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Tax haven Information
A tax haven is a place where certain taxes are levied at a low rate or not at all. This encourages wealthy individuals and/or firms to establish themselves in areas that would otherwise be overlooked. Different jurisdictions tend to be havens for different types of taxes, and for different categories of people and/or companies.
Different definitions of tax havens exist. The Economist has tentatively adopted the description by Colin Powell (former Economic Adviser to Jersey): "What ... identifies an area as a tax haven is the existence of a composite tax structure established deliberately to take advantage of, and exploit, a worldwide demand for opportunities to engage in tax avoidance." The Economist points out that this definition would still exclude a number of jurisdictions traditionally thought of as tax havens.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) identifies three key factors in considering whether a jurisdiction is a tax haven:
1. No or only nominal taxes. Tax havens impose no or only nominal taxes (generally or in special circumstances) and offer themselves, or are perceived to offer themselves, as a place to be used by non-residents to escape tax in their country of residence.
2. Lack of effective exchange of information. Tax havens typically have laws or administrative practices under which businesses and individuals can benefit from strict secrecy rules and other protections against scrutiny by tax authorities. This prevents the effective exchange of information about taxpayers who are benefiting from the low tax jurisdiction.
3. Lack of transparency. A lack of transparency in the operation of the legislative, legal or administrative provisions is another factor used to identify tax havens. The OECD is concerned that laws should be applied openly and consistently, and that information needed by tax authorities to determine a taxpayer's situation is available. Lack of transparency in one country can make it difficult, if not impossible, for other tax authorities to apply their laws effectively and fairly. 'Secret rulings', negotiated tax rates, or other practices that fail to apply the law openly and consistently are examples of a lack of transparency. Inadequate regulatory supervision or a government's lack of legal access to financial records are contributing factors.
However the OECD found that its definition caught certain aspects of its members' tax systems (most developed countries have low or zero taxes for certain favoured groups). Its later work has therefore focused on the single aspect of information exchange. This is generally thought to be an inadequate definition of a tax haven, but is politically expedient because it includes the small tax havens (with little power in the international political arena) but exempts the powerful countries with tax haven aspects such as the USA and UK.
In deciding whether or not a jurisdiction is a tax haven, the first factor to look at is whether there are no or nominal taxes. If this is the case, the other two factors – whether or not there is a lack of effective exchange of information and transparency – must be analysed. Having no or nominal taxes is not sufficient, by itself, to characterise a jurisdiction as a tax haven. The OECD recognises that every jurisdiction has a right to determine whether to impose direct taxes and, if so, to determine the appropriate tax rate.
The use of differing tax laws between two or more countries to try and mitigate tax liability is probably as old as taxation itself. It is sometimes suggested that the practice first reached prominence relating to the use (or avoidance of) the Cinque ports and later the staple ports in the twefth and fourteenth centuries respectively. Others suggest that the Hanseatic League first embraced the concept of tax competition as early as 1241, while others argue that the tax status of the Vatican City was the earliest example of a tax haven (the first Papal States being recognised in 756).
Various countries claim to be the oldest tax haven in the world; the Channel Islands claim tax independence dating from the Norman Conquest, and the Isle of Man can trace its fiscal independence to even earlier times. Nonetheless, the modern concept of a tax haven is generally accepted to have emerged at an uncertain point in the immediate aftermath of World War I. Bermuda sometimes optimistically claims to have been the first tax haven based upon the creation of the first offshore companies legislation in 1935 by the newly created law firm of Conyers Dill & Pearman. However, the Bermudian claim is debatable when compared against the enactment of a Trust Law by Liechtenstein in 1926 to attract offshore capital.
Most commentators suggest that the first true tax haven was Switzerland, followed closely by Liechtenstein. During the early part of the twentieth century, Swiss banks had long been a capital haven for people fleeing social upheaval in Russia, Germany, South America and elsewhere. However, in the years immediately following World War I, many European governments raised taxes sharply to help pay for reconstruction. Switzerland, having remained neutral, avoided these costs and was able to keep taxes low, leading to an inflow of capital for purely tax related reasons. Nonetheless, it is difficult to point to a single event or date which constituted the emergence of the modern tax haven.
The use of modern tax havens has gone through several phases of development subsequent to the interwar period. From the 1920s to the 1950s, tax havens were usually referenced as the avoidance of personal taxation. The terminology was often used with reference to countries to which a person could retire and mitigate their post retirement tax position. However, from the 1950s onwards, there was significant growth in the use of tax havens by corporate groups to mitigate their global tax burden. This strategy generally relied upon there being a double taxation treaty between a large jurisdiction with a high tax burden (that the company would otherwise be subject to), and a smaller jurisdiction with a low tax burden (which, by structuring the group ownership through the smaller jurisdiction, they could take advantage of the double taxation treaty and pay taxes at the much lower rate). Although some of these double tax treaties survive, in the 1970s, most major countries began repealing their double taxation treaties with micro-states to prevent corporate tax leakage in this manner.
In the early to mid-1980s, most tax havens changed the focus of their legislation to create corporate vehicles which were "ring-fenced" and exempt from local taxation (although they usually could not trade locally either). These vehicles were usually called "exempt companies" or "International Business Corporations". However, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the OECD began a series of initiatives aimed at tax havens to curb the abuse of what the OECD referred to as "unfair tax competition". Under pressure from the OECD, most major tax havens repealed their laws permitting these ring-fenced vehicles to be incorporated, but concurrently they amended their tax laws so that a company which did not actually trade within the jurisdiction would not accrue any local tax liability.
Although tax havens are traditionally linked with images of prosperity, there have also been notable failures.
* Beirut formerly enjoyed a reputation as the only tax haven in the Middle East. However, its reputation took a severe dent after the Intra Bank crash of 1966, and the subsequent political and military deterioration of Lebanon destroyed any notion of the necessary stability for a successful tax haven.
* Liberia enjoyed a prosperous ship registration industry. The fact that the ship registration business still continues is partly a testament to its early success, and partly a testament to moving the national Shipping Registry to New York City, but the series of violent and bloody civil wars in the 1990s and early 2000s severely damaged confidence in the jurisdiction.
* Monaco is still regarded as a tax haven, in 1963 it surrendered to French demands to align its tax system with France in relation to French companies and French individuals. However, non-French citizens and companies can still enjoy zero taxation regime by moving to Monaco.
* Tangier enjoyed a brief but colourful existence as a tax haven in the period between the end of effective control by the Spanish in 1945 until it was formally reunited with Morocco in 1956.
* A number of Pacific based tax havens have literally closed up shop (although not formally) in response to OECD demands for better regulation and transparency in the late 1990s.
At the risk of gross oversimplification, it can be said that the advantages of tax havens are viewed in four principle contexts:
* Personal residency. Since the early twentieth century, wealthy individuals from high-tax jurisdictions have sought to relocate themselves in low-tax jurisdictions. In most countries in the world, residence is the primary basis of taxation. In some cases the low-tax jurisdictions levy no, or only very low, income tax. But almost no tax haven assesses any kind of capital gains tax, or inheritance tax. Individuals who are unable to return to a high-tax country in which they used to reside for more than a few days a year are sometimes referred to as tax exiles.
* Asset holding. Asset holding involves utilising a trust or a company, or a trust owning a company. The company or trust will be formed in one tax haven, and will usually be administered and resident in another. The function is to hold assets, which may consist of a portfolio of investments under management, trading companies or groups, physical assets such as real estate or valuable chattels. The essence of such arrangements is that by changing the ownership of the assets into an entity which is not resident in the high-tax jurisdiction, they cease to be taxable in that jurisdiction. Often the mechanism is employed to avoid a specific tax. For example, a wealthy testator could transfer his house into an offshore company; he can then settle the shares of the company on trust for himself for life, and then to his daughter. On his death, the shares will automatically vest in the daughter, who thereby acquires the house, without the house having to go through probate and being assessed with inheritance tax.
* Trading and other business activity. Many businesses which do not require a specific geographical location or extensive labour are set up in tax havens, to minimise tax exposure. Perhaps the best illustration of this is the number of reinsurance companies which have migrated to Bermuda over the years. Other examples include internet based services and group finance companies. In the 1970s and 1980s corporate groups were known to form offshore entities for the purposes of "reinvoicing". These reinvoicing companies simply made a margin without performing any economic function, but as the margin arose in a tax free jurisdiction, it allowed the group to "skim" profits from the high-tax jurisdiction. Most sophisticated tax codes now prevent transfer pricing scams of this nature.
* Financial intermediaries. Much of the economic activity in tax havens today consists of professional financial services such as mutual funds, banking, life insurance and pensions. Generally the funds are deposited with the intermediary in the low-tax jurisdiction, and the intermediary then on-lends or invests the money (often back into a high-tax jurisdiction). Although such systems do not normally avoid tax in the principal customer's jurisdiction, it enables financial service providers to provide multi-jurisdictional products without adding an additional layer of taxation. This has proved particularly successful in the area of offshore funds.
Many high tax jurisdictions have enacted legislation to counter the tax sheltering potential of tax havens. Generally, such legislation tends to operate in one of five ways:
1. attributing the income and gains of the company or trust in the tax haven to a taxpayer in the high-tax jurisdiction on an arising basis. Controlled Foreign Corporation legislation is probably the best example of this.
2. transfer pricing rules, standardisation of which has been greatly helped by the promulgation of OECD guidelines.
3. restrictions on deductibility, or imposition of a withholding tax when payments are made to offshore recipients.
4. taxation of receipts from the entity in the tax haven, sometimes enhanced by notional interest to reflect the element of deferred payment. The EU withholding tax is probably the best example of this.
5. exit charges, or taxing of unrealised capital gains when an individual, trust or company emigrates.
However, many jurisdictions employ blunter rules. For example, in France securities regulations are such that it is not possible to have a public bond issue through a company incorporated in a tax haven.
Also becoming increasingly popular is "forced disclosure" of tax mitigation schemes. Broadly, these involve the revenue authorities compelling tax advisors to reveal details of the scheme, so that the loopholes can be closed during the following tax year, usually by one of the five methods indicated above. Although not specifically aimed at tax havens, given that so many tax mitigation schemes involve the use of offshore structures, the effect is much the same.
There are several reasons for a nation to become a tax haven. Some nations may find they do not need to charge as much as some industrialised countries in order for them to be earning sufficient income for their annual budgets. Some may offer a lower tax rate to larger corporations, in exchange for the companies locating a division of their parent company in the host country and employing some of the local population. Other domiciles find this is a way to encourage conglomerates from industrialised nations to transfer needed skills to the local population. Still yet, some countries simply find it costly to compete in many other sectors with industrialised nations and have found a low tax rate mixed with a little self-promotion can go a long way to lure companies to their domiciles.
Many industrialised countries claim that tax havens act unfairly by reducing tax revenue which would otherwise be theirs. Various pressure groups also claim that money launderers also use tax havens extensively,[16] although extensive financial and KYC regulations in tax havens can actually make money laundering more difficult than in large onshore financial centers with significantly higher volumes of transactions, such as New York City or London. In 2000 the Financial Action Task Force published what came to be known as the "FATF Blacklist" of countries which were perceived to be uncooperative in relation to money laundering; although several tax havens have appeared on the list from time to time (including key jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands, Bahamas and Liechtenstein), no offshore jurisdictions appear on the list at this time.
* Andorra. No personal income tax.
* Anguilla - A British Colony and offshore banking center
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Aruba
* The Bahamas levies neither personal income nor capital gains tax, nor are there inheritance taxes.
* Barbados - A 'Low-tax regime' not 'Tax haven'. - The government of Barbados sent off a high level note to members of the United States Congress recently in protest of the label "Tax Haven" stating it has the potential to undermine or override the Barbados/United States double taxation agreement.[
* Belize
* Bermuda does not levy income tax on foreign earnings, and allows foreign companies to incorporate there under an "exempt" status. Exempt companies may not hold real estate in Bermuda or trade there, nor may they be involved in banking, insurance, assurance, reinsurance, fund management or similar business, such as investment advice, without a license. The island also maintains a stable, clean reputation in the business world. At present, there are no benefits for individuals. In fact, for a non-Bermudian to own a house on the island, they would have to pay a minimum of $15,000 a year in land tax alone.
* Bosnia and Herzegovina - Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina levies 10 % profit tax
* British Virgin Islands: the 2000 KPMG report to the United Kingdom government indicated that the British Virgin Islands was the domicile for approximately 41% of the world's offshore companies, making it by some distance the largest offshore jurisdiction in the world by volume of incorporations. The British Virgin Islands has, so far, avoided the scandals which have tainted less well regulated offshore jurisdictions.
* Bulgaria - corporate taxes 10 % since 2007.01.01, dividends - 7 %
* Campione d'Italia an Italian enclave within Switzerland
* Cayman Islands
* In the Channel Islands, no tax is paid by corporations or individuals on foreign income and gains. Non-residents are not taxed on local income. Local taxation is at a fixed rate of 20% in Jersey, Guernsey, & Alderney and 0% in Sark.
* Cook Islands
* Cyprus: this jurisdiction has grown recently in popularity and anticipates further future growth. As a jurisdiction Cyprus is in a position to exploit its unusual position as an offshore jurisdiction which is within the EU.
* Dubai
* Gibraltar
* Hong Kong's tax rates are so low that it can be considered a tax haven.
* Ireland did not tax the foreign income of authors and artists until 2006. Corporation tax is only 10% or 12.5%. Income not remitted to Ireland by Irish residents not-domiciled in either Ireland or the UK can escape taxation Ireland.
* The Isle of Man does not charge corporation tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax or wealth tax. Personal income tax is levied at 18% on the worldwide income of Isle of Man residents, up to a maximum tax liability of £100,000. Banking income tax is levied on the profits of Isle of Man based banks at 10%.
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Macau
* Malta - Shareholders of certain companies pay less than 5% tax
* Mauritius-based front companies of foreign investors are used to avoid paying taxes in India utilising loopholes in the bilateral agreement on double taxation between the two countries, with the tacit support of the Indian government, who are keen to improve figures relating to inward investment. The use of Mauritius as a gateway to funnel foreign investments into India has always been controversial. Mauritius's financial regime has a number of the key characteristics of a tax haven, which has helped to facilitate this.
* Macedonia - corporate taxes 10 % since 2008 (now 12 %), income taxes 10 % since 2008 (now 12 %), tax on reinvestment profit 0 %
* Monaco does not levy a personal income tax.
* Nauru - No taxes. Only tax in country is an airport departure tax.
* Netherlands Antilles
* Nevis
* New Zealand does not tax foreign income derived by NZ trusts settled by foreigners of which foreign residents are the beneficiaries. Nor does it tax the foreign income of new residents for four years.
* Norfolk Island - no personal income tax.
* Panama
* Russia - 13% income tax
* Samoa
* San Marino
* Sark
* Seychelles
* St Kitts and Nevis
* St Vincent and the Grenadines
* Switzerland is a tax haven for foreigners who become resident after negotiating the amount of their income subject to taxation with the canton in which they intend to live. Typically taxable income is assumed to be five times the accommodation rental paid. Vaud is the most popular canton for this scheme. For businesses, the canton of Zug is popular, with over 6000 holding companies.
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* The UK is a tax haven for people of foreign domicile, even if they are UK resident (residence and domicile being separate legal concepts in the UK), in that they pay no tax on foreign income so long as it is not remitted to the UK.
* Some states within the United States, particularly Delaware, offer incentives for businesses to locate there. Many banks and other financial companies are domiciled in the state of Delaware even though Delaware is one of the smallest states in the USA.
* Uruguay no personal income tax.
* United States Virgin Islands offers a 90% exemption from U.S. income taxes and 100% exemption from all other taxes and customs duties to certain qualified taxpayers.
* Vanuatu
Some tax havens including some of the ones listed above do charge income tax as well as other taxes such as capital gains, inheritance tax, and so forth. Criteria distinguishing a taxpayer from a non-taxpayer can include citizenship and residency and source of income.
Amounts
While incomplete, and with the limitations discussed below, the available statistics nonetheless indicate that offshore banking is a very sizeable activity. IMF calculations based on BIS data suggest that for selected OFCs (Offshore Financial Centres), on balance sheet OFC cross-border assets reached a level of US$4.6 trillion at end-June 1999 (about 50 percent of total cross-border assets), of which US$0.9 trillion in the Caribbean, US$1 trillion in Asia, and most of the remaining US$2.7 trillion accounted for by the IFCs (International Financial Centers), namely London, the U.S. IBFs, and the JOM (Japanese Offshore Market).[24]
Tax Justice Network, an anti-tax haven pressure group, suggests that global tax revenue lost to tax havens exceeds US$255 billion per annum, although those figures are not widely accepted. Estimates by the OECD suggest that by 2007 capital held offshore amounts to somewhere between US$5 trillion and US$7 trillion, making up approximately 6-8% of total global investments under management. Of this, approximately US$1.4 trillion is estimate to be held in the Cayman Islands alone.
The Center for Freedom and Prosperity disputes claims about foregone tax revenue. Academic researchers also have found that tax havens actually boost prosperity in neighboring jurisdictions by creating tax-efficient platforms for economic activity - much of which would not occur if subject to onerous taxes if controlled by a domestic entity.
Modern developments
On 25 January 2007 Senator Byron Dorgan (for himself and on behalf of Carl Levin and Russ Feingold) presented a bill to the U.S. Senate to amend the U.S. Internal Revenue Code 1986 to treat controlled foreign corporations which are established in tax havens as domestic corporations, and subject to full taxation as such within the U.S.
The proposed amendment would define the following countries as tax havens for the purposes of the legislation: Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Monaco, Montserrat, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Niue, Panama, Samoa, San Marino, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Tongo, Turks and Caicos, and Vanuatu.
That draft legislation was superseded by the unambiguously named Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act which was introduced by Senator Levin together with Presidential candidate Barack Obama and Senator Norm Coleman.[29] The Act would introduce a large number of measures designated to attack transactions perceived to facilitate unlawful tax avoidance by the use of offshore tax havens. Broadly same list of countries above was included in the earlier bill as designated tax havens, but with the addition of Aruba, Costa Rica, Sark and Alderney (which are treated, curiously, as sub-sets of Guernsey rather than independent jurisdicions), Hong Kong, Latvia, Luxembourg, Singapore, Switzerland and the removal of Andorra, Bahrain, Liberia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Montserrat, Niue, San Marino, Seychelles and Tongo.
Some of the measures highlighted include:
* creating a presumption that an offshore company or offshore trust is controlled by the U.S. taxpayer who formed it.
* empowering the U.S. Treasury to take special measures against foreign jurisdictions which "impede" U.S. tax enforcement.
* requiring U.S. financial institutions that open accounts for foreign entities controlled by U.S. clients, or open accounts in offshore secrecy jurisdictions for U.S. clients, or establish entities offshore for U.S. clients, to report such actions to the IRS.
* taxing income originating from offshore trusts used to buy real estate, artwork and jewelry for U.S. persons, and treating as trust beneficiaries those persons who actually receive offshore trust assets.
* increasing current penalties on promoters of unlawful tax shelter.
* prohibiting the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from issuing patents for "inventions designed to minimize, avoid, defer, or otherwise affect liability for Federal, State, local, or foreign tax".
* requiring hedge funds and company formation agents to establish anti-money laundering programmes equivalent to those which apply to banks and other financial institutions.
Many of the intiatives appear politically populist rather than a serious attempt to curb tax mitigation schemes. Other aspects of the legislation seem to be predicated on outdated stereotypes of tax havens, and assume that most tax havens continue to operate a culture of secrecy and with complete disregard for modern know-your-client requirements, and bear little relationship to modern commercial practice. The fact that the bill is expressed to designate four European Union countries (Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg and Malta) and three other leading global economies (Hong Kong, Singapore and Switzerland) automatically as non-cooperative tax havens might indicate the limited prospects of the bill becoming law in its current form.
Led by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, various free-market groups, think tanks, and taxpayer organizations have encouraged the Bush Administration to reject legislation seeking to penalize low-tax jurisdictions.
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Twitter and critics are torn over 'The Goldfinch'
Before the film premiere, awards season rumours were buzzing. Now, we're not so sure
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In 2013, author Donna Tartt released the novel 'The Goldfinch'. The fiction, coming-of-age tale was praised by critics and readers for its first-person depiction of 13-year-old Theodore Decker after he survives a terrorist bombing at an art museum where his mother dies. The aftermath found the young boy clutching the golden-age painting entitled 'The Goldfinch' which later becomes a source of hope for Decker as he descends into a world of crime. The book won an array of prestigious awards so when it was announced it would be adapted into a feature film, naturally, awards season buzz ensued. However after it premiered at Toronto International Film Festival this week, it has appeared that Twitter and critics are torn over the forthcoming film.
From the beginning it was known that such character study would be hard to adapt into just a couple of hours of footage, but despite an a-list cast – including Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman, Finn Wolfhard and Sarah Paulson – and direction from acclaimed award winner John Crowley, critics aren't impressed.
CNET described it as "unsatisfying" while Rollingstone called it a "stolen opportunity" before giving the film an abysmal one star.
"Sad to say, there are no surprises for audiences in The Goldfinch. Sure, it's gorgeous to look at. But the beauty of the costumes and production design merely create a gilded cage for gifted actors who appear and disappear at the director's will, while given scant opportunity to develop characters that might resonate," Rollingstone's Peter Travers wrote.
For Twitter, the feed is ablaze with different reactions to not only the film but critic's opinions. Early critiques can make or break how a film will perform in the box office but if last year's release of Bohemian Rhapsody is anything to go by, it could be up to public opinion. Diehard fans appear to be unswayed by early reports and the Twitter sphere is entertaining nevertheless.
I don't care if The Goldfinch is bad. I want to see it *now*
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) September 13, 2019
the goldfinch got bad ratings cus of finns accent https://t.co/IkYkwVwi7D
— jessie (@jesssielouise) September 12, 2019
secured a ticket to see the goldfinch tomorrow even tho the r*views are h*rrible because i have to make sure nicole kidman continues to get that coin pic.twitter.com/RT2ijdf6hI
— jj (@suckfubway) September 12, 2019
me trying to decide if i should ignore every single review for the goldfinch and pay to go see it pic.twitter.com/VgLHAgq7lG
— rose tyler lovebot (@moonlightngs) September 13, 2019
me anticipating the goldfinch vs seeing the early reviews pic.twitter.com/tayPENLnho
— sami (@grcyjedi) September 9, 2019
me reading some of the bad reviews of The Goldfinch pic.twitter.com/enxEZ7Wxql
— 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 ϟ ⎊🎈 (@bringpeterback) September 10, 2019
me avoiding all the bad reviews of the goldfinch because i'm gonna go see it regardless. pic.twitter.com/ZAHNiuQ06w
— 𝘬𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭. || 𝘢𝘶 𝘪𝘯 📌 (@voideI) September 9, 2019
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• Watch the two-part political special from Tuesday June 25 at 8:00pm AEST.
Sky News has revealed a first look at its exclusive political special Bad Blood: Toppling Turnbull and New Blood: Morrison's Miracle.
The two-part television event will premiere on Tuesday June 25 at 8:00pm AEST and Wednesday June 26 at 8:00pm AEST on Sky News Live on Foxtel and regional free-to-air channel, Sky News on WIN.
A dedicated microsite at skynews.com.au/badblood features exclusive first look videos from the documentary series and a supporting podcast series.
Following the extraordinary result in the federal election, the special, hosted by soon-to-depart award-winning Sky News political editor David Speers, takes viewers inside Scott Morrison's "miracle" win.
Speers explores how the Coalition went from being supposedly unelectable, to a stunning victory. Bad Blood: Toppling Turnbull is the first of two must-see political blockbusters. Key figures reveal, for the first time, what really happened in the spill, which cost Malcolm Turnbull the top job, exposing shocking enmities and reveals the unlikely alliances which led the Liberals to such a brutal and dramatic change of leadership.
Then in part two, New Blood: Morrison's Miracle viewers will see how Scott Morrison rebuilt his party, won the "unwinnable" election, and secured his place in political history.
Drawing on its unrivalled coverage of August's leadership spill, Sky News has surfaced key moments, interviews and news conferences surrounding the extraordinary political event to provide viewers with a deeper insight into the events as well as the aftermath.
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Start with Me is part of start>Becoming a Good Samaritan, a nationwide church and small group experience that features an impressive list of national and international supporters---including host and award-winning author John Ortberg, Eugene Peterson, Philip Yancey, Matthew Sleeth, Jim Cymbala, Chuck Colson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Brenda Salter McNeil, Kay Warren, Joni Eareckson Tada, Rob Bell, Shane Claiborne, and many others. In Start with Me, a group of fictional friends in Santa Fe, New Mexico are leading normal, safe, Christian lives. Independently, each of them has begun to wonder, 'Isn't there more?' As their stories unfold, you will begin to experience what it looks like to step out in faith and act upon Jesus' command to 'love our neighbors' in a hurting world. Like the characters in the book your life will be transformed as you search for your own starting point and ask God to direct your path to the person that needs your help, your healing touch, your prayers... your neighborly love!
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The scourge of substance and alcohol abuse continues its rampant rise in SA. Shockingly, children as young as 9 years of age are becoming hooked on drugs. Substance and alcohol abuse cuts across age, race, social standing, gender, even religion, wrecking havoc not only in the lives of the addict and their loved ones, but on society as a whole, threatening our economy and our human resources.
I have seen many marriages of professional people fail because one or even both of them have fallen prey to a drug or alcohol addiction. Often the addict is in denial and refuses to get help. What can be done to prevent a loved one's downward spiral into the abyss? Can a person be compelled to go to rehab if he or she is an addict?
The short answer is yes. The Prevention Of and Treatment Of Substance Abuse Act 2008 is the Act which sets out how and under what circumstances a person can be forced to attend a rehab treatment centre. The Act recognizes the harm associated with substance abuse and looks at how rehabilitation institutions can assist a drug user and allow for his or her eventual reintegration into society. With regard to children, (under 18 years) the Act says that: If a child displays behaviour which cannot be controlled by the parent or caregiver, or lives or works on the streets or begs for a living, or is addicted to a dependence-producing substance and is without any support to obtain treatment for such dependency, that child is said to be in need of care and protection. A social worker will be required to place the child in a temporary shelter. If the addict is a child then their best interests, as enshrined in Section 28 of our Constitution, remain paramount.
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I'm not a practicing Catholic, but I do believe confession is good for the soul, so here's mine: I have this weird (and well documented) thing for cornball Christmas specials.
Why? I blame the '80s. I spent about 43 percent of that decade watching TV. And with only four channels to choose from (my parents refused to get cable) I had to rely on whatever the networks aired and hope for the best.
Sadly, that hope was often misplaced, especially around the holidays when networks would broadcast very special holiday episodes that might as well have been cooked up by a nefarious cell of Santa-hating atheists, such was their power to make Christmas look lame.
And yet, as Alf is my witness, I loved them. No, I hated them. No, I loved them. No, I tolerated them. Anyway, here are my most memorable holiday special dumpster fires from years past. You'll find, I think, a healthy mixture of horrible wonderfulness, beautiful misery, agony, and ecstasy. Happy holidays, kids.
Brandon, Brenda, Dylan, Kelly and the rest of the 30-year-old teens celebrated many Christmases during their original run, but none were more infamous than the episode that took the angel motif from It's a Wonderful Life and beat it to death with a stick. The episode concludes with two off-screen angels (helpfully represented by stock footage of blinking stars) intervening to prevent the bus-riding teens from colliding with a rusty garbage truck. After this aired in 1992, I remember turning to my sister and saying, with utmost sincerity, "What?" 24 years later, I still don't know.
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I know, I know. It's Alf and Alf was always lame, so of course the Christmas episode was too. True. But hear me out, because this two-parter (remember those?) found a way to make a show about a wise-ass alien puppet incredibly depressing (while still using a laugh track). Basic plot: The Tanners go to a cabin for Christmas. Alf gets lost and mistaken for a stuffed animal. Hilarity ensues, right? WRONG! Alf winds up in the hands of a very sick young girl and learns an important lesson about how the grim specter of death is never far away. And… scene.
He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
Welcome to the wonderful world of Eternia, where every character is on steroids and the wearing of loin clothes is enforceable by law. In this yuletide special, a couple of ragamuffins from Earth are kidnapped and end up in the hands of the evil Skeletor. Things looks very grim indeed because Skeletor is one mean S.O.B. But then he has a change of heart and decides he wants to protect the kids from the elements as they traipse through a blizzard. Why? Does he have an even more sinister plan? Is he going to harvest their organs? Nope. He's been transformed by the magic of Christmas. Oof. Not believable, Skelly, totally out of character. It's as if a misogynist suddenly started respecting women. That's not that a bad idea, but just doesn't seem very likely.
For decades, it was just a rumor: A Star Wars Holiday Special featuring all the main actors partaking in jaw-droppingly lame variety show skits about "Life Day"? No way could that be true. But then the Internets happened and people started to sell old VHS copies on eBay and the world bore witness to the horror that is four wookiees grunting at each other with no subtitles. And that's just the first 15 minutes. Stick around and watch Bea Arthur do standup, Carrie Fisher sing, and Chewbacca's father enjoy virtual reality wookiee porn. I'm not joking. People really made this. It exists and no list of worst Christmas anything can be complete without it. Like the Grand Canyon, it has to be seen to be believed.
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Fernando Henrique Cardoso is the two-term President of the Federal Republic of Brazil, first inaugurated on January 1st, 1995 and re-elected by an absolute majority on October 4th, 1998. President Cardoso's term ended January 1st, 2003.
President Cardoso was elected to the Brazilian senate from the state of Sao Paulo in 1986, and two years later helped to found the Social Democratic party. He later served from 1992 to 1993 as Foreign Minister and became Economy Minister in 1993, credited with successfully controlling inflation and turning the troubled Brazilian economy around. He was elected president in 1994 and quickly moved to reduce government involvement in the economy and to attract foreign investment to Brazil.
A leading Latin American sociologist, President Cardoso is currently a professor-at-large at the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies at Brown University. He delivers lectures, participates in various symposia, and interacts with students in the classroom. He works with faculty in development studies, Latin American studies, Portuguese and Brazilian studies, and other departments, institutes, and centers.
He has been a visiting professor at various academic centers in Europe and the United Sates, including the Collège de France, University of Paris, University of Cambridge, University of Berkeley, and Stanford University. Some of his books on sociology, political science and international relations are translated in several languages (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Romanian, and others). He also speaks English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
In his speeches, President Cardoso draws from his experience as head of state in a major emerging economy. He is uniquely qualified to address his speaking topics, which includes Global Governance in the 21st Century: A look at contemporary world affairs (namely the fact that the economy has become global but politics has not), and Globalization and Public Policies: an insight into the opportunities and constraints set by the globalization process.
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Women are known to wear different styles and trends throughout the year when it comes to their fashion, but there are also a number of different looks available for men. The fall season is a great time for men to look edgy and masculine with different menswear styles that are currently on the runway. To enhance your look and feel confident, there are a few fall 2016 fashion statements to incorporate into your wardrobe.
Men who want to look edgy and sharp can wear a leather moto jacket during the fall season with for a garment that continues to remain popular on the fashion scene. The jacket can be paired with ripped jeans and a loose t-shirt for a casual look that is put together.
For the man who isn't afraid to take a few chances with his wardrobe, funnel necks are considered to be a modern turtleneck that adds extra warmth during the fall season. The mock turtlenecks are extremely loose and model an urban style that is perfect to wear in the city. You can easily wear the item under a heavy coat or with a blazer when you want to stand out in a crowd.
Copper is one of the most popular colors to incorporate into your style for fall with a seasonal shade that is still masculine. Consider wearing a copper tie to the office or purchase a few copper t-shirts to use with your favorite pair of dark jeans. Copper boots or oxford business shoes will also enhance your style with a touch of color that blends in well with the outdoors.
Duffle coats are heavy and will keep the chill away with a long coat that is considered to be classic outerwear. The coat is ideal in camel or brown shades and often comes with a hood for added detail. Pair the garment with combat boots and camo pants to create an outfit that you'll want to show off.
Pajama suits are one of the latest looks for women, but they've also transitioned over to menswear with bold versions available. You can pair the casual suit with tennis shoes or business shoes while attending semi-formal events. Although the neck of the pajamas dips low, you can pair a shirt underneath for extra coverage that will allow you to stay comfortable.
Although black is a common color to wear in past years, navy replaces the edgy shade this season for a color that is still dark but stands out more. Consider wearing navy scarves, shoes, and pants to change up your look and rock modern attire that is fashion-forward.


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I have a space in a office building in which I created an art gallery. Yesterday the space had a Reception for the Young Artists from Wren Elementary School. Wren Avenue Elementary is transitioning to be the MDUSD Visual and Performing Arts magnet school. We are creating a collaborative community providing an artistic avenue for students to fulfill high academic expectations in the arts, reading, writing, English language development, math, science and technology.
The picture above features (left to right) Aline Lee – School Principal, Nellie Meyer – Mt. Diablo Unified School Superintendent, Sandi Sherwood ~ President of The Concord Arts Association, Beth Bremer ~ 1st Grade Teacher, Eric Vandetta ~ Kindergarten teacher and Cherise Khaund ~ President at MDUSD Education Foundation.
Sandi Sherwood and I met last year at a fundraiser for the Concord Arts Association and yesterday's event was successful because of her. She met with the school, worked with them to bring the artwork of the Young Artists into our gallery. Three cheers to her!
Now to see the show visit the gallery Normal hours are Tuesday – Saturday 12-2pm. However this coming Saturday, May 12th we will be open from 1-4pm during the Concord's Art and Wine walk.
All sales of the Young Artists artwork goes directly back to Wren Elementary. There are a few pieces still available to purchase.
Opening of our next show ~ Anything Goes will be on May 12th. Stop by, meet the artists, meet Beth/Eric from Wren Elementary, taste some wine, get a snack of cheese and crackers.
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With all 12 Championship matches taking place today, it promises to be a busy afternoon of action. Here we preview one of the key games as the Championship enters its tenth round of fixtures..
Two of last season's relegated sides meet at Ewood Park. Blackburn have began life without Steve Kean with successive away draws, and caretaker boss Eric Black will be hoping he can pick up his first win in front of his own supporters.
It will be interesting to see what the atmosphere is like at Ewood Park today. Will the fans flock back, since their wishes to have Steve Kean removed from the managerial position being finally granted? Will there still be protests aimed at the Venky's?
Either way, it should be a tight game with both sides deadlocked on 16 points from the opening 9 fixtures. Wolves have gone about their business quietly so far, but sit in 6th place after recovering from a somewhat sluggish start which could be attributed to adjusting to the losses of both Matt Jarvis and Steven Fletcher.


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Kate and Jack's wedding at Kate's parents Griswold, Connecticut home, was one of the most joyous weddings I've seen. There was so much kindness and closeness amongst both of these families. Kate and Jack are truly special people who will do amazing things in their life together. The caterer Russel Morin was fantastic!! I had an absolutely delicious vegetarian meal. Highly recommend!!


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The emergence of non-traditional threats in the region is a major concern and collective efforts should be made for greater maritime partnerships, State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene said.
The state minister expressed these views at the opening session of the 15th Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting (HACGAM) - Working Level Meeting (WLM) hosted by the Sri Lanka Coastguard (SLCG) in Colombo on yesterday (9).
The HACGAM is a high-level multilateral meeting of Coast Guards and Maritime Law Enforcement agencies to ensure safe, secure and cleaner seas in the Asian region which was originated by the initiatives of Japan in 2004. Presently, the HACGAM consists of 22 members.
He said regional forums like the HACGAM can play a major role in providing a platform for much needed discussion and medium to form stronger partnerships among the maritime community.
"The maritime domain and its affairs have become one of the crucial factors that have the ability to decide and influence present as well as future affairs to a great extent. The Indo-Pacific region is fast becoming the centre of gravity in world affairs and has become the central area for maritime geopolitics, security, trade and environmental activities," he said.
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Army Communications Circa 1920
The advent of trench warfare plus the development of machine guns, tanks, and airplanes during World War I created problems in communications even within one country's forces. Because the trenches of opposing forces were often relatively close, visual signals were easily intercepted and exposed the sender to machine gun fire. The allies turned to telephone and telegraph communication which required stringing thousands of miles of wire, a slow and dangerous task.
The photograph shows a U. S. Army Signal Corps service buzzer, manufactured by the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company of Rochester, New York.
This battery-operated device could be used to send either telephone or telegraph messages. Telegraph signals were considered more secure and easier to understand if sent under heavy (noisy) bombardment. These devices required constant monitoring and were less useful in battle when the army advanced beyond the lines or when the lines were cut or destroyed by bombing. Without good communication rapidly advancing troops had no way to let heavy artillery units know their location, sometimes resulting in shelling by their own forces.
Wireless radio sets of the era were too bulky to be easily carried and were difficult to tune when there were many frequencies operating in the same area. Radio technology improved near the end of the war but much of the development of wireless communication took place in the following decade.
Sometimes the solution was a return to an earlier technology—the sending of messengers by homing pigeons. The U. S. Army had over 600 pigeons in France. The pigeons successfully delivered about 95 percent of the messages given them. In one instance, a group of soldiers who were surrounded by the enemy and out of supplies and encountering friendly fire sent a message out with their last homing pigeon. The pigeon made it to headquarters in spite of being shot in the breast, blinded in one eye, and with a leg that was almost completely severed. The bird, Cher Ami, lived and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Click on the following URL for a picture of Cher Ami at the Smithsonian.
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The School Day Circa 1920
The last post described what the school buildings and classrooms were like circa 1920. This post will draw on documents in the Benton County Museum's archives to describe what the school day was like and what students of that era learned.
Alpine, Oregon school bell
Many of the school days began with the ringing of a bell. This one from the museum's collection was used at the Alpine School in the early 1920s. George Oakes, who taught grades 6-8, would ring the bell in the morning and 15 minutes early at noon for the upper grades as they had to get the wood and do chores.
At Corvallis's North (Franklin) School the principal struck a triangle instead of ringing a bell. The students lined up by class and marched to their classrooms to a march played on the piano by one of the teachers. According to an account by Doris Wiese Thomas Dreger, the day with the students standing by their desks until greeted by the teacher who then "...took out her pitch pipe, blew a note, and we began singing lustily:
'Good morning to you, good morning to you. We're all in out places with sunshiny faces, For this is the way to start a new day, This is the day to be happy and gay.' As we grew older, this song was substituted with "America" and the flag salute....it was a great honor to be chosen to lead the salute for a week at a time."
Warren King's account of Sunnyside School days notes that "We did have to raise out hands (or not) as every morning we were asked if we had brushed out teeth and washed our hands and face. On good days we would raise the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance outside."
Doris Dreger remembered some of the things they learned in first grade. Her teacher "...gave me a fine start in phonics and reading. I learned the sounds well and unhesitatingly tackled many syllable words. We sat in little chairs in the front of the room while she drilled us on the phonics chart.
"We began cursive Palmer method of writing with ink from the start. It featured the large muscles of the arm pushing and pulling while the little finger rested on the paper. There was no finger movements and the pen was grasped very lightly....We learned to write the upper and lower case letters and all the figures to 100 as well as to say them aloud. We learned to tell time."
She also remembers that in second grade they learned to add and subtract and had weekly spelling lists of 20 words.
In third grade "...we learned our multiplication tables through the 9's. We were drilled and drilled on these....No counting on our fingers...the emphasis was mental arithmetic and push for speed."
She also remembered that sixth grade they used "...the Perry Art miniature pictures of great artists of the past. We kept a composition book ...and wrote briefly about the author and time of painting."
Seventh grade was taught by Mr. L. D. Griffee, the principal, who "had a way of telling stories to make geography come alive....This is the year we took the state examination in geography."
Other state examinations were given in the eighth grade. A copy of the 1925 test is given below.
1925 State of Oregon agricultural
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1925 State of Oregon spelling
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Benton County Schools
It's September—back to school time! I wondered what schools were like in the circa 1920 (1914-15 to 1924-5) period covered by the Benton County Museum's current exhibition. I consulted the museum's archives and Marlene McDonald's book, When School Bells Rang. I was surprised to find how many school districts there were in the county (as many as 66 at one time) and how many of them were served by a single school, often with only one room for grades 1 to 8. In rural areas, schools such as that at Aldergrove, three miles north of Hoskins, a single room school served the 10 to 30 students that lived close enough to walk or ride a horse.
Aldergrove school, 1915
In addition to transportation issues, the cities encompassed a much smaller area circa 1920 so schools that today we might think of as in a city, were then part of separate school districts. Examples of districts outside the Corvallis city limits of the times include Sunnyside (school near 9th and Elks Drive), Witham (school on Witham Hill beyond the cemetery), and Lincoln (in what is now south Corvallis).
Witham School, Benton County, Oregon
What also surprised me was how many students of the circa 1920 era attended school in relatively new buildings. The districts with schools built in 1910 to 1925 include Alpine, Auxiliary, Beaver Creek, Bellfountain, Fairplay, Fern Ridge, Fir Grove, Greenberry, Hazel Glen, Hoskins, Independent, Irish Bend, Lincoln, Monroe, Mountain View, Pleasant Valley, Roy Rickard, Devitt, Sunnyside. In addition to building a high school in 1909, the Corvallis district added three new elementary buildings: the 8 room South or Roosevelt School (1912), Washington or East School (now the Benton Center) in 1923-24 and Harding or West School in that same year. The Central School then became the junior high school. Philomath added the four-classroom West School in 1900 and a high school in 1911.
Philomath Public School, Benton County, Oregon
What were these schools like on the inside?
The museum's archives contain a manuscript written by Warren King that describes his time at Sunnyside School. "I started school at Sunnyside, District 45, Benton County, sometime in early September of the year 1918....It was a one room, eight class school. As I remember, there were four rows of desks and about eight to a row with most of the smaller desks in front....The room was heated by a wood-burning heating stove. I believe the teacher received five dollars extra a month for coming early and building the fire. The students split most of the kindling and cleaned blackboards and erasers....The restrooms were outhouses—a new one was built about 1920, but it didn't do the boys much good as the teacher assigned it to the girls and herself..."
Sunnyside School, Benton County, Oregon
City schools were somewhat different. The archives contain several manuscripts describing Corvallis's North or Franklin School. The school was originally built on Sixth Street in 1903 to relieve congestion at the Central School. It was cut in half and moved to a lot across from the current Franklin School in 1909 to make room for the high school.
North School, Corvallis, Oregon
In North-Franklin School 1919-1926, Doris Wiese Thomas Dreger says "Our rooms were conducive for learning. We were comfortable from many radiators of steam heat in each room. The furnace in the basement burned large slab wood and was fired by the janitor....Black blackboards lined two walls and part of a third.....Above the blackboards was a cork strip for posting pupils' good work, pictures, the alphabet and numbers in the lower grades, etc...Below the blackboards was beautiful wood paneling....The floors were wooden. The janitor soaked them in oil about every week to keep down the dust...I think the desks were fastened to thick boards so they could be moved for floor cleanup and for adding and re-arranging the desks." She also noted that there was "a wonderful large playshed" available for the children to play in on rainy days. Doris lived on a farm somewhat over a mile north of the city limits and was actually in the Witham School District. But to get there when the roads were impassable ("about seven months of the year") required a much longer round-about route, so her parents paid sixty dollars for their three children to attend Corvallis schools.
Alice Anderson Herrick Jensen Teeter also attended North-Franklin School and writes "at the south side of the building on the second floor they put in a slide for fire drills. I think that came when I was in the sixth grade (1924)." She also notes that "we had regular inside toilets in the basement—one for girls and a separate one for boys....In the room we had a pencil sharpener, world globe, some books, and sometimes decorations on the windows....I believe there were charts that either pulled down like a shade or flipped over."
The 1915 photograph below shows of one of the 4 classrooms in the 2-story Alsea School of 1909.
Alsea School, Benton County, Oregon
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The graphics of the game seem to be poor. I can't select the resolution but can only choose between high and low quality graphics. Yet regardless of what choice I make, the graphics remain the same - POOR!! What gives???
i always run my games in 800 x 600 because i find the menus etc to small if you set it to a higher resolution. dont expect pyro to change it, take it as it is.
unfortunately c3 doesnt have lower resolutions!!!! thats the only thing that i hate.
You mates are nuts! Anything above 320x200 is just ridiculous. Especially on my brand new 13" monitor.
Sheeeesh. Real games play great at 1600x1200 (um, they *scale*!), or at least at 1280x960. All my mates have 19" or 21" monitors now, and 800x600 is just so ancient.
Why? Why there is no video choice for higher resolution? Many people are using larger resolution monitors or TFTs. :eek: Many a new PCs are now equip with monitors capable of displaying above 1024x768 screen resolution.
You made Commandos 2 with 1024x768 resolution playable. But why you rolls back your offer this time? I think most players appreciate higher resolution to play their games nowadays. In fact, seeing more is better than less. This is especially true on many new and current PC titles.
Under 800x600, images are less sharp and even jagged. If you are going to cut your market share with this product, I should not blame you. We customer are smart enough to make choices, please do not blind our twinkled eyes anymore.


How do we come to know God and be in His presence? The answer is simple, beautiful and life-changing--His Word.
How do we come to know God's Word? We spend time in it. This happens in two primary ways—through study, both individually and with others, and through meditating on His Word.
What is meditating on Scripture? Meditation is kind of like a deep breath while focusing on a passage, phrase, word or concept. It doesn't necessarily have to be Scripture, but this is the best kind. There are no better words or truth to center ourselves on than the Word of God.
The purpose of meditation is to enable us to hear God more clearly. Meditation is listening, sensing, heeding the life and light of Christ. This comes right to the heart of our faith. The life that pleases God is not a set of religious duties; it is to hear His voice and obey His word. Meditation opens the door to this way of living.
'Meditation, What It is' by Tim Keller This is a sermon which looks at Psalm 1 as the basis for meditation or dwelling on God's Word. It is helpful both to instruct and inspire. The meditation learned through Psalm 1 is described as: 'a key to deeper fulfillment in every dimension of our being'.
How is this different than memorizing Scripture? Memorizing verses from the Bible or even whole books is a powerful discipline which plants God's Word in our hearts. And memorization and meditation can work together well. However memorizing Scripture can become about completing a goal, instead of dwelling in the presence of God. And meditation is always intended to lead us to this.
My own journey as a Mom has been greatly enriched by meditation on Scripture. In the years of little babies, and even now with a toddler, when I have quiet moments, I can't always get to my Bible. But I can recall a passage I have memorized or even a phrase of one I am meditating on and it nourishes me.
Meditation on Scripture has become a tree of life. I have been passing through an especially difficult season. All the investment I have made to focus my whole heart on God through years of meditating on God's Word, has become a vital, stabilizing force of strength for which I am incredibly thankful. And this knowledge, fully alive in me. is ready to be offered to a lost, hurting world.
great post. I like to meditate on scripture...I have found many times that the same scripture pops out at me in various places, again and again until I have really dived into it and understood it.
Great advice here! Spending time reading God's word is something that I need to work on. I have a devotional that I love, but I easily fall off the wagon and stop reading it. I do enjoy it, so I'm not sure why this happens, but it always does. I appreciate your practical tips and also your sharing of how meditating over scripture has prepared you for life's most trying times.


'Who Are You Born To Be?' written by Dr Matthew Anderson and published in Great Health Guide (November 2017). Do you feel that you're meant to be in a different career, a different relationship or maybe even a different life? Are you waiting to unleash your true potential to be who you really are? Don't undervalue yourself and be content that this is the best that life can offer. Take that step and make that change today. To find out your life's true purpose, read this fantastic article by Dr. Matthew Anderson.
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When Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time was asked, how he could have possibly created his massive and magnificent 17-foot-tall sculpture of David out of an immense block of marble he answered, 'I simply chipped away everything that was not David'.
What could this simple sentence mean for your life? It has the potential to awaken you to the true work of art that is your own essential self. You have a magnificent David, or Janice, or Susan, or Bob or (your own name) in you…if you will simply chip away everything that is not really you. The trouble is many of us identify with the chips rather than the work of art. And this is not a trivial trouble. It is trouble that shapes, defines and ultimately limits every single aspect of your life. When identifying with the chips, they can dictate who you marry, how much money you make, what work you do and how you really feel about yourself.
Our self-image is extremely important. It is crucial to how we see our possibilities and options in life.
If you have a very high IQ but see yourself as average intelligence, you will not follow a career path that is unworthy of you.
If you see yourself as unlovable, you will find relationship partners that treat you that way.
If you have wonderful creative talents but see yourself as the 'loser' your father thought you were, then you will never be the artist you were born to be.
These are only a few examples of identifying with our flaws instead of a work of art.
Therefore, each of us would do well to take the time and effort to re-evaluate who we think we are and who we were born to be. In fact, each person is born with a particular purpose and a variety of gifts that support it. Each of us is a work of art that begs to be discovered and displayed. Once this occurs we can make our own special contribution to this world. Remember there are no throw-away individuals. Every one of us has value and usefulness and we are each unique and special.
1. Do you believe that you are a wonderful work of art?
2. Do you identify with the chips and flaws in the art?
3. How would your life change if you accepted your true artful being?
4. Are you aware of your life purpose and the gifts that support it?
Just remember that you were born for a purpose and you have been given gifts and talents to support that purpose. Do not stop until you know that purpose and accept your gifts. No other task in your life is more important or more meaningful.


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The Evolution WordPress Framework has been designed as a fast and secure foundation for developing WordPress themes. The modern architecture is based on WordPress Action Hooks and allows you completely free design with complete update security.
The modern and future-proof architecture gives you completely free rein to hook your own functions into the existing hooks.
If you want to rework a theme on every page of your website, you need to throw a bunch of templates from your parent theme folder into the child theme folder.
All I need are two files. The functions.php and the style.css of the child theme. These two files allow me to rework an entire theme. And it's not even difficult; you can do it too. However, the most important thing is the safety of a theme update.
When developing a child theme from a parent theme, two versions of a function are used. One is the function in the parent theme, and the other one being the overwritten version of the child theme. In many cases, this doesn't end well.
I've experienced that before. Evolution is an entirely different thing. You don't need to change template files, as you merely need to save a new function in the Action Hook.
The template file comments.php leads you to the right folder and the file with the functions used in the comments.php.
The critical hook can also be found in the file.
By the way, the 40 refers to the so-called priority. It controls the display of the function. The lower the number, the earlier the function is displayed in the template.
Now, if you want to rebuild the comment form, the first thing you do is delete the original function. Load, unlock and kill the function. Forever.
As the function does not exist anymore, there can be no issues with an update. If it's not there, it can't cause problems.
Now, write your new function with the WordPress Coding Standards in mind. Don't use outdated WordPress tags, and make sure the function is »pluggable«.
Pluggable functions use a small query before executing the function.
Translation: If the function does not exist yet, execute it. This is a needed amount of protection from duplicate function names.
Now, your new comment form is displayed, and updates of the parent theme won't cause any issues, as your function is the only one left.
This way, you can quickly switch any function, and any content markup, without having to fear running into problems. And above all else: without touching a single template file. All you need to do is keep the right priorities in mind, to make sure that the display is correct.
If you want to add extra functions to the individual templates – like the single.php for example – that is quite easy to do as well. Get a short overview of the priorities, then create your function. The priorities 5, 10, and 30 are taken.
In this example, you can add it before the loop with the priority 8. This way, it is displayed after the opening markup, and before the actual loop. If you want to show it after the loop, assign a priority between 11 and 29.
After that, you may add a function or a loop with the priority 10, and so forth… In the end, you need to add the closing markup.
The taken hooks can be found here: /inc/structure/evolution-hooks.php.
This way, you could exchange the parent theme's entire content without any update problems. The existing websites would merely be displayed differently. Cool, right?
Evolution was developed for maximum speed, as neither Google nor your visitors like slow websites. An optimization for real fast loading times begins with the code of the theme.
This is also the bottleneck of many multi-purpose themes. Due to the plethora of functions, most of which are not even used, the source code is bloated, and dozens of style and script files have to be loaded.
All of that slows down a website. Evolution is reduced to the essentials. If you want more, install according plugins. In the case of a theme change, this is an advantage as well, as all functionalities you're fond of remain.
The second run was measured.
What is a theme framework without a support of the popular e-commerce plugin WooCommerce? By the way, WooCommerce also works with Action Hooks. Thus, there is no reason to copy the plugin's templates into the child theme to rewrite them. And this is the root of many issues with WooCommerce.
You can quickly delete existing plugin functions and replace them with your own.
At the same time, you'll see the function that is hooked into the hook. This is the foundation for the next works. Now, register a sidebar for widgets, and name it »WooCommerce Sidebar«. Assign the ID »woocommerce«.
Now, hook your new sidebar into the woocommere_sidebar hook.
Now you've got a new sidebar on all WooCommerce pages, without having to touch a single template file. This works for all WooCommerce functions. Take a look at the templates (woocommerce/templates/), search for the Action Hook, and just exchange the functions.
By the way: the pages cart and checkout are no WooCommerce pages, but regular WP pages. This means, that the normal blog sidebar is displayed on them. You can either change that using the nosidebar.php template, or the plugin AH Display Widgets. The plugin lets you influence the display of certain widgets on specific pages.


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See 92-year-old's sweet reaction while listening to Willie Nelson sing a song she wrote
Oct. 5, 2016, 7:06 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Alexandra Zaslow
At 92 years old, Lyndel Rhodes can now add "songwriter" to her resume.
Rhodes, who lives a few hours from Nashville, recently had a song she wrote recorded by country great Willie Nelson. She's got her son, Buddy Cannon, to thank for it.
Growing up, Rhodes loved music, and she passed that passion down to her son. Cannon went on to become a music producer, working with artists like Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire and Willie Nelson.
Lyndel Rhodes with her son, Buddy Cannon. He's a music producer and arranged for Willie Nelson to record a song she wrote. Courtesy of Buddy Cannon
A few years back, Cannon was visiting his mom at her home when she showed him some songs she'd written for fun.
One, called "Little House On The Hill," made an impression.
"[It] stuck in my head all these years, and when it came time to work on Willie Nelson's new album, I thought it'd be something he'd like," Cannon, 69, told TODAY.
He sent Nelson a guitar sample of the song. A few weeks ago, Nelson responded with an email.
"I love it. Let's cut it," the 83-year-old singer-songwriter said.
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When Cannon visited his mom on Saturday — at the little house on the hill that the song is based on — he brought the finished track with him. They listened to the song once, and then he recorded her as she listened to it a second time.
Buddy Cannon with Willie NelsonCourtesy of Buddy Cannon
"I wanted to capture her reaction to listening to Willie sing the song for the first time, but she was very emotional," Cannon said.
More than a million people have now watched her wiggle her feet as she sang along.
"My 'Little House On The Hill' song has been recorded by Mr. Willie Nelson," Rhodes said in a video Cannon posted on Facebook. "Who would've thought it."
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The mother-son duo hold little jam sessions every time Cannon comes to visit. He strums the guitar while she plays the harmonica.
"Every time I hear the song, I think back on all the memories of playing music in the living room," Cannon said.
Lyndel Rhodes and her kids sporting a shirt calling her a better harmonica player than Nelson's band mate, Mickey Raphael.Buddy Cannon
Rhodes and Nelson have never met in person.
But, in the ten years they've been working together, Cannon occasionally has shared with Nelson videos of his mother-son jam sessions.
This led to Rhodes receiving a special phone call from Nelson a couple years ago telling her how much he enjoys listening to her play the harmonica.
He also invited her on the road with him, saying he'd save her a bunk on the bus.
"Willie is a bigger fan of my mom's than she is of him," Cannon said.


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Students Urged to be Responsible Digital Citizens
Written by: Garfield L. Angus
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Chairman of e-Learning Jamaica, Yvonne McCalla-Sobers, addresses the e-Learning Jamaica Project network installation and computer handing over ceremony held recently, at the Steer Town Academy in St. Ann.
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Chairman of e-Learning Jamaica, Yvonne McCalla-Sobers, has made a call for students to be responsible digital citizens, and to exercise extreme care when using the Internet.
Citing a recent video posting of a school where some "terrible things were happening," she told the students that pictures and other information sent over the Internet are exposed all over the world, and "they must at all times be in good order, and depict the best image of themselves".
"Your responsibility as digital citizens is not just to educate yourself…your responsibility is also to respect yourself, respect your own privacy, respect the privacy of others. Make sure that you are responsible digital citizens," Mrs. McCalla-Sobers stated.
She was addressing the e-Learning Jamaica network installation and handing over at the Steer Town Academy in St. Ann, recently.
In her address, Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean, told the students that they have a role to play in ensuring that Jamaica becomes a more disciplined society.
"Jamaica cannot be developed into the kind of society that we require unless there is discipline, there is order, there is respect and there is love for our people," she stated.
"As we utilise the technology, let us also remember that it takes the kind of principles and values that are becoming of a developed society that will take this country forward," she added.
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Mrs. McLean lauded the investments made in technology for schools through the e-Learning Jamaica Project, which she said, have enabled vast improvement in the achievement of students.
The e-Learning project began in 2006, and has provided a range of educational resources to assist in the preparation of students in 11 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects. It has also provided training for over 11,000 teachers.
The e-Learning Jamaica project is responsible for implementing projects funded by the Universal Service Fund, including the infusion of technology in the education system, facilitating the training of professionals to enable the process, and the provision of digitalised learning materials.
Steer Town Academy was the last of nearly 200 educational institutions to be equipped under the project. Computers and tablets were handed over to the school, with network connection provided.
Contact: Garfield L. Angus


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