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It seems Barnes & Noble is on overdrive right now. Just back from launching its new range of Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablet devices, the company is now eager to spread its footprint into the UK with the Nook Simple Touch and Nook Simple Touch GlowLight devices. Both the devices are on pre-order in the UK where prices start at a comfortable £79. The Nook has been the first off the block to launch an illuminated e-reader, though will have to face competition from the recently launched Kindle Paperwhite. Kobo is also in the process of launching an illuminated e-reader, but the Nook Simple Touch will be the first of its kind to be launched in the UK market.
The GlowLight has the same 6 inch e-ink enabled display with a resolution of 600 x 800 pixels as the Nook Simple Touch. The latter is priced at £79, though the price for the Nook GlowLight has yet to be announced. The brightness can be adjusted to the user's preference and will give a battery life of about a month. Similarly, the Nook Simple Touch has a battery backup time of 2 months on a single charge. Both the devices are Wi-Fi enabled and come with 2 GB of internal memory. The device can also support microSD card of up to 32 GB.
Catch up with the press release below for more on this.
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New York, New York – September 26, 2012 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today introduced NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, the lightest HD and full HD tablets. The super-fast and lightweight 7-inch NOOK HD and 9-inch NOOK HD+ feature must-see displays for superior reading and entertainment and an instantly personalised tablet experience for each family member. In fact, NOOK HD boasts the world's highest-resolution ever on a 7-inch tablet and NOOK HD+ rivals the industry-leading tablet's display. Starting at the low prices of £159 for NOOK HD and £229 for NOOK HD+ – nearly half the cost of the leading large-format tablet – both products deliver an amazing value for customers, with no annoying ads. With more than 2.5 million books, a large selection of magazines and apps, as well as NOOK Video™ content coming this holiday, NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ offer virtually endless reading and entertainment at customers' fingertips. Pre-orders will begin in late October at leading UK retailers and at www.nook.co.uk. NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ will be available through Blackwell's, Currys, PC World, Foyles, John Lewis, Sainsbury's and Waitrose beginning in late November.
The fantastic new 7-inch NOOK HD and 9-inch NOOK HD+ are packed with favourite tablet features that the whole family will love:
A Personalised Tablet Experience For Both Individuals and Families
According to research by Barnes & Noble, more than 50 percent of tablet owners share their devices with others in their families every day. Half also say they would never let their child handle their device unattended. Not surprising, given that more than a third of tablet owners report having content on their devices they don't want anyone else to see. NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are designed explicitly to provide a personalised experience for individuals and their family members, allowing children to freely enjoy all the content they love without happening upon all that parents would rather they didn't see. NOOK Profiles™ instantly transform the device in hand to any family member's very own tablet. With a quick tap on a profile at the top of the screen, the entire experience magically changes into that family member's personal tablet as their own content – and personalised recommendations – appears on the display. Now mum's NOOK becomes Jack's NOOK, becomes dad's NOOK and so on. In a blink, one device is like four, or five, or six. Adults can use their personal passwords to easily access their books, magazines, videos, apps and more. Children can dive into their collection of digital picture books, learning apps, and kid-friendly videos, while tweens and teens can access their chapter books, magazines, games and favourite TV shows. Enhanced controls with simple settings and password features empower parents to easily manage their children's access to the web, content and shopping.
Must-Have Tablet Features
The new NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are optimised to deliver unparalleled experiences in the areas that company research showed NOOK tablet owners use most: reading, Web, video and email. The reading experience is unmatched, offering beautifully rendered text, magazines in spectacular HD and lightning fast page turns. Thanks to top-end processors, the newly designed Web browser in NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ is super-fast, making it simple and smooth to surf favourite sites with a tap, pinch and zoom. Integrated into the Web browser, ArticleView™ allows you to customise your online reading experience. Both NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ will offer access to a collection of popular movies and TV shows through new NOOK Video coming to the UK this holiday. And an all-new built-in email app offers new features in an easy-to-use, clean format that supports a host of popular personal and work-related email services including Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync.
NOOK HD – The Most Exceptional Reading and Entertainment Experience in a 7-Inch Tablet
Best 7-Inch Display: NOOK HD includes a newly invented, brilliant display that delivers the highest quality text, graphics and video experience in a 7-inch media tablet. Packed with pixels, every book read, every movie watched, every game played is rendered in a digital quality never before seen. NOOK HD offers the highest-resolution display ever on a 7-inch tablet at 1440 x 900, with an unprecedented 243 pixels per inch and HD video playback of up to 720p. It's ultra-sharp with 25 percent more pixels than Kindle Fire HD for a better overall viewing experience. Building on the highly advanced laminated displays first seen in the 7-inch category on previous NOOK LCD products, NOOK HD features the most advanced IPS display coupled with world-class optical bonding technology with no air gap to deliver low-glare and a wide viewing angle for sharing.
Super-Light and A Joy to Hold: Weight matters, and no other leading 7-inch HD tablet is lighter than NOOK HD. By developing a breakthrough design that integrates the display into the device itself, Barnes & Noble eliminated many components to keep NOOK HD super-light, yet durable. At only 315 grams and just 127 mm wide, it's more than 20 percent lighter and one centimetre narrower than Kindle Fire HD. So, it fits the hand beautifully and is finished with soft-touch paint that makes it comfortable for even a young child to hold. NOOK HD is ergonomically contoured for comfort and slips easily into a men's suit coat, a woman's handbag or a child's backpack.
Lightning Fast: Armed with a dual-core 1.3GHz high-speed processor, NOOK HD is lightning fast, highly responsive and smooth. With its more powerful processor, it's not surprising that NOOK HD is faster than Kindle Fire HD for a nimble overall experience, and 80 percent faster when it comes to graphics processing for smoother, faster animations, renderings, apps experience and more. The 1GB of RAM allows customers to easily zip from one app to another and play movies.
More Choices: The world's most exceptional 7-inch reading and entertainment tablet is now available for pre-order in two colours, "Snow" and "Smoke." Starting at just £159 for an 8GB model and only £189 for a 16GB version – both featuring expandable microSD memory storage – customers can learn more about the devices at www.nook.co.uk and pre-order NOOK HD, as well as NOOK HD+, next month.
NOOK HD+ – The Lightest and Lowest-Priced Full HD Tablet Ever
Spectacular Full HD Display: For those who want to enjoy reading and entertainment on a larger scale, NOOK HD+ offers a must-see full HD 9-inch display with resolution of 1920 x 1280 and 256 pixels per inch for up to 1080p for movies, magazines and more. The fully laminated display reduces glare and provides excellent viewing angles, perfect for personal or shared viewing. This amazing display rivals the "resolutionary" screen of the leading high-resolution large-format tablet, but is offered in a device that's more than 20 percent less weight and nearly half the price.
Incredibly Light Yet Powerful: Weighing in at only 515 grams, NOOK HD+ is big on display, yet lightweight, easy to hold and take anywhere. It is the lightest full HD tablet ever invented. NOOK HD+ is power-packed by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM for a fast, smooth customer experience, whether browsing the web, reading books and magazines, watching videos, enjoying apps or checking email.
Best Price Ever for Full HD Tablet: The beautifully designed NOOK HD+, offered in the colour "Slate," features expandable memory for even more storage with options of 16GB for £229 and 32GB for £269 – two astoundingly low prices for a brilliant, super-light 9-inch reading and entertainment tablet.
Both NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ will be delivered to customers and in UK stores in late November, in plenty of time for Christmas. .
"With the combination of the highest resolution screen, lightest weight and expansive access to content rendered in a digital quality never before seen, NOOK HD is the world's best 7-inch media tablet," said William J. Lynch, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble. "We designed our larger format tablet NOOK HD+, because we think there's big demand from customers for a super-light, extremely high quality 9-inch tablet, at half the price of the iPad. Both our 7-inch NOOK HD and 9-inch NOOK HD+ deliver an exceptional customer experience and we enthusiastically encourage customers to go to nook.com and learn more about them," said William J. Lynch, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble.
Announcing Even More NOOK Content and Services to Enjoy
As part of the launch of NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, Barnes & Noble also announced significant new additions and advancements to the NOOK content ecosystem:
A Growing and Diverse Digital Catalogue: The NOOK Store™ now offers more than 2.5 million books including bestselling books, new releases, classics and enhanced titles with special content; a large collection of best-loved English-language children's interactive picture books; comic books and graphic novels; and picture-perfect art, photography, travel guides and cookbook titles.
NOOK Video: Beginning this holiday in the UK, NOOK Video will offer customers their favourite standard and HD movies and TV shows for streaming and download to watch in spectacular colour and stunning definition on NOOK HD and NOOK HD+. Both devices are designed with an HDMI compatible port to allow customers to easily connect to their TVs to watch movies and shows in up to full 1080p.
Magazine 2.0: NOOK Newsstand™ has a large digital collection of favourite UK magazines available for both digital subscriptions and single copy sale. With NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, the industry-leading magazine experience just got even better. A new visual table of contents lets customers view thumbnails of the entire magazine and simply tap the article they want to read first. Magazines feature a super-fast, 3D-like page turn and include built-in hot spots for readers to quickly jump to specific articles and to go deeper on a subject or story through audio, video and web linking. NOOK's innovative ArticleView lets the reader focus only on the text, customised to their needs. The company also introduced a breakthrough NOOK Scrapbook™, where magazine readers can virtually clip pages of interest and save them in customised digital scrapbooks.
Excellent Newspaper Experience: Extra! Extra! NOOK Newspapers make it easier and more fun to read newspapers digitally. Customers can view and choose each of the paper's sections on the left column to tap and read in a snap. The large selection of daily and weekly newspapers are available through subscription or single copies and are automatically downloaded via Wi-Fi® to the device when available for reading with morning coffee, on the commute home or anywhere in between.
Top Apps: NOOK Apps™ features a wide range of titles for the whole family, including the hottest games, as well as lifestyle, productivity, news, entertainment and reading apps. Customers will find a broad collection with all the most popular and bestselling top 100 app titles for tablets available anywhere. In fact, only the NOOK Store provides helpful age recommendations for parents and lets customers browse by subject area to find the perfect app for their child among the broadest and the most curated app collection of kids' educational apps on any Android store. With games and activities focused on language, math, puzzles, reading, art and more, NOOK provides families with hours of playful learning that helps kids make the most of their "screen time."
NOOK Store – A Better Way to Shop & Find Content: NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ bring a new level of personal shopping service to the device experience. Customers can tap on the Your NOOK Today™ icon on the home screen to reveal fresh content and personalised recommendations each day. This includes their latest newsstand subscriptions delivered virtually, plus cool apps and new titles matched to their profile.
And just like a great bookshop, the NOOK Store is a place of continuous discovery. The new store experience allows customers to easily shop by department or explore new NOOK Channels™, a pioneering recommendation system that combines the unrivalled knowledge of Barnes & Noble booksellers with advanced algorithmic technology to create an unparalleled, curated browsing experience. Targeted by interest and sensibility, each NOOK Channel programs a rich stream of reading and apps – and soon movies – that includes the latest releases as well as backlist gems, bestsellers as well as offbeat treasures. Customers can browse and shop Channels that will expand their passions for the authors and subjects they love, from Paranormal Romance, War Stories, and Books to Talk About to Jane Austen & Heirs, The New Classics, History by Plot and Books Every Kid Should Know.
NOOK Cloud: All NOOK content is delivered via Wi-Fi and safely stored through NOOK Cloud, making NOOK Books, videos, apps and other content accessible across NOOK, personal computing and mobile devices using free NOOK Reading and NOOK Video apps.
Additional NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ Highlights
· Battery Life that Lasts: Both devices feature extra-long battery life optimised for extended use. NOOK HD offers up to 10.5 hours of continuous reading and up to 9.5 hours of video watching, while NOOK HD+ boasts up to 10 hours and up to 9 hours for reading and video, respectively, all with Wi-Fi off.
· Expandable Storage: In addition to generous onboard storage, NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ also feature expandable memory using a separate microSD card (up to 64GB) – another feature not offered on Amazon's tablets. NOOK gives customers an economical and flexible way to carry their personal content, PDFs, music, videos and more anywhere.
· A Better Value, Ad-Free: NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ offer brilliant displays so customers can enjoy their favourite content and personal photos, not annoying ads as with Amazon's tablets. And with low prices starting at £159 and £229 respectively, always ad-free NOOK tablets are a better value than Amazon's. For example, in the US where the product is currently available, Amazon currently charges customers an additional £9 for freedom from advertising offers on their tablet home page.
· Ready for Power: Barnes & Noble also knows that customers prefer to charge their tablets quickly with an AC adapter; every new NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ has one included at no extra cost. Amazon charges £18 for their tablets' adapters sold separately.
· Superb Sound: To deliver excellent audio, NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are designed with customised speakers and utilise SRS TruMedia™* to create a wide sound field, deep bass, clear vocals and strong midrange performance. Whether listening through the device's speakers, a pair of headphones or on a Bluetooth-enabled speaker, customers will enjoy a rich audio experience watching videos, listening to music, reading children's picture books or playing games.
· A NOOK of One's Own: Gallery has never been so personal with instant access to cherished memories from popular photo sharing and social networking sites. Customers can add even more photos to the Gallery from their computer or emails. NOOK becomes each family member's very own when they pick a favourite photo for the home screen and screensaver for each individual profile – instead of annoying ads. NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ also make it easy to share photos via email or in person, by connecting NOOK to a TV.
· Easy to Use Interface: Both new tablets feature a beautiful "paper-like" user interface that gets customers right into the content they want, and allows quick access into core applications: Home, Library, Shop and Web. The experience is intended to make NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ the easiest tablets on the market to use, empowering customers to take advantage of its extensive functionality and enjoy a reading experience that far surpasses that of any other tablets.
· Stay Connected More Easily: The email app on NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ lets customers stay connected with what's happening at the office through support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. Customers can check business email and sync calendar and contacts, too. NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ also support email, calendar and contacts syncing for popular services like Gmail, Hotmail and Outlook.com, as well other popular POP3/IMAP email services like Yahoo!, AOL and more.
Pre-orders for NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ will begin next month for customers in the United Kingdom, as the products will be available in late November there through leading retailers and www.nook.co.uk. NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ will be offered through in more than 1,600 shops and online through Blackwell's, Currys, Dixons, Foyles, John Lewis, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.
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This week on "Meet the Press," moderator David Gregory interviewed Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. There are a lot of things on which I do not agree with Rick Santorum (like most of what he says). He talked about fellow Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, and the upcoming primaries. He also spent some time defending remarks he made the previous week about the separation of church and state, whether to encourage people to seek a college education and his voting record on No Child Left Behind (he said he voted for it, even though it was against his conscious).
The interview was interesting, but not earth shattering by any means. Rick Santorum has views I don't agree with, but it's not news to me. What I found particularly interesting was the discussion during the roundtable segment. Steve Schmidt, a Republican strategist who ran John McCain's campaign in 2008, mentioned that Santorum has been losing momentum because he's had to backtrack to explain and defend statements he's made, rather than focusing on his campaign's message.
Kathleen Parker, a columnist for The Washington Post, further honed in this point. She said, "[Santorum has] that lack of prudence in selecting your battles and choosing your words wisely […]" This, she said is his biggest flaw.
These points got me thinking about what role communication plays not only in campaigns, but government as a whole.
Anger, distrust and confusion ensue when leaders and politicians fail to competently communicate to people what they mean and what they do and why they do it.
I think Santorum is a good example of not communicating well. Because he does not pick his battles or words well, he ends up off message and on tangents. This past week, while at a tea party event in Michigan, Santorum mentioned President Obama once said he wanted everyone in America to go to college. Santorum then said, "What a snob."
In defending his statement afterward, Santorum said he meant that everyone should have the opportunity to attend college but that it isn't for everyone and we as a nation shouldn't look down upon those who attend trade schools instead.
In defending his position on multiple news programs afterward, he better communicated his position. But by this time what people were talking about was his snob comment. I don't necessarily agree that we shouldn't set a goal to get all people to attend college; I think it has a greater value than simply attaining a degree. But his view that not all people should attend college is just that – his view – and perhaps one that others share. Effectively communicating his view and explaining why he thinks that way would better serve him. Explain to people how it will benefit them and society.
I don't want to pick only on Santorum. Many fall prey to the pitfalls of bad communication.
Take the health care law, for example. I think that health care is important for all to have. As a student, I particularly like being able to stay on my parents' insurance longer.
However, what I remember most clearly when the law passed was the mob-like town hall meetings. While I think the law was an important step in health care, I think the White House and Democrats did not do their jobs in effectively communicating to people what the health care law entailed or how it would benefit them.
Communication is fundamental to human existence. It's how we relate to one another. If our leaders don't communicate with us effectively, how can they effectively lead us? Aside from having policy ideas, our leaders need to have good communication skills. A person may be the smartest person in the world, but I don't think he/she would accomplish much if they could not successfully explain their ideas and plans to people.
Maybe it's because I'm a communication minor, maybe it's because I fancy myself a good writer, but I think communication skills are the most important skills a person can have. If you can't communicate to someone what you want, you won't get it.

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We love vinegar at our house. Our daughter learned early the pleasure of dousing sauteed greens with vinegar. We like to make our own, and sometimes have enough to share. We're always playing around with flavor combinations. Our latest contribution is Blackberry Balsamic vinegar.
Sweetlife's Apple Cider Vinegar begins the apples we picked from the trees and quietly ferments for months.
Since the smokehouse was built, lots of stuff has been subjected to smoke infusion.
We found an Arbequina olive oil from California that won our taste test hands down, and decided to try cold-smoking it over some of our alder wood. If you love a good fruity olive oil, you're sure to appreciate the addition of the sultry smoky flavor imparted by the alder smoke.


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Book Review, Politics Trumps Economics: The Interface of Economics and Politics in Contemporary India by Bimal Jalan and Pulapre Balakrishnan (edited), Rainlight/ Rupa, 2014; pp 211, Rs 500
It was felt and highlighted that the 'policy paralysis' and lack of reform impetus in macroeconomic policies led to the downward spiral in the business and mass sentiments, eventually led to an alarming level of deceleration in economic growth. The UPA-II regime was blamed for that, which was justified to an extent too, but somewhere there is a need is to see the real stumbling blocks.
Foremostly, it has to be admitted that India's administrative system has become largely non-functional and unresponsive to the interest of the masses. The book under review precisely focuses on this crux of the problem through twelve essays from some of India's leading policy practitioners. Moreover, the central mandate of the anthology exudes at patches and in full, the well-meaning vision of its editors.
Bimal Jalan in his different administrative capacities has seen the administrative structure of this country from close quarters, and Balakrishnan – with long affiliations with policy matters is equally capable to comment on what ails the delivery mechanism through the administrative routes and where the two other arms, 'legislature' and 'judiciary' are faltering.
As the purview of governance is no longer limited with the government alone, the essays in the book put forth a deserved emphasis on 'corporate governance' and infer that various practices in big business are in urgent need of correction too.
T.T Ram Mohan's piece Corporate Governance: Issues and Challenges is one that gives topical insights on the theme. He writes, "A certaincynicism has crept into the debate on corporate governance. There is a sense that, as with corruption, it is something that people will keep talking about without anything substantive happening on the ground" – this captures the views of an average citizen vis-à-vis the interventions of the government. Seemingly, it is harrowing.
The "Overview" in the beginning of the book by Bimal Jalan brings to the fore his suggestions for 'political reforms', besides economic and administrative reforms – to reduce corruption, the power of small parties to destabilise multi-party coalitions and attractiveness of politics as a career for persons with questionable antecedents. Indeed, without a reformed culture of politics, it is naïve dreaming for the fruits of economic reforms and that too with equity.
Pulapre Balakrishnan's Governing for an Inclusive Growth is about addressing the challenges of delivering social justice in India today and it rightly argues for governing policies towards that end.
The other essays by Meghnad Desai, Dipankar Gupta, Poonam Gupta, Ashima Goel, Samuel Paul, Ravi Kanbur, Sunil Mani, M. Govinda Rao and Deepak Mohanty – though with varied level of interpretations, fit enough to be catogarised into three broader sections of the book: politics, governance and policy.
Their focus is on the interface between politics and economics in India, which actually determines the path of progress for the country. This book should be of interest for anyone, who has enthusiasm for the policy matters and knowing about the fast changing form of politics, governance and economic processes in India.
The flurry of activities on the land is unprecedented and hence intriguing too, with keeping the challenges upfront for the policymakers and those who are getting governed to reach a consensus. Albeit that part is tough and probably difficult to come in terms with – this book certainly makes our understanding better on the whole issue.
The essays more than modestly also offer impressionable solutions to end the menace of corruption and for achieving inclusive growth – this comes while discussing among others, the pressing issues related to the coalition government, the rise of new politics (through civic activism), the growing inequality, alienation, the contradiction between identity politics and development.
There is so much happening in India on the policy front, and a single book can have only restricted overtures with those churnings. Given this backdrop, Politics Trumps Economics is a valuable addition to the policy studies and has comprehensive prescriptions for the general readers, who are equally in need of knowing their country's ongoing tryst with destiny.
(Atul K Thakur can be reached at email@example.com)
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International Women's Day: Reflections from Colombia
Colombia TRADE UNIONS FOR WOMEN
International Women's Day with Adela Torres
"Let's make the 8th of March a day of demands". Respect, justice and equity.
Last Sunday, March 6th, the National Union of Workers in Agricultural Industries (Sintrainagro) held a mass meeting of women in the municipality of Apartadó, as part of the celebration of International Women's Day. La Rel talked to Adela Torres, national General Secretary of the Union.
-What is your verdict on last Sunday's meeting?
-It was a very good meeting, with a great gathering of women who packed the local union hall.
It was very important because several of the women taking part highlighted the difficulties they face in their everyday lives as women, mothers and workers.
There was a valuable discussion about the challenges that we women still face in our search for equal rights, especially in the workplace and, in this region particularly, in regard to living conditions and health.
-Since you embarked on union work back in 2001, what has changed, and what changes are still needed in relation to women's rights?
-In those 15 years the greatest change I have seen is in the attitude of working women themselves.
Back then, women comrades were still afraid to talk about their problems and to demand their rights.
That has changed: the women of this banana-producing region (and they are many) have gradually lost their fear and shyness, and are asserting themselves, claiming their rights, not only in the workplace but also in society at large.
So many years of training and work by Sintrainagro in gender politics is producing positive results for our region. Nowadays women can speak out and say: "Here we are and this is what we want".
There is still a long way to go, particularly in terms of job creation, housing and more comprehensive health-care coverage, but we have come a long way.
Female-headed households
Women for whom the struggle never ends
-This region has a high number of female-headed households. How do they deal with this situation?
-In the banana-producing region of Urabá, 71% of women are heads of households, as a consequence of the displacement of men due to unemployment or periods of violence. Many women have been left widowed.
We are working in partnership with the municipal authorities on programmes focusing on these women and seeking, among other things, to bring them into the labour market and to offer them vocational training.
Apartadó town council is open to developing projects that will benefit women within their community and assist in their personal and social development.
-What message would you send women today?
-We should not see the 8th of March as a celebration: it should, rather, be a day to highlight our demands and our daily struggle for our rights, which are there, which exist on paper, but which need to become reality.
The 8th of March should highlight women's daily struggle for better working and living conditions.
Respect, justice and equity
10th March 2016
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The Difference Between Company Debt and Personal Debt
There's a big reason that personal debt is talked about much more than business or company debts. It's much more important to the individual than anything else. Personal debt can seriously hinder a person's financial ability. However, for those who own and run businesses, the line between personal debt and company debt can be hard to discern. A great many people pour their lives into their business, so much so that their business becomes their life. Business needs can take on personal weight, and money meant to be kept away from the business can be made to bolster its financial need. Regardless, there is a large difference between what constitutes as personal debt and business debt.
Personal Debt
As everyone may already know, personal debt has to do with items for personal use. These items can include things like credit cards, personal loans and other similar financial products. Personal debt can also involve other obligations with more specific uses (such as student loans or medical bills). The nature of personal debt can have multiple purposes, but it generally has the same effect on your credit.
As your personal debt fluctuates, so does your credit. The better you do with your personal debt, the better off your credit will be. There are multiple factors that go into influencing your credit when dealing with debt. All aspects of debt play a part, from the amount of open accounts you have to the amount of debt you owe at any one point in time. This will end up impacting your ability to utilize your creditworthiness into the future. Qualifying for credit cards and loans is completely influenced by your creditworthiness.
Business Debt
Much like the name implies, business debt solely deals with debts incurred by your small business, company or corporation. The ways that a business can incur debt has the most to do with how your business' money is spent. As with many business models, there must be a budget involved. While people can have budgets for their personal lives as well, one is understandably crucial to the survival of a business. Many levels of spending, from employee wages to research and development, must be monitored and accounted for. While a business budget does require a bit more planning and stricter rule following, it does offer the simplicity when it calls to be changed
There is also a grave difference in how credit and debt is dealt with for individuals and businesses. In many instances, businesses are dealt with with more accountability, perhaps due to the higher stakes that businesses face. In the case of debt collection, individuals have more restrictions placed on them to protect their liberties and rights. Businesses are dealt with more loosely due to their (sometimes) inherent nature to do better business with creditors.


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She was reelected to Parliament in 1999, but stepped down in 2003, under a new fiscal scandal. South Africa was below the system called apartheid, where citizens of native African ancestry were subjected to some severe caste system in which European descendants loved substantially higher rates of wealth, wellbeing and social independence. Winnie finished her studies and, though receiving a scholarship to study in The United States, determined instead to work as the very first black medical social worker at Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg. A committed professional, she came to learn via her field work of the deplorable state that a lot of her patients lived in.
In the mid-1950s, Winnie met lawyer Nelson Mandela, who, at that time, was leader of the African National Congress, an organization together with the aim of ending South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation. Both wed in June 1958, despite issues from Winnie's dad on the couple's age difference and Mandela's steadfast political participation. Following the marriage, Winnie moved into Mandela's house in Soweto. She became officially known then as Winnie Madikizela-Mandel.


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This is the second in my series of interviews with candidates for the 52nd Congressional District.
On Friday afternoon, May 2, I sat down at the Santee Town Center Starbuck's with Michael Benoit (pronounced ben-WAH), who is the Libertarian candidate for the 52nd District. Mr. Benoit is in a slightly different situation than most of the other candidates, in that he is running unopposed in the primary and so will go directly to the general election in November. He is a Boston native, but moved with his family to Pacific Beach in the 1960s and then to the East County in the early 1970s. His first career was in the insurance industry for 15 years, then started a home inspection business in 1988 and a flyer delivery service in the mid-90s, both of which he continues to run. Mr. Benoit said that he decided to run for Congress because since he started following politics closely in the 90s, he has seen politicians who have lost the perception of what made this country great – and that was individual liberty and a limited government."
Our first topic of discussion was education and the role of the federal government. Mr. Benoit, who calls himself a "perennial student of the Constitution," points out that Thomas Jefferson explains that the federal government is a "foreign" government to the states. This means that the role of the federal government is to deal with foreign countries and issues between the states. It had virtually no power to deal with domestic issues, such as education. Therefore, it has no business getting involved in education, and in fact makes things worse, explaining, "The further away the control of a child's education gets from the parent and the teacher, the worse it gets." He believes government should have no role or influence in education, and that decisions need to be made at the local level.
On healthcare, Mr. Benoit feels that this is another area where the federal government has no business getting involved. The Constitution made no provision for the federal government to take a role in healthcare. He argues that senior citizens pay more out of pocket for their healthcare now than they did before the advent of Medicare. Mr. Benoit explained that at one point (in the 1960s or before) the government had restricted the number of students who could go to medical school on the argument by the doctors' lobby that it would increase the quality of doctors. The actual result, he said, was less competition and higher rates that doctors could charge. He sees the government's increase in regulations as a stepping stone toward national healthcare, which he opposes.
Mr. Benoit's thoughts about government involvement in the mortgage situation echoed his opinions on its invovlement in other areas of life. He first quoted past Libertarian Presidential Candidate Harry Brown, who said "the government cripples you, hands you a crutch, and then says, 'see, you wouldn't be able to walk if it wasn't for us.'" Mr. Benoit talked about how the Congress had abdicated it's duty to manages the money supply by creating the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913. He then explained the role of the Federal Reserve in creating the Roaring 20s and the Depression by inflating and then deflating the money supply, and how the situation has repeated itself in the buildup of the 90s and early 00s and the current decline. Low interest rates and easy money created the booms of the 20s and 90s, but it also allowed un-creditworthy individuals to get into homes. This caused a bubble in the real estate market that is now settling. The answer has been to create more easy money to bail out banks and individuals, at the expense of the responsible buyers. His solution is a sound monetary policy that does not allow a central bank to inflate and deflate the money supply.
On the subject of Social Security, Mr. Benoit sees it as another example of government overstepping its Constitutional role while making promises it didn't keep. "People gave up the liberty of their paychecks" in ecxhange for government's promise of security and a guarantee that the money would be held in a trust fund. Mr. Benoit said that this trust fund actually does not exist and never has – that the money has simply been spent right away, along with other taxes. However, he does believe that the government has made a commitment to those who are currently on Social Security, and that it must make good on that commitment. On the other hand, he does not believe that future generations should be forced to remain in the program. He says the government is considering possibly raising Social Security taxes, lowering benefits, and printing more money to deal with the situation.
When asked for this thoughts on protecting/using the environment, Mr. Benoit stated that "government is the worst steward of the environment." As with education, he believes that the closer the government is to the people, the better it will handle its obligations – including protecting the environment. He is in favor of turning National Parks into State Parks, and having a wider degree of private property ownership – which he argues would give people more recourse against polluters if the people owned the land. Mr. Benoit feels this would help bring us back to a more responsible attitude toward the environment.
On the topic of preparing for future fires, such as in 2003 and 2007, Mr. Benoit believes that if it is federal land bordering communities, then the federal government should take care of any fire protection on it. As far as the lack of coordination among organizations, he thinks part of the problem is that government has handicapped people and they are afraid of getting in trouble for acting without authorization. He also feels that more homes could have been saved if more people had been allowed to stay at their home instead of being forced to evacuate.
Talking of immigration, Mr. Benoit said that if the federal government just paid attention to what it is supposed to, it would do a better job of it. He talked about how the country used to allow a much larger flow of immigrants, and that this flow helped give power to the American economy. Immigration started becoming more of a problem "when we became more of a socialist state. A welfare state." This holds for both legal and illegal immigration. In fact Mr. Benoit feels that there would be less concern about illegal immigration "if it wasn't for the huge cost to our society in free education, free healthcare, and free 'anchor baby' status." The ending of the "bracero" program, which provided temporary Mexican labor for agriculture during harvest time, increased illegal immigration by ending a source of temporary legal immigrants. Another factor is the increase in border control – it has become more difficult for illegal immigrants to go home because of the danger and expense of returning to the U.S. So instead, they stay here and send for their family members, thus enriching the "coyotes" who smuggle people across the border. Mr. Benoit feels the only way to deal with the illegal immigration problem is to deny all social benefits – such as health care and education – and make it easier for them to go home. Then give them a 6-month work visa after they have been home for at least 3 months. If there is a flow of legal labor, then employers will be self-regulating and less eager to hire illegal workers, and these people will then go home if they have no work. Mr. Benoit also believes the employers and immigrants should not be punished, rather the politicians who have created the situation.
On my last topic, transportation, Mr. Benoit said it was a "twisted interpretation of the Commerce Clause" that allows the federal government to be involved in building highways – only "post roads" were authorized by the Constitution, and those only for communication purposes. He said the Commerce Clause simply authorizes the federal government to make sure that nothing interferes with interstate commerce, not to regulate all aspects of it. Mr. Benoit also believes that most of the state highways would be completed by now if the state government had not been raiding transportation funds for general expenses. Federal protections of endangered and threatened species has also been a hindrance to completing projects.
Mr. Benoit has great concerns about the direction the federal government is going in a number of areas. He feels that the "astronomical" debt will lead to either default or the printing of more money – which will devalue the money more. Another area of concern is personal rights and responsibility. "Every time government takes away a right or a liberty," he said, "they take away individual responsiblity with it." The role of the federal government should be as guardian of our individual liberties. The Constitution and Bill of Rights outline the duties of the federal government and prohibitions on its actions as well. Mr. Benoit feels that many politicians take an oath to protect the Consititution, but either don't truly understand the Constitution "or they don't care." He gave an example the change from a gold and silver coin system, as mandated by the Constitution, to a federal reserve note system, which has lead to inflation and devaluation.
Mr. Benoit closed our talk by returning to the Declaration of Independence and the Constition. The Declaration of Independence states that people are endowed with "inalienable" rights, governments are instituted to secure these rights, and people have the right to change the government when it ceases to do that. He quoted Benjamin Franklin's statement that "if you give up liberty for security, you'll end up with neither." Government "disables" us in some way, prevents us from doing something for ourselves, then argues that it must take away some liberty in order to protect us. And by doing this, the government prevents people from taking personal responsibility.
I hope to have the complete podcast of this interview up soon.


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Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner are undoubtedly one of the first teams that come to most people's minds when thinking of legendary figure skating pairs teams. With a fabulous and complex mixture of art, athleticism and entertainment, they comprised a team of complex chemistry and just had that "it" factor on the ice. Fresh off the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships and my first interview with a World Champion - Randy Gardner - it is my utmost pleasure to present to the interview with my second, who just happens to be Tai Babilonia! A World Champion, U.S. Champion, Olympian, World Professional Champion and really sweet person - I sincerely hope you'll enjoy this interview! I most certainly did:
Q: You won five consecutive U.S. national titles and after 2 bronze medals, won the World Championships in 1979. What is your favourite memory from your competition days? The toughest challenge?
A: Well, I have a few. I would say of course winning the World Championships in '79. We had one of those out of body experiences and after that performance the hug from Randy and my coach are something i will cherish forever. Being a two time Olympian (1976 and 1980) is also a very cool accomplishment. The toughest challenge was the training on and off the ice, especially before the Olympics in Lake Placid in 1980. There were quite a few distractions and I must thank and compliment our coach Mr. Nicks for protecting us from a lot of the Hollywood vultures who were at that time knocking on "the Tai and Randy door". He was brilliant and knew how to pick and choose the publicity that what was best for us at the time.
Q: You and Randy competed in many professional competitions throughout your career, winning important competitions like the World Professional Championships. What are your thoughts on professional and pro-am competitions?
A: We both loved those pro competitions. So much fun and financially rewarding! Thank you to Dick Button for those awesome opportunities. Selling out the Capitol Center in Landover, Maryland every year... there is no way that would happen these days.
Q: What were your favourite programs you ever skated?
A: Sarah Kawahara choreographed "On Golden Pond" for us and it was absolutely beautiful. Randy choreographed "Love" sung by Kenny Loggins. I really loved that program. I think what made it special was that it was Randy's vision and creation. He kept it simple, clean and elegant. With us, less is more. We performed it at a very emotional time in my life in 1996. My father had passed away and I was going through a divorce and was a single parent providing for Scout. My performing that year got me through a very intense period - probably some of my best performances were during that time. Applause is very healing.
A: Mr. Nicks was the boss and it was and still is about RESPECT, that's all.
Q: You battled addiction and won. What kind of advice would give someone fighting addiction?
A: Well, I haven't won my battle. For me it's not a day at a time, it's one second at a time. I choose to share my recovery with everyone - this works best for me. I have no secrets and I like it that way. It's been well documented from the cover story for People magazine to a made for television movie for NBC back in '90. It comes up in every interview i do and it's a huge part of my story. I have learned to embrace it. I recently worked with a very well known musician and he knew about my recovery. His advice to me is now a permanent chip in my brain. He told me to "take care of my sobriety because it is very fragile". Oh, how I love that! And yes, I have incorporated this in a poem. My advice to anyone dealing with addiction is really not advice but just know you are not alone and there is so much help out there if you want it. It's about the honesty!
Q: What are your thoughts on U.S. skating today? How have things changed since you competed?
A: By now, most of my friends know my thoughts about where our sport is. It's not positive and believe me, I have tried to find the positive. I can't find it. My fear right this second is for the little skater kids coming up. I honestly see no future for them and that makes me so sad - really sad and mad. Don't get me started because this interview will probably end up being ten pages long! I see a corruptness in skating and no one is saying or doing anything about it. i don't have the power to fix it but as you know, I use my voice as much as I can. I am just trying to help but the egos of some people in U.S. Figure Skating I think take it as a threat. To 'them', I am the past and my opinion does not matter or count anymore. I so appreciate that Randy and I were part of figure skating when it was cool. It seems very uncool now.
Q: What kinds of projects are you involved in these days? Do you and Randy still skate together?
A: My biggest project right now is my book. I just finished working with my ghost writer and now the proposal is being written. It's pretty powerful and I went deep with this one. Once again it's about the honesty. My son Scout has said he would love to write the forward and I can't think of a better person to write it. I hid nothing from him and he is my biggest supporter and cheerleader. I think if there is a project that is really creative and not very time consuming, Randy and I would absolutely do something together, never say never. We will be hosting a fundraiser here at home in Los Angeles called "An Evening On Ice" in July for Tricia and Nick LaRoche. We are really looking forward to this one. For more information on "An Evening On Ice" visit http://www.usathleticfoundation.org/.
Q: Having a connection on the ice and skating TO the music are undoubtedly two of the key elements to good pairs skating. Which pairs teams inspire you?
A: The pair teams that have inspired me are Richard Ewell and Shelly McCladdie and Jojo Starbuck and Ken Shelley. As a young skater, I watched and I learned. They were also coached by Mr. Nicks in the seventies. I'm old school!
Q: What's your favourite song?
A: That's a tough one. I have so many! Anything by the Beatles and any song from the Motown Sound. "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix is number one for sure. I love a lot of Broadway music - the songs "Somewhere" and "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story... I also love "Something Wonderful" from The King And I, "Colour My World" from Chicago... too many to name!
Q: The way figure skating is presented to the public has certainly changed, with less television coverage and things like Ice Network, Internet broadcast feeds and YouTube bringing skating to a wider audience over the Internet. Do you think we'll see figure skating return to its "glory days" of media coverage (as in the nineties)?
A: No! But I hope and believe that if the right and honest people are in charge it has a small chance. Here's hoping!
Q: In addition to being a figure skating legend yourself, you have skated with and worked with legend upon legend of the sport. Who is the most interesting person you've worked with?
A: I can't choose one. All of the above and the top of that list legend/icon/friend Mr. Dick Button and Richard Dwyer.
Q: What motivates you every day and what is the most important thing you've learned in life?
A: (laughing) My son Scout absolutely motivates me and at the same time drives me crazy, I'm motivated by how incredibly lucky I am to have what I had and have now. I am my own motivation. I have learned to never ever take anything for granted. I'm such a lucky girl and I'm so grateful for so many things. My journey continues!
Didn't you just LOVE this interview with Tai? Well, don't just stand there! In order for this blog to reach a wider audience, I could sure use a little help. All you have to do is "LIKE" the blog's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/SkateGuard for instant access to all of the new blog articles, features and interviews as they are made available. I also share daily updates and headlines from the skating world, videos and much more that's not here on the blog, so if you love figure skating as much I do, it would really be rude not to get on that inside edge! You can also follow all of the fun along on Twitter at http://twitter.com/SkateGuardBlog.


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To the Editor:
According to the Jan. 12 Northwest Herald, the Algonquin Township Highway Department has filed a lawsuit against Charles Lutzow, the township's supervisor. Where is our state's attorney?
He is supposed to be investigating the Algonquin Township Highway Department's purchase of salt without going through the proper bidding process.
If Andrew Gasser broke the rules, he needs to be removed from office, and this expensive litigation has to end.
Nancy Vazzano
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The Internet of Things: When Machines Interact With Their Own Technical Information
The focus on technical information to date has typically been about your customer being able to find the right content, quickly. As we move into the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), the discussion must move to how can machines proactively push the correct information to your customers. Imagine if a machine populated an installation guide or curated its own service information based on fault codes and other environmental readings to increase first time fix rate and overall customer satisfaction.
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Rufus Wainwright has spoken about the lyrical inspiration behind his new record 'Out Of The Game' and revealed that Lady Gaga has inspired some of the record's most biting lyrics.
The album is released on April 23 and a single also called 'Out Of The Game', is released on April 16. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to listen to the track.
Speaking about the album's more critical lyrics, Wainwright told Music Week: "I think a lot of it has to do with Lady Gaga, to be honest. I totally admire her tenacity, her ambition and her strength of vision. There's just not one good song there. People, especially gay men, are falling so hard for it."
He continued: "Certain things that she says: 'Look at me. I was like you one day and now I'm this – and you can do it too.' I find it a bit disingenuous. We are in this somewhat sinister period and artists have got to kind of toughen up and be real. It's about conveying what's inside us, as opposed to the return of the cone breasts. I find it predictable and boring."
Wainwright also spoke about working with Mark Ronson on the album and revealed that he and the producer "kind of fell in love with each other" during the creation of the album.
Asked about working with Ronson, he said: "We kind of fell in love with each other. There's a real attraction between Mark and I, which is a little harder for me being gay. I have to battle with it. Whether it's the Beatles or the Stones or Eurythmics, there's an unrequited sexual, romantic energy in the studio – and it becomes volatile if not dealt with. To have someone to sing to and dream about in that amorphous state is what it's all about in the end. People fall in love with people – yes, there are gay people, straight people and bisexuals. But crushes are universal."
'Out Of The Game' features cameos from Martha Wainwright, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' guitarist Nick Zinner, Sean Lennon, Wilco's Nels Cline and Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt.
Wainwright will play London's Lyceum Theatre on April 30, where he will be airing material from 'Out Of The Game'.


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ALTON | 5A's Thrift Shop has relocated to 2600 State St., Suite W, in North Alton at the corner of Elm and State streets, near Joe K's Restaurant.
The shop features donations of new and gently used items, ranging from household, furniture, floral, purses, clothing, jewelry and more. The selections change daily and are supported by community donations.
The thrift moved from its first home of 17 years on Wood River Avenue in Wood River last May. Alton Area Animal Aid Association (5A's) Thrift Shop was created to offset expenses for the care of animals housed on Alby Street at the 5A's Shelter, now in its 62nd year.
"Word got out quickly about the shop's relocation to North Alton and our community's response has been positive and very generous to help with stocking the new space," manager Sue Mueller stated. "Volunteers keep the shop in an orderly fashion and provide the creativity of the displays."
The shop is open at 10 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Beginning in September, hours will expand to opening from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The shop will be closed for public holidays, and closures will be posted at the shop in advance.
As a new vendor at the Alton Main Street Night Market, shoppers can find items from 7-10 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 30. The market features live music, vendors and art exhibits at Jacoby Arts Center, the Pocket Park and Germania Brew House, in the 600 block of Broadway in Alton.
The shop continues to take donations during regular business hours. For large donations, the loading dock at the west end of the building is preferred for unloading. The shop does not accept electronics, VHS tapes, mattresses, books or damaged items. To ensure your donation is right for the thrift, call (618) 254-0635 in advance. Donations are tax-deductible and forms are provided.
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Yes, I know it has been almost forever since I've updated the blog. Life has been busy, but that really hasn't been the real reason I couldn't write. The real reason is our internet, it has been so bad lately I couldn't get on long enough to update the blog. I finally was able to get the company based in Port-au-Prince to make the trip out here and fix it. Now we are back to incredibly fast internet, and I've spent the past week getting caught up on all the e-mails and other types of communication that I had pile up over the past few weeks. I feel all caught up now, and am ready to update you all on life here at the HOH!
So, first things first. Cholera. The numbers of new cases at our hospital have decreased greatly. Not enough to eliminate the need of the make-shift cholera ward, but certainly enough to allow life to feel like it's getting back to normal. Although, as is common here in Haiti, "normal" has changed once again, and cholera seems to have become a permanent word in our vocabulary, and a pretty fixed part of our lives. With fewer cases, and the feelings of threat seeming to have diminished it's easy to get lax in the precautions we have put into place to avoid it entering our home. We are so thankful no one has gotten it here, but we constantly have to keep on the kids to keep it that way. Previously, no one would eat before washing their hands. Even 4 year old Nani was obsessed with hand washing. No matter what it was that you gave her to eat, she'd say, "I haven't washed my hands yet". The other day, Linda reminded her to wash her hands before eating and she replied, "I don't need to wash my hands, the cholera is over"! Well, reality is, it isn't over and while we are thankful we haven't had it in our home, many others are still suffering.
A friend of ours who is a nurse had it hit her family last week with a vengeance. Her 34 year old brother came down with it. Within just a few hours he was almost dead. He recovered from the Cholera, but the day he was discharged to go home he came down with a secondary complication that we have seen several times since the epidemic started. His body slowly started to become paralyzed from the feet first working it's way upward. Just last week we lost one of our nurses here at the hospital from this same thing, but this time the Dr.'s knew what it was. They came to Linda and I on Sunday night asking us to come up with a way to get this young man to PAP so he could get on oxygen before his lungs became paralyzed. We worked long into the night, and then again on Monday morning. Finally, we were able to set up an emergency flight with MAF. By Monday afternoon he was in a hospital in PAP. He is still very critical, and could use your prayers. Our friend's name is Clenide, so you could just pray for her brother, I can't remember his first name off hand.
I wanted to give you an update on Terrence, since several of you have asked me about him. If you don't remember, he's the young man who has Myosthenia Gravis. He's been staying here at the HOH since he returned from PAP back in July I think it was. He has had an amazing recovery. It's been slow, little by little. First he was able to eat again, then slowly start to move his hands. In the last couple of weeks he's been able to start moving his legs, and then one day surprised us by starting to walk all on his own! He is still weak, but he is putting on weight and starting to join in on activities around the house. I found out from one of the homework assignments I gave him in our Bible studies that he wants to be a pastor some day and preach God's Word. I never knew that! How exciting it is to watch God spare his life, and go on to form and shape his character during these past few difficult months. Thank you so much for your prayers on his behalf.
It feels like the kids have been on vacation forever! To keep busy, some of the boys decided to redecorate the babies' room here at the HOH. When they had completely covered the walls and ceiling of the babies' room they went on to the wall between us and the hospital. Our home has been transformed into a "Disney" and "Pixar" wonderland by some amazing art work done by the boys from our community projects. Here are a few pictures...All in all, a pretty incredible job! And our house is looking like a very happy place!
While the community kids have been making our house all nice and pretty, our kids have been busy working in our local community to bank up their community service hours in exchange for their upcoming school fees. They should start school on Monday, we tend to preface everything with "should" or "might" these days. We are still waiting for the results of the elections back in November, and know that whatever we have planned will be affected by that announcement. We hope to start back up with our Bible studies, and this Sunday we will return to our study on the names of God as well. It will be nice to return to a more normal schedule after so many weeks on vacation.
The Christmas and New Years festivities were enjoyed by all once again this year. We did our fairly usual Christmas program for the local community. Linda and I enjoyed being invited to the program again this year, and apart from helping with the food preparation, we basically had nothing to do with the program planning or implementation. The HOH and young adults did it all, and we got to sit back like 2 proud mamas watching their kids perform! Christmas has been stretched out again this year as the gifts didn't arrive in time for the 25th. We are planning a small party this evening to hand out the gifts as the last of them arrived yesterday.
We have been blessed this year to watch God provide for our needs over and over again. What a great God we serve. Thank you for your prayers for us and your support. We wish you all a blessed New Year 2011. Today I'll end with one of our favorite blessings here at the HO, it is found in Numbers 6:24-26, "The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."
Friday, January 07, 2011
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Today's Gospel: Mark 10:28-31
You can't outdo the Lord in generosity.
Maybe we don't always see it. Maybe we're in a time of great struggle and difficulty. Maybe we're bogged down by the mundane tasks of life. But the Lord is there, to give, in ways big and small.
In those times of weariness, we need to remember the great gifts He has given us: that of life, of freedom from sins, of grace, of the sun rising each day. He has given us tiny signs of hope, in the sun rising, a needed rain, a butterfly, the giggle of a child. Sometimes we need to look for those gifts more in our lives.
When we're weary, those are times to lean on to the Lord, yet offer Him what we have. It may be more time and talent than treasure, based on our financial situation. It may be more prayer and fasting than physical service, based on our ability to travel. Even offering up our trials – and our blessings – to the Lord is a great gift that we can all give.
"Give to the Most High as he has given to you, generously, according to your means. For the Lord is one who always repays, and He will give back to you sevenfold."
How can I be more generous, like the Lord?
Lord, help me to see the ways, big and small, that You have shown Your generosity to me. Help me be more like You in being free with the gifts given to me in this world.
Copyright 2017 Robbie Schneider
Robbie Schneider is a wife, mother and social media volunteer for her parish. This is her second year to participate in the Daily Gospel Reflections, an amazing personal stretch and blessing to her. Robbie writes about ways to include the Catholic faith in scouting at her blog, UseResourcesWisely and contributes at Mom Hats and More.


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In the Name of the Compassionate and Infinitely Merciful Precious Beloved
I can say that I am nothing short of totally shocked that the Supreme Court largely upheld the Affordable Care Act, known as "Obamacare." With the rightward shift of the Court, I thought it was a foregone conclusion that the health care law was history. Indeed, I have mixed feelings about the law itself: I do feel for the millions of uninsured patients, and if this law can help more of them get covered, that can only be a good thing.
When my late daughter was still alive (and very sick), I was getting shortness of breath (and I'm a lung doctor) looking at the hundreds of thousands of dollars of medical bills that were coming into my mailbox, and that difficulty breathing went away with the knowledge that my insurance was going to cover them. I was so afraid that our insurance company was going to kick off our daughter (something that is illegal under the law), that I would check her status every week or so. Thus, I am sympathetic to the ultimate goal of the law: to decrease the number of uninsured in this country.
At the same time, however, the other provisions of the health care law - and the fundamental overhaul of how healthcare is delivered that comes with it - is causing a tremendous amount of uncertainty for the future, and this causes no small amount of anxiety for medical providers like me. What will the future of healthcare be in this country? What will the system look like? Will the physician-patient relationship be the same? No one knows.
In fact, I am certain that this uncertainty is driving many physicians out of the practice of medicine altogether. In fact, in a recent survey of physicians by Medscape, 54% of physicians said they would choose medicine as a career if they could do it all over again. This number is much less than last year (69%). And I must admit that this uncertainty has worn on me as well.
Then comes a patient like "Kelly."
This patient had a very serious illness that required her to be placed on a ventilator for a very long time. Yet, thank God, she recovered and was able to be taken off the machine, but not before they placed a tube in her neck to help her breathe. After many, many weeks of recovery and rehabilitation, I was able to take that breathing tube out of her neck once and for all. In fact, she didn't even realize that I pulled it out when I told her, with a huge smile on my face, "Congraulations! You're free."
She was in tears, and I almost broke down as well. The happiness I saw in her eyes, the tears of joy I saw stream down her face, the gratitude she felt for something that I really had nothing to do with, they are images that I will never forget. And they remind me of why I became a doctor in the first place: to help people like "Kelly" feel better.
Yes, we physicians face difficulties: a very long time in school, and equally long time in training, an enormous amount of educational debt, and an increasingly less rewarding practice environment. I do not belittle these challenges, and whenever I meet someone who wants to become a doctor, I recount to him or her all the negatives aspects of what it means to become a physician in America today.
In fact, one time, I did this very thing in front of a large audience of pre-med students at a local University. Someone blurted out sarcastically: "Thanks for encouraging us." But that was my exact point: if, after hearing all the ugly things about a career in medicine, you still want to be a doctor, there is no better job in the world.
That's what "Kelly," and the countless patients like her, remind me: that the ability to help people feel better and get relief from illness is a tremendous blessing, one which I should not take for granted. It is an honor to have someone place their total trust in me, and I never take that trust lightly. And if, by the Grace of the Beloved, my patients are healed and feel better, that satisfaction is unlike any other. That opportunity is unlike any other.
So, now that "Obamacare" was declared constitutional and will likely stay the law of the land, many things will change as far as healthcare in America is concerned. And I don't think that my anxiety about the future will ever go away. But, I must always remind myself of that moment with "Kelly" when I took that tube out of her neck, and we shared a moment of tearful joy together.
It will serve to motivate me to keep on going in this field - nay, this calling - that is medicine, because at the end of the day, it is for patients like "Kelly" that I get up (early) each and every day of my life. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Therefore, don't venture into marriage if you haven't already done the following things:
1. Sleepover Somewhere Haunted
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2. Visit The 27 Governorates of Egypt
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3. Get a Pet
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4. Learn to Fight
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11. Spend a Year Abroad
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12. Get Lost While Driving
13. Ride a Motorcycle
14. Go Scuba Diving
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15. Unplug For a Full Day
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17. Join a Sports Team
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Asahina wins poster girl for Danganronpa!! That's just something I want to put out there before I get into the episode.
In episode 6, put bluntly, there was a lot of mind-fuckery going on – for the characters and myself. I had to replay a few scenes a couple times just to confirm that my thoughts and I were still on the right track with everything that was going on. I still think my speculations are a bit off but that's for later.
Ten billion yen is Monobear's lure of the week for someone to kill another. I never realized it then but now I'm getting the feeling that Monobear and his master know the characters' varying weaknesses – the things they need and what would possibly make them want to go as far as killing someone.
Oh Sakura, my sweet honey, you'd be surprised at the things money can buy. I'm really loving Sakura in this. Her voice is so masculine but at the same time so feminine, she makes me laugh every time she talks and she is just really caring. Besides Asahina, who is the official crybaby of the group, Sakura is really considerate. I hope she won't die because then having all that muscle would be such a waste.
Meet Alter Ego, artificial intelligence, which was created by Fujisaki so if any of you were fans of his character, he's not completely gone – so there should be much rejoicing. Asahina discovered the laptop that Fujisaki left behind as an aid to help them find clues on how to escape the school and probably to uncover the identity of the mastermind behind this game.
Ishimaru was still grieving over the loss of Oowada but Alter Ego used what information it had on Oowada to simulate an image of him and comfort Ishimaru with what Oowada would have likely said in the situation. But the comforting words were too much for Ishimaru and that made him undergo a very strange transformation.
So it seems Oowada's fiery spirit has entered Ishimaru and now he no longer identifies himself by his name. Yamada fell in love with Alter Ego since this is the "first girl" he's ever spoken to and who has shown a genuine interest in his interests and hobbies. I think Yamada has forgotten the fact that Fujisaki is actually a boy…and that this is artificial intelligence and as Celeste said, it's only interested so it can learn more. Yamada and Ishimaru had a fight over Alter Ego: Yamada wanted A.E. for love and Ishimaru wanted A.E so that he could at least have the digital version of Oowada with him.
But then the computer disappeared and then murders happened.
…so I thought.
The only real victim in this was Ishimaru and I think he needed to die – and I mean that in the nicest way possible. Oowada's death was too much for him to handle, we see that with the overbearing level of guilt he felt and the melodramatic change of character when artificial Oowada spoke to him. It was for the best, Ishimaru. At least now, he can be with him…as long as there is an afterlife.
Now about these murders. There weren't too many clues but for now, I'll just take the glarlingly obvious ones and try to make an educated guess about who the murderer(s) is/are.
The first person to be injured was Celeste, she only received a few bruises to the face, so my guess is that the killer did not have her as a real target. Yamada was attacked and received an open wound to the head but it wasn't too bad as the second time he was attacked; which means he was on the killer's target list – as was Ishimaru.
So the killer is either a terrible cosplayer or just didn't have any other costume of disguise to go about his/her's business.
Kirigiri and Hagakure were missing for the second half of the episode when these murders were committed. Togami believes that Kirigiri could be the murderer and had an alibi. But I'm not too sure I agree with that. It makes sense though but I don't believe Kirigiri would kill someone – what with her care throughout these investigations and her detachment from the other characters, it just doesn't seem likely.
The bodies had been moved and put into the same room. Celeste, Yamada and Ishimaru were attacked on different floors. That would be TOO MUCH work for one person, so the murders were probably committed by two persons working together. If it was only one person, there is no way that all that he/she did could be done without anyone seeing or trying to stop him/her.
At the end, Yamada whispered Hagakure's name and also mentioned having met everyone before they all came to the academy. It seems everyone knew each other from before but that memory is hard to recollect.
So is Hagakure the murderer? Maybe that's why he hit Yamada a second time, in hopes of killing him, because he recognized him. Also, when Monobear mentioned that ten billion yen, his expression really spoke volumes – as if he could really use that money…and probably kill somebody for it.
But the next episode will tell: whether Hagakure is the Justice Robot cosplayer/murderer or if Kirigiri was involved in what could have been a double murder.


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