the two of us to see "We Will Rock You". How could I refuse these, but nonetheless felt worried that all my hard work was just about to come to nothing.
Well, if push came to shove, I'd ignore Phil and switch my sight back inside. I didn't understand this 'balance' stuff, all I wanted to do was pull my arrows out of a boss, not the grass when I shot in front of strangers. Anyway – no one wins at their first competition.


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March 6 (Bloomberg) -- The blood-thinner heparin, linked to deaths in the U.S., has been recalled in Germany after patients there suffered allergic reactions, American regulators said.
The German heparin was made by Rotexmedica GmbH, not by Baxter International Inc., whose heparin distributed in the U.S. has been linked to deadly reactions, said Janet Woodcock, the Food and Drug Administration's chief medical officer, on a conference call with reporters today.
Regulators are trying to determine why versions of the drug made by different manufacturers with materials from different suppliers are causing allergic reactions, according to the FDA. The agency and Baxter said yesterday that deadly allergic reactions to heparin in the U.S. may have been caused by a fake ingredient from China.
A ``heparin-like molecule'' was found in Chinese-made crude heparin processed at the plants of Baxter's supplier, Scientific Protein Laboratories, in Changzhou, China, and in Wisconsin, where Scientific Protein is based, according to the FDA. The company didn't provide ingredients to Rotexmedica, the FDA said.
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``Given how completely out-of-control the system is, nothing is surprising,'' Wolfe said of the drug industry's international supply chain. Suppliers in China are poorly regulated, said Wolfe, a frequent critic of the FDA.
Heparin, made from ingredients extracted from pig intestines, is used to prevent blood clots in millions of people with heart conditions, kidney disease and in surgery.
A phone call to Rotexmedica in Germany wasn't answered after normal business hours. Groupe Panpharma of Fougeres, France, acquired Rotexmedica GmbH, of Trittau, Germany, in 1999, according to Panpharma's Web site. Heparin is listed as a product.
Woodcock referred questions to German regulators about the country of origin of the main ingredient in the heparin recalled there. Ulrich Heier, a spokesman for the German government's institute for pharmaceutical and medical products, didn't answer a phone call after business hours.
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There were no reports of deaths in Germany, according to Woodcock, who said she didn't know how much heparin was recalled. Woodcock said there were fewer than 100 reports of harmful side effects in Germany, including a ``cluster'' of cases at a kidney dialysis center and other cases reported by doctors.
Manufacturers and suppliers of active ingredients for heparin should test their products using two different techniques to spot substances that shouldn't be in the drug, the FDA said. Descriptions of the tests, capillary electrophoresis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, were posted on the FDA's Web site.
Those tests haven't yet been used on the German heparin to determine if that product has the same contaminant as the one in the U.S., said Karen Riley, a spokeswoman for the FDA.
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Representative Rosa DeLauro, a Connecticut Democrat, criticized the FDA for failing previously to use the tests of the heparin ingredients now being recommended.
``This raises the question as to whether outdated testing methods are being utilized to test modern drugs,'' said DeLauro, who heads a subcommittee responsible for FDA budget appropriations. ``Clearly our drug safety efforts have not kept up with globalization or 21st Century medicine.''
Baxter began withdrawing multidose vials of heparin on Jan. 17 because of reported allergic reactions. The Deerfield, Illinois-based company expanded its recall on Feb. 28 to include all remaining vials. The FDA received 785 reports of side effects from all brands of heparin, including 19 deaths with symptoms of allergic reactions since January 2007.
Baxter fell 74 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $57.38 at 4:16 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange Composite trading.
To contact the reporters on this story: Justin Blum in Washington at [email protected]; Avram Goldstein in Washington at [email protected].
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A few years ago the leek moth was seldom seen south of Ontario, Canada. Nowadays, it has become a serious pest of leeks, onions, chives and other alliums in the U.S. as well. Find out about leek moth damage and how to control these destructive pests here.


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If you've walked the mechanics' pits at any National or International level event, chances are you've seen them: trademark Stan's black quart bottles with no labels. Look closer and you might have seen strange symbols scrawled all over the bottles in a silver marker, letters and numbers, formula notes by the man himself, Stan Koziatek.For nearly fifteen years Stan has been quietly formulating a special racing version of the legendary sealant for many of cycling's most successful teams. Working with athletes who push themselves and their tubeless systems to the absolute limit, Stan developed a proprietary sealant formula with close to twice the amount of the standard sealing crystals plus new special "XL" crystals capable of sealing even larger punctures. Stan's Race Sealant's combination of large and smaller sealing crystals interlock to form a lattice work that not only seals but strengthens and reinforces the area of the puncture, allowing for an entirely new level of sealing performance.
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Affordable Car Rentals were o so friendly and helpful. Cheerfully welcomed us into their office in Christchurch. The vehicle was well prepared in advance for our trip. On our arrival in Queenstown we received the same friendliness and helpfulness. What a very professional organization.
Gary and Norma G
Just a quick email to say thanks for the car rental. Was very surprised to get there and see it was a nice car at the low price it was. Seriously, for the price, I wasn't expecting it to be so nice and also so well-groomed :)
I originally got quotes from the Avis and Hertz as they were first to pop into my head, but for what I get from you at half the price (or less) was perfect and enjoyable to drive with plenty of power for the hills.
I decided on your company as I felt it had a more personal feel to your emails, and just wanted to say a quick thanks for the great car, great service …, and would be more than happy to rent from you again and recommend to others. Was also great service at the Airport, they were there to pick me up in 10 mins, and car was good to go :)
Thanks again, and see you another day
Good morning,
I would just like to take this opportunity to say thank you.
My recent experience with your company was outstanding and I have no hesitation in recommending you to anyone I know who is travelling and in need of a rental vehicle.
The hire process from start to finish was seamless and communication was always prompt.
Regards and look forward to my next trip home and doing business with you again.
Karen K
"We wanted a sensibly priced but reliable car to tour around South Island for 2 weeks. Affordable did all the paperwork over the internet, collected us from the airport and we just drove away. The car was great, and they were really helpful when we wanted to drop the car in Dunedin rather than Christchurch – simply dropped they keys and flew back to Auckland. I would recommend them as easy to deal with and helpful through the whole process."
Just wanted to say how pleased we were with the car which never gave a moment's trouble and was very economical.
We couldn't have been happier with your services overall. Loved the drop off and shuttle to the airport .. so convenient and easy. Thank you once again for all you did to make our holiday perfect.
Helen K
We had a marvellous trip in your stunning country and were very happy with the car and with the courtesy and old fashioned help you provided. Thanks.
We would certainly come back to you for our next visit!
Thanks to all
Robert and Eric
Hi, I would like thank you for the excellent and convenient service rendered. It was a breeze using your services, and I would opt to rent from Affordable Car Rentals again if I visit NZ! The books, maps and GPS provided made it very easy for us to move around, and we hardly got lost. I did meet people who rented from other companies, who complained about the lack of a service to the airport at odd hours. I'm glad you guys got that covered as well. Great work and thanks for making my holiday to NZ that much more enjoyable!! I would like to write you guys a review.
With Regards from Singapore
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Hi, We were both extremely impressed at the service we received. You made it so easy for us to get the car at an affordable price. The car was very tidy and reliable for the price we paid per day.
But the best part was how friendly and helpful the staff were to deal with. We both would like to pass on a huge thanks to John for making our experience using Affordable Car rentals so enjoyable and we will be highly recommending Affordable Car Rentals to all our friends and family.
We will also be defiantly using you guys in the future.
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Jennifer & Stefan
Just want to thank you for giving us such nice cars to rent! I enjoyed the South Island so much: my high light was driving and seeing everything! You treated us well with looking and renting the cars, and also with the price. So many lovely memories were made in these cars and we were very happy with them.
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Wherever you are, we're there too. We supply all our products direct to industry and through the trade to smaller fabricators and installers. Our field staff will provide you with authoritative advice about our products and their uses.
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- 1. Who is Karibucash
- 2. What is a secure loan?
- 3. What if i'm blacklisted?
- 4. What are the charges on my loan?
- 5. How much can I loan?
- 6. How long does it take?
- 7. Can I apply for more multiple loans?
- 8. How about my personal information?
- 9. What if I settle my loan earlier?
- 10. What is considered a default?
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KaribuCash is a South African registered financial services company. We are an innovative financial services e-commerce platform offering consumers a secure, easy and reliable environment to access short-term loans for emergency purposes.
A secure loan is a type of loan that the applicant is required to provide a form of security or collateral against the loan that is being requested.
We are able to assist people even if they are blacklisted. It is equally important to understand that we are a responsible lender who will not extend a loan to any applicant who cannot prove that they have the ability to repay the loan.
The charges on your loan comprise of interest amount on the loan requested as well as our admin fees to process the application.
Min of R 5000 and Max of R 100,000
We will contact you within the hour, unless we have high call volumes at which we promise to take no longer than 2-hours.
As a responsible lender, we advise our clients to first close the current loan agreement before committing to a new one. This will create a record of reliability in our systems, as well as allow you to repay the new loan comfortably.
Yes, we are required by law to ask all our applicants to provide us with all the required FICA documents to perform the necessary checks. Your personal information is safe with us. Your personal information will not be shared with any 3rd parties whatsoever.
We are happy to offer a discount for all early settlements. The final settlement amount is calculated pro-rata on a case by case basis.
Late payment or non-payment are totally unacceptable. This will lead to automatic cancellation of your loan agreement. Whilst we commit to doing our best to exhaust all remedial actions to reach and amicable solution with the customer, we cannot guarantee that the collateral provided to secure the loan will not be used to bring relief to the loss of income towards our business.
If you wish to contact the NCR to lodge a complaint or an enquiry, please send your email to email@example.com
KaribuCash is a brand of Kilimanjaro Logistics (Pty) Ltd, a company registered in South Africa. Kilimanjaro Logistics is a registered credit provider with the National Credit Regulator (NCR), Reg No: NCRCP6979 as well as with the Micro Finance South Africa


text: Tips for Taking Your Sales to A New Level Published August 28, 2018 | By Achim Neumann, President At the very foundation of all successful entrepreneurs and CEOs are true sales people, who could sell just about everything to just about anyone. With this in mind, to follow in their footsteps and to become a success in the business world, in whatever industry and at whichever level, one must master the art of sales. If you want to find better and more improved selling practices to find the success which you are looking for, here are some of the essentials skills that that are needed. It is Only a No The biggest problem with many in sales is that they have the fear, that fear of offending people, of wasting their time, of interrupting them or the fear that they just might get yelled at. Here's the thing about sales however, the worst thing that can happen is the customer says "no". Most of us don't like rejection but to really be a better seller, this is something which must be dealt with. Forget the fear, sell whatever it is your'e trying to, and don't worry about being rejected, just keep going. Be Direct Although we live in a world of digital promise, there is nothing quite like speaking in person with a potential customer and trying sell your products the old fashioned way. Sure, you can canvass your products across websites, you could live chat with potential customers, but nothing makes the sale better than the human element, something which is lost in the digital world in which we live. No Doesn't Always Mean No We mentioned before that the worst thing that can happen is that you are told "no," but in most cases, that is not the end of a deal. You need to start tuning in to how people reject you, do they reject and then hang up? If so then you are definitely being told no, do they say "no" and then leave a small pause, or ask further questions? If so, then you have got your fish hooked. Don't ever hear no and simply accept it, no usually just means "convince me more," so go ahead and convince them. Sell to the Right People One issue many people make is trying to sell to the wrong types of customers. Before even picking up the phone or make a meeting with your potential client, you must ensure that you have done the background due-dilligence to make sure that you are at least in the right areja. If you are trying to sell fancy smartphones for example, then calling a farmer in Idaho is probably not going to be a smart move, in the same way that selling agriculture to a New York city lawyer is unlikely to work. Give yourself a head start and contact people who actually may be interested in your products. Sales is like a game of chess, only you get to pick the opponent, it will then be up to you to convince them that your product is good enough for them to make their queen vulnerable.


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Yesterday I met up with Nick and Emma at Tylney Hall near Hook for their pre-wedding shoot. It was a fabulous Autumnal morning and we had a lively session with both Emma and Nick's children coming along to join in the fun.
For me involving your children in a shoot like this is really important for all sorts of reasons, but at the very least you will have some wonderful imagery to look back on and enjoy in years to come to celebrate family coming together.
Nick and Emma's wedding will be at Tylney Hall this December, and we've discussed that we would like a cool crisp and sunny day, with a nice smattering of beautiful white snow! Lets hope! 🙂
Ooooh, I love these, it' fab to see some family shots, no-one does them like you do xx
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BOOM! Studios is launching the first multimedia Graphic novel experience with Bad Mask – a superhero title that is told through comics, trading cards, newspapers, magazines and more.
"Bad Mask is about an organization of super-powered terrorists that want to take over the world; Metal Metro, the robot that stands in their way; and one young Bad Mask agent's quest to destroy Metal Metro," explains Chad.
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The Canadian Cancer Society applauds the Federal Government for its announcement today that it will no longer oppose the inclusion of chrysotile asbestos in the Rotterdam Convention, an international list of hazardous substances.
Federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis made the announcement this afternoon.
"This is the right decision", says Paul Lapierre, Vice President, Public Affairs and Cancer Control, Canadian Cancer Society. "We are very pleased to see that the government recognizes that all forms of asbestos, including chysotile, cause cancer. The Canadian Cancer Society believes that all efforts must be made to eliminate exposure to asbestos and to eliminate asbestos-related diseases.
"This is an important first step", says Lapierre."It's imperative that the health of people around the world be put ahead of the interests of the asbestos industry. We also welcome the government's $50 million plan to support the affected community."
Worldwide about 107,000 people die every year from disease related to occupational exposure to asbestos. The Society will continue to work hard to end exposure to asbestos and will urge the federal, provincial and territorial governments to adopt a comprehensive strategy to address all aspects of the asbestos issue.
The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is the only national charity that supports Canadians with all cancers in communities across the country. No other organization does what we do; we are the voice for Canadians who care about cancer. We fund groundbreaking research, provide a support system for all those affected by cancer and advocate to governments for important social change.
Help us make a difference. Call 1-888-939-3333 or visit cancer.ca today.
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11 Reasons Why You Should Buy Instead Of Renting
Renting Is For Suckers, Isn't It?
1. There's pride in homeownership
Buying a home provides you with certainty; there's no risk that you'll be displaced by a landlord. Living in your own home also allows you the freedom to renovate and decorate your home as you please. It provides greater privacy. There's pride and satisfaction in homeownership, which also closely ties you to your community.
2. Home owhership frees up a substantial portion of your income
Having a mortgage can lead to financial freedom. You end up owning an asset. You have a property to live in. You can have friends live with you. Average house prices have been consistently rising faster than average income in most developed countries. Home owhership frees up a substantial portion of your income for other investments, luxury purchases, holidays, helping your children, and of course an early, well earned retirement.
3. Mortgage payments dont vary that massively over the life
Mortgage payments in general dont vary that massively over the life of the loan, while rent payments keep going up. Having a mortgage and working hard to pay that off as quickly as possible is forcing us with our wealth management, forcing us to save longer term. Money that you pay towards the principal on your loan each month increases the % of your home that you own. In effect, you're paying yourself.
4. Buying takes the lead when you factor in retirement
I'll have a house paid off well before I retire, but somebody who's rented for their whole life will be spending a big chunk of their super/pension on rent. You are buying an asset that is yours and at the end of they day an asset that will have increased (potentially) in value substantially. Buying is good if you are planning to hold for long term as it forces you to save. Think of it as superannuation. A house can actually be much more liquid than a retirement account. You refinance or get a heloc in less than a month and there are no tax penalties for taking your money out before you are 65.
5. Capital gains on your PPOR are tax free
The thing to keep in mind is that you pay tax on your other investments but capital gains on your PPOR are tax free. Then in retirement your PPOR does not affect your pension but any other asset does.
6. Mortgage interest, including points, and real estate taxes are deductible
Home mortgage interest is very tax-optimized compared to other ways you might borrow money to fund more consumption that you can afford. Mortgage interest, including points, and real estate taxes are deductible, which reduces your taxable income. Taking out a mortgage loan, though, does give you access to equity. You can then borrow off this equity in the form of home equity loans or home equity lines of credit. If the US taxpayer and a bank is dumb enough to loan me several hundred grand a 3% for 30 years and give me a tax deduction sure why the hell not.
7. You can sell without selling
Mortgages allow you to sell without selling. Simply get a new mortgage, and pull the equity out of the house. You may then be able to use the equity to fund an investment such as shares or a managed fund.
8. Mortgage raises your budgeting standards
The stress of having mortgage can be a good thing as it raises your budgeting standards dramatically. For people who struggle to save when they have disposable income, a forced savings plan might be a good thing for them. Buying a house is a great thing to do when you're settling down in a beautiful, affordable spot right near everything you need to do for the next ten years.
9. Tax free appreciation
While the structure never appreciates in value, the land a house sits on can appreciate in value due to changes in supply and demand. Over long time periods homes generally appreciate around 1% higher than inflation. You leverage your investment by buying the home with (mostly) the bank's money. You might put only 10% down, but your whole house (all 100%) of it appreciates every year. If you put $10k down on a $100k house, the whole $100k appreciates, not just the $10k you put down. Real estate is an appreciating asset (with inflation), and that appreciation is tax free.
10. Shorting the value of the dollar
The mortgage is a great way to borrow money due to all the government subsidies. Having a mortgage is a great way to short the US dollar because of the long maturity and low rates you can borrow at. When you buy a house on a long-term, fixed mortgage, you're essentially shorting the value of the dollar (or whatever currency you use)—a pretty safe bet for any country printing money faster than it can get rid of it.
11. Rates are exceptionaly good
Historically, rates are good right now, and when compared to 30 years ago, rates are exceptional. The interest rates on a mortgage are generally lower than for other types of borrowing. Fixed rate mortgages are attractive because it's comfortable to lock in a low monthly payment for a long period of time. Mortgages, in fact, are the cheapest money you will ever be able to borrow.
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