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3G Mobile Wifi
- HSPA+ (DL) data service of up to 21.6 Mbit/s
- HSDPA (DL) data service of up to 14.4 Mbit/s
- HSUPA (UL) data service of up to 5.76 Mbit/s
- UMTS data service of up to 384 kbit/s
- EDGE data service of up to 236.8 kbit/s
- GPRS data service of up to 85.6 kbit/s
- PS domain data service based on UMTS and GSM
- SMS based on CS/PS domain of GSM and UMTS
- Wi-Fi
- Five-second fast boot
- Support for HUAWEI Mobile WiFi App
- Press and Play
- 3G/Wi-Fi auto offload
- IPv6 /IPv4 dual stack (optional)
- Built-in DHCP Server, DNS RELAY and NAT
- Online software upgrade
- Traffic statistic
- Standard Micro USB interface
- HiLink features (Driverless, Zero installation)
- LED indicators
- Built-in UMTS and WLAN high gain antenna
- Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1/SP2, Windows 7, Windows 8 (does not support Windows RT), MAC OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 with latest upgrades
What Is Telenor 3G Mobile Wifi?
Telenor 3G Mobile Wifi is a high speed USB internet modem, providing you blazing speeds on the go; it can be used with laptops and even with your desktops. It gives you multiple 3G Connections to Telenor's superior 3G network and supports speeds up to 21MBPS. You can Connect up to 10 devices. it has a six hour battery backup to make it a truly mobile device.
How do I reset my 3G Mobile Wifi Password?
You can click on the settings tab in your 3G Mobile Wifi interface and change the password in "Settings" profile and clicking WLAN setting, u can change the password in basic WLAN settings.
Default user name and password is
User Name: Admin
Password: Admin
Note: If default password doesn't work please rest the device by pressing the reset button in the device shell and holding it for a full 10 seconds till the interface shows status as disconnect and connects again
*Connect your device with the Laptop Via the cable that comes in the Box to Access Interface
How to install the device?
It is a plug and play device; which, as soon as it is connected to your machine it automatically installs the drivers, and starts working flawlessly.
Where can I buy the device?
You can buy it from any of Telenor Pakistan's
- Sales and Service Centers Franchises
- Select retailers in cities with 3G coverage.
How to activate and subscribe for free trial offer?
- Buy any Telenor internet device with Data SIM
- Activate the SIM via Biometric verification.
- Dail *345*4005# in the self-service portal of the interface
- The free trial will start 48 hours after subscription
Can I use my existing Telenor SIM to be used with the device?
Yes! You can use your existing Telenor SIM with the device after migrating it to a data package, which you can do so by dialing the USSD code *345*4006#. Once migrated, voice calls will be blocked on that SIM, so it is advisable to do the migration only if you have a spare Telenor SIM.
Can my device work with SIM of any other telecom company?
No! The device is locked to work only with Telenor SIMs
How can I recharge my Data SIM?
Your data SIM will have a unique number just like any SIM; this gives you the following options to recharge your 3G Connect.
- Easy Load
- Scratch Card
- Internet Voucher
- Balance transfer
How do I Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Telenor 3G Connect bundles?
You can dial the USSD code of an offer in the self-service portal, to see all packages click packages in the interface.
How can I check my Volume and consumption?
You can check your volume and consumption on the interface of your 3G Connect by clicking on balance check, or by dialing the USSD code *444# to check balance, and *999# to check volume.
Do I get Warranty with my device and what is the claim process?
Yes, all Telenor devices have a 1 year warranty. In order to claim your warranty, visit our nearest Franchise, or call 345.
Can I send SMS using my device?
Yes you can send and receive SMS through the interface in the SMS section (Rs. 5/SMS)
How to check if I am in the coverage area?
In your home interface click the Self-service icon and then check 3G coverage or use *7799# short code.
What is my number?
In order to check your number please click the my number button on the home screen you will receive a message in you inbox with your number
How can I choose network modes?
On the home screen you can choose Network Mode through which you can choose the network you want to use i.e. 2G, 3G or Auto for which ever is available
Which Operating Systems does the device support?
All devices support the following operating systems:
Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1/SP2, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 (Note: Does not support windows RT); Mac OS X10.7, 10.8 and 10.9 with latest upgrades


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It was in the early hours of the morning on Sept. 6 when Pastor Vasili Romanyuk's phone rang. A group of men backed by local police were demolishing his Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church, housed in a three-story building nestled in a Moscow suburb. As word spread, congregants arrived at the scene hoping to save the building, but their efforts were futile. By dawn the church was in ruins and some of its most valuable contents were missing.
An isolated incident? A misunderstanding? Analysts watching the current climate in the former Cold War country don't think so: "This destruction of the church is about as concrete of evidence as you can get that something very bad and very troubling is taking place," said Katrina Lantos Swett, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. "This could not have happened without the backing, support, and implicit blessing of the police."
The incident is just one sign of deteriorating freedoms in Russia, and behind the scenes a cozy relationship between the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church has raised more than a few eyebrows. As President Vladimir Putin digs into his third term, a number of Kremlin crackdowns involving vague interpretations of the country's extremism law and other human-rights abuses are troubling signs that the country has slipped into a familiar, repressive era.
"When you have unknown people backed by the police coming out at midnight to begin tearing down a church, you know something doesn't smell right," Lantos Swett told me.
Officials evicted Holy Trinity Church from its original building in 1995 and relocated the church to the eastern Moscow suburb. The congregation used its own funds to construct a new building and repeatedly battled officials over permits. The church demolition and its history reflect an emerging pattern: Authorities confiscate land from non-favored religious communities and force the congregation to relocate to a remote suburb, the religious leaders apply for permits that are subsequently denied, and officials confiscate (once again) or demolish the relocated congregation, citing lack of proper documentation.
Pastor Romanyuk and a small group of the church's 550 congregants arrived on site around 3:30 a.m. as about 45 men claiming to be civil volunteers blocked them from the building and threw stones. "When I arrived, I just burst into tears," 25-year-old Natalya Cherevichinik told The Moscow Times as she surveyed the destruction. "I couldn't believe that something that had been built over several years could be destroyed in a few hours."
Police arrived but did nothing to stop the razing. Furniture, instruments, computer equipment, and chalices for the Eucharist were among the items taken from the church.
Romanyuk has been fighting an uphill battle with the public prosecutor of Moscow's Eastern Administrative District. According to Forum 18, a Moscow-based news service covering religious liberty in the region, the prosecutor filed suit against the church in 2010, demanding it vacate the site despite the fact that the congregation was originally given permission to use the land.
"I couldn't believe that something that had been built over several years could be destroyed in a few hours." —Natalya Cherevichinik
City officials told Romanyuk last month that the church would be destroyed by Sept. 15, but delivered nothing official about what was to take place. "We didn't believe they would just do this," Romanyuk told Forum 18. According to a report in The Moscow Times, the city plans to build a giant sports complex on the land.
The pastor didn't let the crippled building halt worship plans. About 300 to 400 congregants gathered among the rubble for a two-hour church service the following Sunday, but police detained Romanyuk and took him to the police station after the service for questioning about the "illegal rally." Police said the detention order came from "above," according to one eyewitness.
A new law passed in the wake of anti-Putin demonstrations—over allegations of election rigging following Putin's return to the presidency last March—requires a permit for outdoor gatherings.
Other changes make it easier to target non-Orthodox churches. Authorities arrested and sentenced to two years in jail three women from a Russian punk band over anti-Kremlin activities, provoking an international outcry. The group performed an anti-Kremlin song at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and was charged with "hooliganism driven by religious hatred."
The sentence sparked condemnation from a cadre of Hollywood stars, and on Sept. 12 Russian Prime Minister and former President Dmitry Medvedev came out in support of the group's release. Medvedev clarified his apparent turn-around: The incident still makes him "nauseated" but the band's six months in jail were "fully enough to make them think about what happened," he said during a press conference.
But persecution of religious minorities has gone largely unnoticed. An extremism law passed in 2002 and cleverly disguised as a means to prevent religious violence has produced vague interpretations that target nonviolent religious minorities.
The Jehovah's Witnesses and a Muslim sect that follow the teachings of Turkish theologian Said Nursi have been the primary targets. A court in 2007 banned 14 of Nursi's commentaries of the Quran for their assertions of Islam's "exclusivity." Five followers served three-year prison terms for charges related to the banned books, according to Forum 18.
Groups that seek converts are labeled as threats to the country's Russian Orthodox identity. In an ironic reverse from Communist rule, when Soviet leaders threatened to stamp out religion, now church and state have joined forces to protect "Holy Russia." A number of priests have publicly declared their support for Putin, and Russia's foreign ministry claims that Western criticism of the punk rock band trial was proof that Moscow embodies "Christian values" long forgotten in the West. "One needs to remember that the first revolutionary was Satan," Dmitry Smirnov, a Russian Orthodox official, warned.
Lantos Swett says the disintegrating state of religious freedom in Russia can be placed in the broader spectrum of a Kremlin crackdown on human rights. She lists the mysterious deaths of more than 200 crusading journalists during the past seven years as further proof of deteriorating freedoms.
The international community lost some leverage when Russia became a member of the World Trade Organization in August, but the United States must continue to pressure Moscow to adhere to its international human-rights commitments, she says.
Lantos Swett, along with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, supports the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, a human-rights bill that would ban Russian officials involved in persecution from entering the United States and using U.S. financial institutions. The bill is named after a 37-year-old attorney and accountant who was imprisoned and beaten to death after uncovering a multimillion-dollar corruption scheme involving Russian tax and law enforcement officers. This legislation would deny visas to and freeze assets of Russian officials linked to human-rights abuses. It has cleared committees in the House and Senate, but the Obama administration has opposed it as a threat to better relations with Russia, and the Kremlin has vowed retaliation if it passes.
"On a range of issues and on a score of fronts Russia is going backwards and going backwards fast," Lantos Swett warned. For Romanyuk and his now homeless congregation, Russia's dark and repressive past is still very much their present.
Authorities in Kazakhstan arrested a Uzbek pastor this month who is wanted on trumped-up charges of terrorism in his home country. He faces possible deportation to Uzbekistan.
The UN granted refugee status to Makset Djabbarbergenov when he fled Uzbekistan for Kazakhstan in 2007 in the wake of heavy persecution. Since then, the Uzbek government has been trying to frame him as a dangerous Islamic militant in an effort to have the refugee sent home for prosecution.
An American living in Kazakhstan since 1999 who is in contact with Djabbarbergenov, says Djabbarbergenov was an "effective pastor" who started numerous churches and led many to Christ. "This is a critical teetering point for Kazakhstan in its commitment to human rights and religious freedom. This would be a serious step backward for them and could set precedents," said the U.S. worker, who is not identified for security reasons.
Local authorities arrested Djabbarbergenov on Sept. 5 and gave him a rushed trial and a court-appointed lawyer. Family members told Forum 18 News Service that police detained his sister-in-law for two weeks in their attempts to find the 32-year-old pastor. Prison officers denied access to the pastor to Ivar Dale, a representative of the Helsinki Commission, but allowed his lawyer to meet with him on Sept. 11. Family and friends have had no word from authorities on whether he's been deported.
The Kazakhstan government denied the pastor's continued refugee status in 2010, overruling the UN in an unusual move. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazerbayev is known for his repressive policies and stated in 2008 that new measures were necessary to restrict the activity of missionaries in the country. A new law passed in 2011 imposes heavy-handed restrictions on religious groups. It requires all religious organizations to dissolve and re-register—a difficult if not impossible task for the country's minority Christians.
A member of the District Prosecutor's Office told Forum 18 that Djabbarbergenov was wanted for "violation of the procedure of teaching religion" and "illegal distribution of religious material" under the Uzbek Criminal Code. Each carries a maximum sentence of three years.
Djabbarbergenov is married with four sons and a fifth child due to arrive next spring. He has been arrested, beaten, and imprisoned numerous times for his faith.

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As April 15 approaches, many Americans are still scrambling to get their tax returns together. But while meeting the tax deadline is important, this is also a good time to be thinking about next year's taxes.
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Conventional wisdom is that you should avoid having a tax refund, but with savings account rates near zero, this is less of a consideration. The main thing is that neither your tax refund nor tax liability should be particularly large. If either was too big this year, check your deduction assumptions for 2013, and watch the monitoring points (such as your investment gains and losses, savings account interest, etc.) that may indicate whether your tax liabilities are on on track with your assumptions throughout the year.
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The St. Louis Rams raised eyebrows last month when not one of their 11 draft picks was used on a wide receiver.
Coming off a campaign that saw the team finish 29th in receiving yards and 26th in yards per catch, coach Jeff Fisher remains sold on the crop of young talent already assembled.
"I don't see it as a gamble at all," Fisher said, per Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
To be fair, it's not as if the Rams have ignored the position.
Along with using the No. 8 overall pick last year on Tavon Austin, St. Louis has attacked the draft of late to surround Sam Bradford with weapons in the form of second-round pick Brian Quick (2012), third-rounders Stedman Bailey (2013) and Austin Pettis (2011), and fourth-round draftee Chris Givens (2012). The Rams also dropped a hill of dough on pass-catching tight end Jared Cook in free agency last spring.
"We don't necessarily see that as a need position," said Fisher, while pointing to Austin's development toward the end of his rookie campaign.
After averaging five or fewer yards-per-reception in four of his first eight starts, Austin ripped off 18 yards per catch over his final four games of the year.
"It's all about getting comfortable," Austin said. "It was a pretty big adjustment for me at first. The playbook was different. The speed of the game was different. I eventually caught on and the game settled down."
As noted on a recent podcast, while the Rams deserve credit for gathering their share of young pass catchers, the team remains guilty of failing to set those players free.
Brian Schottenheimer's offense produced a mere 41 receptions of 20-plus yards last season after squeezing out just 43 with a healthy Bradford in 2012. Chip Kelly's Eagles, meanwhile, chalked up 80 of those plays in 2013 alone.
Using Austin more creatively would help. It's something we'll monitor closely this summer in St. Louis.
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text: Tomislav Bodor wrote: > Oops. I sent an empty message by mistake. Here's the real thing (at the > bottom). > > > Hartmut Hackmann wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Tomislav Bodor wrote: >> >>> Hartmut Hackmann wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Tomislav Bodor wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I am having problems getting the DVB-T300 to switch to analogue mode >>>>> once the digital part of the tuner has been accessed. The only way I >>>>> found seems to be to unload the saa7134-dvb module and reload saa7134. >>>>> I'm using the drivers from vanilla 2.6.18 kernel, but I checked the >>>>> relevant sections (see below) against mercurial and they seem to be >>>>> the >>>>> same. >>>>> >>>>> Now, I have had a look at how this is supposed to be switched back to >>>>> analogue and have found the sleep function (the one used for >>>>> DVB-T300 is >>>>> philips_europa_tuner_sleep) and the way it's called from >>>>> dvb_frontent.c >>>>> after dvb_shutdown_timeout expires. This all seems to work (and the >>>>> sleep function is called correctly), but the tuner stays in digital >>>>> mode. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone have an idea why this might not work? Maybe the i2c >>>>> messages >>>>> are wrong for this card? Unfortunately this is all completely new >>>>> to me, >>>>> but I'm happy to test any patches :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> There have been 2 big changes since i added support for this card. >>>> I worried about the tda9887 merge in the tuner module, but the >>>> effect i worried about is a bit different from what you describe. >>>> - are there any error messages in the kernel log? >>>> - does analog tv work immedeately after module load? >>>> Any additional information will help. >>>> >>> Sure. Unfortunately, I don't know what's useful information and what's >>> not, so I may overload you :) >>> >>> I'll tackle the latter first: analog works just fine after saa7134 >>> module is loaded (this for me happens automatically during boot). It >>> continues working even after saa7134-dvb is loaded, all the way until I >>> run any dvb application (e.g. scan or mythbackend with a DVB card >>> configured). Once a dvb device is accessed the card is switched to >>> digital mode (and I can watch digital TV just fine). >>> >>> Now for the first question: from that point onwards digital works fine, >>> but accessing the card in analogue mode (say using tvtime or mythtv via >>> the analogue tuner) produces the following errors in the kernel log: >>> >>> Oct 2 16:04:38 localhost kernel: [ 540.007478] tuner 1-0061: i2c i/o >>> error: rc == -5 (should be 4) >>> Oct 2 16:04:38 localhost kernel: [ 540.015462] tuner 1-0061: i2c i/o >>> error: rc == -5 (should be 4) >>> Oct 2 16:04:38 localhost kernel: [ 540.023452] tuner 1-0061: i2c i/o >>> error: rc == -5 (should be 4) >>> Oct 2 16:04:38 localhost kernel: [ 540.131306] tuner 1-0061: i2c i/o >>> error: rc == -5 (should be 4) >>> Oct 2 16:04:38 localhost kernel: [ 540.139289] tuner 1-0061: i2c i/o >>> error: rc == -5 (should be 4) >>> Oct 2 16:04:38 localhost kernel: [ 540.215214] tuner 1-0061: i2c i/o >>> error: rc == -5 (should be 4) >>> >>> >> This is the information i was looking for. There is something going wrong >> with the I2c bridge. >> >> >>> They come in batches of six at a time every time I start tvtime and then >>> one at a time every time I change channels. >>> >>> >> <snip> >> >>> And this reminds me: I never downloaded any firmware for tda10046 - it >>> just worked this way, though various documentation says that I should >>> use the get_dvb_firmware script from linux/Documentation/dvb. Why is it >>> working without firmware (out of curiosity)? >>> >>> >> Some cards have an eeprom with the Firmware. Yours too. In this case, >> the channel decoder boots from this. >> >> This is a quick shot: can you please try to force the card type to69? >> So: >> modprobe saa7134 card=69 >> modprobe saa7134-dvb >> (after you unloaded these modules) >> >> Hartmut >> >> >> > > That did it - it now works as expected: after a delay of about 5 > seconds, the tuner switches back to analogue mode. I have had a look at > the way the reference Philips Europa card is set up in saa7134-dvb.c and > I see that DVB-T300 is missing one of the sleep functions - tuner has > one, but the front end doesn't. Maybe there's more, but I don't know. > Not sure what went wrong and when. I presume you know what needs to be > done from this point onwards? > > Anyway, this workaround seems perfectly fine for now. Do you think there > is any functionality I will be missing compared to using card=70? > Ah. I see something missing: the remote input device is not initialised when I use card=69. With card=70 it's initialised correctly. This is a problem - I need the remote. If I try tweaking the code for DVB-T300 in saa7134-dvb to make it more similar to what's going on for Philips Europa reference, will that take me anywhere? Or is it more complicated than that? Tomislav


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Brussels, 1 March 2011
Sex Discrimination in Insurance Contracts: Statement by European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner, on the European Court of Justice's ruling in the Test-Achats case
The Court of Justice of the European Union today delivered its ruling in the Test-Achats case (C-236/09) concerning sex discrimination in insurance premiums. Commenting on the judgement, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding (who is in charge of gender equality at the European Commission) said:
"Today is an important moment for gender equality in the European Union.
30 years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits different treatment of insured persons on the basis of their sex in connection with pension funds.
Today, the EU's Court of Justice ruled that different insurance premiums for women and men constitute sex discrimination and are not compatible with the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights. Member States are not allowed to derogate from this important principle in their national legislation. The relevant "opt out" clause in the Council's 2004 Directive on gender equality is thus illegal.
This is an important step towards clarifying the fundamental right of gender equality under EU law. Today's ruling also underlines the power and importance of our Charter of Fundamental Rights. It has the same legal value as our EU Treaties. No EU legislation can be adopted that conflicts with the rights and principles guaranteed by the Charter.
The European Commission issued a 'fundamental rights checklist' last October to make sure that all laws proposed comply with the EU Charter (see IP/10/1348). This checklist ensures that our rules are beyond any reproach. We have also called on the European Parliament and the Council to take a similar fundamental-rights-friendly approach when they add amendments in the EU law-making process. Today's ruling confirms how essential this is. It's important to note that the derogation for insurers was not part of the Commission's initial proposal for the 2004 Directive; it was only added later by the Council.
So what happens next? The European Commission will now carefully examine the implications of the Court's decision for the EU's law on equal access to goods and services for women and men, as well as for the insurance sector and consumers.
The insurance industry will certainly be affected by the ruling. For products such as life assurance and annuities, all 27 EU countries currently allow insurers to use sex as a risk-rating factor.
However, I also would like to underline that parts of the insurance industry have already started to move in the direction of gender equality. Insurers have already shown flexibility as Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Slovenia apply unisex premiums for car insurance.
In the light of today's judgement, I call on insurers across the EU to follow this good example regarding all insurance contracts.
I will convene a meeting with business leaders from the insurance industry in the coming months to discuss the judgement's implications.
Following today's judgement, it is now clear that an insurance company must not distinguish between women and men; all customers must be treated equally. This is a matter of respect for fundamental rights. It is now also becoming a matter of good business practices."
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled today on a preliminary reference by the Belgian Constitutional Court (Case C-236/09). The Belgian Constitutional Court had, in essence, asked the following question: Is it compatible with the fundamental rights of the EU to take the sex of the insured person into account as a risk factor on the formulation of private insurance contracts?
Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (adopted unanimously by the EU Council of Ministers) prohibits direct and indirect sex discrimination outside of the labour market.
Article 5(1) of the Directive says that "Member States shall ensure that in all new contracts concluded after 21 December 2007 at the latest, the use of sex as a factor in the calculation of premiums and benefits for the purpose of insurance and related financial services shall not result in differences in individuals' premiums and benefits."
Article 5(2) of the Directive – which had not been present in the Commission's initial proposal for the Directive, but was later included by the Council during the legislative process – gives Member States a right to derogate ("opt out") from the principle of equal treatment with regard to insurance contracts: "Member States may decide before 21 December 2007 to permit proportionate differences in individuals' premium and benefits where the use of sex is a determining factor in the assessment of risk based on relevant and accurate actuarial and statistical data. The Member States concerned shall inform the Commission and ensure that accurate data relevant to the use of sex as a determining factor are compiled, published and regularly updated."
All Member States have made use of this derogation for some or all insurance contracts. Belgian included a derogation for life insurances in its national legislation. A dispute about the legality of Belgium's derogation led to today's Court ruling.
Further information
Watch or download Commissioner Reding's video message on the outcome of the ruling:
Excerpts from the "Study on the use of age, disability, sex, religion or belief, racial or ethnic origin and sexual orientation in financial services, in particular in the insurance and banking sectors," commissioned by the European Commission and concluded in July 2010, available at:
Complaints about alleged discrimination in the insurance sector
Use of sex as factor in risk assessment of motor insurance
Use of sex in risk assessment of term life insurance
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It's about 10 hours bus ride from Manila. There are two trips a day.
By car, it takes about 7.5 hours. The road is generally ok but there are some sections where you have to drive slowly due to potholes.
You can fly from Manila to Naga (1 hour) and take a van from Naga to Bagasbas (2.5 hours).
The wind ranges from 12kts to over 20kts during the Northeast Monsoon season (Nov-March). Bring all of your kites from big to small and you will get more days of kiting.
You can wave kite on the main beach or you can pull your wake style tricks in the flatwater lagoon. Wave size varies from waist to overhead high. The lagoon is a ten-minute walk from the main beach. You can also elect to start by kiting on the main beach and going downwind to the lagoon entrance (the lagoon is fed by water from the sea). The lagoon can only be kited when the tide is high so keep this in mind.
When there is no wind, there isn't much else to do unless you are a surfer or you decide to take up surfing (there are surfing instructors and board rentals available on the beach). It is a really great surf spot when the wind isn't blowing and since I also surf, I always pack both my kite and surf gear. My last trip in January, I had 3 days of excellent kiting and 3 days of surfing (when the wind died).
Having been to both places several times, I would say that there is more consistent wind in Boracay than Bagasbas but when the wind dies, Boracay does not have surf. If all you want to do is kite in flat water, you will have more kiting days in Boracay. If you are into wave kiting and surfing, then Bagasbas beats Boracay, hands down.
Accommodation in Bagasbas ranges from about $15 to $45/night for a twin share. Meals are cheap at about $3-5 depending on where you choose to eat.


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Eastmoor United Methodist Church will offer its seasonal "Three Days for God" revival services, featuring the Rev. Matt Henson, April 7 to 9.
Henson, an evangelist, specializes in young adult ministry, evangelistic preaching, and mission experiences. He is a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary and is ordained in the United Methodist Church.
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Work continues on the third set of locks during the Panama Canal Expansion project Wednesday.
The Panama Canal Authority is overseeing the multi-billion-dollar expansion of the canal to make it wider and deeper so that larger boats can pass through.
Northeastern and Southern states are scrambling to be the destination point for the giant "post-Panamax" freighters.
The "post-Panamax" freighters will carry goods from Asia directly to and from the East Coast of the United States.
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What is Al-Anon: Al-Anon Family Group meetings bring the friends and family members of alcoholics and addicts together to share their experiences and learn how to apply the principles of the Al-Anon program to their individual situations. You will learn that you are not alone in the problems you face and that you have choices that can lead you to a greater peace of mind - whether the person you care about continues to use or gets clean and sober.
How It Works: Al-Anon members do not give direction or advice to other members. Instead, they share their personal experiences and stories, and invite other members to "take what they like and leave the rest." Individuals determine for themselves what lessons they could apply to their own lives.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former "American Idol" singer Clay Aiken praised the North Carolina entrepreneur who died as he trailed him in a too-close-to-call Democratic primary for a Congressional seat, saying Keith Crisco never forgot his humble beginnings.
A statement from his family says the 71-year-old Crisco died Monday after an accidental fall at his home in Asheboro, about 65 miles west of Raleigh.
Aiken was leading Crisco by fewer than 400 votes after the contest last Tuesday.
Aiken issued a statement calling Crisco "a good and honorable man and an extraordinary public servant."
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ST. PAUL (AP) - Minnesota's budget picture sharpens Wednesday with a new economic forecast, but there's a big caveat.
The forecast from state finance officials may be outdated by the end of the month, depending on what happens in Washington.
Federal negotiations over a long-term deficit fix will determine whether across-the-board tax increases and automatic spending cuts kick in at the start of 2013.
Failure to reach a deal would send the nation over the so-called fiscal cliff and could prompt a recession.
Gov. Mark Dayton and lawmakers use the forecast as the basis for the next two-year state budget. The last forecast anticipated a $1.1 billion gap starting in mid-2013.
The Democratic governor faces a Jan. 22 deadline to propose a budget to the Legislature. Democrats will take over both chambers Jan. 8.
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When it comes to questions about health and healthcare, sometimes the answers are perfectly clear. What should I do if Im having severe chest pain? Call 911 immediately. Is smoking really harmful to my health? Absolutely. Do my kids need vaccines? Yes, for their own safety and for good public health in general. Should I take antibiotics when I get a cold caused by a virus? No; antibiotics are for treating bacterial infections, which are different from viruses. Do flu shots cause the flu? Unequivocally, the answer to that one is no.
But there are many questions patients have about taking care of themselves to which the answer is, it depends. Cortez family physician Kameo Smith, DO, said there is a great deal of health information floating around today that is inaccurate, incomplete, or that requires a doctors interpretation based on a patients individual situation. Here are several common questions of interest.
When should women get mammograms? It depends. The guidelines are for women to get their first screening mammogram at age 40, then every 1 to 2 years until theyre 50, and then annually until theyre about 70, said Smith. One exception is for women who have a strong family history of breast cancer (a mother, sister, or daughter diagnosed with breast cancer, especially at a young age). In this case, a womans doctor might recommend that regular mammograms begin long before age 40. After the age of 70, whether or not to continue annual mammograms depends on a womans overall heath, said Smith. If a women is active, in good health, and wants to continue being screened, she should ask her doctor to refer her for mammograms.
When should women get PAP smears? It depends. Its now recommended that women dont need their first PAP smear until age 21, or until theyve been sexually active for two years, whichever comes first, said Smith. After that, most women need a PAP about every 2 to 3 years until theyre 65. Exceptions are for women who have multiple sexual partners, carry the human papilloma virus, or who smoke. In these cases, an annual PAP is still recommended. After age 65, you dont need to have a PAP smear anymore, said Smith. Not needing an annual PAP smear does not mean, however, that you shouldnt see your doctor for a physical exam each year. The PAP is only to screen for cervical cancer, said Smith. Its important to have a full gynecological examination annually, even on years when a PAP is not indicated.
Is red wine really good for cardiovascular health? It depends. Some studies have shown that one glass of red wine a day may offer some heart health benefits, said Smith. But there are several exceptions to this popular notion. Patients who have liver problems or who take medications that may be hard on the liver (even acetaminophen) should not drink alcohol. The same holds true for patients taking any medication that might make them drowsy, such as pain pills or sedatives. Smith said moderation is the key. More than one glass and you start getting into some of the downsides, such as consuming empty calories and the intoxicating effect of alcohol, said Smith. And, remember, one glass of wine means 4 to 5 ounces, not a 12-ounce tumbler full.
Does cutting out carbohydrates help with weight loss? It depends. Weight loss is a math equation, said Smith. When people cut out things like breads and sweets, they often lose weight, but its because foods that are high in carbohydrates also tend to be high in calories. Losing weight requires using up more calories than you take in. One pound of weight equals 3,500 calories. If you burn 500 more calories than you take in each day, over the course of a week youll lose one pound (500 x 7 = 3,500). Its that simple. While its much better to eat foods that are high in nutrition while trying to lose weight, all foods are equal when it comes to counting calories. Smith recommends www.myfitnesspal.com, a free website that helps patients track calories consumed and calories burned on a daily basis.
Are dietary supplements necessary? It depends. In general, I believe that people in this country spend way too much money on supplements, said Smith. Some individuals need certain supplements for specific conditions, and taking a daily multi-vitamin probably wont do you any harm, but most people do not need to be swallowing handfuls of vitamins, supplements, and herbal remedies every day. Smith said shes especially concerned about seniors who are often on fixed incomes being vulnerable to false claims about supplements made by vendors that are not regulated and can say anything they please. They can claim that taking their pills will make you a millionaire, said Smith. I suggest that people spend their money on higher quality, more nutritious foods. If you eat sensibly, youll get what you need from your diet. Of course, there are exceptions, and Smith suggests that patients speak with their healthcare providers about what, if any, supplements they might need.
Is it safe to have labor induced? It depends. I get asked by my pregnant patients all the time if we can induce labor so they can have their babies at a convenient time, said Smith. Because brain development continues in unborn babies right up until the time of birth, inducing labor before the 39th week of pregnancy is not considered safe, unless either the mom or the baby has a health problem that makes an early delivery necessary. A normal pregnancy lasts 40 weeks. If a women goes 10-14 days beyond that point, we will consider medically helping her start labor. But before that, its best to let the baby arrive on its own schedule, said Smith.
With so much health information available today via the internet, television, radio, and magazines, its sometimes hard to sort out truth from fiction. Being a smart consumer of healthcare requires getting information from reliable sources, having a primary care provider who you trust and see regularly, and being just a wee bit skeptical when you hear health claims that sound too good to be true.
Southwest Health Notes is a public service feature provided by Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colorado. The information provided herein is not intended as patient-specific medical advice or as a substitute for consultation with your personal healthcare provider.


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Full albums will be steadily released after the game's launch, starting with Abbey Road in its entirety. Individual songs will also be available via digital download starting with "All You Need Is Love."
Bryn says: The in-game visuals look great -- Harmonix has really captured the unique look and feel of The Beatles. Ringo and Sir Paul appeared on stage and didn't really do or say anything of note -- awesome! Wonder how much that cost Microsoft?
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Forgive Gene Michael if he looks a little dazed in his 1969 Topps card. He's shown as a member of the Yankees, even though he's wearing the colors of the Pirates, a team that he hadn't played for since 1966. Somehow Topps could not find a picture of Michael with either the Yankees or the Dodgers, the team that actually traded him to the Yankees.
Now that I've thoroughly confused you, I can tell you this without hesitation: Michael's move to New York, which coincided with the start of the 1968 season, helped change his career for the better, more subtly in the short term and quite significantly over the long haul.
At one time traded for Maury Wills, Michael had fallen into disfavor with the Dodgers because of his lack of hitting. After the 1967 season, the Dodgers dealt him to the Yankees, where he would eventually replace Tom Tresh as the starting shortstop. Like many shortstops of the era, Michael couldn't hit worth a damn, but he could field the position with a smooth alacrity that the Yankees hadn't seen since the prime years of Tony Kubek.
It was during his Yankee years that Michael established a reputation as the master of the hidden ball trick. With the runner at second base thinking that the pitcher already had the ball, Michael would blithely move toward him and then place a tag on the unsuspecting victim before showing the ball to the umpire. It's a play that major leaguers occasionally pull off in today's game, but Michael did it with a stunning degree of frequency, at least five times that have been documented. Considering that the hidden ball trick relies on heavy doses of surprise and deception, it's remarkable that Michael was able to execute it more than once or twice. He was that good at it.
The hidden ball trick epitomized Michael's intelligence. He had little obvious talent, possessing no power, average speed, and an overall gawkiness that came with his rail-like frame of six feet, two inches, and a mere 180 pounds. Yet, he was surprisingly athletic, enough to have starred as a college basketball player at Kent State, where his lean look earned him the nickname of "Stick." As a major league shortstop, he made up for his lack of footspeed and arm strength with good hands and quick feet, and by studying the tendencies of opposing hitters and baserunners. How good was Michael defensively? I'd call him a poor man's Mark Belanger. Like Michael, Belanger was tall and thin, and overmatched at the plate. But Belanger was arguably the best defensive shortstop of his era, so it's no insult to put Michael in a slightly lower class of fielders.
Michael served the Yankees well as their starting shortstop from 1969 to 1973, but age and injuries began to catch up with him in 1974. At the age of 36, Michael received his unconditional release. He eventually signed with the Tigers, where he played sparingly in 1975, before being returned to the unemployment line. In February of 1976, Stick signed with the dreaded Red Sox, but he could do no more than earn a minor league assignment. In May, the Red Sox released Michael, who never did appear in a game for Boston.
With his playing career over, Michael quickly embarked on his second life in baseball. George Steinbrenner, remembering him as one of the original Yankees from his first year as ownership, gave him a job as a coach. From there Stick became a front office executive and then a two-time Yankee manager, serving separate stints in 1981 and '82. Like all Yankee managers of that era, Michael was fired. He left the organization to manage the Cubs, where he clashed with his new boss, Dallas Green.
After a brief respite from the reign of Steinbrenner, Michael eventually returned to the Bronx. In 1990, the Yankees, by now a struggling team and a near laughingstock, made one of the most important moves in franchise history. They hired Michael as general manager. I was working as a sports talk show host at the time; I remember being very critical of Michael, who seemed unwilling to pull the trigger on big trades. Well, Michael knew a lot more about constructing a ballclub than I did. He set out to rebuild the Yankees' farm system, while resisting the temptation to trade what few prospects the organization had for quick-fix veterans.
Under Michael's stewardship, the Yankees drafted or signed the following players: Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, and a fellow named Mariano Rivera. That's probably enough of a testament to Michael, but let's consider that he also signed Wade Boggs and Jimmy Key as free agents.
When Michael did decide to make a trade, he made a splash. In November of 1992, Michael executed one of the most pivotal moves for the franchise's future. He sent Roberto Kelly, one of the team's two young center fielders, to the Reds for Paul O'Neill. It was a controversial deal, to say the least. Kelly was two years younger than O'Neill, a good player certainly, but one who was already 30 and had appeared to reach his ceiling. Michael knew what he was doing. He realized that Kelly, who lacked patience at the plate and passion in the field, was not as good a player as Bernie Williams, the team's other center fielder. He also sensed that the fiery O'Neill could blossom as a left-handed hitter at Yankee Stadium playing for Buck Showalter. Stick was right on both counts.
With those vital pieces in place—including a catcher, a shortstop, a right fielder, a starting pitcher, and a closer—Michael left a championship nucleus for Bob Watson and Brian Cashman when he stepped down as Yankee GM in 1995.
Dazed and rejected no more, Stick Michael proved himself to be a pretty smart guy.
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ASUS Announces New High-End Tablets
Posted by Craig Horlacher in "Android News" @ 11:30 AM
"Flustered with the original Transformer Prime you just purchased? We'd advise you to have a seat. ASUS just took the wraps off an all new Transformer Prime (the TF700T) here at CES, which is presumably designed to rival Acer's newly-announced Iconia Tab A700."
There are tons of new devices being announced at CES right now! How about a new ASUS Transformer Prime TF700T. It's a 10.1" quad-core tablet but with a 1.3GHz Tegra 3 CPU/GPU and a 1920x1200 Super IPS+ display!!! It also just weighs over a pound and will come with Ice Cream Sandwich! It will be compatible with the current tPrime keyboard/battery dock and is due to hit North America next quarter.
If you've been eyeing up the Kindle Fire you may want to consider the ASUS Eee Pad MeMO (ME171). It has a 7" 1280x800 IPS display and a 1.2GHz Qualcomm CPU/GPU along with 1GB of RAM and 16 or 32GB of built in storage. The Eee Pad MeMO will also ship with Ice Cream Sandwich.
Make sure you check the article for all the details on both of these tablets. Does either of these look like what you've been waiting for?


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The YMCA of Central Ohio has taken over management of the municipal parks and recreation program in the city of Delaware, OH.
The Delaware City Council voted on Monday to approve a contract that will cede operations to the nonprofit organization for three years with immediate effect, according to local media reports.
Under the terms of the management contract, Delaware will pay the chapter an annual fee to manage the city's recreation programs and maintain its facilities, including the Mingo Park complex, which features a recreation center and an outdoor family leisure pool. The council believes that the arrangement will save the city $150,000 per year.
Prior to Monday's vote, Delaware and the Central Ohio Y already were partnering on a yet-to-be-completed recreation center that is due to begin operating in the fall. The nonprofit will manage the programming at the city-owned Delaware Community Center YMCA when it opens in November.


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A few years ago, I was in my studio and had set up my paintings around me. I wanted to be able to see them all together in order to write a statement on the work for a show. It was the first time I had seen them all together. They seemed so strong and alive. I felt as though I were standing in the middle of a herd of horses, throwing their heads back and stomping.
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Title:Results of stream-sediment sampling in the Iliamna Quadrangle, Alaska
Authors:Reed, B.L., and Detterman, R.L.
Publication Date:1966
Publisher:U.S. Geological Survey
Comments:This publication was reclassified with a new publication number in 1975; see below for the updated classification number.
Ordering Info:This publication is out of print. Reproductions may be available. USGS Publications Warehouse
Bibliographic Reference
Reed, B.L., and Detterman, R.L., 1966, Results of stream-sediment sampling in the Iliamna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report: Technical Data Unit classification number 262, 1 p., 2 sheets.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
For the record, MPen don't work on vast majority of jungle creeps as they have 0 MR. AS would improve your clear time much better as Sejuani.
That said, Sejuani's clear time isn't really anything to write home about no matter what you do. Only decent clear times and no sustain makes her a rather iffy jungle pick, and no tanking abilities makes her a rather iffy initiator pick. I pretty much gave up on her, as her only saving grace is her pre-6 ganks are above average, but not by much because they're only slows.
|2012-07-10, 09:08
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Don't Call Me Bro
|2012-07-10, 10:34
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Lux's giggle is OP. She's also really fun when you play her as AP as opposed to support, but it's annoying to be on a team with her sometimes, since it's so easy to steal kills with her. Also ult for days.
I think there's probably a good chance that Zyra will be support, but most supports make decent mid lanes too.
|2012-07-10, 11:47
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Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
Lux is the only champion that I don't build tanky in any way besides her initial RoA. Too much range on all of her skills and AP/CDR builds make her shield OP even after the nerfs it has received.
|2012-07-10, 19:43
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A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 32
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|2012-07-10, 20:35
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Yuri µ'serator
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: FL, USA
Age: 31
Well I queue'd with a friend and some of their friends for full 5 man premade, and my friend lagged a good bit feeding their garen hard early(they had graves jungling and garen bot w/taric for who knows what reason) it ends up being at least 65 min match... after awhile were down to just nexus, their garen decided to troll thinking they'd win soon anyways(he built PDs), and then after 12 mins of not having pushed the nexus he decided to rebuy his built, and after stalling and being at over 400CS and 20k gold as cait(full built offense no boots), they tried to team fight i base w/baron buff after our 3 inhibitors had respawned, and my absolutely absurd DPS won the fight since I double killed taric and garen, ult graves to pop his GA(team picked up kill) and burned a 3rd down for another kill on nasus, then we pushed mid to win(all turrets mid were gone so just had to push nexus ones) since Teemo couldn't a 5 vs 1:
No post game stat screen, since my client bugged, but they really really should have won if they hadnt had garen troll for a little bit and let me stall to finish that build .
|2012-07-11, 00:29
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Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
I'll never understand why people go barefoot I think I only ever did it once to get a lichbane on Zilean coz I had to BD GG, sounds like you got lucky - no mercy for anyone!
|2012-07-11, 00:55
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Yuri µ'serator
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: FL, USA
Age: 31
Also just had a 4 vs 5 match, make me sad I went 7/4/1 as Nidalee despite it(I killed top's turret stole their blue, took our red, jungler never connected, went bot and got a triple cause they had turret dived hard for a double kill and then took dragon after ), but bot lost bad, so we didn't have a chance despite the close score.
|2012-07-11, 01:14
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Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
Well, bot really is the most important lane of the game, since that's where most kill trades (or feeding) take place early on. Even if mid gets farmed, you can still surprise gank a mage, but thanks to lifesteal and AS buffs, I've seen a fed Graves with 10% HP go back to 70% while killing his assailant...fun times.
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|2012-07-11, 02:38
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Part-time misanthrope
Join Date: Mar 2007
Garen/Taric is an oldschool bot lane. Not saying it's as strong as a normal bot lane combo but proceed with caution against them.
No boots with 2x PD is comletely fine
I'd argue about bot lane being the most important. If top lane ever gets behind it will stay behind forever. And if you're a roaming mid like Ahri, Kassadin etc any early advantage can be huge.
|2012-07-11, 04:00
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Tasty Ninja Weapon
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: The edge of reality...
Age: 26
|2012-07-11, 04:14
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Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
Leona's generally a powerful bot champ, best paired with a fast champion like Jarvan IV to proc all of her sunlight. I also like Lulu x Vayne, shield and buff leaves the latter free to tumble shoot all day long.
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I too love the original flat hood no spoiler look but can always find something to like on any first gen. Camaro. I find it fascinating that a lot of the cars you see on here are as unique as there owners. It would be boring if they were all just cookie cutters.
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The Titans had the ugliest start to the season you'll ever see on Sunday in Pittsburgh, as returner Darius Reynaud picked up the opening kickoff at the 1-yard line and then kneeled into the end zone for a safety. But after that, it was the Steelers who were ugly.
Pittsburgh took a 2-0 lead on Reynaud's bonehead play, but it was all Titans from then on, as the Steelers' offense was horrendous and the Titans won 16-9.
The Steelers lost center Maurkice Pouncey to an early knee injury, and their offense was terrible all game. Ben Roethlisberger threw for just 191 yards on 21-of-33 passing, and his first touchdown pass didn't come until late in the fourth quarter, when the game was all but over.
Tennessee's offense wasn't anything to write home about, either: Jake Locker went 11-for-20 for 125 yards, while Chris Johnson picked up just 70 yards on 25 carries. But the Titans had no interceptions and no fumbles, while the Steelers had one of each, and Tennessee did enough to win an ugly game.
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Wouldn't taxing the churches go a long way toward balancing the federal budget? Shouldn't we atheists be pushing for this?
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In theory churches are not supposed to make political statements, if they wish to keep their tax exemptions (in the USA). In practice they do so routinely and the IRS has of late refused to enforce that rule. (And yes, this is the IRS nearly four years after Obama assumed office.) In fact there is a "civil disobedience" movement amongst pastors, where they go ahead and make political statements and basically dare the IRS to come after their churches.
Ideally, churches would be subject to the same tax rules as everyone else (then, at least they could sound off about politics if they wanted to). To the extent that they spend the money on actual charitable activities, they could deduct that from their income, just like any other business.
Even if all money that went to churches (regardless of what they spent it on) were to be taxed, as pointed out earlier, this would amount to 71 billion dollars in tax revenue (assuming, of course that imposing such a tax would not alter the size of churches' income from what it is today--by the way the Congressional Budget office always makes the assumption that a change in tax rate will not affect economic activity in any way--I can't really blame them for that because it would be much harder to model otherwise--but I do wish people who trot out their estimates would remember that fact). When put up against the 1327 billion dollar deficit, though, you can see that although it would certainly help, it would not help a whole lot.
Erin, I know I'm about six months late, weighing in on this, but yes, you are right, donations to churches are tax deductible, but I think what they are saying, is that the donor has paid income tax on the money, and therefore, it has already been taxed. The fallacy there, is that the same could be true of states that charge sales tax - since the money was taxed when it was earned by the consumer, how can it fairly be taxed again when one buys something? The store then has to also pay taxes on the money it took in for the purchase, money that has already been taxed twice.
Other than religious exemption - which in a rational world, wouldn't pass church and state separation - there is no valid reason why churches should not be taxed. No matter how you package it, when you sell shit, it's a product, and the fact that your price is a donation, rather than a fixed figure, should have no bearing on taxation.
This is my favorite idea so far for balancing the budget. If nothing else, just for the entertainment value.
"So let's think of the US as an average household family."
You use a faulty analogy; a household family, average or not, is not responsible for their community's economic well-being. The US government is responsible for the nation's economic well being.
The free market is not up to the task.
1) In America, the unfree market has always been subsidized by taxpayers. To begin educating yourself, get on the Internet and search on "Yazoo land fraud".
2) The market has given the nation numerous recessions and depressions. People starved to death and the government that since 1787 has used taxes on everyone to subsidize business started during the 1930s taxing workers to provide a seriously limited amount of retirement income. In this matter as in so many others, America ranks well below other modern economies.
And this, the so-called American work ethic isn't up to competing with the Chinese work ethic. A government that has for so long favored employers and opposed employees loses the support of employees. Until FDR, American communists were employees' only allies.
You are quite correct to be angry at corporate welfare.
But this is *exactly* what the stimulus plans passed to date have been--and yes that was before the Republicans did their best to put a stop to the bullshit. Several hundred thousand dollars spent for each job claimed to have been created. That money wasn't given to people, it was given to... anyone? anyone? Corporations! Oh sure, the subsidies were given to "green" companies (instead of the sorts of companies that get welfare from the republicans). Corporate welfare is corporate welfare, and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference who's getting it. In many cases the companies go belly up after having half a billion dollars given to them; wow that's half a billion dollars to create *no*--actually *negative* jobs.
I do think some Republicans' fixating on the tax rate as the cause of the slowdown, and fixating on keeping the rate from rising, misses a very important factor. And so do attempts to stimulate the economy by spending tons of money we don't have.
The real reason jobs are not being created is because businesses have no idea what the business environment is going to be like six months or a year down the road. If I hire someone, how many extra costs (many associated with "Obamacare") am I going to find myself having to pay, over and above his or her salary? How many costs will be added in the future with little or no warning? Why should I hire someone when I don't have any idea whatsoever how much it will cost to do so--particularly if it is going to cost me more and more money to lay them off?
Some companies are cutting employee hours now, to cut the number of hours an employee works below 30... because for purposes of these regulations, 30 is now "full time." Changing it was supposed to help employees, but it sure looks like it's hurting them.
But let's get back to taxes.
For all the screaming and hollering that we in the US are undertaxed next to all of those welfare states in Europe... well have a look at this:
You will notice that by the time you combine capital gains and corporate income tax the percentage rate is over 50% in the US and it's already higher than many of the countries people here want us to emulate. If the welfare states of western europe are a model, we should be trying to cut corporate taxes, not raise them! Or look at table II here: http://accf.org/news/publication/an-international-comparison-of-cap...; you will see corporations here pay 35% capital gains and that's higher than Sweden, Canada, France, the UK... the only glaring exception is Germany.
Maybe those folks over in Europe have figured something out: Maybe they know to keep the rates relatively low on entities that produce wealth. Of course if you believe you can create wealth by simply borrowing money and passing it out as corporate welfare, this point will be lost on you.
"The real reason jobs are not being created is because businesses have no idea what the business environment is going to be like six months or a year down the road."
Nonsense! When consumers have money and spend it, business owners have all the information they need to make hiring decisions.
You appear to believe in the fiction that a trickle-down economy works.
It doesn't; it uses money taken from taxpayers to make rich folks richer. They hire when sales income increases; until then they put their money where they pay as few taxes as possible.
You use too many words to make a case you don't defend.
Corporations pay relatively little tax, as churches are essentially corporations what makes you think you will be anymore successful at squeezing money out of their greedy, grasping hands as any other big business _ I hope you are not hoping to appeal to their "Christian Ethic" !
"Corporations pay relatively little tax" because, in this country at least, corporations buy the politicians who make the tax laws, and the tax law loopholes.
And, of course, almost all politicians are religious.
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A controversy was brewing this week when a handful of postmen from the Ramat Gan suburb of Tel Aviv refused to deliver packages containing the New Testament.
Initial reports in the Israeli press did not specify which organization had mass-mailed the copies of the New Testament to Israeli households, but it is not uncommon for some Christian and Messianic groups to do so.
Upon discovering what they were delivering, a number of Orthodox Jewish mailmen informed their superiors that they would not fulfill their obligation to deliver those particular packages.
Speaking to Ynet, several mailmen echoed the widely believed falsehood that it is illegal to proselytize in Israel.
"We always distribute business flyers and we have no problem with that, whether we agree with them or not," said one postal employee. "But this time it's different. This is missionary material, and from our understanding there's a law against that. It's not a religious issue."
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Orthodox lawmaker Zevulun Orlev (Jewish Home) and Communications Minister Moshe Kahlon (Likud) took up the matter in the Knesset, with Kahlon ordering that delivery of the New Testament was to cease until the matter could be legally clarified.
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Many comments to the story on Ynet expressed satisfaction that such "missionary activity" had been halted, but just as many were once again angered that a small Orthodox minority was deciding what religious material they can and cannot receive. Such actions to deny access to the New Testament in the past have traditionally backfired, creating increased curiosity regarding the Gospel.
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As the Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador 10 years ago, I worked on an effort to connect Central American power grids. I was in Panama last week, this time as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Economic Policy, and met with Central American energy ministers. I was so impressed by how far they've come. Almost two decades after beginning this effort, El Salvador and its neighbors are very close to creating a regional market for electrical power.
The United States is helping governments advance this effort, and many others, under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). President Obama proposed this partnership at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in 2009, and today, ECPA comprises more than 40 initiatives and projects led by governments or NGOs in the Western Hemisphere. Activities focus on seven pillars: renewable energy, energy efficiency, cleaner and more efficient use of fossil fuels, energy poverty, infrastructure, sustainable forests and land use, and adaptation.
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In the Andes, countries use science to understand how glacial retreat will impact their water security. In the Caribbean, scientists model the effects of climate change on small island states and use their findings for disaster risk planning. We are launching programs to slow, halt, and reverse deforestation, and all countries are assessing the impact of emissions from energy, land use, forestry, and agriculture, and other sectors, which have important implications for the region's development.
What makes ECPA unique is that the United States is one of many countries sharing its expertise, which emphasizes how we can work with the region as equal partners. This is a region with a lot of "know-how." The region supplies the United States with more than half of its daily oil imports and 25 to 30 percent of the region's energy is supplied by renewable sources, compared to a world average of 13 percent. This region has implemented some of the world's most efficient payments for environmental services strategies, such as in Costa Rica, and as governments met last week on ECPA, Panama's legislature passed a new wind energy law.
There is a lot happening in the Americas, and I'm proud to be part of an initiative that provides a means to share responsibility for addressing common challenges of energy security and climate change. When leaders meet next at the ECPA Ministerial hosted by Brazil and the Sixth Summit of the Americas that Colombia will host in 2012, we should be proud of all the hard work this region has undertaken and of the joint efforts to share our expertise and help each other.
Anna in Washington, DC writes:
I read that Chile is going to use nuclear power for energy needs and the U.S. is helping them. I find this upsetting given what is happening in Japan. Aren't there other options?
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The ECPA is an exciting and ambitious initiative. Yet the US press and commentators on hemispheric relations have not given it much attention. Why is this?
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In Santiago, Chile, President Barack Obama was unequivocal about the urgency of tackling climate change and embracing a more secure and sustainable energy future in the Americas. The US president stressed that regional expertise on renewable energy and biofuels was being pooled and shared under the U.S.-led Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). Yet despite the resources and energy going into the initiative, the level of attention paid to the ECPA is currently minimal: