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The object of Fortnite Battle Royale is pretty simple: to be the last man or woman standing. Up to 100 players get dropped onto an island with no gear except for an axe, and you win by being either the last player (in solo matches) or squad (in duo or squad matches) left alive. The opening minutes are a mad scramble to find weapons and gear before running into too many other players, the better to get the drop on them and eliminate them when you do.
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Is Fortnite really free to play?
It sure is — or at least the battle royale mode is, and that's what everyone wants to play anyway. You can download the game for free and play as much as you want with no limitations. As you might expect, the game makes money through microtransactions, or what we call IAPs for mobile games. Happily, the items you can buy are purely cosmetic: costume pieces and outfits, emotes, etc. Epic Games has done an excellent job ensuring the game isn't pay to win.
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Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Prayuth's White House Visit Expected to Kick-start Normalization of Thai-U.S. Relations
September 29, 2017By Murray Hiebert, Senior Adviser and Deputy Director (@MurrayHiebert1), Southeast Asia Program (@SoutheastAsiaDC), CSIS
Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's visit to the White House on October 2 could mark a significant step toward normalizing Thai-U.S. relations, which have been strained since the Thai general toppled an elected government in May 2014. Washington responded by suspending some military aid and downgrading, although not canceling, military exercises, including Cobra Gold, the largest multilateral exercise in Asia.
President Donald Trump invited Prayuth to Washington during a phone call in late April and pressed the Thai leader to curtail Thailand's trade with North Korea in an effort to pressure Pyongyang to suspend its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Trump, according to Thai government sources, congratulated the general for restoring political stability in the wake of the coup, a reference to the fact that Thailand had been in the midst of months of disruptive political protests when Prayuth and his troops intervened.
Thai-U.S. relations date back to at least 1833, which makes Thailand the first country in Asia with which Washington had diplomatic ties. Bangkok was a partner with Washington during the Cold War, allowing the U.S. military to use Thai bases to execute the war in Vietnam.
U.S. criticism of Thailand after the coup prompted Bangkok to move somewhat closer to China. The Thai military announced a series of military equipment purchases from China and launched several joint military exercises. In 2015, the two countries held their first-ever joint air force exercises, and in 2016 Thailand held joint military exercises with China at the Sattahip naval base. In January 2017, the Thai military signed a $383 million deal to buy its first Chinese submarine, with orders for two more expected for a total value of $1 billion. And in June, it ordered 34 Chinese armored personnel carriers to complement an earlier order for 28 tanks.
Soon after taking office in January, Trump administration officials said Washington would seek to reinvigorate ties with its two treaty allies in Southeast Asia, Thailand and the Philippines, which for different reasons had fallen onto a rocky patch at the end of the Barack Obama administration.
Prayuth earlier had agreed to visit Trump in mid-July, but the Thais postponed the trip a week out, saying privately that they did not have time to prepare for a successful trip. In August, U.S. secretary of state Rex Tillerson made a five-hour stop in Bangkok, marking the highest-level visit by a U.S. official since the military seized power. U.S. Pacific Command chief Admiral Harry Harris had visited in February as part of the Cobra Gold exercise.
The White House said in an announcement on September 26 that the two leaders "will discuss ways to strengthen and broaden bilateral relations and enhance cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region." The United States is Thailand's third-largest source of imports after China and Japan, and U.S. companies have long been among the country's top investors. The Southeast Asian nation had a $19 billion trade-in-goods surplus with the United States in 2016, prompting the Trump administration to include Thailand on a list of 16 countries targeted for investigation.
If Prayuth borrows a page from the playbooks of the earlier White House visits by the prime ministers of Vietnam and Malaysia, he can be expected to witness the signing of some large Thai business deals with U.S. companies before his meeting with Trump. The Malaysian and Vietnamese leaders were heartedly congratulated by Trump for their deals with U.S. firms during their photo opportunities in the White House.
Senior Thai officers are known to have come window-shopping for additional U.S. military equipment in recent months, prompting speculation that Prayuth may announce some military purchases during his visit. In August, in another signal that the United States was softening its stance toward Bangkok, Washington approved the sale of Harpoon missiles to Thailand following approval in July for the purchase of four Black Hawk helicopters that had been suspended following the coup.
Prayuth's arrival in Washington can be expected to provoke criticism from human rights groups and some members of Congress, but likely not from the Trump administration, which has downplayed the previous administration's focus on democracy and human rights. Tillerson has said that U.S. security and economic interests should trump human rights in U.S. relations.
The prime minister will hurry back to Bangkok after his visit to participate in two high-profile events on the Thai political calendar: the cremation later in October of highly revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died almost a year ago; and the coronation of his son, King Maha Vajiralongkorn, widely expected in December. The new king, technically a constitutional monarch, requested changes to the new draft constitution soon after he assumed the throne, demonstrating that he expects to be politically involved.
Prayuth is expected by many analysts in Bangkok to call elections sometime in 2018. Some see the general's more frequent trips to the countryside in recent months, his opening of a Facebook account, and the ongoing series of expressions of support from political groups around the country as the opening salvo in the election campaign. For the time being, Prayuth has the field to himself because the largest political parties, Puea Thai and Democrat, have been banned from engaging in political activities since the coup.
Prayuth cannot technically run for office because under the rules spelled out in the new constitution drafted by allies of the military he would have had to resign from the appointed legislative assembly by July. Nonetheless, he could still be appointed as an "outside" prime minister if no political party wins a majority in the lower house of parliament in the elections. In that case, Prayuth could be appointed prime minister by the appointed Senate as long as he also gets at least half of the votes in the lower house.
One Prayuth-Trump meeting likely will not heal all the bruised feelings among the Thai political elite, but it can at least make it possible for the United States to compete again with China for influence in this strategically located country at the heart of mainland Southeast Asia.
Murray Hiebert is senior adviser and deputy director of the CSIS Southeast Asia Program.
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Thousands protest Duterte, drug war on martial law anniversary
Thousands of Filipinos on September 21—the 45th anniversary of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos's declaration of martial law—gathered in Manila and other cities to protest Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's signature drug war and his threats to impose martial law nationwide. Vice president Leni Robredo warned Filipinos to remain vigilant for signs of "rising tyranny," saying "if we do not remember the past, we are condemned to repeat it." The protests follow growing concerns over police misconduct in the execution of the drug war. Metro Manila's police chief on September 15 ordered that the entire 1,200-member Caloocan City police force be relieved of duty and retrained following the controversial police killing of a teenager in August.
Myanmar defiant amid mounting international pressure over Rohingya crisis
Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on September 18 condemned "all human rights violations and unlawful violence" in Rakhine State, but refrained from criticizing the Myanmar military, which has been accused by the United Nations of "ethnic cleansing" against the Muslim Rohingya minority. Suu Kyi said action would be taken against all human rights violators and that Myanmar was ready to readmit "refugees from this country," which may not include the stateless Rohingya. She also invited the international community several times to "join us" in addressing Myanmar's problems. Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing on September 21 did not include the Rohingya in a call for internally displaced people to return to their homes in Rakhine State.
Malaysia rejects ASEAN chairman's statement on Rohingya crisis
Malaysia on September 24 disassociated itself from an ASEAN chairman's statement on the humanitarian situation in Myanmar's Rakhine State, with Foreign Minister Anifah Aman calling the grouping's statement a "misrepresentation of reality." While the ASEAN statement—issued by the Philippines—condemned "all acts of violence which resulted in loss of civilian lives, destruction of homes and displacement of large numbers of people," Anifah noted that Malaysian concerns were not reflected in the statement, which did not identify the Rohingya as an affected community. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs on September 25 said it respected Malaysia's decision to dissociate itself from the statement and that the Philippines toleration of public dissent demonstrated a "new level of maturity" on the implementation of "ASEAN's consensus principle."
Singapore prime minister visits China
Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong on September 20 met with Chinese president Xi Jinping as part of a three-day visit to China to boost ties and explore new areas of cooperation under Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative. Lee and Xi reaffirmed the deep friendship between their two countries and discussed bilateral cooperation in financial, judicial, legal, and defense matters. Lee also met with Chinese premier Li Keqiang, top legislator Zhang Dejiang, and anti-graft czar Wang Qishan during his trip. Lee's visit came after a period of tension in Sino-Singaporean relations resulting from disputes over Singapore's relationship with Taiwan and stance on the South China Sea.
Cambodian prime minister asks U.S. to withdraw Peace Corps
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen on September 15 called on the United States to withdraw its Peace Corps volunteers in an escalating spat over an alleged U.S. conspiracy to aid Hun Sen's political opposition. Cambodia on September 14 also suspended cooperation with Washington to find the remains of U.S. soldiers missing in action during the Vietnam War. Cambodia's actions followed the September 13 announcement of a U.S. travel warning for Cambodia and U.S. visa restrictions on senior Cambodian foreign ministry officials instituted in response to Phnom Penh's refusal to accept Cambodian nationals deported from the United States.
Indonesian anti-communist mob besieges foundation after attempted forum on 1965 killings
Indonesian police on September 18 clashed with anti-communist protesters besieging the Jakarta offices of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation, which was alleged to be harboring a meeting of the long-outlawed Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The foundation had attempted on September 16 to hold a seminar on Indonesia's 1965 anti-communist massacre, but police had stopped the event because it lacked a permit. An anti-communist mob subsequently surrounded the foundation's building—responding to "a hoax or fake news" about a PKI event, according to a foundation statement—and had to be dispersed by police with water cannons and tear gas. Five police were injured in the clash, and authorities on September 19 named seven suspects sought for their involvement in the protest.
Former PetroVietnam chairman faces death penalty for embezzlement
Vietnamese prosecutors on September 14 announced they were seeking the death penalty for Nguyen Xuan Son, former chairman of state-owned oil company PetroVietnam, on charges of embezzlement, mismanagement, and abuse of power. Son is accused of embezzling around $11 million from Ocean Bank, where he was CEO from 2008 to 2010, and directing the bank to make excessive interest payments to favored customers, including PetroVietnam. PetroVietnam in 2009 acquired a $35 million stake in Ocean Bank that was completely written off when the central bank took over the failing bank in 2015. Son's lawyer on September 17 said his client had just been enforcing executive orders issued by Dinh La Thang, another former PetroVietnam chairman who was recently removed from the powerful Communist Party Politburo.
Yingluck sentenced in absentia, three police detained for allegedly aiding her escape
A Thai court on September 27 sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to five years in prison for negligence in a rice subsidy scheme. Thailand's deputy prime minister, Prawit Wongsuwan, on September 25 rejected the creation of a special panel to investigate the late August disappearance of Yingluck, urging the public to be patient with the ongoing police investigation. Prawit on September 22 accused the police of helping Yingluck flee Thailand just prior to the verdict in her trial. His accusation was based on the questioning of three Thai police officers detained on September 21 for suspected involvement in Yingluck's escape. The officers reportedly admitted to arranging Yingluck's travel to the border with Cambodia in a now-seized Toyota Camry. The officers have not been charged with a crime, as there was no warrant for Yingluck's arrest when she escaped, and no others have been detained despite Prawit's claims that the escape plot was ordered by someone in Thailand.
Judge grants stay in 1MDB civil cases as Justice Department pursues criminal investigation
A federal judge in Los Angeles on September 13 granted the U.S. Department of Justice's request for an indefinite stay in civil forfeiture cases involving assets allegedly purchased with funds misappropriated from Malaysian state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). The judge granted the halt in the asset seizure cases to avoid adversely affecting the prosecution of a related investigation into possible criminal charges against individuals alleged to have laundered 1MDB funds through the U.S. financial system. The delayed civil forfeiture cases involve almost $1.7 billion in assets, the largest action brought under the Justice Department's Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. Despite the stay, Red Granite Pictures on September 18 reached an undisclosed settlement with the government to resolve an 1MDB-related asset seizure case involving future royalty rights to three films, including "The Wolf of Wall Street."
Timor-Leste swears in new minority government
Timor-Leste on September 15 swore in a new government, with Fretilin party leader Mari Alkatiri taking over as prime minister of a minority government after an expected coalition partner withdrew at the last minute. Fretilin—which holds 23 seats in parliament—and its partner Democratic Party—which holds another 7—failed to win the support of the 5-seat Khunto party, leaving the ruling coalition with only 30 out of 65 parliamentary seats. The minority coalition will rely on opposition parties to provide confidence and support on key votes. Alkatiri, who served previously as prime minister from 2002 to 2006, has pledged to maintain good ties with neighboring Australia and Indonesia and to create a better economy, education system, and health system.
CogitAsia Podcast: Myanmar on the Brink
By CogitAsia Staff
In this episode we discuss the complicated political picture in Myanmar for Aung San Suu Kyi after 18 months in office and the humanitarian tragedy in Rakhine state. Former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell joins to dissect what is happening on the ground following his most recent visit to the country in late August. Hosted by Will Colson. Audio edited by Ribka Gemilangsari. Written and produced by Jeffrey Bean. Listen here>>>
A Blueprint for Fisheries Management and Environmental Cooperation in the South China Sea
By the South China Sea Expert Working Group
The South China Sea is one of the world's top five most productive fishing zones, accounting for about 12 percent of global fish catch in 2015. More than half of the fishing vessels in the world operate in these waters, employing around 3.7 million people, and likely many more engaged in illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing. But this vital marine ecosystem is seriously threatened by overfishing encouraged by government subsidies, harmful fishing practices, and, in recent years, large-scale clam harvesting and dredging for island construction...Read more>>>
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Would I want to be a learner in MY own classroom?
In reading George Couros' book The Innovator's Mindset, the question 'Would you want to be a learner in your own classroom?' comes to mind.
I sit here and think to myself, Would I want to be a learner in my own classroom… and I'm not sure of my answer to that question.
When I think back to my experience as a learner (elementry school, middle school, high school, university) there are certain things that stand out to me that I HATED.
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–> Am I doing this? Do I now do this to my students?? Do I give them a task and make them complete it just to have the finished product.. am I actually teaching them the concept?
2. Sitting all day long in a chair that was attached to the desk.. YUK Looking back at my many years of sitting in a hard chair that was attached to my small desk, I remember being so uncomfortable. I would try and stretch my legs out, or twist around in my chair, or get up to go to the bathroom just to get my legs moving again. Is this something that I would want my students to experience as a learner?
–> When I think of my classroom I would like to think that I do a pretty good job of allowing my students choice in their workspaces and seating options. We have many different seating options and students are allowed to sit anywhere and in anyway to work. But… can I do better?? I think of my carpet time.. and I think of my students who want to walk around, or sit on chairs or lay down.. and I find myself allowing it sometimes, and other times I want them all on the carpet. But why? Do I need to have them all sitting on the carpet.. why cant they sit on chairs? This makes me think if they would be MORE engaged if I allowed them to make that choice? hmmm
3. Lack of choice. BORING. I remember being told I HAD to read this book, or HAD to do this assignment, or HAD to study topic. Why???? Why did I have to do it that way?? Why cant I research _____.. or present on _____.. or write my notes on my computer.. Why did it have to be that way? Why were we never given choice?
–> I think about choice in my classroom and I can confidently say that I can do better. Yes I give my students choice in seating. Yes I give them choice in their reading. Yes I give them choice on what they want to write about. But I know I could give them more choice. My students should be helping me to making choices on the topics that we look at and research. They would make choices on HOW they do their writing. Why do I make them write out every book on paper before they make an E-BOOK. Why don't I let them create an E-BOOK right away? I think to myself now… how can I incorperate more choice in my classroom. Will giving my students freedom in choice be beneficial ?
So do I want to be a learner in my own classroom? Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Can I create a classroom that I am DYING to be in? YES.


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The first purely electric vehicle from Audi will offer long-range capability, room for five people, and ample cargo space and towing capacity.
A large 95 kWh battery offers long distance trips on a single charge. The e-tron® will be engineered for both AC and DC charging via the widespread SAE Combined Charging System (CCS), and can utilize 150 kW DC high-speed public charging stations that provide an approximate 80% charge in about 30 minutes. At home, a 9.6 kW AC charger (Level 2, 240-volt/40 amps) is designed to deliver a full charge overnight.
Advanced Driving Dynamics
Quick acceleration provided by two electric motors creates nearly instantaneous torque — and an unparalleled driving experience. An electric motor is placed on each of the axles, distributing power more efficiently. The new electric quattro® all-wheel drive helps provide exceptional control and confidence in a variety of driving conditions.
Positioned low in the vehicle to enhance driving dynamics, the battery pack is designed to be compact and sleek.
Charged To Fit Your Life
The Audi e-tron® will be designed to be charged in a manner that best suits your needs. At home, wake up to a fresh charge by conveniently charging overnight. If you're on the go, you can rely on the growing network of over 15,000 public charging stations with over 39,000 charging outlets equipped to charge your e-tron®.
Leading TheCharge
Audi e-tron® will be engineered to charge with 150 kW DC high-speed public stations using the SAE Combined Charging System (CCS). These high-speed public chargers can provide an approximate 80% charge in about 30 minutes.
The Audi e-tron® will utilize a dedicated cooling system which helps keep the battery operating at an optimal temperature and ensure repeatable performance.
Having undergone extensive crash testing, the solid casing of the 95 kWh battery is designed to enhance security in the event of a collision.
150 kW
Charging Capability
80% Charge
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Sound of Silence
The e-tron® offers an exceptional acoustic experience — or lack thereof. Masterfully designed by Audi sound engineers, the near-silent motor, sound proofing, dual pane windows and special sealing to reduce road and wind noise all add up to a sublime ride from start to finish.
The World Is Your
We're taking the e-tron® prototype to the streets to demonstrate its capabilities. 250 test vehicles are being put through their paces in a series of rigorous challenges under extreme conditions. We're doing electric properly — the Audi way.
Get Connected To Your Drive
Personalize each ride from the palm of your hand with the help of our Audi mobile app. Discover a virtually seamless connection to your e-tron® and a range of premium services.
Remote Access
Easily monitor and manage your Audi e-tron® with the Audi mobile app.
- Personalize settings within your vehicle
- Monitor battery charge level
- Remote pre-heat or pre-cool temperature control
Charge On The Go
Get access to over 15,000 public charging stations with over 39,000 public outlets. Easily locate a charging solution while on the go through the Audi mobile app and in the vehicle.
Want to knowmore?
The e-tron® will represent a bold new world. Learn about range, performance, financial incentives and more.
Reservations for the e-tron® will begin Fall 2018. At that time, details on pricing and select specifications will be made public. Vehicle deliveries will begin in early 2019.
An individual who purchases an e-tron® may be eligible for a federal tax credit of up to $7,500. Additional state incentives may also be available. Federal and state incentives are subject to change; please reference your state's specific legislation regarding incentive eligibility as not all incentives may be applicable to every customer.
Yes, a fully refundable $1,000 reservation fee is required to secure your future e-tron®. This fee will be refunded in full to the credit card utilized for the reservation upon purchase and delivery of the vehicle. Financing and delivery details will be finalized closer to the delivery date.
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A universal heritage. Montseny biosphere reserve is a mosaic of Mediterranean and Central European landscapes located next to large metropolitan conurbations.
Its extraordinary biodiversity and cultural imprint that man has left over time have a universal value that has inspired artists, intellectuals and scientists and reflects the excitement of people who visit it.
In the APP you will find all the necessary information to visit the natural park, equipment, services and major routes so you can enjoy your visit. There are also references to restaurants and accommodations, as well as a wide range of cultural activities. Montseny Natural Park is jointly managed by the Provincial Government of Barcelona and Girona Provincial Council.


text: As members of the Thin Blue Line Foundation & Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club roared up to Stevens Elementary, students poured out of the school to welcome them. Last week, the club visited four HISD elementary schools to present 400 bicycles, helmets, and locks to fifth-graders at C. Martinez, Sherman, Stevens, and Wainwright elementary schools. The bikes are awarded to students who have excelled in academics, personal conduct, and attendance.


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Our People: Life on the diamond
June 3, 2018
Dwayne Grenko was born and raised in Gallup, a twin brother to Wayne Grenko of Gallup. He grew up loving sports with his favorite being baseball. He wasn't much interested in academia in his earlier years but he persisted and graduated high school...
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Sophia Kiely, Eleanor Worthington Cox, Kerry Ingram and Cleo de Demetriou, the four young actresses who originated the role of Matilda in the Royal Shakespeare Company's hit West End production, made history this Sunday when they were named the youngest ever Olivier Award winners, sharing 2012's coveted Best Actress in a Musical Award.
Worthington Cox, who at 10 years is the youngest of the quartet, described the record breaking achievement as "Pretty cool. Scary, but I think that's pretty awesome."
The award was not the only record broken by Matilda The Musical at the ceremony, with the show triumphing in seven categories, the most awards ever to be won by one production in Olivier Awards history.
Photographers Alastair Muir and Helen Maybanks was on hand to capture the cast celebrating their wins for Official London Theatre in the gallery above.


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Saturday, November 1st, 10 am
Fort Wayne, IN— On Saturday, November 1st, Friends of the Parks of Allen County invites citizens to partner with area parks departments, businesses, neighborhoods, and community volunteers to purchase and plant new trees for our parks and public spaces during the Great Tree Canopy Comeback.
At a time when our trees are being lost faster than they are being replanted, our community is now facing the 8th year of devastation from the Emerald Ash Borer. As a community, we must directly fund and re-plant our city trees.
Volunteers of all ages are critical to the success of the event and are encouraged to sign up and help restore the tree canopy. More than 250 trees will be planted in the following parks: McMillen Park & Golf Course, Rockhill Park, Kettler Park, Psi Ote Park, Reservoir Park, Foster Park South, Werling Park in New Haven and Payton County Park.
Volunteers are asked to register in advance and to bring a shovel (marked with name and telephone). Badges and t-shirts will be handed out to volunteers, while supply lasts.
BACKGROUND: Created in 2002, the Great Tree Canopy Comeback is our community tree planting day organized by volunteers with Friends of the Parks and area parks departments to combat this critical loss of trees. Over the past 13 years, more than 2,700 trees have been planted in our parks due to the Great Tree Canopy Comeback.


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30 Aug Experimenting with the Juice Lab
I stumbled upon the Earth Blend Juice Bar one day, as I made my way to Barazahi for a massage. It's a nice little joint, tucked in at the lower level of the Rade Mall on Fola Osibo. and offers a variety of smoothies and juices – as juice bars do.
Earth blend has quite a few ingredients available, from which they make their various juice/smoothie blends – from the traditional apples and bananas, to the less commonly used nut milk, beet, cocoa and sugar cane. I couldn't get custom fruit and vegetable combinations however – I could only order off the menu of pre-set blends. A shame, since I wanted my tried and trusted apple/pineapple juice combo, but oh well. I ended up getting the prodigal son smoothie (apple, pineapple, strawberry, and banana), which was pretty good, so no harm no foul. My friend got a Power Mike, I think, which was also pretty good.
The smoothie I ordered was N1500, which seems to be the standard going rate for a lot of freshly pressed beverages. The menu items at Earth Blend range from N1000-N1600 as far as I can see, so it's not too damaging on the wallet. Smoothie/Juice heads, go forth and prosper!
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My story with birth control
Serena Golden, Photography Editor
September 26, 2019
Although I came in feeling like a strong woman taking charge of her health, I immediately felt like a teenage girl being warned not to get pregnant. My doctor took me through a birth control tour unprompted, showing off an IUD like a brand new Mercedes. I said I would think about it.
One year, two countries: Bri Levin's cultural exchange in Japan and Morocco
Aliyah Dorsey, Lead Lifestyle Writer
September 26, 2019
Levin found that living in two countries for the year meant adjusting to two different cultures. Here's what she learned from a year abroad.
Introducing Mpho Molapo
Summer Perrit, Staff Writer
October 9, 2015
From the way she acts, you'd never guess Mpho Molapo was a foreigner from South Africa. Her confidence in everything from arguing Homer in class to ordering her drink in the long Einsteins line doesn't seem indicative of someone who is still learning American culture. But perhaps that's the way she wants it.


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The goal: opinion journalism that reasonably informs and influences
Last week, I was named Editorial Page editor for the San Antonio Express-News.
It is both an ending and a beginning for me. I've been doing the job since January, after my former boss and good friend Bruce Davidson retired, ending a long and illustrious career at the Express-News. That interim status ends. I'm now in Bruce's old position, another beginning for me — and big shoes to fill.
The job entails helping lead the newspaper's Editorial Board and putting out our opinion content in print and online.
My intention is to keep the opinion pages — on both platforms — a free-wheeling and diverse forum for debate on public policy and life in metropolitan San Antonio. Editorially, our emphasis will continue to be local, regional and state policies, but with an eye on national policy as well because of its propensity to affect us all at the local level.
But I've been tasked with coming up with a plan to do all this in a way that conforms and keeps pace with the new ways people consume media — all without forsaking our obligation to be public watchdogs and an active voice and participant in the community discussion.
I'll be spending the next month or so coming up with that plan. I have some ideas, but I could use some of yours as well. If you have ideas about how we should do things, send me a note. My contact info is at the end of this column.
I come at this job as a veteran of both opinion and news journalism. I've been a reporter and up the editor ranks in news for newspapers in California, Arizona and Washington, D.C. As a reporter, I covered Capitol Hill, federal agencies and the Supreme Court for a California news group.
I made the switch to opinion journalism in 1999 and haven't looked back. This is not my first rodeo being an editorial page editor, serving in Milwaukee before coming to San Antonio as a Metro columnist in 2011. But I've been an op-ed columnist — syndicated for a time while in Arizona — and an editorial writer as well.
Yes, I know. Opinion journalism and journalism as a whole have been taking a thrashing for a couple of decades but particularly now in our so-called "fake news" era.
Part of my job is to help readers understand what we do and why we do it — the path, I think, to redeeming ourselves in many eyes. There is indeed "fake news," but not rising to that level is news or opinion one finds objectionable merely because it presents a disagreeable view.
We may not always agree, but understanding where each of us comes from is a necessity if free speech and freedom of the press are to have any meaning.
My goal is to reach out to the community and to make these pages even more a reflection of the diverse voices in it. And by diverse I mean politically and geographically, as well as the standard definition that includes race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and age.
Giving voice to these views is part of how we arrive at this mutual understanding — particularly necessary today when our divisions threaten to devolve from mere disagreement to hatred. Sadly, some are already there.
This doesn't mean the Editorial Board will be looking less critically at public policy. Criticism is a necessary function of opinion journalism, as long as it is reasoned, well-formed and constructive. Accomplishing that consistently is also my goal.
Stay tuned.


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Scout is a Bluetooth operated key finder which is very easy to set up: all you have to do is attach it to your keys like any regular key chain and download the app. Afterwards, anytime you misplace your keys, you simply open the app, press "Find" and Scout will start ringing, leading you back to your keys.
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Amazing Associate Veterinarian Opportunity! If you haven't found the right 'practice fit' yet, maybe that's because you haven't met us! Highway Veterinary Hospital is looking for a new family member to join our health care team! Of course we practice excellent medicine, provide compassionate service and exceed our clients' expectations. However, what sets us apart is our positive practice culture, our extraordinary support team and our clientele! Our passionate health care team has more than 80 years of combined exceptional experience at HVH; they are the backbone of this practice. Our clientele is capable of providing excellent patient care, and genuinely consider themselves part of our HVH family. But that's not all… We are a VERY family friendly practice that respects a healthy work-life balance. Our doctors work together, sharing our knowledge, supporting each other, and collaboratively adjusting work schedules to meet personal needs. We have lots of bells and whistles, offer CE stipend, and have a top notch specialty and 24 hour care practice within minutes of our hospital. If you are friendly, kind and caring, come check us out. We've earned our "Best of Bowie" veterinary hospital for the past eight years for many great reasons! Our full service, general, small animal practice is centrally located and minutes away from Annapolis, DC and Baltimore. Check out our Facebook page, or our website at www.highwayvet.com
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Laurie and Michael took a hands-on approach to their energetic, winter wedding in Innisfil and Vaughan Ontario. From mason jars to hand made centrepieces, this couple made creativity, love and their guests enjoyment, their top priorities.
Photography: Niki Patel – HRM Photography (review)
Bride & Groom: Laurie Gregory and Michael Stevanovic
Wedding Date: February 14th, 2015
Ceremony Location: Churchill United Church, Innisfil, ON
Reception Location: Paradise Banquet Halls, Vaughan, ON
Favourite Part of Wedding Prep: "All the DIY projects especially the boutonnieres."
The Ring's Favourite Things: The finger print "guest book tree"!!
Florals: Laurie's brother is good friends with Andrea DiCaro. She has her own business called Authentic Arrangements
Favours: DIY hot chocolate mason jars
Gown: David's Bridal Collection – Strapless Mikado Ball Gown with Beaded Accents
Groomsmen and Groom's attire: Moores Clothing For Men – Vera Wang
Bridesmaids attire: David's Bridal – Satin Gown with Side Drape
Hair and Make-up: Carly Chapman
DJ: Good Vibrations
Guest Count: 140
Theme: Nothing cliché for valentines day – the only theme was love
Biggest Planning Challenges: "Seating and getting RSVPs. I wanted everyone to have a great time at the wedding and to sit with people they knew or would like. I think we did a really good job at it once we had final numbers."
DIY Details: "We took on most of the DIY projects such as centrepieces, boutonnieres, décor for head table, mason jars, wedding tree, and invitations."
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Wedding dreams are made of long harvest tables, natural and cascading bouquets, wineries in the fall, mixed metallic containers and blush blooms. (At least mine are)
Alexandra had me in love with her wedding from the moment she detailed her plans. Her Ravine Vineyards Wedding was to be held in the Wine cellar at a long harvest table (sigh). They were to be married beside the vineyard under a canopy with hanging roses (double sigh). She would carry a cascading bouquet with king protea as the main accent (oh how I love a bride who can carry a protea).
As you entered the cellar low candlelight flickered across layers of blooms in mismatched containers. It was winery Luxe at it's finest. Niagara Vineyards are one of our pride and joy's of this area, we also have culinary perfection at many restaurants in Niagara: This Ravine Wedding encapsulated both and it couldn't have been more perfect.


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Richard gained considerable experience in costs while training under the supervision of costs specialist, Christopher Perry. He assisted with detailed assessment and his advisory work involved cases concerned with premature issue, solicitor-client disputes and unreasonable exit from the MOJ portal.
He has developed his knowledge of costs by undertaking a secondment in the costs team of a national firm of solicitors.
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Read Isaiah 6:1-8
Now read Luke 5:8-10
Uncertainty can bring out our true selves. We in the Abrahamic traditions hold a contradictory worldview: we believe that the sovereignty of God exists amidst human free will. Our sacred collection, from the Tanakh to the Christian canon to the Quran, contains tales of God active in a world shaped by human free will; we set forth ideas of divine omnipotence, yet God can be talked out of things. See Abraham and Sodom. We proclaim divine omnipresence, yet God loses track of Abel. We monotheists have uncertainty built into our biblical faith. And it is not just seeming contradictions in our theology. We have countless examples of God's power being revealed in tales that are too fantastical to tell. Or perhaps, too disturbing. The story of the binding of Isaac would look very different from Isaac's perspective than it does from Abraham's, don't you think? Or from Sarah's? Why, the Bible reveals that where there is a call for trust, there often is unacknowledged uncertainty.
In our Hebrew Bible text for today, we learn that King Uzziah has died. This line does not mean much to we moderns, but to those who know Jewish history it is telling. It is a line that we might hear as "Tuesday's election." You see, King Uzziah had reigned for five decades, with a storied history, including being stricken with leprosy for trying to usurp priestly duties. His full story is found in 2 Chronicles 26, but our point is outside his biography. The death of King Uzziah comes at a time in which the Assyrian giant is eying Jerusalem. The northern kingdom has already fallen, and the uncertainty of the earthly throne, the writers of Isaiah contend, is answered by the eternal kingship of God. Isaiah encountering God on a throne is a powerful image. There is uncertainty below, but above there is no disruption. God is in charge, the text from Isaiah assures us.
Or, to use words I have heard lately, There's no need to panic; everything is going to work out.
This is the point at which many of my agnostic and atheist friends begin to roll their eyes, and I get it. It is easy to say that amidst chaos there is order, and all we have to do is convince ourselves that everything happens for a reason. God has a plan.
God on the throne seems pretty distance too, pretty odd and esoteric. Not many people are going to respond to a story of winged seraphim flying over to some random dude and putting coal on his lips. It doesn't seem too relevant now, does it? Coal on the lips might be the ancient world equivalent of collagen but it seems uncertain what it has to do with us.
Isaiah is as much a product of his own times as are we. Isaiah finds himself in the presence of God during an uncertain period. There is chaos on the earthy throne; the north has already fallen; there is fear and uncertainty and people are wondering where God is and Isaiah has God in his sights and yet he cannot approach.
Think about that. Isaiah cannot approach. Why? Is it because God is too powerful? God is too remote? God is too…
For Isaiah, God is too holy. Too much the other. Isaiah feels unworthy to approach God. He doesn't know how to situate himself in order to receive the blessings and gifts of God. So God provides Isaiah what he needs: in this case, that is represented by winged creatures that kinda look like us that provide him a cleansing. A tabula rosa. Permission to approach the bench. An elevator to the top floor. Call it what you want, but Isaiah is moving on up to the east side.
Before we can get a piece of that pie, though, there's a question from God. One all of us must answer. Whom shall we send? God asks.
Here am I, Isaiah answers. Send me.
I speak often about not searching for fact when God is in the business of truth. The fact is, I don't know if this happened exactly the way that it is reported; the truth is, I believe the story. Because I know that I have been afraid to approach God this week. I've been looking away because I have been uncertain. Uncertain about the future. The messages and personal stories keep piling up one after another; each day seems to provide another spark in our big gunpowder room. I wrote in a previous entry about the shaky first steps after the election, and I seem to vacillate between feeling reasonably certain that things are not going to explode all around us to wondering if there's anyone in the congregation who has a fallout shelter with enough food for my family of four they'd be willing to let me purchase with witty essays I will pen while we wait for armageddon.
I've been turning away from God because I am scared. I know what is required of me. Jesus is very clear, and he showed it by living like he meant everything he said. Even when it cost him his life. That is not a euphemism, but it is isn't not a euphemism. Gandhi said that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind; Pastor Aaron says a bunch of dead Christians doesn't do much to bring about the kin-dom of God. We are not all called to the same things. I've been afraid because I know that what I am called to do may cause me to be arrested in the future, primarily because I have a big mouth that I won't shut and I really, really believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am privileged. I am relatively young and in relatively good condition. Yet, I have a mental illness. So that means there are some things I just can't do; there are things I must discern in order to keep myself healthy and well. I fail at this a lot, but the more I submit to God the better I get.This week, though, I have been wanting to just leave the whole enterprise. Believing in a God that expects things of you is hard.
In order for me to get to Isaiah's place, I had to start with Peter. I had to throw myself down in front of Jesus. I had to submit myself and say that in the face of uncertainty, I use my free will to chose the will of God. And, wow. Yeah. That sounds crazy; maybe it is crazy. But it keeps me remembering that so many people in the world are not lucky enough to have the choices I have; I can cautiously approach dangerous situations that many people have thrust upon them early and often. I don't worry about being raped or extorted, kidnapped or tortured because of my faith. My education. It'd be so easy to just shut my eyes and ignore it all.
My faith constantly opens those eyes and screams about what is happening and how I am complicit.
I think we all must face God's question now. Whom shall we send? Our calls are different. The reasons that we avoid our own versions of the coal on lips are different, but I imagine many of you know that you have them. You have reasons why you might be shying away from what you feel God is revealing. You shy away because it is hard. It is frightening. That's okay. We need to know that sometimes fear is all we've got. We're not ready to move into action. We're not ready to seek reconciliation. We"re not ready to hear someone else's perspective. We see Jesus, but we're not ready to go foot diving. We are not from a town called hope.
Today, maybe we just acknowledge the uncertainty. Perhaps we give it a nod, let it know we see it in the room. That might be enough, this making introductions.
If what I described does not sound anything like you, I want you to know that it sounds like a lot of people who are not in the pews on Sunday. Fear and uncertainty and confusion is gripping the hearts of people around us; I believe that God is calling us to them. To go to them. To pay attention to the ways in which what we hold in our hearts may be of use to them. Not so that we can grow our membership rolls or increase our tithing, but so that we may live the Gospel. Uncertainty has a way of revealing the character of a person. What's being uncovered in you?


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In Review
By Elizabeth Wroten
Easy Reader Review: The White Feather
On 13, Oct 2016 | In Review | By Elizabeth Wroten
The White Feather written by Ruth Eitzen, illustrated by Allan Eitzen
From Goodreads: A Quaker family living in Ohio in the early 1800's makes peace with a Shawnee Indian tribe during a very troubled time.
This is actually a book that is on our easy reader shelf. On seeing it I immediately pulled it, worried that it contained stereotypes and racist content. Judging by the cover and style it looks like a book from the 1960s. It's not. It was written in 1987. I will say upfront this book is not perfect, but I am leaving it on our shelf. Here's why.
I was reminded of Joseph Bruchac's The Arrow Over the Door so I turned to that book's author's note for good historical context and research into the actual events these books are based on. Bruchac did extensive research into both white and native perspectives on dealings between native tribes and the Friends (Quakers). There was an actual event similar to the one featured here and most similar to Bruchac's story. The biggest differences being that The White Feather takes place in Ohio and Arrow takes place in New York and in Arrow the Native Americans come to a meeting of Quakers, not an individual homestead. The use of the broken arrow is also more accurate than the use of a feather.
I found some evidence that the book was written by a Quaker couple who were probably familiar with the story Bruchac researched. It has, over the years, become changed and exaggerated (as you might expect). Problems with The White Feather include the lack of acknowledgement that the Quakers were still taking land from the native tribes. And being kind didn't exonerate them from this injustice. This is not a true story so the way it's fleshed out is not as accurate as it could be. The historical context provided in the back is short and not overly informative. The natives all look the same, but I kind of think the white people do too. I think it's the style? It's pretty simplistic and not great art.
The story is, however, tribe specific (Shawnee) and accurate to the tribes living in the area of the story. Their clothing is close to what was worn (although maybe not totally true to the times they would have worn it (feathers I'm looking at you). Bruchac's is also tribe-specific, but because of the setting it is a different tribe.
One of the first scenes in the book has the little boy making a war cry and scaring his mother and sister and their neighbors. He is very quickly reprimanded and corrected by his mother who angrily shames him "Abe, never, never do such a thing again! You know the Indians have always been our friends!" She later tells him they are worried because the Shawnee are angry over settlers taking what is not theirs and cheating them. She is nervous they will be targeted, and this is why she was frightened, but she is also makes the point that what the white settlers are doing is not okay and the Shawnee are justified in their anger.
In the next chapter Abe accompanies his father on a trip to visit the Shawnee tribe. There the father speaks with them "in their own language". We are also told this is not his first trip to visit them. He has a relationship with the tribe. When the men of the tribe return the visit a few days or weeks later, they are not violent (although they do make a mess eating the biscuits and molasses the mother provides) nor are they unreasonable. They are a bit abrupt, but I think that has more to do with the fact that Abe, the boy telling the story, doesn't speak their language the way their father does. The father provides some context for the children as the events unfold.
This would make a decent book to have a discussion around. It's a little grey-er in the open collection. It makes me a bit uncomfortable, but I also spent the summer weeding our Native American resources and know that is a strong collection. Kids picking up this book will also be having conversations in their classrooms and will be exposed to all kinds of good resources and #ownvoices. The cover is unfortunate in that it makes the Shawnee look war-like and the white settlers look peaceable. If you read the story though, it's considerably more nuanced. Like I said, it isn't perfect and Bruchac's book is much better and longer, but Bruchac also takes some liberties with the story. I think in the context of our collection it works. I do like that it provides an entree into Bruchac's book and I would eventually point children interested in this book to that one. I would not recommend going out of your way to purchase this (but do go out of your way to purchase The Arrow Over the Door), but if it's on your shelf take a look at the collection as a whole.


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Johannesburg – The Government Employee Pension Fund (GEPF) is in consultation to increase its offshore exposure as it is highly exposed to domestic markets, with its performance closely correlated with that of the economy, principle executive head Abel Sithole said on Tuesday.
He was speaking at a briefing about the GEPF's investment processes, alongside Dan Matjila, chief executive of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which is the fund's primary investment agency.
With R1.67trn worth of assets, 1.3 million active members and over 400 000 pensioners and beneficiaries, the GEPF is the largest pension fund in Africa.
The briefing comes after much interest stimulated by media reports suggesting that the fund could be drawn upon, through the PIC, to bail out underperforming state-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as South African Airways.
On these claims, Matjila affirmed that the PIC's investment mandate comes from its clients, in this case the GEPF. The GEPF prescribes the parameters of its strategic allocations.
He said that National Treasury has no say on the investment mandates of its clients.
"From where I sit, all I can say is that client monies are safe," Matjila said.
Sithole unpacked these strategic allocations and their ranges. A significant portion (49%) of asset allocations are made to domestic equity, while only 5% are made to foreign equity. Domestic bonds account for 34% of asset allocations, and foreign bonds for only 1%.
Sithole said the GEPF is in discussions with the minister to improve exposure to foreign allocations. These discussions will hopefully be concluded before the beginning of the next financial year.
"Our investment offshore is significantly low," he admitted. But the "heavy domestic bias" has stood the GEPF in good stead so far, he explained.
Sithole warned that the assumption that offshore investment will yield good returns is not always true. But the impact of a credit downgrade on the GEPF is a concern. "The fear is that we might be downgraded sometime next year. As South Africans, we must be working hard to make sure we are not downgraded."
Asset allocations as at March 31 2017
On investments on government bonds, Sithole explained that these were the most secure as government provides the "backstop" of underperforming funds by covering shortfalls with tax revenue.
Sithole said efforts are being made to diversify risk by investing in other instruments such as cash and bonds of both government and corporates.
Corporate bonds include Standard Bank, FirstRand, Nedbank, ABSA and Investec, among others. SOE bonds include Eskom, the South African National Road Agency (Sanral), Transnet and Airports Company South Africa.
Eskom's bonds account for 15% of total bills and bonds, compared to Sanral and Transnet which each account for 4.5%.
In total, corporate bounds account for 6.7% of total bills and bonds, while foreign bonds account for 3.4%.
Sithole justified investments in Eskom and Sanral for their long-term benefits for future generations, as part of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations.
"People get concerned over investments we make in Eskom and Sanral."
He explained that Sanral supports national roads in the country. "If Sanral fails, the whole logistical environment in South Africa will fail."
He also said that the country depends on the energy provided by Eskom for the economy to thrive. "If Eskom fails, the whole of the South African economy fails."
Eskom was a good company
"Not long ago, Eskom was a good company," Matjila said. "Going forward, we realise that we will have to change course."
Matjila said greater intervention by the PIC is needed to address governance at Eskom and other SOEs.
"We are finalising a document of how we are going to approach SOEs. We will share with clients and key stakeholders to inform them how we will invest in SOEs going forward."
Sithole says investments in Eskom happened prior to governance issues arising. @TeamNews24 @Fin24— lameez omarjee (@LameezOmarjee) October 31, 2017
Sithole confirmed that there was engagement on governance issues. "The fact that we don't use (a) megaphone for discussions does not mean there is no engagement," he said.
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In last year's Budget you said any additional revenue would be "banked as an improvement to the Budget bottom line". Now, you've got additional revenue here, more than $30 billion and yet you're only banking less than half of that, $15 billion.
We also have a rule that we won't allow taxes to rise as a share of the economy beyond 23.9 per cent and so what we're doing is letting people keep their own money. What we've done in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, all of that additional revenue that has come in, in those three years, is going directly to the bottom line. In further years, when we're back in surplus of over $10 billion, those are the years in which that additional revenue, we're allowing to go back to Australians who earn that money because it's theirs.
Income tax payers would also like to be paying a whole lot less interest than they currently are. I mean, the $14.5 billion interest bill next year that could be lower.
Well, that falls by $2.2 billion…
That's still going to be $12 billion, $12 billion, $12 billion…
And it will fall by $2.2 billion in the last year of the forward estimates…
So it's too much?
No, I don't think Australians like to pay higher taxes, David, for Governments. I think they prefer to keep taxes under control and for Governments to live within their means and for Governments to achieve their path back to balance on that way. I think the recipe of higher taxes, higher spending always ends in tears. We've seen that with previous Labor Governments, we shouldn't go back there, we've got a plan, we've stuck to it, it's delivering those results.
So you don't think this debt level's too high?
The debt's coming down as of 2017-18. 2017-18, the net debt falls from where it is now and it will fall 3.8 per cent of GDP over ten years, it will fall by the $230 billion over that ten years. It will fall by $30 billion over the Budget and forward estimates. Why? Because we're getting the Budget back into balance and building that with a stronger economy.
Let me turn to spending. There really aren't many spending cuts in this Budget.
Well, the Budget washes its face on that with what's saved and that is new expenditure is covered off by savings, with a slight positive balance of $400 million.
Your mentor Peter Costello is worried about this, there's only a net save of $404 million over four years, you know, now that's next to nothing.
Our Budget rules say that you reduce expenditure as a share of the economy, which this Budget does it falls to 24.7 per cent over the Budget and forward estimates…
Next year it's going to be 25.4 per cent, then it starts to fall. So it's gone up since you've been Treasurer.
It'll go up then it'll come down. And it falls to 24.7 per cent and real spending growth under this Government over this Budget and forward estimates is 1.6 per cent.
How is it coming down? Can you explain how it is coming down?
Well, we've got a couple of measures which are hitting the Budget in the next couple of years. There's some funding around some additional expenditure on hospitals, and settling some old agreements. There's some additional Defence expenditures which we've got in a short a period of time and that is going down in further years. But our welfare savings are achieving integrity savings on welfare. Getting people off welfare and into work is like in rugby league a 12 point turnaround. You score and stop them from scoring, 12 points.
The tax cuts, now when fully implemented, high income earners will get around $7,225 a year. Someone on average earnings will get $540 bucks. Is that fair?
When you look at what the percentage is, in terms of what people pay in actual tax. Now, people on the highest marginal tax rate pay over $80,000 a year in tax. On the next rate down, they pay around $30,000 a year in tax. The next one down, $10,000. And on the lowest tax bracket, they pay about $1,900 a year in tax. So there are people on the top tax bracket, around 400,000 people, and they pay for 17 per cent of the tax.
Do they need a $7,000 tax cut?
No, what I'm saying is we need to have taxes as a whole lower, this is seven years from now, David, and we're saying those on lower and middle income, they come first, $530 every year, year on year on year on year. And you'll see in the Budget, that what they get as a percentage of tax cut, on what the tax they pay is over 6 per cent when you look at it over that period of time. For those on higher incomes, it's less than 3 per cent.
Well, the first stage, you want this introduced on July 1 so you need to get cracking.
Will you introduce the legislation tomorrow?
So you will be looking for the House to support this?
Of course, and the whole plan, the whole package. It's a package. A whole package, over that seven years, because we're providing a very clear direction and that's what is needed to actually keep taxes below the speed limit.
So you won't break it up? So you wouldn't break this into stages?
Absolutely not.
Definitely not?
Absolutely not.
Because you said that about your company tax package and you ended up breaking that up…
I'm introducing the whole plan, it's a test for them: do they want taxes to be lower or do they want them to be higher? I know they want taxes to be lower.
But they already said they'll back the first stage, surely you should take that…
No, this is a whole plan. This is a whole plan for all Australians. We want all Australians to have a reward for their effort.
To be clear on that though would you be willing to hold them ransom for lower income earners just so the wealthy can get a tax cut?
Well, that's a question you should put Bill Shorten.
No, it's to you because…
Well no, I'm putting the whole plan. Now, Bill Shorten should back the whole plan.
And if they don't back the whole plan, the lower income earners get nothing?
No, if Bill Shorten doesn't back the plan, then Bill Shorten has told Australians that he thinks taxes should be higher.
So you would not be willing to break it up and at least get that first stage through?
The whole plan is going into Parliament. And we want to see it backed for all Australians.
So the whole plan or nothing?
We want to see whole plan backed. Why would we not? The whole plan's in the Budget. I didn't sort of put the whole plan in the Budget then go, "Maybe this bit but not that bit." I said, "We're doing the whole plan because that's what keeps taxes low as share of the economy."
Ok, but would you be willing…
You're saying, "Let taxes creep in the future." That is not what we believe…
I know the argument…
We believe in lower taxes, not higher taxes, that's Bill Shorten's…
Would you be willing at least to get what you can?
The whole plan is going to the Parliament…
I know it is, but would you be willing to at least get the first stage…
David, you can ask me 25 times, and you're going to bore your viewers silly…
The answer is it's the whole plan…
We'll see what happens in the Parliament. Now, the company tax cuts, I didn't actually hear you mention company tax in your speech tonight, is that a bit sensitive?
No, it was straight out of the blocks when I was talking about our Enterprise Tax Plan. That's the name of the plan.
Alright, and what's the remaining cost of that?
It's $35 billion.
So $35 billion over the ten years?
That's on the measure just before the Parliament. That's $35 billion, and let's not forget over that period of time, the bank levy, by the time the tax rate for all businesses gets to 25 per cent, the bank levy would have raised $16 billion. When you put it over the ten years it's closer to $20 billion. So of that $35 billion that's currently there before the Parliament, around $20 billion of that, comes back at least in the bank levy itself.
The estimate was the company tax cuts would boost national incomes by 0.81 per cent, what are personal income tax cuts going to do for the economy?
Well, that is caught up in the current forecast we have for the economy…
Why isn't there a specific number?
Because this is about tax relief for personal income tax…
But is there an economic benefit?
There are improvements to the consumption numbers that you see in the Budget. But then that is balanced out by movements…
So there are no growth figures?
Well, we believe there is but that is part of componentry of the forecasting…
Well, what is…
…And currently sitting before the – well, you've got economic growth goes from 2.75 up to 3 per cent. It's included in that…
And that, and that…
It's included in that…
And that is driven by the personal incomes tax cuts?
Well, it's partly driven by that, amongst many other things.
Of course, Labor doesn't want the rest of those company tax cuts…
Well, Labor believes in higher taxes.
Well, they could put that into an even bigger personal income tax cuts…
Well, no they can't because they've already spent it. At the last election they said they were reversing the entire Enterprise Tax Plan. They spent all of that money and the money on negative gearing, and the money on capital gains tax, and the money on the higher tax rate on the top marginal rate, they spent it all, and they still ended up with a deficit $16.5 billion higher than we have. See this is the problem, if Labor allows taxes to just run wild, their spending always runs higher. That's why you've got to control taxes. If you can't control taxes, you can't control spending.
Now, aged care and older Australians. There are few elements in tonight's Budget for them, 14,000 new in-home care packages on top of the 6,000 from in December. There is a long waiting list already, 105,000 on the waiting list already. So will this make a big difference?
I think it will make an important difference. It's an excellent start, and the more we can do the better, David, but it's over an 80 per cent increase for the high-level care packages because we've really targeted the high-level care. You've got quite a lot [inaudible]…
But there's still a waiting list of 57,000 [inaudible]…
I think there's around 40,000 people in that figure you're talking about, who are already in the in-home care system, so they're waiting for different higher level care packages within the system…
But there's a way in which the higher care of about 57,000…
Yes, I know and we've just announced 20,000 additional places.
Alright, are you still though wanting to make people until they're 70 before accessing the age pension?
Well, the next change to the pension age, that's been about 35 years' time by the way, or 30 years' time, my understanding of what that figure is…
The lift to 70?
The lift to 70. I would stand to be corrected on that. But the next change to the pension age is the one that Labor legislated. So next time the pension age goes up, you can thank the Labor Party…
And you supported it.
We were there, we supported it…
You want to go further, you want to go further…
Well, what we've put in this Budget though is giving people the means and the systems and support to be able to live a longer life, and to work more effectively according to the choices they make…
Except you're also going to still take away the energy supplement for pensioners.
Well, these are manners that are still being negotiated in the Senate.
Is that something you're indicating you'd be willing to negotiate on?
I'm saying that these are the matters that are still before the Senate.
Alright, but it is still Government policy?
It's still a measure in the Senate, and it's still being discussed in the Senate.
And it's still a Government desire to remove that energy supplement?
Well, it's for the Senate, David, so we'll keep working with those Senators in the Senate along with a number of other bills.
Final one, there is an election due roughly 12 months from now…
If not sooner. Elections usually do involve a lot of spending promises. Where is that potentially going to come from?
Well, what we're doing David is acting responsibly. That's how we've got to where we are now. That's how you get to having the lowest rate of real growth in expenditure of any Government in 50 years. That's how you get to the turning point on debt and from now the debt, and from now the debt as a share of the economy and nominally falls, as I said, by more than $230 billion over the next ten years. You get there by responsible financial and economic management.
So you wouldn't change those surplus forecasts during the election campaign to pay for any promises?
Our estimates are there for all to see, and our record is there for all to see. We are the responsible economic and financial managers when it comes to political parties in this country and Australians know that. And we'll keep providing that leadership when it comes to doing that, because that's what supports a strong economy, because the Budget is about a strong economy, because with a strong economy you cannot guarantee essential services Australians rely on.
There is about $3.3 billion in the contingency reserve for 2019-20, is that the sort of money you'd use for an election campaign?
Well, that also includes the conservative bias and so, which is a technical feature of the Budget and these are normal parts of the Budget, so, no, I don't think there's much to enquire into there.
Alright, Treasurer Scott Morrison I do appreciate your time this Budget night, thank you very much and good luck in the next 48 hours or so…
I'm sure we'll speak soon.
Indeed. Thank you very much for that.


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