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So, you are thinking about skipping the holidays altogether. Let me assure you, you wouldn't be the first and you won't be the last.
When you're struggling with grief, the prospect of dealing with holidays can feel impossible. The rituals, the traditions, the shopping, the cooking, the music, the decorations, the cards, the family, the parties . . . I am starting to feel a bit ill just thinking about it.
No surprise, there are moments when your best option feels like skipping the holidays completely – and we totally support this plan. However, there are a few things anyone thinking about skipping the holidays should consider.
It's Okay to Skip the Holidays
Really, it is. Let's say it together: it is okay to skip the holidays. That said, there will inevitably be some people who will make you feel like crap about your decision.
You may need to remind yourself again and again (and again and again) that it is absolutely okay to take a break from the holidays. No matter how many people try to shame you into coming to the holiday party or having everyone over for Christmas dinner, remember your needs and stay strong!
Skipping The Holidays Year Doesn't Mean Skipping Them Forever
I'm not sure if you've noticed but, for better or worse, the holidays roll around every year. Your decision this year really has little bearing on whether you celebrate next year.
If this has been a particularly rough year, you may realize you just can't handle the holidays and you need a break. Next year you may feel different and that is absolutely okay.
Are You Skipping The Holidays for the Right Reasons?
Figuring this out can be tough. The important thing to consider is whether it is you who wants to skip the holiday, or whether you're being pressured by external factors. We all grieve differently, so it can be tough when some people want to have a traditional holiday and others do not.
Do your best to sort out your own wants, while giving yourself time to properly consider the decision. In one emotional moment it can be easy to throw in the towel and decide to skip the holiday, but it is important to give yourself time to assess and reassess whether that is the right decision for you.
It is also important to make sure that giving yourself a break from the holidays isn't straight up avoidance. You are going to have to face these holidays every year and there can be a big difference between 'I just need a break this year' and 'I am absolutely never willing to leave my home in the month of December ever again'.
You Might be REALLY Glad You Skipped the Holiday
Sometimes skipping a holiday is a huge relief and it is just what you need. If this happens, that is great. Try to embrace that you did what was best for you and don't let yourself feel guilt imposed by others. You assessed your needs, you took action (even when it was tough), and it worked for you. Own it!
You Might be REALLY Unhappy You Skipped the Holiday
Sometimes skipping the holiday backfires. Maybe you decide to fly to the tropics and lay on the beach, maybe you decide to hole up in your bed and watch movies all day. Whatever you do, sometimes you end up feeling even worse than you think you would have otherwise.
Sometimes skipping the holidays sounds a lot better than it actually is. If you skip the holiday and realize it might not have been the best decision, cut yourself a break. You can always do things differently next year! You were trying to take care of yourself and, unfortunately, we don't always know what is best for us. We do the best we can at the moment and, when we make the wrong choice, we just do it better next time.
Decide What You Will Do
It is easy to decide what you won't do for the holidays. It can be far more difficult to decide what you will do instead. When everyone else is planning for their standard holiday cheer, it is important that you too consider your plans for the day.
There is no right or wrong for your not-holiday. Do whatever you want, no judgment. But don't let the day creep up on you without a plan. For some inspiration in planning to skip a holiday, you can check out my post on how I make actual plans to sulk for Father's Day. It is just as crazy as it sounds, but whatever works, right?
When You Can't Skip the Holidays
As much as we support self-care, taking breaks and tending to your own needs, the reality is that sometimes you will have to suck it up and get through the holidays for other people. If that is the case, we do have some tips. Check out this post on getting through the holidays for the kids and check out this index of all our holiday posts!
Skipped the holidays and it was great? Skipped the holidays and it sucked? Planning to skip the holidays this year? Leave a comment to keep the conversation going!
39 responses on "6 Things to Consider Before You Skip the Holidays"
I've never particularly cared much for the holidays outside of the music and the cookies. When I say holidays, I mean from Thanksgiving through Christmas. We were very poor growing up so the presents were usually hand-me-downs…the family get together would only end up with drunken arguments. My mother was a terrible cook, so it's not like the food was anything to rave about. As of 2019, all of my family members are dead now except for an older brother, one niece and one nephew, who are also adults. My younger brother committed suicide on December 2nd. I do not have children by choice. I do however have a wonderful husband of 20 years and kitties. It's just easier for me to skip the whole holiday process completely and focus on something else. We usually travel somewhere warm, see some live music along the way and visit with our out of town friends. It has become surprisingly easy these past years to escape the grasp of the holiday season. This year is a given.
Please address some one like me who lost my husband of 53 years three years ago and is still grieving. He died in the car with me while we were returning from a trip and I was driving. I feel like I should be progressing, but I am not.
I lost my partner a week before Christmas last year, suddenly. The apartment was already decorated, the gifts already bought and wrapped. I went out Christmas Eve day and returned his, it was awful. SO, I celebrated because I didnt know what else to do, went to a friend's house and my sister's also. This year I want no part of this. Im working two jobs now to make ends meet, no one understands, even if I had all the money in the world it would still be a no go. I spoke to a family member and said" Im not doing Christmas this year, no gifts, nothing, I hope you all understand" Her response, which really hurt me was : Oh, well we did buy you a few things, we can return them. Some Christmas spirit there. I strung a small set of lights around his urn, he loved Christmas so much, and I will light them Christmas eve through Christmas night and that is it.
I too don't want to Decorate, I lost my Only Child on Jan 2,2019. She always wanted to Decorate my Apt and it's too Hard for me. I did put up my little Tree, just for the lights no Decorations. She gave me Flameless Candles, so I Have those out, That's it though. Christmas was her Favorite Holiday! I'm trying to do some of the things we did together because I know She would want me too but it's so Damn hard.
My wife was so so sick last Christmas and died a few days later.
I can't imagine attempting to celebrate .
My husband passed in July of this year 2019. I just want the holidays to be over. Thanksgiving was miserable and Christmas will be even worse.
I am skipping the holidays because I am done trying to keep the spirit of Christmas going. I tried for weeks to get my daughter to think about doing more simpler traditional thing and not focus it about getting everyone expensive gifts. Also I would try to plan to go shopping or going to see stuff but it became clear that I was not the one she wanted to hang out with, well of course I am the mom, right, but it hurt none the less, so I tried to set up a time for us to bake cookies and cake for the holidays, turns out even that was a bust, she decided to hang out with others and do other stuff, that kinda was the last straw, I decided forget it, I am done. This year I am going to skip Christmas and not do anything at all, no baking, cooking, and no presents, just making it like any other day, I even decided that I am going to work on that day, so there it is…I am done well for this year that is, maybe next year will be better, who knows….
My mom went into a coma on Christmas Day 2018. Two week later she came out of it, only to pass away 2 1/2 weeks later. I can't stand the thought of putting up a Christmas Tree this year. Why can't some of my family understand that I just can't handle it this year?
I skipped Thanksgiving 2 weeks after my father died last year.
In large part, it was because I was annoyed at my family for putting pressure on me to continue to untangle the mess that my father had left when he collapsed, and I had already spent the previous 5 months untangling it (which had prevented me form working), and had spent three months before that trying to keep him alive, going to his medical appointments, etc., even though he lived 2 hours away. This pressure was applied four hours after he died, when I was balking at being the one to run a special needs trust for my psychotic sister. I was never given the chance to grive.
It did upset my mother, who has Alzheimers and also needs support. I skipped Christmas because I had a fever of 102 and went to the emergency room at Midnight on Christmas Eve. So I guess the pressure got to me.
A year later, I'm still trying to work on helping my mother, still untangling my father's paperwork (I finally brought it home in in boxes and garbage bags, and sometimes open up an envelope with $500 in it, or find an unknown account for $50,000). My income is off by 75% as I do this, and reconciling the estate is mind-numbingly boring. I'd be better off skipping any inheritance and going back to work.
I want to skip the Holidays again, and would like to get out of my family.
This will be my first holiday without my son Jake. He died May 7. I just decorated the inside of the house. I live with my oldest daughter's family and my youngest daughter lives with us. She's developmentally delayed. My granddaughters are 8 and 5. I couldn't dream of not decorating and buying gifts for them. Their parents aren't as into it as I have always been. I'm one of those crazy people who add more every year. My so would not want me to change even though he loved to pick on me. My youngest daughter and I have had plans for a year to go to mazatlan Mexico the week before Christmas. I see this as an omen. It will be wonderful to get away from all of this. If my son had to leave this earth he had good timing. I did my thing and now will get away from it all as my heart is breaking. I gave my granddaughters a wonderful Christmas and one day they will realize what I did for them. This gives me peace.
I lost my father on Christmas day 20 years ago and because I had two young boys I went through the motions. I lost my mother on December 22, 2016 and I was totally numb. Christmas this year is so hard. I have a little Christmas up but only because of my 3 year old grandson. I hate the month of December.
I considered skipping the holidays. My daughter was stillborn on her due date last May. BUT I have a living daughter who is 4 1/2. This is a truly magical age. Santa sent a note asking my daughter to help choose a gift for a baby, something she would have chosen for her own baby sister. Finding ways to create magic for my living daughter while honoring and remembering my youngest daughter is my goal for this year.
This is such an insightful piece with some truly fabulous tips! Thank you for helping heal worlds of hurt! ?
I've decorated for the holidays, to make things cheery for the neighbors if not for me. But my fiance of 9 years and I had no close relatives and since he passed in November 2015, I have only my friends to turn to. I flew to see a friend last Christmas but I don't want to be a pest so I'm staying home alone with my old dog and cat this Christmas. All of my friends and neighbors will be with their families, so somehow I'll have to brave the holiday weekend alone. It makes my loss all the more palpable.
Husband passed Dec24,2015 he loved Christmas but I have no desire to do anything for the Holidays.
My dad died in February. He loved the holidays too. I realize now he *made* the holidays for me. It's a sad realization that without him, it will never truly feel like Thanksgiving or Christmas again. He was the spirit of the season. I used to love hosting the holidays, feeding off his enthusiasm. Now I have zero desire.
I have to ignore the holidays. I have no money for them and hated them to begin with!
I don't want to just skip the holidays – I want to skip life in general!! 15 months since my husband passed and life is truly meaningless!
V. Shaw I'm so sorry for your loss. It's been 22 months for me. And as I posted a few times this seems like the first Christmas. I never realized how numb I was. This past week I felt my self sinking back into that dark pain that engulfed me last Spring. I never wanted to die but the emotional pain was more than I could bear. How I got through it was day to day, moment to moment, and if necessary breath to breath! Never easy, just keep reaching out! Prayers and hugs, ??⚓????
I haven't gotten a tree i tried to shop but broke down. .my mom was my shopping partner. She passed July 15th of this year and I am hurting so bad. .my husband wants me to get a little tree and I can't even imagine trying to do that right now. My birthday was earlier this month and I have been a wreck since then. My youngest daughter is 15 and I also have a special needs 19 year old son who doesn't understand why i am still so sad.
I lost my husband 9-4-15, he was only 36. We have been best friends since we were 10. We were only married a year and a half, but this would have been our 4th Christmas together. We reconnected after many years and he was divorced with 2 children, whose mother won't let me see them anymore. I can't even think about getting out decorations and seeing our ornaments and personalized stockings. I have never felt agony like this before, I don't know how people do this every year! In addition my Mother passed away when I was 13, and her birthday was Christmas day. Luckily it's been unseasonably warm in Pennsylvania this year so it makes it easier to feel less Christmas like.
I lost my grandson 12-21-12…he was 21 and this year I am still heart broken.
I'm so sorry for your loss. A broken heart even after 3 yrs is very understandable. The best any of us can do is finding a way to live with it. The pain will always be there.??????
Wow! The synchronicity of the dates in your grief story are incredible. When I focus on the mystical aspects of life – like dates being so coincidentally aligned – it helps me realize I am a part of a bigger picture and my grief gets diminished somehow. Please know we live in a big universe but you are being held up and prayed for today by me. Many blessings…
I have read your heartfelt posts. Your courage to share your grief is humbling. The holidays are minefields for people who are grieving the loss of a loved one that they used to share them with. The favorite songs that fill the airways, the trees to be decorated or the menorahs to be lit seem pointless without them. I hold you each in my heart. I wish and pray for peace for each of you.
You can also tone down the holiday celebrations because, frankly they seem to be too much when you are grieving. And another thing you can do is to change your traditions. When my nephew died we had Christmascat our house so my sister didn't have to deal with anything. When my son died we changed things because it was too painful to do the other things without him. Our other boys still needed Christmas and they were fine with the changes. For those of you who are newly grieving the first year you are so numb but the second year can actually be harder for holidays and anniversaries because the numbness wears off. But you WILL survive this and you will smile and feel joy again. It will be 20 years since our son died in April. I still cry sometimes but the pain has eased. Now I am in school to learn to be a grief counselor. I hope you all find peace this holiday season.
I know my Stephen would not want me to skip the holidays so I am pushing onward. He loved Christmas – this makes it easier and harder at the same time.
Laurie Krug, I wish we could talk. I too lost my youngest (of 4) daughter, Laura, 28, on June 22 this year. 🙁 I spent Thanksgiving alone, as all my kids were with in-laws. Everyone was worried, but it was what I needed, just me and our miniature pinschers, Mylo & Gibbs.
Laura lived with me, was my roommate and best friend. Now she is with her Dad, who we lost my 11 years ago Dec. 2, and my heart is forever broken. December is a landmine of grief for us as Laura's birthday will be Dec.15, along with the holidays, and Steve's 'anniversary'.
As I walk the dogs and see all the decorations and Christmas trees, I cry, and can hardly look at them. I know I have to be strong for my 3 small grandchildren, and I will be for them, but that is it. Very minimal decorations, just my cardinals, that are my signs of Laura, no tree, no lights out front, just can't. And candles. Nothing feels right without her. It is even hard for me to go to holiday walks or the zoo. I will only do what I can, people will have to understand. I plan on sharing this article with my family. Beyond them, I don't really care what people think, I can't wait until January.
Very grateful for this website, blog, and podcasts, so very helpful. And for all the rest of the broken hearted parents out there who share.
Last yr my first, was minimal decorations; everything but the tree. I didn't have to…no kids or traditions that had to be remembered. It was more for me to go with my convoluted thinking that I was acing this widowhood thing. Little did I know…but that's another post.
This year I'm past the "I'm acing it" and having been moving forward mostly since last Spring. So this year there is a truer reality and all decorations went up and a few new ones were added!
BTW in case it's a help to any…many yrs ago after we lost our first child it was hard not to put her stocking up with all the others but it was also just as hard to see her name everyday. So we put it behind our other daughter's stocking so just the immediate family knew her stocking was there. And we could each remember her when we needed or wanted to. So last yr even with my husband's stocking I put it up behind mine. And it makes me happy to know that he is always there as the child we lost is also! ⚓??
Oh I love the idea of putting the stocking behind another one.
I'm taking a vacation, but taking my Dad's binoculars and bird-spotting book with me. My dad loved birds.
Our daughter, our only child, died in June of this year. She and I always decorated the tree together. I'd always bought her special ornaments every year to commemorate her achievements. Just can't even THINK about how difficult it will be to trim the tree this year without her. And I am absolutely not doing it…this year. Next year? We'll see. I do have a few small Christmassy things around the house, but it is very subdued and that's OK. I've gotten some crap from some people, but I've learned in the past few months that I've got to do what feels right for me, rather than make other people more comfortable. Her 23rd birthday is also this month, so December is just one big grief bomb.
Thank you both for this site. I don't think I would have survived without your cogent advice. Love you guys!
My daughter died 6 wks ago, and I just can't face the holiday. We did something different for Thanksgiving, and will be going to the coast for few days at Christmas. I haven't decorated or sent any cards…. just too sad… everyone understands. Next year i can prob face it. Don't have a bunch of relatives near, so it is easy to make this decision.
Last hear was my first holiday season without my husband. I did everything the same as always with our families, simply because I didn't know what else to do. I was miserable. This year I'm going it all solo. I very recently moved 800 miles away, so everyone has accepted the excuse that it's too expensive & difficult to travel again. No children, so no special arrangements to make. For Thanksgiving I made a special meal for myself while watching the parade. Then I served it on the good china. I did exchange several texts with my mom & mother-in-law. I'm thinking of doing something similar for Christmas. Church in the morning & watching favorite Christmas movies while cooking. Next year I might be ready to be sociable again, but this year I need calm & quiet.
I ignored thanksgiving. ..which was ok for me but hard for a friend who is also grieving, so for Christmas I will be with thi…after working that day (it's my holiday to work)


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Dark Horse
Some artists work in paints; others work in sculpture; Todd Solondz works in a particularly middle- to upper-middle-class suburban misery. His latest, Dark Horse, may be his lightest film yet, and it's still deliciously depressing as it follows its star in a pop-inflected downward spiral.
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Solondz sets the uncomfortable tone perfectly. There is no background music to soften the harsh silences, except the twee bubblegum pop which comes from Abe's Hummer or his iPhone.
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If you were an entrepreneur first before you became a mother, you'd know that the struggle is real to keep balance inside the home and in the office. Summer Felix had her first child and had to run a business with her husband. She had always dreamed of being a mother and knew that it was the one task that will always be challenging. With four kids to take care of, Summer still doesn't know what balance looks like, but believes it is more of a feeling rather than something you can physically see. She shares how the Entrepreneur's Calendar helped her develop a level of commitment to her schedules to generate revenue and get tasks done.


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2019 characters to kick off the year
Jan 03, 2019 • Aaron Goldman
I'll spare you the resolutions. We've already given you the predictions. Today is simply about the characters.
It's about the characters around you. The characters in your copy. And the character of your brand.
I'll stick to the professional context here but these same principles can certainly be applied to your personal life.
First, the characters around you…
As you set out to conquer 2019 make sure you have the proper support structure. Is your team equipped with the right skills? Does your agency have the proper brief? Does your manager inspire you?
You may not be in a position to change out these characters but you can find ways to adapt and make the most of them. Check out this video (jump to 3:45) to see how we think about the adaptive quotient and 3 other Qs in the context of teams and talent.
Now for the characters in your copy…
In a world of fragmented attention across screens, it's critical for marketers to be great storytellers. And great storytelling requires bravery and brevity. We need brave concepts that will stand out among the clutter and we need brief executions that will be viewed to completion.
Make sure you've done the research to get in your customers' heads so you can give them what they want in the time they have available for it. And maybe even toss in – or target – an emoji for good measure.
As for the character of your brand…
When it comes to sensitive topics such as racial or gender equality and nature conservation, brands can no longer afford to sit on the sidelines. Unless your brand has an addressable market as broad as people with a face – yes, some marketers are quite fortunate – you need to decide what you stand for and make that clear to your customers.
When in doubt, consult this handy-dandy cheat sheet and let 4C be your [Brand] Compass so that the issues you choose to take a position on are the ones your constituents care about most.
One final word – and 51 characters – of advice for the year ahead…
Give yourself space.
And allow your space to count.
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Early Season Chill Sticks Around
November flurries and early season chilly sticks around through early next week.
Early morning readings in the low to mid 20s with flurries about all day. Clearing skies for tonight and more sunshine in the forecast for Friday. We'll see highs at 30 for today and tomorrow on lighter west winds.
A stronger disturbance gets closer Saturday bringing more clouds and highs at 33. Light snow will begin to fall in the afternoon and persist overnight. Travelers returning from the Badger game Saturday will likely be driving in light snow. Minor accumulations are expected by Sunday morning. Sunday highs near 30 with temperatures falling later Sunday afternoon on breezy northwest winds. Snow totals are uncertain at this time. However, it looks to be less than 2".
A shot of cold air for early next week drops highs to the mid to upper 20s and lows in the mid teens. Dry for much of next week with warmer air slated toward the end of the week.
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Community Needs
I spent the past two days in Kansas. My remaining grandparents are getting up there in years and I felt it would be good to visit them along with the children. I really didn't want to go. I had no desire to drive after Sunday worship four hours knowing I would turn around and drive those same four hours the next day but I did it.
Someone heard that I was going but didn't really want to go and they asked me why. They wanted to know why I was going then. It was in the question that I thought how much we have lost sight of community. You see I went not because I wanted to but because I felt I had an obligation to my community. This particular community is my extended family. It is comprised of my grandparents who raised children in the church. One who wasn't actually going until the loss of a child sent her with her kids each Sunday.
I have an obligation to my community. I don't go because I want to or even because I'm sure I will get something out of it. I know that no inheritance waits, both on a very fixed income.
No, I drove those miles because of community. It is one of the problems we face in church today, the loss of community.
The church is suffering because instead of seeing the gathering as a community investment we now only ask what is in it for me. Do I like the worship, do I like the music, do I like the … Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you have to go to a church where you hate everything, but even when you go you should think about community.
The church is suffering because we have lost the community mindset.
Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Ephesians 6:1,2
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Among the green vineyards and woods, Roccafiore Winery is a journey into the ideal enology: environmentally friendly with cement, steel and glass. The winery's architecture harmoniously fits the hills and everything follows the pace of the nature in order to gently transform its precious fruits into fine wines. The modern building is conceived as a converted industrial space. From the ground a multifunction space used for cultural events and art exhibitions rises. The production premises are underground, observing the oenological traditions. In this way it is possible to guarantee efficiency in the wine-making process. At harvest, small cases of hand-harvested grapes are immediately taken to the winery and only the best bunches reach the pressing. The result of the pressing falls directly into the tanks and gravity is used to move musts and skins from the upper floor to the lower floor. This choice is taken in order to follow the philosophy of a natural approach without stressing the products. Constantly monitored temperature and humidity, large oak barrels and barriques, a modern bottling machine and continuously supervised equipment guarantees excellent wines in every bottle
At Roccafiore the quality of the environment is considered as important in the production as the land, the climate, the vines and the wine-making style. Roccafiore has been a pioneer in Italy in choosing solar panels in order to generate its own electrical power which saves up to 190,000 pounds of carbon emissions per year. This is the latest of the environmentally friendly choices at the winery which began with lighter bottles, biofuels for all the tractors and water saving measures.


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Loved your guest post over at MSM…really, really good stuff! Thanks so much for sharing. I agree totally about sweating the small stuff and using a debit card. I'm not really a spender except in the area of "little" splurges like a drink from Starbucks or a snack from a local coffee shop or cheese sticks at Arby's. No, none of those things cost that much and it's not that it is wrong to do them occasionally but if I'm not careful, it ends up being something that happens more than I meant for it too.
Anyway, blessings as you continue to work at saving!
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With all the tools and advice available today ranging from books and magazines to online advice like this lesson - it would be possible for you to buy your home almost completely without the aid of real estate professionals.
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These are short-term debt instruments, or IOUs, that you can convert to cash, with little or no penalty. Examples of these cash investments are: money market unit trusts, certificates of deposits (CDs), Treasury, bills and BA (Bankers acceptances).
These investments are viewed as safe investments but over time their returns have only slightly exceeded the rate of inflation.
Bonds are loans that investors make to corporations and governments. The lenders earn interest and borrowers get the cash they need.
Public sector fixed-interest securities are known as "gilt-edged" securities (or "gilts") when they refer to government stocks, and "semi gilts" when they refer to the stock of the lower ranking public bodies such as municipalities or public enterprises. The rate at which interest is paid and the amount of each payment is fixed at the time the bond is offered for sale.
A bonds coupon rate (interest rate) is competitive which means the rate it pays is comparable to what other bonds being issued at the same time are paying.
The coupon rate is one of the parameters used to determine the consideration (price) paid for the bond. Interest rates have a direct impact on the price paid for bonds. The value of a bond often increases as interest rates drop and decrease in value when they increase.
A company share is normally defined as any number of equal indivisible rights or interests in the management, profit and ultimate assets of a company constituting the property of those who own it and being evidenced by a certificate.
Shares are sometimes referred to as equities – hence the equity market as opposed to the fixed-interest market.
If the Company prospers, you as the investor will share in its profits and benefit from any rise in the market value of its stock. Conversely, if the company runs into problems the value of your stock will drop.
Shares are considered more risky than bonds or cash.
If you are investing for the long term, you ought to invest in shares as shares have historically outperformed other investments.
Property probably has been an investment since the first rain. There are a variety of ways to invest in property. Listed property, commercial, domestic and various syndications is just a few ways of looking at property investments.
Like most investments there are advantages and disadvantages investing in different forms of property. So what should you consider when investing in property?
Liquidity – Listed property has the most liquidity and flexibility in down turns. Money in bonds is sometimes not accessible and could cause financial losses. Proper planning and cash flow are of importance.
Growth – In order to see the real return of property, one should look at measurements of the yield and not mere the valuation of an agent or the bank. In order to get the yield of an investment, all costs should be taken in account.
Management – All investment classes (even cash) have management costs including your own time and efforts invested in your buy to let property.
Business is also a form of investment and is mostly class as higher risks measured against higher returns. If we look at equities on the markets, your money would be invested in large companies managed by directors. In this case liquidity is mostly available depending on the vehicle you use to invest in these funds.
Running your own business or investing in someone who have a business could be very profitable; however the skills and knowledge, risks and effort should be taken in consideration.
Retirement planning is the process of identifying your wants and needs, developing plans to achieve them, acting on those plans and continually reviewing and revising them as you gain new knowledge and experience.
In future good retirement planning will create the great dividing line in society, separating the "haves" from the "have-nots".
Thanks to the advances in health care and nutrition, the life span of the average South Africa has increased dramatically. A longer life expectancy increases the likelihood that you will be able to work longer but you will also need to save more for your retirement. Putting money away for retirement is a postponement of gratification.
Your retirement plan will most probably be the largest investment you will ever make.
The big question is how much money does a person have to amass for a comfortable retirement? This is difficult to answer as it depends on individual expectations on retirement, e.g. different lifestyles, age at retirement and life expectancy. In addition, there are unpredictable factors such as inflation and investment performance to consider. A possible indication of one's needs can be predicted in relation to an individual's final salary.
On the positive side the following costs should decrease:
Risk planning started when ships travelled from Europe to other countries, losing fingers, arms, legs and their lives. These sailors could pay a small fee to cover each body part and is known today as functional impairment. Insurance has developed into better cover across the globe.
Keyman insurance is an arrangement whereby an employer insures the life of a key employee for the purpose of compensating for the loss of income that the employer would suffer in the event of the employees death or disability thereby ensuring the successful continued business operation.
Keyman insurance guarantees that cash will be able to absorb any disruptions to the business protecting existing credit facilities and provide the necessary funds for the recruitment and training of a replacement.
The employer will be able to deduct the premiums for income tax purposes if the policy conforms to section II(w) of the Income Tax Act. No income tax implications are incurred by the employee. The proceeds will be taxable in the hands of the employer if the premiums were deductible in terms of section II(w).
Buy and sell insurance should be taken out by the co-owners of the business to ensure that there will be funds available to purchase deceased or disabled co-owners interest.
Each co-owner will consequently own a policy on the life of the other and pay the premiums under the policy of which they are the owners. When more than one co-owner is involved, the policy on the life of each co-owner will be co-owned by the other co-owners, proportionate to their interest in the company.
The premiums are not tax deductible by the co-owners as the proceeds will be tax-free.
A contingent liability arises when one or more co-owners sign surety for the loans or other credit facilities of the business. The co-owner/s will therefore be bound jointly and severally for payment of the debt incurred by the business.
The policy should preferably include disability cover and the amount of life and disability cover should be equal to the loan amount. The business pays the premiums and an agreement is entered into between the business and the member / co-owner in terms of which the business undertakes to apply the proceeds of the policy to the repayment of the loan giving rise to the personal guarantees given by the member / co-owner.
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(The Pledge)
To seek from within, I find my own God.
From Scorching Sirius, the star of the Dog.
Implement my plan, from Antares, it's right.
To ignite the light from the Great White Brotherhood, that is ever so bright.
To gain, to succeed, to live life without greed.
Knowing material will be the end of me.
The heat that rises, we will ascend to the Throne.
Then fall like a meteor, like a flaming stone.
The Kaaba, in which, they pray to their God.
Only to know that Kronos rules all.
A Star that seeks and shows it's strength.
From Tarazed, that sways in one place.
To see, they feel, the Seraphim like Jinn.
The serpent like energy that straightens from a bent like bend.
Forever acting in good faith...
"Let the games begin!"
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I am a wanderer. I would say that I am a seeker, but sometimes I have no idea what I might be seeking, so I will stick with wanderer. This blog is more a public journal than anything. I don't claim to have life figured out. I simply stumble from mystery to mystery, and share my reflections along the way. Sometimes I feel burdened, and trudge. Sometimes? Well sometimes grace breaks through, and its time to dance.
Sunday, July 1, 2018
"People who own the world outright for profit
will have to be stopped by influence, by power,
by us."
Wendell Berry
Let's hear it for power
Which is neither bad, nor good
Because it is what we do with it that matters
We can use power for good
Or for evil
We can use it to benefit only ourselves,
Or we can use it to benefit others.
We can use it carefully and kindly
Or we can use it careless and brutally
Power can be as addictive for some as heroine or cocaine
And as mind altering as LSD
Right now we live in a world
And (in the US) in a country
Were power is all about profit
We have leaders who value only money
And power comes with that territory
So their use of power is evil
And brutal
Sometimes as we look at what is going on
As we hear about star wars
And concentration camps for children
And graft and corruption
As we hear lie after lie after lie
And see racism promoted by the one who is supposed to ensure justice (our AG)
We feel helpless and hopeless
And we are
And we aren't
We can vote
We can raise our voices in protest
We can pray
And ultimately we can try to trust that Love Wins
Love always Wins
That is a huge leap of faith
As big as believing in the Sacred (who is after all, Love)
But without such faith?
Where are we?
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Endless Tunnels
Endless Tunnels is my latest recording of deep drone pieces, and it's available now from the good folks at Montreal's GBS Records. This past weekend was pretty busy, with us laying down 3 new No songs at Sarcophagus Studios in Auburn, AL with Jamie Uertz (Hematovore) . . . and it completely slipped my mind that Endless Tunnels was about to be out there howling its deceptively far-away howls into the voids between human ears (or not!). But, yep . . . it's swirling away there in the thin darkness of the web, doing its deep dark thing.
This is my second full-length for GBS (alongside the radio performance EP Without Hope), and is very linked to its predecessor, I Wonder What Ever Became Of Me. Once again, I used Boulanger Labs' amazing csGrain granular processor/filter to manipulate live sound, but this time, instead of playing the Moog guitar through it, I used an Arturia MicroBrute, which is an amazing little analog synth. These were great sessions, where I was able to really feel swallowed up by the sound being created live there in the recesses of my basement. It works well at all volumes, but, as always, I'd recommend listening to it as loud as you can stand through a good system that you sonically trust. There's a possibility of a future limited cassette release as well. More on that soon! Until then, feel free to listen, download and enjoy!
My year in musicks…
I have enjoyed myself immensely making music this year. I've gathered up all the noise I've created in 2013 and put it here for full streaming. I hope you have a blast listening, and might want to pick up copies/downloads for your ears. Most things I personally release outside of what is put out there by other labels are priced from $1 to $5. Every little bit really helps me in being able to continue doing one of the few things that I truly love.
I deeply appreciate everyone who has supported all my work along the way. I can never thank you enough.
Below are players for everything I've done in 2013! Fire 'em up, enjoy…and thank you!
I Wonder What Ever Became Of Me: Deep, deep drone on Moog guitar, live through csGrain.
Baghouse – 3/16/13: Time-bending improvisation on Moog guitar with Baghouse from Athens, GA.
Fantasy Violence – Frangments: Instrumental electronic music created completely on a pair of iPads via Dropbox with my friend Christopher Davis (Battle Path) from TN. Limited edition tapes here.
Mothmeat – Instrumental acoustic guitar music with my friend Drew Martin (BPM, Distant Kin).
Migration Of The Device – Originally conceived to be on half of a split lp. Could happen one day. Until then, there are these 4 digital incantations. Massive electronics & curses.
Suckbuddy – Two Lips: 2nd release by my buddy Keith Goodwin (Liquid Brick, Pferd) and I wiring up our synths and making one huge instrument.
Borne Down Upon: My third solo recording of dark electronic music. Completes a trilogy of recordings that I began in 2011. My favorite of the three.
Without Hope: Longform drone on the Moog guitar. Recorded live on the air on WUOG in Athens, GA.
All this, plus even more racket can be found at jeffmcleod.net. Thanks for listening!


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"In Confession, One Should Not Seek to Justify Himself"
From a talk by St. Paisios of Mount Athos
Why do we sometimes fail to engage in the battle needed to correct ourselves, despite the fact that our conscience accuses us?
This can happen because of some kind of spiritual breakdown. If a person is seized with panic because of some temptation that befalls him, he wants to take up a spiritual struggle, but has neither the necessary disposition nor the spiritual powers to do so. In such a case, he needs to internally put himself in order with the help of Confession. With the help of Confession, one receives consolation, bolsters his powers, and through the grace of God, once again finds the determination to do battle. If one does not appropriately put himself in order, some other temptation may come crashing down upon him. As a result, finding himself in such a sorrowfully oppressed condition, he breaks down even more, is smothered by ideas, becomes despondent, and cannot take up the struggle at all. Moreover, in Confession, try to be specific. It is not enough to list your sins during confession – e.g. "I envy, become angry," etc. In order to receive help, you need to confess your specific failings. In failing to make a concrete/specific confession, one laughs at Christ. If one does not confess the truth to his spiritual director, does not reveal his sin to him so that the spiritual director might be able to help him, he does himself serious harm, like unto a sick person who does his health great harm by hiding his illness from his physician. Moreover, one who has acted unjustly toward someone else, or by his behavior has wounded someone, must first of all go to the one he has offended and humbly ask his forgiveness, be reconciled with him, and afterwards must confess before his spiritual director in order to receive absolution. In this way, God's grace comes to him. If one should confess such a sin to his spiritual director without first having asked forgiveness of the one he has wounded, it will be impossible for his soul to be at peace, for in such a case the [sinner] does not humble himself.
, if you have committed some grave sin, is it permissible to put off confessing it until later?
You need to go as soon as possible. If we have an open wound, should we wait for a month, and only then treat it? No. In such a case, one should not wait for a moment when the spiritual director will have more time or a better opportunity to devote more attention to us. It does not take a lot of time to describe our condition to the spiritual director. If the conscience is working properly, one can describe his condition in a few words. However, if there is interior turmoil, he can say many words and yet not give the spiritual director an impression of his state.
Geronda if during Confession, the penitent does not feel the pain he experienced while committing the sin, does it mean that he is not actually repentant?
– If some time has passed since he committed that sin, the wound begins to close, and that is why he does not feel such great pain. But here is what one should be careful to keep in mind: in Confession, one should not seek to justify himself. Someone who during Confession indulges in self-justification does not receive internal consolation, no matter how much he might trample upon his conscience. The self-justifications with which he hides himself during Confession become a burden lying upon his conscience.
Geronda, I read somewhere that in the life to come, the demons will torment us for even one evil thought that we have not confessed.
– Look, when someone confesses without the intent to hide anything, and tells his spiritual director what he remembers, the subject is closed, and demons have no power over him. However, if he consciously fails to confess some of his sins, he will be tormented for those sins in the life to come.
Geronda, if someone has confessed the sins of his youth, but again thinks about them and is tormented by them, is his attitude toward them correct?
– If, having felt great compunction over the sins of his youth, someone has confessed them, there is no reason to agonize over them, for from the moment he has told of his sins during his Confession, God has forgiven him. After that, there is no need to pick open his old sins, especially his sins of the flesh; in doing so, he may cause himself harm
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India extends cut-off date for new transformer quality control regulations
India, New Delhi: Indian Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) has extended the cut-off date for the application of new quality control regulations for the supply of electrical transformers, which national manufacturers and power distributors accepted with relief.
Under the Electrical Transformer (Quality Control) Order 2015, the government made BIS (Bureau of Indian Standard) certification compulsory for all transformers supplied under orders placed after 7 May 2015.
However, following the latest DHI decision, manufacturers will be allowed to supply transformers without BIS certifications for the contracts that were sealed before 1 February 2016, reports The Economic Times.
The extension comes at a time when Indian Power Minister Piyush Goyal has pointed to the quality issues of the electrical industry and said the government could go to the extent of cancelling the licence to manufacturers if they didn't match quality standards.
"This is a great news for the industry and we are thankful to DHI for granting us an extension. This will provide a major thrust to the manufacturers of quality transformers and help achieve government's ambitious electrification programme," said Alok Agarwal, vice chairman of distribution transformer division at IEEMA.
Source: The Economic Times


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Most everyone has had the experience of a virus or malware on their computer. Unless you are a member of our managed IT services , this usually results in a day or more of missed work until the virus can be relinquished from your computer by a computer technician. Even though you have antivirus protection software installed doesn't mean your computer will be always protected. There is no antivirus protection software that provides 100% protection 100% of the time, but there are definitely ones that provide much better protection or services than others. Having the right antivirus protection software can make the difference between having a great productive work day or having a computer infected with a virus that doesn't work and steals your passwords and credit card numbers.
I was told ___ was the best
There are many technicians that have been using a particular protection software for years and recommend it to everyone because they feel it works great, but this doesn't mean it still works well. An example of this would be AVG. It use to provide great protection 5 years ago, but now its protection has been down in the dumps for some time. There are also many review web sites on the internet that claim certain software provides the best protection, but you don't know if these statistics are legit or a sales gimmick. Also, just because you had the top antivirus protection software 1 or more years ago doesn't mean it is still up to par now and you could be in line for a world of hurt.
Where can I find a reliable review source?
There are two great resources I use for checking the effectiveness of antivirus protection software; AV-Comparatives and the Virus Bulletin. I like to review both before coming to a conclusion, but the nonprofit AV-Comparatives is a bit easier to read and, I feel, are a bit more accurate. They provide current reviews of protection software and time-tested reviews. They also review both PC and MAC antivirus protection software.
What is the best protection now?
If someone were to ask me what the best antivirus protection software is overall I would most likely say Kaspersky. It continually stays near the top and it's preventative and removal success rates have rated very good for quite some time, but it's detection also varies from month-to-month. The down-side of Kaspersky is it is a bit more complicated to use. Here is a graph from March to June 2013 with Kaspersky staying at around the 99% mark.
Will the company assist me if I become infected?
This is a great question to ask before buying an antivirus protection software. Also, knowing how willing the technical support team is to help you can play a big part in choosing what software to use. Many of the antivirus companies, including Kaspersky, want to just email you a link to a knowledge base article instead of walking you through themselves. VIPRE's technical support team has been the friendliest I have worked with. They also provide a great warranty on their software saying if your computer gets infected and their software doesn't remove it they will get it removed for you at their cost. This is similar to our very own cloud managed antivirus protection software that is included in our managed IT services.
Before choosing an antivirus protection software for your company, please consult your IT consultant. They should be there to help guide you and be happy to help. Just because one software has better ratings than another doesn't make it the best choice for your company. For example we provide a cloud based antivirus solution that provides great detection and alerts our technicians 24/7 if someone is detected. Our technicians can then investigate further sometimes without even having to bother you while you work.


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Just wondering what people's thoughts are on whether our incredible league campaign could ultimately be our hindrance in the Play Offs?
The league has basically been won since June / July due to our consistency and everybody else's inconsistency. The worry I have with Saints is that the quality is clearly there, we've been comfortably superior to everybody else but we've been coasting along for weeks now with no pressure or must win games apart from Wembley (which we lost), whereas all our Play Off rivals are fighting for spots, finding their form at the right time and are basically in do or die games now.
The good thing is the Play Off structure gives us 2 home games to get to the GF so if we are undercooked we get a 2nd chance to make the final, but I just wonder if we're battle hardened enough going into these big games?


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Ask What If? Building Pathways to Creative Work
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Terry, your class was the best learning experience that I can remember. I felt challenged and respected. The exercises you set forth stirred my creative energy and kick my butt! I urge everyone to grab the next opportunity to take this class.ReplyDelete
Thank you Christine! You added immensely to the class and I loved being with you.ReplyDelete
As a participant of this class, I would highly, highly recommend it. If you are in a stuck place, or a rut, or even if you aren't; if you want to be playful and have your art come with ease, you need to take this class. I learned so much from each of Terry's well designed exercises. Terry is a master teacher and coach. She is a very gentle soul and always seems to know exactly the right thing to say to help you continue your creative journey. I'm grateful for the opportunities her guidance provided me. I'm still giddy from the experience.ReplyDelete
Hi Lisa! I'm blushing. Working with the artists in this class was exceptional. The energy was exciting and I'm so happy you were there. Can't wait to see all the beautiful work which was begun. xo, TReplyDelete
I have to mirror what Chris and LisaV said. I LOVED the class; curriculum, teacher, students, safe environment to create, friendship, the list goes on and on.ReplyDelete
What an outstanding experience that will be VERY hard to match. I look forward to lots more from the TJD: What If group!!
Standing applause Terry!!!
Wow! Thank you GrandMa Red. I had a great time working with you and all members of the class and wish each of you great success.ReplyDelete
xo, T
Well Terry, I wasn't even in the class and I heard wonderful things about your teaching and fabulousness. I am glad that it was such a rewarding experience for everyone.ReplyDelete
Diana in California
Thank you Diana. I had a great group to work with. Fun, talented and willing to try new things. Can't beat that.ReplyDelete
What if... mantra for my life, and looks like a great class theme. Looks like it was wonderful. Sorry I couldn't get down for a visit.ReplyDelete
Thank you Gayle. What if? For me that question is central to all of my creative work. We had a wonderful time and I too am sorry I didn't get to see you. It will happen. xo, TReplyDelete
Wow I love the layers of colors and marks of the painting. Especially since it's only a detail. I can only imagine the whole painting to be incredible.ReplyDelete
Thank you Shelley. There were some very nice explorations in this class. I was very proud of the work of these artists.ReplyDelete


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We offer families of Tallahassee, Quincy and Havana an On-Site Crematory and affordable cremation services. Your loved one will never leave our care. Our families deserve the very best and need to be focused on memorializing their loved ones, NOT the costs of the Funeral Home's services. In addition to our on-site cremation services you can also expect the following...
Courteous, Professional Service
We take our job very seriously and believe attitude is everything. In the words of Winston Churchill, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." We are thankful and humbled by each and every family who places their trust in us to care for their loved one.
Respectful Care of Your Loved One and Timely Completion
We care for your loved one with the utmost respect and dignity. We also understand some cremations are time sensitive and need to be completed as soon as possible for planned services. And while some things are out of our control we work diligently to obtain signatures and cremation approvals to allow us to move forward with the cremation as quickly as possible. And remember we operate our own Crematory which allows us to proceed without any further delay.
Safe Keeping and Prompt Return
Families often ask us to hold the cremated remains for extended periods of time or deliver the ashes when their physical limitations won't allow them to drive. We're happy to assist with most circumstances. Please ask us about our delivery policy.
three cremation options. tailored to your needs.
Lifesong offers three cremation service options. Each can be tailored to meet your needs.
- Full Service Traditional Cremation
This option is much like a traditional burial where the deceased is embalmed, dressed and placed in a casket for a visitation or viewing and a funeral service to follow. The service can be held at our Lifesong Funeral Home Chapel or a local church. And instead of the service continuing to the local cemetery, the conclusion will take place at the funeral home or church. A rental casket will be utilized in place of the family purchasing a casket. And while offering many of the same benefits as a traditional burial, a traditional cremation is less expensive because purchasing a casket, grave liner and cemetery property isn't necessary.
- Cremation with Memorial Service
This option is for families choosing cremation who still want a funeral service but do not wish to have a casket or viewing. The Service may be held at the Lifesong Funeral Home Chapel, a local church or even a community center or outdoor venue. Some families choose to have the ashes present at the Service and some do not. If you do wish to have the ashes present please coordinate with the Funeral Home to make sure the cremation can be performed in time.
- Direct Cremation
This option is for families who do not wish to have a viewing or service of any kind. However, this service does include basic services such as transfer of the deceased from place of death to the funeral home, storage of the remains, completion of the death certificate, burial/transit permit and other necessary paperwork, the cremation process and returning the ashes to the family in a temporary urn.
Please contact us about any of our services or to meet with one of our funeral service professionals.
Direct Cremation - $1,395
Our price includes all normal and necessary expenses for cremation, including:
- Transportation from place of death to crematory (within 50 mile radius)
- Basic Alternative Container
- Care and Refrigeration of the body
- Obtaining all required authorizations, certificates and permits
- Initial notification to the Social Security Administration
- Cremation performed by a certified technician
- Return of cremated remains in basic container, or one you've selected
- Free Online Memorial Tribute
Cremation with Memorial Service - $1,915
This price includes all services included in the Direct Cremation above, plus:
- Memorial Service in our chapel, church or graveside
- Pandora Music Service
- Receiving and transporting flowers
- Set up and break down of flowers, directional and reserved signs, register stands, easels, etc. for service
- Use of Flower van
- Funeral Director and staff to direct the Service
- Free Online Memorial Tribute
- DVD Slideshow Tribute
Full Service Traditional Cremation - $3,945
This price includes all services included in the Direct Cremation above, plus:
- Funeral Service in our chapel, church or graveside
- Visitation
- Set up and break down of flowers, directional and reserved signs, register stands, easels, etc. for service
- Pandora Music Service
- Embalming
- Dressing, cosmetics and casketing of the deceased
- Rental Casket fee
- Hearse & Flower Van
- Free Online Memorial Tribute
- DVD Slideshow Tribute
- County charges for Certified Copies of Death Certificate
- Newspaper charges for placement of death notice or obituary
- Special Services fees, such as mailing of cremated remains, or scattering at sea
- Memorial folders
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Puyallup Nissan Has High Quality Used Cars near Graham
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Ante.'s Fruit-Infused Tea Can Perk up Your Morning, or Their Spiked Tea Can Fuel Your EveningNovember 15, 2018
- Bea OsmeñaWords
- Jerome JocsonPhotos
Ante. stands for "A new tea experience," says Lorenzo Vega, its founder and the jokingly self-proclaimed "sleazy salesman" of the brand. And Ante. is just the experience it claims to be: a brand that takes everything you associate with tea, and shakes it up—"literally and figuratively," Vega points out.
The drink is designed to put tea (and not sugar, emphasizes Vega) as the star, with 3 variants that use 3 different kinds of teas as their base. Their tea is sweetened with honey, and infused with fresh fruits, all of which are shaken (thus, the literal) into the drink upon order so you have a drink that tastes as fresh as possible.
A firm believer in the "less is more" philosophy, Vega explains that they wanted to create 3 simple variants that were "great," instead of a menu of "good" drinks that reads like a laundry list. With that, they came up with the Blacker Berry (a black tea base, offering a robust flavor), the Sunday Candy (a red tea base, and the sweetest of the bunch), and the Ultra Light Green (a green tea base, that is the lightest in flavor). Since your drink is put together upon order with fresh ingredients, it doesn't last more than 24 hours (and that's assuming too that you can keep it cool, otherwise consume it before the day is up).
The Ultra Light Green stands out as our favorite, with a subtle sweetness that brings out the earthy flavor of green tea. The Blacker Berry comes second, with the strongest tea flavor that gives us just the energy we need. And the Sunday Candy is fantastic for those with a sweet tooth as it tastes just how it is named: like candy. The tea is fun to continuously shake throughout your day, which allows the flavors of the fruits to become further infused into the drink. And if you want to "up your Ante.", you can add PHP100 for a shot of brandy (in Blacker Berry), rum (in Sunday Candy) or gin (in Ultra Light Green). Watch out though—Vega calls this the new Weng Weng as it's a traydor, and he wouldn't recommend more than 2 shots in a single bottle.
Design is a key component to Ante. (the figurative, as mentioned!). Vega tells us it took him 3 months to get the perfect bottle as he wanted it to have the high quality, tactile feel: sturdy enough to feel reusable, yet light enough to still feel disposable. You won't find a bottle like this anywhere else as they are made especially for Ante., with their logo silkscreen printed on the bottle upon fabrication. Vega enlisted Serious Studio to brand Ante., Justin Bilbao to design and help build the pop-up store (currently in Greenbelt 5), Serious Spaces as the architect, and collaborated with so many more ("more than 50 incredibly talented people touched this brand"), including the Virays of Joe's Brew, to help the brand become what it is today.
As reflected in Ante., Vega is a person who dares to be different. The founder of two other brands whose industries are wildly different from each other and from Ante.—the award-winning Siklesa and the delivery company My Shopping Box—Vega tells us they have one common theme: they want to challenge the status quo, and by doing so, help shape it. You can try Ante. at Greenbelt 5, where it will be stationed indefinitely.
A new tea experience, offering fruit-infused tea that is shaken upon order and never pre-bottled.
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China's red-hot market has shown slowing signs since late 2013, due to local governments' property measures including tightening purchase restriction, increasing supply of affordable housing and tightening credit conditions.
During the new year lull, property buying activity remained at a low level in February, with the number of total residential floor space sold during the first two months of 2014 staying as the same level as about 93 million square meters, down slightly 1.23% compared with the same period a year ago.
In major cities, Beijing's home sales fell 66% m-o-m to 251,000 square meters, Shanghai fell 36% to 732,000 square meters and Guangzhou 43% to 494,000 square meters. Shenzhen, on the other hand, saw a 40% increase, to 238,500 square meters.
While home sales remained weak across the country, home prices continued to be on the uptrend in 2014, albeit in a slower pace. According to official data published by National Bureau of Statistics in mid March, average home prices in 70 major cities in China rose 8.7 percent in February compared with a year ago, a significant slowdown compared with a 9.6 percent increase in January and 9.9 percent in December. In a month-on-month basis, it was a 0.3 percent increase from last month, easing from 0.4 percent in January.
In first-tier cities, Beijing and Shenzhen both saw a 0.3% increase in new home prices from last month, the slowest growth seen in recent months. New home prices rose 0.4% in Shanghai and gained 0.5% in Guangzhou during the same period respectively. Existing home prices were unchanged in Beijing in February and increased 0.5% in Shanghai, 0.6% in Guangzhou and 0.4% in Shenzhen.
On the contrary, oversupply, weakening demand and high vacancy continued to weigh on home prices in China's small cities. 4 out of 70 monitored cities saw declines in home prices on a month-on-month basis, compared to five cities in January, with all of them being inland third or fourth-tier cities, namely Wenzhou, Mudanjiang, Anqing and Jining. Of which, home prices in the eastern city Wenzhou continued to lead the drop with its new home prices falling 0.2 percent from a month earlier and 4.1 percent from the same period last year.


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Dear Phil, Thanks for working with us to create the perfect ceremony for our wedding. We were happy to keep it short, simple and light hearted. We received many compliments on the service, and were happy to recommend you to other couples. Thanks again, Sara and Steve.
Hi Phil, We want to thank you again for performing our wedding ceremony. It really was a wonderful day, and I know I've mentioned it before, but we really thought you did an excellent job. It was great working with you; Steve and I, along with our entire families thought you were professional, courteous while still being relaxed which suited our day perfectly. So thanks for everything. Thanks again and all the best, Lisa and Stephen
Phil, We would like to thank you again for Officiating our wedding.....it was exactly what we wanted and couldn't have imagined it any other way. You made us feel comfortable and created the intimate family and friends atmosphere we so wanted. Your words were perfect and taken to our hearts. Thank you once again Phil. Alison and Duncan Caldwell
Phil, It was an absolute pleasure! Thank you for keeping the ceremony light and fun, just the way we wanted it! You kept up with us and let us have our giggles! It was perfect and everyone there said they had an absolute blast and it was one of the best ceremonies they've been to. Thank you so much! Candice
Hi Phil, Well Matt and I just got back from our honeymoon and we wanted to write and thank you soooo very much for being a part of our special day. You were absolutely great, we've had many comments about how great the ceremony was. Thanks so much again, take care, Erin and Matt :)
Hi Phil, We were so happy that you were part of our day...Travis and I never had to worry about a thing...you ran it all so flawlessly. One comment that we heard over and over was how much people loved our ceremony. That it was personal and emotional, but without being too long. My dad also wanted you to know that he loved that you had a great sense of humour, but while keeping everyone on track and focused. Thanks again for everything. We're so happy with how everything went. Mr & Mrs Mullen (!!!!) :)
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Phil was our wedding officiant on August 13th at the St Elias Centre in Ottawa. We have nothing but amazing things to say about Phil. We contacted Phil by phone since we live out of town and from the second we started talking we absolutely loved everything about him. Phil is a very caring person with a fantastic sense of humour. He guided us through the entire process and calmed our nerves when needed. As we had no wedding planner, Phil came the night before the wedding and assisted us with the rehearsal of the ceremony. Had it not been for Phil's expertise and welcoming personality we would have been so lost and disorganized the day of the wedding. Our friends and family were also so grateful for Phil's help. Phil is a very organized man and is able to provide any kind of ceremony that is requested. He forwarded us a variety of scripts well in advance and we were able to pick and choose the ones we liked. Phil then reviewed the choices and personalized them to our liking. We highly recommend Phil to anyone looking for a wedding officiant or looking to renew their vows! We couldn't be happier with his service and our day would have not been as special as it was without him!Ruth-Anne and Andrew
Hi Phil! Thank you so much for everything! We absolutely love how well the ceremony went and got so many amazing reactions about it. The amount of people that came to us and commented specifically on the ceremony and said they absolutely loved it was amazing. If we have any feedback it is certainly all positive... We loved the meetings throughout the process to help us understand and plan the process. The website you gave us to plan the ceremony was easy to use. We appreciated having such a kind and sincere man who listened to what we wanted and guided a ceremony that suited us. Thanks for everything! Tara & Mark
Hi Phil! Thank you for all of your help and guidance through the wedding and the time before. You were a great help with everything and very supportive. We both think you did a wonderful job at the ceremony. Very relaxed and for sure looked in your comfort zone. It was hot and humid...but I, myself, didn't seem to notice as much as others. We are extremely happy with everything. Especially your improv with the Ukrainian cloth for the hand-fasting ceremony. You did extremely well and sounded like you were speaking from the heart. So in that, we thank you very much. Thank you for being a part of our day and thank you for making us feel more comfortable with the day. We are extremely pleased with everything. Working with you and how the ceremony flowed. We couldn't have asked for anyone better to marry us! Amanda and Dmytro
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