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Please see the attached resource list of websites and articles that were discussed. On her Wednesday program, Rachel Maddow featured one of the documents we presented at our meeting - Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda. Indivisible was written by former congressional staffers and based on the tactics used by the Tea Party in resisting President Obama's agenda. It is included in the attached list.
We encourage everyone to participate in the Martin Luther King March and Parade and the Women's March on Denver. The MLK Marade is on Monday, January 16. It starts at 9:00 AM in City Park. The Women's March on Denver is on Saturday, January 21 from 9:00 AM to 3 PM and starts at Civic Center Park. See the links on the attached document for more information. We hope to see you at this important events.
Our next House District 6 Meeting is on Tuesday, February 7. Social time is from 6:30-7:00 PM and the meeting is from 7:00 - 8:30 PM.
Best regards,
The Officers of House District 6
WEBSITES- HD 6 Meeting of Jan. 3, 2017 Organizations/Events
ACLU of Colorado aclu-co.org MKL Day of Service MLKDay.gov Women's March on D.C. www.womensmarch.com Women's March on Denver marchoncolorado.org Together Colorado Solidarity Jan. 17 at Shorter AMC Church https://www.facebook.com/events/1821452348132094/ Companies that supported Trump https://grabyourwallet.org/ Trump free alternatives for shopping https://grabyourwallet.org/Shop%20These%20Companies.html Recommended Articles http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/top-10-2016-issue-2-trump-takes-o... https://99waystofighttrump.com/#content http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/09/the-return-of-civil-disobed... https://www.thenation.com/article/meet-the-central-american-women-the-un... http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/24/1610423/-We-face-a-long-hard-re... http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/o/2167/p/dia/action3/common/public... https://www.indivisibleguide .com/ (Practical guide to working against the Trump agenda) http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgM... (Learning from the Tea Party) http://www.wardrobeoxygen.com/2016 /12/what-to-wear-to-a-protest-march.html


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Teaching or Coaching
Some people teach archery and some coach; there is a difference. I was recently watching a "coach" work with a student and after a few minutes it dawned on me that he was not coaching but teaching. Oops, my foot went through the soap box I was about to climb up on.
…One thing I've noticed most often is that someone teaching tends to be a bit commanding. Do this, do that, this way. This is the way I do it and it will work for you. All they're doing is passing on information. It's like a real teacher telling a class full of students to read chapter one and tomorrow there will be a test. It's up to you to figure out what you need.
Good coaches listen. They learn to read body language and understand that silences are just another way of communicating. They work closely with the parents as well as the child. Their attention is always with their student. A coach knows that working with an adult is greatly different from working with a child. I have seen archery teachers working with children completely ignore them for minutes on end when an adult comes into the room asking for advice. Unfortunately, the student gets a little better over time just from shooting rather than from being coached and doesn't realize he is being cheated.
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High rates plus CDIC coverage: the Oaken advantage
As you've probably seen, we have increased our interest rates across all GIC terms over the past few weeks. Current rates can always be found on the rates page of our website, but at the time of this publication, they presently range between 2.60% for a 1 Year GIC and 3.10% for a 5 Year GIC. Our short-term GICs have increased as well, and sit between 2.00% and 2.20% at the moment. These rates are the highest in Canada, by a significant margin, and keep Oaken at the forefront of helping Canadians plant for their future.
It's also important to keep in mind that all Oaken GICs and savings accounts are guaranteed by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC). Through CDIC, the Government of Canada provides ironclad protection of savings at any member institution for up to $100,000 of principal and interest per named account, ensuring that your investments remain safe. For example, you may have GICs set up in your name, your spouse's name and a joint name, making you eligible for up to $300,000 of coverage.
What's more, our deposits are offered through two separate member institutions of CDIC—Home Bank and Home Trust Company. As such, you can utilize both issuers to further maximize your coverage, and still benefit from the same high rates for all your savings. So using the same example as before, that could mean being eligible for coverage of up to $600,000.
We're aware that recent events in the market may have caused concern to some of our customers, but nothing has changed our fundamental offering: simple savings with a deposit insurance guarantee that's backed by the Government of Canada. We have received many messages of support over the past month or so, and would like to thank all our customers for their continued loyalty. We remain committed to always providing you with some of the highest rates available in Canada, together with the peace of mind that comes from our dual membership of CDIC. And that's the Oaken advantage!
Housing is hot… again
In the March Oaken Update, we highlighted two posts from our blog related to housing, and we thought that would be it for the next little while. However, it turns out we were wrong. That's because the Government of Ontario unveiled sweeping new housing laws shortly after, which will also have a national impact.
The impetus came from the Toronto housing market. Detached home prices in the Greater Toronto Area in February rose an astonishing 32% over the previous year, and across the rest of southern Ontario by almost as much. Many experts fear that the market has become a bubble, which is bad news for everyone.
Another foreign buyers' tax
Ontario brought in several new measures to cool the market, with the most prominent being a copy of British Columbia's foreign buyers' tax. That tax imposed a levy on foreign purchases of residential homes in Metro Vancouver in August last year, and it had a dramatic impact. Prices peaked in the same month, and then immediately dropped over the rest of 2016.
Ontario seems to be hoping for the same effect. Like B.C., it set the tax at 15% on residential properties. By restricting it to buyers who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents, the province hopes to discourage speculators who are buying property only for investment purposes. And it cast its net much wider than B.C. did. The Ontario tax not only affects residential sales in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, but also touches communities as far away as Niagara, Peterborough and Barrie.
The impact on interest rates
In a broader sense, it will affect other parts of the country as well. By taking some of the steam out of the Toronto market, this tax may ease worries of the bubble bursting, which is good for consumer confidence across the country. It will also provide some breathing room for the Bank of Canada, if it wants to raise interest rates without triggering market instability.
That aspect of the move is of the greatest significance to most of our customers. If you hold interest-bearing instruments, you likely know that interest rates have been at exceptionally low levels for years now. With growth in the economy and a possible cooling of real estate hotspots, the time may finally come for interest rates to start climbing back up. That would mean a higher return on your savings, which is certainly something to be welcomed.
Your health online
As every doctor will tell you, the internet is not a substitute for personalized medical advice. Nonetheless, all of us go online at some time or another to find answers to medical questions. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. The internet is full of great sites with reliable, evidence-based information about a whole host of medical issues, many of which don't require the intervention of a specialist. Good websites can provide reassurance about minor symptoms, or clear up doubts about standard treatments like vaccines or the flu shot.
For anything serious, however, you should always speak to a professional. For example, a common cold is something easy to self-diagnose, and a check on the internet will tell you that it can last for as long as two to three weeks. But once you've gone beyond that point, it's time to see a doctor—not keep searching the internet for "colds that last a really long time."
First check the source, not the headline
The biggest problem with searching for medical advice on the internet is that there's an ocean of information that's unreliable, misleading and downright false. The key to avoiding it when you're conducting a search is to look at the website address before you look at the result's headline. By filtering out unreliable sources first, you'll cure yourself of "confirmation bias"—an ailment we all suffer from that involves selecting information that we already agree with (or want to).
And what are reliable sources when it comes to medical information? Well, there are quite a few…
Government departments: The gold standard for health information comes from ministries of health. Sites like Health Canada, your provincial health department, and the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Governments also run many agencies that have their own websites for specialized topics. For example, the B.C. Cancer Agency or the National Institutes of Health in the United States.
Not-for-profit health organizations: There are many charitable organizations dedicated to fighting diseases or improving our overall health, and they run websites that provide information you can trust. Some examples are Diabetes Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.
Clinics, medical journals and independent organizations: There are many great sources of medical information on the internet that provide everything from basic information to breaking information. These include famous and respected institutions, like the Mayo Clinic and the New England Journal of Medicine (albeit a bit challenging for the lay reader). There are also purely web-based outlets like WebMd, which is run by the National Institutes of Health, and MedBroadcast, a Canadian site that provides general medical information.
Remember to drop by our stores, for a chance to win!
We always like to give our customers and friends a very warm welcome whenever they come to visit us. Particularly with our dedicated stores in both Calgary and Toronto, it's great being able to chat about planting for the future—or anything else, for that matter—over an equally warm cup of tea or coffee.
And just a reminder that you could also end up with a great deal more than a tasty beverage and good conversation, just from dropping by! At the end of every quarter, we draw a name from among the many visitors who came along to our stores and entered their contact details. So congratulations to Javed Syed, who showed up at our Toronto store in early January, and went on to become our first in-store winner for 2017. Javed picks up an Oaken GIC for $500, which is a great way to begin the year!
Reading corner
From economic health to personal health, our reading list this month is about keeping your mind in top form…
- A short summary of the impacts of Ontario's new housing rules, from Global News.
- The CBC with an in-depth look at the multiple factors the Bank of Canada must juggle in deciding on what to do about interest rates.
- A fascinating article by CTV News about how the internet is bringing patients and doctors together online.


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Pyrotechnics and demining divers sank in the Black sea ship
The ship with ammunition during the Second world war was discovered in the Yagorlytsky Gulf.
In Yagorlytsky Bay in Kherson region of pyrotechnics and divers SSES started the clearance of the ship with ammunition during the Second world war, which sank in the Black sea. This is stated in the message of the SSES in the Kherson region in Facebook.
"The transition of the expeditionary vessel "Snow" on the route M. Kherson – Yagorlytsky Bay and started the preparatory work for the conduct of demining the sunken ship", – is spoken in the message.
It is noted that the ship was discovered on the territory of Hola Prystan district in the Yagorlytsky Gulf.
We will remind, Military-naval forces of Armed forces of Ukraine has shut down three area of the Azov sea for the period from 1 June to 1 September for events for combat training.
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Over the moon - Shorrocks
Joe Shorrocks admitted his delight after making his Wigan Warriors debut.
Young forward came off the bench in the second half in the defeat to Wakefield Trinity on Friday night.
- Shorrocks: "I was happy with my own performance, but it wasn't the result we wanted."
Academy forward, Joe Shorrocks, says he was 'proud' to wear the Cherry and White jersey, as the 19-year-old made his debut for Wigan Warriors on Friday night.
Despite the defeat to Wakefield Trinity, Wigan-born Shorrocks was delighted to make his first Super League appearance, as he came off the bench in the 66th minute.
The Wigan St. Patricks ARLFC youth spoke about the lead up to the game and his aims for the rest of the season.
"I was over the moon to make my debut for the club," Shorrocks said. "I'm proud and happy to put the Cherry and White shirt on and get out there for my debut. Overall, I was happy with my own performance, but it wasn't the result we wanted.
📋 Zak Hardaker is a late withdrawal due to family reasons.— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪ (@WiganWarriorsRL) April 12, 2019
💪 Sam Powell returns from injury, while Joe Shorrocks is set to make his senior debut off the bench! 👏 pic.twitter.com/a58AbCxfng
"When I get told I was in the squad, I was made up! I didn't have a clue, as I thought I would be the 18th or 19th man. My mum and dad walked into the media room at the training ground on Thursday and presented me with my shirt.
"Hopefully, I can get some more game time in the First Team and keep pushing on to improve!"
From @pnefc and @lancscricket to Wigan Warriors' First Team...🏉🍒⚪— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪ (@WiganWarriorsRL) April 12, 2019
🗞 Find out more about Wigan's latest Academy graduate, @shorrocks_joe, as he is named on the interchange bench for tonight's game! 🙌#AllRounderhttps://t.co/aiYR7vh0zt
On the game, Shorrocks revealed the atmosphere within the dressing room at the end of both halves, as the Warriors gave away three tries in the remaining four minutes of the first.
He admitted: "We did everything right in the first 35 minutes. We kept them in the arm wrestle at four points ahead, but we let our standards slip in the last few minutes of the half. We went into half time feeling deflated, after playing so well early on.
"We were all pretty down in the changing room after it. It didn't go the way we wanted it to, but I thought in the second half we showed what we can do. Ultimately, we didn't do it throughout and we came off on the wrong side of the result.
Shorrocks also believes his side are not displaying a true reflection of themselves as they are in training and states it is down to him and his teammates to perform to show their maximum capability.
"We're training well and doing things right in games, but we're just not putting it all together. It's important to show the fans what we're capable of, as they're not seeing what we can do at the moment."
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The Founding Partners are a group of Rylan's family and friends that are committed to bringing to action the mission & vision of Rylan's Hope Foundation. Their financial support, community involvement and volunteer leadership ensure that families in the surrounding area are able to provide therapies, supplies and medical needs to their child regardless of their financial ability.
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In northwest Michigan a team of investors and lenders is taking a unique community-based approach to capitalizing farmers and local food producers.
It is their commitment to both lending and learning that is making the difference.
In their first year, 2013-2014, members of the Northwest Michigan Food and Farm 20/20 Fund made 18 loans for a total of $1.5 million. This work resulted in 13 full-time jobs and two part-time jobs across five counties.
The group's motto "Lend and learn. Learn and lend." is working, says Susan Cocciarelli. She is a sustainable agriculture finance specialist from Michigan State University based at the region's council of governments Networks Northwest.
"With 20/20 Fund successes — paid on time or even before due — conventional lenders are becoming more familiar with the sector and comfortable with the borrowers," Cocciarelli says.
The 20/20 Fund's innovative approach confronts some basic facts that complicate the already tough small business financing challenge that food and farm entrepreneurs face.
Bankers today are unfamiliar with the business of farming. Agricultural lenders are used to their mainstream of commodity production borrowers. All lenders and investors are averse to the high cost of servicing smaller loans and big risks inherent in the largely startup sector.
Economic Engine
Northwest Michigan's business leaders understand, however, that food from the region, and for the region, is a major economic player. It feeds both tourism and small town quality of life here on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Taking innovative steps to address big food and farm financing gaps is a natural.
"Farms, food processors, and food retailers are all important businesses in our area," says Don Coe. He is a local winery operator and former state agriculture commissioner who advocated in 2012, as then-chair of the Chamber's economic development arm, to join in the collaborative lending and learning effort.
Team Work
Consider an Amish farmer that applied for a loan through 20/20 Fund member Northern Initiatives, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). The collaborative worked together to move the application through Northern Initiatives' loan review process successfully.
The farmer posed relatively little risk. He came with a successful track record plus purchase orders in hand from a regional produce distributor. But the farmer did not have collateral required to secure the $12,000 loan for plants and irrigation.
Two other members of the 20/20 Fund team stepped in to help.
One is locally owned and operated Honor Bank, which holds "Individual Development Accounts" (IDAs) that the 20/20 group makes available to farmers. These federally matched savings accounts are common in urban redevelopment efforts but only beginning to show up in rural food and farm development.
Another 20/20 Fund member, the regional Utopia Foundation, provided the required local match to bring the IDA total to $3,000. The farmer then brought the IDA to Northern Initiatives as a loan guarantee.
Bridging Gaps
"Its hard to get a traditional lender to finance some of these businesses," says Venture North Executive Director Laura Galbraith. "They are mostly startups with little to no collateral, and it takes a long time to go to market so you have to be patient lender. We have had to be pretty collaborative and inventive in some ways."
Sometimes it's just the 20/20 Fund group's willingness to jump in when it would take a traditional bank much more processing time, or cost farmers dearly in credit card debt.
"Having a community partner that is quick and flexible, that's where the value comes in," says Nic Welty.
He is a successful young farmer in the region and advisory member of the 20/20 Fund. His Nine Bean Rows farm has worked two loans through the 20/20 Fund. One involved an equipment grant from the state agriculture agency. The 20/20 Fund fronted Welty the $20,000 he would have had to pay out first before getting reimbursed through the grant.
"I didn't want to be out $20,000 while waiting an indeterminate amount of time … Unless you're super capitalized or have a close relationship with a banker, which most don't have, it takes a long time to get that kind of capital."
Regional magnet
Northwest Michigan's 20/20 Fund participants work through challenging, unconventional food and farm loans because they see regional quality-of-life growing from this sort of economic development.
They are not the only ones.
The 20/20 Fund is just one of 45 related food and farm sector development projects that the Northwest Michigan Food and Farming Network featured recently in its first annual Report to the Community. More than 150 organizations are united, along with individual farmers and others, behind the 10-county Network's goal of 20 percent local food by 2020.
All of this local food and farming effort contributes to the "livability" factor that is fundamental to the region's economic development strategy and earning Traverse City national recognition.
Hans Voss has watched it unfold since the mid 1990s. He is Executive Director of the Traverse City-based Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, formerly the Michigan Land Use Institute. The nonprofit helped kick off local food's contribution with its annual 10-county Taste the Local Difference guide and marketing programs.
"Not only are restaurants, schools, and grocery stores prioritizing local, it's enlivening the whole economy and energizing a growing sustainability ethic," he said. "A new generation of socially and environmentally conscious people is coming to this forward-looking community."
First published May 18, 2015, in the Good Food Economy Digest, a project of the Wallace Center at Winrock International http://www.wallacecenter.org/news/top-small-town-invests-in-local-food


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As is the case in any emergency, it's best practice for a hospital or facility to have established a strong business continuity plan. Unplanned Information Technology (IT) system downtime can throw your organization for a loop. Even in the most commonplace IT outage, simple mathematical calculations previously managed on workplace computers can become onerous for healthcare staff that has grown accustomed to relying on modern technology.
From registration to discharge, an IT outage at a facility can negatively impact patient perception of care if hospital staff is struggling to regain their workflow footing. LAMMICO reminds policyholders to plan and train for IT downtime in the same manner you might conduct fire drills – with advance risk assessments, contingency planning, and sometimes even simulations to better arm your staff for a real outage.
Click here to access hyperlinks to a self-assessment guide from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and other valuable resources to augment contingency planning for your organization.


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Two days at Hinckley is enough so we have wandered of for places rural and fetched up by bridge 31, Woodentop Bridge, not sure whether to keep my eye out for a spotty dog or a traffic cop.
It was a beautiful late autumn morning, frosty, misty and hardly a breath of wind, perfect boating weather especially as there was hardly any traffic, we've seen four boats on the move all day. It has also been the first day for a while when we've had no leaves hindering progress.
In common with many villages Stoke Golding's Church is perched on top of a hill and is visible for miles, unless it's misty.
The seaweed feelers are forecasting rain and gales for tomorrow, that means we'll probably need the sun screen, but it's a good excuse to stay put. Not that we need an excuse to have another lazy day.


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Women in Technology
Female technology leaders at Citi are developing new programs that impact millions. From building mobile investment features to rolling out new mentoring initiatives with Citi senior leaders, we're leveraging the latest technology and a diverse set of perspectives to better serve our customers.Technology careers available at Citi
- Fintech
- Software Architect
- Technical Product
- Development
- Data Science
- Information
- Platform
- Mobile Apps
- Programming
New Digital Platform Transforms Proxy Voting
Last year, Citi launched ProxymitySM, a digital proxy voting system, and added 32 core features and over 60 sub-features that address issues presented by customers. The idea originated in one of our internal innovation programs called D10XSM, which provides employees with the opportunity to identify, test and validate new ideas. Proxymity directly connects company stakeholders with issuers, making the voting process easier and eliminating miscommunication by delivering real-time information, saving companies billions of dollars.
Customer Co-Creation
The Citi team recently unveiled a groundbreaking beta-testing community called Canvas, designed by Citi. This platform, open to all customers, allows Citi to test their solutions in real-world conditions and receive timely feedback. Through a test-and-learn approach, solutions may be iterated and retested, discarded entirely or put into production to be rolled out live in the Citi Mobile App based on feedback from the beta-testing community. As a result, we are bringing features to market faster and customers are helping to shape what's next for Citi.
Open Banking
We're focused on embedding Citi into our clients' financial ecosystem through open banking initiatives. In 2016, we launched a global API Developer Hub, one of the most comprehensive in the global financial services industry. Since launch, we have expanded functionality to incorporate 16 countries with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) across 8 categories. More than 400 app prototypes have been built using our APIs and more than 4,400 developers have registered.
Putting our APIs to Work
Citi employees have the opportunity to work on projects that benefit customers around the world. Through our partnership with WeChat, Citi China customers can apply for a credit card, inquire on their application status, activate the account, access their account balance, request a credit line increase, obtain an instant loan on their phone and an equal payment plan, all through WeChat. WeChat also provides a platform for customer services and to redeem bonus points. This is one example where Citi is meeting our customers where they are spending their time and implementing services to meet their needs.
We are the perfect home for restless and inquiring minds – join the Citi Technology team.
"We're creating a culture where it's just as important to bring forward things that succeed as things that need to be changed or aren't going to work in the market, because it collectively makes us all smarter."Vanessa Colella, Chief Innovation Officer
"I joined Citi to be part of the team that puts technologies that add value, drive simplicity and remove friction from the customer experience into action. For the first time in my career, I'm sitting as part of a diverse leadership team, which includes three very accomplished women. The more I get to know the company and its culture, the more excited I am about Citi's commitment to diversity, specifically closing the gaps for women and minorities in technology."Lisa Cochran, Head of Operations Digitization and Technology, Global Consumer Banking


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Communication, again
I just called the clinic to chase about getting a nurse's appointment, as we were told to do at our last appointment, and boy, was it ridiculous.
At first the receptionist asks "when is your treatment scheduled for?"
and I was like…I don't know, that's why I'm calling for an appointment!! Though in a much nicer way of course.
Then she looked it up on the system and said I was scheduled for January. And I'm saying, I really don't think that's right, that's not what the doctor said at all. And so she got a bit sniffy and started going on about waiting lists and how everyone has to wait their turn.
Then finally I made it clear that it was IUI not IVF (trying for a whisper at my desk that would be loud enough to be heard over my mobile), and then she says we don't need a nurses appointment!
So I'm like, the doctor said we did, and she's reading our last letter and going 'who is this doctor who wrote this' all annoyed at the lack of info – HA! – and then finally realizes that we are using donor sperm and therefore we do need an appointment. You're on the waiting list for a nurse's appointment, she says. Ok, fine.
But do we have the donor sperm here, in the lab? she says. No, I say, we were told to get it after we had the nurse's appointment. No, she says, the doctor told you things backward. You have to get the donor stuff here first. You can't have a nurse's appointment until the donor sperm is actually here in the lab.
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I misread this the first time, thinking it was about mboxes. Dealing with compressed individual messages seems at least potentially simpler.
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In the 2015 Prosperity Index, released by the Legatum Institute on Monday, the Nordic nation was again in first place, followed by Switzerland in second, and Denmark in third.
However, the report's authors said that Norway's hold on the top position in the index masked an underlying decline in its performance on the economy -- one of eight factors used to rank the world's countries.
"The Prosperity Index shows that the Nordics are prosperous places, however, prosperity cannot be taken for granted and without robust job growth the Nordics will struggle to remain at the top of the pile," the report's authors wrote.
Norway ranked first on the economy in 2013, as countries without the benefit of its oil-derived income struggled with the after-effects of the global financial crisis. But it was down to fourth place in this year's ranking.
"While many other advanced economies have made progress on the Economy sub-index since 2009, the Nordics have been going backwards," the institute wrote in its report. "Data from the Prosperity Index can pinpoint the primary source of the Nordic malaise. The countries are being let down by their poor labour market performance."
The Legatum report includes an essay by Swedish free market economist Nima Sanandaji, who accuses Norway of concealing a high unemployment rate by putting the long-term unemployment on sickness benefit or early retirement.
"Early retirement is one of the main, but not the sole, tactics used in the Nordic welfare systems to hide true unemployment," Sanandaji writes. "Another example is that unemployed individuals participate in labour market programmes with limited prospects of gaining employment, or are excluded from the labour force for various reasons."
The institute argues that the 'Anglo-Saxon' labour market model seen in the UK and US seemed to be doing a better job of creating jobs after the crisis.
The Legatum Institute, backed by the reclusive billionaire New Zealander Christopher Chandler, ranks the world's countries according to economy, entrepreneurship, governance, education, personal freedom, health, security and social capital.


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Ok folks, what we have here is the trailer for WHIPLASH RIVER, the latest book by Lou Berney. Lou is a fine fellow that creates fun, odd characters that never feel forced. Do yourself a favor and check out the words he has put on paper.
Lou is currently on tour and will be at Mystery One Books in Milwaukee Thursday the 26th. If you are a cheese head, get your ass over there!


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Are improvisers just too lazy to write?
When I arrived in Edinburgh, I watched a lot of friends lug countless suitcases up and down a narrow theatre staircase, each of them bursting with wigs and fluff – standard paraphernalia of the modern character comedian. Hectic get-ins followed, set lists gaffa-taped to the floor, projector screens erected, sound cues scrambled. This is the real, sweaty face behind the merry mask of the Edinburgh Fringe. I feel like a fraud.
I am an improviser, which means I am lazy. I haven't spent the past year researching, musing, agonising, writing, scrapping, agonising, procrastinating, writing, is-this-writing?, crying, previewing, crying, scrapping, amireallywriting, repeat, repeat. I have, though, been improvising an awful lot. Which means I turn up to the theatre half an hour before show time, in the same clothes I've been wearing all day (OK, slightly different clothes if I'm doing Austentatious), chat to people about what they're watching on Netflix, make some silly noises to warm-up, then bound on stage with between two to six friends to make up some funny shit. The audience laugh, the lights come down, we have little to pack up and we head to the bar.
What I've just described might sound to some like a glorious solution to the issue of hard graft, but to most people it's probably a perfect summary of why they don't like improv. A bunch of (here it comes) middle-class white people, prancing about on stage for their own enjoyment, laughing more than the audience, seeking refuge in a 'skill' that protects them from the reality that they couldn't write an hour long comedy show if they had ten years, let alone one.
I have a lot of sympathy with this point of view. We've all seen bad improv shows. But improv is not just a parlour trick, a collection of dumb games or some pseudo skill, it is an art form, and it's an art form that is at long last building a home in the UK. It's growing and getting better all the time, and it's here to stay.
I have, in true British fashion, been underselling myself. I'm not that lazy, and improv is not that easy. I've been improvising for ten years now. My first improv training was at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. Now, UCB is the great hulking beast of improv, and the best example of the stark difference in how improv is regarded in the US compared to here.
For decades improv has been one of the cornerstones of the American comedy institution. It's launched and influenced the careers of countless stars, including Bill Murray, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Dan Harmon.
UCB LA has 10,000 students a year, making it the second biggest arts college in LA. It's a tool that is seen as essential to any budding comedian or actor. Improvisers actually get paid more than regular actors when their lines get used in commercials. Seriously. Are you listening Equity? The craft of good improv is respected in the States because it is exactly that, craft. Like any other skill it takes years of dedication to be great at.
One of the most common questions I get asked is 'how do you practise improv? Aren't you just making it up?' Well, how do you practice jazz?
Yes, I just compared improv to jazz.
Like most skills, improv is a muscle you have to train, it's an instrument you have to keep tuned. My body is a saxophone. My mouth is the part of the saxophone where saxophone music comes out. I don't know what it's called.
Modern improv has evolved beyond many people's experience of it – which often doesn't extend beyond Whose Line is it Anyway?. Long-form improv is about the scene; it's about finding comic ideas, learning how to play them and playing them real. It's not about shameless mugging and puns. At its core, improv teaches you the rules of comedy, and it teaches them in the most immediate way imaginable – in the moment, on stage, in front of people, not hunched over a desk.
Improv obviously need not be the antithesis of scripted comedy. On the contrary, some of the most exciting TV comedies – from Curb to Community and even The Thick of It – use improv in some way or another in the creative process. Here in the UK, recent hit Murder in Successville relies heavily on improv, and Channel 5's new sitcom Borderline uses improv in every part of the process, from script to shoot. It's in this relationship, in fact, where the true value of improv lies. It doesn't just have to be some weeknight fetish that no one understands; being good at improv can make you money! (just not as much as in America, obvs.)
British attitudes towards this once maligned art are rapidly changing, and nowhere is this more obvious than at the Fringe, where every year there are dozens more improv shows.
This Fringe, I'll be in at least four improv shows: two with my improv theatre and school The Free Association (Jacuzzi and The Free Association Presents), Austentatious, for our fifth glorious year, and a handful of guest slots with Life is Fantastic, my two-prov venture with Joseph Morpurgo.
It might seem like a lot, but I never get bored of improv, and I never get tired. Every day is completely different, a brand new show waiting to be written, and I have no suitcases to lug. My three chairs will be waiting on stage.
• The Free Association: Jacuzzi is at Pleasance Courtyard at 23:00 and The Free Association Presents... is at Gilded Balloon at the Counting House at 12:45.
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I stood back to back in my tiny apartment with Christian. Each of us armed with one can of Silly String. The rules were simple: walk three steps then turn around and shoot as fast as you can. Laughter filled my apartment as we did this. Each trying to cover the other with the silly string. Who knew two little cans could evoke so much laughter?
We sprayed each other until the cans were completely empty. My terrible aim and closed eyes approach caused silly string to be everywhere. Christians was dead on and left me covered in it from head to toe. It was a blast.
I was never so happy cleaning up a mess as I was with this one. I am still finding evidence of our fun together around my apartment. Each time I do I giggle and a smile instantly forms across my face.
One of the things I love about Christian is his willingness to play. He dives right in and fills the air with his contagious laughter. Playing with the silly string together was no exception.
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Little is more frustrating than requiring a working HVAC during the hottest summer and coldest winter. Learning what you can about HVAC units will help you fix them or maintain them. Read this article for advice.
If your HVAC doesn't seem to be working properly, check things out yourself prior to calling in a technician. Figure out which rooms feel hot and which feel cold. This information will help the contractor determine where the problem is and how to fix it.
Know what you need before you hire a contractor. A contractor cannot give an accurate estimate without looking at your system. If you do not know what you want, the process can become tedious, especially over the phone. So, you should know this beforehand.
Before you start calling to find someone to fix your unit, make sure you know the type of system that is installed. Get information on the make and model, plus if you have information on the history of maintenance, that will help, too. Then, you'll be ready to tell the contractor what they need to know.
Cleaning the blades and coils will help the system run better. Prior to working on or cleaning the unit, be sure to turn off the power. Take away all of the debris as well.
Outdoor condenser units need to be cleaned regularly. You can never tell when things will pile up, especially following rain or wind storms. These can wreak havoc on your units. It may even overheat, which can ruin your system.
If the fan condenser on your unit has ports for oil, make sure you lubricate it once a year. A rubber or metal cap is typically placed over such ports. Buy an SAE 20 product that is lightweight, and then put no more than ten drops into the ports.
Before selecting a HVAC repairman, know what you need done. They won't be able to offer you a quote if they haven't seen your system. If you don't have any idea, they will have trouble giving you any sort of quote. This is information that you should have prepared in advance.
A shady spot is always a good choice for the placement of your outdoor compressor. When the unit sucks in cooler air, then less work is required to cool it further which in turn boosts the units efficiency.
Double Pane
It is always a good idea to swap out single pane windows for double pane ones. Double pane windows help minimize your air conditioning use in the summer by keeping the cooler air inside your home. Likewise, heat is better retained during the winter.
To make sure your condenser fan works properly, keep the fan blades and the coils clean. Except when cleaning the outside, turn the unit off when performing any type of maintenance. Also, it is important to clear the outside condenser unit from any debris that maybe trapped inside.
Make use of a thermostat when you are installing an HVAC. You have greater control over the temperature settings with these. Some programmable thermostats can even be controlled from a PC or other device.
If you're away from home during the day, raise the temperature setting on your air conditioner to save money. When it's off the house will get hot, but only by a certain amount. The longer the unit stays on, the more it ends up costing you in energy bills.
You should always review the experience and history of an HVAC specialist before hiring them. Obviously, a company with a longer history and a positive reputation is the better choice. You will be taking a risk if you hire a newer contractor.
Clean the coils on the condenser fan from time to time. For safety, always turn the power off first. Remove the grill and carefully clean the blades and surrounding areas.
Check the ducts to find any leaks if you you feel your existing system is not up to snuff. The local utility may be able to test for you, and their services are frequently free or low cost. When the leaks are repaired, you'll find that the testing paid for itself.
Make an HVAC system run more efficiently by determining what direction your house faces. If you have trees placed in strategic areas, you can block the sunlight in the morning. If there is less heat in the home from sunlight, then the HVAC will require less work to actually cool the home.
You need to measure the space of your home so you can purchase the proper size unit. Generally, 20 BTU per square foot is ideal. Calculate the total square footage of all rooms if you will use the air conditioner to cool more than one room.
The operation of your HVAC system can be in danger when the tree leaves begin to fall. When you see nearby trees shedding their leaves, clean the fan grill on your unit constantly. The fan needs to be able to get proper air inside without any blockages, and extra blockage can later develop into more serious problems.
Always find out how much experience a contractor has in the business. Make sure they are experienced with the kind of work that is needed. This doesn't mean a less experienced person may be bad, but you shouldn't take any chances with your HVAC.
Make sure to get references when hiring your contractor. Did the homeowner get what they expected? Was it done on budget and on time? Checking references helps you avoid scammers.
Only choose a contractor to repair or install your HVAC unit if they provide a 24 hour hotline in case of emergencies. You should have the ability to get them out to your home, whether it is the midst of a horrible heat wave or a snow storm.
To boost the efficiency of your HVAC system, you should put your unit in a shady place. The unit will have to do less work cooling this air.
Ensure that you have a written contract of the work to be completed. Some contractors overcharge for add-ons like travel expense or fees for additional materials. Having your contract in writing is obviously a must.
Check in on the contractor's references. People often assume references are legit when a contractor provides them, but that is not always true. It just takes a couple minutes to check them out.
Talk to your contractor about putting in a smart thermostat. This will help you to regulate the temperature at all times.
Turn off your outdoor condenser when it's getting cold. If you get into temperatures that are less than 60 degrees you need the unit to be shut off so it doesn't get damaged. You will save in repair bills and increase the efficiency of your system.
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To save some cash, try picking an Energy Star HVAC unit. These products are manufactured to the strict standards only qualified energy products meet. The units are evaluated by the United States. These guidelines have been set up by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. If you take the time to do your research, you may save a lot of money in the process.
About two-thirds of homes have ducts that leak. This equals up to 25% of your energy bill. It's easy to seal up any ducts, and you should notice a big difference in your bills.
If you own your own home or have permission from your landlord, replace your single pane windows with double paned versions. They help cool air remain inside your home, effectively cutting back on how much you have to run your air conditioner. This will also help you keep in heat when it gets cold.
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Be sure to search for an HVAC center that carries Energy Star rated products. When a product line carries the famous ENERGY STAR logo it has met the difficult standards and guidelines that the EPA has set forth. This helps save you money on your energy bills during the year.
When you clean heat ducts in the HVAC system regularly, you'll have fresher, cleaner air and heating will be more efficient. Check your ducts for damage or openings often. A bit of damage can drastically effect efficiency.
Try to have your HVAC system looked at every year, because regular maintenance will go a long way in energy efficiency. During service the technician will check the motor and refill the system fluids. This will help keep your system performing at maximum efficiency.
Engaging in HVAC professional services may be overwhelming without proper information. With the right information, it doesn't have to be that bad. With any luck, you should be prepared for any upcoming issues with your unit.


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3 Habits You Should Avoid in Your Relationship
1. Defensiveness
You go into "defense mode." You build an emotional fortress around yourself, and pace behind its walls, reinforcing the stories you've told yourself about why your upset. You rehash the reasons for your suffering and stew in them. You almost take pleasure in your active effort not to work toward resolving anything.
Plus, you feel ready to pounce should your partner dare to challenge, protest, or complain about anything you say or do. You might even try to "teach them a lesson" by punishing any response they give other than appreciation and approval. Instead, you offer up sarcasm, shaming, escalating or stonewalling.
Sure, it is hard to listen to another's complaints but most often it is your own "inner critic," which brings the real trouble. Odd as it may seem, it is a sign of strong self-esteem if you are willing to hear and consider another's protest, even if it seems unfair or painful to listen to.
Relationships need time and a clear set of steps to clear out resentments ; it is what builds the bridge of openness and vulnerability for wholehearted communication and joint growth. So try developing a practice around learning ways to silence your own self-judgment and to cultivate curiosity rather than reactivity when you are listening to someone else's protest to you.
2. Flip-Flopping
The promises you made were dumb to begin with, right? You never really signed on to them in the first place. And besides, your partner didn't uphold their end of the bargain, either, even if they claim otherwise. What's "fair is fair!"
But trust is imperative to a good relationship. You could even say that trust is an essential foundation of any healthy relationship. And among other situations, trust will develop when our partner can count on us keeping our agreements, and vice versa.
Perhaps you say "yes" too quickly. And perhaps you should work on learning to say, "Let me think about it" before agreeing to do something. Remember we always have a "yes" and a "no," and we need to be able to use both to respond to our partners requests.
Devoting all of your energy to pleasing someone else will not make you happy, but will lead to eventual frustration, resentment, anger and other negative feelings within. There is nothing inherently wrong with saying "no."
3. Blaming
You point out what your partner is doing wrong, any time and every time you feel that they are failing you, or themselves, or anyone else. You just go right ahead and nitpick, because it's for their own good to stop saying and doing things that annoy you, right? You complain when nothing changes. You make demands to be treated certain ways. You are never satisfied.
But more often than not, this kind of ongoing whining is a substitute for not speaking about what the real issues are. Complaints about petty things that might be annoying you often cover up deeper, more profound issues in the relationship, and perpetuate negative feeling rather than alleviating pain through communicating about it.
Yes, honest communication is difficult and can also produce pain, but prolonging issues through inviting other negativity into the relationship won't solve anyone's problems.
You and your partner can learn to communicate without complaining and criticizing. Give up whining: it's a convenient substitute for speaking your truth with clarity and an open heart.
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5 Relationship Problems That Are Totally Normal
There are common love troubles that tend to induce doubt in us about our relationships. But the truth is, many of these common woes are totally normal. It all comes down to being more aware of them, and knowing how to approach them. From there, we can start to recognize our own power in making ourselves happy — both in the context of our relationships, and even on our own ….
1. The Blahs
I live in Oregon, where the winters are gray with rain, which may pour or drizzle, but rarely stops. I keep framed photographs of spring flowers on my desktop to remind me that winter is temporary. Marital blahs can be temporary, too, if we learn how to recognize and manage them.
The physiological explanation for feeling less-than-enthusiastic is based on the human craving for pleasure. The feel-good chemical, dopamine, is released when our minds are excited and stimulated, and we feel off-balance when we experience a shortage.
The biggest challenge of the blahs is not to blame our partner for the way we feel. Instead, we must look for ways to accept the naturally evolving ordinariness of life and to consider some steps we might take to add some healthy pizazz to our daily grind. Maybe it's a movie, maybe it's cooking dinner, maybe it's talking about a new book. Experiment!
2. The Blues
If the blahs grip us for too long, we can sink into the blues. Many things can trigger depression — including genetic makeup, life crises, and ongoing relationship problems. Unlike medical conditions that can be diagnosed through measurable tests, depression is diagnosed through behavioral symptoms: exhaustion, low sex drive, disturbed sleep, anxiety, reduced self-esteem, irritability, negativity, and a quicker-than-usual temper.
Often, those suffering from depression believe that they can simply "will" themselves out of the darkness. Others numb their pain temporarily with various forms of self-medication, including drugs, alcohol, sex, food, constant exercise, or long hours at the office — some kind of distraction that keeps their attention away from the empty, sinking feeling inside.
In our search for logical reasons to explain why we feel so badly in our own lives, we often look to our relationships, and conveniently blame them as being imperfect. The truth is that all relationships and marriages are imperfect. We are human, and perfection is not possible — nor is it desirable.
If we are unhappy as individuals, we can't simply look to our relationships as "the problem." Your relationship in and of itself is not the cause of your suffering; the lens we look through when assessing our experiences, emotions, relationships and so on — that is the problem we must work on.
Countless studies point to depression as a major factor in unhappy marriages as well as life with a depressed partner, especially when we try to "fix" their problem. Compassion fatigue runs high, and our tolerance runs low. A depressed person needs to seek a health care professional for diagnosis and treatment, just as they would for any other illness.
3. Betrayal
Betrayal can take many forms, from garden-variety lapses in judgment that make your partner feel disregarded or discounted — to more serious heartbreakers like infidelity. Common forms of betrayal include broken promises, financial deception and the invasion of privacy — from snooping on a computer to reading a private journal.
Sexual betrayal is an especially difficult problem to resolve. Sometimes the only solution is for both partners to clean their respective psychological closets of all baggage, and to find the courage, honesty, and love to repair and forgive. It's extremely hard work. But perhaps the depth of this process explains why some of the strongest marriages I know have arisen from extremely serious betrayals.
4. Loss of Connection
We are wired in our brains and hearts to be connected; numerous studies show that touch, hugging, and being a part of loving relationships helps us to live longer, healthier, and happier. So how can we manage the anger and conflict that are part of all relationships, and avoid the loss of life-enhancing connection?
The secret is to manage our "love account" just as we manage our bank account — by keeping the deposits higher than the withdrawals. Listen, support, touch, apologize, appreciate, and surprise, no matter what. We need to practice these behaviors often enough to amass the goodwill to cover those times when the relationship is in the red.
5. Bad Moods
According to an old English saying, "One day you're a peacock; the next day you're a feather duster." On "Peacock Days," when everything is going our way, it's easy to behave lovingly. It's a snap to keep our promises to our partner. It's easy, even joyful, to allow disappointments and flashes of anger to subside and to move quickly to repair.
On "Feather Duster Days," none of this is easy. We simply find ourselves in a bad mood. This is perfectly normal. What matters is how we handle our bouts of grumpiness.
Ask yourself how a bad mood affects your work performance. How do you treat your colleagues and customers? Now, ask yourself: How do I treat my partner? My guess is that you stretch yourself so as not to indulge the bad mood at work, whereas at home, you may make less of an effort.
If you want to create trust and good health in your relationship, you need to keep your generosity your promises and your manners intact even when you're feeling low. Remember, you can make changes regardless what your partner is doing. Once you shift your focus from their behavior to yours, you gain enormous power to affect both your relationship and your own well-being.
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Grounded Fellowship is a ministry for young adults and young families in the Grassland community. Grounded Fellowship seeks to provide our community with an opportunity for authentic worship, discipleship, fellowship, and growth in a relaxed atmosphere.
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WASHINGTON - Divisions within the Federal Reserve over how to pump up the economy and lower unemployment came into sharper view yesterday.
WASHINGTON - Divisions within the Federal Reserve over how to pump up the economy and lower unemployment came into sharper view yesterday.
Three Fed officials squared off in competing speeches over how much help would come from one likely next step - buying more government debt.
Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, argued that such an effort might not help the economy much. Charles Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, made a similar point.
But, Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said Fed policymakers must do what they can to bring some more relief.
The Fed delivered a strong signal last week at its meeting that it was prepared to act if the economy weakened. High on the list of unconventional tools is buying more government debt, known as quantitative easing.
The goal is to force down rates on consumer and businesses loans even more to get Americans to boost their spending. Doing so, in theory, would help the economy.
In their speeches, Kocherlakota and Plosser expressed skepticism that quantitative easing would drive down rates nearly as much as such efforts did during the recession and financial crisis.
Because financial markets are in better shape now than during the crisis, the difference between the rates on super-safe Treasury securities and rates on other consumer and business loans has narrowed.
"I suspect that it will be somewhat more challenging for the Fed to impact them," Kocherlakota said. A new debt-buying program "would have a more muted effect," he concluded.
Plosser said: "Monetary policy is not a magic elixir that can solve every economic ill."
However, Rosengren said buying more government debt could benefit the economy and therefore should be considered.
"It is important that policymakers be open to implementing policies" that are aimed at lowering unemployment and preventing inflation from getting too low, which could put the country at risk of deflation, he said in a speech in New York.
Many economists think the Fed is likely to announce action when it wraps up a two-day meeting on Nov.3, the day after the midterm elections.
Although the Fed has yet to coalesce around a specific plan, one idea put forward by James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, is gaining closer scrutiny.
Under Bullard's approach, the Fed initially would buy a moderate amount of government bonds - perhaps in the range of $100 billion or less. After that, the Fed would review the economic climate at each meeting and decide whether it needs to buy more government bonds to bolster the recovery.
That would allow the Fed to avoid making the kind of upfront commitment to buy government debt on a large scale in the trillion-dollar range. It also could ease concerns among some Fed officials about carrying out the type of large-scale interventions seen during the recession.
The Fed ended up buying roughly $1.7 trillion of mortgage securities and debt, as well as government bonds, during the recession.
Another big buying binge would complicate the Fed's efforts later on to unwind all its stimulus. There are also concerns that another large-scale effort could eventually spark inflation or trigger a wave of speculative buying that could create bubbles in the prices of bonds, commodities or other assets.


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Tex-Mex Lasagna
8-10 people
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
45 minutes
- 2 15 oz cans Ricos Aged Condensed Cheddar Cheese Sauce Prepared
- 1 can pinto beans, drained
- 1 lb lean ground beef or turkey
- 2 cups enchilada sauce
- 2-4 tsps Texan Original Jalapeño Hot Sauce
- 1 package yellow corn tortillas
- 12 oz bag Texan Original Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips
- Preheat oven to 350º.
- In a large skillet, brown meat and season to taste.
- Drain well.
- In a separate mixing bowl, add Texan Original Hot Sauce to 2 cups of prepared Ricos Aged Cheddar Cheese Sauce and stir until blended.
- Add to the skillet of cooked meat along with pinto beans mix well.
- Lightly spray cooking oil on a 9"x13" baking dish.
- Layer tortillas, meat mixture, enchilada sauce and cheese sauce.
- Repeat layers.
- Top with remaining cheese sauce and for added crunch, crumble Texan Original Tortilla Chips over cheese and bake uncovered for 20 minutes or until bubbly.
- Serve with fresh sour cream, guacamole, or Pico de gallo.
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MTV caught up with Drake while he was at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah to find out how his recent trip to Africa went. Drizzy said the fans were great and he got an unexpected surprise when he went on a safari.
"Africa was amazing, man. Africa was amazing because I went, like, OK, I'm gonna have to do Rihanna 'What's My Name,' I'm gonna have to do 'Bedrock,' I'm gonna have to do 'Every Girl,'" he said. "I went out there and I did the music that I thought they wanted to hear and all they were screaming was, like, they wanted to hear Take Care.They wanted to hear the new stuff. I started performing the new stuff and they knew it word for word. It was incredible. It was like 5000 people."
After performing Drizzy decided to get a closer look at the wildlife.
"I went on a safari--I got tackled by a tiger," he said. "It was crazy."


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Location: 11.94 miles from HaralsonPeachtree City, GA - 30269
Our mission is to provide free primary health care to the uninsured and the underinsured of Fayette, Coweta & So. Fulton counties who are within the 200% federal poverty income level guidelines. Open Thursday evenings 5-8 pm. Please call 678-373-9963 to reach our Clinical Director to schedule see clinic details
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Germany would bear the brunt of global job losses should the UK leave the European Union without a trade deal in place, according to a new study.
Economists at the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle (IWH) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg calculated that roughly 600,000 jobs globally could be affected by a no-deal Brexit. Germany could expect some 100,000 job losses, with China and France coming second and third with nearly 60,000 and 50,000 jobs affected, respectively.
The IWH focused on job losses after a no-deal Brexit as a result of a drop in exports to the UK. The study based its calculations on data from the World Input Output Database (WIOD) and the assumption that demand from the UK for EU goods and services would plunge by a quarter following a hard Brexit, because of higher prices based on new tariffs.
The study said the German car industry would be the worst hit, with an estimated 15,000 positions lost across production and sales, concentrated in places like Volkswagen's home turf in Wolfsburg and BMW's in Dingolfing, Lower Bavaria. Germany's tech heartlands, home to companies like Siemens, would also suffer.
READ MORE: 'A nightmare for companies': President of British Chamber of Commerce in Germany discusses Brexit
German automotive bosses have warned repeatedly over the past two years that Brexit will make the complex "just-in-time" supply chains between the two countries even more complicated and increase costs. A no-deal Brexit would have even more serious consequences. Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche warned in October that a hard Brexit was "highly worrying" for the carmaker and that Daimler could see an immediate slowdown in demand for Mercedes-Benz cars and lorries in Britain.
After the British parliament rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement in January, German carmakers urged the British government not to leave the bloc without a trade deal. BMW, which makes more than half of its Minis in Oxford, and Volkswagen both said the UK needed to act to ensure tariff-free trade after Brexit.
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"A hard Brexit would stir up global value chains," said study author and IWH vice president and chief executive Oliver Holtemöller, noting that it would cause a significant loss of prosperity in the EU. Job losses would not be the only fallout — companies could also put workers on part-time contracts, so as not to lose skilled people in economies, like Germany, that already struggle to fill skilled positions.
READ MORE: The industries most at risk from a no-deal Brexit


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Date :
January 8, 2019
NK border patrol units use jet skis
North Korean border patrol units use jet skis to intercept smuggling operations
According to sources in North Pyongan Province, some border patrol units have started using jet skis to monitor and interdict smuggling operations on the open water.
The introduction of the vehicles has led to a spate of arrests. "Recently a popular spot for smuggling operations around Hwanggumpyong Island was patrolled by border guards on jet skis. They arrested some North Korean smugglers on the spot, confiscated their goods, and sent the Chinese smugglers back home," a source in North Pyongan Province told Daily NK.
"The boats we (Chinese and North Korean smugglers) use aren't fast enough, so they couldn't get away. They were smuggling animal hides and marine products, so it wasn't as big a deal as it could have been, like trading gold or something like that." .......
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Corsairs prepare to meet LA Southwest on the gridiron this Saturday
The Santa Monica College Corsairs defeated the LA Valley College Monarchs 45-13 behind a dominating defensive performance, and another good showing from quarterback Christian Smith.
Smith totaled 231 passing yards, going 12-20 with two touchdowns and an interception.
Although Smith started the season as the team's backup quarterback, he has finally captured the starting role. Not only can Smith throw the ball with accuracy, he can also get out of the pocket and convert first downs and scoring plays with his legs.
"Christian is our starter. He's been effective at moving the offense, scoring points, and limiting turnovers. Steven Hamm also did a very nice job with his opportunities on Saturday at LA Valley. He'll continue to see action as well," said head coach Gifford Lindheim. "Both QB's have the ability to make plays with their arms and feet. Running is not a necessity to play QB in this offense, but it definitely opens up the entire playbook."
Saturday's victory is the type of win the Corsairs have gotten used to over the past three championship seasons; High scoring offense, to go with a stingy defense.
If the Corsairs are truly hitting their stride, it couldn't have come at a better time. SMC has just one more game before a potential conference championship matchup at home against Santa Barbara City College.
"It's hard to say if we're hitting our stride. I'd like to think so. The game on Saturday was promising. However, I think that this team has a lot of work to do to be Champions. That's the goal. That's what we're working toward with every practice." Lindheim.
Next up for the Corsairs are the LA Southwest College Cougars. Since SMC handled LA Valley College with ease, the Corsairs should have no problem pushing around LA Southwest College. The Cougars have lost one more game than the Monarchs, and are currently on a three game losing streak.
But although it appears the Corsairs should steam roll the Cougars, they know better than to underestimate their opponent. Just a couple weeks ago, SMC had a favorable matchup at home against rival West LA College, but barely escaped 49-48 stopping West LA on a two-point conversion with 12 seconds left on the clock.
"Going on the road to LA Southwest, the day after Halloween, it's not an easy task. Traditionally, that's been a tough place for us to play," said Lindheim. "I've talked to the team about being focused and having great preparation this week. We've got to keep improving. We want to go to LA Southwest and play well."
The Corsairs will travel to LA Southwest College this Saturday for a 6 p.m. start.