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I received the following question from a CPA friend the other day:
"I have a client that recently formed a Washington social purpose corporation. Do you have a sense of how SPCs are characterized for federal income tax purposes?"
For tax purposes, Washington social purpose corporations are just a type of Washington for profit corporation, formed under the Washington Business Corporation Act, RCW 23B. There is no difference in federal or state tax treatment between an SPC and a regular for-profit corporation.
Accordingly, for federal tax purposes, SPCs are generally treated as ordinary C corporations, which are subject to corporate income tax. If they have only one class of stock and fewer than 100 shareholders, and otherwise qualify, they may elect to be classified as S corporations, which pass gross income, deductions, and losses through to shareholders.
SPCs, like other corporations, can't be classified as partnerships. Similarly, because SPCs may distribute earnings to shareholders and use assets for shareholders' benefit, they can't generally qualify for tax-exempt status (such as Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) status).
For Washington State tax purposes, SPCs are taxed just like any other type of business entity. They are subject to the business and occupation tax, regardless of whether they are considered C corporations or S corporations for federal tax purposes; Washington does not recognize pass-through companies. They are also liable for sales tax on both sales and purchases, as well as property taxes, in the same manner as other Washington businesses.

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The state mandated cleanup of the land under a former manufactured gas plant in Sag Harbor will involve large scale excavation, water treatment and discharge, road closures, demolition, trucking and maybe a few unpleasant odors in the beginning.
On Tuesday, August 5 National Grid – the company that has bought KeySpan and is now responsible for the remediation project – and a representative from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) presented village officials from Sag Harbor and North Haven an overview of the cleanup plan, expected to begin mid-September. Southampton Town Trustees, Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister, the Group for the East End's Jeremy Samuelson and Southampton Town Board member Anna Throne-Holst were also on hand for the presentation.
The cleanup will be at a Long Island Avenue site once a manufactured gas plant, which also housed the now absent KeySpan Hortonsphere. As the DEC's Doug MacNeil explained, in 1998 it was categorized by the site as a class two site, or a site that represents a significant threat to human health or the environment and therefore in need of remediation.
The NYSDEC selected the form of remediation two years ago, although last year village officials put a halt to a planned fall 2007 start date in order to ensure aspects of the plan – namely the pumping of some million gallons of fresh, treated water daily into the waters off Sag Harbor, and truck traffic – would not have a negative effect on the village or water ecology in the area.
The site is polluted with coal tar, a byproduct of manufacturing gas on the site, which occurred from the 1860s through the mid-1900s.
National Grid has taken financial responsibility for cleaning up the toxic material and after the NYSDEC selected a remedy for the toxic waste.
 Trustee and former mayor Ed Deyermond has led the village's review of the plan, which was put on hold after concerns emerged last year over the dewatering required at the site.
Dewatering the site will entail cleaning and treating water from the contaminated soil before pumping it beyond the breakwater, directly next to North Haven. Village officials expressed concern the plan could have a negative effect on the salinity and therefore ecology of the area – concerns which environmental planning consultant Richard Warren said were allayed after further study.
Last week, Deyermond confirmed the cleanup would commence this September, although no major work will begin until after September 22. National Grid and village officials hope the project will be completed by May, but have committed that no work will be done during the summer season.
ENSR consulting engineer Roger Hathaway, on behalf of National Grid, will oversee the plan, which involves removing 10 to 15 feet of soil from the site.
"In the simplest fashion, it's a hole in the ground," said Hathaway.
The end of Bridge Street, near Long Island Avenue, will be closed from the beginning of the project. Long Island Avenue will also be subject to temporary closures, although brief. As the groundwater in Sag Harbor is virtually the surface water, explained Hathaway, dewatering will be necessary and a concrete wall will be installed to create an impermeable barrier.Â
Dewatering, or removing the water from the soil, will be the next step in the process, before the water is treated in an area likely to take up some of the village parking lot behind Schiavoni's IGA. The water will then be discharged, via pipe past the breakwater. A 40-foot tent will house the area being excavated and will be moved around the site as needed, explained Hathaway, reducing noise and smells coming from the site.
Forty maximum round trip truck trips per day – including bringing contaminated soil out and clean soil in – are required for the project. The trucks, said Hallaway, will be cleaned before they leave the site to ensure no contaminants enter the roadway.
The village studied trucking routes last July for a number of projects, including the Bulova remediation and KeySpan. The goal was to ensure trucking routes would not be the same for both projects.
Two routes to the Sag Harbor-Bridgehampton Turnpike are proposed, including the exit route: Long Island Avenue to Glover Street to Main Street to the Turnpike then onto Montauk Highway; and the entry route: Main Street to Spring Street then entering the site from Bridge Street.
Next week, National Grid will announce a public session detailing the plan, to be held in Sag Harbor at the end of the month.


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A Conversation With Oscar Cornelio-Flores, MD
Name: Oscar Cornelio-Flores, MD
Role at Avance: Physician at Avance Care Durham
Years at Avance Care: 1
My first job: Printing assistant at a family business.
Why primary care: It gives me the opportunity to know my patients from a different perspective, not only their "problems" but especially where they come from and where we can go together to improve their well-being. There are so many interventions we can do at the primary care level to avoid costly and unnecessary consequences of chronic medical conditions.
Why I love Avance Care: We are a big family here! We enjoy working together and support each other in any way we can, we have fun even in our busiest days, so our patients get the best service we can provide.
If I wasn't a primary care provider, I would be: A motivational speaker.
My favorite part of medicine is: Interacting with and learning from my patients, celebrating their milestones in health, and supporting them when needed.
If someone wanted to start a conversation with me, they should ask me: "Do you know any good place to have ceviche?"
How I connect to patients: Give all my attention, look at the eyes, and avoid interrupting their stories. I see and treat them like they were my own family.
The one piece of medical advice I tell my patients but have a difficult time incorporating into my own life: "Please do not use electronics before bedtime."
If I have a three day weekend, I can be found: Swimming and running in a nearby beach, then biking; or camping in our beautiful NC Mountains
The four people I would invite to my ultimate dinner party: No doubt, my wife and our 3 daughters. We have fun together!
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Acres USA magazine, Slow Foods – St. Louis, and the River Hills Poultry Alliance have worked together to offer the Midwestern Heritage Poultry Conference on September 12, 2015 in Silex MO. Come attend and learn or exhibit/show and sell your poultry and small livestock.
Schedule of Events
7:00 am – The day opens with a farmers' market and trade show featuring rare and heritage poultry and small stock, supplies and the opportunity to visit one-on-one with established breeders.
9:00 am – Welcome and Introductions with Acres USA staff, slow Foods – St. Louis, and North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.
10:00 am – Starting Right with Heritage Poultry, moderated by veteran poultry breeders
12:00 pm – Egg Show
12:30 pm – Breeder's Round Table with Matt John, Shady Lane Hatcher, Kelly Klober, author, Allan Burgin, veteran breeder and Neal Gray, veteran breeder. This session will include demonstrations on laying stock selection.
2:00 pm – A country auction will close out the events of the day. All birds and animals must have appropriate health documentation and blood testing will be available on the rounds for Missouri birds. All birds and animals must be healthy and correctly presented.
Admission is free for participants. Donation jars will be available in the seminar sessions to help defray expenses.
Vendor admission is $10 for poultry row or farmers' market slot. Trade show exhibit spaces are $25 for outside space or $40 under a pavilion.
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text: nothke 305 Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) This mod is no longer actively developed by me. Although, theoretically, there is a minuscule chance I could come back to it. Also, go down to see the license info. All credits for original Damned Robotics go to r4mon (that's the man), and to Sirkut for updating Infernal RoboticsI present you:DROMOMAN Damned Robotics MOdular MANipulator("Damned" is obviously here a legacy name) After wondering about ways to save RCS fuel on modular space stations, our Kerbal engineers from the north came up with a simple modular system to accommodate all the super-dexterity needs. They use just a few basic parts that are powerful when combined.Primary parts:DROMOMAN hubletThis purely structural hub is perfect for connecting robotic limbs in all axis, and it lets you connect other parts like lights, winches, guidance cameras, pallets, docking ports.. just about anything you need. The hub was actually created out of lack for attachment points on the limbs themselves.DROMOMAN rotactThis all purpose rotary actuator can rotate indefinitely around it's axis, similarly to the good old Rotatron, it comes in an octogonal compact housing and has almost enough power to power a hairdryer. It's slow, but can carry immense loads (IN ORBIT!)DROMOMAN limbsThey come in 0.75, 2 and 3 meter lengths and are the primary structural elements of the DROMOMAN.Hybrid parts: DROMOMAN Linear and Radial RotohubsThis Rotact-Hublet hybrid offers 1 axis but has 6 attachment point joint making it a 360 pitch, yaw or roll actuator IN ONE PART. It comes in two versions, one that attaches linearly to the root and the other that attaches radially.Possibilies? ....unlimitedNOTES / KNOWN ISSUES:(in KSP 0.20, although most of the issues still apply)There is no latching end effector currently, and I recommend you to use the KAS winch as the end effector instead of standard docking ports, which are susceptible to quickload-not-functioning, or undocking-but-nothing-happens problems. Plus using KAS will make sure your payload doesn't escape if something goes wrong."walking arms" like the CANADARM 2 are difficult to make because the root detachment causes arm to stop functioning. Quicksave-quickload regains control, but the joints tend to change position. So.. try to avoid detaching the root.Do not save/quicksave when the arms are under tension, especially under gravity when a heavy objects is attached at the end. This will offset the parts a bit, and the next time you load you will notice the offset.All parts are susceptible to the all famous "wobble" and I have so far not found an effective "plugin" solution to the problem. To make sure you never encounter wobble, especially when moving heavy cargo, make sure to set motor speed to as low as possible!!! That is also the reason why robotic arms on the ISS move so slowly.^^ When moving very heavy cargo, don't hold the button pressed but do it click-by-click cause you will lose your nerves from the wobble. If you are patient, you will love the possibilities of the arm!The arm parts are quite light, so don't be fooled by thinking "wow the arm doesn't have any wobble" but wait and see until you actually attach some payload to it.The radial rotohub looks ridiculous in VAB (it's pouring out of the selection box), I hope I solve that in the future, it is probably caused by the absence of the collider on the movable part of the arm.Putting arms under a lot of weight (in 1g), or forcing pushing them into other objects won't brake the arm, but they will appear disconnected and eventually physics will get so intense that you may destroy something on your ship.. So be careful. If you see that arm doesn't seemingly work, and 2 arm parts look disconnected pull it back cause you are putting it under tension.Note that the arm doesn't collide with itself or ship that controls it, this is completely normal, although unrealistic.If you are using the KAS winch as an end effector: Be careful when handling objects/payload that is docked to your arm or with KAS and pay attention if they are "docked" or "undocked". If it is "docked" all your parts are belong to the ship you are controlling, therefore there are no collisions. Switching the mode to "undocked" while the latched payload is intersecting your ship will make a lot of mess. Make sure you don't intersect your ship while doing undocking - docking business.make as little quickloads as possible when using the arm. Especially avoid quicksaving while the docking magnet is turned on, it will make your docking port nonfunctional after quickload (there is a way out of this though).cost is not balancedcollisions are currently handled by the mesh colliders. I didn't encounter performance problems so far as a result of that, but it might be possible you have (if you use like 1000 parts).Requirements:THIS MOD REQUIRES Magic Smoke Industries Infernal Robotics, you can get it here:, you can get it here:Magic Smoke Industries' - Infernal Roboticshowever, for earlier, pre 0.20 versions you can use Damned Robotics:original forum page: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/9675-v0-19-Damned-Robotics-Version-1-3Download:https://www.dropbox.com/s/4qihyg02givw5vh/DROMOMAN_build3.7z?dl=0Examples:Ridiculosly long arm packed into considerably smaller "package", and another "WALKING ARM", with double end effectors.License:This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.- You are permitted to use, copy, redistribute contents of this mod as-is- You may remix your own derivatives of the mod, models or textures, and release them under your own name- You must credit Nothke, when publishing your derivatives.- Note that this mod does NOT contain, and the licence does NOT cover requirement plugins (be it Damned Robotics or Infernal Robotics)Changelog:build 3 * corrected configs to work with Magic Smoke Industries Infernal Robotics - 0.19.3 (in KSP 0.9 32bit) * attached a CC BY-SA 4.0 licencebuild 2: * Corrected linear rotohub axis * Corrected base-static mesh for linear rotohub build 1: * Initial release Edited April 13, 2015 by nothke links removed pending license Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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- Sardine Fish Fry | Mathi chala Meen Varuval
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- Fish Fry in Oven | Baked Fish Crisps
- Coastal style Fish Fry
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category : Appetizer
Prep Time: 15 mins | Cook Time : 10 mins |Serves: 4 |Author : Sharmila
Anchovies – ¼ kg
Oil for frying
Curry leaves a handful
To Marinate :
Egg - 1
Rice flour – 1 tsp
Red Chilli powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Pepper powder – 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Lemon juice – 1 tsp
Salt as needed
Step by step Method :
1. Clean the fish really well. In a vessel add in the ingredients mentioned in the "To Marinate" section one by one and form a paste.
2. Add the cleaned anchovies in to the marinade and leave it for 30 mins – 1 hours.
3. Heat oil for frying, once it is hot add in the Marinated Anchovies When the anchovies are almost cooked add in the curry leaves and fry till crisp.
4. Strain them and set in a paper towel to absorb excess oil. Serve hot.
· You marinate the fish and refrigerate it for a 3 days and fry the fish whenever needed.
· You can skip adding curry leaves if you don't prefer but it gives a really nice flavor and in most of the restaurants they serve Anchovies fish fry along with crispy fried curry leaves.
· I used big anchovies variety for this fish fry recipe.


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The roof you choose has a big impact on your home
The roof is among the most dominant features of any house. It usually accounts for about a third of the area seen from the road (though usually less than 10% of the overall build-cost).
From a functional standpoint, it's above everything – the integrity of the structure below depends on the roof's performance in wind, rain, heat and cold.
Five things to know before you start
- Choosing a roof is a long term decision. Think about what will be in keeping with the architecture of the whole house. Fashions come and go, your roof will probably be around for decades.
- The location of your home is an important factor. If you are near the coast or in an area known for high wind or extreme weather, you should look for a roofing system that will help minimise potential problems with corrosion, leaks or system failure.
- Roofing is a specialist, stand-alone trade. It's not a job for a general builder.
- Roof quotations can be complex and deceptive. Make sure yours include all costs – such as building paper, roof battens and other roof-related materials – so you can compare 'like with like'.
- Investigate your options before you decide. The first step is research – on the web, on foot, over the phone and in conversations with other homeowners. This section – Learn About Roofs – is designed to help with your roofing system research, so that you can make a decision you'll be happy to live with for decades to come.


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Sharon has turned Shinui from roaring lions to purring kittens, willing to sit with UTJ.
This may sound a little strange, but Shas, the party that is hardly being considered in the coalition negotiations, is actually the greatest influencing factor in coalition developments. There is an apparent run-around between Likud-Labor-Shinui-UTJ. Shas, however, more than any other factor, is the party that caused Lapid and his fellow Shinui members to get off their high horse, and realize they have to negotiate coalition terms with the ultra-Orthodox.
Until a few days ago, non-inclusion of the ultra-Orthodox was the main plank in Shinui's platform, which jump-started Lapid's late political career, and transformed the party from a never was the third largest party.
As is commonplace in the political world, Lapid and Poraz have had to come to terms with the fact that playing in the big league can endanger one's political virginity. In their case, this means having to be in the same bedroom with UTJ, as much to ensure Shas remains out as to keep their posteriors glued to their comfortable ministerial seats.
The worst scenario for Shinui, something that could happen only in their worst nightmare, would be the inclusion of Shas in the coalition. This scenario could be the nail in their coffin. If Shas is in, then Shinui is out; there is no middle ground, given the hostility and hatred between the leaders and their respective rank and file. For years each has painted the other as evil incarnate, with Shinui portraying Shas as a threat to democracy and rule of law, and Shas seeing in Shinui a bunch of bigoted, Sephardim-hating godless atheists. The antipathy between Shinui and Shas is far more intense than that between Shinui and UTJ.
Lapid and his mates have decided that prevention is the best cure, better to risk getting fleas from a liaison with UTJ than an STD from Shas.
Sharon, however, is a political swindler. Having succeeded in getting Shinui to swallow a fly in the form of UTJ, it is at least even money that he will subsequently get them to eat the Shas crow.
Sharon is doing what he needs to do. He needs Labor in the government to proceed with the disengagement plan; and he needs the ultra-Orthodox, preferably Shas too, in the government to calm the Likud members down about the fact that Labor is in the government. If it were up to him, he would keep the ultra-orthodox in the wilderness until the cows come home. However, realizing that politics is the art of the possible, he knows this is not on for now.
Shinui did the smart thing, albeit belatedly when it ended its UTJ bashing. It would be even better if they acted the same way towards Shas. With a little bit less condescendence and hatred that they let flow during the elections, Shinui could have totally prevented being stuck on such an uncomfortably high and isolated perch. Hopefully, the experience will teach Lapid that in politics, one should never say never.
However, Shinui seems intent on repeating its mistakes. As it gets off one hobbyhorse it is mounting another, demanding that UTJ enter the government with a second-class ticket, not having any ministers and relinquishing the post of Chairman of the powerful Finance Committee. These demands are unrealistic, and Shunui will have to compromise again, losing more respect in the process.
The only people who might be able to save Shinui from itself are the last people that Shinui actually wants to be dependant on, the ultra-Orthodox rabbinical leaders, the Torah Sages. They could forbid UTJ from sitting in a coalition with Shinui, pulling its chestnuts out of the fire. In that case, Sharon will have to buck his central committee and party activists and form a secular coalition. Lapid, as a true European gentleman, would be obligated to send a large bunch of flowers to Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv as a sign of gratitude.
The writer was born in Tel Aviv, graduated from the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva and Tel Aviv University. An ex-member of Kibbutz Saad, he has held senior positions in Maariv since 1967. Won the Sokolov Journalist Prize in 1983.


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Origin: Spain
Vintage: 2007
Grapes:Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot
Aging: 12 months in barrels
Appearance: Bright, clear deep black-cherry colour with golden hues from its time in the cask
Aroma: aromas of mint, roses and ripe fruit and finish wich is enveloped in smoky spicy nuances.
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EBU MP Rank: 1 Star Premier Tournament Master
EBU TD Rank: Trainee Panel Director
EBU NGS Rank: Queen (57 - 59)
Now in Mid 50s, have been member of one bridge club for 40 years - and pretty well play in the one club (which means I don't get much chance of getting those valuable green and gold masterpoints). Widowed (Avatar is picture of late wife) with one youth and nearly retired.
I like to think that I am a highly ethical, polite and considerate to partner and opponents.
Benefits include:
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On July 31st, School of Art + Design student, Lane Martin, lost his life at the hands of the police. After receiving his Associate's degree in Graphic Design from PCC, Lane began studying Art Practice at PSU in Fall 2018. Over the past year, he was also a work-study for CORE and worked in Facilities, where he spent a lot of time maintaining the Art Building.
Lane particularly loved painting and helping others. Tabitha Nikolai, who had Lane in her Making & Meaning class, remembers him as "... a tremendously engaged student and luminous presence in our class. He was very eager to learn and grow and be open in spite of some very challenging life circumstances. Doing art meant a LOT to him. More than most students I would say, and he approached it with so much energy and thoughtfulness. He was genuinely inspiring to be around."
"We will miss him dearly in CORE," said his former work-study supervisor, M. Michelle Illuminato, "and personally I will miss his can-do hard-working attitude and his quick smile."
In his obituary, Lane is remembered as a talented and passionate individual, who did anything he set his mind to, including running a marathon. He loved spending time hiking in the woods and creating things. Gail Hamilton, Lane's supervisor in Facilities, even donated materials to his projects.
In his lifetime, Lane struggled with addiction and his mental health like many students. PSU students who need support or to talk to someone can reach out to the Center for Student Health and Counseling (SHAC).
If you'd like to reach out to the family to offer condolences, please contact Sam Peters (email@example.com) in the Art Office. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to Transition Projects Portland (https://www.tprojects.org/), a nonprofit that assists houseless people in Portland.
The School of Art + Design will remember Lane as he was— a creative, kind, generous, talented person. His death is a devastating loss to our community and a reminder that we must always endeavor to take care of each other.
A memorial is being planned in remembrance of Lane and will happen in the first two weeks of classes in Fall term. More information will be communicated via the School of Art + Design once available.


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Ponder this.
I ask you, ponder this and offer help, if you see your way.
Consider the fence.
Made of pickets or slats or concrete or foam rubber or "barbed waar."
Is it erected to keep something in? Or perhaps to keep those on the outside….out?
Does it serve to mark boundaries or beginnings?
Is it meant to stop progress or mark progress?
And let's not even CONSIDER the "sitters on fences" or the "straddlers of fences…." for that conundrum is beyond my capacity.
I say , myself, the fence? It is meant for one thing….to be overcome. Climbed slowly and with care, or via a catapult or trampoline or with a running leap and outstretched limbs, hurdled and conquered and made a part of history.
Fences to you, pray tell, what are they? Do you build them? Do you ignore them? Do you admire them up close or from afar? For truly, your answer is as valid as mine!
One thing I do know, I do like seeing fences in my rear view mirror….!


text: Did you see the latest episode of Gift ved Første Blik? We would like to invite you to sample some of the delights from the programme and follow in the footsteps of Poul and Lene on a romantic journey to Ireland. next prev Romantic Ireland Victoria and David Beckham did it. Pierce Brosnan did it. Paul McCartney followed suit, as did Dita Von Teese & Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Ireland has always been a wedding and honeymoon venue to the stars. Stroll through the cobbled Dublin streets, be blown away by the beauty of the Wicklow Mountains, share stories over a pint of Guinness with the locals or snuggle up next to a cosy fire after watching the sun set and we are sure you'll agree that Ireland is the place for you and your other half to have that perfect romantic get-away. Did you know St Valentine's final resting place is in Whitefriar Street Church in the heart of Dublin city? When you are planning your special day, Ireland is the perfect destination for a wedding or honeymoon. Modern Irish Food In Ireland you will never be short of mouth-watering places to eat - from sea to shore, there's never been a better range of produce to tuck into: super-fresh oysters; extraordinary sea vegetables plucked from salty Atlantic waters; grass-fed free-range beef; homemade fudge and handmade chocolate. All of these ingredients, and basket-loads more, are being used to their best advantage by dynamic chefs all over the island of Ireland. Why not take part in a Fab Food Trails just like Poul and Lene did when visiting Dublin? Temple Bar, Dublin The cobbled streets of Temple Bar have more than earned its status as cultural quarter of Dublin. The maze of streets and alleys is packed with quirky attractions and venues. Admire some artwork in a gallery, catch a show at one of Europe's oldest theatres or browse for some eccentric treats in a vintage store. Outside, the streets are always buzzing; there are so many pubs and restaurants that it may just be impossible to choose. For a traditional Irish feast, try visiting Gallagher's Boxty House, where Poul and Lene went for a fun and romantic dinner when they visited Dublin. Literary Dublin Did you know that Dublin has been awarded the prestigious Unesco City of Literature title? Dublin is synonymous with such literary greats as Jonathan Swift and Oscar Wilde and James Joyce, one of the most influential and innovative writers in the English language. If you are interested in literature and history, you should not miss the Trinity College Library, which is not only historic but is also the largest library in Ireland. Set on the college campus in Dublin city centre, the library is home to 5 million printed volumes as well as the Book of Kells. Romantic Castles Did you know that there are more than 100 Castles in Ireland that you can visit and stay in? And some of them you can have all to yourself! Poul and Lene chose to stay in Barberstown Castle in Kildare, surrounded by beautiful lush gardens and located in one of Ireland's official Irish Heritage Towns! To plan your very own Castle get-away in Ireland visit, click here.


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Editor's note: Lovefraud received the following story from a reader whom we'll call "Laurette."
In 2014, I met a man while visiting Calgary, Canada. He was loving, sweet, charming and said everything I wanted to hear.
Everything but the truth.
He was an alcoholic and determined to change his life. I admired him for that. He told me he had a child to a woman who he met at a party/bar and purposely got him drunk so she could get pregnant. It was a one-night stand. Six months after his daughter was born, she ran off without any notice and not telling him where she'd taken their daughter.
I fell pregnant to him almost straight away, which was a miracle because I had fertility issues which I'd told him about. Quickly he became controlling, paranoid, easily angered.
Seven weeks into our relationship, I left to go home to Australia. Over the next few months I tried to deal with the shock of my unexpected pregnancy and his wild accusations and abusive emails that swung from love to hate.
Then we started talking again, and he turned the charm back on. I offered to loan him money to come to Australia $8000.
When he got here, I doted on him, even though I was 5 months pregnant and having a rough time with it. After 3 days, he became abusive and I told him to leave.
He went to one of my best friend's house (an arrangement made without my permission). I went to her house the next morning where we had a huge argument.
A few hours later, I got a call from a mental health team, asking for me to come in for a consult. They saw I was not "delusional," "out of touch with reality," or "dangerous," like he falsely claimed, and suggested I speak to the police.
He then stayed with my friend for 4 more weeks. They went to another state together on MY money.
When he came back, he asked to see me and charmed his way back into my home. The next 4 weeks was filled with him slamming the door in my face, gas lighting, ignoring me if I tried to talk then abusing me if I persisted to try to resolve things.
He would threaten to kill himself if I didn't leave the room or do what he wanted.
He constantly pressured me for cash and my credit card for a partner visa to try to get him to move to Australia.
Eventually, I escaped to a hotel because I couldn't bear the stress anymore. I was always breathless and my stomach hurt. I could feel my baby become distressed when he was verbally abusing me.
I checked into the hospital then a few hours later; I began to bleed profusely. I rang him for help, but he said, "I don't believe you. This is just like what happen in Calgary. What do you expect me to do about it?"
(In Calgary, when I was 6 weeks pregnant, I thought I was having an ectopic pregnancy. I rang, texted and emailed him for help. He'd blocked me, but denies this. I went through the whole thing on my own and came home to an abusive email where he accused me of lying about the entire thing, and he never wanted to see me again. "Twisted liar," is how he put it, despite me taking photos of the medical records and bill from the hospital.)
The baby and I almost died. I lost 3 litres of blood. When I woke up the next morning form the emergency caesarean, he asked for my credit card to use for a lawyer to try to stay. Saying that he'd learnt a valuable lesson and would never take me for granted ever again, and neither should I.
He flipped out over nothing after being nice for 2 days. Left us in the hospital for 3 days with no word.
I named our child on my own because he didn't care. Until he found out, and then he turned even darker.
I was scared to go home, but I had to when I was released. I asked my dad to stay with me, because I was so terrified of being alone with him.
He tried to convince my dad I was crazy the moment I left them alone in the loungeroom. My dad disagreed with him because he was onto his dangerous game.
The next day, when I came home trembling because I was so terrified of being alone with him, he asked for the credit card and abused me for calling his daughter "after his first love who died of a heroin overdose." Something he never mentioned when I asked him 2 weeks prior about the name I chose. He spat in my face, and threatened to kill himself, so I went directly to the police and made a report.
They sent around an ambulance and police. He convinced them I was suffering with postnatal depression and they BELIEVED him! Suggested he speak to the hospital social worker. HE tried to convince her, but it didn't work. He was arrested.
My best friend of 26 years convinced me to drop the charges as his visa was running out the day before court anyway. So I stupidly did.
My best friend spent the next 2 and half months convincing me to bring him back, promising that if he stepped out of line that she would personally put him on the plane herself.
I was hesitant and told her "He doesn't love me. He's only using me for my money to come back and try to stay in the country."
"No he's not. He's loves you and misses you. He just gets frustrated and it all comes out wrong," she said.
Every day and every night this was our conversation. At a few points I said, "Why are you standing up for him? You're meant to be on my side!"
"I'm not," she said, and would turn it around on me, and how she didn't need to be doing this mediating for me when she had 2 kids of her own to look after…I was manipulated by the best!
The day he arrived at the airport, they ran off back to her house.
I went to her house that night with my dad and baby. He came outside and attacked us.
I went to the police, they said that my friend told them that she was hiding inside and saw the whole thing and I lied about him attacking us, while I was holding my 2 month old baby (who was 2 months prem).
So at first, the police didn't believe me.
My life fell apart. He threatened to take me to court to get my daughter. I went for a private intervention order. When he went to court, he told the court that he was getting married to someone else in a few weeks. My lawyer spoke with him and my ex best friend outside of court and they admitted it was them.
My best friend lied, denied and smeared my name and made lies about my mental state all to protect her shameful behaviour. Everyone believed her.
I fled the area for 3 months and told no one where I was, for fear of being served a paternity test.
I called Department of Women and Department of Immigration and hired a PI to see if he could find anything, like him working here when he shouldn't be. He couldn't find anything. Staying in hotels, Air bnb's and paying for a lawyer was draining all my money.
He'd managed to get over $20,000 from my father and I, and even though I had it in writing several times that he'd pay it back, he was now refusing.
My best friend's ex was keeping me informed on the phone of what he knew. As soon as she new he and I were talking, she started offered herself sexually to him, to prove that she wasn't in any kind of relationship with my ex. It worked.
Thankfully, daily emails to the immigration department worked because they asked him to leave. Neither my ex best friend or my ex would tell me if they were together or not, until last week.
In one of his controlling methods of contact, he sent me a 25 minute voice memo, where he spent 23 minutes of it telling me that I was the evil one and how he'd done "Nothing wrong." Two minutes of that was casually spent telling me that my ex best friend and him were together and how it was 'unplanned'.
A complete psychopath through and through.
To get myself through this, I needed to focus on what I could salvage from this to bring sense to this.
People who have been with psychopaths constantly go over past events with the psychopath, to try to make sense of what happen and why. I needed to try to make the most out of what happen, or it would've destroyed me.
So, I posted a photo of his daughter online and did my own searching for his history to find the truth. The PI's had come up with nothing, and I believed there was so much more. I felt it in my gut.
After months of searching, I found 2 people from his past: His ex who was the mother of his daughter, and one of the sons to the women he was with prior to me.
I was shocked to read the first thing they both said to me through our online conversation was, "Oh my god. I'm so sorry that you had the unfortunate luck of meeting him. He is a monster."
They'd never met, nor spoken nor knew what each other had said. So it was a shock to see that's the very first thing they both said.
To begin with, they were empathetic, and told me their horror stories with my ex. Their stories were so similar to mine it was horrifying yet it bought so much relief to know that it WASN'T me.
I WASN'T crazy or a terrible person. This guy was a nut bag and I wasn't alone now.
I knew he'd been hiding his past for a reason, but I didn't realise it was because he had a long history of violence towards women and children.
His daughter wasn't a production of a one-night stand with a stranger. He was in a relationship with the mother of his child and they'd worked together for a year prior.
She didn't keep him from his daughter, he didn't want anything to do with his ex girlfriend once she found out she was pregnant. She refused to get an abortion and never paid child support.
He slapped the son of the girlfriend before me across the face when he was drunk.
Both people were saddened but extended their hand to offer help and support in any way they could. Until my ex contacted them and lied to them about me.
After what the mother of his daughter told me how he was violent, volatile, crazy, abusive, an alcoholic and drug addict, I never thought she'd fall for his lies because he'd done it to her for years but…he did.
How? He told her a malicious lie about someone in my family to make my family look like we were the monsters. It didn't matter that I went to the police to report it, like every other awful thing he'd done. He was in another country now so he was out of reach.
People like him know how to cause as much damage as possible, without getting in trouble with the law. Master manipulators of the judicial system.
At the end of the day, I lost all my money, all my friends, I'm in therapy because of his lies an destruction.
But through my hunting for the truth, I found out about the truth about him, and found out other people came forward to complain about him to the Domestic Violence Unit because he'd been harassing and manipulating them for money. I had the sick truth (which helped free me from his gaslighting), and the police finally believed me.
My daughter will never know of her sister in Canada because of his lies. She will never know her family over there also because of his lies.
But I am free and my daughter will grow up safe. That is no small thing after almost losing it all to a psychopath.
I count my blessings every single day.


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The last garden on our tour at the Regional was the Huntsville Botanical Garden. Again I have to thank Marsha Williams from TN for the use of her images. Mrs. Rosa Bella Van Valkenburgh at the age of 90 years young is the care taken of this amazing daylily garden in the Botanical Garden. At our regional Rosa Valkenburgh was honored by an assistant of the Mayor who declared June. 17th to be Rosa Bella Van Valkenburgh Day. Had you been there to hear the decelerations to her you would say that she certainly deserves a day in her honor. Also she has a lovely daylily named for her .
ROSA VAN BALKENBURGH This image was taken in the garden of Bill Waldrop.
There are 850 varieties grown here.


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Having a website is such an exciting thing isn't it? After the business planning, getting your branding, logo and identity sorted you really want to get stuck in and get a website up and running. Now, there are so many options out there of how to create your own website, so many platforms to use and if you are getting started and having trouble with what to consider and think about you can check in with my Websites: Where Do I Start post as this one is going to focus on two platform choices in particular – WordPress.com and WordPress.org.
Now you might be thinking already "they're the same Maxine, they're both WordPress", well hang on to your mittens kittens because actually they are two very different platforms and provide very different things.
Let's dive in.
This is a hosting service created by the co-founder of WordPress. So because it uses the word "WordPress" it's easy to see why you can get confused and think they're both the same platform, but WordPress.com is essentially a free platform and if you are looking to have a blog site then this is perfect for that, because your words are what people are wanting to read and they're not coming to see an all singing all dancing design.
Using WordPress.com means you are letting WordPress host your website for you, now this is what I mean by host:
It's where you website is stored on a server so that it can be accessed over the tinterwebs.
It's because of this that WordPress.com has a lot of appeal because it is FREE and they take care of the hosting for you. There are other packages that you can go for which will enable more features because generally the free version can be very limiting. It does however give you up to 3GB of free space so if you are a blogger who blogs maybe 2/3 times a month this could potentially last you a while. I'm now going to look at some of the other benefits for WordPress.com.
The Good
Back Up's & Updates
Every website should be backed up and if you're using another platform then do check how they backup your website and keep it safe. With WordPress.com they take care of any backups and any platform updates for you, they will happen automatically – no worry, no stress (YES!).
If you are wanting a service based business website or a store then I wouldn't recommend using WordPress.com because you will need more than what it provides, but for a blogger who needs a nice template with very small customisations – possibly colours of text, fonts choices etc then you have a range of free and paid templates that you can choice from. So if you're someone who doesn't want to get their hands dirty with design then this is perfect.
The Ugly
"How can this be a benefit and a con? Are you conning me?" Nope, I am not and while the free templates and themes provide great basis for very simple sites with little to no customisation as I said above on the Free version you are very limited to what you can change – you might choose a theme that has a very nasty colour background for when your mouse hovers over something and can't change it and if it puts you off chances are it will put your audience off too so keep this in mind when looking at this platform and what you want your website to do.
Ads are placed on all free sites, so if you want a professional looking blog that's Ad free you will need to upgrade to get rid of this mess. The upgrade to remove these is $36 per year – not too bad really.
Also it is worth noting that even though WordPress place Ad's on your site you cannot place Ad's there. So if you are a family blogger looking to get into affiliate marketing with some of the brands and businesses you mention or work with and want to start earning from your audience clicking their ads you will need to apply for their advertising programs called WordAds and you will share the revenue with them. If you are on their upgraded platforms like Business or Premium use can use this function from the get go.
I'll be talking a bit about Plugins when I get on the WordPress.org side of things because that platform relies heavily on the use of plugins where as WordPress.com free version does not. It will not let you upload plugins. What do I mean by a plugin you ask:
It's a bit of software that can enhance the functions within your website
Plugins are amazing because they can really open up your site, give you more function and help your site look and feel how you want it to. On WordPress.com the Business package lets you install compatible ones and then the big boy VIP lets you install plugins at a $5000 per month – Holy Moly!
Google Analytics
If you want to really know what your websites users are doing you should have Google Analytics installed and WordPress.com doesn't let you use it on their free version. You are totally reliant on their stats that they collect, again higher packages it will let you.
What's the other bits it can't or won't do?
Hmmm quite a few other things:
- If they think at anytime your website is violating their T&C's then it is a goner, they will delete it no questions asked and your site is like that toy in the reject bin, it's never coming back.
- Obviously WordPress.com are doing all the "work" in terms of hosting, what it looks like etc so naturally they are going to have their name at the bottom of your website.
- If you want an online shop this is not the platform for you, you cannot create one on here.
- If you want to have a membership site and sell courses, again not the platform for you.
So there we are the run down on WordPress.com.
The main reason people like it is because it's free and cost's less than having a "hosted" site – however the restrictions in capability and functions means to get what you want you'll actually be paying out more in the long run than if you went hosted and got it designed by a professional. It's always worth looking at the long term cost not short term gain when it comes to websites.
So now, the contender…
You are reading this blog on a WordPress.org website. It is one that I designed and then built myself. I love WordPress.org I think it is a great platform, don't get me wrong it frustrates me sometimes, as any website would do so I can see how if your website design knowledge is limited or even non existent how it would seem a super scary choice to look at.
This version of WordPress is where you would need to host it yourself, even on a server at home or pay a company to host the site. There are some wonderful sites out there like Siteground, however again do your research before just choosing one as some are pretty shocking. Now here's the thing…
WordPress.org is absolutely FREE to use. The platform itself costs you nothing, all you are paying for is to have it hosting with a hosting provider ( and your website domain of course, again can be purchased through a provider).
Loads of people get confused and think WordPress.org will cost them thousands, nope, simply not true. The cost comes in like I said with:
- Hosting Platform – generally about £120 per year
- Domain – generally anything from £5 -£12 per year
The other cost would be if you decided to employ a website designer to design and build your site for you. But again this is a one off cost and then it's done, you are only paying for the above, so actually it works out cheaper than some other website platforms with their monthly subscriptions (for life).
The Good
Flexibility & Control
Unlike WordPress.com this baby is all yours, you have full control, you can build a website completely from scratch using a framework theme or again find a free or paid for theme.You will be able to make it yours with better customisation options – YES!
Another huge point is that you own all the data on your website, unlike WordPress.com it won't be turned off if you do something you shouldn't be but you wouldn't be doing that anyway, will you?
You can add free, paid and custom Plugins to the website. These will enable you to enhance the features for you and for your audience, a brilliant one alone is Yoast SEO which enables you to take control of the SEO for your website pages and improve your visibility in Google and other search engines. Plugins can be anything from an Instagram, feed, a contact form, a newsletter sign up – the world is your oyster.
As said above there is a whole world of WordPress.org themes to choose from, paid and free and you can customise all the elements you want to so you have a site that is yours and not like a million other businesses who choose the same template.
If you do go down the route of designing and building the site yourself you can use a theme framework to enable you to do that, these are generally blank themes ready for you to get creative.
There are so many Plugins that you could add to give you a wealth of analytics for your site, but also the main thing is that you can connect Google Analytics which is fantastic, the mother of all data hubs.
You will find a lot more software programmes can integrate with WordPress.org i.e. Mailchimp for example. A lot clients I work with use Mailchimp because it is also free so this is perfect for pairing the two together.
Store & Memberships
Using Plugins like Woo-commerce you can turn your website into a fully functioning online store – hooray!! That's right taking payments and everything – woop woop!
Also the same with if you are a coach for mums who want to start their own businesses and you want to sell online courses, you can create a membership site using WordPress.org and a plugin.There are loads of great ones out there to choose from, ones that will also let you customise making your site look seamless.
The Ugly
One of the biggest things that can put people off WordPress.org is the updates and it's true you are responsible for making sure the updates to your theme, plugins and even WordPress itself happen otherwise you could find parts of your site not working how it should, but it is okay and there isn't anything to be scared of because…
Back Ups
You are responsible for making your own back ups of the site so as long as you make regular back ups and do a back up before you do any updates, you should be okay.
It's really easy to make back ups of your site because again there are Plugin's for that. I personally use Updraft Plus and found them to be really good. I can connect the back up to go to my Dropbox account once a month.
So there it is, a run down of the two WordPress platforms and what makes them different. See, they have the same name but actually offer very different functions and capabilities. The important thing to remember whenever you are embarking on creating a website is to research the platform that will be right for you long term, don't just think about upfront savings or quickness, you want something you can build on and that will last.


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Alta Bates Walkout Met With Five-Day Lockout Threat: By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
A one-day strike at Berkeley's Alta Bates Medical Center and 12 other Sutter Health hospitals in Northern California commencing at 6 a.m. Wednesday will cost strikers five days of pay.
To fill in the gap the hospital has lined up "incredibly skilled" replacements to fill in for five days, said Alta Bates spokesperson Carolyn Kemp.
Sutter has responded to the single-day job action called by members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 250 and joined by members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) with the announcement that those who leave Wednesday will be shut our for an additional four days.
The chain's response could put a chill on Christmas plans for union members.
A flyer put out by the hospitals warned union members to "Do the math: How much will Local 250's strike—and five days of lost pay from your last paycheck before the holidays—cost you and your family? Is it worth it?"
The warning followed the declaration, "Unless your contract is ratified before the five-day replacement period, employees who choose to strike on December 1 will not be returned to work until Monday."
The announcement described the lockout as a move "to encourage employees to ratify this great offer," management's latest contract proposal.
While Kemp portrayed the strike as a union move to bring their members into line, the union depicts the action as a last-ditch effort to force the chain into raising the quality of health care.
SEIU Local 250 President Sal Rosselli denounced the five-day lockout, and said the union would institute an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board if Sutter follows through with the threat.
"They're simply doing it to punish the workers," he said.
Kemp said many union members had reported they were willing to keep working, while Rosselli said the strike had "overwhelming support" from both unions.
Rosselli's union represents most Sutter employees at the hospitals except for Registered Nurses, who belong to the CNA.
The two unions "are united in this drastic actions—and a walkout is a drastic action—because we have been bargaining since last March and Sutter Health still refuses to give us a voice in setting staffing levels," Rosselli said.
Sutter officials have charged the union with trying to force Sutter to sign a master contract—a contract that would apply to all hospitals in the system—a charge which Rosselli denies.
"They're lying to the press and the community. We're not demanding a master contract and we're willing to accept eight different contracts," he said. He said the union hadn't sought a master agreement.
"We certainly are demanding standards, and it makes sense to have a model contract to base them on," Rosselli added.
"We're very happy they've given up on the master contract," said Kemp.
The key issue for both unions is an employee role in setting staffing standards and levels, a role granted the unions by all the other Northern California hospital chains, Rosselli said.
The SEIU contract expired on April 30.
"We tried to get them to sit down at the table starting in January," said Kemp. "We implemented new wages and benefits in July" at levels higher than originally offered to the union.
Kemp said the hospitals' wages are the highest in East Bay and benefits included 100 percent health coverage for members, their spouses or domestic partners and their dependents, "something offered by only three or four percent of all employers in the country."
Between them, Alta Bates in Berkeley and Summit Medical Center in Oakland—two hospitals in the same bargaining unit—have 1,300 SEIU members and 1,700 CNA nurses.
While Kemp said the strike wouldn't reduce the quality of care at the hospitals, Rosselii said, "the people they're hiring don't know anything about their hospitals," which would impact the care patients received.


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New Zealand's distinctive land and seascapes are an integral component of our wellbeing and identity. They provide deep cultural connections, physical and spiritual respite, and havens for biodiversity. They are a big part of the New Zealand export brand and a major drawcard for international visitors.
Despite their importance, many of our special places continue to be degraded. The Mackenzie Basin is a case in point. The system has been found wanting there, big-time. Milford Sound is stressed with unprecedented visitor numbers. Government is reviewing High Country policy.
Managing New Zealand's landscapes into the future will be even more challenging given adverse biodiversity trends, the billion trees initiative, tourism pressures, climate change and big policy-driven land use changes in prospect. We need new approaches and tools. Through New Eyes will critically assess the existing framework for land and seascape protection. We will delve deeply into new thinking. We will draw on local exemplars and fresh international models. We will explore a 'third way' – a new, innovative approach to better protect highly valued, private land. And we'll assess the future of our conservation estate.
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Cathedral High School serves approximately 200 students in grades 7-12. The building is part of the New Ulm Area Catholic Schools campus, which also includes St. Anthony Elementary School, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Church, and the Holy Trinity Convent. Students at Cathedral High School are challenged by a strong academic curriculum, which allows students a high level of success in college. Since the year 2000, over 95% of Cathedral graduates have chosen to further their education in college. Cathedral offers students a wide variety of courses to choose from that make well-rounded graduates. We are an educational home for a wide spectrum of academic ability and strive to pull each student up to his or her full potential.
A Catholic education serves as a moral compass.
Nine sports are offered at CHS, including volleyball, football, girls basketball, boys basketball, dance team, softball, baseball, girls golf, and boys golf. There are also eight sports offered cooperatively with the local public school. There is one sport offered cooperatively with Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School, as well as Sleepy Eye St. Mary's School. Other activities offered at Cathedral include: Art Council, Fall Dance, Knowledge Bowl, Science Bowl, Spanish Club, Speech, and school play or musical.
All faiths are welcome!
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Bad ideas, like backyard skunks, have a way of reappearing when you least expect them. I assume that such reverse serendipity accounts for a draft recommendation from the Colorado Springs Utilities Policy Advisory Committee that according to a Colorado Springs Independent story by Pam Zubeck "calls for removing barriers for bedroom communities to hook up to city water and wastewater systems."
Zubeck's account lists a number of factors that guided the recommendation, which can be summarized in one phrase: Mo' money!
In contrast with the well-dependent unincorporated cities that ring Colorado Springs, the city has sustainable water derived from mountain snowmelt and abundant storage. So shouldn't we share our good fortune with our neighbors, charge them a fat premium and move forward into a gleaming future?
No, we shouldn't. The city's water system was created, funded, maintained and expanded by and for residents of Colorado Springs. It's a continuing marvel of dedication, foresight and care for the future. It's what separates us from the clever promoters and feckless politicians who teamed up to create urban-density developments in the county without sustainable water supplies.
Founded in 1871, Colorado Springs was never intended to be a real city. It was a real estate promotion designed to draw respectable folks who wanted the West without warts — clear air, brilliant sunshine and gorgeous vistas, but no saloons, bawdy houses, gamblers, miners and penniless adventurers. Those respectable folks and their successors brought us water from increasingly distant sources, culminating in our vast and now irreplaceable transmountain diversions.
In the 1990s I had the honor of serving on Colorado Springs City Council as we considered the challenge of building a new water delivery system. For nearly a decade, CSU had sought to divert water from the Holy Cross Wilderness Area, but legal obstacles eventually killed the deal. We eventually opted for the Southern Delivery System, and so began the 20-year process of planning, permitting, funding and constructing the massive project.
And although certain slick-talking CSU employees may claim otherwise, the project was conceived to accommodate growth within the city, especially in Banning-Lewis Ranch. The water was for our shared future — for folks who would live in the city, pay city taxes and enjoy the benefits of our municipal utility system.
The value of our water resources will only grow in years to come. Just as Boulder's open space program has enhanced the city's economy and driven stratospheric increases in property values, sustainable water has and will benefit Colorado Springs.
But has CSU's $2.4 billion in long-term debt so crippled the organization that we have to pawn our water? I don't think so, but let's compare some numbers.
As of Dec. 31, 1992, CSU's total long-term debt amounted to $642.8 million, against operating revenues of $286 million. The organization's balance sheet also included restricted bond funds of $255.2 million and cash and cash equivalents of $120 million. At that time, the city's population was estimated at 300,000.
Twenty-five years later, our population has increased to about 480,000 and CSU's long-term debt stands at $2.38 billion, according to the 2018 annual operating and financial plan. Restricted and unrestricted cash balances total $320.5 million, with unrestricted cash of $209.9 million. Annual debt service at $184.9 million amounts to about 20 percent of total annual operating revenue.
Debt and revenue have tripled since 1992, although inflation has accounted for a substantial portion of the increases. The numbers are fine — we don't need to sell the family jewels.
So what will the hapless suburbs do when the groundwater runs out? They'll have to annex to the city eventually, and pay a hefty price for the privilege. Security, Widefield and Fountain are special cases, since pollutants from Peterson Air Force Base contaminated their well water. It's entirely appropriate to help them, but we need to realize that there's no such thing as a "temporary" water supply agreement. Council needs to imagine the Colorado Springs of 2050 when there's no more water for parks, medians, lawns and gardens — and our once-resplendent urban forest has withered and died.
So, city council, a word to the wise: Sell off our legacy and you'll be remembered for the "Great Water Robbery of 2018."
Editor's note: This column has been updated to reflect more accurate numbers. The Colorado Springs Independent is owned by Colorado Publishing House, which also owns the Colorado Springs Business Journal.


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Jewish Press contributor's exchange with naive Haredi pal
Under the deceptive mantra of "sharing the burden," the government is responsible for a wave of unprecedented incitement against haredim, thereby splitting the nation. It is no secret that the objective of conscripting Torah scholars is a thinly disguised attempt at social engineering.Sigh. For somebody who says he's a Torah Jew, he doesn't seem to recognize that many of the citizens he speaks of were part of the workforce and did their part to build this country in remote times, even as they put together the bible/Torah and studied its history. Indeed, a lot of the bible was practically in its early stages back in ancient Israel, long before Jonah had his encounter with God and the whale, as history scholars gathered many notable accounts with which to build historical research and piece it all together into something we could all learn from. That's the part the anti-military Haredis seem confused about.
Is it conceivable that a Jewish government in Israel is trying to prevent its citizens from living Torah-true lives in the tradition that their ancestors for generations were moser nefesh for?
Now, here's the response by the paper's contributor:
Haredim make a mistake in thinking that only the Lapid-led diehard seculars have a growing contempt for them. The dati-leumi [national religious] community is also increasingly hostile, because they sense – to me, accurately – that the haredi community is causing hatred for Torah. It is impossible to explain to, for example, my nephew, who learned in Hesder and completed his army service, why his Talmud Torah is somehow inferior to that of haredim. It is not. Perhaps his Talmud Torah is the same, but the haredi world's "nosei b'ol im chaveiro" is completely absent. That deficiency in Ahavat Yisrael is glaring, noticed, and the reason why the society at large no longer tolerates it.Well spoken. For a community that calls themselves guardians of the Torah, they sure haven't done much to help others learn it. Maybe because the potential students will understand it better than they do!
It is unconscionable that there exists in the haredi world this idea that work and army service are beneath it, and that the rest of society that haredim hold in contempt must support them so that they can sit and learn. I too would love to sit and learn, and have someone support me, but that is not the system Hashem set up.
Odd, indeed, that the Rambam's clear statement (Hilchot Talmud Torah 3:10-11) is ignored, if it is even taught. But when he speaks of "kavah me'or hadat," that is exactly what has happened. That construct of the haredi world as practiced today is unprecedented in Jewish history.
The haredi lifestyle as currently constituted is unsustainable. Everyone knows it, even their gedolim know it – but many are afraid to speak the truth for fear of physical attacks or peer reproach. They are literally trapped in a different era, using the language of Czarist Russia, Antiochus and Purim to describe a government that is the biggest financial supporter of Torah in the world. I fully endorse the notion of a Yissachar-Zevulun relationship for as long as the parties agree, but no Yissachar has the right to force someone else – the whole society? – to be a Zevulun. That is simply not part of the Torah system.
What is wrong with all Jews participating in national defense? Or, if for whatever reason haredim feel they cannot, what is wrong with even haredim doing national service – helping out in nursing homes, teaching Torah in deprived communities, even doing chesed work for a year or two? That is known as giving back to society. One can't only take; one must give as well. Certainly, as Rav Dessler emphasized repeatedly, giving – not taking – is the essence of the righteous person.
When I learned in Israel, I thought it quite natural to participate in the national defense. I didn't necessarily enjoy the loss of sleep because of overnight patrols, but I am happy I did it, and only benefited from it, even in terms of Talmud Torah. How can Zaka take time off from learning to pick up the pieces, r"l, after a terrorist attack? Why can't the same people work to thwart the terrorist attack in the first place?He's nailed it. The Haredis who refuse to serve in the army sure aren't doing much to help prevent terrorist attacks on any innocent soul. No matter what they say, it's quite possible for jihadists to infiltrate their enclaves and cause horror, all because they're not out there helping, and all because they're not trying to lead people raised under the ummah away from the Koran they were raised under, which would help prevent more jihadists from being bred.
Why would a "secular" Jew be attracted to a "Torah" lifestyle that demands estrangement from the general society, a cloistered abode, a rejection of general knowledge, an inability to function in the presence of women, and a disdain for gainful employment and self-support? It doesn't seem very attractive, except for one who wants to escape from the world.This brings to mind something that many people may have overlooked - how many leftists over past years became Haredis, because they didn't want to serve their country and saw the welfare benefits - among other things - perfect for taking advantage of? As outlandish as it seems, I believe there is a possibility not many thought of or researched, that some leftists took up the Haredi lifestyle, and became a fifth column under everybody's noses. It sounds ironic, but it might turn out to be there have been some who did. Just take a look at Lev Tahor's overlord, Shlomo Helbrans. He may have been a leftist, and so too could some of his formerly secular followers.
We have to hope all this mess can be sorted out, and that more Haredis will wake up to reality. Even those who are potentially leftist.
Labels: haredi corruption, islam, Israel, jihad, Judaism, military, misogyny, Moonbattery, terrorism, United States, war on terror


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Relationship Cycles
Relationship cycles are often misunderstood when we assign blame.
One important cycle is the Relationship Cycle of Aggression and (sometimes) Violence - the cycle of fighting..
The cycle of fighting (or connection/disconnection) in a relationship can be described as having 3 parts. The entire cycle may happen in one day or it may take weeks or months. It may be intense or subtle.
Divorce Doesn't Mean Change
Most people with children think they're "ending things" when they get divorced. In many cases, all they're doing is continuing to act out the unconscious dynamics that didn't work in marriage. When divorce comes, they invest renewed energy in the same old unconscious struggles. The only "change" is that they're doing it in the new arena of the divorcing process, and then again in the new arena of the new post-divorce configuration of their (fundamentally unchanged) relationship. Same destructive unconscious patterns and struggles. New setting.
On the other hand, some people use divorce or the possibility of divorce as an opportunity to learn about themselves, re-think all of their previously unchallenged assumptions, and make real changes. This is an easy thing to say, and a very difficult thing to do. As Tomas Szasz said, "Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence." A really useful professional will create the opportunity for this kind of real personal change in the divorce process, which includes the threshold decision of whether to divorce or not.
Albert Einstein said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result." Changing your understanding of your own reactions and the relationship dynamics is key to avoiding doing the same thing over and over, whether you stay married, get divorced or have been divorced for some time. The relationship troubles of our age are different from the one's in our parent's time. Very few professionals (or lay people) understand this, so their advice doesn't change anything, and often makes things worse.
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