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GTA 5 San Andreas apk download – for Android

Learn here how to download and install GTA 5 San Andreas right on your android device!

GTA (Grand Theft Auto) is a very popular game that earned millions on its first release. It was developed by Rockstar Games and it still remains the most widely played game there is.

GTA is a game about gang wars and several missions that you have to accomplish using powerful weaponry and vehicles to get ahead. Here is a list of GTA games released by Rockstar Games throughout the years:

  1. 1997      Grand Theft Auto
  2. 1999      Grand Theft Auto London 1969
  3. 2001       Grand Theft Auto III
  4. 2002      Grand Theft Auto Vice City
  5. 2004      Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
  6. 2005       Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories
  7. 2006       Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories
  8. 2008      Grand Theft Auto IV
  9. 2009      Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars
  10. 2013      Grand Theft Auto The Ballad of Gay Tony
  11. 2013 Grand Theft Auto V.

Recently, after frequent requests by gamers who prefer using their android devices than Xbox and PC to play game, Rockstar released an android GTA version. This version of GTA is in beta apk, but it works very well, with its amazing soundtracks and HD quality graphics on your phone. You can easily get it for your phone and play GTA! So read ahead how to get this GTA apk for your phone:

To download and successfully install GTA 5 apk on your phone, you will need 3 GB free storage. The GTA apk file, Data file and the OBB file. Here are the links from where you can get these files:

GTA 5 apk file download (21.1 MB)

GTA OBB + Data download

In case these don’t work, try these mirror links below:

GTA 5 apk file

GTA 5 Data

Installing the GTA 5 apk file:

  1. Launch the GTA apk file that you previously downloaded. If your phone does not allow the installation, go to your phone Settings > security > unknown sources.
  2. Go to play store and download ES Explorer on to your phone. This is used to extract the data file into the game folder.
  3. go to download folder in the Es file explorer app. There you will find the GTA 5 Data zip file with the name: com.rockstargames.gtasa. Extract this zip file to the android >> OBB. If you cant find the OBB folder then you can create one.

That’s it your process of installation is now complete. You can now successfully enjoy the GTA V San Andreas on your android phone. Run this game on any smart phone. Experience a real gaming experience!

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Idaho CEOs saluted for their influence, leadership

Each year CEO honorees are profiled in a video by Peppershock Media and they speak during the awards event. Pictured here are the 2016 honorees during the awards event. Photos by Pete Grady.

Each year CEO honorees are profiled in videos by Peppershock Media and a special IBR magazine. Pictured here are the 2016 honorees speaking at the awards event at the Riverside Hotel. Top, l-r: Darrel Anderson, Ken Wyatt, Travis Rothweiler; middle, l-r: Kurt Gustavel (accepting for Jack Gustavel), Maureen O’Toole, Don Kemper; bottom, l-r: Rev. Roscoe, Shaun Menchaca, Brad Wiskirchen. Photos by Pete Grady.

The Idaho Business Review CEO of Influence program is recognizing some of the top Idaho leaders this year for the seventh year in a row.

IBR received scores of nominations for company, business, nonprofit and government showrunners. Twenty completed applications and sent in resumes, letters of recommendation and supporting materials.  Selection committees consisting of past honorees carefully examined each application package, weighing the leaders’ merits in five categories: leadership, vision, innovation and competitiveness, financial performance and community leadership.

Past CEOs of Influence sat on the selection committees: Rick Ritter of New Ventures Lab Inc., Connie Miller of Icon Credit Union, Chris Taylor of Fisher Technology, Bill Connors of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, Scott Anderson with Zions Bank, Rev. Bill Roscoe at the Boise Rescue Mission, Travis Rothweiler with the city of Twin Falls, Red Sky’s Jessica Flynn, George Iliff with Colliers International, Idaho Power’s Darrel Anderson and John Cunningham with the Grove Hotel.

Choosing the CEOs of influence was challenging, said the selection committee members. “Wow,” Ritter said, “great group of folks – made it hard to evaluate.” Rev. Roscoe called it “an honor to review and score these great candidates.” And Miller said: “once again, this was very hard. We have some great people in our community.”

The 10 top scoring candidates are this year’s CEOs of Influence. To honor them, there will be a networking reception, dinner and awards event featuring videos of the honorees. It is open to the public and will be at the Riverside Hotel May 23. A magazine featuring their profiles will be published with the Idaho Business Review May 26.

Idaho Business Review 2017 CEOs of Influence

John Evans Jr., president and CEO, D.L. Evans Bank

Bert Glandon, president, CWI

Elizabeth Lizberg, executive director, Camp Rainbow Gold

George Mulhern, CEO, Cradlepoint

Beth Oppenheimer, executive director, Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children

Rodney Reider, president, CEO, Saint Alphonsus

Matt Rissell, CEO, TSHEETS.COM

Jerry Whitehead, president, CEO, Western Trailer

Marya Woods, CEO, Apex Manufacturing Solutions

Steve Woodworth, CEO, Idaho Youth Ranch

About Jeanne Huff

Jeanne Huff is the special sections editor at IBR, editor of Women of the Year, Accomplished Under 40, CEOs of Influence, Money Makers, Leaders in Law, Corporate Guide to Event Planning as well as editor of custom publications including Welcome to Boise, Dining Decisions, Idaho Heartland Living and Travelog.

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Surviving Winter – Stay Garden Safe During Winter Storms

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Seed catalogue’s at the ready once your done outdoors it’s time to check on your (indoor micro greens) before settling down with a warm cup of your favorite beverage and visualize your garden during warmer times, a kind of time-travel for gardeners as we plan, re-call and remember our garden through the season’s over the years.


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AMD Stock Prediction: Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning Computers Could Boost AMD

motek 1The article was written by Motek Moyen Research Seeking Alpha’s #1 Writer on Long Ideas and #2 in Technology  – Senior Analyst at I Know First

AMD Stock Prediction

  • The growing need for specialized Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning computers is a great opportunity for GPU-maker AMD.
  • AMD Instinct products could be attractive alternatives to Nvidia’s pricey Deep Learning Tesla computers.
  • AMD’s release of Vega-based Radeon Instinct deep learning computer products could help it offset any future weakness in server-centric x86 processors.
  • The nascent GPU-Accelerated AI/Deep Learning hardware business is something that Intel could not get involved in.
  • Long-term algorithmic forecasts are hinting AMD’s stock price is more likely to go up within the next 12 months.

Tractica predicted that Artificial Intelligence revenue will grow from $643.7 million last year to $36.8 billion by 2025. This particular industry has an estimated CAGR of 62.9%. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) therefore is right to get involved in GPU-accelerated Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning compute products.

AMD’s rival Intel (INTC) has no discrete GPU technology or products. AMD might find it easier to compete in GPU-accelerated Artificial Intelligence computers rather than in server-centric processors for the data center industry. Supplying Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning computer hardware could become as lucrative as supplying x86 server-grade chip products.

Unlike the decades-old server chip market, AI and Deep Learning for data centers is just a budding industry where few corporate networks are beholden to one entity.

Nvidia Should Not Monopolize GPU-Accelerated Deep Learning

As part of the duopoly on GPU chips, AMD can now challenge the monopoly of Nvidia on GPU-accelerated deep learning computers. Nvidia’s data center revenue earned $240 million in its latest quarter, up +192.7% Year-over-Year.  It will be a great tragedy if AMD allow Nvidia to solely own this niche market.

Nvidia spent billions of dollars for its GPU-accelerated platform and is now reaping great rewards. Lack of competition in GPU-accelerated Deep Learning computer solutions has allowed Nvidia to sell its Pascal Tesla P100-powered DGX-1 Deep Learning System box for $129,000. Based on the rapid growth in its data center segment, Nvidia is actually finding many buyers for its pricey AI/Deep Learning computers.

AMD’s announcement last month of its Radeon Instinct AI/Deep learning hardware and software solutions could give Nvidia some serious competition. The Radeon Instinct’s base variant will be Polaris-based with peak FP16 performance of 5.7 teraflops, 150 Watt board power and 16 GB of GPU memory. The Radeon Instict MI25 will come later this year with the new GPU Vega architecture.

(Source: AMD)

Technical specs aside, AMD will definitely find customers for its AI/Deep Learning products among small and big corporate clients. AMD could use pricing to undermine the commercial appeal of a $129k Nvidia DGX-1 deep learning system.

On the other hand, GPU- Accelerated Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning chips are going to be needed by almost all industries and services. AMD and Nvidia could co-exist profitably together in this particular market. I suspect that AMD could catch up with Nvidia on AI GPUs within the next 2-3 years.

AMD Stock Prediction

(Source: AMD)

Strong Sales From New GPU and Processors Products Will Finance AI Efforts

AMD cannot match the 9-figure R&D budget of Nvidia but I expect AMD to have enough revenue streams to allocate some money for R&D over AI/Deep Learning hardware/software solutions.  AMD’s stock has a one-year return of more than 400% since early 2016 because big and small investors alike are very optimistic about AMD’s Polaris/Vega GPUs and Ryzen desktop processors.

A check on Amazon (AMZN) reveals that AMD Polaris RX 480 products are now among the top-selling computer graphic cards. It’s strong clue that AMD is earning enough revenue to develop new products like the Radeon Instinct.

(Source: Amazon)

The release of the much-anticipated high-end Ryzen processor and Vega GPU products before April this year could increase AMD’s revenue stream by as much as 20%. The high-end market for PC gaming is largely dominated by high-end/mid-range products.

Jon Peddie Research’s chart below shows high-end products account for 43% of the global PC gaming hardware market.  In short, AMD selling high-end 14-nanometer CPUs and GPUs could be a serious growth catalyst for its topline this year.

Consequently, stronger revenue streams from new products will allow AMD to allocate enough budget to further enhance its Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning platforms.

AMD gaining 30%-50% share of the GPU-accelerated Deep Learning computer systems market could help its stock breach the $20 price levels within the 12 months. Unlike the x86 consumer and server processor business, GPU-accelerated deep learning machines is something that Intel cannot use contra revenue on.

AMD will only have to contend with Nvidia on GPU-accelerated deep learning computers.

My Buy recommendation for AMD is in line with the highly-positive 12-month algorithmic forecast from I Know First.

I Know First Algorithm Heatmap Explanation

The sign of the signal tells in which direction the asset price is expected to go (positive = to go up = Long, negative = to drop = Short position), the signal strength is related to the magnitude of the expected return and is used for ranking purposes of the investment opportunities.

Predictability is the actual fitness function being optimized every day, and can be simplified explained as the correlation based quality measure of the signal. This is a unique indicator of the I Know First algorithm. This allows users to separate and focus on the most predictable assets according to the algorithm. Ranging between -1 and 1, one should focus on predictability levels significantly above 0 in order to fill confident about/trust the signal.

I Know First Success With AMD

I Know First has bullish on AMD in past forecasts. On August 31st, 2016, an I Know First analyst wrote a bullish article on AMD, and discussed the long-term oppurtunity in their radeon technology. In accordance with I Know First’s self-learning algorithmic forecast, AMD shares rose over 40% to date.

This bullish forecast for AMD was sent to I Know First subscribers on August 30th, 2016. To subscribe today click here.


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Hug Bear’s 13th Birthday

Hug Bear’s 13th Birthday!
Happy Birthday！！

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13 years ago on July 4th, ileava jewelry was launched and so was its signature ring, Hug Bear.

Because we couldn’t do anything for our 10th anniversary, we decided to host a “2 years belated 10th anniversary party” on our 13th!

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Hug Bear was inspired from a teddy bear our in-house designer’s (Maya Nishimura) younger sister had when she was little. As her sister grew older, the teddy bear was left behind. Maya decided to make a teddy bear ring her sister can wear wherever she went. That was the beginning of our brand, ileava jewelry.

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The first Hug Bear had eyes!

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On the very right is a Hug Bear in clay just before Maya started jewelry making.
In the middle is the very first Hug Bear
The very left is a Hug Bear you can try on at the store.


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joykrodriguezphoto Greetings and Salutations One and All! I am pleased to announce a special show of Illuminations of Light LIVE! This coming Wednesday Night, 9pm MDT We are pleased and honored to introduce Dr. Joy Kamakamaewailani Rodriguez, Ph.D. ! She is an amazingly gentle spirit and we are honored to welcome her to the show!

Dr. Joy Kamakamaewailani Rodriguez, Ph.D. (Natural Health), was born in England, but has called Hawaii home for over 27 years now. Just back from “wowing” others in Beijing, China, Joy is currently, embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime 50-State Book Tour. She is, not only an Author, but a Life Passion Coach, Speaker, Licensed Massage Therapist, and also, an Advanced “Law Of Attraction” Certified Practitioner.She completed Bodywork training at: Holistic Centers Hawaii, Hawaii Healing Arts College and Hands Towards Heaven. She has taught and still teaches Hawaiian Spirituality (Ho`oponopono and Huna); while, practicing bodywork and energy modalities like: Reiki, Reflexology, Swedish, Pranic Healing, Shiatsu, Deep Tissue, Lomilomi, and Hot Stone Therapies, for over 15 years.
She is a member of Toastmasters International and The Council On Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA). She is the Author of “Your Life Passions: 7 Spiritual Huna Principles For Abundance” and 2 other books, “Integrity Dialogues”, “SpaThenticity”, and a co-author alongside Dr. Joe Vitale (of The Secret) in the recently released “Ready, Aim, Inspire” Book Series.

In our interview this week we will be discussing the 7 Principals of Huna:

Learn To Follow Your “Bliss”, Using These 7 Huna Principles:

  1. `IKE: The World Is What You Think It Is.
  2. KALA: Release and Forgive (Ho`oponopono).
  3. MAKIA: Energy Flows Where Attention Goes.
  4. MANAWA: Now Is The Moment Of Power.
  5. ALOHA: To Love Is To Be Happy.
  6. MANA: All Power Comes From Within.
  7. PONO: Truth, Integrity.

We will also be discussing the true meaning of “ALOHA”

The spirit of Aloha was an important lesson taught to the children of the past because it was about the world of which they were a part. One early teaching goes like this:

Aloha is being a part of all, and all being a part of me. When there is pain – it is my pain. When there is joy – it is also mine. I respect all that is as part of the Creator and part of me. I will not willfully harm anyone or anything. When food is needed I will take only my need and explain why it is being taken. The earth, the sky, the sea are mine to care for, to cherish and to protect. This is Hawaiian – this is Aloha!

As the child grew, the need for a fundamental code of ethics was taught. This code is found within a deeper layer of the meaning of the word Aloha. The code is derived from one of the acronymic meanings of Aloha.

A, ala, watchful, alertness
L, lokahi, working with unity
O, oia’i’o, truthful honesty
H, ha’aha’a, humility
A, ahonui, patient perseverance

The kahuna David Bray interprets this code as “Come forward, be in unity and harmony with your real self, God, and mankind. Be honest, truthful, patient, kind to all life forms, and humble.” He also stated that to the Hawaiian of old, Aloha meant “God in us.”

So far, within Aloha, we have found an explanation of our place in the world and a code of ethics to help us with our interactions in the world. The only thing we are missing is our “prime directive” while we are here, and that too can be found within the root words that make up Aloha.

alo, 1. sharing 2. in the present
oha, joyous affection, joy
ha, life energy, life, breath

Using Hawaiian language grammatical rules, we will translate this literally as “The joyful sharing of life energy in the present” or simply “Joyfully sharing life”.

Read the full article @ http://www.huna.org/html/deeper.html

And a direct quote from Dr. Joy’s book,

“Aloha is the purest form of joy and happiness that
emanates from just being alive. It is the joy of
existence, an attitude of gratitude, and appreciation of
To apply aloha in your life, realize that aloha means
“to love is to be happy with.”
The more you are at peace with what you pres‐
ently have in your life, the easier it will be to change
it. The more you connect to what your life passions
are, the easier it will be to manifest prosperity using
Aloha, though commonly used as a salutation, is
the most famous word in the Hawaiian language, and
like so many other indigenous interpretations, it fre‐
quently contains hidden codes (kaona) and other

Finally we will be discussing “Attitudinal Healing” which is also discussed in her book.

” Attitudinal Healing
Attitudinal Healing is a self‐healing method
which allows us to remove self‐imposed
blocks like judgments of others and self‐con‐
demnation that we put in the way of exper‐
iencing love, peace, and happiness in our lives.
Forgiveness (Kala) is also echoed throughout one of
my favorite self‐healing methods, “Attitudinal Healing”
(AH). Many of AH’s teachings have helped me fulfill
my own life passions and supported the strategies
found throughout this book. I hope you’ll find these
12 principles (complementing Huna and the Law of
Attraction, in many cases) helpful to you in your own
life’s journey.
The 12 Principles of Attitudinal Healing are:
1. The Essence of Our Being Is Love.
2. Health Is Inner Peace, Healing Is Letting Go
of Fear.
3. Giving and Receiving Are the Same.
4. We Can Let Go of the Past and of the Future.
5. Now Is the Only Time There Is and Each
Instant Is for Giving.
6. We Can Learn To Love Ourselves and Others
7. We Can Become Love Finders Rather Than
8. We Can Choose and Direct Ourselves To Be
Peaceful Inside Regardless of What Is Hap‐
pening Outside.
9. We Are Students and Teachers to Each Other.
10. We Can Focus on The Whole of Life Rather
Than the Fragments.
11. Since Love Is Eternal, Death Need Not Be
Viewed As Fearful.
12. We Can Always Perceive Others as Either
Extending Love or Giving a Call for Help.
Mahalo Nui Loa (Thank you So Much)
Jerry Jampolsky, Founder, and
Diane Cirincione, Executive Director
Attitudinal Healing International

You are all going to just love Dr. Joy K. Rodriguez and if you cannot join the show live you can always listen to our archives of the show! This show will air, Wednesday July 30, 2014 at 9pm MDT @ blogtalkradio.com/illuminationsoflight and if you wish to learn more about our guest or services and products she offers please visit thelifepassioncompass.com

We do hope that you all can join us and wish for you all much Aloha! Make it a great week!

In Love and Oneness of Heart,

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On Sunday, Kimberly was asked to be a guest on Colorado We Cannabis Radio, which aired on time4hemp radio on iheart radio. The topic was cannabis and the 3rd eye. There were many technical issues on the show so only half of the show recorded, we have salvaged what parts of the interview lived. In a nutshell, the discussion was how cannabis for SOME can create spiritual experience and open the doors to the Creator’s consciousness. It as with any other tool, should be used in moderation, with reverence and respect and as a medicinal thing. It can be a tool, a stepping stone to achieve altered states of awareness, and allows those who suffer physically or emotionally to function whereas they cannot otherwise. As with people, each individual is different, and not all people will have a positive experience with it, but if we keep it in perspective you can have negative experiences in an allergic reaction with any substance, not exclusively pot. You must use discernment what works and doesn’t work with you and use anything in moderation. I have known many people who have had “god like” experiences or expanding consciousness and relaxation to the point that the brain moves into a meditative state instantly. It was a great way to give back and share the 420 holiday with the folks of Denver. Thanks to David Smith for our intro, to Tim Tipton for inviting me to be a guest, to Charles North and company for running the show while Tim was away, and to all who support our efforts to educate.

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Greetings and Salutations! One and All! So I know it’s been awhile, since you all have heard from me…..I went to spend time with family and when I returned home, I slipped and fell at the airport and was fairly hurt and have been in recovery since. However, inspite of the delays, I am still moving forward in my expansion and feel confident that new and wonderful things are on the horizon for me personally. I have been working on classes which will be available very soon! I will be starting a spoke to my wheel which I developed awhile ago. Universal Living Light will be the venue to book classes and or purchase online materials.  I ventured out early this fall, and put an ad in Living Social and got a tremendous response locally. So I was pulled to start doing something with the educational and community spokes of my master wheel. Through difficult challenges, I persevered and we are very close to launching our online and in person classes in addition to one on one mentoring and of course still doing readings and parties etc through Illuminations of Light. There are 8 spokes in my wheel currently so I am excited to see some movement in my creations finally. Which brings me to why I felt the need to blog today.

There have been some main stream messages from Spirit to me that I want to share with you all now.  We are all feeling the pressure cooker waves of energy and love which are helping us to clear up all the negative sides and memories and experiences of the meat suit or the human body. We are moving into our Light bodies. In doing so, we are under a tremendous amount of release and this can feel very scary to a lot of people. Take heart, hold faith, and know that it is all going to work out in the end. Even with all the things looking terrible, we have the ability to turn things around by fighting fire with love and prayer. Our prime directive is to help the Earth and each other rise above these times of greed and self serving behaviors. We are co creators in the game and can turn around things like chemtrails, fukishima and the water issues by seeing a different outcome. Pulling from our hearts with love that all will be OK! Getting mad at political people and issues, serves nothing but making others upset as well as yourselves, if you don’t like it, change it. Go to the caucus and let your vote count. If you feel you are out of control, control is an illusion, there is not any control over anything but ourselves. We can inspire, influence, etc, but in reality we do not ever control outside things or people. Only how we choose to react or respond to them. Us, we control ourselves. Every path tells us we must change ourselves first. What is outside is a reflection of what’s inside. The collective consciousness is working through a great deal right now. The only thing we know for sure is it all changes. Sometimes fast and sometimes slow, but always change is in the air.

This entire month we are being showered with tons of pure light. We must continue to have faith that this is all part of the process, nothing is going to stop the changes from happening, but we can bring them with ease and grace and we can definitely contribute by our prayers that balance be brought, with ease and grace. Shower the problems with love and ask the solutions manifest with ease and grace for the highest good of all concerned. Forgive those who trespass against you and move forward. Baby steps, setting smaller, attainable goals. This is one of the keys to success as we ride these waves. On those days when you feel blah and cannot think for your life, GREAT! Then just BE and FEEL! Try however, to accomplish one thing on your never ending lists of things to do each and every day. If you get an energy burst then do a bit more. The name of the game is balance and pacing. We are running an energetic marathon as we transmute the lower frequencies and vibrational items in our lives which are no longer serving our highest good. This process can be painful, lonely, frustrating at times, but as we have all been told, there is an end. The waves of change are afoot and nothing or no one will stop the Divine will from being manifest in Love.

Goals and happiness keep you in flow. If you cannot be in flow then let yourself rest and play. I myself have been coloring and cooking and writing to keep myself from feeling like I am doing nothing, the reality is I am processing, healing, assimilating, contemplating, resolving and reprogramming with all the new information and light coming in. So it’s like, release, sleep, new info, process, energy boost, release, and so on. There has not been much room for living in past or worrying about future, I really have only been able to stay present in the moment, be gentle with myself, recognizing that the feelings I am processing are not only my own but that of the planet and the beings upon her. These moments pass, but when I am in them, panic feelings, anxiety, tears and fears flooding through me. I ground and start to count my blessings, “This is what I am grateful for right NOW” , “blissipline” is a daily effort and requires time and attention to make the changes so that those moments of negative feelings will not bother us as much. With each release and refill, the peace gets greater, the fear gets lessened and the blessings begin to flow forward.

Whether you are conscious or unconscious and asleep, these changes are happening. These days are good ones to pull within and recharge and regroup and take baby steps to be the reality you want in your life. Write your goals, short, medium and long term. When the little stuff comes up, like we are not getting our way, remember, focus on the solutions and not the problems, be in integrity and be fair, where your thinking is, that is where the energy to manifest goes. If people are not cooperating or being difficult, bless them, love them and walk away until they are in a more receptive state of mind. Getting upset only makes things worse. EVERYONE is going through this process at different levels and paces but they are experiencing the weirdness that is in our fields today.

Keeping in mind that this is all a holodeck and we can reprogram the machine to make the game run the way we prefer. Everything is always perfect. We must have the good/bad balance in duality. We are hopefully rising above this and into the Oneness and to a new kind of world that doesn’t deal with these lower vibe situations and feelings. So keep on keeping on, if it’s too much then ask Creator, the angels, the universe to lift the negative thoughts and feelings and transmute them as they are being released.

Keep moving your body, learn a new dance. Learn a new skill. Keep your brain, and body in the mode of expanding not exploding and put positive statements in place of the negative, put positive people instead of the negative, into your world. Seeing  the challenges is fine, even good, accepting they are there and seeking solutions through physical action or prayers, stating a challenge, or recognizing it’s there is not being negative, seeing it as impossible to resolve or complaining that it’s there and doing nothing to move toward solutions, is negative. Nothing is impossible in Creator’s dream, and nothing gets resolved by focusing on the problem or playing the blame game. We cannot change the past, it’s done, we might have tomorrow, but not guaranteed, all we have is right now. What can we do and be successful at in this moment of now. If there’s nothing to be done, timing is everything, then move onto the next thing that you can be successful at today.

Follow your bliss, be the best you at all times you can be, challenge yourself to strive for the impossible dreams. Be your own person, be your own parent, best friend, lover, business adviser, creator. Nothing outside of yourself is responsible for your happiness. You have the power within you just tap into it and do not give up. Failures are subjective. Don’t let anything consume your happiness. If you do, then pull out, stop and change your mind. Use music, art, movies to help you get through those moments of wanting to scream or die. Call a friend, write a letter and burn it. Do what your inner child needs to stop feeling afraid. Scared is different than afraid. Keep letting it go, keep letting it flow. We are going to continue in this energy for awhile, so make the best of it, and cherish the moments of now.

You are not crazy, there is chaos, but from this, there is also growth and rebirth. You are most loved, and supported, hug yourself, you are doing GREAT! Be kind to yourselves, and to each other, the best you can, hold on and stay in integrity. Smile, laugh and enjoy today, for that ‘s all we have. Let go of those people who take more than they give, who make you feel less that for not living up to their expectations of you, if people let you down, then do it for yourself. We can count on Creator and Ourselves, that’s it. If someone is kind, follows through, is honest, these things are gravy , bonuses, but the bottom line is we are our own happiness, those things just add to it, not complete it or make it so entirely.

What are you going to do to be happy today? What is your “blissipline” routine? If you don’t have one, then make one up, and start today! Write 10 blessings everyday and email it to yourself, so you can remind yourself, “It’s not so bad…what good can come out of this?”  Expect your day to be great! Laugh! Define your day with positive reinforcement. ” I’m going to hear my favorite songs on the radio on my commute to work!” , “I’m going to drink my coffee and love each and every sip of it!” , ” I’m going to meet each challenge today with love and wisdom and reflect back what I would prefer people be like” these types of declarations will eventually become self fulfilling prophecy. When you say, ” I do not feel good” , ” I’m sick of work!” , ” I just know it’s gonna be a crappy day I can see it already!” These statements we say to ourselves also can be self fullfilling.

lfilling prophecy. When you say, ” I do not feel good” , ” I’m sick of work!” , ” I just know it’s gonna be a crappy day I can see it already!” These statements we say to ourselves also can be self fullfilling.

Bad things happen in life. We experience so much stuff. Loss. Defeat. Abuse. Etc. we can be victimized but we are not victims, we are survivors, winners of the greatest survivor episodes ever! We have much to do, but we have come so far, congrats!

So to recap, we are loved and supported. Our feelings are fleeting and pass, allow them to. Control you, nothing else. Feed positivity to yourself, turn the pigs ear into a purse, depend on nothing outside for your anything. Less expectation/less disappointment. See solutions not problems. Pray and kill them with love and kindness, it comes back to you. Make the moments of now, the best they can be. Let go and let God. I think that pretty well sums things up! Keep going for gold! You will get there! Setbacks are normal! Overcome them! Nothing is impossible!

Thanks for reading today! Make it a great day!

In Love and Oneness of Heart,

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Greetings and Salutations to One and All! As we continue our treasures of Hawaii series, we encountered an amazing opportunity to meet with one of the 13 grandmothers, the Kahuna Happy Pahia. She was introduced to me by Mahealani Pontius in the course of our pre interviews with her and we were just blown away by the synchronicity and timing of events. I had just begun forming the ideas around my newest spoke of community/foundational work in the form of the Sisterhood of Gaea. Through my work with readings, I found that there was a basic need in most of the women I was meeting with. The piece which is missing is that of women gathering. When I was young, and for most families I believe this was true, there would be a gathering of the women to share, food, story, wisdom, problem solving and teaching of the old ways to the younger generations. In my family, we were taught that family was the most important thing above all. We were taught that what we do now affects 7 generations ahead of us, that each thought and action would send a ripple in time which will magnify as it spreads out, so to choose carefully which path we walk and to always walk in our integrity. My great grandparents and my grand aunts were some of my greatest teachers of the old ways. So there is a kindred heart already in play with the 13 grandmothers whom I wrote about several years ago in my shift blogs. So when I had the vision of the Sisterhood, it was really a replay of visions of past lives from my time in Mu or Lemuria, to the time of Odin and the nordic gods, to another time of Atlantis and so on. The Sisterhood of Gaea consisted of the women schools of light, it has taken on, as we all have, many incarnations and forms, but the basis of protecting the huna (secrets) of the ancients and of Gaea our Mother Earth and holding the energies and teaching has never died, just slept. We were the keepers of the crystal medicine, the history, the tapastry and tapas of our people, back to the time of Earth’s inception. We like the whales were the record keepers of our beloved Mother. In this lifetime we have come back to gather once more and to resurrect the huna and use it for this time and beyond. During the time of great change. This message of unity and sharing is critical right now.

The Kahuna Happy Pahia, was right on time and in line with this message and this mission. It is is an honor to have her join us on tonight’s show and to share with you all, her amazing light and messages. She was adorable, helping the elderly in her community and teaching, just sharing her love everywhere she went. She shared with me that she was once upon a time a flight attendant and she loved to fly. She also shared with me, when asked, who are you? and when did your training begin? Her answer to me was I go back to the beginning of humans in Hawaii which is the remaining land piece, the top of a mountain, in the land of Mu. Mu proceeds Atlantis and reflects a more innocent time of our time here on earth. (My words) Her mission here as with all of us, is to help concepts in today’s society change rapidly. That each of us, must take an honest inventory of ourselves within, and live in a more harmonious way with each other and our beloved planet.

Her lineage can be tracked back to the first inhabitants and royal families who lived in paradise. She was born into the family of Kahunas and taught the old ways and given the initiations and knowledge which she shares today. Her life was and is destined, it is set in stone and as is her namesake, her job is to spread happiness and gladness to humanity. She prays daily that she is able to complete her mission and assignments so that she may end this incarnation in peace. She has had many wonderous spiritual experiences in her mere 70 years upon this planet, and her wisdom is timeless. She was chosen to be a part of the second circle of grandmothers, the foundational circle, traveling the world and sharing with other grandmothers and grandfathers, about her people and her journey, healing and spreading Aloha wherever she goes. She has learned well, the concepts of living in the moment, her day begins with asking Creator what the day shall bring.

She speaks on Ho’oponopono and helps many of her people on a daily basis. Truly a golden hearted being, you all are gonna love her!

To reach her, you can write kahunapahia808@gmail.com. She will be back in Kauai in January for a retreat in Kapaa at the Dolphin Healing Wellness Center.

Listen to her show on Illuminations of Light LIVE! 9pm MST tonight 11/27/2013.

Much Aloha until next time!

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Well our treasures of Hawaii series continues with an amazing young woman who will simply blow your mind. Her sight beyond sight, her knowledge of healing and light goes all the way back to her birth. Chosen and named at birth with her Hawaiian name by Papa Awai, she has been witness to and participant in miracles since age 4. She has trained under Haunani Hawkins, Auntie Margaret Machado, Rebecca Goeff, Ricki Yuctac, Jonathan Goldman and several other amazing teachers both seen and unseen. She is certified in reiki, aqua cranial healing, lomi lomi and other massage where she trained at White Lotus School of Massage. She has trained in piano, guitar and harp, she also works with Tibetan Bowls, Crystal Bowls, tuning forks, native drums, chimes, and the list just goes on. She is Zuni from New Mexico, but has been called to continue her training and work in Kauai now. She recently spent some time with the Kahuna Pahia from Oahu and is working with the Dolphin Touch Wellness Center, conducting classes and healing sessions weekly.

I had the great honor and pleasure of being on the receiving end of her healing abilities and this girl is as authentic as they come. Instinctively knowing how to work with a variety of sound therapies, she did something which was mind blowing but made perfect sense and that was to place the bowls directly on the body as they resonated, she also includes, tuning forks, chimes, her own toning and song, and a native american drum, all combined this created a much deeper healing which would not otherwise be achieved. She opens her healing with the four directions and uses elemental representations, ti leaves and flowers on the alter with crystals to magnify the experience, then she begins. When I went to see her, I was, on a scale of 1-10 at a 12 pain level in my hip, when I left there I was in zero pain. Dancing around like a school girl charged and filled with love overflowing and vigor which lasted a long while.

Mahealani believes that her special key is her compassion and empathy allows her to open hearts and that allows the healing to come into the hearts of those she works with.

This is one show I am for sure honored to be able to share with all of you. She’s a treasure for sure!

Please join us this Wednesday 11/20/13 at 9pm MST on Illuminations of Light LIVE!

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Greetings an Salutations! This has been an amazing week to say the least! This week will probably stabilize a tad this week but maintaining the higher frequencies as we acclimate to the higher amounts of light. Much healing is happening right now. Continue to follow your instincts and be gentle with yourselves.

Speaking of being gentle with one’s self, while in Kauai this summer, I had the honor and pleasure to spend time with just a beautiful lady, Jeannie Ruman.

Jeannie’s home is on the Garden Island of Kauai, she’s lived there  since 1990. The Island called Jeannie to remember her ancient connections with the continent of Mu or a more modern name Lemuria.

Her grandparents are from Poland. One of Jeannie’s grandmothers was a medicine woman using plants to heal the body to bring it back to balance. As a child Jeannie built a friendship with the Nature Beings and was taught directly from the life in the forest.

In 1990 she studied with Serge King Hawaiian Shamanism and later participated in his Sunday gatherings with a healing stone ceremony. She conducts shaman nature walks. Jeannie is third decree Reiki practitioner, Sacred Geometry practitioner, Lomi Lomi massage training from Maori and Hawaiian teachers. Jeannie calls on a spirit plant helper to assist with her massages. She has conducted workshops in Montana and Kauai in deepening a relationship with nature: Titled “Walking Between Worlds.”

Author of “Journey on Gossamer Wings,” in book form, Kindle Version “Window into Nature “on  Amazon.

To learn more about Jeannie you can visit her website at kauaisacrednature.com

When Jeannie and I met, I was with my friend Lianna, and we were invited to a full moon ceremony by the river. We accepted the invitation and we were greeted by the most lovely and powerful women, with such warmth and welcoming it was instant connection. Many had a variety of instruments, and Jeannie led the circle, sharing her vision and rough draft of her Declaration to Nature. We all loved it and offered suggestions to refine and then went into prayer and music and meditation while we watched the moon be born again. It was amazingly intense but beautiful. The river, the full moon, the eclipse energies, the music and love and sisterhood was incredible. Wonder and magic and sharing filled the air. A night I shant soon forget.

There is where the story begins, we later gathered with the women, and gave out orchids to remember our new union and time together.

I cannot wait for you all to meet her, Wednesday November 13, 2013 9 PM MST on Illuminations of Light LIVE!

These are pics of sacred areas in Kauai, some of them anyways, petraglyphs from Lydgate, Dry caves, The Rudraksha Forest where rainbow eucalyptus trees create sacred doorways, Waimea Canyon, 2nd lookout to north point where three cameras were drained of all battery power, Haualoa resting place heiau in Lydgate very powerful point, these spots are some of the Mu history which remains today.

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“He was born and raised,  and realized his gift of healing in his hometown, of Los Angeles, California.  Bruce’s gift, as a Conduit for the Transference of Positive Healing Energies, came as a result of a conscious near death  experience, which occurred while he was driving alone on a crowded Los Angeles  Freeway in May of 2002. The thing he is most sure of today, is that he was most definitely not alone during that fateful ride.”

Bruce Gold is an amazing man with an amazing journey and he will be LIVE! Tonight on Illuminations of light LIVE! Be sure to tune in http://www.blogtalkradio.com/illuminationsoflight at 9pm MDT.

We will be discussing his gift, synchronicities and more! It promises to be a great show! For more information on our guest and the amazing work he’s participated in, visit http://www.bgspiritualhealer.com/.

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Not much to say about me….other than the fact I am grateful to God, and my saviour Jesus Christ, for allowing me to be on this earth long enough to enjoy this underrated art form, and that I’m an Out Of The Box modeler, and I do NOT use aftermarket parts. All my builds are hand painted or spray-canned. I’m not fond of airbrushing.

Tamiya 1/35 scale Walker Bulldog

This tank didn't take long to build at all. I built this one pretty much OOTB. The only thing I changed was the muzzle. I hacked off the original muzzle, and placed the spare on instead. The spare muzzle came from a botched Panther. I plan to ad[...]

First day of hunting American Armor season….

Here's a little idea I came up with this morning : One angry StuG hunting American armor. I took 2 pics. one pic is from the view ( if you can call it such ) from the intended targets, and the other is from the hunter's viewpoint.

Panzer Vor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a treat: One StuG III F, one M4 Sherman Custom, and one Walker Bulldog... all in one shot. Well, three shots. The M4 Sherman Custom : I took off the original 75mm gun, and replaced it with a gun from an old Dragon Panther II kit. the StuG[...]

Heinkel HE 111 H-22B-1

My newest completed bird : The Heinkel HE 111 H-22 converted into a gunship. This one was also built out of the box, and with no aftermarket parts. The gunpod was scratch-built, and the decals are from various other kits. This was hand-painted [...]

Revell Dornier Do 335 A-5

I built this one sometime mid last year. This offering is the Revell Dornier Do 335 Pfeil. I modeled this one as an A-5 variant, which was a single-seat nightfighter. This was built Out Of The Box, and I did not use aftermarket parts. Just what [...]

Here is my first submission to this site : A Dragon StuG III. I built this one completely OOTB (Out Of The Box). The decals are from various other kits. and the victory rings on the gunbarrel are hand painted. The model itself, is also hand pain[...]


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“Fear gives us a misconception that we are incapable, unworthy and unequipped.”

-Nai’lah Carter

Fear gives us a misconception that we are incapable, unworthy and unequipped. ~ Nai'lah Carter #ImpulsiveExpressions Click To Tweet

Sometimes we stay in toxic partnerships because we’re so terrified of the unknown. We know we’re not living at our fullest potential because we’re broken and stuck in a cycle that we’d like to break free from but don’t know how.

This toxic partnership could be a myriad of things: staying in a 9-to-5 that you hate but it pays the bills so you deal as best as you can, or it could mean staying with an abusive partner or holding onto a friendship that drains you for the sake of tenure, ‘we’ve been friends since elementary school”. In essence your settling in life because you don’t think  you can do better and you’d rather stick to the devil you know than the one you don’t.

Well, that’s what I’m here for. I want to teach you how to repair, rebuild and repurpose your life! You are too awesome to continue to settle for mediocrity.

Before we can progress we have to move the mental deterrents—those mountains that you think you cannot climb, those voices embedded in your head that tells you,  “you can’t…”, or my favorite, “you will never…”.

I stopped making excuses and found solutions. I stopped complaining about where I’d been and embraced the lessons despite the pain. Truth of the matter is, you won’t see YOUR greatness until you are comfortable being who you are. Stop seeing yourself through the eyes of toxic individuals.

It took me YEARS to realize that I am great and powerful beyond measure. Let me help you see how dope you are!


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Le Challenge – mix up!

Let me just start by saying thanks to all who gave away such lovely goodies for last months Le Challenge! I was very excited to see that my Clamshell cushion won (it’s random by the way!)

I was a lucky winner indeed!! I received a $25 gift voucher for the Fat Quarter Shop and an amazing bundle of vintage sheet fat quarters from Mary Emmens!

Back to this month and the theme is Mix. Here’s my project:

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It’s not a big mix, but still a mix, a mix of crafts, machine sewing and embroidery.
I love this Ikea fabric but it was calling out for a bit of colour.
Using lovely Aurifloss, I’ve embellished with back stitches, running stitches and (my current favourite) french knots!

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I’m linking up with Le Challenge, so don’t forget to visit and see what the other crafters are up to!

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Support worker – SEN College - Hillingdon

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Support worker – SEN College - Hillingdon

* LSA/SEN TA vacancies
* Assisting ASD/PMLD/SLD students in a number of classes
* College level students
* ASAP start
* CPD courses available
* Excellent opportunities for career progression and development
* Daily rate up to £75.00

A unique Special Needs college with a community feel, based in Hillingdon is recruiting a number of new LSAs/ SEN TAs. The successful applicants will join a highly respected and effective team and start as soon as possible.

You will be responsible for working as part of the support team in class under the direction of the class teacher assisting small classes.

The school is filled with the best available resources to support creative multi-sensory teaching and learning. The Headteacher and SLT have worked tirelessly with the teaching and support staff to create an ethos which put simply is to develop within a state of the art building, an innovative and visionary inclusive approach working with a huge continuum of need, pupils live together in an inspirational learning environment, where every one of those needs is met.

The successful LSAs/ SEN TA applicants will be offered a long term full time roles until the end of the academic year.

The school will invest heavily in your development and encourages career progression and professional development through regular CPD training. Permanent contracts will be offered to those who distinguish themselves this year - this is the way the school has recruited their TA staff for the last 4 years and the vast majority of those appointed in this way do get contracts

About the Role

* LSA/SEN TA vacancies
* Assisting students in a number of classes from 19-25 years
* Immediate start, full time position for the academic year
* Weekly CPD courses available
* Excellent opportunities for career progression and development
* Daily rate up to £75

About the School

* Caters for children aged 19 years old to 25 years
* Rated “Outstanding" by Ofsted
* In partnership with local schools that regularly use the training facilities available
* Outstanding leadership team who encourage in-house career progression
* Play therapy room
* Assembly/sports/dining hall with specialist light and sound facilities
* Adapted minibuses
* Accessible/adapted toilet/changing areas with plinths and hoists
* Specialist individual equipment for pupils ordered by physiotherapist, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational and Dietary Therapists
* All classrooms have computers/interactive whiteboards with appropriate switches, software and internet access

In order to be considered for this role, the LSA / SEN TA will need to meet the following criteria:

* Have experience working with ASD (desirable)
* Have experience working with SEN (desirable)
* Willingness to undertake personal care tasks (feeding, changing, toileting etc.)
* NQT, experienced UK and/or OS-trained teachers welcome to apply
* Eligible to work in the UK (must have valid visa)
* Recent classroom-based references and valid DBS/police checks

* All applications are subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure, professional reference checks, Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable) in line with our stringent safeguarding policy
* Your CV must cover the last 10 years of employment history where possible and all employment breaks must be explained
* You must have legal right to work in the UK
* You must be willing to attend a registration interview

Veritas Education work with a variety of schools covering a wide geographical area. We deal with teaching placements at Primary, Secondary and college level as well as support staff positions also within these.

'Nothing within the above advert was in any way designed or intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Veritas Education is an Equal opportunities employer and is proud in the knowledge that all placements are made on merit and suitability. We accept applications from all sections of the community

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In addition to orientation sessions for new members, issue-specific breakout groups, and Member of Congress strategy sessions, we'll beholding our amazing election breakouts where we phone bank, text bank, and write postcards for Democratic candidates around the state and country!

The closer the midterms get, the more opportunities for text banking we have—so many that we don't know in advance what might be available. Please bring a tablet or laptop in addition to your phone, and we'll get you ready to text for whichever campaign needs you most! In addition to helping you get signed up, we'll give you some quick training so you can keep sending and responding to texts on your own time. Text banking is fast, satisfying, and a critical part of the GOTV strategy. Give it a try!

Audrey Denney, the Democratic candidate for CA1, running against LaMalfa. Her campaign is more than halfway through reaching all 64,000 Democratic and Independent voters in Congressional District 1, let’s help push them to the finish and win this in a Sneaker Blue Wave!

This event is for both First Timers and Previous Indivisible Attendees. Please join us!

The meeting is open to anyone interested in resisting Trump's radical agenda of hate, division, and greed.

We recommend that you read the Indivisible Guide before attending.

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We meet weekly at the Urban Life Center next to St Mark's Church at Franklin and O'Farrell.

Parking is available. If you're taking BART, transfer at Montgomery to 38-Geary and get off at Franklin, then walk one block south (down the hill). The Urban Life Center is also one block west of the O'Farrell stop on the 49-Van Ness/Mission and 47-Van Ness lines.

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The Great Benefits of Plastic Surgery One who thinks of plastic surgery might think of it as something that actors and famous people do in order to achieve a perfect face and body necessary for their lives in the limelight. However, in the modern world of today, more and more people from different walks of life are finding out that this is not so, that plastic surgery is for everyone to enjoy. One will be surprised to find out that there are more benefits to plastic surgery than he or she might think, and that it is not only for the purpose of changing one’s shape and face. Here, then, are only a few of the many satisfying benefits and advantages that one can enjoy when he or she undergoes plastic surgery. When one undergoes plastic surgery, he or she will be able to benefit, first of all, because through it, it will be possible to increase one’s self-esteem and self-assurance. If you are not one who is very confident about the way that you look, you might feel self-doubt, which can lead you to lose a lot of opportunities in life. You will be surprised and glad to know that plastic surgery can greatly increase your self-esteem, and you might find that your life is changing shape and becoming more and more exciting, rich and colorful after you have undergone the surgery and eliminated or changed parts of your face and body that you were unhappy about. Undergoing plastic surgery is also something through which you can gain great benefits because when you do so, you can be sure that you will be able to increase your health in a way that you might not have expected. When you undergo a type of plastic surgery such as a tummy tuck, you will feel encouraged to keep up the form that you have gained, meaning that you will strive hard when it comes to diet and exercise, which will definitely give you better health. When you lose weight because of a liposuction, you will also be able to benefit because a lot of strain on your joints will be eliminated, giving you the chance to feel lighter and suffer less pain in your joints.
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Undergoing plastic surgery is also something that will benefit you in a wonderful way because when you do so, you can be sure that you will be able to choose from between many different kinds of surgery. You can be sure, then, that you will be able to make changes on any part of your face that you are unhappy with, or with your body, which might make you feel less than confident in life.
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Undergoing plastic surgery, then, is definitely something that you should do because when you do so, you can be sure that the benefits and advantages that you gain from it will be more than you might even have expected, making you feel that undergoing it has been truly beneficial.


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Born (1787-03-06)6 March 1787
Straubing, Bavaria
Died 7 June 1826(1826-06-07) (aged 39)

Joseph Fraunhofer (6 March 1787 – 7 June 1826), ennobled in 1824 as Ritter von Fraunhofer, was a German optician.

He is known for discovering the dark absorption lines known as Fraunhofer lines in the Sun's spectrum, and for making excellent optical glass and achromatic telescope objectives.

Joseph Fraunhofer was born in Straubing, Bavaria, to Franz Xaver Fraunhofer and Maria Anna Frohlich.[1] He became an orphan at the age of 11, and he started working as an apprentice to a harsh glassmaker named Philipp Anton Weichelsberger. In 1801, the workshop in which he was working collapsed and he was buried in the rubble. The rescue operation was led by Maximilian IV Joseph, Prince Elector of Bavaria (the future Maximilian I Joseph). The prince entered Fraunhofer's life, providing him with books and forcing his employer to allow the young Fraunhofer time to study.

Joseph Utzschneider was also at the site of the disaster, a fact which turned out to be important. With the money given to him by the Prince upon his rescue and the support he received from Utzschneider, Fraunhofer was able to continue his education alongside his practical training.[2] In 1806 Utzschneider and Georg von Reichenbach then brought Fraunhofer into their Institute at Benediktbeuern, a secularised Benedictine monastery devoted to glass making. There he discovered how to make the world's finest optical glass and invented incredibly precise methods for measuring dispersion.

It was at the Institute that Fraunhofer met Pierre Louis Guinand, a Swiss glass technician, who Utzschneider had introduce Fraunhofer to the secrets of glass making.[3] In 1809 the mechanical part of the Optical Institute was chiefly under Fraunhofer's direction, and that same year he became one of the members of the firm.[4] In 1814, Guinand left the firm, as did Reichenbach, and Fraunhofer became a partner in the firm,[3] the name being changed to Utzschneider und Fraunhofer. In 1818, he became the director of the Optical Institute. Due to the fine optical instruments he had developed, Bavaria overtook England as the centre of the optics industry. Even the likes of Michael Faraday were unable to produce glass that could rival Fraunhofer's.

His illustrious career eventually earned him an honorary doctorate from the University of Erlangen in 1822. In 1824, he was awarded the Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown (through which he was ennobled), and made an honorary citizen of Munich. Like many glassmakers of his era who were poisoned by heavy metal vapours, Fraunhofer died young, in 1826 at the age of 39. His most valuable glassmaking recipes are thought to have gone to the grave with him.

Invention and scientific research

One of the most difficult operations of practical optics was to polish the spherical surfaces of large object glasses accurately. Fraunhofer invented a machine which rendered the surface more accurately than traditional grinding. He also invented other grinding and polishing machines, and introduced many improvements into the manufacture of the different kinds of glass used for optical instruments, and which he found to be always injured by flaws and irregularities of various sorts.[4]

In 1811 he constructed a new kind of furnace, and on the second occasion when he melted a large quantity found that he could produce flint glass, which, taken from the bottom of a vessel containing two hundredweight of glass, had the same refractive power as glass taken from the surface. He found that the English crown glass and the German table glass both contained defects occasioning irregular refraction. In the thicker and larger glasses, there would be more of such defects, so that in larger telescopes this kind of glass would not be fit for object glasses. Fraunhofer therefore made his own crown glass.[4]

The cause which had hitherto prevented the accurate determination of the power of a given medium to refract the rays of light and separate the different colors which they contain was chiefly the circumstance that the colors of the spectrum have no precise limits, and that the transition from one to another is gradual and not immediate; hence, the angle of refraction could not be accurately measured. To obviate this, Fraunhofer made a series of experiments for the purpose of producing homogeneous light artificially, and unable to effect his object in a direct way, he did so by means of lamps and prisms.[4]

Fraunhofer demonstrating the spectroscope.

Thus in 1814, Fraunhofer invented the spectroscope. In the course of his experiments he discovered the bright fixed line which appears in the orange color of the spectrum when it is produced by the light of fire. This line enabled him afterward to determine the absolute power of refraction in different substances. Experiments to ascertain whether the solar spectrum contained the same bright line in the orange as that produced by the light of fire led him to the discovery of 574 dark fixed lines in the solar spectrum; millions of such fixed absorption lines are now known.[4][5]

These dark fixed lines were later shown to be atomic absorption lines, as explained by Kirchhoff and Bunsen in 1859.[6] These lines are still called Fraunhofer lines in his honor; his discovery had gone far beyond the half-dozen apparent divisions in the solar spectrum that had previously been noted by Wollaston in 1802.[7]

Fraunhofer also developed a diffraction grating in 1821, which occurred after James Gregory discovered the principles of diffraction grating and after American astronomer David Rittenhouse invented the first man-made diffraction grating in 1785.[8][9] Fraunhofer found out that the spectra of Sirius and other first-magnitude stars differed from the sun and from each other, thus founding stellar spectroscopy.[10]

Ultimately, however, his primary passion was still practical optics, once noting that "In all my experiments I could, owing to lack of time, pay attention to only those matters which appeared to have a bearing upon practical optics".[11]

Telescopes and optical instruments

Fraunhofer produced various optical instruments including microscopes for his firm.[3] This included the Fraunhofer Dorpat Refractor used by Struve (delivered 1824 to Dorpat Observatory), and the Bessel Heliometer (delivered posthumously), which were both used to collect data for stellar parallax. The firm's successor, Merz und Mahler, made a telescope for the New Berlin Observatory, which confirmed the existence of the major planet Neptune. Possibly the last telescope objective made by Fraunhofer was supplied for a transit telescope at the City Observatory, Edinburgh,[12] the telescope itself being completed by Repsold of Hamburg after Fraunhofer's death.

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Further reading

  1. Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  2. Ralf Kern: Wissenschaftliche Instrumente in ihrer Zeit. Band 4: Perfektion von Optik und Mechanik. Cologne, 2010. 355-356.
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    • Gustav Kirchhoff (1859) "Ueber die Fraunhofer'schen Linien" (On Fraunhofer's lines), Monatsbericht der Königlichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Monthly report of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin), 662-665.
    • Gustav Kirchhoff (1859) "Ueber das Sonnenspektrum" (On the sun's spectrum), Verhandlungen des naturhistorisch-medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg (Proceedings of the Natural History / Medical Association in Heidelberg), 1 (7) : 251-255.
  7. William Hyde Wollaston (1802) "A method of examining refractive and dispersive powers, by prismatic reflection," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 92: 365-380; see especially p. 378.
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  10. Fraunhofer (1814-1815), pages 220-221 : Original : Ich habe auch mit derselben Vorrichtung Versuche mit dem Lichte einiger Fixsterne erster Grösse gemachte. Da aber das Licht dieser Sterne noch vielmal schwächer ist, als das der Venus, so ist natürlich auch die Helligkeit des Farbenbildes vielmal geringer. Demohngeachtet habe ich, ohne Täuschung, im Farbenbilde vom Lichte des Sirius drey breite Streifen gesehen, die mit jenen vom Sonnenlichte keine Aehnlichkeit zu haben scheinen; einer dieser Streifen ist im Grünen, und zwey im Blauen. Auch im Farbenbilde vom Lichte anderer Fixsterne erster Grösse erkennt man Streifen; doch scheinen diese Sterne, in Beziehung auf die Streifen, unter sich verschieden zu seyn. Translation : With the same device [i.e., spectroscope], I've also made some experiments on the light of some stars of the first magnitude. Since the light of these stars is many times weaker than that of Venus, so naturally the brightness of the spectrum is also many times less. Notwithstanding, I have seen -- without any illusion -- three broad stripes in the spectrum of Sirius, which seem to have no similarity to those of sunlight; one of these stripes is in the green, and two in the blue. Also, in the spectrum of the light of other fixed stars of the first magnitude, one detects stripes; yet these stars, in regard to the stripes, seem to differ among themselves.
  11. Prismatic and Diffraction Spectra: Memoirs (1899) Tr. & Ed. J. S. Ames p. 10
  12. A Guide to Edinburgh's Popular Observatory, Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
  13. Tr. Brief outline of the life-story of Dr. Joseph von Fraunhofer

  • I. Bernard Cohen, Henry Crew, Joseph von Fraunhofer, De Witt Bristol Brace (1981). The Wave theory, light and spectra. Ayer Publishing. ISBN 0-405-13867-9. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  • Aller, Lawrence H. (1991). Atoms, Stars and Nebulae, 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-32512-9.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  • Jackson, Myles W. (2000). Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics. MIT Press.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> (German translation: Fraunhofers Spektren: Die Präzisionsoptik als Handwerkskunst, Wallstein Verlag, 2009.)
  • Ralf Kern: Wissenschaftliche Instrumente in ihrer Zeit. Band 4: Perfektion von Optik und Mechanik. Cologne, 2010.

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Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Workshop with KE Siew

We are pleased to inform that INNOVATION ROOTS is organizing the Certified Scrum Master (CSM) workshop with KE Siew which will be hosted by Agile Network India community on May 25-26, 2016 in IBIS, Gurgaon, India.

KE Siew is a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), who inspires, teaches and coaches individuals and organizations, and help them unlock their true potentials for better growth. The main objective of this workshop is to help participants broaden their career opportunities by staying relevant and marketable across all industry sectors by adopting Agile and Scrum practices.

This two-day course is designed to help project teams utilize the Scrum framework to increase the likelihood of their project success. Participants will be actively involved in experiential learning which covers basic practices and principles of Scrum, applications of Scrum at project-level, and helps to gain expertise level of knowledge on Scrum, beyond or above a typical project manager.

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INNOVATION ROOTS announces Kanban System Design (KMPI) workshop, hosted by Agile Network India on 25-26 May 2016. It will be conducted by Mike Leber who is an Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and a renowned figure of Kanban Community across globe.

This two-day Kanban System Design workshop provides an understanding of comprehensive approach towards designing the system flow into an organization. It helps in creating a better understanding of business risk, supports decision-making and eventually, leads to the improvement of the service delivery of activities.

This workshop offers the an ideal foundation for organizations, teams and individuals to start their journey in incorporating the Kanban method. Participants will receive a great mixt of deep conceptual lessons, case studies and real life experience. They will partake in hands-on games and interactive exercises that will help them understand and to kick off their own Kanban initiative.

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2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata Packs More Punch, Features

Mazda’s Revised Roadster Goes on Sale in the U.S. This Fall

June 20, 2018

  • The 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata receives a newly refined powertrain, boasting 17 percent more power and greater fuel-efficiency
  • An available brown soft top complements MX-5’s KODO—Soul of Motion design
  • Numerous customer-driven improvements include a new rearview camera and more available i-ACTIVSENSE safety equipment
  • The 2019 MX-5 goes on sale in the U.S. this fall

IRVINE, Calif. (June 20, 2018) – The Mazda MX-5 Miata has never been about power; it’s a car whose sole purpose is to help the driver and passenger fall in love with driving. But, a little extra power never hurts, which comes as one aspect of numerous updates for the 2019 model year.

Mazda’s engineers enriched MX-5’s SKYACTIV-G 2.0-liter engine with the goals of improved response, performance, feel and efficiency. The net results are 181 horsepower at 7,000 rpm—a 17-percent improvement—and 151 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm, with a richer torque curve throughout MX-5’s entire rev range.

Speaking of rev range, redline has increased from 6,800 rpm to 7,500 rpm. Engineers were able to increase performance through several means, including:

  • Reducing internal mass and friction: Each piston has been reduced 27g in mass, thanks to a minimized skirt area. Connecting rods are 41g lighter than previous units.
  • Reducing exhaust loss: The upgraded engine carries an increased valve opening angle and valve lift height. The inner diameter of the exhaust manifold has also been increased. The net results are a 30-percent reduction in pumping losses.
  • Improved combustion: Reconfigured intake ports and new high-diffusion, higher-pressure fuel injectors improve the tumble and swirl of fuel in the cylinder and better-atomize fuel. The benefit is improved efficiency and torque at all rpm.
  • Dual-mass flywheel: Replacing the single-mass flywheel with a low-inertia, dual-mass flywheel improves smoothness and responsiveness.
  • A new exhaust system with richer sound quality.
  • New final drive ratio: The transmission’s final drive ratio has been increased from 3.454 to 3.583 in models equipped with an automatic transmission in order to improve linear response to match the driver’s intentions. Gear ratios are otherwise unchanged from previous models.

As a result of numerous changes, MX-5 is quicker, more responsive and aims to be more engaging to drive, adhering to Mazda’s unique Jinba Ittai—“horse and rider as one”—engineering philosophy.

Beyond engine improvements, the 2019 MX-5 introduces an available brown canvas soft top, new black metallic 17-inch wheels, a newly telescoping steering wheel (30mm of travel), easier-to-open doors and revised door stops and revised cupholders and seat levers.

On the safety front, the new MX-5 will be sold with a new, standard rearview camera and newly available features such as Traffic Sign Recognition and Smart City Brake Support in addition to other i-ACTIVSENSE safety technologies found throughout various trim levels. In the process of gaining many new features, the 2019 MX-5 gains just 7 lbs. from previous models, owing to a strict adherence to Mazda’s “Gram Strategy” and ingenious solutions like adopting an aluminum steering shaft in place of the previous steel unit.

When the fourth-generation MX-5 launched, its development team rallied around the idea of innovating in order to preserve. The latest round of innovations aim to continue that mission.

The 2019 Mazda MX-5 will be available in the U.S. this fall, with pricing, packaging and full specifications to be announced closer to on-sale timing. Details concerning the 2019-spec Global MX-5 Cup racecar will also be announced at a later date.

Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, California, and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States and Mexico through nearly 700 dealers. Operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City. For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B-roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at

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The Effect of the Hurricane Katrina Disaster on Sexual Behavior and Access to Reproductive Care for Young Women in New Orleans

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The Hurricane Katrina disaster caused rapid displacement of over a million persons in metropolitan New Orleans. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in sexual behavior and access to reproductive care pre- and postrapid displacement among a cohort of young women receiving family planning services before displacement.

Women 16 to 24 years old, who were attending 2 public family planning clinics and enrolled in a vaginal douching prevention study, were located 5 to 6 months after Katrina and interviewed by telephone to elicit information about sexual behavior and access to reproductive care.

Women who were located were interviewed (N = 55). Of these, 96% were black, 62% were employed before the disaster, and the mean age was 22.1 (SD 2.1). In the 5 to 6 months after disaster, 86% lived in 3 or more places, 31% had returned to New Orleans, 17% needed health care but could not access it, 40% had not used birth control, and 2 (4%) experienced an unintended pregnancy as a result of lack of access to care. When compared with baseline, after the hurricane, women were less likely to have attended family planning services, to have used birth control, to have >1 sex partner, to have a vaginal odor or discharge.

Relief efforts for disasters causing rapid displacement of impoverished women should include reproductive care such as provision of contraception, condoms, and STI services, as well as linking women back into care.

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Cografting astrocytes improves cell therapeutic outcomes in a Parkinson’s disease model

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Transplantation of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) is a potential therapy for treating neurodegenerative disorders, but this approach has faced many challenges and limited success, primarily because of inhospitable host brain environments that interfere with enriched neuron engraftment and function. Astrocytes play neurotrophic roles in the developing and adult brain, making them potential candidates for helping with modification of hostile brain environments. In this study, we examined whether astrocytic function could be utilized to overcome the current limitations of cell-based therapies in a murine model of Parkinson’s disease (PD) that is characterized by dopamine (DA) neuron degeneration in the midbrain. We show here that cografting astrocytes, especially those derived from the midbrain, remarkably enhanced NPC-based cell therapeutic outcomes along with robust DA neuron engraftment in PD rats for at least 6 months after transplantation. We further show that engineering of donor astrocytes with Nurr1 and Foxa2, transcription factors that were recently reported to polarize harmful immunogenic glia into the neuroprotective form, further promoted the neurotrophic actions of grafted astrocytes in the cell therapeutic approach. Collectively, these findings suggest that cografting astrocytes could be a potential strategy for successful cell therapeutic outcomes in neurodegenerative disorders.

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Archive for the Asset Protection Category

The American Dream (An animated history of banking)

Posted in Asset Protection, Asset Protection & Tax Planning., Economics, Financial Freedom, Nanny State, Privacy, Private Banking, Secrecy on September 8, 2012 by John

The banks have created a system whereby everyone has to borrow to keep up with the inflation (caused by their lending practices), but there is never enough money in the economy to pay back the debt plus interest. It’s like a board game where every round, one of the players must go bankrupt, and the bank takes their real assets. It’s a great game for the banks, but a fraudulent contract at the root. See “The American Dream” for an excellent and entertaining video on how this all works:

Viewer discretion is advised

This is not a children’s cartoon and deals with themes that may be above the understanding of younger children. The film has some moderately strong language and cartoon violence, which is a shame as it should be shown in Senior/high schools.

Barclays (Cream of responsible banking)

Posted in Asset Protection, Asset Protection & Tax Planning., Economics, Private Banking, Private wealth management. on September 2, 2012 by John

IMF Head Christine Lagarde Saving the World?

Posted in Asset Protection, Economics, Financial Freedom, Nanny State on March 7, 2012 by John

Don’t make me laugh. In what can only be viewed as a glowing and adoring profile, the BBC highlights the efforts by International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde to contain the ongoing Eurozone crisis. For the past month Ms Lagarde has given the BBC unusual behind-the-scenes access as she steers her 187-member organisation to manage the biggest financial crisis of our lifetimes – thefiscal nightmare that is the eurozone. Her conviction that the euro crisis leaves no country immune is what is driving Ms Lagarde to ask the world to help pay for a $500bn (£314bn) global firewall. It is a job that keeps her extremely busy and extremely mobile. On that travel occasion she was on her way to Mexico City for a meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and she invited us to join her. This summit is a

 Christine Lagarde  - New World , New Ideas ???

Christine Lagarde - New World , New Ideas ???

chance to pass around the IMF cap for those hundreds of billions of dollars. She uses all her easy charm and lawyer’s training to cajole non-eurozone countries to surrender their domestic interests to the greater global good. As any adherent to the Austrian school, or common sense in general, should know, the oft-mentioned “common good” or “global good” is a complete non sequitur used by those desperate to throw an appealing facade over their true intentions. Like the public sector union which invokes images of uneducated and starving children or a large corporation painting itself as a fighter for the working man by endorsing further labor regulations such as a raising of the minimum wage, these seemingly noble goals are not so angelic at their core. Public sector unions, like any organization run by men acting purposefully, strive to maintain their relevancy and cash flow. Convincing politicians and Joe Taxpayer that the blood of a million dead children are on their hands if they fail to funnel more funds to their cause- that is employing more government employees- is a clever way to keep the pork flowing. Same goes for the chain of big box department stores which petition for an increase of the minimum wage. Despite all evidence that mandated wage floors perpetuate poverty by pricing less productive members of society out of the labor force, advocates of the minimum wage enjoy the law because it imposes a higher cost on their small time competitors. When it comes to the Eurozone crisis, those in favor of the bailouts don’t have a shred of concern for the taxpayers footing the bills. As has been pointed out many, many times on LvMIC, the real beneficiaries of the European Central Bank and IMF’s attempt to shove the PIIGS full of liquidity are the banks which hold their debt. Taki Theodoracopulos sums up the situation perfectly in regard to Greece: The Greeks cannot and will not ever be able to pay the debt and interest simply because even under the cruelest austerity by the year 2020 the deficit will still be more than the GDP. Most likely the economy is in freefall and will continue to fall for years to come. The Euro Scum Elite know this but have an agenda of their own—keeping their perks and positions of power in Brussels—so they are immune to Greek suffering. The ones suffering are the innocent poor made up of those who work for a salary in the private sector, pensioners, and small businessmen and women. Lagarde isn’t saving the world; she is saving the governments which fund her employer and the banks which fund those governments that in turn receive all types of special privileges such as cartelizing regulations that cut off entrepreneurial competition and a spot at first receivership of newly printed currency. Since Lagarde used to hold a prominent position in the French government as Economic Minister, was previously chairwoman of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie, and was firmly against any debt restructuring prior to her role at the IMF, it’s not hard to pinpoint where her allegiances lie. To further drive the point home, see this interview where Lagarde openly admits that during times of crisis, which is the only way to accurately describe the situation in the EZ, the IMF grows in authority and influence. Put simply, there is no such thing as the “global good.” Evaluating positives and negatives is only done on an individual basis. Groups don’t act, only individuals do. As Murray Rothbard writes: Only individuals have ends and can act to attain them. There are no such things as ends of or actions by “groups,” “collectives,” or “States,” which do not take place as actions by various specific individuals. “Societies” or “groups” have no independent existence aside from the actions of their individual members. Thus, to say that “governments” act is merely a metaphor; actually, certain individuals are in a certain relationship with other individuals and act in a way that they and the other individuals recognize as “governmental.” The BBC article surprisingly acknowledges that national sovereignty is being choked to a slow death in order to ensure the bailouts keep coming. The fallacy comes when the phrase “asking” is used since the funding for the IMF comes from governments themselves which don’t ask their citizens to pay taxes but merely swindles money by the threat of imprisonment. What Lardge heads is not some divine institution serving as the world’s guardian against fiscal calamities but a blackmailing racket to ensure holders of government debt rarely see any repercussions for their less-than-stellar investing habits and to promote inflation on a global scale.

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Don’t write off Brics – they’ve got the tools to beat the crisis

Posted in Asset Protection, Asset Protection & Tax Planning., Economics, Russian trust contract with tags , on February 14, 2012 by John

Don’t write off Brics – they’ve got the tools to beat the crisis.

Michael Konstantinov reckons authorities in Brazil, Russia, India and China – the ‘Brics’ – will not be beaten by the eurozone crisis.

Debt Mountain

Posted in Asset Protection, Economics, Financial Freedom, Nanny State with tags on January 6, 2012 by John

I have just been reading a brilliant article by Martin Weiss of Weiss Research and the reasons behind his prediction of a coming economic crisis in the US similar to what has been seen in Greece but on a much larger scale. Definitely worth a read but I had to post these wonderful images from the article of what these vast amounts of money might look like as it is all just looks like telephone numbers written down.

The piles are in 100 dollar bills (its all about the Bennys) from the top is 1 million – 1 billion – trillion and bottom the current US government debt of 14.5 Trillion.

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Should we worry more about the poor getting poorer or the rich getting richer?

Posted in Asset Protection, Asset Protection & Tax Planning., Economics, Financial Freedom with tags on December 16, 2011 by John

The OECD have released figures showing that the gap between the poorest section of the population and the richest is the widest for 30 years. This is in fact truer of the countries that are usually considered the most equal, Germany’s top ten percent of earners earned on average eight times the income of the poorest ten percent, this will be held up as another example of why more taxes are necessary on the richer sections of the population when really attention should be given to creating wealth and opportunities within the low earners.
The amount needed to be included in to the top ten percent of earners was broadly the same though out the OECD countries, UK was £55K, Germany €57.3K and $114K in the USA, where as the lowest wage was just £4,700 in the UK this is where action is needed and not more poorly thought out redistribution.
Tax and benefit systems play a major role in reducing market-driven inequality, but have  become less effective at redistributing income since the mid-1990s. The main reason lies on the benefits side: benefits levels fell in real terms in nearly all OECD countries,  eligibility rules were tightened to constrain spending on social protection, and transfers to the poorest failed to keep pace with earnings growth.
As a result, the benefit system in most countries has become less effective in reducing inequalities over the past 15 years.
Another factor has been a cut in top tax rates for high-earners.
“There is nothing inevitable about high and growing inequalities,” said Mr Gurría. “Our report clearly indicates that up-skilling of the workforce is by far the most powerful instrument to counter rising income inequality. The investment in people must begin in early childhood and be followed through into formal education and work.”

Trends in inequality of disposable income

Employment is the most promising way of tackling inequality. The biggest challenge is creating more and better jobs that offer good career prospects and a real chance to people to escape poverty.


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Into the Fey

Save Luusi! Log

First digital campaign log

Finding Luusi:

XP Gained: 400+400+250+400+550=
Quest Items: 3 Scrolls, Luusi’s Map
Conditions: Adarin and Zander cannot regenerate healing surges for 18 hours.

Current Room:

Dragon Skeleton: Perception 20 or investigating the Skeleton and Per 12: 80GP

Spiderswarm x 3 (p 301): 450

Challenge reward for navigating the perils of the wilderness and dungeon: 400

Final Room:

A Hobgoblin stands holding a human woman by the throat with a tight metals chain. He wields a whip made of beast fangs and in command of four rats with spiked backs and blood dripping from their fangs. They surround him loyally, and as you enter, he whips the front two and and yells a challenge: “LEAVE NOW OR I KILL THE GIRL” The cutthroats near him bang clang thier swords on the ground at the thought of murder and let out blood curling yells.

Diplomacy or Bluff 19: Release the Girl!
+150 XP

Intimidate 21: Leave us alone!
The Cutthroats leave and the Hobgoblin lets go of Lucy

Hobgoblin Beast Master (p 156), Goblin Cutthroat x 2 (p 154) and Dire Rat (pg 298)x 4 and Magic Cross Bow Turret x 2 (DM p 216): 900

(The turrets rotate, spitting out two bolts each…)
(The Hobgoblin’s whip wraps around your calf and he tugs, dragging you to the ground and sliding you 1 space. When you fall on your face you take X damage)
(The Rat lunges at you and bites, it’s bacterial fangs sink into your arm and you fling it off, but not after the bacteria lingering in its mouth find its way into your bloodstream. Hopefully you will not contract Dire Rat Fever).

Major Quest Reward for Finding Luusi: 400

They defeat the Hobgoblin, scare away the cutthroats, and kill the rats, with the help of the Pixie. 750 XP + 400 XP+400XP+400+450

4400=1100 XP for each Character
Everyone is level two!

Level up!

The portal isn’t here like I’d hoped, but it is somewhere in the Vale. According the the materials I’ve found, we will need an artifact of immense power in order to perform the ritual to open it. We will also need a keeper of the grove and someone of royal blood. Reithann is the only nearby keeper I know of. Perhaps Baron Stockmer or Lord Markelhay are of royal bloodline. Reithann also knows a good deal about arcana, so I think I’ll make the trek to see her in Druid’s Grove when I can.

Dragon Born x 2 (p 80) Goblin Sniper x 6 (p 152): 400

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Monthly Archive: November 2015

Nov 30

Hy-Vee’s Homefront effort raises more than $216,000 to assist veterans

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – Earlier this month, Hy-Vee, Inc. encouraged its customers to join its Hy-Vee Homefront initiative and help serve the men and women who have served America. Through its efforts, Hy-Vee will be donating more than $216,000 to organizations that assist local veterans and their families.

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Nov 20

Iowa Economic Development Board approves awards to support capital investments in Davenport, Des Moines, Urbandale and startups

DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board today awarded direct financial assistance and tax benefits to three companies for job creation and expansion projects. These awards will assist in the creation of 126 jobs, retention of 88 jobs and will result in nearly $12 million in new capital investment for the state. The board also approved innovation funding for five startups.

Nov 05

Kraft Heinz retention project in Davenport awarded state funds

DES MOINES, IOWA – The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board today approved a High Quality Jobs Program (HQJ) award to Kraft Heinz Foods Company to construct a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Davenport.

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