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|The Root of All Evil
|Season 1, Episode 7
|Air date
|July 14, 2015
|Written by
|April Fitzsimmons
|Directed by
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Fire in the Hole
Kirsten surprises the Stitchers team when they discover that she has a boyfriend, Liam, who shows up suddenly, prompting Maggie to covertly gather information on him. Meanwhile, a young woman's extravagant social life may be the clue to her death.
While looking at the key she found behind her mother's picture, Kirsten is interrupted by Camille's lust for entirely too expensive boots. She feels like since she puts her life on the line by working for the program, she should be paid more and Kirsten implores her to ask for a raise like a normal person. But just as the two begin talking about what constitutes as normal, given that Kirsten is now timing Camille's showers thanks to a broken hot water heater, a good looking man shows up at the door looking for Kirsten. Unfortunately, Kirsten and a smitten Camille have to go to work and as they leave their porch, Kirsten reveals that this man is her boyfriend.
The stitch of the week is a Jane Doe in her early 20's who was found on a hiking trail near Mulholland Drive. It looks like she was pushed from the road above down onto the trail, but talk around the office quickly turns to Kirsten having a boyfriend, as Camille blurts it out basically unprompted. Maggie then pulls her aside not to chastise her for asking irrelevant questions but to task her with finding out everything she can about this new guy. While Camille is uncomfortable at the idea of spying on someone she considers a friend, she ultimately agrees to the proposition and blows her first shot at asking for a raise in the process. Once their brief interlude is over, it's time for Kirsten to bounce into Jane Doe and when she does, she lands in the middle of a 4th of July hot tub party. It looks like Jane Doe was either rich or knew someone who was. Kirsten continues exploring the scene and finds Jane Doe's yippy dog as well as Jane Doe herself taking a selfie with an issue of Mulholland Magazine. The house itself is completely wired with security systems and decked out with fancy art, but Kirsten soon finds herself in a less than swanky bathroom before being forced to bounce out.
Camille finds the issue of Mulholland that Jane Doe was holding up and it seems like the house belongs to Joe and Suzanne Parks. With Fisher on special assignment, Maggie gets Kirsten and Cameron to come along with her to verify that the Parks residence is the same house that Kirsten was in during her stitch. Once they meet the Parks, though, Maggie finds herself undercut by Kirsten's lack of filter and inability to play it cool in stressful situations. She immediately turns Joe and Suzanne off with her interrogation tactics and nearly blows up Maggie's spot by mentioning things she saw in the stitch that make her confident this house is the same one she was just in. Back at Kirsten's, Camille finds Liam's passport and notes that he's impressively traveled. Adding to his list of qualities is a string of photos showing him receiving prestigious awards and volunteering his time in Third World countries, but before Camille can take a picture of his shirtless body in one of the photos, he comes back from a run. And subsequently shows her his insane body in real life when he uses the bottom of his shirt to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Her head all swim-y as a result of the vapors, Camille learns that cultural anthropologist Liam has spent time in a hut in Peru and a yurt in southeast Asia, some of the many places he's invited Kirsten since they met three years ago. However, she's never accepted his invitations, so they end up spending a lot of time apart, which he likes given that she very clearly lives in the moment.
When Kirsten and Cameron arrive back at the lab, they're greeted with the news that Linus found out the name of Jane Doe through her dog. After tracking a chipped Giorgio to the Bel Air Animal Shelter, he landed the name of his owner – Brenda "Bentley" Miller. Using the keys that were found in Bentley's possession, Kirsten and Cameron head to her apartment and begin poking around for evidence. Cameron tries to talk to her about Liam and the difficulty of long distance relationships, though Kirsten's lack of time recognition means that she never misses him. The two find a collage with the phrase I WANT IT ALL over top of it, indicating Bentley's desire for a better quality of life, and some gaudy jewelry that shows just how far away from that life she was. But Kirsten recognizes a piece of jewelry from the stitch and goes to the toilet to find the expensive (and obviously stolen) jewelry being kept in the back of the toilet. Therefore, Bentley was a thief.
This news is especially important given that there'd been a string of break-ins in the area. Kirsten figures out that the jewelry made Bentley feel important, hence her keeping everything, while Linus finds out the name of Bentley's only social media friend – Sadie Morton, who works at a Beverly Hills spa. Kirsten recognizes Sadie from the stitch, but since the refractory period is over in six hours and she didn't exactly do well today with the Parks, Cameron and Linus go to talk to Sadie themselves. Camille, meanwhile, encourages Kirsten to have dinner with Liam, which she subsequently gets dolled up for. But when she gets home, she finds that Liam wants to stay in after fixing the hot water heater and that he likes her look better when she dresses down. Nonetheless, they make out while Camille leaves Maggie with the photos she found of Liam, none of which she deems suspicious. However, when Maggie finds the one of Liam accepting an award, her eyes are drawn to one person in the background. Meanwhile, Cameron and Linus arrive at the spa and the former uses a fake badge he got at Comic-Con in order to throw his weight around. The two get an audience with Sadie and quickly force her into confession; she and Bentley would "house sit" empty places in the area as a way to get a feel for the life they might never achieve. She used her client base at the spa to pick out the places, with Bentley disarming the security systems and stealing once she got too greedy. Sadie then explains that Mr. Parks came home during their 4th of July bash and Bentley was trapped in the house for hours, which causes Cameron to frantically call Kirsten in hopes of getting another stitch in.
But Kirsten is busy having sex with Liam and misses at least five calls from Cameron before the latter shows up at her doorstep. Cameron immediately becomes intimidated when he sees that they had sex and that Liam is a well-built do-gooder who knows how to make mushroom risotto. He doesn't have the time to stew in his insecurity, though, as he and Kirsten rush back to the lab in order for her to get another stitch in. This time, Kirsten finds herself stitchersin the Parks bedroom where Bentley is stealing jewelry from Suzanne. Before she can leave, though, two people come into the bedroom and begin fooling around; Bentley films it while Kirsten assumes it's Mr. Parks bringing in a younger woman. Kirsten then finds herself on Mulholland while Bentley walks Giorgio before having a confrontation with the person she was blackmailing with the video. The two have a scuffle before the unknown assailant pushes Bentley to her death, further solidifying the idea that Joe is the murderer.
Adding to that is the fact that he texted Bentley before the murder, a fact that Cameron uses as an excuse for a celebration dinner. But where Liam is cooking, his group thing turns into a bro night, as Linus finds out that Giorgio, for whom he filed adoption papers, doesn't like men and that he's out of the running to become an owner. Once Cameron gets Linus back to his place and starts making tapas, he confesses that he's worried that Kirsten could get hurt, which doesn't hold as much water when he goes on about Liam's perfect smile, perfect abs, and do-gooder status. Not helping is that Linus checks Liam out online and deduces that he's perfect; everything about him isn't an act, nor is it a way to lower Kirsten's defenses so he can take advantage of her. As a result, the two decide to have a much bro-ier bro night than they had originally planned. Meanwhile, Kirsten surprises Camille with the boots she had been lusting after. Since Liam fixed the hot water, the two were saving more money than the boots cost and Kirsten wanted to do something nice for her friend. But the moment of joy is cut short when Kirsten hears a dog barking in the distance and puts together that Mr. Parks couldn't have been the murderer. Giorgio only barks at men (see: the first stitch) and since he wasn't barking while Bentley was being attacked, it stands to reason that the person who pushed her to her death was female. Therefore, Kirsten comes up with another excuse to leave Liam (this time, she's a video game developer who has to fix a glitch) before taking Camille to the Parks residence.
Linus and Cameron invite Tim over for bro night and though Tim doesn't know why he's even there, the trio play video games, drink beer, and bond. While Linus is busy whiffing on smashing a beer can on his head, Kirsten hacks into the Parks' security system with the intention of finding the gloves worn by the killer on the night of the murder. They would likely have the DNA of whoever killed Bentley on them, so she and Camille split up in order to cover more ground. Kirsten ends up finding the ankle bracelet from the second stitch in Suzanne's jewelry box just before Mrs. Parks comes home to find Camille outside the closet. Suzanne gets confronted with what she did by Kirsten and attempts to bribe her way out of trouble before Kirsten tries to take the phone Bentley used to record the affair. This causes Mrs. Parks to draw a gun and Kirsten to chuck the jewelry box at her in order to knock the gun away. Meanwhile, Linus laments that he doesn't have a reliable girlfriend and he agrees to a girl fast with Cameron; neither of them is going to have sex for a while so they can refocus on what's important. But when Tim points out that neither of them is exactly swimming in women right now, he gets kicked out of bro night.
Back at the lab, Maggie praises Kirsten and Camille before giving the latter the raise that she earned. Once she gets in her office, though, she finds Leslie lurking in the shadows. Maggie then points out the suspicious photo of Liam, taken when he was receiving a NSA fellowship for emerging Third World countries. Noticing the same thing Maggie is, Leslie promises to take care of it. Elsewhere, Liam tells Kirsten how right it feels being with her before proposing to her outside her house.
Title and Background
This episodes' title, The Root of All Evil, could be a reference to the Bible phrase "For the love of money is the root of all evil," from 1 Timothy 6:10.
Episode's Cast
- Emma Ishta as Kirsten Clark
- Kyle Harris as Cameron Goodkin
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Maggie Baptiste
- Ritesh Rajan as Linus Ahluwalia
- Allison Scagliotti as Camille Engelson
Guest Starring:
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|Tall Tales and The Silver Lining
|"Harder for You"
|Miss Amani
|"Come On Now"
|Patrick Park
|"Down In the Blackness "
|"Dream Ocean (Kid Francescoli Remix)"
|"Shapeshifter (Blue Stahli Remix)"
|Tyrone Wells
|"Every Night"
|The Dodos
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari government and the Federal High Court of abuse of power.
The group made the statement on Thursday while reacting to the granting of an ex-parte order by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to the Department of State Services to further detain activist and convener of RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, for 45 days.
The Sahara Reporters publisher was arrested by the DSS in the early hours of Saturday in a Lagos hotel for urging Nigerian to pour out onto the streets and express their displeasure against bad governance in the country.
Despite calls for his release, the government agency has continued to hold on to him, creating tension in the polity.
Condemning the latest development, HURIWA said keeping Sowore in detention for another 45 days was totally unacceptable and against what the law stipulates.
The group said, "Why arrest a citizen if you, as an agency of government, has yet to wrap up your investigations?
"The decision of the Federal High Court, Abuja, will surely undermine civil liberty and constitutional freedom.
"If the court is no longer the hope of the common man, then our democracy is in trouble as a society."


text: By empty (5/20/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)During talks in Gali on 20 May, Georgian and Abkhaz government delegations failed to reach agreement on measures to clarify the situation in the Kodori Gorge. The Abkhaz side continues to insist on the creation of a stationary post manned by CIS peacekeepers and UN observers in the village of Azhara in the upper, Georgian-controlled reaches of the gorge; the Georgians oppose this. The two sides did agree, however, to cooperate on the restoration of the Inguri hydroelectric power station, which is to be financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank at a cost of some $38 million.


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It hard for me not to spend every dollar I have at the book fair. I mean, it would be hard if I just visited it once or twice, but I'm there every day, volunteering. I just want to bring every single one of them home. Ok, not every single one.
Today, I asked The Who to look over the books on the upper grade non-fiction table to see if there were any he was interested in. He brought me a stack of about five. Among them was a tome on World War II.
"World War II?" I asked him. "What's interesting to you about World War II?" I was certain that he had just hastily taken it from the table because he wanted to get back to whatever game he was playing with his buddy.
"I'm interested in it," he said earnestly. "I'm curious about how most of the countries in the world could fight against just a few other ones and at the end, free the people."
My bad. Guess we'll buy the book. (And at least a few others before the week is out.)


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Our Vision
To be the civil construction company which is most desired for its people, partnerships and performance.
Our Mission
To provide high quality tailored contracting and workforce solutions to suit any civil structures project within Australia.
Company Overview
Hawthorne Civil is a civil construction company committed to providing excellence in civil infrastructure projects throughout Australia.
Hawthorne Civil was founded in 2013 by Managing Director Enda O'Brien. Enda brings over 20 years' experience to the company having worked on major civil and infrastructure projects throughout Australia.
We have extensive experience with bridge and marine projects and major concrete infrastructure works.
Our Values
Safety and Quality Excellence
Maintaining the safety and well-being of our people at all times while delivering a high-quality service to our clients.
Building and developing relationships with our clients and employees through communication and collaborative problem-solving.
Professionalism and Respect
Treating our clients, co-workers and suppliers in a professional, courteous and respectful manner.
Positive and Proactive attitude
Encouraging a positive and proactive attitude amongst employees.
Honesty and Integrity
Ensuring our conduct is completely transparent and beyond reproach.
Consistently delivering on promises and upholding high standards in everything we do.
Meet Hawthorne Civil
Enda O'Brien – Managing Director
Enda's trade, technical and leadership experience has seen the company grow from small beginnings since 2013.
Enda's background working on major civil projects has given him insight into where he wants to grow and lead the company. With a strong focus on creating collaborative partnerships and a hands-on approach, Enda always ensures a high level of excellence is delivered to every client through sound problem-solving, flexibility and efficient project management.
Enda is proactive in creating a great working environment for his employees and focuses on retaining and attracting hard-working professional individuals.
Zdravko Cvetanoski – Project Manager
With over 10 years experience in civil engineering, Zdrav has worked for both major contractors and specialist sub-contractors. Having worked on complex and high-profile civil struture projects throughout Australia, Zdrav offers extensive technical knowledge and problem-solving skills. Zdrav is committed to partnering with clients from early tendering stages all the way through to project delivery to ensure a seamless service is provided.
Katherine Waller – Senior Administrator
Kat's background in business management and customer service brings a high level of efficiency and customer focus to the company. With a Master's degree in Business from the University of Queensland, Kat is central to Hawthorne Civil's strategic and operational activities. Kat will soon add compliance to her role once she completes her Bachelor of Law from the University of Queensland.
William Milton – Administrator
Will assists in the day to day administration and logistics of Hawthorne Civil. Will has previous onsite construction administration experience and a Bachelor of Business Economics from the Queensland University of Technology. Currently an undergraduate in Civil and Structural Engineering at QUT, Will also supports the Hawthorne Civil projects and engineering team.
Clarence Lau – Engineer and Business Development Manager
Clarence brings over 15 years of engineering experience in major civil construction projects having worked with some of Australia's leading top tier contractors. He has extensive technical knowledge within civil construction including structures, earthworks and drainage.
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Let's start at My Tofu House, which shares the 4600 block of Geary with a Korean barbecue joint and the First Korea Market. Step inside and you'll find a clean, bright space -- spare booths adorned with pale wood latticework, ventilators left over from the previous tenant (another Korean barbecue joint) above each table. Tweety, happy flute music wafts from the sound system. Beverages consist of hot tea (free) or soda for a buck.
Unfamiliar with Korean-style tofu soup? Fear not; My Tofu House provides a four-step guide titled "How to Enjoy Your Meal." It works like this:
1) Pick your favorite meal (in all likelihood tofu soup);
2) How spicy? (an important question);
3) Put egg in soup if you like (you would);
4) Enjoy.
With the house rules settled, we ordered a grand Korean feast. The first dish, tofu salad, was abominable. A mound of iceberg lettuce was tossed with corn and a musty, pungent dressing, then topped with spongy strips of firm tofu and julienned fish cake. Was I in for a long New Korean-Style Tofu Soup Restaurant Challenge? Better to skip this lone appetizer and snack on assorted kimchee (included with the price of dinner): fiery fermented cabbage; cleansing, lightly sweet vinegared cucumber; shredded peppers in a mild chile sauce; plump soybean sprouts kissed with a tantalizing hint of sesame oil; spicy chunks of radish; and tiny fishies dried to a plasticky hardness. (I dropped one against the table -- it bounced.)
Tofu soup makes for a grand entrance. Our waitress arrived with two sputtering, bubbling hot pots. It was like staring into the mouths of tiny volcanoes except that, instead of lava, we beheld a quivery blend of stock, green onion, and silken tofu, suffused with the bright red glow of hot chile sauce. We stirred in raw egg, which cooked immediately, and got to it. The seafood combination with clams, shrimp, and oysters was served medium-hot (mildly spicy if you ask me). The sharp flavor of clam juice overwhelmed the other ingredients. Kimchee tofu soup was simply awesome. We ordered it hot, which produced a shimmering burn as we spooned our way through luscious, custardy tofu braced with pungent cabbage, delicate shreds of egg, zesty onion, and -- a nice contrast of texture and taste -- chewy, flavorful nubbins of beef.
In addition to three other tofu soups (original, combination, assorted mushrooms) My Tofu House offers two entrees. Barbecue consists of a sizzling hot plate layered with onion and tasty shreds of beef marinated in ginger and garlic. Seafood rice makes for yet another dramatic entrance. Our waitress brought a hot stoneware bowl brimming with rice, squid, shrimp, bean sprouts, and spinach. The bottom of the bowl toasted a few grains, which provided a smoky, crunchy treat. Don't worry about saving room for dessert; to finish, you get sticks of fruity melon gum.
Tofu Land isn't as swank as My Tofu House. The dining room is smaller, there's no music, and the paper lanterns were flickering like strobe lights as we entered. Still, the place has attitude. The menu claims Tofu Land is the first Korean restaurant in North Beach; print ads, meanwhile, say it's the best Korean restaurant in North Beach.
Prices are slightly higher than at My Tofu House; each of five tofu soups costs 85 cents more. Beverages run from hot tea (free again) to beer, sake, and 375-milliliter bottles of soju, a vodkalike Korean sweet potato liquor. Perhaps the soju loosened me up, but I found the waitress here far more amenable to friendly banter than was the case at My Tofu House. We started with another selection of kimchee: more fiery fermented cabbage, chunks of radish, and cleansing, vinegared cucumber; crunchy broccoli; chewy strips of fish cake; soggy, subpar bean sprouts; green peppers tossed with sesame seeds; sesamed spinach; and, my favorite nibble, cool, clean-tasting shredded potato.
Once again, tofu soup arrived in a bubbling hot pot, but here, we got no egg. Still, the combination tofu gave My Tofu House's kimchee tofu a run for its money. It came with a single clam (for just the right amount of clamminess), shrimp, beef, squid, green mussels, and silken tofu -- a wonderful, one-pot symphony of tastes. We ordered it medium-hot, which roughly equaled hot at My Tofu House. Tempting the outer limits of the spice scale, we ordered the vegetarian tofu with mushrooms and zucchini hot. The stuff was so hellfire spicy my friend Jen nearly choked. Then came the bi-bim-bap.
"No bi-bim-bap?" asked our waitress when I mentioned that I'd just dined at another Korean-style tofu soup restaurant that didn't offer this traditional dish. I understood her surprise; seafood rice bowls are fine, but if you ask me, there's no better way to enjoy rice in hot stoneware than to have it with spinach, shredded carrot, bean sprouts, and beef, topped with a fried egg. The contrasts are amazing -- intense, gingery-garlicky beef, savory egg, cool vegetables, and toasty, crunchy rice.
Tofu Land offers nine other Korean specialties. Pork and potato stew consists of hunks of rib, potato, and spinach in a funky, overwhelmingly licorice-y broth. Our final choice was a tossup: barbecued short ribs, or a-gu jim? We opted for the latter. Our waitress told us we wouldn't like it. As I learned during my first and only foray into the world of Shanghai-style stinking tofu, such warnings should often be heeded. Here, chunks of cod were blanketed with a spaghetti-looking blend of watery chile sauce and soggy bean sprouts. For dessert, we had free slices of orange.
Then, I tallied the results. Décor and prices went to My Tofu House; Tofu Land won service and beverages. Food was a mixed bag: Though I missed the egg from My Tofu House, Tofu Land's combination tofu soup was the most haunting; kimchee went to My Tofu House by the barest of margins; I actually preferred the melon gum at My Tofu House to the orange slices at Tofu Land; however, potato stew and a-gu jim notwithstanding, bi-bim-bap edged the food category -- and the challenge as a whole -- toward Tofu Land. Still, the contest was close enough that the final criterion (my state of mind) would decide it. Though I'd recommend both places, I was feeling it (blame the soju) as I bi-bim-bopped my way out the door of our winner.
Congratulations, Tofu Land.


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- Map Editor since September 2013.
- Currently Rank 3.
- I am an Area Manager (AM) in north-central Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania.
My Managed Areas
- Taneytown/Westminster, MD (roughly from 140@Harney to 140@Pleasant Valley, and from 194@Brown to 194@Crouse Mill)
- Reisterstown, MD (roughly east of I-795 exits 7 to 9, to roughly Garrison Forest Rd)
I live in Westminster, MD (within my managed area), and work in Columbia, MD. I mostly edit the map in Carroll and Howard Counties in Maryland (as I am most familiar with areas along my daily commute), occasionally poking around Baltimore and Frederick Counties.
- I attended the December 2014 Northeast Editor Meetup in NYC this past December.
- I participated ever so slightly in the December 2014 LA MapRaid in Group 3 (Burbank/Pasadena). My participation was severely restricted by the fact that it was the holiday season and I was doing a lot of traveling and visiting family. I would have liked to have edited more in this MapRaid.
- I'm involved in the January 2015 Houston MapRaid in Group 7 (Katy). I've done significantly more editing in this MapRaid than in the LA MapRaid.
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Finally, everything with my host has been straightened out! Yippee!!
Anyway, I changed my blog to the same template I use for my other blog. I was getting tired of that green. I'd like to do something a little more personalized, but this'll do for now. And I am no longer the coolest gal ev-ah. I am now, put simply, swell. I used to use that word a lot in high school, and I think it's about time it made a comeback, dontcha think?
I got lots of stuff to write about, but unfortunately, I have half a bajillion projects to work on today, so you'll just have to wait. I know, it's killing you. But don't worry. I will fill the three of you in on my life soon enough! Okay?
Later gators!
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Lincoln Lines October 8th, 2018 No. 5
Principal Denitzio's Message
Dear families,
I hope this message finds you well and that you've enjoyed the three-day weekend.
Car-Free School Day this Wednesday
This Wednesday, Oct. 10 is Brookline's annual "Car-Free School Day." Celebrate by walking, biking, skateboarding or taking public transportation to school. More information can be found here
Middle School Term 1 Progress Reports
First term progress reports for students in grades 6-8 publish in the parent portal on Aspen on Thursday. If you have questions about accessing the Parent Portal, please e-mail email@example.com
Evening Math Event 10/25
This year, our math specialists, Hilory Paster and Malia Scott will hold a series of parent-focussed math seminars. I'm excited to share that the first of these will be on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in room 103. The topic for this event will be "Understanding our Base 10 Number System."
Opportunity to Provide Input on Discipline Policy
An updated Discipline Policy is currently before the School Committee's Policy Subcommittee for review. As part of that process, the district is seeking parent/community input on the policy. More information about how to view the draft policy and provide feedback can be found here
Sharing Resources
Below are links to two articles from our K-8 Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator Geoff Tegnell. He shared them with 6-8 Social Studies teachers across the district as supports for classroom conversations about the Judiciary Committee hearings back on Sept. 28. I wanted to share these with all families who might be looking for resources for conversations at home.
Have a great week
Lincoln School & PTO News
We are just two weeks away from Lincoln's biggest community event of the year! Thank you to all who have made donations to help make Pumpkinfest a wonderful fun filled day!
Wheel of Fortune
We have received 12 Wheel of Fortune Baskets, but are still in need of approximately 98 more to keep this favorite event running all day! For basket ideas check out the Pumpkinfest Facebook page or email Sarah Johnson Weingart at email@example.com.
Help make our raffle even bigger than last year!
Do you have any of the following to donate to our raffle and help us raise money for Lincoln?
Tickets — Red Soxs, Celtics, Revolution, Patriots, Bruins, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Theater or other fun local event?
Vacation Home — ski house or summer cottage that could be used for a night away?
Products or Gift Certificates — do you work for a company who could donate a gift card or product basket?
Service — are you a masseuse, interior designer or Knitter who could donate your time and expertise?
Contact Chantal Boxer at firstname.lastname@example.com with questions or ideas.
NEW: PUMPKINFEST T-SHIRTS are in and will be on sale Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before and after school for $10!
Attention Families!
Looking for people to host parties or gatherings that members of the Lincoln community can sign up for during Pumpkinfest. Past examples include: a poker night, a holiday cocktail party, a girls night (with henna tattoos and fortune telling), a Cinco De Mayo Mexican dinner party, a "Basement Party" with games and dancing, a fitness class taught by a Lincoln Parent…Any and all ideas welcome. These are great ways to get together with other parents of kids at Lincoln School and have fun! Whether you have a special talent you can put to use such as cooking Indian food? Teaching yoga? Talking on a subject you know (we have had dinners with TedX speakers and a cocktail party featuring a talk on Brookline history for example) or just want to throw a fun party, this is a great way to do so and raise money for Lincoln. Contact Olivia Reyelt (parent grade 7) email@example.com, or Jessica Shattuck (parent grade 1) firstname.lastname@example.com with ideas or to just brainstorm.
Librarian's Note
Greetings Lincoln Families!
I hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall weekend. It has been a busy month in the library as classes have begun the process of weekly visits which include a mini-lesson and book check out. Kindergarten and first grade classes are selecting picture books and learning about informational books. Intermediate grades are selecting "just right" books to support their growth as narrative readers and choosing additional books of personal interest. Some classes are involved in the Global Read Aloud Project and I have done collaboration with teachers in preparation of this amazing marathon of reading. Families are welcome to check out additional books and please stop in if you would like some book suggestions. Reluctant readers are my speciality!
There are an amazing number of exciting book events in our community. Jason Reynolds, an extraordinary author for middle grade students and above is going to be at the Brookline Booksmith on Thursday, October 25. Sign up here:
And don't forget about the Boston Book Festival next weekend! It gets better every year and I am already overwhelmed by all the choices. Kate DiCamillo, is doing a presentation. I am a big fan of the Science Comics series and there is workshop with the author/illustrators. And the amazing picture book author/illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger is going to be a guest as well.
Check out the options here: https://bostonbookfest.org/festival/kids/
I wanted to let you know about the Winnie the Pooh Exhibit at the MFA.
https://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/winnie-the-pooh. Come check out a Winnie the Pooh collection to share with your family.
And don't forget to check out the amazing Fog XFLO Installation by Japanese artist Fugiko Nakaya. Many of you have seen the components at Leverett Pond and Jamaica Pond but don't miss the piece at Franklin Park. It closes October 31.
Community Announcements
PSB Community Input on Revised Discipline Policy
Recently, a letter (copied below) went out to all parents/guardians asking for community input on the revised draft PSB Discipline/Code of Conduct Policy. The letter includes links to the revised draft and a survey.
Here is a link to the letter that went out.
Participate in Car-Free School Day
On Wednesday, October 10th, join the Lincoln School's effort to reduce carbon emissions, engage students in healthy habits and promote a walkable community by having your student "walk, bike, or roll" to school! According to the Center for Disease Control, childhood obesity rates in the country have tripled in the last three decades. Biking or walking as a form of physical activity can help slow this trend and prevent chronic conditions, such as diabetes. Additionally, when families decide to use modes of transportation other than driving a car, they help reduce the amount of air pollutants emitted by automobiles and promote a tighter-knit, more people-centric community. Students, teachers, administrators and other members of the school community who are able are urged to leave the car behind and walk, bike, scoot, etc. to and from school. For those who need to use a car, carpooling is encouraged!
Mothers Out Front: Community Coffee, Wednesday, October 10, 8-10am.
Do you worry about climate change? Find hope through action with us at a community coffee. Stop by anytime between 8 and 10 a.m. to learn more about Mothers Out Front and how to get involved. Athan's Bakery, 1621 Beacon St., Brookline.
Office of Diversity, Inclusion, & Community Relations POP UP TOWN HALL
4:30-6:30pm, CYPRESS STREET PLAYGROUND
Learn more about select Town Departments, upcoming
events and ways to get involved in the community.
contact Caitlin Haynes for more information firstname.lastname@example.com
Reasonable accommodations available upon request
Pack 6 Brookline Meeting Thursday Oct. 11 6PM
Cub Scout Pack 6 invites families of scout-age kids (K-5) interested in Scouting to our meeting on Thursday October 11 at 6PM. We are meeting at the United Parish of Brookline, 210 Harvard St. in Room 209 (unitedparishbrookline.org).
We will be devoting a portion of this meeting to assisting families with the registration process. If you have begun the registration process and have any questions, please bring any paperwork to the meeting and we will work together to complete it.
In addition to introductions by our Pack leaders and an overview of our upcoming events, there will be games and activities for the scouts and potential new scouts. This is your opportunity to meet the pack and learn all about Scouting.
Please access room 209 by entering United Parish on Marion St. Proceed the second floor and the meeting room should be the first on the right.
For more information and to submit a Scout Interest Form please visit: http://www.pack6brookline.org
There's a whole lot of vaping going on among Brookline youth, increasing nicotine consumption and providing new ways to smoke marijuana. The recent presentation "The Truth About Vaping" offered parents information and strategies regarding this troubling epidemic. A printable version of The Bottom Line takeaway summarizes key points and recommended resources.
Team Brookline
Attention All Runners! Have you always wanted to run the Boston Marathon? The Brookline Education Foundation is looking for runners for our team.. 2019 could be the year you run this iconic race and support the BEF at the same time. The BEF funds opportunities for Brookline educators to pursue innovative projects, teaching, and professional development. Visit http://www.teambrookline.org to apply. The application deadline is October 12.
Brookline Music School Event Announcement: "Parents' Guide to Practicing" on October 25
The Brookline Music School Speaker Series will present Parents' Guide to Practicing: Tips & Tricks for Making the Most of Private Music Instruction. The event will take place on October 25, 2018 at 7:00pm at Brookline Music School (25 Kennard Road, Brookline).
Join BMS faculty members Julianne Johnston, Jussi Reijonen, Cynthia Sanger, and BMS parent and Board Member, Andrea Oft, for Parents' Guide to Practicing, a discussion of tips & tricks for helping your child make the most out of private lesson instruction. The conversation, moderated by BMS Director of Education, Gregory Tolwinski, will focus on at-home lesson preparation and practicing for weekly lessons. The event will take place at Brookline Music School (25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA). Seating is limited, and prior registration is strongly suggested. Please visit www.bmsmusic.org/speakerseries to reserve your seats.
Old Burying Ground Treasure Hunt
Please join ghosts, witches and goblins for the annual All Hallows' Eve Treasure Hunt at the Old Burying Ground at the corner of Walnut and Chestnut Streets, Sunday, October 28, 2018 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. At Brookline's oldest cemetery, you'll find many past prominent citizens, Revolutionary and Civil War veterans, and a memorial honoring the men, women, and children who were once enslaved and are also buried here. The stories of their lives are woven into Brookline's storied history. This FREE family event is presented by the Friends of the Old Burying Ground. Costumes are welcome!
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Well, ok. Take two, they're small.
(Honestly, the astounding thing is that it didn't happen sooner. I hit some uneven pavement and tripped. When it became clear to me that I was about to lay out on the asphalt, I did manage to throw my body to the right so most of me landed on the grass. Otherwise, I'd be out a lot more skin than I am.)


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Your students feel the advantages of yoga and feeling the outcomes of practice causes these to have confidence in a yogic lifestyle for much better health. However, medicine really wants to be aware of much deeper analytical explanations why yoga activly works to relieve a wide variety of ailments. It's because of this that yoga instructors ought to know the science behind yoga.
The health advantages connected with yoga might help both in the mental and physical realms of health. Many health care professionals are actually thinking about yoga like a viable strategy to stress along with other debilitating ailments that may need physical rehabilitation. Science just lately started to solve the enigma regarding how yoga may come to result in a number of these advantageous effects.
The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health runs a course entitled, "Yoga and also the Brain." The program researches into yoga's impact on the mind utilizing neuro-imaging techniques, for example magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Evidence accrued through the program shows that yoga functions by reducing cortisol levels inside the bloodstream. Cortisol is really a hormone that creates our stress response inside the supportive central nervous system, which accounts for our "fight-or-flight" response. When individuals are exposed to chronic stress, consistently high amounts of cortisol can result in many harmful effects on our bodies.
Yoga has additionally been proven to improve amounts of neurotransmitters, for example serotonin, Gamma aminobutyric acid and dopamine. Gamma aminobutyric acid continues to be connected with feelings of relaxation. Thus, a rise in Gamma aminobutyric acid will probably decrease the quantity of panic and anxiety you experience, typically. Gamma aminobutyric acid continues to be the primary target of numerous anti-anxiety medications available on the market. With yoga, though, you won't end up determined by abnormal medication that's been proven to possess addictive qualities.
Serotonin is connected with facets of an individual's mood. Many health care professionals think that too little serotonin may be the leading cause in depression. Therefore, yoga may benefit many those who find themselves within an mental and emotional slump. A rise in serotonin can result in a greater overall satisfaction with yourself, which displays the mental advantage of yoga along with other types of exercise, generally.
Dopamine is generally connected using the rewards core brain. Which means that yoga may bring feelings of enjoyment and excitement to the willing participants. If yoga turns into a habit, the mind will regularly reward the participant with doses of dopamine, because of the brain's capability to remember certain activities that cause enjoyable feelings.
Together with regular doses of feel-good neurotransmitters, yoga can actually activate the parasympathetic central nervous system. This technique might help calm an individual, and restore their balance, following a particularly demanding event. The parasympathetic central nervous system is most particularly connected with healing and restoration. It enables better extraction of nutrients in the human body, in addition to eliminating any undesirable toxins more proficiently.


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Pre-plan your funeral, sort out inheritances, and put your estate in order.
Benjamin Franklin once wrote that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." In other words, it's easier to stop a problem in the moment than to correct it after the fact.
You can't pinpoint the exact moment your life will end, but you have the power to take the burden off your family by pre-planning your funeral, sorting out inheritances, and putting your estate in order.
Follow the steps below to see how far an ounce of prevention goes when your loved ones are in their time of need.
Get the Ball Rolling With Funeral Pre-planning
Before you call your local funeral home, put some thought into the following prearrangement steps.
Who would need to know about your passing? Create a list of family, friends, co-workers, and any clubs or organizations who should receive notification of your death. Include as much contact information as possible, including email addresses, phone numbers, and mailing addresses.
What do you want everyone to remember about your life story? How have you impacted the world around you? Your obituary will answer these questions. An obituary should include the following:
- Brief details of your professional career
- Community service
- Date and place of birth
- Favorite hobbies
- Maiden name (if applicable)
- Military service
- Names of your close family members
- What makes you unique
A visitation gives family and friends a chance to share their memories of you. You could keep things simple during this time, or you could include a PowerPoint slideshow, videos, or displays of your favorite art, clothing, and medals. If you want to hold a visitation, decide whether you want your body to be on display. If you have a casket, decide whether it will be open or closed.
Funeral Ceremony
List any quotes, poems, or spiritual passages you want to be read during the funeral. Talk to your church if you want a traditional religious ceremony. You may want to go a different route and have a celebration of life at a banquet hall or VFW. That's the beauty of pre-planning: you make the decisions now so they're carried out later.
Burial or Cremation
You can choose cremation, burial in a casket, or environmentally conscious options such as biodegradable coffins. If you want a traditional burial, you can purchase a memorial stone, a burial plot, and a coffin ahead of time.
If you served in the U.S. Armed Forces, you may qualify for military funeral honors.
Get Your Insurance and Finances in Order
Consider the following steps as you put your insurance and finances in order to cover the cost of your final expenses.
List Accounts and Policies
To make it easy on your loved ones, create a list of your insurance policies and bank accounts. Without a list in place, it could take months or years to find and settle bank accounts, savings bonds, or investment accounts.
Check Beneficiaries
Check the beneficiaries listed on your insurance and retirement policies. You should indicate a primary and a secondary beneficiary to guarantee your benefits are paid out to whomever you choose.
Review Bank Accounts
If your name is the only one on your bank account, a judge will determine what happens to that account after your passing. Add a payable-on-death beneficiary to determine who will assume control of these accounts, or set up your account as a trust with a designated beneficiary. If necessary, discuss the specifics with your banker or lawyer.
When you prearrange your funeral and get your finances in order, you lessen the likelihood of leaving your family with funeral expenses and stress from handling so many details.
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Report Calls for New Response to Child Trafficking Victims
"Bridging the Systems: Child Welfare, Trafficking, and Law Enforcement Working Together for Trafficked Children," a report released Jan. 30 by the National Center for Victims of Crime, recommends steps to develop a comprehensive and more supportive response to child victims of trafficking who are often foster children, runaways, and other youth once under the care of child protective services. By coordinating the work of child welfare agencies and professionals who deal with human trafficking, the report suggests, the nation can improve its response to the victims and better combat the crime.
The 26 recommendations emerged from a national roundtable of national, state, and local advocates, practitioners, and officials to consider how to better integrate child protective services and anti-trafficking efforts and provide legal representation to child victims of foreign and domestic trafficking. With the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, participants shared their experiences and views on the needs of child trafficking victims.
The key reason for convening the panel, and the central insight behind most of the recommendations, is growing awareness that children caught up in the sex trade—previously viewed as delinquents or "willing" participants in criminal activity—are actually victims of trafficking. The panel's recommendations included steps to improve public policy, legislation, research, professional training, resources, and legal representation for these victims and those who work with them.
Recommendations for public policychanges include federal action, such as a clear policy directive from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to child welfare administrators to improve their identification of and response to child trafficking victims, and joint policy directives from ACF and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stating that child welfare administrators have the authority to certify children for U visas. Other policy recommendations apply to the juvenile justice system, such as routinely screening juveniles for trafficking at case intake and periodically thereafter, and collaborating with mental health and medical providers to better identify and meet the needs of child trafficking victims.
Legislative recommendations include authorizing judges to issue orders to protect child trafficking victims from harassment or intimidation by traffickers and adopting Safe Harbor legislation that defines child prostitutes as victims of child sexual exploitation.
The panel also addressed legal representation of child trafficking victims, urging that human trafficking task forces and child welfare agencies coordinate cross-training of professionals in legal settings whose work involves child trafficking (e.g., prosecutors, defense attorneys, civil attorneys, guardians ad litem, court-appointed special advocates, and immigration attorneys) to increase understanding of the range of victims' legal interests.
To the leaders of both organizations, the panel's work holds great promise for improving the nation's response to child trafficking victims. "We hope these recommendations will spur nationwide collaborations among all who work with child trafficking victims," said Mai Fernandez, executive director of the National Center for Victims of Crime. "This roundtable and the resulting recommendations show that we can combine our knowledge to protect some of our nation's most vulnerable children," noted Tracy Field, Annie E. Casey Foundation's Child Welfare Strategy Group director.
The full report is available from the child trafficking page of the National Center for Victims of Crime website, www.victimsofcrime.org.
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It's a rainy day today in Flat Rock, North Carolina. Lakewood RV resort has some nice amenities. The pool, shuffleboard, and the planned activities don't start until their busy season starts; the end of May. There are several park models owned by people who live here full time. See the link below for a description and pictures of park models). They've managed to plan several activities on their own. They've scheduled Mexican Train one evening a week and something called nickel bingo that does not involve bingo cards. The lady in the camper next to us who spends her winters here and summers in Pennsylvania was telling us about this. We saw some things posted on the bulletin board but not sure if they were happening now or later in the year. We might check it out. There was also a sign-up sheet for Easter dinner that was already 2 pages long.
We found the library, the dining room, the pool table, and the fitness room that we've visited it a couple times already.
Surfing the web one day I ran across something about geocaching so I did the logical thing and checked it out on YouTube. I found this great video with everything I needed to know to decide I wanted to go geocaching. I downloaded the Android app and we got started. It was a slow start for us because we couldn't find our first two. But after that, we were 3 for 4. We found it to be a good way to get out as well as discovering more of the area. Here's the geocache video if you want to check it out.
Our son and his family live about half an hour from this campground so we get to visit them frequently. Our daughter in law signed us up for a couple of the free classes offered by the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education. The center is located in the Pisgah National Forest. At the center, they have a Trout hatchery they use to stock miles of river throughout the forest. The two classes we've taken so far were an introduction to fly fishing and one called "Backyard Birding by Ear for Beginners ". The birding one taught us how to identify the birds just from their sounds. In the fly fishing class, we were taught how to rig the pole, tie flies, land, and cast. After a little more classroom time, we put on waders and boots and with a volunteer trout fisherman, we headed to the river and practiced what we learned. Even tho' I just missed catching a couple fish, I decided this was something I could enjoy doing more often.
With over 500,000 acres, numerous waterfalls, hundreds of trails and white water rivers Pisgah forest is a great place to visit. It's also home of the first school of forestry in the United States which is now the preserved as the Cradle of Forestry historic site.
Brevard is the closest town and there a lot of people who keep summer homes in this area. It is a very cool little town with many unique shops, restaurants, music and art shops. It's also home of the White Squirrel pictured at below.


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Town hall to discuss new law
ALTON — A town hall meeting will be held on Thurs. Oct. 23 to explain the Social Host Law in Illinois.
The Social Host Law, according to Emily Mangi and Melanie Nagel of the Drug Free Alton Coalition, holds property owners responsible for parties involving underage drinking on their premises.
"The heart of our mission is to protect youth from underage drinking," Nagel said.
The town hall meeting will take place in the Alton High School Commons from 6-7 p.m. It is aimed at parents, guardians and concerned community members.
The event will feature speakers to explain the Social Host Law which received a few amendments and changes as of Jan. 1, 2014.
Tom Gibbons, the Madison County State's Attorney will explain the meaning of the law and how it applies to property owners as well as renters. Officer Emily Hejna from the Alton Police Department and Deputy Jeremy Dunham from the Madison County Sheriff's Office will explain the enforcement of the Social Host Law.
"We want to show that our communities of Alton and Godfrey are very united in this," Nagel said.
Nagel and Mangi said that the punishments for allowing a party with underage drinking can be very financially steep for those responsible for the parties being held.
The event will also feature talks from Alton Mayor Brant Walker as well as local youth.
There will be door prizes awarded in appreciation of those who attend. Prizes will come from sponsors: Slackers, Applebee's and Quality GMC Cadillac Buick. There will also be a raffle for a 32 in. TV donated by Alton Refrigeration & Home Furnishings.
"In appreciation of everyone taking time out to attend, we are raffling off a donated 32 in. TV," Mangi said.
For more information about the event or the Drug Free Alton Coalition, visit their website: www.drugfreealton.com.


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BUSINESS NEWS - South Africans tend to think they are worse off than most in the world. We hear and read about consumer indebtness as the public relation machines of debt collectors and debt counsellors shriek on about the 'poor consumers' and their debt crises.
Meanwhile, government spin doctors are about to go into overdrive about how the state plans to control its growing debt burden.
Debt is an ordinary and necessary part of modern economic life.
There is no economy that I know of without financial obligation. Three major role players make use of debt in the economy – consumers, governments and companies. (For this article we leave out the complex world of intra- financial-market debt such as hedge funds and banks.)
In South Africa, the consumer is often thought to have a massive debt problem and while consumers did struggle with debt during the peak before the National Credit Act started to operate, the fact is that compared to developed world standards our consumers have never had the same level of financial obligations.
As can be seen by the graph above, consumers in South Africa have less debt than the world average and have been far below the world average for the total period for which I have data.
It is worth noting that at present, in the last two years or so, South African consumers also have lower debt levels than our emerging market peers. We are an upper middle-income country, and it would not be unexpected to have a slightly higher household debt-to-GDP ratio than emerging market households.
The Bank for International Settlements provides this data set, and it gives a good 11-year history. It shows that at the end of the 2nd quarter of 2018 the South African household had a debt level that was 2.7% lower as a percentage of GDP than the average emerging market household.
The South African consumer has on average a lower debt burden than their emerging market counterparts in relative terms and, certainly by any measure, the developed world consumer. Let me say this again – South Africa has a well-organised credit market and good counselling and debt management institutions, along with very good legislation.
There will always be people in trouble and here too I believe we have a good system to help and educate consumers. We have good credit bureaus and good information systems at banks too. So SA consumer debt is in general not a problem, and is low by international comparison.
Government debt going in the wrong direction
Government debt in South Africa is now about 10% higher as a percentage of GDP.
As the commodity boom came to an end South African government debt overtook the debt level of our emerging market peers. That was more or less the time that South African debt ratings started to decline.
The rating declines make sense in light of the fact that emerging markets do tend to have lower debt levels than advanced countries, which can afford to have higher debt levels due to higher income levels that can be tapped to pay off the borrowing.
The fact that SA now has a government debt-to-GDP level that is 10% higher than our emerging market peers – and which is still growing at a much faster rate than nominal GDP – means SA will be ranked below other emerging markets until its GDP grows quicker than its government debt.
The interesting thing here is that state guarantees are not part of this data for either emerging markets or SA. I do not have the emerging market information on state guarantees but SA certainly has a large state guarantee level of about 10%, which should be added to this level.
Adding the guarantees would take SA government debt to a level that is nearly as high as the world average, but with only 75% of the world's per capita income. The pace of growth is estimated to be about 3.5% above GDP growth, which means that by the middle of this year SA could have a higher debt level than the world average (if guarantees are taken into account).
On current trends, these comparisons tell me that the likelihood of further downgrades remains high. Perhaps by the end of 2019 this will become clear.
Corporate debt levels – the known surprise
I hear readers shout that a known surprise cannot be … well, a surprise. But the surprise is not about South African company debt levels, which we know are going to be low as corporate confidence is lacking (partly due to uncertainty and next-to-nothing profit margins).
No, the surprise is the high level of corporate debt in emerging markets. This shows that as our peers grow faster than us, their corporate sectors commit not just large parts of their savings, but even larger levels of debt.
South Africa Inc has about 40% of the level of debt of our emerging market peers, which also have more obligations on average than the world's non-financial corporates.
Emerging markets have been growing at over 4.5% for the last 25 years or so, and that has led to a lot of confidence in the future rate of growth, which again helps these economies to obtain capital from banks and other fund managers.
Moreover, keep in mind that South African companies have access to deep financial markets via the JSE, the world's 18th largest stock exchange.
This is aided by venture capital, which assists start-up firms, as well as an active over-the-counter market and the private equity sector.
So while many emerging markets have two to three times the loans from funders, South African firms have higher equity funding generally.
However, equity funding is not going to compensate for the overall low levels of funding for firms today when compared to the average of the emerging markets.
So South Africa – with its lack of business confidence, lower profit margins, and market uncertainties – will not see growth kickstarted until some of the factors constraining growth are addressed.
Wealthy myths
In South Africa, it is standard practice to claim poverty and decry the rich while claiming victimhood.
The more one claims poverty, and the more we hear of poor and debt-struck underpaid citizens, the better for a government that has its eye on our collective assets.
To explain my scornful sentence above let me start by placing our pension fund assets in context.
South Africa has the eighth largest pot of pension fund assets measured in US dollars in the world today. SA has more pension assets than any emerging market out there.
Yes, even Germany – the world's fourth largest economy and generally seen as a very wealthy country – has less than South Africa.
This data is measured every year by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), along with other sources such as Willis Towers Watson, and it is clear that SA's pension assets are the country's crown jewels.
The value of South Africa's pension fund assets is nearly twice the size of the next emerging market, and while Chinese pension assets are the fastest growing due to both market growth and growth in investments in retirement products due to ageing, South Africa's pension assets are still the largest by a country mile.
Per capita, SA's pension funds assets are the highest in the emerging market as far as can be ascertained. Also, a larger share of the adult population is estimated to have some form of retirement savings in South Africa; our pension assets have 16.5 million accounts, which we believe represent about 11 to 12 million people.
Interestingly if one takes the 2015 value of BEE assets in the 100 largest JSE companies, this alone would be the 10th largest pension asset in the emerging market universe. The BEE assets are, for example, bigger than the entire pension assets of India, a country with about 24 times SA's population.
This retirement asset is a drawcard, and a good source for funding for equities and debt securities (both private and public). It is also a reason why the South African economy has a strong and healthy financial sector.
The problem, of course, is that governments often have a huge need for funding without the same commitment to above-inflation investment returns.
A decade ago I wrote about this pension pile, noting that it is a large and positive asset for SA, but the only people who seemed to notice were foreigners. A Russian researcher spoke at length with me on this and added that it could be used to fund government infrastructure. Shortly thereafter the nuclear option was on the table, with some saying it would not need government funding and would be funded by the suppliers who would, of course, get private sector funding (read SA pension funds).
The thing about prescribed assets is that they become attractive to governments that are looking to avoid the International Monetary Fund as that would bring much-needed oversight to government spending.
Home ownership is good but could be better
In the table below are 21 emerging market countries for which home ownership rates could be obtained after 2010 (Brazil is stuck at 2008, after which many ownership rates dropped, but has been kept in for comparison, while China was left out due to a methodology dispute).
The fact that over three million South African families stay in government-owned houses is something that could push the SA ownership rate beyond 80% at the stroke of a pen.
The other factor that complicates SA home ownership is that about two million families stay on traditional land, and although many have formal housing structure, ownership belongs to the tribal elder and people only get permission to occupy the house. They cannot get funding or transfer ownership in a modern sense.
Taking this into account one can assume then that SA's home ownership rate can be improved upon without big infrastructure spending.
The typical adult in South Africa would be the 62nd most wealthy adult in the world due mainly to our great pension assets and partly to our home ownership rates. However, this ranking dropped from the mid-50s about a decade ago. Still, to be 62nd out of 140-odd countries means the typical South African is still richer than more than half of the world.
Among our emerging market peers, a typical South African is the 27th richest out of 103 countries. (Incidentally, South Africans are on average the 25th richest emerging market citizens and 59th in the world, but we are using the median to better display the real SA citizen).
As can be seen above, the only one of our Brics partners to have a higher wealth per typical adult is China, whose average adult is about a decade older than the average South African adult. Interestingly, one can see how Russia struggles as its history of low home ownership and financial assets undermine wealth creation in a country where adults are more than a decade older than South Africans (age plays a vital role in the growth of assets).
In conclusion, South Africa has a wealth of assets but we concentrate on what we don't have and what the rich do have, while the actual warnings that we should heed are that prescribed assets, theft and corruption make South Africans less wealthy.
South Africans are not deficient in world wealth terms, and certainly not in emerging market terms.
Be aware that in 2008 South Africans were more affluent than the Polish, the Chinese and just 10% behind an adult in Chile. The typical person in Venezuela was however then wealthier than a South African, as was someone from Tunisia.
By 2018 Venezuela was no longer measured, but Poland and China had overtaken South Africa and Tunisians had fallen below South Africans. South Africa fell just three places as it is probably ahead of Venezuela now.
Things can and will change, and falsehoods often lead to destruction.
Wealth is hard-earned and a fall is hard to recover from. Do not allow the myths about poverty reduce our richness. Rather transfer the houses we have and make BEE beneficiaries real shareholders and not held to ransom by a few 'new style chiefs'.
We have to make it all work. That would help South Africans a lot more than false shouting.
Mike Schüssler is chief economist at Economists.co.za.