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Hey everyone… This is stuff I've picked up on in the last 10 years or so of creative work. There are so many avenues to joy. This is just my personal list for keeping my energy up in this beautiful marathon.
Number One: Just play music, and cut out the bullshit. Sometimes that's all you need! Below is extra.
Go out to live music/museums/galleries as regularly as possible.
Think of everything as vibration… the more you surround yourself with vibrations (colors, sights, sounds) you love, the more YOU change into the person you love… Stare at a photo you love for more than a minute, listen to music collectively and share that same emotion in the room with people you don't know, and humble yourselves through others' experiences. Shifting perspective is healthy and allows us to see more clearly. Whether you believe in a soul or just experience itself, going out and really soaking everything in helps us determine why we like what we like and why we don't like certain things.
Take silent car rides, often.
Sometimes we need more output and less input. We need the chance to step outside of the structure of what music is made to make us feel, and listen to our inner voice. Give your ears a rest. We listen better in the end this way.
Keep searching for the music and art that make you feel something… that triggers you to write, cry, breathe in deeply, dance, etc. This is the music we need in order to grow.
Why settle for something that kind of makes you feel something… or makes you feel up to date. There is SO much music out there, and a song that will completely relate to you at the time. Keep digging and listening. Sometimes it'll surprise you in a random shop you were browsing in.
Don't neglect sleep
This is HUGE, especially with careers like music that require many hours of working on deadlines or attending/playing late night shows. Spend time with your friends after the gig, but not too much time. Your sleep helps your intuition and helps you craft wiser decisions. Also, your life is on the line if you're on the road touring a lot. SLEEP WELL.
Hang out with your friends, both with and without art in the picture.
People will emphasize on hanging out in this field… BUT!! There is DEFINITELY a point where you're hanging out TOO much with friends and not spending enough time on your art. We need to set aside time for both. For example, having both co-writes with our creative peers and coffee/walk hangs to release and chill out is healthy. Extra tip: Doing admin/computer work we don't really want to do with friends makes it easier.
Write down your boundaries and what you value
Each individual holds a set of values and boundaries based on their experience. Write down your values and boundaries and state why it's there….then look back on it once in a while. If you stay true to what you wrote down, the choice for opportunities to take or friends to hold on to become clearer.
Keep the morning or a few hours of the morning to yourself
I can't emphasize this enough. We need time alone as artists and people in general (at least I need it)… to be able to set up the day for success or have a stable mind when time comes to engage with people. Having a regular routine is helpful.
Meditate first thing in the morning
After doing your morning duties in the washroom, put your phone on airplane mode, set your timer for 5-10 minutes, kneel or sit criss cross, close your eyes, and focus on JUST your breathing. Put your palms on your knees if you need more grounding or palms up if you need to feel more open to the world around you. If you have a million thoughts in your head, that's okay. Recognize that it's happening and that it's just a thought. Don't give power to it. If it keeps happening, that's the work.
Gratitudes, Affirmations, and Constructive Evaluation
After my meditation in the morning, I write down three gratitudes, three affirmations, and three things that would make the rest of my day great. At the end of the day, I write down three awesome things that happened and ask what would've made today better (without judgement), then use that for reference for days to come.
Doesn't matter what time you do it, give your body at least an hour of moving time. Whether it's yoga, a good cardio session, strength training, or a good ole' walk. These jobs require lots of sitting and computer time, so don't slack on your body. Also, know your max heart rate. It's 220 minus your age for males, 226 for females… so if you're 25 and a female, your max heart rate is 201 bpm. For fat burning, you'll want to keep your heart rate between 120 and 140 (think LSD, long, slow distance workout – long run or bike ride). For burning sugar, aim for anything above that for at least 20 minutes (think HIIT, high intensity interval training – sprints, Tabata intervals). Alternate days for HIIT training and LSD workouts. Having one day of rest is always helpful as well.
Create original music
I feel this is vital, because in the end, you'll have YOUR music to come back to, and nobody can take that away from you. Your creations are unique to you, no matter how much of it is inspired or derived. The more you create, the more you find your own voice and what feels honest to you.
If someone gives you an opportunity to grow in a skillset, take it.
Once upon a time, my friend gave me the opportunity to sing background vocals and play rhythm guitar for her two-week tour. This was great, because I'm really good friends with her, and I love her music. It was all the reason to say yes. I've never played rhythm guitar for another artist. It had always just been me doing my original music or doing background vocal work. Adjusting to more responsibility and practice triggered resistance before and in between rehearsals. For example, I would do things that felt important, but weren't ACTUALLY that important for the time being…like cleaning the house, making money with Lyft, or spending ample time making a delicious healthy meal when I could be practicing. I had to own up to the time needed to practice for her tour. Music is personal, so I knew that if I didn't at least try my hardest and learn the material, that it would be a reflection of how much I care for her (which I do, a lot) and how seriously I take my own music career. I can only do the best I can with skills I have at the moment. Not knowing how to do something was not a reason to give up. Take out your ego for a moment, give up the negative attitude, and ask questions to your more advanced peers or go on youtube! We have all the resources. If we're in the practice of practicing, the teacher will appear. Do not stop trying. In the end, the best feeling is knowing that you really tried till your fingers hurt, no matter what the end result is.
Evaluate the situation before you take the gig.
If you say yes to at least 3 out of 4 of these questions, I advise you to take the gig.
1. Do you like the music/vision?
2. Is there decent money involved?
3. Transportation included?
4. Are the people cool?
The next few questions go a little deeper, and sometimes involves just experiencing and doing multiple gigs. It's also realizing how your creative vision unfolds along the way.
5. How much time do I need to practice and do well/be professional?
6. Do I really have that time, given all the stuff I've already booked for myself and all the human faults/tendencies that could happen in between?
7. Even if it sounds like a great opportunity, is this part of the process of creating space for what I really want to do?
Do NOT get stuck in "Analysis Paralysis". Give yourself a solid timeline to make a decision.
There's nothing worse than spending HOURS on the internet seeing how others are doing the thing you want to do, coming up with excuses like, "oh, she's just really hot, and that's why it was probably easier for her", or curling up in your bed feeling victim to yourself… Sometimes, you have to experience things in your own way and just GO. Of course, none of us want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere and die of starvation because we didn't prepare financially. Do enough research, but also keep in mind that life is so short, and the time we make making decisions, could be time spent making that scary decision WORK.
Slow the f*** down, and go at your own pace. Social media is not always your friend.
Oh, social media. Let me emphasize one thing. How you feel about your music matters more than your image or you proving how awesome you are with the 15 seconds of a cover that you posted. Period. It's not bad, but wouldn't you rather learn the whole song than grab a few likes for a few seconds of music you KIND of learned? I feel like every time that I said I'd form a better relationship with it after taking a break, it never happened. Instant gratification is addicting. I've seen my mental health go down the drain through hours upon hours of crafting my online presence. The more lost I am in life, the more I try to prove that I've found myself. It's wonderful for hosting events, connecting with friends you haven't seen in a while or knowing what's going on… or showing family members cute family things, but when you're exposed to everybody's best moments, it could either inspire you or send you off in a million directions leaving you numb in analysis paralysis…especially if you're a very motivated, hard-working dreamer type. If you're on it and HAVE to be on it, keep the scrolling to a minimum and posts simple. We're in an age of information overload, and we need to be able to observe, reflect, and rise above the craziness…one piece at a time. What you need to know will come to you.
Sign up/Apply for lots of opportunities that you desire (even if it overlaps).
When the ball is thrown back in your court with either a yes or a no, you can make a more solid decision when time comes. You'll know in your heart what you really want at that time. It's also okay to deny things if there's more than one yes. What a great place to be in! Plus, there's a chance you could postpone. Whatever is meant for you at the time is meant for you at the time. It is wonderful to be vulnerable and find the people who LOVE you for who you are and what you create. Not everyone is going to like you, but there's definitely a world out there that loves you and wants to help you grow.
K.I.S.S. Meals:
In other words, 'Keep It Simple, Stupid!' Figure out the one or two things you have in the morning. For me, it's oatmeal with berries and tea. That's it. Lunch or dinner is either at home or somewhere else. Here's what I'd ideally put in my meals for the day…whether it's a grain bowl, salad, sandwich/wrap, smoothie, juice, etc.:
1. A ferment (miso, kombucha, yogurt, kefir, raw kraut, etc. )
2. Fruits (berries, papaya, pineapple, etc.)
3. A Bulb (Garlic, Onion)
4. Leafy and crunchy greens (spinach, arugula, kale, broccoli, zucchini, etc.)
5. An herb (basil, cilantro, dill, etc. )
6. Root vegetables (Carrots, beets, sweet potato, etc.)
7. Good fats (coconut oil/butter, avocado, etc. )
8. Nuts and seeds (watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, Brazilian nuts)
9. Grains (if you're not doing keto or paleo)
10. Fungi (shiitake, maitake, portobello, etc. )
11. Protein (almond/peanut butter, tempeh, or grass-fed/sustainable meats if you're not vegan)
12. Supplements for whatever you need (B12, Magnesium, Vitamin D, etc.)
Extra: Superfoods (Shilajit, Maca, Goji Berries, Cacao) and Adaptogens (Reishi, Ashwagandha, Lion's Mane)
Take time to practice and learn the songs you love, as well as your friends' original songs that you enjoy.
I learned music through learning my favorite songs. If I couldn't stop listening to it, I had to learn it, and this is what got me better. Also, learn the tunes of your musical peers. You and your friends will get a kick out of learning each other's material. I promise. It's the biggest compliment, and it helps our musical vocabulary.
Protecting your art is protecting your heart. Use a contract and invoice system.
Go on your search bar and type in And.Co. It's a lifesaver for freelancers and easy to navigate. Use it. Look for other freelancers' contracts that are in your field and copy and paste… Adjust the contract according to your values. Also, keep in the habit of registering your songs/work through BMI, ASCAP, etc. and copyrighting them. Better safe than sorry.
Recording Expenses
Use the Expensify app to help you record your expenses/receipts. This will DEFINITELY help when tax season comes along. It sucks to dig through everything all at once in a rush. Your future self will thank you.
Do what you need to live the way you wish to live….
If that means working a 9-5 or part-time job, do that! If it gets you to a level of comfort that you need, then do it… stepping out of our comfort zone here and there is healthy too… We're all trying to make it work… the key is to keep doing and pushing for what we love.
A Consistent Support/Friend Group:
This is what I look for:
1. Friends that are at a similar level in most areas of my musical/visual skillset.
2. Friends that are beginners and want to learn from me. I know I'll have something to learn from them too.
3. Friends that are more advanced than me in another area of my musical/visual skillset.
Condition: All of these friends are people you have to vibe with and love each others artistic vision. A positive attitude is also important. If you feel drained after being with them or you're trying TOO hard to understand them, don't even bother. It's just not a fit. You don't have to think too hard. Use your intuition. Personally, I can sense it by a good glance in their eyes and knowing if they're a kindred spirit or not.
Thank you for reading, guys! Hope this helps 🙂 If you have any questions, thoughts, or suggestions, type them below in the comments!


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Decades later, I'm still not sure how I ended up as an English teacher.
My school years were marked by a love of science, technology, construction, and a little history. English was tolerable, but not the highlight of my day. Probably because of that string of less-than-inspiring English teachers.
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There was a morning last week when I realized that I had left my prescription sunglasses in Hakodate Airport—the latest in a string of lost and forgotten items. As John pointed out, I've been firing on all cylinders for a few months now, and the strain is starting to take its toll. I cried then, in the Kagoshima Hotel MyStays, a little about the sunglasses but mostly at the feeling of being overwhelmed. It's an experience that mirrors that of past Brooks fellows I've talked to—just part of acclimating to a year on the road. It's learning to balance the desire to see everything with the acknowledgement that you can't possibly see everything, nor should you, for the sake of your sanity and personal wellbeing (not to mention that of your travel companions). I wrote the following post to capture this kind of balancing act in real time, as well as the unique cultural alienation (benign but inescapable) of being a Westerner in Japan for the first time, one who is not following the usual, scripted tourist experience.
Yesterday I accidentally went to four museums, an unintended public history bender if you will. I spent the morning trying and failing to get to the Kagoshima Prefectural Museum of Culture Reimeikan. GoogleMaps first sent me to the Kagoshima Prefectural Museum, which is distinct from the institution listed above. The latter is a natural history museum, whose target audience is A) Japanese and B) approximately age 8. The very kind woman at the counter was clearly befuddled at what a sweaty, thirty-year old blond woman was doing there, but handled it with unrelenting chipperness and a toothpaste-ad smile. Then it was my turn to be befuddled when entrance to the museum was free, and instead of a ticket, I was handed a small Ziploc bag containing a minuscule amount of ash from the 2012 eruption of Mt. Sakurajima. We'll see what TSA makes of that coming back into the US. I wondered up a few flights of stairs to a room where butterflies were elegantly pinned according to their taxonomic classifications, and rows of stuffed birds and mammals marched in single-file lines, a meticulous retinue of Kagoshima's diverse fauna. A video played nearby, depicting (purportedly) the area's harmonious interactions between nature and humankind. From the approximately five minutes I watched, this "harmony" mostly consists of beautiful women enjoying nature alone. The entire video is without Japanese or English narration, so the depictions had the exaggerated quality of a 1920s silent film. In one particularly abstruse scene, a robed young women strolls on a beach with two men in tow. The men are wearing neon jumpsuits and holding shovels. The sand on the beach burbles from what the viewer can only assume are natural hot springs or heat vents below the surface, though the visual and auditory effect is that of some malignant Star Wars creature. The men proceed to dig a hole in the sand, into which the woman climbs, smiling and demure. They then bury her up to the neck and then march off into the distance. The woman closes her eyes, head protruding serenely, absurdly from the sand. Fade to black.
Next I ended up at the Kagoshima City Museum of Art (which is listed online translated as just the "Kagoshima City Museum"). For 300 Yen, I saw exactly one Pissarro, one Cezanne, one Picasso, and bizarrely a larger number of Dalis and Ernsts. Because Surrealism is definitely what I need right now. This is the kind of museum where there's one big, hulking, psychedelic Frank Stella on the wall, and then a row of eighteenth-century ceramic tea cups.
Convinced that I was still not where I needed to be, I continued my long, hot march down the "History and Culture Road" towards yet another institution purporting to be the "Prefectural Museum." This was it, at last. Built into a former castle town, the museum is a steep climb from street level, past seemingly impenetrable masonry walls. Inside, some 1990s chandeliers and a gift shop. I get a glossy book in five languages from the nice woman at the counter about the history of Kagoshima. I wonder if museums are the main employer of nice, young women in Japan, women who smile and seem genuinely unperturbed by my total lack of understanding that at this museum, the tickets come out of a machine on the wall—women who would consent to being buried, smiling, in a treacherous sand pit and left to steam until medium well done.
This museum likes its dioramas. It does not like having photos of its dioramas posted on social media. There is an outside area with some thatched-roof Edo-era buildings, but you have to flag down a docent before seeing them. As my Japanese currently consists of "Hi," "Thank you," and "I like it," I am not sure that I am up for explaining "I would like to see your outdoor collection of thatched-roof Edo-era buildings, please." I take some pictures of the dioramas (which I will not post here) and go on my way.
It's a half hour walk back to the main train station where John is waiting in a chaotic, crowded Starbucks. The air feels thick and hazy. I pass a pair of women who, having just come from the costume rental shop, are wearing full kimonos and struggling with the parking meter.
John and I eat lunch in the bus station mall food court. Tonkatsu for the win. Under any circumstances in the United States would I order a breaded pork cutlet with white rice for lunch and think that was a normal, healthy thing? No. But in this land where a Caesar salad is as elusive as the Great Forest Spirit, my conception of "normal" has shifted accordingly.
After lunch, we wander over to the Museum of the Meiji Restoration. Public history folks who create museum soundscapes worry a lot about "sound bleed," the undesirable mix of sounds that comes from having multiple auditory installations too close, or not acoustically engineered to prevent overlap. This museum is sound bleed city, a veritable 1980s arcade of animatronics, music, and aggressive interactives. And I do mean aggressive – you can test your "sumo" strength by shoving two hand-shaped panels on a wall to measure your compressive force. The seriousness of the museum's topic (a complex and politically fraught decision to restore imperial power and pursue a vast top-down program of modernization), is somewhat belied by the ubiquitous cartoon versions of local hero Saigo Takamori and his dog. (Takamori was a big supporter of the Meiji government until a disagreement over policy towards Korea prompted him to resign. He later helped lead a rebellion against the new government and ended up committing ritual suicide.)
Today, I get up and resolve to take it a little easier—fewer expectations, fewer heritage experiences. My plan is to check out one of the two other UNESCO heritage sites connected to Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution near Kagoshima. After a typically white breakfast of cheesy toast, I roll out the door and down to the bus station. Despite my best efforts and the assistance of Google Translate, I arrive with very little idea of actually how to access the site in question, the Sekiyoshi Sluice Gate of Yoshino Leat. I almost board a bus I am about 45% sure is the correct one and then quickly loose my nerve and get right back off. I stand around and watch the buses in hopes that there will be one that has an English sign that reading: "This bus takes you to the obscure UNESCO site! Hop on, foreigner!" No luck. I bring up the Japanese version of the website with the site info, and trek over to the Tourist Info booth. The man at the counter scratches his head and emits a "hmmmm" that would indicate I had just asked him how best to climb Mt. Fuji in January. He passes me off to an efficient looking woman nearby with a shrug— "She knows more."
The woman in question nods knowingly upon reading the info on my proffered phone, and pulls out a looseleaf binder full of papers, onto which hand-written Post-it notes have been taped, an arcane analog archive of locations and directions. She briskly locates the correct sticky note with the necessary magic words and goes to work on an iPad, decoding a long list of bus time tables. She transcribes the resulting directions on a slip of paper.
"You want to go now?"
"Bus is leaving now! Hurry!"
I take the paper with the directions and sprint across the parking lot. By this time, it's raining and I wipe out almost immediately on the slick stone. A half dozen concerned people are suddenly headed my way, speaking rapid Japanese. I pick myself up, choke out "I'm fine" (in English) and hobble over to the bus stop. I make it just in time.
Now I'm on a bus that is winding out of the city and up into the hills above Kagoshima. I have no idea how I'm getting back, which is a bit concerning. I try to reassure myself that if worse comes to worse, I can just walk back, which Google Maps says will only take two hours.
Fortunately, I see a sign for the venerable Sekiyoshi Sluice Gate of Yoshino Leat and I push the button to signal the bus driver to stop. I hop out and find myself in a sleepy farming community. There are more signs for the UNESCO site, which I follow gratefully through a valley full of rich green fields. The fields give way to trees, and even though I can't see the sluice gate, I can hear the channel of water rushing somewhere nearby. Up I go into the hills, and around a curve in the road. I have arrived.
Amidst the trees are three chairs around a table, a sign, and a single docent. He wears an official-looking red shirt and must be about 80. We establish that I am American, I do not speak Japanese, and I am here to see the UNESCO site. He takes me up a path, narrating the history of the site in a fluent barrage of Japanese, punctuated with illustrative gestures that I assume are meant to evoke building a gate, water flowing down the mountain, etc. At the end of the short trail is the sluice gate. I haven't visited many, but as sluice gates go, this one seems very nice. I nod vigorously to indicate my appreciation. Having executed his task of explaining/gesticulating the history of the site, my docent departs to greet another family that has arrived. I take many pictures of the rushing water, the cut stones covered in moss. I imagine the nineteenth-century stone masons who carved them, and created the narrow channel to direct spring's water down to the site where the Satsuma clan built their metal warships on the beach of Shuiseikan.
There's thankfully a bus that will take me back out of the hills and to the Kagoshima central station. I buy a chocolate cream-filled puff pastry at the little farm stand that seems to act as the de facto cafe for the sluice gate site to break a larger bill so I have return bus fare. The woman at the counter gives me a 50% discount. Maybe it's because I am carrying the pamphlet for the UNESCO site, or maybe it's just because I am clearly foreign and bedraggled. I sit on the bus station bench with my umbrella in one hand and the pastry in the other. Eventually the bus appears.
I'm proud of myself for persevering, for coming to this site that was clearly not designed for foreign, non-Japanese-speaking visitors. It was strange and lovely, and ultimately worth the trip. There was a brief moment, after I had just picked myself up off the pavement at Kagoshima-Chuo station, when I considered just giving up, going back to my AirBnB and having a cup of tea and not trying to do anything for the rest of the day. But I'm glad I didn't. I'm glad, in a way, that I saw all four museums the day before, too. It's all part of the experience.


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Congress has taken intensified interest in how the Securities and Exchange Commission should enforce the law, introducing several legislative proposals. Although quick passage of the bills is unlikely, they signal how much interest there is, at least among Democrats, about the agency's work.
The legislation deals with insider trading, waivers from automatic bars imposed on companies that violate securities laws and the revolving door between the S.E.C. and private industry.
Enhancing the insider trading laws has become a hot topic after an appeals court reversed the convictions of two hedge fund managers in United States v. Newman, making it more difficult for the government to prove a violation in the conveyance of confidential information. In response, Representative Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut, last week submitted the "Insider Trading Prohibition Act," the third bill introduced in Congress in the last month that would significantly expand the scope of the prohibition.
This proposal goes about as far as possible to make it illegal to trade while in possession of "material, nonpublic information" by requiring the government to show only that it was obtained "wrongfully." What constitutes wrongful trading is defined broadly, including information obtained by theft or espionage and that which was received as a result of an "unauthorized and deceptive taking of such information, or a breach of any fiduciary duty or any other personal or other relationship of trust and confidence." There would be no requirement to prove the source of the information gained a benefit from the disclosure, something now required if the information was tipped for the purpose of trading.
Unlike the other two bills introduced on this topic, Mr. Himes's legislation has a Republican co-sponsor, Representative Steve Womack of Arkansas, which gives it the patina of bipartisan support. Whether that will improve its prospects remains to be seen.
A separate topic that has drawn legislative scrutiny is the granting of waivers from the "bad actor" rules that automatically bar a company from taking advantage of streamlined procedures for issuing securities or selling shares privately to sophisticated investors. These bars arise when there is an enforcement action or criminal charges against a company and can significantly affect a company's future operations.
The issue has divided the S.E.C.'s five commissioners.
Kara M. Stein, a Democratic commissioner, dissented last year from granting a waiver to the Royal Bank of Scotland after it pleaded guilty to manipulating the London interbank offered rate, or Libor. She said that the decision "may have enshrined a new policy — that some firms are just too big to bar."
Daniel M. Gallagher, a Republican commissioner, supported the granting of waivers in a speech in February, saying that "automatic disqualifications are not, and were never intended to be, either remedial or punitive in nature, and therefore historically have been handled outside of the sanctioning process." In a speech earlier this month, Mary Jo White, the S.E.C. chairwoman, said the bar should not be viewed as a further sanction when a company violates the law but as a means to protect investors if there is a threat of future misconduct.
So what is the goal of an automatic bar: an additional penalty or a means to prevent future violations if there is a clear risk of repeated misconduct? A legislative proposal floated by Representative Maxine Waters of California, the senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, comes down squarely for treating it as a sanction.
The draft legislation states that waivers "should be granted sparingly" and imposes a public meeting requirement before granting a waiver. The S.E.C. would not be permitted to consider the cost to a company from denying a waiver, taking away the argument that the sanction is disproportionate to the violation or will result in unforeseen damage.
Ms. Waters has not yet introduced her proposal in the House, and it is unlikely to garner support among Republicans. It would clarify the purpose these automatic exclusions serve and would allow Congress to consider whether this sanction is better applied in a discretionary manner based on clearly enumerated factors provided to the S.E.C. The "bad actor" rules crop up in several different areas, like government contracts and continued participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, so a clear expression of congressional intent for how rigorously they should be applied would be worthwhile.
The final area of legislative interest is the so-called revolving door between the S.E.C. and companies that are the subject of enforcement actions. Representative Stephen Lynch, Democrat of Massachusetts, introduced a bill to slow the practice. His bill would prevent a staff member who participated in an enforcement action filed in the previous 18 months from taking a job with a company named in that proceeding within one year of leaving S.E.C.
It is not clear whether this proposal would curb the movement between government employment and the private sector. Most of those who work on S.E.C. enforcement cases are lawyers, and they usually move to private law firms rather than going to corporations, so the restriction would not affect them. Government ethics rules already prevent former employees from participating in a matter on which they worked while with the government, so the additional bar may do little to stanch the flow.
Bills introduced by the minority in Congress, as the Democrats are these days, have little prospect of enactment. But they can plant the seeds for future legislative efforts, especially if they attract support from the public that can prod the majority to take up the issue.


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Leadsintec Co.,Ltd is an electronic manufacturing service (EMS) professional positioned in Shenzhen since the year 2004. Being an ISO 9001 authorized electronics contract producer, we provide a variety of PCB board, component purchase, PCB board assy, box-build, testing services.
Because of the past 11+ years ample expertise of production, Leadsintec has attained a solid recognition in China and overseas. Our items are mainly used for the Electronics Market , Industrial, Automation, Automotive, Agriculture, Defense, Aerospace, Health-related as well as Security markets.
Our mission is to serve small and mid-sized clients in reducing their expense by supplying thorough services, high-mixed, low and medium quantity services. With our competent system managers, procedure engineers, production staff members and sourcing specialists, we are now capable to grasp and get the best of your wants.
Leadsintec's making factories incorporate neat workshops and advanced high-speed SMT product lines. Our chip placement precision can certainly achieve +0.1MM on IC components. It implies we can easily deal with pretty much all kinds of integrated circuits, for instance , SO, SOP, SOJ, TSOP, TSSOP, QFP, BGA as well as U-BGA. Furthermore, we're able to supply 0201 chip placement, through-hole part insertion and final item assembly, test and packing.
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A-TECH CIRCUITS CO.,LIMITED is a agreement Printed Circuit Board manufacture company based in Shenzhen China, which are experts in fast turn PC Board prototype, small to medium volume Printed Circuit Board Fab and assembly services. It's created in 2003, with close to 550 professional full-time staff members, we're capable to accomplish production 15,000 square metre(s) monthly, which include above 3000 types of quick PC Board prototype. The Electronic Circuit Board (printed circuit board) we manufactured are broadly implemented for varied electronic industries, for instance , PC peripheral devices, aerospace, telecom, automobiles, healthcare systems, video cameras, optoelectronic units and so forth. Around 80% of our PCB Board items are sold to Europe, The United States and additionally Parts of asia.
A-Tech Circuits always sticks to the notion of "quality first, timely delivery and customer fulfillment". Because we concentrate on quality, price, punctual delivery and continuous advancement, we can meet up with specific requirements from global high technology businesses. Further, We are already accredited : ISO9001:2008, ISO14001, TS16949 and UL (UL No: E357001) and as well complied with the RoHs & WEEE requirement of lead free PC Board products through SGS test.
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Address: JiaYu Building, ShaJiang Rd, SongGang Town, Bao'an District, ShenZhen , China.
Tel: 86 (0) 755 3326 0657
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We provide very competitive charges, quality service and support and impressive delivery periodperiod of time. We do it due to the fact we're the manufacturer. OurPCB Tech, Our main company in China was founded in 2005, and has offered professional PWB fabricating & Assembly solutions for over 2,500 customers throughout the world. To be able to satisfy our clients'diverse needs and criteria for Circuit Card Assembly, We set up our very own PC Board Assemblage facility in April 2011.
Our manufacturing facility features state-of-the-art devices, but not merely 3 high speed SMT production lines, Siemens HS50 Pick and placers, Siemens F5 pick and placers, Heller 1809 Reflows, Speedline MPM printers, OK intelligent solder irons, And Otek Automatic Optical Inspection units to name some. We support LGA, QFP, DIP, BGA and QFN SIP assemblage forms.., The tiniest SMT footprint we can mount is 0201. Our manufacturing unit can also present programming, Wiring as well as injecting and conformal coating services.
Our Assy plant has ISO9001 Certificates, For empty PWB manufacture, we also have ISO and UL certificates., So OurPCB is pretty good at coping with / Producing quality assembling projects which match the latest superior quality expectations.
ConnectorFromChina.com site is associated with OurPCB GROUP, focuses on operating businesses of exact Board to Board, Solar powered photoelectric connector, I/O connectors, industrial Terminal blocks and even cable assy for computer & add-ons.
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With about 15 years practical experience, HTD Group is briskly growing to be the logical choice for PCB manufacturers in China. We are extremely pleased to make high grade items, and feature an excellent and prosperous workplace for our above 1000 personnel.
For more than Fifteen years, HTD Circuits is invested in reaching the requirements of our clients by providing the right tools and resources to make conducting business simple and easy.
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There are many obstacles in doing business in a different country. Not only do companies ought to be concerned with time zone issues and language complications, but furthermore, that PCB??s are made using high end materials and are completed on-time and on-budget! And for those rare instances an order arrives with a problem, the confidence and trust that the producer remedies the problem quickly .
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If you read or watch any MSM sources, you get slammed on a daily basis with stories about how the poor economy is affecting people. The more of these stories I read, the more trouble I have taking this "crisis" seriously. How bad would the economy be if the MSM hadn't been cheerleading this economic crisis with the hope of getting "change" in the form of Obama? I feel there's a strange dichotomy at work here: the real circumstances and what is being reported.
From MSNBC this morning:
[please note, I don't really consider MSNBC to be a serious new source but I looked on their website this morning, knowing I'd find exactly this kind of sob story.]
Mortgaging the future in desperate times
"Despite big penalties, many are cashing in or borrowing against retirement"
This story profiles a three different people as they explain why they have liquidated their retirement accounts to pay for living expenses. It also cites a survey that found that:
"6.2 percent of retirement account participants at large corporations had taken an early withdrawal as of Sept. 30, compared with 5.1 percent who reported taking early withdrawals in 2006."
My theory is that the people profiled in this article could have been part of that approximately 5.1 percent who would have raided the retirement nest egg, regardless of the economy. Here is what qualifies as "hard times" in 2008:
"As they work to get their finances back on track, the family has had to cut back on little luxuries like dinners out, trips to the movies and buying new clothes.
One of the hardest decisions was to tell her granddaughter that she could no longer take horseback riding lessons because they couldn't afford it."
No more horseback riding lessons–isn't there money for that in the federal bailout? Maybe there should be!
"Cundiff, 53, used the retirement funds to pay off credit card debts and a car loan, bought himself a new bicycle to commute with and helped out with his daughter's wedding."
Oh, and he bought a bag of dried beans, some rice and three cans of tuna. He's been living in a cardboard box outside of Walmart. [Ok, I added that part. His story just wasn't that pitiful.]
"Cheryl Ambruse knows she has made some financial mistakes. There was the decision to buy a nicer car, even though it meant taking on a much higher car payment. Then there was the decision to take out a second mortgage with a drastically higher interest rate, which would take years to refinance. And there were those many, many daily decisions just to put a purchase at Home Depot or another store on one of her credit cards, all of which gradually accumulated into thousands of dollars in debt.
The mounting financial woes had been eating at Ambruse for a couple of years. But this summer, as gas and grocery prices soared and she continued to deal with a drop in her overtime and bonus pay, things came to a head."
The paragraph heading above that quote is "Almost a nervous breakdown." I'm going to translate: "The consequences of spending more money than you have." The article goes on to say that this isn't even the first time that Cheryl Ambruse has borrowed against her 401k. This is not an economy problem–it is a personal responsibility problem. How many people are going to take this MSNBC story at face value, though?
As if that article weren't enough, here's another from the Seattle P-I from November 9, 2008.
The Money Squeeze: Economic crisis devastating for family with autistic son
The story details how the slowing housing market have affected a real estate broker and his family, especially his autistic son. They can no longer afford his autism therapy, and believe me, I'm sympathetic to the fact that the therapy is a huge expense, one that would be tough for most families to bear. But if you read deeper into the article, you find that their financial lifeline was a $210,000 line of credit.
"Their Ford F-250 truck, Renton home, even Ott's rare coin collection — one of the few things he inherited from his father — are up for sale, or could be."
"In the backyard, there are still trappings of a flusher life: a Striper fishing boat, a spare truck, a Lexus sedan."
When I read this story a couple of weeks ago, it was a reminder to me how important it is to live within your means. No matter how much you're making, put as much as you can afford into savings and do your best to leave it there. When I go out in public these days and see how materially blessed we are as a society, I have to wonder how much of these fancy trappings are actually paid for.
I just finished an autobiography written by a woman who was born on a farm in Nebraska in 1914. She wrote of the truly desperate times that rural people faced in those days–droughts, having crops destroyed by grasshoppers, moving from place to place in search of better land, work and food. She described surviving the Great Depression and the stark poverty of those times gave me some much needed perspective. Not many of us can relate to having only one or two changes of clothes or having to pack the bare essentials onto the back of a truck so you can leave your home in search of a job.
America has seen genuinely hard times and survived. We will weather this financial crisis and hopefully come out better for it. In the mean time, take the MSM with a grain of salt.


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In developing the ECP5™ SERDES enabled FPGA family, Lattice breaks the rule that all FPGAs should be the highest density, power hungry, and expensive.
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To enable high speed automated printing of package labels, waybills and other documents LogTrade Technology has developed a printing software called LogTrade Integrated Printing, running as a Windows service. This software is installed on any computer (server or work station) that has access to the printers that should be used.
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The Understanding Behind Why we Fail (Galatians 5:16-17)Mark Gordon, February 24, 2019
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. . . or out of their soutanes. I was one of them – for twenty years. Before I say anything more, I have to remind myself that readers who would know what I'm talking about have to be over fifty to remember these boys dressed up effeminately like miniature clergy, at Mass kneeling on the altar-steps, "serving" the celebrant, he and they with their backs to the congregation, muttering Latin phrases which they, and maybe he, did not understand, moving the big Missal on the altar from one side to the other (God knows why !) for the priest's reading of the Epistle and Gospel respectively, offering him the cruets of water and wine at the Offertory, ringing the hand-bell or sounding the gong at the elevation of the Host, holding the communion-plate under the chin of communicants kneeling at the altar-rail which separated the sanctuary from the nave of the church, and leading the priest back to the sacristy . . .
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RBI Boosts Housing Sector With Lower Risk Weights; Loan Rates To Go Down
With lower capital requirements and risk weights, banks will now have to keep less capital aside which will give a fillip to their lending capacity. The statutory liquidity ratio or the amount which banks are required to keep aside as securities, bonds , gold, cash etc. has been moved lower by 50 basis points to 20% of the Net Demand Liabilities as against 20%. The step is a reflection of the apex body to enable banks in complying with the liquidity coverage ratio of 100% by January 1, 2019 in an easy manner.
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Earlier the following rates existed in respect of the risk weightage for the different loan terms.Loan ticket size over Rs. 30 lakh and less than Rs 75 lakh with LTV ratio of 75% or less bore a risk weightage of 35% while loans for amount over Rs. 75 lakh and LTV ratio upto 75% had a 75% risk weightage which has been moved down to 50%.
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United States District Court, D. Hawaii
October 12, 2017
KENNETH LAKE, CRYSTAL LAKE, HAROLD BEAN, MELINDA BEAN, KYLE PAHONA, ESTEL PAHONA, TIMOTHY MOSELEY, and ASHLEY MOSELEY, Plaintiffs,v.OHANA MILITARY COMMUNITIES, LLC, FOREST CITY RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT, INC.; and DOE DEFENDANTS 1-10, Defendants.
August 1, 2017, this Court issued the Order Granting in Part
and Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss
("8/1/17 Order"). [Dkt. no. 63.] On August 15,
2017, Plaintiffs Kenneth Lake, Crystal Lake, Harold Bean,
Melinda Bean, Kyle Pahona, Estel Pahona, Timothy Moseley, and
Ashley Moseley, for themselves and on behalf of all others
similarly situated ("Plaintiffs"), filed a motion
for reconsideration of the 8/1/17 Order ("Motion for
Reconsideration"). [Dkt. no. 64.] Defendants Ohana
Military Communities, LLC and Forest City Residential
Management, LLC ("Defendants") filed their
memorandum in opposition on August 29, 2017, and Plaintiffs
filed their reply on September 12, 2017. [Dkt. nos. 71, 73.]
The Court has considered the Motion for Reconsideration as a
non-hearing matter pursuant to Rule LR7.2(e).
September 18, 2017, this Court issued an entering order
ruling on the Motion for Reconsideration ("9/18/17 EO
Ruling"). [Dkt. no. 74.] The instant order supersedes
the 9/18/17 EO Ruling. The Motion for Reconsideration is
granted in part and denied in part, for the reasons set forth
relevant factual and procedural background of this case is
set forth in the 8/1/17 Order. In the 8/1/17 Order, this
Court: dismissed Count IV - Plaintiffs' unfair and
deceptive trade practices ("UDAP") claim - and
Count IX - Plaintiffs' unfair competition claim - with
prejudice. [8/1/17 Order at 18, 25.] The Motion for
Reconsideration does not contest those portions of the 8/1/17
Court also dismissed Count X - Plaintiffs' trespass claim
- with prejudice because it was duplicative of Count XI -
Plaintiffs' trespass claim. [Id. at 27.] This
Court dismissed Counts I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, and XI
("the Remaining Claims") without prejudice
because the Complaint did not include sufficient allegations
regarding Plaintiffs' standing to pursue those claims.
[Id. at 29.] In the Motion for Reconsideration,
Plaintiffs argue that this Court erred in: 1) dismissing
Count X with prejudice; and 2) dismissing the Remaining
Claims based on what Plaintiffs call "a new requirement
of personal injury or personal contact with contaminated
soil/dust to establish standing." [Mem. in Supp. of
Motion for Reconsideration at 21.]
Court has previously stated that a motion for reconsideration
"must accomplish two goals. First, a motion for
must demonstrate reasons why the court should reconsider its
prior decision. Second, a motion for reconsideration must set
forth facts or law of a strongly convincing nature to induce
the court to reverse its prior decision." See Davis
v. Abercrombie, Civil No. 11-00144 LEK-BMK, 2014 WL
2468348, at *2 (D. Hawaii June 2, 2014) (citation and
internal quotation marks omitted). . . . "Mere
disagreement with a previous order is an insufficient basis
for reconsideration." Davis, 2014 WL 2468348,
at *3 n.4 (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).
Riley v. Nat'l Ass'n of Marine Surveyors,
Inc., Civil No. 14-00135 LEK-RLP, 2014 WL 4794003, at *1
(D. Hawai`i Sept. 25, 2014). Local Rule 60.1 states, in
relevant part: "Motions for reconsideration of
interlocutory orders may be brought only upon the following
grounds: (a) Discovery of new material facts not previously
available; (b) Intervening change in law; [or] (c) Manifest
error of law or fact."
Count X - Trespass
argue that "interference with a tenant's use and
enjoyment of their property can establish damages under
theories of nuisance and trespass."
[Mem. in Supp. of Motion for Reconsideration at 4 (emphasis
in original).] In support of this proposition, Plaintiff
cites jury instructions and case law from California, as well
as case law from various other states and jurisdictions.
[Id. at 4-8.] However, Counts X and XI are claims
under Hawai`i law, and this Court reiterates that the
elements of a trespass claim and a nuisance claim that this
Court discussed in the 8/1/17 Order are the elements
applicable to this case. [8/1/17 Order at 25-27.] While the
District of Hawai`i case that this Court quoted for the
description of a nuisance claim included citations to cases
from outside of Hawai`i to expand upon the Hawai`i Supreme
Court's definition of a "nuisance, " it does
not follow that Plaintiffs may rely almost exclusively on
cases from outside of Hawai`i.
Court reiterates that, based on the definitions under Hawai`i
law, trespass and nuisance are distinct claims. This Court
also reiterates that Plaintiffs' trespass claim in the
original Complaint was futile because the factual allegations
in the Complaint were not sufficient to support a trespass
claim that was distinct from their nuisance claim. It is
possible, under the Hawai`i law definitions, to have a
distinct nuisance claim and trespass ...
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