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The Secretary shall, by grant or contract, develop and maintain a scientific registry of the recipients of organ transplants. The registry shall include such information respecting patients and transplant procedures as the Secretary deems necessary to an ongoing evaluation of the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. The Secretary shall prepare for inclusion in the report under section 274d of this title an analysis of information derived from the registry.
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And the government is now more than ever recognizing the necessity to galvanize its efforts around protecting intellectual property and assuring the safety and quality of software.
"There's a fundamental shift that's taking place in how we think about the supply chain and our national security because of dependency that citizens, cities and countries now place on the exchange of goods," said David Heyman, the DHS under secretary for policy in an exclusive interview with Federal News Radio as part of the multimedia series Inside the World's Biggest Buyer. "We've gone to real time or just in time delivery of goods for medicines, food and technology all around the world. It's more and more looked at that global supply chains, the delivery systems and the products that are in them need to be secured and resilient against disruptions, but also against exploitation."
President Barack Obama issued the National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security in January as part of an effort to protect the nation's interests. Under the strategy, the administration told agencies to focus on "those components of the worldwide network of transportation, postal and shipping pathways, assets and infrastructures by which goods are moved until they reach an end consumer."
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DHS's role in securing the supply chain started well before the January strategy release.
Heyman said the agency has been working on a two-pronged approach. The first deals with improving how they target possible suppliers of counterfeit goods.
"Our National Targeting Center looks to do a risk calculation on cargo coming into the United States," he said. "We look at who the shipper is, how often the person ships and we look at a number of different risk indicators and that provides us a risk score. That capability then allows our customs and border officials to do targeting of high risk products coming to the U.S. based on specific concerns. If it's counterfeit IT or electronic goods that we are concerned about, they would be categorized."
Heyman said DHS also is working through the World Customs Organization to standardize how to categorize goods as low, medium or high risk, and how early agencies get information in order to do a risk calculation.
"We need to streamline trusted trader programs, working with the private sector and our partner governments around the world, establishing global guidelines for the security of companies and how they operate within the supply system so we can identify the low-risk shippers in effect and focus on the high-risk concerns," he said.
Heyman said DHS already is seeing benefits from many of these efforts.
"We are getting in our Air Cargo Advanced Screening Program pre-departure shipper's data and a number of countries and airlines around the world that shipment data, when reviewed, allows us to do very sophisticated targeting, which we are doing today and the initiative was just started in the last year," he said.
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The second prong is the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Center, which may be led by DHS's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but includes 21 other agencies, such as the FBI and the Postal Service, focusing on important IP issues.
Heyman said the two efforts have helped increase the number of seizures at the border by 20 percent to 24,000 in 2011 as compared to 2010. He said this was the highest number of seizures ever at the border.
He said one recent example that became public in November when someone was trying to bring counterfeit Cisco products over the border.
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If that was truly the case, then, as someone said, automobiles cause drunk driving and pencils cause misspelled words! I'm sorry, but passing more restrictive laws has absolutely NO effect on anyone seriously desiring to perform a criminal act. Isn't it obvious that in "no guns allowed" areas, confidence is provided the criminal that there will be no one there to stand in the way of his mayhem?
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Police in Wichita, Kansas, arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two (counterfeit) $16 bills. (Now, had it been $15 bills...)
A man in Johannesburg, South Africa, shot his 49-year-old friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting beer cans off each other's head.
A bus carrying five passengers was hit by a car in St. Louis, but by the time police arrived on the scene, fourteen pedestrians had boarded the bus and had begun to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain. (By today's standards, the fourteen pedestrians aren't dumb! Liars and thieves? Sure. But certainly not dumb.)
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A convict broke out of jail in Washington DC, and a few days later, accompanied his girlfriend to her trial for robbery.
At lunch, he went out for a sandwich. She needed to see him, and thus had him paged. Police officers recognized his name and arrested him as he returned to the courthouse in a car he had stolen over the lunch hour.
Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
When two service station attendants in Ionia, Michigan, refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber, the man threatened to call the police. They still refused, so the robber called the police and was arrested.
A Los Angeles man who later said he was "tired of walking," stole a steamroller and led police on a 5 mph chase until an officer stepped aboard and brought the vehicle to a stop.
Now, this last one really got my goat! I just wonder how much thought and consideration really went into the passage of this law.
The Chico, California City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits.
Really? Only a $500 fine? And after the nuclear explosion, who is going to collect the fine may I ask? Oh, I know. Elvis must be an honorary police officer there.
Galen White lives in Homer. His column runs weekly in the Minden Press-Herald.


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Date(s) - 09/16/2014 - 12/10/2014
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Swain West 007
Every other week we'll show the new Cosmos series at 7pm, followed by the original Cosmos series from 1980 at 8pm.
Date(s) - 09/16/2014 - 12/10/2014
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Swain West 007
Every other week we'll show the new Cosmos series at 7pm, followed by the original Cosmos series from 1980 at 8pm.
What does it mean to wonder more? The Secular Alliance is becoming a group for self discovery and improvement. We'll be emphasizing being grateful, and we'll take the time to appreciate the good aspects of life. Come ponder the cosmos with us—it will be a journey that changes things!
Date(s) - 09/11/2014 - 09/26/2014
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Dats Cajun Creole Cafe
Every Thursday we gather for a relaxing dinner together. Everyone is welcomed and invited!
We are planning an on-campus location for students with meal plans, so keep an eye out for chalking and flyers.
A topic that has come up many times in recent discussions is whether being a scientist and having beliefs in supernatural entities are fundamentally at odds. Does a scientist find support for belief in God through the work of science, or are there issues with compartmentalizing belief and the skepticism inherent to science? In the spirit of hosting an open discussion, we are planning a forum of three IU faculty and one graduate student, two theist and two nontheist, to examine these questions.
The Secular Alliance, along with Better Together at IU, Biology Club at IU, CRU at IU, Hillel at IU, Indiana University Student Association, Muslim Student Union at IU, Physics Club at IU, and the Secular Student Alliance are sponsoring this panel discussion, and I'm excited to have such a variety of groups working together.
The best part is that we're serving free vegan food from Anatolia! Join us on Wednesday, March 26 at 6pm in Business 219 for this great panel!
Date(s) - 03/26/2014
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Business 219
Does science threaten belief in God? Is being both a theist and a scientist a source of conflict or harmony? Are God and science compatible?
Coming on March 26 is a panel discussion examining these questions and more about science and belief in God, featuring:
• John Beggs, Associate Professor of Physics
• David Bender, PhD Student of Computer and Cognitive Science
• Douglas Hofstadter, Professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature
• J. Timothy Londergan, Professor of Physics
Panelists will speak for one hour, after which we will accept audience questions. At 7:30 we will end the Q&A and serve free, all-vegan food from Anatolia.
Sponsored by:
Better Together at IU • Biology Club at IU • CRU at IU • Hillel at IU • Indiana University Student Association • Muslim Student Union at IU • Physics Club at IU • Secular Alliance at IU • Secular Student Alliance
Join us for a thought-provoking panel and stay for delicious food and conversation!
In Part 1 of this two-part post, I described my time at a seminar hosted at an Evangelical church designed to address the morality of the Old Testament. While the Evangelicals themselves were kind and compassionate people, their intrinsic belief that God is real leaves no room for questioning him. All their questions are directed toward themselves, as in why they don't understand the true meaning of a passage, not why such passages exist or why a god would use depictions of genocide to illustrate his loving plan. In stark contrast to the projected certainty of Evangelical apologetics stand the Unitarian Universalists of Bloomington, who make deep questioning and inquiry a priority and welcome all people—believers and nonbelievers alike. Some may deride them as being too open or wishy-washy, and while I can understand that criticism I feel it neglects the honest searching that Unitarian Universalists engage in. I have attended three services and Humanist Forums at this church and have come away each time with a better understanding of what I am looking for in a community. The services were enjoyable, and it led me to important questions as to what our Secular Humanist movement needs and why some are planning a Sunday Assembly in Bloomington. I believe the Unitarian Universalists offer a great opportunity for us to consider what we are attempting to create in a gathering for atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, skeptics, and the like.
A difference between Unitarian Universalism and Evangelical Christianity emerged that weekend, and I feel it undergirds most of what I see to be inherent differences in world views. Unitarian Universalists speak of care and compassion primarily, then occasionally add spiritual beliefs. Evangelicals instead heap praise on God in supplication first and then see expressed love or compassion as secondary effects. This difference in order illustrates to me that Unitarian Universalists are Humanists first, while Evangelicals have a very low opinion of humans and see our rights as coming second to God's. By acknowledging that we can have compassion, dignity, and morals intrinsically without need for a meddling deity, I find Unitarian Universalists to be quite compatible with my own Secular Humanism, and in some cases indistinguishable. When a separate group shares much of our beliefs they should be our allies.
Another difference was their portrayal of texts: Evangelicals believe the Bible is the singular, true Word of the singular, loving God. Unitarian Universalists instead look upon history's texts as containing insights into humanity and our struggles. They view these texts as an opportunity to reflect on humans' endless searching for answers typified by the stories within, a point I believe to be both historically and sociologically accurate. They even offer classes on world religions and belief systems—something many Evangelicals would view as opening the door to Satan himself. They're willing to be curious and "open-beliefed" as opposed to the certainty that Evangelicalism proclaims, and leave plenty of room for unanswerable questions.
It is possible to go too far in being open, as the quip "don't be so open-minded that your brains fall out" crudely illustrates. I will admit that I have heard mention of "spirit" and "faith" in the Unitarian Universalist services and even puzzling mysticism from members. As a Skeptic I question assumptions and beliefs, but part of learning how to be a good skeptic is knowing when to publicly speak up, and when to privately research and individually disagree. When the priority of those around you is to support one another in a lifelong journey of inquiry, there is little need to go around constantly poking holes. I believe that the best tool of a skeptic is patience, and is expressed through getting to know someone where in the process natural points arise to ask questions about their beliefs and assumptions. The church hosts a regular small group of members, The Humanist Forum, who meet every other week to discuss interesting topics. The last topic was "One or Two Big Questions" where the moderator asked for questions without easy answers. Most of the people spoke of concerns about the future of humanity and the global ecosystem, which are topics I find concerning as well. I found fellow seekers of knowledge who respect one another and are willing to say they don't know over invoking an all-explaining god.
Attending church services brought me back to an inescapable part of my past, and it wasn't a bad encounter. I grew up in a small, rural Methodist church, and while I frequently felt distant due to my disbelief, I nonetheless look back at that community with growing appreciation. A small assortment of people, about half family, came to this church every Sunday. What they were each looking for I can't attest to, but I'm fairly certain of what they gained. In such a place, strangers and familiars alike are greeted warmly. From the sermon they would receive reassurances of their good nature and better things to come. Our music was frequently joyful and sometimes somber, but always melodic. Individual concerns and grief were shared and accomplishments celebrated. Regular potluck lunches after church prolonged their fellowship (in this context eating and talking, humans' top two favorite things). What religious communities like the one in my past offer is something that makes doctrine and ritual mere myth and ceremony, something that gives these practices substance regardless of the actual beliefs contained therein. But what is it?
At the Unitarian Universalist church I was welcomed by many and spoke to many kind and compassionate people. Their service had time for quiet meditation. The music was familiar yet different, with lyrics about togetherness and changing seasons instead of Jesus. Four young adults, each a representative from a different continent (Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America) sang songs together for the children to illustrate the globally-shared nature of humanity. It seems that very real and good things happen when curious and joyful people gather together, and none of it is supernatural. If gathering together like this is necessary for human happiness, as I believe it is, where shall we Secular Humanists go? To the Unitarian Universalist churches, or somewhere else?
Critics like the New Atheists (Dawkins, Hitchens, et al) are right to point out the obvious issues with the morality of the Bible and millennia of Christian practice. However, for believers who look no further past all the goodness they're surrounded by, these objections sound absurd. And for good reason: these churches provide—not so much by their beliefs but by their practices—real and tangible benefits to members that are very hard to find elsewhere. When believers' doubts take only a quick gloss to address, it seems to me that it's not the beliefs that keep people in the pews but the social practices their churches embody. I believe that the major obstacle to many more people leaving their churches is our lack of such communal gatherings. When we don't have a community whose explicit purpose is to build networks of interdependence I feel the perception of our worldview is of alienation, where we nonbelievers are independent and alone. When some argue that we have secular alternatives for social groups, they are correct to a degree. Special interest and recreational gatherings do promote forming friendships and bring a sense of collective identity, but is it enough? I'm not sure it is, and that's why I've been to the Unitarian Universalist church to better understand how religion works. There are natural, material human practices in play that are worth examining and using.
Plans are underway to host a Sunday Assembly in Bloomington, and the big question I have is What will it be like? How much will it resemble a Unitarian Universalist service? How will it be different? How can we blend the best aspects of religion (the community, the food, the music, the warmth) and the best aspects of Humanism (questioning, autonomy, ethics)? In many ways it already exists in the Unitarian Universalist church.
Here's the takeaway point: attending Unitarian Universalist services allows us to find what's good in humanity's history. As Freethinkers we're not bound to taking the whole texts as Truth, and are therefore able to draw useful wisdom about our beneficial and harmful inclinations—much of which is timeless.
I attended events at two different religious institutions this weekend. One was at an evangelical church, with an author speaking on a topic very relevant to my interests: Old Testament ethics. The other was a service at the Unitarian Universalist Church and their Humanist Forum after, where the moderator asked for "big questions" that don't have easy answers. The extreme difference in worldview—certainty of Truth versus seekers of knowledge—led me to questions that relate directly to potential alliances for our movement and plans in Bloomington for founding a Sunday Assembly. Below is Part 1 on evangelical certainty, and Part 2 will follow with intellectual curiosity and an examination of what we're looking for.
The seminar at a local evangelical church featured Dr. Paul Copan, professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a Christian college. As apologist and author, he has written or co-written several books, including the seminar's Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God, and Contending with Christianity's Critics: Answering New Atheists and Other Objectors, coauthored with William Lane Craig. The opening chapter of his Moral Monster book is a brief criticism of the New Atheists where Copan derides them as angry, simplistic, and sanctimonious. To set a similar tone for his seminar, Copan spoke of the New Atheists as his main antagonists and hinted he would render them fools.
One of his main pillars of argument arrived soon: apparent moral issues are not really problems, as they are simply incorrect translations or out-of-context readings neglecting the proper historical context or genre of the Bible. Copan spent much time citing lengthy lists of Bible verses to build support for his argument that the genocide committed or commanded by God was really just rhetoric typical of the times. An example of God's apparent support of genocide is in Exodus, with God speaking to Moses and company as the setting of the story:
My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. (Exodus 23:23)
And another passage, telling of how Joshua did as the Lord instructed:
When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. They devoted the city to the Lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys. (Joshua 6:20-21 NIV)
As I've been reading the Old Testament it has struck me as odd that God promised he would clear the land of its inhabitants for his nomadic chosen people, yet pages later those damned (literally) Caananites were still hanging around. God's promises to expel and exterminate the Caananites, the narrative of Joshua and others killing everyone inhabiting multiple towns, and subsequent stories chronicling the Canaanites' steadfast survival are resolved by Copan, who claims that when these aspects of the Bible disagree one must interpret the commands for genocide as rhetorical flourish. Since the people who were to be exterminated are said to have survived, Copan concludes that the earlier passages are bluster. God and Joshua merely destroyed military forts, so women and children were not present and therefore no genocide was committed. I felt this was an inadequate explanation, given that Christians claim the Bible is God's Holy Word. Why would God need to include such flourishes extolling and commanding the mass murder of men, women, children, and animals? Regardless of whether or not God "really" commanded genocide or whether Joshua "really" killed all the men, women, and children of Jericho, the words supporting genocide are still in the book. Why were those words, whether rhetorical or not, chosen by God to instruct?
Similar to Copan's previous argument that what looks like genocide wasn't really, instances of "slavery" should be translated as "indentured servitude" which wasn't nearly as harsh as slavery in US history. The opening prayer at the seminar included a request of God to "give him [Copan] the right words to say," which, if believed, would strengthen my question of how all these people who believe God is directly leading them and giving them words can arrive at such different translations and interpretations of the Bible. My New International Version (NIV) Bible includes an extensive history of the production of that translation, and cites scholars from over 13 major denominations sourced from around the world. These experts translated one passage on slavery from Hebrew texts as:
"Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy one of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly." (Leviticus 25:44 NIV)
And another:
If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NIV)
I'm not sure how one could interpret these passages as anything but the slavery we know of from all of human history: the ownership of other humans as property, and the exploitation of that property. There are verses that instruct kinder provisions for fellow Israelites who had fallen on hard times, but the text makes it quite clear that non-Israelites get no such mercy. Copan goes on to argue that God regulating slavery but stopping short of abolishing it was a moral improvement over surrounding cultures, and is adequate since God was limited in what he could get the Israelites to do. This was puzzling, as I thought Christians believed God is all-powerful and all-knowing. How such a God could be limited in what he can accomplish given that Christians believe he created both humans and the world we live in left me unsatisfied.
It's easy to get lost in a stream of biblical citations from every book of the Protestant Bible, and Dr. Copan spent considerable time summarizing many verses. He also cited many authors or scholars to support his arguments without giving any information as to why that particular person's translation or interpretation is warranted. Christian apologists are experts in crafting systems of arguments and textual citations that are internally consistent, yet fail when one steps back and examines the context of their arguments. When each individual apologist creates their own set of translations out of ambiguous texts, they are engaging in a more extreme relativism than they accuse their opponents the New Atheists of. Shouldn't the Word of God contain the Best Morality, not incremental "improvements"? Shouldn't believers who all claim divine guidance and support agree on the very text their divinity provided?
Copan's attacks on the New Atheists showed that he doesn't see the difference between criticism of god as a philosophical concept and the Christian God who is presented as the same. When Dawkins and others criticize God they are frequently pointing out the glaring inconsistencies between philosophical questions of origins and the narrative of the Christian Bible. We have many reasons to doubt the historicity of the Old Testament, and attempts at buttressing the moral code of this ancient text fall flat. With their insistence on Truth embodied in a Book, apologists paint themselves into a corner with attempts to make sense of irreconcilable philosophies and texts. An alternative to this is looking at the Bible and other religious texts as important but not infallible guides to human behavior, and this practice at the Unitarian Universalist church will be examined in the next part.
There's been a lot of debate about the debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye, mostly concerning the publicity such an event brings to creationists—publicity that some wish creationists didn't receive. This same issue has come up when the Secular Alliance visited the Creation Museum operated by Ham's Answers in Genesis, in that by purchasing tickets we are in effect supporting his work. It's a valid concern, and it's one that has kept some people from going to the Museum with us. My justification in the past has been that it's important to see how ideas opposite our own are presented. Better understanding others' positions and ideas is absolutely essential if we want to reach those who disagree with us by helping better formulate our questions and responses.
I would use the same argument for the debate, in that it's a great opportunity to see what the main arguments from creationism are with the added bonus of not having to pay any money. We can see the best arguments being put forth for Ham's position, and consider changing our own arguments accordingly to be more effective.
However, the most important element of this debate is the simple publicity it brings to our group. Bill Nye is an endearing figure for many people who grew up watching his television series, and many more people are interested in seeing him speak than might be interested in some of our other activities as a secular student group. This debate is even drawing many religious student groups, which we normally have little contact with.
In the end, this debate gives us an extraordinary chance at reaching out to students we normally wouldn't be able to, especially given our limited financial and personnel resources. The attention Ken Ham receives probably will help his plans to build a "replica" of Noah's Ark, and temporarily reverse the decline in attendance at his Creation Museum. At the same time, many secular student groups around the country are showing the debate and benefitting from the easy publicity for their own groups. I would say capitalizing on the hard work of others for the benefit of our student groups is a great way to offset any publicity gained by Ham, as long as we try to learn as much as possible.
Carl Sagan Day is fast approaching, and we're excited about the lineup of speakers and events we have planned! For more info, visit sagan.saiu.org.
Carl Sagan, in our current book club pick The Demon-Haunted World, spends considerable time discussing skepticism and its application to science. Throughout the book, he recounts story after story of personal experiences and the extreme degree to which memories can easily be rewritten and experiences reinterpreted. He graciously gives enough background for each example so that the person's mistaken ideas are seen in an understanding light. The reader can see that, if they were in the same position and had access to only those experiences, they might come to similar (mistaken) conclusions. Through these examples, he demonstrates that human experience is largely swayed by interior emotional states and external urgings directing interpretation. Several questions are raised, such as where do we draw the line for what is counted as "evidence"? Does feeling something more strongly make it more likely to be true?
By his examples of people being led into believing wholeheartedly in events that were complete fabrications, we can reasonably claim that human experience, no matter how "rational" or "reasonable" we presume it to be, is largely unreliable and subject to extreme distortion. For example, we now know that "strange" mental phenomena are an expected part of human neural activity. What determines how these phenomena are interpreted is largely social. Depending on a social community's established interpretations, when someone in that community has a hallucination it can be interpreted as anything from a random side effect of pattern-matching networks gone awry to an ascendant experience of an alternate, normally-closed reality. All human activity is filtered through social constructs, such that even when someone encounters a novel situation, they are primed in certain ways to fit their experience into sensible forms. With this in mind, how can we possibly determine what is "real" if all we have are these sometimes-nonsensical senses?
Enter the scientific method: People have been testing the world around us for centuries now, and we have amassed a great deal of consistent knowledge about how it functions. While human perception is our only tool for understanding the world around us, it can easily lead us astray. What multiple people observing the same things brings us is consistency through repeatability. These repeated "sensings" allow us to get an average experience that we can say, with high confidence, constitutes reality. Science gives us a method to find consistent explanations that minimize expected human error, and with it we have learned much. Prayer has been used for thousands of years in an attempt to alter reality, especially the reality of illness, and yet there are many instances of demonstrable failure. With the consistency of science, we have developed disease treatments that work. We have been able to construct a history of our species, of life, of Earth, our solar system, and of the universe itself that is consistent and has great explanatory power for new findings in, say, epigenetics or particle physics. Our scientific understanding doesn't depend on a select few experiences of "the divine," which are inconsistent at best and completely contradictory when taken as a whole. In this great endeavor open to all, we have accomplished much through the equalizing and elevating practice of science.
Though nobody has ventured from Earth's orbit since the final Apollo mission over 40 years ago, access to space travel is poised to become more affordable, available and commonplace than ever before. Recent developments in the space industry are promising dramatically cheaper access to space, and with that promise comes the possibility that long-imagined solutions to Earth's environmental, economic, and energy problems may finally become viable. Imagine limitless energy beamed down to Earth from orbiting satellites, polluting factories moved off-world, and strip mines closed in favor of raw materials delivered from the sky. If access to space becomes cheap enough, all of these ideas can migrate from the imaginations of sci-fi authors into the real world.
It is no secret that NASA, the agency that put men on the moon and flew the Space Shuttle, is perpetually short on money. As the Space Shuttle retires to America's museums, NASA is diverting millions of dollars from their own in-house spacecraft development to private companies like Elon Musk's SpaceX that promise to deliver goods and people to space at a far lower cost than NASA has been able to achieve.
The key is launch costs, typically expressed as cost per pound to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The Space Shuttle, developed with the intention of making spaceflight cheaper than ever, promised to deliver cargo for as low as $600/lb to LEO, but ended its career with an average cost of $8,000/lb. Today, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket can do the job for $1,800/lb, and Elon Musk believes that upcoming design improvements and scaled-up rockets could bring the cost as low as $500/lb. At that point, it becomes economically viable to do a lot more in space than just science.
One of the biggest sources of greenhouse gasses on the planet is power generation, but what if you didn't have to burn any fuel in power plants? What if you didn't have to worry about nuclear accidents or waste disposal? What if all the power you could ever need was simply beamed down from space? The concept of space-based solar power could make this a reality. The logic is simple: solar power is far more efficient in space, because the sunlight isn't diffused by Earth's atmosphere. Therefore, why not build huge solar power stations in geosynchronous orbit, where the sun always shines, and beam the power to antenna farms on Earth in the form of microwaves? The microwave beam, when spread over a few square miles of receiving antennas, would be largely benign to living organisms and 100% pollution-free. The limiting factor to this idea has always been the cost of getting huge amounts of solar cells into orbit, but if SpaceX follows through on their promises, space-based power could be an enticing opportunity for profit. As we all know, if there is profit to be made, somebody will step up to the plate and make it happen.
Space also provides a perfect environment for exotic forms of manufacturing that aren't possible in the gravity on Earth's surface. In zero gravity, metallic alloys can be created that are impossible to replicate on Earth. Molten metals that would separate into layers when mixed on Earth will intermix perfectly without gravity. The vacuum of space is an ultraclean environment that allows manufacturing with none of the contamination issues of working on Earth. Additionally, extreme hot and extreme cold are available at a moment's notice, simply through exposure to the outside environment. In fact, solar cells could be produced very easily and cheaply in space, making the construction of huge orbiting power stations more reasonable. But, where would the raw materials come from?
The ultimate promise of cheap access to space is profitable exploitation of off-world resources. One metallic asteroid, a few miles across, contains more gold, silver, platinum, and exotic rare-earth minerals than have ever been mined on Earth, in all of human history. One asteroid could make all the environmental damage of mining on Earth unnecessary, not to mention making the people (or corporation) that claims it unfathomably wealthy. This is the lynchpin of what makes space exploration beneficial to humanity: if the cost of access to space gets low enough to make asteroid mining profitable, every other idea about manufacturing and power generation becomes dramatically cheaper. All it takes is for the cost of launching your machinery to the asteroid to go low enough for even one company to believe they can make a profit. When that happens, American capitalism will do the rest, and the worst of our pollution and industry could finally be moved someplace they can't affect our environment or quality of life.
This is why we should be excited about the future of space, even as the iconic NASA ships we all grew up with are put to rest. This is the answer to the skeptical question: "Why waste money in space when it could be spent helping people on Earth?" Space holds the promise of a solution to the trashing of our environment in pursuit of energy and industry, and even more tantalizing, a solution to scarcity itself. All it takes is for one person to look at the costs and say "Yes. We can make money out there." The next space race won't be driven by military paranoia and national rivalry. It will be driven by entrepreneurs looking to strike it big by fixing Earth's worst problems.
The moon landings and the International Space Station were just the beginning. The next push into space could be just around the corner, and unlike the flags and footprints of NASA, this one won't stop for anything.


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We couldn't outfit the front without upgrading the rear brakes at the same time. The back is fairly uneventful though, as there aren't any size upgrades from the OEM's. The Stealth/3000GT pieces are commonly thought to be bigger but aren't; they're actually the same size yet exhibit more than 15 percent less swept pad area. They also feature an entirely different, remote-mounted parking brake system that just doesn't work here anyways. No matter though, it's the fronts that do most of the work and it isn't like the rears are exactly puny. As such, we went ahead with the same EBC rotor/pad combo out back as we did up front.
We also decided to upgrade the aging rubber brake lines with steel-braided, Teflon-lined ones from Goodridge. The new lines contribute to our new, firmer brake pedal feel and are one of the few things that'll outlast the car itself, which is after all, never a bad thing.


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Obama's Honest Tea in the White House
Hooray for honesty in the government, especially if it starts in the fridge.
We were tipped off to a New York Times article about President Obama's more casual, laid-back style in the White House, and it mentioned his preference for this organic, fair trade bottled tea...
Honest Tea is based in Bethesda, Maryland, and all of their teas are certified USDA organic, which is important with tea, considering tea leaves are not washed (this according to the company's website). We also like the fact that Honest Tea strives to be fair trade and supports community-building causes in the US and abroad.
We see Honest Tea all over New York City (Whole Foods and most Duane Reade stores carry it), but, to be honest, we've never tried it. Once word gets out that the President is chugging it, though, we expect it to become popular (just like Sasha and Malia's J Crew outfits). For the record, Obama likes the Black Forest Berry and Green Dragon flavors.
In New York, you can order it from Fresh Direct ($1.39 each or $16.20 for a 12-pack). If you can't find it in a store near you, try Organic By The Case:
• $19.27 for a 12-pack, from Organic By The Case
• Read the Times article: White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code
Do you drink Honest Tea?
Related: Eating Light: Drink Herbal Tea Instead of Snacking
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though i don't drink it often, i love the stuff. the first nation peppermint and citrus spice decaf are so delicious and perfect for when i run out of iced tea at home.
The company is really interesting, we did a case study on them in University. I'm not a huge tea fan, but I do like Honest Tea (and the play on words is just awesome).
I like the tea but the problem is that is molds really quickly. I've accidentally purchased several bad bottles and haven't recovered from the ick favor. So, check your bottles very carefully before purchasing. Turn the bottle over and look at the bottom. Grocery stores aren't good about removing bad bottles from shelves and cold cases.
peach ooh la long! i like honest tea a lot, and if i'm out where i have no option but to buy something in a plastic bottle, this is my go-to choice. not too sweet, and they avoid that weird tinny taste a lot of bottled teas have.
By far my favorite tea. Moroccan mint and the citrus spice blend are great. there is sediment on the bottom, but mold? they can't sell it with mold--that's illegal. did you call Honest Tea? Whole Foods (or whereever you got it)?
Last summer, Whole Foods was out of Moroccan mint everywhere I went, so stock up on that when you find it next summer.
I did tell the manager and they took the bottle and let me get a new one (the WF was directly next door to my office--making a complaint and return much easier). I've had it happen at least twice, which is disappointing, but I blame the grocer not the company since I'm sure the tea was fine when it went onto the shelves.
I'm calling Honestea tomorrow. Mold or sediment? If it is mold, you have a serious, serious problem on your hands.
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2014 New Music Releases
If this list of 2014 new-music releases is any indication, classic-rock fans are in for a very good year in terms of both new albums and reissues.
We've already been told to expect new 2014 studio albums from artists such as Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, U2, Robert Plant and many more. There's also been confirmation of new box sets from the Small Faces, Michael Bloomfield and the Beatles.
Of course, the big fish that's expected to hit our shores (and lighten our wallets considerably) this year is Jimmy Page's much-promised revisiting of the entire Led Zeppelin catalog. Reportedly, this will include a box-set version of each album, complete with unreleased studio and live songs.
You will find all the dates for 2014′s new music releases below. Click on the highlighted titles below to get more information on each project.
We'll keep updating this list throughout the year, so be sure to check back frequently!
2014 New Music Releases:
January 7
Blood, Sweat & Tears, 'The Complete Columbia Singles'
Peter Gabriel, 'Scratch My Back & I'll Scratch Yours'
Grateful Dead, 'Dick's Picks, Vol. 10 – Winterland Arena, Dec. 29, 1977)
January 14
Scorpions, 'MTV Unplugged' (DVD/CD)
Bruce Springsteen, 'High Hopes'
January 21
The Beatles, 'The U.S. Albums' (13-CD box set)
The Doors, 'R-Evolution' (DVD)
January 28
David Crosby, 'Croz' (first solo album in two decades)
Metallica, 'Through the Never' (2013 concert / concept film)
Red Dragon Cartel, 'Red Dragon Cartel' (with Jake E. Lee)
Small Faces, 'Here Come the Nice: The Immediate Years 1967-1969' (box set)
February 4
Michael Bloomfield, 'From His Head to His Heart to His Hands' (box set)
Steve Miller Band, 'Live at the Carousel Ballroom…'
Paul Rodgers, 'The Royal Sessions' (soul covers album)
Ringo Starr, 'Octopus's Garden' (children's book)
February 11
Rainbow, 'The Rainbow Singles Box'
February 18
Allman Brothers Band, 'Boston Commons 8-17-71′
Allman Brothers Band, 'One Way Out: The Inside History..' (Book)
Benmont Tench, 'You Should Be So Lucky' (from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
February 25
Heart, 'Fanatic Live From Caesars Colosseum' (DVD, Blu-ray, CD)
Johnny Winter, 'True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story' (box set)
Various Artists, 'Muscle Shoals' (documentary featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards..)
March 4
Jack Bruce, 'Silver Rails'
Minibus Pimps (Feat. John Paul Jones), 'Cloud to Ground'
Various Artists, 'Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration' (CD/DVD/Blu-ray)
March 11
Eric Carmen, 'The Essential Eric Carmen' (with new song 'Brand New Year')
The Who, 'Sensation: The Story of the Who's 'Tommy" (DVD)
March 18
Bachman Turner Overdrive, 'Not Fragile' (40th Anniversary Edition) (2-CD and Vinyl)
Dukes of September, 'The Dukes of September Live' DVD
Rod Stewart, 'Live 1976-1988: Tonight's the Night' (box set)
UFO, 'The Complete Studio Albums 1974-1986′ (box set)
March 25
Asia, 'Gravitas'
Elton John, 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' (deluxe editions)
Joni Mitchell, 'Woman of Heart & Mind + Painting With Words and Music'
Lou Reed, 'Classic Albums: Transformer + Live at Montreux 2000′
Various Artists, 'Bob Dylan in the '80s: Volume One'
The Who, 'Tommy' (deluxe vinyl edition)
April 1
Deep Purple, 'Live in California '74′
Kiss, 'Alive!,' 'Animalize,' Destroyer,' 'Dressed to Kill,' 'Dynasty,' 'Hotter Than Hell,'
'Kiss,' 'Lick it Up,' 'Revenge' and 'Unmasked' – vinyl reissues
Brian May and Kerry Ellis, 'The Candlelight Concerts' (Blu-ray)
Various Artists, 'This is Your Life' (Ronnie James Dio tribute album)
Various Artists, 'Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne'
April 8
Black Label Society, 'Catacombs of the Black Vatican'
Roger Daltrey and Wilko Johnson, 'Going Back Home'
Paul Stanley, 'Face the Music: A Life Exposed' (autobiography)
April 15
Ian Anderson, 'Homo Erraticus'
Jack Bruce, 'Silver Rails'
Black Sabbath, 'The Compete Studio Albums 1970-1978'
Rush, 'Rush' (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Box Set)
April 19 (Record Store Day)
Aerosmith, 'Draw the Line' — RSD First Release
Aerosmith, 'Night in the Ruts' — RSD First Release
Aerosmith, 'Rock in a Hard Place' — RSD First Release
Aerosmith, 'Rocks' — RSD First Release
Allman Brothers Band, 'Selections from: Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theatre 1992′
The Animals, 'The Animals' EP
David Bowie, '1984′ (vinyl single)
Eric Carmen, 'Brand New Year / Starting Over' (single)
Creedence Clearwater Revival, 'The '69 Singles'
Devo, 'Live at Max's Kansas City'
Devo, 'Butch Devo and the Sundance Gig'
The Doors, 'Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine' (swirled vinyl)
Dream Theater, 'Illumination Theory' — RSD Exclusive Release
Fishbone, 'Fishbone' — RSD Exclusive Release
Fleetwood Mac, 'Dragonfly / The Purple Dancer'
Genesis, 'From Genesis to Revelation'
Grateful Dead, 'Live at Hampton Coliseum'
Jimi Hendrix, 'Live at Monterey' — RSD First Release
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, 'Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth'
Motorhead, 'Aftershock' — RSD Exclusive Release
Mudhoney, 'On Top' — RSD Exclusive Release
Nirvana, 'Pennyroyal Tea' — RSD Exclusive Release
Gram Parsons, '180 Gram: Alternate Takes from 'GP' and 'Grevious Angel'
The Pogues, 'Live with Joe Strummer' — RSD Exclusive Release
The Ramones, 'Meltdown with the Ramones' — RSD Exclusive Release
The Sonics / Mudhoney, 'Bad Betty / I Like it Small' — RSD Limited Run
Soundgarden, 'Superunknown: The Singles' — RSD Exclusive Release
Bruce Springsteen, 'American Beauty' (new four-song EP)
The Stranglers, 'Peaches / Go Buddy Go' — RSD Limited Run
The Velvet Underground, 'Loaded' — RSD Exclusive Release
Frank Zappa, 'Don't Eat the Yellow Snow' (single)
April 22
Sebastian Bach, 'Give 'Em Hell'
Joe Satriani, 'The Complete Studio Recordings'
April 29
Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 'Phosphorescent Harvest'
Rush, 'Rush' (40th Anniversary Reissue)
Toto, '35th Anniversary Tour: Live in Poland' (DVD)
May 6
Kiss, 'Asylum,' 'Creatures of the Night,' 'Love Gun,' 'MTV Unplugged,' 'Psycho Circus' (vinyl)
Rolling Stones, '12×5,' 'Get Yer Ya-Yas Out!,' and 'Through the Past, Darkly' (clear vinyl)
Santana, 'Corazon'
Joe Satriani, 'Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir' (book)
Styx and Foreigner, 'The Soundtrack of Summer' (compilation)
Various Artists, 'All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman'
May 13
Blondie, 'Ghosts of Download' (New Album)
Blondie, 'Blondie 4(0) Ever' – (Re-recorded best-of)
Deep Purple, 'The Many Faces of Deep Purple'
Dio, 'Live in London Hammersmith Apollo 1993′
Down, 'Down IV – Part Two'
John Mayall, 'A Special Life'
War, 'Evolutionary' (1st new album in 20 years)
May 20
California Breed, 'Califronia Breed' (Glenn Hughes / Jason Bonham)
Deep Purple, 'Made in Japan' (Deluxe Edition)
Billy Joel, 'A Matter of Trust – The Bridge to Russia'
Roy Orbison, 'Mystery Girl: Deluxe' (25th Anniversary Edition)
Neal Schon, 'So U'
Rob Zombie, 'The Zombie Horror Picture Show'
May 27
Kiss, 'Kiss 40' – two-disc best-of compilation
Kiss, 'Rock and Roll Over,' 'Alive III,' Music from the Elder,' 'Crazy Nights,' 'Hot in the Shade,'
Alive!: The Millenium Concert,' 'Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions' (vinyl)
Neil Young, 'A Letter Home' (deluxe edition)
June 3
Alice Cooper, 'Super Duper Alice Cooper' (documentary, deluxe version available)
Led Zeppelin, 'I,' 'II,' and 'III' remastered, various formats including 'Super Deluxe' Box Sets
Marcus Hook Roll Band, 'Tales of Old Grand-Daddy' (feat. pre-AC/DC Young Brothers)
Nazareth, 'Rock 'n' Roll Telephone'
Rich Robinson (Black Crowes), 'The Ceaseless Sight'
Soundgarden, 'Superunknown' (Deluxe Edition)
June 10
Chrissie Hynde, 'Stockholm'
Night Ranger, 'High Road'
Uriah Heep, 'Outsider'
The Who, 'Quadrophenia: Live in London'
June 24
The Babys, 'I'll Have Some of That'
Ginger Baker, 'Why?'
The Beatles, 'A Hard Days Night' (Criterion Blu-ray / DVD)
Jackson Browne, 'Late for the Sky' (40th Anniversary Edition)
Peter Frampton, 'Hummingbird in a Box'
Peter Gabriel, 'Back to Front: Live' (concert film)
July 1
Bad Company, 'Bad Company' and 'Straight Shooter' (vinyl re-issues)
Syd Barrett, 'The Madcap Laughs,' 'Barrett' and 'Opel' (vinyl re-issues)
Bon Jovi, 'New Jersey' (reissues, various formats)
Deep Purple, 'Concerto for Group and Orchestra,' 'Deep Purple in Concert '72′
Grateful Dead, 'Dick's Picks Vol. 17: Boston Garden 9/25/91′
The Levon Helm Band, 'The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3′
Guns N' Roses, 'Appetite for Democracy' (Live 2012 Blu-ray)
Jethro Tull, 'A Passion Play: An Extended Performance'
Pink Floyd, 'The Division Bell: 20th Anniversary Collector's Box'
Rush, 'Presto' (SACD)
July 8
Jackson Browne, 'Late for the Sky' (40th Anniversary Edition)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 'CSNY 1974'
Judas Priest, 'Redeemer of Souls'
John Mellencamp, '… Performs 'Trouble No More' Live at Town Hall'
Ted Nugent, 'SHUTUP&JAM'
July 15
Bonnie Raitt, 'Nick of Time' (25th Anniversary Edition)
July 22
The Beatles, 'Japanese Box'
Yes, 'Heaven on Earth'
ZZ Top, 'The Very Baddest of ZZ Top'
ZZ Top, 'Live at Montreux 2013′
July 29
The Allman Brothers, 'The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings'
Eric Clapton and Friends, 'The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale'
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 'Hypnotic Eye'
Various Artists, 'Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music' (Blu-ray)
August 5
The Dead Daisies, 'Face I Love' EP (Guns N' Roses, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy vets)
The Empty Hearts, 'The Empty Hearts' (featuring Cars and Blondie members)
Skid Row, 'Rise of the Damnation Army: United World Rebellion, Chapter Two'
Van Morrison, 'The Complete Bang Sessions' (vinyl)
Vanderberg MoonKings, 'Vanderberg MoonKings' (Adrian Vanderberg's new group)
August 12
The Animals, 'Best of the Animals' (vinyl)
Brian Setzer, 'Rockabilly Riot! All Original!'
August 19
Accept, 'Blind Rage'
Cream, 'The Best of Cream' (vinyl)
Ace Frehley, 'Space Invader'
Dr. John, 'Ske-Dat, De-Dat… A Tribute to Louis Armstrong'
August 26
Asia, 'High Voltage'
Ian Anderson, 'Thick as a Brick: Live in Iceland'
Randy Bachman, 'Vinyl Tap Tour: Every Song Tells a Story'
The Kinks, 'Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (Deluxe Edition)'
Phil Rudd (AC/DC drummer) 'Head Job'
September 2
Richie Kotzen, 'Essential'
Johnny Winter, 'Step Back'
September 9
The Beatles, 'The Beatles in Mono'
Robert Plant, 'lullaby and…. The Ceaseless Roar'
Queen, 'Live at the Rainbow '74'
Santana, 'Corazon, Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It' (DVD, Blu-ray & CD)
Various Artists, 'The Midnight Special' (11 DVD box set)
September 16
Slash, 'World on Fire'
September 23
Paul McCartney & Wings, 'Venus & Mars' (various formats including Deluxe Editions)
Paul McCartney & Wings, 'Wings at the Speed of Sound' (various formats including Deluxe Editions)
John Mellencamp, 'Plain Spoken'
Mr. Big, '…The Stories We Could Tell'
September 30
Status Quo, 'The Frantic Four's Final Fling…'
October TBA
Pink Floyd, 'The Endless River'
October 5
Joe Perry, 'Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith' (autobiography)
October 7
Jackson Browne, 'Standing in the Breach'
Stevie Nicks, '24 Karat Gold – Songs from the Vault'
Ozzy Osbourne, 'Memoirs of a Madman' (audo and video best-ofs)
Sixx: A.M., 'Modern Vintage'
October 14
Bob Seger, 'Ride Out'
October 28
Led Zeppelin, 'IV' (various formats including Super Deluxe Box Sets)
Led Zeppelin, 'Houses of the Holy' (various formats including Super Deluxe Box Sets)
November 4
The Doobie Brothers, 'Southbound' (Country all-star tribute album)
November 11
Foo Fighters, 'Sonic Highways'
AC/DC (details here)
Alice Cooper, (covers album, details here)
Deep Purple (details here)
Sammy Hagar, 'Light Roast'
Don Henley, 'Cass Country'
Billy Idol, 'BFI'
Queen, 'Forever'
U2 (details here)
Brian Wilson (details here)


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Slay that holiday debt
Scared to open your January credit card statements? Use these tactics to get out of the hole faster.
Got bills? Plenty of us do, if the National Retail Federation is to be believed. According to the NRF, we spent $579.8 billion during the 2012 holiday shopping season.
I'm guessing it wasn't all done with cash.
The arrival of the January credit card statements is one of the factors in the pseudo-science surrounding "Blue Monday," allegedly the most depressing day of the year. That makes sense, given how often those bills are larded with overindulgence.
Sound familiar? Then it's time to look your debt in the eye. But that doesn't have to be as scary as it sounds.
Figure out the minimum monthly payment(s) on your debt. Next up: "Reset your budget," advises Justin Boyle of the Money Blue Book blog. The last weeks of the year tend to be a little freewheeling and "un-budgeted," he says. Time to get your spending back in line with your former spending plan.
(Don't have one? Get started at MSN Money's "Saving & Budgeting" page.)
Boyle also suggests you check out any balance transfer offers. Be careful, though, since the fees can be confusing.
Creative repayment tactics
If you've been building an emergency fund or padding a savings account, call a halt and throw that cash at your debt. Otherwise, you might wind up "paying for that superhero action figure until your kid can drive," says Victoria Araj of the Zing! blog.
Yes, EFs and savings accounts are important. So is not paying interest.
No savings? Here are some other options for padding those payments:
Stop shopping. You're in the hole, so quit digging. This isn't a life sentence, just a temporary cutback.
Pare down the nonessentials. Reduce or temporarily cut your cable, pack your lunch, entertain at home instead of going out with friends every weekend, get creative about cooking on a budget (may I suggest the Cheap Healthy Good website?) and generally do what you can to safely and sanely decrease spending. Once again, these are not horrific sacrifices. They're just smarter ways to use your funds.
Return unwanted holiday gifts. A great solution for gifts that "you don't like, don't want or will never use," Araj says. If the refund is in cash, immediately apply it to your debt. If it comes in the form of a store gift card, sell it via the GiftCardGranny aggregator site. You can also use the site to sell any other gift cards you have on hand for up to 93% of their face value.
Look for a "microjob." Sites like Gigwalk, Freelancer.com, PeoplePerHour, TaskRabbit, DogVacay and Fiverr offer short-term jobs -- some traditional, some unconventional.
And now, three things not to do to increase your debt repayment:
Cease funding retirement. Bad idea, even just for a few months. Compound interest is your friend. Besides, once you're out of the habit of paying into retirement, you might delay starting up again.
Take out a payday loan or a car-title loan. Do I really have to explain why?
Stint on essentials. That's no way to get ahead, according to Gail Cunningham of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. "Keep the home life stable by ensuring that the rent or mortgage is current, utilities are on, food is in the pantry, gas is in the car and medicine is purchased," she says.
Finally, think ahead. If the Way-Back Machine existed you could return to November 2012 and smack some sense into yourself. The next best thing is to start a plan for next year.
"Setting aside some capital throughout 2013 in anticipation of heavy end-of-year spending traffic can make next (holiday) go all the more smoothly," Boyle says.
Here's how I'd do it:
- Figure out what you want to spend next year. (Hint: Look hard at this year's spending. You can probably do better.)
- Divide that by the number of weeks left between the end of your debt repayment and mid-November 2013.
- Automate that amount each week into an online bank like Ally or Capital One 360 (formerly ING Direct).
It's a little harder to access an online account, which is entirely the point. That money will have a job to do, but not until next November.
Readers: Do you have holiday debt? How do you plan to pay it down?
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More than 45 million Americans suffer from headaches and migraines according to the National Headache Foundation.
Now a new dental procedure is trying to change that.
It's a simple outpatient procedure that is changing the lives of those who suffer from chronic headaches.
"It's improved my headaches by 98 percent," Jim Morgan said.
"The pain level has definitely decreased," Venus Smith said.
"I have not had a severe headache in 8 weeks. I have not had to take medicine in 8 weeks," Angela Hallmark said.
It's called TruDenta and you go once a week for treatment for 12 weeks.
"The TruDenta therapy is based around the bite force relationship. We found that the headaches ... a lot of them are due to the way your teeth come together and the forces," said Doctor Tad Morgan, who performers the TruDenta procedure.
Doctor Tad Morgan decided to look into the therapy because of his father, Jim.
"My dad was having headaches, he was having three a day and taking 42 Excedrin a week. And when your family is hurting you find a solution whatever it takes," Dr. Morgan said.
Dr. Morgan and his staff perform four therapy techniques. First ultrasound therapy, followed by manual muscle therapy, then a microcurrent is applied and lastly cold laser therapy.
"We relax the muscles and break the pain cycle. We break the pain cycle of the muscles to where we can get the bite adjusted," Dr. Morgan said.
Jim Morgan, says although he's not done with his 12 sessions he can already feel the difference.
"It began helping immediately. The first week of treatment I had only seven headaches, second week of treatment I had only four headaches, in the past eight weeks I've only had five total headaches," Jim Morgan said.
Dr. Morgan hopes to continue to relieve headaches for others through this therapy.
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−BBQ Fundraiser @ Pike County Memorial Hospital parking lot10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Rotary BBQ Fundraiser will be held Friday, Sept. 26 from 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Pike County Memorial Hospital parking lot. Brown bag lunch includes porkburger, hamburger or brat with chips, cookies and drink for $6. Sandwich alone is $4.+10:30 amBBQ Fundraiser @ Pike County Memorial Hospital parking lot
−Blood Donation Opportunity @ First United Methodist Church1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Blood donation opportunity Friday, Sept. 26 at First United Methodist Church, 8 North Broadway in Bowling Green from 1 – 6 p.m. For more information call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org.+1:00 pmBlood Donation Opportunity @ First United Methodist Church
−Ghost Hunt Fundraiser7:00 pm – 4:00 am
The Louisiana Chamber of Commerce will host an overnight ghost hunt fundraiser that will take on Sept. 26 at the old Pike County Memorial Hospital. Tickets include the overnight ghost hunt, free food and drinks as well as a free t-shirt! For ticket prices and more info call the chamber office at 754-5921 or visit the Louisiana Chamber of Commerce event page on Facebook.+7:00 pmGhost Hunt Fundraiser
−Greenwood Cemetery Breakfast @ American Legion - Clarksville7:00 am – 10:00 am
Greenwood Cemetery will hold a fundraising breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 7-10 a.m. at the American Legion in Clarksville. Tickets are $8 and the proceeds will benefit the Greenwood Cemetery.+7:00 amGreenwood Cemetery Breakfast @ American Legion - Clarksville
−Day at the Park event9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Eolia Homecoming's Day at the Park will be held Saturday, Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call: Linda Barnes at 573-847-2373 or Donna Graham at 573-485-6795.+9:00 amDay at the Park event
−Clarksville Parks and Recreation committee meeting @ City Hall Community Room9:30 am – 10:30 am
The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Committee will meet Saturday, Sept. 27 at 9:30 a.m. in the City Hall Community Room.+9:30 amClarksville Parks and Recreation committee meeting @ City Hall Community Room
−Stained Glass Window Open House @ First Baptist Church2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
First Baptist Church will hold an open house on Sunday, Sept. 28 from 2-4 p.m. for the community to view the newly restored stained glass windows.+2:00 pmStained Glass Window Open House @ First Baptist Church
−Blood Donation Opportunity @ Eolia Volunteer Fire Department3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Blood donation opportunity Tuesday, Sept. 30 at Eolia Volunteer Fire Department, 105 S. Main Street in Eolia from 3 – 7 p.m. For more information call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org.+3:00 pmBlood Donation Opportunity @ Eolia Volunteer Fire Department
−Reservation Deadline (all-day)Oct 1
Oct. 1 is the deadline for reservations for the Louisiana Alumni and Friends Association's all-school reunion dinner which will be held Saturday, Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion. Social time will be from 5-6:30 p.m. Reservations may be made by calling 754-2109 or online at www.louisianaalumniassociation.org.+Reservation Deadline (all-day)
−Diabetic Support Group meeting @ PCMH cafeteria6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Pike County Memorial Hospital will hold its monthly diabetic support group meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. The topic will be Lipid Management and Diabetes.+6:30 pmDiabetic Support Group meeting @ PCMH cafeteria


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Facebook Inc. FB, -3.14% is offering free or discounted messaging access to its members through these users' mobile operators in more than a dozen countries, the company said late Sunday. Facebook said the promotion involves more than 18 operators in such countries as Portugal, Ireland, the Philippines, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. "Through this promotion, free or discounted data access will be available in the coming months on Messenger for Android, Messenger for iOS and Facebook for Every Phone, which is now optimized for chat," the company said in a blog post. Facebook shares were up 1% at $27.42 early Monday.
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