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Transdisciplinary Studies is an internationally oriented book series created to generate new theories and practices to extricate transdisciplinary research from the confining discourses of traditional disciplinarities. Within transdisciplinary domains, this series will publish empirically grounded, theoretically sound work seeking to identify and solve global problems that conventional disciplinary perspectives cannot capture. Transdisciplinary Studies seeks to accentuate those aspects of scholarly research which cut across todays learned disciplines in an effort to define new axiologies and forms of praxis. This series intends to promote a new appreciation for transdisciplinary research to audiences that are seeking ways of understanding complex, global problems that many now realize disciplinary perspectives cannot fully address. Scholars, policy makers, educators and researchers working to address issues in technology studies, public finance, discourse studies, professional ethics, political analysis, learning, ecological systems, modern medicine, and other fields clearly are ready to begin investing in transdisciplinary models of research. It is for those many different audiences in these diverse fields that we hope to reach, not merely with topical research, but also through considering new epistemic and ontological foundations for of transdisciplinary research.
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Aug 2018
Making-Of: New Campaign
Making-Of: New Campaign
Look Behind the Scenes
Al Coro stands for dream-come-true jewelry and the indescribable specialness that distinguishes "Bella Italia" in fashion and design. Al Coro commissioned the renowned fashion photographer Felix Krüger to capture this special feeling for life in powerful images for the new campaign.
The exclusive five-star resort "Riva del Garda" on the north shore of Lago di Garda, one of Italy's most beautiful venues, was the backdrop for the multiday photo shooting. Al Coro's jewelry treasures costarred with model Laura and her male companion Rafal for this unique shooting, which took place in front of a breathtaking mountain panorama and the fascinating blue of Italy's largest lake. Mediterranean joie de vivre and lightness, a sense for romance, and the inimitable Italian lifestyle: Al Coro's new campaign perfectly stages this brand's attributes.
Impressions from the campaign shooting of Al Coro at Lago di Garda

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On Wednesday, July 22, the Greeley Blues Jam Committee presented a check for $5,000 toward the Aven's Village playground project.
Every year the Greeley Blues Jam Committee picks a different project and makes a contribution.
"We thought it was a natural decision to donate to Aven's Village this year since it's going to be a part of the Island Grove community and that's where we hold our annual Greeley Blues Jam," said Pam Bricker, Greeley Blues Jam event chairperson. "More importantly, we wanted to impact an area that could have an extensive positive impact on children—and our community in general—for a really long time."
Funding will go toward the construction of an all-inclusive, universally accessible playground that includes canopy swings, sensory garden and maze, and Braille and large print throughout. The playground will be wheelchair accessible and will replace the current playground which is over twenty years old. The playground is in its planning stages with a request for proposal on the playground's construction going out this fall and construction anticipated for the spring of 2016.
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One problem that I have with our hands is that they bend the fingertips long before they bend at the palm. It's not just a little bit, if you hold a fingertip and try to keep it straight as you bend the hand, it will fight you. This is because there's no leverage on the phalanges. All of the force on the wire passes through the phalanges to the tie-off point on the fingertip.
This causes a problem for all of the fingers, but it is most obvious on the thumb. Here is a hand trying to hold a cup.
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It can barely get around it. If you squeeze harder, you expect to get a better grip. Instead, the thumb curls inward, forcing the cup out of your grip entirely.
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There are multiple issues here. One is that for an item this large, you don't really want the fingertip to bend at all. Another is that the gripper box provides adaptive grip between the fingers, but it won't redistribute the load on the thumb, even when you might want it to bend a different amount than the fingers.
The issue that I'm looking at now is that the fingertips and thumbtip have a massive amount of leverage pulling them down before the joint at the palm moves at all. Skip suggested that the angle of the wires could help with this problem. To test this, I made a little spacer that I could add to the hand.
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With this, the wire is pulling on the phalanges from the bottom, instead of the top. That's the direction that we want in order to force it to go down. There are little feat on the sides of my spacer to hold it onto the palm, but the bar that the wire goes around is flush with the bottom of the hand. This is equivalent to adding a little bar to the palm, it's just much easier to print, and I can add or remove it easily for testing.
The first test was to see if the palm joint bends any sooner with the spacer than without. Here it is without the spacer:
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and with it:
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There's no difference. When I pulled on the fingertip as I bent the hand, it felt a little easier to keep it straight, but not a whole lot. Bending the fingers around objects, even smaller objects, wasn't improved at all. The fingertip bends first, then stays that way.
The next improvised test was to flip the spacer over, massively increasing the angle of the wire against the phalanges.
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I can't show you any pictures of bending the hand using this arrangement because holding the spacer in place and using the hand took too many hands. However, this finally got some results. It needed an angle of about 45 degrees to get enough leverage against the phalanges to pull it down.
Getting that much angle into a palm will be tricky. Now that I've tested it, I think a combination of two things will get enough angle. 1) Printing out a palm with a little bar between the palm and the phalanges. The wire can loop around this and pull down on the phalanges. 2) Changing the geometry of the phalanges. Instead of having an open groove at the bottom of the base, I'm going to partially close it off. Not all the way, I've tried that before because I liked the look of it, and it makes getting wires through the groove difficult. However, closing if off about halfway up the channel should give the wire something to pull against much closer to the palm. The combination of those two things should give us the 45 degree angle that will close the phalanges much sooner.


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Stopping Exploitation with a Living Income Guaranteed
by Fidelis Spies
When you hear about drivers that got their licenses suspended you probably think it was because of reckless driving, but it is not the case.
In Florida 88% of suspensions were due to failure to comply with summons or fines.
Now here is things get extremely problematic and nonsensical – Most people drive to work so losing your car affects everything in your life. In New Jersey a Survey was done that found that 63% of low income drives that lost their car also lost their jobs.
How are they supposed to pay their fine if you take away their means of paying it?
It gets worse:
There are private probation companies that supervise people that have minor offenses and collect their outstanding fines at no costs to the courts, instead they get their money from the probationers in exchange for their services.
Here is an example of how that works based on an actual event:
One Woman was fined $25 for not wearing a seat belt as well as $16 for the court costs – a total fine of $41. She was unable to pay the fine at that stage and thus was handed over to one of these private probation Companies. Now here is where things get really messed up:
She was then put on a monthly payment plan in order to pay the fine, but the costs of this payment plan was $35 per month. All moneys that the woman sent in was applied to the service fees first before going to the actual fine, meaning she first has to pay the $35 before she is able to pay the actual $41 fine. Now, she I not able to afford that $35 monthly fee, so this is starting to accumulate – eventually she sat with a $299 bill PLUS the $41 fine. Eventually if you cannot afford the bill you can be sent to jail because you cannot afford the bill.
Here is another terrifying example of this Ruined Hariet Cleveland's Life:
"Cleveland's $140 monthly payment – $40 of which went to fees – was a terrifying burden. She lost her day care job during the recession and was barely scraping by. She paid what she could, even when it meant her money was only going toward the company's fees.
Finally, Cleveland didn't have any more money to give. She received a notice in the mail: Pay $2,714 or go to jail. Not long after, a police officer arrived and arrested her while she was babysitting her grandson. A judge sentenced her to 31 days in jail because she was too poor to pay." – https://www.splcenter.org/news/2014/08/26/splc-lawsuit-closes-debtors%E2%80%99-prison-alabama-capital
These Companies are making money out of people who have none. Why are we punishing people for being poor? This is an Impossible situation for low income people where they really have no way out. This kind of exploitation is something that must be stopped.
This is something that we can change with a better system, one that considers the individual needs of people in different situations. Not only would these people above live far better lives with the Living Income Guaranteed, but we can implement solutions to stops the obvious exploitation of people in these situations so that no person's life get ruined just because they are poor.
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A Permanent Solution for the Neglected Produce Laborers of Mexico
A Times reporter and photographer find that thousands of laborers at Mexico's mega-farms endure harsh conditions and exploitation while supplying produce for American consumers.
The Times found:
- Many farm laborers are essentially trapped for months at a time in rat-infested camps, often without beds and sometimes without functioning toilets or a reliable water supply.
- Some camp bosses illegally withhold wages to prevent workers from leaving during peak harvest periods.
- Laborers often go deep in debt paying inflated prices for necessities at company stores. Some are reduced to scavenging for food when their credit is cut off. It's common for laborers to head home penniless at the end of a harvest.
- Those who seek to escape their debts and miserable living conditions have to contend with guards, barbed-wire fences and sometimes threats of violence from camp supervisors.
- Major U.S. companies have done little to enforce social responsibility guidelines that call for basic worker protections such as clean housing and fair pay practices.
Hardship on Mexico's farms, a bounty for U.S. tables
By RICHARD MAROSI http://graphics.latimes.com/product-of-mexico-camps/
Where does our food come from? It is the fruits and veggies of other people's labor. Farm exports to the U.S. from Mexico have tripled to $7.6 billion in the last decade, enriching agribusinesses, distributors and retailers. As you can see in the article it's the actual labors that come out last.
The company utilizes advance growing techniques and very carefully employs sanitary measures to make sure their produce is safe and good quality, but at the same time they absolutely neglect the workforce. The produce has a higher value than the actual humans working there. One of these Companies actually recently took out full-page newspaper ads promoting its commitment to social responsibility.
The company these laborers work for use devious ways to keep profits high. It is law to pay workers their wages on a weekly base. To ensure that the people do not leave before their 3 month work contract the company often withholds their wages and only pays them at the end of their contract. In that time the workers get their food from the company store with its inflated prices. They often go deep in debt and at the end of their contract some go home without any money.
The conditions are so bad, yet people still go there to work knowing that they might not make money – some go just to stay fed. They go because they simply have no alternative and that is what the companies are exploiting. Is there any way to stop this Madness? Yes
The main reason why people will work for a company like this and live with the miserable living conditions is because they need the money – no matter how little it is. So let's see how the Living Income Guaranteed will drastically improve the situation:
With the Living Income Guaranteed the workforce will no longer be able to be exploited, because that desperation to find a job no matter where it is or how terrible the work conditions are will no longer exist. When the people who cannot find work receive a Living Income they will no longer accept bad working conditions. The company will have to improve the working conditions otherwise they are going to have a hard time hiring the workforce needed to get the job done.
This Involves granting them good quality foods that they are used to eating, to create proper housing with full services for them – water, toilets – and proper working gear. Also what would need to be done is abolish all abuse – this means no threats and not deliberately creating debt for the workforce. These companies will need to apply and live by their corporate social responsibility measures; currently it's only a front to make the companies look good.
With the basic Income Double the Living Income the laborers will be able to make a guaranteed decent living that will be paid on a weekly basis, no excuses allowed.
A Living Income Guaranteed will provide effective and practical solutions to all the current problems these laborers are facing and it is something this world needs – a Solution.
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Understanding the current form of Democracy for the purpose of Redefining and Redesigning it
Ever wonder why we the people of societies have not been able to eliminate government corruption, and why politicians have been unable to stop unscrupulous activities of business men and women eager to profit even when it means poisoning a nation's food and water supplies?
To put it simply, it is because our various systems of government, especially those of modern-day democracies are all subordinate to and thus defined by the hierarchy of money within and as the current world system of money. Accordingly, the priority of all governments and all other systems within the world system of money is not the people, but the people's money.
Take for example representative democracy: what is this centuries old design of public administration still doing in the age of information communications technology? Certainly, in the days of horse travel and communications by printed-news and word of mouth, this form of limited people's participation (wherein a minority make the decisions for the majority) probably made some sense simply because it wasn't technology feasible to include all the people's voices in the decision making processes.
Nowadays however, we have the communications technology and the infrastructure in the form of the Internet wherein we are able to instantaneously communicate with one another while openly sharing all information so as to enable all of the people to expressly participate in a form of real democracy, open source and direct.
The reason democracies have never functioned the way people have always hoped for is because our democracies have never been but in name, democracies of, by and for the people. They have always been democracies of the money by the money for the money. Why? Because by accepting and allowing Money to become the dominant system within humanity, we as humanity ended up also accepting and allowing money to override and therefore redefine the design of all other systems within and as the world-system of money; hence the inability to eliminate corruption in any society without concurrently addressing and correcting the corruption inequality of the current money-system.
Why hasn't a new form of democracy yet materialized?
Establishing a foundation of real participatory democracy of the people by the people for the people is a process of people taking responsibility by investigating how the world functions, realizing where the problems lie, designing solutions, and then standing as those solutions so to change the system of democracy by stepping up and becoming it. This is what (real) democracy of the people by the people for the people is all about: all the people taking responsibility for all the things.
Unfortunately, this process of people taking responsibility is being hindered by massive amounts of programming/brainwashing of the masses in efforts to keep the people from realizing our potential, that which we begin to accomplish when we stand united in the principle of equality rather than divided along the lines of liberal and conservative ruling parties.
Who is behind the brainwashing of society, bankrolling the efforts to keep people dumbed-down believing that our current forms of democracy are representative of the majority when in reality they are not? Ask yourself: who benefits the most by keeping elitist-traditions alive? The elite of course, those with most of the world's money, those who are currently in power and control. Eighty-five (85) of the richest people in the world now have more money than 3.5 billion of the poorest people in the world; where's the democracy/equality in that?
A minority (called government) in the service of those with the most money write the laws, tell us what we can eat, drink, think, buy, sell, plant, smoke, the places we may go and not go, and finally the penalties should we disobey their laws and get caught. That we of so-called democratic societies do not even have a say in our national budgets, how much money goes to education, the education curriculum, minimum wages, taxation, war, etc., is testament to the reality that today's so-called democracy is little more than an elaborate-hoax wherein we the people have come to believe that in voting every now and then, we are making the decisions, when in reality the only votes being counted are those of the currencies of money. It's called democracy of the people, but really it's just another form of mass manipulation, governmental systems in the service of money designed to keep the elite in positions of power control.
Although, we the people of the 21st century have excelled rapidly in information technology, we seem to have stumbled when it comes to using common-sense reasoning abilities to determine the difference between democracy of the people and autocracy of the money. Why else would societies still be allowing our most important decisions to be decided upon by small groups of individuals who (other than the fact that they are also human) do not represent the majority of society?
Somewhere along the lines of education-indoctrination and mass-media brainwashing, we as children to adulthood came to believe that government representatives represented the majority of the people when in reality, political representation (call it "a favor" if you will) goes to those who have the money and are willing to pay for political favors.
Look beyond the illusion (beyond the veil of government institutions, of corporate interests) to see the reality of the hierarchy of the world system, the hierarchy of money that currently defines humanity. All systems within and as the world system of money: politics, education, judicial and so on are currently within and subordinate to the world system of money, the almighty Dollar, Euro, Yuan, and so on, leaving us with the reality that democracy in coexistence with the current world system of money has never been but an illusion of people's equal ability to participate in the political system.
Why have we arrived at this state of being? Because we as humanity have accepted and allowed the power of money to prevail over the equality of life; thereby, limiting each one's ability to expressly participate (within humanity) to the sum of money-power that he or she currently possesses or controls. This is why it's called the politics of money, and why nothing in this world gets done without sufficient sums of it.
Consequently, even if a president or legislative representative does attempt to represent the majority of the people's interests ahead of the interests of the elite minority, he or she is likely to find it very difficult to get re-elected due to the fact that such politicians require large sums of (elite) money to finance their election-campaigns in order to get into power and stay there. Keep this in mind the next time you decide to point a finger and blame politicians.
In understanding what is currently here as democracy of the money by the money for the money, we the people are able to unite in the principle of equality to design a new form of democracy, one that supports all. The opportunity is for us to utilize information communications technology of the Internet to equally enable all members of society to participate in the process of making all of society's decisions. How do we do this? As always, the journey for each one begins with the first step.
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What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? Part 2
Continuing from the last blog , CSR is more of a global initiative that is being implemented, encouraged, and directed by various organizations as well as the UN to encourage corporate responsibility towards a common 'good'. One of those organizations is the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). From their website:
"The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a leading organization in the sustainability field. GRI promotes the use of sustainability reporting as a way for organizations to become more sustainable and contribute to sustainable development."
So, we have CSR which is a global initiative of corporate self-governance to encourage corporation to both regulate themselves and report on themselves in regards to changing and implementing business practices for the common good, such as making products that are environmentally friendly, avoiding slave and child labor, giving back to communities, etc. In order to implement the CSR and encourage it worldwide, organizations like GRI have been created. But there are other bodies in addition to GRI, such as the Integrated International Reporting Council.
The IIRC produced a Discussion Paper in 2011 from which the feedback demonstrated overwhelming support for Integrated Reporting and endorsed the development of a global Framework. It also concluded that the primary audience of integrated reports is investors in order to aid their allocation of financial capital.
And then we also have the United Nations Global Impact, from there website:
"The UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning with ten universally accepted principles for human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
The UN Global Compact and GRI signed an agreement in May 2010 to align their work in advancing corporate responsibility and transparency. As part of this agreement, GRI will develop guidance regarding the Global Compact's ten principles and integrate UNGC issue areas into the next iteration of its Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The UNGC will adopt the GRI Guidelines as the recommended reporting framework for the more than 5800 businesses that have joined the world's largest corporate responsibility platform."
So, what I am getting at here is establishing the framework of what exactly CSR is, and from what I can see, CSR not a set of global laws, but a set of global initiatives for specifically international corporations to voluntarily adhere to (and arguably for their own good such as increasing market share and profitability due to increased consumer awareness of their 'ethical and altruistic' business practices) with the intent to improve living conditions for those living on this planet (a.k.a. the 'common good') through encouraging corporate responsibility to those living on this planet, of whom are commonly referred to as the 'stakeholders.'
The guidelines, encouragement, and implementation for these standards are managed by various organizations, including GRI, UNGC, and IIRC, to name a few. These organizations have created what is commonly referred to as 'sustainability reports' with specific guidelines and standards in specific categories such as human resources, environmental concerns, supply chain concerns (i.e. labor), philanthropy, volunteering, etc. wherein corporations are encouraged to report on each category based upon specific standards created by these organization.
But is this 'global initiative' of corporate 'self-regulation' for the common 'good' really effective?
Well, one interesting article from Nov 2012 found on the CSR-reporting website sheds some interesting light on that topic. As a direct quote from the article:
"Let me just repeat that so it's clear:
Labor Indicators: 86% of companies claim they report and only 11% actually do.
Human Rights Indicators: 62% of companies claim they report and only 20% actually do."
This research reveals a significant difference between claims made in GRI Sustainability Reporting and what actually gets reported (which was unpublished research as of November 17 2012 that was conducted by the Vienna Team in collaboration with Middlesex University London lead by Dr. Sepideh Parsa and Dr. Ian Roper); wherein we can see that the vast majority of corporations are reporting falsehoods, are reporting inaccurately, or claim to be reporting but are not even reporting at all.
Why so? Well, I would venture that this would be expected for the following: Regardless of the motive, whether it be ultraistic or self-serving, for a corporation to self-regulate and comply with CSR reporting, the bottom line is that those with a controlling interest in these corporations, the shareholders, are looking for maximum returns on their investments which means that the corporations profit comes first, and that the consequences of the corporate actions come second. Thus, if it is more profitable to 'cheat' on the CSR reporting then that is what will happen. Furthermore, if complying with CSR initiatives threatens the survival of corporations then that would be reason and justification for corporations to not allow any reporting (tell on itself in essence) that would undermine its ability to survive. Another reason is that the shareholders are not stakeholders usually and thus are not really feeling the consequences of the corporate practices and thus it is easy to turn a blind eye and ignore the inconsistencies in the CSR reporting by the corporations they own.
So, what we are left here with is an interesting dynamic and that is: the corporations are left with finding the right balance between making their CSR reports – which of course is considered to be a competitive advantage – and also keeping profits up as much as possible in order to appease their shareholders and so ensure their survival and continued existence. I mean, this is a real test of self-honesty even on an individual level in that, would you tell on yourself / disclose your secrets to another if that meant that it may imply that you would lose money, profits and make you less competitive? So, that balancing point is where the company can be transparent and honest, yet still keep profits up within a satisfactory zone all at the same time. Thus, this means for most companies that they are going to have fudge the numbers to make this work. This is just plain common sense.
How can we change the system to ensure that corporations will report accurately and make significant changes to their practices that will benefit all / the stakeholders?
Obviously there needs to be a change in the frame-work of the system because with the way the system is set-up now, there will be no true corporate responsibility taken by corporations as it really is not in their best interest, ultimately, as evidenced by the poor participation in reporting and making real changes thus far. Thus, the framework of the economic system needs to be adjusted in a way that the corporations still work within self-interest / making profits but yet that self-interest will lead them to make real changes. The economic system itself must change because the alternative to changing the system and attempting to police or enforce such a code of ethics would literally be impossible on a global scale within the realization that there just is not enough man-power, time, and ways and means to really be able to get inside the corporations and ensure their compliance. Thus, the compliance must be considered essential to corporations, by corporations, for their survival – just as non-compliance is in essence essential to their survival now – and that will only be achieved by making some adjustments to the economic system.
Another point to consider, is that within the current economic structure, how can we even trust that CSR / eco-friendly / socially responsible measures taken by environmental groups and NGO's are always working in our / the general populace / the stakeholders and the Earth's best interest?
There is strong evidence, if one spends any time researching this point, that the CSR and Green concepts have been used to corner markets, drive commodity prices up, control resources and markets, and pass oppressive laws or push for potentially oppressive laws such as the 'carbon tax' scheme / meme. It can be argued that this CSR movement has been used as a platform to create memes that the populace accepts as accurate and for their good to then lobby for 'eco-friendly' government policies that are really more like 'Trojan Horses' that when enforced actually play into the hand of those behind the scenes seeking profit and further oppressing the people. There is strong evidence that the very corporations themselves use the environmental movement to control prices, markets, and resources. The oil companies often times fund the very environmental movements that they appear to be in opposition to, as an example.
In sum, CSR and the related green movements are all well and needed, but within the current economic system structure, these initiative and movements are either ineffective or used to manipulate and control markets for the benefits of the shareholders and not the stakeholders.
Back to the question: how can we change our system to ensure that corporations will report accurately and actually make real changes upon themselves within a point of self-regulation? The answer to this question is not simply in the details, yet it is simple within the point of considering how our economic system is currently structured. So, there are a couple of points to consider here:
1. LIG. A Living Income Guaranteed needs to be initiated. So, I ask the question: Who ultimately is in control of the corporations? Answer: Those who buy their products and services, within the point that if corporations lose their customer base, they may cease to exist / go out of business. So, ultimately, who is the corporation appeasing within all of its activities? The customer.
Even within the degree of fraud and manipulation in reporting and green movements today, the customer is ultimately in mind. It's like an abusive relationship. If one party in relationship can 'get away' with it, they will, and they will continue to do, so long as the desired relationship stays intact. However, once that relationship is threatened, the abuser will change his/her behavior in order to save the relationship, if possible. And even if that change of behavior is within self-interest, the change will still be made in a way that will benefit all parties if the abused decides to no longer take the stance as the abused and force the abuser to change within that stance.
Thus, how do we get the people to take that stand?
Right now, we as the people / the 'stakeholders', are not taking that stand that says 'no you don't. You will not abuse the resources and the people for the sake of your own profit.' And the primary reason is that most people only have enough money to meet basic survival needs as most people are existing in the bottom level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. However, if people have enough money, they will move beyond survival and then start really looking at how to make themselves and this world a better place.
You see, right now, most people are only able to shop for things based upon price. It may matter in the back of someone's mind about all the abuses that were required to bring that product to market at that price, but if that is all one is able to afford and that is what one needs – that product will be bought regardless. You see, corporations have us at our knees right now within the principle of 'beggars cannot be choosers.' The general populace simply does not have the money to truly vote with their money and thus corporations do not have to really answer to the consumer or the environment because either way, we are still buying from them.
Thus, a LIG will enable the populace to start voting with their money so long as we are able to structure it in a way that the LIG will lift people enough out of poverty to do so. The LIG will create a new pool of money found in the common man zone, instead of only in the upper echelons where the shareholders of corporations primarily are. The shareholders have so much money that they are disconnected with the realities on the ground and the abuses therein. Shareholders are concerned with increasing their wealth. That is why they are shareholders in the first place. Thus, an LIG will equalize that playing field in giving the common man voting rights with their money and thus lifting them up into a form of 'shareholder' as well as their existing status of stakeholder.
2. Dare I say Nationalization? Let's call it: Converting Stakeholders (the common man) to Shareholders. And let's start with nationalization of essential resources and perhaps the energy sector. Through nationalization, stakeholders will suddenly become shareholders of the resources that corporations use to bring energy, raw materials such as lumber, food, and water to market for consumption. That means that wealthy hidden elite will not be in control behind the scenes in a way to increase their profits at the expense of us all. That also means that people living within the borders of each country will suddenly have the wealth of these resources and thus will be able to sell or trade these natural resources to other countries or corporations.
Once established, we can hold a democratic Internet voting system, in the form of a liquid democracy, accessible to the people / the citizens of certain geographic areas – to vote for how they would like the natural resources to be handled.
If this were to occur, then corporations would have to change their ways to conform to the laws of the land regarding these resources, because the owners of the resources, the people, will demand it; or these corporations would have to go somewhere else where these nationalizations have not occurred, YET. Can anyone give me a good reason why 'nationalization' of the resources would be so demonized and how actually benefits from the demonization of the concept of nationalization?
3. Increase Awareness: This is already happening in the CSR / Green movements. This needs to continue and then be streamlined into a unified movement that is brought to everyone's attention. Thus, when people have the money through LIG and have ownership of the resources through Nationalization: they will make better decisions / votes as to how to manage them.
Within this public awareness that needs to be increased, as well as we need to de-polarize the movement and bring it into a practical point of consideration where we all as one see, realize, and understand the consequences and implications of our actions within the current state of affairs, within a fact-based platform. As compared to where we are now, which has this CSR / ECO / Social awareness movement polarized between left and right / liberal vs. conservative, where the left embraces this movement and anything that comes with this movement, even the manipulated aspects of this movement that are contrived by certain groups to corner markets and drive up prices etc., and the right which rejects this movement in its entirety.
Thus within this polarization, all are consumed with the energy of right verses wrong and not are looking at the practical points that are right here in front of us. I mean, we do have a garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean that is the size of the United States, don't we? Can't we start discussions on these points without getting all polarized into groups based on right vs. wrong? So, the depolarization of this movement needs to occur so that people can start looking at this practically, and within that we can start really creating solutions that can be implemented through laws or mandates or simply the influence carried out with the populace who now has money through LIG or part ownership of at least the natural resources.
Once this is in place, corporations will have no other choice but to make decisions that are best for all in their practices or else face the prospect of going extinct / out of business. Let's do this.
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Medical Negligence and the Profit Motive
We have, by now, probably all heard stories about our medical system and the evidence within these stories that there is much higher value placed on self-interest as profit and survival rather than actual care for the people and true willingness to cure the known diseases that are slowly eating away the human race.
Here I would like to share another story that a friend of mine has shared with me, from his own life experience, to again prove how pervasive the ignorance of medical establishment has become even despite the opportunities to learn and thus benefit society when facing various people that do manage to manifest good results in battling with deadly diseases.
So upon doing a routine checkup my friend's partner was diagnosed with a malignant cervical cancer and since then walking from one doctor to another the only solution offered was to surgically remove the tumor. There wasn't much explanation offered or any attempt to go deeper into the probable causes or anything else for that matter, but the only accepted way was to follow the standard procedure for such cases which was to write an appointment prescription to meet the surgeon on the operation table. Most people react in fear upon unexpectedly finding such news and of course will trust and follow whatever the apparently knowledgeable doctors will prescribe, but my friend and his partner stopped for a moment and considered other options by doing some research and investigation. First of all they visited yet another doctor who didn't jump to knife as the first and only option for this type of cancer, instead he suggested an alternative way. I am not able to reproduce the whole path that was walked but I know it included drinking various herbal substances, taking hydrogen peroxide, cleansing the body through some dieting, ensuring proper hygiene etc.
So, about half a year later she went back to the original doctors to have another screening to see if there is any progress with the new treatment and, yes, to everyone's big surprise there was nothing left of the tumor. Doctors finding it hard to believe sent her to another place to do screening and the results were the same. After another half a year the tests were repeated and still there was no sign of the disease.
Now the whole point is that none of the doctors or any other persons within the medical establishment were in any way interested or asked any questions of HOW she managed to overcome the disease. Such cases are viewed as anomalies that happen by chance to a few and apparently hold no significance or value in the bigger picture. In Europe alone there are about 50 thousand women dying from this disease yearly, a number that should be somewhat concerning as there is a probability for anyone to face this disease in some way within a lifetime. Surely, if anyone is faced with this, one would like to ensure the best, most effective course of action and an outcome for themselves or their close ones, yet we have only a few beings that can direct people on this path. So it's really sad to see our health "carers" to turn away from real opportunities to advance themselves in the field of healing and become just mainstream followers of the system that focus on, what is called, the disease management which is much more profitable and safe in terms of system responsibility. It's amazing how our responsibility shifted from doing what's best for our fellow human beings to doing what's best for the system and the system as it is designed currently is working only for few leaving the rest enslaved and suffering.
Solution when facing such problems is money just as money is the problem. The proposed new system Living Income Guaranteed will ensure that people no longer live in fear of doing what is best for all. In this new system no matter what happens no one will lose the basic necessities for survival. At the moment if you do not act as the system says, you risk to lose your income and possibly your ability to survive, within the new system however, that fear is removed and finally we will be free to consider each other. Find out more and support the proposal here: The Proposal
- Read the Living Income Guaranteed Proposal to find out what it implies and how it can be financed
- Read the Equal Life Foundation's Bill of Rights: Our right to life can only be assured with money, and our Bill of Rights has a direct way to be financed with the provision of a Living Income.
- Watch our Equal Life's Fundamental Human Rights presentation and share it around
- Watch our Live Google Hangouts on our YouTube Channel every Sunday at 18:00 UCT and join in the conversation
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Will the Living Income Guaranteed cause Inflation?
One must first understand Inflation. Many years ago I asked a big shot in the bank a definition for inflation and his answer was quite incoherent, it's like a matter of opinion. So we should rather look at the facts, than the opinions and justifications of 'What inflation is?'and 'Why does it exist?'
In a way if we go back in history, inflation can be seen as an extension of the cruelty of man. When there is not enough, then the so-called ideology of 'Supply and Demand' allows the greedy to increase prices and sell to the highest bidder, ensuring that the ideology that 'money is power' becomes ingrained in the human consciousness.
Another perspective of inflation is that it is an extension of Public Relations and Advertising.In advertising the real picture is photoshopped to make it more aligned with the mind, the mind becomes controlled by these images, goes into association and a relationship of comparison and then judges reality according to these pictures. This mechanism creates desires which produce the same type of supply and demand where the human who is controlled by these images and propaganda will do whatever they can to buy a product that is being inflated in its image.
Now the clever thing about this inflation of products by Public Relations is that you have to read the small print. The big print is all the fake and false images – the small print contains all the legal truths. The real truth about anything is always the small print because there you know you get the information about side effects, warranties, planned obsolescence, all the negative stuff is in the small print while all the positive stuff is in the big print. This is the same nature of positive thinking: it inflates the image on the positive side, it diminishes the negative side causing extreme imbalance that eventually reflects itself in general society as poverty and wealth.
Let's look at another point of inflation: the deliberate inflation of prices to increase the profits of the corporation.As mechanization has been increasing – which should simply function as the replacement of labor, not the replacement of employment: more and more jobs are lost.Yet, prices are still being inflated. And now we sit with massive unemployment, inflated pricing, a problem with supply and demand because people don't have money to buy and consume. So despite an appearance of inflation, the economic reality is that the economies are shrinking and not inflating– and you sit with the problem that your real value of a product has been lost a long time ago, because the real value has been labor all along.. And because the ideas of saving, competition, inflating the corporation and the war for a monopolized control has become the way of the world — the reality of what really exists is no longer easily accessible because: all we have is our inflated images.
So obviously if we have to keep following this distorted view of reality which is justified through the word 'inflation,' which is just a model of statistics – and you can check out the previous blog about the uselessness of statistics (A Living Income Guaranteed is the BIG Issue) the statistics just inflate the idea that you know what you're talking about, so statistics is just another form of inflation, it's just Public Relations. It's just a fake and false image and likeness with which the actual data is distorted so that those that benefit from having control and access to resources through this inflated view can justify why it is that the things are the way they are, why poverty is so immense and expansive… And so you'll have the curious bizarre thing happening, for instance that the corporate top dogs and the loyalty they buy from people that are in the corporation – as well as their income – has been skyrocketing for at least the last 30 years. So these massive profits are used to buy loyalty which protects the top dogs. This same illness is now part of the government where people's loyalty is bought so that they can protect the wealth of the few while the majority of people on Earth are existing in one or two dollars a day – and that's quite okay apparently because the image is inflated to say that "That is enough for them to make a living."
If we do not change the system, this Inflation point will have an effect. Obviously if the Living Income Guaranteed becomes a reality, we have to change the economic model: it's not working, it has a fake and false inflated image by economists that are not worthy of the word 'Economist' because they are not managing and researching the ecology, the ecosystem of the world to ensure that every human being's basic Human Rights are being protected.
Therefore everything you know about 'Economics' as several people that were brave enough to stand up have said "you have just being been lied to" – Economy/the Economists, the ideas of Economics are all just a lie and so is inflation – the image is inflated, the truth and the data are not real and the human being has been mislead to believe that their data should not be in the hands of a central agency to actually create a stable environment. And so, the corporation and the propagandists can say that they're doing and acting according to the will of the people, because the problem of inflation even exists there, the specific ideas and conspiracies have been inflated deliberately to create this image and likeness that the human's will is apparently democratically being adhered to – It's all in the image and likenesses of inflation.
For this all to work, you better study the Living Income Guaranteed proposal where we show what is necessary to be in place for a balanced society, where we show and expose all the inflations and propagandas and misdirection, where we show that at the end, even those in the current BIG proposals only have inflated egos – so inflation is really everywhere. Nowadays we even have inflation in terms of what it does to the body because the food is no longer supportive of the body, because Health is not really on the agenda of those that make policy,it's all about profit.
Inflation is a danger all around and unless we stop all inflation – which is just a mind job – and we get back to reality and work with actual data based on the physical, our economic balance on Earth will not be restored, we will not have an ecosystem that supports Life on Earth and that protects the Human Rights of Every Human Being.
Equal Life Foundation Research Team
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Living Income Guaranteed and Public Relations
It is suggested to read the view of Noam Chomsky which is quite to the point and calls the public relations officers the 'experts of producing lies.' Now, if you have ever been in a business where you planned it and you have to work out the advertising and the marketing of it, you will know you're looking for words to describe the product emotionally and you stay away from the facts. Because the facts are the few things you have put together within the product to produce something unique that can compete with other products and there is obviously always something 'missing.' That's why for instance a product's warranty is only for one year now because, in one year's time – that's what the warranty implies – the product will break. Everyone is kept in the illusion that apparently there is some improvement in the product and that's why there will be a 'new version'. But if you have to take away the outside picture and you look at the inside – take a car, for instance – it is essentially the same that it has been before. It maybe got a new name, a new color and here and there a new feature – but you're paying a lot more and it's not going to last you and you're made to believe that this car is a 'new model' or this cellphone is a 'better model.'
If you look at the timeframe you'll notice that nowadays they are releasing a new cellphone basically every few months. You must understand that in the design stage, when they release the previous cellphone you paid a fortune for, they already have designed and planned another five models! They were ready with 'the new stuff' – they could've just as well not wasted so many resources and give you the best cellphone, but no! They need you to buy because there is a problem in the capitalistic system where it is said that 'there is not enough consumption', 'there's not enough spending' but that's not the real problem.
The real problem is: there's not enough money because the more and more products are outsourced for instance moving it – let's take America as an example – to China producing it cheaper. Leaving whole cities in America devastated with people without jobs, then importing the product and selling it cheaper under the justification that 'now the product will be cheaper, so you should be able to afford it'. This is done without calculating the loss of money due to the loss of jobs that happened. This creates a situation where less people end up being able to buy the product, there's thus less money and the corporations have to go to the point where they become a monopoly and destroy the competition. Because if they don't = they simply can't survive because there are simply not enough costumers with money with the low profit margins that they're working on. If we look at this same aspect within the food industry, we have exactly the same problem. That is why labeling for instance is never really specific, you never get real detailed instructions and you never get the truth about how the products are manufactured and/or produced.
Now with Living Income Guaranteed, the total scene will change. Public Relations will be what it should have always been: explaining to the public the relationship they will have with the product and how the product will benefit them, how and why the product was made in a better way to last longer and to be of greater service, why the product is real value for money. Public Relations will be like the person that stands and ensures that the public knows everything, that there are no secrets and is thus the face of the corporation – that is how capitalism is supposed to function, no more lies and deceit.
Public Relations as it exists now, should be banned from politics because politics is and should be where the actual policy of the political party is explained in simple language that every voter can understand and that public policy should be the first thing on the agenda for implementation; and if the political party does not implement it, immediately a referendum should be held on whether they should remain in power under new public policy or not – that is democracy. One cannot change one's word or go back on your word and get away with it, but the public has accepted this as 'normal' – politicians lie, they never keep their word and that's 'okay.'
In many cases the corporations are so desperate to keep going that they spend lots of money to ensure that the politicians realize one simple thing "The corporations are supplying a lot of jobs and therefore the laws must protect the corporations to protect jobs" – that's the justification used. Therefore it's not so much only the amount of money that goes to the political party, it is about the voters that are able to vote, because those with money = they're able to vote; those on the streets = they can't vote because there's normally a problem: they don't have a fixed vote, they don't have the necessary documents or they don't have the money to go and vote – very simple.
Public Relations must ensure that those that are on the fringe and not necessarily controlled by a corporate or a governmental job, are convinced by promises and hope that the political party is going to produce something, for example that they will ensure there are enough jobs available; if that is achieved, the political party will win. Unfortunately all of this is done under the disguise of competition, under the premise of monopoly, the game we were taught as children, absolutely brutal. And then the human factor is taken out and is called 'market forces,' 'supply and demand,' the 'invisible hand' that determines the flow of the economy, which are deliberate and made up excuses. Bause if you start studying the Living Income Guaranteed proposal as we are putting it together, place what we are sharing on paper and start to assess how one places this together: you're going to notice that a workable model with enough money that ensures that the corporation makes money is possible, where everybody has got an income and as such, there will be sufficient consumption; this means we can have better products, the environment can be protected, we can produce more effective products, people are not forced to go into all kinds of forced and slave labor situations.
When everything is produced to last longer at a price that is sufficient to ensure the survival of the corporation and to ensure the Living Income Guaranteed of each person, we have a sound and healthy economic system. It'll also make a massive difference to our food, because a lot of the foods that are allowed to be on the shelves are purely there, placed by people looking at ways to make money to entice the consumer. The fact that the food overall and in many cases is not really healthy, is covered up by 'bright pictures' 'shiny words' and that's backed up by the spirituality of the person that is developed and particularly designed by Public Relations. Creating a consumption industry based on 'like' and 'love,' getting you emotionally involved, ensuring that psychology claims that emotion is important and valid without any information or research into how the mind actually functions, because if the mind is understood = brainwashing cannot happen and the current system cannot continue – this is known! Just not by the people that's been brainwashed, they don't understand even why they buy stuff, they feel like 'they like it,' they like how it looks, they like what it does, they don't care that there is engineered redundancy within products just like there is engineered redundancy within the employment sector and everything is driven by a simple thing called profit, and that there's no real competition in the markets because: "Those with more money will always win." Go back to your monopoly game, that's how it works! You're in this game now.
Our economic system should not be called 'Capitalism,' it should be called 'Monopoly'. And you may have no chance in the system, but you have a chance to become part of a political party that champions the Living Income Guaranteed. If there is no such party established in your country: you start one and you become politically active visiting the voters door to door, selling to them a new economic system, showing that their vote counts, understanding that democracy means 1+1+1 = every vote counts only once, so we need a majority vote, a majority of people that must understand how Living Income Guaranteed functions and why the current economy isn't functioning for everyone. You also want to explain to them why there are big problems in the future with for instance pensions. One must act now and not wait once the whole system starts collapsing and new laws are made and people are marginalized and you don't see the suffering and poverty, because we may be one of those suddenly without any support, having nowhere to go.
It is important that one becomes practical, that we become an activist which is someone that takes action, that's activism: acting on the information available when you see there's a problem and help with the education of the public because you're part of the public, so there is one voice and this one voice presents an answer that works for everyone! It is really simple if you get down to it. And at the very least if you can't do anything, then at least make sure that your money supports a solution, it's also an investment in your future.
Research the Living Income Guaranteed by the Equal Life Foundation, we are a non-profit organization that researches and puts together economic solutions and educational solutions. We look at how humanity can coexist in a way where there is real freedom, real individual freedom and real happiness and one thing we all know: happiness depends on money. With the Living Income Guaranteed: everybody will have a little piece of happiness.
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Versatile Blogger Award
I have been nominated for another blog award. Thank you so much Polly! I'm thrilled to accept!
I recommend you go and a have a look at what Polly has been up to. She is working her way through her "Kettle List" and there are some surprising activities on there. I also love her writing style. I have watched her on YouTube and when I read her blog it's like she's in the room with me talking!
You can find Polly on Twitter, WordPress and YouTube.
The RULES:
Quite simply, if nominated, and you accept, then…
✔ Thank the person who nominated you, and share their link
✔ Reveal 7 things about you that your readers may not already know
✔ Nominate up to 15 bloggers who you feel deserve the title of Versatile Blogger
Seven things about me:
1⃣I have played in a volleyball tournament in Eindhoven, Netherlands
2⃣I've had the same mobile number ever since my first phone – about 20 years by my calculations
3⃣I wasn't born in hospital
4⃣My Dad was recently in a reality TV programme
5⃣I have met Rachel Stevens from S Club 7
6⃣If I won the lottery I would buy a narrowboat and live aboard full time
7⃣I have two blogs on WordPress and I'm trying to keep my Blogspot one updated as well.
I hope you have enjoyed finding out more about me.
I'm just nominating one person and that is
Ash is Mum to six and has a fun blog too! She must be some kind of superwoman, and I greatly admire her.
To nominate 15 other blogs is a huge task. I think Polly was right to just select a few. Most of the people I follow have already been awarded, or they are clear that they decline awards.
I also think that most people reading this post are unlikely to click on 15 separate links, but it's possible they might click one or two.
However, if you would like to play along then please link to your blog in the comments below and tell me 7 things about you!
Thanks for reading!


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Netflix Brews Originals To Keep Growth Going
Netflix is a programmer like HBO — not a distributor like Comcast or DirecTV.
The Internet streaming-video company underscored that positioning last week after announcing unexpectedly strong fourth-quarter subscriber growth. And borrowing from HBO's playbook, Netflix said it will increasingly rely on original TV series to keep customers coming back to its multiscreen service.
"Because original series can be completely exclusive to Netflix (no [TV video-on-demand], no linear, no kiosks, no theaters) we believe they will be more effective in attracting and retaining members than equivalent content that is less exclusive to Netflix," CEO Reed Hastings and chief financial officer David Wells wrote in a letter to shareholders discussing the results.
The company added 2.05 million U.S. streaming users for the quarter ended Dec. 31, to end 2012 with 27.15 million domestic members — driving its stock up 42% on Jan. 24, the day after Netflix released results. The spurt in new subscribers was fueled by consumers who unwrapped new electronic devices, including tablets and smart TVs, during the holiday season, according to Netflix.
Netflix said it expects net additions in the U.S. for the first quarter of 2013 to be slightly higher than the yearearlier period gain of 1.7 million.
And while second-quarter 2013 adds are projected to be down year over year, the Netflix execs said the fourth season of Arrested Development — scheduled to debut exclusively on the service in May — "could bring us higher than otherwise expected membership."
But how much growth and profitability are ahead for Netflix remain overarching questions, according to VideoNuze analyst Will Richmond, citing heightened competition from the likes of Amazon.com. For the full year, Netflix gained 5.48 million subscribers in 2012, which was 22% below its original target of 7 million, he noted.
"There's no question over-the-top video services like Netflix are extremely compelling to consumers, but it's hard to know yet what the true size of the market is or what the adoption rate will be," Richmond said.
Original series form the third pillar in Netflix's content strategy, along with movies (a year or more older) and past seasons of current and off -air TV shows, according to Hastings and Wells.
Netflix said it's willing to spend money to get a lineup of original shows, such as 13 episodes of political thriller House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, scheduled to debut all at once on Feb. 1. Netflix outbid rivals HBO and AMC Networks for the rights to the show. In the fourth quarter, Netflix had negative $51 million in cash flow, versus net income of $8 million, as a result of payments for original programs coming to the service in 2013.
"If we are successful with our originals, we will produce content with comparable cost per viewing hour to other exclusive premium content," Hastings and Wells said.
Netflix also touted exclusive content deals it cut in Q4, including the company's output deal with Walt Disney Studios, which commences in 2016, and an agreement with Warner Bros. for exclusive access to complete past seasons of such shows as Revolution and The Following.
Meanwhile, Netflix said it continues to try to sign up more Internet-service providers to the Open Connect content-delivery network program, which saves Netflix money on CDN costs. Cablevision Systems and Clearwire are among the participating U.S. ISPs, while Time Warner Cable has complained that Netflix is seeking special treatment for free and withholding content from providers that don't play ball.
Netflix actually is a boon for service providers, Hastings said on a conference call with analysts last week: "Cable broadband is very profitable," and high-bandwidth applications like Netflix's streaming service "help them drive more adoption of the higher-end packages."
Netflix is following the model of premium cable networks like HBO in banking on original content to drive subscriptions.


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Today, I'm definitely daydreaming of being back in this beautiful place, a beach almost entirely to ourselves, taking in the scenery. It's hard to believe this was just over two weeks ago, it already feels like ages ago.
This bathing suit is the third and final option that I purchased for the trip. You can see my other two suits here and here. As you may already know, finding budget-friendly options was the name of the game while I shopped for new swimwear this summer. I'm equally happy with the three suits that I ended up, as all of them have different characteristics that make them special and stylish.
This particular suit is perfect for days in the sun. The convertible straps can be removed for tan line free hours at the beach (but seriously, don't forget your sunscreen!), and of course these hipster style bottoms are part bikini, part boyshort, which means you don't have to worry about any cheeky business.
I tend to burn before I tan if I'm not careful, so it's important to me to have cover-ups that provide some extra protection for days of several hours in the sun. I'm the person who applies SPF 50 sunscreen every hour. (When I was younger, I used to cook myself, covered in oil, every single day of summer break. I so regret that now, and try my best to be sensitive to the harsh sun.)
I found this linen tunic on sale at Old Navy for $13 before I left. I actually couldn't find the exact one online, but it may still be available in stores. I figured, for that price, it would be great for rolling up in my carry-on, and I definitely wanted only linen fabrics for Hawaii. There's a reason linen is so popular on summer clothes–you cannot beat it for adding protection without making you sweat.
And this hat? I found it in the dollar section of my local Target one day during lunch; I stopped in the other day and still saw a few available (I actually saw it in a mint/teal color as well). It was so perfect for our trips to the beach. The wide brim was great for protecting my face from too much sun. I can't guarantee whether or not you'll still be able to find this one in-store (I wasn't able to find the exact one online), but even their regular priced options are budget-friendly at under $15.
If you've been following along with my outfit posts during this trip, then you know I heavily favored Old Navy and Target for all of my travel needs. Though I'm usually one to invest in high-quality pieces that will last, for items that require minimal wear, there's just no sense in spending a fortune. I was perfectly happy with all of these affordable options for my trip!
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Adil Hassan said he was giving his wife, Ban Hadi, driving lessons in the empty parking lot behind the mall on Sunday.
Vehicle crashes through home in a driving lesson gone wrong
A driving lesson gone wrong ended with an emergency crew towing a vehicle out of a home behind Sherwood Forest Mall Sunday afternoon.
Adil Hassan said he was giving his wife, Ban Hadi, driving lessons in the empty parking lot behind the mall on Sunday.
He said he told Hadi to hit the brakes but instead, she accelerated, sending the vehicle up a slight hill, through a fence and into the lower floor of a townhouse.
"It was her first day (driving)," Hassan said. "I thought in the future she could help me with driving but now I don't know."
Police at the scene said "everybody (was) OK" but Hassan said his wife was sent to the hospital to get checked out and no one else was hurt.
It appeared as if the vehicle went through a sliding door and knocked out part of the brick wall surrounding the door as well.
The unit manager, Mohammad Yassine, said the tenant living in the unit called him, shaken. He said his tenant — who did not want to be identified — was sleeping in the living room upstairs when he heard the vehicle crash through the lower floor which was being used as a basement area with laundry facilities.
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In the latest in a series of blows, Invesco Perpetual has now been hit with an £18.6m fine by the City watchdog for exposing investors to greater levels of risk than they had wanted writes Philip Scott.
According to the regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) between May 2008 and November 2012, Invesco Perpetual did not comply with investment limits which are designed to protect consumers by limiting their exposure to risk.
The extent of these losses was £5m and compensation has since been paid to the three impacted funds, including the Invesco Perpetual Managed Income portfolio as well as its flagship Income and High Income vehicles both of which used to be run by star manager Neil Woodford, until he handed over responsibility to Mark Barnett this year, ahead of his departure from the group this month.
The FCA said that the business did not clearly inform investors or explain the associated risks of its use of derivatives – complicated financial instruments – which introduced leverage into the funds.
In a statement, the FCA said: "As a forward looking regulator the FCA takes action where we see risks to consumers, not just after they suffer losses. In this case investors of all sizes trusted Invesco Perpetual to manage their money. They signed up for a certain level of risk but we found Invesco Perpetual's actions were at odds with investors' reasonable expectations."
Commenting on the fine, Mark Armour, chief executive officer of Invesco Perpetual, says: "This refers to a period between May 2008 and November 2012, and the FCA has noted that Invesco Perpetual acted promptly to enhance its systems and controls. We are confident that our systems and controls are now strong, effective and compliant with all applicable regulations.
"The small number of impacted funds were fully reimbursed. In this instance, we clearly fell short of the high standards we consistently strive to deliver. However, we are pleased that this matter has been fully resolved with the FCA and is now closed."
The FCA found that Invesco Perpetual:
– Broke the FCA's rules designed to limit the risks to investors on 33 occasions, these breaches occurred across 15 of the Invesco Perpetual branded range of funds which represented more than 70% of the assets under management
– Did not communicate clearly or fairly with its investors because it failed to disclose the use of derivatives in the relevant simplified prospectuses, and incorrectly described the impact of using derivatives in the key investor information documents produced in 2012
– Failed to record trades on time, which meant the funds could have been wrongly priced
– Failed to monitor whether trades were allocated fairly between funds, creating a risk that some funds may have been disadvantaged.
Invesco Perpetual agreed to settle at an early stage, qualifying for 30% discount to their fine. Without this, the fine would have been £26,632,900.
Last year Invesco Perpetual suffered the news that its star employee Neil Woodford, who ran the firm's Income and High Income funds with huge success was set to leave the group after 25 years service and set up his own fund management house, which is to be named Woodford Investment Management. Earlier this month wealth manager St James's Place dealt another huge blow to Invesco Perpetual after taking funds worth almost £8bn away from the firm, which will be moved into Woodford's new operation.
Woodford's new firm will take over management of St James's Place UK High Income, Income Distribution and UK Equity funds. The three funds have collective assets of £3.65bn, which will boost Woodford's new operation and confirm suggestions that he is not staking out a radical new approach from his time at Invesco Perpetual.


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Every year around this time I like to set a fitness goal to keep me on track through the holiday season. With more gatherings focused on food, so many tempting holiday treats, and colder weather coming in; it can be incredibly easy to stay indoors and wrap my extra pounds in winter clothing. So to combat that (and burn extra calories so I can still indulge a bit!), I always set a goal to stay motivated. This year my goal is running a holiday 10K the third week of December. It will ensure that I continue with my weekly runs and don't go into winter hibernation mode. Do you have any holiday fitness goals?
However knowing that a fitness goal is only one step to setting myself up for success, I also focus on keeping my fridge full of healthy meals and foods over this month. One recipe I make sure to have around (with one in the freezer) is this delicious Low Carb Zucchini Lasagna made with Low Fat Daisy Cottage Cheese instead of ricotta. With 13g of protein and only 90 calories per serving, it's a healthier addition to this lasagna recipe and serves as a great high protein snack as well. It also doesn't contain many of the preservatives and additives of other brands with less than 4 ingredients. Love that.
One more quick and delicious idea! If you don't feel like making a full lasagna, just mix up the cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and spices and add it to your pasta. You'll get extra lean protein and all the great flavor or lasagna without all the work.
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- 4 U zucchini
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 1 U onion, diced
- 4 U cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 lb. 95% lean ground turkey
- 1/2 lb. 95% lean ground turkey sausage
- 2 cups mushrooms
- 20 oz. marinara sauce
- 15 oz. low fat cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1 cup part skim shredded mozzarella
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Cut the zucchini into 1/4 inch planks. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and place on a prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10-15 minutes. Blot with paper towel to remove any excess moisture.
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 4-5 minutes. Add the garlic, turkey, and turkey sausage. Brown until no longer pink. For a spicier version, add up to 1 tsp. red pepper flakes.
Pour in the marinara sauce and add the mushrooms (or other veggies). Simmer until tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
Stir together the cottage cheese, Parmesan, Italian spices, and pepper.
Spray a baking dish with cooking spray and begin assembling the lasagna. Start by adding 1/3 of the sauce to the pan. Cover with a layer of zucchini. Spread 1/2 of the cheese mixture over. Repeat with sauce, zucchini, and cottage cheese. Add one more layer of sauce and zucchini. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.
Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 10-15 more minutes until cheese is melted and beginning to brown.
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Along with a Typed Letter, signed from his Aide-de-Camp Maj. Jose L. Quintana, in response to a boy's request for an autograph and insignia from the General. George Howard Brett (7 February 1886 – 2 December 1963) was a United States Army Air Forces General during World War II. An Early Bird of Aviation, Brett served as a staff officer in World War I. In 1941, following the outbreak of war with Japan, Brett was appointed Deputy Commander of a short-lived major Allied command, the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM), which oversaw Allied forces in South East Asia and the South West Pacific. In early 1942, he was put in charge of United States Army Forces in Australia, until the arrival of Douglas MacArthur. Brett then commanded all Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area. In November 1942, he was appointed commander of the US Caribbean Defense Command and remained in this post for the rest of the war. Several stains from tape on verso used in mounting.
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