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What Is Rehab Aftercare?
It's likely that teens who leave formal, intense rehab programs still have cravings for drugs or alcohol. It's also likely these teens are dealing with challenges they didn't face when they were spending a significant amount of time in a therapeutic environment. That combination could put teens at risk for relapse, but aftercare can help.
Organizations like NIDA say that addictions are chronic conditions that teens can learn to manage. A teen diagnosed with addiction will probably meet that addiction criteria for life. Just because the condition is chronic, however, doesn't mean it can't be controlled. Addiction impulses can be controlled, and aftercare is designed to provide that message in a compelling, actionable way.
Aftercare programs are typically provided on an outpatient basis, so the teen is once again living at home when these programs start. The therapies are typically handled in appointments, and a teen might have several of these meetings each and every week. The time commitment is significantly reduced when compared to the amount of time a teen might typically spend in residential rehab; however, the help provided here could be truly revolutionary in terms of a child's ability to heal.
Counseling and CoachingDuring rehab, teens spend a significant amount of time in the presence of a therapist, a counselor and/or a social worker. Those meetings might very well continue during the aftercare portion of a child's healing process. That's because the lessons a child needs to pick up to maintain sobriety can change once a child leaves the protection of rehab.
In follow-up counseling sessions, professionals can help teens to examine the new pressures they're facing on their return to their communities. Anything that puts the child in jeopardy of relapse is a fair topic to discuss in a follow-up counseling session. And after those sessions, teens might be provided with homework they can do to learn even more. When sobriety is new and a little fragile, counselors can be wonderful resources that keep teens on track and on course.
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Even though college can be remarkably helpful for almost any student, it can be hard for young people with addictions to make the leap from high school to college. Even teens in recovery from addictions face very serious struggles that other students don't face. At times, those difficulties may seem insurmountable. But thankfully, with raised awareness of the prevalence of addictions in young people, options are opening up that allow students in recovery to complete high school, prepare for college, and enjoy a sober experience there.
Every college admissions team will look for one specific thing: proof of completion of high school coursework. Students who can't prove this step can't get into school, no matter how wonderful their test scores and community involvement. There are a number of ways to meet this requirement.Some students with a history of addiction enroll in alternative high schools.
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Others complete their GED during night school, or online. In addition, some rehab programs offer educational classes to keep students up to date on any schoolwork they may be missing when attending rehab.
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Teens may also learn valuable lessons from their sober peers. That kind of help is readily available in support group meetings that follow a 12-step protocol. In 12-step meetings, peers with a desire to stay sober come together to learn more about how recovery really works. They share stories of their own recovery, study published works about sobriety, and lean upon one another for ongoing support.
Sometimes, teens also benefit from programs that allow them to either volunteer or work. Activities like this keep kids busy, so they have fewer opportunities to use and abuse drugs. They can also provide teens with a sense of responsibility and accomplishment, and those good feelings could also keep teens on the sober pathway.
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Researchers suggest that the risk of relapse dips when people remain abstinent for a minimum of five years. At that time, the habits they've made tend to become permanent, and those habits can help them to stay sober in the face of temptation. The key to beginning this process is enrolling in a comprehensive drug treatment program, such as that at Next Generation Village. After a teen detoxes and learns life skills they need to maintain sobriety, Next Generation Village can help teens find aftercare programs that work best for them. Parents and guardians can also help this process by supporting their teen's decision to be involved with any form of aftercare.


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As Formula 1 sizes down and heads toward electrification, one automaker after another reveals plans to offer smaller, electrified versions of their most popular compact and subcompact cars. While many of these vehicles are still in development, recent battery advances have made producing these cars a realistic goal in the next few years. Look for a wide offering of small EVs like Opel's by 2013 or 2014.
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Health insurance and rise of managed care
In 1986, the US federal income tax system changed marginal tax rates so that the top marginal rate fell from 50 to 33 percent. Given the way that fringe benefits are negotiated, what would you expect to happen to the demand for health insurance as a fringe benefit? Why?
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Health insurance and rise of managed care:
After the United states changed the marginal tax rates such that the top marginal rate fell from 50 to 33 percent, certain changes are expected to happen on the demand of the health insurance since it is a fringe benefit. The employer-provided health insurance' demand would decrease. A health insurance obtained from a single employer is not taxable (HOFFMAN 2011).
If the health insurance is obtained from an individual's job, the insurance is provided with a discount equal to the rate of the marginal tax. Thus, if there is a drop in the rate of the marginal tax, there is also going to a drop in the discount provided resulting to people becoming less desirable of the insurance provided by their employers. The smaller the tax bracket, the smaller the discount which is provided on health insurance (HOFFMAN 2011).
If my insurance previously allowed me to purchase any prescription drug at 2 dollars and in contract negotiations a change was proposed for the benefit where I would pay 10 dollars for generic drugs and 20 dollars for brand name drugs, my reaction would be on the increased amount of purchasing the drugs. Economic analysis would predict an increase in prices of both the generic and the brand named drugs which is a drastic increase that would prevent ...
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Publication Date: August 14, 2012
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The aim of this unit is to provide the fundamental concepts of distributed control systems (DCS) with special focus to modern devices as well as the architectures, the DCS communication models and protocols, the main industry fieldbus and SCADA systems.
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- Mahalik, N. (2003). Fieldbus Technology, Industrial network Standards for realtime distributed control. (Vol. 1). Springer online: Springer
- Technologies, I. (2004). Practical Distributed Control Systems (DCS) for Engineers and Technicians. (Vol. 1). (pp. 1-623). www.idc-online.com: IDC Technologies
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SaluSa also supports the notion that we have a life plan or soul contract:
"You have a life contract of which very few are personally aware, and have seen into the future and planned it accordingly." (1)
"Every aspect of your lives is planned, and you are each part of soul groups that come together with the purpose of gaining experience." (2)
He's aware that many of us cannot reconcile a preplanned life contract with the idea of free will and so he tells us:
"We hear some question where freewill comes in, but there would be no plan unless you exercised it prior to incarnating. Freewill is still your prerogative, but having agreed a plan for your life you are drawn to those people and experiences that will help fulfil it. Your Guides are also very active in keeping you on track, but the final word is with you." (3)
If we are seemingly drawn off course, it's because of karmic factors. If people leave us for the afterlife, we should remember that we will be reunited.
"Only karmic reasons would result in you being pulled off course, and if it happens know that it is part of your life contract that you have already agreed upon. Each of you have a specific life span which can be re-negotiated, but normally when your time of completion is reached you are ready to return to the higher dimensions.
"Bear this in mind when your loved ones or friends leave the Earth plane, and be happy for them. They have not gone from your lives forever, and soul groups will come together time and time again." (4)
He explains that, while we may feel like victims, there is in reality no victimization because all major events have been agreed to beforehand, as we shall see during our life review.
"Of course there are amongst you people who have been wronged as you would interpret it, and do consider themselves 'victims.' However, this is all by arrangement and you are a willing partner to the karma being played out. No matter how severe the circumstances, the fact remains that you were aware of your agreed life plan before you incarnated on Earth. Many will argue against it, convinced that they could not have agreed to suffer or indeed see others suffer.
"Be assured that when you pass over and return to the astral planes, you will clearly understand all facets of your life. You will review your life, and this can be a sobering time when you find out how well you have done where your life plan was concerned. The vibrations of Earth dull your senses, and it is not until you rise up higher that you can fully grasp the purpose of life on Earth." (5)
Even a traumatic death has been agreed to beforehand. He reminds us that trauma is quickly healed by what Matthew called "transition assisters" on the other side.
"We would remind you that where lives are put at risk and lost, the manner in which such souls leave Earth is part of their life contract. Many of you find that difficult to understand…. The trauma of violent death is short lived. Soon after they reach the other side, where loving helpers attend them until their emotional reaction is healed." (6)
SaLuSa informs us that the higher dimensions do not judge a soul. We judge ourselves during what is usually referred to as "the Judgment." He reminds us that we've all worn white and black hats in other lives.
"There is no judgment at the higher levels, and we simply see beautiful souls making their way back to the Light. The whole purpose of being in duality is to grow through experience, so why indeed should anyone's choice be looked upon as different to anyone else's. Your lives all carry responsibility and your actions are accountable for by you, but once cleared karmically there are no recriminations.
"Remember that experiences are set up with souls that have all agreed to play out their respective roles. Someone has to take the part of the dark Ones, and believe us Dear Ones – you have all acted on both sides." (7)
He tells us that we have arranged for all the events in our lives at the time of drawing up our soul contract or life plan so there is no cause for recrimination over the experiences we have undergone.
"You may feel that many of your experiences are uncalled for, but we assure you that they are all connected with your life plan. Have you not been made aware that there is no such thing as coincidence, and that is the reason why they are so important to you? Naturally some coincidences appear of no real significance, and may be of minor importance. However, where you experience the harsh reality of life, it is for your spiritual understanding and development." (8)
From his vantage point, SaLuSa sees life as orderly. It may amaze us to consider it but the individual has a contract which he or she follows while the whole of life still interacts one with another: "In reality life is quite orderly inasmuch that every individual has his or her own plan, yet it still interacts with the whole." (9)
In following our life plan, nothing happens by coincidence:
"As you can clearly understand, you are all in here to learn through your experiences and nothing comes your way by pure chance. Life plans are agreed before you come into your earth body, and your Guides will do everything in their power to ensure you complete your incarnation successfully." (10)
There is no sense looking back with regret later on. Some lifetimes may be intended to give us a break from hard, strong challenges.
"Many in older age look back and feel that they have lost out somewhere, and have unfulfilled dreams. However, there is never a wasted life as you will almost certainly have followed your pre-life plan. Often what happens is that you come into a new life, with strong memories of recent ones where you had enjoyable experiences. The memories are near the surface and you yearn for more, but the problem is that your life plan has not included for such opportunities to be repeated. There is as little repetition as possible, in the interests of pushing your evolution forward. Of course there are exceptions, but these mostly occur where a previous lesson has not been fully learnt.
"Life is not meant to be a random experience and where someone appears to have little in the way of challenges, it may for example be one that gives them a break. You need a restful one at times, yet it will still prove beneficial and the opportunity is not lost to find some spiritual gain. An idyllic life may be one where you spend a lot of time away from the cities and all of the activity, to be next to Mother Earth in the countryside." (11)
In a channeled message, Abraham Lincoln illustrated what SaLuSa says here. He acknowledged that he had had a twentieth-century incarnation but that he intended to live a life less challenging than his last one as president. He said:
Lincoln: I have also had one incarnation since my life as Lincoln, which I do not want to discuss particularly.
Robert Leichtman: Was it in this country?
Lincoln: Yes, but I was not what you would call a public figure.
Leichtman: Our curiosity is piqued. … Was this most recent lifetime also involved in the same kind of public service as your lifetime as Lincoln?
Lincoln: Yes. It was involved with the same issues. I made the personal decision to follow through on my work in any way I could. The work of my most recent incarnation was obviously not as important as the work in my lifetime as Loncoln, but it was a continuation of it. I don't think I could have taken two lifetimes of the magnitude of Lincoln in a row. (Laughter.) (12)
Lincoln's comments illustrate another point SaLuSa makes: "You live from life to life with a specific purpose that moves you on and adds to your spiritual understanding." (13)
In our quest to assume more and more responsibility for our lives and to discover our true identity, we may be assisted by SaLuSa's words to see that we have agreed to all the major events in our lives, even to a traumatic death if that is what we must endure, for educational reasons. There is no sound basis for regret, whether our lives are challenging or unchallenging. All of what occurs to us we planned for the purpose of our soul's evolution.
(1) SaLuSa, Oct. 21, 2009, at http://www.treeofthegoldenlight.com/First_Contact/Channeled_Messages_by_Mike_Quinsey.htm . All other quotes, unless otherwise indicated, are from the same source.
(2) Sept. 18, 2009.
(3) Sept. 18, 2009.
(4) Sept. 14, 2009.
(5) April 3, 2009.
(6) Oct. 29, 2008. For more on this subject, see "Coming Home
(7) Aug. 27, 2010.
(8) Aug. 9, 2010.
(9) July 14, 2010.
(10) May 19, 2010.
(11) March 19, 2010.
(12) Abraham Lincoln in Robert Leichtman, M.D., The Destiny of America. Atlanta, GA: Ariel Press, 1999; c1979, 158.
(13) June 15, 2009.


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1. Hi Clare, thank you for making the time to talk with us today. Your career, qualifications and certifications in Testing and tech are very impressive; can you tell us why you were drawn to a career in Testing specifically?
Well I've always been interested in technology but testing specifically and, like most testers I would say I kind of fell into it. I purposefully chose a sandwich degree which meant I could get my degree and a full year working in industry which I had working at Cheshire County Council. This was where I started testing, and I found I really enjoyed it and was actually pretty good at it so once I completed my degree that was what I hoped to do!
2. We also note that you were a server in a hotel whilst studying for your Bsc (Hons) in Information Systems, what did your experiences there teach you that have since became useful in your tech career?
Whilst studying for my degree I also worked at staples as a sales associate and for a short period of time elsewhere as a data entry clerk!
Personally I feel you get as much experience and life skills working as you do through studying. Through working you gain experiences that include working as a team, dealing with customers, managing budgets, training others and many other things. I think sometimes people can spend so much time studying they struggle to develop life skills and may struggle in a working environment once they graduate, so I believe part-time work can really help with this transition.
3. What are the day to day challenges you face in your current QA Manager role, and how do you best tackle them?
Depends what day of the week it is! I'd say managing resource effectively with frequently changing priorities is one of the most frequent problems, along with trying to support the personal development of the team alongside business priorities.
4. If you were to describe your career journey so far in Testing as a movie, what would it be?
No Idea! But it's full of surprises and it's nothing like I thought it would be!
5. Which qualifications or personality traits do you think are a key foundation for the best Agile professionals to build from?
I don't believe any qualifications are required as such but there are certainly some key attributes that will help people along the way, depending on the environment they are working in and what their personal interests are. For agile ways of working I really think experience is key, everyone implements agile methods in different ways and sitting in a classroom, in my opinion, isn't going to help you deal with all the challenges you may eventually face. I believe you need to get stuck in as soon as possible, learn from those around you and be willing to challenge and make recommendations.
6. When recruiting, what would be your 3 major no no's when it comes to identifying your next 'rock star' QA or Testing team member?
- Someone who is too quick to point the finger at others.
- Someone who just wants to 'do their job' and isn't interested in developing themselves
- Dishonesty/Lying; I'd rather have someone with little or no skills who's upfront about what they don't know and willing to work on it than someone who is dishonest about what they know or don't know.
7. We note in your LinkedIn profile that you are 'passionate about leadership and helping others develop to be the best', how do you think that's best translated into your practices as a manager?
I strongly believe in leading by example and never asking my team to do something I'm not prepared to do myself; something one of the first managers I ever had when I was a Sales Associate at Staples whilst I was studying always said, which I still use to this day. Equally, I don't like to micro-manage, I'd rather set the goal and the deadline and allow the team to figure out the best way to complete the task. I find this is a great opportunity to allow the team to manage their own tasks and 'lead' for themselves.
I truly believe you succeed as a manager when your team succeeds and are happy in their roles.
8. There is often news in the press around working positively to encourage more women into tech, from STEM subjects selected to the career paths chosen from the University or college qualifications gained. If you were to approach a programme to encourage more young girls and women into tech, much like you would approach a Testing programme, what would you do?
The first thing would be to try and understand why women don't often choose to go into technology related roles and try and tackle that. Having programmes and mentors available is fantastic, but if people women aren't looking to get into these tech roles, then diversity will remain a challenge!
Unfortunately tech jobs are still often seen as a bit Geeky' and not very cool by a lot of people, so it would be good to break that misconception apart. I believe we need to make learning affordable and easy to access for everyone so I think tools like the Raspberry-Pi are a great step towards this to help encourage coding from a young age.
9. If you could create an app for the greater good, what would it be?
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WASHINGTON — Banks didn't win much in the budget deal lawmakers unveiled earlier this week, but there's one bright spot for advocates of housing finance reform.
The spending package included a key provision from a bipartisan bill that would prohibit the Treasury Department from selling its stake in Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac until at least Jan 1., 2018. The Jumpstart GSE Reform Act, co-authored by Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ensures that Congress will lead any efforts to unwind the government-sponsored enterprises over the next two years.
It also includes a "sense of Congress" that lawmakers should determine the future of Fannie and Freddie and that Treasury should not sell or otherwise get rid of its preferred shares in the housing giants until after that time.
"Jumpstart was very important to make it clear that the responsibility is going to lie with Congress," Corker said in an interview.
The provision is a temporary blow to advocates urging that the White House recapitalize and spin off the GSEs. Some on the left are hoping to preserve Fannie and Freddie's housing goals to help low and middle-class families access the mortgage market.
But the debate is rife with political complications, with a number of hedge funds set to win billions if the GSEs are returned to the market. Some of those firms are also fighting the issue in court, charging that Treasury unfairly changed the terms of its agreement with the GSEs, "sweeping" all profits into government coffers as long as the housing giants are in conservatorship.
Corker, who helped lead the effort to overhaul the housing market last term, sat down with American Banker on Wednesday, following the release of the budget deal late Tuesday night. Below is a transcript of that conversation, condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
Why was Jumpstart important to do now, and was the Obama administration supportive of that effort?
The administration has been very supportive of Congress taking the lead on housing finance reform. We've worked with them very closely with them, as a matter of fact, over the last several years.
And we understand — as do they and others — that the model right now of having these two behemoths that have in essence a government guarantee behind them that used to be implicit, now it's explicit, is not a way to have a dynamic housing system and certainly poses tremendous risk to taxpayers.
The hedge funds have a big stake in this. One of them has got a $388 million investment and if they can cause these entities to be re-IPOed as they now exist, that stake turns to $8.4 billion. That's just one of the entities.
So there's been a lot of lobbying up here by these hedge funds to just re-IPO them like they are. So Jumpstart was very important to make it clear that the responsibility is going to lie with Congress, that Congress will determine how housing finance reform is going to be and that re-IPOing them in the form that they are is not something that's good for our nation.
How did the sunset provision come about? I imagine that was a compromise position?
It was, but we have the "strong sense of the Congress" language in there and it's language we believe certainly can be extended.
Do you worry about a draw from Treasury as capital is ratcheted down to zero at the GSEs, or what do you make of those arguments being made?
Either way, American taxpayers are fully at risk now, so I guess what I worry about far more is ensuring we pass appropriate housing finance reform so we don't find ourselves back in the situation that we found ourselves in 2008.
One thing I will say is that people are trying to compare these entities to other entities that failed during that time. The difference is Congress created these, Congress chartered these, and it's Congress's responsibility to figure out a way to create that kind of system and deal with significant reforms.
What do you make of the recent New York Times pieces we've seen — worrying about influence from housing officials from the Obama administration, concerns that government's being overly hard on the GSEs or that the banks want to come in and take the future GSE profits?
I think the hedge funds have done a really good job of creating a public relations campaign at every level. Obviously, they bought shares at pennies on the dollar after they were put into conservatorship and I think they've been working overtime to try to cast doubt, if you will, on those people who truly want to see an appropriate housing reform take place.
Given your interest in pursuing an overhaul of the housing system, what's your view on piecemeal reforms in the interim — things like making changes to the common securitization platform or mandating increased risk-sharing at the GSEs? Sen. Shelby has included such provisions in his regulatory reform package and Chairman Hensarling indicated last week that he may pursue similar measures next year. Does that move us in the right direction or does that take away momentum?
I think they definitely move us in the right direction. We've spent a good deal of time with FHFA [Federal Housing Finance Agency] and certainly have spent time with market participants and trying to understand the pluses and minuses relative to various risk-sharing opportunities.
We are encouraged by the fact that FHFA is continuing to go down the path, really the vision in many ways, that was laid out by Corker-Warner or Crapo-Johnson. It really is that same vision. If we can give additional directions relative to risk-sharing and do what we can to speed that process up, I think that's a very good step. Certainly the continued diminishment of Fannie and Freddie's portfolios just continues to alleviate risk within the two entities — that's obviously a plus. They actually can be trust-building steps from my standpoint.
I'd love to see us continue that. But at the same time, this whole effort around Jumpstart has created a level of discussion and dialogue that just had not happened for several months. And I think what it's done is primed the pump relative to people's desire to get on with this and to move towards significant and important housing finance reform.
Where are you seeing that additional interest? How do you see that playing out next year?
To accomplish what we were able to accomplish over the last short period of time involved many, many conversations on both the Democratic and Republican side. And so, again, there's a renewed interest, a renewed push towards that end.
I'm not just saying this to make nice — this Jumpstart discussion has reignited in a very significant way people's desire to address this issue. I understand what the dynamics are going to be in 2016 — I understand it's a presidential year, I understand the calendar is short. But my guess is, because of what has happened, people will be working on a foundational opportunity for something really big after the elections, if not before, and the incremental pieces you're talking about to me are a real possibility this next year.
Do you worry at all that the recap and release advocates — both the hedge funds and some on the left — will prevail ultimately if Congress continues to drag its feet?
When you've got that much money at stake — and there are multiple entities by the way, that have stakes they bought at pennies on the dollar which can turn into billions if these entities are just re-IPOed in the form that they are today, which again for me would be a really bad thing for our nation — then yes, a lot of money gets spread around, unfortunately.
I hate to say it, but it can have an effect on things. I'll be the first to admit that we saw the product of that over the last few weeks. There are people that are highly motivated. These are huge amounts of dollars that are at stake.
I'm not trying to deny rights to anyone. My goal is to end up, though, with a good policy that's good for our nation. And when there's so much money at stake, sometimes, unfortunately, that can have a negative effect on the process.
I think your question is a valid question and I do think it's incumbent on Congress to act.
Stepping back, I'm guessing this is one of your biggest priorities next year. What are your other priorities for banking more broadly?
Certainly there's a lot of bipartisan consensus around dealing with some of the issues that have come about through the passage of Dodd-Frank. The [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's "qualified mortgage" rule] issue is one that I know there's bipartisan consensus around. There are numbers of other issues that are in the same category.
These are not massive game changers, but if you're one of the community banks or smaller institutions that are having the kind of difficulties many of them are having, it creates significant relief for them. I think you'll see, I know Shelby produced a bill out of the committee, and I know a number of Democrats have been interested in negotiating from a little bit different place — and my guess is a high likelihood that during the remainder of this Congress there can be some bipartisan consensus around those kinds of things.
You mentioned the QM rule, what are some of the biggest problem areas you see remaining in Dodd-Frank?
I thought that the Shelby bill outlined a pretty good cafeteria plan of things where bipartisan consensus can be generated. I think the discussion that Shelby had with [Sens. Jon]Tester, [Mark] Warner, [Heidi] Heitkamp and [Joe] Donnelly, I think those were pretty productive. So I would just look at that swath of issues and say that I think there's some consensus that will ultimately be generated around those.
In addition to reforms for the community banks, there's been a lot of discussion around helping regional banks on the Banking Committee, particularly moving the $50 billion threshold. Is that something you're going to be focused on?
I think to be honest, as we were moving towards the [omnibus deal] itself, I think the gap there had been narrowed down there to something that was very finite. So yes, I think there is developing consensus around this issue.


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Canadians are feeling positive about their personal finances following the recession, but most of that optimism is based on the soaring value of their homes - a glow that could evaporate quickly if the housing market slumps.
In the latest Consumerology Report, a quarterly survey conducted for Toronto advertising agency Bensimon-Byrne that tracks trends in Canadian consumer attitudes, respondents were generally happy about their financial position.
Close to 60 per cent of the 1,500 surveyed in late November said their personal finances are in better shape now than a year ago, and more than 80 per cent said they expect to be doing even better a year from now.
This rosy view comes despite the fact that almost half reported that their living expenses have increased since the start of the recession, and only a minority have seen pay increases or a rise in the value of their investment portfolios.
What has changed is the value of their homes. Almost three in five said their house or condominium is worth more, or much more, than four years ago.
It appears that the boost in real estate values "is the only thing that is making them feel [positive]" said David Herle, principal of Gandalf Group, the research firm that conducted the survey.
"They feel better off than they did even before the recession, which is a remarkable situation," he said, considering that so many people say their costs are higher, they are making less money, their jobs aren't secure and their investments have slumped.
But that confidence is clearly fragile, because it rests on just one pillar. The concern, Mr. Herle said, is what happens if house prices soften sharply and those lower prices are sustained for some time. With so many people expecting the value of their home to help finance retirement, if that price drops "then you'd have a lot of people who really have no idea how they are going to retire."
Another worry is what happens if interest rates move up and mortgage payments increase, along with the cost of borrowing on lines of credit backed by home equity. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney needs to be aware of the impact that raising rates could have on consumer confidence, because of this dependence on real estate, Mr. Herle said.
Despite these concerns, Canadians appear to be cautious in one aspect of their finances - saving money and paying down debt. Almost 40 per cent of those who responded to the survey said they will put more money into savings or debt payments in the next year, far higher than for any other category of spending.
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If there's anyone who likes watching a grueling competition between two formidable foes unfold, it's gamers. So for Xbox 360 owners, Microsoft is planning to unveil a digital destination where users can keep up-to-date with the final months of the presidential campaign, participate in interactive polls, and show their support for candidates without turning off their game console.
The Election 2012 hub on Xbox Live will provide users with campaign updates syndicated in real-time from NBCNews.com. It will also offer a whole slate of video features, ranging from live coverage of debates and national conventions, to public service announcements about the importance of voting and what issues are at stake for the next four years.
Town hall meetings in local cities will also be streamed through the new Xbox Live channel, which is set to make its formal introduction next week ahead of the Republican National Convention.
Interactive polls will be provided by YouGov, a youth-centric destination for presidential election polling and coverage. The entire concept is to turn the campaign process from a passive medium for viewers to something in which users can be active participants.
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WELLINGTON — More than 2,500 people, some armed with lawnchairs, waited in the gray drizzle and hot sun on Friday to buy tickets for the upcoming polo match featuring Britain`s Prince Charles.
``They were patient about it because they were thrilled that they were able to get tickets,`` said Esther Venderjak, stadium coordinator at the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club.
``They kept saying, `You mean you still have them?` They came from Jupiter to Miami. Young people, old people. A lot of the older people said it was the dream of their lives to see the prince and princess.``
Princess Diana will present the Prince of Wales Trophy to the winning team at the Nov. 12 game. Gates will open at 11 a.m., pre-match festivities with marching bands start at 2 p.m. and the game at 3 p.m.
Tickets are on sale again today and Sunday at the polo stadium on Southshore Boulevard, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days.
``We have some tickets left, but not that many,`` said Venderjak, who estimated that at least 2,500 general admission passes were sold on Friday.
Tickets are $10, $7 and $4 for seats looking onto the 10-acre field.
Visitors paying $10 will be seated in the center of the field on the east side; $7 either to the north or south of the center; and $4 at the south end of the field.
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It wasn't the best start for Lucas Glover on Thursday at the Wyndham Championship, but then just making it to the first tee at Sedgefield Country Club was something of an accomplishment.
Glover awoke early Wednesday to check on his 3-month-old baby, Lucille, and accidently caught his foot on the crib, breaking the bone on the middle toe of his right foot.
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Glover withdrew from Wednesday's pro-am and received treatment for the broken bone and a cut.
"He was dead set on playing," said Mac Barnhardt, Glover's manager with Crown Sports. "He had to withdraw last year because of his knee and he considers this a home game. He's determined to play if he can."
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I met a man, recently, who, I could tell, was quite taken with our somewhat-self-sufficient lifestyle. Clearly of an age where he feels unable to job-hop – too close to retirement to risk jeopardising his pension plan, and deeply unhappy with his work situation. I can empathise. I remember that feeling: day after grey day in a multi-storey concrete box, breathing recycled air, recycled fast-food lunch, recycled office politics, endlessly recycling the same paperwork the same bits back and forth, to and fro. At the end of the month The Company arrange for some bits to get shuffled in the computer bowels of various banks, from whence more bit shuffling happens to make the mortgage payment pay the credit cards pay the car pay the taxmen pay the bank pay the healthcare pay the life-insurance pay pay pay all the death merchants to stave off their death grip on your life your breath your soul. Remember that the word "mortgage" comes from the Old French for "death pledge".
No wonder I wanted to find a way Back To The Land. No wonder he does, too. How many people complain of feeling "disconnected", "out of touch", complain of a "sense of unreality". Of course all those bits are unreal! Trust me on this; I'm a Computer Scientist! " Out of Touch" with what? "Disconnected" from what?
The Earth. The simple connection of bare feet and hands in contact with the soil. The simple pleasure of harvesting more cucumbers than you can realistically eat, that you planted and cared for. The simple connection of watching water fall from the sky, the music of it trinkling into your water tanks. Often, when it rains, I go into the kitchen, pour myself a glass of water, and drink it as I watch the rain fall outside the window: Now this rain falls through my body. No other water ever tastes as good. Then go outside and return the water to the Earth. Hard not to feel connected, then.
Impossible to be disconnected from your Potroast Chicken when you had to kill, pluck, butcher and cook him yourself. Very, very far, this, from the disconnected, tired, pale Chicken Little, wrapped in plastic, prettily presented on a non-recyc polypunnet in the supermarket. But then: I know everything about how my Chicken lived. How I had to remove the last bits of eggshell stuck to his head when he hatched. How we kept him under lights for warmth the first few days of his life because his birdbrained mommy abandoned him. How he excelled at finding well-hidden egg-laying places for his Hens. How he loved to crow at two in the morning. He died so that I could eat. But he died with respect; without fear; as quickly and humanely as possible.
And I take full responsibility.
Ah! Now we arrive at the essence. At the heart of the matter. My Chicken Dinner was not a factory product. Nor am I; nor are you. How much does the modern world take your life out of your own hands? I know all the arguments from economics about specialisation, about multiple layers of value-add. None of them address the dehumanisation that accompanies it. Human beings did not evolve to spend 40 hours a week hacking away at some meaningless single-function task. Honestly, I am convinced that most corporate meetings are just a way to get some social interaction going. But what quality is that interaction? A meeting over trivial bullshit, of questionable utility, in a group of people whose company you would never willingly choose...
But it's not for everybody. A great many people ''prefer'' not to have to take responsiblity for themselves, their needs and their actions. Probably a ''majority'' of people in the Western lifestyle mode have had any notion of resposibility and self-reliance brainwashed out of them at an early age by the education system. Well, I am (clearly!) not addressing them. Let them go on whingeing about their disconnected lives, their empty existence. For those who feel they lead a full and fulfilled life in the Western mode, Good Luck when energy gets real scarce and the house of cards come tumbling down. Those meals bought in fancy restaurants with credit supported by derivatives trading where 4 minutes constitutes a "long-term position"... well, they're truly not so nourishing, anyway, coming as they do from an impoverished agrifactory. No wonder you need all that health insurance -- your body cannot possibly obtain the nutrition it needs from "food" manufactured on a least-cost basis. So, if you truly believe that your modern lifestyle fulfils all your needs, if your spirit is strong with fulfilment: This Is Not For You! I wish you well. Really!
But. If you feel that there is a gap, a void in the bottom of your soul, then I strongly suggest you think about getting just a little more self-sufficient.
Just a little. We don't need to sell-up everything, don sackcloth and righteous self-denial, and move the the country. Self-sufficiency is not, and has never been, about self-denial or doing without. I plan to address the How of starting in small steps in future posts. Although it may seem that we leapt off a cliff, all in one go it was not really so. We adopted small practices, took baby steps, cultivated simple habits and changed our thinking over a span of ten years before finally taking the plunge: upping-stakes and moving to the countryside in 1996. You don't have to swallow the whole cup of coffee all in one go!
For the decade preceding my Move To The Country, and probably for several years following, I struggled to find words describing what we were really doing. For many years I would tell people that I wanted to "Go Farming". That was wrong. I would not wish to be identified with those Plunderers of the Earth, those Rapers of the Soil. Modern farming is a travesty; a slap in the face of all that truly supports life. Thankfuly, most modern agriculturists would prefer not to be called "farmer".
I tried calling it "smallholding" -- but that seems to me to carry too many images of landed gentry, horses grazing peacefully on the front lawn, servants hacking away in the kitchen. Too many people in citified suburban subdivisions of one acre doing "smallholding". Too little idea of actually supporting yourself.
I tried the American term "Homesteading". That's close. Very close! But not very well understood outside America. Not well understood inside America, for that matter. For many years I was subscribed and contributed to the Homestead mailing list. For the first few years it was a great resource; a great source of support, inspiration and learning. Then it morphed into something else. Lots of people looking for free land, and not really grokking the idea of self-reliance.
Terminology: it's a difficult thing. I'd love to know how to choose the half-dozen keywords that people will use to google this topic. I'd love the web-traffic. But I don't know the words. Nowadays I stick to "self-sufficiency", but that phrase took me 15 years to find, and I don't have the faintest clue how long it may take you, groping in the dark, as I did for so long, to find the words to describe this desire, this yearning to be free, to be connected. To become fully human.