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The Fiscal Wake-Up Tour is a joint public engagement initiative by The Concord Coalition, the Budgeting for National Priorities Project at the Brookings Institution, the Heritage Foundation, and the Honorable David M. Walker, President and CEO of The Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Beginning in September of 2005, the Tour has visited more than 40 cities in all regions of the country explaining in plain terms why budget analysts of diverse perspectives are increasingly alarmed by the nation's daunting long-term fiscal outlook.
Our emphasis is on the key areas in which we have found consensus, such as:
The overall dimensions of the problem
The nature of the realistic trade-offs that must be confronted in finding solutions
The adverse and inequitable consequences for future generations if we fail to make serious changes, sooner rather than later.
Our mission is to cut through the usual partisan rhetoric and stimulate a more realistic public dialogue on what we want our nation's future to look like, along with the required trade-offs. We believe that elected leaders in Washington know there is a problem, but they are unlikely to act unless their constituents better understand the need for action, and indeed, demand it. Members of the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour do not necessarily agree on the ideal levels of spending, taxes and debt, but we do agree on the following key points:
Current fiscal policy is unsustainable
There are no easy solutions, such as cutting waste fraud and abuse or growing our way out of the problem.
Finding solutions will require bipartisan cooperation and a willingness to discuss all options.
Public engagement and understanding is vital in finding solutions.
This is not about numbers. It is a moral issue.
We remind audiences that each of the realistic options comes with economic and political consequences that must be carefully weighed, and that there must be tradeoffs. Those who want to raise taxes are asked to explain what level of taxation they are willing to support and the manner in which the new revenue should be raised. Those who argue that spending must come down from projected levels are asked which programs they would target and how the savings would be achieved. Those who are unwilling to do either are asked how much debt they are willing to impose on future generations.
Our experience is that when audiences are told the facts, and shown that if they demand their "rights" to programs or policies it will have damaging economic effects to other groups or generations represented in the audience, they begin to accept the need for tradeoffs. The Fiscal Wake-Up Tour does not presume to know the "correct" answers, but we are trying to make sure that the American people and their elected leaders are asking the correct questions.
Before each event we send out an alert to the local media, and an email to our list subscribers. If you are interested in attending, watch this page or subscribe to our email list. If you wish to bring The Fiscal Wake-Up Tour to a venue near you, contact Harry Zeeve at (703) 894-6222.


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Homemade Rosemary & Lavender Soap Makes a Perfect Gift
Don't you just love homemade gifts? They are so personal and thoughtful, and it shows that you really care. Are you going to be making any homemade gifts this season? Here is a recipe for a soothing and moisturizing lavender and rosemary soap that is a favorite in our household. I like to make a personal gift basket with a variety of homemade gifts, and I like to include our favorite lavender and rosemary soap in our baskets.
This recipe is inspired by Sandy Maine's Lavender and Rosemary Soap from her book, "Soothing Soaps for Healthy Skin". I modified it some, and I used 2 tablespoons shea butter, 1 pound of solid glycerin, and 1/4 cup infusion of lavender flower and rosemary leaves. I also added 1 teaspoon dried, chopped rosemary and lavender, and 40 drops of lavender essential oil. I normally add rosemary essential oil as well.
To make the infusion I poured 1 cup of hot water over 3 tablespoons of dried or fresh herbs. I let it steep for about 10 minutes.
The infusions are very healing and they also add color to the soap. I like to make it a little stronger than the standard recipe when I make an infusion for soap.
The shea butter and the soap base were melted separately. If you don't have a double boiler, you can do what I do and put bowls on top of sauce pans and let it slowly melt.
First I added the melted shea butter to the melted glycerin, then I added the herbal infusion.
I pour it in various suitable molds. This time I tried this version for a change. Once the mixture was poured into the mold and had cooled slightly, I added the lavender essential oil. Last I added about a teaspoon of chopped, dried, lavender and rosemary. I let it cool.
Doesn't it look wonderful?
Now comes the fun part which is to create some memorable and healing gifts. You could put the whole soap on a fancy platter and decorate it with some dried herbs. Wonderful platters can often be found in antique or thrift stores. Perhaps you already have one in the cabinet?
I decided to make more than one gift out of this soap, so I cut and placed a few pieces in a soap holder. I found this inexpensive soap holder at IKEA last year. You can be very creative and use beautiful glass bowls from antique or thrift stores. I have used items that I've found at estate sales and garage sales for gifts.
I like to add liquid soap to a matching container and include it in my gift baskets.
My mother makes beautiful needle point tablecloths and place mats. They make a nice addition to my homemade gift baskets. My children added a little gift as well. Doesn't it look like wonderful gift?
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Google Glass and an always-on surveillance society
What do Google Glass and 3d printing have in common? No-one has seriously considered their implications for society in a broad context.
Guns. Drugs. 3d printing. Enjoy.
While at college, I remember seeing a documentary on stereolithography, which we today know as 3d printing. My first thought? Guns.
Microsoft Office mark up a rip off for Britain
So there I was, on the cusp of purchasing a copy of Microsoft Office for Mac Home & Business…
Apple and the KISS of success
Choice is a funny thing. Not funny-ha-ha, but the kind that makes you stop, wonder, and then scratch your head. And if there's too much choice, you wonder some more before sighing with exasperation just before you leave. Apple understand this, while their competitors really don't have a clue.
Google trading quality and security for market share?
Google are experiencing something of a downer this past several days, much of which leaves a huge question mark hanging over their qualitative approach to Android.


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HELSINKI/SEATTLE - In an era when shiny new tech start-ups can be worth tens of billions of dollars, Microsoft's deal to acquire Nokia's mobile handset business for 5.44 billion euros (S$9.1 billion) is a modest one from a strictly financial point of view.
Yet the deal is likely to go down as a major turning point in the contemporary technology business, one that marks the end of a Finnish company's unlikely run as world-beating tech icon even as it shapes the future of Microsoft Corp - for better or for worse.
In Finland, politicians and business leaders mourned the fall of Nokia, while pensioners wondered what it all meant for them. In Seattle, the chatter centred on what the deal might say about the race to succeed Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, who announced 10 days ago that he would step down within a year.
For the global telecom industry, meanwhile, the deal signals further consolidation, coming just a day after Verizon announced a US$130 billion (S$166.5 billion) deal to buy Vodafone's stake in its wireless unit. It could also help Microsoft achieve its long-held ambition of becoming a major rival to Apple and Samsung in the global smartphone business, though it will also put even more pressure on the company to show that its massive investments in consumer devices make sense.
The Nokia deal "unequivocally suggests they aren't exiting the business and in fact are doubling down on mobile," said Todd Lowenstein, a portfolio manager at HighMark Capital Management, which holds Microsoft shares.
"They can in all likelihood carve out a decent niche with their scale as a fully integrated player, however investors are questioning the merits," Lowenstein added. "The markets have spoken volumes." Microsoft shares finished down 4.6 per cent on Tuesday.
Nokia and Microsoft have been joined at the hip since early 2011, when the Finnish company agreed to adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone software for its smartphones - a big gamble for Nokia, but one that came at a time when the company's market share was already in a freefall and it had few good options.
Since then Nokia has produced a series of Windows-powered phones that were mostly well-reviewed by critics, though largely shunned by customers.
There had been speculation from the start that Microsoft might eventually buy Nokia, but many analysts thought Microsoft had the best of both worlds - a committed hardware partner, but none of the considerable downside risk that might go with owning a phone-maker.
Behind the scenes, though, friction developed, according to a source familiar with the situation, especially after Microsoft launched its Surface tablets last fall.
"Each was trying to spend money on app developers, music stores, all the parts critical to the ecosystem," said the source. "It all came to a head at the end of last year, beginning of this year - was this really the right way to work or are we better as one entity?"
Discussions on an acquisition began in earnest in February, after Ballmer approached Nokia for an "open dialogue." Ballmer and Nokia board chairman Risto Siilasmaa met at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. After a few hiccups the negotiations kicked into high gear in July, with almost 50 board meetings on the part of Nokia.
Another source close familiar with the negotiations said the timing of the deal, which was called "Project Gold Medal" at Microsoft, was influenced by Ballmer's announced departure, with Nokia seeking to wrap it up before a new CEO was named. Nokia officials were concerned that if it delayed it could end up with facing a firesale down the road as its cash position worsened, the source said.
For Microsoft, moving ahead with a major strategic acquisition even as it seeks a new CEO reaffirms its commitment to being a broad-based "devices and services" company - a strategy crafted by Ballmer and one which was at the heart of a major reorganisation announced just weeks ago.
On Tuesday, Microsoft called the Nokia deal "a huge leap forward on our journey of creating a family of devices and services that delight people and empower businesses of all sizes."
People close to the situation rejected the idea that the transaction meant that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft executive who will rejoin the company as head of the devices and services division, would automatically succeed Ballmer. But analysts said the move could make it harder to bring in an outsider CEO who might want to revisit all aspects of the company's strategy.
Tuesday's deal marks the breakup of a company almost embedded in Finnish DNA, a once-proud symbol of Nordic entrepreneurial engineering prowess and design. At its peak it accounted for 40 per cent of the world's mobile phones, a fifth of Finland's exports and four per cent of its GDP, and had a market value of close to US$300 billion.
Barely a decade ago, consumers talked about Nokia with the same bated breadth as they do about Apple today, marveling at its sleek but practical designs. But its abrupt fall symbolizes the breakneck speed and unforgiving competition in consumer electronics, where nimble rivals can quickly upset established industry leaders.
Nokia itself has had plenty of experience in reinvention over its 148-year history. From its beginning as a paper manufacturer in 1865, it grew to make everything from rubber boots to televisions, and eventually its brand name was even emblazoned on lavatory tissue.
Its modern incarnation began under Jorma Ollila, who headed the cellphone unit beginning in 1990 and then, as chief executive, transformed the Finnish conglomerate into a global handset leader. Its brand name was often mistaken as Japanese, something that at the time delighted a company whose home country was harder to sell globally.
"It was something Finland hadn't had, this major consumer brand," said Mikko Makipaa, an entrepreneur, recalling his days at the company from 1996 to 2009.
But Ollila was blamed for being late to recognise the threat of Apple's iPhone and the smartphone revolution. A report by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy said Nokia developed touch-screen phones three years before the iPhone and a tablet as early as 2005, but they never reached the market.
Elop's appointment in 2010 was hailed for bringing Silicon valley zip into the struggling company as rivals led by Apple were gaining market share in high-end smartphones even as Asian competitors were eating away at the cheaper, simpler end of the handset market.
A Canadian with five children and an amateur pilot who had previously headed Microsoft's business division, Elop was the first non-Finn to head Nokia. At his first press conference - broadcast live on Finnish TV - he played up his love for ice hockey, a passion many Canadians share with Finns.
His enthusiasm quickly endeared him to staff, but he was also blunt. In a now-famous 2011 email to staff, he compared Symbian - Nokia's then operating software - with a "burning platform" that needed to be abandoned. It was dropped in favour of a largely untested alternative from Microsoft.
One in three jobs were cut, and one source who was there at the time said the memo was ill-advised because it destroyed sales of Symbian before the Windows phones were ready. Still, it was mostly seen as the sort of bold stroke needed to rescue the flailing company.
Now Elop is viewed in a different light. "A Trojan horse," the widely-read tabloid Ilta-Sanomat declared in a column on Tuesday.
"It sounds like a betrayal to me," said Finnish pensioner Paivi Rengman.
In fact, many in Finland saw the deal as a sign of deeper malaise within the Finnish economy and its celebrated Nordic welfare model.
"For Finland, Nokia is emotional and symbolic. My generation grew up with a Nokia in their pocket. We view the deal in Finland as the end of an era," said Alexander Stubb, Finland's minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade.
Nokia is not disappearing, and will now concentrate on its networking equipment unit, navigation business and technology patents.
Optimists say it is not the first time Nokia has taken a big bet. In the early 1990s it sold off businesses that accounted for around 70 per cent of its sales to focus on telecoms. That followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, which halted a highly profitable cross-border trade.
Finland also remains one of the few countries in the euro zone with a triple-A credit rating. But its reputation as an egalitarian society with top-notch education and health services belies worries about its once-mighty export manufacturers and rapidly ageing population.
"This is a major challenge for Finland," said Tero Kuittinen, an analyst at Alekstra. "Microsoft is unlikely to keep any meaningful handset R&D or production in Finland.
"In 2007, Finland had 60 per cent of the global smartphone market. That will now plunge to zero per cent - a massive blow for a country that bet so much on mobile technology," Kuittinen added.
To a certain extent, Nokia's decline may have inoculated Finland against a sudden shock. At its peak, Nokia accounted for 4 per cent of Finnish GDP and supported myriad suppliers. Today it contributes closer to 1 per cent, according to analysts.
Many former Nokia employees have helped to spawn a growing IT industry, symbolized by fast-growing Rovio, maker of the popular Angry Birds game.
Kuittinen said that Rovio's Angry Birds empire has racked up nearly 2 billion downloads while Supercell, another game company, is getting close to US$100 million in monthly revenue from its two blockbusters, Hay Day and Clash of Clans.
"The problem is that these two companies combined only have 700 or so employees," Kuittinen said.
But for an upcoming generation, nostalgia about Nokia may have been supplanted by straightforward realism.
"Their share price is all that I'm interested in," said a 28-year-old business student named Aleksi, who declined to give his last name. "I don't understand this crying about national treasure being sold. People seem to think it's the year 2000. Business is business. Nokia is not defining Finland."
For the global tech business, the big question is to what extent Nokia will define Microsoft. Activist shareholders, led by ValueAct Capital, have urged the company to stop spending so heavily on consumer products and instead return money to shareholders.
Microsoft's track record in both consumer devices and major acquisitions does little to inspire confidence. Yet it remains among the very few firms with the muscle to challenge the market leaders in smartphones.
"I continue to believe that there is enough innovation in devices, unlike some of our investors, that it will be a growth opportunity in terms of the financial reward to the bold, to the innovative who pursue it," Ballmer said Tuesday in explaining the deal to analysts.
He also called the phone business "the best opportunity for pursuing users in very, very large numbers." As Nokia learned though, translating opportunity into success is the hard part.


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So this month's fragrance is one of my favourite fragrances Shalimar by Guerlain. It's a strong, sweet scent and I think it's a great choice for this time of year. It's not in your face, but is quite strong and long lasting. Because I'm rubbish at describing scents, I've decided to copy Guerlain's official description of the scent:
"Soft oriental Voluptuous, sensual, spellbinding Tonic top notes of fresh flowers and bergamot are calmly intrepid. Like the savvy disorder of rumpled silk sheets, powdery notes of iris, jasmine and rose suggest or promise sensual embraces. The creamy softness of addictive vanilla, the penetrating charm of iris, the balmy roundness of opoponax and the gourmand warmth of Tonka bean orchestrate an intimate symphony of scent for languorous interludes."
I couldn't find the Eau de Toilette on the Debenhams website, but the Eau de Parfum costs £42 for 30 ml and £79 for 90 ml.
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We also cook a lot and most of what we make has onions or garlic in it. The other day I was getting ready for work and realized that my coat had a bit of the sauteed onion smell on it. I was going to put it in the dryer with a dryer sheet but instead I grabbed the NOse Offense and sprayed it on my coat. No more onion smell! Do you have some questions about NOse Offense. Take a look at their great FAQ's page.
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I've been thinking about getting a pet—something extremely low maintenance. Already dead would be ideal.
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9.1 The agreed delivery time shall start to run on the day on which the written order confirmation is dated, or (failing a written
order confirmation) on the day on which the Other Party addresses Us in writing for the first time for delivery on a specific date. The delivery time shall not start to run, however, until the Other Party has provided Us with all information, documents, any required permits and materials to be treated which are necessary for the performance of the contract.
9.2 The delivery times indicated by Us shall always apply by approximation and shall never be deadlines. Exceeding of such a period shall not give the Customer the right to dissolve the contract unless the period has been exceeded to such an extent that the Customer can no longer be required to continue the contract according to the criteria of reasonableness and fairness. If the Customer dissolves the contract, this shall not give rise to any obligation for Us to compensate any loss incurred by the Customer in the matter.
9.3 Before the Other Party can dissolve the contract, as referred to in clause 9.2, in the event of late payment, we must be put in default in writing and given a period of at least 14 days yet to comply with our obligations.
9.4 The place of delivery is our warehouse at the location of our (main) branch.
9.5 Each partial delivery shall be considered and treated as a separate delivery, with all related legal consequences.
9.6 If the Customer notifies Us before delivery that it wishes to take delivery at a place other than the agreed place, we shall comply with this in so far as such can reasonably be required of us. If complying with this request entails additional costs, the Customer must compensate Us for these additional costs. If we comply with the Customer's request, the provisions of Article 10 of these Terms and Conditions shall apply mutatis mutandis.
9.7 The Customer must see to it that any customs documents are returned in a timely manner to the responsible authorities, failing which the additional costs involved in this shall be payable by the Customer.
10.1 If we take care of certain matters for the transport of Items intended for the Customer, this shall take place at the expense and risk of the Customer in a manner to be determined by us.
10.2 Except for the cases in which the articles are not transported to our Customers by our own means of transport, the General Transport Terms or the CMR terms as applied in the transport world shall be applicable to the transport.
10.3 Unless our own means of transport are used for the transport, the Goods shall not be insured during transport. The Customer must provide for this itself.
10.4 If delivery should prove impossible at the place indicated by the Customer, the additional costs incurred in connection with this shall be payable by the Customer.
10.5 Delivery shall always be made next to the vehicle that delivers the articles. The Customer must take delivery of the articles there. The customer, together with us, shall bear responsibility for the unloading of the Goods. Should the Customer fail to do so, the additional costs incurred by Us shall be for its account.
11.1Unless explicitly stated otherwise by us, the packing materials shall be included in the price of our articles. In this case, packing materials do not mean the commercial packaging. We do not charge a deposit on packing materials unless we are required by the government to do so, or this has been explicitly stated by Us.
11.2 If our Goods are delivered on so-called Europallets or on pallets which are part of a pallet pool, we shall charge these pallets as packing materials, unless upon delivery identical, undamaged pallets are given in return.
11.3 If we are required by our Customer or by the government to take back packing materials or packaging materials delivered and used by Us upon delivery, the costs involved in this, including any costs of destruction, shall be payable by the Customer.
11.4 Packing materials, such as rolling containers, crates, boxes, pallets and the like, in so far as they are not intended to be used once only, shall remain our property. The Customer shall remain liable for the packing materials sent to it, even if no deposit is charged on them. The Customer must return the empty return packing materials to Us as soon as possible at the Customer's own expense, unless explicitly agreed otherwise.
11.5 Packing materials which have been charged (deposit), shall be credited by Us after these packing materials have returned undamaged to our warehouse. In the event of minor damage, we reserve the right to credit less than the deposit charged. In the event of major damage, we shall not credit any amount and the packing materials will be at the Customer's disposal, regarding which we will notify the Customer.
12.1If Items bought/ordered by the Customer cannot be delivered by Us at the agreed time, we shall store these items at the Customer's expense and risk. The costs involved in this shall be payable by the Customer.
12.2 We may agree with the Other Party that the articles sold to or ordered by it can be stored in our warehouse. The starting point in this regard shall always be that we are entitled to invoice the stored articles immediately and in full. The Other Party will be able to dispose of these articles on call.
12.3 If the Other Party makes use of this possibility, a separate on-call order contract can be concluded.
13.1 All Items on the Customer's premises which come from Us shall remain our property as long as the Customer has any payment obligations vis-à-vis us, either by virtue of the retention of title included in this article, or on the basis of a non-possessory pledge, for which purpose the Customer establishes a right of pledge for our benefit now for then.
13.2 All Items delivered by Us shall remain our property until the Customer has complied with all obligations under contracts concluded with us.
13.3 The Customer shall not be entitled to alienate or encumber the items delivered in any way before payment has been made for them in full, unless we have been informed of this in advance and have agreed to it. Should the Customer fail to comply with this obligation, the purchase price shall then be immediately due and payable in full.
13.4 The Customer must bring the contents of this retention of title to the attention of the party to which it will give the goods delivered by us, whether or not as security, in undisclosed pledge.
13.5 The Customer grants Us the right now for then in particular cases to enter those places where our Goods are located in order to exercise our rights of retention of title.
14.1 The Customer must inspect the Items purchased or have them inspected upon delivery or as soon as possible afterwards. In doing so, the Customer must check in particular whether the Items delivered comply with the contract, namely:
• whether the correct items have been delivered;
• whether the quantity of the Items delivered complies with what was agreed;
• whether the Items delivered meet the quality requirements or, failing these, the requirements that can be set for normal use and/or trade purposes.
14.2 The Customer must notify Us of complaints, with due observance of the provisions of clause 8.4, within 8 days of receipt of the items, in writing and by registered post with recorded delivery.
14.3 Visible shortfalls/defects and/or damage must be noted by the Customer on the waybill or delivery document.
14.4 If no comment was made on the waybill or receipt regard any damaged Items, packaging and/or packing materials when delivery was taken of the Items, this shall count as full proof that the buyer took delivery of the Items in a sound and undamaged condition, in any case externally.
14.5 The mere fact that a complaint is investigated shall not automatically imply that we acknowledge any liability in the matter.
14.6 A complaint must at least contain a thorough and accurate description of the defect as well as a statement of further information from which it can be concluded that the delivered Items and those rejected by the Customer are identical.
14.7 The Items to which the complaint relates must remain available to Us for inspection and/or testing in the condition in which they were at the time the defects were discovered, and may not be sold on unless we have given explicit written permission to do so. If it is impossible to keep the Items available, the situation upon delivery must be recorded on image material (photo/film).
14.8 If the complaints relate to part of the Items delivered, that cannot be a reason to reject the entire batch, unless the batch delivered cannot reasonably be considered as usable in such a case.
14.9On the Customer rest the evidence of the statement of statements that there would be non-conformity of goods delivered. This burden of proof applies to alleged defects such as (not exhaustive), differences in color, quantity or weight delivered, used sizes, thickness, satinage, hardness, etc..
14.10 If a complaint about a delivered Item is justified, we shall not be required to do more than replace the rejected Item at our own expense, or (at our discretion) to credit the Other Party for an amount equal to the price owed by the Other Party for the rejected Item.
14.11 In case of total replacement or reimbursement of Items, account shall be taken of the parts of them already used.
14.12 The Customer shall return the rejected Product to Us following our prior written permission and under conditions to be determined by us.
14.13 Any claim of the Customer shall extinguish after the Customer has put the rejected Product to use, processed or treated it, printed or cut it, or allowed it to be put to use, processed or treated, printed or cut, or has delivered it on to third parties, unless the Customer demonstrates that it was not reasonably able to notify Us of its complaint at an earlier stage.
14.14 The period for complaints about invoices sent by Us is 8 days. If no written protest is made against the invoice within that period, it shall be deemed to be a correct representation of the underlying transaction with Us.
14.15 After the expiry of the periods referred to in this article, the Customer shall be deemed to have approved the delivery or invoice. In that case, complaints shall no longer be handled by Us.
14.16We shall be released from any and all liability and not bound to accept and/or investigate complaints about defects if the Customer has not complied promptly with its payment obligations or other obligations vis-à-vis Us, nor in the event that the Customer and/or third parties, whether or not on the Customer's instruction, have made any changes to or repaired any Items delivered by us without our prior written permission.
14.17 Complaints shall not give the Other Party the right to suspend payment obligations or other existing obligations vis-à-vis Us.
15.1 Items picked up at our showroom or warehouse must be paid for in cash, unless explicitly agreed otherwise with the Buyer.
15.2 Payment must always be made within 8 days of the invoice date, without any discount or setoff, at our offices or by transfer to the bank or postal giro account indicated on the invoice.
15.3In performing the contract, we shall always be entitled to decide to deliver Goods cash on delivery only, or to require payment in advance.
15.4 If the Other Party does not pay within the stipulated period, it shall be deemed to be in default by operation of law, without any warning or notice of default being required.
15.5 From that time, so-called statutory commercial interest shall be due within the meaning of Sections 119a and 120, second paragraph, of Book 6 of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek), as well as judicial and extrajudicial costs incurred to claim performance, dissolution and/or damages, which shall be at the Other Party's expense, except in so far as judgment is given against Us in a final and conclusive court judgment given on the matter at hand.
15.6 The extrajudicial collection costs shall be deemed to be at least 15% of the amount still due, with a minimum of 250 Euros.
15.7 Non-compliance, late or incomplete compliance by the Customer with its payment obligations shall give Us the right to suspend performance or further performance of the contract on our part until the Customer has complied with these obligations. At our discretion, we shall also have the right to dissolve the contract, without prejudice to our right to damages in relation to the later or non-performance of the contract.
15.8 Payments made by the Customer shall first serve to pay all interest and costs due and subsequently due and payable invoices which have been outstanding for the longest time, even if the Other Party states that the payment refers to a later invoice.
16.1 In these General Terms and Conditions, force majeure shall mean, in addition to what is included in law and case law, all external causes, foreseen or unforeseen, which are beyond our control, but which prevent Us from complying with our obligations, including strike actions in our company.
16.2 In case of force majeure, the performance of the contract shall be suspended as long as the force majeure situation makes it impossible for Us to perform the contract.
16.3 In the event of permanent force majeure, we shall be entitled to dissolve the contract without being required to compensate any loss.
16.4If the force majeure situation on our part has lasted longer than one month, the Other Party shall then have the right to dissolve the contract free of charge, however without being entitled to any claims on its part for compensation of loss incurred.
17.1 With due observance of the limitations referred to in these General Terms and Conditions, we warrant the soundness of the Items delivered by us, provided all our instructions relating to the use of these Items have been followed strictly. Items as referred to in this article also include packing machines and/or devices.
17.2The warranty on packing machines and/or devices shall take effect on the date of delivery of those Items. The warranty period shall expire 6 months afterwards.
17.3 We shall accept liability only for defects which the Customer can demonstrate to have occurred before or within the warranty period, exclusively or predominantly as a direct consequence of wrong manufacture or wrong treatment chosen by us, or as a consequence of faulty materials used by Us. If the defect is the consequence of any other cause, we shall not be liable.
17.4Call-out charges and wages (incl. travel expenses) are not covered by the warranty and are charged by Us to the Customer.
17.5This warranty does not cover defects which are wholly or partially caused by raw materials, materials or structures chosen by the Customer or mandatorily imposed on Us by any third party, or as a result of government regulations.
17.6 We warrant the usability of Items delivered by Us with normal use (in the segment). With an abnormally high frequency of use, the warranty shall therefore lapse. The warranty shall Lapse as well if the Articles are used for any purpose other than that for which they are customarily delivered.
17.7 The warranty does not cover consequences of specific development risks of newly developed Items.
17.8 If we are liable on the basis of a warranty, this liability shall be limited to replacement of the faulty Articles or refund of the amount invoiced for these faulty Articles, such at our discretion. The replacement of Articles shall be limited to redelivery exclusive of freight charges. In the event of replacement, a new warranty shall be issued for the replacement Items, which warranty shall take effect on the date of delivery of the replacement Items.
17.9 We shall not be bound by any warranty:
• if the Customer fails to comply in good time or completely with its obligations under this contract or under any other contract with Us;
• if, in case we are not the producer of the Articles delivered by Us, the Customer has received a warranty from the manufacturer, either directly or through Us.
17.10 In case we are not the manufacturer of the Items delivered by Us, our liability shall be limited to the liability as accepted by the supplier of those Items.
18.1 If we are liable, this liability shall be regulated as follows:
•for defects in Items delivered, liability shall apply as set out in Article 17 of these Terms and Conditions;
• we shall only be liable if a loss is caused by intentional acts or omissions or gross negligence on the part of Us or our supervisory subordinates;
• our liability shall also be limited to the amount of the transaction in question;
• if however, according to the criteria of reasonableness and fairness, our liability to compensate the amount of the transaction should be too little in proportion to the loss incurred by the Customer, our liability shall then be limited to a maximum of 125 % of the amount of the transaction in question;
• consequential loss is explicitly excluded in so far as it exceeds an amount for which we are liable on the basis of the foregoing.
18.2 Any further liability is explicitly excluded.
18.3 If the consequences of any loss incurred on the basis of this contract could have been insured by the Customer, or is normally incurred by customers in the relevant sector, we can never be held liable to compensate the loss incurred.
18.4 Except in the event of a wilful actor or omission or gross negligence on our part, we shall never be liable for costs, losses and interest which are the direct or indirect consequence of:
• infringement of patents, licences, copyrights or other rights of third parties as a consequence of the use of information provided to Us by or on behalf of the Customer;
• negligence of our employees or persons used by Us in the performance of the contract.
18.5 Designs/models, illustrations, tools, drawings, descriptions, software and all other information made available to Us by the Customer shall remain at the Customer's expense and risk, and shall be returned to the Customer upon its first written request, also at its expense and risk.
18.6 We shall not be liable for:
a. a (wrong) assembly by third parties and/or incorrect use and/or incorrect processing of Items delivered by Us;
b. failure by the Customer to obtain the required permits;
c. the suffering of injuries during assembly or use, unless the injury is the consequence of a defective Item delivered by Us;
d. the lack and/or unsuitability of the necessary facilities;
e. insufficient anchoring.
19.1 If we deliver or make software available to our Customer, the copyright therein shall remain applicable. The copying of the programs shall not be allowed without our explicit permission or the permission of our supplier. The Customer explicitly indemnifies Us for any and all losses that might arise or any and all claims that might be enforced against Us on the basis of illegal use of software.
19.2 If the software delivered by Us is modified and/or expanded without our explicit permission, any warranty shall lapse automatically.
19.3 Opening switch or operation boxes without our permission could render the software installed by Us unusable. If such is the case, any warranty shall lapse automatically.
20.1 If such is agreed, we can print packaging materials according to the Customer's design.
20.2 If the Customer so desires and we have agreed this with the customer, we can store packaging materials printed in this way in our warehouse for the Customer on an on-call basis. If use is made of this possibility, a separate on-call contract can be concluded.
20.3 Before packaging materials are printed according to the Customer's design, a printer's proof shall be presented to the Customer for assessment. After approval by the Customer, we cannot be held liable in any way for the execution of the printed material, if it does not deviate to a significant extent from the printer's proof.
20.4 The provisions included in these General Terms and Conditions shall apply to the manner of execution and deviations in material and/or colour.
20.5 We cannot be held liable for colour deviations if the colour used by Us is the same as the sample handed over to Us by the Customer or the colour number made known to Us by the Customer.
20.6 We shall have the right to charge all costs related to the printing of packaging materials according to the Customer's design, such as design drawings, plates and pressure rollers in full. We shall invoice these costs immediately after the printed matter is ready, despite the fact that the printed packaging material may be purchased on call and can consequently be invoiced in partial deliveries as well. Payment must be made within the applicable period.
20.7All design drawings, plates, pressure rollers and suchlike made by Us or on our instruction, whether or not at the request of our Customer, even if they have been or will be charged fully or partially to the Customer, shall remain our property.
20.8 If an order is not made after a quotation is requested, the costs of a design made for this and any plates already made can be charged by Us to the Other Party within 3 months of the date of the quotation. The Other Party must pay these costs.
20.9 Plates used by or on the instruction of our Customer shall be deemed as approved.
21.1 All information, drawings, illustrations and overviews in catalogues and official lists are protected by copyright. The Other Party shall not be permitted to copy these documents or disclose them to third parties without our explicit permission.
21.2 The copyright in designs, drawings, sketches, lithos, photos, software, models, stamps, punch forms, plates, patterns etc. made by Us or on our instruction shall be vested in Us at all times. They may never be reproduced or made available to third parties without our permission.
21.3 Our Other Party indemnifies Us for all consequences of any infringement of any third-party right if we use a certain image, drawing, model or design at the request of our Customer.
21.4 If the Customer makes raw materials, auxiliary materials, ingredients or printed matter available to Us to be processed in Items purchased from Us by the Customer, the Customer shall indemnify Us explicitly against possible claims of third parties based on infringement of copyrights and rights arising from patents, trademarks or designs/models.
22.1With respect to the agreed specifications, the deviations included below, both upwards and downwards, shall be permissible. For the purpose of assessment, the average of the total of the quantity delivered in one type, quality, colour and construction shall serve as a criterion. For specifications other than those mentioned below, the deviations permissible for previous deliveries and, failing those, the customary deviations shall be permissible. If a minimum or maximum value has been agreed, a double deviation upwards or downwards shall be permitted.
22.2Regarding quantity, we shall be deemed to have performed properly if deviations in quantities do not amount to more than
For paper goods:
- 20% above or below the indicated quantity for orders up to 250 kg
- 10% above or below the indicated quantity for orders from 250 to 5000 kg;
- 5% above or below the indicated quantity for orders above 5000 kg.
For plastics or laminates:
- 30% above or below the indicated quantity for orders with a net weight of up to 500 kg;
- 20% above or below the indicated quantity for orders of 500 to 1000 kg;
- 10% above or below the indicated quantity for orders above 1000 kg.
For cardboard:
- 20% above or below the indicated quantity for orders of less than 500 kg;
- 10% above or below the indicated quantity for orders between 500 and 10,000 kg;
- 5% above or below the indicated quantity for orders above 10,000 kg.
For all other Products:
- 30% above or below the indicated quantity for orders with a net weight of up to 500 kg;
- 20% above or below the indicated quantity for orders with a net weight of 500 to 1000 kg;
- 10% above or below the indicated quantity for orders with a net weight of 1000 to 5000 kg;
- 5% above or below the indicated quantity for orders with a net weight above 5000 kg.
For each order, one batch in one size and quality is meant. Invoicing shall take place on the basis of the actual quantity delivered.
22.3 Regarding materials, we shall be deemed to have performed properly if the deviations in quality, colour, hardness, glaze, thickness etc. can be considered as minor. In assessing whether a delivery has exceeded the permissible limits, an average from the total batch delivered must be rejected. Deviations in the colour of cardboard or coverings shall not give a right to complain.
22.4 If a packaging range has been composed of different base materials, we shall not guarantee any unity of colour.
22.5Regarding gram weights, the permissible deviation in agreed gram weight for paper is:
- up to 39 grams/m² 8%
- 40 to 59 grams/m² 5%
- 60 or more grams/m² 4% and for cardboard:
- up to 500 grams/m² 5%
- from 500 grams/m² 8%.
22.6Regarding the thickness, the permissible deviation of single measurement with respect to the agreed thickness amounts to the following percentages for:
- plastic film or laminates up to 40 mu 20%
- plastic film or laminates above 40 mu 15%
- aluminium foil (whether or not as a component of another product) 10%
- other materials or combinations 15%
22.7 Regarding the size, the permissible deviation from the agreed size amounts to the following percentages for:
- paper on rolls 1% with a minimum of 3 mm
- paper on sheets 1% with a minimum of 5 mm (in length and width)
- plastic film on rolls up to 199 mm wide 5 mm
- plastic film on rolls of 200 mm and wider 2½%
- plastic film Items in developed width 10%
- plastic film Items in developed length 10%.
The permissible deviation in the agreed roll diameter is 3 cm. A limited number of so-called remainder rolls may have a smaller diameter.
23.1 If one of the clauses or part of a clause of these General Terms and Conditions or any part of the underlying contract should be null and void or nullified, this shall not, for the rest, affect the contents of the clause or the clauses of these General Terms and Conditions, or the underlying contract shall remain in effect.
23.2 The parties shall then make an arrangement for the null and void or nullified passage which most closely approaches the intention the parties had in mind for the underlying contract or these General Terms and Conditions.
24.1 All agents, representatives, employees or others who have received an assignment from Us, or who have been appointed or employed by Us, shall each have the same protection for him/herself and be entitled to the same exclusions, exemptions and limitations of liability as will apply to Us ourselves under these General Terms and Conditions or under any contract concluded with Us.
25.1 Claims for which we have been held liable, shall Lapse if the Customer has not taken Us to court within 6 months after we have been warned and put in default in writing.
26.1 These General Terms and Conditions are published by the Nederlandse Vereniging van Groothandelaren in Papier en Verpakkingsmaterialen (Association of Dutch Wholesalers in Paper and Packaging Materials). The copyrights are also vested in the Association. Nothing from this publication may be reproduced and/or disclosed by means of printing, photocopy, microfilm or in any other way, without prior written permission from the publisher. Only members of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Groothandelaren in Papier en Verpakkingsmaterialen are allowed to use these Terms and Conditions. This permission shall Lapse automatically upon termination of membership. If these Terms and Conditions are used without prior permission, pursuant to the provisions of the Copyright (Auteurswet), damages in the amount of 5000 Euro per violation shall be due.
27.1 The provisions of these General Terms and Conditions shall apply fully to the delivery of packaging machines and devices, in so far as they do not depart from this provision.
27.2 Packaging machines and devices will be delivered at the address indicated by the Customer, next to the means of transport which delivered the Articles. If installation is possible on the ground floor and no auxiliary means of third parties are needed, installation shall take place free of charge. Installation must, however be possible within 30 minutes after the Goods have been unloaded next to the means of transport. If this time limit is exceeded, we shall be entitled to charge the Customer for this on the basis of the customary hourly rates, rounded off to a half hour or part thereof. If we have to engage auxiliary means of third parties to carry out the installation, as well as in the event of vertical transport, the costs involved in this shall be payable by the Customer.
27.3 Without prejudice to the provisions of clause 7.2 our prices shall apply:
exclusive of installation;
exclusive of instruction;
eeclusive of lifting and hoisting gear;
exclusive of refurbishment costs that prove to be necessary.
27.4 If lifting and hoisting gear is used or if we or others on our behalf take care of this in a different way, or are assisted in the hoisting of the machine, this shall take place completely at the expense and risk of the Customer.
27.5 The Customer must see to it that all necessary facilities, of whatever nature or name, are available at the place where the machine or device in question has to be installed. Air and water supplies must be available if necessary within one metre from the machine or device in question. We have provided machines and/or the devices in question that need electric power with plugs. For machines that need so-called three-phase power, the Customer must inform Us in advance of the type of plug. The Customer must take account of the fact that the desired power of a machine can be so high that special electrical switching facilities are necessary. As far as possible, we shall inform the Customer of this prior to installation.
27.6 The installation of machines and/or devices shall be completed after a proof run has been successful. If proof runs are not possible owing to any cause imputable to the Customer, the installation shall be completed after the machine or device has been installed by Us and is ready for production.
27.7 Problems with respect to the installation shall never release the Customer from complying in full with its payment obligations vis-à-vis Us.
27.8 The Customer must sign a completion statement. If the Customer refuses to do so, this refusal shall be considered as an acceptance of completion.
27.9 Packaging machines and/or devices can never be protected to such an extent that (all) moving parts cannot be reached by hand from the outside. This is inherent in packaging. Regarding the safety of our products, we have taken the maximum possible safety requirements into consideration. The operator of the machine or device must never place his hands in the machine part when it is in operation. The machine and/or device is constructed in such a way that this is not necessary. If during the Customer's production process, an article to be packaged should get stuck in the machine or device, or should the input of packaging material and/or adhesive tape and/or staples and/or strapping come to a standstill, the machine or device must be switched off immediately until the problem has been remedied. We shall in any case accept no liability whatsoever if the above-mentioned safety requirements are not strictly followed. The Customer must inform its operating staff itself of these safety instructions.
27.10 Packaging machines and/or devices delivered by Us meet the required statutory safety standards and are provided with a CE mark. If the Customer nevertheless wishes additional safety facilities or other additional facilities, the costs involved in this shall be charged additionally.
27.11 The stipulations referred to in this article apply to machines and/or devices sold by Us as well as to equipment rented out or lent by Us.
27.12 The good operation of equipment sold or rented out or lent by Us shall be warranted only if packaging and auxiliary materials are used which have been delivered by Us, or of which we have approved the specifications. The Customer will have the opportunity to conclude a maintenance contract on packaging equipment sold by Us. We will conclude a separate contract for this with the Customer.
27.13 All warranty claims of the Customer shall lapse if the Customer does not use the materials delivered by Us on or for the machine.
28.1 The laws of the Netherlands, to the exclusion of any other legal system, shall govern all matters relating to these General Terms and Conditions, the contract or the performance of the contract.
29.1. Disputes which arise from contracts concluded with Us shall be settled, at our discretion, by the Civil Court in our place of business.
30.1 Translations of these General Terms and Conditions may be put into circulation. The Dutch text shall, however, be binding.
31.1 These General Terms and Conditions have been filed at the office of the Chambers of Commerce of The Hague and Amsterdam.
31.2 The version last filed, or the version that applied at the time of the offer or the transaction with us, shall always be applicable.
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If in the course of your research you have come across a Latvian ancestor, and you do not speak Latvian, you may feel like you have hit a big stumbling block to continuing your research.
Good news! The block may not be as big as you think. You may not need to know any Latvian at all to continue your research. Of course, as a speaker of Latvian, I do encourage people to learn it, especially those with Latvian ancestry. However, I do recognize that due to various constraints, this may not always be possible.
Depending on the time period you have for your ancestor, the records you will need to consult for further information may be in completely different languages.
Latvia only became an independent country in 1918. Immediately prior to this date, Latvia was a part of the Russian Empire, and, in centuries past, was held by the Germans, Swedes and Poles as well. This means that the bulk of historical records relevant for Latvian research are not in Latvian, but rather these languages – most commonly Russian and German.
German crusaders entered Latvia in the late 1100s, with the mission to convert the pagan Balts to Christianity. They were followed also by German traders and nobles, who set up vast manorial estates, and the local population became serfs on these estates, only being released from serfdom in the 1800s.
While the leadership of the territory changed hands between the Germans, Swedes, Poles and Russians, the local manor lords and ladies remained German right up to independence in the twentieth century. Consequently, a major source of Latvian genealogical records – church books – were written almost exclusively in German up until the 1890s, when Czar Alexander III introduced Russification measures across the Russian Empire, which included requiring local officials to keep records in Russian.
Most Latvian church books are available online, at the Latvian State Historical Archives project "Raduraksti". They are arranged by religion and by parish, with the typical time period covered by Lutheran and Catholic records being 1835-1905. Lutheranism and Catholicism were the dominant religions in Latvia at the time, with smaller numbers of Jews, Baptists, Orthodox and Old Believers. A number of records for these faiths are also available on the "Raduraksti" website.
The church books are available in image format only – currently there is no index. This means that if you do not know where in Latvia your ancestor was from, you will not be able to jump straight into these records. Even if you do not know exactly where your ancestor was from, it might still be possible to figure it out, based on later records as well as surnames.
I studied Russian in university, so my time with the Russian records is easier. I am only beginning to learn German, however, so I am still puzzling my way through the different styles of handwriting to reach the information found within.
But it is not an impossible obstacle. My German will improve. My Russian already has. Proficiency, at least for genealogical purposes, will come.
Next post: What do the names Wahzeet, Ваціэтъ and Vācietis have in common? They are actually the same name – in three different orthographies. Why it is important to know different orthographies so that it is possible to trace a name through different languages.


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Stepper motors, due to their unique design, can be controlled to a high degree of accuracy without any feedback mechanisms. The shaft of a stepper, mounted with a series of magnets, is controlled by a series of electromagnetic coils that are charged positively and negatively in a specific sequence, precisely moving it forward or backward in small "steps".
There are two types of steppers, Unipolars and Bipolars, and it is very important to know which type you are working with. For each of the motors, there is a different circuit. The example code will control both kinds of motors. See the unipolar and bipolar motor schematics for information on how to wire up your motor.
In this example, a potentiometer (or other sensor) on analog input 0 is used to control the rotational speed of a stepper motor using the Arduino Stepper Library. The stepper is controlled by with digital pins 8, 9, 10, and 11 for either unipolar or bipolar motors.
The Arduino or Genuino board will connect to a U2004 Darlington Array if you're using a unipolar stepper or a SN754410NE H-Bridge if you have a bipolar motor.
For more information about the differences of the two types, please take a look at Tom Igoe's page on stepper motors.
Below you'll find circuits for both unipolar and bipolar steppers. In either case, it is best to power your stepper motors from an external supply, as they draw too much to be powered directly from your Arduino board.
In both circuits, connect a 10k pot to power and ground, with it's wiper outputting to analog pin 0.
Note: Both circuits below are four wire configurations. Two wire configurations will not work with the code provided.
Unipolar Motor Knob Circuit
image developed using Fritzing. For more circuit examples, see the Fritzing project page
Unipolar Motor Knob Schematic
Bipolar Motor Knob Circuit
image developed using Fritzing. For more circuit examples, see the Fritzing project page
Bipolar Motor Knob Schematic
For both unipolar and bipolar steppers


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A Sleepy Micronesian State Faces Identity Crisis
Trouble is brewing in the Micronesian state of Yap. The U.S. is scaling back aid next year, so Yapese officials are turning to Chinese investors who plan to boost tourism. This could change the face of the tiny set of islands. WSJ's Alex Frangos reports.
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I've seen this floating around blogland for a while. I thought it was finally time to fill it out since I've gotten some new readers. Here are some things you may not know about me.
A. Age: 33
B. Bed size: It's a queen. We really need a bigger bed.
C. Chore you dislike: I hate doing laundry. I'd rather clean the dirtiest toilets a million times over than separate, wash, dry, fold, hang, and put away laundry.
D. Dogs: We have a 15-month-old black Labrador Retriever named Carly.
E. Essential start to your day: I can't get my day started unless I hit snooze at least 3 times. Also, now that I have a Keurig, I start every day with a cup of Gloria Jean's Cappuccino.
F. Favorite color: In general, I love blue.
G. Gold or silver: I love both, but prefer silver.
H. Height: 5'5"
I. Instruments you play(ed): none
J. Job title: I work in the post closing department of a mortgage company.
K. Kids: Little Man is 6. Little Bit is 3.
L. Live: Memphis, Tennessee
M. Mom's name: Lisa
N. Nicknames: Growing up, I was Boomer, Mistro and Musty. {Musty is a play on my real name which is Misty. It's not because I smell old.} People think they're real clever with that one. These days, I'm known as Bruce because I love Bruce Wayne and Batman.
O. Overnight hospital stays: Other than childbirth, I don't think I've had to stay overnight.
P. Pet peeves: bad grammar, people who can't spell & guys with long fingernails
Q. Quote from a movie: "Good. Great. Grand. Wonderful. NO YELLING ON THE BUS!"
R. Righty or lefty: righty
S. Siblings: I'm an only child.
T. Time you wake up: The alarm is set for 6:30. I should really set it for 6:00 because I'm always running late. Mama likes her sleep.
U. Underwear: I don't discriminate. I have thongs, bikinis and boy shorts.
V. Vegetables you don't like: all of them
W. What makes you run late: the snooze button, the lazies & my kids
X. X-rays you've had: teeth, lower back, right thumb twice, & both ankles numerous times
Y. Yummy food you make: I don't really make anything. I warm up pre-cooked food in the oven and take it out. No one's gotten sick yet.
Z. Zoo animal favorites: tigers & giraffes


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LeBron: 'I'm optimistic that we will have a season'
"I'm optimistic that we will have a season this year," James said. "Very optimistic." A little anxious, too. He's working out twice a day, trying to erase some of the sting that's still there after the Heat lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA finals.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Does LeBron James know something the rest of us do not? Secret talks? A covert deal? Has he chatted with Union Boss Billy Hunter?
I appreciate LeBron James' optimism that owners and players will somehow strike a hail-Mary deal, however, the facts are tough to overlook.
Right now, there's no negotiating and/or bargaining between owners and players. Both are holding firm and refusing to compromise on a new financial system.
The owners want salary rollbacks, a hard cap, and a greater share of the Basketball Related Income, while players want to stick with the current system -even if it's out of whack with the post 2008 economy.
Yet James remains optimistic. Fair enough. Always look at the bright side, I guess.
Still, the negative is tough to overlook. Alex Meruelo recently dropped $300 million on a mediocre franchise, the Hawks, in a mediocre sports town, Atlanta, because Commissioner David Stern surely promised a hard cap and a better split of the BRI.
And to get those concessions the owners will likely have to blow-up the entire season. That's right: no basketball for 2011-12.
So James can stay optimistic. I'll stay optimistic he knows something the rest of us do not.
–Oly Sandor.
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Baghdad's fate will be suffered by all who oppose bankster drive for global domination
Kurt Nimmo
April 17, 2014
The Mercer consulting group has released a survey showing Baghdad is now the world's worst city. Once considered the most advanced city in the Arab world, it is now a dangerous ruin stricken by sectarian and religious violence, corruption, crime, unemployment, pollution and numerous other problems. It is categorized along with Bangui in the Central African Republic and the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
Prior to Bush Senior's invasion, Iraq had the highest living standard in the Middle East. Iraqi medical care and education were the envy of the region. Literacy stood at 80 percent. By February of 1991, however, the country was pitched into the Dark Ages.
The objective of Bush's invasion was to reduce Iraq to a preindustrial wasteland. Electrical power generation, water treatment and distribution systems, telephone and radio exchanges, food processing and storage, roads, highways, bus depots, public transportation, railroads, oil wells, sewage treatment facilities, factories, mosques, churches, residential areas and even historical sites were all targeted for destruction.
Tens of thousands of people died from dehydration, dysentery, lack of potable water, starvation and malnutrition. Following the criminal behavior of Bush Senior and his coterie of criminal neocons, the risk of epidemics of cholera, typhoid, hepatitis and other diseases skyrocketed. The U.S. compounded this by deliberately targeting Iraq's water supply.
For the global elite who engineered the destruction of Iraq this was only the beginning. They subsequently imposed sanctions comparable to a medieval siege. The globalist United Nations imposed resolution 687 on the ravaged country in an effort to further compounded the misery and death of the Iraqi people. The former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Denis Halliday said in 2000, three years before Iraq would once again be invaded, that he had been instructed "to implement a policy that satisfies the definition of genocide: a deliberate policy that has effectively killed well over a million individuals, children and adults… What is clear is that the Security Council is now out of control, for its actions here undermine its own Charter, and the Declaration of Human Rights and the Geneva Convention. History will slaughter those responsible."
Instead, history followed the "creative destruction" course mapped out by the global elite with the assistance of their neocon think tanks. In 2003, George W. Bush followed in his father's footsteps and invaded Iraq. It was at best a redundant exercise that, in effect, made the rubble bounce, although it did ultimately result in the downfall of the former CIA assassin turned dictator, Saddam Hussein, who was summarily lynched for his decades of subservience to the global elite.
According to medical journal The Lancet and other sources, nearly 1.5 million Iraqis died as a direct result of Bush's invasion and occupation, a number that eclipses the Rwandan genocide (the United Nations recently "apologized" for the genocide in Rwanda).
The United States military, as the "world's policeman" (or executioner, take your pick), has unleashed similar death and destruction in Afghanistan and Libya (30,000 killed in the latter "humanitarian" slaughter) and is now attempting to do the same in Syria, although the manufactured political consensus has so far faltered after decades of war weariness.
The establishment media in the United States repeatedly insists Bashar al-Assad had killed over a 100,000 people in Syria, a figure cited by one of the most demented warmongers in the country, Arizona Senator John McCain. Even the globalists admit the figure is an outright lie. According to SOHR data cited by Micah Zenko and Amelia M. Wolf of the Council on Foreign Relations, "most of the reported deaths in Syria have not been committed by forces under Bashar al-Assad's command." In fact, "more pro-regime forces than civilians have been killed during the Syrian civil war," although you will not hear this on CNN or Fox News.
Baghdad's fate will be suffered by all who stand in the way of the bankster and corporatist drive for global domination. In order to assert its psychopathic dominance, the ruling elite are determined to fashion order out of chaos and level societies so they might be rebuilt as vassal states ruled by a fascist one world government.
Russia and China, equally interested in authoritarian domination within their related spheres of influence, obstruct the Wall Street game plan for global domination. Thus we see the world's policeman, more accurately the financial elite's hit man, undermining China's interests in Africa and, more poignantly, along Russia's European border.
"Washington, the 'exceptional, indispensable country,' is committed to its hegemony over the world. Russia, China, and Iran are in the way of Washington's hegemony and are targeted for attack," writes Paul Craig Roberts. "The attack on Russia is mounting."
If, indeed, the attack comes, either by calculation or a mistake, the result will be catastrophic.
Russia has around 45,000 nuclear weapons. China, between 100 and 400 (the figures are unreliable), and the United States approximately 70,000 nuclear warheads, more than all other nuclear-weapon states combined.
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The family of late music producer James "J Dilla" Yancey is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of West Coast probate attorney Alex Borden as administrator of Yancey's estate, and also to announce the establishment of the official J Dilla Foundation. The developments mark a new chapter in preserving and enhancing the legacy of the legendary artist and secure a means of future prosperity for his mother, Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey, daughters Ja'Mya Yancey and Ty-Monae Whitlow, and brother, John "Illa J" Yancey.
"I'm so excited because it's like one big organization," says Maureen Yancey, who has worked tirelessly to ensure that the well-being of her family remains a priority for all involved and her son's accomplishments are held in a positive and productive light. "We've got cutting-edge people all over the country waiting to work and be a part of it. Everybody's on one accord it seems like the universe is working with us."
Borden came on board last April following Arthur Erk's tenure as Executor and has been working closely with the Yancey family in developing creative opportunities for J Dilla's vast catalog of music. Says Yancey: "It's awesome to not only have things back on the right track, but to have people who are really in your corner. I'm just blown away by the past few years, and working doubly hard to get things corrected, it drives you. It's wonderful."
The Estate will serve as the channel through which the Yancey family will receive financial benefit from the J Dilla/Jay Dee name, merchandise, and recordings; the goal of which is to create a successful, joyous, and profitable enterprise to be controlled by the family once the probate process is complete. All business dealings with the music of James Yancey, Pay Jay Productions, Inc. and the Estate of James Yancey should be directed to the Estate through the newly launched official J Dilla website http://www.j-dilla.com. The Estate will also manage contracts, copyrights, and other matters relating to the Yancey name and/or Pay Jay Productions, Inc., and welcomes ideas, requests, and licensing opportunities for evaluation and review with the family.
"We're very happy about it," says Yancey in regards to her family's relationship to the new administration. "The entire family knows how Alex's team works and how they've pulled together and stood up for us even before this time, and it's just been excellent. The communication is wonderful. It's like family…we're just one big family."
In a separate but complementary role to the Estate, the newly established J Dilla Foundation has filed for tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status as a non-profit charitable institution to help fund the development of music in the inner city and provide scholarships to students enrolled at schools with progressive music curricula. Four initiatives will be launched each year and three cities chosen to enhance local music programs, with scholarships awarded to one or more students at the beginning of the fall semester. Target cities for 2010 are Detroit, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. The Foundation will hold fundraisers in each city with each effort anticipated to bring approximately in $10,000+ of donations.
"One of the things Dilla wanted me to do with his legacy was to use it to help others, people with illness, and kids who were musically gifted but had little hope due to poverty," says Yancey, founder and chair of the Foundation. "The Foundation is to keep Dilla's dream alive to help youth—those who aspire to make good music—and develop their time, talent, and nurture their skill. We also want to be there financially for those who are talented but don't have the money or access to the networks they need to help them grow."
By the time of his death in February of 2006 from complications due to Lupus, Yancey was revered by the music world for his contributions to hip-hop and R&B, emerging from the mid-1990s underground hip-hop scene in Detroit, Michigan to become one of the industry's most influential artists. "Every year, Dilla and his dream get bigger and bigger," says Yancey. "Every time I go to a different city and visit with his fans, the dream just grows. It's something that I can't even describe, and it's not going to die."
Estate of J Dilla/James Yancey
J Dilla Foundation