Socialism is being sold to Americans, some of it behind curtains. The financial crisis is being used as a decoy to push through all kinds of ludicrous pieces of legislation that never would have passed three years ago. With Barack Obama in charge, there will be no one to put on the brakes.
Robert Reich, an Obama advisor, and his comrades are actually suggesting that handouts should be given not to those with skills who just happen to be currently out of a job but to those with no skills, no job prospects (many of who are long-term unemployed already) and to minorities and women. This is derived from Marx's "From each according to his ability to each according to his needs." Apparently the skilled should be punished for having acquired skills and the unskilled should be rewarded for not having acquired skills.
There are economic arguments for such handouts such as the average propensity to consume of low-income individuals which is higher than that of middle- and high-income individuals. But, unlike investing in infrastructure, such handouts make no sense in the long run. Supporting low income individuals with no prospects makes no sense since it simply allocates money away from more productive purposes. Why support those with no prospects instead of those with prospects and who could actually, one day, contribute to economic growth which then could lift even the ones with no prospects? And if we're talking about long-run prospects for growth then we only need to look at the example of the Soviet Union where unproductive pursuits were rewarded. Sending money to slums and inefficient car companies is no way to pursue a stable long-run growth policy.
Even more bizarre was Reich's talk of handing out money based on skin color & gender. How does that make any sense?
Like always, the left is using a crisis to seek ways to implement egalitarian policies.


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Brazilian crisis: June 2013 did not take place
Where are the creative conditions opened up by the protests three years ago? How to avoid the pitfalls of a polarization that is fuelling the agonizing political tension in Brazil? Español Português
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Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff in October 2014. Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agência Brasil. Some rights reserved.
In Mai 68 n´a pas eu lieu, Deleuze and Guattari react to the statement that nothing survived the cycle of struggles of that magical year, 1968. Published in 1984, in the gloomy atmosphere of the Reagan and nuclear fear era, the article demanded "a little possibleness, lest we choke". For the authors, it was as if the constituent momentum of the new worlds of May 68 had completely disappeared from the narrative and understanding of the historical present. The disappearance had taken place on both the left and the right of the political-ideological spectrum, resulting in a broad front of oblivion.
Unlike other revolutions, which reached their crystallization point in producing new institutions and collective assemblies – as happened with the New Deal, Japan's takeoff, the European Welfare, despite all its ambiguities - that event was completely blinded. Everything that had been opened, as a field of possibilities, ended up being repressed, caricatured, and marginalized.
Whereas, on the one hand, the narratives about the crisis experienced at the beginning of the 80s erased from their memory May 68 - an event that had hardly happened -, on the other hand, according to the authors, its tracks were resurfacing as night memories, from which forces could be recreated to overcome current impasses and unblock current problems. The paradox of this formulation is that even though it did not take place, according to historical linearity, May 68 created nevertheless the conditions for an event to break this linearity, thus freeing it from its blocks.
Brasil in trance
Brazil is currently in trance. Multiple time scales are bending and unfolding at a time when the past, the present and the future appear in sync. Old ghosts are coming back, and new specters haunt the scene. The country is going through the worst economic crisis since the early 1980s, with rising unemployment and a productive contraction affecting several sectors, as shown by the indexes, resulting in increased social inequalities - which is something that did not happen two decades ago. In addition, the Zika epidemic, poorly counteracted by the authorities, has spread to all 26 states, and optimistic projections are already foreseeing that tens of thousands of children will suffer from microcephaly in the near future.
There is also a political dimension to the crisis, with the collapse of the governance conditions which granted some energy and ensured a degree of consensus to the coalition led by the Workers Party (PT), in government since 2003. This is also a crisis of subjectivity: there is disenchantment with politicians and politics, pessimism regarding the capacity for socio-economic recovery, recurrent appeals to fear and moral panic in order to gather support through the path of negative utopia: "choose a side, or else...". However, any attempt to reduce the situation to ready-to-wear narratives of the "all or nothing" sort runs the risk of triggering tremendous simplifications, or falling into simple adherence to power blocks the configuration of which, after all, strengthens the causes rather than the resolution of the problems.
The false issue of impeachment
The false problem this time is the impeachment that is to be voted by the Chamber of Deputies on the second half of April. Whatever the outcome - Dilma's exit, or not -, it will be a conservative outcome. To begin with, because the impeachment is an inside job: as in the Netflix series House of Cards, its main originator is the current Vice-President, Michel Temer. Second, because the presidents of the two legislative chambers who will judge Dilma, Eduardo Cunha (House) and Renan Calheiros (Senate), are up to their necks with the same Petrobras-centered corruption scandal which prompted the political scenario that led to the impeachment proceedings in the first place.
Temer, Cunha and Calheiros make up the triumvirate of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), the party with the largest number of congressmen. In late March, the PMDB left the coalition it had been a part of in the last ten years, much to Dilma's dismay, who said "she wished it had stayed." However, let us not be fooled by appearances: the PMDB carried out an "exit inwards", for betting to gather the two-thirds majority in Congress to remove the president from office and hand power to the vice-president is not an easy task. Without the PMDB, Dilma's last option was to turn her cabinet into a Disney-Land of ministries, posts and funds to win over the "undecided" votes - as if congressmen from small and medium parties were to be welcomed by Mickey at the entrance: what attraction do you want to ride? It is not known whether the mercenaries will prefer to sell their support for cash (Dilma) or installments (Temer). The Progressive Party (PP), the fourth party in Congress, has become the key element in the arithmetic of despair. The PP is heir to the old Arena, the official party of the military dictatorship, whose alliance the PT government is now trying to get at any price, while promising its bases a turn to the left.
Lula's comeback
What if the impeachment fails? In this case, the way is set for the return of Lula. Virtual PT candidate for the forthcoming 2018 election, Lula had to anticipate the campaign when Judge Sergio Moro, who is investigating the Lava-Jato operation, began to question his business dealings with large construction companies involved in the looting of Petrobras. In order to both strengthen the government and provide Lula special protection before the law, Dilma appointed him cabinet minister - or, rather, "super minister", with sweeping powers, in charge of saving the harvest. A number of legal skirmishes, combined with Moro's unlawful disclosure of some private recordings, managed to prevent the former president from taking office immediately, although the obstacles are likely to be lifted by next week, so that Lula will finally take office.
Undoubtedly, Lula, far from being dead, could still surprise everyone with his ability to activate popular mobilization, although he is today quite a different figure from the one that left the Planalto Palace in December 2010. But let us not be romantic: Lula, like the eventual president Temer, does not intend to carry out any significant shift in the government's course. There is no radicalization on sight, just a struggle for survival. The program of both Temer and Lula is to rebuild governance, currently in tatters, to feign some partial response to street mobilizations, and to muster enough energy to carry out a minimally positive plan for economic recovery. Basically, this is to prevent the sky from falling down on the entire political system before 2018.
Social mobilization and political innovation
More relevant than the issue of impeachment is the course social mobilization will take from now on. Since last year, millions are taking to the streets to protest against corruption and against the political system in general, with the PT topping the list. Another group, smaller but quite expressive and organically cohesive, is also occupying the streets to defend the government from what they think - reproducing the imaginary of the 2002 coup against Chávez in Venezuela - is nothing but an imperialist coup, aimed at destabilizing a popular government.
This discourse remains firm and strong among the pro-government militants, although there is actually no evidence that a coup is being staged. The Brazilian armed forces have been removed from the political game for decades now, and the Supreme Court, where 8 out of 11 members were suggested by the PT, has approved and closely monitored the parliamentary procedures for the impeachment. The millions of demonstrators in the streets become several million more in the social networks, where debates, claims, jokes and pitched narrative battles are multiplying. Between the extremes from both sides - who long for authoritarian or messianic shortcuts and reduce the other side to totalitarian - a vibrant democratic process is going on in Brazilian society, the ultimate meaning of which is none other than the fight for a new concept of politics and democracy.
This is, in fact, a global trend, stemming from the cycle opened up by the Arab revolutions, the 15-M movement, the Occupy and the Gezi Park protests in Turkey, among other large mobilizations. In a recent article in openDemocracy, Bernardo Gutiérrez described some of the processes emerging at the crossroads of global and local transformations, of Latin America and the world at large, which bypass the national-popular and the left-socialist political culture.
The disavowal of existing politics goes hand in hand with the wish for a mobilised democracy and its specific potentialities, which the logic of networking and intensive social productivity make possible. Its expressions have been damped by ideological impasses, by fear mongering and induced moral panic, by efforts to demobilize any alternative other than adhering to "more of the same". The resulting polarization "from above" is a structural block: it systematically obstructs the energies which can regenerate the institutions "from below", or come up with new ones This causes a noisy and increasingly unbearable tension, which can lead to repressed anger and eventually knock out the pins of the political system.
June 2013 did not take place
It is in this sense that the June 2013 uprising did not happen - although it affected, one way or another, Brazilian society as a whole, on the basis of real antagonisms: public transportation fares, housing, right to the city, the "gay cure" project, exorbitant expenses and right violations related to the Soccer World Cup organization, the police emergency state, and the "where is Amarildo?" campaign which attracted national and international attention and put up front once again the issue of racism. Thanks to the campaign, the truth about the Amarildo case surfaced: in July 2013, a black worker was tortured and killed by police agents from the "pacifying unit" deployed in the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro. The resolution of this case meant the bankruptcy of the concealing paradigm for state crimes occurring on a daily basis in Brazilian cities.
As Alexandra Mendes and Clarissa Naback wrote recently, the events in 2013 displayed two main trends: they were claiming rights and demanding answers from the government; but they were also immediately productive in terms of the occupation of legislative institutions, the setting up of new networks and groups, and a long chain of "media activisms" that defied the conservative media. The impact of the 2013 protests at the time was such that, among other achievements, Dilma went on national TV to propose the convening of a constituent assembly, public transportation fare increases were canceled, the removal of favelas stopped, and the bill instituting the "gay cure" was shelved. For the authors of the article, in order to escape the impeachment trap, the most consistent political position today is to demand new elections. That is also the position of Marina Silva and Luciano Genro, who represent the third (21.5%) and fourth (1.5%) political forces at the last elections (October 2014). New elections, even if they would not solve all of the problems, would at least work as circuit breakers, much as when the Stock Exchange faces an accelerating crisis.
However, June 2013 was erased from memory and its existence denied by both left and right narratives. This denial came along with repression, which intensified in the period from October 2013 to the Soccer World Cup in July 2014. June pushed the political system up into the air, where it flipped several times and then fell on its feet like a cat... and started clawing. On the left, the struggles of 2013 were disqualified because they were considered a nihilist and fascist uprising, a drifting, disorganized breeding ground prone to reactionary impulses, according to the old Hobbesian-Burkean argument that crowds are chaotic and fickle. From the traditional right, the June protests were contaminated by vandals and criminals who distorted the demands of decent citizens. In both cases, the most heated condemnation converged on the cursed figure of the black blocs, a wholly unassumable actor.
In 2013, amid preparations for the 2014 Soccer World Cup, the streets were shouting "There will be no World Cup", and they were shouting louder each time the riot police repressed them. The cry swept rebel Brazil. Along with the repression that took place in the following months, the government and its media decided to respond to the demonstrators the following year by launching the campaign "Yes, we will have a Cup". They did it while coordinating an unprecedented military-police apparatus to thwart any protest, fully equipped and entitled to kettling, preemptive strikes, massive spying on activists, preventive detention, and assorted threats and intimidation.
In 2016, the answer escalated when the slogan "There will be no World Cup" was replaced by "There will be no coup", chanted to the same tune. All the legal and illegal tricks which have been used by Batman-style Judge Sergio Moro against the government's allies, which are now complaining about the police state, were already there, and they were carried out more brutally, during protests in 2013-2014, when the pro-government forces were in power. They never ceased to be there, in fact, considering the regularized state of emergency for the management of poverty in the favelas and suburbs where mainly black and indigenous communities live.
The same intellectuals linked to the PT who are today calling the millions of protesters in the streets and the networks elitists and downright fascists used the same formula to not only discredit the 2013 uprising, but also to join in the repressive consensus that, once the dust of the marches cleared, fell on hundreds of new groups and thousands of activists. These intellectuals, like the conservative media journalists, won twice: first, they won along with the repression of the protests, which they legitimated; second, when we observed, during the biennium 2015-2016, that the autonomous collectives and black blocs all but disappeared from the streets, which were then occupied by civic demonstrations against corruption and pro-government protests, duly domesticated by the party in power. Amid all this, however, their voices continue to resonate here and there, either when opposition politicians are jeered in a tone reminiscent of the 2001 Argentinian "Out with them all", or when minority groups resist being instrumented in the name of fear and reject the logic of passivity.
Today, the June 2013 protests are a no-event, an anomaly in the linearity built by those who are telling the story from the watchtowers of power. To the left of the government, it is said that the void left by the end of the PT cycle will be filled by a new right which will restore the Washington Consensus neoliberal night. Since they believe that they are the only historical subject that can bring about change, it is only normal that they should use the après nous, le déluge grammar. It remains to be explained, though, why it cannot be considered that this turn to the right already happened under Dilma's government, with the austerity reforms, the corrupt mega-business schemes, and the repressive legislation that has nothing to envy the 90s. To the right, a vigilante front is being organized from outside the political party system, which intends to assault it like a Hegelian "broom of God": a conservative sanitary move for the sake of efficiency, obedience and competitiveness. What remains to be explained, in this case, is how democracy can be deepened through undemocratic institutions such as the police, the judiciary or Sao Paulo's current top business class.
It we resign ourselves to these predetermined decisions, there will be no thinking or effective action, but only adhesion and reproduction of the same schemes. So, in a scenario where we are constrained not to choose, we must choose to choose. June 2013 was an event that cannot be reduced to the terms of what is currently being disputed. The question arises: where are the creative conditions that the protests opened up three years ago? Where are its vestiges, its resonance, and the cross-dichotomy networks? How to avoid the pitfalls of a superficial and helpless polarization? There is no predetermined way out, particularly if it comes from an ideological recipe. In their book about May 68, Deleuze and Guatari said: Il n'y a de solution que créatrice (there is no solution, if it is not a creative one).
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Till a few years ago, it was quite a fun to "spot the difference" between two almost identical images. The challenge was irresistible with the taunt that the two images differed on at least 10 counts. You scratched your head, forgot the world, and strained your eyes and crowned yourself genius once the task was accomplished.
Reading Indian Express these days is an exercise of a similar order. You have to match the headlines, the text and the photo and then pour over inverted commas and quotes to understand where the mischief has been planted. It's not an easy order for most such Fake News are spread over two pages and are 1000-plus words, relying on time-tested tactics that readers would give up after headline or a few first paragraphs. It costs me hours but I have worked out a way to get through this maze. My strike rate is 99 out of 100 which is good enough and satiates my "spot-the-difference" urge.
First, of course are the stories on Front Page. Indian Express these days have reserved it to Modi-Centre-BJP bashing. (Now Yogi Adityanath is inching up the charts). Even on Front Page, the bigger decks accorded to a headline, the more reasons to suspect a mischief hiding in the text-matter. Most importantly, I make it a point to read the final two paras. It's almost guaranteed that the saner, and the essential truth of the story, is in these two paras. After you read it, you go through the story backwards and spot the Fake News It's a science folks! You got to give the devil his due. (Oh, I am sorry. Leftists don't believe in Gods or Devils).
There are a few other Fake News spotters in Indian Express. If there is any Front Page news on Dalits, you got to really flush your lens and go through it. Most likely, such stories appear in profusion before an Assembly elections. Many a times these stories are discredited—as you would find in this link of my aggregated stories in NewsBred. Either Indian Express doesn't carry an apology—like the fake moustache story on Dalits in Gujarat recently—or the Fake-News-buster true account is buried in inside pages.
You could also be sure that the anniversaries of all unfortunate victims of Muslim community, Akhlaq and Pehlu etc, would deserve a Front-Page mega spread, most likely as anchor story. (Never mind, Hindu victims never get such a privilege, some would say not even our soldier martyrs). Now, you must watch out for June 23, 2018 when it would be a year to Junaid Khan's unfortunate killing in Ballabhgarh. I am second-guessing, you would have an Indian Express anchor on Junaid Khan, come June 23 next year.
I am not even coming to JNU's Kanhaiyas and Umar Khalids of our world. I am also not mentioning how the coverage of grieving parents and relatives of minority victims—mind you never a Hindu victim–sitting at Jantar Mantar or taking out a demonstration on Capital streets has half-a-page reserved for it. How BHU girls agitation is a news and not that of AMU protesting girl students. For these are subjective matters and is the prerogative of a newspaper. To push the agenda, our mainstream English media-the Lutyens' Media—let's its editorial spread of two pages to do the dirty job.
Quite a few things in this headline and the positioning of the story got my antennas up. I could smell Fake News in the use of "concern" and "PM's advisors" in the headline. Would PM's advisors really go public with their "concern" on the state of the economy? And the use of "PM's advisors" and not the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) was a giveaway on who is meant to be a fall guy. All the economic ills of the country, by inference, must be put at the door of the Prime Minister. His own advisors are expressing concern at their own authoritarian ruler, that's the inference.
There is a lot of concern about the economy today and the Council will "work as a sounding board of ideas", EAC member Ashima Goyal said.
(The Express cleverly held back the full designation of Ashima Goyal. She is a part-time and not full-time EAC member).
That being so, I poured over the rest of the lengthy story. Then I read the same story in Times of India and Hindustan Times. I was intrigued that the Times of India prominently put in a front-page lead box the view of another EAC part-time member Rathin Roy that "IMF's growth projections are 80% wrong…World Bank's growth projections are 65% wrong. The government's estimates are right more than 90% of the time." However, the front page 1000-plus wordathon of Indian Express has no mention of it at all!
It is such selective and distorted coverage which has made Indian Express lose all its respect in the eyes of the discerning readers. It is morally wrong, agenda-driven, and worse a case of cheating against its paying-consumers. When the readers are seeking true coverage and information, they are getting blighted and manipulated coverage. Indian Express must be having its own compulsion, their hands could be forced but the newspaper would do well to heed this opinion of one of its readers: "I haven't seen any story which favours a Hindu viewpoint in Indian Express for ages, at least on front page)." The worst thing a newspaper could do to its reputation is to appear biased and agenda-driven.
Facebook has set out 10 tools to check Fake News. A few give-aways are headlines, source, evidence and photos. Indian Express on Thursday's edition has been found out in peddling a Fake News).


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'AGT' Mentalist Peter Antoniou Needs Your Help with His Semifinals Act
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Mentalist Peter Antoniou is heading to the America's Got Talent Semifinals, and he needs help from his fans. Antoniou put out a call on his social media asking followers to send him photographs ahead of his next performance.
Antoniou, who describes himself as a psychic, made it through the Quarterfinals round thanks to America's votes. He's shown off some impressive tricks, and this time he wants viewers at home to participate in his routine.
Peter Antoniou Asks for Fans' Help with 'AGT' Act
Antoniou announced that he'll be performing in the America's Got Talent Semifinals on September 7. He shared in a Twitter video that his latest routine will be "all about memories." That's where the fans at home come in.
"I want you to email in personal photos," Antoniou tells followers in the video. "Things from your life. Maybe objects or people or places. It doesn't matter as long as there's a memory and an emotion attached to it."
If you want to participate, you can email your pictures to [email protected] If your photo is chosen, you could see it on television during the Semifinals. Let us know in the comments below if you plan to send in a picture.
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— Peter Antoniou (@isyourmindsafe) August 29, 2021
SEE ALSO: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT 'AGT'S PSYCHIC PETER ANTONIOU
What Has Antoniou Done So Far on 'America's Got Talent'?
In his audition for America's Got Talent, Antoniou seemingly read judge Sofia Vergara's mind. He asked Simon Cowell to hide her engagement ring in one of a thousand boxes. Not only did Antoniou correctly guess which box it was in, but he also shared details of Vergara's engagement that weren't public.
The judges chose to send Antoniou through to the Quarterfinals, where he performed another mind-bending routine. He correctly predicted which foods were in various unlabeled cans, and then he recruited Vergara for a trick that could have had her eating something seriously gross.
With the assistance of Cowell, who kept changing his mind about which can to choose, Vergara ended up eating canned pineapple. Antoniou also predicted what the judges' favorite foods were. America loved it enough to vote him through to the Semifinals. We can't wait to see what he does next.
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Election Commission Announces PR Results, CPN-UML Secured 34 Seats And NC 32
Election Commission Announced PR Results, CPN-UML Secured 34 Seats And NC 32
Dec. 7, 2022, 9:04 a.m.
Election Commission has announced the results of PR. After this, the entire results of the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Province Assembly held under the first-past-the-post system and Proportional Representation have been announced.
A total of 165 members have been elected to the 275-member lower house and the remaining 110 posts will be adjusted by the Proportional Representation system.
In the HoR direct elections, the Nepali Congress emerged as the first party by winning 57 seats followed by 44 of the CPN (UML), 18 of the CPN (Maoist Centre) and 10 by the CPN (Unified Socialist).
In PR, CPN-UML Secured 34, Nepali Congress 32, Maoist Center 14, Nepal Swatantra Party 12, RPP 7 and Janta Samajbadi and Janmat Party 5 each. See graph.
Similarly, the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party, and Rashtriya Swatantra Party have won seven seats each while the Loktantrik Samajbadi secured its victory in four constituencies followed by three of the Nagarik Unmukti Party, and one each by the Rashtriya Janamorcha Nepal, Nepal Workers and Peasants' Party and Janamat Party.
This time, the HoR gets five members who were elected on independent candidacies.
According to the Election Commission's latest details, 12 political parties have shared the 165 seats in the lower house. The voting for the twin elections were held on November 20 in a single phase, despite a few cases of re-voting and deferral election due to some specific reasons.


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I have recently come back after a gap of 2 years gap. I was required to go outside I ndia for some personal problem but I never knew that it will take so much time.So now I am looking for a new job. I have a doubt. Will it be good for me to go for salary negotiation at this stage after a gap of 2 years? Please guide me in the right direction.
How to negotiate the salary?
How much percentage of salary increase can i negotiate during interviews?
Is it fair to negotiate for a raise after my appraisal?
Re: Will it be good for me to negotiate my salary after a gap of 2 years?
I have recently come back after a gap of 2 years gap. I was required to go outside India for some personal problem but I never knew that it will take so much time.So now I am looking for a new job. I have a doubt. Will it be good for me to go for salary negotiation at this stage after a gap of 2 years? Please guide me in the right direction.
During period of whole life,A person has to face various unknown problems & situations.Most of the problems come unexpectedly & a wise man faces it very easily,because a person can do his duty only.So the situation is same with you.
Have patience.Now as you have stated your situation,you need not go for salary negotiation.It is time to get desired job as early as possible.If you try for PSU or govt. job,your question does not arise,because the salary is fixed there.
Since you have two years gap,the employer in pvt.sector may not feel comfort to negotiate salary with you.So first get & join job even at lower salary then expectation & try for better job then after.
Really It is a matter of great sorrow to know that you had to be out of country for a period of two years.
To my mind,It will always be good to search & get a good job as early as possible,because you have already spent two years away from your profession which is very valuable time for hike in salary & promotion.
I would suggest you to join a job even at lower salary than your expectation.You can try for betterment then after.An experience man is always preferred for responsibility with higher salary that you unfortunately lost due to your personal problem that can be compensated with your hard work & full devotion for your job.Try to give the best performance in professional career.
A man/human being can over come any problem with patience,hard labour & wisdom.
I think that as you have had a gap of 2 years , you are at a disadvantage now with regards to getting a new job. So its better that you accept the salary given to you by the interviewer rather than negotiating it and thus maybe losing out on a good opportunity. You should first see that how your interview is going on and then only negotiate if you have answered brilliantly and the interviewer himself asks you to negotiate your salary.
So friend its upto you that how you want to proceed in this case. Its better that you accept the salary if you feel that it is more or less near to what you deserve. Then with your hard work and capabilities you can definitely rise and increase your salary to whatever amount you want.It will be your hard work that is going to pay you in the long run and then such things won't matter at all.
During the course of life every one has to face lots of ups and downs. Recently you have faced some sort of disturbance in your life. No problem this is the nature of life.
Coming to your question, dear, I think that you should first try to get a job which first suits your qualification. Afterwards,working there for 1 or 2 year you can negotiate for the salary.
Till than keep searching jobs and don't waste your time .
find another jobs of higher salary.
it will take some time but you have to do.
because you are going to take a new start.
I think that as you have had a gap of 2 years , you are at a disadvantage now with regards to getting a new job.
So its better that you accept the salary given to you by the interviewer rather than negotiating it and thus maybe losing out on a good opportunity.
You should first see that how your interview is going on and then only negotiate if you have answered brilliantly and the interviewer himself asks you to negotiate your salary.
sector or in private sector.
How should I negotiate for a good salary?


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After graduating from the University of Miami, Mrs. Martinez started her career as a teacher in a traditional public middle school classroom and continued teaching for seven years before making the decision to stay home and raise her two boys, as well as serving as a part-time tutor. Now that her boys are school age, she is excited to return to teaching and even more excited to do so in a virtual setting, where she can interact with students from so many different places!
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Otto Schily Testifies in Ukraine Visa Scandal Probe
BERLIN, Germany -- Embattled German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's centre-left coalition suffered further embarrassment Friday when a cabinet member was forced to testify before a parliamentary enquiry committee looking into alleged immigration policy abuses.
Testimony by Interior Minister Otto Schily came at the height of a general election campaign that shows Schroeder's and Schily's Social Democrats trailing badly.
In what was likely to be the last committee hearing before the September general election, a feisty Schily took the witness stand to testify that he know of no irregularities in the issuance of visas by the German embassy in the Ukraine.
In rambling introductory remarks that went on for more than four hours, Schily pointed out that his ministry had no hand in issuance of visas. All visa authority rests with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer's Foreign Ministry, he said.
Fischer has admitted "mistakes and oversights" in the scandal over liberalisation of granting visas to east Europeans.
The visa programme - which was strongly opposed by German diplomats in east Europe - led to a large number of people getting visas ostensibly as tourists to travel to Germany and European Union (E.U.) nations in the Schengen bloc which have eliminated border controls within the E.U.
Many of those granted German visas, however, are alleged to have come to work illegally including in prostitution.
The exact number who have arrived in Germany under the programme is unclear but one of the companies which provided mandatory travel insurance to those getting visas issued 172,000 policy certificates.
Both the companies which issued insurance policies have since had their semi-official status revoked by the German Foreign Ministry.
One of the firms, Reiseschuetz AG, was found to have been working with organisations involved in people smuggling.
Smelling political blood, leaders of the opposition Christian Democratic alliance (CDU/CSU) launched the parliamentary probe into the visa affair and subpoenaed testimony by Fischer.
Thousands of pages of ministry documents have been obtained by parliament for the probe which is expected to culminate just in time for Germany's general election in which Schroeder and Fischer are seeking a third term.
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Alexander O. Levy: American Artist, Art Deco Painter
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Beautiful collection of artwork by Alexander O. Levy.
At First Light
ByWende Essrow
At First Light is a celebration of the natural world, one morning at a time. Put on the coffee, cozy up in your favorite chair and soak in the beauty of a new day. Breathe deeply and turn the pages slowly through the seasons. Listen to the sound of skis glide over fresh snow. Keep a keen eye out for deer prints as you pass through the tall tree shadows of sunrise.
This exquisite book reminds us that each day is a new gift to cherish and explore.
Just as the late winter sun eases up the river ice, the pages of At First Light will clear your spirit and start your day with a warm glow for many seasons to come.
You will never really finish reading At First Light.
Winner of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Award, Silver in the Gift Book category
B is For Buffalo: An Aerial Alphabet
ByChristopher Hyzy
Buffalo, New York is known for its remarkable architecture. Masterpieces by world-renowned architects dot the city. From the ground, these structures are impressive. From the sky, they are breathtaking. Soar high over the Queen City via beautiful drone photography and see the city like you've never seen it before. From the sweeping grandeur of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery to the immense scalloped walls of Temple Beth Zion, discover Buffalo from A to Z.
Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award, Silver in the Gift Book Category
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra: The BPO Celebrates the First 75 Years
ByRaya Lee
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra came into existence at the height of the Great Depression. Seventy-five years later, it is an internationally renowned, Grammy-winning Orchestra. The story of this amazing trajectory is told through more than 200 images in a beautiful 120-page coffee table book that celebrates music in Buffalo. Follow the BPO from Lajos Shuk to JoAnne Falleta, and meet many of the world's greatest musicians. Leonard Bernstein to Lang Lang, Johnny Mathis to the Grateful Dead, the BPO has brought the world of music to Buffalo. On tour, it has brought Buffalo to the world. Special sections showcase the BPO's home, the acoustically perfect Kleinhans Music Hall, the BPO's many Carnegie Hall appearances and the hundreds of recordings made over the decades.
Spain: Rock Roll Rumbles Rebels & Revolution
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Spain: Rock, Roll, Rumbles, Rebels & Revolution features the work of legendary underground cartoonist Spain. This exhibition catalog is published for the career retrospective of Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez, at The Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY.
The Fine Art of Capturing Buffalo
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More than 200 beautiful color photos showcase the breadth and diversity of Buffalo's embarrassment of riches from the vast expanse of parks and gardens, architectural treasures, and the arts and cultural scene, to its proud past and positively brilliant future. It's a visual celebration of the waterfront, colleges, fairs and festivals, and the amazing spirit of our neighborhoods.The Fine Art of Capturing Buffalo is the perfect gift for family, friends, clients, co-workers, and potential employees.
The Likeness of Being: Portraits by Philip Burke
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Philip Burke has been capturing the imaginations of musical divas, film and sports enthusiasts, politicos and the general public through his paintings for over three decades. His unique style—part caricature, part abstract expression—utilizes vibrant colors, sparing brushstrokes and sharp lines to set his work apart from that of all other contemporary artists.
The Photographing Tourist
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Twelve Days Of Giftmas – Around The World For Christmas
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And then travel back in time, more than 250 years! That was when the great Carl Linnaeus sent his young protégé Pehr Kalm to the New World to search for new species. The Finn became the first scientist to ever see and document Niagara Falls! Benjamin Franklin published his findings bringing worldwide attention to this natural wonder. From Finland to Niagara Falls: Explorer Pehr Kalm in North America 1748-1751 was written in Finnish; City of Light had it translated into English. The original illustrations by Riikka Jäntti are simply delightful. This unique book (with species names in Latin and excerpts from Kalm's journals and newspapers of the day) is for the young and the curious of all ages.
Twelve Days Of Giftmas – The Wonders Of Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote "In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life,—no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair." At First Light presents this beauty and majesty that only nature can bring. Nature is made by all sorts of plants and animals so this bundle includes a loganberry ornament.


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Байрон () — город, расположенный в округе Биг-Хорн (штат Вайоминг, США) с населением в 557 человек по статистическим данным переписи 2000 года.

География
По данным Бюро переписи населения США город Байрон имеет общую площадь в 2,33 квадратных километров, из которых 2,07 кв. километров занимает земля и 0,26 кв. километров — вода. Площадь водных ресурсов округа составляет 11,16 % от всей его площади.

Город Байрон расположен на высоте 1228 метров над уровнем моря.

История
Город был образован 7 июня 1910 года и получил своё название в честь главы первых поселенцев Сешна Байрона, основавшего 22 мая 1900 года стоянку на месте нынешнего города. Байрон в то время занимал пост генерального директора строительной фирмы «Sidon Canal Construction Company». Недалеко от города находятся нефтяные месторождения, культивируются земля под сельскохозяйственные культуры. Протекающая близ населённого пункта река Шошони обеспечивает потребности города в пресной воде.

Демография
По данным переписи населения 2000 года в Байроне проживало 557 человек, 148 семей, насчитывалось 195 домашних хозяйств и 217 жилых домов. Средняя плотность населения составляла около 256 человек на один квадратный километр. Расовый состав Байрона по данным переписи распределился следующим образом: 90,84 % белых, 0,36 % — коренных американцев, 1,62 % — представителей смешанных рас, 7,18 % — других народностей. Испаноговорящие составили 14,00 % от всех жителей города.

Из 195 домашних хозяйств в 37,4 % — воспитывали детей в возрасте до 18 лет, 57,4 % представляли собой совместно проживающие супружеские пары, в 14,9 % семей женщины проживали без мужей, 23,6 % не имели семей. 20,0 % от общего числа семей на момент переписи жили самостоятельно, при этом 9,7 % составили одинокие пожилые люди в возрасте 65 лет и старше. Средний размер домашнего хозяйства составил 2,86 человек, а средний размер семьи — 3,34 человек.

Население города по возрастному диапазону по данным переписи 2000 года распределилось следующим образом: 32,9 % — жители младше 18 лет, 7,4 % — между 18 и 24 годами, 21,2 % — от 25 до 44 лет, 24,8 % — от 45 до 64 лет и 13,8 % — в возрасте 65 лет и старше. Средний возраст жителей составил 34 года. На каждые 100 женщин в Байрон приходилось 106,3 мужчин, при этом на каждые сто женщин 18 лет и старше приходилось 93,8 мужчин также старше 18 лет.

Средний доход на одно домашнее хозяйство в городе составил 34 375 долларов США, а средний доход на одну семью — 37 045 долларов. При этом мужчины имели средний доход в 33 409 долларов США в год против 16 667 долларов среднегодового дохода у женщин. Доход на душу населения в городе составил 11 931 доллар в год. 19,9 % от всего числа семей в округе и 22,6 % от всей численности населения находилось на момент переписи населения за чертой бедности, при этом 34,6 % из них были моложе 18 лет и 9,1 % — в возрасте 65 лет и старше.

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Города Вайоминга
Населённые пункты округа Биг-Хорн (Вайоминг)

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Cong leaders spreading slander: Praful Patel
April 20, 2010 17:01 IST
The simmering tension between the Congress and the NCP over the IPL controversy came to the fore on Tuesday with Union Minister Praful Patel charging a section of the ruling party with launching a "slanderous campaign" about his involvement in the matter.
"The Congress party per se is not involved in the controversy but a section of it is spreading a slanderous campaign against me," Patel, who is also NCP general secretary, told reporters outside Parliament.
His statement came in the backdrop of reports that two Union Ministers were involved in the IPL, which is under cloud following allegations of betting and money laundering.
"I am happy that government has ordered a probe into it and now truth will come out. I have nothing to do with IPL, this I can assure you," Patel said.
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule also sprang to her family's defence on the issue, saying none of her relatives has anything to do with any of the Indian Premier League franchises.
Reacting to reports claiming that a powerful union cabinet minister's son-in-law's name figured in the papers of an industrial group that unsuccessfully bid for a new IPL team, Sule said her family had nothing to do with it.


"The figure we encountered earlier ? that the US accounts for 60 per cent of our IT exports ? is not something that should by itself discourage us: perhaps the US accounts for some similar proportion of the use of IT as a whole. But it should caution us. Germany and Japan are the obvious markets we should target: Germany?s IT market is worth $ 66 to 70 billion; our IT exports to Germany are only $ 250 million ? that is, if you accept our figures; they are just $ 50-55 million if you go by German figures.
And as countries like Cyprus, Bulgaria and others join the European Union, forming strategic alliances with their companies, even setting up subsidiaries there can help us vault over such tariff or non-tariff barriers that may be set up in the coming years. They have strengths ? for instance, in mathematics. We have strengths from which they can gain ? for instance, entrepreneurial skills as well as good knowledge of the markets that have to be targeted.
Peter K?rpick vividly remembers his first trip to Bulgaria. Traveling into Sofia from the airport two years ago, the executive with German software giant SAP (SAP ) breathed air thick with coal smoke and saw laundry hanging from buildings on dirty, snow-covered streets. Then he pulled up to the gleaming glass-and-marble tower that houses SAP's Bulgarian research lab. It was like "an island of beauty," recalls K?rpick, who became the lab's managing director in 2002. Dedicated that year, SAP's facility has 180 engineers who write vital Java software for SAP's cutting-edge products around the world.
Wait — isn't writing software for foreign companies India's specialty? By the numbers, yes. The outsourcing business there totaled an estimated $12 billion in 2003 out of $25 billion from low-cost locales worldwide. But Bulgaria, Romania, and other locations on the outskirts of Europe are plying a new twist on the craze for sending technology development offshore. They're pushing what pundits call "near-shoring," or shifting work to countries that cost less but are only a short hop away. Finnish companies farm out IT work to Estonia, Germans use contractors in Poland, and Italians ship projects to Serbia. For a lot of European companies, "India seems an awfully long way away," says information technology services analyst Ian Marriott of researcher Gartner Inc.
It was access to nearby talent that convinced SAP to set up its Bulgarian outpost, which has turned into a beacon of hope for a country struggling to lift itself out of communist-era poverty. But it's not the only one. Scattered around the capital are hundreds of small companies doing projects for an impressive list of clients, including Boeing (BA ), BMW, General Motors (GM ), and Siemens (SI ). "There is an exceptionally high level of talent in Eastern Europe," says Kasper Rorsted, managing director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa at Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ ).
It's not just distance and time zones that motivate the search for alternatives. India struck gold with U.S. and British clients in part because of its workers' English skills and interpersonal ties. But those assets don't hold the same sway for French or German customers. "Cultural, linguistic, and even ethnic connections are very important in near-shoring," says Erran Carmel, an associate professor at American University's Kogod School of Business in Washington. French companies are drawn to Romania, whose Latinate language and historic links make it an appealing alternative to Anglophone locales. German companies are likewise lured by the many German speakers in Hungary and the Czech Republic. "People want to be able to pick up the phone and resolve problems," Carmel says.
That's boosting places like Bucharest. Taking advantage of ample tech talent and engineering wages as low as $6,500 a year — a tenth the norm in Western Europe — companies including IBM (IBM ), HP, and Alcatel (ALA ) have set up shop there. On Feb. 17, software giant Oracle Corp. (ORCL ) announced three new centers in Bucharest to provide European and global support to customers.
As in the U.S., growing use of foreign workers could provoke political backlash. So many companies keep their outsourcing plans quiet — or say they're merely adding employees elsewhere, not laying them off at home. What's more, the cost advantages of some countries — especially those slated to join the European Union on May 1 — will likely diminish as their living standards rise. But for now, Europe's poorest countries are looking to technology for an economic lift. If near-shoring keeps growing, many of them could soon sport software palaces as symbolic as Sofia's.
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We will not participate in any unethical delisting of any center for any reason. We do not list fundamentalist organizations or centers that do not conform with the requirements as to what constitutes a New Thought Organization, Fellowship, Community or Center. We have had numerous attempts by various individuals wanting to delist centers in their area to give their community an advantage over the communities they wish to delist. In some cases, unethical New Thought Ministers have sought to hurt their former communities through delisting. Due to such unethical behavior, we do verify that centers are no longer in existence. Ministers who demonstrate unethical behavior will normally be reported to the boards of these congregations.
We do not assume responsibilty for the accuracy of any particular listing. Centers wishing to maintain accuracy of their respective listings must participate within the guidelines established over the first 20 years of the directory systems existence. If you wish to update the listing pertaining to a particular center. Either become stewards for the particular listing pertaining to their center, or use the Public Update System.
All use of the directory system is subject to the Terms.
We are not interested in politics, spiritual politics or otherwise.
Only an Attitude of Gratitude will get latitude.
As outlined above, we are already giving our time to support you. We care about you to the extent that you demonstrate caring about your community and the New Thought movement. People, including ministers, who are abusive or display a lack of integrity deservedly earn what their consciousness manifests.
Before the creation of FindACenter.com, New Thought Seekers did not have a comprehensive directory or resource for news and information concerning New Thought around the world. Seekers were forced to discover, then search through seven or more different New Thought denominational directories in order to find the New Thought Center or Church nearest his/her home.
Keep in mind that contemporary New Thought is at times laced with nonsense language such as "transdenominational." This is meant to evoke the idea that New Thought Centers are more accepting than other Spiritual Paths. This is true in some sense, but there are clear differences between the different trandenominations and organizations within this movement and if a seeker cannot find a community, then such distinctions are moot.
We have created this directory to facilitate your search for a New Thought Spiritual Community. In the old days, prior to 1992, even if souls could find and search all the denominations directories, some of the strongest New Thought communities are independent and thus not listed in any directory. These were left out in the cold as New Thought denominations naturally do not give listings to communities that are not part of their organizations and thus not paying their membership fees, mandatory tithes and dues.
This often led to frustration on the part of New Thought seekers who might have had a New Thought Center right around the corner, but were unable to find it.
The FindACenter Universal New Thought directory system is a wonderful "soulution" to this problems.
What is required to be listed in the Directory?
As detailed above, the FindACenter directory system was created to meet the universal need for a comprehensive New Thought Directory. The solution is an open source directory which is the only truly universal directory for New Thought untainted by any Spiritual Politics or membership fees.
Since the humble beginning of the directory in 1992, it has grown to include most if not all New Thought Churches, Centers and Study Groups around the world. This is because the directory is an Open Source Directory meaning it is a compilation of public information enhanced through ongoing participation. These days thousands of people visit the directory daily.
Although submission and updates may be sent in by anyone through the Public Update Service (PUS), it is possible to become a Steward of listings pertaining to centers and thereby influence the information in those listings.
When people around the world are seeking a New Thought Community, they come to this directory because we do not participate in Spiritual Politics. We list all New Thought communities regardless of their affiliation or membership.
We do not delist communities at the behest of any individual or for any reason other than said communities are no longer New Thought Communities and no longer teaching or believing in New Thought, or can be verified to be completely shut down and out of existence.
Whether you are a member of a small group or larger community which is part of a of a large "transdenomination," like Seicho No Ie, you are treated equally. The only requirement is that your group is a New Thought community rooted in the aformentioned Universal Principles. There is no fee to be in the directory. Individuals and centers that wish to express a prosperity consciousness may give voluntary contributions to support this directory and the other New Thought Spiritual Resources we maintain to support New Thought seekers and sharers around the glove. Contributions are handled by PayPal.
A valid phone number and email are required for updates. We verify new listings and in the case that a center address is changed, this may prompt a verification call. We reserve the right to remove any listing which violates our qualifications for being in the directory. Cyber ministries which do not have a physical meeting place do not normally qualify for charity listing in the directory as the listings are geographic. Cyber ministries wishing to participate must first and formemost demonstrate a committment to these resources demonstrating a compelling case that they are indeed supporting all of New Thought and not simply running a money making enterprise.
Serving New Thought gives a variety of free services to New Thought Ministries such as hosting, training and other resources which will save your community money and time.
Members of a recognized New Thought "Transdenomination", or AGNT, INTA or SEA are prequalified to be listed. Independent centers and groups must apply for admission to the directory and go through a verification process.
If you are a member of an independent New Thought community and wish to accelerate the listing process, it is advisable for you to register with the SEA or another organization for New Thought Communities.
AGNT is separate from Serving New Thought and has its own entry requirements.
Organizational Members are prequalified to be listed in this directory.
INTA is separate from Serving New Thought and has its own entry requirements.
Group members are prequalified to be listed in this directory.
SEA is separate from Serving New Thought and has its own entry requirements.
Ministerial Members are prequalified to be listed in this directory.
If you wish to be listed with the proper color code of an affiliate of an organization, be sure and keep your membership materials in order to send us a copy as proof of your membership in one of the above organizations. This directory is part of the New Thought News Resources.


Flavor Notes: Citrus leaning aromas with flavors ranging from a very ripe apple to tangerine and apricot. Floral notes are supported by a mouth-coating texture from lees contact. Winemaker Sean O'Keefe likes textures in wine, and notes that these acids are softer due to a warm 2017 September.
Late Harvest translates to spätlese, which is German for "a special selection of the ripest grapes of the harvest". In the United States, these wines are usually very sweet, but here at Mari Vineyards we seek balance instead. Although it is a lush Late Harvest with obvious sweetness, it's dryer than most.
Suggested Pairings: Rieslings go well with anything pork: spicy cajun food, sweet and sour style Asian food, etc. This can also be enjoyed as an after dinner drink amongst friends.
Processing: The grapes were picked at peak ripeness, fermented in stainless steel tanks, and stopped at a cold temperature to preserve residual sugar.
Cellaring Recommendations: Rieslings age well, but do change in character with maturity. Look for the "patina" effect, an evolution of flavors some describe as "petrol". We recommend drinking now through 2023.


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GGGI supports Vanuatu's goal to access more climate finance
In December 2021, GGGI concluded a project supporting Vanuatu's Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) to mobilize climate finance. The project was delivered using GCF Readiness and Support funds during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The objective of the project was to enable Vanuatu to progress towards directly mobilizing and accessing climate finance. This was achieved through specific and targeted interventions in key government departments that provided capacity building and developed institutional policies and guidelines to accelerate MFEM's application for GCF accreditation. A GCF project concept note was also developed.
The "Enhancing Vanuatu's Ability to Seek Accreditation and Direct Access to GCF" project achieved the following results:
An assessment on coordinating project proposals seeking external climate and development funding
A financial management capacity, gender, and environmental and social safeguards (ESS) standards assessment (FMCA) of MFEM to support its efforts towards accreditation
Initial guidelines for MFEM operations i.e., financial management, procurement, gender, and ESS aligned with GCF policies
Completion of capacity building training and providing technical support for MFEM in anticipation of GCF accreditation.
Completion of capacity building training and providing technical support for the Ministry of Climate Change towards climate change project management
Completion of capacity building training and providing technical support to the Prime Minister's Office to strengthen its ability to oversee and coordinate climate change programs
Submission of a solar PV and battery storage project concept note to the GCF
As part of the activities undertaken during the project, the project team conducted more than twelve (12) one-to-one meetings and group consultations with local stakeholders and conducted five (5) capacity building workshops.
To build on the momentum of this project the Government of Vanuatu developed and submitted, with GGGI support, a 'phase 2' proposal to the GCF. The phase 2 project will aim to address remaining capacity and process gaps through continued focus on the implementation of several technical assistance support and institutional improvements recommended under MFEM's FMCA and direct access entity self-assessment. Additionally, three concept notes will be developed in support of building paradigm-shifting pipeline of projects for MFEM as national direct access entity and building their capacity to design climate change projects to access GCF funding.
GCF readiness support
Sustainable Landscapes