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Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) Exchange Rate News: Pound Softer before Trade Data
The Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate briefly edged back below the 1.41 level to trade in the region of 1.4097 before the publication of the latest batch of UK trade figures.
If the UK's deficit is shown to have narrowed, as economists expect to be the case, the Pound could recoup losses in the hours ahead.
Investors will also be taking an interest in the Eurozone's Industrial Production report.
The Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate is currently trading in the region of 1.4135.
GBP/EUR Exchange Rate News – Greece Threatens Germany, UK Data Falls Short
The GBP/EUR currency pair surged above 1.42 over the course of European trading as Greece threatened to seize German property as a form of reparation after the latter nation denied owing funds dating back to the Second World War.
However, Sterling later pared its initial gains as the UK's GDP estimate for the three months through February was released.
The UK economy was shown to have expanded at a rate of 0.6%, unchanged from the negatively revised figure for the three months through November.
Although the Pound is likely to continue trading in a stronger position against the Euro in the day's ahead, the common currency could receive a modest boost if the Eurozone's industrial production report shows improvement tomorrow.
The Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate was trading in the region of 1.4130 – up 0.3% on the day's opening levels.
The GBP/USD currency pair, meanwhile, touched its lowest level in 20 months after sliding below the key 1.50 support boundary.
GBP/EUR Exchange Rate News – Draghi Comments See GBP Hit 1.42, UK Production Disappoints
Although the UK's Manufacturing and Industrial Production reports printed below expected levels on Wednesday, the Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate extended its daily gain to over 1.0%, taking the pairing above 1.4224.
Greek assertions that Germany used 'legal tricks' to get out of paying Second World War reparations to the Hellenic nation kept the Euro pressured, as did comments from European Central Bank (ECB) officials regarding the projected duration of stimulus measures in the region.
Both ECB President Mario Draghi and economist Peter Praet remarked on the central bank's quantitative easing programme today, implying that the measures will help the Eurozone record the fastest pace of economic growth for seven years.
However, the policymakers also implied that QE would extend beyond September of next year, continuing until there is a 'sustained adjustment' in inflation.
The diverging policy paths being pursued by the ECB and Bank of England (BoE) are helping the Pound maintain its bullish relationship with the Euro.
Manufacturing production in the UK was shown to have fallen by -0.5% on the month in January (rather than rising the 0.2% expected) while industrial production slid by -0.1% in the same period.
The results had little impact on the Pound, but today's UK NIESR GDP estimate could provoke GBP/EUR volatility.
The Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate is currently trading in the region of 1.4226
GBP/EUR Exchange Rate News: GBP/EUR Bullish as Greek Negotiations Take a Toll
The Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate advanced to yet another fresh 7-year high on Tuesday as investors remained seriously concerned over the lack of progress in the Greek bailout negotiations.
The Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate achieved a high of 1.4156
After taking a firm anti-troika stance, the Greek government was strongly urged to allow representatives from the trio of institutions into the nation in order to assess its fiscal situation.
Although the government appears to be complying with this wish, concerns that Greece won't compromise with its creditors have left the Euro under pressure.
The Pound, meanwhile, was boosted by comments issued by the Bank of England's (BoE) head honcho.
GBP/EUR at New 7-Year High, GBP/USD Struggling. UK Rate Hikes Ahead?
The Pound's fresh surge against the Euro was largely due to comments issued by Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mark Carney.
While the European Central Bank (ECB) is loosening fiscal policy further in an attempt to revive the flagging Eurozone, the British central bank is preparing to tighten measures.
Speculation surrounding BoE interest rate adjustments have been rife and every upbeat UK report supports the case in favour of raising borrowing costs.
The Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate brushed a low of 1.4071
Although the central bank is unlikely to take any action prior to the UK general election in May, some industry experts are now anticipating adjustments before the end of 2015.
Yesterday BoE chief Mark Carney added fuel to this fire by asserting that reducing UK rates at this juncture would be counterproductive.
While pointing out that domestic inflation is likely to hold around the 0% level for the rest of the year, Carney stated; 'The thing that would be extremely foolish would be to try to lean against this oil price fall today […] because the impact of that extra stimulus… would happen well after the oil price fall had moved through the economy and we would just add unnecessary volatility.'
Carney did also comment that any eventual interest rate hikes would be slow and gradual.
Although the Pound advanced on the Euro in the wake of the remarks, the Pound Sterling to US Dollar (GBP/USD) continues to trade around the key technical support level of 1.50.
While traders appear reluctant to allow GBP/USD to drift below this level, disappointing data from the UK could see this happen in the days ahead.
Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) Exchange Rate Forecast: UK Manufacturing/Industrial Production Report Could Push the Pound Higher
In the hours ahead the Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate could advance higher still if the UK's Manufacturing/Industrial Production reports show the improvement expected by economists.
Manufacturing Production is believed to have risen by 0.2% on the month in January, as is Industrial Production.
Respective annual figures of 2.6% and 1.3% have been forecast.
The Euro to Pound Sterling (EUR/GBP) exchange rate is currently trading in the region of 0.7065. The Pound Sterling to US Dollar (GBP/USD) exchange rate is currently trending in the region of 1.5068 The US Dollar to Pound Sterling (USD/GBP) exchange rate is trading in the region of 0.6631. The Pound Sterling to Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate is trending in the region of 1.4150


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'Time and place / as elusive as air / as solid as this ground / I stand on. / Here, where I am placed / at any one time'.
About Me
Saturday, 4 July 2015
Heading East
Lone crusader ... A winter's knight ...
I took this photo of a landmark familiar to Dunedin-ites. Well, two actually. Both the snow on the hills landmark and the wee horseman.
The horseman was at one time the Arthur Barnett's store's neon advertising logo. Now he's just part of the Dunedin landscape. It seems no-one has had the heart to take him down. He gallops on and on through the days, heading east, but never arriving. (which apparently is a feature of heading east). Maybe he should have heeded the more well-known advice; "Go West young man".
Here is the history of the well-known phrase. (Info. taken from Wikipedia).
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Today, John Dankworth and Cleo Laine live at Wavendon, near to Milton Keynes. Here, in the grounds of their comfortable nineteenth-century house, they have built a 400-seat theatre, The Stables. In June 2007 I was invited to talk and play at The Stables, as part of the Sunday morning series Jazz Matters. For me, the highlight was playing an impromptu clarinet and piano duo with John, totally unexpected and, of course, great fun. Believe me, he's a very good musician.
Over a quiet pre-performance coffee in John's comfortable office in the back rooms of The Stables we chatted about the origins of the building, about what gave him the idea to run a theatre, and some of the headaches involved in overseeing such a project.
"In the sixties, shortly after Cleo and I got married, we deliberately kept our careers apart, because everybody thought that when they booked one they automatically got the other as a free gift," he said. "They would be rather sullen and sulky when I turned up with a band with another singer in it! Cleo wasn't mentioned in the contract, of course, but they thought that Cleo would come on a 'special this month basis', a two-for-one offer." He laughs: " 'Wait - there's more,' he says, in a mock TV-announcer voice. 'Six steak knives if you book in the next ten minutes.'
"Then, in the Camden Jazz Festival in the early sixties, we decided to do something together. It made sense, and it was successful. In Camden they called it a lieder recital, with Cleo singing a variety of different styles of songs, with Laurie Holloway and myself doing instrumentals in between. We did this whenever we could find a small hall to take it. We went to several stately homes to do that. A silk manufacturer in Cumberland, who had built a little opera house for himself, inspired us. If a silk manufacturer could do that, then we didn't see why we couldn't. We lived in an old Georgian house in a village, at the time. We looked around quickly for a house that would work. The closest we could find was the house that we live in now, here at Wavendon, which had a stable block, which was little more than a shell.
"During the war it had been a place for manufacturing code machines. We are near Bletchley Park, of Enigma fame, though it was called a nut and bolt factory. We found out more and more about that as the years went by. It was derelict. Cleo and I wandered round with greedy eyes, deciding where there could be an auditorium. We showed our friends, who looked up in the air and said: 'Yes, marvellous,' and thought we were nuts, which we probably were, to have started it. As Ronnie Scott used to say, 'When I started a jazz club in the West End, little did I think!' We were the same, really. We wanted to do this so much, we didn't think how many headaches there would be, and how many other people you have to consider and involve in it with you.
"First of all, volunteers came by the dozen. All our friends who lived round here volunteered to help. Cleo's family and my family did a little bit of painting. Cleo's sister ran up the curtains. Effectively, we turned it into a semi-public building. We didn't even apply for planning permission; we didn't even know what that meant. And of course, it was a lot less formal in those days. There was no Milton Keynes here at that time. We were in the middle of nowhere.
"But Milton Keynes Development Corporation very quickly realised that we were going to be their only entertainment. It was expected to be ten years before they got a theatre - and it turned out to be much longer than that. So they very kindly provided us with a secretary, a bit of office equipment, and that sort of thing. We were able to run with a staff of one for a couple of years. Then we scraped up some money. We had three full- or part-time people, one on the box office, one doing the books, that sort of thing. So that's the way we ran from 1970, the first concert, up to the year 2000.
"But by 1995, people were saying: 'It's very nice, this old stables, but it's not altogether pleasant.' In the summer you were absolutely baked out of existence. In the winter, those in seats A and B, 21 and 22, had buckets in their laps to catch the drips coming through the ceiling. Something was needed to replace it. We had an architect among our customers who came regularly to the concerts. He quickly offered his services, then - as architects do, the same as you and I would if asked to write a two minute piece we might get involved until it ends up as a symphony - he did the same. Instead of a replacement for what was little more than a Nissen Hut in the old days - a glorified one, admittedly, added on to a bit of The Stables - it changed into what you are sitting in now, which is a theatre on five levels, if you count the flies, the gallery and the basement, on a sloping site. We built this. It ran into millions.
"We were thinking of something rather less than one million. His plan turned out to be five million. Of course, we had Arts Council grants. It's very nice of them to provide that, but not everybody realises that 25% of that figure you agree to supply, to their 75%. We had to raise over a million before we could get it started.
"Fortunately enough, Jim Marshall, who runs Marshall Amplifiers, lives here. He has always been very supportive. He came from the same part of London as Cleo. He knew of Cleo when she was a nobody, gigging for 32/6d, which was the London Union fee. He followed her career. When we approached him to help, he more or less said: 'What do you need?' We had to name the figure.
"That happened in the early days of The Stables. When it came to the new building he came up with another three-quarters of a million. That left just half a million to raise. You say that lightly these days, but you know how many coffee mornings that would take. Somehow we managed to do it. Of course, then the bill spiralled up a bit - not by very much, about ten-per-cent. But that's another half-million to raise when you are talking of five million.
"Eventually it got on the road. To our credit, and to our planning people's credit, and the architect's, we were able to close on the Sunday night in the old Stables. It was Acker Bilk. I played with him. We videoed the occasion, as we knew it was the last night and that they were going to work on it very soon. I came down first thing in the morning before the office opened, to have a last lingering look, and the bulldozer was already smashing it down!
"The following Thursday we had managed to finish the auditorium. We made a plastic tunnel to get the people in. Somehow we got it started so that we only missed four days' trading. We had to do it, otherwise we'd have been even broker than we were. Of course, it's all a non-profit-making thing, but they don't like non-profit-making things to be broken.
"It took three or four years to get it cleared off our books. I'm immensely grateful to the Arts Council for supporting us. It was a worry all that time. They didn't give you the money all in one go, of course. They had to see that the last bit was completed before they paid for the next bit, which all holds things up.
"Another slightly irritating thing is that the Arts Council also then tells you how to run the place - which you've only run for 30 years. Admittedly, that didn't apply to most of the places to which they gave grant., but in our case we'd been running for 30 years - albeit in a smaller place - and we knew how the whole thing worked. The Arts Council then decreed that we increase our staff from three to 17. Which was a hell of a compliment to the three who had kept it going all that time.
"It's Mr Micawber, isn't it? Income is a pound and if your expenditure one pound-and-a-penny, you are in trouble. We quickly realised that it was a little over-manned, so trimmed two people off. Since then, Milton Keynes has grown a lot, while we have gone up in popularity. We have 408 seats, but we are licensed to have standing room at the back to 450. Offhand I can't tell you what the occupancy is, but it's something like 86%, which is immensely high considering that you are putting on things that you know aren't going to draw, because they are worthwhile. If you are an arts centre your business shouldn't be just getting people in to fill the house. We occasionally get people like Bill Wyman and his band, and he will do two nights for us. Then the ticket price would go up fairly high. But we'd regard that as a fund-raising concert.
"Technically we are open all the year round, except that in September we close down for three weeks. We've got 17 staff, who can't be expected to run the theatre in the evening. They do 9-5 jobs. We have 360 volunteers, on a roster. And that's still barely enough to run about 250 events a year, which include concerts and commercial events, because you always get levels of enthusiasm amongst your volunteers. You tend to see the same faces again and again. Some will book in four nights a week. They regard it as a sort of hobby, or part of their lives.
"My interests in music are sometimes reflected in the programme. In the early days, Cleo and I made probably 75% of the suggestions. Our influence was great. I'm sure it would still be quite considerable if we had the time to spend on it."
As John and Cleo still spend a lot of time away from Britain, how does he keep an eye on the theatre when he's away? "Quite often they'll phone me where I am, or ask my opinion or something, or ask me to write a welcoming letter to this or that, or send me over by Fedex 100 letters to sign - that's when the 'Sir' bit comes in! It's about the only time I intend to use the 'Sir' from now on. If I were getting a 'Sir' for being a saxophone player I'd be very embarrassed. As you know, there are so many wonderful saxophone players about. If it were a world ranking, I'd don't think I'd get in the top 1,000 for actual technical ability!" He laughs. "It's not what it's about, it's what Cleo and I have been able to do for music in fields other than our own performance. Although we still enjoy performing and, touch wood, we'll be doing that for a few years more. So this theatre must have come into it.
"For a long while Cleo was on the very lottery board that was awarding money to people like us! She had to go out of the room when our bid was discussed. She knew some of the things that, if she hadn't been there, would have been dismissed out of hand for jazz. She'd pipe up and say, 'You don't know much about this bloke, who's done so many things and helped so many young people.' Half of them didn't know what NYJO (National Youth Jazz Orchestra) was. They'd tend to favour Covent Garden Opera, or maybe the National Youth Orchestra, that side of it. Cleo is President of the National Music Council, I've won a couple of BAFTA things, Ivors (Ivor Novello Awards), and all the rest of it.
"Jazz is a very egalitarian thing. All the first books I read about jazz in the late 'forties were written by paid up members of the Communist party. They all referred to the hardship that the Negroes (as they called them in those days) were subjected to. It's a legacy that's sort of lasted on among certain sectors of jazz people. I think those sorts of people resent it. And the people who think it's merely a reward for dexterity on the instrument that I play also get annoyed, because there are also so many wonderful players about. I don't feel guilty; I feel quite humble about it.
"I go to America and they call us Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth. Both of us were in a 'living legends' picture that they took at the Kennedy Centre, earlier in the year, which included Dave Brubeck, Clark Terry, Chick Corea and Wynton Marsalis. The idea was that they were catching people before they left this planet. In order to make it a bit more interesting, and not just a load of old wrinklies, they got people like Chick (b 1941) and Wynton (b 1961), but the listing of all the players on it was Frank Wess, Horace Silver, and Sir John Dankworth. I said to them afterwards, 'I'm sorry I didn't instruct you on that. You, as Americans, probably don't understand the system. I'm not sure that I do, from that point of view, but my feeling is that it's like calling me 'mister' all the time. It's a title, isn't it? So you shouldn't really use 'Sir', except when there is a specific reason.' And THAT is signing charitable letters!" He adds, and laughs. "I'm going to make sure that it's cut out off any future billing I do. Laurence Olivier was a 'Sir', then a Lord, but you never saw it in his billing.
"Another part of the knighthood which has had a profound effect on me is that after I went to the palace, NYJO suggested that they had a picture taken of me with all my regalia, and them playing in full flight. So the Pizza On The Park, just round the corner from the Palace, was booked. I was driven round there from the Palace, got out, and there was the whole of NYJO on the pavement playing a reggae that I was able to join in with. Then downstairs they had the band set up. They said, 'Would it be all right to do a few of your arrangements?' The first one they called was Indiana, at a very fast tempo. I took the first chorus and a half. Honestly, I realised then that my chops... any of the five players behind there, sitting admiring my silk hat, could have got up and played a far more coherent chorus than I did. From then onwards, I've been doing almost daily practice. It's certainly made me a lot more confident about playing. Practice tends to do that, doesn't it?
The eightieth year means a lot of concerts, including a Prom in August, with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC Big Band, and Soweto Kinch, Tommy Smith and Guy Barker, and then a big concert with the London Symphony in February 2008.
"Last time I did a Prom I did it with Laurie Holloway. We did a couple of numbers in the park. One of them was my Tomorrow's World, the original theme of the TV programme. We rehearsed it, the evening came on, and the night got cold. I started playing Tomorrow's World when I was introduced - and my G# had stuck! I hadn't checked it before I went on. There were about 15 in the first 16 bars. I felt a real idiot, not being able to play my own tune. Being a slight instrument slob, I'm quite used to releasing the G#, but there was no way I could do it on that thing without missing two or three notes, on live television. After about three I just left them, and hoped that Laurie's notes would fill them in to make people believe they heard them, though they actually didn't. That taught me a lesson. My motto is that I never make the same mistake more than 17 times.
"With my 80th in September 2007, and Cleo's - I'm not allowed to say how old she is, but of similar vintage - six weeks later, we regard the whole year after that as our eightieth."


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This week, I sat down with chocolatier Jacqueline Jacek, who started her business Jacek Chocolate Couture in her basement and has since expanded to three locations - the most recent of which opened in Canmore last November.
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A winning idea to fix leaks before they happen
Clancy Docwra & Dootrix win prize at the NWG Innovation Festival water-leakage hackathon
It's the water industry's Holy Grail; how do you predict water leaks before they happen? The answer is to use a combination of innovative data modelling, artificial intelligence and sharp industry insight to build a system that predicts likely weak-points, so that they can be checked and strengthened before they become uncontrolled leaks.
This was the simple, but effective solution that a team of engineers, analysts and developers from Clancy Docwra and their software partners Dootrix, came up with to claim the Innovation prize at Northumbrian Water's Innovation Festival, held last week near Newcastle.
Working on the principle that it's far more cost-effective, and far less disruptive, to fix a problem before it happens, the Clancy-Dootrix team, engineered a solution that maximised current prevention analysis systems and added better predictive modelling to currently available data.
Using a classic lean methodology, the team opted for simplicity, and focused on the most effective way to deliver real value for the water companies. By harnessing existing data and intelligence, with an AI system that could accurately predict where maintenance teams should work first; they created the prototype for a tool that could save the industry millions of pounds.
Paul Glenister Mobile System's Manager of Clancy Docwra said, "This is exactly the kind of innovative thinking we bring to our clients in the real world. Yes, we have the capabilities to fix problems when they happen, but we're much more interested in how we can help our customers to prevent them happening in the first place. We're embracing every technology we can to be effective, in predictive analysis, scheduled maintenance and emergency response."
Charlie Allen, Delivery Director of Dootrix said, "Having delivered two hackathons for Manchester City Football Club (hackmancity.com) it was great to be involved in a hackathon as a participant. I've found hackathons are a great vehicle to validate and prototype ideas rapidly, which can then be turned into real products and services. Collaborating with the guys at Clancy & NWG gave us a level of industry insight and domain expertise that was essential for getting straight to the heart of the problem, and from there, finding a simple solution that with further evolution could be deployed quickly in the 'real' world."
Charlie wrote in more detail about the Man City hackathon [here], and we'd be delighted to discuss how we might run one for your organisation.
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Growing into the Woman God Intended Me to Be...... Embracing the Calmness while Letting Go of the Chaos
Painting for Days.....
I have been painting up a storm lately...Nothing better then a paintbrush in your hand with a stack of watercolor paper down in front of you. Funny thing is I never painted a single thing until this time last year besides craft time with the kids. Now I can hardly go 2 days without painting...it has become my Love Language to myself. And I Love myself so well! :)
My favorite things to paint are cards with affirmations and verses on them. I love using them in my planner, Bible and even as book marks. I think it's safe to say if your on my Christmas list this year you have a handful of these coming your way! :)
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Today was a day that nothing went right.
It started out with a headache that I went to bed with. We had a birthday party to get to by 11am. HA! Then another party to get to at 2pm. I ended up missing both. Had to go to the shop to cover a shift in the middle of it all. Our aupair, Anna lost her ride so we had to get her to the city by 3pm. All this and none of us had ate a thing all day. The baby was the happiest, go figure. While we were dropping Anna off in the city we got lost of course. But, we saw something that changed my thoughts for the day. We saw this under pass with probably 50 homeless people all huddled together. Some had tents others stood by fires trying to deal with the rain and cold. I looked into some of their eyes. I had those eyes. I remember looking into the cars that passed me searching for that "click" look of let me help you. I would think where are they going, where have they been. Who are they? I wanted to be them, anyone.... just not me. Not here, not right now with no place to go. The kids know that there was a time I too had no home, no place to escape the world. Skylar was with me, just the two of us. We talked today briefly about the people under the bridge. Mahala is amazed to hear about the life those people have. Skylar knows, he has been there too.
I sat back in my seat and closed my eyes thanking God that I am not looking into this car wondering where it's going. I know where it's going, it's going Home. Nothing can happen to me now that can compare to where I've been. So automatically my day looked brighter and it didn't seem so bad after all.
CTCMath ~ REVIEW
Recently we were able to use the Family Membership from CTCMath with both Mahala and Kaden. I had high hopes for this program, because we had tried it once before and loved it. But, we have been struggling over here with Kaden as we try to deal with his Autism. That being said, I hope to continue using CTCMath for the rest of the year for both kids. But, hey you don't have to just take my word for it.... I'm excited to be able to offer you a FREE Trial so you can try CTCMath out for yourself. And right now until November 15, 2017 you can take advantage of a great offer for Homeschool Families!!! 60% off + 6 bonus months
CTCMath is a Comprehensive Online Math Tutorial Program for grades K through 12.
There are over 1,400 Animated and Narrated math lessons, Interactive Exercises, Diagnostic Tests, Feedback to each Student, Detailed Reporting to the Parents, and Much more.
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The Answer from Jeremy Camp ~ REVIEW
This must have just been my lucky week....music everywhere I turn. I have a new CD to share with you today, Jeremy Camp's The Answer. It just came out today and I am blown away.....the same strong voice that will just blow you over with God's message.
This Album is so fitting right now with the way the world is drowning in Sin, Devastation, Confusion and Pain. There is Only ONE Answer....Jesus, he is the Answer.
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Super Teacher Worksheets ~ REVIEW
I've Reviewed for this next company before and I love them now more than I did before. Several weeks ago I was asked to give another Review about Super Teacher Worksheets and their Individual Membership. Since our school is really evolving I need all the help I can get. Our style of schooling has always been eclectic, but here lately as I try to make school time enjoyable and achievable for Kaden I have been veering further and further away from workbooks, complete curriculum sets and textbooks. We have been doing mainly unit studies, reading living books and devoting hours to our garden and nature studies. With the Individual Membership this is totally possible even with no preparation on your part. And trust me I have had many days where our plans change and I need to come up with something interesting for Kaden to do...... and fast.
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Glory Song ~ Matt Redman ~ REVIEW
For the past 5 years or so I have listened only to Christian music. I love the encouraging words, upbeat music and peace that fills my heart and soul. When I had the opportunity from FlyBy Promotions to Review Matt Redman's new CD I was excited. I'm thinking if you are at all like me then your always on the look out for little thank you gifts or ways to give encouragement besides the normal bouquet of flowers or plate of cookies. Even though...those are pretty awesome to get, but I think after hearing this CD, we may both have another option in our gift giving arsenal. :)
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The Proving ~ Book Review
About the Book..... Amanda Dienner hasn't seen her Old Order family in five years when she receives word that her mother has passed away and left her Lancaster County's most popular Amish bed-and-breakfast. Now an Englisher, Mandy is shocked: Her twin sister should have been the obvious choice! What's more, the inheritance comes with a catch: The farmhouse inn will only truly be hers if she is able to successfully run it for twelve consecutive months.
Mandy accepts the challenge even though it means returning to Gordonville and the painful memories she left behind at eighteen. Still, she's determined to prove she is more than capable of running the bed-and-breakfast, no matter that its loyal clientele are expecting an Amish hostess! The inn isn't Mandy's sole test, however. Rubbing shoulders with her married twin sister reopens wounds that Mandy isn't ready to forgive. And an Englisher guest with a difficult past of her own just complicates matters.
Can Mandy fulfill the terms of her inheritance? Or will this year in Amish country prove a dreadful mistake?
So, what did I think..... Can I just say wow! This book was just what I needed to read the past few weeks. I have needed a little Hallmark movie moment that lasted more then a 2 hour program and this book delivered. I was able to put myself into Mandy's shoes and pretend a little. What if I was given an Amish B & B? And the daydreaming of course continues on while reading through gritted teeth as she stumbles along on this new journey. Struggles cooking, not meeting people's expectations when they show up at an Amish B & B and your not Amish. Talk about the Power of Prayer and handing it all over to Lord.....Jesus Take the Wheel comes to mind! :) I've never read a Beverly Lewis book, but I can tell you I will be starting a collection now, I look forward to many more Amish reads.
Beverly Lewis was born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, has more than 17 million books in print. Her stories have been published in twelve languages and have regularly appeared on numerous bestseller lists, including the New York Times and USA Today. Beverly and her husband, David, live in Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, biking, making music, and spending time with their family.
I was given a copy of this Book for Free from Bethany House in exchange for my Honest Review.
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Alumni Greg Ibach is 2018 Block and Bridle honoree
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Greg Ibach of Sumner, Neb. will be recognized as the newest University of Nebraska–Lincoln Block and Bridle honoree. Each year the Block and Bridle Club selects an honoree that has contributed to Nebraska agriculture through leadership, service, youth projects, community activities and involvement with the university.
Ibach, a fifth-generation farmer and rancher, currently serves as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs where he sets national standards for the marketing of U.S. agricultural products, and the health and care of animals and plants. He began his professional career working for Farm Credit Services of America. In 1989 Ibach and his wife Teresa returned to the family farm. They served on the Nebraska Farm Bureau Young Farmer Rancher Committee and Ibach was elected for two terms on the Nebraska Beef Council. Greg was on the Executive Committee of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association when he was appointed to be Assistant Director of Agriculture by then Governor Mike Johanns and later was appointed Director by Governors Dave Heineman and Pete Ricketts. Ibach is Nebraska's longest serving Director of Agriculture serving more than 12-years in this role.
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WiMax is a new wireless networking protocol that is in development. WiFi, the current standard, can only transmit a couple hundred feet. WiMax will be able to reach up to 10 miles in every direction. Not only does WiMax offer a longer reach, it's also much faster than current broadband speeds. It has been in the news a lot lately i.e. here, and here.
There has been a lot of talk about broadband companies offering free phone service over the Internet (VoIP), and cellular companies are trying to get customers by offering Internet access. With WiMax, everyone can get in the competition game. Internet access, telephone service, cable TV, music, etc… can all be provided over a wireless connection, and because it's wireless and uses open standards, no one distributor can lock out the others. With cities offering free wireless connections, we can expect some serious competition to set in. I wouldn't be surprised if in 2007 (when WiMax is expected to roll out) you'll be able to get high speed Internet access and unlimited phone usage with all of the bells and whistles for less than $10 per month.
Yesterday I was reading about this new idea called podcasting. Podcasting is like having an audio-blog that automatically downloads to subscriber's iPods (or similar devices). This is a great use for new technology, and could have a huge impact when most people have mp3 players in their cars. Imagine being able to automatically have your car fill up with just enough programming for your ride to work. Just as the major news organizations are hopping on the blog bandwagon, I think you'll see the same thing happening here. What does this have to do with WiMax? Well, it's an example of the kinds of truly new and useful ideas that can be created when new technologies come together.
I think we're going to see even more amazing things when everyone has cheap or even free wireless broadband connections. It might take an extra year or two to shrink WiMax receivers into something that will fit in a portable phone, but it's coming. I'm looking forward to "augmented reality" Imagine a virtual reality game layered on top of the real world. Imagine seeing restaurant reviews for the restaurants you drive by.
Here's a cool little idea I'd love to see realized. A few years from now, everyone will have high-speed-always-on connections on their mobile phones. They'll also have built in cameras, plenty of storage space, GPS receivers, and be able to connect directly from one phone to another — creating networks on the fly. Now, imagine you could take a picture, record a movie or sound clip, or leave a note and attach it to your current location. Every time someone walked near that location, your message could automatically be delivered to them. If you like the meal you just had, make a note of it. If you witnessed a car accident, take a few pictures for the cops to download when the arrive. Drop in some historical pictures of that old house on Main street. Record some performance art in the park, and let others see what the missed. Looking for another person to play a game of hoops? Just drop a request, and see if anyone in the area picks it up. Heck, you could even schedule games by leaving notes on a virtual message board. Of course, we'd need some good filters and search engines to avoid an information overload, but those will be developed right along with it.


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Mamostong Kangri, Third Ascent. Indian Army Engineers led by me climbed Mamostong Kangri ("Thousand Devils Peak") by the same route as the Indo-Japanese expedition of 1984. A team of twenty climbers was supported by nine others. We made a two-day approach march from Sasoma on the traditional silk route. We established Base Camp at the snout of the Mamostong Glacier on September 15. Two camps were placed on the Mamostong Glacier at 5100 and 5600 meters on July 18 and 25. We crossed a 5885-meter pass to the Thangman Glacier and established Camp III at 6000 meters at the foot of the icefall from the east ridge. We placed Camp IV on the east ridge at 6600 meters on August 6. It took two days to secure the route to 7200 meters with soft snow all the way. On August 10, Captain Gurdyal Singh, G.K. Sharma, Mewa Singh, Nanak Chand, Thondup Dorjee and I reached the summit (7516 meters, 24,660 feet). A second summit team led by deputy leader Major Y.C. Chhibber was beaten back by bad weather on August 11. The team also climbed P 6235 (20,456 feet) and P 6190 (20,309 feet) above the Thangman Glacier on August 11 and 13.
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Happy Anniversary
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Congratulations! On both , on all of it, and how life is so mysterious.ReplyDelete
Your photo oozes joy and beauty !
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Happy Day.
Congratulations, Kathleen, on your anniversary and on being healthy.ReplyDelete
I hope you are having the very best, most romantic evening of all times. Happy anniversary. Happy life.ReplyDelete
Beautiful then; more beautiful now. Congratulations to two of my favorite people.ReplyDelete
I love this post, Kathleen. I remember your wedding so well. Hard to believe 13 years have passed since then. I'm so happy that you and Denny found each other & created such a wonderful life together.ReplyDelete
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One of the many highlights was taking part in a two day abstract art course at the Newlyn School of Art. I had a fabulous time and learnt a lot. This is one of pieces that I painted there.
There were many other great parts of our British holiday which included visiting family, driving through the Yorkshire Dales and the Cotswolds, making new friends (hello Debra), visiting friends (hello Marita), visiting the Derwent pencil factory (yes I know I'm a nerd!), going to two craft shows and visiting Leandra at the Paper Artsy headquarters. What I did miss though was my 3 males and my craft room. Luckily I indulged and bought a lot of craft supplies and even tried to create a time or two. This is one page I created using Paper Artsy paints.
|This one was the start to my owl canvas range.
Today I was back at Made With Memories teaching my art journaling class. Today's page was a Christmas inspired piece . . .
Our previous month's page was this one.
Well that about does my update for now. I am planning on making some more videos which will be uploaded soon so stay tuned.
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Dee Yun: (contact-deleteme[at]-deleteme-direman [dot] com) 2007-01-12 13:38:43
200th Strip Today!
Ok, technically it's not a strip. We decided to take the day off, but enjoy Vargas' first real attempt at coloring our cast. I'll have wallpapers up for anyone interested in them soon.
David Vargas: (dave-deleteme[at]-deleteme-squishycomics [dot] com) 2007-01-13 22:44:08
Wedge Was Right
Go back 100 strips (5/28/06). Wedge was wondering if 100 strips from then the art would have changed so much that they would look back at that strip and think that they looked like crap (... I hope you were able to follow all that... I'm not sure if I do).
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We are a team of 10 from VA, PA and TX that has decided to take up the call given in Psalm 82:3 'Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.'
We are traveling to Ethiopia in June 2011.
We will be visiting the village of Korah, also known as the leper colony of Addis Ababa Ethiopia. We hope to stay several days and minister along side a church we are partnering with and share the love of Christ with them, while learning about the true meaning of discipleship.
We will also be visiting the village of Gutumuma and working with missionaries there while learning the needs of the people that they are ministering to. We were blessed in April of 2010 to help facilitate the baptism of 24 new believers in the village.
We will also be visiting Adama Ethiopia and seeing the new Orphans and Widows Home that has recently been built. We hope to paint some rooms, we have a team member that is gifted in painting murals. We will also be delivering formula for the babies, and helping to stock the shelves of the nurses station with basic necessities such as bandaids, gauze, thermometers and other items.
We hope to visit the towns of Nekemte and Gimbie as well where there are orphanages that are being established and need some attention.
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It is time to recognize a new geopolitical reality: Neglected tropical diseases such as Zika, tuberculosis, Chagas disease, worm infections and dengue fever are not just a problem for poor countries alone. They are now more prevalent in G-20 countries than they are in the rest of the world. That presents a significant health risk, but also an opportunity – because G-20 nations have the knowledge, the money and the means to eradicate these diseases. What is lacking are new political approaches, and the upcoming G-20 summit represents a perfect chance to establish them.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are often referred to as "poverty-related diseases," which suggests that countries with stronger economies aren't affected. But that impression is misleading: The most confirmed cases of Zika were registered in Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, followed by Puerto Rico, a United States territory (Pan American
Health Organization, 2016). Southern Europe
has also been affected: Greece has seen a return of malaria cases
while viral infections like dengue, chikungunya and West Nile virus
have been found in Portugal, Spain, Italy and southern France. Five
years ago, the French island of Corsica registered cases of
schistosomiasis, a devastating parasitic worm infection (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Hotez, 2016), that is normally thought of as affecting only the poorest parts of Africa.
My analysis, based on data both from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Burden of Disease Study (Hotez: Blue Marble Health, John Hopkins University Press, 2016), shows that more than half of all worm infections and tuberculosis cases can now be found in G-20 countries and Nigeria (whose economy exceeds that of several G-20 states). The same holds true for two-thirds of dengue fever, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis cases in addition to three-quarters of leprosy infections (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Hotez et al, 2013).
12 Million Americans suffer from at least one Tropical Disease
Why is that? Prosperity in emerging economies is often extremely and unequally distributed – as they rise, they leave behind a bottom element of society, the have-nots among the haves. These are the people who are most often affected by poverty-related diseases. And they can frequently be found concentrated in specific regions. Hotspots in northeastrn Brazil, in northern Argentina and in southern Mexico, the three largest economies in Latin America, currently represent the epicenter of tropical diseases in the region of the Americas.
Possibly the starkest example, though, is to be found in the southern United States. Poverty is intensely concentrated along the Gulf Coast in a strip stretching from Texas to Florida. The region constitutes an infectious-diseases hot zone as troublesome as anywhere else in the world. I estimate that 12 million Americans suffer from an NTD, particularly people of color in the South. They are afflicted by parasitic infections such as Chagas disease and toxocariasis, viruses like dengue fever and bacterial infections like murine typhus – and we can now add Zika to this list.
It is important to point out that poverty in G-20 nations is not the exclusive reason for the spread of such diseases. Climate change, urbanization, migration and conflict also help explain their advance in Southern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Hotez, 2016).
Overseas development assistance alone falls too short
The map
highlights where the most poverty-related diseases can be found
today. It looks very different from traditional visualizations of
global health problems that split the world into a "global
north" and "global south." Instead, the map is divided into smaller regions of poverty-related diseases found among the G-20 nations. I have chosen to call my health concept "Blue Marble Health" in reference to the first photos of the Earth from space, taken by the Apollo astronauts during the 1960s and '70s.
Neglected Tropical diseases
Today the G20 countries account for most of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The map shows that NTDs mainly hit poor regions inside economically thriving countries.
It shows that overseas development assistance – traditionally the tool used by rich countries to fight poverty-related diseases – might fall too short nowadays. The G-20 leaders must accept and agree to tackle neglected tropical diseases that today are widespread within their own nations. What must be done in addition? On the one hand, we have to repress vectors that transmit diseases, such as the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the viruses that cause Zika, yellow fever and dengue. On the other hand, we must apply mass drug administration where people suffer from parasitic infections.
In addition, G-20 countries must take advantage of their large biotechnology capacities. If they cooperate internationally in drug research and development efforts, they could produce a new generation of life-saving pharmaceuticals – both for G-20 countries and for the rest of the world.
G-20 leaders could thus reduce the number of people affected by neglected tropical diseases by up to two-thirds or more. This is an extraordinary opportunity, and one that should be highlighted at the G-20 summit in Hamburg this week.


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Oodles of Changes
This past week has been a full one, and life is going to be changing around here.
First, our 9-year-old girls have been bugging us for quite some time about sharing a room. My twins, Emma & Cooper, have been sharing a room for about a year, and while it's been fine, in the back of my mind I've known that it would be short-lived. As much as they love each other, I think that at some point a brother and sister have to go their separate ways when it comes to the living arrangement. And really it made sense for the girls to room together. Not only are they the same age, but they almost never fight and they like the same things. Greg & I told them it would happen, but hadn't really made any plans or preparations for the move. Last week I just sort of started the process one day, and 24 hours later, we had switched Alex & Cooper. Alex & Emma are now roomies, and for the first time since moving into this house, Cooper has a room of his own. Everyone seems pretty happy with the new arrangement.
All of this room swapping made me realize that we can never move. The sheer amount of crap that these kids have is overwhelming, and it's only a fraction what is in the house. Guess we're here to stay.
I've also been really busy with work. I've got a buyer who I've been working with for over a year and who this last week put an offer in on a house. It's kept me really busy, but it feels good to be on the front line of negotiating a deal and seeing this through. Also on the "work front", which is typically slow for me, I was offered a part-time job working with my real estate broker (already kind of my boss), assisting him with his other business. After Mr. N & I married, I put my real estate-ing on the back burner and focused solely on my family. Getting semi-back into a working state of mind is exciting and also a little scary. Luckily it's only a few days a week and will be somewhat flexible around my schedule. There are still a lot of details to be worked out, but it will be interesting to see how this all unfolds.
Last but not least, today was the first day of school for the older kids (Kindergarten doesn't start until next week). I cannot believe I have a child in 6th grade! I remember sending him to his first day of preschool, and it doesn't seem that long ago. Now my babies are in 3rd grade, and my step-daughter, who I started caring for every day when she was only two, is starting school as well. My how the time does fly!
This summer has honestly been the best since becoming a parent, and I'm oddly sad to see it end. Most years I've been ready to have the kids start school and out of my hair for half the day. But I've enjoyed having them home for the past 2 months, and I'm not sure that I'm ready for the early mornings, days filled with volunteering, and hours of homework at night. UGH! But it will be nice to get back into our routine and have a schedule. I'm also pretty sure that their brains deteriorated over the summer, so getting a little cranial exercise will be good for them. I hope they all love their teachers and give their best efforts this year. If we could only get them to smile even slightly naturally. It's the truest evidence that they are getting older… they are too cool to smile :).
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August 22, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Great first day of school pics. I have been trying to figure out what to do with all the family crap that is in a storage unit. I was thinking of talking the owner of the storage units into having an "electrical fire" happen in that unit.


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Vehicle combat MMO celebrates successful half a decade with massive game update, specials and discounts for its millions of players
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 — Gaijin Entertainment's popular vehicle combat MMO War Thunder is celebrating its five year anniversary with a massive game update with free exclusive premium vehicles, gifts for active players, discounts on in-game content and more. Update 1.73 "Vive la France" introduces France as the game's seventh nation, an early spearhead of Italian tanks and naval forces, new air and land vehicles for the other residing nations, and new gameplay features.
Update 1.73 "Vive la France" adds the seventh separate in-game nation, France, with more than 30 aircraft from early parasol aircraft to post-war jets. The French Air Force will be the first military branch represented in game, with other vehicles types to follow. Distinctive examples of French aviation found in War Thunder are the pre-war Arsenal VG.33 fighter, a plywood construction that reached an impressive 800 km/h dive speed, and the SO.4505 IIA Vautour, a multi-purpose jet that could perform tasks of both fighters and bombers, which serves as a prime example of post-war French jet design philosophy.
War Thunder now also features the first Italian tanks and ships. In advance of the launch of the Italian ground forces, early adopters can now head into battle with Premium vehicles such as the Italian P40 «Leoncello» and US-built M26 «Ariete», with the latter supplied to Italy after it switched sides during World War II. Participants of the Naval Forces Pre-Beta test also had the opportunity to try the Italian torpedo boats as well as the Soldati-class destroyer, among other vessels, on a new Naval forces location inspired by the North Sea. Additional vehicles for the other War Thunder nations include a new reinforcement for Rank VI, the armored fighting vehicle Begleitpanzer 57, and the production version of the Japanese heavy Ho-Ri tank.
The 5 Year Anniversary Celebrations kicked-off with the wheeled tank M8 Greyhound (USA) and I-29 fighter (USSR) being up for grabs as free exclusive anniversary vehicles through a set of in-game tasks. For competitive players, special anniversary tournaments offered the rare, super-heavy E-100 tank and an exclusive He 162A-1 Volksjäger jet fighter as ultimate prizes. Additionally, players that play the game between October 31st and November 6th can obtain exclusive decals, decorations and in-game boosters. Both the vehicles and rewards are dedicated to the anniversary and are only available during this period. Furthermore, all players can profit from extensive discounts of up to 50% in the War Thunder store.
More information on Update 1.73 "Vive la France" and the 5 Year Anniversary specials is available on the official War Thunder website here: http://www.warthunder.com/
About War Thunder
War Thunder is a free-to-play, cross-platform, massively multiplayer military masterpiece with millions of fans worldwide, that allows players to fight their way across air, land, and sea in the same battlefield. War Thunder offers 1,000+ playable aircraft, armored vehicles and ships from the early 1930s to the Cold War, including ground vehicles from the 1960s and 1970s that feature technologies typical for modern tank construction. The US, Soviet, British, German, Italian, Japanese, and French military vehicles represented in game are carefully researched, historically accurate recreations of their real world counterparts. Fans can expect hundreds more added as Gaijin Entertainment commits to ongoing development via regular updates. Official website: http://warthunder.com


text: Photo by Lily O'Leary12 Photos from the First Newaukee Night Market of 2017Milwaukee Magazine StaffJune 15, 2017Festival 0 Newaukee's popular Night Market event kicked off the 2017 season with a bang. Here's what we saw. Check out our Facebook Live video for a virtual tour of what you missed at the first Newaukee Night Market of 2017. The official NKE sign, greeting Newaukee Night Market attendees, provided a popular photo op spot. Photo by Lily O'Leary Despite the threat of rain, the crowds were thick, and the storms melted into a beautiful sunset visible down Wisconsin Ave. Photo by Lily O'Leary Newaukee Night Market will return on July 12, then again once a month through September. Each of the monthly street fests is on a Wednesday evening, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Photo by Kelly Durkin Vendors set up tents and booths along Wisconsin Ave., selling handmade gifts and food. Photo by Lily O'Leary Another scene from the end of Wisconsin Ave., which was transformed into a lively block party for the night. It's hard to believe this street is usually flowing with traffic! Photo by Kelly Durkin Press Waffles was there, making their signature Belgian Liège waffles for the hungry crowds. Photo by Kelly Durkin Another food option: kettle corn from T. Best Kettle Corn Co. Photo by Kelly Durkin The night's entertainment included a DJ lineup from TRUE Skool and other performances throughout the event. Photo by Kelly Durkin The Newaukee logo was projected onto the side of the Shops of Grand Avenue (also known as Grand Avenue Mall). Photo by Kelly Durkin We chatted with the artist behind Handmade MKE, who was selling all kinds of handmade accessories and jewelry. Photo by Lily O'Leary Despite the rainy weather, the first Night Market of the year was a success, and we can't wait for next month's! Photo by Lily O'Leary Photo by Kelly Durkin Comments commentsRELATED Here's Your Milwaukee Summer Festival Finder


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Western Union MoneyWise Prepaid MasterCard Review
The Western Union MoneyWise Prepaid MasterCard isn't a typical credit card in the sense of the words; it's a prepaid credit card. Prepaid credit cards function much differently than the normal sorts of credit cards; they have more fees and restrictions and they are easier to get for people with bad credit (indeed, you can have very poor credit and still get one!)
Prepaid credit cards were developed as demand for credit cards grew among the population, particularly those who needed a card, but didn't have the credit score or credit history to get a regular credit card. There are now many different kinds of prepaid cards so what makes the WU MoneyWise stand out in a crowd?
Here is a Western Union MoneyWise Prepaid MasterCard review of exactly what this card is about and a secure online application if you think the simplicity & low fees are what you want when you apply for a prepaid debit card:
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The big advantage of the MoneyWise card (as well as many other prepaid cards) is the fact that they are far more accepting of applicants than the usual credit cards. The MoneyWise for example has no credit check and you don't even need a checking account to be accepted into the program. So you can have lousy credit, no credit and no ties to bank accounts and you can still get this card!
Prepaid credit cards can be used for a few different things since they are so easy to get. You can use them as a way to get your paycheck if you like; you can load the card and then use the card to pay for bills and groceries. You can use this card to do things like online shopping and travel bills since it's a MasterCard and thus is universally accepted. This means that you're not longer barred from taking planes and booking hotel rooms even though the credit card companies don't want anything to do with you. It's also useful for those who enjoy online shopping or need to do it but don't want to break the bank; after all, once the prepaid card is empty, you're done!
If you're looking for a way to purchase things online, manage a paycheck without a bank account, or pay bills instantly, then this prepaid MasterCard may be the way to go. It's a highly beneficial way to manage your finances with little effort.
The Truth About the Costs of the Western Union Prepaid MasterCard Offer
The big problem with prepaid credit cards is their price tag and the MoneyWise is no different. Because the MoneyWise has no interest rates and no annual fee, the company has to make its money in other fees. Now, this card does differ from many others in that these fees are generally lower. For example, the activation is free and payroll/government deposits are free. However, you are going to be looking at some fees for regularly use:
Sheesh! Like any prepaid credit card, if you want to minimize your fees, you have to very carefully plan how you're going to use this card. And this is still better than many other cards which charge for activation and other things. Still, keep these fees in mind and limit the things you do with this card to only the necessary actions so that you can keep your money as much as possible.
The Western Union MoneyWise Prepaid MasterCard is indeed money wise; it's a great way to keep more of your money and have some of the benefits of a credit card without actually having one. Keep in mind however that a card like this will not improve your credit rating; for that, you'll want a secured credit card. However, if you're just looking for a way to diversify your spending habits and automate bill payments, this is a good card to use. You can apply for the Western Union MoneyWise Prepaid MasterCard here and make the best use of it possible!
In the category of "Low Fee Prepaid Debit / Credit Cards" we are giving the Western Union MoneyWise Prepaid MasterCard a 5-out-of-5 star review because if you plan your prepaid card usage well, the www.wuprepaid.com is going to be a very cheap option for you, in fact the Western Union MoneyWise prepaid card offer is one of the cheapest options when it comes to applying for a prepaid debit card today.


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Insert commonly-used text into any application via hotkeys Add new 10 clipboards
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POSTED BY Coley Ward ON 1:05 pm, December 18, 2006 - POSTED IN News reel
Now that most of the free agents have been signed, it's time for teams with missing pieces to start making trades. All indications are that it will be a busy trade season, as many teams are still looking to add players. And it looks like three teams are getting ready to kick things off with a bang.
From the New York Times:
The Yankees are in discussions with the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates about a three-way deal that would send outfielder Melky Cabrera to the Braves from the Yankees, reliever Mike Gonzalez to the Yankees from the Pirates, and first baseman Adam LaRoche to the Pirates from the Braves, according to a baseball official.
What a fun trade! Three-ways are always exciting. And this one promises to make everyone happy. Everyone except Adam LaRoche, that is. Nobody wants to play for the Pirates.
Speaking of LaRoche, he is suddenly a hot commodity. How did that happen? As recently as last June, he was one of the more mediocre first basemen in memory. Then he got benched for a lazy play, which inspired him to start taking his Attention Deficit Disorder meds. The rest is history. LaRoche was LaStudly in the second half of last season. And now he's in demand.
It's hard to imagine the Yanks are trading away Melky. He's young, talented and cheap. But they're getting a good bullpen arm in return, somebody who can setup or who can fill in when the aging Mariano Rivera inevitably gets hurt.
What trades will follow this one? The Phils still need to unload John Lieber. The Dodgers are still looking to move a pitcher and a prospect in favor of a big bat. The Red Sox still could trade Manny. Stay tuned.


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Our little blue speck has once again completed another 365-day orbit around old Sol. Old Pope Greg's calendar now reads, "2014," and I'm making a few changes for the new year. I usually don't make resolutions for the new year because I can't stand the added depression that comes with breaking all my impulsively created vows by January 7th. I thought about this resolution for more than 2 minutes, so you know I'm serious.
I'm recommencing my YouTube channel with even less focus than before. In addition to my vlogs, ridiculous rants, and writing vociferation, I've added DIY (do it yourself) how-to videos. I figure you can learn while I learn as long as neither of us loses a finger in the process.
I also opted into Youtube advertising. Going forward, there will be ads with my videos. Pre-2014, I took great pride in being ad-free, but someone has to pay for all the lumber and tools. My wife put me on "Lowe's restriction" unless I can come up with some extra-budget money. Hopefully, with fresh content and regular postings, I'll make enough YouTube money that I can buy the occasional saw blade. It will also be nice to build something with quality lumber because "How to build a ______ from scrape pallets" can only carry the channel so far. This is a resolution I can keep because working on these projects and making video give me the odd, little happy.
I also had to replace my old laptop. After two hard drive crashes, I bought a model with a sold-state drive. I also started saving my files to the cloud with Google Drive. I lost too much in those drive crashes. I'm not taking any more chances. Maybe now, if I start writing a book again, I'll actually finish it. I certainly won't have "my computer ate my work" as an excuse. I can create all sorts of other excuses though. One other important thing my old computer took with it was my video editing software. This new laptop doesn't have a CD drive nor can I locate the CD with my old copy of Vegas Pro, so I'm limping along with Microsoft Movie Maker until I can get a replacement/upgraded version.
Please enjoy my happy new year video and my "return to YouTube" video about a mobile shelf organizer I built. I even included a supply list and instructions in the video description, aka Dooblie-Doo. If you build one, send me a picture or a video.
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Wilbur Ross confirmed as Commerce secretary
The Senate voted Monday to confirm billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as secretary of commerce in President Trump's Cabinet.
Ross was approved by a vote of 72-27, with 20 Democrats and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, joining 51 Republicans to vote "aye." Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., did not vote due to his ongoing recovery from back surgery.
The Senate later voted 67-31 to move forward on the nomination of Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., to lead the Interior Department. A final vote on Zinke's confirmation is expected Wednesday.
Ross is the 14th member of Trump's Cabinet to be cofirmed, with seven nominees still to be voted on.
Senators from both political parties were deferential to Ross at his nearly four-hour confirmation hearing, which was much more subdued than the confirmation hearings of other Trump nominees.
Former Commerce secretaries have praised him, including one who served under former President Barack Obama.
"I believe his extensive management experience in the private sector, and his understanding of the challenges faced by workers and businesses alike, will equip him well for the job of leading the Department of Commerce," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Commerce Committee.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who voted "nay," had criticized Ross' business ties to Russia and the way he ran a mortgage lender during the housing crisis.
"Mr. Ross has extensive ties to Russia. He plans to keep making money from his major oil shipping companies while working as Commerce Secretary. He's made billions off the backs of struggling home owners," Warren said. "He is practically a cartoon stereotype of a Wall Street fat cat."
At his confirmation hearing, Ross was not asked about business ties to Russia or his work as a mortgage lender, and he did not address the issues.
Senators did note that Ross is divesting from much of his business empire.
Breaking with Republican orthodoxy, Ross said the Trump administration will work quickly to re-do the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a massive trade pact with Canada and Mexico that has boosted trade but still stings laid-off workers across the Midwest.
Ross said all free trade agreements should be systematically re-opened every few years to make sure they are working in the best interests of the U.S.
Ross said he is pro-free trade but noted his close relationship with the United Steelworkers union as proof that he will fight to protect American jobs. The union has endorsed him.
NAFTA was negotiated and signed by President Bill Clinton, with broad support among Republicans in Congress.
Worth an estimated $2.9 billion, Ross has extensive business ties around the globe. In 2000, he founded WL Ross & Co., a private equity firm. As part of his ethics agreement, Ross will divest from the firm, if confirmed.
The commerce secretary has several roles in promoting American business interests in the U.S. and abroad. The department handles trade issues, working to attract foreign investment to the U.S. The department also oversees agencies that manage fisheries, weather forecasting and the Census Bureau, which will conduct a count in 2020.
Ross said he has experience at that agency; he was a census-taker while he attended business school.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.