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The holiday season is my favorite time of year for so many reasons, one of them being the amazing outfits I get to pick out for family gatherings and parties. Sometimes it can get a little crazy and I find myself at the mall the day of a big party searching desperately for the perfect outfit. So, I like to prep my closet with some foolproof essentials that will always help me put together the perfect holiday look.
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These are a great secret weapon to pull out when you don't have time to find a elegant dress. They will surely dress up any casual frock in your closet. Pair them with some statement jewelry and you'll be ready for the Red Carpet!
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My favorite thing about a clutch is that it can add tons of personality to your look. Around the holidays I like to grab a dazzling bag like this Shiraleah to put me in the holiday spirit. And, just like the shoes, it will do wonders to any drab outfit.
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I just bought four of the same style from H&M in green, red & black, black & white, and gold! Stocking your closet with some versatile dresses will make party prep a breeze.
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My favorite is Charlotte Tilbury's Red Carpet Red. Arm yourself with a great red this season and you'll be ready for anything!
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From eyeliner to a statement necklace, there are so many ways to add a bit of gold to your look. I always try to get just one pop of gold in my looks around the holidays. I always have fun with it and get compliments throughout the entire night!


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July 2 2013: Michael Laxer on public holidays
July 2, 2013|Posted in: Uncategorised
Not at home for the holidays: The assault on the right of workers to collective days off
| June 30, 2013
Excerpt: "The people and workers who are made to work, outside of essential services, are minimum wage workers, retail workers, the young, part time workers, temporary workers (which in some cases allows employers to get around paying statutory holiday pay) and, in reality, the most exploited, least protected and least paid workers in the country.
This really has got to stop. We have to end this notion that the consumer convenience of some demands more "rights" than the collective rights of workers socially to both personal and collective holidays.
We need at least a handful of days where people, all people, are able to enjoy their public spaces and their communities together as friends and family, and we need holidays that are holidays for the large bulk of workers and not just the middle class or well-to-do.
Holidays where we are not certain that many in our communities have been intimidated into working because the law allows their places of work to open.
We need, in the end, to remember and to fight for the very basic humanistic principle that we are citizens, and not consumers, and that as citizens we stand together for the right of all Canadians to be able to truly celebrate our collective holidays."
READ FULL ARTICLE ON rabble.ca HERE
Paul Chislett
Board president WWEC, member at large Social Justice Windsor District Labour Council. President, Global Resource Centre.
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HOW WAS THE PLAY?: Humor is in the offing this weekend in New Britain. The Hole in the Wall Theater is putting on a production of "Aside from that Mrs. Lincoln...Four Funny Pieces." The show is actually four one-act comedies exploring relationships, chance and human nature. Two of the plays are written by Connecticut playwrights. There are showings all weeked long, all for just $20. Click here for show-times and more info.
MAMA MIA: No, there's no ABBA reunion shows this weekend. (At least as far as we know. We have no control over what you do in your parents' basements.) Instead we offer something even funnier. Contestants from Nick at Nite's "Search for the Funniest Mom in America," are coming to town Friday night for Mama's Night Out at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. The show stars a southerner, a sassy Brit (aren't they all?) and a native New Yorker in an eclectic blend of stand-up comedy. Tickets are $35 and $50. 8pm.
SWEET TOOTH: Who doesn't love a little chocolate? This weekend, head to the Water's Edge Resort & Spa in Westbrook to indulge your desires (get your minds out of the gutter people). Sunday, it's "Chocolate to the Rescue." Guests can sample champagne and the best chocolate creations served up by more than a dozen of the areas best restaurants. Proceeds benefit the Middlesex Central CT Chapter of the American Red Cross. Tickets are $35 at the door. 2pm-5pm.
SECOND CHANCES: It's the ultimate tale of "what-if" this weekend at the Thomaston Opera House. "Forever Plaid," opens Friday night. The show is a comedic musical about a '50s boy band, killed in a car crash before their first gig. But in this show, the boys get a second chance to peform from beyond the grave. "Forever Plaid" runs through February 7th. Tickets are $18-$23. Click here for show-times and more info.
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REACHING FOR THE WINE ON THE SUN: Okay, so most of you probably know that this weekend is the Sun WineFest at Mohegan Sun. The two-day event (Saturday and Sunday) lets you sample more than 1,000 fine wines, along with specialty beers and specialty foods. But we thought we'd highlight some of the more unusual events within the Fest.
First there's the Grape Stomp. And this is just what it sounds like. The Inaugural competition involves teams of two trying to stomp the most juice out of their grapes in just three minutes. First prize wins $1,500 an overnight stay at the resort and a complimentary dinner. Second place is $1,000 and third is $500. And there's a special prize if you dress up like Lucy and Ethel (we made that one up). Proceeds from the Stomp benefit Connecticut Sports Foundation Against Cancer and The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Saturday at 4:15pm.
Then, we move the stomping to the shucking. It's the 7th Annual Oyster Open. Lovers of the raw bar will be challenged to open 15 Atlantic oysters within three minutes. The best shuckers from the best restaurants, shellfish and seafood companies on the East Coast will take part. Sunday at 4:15pm. Tickets for the WineFest are $70 for a one-day pass and $110 for a weekend pass.


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Hankering for Hawaii Part III: Marvelous Maui Dining at Migrant and Ka'ana Kitchen
MAUI, HAWAII — This island's dining scene is heating up with the arrival of two new restaurants last year, including a fun one by "Top Chef Fan Favorite" Sheldon Simeon, late of the ever popular Star Noodle.
A few weeks ago, I had a chance to check out that restaurant plus the splashy new Ka'ana Kitchen — all courtesy of the Hawaii Visitors Bureau.
As anyone who's been to Hawaii can attest, big-name restaurants here tend to be not only pricey and touristy, but at times all too predictable. Not these two. In fact, I can't wait to go back again to both.
Even before he appeared on Season 10 of "Top Chef," Sheldon Simeon's cooking drew lines day and night at Star Noodle. After making it to the final three? The place was bombarded with even more throngs.
And now after being named "The People's Best New Chef — Northwest & Pacific Region" for 2014 by Food & Wine magazine? Tourists and locals alike are following him over to his new restaurant, Migrant, which opened four months ago, as evidenced by the packed tables on the night I was invited in as a guest.
The slogan on the menu and servers' T-shirts says it all: Come to My House. Eat.
Simeon is doing his own style of food here — comforting, Asian-inspired island flavors with little twists here and there. It's food meant for sharing and enjoying a rollicking time over.
After "Top Chef," Simeon had a slew of offers, but when he was asked to be the head chef of the new Migrant at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort, he couldn't resist. He partnered with Chef-Owner Mark Ellman and manager-producer Shep Gordon, whose clients include Alice Cooper (who is an investor in the restaurant). Indeed, at the entrance to the restaurant is a wall covered in framed photos of celebs who have already dined at Migrant, including Steven Tyler (a regular), Clint Eastwood, Ritchie Sambora, Tom Colicchio and Charlie Sheen (apparently, quite the generous tipper).
Ellman is the founder of Mala Ocean Tavern on Maui, as well as Mala Wailea, also in the Wailea Beach Marriott. In fact, Migrant was built in what was once Mala Maui's under-utilized lounge area. Simeon also now oversees Mala Maui. Not only do the two restaurants share the same kitchen, but the same cooking line, which really keeps the cooks on their toes, Simeon says.
When Simeon left Star Noodle, much of the crew came along with him to Migrant. In fact, they all car-pool in a caravan together now, making the 45-minute trek from the other side of the island.
The restaurant was originally going to be called Migrate, Simeon explains. But then he decided upon "Migrant' to "celebrate the actual people who came here who are behind the food."
The tone is set from the get-go by the platter of chicharrones and house-made chili dipping sauce. After all, as our server joked, "Pork is Sheldon's favorite vegetable."
I couldn't resist the French Onion Ramen ($23) made with Gruyere. It's tsukemen-style ramen, in which the broth comes in a separate bowl from the noodles. Traditionally, you dip the noodles in the broth before slurping them up. Here, you can just ladle the sauce into the bowl of noodles and have at the chunks of tender, sous-vide short ribs. The broth is super concentrated with intense beef and onion flavors. It is an umami bomb. It reminds me of a childhood favorite I used to love: Chinese noodles tossed simply in warmed oyster sauce. Again, it was that irresistible tangle of chewy noodles coated liberally in rich, thick savory sauce.
Hibachi Hanger Steak ($26) is right out of Vietnam with its flavors of fish sauce, pickled shallots and peppery watercress, and meat so incredibly juicy and tender that it's ridiculously good.
Pancit Noodles ($14) is tossed with pork, shrimp, shiitakes and plenty of fried, crisp garlic. As my husband said so succinctly, "It's like garlic noodles — but with stuff in it."
Migrant Dynamite ($24) is like an oversized Japanese chawanmushi, again "with stuff in it." Three types of fish –ahi, mahi mahi and monchong — are cooked with shrimp, scallops and slices of zucchini in a eggy, custard. It all gets slathered with masago (fish eggs) enfolded into mayo plus a smear of unagi-like sauce. It's best eaten with rice because it's so soft and saucy.
For dessert, who can pass up Ovaltine Chocolate Cake ($15), especially if you grew up with that malted milk powder as a staple in the pantry? The mousse-like cake comes with a waterfall of sweetened condensed milk whipped cream and a tumble of chocolate malt crumbles. Like so much of the food at Migrant, it stirs up beloved food memories that can't help but bring a smile.
Simeon couldn't be more proud of what he's had a hand in creating here. But what he's most tickled by is the fact that the Wailea Beach Marriott, which never used to draw locals to dine, now does. After all, where Simeon goes, crowds follow. Bet on it.
Ka'ana Kitchen
Chef Isaac Bancaco may not have the mainland name-recognition that Chef Sheldon Simeon does. But if you appreciate fine food done with finesse, he's definitely one to take careful notice of.
The Maui native progressed through stints as executive chef of Pineapple Grill in Kapalua and chef de cuisine at Humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa at the Grand Wailea Resort & Spa. He also worked with celeb Chef Ming Tsai at Blue Ginger in Massachusetts.
In September, the Hyatt opened the modern, luxurious Andaz Maui at Wailea, hand-picking him and giving him carte blanche to oversee its Ka'ana Kitchen.
Don't let the name fool you. It may inspire visions of a casual plate-lunch spot. But it's actually a reference to the fact that the kitchen is the focal point of the restaurant. It's an entirely open kitchen. In fact, there's even room for a few at the chef's counter with a bird's eye view of all the cooking action. Two can reserve the "Sommelier Table," a space at the counter that is right by the wall of wine refrigerators, where for $175 per person you can enjoy a five-course dinner to go with five wines you first select. There's also prime space at another part of the chef's counter, where you're only inches from one of the cooks. There, you can enjoy five courses for $125 per person, watching every step of each dish made before your eyes.
The latter spot is where my husband and I were invited to sit that night as guests of the restaurant. Line cook Gage Smit who was directly in front of us the entire night kept us entertained by answering questions about dishes as he assembled them. He said having diners right in front of him took a little getting used to at first. But now, he appreciates the enthusiasm they bring to the experience.
The dishes are meant to be shared tapas-style, though the plates for the most part are much larger than any other tapas joint I've encountered. Generous in size, they also make use of top-notch ingredients from Ka'ana Farm and other Maui farms.
The wine list is extensive. There's also a full bar front and center, which can make anything you want. Or go with a Green Destiny ($16) of gin, dry vermouth, shiso, grapefruit and lemon, as I did, to wake up the palate with zing before the food arrives.
Sitting at the counter affords temptation like never before because pretty much any dish you see looks so enticing that you want it. We managed some restraint, though, and settled on four dishes, plus one dessert.
Rib-Eye Cap ($26) comes draped with Thai basil leaves, slivers of green papaya, chopped peanuts and a chili-lime sauce. It's the flavors of Vietnam enlivening even more a pretty magnificent cut of meat.
Grilled Octopus ($18) is beyond tender and wonderfully smoky. Its meaty chunks are arranged with torn pieces of crisp bread, soft goat cheese, watercress and asparagus — all in a bright lemon vinaigrette.
Bigeye Ahi ($45) is a riff on a Nicoise with capers, haricot vert, compressed tomato, bits of hard-boiled egg and an olive remoulade puddled underneath. The barely seared tuna is dense, rich and makes you never want to put the canned stuff on a salad again.
If you can have only one dish here, you must have the Abalone Risotto ($31). On the menu since opening day, it's one of the dishes Bancaco can't ake off. Indeed, I saw so many of them being made by Smit, I wouldn't be surprised if nearly every other table ordered it. With the dishes coming out two at a time, my husband and I would each eat half of the dish in front of us before passing it to the other to finish. Let's just say, if he had looked away long enough, I would have gladly eaten every spoonful of this risotto without ever feeling guilty about not sharing. That's how sublime it is. The risotto is cooked ahead of time part-way, then finished to order. It doesn't suffer for it, either. Not when it's infused with a deep miso broth, tender abalone pieces, then draped with thin slivers of Kona Kampachi "bacon." The piece de resistance is the 62-degree egg that is gently positioned into the center of it all. You break the yolk open, it oozes out perfectly to be stirred into the risotto. It's a luxurious dish with deep, complex briny flavors. I could eat it every week and not tire of it.
For dessert, we decided to share the sundae ($14) after Smit let us know the coconut ice cream in it was some of the best he'd ever had. It didn't disappoint. It comes out on a tray: Scoops of snow-white coconut ice cream topped with big slivers of coconut in a bowl. A pitcher of warm chocolate sauce. And a bowl of candied macadamia nuts. You assemble it all however you please. Then, you dig in only to find a surprise treasure of little cubes of coconut-dusted chocolate cake underneath the ice cream. Score!
On your way out, you can even wander through the anterior room used for prep during the day and by the pastry chef at night. As with the rest of the restaurant, it's all visible to the public.
Ka'ana Kitchen is indeed open — and you'd be remiss not to walk through its doors for a taste.
Hankering for Hawaii Part I: Taro and Sweet Potato Chips Fried to Order
Hankering for Hawaii Part II: A Taste of Rum
Hankering for Hawaii Part IV: Dining at Three James Beard Semi-Finalists on Oahu
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I just came across this photo in my library. I took it during the King Fire at the end of summer. The fire burnt multiple hundreds of acres and at one point was under 10 miles from Alpine Meadows. It was a very scary time but thankfully for the firemen's hard work and with mother nature on our side the fire was eventually contained. And of course I was able to take some pretty awesome photos.
Fire is nothing to mess with but it sure does create a beautiful sun and sky.
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A new conceptual and experimental restaurant near the center of Paris was asked in a competition back in 2012. This new restaurant is located next to the market 'Saint-Germain' on the crossing of Rue Lobineau and Rue de Seine. The restaurant will get a free-standing position and will offer a multifunctional program including conference spaces, lecture rooms and offices. Its mean is to celebrate the art of cooking from different cultures by asking the best chefs around the world to cook experimental dishes inside the Market Lab for a few months. During the evening several chefs should be able to cook different dishes for rooms with different atmospheres. During the day the building should operate as a school for the next generation of chefs.
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Carter, L. (2015). Globalisation, neoliberalism and science education. J. Zajda. 839-850. The Netherlands: Springer.
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The theme was steampunk thanks to the keynote speaker's latest series. Quite a few people were decked out in the full garb, but I just constructed a few pieces of steampunk inspired jewelry: A ring that I kept getting caught on EVERYTHING and eventually took off, and a necklace.
Here's a fellow I never dreamed I'd meet, but I did! And I cut myself out of the picture because, well, with this face you wouldn't be looking at me anyway.
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A couple of weeks ago, I joined my friend Tin at Eastwood to watch a Bamboo gig. It's been a long time since I've been to one, so I jumped at the chance when Tin mentioned it to me. There are very few Pinoy bands that I like, and Bamboo is one of them. I like both Bamboo the band and Bamboo the artist since his Rivermaya days. So I was happy when they opened with Hinahanap-Hanap Kita and Kisapmata. I've missed those songs! Rivermaya and E-heads songs are an indelible part of the soundtrack of my college years.
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1--Prof Steve Keen: Will there be a Double Dip in the USA? Part Two, Video, you tube
2--Consumers Cut Credit-Card Debt, Add to Auto and Student Loans, WSJ
Excerpt: U.S. credit card debt fell for the second month in a row, a sign consumers could be trying to pare back on some expenses.
Revolving credit, which includes credit-card debt, fell a seasonally adjusted $2.21 billion in February to $798.64 billion, Federal Reserve data showed Friday. That follows a $2.95 billion decrease in January.
Still, overall consumer credit outstanding grew by $8.73 billion to $2.522 trillion. The rise followed big gains in November, December and January as consumers took on debt to buy cars and pay for education. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast a $12.00 billion increase.
Nonrevolving credit–which includes car loans and student loans–was up $10.94 billion, to $1.723 trillion.
The consumer-credit report doesn't include numbers on home mortgages and other real-estate secured loans. But the Fed data offer important clues to behavior by consumers, whose spending helps propel the economy.
Consumer spending in February grew at its fastest pace since July, according to Commerce Department data, and consumer sentiment has been rising steadily in recent months despite high gasoline prices.
Still, income gains have been meager, a sign that Americans may struggle to sustain their recent spending.
3--The Top Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima, Washington's blog
Excerpt: The Greatest Single Threat to Humanity: Fuel Pool Number 4
We noted days after the Japanese earthquake that the biggest threat was from the spent fuel rods in the fuel pool at Fukushima unit number 4, and not from the reactors themselves. See this and this.
We noted in February:
Scientists say that there is a 70% chance of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hitting Fukushima this year, and a 98% chance within the next 3 years.
Given that nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen says that an earthquake of 7.0 or larger could cause the entire fuel pool structure collapse, it is urgent that everything humanly possible is done to stabilize the structure housing the fuel pools at reactor number 4.
Tepco is doing some construction at the building … it is a race against time under very difficult circumstances, and hopefully Tepco will win.
As AP points out:
The structural integrity of the damaged Unit 4 reactor building has long been a major concern among experts because a collapse of its spent fuel cooling pool could cause a disaster worse than the three reactor meltdowns.
Gundersen (who used to build spent fuel pools) explains that there is no protection surrounding the radioactive fuel in the pools. He warns that – if the fuel pools at reactor 4 collapse due to an earthquake – people should get out of Japan, and residents of the West Coast of America and Canada should shut all of their windows and stay inside for a while.
The fuel pool number 4 is apparently not in great shape, and there have already been countless earthquakes near the Fukushima region since the 9.0 earthquake last March....
The meltdown and unprecedented release of radiation that would ensue is the worst case scenario that then-Prime Minister Kan and other former officials have discussed in the past months. He warned during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos that such an accident would force the evacuation of the 35 million people in Tokyo, close half of Japan and compromise the nation's sovereignty. Such a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe is unimaginable. Hiroshi Tasaka, a nuclear engineer and special adviser to Prime Minister Kan immediately following the crisis, said the crisis "just opened Pandora's Box."
The current Japanese government has not yet mentioned the looming disaster, ostensibly to not incite panic in the public. Nevertheless, action must be taken quickly. This website over the last year has published a running commentary from scientists explaining why Reactor 4 must be stabilized immediately, who might be able to accomplish such a task, and why the situation has largely gone unnoticed. We believe an independent, international team of structural engineers and other advisers must be assembled and deployed immediately. Mounting public pressure would force the Japanese government to take action. We hope these resources are helpful in educating the public about the crisis that we face....
Ambassador Murata's letter says:
It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of Japan and the whole world depends on NO.4 reactor. This is confirmed by most reliable experts like Dr. Arnie Gundersen or Dr. Fumiaki Koide.
Anti-nuclear physician Dr. Helen Caldicott says that if fuel pool 4 collapses, she will evacuate her family from Boston and move them to the Southern Hemisphere. This is an especially dramatic statement given that the West Coast is much more directly in the path of Fukushima radiation than the East Coast.
4--Jobs Growth Is No Excuse to Kill the Recovery, Bloomberg
Excerpt: Today's disappointing jobs report highlights an important point about the state of the U.S. recovery: It's not so strong that the country's politicians couldn't kill it off.
Almost three years after it hit bottom in mid-2009, the economy has recently been showing signs of entering a virtuous cycle in which rising employment, consumer spending and business activity reinforce one another. Even with March's relatively meager 120,000-job increase in nonfarm payrolls, the three-month average gain comes to about 212,000. That's more than enough to make a dent in the unemployment rate, which fell to 8.2 percent in March from 8.3 percent in February.
If the strengthening trend persists, the U.S., which accounts for about a fifth of the planet's economic activity, could become an engine of growth just in time to help offset a slowing in the rest of the world. Economists expect the euro area to suffer a recession this year as austerity measures bite. China's government has lowered its growth target as it seeks to engineer a soft landing.
Still, as the latest employment report demonstrates, the U.S. isn't out of the woods. We've seen false dawns before, and the recovery remains weak. The job growth in March fell far short of expectations, and a decline in the number of people looking for work drove the drop in the unemployment rate. Forecasters surveyed by Bloomberg News expect the economy to grow at an inflation-adjusted rate of just 2.2 percent this year and 2.4 percent in 2013, below what most consider to be its long-term potential. Payroll employment, at about 133 million, remains about 5 million short of its peak in December 2007.
Man-Made Obstacles
More important, the economy faces some daunting man-made obstacles. Under current law, the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts at the end of this year will add about $4 trillion to Americans' tax bills over 10 years. An additional $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts could take effect as a result of last year's debt-ceiling deal. At the same time, stimulus measures such as payroll-tax breaks and extended unemployment benefits are scheduled to end.
Much larger tax increases and spending cuts will eventually be needed to get the U.S. government's long-term finances under control. But with the economy already operating well below capacity, and with the Federal Reserve's ammunition running low, the risks of making such moves now are skewed heavily to the downside. A renewed slump could permanently stunt the economy's growth as despondent businesses failed to invest in the future and the long-term unemployed dropped out of the labor force permanently.
By contrast, putting off the cuts -- or even engaging in more short-term fiscal stimulus -- could be a great investment. Costs are extremely low: Markets are willing to lend the U.S. government money for 10 years at an interest rate of only 2.2 percent. Meanwhile, the danger of falling into a spiral of self- perpetuating high unemployment makes the benefit of any added job creation particularly large. In a recent paper, economists J. Bradford DeLong of the University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Summers of Harvard University estimated that in these unusual times, a temporary boost in government spending would actually reduce the U.S. debt burden, because the added tax revenue would outweigh the increase in debt-service costs.
We recognize that a new round of stimulus is a political nonstarter in this election year. At the very least, though, President Barack Obama and Congress should refrain from doing exactly the opposite of what is advisable. If they can muster the responsibility to make a deal before the end of the year that extends the Bush tax breaks in return for a postponement of spending cuts, they would greatly increase the recovery's chances of survival.
5--Credit Card Borrowing Falls; Car Lending Is on the Rise, NY Times
Excerpt: The increase in borrowing was driven by an $11 billion increase in the category that includes mostly auto and student loans. Borrowing on credit cards fell by $2 billion, after a $3 billion decline in January.
Total consumer borrowing rose to a seasonally adjusted $2.52 trillion. The figure was nearly at prerecession levels and was up from a postrecession low point of $2.39 trillion reached in September 2010. Borrowing had tumbled for more than two years during and immediately after the recession.
Consumer borrowing rose by $18.6 billion in January, after similar gains in December and November. The gains for those three months were the largest in a decade.
A rise in borrowing could suggest that consumers are feeling more confident about the economy. However, few are comfortable enough to step up credit card use. Consumers carried $799 billion in credit card debt in February — 15 percent less than they held in December 2007, the first month of the recession.
6--Bankruptcy costs and America's household debt crisis, VOX
Excerpt: In 2005, the US Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act raised the costs to households of filing for bankruptcy by 60%. While the law was designed to prevent abuse by wealthy debtors, this column presents evidence that the higher costs inhibit filings by financially distressed households who cannot afford the fees, adding "insult to injury for households that are already broke".
Household bankruptcies in America increased steeply between 1980 and the mid-2000s, reaching an annual rate of 1.6 million filings in 2004 – representing 1.4% of all US households. In response to this trend, and because of substantial lobbying by the consumer credit industry, Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act in 2005. The law was intended to prevent 'abuse' of the system by wealthy debtors by imposing a means test, mandatory credit counselling, and other new requirements on bankruptcy filers. These changes increased the costs of filing by 60%, from $921 to $1,477 (GAO 2008).
The Bankruptcy Abuse Act succeeded in reducing the number of bankruptcy filings. However, a number of studies have shown that the average income of filers increased after 2005 (Lawless et al 2008, Lindblad et al 2011), casting doubt over its effectiveness in curtailing abuse by wealthier debtors. The stricter filing requirements were also ill timed; the housing market collapse and economic recession likely increased the number of bankruptcies due to contingencies beyond a household's control. Many Americans seeking bankruptcy relief as a result of foreclosure or job loss are now forced to pay the steep costs targeted at preventing abuse by the wealthy....
The recession has caught many households in a rising tide of unemployment and foreclosure, and high bankruptcy fees prevent them from obtaining much-needed relief.
There are many reasons to be troubled by today's high bankruptcy rates – more than 1.3% of all US households filed in 2011. But we can only fix America's bankruptcy problem by eliminating excessive consumer credit, not by adding insult to injury for households that are already broke.
7--Jobs Grow 172K Monthly January through March, Trim Tabs
Excerpt: Today, the BLS released its jobs report that showed the U.S. economy added only 120,000 new jobs. Since the consensus estimate was for 200,000 new jobs, itís probably a good thing markets are closed today in observance of the Good Friday holiday.
For months now we have been harping on the fact that the likely reason behind the big BLS job numbers in January and February was huge seasonal adjustments. Seasonal adjustments in January were nearly 2.2 million jobs, almost ten times the BLS January employment estimate and in February, the seasonal adjustment was 1.5 million jobs, more than six times the BLS February estimate. So now we come to March and the BLS seasonal adjustment is nearly half the February adjustment, actually 811,000 to be precise, and lo-and-behold the BLS employment estimate has come down out of the stratosphere to a more reasonable 120,000.
So before I go any further, letís talk about the impact of the payroll tax reduction on our data which we have discussed a previous video. But for those of you that missed that explanation, corporations were supposed to have adjusted their tax withholding schedules to account for the 2% payroll tax reduction by January 31, 2011. But, because the law was passed so late the previous year, a significant number of companies didnít make the change until February 2011. Because we use a year-over-year analysis technique, the delay in implementing the tax change depressed our January 2012 employment estimate, then inflated our February 2012 estimate. Our advice to our clients was to average employment gains over January and February. But because there is a chance that some of that volatility slopped over into early March, we are adding March into our employment average. So we believe its fair to say the average employment gain in January, February and March is 172,000 jobs per month
Whew, thatís a long winded way of saying, yes economic growth is positive, but remains sluggish. In fact, taking a longer view, wage and salary growth in Q1 2012 was an anemic 3.4% y-o-y, nearly unchanged from the 3.5% y-o-y growth rate in Q4 2011. In other words, economic growth has been anemic and mostly sideways since October 2011. In fact, current economic conditions feel eerily similar to the Springs of 2010 and 2011 when economic growth surged then fizzled until the Fedís announced their next round of monetary stimulus.
There is nothing in our economic crystal ball that says conditions are going to change anytime soon. Economic growth is likely to remain sluggish because of high unemployment, weak wage and salary growth barely above inflation, elevated fuel and energy prices, a lackluster housing market, and a European debt crisis that continues to simmer overseas with no end in sight.
Our worry is the markets have been pricing in more rapid economic growth and further rounds of quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve. If the Federal Reserve is serious about no further QEs, which we donít believe for a moment, then we arenít entirely sure what, if anything, is going to keep this market levitating.
8--March jobs report undercuts US recovery claims, WSWS
Excerpt: The labor force participation rate, a more accurate reflection of the jobs crisis, declined to 63.8 percent. Except for January's 63.7 percent, the March figure was the lowest level since 1983. The share of the population with a job also fell, hitting 58.5 percent in March. This compares to 62.7 percent at the official start of the recession in December 2007 and is the lowest since the mid-1980s. (According to the government, the recession ended in June of 2009.)
Not only are there 12.7 million people counted by the government as unemployed, and nearly 23 million (14.5 percent) counted as underemployed (unemployed, working part-time but wanting a full-time job, or available for work but no longer looking), there is a growing number of long-term unemployed who are not counted in any of the government indices.
Over 40 percent of the unemployed in March—5.3 million people—had been looking for work for 27 weeks or longer. This compares to the previous record rate of long-term joblessness over the past six decades of 26 percent, in June of 1983. The average time out of work for those counted as unemployed was 39.4 weeks, a near record.
The March report also showed a decline in hours worked and workers' earnings. Average weekly hours worked fell to 34.5 from 34.6, and average weekly earnings fell to $806.96 compared with $807.56 a month earlier.
Average hourly wages for production and non-supervisory workers increased by 3 cents in March, representing a 1.8 percent annualized growth rate over the last year. This is below the rate of inflation and far below pre-recession wage growth rates....
Making clear that the administration has no intention of doing anything to seriously address the jobs crisis, the director of the White House National Economic Council, Gene Sperling, said, "The economy's on a much better trajectory than it was when the president came to office and we just have to keep at the policies and keep doing the things that are helping the economy recover."
What the administration and both corporate-controlled political parties are, in fact, doing is using the supposed "recovery" as a pretext for slashing unemployment benefits. This is being done to help big business use mass unemployment to gut the wages, benefits and working conditions of the working class. Last week Georgia became the latest state to reduce the duration of jobless benefits, cutting it from 26 weeks to between 14 and 20 weeks. It joined ten other states that have cut eligibility for jobless pay or the duration of benefits.
In February, the White House and congressional Democrats struck a deal with the Republicans to slash the duration of federal extended unemployment benefits, reducing it from 99 weeks to as low as 63 weeks, depending on the jobless levels of individual states.
The modest increase that has taken place in manufacturing jobs is based almost entirely on the destruction of wages and benefits. US auto companies have carried out some hiring and returned to profitability following the halving of wages and gutting of benefits for newly hired workers imposed, with the support of the United Auto Workers union, by Obama's Auto Task Force in 2009. This set the stage for a massive assault on wages across the economy, with workers frequently forced to accept new jobs paying half the wages of the jobs they lost.
At the same, with complete cynicism, Obama continues to extend windfalls to business in the name of "job-creation." On Thursday, the day before the jobs report, Obama signed the so-called JOBS Act at a White House ceremony attended by leading Republican legislators, who joined with the Democrats in passing the measure. The Jump-Start Our Business Startup (JOBS) Act does not create a single job. Instead, it rolls back financial reforms that were enacted following the Enron debacle a decade ago, making it easier for banks and speculators to swindle investors and the public.
Following the sweetheart settlement engineered by the Obama administration in February with five major banks guilty of wholesale mortgage-related fraud, the banks are preparing to sharply increase the rate of home foreclosures. "I would put money on 2012 being a bigger year for foreclosures than 2010," Mark Seifert, the head of a counseling group in Ohio, told the Washington Post.
9--A Dose Of Socialism Could Save Our States - State Sponsored, Single Payer Healthcare Would Bring In Business & Jobs, Forbes
Excerpt: According to a Gallup Poll out this week, 48 percent of small business owners who were polled said that their concern over healthcare costs is keeping them from hiring new employees.
That can't be good.
Now, how often do we hear that the answer to the severely stressed financial circumstances of almost every state in the nation is to create a friendly business environment that will lure employers into the state and solve all the budget problems?
While state governments typically attempt to respond to the challenge of attracting business by lowering taxes, offering rebate deals to companies willing to relocate while tossing in some additional unimaginative 'goodie' packages that only mildly tempt business and eventually run out of steam, might there not be a better, more enduring carrot to be dangled before the eyes of business, both large and small?
In what strikes me as the greatest combination since chocolate met peanut butter, it makes nothing but dollars and sense for clever state governments to shift to a single-payer state healthcare system as the key driver for attracting business to their struggling domains.
Consider some of the substantial benefits to business in such an approach, as highlighted by the Business Coalition For Single Payer Healthcare:
•Eliminate health care benefits and reduce their labor costs by 10 – 12 %
•Cut workers' compensation by up to 50%
•Become more competitive with foreign products
•Eliminate health care benefits management costs and related labor negotiations
10--Euro Was Flawed at Birth and Should Break Apart Now, Bloomberg
Excerpt: Artificially Competitive
All these symptoms of the euro's poor design are linked. Wage suppression in Germany and the Netherlands has created artificial cost competitiveness, boosting exports to, and exacerbating inflation in, Mediterranean Europe. Lower wages in Northern Europe, meanwhile, have ensured weak demand for imports from the South. The resulting trade surpluses enjoyed by Germany and the Netherlands were, and will be, wastefully invested in such assets as U.S. subprime-mortgage paper and Greek government bonds.
In the future, the euro can survive only if these surpluses are given away as unrequited transfers -- more or less what is happening now, in the form of bailouts. With 2012-13 prospects for global growth much weaker than in 2010-11, dependence on the German "export machine" will blight the whole European economy, heightening the malignant effects of the euro.
To prevent a meltdown, the ECB has engaged in unprecedented and dubious practices to expand the euro system's central-bank balance sheet, accepting junk collateral against the provision of banking liquidity. The risks are increasingly confined to the central bank of the host country, which may make future exits from the euro easier. But liquidity provision will not stop fiscal tightening from deepening recessions in Mediterranean Europe, widening deficits and debt ratios, and threatening banking crises
Most support for deficit countries so far has been indirect, coming via the ECB, the European Financial Stability Facility and the International Monetary Fund, but it's likely to become more explicit in the future. And the totals are large. Taking care of the virtually worthless debts of Greece and Portugal, and the budget deficits of Italy and Spain over the next four years could amount to a total of 1.25 trillion euros. If Italy and Spain additionally have to be helped to refinance maturing bonds issued in the past, this cost may double. That would threaten the financial position of some of the core euro- area countries -- including downgrades of their credit ratings


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The Post does not mince words in an editorial that will make it to the desk of Speaker Pelosi. The editorial ends questioning Ms. Pelosi integrity, even though it is cast and amusing and diplomatic terms. And a little before that we read a grudging support for Bush:
To be sure, President Bush provoked Ms. Pelosi. But he forced the issue only after months of inconclusive dickering convinced him that Democrats were determined to avoid a vote that would force them to accept accountability for opposing an agreement that is manifestly in America's interest. It turns out his suspicions were correct.Yes, the apple of discord is again the FTA with Colombia. That agreement is one of the very few good things that Bush has done in his mercifully to be done eight years. Yet, Democrats are willing to jettison that, not even because it would spite Bush, it is too late for that, but because they are in bitter internal campaign where any tiny support they can get is worthy ditching the bigger interests of the country.
Thus not only Pelosi panders irresponsibly, and is justly exposed by the Post, but empty headed Obama even threatens to balk out of NAFTA while Clinton is willing to lose all of her credit as a respectable New York Senator to win Pennsylvania. It is staggering for me to see how the Democrats are toying with the future of the US in the Americas just because some disgruntled Union Worker in Scranton might stay home on election day.
Thus in the very same week I get to describe how the two sides of the US are equally tone deaf to what is really going on in Latin America. The United States, like it or not, is "the Empire", and even if today Empires are not supposed to send Marines, nor even send subversive money, they have a responsibility to set example and help as much as they can any democratic process, no matter how feeble that one is, when it is directly threatened by clearly established undemocratic actors. And this the more so when it happens not even three hours away by plane.
Let's not kid ourselves, what Mack and Ros-Lehtinen are doing from Florida trying to put Venezuela on a terrorist sponsor list is not any better than what Pelosi is doing trying to sink the Colombia trade deal. All of them, including Obama and Clinton, are making a big mistake on Latin America, to the point of making Bush look good and fair and knowledgeable!
If Pelosi and the trade union wing of the Democratic party were serious they would have negotiated a rider on the Colombia deal, to set some goals for Colombia to reach in a reasonable amount of time otherwise the deal is canceled. After all some Democrats such as Pelosi know and recognized that Colombia human rights have made some progress. But their problem is that they have accepted to become hostages to people who just want to eliminate any FTA, no matter what, and Human Rights is just too much of a convenient excuse to not look mean and petty. The hypocrisy is highlighted when Obama, to name one, calls for an Olympics boycott and yet does not say much about punishing Human Rights violations of China through stiffer import quotas from them. What gives?
If Pelosi and Mack and Ros-Lehtinen are let get away with their objectives the result will be extraordinarily simple: Chavez will be consolidated in power, Uribe will be weakened and eventually a permanent anti US group of countries will line the Southern flank of the US (even with a Democratic president, by the way). That group incidentally will support all sorts of terrorist actions against the US as well as against their only people so as to dominate them better. Where will be the people who "lost South America" when the truth comes home?
Is this Liberal blogger going to have to support McCain? I suppose that I should be grateful that Huckabee or another of those right wing weirdos did not make it tot he GOP nomination....
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Now, something I did not know until just this morning is that ABC is using the success of the show to launch a spinoff series entitled, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. This series picks up with Alice grown up and in a mental facility and, apparently about to be lobotomized before being busted out. This series looks as if it will follow the same pattern of changing everything up just like the original Once Upon a Time series as it mixes in a genie in a bottle among other things. I will have to give this one a shot as well and hope it goes well! The trailer is embedded below.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
ABC's Once Upon a Time Premieres in One Week; Spinoff Series October 10
Once Upon a Time is one of the shows that I can't stop watching. It's frustrating and slow-developing but it caught my eye early on and I've been tuning in since. I thought last season got a little weird and I think they try way too hard at times to make connections and alter the stories we know, but I still enjoy it and Mr. Gold is one of the cooler characters out there. The last episode was one of the better ones of Season 2; the finale left the core group in a bind and headed to Neverland to sort things out and that seems to be right where we will pick up. The Season 3 trailer is embedded below:


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The Mills tennis team traveled to UC Santa Cruz to compete in the Slug's Fall Invitational. Competing alongside the Cyclones were Dominican University, Holy Names, Stanislaus State, and UC Santa Cruz. The two-day event featured three different brackets for singles and two for doubles.
The Cyclones continued to improve, with all three doubles teams qualifying for the consolation semi-finals. The doubles team of Roxana Farmer and Perla Barazza then advanced to, but lost in, the consolation finals. Additionally, Grace Deaton and Dana Culpepper earned their way into the backdraw semi-finals in singles competition.
Full results can be found here.
The team is off until November 4, when they will host a junior college tournament at Mills.


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As we celebrate our nation's independence this month, I have been reflecting on the spiritual meaning of the word "freedom." The concept of freedom is often filled with images focused on what we get out of it- personal freedom, financial freedom, religious freedom and freedom in our relationships. Freedom has taken on the connotation of not being answerable to anyone or anything. I am free to do what I want. So, how does freedom fit into Oneness? Where is the "we" in "free"?
The founding fathers of this nation created a unique document guaranteeing each citizen a number of freedoms. But we are also free to discern which freedoms to exercise and in what way. I may be free by law to draw any satirical cartoons I desire, including ones picturing certain religious prophets, but does that mean it is in the highest good of all that I exercise that particular freedom? Does drawing such cartoons come from the genuine belief that it is the best way to support other oppressed groups in being free, or is it done just to prove the right to do it? How we choose to express our freedom is as significant and precious as the freedom itself.
In order to be a citizen of this nation, we agree to give up certain personal preferences in the name of what benefits the community. It might be personally expedient to drive as fast as I want when I'm late to work, but I don't because it is against the law and is not safe for those on the road. It might benefit an industrial company to be able to use certain cheaper chemicals, but that company doesn't do so because they are banned and would do far greater environmental harm. We surrender certain personal freedoms, but we do so in the name of the greater good and because it allows us to enjoy far greater freedoms that come from being part of a larger community.
True spiritual Freedom requires true Surrender. In order to be free to be in Oneness, we must first be free of our old selves, our separate selves. We must allow ourselves to be free of "me" in order to enjoy the greater spiritual freedom of the "we."
The Spiritual Hierarchy might take Kennedy's famous quote, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," and kick it up a notch with "Ask not what the God/Goddess can do for you, but what you can do for the God/Goddess." In other words, rather than looking at all the benefits of freedom to ourselves, let's start focusing on gifts we're able to give because of the freedom we enjoy.


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The temporary alliance between Senator Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, formed to deny Donald J. Trump the Republican presidential nomination, was already fraying almost to the point of irrelevance on Monday, only hours after it was announced to great fanfare.
With the pact, the two candidates agreed to cede forthcoming primary contests to each other. Mr. Kasich would, most crucially, stand down in Indiana's primary on May 3 to give Mr. Cruz a better chance to defeat Mr. Trump there, while Mr. Cruz would leave Oregon and New Mexico to Mr. Kasich. It appeared to be a measure of last resort, but initially it seemed like a breakthrough.
Mr. Cruz trumpeted what he called the "big news" in Indiana, a state that appears pivotal to stopping Mr. Trump from winning a majority of delegates. "John Kasich has decided to pull out of Indiana to give us a head-to-head contest with Donald Trump," he said.
But at his own campaign stop in Philadelphia on Monday, Mr. Kasich tamped down Mr. Cruz's triumphalism. Voters in Indiana, Mr. Kasich said, "ought to vote for me," even if he would not be campaigning publicly there. He added, "I don't see this as any big deal."
Under the best of circumstances, the arrangement between Mr. Cruz and Mr. Kasich would seem to be a long shot — more of an expedient to stop Mr. Trump from taking a big step toward winning the nomination next week in Indiana than a permanent joining of forces.
Far from forming any kind of unity ticket, Mr. Trump's surviving challengers have both vowed to triumph in an open convention in Cleveland, and they remain irreconcilable on key matters of policy. Their agreement dealt only with three states, leaving an open question as to how directly they might compete with each other everywhere else.
Even in Indiana, emerging as the most important state, the Cruz-Kasich pact appeared something less than decisive. While Mr. Kasich's campaign canceled his public appearances in the state, the governor was still slated to visit Indianapolis on Tuesday for a fund-raising event at the Columbia Club. And he still had meetings scheduled with a series of Indiana Republicans, including Gov. Mike Pence, according to a leading Republican in the state.
Mr. Cruz's campaign privately advised supporters on Sunday not to endorse tactical voting, whereby his supporters might switch their allegiance to Mr. Kasich in states where the Ohio governor is running stronger against Mr. Trump. "We never tell voters who to vote for," read the suggested Cruz talking point. "We're simply letting folks know where we will be focusing our time and resources."
Mr. Trump, who has taunted his opponents throughout the race for their Keystone Kops approach to undermining his campaign, seemed to relish the continuing strain between his remaining rivals. On Twitter, he mocked "Lyin' Ted Cruz" and "1 for 38 Kasich," referring to the latter's dismal winning record in the Republican race, for being unable to beat him on their own.
"So they have to team up (collusion) in a two on one," Mr. Trump wrote. "Shows weakness!"
At a campaign rally in Rhode Island, Mr. Trump boasted that his opponents were united against him, and said he welcomed their "collusion."
"Actually I was happy," he said, "because it shows how weak they are."
Allies of both Mr. Cruz and Mr. Kasich did not exactly disagree with that assessment, and acknowledged that the prospect of imminent disaster in Indiana had been the impetus to reach their deal, such as it is.
Still, aides to Mr. Cruz and Mr. Kasich seem acutely aware that they risk turning off voters who find the arrangement unseemly. Even before his rivals' agreement, Mr. Trump had complained repeatedly that the nominating process was "rigged" against him.
With Mr. Trump expected to win all five of the East Coast states that vote on Tuesday, the next opportunity to slow his campaign will come a week later in Indiana. Republicans believe he must be stopped there if they are to deny him the nomination.
"Indiana is a must-win for Ted Cruz, and it's a must-win for anybody who doesn't think Donald Trump should be the nominee," said David McIntosh, the president of the Club for Growth, a conservative group opposed to Mr. Trump and supportive of Mr. Cruz. The group is airing an ad in Indiana urging voters to vote for Mr. Cruz, not Mr. Kasich, to stop Mr. Trump, and officials said they intended to keep it on the air despite the agreement.
Why Trump Is Calling the G.O.P. Delegate System Rigged
Mr. Trump has faced several setbacks during the delegate selection process, a complex system of rules that was put into place long before Mr. Trump became the front-runner.
On Monday, Trusted Leadership PAC, a group supporting Mr. Cruz, said it also planned to keep a previously announced attack ad against Mr. Kasich on the air in Indiana. The group added, though, that it had shelved advertising plans in New Mexico and Oregon.
Charles R. Black Jr., an adviser to Mr. Kasich, said it would be helpful to his candidate — and "a big blow to Trump" — for Mr. Cruz to win Indiana. The point of announcing the deal, Mr. Black said, was to indicate to outside "super PACs" where the campaigns and candidates were marshaling their resources.
Mr. Black played down the degree to which voters would cast their ballots strategically, switching allegiance between candidates to thwart Mr. Trump. "Either the guy gets to 1,237 or he doesn't," he said. "Voters don't focus on this tactical, inside baseball stuff."
For months, rivals of the Republican front-runner have claimed that he has succeeded only because the anti-Trump vote has been spread among so many alternative candidates. That argument appeared to falter in New York last week, when Mr. Trump won 60 percent of the vote and captured nearly all of the state's delegates.
Now that each of them has been granted a cleaner shot against Mr. Trump — in different states, and at different moments over the next few weeks — Mr. Cruz and Mr. Kasich will have no easy excuse if Mr. Trump continues to prevail.
While Mr. Cruz faces the more immediate test in Indiana, Mr. Kasich will have to make swift use of his free hand in Oregon. Though the state's primary date is May 17, the election there is conducted by mail, and voters will begin to receive their ballots this week.
Ron Saxton, a prominent Kasich supporter in Oregon, said the deal "puts more pressure" on Mr. Kasich and Mr. Cruz to perform strongly against Mr. Trump. But Mr. Saxton, a former Republican candidate for governor, said there was catching up to do in his state.
"None of the three G.O.P. campaigns have any real Oregon visibility yet, just the national press," Mr. Saxton wrote in an email. "Since Cruz's name remains on the ballot, my guess is that he'll get close to the same votes he'd get if he hadn't 'withdrawn.' Is he going to actively encourage his supporters to vote for Kasich?"
On Monday, both candidates swatted away questions about whether the deal was something of an underhanded ploy.
Mr. Cruz said the agreement was aimed at empowering anti-Trump voters against the front-runner, denying that the effort to stop Mr. Trump was subverting the will of the people. "This is entirely about the will of the people," he said. "This is about winning the votes of the Hoosier State."
Mr. Kasich, in Pennsylvania, grew quickly agitated at the suggestion that his deal with Mr. Cruz reflected desperation.
"Me? No, I'm not desperate — are you?" he asked a reporter. "Are you desperate?"


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Carol Suchman has skyrocketed to the top of Santa's "Nice" list.
The New York City woman donates toys to homeless children every Christmas, but this year her annual good deed is creating buzz all the way to the North Pole: To provide for kids in 2015, she bought an entire toy store.
Suchman was walking past a storefront in her West Village neighborhood when she noticed a "Going Out of Business" sign in the window.
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After a bit of negotiating, she was able to purchase the store's entire inventory — thousands of toys, stuffed animals, art and school supplies — and then turned everything over to the city's Department of Homeless Services (DHS).
"I've been doing this for many years and we have many generous sponsors," Antonio Rodriquez, director of special events at DHS, told NY1 News. "But I have to say, that this is the first time anybody ever bought out an entire store and donated it."
You can see the video at NY1 News. (Photo: Terence Ong, CC)
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STD Home > Symptoms of Bacterial Vaginosis
One of the most common bacterial vaginosis symptoms is an abnormal vaginal discharge. The discharge is usually white or gray and has an unpleasant odor. Other symptoms can include burning during urination, and vaginal itching or irritation. However, some women have no signs or symptoms at all.
What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Bacterial Vaginosis?Women with symptoms of bacterial vaginosis (BV) may have an abnormal vaginal discharge with an unpleasant odor. Some women report a strong fish-like odor to the discharge, especially after sexual intercourse. The discharge can be white (milky) or gray and thin. Other symptoms may include burning when urinating, itching around the outside of the vagina, and irritation. However, these could be symptoms of another infection, too.
Some women with the condition have no symptoms at all.
Complications Associated With Bacterial VaginosisIn most cases, bacterial vaginosis doesn't cause any problems. But some problems can happen if bacterial vaginosis is left untreated, including:
- Pregnancy problems. Bacterial vaginosis can cause premature delivery and low birth-weight babies (less than five pounds).
- PID. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection that can affect a woman's uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, which carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. Having bacterial vaginosis increases a woman's risk of getting PID after a surgical procedure, such as a hysterectomy or an abortion.
- Higher risk of getting other STDs. Having bacterial vaginosis can increase the chances of getting other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and HIV. Women with HIV who get bacterial vaginosis have a higher risk of passing HIV to a sexual partner.


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My goal is always to get something written about an event, within a week or so of the event. With the Small Press Expo, I would love to get a nice report written, mention what I got and my general feelings about the event and who I met, etc. within a few weeks of the event. I did some of that, sort of on schedule. I kept putting this review off because of general anxiety based procrastination and the fact the the book is so chunky I wasn't getting through it very quickly. A lot of things I picked up last year were a bit longer than standard mini comic fare. SPX is not exclusively a mini comic expo, but I do sometimes define it that way when thinking about it.
I picked up Kevin Days a Week: Book 3, 2008 -2009 from Kevin Burkhalter. Burkhalter has a journal comic posted online at kevinsjournalcomic . It is a very nicely done Journal comic. Each day gets 4 panels. This translates beautifully into fat little square volumes filled with a year worth of daily goings on. I picked up the third volume as my introduction to the comic as I learned at SPX that an artists most recent project is usually their favorite. I often ask people to recommend a volume, or let me know what they think their best work is, etc. When the nature of the comic doesn't require you to start at a #1 to get it or enjoy it.
I recommend checking out the online comic. Start at the earliest stuff, but be sure to click through it and watch Burkhalter's progress as an artist. I don't know that everyone shares my enthusiasm for Journal comics, but I love them. There are certainly things out there that have been overdone, but as long as there is honesty and insight in the comic, I am probably going to like it. I tend to feel like an outsider, and seeing other people's lives and idiosyncrasies is helpful and enjoyable to me. I also think, that if done right, you end up with things that can be more unique than even the most original 'new idea' for a super hero comic, or detective story, etc.
A ton of people are featured in the daily happenings, and in pretty much every instance they are identified. I get excited when I see people in the panels that I have met at SPX. I also like that in addition to so much of the journal being in and around SCAD, there is also a lot of 'action' taking place in Virginia, which gives me more things to identify with.
Burkhalter is a pretty terrific cartoonist, and it really is interesting to see just how much a style can change and refine after years of doing daily journal comics. His earliest panels that are posted are very good, and work just fine, but following those through to the most recent postings is really just incredible. Check out his work and enjoy


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I'm actually regretting not purchasing this one now that I look at it again.
And this one.
As if the Osmonds aren't creepy enough...
Super gay.
There are actually 72 members of this band. Not all could fit on the cover but they are all out of this world.
Jesus Loggins.
Nothing says JAZZ like some baby seal pups and a rainbow.
Shaun Cassidy: originator of Spirit Fingers
"Save a horse, ride a...microphone cord?"
That looks like one hell of a college concert.


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Published at Monday, 02 December 2019. Coloring. By Darcelle Le Roux.
You can find hundreds of such useful coloring pages with biblical themes, alphabetical games and more variations for preschool kids. However mind that you would need good configuration of system and good printer quality with perfect cartridge for fine print quality. Also make sure that you command the fine print or best print for your printer while printing the biblical pages for best results and perfect line drawing.
Almost all types of alphabet coloring pages and printable materials feature school compatible Standard Block Print or D`Nealian Modern Block Print handwriting guidelines. Thus you don`t have to worry about the standards of the coloring pages for children.
Coloring Sheets of Princess: The younger kids exclusively the daughters intend to a princess thus appear interested to wed with Prince Charming. I blame Disney for this! In their many films they have certainly made it look like a dream existence. It is no surprise then I suppose that these pictures are wildly popular. Girls seem to love working on the amazing dresses and giant hairdos. Let us hope that our daughters wishes all come true!
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text: On July 8th, 2015, Winey Munkies was given the opportunity to showcase their artisan wine ice cream product on Mornings on Fox 11 morning news show. Danielle and Brian have been working on their new company as they both continue to work over 40 hours at their regular jobs. Danielle said, "We have enjoyed our time together evolving our business. The major barriers and hurdles that surround our business have been challenging to navigate. We are making sure we are doing our due diligence to stay in compliance with the State of Nevada regulations. It has not been easy given the mixed messages we have been receiving at every level (i.e., City, State, and Federal)." Winey Munkies continues to work out the kinks and keep doing the next right thing to have the opportunity in the future to get their product to the end customer.


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Celebrating Older Americans
Communities across the country have celebrated Older Americans' Month ever since John F. Kennedy, working with members of the National Council of Senior Citizens, designated the first one in May, 1963.
This year's Older American's theme, "Blaze a Trail," emphasizes the ways older adults are reinventing themselves through new work and new passions, engaging in their communities, and making positive impact on the lives of people of all ages.
Enacted in the same year as Medicare, the Older Americans Act has provided a nationwide services network of Area Agencies on Aging to help older adults live with dignity in the communities of their choice for as long as possible. In Marin County, the Area Agency on Aging is charged to be the leading planner, administrator, and funder of Older Americans Act services for persons over the age of 60 and family caregivers. The Board of Supervisors governs this agency, which has an annual budget of $2.4 million and is part of the larger Office of Aging and Adult Services in Marin County's Health and Human Services Department.
To create a well-coordinated, community-based system of support, the Area Agency on Aging provides direct services and also contracts with a network of private and non-profit agencies. Eleven organizations in Marin, along with a large contingent of volunteers, assist the agency in providing over 20 different services for older adults and unpaid family caregivers. Services include meals delivered to homes and sites where seniors meet, assisted transportation, caregiver support, legal services, elder abuse protections, and more. On average, over 4,400 persons in Marin benefit from one or more of these programs throughout the year.
The Marin County Commission on Aging advises the Area Agency on Aging and the Board of Supervisors on the needs of older adults and recommends programs and allocation of resources to address those needs. Twenty-three citizens of Marin County, representing supervisorial districts and city councils, serve on the Commission. The Commission educates and advocates on behalf of older adults. It does its work by holding monthly public meetings throughout the county, working in a committee structure to address seniors' needs, monitoring provided services, and interacting with the community.
Each monthly meeting has an educational component and members of the public are encouraged to attend. This year has featured topics of family caregiver support, Medicare updates, fall prevention, senior services in West Marin, and a public hearing on the Area Agency on Aging annual plan. The Commission's committees are active in such areas as housing, transportation, health, nutrition, and community-wide planning. The Commission's legislative task force identifies policy issues for advocacy, such as affordable senior housing and elder justice. Many Commissioners are working to make their communities "age-friendly", and Sausalito and Fairfax have received designation by the World Health Organization as "age-friendly cities".


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Online giant Amazon, along with Wal-mart, Expedia and a whole host of other sites, have been hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
The DDoS attack on Neustar – which offers DNS services – affected some major hitters in the online world, with Amazon's site sluggish and even reportedly unavailable at times.
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The attack started just before 5pm PST and lasted for an hour, all of the sites affected have now recovered full service.
No motive for the attack has been uncovered, although the size of the companies involved means that this could have simply been for bragging rights.
DDoS attacks normally occur when large networks of computers – normally botnets created by hijacking PCs – are used to overtax connections.


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Allergic rhinitisComplications
If you have allergic rhinitis, there's a risk you could develop further problems.
Allergic rhinitis is where an allergy to something like pollen, dust or mould irritates your nose and causes cold-like symptoms.
Symptoms of allergic rhinitis include sneezing, itchiness and a blocked or runny nose.
Common allergies that cause allergic rhinitis include hay fever and allergies to mould, house dust mites and animals.
You can ease symptoms of allergic rhinitis with antihistamines and rinsing your nose with salt water. A GP can prescribe a steroid nasal spray.
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Soon: Cardinal Levada?
Catholic World News says Archbishop William Levada should qualify, because the heads of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith have always been cardinals.
In the most recent consistory, in October 2003, Pope John Paul II named 30 new cardinals.
"Unnamed Vatican officials" supposedly are the sources for the latest rumors.


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Liam Plunkett completes switch to Yorkshire
Yorkshire have signed Liam Plunkett, the former England fast bowler, from Durham.
The 27-year-old has signed a three-year deal with the Headingley side ahead of their return to the County Championship Division One next season.
He is the second new signing for the county in a week, after Jack Brooks joined from Northamptonshire.
Plunkett has struggled to find a place in the Durham side of late and only featured once in the County Championship last season, against Somerset back in May.
"I am delighted to be joining Yorkshire for next season," Plunkett said. "The opportunity to join one of the biggest clubs in the country was too good to turn down.
"The club has had a strong 2012 and I believe adding myself and Jack…


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Given the economics of equatorial Southeast Asia, maids generally flow from Indonesia to Malaysia.
The former is a populous archipelago where, by World Bank standards, more than one in ten live in poverty. The latter is a mid-sized nation with an upper class strong enough to support a large market for live-in housekeepers.
But while Indonesians continue to migrate to Malaysia to cook, clean and raise kids for wealthier Malaysians, this army of maids sometimes sends home tales of abuse. The tension stoked by these accounts grew so bad in recent years that Indonesia barred the export of maids to its neighbor for two years. The ban was lifted just four months back.
Now, as the Jakarta Globe reports, a crude ad has revived Indonesia's ire. Tacked to trees around Malaysia's capital, it reads bluntly: "Indonesian maids now on SALE!!! ... Now your housework and cooking come easy." A photo of the ad circulated after an activist, Anis Hadiyah, posted it to her Twitter account.
Distasteful? Doubly offensive given Indonesians' well-publicized disgust over abused housekeepers? Yes and yes.
But the ad, while worthy of condemnation from civil society, is generating an undue level of reprisal and threats of policy overhaul from authorities.
The head of Indonesia's migrant worker placement agency tells Today Online that he's threatening to "permanently" bar maids from working in Malaysia. The Malaysian government, forever paranoid over class disturbance, has reportedly ordered the woman who designed the ad to serve two weeks and jail as they decide whether or not she's upended "national security."
I phoned the three numbers listed on the ad to find out if she's still in jail. No one answered.
What's worse? That some woman had crass ads stapled to trees? Or that crass ads stapled to trees are considered a legitimate threat to Malaysia's national security?