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February 23-24th, 2019

BDYHAX is the only event bringing together bioartists, startups, first adopters, researchers, and community leaders in self-directed human augmentative technologies.

Get chipped, or don’t. Bodily autonomy, access to technologies, and informed consent are critical to forging a brighter future.
Meet and collaborate with other biohackers, tech enthusiasts, and experimenters throughout the conference and dance at The Wormhole, our Saturday night celebration of cyberpunk and science fiction.

Enjoy 2 days of talks and workshops from national and international speakers on wearable and implantable tech, brain computer interfaces, prosthetics, gene therapy, bioethics, cyborg art, and the newest research in human body oriented techology. Don’t miss The Hub, featuring expo booths, product demos, and other great stuff.

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Lepht Anonym

Lepht Anonym is a biohacker currently based in Birmingham, UK, working with implants to extend the body’s sensory input among other pursuits. Lepht was around for the beginning of the biohacking movement itself, and has seen it grow and change over more than ten years. Thought to be one of the first biohackers, or at least the most notorious, Lepht’s experiments with implanted technology in a DIY fashion using homemade devices and self-taught skills have led to them becoming a strange underground figure.

Biohacking itself is the underground practice of functional body modification, with the intention of augmenting the human body or experience. It is rooted in transhumanist ideas about self-determination and self-improvement using technology. Biohacking can involve potentially illegal activities depending on what country you are in, which laws apply about self-surgery, what counts as “surgery” and “medical practice”, et cetera. The community of biohackers is quite niche but is starting to gain more recognition by the media, and also by parts of the medical and scientific community. Some see it as a real attempt to bring the philosophy of transhumanism into the real world: a chance to improve the human condition. Others see this kind of activity as unethical and dangerous. Lepht thinks both opinions have some merit in debate and is always willing to talk about them. They love science, transhumanism, hacking, futurism, body modification and cybernetics, and are honoured to be at BDYHAX 19.

Patrick Paumen

Patrick Paumen is a biohacker who has been experimenting with implants since 2011. He has 17 implants total; 5 biomagnets and 12 RFID transponders from biohacking company Dangerous Things. The biomagnets allow Patrick to sense magnetic fields, as well as lift small objects. The different RFID implants are mostly for access control applications like unlocking doors at his home, office, and car, as well as unlocking his devices. He can also share contact details or other data, control electronics. His most recent implant is the VivoKey Flex One which is capable of running security software and performing cryptographic tasks.

Michelle Smirnova

Michelle Smirnova is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Associate Faculty member of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. Her research expertise includes the sociology medicine, gender, intersectionality, and cultural expressions of power and resistance.

Brian Bushway

Brian Bushway was born and raised in Southern California and became totally blind at age 14 due to optic nerve atrophy, has been featured as “the world’s best totally blind mountain biker” and was one of first riders and organizers of Team Bat, a group of blind, solo mountain bikers and self-reliant athletes.

Through strength and perseverance, and with FlashSonar echolocation training from Daniel Kish and World Access For The Blind  (WAFTB), Brian graduated from Pepperdine University in 2005 and earned a Masters in Special Education and Orientation and Mobility in 2015.

Currently, Brian Bushway serves as a Perceptual Navigation Instructor for WAFTB, teaching persons of all ages how to ’see with sound’ since 2000 and has worked with many organizations create blind mobility programs and education courses based on FlashSonar™, Perceptual Navigation, and family coaching.

Jenny Huberman

Jenny Huberman is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is currently researching transhumanist attempts to usher in a posthuman future.

Don Andres

Serial Entrepreneur, Advisor & Public Speaker. +10 years of experience in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics for the public and private sectors in the United States, Brazil, and Germany. Fights for fair and total access to biotechnology, also develops and supports technologies and business that use biotechnology to create global impact.

Current Organizations:

-Founder and Director at SyntechBio – Biohacker Spaces Network.

Supports worldwide biotechnology innovation and democratization.

-Fellow in Artificial Intelligence for Life Extension, Foresight Institute. Palo Alto, USA.

-Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Board Member at OneSkin Technologies. San Francisco, USA.

OneSkin believes in the power of data and technology to fight the oldest disease of humanity, aging.

-Mentor at TERRA Food & Ag Accelerator.

Cary Costello

Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello is a sociology professor and Director of LGBT+ Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His academic specialty is the relationship between identity, the body, and social power, with a particular focus on sex and gender. His research projects include a longitudinal study of avatar embodiment in social worlds, and the history of the medical regulation of physical sex. An intersex trans man married to an intersex trans woman, he is also an advocate for social justice for sex and gender variant people.

Justin Atkin

Justin Atkin is a biologist and the founder of “The Thought Emporium” which focuses on doing scientific research and education. His current project is focused on producing strains of yeast that produce silk proteins from black widow spiders.

Mikey Siegel

Mikey Siegel is a robotics engineer turned consciousness hacker.  He envisions a present and future where science and technology support psychological, emotional and spiritual flourishing.  Where our devices not only connect us to information, but also connect us to ourselves and each other, acting as a catalyst for individual and collective awakening.  He is currently teaching at Stanford University, founder of Consciousness Hacking, BioFluent Technologies, the Transformative Technology Conference, and serving on the board of Trustees of the California Institute of Integral Studies. He received an MS in robotics from the MIT Media Lab.

Dr. Michelle Sands

Dr. Michelle Sands is a #1 International Best-Selling Author, licensed Functional Medicine Physician and Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (ND), highly sought-after Female Hormone and Epigenetics Expert.
Her book and programs have been featured on ABC, CBS, Outside Magazine, The Boston Herald, NBC, and Fox News, USA Today. She is also a Board-Certified Holistic Nutritionist, and a Certified Personal Trainer and Endurance Athlete.
She is passionate about helping women to harness the power of nature so they work with their unique genetics and live vibrantly, not just optimizing health physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually as well. Her goal for all women is for them to love their bodies and enjoy their lives. She uses modern
science, functional lab testing, holistic lifestyle medicine, natural supplementation, epigenetic coaching, and eastern philosophies to restore health and increase vital energy in every woman she works with.
Dr. Michelle enjoys an active lifestyle and is a 7-time Ironman triathlon finisher, ultra-marathoner, former competitive kickboxer, world champion adventure racer and active, and fun-loving mom.

David Krantz

David Krantz is an epigenetic coach, musician, audio engineer, entrepreneur, and altered states enthusiast. He serves as Director of Psychoacoustics at Apeiron Center in Asheville, NC where he explores in the intersection between art, science, and health. As a coach, he works with clients to create whole-systems strategies for optimal wellness based on genetics and specializes in the endocannabinoid system, mitochondria, and cognitive health. Joyful curiosity is the force that magnetizes him to his multiple passions and he sees the body as a symphony that can be better tuned if you listen closely.

Samantha Payne

Samantha co-founded Open Bionics in 2014 when she learnt about the work that Joel was doing on open source robotic hands. Samantha has an exceptional business acumen and brings valuable experience in project management, marketing and business development. Samantha has elevated Open Bionics to a globally recognised brand and has recently won several awards celebrating her entrepreneurship.

Fabiola Einhorn

Fabiola has a masters degree from Parsons in design and technology, and has since worked as an interaction designer, focusing on healthcare for fortune 500 companies. Her passion for tantra and inspiring people to connect better to themselves and each other through the medium of seamless technology inspired this idea.

Robin Arnott

Robin Arnott, CEO, is a game designer, entrepreneur, public speaker, and techno-mystic based in Austin, TX. As the lead developer of SoundSelf, Arnott has an intimate understanding of the needs of independent development studios, and the means by which software can profoundly impact player consciousness.

Adi Meyer

Adi is an architect, designer and new media artist. Working at the intersection of emerging technology, art and design, her work uses technology to question human perception, interpersonal connections and social constructions. Adi holds a Master of Architecture with distinction in written thesis from the Bartlett, UCL. Currently, she is designing large scale entertainment venues at Populous, San Francisco.

Nina Alli

First and foremost I am a guru of trivial knowledge. For exercise I run from rabid dogs, wrestle alligators while simultaneously participating in eating contests, and running for public office. For fun, I drive with my eyes open, play hopscotch in the rain, race big wheels, have staring contests with wolverines, and pass out band aids to gunshot victims. I frequently use onomatopoeias. My favorite word is “interesting”, since it has multiple meanings and all appear positive on the surface. I have been in bioinformatics, security and devices game for about 15 years and worked on various medical projects (Got one you want to talk about? Find me!). Educationally I have two degrees, biomedical informatics and translational medicine – with a focus on medical devices) and I am the PM of the BioHacking Village at DEF CON.

Boomer Anderson

Boomer Anderson is the Creator and Podcast host at Decoding Superhuman.

Decoding Superhuman utilizes performance analysis, behavior change, and

technology to help clients optimize their health allowing them to achieve

and sustain a high-performance life and to provide an individualized approach

to performance backed by science and data.

He is a Certified Epigenetic Coach, Neuro-Linguistic Program Practitioner, and member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners.

Valerian Sanga

Eng. Valerian Linus Sanga is a Tanzanian Engineer and the co-founder, Director of Finance and Administration of STICLab in Dar es Salaam. He is a tech enthusiast and innovator dedicated into building sustainable solutions using local available resources and tech. Valerian is also a Visiting Industrial Fellow at The University of Bath and a Visiting Researcher at Cambridge University, UK. Together with his team and collaborators from UK, He is working into building a 3D Printed Digital Microscope for Malaria Diagnosis with AI and Machine learning capability, a 3D Printed Digital Microscope for supporting science learning in both primary and secondary school along Tanzania. On the other hand, with his co-founders at STICLab He is working into building a tissue culture facility (Sterile Chamber and a simplified media mixture) for facilitating production of banana seedlings of the selected genetically strong bananas.

Wormhole Performer

The BDYHAX Conference will take place at:
612 W 4th Street, Austin, TX 78701

There is no partnered hotel this year. We recommend taking advantage of any of the nearby hotels, hostels, or AirBnB’s.

We’re always looking for minds and bodies to help us make this thing go. If you want to get involved, please fill out this intake form and someone will be in touch.


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Splatter Paint

I will start this story by telling you that I readily admit, though I can't be completely sure, that it was probably my idea to splatter paint the basement ceiling.

Even though both my sister and I participated in as much active, let's call it post-modern, re-decoration of the foam tiles that covered the the subterranean level of our home, I don't feel like she would have suggested it. I would like to point out that this makes her no less responsible for the ensuing drama and damage.

I'm not sure how it started, probably by accident I'm sure.

It was during that magical time between 3:30 pm when we got out of elementary school, and 5:30 pm when my mom got home from work. We were old enough to look after ourselves for a couple of hours, but not old enough to make any really significant decisions. Case and point: if somebody rang the doorbell that we did not know, we were told not to answer it. We would instead just peer creepily out the side window to see who it was, and watch them until they went away.

Our mom's shop was only about 3 miles from our house, and we were instructed to call her as soon as we got home from school so she knew we were OK. And in the ensuing hours we would eat cookies, watch cartoons, or maybe play in the backyard.

For some reason or another, we were in the basement painting with our water color paints on this particular day. In and of itself it seems a bit strange because we didn't do a lot of painting, but perhaps this episode was the reason.

We had smocks, which were just our dad's old shirts that we wore backwards. We had these easels with big white paper pads, and we would just paint... whatever. Neither of us were particularly talented with a paint brush.

Before this I remember having watched an episode of Bob Ross on PBS once, and after seeing him paint "a happy little stream"  surrounded by "happy little trees" I decided I would go down to our basement to do the same.

Fifteen minutes later I had what appeared to be a giant blue rectangle running the length of the middle of my page, with no connotation of happiness whatsoever. Painting was harder than it looked.

On this particular day though I don't remember what my sister and I were painting but at some point one of us, again I will say it was probably me, flicked their paintbrush causing some paint to splatter on the ceiling.

To the both of us it was subsequently the funniest thing we'd ever seen and the new best idea we (probably me) had ever had.

We danced around the basement dipping our paintbrushes in new colors and flinging those colors up at the giant white rectangles above us. It was like we were a part of some after school at home montessori program or hippie arts camp. This was what we were doing and there wasn't any part of our brain that said it wasn't a good idea or that we might, possibly get in trouble.

Nope. None of that.

And then mom came home from work.

She came downstairs and saw us in our smocks giggling and laughing, have ready to giggle as well as we said:

Look what we did!

But her response was not one of giggles. In fact, it was quite confusing and subsequently terrifying to watch her face go from smiling, to confusion to shock and then a whole bunch of anger.

She moved throughout the basement looking up at the ceiling, hands clutching the top of her head as a lot of very angry questions came out of her mouth, questions we had no good answers to.

We had answers mind you, just not good answers.

When your mother is yelling at you asking you "did you think this was a good idea?" In your own mind you are thinking "yes, of course we did" but somehow you nkow that is not the right answer to give.

So we stayed silent, which was also not the right answer.

Suffice to say at this point in the whole affair, everything we thought was the right idea, had turned out to be not.

The next hour or so is very blurry in my memory. We were sent to our rooms, presumably to think about what we'd done. And I thought hard. We had a pretty clear set of rules for how to live our lives growing up. Don't break things in the house. Don't leave the house until parents got home from work. Take out the trash after dinner etc. But there just weren't any specific rules that I remembered about splatter painting the ceiling.

My tiny little nugget of a brain did not register that this was not something our mom would agree with. Thought somehow I think there is no way we would have thought it was a good idea to do it on the first floor.

It was winter when it happened because it was already dark out when my sister and I were sent to our rooms at 5:30. Eventually my mom came upstairs, I'm guessing after contemplating the damage, both to her ceiling and to her children's brains.

What followed was many minutes of the three of us sitting on the floor of my room, all of us crying, apologizing, seeing peaceful resolution through fits of sobs and choked out sorries.

And one particular phrase that my mom keeps saying over and over again:

Don't tell your father.

That much, we understood

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Sage North America has released Sage Construction Anywhere, a cloud-based platform that increases accessibility to project data, fosters collaboration, and increases operational efficiency. It is designed to help construction and real estate companies get critical project information into the hands of those who need it most — anytime, anywhere.

Sage Construction Anywhere enables everyone involved in a construction project to work together with common information and keep all projects, people, documents, and data securely in one project hub in the cloud. It is built upon Microsoft’s industry-leading cloud services platform, Azure, which provides the highest available levels of data integrity and confidentiality. The Sage Construction Anywhere platform provides the administrator control over who sees what projects and which details as well as makes it easy to invite new companies, people, and contacts to a project. Designed specifically for the construction industry by the market leader in construction business management solutions, Sage Construction Anywhere uses terms and processes that are instantly familiar to builders and contractors, making it an intuitive tool that requires virtually no training.

“In the construction industry, a building project can involve dozens — even hundreds of trades and other team members that all need to be in lock step to drive the project’s performance,” said Jon Witty, vice president and general manager of Sage Construction and Real Estate. “Sage Construction Anywhere is the quickest and easiest way to bring together all the people, documents, data, discussions and interactions related to the project. It changes the way we think from simply asking whether we got the project done in time and made money, to managing how quickly we performed and the ability to maximize profit at every step of the project.”

Sage Construction Anywhere will aggressively rollout new functionality several times a year. Each major update will be built around improving a core aspect of project collaboration and operational excellence for the construction industry. The first cloud services are focused on the ability to access Sage Timberline Office (becoming Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate) reports anytime, anywhere. For more information or to order Sage Construction Anywhere, call 1-877-541-1642 or visit this link.

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Brown tells the extraordinary stories of Kim Philby, a renowned double agent, and his father and mentor, Harry St. John Bridger Philby, who played a key role in establishing the modern Middle East. In this dual biography, the author includes interviews, private papers of both St. John and Kim Philby, and previously unreleased photographs and KGB memoranda--providing an intriguing account of espionage.

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A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics

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A New Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema, Revised and Updated Edition

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David Pirie’s acclaimed 'A Heritage of Horror' was the first book on the British horror movie, and the first to detect and analyse the roots of British horror, identifying it as 'the only staple cinematic myth which Britain can properly claim as its own.' It has long been regarded as a trail-blazing classic, “having the force of a revelation”, according to one recent study of the subject, and heralded by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese.

Now with 'A New Heritage of Horror', David Pirie has revised his original work, bringing the story up to date and into the 21st century. Alongside the classic films of the twentieth century, all explored within the full context of their production and appearance on our screens, he examines the latest horror boom, inaugurated by such films as 'The Others' and '28 Days Later'. He has also uncovered fresh documentation from the original files for this new edition, to add more revelations abuot the history of UK horror and Hammer Films, not least the largely untold story of their desperate battles against censorship. He has further up-dated the original text and added new illustrations. 'The New Heritage of Horror' promises to be one of the key film books of 2008.

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Boho Must Haves.

Peasant shirts have made a comeback! Before, the two words that use to come to my mind when I thought of peasant shirts were: hippies or maternity. Thankfully, some amazing designers have re-designed the peasant top and have turned it into one of the hottest styles for spring and summer.

How they fit

Peasant tops are made from a lightweight material making it perfect for summer. They have a relaxed and flowy fit and best of all,  figure flattering on all body types.

How to wear a peasant top

The main reason why these shirts are a MUST HAVE summer staple is because of their versatility. Dress it up or dress it down. You can’t go wrong. (Like seriously, you just can’t)

  1. JEANS: You can never go wrong with denim.  Skinny jeans and boots OR boyfriend jeans and wedges turn this outfit into a street style yet classic look.
  2. Shorts: If you are feeling those festival vibes then you should pair together high rise shorts, (with frays at the bottom) gladiators, stacked bangles, and a cute messy braid for an earthy tone look.
  3. Skirts: This look is great when you pair together a solid peasant shirt with a printed skirt or bohemian maxi skirt. For the printed shorter skirt It looks best tucked in or front tucked. If it’s a maxi skirt an off the shoulder cropped peasant top looks best untucked.  Tie your hair up in a messy top bun and you have achieved that “bare shoulder bohemian vibe” look.

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A day at the winery…

You know that feeling when you close your eyes and take in a deep breath and you smell the outdoors and feel the sunny rays shining down on you? This is a perfect recipe for a day at the winery. Hubers winery is tucked away in Starlight, IN (about 30 minutes outside Louisville). This scenic winery is not only surrounded by gorgeous scenic views but also has delicious wines and foods.

 The patio outside was a beautiful setting and the little band playing while we ate was icing on the cake.

Wine tasting

  We walked upstairs to the tasting room. We chose 4 tastings for only $5. My favorite was their #1 selling red wine, Sweet Marcella. Another group favorite was the spiced apple. This one is seasonal and only available for one more month. (So get it while you can you apple lovers)    After the tasting we decided to try their famous sangria’s. I have always about their legendary Sangria pitchers and they sure did not disappoint … They were absolutely delicious! We got the Peach sangria to share. It comes in a take home pitcher with all their famous recipes on it.

The vineyard.

If you are EVER in the Louisville area this needs to be on your to-do list.

Great winery. Great friends. Great day💗

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JS clean for Mistika 6.5

From version 6.5, Mistika is no longer tied to using a static path for all .js files. This is good news, but also means my old jsClean.py script will not work properly from anymore.

I’ve therefore made a new script,  which let’s you pick .env files and folders of .js files manually. All .js files in those folders NOT being used in any of the .env files will be moved to a trash folder (so you can flush cache and see that you still have everything you need, before you delete those files permanently.)

I just wrote this yesterday, and have only tested it on a few projects, but it seems to work as it should.

jsClean65.py does not depend on the emp package, and can be launched from outside Mistika.

Download jsClean65.py

Hyperspeed is live

The Hyperspeed project is a rebirth of the Efficient Mistika Project. Hyperspeed is built from ground up to provide a stable and robust framework for post production environments based around SGO Mistika systems.

In addition to various tools, workflow scripts, effects and other tweaks, it includes lots of useful python classes.
Think of it as an unofficial Python API for Mistika.

Hyperspeed is Open Source on GitHub

To Kilimanjaro or not to Kilimanjaro

This case is from a while back, but it really shows the value of invisible effects done right.

What is real and what is not?
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A different view of Bøler

When producer Kjetil Omberg and director Ole Endresen came to Hocus Focus to finish The Wendy Effect, I was tasked with quite a few VFX shots. Not many of these were planned for ahead, but would still tie the movie tighter together and enhance the feel beyond what is possible with just a grade. Among other things, I tweaked a lot of scenery to create a more urban feel.

Comp3D builder

It’s been months since I first created this, but I guess I just forgot to post it here …
gravityeyelids.com/cb is an online tool for procedurally creating Comp3D setups for Mistika. It’s an real time saver when it comes to creating grids, carousels etc. with lots of layers.

Mistika and ProRes output

There’s no official support from ProRes output in Mistika yet, but using Baptiste Coudurier’s fantastic ffmbc we can still encode them on linux. (more…)

EMP 0.3 update

EMP (the Efficient Mistika Project) is collection of tools to ease daily work and speed up repetitive tasks.

The release candidate for EMP 0.3 is out. Get it here, and enjoy the following tools:

Mistika project shortcut

This might seem useless to some of you, but if you’re like me, you easily get tired of doing the same things over again. Like browsing to your project directory outside Mistika because the built-in file manager ain’t always enough. (more…)

Reverse compositing – now with video!

If you’ve used Mistika (or any other software) for compositing images with an alpha channel, you’ve probably had challenges with premultiplied or matted colors. Mistikas Comp3D layers have a parameter labeled Attributes Premultiply* which let’s you work as if the image was never premultiplied as all. This works well for with basic premultiplied/black matted images, but what if it’s matted against another color or even a background image? Let’s have a look at how to get around this and even use white-matted PSD’s directly in Mistika. (more…)

orb update

I’ve just finished putting in support for all effect names and colors in the Online Reel Browser, and it’s getting more useful every day.

I’ve made a new front page where all public postings will appear, and the upload page has also been given an overhaul.

Although images can be uploaded, they are not shown yet, so that’s probably the next thing on my list. I will also be creating an interface to modify your own uploads, so stay tuned!

PS: From what I see, no one other than me has even tried uploading anything yet. C’mon now!

Online Reel Browser (and a couple of nice stacks)

I’ve parsed Mistika reels to web sites before, and on the Hocus Focus intranet, we can read group names and lengths, and notes for any active Mistika project on our SAN.
But how cool wouldn’t it be to see the actual timeline in a browser? I started the ORB (Online Reel Browser) as an experiment, but now that the basic platform is up and running, I realize this could be a great way to share stacks and reels with other people!

There is still some work to be done, and these are probably the main points:

  • Set names and colors of all effects.
  • Test in multiple browsers.
    My primary browser is Opera 11, but it seems to work well in recent versions of Firefox and Chrome as well.
  • Add metadata for each stack.
    Name, uploader, time, description etc. would be nice…
  • There are probably some bugs.

Meanwhile, have a look at the two stacks below and feel free to upload your own as well. And let me know what you think =)

Rolling shutter fix
Big, heavy and time-consuming stack, but if you really need to remove rolling shutter, this is a way. The values (Time-Time) are set in increments to counter the sensor lag. The values are set for my EOS 550D, so you might need to change them for other cameras. Make sure you render each Timewarp individually (at least that was needed in the Mistika version I made it in).

Flicker filter/light leveler
Great for evening out stop-motion or auto-exposed footage. Make sure the lowest feedback is only on the first frame (this will reset when you change the length of the dummy group).


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$1800 in 2013 FLEX Alumni Grant Program Funding

Summary: Yulia Sushkova ’95, Professor, Chair of the International and European Law Department, and Dean of the Law Faculty of the Ogarev Mordovia State University, organized the teaching module World Trade Organization (WTO) Law in association with the legal studies academic curricula for the law department of Ogarev Mordovia State University in Russia. The course was taught in English and Russian and promoted improved understanding of the WTO legal basics used in Russia following the country’s membership into the WTO in 2012.  The teaching module helped promote mutual understanding of international relations and economics to the students that study in rural areas. The critical role of this project was to raise the awareness about the functions of international organizations on different levels of civil and professional society and to increase interaction with public authorities in order to reach more effective integration. The module was taught to a group of 15 law students.

Upon the completion of the module, Yulia organized an international seminar entitled Russia’s Membership in the WTO: Regional Experience and Perspectives of Legal Practice, which took place on the December 9-10, 2013 at Ogarev Mordovia State University in Saransk.  The Vice-minister of economics of the Republic of Morodvia A.V. Ivanov was among the honorary guests of the seminar, where participants discussed such important aspects of the World Trade Organization as ensuring anti-corruption and issues surrounding legal regulation of Russian law.  One hundred students attended the seminar and learned about the benefits of Russian membership in the WTO to society.

This project promoted deeper understanding of practical aspects of WTO law implementation in the Russian legal system and the role of civil society in its development.

Partner Organizations: Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Mordovia

Project Results:

  • Within the framework of the project, leaders together with participants established the Consultative Center of the WTO Law and prepared all of the necessary documentation for the Center, including the Statute of the Consultative Center as a foundation to the law department of Ogarev Mordovia State University. The center now operates as a separate office and provides legal consulting on a daily basis.
  • Professor Yu.N. Suskova together with a group of authors prepared the book Russian Federation in World Trade Organization: Regional Experience and Perspectives of Legal Practice. The book will be pushed out of the Ogarev Mordovia State University Publishing House and will be shared with the public and students.

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Foust’s grasp to her humanitarian voice is haunting and her language is direct while she subtly brings readers to awareness. When reading these lines, I believe I can feel more people caring deeply about the tragedy that befalls us, daily.

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A soul in chrysalis, in first agonized molt,
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For some—for you—these rooms are fraught,
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Orthus Limited, on the 7th March 2011, released the results of a survey conducted of 1000 Level 4 Merchants in the United Kingdom hospitality sector to verify their PCI DSS compliance status.

The survey indicates 77% of 1000 Level 4 Merchants were compliant to PCI DSS when in fact they were not compliant:

The rest of the survey and its finding are below:

  • Of the respondents claiming to be PCI compliant, 94% stated they had conducted the required vulnerability assessment scanning.
  • Of the respondents claiming to be PCI compliant, only 36% stated they had conducted required security penetration testing.
  •  Of the respondents claiming to be PCI compliant, only 9% stated they had security policies.
  • Of the respondents claiming to be PCI compliant, not 1 had conducted the required wireless scanning.
  • Only 24% of the respondents stated they had executed a self assessment questionnaire (SAQ).
  • Of the 24% who had executed a SAQ, less than 50% had stated they had submitted it to their Acquirer.

“The results of the survey are disturbing and indicate that businesses do not understand the PCI DSS requirements and what constitutes compliance. Almost all of the Level 4 Merchants surveyed who mistakenly believed they were compliant stated that they were told by a vendor that compliance entailed conducting vulnerability scanning. Upon completing the scanning, the Merchants understood themselves to be compliant and therein lay the problem. Merchants are getting their information primarily from vendors who have a vested interest in selling their product.”

“Misinformation is a significant problem in the market.  Vendors are selling their products as facilitating PCI compliance and buyers are not doing their homework” says Orthus Data Compliance Specialist, Courtney Bryan.  “If the vendors are affiliated with an Acquiring Bank their products are even perceived as required for compliance so after a Merchant purchases them, they naturally assume they are now compliant” states Bryan.

“Something has to be done about this problem. Merchants need unbiased advice and assistance with implementing this risk management framework to prevent card data theft and fraud. There is a real knowledge void in the market about what constitutes PCI DSS compliance and until it’s addressed – vendors will continue to exploit it while the Merchants carry the risks” says Bryan.

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Kelley Armstrong is one of my favourite authors, and not just because she’s Canadian! Her Women of the Otherworld series has always and will always knock my socks off!

This novel follows Elena yet again, but as the title suggests – this time she is “Stolen”. This book amps up the action, making it equal (if not better) to the original “Bitten” novel. I found this book so strong as a sequel, that it was really hard not picking up the third book immediately after this one! Elena and her pack, as well as the rest of the ladies that eventually lead this series, are a force to be reckoned with! Kelley knows how to write her characters strong and passionate!

This series is definitely for adults (although, there is a YA series if you’re interested…), due to some of the brutality the story can get into. It’s not an R rated novel, but the themes are better suited for adults (some mature YA audiences could easily read it, I know I originally read these as a teenager).

I also really enjoy Elena and Clay together. Their relationship isn’t the smoothest, and it has it’s rocky moments, but they work really well together. Knowing that their relationship builds well over multiple books, I can look back and be impressed with how Kelley built them over time. The other characters and their relationships are also very strong, but these two really shine in the Elena books.

Kelley will pull you in and have you hooked almost instantly. If you haven’t read anything by her, get on it! I love this author, and she always meets my expectations and surpasses them!

If there was one series I’d highly recommend, it’s this series! It has drama, action, adventure, romance and comedy all packaged into a fantastic Canadian series! It’s well worth the read, and worth every penny I’ve spent on this series (even when I accidentally bought doubles and triples of the books, because I forgot the order…whoops!). If I did have one recommendation, try not to read this series far apart from each other. I find it’s a great binge read, because the story is so full of lore and excitement!

And if you couldn’t get enough of this series, there’s a television show based off of the book (it’s pretty close for first season, but second and third are loosely based – but it’s still incredble!).

Five out of five stars! Can I make that six out of five? No? Darn. I guess it’ll stick to five!

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Apple to build new $1 bn campus in Texas

Apple to build new $1 bn campus in Texas

Apart from making smartphones with amazing features and mind-blowing specification (Also Expensive), Apple is also about adding value to the economy.

In view of this, Apple Inc is investing $1 billion to build a new campus in North Austin, Texas. And apart from that, spend another $10 billion for new data centers as part of a five-year investment aimed at creating 20,000 jobs in the United States.

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This development was made known through a press release from the company, on Thursday. And in addition, it would also to set up new sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California and expand operations in Pittsburgh, New York and Boulder, Colorado over the next three years.

The 133-acre campus will initially accommodate 5,000 additional employees, with the capacity to grow to 15,000, and is expected to make Apple the largest private employer in Austin.

Jobs created at the new campus will include a broad range of functions including engineering, R&D, operations, finance, sales, and customer support.

At 6,200 people, Austin already represents the largest population of Apple employees outside Cupertino.

Apple to build new $1 bn campus in Texas

Speaking about the project, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said, “Apple is among the world’s most innovative companies and an avid creator of jobs in Texas and across the country.”

“Their decision to expand operations in our state is a testament to the high-quality workforce and unmatched economic environment that Texas offers. I thank Apple for this tremendous investment in Texas, and I look forward to building upon our strong partnership to create an even brighter future for the Lone Star State.”

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Apple CEO Tim Cook on his part stated, “Apple is proud to bring new investment, jobs, and opportunity to cities across the United States and to significantly deepen our quarter-century partnership with the city and people of Austin”

“Talent, creativity and tomorrow’s breakthrough ideas aren’t limited by region or zip code, and, with this new expansion, we’re redoubling our commitment to cultivating the high-tech sector and workforce nationwide.”

This initiative became necessary since the Cupertino-based company has faced increasing political pressure to ramp up investments at home since 2016, when then presidential candidate Donald Trump targeted the company for using Asian factories for the bulk of its manufacturing.

It is also important to note that Apple gets over half its revenue from outside the United States.

You will also recall that Amazon just last month said it will build a new headquarters divided between Long Island City in New York and Crystal City, across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. Also pointing out that this $5 billion investment will create 50,000 jobs.

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I had an amazing trip to France at the end of June and beginning of July. If you follow me on Instagram then you saw my adventures and loot shoots from France. I have so many more photos and stories that I am anxious to share with you. Here is one of the first photos I took while in France. Flowers and the Eiffel Tower are pretty representative of Paris to me. I will have more pictures and stories for you soon.

Now I am busy unpacking from a family vacation, when I got back from France we went on a 2 week family road trip to see both of our families. We just got home last night and it was so nice to sleep in my bed after 3 whole weeks away. Now to organize my treasures. I will let you all know when I  have new listings on Etsy.

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By providing programs that serve the body, mind and soul, The Salvation Army helps alleviate the symptoms of poverty - and works to address the root issues that cause it.

46.7 million Americans live below the poverty line. 60 million more live one crisis away.

Sadly, children raised in poverty are 32% more likely to remain there than their more fortunate peers.

We are working feed, assist and equip the poor.

Poverty is so often the result of and the catalyst for chronic struggles with hunger, addiction, housing insecurity, mental illness, unemployment, educational voids and various forms of abuse. These interconnected struggles continue year after year, and often span generations. That's why The Salvation Army works to meet the needs of the whole person through short and long-term assistance first alleviating the symptoms of poverty and then addressing the root issues that cause it.

Poverty doesn't have to be permanent. The Salvation Army helps those in need to overcome poverty through a variety of programs.

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We help struggling families and individuals avoid falling into the cycle of crisis by supplementing their income with utility payments. This assistance often becomes the difference between shelter and eviction, between maintaining honest work and selling drugs or services for money, and between keeping kids in one place and moving them out of their home and onto the streets.

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During certain times of the year there is assistance available to meet a specific seasonally based need. Seasonal assistance consists of help with school supplies for the beginning of the school year, Winter Coat giveaway, a community Thanksgiving and Christmas food boxes, and toys for Children in need at Christmas.


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Our experience gives us a sound basis to evaluate lump sum settlement offers in the context of 20 years of information gathered from and about these disability insurers. We understand mortality rates, present valuations of future potential benefits, and other factors that go into an insurer’s valuation of your benefits.

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Grabity is a public blockchain project, to convert Internet models from a centralized network into a distributed network. The current hardware performance has been significantly improved, even enough for Gravity that has better performance than previous servers. However, it does not use 100% of the storage capacity or computational power. Anyone can share computer resources through idle devices such as smartphones, tablet, and computers, users can get a reward as much as they provide resources and DAPP developers can use The general computing machine to operate the service at a lower cost. When the Grabity project reaches the commercialization stage, anyone can use scattered nodes to convert the Internet model.

The Dapps storage database is up to the current moment on blockchain and the document is inserted into the clue server. Due to the obstacles of the renewal and the corresponding renewal of the blockchain, it works under the structure of half and half. This structure can be used through blockchain at a certain level however has not yet been protected, but when the server ends up growing, the frame will be crushed. A true dispersion application must allow the records to be used to capture. In any case, the production capacity and framing frame are required in monitoring the material on the blockchain because of the fact that their ability to increase the level of a center number of personnel.

Grabity  Because of the currently growing blockchain structure after a period of time, the popular reserve period is aggregated in each central building, the network may be reduced due to the flexibility of the centers. Thus, a considerable number of such centers are allowed to disseminate blockchain. Start of the upgrade is accessible for this reason. Starting an upgrade is an innovation that is used to center interfaces into the space of each center gaining some concrete. The term Genesis Lifts for how to override the records after estimating the number of files higher than the number during the time of overwriting the documents after counting.

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The Orbits network is the main distributed network of Grabity, creating a real P2P network distributed using all of the idle computer Wired/wireless connection resources. The transactions from the Orbits network are effectively managed through the use of Genesis Hoisting technology, which can handle simultaneous and rapid transactions.Grabity  In addition, the contract files and intelligent resources can be stored in separate sections into each section using distributed storage technology and DEFRAG functionality technology that can recall each section and execute in online play format.

The grabity ecosystem consists of centers, networks, Dapp, phases and every organization added to the biological community depending on the code of financial notices. We present the economy of the token and the needs of different biological communities to operate and creative pursuit.

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Paolita’s best selling silhouette is back and more beautiful than ever. Striking navy panels around the bust, hips and mid-section flatter and draw attention to the female form, whilst careful placement prints allow this piece to shine. Sophisticated and chic, with elegant hues of burgundy, navy and taupe throughout, the Talavera is the ultimate show-stopper. The cups are padded.

Inspired by Talavera pottery from the Mexican cities of Puebla, Cholula and Tecali, and named after the Spanish city of Talavera de la Reina, the uniquely Mexican print has been produced since the 16th century and is a blend of indigenous and European artistry.

Traditionally painted in blue, only a few other colours were introduced to Talavera pottery over the centuries. The subtle and sophisticated shades of dark red, navy blue, earthy taupe and white that feature in this print reflect the simple colour palette of these artisanal tiles.

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Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling )

Trichotillomania (trik-o-til-o-MAY-nee-uh), also called hair-pulling disorder, is a mental disorder that involves recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out hair from your scalp, eyebrows or other areas of your body, despite trying to stop.

Hair pulling from the scalp often leaves patchy bald spots, which causes significant distress and can interfere with social or work functioning. People with trichotillomania may go to great lengths to disguise the loss of hair.

For some people, trichotillomania may be mild and generally manageable. For others, the compulsive urge to pull hair is overwhelming. Some treatment options have helped many people reduce their hair pulling or stop entirely. Source

Step by step guide for parents and teachers: Trichotillomania Basics

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Effective Date For NLRB'S Notice Of Posting Rule Postponed Again

April 17, 2012

By Jennifer A. Sabovik

The effective date for the National Labor Relations Board’s notice posting rule has been postponed again. Last time it was postponed by the Board itself and this time it is being postponed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit). Earlier today the Court issued an order granting an emergency motion enjoining the Board from enforcing its rule, which would have required most private employers in the country to post a notice informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act on April 30. In light of the Court’s order, NLRB Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce issued a press release this afternoon announcing that the Board’s Regional Offices will not implement the rule pending resolution of the issues before the Court.

The Court’s injunction follows on the heels of a South Carolina federal court’s finding that the Board lacked the authority to promulgate the notice posting rule. This decision created a split in the federal district courts, since last month the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the Board’s authority to promulgate the rule (but struck down the rule’s enforcement provisions as we discussed in our previous Bullard Alert on this topic. The parties in the D.C. case immediately filed an appeal with the D.C. Circuit asking it to reverse the district court’s finding that the Board had authority to promulgate the rule, and to enjoin enforcement of the Board’s rule while the appeal was pending. The Court originally denied that motion, but reversed itself today for the following reasons:

“We note that the Board postponed operation of the rule during the pendency of the district court proceedings in order to give the district court an opportunity to consider the legal merits before the rule took effect. That postponement is in some tension with the Board’s current argument that the rule should take effect during the pendency of this court’s proceedings before this court has an opportunity to similarly consider the legal merits. We note also that the district court’s severability analysis left the posting requirement in place but invalidated the primary enforcement mechanisms for violations of the requirement. The Board has indicated that it may cross-appeal that aspect of the district court’s decision. The uncertainty about enforcement counsels further in favor of temporarily preserving the status quo while this court resolves all of the issues on the merits.”

The appeal is to be expedited: briefs are to be submitted in May and June and oral argument scheduled to take place in September.

For its part, the Board intends to appeal the decision issued by the South Carolina District Court. Chairman Gaston Pearce said of both decisions: “We continue to believe that requiring employers to post this notice is well within the Board’s authority, and that it provides a genuine service to employees who may not otherwise know their rights under our law.”

So for now, employers do not have to post the notice and their obligation to post may not be resolved until the issue is ultimately heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. We will continue to monitor the issue and bring you updates as they develop.


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Well, at least it’s going to be about these things, because right now it’s just this one post about nothing... But rest assured that real articles will soon follow :-)

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Bunifu CTO Kimutai Kipngetich (Kim Too Flex) feted by Microsoft

Bunifu CTO, Kimutai Kipng’etich (Kim Too Flex) has been awarded as a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for the Visual Studio and Development Technologies award category […]
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Ooooh. Toooo. Moorrow. Tomorrow.

I love ya, tomorrow.

Because Kaitlin and Mommy are coming!!!

(at 6:00 AM… grrrr)

But let’s not worry about that right now!

Right now I am focusing on getting to give mommy a big hug and getting to jump on Kaitlin. And tell her “Happy Graduation” face to face. And to show them around this sweaty, sweaty city that I currently call home.

We’ll get to eat really good breakfasts. We’ll get to have really good talks. Mostly about me. We’ll get to go shopping. Wait. No we won’t. I’m the only one who likes to shop. Maybe just for an hour? Just give me an hour. Anyway. We’ll go to museums. And then take long, post museum naps. We’ll take lots of pictures. And they won’t be from my iPhone. And I’ll actually be in them. We’ll do a whole lot of laughing. About everything silly. I’ll get to be myself for a few days. And did I mention a whole lot of eating?

In the meantime, I have the day off of work, so I’m going to prep my little shoebox for their arrival. Laundry, Sweeping, Making the bed.

I’m really rolling out the red carpet for these guys.

2 thoughts on “Ooooh. Toooo. Moorrow. Tomorrow.

  1. I hope you're buying all the meals, cuz mom and Kaitlin are on a definite budget. Enjoy eating out.

    Is Lord King still around or is she officially the red carpet?

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Alberta couple — with only one full income and parents living for free — worry about savings

In their 40s, Luis and Martha also have mortgages totalling $435,605 owing on two properties

Situation: With only one full income and parents living for free in their rental unit, ability to save for retirement is in doubt

Solution: Good management of assets, strong savings and time should be enough to build sustaining retirement income

A couple we’ll call Luis, 45, and Martha, 40, live in Alberta with their child Alex, age 8. Martha is the principal breadwinner with a base gross income of $6,615 per month plus variable bonuses and employer contributions to a company pension plan. Luis brings home $575 per month from part time work he does when he is not looking after Alex. Including bonuses and the Canada Child Benefit, which goes to Alex’s RESP, they bring home $6,233 per month. Their financial issues lie in the modest earnings of a partner who currently takes care of their child and timing future rental income from an apartment in which parents, who have modest resources, live rent free.

They have an aging condo recently appraised at $255,000 for their residence, a $444,500 rental property and financial assets of $291,357 including $16,708 in an RESP for Alex. Their total assets are $996,857. There are liabilities of $435,605 including a $127,563 mortgage for their condo and a $308,042 mortgage for the rental house. Their net worth, $561,252, is modest for their ages but they are diligent savers, meticulous record keepers and are struggling to be good planners.

They are looking ahead to retirement. “If we want to quit work when Luis is 65 and have $65,000 per year after tax, how much would we have to save each month?” Martha asks. Their savings work out to $1,080 a month for their RRSPs plus $175 for the RESP. Their monthly RRSP savings are composed of $463 from their paycheques and $617 from Martha’s employer, and total $12,960 per year.

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Family Finance asked Derek Moran, head of Smarter Financial Planning Ltd. in Kelowna, B.C., to work with Luis and Martha. “There is a lot that is right about this couple’s finances — no debt other than mortgages on their home and rental property, reasonable amortization on the home mortgage that will be paid in full when they are 65, and potential future profitability on the rental.”

The problems in the case are less about attaining the goal of the target retirement income, but of getting there efficiently, Moran says. For now, the couple is substituting generosity toward Martha’s parents, who live in one unit of their rental house without paying rent, for profit. The analytical problem lies in estimating when the rental will become profitable. We hesitate to predict the parents’ future. We also do not know when Luis may return to full time employment nor what he will earn. Regardless, the target retirement income is attainable, Moran concludes.

Education savings

Alex has a $16,708 Registered Education Savings Plan. It is growing with annual contributions of $2,100. Assuming that Luis and Martha add $400 per year by trimming food and restaurant costs by $33 per month, to bring the annual contributions to $2,500 and that they attract the Canada Education Savings Grant of the lesser of $500 per beneficiary per year or 20 per cent of contributions, the resulting $3,000 annual contribution would boost the fund to $52,300 when, after age 17, Alex is ready for post-secondary education. That works out to $13,075 per year for four years, enough for tuition and books for most institutions in Alberta, Moran explains.

Money management

Their largest investment is the $444,500 rental house. It has two suites. One is occupied rent-free by Martha’s parents and the other has a tenant who pays $1,700 monthly rent. $755 of the $1,429 monthly mortgage payment is interest, the remainder is forced savings that is really just adding to their equity. Other rental expenses are $827 for maintenance, utilities, property tax and insurance. On this basis, the present return of the building is about zero.

The rental is not profitable, but in a few years, the parents may not occupy the suite. If we assume a higher rent is being received, say $800 for the parents’ smaller suite plus the $1,700 they already receive, total $2,500 less $827 for expenses and $755 actual interest, the net rent would be $918 per month or $11,016 per year. That rent should be available by time Luis and Martha retire. Their present equity in the rental ($450,000 market value less $308,444 mortgage debt) is $141,556.

That’s a good return plus or minus capital appreciation. In future, the interest rate they pay, 2.94 per cent, may rise, but they may also be able to raise rents. Moreover, rental condo mortgage interest is tax-deductible. Keep the rental, Moran advises.

Retirement income

If the couple’s $187,385 of defined contribution plan and RRSPs — they are really similar critters but with different names — grows by 6 per cent per year less 3 per cent for inflation, and if they continue to add $12,960 per year, it would become $686,678 in 20 years at her age 60 and would support payouts of $35,033 per year in 2019 dollars for 30 years to her age 90.

At present, Luis and Martha have $21,796 in their Tax-Free Savings Account. They could use that money to pay down their $127,563 home mortgage and so shorten the amortization. However, the 2.94 per cent mortgage interest rate is low and much of their monthly payments are a return of capital from paying down principal. If they put their $42,968 taxable investments into the TFSAs and if the $64,764 total grows at 3 per cent over the rate of inflation, it will become $117,000 in 20 years at Martha’s age 60. That sum, earning 3 per cent after inflation for 30 years to her age 90 would yield $5,800 per year.

When Luis and Martha are both 65, they would have retirement income of $11,016 from their rental, $35,033 from RRSPs, $5,800 from TFSAs, $20,415 combined Canada Pension Plan benefits based on employment history and Old Age Security benefits of $14,434 for total income before tax of $86,700.

With splits of eligible pension income, no tax on TFSA payouts and a 20 per cent average tax rate, they would have $70,520 annual disposable income. That’s $5,880 per month. That’s more than their target of $65,000 per year after tax, which is $5,417 per month.

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